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The Government Censored Me by JAY BATTACHARYA
Transition Regret by SEGM
Santa Clara Study Review by PAUL D. THACKER
Shared Traditions & Customs by ADAM JOHNSTON
Boosters Under Fake EUA by ROBERT W MALONE MD, MS
Antibiotics Reducing RNA Viral Load? by JESSICA ROSE
NY Times Admits “Immune Imprinting” by JEFF CHILDERS
Good Intentions; Bad Interventions by VINAY PRASAD
The Fourth Estate by BILL RICE, JR.
The Hospitalized Are The Jabbed by ALEX BERENSON
Spike Causes Radiation Damage Without Radiation by WALTER M CHESNUT
20 Mice, No Control Group, No Humans by PETER MCCULLOUGH, MD
For Equity by EUGYPPIUS
Abusive Executive Powers by JUSTIN HART
Immune Imprinting With Booster by ALEX BERENSON
Jha Lies by VINAY PRASAD
New York Hiding Crucial Hospital Data by JESSICA HOCKETT
Neuroticism Predicts Vax Rates by ASHMEDAI
VAIDS In Kids by IGOR CHUDOV
Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) by JESSICA ROSE
The Government Censored Me by JAY BATTACHARYA
during the pandemic, the American government violated my free speech rights and those of my scientist colleagues for questioning the federal government’s pandemic policies.
The case revealed that a dozen federal agencies—including the CDC, the Office of the Surgeon General, and the Biden White House—pressured social media companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter to censor and suppress even true speech contradicting federal pandemic priorities.
The court found that the Biden White House, the CDC, the U.S. Surgeon General’s office, and the FBI “engaged in a years-long pressure campaign [on social media outlets] designed to ensure that the censorship aligned with the government’s preferred viewpoints.”
The decision provides some solace for scientists who had deep reservations about lockdowns but censored themselves for fear of the reputational damage that came with being falsely labeled misinformers. They were not wrong in thinking science wasn’t working right; science simply cannot function without free speech.
Transition Regret by SEGM
Like all medical interventions, “gender-affirming” interventions are associated with a range of physical and mental health outcomes—both positive and negative. Regret and detransition are examples of negative outcomes. Proponents of youth gender transition assert that rates of regret and detransition are extremely low. These assertions are frequently cited in legal proceedings, medical journals, and even treatment recommendations. A new paper by Cohn, “The Rate of Detransition is Unknown,” reviews common limitations of “regret” studies and demonstrates that hormone discontinuation, detransition, and regret rates are largely unknown.
While the negative physical health outcomes have increasingly come under scrutiny (including adverse effects on bone and cardiovascular health, sexual dysfunction, and infertility/sterility), less attention has been paid to adverse psychological outcomes. Although the proponents of youth transition assert that detransition should not be thought of as a manifestation of a failed transition, this argument is hard to justify. Hormones and surgery irreversibly change the body and some of its key functions. And since gender transition is a lifelong process required to maintain a masculinized or feminized appearance, instances of medical detransition—already reaching 30% within just 4 years of initiating treatment—is an alarming warning signal of high numbers of inappropriate transitions.
The current narrative by gender-affirming clinicians that regret is extremely rare is based on studies that suffer from significant methodological limitations, which critically bias those studies toward underreporting of detransition and regret
Santa Clara Study Review by PAUL D. THACKER
The Santa Clara seroprevalence study was the first major paper to look for Covid antibodies in a large U.S. population center.
The Santa Clara study results had several enormous implications for the lockdown strategy:
The Covid virus had spread to at least 2.8% of the population after only a little more than a month of its arrival in the U.S. and despite the lockdown;
Most who had been infected and recovered had not come to the attention of public health authorities, and nearly 40% recalled no symptoms;
Infection fatality rate (IFR), or chance of infected people dying, was much lower than previously thought; and
The pandemic had a long way to go before the end, and nearly everyone would become infected.
Critics inside Stanford had commercial interests blinding them to the public health importance of the Santa Clara Study and a desire to protect the university from inconvenient research that might discover pandemic policies were misguided.
While trying to shut down research by Bhattacharya and colleagues through Stanford’s bureacracy, internal Stanford critics appear to have also launched public attacks through strategic leaks to Buzzfeed reporter Stephanie M. Lee.
