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What breakthrough infections mean for the Covid vaccines

Politics & Life Sciences (PLS) with Dean L. Fanelli, Ph.D.

Release Date: 07/01/2021

Michael Letts show art Michael Letts

Politics & Life Sciences (PLS) with Dean L. Fanelli, Ph.D.

A  from Wisconsin governor candidate Rebecca Kleefisch is making waves, mainly due to her explanation that some criminals are literally getting away thanks to liberal crime policies. She brought up the Waukesha Christmas Parade Massacre that occurred last year, where a “career criminal” killed six people and injured others, but managed to get out of jail on $1,000 bond. “All because a ‘woke’ prosecutor refused to uphold his oath to serve and protect,” Kleefisch noted. “The story of lawlessness is heard all across the country. Democrats don’t have the backbone to stand...

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What impact is wokeism having on the US and will it tear the country apart? show art What impact is wokeism having on the US and will it tear the country apart?

Politics & Life Sciences (PLS) with Dean L. Fanelli, Ph.D.

What impact is wokeism having on the US and will it tear the country apart? Americans are so deeply divided today that one might wonder if anything could possibly bring us together. But author and theologian Sheryl White, D. Min., says that history can offer us some comfort, particularly Civil War history. Dr. White says we need to stop choosing sides on every issue, bridging issues instead. It’s not an all-or-nothing siding with pro-lifers or pro-abortionists, pro-gun or anti-gun, Democrat or Republican, conservatives or progressives. Dr. White offer steps we can take to bridge that divide...

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Some hoped FDA approval of Pfizer's COVID vaccine would convince unvaccinated Americans. It didn't, study finds. show art Some hoped FDA approval of Pfizer's COVID vaccine would convince unvaccinated Americans. It didn't, study finds.

Politics & Life Sciences (PLS) with Dean L. Fanelli, Ph.D.

Biden jokes about expanded fight with Russia: 'If I gotta go to war, I'm going with you guys' Biden tells union workers, 'This fight is far from over' President Biden joked about the possibility of the Russian invasion of Ukraine to expand to directly involve the U.S. military on Wednesday, telling union workers, "If I gotta go to war, I'm going with you guys." Biden made the statement during an address to union workers at the North American Building Trades Unions legislative conference Wednesday. Biden opened his speech with a lengthy section addressing new sanctions against Russia. ...

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Politics & Life Sciences (PLS) with Dean L. Fanelli, Ph.D.

Matthew Yousefzadeh, Ph.D., with the Institute on the Biology of Aging and Metabolism, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, has published more than 30 scientific publications with heavy emphasis on cellular senescence and aging. His latest study, published in 2021, in the journal Science, showed that senescent cells exacerbate COVID-19, which may explain why older populations struggle with recovery from the virus more than younger populations.   Yousefzadeh, who is also a scientific advisory board member of SRW, says...

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US has officially accused Putin's forces of committing war crimes against civilians show art US has officially accused Putin's forces of committing war crimes against civilians

Politics & Life Sciences (PLS) with Dean L. Fanelli, Ph.D.

US has officially accused Putin's forces of committing war crimes against civilians in Ukraine: Blinken condemns 'brutal' attacks on schools, hospitals, children and the 2,400 killed in Mariupol Gas price stimulus checks proposals head to Congress NRCC Poll Shows Democrats Are in Trouble Across 77 Battleground Congressional Districts Home Depot hammered for shaming employees for their ‘white privilege’ ================= Featured Guest: Tamara Lashchyk, Many Americans feel their freedoms are being infringed upon. Lockdowns, mask and vaccination mandates were the mechanisms...

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Politics & Life Sciences (PLS) with Dean L. Fanelli, Ph.D.

Washington, DC Based - Harlan Ullman is a former adviser to the Pentagon has served on the Senior Advisory Group for Supreme Allied Commander Europe (2004-16). He is a  senior adviser at Washington D.C.'s Atlantic Council, chairman of two private companies and principal author of the doctrine of shock and awe. A former naval person, he commanded a destroyer in the Persian Gulf and led over 150 missions and operations in Vietnam as a Swift Boat skipper. His newest book, "Anatomy of Failure: Why America Has Lost Every War It Starts."

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CAPT Kevin “Mac” McGovern, U.S. Navy (Ret.) show art CAPT Kevin “Mac” McGovern, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

Politics & Life Sciences (PLS) with Dean L. Fanelli, Ph.D.

CAPT Kevin “Mac” McGovern, U.S. Navy (Ret.) CAPT Kevin “Mac” McGovern (Ret.) () is running as a  conservative Republican congressional candidate in Central Florida. McGovern is a  retired Navy Captain who has served across the globe over decades with the U.S. Navy and has firsthand experience in Foreign Affairs. A veteran of the war in Afghanistan, he  served as a Senior Officer assigned to NATO, the International Security Assistance  Force under GEN Petraeus. He has also patrolled the East China Sea and has  developed specific knowledge concerning Taiwan and...

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Politics & Life Sciences (PLS) with Dean L. Fanelli, Ph.D.

John Hoberman is a professor of Germanic studies at The University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of “The Olympic Crisis: Sport, Politics, and the Moral Order” (1986) and many other publications on sports and politics.

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Should Joe Rogan's Podcast Be Censored Or Banned? show art Should Joe Rogan's Podcast Be Censored Or Banned?

Politics & Life Sciences (PLS) with Dean L. Fanelli, Ph.D.

While podcast commentator Joe Rogan continues to ignite controversy as a source of false claims about the COVID pandemic, the roots of such widespread falsehoods are examined in a recent investigative report. Journalist Alex Kotch, co-author of the report “How the Koch Network Hijacked the War on Covid,” tells the story of how that corporate-bankrolled campaign originally started and how it has continued to supplant public health experts and hijack the governmental response to the pandemic. The report was produced by a partnership of the Center for Media and Democracy and The Daily Poster....

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A plan to get the world fully vaccinated show art A plan to get the world fully vaccinated

Politics & Life Sciences (PLS) with Dean L. Fanelli, Ph.D.

At first glance, it may seem as if the world will soon have more than enough COVID-19 vaccines but Prashant Yadav says over 70 percent of the vaccines produced in 2021 were bought by high- and upper-middle-income countries. Less than one percent, by contrast, have gone to low-income ones. And, he says, it’s not just a problem of aggregate distribution. “The world may appear to have lots of vaccines, but only 27 percent of them are messenger RNA (mRNA) shots, which train the body to make the protein that allows COVID-19 to infect cells and then the antibodies that fight it off. And so far,...

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Jonathan Temte, MD, PhD, MS, is the associate dean for public health and community engagement at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

Jon has also been active on pandemic influenza and bioterrorism working groups for the state of Wisconsin. His current research interests include viral disease surveillance in primary care, use of absenteeism monitoring in schools as early warning for influenza outbreaks, early detection of influenza in long-term care facilities, seasonality and epidemiology of influenza, attitudes toward immunization, and assessment of workload in primary care settings.

He is an expert in vaccines and immunization policy, Temte has served on the U.S. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), also acting as chair of its Evidence-Based Recommendation Work Group. Temte was the first family physician to chair ACIP, from 2012 to 2015. Temte is chair of the Wisconsin Council on Immunization Practices, and serves as medical director for Public Health Madison & Dane County. On the national level, Temte is serving an appointment to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Board of Scientific Counselors.

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