humansarefree--2020-11-26--Evidence That 5,000 Years Ago, Ancient Egyptians Might Have Sailed to America

Coca and tobacco found in ancient Egyptian mummies : Is this the ultimate evidence of transoceanic voyages 5,000 years ago ?
What if the ancient Egyptian civilization was much more advanced than we ’ ve ever imagined ?
After all , they are the rightful owners of some of the most impressive ancient structures on the surface of the planet .
Is it hard to believe they could have constructed powerful vessels that would have allowed them to travel to other continents ?
According to DNA analysis performed on ancient Egyptian mummies , this may not be just ‘ another @ @ @ @ @ @ @ left in total disbelief when she saw the results of her own analyzes .
The prestigious German medical examiner had been commissioned to analyze several mummies looking for traces of drug use in the rulers of ancient Egypt .
What she found was considered to be a history changer .
After analyzing several ancient Egyptian mummies , the researchers discovered the presence of high levels of cocaine , nicotine , and tetrahydrocannabinol in bodies that were preserved for thousands of years .
With scientific rigor , Dr. Balabanova repeated the tests several times @ @ @ @ @ @ @ independent testing .
Ancient Egyptian mummies had high levels of cocaine , nicotine , and tetrahydrocannabinol .
But where did the ancient Egyptians obtain the products from ?
Despite finding evidence , the scientific community remained skeptical , accusing the researchers who had made the discovery of incompetence .
They began by stating that the mummies were false until they were proven to be authentic .
Then they went on to argue that they were contaminated until it was shown that it is impossible to contaminate the inner stem of a hair .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ not reproducible until an independent group of experts found traces of cocaine and nicotine in other Egyptian mummies in a British museum .
Finally , they ended up defending the indefensible : that tobacco and coca did not come from South America but rather were very rare varieties of African origin .
But no evidence of coca or tobacco cultivation was ever found in Africa , Europe or Asia before the time of Christopher Columbus .
What the mummies tell us is an intolerable story for history as we have learned in school @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in South America .
The Egyptians apparently had the ability to build the Pyramid but did not have sufficient naval skills to cross the Atlantic Ocean .
How can we explain these controversial results ?
Is it possible that the Ancient Egyptians traveled somehow to the American continent thousands of years ago ?
Or could this be evidence enough that a highly advanced civilization existed on Earth thousands of years ago ?
A civilization that had knowledge and technologies that neither the Egyptians nor the Greeks nor the Romans had at that time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many authors agree that this is irrefutable proof that the ancient Egyptians had contact with products that originated halfway around the globe ; on the American Continent .

Coca and tobacco found in ancient Egyptian mummies: Is this the ultimate evidence of transoceanic voyages 5,000 years ago?
What if the ancient Egyptian civilization was much more advanced than we’ve ever imagined? After all, they are the rightful owners of some of the most impressive ancient structures on the surface of the planet.
Is it hard to believe they could have constructed powerful vessels that would have allowed them to travel to other continents?
According to DNA analysis performed on ancient Egyptian mummies, this may not be just ‘another crazy conspiracy.’
Dr. Svetla Balabanova was left in total disbelief when she saw the results of her own analyzes.
The prestigious German medical examiner had been commissioned to analyze several mummies looking for traces of drug use in the rulers of ancient Egypt.
What she found was considered to be a history changer.
After analyzing several ancient Egyptian mummies, the researchers discovered the presence of high levels of cocaine, nicotine, and tetrahydrocannabinol in bodies that were preserved for thousands of years.
With scientific rigor, Dr. Balabanova repeated the tests several times and sent samples to other laboratories for independent testing.
All successive analyzes confirmed the initial results.
Ancient Egyptian mummies had high levels of cocaine, nicotine, and tetrahydrocannabinol. But where did the ancient Egyptians obtain the products from?
Despite finding evidence, the scientific community remained skeptical, accusing the researchers who had made the discovery of incompetence.
They began by stating that the mummies were false until they were proven to be authentic.
Then they went on to argue that they were contaminated until it was shown that it is impossible to contaminate the inner stem of a hair.
They then claimed that the experiments were not reproducible until an independent group of experts found traces of cocaine and nicotine in other Egyptian mummies in a British museum.
Finally, they ended up defending the indefensible: that tobacco and coca did not come from South America but rather were very rare varieties of African origin.
But no evidence of coca or tobacco cultivation was ever found in Africa, Europe or Asia before the time of Christopher Columbus.
What the mummies tell us is an intolerable story for history as we have learned in school.
Coca and tobacco are undoubtedly originating in South America.
The Egyptians apparently had the ability to build the Pyramid but did not have sufficient naval skills to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
How can we explain these controversial results?
Is it possible that the Ancient Egyptians traveled somehow to the American continent thousands of years ago?
Mystery Of The Cocaine Mummies – History Documentary
Or could this be evidence enough that a highly advanced civilization existed on Earth thousands of years ago? A civilization that had knowledge and technologies that neither the Egyptians nor the Greeks nor the Romans had at that time?
Whatever it may have been, many authors agree that this is irrefutable proof that the ancient Egyptians had contact with products that originated halfway around the globe; on the American Continent.
Reference: Ancient-Code.com


humansarefree--2020-11-27--Communist Dictator of China Says All Humans Should Be Marked & Tracked

Xi Jinping , the communist dictator of China and personal pal of Joe Biden , is absolutely thrilled that his country ’ s latest coronavirus release was a success in shutting down the world and destroying the global economy .
And the next step , he says , is to implement a global QR code system to mark and track all humans , giving authoritarian governments like his own the ability to restrict travel if a person is deemed to be “ infected.
” During the recent G20 meeting , a who ’ s who of globalist world leaders , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mechanism ” to verify the “ health status ” of all people on earth .
In order to travel , those living in the new world that Xi envisions will have to get “ permission ” from the government in order to move about , much like cattle that have to be punched with ear tags before moving from pen to pasture .
By adopting “ internationally accepted QR codes , ” Xi contends , globalist dictators like himself would be able to easily pull up “ nucleic acid testing results ” on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ systems probably run by artificial intelligence ( AI ) would then issue either a “ pass ” or “ fail ” result depending on the “ infection ” status of the human cattle in question .
“ We need to further harmonize policies and standards and establish ‘ fast tracks ’ to facilitate the orderly flow of people , ” Xi stated at the elitist gathering .
“ [ We ] hope more countries would participate.
” Much like the bar codes that are currently present on food items at the grocery store @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would be issued to all living persons , first to their mobile devices and eventually directly into their skin , presumably in either the right hand or forehead .
Scanning devices would be able to read these bar codes in order to process the human cattle through the system .
Communist China already launched this type of system back in February , it turns out .
Chinese human cattle are now issued traffic-light style health codes that determine whether or not they are allowed to travel .
A green code means they are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ orange or red means that a human livestock head must first quarantine for up to two weeks .
Liberals anxious to get branded like cattle in the new world order Part of how China determines which human cattle can travel freely and which have to stay home is largely dependent upon the communist country ’ s social credit score system .
Human cattle that disobey the government too many times , for instance , might have a low score that prohibits them from moving about , while the government bootlickers are much higher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s system of governance , in other words , is much like what was depicted in movies like 1984 and Animal Farm , and Xi is hoping to export that same system of control to the United States along with everywhere else in the world .
Far-leftists will likely be thrilled at such a concept , seeing as how they already get their jollies from unconstitutional restrictions like social distancing and mandatory mask-wearing .
You can be sure the liberal cattle will eagerly line right up to get their bar codes just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Meanwhile , Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth has warned that Xi ’ s plan “ could easily become a Trojan Horse for broader political monitoring and exclusion ” – you think ?
“ Beware of the Chinese government ’ s proposal for a global QR code system , ” Roth added in a tweet , noting that the plan is eerily “ akin to the dangers associated with China ’ s social-credit system.
” Increasingly more with each passing day , it is becoming obvious that the Wuhan coronavirus ( Covid-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ globalist false flag effort to bring about the so-called Great Reset .

Xi Jinping, the communist dictator of China and personal pal of Joe Biden, is absolutely thrilled that his country’s latest coronavirus release was a success in shutting down the world and destroying the global economy.
And the next step, he says, is to implement a global QR code system to mark and track all humans, giving authoritarian governments like his own the ability to restrict travel if a person is deemed to be “infected.”
During the recent G20 meeting, a who’s who of globalist world leaders, Xi openly called for a “global mechanism” to verify the “health status” of all people on earth.
In order to travel, those living in the new world that Xi envisions will have to get “permission” from the government in order to move about, much like cattle that have to be punched with ear tags before moving from pen to pasture.
By adopting “internationally accepted QR codes,” Xi contends, globalist dictators like himself would be able to easily pull up “nucleic acid testing results” on people in a hot second.
Automated systems probably run by artificial intelligence (AI) would then issue either a “pass” or “fail” result depending on the “infection” status of the human cattle in question.
“We need to further harmonize policies and standards and establish ‘fast tracks’ to facilitate the orderly flow of people,” Xi stated at the elitist gathering. “[We] hope more countries would participate.”
Much like the bar codes that are currently present on food items at the grocery store, Xi’s human bar codes would be issued to all living persons, first to their mobile devices and eventually directly into their skin, presumably in either the right hand or forehead.
Scanning devices would be able to read these bar codes in order to process the human cattle through the system.
Communist China already launched this type of system back in February, it turns out. Chinese human cattle are now issued traffic-light style health codes that determine whether or not they are allowed to travel.
A green code means they are “free” to travel, while orange or red means that a human livestock head must first quarantine for up to two weeks.
