thelibertybeacon--2020-12-02--KEN’S CORNER: Abortions Behind a White Curtain

The morning sun broke through a golden-swirled mist , new spring leaves , and the Parish blue of an original and perfect day rose up in wonder .
A rainstorm-washed breeze , chilled by convection and condensation , filled my lungs with the scents of new life and earth ’ s amazing bounty .
I lay back comfortably on my veranda settee , and as Maddy handed me a freshly zapped cup of aromatic coffee , she kissed me on the top of my head .
Her gentle smile glowed fair as a ray of sunlight back-lit her hair , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I am still so very much in love .
What price would I pay for an hour such as this ?
Our new rescued kitten curled up between us , and we both glanced at each other knowingly .
In just a few days it had gone from homeless to finding refuge , quickly adapting .
It purred contently , watching a dazzling clash of blue-jay and Cardinal in our gum tree , dueling for a portion of my yard .
Both had been preening and courting all week , but now they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Two doves watched them from a perch just a few feet from us , and seemed to wonder at the bother .
Last year they built their nest with just a few bits of grass directly on the top of my kitchen window sill , high , dry and secure under our copper awning .
What amazing beauty is our world ?
On the floor , wedged behind a potted plant and the rail , I could see a grapefruit .
The grand-kids , no doubt .
And I remembered Maddy playing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ floor last weekend , using a grapefruit and paper cups .
Sounds so simple , but I still remember the laughter .
There is nothing like a child ’ s laughter to fill your heart , and I smiled to myself .
How on earth could that grapefruit have made it all the way from the living room to here ?
What an amazing gift is life , and as I look back over this morning , I can see my life stretched before me… I ask you , what would you give @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one hour ?
Everything you own ?
And why is that ?
How precious is just an hour of your time , even while sitting on the interstate , for instance , waiting for the police to clear a wreck ?
Indeed , is that lost time ?
Do you value that moment , that segment you consider possibly stolen from you ?
What is an hour to you as you jam on music , cursing at the delay ?
And then , what is an hour worth as you slowly drive by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a white curtain as bodies are extracted .
A white curtain on fixed tripods , designed for the privacy of death , …erected for your timid sensibilities .
So precious , life is so amazingly precious , that not one rescue-worker even notices the Louis Vuitton purse sitting on the ground in a bed of reflector plastic .
Do you feel a slight shiver , a small sliver of ice down your spine when you realize the gravity of the moment you are observing was just three minutes away at your speed .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ take that experience with you , learn from it , or was the true impact of that moment hidden from view ?
A curtain , that hid the lesson .
But what you do remember , in retrospect , was the Louis Vuitton purse .
Each and every day here in America , a little less than 3,000 babies are aborted .
Three thousand lives cut short as a forceps pulls at a struggling fetus arm or leg , a perfect human being in miniature , to a suction nozzle designed to crush @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brains into a tube .
A human brain , a marvel beyond all comparison on Earth , and in an instant , 95 years of life is gone .
What is the price of that life ?
Twelve hundred dollars , as it is sold for stem-cell research .
It is difficult to wrap your mind around such a number , 3000 per day , 185,000 this year , and 56 million since Roe vs Wade in 1973 .
Planned Parenthood accounted for 6 , 373,756 since 1970 , with 52 , 189 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were performed after 16 week gestation .
Since 1980 , World Wide , there has been 1,286,166,499 , abortions , about 100,000 per day , according to the World Health Organization .
And why is there a counter for after 16 weeks ?
There is a lot of argument about “ When does life begin ?
” It would seem to be pretty hard for anyone to argue that a baby at 16 weeks gestation “ is just a blob of tissue ” based on what the scientific community knows today about the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : – The body is fully formed , the fingers and toes have fingerprints & nails .
– Is about 5 inches long and weighs about 3 ounces .
– The baby is moving about : may grasp for the umbilical cord , suck it ’ s thumb , and make facial expressions .
– The heart & circulatory system and the urinary tract are fully functioning .
and the blood is pumping through these tiny veins .
– The baby is inhaling and exhaling the amniotic fluid through the lungs .
-The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the baby can see straight ahead & blink his/her eyelids .
– The genitals have formed .
In the case of a girl , the uterus has already developed and the ovaries are in the proper place .
And I ask myself , …what is an hour of life worth ?
And what of a lifetime ?
What of a billion lifetimes ?
It is unarguable that an abortion is a conspiracy between a doctor and a woman , what other can it be called ?
A seemingly desperate woman , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consent to perform it .
One for money , the other , most often , out of selfishness , and both separated by a curtain .
A white curtain on fixed tripods , designed for the privacy of death , …for your timid sensibilities .
Perhaps , just a thought , but maybe we should remove the curtain ?
Author ’ s note : Can it be so simple that abortion is done for convenience , for birth control ?
…or is it the price a fetus will bring for stem cell research @ @ @ @ @ @ @ options at stake ?
As we look deep into a black box of a world gone crazy by ignorance , evil , and greed , a world we view from above in condescension and apathy , there is a nether world , just beyond the curtain , within arm ’ s reach , where the blood of innocence is spilled each and every day , and you are responsible .
Surely , we can blame the corporation .
It is an ingenious device used to obtain profit at the expense of individual responsibility @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by you , with your tax dollars , shouldn ’ t the burden of responsibility rest soundly on you as well ?
You see , from a moral perspective , so lost in this equation , an abortion is but an echo of your silence , your complacency , and in the halls of eternity and your soul , it is as deafening as the silent screams of a child in amniotic fluid , as they are torn limb from limb .
From the Author , Ken La Rive – We in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back this country for less than a decade , peacefully and with the love of God and country in our hearts .
Our banner has been trampled on and displaced by a multitude of distractions , further eroding our nation and the cause for Liberty .
And so , as we are pulled by forces we can not fathom , powerful entities with unlimited resources stolen from our future , unaccountable trillions printed out of thin air and put on our backs as debt , we must formulate the most pitiful of all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ final hour : Are we going to fight for our master ’ s tyranny , or are we going to demand the return of our civil liberties and Constitution ?
Are we going to choose The Banner of Liberty , or the shackles of voluntary servitude ?
Will it be a war for corporate profit , or a war to regain our ability to self govern , as the blood and toil of our forefathers presented to us , their children , as a gift ?
I fear that decision is emanate .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a hard one , but my greatest fear of all is that the decision has already been made for us .

KEN’S CORNER: Abortions Behind a White Curtain
By TLB Contributing Writer: Ken LaRive
The morning sun broke through a golden-swirled mist, new spring leaves, and the Parish blue of an original and perfect day rose up in wonder. A rainstorm-washed breeze, chilled by convection and condensation, filled my lungs with the scents of new life and earth’s amazing bounty.
I lay back comfortably on my veranda settee, and as Maddy handed me a freshly zapped cup of aromatic coffee, she kissed me on the top of my head. Her gentle smile glowed fair as a ray of sunlight back-lit her hair, and after all of these years, I am still so very much in love. What price would I pay for an hour such as this?