Shared Traditions & Customs by ADAM JOHNSTON
democracy itself paradoxically paves the way to outright tyranny.
a mob is exactly what democracy looks like
This is not a new revelation, yet its reality has been obfuscated due to incessant propaganda from both left and right liberals who seek to exploit democracy for political gain at home and use it as a basis for expanding the American Empire abroad.
We often hear the statement, "America is a Republic, not a democracy;” however, the left cares little for this distinction as they relentlessly attempt to introduce more instances of direct democracy into our system while eroding all societal morals and norms that are required to keep a society cohesive.
in our legal system, criminal cases like this require a unanimous jury for conviction, not a simple majority.
Ultimately a constitution does not hold a nation together, rather, it is shared traditions and customs.
democracy expands unconstrained within a population whose education system is devoid of virtue, is failing its children academically, and is ultimately designed to undermine the Republic itself.
Boosters Under Fake EUA by ROBERT W MALONE MD, MS
Many of us knew this day would come, and now here it is. As of Monday, September 11, 2023, the FDA has provided “Emergency Use Authorization” for the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine boosters. But there is no public health emergency at this time. And the “boosters” being “Emergency Use Authorized” are designed to provide protection against the Omicron variant called “Kraken”. Which is on its way to becoming extinct, outcompeted by newer variants like Eris which have evolved even further to escape the antibody pressure elicited by the globally deployed leaky “vaccines”.
Prior versions of which boosters, by the way, have been shown to have been adulterated with high levels of plasmid DNA incorporating SV40 virus promoter/enhancer sequences. Which adulteration the FDA continues to ignore.
the FDA administrative bureaucracy self-determined that they could continue to bypass their normal (already lax) procedures for evaluating vaccine purity (including lack of adulteration), potency, safety and efficacy pretty much for as long as their hearts desire, at least until November 07, 2023. And that is the administrative basis used to enable the September 11, 2023 “Emergency Use Authorization” for the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine boosters.
Antibiotics Reducing RNA Viral Load? by JESSICA ROSE
Could the people who died ‘from’ ‘COVID-19’ have been saved if they’d simply been treated with a course of antibiotics?
they found…that certain antibiotics eliminated SARS-CoV-2 as measured by vanishing RNA viral loads.
I checked prescribing trends using openprescribing.net as per the drugs that were shown to reduce the viral load by 100%, namely: Metronidazole, Vancomycin, Amoxicillin and Azithromycin. I also checked out Cefixime; it was shown to reduce the viral load by 85%.
100% reduction in RNA viral load, eh? Seems pertinent.
Maybe SARS-2 does have ‘phage-like’ characteristics. I don’t know. But in any case, this paper provides more evidence to support the use of antibiotics during COVID-19 mania. It should have been included in the roster of treatments in the COVID-19 treatment protocols.
NY Times Admits “Immune Imprinting” by JEFF CHILDERS
The article ostensibly let us know the FDA approved both Pfizer and Moderna’s new 2023-model boosters yesterday, and the CDC is expected to rubber stamp them today. This time, not that anyone cares, it’s without any clinical trials, not eight mice, not even one mouse.
interesting information buried halfway down the story
“Unlike the bivalent shots from last fall, the latest mRNA vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna are monovalent, meaning they are designed to protect against just one variant: XBB.1.5… Initial data from preprint studies has suggested that the bivalent formula from last year was no more effective against BA.4 and BA.5 than the original vaccine it replaced because of so-called “immune imprinting” bias.”
“Our immune system, when we have seen something, is biased to seeing that again,” Dr. Ho said. “So if you include the original components, the immune system will react mostly to the original component and not to the new version of the virus.”
Ho, ho, Dr. Ho! We fooled ‘em again! Suckers.
But there it was, in 12-point type, straight from the New York Times’s own ghastly orifice: The Bivalent experiment failed. It’s back to the monovalent drawing board. And, how do you like that, they do know about “immune imprinting” after all. When they want to.
Good Intentions; Bad Interventions by VINAY PRASAD
There is a persistent argument in medicine that you can’t subject an intervention to randomization if the outcomes are dire….Just because outcomes are dire, doesn’t mean your intervention helps. If a plane is crashing, you can slaughter a chicken, but don’t think you are helping anyone.
When it comes to COVID19 there are many variations of this argument
7 million people died, which is far worse than masking a toddler.
Yes, sure, people dying is worse than masking a toddler, but masking toddlers did not change the death rate. It was just a separate, stupid thing we did.
No one has shown that vax mandates for the population writ large lower influenza death rates, and Cochrane reviews are sobering.
