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French Research and Real-World Data Counter Omicron Hysteria

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French Research and Real-World Data Counter Omicron Hysteria
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the chief medical adviser to the president, gestures as he answers a question from a reporter after giving an update on the Omicron COVID-19 variant during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington on Dec. 1, 2021. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Joel S. Hirschhorn
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So much talk about Omicron, so much fearmongering, so much talk about science, and most of it is nonsense. The best research has received little attention. It comes from an esteemed, senior French scientist: Dr. Jacques Fantini, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Aix–Marseille.

Joel S. Hirschhorn
Joel S. Hirschhorn
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Dr. Joel S. Hirschhorn, author of "Pandemic Blunder" and many articles and podcasts on the pandemic, worked on health issues for decades. As a full professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, he directed a medical research program between the colleges of engineering and medicine. As a senior official at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment and the National Governors Association, he directed major studies on health-related subjects; he testified at over 50 U.S. Senate and House hearings and authored hundreds of articles and op-ed articles in major newspapers. He has served as an executive volunteer at a major hospital for more than 10 years. He is a member of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, and America’s Frontline Doctors.
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