Our new rescued kitten curled up between us, and we both glanced at each other knowingly. In just a few days it had gone from homeless to finding refuge, quickly adapting. It purred contently, watching a dazzling clash of blue-jay and Cardinal in our gum tree, dueling for a portion of my yard. Both had been preening and courting all week, but now they wanted a place to build a nest. Two doves watched them from a perch just a few feet from us, and seemed to wonder at the bother. Last year they built their nest with just a few bits of grass directly on the top of my kitchen window sill, high, dry and secure under our copper awning. What amazing beauty is our world?
On the floor, wedged behind a potted plant and the rail, I could see a grapefruit. The grand-kids, no doubt. And I remembered Maddy playing bowling with them on the living room floor last weekend, using a grapefruit and paper cups. Sounds so simple, but I still remember the laughter. There is nothing like a child’s laughter to fill your heart, and I smiled to myself. How on earth could that grapefruit have made it all the way from the living room to here?
What an amazing gift is life, and as I look back over this morning, I can see my life stretched before me…
I ask you, what would you give for an hour of it? Just one hour? Everything you own? And why is that? How precious is just an hour of your time, even while sitting on the interstate, for instance, waiting for the police to clear a wreck? Indeed, is that lost time? Do you value that moment, that segment you consider possibly stolen from you? What is an hour to you as you jam on music, cursing at the delay? And then, what is an hour worth as you slowly drive by and see the crushed car draped in a white curtain as bodies are extracted. A white curtain on fixed tripods, designed for the privacy of death, …erected for your timid sensibilities.
So precious, life is so amazingly precious, that not one rescue-worker even notices the Louis Vuitton purse sitting on the ground in a bed of reflector plastic. Do you feel a slight shiver, a small sliver of ice down your spine when you realize the gravity of the moment you are observing was just three minutes away at your speed. But then, were you able to take that experience with you, learn from it, or was the true impact of that moment hidden from view? A curtain, that hid the lesson. But what you do remember, in retrospect, was the Louis Vuitton purse.
“In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
Prior to the recent SCOTUS overturn of Roe vs Wade, each and every day here in America, a little less than 3,000 babies were aborted (new figures are not yet available). Three thousand lives cut short as a forceps pulls at a struggling fetus arm or leg, a perfect human being in miniature, to a suction nozzle designed to crush a skull and then suck its pulverized brains into a tube. A human brain, a marvel beyond all comparison on Earth, and in an instant, 95 years of life is gone. What is the price of that life? Twelve hundred dollars, as it is sold for stem-cell research.
It is difficult to wrap your mind around such a number, 3000 per day, 185,000 last year, and 56 million since Roe vs Wade in 1973. Planned Parenthood accounted for 6, 373,756 since 1970, with 52, 189 last year alone, and 9,804 abortions were performed after 16 week gestation. Since 1980, World Wide, there has been 1,286,166,499, abortions, about 100,000 per day, according to the World Health Organization. And why is there a counter for after 16 weeks?
There is a lot of argument about “When does life begin?” It would seem to be pretty hard for anyone to argue that a baby at 16 weeks gestation “is just a blob of tissue” based on what the scientific community knows today about the development of a baby at 16 weeks:
– The body is fully formed, the fingers and toes have fingerprints & nails. – Is about 5 inches long and weighs about 3 ounces. – The baby is moving about: may grasp for the umbilical cord, suck it’s thumb, and make facial expressions. – The heart & circulatory system and the urinary tract are fully functioning. and the blood is pumping through these tiny veins. – The baby is inhaling and exhaling the amniotic fluid through the lungs. -The eyes are in the proper position, and the baby can see straight ahead & blink his/her eyelids. – The genitals have formed. In the case of a girl, the uterus has already developed and the ovaries are in the proper place.
And I ask myself, …what is an hour of life worth? And what of a lifetime? What of a billion lifetimes? It is unarguable that an abortion is a conspiracy between a doctor and a woman, what other can it be called? A seemingly desperate woman, and a hungry disconnected doctor, and they consent to perform it. One for money, the other, most often, out of selfishness, and both separated by a curtain. A white curtain on fixed tripods, designed for the privacy of death, …for your timid sensibilities. Perhaps, just a thought, but maybe we should remove the curtain?
Author’s note: Can it be so simple that abortion is done for convenience, for birth control? …or is it the price a fetus will bring for stem cell research, and the government grants and stock options at stake?
As we look deep into a black box of a world gone crazy by ignorance, evil, and greed, a world we view from above in condescension and apathy, there is a nether world, just beyond the curtain, within arm’s reach, where the blood of innocence is spilled each and every day, and you are responsible. Surely, we can blame the corporation. It is an ingenious device used to obtain profit at the expense of individual responsibility. But as the killing is paid by you, with your tax dollars, shouldn’t the burden of responsibility rest soundly on you as well? You see, from a moral perspective, so lost in this equation, an abortion is but an echo of your silence, your complacency, and in the halls of eternity and your soul, it is as deafening as the silent screams of a child in amniotic fluid, as they are torn limb from limb.
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From the Author, Ken La Rive – We in the Liberty movement have been fighting to take back this country for less than a decade, peacefully and with the love of God and country in our hearts. Our banner has been trampled on and displaced by a multitude of distractions, further eroding our nation and the cause for Liberty. And so, as we are pulled by forces we cannot fathom, powerful entities with unlimited resources stolen from our future, unaccountable trillions printed out of thin air and put on our backs as debt, we must formulate the most pitiful of all questions any patriot might ask in the final hour: Are we going to fight for our master’s tyranny, or are we going to demand the return of our civil liberties and Constitution? Are we going to choose The Banner of Liberty, or the shackles of voluntary servitude? Will it be a war for corporate profit, or a war to regain our ability to self govern, as the blood and toil of our forefathers presented to us, their children, as a gift? I fear that decision is emanate. I fear that any decision will be a hard one, but my greatest fear of all is that the decision has already been made for us.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-12-02--Cost of Lockdowns: A Preliminary Report That Makes Ugly Reading [VIDEO]

ER Editor : In the tables presented below , those in the original report ( AIER ) have active links to their sources .
With thanks to Global Research for successfully compressing difficult-to-republish data .
Now is an appropriate time to interject with a recent short video report by James Corbett , titled What NO ONE is Saying About The Lockdowns : If you are advocating for lockdowns , you are complicit in tearing families apart .
You are complicit in inflicting untold suffering on millions of people around the world .
You are complicit in casting the poorest and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ further grinding poverty .
You are complicit in murder .
In the debate over coronavirus policy , there has been far too little focus on the costs of lockdowns .
It ’ s very common for the proponents of these interventions to write articles and large studies without even mentioning the downsides .
Here is a brief look at the cost of stringencies in the United States , and around the world , including stay-at-home orders , closings of business and schools , restrictions on gatherings , shutting of arts and sports , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the freedom of movement .
• Collateral Global – A global repository of research concerned with collateral effects of the COVID-19 lockdown measures .
• Lockdown Resistance – Focuses on Covid-19 policy impacts on wellbeing , quality of life and life-expectancy .
