ENCORE! Permanent masks, Gum regeneration, Basal cell carcinoma, Menstrual questions, Dr. Eric Rentz, MRNA concerns, Vax adverse reports, Herpes zoster side effect, Booster shots and MORE!
November 24th, 2022 3-5PM ET
Thursday on The Robert Scott Bell Show:
As mask mandates end, Oregon bucks trend with permanent rule As states around the country lift COVID-19 restrictions, Oregon is poised to go the opposite direction — and many residents are fuming about it. A top health official is considering indefinitely extending rules requiring masks and social distancing in all businesses in the state. The proposal would keep the rules in place until they are “no longer necessary to address the effects of the pandemic in the workplace.” Michael Wood, administrator of the state’s department of Occupational Safety and Health, said the move is necessary to address a technicality in state law that requires a “permanent” rule to keep current restrictions from expiring. “We are not out of the woods yet,” he said. But the idea has prompted a flood of angry responses, with everyone from parents to teachers to business owners and employees crying government overreach. Wood’s agency received a record number of public comments, mostly critical, and nearly 60,000 residents signed a petition against the proposal.
Questions of The Day!
I saw your interview at the The Holistic Oral Health Summit and you mentioned regenerating gums. I have severe gum recession and wanted to find out what you recommend to try to regenerate my gums?
Thank you!
Chris
Hey Robert,
What would you recommend for basal cell carcinoma? I have it on my right temple. I had it removed some years ago, surgically, but it returned. I have been treating it with a topical cream called PDQ. It kills it somewhat but it looks hideous! It causes me no pain but itches from time to time.
Thanks in advance,
Patrick
Comment of The Day!
This month my period was 12 days early, right when I was supposed to be ovulating. I am 40 and this is the first time this has happened to me as I’m always regular. I did not get a PCR test but I’ve been around my mom who recently got her second Moderna. I’ve talked to a couple other friends who have had the same thing happen and they too were around recently V’ed.
Jessica
Special Guest – Dr. Eric Rentz
Dr. Rentz holds a Masters of Arts in Organic Chemistry from the University of Northern Iowa and graduated from the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. He has served as Chairman of the Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Department of Nova Southeastern University, and is one of less than 1,000 doctors nationwide to attain full Board Certification in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine.
CDC received ‘handful’ of possible Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine adverse reports, Walensky says The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in conjunction with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working through “a handful” of reports regarding possible adverse events related to the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine that have been flagged since the rollout was paused last week. In the White House COVID-19 briefing on Monday, Dr. Rochelle Walensky said that the agency is working to determine whether the incidents do qualify as a case, and will present the new information to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in a meeting on Friday. She said the reports were made through the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), and that she was encouraged by the low numbers. “These have been a handful of cases, not an overwhelming number of cases we are working through and adjudicating them and verifying whether they do in fact reflect a true case and that will be the work of the CDC this week as well as the FDA and then we will present that to the ACIP on Friday,” Walensky said. “We are doing that work right now – we are encouraged that it hasn’t been an overwhelming number of cases, but we are looking at seeing what’s come in.”
New vaccine side effect? In Israel, six people develop herpes zoster A new study published this month by researchers from Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Carmel Medical Center in Haifa found that the risk of developing herpes zoster (HZ) infection following a coronavirus vaccination in people with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIIRD) increases. “We cannot say the vaccine is the cause at this point,” lead researcher Dr. Victoria Furer of the hospital’s Department of Rheumatology told The Jerusalem Post. “We can say it might be a trigger in some patients.” HZ is characterized by a small, red rash that develops on the skin and itches. If complications develop, it can cause nerve damage and pain, including a prolonged burning session on the skin even after it goes away. The study was carried out on 491 patients with AIIRD and 99 controls at the hospitals. Of the 491 patients, 1.2% or six people developed HZ. Five of them got the herpes infection after the first dose and one after the second. Furer said that five of the six patients who developed HZ were young, had mild cases of autoimmune disease and were taking little if any medications for it, which means they should not have been at increased risk for developing HZ.
Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel tells Maria Bartiromo vaccine booster shots ‘are going to be required’ Booster shots for the coronavirus vaccine will be necessary at some point, but it is too early to tell how often they will be needed, Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel told “Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street” in an exclusive interview. “The variant is going to be the big question in terms of boosting,” Bancel explained to host Maria Bartiromo. “One thing to think about is natural immunity. When you get infected, you make antibodies or [when] you get vaccinated and make antibodies, over time the level of antibodies going to go down, that is normal and natural. Over time boosts are going to be required, it is too early to know how frequently because we don’t have enough data.” Bartiromo questioned whether the variants should be considered “worrisome”. “We don’t know how the variants will impact efficacy in the long term,” Bancel said. “In the short term we are not worried. The B 1.1.7, the [variant] identified in the U.K., which is prominent in the U.S. now, we have seen and published that the level of antibody is similar to an old strain of the virus. We feel very good about this one.”Bancel emphasized that Moderna’s two-shot vaccine has “an efficacy north of 90%” and “seems to be doing very well in the real world.”
Half of US adults have received at least one COVID-19 shot Half of all adults in the U.S. have received at least one COVID-19 shot, the government announced Sunday, marking another milestone in the nation’s largest-ever vaccination campaign but leaving more work to do to convince skeptical Americans to roll up their sleeves. Almost 130 million people 18 or older have received at least one dose of a vaccine, or 50.4% of the total adult population, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. Almost 84 million adults, or about 32.5% of the population, have been fully vaccinated. The U.S. cleared the 50% mark just a day after the reported global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million, according to totals compiled by Johns Hopkins University, though the actual number is believed to be significantly higher. The country’s vaccination rate, at 61.6 doses administered per 100 people, currently falls behind Israel, which leads among countries with at least 5 million people with a rate of 119.2. The U.S. also trails the United Arab Emirates, Chile and the United Kingdom, which is vaccinating at a rate of 62 doses per 100 people, according to Our World in Data, an online research site.
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