Liberals anxious to get branded like cattle in the new world order
Part of how China determines which human cattle can travel freely and which have to stay home is largely dependent upon the communist country’s social credit score system.
Human cattle that disobey the government too many times, for instance, might have a low score that prohibits them from moving about, while the government bootlickers are much higher up on the food chain.
China’s system of governance, in other words, is much like what was depicted in movies like 1984 and Animal Farm, and Xi is hoping to export that same system of control to the United States along with everywhere else in the world.
Far-leftists will likely be thrilled at such a concept, seeing as how they already get their jollies from unconstitutional restrictions like social distancing and mandatory mask-wearing.
You can be sure the liberal cattle will eagerly line right up to get their bar codes just as soon as they become available.
Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth has warned that Xi’s plan “could easily become a Trojan Horse for broader political monitoring and exclusion” – you think?
“Beware of the Chinese government’s proposal for a global QR code system,” Roth added in a tweet, noting that the plan is eerily “akin to the dangers associated with China’s social-credit system.”
Increasingly more with each passing day, it is becoming obvious that the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is little more than a globalist false flag effort to bring about the so-called Great Reset.
Reference: DistributedNews.com


humansarefree--2020-11-26--The Great Reset: Elites Pushing Globalism and Fascism Under a New World Order

We were told initially that the premise for lockdown was to ‘ flatten the curve ’ and therefore protect the NHS from being overwhelmed .
It is clear that at no point was the National Health Service ( NHS ) in any danger of being overwhelmed , and since May 2020 covid wards have been largely empty ; and crucially the death toll from covid has remained extremely low .
We now have hundreds of thousands of so-called ‘ cases ’ , ‘ infections ’ and ‘ positive tests ’ but hardly any sick people .
Recall that four-fifths ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are asymptomatic Covid wards have been by and large empty throughout June , July , August , and September 2020 .
Most importantly covid deaths are at an all-time low .
It is clear that these ‘ cases ’ are in fact not ‘ cases ’ but rather they are normal healthy people .
So-called asymptomatic cases have never in the history of respiratory disease been the driver for the spread of infection .
Rather it is symptomatic people who spread respiratory infections – not asymptomatic people .
It is also abundantly clear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over and has been since June 2020 .
We have very highly likely reached herd immunity and therefore have no need for a vaccine .
We have safe and very effective treatments and preventative treatments for covid , we , therefore , call for an immediate end to all lockdown measures , social distancing , mask-wearing , testing of healthy individuals , track and trace , immunity passports , the vaccination program , and so on .
There has been a catalog of unscientific , non-sensical policies enacted which infringe our inalienable rights @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , freedom of speech , and freedom of assembly .
These draconian totalitarian measures must never be repeated .
The Great Reset IS the New World Order Ultimate Proof : Covid-19 Was Planned To Usher In The New World Order • Covid has proved less deadly than previous influenza seasons – There were 50,100 flu deaths from December 2017 to March 2018 in England and Wales .
There were 80,000 flu deaths in 1969 .
To date , we have circa 42,000 covid related deaths in the UK .
• We have never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before .
• The basis for the lockdown was a mathematical model by Professor Neil Ferguson .
His modeling which predicted half a million deaths in the UK has been roundly condemned as being not fit for purpose .
His estimated death figures were clearly wrong by a factor of 10 or 12 times .
• Professor Ferguson ’ s modeling was not even peer-reviewed before being acted upon by several nations .
Eminent epidemiologists such as Professor Gupta from Oxford University were ignored , they estimated the death count would be far @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ferguson has a long track record of woeful modeling he was entirely wrong about sars , mers , mad cow ’ s disease ( CJD ) , and swine flu .
Why did the world listen to him again ?
• Countries that did not lock down Sweden , Japan , Taiwan , South Korea , and Belarus have all done significantly better than us in terms of the percentage of population deaths .
They also have herd immunity and intact economies .
• Lockdown did not save lives , and this has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our analysis , full lockdowns and wide-spread COVID-19 testing were not associated with reductions in the number of critical cases or overall mortality.
’ • The vast majority of deaths occurred in elderly and very elderly people • The vast majority of deaths occurred in people with severe pre-existing health issues such as cancer , cardiovascular disease , Alzheimer ’ s , diabetes etc .
• Covid poses virtually zero risks to the under 45 ’ s who have more chance of being struck by lightning than dying from covid .
• Covid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under 60-year-olds who have a greater chance of accidental drowning than dying from covid .
• The entire nation was essentially placed under house arrest .
We have never isolated the healthy before .
• Isolating the sick and those who are immunocompromised makes sense .
Isolating the healthy has hampered the establishment of herd immunity and makes no sense .
• To put it into perspective we had 115,000 smoking related deaths in the UK in 2015 compared to the 42,000 deaths from covid .
• We usually have around 600,000 deaths @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1600 deaths per day .
COLLATERAL DAMAGE THE CURE IS WORSE THAN THE VIRUS • Placing the public under virtual house arrest has caused untold damage to both physical and mental health .
• Ventilating patients instead of oxygenating patients proved to be a deadly policy and an unwarranted failure .
Ventilation resulted in many unnecessary deaths .
• Sending infected people from hospitals to care homes placed the elderly and frail under unnecessary risk and resulted in many unnecessary deaths .
• Blanket Do Not Resuscitate ( DNR ) orders were imposed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nor the consent of their families – this is both unlawful and immoral and leads to unnecessary deaths in care homes .
• Hospitals became essentially ‘ covid only ’ centers vast numbers of patients were wilfully neglected , resulting in many thousands of unnecessary deaths .
• The government ’ s own report estimates that some two hundred thousand ( 200,000 ) people will die as a direct result of lockdown – not the virus .
Hospitals being closed , suicide and poverty will result in more deaths than the virus .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ disease !
• The majority of people who died had significant comorbidities , such as Alzheimer ’ s , cancer , cardiovascular disease , and diabetes .
• Counting death certificates with a ‘ mention ’ of covid as being a death caused by covid is a gross misrepresentation of the facts and has vastly over-exaggerated the death toll .
• The rules for the signing of death certificates have been changed solely for covid by the Coronavirus 2020 Act .
• Doctors do not even need to have physically seen the patient @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • The Act has removed the need for a confirmatory medical certificate for cremations .
• Autopsies have virtually been banned , no doubt leading to misdiagnosis of the true cause of deaths , and also reducing our understanding of the disease itself .
• Worse still , care home staff who largely have no medical training are able to give a statement as to the cause of death .
• Covid was put on death certificates merely on the ‘ suspicion ’ of people having covid .
This may well be unlawful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ death certificates .
• People who die within 28 days of a positive PCR test are deemed to have died from covid , even if they die in a car crash or from a heart attack ; clearly over-inflating the death toll • Reports now estimate that as many as six and a half million ( 6,500,000 ) people in the UK will lose their jobs as a result of lockdown .
• It is well known that poverty directly adversely affects health , we can expect to see many people suffering from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deaths , as a direct result of lockdown .
• The government has acted maliciously in censoring doctors , nurses , and NHS staff .
The people have the perfect right to hear what is going on in hospitals , and the medical profession has a duty to look after the public and to reassure them .
• The medical profession has not been allowed to let the public know that covid wards have been empty for months , nor that covid deaths have reached an all-time low for months , and this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s distress and anxiety .
• Doctors and scientists with views that differ from the government narrative have had their videos and articles removed from the internet • PCR tests can not be verified for accuracy as there is no ‘ gold standard ’ against which to check them .
The virus has not been purified .
• PCR tests can not detect viral loads and are prone to false positives .
• A positive PCR test does not mean that an individual is infected nor infective .
• In fact , approximately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases ’ are false positives .
We , therefore , have no second wave and no pandemic .
• The government ’ s report estimates a false positive rate of between 0.8 to 4.0 % using data from other viral infections – not from covid • Viral fragments may remain in people ’ s bodies for several weeks following recovery from infection .
• The crisis will never end if we are waiting for zero positive tests .
Everyone has probably had a cold caused by a coronavirus and will likely have a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cousin SARS-CoV-2 virus • Testing healthy asymptomatic individuals is non-sensical , unscientific and a colossal waste of money .
The government ’ s moon shot daily testing program will cost £100 Billion roughly two-thirds of the annual NHS budget .
• Antibody testing is not the gold standard as many people have T-cell immunity , and antibodies may not circulate following recovery from infection .
• The controversial drug Hydroxychloroquine ( HCQ ) has been unfairly smeared , by the WHO , CDC , NIH , and the media .
• However HCQ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ others : Professor Harvey Risch epidemiologist from Yale , The American Association of Physicians and Surgeons ( AAPS ) , American Frontline Doctors , the Henry Ford Health System , and Professor Didier Raoult microbiologist and infectious disease specialist – to name but a few .
• The Lancet was even forced to retract a study on HCQ after it was revealed by the Guardian newspaper that they had been completely fabricated and written by a sci-fi writer and a porn star .
Even following this astounding revelation HCQ was still banned in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ AAPS has a ninety percent ( 90 % ) cure rate when given early and alongside zinc • HCQ is safer than many over the counter drugs such as aspirin , Benadryl , and Tylenol .
• The AAPS also points out that there has never been a vaccine as safe as HCQ .
• HCQ has been licensed for over sixty years and has been safely used by billions of people worldwide .
There is a very small risk of arrhythmia which is easily monitored .
• Why was HCQ banned then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no huge profits to be made from this out-of-patent drug ?
• HCQ was used to great effect in the Sars1 outbreak of 2005 • In short , had HCQ been available then there would not have been a pandemic !
• Preventative measures such as hydroxychloroquine or vitamin D , vitamin C , and zinc should have been recommended for the public .
