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Thanks @realRFKJr People.com:#VitaminA #Poisonings Increased Around Time #RFKJr Promoted It As #Measles Treatment, Study Shows A study published by the JAMA Network on June 1 suggests that internet searches for 'Vitamin A' measles peaked in March 2025, around the same time RFK Jr. promoted the nutrient as a treatment. This correlates with America’s Poison Centers' report of increased vitamin A poisonings issued shortly afterward. (Goldberg and Walcott, 6/9)
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Tuesday, May 26 2026 #No #Child #Deaths Conclusively Linked To #Covid #Vaccine, #FDA Says In Quietly Released Report The FDA looked into 96 claims made on the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System and concluded that none of the deaths reported could be definitively linked to the covid vaccine. The analysis contradicts a claim made by former FDA vaccine chief Dr. Vinay Prasad nearly six months before.
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WPost 5/21/2026 #Ebola responders say #aid cuts by the #U.S. and other #Western nations left them ill-equipped to contain virus Medical personnel in the Democratic Republic of Congo know what it takes to get an Ebola outbreak under control. But aid groups and health officials say they lacked the staff, surveillance systems and emergency supplies needed to quickly detect early infections or contain the virus as cases surged in recent days.
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All to common in all boroughs of #nyc (Luke Tress/Times of Israel) NEW YORK — Vandals scrawled at least 11 swastikas on two parks in Queens on Monday. Images of the graffiti, in Highland Park and Forest Park, showed red swastikas painted on a park sign and lined up on a series of white columns. “This is yet another hateful incident meant to intimidate Jewish New Yorkers and divide our city. And we want to be clear: We cannot and will not accept this as normal,” said New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin. Nazi graffiti in New York City, home to the world’s largest Diaspora community, is increasingly the new normal, though, with repeated incidents across the five boroughs in recent months, following an escalation last year, according to Anti-Defamation League data. In some of the recent high-profile incidents, in November, on the night of New York City’s mayoral election, vandals scrawled swastikas on a Jewish school in Brooklyn. In January, in two incidents days apart, 73 swastikas were drawn on a Brooklyn playground in a Jewish area. Images showed blood-red swastikas lining a children’s slide and the hate symbols surrounding the name “Adolf Hitler.” 📷 Swastikas found at a Brooklyn playground, in New York City, January 21, 2026. (Courtesy/Boro Park Shomrim) Last week, swastikas and the words “Heil Hitler” were sprayed on Jewish sites, including multiple synagogues, in and around the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens, home to a large Jewish population.
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What’s wrong with this #world ? From TOI May 16 2026 ‘You’re going to get #beheaded one by one, you dirty #Jews,’ #London man threatens. Police say they are investigating after video circulates online; Jewish community security group says law enforcement taking incident seriously British police said Friday they were investigating after a video circulated online showed a man in London threatening to behead Jews “one by one.” The man, who is accompanied by a group of others in the neighborhood of Tower Hamlets, yelled several anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian slogans before saying, “The Jews, you’re going to get beheaded one by one, you dirty Jews.” The group was talking into a camera near a mosque on Whitechapel Road, and didn’t appear to be harassing a specific group of Jewish people in their area. “Fuck Israel, big up Palestine, from the river to the sea,” said the man. Many Israeli officials and Jewish organizations have characterized the phrase “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” as antisemitic and a call for Israel’s destruction. Another man in the crowd appeared to try to get the man to stop speaking. It was unclear if they were known to one another.
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In 1685 the New York Council proclaimed all public worship was for those "only with faith in Christ." 📷 Antisemitism continues and worsens across all of society hundreds of years later. Order this book today on Amazon. amazon.com/dp/B0GWRFQN8B
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Hirsch’s second novel in the Nari Lee series takes you on a deep ride into the fictional world of bias and antisemitism written before the current world “outbreak”. Available on Amazon amazon.com/dp/B0DNRN1MJV And all other online retailers. 📷 From the Amazon reviews: “This book had me hooked from page one.” “The story gave me chills because so much of it feels like it could happen in today’s world.” “Easily one of the best thrillers I’ve read this year.” “The writing is very cinematic — I could picture every scene in my head like a Netflix drama. Lots of suspense, danger, and unexpected turns.” Another TERRIFIC PAGE-TURNER by the talented author, Robert Hirsch!”
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......THE NUMBERS DON’T ADD UP...... The percent of Jewish players have never exceeded ~1% in Major League Baseball over 125 years. In a league built on statistics, America's game, that's a number that needs an explanation. Read about it now. amazon.com/dp/B0GWRFQN8B
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You may have heard of the abuse that great Jewish ball players like Hank #Greenberg and Sandy #Koufax endured in the Major Leagues. But did you know that it persists today? Is this attributed to the fans, management, players, or #MajorLeagueBaseball? Read about it now amazon.com/dp/B0GWRFQN8B
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More #measles news From NPR 4/27/26 South Carolina public health officials on Monday declared an end to the largest measles outbreak in the U.S. since 1991. On Sunday, the state marked 42 days with no new cases reported related to the outbreak. Over a six-month period starting last October, 997 people were infected with measles in South Carolina. Most of them were unvaccinated children. At least 21 people were hospitalized with measles complications.
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Flu vaccine requirement discarded ‘effective immediately,’ #Hegseth says By Patricia Kime  Apr 21, 2026 FOOLISH. yes soldiers can still get. I just hope they do. In #WW1 almost as many men died from the flu pandemic as from the #battlefield !!  The #flu vaccine has been required annually for U.S. military personnel since the 1950s. (Senior Airman Andrew Garavito/U.S. Air Force) The U.S. military will no longer require service members to get an annual flu shot according to a post Tuesday by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on the social media platform X. Hegseth said the mandatory flu vaccine requirement has been discarded “effective immediately.”
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WPost 4/22/26 A report showing the #efficacy of the #covid-19 #vaccine that was previously delayed by the head of #CDC has been #blocked from being published in the agency’s flagship scientific journal, according to three people familiar with the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation. The report showed that the vaccine reduced emergency department visits and hospitalizations among healthy adults by about half this past winter.
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