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    Vaccines that use human fetal cells draw fire
    Meredith Wadman
    Science 12 Jun 2020:
    Vol. 368, Issue 6496, pp. 1170-1171
    DOI: 10.1126/science.368.6496.1170https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6496/1170?utm_campaign=toc_sci-mag_2020-06-11&et_rid=376848990&et_cid=3362289

    Science's COVID-19 coverage is supported by the Pulitzer Center.

    "Senior Catholic leaders in the United States and Canada, along with other antiabortion groups, are raising ethical objections to promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates that are manufactured using cells derived from human fetuses electively aborted decades ago. They have not sought to block government funding for the vaccines, which include two candidate vaccines that the Trump administration plans to support with an investment of up to $1.7 billion, as well as a third candidate made by a Chinese company in collaboration with Canada's National Research Council (NRC). But they are urging funders and policymakers to ensure that companies develop other vaccines that do not rely on human fetal cell lines and, in the United States, asking the government to “incentivize” firms to make only vaccines that don't rely on fetal cells.

    “It is critically important that Americans have access to a vaccine that is produced ethically: no American should be forced to choose between being vaccinated against this potentially deadly virus and violating his or her conscience,” the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and 20 other religious, medical, and political organizations wrote to Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in April. “Thankfully, other [COVID-19] vaccines … utilize cell lines not connected to unethical procedures and methods.”

    “We urge your government to fund the development of vaccines that do not create an ethical dilemma for many Canadians,” wrote Richard Gagnon, archbishop of Winnipeg and president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, and 17 other antiabortion religious, medical, and political groups and individuals in a 21 May letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “The … manufacture of vaccines using such ethically-tainted human cell lines demonstrates profound disrespect for the dignity of the human person.

    FDA replied to USCCB on 11 May, writing that, “An inability to use these cells … would deprive the United States of life-saving vaccines, and … adversely impact” public health. In Canada, the health ministry has promised to respond to the letter to Trudeau, says Moira McQueen, executive director of the Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute and lead signatory on the letter.

    In response to lobbying by antiabortion groups, the Trump administration last year barred U.S. government scientists from using human fetal cell lines from new elective abortions in their work. But the administration has not banned the use of fetal cell lines derived from abortions decades ago. Such cell lines have been used since the 1960s to manufacture vaccines, including current vaccines against rubella, chickenpox, hepatitis A, and shingles.
    Now, research groups around the world are working to develop more than 130 candidate vaccines against COVID-19, according to the World Health Organization. At least six of those candidates use one of two human fetal cell lines: HEK-293, a kidney cell line widely used in research and industry that comes from a fetus aborted in about 1972; and PER. C6, a proprietary cell line owned by Janssen, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, developed from retinal cells from an 18-week-old fetus aborted in 1985. Both cell lines were developed in the lab of molecular biologist Alex van der Eb at Leiden University.

    Two of the six vaccines have entered human trials (see table, below). Five are made by using human fetal cells as “factories” to make adenoviruses that carry genes from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The adenoviruses, which are disabled so they can't replicate, are given as a vaccine; recipients' cells then produce proteins from the coronavirus, hopefully triggering a protective immune response.

    The sixth vaccine, which could enter human trials this summer, is a protein subunit vaccine. Researchers use HEK-293 cells to make pieces of the spike protein that studs the coronavirus' surface. To trigger an immune response, the vaccine is delivered through a skin patch with 400 tiny needles.

    Human fetal cells are key to producing both types of vaccines. For the protein subunit vaccine, “Cultured [nonhuman] animal cells can produce the same proteins, but they would be decorated with different sugar molecules, which … runs the risk of failing to evoke a robust and specific immune response,” says Andrea Gambotto, a vaccine scientist at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and lead developer of the vaccine. (Of the developers of the six vaccines, only Gambotto responded to a request for comment.)

    David Prentice, vice president and research director at the Charlotte Lozier Institute, which opposes abortion, notes researchers making adenovirus vaccines have modified HEK-293 cells to be adept at packaging new genes—such as those that direct cells to assemble the coronavirus spike protein—into adenoviruses. But he adds that other technologies are available, including using fetal cells captured from amniocentesis.

    “The use of cells from electively aborted fetuses … makes these … COVID-19 vaccine programs unethical, because they exploit the innocent human beings who were aborted,” Prentice and a co-author—molecular biologist James Sherley, a Lozier Institute associate scholar and director of the adult stem cell company Asymmetrex—wrote last month.

