thelibertybeacon--2020-06-23--Sometimes governments do the right thing . . .

We can be so preoccupied by what is WRONG with our government , we can lose sight of the fact that it is capable of RIGHTNESSES also and it is only upon rightnesses that anything worthwhile can be built .
“ Oh no , ” someone might say , “ a decent world is made by eliminating extant wrongnesses – such as the abolition of slavery ” .
True , but there had to be a rightnesses there in the first place in order for the abolishing to be conceived and gotten done .
Those rightnesses are the courage and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ willingness of decent human beings to take on , share and expand a new idea and put it into action .
These rightnesses must also exist within government itself for anything worthwhile to have gotten done .
The abolition of slavery is , again , a good example : government had enough people in it willing to heed and act upon the the various persuasions out forward by reformers and radicals at home and abroad .
What this boils down to is that government has proven capable at times of responding to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ especially where those progressive individuals unite and co-act with others of similar mind to form powerful social movements , and when it does our civilisation is moved up to a new higher level .
So the message is a simple one : we should take heart from the fact that governments are capable of doing the right thing and of listening to the voice of progress and reason if said voice is loud , coherent and persistent enough to make itself heard above the clamouring voices of extant vested interests , the present-day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a government is capable of doing one or two right things , it is capable of doing others So here are two examples of enlightened governance .
First : The Abolition of Slavery Second : the Concept of Policing by Consent Here ’ s a remarkably enlightened concept of policing from the UK government ’ s own website .
When saying ‘ policing by consent ’ , the Home Secretary was referring to a long standing philosophy of British policing , known as the Robert Peel ’ s 9 Principles of Policing .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ any link to Robert Peel and it was likely devised by the first Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis ( Charles Rowan and Richard Mayne ) .
The principles which were set out in the ‘ General Instructions ’ that were issued to every new police officer from 1829 were : • To prevent crime and disorder , as an alternative to their repression by military force and severity of legal punishment .
• To recognise always that the power of the police to fulfil their functions and duties is dependent on public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behaviour and on their ability to secure and maintain public respect .
• To recognise always that to secure and maintain the respect and approval of the public means also the securing of the willing co-operation of the public in the task of securing observance of laws .
• To recognise always that the extent to which the co-operation of the public can be secured diminishes proportionately the necessity of the use of physical force and compulsion for achieving police objectives .
• To seek and preserve public favour , not by pandering @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demonstrating absolutely impartial service to law , in complete independence of policy , and without regard to the justice or injustice of the substance of individual laws , by ready offering of individual service and friendship to all members of the public without regard to their wealth or social standing , by ready exercise of courtesy and friendly good humour ; and by ready offering of individual sacrifice in protecting and preserving life .
• To use physical force only when the exercise of persuasion , advice and warning is found to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ extent necessary to secure observance of law or to restore order , and to use only the minimum degree of physical force which is necessary on any particular occasion for achieving a police objective .
• To maintain at all times a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and that the public are the police , the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [ enphgasis added – UKR ] • To recognise always the need for strict adherence to police-executive functions , and to refrain from even seeming to usurp the powers of the judiciary of avenging individuals or the State , and of authoritatively judging guilt and punishing the guilty .
• To recognise always that the test of police efficiency is the absence of crime and disorder , and not the visible evidence of police action in dealing with them .
Essentially , as explained by the notable police historian Charles Reith in his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 1956 , it was a philosophy of policing ‘ unique in history and throughout the world because it derived not from fear but almost exclusively from public co-operation with the police , induced by them designedly by behaviour which secures and maintains for them the approval , respect and affection of the public ’ .
It should be noted that it refers to the power of the police coming from the common consent of the public , as opposed to the power of the state .
It does not mean the consent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chose to withdraw his or her consent from the police , or from a law .
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by Fabian Ubiquitus
We can be so preoccupied by what is WRONG with our government, we can lose sight of the fact that it is capable of RIGHTNESSES also and it is only upon rightnesses that anything worthwhile can be built.
“Oh no,” someone might say, “a decent world is made by eliminating extant wrongnesses – such as the abolition of slavery”.
True, but there had to be a rightnesses there in the first place in order for the abolishing to be conceived and gotten done. Those rightnesses are the courage and decencies of individual human beings and the willingness of decent human beings to take on, share and expand a new idea and put it into action.
These rightnesses must also exist within government itself for anything worthwhile to have gotten done. The abolition of slavery is, again, a good example: government had enough people in it willing to heed and act upon the the various persuasions out forward by reformers and radicals at home and abroad.
What this boils down to is that government has proven capable at times of responding to the ideas and persuasions of progressive individuals, especially where those progressive individuals unite and co-act with others of similar mind to form powerful social movements, and when it does our civilisation is moved up to a new higher level.
So the message is a simple one: we should take heart from the fact that governments are capable of doing the right thing and of listening to the voice of progress and reason if said voice is loud, coherent and persistent enough to make itself heard above the clamouring voices of extant vested interests, the present-day equivalant of the slave owners.
If a government is capable of doing one or two right things, it is capable of doing others
So here are two examples of enlightened governance.
First: The Abolition of Slavery
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. IV c. 73) abolished slavery in parts of the British Empire. This Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom expanded the jurisdiction of the Slave Trade Act 1807 and made the purchase or ownership of slaves illegal within the British Empire . . . read more
Second: the Concept of Policing by Consent
Here’s a remarkably enlightened concept of policing from the UK government’s own website.
When saying ‘policing by consent’, the Home Secretary was referring to a long standing philosophy of British policing, known as the Robert Peel’s 9 Principles of Policing. However, there is no evidence of any link to Robert Peel and it was likely devised by the first Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis (Charles Rowan and Richard Mayne). The principles which were set out in the ‘General Instructions’ that were issued to every new police officer from 1829 were: To prevent crime and disorder, as an alternative to their repression by military force and severity of legal punishment. To recognise always that the power of the police to fulfil their functions and duties is dependent on public approval of their existence, actions and behaviour and on their ability to secure and maintain public respect. To recognise always that to secure and maintain the respect and approval of the public means also the securing of the willing co-operation of the public in the task of securing observance of laws. To recognise always that the extent to which the co-operation of the public can be secured diminishes proportionately the necessity of the use of physical force and compulsion for achieving police objectives. To seek and preserve public favour, not by pandering to public opinion; but by constantly demonstrating absolutely impartial service to law, in complete independence of policy, and without regard to the justice or injustice of the substance of individual laws, by ready offering of individual service and friendship to all members of the public without regard to their wealth or social standing, by ready exercise of courtesy and friendly good humour; and by ready offering of individual sacrifice in protecting and preserving life. To use physical force only when the exercise of persuasion, advice and warning is found to be insufficient to obtain public co-operation to an extent necessary to secure observance of law or to restore order, and to use only the minimum degree of physical force which is necessary on any particular occasion for achieving a police objective. To maintain at all times a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and that the public are the police, the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence. [enphgasis added – UKR] To recognise always the need for strict adherence to police-executive functions, and to refrain from even seeming to usurp the powers of the judiciary of avenging individuals or the State, and of authoritatively judging guilt and punishing the guilty. To recognise always that the test of police efficiency is the absence of crime and disorder, and not the visible evidence of police action in dealing with them. Essentially, as explained by the notable police historian Charles Reith in his ‘New Study of Police History ‘in 1956, it was a philosophy of policing ‘unique in history and throughout the world because it derived not from fear but almost exclusively from public co-operation with the police, induced by them designedly by behaviour which secures and maintains for them the approval, respect and affection of the public’. It should be noted that it refers to the power of the police coming from the common consent of the public, as opposed to the power of the state. It does not mean the consent of an individual. No individual can chose to withdraw his or her consent from the police, or from a law.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-06-23--Coronavirus, Profs. Remuzzi, Bassetti: “New positives are not contagious, stop the fear.”

ER Editor : The publication date of the Italian article below is June 19 , 2020 .
Professor Giuseppe Remuzzi is a nephrologist and , since 2018 , the director of the Institute of Pharmacological Research Mario Negri in Milan , where the virus outbreak has been far worse than other regions of Italy .
Milan is the principal city in the Lombardy region of northern Italy , referred to below .
The essence of Prof. Remuzzi ’ s interview below is that new ‘ positive ’ cases of COVID-19 have a very low level of viral load , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and not capable of creating infected cells in the carriers , a qualification to ‘ positive case ’ that is never mentioned by the MSM .
