thelibertybeacon--2020-04-18--Pentagon Study: Flu Shot Raises Risk of Coronavirus by 36% (Other Supporting Studies)

Pentagon Study : Flu Shot Raises Risk of Coronavirus by 36 % ( and Other Supporting Studies ) On March 12th , 2020 , Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta held a global town hall on “ Corona Facts and Fears.
” During the discussion , Anderson said to the viewing audience , “ And , again , if you are concerned about coronavirus , and you haven ’ t gotten a flu shot…you should get a flu shot.
” Setting safety and efficacy of influenza vaccination aside , is Anderson ’ s claim that the flu shot will help @ @ @ @ @ @ @ short answer is no .
In fact , the results of quite a few peer-reviewed , published studies prove that Anderson ’ s recommendation may have been the worst advice he could have given the public .
In searching the literature , the only study we have been able to find assessing flu shots and coronavirus is a 2020 US Pentagon study that found that the flu shot INCREASES the risks from coronavirus by 36 % .
“ Receiving influenza vaccination may increase the risk of other respiratory viruses , a phenomenon known @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ virus interference was significantly associated with coronavirus… ” Here are the findings : The well-respected Cochrane Collaboration ’ s comprehensive 2010 meta-analysis of published influenza vaccine studies found that the influenza vaccination has “ no effect ” on hospitalization , and that there is “ no evidence that vaccines prevent viral transmission or complications.
” The Cochrane Researchers concluded that the scientific evidence “ seem [ s ] to discourage the utilization of vaccination against influenza in healthy adults as a routine public health measure.
” In their meta-analysis , the Cochrane @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the science in order to support their universal influenza vaccination recommendation .
Nevertheless , CNN and other mainstream media outlets continually broadcast CDC pronouncements as gospel and , ironically , ridicules those of us who actually read the science as “ purveyors of ‘ vaccine misinformation ” .
About Robert F. Kennedy , Jr. – His reputation as a resolute defender of the environment stems from a litany of successful legal actions .
Mr. Kennedy was named one of Time magazine ’ s “ Heroes for the Planet ” for his success helping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hudson River .
The group ’ s achievement helped spawn 300 Waterkeeper organizations across the globe .
Mr. Kennedy serves as Senior Attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council , Chief Prosecuting Attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper and President of Waterkeeper Alliance .
He is also a Clinical Professor and Supervising Attorney at Pace University School of Law ’ s Environmental Litigation Clinic and is of counsel to Morgan & Morgan , a nationwide personal injury practice .
He is co-host of Ring of Fire on Air America Radio .
Earlier in his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in New York City .
He has worked on environmental issues across the Americas and has assisted several indigenous tribes in Latin America and Canada in successfully negotiating treaties protecting traditional homelands .
He is credited with leading the fight to protect New York City ’ s water supply .
The New York City watershed agreement , which he negotiated on behalf of environmentalists and New York City watershed consumers , is regarded as an international model in stakeholder consensus negotiations and sustainable development .
Mr. Kennedy is also a devout proponent for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , informed consent , and the publication and public awareness of information needed by parents to make informed decisions for their much more vulnerable children .
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Pentagon Study: Flu Shot Raises Risk of Coronavirus by 36% (and Other Supporting Studies)
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Chairman, Children’s Health Defense
On March 12th, 2020, Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta held a global town hall on “Corona Facts and Fears.” During the discussion, Anderson said to the viewing audience, “And, again, if you are concerned about coronavirus, and you haven’t gotten a flu shot…you should get a flu shot.”
Setting safety and efficacy of influenza vaccination aside, is Anderson’s claim that the flu shot will help people fight COVID-19 remotely true? The short answer is no.
In fact, the results of quite a few peer-reviewed, published studies prove that Anderson’s recommendation may have been the worst advice he could have given the public.
In searching the literature, the only study we have been able to find assessing flu shots and coronavirus is a 2020 US Pentagon study that found that the flu shot INCREASES the risks from coronavirus by 36%. “Receiving influenza vaccination may increase the risk of other respiratory viruses, a phenomenon known as “virus interference…’vaccine derived’ virus interference was significantly associated with coronavirus…” Here are the findings:
2020 Pentagon study: Flu vaccines increase risk of coronavirus by 36% Examining non-influenza viruses specifically, the odds of coronavirus in vaccinated individuals were significantly higher when compared to unvaccinated individuals with an odds ratio (association between an exposure and an outcome) of 1.36. In other words, the vaccinated were 36% more likely to get coronavirus.
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Many other studies suggest the increased risk of viral respiratory infections from the flu shot: 2018 CDC Study: Flu shots increase risk of non-flu acute respiratory illnesses (ARI) in children. This CDC supported study concluded an increased risk of acute respiratory illness (ARI) among children <18 years caused by non-influenza respiratory pathogens post-influenza vaccination compared to unvaccinated children during the same period.
