humansarefree--2020-11-06--OxyContin Maker Pleads Guilty to Its Role in the Opioid Crisis and Shuts Down

Purdue Pharma — the maker of OxyContin — finally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September 2019 .
At the end of October 2020 , Purdue Pharma agreed to plead guilty to three federal criminal charges relating to its role in the opioid crisis , including violating a federal anti-kickback law , conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government and violating the Food , Drug and Cosmetic Act .
To settle the charges , Purdue is supposed to pay $ 8.3 billion in fines , forfeiture of past profits and civil liability payments .
However , the company doesn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so , instead , Purdue Pharma will be dissolved , and its assets used to erect a “ public benefit company , ” in other words , a government-owned and controlled drug company .
“ The estimated financial cost of opioid addiction and death in the U.S. was $ 504 billion in 2015 .
In addition to health care costs , criminal justice costs and lost productivity due to addiction or incarceration , this figure also takes into account projected lost earnings and the value of statistical life for people who died prematurely.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ controlled by a trust that will “ balance the trust ’ s interests against those of the American public and public health.
” 15 Future earnings from this public benefit company will be used to pay off the $ 8.3 billion penalty , which in turn is supposed to be used to combat the opioid crisis .
This is a remarkable development , and one wonders just how functional this setup is going to be .
In essence , the government will now be in the business of making and selling opioids , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ used to combat opioid addiction .
It seems like a circular and rather illogical setup .
According to CNN : “ Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen , who announced the settlement , defended the plans for the new company to continue to sell that drug , saying there are legitimate uses for painkillers such as OxyContin.
” The Sackler family , meanwhile , have reached a separate settlement in which they will pay $ 225 million in civil liability for causing false claims about OxyContin to be made to Medicare and other government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ does not release the Sacklers from potential criminal liability , it seems the family will walk away scot-free .
And , considering they already transferred some $ 10 billion into their family trusts , the $ 225 million fine is a very small fraction , so they won ’ t end up wanting financially either .
Proving they have no remorse , Sackler family members , in a recent statement , shifted blame for the company ’ s illegal activities on its managers , saying they “ relied on management assertions the company @ @ @ @ @ @ @ several Sackler family members sat on the company board and were intimately familiar with the company ’ s marketing strategy .
It ’ s unclear whether this DOJ agreement affects or includes the Sacklers ’ other opioid company , Rhodes Pharmaceuticals .
If not , it falls short in that respect too , since they would then be able to continue their opioid business .
Between 2009 and 2016 , Rhodes ’ market share of opioid sales actually exceeded that of Purdue itself .
Aside from Purdue and Rhodes , the Sacklers have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cambridge-based drug company that manufactures — you guessed it — opioids .
In 2018 , seven family members resigned from their directors ’ posts at Napp following a string of bad publicity relating to alleged tax evasion schemes .
Mortimer Sackler , since deceased , was found to have avoided paying income tax , capital gains tax and inheritance taxes in the U.K. by falsely claiming non-domiciled status .
The family was also accused of using a Bermuda-based company to avoid paying corporate taxes for Napp Pharmaceuticals .
By Dr. Joseph Mercola , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Revolutionary Diet to Combat Cancer , Boost Brain Power , and Increase Your Energy

Purdue Pharma — the maker of OxyContin — finally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September 2019. At the end of October 2020, Purdue Pharma agreed to plead guilty to three federal criminal charges relating to its role in the opioid crisis, including violating a federal anti-kickback law, conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government and violating the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
To settle the charges, Purdue is supposed to pay $8.3 billion in fines, forfeiture of past profits and civil liability payments.
However, the company doesn’t have enough cash to cover the payments so, instead, Purdue Pharma will be dissolved, and its assets used to erect a “public benefit company,” in other words, a government-owned and controlled drug company.
“The estimated financial cost of opioid addiction and death in the U.S. was $504 billion in 2015. In addition to health care costs, criminal justice costs and lost productivity due to addiction or incarceration, this figure also takes into account projected lost earnings and the value of statistical life for people who died prematurely.”
This new company will reportedly be controlled by a trust that will “balance the trust’s interests against those of the American public and public health.”15 Future earnings from this public benefit company will be used to pay off the $8.3 billion penalty, which in turn is supposed to be used to combat the opioid crisis.
This is a remarkable development, and one wonders just how functional this setup is going to be. In essence, the government will now be in the business of making and selling opioids, the profits from which will then be used to combat opioid addiction. It seems like a circular and rather illogical setup. According to CNN:
“Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, who announced the settlement, defended the plans for the new company to continue to sell that drug, saying there are legitimate uses for painkillers such as OxyContin.”
Sackler Family Walk Away Scot-Free, Again
The Sackler family, meanwhile, have reached a separate settlement in which they will pay $225 million in civil liability for causing false claims about OxyContin to be made to Medicare and other government health care programs.
While the agreement does not release the Sacklers from potential criminal liability, it seems the family will walk away scot-free. And, considering they already transferred some $10 billion into their family trusts, the $225 million fine is a very small fraction, so they won’t end up wanting financially either.
Proving they have no remorse, Sackler family members, in a recent statement, shifted blame for the company’s illegal activities on its managers, saying they “relied on management assertions the company acted lawfully.” This, even though several Sackler family members sat on the company board and were intimately familiar with the company’s marketing strategy.
It’s unclear whether this DOJ agreement affects or includes the Sacklers’ other opioid company, Rhodes Pharmaceuticals. If not, it falls short in that respect too, since they would then be able to continue their opioid business. Between 2009 and 2016, Rhodes’ market share of opioid sales actually exceeded that of Purdue itself.
Aside from Purdue and Rhodes, the Sacklers have also profited from Napp Pharmaceuticals, a Cambridge-based drug company that manufactures — you guessed it — opioids. In 2018, seven family members resigned from their directors’ posts at Napp following a string of bad publicity relating to alleged tax evasion schemes.
Mortimer Sackler, since deceased, was found to have avoided paying income tax, capital gains tax and inheritance taxes in the U.K. by falsely claiming non-domiciled status. The family was also accused of using a Bermuda-based company to avoid paying corporate taxes for Napp Pharmaceuticals.
By Dr. Joseph Mercola, author of Fat for Fuel: A Revolutionary Diet to Combat Cancer, Boost Brain Power, and Increase Your Energy