We also remind readers of a report we published on June 2 which gave ICU head at San Raffaele hospital in Milan , Dr. Alberto Zangrillo ‘ s verdict on the virus and the dramatic weakening it has undergone between March and May : Italy : The Coronavirus is Far Less Capable of Replication – It ’ s a ‘ Different Disease ’ .
Below Professor Remuzzi @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thus : “ …if the virus has been circulating for months and then explodes like it did in Lombardy… ” .
This fits with articles we ’ ve published which show the virus to have possibly been circulating since at least October ( depending on the region/country ) , then producing a large number of infections during February and March ( UK peak number of deaths was in early April ) before considerably weakening thereafter .
We ’ re also drawing attention to a Daily Mail article of two days ago , titled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on its own without a vaccine and patients now survive infections that would have killed them at start of the pandemic , claims Italian expert .
Professor Matteo Bassetti , chief of infectious diseases at the General Hospital of San Martino in Genoa , about 100 miles from Milan , also claims that the virus has changed considerably : He said : ‘ It was like an aggressive tiger in March and April but now it ’ s like a wild cat .
Even elderly patients , aged 80 or 90 , are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are breathing without help .
The same patients would have died in two or three days before.
’ Professor Bassetti said : ‘ The clinical impression I have is that the virus is changing in severity .
‘ In March and early April the patterns were completely different .
People were coming to the emergency department with a very difficult to manage illness and they needed oxygen and ventilation , some developed pneumonia .
‘ Now , in the past four weeks , the picture has completely changed in terms of of patterns @ @ @ @ @ @ @ viral load in the respiratory tract , probably due to a genetic mutation in the virus which has not yet been demonstrated scientifically.
’ And now there are ANY restrictions on people ’ s movements and lives because … ?
Coronavirus , Remuzzi : “ New positives are not contagious , stop the fear.
” The director of the Institute of Pharmacological Research Mario Negri and the swab study : “ The viral load has become very low ” .
“ But for God ’ s sake .
Rather , the Higher Institute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how much and how much the situation has changed since 20 February , now far away .
And they must communicate accordingly .
Otherwise , they contribute , perhaps involuntarily , to spreading unjustified fear ” .
Even with a daily average of 70 to 80 % of new infections concentrated in one region ?
“ You have to explain what ’ s happening to people , who rightly get scared when they hear that data .
Here at the Mario Negri Institute we are about to publish a study , which contains @ @ @ @ @ @ @ least I hope so ” .
What is it about ?
“ A brief premise , I hope not too boring , on how tampons work ( ER : we believe ‘ tampons ’ are swabs ) .
The polymerase chain reaction ( PCR ) technique is used to search for the virus , able to amplify some specific DNA fragments in a biological sample ” .
So far so good .
“ For Covid-19 , this is how it works .
The genome of the coronavirus present on the swabs , i.e @ @ @ @ @ @ @ DNA and amplified using the PCR technique , which greatly increases the genetic starting material .
The higher the content on the DNA swab , i.e .
the more virus , the less it needs to be amplified .
Your research ?
“ We conducted a study of 133 researchers at Mario Negri and 298 employees at Brembo ( 431 ) .
In all , there were 40 cases of positive swabs .
But the positivity of these swabs emerged only with very high amplification cycles , between 34 and 38 cycles , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” .
What does that mean ?
“ That they are cases of positivity with a very low viral load , not contagious .
We call them contagious , but they ’ re positive for tamponade .
Commenting on those data that are given every day is useless because they are positives that have no relapse in real life ” .
How much do we have to amplify to have a contagious positivity ?
“ Under a hundred thousand copies of RNA , there is no substantial risk of contagion , according to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ confirmed by several other studies .
So , none of “ our ” 40 positives would be contagious .
This means that the number of new cases may involve people who have so little RNA in their swab that they can not even infect cells .
In contact with the RNA of the real positives , those in March and early April , the cells died within hours .
Be patient , but a study by Mario Negri does not make spring .
“ In fact .
A study by the Center for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ positive people traced 790 of them to direct contact .
How many new positives ?
Zero .
And I ’ ll save you other studies that go that way.
” I ’ m sorry , they used to just count tampons , and now they don ’ t ?
“ Now we know more .
The ISS and the government must qualify the new positivity , or allow the laboratories to do so , explaining to people that a positivity of less than a hundred thousand copies is not contagious , so it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , isolate , just as it is no longer too useful to make tracks that were fine at the beginning of the epidemic ” .
Don ’ t you think Vo ’ Euganeo and Veneto worked well ?
“ And in fact I think Professor Crisanti did a great job , acting immediately and decisively .
That method , double swab and tracking , is good for a small outbreak .
But if the virus has been circulating for months and then explodes like it did in Lombardy , that method risks becoming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wuhan-type organization at our disposal ” .
Are you saying that the current swab-based system is wrong ?
“ Not at all .
But it ’ s going ahead in a bureaucratic way with rules that don ’ t take into account what ’ s emerging from the scientific literature ” .
You yourself told me that it takes at least a year for the scientific community and governments to implement the results of studies .
“ In this specific case it would be better to speed up , otherwise an unjustified panic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ explain that the vast majority of new cases are only registered in one region ?
“ There has been an enormous amount of sick people , the virus has turned around a lot , and these are the remnants of that spread ” .
Doesn ’ t it worry you that even yesterday 216 new cases were registered in Lombardy out of 333 throughout Italy ?
“ No , if they are positive in the same way as those in our research , that is , with a positivity ridiculously lower than one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t infect the others ” .
And if they are not ?
“ There ’ s only one way to find out .
You have to say how much Covid-19 is in the new positivity .
That ’ s what I ’ m asking .
The virus is the same , of course .
But for reasons no one knows , and maybe that ’ s why it ’ s so hard to admit it , there ’ s little , much less of it in those swabs than before .
And that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ You ’ re playing the Lombardy defense attorney ?
“ I have no reason to do so .
Both because of my political sensitivity and my professional history , both of which are far removed from the principles underlying Lombardy ’ s health care .
I believe I am also known for having opposed that model , based as it was on free choice and market , like no other .
But I am also a doctor , I have a duty to say things as they are ” .
Professor Remuzzi , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ carità .
Piuttosto , l ’ Istituto superiore della Sanità e il governo devono rendersi conto di quanto e come è cambiata la situazione da quel 20 febbraio ormai lontano .
E devono comunicare di conseguenza .
Altrimenti , si contribuisce , magari in modo involontario , a diffondere paura ingiustificata » .
Published to The Liberty Beacon from EuropeReloaded.com

ER Editor: The publication date of the Italian article below is June 19, 2020. Professor Giuseppe Remuzzi is a nephrologist and, since 2018, the director of the Institute of Pharmacological Research Mario Negri in Milan, where the virus outbreak has been far worse than other regions of Italy. Milan is the principal city in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, referred to below.
The essence of Prof. Remuzzi’s interview below is that new ‘positive’ cases of COVID-19 have a very low level of viral load, which means they are not contagious to others and not capable of creating infected cells in the carriers, a qualification to ‘positive case’ that is never mentioned by the MSM.
We also remind readers of a report we published on June 2 which gave ICU head at San Raffaele hospital in Milan, Dr. Alberto Zangrillo‘s verdict on the virus and the dramatic weakening it has undergone between March and May: Italy: The Coronavirus is Far Less Capable of Replication – It’s a ‘Different Disease’.
Below Professor Remuzzi describes the virus’ timeline and character thus: “…if the virus has been circulating for months and then explodes like it did in Lombardy…”. This fits with articles we’ve published which show the virus to have possibly been circulating since at least October (depending on the region/country), then producing a large number of infections during February and March (UK peak number of deaths was in early April) before considerably weakening thereafter.
We’re also drawing attention to a Daily Mail article of two days ago, titled Coronavirus is weakening, could die out on its own without a vaccine and patients now survive infections that would have killed them at start of the pandemic, claims Italian expert. Professor Matteo Bassetti, chief of infectious diseases at the General Hospital of San Martino in Genoa, about 100 miles from Milan, also claims that the virus has changed considerably:
He said: ‘It was like an aggressive tiger in March and April but now it’s like a wild cat. Even elderly patients, aged 80 or 90, are now sitting up in bed and they are breathing without help. The same patients would have died in two or three days before.’ … Professor Bassetti said: ‘The clinical impression I have is that the virus is changing in severity. ‘In March and early April the patterns were completely different. People were coming to the emergency department with a very difficult to manage illness and they needed oxygen and ventilation, some developed pneumonia. ‘Now, in the past four weeks, the picture has completely changed in terms of of patterns. ‘There could be a lower viral load in the respiratory tract, probably due to a genetic mutation in the virus which has not yet been demonstrated scientifically.’