• Voluntary isolation of the frail – should they so choose ; in combination with preventative measures would have been a far better strategy .
The rest of society @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• A rushed vaccine is clearly not in the public ’ s best interest • Indemnifying vaccine manufacturers against all liability is also clearly not in the public ’ s best interest • Chief Scientific Officer Sir Patrick Vallance has £600,000 worth of shares in GSK Glaxo Smith Klein .
He has in recent years sold £5 million of shares in GSK which he ‘ earned ’ whilst chief of GSK • Sir Chris Whitty , Chief Medical Officer UK , accepted over £30 million in funding from the Bill and Melinda @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • It has become clear that members of SAGE , Public Health England ( PHE ) , World Health Organisation ( WHO ) , Centre for Disease Control ( CDC ) , National Institute for Health ( NIH ) , etc have many conflicts of interest .
They all accept very large ‘ donations ’ from the pharmaceutical and vaccine industry .
These conflicts of interests may well have effectively corrupted their integrity .
• It is also clear that governments are heavily lobbied by the pharmaceutical industry and the vaccine industry , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• Vaccine manufacturers will make trillions from this , as will track and trace manufacturers , and the pharmaceutical industry stand to make trillions from covid testing .
• Prime minister Boris Johnson announced the new ‘ moon shot ’ testing will cost £100 Billion , approximately two thirds of the annual NHS budget .
• Surely these vast sums would be far better spent on treating all of the neglected patients who have been wilfully neglected during lockdown and who now face huge waiting lists .
We have effective and safe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ therefore there is no need for any lockdown restrictions and associated measures .
The pandemic is essentially over as can be seen by the consistent low death rate and hospital admissions over the past four months .
We demand the immediate and permanent ceasing of all lockdown measures .
Lockdowns do not save lives , that is why they have never been used before .
Civil liberties and fundamental freedoms have been unnecessarily removed from the public and this must never happen again .
Preventative measures such as Hydroxychloroquine , vitamin C , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ readily available to the public .
Isolation must be voluntary .
People are perfectly capable of making their own assessment of the risks and must be free to go about their lives as they so choose .
People must have the right to choose whether to isolate or not .
Likewise , businesses must have the right to remain open if they so choose .
We demand that doctors , nurses , scientists and healthcare professionals must be permitted free speech and never be censored again .
Professor Mark Woolhouse epidemiologist and specialist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviours , that advises the Government stated that – ‘ …Lockdown was a monumental disaster on a global scale .
The cure was worse than the disease.
’ ‘ I never want to see national lockdown again .
It was always a temporary measure that simply delayed the stage of the epidemic we see now .
It was never going to change anything fundamentally , however low we drove down the number of cases , ’ ‘ We absolutely should never return to a position where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ school.
’ I believe the harm lockdown is doing to our education , health care access , and broader aspects of our economy and society will turn out to be at least as great as the harm done by Covid-19.
’ The World Doctors Alliance agree fully with Prof Woolhouse ’ s assertions , he is right !
We must never lockdown again !

We were told initially that the premise for lockdown was to ‘flatten the curve’ and therefore protect the NHS from being overwhelmed.
It is clear that at no point was the National Health Service (NHS) in any danger of being overwhelmed, and since May 2020 covid wards have been largely empty; and crucially the death toll from covid has remained extremely low.
We now have hundreds of thousands of so-called ‘cases’, ‘infections’ and ‘positive tests’ but hardly any sick people. Recall that four-fifths (80%) of ‘infections’ are asymptomatic Covid wards have been by and large empty throughout June, July, August, and September 2020.
Most importantly covid deaths are at an all-time low. It is clear that these ‘cases’ are in fact not ‘cases’ but rather they are normal healthy people.
So-called asymptomatic cases have never in the history of respiratory disease been the driver for the spread of infection. Rather it is symptomatic people who spread respiratory infections – not asymptomatic people.
It is also abundantly clear that the ‘pandemic’ is basically over and has been since June 2020.
We have very highly likely reached herd immunity and therefore have no need for a jjab.
We have safe and very effective treatments and preventative treatments for covid, we, therefore, call for an immediate end to all lockdown measures, social distancing, mask-wearing, testing of healthy individuals, track and trace, immunity passports, the vaccination program, and so on.
There has been a catalog of unscientific, non-sensical policies enacted which infringe our inalienable rights, such as – freedom of movement, freedom of speech, and freedom of assembly. These draconian totalitarian measures must never be repeated.
The Great Reset IS the New World Order
LOCKDOWN
Covid has proved less deadly than previous influenza seasons – There were 50,100 flu deaths from December 2017 to March 2018 in England and Wales. There were 80,000 flu deaths in 1969. To date, we have circa 42,000 covid related deaths in the UK.
We have never locked down society for a respiratory virus before.
The basis for the lockdown was a mathematical model by Professor Neil Ferguson. His modeling which predicted half a million deaths in the UK has been roundly condemned as being not fit for purpose. His estimated death figures were clearly wrong by a factor of 10 or 12 times.
Professor Ferguson’s modeling was not even peer-reviewed before being acted upon by several nations. Eminent epidemiologists such as Professor Gupta from Oxford University were ignored, they estimated the death count would be far lower in the UK.
Professor Ferguson has a long track record of woeful modeling he was entirely wrong about sars, mers, mad cow’s disease (CJD), and swine flu. Why did the world listen to him again?
Countries that did not lock down Sweden, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, and Belarus have all done significantly better than us in terms of the percentage of population deaths. They also have herd immunity and intact economies.
Lockdown did not save lives, and this has been published in the Lancet ‘….in our analysis, full lockdowns and wide-spread COVID-19 testing were not associated with reductions in the number of critical cases or overall mortality.’
associated with reductions in the number of critical cases or overall mortality.’ The vast majority of deaths occurred in elderly and very elderly people
The vast majority of deaths occurred in people with severe pre-existing health issues such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s, diabetes etc.
Covid poses virtually zero risks to the under 45’s who have more chance of being struck by lightning than dying from covid.
Covid poses a very small risk for healthy under 60-year-olds who have a greater chance of accidental drowning than dying from covid.
The entire nation was essentially placed under house arrest. We have never isolated the healthy before.
Isolating the sick and those who are immunocompromised makes sense. Isolating the healthy has hampered the establishment of herd immunity and makes no sense.
To put it into perspective we had 115,000 smoking related deaths in the UK in 2015 compared to the 42,000 deaths from covid.
We usually have around 600,000 deaths every year in the UK, roughly 1600 deaths per day.
COLLATERAL DAMAGE THE CURE IS WORSE THAN THE VIRUS
Placing the public under virtual house arrest has caused untold damage to both physical and mental health.
Ventilating patients instead of oxygenating patients proved to be a deadly policy and an unwarranted failure. Ventilation resulted in many unnecessary deaths.
Sending infected people from hospitals to care homes placed the elderly and frail under unnecessary risk and resulted in many unnecessary deaths.
Blanket Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders were imposed on thousands of people without their consent nor the consent of their families – this is both unlawful and immoral and leads to unnecessary deaths in care homes.
Hospitals became essentially ‘covid only’ centers vast numbers of patients were wilfully neglected, resulting in many thousands of unnecessary deaths.
The government’s own report estimates that some two hundred thousand (200,000) people will die as a direct result of lockdown – not the virus. Hospitals being closed, suicide and poverty will result in more deaths than the virus.
The cure is worse than the disease!
DEATH CERTIFICATES
The majority of people who died had significant comorbidities, such as Alzheimer’s, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes.
Counting death certificates with a ‘mention’ of covid as being a death caused by covid is a gross misrepresentation of the facts and has vastly over-exaggerated the death toll.
The rules for the signing of death certificates have been changed solely for covid by the Coronavirus 2020 Act.
Doctors do not even need to have physically seen the patient in order to sign death certificates.
The Act has removed the need for a confirmatory medical certificate for cremations.
Autopsies have virtually been banned, no doubt leading to misdiagnosis of the true cause of deaths, and also reducing our understanding of the disease itself.
Worse still, care home staff who largely have no medical training are able to give a statement as to the cause of death.
Covid was put on death certificates merely on the ‘suspicion’ of people having covid. This may well be unlawful since it is a crime to falsify death certificates.
People who die within 28 days of a positive PCR test are deemed to have died from covid, even if they die in a car crash or from a heart attack; clearly over-inflating the death toll
ECONOMIC RUIN
Reports now estimate that as many as six and a half million (6,500,000) people in the UK will lose their jobs as a result of lockdown.
It is well known that poverty directly adversely affects health, we can expect to see many people suffering from poor health and resulting in many premature deaths, as a direct result of lockdown.
CENSORSHIP
The government has acted maliciously in censoring doctors, nurses, and NHS staff. The people have the perfect right to hear what is going on in hospitals, and the medical profession has a duty to look after the public and to reassure them.
The medical profession has not been allowed to let the public know that covid wards have been empty for months, nor that covid deaths have reached an all-time low for months, and this has unnecessarily added to the public’s distress and anxiety.
Doctors and scientists with views that differ from the government narrative have had their videos and articles removed from the internet
TESTING – FALSE POSITIVES
PCR tests cannot be verified for accuracy as there is no ‘gold standard’ against which to check them. The virus has not been purified.
PCR tests cannot detect viral loads and are prone to false positives.
A positive PCR test does not mean that an individual is infected nor infective.
In fact, approximately 90% of the PCR positive ‘cases’ are false positives. We, therefore, have no second wave and no pandemic.
The government’s report estimates a false positive rate of between 0.8 to 4.0 % using data from other viral infections – not from covid
Viral fragments may remain in people’s bodies for several weeks following recovery from infection.