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2011 Australian Study: Flu shot doubled risk of non-influenza viral infections and increased flu risk by 73%. A prospective case-control study in healthy young Australian children found that seasonal flu shots doubled their risk of illness from non-influenza virus infections. Overall, the vaccine increased the risk of virus-associated acute respiratory illness, including influenza, by 73%.
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2012 Hong Kong Study: Flu shots increased the risk of non-flu respiratory infections 4.4 times and tripled flu infections. A randomized placebo-controlled trial in Hong Kong children found that flu shots increased the risk of non-influenza viral ARIs fivefold (OR 4.91,CI 1.04—8.14) and, including influenza, tripled the overall viral ARI risk (OR 3.17, CI 1.04—9.83).
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2017 Study: Vaccinated children are 5.9 more likely to suffer pneumonia and 30.1 times more likely to have been diagnosed with Allergic Rhinitis than unvaccinated children. Vaccinated children were 30.1 times more likely to have been diagnosed with Allergic Rhinitis and 5.9 times more likely to have been diagnosed with pneumonia than unvaccinated children.
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2014 Study: Influenza-vaccinated children were 1.6 times more likely than unvaccinated children to have a non-influenza “Influenza-like-illness” (ILI).
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Even more published science
The well-respected Cochrane Collaboration’s comprehensive 2010 meta-analysis of published influenza vaccine studies found that the influenza vaccination has “no effect” on hospitalization, and that there is “no evidence that vaccines prevent viral transmission or complications.” The Cochrane Researchers concluded that the scientific evidence “seem[s] to discourage the utilization of vaccination against influenza in healthy adults as a routine public health measure.”
In their meta-analysis, the Cochrane researchers accused the CDC of deliberately misrepresenting the science in order to support their universal influenza vaccination recommendation. Nevertheless, CNN and other mainstream media outlets continually broadcast CDC pronouncements as gospel and, ironically, ridicules those of us who actually read the science as “purveyors of ‘vaccine misinformation”.
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About Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. – His reputation as a resolute defender of the environment stems from a litany of successful legal actions. Mr. Kennedy was named one of Time magazine’s “Heroes for the Planet” for his success helping Riverkeeper lead the fight to restore the Hudson River. The group’s achievement helped spawn 300 Waterkeeper organizations across the globe. Mr. Kennedy serves as Senior Attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, Chief Prosecuting Attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper and President of Waterkeeper Alliance. He is also a Clinical Professor and Supervising Attorney at Pace University School of Law’s Environmental Litigation Clinic and is of counsel to Morgan & Morgan, a nationwide personal injury practice. He is co-host of Ring of Fire on Air America Radio. Earlier in his career he served as Assistant District Attorney in New York City. He has worked on environmental issues across the Americas and has assisted several indigenous tribes in Latin America and Canada in successfully negotiating treaties protecting traditional homelands. He is credited with leading the fight to protect New York City’s water supply. The New York City watershed agreement, which he negotiated on behalf of environmentalists and New York City watershed consumers, is regarded as an international model in stakeholder consensus negotiations and sustainable development. Mr. Kennedy is also a devout proponent for vaccine rights, the right to chose, informed consent, and the publication and public awareness of information needed by parents to make informed decisions for their much more vulnerable children. A large portion of his related works can be found on the Children’s Health Defense website
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Read more Children’s Health Defense articles by RFK, JR. here
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thelibertybeacon--2020-04-19--Dr. SHIVA Ayyadurai talks to Stefan Molyneux: We’re in the Middle of a Marketing Campaign for Vaccin

Dr. SHIVA Ayyadurai talks to Stefan Molyneux: We’re in the Middle of a Marketing Campaign for Vaccines [VIDEO]

A lot of details and big ideas are given here in conversational form .
Here ’ s our best shot at summarizing the discussion , which is no substitute for watching the entire video ( see below ) .
• Trend : ( from 1940s to ’ 70s ) We have the creation of Big Pharma , Big Medicine , Big Insurance , Big Academia , Big Hospitals ( with their middle-men GPOs controlling the supply chain in a corrupt way ) .
In late ’ 60/ ’ 70s , large amounts of funding were given to big political institutions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) , etc .
It was a move to centralization and , above all , military development ( Raytheon ) .
This marked the end of real scientific research and the beginning of Big Science/academia .
Big Pharma recognized the profit margin in sickness .
All of these converged around a profit motive .
• How a new pharmaceutical drug comes to market : this phased process can take up to 13 years and cost up to $ 5 bn .
If your market share for this drug is small ( a small @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will have difficulty recouping your costs .
On top of that , you only have 7 more years before your drug becomes generic ( because a patent only lasts 20 years – 13+7 ) .
Plus you have the risk of being sued for side effects on high-risk patients once the drug goes into public use , as well as marketing costs .
