Covid19: Global reports, news and updates

[AutumnW]

Greybeard, that's just not true. Respectfully, everything on this page is a huge load of crap.

[eyeland]

https://medium.com/@vernunftundrichtigkeit/coronavirus-why-everyone-was-wrong-fce6db5ba809
Coronavirus: Why everyone was wrong
The immune response to the virus is stronger than everyone thought
The original article was published in the Swiss magazine Weltwoche (World Week) on June 10th. The author, Beda M Stadler is the former director of the Institute for Immunology at the University of Bern, a biologist and professor emeritus. Stadler is an important medical professional in Switzerland, he also likes to use provoking language, which should not deter you from the extremely important points he makes.

[greybeard]

Coronavirus: Wear masks in crowded public spaces, says science body

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53316491




Everyone should carry a face covering when they leave home in order to tackle coronavirus, the head of the UK's national academy of science has said.

Prof Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, president of the Royal Society, said the coverings should then be worn "whenever you are in crowded public spaces".

He added there was evidence that they protected both the wearer and those around them.

The UK was "way behind" many countries in their usage, he said.

Current guidance on face coverings varies across the UK, but Public Health England previously said they did not need to be worn outdoors.

Speaking as the Royal Society published two reports on face coverings, Prof Ramakrishnan said the public remained "sceptical" about their benefits because "the message has not been clear enough" and guidelines have been inconsistent.

He added: "What we would like for the government is to be a bit stronger and clearer about the messaging and require it whenever you are in crowded public spaces where you cannot get more than two metres away from the next person.

"If you're in a crowded setting, you ought to wear a mask."

There are mixed feelings among the experts on the government's scientific advisory group, Sage, around the use of face coverings.

Some point to evidence that indicates coverings do not seem to slow the spread of flu when worn in Asian countries, and there are concerns they might give some a false sense of security.

But there is a consensus that they may reduce the risk of an infected person passing the virus on to someone else.

The government has said that face coverings can be made at home from cloth, and do not need to be hospital-standard masks.
What is the current guidance on face coverings?

Face coverings are compulsory on public transport in England, where they should also be worn in hospitals by staff, outpatients and visitors. People visiting shops are also advised, but not required, to cover their face if they judge that social distancing is not always possible.

In Scotland, masks are also mandatory on public transport, and will be in shops from 10 July.

People in Wales are being asked to wear non-medical face coverings where social distancing is not possible - including on public transport. But the government stopped short of making their use mandatory.

Plans to make wearing face masks on public transport compulsory in Northern Ireland have been put on hold, pending legal clarification.


In late April, only about 25% of people in the UK wore face coverings, compared to 83.4% in Italy, 65.8% in the United States and 63.8% in Spain, according to one of the reports, which examined the factors limiting the take-up.

Not wearing a face covering should be regarded as "anti-social" in the same way as drink driving or failing to wear a seatbelt, Prof Ramakrishnan said.

"Not doing so increases the risk for everyone, from NHS workers to your grandmother," he said.

The World Health Organization changed its advice on face coverings in June, saying they should be worn in public where social distancing is not possible to help stop the spread of coronavirus - but countries set their own guidelines and laws.

The WHO had previously argued there was not enough evidence to say that healthy people should wear masks, despite their widespread use in many countries.


Prof Paul Edelstein from the University of Pennsylvania, who wrote the other report which examined the effectiveness of masks and other coverings, said the evidence that they protected other people was "clearer all the time", but there was also "some evidence" they protected the wearer.

"There are people without symptoms going about their daily business who are unknowingly breathing out droplets that are carrying the virus," he said.

"If they had their faces covered the majority of those droplets would be caught before they can infect other people. Wearing face coverings can help save lives and prevent disabling illnesses."


Not wearing a face covering should be regarded as "anti-social" in the same way as drink driving or failing to wear a seatbelt, Prof Ramakrishnan said

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Londonreal

Hi there,

Enjoy this episode and new and exclusive clips package featuring Dr Andrew Wakefield, the British academic gastroenterologist, filmmaker, researcher and activist. His discoveries have opened up new perceptions of childhood autism and vaccine safety. Download these clips from our interview today!
Despite attempts to silence his work, Andrew Wakefield has refused to waiver, costing him his career, reputation and medical honours.

In 2016, his documentary Vaxxed was banned from the Tribeca Film Festival. His upcoming movie, 1986: The Act, exposes the truth behind the National Childhood Injury Act.

In 1995 Andrew started investigating a possible role between gastrointestinal issues, the MMR vaccine, and neurological injury in children. In pursuit of this possible link, he participated in a study of twelve children with both stomach and developmental issues. The ensuing report, written with twelve other authors would catapult him into becoming one of the most controversial figures in the history of medicine.

Despite attempts to silence his work, Dr. Wakefield continues to share his revelations around vaccinations, and the role of big pharma.

In this episode we discuss everything from his latest film, to the best day of his life. I really appreciate his tireless efforts and think everyone should go watch his film.

Join us as we discuss:

Michael Moore, censorship, and Robert De Niro

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act

Maternal intuition, whistle blowing, and Anderson Cooper

The polio vaccine, Contagion, and the Wuhan research facility

Antibodies, Dengue fever, and chloroquine

Autism rates, the measles vaccine, and herd immunity

https://freedomplatform.londonreal.tv/andrew-wakefield-1986-the-act-what-the-government-dont-want-you-to-know-about-mandatory-vaccines/

[Philippe]

Greybeard, that's just not true. Respectfully, everything on this page is a huge load of crap.

No AutumnW you are in huge denial. Overpopulation has at times been a problem on planets in this galaxy. A false problem also because it is used for political manipulation and spiritual enslavement. And total extermination of populations have happened because these populations were in denial that such plans were in progress. This whole crisis gives our society an opportunity to grow up and not deny that there are evil powers that want such solution. Why am I so sure about what I say? I and others have had physical, mental and spiritual changes in undoing the lingering effects of such long-ago drama's (objective and subjective changes).

[pueblo]

Facts about Covid.

Fully referenced facts about Covid-19, provided by experts in the field, to help our readers make a realistic risk assessment. (Regular updates below)

“The only means to fight the plague is honesty.” (Albert Camus, 1947)

Overview

1. According to the latest immunological and serological studies, the overall lethality of Covid-19 (IFR) is about 0.1% and thus in the range of a strong seasonal influenza (flu).

2. In countries like the US, the UK, and also Sweden (without a lockdown), overall mortality since the beginning of the year is in the range of a strong influenza season; in countries like Germany, Austria and Switzerland, overall mortality is in the range of a mild influenza season.

3. Even in global “hotspots”, the risk of death for the general population of school and working age is typically in the range of a daily car ride to work. The risk was initially overestimated because many people with only mild or no symptoms were not taken into account.

4. Up to 80% of all test-positive persons remain symptom-free. Even among 70-79 year olds, about 60% remain symptom-free. Over 95% of all persons develop at most moderate symptoms.

5. Up to 60% of all persons may already have a certain cellular background immunity to Covid-19 due to contact with previous coronaviruses (i.e. common cold viruses). The initial assumption that there was no immunity against Covid-19 was not correct.

6. The median age of the deceased in most countries (including Italy) is over 80 years (e.g. 86 years in Sweden) and only about 4% of the deceased had no serious preconditions. The age and risk profile of deaths thus essentially corresponds to normal mortality.

7. In many countries, up to two thirds of all extra deaths occurred in nursing homes, which do not benefit from a general lockdown. Moreover, in many cases it is not clear whether these people really died from Covid19 or from weeks of extreme stress and isolation.

8. Up to 30% of all additional deaths may have been caused not by Covid19, but by the effects of the lockdown, panic and fear. For example, the treatment of heart attacks and strokes decreased by up to 60% because many patients no longer dared to go to hospital.

9. Even in so-called “Covid19 deaths” it is often not clear whether they died from or with coronavirus (i.e. from underlying diseases) or if they were counted as “presumed cases” and not tested at all. However, official figures usually do not reflect this distinction.

10. Many media reports of young and healthy people dying from Covid19 turned out to be false: many of these young people either did not die from Covid19, they had already been seriously ill (e.g. from undiagnosed leukaemia), or they were in fact 109 instead of 9 years old. The claimed increase in Kawasaki disease in children also turned out to be false.

11. Strong increases in regional mortality can occur if there is a collapse in the care of the elderly and sick as a result of infection or panic, or if there are additional risk factors such as severe air pollution. Questionable regulations for dealing with the deceased sometimes led to additional bottlenecks in funeral or cremation services.

12. In countries such as Italy and Spain, and to some extent the UK and the US, hospital overloads due to strong flu waves are not unusual. Moreover, this year up to 15% of health care workers were put into quarantine, even if they developed no symptoms.

13. The often shown exponential curves of “corona cases” are misleading, as the number of tests also increased exponentially. In most countries, the ratio of positive tests to tests overall (i.e. the positive rate) remained constant at 5% to 25% or increased only slightly. In many countries, the peak of the spread was already reached well before the lockdown.

14. Countries without curfews and contact bans, such as Japan, South Korea, Belarus or Sweden, have not experienced a more negative course of events than other countries. Sweden was even praised by the WHO and now benefits from higher immunity compared to lockdown countries.

15. The fear of a shortage of ventilators was unjustified. According to lung specialists, the invasive ventilation (intubation) of Covid19 patients, which is partly done out of fear of spreading the virus, is in fact often counterproductive and damaging to the lungs.

16. Contrary to original assumptions, various studies have shown that there is no evidence of the virus spreading through aerosols (i.e. tiny particles floating in the air) or through smear infections (e.g. on door handles or smartphones). The main modes of transmission are direct contact and droplets produced when coughing or sneezing.

17. There is also no scientific evidence for the effectiveness of face masks in healthy or asymptomatic individuals. On the contrary, experts warn that such masks interfere with normal breathing and may become “germ carriers”. Leading doctors called them a “media hype” and “ridiculous”.

18. Many clinics in Europe and the US remained strongly underutilized or almost empty during the Covid19 peak and in some cases had to send staff home. Millions of surgeries and therapies were cancelled, including many cancer screenings and organ transplants.

19. Several media were caught trying to dramatize the situation in hospitals, sometimes even with manipulative images and videos. In general, the unprofessional reporting of many media maximized fear and panic in the population.

20. The virus test kits used internationally are prone to errors and can produce false positive and false negative results. Moreover, the official virus test was not clinically validated due to time pressure and may sometimes react positive to other coronaviruses.

21. Numerous internationally renowned experts in the fields of virology, immunology and epidemiology consider the measures taken to be counterproductive and recommend rapid natural immunisation of the general population and protection of risk groups.

22. At no time was there a medical reason for the closure of schools, as the risk of disease and transmission in children is extremely low. There is also no medical reason for small classes, masks or ‘social distancing’ rules in schools.

23. The claim that only (severe) Covid-19 but not influenza may cause venous thrombosis and pulmonary (lung) embolism is not true, as it has been known for 50 years that severe influenza greatly increases the risk of thrombosis and embolism, too.

24. Several medical experts described express coronavirus vaccines as unnecessary or even dangerous. Indeed, the vaccine against the so-called swine flu of 2009, for example, led to sometimes severe neurological damage and lawsuits in the millions. In the testing of new coronavirus vaccines, too, serious complications and failures have already occurred.

25. A global influenza or corona pandemic can indeed extend over several seasons, but many studies of a “second wave” are based on very unrealistic assumptions, such as a constant risk of illness and death across all age groups.

26. Several nurses, e.g. in New York City, described an oftentimes fatal medical mis­manage­ment of Covid patients due to questionable financial incentives or inappropriate medical protocols.

27. The number of people suffering from unemployment, depressions and domestic violence as a result of the measures has reached historic record values. Several experts predict that the measures will claim far more lives than the virus itself. According to the UN 1.6 billion people around the world are at immediate risk of losing their livelihood.

28. NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden warned that the “corona crisis” will be used for the permanent expansion of global surveillance. Renowned virologist Pablo Goldschmidt spoke of a “global media terror” and “totalitarian measures”. Leading British virologist Professor John Oxford spoke of a “media epidemic”.

29. More than 600 scientists have warned of an “unprecedented surveillance of society” through problematic apps for “contact tracing”. In some countries, such “contact tracing” is carried out directly by the secret service. In several parts of the world, the population is being monitored by drones and facing serious police overreach during lockdowns.

30. A 2019 WHO study on public health measures against pandemic influenza found that from a medical perspective, “contact tracing” is “not recommended in any circumstances”. Nevertheless, contact tracing apps have already become partially mandatory in several countries.

...More at link below

https://swprs.org/a-swiss-doctor-on-covid-19/

[greybeard]

letter to PM Demanding Proof of Existence of 'Covid-19'!

The push-back movement against Government tyranny continues!

Now our friends at StandUpX - Science Committee have written to the PM demanding proof of the existence of so-called 'covid-19'. This is to be by way of peer reviewed evidence of isolation and purification of the 'virus'. This is also to be produced with peer reviewed proof that all of the Koch Postulates have been applied to the 'virus'.

As this so-called 'covid-19' 'virus' is now controlling and dominating our lives, it is only reasonable to be given proof of it and if this proof is not given their ludicrous measures of control and vaccination plans should STOP NOW!

The Government have been given to the 22nd of July to provide proof, of course they will not be able to as 'covid-19' does not exist, but it will be interesting to see what they say in their reply. See the letter here:

https://www.kevinpcorbett.com/coronahysteria/viral-challenge-to-boris-johnson.html

As you can see the signatories of the letter are Dr Kevin Corbett, Piers Corbyn, David Crowe, Dr Andrew Kaufman, Dr David Rasnick and Professor Roger Watson. Many more health professionals also wanted to sign the letter but were sadly unable to for fear of the implications to their careers of going against the Government narrative. Dr Kevin Corbett has written some excellent papers on all of this insanity, see:

https://www.kevinpcorbett.com/coronahysteria/index.html


Redirection



Thank you to Simon Dolan and his team for all their hard work for us, please keep going. We need to fight this Government of Occupation over their lies and fraud at every opportunity!

This has been pasted from here.

https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/the-coronavirus-act-2020/

[shaberon]

A Florida church (https://www.rt.com/usa/494196-florida-miracle-mineral-church-raid/) has been busted for their coronavirus cure, Miracle Mineral Solution. That is because it is an industrial bleach made from muriatic acid.

The church is not so much a church, but a marketing service, in fact it is spawned from Scientology.

The twenty-two gallons that were confiscated were enough to do I'm not sure what to I don't know how many people, but, in this case, I would agree with the government's role in "checking out" such products.

Although I disagree with most of what they do, plopping poison in your mouth for profit seems to be a standard business practice, and so I have no intention to get rid of government and trust some other entity in its place.

[greybeard]

A Florida church (https://www.rt.com/usa/494196-florida-miracle-mineral-church-raid/) has been busted for their coronavirus cure, Miracle Mineral Solution. That is because it is an industrial bleach made from muriatic acid.

The church is not so much a church, but a marketing service, in fact it is spawned from Scientology.

The twenty-two gallons that were confiscated were enough to do I'm not sure what to I don't know how many people, but, in this case, I would agree with the government's role in "checking out" such products.

Although I disagree with most of what they do, plopping poison in your mouth for profit seems to be a standard business practice, and so I have no intention to get rid of government and trust some other entity in its place.

There is a lot of information on MMS and how the use of it came about.
Jim Hubble the originator is genuine.
He got this registered as a church so it would not be shut down.
For once I disagree with you.
The Red Cross were testing it on malaria in Africa but were told by, guess who, to shut down tests which were proving successful.
Chris

[greybeard]

Doctor Jensen Under Fire For Exposing America & Vaccine Evil Plan To Depopulate Africa


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiecPHpBTcI


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[greybeard]

Make This GO Viral!! Doctor Jensen Being Investigated By United State Board After COVID-19 Comments


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_GLaYFzWHI

[greybeard]

Each One Of Us Must Take Action: Remember Compliance Equals Consent - Dr. Rashid A Buttar

This 4 part series representing a roundtable uncensored and passionate conversation between four veterans regarding the current situation regarding the COVID-19 and the rollout of the vaccine which based on the previous history, will be mandated for all who serve in the military.

Part 4 is the final portion that gives action steps and what each of us can do regarding this incredibly important issue. Remind our soldiers and ourselves, that we DO have a voice. And we need to give that voice sound so that we don't repeat and stop continuing to make the mistake that history shows we have made. Follow these important action steps and remember your power. Never forget your power and remember that NO one can take that power away from you. Part 4 is a must-see, especially if you serve in the military currently or have a loved one who is currently serving. But if you haven't seen the other parts, please go back and watch Parts 1 through 3 as well.

Pass this video on to everyone you know and share it far and wide. The world and especially all who serve, need to know this information.

If you are a veteran or currently serve, or you are in law enforcement, please complete the following 3 steps after watching this critical video series:
1. Send this video to at least 3 different people whose lives this information may affect
2. Click on the link below to subscribe, making sure to answer the questions regarding the VA and health insurance component.
3. Make sure that you watch all the 4 parts, hit the subscribe button, and do NOT rely on the alerts from social media.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFAYXpBWHOk

[greybeard]

It's Going To Get Worse


International best-selling author, Dr Vernon Coleman MB ChB DSc FRSA, explains why 'they' need a second wave and why the publicity about it will warn us that it is worse than Covid-19. He also explains why we all need a survival plan.
For more unbiased information about other important issues, please visit http://www.vernoncoleman.com The transcripts of the videos that YouTube banned are also on the website.
Thank you for all your support and encouragement.
Please feel free to share this video.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUNdvN6IHqU

[greybeard]

Dr. Anthony Fauci says he hasn't briefed Trump in at least two months, despite pandemic resurgence
Nicholas Wu, USA TODAY
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/dr-anthony-fauci-says-hasnt-145943235.html

WASHINGTON – Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, said Friday he has not briefed President Donald Trump in at least two months and not seen him in person at the White House since June 2, despite a coronavirus resurgence that has strained hospitals and led several states to pause reopenings.

Fauci told the Financial Times he was "sure" his messages were sent to the president even though the two have not been in close contact in the past several weeks.

The comments from the Trump administration's director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases came as Trump has been critical of Fauci and spoken openly about issues on which they disagree.

In a Thursday interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity, Trump said Fauci had "made a lot of mistakes" but called him a "nice man." Trump also said "most cases" of coronavirus would "automatically cure. They automatically get better."

Also in the FT interview, Fauci said Trump was incorrect in claiming 99% of coronavirus cases were "harmless" and may have conflated some statistics.

"I’m trying to figure out where the president got that number," Fauci said. "What I think happened is that someone told him that the general mortality is about 1%. And he interpreted, therefore, that 99% is not a problem, when that’s obviously not the case."

The fatality rate, or deaths divided by confirmed cases, is about 4.3%, according to Johns Hopkins University, though the death rate could vary and could be significantly lower if cases are undercounted because of the lack of testing. Close to 130,000 Americans have died as a result of the coronavirus, according to Johns Hopkins data, and coronavirus cases continue to rise across the country.

Close to 44,000 people are hospitalized with the coronavirus, according to the COVID Tracking Project's seven-day rolling average of hospitalizations.

Fauci responded to reports he had not appeared as often on television as he had earlier in the pandemic, saying his reputation for "speaking the truth at all times and not sugar-coating things" could be "one of the reasons why I haven’t been on television very much lately."

More: Anthony Fauci warns US is 'knee-deep' in first wave of coronavirus cases and prognosis is 'really not good'

More: Trump claims 99% of coronavirus cases are 'totally harmless'; 'long haulers' with lingering symptoms say he's wrong

Asked in a Monday interview with "Fox and Friends" about Trump's claim that 99% of coronavirus cases were "harmless," White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said, "When you start to look at the stats and all the numbers that we have, the amount of testing that we have, the vast majority of people are safe from this."

"Outside of comorbidities" such as diabetes or hypertension, he added, the "risks are extremely low and the president’s right with that, and the facts and the statistics back us up there."

A large proportion of the American population has comorbidities that put them at a higher risk for severe coronavirus cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than 100 million Americans live with diabetes or prediabetes, and nearly half of Americans have high blood pressure. The prevalence of such conditions is higher in racial minority groups, which have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus.

Fauci noted there was "extreme confusion" about the coronavirus' effects because it affected people so differently, telling the FT, "I have never seen a virus or any pathogen that has such a broad range of manifestations."

More: FDA commissioner refuses to comment on Trump's claim that 99 percent of coronavirus cases are 'harmless'

More: Trump, White House aide Mark Meadows downplay coronavirus risks as governors rush to contain surging cases

Fauci also said Americans' distrust of authority made it hard to combat the pandemic and find a vaccine.

He cited the nation's forefathers' "general spirit" of not trusting authority. The founders "had the guts to come by boat from Europe and wherever else," he said.

That spirit had been taken to an "extreme," he said, laying "the foundation for the anti-vaccine movement, that we don’t trust what the government is telling us. That is very, very problematic right now.”

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Fauci says he hasn't briefed Trump in two months on COVID response

[gnostic9]

Urgent information on Covid Vacc!ne.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbJq2KfgOEs



Dr. Carrie Madej (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOVus4q3qrOyKV_cxyfwfhw)


Vaccine Information on Covid19, nanotechnology, smart phone health apps, rDNA, rRNA, patenting GMO!


Love peace and joy to all!

[RunningDeer]

Chinese virologist accuses Beijing of hiding details on coronavirus (5:27)




Tucker Carlson: For telling the truth, the doctor says she will be “Disappeared and Killed.” This doctor says Beijing is suppressing vital information about the virus.

Virologist: There’s no protection for the doctors and the patient. And the common people. And also the government doesn’t allow people to release such information. Hospital doctors are scared, but they cannot talk.

Tucker Carlson: I worry that she will not get a hearing except on this channel.

Gordon Chang: Well she carries a message that is going to be discordant with what we hear elsewhere because this has become President Trump vs. everybody else. So you have a lot of people propagating China’s narratives in this country because it is politically expedient for them to do so in the short term.

And of course as she says, we are in a political season. And it’s very important that we listen to what she says because it does corroborate much of what we know about what the World Health Organization and China were doing and that critical January period.


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[greybeard]

Michigan's Human Microchip Bill
This week in Privacy News, judge allows ISP free speech case to proceed, and several groups are concerned about #Google acquiring Fitbit. Also Google and Facebook object to #Apple's new privacy warnings and Alexa goes hands free. Finally, Michigan passes a bill making human #microchipping voluntary.

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All Articles:
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00:00 Express VPN Affiliate
00:52 First Ammendent ISP Ruling
02:30 Google Fitbit EU Scrutiny
04:10 Facebook and Google vs Apple
06:12 Hands Free Alexa
07:32 IRS Deanonymize Monero
08:30 Michigan Microchip



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byW_cirNAag

A Linux promoter gives his views.
He will probably get to people who dont believe in "theories"
Switching from Windows to Linux is a good idea in these difficult times

Chris

[DaveToo]

Doctor Jensen Under Fire For Exposing America & Vaccine Evil Plan To Depopulate Africa


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiecPHpBTcI


Voice TV Nigeria is an online community of reporters and social advocates dedicated to bringing you news reports from a Nigerian-African perspective.

#Voicetv #VoicetvNigeria #NigerianNews #www.voicetvnigeria.com


We must always be vigilant here at Project Avalon and in the truther community in general.

A post was made a few days ago recommending a video by The Dollar Vigilante entitled "U.N. Blackmails World, Threatens 5-7 ...".
I watched it.

At the 11:35 mark Jeff B. (Dollar Vigilante) adds a clip from another video.
He prefaces the clip by saying it's the president of Ghana and that he is very liked-minded with his views about CV.
After airing the clip he says he's afraid for the president's life because of what he said.

This is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ID6fNN5Urs


In the Doctor Jensen Under video that you have linked to greybeard, the same clip that aired in Jeff's video, is aired at 13:51.

And in your next post, the other Doctor Jensen video also has the same clip at the 7:50 mark.

First it is NOT the president of Ghana speaking.
Second, the document is NOT an from extract from Rockefeller Foundation website as is stated.
It is a bogus script written by a fellow who posted it to an online forum in April.

I have written to Jeff B. to alert him of this but he still hasn't gotten back to me.

[greybeard]

Doctor Jensen Under Fire For Exposing America & Vaccine Evil Plan To Depopulate Africa


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiecPHpBTcI


Voice TV Nigeria is an online community of reporters and social advocates dedicated to bringing you news reports from a Nigerian-African perspective.

#Voicetv #VoicetvNigeria #NigerianNews #www.voicetvnigeria.com


We must always be vigilant here at Project Avalon and in the truther community in general.

A post was made a few days ago recommending a video by The Dollar Vigilante entitled "U.N. Blackmails World, Threatens 5-7 ...".
I watched it.

At the 11:35 mark Jeff B. (Dollar Vigilante) adds a clip from another video.
He prefaces the clip by saying it's the president of Ghana and that he is very liked-minded with his views about CV.
After airing the clip he says he's afraid for the president's life because of what he said.

This is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ID6fNN5Urs


In the Doctor Jensen Under video that you have linked to greybeard, the same clip that aired in Jeff's video, is aired at 13:51.

And in your next post, the other Doctor Jensen video also has the same clip at the 7:50 mark.

First it is NOT the president of Ghana speaking.
Second, the document is NOT an from extract from Rockefeller Foundation website as is stated.
It is a bogus script written by a fellow who posted it to an online forum in April.

I have written to Jeff B. to alert him of this but he still hasn't gotten back to me.

Agree Dave Too
The problem is that the Dr part is real --and some other members say that the Rockefeller document is genuine, if I recall correctly.
I have no way of checking this.
Often I will add a "MAY BE SO" I forgot.
There is so much in information out there that is beyond belief yet it is true.
Not all of it of course.
Chris

[greybeard]

Wow!!!: Vaccine Trial Begins In Africa, Despite warning From Africa Leaders


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEe9tW2O6yE

Sorry I cant do an adequate resume.
Annoying noise from time to time --dont Wear earphones while listening
Also repeats from other videos -- of Boris and "suspect" African leader speech.
So make what you will of this -- the first part at least worth listening to.
Chris
Ps I would either listen with discernment to the "Speech" part or fast forward to the Dr part- that is valuable but posted separately before.
I do wish original video producers would not lump separate videos together to make a point.
Chris

[DaveToo]

Doctor Jensen Under Fire For Exposing America & Vaccine Evil Plan To Depopulate Africa


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiecPHpBTcI


Voice TV Nigeria is an online community of reporters and social advocates dedicated to bringing you news reports from a Nigerian-African perspective.

#Voicetv #VoicetvNigeria #NigerianNews #www.voicetvnigeria.com


We must always be vigilant here at Project Avalon and in the truther community in general.

A post was made a few days ago recommending a video by The Dollar Vigilante entitled "U.N. Blackmails World, Threatens 5-7 ...".
I watched it.

At the 11:35 mark Jeff B. (Dollar Vigilante) adds a clip from another video.
He prefaces the clip by saying it's the president of Ghana and that he is very liked-minded with his views about CV.
After airing the clip he says he's afraid for the president's life because of what he said.

This is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ID6fNN5Urs


In the Doctor Jensen Under video that you have linked to greybeard, the same clip that aired in Jeff's video, is aired at 13:51.

And in your next post, the other Doctor Jensen video also has the same clip at the 7:50 mark.

First it is NOT the president of Ghana speaking.
Second, the document is NOT an from extract from Rockefeller Foundation website as is stated.
It is a bogus script written by a fellow who posted it to an online forum in April.

I have written to Jeff B. to alert him of this but he still hasn't gotten back to me.

Agree Dave Too
The problem is that the Dr part is real --and some other members say that the Rockefeller document is genuine, if I recall correctly.
I have no way of checking this.
Often I will add a "MAY BE SO" I forgot.
There is so much in information out there that is beyond belief yet it is true.
Not all of it of course.
Chris

Hi Chris, do you know where I can find that Dollar Vigilante video entitled "U.N. Blackmails World, Threatens 5-7... " that I mentioned?
Someone posted it here at Avalon a few days ago.

Also, do you know who any of the other members are that say the Rockefeller document is genuine?

Thanks.

[greybeard]

ALL Brits could get access to a coronavirus vaccine at the start of next year, an Imperial Professor revealed today.

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/politics/5802406/coronavirus-vaccine-imperial/?utm_source=pushly

Lab chief Professor Robin Shattock said the vaccine could be rolled out early next year, and they would have enough to vaccinate the whole of the population.
⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates
A vaccine could be just months away from being rolled out
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A vaccine could be just months away from being rolled outCredit: Reuters

At the moment just 15 volunteers have been trialing the wonder drug, but it will ramp up to 200 in the coming weeks.

Speaking to Sky's Sophy Ridge today, he said it was "difficult to predict" whether it would definitely work as it's impossible at the moment to know what level of immunity is required.

He said this morning: "It is still not a certainty that it will work.

"If everything goes really well, we will get an answer as to whether it works by early next year.

"We have put in place the infrastructure to make enough vaccine for the whole of the UK.

"Assuming the funding is there to purchase that vaccine,, we could have that vaccine rolled out across the UK in the first half of next year.

"The UK are looking at doing an advanced purchase of the vaccine so that its ready to go. It doesn't mean its going to be excluded to other parts of the world.

"As soon as we know it works... everyone will be queuing up to get their hands on this vaccine."

He declared: “We are lucky in the UK –we have two very strong vaccine candidates" and the chances of never finding one was "very low".

And he said it "didn't matter" that the UK would not be a part of the EU's vaccine programme, as announced on Friday.

He said: "I don't think it matters at this stage. Success will come form many different avenues.

"We just need to keep our feet to the grindstone and do it as fast as we can."

The Oxford vaccine is currently the furthest along in human trials of all the vaccines in development.

But that won't be ready until October at the very earliest.

Hope still hangs on the current human coronavirus vaccine trials continuing to be successful and drugs company AstraZeneca being able to produce 30 million units fast enough.

But that would only be enough for half of the population, and there's no date of when it could be rolled out to the public.

They aim to be able to give vaccines to the other half within six months.

Those over the age of 50 and people with underlying medical conditions will likely be the first to get any vaccine which is ready.

Oxford chiefs are confident it will give immunity for several years - but they are still testing out their drugs.

Professor Sarah Gilbert said a vaccine would only be likely to "take the edge off" symptoms, rather than giving complete protection.


The Government has promised to pay to make sure that there's enough capacity to ramp it up for as many people as possible.

But there is a rush to see if they can get one finished and out to people who need it before the winter - where the increased risk of flu is likely to see coronavirus return with the vengence.

[greybeard]

Coronavirus UK lockdown rebellion: Boris Johnson warned by Tories, "Lockdown has collapsed demand!"

Tory rebels have warned UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson prolonging the UK's coronavirus lockdown could unleash a 'tidal wave of human misery' as they urge the PM to ease restrictions 'as quickly as possible'.

Tory MP Sir Charles Walker (Broxbourne) warned business is 'stressed' and that 'lockdown has collapsed demand'.

He said: 'If hundreds of thousands of those businesses go under, or a million or more, we will unleash a tidal wave of human misery. Unemployment of 12 per cent is four million people.'

He added: 'I do think we need to have a frank, open and honest debate about the ethics of trading lives tomorrow to save lives today.'

Sir Charles also warned there could be many waves of coronavirus in the coming years, adding: 'We need an economy that is resilient, that can meet and face that challenge down, so we have to get people back to work as safely as possible.

'Maybe in a few months' time the slogan will be because we want to protect our public services and the things that we value, go to work, wash your hands, save the NHS, because many people, most people find their purpose, their motivation and their happiness in the workplace.'

#Coronavirus
#BorisJohnson
#SirCharlesWalker
This was published 5th of May --it took some time to get noticed on U tube
I wonder why.
Chris




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw_bWvDHRJk

[happyuk]

A convincing and engaging piece from Off-Guardian (https://off-guardian.org/2020/07/13/nhs-consultant-says-staff-are-being-silenced-over-covid19/) about an NHS senior consultant telling the truth about the sharp end of dealing with Covid19.

Two extracts:


In my opinion, and that of many of my colleagues, there has been no Covid Pandemic, certainly not in the Surrey region, and I have heard from other colleagues this picture is the same throughout the country.


At the start, staff that questioned this were told that we were being used as ‘redundant’ capacity, kept back for the ‘deluge’ we were told would come. It never did come, and when staff began to question this, comments like, ‘for the greater good’ and to ‘protect the NHS’ came down from above. Now its just along the lines of, ‘Shut up or you don’t get paid’.

On top of that, we have recurrent and persistent mainstream media reports of any death with Coronavirus as the cause of death, the unreliable nature of testing kits, and perhaps most important, the continuing blatant generalised and inaccurate nature of alarmist MSM "reporting".

[happyuk]

The insanity of the different parts of the population in this charade has been to behave like frightened children, to confuse, to over-dramatise, to distort the stats and obfuscate the facts, and to seemingly have zero sensitivity as to the need for a common sense, calm approach to dealing with innocent people.

This is the terrifying thing about Covid19.....not the virus itself.

It started with "it's a war" (thank you, World Leaders), and everyone being united against this deadly killer. Then it segued into "it's our duty to obey the rules" and the novelty of medicinal hand-washes, masks and queuing for everything .

Then it took an unpleasant turn as the "news" got worse, such that hay-fever sufferers like me who sneeze became the recipients of glares and people trying to move further away but succeeding only in getting too close to the person in front...thus annoying them.

Lockdown too - at first - was a novelty. Then it became clear that governments had lied about mask effectiveness, and was even as late as March throwing away perfectly good C19 management cocktails.

CONCLUSIONS:

1. The great majority of the electorate are very easily duped into mass obedience. A dis-informed citizenry far too willing to accept and put up with any old claptrap.
2. There is an unhealthy funding relationship between Big Pharma and academic researchers that suggests the triumph of money over objectivity

[WhiteFeather]

Urgent information on Covid Vacc!ne.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbJq2KfgOEs



Dr. Carrie Madej (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOVus4q3qrOyKV_cxyfwfhw)


Vaccine Information on Covid19, nanotechnology, smart phone health apps, rDNA, rRNA, patenting GMO!


Love peace and joy to all!

This was absolutely stunning. And deserving to be bumped. Thanks for posting. I highly suggest all to watch this. I did a credential search on this Dr, and she's totally legit. She works out of McDonough Georgia in the US.

[TomKat]

A Swiss doctor points out all the fallacies surrounding Covid-19.

https://medium.com/@vernunftundrichtigkeit/coronavirus-why-everyone-was-wrong-fce6db5ba809

[greybeard]

“That’s What He Was Getting At”: White House Tries To Explain Why Donald Trump Retweeted Chuck Woolery’s Claim That “Everyone Is Lying” About Coronavirus
Ted Johnson
Deadlin

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/getting-white-house-tries-explain-195531317.html

Click here to read the full article.

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany was asked Monday to explain why President Donald Trump retweeted former game show host Chuck Woolery’s claim that “everyone is lying” about the coronavirus, including the Centers for Disease Control, as a way to keep the economy coming back before the election.

A reporter asked McEnany, “The president retweeted something this morning … saying that the CDC is lying about the coronavirus in order to hurt his chances of getting re-elected. Does the president believe that the CDC is lying about COVID-19?”

More from Deadline


McEnany tried to explain what the intent of Trump’s retweet was — blaming his displeasure on CDC leaks and “some rogue individuals.”

“The president, with his intent in that retweet, expresses displeasure with the CDC, some rogue individuals leaking guidelines prematurely,” she said. “You had a 63-page plan that was leaked prematurely. He believes that that misleads the American public when there are planning materials released that are not in their fullest form and their best form. So that’s what he was getting at.”

Woolery’s tweet, though, was a sweeping statement that doesn’t mention anything about leaks. It suggested that the CDC, media, Democrats and “our doctors” are lying about the coronavirus.

In his tweet, Woolery wrote: “The most outrageous lies are the ones about Covid 19. Everyone is lying. The CDC, Media, Democrats, our Doctors, not all but most, that we are told to trust. I think it’s all about the election and keeping the economy from coming back, which is about the election. I’m sick of it.”


The tweet didn’t specify what the lies are, but in a later tweet, Woolery wrote: “There is so much evidence, yes scientific evidence, that schools should open this fall. It’s worldwide and it’s overwhelming. BUT NO.”


Woolery, the original host of Wheel of Fortune who went on to host the dating show Love Connection and other game shows, is one of Trump’s ardent celebrity defenders on Twitter.

The president’s retweet came after reports that the White House was sending out a memo to reporters pointing out times when they claim that Dr. Anthony Fauci, a member of the coronavirus task force and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has been wrong about COVID-19.

News outlets described the memo as something akin to political opposition research, and led to speculation that Fauci could be on the outs. He has been largely absent from TV appearances but has given print and other interviews, including one last week in which he disputed the notion that the U.S. is “doing great” in fighting the coronavirus.

But McEnany said that the memo was sent out because “we were asked a very specific question by the Washington Post, and that question was President Trump noted that Dr. Fauci had made some mistakes, and we provided a direct answer to what was a direct question.”

Later, Trump said he has a “very good relationship” with Fauci, adding: “I find him to be a very nice person. I don’t always agree with him.”

Andrew Bates, director of rapid response for Joe Biden’s presidential campaign said, “Infections in the United States have skyrocketed, surpassing every other country in the world by far, specifically because of Trump’s refusal to listen to science. The president’s disgusting attempt to pass the buck by blaming the top infectious disease expert in the country — whose advice he repeatedly ignored and Joe Biden consistently implored him to take — is yet another horrible and revealing failure of leadership as the tragic death toll continues to needlessly grow.”

[TomKat]

They've contaminated people's bodies with flu vaccines for years. The PCR test measures SARS virus fragments, not Covid. I bet if they'd done this last year, they'd have the same number of "infected."

[syrwong]

Urgent information on Covid Vacc!ne.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbJq2KfgOEs



Dr. Carrie Madej (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOVus4q3qrOyKV_cxyfwfhw)


Vaccine Information on Covid19, nanotechnology, smart phone health apps, rDNA, rRNA, patenting GMO!


Love peace and joy to all!

This was absolutely stunning. And deserving to be bumped. Thanks for posting. I highly suggest all to watch this. I did a credential search on this Dr, and she's totally legit. She works out of McDonough Georgia in the US.

It takes strenuous effort to break through the lies of covid19. The overwhelming majority of the people of the world believe it is very dangerous, despite the fact that most don't see deaths around them. In the first months of the virus almost every avalon member believed it was deadly. There were talks of China hiding the death toll and people in Wuhan could just be dropping dead on the streets in large numbers. Now we know it is not much harmful than a common flu.

Jumping over this first handle, we must see what the real agenda is. Depopulation? Killing just old people? New world order of totalitarian control? Vaccines to depopulate? Or just give the excuse of destroying the economy when it is already dead? The alternative community is very much divided because of the cunning media disinformation.

This video is just a little bit too much a hurdle to jump over. The real agenda we are told here is de-humanity, making us a hybrid of AI and human. Transhumanism is a achievable concept, but what good does it do to the PTB? I cannot fathom this high agenda of TPTB. But when the secret is too high, it is beyond resistance because too few people believe it. I think I will leave it to the ETs to counter the bastards.

I think she could be genuine, but there are elements that do cast doubts in me. Firstly, I tend to regard young good looking women as the best actors hired for disinformation. Secondly, I prefer there is no weeping for humanity at the end because this happens too often in an act.

[DaveToo]

They've contaminated people's bodies with flu vaccines for years. The PCR test measures SARS virus fragments, not Covid. I bet if they'd done this last year, they'd have the same number of "infected."

It's a good theory. It would be very easy to prove correct or not.
It would have to be done by a third party, not connected to Gates in any way (which is very difficult to do in practice).

Simply do a scientific study of one or two thousand CV cases. Get each one to provide their medical records which will indicate
whether or not they have received a flu vaccine in the past.

I never had one and a sizeable number of the population hasn't either.

If 20% or 30% etc. of the study sample never took the flu vaccine, that would shoot down your theory.

[One]

They've contaminated people's bodies with flu vaccines for years. The PCR test measures SARS virus fragments, not Covid. I bet if they'd done this last year, they'd have the same number of "infected."

It's a good theory. It would be very easy to prove correct or not.
It would have to be done by a third party, not connected to Gates in any way (which is very difficult to do in practice).

Simply do a scientific study of one or two thousand CV cases. Get each one to provide their medical records which will indicate
whether or not they have received a flu vaccine in the past.

I never had one and a sizeable number of the population hasn't either.

If 20% or 30% etc. of the study sample never took the flu vaccine, that would shoot down your theory.

This link that tomkat posted earlier suggest that this has already been proven true and that the fear mongering around getting the virus multiple times may have been enabled by the test. https://medium.com/@vernunftundrichtigkeit/coronavirus-why-everyone-was-wrong-fce6db5ba809

"So if we do a PCR corona test on an immune person, it is not a virus that is detected, but a small shattered part of the viral genome. The test comes back positive for as long as there are tiny shattered parts of the virus left. Correct: Even if the infectious viruses are long dead, a corona test can come back positive, because the PCR method multiplies even a tiny fraction of the viral genetic material enough [to be detected]. That’s exactly what happened, when there was the global news, even shared by the WHO, that 200 Koreans who already went through Covid-19 were infected a second time and that there was therefore probably no immunity against this virus. The explanation of what really happened and an apology came only later, when it was clear that the immune Koreans were perfectly healthy and only had a short battle with the virus. The crux was that the virus debris registered with the overly sensitive test and therefore came back as “positive”. It is likely that a large number of the daily reported infection numbers are purely due to viral debris."

[Eric J (Viking)]

http://tapnewswire.com/2020/07/bombshell-disclosure-from-a-consultant-at-a-major-hospital/

I am a consultant at a major, regional hospital in Surrey. By major you can take that to indicate that we have an A&E department. I had agreed to give an interview to an anti lockdown activist in which I would have revealed my identity. I have since changed my mind and only feel able to give an anonymous statement. I have changed my mind simply because that all staff, no matter what grade, at all hospitals have been warned that if they give any media interviews at all or make any statements to either the Main Stream Press or smaller, independent press /social media we may, immediately be suspended without pay. I have a family, dependents and I simply cant do it to them. I therefore can not reveal my identity at this time but wish to state as follows:

Viking

[norman]

Was the Wuhan location in China chosen because it had a bioweapons facility we would all focus in on and miss the bigger picture ?

[greybeard]

Dr Dan Erickson and Artin Massihi on Covid-19

One of their talk was deleted by U Tube.
Chris


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExrrJIcOZ90

[greybeard]

Debunking coronavirus with Dr Dolores Cahill. Biologist/Immunologist



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDWuYEm7sIc

[onawah]

I found a great very informative website here: https://www.technocracy.news/
Just a sampling of the MANY videos and articles:

The US National Security State Is Using Coronavirus To Drive Authoritarian Technocracy
by Whitney Webb

Divide And Conquer: Technocracy Is Tyranny With out A Tyrant
POSTED BY: JOHN WHITEHEAD VIA THE RUTHERFORD INSTITUTE

Technocrats Pitch Surveillance System To Detect Next Pandemic
UPI VIA BREITBART

[DaveToo]

They've contaminated people's bodies with flu vaccines for years. The PCR test measures SARS virus fragments, not Covid. I bet if they'd done this last year, they'd have the same number of "infected."

It's a good theory. It would be very easy to prove correct or not.
It would have to be done by a third party, not connected to Gates in any way (which is very difficult to do in practice).

Simply do a scientific study of one or two thousand CV cases. Get each one to provide their medical records which will indicate
whether or not they have received a flu vaccine in the past.

I never had one and a sizeable number of the population hasn't either.

If 20% or 30% etc. of the study sample never took the flu vaccine, that would shoot down your theory.

This link that tomkat posted earlier suggest that this has already been proven true and that the fear mongering around getting the virus multiple times may have been enabled by the test. https://medium.com/@vernunftundrichtigkeit/coronavirus-why-everyone-was-wrong-fce6db5ba809

"So if we do a PCR corona test on an immune person, it is not a virus that is detected, but a small shattered part of the viral genome. The test comes back positive for as long as there are tiny shattered parts of the virus left. Correct: Even if the infectious viruses are long dead, a corona test can come back positive, because the PCR method multiplies even a tiny fraction of the viral genetic material enough [to be detected]. That’s exactly what happened, when there was the global news, even shared by the WHO, that 200 Koreans who already went through Covid-19 were infected a second time and that there was therefore probably no immunity against this virus. The explanation of what really happened and an apology came only later, when it was clear that the immune Koreans were perfectly healthy and only had a short battle with the virus. The crux was that the virus debris registered with the overly sensitive test and therefore came back as “positive”. It is likely that a large number of the daily reported infection numbers are purely due to viral debris."

Time to get technical.

Tomkat said the current PCR tests are measuring SARS virus fragments, not Covid-19 fragments (important distinction) and that's why he said if they did these tests last year there would be the same number of "infected".

The link that you mention above states: "So if we do a PCR corona test on an immune person, it is not a virus that is detected, but a small shattered part of the viral genome..."

So everything stated there and after is inferring that tests are finding Covid fragments, not any other virus fragments.

So this study doesn't prove that if tests were done last year they would get the same number of positive Covid results.

And the study does not cover anything concerning a control group that received flu vaccines (which is what I was talking about).

[Mike Gorman]

http://tapnewswire.com/2020/07/bombshell-disclosure-from-a-consultant-at-a-major-hospital/

I am a consultant at a major, regional hospital in Surrey. By major you can take that to indicate that we have an A&E department. I had agreed to give an interview to an anti lockdown activist in which I would have revealed my identity. I have since changed my mind and only feel able to give an anonymous statement. I have changed my mind simply because that all staff, no matter what grade, at all hospitals have been warned that if they give any media interviews at all or make any statements to either the Main Stream Press or smaller, independent press /social media we may, immediately be suspended without pay. I have a family, dependents and I simply cant do it to them. I therefore can not reveal my identity at this time but wish to state as follows:

Viking

This is typical of the official tyranny being executed on, with regard to this entire hoax. The lockdowns and the social restrictions are a clear existential threat to our society, as such they indicate that there are hostile intentions.
Vernon Cole has some very interesting commentary, this being a cull of old people, reducing the financial burden of pensions, and social resources.
The main objective seems to be removing Trump, and by derivation to nullify the uprising of anti-tyranny populism, as manifested by French yellow vest movement, European enclaves in Poland, and other countries.
We are at war ladies and gentlemen and the enemies are within. Vaccine? You must be bloody joking mate.

[One]

They've contaminated people's bodies with flu vaccines for years. The PCR test measures SARS virus fragments, not Covid. I bet if they'd done this last year, they'd have the same number of "infected."

It's a good theory. It would be very easy to prove correct or not.
It would have to be done by a third party, not connected to Gates in any way (which is very difficult to do in practice).

Simply do a scientific study of one or two thousand CV cases. Get each one to provide their medical records which will indicate
whether or not they have received a flu vaccine in the past.

I never had one and a sizeable number of the population hasn't either.

If 20% or 30% etc. of the study sample never took the flu vaccine, that would shoot down your theory.

This link that tomkat posted earlier suggest that this has already been proven true and that the fear mongering around getting the virus multiple times may have been enabled by the test. https://medium.com/@vernunftundrichtigkeit/coronavirus-why-everyone-was-wrong-fce6db5ba809

"So if we do a PCR corona test on an immune person, it is not a virus that is detected, but a small shattered part of the viral genome. The test comes back positive for as long as there are tiny shattered parts of the virus left. Correct: Even if the infectious viruses are long dead, a corona test can come back positive, because the PCR method multiplies even a tiny fraction of the viral genetic material enough [to be detected]. That’s exactly what happened, when there was the global news, even shared by the WHO, that 200 Koreans who already went through Covid-19 were infected a second time and that there was therefore probably no immunity against this virus. The explanation of what really happened and an apology came only later, when it was clear that the immune Koreans were perfectly healthy and only had a short battle with the virus. The crux was that the virus debris registered with the overly sensitive test and therefore came back as “positive”. It is likely that a large number of the daily reported infection numbers are purely due to viral debris."

Time to get technical.

Tomkat said the current PCR tests are measuring SARS virus fragments, not Covid-19 fragments (important distinction) and that's why he said if they did these tests last year there would be the same number of "infected".

The link that you mention above states: "So if we do a PCR corona test on an immune person, it is not a virus that is detected, but a small shattered part of the viral genome..."

So everything stated there and after is inferring that tests are finding Covid fragments, not any other virus fragments.

So this study doesn't prove that if tests were done last year they would get the same number of positive Covid results.

And the study does not cover anything concerning a control group that received flu vaccines (which is what I was talking about).

Sars-cov2 is Coronovirus is it not?

The article also states:

The penny dropped only when I realised that the first commercially available antibody test [for Sars-CoV-2] was put together from an old antibody test that was meant to detect Sars-1.

[greybeard]

Coronavirus tests halted over safety fears, as Matt Hancock to make statement

Sarah Knapton
The Telegraph

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-tests-halted-over-safety-115430888.html
More on the link.
Coronavirus tests used by the NHS may be unsafe and have been halted, the Government has announced.

Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, is to make a statement in the House of Commons on Thursday afternoon about the problems with coronavirus kits, which could hamper widespread testing.

The Department of Health said the NHS Test and Trace service had been notified that some test kits produced by Randox Laboratories may not meet required safety standards.

"As a precautionary measure, and while we investigate further, NHS Test and Trace are requesting that all settings pause the use of Randox test kits with immediate effect and until further notice,” a Government statement said.

"The risk to safety is low and test results from Randox kits are not affected. We will be supporting all testing settings to receive replacement kits as soon as possible."


Randox was paid to carry out tests, both posted to individuals at home and administered at testing centres, as part of Mr Hancock's pledge to reach the target of 100,000 tests a day.

The company, based in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, supplies tests to more than 40 countries and won the second biggest contract for testing in the UK, worth £133 million. Only Hologic won a bigger contract, worth £151 million.

However the Government was criticised at the time after it emerged that the Tory MP Owen Paterson receives £100,000 a year from Randox to act as a consultant.

Randox's test results are available in less than hours as the tests and its analysers are capable of processing 54 patient samples simultaneously.
Coronavirus Test Kit

[greybeard]

AN INCONVENIENT COVID TRUTH


AN INCONVENIENT COVID TRUTH

MIT, Duke, and Medical University of South Carolina graduate Dr. Andrew Kaufman, MD, joins Del for a mind-blowing discussion detailing what we actually know about the #COVID19 virus itself, and the very inconvenient truth every American needs to know.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5meH2iAjIU

[greybeard]

How the pandemic will shape the near future | Bill Gates


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmQWOPDqxWA

Bill Gates talks best (and worst) case scenarios for the coronavirus pandemic in the months ahead, explaining the challenges of reducing virus transmission, providing an update on promising vaccine candidates, offering his thoughts on reopening and even taking a moment to address conspiracy theories circulating about himself. Stay tuned for his critical call to fellow philanthropists to ramp up their action, ambition and awareness to create a better world for all. (This virtual conversation, hosted by head of TED Chris Anderson, was recorded June 29, 2020.)

[greybeard]

Government Silent On Involving Credit Firm in COVID-19 Testing
Stephen Delahunty
22 May 2020
The Department of Health and Social Care is remaining tight-lipped about its decision to award a contract to the UK subsidiary of a multi-billion dollar US credit reporting agency that checks patient data when attempting to book a Coronavirus home test online.

Tens of thousands of people have already visited the Government website to book their test. Users are told that, in order to confirm their identity, they need to share their information with TransUnion. It is the smallest of the three largest credit agencies, along with Experian and Equifax.

Individuals unwilling to share their credit data are asked to start the process again and advised to choose the drive-through test option. It is unclear what possible COVID-19-related reason there would be for the Government to grant the company access to UK citizens’ information.

Privacy and civil liberties campaigners have already warned about tech firms getting their hands on patient data in the battle against the Coroanvirus.
Photo: Lindsey Mundy

NHSX – a NHS subsidiary focused on digital innovation – and NHS England Improvement reported at the end of March that they had engaged Palantir alongside Microsoft, Google and London-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm Faculty to build a “data platform” to make their COVID-19 response as efficient and effective as possible.

Data is gathered from sources, including 111 calls and COVID-19 test results. Privacy International, Big Brother Watch, medConfidential, Foxglove and Open Rights Group sent Palantir 10 questions about its work with the NHS during the public health crisis. The four privacy campaigning groups say that they are “primarily interested in if and how Palantir will retain and use the data analysis gleaned from this work with the NHS”.

Privacy International added: “As Palantir says, in the spirit of ‘open and critical discussion’, we have asked them for key details about their current work with the NHS. It would be misleading and cynical for Palantir to offer services to the NHS without being fully transparent about how the company may benefit from the data analysis gleaned in this work, which they can then go on to profit from and strengthen their proprietary systems.”

Palantir and Faculty are highly controversial either because of links to the CIA and the Donald Trump administration; or to Dominic Cummings, the Prime Minister’s chief advisor and the former head of the Vote Leave campaign during the 2016 EU Referendum, which was found to have breached UK electoral law by overspending.

TranUnion is a subsidiary of TransUnion LLC. The US company collects information on more than a billion people and has profiled almost every ‘credit-active consumer’ in the US.

In 2017, a San Francisco federal court awarded $60 million in damages to consumers who accused the company of falsely reporting that they were on a government list of terrorists and other security threats. The award came after a six-day trial over whether TransUnion failed to take reasonable steps to prevent errors when it reported that consumers were on the blacklist, maintained by the US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

In the past, NHS England Improvement had urged hospitals to work with credit reference agency Experian to check whether patients could receive free treatment, in an effort to tackle health tourism. However, a report by the Health Service Journal reveals that the NHS body admitted it had not carried out its own assessment of whether the move would break data protection rules.




https://bylinetimes.com/2020/05/22/government-silent-on-involving-credit-firm-in-covid-19-testing/

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Nobel Laureate Calls COVID-19 Manmade
by Dr. Joseph Mercola
July 17, 2020
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2020/07/17/luc-antoine-montagnier-coronavirus-is-manmade.aspx?cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art1ReadMore&cid=20200717Z1&mid=DM593382&rid=918554985

"STORY AT-A-GLANCE
Nobel Laureate Luc Antoine Montagnier said on French media that COVID-19 was manmade, contains elements of HIV and a parasite that causes malaria, and resulted from an industrial accident during HIV vaccine development
Montagnier says the COVID-19 virus pandemic will likely end from "interfering waves" because nature rejects molecular tampering
In a paper on Center for Open Science, Montagnier and his colleague, bio-mathematician Jean-Claude Perez, say COVID-19 mutations suggest the virus is deleting the inserted, manmade elements
In the Quarterly Review of Biophysics, Norwegian scientist Birger Sørensen and British oncologist Angus Dalgleish also call COVID-19 manmade
An investigation by The Times of London reveals many questions about COVID-19's origins and shocking cover-ups


The explanations of COVID-19's origins by mainstream media simply do not add up and scientists are increasingly speaking out about this. Many experts theorize that the virus is manmade and was synthesized in a laboratory because the peculiarities of the virus' genome that make it so transmittable could not have occurred in nature.

Experts who suspect COVID-19 has lab origins have strong evidence on their side. Research between the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to increase the infectivity and deadliness of a SARS-like coronavirus has indeed been conducted.1

The coronavirus experimental collaborations, called "gain-of-function" (GOF) research, were curtailed by the U.S. between 2014 and 2018 because of their obvious risks, but in 2017 the NIH announced the research would be resumed.2

Scientists willing to challenge the mainstream explanations of COVID-19's origin face a backlash from their colleagues and scientific associations and have even been dismissed as "conspiracy theorists." However, a new voice has been added to the body of scientific dissenters that will likely add to the credibility of their COVID-19 viewpoints.

French virologist Luc Antoine Montagnier, who was awarded a Nobel prize in Physiology in 2008 along with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen for discovering of the HIV virus,3 has now spoken out. Montagnier was a researcher at the prestigious Pasteur Institute in Paris.4

COVID-19 Was Manmade, Says Nobel Laureate
Many in the scientific community were shocked when the acclaimed Luc Antoine Montagnier appeared on the French cable TV show, CNews, on April 17, 20205 to say that the virus that causes COVID-19 is manmade and that elements of HIV and Plasmodium falciparum, a parasite that causes malaria, are found in the coronavirus's genome.6 Montagnier said:7

"We were not the first since a group of Indian researchers tried to publish a study which showed that the complete genome of this coronavirus [has] sequences of another virus, which is HIV."

The research that Montagnier refers to was posted on the science website Biorxiv January 31, 2020, and has since been withdrawn. The researchers wrote:8

"We found 4 insertions in the spike glycoprotein (S) which are unique to the 2019-nCoV and are not present in other coronaviruses. Importantly, amino acid residues in all the 4 inserts have identity or similarity to those in the HIV-1 gp120 or HIV-1 Gag ...

The finding of 4 unique inserts in the 2019-nCoV, all of which have identity /similarity to amino acid residues in key structural proteins of HIV-1 is unlikely to be fortuitous in nature."

COVID-19 Derives From a Failed HIV Vaccine, Says Montagnier
In a separate appearance on the French podcast Pourquoi Docteur, also April 17,9 Montagnier said the coronavirus had escaped in an "industrial accident" while Chinese scientists at the Wuhan city laboratory were trying to develop a vaccine against HIV.10 "In order to insert an HIV sequence into this genome, molecular tools are needed, and that can only be done in a laboratory," said Montagnier.11

Montagnier also said he believes that the pandemic will naturally extinguish itself because of its synthetic origins:12

"Nature does not accept any molecular tinkering, it will eliminate these unnatural changes and even if nothing is done, things will get better, but unfortunately after many deaths."

According to the website Corvelva, Montagnier said on the podcast that the pandemic would peter out because nature would override the synthetically inserted sequences that make COVID-19 so deadly:13

"With the help of interfering waves, we could eliminate these sequences ... and consequently stop the pandemic. But it would take many means available."Montagnier Created His Theory With a Biomathematics Expert
Montagnier says he reached his conclusions, "With my colleague, biomathematician Jean-Claude Perez," after they "carefully analyzed the description of the genome of this RNA virus."14 Montagnier's partner, Perez, is a French interdisciplinary scientist and biomathematics expert.15

According to an online bio, Perez has proved that DNA coding for genes is structured by proportions related to Fibonacci numbers,16 which are formulas in mathematics that are sometimes called "nature's secret code."17 In a paper Montagnier and Perez published on the Center for Open Science in April 2020, they write:18

"Using our proprietary bio-mathematic approach we are able to evaluate the level of cohesion and organization of a genome; ... we then searched in this genome for possible traces of HIV or even SIV [related simian immunodeficiency virus]. A first publication reports the discovery of 6 HIV SIV RNA pieces."

The HIV and SIV elements that Montagnier and Perez detect, called Exogenous Informative Elements, or EIEs, provide the basis of their theory that COVID-19 is not a simple derivative of SARS and bat-related viruses. They write:19

"A major part of these 16 EIE already existed in the first SARS genomes as early as 2003. However, we demonstrate how and why a new region including 4 HIV1 HIV2 Exogenous Informative Elements radically distinguishes all COVID-19 strains from all SARS and Bat strains ...

... a contiguous region representing 2.49% of the whole COVID-19 genome is 40.99% made up of 12 diverse EIE originating from various strains of HIV SIV retroviruses ...

a novel long region of around 225 nucleotides, appears to us to be totally new: this region is completely absent in ALL SARS genomes, whereas it is present and 100% homologous for all COVID-19 genomes listed in NCBI or GISAID COVID_19 genomic databases."

More About Montagnier and Perez's Theory
After in-depth sequencing of related genomes from many different countries, regions of countries and time periods using their proprietary biomathematic approach, Montagnier and Perez say their research enabled them to:20

"… demonstrate how and why a new region including 4 HIV/SIV EIE radically distinguishes all COVID- 19 strains from all SARS and Bat strains."

They also find the presence of plasmodium yoelii in the COVID-19 genome, a parasite used in studies of "mice vaccine strategies." This is another EIE not originally in the SARS and bat-related viruses, say Montagnier and Perez.21

"An analysis of amino acid homologies confirms the very probable insertion of this EIE [plasmodium yoelii] in COVID-19."

As they decode the genomes of myriad COIVID-19 "relatives" in their research paper, Montagnier and Perez detect mutations in which the viruses seem to be trying to "rid" themselves of the exogenous EIEs, which the researchers believe were inserted deliberately.22

The virus mutations seem to verify Montagnier's Pourquoi Docteur podcast predictions about how nature will eliminate "unnatural changes" — the reason he is hopeful the pandemic will come to a natural ending.23

Other Researchers Agree With Montagnier and Perez
Since Montagnier's comments to French media, other researchers have agreed that COVID-19 appears manmade, with insertions that hint at lab construction. In June 2020, research published in the Quarterly Review of Biophysics makes similar claims.24 Norwegian scientist Birger Sørensen and British oncologist Angus Dalgleish refer to COVID-19 as a "chimeric virus" and write:25

"We show the non-receptor dependent phagocytic general method of action to be specifically related to cumulative charge from inserted sections placed on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike surface in positions to bind efficiently by salt bridge formations; and from blasting the Spike we display the non human-like epitopes from which Biovacc-19 has been down-selected."

While conceding the Quarterly Review of Biophysics assertions were controversial, the scientific website Minerva wrote that the science should be pursued.26

"Minerva has read a draft of the article, and has after an overall assessment decided that the findings and arguments do deserve public debate, and that this discussion cannot depend entirely on the publication process of scientific journals."

Like Montagnier, Sørensen's background is HIV research work and he launched a new immunotherapy for HIV in 2008 that was acclaimed.27 In an interview with Minerva about his recent contentious research, he says:28

"We have examined which components of the virus are especially well suited to attach themselves to cells in humans. And we have done this by comparing the properties of the virus with human genetics. What we found was that this virus was exceptionally well adjusted to infect humans ... So well that it was suspicious."

The Sunday Times of London Weighs In
I previously interviewed virologist Jonathan Latham, and he expanded on his uncovering of this nondisclosed Wuhan virus. You can see more in the video below.
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Transcript: https://mercola.fileburst.com/PDF/ExpertInterviewTranscripts/Interview-JonathanLatham-SARS-CoV-2.pdf

There are many unexplained circumstances surrounding the discovery and spread of COVID-19, which inspired The Times of London to launch an in-depth investigation that was recently published.29 For example, the newspaper notes that a virus similar to COVID-19 appeared on the scene much earlier than was reported.30

"The world's closest known relative to the Covid-19 virus was found in 2013 by Chinese scientists in an abandoned mine where it was linked to deaths caused by a coronavirus-type respiratory illness."

Among the many unanswered questions was why the deaths of six men in China in 2012, who had been exposed to a bat virus and quickly developed severe pneumonia, were covered up by Chinese authorities. According to The Times:31

"All the men were linked. They had been given the task of clearing out piles of bat feces in an abandoned copper mine in the hills south of the town of Tongguan ... Some had worked for two weeks before falling ill, and others just a few days ... while none had tested positive for SARS, all four had antibodies against another, unknown Sars-like coronavirus."

A research paper titled "Coexistence of Multiple Coronaviruses in Several Bat Colonies in an Abandoned Mineshaft," cowritten by Shi Zhengli, a researcher known in China as the "Bat Woman," makes "no mention of why the study had been carried out: the miners, their pneumonia and the deaths," says the Times.32

The deaths from the apparently new bat-related respiratory virus were also blacked out by Chinese media, says The Times, and could only be gleaned from a "master's thesis by a young medic called Li Xu."33

Adding to the many questions about the virus' origins, wrote The Times, was the fact that "of the 41 patients who contracted Covid-19 in Wuhan only 27" had contact with the Huanan seafood market, which was officially named as the source. Moreover, a longtime bat researcher exposed to bat blood and urine who subsequently fell ill and might have been "patient zero" refused to talk to reporters.34

Thanks to the "gain-of-function" research that was conducted at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, well-founded fears of escaped or leaked viruses preceded the acknowledgement of COVID-19 and were increased by China's lack of transparency. For example, wrote The Times, even the fact that COVID-19 could be spread between humans was hidden:35

"China would not admit there had been human-to-human transmission until January 20, despite sitting on evidence the virus had been passed to medics."

The True Nature of COVID-19 Remains Hidden
According to The Times, a sample of the virus that killed six in 2012 was housed at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and was described in a scientific paper cowritten by Shi that states it is a 96.2% match to the COVID-19 virus.36 The virus, called RaTG13, says The Times:

"… was the biggest lead available as to the origin of Covid-19. It was therefore surprising that the paper gave only scant detail about the history of the virus sample, stating merely that it was taken from a Rhinolophus affinis bat in Yunnan province in 2013 — hence the "Ra" and the 13.

Inquiries have established, however, that RaTG13 is almost certainly the coronavirus discovered in the abandoned mine in 2013, which had been named RaBtCoV/4991 in the institute's earlier scientific paper. For some reason, Shi and her team appear to have renamed it."

According to The Times, the obfuscation about how long the virus has been known to exist and its origins continues. In an interview with Scientific American, says The Times, Shi:37

"… mentions the discovery of a coronavirus that 96% matches the Covid-19 virus, and has a reference to the miners dying in a cave she investigated. However, the two things are not linked and Shi downplays the significance of the miners' deaths by claiming they succumbed to a fungus."

Was COVID-19 Created in a Lab?
With the many cover-ups and misleading information surrounding the coronavirus and resulting pandemic, is it possible COVID-19 came from a lab and was manmade? On this point, The Times is agnostic.38

"The final and trickiest question for the WHO inspectors [who investigated the virus in China] is whether the virus might have escaped from a laboratory in Wuhan. Is it possible, for example, that RaTG13 or a similar virus turned into Covid-19 and then leaked into the population after infecting one of the scientists at the Wuhan institute?

This seriously divides the experts. The Australian virologist Edward Holmes has estimated that RaTG13 would take up to 50 years to evolve the extra 4% that would make it a 100% match with the Covid-19 virus."

Most of the mainstream media as well as the scientific community continue to dismiss such ideas. But the addition of the voices of a Nobel Laureate and well-known Norwegian researcher give the theory greater credibility. There are other questions unexplored by media, too.