The crisis will never end if we are waiting for zero positive tests. Everyone has probably had a cold caused by a coronavirus and will likely have a few viral fragments matching those of the cousin SARS-CoV-2 virus
Testing healthy asymptomatic individuals is non-sensical, unscientific and a colossal waste of money. The government’s moon shot daily testing program will cost £100 Billion roughly two-thirds of the annual NHS budget.
Antibody testing is not the gold standard as many people have T-cell immunity, and antibodies may not circulate following recovery from infection.
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE
The controversial drug Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has been unfairly smeared, by the WHO, CDC, NIH, and the media.
However HCQ has very firm support from, amongst others: Professor Harvey Risch epidemiologist from Yale, The American Association of Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), American Frontline Doctors, the Henry Ford Health System, and Professor Didier Raoult microbiologist and infectious disease specialist – to name but a few.
The Lancet was even forced to retract a study on HCQ after it was revealed by the Guardian newspaper that they had been completely fabricated and written by a sci-fi writer and a porn star. Even following this astounding revelation HCQ was still banned in most countries.
HCQ according to AAPS has a ninety percent (90%) cure rate when given early and alongside zinc
HCQ is safer than many over the counter drugs such as aspirin, Benadryl, and Tylenol.
The AAPS also points out that there has never been a jjab as safe as HCQ.
HCQ has been licensed for over sixty years and has been safely used by billions of people worldwide. There is a very small risk of arrhythmia which is easily monitored.
Why was HCQ banned then? Could it be that there are no huge profits to be made from this out-of-patent drug?
HCQ was used to great effect in the Sars1 outbreak of 2005
In short, had HCQ been available then there would not have been a pandemic!
PREVENTION
Preventative measures such as hydroxychloroquine or vitamin D , vitamin C , and zinc should have been recommended for the public.
, , and should have been recommended for the public. Early calcifediol (25-hydroxyvitamin D) treatment to hospitalized COVID-19 patients significantly reduced intensive care unit admissions
Vit D reduces the severity of covid.
Voluntary isolation of the frail – should they so choose; in combination with preventative measures would have been a far better strategy. The rest of society could and should have continued as normal.
VACCINE
A rushed jjab is clearly not in the public’s best interest
Indemnifying jjab manufacturers against all liability is also clearly not in the public’s best interest
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Chief Scientific Officer Sir Patrick Vallance has £600,000 worth of shares in GSK Glaxo Smith Klein. He has in recent years sold £5 million of shares in GSK which he ‘earned’ whilst chief of GSK
Sir Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer UK, accepted over £30 million in funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to study malaria jjabs.
It has become clear that members of SAGE, Public Health England (PHE), World Health Organisation (WHO), Centre for Disease Control (CDC), National Institute for Health (NIH), etc have many conflicts of interest. They all accept very large ‘donations’ from the pharmaceutical and jjab industry. These conflicts of interests may well have effectively corrupted their integrity.
It is also clear that governments are heavily lobbied by the pharmaceutical industry and the jjab industry, again this may have compromised their integrity.
CUI BONO? WHO BENEFITS?
Vaccine manufacturers will make trillions from this, as will track and trace manufacturers, and the pharmaceutical industry stand to make trillions from covid testing.
Prime minister Boris Johnson announced the new ‘moon shot’ testing will cost £100 Billion, approximately two thirds of the annual NHS budget.
Surely these vast sums would be far better spent on treating all of the neglected patients who have been wilfully neglected during lockdown and who now face huge waiting lists.
CONCLUSIONS
We have effective and safe treatments and preventative medications for covid, therefore there is no need for any lockdown restrictions and associated measures. The pandemic is essentially over as can be seen by the consistent low death rate and hospital admissions over the past four months.
We demand the immediate and permanent ceasing of all lockdown measures.
Lockdowns do not save lives, that is why they have never been used before. Civil liberties and fundamental freedoms have been unnecessarily removed from the public and this must never happen again.
Preventative measures such as Hydroxychloroquine, vitamin C, Vitamin D and zinc must be made readily available to the public.
Isolation must be voluntary. People are perfectly capable of making their own assessment of the risks and must be free to go about their lives as they so choose. People must have the right to choose whether to isolate or not.
Likewise, businesses must have the right to remain open if they so choose.
We demand that doctors, nurses, scientists and healthcare professionals must be permitted free speech and never be censored again.
Professor Mark Woolhouse epidemiologist and specialist in infectious diseases, Edinburgh University Member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviours, that advises the Government stated that –
‘…Lockdown was a monumental disaster on a global scale. The cure was worse than the disease.’
‘I never want to see national lockdown again. It was always a temporary measure that simply delayed the stage of the epidemic we see now. It was never going to change anything fundamentally, however low we drove down the number of cases,’
‘We absolutely should never return to a position where children cannot play or go to school.’
I believe the harm lockdown is doing to our education, health care access, and broader aspects of our economy and society will turn out to be at least as great as the harm done by Covid-19.’
The World Doctors Alliance agree fully with Prof Woolhouse’s assertions, he is right! We must never lockdown again!


humansarefree--2020-11-26--7 Things Regarded As ‘Crazy Conspiracy Theories’ Are Becoming Facts Right Now

Remember back in the old days of , say , 2019 , when anyone who talked about microchip implants , Americans being forced to show travel papers , and re-education camps was thought to be a crazy conspiracy theorist ?
And then 2020 rolled around and voila !
It turns out those conspiracy theories weren ’ t so “ crazy ” after all .
And I ’ m not just talking about the government releasing info about UFOs .
We ’ re living in a time when someone will attempt to beat the crap out of you , burn your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if you voted for the “ wrong ” presidential candidate .
We ’ re being subjected to curfews , our movement is restricted , and our businesses have been forcibly shut down .
One day , people will look back on this as the year that everything changed – or depending on how Americans respond to the mandates – the year we finally said enough .
Here are seven things that were considered crazy conspiracy theories…until now , when they ’ re becoming far too real .
Did you ever really think we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the government would tell private business owners when and how they could operate ?
Where workers would be told , “ You can no longer go to work for your own good ?
” Well , welcome to 2020 !
22 million jobs were lost and only 42 % of those were recovered by last August , when the country began to reopen .
Millions of lost jobs were permanent losses , as businesses across the country fold under the weight of the restrictions that either don ’ t allow them to operate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ customers .
“ It ’ s clear that the pandemic is doing some fundamental damage to the job market , ” said Mark Zandi , chief economist for Moody ’ s Analytics .
“ A lot of the jobs lost aren ’ t coming back any time soon .
The idea that the economy is going to snap back to where it was before the pandemic is clearly not going to happen.
” …More than 10 million Americans are currently categorized as temporarily out of work .
But historically , nearly 30 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that they are temporarily unemployed never get their job back , said Heidi Shierholz , senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute , a liberal think tank .
“ Even though we don ’ t know if the historical record will hold in this case , it ’ s an extremely valid concern that not all of those people are going to get called back , ” she said .
People who are counting on businesses reopening their doors may be surprised to find that a temporary loss has become permanent one , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the businesses that have closed , many will never reopen .
Most harshly affected were small businesses .
“ About 60 % of businesses that have closed during the coronavirus pandemic will never reopen , and restaurants have suffered the most , according to new data from Yelp.
” ( source ) So we have not only people who became unemployed , but we also have business owners who ’ ve lost everything .
As we go into the second round of lockdowns across the United States , it ’ s not a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some of the small businesses that have thus far managed to stay afloat will succumb to the economic effects of these mandates… taking with them even more jobs and plunging even more people into poverty .
Poverty is a vicious cycle and one seemingly small thing can suck those who are struggling into a vortex of fees and penalties from which emerging seems impossible .
I ’ ve written about my own experiences with poverty here .
The concern is that even fewer people will recover financially after this round of government mandates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hungry , and homeless .
But don ’ t worry – the government is here to help and I mean that in the President Reagan threatening kind of way .
They provided a “ stimulus ” check to everyone in America , gave such huge unemployment money to people that they made more staying home than they did going to work , and went so much deeper into debt that the number is simply unfathomable .
In effect , they paid people not to work .
And it isn ’ t the fault @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the government forced their places of employment to close unless it was considered “ essential.
” And that sounds a whole lot like Universal Basic Income .
Or as I like to call it , modern feudalism .
Quite a few people are ready to give up their freedom so that someone else can take care of them .
They don ’ t think they ’ re giving up freedom .
They ’ re convinced that they are embracing a smart , fair system that eliminates poverty .
The greed , entitlement , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in many people today will have them slipping on the yoke of servitude willingly .
They feel like they deserve a living just for drawing breath .
As Gawker ’ s headline reads , “ A Universal Basic Income Is the Utopia We Deserve.
” The idea of a universal basic income for all citizens has been catching on all over the world .
Is it too crazy to believe in ?
We spoke to the author of a new book on the ins , outs , and utopian dreams of making basic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ movement got a significant boost this week when the charity GiveDirectly announced that it will be pursuing a ten-year , $ 30 million pilot project giving a select group of Kenyan villagers a basic income and studying its effects .
As an anti-poverty solution , universal basic income appeals to impoverished people in Africa , relatively well-off Scandinavians , and Americans automated out of their jobs alike .
( source ) Sure , money for nothing sounds great on the surface .
But what would the real result of a Universal Basic Income @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the feudalism of the Middle Ages .
Sure , we ’ d be living in slick , modern micro-efficiencies instead of shacks .
We ’ d have some kind of modern job instead of raising sheep for the lord of the manor .
But , in the end , we wouldn ’ t actually own anything because private property would be abolished for all but the ruling class .