    But Arthur Caplan, a bioethicist at the New York University School of Medicine, counters: “There are better ways to win the abortion wars than telling people not to use a vaccine. These are long-over abortions. These cells are decades old, and even major religious leaders like the pope have acknowledged that for the greater good it's not worth the symbolism to put the community at risk.”

    The Vatican's Pontifical Academy for Life declared in 2005 and reaffirmed in 2017 that, in the absence of alternatives, Catholics could in good conscience receive vaccines made using historical human fetal cell lines.

    One of the six vaccines, made by the Chinese company CanSino Biologics, was the first COVID-19 vaccine to enter phase II human trials. It uses HEK-293 cells that the company licensed from Canada's N RC, which developed the cells. (The firm has previously used HEK-293 cells from NRC to develop an approved Ebola vaccine.) NRC is now collaborating with CanSino Biologics, preparing to run trials of the vaccine in Canada and scale up production facilities.

    Two vaccines that have drawn criticism from antiabortion groups are on a short list of candidates to get financial and logistical support from the U.S. government under the White House's Operation Warp Speed, which aims to deliver at least one approved COVID-19 vaccine by January 2021, according to a 3 June report in The New York Times. One, made by Janssen Research & Development, uses PER.C6 cells. The second, from University of Oxford researchers and AstraZeneca, uses HEK-293 cells. Both have received U.S. government commitments of, respectively, $456 million and $1.2 billion, if they meet milestones, through the Biomedical Advanced Research Development Authority.

    Another vaccine that relies on HEK-293 cells made a Warp Speed long list of 14 candidates, according to a press release from NantKwest, one of two companies owned by billionaire scientist Patrick Soon-Shiong that are developing the vaccine.

    Prentice believes the government should think twice about supporting such vaccines. “As they are choosing … what vaccines to move ahead, they should at least recognize that there is some portion of the population who would like an alternative vaccine they can take in good conscience,” he says.

    Caplan disagrees. “If you are going to say the government shouldn't fund things that a minority of people object to, you will have a very long list of things that won't get funded by the government, from research on weapons of war to contraceptive research.” "
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    MICHELLE MALKIN WALKS THE HIGHWIRE

    MICHELLE MALKIN WALKS THE HIGHWIRE
    Nationally syndicated columnist, Michelle Malkin, joined thousands in Colorado to protest SB20-163, where it was brought to a committee vote last Sunday. Michelle breaks down big concerns about this hotly contested legislation, and exposes #BigPharma funding behind the push to pass #SB163.

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    Coronavirus study finds as many as 80% of positive cases do not show symptoms
    Patrick Daly, PA Political Correspondent
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    The Health Secretary said as many as 80% of people who tested positive for coronavirus during a study of the pandemic in England had not displayed any symptoms.

    The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has been carrying out a survey using swab testing to determine how many people from across the country at any one time are infected with Covid-19.

    In the vast majority of cases, said Matt Hancock, those who had tested positive had not been presenting any symptoms.

    Speaking at the daily Downing Street briefing, the Cabinet minister said: “The big-picture answer is that yes there are some people who don’t have symptoms but do have the virus.

    “And in fact, in the ONS study we find that around 70-80% of people who test positive don’t have symptoms.

    “That is quite a significant finding and one of the important things about this disease, in the same way that asymptomatic transmission is one of the things that makes controlling this disease really hard and is novel for any coronavirus, and is one of the things that makes it so difficult.”

    Mr Hancock said the NHS test and trace scheme was part of the solution as isolating those who test positive for the virus would “break the chain of transmission”, particularly when they would not have otherwise known they were carrying the disease.
    Health Secretary Matt Hancock during Thursday’s media briefing (Andrew Parsons/10 Downing Street/Crown Copyright)
    Health Secretary Matt Hancock during Thursday’s media briefing (Andrew Parsons/10 Downing Street/Crown Copyright)

    Baroness Harding, who is heading up the NHS test-and-trace programme, said a rollout of antibody testing for the public would “come in time”, with health care staff currently being tested.

    Antibodies being present in a blood sample are a sign that someone has contracted the virus in the past.

    But Lady Harding said the issue was that not enough was known about what level of protection testing positive for coronavirus antibodies provided.

    Earlier in the UK outbreak, there had initially been talk of immunity certificates being issued by the Government to allow those who had previously contracted the virus to be exempt from some lockdown measures.

    Lady Harding, speaking at the press briefing, said: “One of the challenges, and I know we all want it to be true that if we have antibodies it will then mean we are free to do things others are not, but at the moment… if we have an antibody test what it tells you is you have antibodies.
    Baroness Dido Harding said antibody testing for the public would ‘come in time’ (PA)
    Baroness Dido Harding said antibody testing for the public would ‘come in time’ (PA)

    “Over time we would expect that we would build up the evidence to demonstrate what proportion or level of antibodies you need to actually have immunity and for how long you would have immunity.