humansarefree--2020-11-06--The Mainstream Media’s COVID Cover-up Continues

The mainstream media ’ s double standard when it comes to accuracy is undeniable to anyone with a shred of integrity .
For stories that favor the Left or damage the Right , the bar couldn ’ t be lower .
For stories that are vice-versa , however , the media ’ s scrutiny has no end .
We ’ ve seen the phenomenon ad nauseam for years now , but its frequency and impact has reached a critical level .
We saw it with Christine Blasey Ford and her uncorroborated accusations against Justice Brett Kavanaugh that were willingly regurgitated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see it currently with the unfolding scandal involving Hunter Biden , as the media scoffs at its legitimacy in spite of the validated authenticity of the emails that kick-started the whole hubbub .
There is arguably no story , however , where the media ’ s duplicity is more evident and more detrimental than what we ’ ve seen regarding their reporting on COVID-19 .
Reporting on the political aspects of COVID-19 has been one-sided since the beginning of the pandemic .
Whatever the mainstream news outlet , New York ’ s Democrat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ having done a splendid job managing his state through the pandemic , whereas Florida ’ s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has been depicted as having screwed the pooch .
Forget the fact that New York ’ s COVID-19 deaths-per-million ( which is undoubtedly the most equitable statistic in evaluating the virus ’ deadliness ) of over 1,725 per million is more than double that of Florida .
Facts be damned for our media , they need to cover up for Democrats ’ incompetence , even if it means endangering American lives .
After @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the safety of a potential COVID-19 vaccine , an indisputably political approach , USA Today recently reported that only 58 % of Americans plan to get the vaccination once it ’ s available .
In one breath , Democrats tell us that the virus is so fearsome that we must destroy our economy and forsake our basic rights , and in the next they instill terror about receiving an inoculation to thwart it .
The Democrats ’ actions have been downright reckless , but our mainstream media insists on covering up their efforts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the much-publicized interactions between President Trump and interviewer Leslie Stahl leading up to its airing , over 17 million viewers tuned in to watch “ 60 Minutes ” on 10/25 .
While the president ’ s defiant dialogue with Stahl was obviously the top story , the second half of the program featured Joe Biden being interviewed by Norah O ’ Donnell , and COVID-19 was predictably one of the key topics they discussed .
O ’ Donnell asked Biden about Dr. Scott Atlas , the president ’ s top advisor on COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ young people to go about their business and older people to sequester.
” Biden began shaking his head as O ’ Donnell asked the question , and replied , “ Nobody thinks he makes any sense , nobody .
No serious doctor around the world.
” O ’ Donnell didn ’ t bother to challenge Biden ’ s response , and instead followed up by asking , “ But how do you not lock down the economy ?
” Biden ’ s response was a deliberate lie , and the lack of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she wasn ’ t just guilty of poor journalism , she was complicit in the falsehood .
On October 5th , The Great Barrington Declaration ( GBD ) was released to the public , almost three full weeks before Biden ’ s interview .
For those who ’ ve never heard of the GBD , you shouldn ’ t feel left out .
Our mainstream media has barely covered its existence , and are in fact doing everything they can to ignore it .
Written by three renowned infectious disease epidemiologists — one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — the GBD makes several recommendations that sound suspiciously similar to what Dr. Atlas has advocated for , and what President Trump has pitched to the American public .
Among other things , the document advises : • “ Those who are not vulnerable should immediately be allowed to resume life as normal.
” • “ Restaurants and other businesses should open.
” • “ Schools and universities should be open for in-person teaching.
” The GBD advises that communities and countries strive for herd immunity .
The very mention of herd immunity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with opponents such as Dr. Anthony Fauci of the CDC suggesting such an approach will kill people .
But the credibility of the GBD is not simply limited to the credentials of its three authors , though their résumés are thoroughly impressive .
To date , there have been over 11,000 medical and public health scientists from around the world that have also signed the declaration , along with another 32,000 medical practitioners .
But Joe Biden told 17 million Americans that “ no serious doctor around the world ” agrees with Dr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just went right along with the lie ?
As Joe might say , “ C ’ mon man.
” For Joe Biden to dismiss almost 44,000 scientists and medical practitioners as “ nobody , ” and for a journalist as prominent as Norah O ’ Donnell to simply accept Biden ’ s dismissal as legitimate , is beyond irresponsible .
Americans , and indeed people throughout the world , need to understand the science of this awful pandemic .
The Left and their media are constantly demanding such an approach , shouting “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But they only want us to listen to the scientists they like , who just happen to be the ones that disagree with President Trump and Dr. Atlas .
In addition to the recommendations in the GBD , the document also points out the perils of ignoring them .
While the most obvious negative effects of lockdowns are the destruction of our economy and the subsequent mental health impacts , the GBD calls out the damage they cause to the actual physical health of those affected by lockdowns .
If lockdowns continue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ damage ” will be sustained , with the underprivileged being disproportionately affected .
The GBD points to the devastation being inflicted in both the long term and short term , with “ lower childhood vaccination rates , worsening cardiovascular disease outcomes , [ and ] fewer cancer screenings.
” The GBD denounces the politicization of COVID-19 , and counsels a common-sense approach moving forward .
Protect the elderly and vulnerable , but younger and less-vulnerable folks should go back to normal .
Open up restaurants and schools , but if you have symptoms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ go back to work , but be smart about it .
Sweden : No Hard Lockdowns , Masks , Or Social Distancing And One Of The Lowest COVID-19 Fatality Rate In Europe and September 2020 Least Deadly Month Ever Recorded In Sweden It may be months , or years , before we know who got it right : the scientists and doctors who signed the GBD , or Dr. Fauci and his supporters .
But if we are going to consider further destroying our country again with possible extended lockdowns , shouldn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ discussion and consider various points of view from all legitimate scientists ?
The Left and their media can ’ t afford to have President Trump ’ s positions legitimized .
If someone comes out and backs Trump ’ s COVID-19 plans , the media have to cover it up .
They have to discredit them , even if that means winking and nodding to Joe Biden ’ s absurd claim that 44,000 scientists/doctors are “ nobody.
” If it appears likely that a vaccination will be available to potentially save thousands of lives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of its safety lest President Trump is blessed with good news , and the media must cover that up as well .
They must do everything they can to ensure Trump loses next Tuesday , up to and including persisting with the outrageous cover-up campaign they ’ ve been engaging in for months ; regardless of what harm they might cause .

The mainstream media’s double standard when it comes to accuracy is undeniable to anyone with a shred of integrity. For stories that favor the Left or damage the Right, the bar couldn’t be lower. For stories that are vice-versa, however, the media’s scrutiny has no end.
by P. F. Whalen
We’ve seen the phenomenon ad nauseam for years now, but its frequency and impact has reached a critical level. We saw it with Christine Blasey Ford and her uncorroborated accusations against Justice Brett Kavanaugh that were willingly regurgitated by Democrats and their media.
We see it currently with the unfolding scandal involving Hunter Biden, as the media scoffs at its legitimacy in spite of the validated authenticity of the emails that kick-started the whole hubbub.
There is arguably no story, however, where the media’s duplicity is more evident and more detrimental than what we’ve seen regarding their reporting on COVID-19.
Reporting on the political aspects of COVID-19 has been one-sided since the beginning of the pandemic. Whatever the mainstream news outlet, New York’s Democrat governor Andrew Cuomo has been covered as having done a splendid job managing his state through the pandemic, whereas Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has been depicted as having screwed the pooch.
Forget the fact that New York’s COVID-19 deaths-per-million (which is undoubtedly the most equitable statistic in evaluating the virus’ deadliness) of over 1,725 per million is more than double that of Florida. Facts be damned for our media, they need to cover up for Democrats’ incompetence, even if it means endangering American lives.
After months of leading Democrats stoking fears about the safety of a potential COVID-19 jjab, an indisputably political approach, USA Today recently reported that only 58% of Americans plan to get the vaccination once it’s available.
In one breath, Democrats tell us that the virus is so fearsome that we must destroy our economy and forsake our basic rights, and in the next they instill terror about receiving an inoculation to thwart it. The Democrats’ actions have been downright reckless, but our mainstream media insists on covering up their efforts and playing along.
Likely driven by the much-publicized interactions between President Trump and interviewer Leslie Stahl leading up to its airing, over 17 million viewers tuned in to watch “60 Minutes” on 10/25. While the president’s defiant dialogue with Stahl was obviously the top story, the second half of the program featured Joe Biden being interviewed by Norah O’Donnell, and COVID-19 was predictably one of the key topics they discussed.
O’Donnell asked Biden about Dr. Scott Atlas, the president’s top advisor on COVID-19, and Atlas’ recommendation for “young people to go about their business and older people to sequester.” Biden began shaking his head as O’Donnell asked the question, and replied, “Nobody thinks he makes any sense, nobody. No serious doctor around the world.”
O’Donnell didn’t bother to challenge Biden’s response, and instead followed up by asking, “But how do you not lock down the economy?” Biden’s response was a deliberate lie, and the lack of a follow-up by O’Donnell shows that she wasn’t just guilty of poor journalism, she was complicit in the falsehood.
On October 5th, The Great Barrington Declaration (GBD) was released to the public, almost three full weeks before Biden’s interview. For those who’ve never heard of the GBD, you shouldn’t feel left out.
Our mainstream media has barely covered its existence, and are in fact doing everything they can to ignore it.
Written by three renowned infectious disease epidemiologists — one each from Harvard, Stanford and Oxford — the GBD makes several recommendations that sound suspiciously similar to what Dr. Atlas has advocated for, and what President Trump has pitched to the American public.
Among other things, the document advises:
“Those who are not vulnerable should immediately be allowed to resume life as normal.”
“Restaurants and other businesses should open.”
“Schools and universities should be open for in-person teaching.”
The GBD advises that communities and countries strive for herd immunity. The very mention of herd immunity has become verboten in many circles, with opponents such as Dr. Anthony Fauci of the CDC suggesting such an approach will kill people. But the credibility of the GBD is not simply limited to the credentials of its three authors, though their résumés are thoroughly impressive.
To date, there have been over 11,000 medical and public health scientists from around the world that have also signed the declaration, along with another 32,000 medical practitioners. But Joe Biden told 17 million Americans that “no serious doctor around the world” agrees with Dr. Atlas? And Norah O’Donnell just went right along with the lie? As Joe might say, “C’mon man.”
For Joe Biden to dismiss almost 44,000 scientists and medical practitioners as “nobody,” and for a journalist as prominent as Norah O’Donnell to simply accept Biden’s dismissal as legitimate, is beyond irresponsible.
Americans, and indeed people throughout the world, need to understand the science of this awful pandemic. The Left and their media are constantly demanding such an approach, shouting “follow the science” at every opportunity. But they only want us to listen to the scientists they like, who just happen to be the ones that disagree with President Trump and Dr. Atlas.
In addition to the recommendations in the GBD, the document also points out the perils of ignoring them. While the most obvious negative effects of lockdowns are the destruction of our economy and the subsequent mental health impacts, the GBD calls out the damage they cause to the actual physical health of those affected by lockdowns.
If lockdowns continue, the document predicts that “irreparable damage” will be sustained, with the underprivileged being disproportionately affected. The GBD points to the devastation being inflicted in both the long term and short term, with “lower childhood vaccination rates, worsening cardiovascular disease outcomes, [and] fewer cancer screenings.”
The GBD denounces the politicization of COVID-19, and counsels a common-sense approach moving forward. Protect the elderly and vulnerable, but younger and less-vulnerable folks should go back to normal.
Open up restaurants and schools, but if you have symptoms, stay home. The less-vulnerable should go back to work, but be smart about it.
Sweden: No Hard Lockdowns, Masks, Or Social Distancing And One Of The Lowest COVID-19 Fatality Rate In Europe and September 2020 Least Deadly Month Ever Recorded In Sweden
It may be months, or years, before we know who got it right: the scientists and doctors who signed the GBD, or Dr. Fauci and his supporters. But if we are going to consider further destroying our country again with possible extended lockdowns, shouldn’t we at least have an honest discussion and consider various points of view from all legitimate scientists?
The Left and their media can’t afford to have President Trump’s positions legitimized. If someone comes out and backs Trump’s COVID-19 plans, the media have to cover it up. They have to discredit them, even if that means winking and nodding to Joe Biden’s absurd claim that 44,000 scientists/doctors are “nobody.”
If it appears likely that a vaccination will be available to potentially save thousands of lives, Democrats must try to instill fear of its safety lest President Trump is blessed with good news, and the media must cover that up as well.
They must do everything they can to ensure Trump loses next Tuesday, up to and including persisting with the outrageous cover-up campaign they’ve been engaging in for months; regardless of what harm they might cause.


