Making (Covid) Waves in Japan

Norwegian randomised trial finds masks associated with fewer sniffles but not fewer Covid cases or less healthcare usage

A new large-scale randomised trial of masks for preventing respiratory symptoms has been published by Norwegian researchers in the British Medical…

Jul 26, 2024 • 

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April 2024

Study links mRNA jabs to excess cancer deaths in Japan

For several years, oncologists such as Prof Angus Dalgleish have been linking mRNA Covid vaccines to cancer onset/relapse.

Apr 16, 2024 • 

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March 2024

Interview with Guy Gin

I recently had the pleasure to meet up with fellow Substacker DW Shumway, who has posted the audio of his 50-minute interview with me on his Substack.

Mar 6, 2024 • 

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February 2024

Study finds Japanese "anti-vaxers" tend to be left wing

A new study has been published by researchers from Tokyo University with the horrible title of “Anti-vaccine rabbit hole leads to political…

Feb 15, 2024 • 

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January 2024

Japan's long Covid: child suicides remain high in 2023

Just in case the winter weather wasn’t depressing enough, the Japanese government has released the provisional suicide statistics for 2023.

Jan 31, 2024 • 

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Mental model: ridiculous study claims Covid jabs prevented 8.5 million infections in Tokyo

Garbage in, garbage out, that’s what modelling is all about

Jan 19, 2024 • 

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No refuge from Covidiocy, even after an earthquake

Seeing the aftermath of the 7.5-magnitude earthquake that hit the Noto Peninsular in Ishikawa Prefecture on New Year’s Day, you may sympathise with the…

Jan 9, 2024 • 

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December 2023

Study finds "mRNA vaccination may be associated with death" in Japan

In the almost 3-year-long debate over post-vaccine deaths, vaccine sceptics have often pointed to the clear temporal association between the Covid shots…

Dec 12, 2023 • 

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Systematic review finds child mask mandates are all cost, no benefit

A new systematic review has been published in Archives of Disease in Childhood, one the journals of the British Medical Journal, by Sandlund et al.

Dec 5, 2023 • 

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November 2023

Future shots: Japan approves new Covid vaccines based on antibody data

Homegrown mRNA

Nov 30, 2023 • 

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Norwegian researchers find masks associated with more Covid infections, blame bias not masks

A new peer-reviewed study by Norwegian researchers has recently been published titled “Association between Face mask use and Risk of SARS-CoV-2…

Nov 24, 2023 • 

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Quarantine doesn't work: Japanese survey finds lower earnings for close-contacts

I’ve written before that I believe one underappreciated reason for the high level of compliance with unenforceable requests for mask-wearing…

Nov 22, 2023 • 

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