Episode 93: Dr. Claus Koehnlein Helps You Decide Whether to Get a Flu Shot this Year

To flu shot or not to flu shot? Dr. Claus Koehnlein of Kiel, Germany, treats many “HIV positives,” widely considered to have an immune deficiency and therefore to be prime candidates for vaccines of this type. But did you know that a recent flu vaccination is among many factors that could cause a false “HIV positive” test result in the first place? What about that 1918 influenza pandemic we don’t want to repeat? What is the flu, anyway, and isn’t it sometimes fatal? Continue reading »

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Episode 90: Ex-Pharma Exec John Virapen on the ‘Corrupt Dream Factory’ That Sells Drugs for Fantasy ‘Epidemics’

John Virapen worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 35 years, eventually becoming managing director of the Swedish operations of Eli Lilly and Company. In that position, he became adept at corruption and bribery. His books Side Effects: Death – Confessions of a Pharma-Insider and Medicine Cult – A Prescription for Side Effects and Death describe the inner workings of the “corrupt dream factory” that international pharmaceutical companies have built. In this Episode, he talks with “How Positive Are You” co-host Elizabeth Ely about the invention of profitable new diseases, the rush to drug nearly everyone’s kids and the recent Ebola “epidemic.” Continue reading »

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