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ER Editor: In the tables presented below, those in the original report (AIER) have active links to their sources. With thanks to Global Research for successfully compressing difficult-to-republish data. Now is an appropriate time to interject with a recent short video report by James Corbett, titled What NO ONE is Saying About The Lockdowns: If you are advocating for lockdowns, you are complicit in tearing families apart. You are complicit in inflicting untold suffering on millions of people around the world. You are complicit in casting the poorest and most vulnerable in our societies into even further grinding poverty. You are complicit in murder. ******** Cost of Lockdowns: A Preliminary Report AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH
In the debate over coronavirus policy, there has been far too little focus on the costs of lockdowns. It’s very common for the proponents of these interventions to write articles and large studies without even mentioning the downsides. Here is a brief look at the cost of stringencies in the United States, and around the world, including stay-at-home orders, closings of business and schools, restrictions on gatherings, shutting of arts and sports, restrictions on medical services, and interventions in the freedom of movement. Mental Health The Economy Unemployment Education Healthcare Crime Food and Hospitality **** Source Other resources: Collateral Global – A global repository of research concerned with collateral effects of the COVID-19 lockdown measures.
Lockdown Resistance – Focuses on Covid-19 policy impacts on wellbeing, quality of life and life-expectancy.
Retail Dive – Maintains a running list of 2020 retail bankruptcies. ************
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thelibertybeacon--2020-12-02--Dr. Wodarg and Dr. Yeadon Request a Stop of ALL Corona Vaccination Studies, Call to SIGN THE PETITIO

Dr. Wodarg and Dr. Yeadon Request a Stop of ALL Corona Vaccination Studies, Call to SIGN THE PETITION

On the one hand , the petitioners demand that , due to the known lack of accuracy of the PCR test in a serious study , a so-called Sanger sequencing must be used .
This is the only way to make reliable statements on the effectiveness of a vaccine against Covid-19 .
On the basis of the many different PCR tests of highly varying quality , neither the risk of disease nor a possible vaccine benefit can be determined with the necessary certainty , which is why testing the vaccine on humans is unethical per se .
Furthermore , they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ e.g .
by means of animal experiments , that risks already known from previous studies , which partly originate from the nature of the corona viruses , can be realized .
The concerns are directed in particular to the following points : • The formation of so-called “ non-neutralizing antibodies ” can lead to an exaggerated immune reaction , especially when the test person is confronted with the real , “ wild ” virus after vaccination .
This so-called antibody-dependent amplification , ADE , has long been known from experiments with corona vaccines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the course of these studies all cats that initially tolerated the vaccination well died after catching the wild virus .
• The vaccinations are expected to produce antibodies against spike proteins of SARS-CoV-2 .
However , spike proteins also contain syncytin-homologous proteins , which are essential for the formation of the placenta in mammals such as humans .
It must be absolutely ruled out that a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 could trigger an immune reaction against syncytin-1 , as otherwise infertility of indefinite duration could result in vaccinated women .
• The mRNA vaccines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .
70 % of people develop antibodies against this substance – this means that many people can develop allergic , potentially fatal reactions to the vaccination .
• The much too short duration of the study does not allow a realistic estimation of the late effects .
As in the narcolepsy cases after the swine flu vaccination , millions of healthy people would be exposed to an unacceptable risk if an emergency approval were to be granted and the possibility of observing the late effects of the vaccination were to follow .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ for emergency approval on December 1 , 2020 .
CALL FOR HELP : Dr. Wodarg and Dr. Yeadon ask as many EU citizens as possible to co-sign their petition by sending the e-mail prepared here to the EMA .
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ER Editor: Just to be clear, we’re itemizing the relevant links here, which are also found in the article below:
Drs. Yeadon & Wodarg’s Application with the European Medicines Agency , which lays out their case to halt covid vaccine studies in detail over 43 pages
, which lays out their case to halt covid vaccine studies in detail over 43 pages Link to pre-formatted e-mail, which is our personal signature on the petition: e-mail prepared here to the EMA
Readers may be particularly interested in the site 2020News, which has issued the article below, for its English-language reporting on Germany and other countries: https://2020news.de/en/home-english/.
New to us is the information that the spike protein (see image) on a coronavirus contains the protein syncytin-1, vital for the formation of human placenta in women. If the vaccine works so that we form an immune response AGAINST the spike protein, we are also training the female body to attack syncytin-1, which could lead to infertility in women of an unspecified duration.
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Dr. Wodarg and Dr. Yeadon request a stop of all corona vaccination studies and call for co-signing the petition


thelibertybeacon--2020-12-02--Every trick in the book, baby, every trick in the book

The data referenced in this meme is at this link – first paragraph of page 6 .
The government has known this all along ( it is on its own ruddy website ) yet it continued to use the PCR test to fraudulently declare thousands of COVID “ cases ” , pronounce a “ second wave ” , deceitfully and disinengenously throw up its hands in fake dismay and use it to terrorise the populace all on the pretence that its PCR test was detecting a live virus .
I don ’ t know how much evidence people need hat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deceit , fake , .
sham , pretence· , hoodwinking , masquerade , swindle , cheat , trick , phoney , con , artifice , phoney , fabrication , sting , fiddle , swizzle , swizz , swindle , bunco , boondoggle , hustle , grift .
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aaah somebody stop me I ’ ve been at the Thesauruas again .
But the point made here is that the government has been fibbing knowingly and with malice aforethought .
And they are STILL at it ( God help us they can ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the unreliable wildly inaccurate PCR test in favour of the LFT which is a bit more accurate has produced an 80 % reduction in the number of positives .
So now we ’ ll get , “ oh look it ’ s dying out !
” but what has actually happened is that it already has but now we can see it because we are getting slightly more accurate stats .
Watch out though because right there we witness the birth of another ruse .
ploy , , stratagem , tactic , · @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , gambit , manoeuvre .
contrivance , dodge , subterfuge , · machination , wile , wheeze .
: it ’ s being put about that he LFT test has a flaw .
Contrary to the PCR that returns false ; positives by the bucketload , the LFT apparently returns false negatives ( ! )
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I kid you not .
If the government are saying it , it probably – almost certainly – isn ’ t true so we ’ ll have to look deeper at this to find the extent and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , being able to say “ Ah yes but the LFT is prone to give false negatives so just because it says you don ’ t have the bug doesn ’ t mean you don ’ t have it !
” gives the mealy-mouthed manipulators at Suppression Central an out when they need to explain how come the “ cases ” stat plummeted when they switched from the PCR tests .
Essentially they will twist facts and stats and use every trick in the book to carry through their agendum .
To get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a compliant , blindly trusting population willing to succumb rather than LOOK or ask awkward questions .
The compliant and blindly trusting daft enough to collude on their own destruction deserve everything that happens to them .
Fortunately for us and much to the chagrin of the boys operating Suppression Central it just so happens that the majority of us are not that way inclined .
So millions of us are united in our determination to keep our eye on the ball because the next round of deceit , propaganda , lies , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slights of hand , diddles , fiddles , finagles and swizzles is brewing in lairs deep under the Mountains of Perfidy .
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We are now experiencing ever increasing growing pains due to the large @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
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Nothing is too small .
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by Steve Cook
The data referenced in this meme is at this link – first paragraph of page 6.