We ’ d no longer have the ability to get ahead in life .
Our courses would be set for us and veering @ @ @ @ @ @ @ discouraged .
People will be completely dependent on the government and ruling class for every necessity : food , shelter , water , clothing .
What better way to assert control than to make compliance necessary for survival ?
( source ) With this second round of lockdowns how many more jobs will go permanently down the tubes ?
What are all those people going to do for food ?
For rent ?
The government is going to give them money .
And we can ’ t even argue , really , because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ job they had for decades and who can ’ t find other work .
They might call it something else , but Universal Basic Income is coming .
And it ’ s coming soon .
Don ’ t be ridiculous .
We ’ ll never have to show our “ papers ” to travel freely in the United States .
Not until a COVID pandemic with all its subsidiary restrictions occurred .
Back in March , days after I warned about the first lockdown , I wrote : For everyone who thought the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a “ hysterical overstatement ” and that they could still do whatever they wanted because it wasn ’ t really being enforced , what are you thinking now that “ travel papers ” are being handed out ?
To me , this sounds like the lockdowns I wrote of yesterday were just the first incremental step toward a society that nobody hopes to see .
Yesterday , readers sent me photos of “ travel papers ” provided to them by employers so they could get to and from work .
These are employees @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pharmacies , and foodservice , as well as those who work in the production , transport , and sales of essential supplies .
One reader wrote , “ We were told to show these if we got stopped on the way to or from work and that if the authorities gave us any trouble , to not argue and just go back home.
” Papers that people sent were from Pennsylvania , New York , Arizona , Michigan , North Carolina , Kansas , New Jersey , West Virginia , Virginia , Oregon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Industries mentioned in the papers were trucking , grocery stores , medical clinics , hospitals , nursing homes , city transit workers , railroads , food production plants , pharmacies , gas stations , stores like Target and Walmart , and automotive repair facilities .
Most people were given their papers on Friday or Saturday and told they ’ d need them to get to and from work starting the week ahead .
( source ) You can see some of the papers that people sent me here .
“ Don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tracking you with your phone .
You ’ re not Jason Bourne.
” Whoops .
2020 proved that was a lie when they rolled out contact tracing apps to make sure you didn ’ t breathe the same air as somebody who got a positive COVID test .
Not only do sick or potentially sick people need to worry about being phoned or questioned by contact tracers , but there ’ s also a whole new world of dystopian technology being rapidly developed .
Apple and Google formed a partnership to develop a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one-third of the world ’ s population .
The Australian government has developed an app called COVIDSafe to “ protect you , your family and friends and save the lives of other Australians .
The more Australians connect to the COVIDSafe app , the quicker we can find the virus.
” In fact , all sorts of potentially invasive new technology tools are springing up to “ fight COVID.
” Some use AI to detect signs of COVID and the Department of Defense is deploying thermal imaging to detect signs of COVID .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ away when the pandemic is over .
If they ’ re in use for a year or two years – however long this virus is with us – chances are , they ’ re here to stay .
( source ) So… if you have a smartphone , rest assured , at some point you ’ re probably going to have an app like this forcibly installed during one of those relentless updates .
Of course , they ’ ll say that the app is just the framework and you have to enable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , wait , they already said that .
After installing “ the framework.
” Somehow , the United States ran out of change .
There were no coins to be had…anywhere…for a while .
Bloomberg reported in August : As if a deep recession and a never-ending pandemic wasn ’ t enough , the U.S. now faces another crisis : a coin shortage .
Thanks to the lockdowns , fewer coins are in circulation , leaving businesses unable to make change when customers hand over paper money .
( source ) This had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ since Venezuela used COVID to push citizens toward a cashless society .
Here in the United States , the “ change shortage ” was so extensive is caused many stores to give you your change on a store loyalty card or invite you to donate that change to some cause .
A true cashless society would allow significant control over our day to day lives .
See this article for some of the totalitarian ways it would affect us .
DARPA got involved early on , touting it as a way to “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Robert Wheeler wrote : But governments aren ’ t having to market the chip as a method to track , trace , and control their populations .
Instead , they are marketing the chip as a way to track and detect COVID and other coronaviruses .
Clearly , this is a much easier sell to a public literally terrorized by their governments and mainstream media outlets for the last six months .
Raul Diego details the creation and coming rollout of the new biochip in his article , “ A DARPA-Funded Implantable Microchip @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2021 , ” where he writes , The most significant scientific discovery since gravity has been hiding in plain sight for nearly a decade and its destructive potential to humanity is so enormous that the biggest war machine on the planet immediately deployed its vast resources to possess and control it , financing its research and development through agencies like the National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) , the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA ) and HHS ’ BARDA .
The revolutionary breakthrough came to a Canadian scientist named Derek @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The now-retired Harvard professor claimed in an interview with the National Post that he found a way to “ reprogram ” the molecules that carry the genetic instructions for cell development in the human body , not to mention all biological lifeforms .
These molecules are called ‘ messenger ribonucleic acid ’ or mRNA and the newfound ability to rewrite those instructions to produce any kind of cell within a biological organism has radically changed the course of Western medicine and science , even if no one has really noticed yet .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The real important discovery here was you could now use mRNA , and if you got it into the cells , then you could get the mRNA to express any protein in the cells , and this was the big thing.
” ( Source ) The microchip talk died down but the fact it as even a discussion and topic of COVID research should be troubling .
Anyway , after the initial microchip hubbub , the push got redirected toward our next conspiracy theory .
Remember back when nobody thought that adults @ @ @ @ @ @ @ except for “ crazy conspiracy theorists ?
” Well , that day is coming sooner than many people expect .
A much-heralded COVID vaccine could be rolled out in a matter of days .
Pfizer and BioNTech have both concluded Phase 3 of rushing their jabs to market .
There are still many , many questions .
The return to many of our old familiar ways will take time , and how much time remains unclear .
The answers await more research into the vaccines , how they can be distributed and how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ A vaccine won ’ t be available immediately for everybody , ” says Arthur Reingold , a professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health at the University of California , Berkeley… … “ It probably will take four to six months , ” he says .
“ What that says to me is that people will have to keep wearing masks at least until spring .
We won ’ t be in a magically different situation by February or March .
I don ’ t see how that can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unknowns about the vaccines themselves .
Scientists still don ’ t know how long vaccine-induced protection will last , for example , or whether inoculations can block actual infection , or only prevent the onset of disease .
If the latter turns out to be the case , meaning the vaccines keep us from getting sick , but not infected , we still could be infectious to others .
Until we know , don ’ t toss those masks into the trash… …Andrew Badley , an immunovirologist who chairs Mayo Clinic ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of any normal activities depends on numerous factors , including how many people get vaccinated .
“ The only possibility that life will return to normal by summer is if the majority of the population receives the vaccines by then and the early efficacy data is borne out in ongoing studies , ” he says .
He adds , however : “ I think it is unlikely we will be able to vaccinate the majority of the population by then.
” ( source ) And how will they make sure that “ the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccines ?
It ’ ll start out easy — there are tons of people who will gladly roll up their sleeves to get a vaccination that was rushed to market with no testing on the long-term effects .
And then , the rest of us will be coerced by being unable to go to work , to a concert , to school , or into a public building without proof we ’ ve been vaccinated .
YOU WALK TOWARD the arena , ready for a big game , tickets in hand .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wrapping around the corner of the building and a bottleneck at the entrance as people search their pockets and purses for a small piece of paper .
To be cleared to enter , you ’ ll also need that document — proof that you ’ ve received a COVID-19 vaccination .
This is the future as some experts see it : a world in which you ’ ll need to show you ’ ve been inoculated against the novel coronavirus to attend a sports game , get a manicure , go to work @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ We ’ re not going to get to the point where the vaccine police break down your door to vaccinate you , ” says Arthur Caplan , a bioethicist at New York University ’ s School of Medicine .
But he and several other health policy experts envision vaccine mandates could be instituted and enforced by local governments or employers — similar to the current vaccine requirements for school-age children , military personnel , and hospital workers… …The mandates can be directed toward customers , as well .
Just as business owners @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entering their restaurants , salons , arenas , and stores , they can legally keep people out for any number of reasons , “ as long as they ’ re not running afoul of any antidiscrimination laws , ” says Dorit Rubinstein Reiss , a professor of health and vaccine law at the University of California , Hastings College of the Law .
When a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available , some experts think states will require targeted industries to enforce vaccine mandates for their employees , especially those we ’ ve come to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Grocery store workers get exposed to a lot of people , but also have the chance to infect a lot of people because of the nature of their work and the fact that virtually everybody needs to buy food , ” says Carmel Shachar , executive director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy , Biotechnology , and Bioethics at Harvard Law School .
Hospitality industry workers — those who work in restaurants , bars , and coffee shops , for example — could also see similar mandates .
“ It ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to make sure that their workplace is protected and that you can ’ t infect your colleagues , ” Shachar says .
“ Having a widely accessible vaccine gets a lot of employers out of having to control their clients ’ behavior.
” And with a vaccinated workforce , “ you don ’ t need to worry if the people you ’ re serving at the restaurant have COVID-19.
” Even the general public could be incentivized to get vaccinated .
“ Oddly enough , the best way to impose a mandate is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they follow that mandate , ” Caplan says .
For example , with proof of inoculation , you would be able to attend a sporting event “ as a reward for doing the right thing , ” he says .
“ And I can imagine people saying , If you want to go to my restaurant , my bowling alley , or my tattoo parlor , then I want to see a vaccine certificate , too.
” Booster shots could also be required , depending on the efficacy of future vaccines .
( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside how all these experts are planning to force an unwilling populace to accept an untested vaccine ?