    “But at the moment, the science isn’t there.

    “So I totally understand everyone’s desire to know if that cough or temperature they had in February or March was in fact coronavirus but at the moment it won’t tell you anything other than if you did or didn’t have it.

    “It will come in time, and the testing we are doing, the antibody testing in health and care at the moment, is enabling us to build that scientific evidence base to the point at which then we will start to see the real benefit for all of us.”

    The latest figures from the ONS study suggest that one in every 1,000 people currently have coronavirus, with 53,000 people thought to be carrying it in England at present.
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    Harvard University Professor Indicted on False Statement Charges

    The former Chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department was indicted today on charges of making false statements to federal authorities regarding his participation in China’s Thousand Talents Program.

    Dr. Charles Lieber, 61, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of making false statements and will be arraigned in federal court in Boston at a later date. Lieber was arrested on Jan. 28, 2020, and charged by criminal complaint.

    According to charging documents, since 2008, Dr. Lieber has served as the Principal Investigator of the Lieber Research Group at Harvard University, specializing in the area of nanoscience. Lieber’s research at the Lieber Research Group has been funded by more than $15 million in research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Department of Defense (DOD). Among other things, these grants required the disclosure of all sources of research support, potential financial conflicts of interest and all foreign collaboration.

    It is alleged that, unbeknownst to Harvard University, beginning in 2011, Lieber became a “Strategic Scientist” at Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) in China. He later became contractual participant in China’s Thousand Talents Plan from at least 2012 through 2015. China’s Thousand Talents Plan is one of the most prominent Chinese talent recruitment plans designed to attract, recruit, and cultivate high-level scientific talent in furtherance of China’s scientific development, economic prosperity and national security. According to court documents, these talent recruitment plans seek to lure Chinese overseas talent and foreign experts to bring their knowledge and experience to China, and they often reward individuals for stealing proprietary information. Under the terms of Lieber’s three-year Thousand Talents contract, WUT allegedly paid Lieber a salary of up to $50,000 USD per month, living expenses of up to 1 million Chinese Yuan (approximately $158,000 USD at the time) and awarded him more than $1.5 million to establish a research lab at WUT. In return, Lieber was obligated to work for WUT “not less than nine months a year” by “declaring international cooperation projects, cultivating young teachers and Ph.D. students, organizing international conference[s], applying for patents and publishing articles in the name of [WUT].”

    It is alleged that in 2018 and 2019, Lieber lied to federal authorities about his involvement in the Thousand Talents Plan and his affiliation with WUT. On or about April 24, 2018, during an interview with federal investigators, it is alleged that Lieber falsely stated that he was never asked to participate in the Thousand Talents Program, but that he “wasn’t sure” how China categorized him. In November 2018, NIH inquired of Harvard about whether Lieber had failed to disclose his then-suspected relationship with WUT and China’s Thousand Talents Plan. Lieber allegedly caused Harvard to falsely tell NIH that Lieber “had no formal association with WUT” after 2012, that “WUT continued to falsely exaggerate” his involvement with WUT in subsequent years, and that Lieber “is not and has never been a participant in” China’s Thousand Talents Plan.

    The charge of making false statements provides for a sentence of up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

    Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers; U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Andrew E. Lelling; Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division; Leigh-Alistair Barzey, Special Agent in Charge of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, Northeast Field Office; and Philip Coyne, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General made this announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jason Casey and Benjamin Tolkoff of Lelling’s National Security Unit are prosecuting this case with the assistance of Trial Attorney David Aaron of the National Security Division’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section.

    The details contained in the charging documents are allegations. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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    ANOTHER TOP EXPERT: LOCKDOWN IS “UTTER NONSENSE”


    USC Senior Fellow, Joel Hay PhD, has authored more than 600 peer-reviewed scientific articles & reports on health economics, outcomes research and epidemiology. He sat down with Del for an eye-opening, no holds barred conversation about why he thinks the lockdown is “utter nonsense” and fears the gov’t will “double down on this horrible strategy” to avoid admitting they were wrong.

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    Here's an idea.

    As we know that the spike protein on the SARS-CoV-2 virus is nothing to do with the similar looking structure on HIV - spike-120 - what is to stop someone crowd funding a patent application for this component?

    I am sure nobody would claim infringement...
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    Scientists say coronavirus 2m rule can be relaxed
    Laura Donnelly
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    https://uk.yahoo.com/news/businesses...183052838.html

    The two-metre social distancing rule can be abandoned by businesses reopening after lockdown if they introduce other measures to reduce the spread of coronavirus, Government scientists have told ministers.