humansarefree--2020-11-07--This Scientific Study States the Sphinx May Be Up to 800,000 Years Old

“ …it is the sea level during the Calabrian phase which is the closest to the present mark with the highest GES ( Great Egyptian Sphinx ) hollow at its level .
High level of seawater also caused the Nile overflowing and created long-living water-bodies .
As to time , it corresponds to 800,000 years.
” Great , mysterious , almost mystical , shrouded in mystery , millennial , how else would you describe this amazing ancient monument ?
It is probably one of the most recognized monuments in the world , one of the icons representative of the power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , cradle , and tomb of pharaohs .
It is ironic then , that the Great Sphinx of Giza is also one of the least understood architectural wonders of ancient Egypt , even though researchers from around the globe have tried to understand when the Sphinx was carved , how , why and what it represents .
But the most mysterious part of the Sphinx is probably its age .
Egyptologists estimate that it was sculpted around the XXVI century BC.
, as part of the funerary complex .
Having a lion ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this strange hybrid being , which we know with the term of the Sphinx , is one of the most striking productions of Egyptian art .
The ancient Egyptians called it Shesep-ankh , “ living image , ” the name given to the royal statues .
They symbolized the idea of strength and power , and the Pharaoh was generally represented in this form .
This is indicated by the fact that the sphinxes wore Nemes— the striped headcloth worn by pharaohs in ancient Egypt .
This ancient monument faces from West to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the west bank of the Nile in Giza , Egypt .
The face of the Sphinx is commonly assumed to represent the Pharaoh Khafre .
The Great Sphinx was created by carving a mound of limestone located on the Giza plateau .
It has a height of about twenty meters and the fact of the creatures measures around five meters .
In ancient times it was painted in bright colors : red body and face , and the Nemes that covered the head was decorated with yellow and blue stripes .
Titled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dating the great Egyptian sphinx construction ” a study presented in 2008 offers controversial details about the Great Sphinx of Giza , and particularly its age .
As noted by Vjacheslav I. Manichev and Alexander G. Parkhomenko in their study , after all these years of intensive scientific work trying to determine the exact age of the Sphinx , we still have problems coming to an agreement .
“ The problem of dating the Great Egyptian Sphinx is still valid , despite the long-term history of its research .
A geological approach in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the question about the relative age of the Sphinx .
The conducted visual research of the Sphinx allowed the conclusion about the important role of water from large water bodies which partially flooded the structure with the formation of wave-cut hollows on its vertical walls , ” wrote experts in the study .
“ The morphology of these formations has an analogy with similar hollows formed by the sea in the coastal zones .
The genetic similarity of the compared erosion forms and the geological formation and petrographic composition of sedimentary rock complexes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ factor of destruction of the Great Sphinx is the wave energy rather than sand abrasion in Eolian process.
” “ Voluminous geological literature confirms the fact of the existence of long-living fresh-water lakes in various periods of the Quaternary from the Lower Pleistocene to the Holocene.
” “ These lakes were distributed in the territories adjacent to the Nile .
The absolute mark of the large upper erosion hollow of the Sphinx corresponds to the level of water surface which took place in the Early Pleistocene.
” “ The Great Egyptian Sphinx was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that geological ( historical ) time , ” concluded experts .
Manichev and Parkhomenko are convinced that the Great Sphinx had to have been submerged for a long time underwater and , to support this theory , they point towards existing literature of geological studies of the Giza Plateau .
According to a number of studies , it was at the end of the Pliocene geologic period ( sometime between 5.2 and 1.6 million years ago ) that seawater entered the Nile valley and gradually created flooding in the area .
This phenomenon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which are at the mark of 180 m above the present level of the Mediterranean Sea .
According to Manichev and Parkhomenko , it is the sea level during the Calabrian phase which is the closest to the present mark with the highest GES ( Great Egyptian Sphinx ) hollow at its level .
High level of seawater also caused the Nile overflowing and created long-living water-bodies .
As to time , it corresponds to 800000 years .

“…it is the sea level during the Calabrian phase which is the closest to the present mark with the highest GES (Great Egyptian Sphinx) hollow at its level. High level of seawater also caused the Nile overflowing and created long-living water-bodies. As to time, it corresponds to 800,000 years.”
Great, mysterious, almost mystical, shrouded in mystery, millennial, how else would you describe this amazing ancient monument?
It is probably one of the most recognized monuments in the world, one of the icons representative of the power and culture of the ancient Egyptian civilization, cradle, and tomb of pharaohs.
It is ironic then, that the Great Sphinx of Giza is also one of the least understood architectural wonders of ancient Egypt, even though researchers from around the globe have tried to understand when the Sphinx was carved, how, why and what it represents.
But the most mysterious part of the Sphinx is probably its age. Egyptologists estimate that it was sculpted around the XXVI century BC., as part of the funerary complex.
Having a lion’s body and a human head, this strange hybrid being, which we know with the term of the Sphinx, is one of the most striking productions of Egyptian art.
The ancient Egyptians called it Shesep-ankh, “living image,” the name given to the royal statues.
They symbolized the idea of strength and power, and the Pharaoh was generally represented in this form.
This is indicated by the fact that the sphinxes wore Nemes— the striped headcloth worn by pharaohs in ancient Egypt.
This ancient monument faces from West to East and stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt.
The face of the Sphinx is commonly assumed to represent the Pharaoh Khafre.
The Great Sphinx was created by carving a mound of limestone located on the Giza plateau.
It has a height of about twenty meters and the fact of the creatures measures around five meters.
In ancient times it was painted in bright colors: red body and face, and the Nemes that covered the head was decorated with yellow and blue stripes.
Titled “Geological aspect of the problem of dating the great Egyptian sphinx construction” a study presented in 2008 offers controversial details about the Great Sphinx of Giza, and particularly its age.
As noted by Vjacheslav I. Manichev and Alexander G. Parkhomenko in their study, after all these years of intensive scientific work trying to determine the exact age of the Sphinx, we still have problems coming to an agreement.
“The problem of dating the Great Egyptian Sphinx is still valid, despite the long-term history of its research. A geological approach in connection to other scientific-natural methods allows answering the question about the relative age of the Sphinx. The conducted visual research of the Sphinx allowed the conclusion about the important role of water from large water bodies which partially flooded the structure with the formation of wave-cut hollows on its vertical walls,” wrote experts in the study.
“The morphology of these formations has an analogy with similar hollows formed by the sea in the coastal zones. The genetic similarity of the compared erosion forms and the geological formation and petrographic composition of sedimentary rock complexes lead to a conclusion that the decisive factor of destruction of the Great Sphinx is the wave energy rather than sand abrasion in Eolian process.”
“Voluminous geological literature confirms the fact of the existence of long-living fresh-water lakes in various periods of the Quaternary from the Lower Pleistocene to the Holocene.”
“These lakes were distributed in the territories adjacent to the Nile. The absolute mark of the large upper erosion hollow of the Sphinx corresponds to the level of water surface which took place in the Early Pleistocene.”
“The Great Egyptian Sphinx was already present on the Giza Plateau by that geological (historical) time,” concluded experts.
Manichev and Parkhomenko are convinced that the Great Sphinx had to have been submerged for a long time underwater and, to support this theory, they point towards existing literature of geological studies of the Giza Plateau.
According to a number of studies, it was at the end of the Pliocene geologic period (sometime between 5.2 and 1.6 million years ago) that seawater entered the Nile valley and gradually created flooding in the area.
This phenomenon led to the formation of lacustrine deposits which are at the mark of 180 m above the present level of the Mediterranean Sea.
According to Manichev and Parkhomenko, it is the sea level during the Calabrian phase which is the closest to the present mark with the highest GES (Great Egyptian Sphinx) hollow at its level.
High level of seawater also caused the Nile overflowing and created long-living water-bodies. As to time, it corresponds to 800000 years.
Read the entire study here.
Reference: Ancient-code.com