I quote: “RT-PCR detects presence of viral genetic material in a sample but is not able to distinguish whether infectious virus is present.”
The government has known this all along (it is on its own ruddy website) yet it continued to use the PCR test to fraudulently declare thousands of COVID “cases” , pronounce a “second wave”, deceitfully and disinengenously throw up its hands in fake dismay and use it to terrorise the populace all on the pretence that its PCR test was detecting a live virus.
I don’t know how much evidence people need hat this is a fraud, lie, deceit, fake,. sham , pretence·, hoodwinking, masquerade, swindle, cheat, trick, phoney, con, artifice, phoney, fabrication, sting, fiddle , swizzle, swizz, swindle, bunco, boondoggle , hustle, grift . . . aaah somebody stop me I’ve been at the Thesauruas again.
But the point made here is that the government has been fibbing knowingly and with malice aforethought. And they are STILL at it (God help us they can’t stop!).
Phasing out the unreliable wildly inaccurate PCR test in favour of the LFT which is a bit more accurate has produced an 80% reduction in the number of positives.
So now we’ll get, “oh look it’s dying out!” but what has actually happened is that it already has but now we can see it because we are getting slightly more accurate stats.
Watch out though because right there we witness the birth of another ruse. ploy,, stratagem, tactic,· move, device, scheme, trick, gambit, manoeuvre. contrivance, dodge , subterfuge,· machination, wile, wheeze.: it’s being put about that he LFT test has a flaw.
Contrary to the PCR that returns false ;positives by the bucketload, the LFT apparently returns false negatives (!). I kid you not.
If the government are saying it, it probably – almost certainly – isn’t true so we’ll have to look deeper at this to find the extent and exact mechanics of the lie.
However, being able to say “Ah yes but the LFT is prone to give false negatives so just because it says you don’t have the bug doesn’t mean you don’t have it!” gives the mealy-mouthed manipulators at Suppression Central an out when they need to explain how come the “cases” stat plummeted when they switched from the PCR tests.
Essentially they will twist facts and stats and use every trick in the book to carry through their agendum. To get away with it., they rely on a compliant , blindly trusting population willing to succumb rather than LOOK or ask awkward questions.
The compliant and blindly trusting daft enough to collude on their own destruction deserve everything that happens to them. Fortunately for us and much to the chagrin of the boys operating Suppression Central it just so happens that the majority of us are not that way inclined.
So millions of us are united in our determination to keep our eye on the ball because the next round of deceit, propaganda, lies, fibs, red herrings, misdirections, slights of hand, diddles, fiddles, finagles and swizzles is brewing in lairs deep under the Mountains of Perfidy.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-12-02--Fauci Slammed For Finally Admitting Schools Should Be Open [Video]

Fauci Slammed For Finally Admitting Schools Should Be Open Lockdown zealot Dr. Anthony Fauci was slammed this week for finally admitting that schools should have been open despite coronavirus restrictions , with critics charging that children have been subjected to eight months of hell for no good reason .
During a Sunday appearance on ABC ’ s “ This Week ” , Fauci stated that “ The default position should be to try as best as possible , within reason , to keep the children in school , to get them back to school.
” “ If you look at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and from children is not very big at all , not like one would have suspected .
So let ’ s try to get the kids back , ” Fauci said .
Senator Rand Paul , who has been consistently pushing for an explanation as to why schools were closed without any scientific backing said that Fauci “ owes [ an apology ] to every single parent and school-age child in America.
” Referring to Fauci ’ s admission , Paul said “ I told him this multiple times this summer.
” Tucker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ noting that “ the country ’ s public health establishment has tortured your children for eight months for no apparent reason.
” “ The authorities have admitted it , ” Carlson urged , adding that “ the most amazing part — and this really is the headline of the story — is that they knew they were wrong when they did it .
But they kept lying about it even as American children began to kill themselves.
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Fauci Slammed For Finally Admitting Schools Should Be Open
“Why is this just now occurring to Tony Fauci?”
Steve Watson
Lockdown zealot Dr. Anthony Fauci was slammed this week for finally admitting that schools should have been open despite coronavirus restrictions, with critics charging that children have been subjected to eight months of hell for no good reason.
During a Sunday appearance on ABC’s “This Week”, Fauci stated that “The default position should be to try as best as possible, within reason, to keep the children in school, to get them back to school.”
“Close the bars and keep the schools open,” Dr. Anthony Fauci says, adding that while there is no solution that is “one size fits all,” the “best way to ensure the safety of the children in school is to get the community level of the spread low.” https://t.co/th9oAKhHYa pic.twitter.com/pDuTdQ0Vfp — ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) November 29, 2020
“If you look at the data, the spread among children and from children is not very big at all, not like one would have suspected. So let’s try to get the kids back,” Fauci said.
Senator Rand Paul, who has been consistently pushing for an explanation as to why schools were closed without any scientific backing said that Fauci “owes [an apology] to every single parent and school-age child in America.”
Referring to Fauci’s admission, Paul said “I told him this multiple times this summer.”
I told him this multiple times this summer. https://t.co/LspBtxtU6D — Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) November 29, 2020
Tucker Carlson took Fauci to task Monday, noting that “the country’s public health establishment has tortured your children for eight months for no apparent reason.”
“The authorities have admitted it,” Carlson urged, adding that “the most amazing part — and this really is the headline of the story — is that they knew they were wrong when they did it. But they kept lying about it even as American children began to kill themselves.”
“Why is this just now occurring to Tony Fauci?” Tucker asked, adding “Isn’t this Fauci’s entire job to, quote, ‘look at the data?’ Yes, it is. And, yet, somehow he never thought to do that.”
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thelibertybeacon--2020-12-02--Evidence Supports Sidney Powell’s Claim of … Global Election Fraud

For the last two weeks , Sidney Powell was telling everyone that she could prove that our election was decided abroad by bad actors .
Tuesday ’ s news seemed to confirm those claims .
A retired military analyst testified in Arizona that the U.S. Has captured the information that was sent overseas .
Also , a November 25 declaration from an active duty military analyst was made public today , which says that , within five days of the election , the analyst was able to connect dominonvotingsystems.com , which is Dominion ’ s proprietary URL , to Belgrade @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Obama .
I ’ ve been enjoying a delightful email conversation with Nick Chase , who ’ s written some deservedly lauded articles helping readers to understand how the voting machines could be used to send victory toBelgrade , Iran , China – and Barack Obama.. ( See here , here , here , here , and here . )
One of the things Nick explained to me is how information travels across the internet .
I ’ m going to share his words with you because you ’ ll need them to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ news is : On the Internet , information is delivered in “ packets ” of bytes , each of which has header information identifying the sender and the intended recipient .
When the recipient receives the packet , it verifies the packet and returns to the sender a message saying the packet was received correctly .
This traffic passes through “ routers ” which are similar to the wireless router you might have at home , only on an industrial scale .
The network routers also have switching software to determine which is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) route on the Internet to transmit the packets , as the Internet is a redundant system designed with many routers , paths and switches so it will continue to operate in case part of it goes down .
It ’ s entirely possible for a sophisticated , powerful agency to grab or reroute this packet traffic so that the data can be manipulated .