    Following a political backlash against the two-metre rule, the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) published a paper on Friday which set out protocols – such as regular breaks, and getting workers to sit side by side – that would make it much safer for people to be within one metre of each other.

    Over the past few days, officials have begun discreetly contacting business groups to ask whether they would object to it being watered down, The Telegraph understands.

    Downing Street is preparing to make a public announcement formally dropping the blanket two-metre rule after infections fall further, possibly within days.

    The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed on Friday that infection in the community had dropped to just 0.06 per cent, while 12 areas saw no new cases last week. The figures suggest just one in 1,600 people have coronavirus, down from one in 1,000 in a week.
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    The move on the two-metre rule has come amid growing Government concern over the state of the economy. Figures released on Friday showed the UK economy suffered its worst-ever monthly collapse in April as the virus lockdown crushed GDP by more than 20 per cent.

    Government scientists have told ministers it is up to businesses to carry out their own risk assessments about how they can operate safely as non-essential shops in England prepare to reopen on Monday.

    Their research shows that a distance of one metre side by side, common in most offices, is as safe as facing someone two metres away.

    On Friday, Boris Johnson said the Government was "working with the scientists" on when the two metre rule can be axed, adding: "What we're looking for is the moment when we've got the numbers... down so far that we can really say that the two-metre rule is no longer necessary.

    "We are doing a review right now and obviously, as we make further progress, I hope to say more."

    It came as Sage set out how businesses could mitigate risks in situations in which two-metre face-to-face distancing cannot be achieved.

    The papers, released by its environmental and modelling group, show that a distance of two metres is safer than one in reducing the risk of virus transmission.

    The research suggests that with the right safety measures – including good ventilation, regular breaks, wearing of masks and the right positioning of staff so they do not directly face each other – risks can be significantly reduced.

    Earlier this month, a major Lancet study found the risk of infection is 1.3 per cent at two metres or 2.6 per cent at one metre.

    But the new research says this does not consider the positioning of the person – meaning the way they are facing – or how the virus is likely to be transmitted.

    When people are at close range and face to face, transmission is most likely to be through respiratory droplets, but aerosol transmission of fine particles can carry further depending on ventilation.

    The new research says that sitting within one metre of a person side by side or back to back is as safe as facing a person at two metres when indoors.

    "When people are side to side or behind one another, risk is via aerosols and so is determined by the influence of ventilation; at one metre the exposure risks would be similar to two metres when face to face in an indoor environment," it says.

    One business source said civil servants had been in touch in recent days asking if they would "kick up a fuss" if the Government cut the distance to one metre.

    Government sources confirmed the calls had taken place but they said they were part of the usual liaison with business groups, adding that "there is always business stakeholder engagement, asking 'just how badly do you feel about this' to gauge reaction."
    Boris Johnson has said 'we are doing a review right now' - AFP
    Boris Johnson has said 'we are doing a review right now' - AFP

    Mr Johnson has said the overall rate of infections and rates of new hospital admissions would be key to the decision.

    On Friday, the Scottish Secretary, Alister Jack, became the first Cabinet minister to admit publicly that he "would like" to see the two-metre social distancing rule relaxed.

    He said more tourism businesses would remain viable if the two-metre social distancing rule was halved, adding: "As soon as it is possible to do so with the 'R' number suppressed, I would like to see it move to one metre.

    "I think, to get back to something to near normal in the way that we conduct our lives and our businesses, as we see the virus recede – and we've seen this happen without any bad consequences in other European countries – we should move to one metre when the time is right."

    Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor, Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, and Alok Sharma, the Business Secretary, are all said to be pushing Mr Johnson privately for the change.

    Meanwhile, the UK tourism industry has warned that the two-metre rule risks turning holiday hotspots into ghost towns.

    Tourism Alliance, which represents more than 200,000 businesses, said the current guidance would lead to "a wave of business closures
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    The Coronavirus Act 2020 is Null and Void!

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    Our Government Has Destroyed Our Country!

    However, all is not lost if we unite NOW and fight our Government in the Courts as the law is on OUR side. They need to be stopped NOW before the damage is even worse.

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    We are The People's Brexit, a group of Solicitors, legal researchers and campaigners. We have been extensively researching the current legal situation since the illegal 'lockdown' deprived us all of our Democracy, Human Rights and Freedoms.

