lifesitenews--2020-11-23--Pope proposes three progressive candidates for conservative Swiss diocese, election body rejects the

Pope proposes three progressive candidates for conservative Swiss diocese, election body rejects them all

SWITZERLAND , November 23 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – In a historic move , the 22 members of the cathedral canons called to elect a new bishop of the Diocese of Chur in Grisons , Switzerland rejected with a majority the list of three candidates for the new bishop .
Chur has been traditionally the last conservative diocese of the generally very liberal Catholic dioceses in Switzerland .
The Pope 's list had three clearly progressivist candidates , all of whom were now rejected by the dome chapter .
The last bishop of Chur , Vitus Huonder , was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Communion for “ remarried ” divorcees .
He had issued in February of 2017 guidelines on marriage , reaffirming the Church 's continuous teaching against Communion for divorced and “ remarried ” couples .
Huonder had also re-iterated Humanae Vitae 's rejection of contraceptives .
Since Huonder 's retirement a year and a half ago , the diocese was left without a bishop since there are many forces in liberal Switzerland who wish for a liberalizing new bishop who would be less “ controversial ” and more adapting to the zeitgeist .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ some liberal bishops in Switzerland – among them the bishops of Basel , St. Gallen , and the Abbot of the Monastery of Einsiedeln – were able to convince Pope Francis to put together three candidates two of whom do not even come from Chur .
By people in Chur , this papal move is seen as a “ takeover ” by progressivist forces in the Catholic Church .
The Chur diocese was the only Swiss diocese who still protected faithful Catholics and even promoted an apostolate for the traditional Latin Mass that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fraternity of St. Peter .
As one source told LifeSite , “ the three candidates on the list were obviously meant to silence the voice of the Diocese of Chur that so far has deviated from the mainstream in today 's society.
” The names of the candidates are Official Joseph Bonnemain , Abbot Vigeli Monn , OSB of Disentis and Mauro Giuseppe Lepori , the General Abbot of the Cistercian order .
The only candidate who stems from Chur , Joseph Bonnemain , is 72 years of age and is , due @ @ @ @ @ @ @ good candidate for a diocese that looks for continuity .
Unlike the Dioceses of Basel and St. Gallen , who are allowed to chose their own bishops from the ranks of their own clergy , the Pope chose with his own list , “ to force on the Diocese of Chur monks who had never been vicars or pastors in the pastoral field , ” one source told LifeSite .
None of these candidates are used to the strong ideological battle that is taking place in the German-speaking part of Switzerland , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , heavily endorsing homosexual couples .
For the 2015 Synod on the Family in Rome , the Swiss bishops had decided to send to Rome a pro-homosexual activist as an observer .
In the midst of this atmosphere of heterodoxy , the Pope 's decision to side with the progressivist in Switzerland has a controversial character .
The press speaker of the Diocese of Chur , Giuseppe Gracia , declined to comment on these developments .
LifeSite shall keep our readers updated on the further developments in Chur after the rejection of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new move of trying to force upon the Diocese of Chur a candidate according to the wishes of the progressivist Catholic Church in Switzerland , Pope Francis once more shows his desire to liberalize the Catholic Church and to change the Church 's stance concerning such important moral issues such as homosexuality , marriage , and abortion .
Only a few weeks ago , news broke of an interview where he appears to endorse the establishment of civil unions for same-sex couples .

The Pope's list had three clearly progressivist candidates, all of whom were now rejected by the dome chapter.
SWITZERLAND, November 23, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – In a historic move, the 22 members of the cathedral canons called to elect a new bishop of the Diocese of Chur in Grisons, Switzerland rejected with a majority the list of three candidates for the new bishop. Chur has been traditionally the last conservative diocese of the generally very liberal Catholic dioceses in Switzerland. The Pope's list had three clearly progressivist candidates, all of whom were now rejected by the dome chapter.
The last bishop of Chur, Vitus Huonder, was known for his strong stance against abortion and Communion for “remarried” divorcees. He had issued in February of 2017 guidelines on marriage, reaffirming the Church's continuous teaching against Communion for divorced and “remarried” couples. Huonder had also re-iterated Humanae Vitae's rejection of contraceptives. Since Huonder's retirement a year and a half ago, the diocese was left without a bishop since there are many forces in liberal Switzerland who wish for a liberalizing new bishop who would be less “controversial” and more adapting to the zeitgeist.
According to well-informed sources in Switzerland, some liberal bishops in Switzerland – among them the bishops of Basel, St. Gallen, and the Abbot of the Monastery of Einsiedeln – were able to convince Pope Francis to put together three candidates two of whom do not even come from Chur. By people in Chur, this papal move is seen as a “takeover” by progressivist forces in the Catholic Church.
The Chur diocese was the only Swiss diocese who still protected faithful Catholics and even promoted an apostolate for the traditional Latin Mass that was headed by a member of the Fraternity of St. Peter.
As one source told LifeSite, “the three candidates on the list were obviously meant to silence the voice of the Diocese of Chur that so far has deviated from the mainstream in today's society.”
The names of the candidates are Official Joseph Bonnemain, Abbot Vigeli Monn, OSB of Disentis and Mauro Giuseppe Lepori, the General Abbot of the Cistercian order. The only candidate who stems from Chur, Joseph Bonnemain, is 72 years of age and is, due to his advanced age, not a good candidate for a diocese that looks for continuity.
Unlike the Dioceses of Basel and St. Gallen, who are allowed to chose their own bishops from the ranks of their own clergy, the Pope chose with his own list, “to force on the Diocese of Chur monks who had never been vicars or pastors in the pastoral field,” one source told LifeSite. None of these candidates are used to the strong ideological battle that is taking place in the German-speaking part of Switzerland, with the Diocese of Basel, for example, heavily endorsing homosexual couples. For the 2015 Synod on the Family in Rome, the Swiss bishops had decided to send to Rome a pro-homosexual activist as an observer. In the midst of this atmosphere of heterodoxy, the Pope's decision to side with the progressivist in Switzerland has a controversial character.
The press speaker of the Diocese of Chur, Giuseppe Gracia, declined to comment on these developments. LifeSite shall keep our readers updated on the further developments in Chur after the rejection of the papal list of candidates.
With this new move of trying to force upon the Diocese of Chur a candidate according to the wishes of the progressivist Catholic Church in Switzerland, Pope Francis once more shows his desire to liberalize the Catholic Church and to change the Church's stance concerning such important moral issues such as homosexuality, marriage, and abortion. Only a few weeks ago, news broke of an interview where he appears to endorse the establishment of civil unions for same-sex couples.
Follow Maike Dr. Maike Hickson was born and raised in Germany. She holds a PhD from the University of Hannover, Germany, after having written in Switzerland her doctoral dissertation on the history of Swiss intellectuals before and during World War II. She now lives in the U.S. and is married to Dr. Robert Hickson, and they have been blessed with two beautiful children. She is a happy housewife who likes to write articles when time permits. Dr. Hickson published in 2014 a Festschrift, a collection of some thirty essays written by thoughtful authors in honor of her husband upon his 70th birthday, which is entitled A Catholic Witness in Our Time. Hickson has closely followed the papacy of Pope Francis and the developments in the Catholic Church in Germany, and she has been writing articles on religion and politics for U.S. and European publications and websites such as LifeSiteNews, OnePeterFive, The Wanderer, Rorate Caeli, Catholicism.org, Catholic Family News, Christian Order, Notizie Pro-Vita, Corrispondenza Romana, Katholisches.info, Der Dreizehnte, Zeit-Fragen, and Westfalen-Blatt.
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lifesitenews--2020-11-23--BREAKING: Trump lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania vote count expedited to Third Circuit court

November 23 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – The US Third Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Trump campaign ’ s request Monday for an expedited appeal of a lower court ’ s rejection of its lawsuit seeking to block the certification of Pennsylvania ’ s presidential vote over vote fraud concerns .
Trump attorney Jenna Ellis revealed the news over Twitter .
The notice gives both sides until 4PM on Tuesday to file their arguments ; it is not yet known if oral arguments will be held .
US District Judge Matthew Brann rejected the Trump campaign ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and standing , and ruled that blocking certification of the vote would disenfranchise more voters than the number disenfranchised by alleged fraud .
The Trump campaign responded that Brann ’ s ruling “ turns out to help us in our strategy to get expeditiously to the U.S. Supreme Court.
” “ There is so much evidence that in Pennsylvania , Democrats eliminated our opportunity to present 50 witnesses and other evidence that election officials blatantly ignored Pennsylvania ’ s law denying independent review , ” Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani said .
“ This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , wittingly or unwittingly.
” Pennsylvania , whose 20 electoral votes have been called for Democrat Joe Biden , has been a hotbed of controversy over allegations of fraud , Republican observers blocked from watching the counting , and the counting of late absentee ballots in violation of state law .
Giuliani says that the campaign believes it has identified more than twice the number of ballots nationwide necessary to erase Biden ’ s presumptive margin of victory .