Was COVID-19 Intended as a Bioweapon?
If COVID-19 were manmade and leaked from a laboratory, there is another pressing question. Was the synthesized virus intended as a bioweapon? In a published paper, Dr. Meryl Nass, a board-certified internist and biological warfare epidemiologist,39 wrote that such genetic engineering techniques have "resulted in biological weapons that were tested, well-described and, in some cases, used."40

Many are unaware of just how many Biological Safety Levels (BSL) 3 and 4 labs there are in the world. They are found in the U.S., China, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, The Czech Republic, France, Gabon, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United Kingdom.41 People are also unaware of how often leaks occur.

For example, in 2017 at the BSL 4 lab on Galveston Island, there were serious questions about what happened to pathogens housed there after it was hit by a massive storm and severe flooding.42 Only two years later, the BSL 4 lab in Fort Detrick, Maryland, was temporarily shut down after protocol violations.43

When Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, the greater New Orleans area housed at least five BSL 3 labs that were studying anthrax, HIV, SARS, West Nile and genetically engineered mouse pox. According to The Daily Bruin:44

"The National Primate Research Center, located at Tulane, housed nearly 5,000 monkeys in outdoor cages for 'infectious disease, including biodefense-related work, gene therapy, reproductive biology and neuroscience,' according to an article in Tulane University Magazine."

The CDC Has Had Several BSL Safety Breaches and Accidents
Even the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has had leaks in its home-based Atlanta facility. In June 2012, the agency made headline news when an inspector reported that a building housing anthrax, SARS and monkeypox in one of its bioterror labs had a noticeable air leak. This was following similar reports in 2007 and 2008. Of the 2012 incident, ABC News said:45

"The documents suggest a breach in biosafety regulations, imposed nationwide by the CDC itself, that dictate labs housing the most dangerous inhalable infectious agents must be maintained under 'negative pressure.'"

The CDC just seems to keep having accidents. For example, in June 2014, the CDC released a public statement46 stating "… approximately 75 Atlanta-based staff are being monitored after being exposed to live anthrax when … established safety practices were not followed."

The CDC then pledged to do internal reviews of lab-safety policies and procedures. Six months later, in December 2014, Reuters47 reported that the CDC had created a new, high-level safety position to "identify problems, establish plans to solve them, and hold programs throughout CDC accountable for follow-up."

But, in 2016, it happened again: Problems in an Atlanta BSL-4 lab working "with deadly Ebola and smallpox viruses and other pathogens that lack vaccines or reliable treatments" developed when safety seals and backup safety measures on its labs failed.48

In reporting on this incident, USA Today obtained copies of reports from a 2009 incident, and learned that certain CDC officials tried to hide the problems. USA Today asked Richard Ebright, a Rutgers University biosafety expert who has testified before Congress on these issues, to look at the reports and to give his opinion on the CDC's actions. Ebright said:

"Overall, the incident shows that failures — even cascading, compounding, catastrophic failures of BSL-4 biocontainment labs occur … And the attempted cover-up within the CDC makes it clear that the CDC cannot be relied upon to police its own, much less other institutions."

The CDC responded that "there was never any risk posed by the lab's equipment failures." What other accidents have we yet to hear about? If we are ever going to get a handle on this, we must listen to the experts on this topic, many whom I have interviewed. Although there may have been some valid research taking place at one time, most of these bioweapon labs are dangerous and should be shut down."

+ Sources and References
1 Nature November 9, 2015
2 The Lancet Volume 18, Issue 2, P148-149, February 01, 2018
3, 4 Nobel Prize 2020
5 CNews April 17, 2020
6, 7, 10 Science The Wire April 22, 2020
8 Biorxiv January 31, 2020
9 Pourquoi Docteur April 16, 2020
11, 12 The Palmer Foundation June 23, 2020
13 Corvelva April 20, 2020
14 Gilmore Health News April 16, 2020
15, 16 Creation Wiki
17 Live Science October 24, 2018
18, 19, 20, 21, 22 Center for Open Science April 24, 2020
23 Corvelva April 20, 2020
24, 25 Quarterly Review of Biophysics June 2020 pp. 1-17
26, 28 Minerva July 2, 2020
27 Dagensperspektiv August 5, 2008, 14:35
29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 The Sunday Times July 4, 2020
39 Justice Clearing House 2020
40 Anthrax Vaccine Blog Spot April 2, 2020
41 National Review April 16, 2020
42 Consortium News August 30, 2018
43 WJLA January 22, 2020
44 Sarah Martin October 10, 2005
45 ABC News June 13, 2012
46 CDC June 19, 2014
47 Reuters December 31, 2014
48 USA Today June 2, 2016
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Study Fraudulently Claims SARS-CoV-2 Is Mainly Airborne
by Jeremy R. Hammond
Jul 10, 2020
https://www.jeremyrhammond.com/2020/07/10/study-fraudulently-claims-sars-cov-2-is-mainly-airborne/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=The+Media+s+Lies+about+SARS-CoV-2+Transmission&utm_campaign=The+Media+s+Lies+about+SARS-CoV-2+Transmission

(I HOPE I GOT ALL THE GRAPHS IN--IT WAS A LOT OF COPYING AND PASTING, AND I GOT A BIT SPASTIC AFTER AWHILE, AND HAD TO TAKE A BREAK. IF NOT, PLEASE REFER TO THE ARTICLE. tHIS GUY IS NOTHING IF NOT PAINSTAKING IN HIS WORK. I AM CONVINCED HE IS GENUINE, NOT A SHILL, JUST WORKING HARD AND RELYING ON DONATIONS TO KEEP HIS WORK AFLOAT. JUST GO TO https://www.jeremyrhammond.com AND TAKE A LOOK AT HIS HONEST FACE.! :nod:)

"A recently published study has concluded that the airborne route is the primary mode of transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and that extreme lockdown measures, including stay-at-home and universal mask-wearing orders, have been effective at reducing the spread of the virus. However, the conclusions that the authors draw do not follow from their findings but are arrived at through fallacious reasoning and dependent on a fraudulent premise.

The study, written by Renyi Zhang and coauthors and published on June 11 in PNAS, the journal of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, is titled “Identifying airborne transmission as the dominant route for the spread of COVID-19”. In it, Zhang et al. claim to have proven by analyzing case data from Wuhan City in China, Italy, and New York City that airborne transmission “represents the dominant route to spread the disease.”

Taking that conclusion further, they claim that extreme lockdown measures implemented by government “are insufficient by themselves in protecting the public” but are effective when accompanied by orders of universal use of masks in the community setting. “We conclude that wearing of face masks in public corresponds to the most effective means to prevent interhuman transmission,” they state in the abstract.[1]

However, to arrive at these conclusions, they depend on the counterfactual assumption that the cumulative number of cases in each location would have continued to grow indefinitely in a linear manner had it not been for mask-wearing orders. An examination of the data from New York City reveals that this assumption is not merely counterfactual but falsifiable.

The study is therefore a useful illustration of the phenomenon of professional propagandists masquerading in their role as scientists to serve the function of manufacturing consent for government policies, similar to how throughout the pandemic the fearmongering mainstream media have typically been doing policy advocacy rather than journalism.[2]

Contents
Attempting to Overturn the Scientific Consensus on SARS-CoV-2 Transmission
How the PNAS Study Arrives at Its Conclusions
Major Fallacy #1: Equating Correlation with Causation
Major Fallacy #2: Drawing a Conclusion That Doesn’t Follow from the (Presumed) Premise
Major Fallacy #3: Assuming a Premise That Is Falsifiable
Conclusion
References
Attempting to Overturn the Scientific Consensus on SARS-CoV-2 Transmission
The consensus view within the scientific community has until now been that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is predominantly spread through direct contact or respiratory droplets produced by coughing, sneezing, or talking at higher volumes. Once emitted, these droplets can travel some distance but in a short time fall to the ground. This is the basis for “social distancing” guidelines recommending that individuals keep a certain distance from each other when out in public, such as the six feet of distancing recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

As the World Health Organization (WHO) states,

According to the current evidence, COVID-19 virus is primarily transmitted between people via respiratory droplets and contact routes. Droplet transmission occurs when a person is in close contact (within 1 metre) with an infected person and exposure to potentially infective respiratory droplets occurs, for example, through coughing, sneezing or very close personal contact resulting in the inoculation of entry portals such as the mouth, nose or conjunctivae (eyes).

A second possible route is fomite transmission, which refers to the spread of the virus through contact with infected surfaces.

Airborne transmission, in contrast to larger respiratory droplet transmission, refers to smaller aerosolized particles that can likewise be produced by coughing, sneezing, talking, or even breathing. These smaller particles can linger in the air for an extended duration and travel farther. Whether SARS-CoV-2 is airborne transmissible and, if so, the extent to which this mode of transmission drives the spread of the virus has been the subject of controversy.

As the WHO also notes (bold emphasis added throughout),

In specific circumstances and settings in which procedures that generate aerosols are performed, airborne transmission of the COVID-19 virus may be possible. The scientific community has been discussing whether the COVID-19 virus might also spread through aerosols in the absence of aerosol generating procedures (AGPs). This is an area of active research. So far, air sampling in clinical settings where AGPs were not performed found virus RNA in some studies but not in others. However, the presence of viral RNA is not the same as replication- and infection- competent (viable) virus that could be transmissible and capable of sufficient inoculum to initiate invasive infection. Furthermore, a small number of experimental studies conducted in aerobiology laboratories have found virus RNA and viable virus, but these were experimentally induced AGPs where aerosols were generated using high-powered jet nebulizers and do not reflect normal human cough conditions.

The WHO adds that further high-quality studies including randomized trials are required to address the knowledge gaps related to the potential airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2. As the WHO summarizes, “Current evidence suggests that most transmission of COVID-19 is occurring from symptomatic people to others in close contact, when not wearing appropriate PPE.”

The acronym PPE stands for “personal protective equipment” such as medical masks and respirators used by health care professionals. With respect to the widespread use of masks by the general public in the community setting, the WHO notes that a recent review of available studies, which mostly relate to other respiratory viruses, found that surgical masks or multi-layered cotton masks are associated with protection, but these studies also suggest that healthy individuals “would need to be in close proximity to an infected person in a household or at a mass gathering where physical distancing cannot be achieved to become infected with the virus.”

The WHO further emphasizes that, “At present, there is no direct evidence (from studies on COVID-19 and in healthy people in the community) on the effectiveness of universal masking of healthy people in the community to prevent infection with respiratory viruses, including COVID-19.”

The WHO guidance on masks, updated on June 5, reiterates that, while many governments have recommended (or ordered) the use of cloth face coverings for the general public, “At the present time, the widespread use of masks by healthy people in the community setting is not yet supported by high quality or direct scientific evidence and there are potential benefits and harms to consider.”

In other words, executive mask-wearing orders are not evidence-based.

The harms include the “potential increased risk of self-contamination due to the manipulation of a face mask and subsequently touching eyes with contaminated hands”; the “potential self-contamination that can occur if non-medical masks are not changed when wet or soiled”, which “can create favourable conditions for microorganism to amplify”; and “potential headache and/or breathing difficulties, depending on type of mask used”.

Weighing the potential benefits and harms, the WHO sensibly advises that, to preserve the supply of medical masks for health care workers, members of the public should wear a cloth face mask “in specific situations and settings” where “physical distancing cannot be maintained”, such as “while on public transport”. The purpose of the mask, the WHO also notes, is not to protect the wearer but to serve as “source control”, meaning to prevent an infected wearer from spreading virus-laden respiratory droplets to others.[3]

As Zhang et al. correctly note, aerosols have been considered “as a potential route for the spreading of the disease.” (Emphasis added.) They further acknowledge that, “Currently, the mechanisms to spread the virus remain uncertain, particularly considering the relative contribution of the contact vs. airborne transmission routes to this global pandemic.”[4]

Here, they cite an article in Nature discussing the controversy surrounding the question of whether SARS-CoV-2 is airborne transmissible in the community setting. Assuming so, questions also remain about the dose that would be required for there to be a significant risk of infection, which risk is also related to the duration of exposure. A reasonable assumption is that airborne transmission might occur in confined areas with poor ventilation and where prolonged close contact is unavoidable—such as on public transportation. However, as the Nature article acknowledges, there is an “absence of evidence” that SARS-CoV-2 is airborne (which, the article emphasizes, doesn’t necessarily mean it isn’t occurring).[5]

Nevertheless, Zhang et al. attempt to overturn the consensus view that the virus is spread mainly through larger respiratory droplets by claiming that airborne transmission is not merely occurring in the community setting but is the predominant route by which the virus spreads.

While scientists should question prevailing opinion and challenge consensus views, in this case, the study authors do so by means that suggests that they set out to prove a predetermined conclusion rather than to follow the evidence wherever it might lead.

To establish a foundation for their conclusion about airborne transmission, they cite an experimental study “showing that the virus remains infectious in aerosols for hours”.[6] However, their source, a study published in the form of a letter to the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, is the same study the WHO is referring to when it notes that experimentally generated aerosols containing viable virus “do not reflect normal human cough conditions”.[7]

Lacking direct evidence of widespread airborne transmission in the community setting, Zhang et al. sought instead to demonstrate its occurrence by logical deduction.

How the PNAS Study Arrives at Its Conclusions
To make their case, Zhang et al. examined data from three pandemic epicenters: Wuhan, China; Italy, and New York City. They note that the numbers of cumulative confirmed cases and deaths globally and in the US have continued to increase with “striking linearity” from the beginning of April through early May.
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They also show that the infection curves in Wuhan, Italy, and New York City did not continue linearly upward indefinitely but began to flatten over time. Zhang et al. attribute this flattening to the issuance of mask-wearing orders in those locations, whereas the linearity of cumulative cases globally and in the US is “due to the nonimplementation of face-covering measures”.

To try to prove this, they focus on Italy and New York City. I will focus solely on New York City because that data was readily accessible to me (as I had previously accessed it for another purpose), because my time is limited as is the time of my readers, and because doing so renders it superfluous to look also at Italy.

It is important to emphasize that their conclusion is entirely dependent on the assumption that if mask-wearing orders had not been issued, cumulative cases would have continued upward in a straight line rather than flattening over time.

They visualize this assumption for us in the following graphs included in their paper.
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In addition to presenting graphs of cumulative cases, as shown in the following graph, Zhang et al. also attempt to show that mask-wearing orders effectively reduced transmission by presenting a graph showing a steeper decline in a linear trendline for daily cases after the mask order in New York City compared to the downward linear trendline after the implementation of a stay-at-home order but before the mask order.
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Having attributed the flattening of cumulative cases in Italy and New York City to mask-wearing orders, Zhang et al. further argue that, “With social distancing, quarantine, and isolation in place worldwide and in the United States since the beginning of April, airborne transmission represents the only viable route for spreading the disease, when mandated face covering is not implemented.” (Emphasis added.)

The “linear increase in the infection prior to the onset of mandated face covering in Italy and NYC” compared to the flattening after the orders indicate that masks “block atomization and inhalation of virus-bearing aerosols” and “that airborne transmission of COVID-19 represents the dominant route for infection.” (Emphasis added.)

The fundamental problem with this study, though, is that the authors’ conclusions do not follow from their findings and, furthermore, the assumption upon which the authors’ conclusions is premised is falsifiable. That cumulative cases had already been flattening by the time mask-wearing orders were issued is easily demonstrable by examining the data from New York City.

Major Fallacy #1: Equating Correlation with Causation
The first glaring fallacy of the study is that its authors equate correlation with causation. Just because cumulative cases flattened after the mask-wearing order does not necessarily mean that the order is what caused the flattening.

Relatedly, even if masks are an effective means of source control, it does not follow that it is necessary to mandate their use among the public. As rightly indicated by the WHO’s guidance, such orders are not evidence-based, and individual circumstances as well as the potential harms of mask usage must be taken into consideration. Therefore, the appropriate policy response would be to recommend mask use depending on the individual and the situation.

Ordering individuals to wear a mask as opposed to issuing a reasonable recommendation accompanied with explanations as to who should wear one along with when, where, why and how could potentially be counterproductive, prompting people to choose not to do so even when it would be appropriate strictly out of defiance of an unreasonable policy that violates individuals’ right to exercise their own judgment given their own unique circumstances.[8]

Also, the authors’ argument implicitly assumes that there was little or no mask use among New Yorkers prior to the order and strict compliance afterword, but it may have been that large numbers of people were already wearing masks when going out prior to the order and that many people dissented from the order after it was issued. In other words, there are confounding factors that they did not consider.

When the New York Times reported the executive order two days before it went into effect, it featured an image of two men walking down a sidewalk already wearing masks, with a caption suggesting that masked faces were “bound to become an inescapable sight” due to the order.[9] In fact, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio had already issued a recommendation two weeks earlier for New Yorkers to wear cloth masks if out in public and “near other people”. An Associated Press (AP) article reporting the recommendation featured a photo of two women standing on the sidewalk in front of a store entrance wearing masks and rubbing sanitizer on their hands.[10]

Obviously, some if not many New Yorkers were already wearing masks and had been doing so for weeks prior to the mandate.

Another AP article published more than three weeks after the mask order reported that “many denizens of New York City prefer to go their own way” instead of strictly complying. The article featured a photo with the caption, “A jogger wears a face mask on Monday on the Williamsburg Bridge in New York, but a bicyclist and a pedestrian prefer not to.” Apart from being outdoors where the risk of transmission is low, the two men not wearing masks are not near anyone else in the photo, and any close contact they might have had with others who can be seen in the background crossing the other way would have been fleeting. As the article noted, “while the rule is clear, New Yorkers have adopted their own interpretation of when masks are required.” Mask use was also inconsistent and potentially counterproductive among those who did choose to use one. “It isn’t unusual”, the article remarked, “to see groups of parkgoers and essential workers—even police officers—leaving their masks dangling as they squeeze past people on sidewalks or chat with friends.”[11]

Consequently, the assertion that the date upon which the executive order went into effect can be singularly identified as the turning point in the epidemic is dubious. While mask use may have played some role in reducing transmission, the idea that the executive order was something like a flipped switch turning effective widespread mask use from “off” to “on” is totally unrealistic. And, again, even if the specific date of the order were correlated with an observable shift in the data, it would not prove that it was the order that caused the change.

In sum, the authors employ a dual fallacy to establish their premise. It is a non sequitur fallacy because it does not follow from the observation that cumulative cases flattened after the mask-wearing order that therefore the order caused the reduction in the rate of increase. It is also a petitio principii fallacy (circular reasoning or “begging the question”) because they presume the proposition to be proven—that the mask-wearing order caused a reduction in transmission—as the premise from which to draw their headline conclusion that airborne transmission is predominant.

Major Fallacy #2: Drawing a Conclusion That Doesn’t Follow from the (Presumed) Premise
The second glaring fallacy is another non sequitur, which is that, even if we assume that the mask order did cause the flattening of cumulative cases, the conclusion still does not follow that airborne transmission is the primary means by which SARS-CoV-2 spreads.

That argument, too, is unrealistic inasmuch as it assumes that, prior to the mask order, New Yorkers were strictly observing social distancing guidelines and otherwise behaving in such a way that it would have resulted in a cessation of transmission if aerosols were not a significant mode of transmission.

The authors’ assertion that with lockdown policies in effect there was no viable route for spreading the virus other than airborne transmission is patently absurd.

The truth is that there were plenty of opportunities for transmission to occur even with the extreme “lockdown” policy of an executive “stay-at-home” order in place. It is not as though prolonged close contact with others was always avoidable for everyone everywhere in New York City. The use of public transportation, for example, represents one obvious means by which larger respiratory droplet or fomite transmission could occur even if people did their best to socially distance. Another possible route is nosocomial infections, which refers to infections acquired at the hospital (that is, people became infected because they went to the hospital). Another is infections in nursing care homes, where potentially infected staff would necessarily be in close contact with elderly residents to provide for their care. Another obvious route is transmission within households.

The implicit assumption underlying this argument by Zhang et al. is that New Yorkers were infecting each other without close contact happening, that they were doing so at a distance through aerosol transmission. But even if airborne transmission from asymptomatic individuals were a significant route of viral spread in the community setting, it is likely that prolonged close contact would still be required for someone to become infected.

For example, among the documented instances in which aerosol transmission might have occurred was when 53 members of a 122-member choir in Washington state developed COVID-19 after attending a choir practice. While it’s unclear how the CDC determined that transmission through larger respiratory droplets is insufficient to explain this outcome, the agency investigated the “superspreader” event (as events such as this have been described) and concluded that airborne transmission was likely. But this conclusion came with the caveat that “unique activities and circumstances”—like 122 choir members standing closely together singing loudly for an extended duration—were required for aerosol transmission to occur.

That prolonged close contact would still be required even with airborne transmission was also implicit in the CDC’s conclusion that people in the community setting should maintain six feet of separation and wear a cloth mask if social distancing could not be maintained.[12]

That prolonged close contact would still be necessary for infection to occur was precisely the conclusion of a study published in April in Nature Medicine. The purpose of the study was to examine the effectiveness of surgical masks at reducing forward shedding of common human coronaviruses, which are a cause of common colds, through large respiratory droplets and aerosols from exhaled breath. Researchers showed that most infected individuals who didn’t wear a mask shed no detectable virus despite collecting breath samples for thirty minutes. As the authors noted, this implied that “prolonged close contact would be required for transmission to occur, even if transmission was primarily via aerosols”. (Emphasis added. Also, it should be noted that they did not determine whether shed virus was infectious.)[13]

The fact that the available evidence indicates that prolonged close contact would still be required for infection to occur even if by the airborne route completely undercuts the ludicrous assumption made by Zhang et al. that with social distancing measures in place, only airborne transmission could have been occurring.

Another problem with the authors’ argument is the thin evidence for the effectiveness of masks at preventing aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2—especially cloth face coverings, which are the type of mask that the public has been ordered to wear in order to preserve medical masks, which include N95 respirators and surgical masks, for health care workers.

While the Nature Medicine study found that masks did significantly reduce forward shedding of aerosols containing viral RNA of common human coronaviruses, a study published in April in Annals of Internal Medicine tested mask effectiveness with COVID-19 patients and found that “Neither surgical nor cotton masks effectively filtered SARS-CoV-2 during coughs by infected patients.” (Emphasis added.) Counterintuitively, they found a heavy viral load on the outside but not the inside of the mask, which they hypothesized was due to a “turbulent jet due to air leakage around the mask.”[14]

A study published on the Cornell University preprint server arXiv in May drew inferences about the effectiveness of surgical or cloth masks at preventing transmission of aerosol particles by examining air flow dynamics from breathing or coughing into the mask. They confirmed that both types of mask produced a “potentially dangerous leakage jet” that had “the potential to disperse virus-laden fluid particles by several metres”. Consequently, there is “a false sense of security that may arise when standing to the side of, or behind, a person wearing a surgical, or handmade mask”.[15] (Emphasis added.)

Moreover, while Zhang et al. assert that masks are effective at preventing “inhalation of virus-bearing aerosols”, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) points out in a technical report on the use of masks to prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 that “There is no evidence that non-medical face masks or face covers are an effective means of respiratory protection for the wearer of the mask.”[16] (Emphasis added.)

The US CDC similarly states that “A cloth face covering may not protect the wearer, but it may keep the wearer from spreading the virus to others.”[17] (Emphasis added.)

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notes that since surgical masks, unlike N95 respirators, are loose fitting and don’t form a seal around the face, they “create a physical barrier between the mouth and nose of the wearer” but “do not provide full protection from inhalation of airborne pathogens, such as viruses.” Non-medical masks such as homemade cloth masks “may not provide protection from fluids or may not filter particles, needed to protect against pathogens, such as viruses.” Since they likely offer little or no protection to the wearer, cloth masks “are not considered personal protective equipment [PPE].”[18] (Emphasis added.)

The Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) under the US Department of Labor states that surgical and cloth masks “Will not protect the wearer against airborne transmissible infectious agents due to loose fit and lack of seal or inadequate filtration.” Surgical masks are considered PPE because they at least “protect workers against splashes and sprays (i.e., droplets) containing potentially infectious materials.” Cloth masks, on the other hand, “Are not considered personal protective equipment (PPE).”[19] (Emphasis added.)

In sum, the conclusion drawn by Zhang et al. that airborne transmission is the predominant route by which SARS-CoV-2 spreads does not logically follow from the premise that the mask-wearing order effectively reduced transmission. Furthermore, that premise itself begs the question and does not follow from the observation that cumulative cases increased at a declining rate after the implementation of the mask order.

The third major problem with the PNAS study—and the most important one—is that the correlation the authors claim to have shown is illusory. The fundamental assumption upon which their conclusions depend, that cumulative cases in New York City would have continued linearly upward had it not been for the mask-wearing order, is not just counterfactual but falsifiable.

Major Fallacy #3: Assuming a Premise That Is Falsifiable
To illustrate the sleight-of-hand employed by the authors of this study to support their evidently predetermined conclusions, it’s first important to understand conceptually the relationship between daily cases and cumulative cases.

For cumulative cases to increase linearly necessarily means that the numbers of cases reported daily remain relatively constant over time—a plateauing of cases. If we graph exactly 100 cases reported daily for a given period (e.g., the month of May), the line is perfectly straight and horizontal, which gives us a strictly linear increase when graphed in terms of cumulative cases. The can bee seen in the following two graphs.
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If the daily case count starts at 100 on May 1 and steadily declines by two cases per day through the end of the month, the graph of daily cases is linearly downward while the cumulative case count is no longer strictly linear, but curves slightly toward the horizontal (it increases at a decreasing rate over time because each consecutive day there are slightly fewer cases being added to the cumulative total than the day before). This is shown in the following two graphs.
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Of course, respiratory virus epidemics don’t look this way, with daily cases ongoing linearly. Instead, they tend to come and go in waves. If daily cases trickle in at the start of the epidemic and then explode into rapid growth followed by a leveling off at the peak and subsequent decline, the graph of cumulative cases takes on more of a flattened “S”-shaped curve, starting out fairly horizontal, then rapidly increasing in slope, and then gradually leveling off once again. This is shown in the following two graphs.
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Now that the concept has been hypothetically illustrated, let’s look at real data.

Data for the US from the CDC show a trickle of cases in early March followed by an explosion of cases until an epidemic peak near the end of the first week of April. Daily case numbers since the peak have been highly variable, but with a clear overall trend of steady decline through mid-June. This results in a graph of cumulative cases that, as Zhang et al. observe, is strikingly linear—although, as we should expect given a declining trend, it does curve slightly toward the horizontal.[20]
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According to the reasoning of Zhang et al., the linearity of the increase in cumulative cases is due to a lack of mask-wearing orders around the country. The evidence presented to support this claim is the contrasted flattening of cumulative cases seen New York City after such an order was implemented.

However, a flattening of cumulative cases is exactly what we would expect to have seen in New York City regardless of whether there was widespread mask use among the public.

This is because the number of people who remain susceptible to infection is inversely proportional to the number of people who become infected and either die or acquire immunity and recover. As the number of susceptibles decreases, the rate of transmission also naturally declines. This is the main reason for the typical wave or hill shape of respiratory virus epidemics.[21]

The assumption that there would have been no such flattening absent the order is unrealistic because it assumes the existence of an endless pool of susceptibles.

In truth, no mask order is required to explain the flattening of cumulative cases in New York City as compared with the linearity of cumulative cases for the US as a whole.

Rather, this trend in the data is easily enough explained by the fact that, while the pool of susceptibles in New York City has been greatly depleted, there remain vast swaths of the populated areas in the very large geographical territory of the United States where sustainable outbreaks can occur. As outbreaks come and go in any one location, new outbreaks can appear in other locations.

This is in fact precisely what has been happening in the US.[22]

So, with that understanding, let’s look at the data from New York City, where an executive “stay-at-home” order went into effect on March 22 and an executive mask-wearing order went into effect on April 17.[23]

In the following graph, you can see what the daily case count looks like from the end of February through mid-June. (Since the large weekly swings in variation are statistical artifacts from how testing and reporting was done, I’ve also included a seven-day moving average trendline.)
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There is nothing unexpected about this graph. It is precisely what we would expect to see, regardless of any political interventions. It is a smooth curve, with no clear point at which any shift occurs that could be attributed to the actions of politicians. If you had to guess on which days stay-at-home and mask-wearing orders were implemented, it would be a game of chance.

The following graph is the same except with vertical lines indicating the dates each of those orders was implemented.
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We can also effectively reproduce what Zhang et al. show in their paper. In the following graph, I’ve added a linear trendline to fit the data points from the stay-at-home order (March 22) to the mask-wearing order (April 17), after which date there certainly is an observable flattening of cumulative cases (a decrease in the rate of increase).
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But if you played our game of chance and tried to guess the date of the mask-wearing order just based on the raw graph of cumulative cases, you might have picked April 10. The following graph illustrates what happens if we choose that date for the start of our trendline.
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Now recall also that Zhang et al. made their case by using March 22 as the starting point for their pre-mask-order trendline, even though their graph of daily cases showed that case numbers continued to increase thereafter until the peak on April 6. Naturally, as illustrated in the following graph, choosing a starting point while the epidemic was still growing results in a linear trendline that declines less steeply than a linear trendline fitted to data representing the tail end of the epidemic.
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March 22 would make sense as the starting point if the stay-at-home order had coincided with the beginning of a sustained decrease in daily case counts. However, cases continued to increase, and it wasn’t until more than two weeks later that the epidemic began its steady climb downward.

If, however, we choose the epidemic peak of April 6 as our starting point, which marked the turning point at which the case counts thereafter began their steady decline, a different picture emerges.
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As you can see in the graph above, if anything, the mask-wearing order is associated with a slowing of the rate of decrease in daily case counts. Applying the same logic as Zhang et al., we could argue that since daily cases declined less rapidly after the mask order compared to the decline observed prior to its implementation, therefore the mask order was counterproductive.
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"We can also observe what this looks like in terms of cumulative cases.
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Clearly, before the mask-wearing order was implemented on April 17, the cumulative case numbers had already begun to slope less steeply. There is absolutely no reason to assume—as Zhang et al. do—that cumulative cases would not have continued to curve more horizontally without the mask-wearing order.

Furthermore, if we are to accept their argument, we must believe that the effect of the mask-wearing order was observable in the data immediately. However, cases reported in the several days after April 17 were improbably also infected after April 17. Rather, these cases had probably been infected at least several days prior to the mask-wearing order.

Cases that get reported are ipso facto those cases that come to the attention of public health officials. Individuals who were asymptomatic and therefore did not seek medical care are cases that would likely have gone undetected. Detected cases, on the other hand, would have been those who were experiencing symptoms and who therefore had sought medical care and received a diagnosis of COVID-19.[24]

Therefore, we must account for the incubation period, which is the period from infection until the onset of symptoms. (Delays in people seeking care after the onset of symptoms is another factor Zhang et al. failed to consider, but we’ll set that aside.)

According to the WHO, “The time between exposure to COVID-19 and the moment when symptoms start is commonly around five to six days but can range from 1 – 14 days.”[25] A study published in Annals of Internal Medicine estimated the median incubation period to be 5.1 days.[26]

Therefore, it is highly unlikely that any effect of the mask-wearing order would have been seen in the data until at least five days later. The following graph presents the data with a linear trendline that takes the incubation period into account.
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Obviously, the observable flattening of cumulative cases cannot reasonably be attributed to the mask-wearing order of April 17.

As a final illustration of just how ludicrous the argument presented by Zhang et al. is, we can apply their same logic to determine whether the stay-at-home order was effective for reducing transmission by graphing the trendlines for cumulative cases prior to the order and comparing it with the trendline after.
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According to their own fallacious reasoning, the above graph proves that the stay-at-home order caused cumulative cases to climb upward at a higher rate than had been observed prior to its implementation.

Conclusion
The authors of the PNAS study purport to demonstrate with data that executive mask-wearing orders combined with stay-at-home orders are effective and, moreover, that airborne transmission is the predominant means by which SARS-CoV-2 spreads. However, these conclusions absolutely do not follow from the data that they present.

Their paper is riddled with logical fallacies and baseless assumptions, but chief among these are three fallacies that totally invalidate their argument.

First, they fallaciously equate an observed correlation in the data with causation, attributing to the executive mask-wearing order of April 17 the flattening observed in the graph of cumulative cases for New York City even though this is precisely what we would expect to see regardless of any actions taken by politicians. They also fail to consider voluntary mask use before the order and noncompliance thereafter.

Second, they ludicrously assume that only airborne transmission could explain the case numbers seen following the executive stay-at-home order of March 22 as though this couldn’t just as easily be explained by respiratory droplet transmission in circumstances where prolonged close contact with others was unavoidable, such as on public transportation, in hospitals or long-term care facilities, and within households.

Relevant to both of those major fallacies, they present no evidence that airborne transmission is occurring significantly in the community setting, much less evidence that masks are effective at preventing aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2, either as source control or to protect the wearer. In fact, their claim that masks protect against inhalation of aerosols is contradicted by statements from numerous public health authorities that neither surgical nor cloth masks effectively do so and that the types of cloth masks that people have been instead ordered to wear are so ineffective at preventing inhalation of either aerosols or larger respiratory droplets that they cannot be considered PPE.

Finally, and most importantly, their entire argument depends on the assumption that cumulative cases would have continued to climb linearly upward absent the mask-wearing order, yet that assumption is not only counterfactual but falsifiable. In truth, it is observable in the data that cumulative cases had already begun to flatten before the mask order could possibly have had any effect on the numbers.

In sum, this PNAS study amounts to nothing less than scientific fraud. Its authors may be scientists, but with this study, they have acted rather as professional propagandists by deceiving the public and thereby serving to manufacturing consent for extreme lockdown measures that are not evidence-based and that violate individuals’ fundamental human rights. These extreme measures include executive “stay-at-home” orders, which have caused extraordinary harm including mass unemployment, and orders for everyone to wear a mask when out in public regardless of whether it makes sense for individuals to do so after considering relevant factors given their own unique circumstances.

A key lesson for the reader is to always be wary of any “science” for which a political agenda is obviously being served. A corollary is to always be wary of any government bureaucrats who claim that their policies are based on “science”. Data might not lie, but plenty of scientists and politicians do.

References
[1] Renyi Zhang et al., “Identifying airborne transmission as the dominant route for the spread of COVID-19”, PNAS, June 11, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2009637117.

[2] For examples of how the media serve this function, see: Jeremy R. Hammond, “SARS-CoV-2 Response: Imperial College Model and Lockdown Endgame”, JeremyRHammond.com, April 17, 2020, https://www.jeremyrhammond.com/2020/04/17/sars-cov-2-response-imperial-college-model-and-lockdown-endgame/. Jeremy R. Hammond, “COVID-19: What You Need to Know about Fatality Rates”, JeremyRHammond.com, April 25, 2020, https://www.jeremyrhammond.com/2020/04/25/covid-19-what-you-need-to-know-about-fatality-rates/. Jeremy R. Hammond, “Facebook “Fact Check” Lies about COVID-19 Fatality Rate”, JeremyRHammond.com, June 2, 2020, https://www.jeremyrhammond.com/2020/06/02/facebook-fact-check-lies-about-covid-19-fatality-rate/. Jeremy R. Hammond, “New York Times Laughably Lies That the Mask Debate Is ‘Settled’”, JeremyRHammond.com, June 5, 2020, https://www.jeremyrhammond.com/2020/06/05/new-york-times-laughably-lies-that-the-mask-debate-is-settled/. Jeremy R. Hammond, “Does SARS-CoV-2 Spread Through Poop? Fact Checking the NY Times”, JeremyRHammond.com, June 18, 2020, https://www.jeremyrhammond.com/2020/06/18/does-sars-cov-2-spread-through-poop-fact-checking-the-ny-times/. Jeremy R. Hammond, “How CNN Deceives about Asymptomatic Transmission of SARS-CoV-2”, JeremyRHammond.com, June 26, 2020, https://www.jeremyrhammond.com/2020/06/26/how-cnn-deceives-about-asymptomatic-transmission-of-sars-cov-2/.

[3] World Health Organization, “Advice on the use of masks in the context of COVID-19”, WHO.int, June 5, 2020, https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/advice-on-the-use-of-masks-in-the-community-during-home-care-and-in-healthcare-settings-in-the-context-of-the-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov)-outbreak.

[4] Zhang et al.

[5] Dyani Lewis, “Is the coronavirus airborne? Experts can’t agree”, Nature, April 2, 2020, https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00974-w.

[6] Zhang et al.

[7] Neeltje van Doremalen et al., “Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-2”, New England Journal of Medicine, April 16, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc2004973. Cited in WHO, “Advice on the use of masks”.

[8] Elisabeth Buchwald, “Why do so many Americans refuse to wear face masks? Politics is part of it — but only part”, MarketWatch, June 28, 2020, https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-do-so-many-americans-refuse-to-wear-face-masks-it-may-have-nothing-to-do-with-politics-2020-06-16.

[9] Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Maria Cramer, “New York Orders Residents to Wear Masks in Public”, New York Times, April 15, 2020, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/nyregion/coronavirus-face-masks-andrew-cuomo.html.

[10] Erin Durkin, “New York City urges all residents to wear face coverings in public”, Politico, April 2, 2020, https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/04/02/new-york-city-urges-all-residents-to-wear-face-coverings-in-public-1271059.

[11] Associated Press, “Despite 20,000 Dead, Some New Yorkers Reject Masks”, Courthouse News Service, May 13, 2020, https://www.courthousenews.com/despite-20000-dead-some-new-yorkers-reject-masks/. On the risk of transmission outdoors being low, see: Michael Levenson et al., “What We Know About Your Chances of Catching the Virus Outdoors”, New York Times, May 15, 2020, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/15/us/coronavirus-what-to-do-outside.html.

[12] Lea Hammer et al., “High SARS-CoV-2 Attack Rate Following Exposure at a Choir Practice — Skagit County, Washington, March 2020”, MMWR, May 15, 2020, https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6919e6.htm.

[13] Nancy H. L. Leung, “Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks”, Nature Medicine, April 3, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0843-2.

[14] Seongman Bae et al., “Effectiveness of Surgical and Cotton Masks in Blocking SARS–CoV-2: A Controlled Comparison in 4 Patients”, Annals of Internal Medicine, April 6, 2020, https://doi.org/10.7326/M20-1342.

[15] I. M. Viola et al., “Face Coverings, Aerosol Dispersion and Mitigation of Virus Transmission Risk”, arXiv, May 19, 2020, https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.10720.

[16] European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, “Using face masks in the community”, ecdc.europa.eu, April 8, 2020, https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/COVID-19-use-face-masks-community.pdf.

[17] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “About Cloth Face Coverings”, CDC.gov, updated June 28, 2020, accessed July 7, 2020, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/about-face-coverings.html.

[18] Food and Drug Administration, “Face Masks and Surgical Masks for COVID-19: Manufacturing, Purchasing, Important and Donating Masks During the Public Health Emergency”, FDA.gov, updated May 11, 2020, accessed July 7, 2020, https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/personal-protective-equipment-infection-control/face-masks-and-surgical-masks-covid-19-manufacturing-purchasing-importing-and-donating-masks-during.

[19] Occupational Safety and Health Administration, “COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions”, OSHA.gov, accessed July 7, 2020, https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/covid-19/covid-19-faq.html.

[20] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Cases in the U.S.”, CDC.gov, updated June 15, 2020, accessed June 15, 2020, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html. At the time I accessed the page for the purpose of investigating the claims made in the PNAS study, data was available from January 1 through June 14. Cases in the US have since increased again, surpassing the peak number of cases in early April, but this is not relevant for our purpose here.

[21] Lourenço et al., “Fundamental principles of epidemic spread highlight the immediate need for large-scale serological surveys to assess the stage of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic”, medRxiv, March 26, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.24.20042291.

As Lourenço et al. state, “There is an inverse relationship between the proportion currently immune and the fraction vulnerable to severe disease.” While this inverse relationship alone explains the wave shape of the epidemic, seasonality may also play a role for reasons including lower humidity and more vitamin D deficiency during winter months.

There has been much fearmongering in the media that infection with SARS-CoV-2 may not confer immunity, but there’s no reason to believe it doesn’t, and studies have shown that it does, naturally—otherwise clearance of the infection and recovery would not be possible. The media focus on antibodies as though equivalent to immunity, but antibodies are neither always sufficient nor even necessary for immunity, and studies indicate that cellular, as distinct from humoral (or antibody) immunity, plays a critical role in immunity to this particular virus. While the question of the duration of immunity remains, cell memory may persist even after antibody levels wane so that the immune system will rapidly ramp up to protect against reinfection. There is also evidence that acquired immunity to common human coronaviruses that cause the common cold confers some cross-protection against SARS-CoV-2. Furthermore, herd immunity may be much more easily achievable than originally assumed.

A fuller discussion of immunity is beyond the scope of this article, but here are several relevant studies: Fan Wu et al., “Neutralizing antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in a COVID-19 recovered patient cohort and their implications”, medRxiv, April 20, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.30.20047365. Julian Braun et al., “Presence of SARS-CoV-2 reactive T cells in COVID-19 patients and healthy donors”, medRxiv, April 22, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.17.20061440. Tom Britton et al., “The disease-induced herd immunity level for Covid-19 is substantially lower than the classical herd immunity level”, medRxiv, May 14, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.06.20093336. Abishek Chandrashekar et al., “SARS-CoV-2 infection protects against rechallenge in rhesus macaques”, Science, May 20, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abc4776. M. Gabriela M. Gomes et al., “Individual variation in susceptibility or exposure to SARS-CoV-2 lowers the herd immunity threshold”, medRxiv, May 21, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.27.20081893. Davide F. Robbiani, “Convergent Antibody Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Convalescent Individuals”, bioRxiv, May 22, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.13.092619. Nina Le Bert et al., “Different pattern of pre-existing SARS-CoV-2 specific T cell immunity in SARS-recovered and uninfected individuals”, bioRxiv, May 27, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.26.115832. Alba Grifoni et al., “Targets of T Cell Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus in Humans with COVID-19 Disease and Unexposed Individuals”, Cell, June 25, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.05.015. Takuya Sekine et al., “Robust T cell immunity in convalescent individuals with asymptomatic or mild COVID-19”, bioRxiv, June 29, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.29.174888.

[22] Nathaniel Lash, “Don’t Be Folled by America’s Flattening Curve”, New York Times, May 6, 2020, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/06/opinion/coronavirus-deaths-statistics.html. Lauren Leatherby and Charlie Smart, “Coronavirus Cases Are Peaking Again. Here’s How It’s Different This Time.”, New York Times, July 2, 2020, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/02/us/coronavirus-cases-increase.html.

[23] New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, “NYC Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Data”, case count by date, GitHub, updated June 12, 2020, accessed June 13, 2020, https://github.com/nychealth/coronavirus-data/blob/master/case-hosp-death.csv.

[24] As explained by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the dataset from which I obtained the case numbers reports “confirmed cases” of people “being treated in NYC” for COVID-19. Cases are reported “by date of diagnosis”. Specimens are collected from patients for laboratory testing, and as the department notes, “the Health Department is currently advising people with mild to moderate symptoms to stay at home and not seek testing. Many cases in the community, without laboratory testing, will not be included in these counts because they never had a positive laboratory test.” See the notes at https://github.com/nychealth/coronavirus-data. Obviously, those not being tested would also include those without any symptoms. Since cases include COVID-19 patients for whom diagnosis was confirmed through laboratory testing, we must account for the incubation period.

[25] World Health Organization, “Q&A on coronaviruses (COVID-19)”, WHO.int, April 17, 2020, accessed July 8, 2020, https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/question-and-answers-hub/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses.

[26] Stephen A. Lauer, “The Incubation Period of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) From Publicly Reported Confirmed Cases: Estimation and Application”, Annals of Internal Medicine, May 5, 2020, https://doi.org/10.7326/M20-0504.[/B]

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Ingraham: What they're not telling you
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"We must move beyond the hyperbole and focus on what the latest science tells us"
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"International best-selling author, Dr Vernon Coleman MB ChB DSc FRSA, explains that the people planning to rule the world want to reduce the global population to 500 million. And he then explains how'll they'll kill the six billion of us they want to eliminate."
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Oxford epidemiologists: suppression strategy is not viable


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3plSbCbkSA
We wanted to learn more about the current state of the pandemic and find out what the evidence was actually saying. Joining Prof Heneghan from Rome was his Centre for Evidence Based Medicine colleague Tom Jefferson to shared their thoughts in this wide-ranging discussion. Have a watch above, key quotes below...

00:00 – Intro

2:55 – Masks
• Tom Jefferson: “Aside from people who are exposed on the frontlines, there is no evidence that masks make any difference, but what’s even more extraordinary is the uncertainty: we don’t know if these things make any difference…. We should have done randomised control trials in February, March and April but not anymore because viral circulation is low and we will need huge number of enrolees to show whether there was any difference”.
• Carl Heneghan: “By all means people can wear masks but they can’t say it’s an evidence-based decision… there is a real separation between an evidence-based decision and the opaque term that ‘we are being led by the science’, which isn’t the evidence".

9:26 – Pandemic life cycle
• CH: “One of the keys of the infection is to look at who’s been infected, which shows a crucial difference when comparing the pandemic theory to seasonal theory. In a pandemic you’d expect to see young people disproportionately affected, but in the UK we’ve only had six child deaths, which is far less than we’d normally see in a pandemic. The high number of deaths with over-75s fits with the seasonal theory”.

14:00 – Covid seasonality
• CH: “The stability of the virus is far less when the temperature goes up but humidity seems to be particularly important. The lower the humidity, the more stable the virus is in the atmosphere and on surfaces… It’s now winter in the southern hemisphere, which is why places like Australia are suddenly having outbreaks.”

20:37 – Lockdown
• CH: “Many people said that we should have locked down earlier, but 50% of care homes developed outbreaks during the lockdown period so there are issues within the transmission of this virus that are not clear… Lockdown is a blunt tool and there needs to be intelligent conversations about what mitigation strategies can keep society functioning while we keep the most vulnerable shielded".

25:20 – Nightingale hospitals
• CH: "They are the wrong structure. What you need is fever hospitals which were here until around the 1980s or 90s. They were on single floors and had isolation within isolation. Theere were no lift shafts and staff were trained, which meant that everyone was protected from each other… It looks like at leats 20% of people got the infection while they were in hospital"

27:30 – Suppression strategy
• CH: “The benefits of the current strategy are outweighed by the harms…When it comes to suppression, only the virus will have a determination in that. If you follow the New Zealand policy of suppressing it to zero and locking down the country forever, then you’re going to have a problem… This virus is so out there now, I cannot see a strategy that makes suppression the viable option. The strategy right now should be how we learn to live with this virus”
32:45 – Response to the virus
• TJ: “I am a survivor of four pandemics and for the other three, I didn’t even realise they were going on. People died but nothing changed and none of the fabric of society was eroded like this response… Do I see steps being taken at a European level about learning from our mistakes and changing policies? The answer is no…
39:30 – Politics of the virus
• CH: “We as individuals are part of the problem because sensationalism drives people to click and read the information. So it’s a big circle because we’ve created the problem — if we put the worst case scenario out there, we will go and have a look. If you want a solution, you’ve got to get people to stop clicking on this sensationalist stuff”.
43:30 – IFR
• CH: “We will be down about where we were with the swine flu: around 0.1-0.3% which is much lower than what we think because at the moment we are seeing the case fatality”.
• TJ: “If you look at the whole narrative, it was distorted from the very beginning by the obsession with influenza which was just one or two agents and nothing else existed. We’re no different now”.

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Why is YouTube Protecting Government Lies?

International best-selling author, Dr Vernon Coleman MB ChB DSc FRSA, looks at how YouTube censors videos and wonders why. He explains that we're fighting the most important battle of our lives.
For more unbiased information about other important issues, please visit http://www.vernoncoleman.com The transcripts of the videos that YouTube banned are also on the website (click on the 'Health' button and see top of page).
Thank you for all your support and encouragement.
Please feel free to share this video.


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The following is a london only relevant post, but it may have wider implications.

In london there is a huge infrastructure project approaching completion, two years late - crossrail, a large part underground rail line traversing the city east to west. The largest infrastructure project in Europe and the largest augmentation to londons mass transit capacity since the 1920's.

From a conversation I have had - the workers are packing up and leaving, the job is 95% done. I asked them why stop at this late stage and was told that their employers had lost the contract to complete this.

Is this just a financial decision? unlikely, as if one was facing a 2008 style crisis and wanted to provide a stimulus, there would be nothing better than bringing more people to within a reasonable travel time to town.

so this is not about saving the last few million.

I fear this points instead to a re-assessment of Londons long term mass transit needs, a large reduction due to on going lock downs for more than a few more weeks, sadly.

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DO NOT GET TESTED OR RISK PERMANENT DAMAGE + yet another president throws out the WHO Clive de Carle


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlFNhuR1jII&feature=youtu.be

I wish people would not join different videos together.
Several parts are very helpful, not at all sure of the validity of one.
However, its well worth watching to be aware of the possible dangers of one form of testing.
Chris

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No 10 warned by Tory MPs over ‘sinister’ bids to suppress dissent

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/no-10-warned-tory-mps-072243286.html

No 10 warned by Tory MPs over ‘sinister’ bids to suppress dissent
Michael Savage Policy Editor
The Guardian


Senior Tories are warning Downing St that its increasingly domineering attitude towards its own MPs will backfire, after its “sinister” decision to throw a veteran MP out of the parliamentary party.

There have been concerns raised over the treatment of Julian Lewis, who scuppered No 10’s plans by being elected as chairman of parliament’s intelligence and security committee (ISC).

Since Lewis’s arrival in the role, the committee has agreed to publish a sensitive report into Russian interference in British political life that had been blocked by the government before the last election. The report is due to appear this week.

Russia has repeatedly denied interfering, and the Russian ambassador to the UK will do so again on the Andrew Marr Show today, when he will reject claims that the Kremlin tried to steal Covid-19 vaccine research.

Downing St had been planning to install the former minister Chris Grayling as the ISC’s new chairman, but was blindsided by Lewis’s successful bid for the job, which he won with the support of opposition MPs. However, the decision to strip Lewis of the whip has caused a backlash within the Tory ranks. Many MPs are blaming Boris Johnson’s powerful inner circle for their intolerance for any form of dissent.

A number of concerns have been raised with members of the Tory backbench 1922 committee of MPs. Several figures said concerns had been relayed to the chief whip Mark Spencer by the committee’s chairman, Graham Brady, with many urging Spencer to reconsider. “Reducing the majority is hardly a genius move, but this will backfire in the long run,” said one concerned Tory.

I think that you can see it as sinister, because the only rational explanation may be that the government wishes to politicise every aspect of government activity

Dominic Grieve, former ISC chairman

Dominic Grieve, the former ISC chairman who was also removed from the parliamentary party over his Brexit views, said that Lewis’s treatment risked being part of a wider pattern of behaviour from No 10. “I think that you can see it as sinister, because the only rational explanation may be that the government wishes to politicise every aspect of government activity and parliamentary activity and party politicise it, that nothing else is tolerable and that they wish to exert constant and continuous control over a range of activities, which should be carried out by independent players,” he said.

“And if they’re doing that to this parliamentary committee, what will they choose to try and do it to next? I think there is a legitimate reason for being very concerned about what they’re doing, even though this seems to me to be the theatre of the absurd.”

MPs also believe that ministers attempted to soften the impact of the Russia report’s imminent publication by confirming that Russian actors “sought to interfere” in last winter’s general election.

They pointed to a leaked NHS dossier that was seized upon by Labour during the campaign. Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, said any attempted interference was “completely unacceptable”. However, one critic said of the sudden admission: “It’s a bog-standard media ploy, but many governments have used it.”

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DO NOT GET TESTED OR RISK PERMANENT DAMAGE + yet another president throws out the WHO Clive de Carle


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlFNhuR1jII&feature=youtu.be

I wish people would not join different videos together.
Several parts are very helpful, not at all sure of the validity of one.
However, its well worth watching to be aware of the possible dangers of one form of testing.
Chris

Chris as I mentioned to you and others here on the forum before, the third part of the video about the "president of Ghana"
is totally bogus.

To say you are "not at all sure of the validity of one." is as much a cop-out as Clive de Carle's and Jeff Berwick's (The Dollar Vigilante)
including the clip in their videos and NOT DOING THEIR HOMEWORK to check its authenticity.

I would never post any video containing the clip. You are simply perpetuating the myth.

1. The man speaking is NOT the president of Ghana.
2. The document he is reading was not taken from the Rockefeller website.

Take the time to do your own research on this. You should find it to be rewarding.

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David Icke gives more evidence of "no virus" theory, saying that it is becoming clearer it is true.


https://www.bitchute.com/video/3KjGseTaLNFA/

I have no problem in believing a theory/fact of this kind, but it does not agree well with my belief that it is a bioweapons, although low grade. It was easy to discern the "no plane" theory of 911, but the conspiracy this time is so deep and great that the alternative media are absolutely confused and divided.

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DO NOT GET TESTED OR RISK PERMANENT DAMAGE + yet another president throws out the WHO Clive de Carle


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlFNhuR1jII&feature=youtu.be

I wish people would not join different videos together.
Several parts are very helpful, not at all sure of the validity of one.
However, its well worth watching to be aware of the possible dangers of one form of testing.
Chris

Chris as I mentioned to you and others here on the forum before, the third part of the video about the "president of Ghana"
is totally bogus.

To say you are "not at all sure of the validity of one." is as much a cop-out as Clive de Carle's and Jeff Berwick's (The Dollar Vigilante)
including the clip in their videos and NOT DOING THEIR HOMEWORK to check its authenticity.

I would never post any video containing the clip. You are simply perpetuating the myth.

1. The man speaking is NOT the president of Ghana.
2. The document he is reading was not taken from the Rockefeller website.

Take the time to do your own research on this. You should find it to be rewarding.

Yes agreed but
If I could have found the valid parts else where or could have clipped the video I would not have posted this one.
The value of the valid out weighs the non value of non valid however
Chris

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The Telegraph Lockdown may cost 200,000 lives, government report shows
Sarah Knapton
The Telegraph

More on link
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/lockdown-may-cost-200-000-125859721.html

CARDIFF, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 17: A woman walks through an empty Castle Arcade wearing a surgical mask on March 17, 2020 in Cardiff, Wales. Boris Johnson held the first of his public daily briefing on the Coronavirus outbreak yesterday and told the public to avoid theatres, going to the pub and work from home where possible. The number of people infected with COVID-19 in the UK reached 1500 today with 36 deaths. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty images) - Matthew Horwoo/Getty Images

CARDIFF, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 17: A woman walks through an empty Castle Arcade wearing a surgical mask on March 17, 2020 in Cardiff, Wales. Boris Johnson held the first of his public daily briefing on the Coronavirus outbreak yesterday and told the public to avoid theatres, going to the pub and work from home where possible. The number of people infected with COVID-19 in the UK reached 1500 today with 36 deaths. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty images) - Matthew Horwoo/Getty Images


More than 200,000 people could die from the impact of lockdown and protecting the NHS, an official government report shows.

As national restrictions were imposed, experts from the Department of Health, the Office of National Statistics (ONS), the government’s Actuary Department and the Home Office forecast the collateral damage from delays to healthcare and the effects of recession arising from the pandemic response.

It estimated that in a reasonable worst case scenario, around 50,000 people would die from coronavirus in the first six months of the pandemic, with mitigation measures in place.

But in the report published in April they calculated that up to 25,000 could die from delays to treatment in the same period and a further 185,000 in the medium to long term - amounting to nearly one million years of life lost.

It comes amid debate over the easing of lockdown restrictions, with some arguing it is both too early to lift the measures and that they should have been imposed earlier, while other politicians have questioned whether the cure is worse than the disease.
Projected increased deaths within one year
Projected increased deaths within one year

The Prime Minister has stressed his desire to avoid a return to national lockdown.

In an interview in The Telegraph, Boris Johnson likened the measures to a nuclear deterrent, and said he did not want to impose blanket restrictions again, or think it would be necessary.

The UK's National Statistician, Prof Sir Ian Diamond also said on Sunday that there had been no uptick in cases since lockdown measures had been eased but warned the nation would need to be vigilant come the autumn.

Professor Chris Whitty, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), and Sir Patrick Vallance, the government’s chief scientific advisor (GSCA) have both expressed concern that the damage from lockdown could be severe.

The report came to light after Sir Patrick told MPs at the Science and Technology Select Committee last week that calculations had been made to predict the number of deaths caused by the effects of lockdown, which was announced on March 23.

The report produced in the following weeks warned there could be 500 more suicides during the first wave, and between 600 and 12,000 more deaths per year resulting from a recession which had a significant impact on GDP.

They also forecast around 20 more deaths this year through domestic violence, and an increase in the number of accidents at home - in the ‘low tens.’ In total, under a worst case scenario, around quarter of a million people would die because of the pandemic response.

The figures were based on 75 per cent of elective care being cancelled over six months without significant reprioritisation when things returned to normal.

The number of elective hospital appointments dropped to around a quarter of usual levels in March and April and had only recovered to around half by the beginning of July.

Charities have increasingly warned that delaying diagnosis, pausing surgery and postponing treatment is a ‘ticking time bomb’ which will cause long-term harm.
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Coronavirus podcast newest episode

Figures released by Cancer Research UK today show that as of May 30, there were more than 180,000 people in England waiting for an endoscopy - a rise of 44 per cent from the same time in 2019.

And around 2.3 million fewer tests that help diagnose cancer have taken place since lockdown compared to the same time last year, and 51 per cent more people are waiting for colonoscopies.

Michelle Mitchell, Cancer Research UK’s chief executive, said: “Covid-19 has had a devastating impact on cancer patients and services across the UK.

“In the early weeks of lockdown urgent referrals plummeted, screening programmes were paused, surgeries were cancelled, clinical trials were put on hold, and existing health inequalities were exacerbated.

“It’s now more crucial than ever that the Government works closely with the NHS to ensure it has the staff and equipment it needs to clear the mounting backlog and get services back on track before this situation gets even worse – especially in the event of a second wave.”

The report points out that nearly 500,000 people would have died from coronavirus if the virus had been allowed to run through the population unchecked. And there would have been more than a million non-Covid deaths resulting from missed treatment if the health service had been overwhelmed in dealing with the pandemic.
Are Covid-19 cases rising or falling in your area? All local authorities with lookup. Updates automatically
Are Covid-19 cases rising or falling in your area? All local authorities with lookup. Updates automatically

But charities said more should have been done to get medical care up and running quickly when it became clear early on that the NHS was not stretched. Nightingale Hospitals in particular were largely empty even at the peak of the pandemic and have only recently been reassigned for normal care.

Dr Sonya Babu-Narayan, Associate Medical Director at the British Heart Foundation and Consultant Cardiologist, said it was a priority to restore heart and circulatory care: “This report is a sobering wake-up call for governments and the NHS across the UK to urgently restore and maintain care for people with medical conditions including heart and circulatory diseases.

“Although the latest statistics have shown fewer excess deaths in recent weeks, people are still experiencing delays in accessing vital treatment and care, which could make them sicker and ultimately lead to more deaths from both undiagnosed and existing conditions.

“The growing and significant backlog must be tackled to prevent a tidal wave of illness overwhelming the NHS whilst it’s fighting Covid-19.”

Last week, the University of Oxford found that 5,000 fewer heart attack patients had attended hospital from March to May, many of whom could have died through lack of medical care.

The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) also warned that delays in diagnosis and treatment meant many people who would have recovered from their illness were now facing incurable cancer.

Modelling by the ICR suggests that a three-month delay to surgery alone across all Stage 1-3 cancers could cause more than 4,700 attributable deaths per year in England.

Clare Turnbull, Professor of Cancer Genomics at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, said: “Lockdown and re-deployment of NHS workers as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic is causing significant disruption to cancer diagnosis and management.

“For patients with cancer, delay of surgery has the real potential to increase the likelihood of advanced disease, with some patients’ tumours progressing from being curable – with near normal life expectancy – to non-curable – with limited life expectancy.

“At this point, it is crucial to ramp up capacity as quickly as possible to allow cancer services to clear the backlog accumulated during lockdown.”

Figures released last week from Target Ovarian Cancer showed that more than half of women with ovarian cancer surveyed said their treatment had been affected by coronavirus.

Annwen Jones OBE, Chief Executive of Target Ovarian Cancer, said: “It’s hard to overstate the difficulties faced by women with ovarian cancer during this pandemic. We must not let them down as health services recover.

“It is urgent that we now see comprehensive plans and a timeline for the full restoration of diagnostic, treatment and support services. This is the only way to avoid worse outcomes and a devastating toll on women’s lives.”

Data compiled by The Telegraph showed that by the end of May there had been more than 23,000 excess deaths in care homes or at home, not linked to Covid-19, since the middle of March.

There are also fears that the government’s ‘protect the NHS’ message was too effective, with many people staying away from hospitals when they needed urgent medical help.

In April, Chief Executive of NHS England Sir Simon Stevens was forced to issue an urgent message asking people to come forward if they needed treatment.

However the report did predict some good news for lockdown. Experts calculated that there would be approximately 200 - 500 fewer road traffic and air pollution deaths, 67 fewer murders and a small drop in work related accidents during the six month first wave period.

There may also be a positive impact on health as a result of increased physical activity as people take the opportunity to use their one instance of daily exercise, the authors state, although they also warn that some may become more sedentary whilst staying home. And there is some evidence that recessions can improve mortality rates, possibly saving a few thousands lives.

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https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1285089732846743552

[Valerie Villars]

Well, here goes the first wave of test now and pay later. New Orleans is asking for volunteers for a new vaccine.

https://www.nola.com/news/coronavirus/article_1aa7cf20-c871-11ea-8a9a-abe4313a086a.html


Coronavirus vaccine volunteers needed in New Orleans, Baton Rouge; here's how study will work
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FILE - In this March 16, 2020, file photo, a subject receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine by Moderna for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. According to results released on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, early-stage testing showed the first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. revved up people’s immune systems the way scientists had hoped. The vaccine is made by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)


After a vaccine for coronavirus showed promising results in a 45-person study conducted by biotech company Moderna, research sites in New Orleans and Baton Rouge will enroll volunteers to measure whether the vaccine is ready for the world at large as part of a Phase 3 study.

Benchmark Research in Jefferson Parish is looking for at least 300 people to take part in the 30,000-person study, which is run by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. It is also seeking 1,000 volunteers for other COVID-19 vaccine studies currently in the pipeline. In Baton Rouge, Meridian Clinical Research is looking for between 350 to 500 participants for the Moderna study.

LDH no longer updating coronavirus numbers on Saturdays to ease burden on labs
LDH no longer updating coronavirus numbers on Saturdays to ease burden on labs
In the U.S., where the virus has been able to gain footing after social-distancing measures loosened and a political backlash against mask-wearing developed, many scientists have put any hope for returning to normal and reopening the economy in a vaccine. Twenty-three vaccine candidates are being evaluated in a clinical setting with 140 more in the works, according to a report released Wednesday by the World Health Organization. The Moderna vaccine was the first to be tested in humans in the U.S.

All participants will get two shots one month apart. Researchers will then follow the volunteers for two years. Half the participants will receive a placebo shot of saline.

The other half will be injected with genetic material from the virus called mRNA, said Dr. Michael Cotugno, an emergency medicine physician and principal investigator at Benchmark. That material cultivated antibodies in the 45 participants in the first test, and the antibodies neutralized the virus.

Some vaccines, including a few coronavirus vaccines being developed in Turkey and India, use what's known as a live-attenuated virus to train the body's immune to fight the real thing should a person be exposed to it. An attenuated virus is a weakened form of the virus. Other companies are using an inactivated version of the virus — particles of it that have been killed — to produce antibodies.

But Cotugno stressed that participants in the Moderna study are not injected with the virus itself and will not be exposed to the virus in a lab setting.

"You cannot get the COVID disease from these vaccines," said Cotugno. "We're injecting bits of protein, not the virus."

If the vaccine proves effective during regular reviews of the data, typically the sponsor of the study has an ethical duty to stop the placebo arm of the trial and provide the vaccine to every participant.

Jefferson Parish and Baton Rouge were chosen because they are hot spots for the virus and participants are more likely to be exposed because of their location.

While the trial proved safe in the 45 healthy volunteers in the Phase 1 study, which was published Tuesday in The New England Journal of Medicine, there are some risks. All of the 45 participants reported non-serious side effects such as fatigue, chills, headache and pain at the injection site — what Benchmark site director Jeffrey Senger said is a normal reaction to any vaccine, including the flu shot.

As coronavirus deaths surged in Louisiana, more people died of other things, too, studies say
As coronavirus deaths surged in Louisiana, more people died of other things, too, studies say
“Any time you stick a needle in someone’s arm, it can hurt, it can bruise, it can bleed,” said Senger.

One patient who received the highest dose of vaccine in the Phase 1 study sought medical attention after spiking a 103-degree fever. The participants of this larger study are receiving a significantly lower dose.

Experts not involved in the study said there are risks and benefits to participating in any Phase 3 study.

The vaccine could be effective and provide some level of protection to participants, said Dr. David Mushatt, an infectious disease expert at Tulane University who has overseen many clinical trials in academic and hospital settings.

“The vaccine does seem to work to stimulate the human immune system into making antibodies that, in theory, we hope will be protective," said Mushatt.

It’s still not clear if the antibodies are protective against COVID-19 or if the virus might be able to replicate in spite of their presence. Even if they are protective, they might not protect everyone. Older people, in particular, don’t respond to vaccines the same way that young people do.

There is also a chance serious side effects could show up in a larger study.

“When you go from 45 patients to thousands, that is when you tend to see the less common side effects,” said Mushatt.

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Police force says it won’t respond to calls about shoppers not wearing face masks
Ross McGuinness

Yahoo News UK


A police force has announced it will not respond to calls about people not wearing face masks in shops.

From Friday, wearing a face mask in shops in England is mandatory under the government’s latest coronavirus rules.

Anyone who does not comply can be fined £100, halved to £50 if paid within 14 days.

However, there have been questions about how the new rule will be enforced. Businesses will be asked to encourage compliance, but enforcement is the responsibility of the police.

But after the move was announced last week, Metropolitan Police Federation chairman Ken Marsh said it will be “impossible to enforce”.

And now Devon and Cornwall Police has said it will only respond to calls about people not wearing face coverings if they involve a suspected public order offence.

Alison Hernandez, the force’s police and crime commissioner, said: “The expectation is that they will only come if there is disorder or violence or something associated with it.

“They are not going to come to every phone call that someone is not wearing a mask,” she told Cornwall Live.