With that in mind , you ’ ll appreciate the import of testimony that Colonel Phil Waldron ( retired ) gave during the hearing in Arizona about the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
As you recall , while the votes were collected in America , they were sent to Frankfurt , Germany , for final tallying and processing before being rerouted to America .
According to Colonel Waldron , his “ white hat ” hackers recognized the packets going to Germany and obtained copies of them : We shouldn ’ t be surprised that Col. Waldron offers such extraordinary evidence .
Last week , in Pennsylvania , Col. Waldron gave a master ’ s class in how the Dominion voting systems are set up to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He talked about fraudulent elections in other countries , voting machines being connected to the internet making them hackable , stolen USB drives used for hacking voting machines , and inexplicable anomalies that showed that votes were preloaded for Biden before the election began .
Today , Col. Waldron ’ s testimony gained added heft when we got to see a declaration from an intelligence analyst at the 305th Military Intelligence Unit ( “ the Kraken ” unit ) .
The declaration has specific evidence showing that , on November 8 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Voting System ’ s proprietary URL , was connected over the internet to Belgrade , Iran , China – and to “ the Indivisible ( formerly ACORN ) political group for Obama.
” In the spirit of complete honesty , the declaration is almost completely unintelligible to me .
All I know is that I find disturbing that dominionvotingsystems.com is connected to two of our geopolitical foes and to Obama ’ s political interest group .
Oh , and did I mention that it looks as if the Chinese government has an ownership @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out Gateway Pundit for details that seem legitimate .
You ’ re not imagining it that China keeps popping up all over 2020 , first by giving us the gift of a virus that the Democrats used to try to destroy the economy and to pervert the election , and now as an active player in America ’ s vote counting .
I sure hope that Trump , who is being remarkably silent right now , is planning to reveal all in the coming week .
Alternatively , if he ’ s unable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s happening , I hope he ’ s able to explain to the Supreme Court and the various state and federal legislators what really happened and why Biden truly didn ’ t win .
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Evidence supports Sidney Powell’s claim about global election fraud
By: Andrea Widburg
For the last two weeks, Sidney Powell was telling everyone that she could prove that our election was decided abroad by bad actors. Tuesday’s news seemed to confirm those claims. A retired military analyst testified in Arizona that the U.S. Has captured the information that was sent overseas. Also, a November 25 declaration from an active duty military analyst was made public today, which says that, within five days of the election, the analyst was able to connect dominonvotingsystems.com, which is Dominion’s proprietary URL, to Belgrade, Iran, China – and Barack Obama.
I’ve been enjoying a delightful email conversation with Nick Chase, who’s written some deservedly lauded articles helping readers to understand how the voting machines could be used to send victory toBelgrade, Iran, China – and Barack Obama.. (See here, here, here, here, and here.) One of the things Nick explained to me is how information travels across the internet. I’m going to share his words with you because you’ll need them to understand how important this next bit of news is:
On the Internet, information is delivered in “packets” of bytes, each of which has header information identifying the sender and the intended recipient. When the recipient receives the packet, it verifies the packet and returns to the sender a message saying the packet was received correctly. This traffic passes through “routers” which are similar to the wireless router you might have at home, only on an industrial scale. The network routers also have switching software to determine which is the “most efficient” (fastest) route on the Internet to transmit the packets, as the Internet is a redundant system designed with many routers, paths and switches so it will continue to operate in case part of it goes down.
It’s entirely possible for a sophisticated, powerful agency to grab or reroute this packet traffic so that the data can be manipulated. With that in mind, you’ll appreciate the import of testimony that Colonel Phil Waldron (retired) gave during the hearing in Arizona about the voting machines used in the U.S. elections. As you recall, while the votes were collected in America, they were sent to Frankfurt, Germany, for final tallying and processing before being rerouted to America. According to Colonel Waldron, his “white hat” hackers recognized the packets going to Germany and obtained copies of them:
BREAKING: #ArizonaHearing: “Are you willing to say under oath, that you’ve seen the connection to the internet, that you’ve seen it gone offshore to Frankfurt, Germany?” Col. Waldron: “Yes, our “White” hat hackers, they have that traffic and the packets.” pic.twitter.com/kGUaBS25eX — Naty 🇺🇸 (@NatyLiy) November 30, 2020
We shouldn’t be surprised that Col. Waldron offers such extraordinary evidence. Last week, in Pennsylvania, Col. Waldron gave a master’s class in how the Dominion voting systems are set up to enable election fraud on a massive scale. He talked about fraudulent elections in other countries, voting machines being connected to the internet making them hackable, stolen USB drives used for hacking voting machines, and inexplicable anomalies that showed that votes were preloaded for Biden before the election began.
Today, Col. Waldron’s testimony gained added heft when we got to see a declaration from an intelligence analyst at the 305th Military Intelligence Unit (“the Kraken” unit). The declaration has specific evidence showing that, on November 8, 2020, Dominionvotingsystems.com, which is Dominion Voting System’s proprietary URL, was connected over the internet to Belgrade, Iran, China – and to “the Indivisible (formerly ACORN) political group for Obama.”
In the spirit of complete honesty, the declaration is almost completely unintelligible to me. All I know is that I find disturbing that dominionvotingsystems.com is connected to two of our geopolitical foes and to Obama’s political interest group.
Oh, and did I mention that it looks as if the Chinese government has an ownership interest in Dominion? You can check out Gateway Pundit for details that seem legitimate. You’re not imagining it that China keeps popping up all over 2020, first by giving us the gift of a virus that the Democrats used to try to destroy the economy and to pervert the election, and now as an active player in America’s vote counting.
I sure hope that Trump, who is being remarkably silent right now, is planning to reveal all in the coming week. Alternatively, if he’s unable for security reasons to reveal what’s happening, I hope he’s able to explain to the Supreme Court and the various state and federal legislators what really happened and why Biden truly didn’t win.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-12-02--Project Veritas: Secretly recording CNN’s Jeff Zucker executive calls

Project Veritas claims it has been secretly recording CNN ’ s Jeff Zucker executive calls Project Veritas founder James O ’ Keefe on Tuesday claimed that for months he has eavesdropped on – and recorded – CNN President Jeff Zucker ’ s executive daily meetings .
In a video posted on his social media accounts , O ’ Keefe , who said an insider gave him access to the calls , unmuted the 9 .a.m .
conference call and confronted Zucker .
“ Hey Jeff Zucker , are you there ?
” O ’ Keefe asked .
“ Hey , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We ’ ve been listening to your CNN calls for basically two months , recording everything .
Just wanted to ask you some questions if you have a minute .
Do you still feel you ’ re the most trusted name in news , because I have to say from what I ’ ve been hearing on these phone calls , I don ’ t know about that .
And we got a lot of recordings that indicate that you ’ re not really that independent of a journalist.
” Zucker , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , thank you for , uh , thank you for , uh , for your comments .
Um , so everybody , in light of that , I think what we ’ ll do is we ’ ll , we ’ ll set up an , uh , uh , a new system and we ’ ll , uh , be back , uh – we ’ ll do the rest of the call a little bit later.
” O ’ Keefe then tells Zucker he plans to release the recordings at 7 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for comment from CNN went unanswered .