The notice gives both sides until 4PM on Tuesday to file their arguments
November 23, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – The US Third Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Trump campaign’s request Monday for an expedited appeal of a lower court’s rejection of its lawsuit seeking to block the certification of Pennsylvania’s presidential vote over vote fraud concerns.
Trump attorney Jenna Ellis revealed the news over Twitter. The notice gives both sides until 4PM on Tuesday to file their arguments; it is not yet known if oral arguments will be held.
��NEW: Third Circuit Court of Appeals grants expedited review for Team Trump’s appeal from Pennsylvania. pic.twitter.com/LKJDnPGRSn — Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) November 23, 2020
US District Judge Matthew Brann rejected the Trump campaign’s suit last week over issues of evidence and standing, and ruled that blocking certification of the vote would disenfranchise more voters than the number disenfranchised by alleged fraud. The Trump campaign responded that Brann’s ruling “turns out to help us in our strategy to get expeditiously to the U.S. Supreme Court.”
“There is so much evidence that in Pennsylvania, Democrats eliminated our opportunity to present 50 witnesses and other evidence that election officials blatantly ignored Pennsylvania’s law denying independent review,” Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani said. “This resulted in 682,777 ballots being cast illegally, wittingly or unwittingly.”
Pennsylvania, whose 20 electoral votes have been called for Democrat Joe Biden, has been a hotbed of controversy over allegations of fraud, Republican observers blocked from watching the counting, and the counting of late absentee ballots in violation of state law. Giuliani says that the campaign believes it has identified more than twice the number of ballots nationwide necessary to erase Biden’s presumptive margin of victory.
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lifesitenews--2020-11-23--Sidney Powell was not ‘fired’ by Trump

Sidney Powell was not ‘fired’ by Trump

November 23 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Sunday evening the Trump legal team , Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis put out a brief statement : “ Sidney Powell is practicing law on her own .
She is not a member of the Trump Legal Team .
She is also not a lawyer for the President in his personal capacity.
” Some interpreted this to mean that there had been falling out between Powell and Giuliani , or worse , that Powell had been “ fired ” by the president .
The thought that the key legal actors charged with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ heist might have had a falling out was disconcerting .
The Left was gleeful ; conservatives were glum .
Powell ’ s own statement set the record straight .
Unfortunately it was delayed by the fact she had just been suspended by Twitter , an all too common fate for anyone right of center .
As relayed by General Michael Flynn ’ s son on Parler , Powell wrote : STATEMENT FROM SIDNEY POWELL TO “ WE THE PEOPLE ” I agree with the campaign ’ s statement that I am not part @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I never signed a retainer agreement or sent the President or the campaign a bill for my expenses or fees .
My intent has always been to expose all the fraud I could find and let the chips fall where they may —whether it be upon Republicans or Democrats .
The evidence I ’ m compiling is overwhelming that this software tool was used to shift millions of votes from President [ Donald ] Trump and other Republican candidates to Biden and other Democrat candidates .
We are proceeding to prepare our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ week .
It will be epic .
We will not allow this great Republic to be stolen by communists from without and within or our votes altered or manipulated by foreign actors in Hong Kong , Iran , Venezuela , or Serbia , for example , who have neither regard for human life nor the people who are the engine of this exceptional country .
# WeThePeople elected Donald Trump and other Republican candidates to restore the vision of America as a place of life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a non tax-deductible contribution to www.DefendingTheRepublic.org .
# KrakenOnSteroids ” Reading Powell ’ s statement , you can see that she puts country ahead of party , and intends to call out lawbreakers regardless of whether they have a ( D ) or an ( R ) after their name .
She has already suggested that Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia , who is a Republican , had a “ deal with Dominion.
” This statement did not sit well with the Republican establishment , some members of which complained that she violated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his 11th commandment , “ Thou shalt not criticize thy fellow Republicans.
” Others suggested that the statement is “ all about money , nothing more.
” Those who control the purse strings in the GOP and the Trump campaign wanted to make clear that Sidney Powell is not on the payroll .
That ’ s fine with Powell .
As she notes above , she has her own nonprofit to fund her work , www.DefendingTheRepublic.org .
If you are able to do so , I suggest sending in a gift .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the survival of our constitutional republic .
Over the weeks since the election , she has uncovered more and more evidence of how computer voting systems can be used to commit voter fraud .
Dominion voting machines , operating with Smartmatic software can be manipulated in multiple ways by design .
In other words , these are “ features ” , not “ bugs ” or “ glitches.
” A great introduction to these features comes from OAN ’ s Chanel Rion , who has just done a special called “ Dominion-izing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the many statistical analyses that show that large numbers of votes have been switched from Trump to Democratic challenger Joe Biden .
How some of the algorithms actually work is also becoming clear .
The affidavit that Powell has produced supporting that allegation that Dominion has worked with foreign governments , including Venezuela , is also compelling evidence .
A lot of people don ’ t want to talk about how electronic voting systems have been used to fix elections around the world for years , and want to talk even less @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the United States .
That probably includes a number of Republicans .
But the numbers don ’ t lie .
As far as Sidney herself , she has doubled down on her claims .
She has gone from # releasetheKraken to # Krakenonsteroids .
If we win this—and my money is on the gal from Texas -- Sidney Powell gets the next open seat on the Supreme Court .
While she ’ s waiting , she can head up the FBI and begin to clean out the mess there .

Leave it to Fake News to put the worst spin on anything coming out of Trump world.
November 23, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Sunday evening the Trump legal team, Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis put out a brief statement:
“Sidney Powell is practicing law on her own. She is not a member of the Trump Legal Team. She is also not a lawyer for the President in his personal capacity.”
Some interpreted this to mean that there had been falling out between Powell and Giuliani, or worse, that Powell had been “fired” by the president.
The thought that the key legal actors charged with saving our republic from a brazen election heist might have had a falling out was disconcerting. The Left was gleeful; conservatives were glum.
Powell’s own statement set the record straight. Unfortunately it was delayed by the fact she had just been suspended by Twitter, an all too common fate for anyone right of center.
As relayed by General Michael Flynn’s son on Parler, Powell wrote:
STATEMENT FROM SIDNEY POWELL TO “WE THE PEOPLE” I agree with the campaign’s statement that I am not part of the campaign’s legal team. I never signed a retainer agreement or sent the President or the campaign a bill for my expenses or fees. My intent has always been to expose all the fraud I could find and let the chips fall where they may —whether it be upon Republicans or Democrats. The evidence I’m compiling is overwhelming that this software tool was used to shift millions of votes from President [Donald] Trump and other Republican candidates to Biden and other Democrat candidates. We are proceeding to prepare our lawsuit and plan to file it this week. It will be epic. We will not allow this great Republic to be stolen by communists from without and within or our votes altered or manipulated by foreign actors in Hong Kong, Iran, Venezuela, or Serbia, for example, who have neither regard for human life nor the people who are the engine of this exceptional country. #WeThePeople elected Donald Trump and other Republican candidates to restore the vision of America as a place of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. You may assist this effort by making a non tax-deductible contribution to www.DefendingTheRepublic.org. #KrakenOnSteroids” Sidney Powell
Reading Powell’s statement, you can see that she puts country ahead of party, and intends to call out lawbreakers regardless of whether they have a (D) or an (R) after their name. She has already suggested that Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia, who is a Republican, had a “deal with Dominion.”
This statement did not sit well with the Republican establishment, some members of which complained that she violated what the late President Ronald Reagan called his 11th commandment, “Thou shalt not criticize thy fellow Republicans.”
Others suggested that the statement is “all about money, nothing more.” Those who control the purse strings in the GOP and the Trump campaign wanted to make clear that Sidney Powell is not on the payroll.
That’s fine with Powell. As she notes above, she has her own nonprofit to fund her work, www.DefendingTheRepublic.org. If you are able to do so, I suggest sending in a gift. The work she is doing is absolutely vital to the survival of our constitutional republic.
Over the weeks since the election, she has uncovered more and more evidence of how computer voting systems can be used to commit voter fraud. Dominion voting machines, operating with Smartmatic software can be manipulated in multiple ways by design. In other words, these are “features”, not “bugs” or “glitches.” A great introduction to these features comes from OAN’s Chanel Rion, who has just done a special called “Dominion-izing The Vote.”
I am personally convinced by the many statistical analyses that show that large numbers of votes have been switched from Trump to Democratic challenger Joe Biden. How some of the algorithms actually work is also becoming clear. The affidavit that Powell has produced supporting that allegation that Dominion has worked with foreign governments, including Venezuela, is also compelling evidence.
A lot of people don’t want to talk about how electronic voting systems have been used to fix elections around the world for years, and want to talk even less about how they’ve been used in the United States. That probably includes a number of Republicans. But the numbers don’t lie.
As far as Sidney herself, she has doubled down on her claims. She has gone from #releasetheKraken to #Krakenonsteroids.
If we win this—and my money is on the gal from Texas–Sidney Powell gets the next open seat on the Supreme Court.
While she’s waiting, she can head up the FBI and begin to clean out the mess there.
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lifesitenews--2020-11-23--Don’t let anxiety take over, trust in God