The Fourth Estate by BILL RICE, JR.
the biggest and most important captured organization is the Fourth Estate, the mainstream media. When the “watchdog” press exists to protect corrupt organizations and refuses to investigate massive scandals, any and all nefarious goals become possible.
The institution created to be the ultimate check on those with power is now running cover for those with absolute power.
A massive Censorship Industrial Complex has emerged to bring forth North Korean, 1984-style reforms, ensuring only the government’s point of view is widely disseminated.
History tells us that when good people do nothing, Holocausts can happen.
The Hospitalized Are The Jabbed by ALEX BERENSON
About nine out of 10 Americans over 75 hospitalized this year for Covid have received the mRNA shots. (Not with Covid, for Covid.) Similarly, five out of six Americans aged 65-74 hospitalized for Covid had been jabbed, according to the CDC. And even among adults under 50, two out of three had been vaccinated.
The proportions of hospitalized people are virtually identical to overall jab rates - despite healthy vaccinee bias, which should make them look better. (The CDC claims that about 93 percent of adults have received at least one mRNA jab, but that estimate appears badly overstated because states and the agency misclassify a large number of boosters as new shots. Self-reported data show that about 25 percent of adults have not received any jabs.)
Spike Causes Radiation Damage Without Radiation by WALTER M CHESNUT
the respiratory effects of SARS-CoV-2 are but a very thin veneer of the damage that can be caused by the virus and its Spike Protein. In fact, the pneumonia observed may be caused by the same mechanism that may induce systemic fibrosis.
The Spike Protein induces Post-COVID (Spike Protein) Fibrosis Syndrome by causing the VERY SAME DAMGE that induces RFS [Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome]!
The Spike Protein’s binding and interaction with ACE2 allows it to affect the endothelium in PRECISELY THE SAME WAY as RADIATION. This is why so many doctors claimed that the COVID patients they were treating looked like they were suffering from Radiation Sickness. It allows for the full effect of Radiation Damage – without Radiation.
20 Mice, No Control Group, No Humans by PETER MCCULLOUGH, MD
From the Pfizer core slides released today, there was a single experiment with 10 mice assigned to the prior BA4/BA5 bivalent and 10 assigned to the new XBB.1.5 monovalent vaccine. They were injected twice, 21 days apart. The new booster was authorized for a single 30 mcg shot in humans.
The pseudoviral antibody responses were greater for the new vaccine against the outgoing XBB.1.5 (3.1% of strains as of 9/2/23) and the incoming EG.5 (Eris) strain at 21.5%
There were no human studies presented in the core slides by Pfizer. It impossible to predict what would happen with a single human injection. Their last slide was a single ongoing clinical study of the new vaccine. There are two age groups, no randomization and no control group. There is zero chance to assess human safety or efficacy of the XBB.1.5 vaccine in sponsored studies.
The only thing that will stop ongoing scientific misconduct and regulatory malfeasance is public outrage and booster refusal.
For Equity by EUGYPPIUS
While Europe has now largely confined Covid vaccination to older and vulnerable groups, the American Centers for Disease Control have chosen a different path. Yesterday, they accepted the advice of an advisory panel and recommended the XBB.1.5 jabs to everyone six months and older.
They insist that “the benefits of vaccination exceed the risks for everyone,” and hope vaguely that their “universal recommendation” will “ease the rollout of the vaccine and improve access and equity.”
The argument is not easy to parse. First, the vaccines are alleged to be universally beneficial, although no studies beyond a “CDC analysis” exist to support this broad claim. Second, the universal recommendation is necessary to ensure “equity” and “make things clear.” In other words, more targeted recommendations would sow confusion and limit their uptake among those groups who would benefit from them. Finally, our Dr. Kotton still hopes that the vaccines can “do away with COVID-19.” Either she knows better or she is stupid
Abusive Executive Powers by JUSTIN HART
New York attorney Bobbie Anne Cox single-handedly goes up against the State of New York this week, after the state appealed a New York State Supreme Court ruling that a so-called “quarantine camp” regulation (“Isolation and Quarantine Procedures”) issued by Governor Kathy Hochul was unconstitutional.
There are problems with the governor’s action.
The executive branch does not have the power to make laws under the constitution. That is reserved to the legislature.
With one state executive branch taking power not given to them constitutionally, it creates a precedent that could be used similarly for other issues to violate the rights of citizens on a host of other issues – not only in New York, but in all the other states as well.