humansarefree--2020-11-07--Bombshell: Fauci States COVID Test Has Fatal Flaw

OK , here we go .
Smoking gun .
Jackpot .
Right from the horse ’ s mouth .
Right from the man we ’ re told is the number-one COVID expert in the nation .
What Fauci says is golden truth .
Well , how about THIS ?
Tony Fauci makes a point of saying the PCR COVID test is useless and misleading when the test is run at “ 35 cycles or higher.
” A positive result , indicating infection , can not be accepted or believed .
Here , in techno-speak , is an excerpt from Fauci @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about the 4-minute mark [ 1 ] ) : “ …If you get [ perform the test at ] a cycle threshold of 35 or more… the chances of it being replication-confident [ aka accurate ] are miniscule… you almost never can culture virus [ detect a true positive result ] from a 37 threshold cycle…even 36… ” Each “ cycle ” of the test is a quantum leap in amplification and magnification of the test specimen taken from the patient .
Too many cycles , and the test will turn up all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wrongly interpreted as relevant .
What Fauci failed to say on the video is : the FDA , which authorizes the test for public use , recommends the test should be run up to 40 cycles .
Not 35 .
Therefore , all labs in the US that follow the FDA guideline are knowingly or unknowingly participating in fraud .
Fraud on a monstrous level , because millions of Americans are being told they are infected with the virus on the basis of a false positive result , and the total number of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ based on the test — is a gross falsity .
The lockdowns and other restraining measures are based on these fraudulent case numbers .
Let me back up and run that by you again .
Fauci says the test is useless when it ’ s run at 35 cycles or higher .
The FDA says run the test up to 40 cycles , in order to determine whether the virus is there .
This is the crime in a nutshell .
If anyone in the White House has a few brain cells to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bullhorn and start revealing the truth to the American people .
“ Hello , America , you ’ ve been tricked , lied to , conned , and taken for a devastating ride .
On the basis of fake science , the country was locked down.
” If anyone in the Congress has a few brain cells operating , pull Fauci into a televised hearing and , in ten minutes , make mincemeat out of the fake science that has driven this whole foul , stench-ridden assault on the US economy and its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two chunks of evidence for what I ’ ve written above .
First , we have a CDC quote on the FDA website , in a document titled [ 2 ] : “ CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus ( 2019-nCoV ) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel For Emergency Use Only.
” See page 35 .
This document is marked , “ Effective : 07/13/20.
” That means , even though the virus is being referred to by its older name , the document is still relevant as of July 2020 .
“ For Emergency Use Only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ FDA has certified the PCR test under a traditional category called “ Emergency Use Authorization.
” FDA : “ …a specimen is considered positive for 2019-nCoV [ virus ] if all 2019-nCoV marker ( N1 , N2 ) cycle threshold growth curves cross the threshold line within 40.00 cycles ( < 40.00 Ct ) .
” Naturally , MANY testing labs reading this guideline would conclude , “ Well , to see if the virus is there in a patient , we should run the test all the way to 40 cycles .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Then we have a New York Times article ( August 29/updated September 17 ) headlined : “ Your coronavirus test is positive .
Maybe it shouldn ’ t be.
” [ 3 ] Here are money quotes : “ Most tests set the limit at 40 [ cycles ] .
A few at 37.
” “ Set the limit ” would usually mean , “ We ’ re going to look all the way to 40 cycles , to see if the virus is there.
” The Times : “ This number of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , called the cycle threshold , is never included in the results sent to doctors and coronavirus patients… ” Boom .
That ’ s the capper , the grand finale .
Labs don ’ t or won ’ t reveal their collusion in this crime .
If a lawyer won ’ t go to court with all this , or if a judge won ’ t pay attention and see the light , they should be stripped of their jobs and sent to the Arctic to sell snow .

OK, here we go. Smoking gun. Jackpot.
Right from the horse’s mouth. Right from the man we’re told is the number-one COVID expert in the nation. What Fauci says is golden truth.
Well, how about THIS?
July 16, 2020, podcast, “This Week in Virology”:
Tony Fauci makes a point of saying the PCR COVID test is useless and misleading when the test is run at “35 cycles or higher.” A positive result, indicating infection, cannot be accepted or believed.
Here, in techno-speak, is an excerpt from Fauci’s key quote (starting at about the 4-minute mark [1]):
“…If you get [perform the test at] a cycle threshold of 35 or more… the chances of it being replication-confident [aka accurate] are miniscule… you almost never can culture virus [detect a true positive result] from a 37 threshold cycle…even 36…”
Each “cycle” of the test is a quantum leap in amplification and magnification of the test specimen taken from the patient.
Too many cycles, and the test will turn up all sorts of irrelevant material that will be wrongly interpreted as relevant.
That’s called a false positive.
What Fauci failed to say on the video is: the FDA, which authorizes the test for public use, recommends the test should be run up to 40 cycles. Not 35.
Therefore, all labs in the US that follow the FDA guideline are knowingly or unknowingly participating in fraud. Fraud on a monstrous level, because millions of Americans are being told they are infected with the virus on the basis of a false positive result, and the total number of COVID cases in America — which is based on the test — is a gross falsity.
The lockdowns and other restraining measures are based on these fraudulent case numbers.
Let me back up and run that by you again. Fauci says the test is useless when it’s run at 35 cycles or higher.
The FDA says run the test up to 40 cycles, in order to determine whether the virus is there. This is the crime in a nutshell.
If anyone in the White House has a few brain cells to rub together, pick up a giant bullhorn and start revealing the truth to the American people.
“Hello, America, you’ve been tricked, lied to, conned, and taken for a devastating ride. On the basis of fake science, the country was locked down.”
If anyone in the Congress has a few brain cells operating, pull Fauci into a televised hearing and, in ten minutes, make mincemeat out of the fake science that has driven this whole foul, stench-ridden assault on the US economy and its citizens.
All right, here are two chunks of evidence for what I’ve written above. First, we have a CDC quote on the FDA website, in a document titled [2]: “CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel For Emergency Use Only.” See page 35.
This document is marked, “Effective: 07/13/20.” That means, even though the virus is being referred to by its older name, the document is still relevant as of July 2020.
“For Emergency Use Only” refers to the fact that the FDA has certified the PCR test under a traditional category called “Emergency Use Authorization.”
FDA: “…a specimen is considered positive for 2019-nCoV [virus] if all 2019-nCoV marker (N1, N2) cycle threshold growth curves cross the threshold line within 40.00 cycles (< 40.00 Ct).”
Naturally, MANY testing labs reading this guideline would conclude, “Well, to see if the virus is there in a patient, we should run the test all the way to 40 cycles. That’s the official advice.”
Then we have a New York Times article (August 29/updated September 17) headlined: “Your coronavirus test is positive. Maybe it shouldn’t be.” [3] Here are money quotes:
“Most tests set the limit at 40 [cycles]. A few at 37.”
“Set the limit” would usually mean, “We’re going to look all the way to 40 cycles, to see if the virus is there.”
The Times: “This number of amplification cycles needed to find the virus, called the cycle threshold, is never included in the results sent to doctors and coronavirus patients…”
Boom. That’s the capper, the grand finale. Labs don’t or won’t reveal their collusion in this crime.
Get the picture?
I hope so.
If a lawyer won’t go to court with all this, or if a judge won’t pay attention and see the light, they should be stripped of their jobs and sent to the Arctic to sell snow.
By Jon Rappoport, Guest writer / References: [1] Fauci on YouTube.com; [2] FDA.gov; [3] NYtimes.com


humansarefree--2020-11-08--The 9 Parts of the Human Soul According to Ancient Egypt