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lifesitenews--2020-11-23--Why justifying abortion is like justifying slavery

November 23 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – He was personally opposed to slavery .
But supported your right to buy slaves .
This was the position of Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas who lost his bid for President to Abraham Lincoln in 1860 .
Douglas believed it was the “ right ” of each state to determine whether they would enslave blacks or not .
How did Douglas reach this evil position ?
Well , Douglas had assumed the premises of positive law , which suggests that rights come from government .
If Southern states did not count slaves as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ end of it .
But assumed premises -- especially when undetected -- can destroy a nation .
Today , I ’ m going to argue that assumed premises are killing us as a Republic .
Our nation -- with little fanfare and almost without notice -- has assumed a premise completely at odds with the American founding : namely , that fundamental rights are a creation of the state .
As Hadley Arkes explains , “ many Americans , and especially members of the political class , have come to talk themselves out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Lincoln.. ” Like Douglas , many Americans today have unconsciously absorbed premises at odds with the philosophy of this republic .
And what is that philosophy ?
Well , it ’ s the philosophy that makes America truly exceptional !
Our Founders contrasted natural rights with merely legal ( positive ) ones .
Natural rights are those rights you possess simply because you are human .
These basic rights flow from your humanity and you have them from the moment you begin to exist .
For example , you have a natural @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( unless you ’ re unborn ) , as well as a natural right not to be convicted of a crime without a fair trial .
Government doesn ’ t create these basic rights .
Rather , government ’ s job is to recognize and protect them .
Conversely , legal ( positive ) rights are those you gain only through age or achievement , such as the right to drive or vote .
For example , I do not have a right to vote in the next British election because I 'm @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But surely I do have a right not to be gunned down in the street next time I visit London .
Our founders fled a country built on the premises of positive rights in order to craft a new nation built upon natural rights and the recognition of their source ( God ) .
This is why America is exceptional and why even today , 244 years after the founding of this country , people from all over the world want in .
American exceptionalism does not entail that we think Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we are superior to any other human .
But it does mean that we ’ re convinced that the ideals of the American founding—most notably , the doctrines related to the natural rights of men—represent the best hope for all nations .
And yet , tragically , this year has proven how far many Americans and members of our political class have fallen from the doctrine of natural rights .
We ’ ve seen this in America ’ s major cities , whose leaders refuse to protect the natural rights of their citizens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ looting , and burning by people convinced that America is not exceptional , but evil .
We see this across many of our States , whose governors through their draconian policies are ignoring the natural rights of their people to liberty : to work , to freely associate where they choose , to run their businesses in accordance with their best judgement .
But nowhere is this attack on natural rights and embrace of positive rights more dangerous and deadly than the issue of abortion , which denies human beings that first and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from which all the rest flow : LIFE itself .
Secular liberals and members of the Left insist that abortion is a fundamental human right that the state should not infringe upon .
But where does this alleged right to an abortion come from ?
If abortion is a positive right that exists only insofar as it is granted by the government , then the abortion advocate can not really complain if the State does not permit her an abortion .
For the same government that grants rights can take them away .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ right , a right that springs from our human nature , then the abortion advocate had that right from the moment she began to exist – the moment of conception .
As Arkes points out , we are left with an amusing paradox : According to the logic of abortion-advocates , unborn women do not have a right to life but they do have a right to an abortion !
Ridiculous !
How could “ human rights ” exist where the right to life doesn ’ t ?
The distinction between natural and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas .
At issue was the question : Were the rights mentioned in the Declaration of Independence natural ones or were they merely the creation of positive law ?
Lincoln argued for natural law .
The claim “ All men are created equal ” meant a man can not own another man the way a man owns a dog .
Douglas argued for positive law , suggesting that who was and was not a bearer of rights depended on popular sovereignty .
But as Lincoln pointed out elsewhere , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Blacks , Southerners were blindly putting into place premises that would justify their own enslavement .
The argument for slavery could not be confined to Blacks .
In fact , it worked equally well to enslave Whites .
You say ‘ A ’ is white and ‘ B ’ is black .
It is color , then : the lighter having the right to enslave the darker ?
Take care .
By this rule , you are a slave to the first man you meet with a fairer skin than your own @ @ @ @ @ @ @ question of interest , and , if you can make it your interest , you have the right to enslave another .
Very well .
And if he can make it his interest , he has the right to enslave you .
In the same way , many arguments used to justify the taking of unborn human life work equally well to justify killing people outside the womb .
In short , the right to kill unborn human beings can not be confined to the womb .
But whether it ’ s slavery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same : the sinister and un-american belief that NOT ALL humans are persons .
As slavery was a litmus test of our republic in the 19th century , so is abortion today .
Abortion is evil for the same reasons that slavery is evil : It denies the personhood of its victims to justify their mistreatment .
As long as our country continues to deny the natural right to life to an entire class of human beings , our own rights will constantly be endangered by modern jurists and a ruling class whose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ generation of judges .
By accepting the premises of positive law , that the right to life itself is dependent on popular sovereignty , our country will inevitably leave all questions regarding who is and is not a human being with rights to those with political power .
For if some human beings can be denied a right to life ( in this case unborn humans ) , then why not any other class of human beings ?
If we don ’ t ground our natural rights in our shared human nature , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not be able to offer a moral justification for any of our other rights .
By ignoring the natural right to life that all human beings have , we should not be surprised when our government ignores every other right that flows from that first and most important of all rights .
What does all this mean ?
It means that the pro-life movement while fighting to end the injustice of abortion , is also answering that most fundamental of all human questions : Who counts as one of us ?
The founders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.
” This truth provided the moral framework for Lincoln and the abolitionists to purge the evil of slavery from our country and it will provide the same framework for us to abolish the evil of abortion .
How then can one argue for American exceptionalism in the face of our country ’ s historic sin of slavery and our modern sin of abortion ?
It ’ s quite simple .
It is not the individual actions of Americans that determine our country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ principles .
Her ideas .
And her unique place in history for enshrining natural rights into the DNA of our Republic .
This is why we sing “ America , America , God shed his grace on thee.
” We must recapture what Lincoln grasped as self-evident , that in accepting the institution of abortion-on-demand and the premises that make it plausible in the first place , namely that not all humans are created equal , our Republic is “ putting in place the premises that will justify our own enslavement.
” As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or deny rights to some people , there can be no natural rights that apply to all people .
We must eradicate abortion for the same reasons we eradicated slavery .
One , for the gross inversion of the natural order that it represents .
And two , by ensuring that the promises of the Declaration are granted to the unborn , we further enshrine freedom for all people .
Lincoln communicated all of this in once sentence speaking before Congress on December 1 , 1862 : “ In giving freedom to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ free.
” Today we might rephrase that timeless truth and say : In giving life to the pre-born , we assure life to the born !
Either we believe each and every human being has a right to life or we don ’ t .
If we believe that , then like Lincoln , we better be able to say why !
And we ’ re not going to find our answer in positive law .
It will only be found in our common human nature .