    We have now established that The Coronavirus Act 2020 is null and void. There are many reasons for this, the main one being that S1(1) of the Act defines 'coronavirus' as being 'covid-19' or it's other name 'SARS Cov-2'. However, by virtue of the fact that it is not legally, medically or scientifically recognised as a disease or virus it cannot be legislated against, and this makes the whole Act null and void.

    The reason for this is that 'covid-19' has not been subjected to the 130 year established legal, medical and scientific procedure that recognises if it is actually a disease or virus or not, which is known as the Koch Postulates. This involves purifying and isolating the 'disease' or 'virus' and proving that it actually causes the illness that it is claimed that it does.

    The Government has acted Ultra Vires and against the Rule of Law. Further, there are a multitude of procedural and legal errors made when the Government enacted this legislation. Including enforcing the Act on 23rd March with the 'lockdown' before it actually became law with Royal Assent on 25th March. In addition, the Act facilitates misreporting of deaths from various illnesses that it is claimed are also suffering with 'covid-19' as doctors are told to just use guesswork as to cause of death. This has been happening since the 10th March, long before the Act became law and allows the 'covid-19' statistics to increase rapidly. There is no doubt the figures are being manipulated and any excess mortality is due to the terrible inhumane suffering, fear and neglect caused by the 'lockdown' itself. With lifesaving treatment cancelled and people too terrified to seek urgent medical help.

    Also, existing legislation should have been used for a Pandemic such as the Infectious Diseases Act 1984 and if this was not sufficient the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 should have been used. This would have protected our Human Rights, as s20 of the Act demanded, along with other requirements and protections under the Act including "due proportion", Parliamentary scrutiny and a duration of only 30 days maximum. This is outlined in the Department of Health's report 'UK Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Strategy 2011'.

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    This report made it clear that the Rule of Law should be upheld and life should carry on as normal for the healthy. Not the deliberately induced fear and hysterics and disproportionate reactions as an excuse for taking away our Human Rights, Civil liberties and destroying our economy in the process.

    Shamefully, the Coronavirus Act 2020 has been written as an 'Enabling Act' worse than even Hitler in Nazi Germany had. It is an abomination that has been used by the Government to illegally seize absolute power and control and has no place in a modern Democracy.

    As 'covid-19' has never been isolated and proven to be a virus or disease, it cannot be tested for. Instead of 'covid-19' being tested for, what is actually being tested for is genetic material and a RNA sequence based upon lung fluid extracted from Chinese patients. This genetic material is found in everyone and at higher levels in very ill people suffering from any illness.

    Further, the test that is being used is called the RT-PCR test and the inventor said it should NEVER be used for diagnostics. This is because it is not a 'gold-standard' test that would give 100% accuracy. In fact, there is a false positive rate of 80% for this test. This means that the test is meaningless as it is just testing for genetic material and not coronavirus and even that is only a real positive for one in five people. Other tests being used are as bad or even worse. Further, using these tests anyone can test either positive or negative depending upon how many cycles the specimen is amplified by and as such the tests can be easily rigged.

    We want the Government to be immediately banned from conducting any further 'coronavirus' testing. They are not really testing for 'coronavirus' but these results are being weaponised and used to deprive us of our Democracy, Human Rights and Freedoms, also our finances are being affected and our economy destroyed all based upon false results. People are also dying as treatment is being denied as the NHS focus is only on so-called 'covid-19'. People have also been so frightened by the relentless Media brainwashing that they are now not requesting urgent medical help when they need it.

    Further, the 'lockdown' and 'social distancing' were measures that were forced upon us and were based upon advice by Government 'advisors', from 'modeling' estimates and reports not even peer reviewed.These 'advisors' from Imperial College, including Professor Neil Ferguson have a track record of complete failure, including the slaughter of millions of healthy animals and the ruin of livelihoods during the Foot and Mouth debacle. These absurd measures have no proven medical or scientific effectiveness and even the opposite is true and these measures are considered "dangerous" by many top international doctors.

    This is even reinforced by the World Health Organisation (WHO) themselves in their report 'Nonpharmaceutical Interventions for Pandemic Influenza, National and Community Measures' from 2006, which is on the official American Government Health website, the writers of which include current members of SAGE, Government 'advisors'. This report criticises forced isolation and quarantine branding these measures "ineffective and impractical".

    It also states that "Legal authority and procedures for implementing interventions should be understood in advance and should respect cultural differences and human rights."