In ancient Egypt , a person ’ s soul was thought to consist of nine separate parts which were integrated into a whole individual but had very distinct aspects .
In many ancient cultures such as those found in Asian , African , and even America , we find a Soul concept analogously similar to the concept developed by the religions of the Judeo-Christian group ( including Islam ) and European philosophy .
The soul , from the Vedic or Veda point of view , is the being , which by nature is eternal ( without birth or death or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ substance different from that of the physical body and which has its own consciousness .
From this point of view , material science or that which studies physical or material phenomena is limited because it can not study spiritual phenomena since its nature is different from physics .
This chapter of Bhagavad Gita deals with the nature of the soul .
But just as those ancient cultures explain in detail the concept of the human soul , the ancient Egyptians , known to have been one of the most advanced ancient civilization to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interesting concept that explains the human soul .
THE SOUL WAS NOT ONLY ONE ’ S CHARACTER BUT A COMPOSITE BEING OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES , EACH OF WHICH HAD ITS OWN ROLE TO PLAY IN THE JOURNEY OF LIFE AND AFTERLIFE .
The ancient Egyptians were convinced that the human soul was composed of NINE main parts : the Ren , the Ba , the Ka , the Shuyet , and the Jb , the Akh , the Sahu , the Khat and the Sechem .
( Note ) In some eras , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of five parts and in others seven , but , generally , it was nine .
Here we take a look at the NINE parts .
In addition to the components of the human soul , there was the human body referred to as the Ha—Haw—which was interpreted as the sum of bodily parts .
Jb ( The heart ) was an extremely important part of the Egyptian soul .
It was believed to form from one drop of blood from the child ’ s mother ’ s heart , taken at conception @ @ @ @ @ @ @ heart was the key to the afterlife .
Shuyet ( The Shadow ) is always present .
The ancient Egyptians believed the shadow summarized what a person represents .
Ren ( The name ) was another crucial part of the soul .
A person ’ s Ren was given to them at birth and the Egyptians believed that it would live for as long as that name was spoken .
Bâ ( The personality ) Resumed , the ancient Egyptians believed that Bâ was everything that makes a person unique .
Ka ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ancient Egyptians the Ka was a vital concept in the soul as it distinguishes the difference between a living and a dead person .
Khat ( The Body ) the Khat was referred to by the Ancient Egyptian as the physical body which when deceased , provided the ling between the soul and one ’ s earthly life .
Akh ( The Immortal Self ) according to ancient Egyptians , the Akh was the transformed immortal self which offered a magical union of the Ba and Ka .
Sahu ( The Judge ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which would come to a person as a ghost or while asleep in dreams .
Sahu was differentiated from all other aspects of the soul once the person was ‘ justified ’ by the God Osiris and judged worthy of eternal existence .
Sechem ( Another aspect of Akh ) The Sechem was another aspect of the Akh which allowed it mastery of circumstances .
It was considered the vital life energy of the person which manifested itself as the power that had the ability to control one ’ s surroundings and outcomes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Egyptians the human being , has eight degrees in personality : “ Ren ” , or “ he name , being able to keep existing according to the care of a correct embalming .
“ Sejem ” is the energy , the power , the light of the deceased .
“ Aj ” is the unification of “ Ka ” and “ Ba ” , in view of a return to existence .
“ Ba “ , which makes of an individual being what it is ; it also applies to inanimate things @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Western “ Soul ” .
“ Ka , ” the life force .
Sustained by food offerings to the deceased .
“ Sheut or Shuyet ” is the shadow of the person , represented by a completely black human figure .
“ Seju ” means the physical remains of the person .
“ Jat ” is the carnal part of the person .

In ancient Egypt, a person’s soul was thought to consist of nine separate parts which were integrated into a whole individual but had very distinct aspects.
In many ancient cultures such as those found in Asian, African, and even America, we find a Soul concept analogously similar to the concept developed by the religions of the Judeo-Christian group (including Islam) and European philosophy.
The soul, from the Vedic or Veda point of view, is the being, which by nature is eternal (without birth or death or without beginning or end) of a substance different from that of the physical body and which has its own consciousness.
From this point of view, material science or that which studies physical or material phenomena is limited because it cannot study spiritual phenomena since its nature is different from physics.
This chapter of Bhagavad Gita deals with the nature of the soul.
But just as those ancient cultures explain in detail the concept of the human soul, the ancient Egyptians, known to have been one of the most advanced ancient civilization to ever exist on Earth developed an extremely interesting concept that explains the human soul.
THE SOUL WAS NOT ONLY ONE’S CHARACTER BUT A COMPOSITE BEING OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES, EACH OF WHICH HAD ITS OWN ROLE TO PLAY IN THE JOURNEY OF LIFE AND AFTERLIFE.
The ancient Egyptians were convinced that the human soul was composed of NINE main parts: the Ren, the Ba, the Ka, the Shuyet, and the Jb, the Akh, the Sahu, the Khat and the Sechem.
(Note) In some eras, the soul was thought to be comprised of five parts and in others seven, but, generally, it was nine. Here we take a look at the NINE parts.
In addition to the components of the human soul, there was the human body referred to as the Ha—Haw—which was interpreted as the sum of bodily parts.
Jb (The heart) was an extremely important part of the Egyptian soul.
It was believed to form from one drop of blood from the child’s mother’s heart, taken at conception.
In ancient Egyptian mythology, the heart was the key to the afterlife.
Shuyet (The Shadow) is always present. The ancient Egyptians believed the shadow summarized what a person represents.
Ren (The name) was another crucial part of the soul. A person’s Ren was given to them at birth and the Egyptians believed that it would live for as long as that name was spoken.
Bâ (The personality) Resumed, the ancient Egyptians believed that Bâ was everything that makes a person unique.
Ka (The vital spark) According to the Ancient Egyptians the Ka was a vital concept in the soul as it distinguishes the difference between a living and a dead person.
Khat (The Body) the Khat was referred to by the Ancient Egyptian as the physical body which when deceased, provided the ling between the soul and one’s earthly life.
Akh (The Immortal Self) according to ancient Egyptians, the Akh was the transformed immortal self which offered a magical union of the Ba and Ka.
Sahu (The Judge) The Sahu was the aspect of Akh which would come to a person as a ghost or while asleep in dreams.
Sahu was differentiated from all other aspects of the soul once the person was ‘justified’ by the God Osiris and judged worthy of eternal existence.
Sechem (Another aspect of Akh) The Sechem was another aspect of the Akh which allowed it mastery of circumstances.
It was considered the vital life energy of the person which manifested itself as the power that had the ability to control one’s surroundings and outcomes.
Furthermore, according to the ancient Egyptians the human being, has eight degrees in personality:
“Ren”, or “he name, being able to keep existing according to the care of a correct embalming.
“Sejem” is the energy, the power, the light of the deceased.
“Aj” is the unification of “Ka” and “Ba”, in view of a return to existence.
“Ba“, which makes of an individual being what it is; it also applies to inanimate things. It is the closest concept to the Western “Soul”.
“Ka,” the life force. Sustained by food offerings to the deceased.
“Sheut or Shuyet” is the shadow of the person, represented by a completely black human figure.
“Seju” means the physical remains of the person.
“Jat” is the carnal part of the person.
Reference: Ancient-code.com


humansarefree--2020-11-07--Second Scientist to Analyse Nazca Alien Mummies Says They Are Real