'But whether it’s slavery or abortion, the philosophy is the same: the sinister and un-american belief that NOT ALL humans are persons'
November 23, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – He was personally opposed to slavery. But supported your right to buy slaves. This was the position of Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas who lost his bid for President to Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Douglas believed it was the “right” of each state to determine whether they would enslave blacks or not.
How did Douglas reach this evil position? Well, Douglas had assumed the premises of positive law, which suggests that rights come from government. If Southern states did not count slaves as bearers of rights, that was the end of it. But assumed premises–especially when undetected–can destroy a nation.
Today, I’m going to argue that assumed premises are killing us as a Republic.
Our nation–with little fanfare and almost without notice–has assumed a premise completely at odds with the American founding: namely, that fundamental rights are a creation of the state. As Hadley Arkes explains, “many Americans, and especially members of the political class, have come to talk themselves out of the premises of the American Founders and Lincoln..” Like Douglas, many Americans today have unconsciously absorbed premises at odds with the philosophy of this republic.
And what is that philosophy? Well, it’s the philosophy that makes America truly exceptional! Our Founders contrasted natural rights with merely legal (positive) ones. Natural rights are those rights you possess simply because you are human. These basic rights flow from your humanity and you have them from the moment you begin to exist. For example, you have a natural right not to be harmed without justification (unless you’re unborn), as well as a natural right not to be convicted of a crime without a fair trial. Government doesn’t create these basic rights. Rather, government’s job is to recognize and protect them.
Conversely, legal (positive) rights are those you gain only through age or achievement, such as the right to drive or vote. For example, I do not have a right to vote in the next British election because I'm not a citizen of that fine nation. But surely I do have a right not to be gunned down in the street next time I visit London.
Our founders fled a country built on the premises of positive rights in order to craft a new nation built upon natural rights and the recognition of their source (God). This is why America is exceptional and why even today, 244 years after the founding of this country, people from all over the world want in.
— Article continues below Petition — PETITION: Urge HHS to STOP FUNDING aborted baby vaccines Show Petition Text 29087 have signed the petition. Let's get to 30000 ! Thank you for signing this petition! Add your signature: Show Petition Text Country... State... Sign this Petition PETITION UPDATE (12/16/2020) - Operation Warp Speed—the HHS’s program to accelerate the development, manufacture, and distribution of COVID-19 therapeutics—has spent billions of our tax dollars to bring a COVID vaccine to market. Now, the FDA has granted emergency approval to roll out the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, and people in the UK and the US are already receiving it. Though the Pfizer vaccine was not designed or produced using aborted fetal cells, it was tested using the HEK293 fetal cell line to create humanized mice. And, more unethical vaccines are reaching the finish line and are being funded and promoted by the HHS with our tax dollars. We must continue to demand that this stop and that a fully ethical vaccine be brought to market instead! SIGN and SHARE our petition with the Personhood Alliance to demand that the HHS stop using our money to support the grisly connection between abortion and biomedical science. _________________________________________________________________________________ Operation Warp Speed—the HHS’s program to accelerate the development, manufacture, and distribution of COVID-19 therapeutics—is spending billions of our tax dollars to bring a COVID vaccine to market as quickly as possible. Now, two of the Operation Warp Speed vaccines (one created by Pfizer/BioNTech and one created by Moderna/NIH) are nearing the finish line, soon to be applying for emergency FDA approval for mass distribution. And, while LifeSite neither advocates for or against voluntary vaccination, there are several apparent problems with the vaccines being fast-tracked by HHS’ Operation Warp Speed. First among the vaccines’ major problems: they were tested using aborted fetal cells . Please SIGN and SHARE LifeSite’s urgent petition with the Personhood Alliance to demand that the HHS stop funding and promoting this unethical practice, and bring a fully ethical vaccine to market instead. The production and testing of vaccines that use the remains of aborted children, regardless of when they were killed and at what point they were used in the process, is morally unacceptable and must be consistently opposed by the whole pro-life movement. And, although the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were not designed or produced using aborted fetal cells, the Personhood Alliance recently reported that the vaccines’ testing phases used the HEK293 aborted fetal cell line to create humanized mice. This stomach-churning practice transferred immortalized cells from a child killed in 1973 into mouse embryos, so that when the mice were born, they had tiny human lungs that researchers infected with COVID to test the vaccines. This type of Frankenscience has no place in a civilized society, certainly not one whose citizens are forced to fund it! Sign our petition with the Personhood Alliance to demand that the HHS stop supporting the grisly connection between abortion and biomedical science. We can make a difference if we raise our voices together, but we’re running out of time! Thank you for SIGNING and SHARING this urgent petition today! FOR MORE INFORMATION: See LifeSite articles on the Coronavirus vaccine **Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com Hide Petition Text Sign this Petition
American exceptionalism does not entail that we think Americans are always right or that by nature we are superior to any other human. But it does mean that we’re convinced that the ideals of the American founding—most notably, the doctrines related to the natural rights of men—represent the best hope for all nations.
And yet, tragically, this year has proven how far many Americans and members of our political class have fallen from the doctrine of natural rights.
We’ve seen this in America’s major cities, whose leaders refuse to protect the natural rights of their citizens to property: against the theft, looting, and burning by people convinced that America is not exceptional, but evil.
We see this across many of our States, whose governors through their draconian policies are ignoring the natural rights of their people to liberty: to work, to freely associate where they choose, to run their businesses in accordance with their best judgement.
But nowhere is this attack on natural rights and embrace of positive rights more dangerous and deadly than the issue of abortion, which denies human beings that first and most important of all natural rights, from which all the rest flow: LIFE itself.
Secular liberals and members of the Left insist that abortion is a fundamental human right that the state should not infringe upon. But where does this alleged right to an abortion come from? If abortion is a positive right that exists only insofar as it is granted by the government, then the abortion advocate cannot really complain if the State does not permit her an abortion. For the same government that grants rights can take them away.
However, if abortion is a natural right, a right that springs from our human nature, then the abortion advocate had that right from the moment she began to exist – the moment of conception. As Arkes points out, we are left with an amusing paradox: According to the logic of abortion-advocates, unborn women do not have a right to life but they do have a right to an abortion! Ridiculous! How could “human rights” exist where the right to life doesn’t?
The distinction between natural and legal rights underscored the famous debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. At issue was the question: Were the rights mentioned in the Declaration of Independence natural ones or were they merely the creation of positive law? Lincoln argued for natural law. The claim “All men are created equal” meant a man cannot own another man the way a man owns a dog. Douglas argued for positive law, suggesting that who was and was not a bearer of rights depended on popular sovereignty.
But as Lincoln pointed out elsewhere, in their willingness to justify the enslaving of Blacks, Southerners were blindly putting into place premises that would justify their own enslavement. The argument for slavery could not be confined to Blacks. In fact, it worked equally well to enslave Whites.
You say ‘A’ is white and ‘B’ is black. It is color, then: the lighter having the right to enslave the darker? Take care. By this rule, you are a slave to the first man you meet with a fairer skin than your own. But you say it is a question of interest, and, if you can make it your interest, you have the right to enslave another. Very well. And if he can make it his interest, he has the right to enslave you.
In the same way, many arguments used to justify the taking of unborn human life work equally well to justify killing people outside the womb. In short, the right to kill unborn human beings cannot be confined to the womb.
But whether it’s slavery or abortion, the philosophy is the same: the sinister and un-american belief that NOT ALL humans are persons.
As slavery was a litmus test of our republic in the 19th century, so is abortion today. Abortion is evil for the same reasons that slavery is evil: It denies the personhood of its victims to justify their mistreatment. As long as our country continues to deny the natural right to life to an entire class of human beings, our own rights will constantly be endangered by modern jurists and a ruling class whose jurisprudence is completely foreign to that first generation of judges.
By accepting the premises of positive law, that the right to life itself is dependent on popular sovereignty, our country will inevitably leave all questions regarding who is and is not a human being with rights to those with political power. For if some human beings can be denied a right to life (in this case unborn humans), then why not any other class of human beings?
If we don’t ground our natural rights in our shared human nature, which began at conception, we will not be able to offer a moral justification for any of our other rights. By ignoring the natural right to life that all human beings have, we should not be surprised when our government ignores every other right that flows from that first and most important of all rights.
What does all this mean? It means that the pro-life movement while fighting to end the injustice of abortion, is also answering that most fundamental of all human questions: Who counts as one of us? The founders answered that question: “We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.” This truth provided the moral framework for Lincoln and the abolitionists to purge the evil of slavery from our country and it will provide the same framework for us to abolish the evil of abortion.
How then can one argue for American exceptionalism in the face of our country’s historic sin of slavery and our modern sin of abortion? It’s quite simple. It is not the individual actions of Americans that determine our country’s greatness. It is her principles. Her ideas. And her unique place in history for enshrining natural rights into the DNA of our Republic. This is why we sing “America, America, God shed his grace on thee.”
We must recapture what Lincoln grasped as self-evident, that in accepting the institution of abortion-on-demand and the premises that make it plausible in the first place, namely that not all humans are created equal, our Republic is “putting in place the premises that will justify our own enslavement.”
As long as a pure majority can create or deny rights to some people, there can be no natural rights that apply to all people. We must eradicate abortion for the same reasons we eradicated slavery. One, for the gross inversion of the natural order that it represents. And two, by ensuring that the promises of the Declaration are granted to the unborn, we further enshrine freedom for all people. Lincoln communicated all of this in once sentence speaking before Congress on December 1, 1862: “In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free.” Today we might rephrase that timeless truth and say: In giving life to the pre-born, we assure life to the born!
Either we believe each and every human being has a right to life or we don’t. If we believe that, then like Lincoln, we better be able to say why! And we’re not going to find our answer in positive law. It will only be found in our common human nature.
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lifesitenews--2020-11-23--Thailand moves to legalize abortion despite it violating a key Buddhist teaching