    Crucially the report states that at Phase 6 of a Pandemic, when a Pandemic is officially declared (WHO declared it to be a Pandemic on 11th March 2020), measures such as tracing and quarantine should not be attempted. This means that according to the WHO themselves neither the UK or the rest of the world should have been put in 'lockdown'. It states "Patient isolation and tracing and quarantine of contacts should cease, as such measures will no longer be feasible or useful." We feel that the 'NHS tracing app' and the 25,000 'tracers' are yet more infringements of our rights and privacy and is an outrage and illegal. This also has the sinister potential to be weaponised and used to terrify the population into thinking they have so-called 'covid-19'. Also the potential to keep a 'Pandemic' going indefinitely.

    Further the report concludes 'lockdown' did not work back in 1918 even during war and under desperate, disadvantaged circumstances and the absurd 'social distancing' measures currently being demanded did not even get a mention!

    Please read it in full: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291415/

    This case is about DEMOCRACY and righting a wrong that has been done to us all. The Coronavirus Act 2020 needs to be IMMEDIATELY null and void and fake 'coronavirus' testing must be IMMEDIATELY banned.

    ALSO, NO MORE, 'LOCKDOWN', FAKE 'SOCIAL DISTANCING' AND TRACING POLICIES OR GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA BRAINWASHING!!

    Initially we need to raise £30,000 but then we will need to raise over £125,000 to get our lives back to the old normal they should be. Please contribute to our action and help us get our powers back where they belong, with us the People not with the Politicians. We should not be at the mercy of them and their failed 'advisors'. We will also be seeking retribution.

    We will be helping and showing the way to the rest of the world that they do not have to accept this either. The UK is supposed to be the 'Mother of Democracy' but we now find ourselves in an enforced Dictatorship based upon false evidence and fake and draconian policies that were not even effective in 1918 before modern medicine, let alone in the 21st Century.

    Thank you for your support, together we can overcome this deception and insanity and get the lives we deserve back again for us, our children and our grandchildren.

    We owe it to them to not allow their future to be ruined by the compromised, by fools and by Politicians.

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    Gwin Ru that post is a stormer.
    Its the very best piece of information and action that I have read so far.
    Thank you very much.
    Chris

    PS THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN GIVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT I DID

    https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/th...irus-act-2020/
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    First time I heard that at this time there's been 0 confirmed infections in Central Finland, where I live. The funniest thing is that no one really seemed to even care if there was a virus roaming here or not. Life was like it was except for some restrictions. I've seen around 20 people wearing face mask here in Finland all together. But I think we're clear and everything's going to be as it was. I'm gonna leave this video made by someone I follow on Youtube.

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    And that's the reason many poor people didn't dare to cross the hospital door and Covid1984 cases were pumped up...

    Quote Remember Michael Flor, the longest-hospitalized COVID-19 patient who, when he unexpectedly did not die, was jokingly dubbed “the miracle child?”

    Now they can also call him the million-dollar baby.

    Flor, 70, who came so close to death in the spring that a night-shift nurse held a phone to his ear while his wife and kids said their final goodbyes, is recovering nicely these days at his home in West Seattle. But he says his heart almost failed a second time when he got the bill from his health care odyssey the other day.

    “I opened it and said ‘holy [bleep]!’ “ Flor says.

    The total tab for his bout with the coronavirus: $1.1 million. $1,122,501.04, to be exact. All in one bill that’s more like a book because it runs to 181 pages.
    Read more here.

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    Hairdressers must revive bob cut and ditch blow drys to survive coronavirus, say industry leaders
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    https://uk.yahoo.com/style/hairdress...162404247.html

    They’ve been closed for weeks - however there is hope hairdressers will reopen next month.

    However, when they do, industry leaders say salons will need to adapt to survive coronavirus restrictions.

    There are suggestions longer, wavy hair styles may be more risky for spreading Covid-19.

    According to Tim Hartley, a former director at Vidal Sassoon, opting for a bob cut would be a “safe” alternative to “lengthy” blow drys.

    Read more: The secret to a perfect smoky eye - make-up artist reveals her top two tips

    The top hair stylist explained: ““We have to think about maximising hygiene. The sooner the long tresses of yesterday are dispensed with, the more hygienic it will be for us all.

    "The hour-long blow dries in the salon are no longer safe for the stylist or the client. Research suggests the Covid-19 virus is transmitted much easier through a swift airflow.”

    Hartley thinks shorter cuts, popularised by his former boss Vidal Sassoon, are the solution to the stricter hygiene required during the pandemic.

    He added: “With the bob cut you can wash your hair everyday and not worry about it. It becomes part of your routine. It’s the glamour without the fuss.”

    Read more: Jacinda Arden's fiancé has revealed she let him dye her hair at home

    Similarly, John Carne, a salon owner in Guildford, has opted to scrap hour-long blow drys when he reopens his salon on Monday, July 6th.