And now there are ANY restrictions on people’s movements and lives because … ?
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Coronavirus, Remuzzi: “New positives are not contagious, stop the fear.”
The director of the Institute of Pharmacological Research Mario Negri and the swab study: “The viral load has become very low”.
Professor Remuzzi, close Lombardy?
“But for God’s sake. Rather, the Higher Institute of Health and the government must realize how much and how much the situation has changed since 20 February, now far away. And they must communicate accordingly. Otherwise, they contribute, perhaps involuntarily, to spreading unjustified fear”.
Even with a daily average of 70 to 80% of new infections concentrated in one region?
“You have to explain what’s happening to people, who rightly get scared when they hear that data. Here at the Mario Negri Institute we are about to publish a study, which contains some useful information to understand, at least I hope so”.
What is it about?
“A brief premise, I hope not too boring, on how tampons work (ER: we believe ‘tampons’ are swabs). The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique is used to search for the virus, able to amplify some specific DNA fragments in a biological sample”.
So far so good.
“For Covid-19, this is how it works. The genome of the coronavirus present on the swabs, i.e. the RNA, is transcribed to DNA and amplified using the PCR technique, which greatly increases the genetic starting material. The higher the content on the DNA swab, i.e. the more virus, the less it needs to be amplified.
Your research?
“We conducted a study of 133 researchers at Mario Negri and 298 employees at Brembo (431). In all, there were 40 cases of positive swabs. But the positivity of these swabs emerged only with very high amplification cycles, between 34 and 38 cycles, corresponding to 35,000-38,000 copies of viral RNA”.
What does that mean?
“That they are cases of positivity with a very low viral load, not contagious. We call them contagious, but they’re positive for tamponade. Commenting on those data that are given every day is useless because they are positives that have no relapse in real life”.
How much do we have to amplify to have a contagious positivity?
“Under a hundred thousand copies of RNA, there is no substantial risk of contagion, according to a work just published by Nature and confirmed by several other studies. So, none of “our” 40 positives would be contagious. This means that the number of new cases may involve people who have so little RNA in their swab that they cannot even infect cells. In contact with the RNA of the real positives, those in March and early April, the cells died within hours.
Be patient, but a study by Mario Negri does not make spring.
“In fact. A study by the Center for Disease Prevention of Korea on 285 asymptomatic positive people traced 790 of them to direct contact. How many new positives? Zero. And I’ll save you other studies that go that way.”
I’m sorry, they used to just count tampons, and now they don’t?
“Now we know more. The ISS and the government must qualify the new positivity, or allow the laboratories to do so, explaining to people that a positivity of less than a hundred thousand copies is not contagious, so it makes no sense to stay at home, isolate, just as it is no longer too useful to make tracks that were fine at the beginning of the epidemic”.
Don’t you think Vo’ Euganeo and Veneto worked well?
“And in fact I think Professor Crisanti did a great job, acting immediately and decisively. That method, double swab and tracking, is good for a small outbreak. But if the virus has been circulating for months and then explodes like it did in Lombardy, that method risks becoming counterproductive, unless we have a crazy Wuhan-type organization at our disposal”.
Are you saying that the current swab-based system is wrong?
“Not at all. But it’s going ahead in a bureaucratic way with rules that don’t take into account what’s emerging from the scientific literature”.
You yourself told me that it takes at least a year for the scientific community and governments to implement the results of studies.
“In this specific case it would be better to speed up, otherwise an unjustified panic is created”.
How do you explain that the vast majority of new cases are only registered in one region?
“There has been an enormous amount of sick people, the virus has turned around a lot, and these are the remnants of that spread”.
Doesn’t it worry you that even yesterday 216 new cases were registered in Lombardy out of 333 throughout Italy?
“No, if they are positive in the same way as those in our research, that is, with a positivity ridiculously lower than one hundred thousand. Because they can’t infect the others”.
And if they are not?
“There’s only one way to find out. You have to say how much Covid-19 is in the new positivity. That’s what I’m asking. The virus is the same, of course. But for reasons no one knows, and maybe that’s why it’s so hard to admit it, there’s little, much less of it in those swabs than before. And that has to be taken into account.”
You’re playing the Lombardy defense attorney?
“I have no reason to do so. Both because of my political sensitivity and my professional history, both of which are far removed from the principles underlying Lombardy’s health care. I believe I am also known for having opposed that model, based as it was on free choice and market, like no other. But I am also a doctor, I have a duty to say things as they are”.
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Coronavirus, Remuzzi: «I nuovi positivi non sono contagiosi, stop alla paura»
Il direttore dell’Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri e lo studio sui tamponi: «La carica virale è diventata molto bassa»
MARCO IMARISIO
Professor Remuzzi, richiudere la Lombardia?
«Ma per carità. Piuttosto, l’Istituto superiore della Sanità e il governo devono rendersi conto di quanto e come è cambiata la situazione da quel 20 febbraio ormai lontano. E devono comunicare di conseguenza. Altrimenti, si contribuisce, magari in modo involontario, a diffondere paura ingiustificata».
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thelibertybeacon--2020-06-23--The Global Reset, Unplugged – “The Deep State”

Imagine , you are living in a world that you are told is a democracy – and you may even believe it – but in fact your life and fate is in the hands of a few ultra-rich , ultra-powerful and ultra-inhuman oligarchs .
They may be called Deep State , or simply the Beast , or anything else obscure or untraceable – it doesn ’ t matter .
They are less than 0.0001 % .
For lack of a better expression , let ’ s call them for now “ obscure individuals ” .
These obscure individuals who pretend @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been elected .
We don ’ t need to name them .
You will figure out who they are , and why they are famous , and some of them totally invisible .
They have created structures , or organisms without any legal format .
They are fully outside of international legality .
They are a forefront for the Beast .
Maybe there are several competing Beasts .
But they have the same objective : A New or One World Order ( NWO , or OWO ) .
These obscure individuals are running @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Forum ( WEF – representing Big Industry , Big Finance and Big Fame ) , the Group of 7 – G7 , the Group of 20 – G20 ( the leaders of the economically ” strongest ” nations ) .
There are also some lesser entities , called the Bilderberg Society , the Council on Foreign Relations ( CFR ) , Chatham House and more .
The members of all of them are overlapping .
Even this expanded forefront combined represents less than 0.001 % .
They all have superimposed themselves over sovereign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over THE multinational world body , the United Nations , the UN .
In fact , they have coopted the UN to do their bidding .
UN Director Generals , as well as the DGs of the multiple UN-suborganizations , are chosen mostly by the US , with the consenting nod of their European vassals – according to the candidate ’ s political and psychological profile .
If his or her ‘ performance ’ as head of the UN or head of one of the UN suborganizations fails , his or her days @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Beast ( s ) are also the European Union , the Bretton Woods Organizations , World Bank and IMF , as well as the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) – and – make no mistake – the International Criminal Court ( ICC ) in The Hague .
It has no teeth .
Just to make sure the law is always on the side of the lawless .
In addition to the key international financial institutions , WB and IMF , there are the so-called regional development banks and similar financial institutions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regions in check .
In the end , it ’ s the financial or debt-economy that controls everything .
Western neoliberal banditry has created a system where political disobedience can be punished by economic oppression or outright theft of national assets in international territories .
The system ’ s common denominator is the ( still ) omnipresent US-dollar .
The supremacy of these obscure unelected individuals becomes ever more exposed .
We , the People consider it “ normal ” that they call the shots , not what we call – or once @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nations and sovereignly elected governments .
They have become a herd of obedient sheep .
The Beast has gradually and quietly taken over .
We haven ’ t noticed .
It ’ s the salami tactic : You cut off slice by tiny slice and when the salami is gone , you realize that you have nothing left , that your freedom , your civil and human rights are gone .
By then it ’ s too late .
Case in point is the US Patriot Act .
It was prepared way before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the Patriot Legislation was whizzed through Congress in no time – for the people ’ s future protection – people called for it for fear – and – bingo , the Patriot Act took about 90 % of the American population ’ s freedom and civil rights away .