“ At first sight , it looked like a normal body but looking closely at every body part we found could find several abnormalities .
“ For example , the head is bigger , it has wider eyes , a smaller nose , and it has no ears .
It has fewer vertebrae that a common human… ” The mummified remains discovered in Nazca Peru have created a massive debate among Alien believers , and researchers around the globe .
The scientific community was left awe-struck when UFO hunters and a group of researchers released a statement claiming they had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mummified remains of several alien bodies at an undisclosed cave at Nazca , Peru .
Soon after the statement was made , the scientific community struck the claims and tagged the entire thing as a hoax , saying that the alleged mummies were in fact fabricated , and were never actually discovered .
These comments were made despite the fact that skeptical scientists never took a look at the mummies , nor did they analyze them thoroughly .
Nevertheless , as the scientific community stood up against the story , most people believed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fact that Mr. Jaime Maussan — a UFO researcher and journalist from Mexico — and his team provided evidence suggesting the mummified remains found in Peru were not ordinary human beings .
Now , months after the mummies were found and analyzed by independent laboratories around the globe , a second scientist has studied the bodies discovered in Peru and said that they are not a hoax .
Dr. Jose Benitez , a doctor of forensic medicine , and member of the team studying the mummified remains has made shocking claims about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Benitez is the second scientists to put his reputation at stake by saying that the mummified remains could in fact be aliens or a least a new species we haven ’ t encountered before on Earth .
The first scientists to make the same claims was Dr. Edson Vivancoa , a skeletal specialist , who concluded after studying the remains , they were not human .
[ … ] Alexander : Something very important to understand about carbon-based life Humans share 50 % of our working DNA with a banana , 90 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 98 % with gorillas , and 98.6 % -99 % with chimpanzees .
This means that only around 1 % of the DNA is what separates us from chimps .
And what a collosal differance that 1 % makes !
It is very important to note that the now-extinct Neanderthals and Denisovans , were so similar to us that healthy , fertile baby hybrids could be born through interbreeding .
It is also very important to note that all human beings are 99.9 % identical in their genetic makeup .
The remaining @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
So , it is be expected that carbon-based aliens have a very similar DNA to ours as well .
Now that we have a better understanding about the DNA , I suggest you read this article as well : New DNA Updates On The Potential Alien Body Found In Nazca , Peru ( It ’ s Not Fake And Not Human )

“At first sight, it looked like a normal body but looking closely at every body part we found could find several abnormalities.
“For example, the head is bigger, it has wider eyes, a smaller nose, and it has no ears. It has fewer vertebrae that a common human…”
The mummified remains discovered in Nazca Peru have created a massive debate among Alien believers, and researchers around the globe.
The scientific community was left awe-struck when UFO hunters and a group of researchers released a statement claiming they had come across the mummified remains of the mummified remains of several alien bodies at an undisclosed cave at Nazca, Peru.
Soon after the statement was made, the scientific community struck the claims and tagged the entire thing as a hoax, saying that the alleged mummies were in fact fabricated, and were never actually discovered.
These comments were made despite the fact that skeptical scientists never took a look at the mummies, nor did they analyze them thoroughly.
Nevertheless, as the scientific community stood up against the story, most people believed they were probably a hoax, despite the fact that Mr. Jaime Maussan — a UFO researcher and journalist from Mexico — and his team provided evidence suggesting the mummified remains found in Peru were not ordinary human beings.
Now, months after the mummies were found and analyzed by independent laboratories around the globe, a second scientist has studied the bodies discovered in Peru and said that they are not a hoax.
Dr. Jose Benitez, a doctor of forensic medicine, and member of the team studying the mummified remains has made shocking claims about the mysterious remains discovered in Peru.
Benitez is the second scientists to put his reputation at stake by saying that the mummified remains could in fact be aliens or a least a new species we haven’t encountered before on Earth.
The first scientists to make the same claims was Dr. Edson Vivancoa, a skeletal specialist, who concluded after studying the remains, they were not human. […]
Alexander: Something very important to understand about carbon-based life
Humans share 50% of our working DNA with a banana, 90% with cats, 97.5% with mice, 98% with gorillas, and 98.6%-99% with chimpanzees. This means that only around 1% of the DNA is what separates us from chimps. And what a collosal differance that 1% makes!
It is very important to note that the now-extinct Neanderthals and Denisovans, were so similar to us that healthy, fertile baby hybrids could be born through interbreeding.
It is also very important to note that all human beings are 99.9% identical in their genetic makeup. The remaining 0.1% is what makes us different.
So, it is be expected that carbon-based aliens have a very similar DNA to ours as well.
Now that we have a better understanding about the DNA, I suggest you read this article as well: New DNA Updates On The Potential Alien Body Found In Nazca, Peru (It’s Not Fake And Not Human)
Reference: Ancient-code.com (excerpt)


humansarefree--2020-11-07--How Mainstream Media Fear-Mongers Misrepresent COVID-19