    The former vice president at the Fellowship For British Hairdressing thinks the “high speed air flow streams” that blow drys require could increase the spread of the virus.

    He said: “My view is simple. I cannot expose my stylists or clients to a possible increased risk of Covid-19 transmission by undertaking lengthy blow drys in the salon.

    “So for the foreseeable future they are off our service menu.”

    Read more: The nation’s obsessed with Marianne’s fringe - here’s how to successfully cut one yourself

    Noting that he would also be encouraging bob cuts, the stylist added: “In our salon we will only be able to operate eight of our usual 20 stylists chairs at any given time.

    “Shorter cuts are much quicker than lengthy blow drys, so they will allow us to keep a high turnover and make a profit. Otherwise reopening just won’t be worthwhile.”

    Hair salons across the UK have been closed since lockdown began on March 23rd in a bid to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.

    They are expected to reopen on July 4th, and while government safety guidelines for salons are yet to be announced, hairdressers are expecting to have to use personal protective equipment when they are unable to remain two metres apart.

    Read more: Top hairdresser Nicky Clarke reveals how to trim an overgrown fringe at home during lockdown

    The National Hair & Beauty Federation (NHBF), the UK’s largest hairdressing trade association is urging salons to limit treatment times to control the spread of Covid-19.

    A spokesperson said: "In line with the current two-metre social distancing regulation we are recommending that hair and beauty salons and barbershops alter their lay-out to meet these to protect staff and clients.

    “This will mean that most salons will not be able to accommodate as many clients as they normally would.”

    They added: "Treatment times should be kept to a minimum and so we are encouraging consultations to take place online before a client visits."


    Chris says -- so individuality will be taken away -- with a helmet style hair cut perhaps.
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    Karl Friston: up to 80% not even susceptible to Covid-19


    See here for full write-up and explanation: https://unherd.com/2020/06/karl-frist...

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    Professor Karl Friston is a computer modelling expert, world-renowned for his contributions to neuroscience. He has been applying his "dynamic causal modelling" approach to the Covid-19 pandemic, and has reached some startling results.

    - The differences between countries are not primarily down to government actions, but due to 'intrinsic' differences in the populations

    - We don't yet fully understand what is driving it, although there are theories ranging from levels of vitamin D to genetic differences

    - In each country, there appears to be a portion of the population that is 'not even in the game' - that is, not susceptible to Covid-19. This varies hugely between countries

    - In the UK, Professor Friston estimates that portion to be at least 50%, and probably more like 80%

    - The similar mortality results between Sweden (no lockdown) and the UK (lockdown) are best explained by the fact that in reality there was no difference - the impact of the legal lockdown in Professor Friston's models "literally goes away".


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    Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Sues FDA for “Irrational” Interference of Access to Life-Saving Hydroxychloroquine

    By Jim Hoft
    Published June 14, 2020 at 9:55pm




    The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (https://aapsonline.org) filed a lawsuit against Department of Health and Human Services and the FDA for “irrational interference” by the FDA with timely access to hydroxychloroquine.

    Never in history have we seen such a determined effort by the scientific community and pharmaceutical industry to downplay and lie about the use of a successful drug to treat a deadly disease.

    Hydroxychloroquine is the first choice in a study of 6,000 doctors treating the coronavirus.

    In the field and in independent testing hydroxychloroquine displayed amazing results in treating the COVID-19 virus.

    But there was great pushback against hydroxychloroquine for two reasons. The first reason was because it was safe and very inexpensive. The second reason is because Donald Trump promoted its use.

    It is not a stretch to say the Democrat establishment would rather see people die than see President Trump be proven right.

    So the so-called experts went to great lengths to lie and smear the use of this drug as we have discussed previously.

    Quote EXCLUSIVE: The Lancet Study on Hydroxychloroquine Was a COMPLETE FRAUD – The Authors are Linked to the Pharmaceutical Industry and People Died Because of Their Lies!

    The Lancet Medical Journal apologized this week and pulled the controversial hydroxychloroquine study. The study released by Lancet titled — “Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis” — was retracted after it was found to be a complete fraud. Reuters reported: An influential study that found …

    Continue reading EXCLUSIVE: The Lancet Study on Hydroxychloroquine Was a COMPLETE FRAUD – The Authors are Linked to the Pharmaceutical Industry and People Died Because of Their Lies!
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    Now the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons sued the FDA for its irrational interference to access of the life-saving drug.

    Via Ned Nokolov.