November 23 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Thailand ’ s government has taken steps to legalize abortion in the first twelve weeks of pregnancy , with the cabinet proposing two amendments to a law that bans abortions except in the cases of rape or if the woman ’ s life is at risk .
Until now , abortion has been illegal in predominantly Buddhist Thailand ( although women procure illegal abortions from doctors who charge several thousand baht to rid them of their pre-born children . )
If the government ’ s bill is passed by the House of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ insist on terminating their pregnancies ” will be able to do so in the first three months of pregnancy .
The second amendment to Thailand ’ s abortion ban would make it legal for doctors to perform abortions .
Rachada Dhanadirek , a government spokeswoman , announced that this reversal would mean that preventing abortions in the first twelve weeks would , under the new regime , constitute “ an infringement of women ’ s rights , ” and that “ the constitution which dictates people have freedom over their lives and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legal .
“ The law amendment will support and protect women ’ s and their unborn children ’ s rights equally and remove women ’ s motivations to seek out illegal abortions , which are not safe , ” Rachada stated .
She did not explain how legalizing abortion would be protecting “ unborn children ’ s rights equally.
” Under the current law , women procuring an illegal abortion can receive a fine of up to 60,000 baht ( $ 1,980 ) and a prison sentence of up to three years .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ for abortion beyond the three-month cut-off less severe , with a fine of 100,000 baht or six months in prison .
In stark contradiction to the prevailing line that abortion is “ healthcare , ” the government stated that the abortion itself was punishment enough .
Abortion activists , who have been pushing for this change by claiming that illegal abortions are inevitable and dangerous , are celebrating the move .
Somchai Kamthong , spokesperson for the Thai chapter of Planned Parenthood , told one newspaper that the government move will help women @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their decision easier.
” Other abortion activists , unsurprisingly , are unsatisfied and are planning to continue pushing for a no-holds-barred abortion regime .
“ The amendment still comes with conditions that restricts women ’ s rights , like the 12-week limit , ” stated Jittima Phanutecha of the Choices Network Thailand .
“ We will continue to fight to lessen conditions as it is being considered in parliament so women can have safe and full access to abortions.
” Nattaya Boonpakdee of the Women ’ s Health Advocacy Foundation agreed : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ teenage girls face harsh social stigma in a society which fails to provide them with safe sex education , proper counseling and other services such as halfway homes for unwed mothers and foster and adoption services.
” Of course , abortion activists believe that feticide should be completely legal regardless of whether social stigma , sex education , and other services exist , but these sorts of talking points have proven to be effective .
Backlash is expected from Thailand ’ s Christian leaders , and abortion is also considered to be a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ teaching , which requires that people refrain from killing ( Buddhists believe that aborting a child is denying a soul the opportunity to be reincarnated . )
Under relentless pressure from international organizations , the Thai government seems determined to push ahead nonetheless .
The two amendments have now been submitted to parliament , where they are expected to pass easily .
In all likelihood , abortion will be legal in the first twelve weeks of pregnancy in Thailand by February 12 , 2021 .
Jonathon ’ s new podcast , The Van @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the stories of the pro-life and pro-family movement .
In his latest episode , he interviews Dr. Ryszard Legutko , a philosopher , politician , and professor from Krakow , Poland , to discuss Legutko ’ s fight against both communism and liberal democracy .
Legutko also indicates paradoxical similarities in Liberal Democracy , which , after the collapse of the Soviet Union , widely took the systemic place of Communism throughout various Eastern European countries .
You can subscribe here and listen to the episode below :

Backlash is expected from Thailand’s Christian leaders, and abortion is also considered to be a violation of a key tenet of Buddhist teaching, which requires that people refrain from killing since Buddhists believe that aborting a child is denying a soul the opportunity to be reincarnated
November 23, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Thailand’s government has taken steps to legalize abortion in the first twelve weeks of pregnancy, with the cabinet proposing two amendments to a law that bans abortions except in the cases of rape or if the woman’s life is at risk.
Until now, abortion has been illegal in predominantly Buddhist Thailand (although women procure illegal abortions from doctors who charge several thousand baht to rid them of their pre-born children.) If the government’s bill is passed by the House of Representatives in early 2021, women who “insist on terminating their pregnancies” will be able to do so in the first three months of pregnancy. The second amendment to Thailand’s abortion ban would make it legal for doctors to perform abortions.
Rachada Dhanadirek, a government spokeswoman, announced that this reversal would mean that preventing abortions in the first twelve weeks would, under the new regime, constitute “an infringement of women’s rights,” and that “the constitution which dictates people have freedom over their lives and bodies” dictates that abortion should be legal.
“The law amendment will support and protect women’s and their unborn children’s rights equally and remove women’s motivations to seek out illegal abortions, which are not safe,” Rachada stated. She did not explain how legalizing abortion would be protecting “unborn children’s rights equally.”
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Under the current law, women procuring an illegal abortion can receive a fine of up to 60,000 baht ($1,980) and a prison sentence of up to three years. The proposed amendments also make the punishments for abortion beyond the three-month cut-off less severe, with a fine of 100,000 baht or six months in prison. In stark contradiction to the prevailing line that abortion is “healthcare,” the government stated that the abortion itself was punishment enough.
Abortion activists, who have been pushing for this change by claiming that illegal abortions are inevitable and dangerous, are celebrating the move. Somchai Kamthong, spokesperson for the Thai chapter of Planned Parenthood, told one newspaper that the government move will help women considering abortion as “it will make their decision easier.”
Other abortion activists, unsurprisingly, are unsatisfied and are planning to continue pushing for a no-holds-barred abortion regime.
“The amendment still comes with conditions that restricts women’s rights, like the 12-week limit,” stated Jittima Phanutecha of the Choices Network Thailand. “We will continue to fight to lessen conditions as it is being considered in parliament so women can have safe and full access to abortions.”
Nattaya Boonpakdee of the Women’s Health Advocacy Foundation agreed: “Abortion is inevitably a solution when unwed teenage girls face harsh social stigma in a society which fails to provide them with safe sex education, proper counseling and other services such as halfway homes for unwed mothers and foster and adoption services.”
Of course, abortion activists believe that feticide should be completely legal regardless of whether social stigma, sex education, and other services exist, but these sorts of talking points have proven to be effective.
Backlash is expected from Thailand’s Christian leaders, and abortion is also considered to be a violation of a key tenet of Buddhist teaching, which requires that people refrain from killing (Buddhists believe that aborting a child is denying a soul the opportunity to be reincarnated.) Under relentless pressure from international organizations, the Thai government seems determined to push ahead nonetheless. The two amendments have now been submitted to parliament, where they are expected to pass easily. In all likelihood, abortion will be legal in the first twelve weeks of pregnancy in Thailand by February 12, 2021.
Jonathon’s new podcast, The Van Maren Show, is dedicated to telling the stories of the pro-life and pro-family movement. In his latest episode, he interviews Dr. Ryszard Legutko, a philosopher, politician, and professor from Krakow, Poland, to discuss Legutko’s fight against both communism and liberal democracy.
Legutko also indicates paradoxical similarities in Liberal Democracy, which, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, widely took the systemic place of Communism throughout various Eastern European countries.
You can subscribe here and listen to the episode below:
Follow Jonathon Jonathon Van Maren is a public speaker, writer, and pro-life activist. His commentary has been translated into more than eight languages and published widely online as well as print newspapers such as the Jewish Independent, the National Post, the Hamilton Spectator and others. He has received an award for combating anti-Semitism in print from the Jewish organization B’nai Brith. His commentary has been featured on CTV Primetime, Global News, EWTN, and the CBC as well as dozens of radio stations and news outlets in Canada and the United States. He speaks on a wide variety of cultural topics across North America at universities, high schools, churches, and other functions. Some of these topics include abortion, pornography, the Sexual Revolution, and euthanasia. Jonathon holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in history from Simon Fraser University, and is the communications director for the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform. Jonathon’s first book, The Culture War, was released in 2016.
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lifesitenews--2020-11-23--Media ignore 400-year anniversary of Mayflower Compact that established America