Today , like yesterday and tomorrow , news outlets will announce the number of new COVID-19 cases .
“ Cases , ” in this case , will be the number of people who tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday ’ s announcement .
In the spirit of accentuate the negative and eliminate the positive , the number of people who tested negative for COVID-19 will not be announced .
This matters because 300 new cases out of 3,000 tests is an alarming number , but 300 new cases out of 30,000 tests , while a cause for concern , is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as in most cases , context is what enables us to think about a number .
Numerators without denominators are seldom informative .
Today , like yesterday and tomorrow , news outlets will also announce the new number of COVID-19 deaths , along with the total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 to date .
Here again , context is needed .
The CDC ( Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ) has a bevy of competent and careful counters .
Those epidemiologists take the time that is necessary to gather the statistics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such , the number of deaths caused by the 2017–18 seasonal flu is the most recently finalized estimate for influenza deaths in the United States : 61,099 .
We had a vaccine for that flu , and about 37 percent of adults were vaccinated .
The vaccine was about 38 percent effective .
So it is reasonable to guess that if we had not had a vaccine for the 2017–18 flu , its mortality figure would have been about 69,690 .
Accordingly , if COVID-19 was only as inherently lethal as the 2017–18 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have a vaccine for COVID-19 , its mortality figure would be about 69,690 .
So if the two viruses reached those projected death tolls independently , we would expect about 130,789 deaths .
Fear-mongering can be lucrative .
Bad news grabs readers ’ attention and enables testing companies to reap unprecedented profits — but only if context is not allowed to dampen enthusiasm for accentuating the negative .
Unfortunately , we have surpassed 200,000 deaths .
In the spirit of if-it-bleeds-it-leads , however , media sensationalism attributes all possibly-COVID-19 deaths to COVID-19 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ CDC is careful to specify that its mortality graphs combine deaths from Pneumonia with flu-like symptoms , deaths from Influenza ( seasonal flu ) , and deaths from COVID-19 .
They call that combination “ Deaths due to PIC ” ( see Figure 1 below ) .
In early 2020 , patients who died from pneumonia with flu-like symptoms were seldom tested for seasonal flu or COVID-19 .
When COVID-19 testing became widely available , patients who tested positive for COVID-19 were seldom also tested for seasonal flu .
There was an alarming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ April 2020 .
An unknown number of those fatalities were patients who could have survived the seasonal flu or COVID-19 alone , but could not survive simultaneous infection with both viruses .
The important context here is an unknown number .
It tells us to be skeptical .
News outlets also announce absolute national death totals instead of per capita deaths .
Those numerators without denominators will keep the United States in first place for COVID-19 attributed deaths — ahead of Brazil , even though Brazil is ahead of the United States in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to being uninformative , numerators without denominators can be deceptive .
Fear-mongering can be lucrative .
Bad news grabs readers ’ attention and enables testing companies to reap unprecedented profits — but only if context is not allowed to dampen enthusiasm for accentuating the negative .
For example , even if U.S. deaths due to PIC top 400,000 in 2020 , whether COVID-19 without serious comorbidities caused the vast majority of those deaths or only the largest portion , those deaths should be considered in the context of the size of the U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the number of deaths otherwise expected this year ( about 2.8 million ) .
In the context of those denominators , PIC deaths are a real concern , but they are not catastrophic .
the 1957-58 Asian flu killed between 75,000 and 116,000 people in the United States , between 0.04 % and 0.07 % of the nation ’ s population then .
The 1968-69 Hong Kong flu killed about 100,000 , 0.05 % of the population .
The current [ Covid-19 ] death toll of 185,000 is 0.055 % of the current @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but it ’ s about the same magnitude as those two flu outbreaks and less deadly for those under 65 .
Yet , there were no statewide lockdowns , no massive school closings , no closed office buildings and factories , restaurants , and museums .
No one even considered shutting down Woodstock .
As of 2018 , about 700,000 people have died from HIV/AIDS , and about 655,000 people die from heart disease while about 140,000 die from stroke each year in the United States .
Even though stroke and heart disease @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deaths will swamp reasonable projections for COVID-19 deaths – but still , the effect of deaths from stroke , heart disease , and HIV/ AIDS has not been catastrophic because combating those illnesses has not entailed policies that cause massive unemployment , divert health care from other lethal illnesses , and raise the specter of economic collapse .
Three hundred and twenty eight million is a big denominator .
Given a concerning-but-not-catastrophic PIC pandemic , public health responses also need to be kept in proper perspective .
Wrong context is even worse than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of caution , the CDC decided to advise more stringent strategies than might have been appropriate – identifying and isolating patients , requiring social distancing , economic and social lockdowns , compulsory mask wearing , maybe even tracing contacts , et cetera — many of the strategies that helped defeat Ebola virus epidemics .
Sounds good , but there are two problems .
The first is feasibility of enforcement .
China ’ s government has the power over its provinces and people to enforce lockdowns and quarantine major cities like Wuhan ( 11 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is not that “ united.
” We have states ’ rights .
Even states whose governors try to isolate their state from other states find that their policies have more holes than a sieve .
A country that champions “ Give me liberty , or give me death ” and “ Live free or die ” can not enforce strictures that could work in theory .
Feasibility of enforcement aside , there is an epidemiological hitch that can not be overcome even in theory .
Compared to coronaviruses ( common cold , COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Ebola is super-lethal .
Super-lethal means that victims do not live long enough to become asymptomatic long-term carriers .
But with COVID-19 we have asymptomatic regular-spreaders , silent spreaders , and super-spreaders .
So when new cases and deaths decrease below pandemic levels in areas where CDC recommendations have been largely observed , and those areas begin to “ open up ” in response , non-immune people who come out of lockdown are at high risk of being infected by a plethora of highly mobile carriers .
This phenomenon drives what is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Covid-19 ( per the second bump in Figures 1 and 3 ) .
The term “ second wave ” can be misleading .
The virus does not do anything new .
New infections are caused by first exposure of non-immune individuals within a population that was closing in on herd immunity .
Herd immunity is both a reality and a mystery .
Plants can signal surrounding conspecifics when an infectious agent is on its way , enabling signal receivers to mount preemptive defenses that do not involve antibodies .
Perhaps it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ humans , have not evolved analogous signaling capacities .
Either way , we need to keep an open mind about unknown immunity mechanisms .
Common colds and seasonal flus spread like wildfire , then decline asymptotically toward zero .
The viruses involved are not naturally selected to become less infectious , but only a minority of potential victims suffer symptoms before herd immunity works its magic .
The phenomenon of herd immunity tells us to be skeptical about how much we really understand .
In Sweden , where the stringency of government responses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government responses in the U.S. ( see Figure 2 below ) , herd immunity appears to have been accomplished at the end of August while the U.S. appears to be months away from herd immunity ( see Figure 3 below ) .
Projecting U.S. deaths forward on Figure 3 strongly suggests that in addition to taking longer to reach herd immunity than Sweden , the U.S. per capita death total will be significantly higher than Sweden ’ s .
“ I told you so !
” would be a justifiable response from Swedes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most copiously and transparently sourced , interactive , appropriately caveated , and informative worldwide COVID-19 tracking website available .
In Africa , where the stringency of government responses to COVID-19 has often been even less than Sweden ’ s , the continent “ seems to have weathered the pandemic relatively well so far , ” raising “ the controversial idea of letting the virus run its course to allow the population to become immune , ” according to Science magazine .
Letting the virus run its course was recently advocated by dozens of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lockdown does not stop the pandemic , it merely slows its spread slightly and temporarily … When the restrictions are lifted , the virus continues its spread , and this after the country ’ s citizens have been weakened emotionally , economically and above all in terms of their health .
“ A lockdown does not prevent deaths .
On the contrary , it extends the period of time during which populations at risk are exposed to the virus … thus paradoxically causing excess mortality.
” Again , responses that are appropriate for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the difference in asymptomatic carrier prevalence .
Indeed , slowing the spread of a disease does not always mean reducing the spread of a disease .
Put differently , a curve can be flattened ( e.g.
, the peak can be pushed down , like the U.S. peak relative to the Swedish peak in Figure 3 ) without reducing the area under the curve .
Sometimes slowing the spread of a disease means that the same number of people need to become immune before herd immunity is acquired , such that slowing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Nevertheless , slowing disease spread prevents hospitals in densely populated areas from being overwhelmed , and allows more time for the development of improved treatments and possibly a vaccine — a tool that boosts herd immunity and should always be used when available .
So slowing the spread of a disease that requires the same percentage of immune individuals to reach herd immunity can mean fewer deaths from that disease per se .
COVID-19 may be an example , but the number of lives saved by flattening the COVID-19 curve seems likely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deaths caused by the CDC ’ s well-intentioned recommendations .
Data from Sweden and parts of Africa suggest that caring for the sick as we do with seasonal flus , but otherwise letting a coronavirus “ run its course ” may have been a wiser strategy .
If that happens , when COVID-19 finally becomes a not-fond memory , the more wizened among us will not be surprised to hear government officials take credit for having defeated the pandemic with their stringent responses — having conquered the catastrophe that they created .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how many people tested positive for COVID-19 , submit a reader comment asking how many people tested negative .
Sometimes a good question unmasks a half-asked , half-assed answer .
In addition to demanding good news that puts bad news into context , we need to retain a healthy skepticism toward cures that may be worse than the disease .
By John Hartung — Professor of Anesthesiology ( SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University ) .
His Ph.D. is in Anthropology ( Harvard ) .