It ’ s all for our own good , you know .
Remember how we all used to joke about being put into FEMA camps ?
Well…..
Finally , for those of us who believed these conspiracy theories were conspiracy facts all along – oh – and for Trump voters – there ’ s the discussion about how to re-educate us so we can rejoin society .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saw the dark side of some “ well-educated ” Democrats who were sincerely trying to figure out how to redeem those of us who did not vote for Joe Biden .
Of course , he doesn ’ t really mean re-education camps .
Of course not .
And Laura found she bit off a bit more than she intended to chew .
So of course she blamed non-Americans .
( Probably those darned Russians , right ? )
Welcome to my inbox for the past 8 years , Laura .
Every time I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I ’ ve been barraged with “ creative ” rape threats with a vast variety of implements and violent threats by the “ peaceful ” left .
People have wished my children dead in a school shooting .
So cry me a river , Laura , if your “ thoughtful discussion ” of putting me and people like me into anti-cult deprogramming in a gulag put you in an unpleasant position .
Trust me , you get used to it .
Heck , you might even begin to understand why I ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conspiracy theories have been proven true this year ?
Ultimate Proof : Covid-19 Was Planned To Usher In The New World Order Is it just me or has 2020 been like reading every “ crazy conspiracy ” rabbit hole on the internet while dropping acid ?
Except you can ’ t come down from the trip because it ’ s all actually happening .
As the insanity continues , make sure you have this book to help you get prepared .
What other former “ wacky ” theories have become fact this year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

by Daisy Luther
Remember back in the old days of, say, 2019, when anyone who talked about microchip implants, Americans being forced to show travel papers, and re-education camps was thought to be a crazy conspiracy theorist? And then 2020 rolled around and voila! It turns out those conspiracy theories weren’t so “crazy” after all.
And I’m not just talking about the government releasing info about UFOs.
We’re living in a time when someone will attempt to beat the crap out of you, burn your house down, or even kill you if you voted for the “wrong” presidential candidate.
We’re being subjected to curfews, our movement is restricted, and our businesses have been forcibly shut down.
One day, people will look back on this as the year that everything changed – or depending on how Americans respond to the mandates – the year we finally said enough.
Here are seven things that were considered crazy conspiracy theories…until now, when they’re becoming far too real.
#1) Universal Basic Income
Did you ever really think we’d live in a country where the government would tell private business owners when and how they could operate? Where workers would be told, “You can no longer go to work for your own good?”
Well, welcome to 2020!
22 million jobs were lost and only 42% of those were recovered by last August, when the country began to reopen. Millions of lost jobs were permanent losses, as businesses across the country fold under the weight of the restrictions that either don’t allow them to operate or the money problems of their former customers.
“It’s clear that the pandemic is doing some fundamental damage to the job market,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s Analytics.
“A lot of the jobs lost aren’t coming back any time soon. The idea that the economy is going to snap back to where it was before the pandemic is clearly not going to happen.”
…More than 10 million Americans are currently categorized as temporarily out of work. But historically, nearly 30% of people who tell the Labor Department that they are temporarily unemployed never get their job back, said Heidi Shierholz, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal think tank.
“Even though we don’t know if the historical record will hold in this case, it’s an extremely valid concern that not all of those people are going to get called back,” she said.
People who are counting on businesses reopening their doors may be surprised to find that a temporary loss has become permanent one, said Zandi. (source)
Of the businesses that have closed, many will never reopen. Most harshly affected were small businesses.
“About 60% of businesses that have closed during the coronavirus pandemic will never reopen, and restaurants have suffered the most, according to new data from Yelp.” (source)
So we have not only people who became unemployed, but we also have business owners who’ve lost everything.
As we go into the second round of lockdowns across the United States, it’s not a stretch of the imagination to think that some of the small businesses that have thus far managed to stay afloat will succumb to the economic effects of these mandates… taking with them even more jobs and plunging even more people into poverty.
Poverty is a vicious cycle and one seemingly small thing can suck those who are struggling into a vortex of fees and penalties from which emerging seems impossible.
I’ve written about my own experiences with poverty here. The concern is that even fewer people will recover financially after this round of government mandates, leaving even more Americans broke, hungry, and homeless.
But don’t worry – the government is here to help and I mean that in the President Reagan threatening kind of way.
They provided a “stimulus” check to everyone in America, gave such huge unemployment money to people that they made more staying home than they did going to work, and went so much deeper into debt that the number is simply unfathomable.
In effect, they paid people not to work. And it isn’t the fault of those people in most cases – the government forced their places of employment to close unless it was considered “essential.”
And that sounds a whole lot like Universal Basic Income. Or as I like to call it, modern feudalism.
Quite a few people are ready to give up their freedom so that someone else can take care of them.
They don’t think they’re giving up freedom. They’re convinced that they are embracing a smart, fair system that eliminates poverty.
The greed, entitlement, and lack of ambition that seems inherent in many people today will have them slipping on the yoke of servitude willingly.
They feel like they deserve a living just for drawing breath. As Gawker’s headline reads, “A Universal Basic Income Is the Utopia We Deserve.”
The idea of a universal basic income for all citizens has been catching on all over the world. Is it too crazy to believe in? We spoke to the author of a new book on the ins, outs, and utopian dreams of making basic income a reality.
The basic income movement got a significant boost this week when the charity GiveDirectly announced that it will be pursuing a ten-year, $30 million pilot project giving a select group of Kenyan villagers a basic income and studying its effects.
As an anti-poverty solution, universal basic income appeals to impoverished people in Africa, relatively well-off Scandinavians, and Americans automated out of their jobs alike. (source)
Sure, money for nothing sounds great on the surface.
But what would the real result of a Universal Basic Income be?
Feudalism. Serfdom. Enslavement.
UBI would fast-track us back to the feudalism of the Middle Ages. Sure, we’d be living in slick, modern micro-efficiencies instead of shacks. We’d have some kind of modern job instead of raising sheep for the lord of the manor.
But, in the end, we wouldn’t actually own anything because private property would be abolished for all but the ruling class. We’d no longer have the ability to get ahead in life. Our courses would be set for us and veering off of those courses would be harshly discouraged.
People will be completely dependent on the government and ruling class for every necessity: food, shelter, water, clothing. What better way to assert control than to make compliance necessary for survival? (source)
With this second round of lockdowns how many more jobs will go permanently down the tubes? What are all those people going to do for food? For rent?
The government is going to give them money. And we can’t even argue, really, because everyone knows someone who has lost a job they had for decades and who can’t find other work.
They might call it something else, but Universal Basic Income is coming. And it’s coming soon.
#2) Travel Papers
Don’t be ridiculous. We’ll never have to show our “papers” to travel freely in the United States.
Doh.
Not until a COVID pandemic with all its subsidiary restrictions occurred. Back in March, days after I warned about the first lockdown, I wrote:
For everyone who thought the article about the Lockdown of America was a “hysterical overstatement” and that they could still do whatever they wanted because it wasn’t really being enforced, what are you thinking now that “travel papers” are being handed out?
To me, this sounds like the lockdowns I wrote of yesterday were just the first incremental step toward a society that nobody hopes to see.
Yesterday, readers sent me photos of “travel papers” provided to them by employers so they could get to and from work.
These are employees who work in industries like healthcare, pharmacies, and foodservice, as well as those who work in the production, transport, and sales of essential supplies.
One reader wrote, “We were told to show these if we got stopped on the way to or from work and that if the authorities gave us any trouble, to not argue and just go back home.”
Papers that people sent were from Pennsylvania, New York, Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, Kansas, New Jersey, West Virginia, Virginia, Oregon, Florida, Louisiana, and Ohio.
Industries mentioned in the papers were trucking, grocery stores, medical clinics, hospitals, nursing homes, city transit workers, railroads, food production plants, pharmacies, gas stations, stores like Target and Walmart, and automotive repair facilities.
Most people were given their papers on Friday or Saturday and told they’d need them to get to and from work starting the week ahead. (source)
You can see some of the papers that people sent me here.
#3) Mandatory GPS tracking of humans
“Don’t be silly. Nobody is actually tracking you with your phone. You’re not Jason Bourne.”
Whoops. 2020 proved that was a lie when they rolled out contact tracing apps to make sure you didn’t breathe the same air as somebody who got a positive COVID test.
Not only do sick or potentially sick people need to worry about being phoned or questioned by contact tracers, but there’s also a whole new world of dystopian technology being rapidly developed.
Apple and Google formed a partnership to develop a phone app with the potential to monitor one-third of the world’s population.
The Australian government has developed an app called COVIDSafe to “protect you, your family and friends and save the lives of other Australians. The more Australians connect to the COVIDSafe app, the quicker we can find the virus.”
In fact, all sorts of potentially invasive new technology tools are springing up to “fight COVID.” Some use AI to detect signs of COVID and the Department of Defense is deploying thermal imaging to detect signs of COVID.
These things won’t just go away when the pandemic is over. If they’re in use for a year or two years – however long this virus is with us – chances are, they’re here to stay. (source)
So… if you have a smartphone, rest assured, at some point you’re probably going to have an app like this forcibly installed during one of those relentless updates.
Of course, they’ll say that the app is just the framework and you have to enable it for it to work. Oh, wait, they already said that. After installing “the framework.”
#4) Cashless societies
Somehow, the United States ran out of change.
There were no coins to be had…anywhere…for a while. Bloomberg reported in August:
As if a deep recession and a never-ending pandemic wasn’t enough, the U.S. now faces another crisis: a coin shortage. Thanks to the lockdowns, fewer coins are in circulation, leaving businesses unable to make change when customers hand over paper money. (source)
This had a lot of people concerned, especially since Venezuela used COVID to push citizens toward a cashless society. Here in the United States, the “change shortage” was so extensive is caused many stores to give you your change on a store loyalty card or invite you to donate that change to some cause.