November 23 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) — The Mayflower Compact , originally called the 1620 agreement , celebrated 400 years on November 21 and is the genesis of the United States Constitution .
The media were silent about it , possibly because they are responsible for birthing the 1619 Project , the error-laden historical revisionism of the New York Times .
Celebration of the Mayflower Compact would mean recognizing it for setting the stage for America .
The 1619 Project demonizes our history with an erroneous hyper-focus on slavery .
In 1620 , freedom-seeking Pilgrims sailed across the Atlantic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New York but landed in Cape Cod , Massachusetts .
The Pilgrims ( or Separatists ) were traveling with outsiders to their religion , whom they called Strangers .
The Pilgrims and Strangers wanted to stay where they had landed in Cape Cod .
Desiring to ensure law and order while they waited for approval , men in their group signed the Mayflower Compact .
The document is significant because it was the first of its kind establishing rules for self-governance in what would become our democratic republic , the United States of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Plimoth [ sic ] Planation website , which devotes itself to the preservation of local history , “ [ I ] n 1802 , John Quincy Adams described the agreement as ‘ the only instance in human history of that positive , original , social compact ’ and it is popularly believed to have influenced the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
” In the name of God , Amen .
We whose names are underwritten , the loyal subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James , by the Grace @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and Ireland King , Defender of the Faith , etc .
Having undertaken for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and Honour of our King and Country , a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia , do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another , Covenant and Combine ourselves together in a Civil Body Politic , for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and equal Laws , Ordinances , Acts , Constitutions and Offices from time to time , as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony , unto which we promise all due submission and obedience .
In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod , the 11th of November , in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James , of England , France and Ireland the eighteenth , and of Scotland the fifty-fourth .
Anno Domini 1620 .
Patriots @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Pilgrims and their governance as the seedling that grew into the paradigm that America became .
Per the National Reporter , “ [ t ] he Mayflower Compact likewise set the mold for consensual self-government , as ideal and practice , which would also spread throughout New England .
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In a bombshell press conference, President Trump's legal team has revealed evidence of alleged massive voter fraud in several constituencies key to election victory in 2020.
Appealing to every American, Rudy Giuliani, Team Trump's lead counsel, said: "Joe Biden is in the lead because of invalid and illegal ballots. Give us an opportunity to prove it in court, and we will."
Please SIGN and SHARE this urgent petition asking state legislators, IN EVERY U.S. STATE, not to allow election certification of their state until all of the evidence has been ruled on and every legal challenge exhausted.
This is not about President Trump or former Vice President Biden...at this stage, our republic and the integrity of our elections literally hang in the balance.
The claims of voter fraud made by Team Trump were very alarming, but here are some of the worst:
The lack of oversight and security of mail-in ballots;
Direction by some election officials to election workers to violate election statutes;
The eviction of Republican observers who were kept away from inspecting ballots in some cities;
Instances of 'overvoting', where more ballots were cast in some precincts than registered voters;
The arrival of thousands of ballots - all marked for Biden - at one count center, in the middle of the night
And, all of the these claims are backed-up by sworn affidavits of people who allegedly witnessed these fraudulent actions take place.
Please CLICK HERE to read LifeSiteNews' article detailing the evidence of alleged voter fraud brought to light by Team Trump.
And please CLICK HERE to see an example of overvoting, also alluded to by Giuiliani as having occurred in Michigan.
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lifesitenews--2020-11-23--Former Pfizer VP: ‘No need for vaccines,’ ‘the pandemic is effectively over’