Instead, she said “street marshals” will be in place to encourage people to follow the guidelines.

Hernandez said: "What we ended up having in Devon was armed response officers for public order going along and that was not appropriate.

“You don’t want policing like that because it looks a bit policey, so we needed a better solution and we came up with this idea.”

On Tuesday, policing minister Kit Malthouse said officers can be called to a shop if “it’s a public order issue”.

He said shops should encourage people to wear face masks when they become compulsory.

Speaking on BBC Breakfast, Malthouse said: “There’s no intention for the police to be standing outside every branch of Asda or Greggs and making sure that people are wearing face masks.

“What we’re doing is adopting the same posture that we did throughout the lockdown which is encourage people to comply.

“We know from the previous experience that the vast majority of people will, and that, you know, shops and others should encourage people to wear face masks if at all possible, and they obviously are – it’s going to be compulsory.

“But if people resist or won’t leave the premises or there’s any kind of altercation, then obviously the police will be called and they should attend if it’s a public order issue, as they would in any other retail circumstance – if there was a scuffle or a conflict that arose.”

[Waldo]

Great Read and good research

https://jbhandleyblog.com/home/2020/6/28/secondwave

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The Herd Immunity Threshold (“HIT”) for COVID-19 is between 10-20%

This fact gets less press than any other. Most people understand the basic concept of herd immunity and the math behind it. In the early days, some public health officials speculated that COVID-19’s HIT was 70%. Obviously, the difference between a HIT of 70% and a HIT of 10-20% is dramatic, and the lower the HIT, the quicker a virus will burn out as it loses the ability to infect more people, which is exactly what COVID-19 is doing everywhere, including the U.S, which is why the death curve above looks the way it looks. Scientists from Oxford, Virginia Tech, and the Liverpool school of Tropical Medicine, all recently explained the HIT of COVID-19 in this paper:

We searched the literature for estimates of individual variation in propensity to acquire or transmit COVID-19 or other infectious diseases and overlaid the findings as vertical lines in Figure 3. Most CV estimates are comprised between 2 and 4, a range where naturally acquired immunity to SARS-CoV-2 may place populations over the herd immunity threshold once as few as 10-20% of its individuals are immune.

Calculations from this study of data in Stockholm showed a HIT of 17%, and if you really love data check out this great essay by Brown Professor Dr. Andrew Bostom titled, COVID-19 ‘herd immunity’ without vaccination? Teaching modern vaccine dogma old tricks. I’m going to share his summary with you, because it’s so good:

Naturally acquired herd immunity to COVID-19 combined with earnest protection of the vulnerable elderly — especially nursing home and assisted living facility residents — is an eminently reasonable and practical alternative to the dubious panacea of mass compulsory vaccination against the virus. This strategy was successfully implemented in Malmo, Sweden, which had few COVID-19 deaths by assiduously protecting its elder care homes, while “schools remained open, residents carried on drinking in bars and cafes, and the doors of hairdressers and gyms were open throughout.”

One of the most vocal members of the scientific community discussing COVID-19’s HIT is Stanford’s Nobel-laureate Dr. Michael Levitt. Back on May 4, he gave this great interview to the Stanford Daily where he advocated for Sweden’s approach of letting COVID-19 spread naturally through the community until you arrive at HIT. He stated:

Stanford’s Nobel-laureate Dr. Michael Levitt
Stanford’s Nobel-laureate Dr. Michael Levitt

If Sweden stops at about 5,000 or 6,000 deaths, we will know that they’ve reached herd immunity, and we didn’t need to do any kind of lockdown. My own feeling is that it will probably stop because of herd immunity. COVID is serious, it’s at least a serious flu. But it’s not going to destroy humanity as people thought.

Guess what? That’s exactly what happened. As of today, 7 weeks after his prediction, Sweden has 5,280 deaths. In this graph, you can see that deaths in Sweden PEAKED when the HIT was halfway to its peak (roughly 7.3%) and by the time the virus hit 14% it was nearly extinguished. (Shoutout to Gummi Bear on Twitter, a scientist who makes great graphs.)

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How could Dr. Levitt have predicted the death range for Sweden so perfectly 7 weeks ago? Because he had a pretty solid idea of what the HIT would be. (If you’d like to further geek-out on HIT, check out: Why herd immunity to COVID-19 is reached much earlier than thought.) I absolutely LOVE Dr. Levitt (and as a Stanford alum, so proud he is a Stanford professor), watch this incredible video from just yesterday, go to 10:59 and just listen to this remarkable man!! Thrilled with his brand-new paper, released today, Predicting the Trajectory of Any COVID19 Epidemic From the Best Straight Line.

By the way, as a quick aside, and something else the press won’t touch: COVID-19 is a coronavirus, and we have ALL been exposed to MANY coronaviruses during our lives on earth (like the common cold). Guess what? Scientists are now showing evidence that up to 81% of us can mount a strong response to COVID-19 without ever having been exposed to it before:

Cross-reactive SARS-CoV-2 T-cell epitopes revealed preexisting T-cell responses in 81% of unexposed individuals, and validation of similarity to common cold human coronaviruses provided a functional basis for postulated heterologous immunity

This alone could explain WHY the HIT is so much lower for COVID-19 than some scientists thought originally, when the number being talked about was closer to 70%. Many of us have always been immune! If that’s not enough for you, a similar study from Sweden was just released and shows that “roughly twice as many people have developed T-cell immunity compared with those who we can detect antibodies in.” (We kind of knew this from the data on the Diamond Princess when only 17% of the people on board tested positive, despite an ideal environment for mass spread, implying 83% of the people were somehow protected from the new virus.)

Quick Update: This article came out one day after I wrote mine, and validated everything I just said, except the author is wrong about COVID-19’s HIT, it’s 10-20%, not 60%, which is even better news:

click to read
click to read

“However, it does provide a possible explanation for why the Covid-19 epidemic seems to have died away in many places once it had infected around 20 per cent of the local population (as judged by the presence of antibodies). If people are developing some kind of immunity to Covid-19 via their T cells then it could mean that a far higher percentage of the population has been exposed to Covid-19 than previously thought. Antibodies and T cells combined, it is conceivable that some places such as London or New York are already at or near the 60 per cent infection level required to achieve herd immunity.”

Back to death rates over time. We actually have our own Sweden here in the U.S. It’s called New York City. In our case, we accidentally created a Sweden scenario, in that we took our medicine quickly, because: 1) New York locked down so late that they didn't flatten anything, 2) they have the highest population density in the U.S. in NYC, and 3) the public health officials and Governors there made the bone-headed decision to send COVID-positive nursing home residents back to their nursing home, accelerating deaths of the most vulnerable. What’s their death curve look like today? In this case, I borrowed the graph from the NYC public health website:

what the end of a virus looks like…
what the end of a virus looks like…

Hmm…notice anything about the chart or its slope? The reason deaths from COVID-19 are dwindling down to nothing isn’t because Governor Cuomo is a policy genius (in fact, he likely created more unnecessary deaths than any other Governor with the nursing home decision), it’s because the virus—like every virus in the history of mankind—is running out of people to infect. The virus has a HIT of 10-20% and 70% of people are likely naturally immune. Hosts are in short supply! That’s what viruses do, and wait until you see what New York’s likely HIT is today.

We can get a crude, but helpful proxy for whether or not a state (or region) has achieved their own Herd Immunity Threshold if we know the following things: the size of the population, the number of deaths from COVID-19, and COVID-19’s IFR, or Infection Fatality Rate. In my first blog post late last month, LOCKDOWN LUNACY: the thinking person's guide, I discussed Infection Fatality Rate in detail, so I am just going to give a very quick summary here. Stanford’s Dr. John Ioannidis published a meta-analysis (because so many IFR studies have been done around the world in April and early May) where he analyzed TWELVE separate IFR studies and his conclusion lays out the likely IFR for COVID-19:

The infection fatality rate (IFR), the probability of dying for a person who is infected, is one of the most critical and most contested features of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The expected total mortality burden of COVID-19 is directly related to the IFR. Moreover, justification for various non-pharmacological public health interventions depends crucially on the IFR. Some aggressive interventions that potentially induce also more pronounced collateral harms1 may be considered appropriate, if IFR is high. Conversely, the same measures may fall short of acceptable risk-benefit thresholds, if the IFR is low…Interestingly, despite their differences in design, execution, and analysis, most studies provide IFR point estimates that are within a relatively narrow range. Seven of the 12 inferred IFRs are in the range 0.07 to 0.20 (corrected IFR of 0.06 to 0.16) which are similar to IFR values of seasonal influenza. Three values are modestly higher (corrected IFR of 0.25-0.40 in Gangelt, Geneva, and Wuhan) and two are modestly lower than this range (corrected IFR of 0.02-0.03 in Kobe and Oise).

[Bill Ryan]

David Icke gives more evidence of "no virus" theory, saying that it is becoming clearer it is true.


https://www.bitchute.com/video/3KjGseTaLNFA/

I have no problem in believing a theory/fact of this kind, but it does not agree well with my belief that it is a bioweapons, although low grade. It was easy to discern the "no plane" theory of 911, but the conspiracy this time is so deep and great that the alternative media are absolutely confused and divided.My apologies for being late to notice this post and reply to it.

In my strong opinion, you're 100% right. Of course there's a virus (meaning, SARS-CoV-2). And a close relative of this is the claim that one can't catch a virus anyway. (That's not correct, either!)

I'm an admirer and personal friend of David, but he's quite wrong here.

And yes, there are loud persistent voices, but this kind of confusion and well-intentioned misinformation really doesn't help us focus on what really important.

9/11 is quite a good comparison. It doesn't even matter whether the virus is real or not (though it is! :) ). It's how it's being used. That's what's important.

David does a great job of explaining the covert agendas. But smart, aware and articulate as he is, he's no virologist, and he'd be respected [even] more if he gently laid that particular issue aside.

Here's the gene sequence (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_045512): (or one of them)

http://projectavalon.net/SARS-CoV-2_gene_sequence.pdf

http://projectavalon.net/SARS-CoV-2_gene_sequence.pdf

[Delight]

My personal experience is that I had strange symptoms after vaccination such as a sudden 25 pound weight gain at 6 years old after preschool shot and narcolepsy symptoms for 6 months after a flu shot.

These symptoms were never connected to the vaccine but strangely coincidental.

Many people DID run out and get a flu shot when told to do so this spring. IMO it will be very hard to tease out the consequences of vaccination.

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[DaveToo]

This one jumped off the page for me today reading a news website.

It was an article concerning flying today in the age of Covid-19.

Anyone who has flown in a plane for the past 15-20 years knows that
bringing aboard liquids on a plane is a no-no.
It just won't happen. You won't get past security.

Coke?
Water?
Are you kidding me?
No way!
They could be laced with liquid bombs.

Surprise, surprise.
Today they are allowing hand sanitizer past security.
They simply scan the bottle and away you go!

Let me get this straight.
You mean to tell me they had the technology all these years to scan
other liquids to check if they were safe, but they were waiting for
a pandemic before they chose to reveal it???

[greybeard]

Should the COVID-19 Vaccine Be Made Compulsory? | Good Morning Britain



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25LbHn3byI8

This scares me.
The fact that "logical" reasons to make this vaccination mandatory are being debated on prime time BBC TV shows the influence of the vaccine industry.

Chris

[greybeard]

Five Battles We Cannot Afford to Lose

International best-selling author, Dr Vernon Coleman MB ChB DSc FRSA, describes how we can fight against masks, media lies, lockdowns, social distancing and the disappearance of cash.
For more unbiased information about other important issues, please visit http://www.vernoncoleman.com
The transcripts of the videos YouTube banned are also on the website (click on the 'Health' button and see top of page).
Thank you for all your support and encouragement.
Please feel free to share this video.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9qodaAeTqc

[Patient]

Ok, try this....

In the google search bar, type in a 3 or 4 digit number followed by "new cases".

See what you get.

[greybeard]

Covid 19: Montagner, Mikovits, and now Professor Dolores Cahill?

Professor Dolores Cahill is highly qualified in her field of molecular biology, and has previously managed research laboratories at the P3 and P4 levels. She is outspoken in her counsel that the appropriate response to Covid 19 is to protect the elderly and the vulnerable while letting the virus take its natural course, which will confer immunity on the human population. She also maintains that hydrochloriquine is a safe and effective treatment for serious Covid infections.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfzfrztzYiQ

[greybeard]

We are losing our integrity, we have to change our MINDSET❗ DR RASHID BUTTAR


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7ggAnGqtlw

WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW |The Deen Show Part 3| DR RASHID BUTTAR


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf6JzV0eda4

[greybeard]

Swedish Covid-19 chief Anders Tegnell: judge me in a year

In just a few short months Anders Tegnell, architect of Sweden’s unique response to the Covid-19 pandemic, has gone from unknown physician and technocrat to a household celebrity in Sweden and in countries around the world. He is beloved by some (people have even had tattoos made with his face) and intensely disliked by others. Today he is suntanned and relaxed, having just returned from his summer holiday, and wearing an open-necked polo shirt. Here is a summary of what he said:

- In terms of migrants, travel and urban areas Sweden is more similar to the Netherlands and the UK than Norway or Finland
- Lockdown may have made a difference, but closing schools and people being out of work is also bad for public health
- Numbers of new infections arriving at the same time seems to make a big difference, so Stockholm half-term travellers to the Alps a big factor for Stockholm epidemic
- Eradication is not an option, ‘we have to learn to live with this disease’
- Evidence for masks still very weak, and they may yet be counterproductive. With all the trends going sharply down, it would make no sense to introduce them now
- Additional immunity such as T cells playing a substantial role in slowing spread – ‘what we see right now is a rapid fall in the number of cases, and of course some kind of immunity has to be involved in that as nothing else has changed.’
- Sweden will be better placed than other countries to limit further waves and outbreaks because of higher immunity
- IFR of Covid-19 in final account will be 0.1% to 0.5% - “and that is not radically different to what we see with the yearly flu”
- Judge me in a year, he says.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh9wso6bEAc

[AutumnW]

They clearly recognize that there’s a vulnerable population.

Absolutely. But the problem is that so many people have died in elder care, both in the facilities and in the home. That goes back to pre-symptomatic and asymptomatic spread. Swedish epidemiologists don’t believe that that drives the pandemic, and they do not advocate using face masks in elder care facilities unless people are working with somebody who is sick. But a lot of the people who were working in the elder care facilities came from areas of Stockholm where there was a lot of spread, like in the suburbs. People were saying, oh, they came to work sick. No, they didn’t come to work sick. They came pre-symptomatic. They had no symptoms. But since they were told not to wear face masks, they probably gave it to the elderly. And that’s how it spread.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/07/coronavirus-covid-sweden-herd-immunity.html

But for the title--which the author of the article or interiview doesn't usually choose themselves, this is pretty evenhanded. It remains to be seen whether the Swedes did the right thing.

[DaveToo]

Ok, try this....

In the google search bar, type in a 3 or 4 digit number followed by "new cases".

See what you get.

You're a genius!
I typed in '524 new cases' and got 223 million results!
The first two pages were all COVID-19 hits so probably many more pages. :)

I'm surprised they didn't want to let me know about 524 new cases of headaches, or cancer, or autism or ???
Google seems to have a one-track mind (algorithm)?

[greybeard]

The Forces of Evil Are Gathering


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhJL6RDo9XA&t=69s

[Patient]

Ok, try this....

In the google search bar, type in a 3 or 4 digit number followed by "new cases".

See what you get.

You're a genius!
I typed in '524 new cases' and got 223 million results!
The first two pages were all COVID-19 hits so probably many more pages. :)

I'm surprised they didn't want to let me know about 524 new cases of headaches, or cancer, or autism or ???
Google seems to have a one-track mind (algorithm)?

One thing I found is when you do it repeatedly but with different numbers, you will see your own province, or state, a number of times.

It is they want you to beleive that it is bad in your immediate area.

[DaveToo]

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1285089732846743552

Thanks for this Iancorgi.

I just added Thailand to my list of countries to track/graph going forward.


We've got many bright minds here. Let's see if we can come up with explanations/theories for the following.

https://i.postimg.cc/rmnwYn51/Density-Cases-Deaths.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

We all know that the Covid-19 virus likes killing older folks much more than younger folks. But does it prefer infecting and killing Caucasians over Asians or Latinos?

We see from the above that although the U.S. has a much greater population than Thailand, Egypt and Colombia, that is countered
by the fact that those countries are much smaller in land size than the U.S. and so the density of people living in them is much greater than the U.S.

Now intuitively one would think that with people living closer to each other they would be more susceptible to getting infected by COVID-19.

But such is not the case!


So what is your explanation for this 'strange' set of data?

A much higher density of people (Thailand) yet just 58 deaths vs. 144,242 deaths for the U.S.?

A much higher density of people (Egypt) yet just 4,480 deaths vs. 144,242 deaths for the U.S.?

A higher density of people (Colombia) yet just 7,688 deaths vs. 144,242 deaths for the U.S.?

https://i.postimg.cc/hGnvJ7Sd/Density-Cases.jpg (https://postimages.org/)[/url]


[url=https://postimages.org/]https://i.postimg.cc/85t7gPgr/Density-Deaths.jpg (https://banks-nearme.com/bank-of-america-near-me)


So why does the virus seem to love Americans?
Could it have something to do with the fact that the U.S. has more false positives with their test, for some strange reason?

Or that the U.S. is now counting COVID contacts as being COVID-19 positive, whether or not they have even been tested? (Check out the new testing procedures for Texas).

Or that the U.S. has a penchant for assigning deaths to COVID-19 above all other causes now?

[greybeard]

TOP EXPERT: MOST OF U.S. ALREADY HAS HERD IMMUNITY


Epidemiologist & Biostatistician, Knut Wittkowski, PhD, is back on The HighWire confirming the inevitable: the United States is already reaching herd immunity, even with a lockdown.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOD3sffd2Gs

[Bill Ryan]

TOP EXPERT: MOST OF U.S. ALREADY HAS HERD IMMUNITY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOD3sffd2Gs

The problem here is that Wittkowski, by his own admission, isn't a virologist: he's an epidemiologist. Bigtree asked him about T-cell immunity, but he appeared to sidestep the question. It's almost as if he didn't understand it.

Wittkowski is still talking about antibody immunity, even though the most recent research indicates that antibodies only last for a short time: 2-3 months at the most.

That's a huge problem, suggesting that herd immunity might never be reachable — just as in the case with the common cold (another coronavirus). Wittkowski seemed entirely unconvincing, and might not be up to date with the virology research.

[Bill Ryan]

So what is your explanation for this 'strange' set of data?

A much higher density of people (Thailand) yet just 58 deaths vs. 144,242 deaths for the U.S.?

A much higher density of people (Egypt) yet just 4,480 deaths vs. 144,242 deaths for the U.S.?

A much higher density of people (Colombia) yet just 7,688 deaths vs. 144,242 deaths for the U.S.?

https://i.postimg.cc/3kLYVN08/Density-Cases.jpg (https://postimg.cc/3kLYVN08)

https://i.postimg.cc/5YQ4wJ0x/Density-Deaths.jpg (https://postimg.cc/5YQ4wJ0x)

You can click on the images to make them bigger.

So why does the virus seem to love Americans?


It might be simply because Americans are far more adept at spreading it to others.*
(The virus will love Americans for that!)
* My pure guess: this had been well forecast and planned for since January. One might not need to be a world-class psychologist to have predicted that.
We could also include these countries in the stats:


Vietnam: 413 cases, 0 deaths. (cases/1m pop: 4)
Taiwan: 458 cases, 7 deaths. (cases/1m pop: 19)
New Zealand: 1,556 cases, 22 deaths. (cases/1m pop: 311)

vs.


USA: 4,252,490 cases, 148,541 deaths. (cases/1m pop: 12,842)

[Satori]

So what is your explanation for this 'strange' set of data?

A much higher density of people (Thailand) yet just 58 deaths vs. 144,242 deaths for the U.S.?

A much higher density of people (Egypt) yet just 4,480 deaths vs. 144,242 deaths for the U.S.?

A much higher density of people (Colombia) yet just 7,688 deaths vs. 144,242 deaths for the U.S.?

https://i.postimg.cc/3kLYVN08/Density-Cases.jpg (https://postimg.cc/3kLYVN08)

https://i.postimg.cc/5YQ4wJ0x/Density-Deaths.jpg (https://postimg.cc/5YQ4wJ0x)

You can click on the images to make them bigger.

So why does the virus seem to love Americans?


It might be simply because Americans are far more adept at spreading it to others.*
(The virus will love Americans for that!)
* My pure guess: this had been well forecast and planned for since January. One might not need to be a world-class psychologist to have predicted that.
We could also include these countries in the stats:


Vietnam: 413 cases, 0 deaths. (cases/1m pop: 4)
Taiwan: 458 cases, 7 deaths. (cases/1m pop: 19)
New Zealand: 1,556 cases, 22 deaths. (cases/1m pop: 311)

vs.


USA: 4,252,490 cases, 148,541 deaths. (cases/1m pop: 12,842)


My belief is that here in the US much of the data is being manipulated to give the appearance that the S-CV-2, aka Covid 19 disease, is more virulent and deadly. This is done as a pretext for draconian and anti-constitutional measures by Democrat controlled states. Yes, I do believe it is about the 2020 election and regaining and retaining power and control. We are at war, at least in the US.

[Gwin Ru]

[...]

My belief is that here in the US much of the data is being manipulated to give the appearance that the S-CV-2, aka Covid 19 disease, is more virulent and deadly. ......

https://dhna0nwgp8ihl.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/15163415/Ill-record-it-as-Coronavirus-squared-326.jpg

[onawah]

Perspectives on the Pandemic | Judy Mikovits & Robert Kennedy Jr. (1 of 3) | Episode #10
6,534 views•Jul 23, 2020
Perspectives on the Pandemic
2.09K subscribers
Perspectives on the Pandemic interviewed Dr. Judy Mikovits on April 16th, 2020, and again on May 15th.

(I THINK THIS WILL CLEAR UP MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE MYSTERY.)

("Really, the vaccine program should have ended right then."
"The entire pharmaceutical industry should have stopped in 2011."
"It's propaganda masquerading as science."
"There's nothing that makes sense in anything that's happening.")

"In her second interview, she was joined by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

We have divided the two conversations into three parts, the first two focusing on Dr. Mikovits, and the third on Mr. Kennedy.

This is part one."
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TOP EXPERT: MOST OF U.S. ALREADY HAS HERD IMMUNITY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOD3sffd2Gs

The problem here is that Wittkowski, by his own admission, isn't a virologist: he's an epidemiologist. Bigtree asked him about T-cell immunity, but he appeared to sidestep the question. It's almost as if he didn't understand it.

Wittkowski is still talking about antibody immunity, even though the most recent research indicates that antibodies only last for a short time: 2-3 months at the most.

That's a huge problem, suggesting that herd immunity might never be reachable — just as in the case with the common cold (another coronavirus). Wittkowski seemed entirely unconvincing, and might not be up to date with the virology research.

[DaveToo]

TOP EXPERT: MOST OF U.S. ALREADY HAS HERD IMMUNITY



The problem here is that Wittkowski, by his own admission, isn't a virologist: he's an epidemiologist.

But would you trust a virologist more than an epidemiologist when considering locking down the entire world? :)

[onawah]

I would trust dr. Mikovits (see post 834 above) who Fauci had thrown in jail in order to silence her. She spells it all out quite clearly.




top expert: Most of u.s. Already has herd immunity



the problem here is that wittkowski, by his own admission, isn't a virologist: He's an epidemiologist.

but would you trust a virologist more than an epidemiologist when considering locking down the entire world? :)

[onawah]

Is Big Tech Planning A Massive Purge To Coincide With The COVID Vaccine Release?
14,513 views•Jul 24, 2020
Spiro Skouras
103K subscribers

"As material from dystopian novels such as 1984 begin to become a reality, we are witnessing the accelerated rollout of an agenda. Leading towards a predetermined future, which has already been decided for us.

In this interview Spiro is joined by Richie Allen, who is a journalist, a producer and the host of the Richie Allen Radio Show.

In this interview, Richie Allen shares information regarding contacts which he has been in touch with, who currently work for google.

According to the unnamed source or sources, Google, Facebook and Twitter are coordinating with each other to carry out a multi-platform purge of accounts that question vaccine safety.

The potential coming purge is said to coincide with the rollout of the new, experimental COVID-19 vaccine.

Richie Allen Radio Show
https://richieallen.co.uk

Richie Allen Facebook Post - Purge
https://www.facebook.com/richieallens...

Richie Allen Twitter
https://twitter.com/RichieAllenShow

Richie Allen Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9k_...

Google will ban ads from coronavirus conspiracy pages
https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/17/21... "

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[greybeard]

I would trust dr. Mikovits (see post 834 above) who Fauci had thrown in jail in order to silence her. She spells it all out quite clearly.




top expert: Most of u.s. Already has herd immunity



the problem here is that wittkowski, by his own admission, isn't a virologist: He's an epidemiologist.

but would you trust a virologist more than an epidemiologist when considering locking down the entire world? :)
Yes I agree onaway and its not just American Experts who are saying the same thing.

Professor Dolores Cahill a foremost authority.

Dr Andrew Wakefield had his career ruined for daring to question some results
Its all the same story, Pharma will ruin anyone who tells the truth.
Chris


1986 The Act: What The Government Don't Want You To Know About Mandatory Vaccines
77,241 views •

June 24, 2020

Creator Of 1986 The Act

Dr. Andrew Wakefield MB.BS., is an academic gastroenterologist. He received his medical degree from St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School, London in 1981.

He qualified as Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1985 and trained as a gastrointestinal surgeon with a particular interest in inflammatory bowel disease.

He was awarded a Wellcome Trust Traveling Fellowship to study small-intestinal transplantation in Toronto. He was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists in the U.K. in 2001. Wakefield has published over 140 original scientific papers, reviews, and book chapters.

In 1995, as an academic physician working in a London teaching hospital, he was contacted by the parent of an autistic child with stomach issues.

He soon learned from several other parents with autistic behaviors, that their children’s regressive behavior immediately followed an MMR vaccine.

He started investigating a possible role between gastrointestinal issues, the MMR vaccine, and neurological injury in children. In pursuit of this possible link, Dr. Wakefield participated in a study of twelve children with both stomach and developmental issues. The ensuing report, written with twelve other authors would catapult Wakefield into becoming one of the most controversial figures in the history of Medicine.

https://londonreal.tv/andrew-wakefield-1986-the-act-what-the-government-dont-want-you-to-know-about-mandatory-vaccines/

You may have to download it a clip at a time
Chris

[Ernie Nemeth]

Devil's advocate:


The virus is real and it is deadly.

A response is not only warranted but necessary.

The World Health Organization must be heeded because they are best positioned for a united global response, as is their mandate.

Asymptomatic carriers are a danger to the population.

Masks provide a measure of protection, to slow the rate of infection and keep hospitals from being overrun.

Lock down also slows the rate of infection.

Herd immunity will never be reached.

Lock down must continue until an effective vaccine is introduced and administered to all the world's population.

To achieve this goal, the careful management of the infected must continue and safeguards against further infection must be aggressively targeted.

Financial interests and the future of the world economy are of secondary consideration.

The cost of each death, directly related to the handling of the epidemic will be prohibitive but unavoidable, inevitably reaching tens of thousands of dollars per case and higher. (ssssh, don't say this out loud)


not saying I am against each point, either, just that this seems to be the narrative out there

[Kamikaze]

delete it all.

[Bill Ryan]

Devil's advocate:

The virus is real and it is deadly. (Sometimes, it can be. It's a real thing. But in many countries, numbers have been massaged or falsified to increase the perceived danger.)
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A response is not only warranted but necessary. (To a degree.)
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The World Health Organization must be heeded because they are best positioned for a united global response, as is their mandate. (The WHO is criminally negligent and/or incompetent, and simply can't be trusted. They're best disregarded.)
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Asymptomatic carriers are a danger to the population. ('Danger' is too strong, but yes, they can infect others.)
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Masks provide a measure of protection, to slow the rate of infection and keep hospitals from being overrun. (This is correct, but that statement is independent of and separate from human rights and personal freedom issues.)
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Lock down also slows the rate of infection. (As with masks, above.)
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[Bill Ryan]

(continued, because of too many images :) )



Herd immunity will never be reached. (Herd immunity increasingly seems unlikely. Recent research indicates antibodies disappear quite quickly, as with the common cold.)
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Lock down must continue until an effective vaccine is introduced and administered to all the world's population. (There may never be an effective vaccine, whatever one's views: mine are strongly ant-vaxx. The only way of handling the problem long term may be to reduce the R0, the reproduction number, < 1.)
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To achieve this goal, the careful management of the infected must continue and safeguards against further infection must be aggressively targeted. ('Aggressively' is too strong, but it may be very instructive how effectively some non-US countries have dealt with this. The chaotic and ineffective way the US has addressed this is second only to Brazil.)
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Financial interests and the future of the world economy are of secondary consideration. (Definitely not. Indirectly, many will die, or suffer greatly, through ignoring the economy of any country)
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The cost of each death, directly related to the handling of the epidemic will be prohibitive but unavoidable, inevitably reaching tens of thousands of dollars per case and higher. (ssssh, don't say this out loud) (I may not understand the statement. All deaths incur a measurable $$ cost, whatever the age or cause)
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(added by myself) Only external medical intervention can help. There's nothing any individual can do except wear masks and stay at home. (Criminally omitted by all health authorities I'm aware of, certainly including the WHO, is that everyone can take action in very well-understood ways to strengthen their own immune system. That can make a huge difference.)
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[DaveToo]

So why does the virus seem to love Americans?
Could it have something to do with the fact that the U.S. has more false positives with their test, for some strange reason?

Or that the U.S. is now counting COVID contacts as being COVID-19 positive, whether or not they have even been tested? (Check out the new testing procedures for Texas).

Or that the U.S. has a penchant for assigning deaths to COVID-19 above all other causes now?

Further to my post above...

https://i.postimg.cc/R059N7C1/US-leads.jpg (https://postimages.org/)


What's wrong with this picture?

The U.S. makes up just 4.2% of the total world's population, yet
due to good fortune, it manages to come down with more than 25% the total cases of COVID-19 and almost 25% the total number of deaths from (cough) COVID-19.

Nigeria on the other hand, with more than half the U.S. population, manages to come down with .2% of the total COVID-19 cases and .1% the COVID-19 deaths!

Can someone help me fix my TV please, it seems to be out of focus. :(

Must be some kind of conspiracy?

[Bill Ryan]

Can someone help me fix my TV please, it seems to be out of focus. :(

Must be some kind of conspiracy?As I've posted a number of times now, the response in the US has been chaotic and incompetent (at least!) from January onwards. Smaller countries with far fewer resources, but with a clear strategy, have done far, far better. Only Brazil has done a worse job. (Although maybe the US is just as bad!)

I very strongly suspect that at least some of the chaos and incompetence has been engineered — all part of the planned takedown of America as Americans know it (see this thread (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?111213-The-planned-takedown-of-America-now--June-2020--in-full-swing)). Statistics are often inflated or downright falsified, but even so, the difference between the US and a number of other countries who've handled this effectively is a huge orders-of-magnitude gulf that can't be explained by that alone.

[Ernie Nemeth]

According to the grade, then, the narrative fails. With 5checks and 6Xs.

But it is close and so it can be seen why there is a definite split in the consensus.

[DaveToo]

Can someone help me fix my TV please, it seems to be out of focus. :(

Must be some kind of conspiracy?As I've posted a number of times now, the response in the US has been chaotic and incompetent (at least!) from January onwards. Smaller countries with far fewer resources, but with a clear strategy, have done far, far better. Only Brazil has done a worse job. (Although maybe the US is just as bad!)

I very strongly suspect that at least some of the chaos and incompetence has been engineered — all part of the planned takedown of America as Americans know it (see this thread (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?111213-The-planned-takedown-of-America-now--June-2020--in-full-swing)). Statistics are often inflated or downright falsified, but even so, the difference between the US and a number of other countries who've handled this effectively is a huge orders-of-magnitude gulf that can't be explained by that alone.

Bill I think you are being very kind and generous to the U.S. in trying to explain their outrageous lead in the COVID-19 case/death race numbers.
Maybe if you could try to break down the reasons for their lead we could better understand your point of view:

% Due to 'incompetence'.
% Due to 'massaging' the numbers.
% Due to 'unorthodox' testing procedures/protocols
% Due to outright falsifying numbers (death counts/positive tests).

Anyone with two brain cells can see it is no coincidence the country that has the greatest stake in this pandemic and the ability to fudge the numbers to keep this thing going also just so happens to have the highest case/death numbers.

[Ernie Nemeth]

It does seem like there is a hidden agenda over-arching the official story, that drives the narrative with operatives in the field, and by slanting the media reporting to both favor the official view and to feed the fires of fear, so it does not die down...

[greybeard]

Im inclined to agree with Professor Dolores Cahill.
She has spent a life time studying the subject at the highest level and that includes being in charge of laboratories



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSPO7bUfigg&t=167s

Swedish Covid-19 chief Anders Tegnell: judge me in a year


Accompanying article here: https://unherd.com/2020/07/swedens-an... In just a few short months Anders Tegnell, architect of Sweden’s unique response to the Covid-19 pandemic, has gone from unknown physician and technocrat to a household celebrity in Sweden and in countries around the world. He is beloved by some (people have even had tattoos made with his face) and intensely disliked by others. Today he is suntanned and relaxed, having just returned from his summer holiday, and wearing an open-necked polo shirt. Here is a summary of what he said: - In terms of migrants, travel and urban areas Sweden is more similar to the Netherlands and the UK than Norway or Finland - Lockdown may have made a difference, but closing schools and people being out of work is also bad for public health - Numbers of new infections arriving at the same time seems to make a big difference, so Stockholm half-term travellers to the Alps a big factor for Stockholm epidemic - Eradication is not an option, ‘we have to learn to live with this disease’ - Evidence for masks still very weak, and they may yet be counterproductive. With all the trends going sharply down, it would make no sense to introduce them now - Additional immunity such as T cells playing a substantial role in slowing spread – ‘what we see right now is a rapid fall in the number of cases, and of course some kind of immunity has to be involved in that as nothing else has changed.’ - Sweden will be better placed than other countries to limit further waves and outbreaks because of higher immunity - IFR of Covid-19 in final account will be 0.1% to 0.5% - “and that is not radically different to what we see with the yearly flu” - Judge me in a year, he says.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh9wso6bEAc

Now he is the leading expert in Sweden so worth listening to.
Bottom line I have highlighted and that is in tune with Professor Dolores and other professionals.
Dr Rashid Buttar included.

[Bill Ryan]

Im inclined to agree with Professor Dolores Cahill.
She has spent a life time studying the subject at the highest level and that includes being in charge of laboratories


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSPO7bUfigg&t=167sI stopped right here, at 3:48. See the screenshot below.

She's flat-out incorrect about these important aspects of both SARS-CoV-2 and EBV (the Ebola virus).

Ebola does NOT spread through the air. It absolutely does not. And SARS-CoV-2 does, which is how come so many on the cruise ships got infected despite staying in their cabins — because of the ships' ventilation systems.

She's right that it's conveyed by microdroplets, but that's one thing that masks do prevent the transmission of.

That's how come singing and shouting — as well as talking at close quarters, let alone sneezing or coughing — can infect others. It's because of the droplet transmission, unless impeded by a mask at the point of origin.


http://projectavalon.net/Dolores_Cahill_Corona_vs_Ebola.gif

[onawah]

DID FAUCI CREATE COVID-19?
Corporate Media and Big Tech Trying to Stop Judy Mikovits Interview Exposing Dr. Fauci from Airing this Weekend
7/26/20
https://vaccineimpact.com/2020/corporate-media-and-big-tech-trying-to-stop-judy-mikovits-interview-exposing-dr-fauci-from-airing-this-weekend/
https://healthimpactnews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/America-this-week-Judy-Mikovits-interview.jpg
by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News

(THERE ARE TWO VIDEOS WHICH I AM REQUESTING THE MODS EMBED FOR US HERE)

"The national corporate media giants like CNN, along with Big Tech, are trying hard to censor a video produced by America this Week with Eric Bolling and distributed to local media sources via the Sinclair Broadcast Group.

The video is an interview with whistle-blower Dr. Judy Mikovits and her attorney, Larry Klaman, where Dr. Mikovits is claiming that Dr. Fauci was manufacturing coronaviruses in monkey cell lines at Ft. Detrick in the U.S., a biosafety level 4 facility, and shipping them to Wuhan, China.

CNN may have unwittingly drawn more attention to the show than it would have otherwise received by publishing an article condemning the host, Eric Bolling, who used to work for Fox News, and also slandering both Larry Klaman and Dr. Mikovits in an effort to discredit them.

The text used by CNN was picked up by almost every other national corporate media organization by Friday, July 24, 2020.

One of the sources who also condemned the interview is an organization called “Media Matters” who also embedded the video of the interview, which has now been deleted from Facebook, as well as local affiliate WJLA ABC 7, where the video was originally published.

We have embedded the video below. (If it disappears, let us know.)

As a matter of policy, Health Impact News generally does not link to and provide traffic to the websites like CNN, but here is a write-up on CNN’s hit piece from RT.com:

CNN has whipped up an army of outraged Twitter liberals after it slammed a network of local news stations for airing an interview with a disgraced scientist who blamed Dr Anthony Fauci for the coronavirus.

Dr Judy Mikovits is the star of ‘Plandemic,’ a conspiracy documentary claiming that Covid-19 is a ploy by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Dr Anthony Fauci and Bill Gates to poison the masses with vaccines and get rich doing so. The film has been pulled from YouTube, censored in internet searches, and denounced by almost every single mainstream media outlet.

Mikovits, however, will appear on hundreds of local news outlets owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group this weekend, during a segment of ‘America This Week’, hosted by Eric Bolling.

Her appearance alone rubbed CNN the wrong way. In an article slamming Sinclair for airing such a “baseless conspiracy theory,” CNN hammered Bolling for allowing Mikovits to “continue to make her case” without pushing back enough. CNN even texted both Bolling and Mikovits’ fellow guest Larry Klayman, a lawyer who backed up her claims, to ask them about the segment.

Taking a page from the Media Matters playbook, CNN asked Bolling if he had any “second thoughts” about airing the segment. Bolling simply replied “I don’t second guess my producers and bookers.”

Online, CNN’s liberal viewership clamored for a boycott of Sinclair. Some even demanded that anyone spreading such “dangerously false propaganda” be imprisoned.

Whatever its standing in the information war, CNN is losing the ratings war against Sinclair and its affiliates. Local broadcasters like the 294 owned or operated by Sinclair and its subsidiaries draw in five times as many primetime viewers as cable networks like CNN. Among these local broadcasters, Sinclair is king, reaching 40 percent of American households. (Source.)

As of the time of this writing (Saturday, 7/25/2020), I have not seen anything about Sinclair changing their mind, but outside of Media Matters and a couple of other sites also embedding their video of the interview, I have not been able to locate it.

Here is the interview:

Transcript via MediaMatters.org

ERIC BOLLING (HOST): Larry Klayman is the founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch. He’s teamed up with Dr. Judy Mikovits, who worked with Dr. Anthony Fauci and is an expert in virology. I spoke to them both recently about the potential legal action they are seeking against Dr. Fauci. Then I brought in Dr. Nicole Saphier to weigh in on all their allegations. Take a listen.

(VIDEO BEGINS)

BOLLING: Dr. Mikovits, tell me about the — what you believe Dr. Fauci has done wrong?

JUDY MIKOVITS: I believe Dr. Fauci has manufactured the coronaviruses in monkey cell lines and shipped them from and paid for and shipped the cell lines to Wuhan, China, now for at least since 2014. He published that fact and funded the studies that were published in 2015 in Nature Medicine that stated that the original cell line the Chinese used to grow the virus was shipped from Ft. Detrick, USAMRIID, the biosafety level 4 facility there.

BOLLING: Doctor, that’s a pretty hefty claim. You’re claiming that there was a virus that Fauci discovered, the coronavirus — again, there are many coronaviruses — but he shipped this specific version to China —

MIKOVITS: No.

BOLLING: And then somehow it leaked? Tell us.

MIKOVITS: No. I’m not saying that he discovered it, I’m saying they were manufacturing these animal tissues. They were using these animal tissues at Ft. Detrick, and this has been done for decades. It was illegal in this country, so instead of continuing the work there, he funded the studies. He’s the head of NIAID. He didn’t discover this particular coronavirus, but they had been working on isolating coronaviruses from bats, both at USAMRIID since the mid to late ‘90s, and they had shipped — originally funded the studies to Wuhan, China, when it was illegal in this country to do these types of studies further.

BOLLING: All right, let’s bring you in Larry, let’s talk about the law here. What is your claim and, you know, how is it steeped in law?

LARRY KLAYMAN: Well we’re looking at a possible RICO case, Eric, and we’re analyzing that right now, but what it appears happened is the Chinese got that virus. And we know that $3.7 million was given as a grant during the Obama administration to that Wuhan laboratory, that’s not in dispute. And the Chinese then engineered it into a bioweapon. So what happened here, actually, is relevant to our lawsuit in Dallas, Texas, our class action against the communist Chinese who are releasing, either accidentally or by design, this pandemic. So, it’s a very serious matter, and it needs to be looked into. No one wants to discuss it, and I suspect the president probably knows about this right now, which is why — and I support the president personally, but I don’t think that’s why he’s — I think that’s why he’s going not real strong against China right now, because this virus actually had its origins, apparently, in a lab in Ft. Detrick, Maryland.

BOLLING: And Larry, we know about the funding the Obama administration sent to China, the Wuhan lab, but allegedly it was for discovery of a vaccine of this exact virus. Earlier, the doctor talked about something that Fauci may have been doing, experimenting here illegal. Tell us about that piece of it.

KLAYMAN: Well, let me just say this. I think one thing the left and the right have in common these days, Eric, is that we don’t believe a word the government tells us. And the fact that they claim they’re looking for a vaccine — you know, they were doing research, and Judy could talk about this more, at Ft. Detrick to combat bioweapons. OK, so, they weren’t there just for vaccines. I mean, they were there for a number of different reasons. But let me turn it over to her because she’s the expert here.

BOLLING: Go ahead, doctor.

MIKOVITS: Ah, yes, Eric, these — since the mid ‘90s, we’ve been working with Ebola and other strains of viruses from bats and animals. And we — I did that work at USAMRIID, that means U.S. Army Research Institute for Infectious Disease. So we were doing those studies, allegedly then, to provide vaccines or therapeutics, but we were working, mixing animal tissues in these human cell lines, the exact same cell lines used in China. And these viruses have escaped before, the Ebola strain in 2014 that killed 21,000 Liberians came from that same USAMRIID facility in Ft. Detrick, Frederick, Maryland.

BOLLING: All right, we’re going to leave it there. I think there’s a lot more as we go forward. Larry, you’ve been talking about suing China for quite a while now, you’ll keep us up to date on where that legal proceeding is headed and where it is. Larry Klayman everybody, Dr. Judy Mikovits. Thank you very much for your time.

(VIDEO ENDS)


Here is the trailer for the Plandemic film that has been banned and censored, but by some estimates has been viewed by over 1 BILLION people in the past couple of months.



Comment on this article at HealthImpactNews.com.

More articles on Dr. Judy Mikovits
https://vaccineimpact.com/tag/dr-judy-mikovits/ "

[greybeard]

Im inclined to agree with Professor Dolores Cahill.
She has spent a life time studying the subject at the highest level and that includes being in charge of laboratories


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSPO7bUfigg&t=167sI stopped right here, at 3:48. See the screenshot below.

She's flat-out incorrect about these important aspects of both SARS-CoV-2 and EBV (the Ebola virus).

Ebola does NOT spread through the air. It absolutely does not. And SARS-CoV-2 does, which is how come so many on the cruise ships got infected despite staying in their cabins — because of the ships' ventilation systems.

She's right that it's conveyed by microdroplets, but that's one thing that masks do prevent the transmission of.

That's how come singing and shouting — as well as talking at close quarters, let alone sneezing or coughing — can infect others. It's because of the droplet transmission, unless impeded by a mask at the point of origin.


http://projectavalon.net/Dolores_Cahill_Corona_vs_Ebola.gif

Bill your logic is sound I can not disagree with that.
Dolores does go on to point out the dangers of wearing a mask -- it degrades the immune system.
She also points out that it can trigger all manner of virus inherent within the body
Masks can cause fainting.
I said earlier that my Ex wife who is as fit as they come passed out at work -- staff nurse -- on the ward where she was working.
She puts that down to wearing a mask provided by the hospital.

Dell Bigtree showed in a video his son wearing a mask and Rashid use a device to measure the amount of carbon dioxide build up within moments.
So lets just say that perhaps she is in error with her graph --does that invalidate the rest of her information?
I dont mind being wrong.
Fear of being wrong would prevent a lot of people posting -- no one is right 100% of the time.
Chris

[Ewan]

Hi Bill,

Regarding the posts here (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?110505-Covid19-Global-reports-news-and-updates&p=1368783&viewfull=1#post1368783) and here (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?110505-Covid19-Global-reports-news-and-updates&p=1368782&viewfull=1#post1368782) I would just like to add a suspiscion.

Now this is out there it will never disappear, like the common cold and the various flu viruses, it will always be liable to reappear. Which, I feel, should lead to a question - if the virus were truly manufactured and released as a 'control mechanism?' are the people who engineered the release insane, or do they already have full protection?

[greybeard]

A University College Dublin (UCD) professor, who chairs the Eurosceptic Irish Freedom Party, has been asked to resign from a leading European Union scientific committee over online claims she made about the Covid-19 pandemic.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/ucd-professor-asked-to-resign-from-eu-committee-over-covid-19-claims-1.4277698

In an hour-long interview with a popular alt-right activist on May 10th, which has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times, Prof Dolores Cahill promised to “debunk the narrative” of the pandemic.

Lockdown and social distancing is not needed to stop the spread of the virus, she said. People who recover are then “immune for life” after 10 days and deaths and illnesses could have been prevented by extra vitamins, she claimed.

People with underlying health conditions, such as cystic fibrosis, could freely engage in society during the pandemic after spending a few weeks building up their immunity in this manner, she went on.

Opposing vaccinations, Ms Cahill said “politicians and the media” are using Covid-19 “as a fear-mongering propaganda tool to try and take away rights from people and to make them more sick and to force vaccinations on us.”

However, the European Commission said the claims made by Ms Cahill, a professor of translational medicine in UCD, could cause “significant harm”, if taken literally.
‘Not compatible’

Following this, Ms Cahill was asked to resign as vice chair of the Scientific Committee of the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), a partnership between the European Commission and the drugs industry to promote new drugs.

“Professor Cahill has been requested by the Chair of the Scientific Council of IMI and the Executive Director of IMI to step down from her function,” the commission told The Irish Times.

“While as a private person, Professor Cahill is entitled to express her points of view, these are not compatible with the scientific foundations of the Innovative Medicines Initiative,” said a Commission spokesperson.


Ms Cahill’s claims have also caused Berlin’s Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics (MPIMG), where she worked for eight years, to distance itself, saying it did not want to be associated in any way with the claims made.

The IMI echoed these sentiments, saying that they were “shocked” to see her statements and that her views do not reflect those hold on Covid-19 by of IMI.

A former Max Planck colleague, Prof Hans Lehrach said he was “really surprised” by Ms Cahill’s comments: “I have no idea why she says things like that,” he said.

“There is absolutely no proof that people recovering from the disease are immune for life,” he said, reflecting the World Health Organisation’s understanding on the subject.

Vitamins and minerals do help the immune system, but Mr Lehrach said he would “very much doubt” that they would defend against the virus. The vulnerable would be “pretty insane” to engage widely during the pandemic.
Hydroxychloroquine treatment

Ms Cahill also supported the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19, one that has been supported, too, by US president Donald Trump. The drug, she said, is “safe and effective” in treating the disease.

However, Prof Lehrach said that he would be “very careful” with hydroxychloroquine as testing had proven that it is ineffective as a treatment and has been known to cause death due to heart complications.

The original interview has since been removed by YouTube, but versions can still be found easily online and have clocked up hundreds of thousands of views. Ms Cahill has given a number of similar interviews since.

Ms Cahill is a member of the faculty at UCD school of medicine, where she is the module co-ordinator on a number of subjects, including one taught to first-year medicine students called Science Medicine and Society.

When approached for comment, UCD confirmed that she is part of the university’s faculty, but refused to comment further on her claims, saying only that they are “her own views”.

Ms Cahill unsuccessfully contested the general election for the Irish Freedom Party in February, eliminated on the second count in Tipperary with a total of 527 votes. She has not replied to requests for comment.

Another Dr trashed by the media and places she worked.
I wonder where they get their funding

I accept that some of her statements take a bit of believing but not all of them.
When she claims life time immunity -- there is a case for that but not if you have had an inoculation as far as I can see.

Anyway we will see what comes of it.

Chris

[Ernie Nemeth]

The official stance on the pandemic:
(The underlined portions are edits to the original post.)


The virus is real and it is deadly.

A response is not only warranted but necessary.

The World Health Organization must be heeded because they are best positioned for a united global response, as is their mandate.

Asymptomatic carriers are a threat to the population.

Masks provide a measure of protection, to slow the rate of infection and keep hospitals from being overrun.

Lock down also slows the rate of infection.

Herd immunity most likely will never be reached.

Lock down and other protective measures must continue until an effective vaccine is introduced and administered to all the world's population or until there are no new cases (RO<1).

To achieve this goal, the careful management of the infected must continue and safeguards against further infection must be a priority.

Financial interests and the future of the world economy are unfortunate casualties of this epidemic .

The cost of each death is a closely guarded secret, directly related to the handling of the epidemic, both in terms of health care costs and the impact on the economy, and will be prohibitive but unavoidable.

Only external medical intervention can help. There's nothing any individual can do except wear masks and stay at home.


I think it is very important to understand where the general population falls in this debate because, like it or not, most people believe the official narrative, even if they are suspicious of particular portions of that story. We cannot just continually run around hacking at the branches. This is the official story, we must first acknowledge that reality, so we can approach this with some amount of professionalism. The holes in the story are already quite evident even from this list. Not to mention the illogical inconsistencies or the downright falsity of some of the claims.

Now each point can be debated, comparisons can be made and some coherency can be achieved.

[greybeard]

I had a shingles Vaccination before all this hullabaloo started.
For some unknown reason I went on line to check the ingredients.
I was horrified well at least as near as I get to that.
My hope is vaccine enthusiasts read this --its not on the label.
Chris

https://www.dmlawfirm.com/shingles-vaccine-toxic-ingredients/


Shingles Vaccine Troubling Ingredients
ZostovaxMany people who at least look at a thing and smell it before they eat it think nothing of having a mysterious liquid injected directly into their blood. Many who read food labels for every last ingredient have no idea what they are taking in a vaccine injection. The shingles vaccine, like every other, contains troubling ingredients that should give thinking people pause for reflection.

Some Common Vaccine Ingredients
Procon.org lists vaccine ingredients (found in the final vaccine product), process ingredients (things used to create the vaccine that may or may not appear in the final product), and growth mediums (substances in which vaccines are grown) for vaccines approved by the FDA and recommended by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC.) Controversial products used to make vaccines include African Green Monkey (Vero) cells, aluminum, cow products, Cocker Spaniel cells, formaldehyde, human fetal lung tissue cells, insect products, mouse brains.

Zostovax Shingles Vaccine Ingredients
Merck’s Zostavax shingles vaccine includes monosodium L-glutamate (MSG), aborted fetal cells (MRC-5*), bovine calf serum (blood taken from “domestic” cattle), Neomycin (an antibiotic used to prevent or treat bacterial infections),

Aborted Fetal Cells?
Can human beings who consider themselves “pro-life” take a guilt-free shingles vaccination? Would even those who are immune to moral arguments order anything on any menu anywhere if that ingredient were listed? It’s one thing to eat the veal calf meat of a tortured animal, but imbibing in human fetal tissue would seem beyond the pale for the morally upright.

*According to procon.org, MRC-5 (Medical Research Council 5) is a common vaccine ingredient “composed of human diploid cells (cells containing two sets of chromosomes) derived from the normal lung tissues of a 14-week-old male fetus aborted for ‘psychiatric reasons’ in 1966 in the United Kingdom, Eagle’s Basal Medium in Earle’s balanced salt solution with bovine serum.” Even those who might prefer to bend sinister from their lofty moral high ground by accepting the vaccine maker’s dubious implication that it’s ok to abort for ‘psychiatric reasons,’ even those folks may want to consider that being injected with a mentally damaged person’s DNA material may not be the “smartest” move they’ve ever made.

Possible side effects of ZOSTAVAX?
Merck reports no moral repugnance, or even ambivalence, over its shingles Zostavax vaccine. Merck does, however, list “the most common side effects that people in the clinical studies reported after receiving the vaccine.” They include:

• redness, pain, itching, swelling, hard lump, warmth, or bruising at the shot site
• headache
• allergic reactions, which may be serious and may include difficulty in breathing or swallowing. If you have an allergic reaction, call your doctor right away.
• chickenpox
• fever
• hives at the injection site
• joint pain
• muscle pain
• nausea
• rash
• rash at the injection site
• shingles (warned since 2015)
• swollen glands near the injection site (that may last a few days to a few weeks)

Merck also warns that you should not get ZOSTAVAX if you:

• are allergic to any of its ingredients.
• are allergic to gelatin or neomycin.
• have a weakened immune system (immune deficiency, leukemia, lymphoma, HIV/AIDS).
• take high doses of steroids by injection or by mouth.
• are pregnant or plan to get pregnant

Shingles Vaccine Missing Warnings

Merck does not warn – as the company is not required to do so by the FDA – that the “effectiveness” of a vaccine is established not by how well the shot may work for the majority of its recipients. Effectiveness in a vaccine is determined solely by its being able to elicit an antibody response. If antibodies are produced following a vaccine, then that vaccine is determined to be “effective.” The presence of those antibodies, however, has no known causal relationship with whether or not that vaccination will offer protection against infection. If that language were in the “Warnings,” one wonders how many people would take this vaccine, or any other for that matter, without our daily avalanche of vaccine propaganda. It is certainly fair to ask how well this shingles vaccine works. It is fair to ask whether this vaccine is worth the risk of taking it.

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[silvanelf]

As I've posted a number of times now, the response in the US has been chaotic and incompetent (at least!) from January onwards. Smaller countries with far fewer resources, but with a clear strategy, have done far, far better. Only Brazil has done a worse job. (Although maybe the US is just as bad!)

I very strongly suspect that at least some of the chaos and incompetence has been engineered — all part of the planned takedown of America as Americans know it (see this thread (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?111213-The-planned-takedown-of-America-now--June-2020--in-full-swing)). Statistics are often inflated or downright falsified, but even so, the difference between the US and a number of other countries who've handled this effectively is a huge orders-of-magnitude gulf that can't be explained by that alone.

Maybe just another example of incompetence?

Patients Are Waiting Weeks for COVID-19 Test Results. Here's Why That's a Huge Problem


This is bad enough, but the situation is made much worse with the widespread inability to get Covid-19 test results on a timely basis. The US has a duopoly in medical labs. Quest has said Covid-19 tests will have a reporting delay of 7 days. Labcorp has not been as specific but has ‘fessed up to its turnaround time for Covid-19 tests now being 1-2 days longer.

This matters because delays this long neutralize what little disease containment the US had. Early studies found the median time from exposure to showing symptoms is a bit over 5 days. Peak viral shedding appears to occur shortly before or at symptom onset. From what I can tell, people who have tested positive do tell family members and co-workers and others close to them, and those people usually do self-quarantine as best they can. Too late test results means this informal contact tracing is useless.

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2020/07/covid-19-economic-realities-sinking-in-as-denialism-wanes-desperation-rises.html



Quest, LabCorp and other private labs have struggled to expand quickly enough to meet demand as states expand their testing and cases soar across the nation. Officials for Quest, which handles about 130,000 tests daily in 20 laboratories, said its ability to expand has been limited by a global shortage of the machines and chemical reagents needed to perform COVID-19 testing.

On Monday, Quest announced that turnaround times had slowed to a week or more, up from three or four days in June. It also said some patients may face wait times of up to two weeks. Quest officials warned this week that could get worse as flu season starts this fall.

A wait of a week or more for results can make the tests moot, since few people, especially those without symptoms, are likely to remain quarantined that long — and if the test comes back positive, they may already be over the disease.

https://khn.org/news/states-search-for-ways-to-deal-with-covid-19-testing-backlogs/

[greybeard]

The demand for tests escape me.
Professionals including the WHO which declassified this in March back to no worse than seasonal Flu.
Sweden has said no worse than Flu.
Do we need even need Dr to tell us we have the flu and should stay home.

Swedish Covid-19 chief Anders Tegnell: judge me in a year

Sweden will be better placed than other countries to limit further waves and outbreaks because of higher immunity - IFR of Covid-19 in final account will be 0.1% to 0.5% - “and that is not radically different to what we see with the yearly flu” - Judge me in a year, he says.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh9wso6bEAc

[greybeard]

Coronavirus: Vietnam evacuating 80,000 from city after three positive COVID-19 tests
Sky News

Vietnam is evacuating 80,000 people, mostly local tourists, from the central city of Da Nang after three residents tested positive for coronavirus.

The Southeast Asian country is back on high alert after it confirmed its first community infections since April on Sunday.

The evacuation will take at least four days with domestic airlines operating approximately 100 flights daily from Da Nang
to 11 Vietnamese cities, the government said in a statement.

Vietnam has imposed strict quarantine measures and carried out an aggressive and widespread testing programme during the pandemic.

The country is still closed to foreign tourism, but there had been a surge in domestic travellers looking to take advantage of discounted flights and holiday packages to local hotels and resorts.

Those returning from Da Nang to other parts of the country will be required to quarantine at home for 14 days, the health ministry said.

The three new cases on Sunday included a 17-year-old boy in the central province of Quang Ngai and a 71-year-old woman in Da Nang.

A 61-year-old man from Da Nang is also reported to have tested positive for the virus.

The evacuation of the city is part of the country's ongoing efforts to contain the COVID-19 outbreak.

Vietnam had gone 99 days in a row without community transmission before a 57-year old man was confirmed to have the virus on Saturday, according to state media.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc demanded drastic contact-tracing and large-scale testing in Da Nang, one of the major tourist destinations in Vietnam, on Saturday.

He also ordered prompt investigation and strict punishment of illegal entrants into the country, especially in Da Nang and Quang Nam Province.

On Sunday, state media said police in Da Nang had arrested a 42-year-old Chinese man it said was the head of a criminal group which helps people illegally enter Vietnam from China.

Authorities have not officially linked the new cases in Da Nang to illegal immigration.


The Da Nang Municipal People's Committee put one-metre social distancing rules in place on Saturday which were applicable from 1pm the same day.

The three cases brought the country's total to 420 on Sunday, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

Vietnam has no recorded deaths from the virus.

[Patient]

? So, they found 3 people with the virus - so they are moving everyone else to another place? Won't they be moving some people who are carrying the virus and do not yet know it?

So much of the things that governments have done since the beginning of this pandemic seem to be ensuring that the virus spreads.

Wouldn't it make more sense to just have everyone self quarantine so it stops the spread?

Ahh ok,...I re-read the post. Locals going home to self quarantine - but still, why not just stay put rather than mix and mingle during evacuation?

If they all wear masks, they will be safe ;)

[Delight]

When we feel something is really really really vital maybe we seem like a broken record to those who don't see from the same POV. That is why individual CHOICE is VITAL . Others don't care the same way we do about what we care about but we all care that we have freedom. It is up to US to maintain choice and up to everyone to keep their POV as their freedom. If we lose the freedom to stand alone and say YES. NO. about our own life and sense of TRUTH, what is life worth THEN?


Press conference from Doctors without fear.
America's Frontline Doctors
(https://www.brighteon.com/3aac0736-f2e8-4319-b444-64c66029ba0f)

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[onawah]

A Grade 3 Vaccine-Related Adverse Event is Serious
by Marco Cáceres
Published July 26, 2020
Published by the National Vaccine Information Center
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YTiKTmbmgg

"When Moderna, Inc. announced on May 18, 2020 the results of a Phase I human clinical trial for its experimental mRNA-1273 vaccine for COVID-19, the biotechnology company said the vaccine had produced no “serious adverse events” (SAEs) among the 45 people who participated in the trial and that it considered the vaccine to be “generally safe” and “well-tolerated.” Moderna acknowledged that four (nine percent) of the trial participants suffered Grade 3 adverse events to its vaccine.1 2 3 4 5

In its report (published in The Lancet on May 22) on the results of a Phase I human clinical trial for its experimental Ad5-nCoV for COVID-19, CanSino Biologics, Inc. said it had noted no “serious adverse event” among the 108 trial participants. The Chinese biotech company, working in partnership with China’s Academy of Military Medical Sciences’ Institute of Biotechnology, acknowledged that 10 (nine percent) of the participants suffered Grade 3 adverse events to its vaccine.6 7 8

On July 20, Pfizer, Inc. and Germany’s BioNTech SE announced the results of their Phase I/II human clinical trial for their jointly-developed experimental BNT162b1 vaccine for COVID-19. The companies reported “no serious adverse events” among its 45 trial participants, although they did acknowledge that two (four percent) of the participants suffered Grade 3 adverse events to their vaccine.9 10 11 12

Almost 1 in 10 COVID-19 Trial Participants Suffered Serious Reactions
A total of 198 healthy people participated in the Moderna, CanSino Biologics and Pfizer/BioNTech Phase I and Phase I/II clinical trials. The companies said no serious adverse events were experienced during the trials, and yet they acknowledged a total of 16 Grade 3 adverse events? How is that possible, given that a Grade 3 adverse event is defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as, “severe or medically significant but not immediately life-threatening; hospitalization or prolongation of hospitalization indicated; disabling; limiting self care” such as “bathing, dressing and undressing, feeding self, using the toilet, taking medications”?13

In other words, a Grade 3 adverse event is serious. It is only one grade removed from “life-threatening” (Grade 4) and just two grades from “death” (Grade 5).13 Of the 198 participants in the Moderna, CanSino Biologics and Pfizer/BioNTech clinical trials, 16 (eight percent) of them suffered serious adverse events. Imagine if those vaccines had been given to 100 million people, which could have resulted in some 8 million serious adverse events and many questions about potential long-term adverse health outcomes

Of the 198 participants in the Moderna, CanSino Biologics and Pfizer/BioNTech clinical trials, 16 (eight percent) of them suffered serious adverse events. Imagine if those vaccines had been given to 100 million people.

AstraZeneca and University of Oxford Report Zero Serious Adverse Events in Clinical Trial for Their COVID-19 Vaccine
Most recently, the University of Oxford and British-Swiss pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca plc reported the results of a Phase I/II human clinical trial for their experimental AZD1222 vaccine (formerly known as ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) for COVID-19. According to the results, published in The Lancet on July 20, there were no “serious adverse events” related to the vaccine among the 1,077 trial participants.14 15

A CNN headline about the Oxford/AstraZeneca clinical trial results read, “Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine appears safe and induces immune response, early results suggest, but more research is needed.”

It appears safe?

References:

AstraZeneca, AZD1222, BioNTech, Cansino Biologics, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, Department of Health and Human Services, Grade 3 adverse events, Marco Cáceres, Moderna, mRNA-1273, National Vaccine Information Center, NVIC, Pfizer, The Lancet, The Vaccine Reaction, University of Oxford

Note: This commentary provides referenced information and perspective on a topic related to vaccine science, policy, law or ethics being discussed in public forums and by U.S. lawmakers. The websites of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) provide information and perspective of federal agencies responsible for vaccine research, development, regulation and policymaking.

[onawah]

How CNN Deceives About Asymptomatic Transmission of SARS-CoV-2
7/27/20
Published by the National Vaccine Information Center
https://thevaccinereaction.org/2020/07/how-cnn-deceives-about-asymptomatic-transmission-of-sars-cov-2/

( A LONG ARTICLE, BUT WELL WORTH THE READ. I CONSIDER THE NVIC AS REPUTABLE A SOURCE AS CAN BE FOUND ANYWHERE. THEY'VE BEEN INVESTIGATING THESE ISSUES SURROUNDING VACCINES FOR A LONG TIME, REALLY DO THEIR HOMEWORK, AND ACTIVELY STAND FOR TRUTH. NO MATTER THE COST. )

"Opinion | A growing number of studies show face masks reduce the spread of the coronavirus,” CNN reported on June 17, “especially because many people are contagious before they have symptoms and because this virus can spread by just talking or breathing.”1

This is an enlightening example of how the media are misinforming the public about what science tells us about the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The message being communicated to the public is that a major driver of community spread is people who have no symptoms but infect others through airborne transmission. This narrative has been used to justify and manufacture consent for extreme lockdown measures, including executive orders for universal mask use in community settings.

The truth is that it remains uncertain whether asymptomatic carriers are a significant source of community spread, and it remains uncertain whether virus-laden aerosols are a significant mode of transmission. Instructively, this truth is revealed simply by examining the primary sources cited by CNN to support the narrative. Is the WHO Wrong about Asymptomatic Transmission?

In this case, CNN cites two prior CNN articles. The first was an article on June 10 titled “Fauci says the WHO’s comment on asymptomatic spread is wrong. Here’s the difference between asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic spread”.2

The second was a CNN article from April 4 titled “Experts tell White House coronavirus can spread through talking or even just breathing”.3

We’ll come back to that second article, but let’s start with the first. It discusses a statement by an official from the World Health Organization (WHO) who said that, from the data available, asymptomatic transmission “appears to be rare”.4

CNN does not clarify, but the transcript of the WHO press briefing shows that the official, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, was referring to people who are “truly asymptomatic”, meaning that they never developed any symptoms, as opposed to people who had mild symptoms or “presymptomatic” individuals who later did develop symptoms. Cases with documented transmission from truly asymptomatic individuals, she stated, are “very rare”.5

This is a curious omission since the article begins with an explanation of the difference between “asymptomatic” and “presymptomatic” and then goes on to cast doubt on Van Kerkhove’s statement by discussing viral transmission by both asymptomatic and presymptomatic individuals—as though she had not distinguished between the two.

First, CNN asserts that Van Kerkhove’s statement prompted “widespread confusion” because “doctors and scientists have been saying the opposite for months.”