A true cashless society would allow significant control over our day to day lives. See this article for some of the totalitarian ways it would affect us.
DARPA got involved early on, touting it as a way to “save” us all from COVID. Robert Wheeler wrote:
But governments aren’t having to market the chip as a method to track, trace, and control their populations.
Instead, they are marketing the chip as a way to track and detect COVID and other coronaviruses.
Clearly, this is a much easier sell to a public literally terrorized by their governments and mainstream media outlets for the last six months.
Raul Diego details the creation and coming rollout of the new biochip in his article, “A DARPA-Funded Implantable Microchip to Detect COVID-19 Could Hit Markets By 2021,” where he writes,
The most significant scientific discovery since gravity has been hiding in plain sight for nearly a decade and its destructive potential to humanity is so enormous that the biggest war machine on the planet immediately deployed its vast resources to possess and control it, financing its research and development through agencies like the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and HHS’ BARDA.
The revolutionary breakthrough came to a Canadian scientist named Derek Rossi in 2010 purely by accident.
The now-retired Harvard professor claimed in an interview with the National Post that he found a way to “reprogram” the molecules that carry the genetic instructions for cell development in the human body, not to mention all biological lifeforms.
These molecules are called ‘messenger ribonucleic acid’ or mRNA and the newfound ability to rewrite those instructions to produce any kind of cell within a biological organism has radically changed the course of Western medicine and science, even if no one has really noticed yet.
As Rossi, himself, puts it:
“The real important discovery here was you could now use mRNA, and if you got it into the cells, then you could get the mRNA to express any protein in the cells, and this was the big thing.” (Source)
The microchip talk died down but the fact it as even a discussion and topic of COVID research should be troubling. Anyway, after the initial microchip hubbub, the push got redirected toward our next conspiracy theory.
#6) Mandatory jjabs
Remember back when nobody thought that adults would ever be forced to take jjabs except for “crazy conspiracy theorists?” Well, that day is coming sooner than many people expect.
A much-heralded COVID jjab could be rolled out in a matter of days. Pfizer and BioNTech have both concluded Phase 3 of rushing their jabs to market. There are still many, many questions.
The return to many of our old familiar ways will take time, and how much time remains unclear. The answers await more research into the jjabs, how they can be distributed and how many people are willing to get them.
“A jjab won’t be available immediately for everybody,” says Arthur Reingold, a professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley…
…“It probably will take four to six months,” he says.
“What that says to me is that people will have to keep wearing masks at least until spring. We won’t be in a magically different situation by February or March. I don’t see how that can possibly happen.”
Equally important are the unknowns about the jjabs themselves. Scientists still don’t know how long jjab-induced protection will last, for example, or whether inoculations can block actual infection, or only prevent the onset of disease.
If the latter turns out to be the case, meaning the jjabs keep us from getting sick, but not infected, we still could be infectious to others. Until we know, don’t toss those masks into the trash…
…Andrew Badley, an immunovirologist who chairs Mayo Clinic’s covid-19 task force, says the return of any normal activities depends on numerous factors, including how many people get vaccinated.
“The only possibility that life will return to normal by summer is if the majority of the population receives the jjabs by then and the early efficacy data is borne out in ongoing studies,” he says.
He adds, however: “I think it is unlikely we will be able to vaccinate the majority of the population by then.” (source)
And how will they make sure that “the majority” of the population gets the jjabs?
It’ll start out easy — there are tons of people who will gladly roll up their sleeves to get a vaccination that was rushed to market with no testing on the long-term effects.
And then, the rest of us will be coerced by being unable to go to work, to a concert, to school, or into a public building without proof we’ve been vaccinated.
YOU WALK TOWARD the arena, ready for a big game, tickets in hand. But what you see is a long line wrapping around the corner of the building and a bottleneck at the entrance as people search their pockets and purses for a small piece of paper.
To be cleared to enter, you’ll also need that document — proof that you’ve received a COVID-19 vaccination.
This is the future as some experts see it: a world in which you’ll need to show you’ve been inoculated against the novel coronavirus to attend a sports game, get a manicure, go to work, or hop on a train.
“We’re not going to get to the point where the jjab police break down your door to vaccinate you,” says Arthur Caplan, a bioethicist at New York University’s School of Medicine.
But he and several other health policy experts envision jjab mandates could be instituted and enforced by local governments or employers — similar to the current jjab requirements for school-age children, military personnel, and hospital workers…
…The mandates can be directed toward customers, as well. Just as business owners can bar shoeless and shirtless clients from entering their restaurants, salons, arenas, and stores, they can legally keep people out for any number of reasons, “as long as they’re not running afoul of any antidiscrimination laws,” says Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, a professor of health and jjab law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
When a COVID-19 jjab becomes available, some experts think states will require targeted industries to enforce jjab mandates for their employees, especially those we’ve come to know as “essential workers.”
“Grocery store workers get exposed to a lot of people, but also have the chance to infect a lot of people because of the nature of their work and the fact that virtually everybody needs to buy food,” says Carmel Shachar, executive director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School.
Hospitality industry workers — those who work in restaurants, bars, and coffee shops, for example — could also see similar mandates.
“It’s in an employer’s interest to make sure that their workplace is protected and that you can’t infect your colleagues,” Shachar says.
“Having a widely accessible jjab gets a lot of employers out of having to control their clients’ behavior.” And with a vaccinated workforce, “you don’t need to worry if the people you’re serving at the restaurant have COVID-19.”
Even the general public could be incentivized to get vaccinated.
“Oddly enough, the best way to impose a mandate is to reward people with more freedom if they follow that mandate,” Caplan says.
For example, with proof of inoculation, you would be able to attend a sporting event “as a reward for doing the right thing,” he says.
“And I can imagine people saying, If you want to go to my restaurant, my bowling alley, or my tattoo parlor, then I want to see a jjab certificate, too.”
Booster shots could also be required, depending on the efficacy of future jjabs. (source)
Doesn’t it just make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside how all these experts are planning to force an unwilling populace to accept an untested jjab? It’s all for our own good, you know.
#7) Re-education camps
Remember how we all used to joke about being put into FEMA camps? Well…..
Finally, for those of us who believed these conspiracy theories were conspiracy facts all along – oh – and for Trump voters – there’s the discussion about how to re-educate us so we can rejoin society.
In a Twitter thread run amok, we saw the dark side of some “well-educated” Democrats who were sincerely trying to figure out how to redeem those of us who did not vote for Joe Biden.
No seriously…how *do* you deprogram 75 million people? Where do you start? Fox? Facebook? We have to start thinking in terms of post-WWII Germany or Japan. Or the failures of Reconstruction in the South. — David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) November 18, 2020
I know conservatives are upset by some of the responses here. And yeah, many are out of line. But what do you expect people to do in self-preservation? The Right has been running 4 years on "fuck your feelings, my conspiracy theories are valid opinions, and we have more guns." — David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) November 19, 2020
Thank you for starting this conversation. Ignoring the propaganda and disinformation problem would be a grave mistake. We should already have a plan to combat it. Simply replacing the President does nothing. We need actual deprogramming efforts, & we should consult cult experts. — Laura Miers (@LauraMiers) November 18, 2020
Of course, he doesn’t really mean re-education camps. Of course not.
And no, of course I'm not advocating "re-education camps" or anything like that. The point is that conservative infotainment is disinformation propaganda indistuinguishable from cult programming, and social media algorithms enable it. — David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) November 19, 2020
And Laura found she bit off a bit more than she intended to chew. So of course she blamed non-Americans. (Probably those darned Russians, right?)
If anyone is interested in how these attacks work, see the below tweets. Suggesting public health measures or combatting propaganda brings trolls by the hundreds. It’s not organic, it’s organized. Information warfare. It has a chilling effect on speech, which is the point. https://t.co/1rEwPsz8zB — Laura Miers (@LauraMiers) November 19, 2020
I’m not really sure how we go about combatting propaganda, disinformation, & hate when those who speak out on social media are targeted with tsunamis of hate, death & rape threats. I’ve never encountered it at this magnitude. It started after the election. — Laura Miers (@LauraMiers) November 19, 2020
Welcome to my inbox for the past 8 years, Laura. Every time I have posted a pro-gun, pro-self-defense article, I’ve been barraged with “creative” rape threats with a vast variety of implements and violent threats by the “peaceful” left.
People have wished my children dead in a school shooting. So cry me a river, Laura, if your “thoughtful discussion” of putting me and people like me into anti-cult deprogramming in a gulag put you in an unpleasant position.
Trust me, you get used to it. Heck, you might even begin to understand why I’m a gun owner.
What other conspiracy theories have been proven true this year?
Ultimate Proof: Covid-19 Was Planned To Usher In The New World Order
Is it just me or has 2020 been like reading every “crazy conspiracy” rabbit hole on the internet while dropping acid?
Except you can’t come down from the trip because it’s all actually happening. As the insanity continues, make sure you have this book to help you get prepared.
What other former “wacky” theories have become fact this year? Share your thoughts in the comments.


humansarefree--2020-11-26--Harvard Researchers: Nearly HALF of Young Adults Showing Signs of Depression Amid Pandemic

Mounting evidence shows that pandemic-related lockdowns and restrictions have inflicted much more harm on younger people than the coronavirus itself .
A new report reveals that nearly half of 18 to 24 year-olds are “ showing at least moderate depressive symptoms , ” and for many the depression is severe .