November 23 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – While Pfizer pharmaceutical made headlines announcing the imminent release of their COVID-19 vaccine , to much fanfare , a former Vice President and Chief Scientist for the company has flatly rejected the need for any vaccines to bring the COVID-19 pandemic to an end .
In a recent article , Dr. Michael Yeadon , who “ spent over 30 years leading new [ allergy and respiratory ] medicines research in some of the world ’ s largest pharmaceutical companies , ” and retired from Pfizer with “ the most senior research position @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The British national ’ s comments come at the end of a comprehensive criticism of the Scientific Advisor Group for Emergencies ( SAGE ) , a government agency of the U.K. tasked with advising the central government in emergencies .
SAGE has played a predominant role in determining public lockdown policies in the U.K. , including those recently implemented , as a response to the COVID-19 virus .
After pointing out that SAGE lacked essential expertise in the field they are addressing , with “ no clinical immunologists ” as members , Yeadon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in their presuppositions which cause their overall conclusions to go radically awry leading to the “ torturing [ of ] the population for the last seven months or so.
” The first erroneous assumption SAGE makes is that “ 100 % of the population was susceptible to the virus and that no pre-existing immunity existed.
” Yeadon states this notion is “ ridiculous because while SARS-CoV-2 is indeed novel , coronaviruses are not .
There ’ s no such thing as an ‘ ancestor-less virus ’ .
” Indeed , he points out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , endemic , common-cold inducing coronaviruses … [ which ] circulate freely in UK and elsewhere.
” Those who have been infected by “ one or more of these endemic , common-cold producing coronaviruses in the past , have a long-lived and robust [ T-cell ] immunity , not only to those viruses , but to closely related viruses .
SARS-CoV-2 is one such closely-related virus.
” Striking once again at the competence of SAGE , Dr. Yeadon states , “ To not expect such cross-over is … to demonstrate the lack of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reliable enough to use.
” Further , he states , that the common PCR test which is used for detecting COVID-19 “ cases , ” may come out positive when someone is infected with one of these common cold coronaviruses rendering this test that much less reliable .
Of course , based on the final results of these tests , many thousands of individuals have been ordered to disrupt their lives and “ self-quarantine ” for up to 14 days .
Finally , drawing from the scientific data , Dr. Yeadon concludes that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ a significant proportion ( 30 % ) of the population went into 2020 armed with T-cells capable of defending them against SARS-CoV-2 , even though they had never seen the virus… SAGE was naively wrong to assume ‘ everyone was susceptible ’ .
” Second Fundamental Error : An “ amateur underestimate ” of the infection rate SAGE ’ s second erroneous assumption is “ The belief that the percentage of the population that has been infected can be determined by surveying what fraction of the population has antibodies ” developed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of this assumption , “ SAGE believes that less than 10 % of the population have so far been infected by SARS-CoV-2.
” However , Yeadon clarifies that it ’ s “ well understood that not every person , infected by a respiratory virus , goes on to produce antibodies .
And many people , having prior immunity , never get properly infected anyway.
” While almost all of those with significant symptoms , who were admitted to a hospital , produce antibodies , those with “ milder responses to the virus ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nevertheless , all of those infected have been shown to have “ T-cells in their blood , capable of responding to SARS-CoV-2 , ” and thus they still develop immunity .
Drawing from two independent methods , which arrive at the same general conclusion , Yeadon demonstrates that the real infection rate is “ in the mid-20s to low-30 ’ s per cent , ” and thus SAGE ’ s estimate of 7 % “ is a gross and amateur underestimate.
” Why it matters… “ the pandemic is effectively over ” With @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the population is susceptible to the virus , along with only 7 % having been infected , it is the view of SAGE , that “ the pandemic has only just begun.
” Yeadon clarifies , however , that this is “ palpable nonsense.
” Since it is demonstrable that “ around 30 % of the population had prior immunity , ” and if one includes some young children who are “ resistant , ” 40 % , and while considering that the infection rate is “ somewhere [ in ] the mid-20s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ means that around 65 to 72 % of the population currently has immunity to COVID-19 .
And considering the reality of herd immunity , when susceptibility to a virus falls this low , at around 28 to 35 % , “ that population can no longer support an expanding outbreak of disease , ” and thus the virus “ wanes and disappears.
” Therefore , Yeadon concludes , “ the pandemic is effectively over and can easily be handled by a properly functioning NHS ( National Health Service ) .
Accordingly , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back to normal life.
” He further stipulates that he is “ incandescent with rage at the damage ” SAGE has “ inflicted ” on the U.K. , charging that they have “ either been irredeemably incompetent ” or “ dishonest , ” and thus “ they should be disbanded immediately and reconstituted , ” as “ they haven ’ t a grasp of even the basics required to build a model and because their models are often frighteningly useless.
” Despite an estimated 65 to 72 % of the population now having @ @ @ @ @ @ @ indicates a critical level of herd immunity , Operation Warp Speed in the United States appears intent to follow the globalist campaign advanced by Bill Gates and vaccinate all 328 million people in the nation with the Pfizerproduct or others emerging for approved distribution in the coming months .
Notwithstanding the fact that no vaccine has ever been successfully developed for any coronavirus , and such an endeavor would normally take years to safely and adequately complete , the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has permitted the fast-tracking of this process @ @ @ @ @ @ @ animals to directly test these vaccines on humans .
Immediate results from some of these trials have included “ severe ” complications , involving headaches , fever , body aches and symptoms similar to a “ severe hangover.
” Further , as the New York Times emphasized , Pfizer ’ s initial claim that their vaccine was “ more than 90 percent effective , ” was “ delivered in a news release , not a peer-reviewed medical journal .
It is not conclusive evidence that the vaccine is safe and effective.
” And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ goal , of administering these chemicals to hundreds of millions of people , when there is normally some rate of severe complications to the use of vaccines , the negative results may be significant .
For example , one study of influenza vaccines administered to adults over 65 years of age , found a rate of approximately 1 % which experienced severe side effects .
If a COVID-19 vaccine is merely similar for individuals in the same age bracket ( 54M in population ) , that would equate to 540,000 individuals in this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ care in a hospital system which provides less than 925,000 total beds .
Curiously , there is evidence that at least the United Kingdom is preparing for a high number of adverse effects due to the COVID-19 vaccinations .
That government ’ s Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ( MHRA ) , posted a bid request stating that “ For reasons of extreme urgency , ” they seek “ an Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) software tool to process the expected high volume of Covid-19 vaccine Adverse Drug Reaction ( ADRs ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that “ it is not possible to retrofit the MHRA ’ s legacy systems to handle the volume of ADRs that will be generated by a Covid-19 vaccine , ” and that this “ represents a direct threat to patient life and public health.
” Other concerns about the Pfizer vaccine is that it would be the first to use “ an as-yet-unproven technology platform that relies on something called messenger RNA , usually shortened to mRNA.
” Moderna , another corporation striving to develop a COVID-19 vaccine , is also venturing to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Children ’ s Health Defense reported that clinical trials for Moderna ’ s vaccine had a 20 % “ serious injury rate ” in its high-dose group .
Debi Vinnedge , executive director at Children of God for Life , a pro-life organization which specializes in the moral evaluation of vaccines , told LifeSiteNews , “ [ I ] f Moderna and Pfizer are the ones supplying the first rounds of vaccines and they mandate it , that could be a disaster .
They are both using brand new technology with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a vaccine before and they are pushing this through in a matter of months of testing , rather than the typical 4-6 years of testing.
” With a push for vaccine mandates on the rise , and resistance for such invasive measures emerging in response , a recent study indicates a growing discomfort among Americans with vaccines overall .
A report from Civic Science ( CS ) indicates “ a steady decline in the percentage of U.S. adults who say they ’ re ‘ very ’ comfortable with vaccines overall.
” In fact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percentage of those highly comfortable with vaccinations at large fell more than twenty percentage points since the start of 2020 ( 69 % in January compared to October ’ s 47 % ) .
” In addition , “ only 22 % percent of those surveyed say they would get the vaccine right away , ” and CS concludes , “ it ’ s clear that hesitancy to receive a future vaccine … is running rampant across the country ” and this “ sheds light on just how difficult it is for many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Serving to counteract this trend , Yale University , in collaboration with the U.S. government , sponsored a study to determine the most effective means of persuading Americans to take the COVID-19 vaccine .
The study tests a variety of approaches , such as appeals to “ Personal freedom , ” “ Economic benefit , ” “ Self-interest , ” fears of “ Guilt , ” “ Embarrassment , ” and actually being a coward .
While several of the appeals are straightforward arguments , others hint at a willingness to use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , for instance , “ asks the participant to imagine the guilt they will feel if they do n't get vaccinated and spread the disease , ” with variants exchanging guilt with anger or embarrassment .
Another suggests someone who refuses vaccination “ does n't understand how infections are spread or who ignores science.
” Another declares that “ those who choose not to get vaccinated against COVID-19 are not brave.
” The findings of this study will likely influence the messaging of state officials and academic institutions who have discussed mandating vaccination @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a vaccine once it is completed .
Other strategies of coercion being developed include the “ bundling ” of vaccine mandates “ with other safety net services , ” for the poor , including “ food security , rent assistance , and free clinic services ” for “ vulnerable populations , ” with “ Black and minority communities ” receiving special mention .
And the District of Columbia ( DC ) is advancing a bill which circumvents parental consent when it comes to their minor children being given a vaccine .
The “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2019 , ” states , “ this bill permits a minor of any age to consent to receive a vaccine where the vaccination is recommended by the United States Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices .
It also establishes that if a minor is able to comprehend the need for , the nature of , and any significant risks inherent in the medical care then informed consent is established.
” According to The Vaccine Reaction , “ The bill would not only permit children aged 11 years and older to give consent for doctors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccines without their parents ’ knowledge or consent , but would also require insurance companies , vaccine administrators and schools to conceal from parents that the child has been vaccinated.
” The report clarifies , “ If this bill passes , it is clear that minor children will be at risk of being pressured and coerced into getting a COVID-19 vaccine behind their parents ’ back.
” Robert F. Kennedy , Jr. , nephew of former U.S. president John F. Kennedy , environmental attorney , author , and founder of Children ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about vaccines injuring children for decades .
In addition to the organization ’ s firm opposition to the DC bill above , Kennedy has singled out Pfizer as one of several vaccine producers with a record of incurring criminal penalties for their products .
In a July debate , Kennedy emphasized that Pfizer , and three other leading developers of coronavirus vaccines , Glaxo , Sanofi , Merck , are “ convicted serial felon [ s ] .
” “ In the past 10 years , just in the last decade , those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ criminal penalties , damages , fines , for lying to doctors , for defrauding science , for falsifying science , for killing hundreds of thousands of Americans knowingly , ” Kennedy said during the debate .
“ It requires a cognitive dissonance for people who understand the criminal corporate cultures of these four companies to believe that they ’ re doing this in every other product that they have , but they ’ re not doing it with vaccines.
” Following the announcement of Pfizer ’ s “ 90 percent effective ” coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ release , the firm ’ s stock price rose “ 15 per cent from $ 36.40 … to $ 41.94 per share , ” at which point the company ’ s CEO and Chairman , Albert Bourla , sold 61.8 per cent of his shares in the company “ for almost $ 5.6 million.
” The Independent reports that in response to inquiries Pfizer replied that this transaction was an “ automated process , set up earlier this year ” where “ shares are sold provided they go above a pre-agreed price.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaign prepares to “ inoculate 300 million Americans by spring of 2021 , ” the voice of Michael Yeadon , along with those of tens of thousands of other medical scientists and practitioners remain suppressed and unheeded .
“ Any such proposals ” of universal inoculation , Yeadon writes , “ are not only completely unnecessary but if done using any kind of coercion at all , illegal.
” “ I would completely understand and would consider accepting early use of a vaccine only if done with fully informed consent and , even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most vulnerable in our community .
Other proposals have , to me , the whiff of evil about them and I will oppose them as vigorously as I have followed the pandemic so far , ” he concluded .
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Dr. Mike Yeadon, Pfizer's former Vice President and Chief Scientist for Allergy & Respiratory, states that the drive for a universal vaccine has 'the whiff of evil' which he 'will oppose … vigorously.'
