Hazards of creating pathogens – SARS In 2015 scientists sent people into caves to gather a RsSHC014-CoV from Chinese horseshoe bats – where the threat of spread to humans was minimal. They brought it back to the lab, created Frankenmice with human lung tissue to amplify and build a chimeric virus encoding a new “novel” […]
Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) does not give immunity for intentional misconduct. (To Learn More) WHAT PATIENTS ARE NOT BEING TOLD Despite the hype created with relative risk reduction (RRR), the Absolute Risk Reduction (ARR) for COVID Vaccines is around 1%. The ARR for Pfizer-BioNTech is only 0.84% (THAT IS CLOSE TO […]
The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to issue a PREP Act declaration. The declaration provides immunity from liability (except for willful misconduct) for claims: of loss caused, arising out of, relating to, or resulting from administration or use of countermeasures […]
“Leaky” vaccines allow more virulent versions of a virus to survive July 2015 – “Imperfect Vaccination Can Enhance the Transmission of Highly Virulent Pathogens” – “natural selection removes pathogen strains that are so “hot” that they kill their hosts and, therefore, themselves. Vaccines that let the hosts survive but do not prevent the spread of […]
Seeing people clinging to planes flying from Afghanistan is heartbreaking. I spent my elementary years growing up in Lashkargah in the Helmand province of Afghanistan. 10 years ago, I expressed my concerns that freedom in Afghanistan would not be attained through military action, in a post discussing religious freedom. Democracy without an understanding of the […]
Can a Virginia employer lawfully terminate me for refusing to disclose whether I have been “vaccinated” for COVID-19? Answer: No, they may be liable under a Bowman claim for wrongful termination as a narrow exception to employment-at-will. LIMITATION OF THIS BLOG ARTICLE: This article is not addressing whether an employer terminates a person for not […]
Yes – there are real risks There can be 3 separate legal basis for liability should the employee harm another. respondeat superior – a doctrine of vicarious liability for an employee’s tortious acts committed within the scope of employment; negligent hiring – a doctrine of primary liability where the employer is principally liable for negligently […]
Commentary – Striving for American Ideals Early in our nation’s history the concept of equality and freedom in religion and thought was the cornerstone of something new in the world. On March 4, 1681, King Charles II of England granted William Penn forty-five thousand acres to pay a 6,000 pound debt owed to Penn’s father, […]
July 12, 2021 – Petersburg Virginia jury awarded Monica Cromartie $300,000 in compensatory and punitive damages against a Petersburg Police officer for false arrest, excessive use of force and an unlawful search of her vehicle in violation of the 4th Amendment to the United States Constitution. $300,000 in compensatory and punitive damages for civil rights […]
Is the Board of Medicine or Psychiatrist liable to victims for putting sexual predator in a position to harm patients? No – probably not. Under the common law, as a general rule, one person owed no duty to control the conduct of another Rest.2d Torts (1965) § 315), nor to warn those endangered by such […]