For good .
We have become enslaved to the Beast .
The Beast calls the shots on the boom or bust of our economies , on who should be shackled by debt , when and where a pandemic should break out , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , for example , social confinement .
And to top it all off – the instruments the Beast uses , very cleverly , are a tiny-tiny invisible enemy , called a virus , and a huge but also invisible monster , called FEAR .
That keeps us off the street , away from meetings with our friends , and off our social entertainment , theatre , sports , or a picnic in the park .
Soon the Beast will decide who will live and who will die , literally – if we let @ @ @ @ @ @ @ away .
Another wave of pandemic and people may beg , yell and scream for a vaccine , for their death knell , and for the super bonanza of Big Pharma – and towards the objectives of the eugenicists blatantly roaming the world – see this .
There is still time to collectively say NO .
Collectively and in solidarity .
Take the latest case of blatant imposture .
Conveniently , after the first wave of Covid-19 had passed , at least in the Global North , where the major world decisions are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the unelected WEF Chairman , Klaus Schwab , announced “ The Great Reset ” .
Taking advantage of the economic collapse – the crisis shock , as in “ The Shock Doctrine ” – Mr. Schwab , one of the Beast ’ s frontrunners , announces openly what the WEF will discuss and decide for the world-to-come in their next Davos Forum in January 2021 .
For more details see this .
Will We , The People , accept the agenda of the unelected WEF ?
It will opportunely focus on the protection @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Earth ; obviously at the center will be man-made CO2-based “ Global Warming ” .
The instrument for that protection of nature and humankind will be the UN Agenda 2030 – which equals the UN Sustainable Development Goals ( SDG ) .
It will focus on how to rebuild the wilfully destroyed global economy , w hile respecting the ( “ green ” ) principles of the 17 SDGs .
Mind you , it ’ s all connected .
There are no coincidences .
The infamous Agenda 2021 , which coincides with and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2030 , will be duly inaugurated by the WEF ’ s official declaration of The Great Reset , in January 2021 .
Similarly , the implementation of the agenda of The Great Reset began in January 2020 , with the launch of the corona pandemic – planned for decades with the latest visible events being the 2010 Rockefeller Report with its “ Lockstep Scenario ” , and Event 201 , of 18 October in NYC which computer-simulated a corona pandemic , leaving within 18 months 65 million deaths and an economy in ruin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the launch of the actual corona pandemic .
See COVID-19 , We Are Now Living the “ Lock Step Scenario ” and this and this .
The racial riots , initiated by the movement Black Lives Matter ( funded by the Ford Foundation and Soros ’ Open Society Foundation ) , following the brutal assassination of the Afro-American George Floyd by a gang of Minneapolis police , and spreading like brush-fire in no time to more than 160 cities , first in the US , then in Europe – are not only connected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but they were a convenient deviation from the human catastrophe left behind by Covid-19 .
See also this .
The Beast ’ s nefarious plan to implement what ’ s really behind the UN Agenda 2030 is the little heard-of Agenda ID2020 .
See The Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic : The Real Danger is “ Agenda ID2020 ” .
It has been created and funded by the vaccination guru Bill Gates , and so has GAVI ( Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations ) , the association of Big Pharma – involved in creating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ along with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ( BMGF ) a major proportion of WHO ’ s budget .
The Great Reset , as announced by WEF ’ s Klaus Schwab , is supposedly implemented by Agenda ID2020 .
It is more than meets the eye .
Agenda ID2020 is even anchored in the SDGs , as SDG 16.9 “ by 2030 provide legal [ digital ] identity for all , including free birth registration ” .
This fits perfectly into the overall goal of SDG 16 : ” Promote peaceful and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ access to justice for all and build effective , accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
” Following the official path of the UN Agenda 2030 of achieving the SDGs , the ‘ implementing ’ Agenda ID2020 – which is currently being tested on school children in Bangladesh – will provide digitized IDs , possibly in the form of nano-chips implanted along with compulsory vaccination programs , will promote digitization of money and the rolling out of 5G – which would be needed to upload and monitor personal data on the nano chips @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ID2020 will most likely also include ‘ programs ’ – through vaccination ?
– of significantly reducing world population .
Eugenics is an important component in the control of future world population under a NOW / OWO – see also Georgia Guidestones , mysteriously built in 1980 .
The ruling elite used the lockdown as an instrument to carry out this agenda .
Its implementation would naturally face massive protests , organized and funded along the same lines as were the BLM protests and demonstrations .
They may not be peaceful – and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Because to control the population in the US and in Europe , where most of the civil unrest would be expected , a total militarization of the people is required .
This is well under preparation .
In his essay “ The Big Plantation ” , John Steppling reports from a NYT article that a He adds that this militarization is part of a broader trend .
Since the late 1990s , about 89 percent of police departments in the United States serving populations of 50,000 people or more had a PPU @ @ @ @ @ @ @ double of what existed in the mid-1980s .
He refers to these militarized police as the new Gestapo .
Even before Covid , about 15 % to 20 % of the population was on or below the poverty line in the United States .
The post-covid lockdown economic annihilation will at least double that percentage – and commensurately increase the risk for civil turbulence and clashes with authorities – further enhancing the reasoning for a militarized police force .
None of these scenarios will , of course , be presented to the public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ These are decisions taken behind closed doors by the key actors for the Beast .
However , this grandiose plan of the Great Reset does not have to happen .
There is at least half the world population and some of the most powerful countries , economically and militarily – like China and Russia – opposed to it .
“ Reset ” maybe yes , but not in these western terms .
In fact , a reset of kinds is already happening with China about to roll out a new People ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the crypto RMB , or yuan .
This is not only a hard currency based on a solid economy , it is also supported by gold .
While President Trump keeps trashing China for unfair trade , for improperly managing the covid pandemic , for stealing property rights – China bashing no end – that China depends on the US and that the US will cut trading ties with China – or cut ties altogether , China is calling Trump ’ s bluff .
China is quietly reorienting herself towards the ASEAN countries @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) and South Korea , where trade already today accounts for about 15 % of all China ’ s trade and is expected to double in the next five years .
Despite the lockdown and the disruption of trade , China ’ s overall exports recovered , with a 3.2 % increase in April ( in relation to April 2019 ) .
This overall performance in China exports was nonetheless accompanied by a dramatic decline in US-China trade .
China exports to the US decreased by 7.9 % in April ( in relation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clear that the vast majority of US industries could not survive without Chinese supply chains .
The western dependence on Chinese medical supplies is particularly strong .
Let alone Chinese dependence by US consumers .
In 2019 , US total consumption , about 70 % of GDP , amounted to $ 13.3 trillion , of which a fair amount is directly imported from China or dependent on ingredients from China .
The WEF-masters are confronted with a real dilemma .
Their plan depends very much on the dollar supremacy , which would continue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assets from those countries opposing US rule ; a dollar-hegemony which would allow imposing the components of The Great Reset scheme , as described above .
At present , the dollar is fiat money , debt-money created from thin air .
It has no backing whatsoever .
Therefore , its worth as a reserve currency is increasingly decaying , especially vis-à-vis the new crypto-yuan from China .
In order to compete with the Chinese yuan , the US Government would have to move away from its monetary Ponzi-scheme , by separating itself from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her own US-economy – and possibly gold-backed ( crypto ) money – not fiat FED-money , as is the case today .
That would mean cutting the more than 100-year old ties to the Rothschild and Co. clan-owned FED , and creating a real peoples-owned central bank .
Not impossible , but highly improbable .
Here , two Beasts might clash , as world power is at stake .
Meanwhile , China , with her philosophy of endless creation , would continue forging ahead unstoppably with her mammoth socioeconomic development plan of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Initiative , connecting and bridging the world with infrastructure for land and maritime transport , with joint research and industrial projects , cultural exchanges – and not least , multinational trade with “ win-win ” characteristics , equality for all partners – towards a multi-polar world , towards a world with a common future for mankind .
Today , already more than 120 countries are associated with BRI – and the field is wide open for others to join – and to defy , unmask and unplug The Great Reset of the West @ @ @ @ @ @ @ geopolitical analyst .
He is also a water resources and environmental specialist .
He worked for over 30 years with the World Bank and the World Health Organization around the world in the fields of environment and water .
He lectures at universities in the US , Europe and South America .
