In my last post, I explained that the Pfizer vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 has been slightly modified with respect to an inactive ingredient: the buffer. Buffers are substances that resist changes to pH (the acidity or alkalinity of a solution). Buffers are a very important component of…

Hi, all! Been a little while. Sorry about that. I had some really critical projects to tend to that couldn’t wait and now I have a bunch of backlogged posts that are unfinished but I think will be of value which I am progressively working on getting out. I think…

Over the last few weeks, people have been asking me for my opinions regarding vaccine passports and some have been outraged by the fact that many such systems do not consider infection-acquired immunity and that I as a proponent of science-based policy should voice dissent with this apparently unscientific policy…

I recently made a post in one of my science Facebook groups trying to explain some of the basics about antibodies to people and was asked if it could be shared. The group, however, is private so sharing its content is not permitted but I realized I could just reproduce…

There is presently a viral video circulating featuring the testimony of Dr. Christina Parks regarding COVID-19 vaccines and mandating them. In this video, she makes a number of blatantly false claims or prevaricates and they are worth going through in detail. …

Recently I’ve seen a surge in concerns that the COVID-19 vaccines are gene therapy. I am not sure what the source is, and furthermore whether or not COVID-19 vaccines are gene therapy is irrelevant for questions about their safety or effectiveness. But, regardless, COVID-19 vaccines are NOT gene therapy. COVID-19…

I have written at length about the prospect of antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) in COVID-19 before here, but recently some individuals have seized on a Letter to the Editor by Yahi et al. published in the Journal of Infection which notes the presence of infection-enhancing antibodies, wherein those individuals imply (or…

A surprisingly large number of people have sent me a video that is inundated with disinformation about COVID-19 and its reach seems considerable so I have deemed it significant enough to address. In the video, one Dr. Dan Stock from Indiana at a school board meeting opines at length about…

The gist: Many seem to hold to the incorrect idea that immunity acquired through infection is superior to immunity acquired by vaccination but multiple examples show this isn’t true: recovery from tetanus generally does not confer any protection while vaccination induces protection in virtually everyone, vaccination is far more protective…