Next, CNN tries to cast doubt on her statement by citing Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

CNN paraphrases Fauci as saying that 25 percent to 45 percent of people may not have symptoms. “And we know from epidemiological studies they can transmit to someone who is uninfected even when they’re without symptoms,” he is then quoted as saying. “So to make a statement that’s a rare event was not correct.”

But what CNN fails to point out for readers is that Fauci’s reasoning here is a non sequitur fallacy. His conclusion that asymptomatic transmission is common does not follow from the premise that it can occur. The question remains as to what extent asymptomatic individuals contribute to community transmission.

Ironically, CNN then goes on to reinforce the WHO official’s statement by citing Babak Javid, a researcher from Tsinghua University School of Medicine in Beijing, China. “Detailed contact tracing from Taiwan as well as the first European transmission chain in Germany suggested that true asymptomatics rarely transmit,” CNN quotes Javid as saying.

Javid goes on to say that studies have found that people with “extremely mild symptoms” can transmit the virus, and that “transmission often appeared to occur before or on the day symptoms first appeared.” He says this was shown “in particular” by a study documenting “the first European transmission chain in Germany”.

CNN does not link to or provide any other information about the studies Javid was referencing. Presumably, though, he was referring to an early paper by German researchers that has been widely cited to support claims of asymptomatic transmission, which we’ll come to.

Under the subheading, “How many people get infected by someone without symptoms?”, CNN goes on to say, “The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 40% of coronavirus transmission happens before people feel sick.

“In one study, about 4 in 5 people with confirmed coronavirus in China were likely infected by people who didn’t know they had it, according to research published in the journal ‘Science.’”

Further, CNN cites experts from Harvard Medical School who wrote that, “We know that a person with COVID-19 may be contagious 48 to 72 hours before starting to experience symptoms. Emerging research suggests that people may actually be most likely to spread the virus to others during the 48 hours before they start to experience symptoms.”

Finally, the article quotes CNN’s own Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta saying, “People tend to be the most contagious before they develop symptoms, if they’re going to develop symptoms”.6

Whatever source Gupta may have been relying on for his statement is not specified. He may have been referring to the Harvard article, but that article, too, provides no references.7

Fact-Checking CNN’s “Fact Check” (and Anthony Fauci)
Returning to CNN’s claim that “doctors and scientists have been saying” that asymptomatic transmission, contrary to the WHO official’s statement, is common, the source provided is yet another CNN article, which was published on April 2 and is titled “Fact check: Georgia governor says we only just learned people without symptoms could spread coronavirus. Experts have been saying that for months”.

That article quotes the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Robert Redfield, from a CNN interview on February 13 as saying that “asymptomatic transmission” had been “confirmed”. “What we don’t know though”, Redfield added, “is how much of the asymptomatic cases are driving transmission.”8

In the interview, Redfield cited his source as the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention but did not reference any published documents, and CNN does not provide any links to any reports from the China CDC to support the claim.9

Note, however, that Redfield’s statement that scientists don’t know the extent to which asymptomatic transmission occurs is contrary to Fauci’s assertion that it is known to be common.

The “Fact Check” article goes on to refer to the aforementioned paper by German researchers by recalling how, in late January, Fauci had told CNN, “There’s no doubt after reading this paper that asymptomatic transmission is occurring.”10

That paper was published in the New England Journal of Medicine on January 30. It reported that a Chinese woman who had travelled to Germany to meet with a business partner transmitted the virus to him. Three others at the company were subsequently also infected, including two who’d only had contact with her partner and not the Chinese woman. The researchers claimed that during her stay in Germany, “she had been well with no signs or symptoms of infection but had become ill on her flight back to China”.11

However, that statement is false. The German researchers had not spoken with the woman before publishing their claim, and when researchers from Germany’s public health agency, the Robert Koch Institute, did so, she informed them that she did have symptoms while in Germany, which included fatigue and muscle pain that had prompted her to take the fever-reducing drug paracetamol.12

After quoting Fauci describing that paper as proof of asymptomatic transmission, CNN acknowledges that the paper had since been criticized as “flawed”.

“Yet the latest update to the CDC site”, CNN adds to make its case, “also cites several studies from February and March documenting coronavirus in asymptomatic patients. The CDC guidance clarifies that ‘although transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic persons has been reported, risk of transmission is thought to be greatest when patients are symptomatic.’”13

However, the sources cited here by CNN also do not support its characterization of asymptomatic transmission as a common occurrence.

The CDC webpage contained the quoted statement at the time CNN published its “Fact Check” article, but it has since been changed to further distinguish between asymptomatic and presymptomatic transmission in terms of supporting evidence.14 Presently, the CDC webpage states that presymptomatic transmission has been documented in several studies but that asymptomatic transmission has merely been “suggested” in other reports.

The page also now states that “Risk of transmission is thought to be greatest when patients are symptomatic since viral shedding is greatest at the time of symptom onset and declines over the course of several days to weeks. However, the proportion of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the population due to asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic infection compared to symptomatic infection is unclear.”15

Note that this also contradicts Fauci’s claim that asymptomatic transmission is known to be common.

The CNN “Fact Check” article links to three studies cited by the CDC on that page. The first is among the studies presently cited by the CDC to support its statement that presymptomatic transmission has been documented. But it refers only to a single case in Nanjing, China, in which an elderly man was presumed to have transmitted the virus to three family members and who reportedly never developed any symptoms.

That study, published in Science China Life Sciences on March 4, 2020, shows that the asymptomatic man had traveled to the city of Huanggang in Hubei province, China, from January 19–20 and was home again on January 21. On January 25, his daughter-in-law developed symptoms including fever, as did his son on January 26 and his wife on January 30. All four tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on February 2. Although there were other cases in Nanjing, the study authors concluded that it was the asymptomatic man who’d brought the virus into the household from his trip because the three relatives denied having contact with any other confirmed or suspected cases. They did not report that the man admitted having contact with any confirmed or suspected cases in Huanggang. They also did not comment on how they ruled out the possibility that one of the other family members had unknowingly been infected by someone else in Nanjing.16

In sum, the CDC page is mistaken, and it should have cited this study as among those suggesting possible asymptomatic transmission, not proven presymptomatic transmission.

The second study CNN links to was cited by the CDC as suggestive of asymptomatic transmission. However, while the authors did indeed suggest that possibility, it was purely speculative. Published as a correspondence in Lancet Infectious Diseases on February 19, the authors reported the case of a family of three who traveled together by train from Wuhan in Hubei province to Guangzhou in Guangdong province, China, on January 22. On January 26, the father developed a fever, and on January 28, all three tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, but the wife and son remained asymptomatic through the end of the study observation period on January 29. The authors raised the possibility that the wife or the son may have infected the father. However, it may also have been that the father was the source of transmission.17 The authors don’t mention it, but it’s also possible there was no household transmission at all and that all three were infected by one or more other individuals during their trip.

In sum, it is true, as CNN states, that this study documented SARS-CoV-2 infection in asymptomatic patients. The CDC’s statement that it “suggested” asymptomatic transmission is also true, inasmuch as the authors did raise this possibility. However, this was purely speculative since it was equally if not more likely that asymptomatic transmission did not occur.

The third study CNN links to was cited by the CDC as documenting asymptomatic infections. However, the CDC says nothing about this study suggesting asymptomatic transmission, and, indeed, the study, published in Pediatrics, says nothing about either asymptomatic or presymptomatic transmission.18

In sum, CNN’s statement that there are studies “documenting coronavirus in asymptomatic patients” is completely beside the point. The question is not whether asymptomatic infections occur but whether asymptomatic transmission is occurring and, if so, to what extent.

Returning to the CNN article attempting to discredit the WHO official’s statement that asymptomatic transmission appears to be “very rare”, it is true that “doctors and scientists have been saying the opposite for months.” But that does not make Van Kerkhove’s statement incorrect, and the “Fact Check” article presents no evidence to support the claim that it is a common occurrence.

Instructively, CNN relies primarily on a statement from Fauci that Van Kerkhove’s statement was “not correct” but declines to inform readers that Fauci had also previously claimed that there is “no doubt” that asymptomatic transmission is occurring on the basis of a study that CNN had elsewhere acknowledged to be “flawed”.

Just as instructively, the “Fact Check” article links to an even earlier CNN article that reported how the paper’s claim that the Chinese woman was presymptomatic during her stay in Germany had been shown to be false. CNN reached out to both Fauci and the CDC for comment but received no response.19

Ironically, while the “flawed” paper was not being cited by the CDC on the linked webpage at the time CNN published it’s “Fact Check” article, it has since been added to the page. The CDC is presently citing it as among reports in which asymptomatic transmission “has been suggested”. Setting aside the quibble that it was rather presymptomatic transmission that was suggested, the CDC declines to inform visitors to the page that the key claim made by the paper’s authors has been proven false.20

If the Numbers Aren’t Conducive for Fearmongering, They’re No Good!

Moving on with CNN’s attempt to discredit the WHO official’s statement, as noted, it also cites the CDC’s estimate that “40% of coronavirus transmission happens before people feel sick.” CNN tells readers that, although subject to change, this is based “on real data collected by the agency”.

The link provided is to another CNN article published on May 22, which cites a CDC document titled “COVID-19 Pandemic Planning Scenarios”.<21 However, that document cites no scientific studies to support the “40%” estimate and otherwise provides no information about how it was estimated.

The CDC document also suggests in its “best estimate” scenario that “an asymptomatic individual is just as likely to transmit as a symptomatic individual.” Once again, no studies are cited. Instead, the CDC notes that this is an “Assumption”.22

It’s an assumption that is difficult to reconcile with the CDC’s statement elsewhere on its website that the risk of transmission “is thought to be greatest when patients are symptomatic”.23

Ironically, CNN unquestioningly accepts the CDC’s estimate regarding presymptomatic transmission while attempting to cast doubt on the CDC’s estimate of the mortality rate of SARS-CoV-2.

On March 11, Anthony Fauci told members of Congress that “The flu has a mortality rate of 0.1 percent. This has a mortality of ten times that.”24 The problem with this statement is that Fauci could not possibly have known that because he had no way of estimating the total number of infections to include in the denominator into which to divide the numbers of reported deaths. He was relying only on reported cases for his number and should have explained to Congress and the public that this estimated case fatality rate (CFR) was inherently overestimated. (Since deaths are more visible than asymptomatic or mild cases, the underreporting in the denominator will always be proportionally larger than any underreporting of deaths in the numerator.)

At the time, cases were being ascertained using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assays, which detect the presence of viral RNA, indicating a current infection. Studies have since been done to estimate the true prevalence of infections by using serological assays, which detect the presence of specific antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, indicating a recent or past infection. These studies have consistently shown that far greater numbers of people have been infected than the reported case numbers indicate. The corollary is that the infection fatality rate (IFR) is much lower.

The CDC appears to have taken this body of science into account in providing its own “best estimate” of the overall symptomatic infection fatality rate (IFR-S), which is 0.4 percent.

One thing that’s important to keep in mind is that this number disproportionately represents elderly people with underlying medical conditions that place them at greater risk of dying from COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. Age stratified, the estimated IFR-S is 1.3 percent for those aged 65 years and older, 0.2 percent for those aged 50 to 64, and 0.05 percent for those under the age of 50.25

These are considerably less frightening numbers than the 1 percent presented by Fauci—not to mention the 3.4 percent presented by WHO Direct-General Tedros Adhanom in March that was widely propagated thereafter by the media.26 Adhanom, too, failed to convey that this was an inherently overestimated mortality rate, and the media followed suit in relaying the frightening number to the public, generating mass fear and panic and helping to manufacture consent for extreme lockdown measures.

CNN properly indicates that the CDC’s mortality estimates include only “people who show symptoms” in the denominator, which means that the numbers would be even lower if asymptomatic infections were included. CNN also notes the CDC’s estimate that “about a third of coronavirus infections are asymptomatic”.

However, rather than touting the dramatically lower numbers as good news showing that the virus is much less deadly than originally assumed, CNN attempts to cast doubt on them by quoting Carl Bergstrom, a biologist at the University of Washington, saying that, “While most of these numbers are reasonable, the mortality rates shade far too low.”

“Estimates of the numbers infected in places like [New York City] are way out of line with these estimates”, Bergstrom went on to say. He added that, “Given that these parameter sets underestimate fatality by a substantial margin compared to current scientific consensus, this is deeply problematic.”27

Evidently, the “scientific consensus” is that the situation in New York City was generalizable to the rest of the population. But that is a fallacy of composition. New York City is an outlier. And while data from serological studies do indicate that the infection fatality rate has been higher in New York than elsewhere around the U.S., it is still considerably less than the 1 percent claimed matter-of-factly by Fauci before the Congress.

A review of serological studies selected from locations around the world that have been hardest hit by the pandemic has been undertaken by John Ioannidis, a researcher at Stanford University who has been described by The Atlantic as “one of the most influential scientists alive”. He happens to be best known for exposing bad science underlying “scientific consensus” beliefs.28 As he has written in one of the most widely cited papers in the medical literature, “Empirical evidence on expert opinion shows that it is extremely unreliable.” Majority scientific opinion “may often be simply accurate measures of the prevailing bias.”29

As he observes in his review, published on the preprint server medRxiv (“med archive”), which is a server for the rapid publication of potentially groundbreaking studies that have not yet completed the peer-review process for publication in print journals, an infection fatality rate of around 1 percent has “long continued to be widely cited and used in both public and scientific circles”—including the influential model published in March by Imperial College London researchers that was so central to policymakers’ justifications for extreme lockdown measures, which assumed a fatality rate of 0.9 percent.

However, estimates inferred from seroprevalence studies “tend to be much lower than original speculations”. From studies mostly done in pandemic epicenters, inferred infection fatality rates ranged from 0.02 percent to 0.86 percent, and for people under 70 years old, from 0.00 percent to 0.26 percent. This included one study from New York state and one from the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. The IFR estimates for those under 70 did not exceed 0.1 percent, with the exceptions of New York; Wuhan, China, where the outbreak originated; and Milan, Italy.

As Ioannidis commented, “The high IFR values in New York are also not surprising, given the vast death toll witnessed. A very unfortunate decision of the governors in New York and New Jersey was to have COVID-19 patients sent to nursing homes.”30

According to data from the Kaiser Family Foundation updated on June 18, 6,387 COVID-19-related deaths in New York have been among residents or staff of long-term care facilities, amounting to 21 percent of all deaths in the state.31 New York alone also represents more than a quarter of all deaths in the US.32

Tragically, the proportion of deaths in nursing homes in many other states that are reporting such data is even higher, including twenty-seven states in which the proportion is 50 percent or more. This includes New Jersey. Indicating just how ineffective extreme lockdown measures have been at protecting those at highest risk, in 89 percent of these states, governors had issued executive “stay-at-home” orders. Lockdown states in which at least half of deaths occurred in nursing home deaths also comprise 51 percent of the forty-seven states reporting data.33

Other factors Ioannidis identifies as possibly contributing to New York’s higher fatality rate include some hospitals where optimal care may not have been offered due to having reached capacity, unnecessarily aggressive use of mechanical ventilation, and “an extremely busy, congested public transport system that may have exposed large segments of the population to high infectious load in close contact transmission and, thus, perhaps to more severe disease.”

It is also not surprising “that IFR may reach very high levels among disadvantaged populations and settings that have the worst combinations of factors predisposing to higher fatalities.” Yet even in such areas, “the IFR for non-elderly individuals without predisposing conditions may remain very low.” For example, in New York City only 0.6 percent of all deaths happened in people under the age of 65 who had no major underlying conditions. “Thus the IFR even in New York City would probably be lower than 0.01% in these people.”

The inferred infection fatality rate for New York state was 0.68 percent overall and 0.26 percent for people under the age of 70; for Brooklyn, the overall IFR was 0.41 percent and 0.15 percent for those under 70. (Corrected for estimated underassessment due to only one type of antibody test being performed, these numbers were even lower.)34

These numbers are significantly lower than the 1 percent claimed by Fauci, but they could still represent overestimates because the absence of detectable antibodies in a person’s blood doesn’t necessarily mean that they haven’t been infected and acquired immunity. In fact, antibodies are neither always sufficient nor even necessary for the development of immunity.35

Studies of antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 have confirmed that many people clear the infection despite producing low or undetectable levels of antibodies. A preprint study by researchers from China found that, out of 175 recovered patients, about 30 percent had “a very low level” of SARS-CoV-2-specific neutralizing antibodies and 6 percent had no detectable titer.36 Another preprint study by researchers from Switzerland noted that “SARS-CoV-2-specific serum IgA titers in mild COVID-19 cases became positive eight days after symptom onset and were often transient, whereas serum IgG levels remained negative or reached positive values 9–10 days after symptom onset.” Higher antibody titers were associated with more severe disease.37 (Emphasis added.)

A recent study published in Cell further observed that cellular immunity, which is distinct from antibody (or humoral) immunity, plays an important role in the clearance of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Interestingly, they observed that about half of unexposed individuals already had SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells, “suggesting cross-reactive T cell recognition between circulating ‘common cold’ coronaviruses and SARS-CoV-2.”38 In other words, infection with common human coronaviruses that are a common cause of colds may confer a level of cross-protective immunity against SARS-CoV-2, which might help to explain, along with other factors, why such a high proportion of infected individuals develop very mild or no symptoms, including most children.

In sum, CNN unquestioningly accepts the CDC’s alarming estimate of the proportion of transmission that occurs from presymptomatic individuals while attempting to discredit the CDC’s more reassuring estimate of the symptomatic infection fatality rate. This fits the general trend of major media reporting of sensationalizing and exaggerating information for the purpose of advocating extreme policy responses while ignoring or downplaying data that would serve to calm the general sense of fear and panic required for consent to be obtained for those same policies.

It’s also instructive, in this context, that CNN did not do the math to present the CDC’s best estimate of the infection fatality rate, which can be calculated from the estimated symptomatic infection fatality rate and the estimated rate of asymptomatic infection. By adjusting the denominator to include asymptomatic infections, the resulting overall IFR is 0.26 percent. Age stratified, the IFR is 0.85 percent for people aged 65 and up, 0.13 percent for those aged 50 to 64 years, and 0.03 percent for those under age 50. (The caveat to this is that younger people are more likely to be asymptomatic so these age-stratified estimates likely underestimate the IFR for the elderly and overestimate it for those under age 50.)39

Returning to the article trying to discredit the WHO’s observation that asymptomatic transmission appears to be “very rare”, in answer to the question of how many people “get infected by someone without symptoms”, CNN cites a study published in the journal Science to support its claim that “about 4 in 5 people with confirmed coronavirus in China were likely infected by people who didn’t know they had it”.

But that is a highly deceptive characterization of the study, which did not estimate that about 80 percent of lab-confirmed cases were infected by people who didn’t know they had it because they’d experienced no symptoms at the time of transmission.

The study authors used a model “to estimate the contagiousness and proportion of undocumented infections in China”. They estimated that 86 percent of infections were undocumented. They also found that people with undocumented infections were less contagious, with a transmission rate of 55 percent compared with documented cases. (In other words, documented cases were nearly twice as contagious.) However, “due to their greater numbers, undocumented infections were the infection source for 79% of documented cases.”

CNN’s deception is that it characterizes the 79 percent of transmission from undocumented infections as though these individuals were all asymptomatic. But that is false. In fact, the researchers did not estimate the rate of asymptomatic or presymptomatic transmission. The category of “undocumented” infections rather included individuals who “were likely not severely symptomatic”, as compared to cases in which individuals had symptoms “severe enough to be confirmed”.40

In sum, despite its best efforts to cast doubt on the WHO official’s statement that asymptomatic transmission appears to be “very rare”, CNN presents no evidence to support the opposing contention by Dr. Fauci that it is rather common. At best, its primary sources indicate that people who have not yet developed symptoms may be able to transmit the virus to others, but they are less contagious, and the extent to which this contributes to community spread remains unknown.

Reporting Reassuring Data as Cause for Alarm
Recall that the CNN article relying on Fauci to cast doubt on the WHO official’s statement was cited in the more recent article of June 17 to support the assertion that “masks reduce the spread of the coronavirus” because “many people are contagious before they have symptoms”. The second implicit justification offered by CNN for universal mask-wearing orders was that the virus “can spread by just talking or breathing”.41

The link for this second argument is to yet another CNN article from April 2, titled “Experts tell White House coronavirus can spread through talking or even just breathing”.

That article notes that, “According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the virus spreads from person to person when people are within about 6 feet of each other ‘through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes.’”

That necessarily means that people with symptoms are the main drivers of community transmission. However, to support the characterization of asymptomatic people as a threat to others, CNN cites Dr. Harvey Fineberg, chairman of the Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats at the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).

CNN paraphrases Fineberg as saying that the CDC’s statement “is true, but that research shows that aerosolized droplets produced by talking or possibly even by just breathing can also spread the virus.”

The article reports that Fineberg responded to an inquiry from White House with a letter discussing this possibility. “Currently available research supports the possibility that [coronavirus] could be spread via bioaerosols generated by patients’ exhalation,” the letter stated. (The bracketed insertion is CNN’s curious replacement for “SARS-CoV-2”, the name of this particular coronavirus.)

CNN paraphrases, “His letter explains that research at a hospital in China shows the virus can be suspended in the air when doctors and nurses remove protective gear, or when floors are cleaned, or when staff move around. Research by the University of Nebraska shows that genetic material from the virus was found in patients’ rooms more than 6 feet away from the patients, according to the letter. Fineberg said it’s possible that aerosolized coronavirus droplets can hang in the air and potentially infect someone who walks by later.”

CNN further quotes Fineberg as saying, “While the current [coronavirus] specific research is limited, the results of available studies are consistent with aerosolization of virus from normal breathing.” Finally, at the very end of the article, CNN includes the caveat, “‘If you generate an aerosol of the virus with no circulation in a room, it’s conceivable that if you walk through later, you could inhale the virus,’ Fineberg said. ‘But if you’re outside, the breeze will likely disperse it.’”42

However, CNN is selectively quoting from the letter to bolster the claim it proclaims as fact in its headline. Before examining the letter, though, it’s useful to take a closer look at what the CDC has to say about it.

The quote provided about spread through coughs and sneezes is from the CDC’s webpage “How Coronavirus Spreads” and was current as of April 2.43 However, the page was updated the same day to replace that statement with one acknowledging the possibility of transmission through speaking.44

The CDC presently maintains that SARS-CoV-2 spreads mainly between people “who are in close contact with one another”, meaning “within about 6 feet”, through “respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks.”

The CDC also notes that “Some people without symptoms may be able to spread the virus.” However, the page makes no statement about the extent to which asymptomatic individuals contribute to community spread. It emphasizes that, generally, “the more closely a person interacts with others and the longer the interaction, the higher the risk of COVID-19 spread.”

The CDC also acknowledges the theoretical possibility of fomite transmission, stating that “It may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes.”45

Notably, the CDC does not say that transmission occurs via aerosols from speaking but rather implies that it occurs within short distances through larger respiratory droplets that fall to the ground more rapidly, the same as with transmission from coughing or sneezing. (Aerosols are smaller particles that linger in the air longer and can travel farther than larger respiratory droplets produced by coughs and sneezes.) The CDC also does not suggest that transmission occurs from simply breathing, presumably due to the lack of supporting evidence.

While CNN would have us believe differently, an examination of Fineberg’s letter reveals that CNN is once again misrepresenting its own source.

CNN does not provide a link to the letter, but it was published by the National Academy of Sciences on April 1. Contrary to CNN’s characterization, Fineberg described aerosol transmission not only from breathing but also from speaking as merely a “possibility”, not a proven fact.

Fineberg does say in his letter that “the presence of viral RNA in air droplets and aerosols indicates the possibility of viral transmission via these routes.” But what CNN fails to relay to its audience is that, as Fineberg also points out, “the presence of viral RNA may not represent viable virus in sufficient amounts to produce infection.” (Emphasis added.)

CNN also omits the caveat, with reference to the study by University of Nebraska researchers, that, “While this research indicates that viral particles can be spread via bioaerosols, the authors stated that finding infectious virus has proved elusive and experiments are ongoing to determine viral activity in the collected samples.” (Emphasis added.)46

When Fineberg stated that the data was “consistent with” aerosol transmission, it was another way of saying that, despite the detection of viable virus remaining “elusive”, it remained a theoretical possibility.

That’s quite a different message from CNN’s boldly proclaimed headline that “coronavirus can spread through talking or even just breathing”. The headline’s message is one of alarm, while the source cited in fact contains reassuring caveats that CNN decided not to relay to the public.

Likewise, CNN states as fact in its June 17 article that SARS-CoV-2 “can spread by just talking or breathing”, while its own primary source acknowledges that this has yet to be scientifically proven.47

But What About Masks?!
CNN’s claim that the virus can be spread by speaking and breathing is used in conjunction with its claim that asymptomatic transmission is common to advocate widespread use of masks. Given the political context and public discourse surrounding this issue, CNN is implicitly advocating executive orders mandating mask use in many states.48

But are these orders evidence-based?

CNN’s article about aerosol transmission notes that “Fineberg told CNN that he will start wearing a mask when he goes to the grocery store.”49 Though CNN doesn’t mention it, Fineberg also discusses the potential of masks to reduce transmission in his letter. He cites a study that at the time was available as a preprint, but which has since been peer-reviewed and published in Nature Medicine. He notes that the study authors found that surgical masks reduced the detection of common human coronaviruses in both respiratory droplets and aerosols from infected subjects.50

In that study, researchers found that surgical masks did not significantly reduce the amount of shedding in a forward direction from people with rhinovirus infection, which is a cause of common colds. For influenza, masks significantly reduced shedding of larger respiratory droplets, but not aerosols.

For common human coronaviruses, the authors state that their findings “demonstrated the efficacy of surgical masks to reduce coronavirus detection and viral copies in large respiratory droplets and in aerosols”. However, only the result for aerosols was statistically significant. While subjects wearing a mask did not shed detectable virus, most of those not wearing a mask also “did not shed detectable virus in respiratory droplets or aerosols”.

This implied that “prolonged close contact would be required for transmission to occur, even if transmission was primarily via aerosols”.

Importantly, the researchers did not test masks for effectiveness of reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and they “did not confirm the infectivity of coronavirus” detected in exhaled breath. They also only tested surgical masks, not cloth masks, the latter of which are the type that the public has been instructed to wear to preserve the supply of medical masks for medical workers.51

Another study, published in Annals of Internal Medicine, did test mask effectiveness with COVID-19 patients and found that “Neither surgical nor cotton masks effectively filtered SARS-CoV-2 during coughs by infected patients.” Counterintuitively, they found a heavy viral load on the outside but not the inside of the mask, which they hypothesized was due to a “turbulent jet due to air leakage around the mask.”52

A study by researchers in the UK published on the Cornell University preprint server arXiv on May 19 examined the effectiveness of cloth masks at preventing transmission of aerosol particles from breathing or coughing. They found that both surgical and cloth masks produced a “potentially dangerous leakage jet” with “the potential to disperse virus-laden fluid particles by several metres”. Consequently, there is “a false sense of security that may arise when standing to the side of, or behind, a person wearing a surgical, or handmade mask”.53

Here in the state of Michigan, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has issued consecutive executive orders requiring the use of cloth masks in any indoor public areas, such as supermarkets. On the state government’s website, in answer to the question “Should I wear a mask to protect myself?”, the government answers “Yes. If you are in a public, enclosed spaced [sic], you are required to wear a cloth face covering, even if you are healthy.”54

Yet, while advising the public to wear cloth masks “in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain”, the CDC also notes that, unlike N95 respirators and surgical masks, cloth masks “are not considered PPE”, or personal protective equipment, and so should only be used by health care workers “as a last resort.”55

A “COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions” page on the website of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) similarly notes that cloth face coverings “Are not considered personal protective equipment (PPE)”, and both surgical and cloth masks “Will not protect the wearer against airborne transmissible infectious agents due to loose fit and lock of seal or inadequate filtration.”56

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) states in a technical report on the use of masks to prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 that “There is no evidence that non-medical face masks or face covers are an effective means of respiratory protection for the wearer of the mask.”

The ECDC also notes that “The role of asymptomatic infections in transmission is unknown.”

Additionally, there are potential harms associated with widespread mask use among the general public, including the risk that “improper removal of the face mask, handling of a contaminated face mask or an increased tendency to touch the face while wearing a face mask by healthy persons might actually increase the risk of transmission.”57

The current guidance on mask use from the WHO maintains that the primary mode of transmission is respiratory droplets spread by coughing or sneezing “or very close personal contact”. Airborne transmission, the guidance explains, is theoretically possible but remains unproven. The available data indicate that most transmission “is occurring from symptomatic people to others in close contact”.

The WHO also notes that there are studies suggesting that surgical or cloth masks might be effective in preventing transmission, but these studies also indicate that to become infected with the virus, “individuals would need to be in close proximity to an infected person in a household or at a mass gathering where physical distancing cannot be achieved”.

Universal mask-wearing policies are not evidence-based, the WHO diplomatically observes, by stating that, “At present, there is no direct evidence (from studies on COVID-19 and in healthy people in the community) on the effectiveness of universal masking of healthy people in the community to prevent infection with respiratory viruses, including COVID-19.”

Additionally, the potential harms of such orders must be considered, including the “potential increased risk of self-contamination due to the manipulation of a face mask and subsequently touching eyes with contaminated hands”; the “potential self-contamination that can occur if non-medical masks are not changed when wet or soiled”, which “can create favourable conditions for microorganisms to amplify”; and “potential headache and/or breathing difficulties, depending on type of mask used”.

Consequently, the WHO reasonably recommends mask use only “in specific situations and settings” where prolonged close contact with others is unavoidable.58

Conclusion
Curiously, despite such guidance on mask use from agencies like the CDC, OSHA, the ECDC, and the WHO, you won’t find CNN doing journalism by pointing out how, for example, the governor of Michigan has issued a mask-wearing order that is not evidence-based and how the state government is misinforming the public that wearing a cloth mask will protect them from SARS-CoV-2 infection, thus potentially placing people at greater risk by causing them to have a false sense of security.

Instead, CNN is content with doing propaganda that serves to manufacture consent for such orders by claiming that community transmission is largely driven by people who show no symptoms but who nevertheless spread the virus by speaking or breathing, which narrative it sustains by grossly misrepresenting its own primary sources.

CNN, of course, is not alone. While its reporting serves as a useful case study, this exercise could be repeated ad nauseum by examining other major media sources. The lesson for the reader is to maintain healthy skepticism toward sensationally reported claims, pay close attention to the caveats that accompany alarming headlines, and check to ensure that cited sources actually support the claims being made to the whatever extent feasible.

Unfortunately, this means doing one’s own research and thinking for oneself, but the reward is that as you develop the habit, you’ll become increasingly immune to statist propaganda designed to compel your obedience to clueless government bureaucrats who pursue their political agenda of acquiring ever more power and control over others by executing their authoritarian policies in the name of “science”.

This article was reprinted with the author’s permission. It was originally published at JeremyRHammond.com. Jeremy R. Hammond is an independent political analyst, journalist and author. Sign up for his newsletter and download his free report “5 Horrifying Facts about the FDA Vaccine Approval Process”.

Note: This commentary provides referenced information and perspective on a topic related to vaccine science, policy, law or ethics being discussed in public forums and by U.S. lawmakers. The websites of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) provide information and perspective of federal agencies responsible for vaccine research, development, regulation and policymaking.
References:

CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, COVID-19, Jeremy R. Hammond, National Vaccine Information Center, NVIC, SARS-CoV-2, The Vaccine Reaction, WHO, World Health Organization "

[Delight]

Press conference from Doctors without fear.
America's Frontline Doctors
(https://www.brighteon.com/3aac0736-f2e8-4319-b444-64c66029ba0f)

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Bumping to the new page as very worth the long listen.

[onawah]

This from Arkansas for Health and Parental Rights today, speaking out about the fear that has the country in its' grip, in particular about children and the need to normalize their lives again. Kids can go back to school, hydroxychloroquine works, how the lockdown causes worse problems than any virus, follow Sweden's example and taking a sustainable approach, let's empower--not control, etc.
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IT'S ON VIMEO NOW https://vimeo.com/442163100

[Sarah Rainsong]

I am really pressed for time getting ready for the new school year (so I may not be back to respond quickly), but I wanted to share this article I received in my email. Kami McBride is a highly respected herbalist; I've shared some of her stuff in the past. The more people respond like this, the better our future looks. And I love that it comes on the heals of the article that Onawah just shared. I think the two articles tie together nicely. :flower::heart:

Let’s Change the Conversation around Coronavirus
(https://kamimcbride.com/lets-change-the-conversation-around-coronavirus/?fbclid=IwAR3f02STC6tHLrYnrEOy6Km1tgrBNj7SaVJ_RciPdPbHzJCSXbi3Ar6z4DY)by Kami McBride


This pandemic is giving us the opportunity to make changes that reach far beyond the current pandemic crisis.

Let’s talk Coronavirus. I mean, everyone is thinking about it every day anyway, why not expand the conversation a bit?

The current common narrative is:
Flatten the curve with washing hands, wearing masks and social distancing
Wait for the virus to go away or wait for a vaccine

Currently we have somewhere around $5 Billion dedicated to creating a vaccine, and it’s probably much more.

Is that it?

My mom used to say, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”



Can we broaden this conversation even just a little bit?

Can we dedicate even a fraction of the vaccine budget to bolster public health and safety in relation to COVID risks?

What else can we do besides put all our eggs into the vaccine basket?

The links that I am providing; maybe not all the numbers or findings are complete. The point of sharing this is that I firmly believe that these other possibilities of supporting our health deserve a budget. The commitment to public health in relation to COVID should not be focused solely on a vaccine.

We know that there are co-factors that increase COVID susceptibility/severity, why not flatten the curve by helping people become less susceptible?

Any one of these issues could become a national education campaign to increase public health and save lives.



Healthy Biome Anyone??
Let’s back up a little and go to bat with this one major contributing factor.

As we continue to learn more, numerous studies show that gut biome plays a role in COVID susceptibility/severity.

Most people still do not know about or understand what contributes to gut biome disruption and why it is so important.

What about a massive GDB educational campaign?

GDB, I made that up. Gross Domestic Biome. It is a play on words, but what if we took it seriously.

A piece of our weakness and susceptibility to Coronavirus is generations in the making with a medical system focused on drug intervention instead of an integrative health model that doesn’t always reach for gut damaging drugs first. I get it; we need the drugs, but they are overused and don’t always need to be used first.

Our gut health problem is the result of 4 generations of throwing antibiotics and over the counter medications at everything and we now suffer from generational biome disruption that increases COVID susceptibility/severity. Antibiotics disrupt your gut biome, increase gut inflammation and reduce immune function.

Because of antibiotic overuse, we have an international antibiotic resistance health crisis that has been written about in every medical journal in the world. Overuse of antibiotics and medications is a contributing factor to our COVID susceptibility.

The health of the beneficial bacteria in your digestive tract matters. A LOT. What disrupts it? Pesticides, herbicides, endocrine disrupting chemicals, antibiotics, birth control pills and over the counter medications.

If people knew that pesticide food and over the counter meds increased their risk of COVID, what would a campaign look like to reduce that susceptibility?

Why can’t we implement a massive gut biome restoration project to help everyone not only fight off COVID, but all the other disease susceptibility rooted in gut dysbiosis?

With just a little bit of effort focused in this direction, we had/have the opportunity to transform the trajectory of not only our health in relation to COVID, but our susceptibility to the chronic disease crisis gripping our population.

Yale: Gut microbiota may underlie the predisposition of healthy individuals to COVID-19 (https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.22.20076091v1)

Gut microbiota and Covid-19- possible link and implications
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7217790/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7365123/

We need more studies like this one in Italy:
Gastrointestinal disorders are frequent in COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 has been hypothesized to impact on host microbial flora and gut inflammation, infecting intestinal epithelial cells. Since there are currently no coded therapies or guidelines for treatment of COVID-19, this study aimed to evaluate the possible role of a specific oral bacteriotherapy as complementary therapeutic strategy to avoid the progression of COVID-19:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2020.00389/full?fbclid=IwAR0jits7jf9vUbApspFjXC3PWzpEb85PyitY7azO2PFfX3S9UsUc_LiI7Ng

Why isn’t this being explored more?
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.06.20147025v1



Vitamin C Anyone?
Does your local hospital have IV vitamin C incorporated into Coronavirus protocol?
https://www.faim.org/covid-19-is-really-two-diseases-to-treat-the-second-one-you-have-to-name-it-correctly?fbclid=IwAR0XIIBPBgTeCG_xQDlIYGD7A9XNYLFxJm-mIqHH4NeNcwgpcMt7dFe6-lU

https://www.pharmacytimes.com/news/evaluating-the-efficacy-of-adjunctive-therapies-used-to-treat-covid-19-the-role-of–vitamin-c-and-zinc

https://www.physiciansweekly.com/high-dose-iv-vitamin-c-on-ards-by-covid-19-a-possible-low-cost-ally-with-a-wide-margin-of-safety/


Vitamin D Anyone?
How difficult would it have been to add this to the list of washing hands and wearing a mask?
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/933715?src=WNL_trdalrt_200713_MSCPEDIT&uac=141144EV&impID=2457837&faf=1

https://scitechdaily.com/vitamin-d-determines-severity-in-covid-19-researchers-urge-government-to-change-advice/

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/930152?nlid=135496_5461&src=wnl_dne_200512_mscpedit&uac=171317AN&impID=2378336&faf=1

https://www.ifm.org/news-insights/the-functional-medicine-approach-to-covid-19-virus-specific-nutraceutical-and-botanical-agents/?fbclid=IwAR07w3wAPxfsWzC0HH4H_CDlrYAp-Mbx2-hn9ngaDr96qULfr7_4FBTpFKg


Using Herbal Medicines to Reduce Severity of Coronavirus
Why oh why can’t we have access to integrative health care? How many lives could be saved if we had a medical system that incorporated herbal medicines? Coronavirus just shines an even brighter light on this major gap in our health care.
https://classicalchinesemedicine.org/initial-thoughts-on-coronavirus-prevention-and-treatment-with-chinese-medicine/

https://www.donnieyance.com/hope-wisdom-and-science-from-the-plant-kingdom-in-the-ongoing-covid-crisis/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7260602/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221138352030589X

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213422020300391

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/acm.2020.0189


Reduce Air Pollution
Let’s dedicate budget towards a massive reduction in air pollution. What if that were the first priority, would it be as affective as a vaccine?

National Institute of Health: Increase in air pollution means more COVID death:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7308784/#:~:text=Apparently%2C%20both%20the%20short%2D%20and,infected%20cases%20and%204645%20deaths.

Harvard: Increase in air pollution means an increase in COVID death
https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/covid-pm/home

https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/air-pollution/index.cfm

https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/covid-pm/home



Transform our Food System
Isn’t this what really needs to happen? Why are we not connecting the dots between chemical agriculture and COVID?

Pesticide, herbicide, GMO food fuels the gut microbe dysbiosis that causes increase risk of COVID.

This pandemic is an opportunity to transform our food systems and commit to clean food as a way of preventing COVID death and whatever virus will be next.

We currently have a food system hijacked by corporations that don’t give a about how their food impacts the health of the people that eat it.

Just look at the pantry items, is there a list of the chemicals and GMO’s on the label? No, but they are in there.

Fact: The ongoing exposure to pesticides, herbicides and GMO’s erodes the gut biome, reduces immune function and causes cancer: https://fortune.com/2020/04/27/roundup-weedkiller-cancer-coronavirus-settlement/



There is a reason why Mexico and Canada and European countries are banning Glyphosates:
https://detoxproject.org/canadas-largest-agribusiness-bans-pre-harvest-glyphosate-spraying-from-oat-supply-chains/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=canadas_largest_agribusiness_bans_pre_harvest_glyphosate_spraying_from_oat_supply_chain s&utm_term=2020-07-09&fbclid=IwAR345f8B4sPY2G1nZaRW1FiuOv12ItpJZ1A-EpkYJ8r0HHRziXkg714WW7E

https://sustainablepulse.com/2020/06/27/mexico-announces-phase-out-and-ban-on-glyphosate-herbicides/?fbclid=IwAR26aOvJgreoN4nmdTqRGtTGGpuNdXouFcaSr7iCWWqayhjBPyB2H4zQb58#.XxmzaJ5KirB

https://www.ishn.com/articles/112144-another-country-bans-glyphosate-use

Oh, and look at this creative public health response. The title is over-sensationalized; but this is so worth a read, to expand our minds about the possibilities that can flatten the curve: https://aurumproject.org.au/kerala-health-policy-covid/?fbclid=IwAR15Kwn8Fq0goRNKBNkahD0408R20-0gHTzlx6Xj4ifHWE0w8E9wbdDzlxU

I could keep writing for a few more pages, but I am going to end it here and not even talk about the fracking chemicals in our water and the endocrine disruptors we are swimming in that increase our susceptibility to COVID.

The whole point is that we are weak, we are vulnerable, we are susceptible and the chemical load we bear is too high.
https://www.ewg.org/research/body-burden-pollution-newborns

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chemicals-umbilical-cord-blood/

This pandemic is giving us the opportunity to make changes that reach far beyond the current pandemic crisis.

It is not that people don’t die from viruses; because in fact they do.

But if we really want to have a conversation about public health, then we have to look at a bigger picture.

That picture includes gut health, what disrupts our gut biome that we could begin changing today and the pollution and chemical burden load we now carry and how it contributes to COVID risk and not to mention the epidemic that we all know someone dealing with and that is cancer.



No doubt that the pharmaceutical lobbying campaigns give big pharma an edge in deciding how we approach dealing with the Coronavirus.

Pharmaceutical and health product makers spent more than any other industry on lobbying the federal government between 1999 and 2018.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7054854/

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jwi0fhzizx2vxdi/jamainternal_wouters_2020_oi_200006.pdf?dl=0

If we could step back and focus on public health without the pharmaceutical company stranglehold on our health care system, we would back up and clean up the underlying conditions that have so many people exposed to the poisons that disrupt our biome and immunity.

There is no poison we can spray on the beach and no vaccine that is going to rid the world of this virus or the next one coming down the pike. Our exposure to pollutants, plastics, and damaging symptom suppressive medicine is what we have the opportunity to transform.

As an herbalist and holistic health care practitioner with 30 years-experience helping people from all walks of life, what I help people do is get to root causes.

We don’t just throw drugs and herbs at symptoms; we always look at the big picture and try to understand the underlying susceptibility and weakness that contribute to the body expressing the symptoms.

What if we invested in do no harm first, what if we invested in the TERRAIN; reducing our susceptibility, doing what we ALREADY know that can help people become less vulnerable to not only COVID, but whatever virus comes next.

What if we spent $5 Billion on transforming our toxic food system, air pollution and drug focused medical system?

What do you think a truly comprehensive public health focused response to COVID could look like?

[greybeard]

Government urged to focus on surge in unexplained non-Covid deaths at home
Sarah Knapton
The Telegraph

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/deaths-home-causes-other-coronavirus-143948367.html

Twice as many people are now dying at home from unexplained causes rather than Covid-19, with experts calling for an urgent investigation into what is causing the excess deaths.

New figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show there were 766 more deaths at home than usual in the week to July 17. In contrast, just 295 deaths involved coronavirus in England and Wales, and only 29 of those occurred at home.

It brings the total excess deaths at home during the pandemic to more than 20,000.

Experts are concerned that people are still unable to access medical care, even though there are now relatively few cases of coronavirus in hospitals.

The ONS figures show that deaths in hospitals continue to be much lower than usual, suggesting that many of the home deaths are people who would ordinarily have received hospital care.

Professor Carl Heneghan, director of the the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at the University of Oxford, said: "There really is an issue going on in private homes.

"There has been a persistent increase, and the focus should now be on that. The Government should be urgently looking into this rather than focusing on planning for a second wave, because this is happening right now.

"They need to look through the ONS data and see what these people are dying of, or they could check death certificates, instead of trying to predict what will happen this winter. It's certainly not Covid that is causing all these extra deaths any more."

Last week, The Telegraph revealed how the Government had forecast that 25,000 people might die in the short term through the effects of lockdown, and 185,000 in the medium to long term.

There have been growing concerns many people have been unable to access life-saving medical care after crucial health services were shut down to avoid the NHS being overwhelmed at the height of the virus pandemic.

The new ONS data also shows that England and Wales are experiencing fewer deaths than would normally be expected for the fifth week in a row. There were 270 fewer deaths than the five-year average in the week ending July 17.

Statisticians said the decline in overall excess deaths indicated that some people who had died of the disease would have died in the following weeks or months.

A spokesman for the ONS said: "The disease has had a larger impact on those most vulnerable – for example those who already suffer from a medical condition, and those at older ages.

"Some of these deaths would have likely occurred over the duration of the year but have occurred earlier because of Covid-19. These deaths occurring earlier than expected could contribute to a period of deaths below the five-year average."

For the first time since before lockdown, there were fewer than 300 deaths linked to Covid-19 registered over one week, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. The number of deaths in care homes, hospitals and other communal establishments has remained below the five-year average.

The ONS figures show that a little more than 56,400 deaths involving Covid-19 have now been registered in the UK.

[greybeard]

Global Nightmare: Staying Sane During the Madness


International best-selling author, Dr Vernon Coleman MB ChB DSc FRSA, explains why paranoia is now the only way to live. He points out that mask wearing collaborators are ignorant and don't understand what is happening. He gives some shocking facts about GlaxoSmithKline, the vaccine and drug manufacturer, and explains the plans for a Global Church as well as a Global Government. He also gives advice for those who don't want to wear masks in public.
For more unbiased information about other important issues, please visit http://www.vernoncoleman.com
The transcripts of the videos YouTube banned are also on the website.
Thank you for all your support and encouragement.
Please feel free to share this video.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gis_7vky5PU

[onawah]

That all looks wonderful, and easily doable especially compared to the so-called "solutions" we are presently being forced into.
The real problem though, as I'm sure you are aware, is getting the Faucis and Gates out of the way so that such measures CAN be taken.
Unfortunately, a healthy, empowered public is the last thing they want.
Until we can figure out how to keep the psychopaths, sociopaths and narcissists (and eugenecists) from positions of power, all the healthy measure we might like to take will be blocked by them at every juncture.

I am really pressed for time getting ready for the new school year (so I may not be back to respond quickly), but I wanted to share this article I received in my email. Kami McBride is a highly respected herbalist; I've shared some of her stuff in the past. The more people respond like this, the better our future looks. And I love that it comes on the heals of the article that Onawah just shared. I think the two articles tie together nicely. :flower::heart:
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[Delight]

JULY 27, 2020
Yale epidemiologist: Hydroxychloroquine works against COVID-19, so use it and stop politicizing it
Put lives over politics (https://www.theblaze.com/news/yale-epidemiologist-hydroxychloroquine-works-against-covid)

A professor of epidemiology at Yale University wrote for Newsweek that hydroxychloroquine is an effective treatment for patients in the early stages of a COVID-19 infection and urged medical professionals not to let politics or peer pressure stop them from using it to save lives.

POLL: Do you think the 2020 presidential debates are still going to happen?
Hydroxychloroquine, a drug that has long been used to treat malaria, has been found by numerous studies to be effective against COVID-19 and safe for patients. However, use of the drug has become a political dispute, especially since President Donald Trump advocated for it and even took it himself.

"I am fighting for a treatment that the data fully support but which, for reasons having nothing to do with a correct understanding of the science, has been pushed to the sidelines," wrote Dr. Harvey A. Risch. "As a result, tens of thousands of patients with COVID-19 are dying unnecessarily."

Risch cites several studies, which he has been analyzing and writing about in medical journals for months, that show that patients who take hydroxychloroquine, especially in combination with azithromycin and zinc, have lower mortality rates. He also pointed to what he called "natural experiments" in which countries saw significant changes in COVID-19 mortality corresponding with changes in national policy on hydroxychloroquine. Risch writes:

In the northern Brazil state of Pará, COVID-19 deaths were increasing exponentially. On April 6, the public hospital network purchased 75,000 doses of azithromycin and 90,000 doses of hydroxychloroquine. Over the next few weeks, authorities began distributing these medications to infected individuals. Even though new cases continued to occur, on May 22 the death rate started to plummet and is now about one-eighth what it was at the peak.

A reverse natural experiment happened in Switzerland. On May 27, the Swiss national government banned outpatient use of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19. Around June 10, COVID-19 deaths increased four-fold and remained elevated. On June 11, the Swiss government revoked the ban, and on June 23 the death rate reverted to what it had been beforehand. People who die from COVID-19 live about three to five weeks from the start of symptoms, which makes the evidence of a causal relation in these experiments strong. Both episodes suggest that a combination of hydroxychloroquine and its companion medications reduces mortality and should be immediately adopted as the new standard of care in high-risk patients.
Risch pointed out that although the Food and Drug Administration warned of heart problems associated with hydroxychloroquine use, the warning was not issued with full context.

"But what the FDA did not announce is that these adverse events were generated from tens of millions of patient uses of hydroxychloroquine for long periods of time, often for the chronic treatment of lupus or rheumatoid arthritis," Risch wrote. "Even if the true rates of arrhythmia are ten-fold higher than those reported, the harms would be minuscule compared to the mortality occurring right now in inadequately treated high-risk COVID-19 patients."

Risch calls for an end to political bickering over hydroxychloroquine and for a renewed focus on the science and what the data show.

"For many, [hydroxychloroquine] is viewed as a marker of political identity, on both sides of the political spectrum," Risch wrote. "Nobody needs me to remind them that this is not how medicine should proceed. We must judge this medication strictly on the science."

Quercetin has something to offer to help zinc enter cells... This is from March... light years ago


Combating COVID-19 with Zinc and Quercetin
Post author
By Yetzer Hara
Post date
March 21, 2020
(https://nutritionalpharmacology.wordpress.com/2020/03/21/combating-covid-19-with-zinc-and-quercetin/)A South Korean research paper has demonstrated in Vitro that by increasing the Zinc concentration in cellular cytoplasm, that viral replication is inhibited. As intracellular levels of Zinc are increased the inhibition of viral replication can reach 100% according to charts within the paper. The researchers used two antimalarial drugs which are Ionophores. Ionophores are molecules that can carry a charged ion like Zinc across a cellular membrane. South Korea has been treating high risk, Critically I’ll COVID-19 patients with the drug Hydroxychloroquine. It is likely the single clinical reason that South Korea has the lowest death rate in the world for COVID-19 victims of 0.6% Hydroxychloroquine is a pharmaceutical drug that requires a prescription. However there is a nutritional supplement called Quercetin that is a Zinc Chelator and Ionophore and requires no prescription. It’s interesting that there has been a great deal of research done on the ability of Elderberries as and antiviral agent. And Elderberries, Red Wine and Blueberries all three have high amounts of Quercetin. It may be likely that the high Quercetin content of these foods is the reason for their measurable anti-viral properties. So what would be better than supplementing Zinc and Quercetin together to elevate intracellular Zinc levels in order to inhibit viral replication? Since there have been no Clinical Trials of this supplement regimen then dosages are your best guess. But even increasing Zinc to levels that result in a thirty percent inhibition seems like a major advantage to the patient, and may be enough to tip the struggle in your favour.

[onawah]

The website, FB page is no longer, but that doesn't necessarily prove this group is legitimate.
On my second viewing and further investigation, the doctors don't seem convincing to me.
Real doctors would talk more about where their practices are and give some background on their training.
The woman who speaks first in part 2 exhibits nervous traits of someone who is lying, as does the first doctor.
Are all these people actually actors, including the hecklers?
I don't dispute What they are saying, but this is looking more like a psyop to me.
If it will be shown to have been a hoax, then what they have said will again be branded as lies, but all because someone wants to reinforce the MSM narrative and make everyone who disagrees look like "crazy conspiracy theorists"...

This from Arkansas for Health and Parental Rights today, speaking out about the fear that has the country in its' grip, in particular about children and the need to normalize their lives again. Kids can go back to school, hydroxychloroquine works, how the lockdown causes worse problems than any virus, follow Sweden's example and taking a sustainable approach, let's empower--not control, etc

IT'S ON VIMEO NOW https://vimeo.com/442163100


UPDATE BUT CHECK OUT THIS ABOUT ONE OF THE OTHER DOCTORS FROM THE FRONTLINE DOCTOR'S GROUP: http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?111616-America-s-Frontline-Doctors-Fighting-Back&p=1369387&viewfull=1#post1369387
CONFUSING!!

[greybeard]

In Inverness.
Today, driving down town I became aware why the road is greatly narrowed both sides by plastic fencing
Saw the sign, to promote social distancing

The penny dropped.

They have made very wide pavements twice their width and greatly restricted the movement of traffic. Just enough space to drive.
Plenty space for pedestrians to avoided interaction..
Next it will be on side of the for left moving walkers the other for right moving walkers.
The pavements in question are never that busy anyway -- not crowded.

Another way of controlling -- even in a car the sense of freedom has been vanquished.
Chris

[greybeard]

The Healthy Truth with Dr. Andy Kaufman


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v2XWuPY09M

The Healthy Truth with Dr. Andy Kaufman (https://bit.ly/drandyytchannel) During this time where we’re all being tested on every level, I wanted to know how to prepare myself and you boos on what we can physically do to keep our bodies strong. In my search for answers, I learned more than I had ever hoped for and am confident in my body which I have cared for and will continue to care for by taking accountability. I have also been mistreating it through sheer ignorance and I want to turn that around and be as self sufficient as possible and through knowledge.

Make sure you’re SUBSCRIBED to my channel for the latest videos and turn your notifications on: http://goo.gl/AlZhsT

[Gwin Ru]

Facts about Covid-19


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Fully referenced facts about Covid-19, provided by experts in the field, to help our readers make a realistic risk assessment. (Regular updates below)



“The only means to fight the plague is honesty.” (Albert Camus, 1947)

Overview


According to the latest immunological studies (https://swprs.org/studies-on-covid-19-lethality/), the overall lethality of Covid-19 (IFR) is about 0.1% and thus in the range of a severe influenza (flu). For people at high risk or high exposure (including health care workers), early or prophylactic treatment (https://swprs.org/on-the-treatment-of-covid-19/) is essential.



In countries like the US, the UK, and also Sweden (without a lockdown), overall mortality since the beginning of the year is in the range of (https://swprs.org/studies-on-covid-19-lethality/#overall-mortality) a strong influenza season; in countries like Germany, Austria and Switzerland, overall mortality is in the range of a mild influenza season.



Even in global “hotspots”, the risk of death for the general population of school and working age is typically in the range of a daily car ride to work (https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.05.20054361v1). The risk was initially overestimated because many people with only mild or no symptoms were not taken into account.



Up to 80% of all test-positive persons remain symptom-free (https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1375). Even among 70-79 year olds, about 60% (https://www.niid.go.jp/niid/en/2019-ncov-e/9407-covid-dp-fe-01.html) remain symptom-free. About 95% of all people develop at most moderate symptoms (https://swprs.org/studies-on-covid-19-lethality/#hospitalizations).



Up to 60% of all persons may already have a certain cellular background immunity (https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(20)30610-3) to the new coronavirus due to contact with previous coronaviruses (i.e. common cold viruses). The initial assumption that there was no immunity against the new coronavirus was not correct.



The median age of the deceased in most countries (including Italy) is over 80 years (https://swprs.org/studies-on-covid-19-lethality/#age) (e.g. 86 years in Sweden) and only about 4% (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-26/italy-says-96-of-virus-fatalities-suffered-from-other-illnesses) of the deceased had no serious preconditions. The age and risk profile of deaths thus essentially corresponds to normal mortality (https://www.vienna.at/analyse-zeigt-covid-19-opferkurve-entspricht-normaler-mortalitaet/6581246).



In many countries, up to two thirds of all extra deaths occurred in nursing homes (https://swprs.org/studies-on-covid-19-lethality/#care-homes), which do not benefit from a general lockdown. Moreover, in many cases it is not clear (https://www.hsj.co.uk/commissioning/thousands-of-extra-deaths-outside-hospital-not-attributed-to-covid-19/7027459.article) whether these people really died from Covid-19 or from weeks of extreme stress and isolation (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/05/covid-19-causing-10000-dementia-deaths-beyond-infections-research-says).



Up to 30% of all additional deaths may have been caused not by Covid-19 (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/analysisofdeathregistrationsnotinvolvingcoronaviruscovid19englandandwales28december2019to1may2020/technicalannex), but by the effects of the lockdown, panic and fear (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/two-new-waves-deaths-break-nhs-new-analysis-warns/). For example, the treatment of heart attacks and strokes decreased (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/well/live/coronavirus-doctors-hospitals-emergency-care-heart-attack-stroke.html) by up to 60% because many patients no longer dared to go to hospital.



Even in so-called “Covid-19 deaths” it is often not clear (https://spectator.us/understand-report-figures-covid-deaths/) whether they died from or with coronavirus (i.e. from underlying diseases) or if they were counted as “presumed cases” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0lIWZpiRU0) and not tested at all. However, official figures usually do not reflect (https://www.hsj.co.uk/coronavirus/systematic-reviews-to-discover-true-cause-of-outbreak-deaths/7027491.article) this distinction.



Many media reports of young and healthy people dying from Covid-19 turned out to be false: many of these young people either did not die (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8193487/Coroner-refuses-rule-COVID-19-cause-death-six-week-old-Connecticut-baby.html) from Covid-19, they had already been seriously ill (https://sports.yahoo.com/spanish-football-coach-francisco-garcia-163153573.html) (e.g. from undiagnosed leukaemia), or they were in fact 109 instead of 9 (https://www.n-tv.de/panorama/Neunjaehrige-Corona-Tote-war-109-Jahre-alt-article21753784.html) years old. The claimed increase in Kawasaki disease in children also turned out to be false (https://www.societi.org.uk/kawasaki-disease-covid-19/responding-to-press-coverage-28-april-2020/).



Strong increases in regional mortality can occur if there is a collapse in the care of the elderly and sick (https://swprs.org/covid-19-a-report-from-italy/) as a result of infection or panic, or if there are additional risk factors such as severe air pollution (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/20/air-pollution-may-be-key-contributor-to-covid-19-deaths-study). Questionable regulations (https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/COVID-19-safe-handling-of-bodies-or-persons-dying-from-COVID19.pdf) for dealing with the deceased sometimes led to additional bottlenecks (https://www.globalresearch.ca/truth-behind-refrigerated-morgue-truck-stories/5711475) in funeral or cremation services.



In countries such as Italy and Spain, and to some extent the UK and the US, hospital overloads due to strong flu waves are not unusual (https://off-guardian.org/2020/04/02/coronavirus-fact-check-1-flu-doesnt-overwhelm-our-hospitals/). Moreover, this year up to 15% of health care workers were put into quarantine (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/world/europe/coronavirus-europe-covid-19.html), even if they developed no symptoms.



The often shown exponential curves of “corona cases” are misleading (https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/coronavirus-case-counts-are-meaningless/), as the number of tests also increased exponentially. In most countries, the ratio of positive tests to tests overall (i.e. the positivity rate) remained constant at 5% to 25% (https://swprs.org/rate-of-positive-covid19-tests/) or increased only slightly. In many countries, the peak of the spread was already reached well before the lockdown (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8391141/Did-UKs-coronavirus-crisis-peak-lockdown.html).



Countries without lockdowns, such as Japan (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-22/did-japan-just-beat-the-virus-without-lockdowns-or-mass-testing), South Korea (https://www.businessinsider.com/south-korea-coronavirus-testing-death-rate-2020-3?op=1), Belarus (https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesrodgerseurope/2020/04/04/in-belarus-lukashenko-has-his--own-ways-for-the-country-to-face-coronavirus/) and Sweden (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfN2JWifLCY), have not experienced (https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/15/sweden-coronavirus-rates-easing-despite-loose-rule/) a more negative course of events than many other countries. Sweden was even praised (https://nypost.com/2020/04/29/who-lauds-sweden-as-model-for-resisting-coronavirus-lockdown/) by the WHO and now benefits from higher immunity (https://news.ki.se/immunity-to-covid-19-is-probably-higher-than-tests-have-shown) compared to lockdown countries. 75% of Swedish deaths happened in (https://www.thelocal.se/20200525/swedish-death-toll-passes-4000-as-coronavirus-cases-in-care-homes-start-to-fall) nursing facilities that weren’t protected fast enough.



The fear of a shortage of ventilators was unjustified (https://off-guardian.org/2020/05/06/covid19-are-ventilators-killing-people/). According to lung specialists, the invasive ventilation (intubation) of Covid-19 patients, which is partly done out of fear (https://nypost.com/2020/05/29/northwell-health-probing-use-of-ventilators-for-covid-patients/) of spreading the virus, is in fact often counterproductive (https://off-guardian.org/2020/05/06/covid19-are-ventilators-killing-people/) and damaging to the lungs.



Various studies have shown that (https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/transmission-of-sars-cov-2-implications-for-infection-prevention-precautions) the main routes of transmission of the virus are neither long-range aerosols (i.e. tiny particles floating in the air) nor smear infections (https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/cdc-coronavirus-mainly-spreads-through-persontoperson-contact-and-does-not-spread-easily-on-contaminated-surfaces-153317029.html) (i.e. on surfaces), but direct contact and droplets produced when coughing or sneezing.



The effectiveness of face masks in healthy and asymptomatic individuals remains questionable (https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/04/commentary-masks-all-covid-19-not-based-sound-data). Experts warn that such masks may interfere with normal breathing and may become “germ carriers” (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-news-face-masks-increase-risk-infection-doctor-jenny-harries-a9396811.html). Leading doctors called them a “media hype” and “ridiculous” (https://www.aerztezeitung.de/Politik/Montgomery-haelt-Maskenpflicht-fuer-falsch-408844.html).



Many clinics in Europe and the US remained strongly underutilized (https://www.hsj.co.uk/acute-care/nhs-hospitals-have-four-times-more-empty-beds-than-normal/7027392.article) or almost empty (https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Stanford-hospital-system-to-cut-pay-20-furlough-15227591.php) during the Covid-19 peak and in some cases had to send staff home (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/04/02/coronavirus-pandemic-jobs-us-health-care-workers-furloughed-laid-off/5102320002/). Millions of surgeries and therapies were cancelled (https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2020/05/covid-disruption-28-million-surgeries-cancelled.aspx), including many cancer screenings and organ transplants.



Several media were caught trying to dramatize (https://nypost.com/2020/04/01/cbs-admits-to-using-footage-from-italy-in-report-about-nyc/) the situation in hospitals, sometimes even with manipulative (https://www.wsj.com/articles/cbs-says-fake-news-wasnt-theirs-11588789238) images and videos. In general, the unprofessional reporting (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/eci.13222) of many media maximized fear and panic in the population.



The virus test kits used internationally are prone to errors (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32219885) and can produce false positive and false negative results. Moreover, the official virus test was not clinically validated (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_AyuhbnPOI) due to time pressure and may sometimes react positive to other common coronaviruses.



Numerous internationally renowned experts (https://off-guardian.org/2020/03/24/12-experts-questioning-the-coronavirus-panic/) in the fields of virology, immunology and epidemiology consider the measures taken to be counterproductive (https://off-guardian.org/2020/03/28/10-more-experts-criticising-the-coronavirus-panic/) and recommend rapid natural immunization (https://off-guardian.org/2020/04/17/8-more-experts-questioning-the-coronavirus-panic/) of the general population and protection of risk groups.



At no time was there a medical reason (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(20)30095-X/fulltext) for the closure of schools, as the risk of disease and transmission in children is extremely low (https://thehill.com/opinion/education/500349-science-says-open-the-schools). There is also no medical reason (https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article208075525/Corona-Kitas-und-Grundschulen-vollstaendig-oeffnen-uneingeschraenkt.html) for small classes, masks or ‘social distancing’ rules in schools.



The claim that only (severe) Covid-19 but not influenza may cause venous thrombosis and pulmonary (lung) embolism is not true, as it has been known for 50 years (https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0028-1108874) that severe influenza greatly increases the risk (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091014111549.htm) of thrombosis and embolism, too.



Several medical experts described (https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/no-vaccine-for-coronavirus-a-possibility/news-story/34e678ae205b50ea983cc64ab2943608) express coronavirus vaccines as unnecessary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrL9QKGQrWk) or even dangerous (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00751-9). Indeed, the vaccine against the so-called swine flu (https://www.forbes.com/2010/02/05/world-health-organization-swine-flu-pandemic-opinions-contributors-michael-fumento.html#658c006c48e8) of 2009, for example, led to cases of severe neurological damage (https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/brain-damaged-uk-victims-swine-flu-vaccine-get-60-million-compensation-1438572) and lawsuits in the millions. In the testing of new coronavirus vaccines, too, serious complications (https://childrenshealthdefense.org/news/vaccine-trial-catastrophe-moderna-vaccine-has-20-serious-injury-rate-in-high-dose-group/) and failures (https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2020/05/16/did-the-oxford-covid-vaccine-work-in-monkeys-not-really/) have already been reported.



A global respiratory disease pandemic can indeed extend over several seasons (https://www.britannica.com/event/1968-flu-pandemic), but many studies of a “second wave” are based on very unrealistic assumptions (https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Fellay-Studie-Zweite-Corona-Welle-4726303.html), such as a constant risk of illness and death across all age groups.



In places like New York City, nurses described an oftentimes fatal medical mis­manage­ment (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIDsKdeFOmQ)of Covid patients due to questionable financial incentives (https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/04/24/fact-check-medicare-hospitals-paid-more-covid-19-patients-coronavirus/3000638001/) or inappropriate medical protocols. On the other hand, early treatment with zinc and HCQ turned out to be effective (https://swprs.org/on-the-treatment-of-covid-19/) after all.



The number of people suffering from unemployment, depressions (https://www.indystar.com/story/news/health/2020/04/03/coronavirus-indiana-how-get-help-mental-health-addiction/5104357002/) and domestic violence as a result of the measures has reached historic record levels (https://www.businessinsider.com/us-weekly-jobless-claims-unemployment-filings-coronavirus-labor-market-layoffs-2020-5). Several experts predict that the measures will claim far more lives (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/opinion/coronavirus-pandemic-social-distancing.html) than the virus itself. According to the UN 1.6 billion people (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/29/half-of-worlds-workers-at-immediate-risk-of-losing-livelihood-due-to-coronavirus) around the world are at immediate risk of losing their livelihood.



NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden warned that the “corona crisis” will be used for the permanent expansion (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pcQFTzck_c) of global surveillance. Renowned virologist Pablo Goldschmidt spoke of (https://www.rubikon.news/artikel/der-corona-totalitarismus) a “global media terror” and “totalitarian measures”. Leading British virologist Professor John Oxford spoke of (https://novuscomms.com/2020/03/31/a-view-from-the-hvivo-open-orphan-orph-laboratory-professor-john-oxford/) a “media epidemic”.



More than 600 scientists have warned of (https://www.esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/sites/contact-tracing-joint-statement/) an “unprecedented surveillance of society” through problematic apps for “contact tracing”. In some countries, such “contact tracing” is carried out directly by the secret service (https://www.jewishpress.com/news/the-courts/state-to-high-court-even-more-shin-bet-involvement-in-fighting-the-coronavirus/2020/04/14/). In several parts of the world, the population is being monitored by drones (https://off-guardian.org/2020/04/25/50-headlines-darker-more-of-the-new-normal/) and facing serious police overreach during lockdowns.



A 2019 WHO study on public health measures against pandemic influenza found that from a medical perspective, “contact tracing” is “not recommended in any circumstances” (https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/329438/9789241516839-eng.pdf#page=9). Nevertheless, contact tracing apps have already become (https://www.heise.de/tp/features/CuidAR-Argentinien-ueberwacht-mit-einer-App-4720143.html) partially mandatory in several countries (https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/07/1001360/india-aarogya-setu-covid-app-mandatory/).


See also:


On the treatment of Covid-19 (https://swprs.org/on-the-treatment-of-covid-19/)
Studies on Covid-19 lethality (https://swprs.org/studies-on-covid-19-lethality/)
On the origin of SARS-CoV-2 (https://swprs.org/covid-19-virus-origin-the-mojiang-miners-passage-hypothesis/)


July 2020

On the development of the pandemic

In most Western countries, the peak of coronavirus infections was already reached in March or April and often before the lockdown. The peak of deaths in most Western countries was in April. Since then, hospitalizations and deaths have been declining in most Western countries (see graphs below).

[...]

Full article: https://swprs.org/a-swiss-doctor-on-covid-19/

[thepainterdoug]

Gwin ru/ a great offering!!! T y.

[mountain_jim]

https://twitter.com/pwyowell/status/1289199855093420032?s=20

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[greybeard]

This Needs to Go Worldwide!!!! Dr. Fauci Clearly Wasn't Expecting This Question!!!




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mzJ4kkJqeU

[Rawhide68]

Nothing is true in the real-time new world order right right right?

[Gracy]

This Needs to Go Worldwide!!!! Dr. Fauci Clearly Wasn't Expecting This Question!!!




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mzJ4kkJqeU

Well, here's what I thought of that Chris.

First off though, to set the record straight, I have misgivings about Fauci.

I don't recall either way, but if Fauci has been advising limitations on other specific group gatherings such as churches and bars for instance, then Jordan is in good standing to drill him about protests as well. With my blessings even. :nod:

However, if Fauci has been consistent all along in just speaking in generalities about group gatherings, then Jordan is being a petty jackass looking to score some sort of political points with that pushy line of questioning. In that case I call foul.

As I said I don't recall either way the specifics of everything Fauci has advised, but were I Jordan in that setting, I would never drill someone like that if I didn't have quotes at the ready to show otherwise of what he's currently saying in testifying before Congress.

[greybeard]

I dont like that style of questioning -- however!!!

[greybeard]

'Taboo' herd immunity the only long-term solution to Covid-19, says expert

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/herd-immunity-long-term-solution-160456041.html

At last some sense in the media.
Chris

Herd immunity is the only long-term solution to Covid-19 but the idea has wrongly become “taboo”, a leading scientist has said.

The concept currently “provokes hostility and controversy” but it must be revisited, according to Raj Bhopal, emeritus professor of public health at Edinburgh University.

In a new article published in the journal Public Health in Practice, he argues that the Covid-19 pandemic has put ministers in a “zugwang” which is a position in chess where every move is disadvantageous and where every plan must be examined “however unpalatable” it might be.

Herd immunity is when enough people become resistant to a disease - through vaccination or previous exposure - that it can no longer significantly spread among the rest of the population.

With no vaccine available for Covid-19, herd immunity relies on enough people in the population becoming infected to lessen the impact of the disease.

Prof Bhopal argues that even if a vaccine is found it may not work well for older people and those with underlying health conditions.

The side-effects from a vaccine might also be worse for children and young people’s health than catching coronavirus in the first place.

“Herd immunity provokes hostility and controversy as it is usually interpreted as allowing the pandemic to unfold without interventions. The concept needs revisiting,” his paper says.

“If safe and effective vaccines and life-saving preventative and therapeutic medications are not found, lengthy lockdowns prove impossible, and the pandemic does not disappear spontaneously, population immunity is the only, long-term solution.”

Prof Bhopal, who has advised the Government on public health issues, said that the 40-50 per cent infection rate that is needed to achieve herd immunity could be reached by allowing Covid-19 to spread among young and healthy people.

“Allowing infection in those at very low risk while making it safer for them and wider society needs consideration but is currently taboo,” his paper says.

Prof Bhopal told The Daily Telegraph: "Why do we not like herd immunity? Discussion of it has been closed down because people equate it with letting the pandemic rip through a population without any control measures at all.

"I am completely against that, it would be insane. I am not advocating that we dispense with all control measures, we still need to wash our hands, keep our distance and do everything we are being advised to.

"The bottom line is that older people have got a lot to gain from lockdowns and a lot to lose from the infection. Young people have a lot to lose from lockdowns and not much to lose from the infection.

"Our efforts should be directed towards protecting people who are at high risk."

The concept of herd immunity prompted a backlash when it was first mentioned by the UK's Chief Scientific Adviser in March.

Sir Patrick Vallance said at the time that a degree of herd immunity will help the UK population as Covid-19 spreads.

He explained that the aim was to "reduce the peak, broaden the peak, not suppress it completely.

Also, because the vast majority of people get a mild illness, to build up some kind of herd immunity so more people are immune to this disease and we reduce the transmission".

Around 60 per cent of Britain's population would need to contract coronavirus in order for herd immunity to stave off the disease in future, he added.

However, the Government quickly moved to distance itself from his remarks with the health secretary Matt Hancock insisting that herd immunity is a “scientific concept, not a goal or a strategy”.

Earlier this month, an Oxford University study suggested that the UK may have already achieved a sufficient level of herd immunity to stop a second wave of coronavirus.

Scientists said that the "threshold" of herd immunity may have been lowered because many people may already be immune to the disease without ever having caught it.

According to a new model produced by an Oxford University team led by Professor Sunetra Gupta, as little as 20 per cent of the population may need to be resistant to the virus in order to prevent a new epidemic spreading.

However, Sussex University researchers have warned that predictions that herd immunity can be reached when fewer than 40 per cent of the population have been infected are “optimistic” and cannot be relied on.

Professor Istvan Kiss from the university’s School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences said that such predictions could lull people into a “false sense of security” at a time when Covid-19 still poses a “great risk” to society.

[DaveToo]

https://twitter.com/pwyowell/status/1289199855093420032?s=20

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Good thing TPTB can't suicide a country to keep them quiet! :)

[DaveToo]

"At least 300,000 Africans expected to die in pandemic: U.N. agency"

April 17, 2020:
"JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic will likely kill at least 300,000 Africans... the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) said on Friday, "

To date 19,516 have died in Africa due to COVID-19.

How's that prediction working out for you UNECA?

[greybeard]

Scientist says a coronavirus vaccine in just 12 months is 'fake news' | 60 Minutes Australia


Right now, there’s one thing all eight billion people on earth are wishing for: A vaccine for COVID-19. Political leaders everywhere, sweating on getting us to the other side of the pandemic, boldly promise it’ll happen within 12 to 18 months. But why should they be so optimistic? After all, vaccines normally take decades to formulate and manufacture, and quite often success never comes. As Liam Bartlett finds out, some scientists say talk of a coronavirus vaccine is not only raising false hope, it’s fake news.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFyKkopIbNY

[greybeard]

Speculation over new 'rules' mooted to avoid second coronavirus lockdown

Yahoo News UK

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/boris-johnson-new-rules-second-lockdown-083005086.html


Speculation has continued over the possibility of more changes to coronavirus restrictions after it was reported that Boris Johnson asked officials to draw up new social distancing measures to avoid a second nationwide lockdown.

The prime minister is reportedly considering a lockdown for London because of a steady rise in cases nationwide in recent days, according to The Sunday Times.

The newspaper reported that vulnerable elderly people could also be asked to shield once again to protect them from the pandemic, with those between the ages of 50 and 70 given "personalised risk ratings" and asked to remain inside based on the severity of their medical conditions.

Restricting travel beyond the M25 for those living in London and putting a stop to staying at other people's houses have also reportedly been mooted as potential strategies.

But Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick cast doubt on the reports, saying talk of an expanded shielding programme was “just speculation”.

Asked about whether new age-related measures were likely, he told Times Radio: “This is just speculation.

“You would expect the Government to be considering all of the range of options that might be available.

“That’s not something that is being actively considered.”

He also said there was “no plan, as far as I’m aware” to bring in travel controls and restrictions on where Londoners could stay as part of efforts to avoid any increased transmission rate in the capital from spreading to the rest of the country.

Last week the government was forced to halt the easing of lockdown measures, which have seen pubs reopen and social distancing loosened.

On top of the alleged lockdown avoidance preparations, experts speculated that ministers might have to order the closure of pubs, which were permitted to start serving again on July 4, if schools are to reopen fully in September.
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Professor Graham Medley, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said earlier a "trade off" could be required if the prime minister's pledge is to be met.

Last Friday, the government increased regional lockdown measures for some four million people across Greater Manchester and parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire after a rise in cases.

Health secretary Matt Hancock said the restrictions were being brought in because people were "meeting and not abiding (by) social distancing".

"We take this action with a heavy heart, but we can see increasing rates of Covid across Europe and are determined to do whatever is necessary to keep people safe," Hancock said on Twitter.

Government data published on Friday showed there was "some evidence that the incidence of new infections has increased in recent weeks" in England, he said.

His comments followed chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty's remarks that the country was "near the limit" for opening up society following the coronavirus lockdown.

Chief medical officer Chris Whitty said: "I don't think it is helpful" to talk yet of a second wave sweeping across Europe, but admitted the actions taken so far to ease restrictions were "at the edge" of what could be done safely.

"The idea that we can open up everything and keep the virus under control is clearly wrong and what we're seeing is that we're at the outer edge of what we can do," he said.

[O Donna]

So I was in the ER of easily one of the busiest ERs in the state today and it was incredibly quiet. This is an ER I saw regularly because of the nature of my profession until shortly before COVID. Yes they screened with questions, took surface temp, masks required, and only one person with a patient but.....

This is an ER before COVID that I rarely.. rarely ever saw a slow waiting area year in year out.

Yet another strong example of how this whole COVID thing makes no sense to me whatsoever.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Dc2BKczvRc0/maxresdefault.jpg

[greybeard]

Hancock must go

UK Column News - 3rd August 2020



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tMuyG2rTLY

[pueblo]

RFK jr speaking some frightening truth on vaccines.

- CDC, NIH, FDC/A receive massive funding from the vaccine industry (FDA 50%)

- Moderna vaccine only tested on 3 groups (low does, medium dose and high dose) of 15 (very healthy) people each. No animal testing.

- In the low dose group 1 person was hospitalised (6%), in the high dose group 6 people were hospitalised (20%).

- No placebo studies for most vaccines.

- CDC has $11.4 billion budget, $4.9 billion comes from vaccine industry.

- CDC owns 57 vaccine patents. NIH owns hundreds of vaccine patents.

- NIH owns half the patent for the Moderna vaccine.

niJRTThkXrs

[greybeard]

London protests, Berlin protests and Melbourne lockdown
London protests, Berlin protests and Melbourne lockdown.
The Duran Quick Take: Episode 620.

Via DW (https://www.dw.com/en/protests-in-ger...)...

Some 45 police officers were reportedly injured in Berlin on Saturday as they tried to break up a large gathering of people demonstrating against coronavirus restrictions, including the face mask requirement.

Three of the officers were being treated in hospital, Berlin police said in a statement.

More than 130 people were arrested, for offenses including resisting arrest, breach of the peace and the use of unconstitutional symbols.

Saturday's protests, through the streets of the German capital, went ahead despite a new spike in domestic cases, and warnings that Europe is being hit by a second wave.

The police said they deployed 1,100 officers to monitor the rally and later disperse the crowd of up to 20,000 people, which was widely criticized for not wearing masks or observing social distancing.

Berlin Mayor Michael Müller sharply criticized the protesters saying they had not considered the facts and thus risked the health of other people.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLI23myWOgs

[greybeard]

Bakery manager sacked for using own bank card to help elderly customers blocked from paying with cash
Kate Ng
The Independent
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/bakery-manager-sacked-using-own-150200447.html

A long-serving manager of a bakery has been fired for “gross misconduct” because she had been accepting cash from elderly customers without bank cards and using her own debit card to pay.

Megan Metcalfe, 60, had worked for Birds Bakery in Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, for 44 years and served as store manager for 25 years until her dismissal.

The bakery chain, which has dozens of branches across the Midlands, is one of many businesses to have imposed a card-only policy for payments to minimise any risk to staff and customers during the the coronavirus pandemic.

But many customers who visited the business were elderly and did not own bank cards, Ms Metcalfe told Nottinghamshire Live.

Not wanting to turn them away, Ms Metcalfe paid for their goods using her own debit card, showed them their receipt, and asked the elderly customers to put their cash payments into her purse.

She understood her actions were “against company policy” but said there was “no way” she could let her elderly customers “walk away telling them they could not buy it because they didn’t have a card”.

The customers had already handled the items, which would have had to be “binned or cleaned”, she added.

Ms Metcalfe told the local news website she took around £180 in cash and paid for them using her own card, and kept receipts of the transactions.

But Birds dismissed Ms Metcalfe after learning of her actions and holding a disciplinary hearing.

“I was just trying to do the right thing,” she was quoted as saying. “I am really upset by it of course… I was told I was endangering staff members’ lives by doing what I did.”

She said the cash never exchanged hands as the customers would put it straight into her purse.

“I should not have done it but I don’t like to let people down, and a lot of these customers depend on us, coming to us every day.”

News of Ms Metcalfe's sacking has sparked a backlash against the business, with some pointing out she helped vulnerable customers to essential food items.

Over 6,000 people have signed a petition calling for the company to reinstate her and arguing kindness was not a “sackable offence”.

The GMB Union has also condemned the company’s decision, calling it “outrageous”.

National officer Roger Jenkins said in a statement: “Sacking a shopkeeper for helping elderly customers with no access to cashless payments is beyond outrageous.

“But it illustrates the terrible damage that would be done to people’s lives if we allow cash to wither and die.

“Aside from the impact on the elderly and vulnerable, it would wreak havoc on the small and medium enterprises that rely on cash transactions.”

Birds Bakery said it was aware of the petition but noted its card-only policy was put in place after “overwhelming response” from their staff at the start of the pandemic stating they preferred not to touch banknotes and coins.

In a statement, it added: “Our card-only policy was not to be taken lightly. We take the safety of our staff and customers very seriously – and have very tight procedures in place during this continuing pandemic.

“We are sorry that so many people are upset about Megan Metcalfe’s dismissal from Birds, but she contravened our health and safety policy and we took that very seriously.”

Birds said Ms Metcalfe would not be reinstated, but wished her well in her new role working in a care home.

[greybeard]

Protest against coronavirus curbs draws crowds in Berlin

Loudly chanting their opposition to face masks and vaccines, thousands of people gathered in Berlin on Saturday to protest against coronavirus restrictions before being dispersed by police.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiP0rKR9qVk

[Hermoor]

It feels like most of the planet has gone full retard.

I had to bail out of the internet and even the radio for weeks. The level of propaganda is insane. The detox felt good and I'm still off the radio. Even Radio Scotland is insufferable for 5 minutes in the morning, so I just leave it off.

The news coming out of Australia is utterly disgraceful. The UK's no better. They can now bulldoze a council house that's contaminated with the virus? It's like living in a dystopian comedy sketch conducted by Basil Fawlty going off his rocker.

[Ernie Nemeth]

I feel like I'm living in a cartoon and I'm the living punch line of the sketch. I keep waiting for Yosemite Sam to walk around the corner...

[Delight]

It's like living in a dystopian comedy sketch conducted by Basil Fawlty going off his rocker.

or

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[onawah]

Fauci’s Double Standards: Polarizing the Nation on Hydroxychloroquine
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/news/dr-faucis-double-standards-polarizing-the-nation-on-hydroxychloroquine/?utm_source=salsa&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=cd2b092a-8d95-448d-93c6-b209ae20ada2
AUGUST 06, 2020

By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Chairman, Children’s Health Defense

"I don’t know if hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is effective against COVID. It’s disturbing that I, like many other Americans, feel that we won’t learn the truth from Dr. Fauci. A 2005 Virology Journal article by MJ Vincent and CDC’s Eric Bergeron et al, surfaced last week. The study concludes: “We report…that chloroquine has strong antiviral effects on SARS-Coronavirus infection of primate cells. These inhibitory effects are observed when the cells are treated with the drug either before or after exposure to the virus, suggesting both prophylactic and therapeutic advantage.” This conclusion implies that chloroquine functions both as a preventative “vaccine” and as a cure for strains of coronavirus.

If these results persist in human models in COVID 19, as last month’s Michigan hospital study and abundant evidence from US doctors and other nations suggest—HCQ might compete with Dr. Fauci’s vaccines including the Moderna vaccine for which his agency owns half the patent and Dr. Fauci has invested $500 million in taxpayer dollars. Worse yet—for vaccine makers—HCQ’s patents are long expired; pills cost 30 cents. Dr. Fauci insists he will not approve HCQ for COVID until its efficacy is proven in “randomized, double-blind placebo studies.” To date, Dr. Fauci has never advocated such studies for any of the 72 vaccine doses added to the mandatory childhood schedule since he took over NIAID in 1984. Nor is he requiring them for the COVID vaccines currently racing for approval. Why should hydroxychloroquine be the only remedy required to cross this high hurdle? HCQ is less in need of randomized placebo studies than any of these vaccines since its safety is well established after 60 years of use and decades on WHO’s list of “essential medicines.”

Bill Gates, the World Health Organization and Pharma have fueled public suspicions by funding multiple studies of HCQ using protocols transparently calculated to discredit the drug. FDA condemned HCQ for COVID based on two studies in NEJM and Lancet even after the journals retracted them for fraud. Dr. Fauci’s peculiar hostility towards HCQ is consistent with his half-century bias favoring vaccines and patent medicines. Dr. Fauci’s double standards create confusion, mistrust and polarization."

[greybeard]

Turmoil in UK


Laurence Fox: The Battle of Our Time is a Defence of Britain & Its Values and a Return From Covid-19

Laurence Fox first appeared on "So What You're Saying Is..." a few weeks before his celebrated -- to some, controversial -- appearance on BBC Question Time. He now returns to the #SWYSI sofa to tell us what impact the subsequent storm of controversty has had on his life, his family & career and, indeed, on his own outlook on life & society.

Disturbed by both Black Lives Matter & Extinction Rebellion, Laurence discusses the damage woke ideology is causing to British institutions (including RADA, from which he graduated), the nation and its heritage.

He dismisses the fragility, narrow mindedness & arrogance of the progressive woke extremists but believes they & their religious fervour shall become increasingly irrelevant to society as the public switch to multi-platformed new media.

Laurence & Peter Whittle also discuss our reaction to Covid-19, whether the lockdown, fear & continuing measures are an over-reaction and when or if we shall ever return to a state of normality.
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To join or support the New Culture Forum's SOS: SAVE OUR STATUES campaign click here: https://saveourstatues.org.uk


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJUvxzw-qXA


Mods feel free to shift if a better place found.
Chris

[greybeard]

WOW!!! Trump Listens to Every Word She Says



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xMMVyVsKEg

[greybeard]

"This is Happening Around The World" David Icke



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_-4QU-LfIc

Australia is having a HELL of a time.
Chris

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The Plan to Create Unending Misery


International best-selling author, Dr Vernon Coleman MB ChB DSc FRSA, explains how and why we are being terrorised by people whose salaries we pay. He analyses how the world has been taken over and what their end game looks like.
For more unbiased information about other important issues, please visit http://www.vernoncoleman.com The transcripts of the videos that YouTube banned are also on the website.
Thank you for all your support and encouragement.
Please feel free to share this video.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCeKFIjhbBQ

[Open Minded Dude]

"The Pandemic That Wasn't One" with lots of statistics of mostly 'official' sources.

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[greybeard]

Federal government not ruling out legislating free speech at universities


EXCLUSIVE: Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan has told Sky News the government is not ruling out the need to legislate free speech at Australian universities.

It comes as the education minister unveiled a broad review into national university free speech standards headed by former Deakin University Vice-Chancellor Sally Walker.

It comes amid growing concerns of censorship in Australian universities after, University of Queensland student Drew Pavlou was suspended following Anti-China comments.

The issue of censorship also emerged at UNSW where adjunct professor Elaine Pearson’s comments on Hong Kong’s independence were taken down after a student complaint.

Mr Tehan said he has told Ms Walker to advise him exactly what she thinks needs to be done to address the issue, and what – if any – gaps need to be filled.

“If she comes back and says that she thinks we need to legislate, then of course we will look very seriously at that,” he said.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82medofrfl0

[greybeard]

'Virus Not As Infectious as We Think, 80-90% of Family Members of Patients Do Not Contract COVID'

In a 40-minute interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire Prof. Dileep Mavalankar was asked whether this means that Covid-19 is not as infectious a disease as we thought. In reply he said whilst that is one explanation he inclines towards the belief that the results show that everyone is not automatically susceptible to the disease. As he put it: “We need to rethink about the susceptibility of individuals to this virus”. As Prof. Dileep Mavalankar put it this means: “A lot of us are a lot safer than we thought we would be.”
Prof. Dileep Mavalankar told The Wire that his findings corroborate and seem to confirm the ‘immunological black matter’ theory propounded by Karl Friston, a neuro-scientist at University College London, who has argued that perhaps as many as 50% of any population do not become susceptible to a virus because of such factors as cross immunity and geographical isolation.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjQN44kjrSQ

[greybeard]

Peter Hitchens: ‘The media seems to have checked its brains in somewhere and forgotten the ticket’



Columnist Peter Hitchens has criticised the media and opposition parties for the way they scrutinised the government’s handling of coronavirus.

Speaking with talkRADIO’s Mike Graham, the journalist said: “Minds have completely closed to the possibility that this might have been a mistake.”



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXNks4mWNmE

[Bill Ryan]

I've only just seen this video, made by Dave Paulides on 2 April 2020 about the Skinwalker Ranch. But the reason I'm sharing that here is his last 3 minutes, starting at 16:45.

David has as much integrity, goodwill and intelligence as anyone might ever wish to see in one person. His comments — about American people going hungry, and how could this happen?? — are concise, accurate, heartfelt, and absolutely to be noted.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9zqOKi4jfg

[onawah]

Poll: 69 Percent of Americans Worried Fast-Tracked COVID-19 Vaccines Won’t Be Safe
by TVR Staff
Published August 10, 2020
https://thevaccinereaction.org/2020/08/poll-69-percent-of-americans-worried-about-safety-of-fast-tracked-covid-19-vaccine/

https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.141/bb3.b64.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/hold-up-701x467.jpg

"Numerous polls have been conducted during the last few months asking Americans if they would get a COVID-19 vaccine were it approved by the U.S. government and offered to the public. Polls in April-May 2020 showed that about half or more of those surveyed said they would get the vaccine. More recent polling, however, has shown a decline in the percentage of positive responses.

For example, in a nationwide poll of 1,000 adults taken by the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of Chicago during May 14-18, 49 percent of respondents said they would get vaccinated, while 20 percent said they would not. Thirty-one percent said they were unsure.1 Previous polls conducted in April and early May by YouGov/Yahoo! News, Morning Consult, and ABC News/Ipsos had registered even higher favorable responses for the percentage of Americans intending to get COVID-19 vaccines when they are licensed.

Only 43 Percent of Americans Intend to Get COVID-19 Vaccine Immediately
The April/May 2020 YouGov/Yahoo! News poll found that 55 percent of people surveyed said they would get a COVID-19 vaccine once it is licensed, while 19 percent said they would not and 26 percent said they were not sure. In the poll by Morning Consult, 64 percent said they would get the vaccine, compared to 14 percent who said they would not and 22 percent who said they were unsure.2 3 4

Of those polled by ABC News/Ipsos, 74 percent said they were either “somewhat” or “very likely” to get the vaccine, while 25 percent said they were either “not so likely” or “not likely at all” to get it.2 3 4

On July 26-27, a poll of 1,000 people conducted by WebMD showed that only 43 percent would get the vaccine during the first year it is available. An additional 30 percent said they were not sure and 28 percent said they would not get the vaccine.5 According to WebMD:

Of those who expressed uncertainty about getting vaccinated, 78% cited concerns about potential side effects, with 15% saying they believed the vaccine would not be effective in protecting against the virus.5

Worries About COVID-19 Vaccine Fast Tracking and Side Effects Main Reason for Hesitancy
Side effects, including serious (Grade 3) ones, have been reported during human clinical trials on experimental COVID-19 vaccines being developed by several leading pharmaceutical companies, including Moderna, Inc., CanSino Biologics, Inc., and a joint venture between Pfizer, Inc. and BioNTech SE.6

The latest poll conducted by YouGov/Yahoo! News during July 28-30 found that only 41 percent of those surveyed said they would get a COVID-19 vaccine when it is available, while 27 percent they would not and 32 said they were not sure.7 8

Data journalist Hoang Nguyen of YouGov said that 69 percent of those surveyed are “concerned about the safety of a vaccine being fast-tracked through the approval process.” Among those who do not trust health authorities such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “that level of concern soars to 81 percent,” Nguyen noted.7

Natalie Dean, PhD, assistant professor of biostatistics at the University of Florida, said:

I’m a vaccine researcher, and even I would place myself in the ‘not sure’ bucket. What we have right now is a collection of animal data, immune response data and safety data based on early trials and from similar vaccines for other diseases. The evidence that would convince me to get a COVID-19 vaccine, or to recommend that my loved ones get vaccinated, does not yet exist.8"

References:


ABC News, Associated Press, BioNTech, Cansino Biologics, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, COVID-19 vaccine, Hoang Nguyen, Ipsos, Marco Cáceres, Moderna, Morning Consult, Natalie Dean, National Vaccine Information Center, NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, NVIC, Pfizer, The Vaccine Reaction, University of Chicago, University of Florida, WebMD, Yahoo! News, YouGov

[Luke Holiday]

The following is a tribute to a man I got to know briefly when his show came to the US Air Force Base where I was stationed. A few years later, when I was was working security, his show came to town and I had to chance to chat with him for about 20 minutes - I remember him being a kind, funny and gentle giant...

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/kamal...093151388.html

James Harris, a former professional wrestler best known as Kamala, the “Ugandan Giant,” has died. He was 70.

“Unfortunately, the rumors were correct,” Kenny Casanova, coauthor of Harris’ autobiography, Kamala Speaks, wrote on Facebook. “To make matters worse, it was Corona that took him; he was one of the good ones.”

Harris shot to fame in the 1980s heyday of pro wrestling, battling superstars such as Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant and The Undertaker for World Wrestling Entertainment, then known as the WWF, or World Wrestling Federation

Wrestling icon Bret “The Hitman” Hart said Harris played “a terrifying monster” in the ring, with his tribal mask, face paint and body paint on his 6′7”, 380-pound frame. But the reality couldn’t have been more different.

“Unlike his heel character, he was one of the friendliest, nicest, happy-go-lucky guys I ever knew in pro wrestling,” Hart wrote on Instagram. “Always a kind and happy gentle soul. I’ll miss him for always being so good to me.”

Also unlike his character, Harris was not from Uganda. He was from Mississippi.

“I’ve never been to Uganda,” Harris told Bleacher Report in a 2014 profile:


In 2012, Harris told Memphis CBS station WREG that he was working as a truck driver when wrestler Jerry “The King” Lawler suggested the character to him.

“Lawler saw me and said I got a good idea for you,” Harris said. “He put the paint and stuff on me and they put the little skirt on me. I like doing that kind of stuff.”

Harris said the sport was good, but the money wasn’t and after increasingly sporadic appearances for a different organization, he finally tapped out of wrestling for good in 2010.

“People think I earned millions of dollars because I wrestled guys like Hogan,” Harris told The Tampa Bay Times last year. “That’s not the truth.”

Harris eventually went back to driving trucks until he suffered a series of health setbacks, losing both of his legs to diabetes in 2011. He was reportedly on life support in 2017 after a medical emergency.


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Yet his death is being attributed to Covid 19... Hmmm I am more than suspiciously curious about that... May he rest in peace.

“Kamala was one of the most believable monsters in wrestling,” wrote Casanova. “He played the role perfectly, but was also one of the nicest guys you could meet.”

Others also paid tribute to the gentle giant:





Blessings Luke

[thepainterdoug]

Thanks Luke for the post. Seems a good man and hope he has passed without much suffering. He is ,where we are all headed

as for covid, i reel when I hear the word. I dont trust it and dont much believe it, knowing the game and deception being played with the numbers the incentives the agendas, The diabetes alone tells me the story.

i have lost faith in most all institutions, and motives behind all reporting.

[Agape]

I wonder what are they going to do about tuberculosis. It’s still probably the most widespread infectious disease with possibility of air-born transmission killing 4000 people on the planet everyday and more than million people a year, according to statistics.

https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/live-world-death-totals

http://www.stoptb.org/covid19.asp

More than half of recorded cases are drug resistant, that means they can’t be successfully treated by any kind of antibiotic without residue.

It’s a silent killer and the medical community under guidelines of various gov agencies have been suppressing the admittance of its existence for years now,
quite like numbers concerning HIV transmissions and STDs.


Is there any simple answer to everything ? NO. But: simple hygienic rules and facilities missing in many countries are where the problem starts getting fixed.

Education about hand washing, water sanitation, life giving access to clean drinking water is where it starts getting fixed for many people.

I would also suggest total ban on various prostitution rings and human and animal trafficking as source cause for further looming epidemics.


There would not be any Covid 19 pandemics now if the world was decent place to exist in, in the previous years.

If nature can find its balance quite fastly, why not human kind. It does not matter how long is it going to take “us” because this situation can drag on indefinitely - foreseeably a decade before new state of balance will be found.

I understand that not everyone reading this had been exposed to the chaos “out there” and what has happened, elsewhere, on the roads and in various parts of the world including national parks and reserves, remote islands , last pieces of natural paradise. The brutality of headless humans in their heavy vehicles escaping en mass, fully equipped, for all their money only for 3 days.
If the same people understood what were they doing really, parked the vehicles somewhere and never went back, they would have my full empathy indeed.

As a result of that situation finding either safe personal distance or absence of smog, fumes, pollution and manmade garbage became difficult if not nearly impossible.

I’ve never seen such environmental devastation in my life yet as last year, closely followed by complete cultural wash down.
Thousands of “middle class tourists” following no normal manners anymore being queued and squeezed by still larger sea of humans( or cars).
Coughing, spitting and bumping to each other, with personal space reduced to inches.


For someone who is very human shy like me ( but hardly only me) the only direction to follow was “run”.

The loudspeakers of their devices used shamelessly to propagate them-selves as of each person hoped to overpower “everyone’s else’s music” were on at all times,
till late nights, together with new fancy forms of lightening their presence.
Days seemed to have late if any ends . The noise and lights, stopped ceasing for the rest.

I asked often through the peak of the autumn tourist season, is this not the beginning of the end of this civilisation.


This may take years for sure before a cleaner and more balanced world can be established from within,
the good news is ..it’s not too late because many of us still remember the state of environment before this latest human calamity started and I don’t know of any country, any regime, with holy exception of Bhutan perhaps who could “wash their hands” and walk away from this all easily without admitting logical link between their power engines, multimillion mining efforts, chemical and nuclear production and the rest and destruction we are facing.

💎

[Akasha]

Not entirely sure where to put this so it's going here for now. Basically old footage documenting Fauci's involvement in the labelling of HIV/AIDS as a virus (and the ensuing carnage courtesy of AZT) as analogous with COVID 19:


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Assuming the mod's deem it worthy, can it be added to the Library? It's been up five days and I suspect it's only a matter of time before the YT algorithms have their way with it.

[onawah]

MAINSTREAM MEDIA AND SCIENCE EXPOSES COVID-19 AS A HOAX
8/11/20
https://forbiddenknowledgetv.net/mainstream-media-and-science-exposes-covid-19-as-a-hoax/

Here's the Brighteon video, but it can't be embedded here:

https://brighteon.com/6c90531c-c278-40a1-9152-623b5bb05dc1

TRANSCRIPT

"In 2010, Forbes magazine accurately reported on the WHO’s fraudulent response to the Swine Flu. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe declared, “The false pandemic is one of the greatest medicine scams of the century.”

By their own rules, a pandemic requires “simultaneous epidemics worldwide, with enormous numbers of deaths and illness.” Eleven weeks into the outbreak, only 144 people had died worldwide. And the WHO declared a pandemic. Just one month before, they changed the rules – you could now have a pandemic with zero deaths. And when questioned, they claimed the old rule never existed.

The WHO Director, Dr. Margaret Chan then went on to push Left Wing politics; the redistribution of wealth for “equity” and “social justice” and claimed that a welfare state is not the enemy of Globalism.

Over $18 billion was misallocated on this fake pandemic. In 2005, Dr. Peter Doshi published a paper entitled, “Are US Flu Death Figures More PR than Science?” drawing upon data from the CDC.

The CDC bundles together influenza and pneumonia and counts them together, which is strange, because according to their own data, there are far more deaths caused by pneumonia than the flu. For example, out of the sixty-two thousand pneumonia and influenza deaths from 2001, only 18 cases were lab-confirmed influenza: 0.03%.

From 1979, there were an average of 58 influenza deaths per year. In 2004, CDC Director Glen Nowak gave a presentation, wherein he called upon the media to state concern and alarm, predict dire outcomes and urge influenza vaccination. The Flu Protection Act required the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct public influenza awareness campaigns preceding every flu season. Sales of the flu vaccine began skyrocketing, bringing in billions of dollars to the manufacturers. All for something that kills on average less than 100 people per year.

In 2007, The New York Times published an article entitled, “Faith in Quick Test Leads to Epidemic that Wasn’t.” It explains how the same PCR tests used now for COVID-19 misdiagnosed over 100 health workers in New Hampshire and rang the bell for a whooping cough epidemic that turned out to be just the common cold.

The PCR tests were never meant to detect a specific virus, and yet, they are being used today to detect COVID-19. The CDC even admits that the PCR test will detect any viral infection as COVID-19, including the common cold.

The current data from the CDC on COVID-19 shows the same fakery that we have seen so far. Just as the CDC falsely counted pneumonia deaths as influenza deaths in the past, they are now counting pneumonia and influenza as COVID-19. You can see it clearly in the CDC’s own data. Beginning in the end of March, right after the shutdown began in the US, peumonia and influenza deaths dropped to zero, just as COVID deaths began to surge.

COVID-19 is a quantifiable hoax. After years of Big Pharma fraud, we are witnessing their greatest swindle yet and the amount of people wearing masks only illustrates how effective their scam is.

Will the mask-wearers take the experimental vaccine for fear of what amounts to be the common cold?"

[onawah]

Good discussion
Urban Global Health Alliance was live.
3 hours ago · 8/11/20

https://www.facebook.com/UrbanGlobalHealthAlliance/videos/309825176792337/

309825176792337

[Delight]

Good discussion
Urban Global Health Alliance was live.
3 hours ago · 8/11/20

https://www.facebook.com/UrbanGlobalHealthAlliance/videos/309825176792337/UzpfSTEwMTExNTU3ODIzNDI3NjpWSzozMDk4MjUxNzY3OTIzMzc/

UzpfSTEwMTExNTU3ODIzNDI3NjpWSzozMDk4MjUxNzY3OTIzMzc/

yes... very good....

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link works

UrbanGlobalHealthAlliance (https://www.facebook.com/UrbanGlobalHealthAlliance/videos/309825176792337/?t=870)

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

[From June, but only found this now - apologies if already posted]

EMPTY COFFINS – EMPTY HOSPITAL – Brazilian MPs Expose Biggest Covid-19 Hoax Known To Date:

Members of the Brazilian parliament decided to confirm suspicions and break into a hospital that claimed to have 5,000 infected & 200 deaths from COVID-19, and found that the hospital had grossly over-represented the cases and its claims. There was in fact not a single person, they report, and the hospital was entirely empty and was obviously still under construction.

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Acting on a tip that something was going wrong at this hospital, five members of the Brazil parliament went to hospitals under encouragement by president Bolsonaro to break in & check to see the number of patients there.

This hospital was not even finished, but claiming it was treating 5000 people with COVID-19 while 200 were already dead. Officials broke in to check the claims and found the hospital is an absolute mess, not finished, and no patients.

The governor is apparently defrauding the state and the nation along with the citizen taxpayers, and lying about the stats. This is possibly an embezzlement scheme to help bring down the country, and to push vaccines based upon inflated numbers of Covid related deaths.

What was more shocking still was the decision to open the coffins supposedly awaiting transport to be buried, of coronavirus victims. Opening the coffins, the MP’s were shocked, but not surprised, when they were found to be empty.

https://fort-russ.com/2020/06/empty-coffins-empty-hospital-brazilian-mps-expose-biggest-covid-19-hoax-known-to-date/

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[Delight]

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[Tigger]

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Let's look at this article published on news.com.au today. In it we are shown an image of somebody giving a fellow passenger a foot massage on a flight to an undisclosed location.

Here is the link to the full story:
https://apple.news/AmgCW5DaVSFWMGa9qqVnbpQ

We're seeing the 'sheep and the sheepdog' mentality here, where we police each other.

One forgets to ask the obvious question, "How is it that, with all the rhetoric about social distancing, airlines seem to be exempt from this?"

Forget about the foot massaging (distraction) for a moment. Here in this image we can clearly see that it's a full flight, each seat well within the so-called 1.5m distancing rule. As everyone who's travelled in a public aircraft can attest, we're all crammed in there 'cheek by jowl'. Why are we allowing this to be okay, when, at the same time, we cannot allow the same level of social coherence in, say, pubs and clubs? Why is it okay for schools to be in session, but it's not okay to keep the cinemas, or sporting events open?

I don't expect a reasonable answer to the above. Indeed, I feel there cannot be a logical answer that any reasonably thinking individual would possibly accept.

So does the question then become, "why are we not thinking reasonably anymore?"

Perhaps it's way too easy to do nothing. That's like ignoring your phone bill until the telephone company cuts off your service. By then, of course it's too late to argue the point.

[greybeard]

The Doctor Is In: Scott Atlas and the Efficacy of Lockdowns, Social Distancing, and Closings



Recorded on June 18, 2020

Dr. Scott Atlas is the Robert Wesson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, an accomplished physician, and a scholar of public health. For several weeks, Dr. Atlas has been making the case in print and in other media that we as a society have overreacted in imposing draconian restrictions on movement, gatherings, schools, sports, and other activities. He is not a COVID-19 denier—he believes the virus is a real threat and should be managed as such. But, as Dr. Atlas argues, there are some age groups and activities that are subject to very low risk. The one-size-fits-all approach we are currently using is overly authoritarian, inefficient, and not based in science. Dr. Atlas’s prescription includes more protection for people in nursing homes, two weeks of strict self-isolation for those with mild symptoms, and most importantly, the opening of all K–12 schools. The latter recommendation is vital for restarting and maintaining the economy so that parents are not housebound trying to work and educate their children. Dr. Atlas is also adamant that an economic shutdown, and all of the attendant issues that go along with it, is a terrible solution—the cure is worse than the disease. Finally, Dr. Atlas reveals some steps he’s taken in his own life to try to get things back to normal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZqGSnVt8c8&t=230s

[Delight]

Major documentary confirmation of something many of us have come to know for certain in recent times: the entire COVID-19 world-shutdown is part of a live training and simulation exercise run by the unscrupulous WHO and United Nations, as documented in their Global Preparedness Monitoring Board's annual 2019 report and their International Health Regulations treaty of 2005—which 194/or 196 countries signed off on—which pretty much establishes a Global Government (of the WHO & United Nations, & the high-level international GMPB) along with their sponsors, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, & other unnamed donors.

People in office have failed their oaths to protect the people, and We the People need to wake up and do something definitive about it. Every government has been complicit in the destruction of their own country's economy, the vast suffering of their people brought on by these massive shutdowns and house-arrest assaults-on-the-psyche as people lost jobs, livelihood, purpose in life, social life, and were held back from any normalcy in going outdoors, even to sanctuaries in Nature but forced to wear masks in public instead and submit to police tyranny. Meanwhile, small and large businesses have crashed, families have been prevented from seeing their elderly relatives in hospice, many have died alone. Hospitals are cooking up numbers for COVID deaths, MSM plays out strings of new cases and new deaths.

DOCS HERE:

A World at Risk, 2019, Annual Report GPMB:
https://apps.who.int/gpmb/assets/annu...

International Health Regulations (2005)
https://www.who.int/ihr/publications/...


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[mountain_jim]

much longer thread at link

https://nitter.net/JamesTodaroMD/status/1292873236716433416#m



Aug 10
1/ There is growing evidence that T-cell immunity allows populations to reach herd immunity once only 10-20% are infected with SARS-CoV-2.

This would explain why a highly transmissible virus in densely populated areas peaked at 10-20% infected regardless of lockdowns or masks.
5:19 PM · Aug 10, 2020

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@JamesTodaroMD
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2/ The pervasive misconception is that we have zero immunity against COVID-19. Based on this flawed understanding, epidemiologists projected that herd immunity is not reached until 60-70% are infected.

This is almost certainly wrong.

Of course, the media ignores this research
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James Todaro, MD
@JamesTodaroMD
Aug 10
3/ While antibodies against COVID-19 may only last months, T cell immunity can remain protective for years.

In a study of 23 people who survived SARS in 2003, every single one had memory T cells that recognized the SARS virus 17 years later. (Nature)



https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2550-z



SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell immunity in cases of COVID-19 and SARS, and uninfected controls

Abstract

Memory T cells induced by previous pathogens can shape susceptibility to, and the clinical severity of, subsequent infections1. Little is known about the presence in humans of pre-existing memory T cells that have the potential to recognize severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Here we studied T cell responses against the structural (nucleocapsid (N) protein) and non-structural (NSP7 and NSP13 of ORF1) regions of SARS-CoV-2 in individuals convalescing from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (n = 36). In all of these individuals, we found CD4 and CD8 T cells that recognized multiple regions of the N protein. Next, we showed that patients (n = 23) who recovered from SARS (the disease associated with SARS-CoV infection) possess long-lasting memory T cells that are reactive to the N protein of SARS-CoV 17 years after the outbreak of SARS in 2003; these T cells displayed robust cross-reactivity to the N protein of SARS-CoV-2. We also detected SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells in individuals with no history of SARS, COVID-19 or contact with individuals who had SARS and/or COVID-19 (n = 37). SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells in uninfected donors exhibited a different pattern of immunodominance, and frequently targeted NSP7 and NSP13 as well as the N protein. Epitope characterization of NSP7-specific T cells showed the recognition of protein fragments that are conserved among animal betacoronaviruses but have low homology to ‘common cold’ human-associated coronaviruses. Thus, infection with betacoronaviruses induces multi-specific and long-lasting T cell immunity against the structural N protein. Understanding how pre-existing N- and ORF1-specific T cells that are present in the general population affect the susceptibility to and pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 infection is important for the management of the current COVID-19 pandemic.

[Delight]

I had not seen this video.

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[onawah]

Trump Taps Esteemed Anti-Fauci Stanford Doc for COVID Team – Huge Game Changer
Posted at 8:30 am on August 11, 2020 by Michael Thau
https://www.redstate.com/michael_thau/2020/08/11/trump-picks-lockdown-skeptic-dr-scott-atlas-as-new-covid-advisor/

"The last couple of weeks have been frustrating for the sizable chunk of Trump’s base who think lockdowns, untargeted social distancing, and forcing everyone to wear masks are neither effective nor necessary responses to COVID-19 and, in fact, are a much greater menace than the virus itself.

They believe we ought to finally start listening to the thousands of doctors and scientists that the drive-by media have gone out of their way to silence instead of blindly following the dictates of life-long bureaucrats who’ve been puffed up, pushed, and placed on a pedestal by professional purveyors of fake news like Jake Tapper and Chris Cuomo.

Many of the president’s strongest supporters agree with Tucker Carlson that the measures being hyped the hardest by Jerry Nadler and his fellow Democrats as well as the relentless state of panic the president’s enemies in the press have created don’t merely contradict the data.



Rep. Nadler
@RepJerryNadler
Wear a mask. Pass it on.

Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon
@RepMGS
Wear a mask. Pass it on.
4:11 PM · Jun 30, 2020

They think we’re witnessing a deliberate attempt to create a climate of fear and inflict maximal misery on the American people to give Biden a shot at beating Trump in November.
So, a lot of folks in the president’s corner couldn’t have been happier when he called out two of the media’s biggest lies about COVID-19 at a press conference last week.

Unfortunately, within a day the Trump campaign sent an email out to their fundraising list urging his supporters to abandon any convictions they may hold that it’s a terrible idea and start dutifully wearing masks just like Nadler and the rest of the president’s most bitter enemies are demanding.

And it wasn’t just signed by Trump. It was also written in an idiosyncratic style that seemed to indicate he may have actually composed it.

Whosever idea it was hopefully noticed that a lot of folks who should be Trump’s biggest supporters wound up neither convinced nor amused.


Breitbart News
@BreitbartNews
·
Aug 5, 2020
In an e-mail sent by his campaign, President Donald Trump said wearing masks is "something we should all try to do."
Trump Campaign Encourages Supporters to Wear Masks: 'We Have Nothing to Lose'
In an e-mail sent by his campaign on Monday, President Donald Trump said wearing masks is "something we should all try to do."
breitbart.com
Nemesis of Moose and Squirrel
@ComradeHadenov
He is trying to lose to a traitor, isn't he?
8:44 AM · Aug 5, 2020


And that’s one of the responses that was mild enough to quote. A lot of them, though admittedly creative, contained way too much profanity to do anything more than provide a link and a warning.

But those who were discouraged can take heart. At his press conference yesterday, the President announced that Dr. Scott Atlas is joining his team of COVID-19 advisors.


KUSI News
@KUSINews
·
Aug 10
President Trump announces Dr. Scott Atlas is now working with the coronavirus task force.

Dr. Scott Atlas has routinely appeared on #KUSINews to speak on our coronvirus response, most recently telling Americans not to panic as cases rise.

Watch: https://bit.ly/33KSba3

Better news would scarcely be possible.

If you haven’t heard of Dr. Atlas… well, that’s part of the problem. He’s the former chief of neuroradiology at Stanford University Medical Center and now a senior fellow at Stanford’s ultra-prestigious Hoover Institution (where conservative luminaries Thomas Sowell and Victor Davis Hanson also reside).

But apart from his impeccable credentials, Dr. Atlas is one of the thousands of medical experts the Democrats and their media enablers don’t want you to know about who’ve been trying to put the breaks on the suicidal, anti-science response to COVID-19 they’ve conned us into following.

Way back on April 22, Dr. Atlas penned an op-ed in The Hill whose title couldn’t have been clearer:

The data is in — stop the panic and end the total isolation.

He explained five facts about COVID-19 that were already apparent from the data we had a month after lockdowns started. But most Americans were totally unaware and, thanks to our corrupt and incompetent national press, still are.

Fact 1: The overwhelming majority of people do not have any significant risk of dying from COVID-19.
Fact 2: Protecting older, at-risk people eliminates hospital overcrowding.
Fact 3: Vital herd immunity is actually PREVENTED by total isolation policies, prolonging the problem.
Fact 4: People are dying from being denied other medical care due to hypothetical COVID-19 fatality projections that turned out to be garbage.
Fact 5: We have a clearly defined population at risk who can be protected with targeted measures.
Countless lives would’ve been saved and a heartbreaking amount of needless hardship and misery averted if more people had been aware of Dr. Atlas’s article back in April when it first appeared.

A month later, Trump’s new advisor tried to get the word out that lockdowns will wind up killing far more people than even the worst of the wildly inflated COVID-19 fatality projections claimed would die without them.

It’s a measure of how criminal Fauci’s leadership was that he somehow never even considered how many lives would be lost to canceled medical procedures and the well-established disastrous effects severe economic downturns have on life span.

Let alone the number of already struggling Americans who would kill themselves or overdose on drugs because the isolation and economic ruin he inflicted on them was too much to bear.

1. Saving the lives of the elderly.

(Cuomo doesn’t agree with you)

2. Saving the ones that survive from life long health issues.

(What about suicide victims, like my brother?) https://t.co/ZYYTdk6Va5 https://t.co/21AbVE5s25

— JWSpry 🇦🇶 (@JWSpry) July 14, 2020

And don’t even start with the “outside his purview” BS. Those are all straightforward medical casualties who died because of Fauci’s flagrant malpractice.

If you’ve got 50 minutes to check out an in-depth interview, you can watch Dr. Atlas discuss the catastrophic medical consequences of lockdowns as well as correct some grave misconceptions that Fauci and his media enablers have encouraged about social distancing in an interview he did for his Hoover Institution colleague Peter Robinson’s Uncommon Knowledge series. (A great resource for conservatives in general, by the way.)


Corey Andrews
@economicFreedom
https://youtu.be/kZqGSnVt8c8
Scott Atlas, MD interviewed by Peter Robinson on Uncommon Knowledge regarding Covid-19, social distancing, and lockdowns.
The Doctor Is In: Scott Atlas and the Efficacy of Lockdowns, Social...
Recorded on June 18, 2020 Dr. Scott Atlas is the Robert Wesson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, an accomplished physician, and a scholar of public he...
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See the latest COVID-19 information on Twitter

There’s also a shorter segment with Laura Ingraham in which she asked Dr. Atlas to explicitly respond to Fauci’s despicable attempts to keep us unjustifiably living in a state of perpetual fear when the reality is we’ve got the virus under control and the worst is clearly over.
Dr. Atlas on Laura Ingraham's news show from July: Fauci's Non-Factual Ominous Warning: Coronavirus Is A Perfect Storm - 7-23-20
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For everyone who expressed frustration because the many esteemed experts vehemently calling out Fauci’s pseudoscientific snake oil and warning of its catastrophic side effects weren’t getting any attention, it looks like the president may have heard you.

Still waiting for @realDonaldTrump to allow other ‘experts’ voices like Dr Michael Levitt, Karl Friston, Johan Giesecke Atlas, Blaylock, Denis Rancourt, Buttar and thousands of others doctors & scientists! Our country is going off dangerously off track! https://t.co/ABaugfIeUa

— Sierra Danté🇺🇸✝️🇫🇷 (@SierraDante) June 30, 2020

Apart from Jerry Nadler, Chris Cuomo, the other Democrats and fake-newsmen who’ve thus far managed to stifle any dissenting views on the crackpot response to COVID-19 they’ve dishonestly peddled, and those poised to rake in billions when the terrified masses start desperately lining up for the completely unnecessary and likely not very effective vaccine they’re franticly racing to develop, Dr. Atlas’s appointment is fantastic news for all Americans.

There’s finally some hope that the epidemic of madness that’s infected the nation these past five months might be coming to an end."

[Gwin Ru]

Details emerge of Vaccine Choice Canada lawsuit over coronavirus response (https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/coronavirus-charter-challenge-1.5680988)
Aylmer, Ont.-based anti-vaccination group filed suit in July, but CBC recently obtained unredacted copy
Colin Butler (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/colin-butler-1.3677031) · CBC News ·
Posted: Aug 13, 2020 4:00 AM ET
Last Updated: 3 hours ago


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A Toronto transit rider uses his cellphone next to a sign encouraging physical distancing. Cities, provinces and businesses across Canada have enacted measures such as mandatory mask rules as part of their response to the coronavirus. Vaccine Choice Canada and seven individuals are challenging some of those measures in Ontario Superior Court. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)

CBC News has obtained an unredacted copy of a lawsuit launched by an anti-vaccination advocacy group against the government response to the coronavirus crisis, the details of which can now be independently verified and publicly reported for the first time.

The lawsuit was filed by Aylmer, Ont.-based Vaccine Choice Canada and seven individuals in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto on July 6. The legal action is a challenge under Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms (https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/const/page-15.html) to the country's pandemic response measures, including compulsory face masks, the closure of businesses and the enforcement of physical distancing.

The plaintiffs are suing the governments of Canada and Ontario, the City of Toronto, senior politicians, a number of local Ontario health authorities, health officials and the CBC over their response to the pandemic.

The suit states that the closure of businesses to prevent the spread of the virus was "extreme, unwarranted and unjustified," that self-isolation measures imposed on individuals were "not scientific, nor medically based nor proven" and that the mandatory wearing of face coverings in some public spaces imposes "physical and psychological harm."

The lawsuit alleges that the measures violate Sections 2 (right of association), 7 (life, liberty and security of the person), 8 (unlawful search and seizure), 9 (arbitrary detention of enforcement officers) and 15 (equality before and under the law) of the charter.
"The measures ... are further not in accordance with the tenets of fundamental justice in their overbreadth, nor are they justified under S.1 of the charter in that they are demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society," the lawsuit states.
Names of plaintiffs redacted for fear of harassment
While copies of the 191-page statement of claim exist online, the names and stories of some of the individual plaintiffs have been redacted on the documents by the plaintiffs themselves. Social media posts from Rocco Galati, the lawyer representing the plaintiffs, said it was done out of precaution to protect the individuals from harassment.



Rocco Galati @roccogalatilaw (https://twitter.com/roccogalatilaw)

Here is the statement of claim filed in Ontario Superior Court.

https://vaccinechoicecanada.com/wp-content/uploads/vcc-statement-of-claim-2020-redacted.pdf (https://t.co/rULDUrXdQe?amp=1)

Some of the plaintiffs' names have been redacted to protect them from harassment.

3:25 PM · Jul 9, 2020·Twitter Web App (https://help.twitter.com/using-twitter/how-to-tweet#source-labels) CBC News has agreed not to name the individuals, who range from a former professor to working parents, a chiropractor and people living with chronic illnesses or disabilities.

No date has been set for when the case will go to court, and it's unclear whether a judge will allow it to proceed.

The lawsuit is seeking $1 million in general damages and $10 million in punitive damages, plus legal costs.

No statements of defence have been filed in the case.

Legal scholar says lawsuit has claims worth examining
Among the personal stories contained in the statement of claim is that of a 23-year-old Hamilton man with autism who has the emotional capacity of a four-year-old. His guardian claims in the suit that the man doesn't have the capacity to understand pandemic health measures, which have "totally mentally devastated" him by depriving him of his routines and his social and emotional network.

Another account is of a Mississauga woman who says she can't wear a mask because it triggers a traumatic memory of having a mask forcibly held over her face during a sexual assault.


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Protesters gather outside the Ontario Legislature in Toronto in May to demonstrate against government actions related to the coronavirus pandemic. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press)


The claim states the woman is often faced with a choice when she goes out in public without a mask: risk being embarrassed by disclosing her private history or be denied service at local businesses.
"I don't think we need to violate people's privacy or have them disclose medical conditions, particularly in the context of a private business," said Jacob Shelley, an assistant professor of health law and ethics at Western University in London, Ont., who examined an unredacted copy of the lawsuit provided by CBC News.
"We need to have a discussion about what does it mean to mandate masks. What does it mean to have everyone wear masks when you're indoors and you can't socially distance, because I think there are going to be legitimate instances where people are going to be unable or unwilling to wear a mask for reasons that really are their own.

"There's lucid, valid, potential issues that maybe are worth being adjudicated before the court."

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A sign encouraging physical distancing at Union Station in Toronto. The City of Toronto is one of the parties named in the suit. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)


Shelley said given the content of the lawsuit, a public debate over masks risks being overshadowed by other claims that aren't supported by science.
"The 'pandemic' is false, and the measures phony, designed and implemented for improper and ulterior purposes, at the behest of the WHO, controlled and directed by billionaire, corporate oligarchs," the statement of claim says.

"The plaintiffs state, and the fact is, that the evidence is that far many more people have died as a result of the 'pandemic' measures themselves than purportedly from the 'COVID-19 deaths,' even if one takes the deaths 'caused' by COVID as a given."

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A sign put up by Ottawa public health authorities specifying mask rules and who is exempt from them. The lawsuit alleges that measures such as mandatory mask-wearing are 'extreme, unwarranted and unjustified' and some may even impose 'physical and psychological harm.' (Kate Porter/CBC)


Other lawsuit claims
Other claims made in the lawsuit are unrelated to the coronavirus pandemic.
"Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology report the development of a novel way to record a patient's vaccination history by using smartphone-readable nano crystals called 'quantum dots,' embedded in the skin using micro-needles. In short, a vaccine chip embedded in the body. This work and research are funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation," the lawsuit said.
The statement of claim includes a timeline that begins in the year 2000 when Bill Gates steps down as the head of Microsoft to start the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It also states Gates expects a "'twenty-fold' return on his $10 billion vaccine investment within the next few decades."

Included in the timeline are references to the Chinese military, 5G networks, international vaccine programs and the Rockefeller Foundation as relevant to the creation and spread of the coronavirus, but the lawsuit isn't clear on how.

Shelley said including such references in the statement of claim without providing supporting scientific evidence could ultimately be what gets the suit dismissed before it goes to trial under Ontario's rules of civil procedure (https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/900194).


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Toronto lawyer Rocco Galati, who is representing plaintiffs in the suit, initially agreed to speak to CBC News but then did not respond to follow-up requests for comment. (Trevor Hagan/The Canadian Press)


CBC News reached out multiple times to Galati, who is listed as the spokesperson for the lawsuit in a press release issued by Vaccine Choice Canada. He spoke with a reporter last Wednesday but did not agree to an on-the-record interview.

Galati told CBC News he would be available last Thursday for a recorded interview but did not respond to requests for comment on Thursday or the following Monday.

The CBC has also been named as a defendant in the lawsuit for allegedly propagating misinformation and "false news" about the coronavirus crisis.

Vaccine Choice Canada has also issued an intent to sue the CBC over other coverage relating to the anti-vaccination and anti-mask movements.
About the Author
Colin Butler (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/colin-butler-1.3677031) Video Journalist

Colin Butler is a veteran CBC reporter who's worked in Moncton, Saint John, Fredericton, Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo, Hamilton and London, Ont. Email: colin.butler@cbc.ca

[Delight]

Back to school information. I learned here today that methanol in hand sanitizer is poisonous.

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WATCH THIS PLEASE EVERYONE. If cannot see on facebook, then go to https://thehighwire.com/watch/ on thehighwire.com

[Sarah Rainsong]

I have been seeing many headlines (https://news.google.com/search?q=sanitizer&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen) the past few weeks about toxins in hand sanitizers and the list of recalls has been growing very long (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/health/fda-hand-sanitizer-recall.html).

Kinda makes me wonder. Maybe it's simply crooks trying to capitalize on the shortage. Maybe there's more to it than that. Who knows? :noidea:

[onawah]

CHD Will Sue the University of California Over Mandatory Flu Vaccine Policy
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Chair, Children’s Health Defense
AUGUST 13, 2020
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/news/chd-sues-the-university-of-california-over-mandatory-flu-vaccine-policy/?utm_source=salsa&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=2f16dc3e-33da-45fb-920e-b65f900faa02
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/uploads/Image-8-13-20-at-7.08-PM-800x417.jpg

"Dr. Janet Napolitano says mandatory flu shots will “lessen the chance of being infected with COVID.” However, prevailing research suggests that flu vaccines actually raise the risk from coronavirus infection.

A January 2020 US Pentagon study (Wolff 2020) found that the flu shot INCREASES the risks from coronavirus by 36%. “Receiving influenza vaccination may increase the risk of other respiratory viruses, a phenomenon known as “virus interference…’vaccine derived’ virus interference was significantly associated with coronavirus…”

Many other studies suggest the increased risk of viral respiratory infections, including coronavirus, following vaccination for influenza.

A 2018 CDC study (Rikin et al 2018) found that flu shots increase the risk of non-flu acute respiratory illnesses (ARIs), including coronavirus, in children.
A 2011 Australian study (Kelly et al 2011) found that flu shots doubled the risk for non-flu viral lung infections.
A 2012 Hong Kong study (Cowling et al 2012) found that flu shots increase the risk for non-flu respiratory infections by 4.4 times.
A 2017 study (Mawson et al 2017) found vaccinated children were 5.9 times more likely to suffer pneumonia than their unvaccinated peers.
Children’s Health Defense is aware of a contrary study published last month by Gunther Fink et. al. That report appears to conclude that flu vaccines may be prophylactic against coronavirus. The study, of Brazilian populations, has many dubious unexplained outcomes including a 47% death rate among study subjects, raising numerous unanswered questions about the methodology and validity of this research. UC campuses should not be encouraging flu shots until we have unambiguous science supporting efficacy against COVID.

If you want to join our fight against the “UC Jab” visit CHD and fill out the form. Please include details about your opposition to this mandate. We would like plaintiffs representing all the UC system schools and disciplines."

[greybeard]

Part 1 of 4 - Roundtable Discussion with Dr. Judy Mikovits | Dr. Rashid A Buttar



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Leg75TPfLIQ

For more info, visit https://www.AskDrButtar.com/livestream

Dr. Judy Mikovits spent 22 years at the NIH, did many of the "gain of function" studies on Ebola, etc. When she realized vaccines caused autism and cancer, she spoke out. She was threatened that her career would end, her life was threatened, and finally, she was framed and sent to jail. Guess who threatened her? She had a 5-year gag order where she couldn't talk about the truth or she would be sent back to jail. She now speaks out. This is a 4 part series, which will be released every day until all 4 parts will be out.

And yes, "Part 6: Covid-19 Conspiracy? Empowering Yourself", is coming out in the next few days. Just be patient...you need this info first!

[Gwin Ru]

President Trump has chosen a new coronavirus advisor who opposes lockdowns and believes the virus is actually under control. Will Fauci start packing his bags? (https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/president-trump-has-chosen-a-new-coronavirus-advisor-who-opposes-lockdowns-and-believes-the-virus-is-actually-under-control-will-fauci-start-packing-his-bags/)

by IWB (https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/author/maizipeng/)
August 13, 2020 (https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/president-trump-has-chosen-a-new-coronavirus-advisor-who-opposes-lockdowns-and-believes-the-virus-is-actually-under-control-will-fauci-start-packing-his-bags/)

Will presidential hopeful Joe Biden choice of a pro-war authoritarian as his running mate give him the edge over Trump? Is there any issue Kamala Harris is not terrible on from a libertarian point of view?

But there is good news out of Washington: President Trump has chosen a new coronavirus advisor who opposes lockdowns and believes the virus is actually under control. Will Fauci start packing his bags?



Great News From Washington (And It's NOT Kamala Harris!) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR9gSOEv0ro&feature=emb_logo) (starts at 12:50 mark) 32:06

Streamed live on Aug 12, 2020

https://yt3.ggpht.com/a/AATXAJxXRP3eJD32tfTYHkd2Y-ecbzsFgYFdCZ-x5n-Y=s48-c-k-c0xffffffff-no-rj-mo (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkJ1N-7g9Q6n7KnriGit-Ig) RonPaulLibertyReport (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkJ1N-7g9Q6n7KnriGit-Ig)

KR9gSOEv0ro
(catch the muted segment here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne0cfLCGWR8)

[Philippe]

UK coronavirus LIVE: Brits returning from France face paying hundreds of pounds as Grant Shapps says it's 'no surprise' it's now on quarantine list

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/coronavirus/uk-coronavirus-live-brits-returning-from-france-face-paying-hundreds-of-pounds-as-grant-shapps-says-it-s-no-surprise-it-s-now-on-quarantine-list/ar-BB17X4wR?ocid=spartan-ntp-feeds

More harassment for British friends here in France as the scamdemic of the "second wave" continues unabated. Never in my life the scare for a virus continued after the flew season finished. The errors in counting the tests have already been admitted in the UK. And the more they test the more they find... What a fraud to maintain the pressure for an evil marketing plan. Looking forward for more manifestations all over Europe but the people in the Paris capital region are probably subdued by the enforcement of mask wearing and the threats of heavy fines for non compliance.

[Tintin]

Here's an interesting commentary from a Sean Walsh writing for Conservatives Global

Source: https://conservatives.global/a-positive-test-does-not-make-you-a-covid-19-case/

A positive test does not make you a Covid-19 case
written by Sean Walsh August 12, 2020



I cannot help thinking that the “second wave” of this virus is a bit like the Victorian legend of “Spring Heeled Jack”: a useful fiction intended to keep the children quiet. In both cases there are sightings which do not, by themselves, add up to any existential certainty. Jack has, of course, inherited this policing role from the dreaded “R” number, which even the most thick-headed members of the commentariat are beginning to suss is of no use when infection rates are low.

So, the PM has pivoted. With its now-familiar casual dishonesty the Government is alerting us to “spikes” in “cases” in some parts of the country. As with most deception, the deceit resides in the language. There are no spikes in cases, there are increases in positive tests (entirely consistent with increases in test activity – and in fact explained by them). A case is not the same as a positive test unless you think it is of no significance whether someone has symptoms or not.

There is a qualitative and very consequential difference between testing positive for this virus and being a “case” of it. This is a distinction the Johnson-Whitty-Hancock axis of perpetual control seems to have decided to collapse. From the start of this crisis the government hid behind very second-rate scientists to project an interpretation of correct response which was purely numbers-based. Mathematics is the Queen of the Sciences: it does not follow that important qualitative distinctions are never invisible to Her.

Instead of informing us of epidemiological risk, the PM decided in March to deprive us of the right to assess our lives for ourselves. This amounted to more than a confiscation of our civil liberties. It was also an assault upon our personal systems of value. Some of us do not believe that death is the worst thing that can happen to us. Some of us do not believe that illness is to be avoided at all cost. Some of us prefer to live our lives within a framework of belief in the transcendent. Johnson’s interventions in March were a form of secular aggression against that preference.