He writes regularly for Global Research ; ICH ; New Eastern Outlook ( NEO ) ; RT ; Countercurrents , Sputnik ; PressTV ; The 21st Century ; Greanville Post ; Defend Democracy Press ; The Saker Blog , the and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ author of Implosion – An Economic Thriller about War , Environmental Destruction and Corporate Greed – fiction based on facts and on 30 years of World Bank experience around the globe .
He is also a co-author of The World Order and Revolution !
– Essays from the Resistance .
He is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization .
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The Global Reset – Unplugged. “The Deep State”
Imagine, you are living in a world that you are told is a democracy – and you may even believe it – but in fact your life and fate is in the hands of a few ultra-rich, ultra-powerful and ultra-inhuman oligarchs. They may be called Deep State, or simply the Beast, or anything else obscure or untraceable – it doesn’t matter. They are less than 0.0001%.
For lack of a better expression, let’s call them for now “obscure individuals”.
These obscure individuals who pretend to be running our world have never been elected. We don’t need to name them. You will figure out who they are, and why they are famous, and some of them totally invisible. They have created structures, or organisms without any legal format. They are fully outside of international legality. They are a forefront for the Beast. Maybe there are several competing Beasts. But they have the same objective: A New or One World Order (NWO, or OWO).
These obscure individuals are running, for example, The World Economic Forum (WEF – representing Big Industry, Big Finance and Big Fame), the Group of 7 – G7, the Group of 20 – G20 (the leaders of the economically” strongest” nations). There are also some lesser entities, called the Bilderberg Society, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Chatham House and more.
The members of all of them are overlapping. Even this expanded forefront combined represents less than 0.001%. They all have superimposed themselves over sovereign national elected and constitutional governments, and over THE multinational world body, the United Nations, the UN.
In fact, they have coopted the UN to do their bidding. UN Director Generals, as well as the DGs of the multiple UN-suborganizations, are chosen mostly by the US, with the consenting nod of their European vassals – according to the candidate’s political and psychological profile. If his or her ‘performance’ as head of the UN or head of one of the UN suborganizations fails, his or her days are counted. Coopted or created by the Beast(s) are also the European Union, the Bretton Woods Organizations, World Bank and IMF, as well as the World Trade Organization (WTO) – and – make no mistake – the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. It has no teeth. Just to make sure the law is always on the side of the lawless.
In addition to the key international financial institutions, WB and IMF, there are the so-called regional development banks and similar financial institutions, keeping the countries of their respective regions in check.
In the end, it’s the financial or debt-economy that controls everything. Western neoliberal banditry has created a system where political disobedience can be punished by economic oppression or outright theft of national assets in international territories. The system’s common denominator is the (still) omnipresent US-dollar.
“Unelected Individuals”
The supremacy of these obscure unelected individuals becomes ever more exposed. We, the People consider it “normal” that they call the shots, not what we call – or once were proud of calling, our sovereign nations and sovereignly elected governments. They have become a herd of obedient sheep. The Beast has gradually and quietly taken over. We haven’t noticed. It’s the salami tactic: You cut off slice by tiny slice and when the salami is gone, you realize that you have nothing left, that your freedom, your civil and human rights are gone. By then it’s too late. Case in point is the US Patriot Act. It was prepared way before 9/11. Once 9/11 “happened”, the Patriot Legislation was whizzed through Congress in no time – for the people’s future protection – people called for it for fear – and – bingo, the Patriot Act took about 90% of the American population’s freedom and civil rights away. For good.
We have become enslaved to the Beast. The Beast calls the shots on the boom or bust of our economies, on who should be shackled by debt, when and where a pandemic should break out, and on the conditions of surviving the pandemic, for example, social confinement. And to top it all off – the instruments the Beast uses, very cleverly, are a tiny-tiny invisible enemy, called a virus, and a huge but also invisible monster, called FEAR. That keeps us off the street, away from meetings with our friends, and off our social entertainment, theatre, sports, or a picnic in the park.
Soon the Beast will decide who will live and who will die, literally – if we let it. This may be not far away. Another wave of pandemic and people may beg, yell and scream for a vaccine, for their death knell, and for the super bonanza of Big Pharma – and towards the objectives of the eugenicists blatantly roaming the world – see this. There is still time to collectively say NO. Collectively and in solidarity.
Take the latest case of blatant imposture. Conveniently, after the first wave of Covid-19 had passed, at least in the Global North, where the major world decisions are made, in early June 2020, the unelected WEF Chairman, Klaus Schwab, announced “The Great Reset”. Taking advantage of the economic collapse – the crisis shock, as in “The Shock Doctrine” – Mr. Schwab, one of the Beast’s frontrunners, announces openly what the WEF will discuss and decide for the world-to-come in their next Davos Forum in January 2021. For more details see this.
Will We, The People, accept the agenda of the unelected WEF?
It will opportunely focus on the protection of what’s left of Mother Earth; obviously at the center will be man-made CO2-based “Global Warming”. The instrument for that protection of nature and humankind will be the UN Agenda 2030 – which equals the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). It will focus on how to rebuild the wilfully destroyed global economy, w hile respecting the (“green”) principles of the 17 SDGs.
Mind you, it’s all connected. There are no coincidences. The infamous Agenda 2021, which coincides with and complements the so-called (UN) Agenda 2030, will be duly inaugurated by the WEF’s official declaration of The Great Reset, in January 2021. Similarly, the implementation of the agenda of The Great Reset began in January 2020, with the launch of the corona pandemic – planned for decades with the latest visible events being the 2010 Rockefeller Report with its “Lockstep Scenario”, and Event 201, of 18 October in NYC which computer-simulated a corona pandemic, leaving within 18 months 65 million deaths and an economy in ruin, programmed just a few weeks before the launch of the actual corona pandemic. See COVID-19, We Are Now Living the “Lock Step Scenario” and this and this.
The Race Riots
The racial riots, initiated by the movement Black Lives Matter (funded by the Ford Foundation and Soros’ Open Society Foundation), following the brutal assassination of the Afro-American George Floyd by a gang of Minneapolis police, and spreading like brush-fire in no time to more than 160 cities, first in the US, then in Europe – are not only connected to the Beast’s agenda, but they were a convenient deviation from the human catastrophe left behind by Covid-19. See also this.
The Beast’s nefarious plan to implement what’s really behind the UN Agenda 2030 is the little heard-of Agenda ID2020. See The Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic: The Real Danger is “Agenda ID2020”. It has been created and funded by the vaccination guru Bill Gates, and so has GAVI (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations), the association of Big Pharma – involved in creating the corona vaccines, and which funds along with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) a major proportion of WHO’s budget.
The Great Reset, as announced by WEF’s Klaus Schwab, is supposedly implemented by Agenda ID2020. It is more than meets the eye. Agenda ID2020 is even anchored in the SDGs, as SDG 16.9 “by 2030 provide legal [digital] identity for all, including free birth registration”. This fits perfectly into the overall goal of SDG 16: ”Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.”
Following the official path of the UN Agenda 2030 of achieving the SDGs, the ‘implementing’ Agenda ID2020 – which is currently being tested on school children in Bangladesh – will provide digitized IDs, possibly in the form of nano-chips implanted along with compulsory vaccination programs, will promote digitization of money and the rolling out of 5G – which would be needed to upload and monitor personal data on the nano chips and to control the populace. Agenda ID2020 will most likely also include ‘programs’ – through vaccination? – of significantly reducing world population. Eugenics is an important component in the control of future world population under a NOW / OWO – see also Georgia Guidestones, mysteriously built in 1980.
The ruling elite used the lockdown as an instrument to carry out this agenda. Its implementation would naturally face massive protests, organized and funded along the same lines as were the BLM protests and demonstrations. They may not be peaceful – and may not be planned as being peaceful. Because to control the population in the US and in Europe, where most of the civil unrest would be expected, a total militarization of the people is required. This is well under preparation.
In his essay “The Big Plantation”, John Steppling reports from a NYT article that a
“minimum of 93,763 machine guns, 180,718 magazine cartridges, hundreds of silencers and an unknown number of grenade launchers have been provided to state and local police departments in the US since 2006. This is in addition to at least 533 planes and helicopters, and 432 MRAPs — 9-foot high, 30-ton Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected armored vehicles with gun turrets and more than 44,900 pieces of night vision equipment, regularly used in nighttime raids in Afghanistan and Iraq.”