Researchers at Harvard , Northeastern , Rutgers , and Northwestern universities conducted eight large survey rounds across all US states from April through October , finding that young adults are increasingly having suicidal thoughts .
In the US adult population as a whole , the incidence of suicidal ideation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this new study reveals that in October , 36.9 percent of young adults had suicidal thoughts , compared to 32.2 percent in May in the wake of the first round of government lockdowns .
These new figures reinforce similarly dismal data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) in August .
The CDC found that one-quarter of young people ages 18-24 contemplated suicide in the previous month , in large part due to the pandemic and lockdowns .
“ In effect , what we ’ ve been doing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ burden of controlling a disease from which they face little to no risk , ” said Dr. Jay Bhattacharya .
Latest CDC Data : Covid-19 Poses Virtually No Death Risk For People Under The Age Of 50 According to the new study , lockdowns and other pandemic policies have drastically upended the lives of most young adults .
Only 20 percent of study participants said that they experienced little change since the pandemic began .
Instead , just over half of the participants said that their school or university had closed , while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from home , 28 percent experienced a pay cut , and 26 percent were laid off .
“ The next [ presidential ] administration will lead a country where unprecedented numbers of younger individuals are experiencing depression , anxiety , and , for some , thoughts of suicide , ” the report ’ s authors conclude .
“ These symptoms are not concentrated among any particular subgroup or region in our survey ; they are elevated in every group we examined.
” Dr. Jay Bhattacharya , a professor of medicine at Stanford University @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Great Barrington Declaration advocating against lockdowns , explains that the negative impact of government lockdowns on young people ’ s health and well-being is much more severe than the impact of the virus on this cohort .
In a debate last week with pro-lockdown Harvard epidemiologist , Marc Lipsitch , Dr. Bhattacharya acknowledged that COVID-19 “ is an absolutely deadly disease for people who are older and for people who have certain chronic conditions.
” He explained that there is a 95 percent COVID-19 survival rate for people 70 and older , while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there is currently a 99.95 percent survival rate .
“ For children , ” said Dr. Bhattacharya in the debate , “ the flu is worse .
We ’ ve had more flu deaths of children this year than Covid deaths.
” Given the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on older people and those with certain chronic conditions , Dr. Bhattacharya and his Great Barrington Declaration co-authors argue for a “ Focused Protection ” approach that would shield the most vulnerable in society while allowing younger , healthy people to go about their lives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Lockdowns have absolutely catastrophic effects on physical and mental health of populations both domestically and internationally , ” Dr. Bhattacharya said during the debate .
“ For people who are under 60 or 50 the lockdown harms — again mentally and physically — are worse than COVID.
” With more US states and countries now imposing new lockdowns in response to rising COVID-19 cases , the mental health of young people is likely to further deteriorate .
Already disconnected from many of their peers with work , school , and college shutdowns @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with new 10:00 pm curfews and 10-person gathering limits in some areas , closed restaurants and bars , travel restrictions , and socially distanced holidays .
Relying on government lockdowns to save some lives while ignoring the ways in which these lockdowns do harm to other lives is unhelpful and damaging .
Meanwhile , college students are being shamed by administrators for celebrating their football team ’ s win or snitched on by peers for socializing .
It ’ s not surprising that young adults are feeling increasingly anxious and depressed .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : “ In effect , what we ’ ve been doing is requiring young people to bear the burden of controlling a disease from which they face little to no risk .
This is entirely backward from the right approach.
” Lockdowns And Social Distancing : SUICIDE Claimed More Lives In October Than 10 Months Of COVID-19 In Japan Many of those advocating an end to lockdowns recognize their unintended consequences and the harm they cause to individuals and groups that may match or exceed the harm caused by the virus itself .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ isolation , and economic displacement is one unintended consequence of these policies , but there are others as well .
For example , the World Bank reported in October that 150 million people are expected to be thrust into extreme poverty by 2021 as a result of the pandemic response , which would be the first rise in global poverty in more than 20 years .
Large Study From 160 Countries Over 8 Months : Lockdowns NOT Linked With Lower COVID Death Rates There are no easy answers to managing a pandemic , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ societies , and not top-down planners , can discover .
Relying on government lockdowns to save some lives while ignoring the ways in which these lockdowns do harm to other lives is unhelpful and damaging .
“ The uncomfortable truth is that no policy can save lives ; it can only trade lives .
Good policies result in a net positive tradeoff .
But we have no idea whether the tradeoff is a net positive until we take a sober look at the cost of saving lives .
And we can ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ if it saves just one life ’ nonsense.
” As the pandemic continues , the severe costs of lockdowns on young adults and others are becoming distressingly clear .

by Kerry McDonald
Mounting evidence shows that pandemic-related lockdowns and restrictions have inflicted much more harm on younger people than the coronavirus itself.
A new report reveals that nearly half of 18 to 24 year-olds are “showing at least moderate depressive symptoms,” and for many the depression is severe.
Researchers at Harvard, Northeastern, Rutgers, and Northwestern universities conducted eight large survey rounds across all US states from April through October, finding that young adults are increasingly having suicidal thoughts.
In the US adult population as a whole, the incidence of suicidal ideation typically hovers around 3.4 percent. But this new study reveals that in October, 36.9 percent of young adults had suicidal thoughts, compared to 32.2 percent in May in the wake of the first round of government lockdowns.
These new figures reinforce similarly dismal data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in August. The CDC found that one-quarter of young people ages 18-24 contemplated suicide in the previous month, in large part due to the pandemic and lockdowns.
“In effect, what we’ve been doing is requiring young people to bear the burden of controlling a disease from which they face little to no risk,” said Dr. Jay Bhattacharya.
Latest CDC Data: Covid-19 Poses Virtually No Death Risk For People Under The Age Of 50
According to the new study, lockdowns and other pandemic policies have drastically upended the lives of most young adults. Only 20 percent of study participants said that they experienced little change since the pandemic began.
Instead, just over half of the participants said that their school or university had closed, while 41 percent had to adapt to working from home, 28 percent experienced a pay cut, and 26 percent were laid off.
“The next [presidential] administration will lead a country where unprecedented numbers of younger individuals are experiencing depression, anxiety, and, for some, thoughts of suicide,” the report’s authors conclude.
“These symptoms are not concentrated among any particular subgroup or region in our survey; they are elevated in every group we examined.”
Young People Bear the Burden
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a professor of medicine at Stanford University and one of the authors of the Great Barrington Declaration advocating against lockdowns, explains that the negative impact of government lockdowns on young people’s health and well-being is much more severe than the impact of the virus on this cohort.
In a debate last week with pro-lockdown Harvard epidemiologist, Marc Lipsitch, Dr. Bhattacharya acknowledged that COVID-19 “is an absolutely deadly disease for people who are older and for people who have certain chronic conditions.”
He explained that there is a 95 percent COVID-19 survival rate for people 70 and older, while for people who are under 70, there is currently a 99.95 percent survival rate.
“For children,” said Dr. Bhattacharya in the debate, “the flu is worse. We’ve had more flu deaths of children this year than Covid deaths.”
Given the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on older people and those with certain chronic conditions, Dr. Bhattacharya and his Great Barrington Declaration co-authors argue for a “Focused Protection” approach that would shield the most vulnerable in society while allowing younger, healthy people to go about their lives and help to build population immunity.
“Lockdowns have absolutely catastrophic effects on physical and mental health of populations both domestically and internationally,” Dr. Bhattacharya said during the debate.
“For people who are under 60 or 50 the lockdown harms — again mentally and physically — are worse than COVID.”
With more US states and countries now imposing new lockdowns in response to rising COVID-19 cases, the mental health of young people is likely to further deteriorate.
Already disconnected from many of their peers with work, school, and college shutdowns, these young people must now contend with new 10:00 pm curfews and 10-person gathering limits in some areas, closed restaurants and bars, travel restrictions, and socially distanced holidays.
Relying on government lockdowns to save some lives while ignoring the ways in which these lockdowns do harm to other lives is unhelpful and damaging.
Meanwhile, college students are being shamed by administrators for celebrating their football team’s win or snitched on by peers for socializing. It’s not surprising that young adults are feeling increasingly anxious and depressed.
As Dr. Bhattacharya said in remarks last month:
“In effect, what we’ve been doing is requiring young people to bear the burden of controlling a disease from which they face little to no risk. This is entirely backward from the right approach.”
Lockdowns And Social Distancing: SUICIDE Claimed More Lives In October Than 10 Months Of COVID-19 In Japan
Unintended Consequences of Lockdowns
Many of those advocating an end to lockdowns recognize their unintended consequences and the harm they cause to individuals and groups that may match or exceed the harm caused by the virus itself.
Declining mental health due to lockdowns, isolation, and economic displacement is one unintended consequence of these policies, but there are others as well.
For example, the World Bank reported in October that 150 million people are expected to be thrust into extreme poverty by 2021 as a result of the pandemic response, which would be the first rise in global poverty in more than 20 years.
Large Study From 160 Countries Over 8 Months: Lockdowns NOT Linked With Lower COVID Death Rates
There are no easy answers to managing a pandemic, just manifold subtle answers that only free societies, and not top-down planners, can discover.
Relying on government lockdowns to save some lives while ignoring the ways in which these lockdowns do harm to other lives is unhelpful and damaging.
As professors Antony Davies and James Harrigan write:
“The uncomfortable truth is that no policy can save lives; it can only trade lives. Good policies result in a net positive tradeoff. But we have no idea whether the tradeoff is a net positive until we take a sober look at the cost of saving lives. And we can’t do that until we stop with the ‘if it saves just one life’ nonsense.”
As the pandemic continues, the severe costs of lockdowns on young adults and others are becoming distressingly clear.