“ So , you just heard me talk to the president of CNN Jeff Zucker and inform him that that we are going to release a number of recordings today , ” O ’ Keefe said right after Zucker signed off .
“ I unmuted myself into the conference line , and they ’ re still on there they ’ re listening to me right now .
This is being livestreamed for those of you still on call .
And we ’ ve recorded for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ various producers talking , the president talking , describing their motives , describing their political philosophy , describing how they don ’ t cover certain things and certain political parties , ” he said .
“ We think it ’ s important for the American people to know how you make the sausage is made , ” continued O ’ Keefe , known for his style of undercover reporting .
“ And it ’ s important that we hold accountable the mainstream media — the media has to be held to account .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ their lies , their innuendo , their slander , the defamation , the hyperbole.
” Project Veritas accuses CNN of bias , releases what it says are recordings of CNN president , others CNN reporter calls for Twitter to label Trump ’ s account as election disinformation The founder of Axios worried America will decouple ( TLB ) published this article with permission of John Solomon at Just the News Some emphasis , pictorial and video content added by ( TLB ) Click Here to read about the staff at Just the News @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at a near exponential rate , and for this we are grateful and excited !
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Project Veritas claims it has been secretly recording CNN’s Jeff Zucker executive calls
“We’ve been listening to your CNN calls for basically two months”
By Joseph Curl
Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe on Tuesday claimed that for months he has eavesdropped on – and recorded – CNN President Jeff Zucker’s executive daily meetings.
BREAKING: @CNN President BLASTS Trump & Republicans on 9am Call with Senior Leadership 'He(@realDonaldTrump) is acting erratically…I think we need to lean into that…' “If we’ve made any mistake, its been our banners have been too polite…”#CNNTapes pic.twitter.com/zMIRxq9qC6 — James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) December 2, 2020
In a video posted on his social media accounts, O’Keefe, who said an insider gave him access to the calls, unmuted the 9 .a.m. conference call and confronted Zucker.
“Hey Jeff Zucker, are you there?” O’Keefe asked. “Hey, this is James O’Keefe. We’ve been listening to your CNN calls for basically two months, recording everything. Just wanted to ask you some questions if you have a minute. Do you still feel you’re the most trusted name in news, because I have to say from what I’ve been hearing on these phone calls, I don’t know about that. And we got a lot of recordings that indicate that you’re not really that independent of a journalist.”
Zucker, who seems surprised, says: “Um, thank you for, uh, thank you for, uh, for your comments. Um, so everybody, in light of that, I think what we’ll do is we’ll, we’ll set up an, uh, uh, a new system and we’ll, uh, be back, uh – we’ll do the rest of the call a little bit later.”
O’Keefe then tells Zucker he plans to release the recordings at 7 p.m. Tuesday Eastern time. A request for comment from CNN went unanswered.
“So, you just heard me talk to the president of CNN Jeff Zucker and inform him that that we are going to release a number of recordings today,” O’Keefe said right after Zucker signed off. “I unmuted myself into the conference line, and they’re still on there they’re listening to me right now. This is being livestreamed for those of you still on call. And we’ve recorded for a while, and we have clips of various producers talking, the president talking, describing their motives, describing their political philosophy, describing how they don’t cover certain things and certain political parties,” he said.
“We think it’s important for the American people to know how you make the sausage is made,” continued O’Keefe, known for his style of undercover reporting. “And it’s important that we hold accountable the mainstream media — the media has to be held to account. They are hurting the American people with their lies, their innuendo, their slander, the defamation, the hyperbole.”
“I think Mr. Zucker is shaking in his boots right now. I think he’s very afraid of what might be coming,” he added.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-12-02--The Strangely Unscientific Masking of America

I remember vividly the day , at the tail end of March , when facemasks suddenly became synonymous with morality : either one cared about the lives of others and donned a mask , or one was selfish and refused to do so .
The shift occurred virtually overnight .
Only a day or two before , I had associated this attire solely with surgeons and people living in heavily polluted regions .
Now , my friends ’ favorite pastime during our weekly Zoom sessions was excoriating people for running or socializing without masks in Prospect Park .
I was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cloth were the only thing standing between us and mass death , particularly when mere weeks prior , the message from medical experts contradicted this new doctrine .
On February 29 , the U.S. surgeon general infamously tweeted : “ Seriously people – STOP BUYING MASKS .
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They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching # Coronavirus.
” Anthony Fauci , the best-known member of the coronavirus task force , advised Americans not to wear masks around this time .
Similarly , in the earliest weeks of the pandemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be worn only by individuals who were symptomatic or caring for a sick person , a position that the WHO stood by even longer .
As rapidly as mask use became a matter of ethics , the issue transformed into a political one , exemplified by an article printed on March 27 in the New York Times , entitled “ More Americans Should Probably Wear Masks for Protection.
” The piece was heavy on fear-mongering and light on evidence .
While acknowledging that “ [ t ] here is very little data showing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , have a protective effect for the general public , ” the author went on to argue that they “ may be better than nothing , ” and cited a couple of studies in which surgical masks ostensibly reduced influenza transmission rates .
One report reached its conclusion based on observations of a “ dummy head attached to a breathing simulator.
” Another analyzed use of surgical masks on people experiencing at least two symptoms of acute respiratory illness .
Incidentally , not one of these studies involved cloth masks or accounted for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ among lay people , and none established efficacy of widespread mask-wearing by people not exhibiting symptoms .
There was simply no evidence whatsoever that healthy people ought to wear masks when going about their lives , especially outdoors .
Yet by April , to walk the streets of Brooklyn with one ’ s nose and mouth exposed evoked the sort of reaction that in February would have been reserved for the appearance of a machine gun .
In short order , the politicization intensified .
President Trump refused to wear a mask relatively @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was equated with support for him .
By the same token , Democratic politicians across the board eagerly adopted the garb ; accordingly , all good liberals were wearing masks religiously by the beginning of April .
Likewise , left-leaning newspapers such as the New York Times and the Washington Post unequivocally promoted mask-wearing after that March 27 article , with no real analysis or consideration of opposing views and evidence .
The speed with which mask-wearing among the general public transitioned from unheard of to a moral necessity struck me as suspicious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was as airtight as those around me claimed , surely masks would have been recommended by January or February , not to mention during prior infectious disease outbreaks such as the 2009 swine flu .
It seemed unlikely that the scientific proof became incontrovertible sometime between late February and late March , particularly in the absence of any new evidence surfacing during that time period .
Perhaps none of this is particularly surprising in this hyper-political era .
What is shocking is the scientific community ’ s participation in subverting evidence that does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prime example is the Institute of Health Metrics Evaluation ’ s ( “ IHME ” ) rather astounding claim , published in the journal Nature-Medicine and echoed in countless articles afterward , that the lives of 130,000 people could be saved with a nationwide mask mandate .
As my colleague Phil Magness pointed out in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal , the IHME model was predicated upon faulty data : it assumed that 49 % of Americans were wearing masks based on a survey conducted between April and June , while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Americans wearing masks as of September 21 .
In fact , by the summer , around 80 % of Americans were regularly wearing them .