He adds that this militarization is part of a broader trend. Since the late 1990s, about 89 percent of police departments in the United States serving populations of 50,000 people or more had a PPU (Police Paramilitary Unit), almost double of what existed in the mid-1980s. He refers to these militarized police as the new Gestapo.
Even before Covid, about 15% to 20% of the population was on or below the poverty line in the United States. The post-covid lockdown economic annihilation will at least double that percentage – and commensurately increase the risk for civil turbulence and clashes with authorities – further enhancing the reasoning for a militarized police force.
China’s Crypto RMB
None of these scenarios will, of course, be presented to the public by the WEF in January 2021. These are decisions taken behind closed doors by the key actors for the Beast. However, this grandiose plan of the Great Reset does not have to happen. There is at least half the world population and some of the most powerful countries, economically and militarily – like China and Russia – opposed to it. “Reset” maybe yes, but not in these western terms. In fact, a reset of kinds is already happening with China about to roll out a new People’s Bank of China backed blockchain-based cryptocurrency, the crypto RMB, or yuan. This is not only a hard currency based on a solid economy, it is also supported by gold.
While President Trump keeps trashing China for unfair trade, for improperly managing the covid pandemic, for stealing property rights – China bashing no end – that China depends on the US and that the US will cut trading ties with China – or cut ties altogether, China is calling Trump’s bluff. China is quietly reorienting herself towards the ASEAN countries plus Japan (yes, Japan!) and South Korea, where trade already today accounts for about 15% of all China’s trade and is expected to double in the next five years.
Despite the lockdown and the disruption of trade, China’s overall exports recovered, with a 3.2% increase in April (in relation to April 2019). This overall performance in China exports was nonetheless accompanied by a dramatic decline in US-China trade. China exports to the US decreased by 7.9% in April (in relation to April 2019).
It is clear that the vast majority of US industries could not survive without Chinese supply chains. The western dependence on Chinese medical supplies is particularly strong. Let alone Chinese dependence by US consumers. In 2019, US total consumption, about 70% of GDP, amounted to $13.3 trillion, of which a fair amount is directly imported from China or dependent on ingredients from China.
The WEF-masters are confronted with a real dilemma. Their plan depends very much on the dollar supremacy, which would continue to allow dishing out sanctions and confiscating assets from those countries opposing US rule; a dollar-hegemony which would allow imposing the components of The Great Reset scheme, as described above.
At present, the dollar is fiat money, debt-money created from thin air. It has no backing whatsoever. Therefore, its worth as a reserve currency is increasingly decaying, especially vis-à-vis the new crypto-yuan from China. In order to compete with the Chinese yuan, the US Government would have to move away from its monetary Ponzi-scheme, by separating itself from the 1913 Federal Reserve Act and printing her own US-economy – and possibly gold-backed (crypto) money – not fiat FED-money, as is the case today. That would mean cutting the more than 100-year old ties to the Rothschild and Co. clan-owned FED, and creating a real peoples-owned central bank. Not impossible, but highly improbable. Here, two Beasts might clash, as world power is at stake.
Meanwhile, China, with her philosophy of endless creation, would continue forging ahead unstoppably with her mammoth socioeconomic development plan of the 21st Century, the Belt and Road Initiative, connecting and bridging the world with infrastructure for land and maritime transport, with joint research and industrial projects, cultural exchanges – and not least, multinational trade with “win-win” characteristics, equality for all partners – towards a multi-polar world, towards a world with a common future for mankind.
Today, already more than 120 countries are associated with BRI – and the field is wide open for others to join – and to defy, unmask and unplug The Great Reset of the West.
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Peter Koenig is an economist and geopolitical analyst. He is also a water resources and environmental specialist. He worked for over 30 years with the World Bank and the World Health Organization around the world in the fields of environment and water. He lectures at universities in the US, Europe and South America. He writes regularly for Global Research; ICH; New Eastern Outlook (NEO); RT; Countercurrents, Sputnik; PressTV; The 21st Century; Greanville Post; Defend Democracy Press; The Saker Blog, the and other internet sites. He is the author of Implosion – An Economic Thriller about War, Environmental Destruction and Corporate Greed – fiction based on facts and on 30 years of World Bank experience around the globe. He is also a co-author of The World Order and Revolution! – Essays from the Resistance. He is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization.
Published to The Liberty Beacon from EuropeReloaded.com


thelibertybeacon--2020-06-23--Study Shows 30% Drop in Infant Mortality During Lockdown …

According to Dr. Judy Mikovits , if the US is successful in mandating the COVID-19 vaccine , it is entirely possible that just one dose of the vaccine could kill at least 50 million Americans .
These are extremely strong words from a lady who has suffered horrendous abuse for her outspokenness .
However , Mikovits is unafraid to speak out about subjects that she considers to be of utmost importance .
“ There are a 100 vaccines on the schedule and 110 planned , and never have they been tested together , and when they combine them , they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contaminants , because , for instance , there is a vaccine called Twinrix , hepatitis A and hepatitis B ; they don ’ t invent them together , which is the right way to purify .
They just make one and make the other and then throw the ( non audible ) , they never look at what the interactions are .
Never do we consider the blood pressure medicines and all the other medicines that the elderly are on .
No elderly person should get a vaccine of any kind .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of any kind , if they want to be healthy in this country.
” Over the years , Dr. Mikovits has been continually criticized for spreading conspiracy theories about the dangers of vaccination .
However , she could be correct .
because , according to a recent study that was published by the website Health Choice , infant mortality rates dropped by a staggering 30 % during the lockdown period .
If their paperwork is correct and it certainly appears to be , then this raises the question as to whether or not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because of missed pediatric appointments during the COVID-19 pandemic , which in turn has caused the children to miss out on their routine vaccinations .
Amy Becker and Mark Blaxill , Chairman and co-founder of the website Health Choice , who wrote the paper certainly appear to think so .
The paper , Lessons from the Lockdown – Why are so many fewer children dying ?
, examined the US statistics of COVID-19 deaths that occurred across America during the lockdown .
The authors stated that : This information is extremely interesting , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fact that was revealed in this document .
In addition , whilst investigating the statistics , the researchers noticed that : “ When infants die , the cause is frequently some form of congenital condition or birth defect .
Sadly , accidents and homicides are frequent causes as well .
There are however , frequent cases in which previously healthy infants die unexpectedly .
These deaths are usually classified as “ Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ” or SIDS .
According to the CDC , SIDS deaths are one of two largest causes of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1 year .
We have no specific data on the trend of SIDS deaths during the pandemic .
We have , however , heard anecdotal reports from emergency room ( ER ) doctors suggesting some have observed a decline in SIDS .
One doctor who says he might see 3 cases of SIDS in a typical week has seen zero cases since the pandemic and associated lockdowns began.
” Next , in a bid to explain this unusual turn of events , the researchers discuss the possible reasons for decline in the cases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paper is extremely well referenced and the papers mentioned in their report do indeed highlight these interesting facts .
The researchers included the following charts , which they obtained from the CDC , that appear to support their view .
If this information is correct , then it confirms exactly what Dr. Mikovits has been saying for many years .
Radio host Sallie O. Elkordy has taken the information that was published by Health Choice one step further .
She believes that the decrease in infant mortality that has occurred during the pandemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ parents who have been falsely accused of shaken baby syndrome ( SBS ) .
Of course this is something that would need further investigation , to be confirmed .
However , statistics have proven that the majority of cases of SBS only occur in children who have been fully vaccinated .
For further details , see : Happy Father ’ s Day thanks to COVID-19 : Reduced Pediatrician Visits Decreased Infant Mortality by 30 % !
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Shocked by what Becker and Blaxill had discovered , Sallie O. Elkordy interviewed Mr. Blaxill to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on what they had discovered about reduced infant death during the COVID-19 pandemic .
To listen to the show in full go to – Mark Blaxill ~ Infant Death Drops 30 % since Pediatrician Visits Reduced ( COVID ) .
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Study Shows 30% Drop in Infant Mortality During Lockdown …
By TLB Contributing Partner: Christina England, BA, Hons
According to Dr. Judy Mikovits, if the US is successful in mandating the COVID-19 vaccine, it is entirely possible that just one dose of the vaccine could kill at least 50 million Americans.
These are extremely strong words from a lady who has suffered horrendous abuse for her outspokenness. However, Mikovits is unafraid to speak out about subjects that she considers to be of utmost importance.