November 23, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – While Pfizer pharmaceutical made headlines announcing the imminent release of their COVID-19 vaccine, to much fanfare, a former Vice President and Chief Scientist for the company has flatly rejected the need for any vaccines to bring the COVID-19 pandemic to an end.
In a recent article, Dr. Michael Yeadon, who “spent over 30 years leading new [allergy and respiratory] medicines research in some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies,” and retired from Pfizer with “the most senior research position in this field,” wrote:
There is absolutely no need for vaccines to extinguish the pandemic. I’ve never heard such nonsense talked about vaccines. You do not vaccinate people who aren’t at risk from a disease. You also don’t set about planning to vaccinate millions of fit and healthy people with a vaccine that hasn’t been extensively tested on human subjects.
The British national’s comments come at the end of a comprehensive criticism of the Scientific Advisor Group for Emergencies (SAGE), a government agency of the U.K. tasked with advising the central government in emergencies. SAGE has played a predominant role in determining public lockdown policies in the U.K., including those recently implemented, as a response to the COVID-19 virus.
After pointing out that SAGE lacked essential expertise in the field they are addressing, with “no clinical immunologists” as members, Yeadon highlights two fundamental errors they have made in their presuppositions which cause their overall conclusions to go radically awry leading to the “torturing [of] the population for the last seven months or so.”
First Fundamental Error: “Ridiculous” presumption of 100% susceptibility
The first erroneous assumption SAGE makes is that “100% of the population was susceptible to the virus and that no pre-existing immunity existed.”
Yeadon states this notion is “ridiculous because while SARS-CoV-2 is indeed novel, coronaviruses are not. There’s no such thing as an ‘ancestor-less virus’.” Indeed, he points out, there are at least “four, endemic, common-cold inducing coronaviruses … [which] circulate freely in UK and elsewhere.” Those who have been infected by “one or more of these endemic, common-cold producing coronaviruses in the past, have a long-lived and robust [T-cell] immunity, not only to those viruses, but to closely related viruses. SARS-CoV-2 is one such closely-related virus.”
Striking once again at the competence of SAGE, Dr. Yeadon states, “To not expect such cross-over is … to demonstrate the lack of the requisite understanding to build a model reliable enough to use.”
Further, he states, that the common PCR test which is used for detecting COVID-19 “cases,” may come out positive when someone is infected with one of these common cold coronaviruses rendering this test that much less reliable. Of course, based on the final results of these tests, many thousands of individuals have been ordered to disrupt their lives and “self-quarantine” for up to 14 days.
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Finally, drawing from the scientific data, Dr. Yeadon concludes that due to previous exposure to common-cold coronaviruses, “a significant proportion (30%) of the population went into 2020 armed with T-cells capable of defending them against SARS-CoV-2, even though they had never seen the virus… SAGE was naively wrong to assume ‘everyone was susceptible’.”
Second Fundamental Error: An “amateur underestimate” of the infection rate
SAGE’s second erroneous assumption is “The belief that the percentage of the population that has been infected can be determined by surveying what fraction of the population has antibodies” developed due to infection with COVID-19.
Because of this assumption, “SAGE believes that less than 10% of the population have so far been infected by SARS-CoV-2.”
However, Yeadon clarifies that it’s “well understood that not every person, infected by a respiratory virus, goes on to produce antibodies. And many people, having prior immunity, never get properly infected anyway.”
While almost all of those with significant symptoms, who were admitted to a hospital, produce antibodies, those with “milder responses to the virus” do not “all produce antibodies.” Nevertheless, all of those infected have been shown to have “T-cells in their blood, capable of responding to SARS-CoV-2,” and thus they still develop immunity.
Drawing from two independent methods, which arrive at the same general conclusion, Yeadon demonstrates that the real infection rate is “in the mid-20s to low-30’s per cent,” and thus SAGE’s estimate of 7% “is a gross and amateur underestimate.”
Why it matters…“the pandemic is effectively over”
With a false presumption that 100% of the population is susceptible to the virus, along with only 7% having been infected, it is the view of SAGE, that “the pandemic has only just begun.” Yeadon clarifies, however, that this is “palpable nonsense.”
Since it is demonstrable that “around 30% of the population had prior immunity,” and if one includes some young children who are “resistant,” 40%, and while considering that the infection rate is “somewhere [in] the mid-20s to low-30s per cent,” this means that around 65 to 72% of the population currently has immunity to COVID-19.
And considering the reality of herd immunity, when susceptibility to a virus falls this low, at around 28 to 35%, “that population can no longer support an expanding outbreak of disease,” and thus the virus “wanes and disappears.”
Therefore, Yeadon concludes, “the pandemic is effectively over and can easily be handled by a properly functioning NHS (National Health Service). Accordingly, the country should immediately be permitted to get back to normal life.”
He further stipulates that he is “incandescent with rage at the damage” SAGE has “inflicted” on the U.K., charging that they have “either been irredeemably incompetent” or “dishonest,” and thus “they should be disbanded immediately and reconstituted,” as “they haven’t a grasp of even the basics required to build a model and because their models are often frighteningly useless.”
Concerns with Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine: Severe complications
Despite an estimated 65 to 72% of the population now having immunity to COVID-19, a percentage which indicates a critical level of herd immunity, Operation Warp Speed in the United States appears intent to follow the globalist campaign advanced by Bill Gates and vaccinate all 328 million people in the nation with the Pfizerproduct or others emerging for approved distribution in the coming months.
Notwithstanding the fact that no vaccine has ever been successfully developed for any coronavirus, and such an endeavor would normally take years to safely and adequately complete, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has permitted the fast-tracking of this process skipping the standard stage of testing on animals to directly test these vaccines on humans.
Immediate results from some of these trials have included “severe” complications, involving headaches, fever, body aches and symptoms similar to a “severe hangover.” Further, as the New York Times emphasized, Pfizer’s initial claim that their vaccine was “more than 90 percent effective,” was “delivered in a news release, not a peer-reviewed medical journal. It is not conclusive evidence that the vaccine is safe and effective.”
Expected ‘high volume’ of adverse reactions
And given the enormous scale of the stated goal, of administering these chemicals to hundreds of millions of people, when there is normally some rate of severe complications to the use of vaccines, the negative results may be significant. For example, one study of influenza vaccines administered to adults over 65 years of age, found a rate of approximately 1% which experienced severe side effects. If a COVID-19 vaccine is merely similar for individuals in the same age bracket (54M in population), that would equate to 540,000 individuals in this age bracket alone who may need medical care in a hospital system which provides less than 925,000 total beds.
Curiously, there is evidence that at least the United Kingdom is preparing for a high number of adverse effects due to the COVID-19 vaccinations. That government’s Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), posted a bid request stating that “For reasons of extreme urgency,” they seek “an Artificial Intelligence (AI) software tool to process the expected high volume of Covid-19 vaccine Adverse Drug Reaction (ADRs).” It goes on to explain that “it is not possible to retrofit the MHRA’s legacy systems to handle the volume of ADRs that will be generated by a Covid-19 vaccine,” and that this “represents a direct threat to patient life and public health.”
New ‘unproven’ mRNA technology: 20% ‘serious injury rate’
Other concerns about the Pfizer vaccine is that it would be the first to use “an as-yet-unproven technology platform that relies on something called messenger RNA, usually shortened to mRNA.” Moderna, another corporation striving to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, is also venturing to utilize this mRNA platform. In May, Children’s Health Defense reported that clinical trials for Moderna’s vaccine had a 20% “serious injury rate” in its high-dose group.
Debi Vinnedge, executive director at Children of God for Life, a pro-life organization which specializes in the moral evaluation of vaccines, told LifeSiteNews, “[I]f Moderna and Pfizer are the ones supplying the first rounds of vaccines and they mandate it, that could be a disaster. They are both using brand new technology with the mRNA that has never been used in a vaccine before and they are pushing this through in a matter of months of testing, rather than the typical 4-6 years of testing.”
Mandates and Public Distrust
With a push for vaccine mandates on the rise, and resistance for such invasive measures emerging in response, a recent study indicates a growing discomfort among Americans with vaccines overall.
A report from Civic Science (CS) indicates “a steady decline in the percentage of U.S. adults who say they’re ‘very’ comfortable with vaccines overall.” In fact, CS states, “the monthly percentage of those highly comfortable with vaccinations at large fell more than twenty percentage points since the start of 2020 (69% in January compared to October’s 47%).”
In addition, “only 22% percent of those surveyed say they would get the vaccine right away,” and CS concludes, “it’s clear that hesitancy to receive a future vaccine … is running rampant across the country” and this “sheds light on just how difficult it is for many to trust a future vaccine right now.”
Manipulation of the Public
Serving to counteract this trend, Yale University, in collaboration with the U.S. government, sponsored a study to determine the most effective means of persuading Americans to take the COVID-19 vaccine.
The study tests a variety of approaches, such as appeals to “Personal freedom,” “Economic benefit,” “Self-interest,” fears of “Guilt,” “Embarrassment,” and actually being a coward.
While several of the appeals are straightforward arguments, others hint at a willingness to use public shaming to elicit compliance.
One, for instance, “asks the participant to imagine the guilt they will feel if they don't get vaccinated and spread the disease,” with variants exchanging guilt with anger or embarrassment. Another suggests someone who refuses vaccination “doesn't understand how infections are spread or who ignores science.” Another declares that “those who choose not to get vaccinated against COVID-19 are not brave.”
The findings of this study will likely influence the messaging of state officials and academic institutions who have discussed mandating vaccination, as well as advertising campaigns surrounding a vaccine once it is completed.
Coercion of Black Communities and Children
Other strategies of coercion being developed include the “bundling” of vaccine mandates “with other safety net services,” for the poor, including “food security, rent assistance, and free clinic services” for “vulnerable populations,” with “Black and minority communities” receiving special mention.
And the District of Columbia (DC) is advancing a bill which circumvents parental consent when it comes to their minor children being given a vaccine. The “Minor Consent for Vaccinations Amendment Act of 2019,” states, “this bill permits a minor of any age to consent to receive a vaccine where the vaccination is recommended by the United States Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. It also establishes that if a minor is able to comprehend the need for, the nature of, and any significant risks inherent in the medical care then informed consent is established.”
According to The Vaccine Reaction, “The bill would not only permit children aged 11 years and older to give consent for doctors and other vaccine administrators to give them vaccines without their parents’ knowledge or consent, but would also require insurance companies, vaccine administrators and schools to conceal from parents that the child has been vaccinated.”
The report clarifies, “If this bill passes, it is clear that minor children will be at risk of being pressured and coerced into getting a COVID-19 vaccine behind their parents’ back.”
Pfizer a “convicted serial felon”
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., nephew of former U.S. president John F. Kennedy, environmental attorney, author, and founder of Children’s Health Defense, has been raising awareness about vaccines injuring children for decades. In addition to the organization’s firm opposition to the DC bill above, Kennedy has singled out Pfizer as one of several vaccine producers with a record of incurring criminal penalties for their products.
In a July debate, Kennedy emphasized that Pfizer, and three other leading developers of coronavirus vaccines, Glaxo, Sanofi, Merck, are “convicted serial felon[s].”
“In the past 10 years, just in the last decade, those companies have paid 35 billion dollars in criminal penalties, damages, fines, for lying to doctors, for defrauding science, for falsifying science, for killing hundreds of thousands of Americans knowingly,” Kennedy said during the debate.
“It requires a cognitive dissonance for people who understand the criminal corporate cultures of these four companies to believe that they’re doing this in every other product that they have, but they’re not doing it with vaccines.”
Following the announcement of Pfizer’s “90 percent effective” coronavirus vaccine, with the anticipation of imminent release, the firm’s stock price rose “15 per cent from $36.40 … to $41.94 per share,” at which point the company’s CEO and Chairman, Albert Bourla, sold 61.8 per cent of his shares in the company “for almost $5.6 million.” The Independent reports that in response to inquiries Pfizer replied that this transaction was an “automated process, set up earlier this year” where “shares are sold provided they go above a pre-agreed price.”
Yeadon: Vaccine proposals have ‘the whiff of evil’
While a government, media and corporate campaign prepares to “inoculate 300 million Americans by spring of 2021,” the voice of Michael Yeadon, along with those of tens of thousands of other medical scientists and practitioners remain suppressed and unheeded.
“Any such proposals” of universal inoculation, Yeadon writes, “are not only completely unnecessary but if done using any kind of coercion at all, illegal.”
“I would completely understand and would consider accepting early use of a vaccine only if done with fully informed consent and, even then, only if offered to the most vulnerable in our community. Other proposals have, to me, the whiff of evil about them and I will oppose them as vigorously as I have followed the pandemic so far,” he concluded.
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