( Ironically , had Dr. Fauci and the Surgeon General not bungled the message in March , mask use probably would have reached much higher rates much earlier on ) .
This called into question the accuracy of the 130,000 figure , since many more people habitually used masks than the study presumed .
Although Magness contacted Nature-Medicine to point out the problem , after stalling for nearly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ address it .
Needless to say , the damage had been done : newspapers such as the New York Times undoubtedly would fail to correct the error and any retractions certainly would be placed far from the front page , where the initial article touting the IHME figure appeared .
Thus , as expected , the unfounded claim that 130,000 lives could be saved with a nationwide mask-mandate continues to be repeated , including by president-elect Joe Biden and National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins .
That the science behind mask-wearing is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a letter to the editor written in response to Magness ’ s article .
Dr. Christopher Murray acknowledged that rates of mask-wearing have steadily increased , but then concluded that masks should be used because they are “ our first line of defense against the pandemic ” and current IHME modeling indicates that “ if 95 % of U.S. residents were to wear masks when leaving home , we could prevent the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans ” because “ masks work , ” and “ much deeper pain is ahead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ None of this accounts for the failure of either Nature-Medicine or the IHME modelers to recognize and correct the error .
Moreover , neither the IHME modelers nor Dr. Murray provide any evidence that masks work .
They assume masks are extremely effective at preventing spread of the coronavirus , and then claim that the model is correct for that reason .
This sort of circular reasoning is all-too typical of those who so vociferously insist that masks are effective without going to the trouble of substantiating that contention – or differentiating what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in specific indoor locations and around high-risk individuals from the media-driven tendency to depict masks as a silver bullet for stopping the virus in all circumstances .
Coverage of a recent mask study conducted in Denmark likewise epitomizes the failure of the scientific community to rigorously engage with results that do not fit the prevailing masks-as-a-panacea narrative .
The first randomized and controlled study of its kind ( another appeared in May but it pertained to flu and had similar results ) , it found an absence of empirical evidence that masks provide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it apparently did not assess whether they prevent infection of those who encounter the wearer .
The report was covered in a New York Times article bearing the patronizing headline , “ A New Study Questions Whether Masks Protect Wearers .
You Need to Wear Them Anyway.
” Noting that the results “ conflict with those from a number of other studies , ” primarily “ laboratory examinations of the particles blocked by materials of various types , ” the author remarked that , therefore , this research “ is not likely to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States.
” Notably , laboratory examinations , as opposed to the Danish study , do not account for the realities of everyday mask usage by non-medical professionals .
The author then quotes Susan Ellenberg , a biostatistician at the University of Pennsylvania , who claims that the study indicates a trend : “ ‘ in the direction of benefit ’ even if the results were not statistically significant .
‘ Nothing in this study suggests .
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that it is useless to wear a mask , ’ ” according to Dr. Ellenberg @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suggest that it is useful to wear a mask , a fact that Dr. Ellenberg ( and the headline ) conveniently ignores .
Furthermore , if a result is statistically insignificant , it should not be used to make the case for any proposition — as even I , a layperson , know .
Scientists ought to dispassionately analyze data that contradicts their biases and assumptions , and be open to changing their beliefs accordingly .
That the results of the only randomized , controlled study were and continue to be automatically discounted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the subject of masks , anything approximating the scientific method has gone out the window .
That is all the more evident given the lack of interest that mask proponents have shown in conducting a randomized , controlled study themselves .
An article in the Los Angeles Times went even further : it twisted the findings of the Danish study to argue , incomprehensibly , that the research demonstrated more mask-wearing is warranted .
The author cited , as supposedly compelling evidence that masks work , the low Covid-19 death rates in Singapore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to the latest YouGov poll , administered in mid-November , 83 % of Americans now wear masks in public , higher rates than Vietnam ( 77 % ) and Taiwan ( 82 % ) .
Furthermore , there are other explanations , apart from widespread mask usage , for the remarkably low death rates in these countries .
Some scientists believe that previous exposure to other coronaviruses in these regions may confer partial or total immunity to SARS-CoV-2 .
Others have speculated that obesity , environment or genetics could be the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have substantially higher death rates than many Asian and African countries ; after all , obesity is one of the most significant risk factors for severe illness .
To conclude on the basis of low death rates in several countries that masks prevent coronavirus transmission is patently absurd , illogical , and unscientific .
A casual observer might also note that coronavirus cases ( albeit not necessarily deaths ) are rising in many parts of the world , regardless of mask mandates or rates of implementation .
While not a controlled experiment , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ addressed when making such sweeping claims .
Ultimately , I do not have the credentials to determine whether or not – or to what extent — masks work .
But it is obvious that the issue has become so politicized that mainstream media outlets , politicians , and even scientists seize upon the slightest bit of favorable evidence , dismiss out of hand anything that conflicts with their theory , and most egregiously of all misrepresent the data , to support the conclusion that masks worn by asymptomatic people prevent coronavirus transmission .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ this story : school closures , lockdowns , and social distancing all have been dogmatically embraced as a means of controlling infection .
The substantial evidence that these mechanisms are not effective , particularly beyond their duration , has been automatically rejected for too long .
This is not science : it is politics , and those within the profession who have refused to examine their confirmation biases , or manipulated the evidence to score political points , are utterly unqualified for the job .

The Strangely Unscientific Masking of America
By: Jenin-Younes
I remember vividly the day, at the tail end of March, when facemasks suddenly became synonymous with morality: either one cared about the lives of others and donned a mask, or one was selfish and refused to do so. The shift occurred virtually overnight.
Only a day or two before, I had associated this attire solely with surgeons and people living in heavily polluted regions. Now, my friends’ favorite pastime during our weekly Zoom sessions was excoriating people for running or socializing without masks in Prospect Park. I was mystified by their certitude that bits of cloth were the only thing standing between us and mass death, particularly when mere weeks prior, the message from medical experts contradicted this new doctrine.
On February 29, the U.S. surgeon general infamously tweeted: “Seriously people – STOP BUYING MASKS. . . They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus.” Anthony Fauci, the best-known member of the coronavirus task force, advised Americans not to wear masks around this time. Similarly, in the earliest weeks of the pandemic, the CDC maintained that masks should be worn only by individuals who were symptomatic or caring for a sick person, a position that the WHO stood by even longer.
As rapidly as mask use became a matter of ethics, the issue transformed into a political one, exemplified by an article printed on March 27 in the New York Times, entitled “More Americans Should Probably Wear Masks for Protection.” The piece was heavy on fear-mongering and light on evidence. While acknowledging that “[t]here is very little data showing that flat surgical masks, in particular, have a protective effect for the general public,” the author went on to argue that they “may be better than nothing,” and cited a couple of studies in which surgical masks ostensibly reduced influenza transmission rates.
One report reached its conclusion based on observations of a “dummy head attached to a breathing simulator.” Another analyzed use of surgical masks on people experiencing at least two symptoms of acute respiratory illness. Incidentally, not one of these studies involved cloth masks or accounted for real-world mask usage (or misusage) among lay people, and none established efficacy of widespread mask-wearing by people not exhibiting symptoms. There was simply no evidence whatsoever that healthy people ought to wear masks when going about their lives, especially outdoors. Yet by April, to walk the streets of Brooklyn with one’s nose and mouth exposed evoked the sort of reaction that in February would have been reserved for the appearance of a machine gun.