Mikovits explained in a recent video that:
“There are a 100 vaccines on the schedule and 110 planned, and never have they been tested together, and when they combine them, they combine the contaminants and they add more contaminants, because, for instance, there is a vaccine called Twinrix, hepatitis A and hepatitis B; they don’t invent them together, which is the right way to purify. They just make one and make the other and then throw the (non audible), they never look at what the interactions are. Never do we consider the blood pressure medicines and all the other medicines that the elderly are on. No elderly person should get a vaccine of any kind. In fact, nobody should get a vaccine of any kind, if they want to be healthy in this country.”
She continued that:
“That’s why I hope that President Trump will just give a five-year moratorium on all vaccines, until the vaxxed/unvaxxed study, until every safety test is done, everything, and that will take a lot longer than five years. And do you know what we will get? Huh!! We’ll get healthy kids!! We will get our lives back. We will realize that we are not, healthy people do not make people sick.”
Over the years, Dr. Mikovits has been continually criticized for spreading conspiracy theories about the dangers of vaccination. However, she could be correct. because, according to a recent study that was published by the website Health Choice, infant mortality rates dropped by a staggering 30% during the lockdown period.
If their paperwork is correct and it certainly appears to be, then this raises the question as to whether or not the unexpected drop in infant deaths is because of missed pediatric appointments during the COVID-19 pandemic, which in turn has caused the children to miss out on their routine vaccinations.
Amy Becker and Mark Blaxill, Chairman and co-founder of the website Health Choice, who wrote the paper certainly appear to think so.
Examining the Facts Highlighted by Health Choice
The paper, Lessons from the Lockdown – Why are so many fewer children dying?, examined the US statistics of COVID-19 deaths that occurred across America during the lockdown. The authors stated that:
“… As we will show, a balanced view of the broader American COVID19 experience demonstrates both the scale variability of its negative outcomes in older American, especially the elderly but also some unexpected positives. Surprisingly, US mortality rates have declined among young people during the lockdown, especially infants. These trends have gone largely unnoticed and remain unexplained.”
They continued:
“But the pandemic experience has brought on a surprising effect on this expected death rate among children. Starting in early March, expected deaths began a sharp decline from an expected level of around 700 deaths per week to well under 500 by mid – April and throughout May. As untimely deaths spiked among elderly in Manhattan nursing homes and in similar settings all over the country, something mysterious was saving the lives of children. As springtime in America came along with massive disruptions in family life amid near universal lockdowns, roughly 30% fewer children died.”
This information is extremely interesting, however, this was not the only fact that was revealed in this document. In addition, whilst investigating the statistics, the researchers noticed that:
“Virtually the entire change came from infants. Somehow, the changing patterns of American life during the lockdowns has been saving the lives of hundreds of infants, over 200 per week.”
They stated that:
“When infants die, the cause is frequently some form of congenital condition or birth defect. Sadly, accidents and homicides are frequent causes as well. There are however, frequent cases in which previously healthy infants die unexpectedly. These deaths are usually classified as “Sudden Infant Death Syndrome” or SIDS. According to the CDC, SIDS deaths are one of two largest causes of death among infants aged 1 month to 1 year. We have no specific data on the trend of SIDS deaths during the pandemic. We have, however, heard anecdotal reports from emergency room (ER) doctors suggesting some have observed a decline in SIDS. One doctor who says he might see 3 cases of SIDS in a typical week has seen zero cases since the pandemic and associated lockdowns began.”
Next, in a bid to explain this unusual turn of events, the researchers discuss the possible reasons for decline in the cases of SIDS during the lockdown.
They stated that:
“One very clear change that has received publicity is that the public health officials are bemoaning the sharp decline in infant vaccinations as parents are not taking their infants into pediatric offices for their regular well-baby checks. In May 15 issue of the CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), a group of authors from the CDC and Kaiser Permanente reported a sharp decline in provider orders for vaccines as well as a decline in pediatric vaccine doses administered. These declines began in early March, around the time infant deaths began declining.”
The paper is extremely well referenced and the papers mentioned in their report do indeed highlight these interesting facts.
The researchers included the following charts, which they obtained from the CDC, that appear to support their view.
The researchers concluded that:
“This effect may not be confined to the US. The World Health Organization issued a press release on May 22 noting that, “Since March 2020, routine childhood immunization services have been disrupted on a global scale that may be unprecedented since the inception of expanded programs on immunization (EPI) in the 1970s.” Are fewer children dying because their parents are skipping their routine childhood vaccines? If lives are being saved during the pandemic, this is a question that urgently needs answering.”
If this information is correct, then it confirms exactly what Dr. Mikovits has been saying for many years.
Radio host Sallie O. Elkordy has taken the information that was published by Health Choice one step further. She believes that the decrease in infant mortality that has occurred during the pandemic may also have affected the number of parents who have been falsely accused of shaken baby syndrome (SBS).
Of course this is something that would need further investigation, to be confirmed.
However, statistics have proven that the majority of cases of SBS only occur in children who have been fully vaccinated. For further details, see: Happy Father’s Day thanks to COVID-19: Reduced Pediatrician Visits Decreased Infant Mortality by 30%!.
Shocked by what Becker and Blaxill had discovered, Sallie O. Elkordy interviewed Mr. Blaxill to find out exactly what his opinion was on what they had discovered about reduced infant death during the COVID-19 pandemic. To listen to the show in full go to – Mark Blaxill ~ Infant Death Drops 30% since Pediatrician Visits Reduced (COVID).
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thelibertybeacon--2020-06-24--Stuttgart, Germany: Hundreds of rioters attack police

“ The situation is completely out of control , ” said a police spokesman on Sunday .
Although relative calm returned on Monday according to the police , some 40 shops were damaged during the rampage .
Nine shops were ransacked and looted .
Emergency services were also attacked by the immigrants .
A total of 280 officers had to be deployed .
For this purpose , forces from all over the state had been sent to the state capital .
The police are now getting an overview , said a spokesman .
“ We are now trying to find @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could become.
” During a drug-related crime check , many of the “ youths ” ganged up against the police .
Around 500 people rioted , 19 police officers were injured and 24 people were temporarily arrested .
According to the city ’ s police vice president , Thomas Berger , the perpetrators came from a “ colorful mix ” of many countries .
Slogans like “ Kill All Cops ” were sprayed on walls , and of the nineteen officers injured , one has been disabled .
In a viral voice message @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the background one can hear the police radio and the speaker , a police officer describes the situation , not mincing his words : Then he adds : “ Only Kanacken.
” The term is a derogatory German word for people from Turkey , Arab countries or Southern Europe .
Video recordings on Twitter show immigrants kicking in shop windows or tearing paving stones out of the ground .
Federal Chairman of the German Police Union ( DPolG ) , Rainer Wendt , said : “ Obviously , various groups from different milieus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ willingness to use violence with brutal force and high criminal energy.
” And he further warned : “ These excesses will be especially important in future in large metropolises , but then quickly show up in small towns.
” The far-left German daily tagezeitung has characterized Wendt as a “ populist ” because he uses “ law and order catchphrases ” .
This is quite clearly the emergence of a new left-wing terrorism in the wake of world-wide BLM protests , which the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution – the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warned of .
Wendt continued to complain that senior politicians were complicit in creating this situation : “ No one should be surprised if violent groups feel encouraged to let off steam in this way , when German politicians spend weeks engaging in ghost discussions about alleged structural racism in the police or police violence.
” The SPD party leader , Saskia Esken , had suggested that the enemies of the German constitutional state were in the police , a statement which has weakened the state and strengthened its opponents .
Esken later @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Many shops but also vehicles were damaged or even destroyed .
In addition , the rioters looted stores with impunity .
According to police , the riots started around midnight .
For security reasons , the police remain present in the city center with a large contingent , said a police spokesman .
Over the past few weeks there have been major clashes between mostly young people with an immigrant background and the police .
This weekend , however , the mob then grew to several hundred people , according to the police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forces were insulted as racists .
The crowd had repeatedly accused the police of “ conditions like that in the United States , ” regional daily the Stuttgarter Nachrichten quoted a police spokesman as saying .
Recently , the Stuttgart police had spoken of violent incidents at a demonstration .
“ Parts of the left scene cross obvious lines here , which we have never seen before in Stuttgart , ” said a police spokesman at the time .