There is no doubt that those who take this type of executive action (Lujan Grisham in New Mexico and Hochul in New York) know that this is outside their scope of power within our governmental system. They also know that, until someone files a lawsuit and prevails against them, they have a period of time when these executive regulations and orders will be in place.
Immune Imprinting With Booster by ALEX BERENSON
On Tuesday afternoon, an advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control recommended all Americans receive mRNA Covid boosters this fall. The CDC is already pressing full speed ahead with that terrible advice.
Yet the CDCs own statistics show the mRNAs have now failed and boosters will quickly make no difference.
Why? Imprinting from the original jabs makes our immune systems produce antibodies tailored to fight the now-extinct original coronavirus variant, no matter the specifics of the mRNA in the booster.
Jha Lies by VINAY PRASAD
Jha claims:
The vaccine will reduce your chance of missing school or work
It reduces how much you will transmit
The best way to move on is to get the shot, which provides a good amount of protection
Ashish Jha has no evidence that these days of work lost will be offset by days gained from avoiding illness because he has
no evidence that illness will be avoided, at all, and at best, only in a subgroup of the 1000
no way to quantify this
days of work missed from vaccine adverse events in young ages will likely far exceed days later gained from theoretical, but unsubstantiated vaccine efficacy.
Ashish Jha has no data that the fall booster will slow transmission. He did not have it for the bivalent booster last year, or even the original booster. This is totally unproven.
He has no evidence it provides a good amount of protection. He has not quantified its impact. This is false.
New York Hiding Crucial Hospital Data by JESSICA HOCKETT @JESSICA HOCKETT
The essence of the problem can be illustrated with one graph.
The file begins with March 26, 2020. As you can see, that start-date leaves a lot of data missing.
Obviously, the data exist, even if not in the current “reporting system.” Saying there are “no plans at this time” to release data is Bureaucratic Code for “We have it, but we’re not giving it to you.”
Withholding such data from the public is outrageous no matter what, but it’s borderline criminal when we consider that NYC hospital capacity was weaponized to convince the World that a novel deadly coronavirus was devastating city healthcare facilities.
Without the earlier occupancy data, we can’t confirm if occupancy was higher than it was in prior months, or by how much.
Do New York state officials expect us to simply accept that the equivalent of the peak NYC’s spring hospital inpatient census in died in 2.5 months? Do they think we should just believe that 75%+ of those deaths are due to COVID-19, as both city & federal data allege?
Neuroticism Predicts Vax Rates by ASHMEDAI
The level of neuroticism for a country’s population had a statistically significant correlation to vaccination rate - the more neurotic the population, the higher the vaccination rate.
(For the record, the GDP - i.e. wealth - of a country had a much larger correlation than the level of its population’s neuroticism, but that doesn’t take away from the correlation between a neurotic population and higher vaccine uptake.)
There’s at least one other study that found a connection between neuroticism and “Yes, jab me again!! Please!!!”. An analysis of almost 10,000 UK adults found that “lower levels of neuroticism was associated with COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy”
VAIDS In Kids by IGOR CHUDOV
the authors of the Frontiers study, in their follow-up statement, mentioned the BCG vaccine and gave us a path to a roundabout way to have a control group of the Covid study - of sorts.
We can compare Covid-vaccinated children to BCG-vaccinated children
the IL-6 immune response to Staphylococcus aureus changed by only -27% for the BCG vaccine but dropped ten times for the COVID vaccine!
Compared to utterly minor declines in immune response to S. Aureus parameters from the BCG vaccine, there are massive, many-times declines in the same parameters for the COVID vaccine.
Not good! It suggests a very significant deterioration in immune response.
Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) by JESSICA ROSE
The known causes of HLH are infections (including EBC and HIV), lymphoma, autoimmune diseases, organ transplantation and CAR T cell therapy.
Hear me out here. I truly believe that there are homologous peptides encoded in the spike protein of both the pathogen (SARS-CoV-2) and in the spike encoded in the shots. If there are, then autoimmune disease courses could start anew, or possibly trigger existing conditions. If this occurred, then I can think of no reason why, in the context of an aggressive and continued immune response against transfected cells, that this wouldn’t result in this syndrome called HLH.
Median survival time is only 1-2 months without treatment. HLH is deadly. Rapid diagnosis is necessary, and with aggressive treatment (within 8 weeks) survival for 5 years is ~50%. Survival is more likely in secondary HLH (instigated by infection of autoimmune diseases) and increases with treatment.
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