And this has been the problem. I do not want my PM to be religious. But I want a Conservative PM to at the least have a religious sensibility. I want those who presume to govern me to have humility. I want them to know that however powerful they seem to be in the moment that history is laughing at them from the perspective of the longer term. I would prefer them to understand that you do not defeat a virus by looking into a TV camera and announcing that we all must stay at home.

This Government has no such sensibility and its response to Covid-19 has amounted to little more than a numbers game. And because they have promoted quantification over value they are in a fix. There are real considerations of value which by their nature escape the variables of the grubby calculus of mortality which dominated the narrative in March.

There is no possibility, logically, of a second national lockdown because if one is imposed there will be no “nation” left to emerge from it. The bonds that tie a nation together are difficult to understand and therefore easy to accidentally destroy.

The public has been infantilised to the extent that it has become normal to see parents put masks on their children. A very logical consequence of the assumption that a Government has the right to make it difficult for us to smile at each other in public places.

This is last chance stuff. The spiritual crisis is that pronounced.

The proper attitude to the possibility of a “second wave” is one of acceptance – a primary Christian sensibility which all conservatives should be happy to cultivate.

I would imagine – hope – that every parent who told their child the tale of Spring Heeled Jack knew deep down that the inculcation of fear is very dubious, morally. I am not sure this dysfunctional, patrician and unconservative Government has that level of compassion. Or understanding. Or even that it cares very much.

______________

SEAN WALSH
Sean has a PhD in the philosophy of mind/artificial intelligence and has taught philosophy at tertiary level in several universities. He now lives in Wiltshire where he works with recovering addicts and writes about and researches the metaphysics of addiction.

[greybeard]

A lot of Info here --check out the case updates too.


https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/the-coronavirus-act-2020/

Also keep Britain free web site

https://www.keepbritainfree.com/so/04NFeJo1j?cid=315994af-9d0b-4702-b547-87a51880673c#/main

Chris

[Bill Ryan]

Remarkable information — if it's accurate — reported by John Campbell (who I track, but don't normally endorse: he's way too mainstream and not all that bright).

It seems that Covid is barely impacting any African nations, apart from (perhaps) in South Africa.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQcS-UWBq4Q

[Olam]

Remarkable information — if it's accurate — reported by John Campbell (who I track, but don't normally endorse: he's way too mainstream and not all that bright).

It seems that Covid is barely impacting any African nations, apart from (perhaps) in South Africa.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQcS-UWBq4Q

I would say he appears not that bright as he is following the basic minimum requirements from the WHO. If he does have a different opinion on all this, he is not showing it.
I feel for him it's a balancing act as to stay pertinent with people siding with the WHO and also getting good info out there that you don't get in the media.
He still has a channel..!

[syrwong]

Amid all the noises, Vernon Coleman has always pointed to the most important truths in his 15 min. videos.

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[onawah]

Not to be missed! See: http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?110506-Covid19-Cui-Bono-Is-there-an-agenda&p=1372459&viewfull=1#post1372459
As follows: "DR. ROBERT YOUNG on Camelot: VACCINES, VIRUSES, HCQ, NANO & RADIATION
August 6, 2020
https://projectcamelotportal.com/2020/08/06/dr-robert-young-viruses-hcq-and-more/

"I received the following statement and articles from Dr. Robert Young regarding viruses and vaccines:

..”The virus has never been identified, isolated, purified and cultured and proven to cause infections. So what is a virus – chemical and radiation poisoning. The rest is just a fairy tale that virologists like to tell themselves to give them a purpose. Virology is a religion based upon the faith that a virus might exist. It is the smoke screen for Big Pharma to poison babies, children and adults to reduce the surplus population for money. The viral theory is pure propaganda and Luciferian.”–Dr Robert O. Young

Hi Kerry, I wanted you to be aware the the vaccine from Moderna will kill millions in the name of a fake virus. I am sure you have heard that Moderna is in stage 3 of their vaccine testing. If all goes “well”, which it will (as a killer poison) it’ll become federal law in the USA for mandatory vaccination. Here’s something you may not know. Guess who the first CEO of Moderna was? A Cornell graduate by the name of Anthony Fauci, who was a roommate with none other than Bill Gates. Are you paying attention? It was at Cornell that Bill Gates designed the RFID (Radio-frequency identification) and patented it under US2006257852. Are you awake yet? Now let’s really go down the rabbit hole. Moderna was a pharmaceutical company that started in Germany under the name IG Farben. IG Farben is infamous for it’s mass production of Zyklon-B, the primary gas used to kill millions during the Holocaust. After Germany fell, IG Farben was dissolved and its assets sold off by a Nazi turned American by the name of, you guessed it, George Soros. Soros rebranded the company as Moderna. And who was the primary stockholder of Moderna until his death? Jeffrey Epstein. His role in Moderna is where he made his fortune and established his connections. Let that sink in. Please help wake up the people! We are all being conditioned and controlled. Please share this information with everyone you love and care about.

Link to article:
www.drrobertyoung.com/post/air-pollution-poisoning-at-ground-zero-wuhan-china "
Much more here: http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?110506-Covid19-Cui-Bono-Is-there-an-agenda&p=1372459&viewfull=1#post1372459

[greybeard]

Forbidden Truths


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlS9eaKYXqU


International best-selling author, Dr Vernon Coleman MB ChB DSc FRSA, explains how and why politicians, scientists and the media are terrorising the public and giving a vastly exaggerated idea of the danger of covid-19. Dr Coleman also explains that the tests being used to check for covid-19 are ludicrously inaccurate and could be used to sustain the myth of covid-19 long after the disease has disappeared. He shows why parents may have to think about saying 'goodbye' forever when they send their children to school.
For more unbiased information about other important matters, please visit http://www.vernoncoleman.com The transcripts of the videos that YouTube banned are also on the website.

[Tintin]

From James Todaro MD today on Twitter:

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And the paper:

Robust T cell immunity in convalescent individuals with asymptomatic or mild
COVID-19 (https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0092-8674%2820%2931008-4)

Also in the Avalon Library (http://avalonlibrary.net/Coronavirus_%28Wuhan_2019-nCov%29/Papers%20%28other%29/Robust_T%20cell_immunity_in_convalescent_individuals_with_asymptomatic_or_mild_Covid-19_%28Sekine%20et%20al%20August%202020%29.pdf)

http://avalonlibrary.net/Coronavirus_%28Wuhan_2019-nCov%29/Papers%20%28other%29/Robust_T%20cell_immunity_in_convalescent_individuals_with_asymptomatic_or_mild_Covid-19_%28Sekine%20et%20al%20August%202020%29.pdf

[greybeard]

Patients who tested positive for Covid 'were knowingly sent in to Scottish care homes'

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/patients-tested-positive-covid-were-190215218.html

Nicola Sturgeon is facing new questions over her management of care homes after it emerged that patients who had tested positive for Covid-19 were sent from hospitals to the facilities.

At least five health boards knowingly discharged infectious elderly patients into care homes in the early stages of the pandemic, it emerged on Sunday, as the NHS desperately tried to clear beds to prepare for an expected onslaught of coronavirus patients.

The transfers were described as “like putting a lit match to dry tinder” by a public health expert while opposition MSPs described the revelation as “astonishing” and “almost beyond belief”.

Freedom of Information responses, obtained by The Sunday Post from health boards, suggest that at least 37 patients who had tested positive were discharged to care homes. This took place across five health boards - Ayrshire and Arran, Grampian, Tayside, Fife and Lanarkshire.

[greybeard]

Report calls for 'digital coronavirus passports' to help open up the economy and beat travel curbs

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/report-calls-digital-coronavirus-passports-160255092.html

Report calls for 'digital coronavirus passports' to help open up the economy and beat travel curbs
Amy Jones
The Telegraph

Digital 'coronavirus-status passports' could be used to scrap blanket lockdown measures and free up vast swathes of the economy, a new report, backed by former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, has urged.

Under the proposals, people would be tested as often as every two weeks for coronavirus and keep their results in a app on their phone.

Passport holders would be able to scan an individual QR code to get into restaurants and sports venues, meaning businesses would be able to reduce social distancing requirements.

Those who test negative would also avoid the need for quarantining when crossing borders.

The report from the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change advocates for the implementation of 'digital' passports as part of wider calls for mass testing.

In a foreword to the report, Mr Hunt writes: "We know there is a delicate balance to be struck between health and economic concerns.

"We also know that the two are inextricably linked: an economy in freefall causes immense physical and mental harm and the uncertainty of lockdowns will lead to deep and lasting economic damage.

“Having the confidence to return to work and for consumers to interact with businesses is now a must, but it can only be achieved by learning to live alongside the virus. Short of a safe vaccine, mass testing is the only way to realise this.”

The paper, which is also backed by former Prime Minister Tony Blair and ex-leader of the Conservative Party William Hague, argues for “Covid-19 status passports” to help open up the economy further.

The report’s author, strategic adviser at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Ryan Wain said: “It’s almost a passport back to normality. It would allow restaurants to open closer to full capacity, it could help get crowds back in sports stadiums.

“It’s really important for the economy to eventually remove and reduce social distancing and I see the passport as a way of doing that. It would also allow people to travel more freely and enable mass quarantine to be scaled down.”

Mr Wain said the suggestion was different to an “immunity passport”, which was previously touted as a potential route out of the coronavirus pandemic.

In May, the Health Secretary Matt Hancock hinted that immunity certificates could be issued to those who had already recovered from coronavirus in order to enable them to return to a more normal way of life.

However, Mr Wain noted that “evidence is still in flux about how long immunity lasts”, with some studies suggesting it can last for as little as three months.

The paper also argues the Government should look to the football Premier League’s success with mass testing which works by “removing the threat posed by non-symptomatic spreaders".

The Premier League tests every player and staff member across all 20 clubs twice every week in order to find asymptomatic cases.

[Delight]

Made me decide to never carry my phone around with me.

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[Olam]

Made me decide to never carry my phone around with me.

rx0vUl-8LII

I deliberately stopped updating the software on my iphone to the last update before they started installing the framework for tracing apps. ( I have 13.4.1 on a SE).
My phone keeps bugging me to update but I will have none of it...!
:happythumbsup:

[syrwong]

Report calls for 'digital coronavirus passports' to help open up the economy and beat travel curbs

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/report-calls-digital-coronavirus-passports-160255092.html

Report calls for 'digital coronavirus passports' to help open up the economy and beat travel curbs
Amy Jones
The Telegraph

Digital 'coronavirus-status passports' could be used to scrap blanket lockdown measures and free up vast swathes of the economy, a new report, backed by former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, has urged.


The cabals have been very creative in introducing various measures that normal people cannot imagine. Like writing a composition, once the topic "coronavirus" is given, they can go as far as they want. Not very different from "What to do when the earth is invaded by invisible aliens?".

[Bill Ryan]

From Zero Hedge, yesterday.

(My own comment) The virus continues to mutate. Conventional vaccines may not be able to do anything about this, just as with other continually mutating coronaviruses, like the common cold. But T-cell immunity (which recognizes earlier encounters with similar but non-identical coronaviruses) may be how herd immunity is eventually reached.


https://zerohedge.com/markets/covid-19-mutation-thats-10-times-more-infectious-original-discovered-malaysia

COVID-19 Mutation that's "10 Times More Infectious" than the Original is Discovered in Malaysia

17 August, 2020

The English-language press is generally no fan of Philippines' pseudo-'Strongman' Rodrigo Duterte (half of the Americans who know who he is probably mistakenly believe him to be an autocrat due to the general tone of the coverage, although he was Democratically elected). Nonetheless, they've begrudgingly given him credit for his military-imposed lockdowns, and for reimposing the restrictive measures in and around Manila. Still, none of this has stopped Southeast Asia's biggest outbreak from clearly still has a long way to go to bring COVID-19 to heel.

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And as South Korea is showing us right now, the virus can be surprisingly difficult to eradicate completely, just one more reason why the world needs to find a more sustainable way to live with COVID-19, rather than resorting to lockdowns as the only tool in the kit.

But there's one variable that could upend all of this thinking, and effectively force all vulnerable populations into strict lockdown mode: that would be a mutation that causes it to become even more deadly. As Dr. Fauci (https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/dr-fauci-warns-mutations-could-make-covid-19-more-infectious) once warned, mutations could make the virus more virulent and more infectious (https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/dr-fauci-warns-mutations-could-make-covid-19-more-infectious), and there's already some evidence that certain strains of the virus are much deadlier than others. (https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/its-unlike-anything-weve-seen-hong-kong-discovers-covid-19-mutation-makes-virus-30)



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And as Bloomberg reported (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-17/malaysia-detects-virus-strain-that-s-10-times-more-infectious?sref=i4qXzk6d) on Monday, Southeast Asia - Malaysia specifically - has seen evidence that a certain mutation is more infectious, just like other mutations catalogued in the UK, NY and elsewhere. (https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/not-just-accidental-how-one-coronavirus-mutation-helped-virus-conquer-globe) They call the mutation "D614G". It's also the "predominant variation of the virus" seen in Europe and the US - meaning it's the same "world-conquering" virus we reported on back in June. (https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/not-just-accidental-how-one-coronavirus-mutation-helped-virus-conquer-globe)
Southeast Asia is facing a strain of the new coronavirus that the Philippines, which faces the region’s largest outbreak, is studying to see whether the mutation makes it more infectious.
The strain, earlier seen in other parts of the world and called D614G, was found in a Malaysian cluster of 45 cases that started from someone who returned from India and breached his 14-day home quarantine. The Philippines detected the strain among random Covid-19 samples in the largest city of its capital region.
The mutation “is said to have a higher possibility of transmission or infectiousness, but we still don’t have enough solid evidence to say that that will happen,” Philippines’ Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a virtual briefing on Monday.
And now, we can add 'Southeast Asia' to its list of conquered territory.

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Though the often intransigent WHO has yet to fully acknowledge the mutation's potential, it "is said to have a higher possibility of transmission or infectiousness, but we still don’t have enough solid evidence to say that that will happen," Philippines' Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire told BBG.
Keputusan terkini baru diterima dari makmal Institut Penyelidikan Perubatan (IMR): seperti disyaki mutasi jenis D614G...
Posted by Noor Hisham Abdullah (https://www.facebook.com/DGHisham/) on Saturday, August 15, 2020 (https://www.facebook.com/DGHisham/posts/3552118904811972)Some argue the mutation won't have an impact on vaccines being developed. But we can't say any of this with 100% certainty, as much as some scientists would like to dismiss the risks out of hand.

One HK University professor told BBG that the mutation "might be a little bit more contagious. We haven’t yet got enough evidence to evaluate that, but there’s no evidence that it’s a lot more contagious,” University of Hong Kong’s Cowling said.

Others have claimed it's "ten times more infectious" than the original.

Still, as more evidence suggests that the variation is linked to higher levels of mortality, understanding its potential will be key to bringing the vicious pandemic to heel.

[mountain_jim]

Made me decide to never carry my phone around with me.

rx0vUl-8LII

I deliberately stopped updating the software on my iphone to the last update before they started installing the framework for tracing apps. ( I have 13.4.1 on a SE).
My phone keeps bugging me to update but I will have none of it...!
:happythumbsup:

I also refused to update my phone once I became aware of the contact tracing app to be included.

[Delight]

Another outspoken nurse....

NURSE Kate Shemirani
LONDON DEMO TRAFALGER SQ ON 29TH AUGUST 2020

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[onawah]

CHD Legal Team Led by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Sues Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, and Three of Facebook’s So-Called “Fact-Checkers”
AUGUST 18, 2020
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/press-release/chd-legal-team-led-by-robert-f-kennedy-jr-sues-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-and-three-of-facebooks-so-called-fact-checkers-for-government-sponsored-censorship-false-dispar/?utm_source=salsa&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=c7fdee09-44db-495a-8e00-0503e94690a4

"…for Government-Sponsored Censorship, False Disparagement and Wire-Fraud


An online press conference will take place Wednesday, 8.19.20 at 3:00 p.m. ET with the legal team and a key witness whose online content Facebook falsely disparaged.

Washington, DC—August 18, 2020—Children’s Health Defense (CHD) filed a lawsuit on Monday in San Francisco Federal Court charging Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, and three fact-checking outfits with censoring truthful public health posts and for fraudulently misrepresenting and defaming CHD. CHD is a non-profit watchdog group that roots out corruption in federal agencies, including Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and exposes wrongdoings in the Pharmaceutical and Telecom industries. CHD has been a frequent critic of WiFi and 5G Network safety and of certain vaccine policies that CHD claims put Big Pharma profits ahead of public health. CHD has fiercely criticized agency corruption at WHO, CDC and FCC.

REGISTER NOW: https://childrenshealthdefense.org/press-release/chd-legal-team-led-by-robert-f-kennedy-jr-sues-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-and-three-of-facebooks-so-called-fact-checkers-for-government-sponsored-censorship-false-dispar/?utm_source=salsa&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=c7fdee09-44db-495a-8e00-0503e94690a4#register

According to CHD’s Complaint, Facebook has insidious conflicts with the Pharmaceutical industry and its captive health agencies and has economic stakes in telecom and 5G. Facebook currently censors CHD’s page, targeting its purge against factual information about vaccines, 5G and public health agencies.

Facebook acknowledges that it coordinates its censorship campaign with the WHO and the CDC. While earlier court decisions have upheld Facebook’s right to censor its pages, CHD argues that Facebook’s pervasive government collaborations make its censorship of CHD a First Amendment violation. The government’s role in Facebook’s censorship goes deeper than its close coordination with CDC and WHO. The Facebook censorship began at the suggestion of powerful Democratic Congressman and Intelligence Committee Chairman Representative Adam Schiff, who in March 2019 asked Facebook to suppress and purge internet content critical of government vaccine policies. Facebook and Schiff use the term “misinformation” as a euphemism for any statement, whether truthful or not, that contradicts official government pronouncements. The WHO issued a press release commending Facebook for coordinating its ongoing censorship campaign with public health officials. That same day, Facebook published a “warning label” on CHD’s page, which implies that CHD’s content is inaccurate, and directs CHD followers to turn to the CDC for “reliable, up to date information.” This is an important First Amendment case that tests the boundaries of government authority to openly censor unwanted critique of government

Attorneys Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Roger Teich, and Mary Holland represent Children’s Health Defense in the litigation.

The lawsuit also challenges Facebook’s use of so-called “independent fact-checkers” – which, in truth, are neither independent nor fact-based – to create oppositional content on CHD’s page, literally superimposed over CHD’s original content, about open matters of scientific controversy. To further silence CHD’s dissent against important government policies and its critique of Pharmaceutical products, Facebook deactivated CHD’s donate button, and uses a variety of deceptive technology (i.e. shadow banning) to minimize the reach and visibility of CHD’s content. In short, Facebook and the government colluded to silence CHD and its followers. Such tactics are fundamentally at odds with the First Amendment, which guarantees the American public the benefits to democracy from free flow of information in the marketplace of ideas. It forbids the government from censoring private speech—particularly speech that criticizes government policies or officials. As Justice Holmes famously said, “the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market.” The current COVID pandemic makes the need for open and fierce public debate on health issues more critical than ever.

Mark Zuckerberg publicly claims that social media platforms shouldn’t be “the arbiters of truth.” This case exposes Zuckerberg for working with the government to suppress and purge unwanted critiques of government officials and policies.

The court will decide whether Facebook’s new government-directed business model of false and misleading “warning labels,” deceptive “fact-checks,” and disabling a non-profit’s donate button, passes muster under the First and Fifth Amendments, the Lanham Act, and RICO. Those statutes protect CHD against online wire-fraud, false disparagement, and knowingly false statements.

CHD asks the Court to declare Facebook’s actions unconstitutional and fraudulent, and award injunctive relief and damages.

During the press conference, lawyers will take questions from the media and concerned citizens. Register below to receive a link to the press conference."

CHD Will Sue the University of California Over Mandatory Flu Vaccine Policy
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Chair, Children’s Health Defense
AUGUST 13, 2020
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/news/chd-sues-the-university-of-california-over-mandatory-flu-vaccine-policy/?utm_source=salsa&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=2f16dc3e-33da-45fb-920e-b65f900faa02
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"Dr. Janet Napolitano says mandatory flu shots will “lessen the chance of being infected with COVID.” However, prevailing research suggests that flu vaccines actually raise the risk from coronavirus infection.

A January 2020 US Pentagon study (Wolff 2020) found that the flu shot INCREASES the risks from coronavirus by 36%. “Receiving influenza vaccination may increase the risk of other respiratory viruses, a phenomenon known as “virus interference…’vaccine derived’ virus interference was significantly associated with coronavirus…”

Many other studies suggest the increased risk of viral respiratory infections, including coronavirus, following vaccination for influenza.

A 2018 CDC study (Rikin et al 2018) found that flu shots increase the risk of non-flu acute respiratory illnesses (ARIs), including coronavirus, in children.
A 2011 Australian study (Kelly et al 2011) found that flu shots doubled the risk for non-flu viral lung infections.
A 2012 Hong Kong study (Cowling et al 2012) found that flu shots increase the risk for non-flu respiratory infections by 4.4 times.
A 2017 study (Mawson et al 2017) found vaccinated children were 5.9 times more likely to suffer pneumonia than their unvaccinated peers.
Children’s Health Defense is aware of a contrary study published last month by Gunther Fink et. al. That report appears to conclude that flu vaccines may be prophylactic against coronavirus. The study, of Brazilian populations, has many dubious unexplained outcomes including a 47% death rate among study subjects, raising numerous unanswered questions about the methodology and validity of this research. UC campuses should not be encouraging flu shots until we have unambiguous science supporting efficacy against COVID.

If you want to join our fight against the “UC Jab” visit CHD and fill out the form. Please include details about your opposition to this mandate. We would like plaintiffs representing all the UC system schools and disciplines."

[onawah]

US Paying Billions for Free COVID-19 Vaccines
by Dr. Joseph Mercola
August 18, 2020
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2020/08/18/covid-19-vaccine.aspx?cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art1ReadMore&cid=20200818Z1&mid=DM627892&rid=943218576

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"STORY AT-A-GLANCE
July 22, 2020, Pfizer struck a $1.95 billion deal with the U.S. government to provide Americans with 100 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, for free, with an option for 500 million additional doses
Pfizer/BioNTech have also inked a deal with the U.K. government for 30 million initial doses
Pfizer’s vaccine, currently known only as BNT162, requires two doses, which means the initial batch for the U.S. would cover 50 million people. The deal hinges on the vaccine clearing Phase 3 human trials
The company expects seeking a regulatory review by the FDA in October 2020, which would allow them to manufacture the 100 million doses by the end of the year. The FDA has stated a COVID-19 vaccine must be at least 50% effective to qualify for approval
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, who served as commissioner of the FDA from May 2017 to April 2019, was elected to Pfizer’s board of directors at the end of June 2019

July 22, 2020, Pfizer struck a $1.95 billion deal with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense to provide Americans with 100 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, for free, with an option for 500 million additional doses.1 The agreement is part of Operation Warp Speed.

Pfizer/BioNTech have also inked a deal with the U.K. government for 30 million initial doses.2 The vaccine, currently known only as BNT162, developed in partnership with the German company BioNTech, requires two doses, which means the initial batch for the U.S. would cover 50 million people. The deal hinges on the vaccine clearing Phase 3 human trials.

According to a July 22, 2020, press release,3 Phase 2b/3 safety and efficacy trials were expected to begin at the end of July. The company expects seeking a regulatory review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in October 2020, which would allow them to manufacture the 100 million doses by the end of the year.

The FDA has stated a COVID-19 vaccine must be at least 50% effective to qualify for approval.4 In other words, the standards aren’t particularly high, despite the concern COVID-19 supposedly poses.

The BNT162 vaccine is based on BioNTech’s proprietary mRNA technology. BioNTech is the market authorization holder for the mRNA technology worldwide, and will own all the trademarks for the vaccine.5 According to Pfizer’s press release:6

“The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine development program is evaluating at least four experimental vaccines, each of which represents a unique combination of messenger RNA (mRNA) format and target antigen. On July 1st, Pfizer and BioNTech announced preliminary data7 from BNT162b1, the most advanced of the four mRNA formulations.

The data demonstrates that BNT162b1 is able to produce neutralizing antibodies in humans at or above the levels observed in the plasma from patients who have recovered from COVID-19 … Local reactions and systemic events were dose-dependent, generally mild to moderate, and transient. No serious adverse events were reported.”

Former FDA Commissioner Is Now on Pfizer Board of Directors
Interestingly enough, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, who served as commissioner of the FDA from May 2017 to April 2019,8 just so happened to be elected to Pfizer’s board of directors at the end of June 2019. At the time, Ian Read, executive chairman of Pfizer’s board of directors stated:9

“We are fortunate to have Dr. Gottlieb join Pfizer’s Board of Directors. Scott’s expertise in health care, public policy and the industry will be an asset to our company and enable our shareholders to continue to benefit from a Board representing a balance of experience, competencies and perspectives.”

Well, there can be little doubt that a former FDA commissioner on your board might be an asset when you’re trying to secure a nearly $2 billion contract with the U.S. government for a novel vaccine that has never been approved by the FDA for human use.

As discussed in “Why Most Health Commissioners End Up in Bed With Big Pharma,” Gottlieb is far from alone in having walked through that revolving door. After leaving the top leadership position at the FDA, nine of the last 10 commissioners have gone on to work for pharmaceutical companies.

While none of these moves of past FDA commissioners to pharmaceutical companies is illegal, the pattern creates the suspicion there might be an unstated agreement between the pharmaceutical industry and those who are charged with regulating the approval of their products.

Another egregious example was Julie Gerberding, who served as the director of the CDC from 2002 to 2009. Immediately after leaving the CDC, she became president of Merck’s vaccine division, for which she received tens of millions of dollars a year — far more than her CDC salary.
mRNA Vaccines May Produce Serious Side Effects
As detailed in the preliminary study10 results, posted on the preprint server medRxiv July 20, 2020, BNT162b1 is a lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulated nucleoside-modified mRNA that encodes the receptor binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein.

mRNA vaccines have never before been licensed for use in humans. Inside your cells, mRNA activate DNA instructions, and act as a template to build a specific protein.

mRNA vaccines have potential safety issues, including local and systemic inflammation and stimulation of auto-reactive antibodies and autoimmunity, as well as development of edema (swelling) and blood clots.
The theory behind mRNA vaccines is that when you inject the mRNA (encapsulated within lipid nanoparticles), the mRNA will stimulate your cells to manufacture their own viral proteins.11 In this case, those proteins would mimic the proteins found in SARS-CoV-2.

Conventional vaccines train your body to recognize and respond to the proteins of a particular virus by injecting a small amount of the actual viral protein into your body, thereby triggering an immune response and the development of antibodies.

No previous vaccines have had your own cells produce the viral proteins responsible for producing immunity. mRNA vaccines are designed to make your body produce its own viral protein, which your immune system would then mount a response to. If you suspect a whole lot could go wrong here, you’d probably be right. As reported by The Vaccine Reaction:12

“According to researchers at University of Pennsylvania and Duke University, mRNA vaccines have potential safety issues, including local and systemic inflammation and stimulation of auto-reactive antibodies and autoimmunity, as well as development of edema (swelling) and blood clots.”13

Systemic inflammation, auto-reactive antibodies and autoimmune problems are no small matters. In fact, these are in large part why previous attempts to create a coronavirus vaccine have failed.

As explained by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., in my interview with him, coronavirus vaccines are notorious for creating paradoxical immune enhancement. Even though the vaccines create a robust antibody response, the subjects end up sicker than normal when they’re exposed to the wild virus. In one ferret study, all the vaccinated animals died.

Time will tell just how hazardous the COVID-19 vaccines turn out to be. Since they work on the genetic level, there could be long-term, perhaps even generational, issues that won’t be readily apparent anytime soon, as these vaccines could be integrated into your DNA.

Be Wary of the PR Propaganda Spin
A July 21, 2020, Wired article urges researchers and media to be upfront and transparent about the vaccines’ side effects right now, “before it ends up as fodder for the skeptics”:14

“Neither the mainstream media nor the medical press has given much attention to the two vaccines’ potential downsides — in particular, their risk of nasty adverse effects, even if they’re not life-threatening. This sort of puffery doesn’t only help to build a false impression; it may also dry the tinder for the future spread of vaccine fearmongering.”

Wired points out that some trials are not using an inert placebo but rather injected meningococcal vaccine, which might hide certain symptoms or harms. Another example: The University of Oxford added study arms in which subjects are given acetaminophen every six hours for the first 24 hours after inoculation.

Is the pain and fever reducer given to mask and downplay certain symptoms and side effects, such as pain, fever, headache or general malaise? It very well could be. Wired notes:15

“The press release for … results from the Oxford vaccine trials described an increased frequency of ‘minor side effects’ among participants. A look at the actual paper, though, reveals this to be a marketing spin …

Yes, mild reactions were far more common than worse ones. But moderate or severe harms — defined as being bad enough to interfere with daily life or needing medical care — were common too.

Around one-third of people vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine without acetaminophen experienced moderate or severe chills, fatigue, headache, malaise, and/or feverishness.

Close to 10 percent had a fever of at least 100.4 degrees, and just over one-fourth developed moderate or severe muscle aches. That’s a lot, in a young and healthy group of people — and the acetaminophen didn’t help much for most of those problems.”

Experts Worry Vaccine Uptake May Be Low
Indeed, medical experts have already expressed concerns that COVID-19 vaccine uptake might end up being low. As reported by Newsday June 21, 2020:16

“A recent national Washington Post/ABC poll, and a poll of Long Islanders and New York City residents by Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside, each found that only 45% or fewer of respondents said they would get a coronavirus vaccine if one is developed. About a quarter in each poll said they would not, and the rest said they weren’t sure or wouldn’t answer.”

That Newsday article also inadvertently provides clues as to why most states are now, months into the pandemic, which has long since been “flattened,” issuing mandatory mask mandates, even though the science clearly tell us masks cannot protect against or prevent the spread of viruses.

I believe the forced mask wearing is a way to manipulate us into taking the vaccine, once it becomes available, and that is exactly what Noel Brewer alludes to in the Newsday article:17

“A return to pre-COVID-19 life could be possible if significantly more than half of Americans — the percentage is unknown — get a vaccine, the number of new infections is low and those who already contracted the virus are immune from getting sick again …

That enticement of normal life could lead some who now are leery about a coronavirus vaccine to get one once it is available, said Noel Brewer, a professor of health behavior at the University of North Carolina who sits on World Health Organization committees on vaccine behavior and safety.

‘If a vaccine allows you to no longer wear a mask at work, or to visit your grandmother in a nursing home, or to shake hands with business colleagues, that could be very motivating,’ he said.” "

+ Sources and References
1, 3, 5, 6 Pfizer July 22, 2020
2 Diazhub July 20, 2020
4 KMX1070.radio.com July 22, 2020
7, 10 medRxiv July 20, 2020 DOI: 10.1101/2020.07.17020140533 (PDF)
8 FDA.gov Scott Gottlieb
9 Pfizer June 27, 2019
11 Horizon Magazine April 1, 2020
12 The Vaccine Reaction May 25, 2020
13 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 2018; 17: 261-279
14, 15 Wired July 21, 2020
16, 17 Newsday June 21, 2020

[Arcturian108]

I was always curious as to how the lockdown was so quickly introduced in every Western country. The quote below the link is pertinent in answering that question. The material in the link (https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/italys-covid-management-legal-charges-against-pm-conte-and-six-ministers/)is long. Key point is below

"Last month the President of Belarus, Aljaksandr Lukashenko (pictured), who is known to have always refused to take any emergency, lockdown or “social distancing” measures in his country, said at a press conference that he had received a substantial offer of money (92 million dollars) from the World Health Organization to do “as in Italy”. An offer which, after Lukashenko’s dry ‘no’, would have increased tenfold in a few weeks: 900 million dollars, this time offered by the International Monetary Fund, accompanied by the same request: to close everything and do “as in Italy”. I know, from intelligence sources, that similar offers have been made to many other European and not only European countries. And I also know that many heads of state or governments, including the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić, did not hesitate for a moment to accept them. Therefore, logic dictates that even Italy (which, as we well know, has always played the role of a pilot model in this whole scene) may have had a rich offer in this sense and, knowing the mentality of our politicians, I strongly doubt that it has not been accepted. Moreover, this hypothesis could explain where and how the Conte Government found the resources destined (probably already at the beginning of the year) to the strengthening of the police forces in order to guarantee the holding and the success of the lockdown."

[Tintin]

I was always curious as to how the lockdown was so quickly introduced in every Western country. The quote below the link is pertinent in answering that question. The material in the link (https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/italys-covid-management-legal-charges-against-pm-conte-and-six-ministers/)is long. Key point is below

"Last month the President of Belarus, Aljaksandr Lukashenko (pictured), who is known to have always refused to take any emergency, lockdown or “social distancing” measures in his country, said at a press conference that he had received a substantial offer of money (92 million dollars) from the World Health Organization to do “as in Italy”. An offer which, after Lukashenko’s dry ‘no’, would have increased tenfold in a few weeks: 900 million dollars, this time offered by the International Monetary Fund, accompanied by the same request: to close everything and do “as in Italy”. I know, from intelligence sources, that similar offers have been made to many other European and not only European countries. And I also know that many heads of state or governments, including the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić, did not hesitate for a moment to accept them. Therefore, logic dictates that even Italy (which, as we well know, has always played the role of a pilot model in this whole scene) may have had a rich offer in this sense and, knowing the mentality of our politicians, I strongly doubt that it has not been accepted. Moreover, this hypothesis could explain where and how the Conte Government found the resources destined (probably already at the beginning of the year) to the strengthening of the police forces in order to guarantee the holding and the success of the lockdown."

Excellent piece of work there Arcturian108 deemed in my humble view worthy of a tweet from our Avalon account :thumbsup:

Somebody got onto that pretty quickly and retweeted it, to the following :)

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I'm fairly certain as can be that some of those copied in on it are already more than aware of this kind of WHO blackmail activity and I'm also fairly certain we don't have the ears of presidents. Still :)

[greybeard]

Neil Oliver: There is a pervasive atmosphere in Scotland of people being frightened into silence

Historian Neil Oliver has joined criticism of the Scottish government’s proposed Hate Crime Bill over its feared impact on freedom of speech.

Speaking with talkRADIO’s Mike Graham, the broadcaster said: “Up here there is a pervasive atmosphere of people being frightened into silence.

“You can argue until you’re blue in the face about whether that is the intention or not of the proposed legislation but it is undeniable that that is the way in which it is being received here in many quarters.”

If passed, the legislation would update the list of characteristics, such as race, sexuality and age, protected under hate crimes and provide for new “stirring up” of hatred offences that would apply to all characteristics.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_nTNyIVCrU

[Tintin]

Here's a fascinating piece of research that has been undertaken in The Netherlands that seems to show, through studies, Covid-19 antibodies in breast milk.

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Source: Dutch News (https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/08/dutch-researchers-find-covid-19-antibodies-in-breast-milk-call-for-donations/)

Dutch researchers find Covid-19 antibodies in breast milk

Researchers at Amsterdam’s UMC teaching hospital and a number of other institutes have found coronavirus antibodies in the breast milk of women who have tested positive for the virus.

The research team are now looking into whether the milk could be used to prevent coronavirus infections in vulnerable people during an eventual second wave, possibly in the form of flavoured ice cubes.

They have already found that the antibodies are not destroyed by pasteurising the milk, which is necessary to make it usable by other people. ‘We think when drinking the milk, the antibodies attach themselves to the surface of our mucous membranes,’ Hans van Goudoever, head of the Emma children’s hospital at the UMC, said. ‘Then they attack the virus particles before they force their way into the body.’ The UMC has now started a campaign to find 1,000 women who are willing to donate 100ml of breast milk for the research project. ‘Women who may have had coronavirus without noticing it may also have made antibodies which can be found in milk,’ Van Goudoever said. ‘So we are looking for mothers who may have been infected as well.’

Even if this turns out not to be the case, their milk can be stored for further research, if they give permission, he said. Women who want to take part are urged to contact covid.milk@amsterdamumc.nl.

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I was always curious as to how the lockdown was so quickly introduced in every Western country. The quote below the link is pertinent in answering that question. The material in the link (https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/italys-covid-management-legal-charges-against-pm-conte-and-six-ministers/)is long. Key point is below

"Last month the President of Belarus, Aljaksandr Lukashenko (pictured), who is known to have always refused to take any emergency, lockdown or “social distancing” measures in his country, said at a press conference that he had received a substantial offer of money (92 million dollars) from the World Health Organization to do “as in Italy”. An offer which, after Lukashenko’s dry ‘no’, would have increased tenfold in a few weeks: 900 million dollars, this time offered by the International Monetary Fund, accompanied by the same request: to close everything and do “as in Italy”. I know, from intelligence sources, that similar offers have been made to many other European and not only European countries. And I also know that many heads of state or governments, including the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić, did not hesitate for a moment to accept them. Therefore, logic dictates that even Italy (which, as we well know, has always played the role of a pilot model in this whole scene) may have had a rich offer in this sense and, knowing the mentality of our politicians, I strongly doubt that it has not been accepted. Moreover, this hypothesis could explain where and how the Conte Government found the resources destined (probably already at the beginning of the year) to the strengthening of the police forces in order to guarantee the holding and the success of the lockdown."

Tintin: I certainly applaud your quick thinking to place the above quote on Twitter. Even though I have been a member of Project Avalon Forum for five years, I had no idea that we had a Twitter account! But then again, I am not on Twitter anymore, having left that site about 15 years ago.

Although I am not a geostrategist, rereading the quote I posted earlier, something else just occurred to me concerning the bit about "strengthening of the police forces in order to guarantee the holding and success of the lockdown". What if as a consequence of the push to weaken police forces in the U.S., that the unintended consequences are to more quickly bring about real martial law, using our military as something the powers that be want to happen anyway?

[Tintin]

Sourced from Piece of Mindful (https://pieceofmindful.com/2020/04/06/bombshell-who-coronavirus-pcr-test-primer-sequence-is-found-in-all-human-dna/) - posted April 6th

I'm not a virologist or expert here at all so cannot comment either way but it certainly appears interesting.

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WHO Coronavirus PCR Test Primer Sequence is Found in All Human DNA

https://pieceofmind.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/who-primer.png

This was important enough that I wanted to get it out immediately. My research into the NCBI database for nucleotide sequences has lead to a stunning discovery. One of the WHO primer sequences in the PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 is found in all human DNA!


The sequence “CTCCCTTTGTTGTGTTGT” is an 18-character primer sequence found in the WHO coronavirus PCR testing protocol document (https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/real-time-rt-pcr-assays-for-the-detection-of-sars-cov-2-institut-pasteur-paris.pdf?sfvrsn=3662fcb6_2). The primer sequences are what get amplified by the PCR process in order to be detected and designated a “positive” test result. It just so happens this exact same 18-character sequence, verbatim, is also found on Homo sapiens chromosome 8! As far as I can tell, this means that the WHO test kits should find a positive result in all humans. Can anyone explain this otherwise?

I really cannot overstate the significance of this finding. At minimum, it should have a notable impact on test results.

https://pieceofmind.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/who-primer-2.png



Homo sapiens chromosome 8, GRCh38.p12 Primary Assembly
Sequence ID: NC_000008.11 Length: 145138636
Range 1: 63648346 to 63648363 is “CTCCCTTTGTTGTGTTGT”

Update: After some effort, I have finally discovered a way to display proof (beyond my screenshots) that human chromosome 8 has this exact same 18-character sequence. Please try the link below. The sequence is shown at the bottom of the page.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/NC_000008.11?report=genbank&log$=nuclalign&from=63648346&to=63648363

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CHD Holds Press Conference with Legal Team and Plaintiff in Lawsuit Against Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, and Three of Facebook’s So-Called “Fact-Checkers”
Watch the Press Conference with the attorneys and a pediatrician directly affected by Facebook’s censorship.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/news/chd-holds-press-conference-with-legal-team-and-plaintiff-in-lawsuit-against-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-and-three-of-facebooks-so-called-fact-checkers/?utm_source=salsa&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=5f790afa-fdc6-4005-82e5-4631743b7ef4

(I wonder if Youtube/ Facebook will dare to censor this press conference!!)

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"Children’s Health Defense (CHD) filed a lawsuit on Monday , August 18, 2020 in San Francisco Federal Court charging Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, and three fact-checking outfits with censoring truthful public health posts and for fraudulently misrepresenting and defaming CHD. CHD is a non-profit watchdog group that roots out corruption in federal agencies, including Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and exposes wrongdoings in the Pharmaceutical and Telecom industries. CHD has been a frequent critic of WiFi and 5G Network safety and of certain vaccine policies that CHD claims put Big Pharma profits ahead of public health. CHD has fiercely criticized agency corruption at WHO, CDC and FCC.

According to CHD’s Complaint, Facebook has insidious conflicts with the Pharmaceutical industry and its captive health agencies and has economic stakes in telecom and 5G. Facebook currently censors CHD’s page, targeting its purge against factual information about vaccines, 5G and public health agencies.

Facebook acknowledges that it coordinates its censorship campaign with the WHO and the CDC. While earlier court decisions have upheld Facebook’s right to censor its pages, CHD argues that Facebook’s pervasive government collaborations make its censorship of CHD a First Amendment violation. The government’s role in Facebook’s censorship goes deeper than its close coordination with CDC and WHO. The Facebook censorship began at the suggestion of powerful Democratic Congressman and Intelligence Committee Chairman Representative Adam Schiff, who in March 2019 asked Facebook to suppress and purge internet content critical of government vaccine policies. Facebook and Schiff use the term “misinformation” as a euphemism for any statement, whether truthful or not, that contradicts official government pronouncements. The WHO issued a press release commending Facebook for coordinating its ongoing censorship campaign with public health officials. That same day, Facebook published a “warning label” on CHD’s page, which implies that CHD’s content is inaccurate, and directs CHD followers to turn to the CDC for “reliable, up to date information.” This is an important First Amendment case that tests the boundaries of government authority to openly censor unwanted critique of government

Attorneys Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Roger Teich, and Mary Holland represent Children’s Health Defense in the litigation.

The lawsuit also challenges Facebook’s use of so-called “independent fact-checkers” – which, in truth, are neither independent nor fact-based – to create oppositional content on CHD’s page, literally superimposed over CHD’s original content, about open matters of scientific controversy. To further silence CHD’s dissent against important government policies and its critique of Pharmaceutical products, Facebook deactivated CHD’s donate button, and uses a variety of deceptive technology (i.e. shadow banning) to minimize the reach and visibility of CHD’s content. In short, Facebook and the government colluded to silence CHD and its followers. Such tactics are fundamentally at odds with the First Amendment, which guarantees the American public the benefits to democracy from free flow of information in the marketplace of ideas. It forbids the government from censoring private speech—particularly speech that criticizes government policies or officials. As Justice Holmes famously said, “the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market.” The current COVID pandemic makes the need for open and fierce public debate on health issues more critical than ever.

Mark Zuckerberg publicly claims that social media platforms shouldn’t be “the arbiters of truth.” This case exposes Zuckerberg for working with the government to suppress and purge unwanted critiques of government officials and policies.

The court will decide whether Facebook’s new government-directed business model of false and misleading “warning labels,” deceptive “fact-checks,” and disabling a non-profit’s donate button, passes muster under the First and Fifth Amendments, the Lanham Act, and RICO. Those statutes protect CHD against online wire-fraud, false disparagement, and knowingly false statements.

CHD asks the Court to declare Facebook’s actions unconstitutional and fraudulent, and award injunctive relief and damages."

[Delight]

I look forward every week to the Highwire because it in real information.

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[Franny]

Great idea, I actually feel safe just looking at it. People may start to make their own from nice lampshades just like they make their own fashion masks.

They may stumble a once in a while, but once they'll get used to it they'll be fine.

I wonder if a clear version will be allowed...

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[Franny]

This post is in three parts. The first part which is a conversation video that references the article posted below for your convenience by John Waters on mass hypnotism, and the Covid response. Next is a video with transcription by The Amazing Polly from her July 4th video on the covid response as torture with the purpose of preparing the population for crushing world domination and loss of liberty and personal sovereignty.

Objective:Health - Mass Hypnotic Entrancement and Torture in the Covid Lockdown‌

Tue, 18 Aug 2020

The response to the Covid 'pandemic' is quite perplexing to many of us living through it. Anyone paying a reasonable amount of attention knows that the measures put in place on the population are clearly not done in order to mitigate or eliminate the threat of a dangerous virus. The virus isn't dangerous for the vast majority and the measures put in place wouldn't be effective even if it was. So what's really going on here?

On this episode of Objective: Health, we take a look at two perspectives: One put forward by journalist John Waters, where he outlines the similarity between the Covid reaction and how a hypnotist entrances his subjects; and one put forward by Amazing Polly that compares the current measures to a 1975 document from Amnesty International giving a definition and outline of the points used to define torture. Hypnosis or torture (or both), the nefarious agenda behind the plandemic is undeniable.

Join us for another Objective:Health speculation on what is really behind the Covid-1984 Psy Op.

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On Viral Entrancement (https://lockdownsceptics.org/on-viral-entrancement/)

On Viral Entrancement
15 May 2020. Updated 17 May 2020.
By John Waters

There is an ancient principle of the common law, whereby it is held that the people may do everything except that which they have expressly forbidden, and the state may do nothing except that which the people have expressly permitted. How did this principle come to be unstitched and reversed in the past three months? How did the people come to agree to its reversal?

In search of answers, I have been reflecting a lot on a phrase I transcribed into a notebook years ago from Martin Amis’s Koba the Dread: ” . . . a contagion of selective incuriosity, a mindgame begun in self-hypnosis and maintained by mass hysteria.”

While not discounting the impact of short-term welfare payments (buying the people’s freedom with their own money) I have gotten to thinking that the answer maybe includes, as a primary factor, something along the lines of mass hypnosis—the viral entrancement of entire populations.

The process at work is somewhat different to the use of hypnotic or “spell” phrases to herd individuals into a particular way of, for example, politically correct thinking. As the late Roger Scruton described it, spell words like “racist” and “homophobe” are designed to invoke a set of pre-programed demonic tags with which to threaten the subject and dissuade him from truth and common sense. When these words are uttered, the object is as though stung by a cattle prod or electric fence, thus experiencing a kind of mortification which, in the vast majority of cases, is sufficient to cause an immediate falling into line. The process used in the herding of individuals into the mass is correlated but subtly different. The method here is not to repel by a shock but to seduce by means of evocative or empathetic words.

Like any form of hypnosis, mass entrancement depends on the leveraging of several inter-related conditions in the subject: focused attention, including impaired or reduced peripheral awareness; an imaginative state—these contributing to vastly increased suggestibility. The COVID-19 scare and accompanying lockdowns enabled these criteria to be met almost everywhere. The attention of audience-members being focused on one topic, many unconsciously acquired a heightened capacity to absorb even the most unusual and presumptuous messages without blinking.

Imagination is a key tool of the hypnotist. With an appropriate script and slipping into mimicry of well-remembered charismatic leaders of the past—a touch of Kennedy, a soupcon of Churchill—even the most plank-like politician can affect a sufficiency of charisma or gravitas to seduce his audience into the zone where he can present them with word-pictures and teleport them to a place of collective imagining. A mood of siege or crisis is sufficient to inveigle even citizens who yesterday saw the plank for what it was to succumb also to his spell.

By affecting empathy, rapport, a sense of common purpose, he guides his subjects towards the desired frame-of-mind. He seeks access to the unconscious, but not that of the individual person; rather, he wishes to remove each member of his audience to a common place: the herd mind in which he knows they can all come to share approximately the same outlooks, so that henceforth they can be summoned to that place by signs and triggers without leaving their armchairs.

TV creates an ideal medium via which to conduct this form of hypnosis, not least because the news comes sandwiched between movies and soap operas which engage the imaginative and emotional elements of the mind. These, maintained by fictionalised versions of reality, provide the heightened state that renders the subject amenable to be lured into a kind of trance. Once achieved, the trance can be reactivated at will in anyone whose attention, primed on fictional narratives, remains in this state of focused imaginative attention, being highly prone to easy emotional arousal. The purpose is to tap into that part of the subconscious dealing with emotions. When in a self-induced trance, in the grip of rage, hatred, fear, anxiety, sadness, worry, envy, greed, selfishness, humans tend to become cut off from their thinking brains and thereby susceptible to adopting a locked-in, limited view of reality. In the lockdown episode, fear has been the chief emotional trigger imposed by the controllers to be manipulated to further the entrancement process.

Despite having a degree of understanding of this, I am not totally immune. My daughter WhatsApps me a photograph she’s taken out on a morning walk in our beloved Sligo, in the West. It’s of a tiny lockdown shrine left by some surfers, clusters of rocks on a wall near the cliffs at Lislary, painted in rainbow colours and bearing legends like: “We are all in this together”; “Be kind”; “Keep smiling”. For a moment my resolve and reason go into collapse. Longing to be there, I long also to belong.

French psychologist Gustave Le Bon, in The Psychology of Crowds, explained that a crowd has a different psychology to that of an individual. Le Bon was the first to treat of “psychological crowds”, which he diagnosed as forming a single being, responding always to unconscious thoughts, and conforming to laws of mental unity.

The consciousness bestowed by membership of a crowd can be transformative of the person, putting individual members in possession of “a sort of collective mind which makes them feel, think and act in a manner quite differently from that in which each individual would feel, think and act were that person in a state of isolation.” In a psychological crowd, individual personality disappears, brain activity is replaced by reflex activity, a lowering of intelligence, provoking a complete transformation of sentiments, which may be better or worse than those of the crowd’s constituent members. A crowd may just as easily become heroic or criminal. “The ascendency of crowds,” wrote Le Bon, “indicates the death throes of a civilisation.” The upward climb to civilisation is an intellectual process driven by individuals; the descent is a herd in stampede. “Crowds are only useful for destruction.”

A paradox, then, of the lockdown state: in isolation, using electronic means, it is easier to convert the individual to the collective mindset than if he were a member of an actual physical crowd. Le Bon goes on: “There are certain ideas and feelings which neither come into being, nor transform themselves into acts, except in the case of individuals forming a crowd. The psychological crowd is a provisional being, formed of heterogeneous elements which for a moment are combined, exactly as the cells which constituted a living body form by reunion a new being which displays characteristics very different from each of the cells singularly.”

A hypnotherapist friend tells me of the three phases in creating a hypnotic state: Idealisation, Devaluation, Alienation. The first phase, Idealisation, can also be called “love-bombing”: when the controller/hypnotist strives to identify with and mirror the target individual or social group. He thanks the people for their stoicism thus far, praises them, reminds them they are ‘”saving lives” then spells out the next stage of the lockdown.

The “perpetrator” in this case is the state/government/president/governor, but also—and more continuously—the media, exerting power in order to manipulate and control using the weapons of fear, guilt and obligation, which impress the presence of constant danger on the reptilian lower brain, ensuring widespread compliance.

All fears converge in one: fear of death. On the pathways in the parks near my home are intermittently placed chalk figures separated by arrows pointing at each figure, indicating the extent of two meters, designed to evoke the chalk marks investigators draw around the corpse of a murder victim. Statistics of deaths, most of them invented or inflated—are rolled out by the hour. Terms like “deadly virus” are used non-stop: The phrase “new normal” has the effect of insinuating the loss of things long cherished, a state of bereavement, characterised by sadness. The applauding by candlelight of “front line” workers is a way of compelling holdouts to throw themselves into the spell, an almost literal form of gas-lighting in which we are required to celebrate our own loss of freedom.

The reptilian non-brain responds to repetition—of words and phrases, memes, catchwords, clichés, which serve to embed the hypnotic suggestions to the extent that they became beliefs, thus immune to rational argumentation. Physical triggers can be more efficient than verbal ones, especially if self-administered, creating an instant pavlovian effect.

Ritual is a key factor in the alteration of expectations, which in turn transforms reality. Rituals are process of initiation and renewal, which reinforce beliefs, behaviors, and values, inducing conformity, groupthink, accommodation to changes in structures, a reinvented sense of belonging. They are transformative, redefining, rebirthing.

In the course of the “pandemic”, the mask has emerged as a new symbol of pseudo-solidarity, though really it is an instrument of fear-mongering and alienating. The more threadbare the COVID-19 story became, the more people seemed to be wearing them, not so much as precautionary apparel as a form of accusation: You are threatening my life! The rituals anchor the subject in his situation.

The mask provokes a death of the ego, enabling a new self to be born: the temporary covering of the old face while the new one is immersed in the period of gestation necessitated by the transformation. Once the mask is donned, the subject becomes his more fearful self. Washing of hands has a similar effect, but also gives a renewed sense of security. In both cases, the mood of the subject is changed by the action: going outdoors awhile and returning with a sense of relief to the decontaminating ritual of hand-washing, dividing his reality in psychological as well as physical terms.

Rituals work subliminally to alter perception, to strengthen or exaggerate existing emotions, like an acupuncture of the mind. The initiate in a religious rite is separated from reality and, in advance of the ritual, placed in isolation so as to become decontaminated from everyday influences:Shelter-in-place involves a form of detoxification from the logic, desires, assumptions and language of the world, a process of renouncing that facilitates a coming to terms with losses about to be imposed as part of the initiation: loss of freedom, loved ones, hopes, expectations.

A transition follows: the subject begins to let go of everything she has taken for granted, prepares to enter a new regime, to cross the threshold to a new era. A new mood descends, a mixture of fear and sorrow, accompanied by an escalating sense of powerlessness that threatens to overwhelm until the subject agrees to accept. Then comes the liberation and release that accompany the signing away of freedom for an insinuated higher purpose. This is akin to the liminal state between life and death. The old life is subjected to a form of scorched earth, presaging a surrender to the new normal.

By persuading people to engage in rituals—essentially collective rites and ceremonies they would not normally succumb to while alone, it is possible to draw them into an imagined herd for the purpose of imbuing them with collective thoughts, breaking with existing or normative patterns of thought and behaviour. Using repetition and emotional enhancement, the ritual imposes a new language, new signposts, contained in words and symbols.

Ritual operates to impose new codes as a way of effecting changes in thinking, working primarily at the spiritual and psychological levels, but unnoticed as such. It serves to suspend the cognitive dimension, thus eliminating any individual reservations that might otherwise manifest as embarrassment, while activating elements of the mind not usually engaged. The subject is both actor and spectator.

The second phase, “Devaluation”, is analogous to the live cooking of a frog. Words of praise and consolation are juxtaposed with house arrest, a form of Stockholm Syndrome. Images and ideas of restriction, control, humiliation, are packaged in sentimental forms of manipulation: nurses dancing amidst what we are led to presume are unremitting scenes of death; grandchildren waving to their heartbroken grandparents through a wound-up car window.

The glass becomes a symbol of the invisible wall that may permanently separate them, the “new normal” thus far merely announced but part of the dread that is insinuated concerning an unknowable future. Generated confusion, mixed messages, are central elements: you must be sure to take care of old people—just don’t go near lest you kill them; it is important to become infected to achieve immunity but at all costs avoid infecting other healthy people; wear a mask, even though “experts” say they are ineffective. This incoherence destabilises the sensibility of the subject, rendering him amenable to further manipulation. Since he cannot understand, he simply obeys.

Then comes the final phase of the hypnosis: “Abandonment”, the iron fist. No more Mr Nice Guy. The police, it turns out, have been issued with more equipment, more vehicles, more guns, more batons, rottweiler-shaped robots to spy on the public. Reinforcements are brought in, including trainees, part of the process of abasement. This is where the real motives may more readily be seen. Our rights having been stripped away, we begin to awake to the folly of thinking of the controllers as our savours or guardians.

My hypnotherapist friend explains that, in order to maintain the control, a method of what known as “intermittent reinforcement” takes place, whereby the tone of the controllers becomes more austere and threatening, establishing another layer of conditions in respect of the future. Unless compliance improves, we are warned, the ante may have to be increased. We should not expect a return to normal any time soon—or at all. The “second wave” is mentioned in tones of disappointed rebuke, setting up an expectation that failure to meet the contradictory requirements may result in further coercion. “With each intermittent reinforcement there will be a further erosion of civil liberties and so the program goes on…”

My friend speaks also of “bread-crumbing”, whereby the controller further undermines, devalues, and denigrates his targets. This concept derives from the idea of the subject of a romantic crush, who though not reciprocating the feelings of the entranced person, nevertheless flirts a little, perhaps by sending occasional signs (breadcrumbs to hungry birds) so the attention does not dissipate. When the subject discerns the patterns of manipulation, control and abuse, his sense of the benign intent of the controller dissolves and foul play becomes more apparent. If feedback indicates that the populace is beginning to wake up to the deception and manipulation, the controller must show that he is indeed working for everybody’s good by intermittently appearing to be on their side. This registers in the entranced individual as a chemical rush of serotonin, oxytocin and other chemicals of relief, which facilitate the deepening of the stranglehold.

If any of this rings a bell, the first thing to do is turn off the TV. The sole way of achieving immunity to mass hypnosis is through the development of awareness of the technique, which involves the constant application of reason. But first we must reclaim our minds from the controllers, and return them to their rightful owners, who must endure a period of cold turkey before returning to sobriety. And then we must take urgent steps to ensure that nothing like this can ever happen again.


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Part 3: Amazing Polly's video and transcription


Does the Handling of the Coronavirus by Our Government Amount to Torture? (https://www.sott.net/article/437535-Does-the-Handling-of-the-Coronavirus-by-Our-Government-Amount-to-Torture)

Amazing Polly
amazingpolly.net/YouTube
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 12:08 UTC

Comment: Amazing Polly presents an interesting angle on the coronavirus plandemic in the form of a question: Does our government's handling of the coronavirus constitute torture? Here she presents a compelling case that the measures and guidelines (at this point reaching absurd levels) foisted on the general public contain within them many (if not all) elements of torture as described by Amnesty International's report.

When we factor in ponerology and the fact that the controlling elite are looking for total and complete control of the population, the use of psychological and physical torture on the public to increase compliance is certainly an appealing methodology for them to use.

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The main points of the presentation have been transcribed below, with some slight editing of content for clarity.

Transcript:

In this video, I want to ask the audience a question. It's a serious question and I'll go through the evidence of why I'm asking it in a minute. The question is this: does the handling of this virus amount to torture? On the face of it, it might seem like a ridiculous question and I can already hear the objections to it. But I'm going to take you through evidence from an Amnesty International report from 1975, where they took a deep look at torture, what constitutes it, what it does to people and what methods actual torturers have used in this thing called "no touch torture". It's psychological torture, it's mental torture. By the end of this I hope that you will see that the question doesn't have an easy answer.

In fact, I think you will come to the conclusion that, yes, indeed, the responses to this coronavirus in many regions of the world do in fact amount to torture. I'm going to also talk about why they would want to do this very briefly, at the end.

Let's begin by looking at excerpts from this 1975 Amnesty International report on torture. I want to take you to page 34, where they are going through the four elements of torture. They say that at least two persons must be involved, the torturer and a victim or victims, and that the victim is under the physical control of the torturer. They move to the second element, which is "the basic one of the infliction of acute pain and suffering". They specify in this paragraph that:


Definitions that would limit torture to physical assaults on the body exclude 'mental' and 'psychological' torture which undeniably causes acute pain and suffering, and must be incorporated in any definition.
The third element of torture identified in the Amnesty International report on torture says that the intention of the torturer must be to make the victim submit, to break his will and destroy his humanity. And finally, they say "torture implies a systemic activity with a rational purpose".

It says:


The unwitting, and thus accidental, infliction of pain, is not torture. Torture is the deliberate infliction of pain, and it cannot occur without the specific intent of the torturer. Inherent in this element of purpose are the goals or motives for employing torture, and while torture can be used for a variety of purposes, it is most generally used to obtain confessions or information, for punishment, and for the intimidation of the victim and third persons. The first two motives relate directly to the victim, while the purpose of intimidation, in wide use today as a political weapon, is intended to be a deterrent to others as well as the victim.

So, in those four elements we see where Amnesty International defines the boundaries and they finally come up with a concrete definition that they use for the remainder of their report and it is this:


The definition of torture adopted here is: 'Torture is the systematic and deliberate infliction of acute pain in any form by one person on another, or on a third person, in order to accomplish the purpose of the former against the will of the latter.'

TLDR; they want to force people to do something. Amnesty International describes a little bit about how this mechanism works when they talk about torture as a stress. In physical torture, one of the big things that they do is they bind people into very uncomfortable body positions. We've seen this over and over, and that is body stress, that's physical stress, but torture can be a mental stress too.

In this section, Amnesty International describes torture as stress and they go through acute (short-lived) shock response type stress, sub-acute (medium term) stress which produces anxiety response but allows the victim to maintain morale and personal integrity and then through to the chronic response to stress which is long-standing. It includes depression, suicidal ideation, dissociation, derealization, regression, becoming accident-prone, a loss of will to live, and possibly suicide.

This is the stage the torturers want people to get to. They want to move everybody through the shock. Now this report is all about POWs, remember, but we can apply this more widely and that's what I'm going to do shortly.

Let's say when you first get taken prisoner, their experiences of acute stress might be the initial capture. Then the sub-acute stress is when they don't know what's going on and they're first being interrogated. They may be left hungry, may be left sleeping in terrible conditions and this sort of thing but in that condition the soldier still believes in the mission. He still believes that he can get out of there. He still believes he can cope with the torture that they're putting him through. Then, if it goes on long enough, they move to this chronic stress phase which, as you see, results in more devastating results. This can all be done without ever touching the prisoner.

An interesting side note here before we move on to more specifics in this general area of torture. They say that in chronic stress, people give up. They give up their will to live, they lose their normal responses and desires, but they also say giving up could take other forms. In their study of soldiers who were POWs for a longer period of time they say men became susceptible to illnesses like bronchopneumonia, asthma, bronchitis, coronary disease, TB and cancer.

Look how many of those are bronchial. What would a bronchial stress response look like today in the paradigm they have created? They would make you a suspect of having covid, wouldn't they? So, you're super stressed, you develop branchial symptoms and you go to the doctor. They're going to lump you in with the covid people thereby increasing your stress and putting you into their system more deeply. Nobody wants to be involved in this contact tracing thing or be forced to be intubated or be separated from their loved ones. Nobody wants that. So, it's an evil genius type of torture that I say we're under right now. That our stress responses themselves are used against us.

Amnesty International goes on to describe how people are manipulated and how they resist. They say:


It is the transition from the subacute to the chronic stress response that the torturer seeks to orchestrate, initially by systematically weakening the subject. This forms part of the classic pattern of manipulation described by the post-Korean War research of Biderman. Biderman was instrumental in debunking the myth that Chinese had used, mysterious or magical means to 'brainwash' the Allied Prisoners of War. With Harlow, Farber and West (and others) he classified manipulative techniques according to a scheme known as DDD (Dependency, Debility and Dread).
The coercive technique for psychological torture: induced dependency, debility and dread. So, let's look at that. Now keep in mind they're looking at this from an interrogator point of view, so they say questioners here, but you can replace it with coercers or torturers.

First part, debility (physical weakness):


For centuries, 'questioners' have employed various methods of inducing physical weakness: prolonged constraint; prolonged exertion; extremes of heat; cold or moisture; and deprivation of sleep. The assumption is that lowering the subject's physiological resistance will lower his psychological capacity for resistance; however, there's been no scientific investigation of this assumption.

That is absolutely not true.

They go on:


Many psychologists consider the threat of inducing debility to be more effective than debility itself. Prolonged constraint or exertion, sustained deprivation of food, or sleep, etc. often become patterns to which the subject adjusts by becoming apathetic withdrawing into himself, in search of escape from the discomfort or tension. In this case, debility would be counterproductive.

What they mean there, of course, is that, if you're trying to get your victim to take some action or answer some question, rendering him incapacitated is counterproductive to your particular mission. So, it really depends on what your mission is, whether or not debility would work for you.


Another coercive technique is to manipulate the subject's environment to disrupt patterns, not to create them, such as arranging meals and sleep should be granted irregularly, in more than abundance or in less than adequacy, on no discernible time pattern. This will is done to disorient the subject and destroy his capacity to resist.

As you're listening. I hope you're reflecting this on our current situation. Nobody can deny that that is what's happened with lockdown, with mask wearing, with social distancing.

Once debility is achieved they can induce a dependency back on to the torturer. The victim is helplessly dependent upon the torturer for the satisfaction of all basic needs. Seems obvious how that applies to our current situation and finally, once the chronic stress phase is reached, the victim goes into a sense of dread, intense fear and anxiety:


Sustained long enough, a strong fear of anything, vague or unknown induces regression.

[...]

A word of caution: If the debility-dependency-dread state is unduly prolonged, the subject may sink into a defensive apathy from which it is hard to arouse him.

If you are a torturer in search of answers and information from your subject, you don't want him to regress totally into the fetal position and just give up on life, because you need things from him. I argue that in our current situation, with the coronavirus torture, what they want from their victims, all of us, is basically for us to regress to a childlike state. The only thing they want from us is for us to blindly obey them. They don't need answers from us; they need exactly nothing from us. They just want to control us completely.

Okay, earlier we mentioned Biderman. He was the one that said, "look, the Chinese, they're not magic. They're just using basic psychological manipulation". That's how they are getting these soldiers to make these crazy confessions and give them all this wrong information or, right information. They just applied psychological torture to them. It's "no touch torture" is another way of putting this. Also, another word for torture in this context is coercion.

So, we look at Biderman's chart of coercion and they list the general methods in the left column: isolation; monopolization of perception; induced debility and exhaustion; threats; occasional indulgences, demonstrating 'omnipotence'; degradation and enforcing trivial demands.


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Did you recognize any of those in what we're going through right? Now, let's look at some things that came to my mind when I first read this list.

1. Isolation

Are they doing that to us? It's obvious that they are. They've got us in self isolation and they even use that word. As far as the variants, are we in complete solitary confinement? Well, sometimes some people are. They are in the hospital without being able to contact or see their loved ones at all. Think of nursing homes. That's also group isolation, but individual patients are basically in complete solitary confinement. The other examples of this that we are going through right now are the travel quarantines and the social circles. In my province, they're trying to get you to write out ten people that they will allow you to see without any restrictions, a form of semi-isolation.

2. Monopolization of perception

What comes to my mind with monopolization of perception is the 24/7 news cycle and the censorship of any opposing voices. I think of their repeated phrases that they are all using and that they're putting on signage and social media, the troll armies, the sock puppet armies and even the paid sort of shills like that one with David Brock, Media Matters, that go out and they just amplify the message of the torturers.