Today, like yesterday and tomorrow, news outlets will announce the number of new COVID-19 cases. “Cases,” in this case, will be the number of people who tested positive for COVID-19 since yesterday’s announcement.
In the spirit of accentuate the negative and eliminate the positive, the number of people who tested negative for COVID-19 will not be announced.
This matters because 300 new cases out of 3,000 tests is an alarming number, but 300 new cases out of 30,000 tests, while a cause for concern, is not alarming. In this case, as in most cases, context is what enables us to think about a number. Numerators without denominators are seldom informative.
Today, like yesterday and tomorrow, news outlets will also announce the new number of COVID-19 deaths, along with the total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 to date.
Here again, context is needed. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) has a bevy of competent and careful counters. Those epidemiologists take the time that is necessary to gather the statistics required to make reliable estimates.
As such, the number of deaths caused by the 2017–18 seasonal flu is the most recently finalized estimate for influenza deaths in the United States: 61,099. We had a jjab for that flu, and about 37 percent of adults were vaccinated.
The jjab was about 38 percent effective. So it is reasonable to guess that if we had not had a jjab for the 2017–18 flu, its mortality figure would have been about 69,690.
Accordingly, if COVID-19 was only as inherently lethal as the 2017–18 seasonal flu, because we did not have a jjab for COVID-19, its mortality figure would be about 69,690. So if the two viruses reached those projected death tolls independently, we would expect about 130,789 deaths.
Fear-mongering can be lucrative. Bad news grabs readers’ attention and enables testing companies to reap unprecedented profits — but only if context is not allowed to dampen enthusiasm for accentuating the negative.
Unfortunately, we have surpassed 200,000 deaths. In the spirit of if-it-bleeds-it-leads, however, media sensationalism attributes all possibly-COVID-19 deaths to COVID-19. This is news outlet overkill.
The CDC is careful to specify that its mortality graphs combine deaths from Pneumonia with flu-like symptoms, deaths from Influenza (seasonal flu), and deaths from COVID-19. They call that combination “Deaths due to PIC” (see Figure 1 below).
In early 2020, patients who died from pneumonia with flu-like symptoms were seldom tested for seasonal flu or COVID-19. When COVID-19 testing became widely available, patients who tested positive for COVID-19 were seldom also tested for seasonal flu.
There was an alarming spike in PIC deaths during March and April 2020. An unknown number of those fatalities were patients who could have survived the seasonal flu or COVID-19 alone, but could not survive simultaneous infection with both viruses.
The important context here is an unknown number. It tells us to be skeptical. News outlets also announce absolute national death totals instead of per capita deaths.
Those numerators without denominators will keep the United States in first place for COVID-19 attributed deaths — ahead of Brazil, even though Brazil is ahead of the United States in per capita deaths. So in addition to being uninformative, numerators without denominators can be deceptive.
Fear-mongering can be lucrative. Bad news grabs readers’ attention and enables testing companies to reap unprecedented profits — but only if context is not allowed to dampen enthusiasm for accentuating the negative.
For example, even if U.S. deaths due to PIC top 400,000 in 2020, whether COVID-19 without serious comorbidities caused the vast majority of those deaths or only the largest portion, those deaths should be considered in the context of the size of the U.S. population (about 328 million) and the number of deaths otherwise expected this year (about 2.8 million). In the context of those denominators, PIC deaths are a real concern, but they are not catastrophic.
As put by Michael Barone,
the 1957-58 Asian flu killed between 75,000 and 116,000 people in the United States, between 0.04% and 0.07% of the nation’s population then. The 1968-69 Hong Kong flu killed about 100,000, 0.05% of the population.
The current [Covid-19] death toll of 185,000 is 0.055% of the current population. It will go higher, but it’s about the same magnitude as those two flu outbreaks and less deadly for those under 65.
Yet, there were no statewide lockdowns, no massive school closings, no closed office buildings and factories, restaurants, and museums. No one even considered shutting down Woodstock.
As of 2018, about 700,000 people have died from HIV/AIDS, and about 655,000 people die from heart disease while about 140,000 die from stroke each year in the United States.
Even though stroke and heart disease are not contagious, their combined 795,000 deaths will swamp reasonable projections for COVID-19 deaths – but still, the effect of deaths from stroke, heart disease, and HIV/ AIDS has not been catastrophic because combating those illnesses has not entailed policies that cause massive unemployment, divert health care from other lethal illnesses, and raise the specter of economic collapse. Three hundred and twenty eight million is a big denominator.
Given a concerning-but-not-catastrophic PIC pandemic, public health responses also need to be kept in proper perspective. Wrong context is even worse than no context.
Erring on the side of caution, the CDC decided to advise more stringent strategies than might have been appropriate – identifying and isolating patients, requiring social distancing, economic and social lockdowns, compulsory mask wearing, maybe even tracing contacts, et cetera — many of the strategies that helped defeat Ebola virus epidemics.
Sounds good, but there are two problems. The first is feasibility of enforcement. China’s government has the power over its provinces and people to enforce lockdowns and quarantine major cities like Wuhan (11 million people).
The United States is not that “united.” We have states’ rights. Even states whose governors try to isolate their state from other states find that their policies have more holes than a sieve. A country that champions “Give me liberty, or give me death” and “Live free or die” cannot enforce strictures that could work in theory.
Feasibility of enforcement aside, there is an epidemiological hitch that cannot be overcome even in theory. Compared to coronaviruses (common cold, COVID-19) and influenza viruses (flu), Ebola is super-lethal. Super-lethal means that victims do not live long enough to become asymptomatic long-term carriers. But with COVID-19 we have asymptomatic regular-spreaders, silent spreaders, and super-spreaders.
So when new cases and deaths decrease below pandemic levels in areas where CDC recommendations have been largely observed, and those areas begin to “open up” in response, non-immune people who come out of lockdown are at high risk of being infected by a plethora of highly mobile carriers.
This phenomenon drives what is often called a “second wave” of Covid-19 (per the second bump in Figures 1 and 3). The term “second wave” can be misleading. The virus does not do anything new. New infections are caused by first exposure of non-immune individuals within a population that was closing in on herd immunity.
Herd immunity is both a reality and a mystery. Plants can signal surrounding conspecifics when an infectious agent is on its way, enabling signal receivers to mount preemptive defenses that do not involve antibodies. Perhaps it is rash to assume that animals, including humans, have not evolved analogous signaling capacities.
Either way, we need to keep an open mind about unknown immunity mechanisms. Common colds and seasonal flus spread like wildfire, then decline asymptotically toward zero. The viruses involved are not naturally selected to become less infectious, but only a minority of potential victims suffer symptoms before herd immunity works its magic. The phenomenon of herd immunity tells us to be skeptical about how much we really understand.
In Sweden, where the stringency of government responses to COVID-19 has been substantially less than government responses in the U.S. (see Figure 2 below), herd immunity appears to have been accomplished at the end of August while the U.S. appears to be months away from herd immunity (see Figure 3 below).
Projecting U.S. deaths forward on Figure 3 strongly suggests that in addition to taking longer to reach herd immunity than Sweden, the U.S. per capita death total will be significantly higher than Sweden’s.
“I told you so!” would be a justifiable response from Swedes, but instead they have built the most copiously and transparently sourced, interactive, appropriately caveated, and informative worldwide COVID-19 tracking website available.
In Africa, where the stringency of government responses to COVID-19 has often been even less than Sweden’s, the continent “seems to have weathered the pandemic relatively well so far,” raising “the controversial idea of letting the virus run its course to allow the population to become immune,” according to Science magazine.
Letting the virus run its course was recently advocated by dozens of Israeli physicians and scientists:
“A lockdown does not stop the pandemic, it merely slows its spread slightly and temporarily … When the restrictions are lifted, the virus continues its spread, and this after the country’s citizens have been weakened emotionally, economically and above all in terms of their health.
“A lockdown does not prevent deaths. On the contrary, it extends the period of time during which populations at risk are exposed to the virus … thus paradoxically causing excess mortality.”
Again, responses that are appropriate for Ebola are not appropriate for COVID-19 because of the difference in asymptomatic carrier prevalence.
Indeed, slowing the spread of a disease does not always mean reducing the spread of a disease. Put differently, a curve can be flattened (e.g., the peak can be pushed down, like the U.S. peak relative to the Swedish peak in Figure 3) without reducing the area under the curve.
Sometimes slowing the spread of a disease means that the same number of people need to become immune before herd immunity is acquired, such that slowing disease spread slows acquisition of herd immunity.
Nevertheless, slowing disease spread prevents hospitals in densely populated areas from being overwhelmed, and allows more time for the development of improved treatments and possibly a jjab — a tool that boosts herd immunity and should always be used when available.
So slowing the spread of a disease that requires the same percentage of immune individuals to reach herd immunity can mean fewer deaths from that disease per se.
COVID-19 may be an example, but the number of lives saved by flattening the COVID-19 curve seems likely to be fewer than the number of deaths caused by the CDC’s well-intentioned recommendations. Data from Sweden and parts of Africa suggest that caring for the sick as we do with seasonal flus, but otherwise letting a coronavirus “run its course” may have been a wiser strategy.
Public health responses to COVID-19 that are more appropriate for Ebola can cause response overkill. Federal, state, and municipal response overkill has the potential to turn an inherently non-catastrophic virus into a catastrophe.
If that happens, when COVID-19 finally becomes a not-fond memory, the more wizened among us will not be surprised to hear government officials take credit for having defeated the pandemic with their stringent responses — having conquered the catastrophe that they created.
The next time a news outlet tells you how many people tested positive for COVID-19, submit a reader comment asking how many people tested negative.
Sometimes a good question unmasks a half-asked, half-assed answer. In addition to demanding good news that puts bad news into context, we need to retain a healthy skepticism toward cures that may be worse than the disease.
By John Hartung — Professor of Anesthesiology (SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University). His Ph.D. is in Anthropology (Harvard).


humansarefree--2020-11-07--A Child’s Voice: Pedophiles in High Places

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Production company : @ @ @ @ @ my opinion the degenerates in high places doing the kiddie trafficking and pretty much the @ @ @ @ @ puppet masters making our governments dance to the tune of the Lockdown Death Cult .
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John Paul Rice , independent Hollywood film @ @ @ @ @ Voice ” movie on human and child trafficking speaks out : FBI : Sex with @ @ @ @ @ Illegal Business in America

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The film he refers to is A Child’s Voice, expunged by Amazon but still available through VIMEO.com. Production company: No Restrictions Entertainment.
In my opinion the degenerates in high places doing the kiddie trafficking and pretty much the same crime syndicate as the puppet masters making our governments dance to the tune of the Lockdown Death Cult.
We really need to unite and take these enemies of humanity down.
John Paul Rice, independent Hollywood film producer of “A Childs Voice” movie on human and child trafficking speaks out:
FBI: Sex with Children is the Fastest Growing Illegal Business in America
Reference: UKreloaded.com