While the system media ( ER : sic – the MSM ? )
in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the approximately 500 protagonists of the street war night in Stuttgart , mentioning “ people ” , “ young men ” , “ small groups ” and “ actors of the party and event scene ” , the facts quickly surfaced .
The trigger was a police operation at around 11:30 pm , which according to Thomas Berger escalated when they checked a “ 17-year-old German with white skin ” for a drug crime .
“ Immediately ” 200 to 300 people from the “ party scene showed solidarity ” and attacked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them .
Only the tabloid BILD broke through the Omerta specified in the press code , reporting that those detained were either foreigners or Germans with a migration background .
On several videos circulating on social media , one can hear calls like “ Fuck the System ” , “ Allahu akbar ” and ” Sons of Whores ” directed at the police .
Mobs pounding police cars were also witnessed .
According to BILD , twelve of the 24 provisionally arrested are foreigners , including people from Iran and Iraq , from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Germany as “ protection seekers ” but ironically Germans now have to seek protection from them .
AfD politician Martin Hess , who was formerly a police officer in Baden-Württemberg , told German daily Die Welt : Stuttgart ’ s mayor Fritz Kuhn , is a member of the Green party .
Interior Minister of the state , Thomas Strobl , said the rioters from the “ party scene ” were “ emotionally ” inspired by George Floyd protests : “ It could also be that the images that have reached us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aggression.
” Just recently , police officers took a knee at a Black Lives Matter rally in Cologne .
For days , waves of admiration and approval on social networks from leftists surfaced .
The Black Lives Matter rally in the Deutzer shipyard in Cologne on June 6 , in which at least 10,000 protesters took part , was held under the motto “ America , We See You ” following the death of American George Floyd .
“ Every police officer is caught between his humanity and his duty , ” said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Inappropriate toughness during operations is a topic that police officers are also dealing with in Germany today she added .
“ It was a very emotional , spontaneous action , ” said Schubert .
But not everybody agreed .
“ Police officers , like all officers , have to maintain moderation and restraint in political activities .
This moderation requirement is closely related to their duty of neutrality , ” explained Jürgen Köhnlein , Bavarian State Chairman of the German Police Union ( DPolG ) .
He said when in uniform , police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statements .

ER Editor: See also this article from the Daily Mail yesterday, titled Looters chant ‘Allahu Akbar’ during Stuttgart’s worst ever riots that turned the city into ‘a battlefield’ – as police reveal those involved were ‘mainly young people with a migration background’. This report contains video and photo footage.
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“The situation is completely out of control,” said a police spokesman on Sunday. Although relative calm returned on Monday according to the police, some 40 shops were damaged during the rampage. Nine shops were ransacked and looted. Emergency services were also attacked by the immigrants. A total of 280 officers had to be deployed.
For this purpose, forces from all over the state had been sent to the state capital. The police are now getting an overview, said a spokesman. “We are now trying to find out what that was and what it could become.” During a drug-related crime check, many of the “youths” ganged up against the police.
Stuttgart police chief Franz Lutz commented in daily BILD:
“It is an incredible event that has left me stunned and which I have not seen in the 46 years of police service that I have been through so far. It was an unprecedented dimension of open violence against police officers and massive property damage of looting in our city.”
Around 500 people rioted, 19 police officers were injured and 24 people were temporarily arrested. According to the city’s police vice president, Thomas Berger, the perpetrators came from a “colorful mix” of many countries.
Slogans like “Kill All Cops” were sprayed on walls, and of the nineteen officers injured, one has been disabled.
In a viral voice message deemed to be authentic, because in the background one can hear the police radio and the speaker, a police officer describes the situation, not mincing his words:
“It is a miracle that there are no dead colleagues yet, because this is war. We’re really at war tonight. I’m not exaggerating.”
Then he adds: “Only Kanacken.” The term is a derogatory German word for people from Turkey, Arab countries or Southern Europe.
Video recordings on Twitter show immigrants kicking in shop windows or tearing paving stones out of the ground.
Federal Chairman of the German Police Union (DPolG), Rainer Wendt, said: “Obviously, various groups from different milieus in Stuttgart felt encouraged to demonstrate their willingness to use violence with brutal force and high criminal energy.” And he further warned: “These excesses will be especially important in future in large metropolises, but then quickly show up in small towns.” The far-left German daily tagezeitung has characterized Wendt as a “populist” because he uses “law and order catchphrases”.
This is quite clearly the emergence of a new left-wing terrorism in the wake of world-wide BLM protests, which the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution – the German domestic intelligence service – had previously warned of.
Wendt continued to complain that senior politicians were complicit in creating this situation: “No one should be surprised if violent groups feel encouraged to let off steam in this way, when German politicians spend weeks engaging in ghost discussions about alleged structural racism in the police or police violence.”
The SPD party leader, Saskia Esken, had suggested that the enemies of the German constitutional state were in the police, a statement which has weakened the state and strengthened its opponents. Esken later relativized her statements after strong criticism.
Many shops but also vehicles were damaged or even destroyed. In addition, the rioters looted stores with impunity. According to police, the riots started around midnight. For security reasons, the police remain present in the city center with a large contingent, said a police spokesman.
Over the past few weeks there have been major clashes between mostly young people with an immigrant background and the police. This weekend, however, the mob then grew to several hundred people, according to the police. Among other things, the security forces were insulted as racists. The crowd had repeatedly accused the police of “conditions like that in the United States,” regional daily the Stuttgarter Nachrichten quoted a police spokesman as saying.
Recently, the Stuttgart police had spoken of violent incidents at a demonstration. “Parts of the left scene cross obvious lines here, which we have never seen before in Stuttgart,” said a police spokesman at the time.
While the system media (ER: sic – the MSM?) in Germany tried to disguise the ethnic background of the approximately 500 protagonists of the street war night in Stuttgart, mentioning “people”, “young men”, “small groups” and “actors of the party and event scene”, the facts quickly surfaced.
The trigger was a police operation at around 11:30 pm, which according to Thomas Berger escalated when they checked a “17-year-old German with white skin” for a drug crime. “Immediately” 200 to 300 people from the “party scene showed solidarity” and attacked the police massively and threw stones at them.
Only the tabloid BILD broke through the Omerta specified in the press code, reporting that those detained were either foreigners or Germans with a migration background. On several videos circulating on social media, one can hear calls like “Fuck the System”, “Allahu akbar” and ”Sons of Whores” directed at the police. Mobs pounding police cars were also witnessed.
According to BILD, twelve of the 24 provisionally arrested are foreigners, including people from Iran and Iraq, from Somalia and Afghanistan. They had come to Germany as “protection seekers” but ironically Germans now have to seek protection from them.
AfD politician Martin Hess, who was formerly a police officer in Baden-Württemberg, told German daily Die Welt:
“Ten years ago, riots like last night would have been unimaginable. But the failure of the Green-Black coalition’s security policy and the anti-police campaign by left-wing politicians and journalists who suspect our police officers of racism, are having a massive impact on the police at work.”
Stuttgart’s mayor Fritz Kuhn, is a member of the Green party.
Interior Minister of the state, Thomas Strobl, said the rioters from the “party scene” were “emotionally” inspired by George Floyd protests: “It could also be that the images that have reached us from America have led to a certain aggression.”
Just recently, police officers took a knee at a Black Lives Matter rally in Cologne. For days, waves of admiration and approval on social networks from leftists surfaced.
The Black Lives Matter rally in the Deutzer shipyard in Cologne on June 6, in which at least 10,000 protesters took part, was held under the motto “America, We See You” following the death of American George Floyd.
“Every police officer is caught between his humanity and his duty,” said Jana Schubert of the Cologne police. Inappropriate toughness during operations is a topic that police officers are also dealing with in Germany today she added. “It was a very emotional, spontaneous action,” said Schubert.
But not everybody agreed. “Police officers, like all officers, have to maintain moderation and restraint in political activities. This moderation requirement is closely related to their duty of neutrality,” explained Jürgen Köhnlein, Bavarian State Chairman of the German Police Union (DPolG).
“Regardless of the motivational situation of the colleagues shown in the picture, their gesture has meanwhile been used for a political discussion. The discussion that has arisen has resulted in exactly what should be prevented. The neutrality of the emergency services is questioned. For me, this is a critical moment.”
He said when in uniform, police officers are strictly prohibited from making political statements.