They talk about monopolization of perception being physical isolation as well, so that brings back the self-isolation issue. They guilt trip us with "you've brought this on yourselves", "you're killing people with your selfishness", then they mention 'barren environments, restricted movement, monotonous food'.

Well, the shutdowns of the businesses make a barren environment. They don't let us cross borders in some cases, we're not allowed in stores, they've closed restaurants and that's monotonous food, we've had food shortages, that's monotonous food. They've closed gyms, hospitals and clinics.

3. Induced debility and exhaustion

If you can't look after yourself, you're going to be debilitated and weakened mentally and physically. They mention semi-starvation, exposure, exploitation of wounds. And for those I can think of the food shortages, the closures of restaurants, the not getting together with your family. Some people are dependent on family dinners or meals on wheels so, semi-starvation.

It may not be as dramatic for most of us as it is for some of us, but I think it still could be considered a feature of this lockdown. Exposure, which, for a prisoner of war would be something like being left freezing cold, would be for us the outdoor lineups out in the elements. I was lined up in the snow. I was lined up in the rain. I have been lined up in the beating sun with no relief.

Why aren't they putting shelters anywhere? I mean maybe it's just where I am, but there's not a single business that asks you to line up outside, which has provided even a tent cover. You know, those things people use at art fairs and that? They're not even providing that for people.

So, if this was really about 'care and concern' and 'we're all in this together' and we want to make everybody 'healthy and comfortable and happy', why, after these long months, have they not put shelters up? That's one of the things for me that gives the whole game away.

Exploitation of wounds, I think, is the contact tracing. They tell you you've tested positive, even if you're showing no symptoms and then they exploit that. They exploit your diagnosis to put you in this contact tracing Stasi tracking system.

Sleep deprivation comes from the stress, we're all feeling. Many people have told me that they have not been able to sleep a full night or they wake up startled. You know when you have that anxiety and you wake up suddenly?

Prolonged constraint, prolonged interrogation. What do they mean by prolonged? This was supposed to be 15 days to stop the spread, if you recall. Then it was 30 days to stop the spread and how long is it now? They've given up even using that catchphrase, because obviously it would be embarrassing for them at this point.

4. Threats

It cultivates anxiety and despair. Well, there's threats all over the place from this thing! Let me start with this collection of headlines. Some of these are from March:


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There's been so many more since then. Think how often they've reiterated "a second wave might come," "If you don't do this, more people will die," "You are putting immunocompromised people at risk with your selfishness and you're, going to cause massive suffering if you don't do what we say." So yes, threats are a main feature of this torture and coercion from the covid response.

There's other threats too. Your children will be removed if you test positive and haven't made other arrangements. They threatened us that we're all going to have to take this vaccine, the likes of which has never been seen before, these RNA vaccines. And that the vaccines might have tracking chips or ID chips in them.

These are threats. Saying that this is the new normal is a threat. That they're never going to give us back full access to our liberties that we had only five months ago. The threat of going to the hospital, the threat of getting sick and being pulled into this diabolical system as a patient. Now you're a covid patient. Now what's going to happen?

There's all kinds of examples here. There's threats of death - yes. We have that threats of non-return - yes. That's the new normal. Threats of endless interrogations and isolation - yes, threatening that we're going to get into this contact tracing circle. Threats against family - yes, CPS removes the children. Vague threats - yes. There's too many vague threats to even count.

5. Occasional indulgences

What have they given to us? Well remember corporations were offering free delivery and small sales and different perks for people to be good corporate citizens, do you remember that? That's an indulgence for us. That goes with the occasional favours. Fluctuations of interrogators attitudes? Yes, that comes into play when we look at how they treated the BLM protests and the pride protests where they've actually said that BLM protests didn't spread covid. That's what they've told us and yet flip that around (whether you like him or not) they've said Trump rallies are dangerous and shouldn't be held because of the risk of spreading covid.

We can see this with all kinds of things. Why are we allowed in Walmart and the liquor store, but we're not allowed in mom-and-pop shops? So, these are the indulgences but they're giving them to themselves and their corporate partners mostly. They give rewards for partial compliance. We can get things back if we just agree to wear masks. We can get things back if we just agree to always and forever continue social distancing and they're going to come along with their "you can get to travel if you take the vaccine". This is on the chart of coercion and coercion is another word for torture.

6. Demonstrating 'omnipotence'

Well, obviously they've done that. They shut down the entire world economy and they had corporations eating out of their hands or was it the corporations that did this in the first place? There's certainly an argument to be made about that. Omnipotence is when you can be a war criminal, practically, not even a doctor, and everyone refers to you as Dr. Tedros of the World Health Organization, and we should all listen to you. That's omnipotence. If you can go to that level where nobody questions you in spite of your record, and you can lay down rules for the world, that's pretty omnipotent.

7. Degradation

"Makes cost of resistance appear more damaging to self-esteem than capitulation" - yes. I don't want to wear a mask, but guess what we'll punish you more. Even if you don't get sick, we'll punish you for not wearing a mask. It says, "reduces prisoner to animal level concerns" and it's true. How many people stocked up on toilet paper and food and firewood, and things like that? We were concerned mainly with survival. It is so sad that in the Western world this handful of public health activists and some corporations and some NGOs, they've reduced us to that. We live in abundance, but they've reduced us to that.

I mean I can think of tons of examples: closure of salons and only allowing us to buy essential items - that degrades us. The mobbing, the de-platforming, the name-calling, that's degrading. Masking is degrading. Social distancing is degrading. Young people directing old people on how to line up or where to stand in stores, that's degrading. Separation of ourselves from our loved ones, that's degrading, Holding our elders hostage in nursing homes - that's extremely degrading.

8. Enforcing trivial demands

This develops in the victim a habit of compliance. Well, almost everything that I've said already today is the enforcement of trivial demands: stand six feet apart; follow the arrows; go in and out of certain doors; show support; get out there and clap and cheer and call grocery store clerks 'hero first responders' or else you will face social consequences. I think it's clear that the steps they are taking in the name of covid-19 amount to coercion, which amounts to torture.

We looked at these four elements of torture right at the beginning, well let's sum up.

4 elements of torture
First element of torture involves at least two persons, torture and victim. Yes, the torturers are the public health officials using lackeys and government, media, police and even radicalized fellow victims. And the victims are all the citizens of most countries.

Second, the victim is under physical control of the torturer. Well, we're not talking about prisoner of war camps, so we are not locked up in a cell, but we are controlled physically by our torturers.


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These amount to physical control of victim by torturer.

Let's look at the second element of torture: The infliction of acute pain and suffering, including mental and psychological pain and suffering.


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We'll refer back to Biderman's chart of coercion for all of those many examples of acute pain and suffering. Of note here: the Geneva Convention says that no physical or mental torture, nor any form of coercion may be inflicted on prisoners of war. I can hear them now: "well, you're, not prisoners of war so technically it doesn't count," but the spirit is there and we are being coerced. So, what they're doing to us is in violation of the spirit of the Geneva Convention.

The next element of torture, number three: There is implicit in the notion of the torture that the torturer wants the victim to submit. The torturer wants to break the victim in order to destroy his humanity.


https://www.sott.net/image/s28/574962/full/4_elements_of_torture_3.jpg


In this case, of covid-19, they are not listening to what the electorate wants. They are trying to force us to submit and therefore I believe that matches with one of the criteria of the elements of torture. Since they are moving us along and prolonging the stress, they are bringing us all into the chronic stage where the victims of the coercion become broken and their compliance will be all but guaranteed.

This brings us to the fourth element of torture: The torture is a systematic activity with a rational purpose.

This is where I have to help people to see. Some of you probably already see it, I get it. I preach to the choir a lot. But for new people coming along saying "well this is just an unfortunate side effect of how they have to handle the pandemic," I want to propose to you that they have a different purpose in mind. This isn't really about a pandemic at all. It's about the part where they break our will.

So, let's first define systemic to see if there's a systematic effort underway here. Definition of systematic: done or acting according to a fixed plan or system; methodical.


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Is the covid-19 response methodical? Well, remember there was immediate agreement on the status and reaction to the pandemic across national boundaries, local boundaries, political parties, and by world bodies, NGOs and corporations. We had and still have, in some cases, frequent daily and/or regularly scheduled press appearances by officials and spokespeople about this matter. A domination of information is about this covid-19 reaction.

We had rapid production and distribution of signage, pamphlets, guidance materials, stickers for the floors. We had rapid universal adoption of new protocol across almost every major corporation. Media is speaking with one voice worldwide, so we have narrative homogeneity. Censorship is happening. Contradictory information either has warning labels on it or you can't see it at all.

There's public shaming rituals against dissenters. There was the rollout of government handouts to affected persons and businesses ready to go. Invasion into our smartphone settings for the purposes of tracking. Note: ditch your smartphone!

Now, let's look at rational. Is there a rational element to this torture? Definition of rational: based on or in accordance with reason or logic. What is rational to globalists is not immediately seen as rational to everyday citizens and, let's face it, it's the globalists that are guiding this response.


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More and more lately they are coming straight out and saying it. The mayor of Chicago absolutely stated clearly that they want to hire people who are in line with the goals of the New World Order:


... and you make a mandate, and then you do training. Particularly in the city I'll call the licensing departments, whether it's zoning, buildings, housing will be impacted by it, planning certainly. And you pick the people to run those agencies and the deputies... that are pledging allegiance to the New World Order and good governance

-Lori Lightfoot, Mayor of Chicago, 2020

A highly placed elite in Canada, her name is Jodi butts, was just made editor of a literary magazine and in her tweet about it she said that she was happy to put Canada in a good standing in the New World Order:



Jodi Butts
@jodilhbutts
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Jun 10
Thrilled to be elected the Chair of @walrusmagazine Board of Directors tonight. It's more important than ever for a robust Canadian conversation about how we meet challenges, rebuild and stake out our place in the new world order.

So, when we look at whether or not there's a systematic, rational reason for the enacting of this torture, that's the reason. They need to break us. They want to break our spirit and our resistance to the Great Reset or the Green New Deal or the Fourth Industrial Revolution or the New World Order. Whatever words you like. And the reason they need to break us before they bring it in fully is because the elements of this plan are so extreme and radical that they know they would be fought on every front in many areas all over the world. This would be a very long implementation process for them

So, if they can weaken us in advance through this covid thing: the breakup family relationships; destroy the bonds between people; get children out of school; overwork parents; throw hundreds of thousands, millions of people out of work and continue dangling this threat that the pandemic might come back any day over our heads, we will be demoralized by all of this if they let it go on long enough.

Through that demoralization they can eliminate hard currency. They can put all schooling online. They can change to telehealth. They can let NGOs and the tech companies take over policing, and you see all of it. You see all of that happening right now, among other things. So, is the torture a systemic activity with a rational purpose? To them it is.

I want to close with this because it addresses another objection I'm sure some will be thinking upon reading this and that is "that we have to do this, it's for the greater good." Well, Amnesty International had this to say when talking about torture:


Those who consciously justify torture, and are not candid enough to state that they use it to defend their own power and privilege, rely essentially on the philosophic argument of a lesser evil for a greater good. They reinforce this with an appeal to the doctrine of necessity - the existential situation [covid] forces them to make a choice between two evils...

Allow freedom and liberty and have the virus "spread"? Or lock everyone down, take everyone's freedom and choices and financial well-being and relationships away, and maybe fewer people will get sick. That's what they're presenting to us and some people are buying it. Look at this comment I saw on Twitter:


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They have put this collectivist mentality into so many people that, in effect, the torturers are now being joined by many of their victims, who are helping them torture their other fellow citizens.

Please add your comments down below of the things this brings to mind and answer the original question that I posed: does the handling of this virus amount to torture?

I truly believe that once you can name what's happening to you, you can begin to recover your morale and your ability to fight it and your spirit because it's happening to all of us. All of us are in this right now, together. Ha! I'll steal their phrase and I'll use it for good. We are all being tortured right now, but once you see it, it can be a bit of a game, it really can and then you can also help save others from this depression and anxiety cycle they're probably all going through right now too. So, let's turn this around on them.


Amnesty International report (https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/204000/act400011975eng.pdf)

Video on Bitchute (https://www.bitchute.com/video/3yk3xezML8Q/)

[Mike Gorman]

Another outspoken nurse....

NURSE Kate Shemirani
LONDON DEMO TRAFALGER SQ ON 29TH AUGUST 2020

-xvoC4dYHnI

A bolshie northern English lass, hurray, we need people like this, people who do not simply observe but get a fire in their belly-we know when something is wrong, we feel it in our stomach, don't ignore your instincts there is a lot happening around us that is just utterly wrong.

[greybeard]

CHD's Lawsuit Against Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, and Three of Facebook’s So-Called “Fact-Checkers”

https://childrenshealthdefense.salsalabs.org/weeklywrapupweeklywrapupchdvfacebookplandemicgard?wvpId=10479161-2af4-416e-84c0-1b01a5a6c75c

Children’s Health Defense (CHD) filed a lawsuit on Monday, August 17, 2020 in San Francisco Federal Court charging Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, and three fact-checking companies with censoring truthful public health posts and for fraudulently misrepresenting and defaming CHD.

On Wednesday, Attorneys Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Roger Teich, Mary Holland, Dafna Tachover and Dr. Liz Mumper, a pediatrician directly affected by Facebook's censorship, took questions from the media and concerned citizens at a virtual press conference.
Read More

Censorship Claims Another Victim: Honest-Journalism Giant, Del Bigtree’s “The Highwire”

A lot more on the link above.
Chris

[greybeard]

‘Jurassic Park experiment’: 750 million genetically engineered mosquitoes to be released in Florida
James Crump
The Independent20 August 2020, 2:28 pm BST

US authorities have approved a plan to release more than 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes across the Florida Keys, despite objections from local residents.

British-based firm Oxitec are behind the project, that will test whether the altered mosquitoes can work as an alternative to pesticides to control the spread of diseases, such as Zika, dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever, according to CNN.

The male mosquito, which is named OX5034, has been created to produce female offspring that die at larval stage, before they grow big enough to spread disease and bite.

Female mosquitoes bite for blood while they mature their eggs, but males do not carry the diseases as they feed on nectar, according to Sky News.

The mosquitoes will only be released in the Florida Keys in 2020, but will be expanded into Harris County, Texas in 2021, after the Environmental Protection Agency granted Oxitec’s request for an experimental use permit.

Jaydee Hanson, policy director for the International Centre for Technology Assessment and Centre for Food Safety, released a statement on Thursday, where he criticised the decision.

“With all the urgent crises facing our nation and the State of Florida — the Covid-19 pandemic, racial injustice, climate change — the administration has used tax dollars and government resources for a Jurassic Park experiment,” he said.

“Now the Monroe County Mosquito Control District has given the final permission needed. What could possibly go wrong? We don’t know, because EPA unlawfully refused to seriously analyse environmental risks, now without further review of the risks, the experiment can proceed,” Mr Hanson added.

Zika was declared an international emergency in 2016, and although it was later downgraded, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said it was still a “significant public health challenge requiring intense action” later that year.

While the WHO record around 390 million dengue infections each year, as half of the world’s population are at danger of being infected, according to Sky.

This project will be the first of its kind in the US, but follows on from a similar trial in Brazil in 2016, where researchers recorded a decline in disease-carrying mosquitoes and found they did not cause harm to other insects.

Since the initial announcement of the project in May, more than 230,000 people have signed a petition against the proposal, which was supported by more than 30 local physicians.

Local media reported that residents were unhappy to be treated as “guinea pigs” for the experiment, as the petition claimed that the “GMO (genetically modified organisms) mosquitoes could pose major risks to fragile ecosystems.”

This argument was echoed by Dana Perls, a programme manager at Friends of the Earth, who released a statement on Wednesday where she said she was concerned about the damage the mosquitoes may cause to the local ecosystem.

“The release of genetically engineered mosquitoes will needlessly put Floridians, the environment and endangered species at risk in the midst of a pandemic,” Ms Perls said

However, in a statement on Wednesday, Oxitec CEO Grey Frandsen claimed that the programme will be beneficial to the area and said the company plan on working with local authorities during the project.

“Our team is incredibly thankful to the FKMCD commissioners, regulators and our diverse partners for placing trust in us. We’re ready to get to work, and we couldn’t think of better partners than the FKMCD’s professional staff and collaborators in this project.

“We’re looking forward to working hand-in-hand with the Keys community to demonstrate the effectiveness of our safe, sustainable technology in light of the growing challenges controlling this disease-spreading mosquito.”

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/jurassic-park-experiment-750-million-132816202.html

A different way of inoculating people?
Chris

[greybeard]

Are you PREPARED for this?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrB-PE8UPmE

[greybeard]

No lockdown, no masks, no hysteria... NO PROBLEM: Sweden didn't go into a corona coma - and it's living in glorious normality. Now DOMINIC SANDBROOK asks: Is this proof we got it all terribly wrong?

There is too much "good stuff" including graphs for my limited expertise to paste
Chris

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-8652523/No-lockdown-no-hysteria-DOMINIC-SANDBROOK-asks-Sweden-proof-got-terribly-wrong.html

[onawah]

Censorship Claims Another Victim: Honest-Journalism Giant, Del Bigtree’s “The Highwire”
AUGUST 18, 2020
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/news/censorship-claims-another-victim-honest-journalism-giant-del-bigtrees-the-highwire/?utm_source=salsa&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=c4b8e232-2fa3-4416-a49b-c368044c395d
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Chair, Children’s Health Defense
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"On July 29, YouTube terminated Del Bigtree’s “The Highwire” account after he posted a video of Del and me discussing my debate with Alan Dershowitz on vaccine mandates. YouTube also purged hundreds of other truthful videos on vaccines.

YouTube’s owner, Google, is effectively a vaccine company. Two subsidiaries of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, market and manufacture vaccines: Calico and Verily. Arthur Levinson, Genentech’s former CEO, runs Calico, an anti-aging drug company while Verily teams with Pharma to conduct drug and vaccine clinical trials.

In 2016, Alphabet inked a $715 million deal with GlaxoSmithKline to create Galvani, another venture to develop bioelectronic medicines and vaccines and to mine medical information from Google customers. Google’s Customer Services President, Mary Ellen Coe, sits on Merck’s board.

In 2016, Google partnered with Sanofi launching Onduo, a virtual diabetes clinic and in 2018 in another business that uses analytics to develop new drugs and vaccines.

In 2018, Google invested $27,000,000 in Vaccitech to make vaccines for flu, MERS, and prostate cancer. Vaccitech calls itself “the future of mass vaccine production.” In 2020, Vaccitech started work on a COVID vaccine. Google claims to provide politically and commercially neutral searches, but it systemically manipulates search results to suppress accurate vaccine safety and efficacy information and steers users toward deceptive and fraudulent Pharma propaganda.

Google’s algorithms censor negative information about COVID vaccines and positive information about therapies like hydroxychloroquine that compete with the vaccines in development. Google censors reports that diminish public panic about COVID-19. Google’s definition of “misinformation” is “any information, even if accurate and true, which criticizes vaccination products.” Facebook and Google hired “FactChecker” (Politifact) to censor vaccine misinformation.

Politifact was launched by a grant from the Gates Foundation, the world’s largest vaccine promoter. Google’s orchestrated censorship across social media is crippling legitimate debates over international vaccination policies. This is a crisis for liberal democracies.

Support Del: TheHighWire.com"

[onawah]

COVID Response Is All Cost, No Benefit
AUGUST 20, 2020
Guest Editorial By Kristina Kristen
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/news/covid-response-is-all-cost-no-benefit/?utm_source=salsa&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=c4b8e232-2fa3-4416-a49b-c368044c395d

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"Government officials’ interventions for COVID-19 have been strategically one-sided and myopic. Many leaders, in response to the perceived virus threat, completely abandoned rational considerations to lower overall suffering and death. In a blind focus intended to “stop the virus,” officials recklessly locked down billions of people globally with little to no debate, while ignoring the cost factor, an indispensable half of a “cost-benefit” analysis in calculating any solution.

The cost-benefit analysis, the most basic tenet of any decision making process, especially those having to do with life, death and health, must contain two critical data points: whether the intervention will work and whether the cost of it working will create more harm, in which case other alternatives must be considered, including: doing nothing. If a so-called solution “works” but in doing so creates massive, disproportionate collateral damage and increases overall harm, then clearly it cannot be called a solution, and certainly should never be mandated onto a population.

An Unprecedented, Unscientific Experiment
Draconian mandates of isolation, social distancing and masks imposed on healthy populations have never been done before. Why? The answer is simple—because an elementary calculation of potential lives saved versus the overall decimation of an entire society was a preposterous “solution” to any microbe. The “medicine” would be far deadlier and damaging than the “disease.”

The layered downstream and long-term effects of lock downs, social distancing, and mandated masks have yet to be fully revealed, but what we do know is poverty and suicide rates have sky-rocketed as 50,000,000 people have been forced into poverty in the US, alone. [27,28] Deaths from poverty and despair, based on estimates of 37,000 deaths per 1% increase in unemployment in the US will be devastating, lasting after the virus is long gone.[39]

Globally, a UN report also finds the lock downs are reversing decades of progress on alleviating poverty and improving health and education [26]. Strangely, COVID-19 seems to be mostly a disease of the developed world, with 74 percent of the 4.4 million cases and 85 percent of worldwide deaths occurring in North America and Europe. [37]

. . . Global data now illustrate countries with full lock downs not only have massive economic collateral damage, but deaths from COVID in many cases are higher than countries with minimal to no lock downs . . .
On the other hand, lock downs kill people through deprivation of livelihoods and disturbance of health services. Some 1.6 billion of the world’s 2 billion informal workers, or nearly half the global workforce, have already lost their jobs, according to the International Labor Organization. These include gig workers in Western economies. But the vast majority of job loss is in developing countries, where most employment is informal and families live hand-to-mouth, relying on a daily wage if they are to eat at the end of that day.[38]

Missing Concept: Economics Impact On Life, Health, and Mortality
There is an incessant false dichotomy implied in the flawed assertion that “health is more important than wealth.” The economy, to many, is somehow disconnected from what it actually is, a life force. What seems to be lost on some is while the wealthy profit from this life force the majority live, suffer, and die by it. To make matters even worse with regard to supposed “benefit,” global data now illustrate countries with full lock downs not only have massive economic collateral damage, but deaths from COVID in many cases are higher than countries with minimal to no lock downs, such as Sweden, South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan— the natural “control groups” in this massive, unprecedented global experiment [30]. This evidence takes any “benefit” of lock downs completely out of the equation, leaving all “costs”– real costs that officials have ignored.

Problematic “Virtues”
Mandating millions of healthy people, young and old, to wear cloth masks is perhaps the most troublesome “solution” that, as it turns out, also delivers little benefit with a suffocating cost. On a very basic level, we all understand the size of the particle compared to the size of the filter, matters…right? The image of throwing sand against a chain link should come to mind. What we know is masks can filter some bacteria and contaminants, but given the size of viruses at 0.06-0.125 microns, cloth masks are virtually incapable of blocking their aerosolized transmission. Numerous randomized controlled studies not only demonstrate they are woefully ineffective at stopping transmission, but, some have even shown masks to INCREASE infection due to repeated touching and trapping of germs [1,2,3,4,5,8,13]. The overwhelming data simply does not support the assertion they will protect from a virus.

Masks have been branded now as virtuous despite the realities of compromised health. We are designed to breath in oxygen-rich (O2) air and we exhale carbon dioxide (CO2), a metabolic waste product. Meanwhile, our brain is dependent on an adequate and continuous supply of oxygen in order to optimally produce cellular energy to support life. The central nervous system is thereby extremely vulnerable to inadequate O2 supply. [16,17,18,19,20,21,22,25]. Normal atmospheric oxygen level is 20.9%. But when wearing a mask, a portion of the carbon dioxide waste exhale displaces the O2 inside the mask, and thereby we re-inhale our own CO2 exhale. Clearly, when we re-inhale a portion of our exhale, we are obstructing optimal O2/CO2 gas exchanges, otherwise known as breathing, an activity that, up to recently, we all recognized as the most vital action we engage in to stay alive!

. . . Symptoms of mild CO2 exposure may include headache and drowsiness. At higher levels, rapid breathing, confusion, increased cardiac output, elevated blood pressure and increased arrhythmias . . .”
Known Standards
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), has determined that the atmospheric oxygen level in work places must be above 19.5%, below which it warns of “immediate dangers to life and health” (IDLH). It turns out, in seconds, OSHA-approved monitors illustrate oxygen levels inside masks drop precipitously to well below 19.5%. Demonstrations performed with the mask show 17-18% oxygen levels, causing monitors to loudly alert the mask-wearer that they are breathing insufficient Oxygen. [31,32]

OSHA likewise regulates the amount of atmospheric CO2 levels in working environments. Normal outdoors CO2 levels range from 350-550 parts per million (ppm). Acceptable levels are less than 600ppm. OSHA-approved monitors, within seconds, show dangerous levels of CO2 inside masks, with levels reaching above 10,000ppm. [33] Summarized effects of elevated CO2 levels on people:

complaints of stiffness and odors: 600 – 1000 ppm
general drowsiness: 1000 – 2500 ppm
adverse health effects may be expected: 2500 – 5000 ppm
Prolonged exposure limits:

maximum allowed concentration within 8 hour working period: 5000 – 10000 ppm
maximum allowed concentration within a 15 minute working period: 30000 ppm
The Air Hunger Games
The negative health effects caused by excess CO2 are the result of its behavior as a simple asphyxiant. A simple asphyxiant is a gas which reduces or displaces the normal oxygen in breathing air. According to OSHA: “Symptoms of mild CO2 exposure may include headache and drowsiness. At higher levels, rapid breathing, confusion, increased cardiac output, elevated blood pressure and increased arrhythmias may occur. Breathing oxygen depleted air caused by extreme CO2 concentrations can lead to death by suffocation.”[33]

In separate studies performed by Harvard and Yale, student volunteers engaged in game-like simulation over three short trials during which they breathed air containing 600,1,000, and 2,500 ppm of carbon dioxide. The results were astounding in that “there were moderate declines in decision making performance at 1,000 ppm compared to 600 ppm. At 2,500 ppm, the drop in mental capacity was astonishingly large.” [35] Alarmingly, cloth masks raise CO2 levels to over 5,000ppm, well-above the 2,500ppm level demonstrated to have “astonishingly” high cognitive impairment on students.

Another potentially serious side-effect of excess CO2, well known by doctors and nurses, is respiratory acidosis, where a build-up of C02 causes the blood PH level to become overly acidic. Carbon dioxide in our blood or in solution becomes carbonic acid, and this mild acid plays a major role as a buffer along with bicarbonate (a mild base) in maintaining the very narrow range of 7.35-7.45 blood PH. Our life literally depends on maintaining this specific blood PH level, and our bodies rely primarily on two organs, our lungs and our kidneys to keep this level stable. Inhaling our own exhaled CO2, especially over time, can cause respiratory acidosis, which is a stressor to the kidneys and the circulatory system. [36] We are mandating children and workers to wear masks for hours every day, knowing they are breathing sub-optimal air and likely creating imbalances and stress in their bodies. Where are the safety studies performed to show wearing masks for extended periods does not stunt growth or create illnesses in children who have virtually zero risk from the virus itself?

Of course concerns about wearing masks extend well beyond physiological and health repercussions, into much broader and equally important domains of social, emotional, interactive and community effects, which lay outside the scope of this paper. Suffice it to say, short and long-term negative psychological impacts of wearing masks in potentially producing a disconnected, anti-social, fearful and germophobic society cannot be overly emphasized.

Even more disturbingly, as new data has become available showing the virus fatality rate of 0.1-0.26, corroborated globally, and as death rates approach zero, our leaders continue with these extreme measures. They persist as though the initial, wildly inaccurate, and long-debunked predictive models are still in play.

Shutting down the globe for a virus is unprecedented in and of itself, but continuing to do so when the serious ramifications of lock downs, social distancing and mask wearing become so disproportionate to the perceived threat of the virus, is shocking. This complete and wholesale dethroning of safety and health in policy-makers’ analytics is arguably the biggest driver of suffering and lost lives. A deranged Machiavellianesque approach to solutions with a one-sided “success”-at-any-cost-mentality, has supplanted legitimate, broad, and holistic critical reasoning in finding viable solutions. The reasonable among us must ask for real and rational discourse along with comprehensive solutions from our leaders; the failure in their approach is no longer supportable. The hubris and intransigence of too many leaders in this crisis should be measured as crimes against humanity.

Citations/Resources
1. Do facemasks protect against COVID‐19?

The public might wear masks to avoid infection or to protect others. During the 2009 pandemic of H1N1 influenza (swine flu), encouraging the public to wash their hands reduced the incidence of infection significantly whereas wearing face masks did not. 5 There exists no good evidence that face masks protect the public against infection with respiratory viruses, including COVID‐19. 6

Surgical face masks are designed to be discarded after single use. As they become moist they become porous and no longer protect. Indeed, experiments have shown that surgical and cotton masks do not trap the SARS‐CoV‐2 (COVID‐19) virus, which can be detected on the outer surface of the masks for up to 7 days. 7 , 8 Thus, a pre‐symptomatic or mildly infected person wearing a face mask for hours without changing it and without washing hands every time they touched the mask could paradoxically increase the risk of infecting others.

2. A cluster randomized trial of cloth masks compared with medical masks in healthcare workers

Results: The rates of all infection outcomes were highest in the cloth mask arm, with the rate of ILI statistically significantly higher in the cloth mask arm (relative risk (RR)=13.00, 95% CI 1.69 to 100.07) compared with the medical mask arm. Cloth masks also had significantly higher rates of ILI compared with the control arm. An analysis by mask use showed ILI (RR=6.64, 95% CI 1.45 to 28.65) and laboratory-confirmed virus (RR=1.72, 95% CI 1.01 to 2.94) were significantly higher in the cloth masks group compared with the medical masks group. Penetration of cloth masks by particles was almost 97% and medical masks 44%.

Conclusions: This study is the first RCT of cloth masks, and the results caution against the use of cloth masks. This is an important finding to inform occupational health and safety. Moisture retention, reuse of cloth masks and poor filtration may result in increased risk of infection. Further research is needed to inform the widespread use of cloth masks globally. However, as a precautionary measure, cloth masks should not be recommended for HCWs, particularly in high-risk situations, and guidelines need to be updated.

3. Universal Masking in Hospitals in the Covid-19 Era

We know that wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection. Public health authorities define a significant exposure to Covid-19 as face-to-face contact within 6 feet with a patient with symptomatic Covid-19 that is sustained for at least a few minutes (and some say more than 10 minutes or even 30 minutes). The chance of catching Covid-19 from a passing interaction in a public space is therefore minimal. In many cases, the desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic.

4. The use of masks and respirators to prevent transmission of influenza: a systematic review of the scientific evidence

Findings, however, may not be applicable to influenza and many studies were suboptimal. None of the studies established a conclusive relationship between mask/respirator use and protection against influenza infection.

5. Mask Facts

Conclusion: Wearing masks will not reduce SARS-CoV-2.

N95 masks protect health care workers, but are not recommended for source control transmission.
Surgical masks are better than cloth but not very efficient at preventing emissions from infected patients.
Cloth masks will be ineffective at preventing SARS-CoV-2 transmission, whether worn as source control or as personal protective equipment (PPE).
Penetration of cloth masks by particles was 97% and medical masks 44%, 3M Vflex 9105 N95 (0.1%), 3M 9320 N95 (<0.01%).

Moisture retention, reuse of cloth masks and poor filtration may result in increased risk of infection.
The virus may survive on the surface of the face- masks
Self-contamination through repeated use and improper doffing is possible. A contaminated cloth mask may transfer pathogen from the mask to the bare hands of the wearer.
Cloth masks should not be recommended for health care workers, particularly in high-risk situations, and guidelines need to be updated
6. Advice on the use of masks in the context of COVID-19

From the WHO: There is limited evidence that wearing a medical mask by healthy individuals in the households or among contacts of a sick patient, or among attendees of mass gatherings may be beneficial as a preventive measure.14-23 However, there is currently no evidence that wearing a mask (whether medical or other types) by healthy persons in the wider community setting, including universal community masking, can prevent them from infection with respiratory viruses, including COVID-19‬.‬‬

7. The Surgical Mask Is a Bad Fit for Risk Reduction

From the WHO: There is limited evidence that wearing a medical mask by healthy individuals in the households or among contacts of a sick patient, or among attendees of mass gatherings may be beneficial as a preventive measure.14-23 However, there is currently no evidence that wearing a mask (whether medical or other types) by healthy persons in the wider community setting, including universal community masking, can prevent them from infection with respiratory viruses, including COVID-19‬.‬‬

Histories of the surgical mask offer some clues about our contemporary risk profile, a profile that is, according to the nature of risk, future-oriented. The birth of the mask came from the realization that surgical wounds need protection from the droplets released in the breath of surgeons. The technology was applied outside the operating room in an effort to control the spread of infectious epidemics. In the 1919 influenza pandemic, masks were available and were dispensed to populations, but they had no impact on the epidemic curve. At the time, it was unknown that the influenza organism is nanoscopic and can theoretically penetrate the surgical mask barrier. As recently as 2010, the US National Academy of Sciences declared that, in the community setting, “face masks are not designed or certified to protect the wearer from exposure to respiratory hazards.” A number of studies have shown the inefficacy of the surgical mask in household settings to prevent transmission of the influenza virus.

8. Face Masks to Prevent Transmission of Influenza Virus: A Systematic Review

There are fewer data to support the use of masks or respirators to prevent becoming infected. Further studies in controlled settings and studies of natural infections in healthcare and community settings are required to better define the effectiveness of face masks and respirators in preventing influenza virus transmission.

9. Evaluating the efficacy of cloth facemasks in reducing particulate matter exposure

Standard N95 mask performance was used as a control to compare the results with cloth masks, and our results suggest that cloth masks are only marginally beneficial in protecting individuals from particles<2.5 μm. Compared with cloth masks, disposable surgical masks are more effective in reducing particulate exposure.

10. Facemasks for the prevention of infection in healthcare and community settings

Further research should focus on examining the efficacy of facemasks against specific infectious threats such as influenza and tuberculosis, assessing the efficacy of cloth masks, investigating common practices such as reuse of masks, assessing compliance, filling in policy gaps, and obtaining cost effectiveness data using clinical efficacy estimates.

11. Effectiveness of N95 respirators versus surgical masks in protecting health care workers from acute respiratory infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Results: We identified 6 clinical studies (3 RCTs, 1 cohort study and 2 case-control studies) and 23 surrogate exposure studies. In the meta-analysis of the clinical studies, we found no significant difference between N95 respirators and surgical masks in associated risk of (a) laboratory-confirmed respiratory infection (RCTs: odds ratio [OR] 0.89, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.64-1.24; cohort study: OR 0.43, 95% CI 0.03-6.41; case-control studies: OR 0.91, 95% CI 0.25-3.36); (b) influenza-like illness (RCTs: OR 0.51, 95% CI 0.19-1.41); or (c) reported workplace absenteeism (RCT: OR 0.92, 95% CI 0.57-1.50). In the surrogate exposure studies, N95 respirators were associated with less filter penetration, less face-seal leakage and less total inward leakage under laboratory experimental conditions, compared with surgical masks.

Interpretation: Although N95 respirators appeared to have a protective advantage over surgical masks in laboratory settings, our meta-analysis showed that there were insufficient data to determine definitively whether N95 respirators are superior to surgical masks in protecting health care workers against transmissible acute respiratory infections in clinical settings.

12. Unmasking the Surgeons: The Evidence Base Behind the Use of Facemasks in Surgery

Examination of the literature revealed much of the published work on the matter to be quite dated and often studies had poorly elucidated methodologies. As a result, we recommend caution in extrapolating their findings to contemporary surgical practice. However, overall there is a lack of substantial evidence to support claims that face masks protect either patient or surgeon from infectious contamination. More rigorous contemporary research is needed to make a definitive comment on the effectiveness of surgical facemasks.

13. Use of surgical face masks to reduce the incidence of the common cold among health care workers in Japan: a randomized controlled trial

Results: Thirty-two health care workers completed the study, resulting in 2464 subject days. There were 2 colds during this time period, 1 in each group. Of the 8 symptoms recorded daily, subjects in the mask group were significantly more likely to experience headache during the study period (P < .05). Subjects living with children were more likely to have high cold severity scores over the course of the study.

Conclusion: Face mask use in health care workers has not been demonstrated to provide benefit in terms of cold symptoms or getting colds. A larger study is needed to definitively establish noninferiority of no mask use.

14. Simple Respiratory Protection—Evaluation of the Filtration Performance of Cloth Masks and Common Fabric Materials Against 20–1000 nm Size Particles

Common fabric materials and cloth masks showed a wide variation in penetration values for polydisperse (40–90%) as well as monodisperse aerosol particles in the 20–1000 nm range (40–97%) at 5.5 cm s−1 face velocity. The penetration levels obtained for fabric materials against both polydisperse and monodisperse aerosols were much higher than the value for the control N95 respirator filter media but were in the range found for some surgical masks in previous studies. Penetrations of monodisperse aerosol particles slightly increased at 16.5 cm s−1 face velocity, while polydisperse aerosols showed no significant effect except one fabric mask with an increase. The penetration values obtained for common fabric materials indicate that only marginal respiratory protection can be expected for submicron particles taking into consideration face seal leakage.

15. Influenza Virus in Human Exhaled Breath: An Observational Study

The data also suggest that influenza virus RNA is contained in fine particles because over 87% of the exhaled particles were under 1 µm and less than 0.1% were larger than 5 µm. This distribution of particle sizes is consistent with previous studies showing that 98% of particles produced during normal breathing are under 1 µm [6]–[8]. Thus, based on the particle size distribution, it is unlikely that the viral RNA detected was carried on large particles. We also note that the Exhalair sampler fitted with a face mask as the patient interface would likely impact most large particles (>20 µm) on the mask or in tubing connecting the mask to the particle counter and filter cassette. Therefore, it is likely that the influenza virus RNA we detected in exhaled breath was contained in exhaled breath particles <5.0 µm in diameter. If influenza virus is carried in the smaller particles and transmission occurs via the airborne route, the use of interventions such as surgical-type masks as personal protective equipment may not prevent transmission. However, larger studies should be conducted to provide baseline data on particle and infectious influenza virus generation, as well as potential changes in virus generation due to use of surgical masks by patients or healthcare professionals.

16. Optical microscopic study of surface morphology and filtering efficiency of face masks

We studied the effect of surface morphology of locally available face masks on their PM filtering efficiency. Filtering efficiency of CM for ambient PM10 was poorer than in SM. The poor efficiency was due to the presence of larger sized pores. Our study also demonstrated that washing and drying cycle deteriorates the filtering efficiency due to change in pore shape and clearance. We also found that stretching of the CM surface alters the pore size and potentially decreases the filtering efficiency. The findings of this study suggest that CM are not effective, and that effectiveness deteriorates if used after washing and drying cycles and if used under stretched condition. (CM = cloth mask, PM = particulate matter, SM = surgical mask).

16. Headaches Associated With Personal Protective Equipment – A Cross-Sectional Study Among Frontline Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 (Journal Headache)

Conclusion: Most healthcare workers develop de novo PPE-associated headaches or exacerbation of their pre-existing headache disorders.

17. The Physiological Impact of Wearing Masks on Medical Staff

Wearing N95 masks results in hypooxygenemia and hypercapnia which reduce working efficiency and the ability to make correct decision. Medical staff are at increased risk of getting ‘Severe acute respiratory syndrome'(SARS), and wearing N95 masks is highly recommended by experts worldwide. However, dizziness, headache, and short of breath are commonly experienced by the medical staff wearing N95 masks. The ability to make correct decision may be hampered, too. The purpose of the study was therefore to evaluate the physiological impact of N95 mask on medical staff.

18. Preliminary Report on Surgical Mask Induced Deoxygenation During Major Surgery

Results: Our study revealed a decrease in the oxygen saturation of arterial pulsations (SpO2) and a slight increase in pulse rates compared to preoperative values in all surgeon groups. The decrease was more prominent in the surgeons aged over 35.

Conclusions: Considering our findings, pulse rates of the surgeon’s increase and SpO2 decrease after the first hour. This early change in SpO2 may be either due to the facial mask or the operational stress. Since a very small decrease in saturation at this level, reflects a large decrease in PaO2, our findings may have a clinical value for the health workers and the surgeons.

19. The physiological impact of wearing an N95 mask during hemodialysis as a precaution against SARS in patients with end-stage renal disease

Results: Thirty-nine patients (23 men; mean age, 57.2 years) were recruited for participation in the study. Seventy percent of the patients showed a reduction in partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2), and 19% developed various degrees of hypoxemia. Wearing an N95 mask significantly reduced the PaO2 level (101.7 +/- 12.6 to 92.7 +/- 15.8 mm Hg, p = 0.006), increased the respiratory rate (16.8 +/- 2.8 to 18.8 +/- 2.7/min, p < 0.001), and increased the occurrence of chest discomfort (3 to 11 patients, p = 0.014) and respiratory distress (1 to 17 patients, p < 0.001). Baseline PaO2 level was the only significant predictor of the magnitude of PaO2 reduction (p < 0.001).‬

Conclusion: Wearing an N95 mask for 4 hours during HD significantly reduced PaO2 and increased respiratory adverse effects in ESRD patients.

20. Chronic hypoxia-hypercapnia influences cognitive function: a possible new model of cognitive dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

It has been confirmed that chronic hypoxia-hypercapnia contributes a lot to the development in pathophysiology of COPD. Data from some pilot studies indicated that chronic hypoxia-hypercapnia influences cognitive functions both in patients and in animals, which includes some distinctive pattern of cognitive dysfunction in human being or impairment of spatial learning-memory in rat. Therefore, we propose that cognitive impairment is strongly related to combination of chronic hypoxia and hypercapnia, and chronic hypoxia-hypercapnia-induced animal models may mimic the cognitive dysfunction of COPD. Attempts to confirm this hypothesis may lead to new model of cognitive dysfunction in COPD.

21. Effects of wearing N95 and surgical facemasks on heart rate, thermal stress and subjective sensations

Therefore, it can be concluded that N95 and surgical facemasks can induce significantly different temperatures and humidity in the microclimates of facemasks, which have profound influences on heart rate and thermal stress and subjective perception of discomfort

‬22. History and Value of Face Masks

Conclusion: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of face masks seems to be an accepted procedure worldwide although a scientific discussion is going on up to now, which has its roots in the history of medicine and science. Future research on efficiency and efficacy of long-term mask wearing outside of hospital settings is warranted and will allow for insights that are more detailed.

‬23. The US Surgeon General once warned against wearing face masks for the coronavirus but the CDC now recommends it‬

“You can increase your risk of getting it by wearing a mask if you are not a health care provider,” Adams said. “Folks who don’t know how to wear them properly tend to touch their faces a lot and actually can increase the spread of coronavirus,” he added.

24. Science Says Healthy People Should Not Wear Masks
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25. Oxygen and seizure dynamics: I. Experiments

The mammalian brain is dependent on an adequate and continuous supply of oxygen (Hochachka and Guppy 1987). Its necessity stems from a central role to produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the primary source of cellular energy required to maintain structural and functional integrity. With minimal O2 storage ability, a tightly regulated balance between supply and demand is necessary to maintain proper brain functioning, where too little or too much can cause serious consequences. This low tolerance to changes in oxygen concentration ([O2]) renders the central nervous system exceedingly vulnerable to its O2 supply, and when the balance between metabolism and delivery become compromised, so does physiological activity (Schiff and Somjen 1987).

26. Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on children 15 APRIL 2020

Economic hardship experienced by families as a result of the global economic downturn could result in hundreds of thousands of additional child deaths in 2020, reversing the last 2 to 3 years of progress in reducing infant mortality within a single year. And this alarming figure does not even take into account services disrupted due to the crisis – it only reflects the current relationship between economies and mortality, so is likely an under-estimate of the impact. Rising Executive Summary 2 POLICY BRIEF: THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON CHILDREN POLICY BRIEF: THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON CHILDREN 3 malnutrition is expected as 368.5 million children across 143 countries who normally rely on school meals for a reliable source of daily nutrition must now look to other sources. The risks to child mental health and well being are also considerable. Refugee and internally displaced children as well as those living in detention and situations of active conflict are especially vulnerable.

27. Unemployment Expected to Reach Highest Level Since Great Depression https://www.wsj.com/articles/unemployment-expected-to-reach-highest-level-since-great-depression-11594112400

Unemployment rates in the world’s advanced economies will end the year higher than at any time since the Great Depression and not return to their pre-pandemic levels until 2022 at the earliest, the Organization for Economic and Cooperation and Development said Tuesday.

28. America’s Stunning Unemployment Surge During Coronavirus, Visualized

The ranks of the unemployed are swelling in ways not seen before since the coronavirus crisis. Another 1.5 million Americans filed jobless claims last week, bringing the total to 45.4 million since the March 14. Numbers began surging as state-ordered coronavirus lockdowns brought huge swaths of the economy to a halt.

29. Lifting lockdowns: the when, why and how

They are blunt instruments that can cause immense harm. Time to be more discriminating

Since china locked down the city of Wuhan on January 23rd, over a third of the world’s population has at one time or another been shut away at home. It is hard to think of any policy ever having been imposed so widely with such little preparation or debate. But then closing down society was not a thought-out response, so much as a desperate measure for a desperate time. It has slowed the pandemic, but at a terrible price. As they seek to put lockdowns behind them, governments are not thinking hard enough about the costs and benefits of what comes next.

Since china locked down the city of Wuhan on January 23rd, over a third of the world’s population has at one time or another been shut away at home. It is hard to think of any policy ever having been imposed so widely with such little preparation or debate. But then closing down society was not a thought-out response, so much as a desperate measure for a desperate time. It has slowed the pandemic, but at a terrible price. As they seek to put lockdowns behind them, governments are not thinking hard enough about the costs and benefits of what comes next.

30. Why Sweden Succeeded in “Flattening the Curve” and New York Failed

While Sweden’s death toll is indeed substantially higher than neighbors such as Finland, Norway, and Denmark, it’s also much lower than several other European neighbors such as Belgium, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Spain. Indeed, a simple comparison between Belgium and Sweden—nations with rather similar populations—reveals that Belgium suffered far worse than Sweden from the coronavirus.

31. Confined or Enclosed Spaces and Other Dangerous Atmospheres » Oxygen-Deficient or Oxygen-Enriched Atmospheres

Oxygen-deficient atmospheres are the leading cause of confined space fatalities in the shipyard. While normal atmosphere contains between 20.8 and 21 percent oxygen, OSHA defines as oxygen deficient any atmosphere that contains less than 19.5 percent oxygen, and as oxygen enriched, any atmosphere that contains more than 22 percent.

Oxygen-deficient atmospheres may be created when oxygen is displaced by inerting gases, such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen, argon, or the ship’s inert gas system or firefighting system. Oxygen can also be consumed by rusting metal, ripening fruits, drying paint, or coatings, combustion, or bacterial activities.

Oxygen-enriched atmospheres may be produced by certain chemical reactions, but in a shipyard they are typically caused by leaking oxygen hoses and torches. Oxygen enriched atmospheres present a significant fire and explosion risk.

32. Confined Spaces: Is 19.5 Percent Oxygen Really Safe?

OSHA’s confined space regulation presumes that readers have substantial technical knowledge in areas such as, but not limited to, toxicology, fall protection, chemical protective clothing, machine guarding, fire protection, industrial hygiene instrumentation, electrical safety, lockout/tagout, respiratory protection, ventilation and adult learning methods.

In this light, there is a presumption that readers also understand the technical basis for many of the standard’s requirements, including the 19.5 percent oxygen value. My experience, drawn from thousands of people who have attended dozens of my courses, suggests that most folks don’t have a clue as to why 19.5 percent is significant. While this oxygen level may be acceptable in some situations, relying on it without understanding its basis can lead to fatal consequences.

33. Carbon Dioxide Health Hazard Information Sheet Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a colorless, odorless, non-flammable gas that naturally occurs in the atmosphere. CO2 is produced by body metabolism and is a normal component of exhaled breath. It also results from the burning of fossil fuels and natural sources such as volcanic eruptions. CO2 levels in outdoor air typically range from 300 to 400 ppm (0.03% to 0.04%) but can be as high as 600-900 ppm in metropolitan areas. Although it is most commonly present as a gas, CO2 can also exist in a solid (dry ice) form.

34. Exposure Limits for Carbon Dioxide Gas CO2

35. High CO2 Levels Inside & Out: Double Whammy?
Student volunteers enlisted by the team engaged in the game-like simulation, working at desks in a chamber sealed tightly with a door like that on a refrigerator. Over three short trials, they breathed air containing 600, 1,000 and 2,500 ppm of carbon dioxide. The results astounded Mendell. Indoor air experts generally don’t consider carbon dioxide to be a health problem unless breathed at levels far higher, at which point it causes respiration changes. “I didn’t know what to think,” he says. There were “moderate” declines in decision making performance at 1,000 ppm compared to 600 ppm. At 2,500 ppm, the drop in mental capacity was “astonishingly large.”

36. What to know about respiratory acidosis
The symptoms of respiratory acidosis are generally the effects of raised CO2. In chronic respiratory acidosis, these symptoms are less noticeable than in acute respiratory acidosis, because compensating responses in the body tend to keep blood pH near normal. The acidifying effect of raised CO2 in chronic respiratory acidosis might reduce in the blood. However, the compensatory actions of the kidneys are not as effective for acid levels in the brain, leading to symptoms that affect thought, sleep, and memory. These symptoms can include:

headache memory loss sleep disturbance anxiety and personality changes
In acute respiratory acidosis, or if chronic respiratory acidosis gets progressively worse over time, the effects of raised CO2 in the brain become more severe. Symptoms can include:

Confusion drowsiness stupor muscle jerking
In acute respiratory acidosis and deteriorating cases of chronic respiratory acidosis, blood rapidly becomes more acidic and dangerous. Effects of a drastically lower pH in the blood include:

reduced heart muscle function disturbances in heart rhythm, producing arrhythmias
a drop in blood pressure
37. Hunger could be more deadly than coronavirus in poorer countries Some 1.6 billion of the world’s 2 billion informal workers, or nearly half the global workforce, have already lost their jobs, according to the International Labor Organization. They include gig workers in Western economies, but the vast majority are in developing countries, where most employment is informal and families live hand-to-mouth, relying on a daily wage if they are to eat at the end of the day.The loss of income for people already living perilously close to the margins of survival will propel up to 50 million people into abject poverty this year, reversing three decades of gains in the war against deprivation, according to World Bank estimates. A study by the United Nations said 580 million could become impoverished, meaning they lack the basic means to survive. And as incomes are lost, a “hunger pandemic” could eclipse the coronavirus, the World Food Program has warned; 130 million people are expected to join the ranks of the 135 million who were expected to suffer from acute hunger this year, the agency says, bringing to 265 million the number of those at risk of starvation.

38. COVID-19 and the world of work. Third edition Updated estimates and analysis

Among the most vulnerable in the labor market, almost 1.6 billion informal economy workers are significantly impacted by lockdown measures and/or working in the hardest-hit sectors. X The first month of crisis is estimated to result in a decline in earnings of informal workers of 60 per cent globally. By region, the expected decline is largest in Africa and Latin America, ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work. Third edition 2 at 81 per cent. Regarding income groups, it is 82 per cent in lower-middle and low-income countries, 28 per cent in upper-middle-income countries, and 76 per cent in high-income countries

39. Bluestone, Barry. Bennett Harrison. Lawrence Baker. Corporate Flight: The Causes and Consequences of Economic Dislocation. Progressive Alliance, 1981. "

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• Dr. Judy Mikovits

Plan-demic is one of the most shocking science videos you may ever see. It is also one of the most highly censored, removed, and de-platformed videos of all time. Aside from naming the names of those who have intentionally suppressed critical information seen as responsible for millions of needless deaths, molecular biologist Judy A. Mikovits also reveals the disturbing true story of how she was thrown in prison for no actual crime.

• La Marzulli is an author, lecturer, and filmmaker. He has penned twelve books including The Nephilim Trilogy which made the CBA best sellers list.

Based on his work on the trilogy, L.A. received an honorary doctorate from his mentor Dr. I. D. E. Thomas, who was the Provost at Pacific International University.

Marzulli is a frank super-naturalist who lectures on the subjects of UFOs, the Nephilim, and ancient prophetic texts, presenting his exhaustive research at conferences and churches, and through media appearances and interviews on numerous national and international radio and television programs.

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And this form Collective Evolution reviewing Plandemic facts

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Nursing homes were bullied into accepting Covid-19 patients – research
PA Reporters
PA Media: UK News22 August 2020, 11:41 pm BST

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/nursing-homes-were-bullied-accepting-224157469.html


Nursing homes were pressured into accepting patients with coronavirus while simultaneously being refused treatment for residents by hospitals and GPs, according to research.

A report by the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) found homes were told hospitals had a blanket “no admissions” policy at the height of the pandemic.

The QNI, a charity which focuses on the improvement of nursing care of people in their own home, found care home residents were regularly refused treatment in April and May.

Published by the Independent, the research found GPs and local managers in some homes had placed unlawful do not resuscitate orders on residents.

The survey of nurses and managers in 163 care homes across England, Wales and Northern Ireland found 56% said their physical and mental health had suffered due to the stress of the pandemic.

Seventy homes, 43% of those surveyed, said they had received a patient discharged from hospital during March or April that had not been tested for the virus.

A fifth said they had received a patient discharged from hospital who was Covid-19 positive.

One in four homes said it was difficult to get hospital treatment for patients, while a third said they had had difficulty accessing GPs and district nurses.

One nurse said: “The acute sector pushed us to take untested admissions.

“The two weeks of daily deaths during an outbreak were possibly the two worst weeks of my 35-year nursing career.”

Another reported being told to change the status of all the home’s residents to “do not resuscitate” but said staff had refused to comply.

Crystal Oldman, chief executive of the QNI, said she was worried by the number of homes that had been unable to access support from GPs, district nurses and hospitals.

“We were really surprised to see this,” she said.

“These are universal health services. It is completely opposite to the protective ring around care homes that was being talked about at the time.”

In April a report by NHS Providers, a body representing more than 200 NHS trusts in England, boasted that the health service had freed up 33,000 beds by “tearing up red tape” and overhauling discharge policies.

It said in a report that “the NHS has completely rewritten its discharge procedures in a week to enable a much more rapid discharge process,” adding “hospitals have discharged record numbers of patients in record time”.

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Nothing is Now Impossible


International best-selling author, Dr Vernon Coleman MB ChB DSc FRSA, explains how we are being oppressed by people who want to turn us into slaves. And he explains how the Resistance Movement is the only chance we have to save our humanity.
For more unbiased information about other important issues, please visit http://www.vernoncoleman.com The transcripts of the videos that YouTube banned are also on the website.
Thank you for all your encouragement and support.
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COVID-1984 From A Two Week Lockdown To Mandatory Vaccination & Life In Prison (ll min)




Mother of three: This is not a republican or democrat issue. It’s not a pro-vaccine or anti-vaccine issue. For me it's the issue of being able to assess each vaccine for myself and my family one at a time. He shouldn’t actually be the one person to make a decision for all of Virginians.

Spiro Skouras: The pope weighing in on this is a move that is meant to reinforce the elimination of the religious exemption to make it even more difficult to legally refuse the vaccination. Although some church leaders have urged Catholics to reject the covid vaccine. The ones that are developed using cell lines from aborted fetal tissues from aborted babies.

Do you see how quickly this is escalating? Attempted murder charges. Life in prison. And police forcibly removing people from their homes. And the vaccine isn't even here yet. All of this for a virus with a 99% survival rate.


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[samildamach]

Nursing homes were bullied into accepting Covid-19 patients – research
PA Reporters
PA Media: UK News22 August 2020, 11:41 pm BST

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/nursing-homes-were-bullied-accepting-224157469.html


Nursing homes were pressured into accepting patients with coronavirus while simultaneously being refused treatment for residents by hospitals and GPs, according to research.

A report by the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) found homes were told hospitals had a blanket “no admissions” policy at the height of the pandemic.

The QNI, a charity which focuses on the improvement of nursing care of people in their own home, found care home residents were regularly refused treatment in April and May.

Published by the Independent, the research found GPs and local managers in some homes had placed unlawful do not resuscitate orders on residents.

The survey of nurses and managers in 163 care homes across England, Wales and Northern Ireland found 56% said their physical and mental health had suffered due to the stress of the pandemic.

Seventy homes, 43% of those surveyed, said they had received a patient discharged from hospital during March or April that had not been tested for the virus.

A fifth said they had received a patient discharged from hospital who was Covid-19 positive.

One in four homes said it was difficult to get hospital treatment for patients, while a third said they had had difficulty accessing GPs and district nurses.

One nurse said: “The acute sector pushed us to take untested admissions.

“The two weeks of daily deaths during an outbreak were possibly the two worst weeks of my 35-year nursing career.”

Another reported being told to change the status of all the home’s residents to “do not resuscitate” but said staff had refused to comply.

Crystal Oldman, chief executive of the QNI, said she was worried by the number of homes that had been unable to access support from GPs, district nurses and hospitals.

“We were really surprised to see this,” she said.

“These are universal health services. It is completely opposite to the protective ring around care homes that was being talked about at the time.”

In April a report by NHS Providers, a body representing more than 200 NHS trusts in England, boasted that the health service had freed up 33,000 beds by “tearing up red tape” and overhauling discharge policies.

It said in a report that “the NHS has completely rewritten its discharge procedures in a week to enable a much more rapid discharge process,” adding “hospitals have discharged record numbers of patients in record time”.

This is so terrible Chris.forced dnr on the elderly, surely that's murder

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Trump Unveils Coronavirus Therapeutic ‘Breakthrough’ (17 min)
Summary:

Wild fires in California
The timing of hurricane Marco and tropical storm Laura and the potential to gather strength
Therapeutic ‘breakthrough' @ 3:13 (https://youtu.be/ZpTNeMSTv7Q?t=193) (click link)


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Sooooo…it's looking like we're one step closer to them not being able to use mandatory vaccines to control us. http://paula.avalonlibrary.net/smilies/delete-hand.gif

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Nursing homes were bullied into accepting Covid-19 patients – research
PA Reporters
PA Media: UK News22 August 2020, 11:41 pm BST

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/nursing-homes-were-bullied-accepting-224157469.html


Nursing homes were pressured into accepting patients with coronavirus while simultaneously being refused treatment for residents by hospitals and GPs, according to research.

A report by the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) found homes were told hospitals had a blanket “no admissions” policy at the height of the pandemic.

The QNI, a charity which focuses on the improvement of nursing care of people in their own home, found care home residents were regularly refused treatment in April and May.

Published by the Independent, the research found GPs and local managers in some homes had placed unlawful do not resuscitate orders on residents.

The survey of nurses and managers in 163 care homes across England, Wales and Northern Ireland found 56% said their physical and mental health had suffered due to the stress of the pandemic.

Seventy homes, 43% of those surveyed, said they had received a patient discharged from hospital during March or April that had not been tested for the virus.

A fifth said they had received a patient discharged from hospital who was Covid-19 positive.

One in four homes said it was difficult to get hospital treatment for patients, while a third said they had had difficulty accessing GPs and district nurses.

One nurse said: “The acute sector pushed us to take untested admissions.

“The two weeks of daily deaths during an outbreak were possibly the two worst weeks of my 35-year nursing career.”

Another reported being told to change the status of all the home’s residents to “do not resuscitate” but said staff had refused to comply.

Crystal Oldman, chief executive of the QNI, said she was worried by the number of homes that had been unable to access support from GPs, district nurses and hospitals.

“We were really surprised to see this,” she said.

“These are universal health services. It is completely opposite to the protective ring around care homes that was being talked about at the time.”

In April a report by NHS Providers, a body representing more than 200 NHS trusts in England, boasted that the health service had freed up 33,000 beds by “tearing up red tape” and overhauling discharge policies.

It said in a report that “the NHS has completely rewritten its discharge procedures in a week to enable a much more rapid discharge process,” adding “hospitals have discharged record numbers of patients in record time”.

This is so terrible Chris.forced dnr on the elderly, surely that's murder

Yes Dr Vernon in the video posted above says that the fact that virtually every country did the same to the elderly is no coincidence therefore planned instigating death of the elderly.
Its interesting that the article appears mainline media.
Chris

[Maia Gabrial]

I should really post this in the humorous section of the forum, but this is actually what is going on in Maine. I feel so sorry for the ppl of that state....

I can't upload the funny pic because the manage attachments won't delete my prior pics. But trust me, it looks humiliating!



COVID HUMILIATION: Service industry workers in Maine now have to wear DOG CONES because of coronavirus

Image: COVID HUMILIATION: Service industry workers in Maine now have to wear DOG CONES because of coronavirus

(Natural News) Janet Mills, the trans-looking governor of Maine, is demanding new protocols for service industry workers throughout the state that now require them to wear dog cones around their necks while handling food at restaurants.

If a server decides that he or she does not want to wear a face muzzle due to heat exhaustion and oxygen deprivation, then he or she will now be forced to slap on an inverted face shield, just like animals that have recently been spayed or neutered.

“It is acceptable for kitchen staff to wear face shields in lieu of masks when the kitchen or weather is warm,” the guidelines explain.

“Front-of-house staff may wear a face shield in lieu of a face covering only if the shield is designed to be worn inverted, attaching below the face (e.g. as a collar) and open at the top of the shield, with the shield extending above the eyes and laterally to the ears.”

The guidelines go on to explain that other types of face shields, including those that are “open at the bottom, directing breath downward, are not acceptable replacements for face coverings for front-of-house staff.”

This latest humiliation ritual is of course being blamed on the “threat” of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), for which there are a mere handful of “cases” in the states – about 36 total – and no deaths.

“They can borrow the ones my dogs used when they got fixed,” wrote one Twitter user, jokingly yet soberly. “This is a crime.”

More news about Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) insanity is available at Pandemic.news.
Peak insanity

Mills, who again looks like some sort of hideous, androgynous chimera, is directly to blame for the new decree, which she issued supposedly in response to the widespread fear still present throughout the United States over a phony plandemic that, at this point, represents little more than Munchausen syndrome by proxy among mostly Democrats.

“Gov Janet Mills says servers must now wear face shields upside down so that their breath is directed up, not down,” noted Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, an outspoken critic of the plandemic and all of the insanity that is coming down the pike in response to it.

“Yes she wants you to wear a dog cone… Peak insanity. I wish this was a joke.”

Mills, who is not a scientist, is apparently unaware of a little thing called Newton’s Third Law of Motion, which dictates that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Either that or she simply gets some kind of sadistic pleasure of out humiliating already strained service workers by treating them like animals.

“Do they ever actually show the science or are we supposed to just trust them when they proclaim ‘Science!'” asked one Twitter user, referring to Mills’ “COVID19 Prevention Checklist Industry Guidance” which states:

“The State of Maine has adopted a staged approach, supported by science, public health expertise, and industry collaboration, to allow Maine businesses to safely open when the time is right.”

There would seem to be nothing scientific about any of this, and especially not with upside-down dog cones that while perhaps directing some droplets upwards are still subject to the natural laws of physics, meaning those same droplets eventually have to come back down to the ground.

One wonders when, if ever, Americans are going to finally awaken from their stupor and put an end to this insanity. How much more ridiculous and tyrannical do things need to get before We the People join together and say enough is enough?

“Wait till the lawsuits come in for when one of the servers trips and cracks their heads because they can’t see anything below shoulder height,” wrote another Twitter user.

Sources for this article include:

Twitter.com

TheBright.com

NaturalNews.com

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I can't upload the funny pic because the manage attachments won't delete my prior pics. But trust me, it looks humiliating!
Yes, Maia Gabrial. It's humiliating. A game of conditioning, power and control.


http://paula.avalonlibrary.net/Cartoons_Silly/cone-head.jpg

I should really post this in the humorous section of the forum, but this is actually what is going on in Maine. I feel so sorry for the ppl of that state....

I can't upload the funny pic because the manage attachments won't delete my prior pics. But trust me, it looks humiliating!



COVID HUMILIATION: Service industry workers in Maine now have to wear DOG CONES because of coronavirus

Image: COVID HUMILIATION: Service industry workers in Maine now have to wear DOG CONES because of coronavirus

(Natural News) Janet Mills, the trans-looking governor of Maine, is demanding new protocols for service industry workers throughout the state that now require them to wear dog cones around their necks while handling food at restaurants.

If a server decides that he or she does not want to wear a face muzzle due to heat exhaustion and oxygen deprivation, then he or she will now be forced to slap on an inverted face shield, just like animals that have recently been spayed or neutered.

“It is acceptable for kitchen staff to wear face shields in lieu of masks when the kitchen or weather is warm,” the guidelines explain.

“Front-of-house staff may wear a face shield in lieu of a face covering only if the shield is designed to be worn inverted, attaching below the face (e.g. as a collar) and open at the top of the shield, with the shield extending above the eyes and laterally to the ears.”

The guidelines go on to explain that other types of face shields, including those that are “open at the bottom, directing breath downward, are not acceptable replacements for face coverings for front-of-house staff.”

This latest humiliation ritual is of course being blamed on the “threat” of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), for which there are a mere handful of “cases” in the states – about 36 total – and no deaths.

“They can borrow the ones my dogs used when they got fixed,” wrote one Twitter user, jokingly yet soberly. “This is a crime.”

More news about Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) insanity is available at Pandemic.news.
Peak insanity

Mills, who again looks like some sort of hideous, androgynous chimera, is directly to blame for the new decree, which she issued supposedly in response to the widespread fear still present throughout the United States over a phony plandemic that, at this point, represents little more than Munchausen syndrome by proxy among mostly Democrats.

“Gov Janet Mills says servers must now wear face shields upside down so that their breath is directed up, not down,” noted Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, an outspoken critic of the plandemic and all of the insanity that is coming down the pike in response to it.

“Yes she wants you to wear a dog cone… Peak insanity. I wish this was a joke.”

Mills, who is not a scientist, is apparently unaware of a little thing called Newton’s Third Law of Motion, which dictates that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Either that or she simply gets some kind of sadistic pleasure of out humiliating already strained service workers by treating them like animals.