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    Ned Nikolov, Ph.D. @NikolovScience
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    On June 2 2020, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (https://aapsonline.org/ ) filed a lawsuit against Department of Health & Human Services & FDA for "irrational interference by the FDA with timely access to hydroxychloroquine...":
    https://aapsonline.org/judicial/aaps-v-fda-hcq-6-2-2020.pdf …


    Ned Nikolov, Ph.D. @NikolovScience

    Why is an effective & inexpensive drug treatment of #COVID19 being suppressed by FDA?

    There is one plausible answer: the successful treatment of COVID19 patients with hydroxychloroquine threatens the sale of billions of doses of a COVID19 vaccine to the World later on...


    9:33 PM - Jun 14, 2020
    This is a huge scandal that will be completely ignored by the liberal media.

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    Thanks Gwin Ru - came here to post this, you already have it covered!
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    Quote Posted by Delight (here)
    Thought this should be posted

    If you watch this to the end and are not in tears I suggest you have no soul, wow just wow.

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    Our Government Has Destroyed Our Country!

    The Coronavirus Act 2020 is Null and Void!

    https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/th...irus-act-2020/


    Our Government Has Destroyed Our Country!

    However, all is not lost if we unite NOW and fight our Government in the Courts as the law is on OUR side. They need to be stopped NOW before the damage is even worse.

    Our Government has caused thousands of deaths with their illegal 'lockdown' due to lack of treatment. Then they claim these are 'covid-19 positive' deaths to boost their statistics.

    Our Government control and manipulate these mortality statistics.

    Our Government will cause many many more deaths as their actions have made the NHS Waiting List over 10 million people now and many will die waiting.

    Our Government will cause many further deaths as vital cancer screening and treatment is not happening and there will be many suicides of people broken by the illegal 'lockdown'.

    Our Government ban us from seeing our ill and dying family and friends in hospital and then limits numbers for funerals which then have to 'social distance'.

    Our Government will only allow us to see family and friends outdoors, under their silly confusing rules, 'socially distanced' of course.

    Our Government pointlessly has caused our healthy economy to plunge by 20.4% in April because of their insane illegal 'lockdown'.

    Our Government has used our police force that we fund to enforce their illegal actions and make them fine us if we do not comply.

    Our Government has destroyed people's lives with their illegal actions, jobs are lost, businesses ruined, children are deprived of their education all for nothing as even Professor Neil Ferguson was forced to admit.

    Our Government are now forcing us to wear masks on public transport even though this has no benefit and will give us health problems.

    Our Government is forcing us to do absurd 'social distancing' which has no scientific evidence but just destroys businesses and makes our lives a misery.

    Our Government allows 'social distancing' rules to be broken by protesters that are furthering their divide and rule aims.

    Our Government is forcing our children to 'socially distance' and be frightened if they do get to go to school, which will give them mental health problems.

    Our Government has removed all enjoyment from our lives such as holidays, watching sport and even going out for a meal or a drink.

    Our Government is illegally tracking and tracing us based upon fake tests.

    Our Government illegally took our Rights and Freedoms literally over night and are only slowly giving them back and giving us endless, silly, insulting, confusing rules.

    Our Government is now plotting to have regional illegal 'lockdowns' and has given Local Authorities £300 million for this.

    Our Government is plotting a 'second wave' of so-called 'covid-19' and has already commenced the brainwashing programme for this.

    Our Government is plotting with Gavi and Gates etc. for us to all to have a lethal vaccine before they will allow our lives to return to any sort of normality.

    Our Government has given Gavi and Gates hundreds of millions of pounds for these vaccines and has promised many more hundreds of millions of our money to them.

    Our Government has used psychological warfare against the People right from the start of this 'pandemic' with their Behavioural Insights (brainwashing) Team using the Main Stream Media and even the 77th Brigade from the army to control the narrative and generate fear.

    Our Government, however, now need to be frightened themseves as the People are waking up, are not happy and know they are to blame!

    Please support our legal action against this Government of Occupation, let's stop them and take our Rights, Freedoms and Democracy back NOW!
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    Former Tory leader Lord Hague says lockdown a disaster for society.

    http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co..../article/51726
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    The Collapse of the COVID-1984 Narrative

    Gary Null interviews James Corbett for his radio program on the dramatic collapse of the coronavirus narrative. Now that the major institutions pushing the COVID panic are now admitting that the virus is not an existential threat and the lockdowns were not necessary, what does this mean for the future of the COVID-1984 police state and the ushering in of the new “biosecurity” paradigm?





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    Woman of faith speaks out in response to Brix's lies
    6/16/20
    Brave woman!
    "On a recent White House Prayer call for faith leaders, Dr. Deborah Birx came on. "

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