In short order, the politicization intensified. President Trump refused to wear a mask relatively early on, so resistance to them was equated with support for him. By the same token, Democratic politicians across the board eagerly adopted the garb; accordingly, all good liberals were wearing masks religiously by the beginning of April. Likewise, left-leaning newspapers such as the New York Times and the Washington Post unequivocally promoted mask-wearing after that March 27 article, with no real analysis or consideration of opposing views and evidence.
The speed with which mask-wearing among the general public transitioned from unheard of to a moral necessity struck me as suspicious. After all, if the science was as airtight as those around me claimed, surely masks would have been recommended by January or February, not to mention during prior infectious disease outbreaks such as the 2009 swine flu. It seemed unlikely that the scientific proof became incontrovertible sometime between late February and late March, particularly in the absence of any new evidence surfacing during that time period.
Perhaps none of this is particularly surprising in this hyper-political era. What is shocking is the scientific community’s participation in subverting evidence that does not comport with the consensus. A prime example is the Institute of Health Metrics Evaluation’s (“IHME”) rather astounding claim, published in the journal Nature-Medicine and echoed in countless articles afterward, that the lives of 130,000 people could be saved with a nationwide mask mandate.
As my colleague Phil Magness pointed out in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, the IHME model was predicated upon faulty data: it assumed that 49% of Americans were wearing masks based on a survey conducted between April and June, while claiming that statistic represented the number of Americans wearing masks as of September 21. In fact, by the summer, around 80% of Americans were regularly wearing them. (Ironically, had Dr. Fauci and the Surgeon General not bungled the message in March, mask use probably would have reached much higher rates much earlier on).
This called into question the accuracy of the 130,000 figure, since many more people habitually used masks than the study presumed.
Although Magness contacted Nature-Medicine to point out the problem, after stalling for nearly two weeks, the journal declined to address it. Needless to say, the damage had been done: newspapers such as the New York Times undoubtedly would fail to correct the error and any retractions certainly would be placed far from the front page, where the initial article touting the IHME figure appeared. Thus, as expected, the unfounded claim that 130,000 lives could be saved with a nationwide mask-mandate continues to be repeated, including by president-elect Joe Biden and National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins.
That the science behind mask-wearing is questionable at best is further exemplified by a letter to the editor written in response to Magness’s article. Dr. Christopher Murray acknowledged that rates of mask-wearing have steadily increased, but then concluded that masks should be used because they are “our first line of defense against the pandemic” and current IHME modeling indicates that “if 95% of U.S. residents were to wear masks when leaving home, we could prevent the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans” because “masks work,” and “much deeper pain is ahead if we refuse to wear them.”
None of this accounts for the failure of either Nature-Medicine or the IHME modelers to recognize and correct the error. Moreover, neither the IHME modelers nor Dr. Murray provide any evidence that masks work. They assume masks are extremely effective at preventing spread of the coronavirus, and then claim that the model is correct for that reason. This sort of circular reasoning is all-too typical of those who so vociferously insist that masks are effective without going to the trouble of substantiating that contention – or differentiating what is likely a modest benefit from mask-wearing in specific indoor locations and around high-risk individuals from the media-driven tendency to depict masks as a silver bullet for stopping the virus in all circumstances.
Coverage of a recent mask study conducted in Denmark likewise epitomizes the failure of the scientific community to rigorously engage with results that do not fit the prevailing masks-as-a-panacea narrative. The first randomized and controlled study of its kind (another appeared in May but it pertained to flu and had similar results), it found an absence of empirical evidence that masks provide protection to people wearing them, although it apparently did not assess whether they prevent infection of those who encounter the wearer. The report was covered in a New York Times article bearing the patronizing headline, “A New Study Questions Whether Masks Protect Wearers. You Need to Wear Them Anyway.”
Noting that the results “conflict with those from a number of other studies,” primarily “laboratory examinations of the particles blocked by materials of various types,” the author remarked that, therefore, this research “is not likely to alter public health recommendations in the United States.” Notably, laboratory examinations, as opposed to the Danish study, do not account for the realities of everyday mask usage by non-medical professionals.
The author then quotes Susan Ellenberg, a biostatistician at the University of Pennsylvania, who claims that the study indicates a trend: “‘in the direction of benefit’ even if the results were not statistically significant. ‘Nothing in this study suggests . . . that it is useless to wear a mask,’” according to Dr. Ellenberg.
Nor does anything in this study suggest that it is useful to wear a mask, a fact that Dr. Ellenberg (and the headline) conveniently ignores. Furthermore, if a result is statistically insignificant, it should not be used to make the case for any proposition — as even I, a layperson, know.
Scientists ought to dispassionately analyze data that contradicts their biases and assumptions, and be open to changing their beliefs accordingly. That the results of the only randomized, controlled study were and continue to be automatically discounted demonstrates that, when it comes to the subject of masks, anything approximating the scientific method has gone out the window. That is all the more evident given the lack of interest that mask proponents have shown in conducting a randomized, controlled study themselves.
An article in the Los Angeles Times went even further: it twisted the findings of the Danish study to argue, incomprehensibly, that the research demonstrated more mask-wearing is warranted. The author cited, as supposedly compelling evidence that masks work, the low Covid-19 death rates in Singapore, Vietnam, and Taiwan. Indeed, according to the latest YouGov poll, administered in mid-November, 83% of Americans now wear masks in public, higher rates than Vietnam (77%) and Taiwan (82%).
Furthermore, there are other explanations, apart from widespread mask usage, for the remarkably low death rates in these countries. Some scientists believe that previous exposure to other coronaviruses in these regions may confer partial or total immunity to SARS-CoV-2. Others have speculated that obesity, environment or genetics could be the reason that Europe and the United States have substantially higher death rates than many Asian and African countries; after all, obesity is one of the most significant risk factors for severe illness.
To conclude on the basis of low death rates in several countries that masks prevent coronavirus transmission is patently absurd, illogical, and unscientific. A casual observer might also note that coronavirus cases (albeit not necessarily deaths) are rising in many parts of the world, regardless of mask mandates or rates of implementation. While not a controlled experiment, this fact at least ought to be addressed when making such sweeping claims.
Ultimately, I do not have the credentials to determine whether or not – or to what extent — masks work. But it is obvious that the issue has become so politicized that mainstream media outlets, politicians, and even scientists seize upon the slightest bit of favorable evidence, dismiss out of hand anything that conflicts with their theory, and most egregiously of all misrepresent the data, to support the conclusion that masks worn by asymptomatic people prevent coronavirus transmission.
And masks are only one part of this story: school closures, lockdowns, and social distancing all have been dogmatically embraced as a means of controlling infection. The substantial evidence that these mechanisms are not effective, particularly beyond their duration, has been automatically rejected for too long. This is not science: it is politics, and those within the profession who have refused to examine their confirmation biases, or manipulated the evidence to score political points, are utterly unqualified for the job.
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