“Do they ever actually show the science or are we supposed to just trust them when they proclaim ‘Science!'” asked one Twitter user, referring to Mills’ “COVID19 Prevention Checklist Industry Guidance” which states:

“The State of Maine has adopted a staged approach, supported by science, public health expertise, and industry collaboration, to allow Maine businesses to safely open when the time is right.”

There would seem to be nothing scientific about any of this, and especially not with upside-down dog cones that while perhaps directing some droplets upwards are still subject to the natural laws of physics, meaning those same droplets eventually have to come back down to the ground.

One wonders when, if ever, Americans are going to finally awaken from their stupor and put an end to this insanity. How much more ridiculous and tyrannical do things need to get before We the People join together and say enough is enough?

“Wait till the lawsuits come in for when one of the servers trips and cracks their heads because they can’t see anything below shoulder height,” wrote another Twitter user.

Sources for this article include:

Twitter.com

TheBright.com

NaturalNews.com

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Dumping on Tedros Chief of the WHO
Published on August 24, 2020
https://drsircus.com/general/dumping-on-tedros-chief-of-the-who/
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"Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said he hopes the coronavirus crisis can be ended in less than two years. “We have the technology and knowledge to stop it.”

It is time to dump on Tedros. He deserves it, and eventually, he will get what he deserves from history. He is a master of doublespeak. When he says, “We have the technology and knowledge to stop the virus,” what is he talking about? What technology and what knowledge? There is no vaccine and no acknowledged treatment.

Tedros warned that countries needed to continue to suppress Covid-19 transmission until a vaccine or treatment is found. “No country can just ride this out until we have a vaccine,” the health chief said.

Tedros is a frontman for the pharmaceutical industry. Treatments have been found that he does not want the public to know about. What does that make him? He and his friends at the CDEC and FDA continue to show their true nature with their total denial of natural medicines like sunlight, vitamin D, Vitamin C, zinc, and even certain pharmaceuticals that certified and reputable doctors claim are helping their patients.

Big Pharma purposely destroyed the reputation of hydroxychloroquine and every other treatment to pave the way for emergency approval for upcoming Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines.

“A vaccine will be a vital tool, and we hope that we will have one as soon as possible. But there’s no guarantee that we will, and even if we do have a vaccine, it won’t end the pandemic on its own.”

He added: “We must all learn to control and manage this virus using the tools we have now, and to make the adjustments to our daily lives that are needed to keep ourselves and each other safe.”

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His actions as a doctor and health official betray that he wants to hurt our loved ones and us not help. If he wanted to help people, he would be sending the masses out into the sun to raise their Vitamin D levels, which is very protective against the worst the virus can throw at us. What does he support instead? Like most health officials around the world—the opposite, lock people in their homes to drive down D plasma levels.

His comments came amid growing optimism about the possibility of having a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine by the end of this year. He might be optimistic as are all vaccinationists, but the chances are slim that it will be safe or effective.

There will not be a safe, effective vaccine for years or ever. Historically, any flu vaccine takes years to develop and is only effective in 30% of vaccinated people. This is typical for natural viruses, but for one engineered in the laboratory, its anyone’s guess if there ever can be a vaccine against a virus that is not natural.

Health Officials Anxiety Attacks

Public health leaders from Dr. Anthony Fauci down to officials in small communities have reported death threats, intimidation and personal attacks on themselves or their families. Fauci has said his wife and daughters have received serious threats.

In Ohio, the State’s health director, Dr. Amy Acton, resigned in June after months of pressure during which Republican lawmakers tried to strip her of her authority, and armed protesters showed up at her house.

In Oklahoma, both the state health commissioner and state epidemiologist have been replaced since the outbreak began in March.

In rural Colorado, Emily Brown was fired in late May as director of the Rio Grande County Public Health Department after clashing with county commissioners over reopening recommendations. The person who replaced her resigned July 9. Brown said she knows many public health department leaders who are considering resigning or retiring because of the strain.

These Health Officials Get It Wrong Most of the Time

Isaac Sebenius said back in June that, “Our analysis shows that with the same actions actually taken by other nations large and small, from East and West, the U.S. could have prevented 70% to 99% of its Covid-19 deaths. This has been a needless tragedy.”

For COVID-19, Neil Ferguson predicted 3 million deaths in America unless we shut down the economy. Panicked policymakers took his prediction as gospel, dressed as it was in the cloak of science. Ferguson, a British epidemiologist, was given to hysterical overestimates of deaths.

Long after governments plunged the world into a Great Depression, those panicked revisions were quietly revised down by an order of magnitude, now suggesting a final tally comparable to 1958 and 1969 flu epidemics.

It is difficult to deny the situation is dire; however, the general population remains clueless as to the dangers ahead. The paths being chosen by those in power offer no exit or happy endings. Only suffering and death laced with despair and desperation.

Israel Shamir writes, “Even if they decide that Covid-19 was eradicated, they have the next virus already lined up. There is a worthy candidate, a new strain of swine flu called G4 , and they have great hopes that it has the potential for triggering a pandemic. If it fails the test (as all the predecessors did) they will find another one, don’t worry. The law of supply and demand is on their side. There are so many viruses, and so many gullible people who are pathologically unable to doubt whatever the New York Times says, that this music will never end.”

Who will be responsible for the massive wave of deaths through starvations? Legislating mandated stay-at-home orders for large swaths of entire nations, orders which the United Nations claim may bring 260 million people to the verge of starvation by year’s end.

"What do I tell my children when they look at me with hungry bellies, especially my 11-year-old son?" said Barrera, who is an immigrant from South America, came to the US two decades, in search of the American dream.

Now the dream is dead as the virus-induced recession has crushed millions of low-income folks into financial doom.

"It breaks my heart. I’m their father. I’m supposed to feed them," he said.

Official Warning

Scientists have cautioned that a partially effective vaccine could encourage the coronavirus to mutate, potentially making the pandemic worse. “Less than complete protection could provide a selection pressure that drives the virus to evade what antibody there is, creating strains that then evade all vaccine responses,” Ian Jones, a virology professor at Reading University, said. “In that sense, a poor vaccine is worse than no vaccine.”

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Our food supply is under all out attack. WA and MI have followed CA in mandating COVID-19 testing for farmworkers, which--as we have seen in Ontario--presages their shutting down farms where workers test positive. Depriving farms of harvest labor is unthinkable. More California wildfires expected. Two hurricanes inbound to gulf, rice-producing areas. You must start growing your own food now.

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Solidarity and "Leave no One Behind"

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Dr Marcus De Brun Time For Change Rally Customs House Dublin 22/08/2020


Dr Marcus De Brun
Time For Change Rally
Customs House Dublin 22/08/2020
#TimeForChange
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=434...




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AqxFTDYQ0o

[Tintin]

Injection fraud: why this is not a vaccine - The Injection Fraud - It's Not a Vaccine (French)

Source: The Solari Report (https://home.solari.com/french-translation-the-injection-fraud-its-not-a-vaccine/)
date: August 25th, 2020

By Catherine Austin Fitts
Translation by Vanessa Biard-Schaeffer

I am not a scientist. I am not a doctor. I am not a biotechnology engineer. I am not a lawyer. But I try to understand those who are, I read, I listen and I evaluate.

I was an investment banker before politics prevented me from doing my job. I was trained in investment strategy and so I got used to mapping the world by following financial flows and observing how resources are allocated. I was also trained to be an infantryman and a generator of plots, the latter being the main mode of organization of the world in which we live. It was only when I left the establishment that I realized that those outside the club had been twisted not to see conspiracies, to avoid them, which is a smart way to sabotage their efforts towards securing the club. power.

At war for some time against government agencies in the United States, my personal reaction to this situation was to answer questions from people who were curious and courageous enough to ask my opinion. Over the years, this response to events took the form of 2 distinct professional activities. One is the Solari Report which currently continues to develop, it is a global information network where we seek to help each other to understand (and navigate) current events and contribute to positive developments. The other activity is investment advice for individuals and families called Solari Investment Advisory Services. After ten years, I transformed this activity into an analysis of investment choices according to environmental, social and responsible criteria - ESG in English -. What are those who wish to use it looking for that is not already available on the market? It is an analysis that takes into account financial and political corruption. Identifying the metastases of corruption is a profession, not a science.

When helping a family manage their finances, understanding what all of their possible risks are. Their financial success depends on a good assessment of all the risks, whether financial or not, that they may encounter in their daily life. Non-financial risks can have a major impact on the allocation of a family's resources, including money, assets, time and ability to concentrate.

Several of my clients and their children have been devastated by medical accidents and corruption, and the most common cause of these routs was vaccination with its share of medical accidents and deaths. After long and appalling experiences with medical institutions, they invariably ask themselves the following question "If corruption is so strong in medicine, food and health, what about the financial world?" ". Frightened at the thought, they start looking for a financial professional who knows the intricacies of the United States government and financial corruption. And they end up contacting me.

Thanks to this flow over ten years of intelligent, educated and lucky people to have the means to put myself at their disposal, I ended up learning a lot about the disabilities and deaths inflicted on our children by what I do. now calls "the great poisoning". I have had the opportunity on several occasions to assess the cost of human damage to all concerned (not just the children involved but their parents, their own children and future generations) assessing again and again the financial costs of medical accidents caused by vaccines. These cases are not as isolated as one might think. Studies indicate that 54% of American children have one or more chronic illnesses. Doctors I trust,

One of the mothers appearing in the film VAXXED (a must-see documentary for any awakened citizen, just like its sequel VAXXED II: People's Truth) estimated that a deeply autistic child costs to raise and hold it. heal for life, and expressed in present value, five million dollars. When some of my clients and grandparents insisted on not interfering in their children's choice of vaccines because it was not their responsibility, I would say, “Really? And who has the five million dollars? You or your children? When your children need the five million dollars for their child who has been vaccinated, will you refuse them your help?

You are the bank, your money is at risk here, so it is your responsibility. Do you want to spend five million on a family that grows and grows stronger through the generations or to deal with a disabled child who could have remained normal? ". Very often the five million expenditure also translates into divorce, depression and loss of luck for the siblings.

My clients have helped me find the best references, books, documents, articles, on vaccines. You will find many of these in links or developed on the Solari Report, as well as in our library.

Of all the questions, the one I have spent the most time researching and thinking about is: Why? Why is the medical institution deliberately poisoning entire generations of children? Many authors who have studied the issue, and who have written on the subject of vaccine-related damage and death, have speculated that this is due to an inconsistency resulting from the inability of an orthodox medical system. not being able to face or manage his mistakes, as well as the financial responsibilities that go with them. It never made sense to me. The works of Forrest Maready, Jon Rappoport, Dr Suzanne Humphries and Arthur Firstenberg have helped me understand the role of vaccines in the scam allowing insurance companies and responsible persons,

Here is an example of how the scam goes. A toxin causes disease. The toxin can be a pesticide or industrial pollution, or even radiation from wireless technology. The toxin creates damage to millions of people and their communities. Companies or insurers can be held financially responsible for civil or criminal acts. At this time a virus is held responsible. A "cure" is found through a "vaccine". The pesticide, or other offending toxin, is suspended while the vaccine is dispensed and the disease magically evaporates. The vaccine is a success and its inventor becomes a hero. A potential financial catastrophe turns into profits for investors and pension funds. As a financial analyst,

Thanks to the work of Robert Kennedy and Mary Holland of the Children's Health Defense organization I now understand the huge profits generated by the so-called "vaccines" that followed the passage of the National Childhood Injury Act of 1986 and the creation of '' a compensation program for medical accidents and vaccine-related deaths. This program is a federal mechanism for providing financial compensation for accidents and deaths caused by vaccination through a mechanism for bringing a claim for compensation to the United States Court of Federal Complaints and its Federal Special Masters.

The PREPA law (Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act) entered into force in 2005 further reducing the liability of commercial companies. This law is "a controversial protection for vaccine manufacturers against financial risks of harm, in the context of a declaration of a health emergency." This law specifically allows drug manufacturers not to be sued financially for clinical trials ... of vaccines, at the discretion of the executive branch of government. The PREPA law strengthens and consolidates the supervision of prosecutions against pharmaceutical companies by integrating it into the fields of competence of the Ministry of Health ”(source: Wikipedia 2020).

Over time this has turned into a fabrication of epidemics, the medical version of false flags. In theory, this translates into "psychological operations" or events created with wireless technologies, or of the biological or chemical warfare type. If that sounds strange to you, dive into all of the “Targeted People” stories.

I first experienced this during a proceeding against the United States Department of Justice when I was subjected to intense physical harassment. I had tried to employ several companies specializing in security. They would check my file and then refuse the assignment, stating that it was too dangerous. The last took me in sympathy and she informed me that I should not worry too much about electronic weapons but that my main problem would be low intensity biological aggression. The expert anticipated that the team opposing me could insert through holes in the walls of my house and inject an "invisible enemy". Of course that is what happened. I sold my house and left town.

When my procedure ended, I spent several years detoxifying myself from heavy metals, including lead, arsenic, and aluminum. As I walked through America, I realized that I was not the only one. Americans seemed more and more plagued by significant levels of heavy metals. During the process of significantly lowering my unusually high levels of heavy metals, I understood the difference the presence of these metals can make on my physical appearance, my energy and my ability to understand complex information.

This brings me to the question of what exactly a vaccine is, what exactly is a vaccine made of, and the concoctions being injected currently, as well as the witch potions that are in development.

In 2017 Italian researchers studied the ingredients of 44 types of so-called “vaccines”. They found heavy metal debris and biological contamination in every human vaccine they tested. These researchers said that "the amount of foreign bodies detected, and in some cases their unusual chemical composition, has baffled us." Then they draw the obvious conclusion, more precisely, that taking into account the fact that the micro-logical and nano-logical contaminants were "neither biologically compatible nor biodegradable" they were therefore "biologically persistent" and could have inflammatory effects. immediate or over time.
( http://medcraveonline.com/IJVV/IJVV-04-00072.pdf )

Tissues from embryos, animals, aluminum, mercury, genetically modified materials, what else?

Whatever the ingredients of current vaccines, nothing is more bizarre and embarrassing than suggestions about what to put in in the future. Some strategies, already well funded and well advanced, include a nano-biological interface between the brain and machines, digital identity and surveillance gear, and technology with an expiration date that can be discarded remotely. . A report says the government of Denmark and the US Navy funded a tech company to make an injectable chip that would be compatible with one of the major cryptocurrencies.

I was recently reading an excellent review by Mary Holland in 2012 on US court rulings regarding immunization (Mandatory Vaccination, Constitution and Hepatitis B Vaccine Coverage in Children, Journal of Health Policy, Yale Law & Ethics), when I stopped and thought, "Why are these injections that Bill Gates and his cronies are promoting called 'vaccines'? Are they really vaccines? ".

Most people know how Bill Gates did and kept his fortune. He bought an operating system that was installed on our computers. The rumor circulated strongly that the American spy agencies had secret access installed in this operating system. The sudden and simultaneous explosions of computer viruses did not subsequently necessitate the regular updating of our operating systems, allowing Gates and his associates to add whatever they wanted to your software. One of my most knowledgeable computer developers once told me in the 90s (when Microsoft really took off) "Microsoft really does m… e software." Of course, software wasn't really their core business. Their business was to access our data and aggregate it. Surveillance capitalism was on the way.

The Justice Department initiated anti-trust proceedings against Microsoft in 1998 around the same time that $ 28 trillion was beginning to disappear from the US government (no doubt with the help of software and computer systems specifically made for this purpose. ). During negotiations over the deal that allowed Gates to keep his fortune, he established the Gates Foundation and embarked on his career as a philanthropist. I laughed the other day when a tweet from me on one of Robert Kennedy Jr.'s articles from the Children's Health Defense organization described the horrible technology that Gates hopes he can put in place with " injections ”, received the following response“ Anyway, I guess he's finally fulfilling his end of the anti-trust deal ”.

If you look at what is being created and delivered as injections, it seems to me that these technological developments follow several potential goals.

The first and most important of these goals is the replacement of the current monetary system, based on the US dollar and used by the population, with a digital transaction system that can be coupled with digital identification and tracing. The goal is to put an end to currencies as we know them, to replace them with an implanted credit card system that can be integrated with many forms of control, potentially including some form of mind control as well. De-dollarization threatens the international dollar reserve system. The quantity of money (M1 plus M2) saw a double-digit increase last year, after another round of quantitative easing from the Federal Bank of the United States.

The reason we haven't gone into hyperinflation is that there has been a sharp drop in the speed of money circulation using the Covid-19 to create an artificial shutdown of a significant part of the economy and bankrupt millions of small and medium enterprises. Administrators of the dollar system are under pressure and want to use new technologies to centralize economic flows and maintain control over the financial system.

In the same way that Gates installed an operating system in our computers, now the project is to install an operating system in our bodies, and use "viruses" to force an initial installation followed by upgrades. regular day.

That being said, I can understand why Gates and his little comrades want to call these technologies “vaccines”. If they can persuade the political world that injectable credit cards or surveillance tracers or nanotechnologies making the brain-machine interface and injectables are "vaccines," then they could enjoy legal rulings and laws protecting since. a century the manufacturers of vaccines, and therefore who would protect their work to impose their program; Likewise, they can require that American taxpayers finance (through the National Vaccine Accident Compensation Program) the damage for which they would normally be held responsible in the context of their experiments on the general population (and the violation of the Nuremberg Code and many civil and criminal laws).

This project is quite brilliant. Get people to accept the definition of "vaccine" for new high-tech concoctions, and they can send them straight to the tubes. No need to worry about illnesses and deaths resulting from something so artificial and so quickly injected. The freedom of action that confers the fact of not being held financially responsible thanks to the PREPA law and a declaration of a health emergency (and the possibility of maintaining the state of emergency through the contact tracing system possible) can protect them from the burdens of thousands, if not millions, of deaths and medical accidents that could certainly result from such experimentation on a human scale. Ideally, they can just be content with holding a virus responsible for their effects.

A colleague of mine once told me how the Webster dictionary was created. Webster once said the enemies would not change the Constitution by amending it, but simply by changing the definitions, through a stealth legal attack.

I believe Gates and the pharmaceutical and biotech industries are literally trying to create a global control network by installing digital interface components and plugging into Microsoft's new cloud computing, which is part of the contract. says JEDI, a ten billion dollar contract with the US Department of Defense as well as a similar multibillion dollar contract, that Amazon has with the CIA and shared with all US intelligence agencies. Why do you think Donald Trump asked the military to stock up on syringes for vaccination? It is likely that the military is installing a data roaming operating system for integration with their cloud computing. Remember that the winner in the race for the most powerful artificial intelligence will be the system that has access to the most data.

Access to your body and mine 24 hours a day, 7 days a week will generate a lot of data. If the Chinese do it, the Americans are going to want to do it too. In fact, the implementation of operating systems on humans is perhaps one of the reasons the competition around Huawei and 5G has become so fierce. As Frank Clegg, former president of Microsoft Canada, told us, 5G was developed for crowd control by the Israelis. 7 days a week will generate a lot of data. If the Chinese do it, the Americans are going to want to do it too. In fact, the implementation of operating systems on humans is perhaps one of the reasons the competition around Huawei and 5G has become so fierce.

This is how, in the face of international de-dollarization, the dollar union can assert the control it needs to maintain and expand its power as a global monetary reserve. This includes protecting its leaders from civil and criminal prosecution linked to the explosive levels of financial and medical fraud in recent decades.

Which brings me back to you and me. Why do we call these formulas “vaccines”? If I understand the history of legal cases correctly, vaccines fall under legal terms, medicine. Intentional heavy metal poisoning is not medicine. Injectable credit cards are not medicine. A brain-machine interface is not medicine. Judicial and financial immunity for insurance companies does not create human immunity from ailments.
We need to stop calling these concoctions by a name that courts and the general public define and treat as medicine, and which protects those responsible from legal and financial consequences.

The perpetrators of these frauds are trying a very clear sleight of hand that will help them pick up the pace and cancel out a lot of the risk taken on our backs. I understand why they are doing it. What I do not understand, however, is why we are helping them. Why do we agree to call these dangerous and bizarre concoctions vaccines? Whatever they are, they do not fall under medicine.

So how should we conventionally rename them? What name should we give to these real poisons, these neurotoxic heavy metals, and these digital handcuffs?

Whatever name we use, I know one thing. THIS IS NOT MEDICINE, WHICH MEANS THAT IT IS DEFINITELY NOT VACCINES.

View the French Translation PDF (https://home.solari.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Translation_In_French.pages.pdf)

[Delight]

Injection fraud: why this is not a vaccine - The Injection Fraud - It's Not a Vaccine (French)

Source: The Solari Report (https://home.solari.com/french-translation-the-injection-fraud-its-not-a-vaccine/)
date: August 25th, 2020

By Catherine Austin Fitts
Translation by Vanessa Biard-Schaeffer

I am not a scientist. I am not a doctor. I am not a biotechnology engineer. I am not a lawyer. But I try to understand those who are, I read, I listen and I evaluate.

I was an investment banker before politics prevented me from doing my job. I was trained in investment strategy and so I got used to mapping the world by following financial flows and observing how resources are allocated. I was also trained to be an infantryman and a generator of plots, the latter being the main mode of organization of the world in which we live. It was only when I left the establishment that I realized that those outside the club had been twisted not to see conspiracies, to avoid them, which is a smart way to sabotage their efforts towards securing the club. power.

At war for some time against government agencies in the United States, my personal reaction to this situation was to answer questions from people who were curious and courageous enough to ask my opinion. Over the years, this response to events took the form of 2 distinct professional activities. One is the Solari Report which currently continues to develop, it is a global information network where we seek to help each other to understand (and navigate) current events and contribute to positive developments. The other activity is investment advice for individuals and families called Solari Investment Advisory Services. After ten years, I transformed this activity into an analysis of investment choices according to environmental, social and responsible criteria - ESG in English -. What are those who wish to use it looking for that is not already available on the market? It is an analysis that takes into account financial and political corruption. Identifying the metastases of corruption is a profession, not a science.

When helping a family manage their finances, understanding what all of their possible risks are. Their financial success depends on a good assessment of all the risks, whether financial or not, that they may encounter in their daily life. Non-financial risks can have a major impact on the allocation of a family's resources, including money, assets, time and ability to concentrate.

Several of my clients and their children have been devastated by medical accidents and corruption, and the most common cause of these routs was vaccination with its share of medical accidents and deaths. After long and appalling experiences with medical institutions, they invariably ask themselves the following question "If corruption is so strong in medicine, food and health, what about the financial world?" ". Frightened at the thought, they start looking for a financial professional who knows the intricacies of the United States government and financial corruption. And they end up contacting me.

Thanks to this flow over ten years of intelligent, educated and lucky people to have the means to put myself at their disposal, I ended up learning a lot about the disabilities and deaths inflicted on our children by what I do. now calls "the great poisoning". I have had the opportunity on several occasions to assess the cost of human damage to all concerned (not just the children involved but their parents, their own children and future generations) assessing again and again the financial costs of medical accidents caused by vaccines. These cases are not as isolated as one might think. Studies indicate that 54% of American children have one or more chronic illnesses. Doctors I trust,

One of the mothers appearing in the film VAXXED (a must-see documentary for any awakened citizen, just like its sequel VAXXED II: People's Truth) estimated that a deeply autistic child costs to raise and hold it. heal for life, and expressed in present value, five million dollars. When some of my clients and grandparents insisted on not interfering in their children's choice of vaccines because it was not their responsibility, I would say, “Really? And who has the five million dollars? You or your children? When your children need the five million dollars for their child who has been vaccinated, will you refuse them your help?

You are the bank, your money is at risk here, so it is your responsibility. Do you want to spend five million on a family that grows and grows stronger through the generations or to deal with a disabled child who could have remained normal? ". Very often the five million expenditure also translates into divorce, depression and loss of luck for the siblings.

My clients have helped me find the best references, books, documents, articles, on vaccines. You will find many of these in links or developed on the Solari Report, as well as in our library.

Of all the questions, the one I have spent the most time researching and thinking about is: Why? Why is the medical institution deliberately poisoning entire generations of children? Many authors who have studied the issue, and who have written on the subject of vaccine-related damage and death, have speculated that this is due to an inconsistency resulting from the inability of an orthodox medical system. not being able to face or manage his mistakes, as well as the financial responsibilities that go with them. It never made sense to me. The works of Forrest Maready, Jon Rappoport, Dr Suzanne Humphries and Arthur Firstenberg have helped me understand the role of vaccines in the scam allowing insurance companies and responsible persons,

Here is an example of how the scam goes. A toxin causes disease. The toxin can be a pesticide or industrial pollution, or even radiation from wireless technology. The toxin creates damage to millions of people and their communities. Companies or insurers can be held financially responsible for civil or criminal acts. At this time a virus is held responsible. A "cure" is found through a "vaccine". The pesticide, or other offending toxin, is suspended while the vaccine is dispensed and the disease magically evaporates. The vaccine is a success and its inventor becomes a hero. A potential financial catastrophe turns into profits for investors and pension funds. As a financial analyst,

Thanks to the work of Robert Kennedy and Mary Holland of the Children's Health Defense organization I now understand the huge profits generated by the so-called "vaccines" that followed the passage of the National Childhood Injury Act of 1986 and the creation of '' a compensation program for medical accidents and vaccine-related deaths. This program is a federal mechanism for providing financial compensation for accidents and deaths caused by vaccination through a mechanism for bringing a claim for compensation to the United States Court of Federal Complaints and its Federal Special Masters.

The PREPA law (Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act) entered into force in 2005 further reducing the liability of commercial companies. This law is "a controversial protection for vaccine manufacturers against financial risks of harm, in the context of a declaration of a health emergency." This law specifically allows drug manufacturers not to be sued financially for clinical trials ... of vaccines, at the discretion of the executive branch of government. The PREPA law strengthens and consolidates the supervision of prosecutions against pharmaceutical companies by integrating it into the fields of competence of the Ministry of Health ”(source: Wikipedia 2020).

Over time this has turned into a fabrication of epidemics, the medical version of false flags. In theory, this translates into "psychological operations" or events created with wireless technologies, or of the biological or chemical warfare type. If that sounds strange to you, dive into all of the “Targeted People” stories.

I first experienced this during a proceeding against the United States Department of Justice when I was subjected to intense physical harassment. I had tried to employ several companies specializing in security. They would check my file and then refuse the assignment, stating that it was too dangerous. The last took me in sympathy and she informed me that I should not worry too much about electronic weapons but that my main problem would be low intensity biological aggression. The expert anticipated that the team opposing me could insert through holes in the walls of my house and inject an "invisible enemy". Of course that is what happened. I sold my house and left town.

When my procedure ended, I spent several years detoxifying myself from heavy metals, including lead, arsenic, and aluminum. As I walked through America, I realized that I was not the only one. Americans seemed more and more plagued by significant levels of heavy metals. During the process of significantly lowering my unusually high levels of heavy metals, I understood the difference the presence of these metals can make on my physical appearance, my energy and my ability to understand complex information.

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View the French Translation PDF (https://home.solari.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Translation_In_French.pages.pdf)

This is VERY IMPORTANT.... we MUST FACE WE HAVE BEEN THE PATSIES!!!! then facing the truth, we MUST be willing to stand up.

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We have seen how we are twisted around mentally (up is down, black is white).

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Everything feels like it is TOO OVERWHELMING
What do we do?

"Turtle Forth"


Turtle Forth
November 23, 2014 (https://home.solari.com/turtle-forth/)By Catherine Austin Fitts

My use of the word turtle as a verb began in 1998 during a period of extraordinary stress.

Almost all of my 1,001 best friends and colleagues decided to go with the flow of the financial coup d’etat. That meant playing along with the lawlessness towards our fellow man involved. I did not. I split away from the herd.

This made me a target.

Being a target is time consuming. I was ordered by a complex governmental matrix to do more work each week than I had hours to do or resources to fund. I faced a mountain of demands from parties who regularly ignored and broke the law. The double standards numbered in the hundreds, then thousands. My name brand accountants lied and dirty tricked me. My name brand lawyers lied to me. Partners and employees lied and dirty tricked. Family members betrayed. (Story here and gruesome details here)

The ultimate goal was to “kill, steal and destroy.” The process was brutal. There was no mercy and little kindness. The goal was to get me to kill myself or go mad and to so handicap me that I could be proved a “failure” in the eyes of the world.

Instead, I decided to “turtle.”

I ignored the fact that my situation was hopeless and chose to “turtle” forward. I did my best. I went slow and detailed. I never stopped taking action, moving forward.

I appreciated those who helped, no matter how modest their contribution was. I chose to be grateful and to trust that I was moving out of that which was unhealthy to where I belonged.

I made a list of things that gave me joy at no cost called “the beauty list.” When my heart was breaking, I would pull out the list and do something for myself.

I had candles in the office in midday. I took a break to listen to Bach’s Goldberg Variations and return to a state of coherence.

I had a list of “good things to get done” like cleaning out my closets. When the work demands were too frightening or overwhelming and the black cloud of sorrow would let me do no more, I would pull out that list and do a day of “good things to get done.”

No matter how bad things are you can always clean your closets. Or shine your leather goods. Or reorganize your books. Or call someone who is sick or hurting to see how they are doing. Or cook up a slow simmering pot of chicken soup.

When you wake up the next day, progress has been made. Forward action is a “force multiplier.” The divine intelligence has responded with a note of gratitude and support.

Giving up on corporate media, I decided to simply start answering questions that people sent me – by e-mail, by letter, my phone. I believed that the pathway towards where I was going could be found by being useful to people. No better place to start than with the people who are taking time out of their day to ask me a question. Ultimately those questions and answers evolved into the Solari Report.

I did not develop a business plan. I did not raise capital. I just did my best to help people build an honest map of our world so they could navigate wisely. I turtled my way into a business that serves people I care about and helps me live a free and inspired life.

Each day I turtle forth. My situation has improved enormously. However, much of the world’s situation has not. It is as if the lawlessness that I experienced two decades ago is eating its way around the world. As I watch the cultural debasement and financial and legal lawlessness touch another person’s life, sometimes I think with no pleasure “welcome to my world.”

If it touches you today, pay no mind and turtle forth. There is a wonderful world full of good people and good things. Anything is possible when you leave hopelessness behind.

[Delight]

Trump's New Covid Health Adviser... Charles Atlas from his June presentation makes sense.
The Doctor Is In: Scott Atlas and the Efficacy of Lockdowns, Social Distancing, and Closings
Jun 23, 2020

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Another journalist's investigation of the whole picture

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[Tintin]

One was unsure whether this should go on the Prevention thread instead, but, no matter.

This study hasn't been peer-reviewed yet but it certainly seems very interesting. An aside, I use citronella oil at home as a bug repellent - it does seem to work well:

Source: The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/26/citriodiol-based-spray-can-help-protect-against-covid-19-says-mod-lab)

Citriodiol-based spray can help protect against Covid-19, says MoD lab
DSTL reports ‘some loss of virus’ using bug repellent, but unclear how much difference it makes

A naturally derived mosquito repellent that was given to British soldiers in April is effective at providing protection against Covid-19, defence scientists have said.

But it is unclear whether the spray would make any practical difference beyond frequent hand-washing and the use of alcohol-based hand sanitisers and personal protective equipment in insulating against the virus.

The Ministry of Defence released an eight-page paper from the Porton Down-based Defence Science and Technology Lab (DSTL), which tested the efficacy of Mosi-guard, a Citriodiol-based spray, on plastic and artificial skin.

Jeremy Quin, a junior defence minister, said the research found that sprays containing Citriodiol “can kill the virus”.

DSTL was more cautious. In the key test, the lab said there was “some loss of recoverable virus” on synthetic latex skin an hour after it had been treated with Mosi-guard. However, some virus was still recoverable over a four-hour period.

Citriodiol sprays were made available to the army in the early phases of the Covid-19 crisis because they were known to kill other strains of coronavirus such as Sars.

The defence secretary, Ben Wallace, said they were issued on the basis that they would do no harm and could form an additional layer of protection. It is not known how many soldiers have used the spray.

Citriodiol is derived from the oil of Eucalyptus citriodora, or lemon eucalyptus, and is marketed as an alternative to Deet. Mosi-guard is supplied by a small Leeds-based company, Citrefine.

Quin invited others to take forward the DSTL’s research, which has not yet been peer-reviewed.

[greybeard]

Guarded Secrets and Blatant Deceits


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmJ6ybTTHIc


International best-selling author, Dr Vernon Coleman MB ChB DSc FRSA, shows precisely how mortality figures have been fiddled to make the covid-19 deaths seem frightening. He explains how deaths from flu, pneumonia, dementia and respiratory disease have been listed as covid-19 deaths. He reports on the fact that a third of women with breast cancer have been denied treatment, and how Imperial College has found that the lockdowns which their exaggerated figures triggered, will lead to 1.4 million extra TB deaths. Vernon Coleman's best-selling book, 'Coming Apocalypse' is available as a paperback and an ebook on Amazon.
For more unbiased information about other important matters, please visit http://www.vernoncoleman.com
Thank you for all your encouragement and support.
Please feel free to share this video.

[Eric J (Viking)]

CV 19.... mass extinction. Not good.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDEoEaBw4HA

Viking

[Gwin Ru]

CDC walks back COVID-19 testing, warns not to argue with anti-maskers (https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/26/cdc-walks-back-covid-19-testing-warns-not-argue-an/?fbclid=IwAR0Z6X-HtaPXwmpvMhWYWpOCpdqvQ-E7PvsC1xm6Nyt7Ldzq6TkPbBjHqCA)

By Cheryl K. Chumley (https://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/cheryl-k-chumley/) - The Washington Times
Wednesday, August 26, 2020


https://twt-thumbs.washtimes.com/media/image/2020/07/17/not_real_news_69429_c0-179-4285-2676_s561x327.jpg?53f09b5d8e949b1be3de2e7bd684630d8474f206 (https://m.washingtontimes.com/multimedia/image/ap_not_real_news_69429jpg/)

ANALYSIS/OPINION:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a sudden move that’s left some in the medical world baffled, reversed course on its long-standing — comparatively speaking, that is — recommendation for anyone and everyone who comes into contact with a coronavirus-positive individual to get tested, and instead, not.

That makes sense.

After all, Americans don’t run to the doctor’s office to get tested for influenza every time they cross paths with a person who’s got the flu. Right?

But add this to the list of flip-flops, random policies and outright ridiculous conflicting recommendations that have dotted the medical advisement landscape on COVID-19 since January. Don’t wear a mask, wear a mask, make a mask out of a T-shirt, heck, wear goggles and face shields, even. Social distance — nope, stay home instead. Close schools, open schools, close schools again. Stay out of baseball stadiums — unless you’re named Dr. Anthony Fauci. Shut down churches — too dangerous to congregate! — but Black Lives Matter shoulder-to-shoulder gathering are A-OK.

The list goes on.

And once upon a time, on COVID-19 testing guidelines, the CDC said this, CNN reported (https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/26/health/cdc-guidelines-coronavirus-testing/index.html): “Testing is recommended for all close contacts of persons with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Because of the potential for asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic transmission, it is important that contacts of individuals with SARS-CoV-2 infected be quickly identified and tested.”

That spawned a whole medical and political cry for widespread, rapidly implemented and heftily funded contact tracing systems to be put in place — with even Rep. Bobby Rush, Democrat, calling (https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/may/12/hr-6666-a-devil-of-a-covid-19-government-surveilla/) for $100 billion worth of funding to hire, train and equip local governments everywhere with the necessary tools and manpower to track the virus (to track and surveil citizens, is more like it).

But now?

Now the CDC’s changed its tune.

On the CDC website is now this advice: “If you have been in close contact (within 6 feet) of a person with a COVID-19 infection for at least 15 minutes but do not have symptoms, you do not necessarily need a test unless you are a vulnerable individual or your health care provider of state or local public health officials recommend (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/testing/diagnostic-testing.html#who-should-get-tested) you take one.”

Either the CDC is coming ‘round to solid sense — by putting a stop to the silly practice of recommending tests, tests, tests for everybody and anybody in the country who comes into contact with a COVID-19 patient, and in so doing, driving up the nonsense “case” count numbers that are largely meaningless.

Or — and this maybe what’s taking place here — the CDC still wants the strict testing policy but not the political heat, and so is booting the decision-making process, to test or not to test, to local medical bureaucrats and states. And as we’ve seen with the mask policy, where the CDC recommends but does not require, it’s the states, the localities and even the private businesses that then implement the federal guidance as a mandate.

And speaking of masks, the CDC now says this to private businesses, CNN reported (https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/25/business/cdc-antimask-guidance-retail-employees/index.html):
“Don’t argue with a customer if they make threats or become violent.”
Good advice. Sound advice.

After all, there was that guy in Pennsylvania who was arrested for shooting a store worker who demanded he don a mask as a condition of entering and shopping.

There are those in the medical community who are puzzled by the CDC’s recent course shifts, of course.
“This is potentially dangerous,” said (https://www.newser.com/story/295410/cdc-changes-tune-no-tests-for-those-without-symptoms.html) one infectious disease specialist to The New York Times, of the new testing recommendation from the feds.

“I feel like this is going to make things worse.”
That’s fear-mongering, though.

For years, for decades, for hundreds of years, Americans have gone to the doctor when they’re sick, and only when they’re sick.

Then COVID-19 came along and citizens who felt perfectly fine were rushing to get medical tests at corner clinics, hospitals and health agencies. Why? At first, it was because the coronavirus was an unknown. But as the weeks went by, the numbers — both real and flawed, genuine and skewed, actual and dishonest — showed the panic was unnecessary. The nonstop testing was actually fueling citizen panic; actually hyping media frenzy.

It just makes sound medical sense — sound personal common sense — to only get tested when feeling ill.

[thepainterdoug]

viking/ any way to know who that doctor is, hear him in his own voice and language?

that is some critical info if true?, but i dont trust the source and the inability to hear in his own words

thanks

[Delight]

viking/ any way to know who that doctor is, hear him in his own voice and language?

that is some critical info if true?, but i dont trust the source and the inability to hear in his own words

thanks

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There was a comment that said the translation was correct. he has been a vocal opponent of HPV vaccination.


Dr. Roberto Petrella Warning Re: COVID-19 Genocide​

The following is submitted for your prayerful discernment. It is a video made by Italian Dr. Roberto Petrella, warning the public of the program of genocide orchestrated against mankind by evil men [viz. the Globalists].

He warns all NOT to accept any virus tests, and NOT to accept any virus vaccines. They are designed to (1) provide false results, (2) weaken the immune system, (3) infect people with the virus (especially, those who have weakened immune systems due to previous vaccines, and (4) to kill people [the Globalists refer to us as ‘useless eaters’]. https://www.timebomb2000.com/xf/index.php?threads/dr-petrella-warning-re-covid-19-genocide.582476/



The Dangers of the COVID Operation. Dr. Roberto Petrella (https://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/08/an-italian-doctor-speaks-out.html)By Dr. Roberto Petrella, Vanessa Beeley, and Mark Taliano



Global Research,

25 August, 2020



What do we know?

We know that the tests do not work but governments pretend that they do. We also know that some vaccines sterilize people. Warp Speed vaccine preparation almost guarantees vaccine injury, plus it is an entirely new DNA altering vaccine. Big Pharma is not liable for injuries. Nano-tech is also part of the equation with Immunity Passports etc. — Mark Taliano

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Dr Petrella is a retired gynaecologist from Teramo in Italy who has already garnered controversy over his Covid 19 views. Petrella was expelled from the Order of Doctors after retirement for his views surrounding the HPV vaccine which he considers to be ineffective and in some cases dangerous. Petrella upheld his right to his opinion and stated that he is against any kind of mandatory vaccine. Petrella is appealing against the decision.






Regarding Covid19, the gynecologist said:

”Doctors and virologists go on television every day to tell **** and lies to create panic. Time to send home all these highly paid gentlemen and consultants who have kept us locked up in jail. We can’t take it anymore”.
Petrella wrote a letter to the Abruzzo region authorities:

Translated from Italian:

Text by Oltra TV.

“I am ashamed to have been represented, in this health emergency, by doctors on television who said **** and created anxiety. A revolution can come out here,” Petrella continued.
He then also turned to the police who in this period have been the protagonists of several unpleasant episodes:

“With what conscience you make a fine of 500 euros to poor people!”
It does not fail to deal with one of the most discussed issues of this phase.

“The mask, in addition to creating the now known complications, predisposes to cancer.”
But the worst is that you are planning to force the children to put them in school. ‘Dr. Petrella then added:

“There will be war. Did you understand scientists of my feet, virologists of my shoes? Open everything again, nothing happens”.
About two weeks ago the Abruzzese doctor sent a registered letter to the President of the Abruzzo Region Marco Marsilio and for information to the Regional Health Councilor Nicoletta Verì, to the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Teramo, to the Carabinieri Command of Teramo and to the General Director of the ASL of Teramo. The object of the registered letter is the mandatory use of masks for this emergency.

Petrella about the emergency declared:

“You created the panic, there is no emergency. The virus will return in October because you said the vaccine is already ready”.
The doctor is very hesitant on this aspect because it takes years to make a vaccine and making one on a virus that is so changeable is unthinkable: “Colleagues, react, strike.”


“Do No Harm”

The mask is harmful and infringes the rights. In the letter the doctor wrote:
“I do not intend to use the aforementioned mask, at least in open spaces and with sufficient distance from other people”.
Petrella then touched on the legal issue:

“Since the mask is a medical surgical device, it cannot be imposed, under penalty of violation of Article 32 of the Constitution and of the Oviedo Convention signed by Italy”.
He also added:

“On the basis of the anti-terrorism law and article 85 of the TULPS (Consolidated Law on Public Safety): “It is forbidden to circulate misrepresented, or with an unidentifiable face”.
Then Petrella touched on the topic of the correct use of the masks that should be changed several times a day to have an effective action:

“You do it? If you see an elder afterwards, do you change it immediately? “It limits the physiological act, primary and essential for life, that is, breathing. The lack of a free and healthy breathing is incompatible with an optimal state of health which represents the primary good of each individual, well protected by the Constitution and by the laws 848/55 and by the law 881/77″.
“Why don’t you journalists say anything about these things?” You are accomplices. People are reacting, they can’t take it anymore. He can’t live, he has no money left. They will come to Rome”.
Still taking up the text:

“It is immediately understandable that within the space between the face and the mask an accumulation of hypercapnic stale air is rapidly created and more saturated with microbes, viruses, bacteria and fungi contained within the oral cavity. This increases the possibility of developing pathologies of the lower respiratory tract”.
He also pointed out in the registered letter that there is the possibility of dispersing air through the escape routes between the mask and the face that are created above, below and to the side:

“So what the **** is it for?” “Prolonged use of the mask over the months involves, for the reasons explained above, an increase in tissue acidosis which, as is now well known, predisposes to the onset of cancer”, Petrella continued.”The imposition of the mask is detrimental to the dignity of the individual, it metaphorically represents a gag, a symbol of slavery”.
Although these are words contained in the letter sent to the President of the Abruzzo Region.

“With the Nuremberg trial, for the first time in history, it is established that no law can be harmful to human dignity. It is, in the hierarchy of laws, superior to any law. You cannot pretend to ignore it”.
Petrella then concluded the reading of the letter:

”If as a result of this communication an oppressive action is taken against me, to force me to use the mask in all situations of parking outside the home, I will take legal action to protect my rights and my health“.
Finally, the Abruzzo doctor invited everyone to send this letter to their regional presidents to make themselves heard and save the future.



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[greybeard]

£13-a-day quarantine payment will persuade more to self-isolate, says Matt Hancock

The Government is offering people on low incomes £13 a day to self-isolate in the hope it will persuade more people to stay away from work, Matt Hancock has said.

The Health Secretary said the support announced overnight would "strengthen the system" which is "almost" hitting the target of 80 per cent of contacts reached.

Get the latest headlines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZRVsaWHb5g

The new normal --Stay at home and Big Brother, the State will look after you
Be a good boy/girl and we will make sure you have just enough..
Incentive --no longer needed.
Self employed --is history.
Lets get dependent.
Chris

[Tintin]

"Social listening" - another oxymoron to add to the growing lexicon of doublespeak.

This from ReclaimTheNet (https://reclaimthenet.org/who-is-monitoring-online-conversations/), yesterday

Issue: August 26, 2020

The WHO is monitoring online conversations and emotions, using “social listening” to change COVID narratives
By Cindy Harper - Posted 1:24 pm

Machine learning analysis is being used on people's conversations.

https://reclaimthenet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/who-phone-tracking.jpg

The World Health Organization is collaborating with an analytics company to scan people’s social media conversations for “coronavirus misinformation;” something the WHO calls “social listening.”

The global health organization says that it’s not only fighting the pandemic but also the conversations people are having about it.

According to the WHO (https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/immunizing-the-public-against-misinformation), there’s an “infodemic” – an overload and spread of misleading information, so much so that it decided that to tackle misinformation, it needs to employ various tools, including social listening, with machine learning monitoring.

“Countering fake news or rumors is actually only responding or mitigating when it’s too late,” said Tim Nguyen, a technology expert helping the WHO’s unit titled Information Network for Epidemics (EPI-WIN). “What we’ve put in place in the beginning of the pandemic is what we call a social listening approach.”

The company has been creepily scanning more than 1.6 million social media posts each week to monitor online conversation. It then uses machine learning to classify information into four topics; cause, illness, interventions, and treatments. The WHO’s aim is to learn the coronavirus topics that are gaining popularity so that it can then create its own content to counteract and attempt to change the narrative.

The WHO’s “social listening” goes beyond analyzing people’s conversations for content, it also tries to analyze their emotions. Through language analytics, the technology detects emotions such as sadness, acceptance, denial, and anxiety. With such insights, the WHO hopes to come up with effective strategies to adjust coronavirus narratives.

“What we’ve learned now, after two and a half months of doing this kind of analysis, is that there are recurring themes and topics that are coming back over and over again,” Nguyen explained. “What that means to us is that we need to re-push information at different times. People may not understand it the first time when we push it, but when the questions and issues come up later, it means it’s time to push it out again.”

The health organization recognizes that not everyone has access to social media. So, it is working with the UN Global Pulse (https://www.unglobalpulse.org/#:~:text=UN%20Global%20Pulse%20is%20the%20UN%20Secretary-General%E2%80%99s%20initiative,Global%20Pulse%20Read%20more%20about%20UN%20Global%20Pulse) to use AI and big data to apply social listening to radios, which are the most common source of information for people without access to the internet. The UN Global Pulse is already applying social listening in Uganda, where they try to tackle rumors that coronavirus can be treated with natural remedies.

“You need to have a certain degree of good information out there to reach populations so that they are inoculated and not susceptible to fake news or disinformation. We believe we need to vaccinate 30% of the population with ‘good information’ in order to have a certain degree of ‘herd’ immunity against misinformation,” Nguyen said.

[greybeard]

Thanks Tintin
I think Bill Gates has a patent on the machinery that does this Social Listening.
May be so.
Chris

https://patents.justia.com/inventor/william-gates

[Philippe]

Fauci: 'tens of millions' of vaccine doses by early 2021
•Aug 6, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxT5aVhiCbU

The snake oil salesman at work. First he said the vaccines would be ready in 2020, now it is 2021. As the criticism is rising that a vaccine can not be tested safely if speeded, he had to change the prognosis. And at the same time deliver a blow to the competition like Oxford/ AstraZeneca that is offering a vaccine end of 2020. I understood he is a long term shareholder in Moderna ( the company that has nazi-roots). What a weasel he is.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-oxford-vaccine-res/over-a-million-doses-of-oxford-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-possible-by-september-researcher-idUSKCN24L1TW

Meanwhile Prof Whitty ,England's chief medical officer believes there is little chance of a vaccine breakthrough before Christmas – and says there was a "reasonable chance" there could be vaccines available before the winter of 2021-2022.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/uk-will-live-under-covid-restrictions-for-at-least-nine-more-months/ar-BB18gEko?ocid=spartan-ntp-feeds

As they are forced to delay the date of a "safe" launching, they will continue the coercive actions, especially the phoney testing that allows to keep the cattle under control. But the awareness and pushback in many countries is now ready to derail their evil marketing plan. Things could change very fast now.

[Hughe]

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INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO SARS-COV-2 AND OTHER FACTORS

ASSOCIATION DES OFFICIERS DE RÉSERVE
(ASSOCIATION OF FRENCH RESERVE ARMY OFFICERS)
13 May 2020

ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION BY CLAIRE EDWARDS, BA HONS, MA
27 August 2020

On the Translation

This text is a faithful translation of the original. The translator’s explanatory notes appear between square brackets and in italics. The sole additions are supplemental and replacement references, in the course of the text and in annex, to English rather than French material for English-speaking readers.

Medical Disclaimer

This content is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended to provide medical advice or to take the place of such advice or treatment from a personal physician. All readers of this content are advised to consult their doctors or qualified health professionals regarding specific health questions. Neither the original authors nor the translator of this content take responsibility for possible health consequences of any person or persons reading or following the information in this educational content. All readers of this content, especially those taking prescription or over-the-counter medications, should consult their physicians before beginning any nutrition, supplement or lifestyle programme.


THIS REPORT HAS BEEN PROHIBITED FROM DISCLOSURE

The Association des Officiers De Réserve (Association of Army Reserve Officers) spent 50 days investigating issues related to the 2020 "pandemic". The report has been prohibited from disclosure for the time being. However, in view of the urgency and seriousness of the situation, we have chosen nevertheless to communicate it to civil society. You have in your hands the "for the general public" version, with the Investigation Group's names and the Unit's symbols redacted.

INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO SARS-COV-2 AND OTHER FACTORS

ASSOCIATION DES OFFICIERS DE RÉSERVE
(ASSOCIATION OF FRENCH RESERVE ARMY OFFICERS)
May 13, 2020

In accordance with your instructions and in forwarding to you this report, the Investigation Group has the honour to convey to you its findings on the characteristics of the COVID-19 epidemic, as we were able to observe them.

In order to propose a prevention protocol and to provide information on therapeutic approaches, it is necessary to establish the parameters of the pathogenic agent, which has revealed serious inconsistencies in the official version.

These inconsistencies have led to the identification of obvious corruption and an agenda contrary to public welfare, culminating in criminal and genocidal intent, and the implementation of a totalitarian state, which are reported in our conclusions.

Head of the Investigation Group,

[Name and signature withheld]

WITHOUT PREJUDICE

Original document: Rapport d’enquête d’un groupe d’officiers de réserve sur la pandémie de COVID-19 et ses liens avec le SARS-CoV-2 et d’autres facteurs

https://guyboulianne.com/2020/07/31/rapport-denquete-dun-groupe-dofficiers-de-reserve-sur-la-pandemie-de-covid-19-et-ses-liens-avec-le-sars-cov-2-et-dautres-facteurs/comment-page-1/

https://sois.fr/fileadmin/pdf/pdf_2019-2020/RAPPORT_D_ENQUETE_mise_a_jour_13_mai.pdf


Translator’s summary of the most significant content of the report
This is a unique and precious document. It is both:
- A guide to the silent and hidden war that has been launched on humanity, and
- A survival handbook.

I urge you to read this document in its entirety. It may save your life and the lives of your loved ones.

To my knowledge, it is the only official report written on the Covid scamdemic and it makes horrifying reading. It was written by a group of French Army Reserve Officers and their conclusions are unequivocal.

[greybeard]

Dolores Cahill - Time For Change Protest Dublin


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0bDKsMaBcs

You cant keep a good woman down
Chris

[Bill Ryan]

Ecuador is ending its lockdown on 12 September. :thumbsup:


https://ww2.elmercurio.com.ec/2020/08/26/ecuador-se-prepara-para-dejar-el-estado-de-excepcion

Here, they call it el estado de excepcion (the "State of Exception"). The President has explained — correctly! — that this emergency condition can't continue forever, and that regular normality must be resumed for the sake of everyone [my paraphrase].

[wondering]

Bill, Even though I think the US is far from this, I am so happy to hear your news about Ecuador. I wonder how long, amidst all the truth that is coming out, people can continue to believe in the “Emperors new clothes”... I just don’t get it, but then, I guess I really do. Diane

[greybeard]

Prof Michael Levitt: Covid panic will shorten lives



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrTFXwLXUC8

Professor Michael Levitt, Nobel Laureate and Professor of Structural Biology at Stanford, was one of our early interviews during the lockdown era. Partly due to that interview, which has been watched over 750,000 times on YouTube, he became a leading dissenting scientist, arguing that the trends of Covid-19 were revealed in the numbers, and that they were much less scary than most people thought.

At the end of July, he made a prediction that Covid-19 would be “done” by August 25th. It and was shared across Twitter. He agreed, back then, to come in to our new studio once the date had elapsed, to see how his prediction fared.

On his prediction:

“The prediction has fared less well than I hoped…There are 55,000 deaths in the USA every week approximately and right now it’s about 5,000 over that. So I think the details of that prediction have fared less well than I hope but it served as a milestone and what we mean by ‘over’. It highlighted the importance of looking at excess deaths, when it’s over and the prediction. My mistake was that I should have done a range instead of a number.”

On his earlier Israel prediction
“The problem was that I should have said excess deaths. There was a time when Israel had no deaths and the number of cases were about 150, but I was certainly wrong about that… When i researched it, I found a really big surprise: when you compare 2020 to 2019, there are actually a few hundred fewer excess deaths in 2020 compared to 2019, so I should have said excess deaths weren’t 10 but minus 100! If you did the exact same comparison not to 2019 but to 2018 or 2017, you find that there was quite significant excess deaths in Israel by about 1000 in the rough period of coronavirus. If you try to track it against the deaths, it doesn’t track — it’s a much broader peak. Perhaps something else happened then”

On testing
“At some point we are going to get tired of testing. It’s a huge waste of money, which could much better go to helping people who have lost their jobs and homeless people. It’s great for the pharmaceutical companies selling test kits but it’s not do anything good.”

On why flu is more scary than Covid
“Flu is much more devious than coronavirus…Flus cannot be easily tamed. They’re much too mutatable — coronaviruses by their nature are staid and have a relatively large genome, which is three times larger than the flu. It’s a single piece whereas flu’s genome is seven little pieces so it can swap pieces with other flus. It causes massive excess deaths year after year. I don’t think coronavirus where will be a winter wave of any substance.

On returning to normality
“Lack of normality is a terrible risk. We’ve torn the fabric of society and I would not be surprised if the risk of tearing society apart constitutes a 10 times higher excess death risk. People die from poverty, desperation and alcoholism. If we look at the statistics on alcohol consumption over the past month and we could easily see excess deaths. A strong smoker loses 10 years of life, which is 120 times higher risk. An alcoholic might lose four to five years of life from this compared to coronavirus.”

On lockdown
“It was probably wrong of me to say that lockdown was a mistake. If people have done it, they should be told that it was probably a good idea when they did it, but it’s no longer necessary and there’s nothing left to be frightened of. The damage caused by lockdown is something we will suffer but there’s no point in dwelling on it. Going forward we need to basically do whatever we can to get back to normal like schools starting or museums opening.

“Panic shortens your life”
Back in March my main aim was to stop the panic. Panic is dangerous and it shortens your life probably more than by a month so we need to think about that. What’s important is the values of our society. I asked in an earlier blog post: what can we do to stop this voluntary suicide of western civilisation. This is the choice that’s facing us: with ZeroCovid, you can pretty much guarantee that the demise of western civilisation will be greatly accelerated.

[greybeard]

Michael Levitt - Breaking the lock-dance: Sweden, saturation, deaths, seasonality and influenza




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh2b8TQYrpE

[onawah]

The Playbook Revealed!
CHD’s ‘The Jab’ Delivers Inside Scoop on COVID Pandemic
AUGUST 27, 2020
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/news/the-playbook-revealed-chds-the-jab-delivers-inside-scoop-on-covid-pandemic/?utm_source=salsa&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=d2ce4134-97a8-4be6-901d-cd2864f0d378

"Join Children’s Health Defense (CHD) on a snappy journey through the recent history and current replay of the pandemic-scam-page from Big Pharma’s playbook. It’s deja-vu with the W.H.O. declaring “pandemics” that result in gold rushes for pharmaceutical companies. But serious adverse events such as the very real narcolepsy epidemic that we saw in the swine flu “pandemic” of 2009—which many researchers tie to GSK’s Pandemrix vaccine—counter any perceived benefits of these rushed vaccines. CHD’s The Jab video documents the facts behind the unfolding pandemic drama and begs the question: Are we are being played—again?

THE JAB: Featuring GlaxoSmithKline
The winter of 2009 may feel like it was just yesterday, but the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed is betting more than two billion dollars that Americans have already forgotten about GlaxoSmithKline’s elaborate scam that caused narcolepsy and cataplexy epidemics across Europe 11 years ago.

Act 1: The Trap
As the trustworthy stewards of global public health (wink, wink), in the years leading up to 2009, the World Health Organization worked to ensure that dozens of European and African nations executed agreements to protect their citizens in the event of an unforeseen global pandemic.

These “sleeping contracts” stipulated that the pharmaceutical companies would be called upon to produce flu vaccines—and be paid billions of dollars for doing so. But there was no reason to fear any financial impropriety because the contracts could only be activated in the event that the W.H.O. declared a phase 6 influenza pandemic.

Unfortunately, the government officials who signed the contracts never suspected that GSK makes multimillion-dollar donations to the W.H.O. in return for control over decisions that result in GSK windfalls.

Act 2: The Switch
For six years leading up to 2009, the W.H.O. displayed their definition of “influenza pandemic” on the top of their Pandemic Preparedness home page. It read, “An influenza pandemic occurs when a new influenza virus appears against which the human population has no immunity, resulting in several, simultaneous epidemics worldwide with enormous numbers of deaths and illness.”

On June 11, 2009, the W.H.O. declared H1N1 swine flu to be a global influenza pandemic, phase 6. Curiously, at that point in time, there were only 144 swine flu deaths in the entire world. Nevertheless, the W.H.O.’s declaration triggered $18 billion in sleeping contracts to activate across the world, and production of hundreds of millions of H1N1 vaccine doses kicked into high gear—including GlaxoSmithKline’s Pandemrix.

Suspiciously, just 39 days before declaring the pandemic, the W.H.O. deleted the pandemic definition from their website. When confronted, they told the media that their definition “painted a rather bleak picture and could be very scary.” In the new definition, the W.H.O. no longer required that anyone die before they declare a pandemic. GSK’s Pandemrix jab was an experimental vaccine that was never tested for safety or efficacy. It was given straight to hundreds of millions of Africans and Europeans.

This wasn’t the time for red tape and formalities. By any definition– rather, by the new definition, we were in a global pandemic.

Act 3: The Plants
The W.H.O. did not declare the 2009 pandemic on its own. Before making the declaration, the W.H.O. Director General, Dr. Margaret Chan, sought guidance from an Emergency Committee drawn from a panel of 160 scientists on the W.H.O’s International Health Regulations Review Committee.The W.H.O. describes these advisors as “the world’s leading experts in their respective fields,” but their identities are still shrouded in secrecy, which the W.H.O. claimed was necessary to “protect them from outside influences.” But a shocking 2010 British Medical Journal investigation revealed that numerous Emergency Committee members who voted for the pandemic declaration had financial ties to flu vaccine and Tamiflu manufacturers, including GlaxoSmithKline.

Wolfgang Wodarg, a former delegate to the European Council, said, “The W.H.O. officials have no idea about such things. They have to depend on scientists. And the scientists are allocated to them by the countries and by the organizations that finance the W.H.O. And many of them gave advice and made decisions that benefited the pharmaceutical industry.”

Act 4: The Getaway
Narcolepsy is more than a minor inconvenience in an otherwise normal life. Narcoleptics suffer from the extreme tendency to fall asleep whenever in relaxed surroundings. Cataplexy is a condition in which strong emotion or laughter causes a person to suffer sudden physical collapse.

GSK’s adjuvanted Pandemrix vaccine caused both, devastating at least 1,300 children across Europe– for life. In the media, GSK’s AS03 adjuvant, added to stimulate a powerful immune response, shouldered the blame for amplifying these heinous reactions. Documents obtained by plaintiffs in a series of European lawsuits revealed that GSK knew about the mounting adverse events associated with Pandemrix in the winter of 2009–including a 5.4-fold increase in death. By December 2009, an injured person filed a report with GSK for every 12,500 doses of Pandemrix administered. Yet, they continued promoting their vaccine in order to move inventory.

As lawsuits began to pile up, the UK spent millions of pounds defending itself, ultimately settling for nine-figure sums after losing on appeal. After all, every country that signed a sleeping contract was required to grant GSK full legal indemnity for their fast-tracked pandemic vaccine, leaving taxpayers on the hook for defending and settling hundreds of lawsuits.

GSK never stood trial for destroying 1,300 young lives with narcolepsy and cataplexy and they never paid one dollar in fines for influencing the fake pandemic in what Wolfgang Wodard called, “One of the greatest medical scandals of the century.”

Act 5: The Encore
Relying on the same attenuated definition of “pandemic,” on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a global pandemic when its partner, the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator, received 125 million-dollar commitments from the Gates Foundation and Mastercard just one day prior.

On July 31, 2020, GSK and Sanofi scored 2.1 billion US taxpayer dollars to partner on an experimental Covid-19 vaccine. Sanofi will provide the vaccine and GSK will provide– you guessed it– hundreds of millions of doses of their AS03 adjuvant from the 2009 narcolepsy epidemic.

Will they get away with it this time?"
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THE JAB: Featuring GlaxoSmithKline
12,952 views•Aug 27, 2020
Children's Health Defense
20.3K subscribers
"It’s deja-vu all over again with the W.H.O. declaring “pandemics” that result in gold rushes for pharmaceutical companies who swoop in with vaccines to save the day. But are they actually saving anyone? Or do serious adverse events such as the very real narcolepsy epidemic that we saw in the swine flu “pandemic” of 2009—which many researchers tie to GSK’s Pandemrix—counter any perceived benefits of these rushed vaccines? The Jab breaks down what happened in 2009 and why it’s critical that we understand this today."

[greybeard]

Thanks is not enough onawa.
I share quite a few of your posts, those with head in sand are never going to get it unfortunately.
RFKJnr and others doing a great job.
Berlin is going to have quite an event this weekend.
Chris

[Gwin Ru]

Video: Covid-Gate, The Political Virus

By Prof Michel Chossudovsky (https://www.globalresearch.ca/author/michel-chossudovsky)
Global Research, August 29, 2020


https://www.globalresearch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8-400x300.jpg


The national economies of 193 countries, member states of the United Nations were ordered to close down on March 11, 2020. The order came from above, from Wall Street, the World Economic Forum, the billionaire foundations. And corrupt politicians throughout the world have enforced these so-called guidelines with a view to resolving a public health crisis.

Millions of people have lost their jobs, and their lifelong savings. In developing countries, poverty and despair prevail. We are told the it is V the Virus which is responsible for the wave of bankruptcies and unemployment.

The unspoken truth is that the novel coronavirus provides a pretext and justification to powerful financial interests and corrupt politicians to precipitate the entire World into a spiral of mass unemployment, bankruptcy and extreme poverty.
And then Joe Biden tells us that the US economy must remain in a lockdown to save lives. What utter nonsense. Has he analysed the underlying causality? I am sure he has! He’s lying on behalf of Big Money.

According to Michel Chossudovsky, politicians have presented the Virus as performing a political decision making role.

It’s The Political Virus: They are telling us is that the virus is the sole cause of unemployment, poverty and bankruptcies.

Covid is “…destroying millions of jobs and small businesses”

VIDEO, Covid-Gate, The Political Virus, Prof Michel Chossudovsky


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The original source of this article is Global Research
Copyright © Prof Michel Chossudovsky (https://www.globalresearch.ca/author/michel-chossudovsky), Global Research, 2020

[greybeard]

More than 10,000 COVID conspiracy theorists gather in London: Huge crowd of anti-vaxxers led by David Icke gather to argue that virus is a lie spread in secret global plot organised by Bill Gates

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8676875/Thousands-anti-maskers-believe-pandemic-HOAX-march-against-lockdown-London.html

[greybeard]

29th August 2020 London Rally Speech


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cc-N8bkaYs


Unfortunately, Dr Vernon Coleman, could not attend the Trafalgar Square rally but, instead, recorded a special video to be played there. For more details, see http://www.vernoncoleman.com The transcripts of Dr Coleman's banned YouTube videos are also on the website.
Thank you for all your encouragement and support.
Please feel free to share this video.

[greybeard]

News
In pictures: Thousands of anti-lockdown protesters gather in London

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/anti-lockdown-protesters-151116254.html

Thousands of anti-lockdown protesters have gathered in London to demonstrate against coronavirus restrictions.Many of them were unhappy some of their ‘freedoms’ had been taken away and also called the COVID-19 pandemic a ‘hoax’.This is despite more than 40,000 people dying in the UK after contracting the virus. Protesters at the ‘Unite for Freedom’ rally, which started at 12pm on Saturday, held various signs defending their stance.Some of them were also concerned about a possible ‘mandatory’ vaccine for coronavirus and did not want to take it.The event organisers claimed ‘top professional doctors and nurses’ would be speaking at the event. Jeremy Corbyn’s brother, Piers, is due to appear at the protest after previously taking part in similar demonstrations in the capital.

[Delight]

This is another researcher who has a reputation for integrity and civil rights activism.

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[Delight]

More than 10,000 COVID conspiracy theorists gather in London: Huge crowd of anti-vaxxers led by David Icke gather to argue that virus is a lie spread in secret global plot organised by Bill Gates

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8676875/Thousands-anti-maskers-believe-pandemic-HOAX-march-against-lockdown-London.html

Do many people read the Daily Mail? That kind of article may have the consequence of making people wonder.... 10,000 is a small town's worth... HUMMM, wonder why they all are against masks and bill gates? I don't think this makes so much sense.... ls it a hoax?

Love the feeling of buoyancy today because so many stood up.

[Philippe]

[B][SIZE="3"].This is despite more than 40,000 people dying in the UK after contracting the virus. .


The baby-boomers have started to die and that is a natural process and increase in numbers. Also the toll of a lifetime with industrial toxic food is accelerating the speed of die-offs. And the statistics are overblown with lots of deaths that are not from covid19,
For France Wikipedia gives about 65 000 deaths from the heavy flew season end of 2016 into 2017. Covid19 in 2020 is noted for about 30 000 deaths. But it is not an argument with a population that is now in existential fear.