And only 20 % of all drugs that get started will make it through the entire process anway .
It ’ s become a huge business model-pipeline .
It ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to that a regulatory framework imposed on top which is creating losses in profit year upon year .
It is a model that is ultimately failing .
• So now they ’ re moving to vaccines and cell therapies which don ’ t need to go through the same regulatory framework .
These are classed as ‘ biologics ’ .
So of all the vaccines for kids , none of them have gone through double-blind placebo studies .
( 15:34 ) • National Vaccine Act under JFK ( 1962 ) was the basis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a very rudimentary understanding of the human immune system , which formed the vaccine guidelines .
But it ’ s still being used .
By 1986 , side effects were showing up from the vaccines and vaccine manufacturers were being sued ; more was being understood about the immune system .
The National Vaccine Injury Program was created , using a piece of the court system to shield the vaccine manufacturers and limit the liability for death and injury .
• None There has never been a bottom-up movement to stop all this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ while tweaking it .
• Gates Foundation ( and GAVI ) and Clinton Global Initiative are the 2 prongs with an entire pharmaceutical consortium behind them plus UNICEF , CDC , World Bank , etc .
who are the fronts for Big Pharma .
They ’ re carving up the different vaccines between them .
• Their business model : pharma is crashing , so a vaccine-for-all is a great business model .
Those who support this are precisely the ones who supported the carbon tax idea , i.e .
taxing everybody for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sustainable Development Goals were established , painting a PR-type of Utopia .
IA2030 was another aspect of it .
Vaccination is the thread running through this , that will satisfy 14 of the 17 SD goals , leading us miraculously to Utopia in most aspects of our lives .
It ’ s a potentially $ 7.2 TN market ( based on a vaccine cost of $ 1,000 per person ) if everyone gets a vaccine .
So public fear is essential to drive it as its very own type of ad campaign .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaign isn ’ t a nation state but an aspect of our bloodstream – the hepatitis B1 part , the HPV part , etc .
So recurring viruses that mutate are especially profitable .
Stock prices rise on products that generate recurring revenue .
• None We ’ re in the middle of an ad campaign for vaccines .
• The ‘ soft launch ’ of the campaign was Event 201 ; we ’ re in the middle of the ‘ beta launch ’ – seeing how you do it live ( ER @ @ @ @ @ @ @ referring to at the podium when he said we ’ re in a ‘ live exercise ’ ? )
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The full launch may be next year , taking the form of “ do you want the economies to be crashed again ?
Let ’ s just get a vaccine card .
You don ’ t want your neighbour screwing up the economy , do you ?
Do you still want to be able to drive or take your kid to daycare ?
’ , etc .
That ’ s the goal : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opportunity .
A crash gets 2 revenue streams : from rents from the global working class , and from a vaccine stream .
• It ’ s no accident that we ’ re seeing this virus ‘ pandemic ’ after the protests in HK , Wuhan ( anti-pollution ) , France , Venezuela , Lebanon , India … all are anti-establishment movements .
• None We only need to think of it in terms of a marketing campaign on the one hand , and a product development strategy on the other .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 35 mins ) • On Dr. Anthony Fauci : we need to move to personalized and precision medicine – one size does not fit all .
NIH ( National Institute of Health ) in the 1970s – it became a multi-billion dollar entity .
If you want to become a professor , you have 7 years to get tenure by publishing papers recognized by your peers in that field .
Other leaders in the field must approve you .
So you as a new academic have to conform and NOT innovate .
Fauci @ @ @ @ @ @ @ biological sciences , so new academics need to work within the dominant paradigm .
Science is now a factory ; it ’ s no longer individual and hobbyist .
It ’ s now a machine .
Fauci represents the worst part of science – the academic bureaucrat .
He ’ s outlasted many presidents .
He played a role in the fake paradigm , the HIV-leading-to-AIDS lie , which created a new industry promoting a drug that killed many people .
Fauci is essentially a prostitute for Big Pharma .
( Dr. Shiva @ @ @ @ @ @ @ controversy . )
( 47 mins ) • ( 58 mins ) There is a political agenda to brand everyone as COVID-19 using 2 codes : .
The PCR test , which doesn ’ t even test for COVID .
And a 2nd based on symptoms , what ‘ looks like ’ COVID .
With financial incentives attached for hospitals .
Nobody knows what the real statistics are .
• The real issue is how we support the immune system .
Social interaction is a big predictor of health and longevity , proven @ @ @ @ @ @ @ C works in 4 effective ways when people are sick with this virus .
( 1 hour , 8 mins ) .
• There should be Citizen Science , not Peer Reviewed science , which is just a regression to the mean , crushing innovation .
We need to fund publicly-available research which goes right to the cloud .
We need to destroy the scientific establishment .
In that way , we ’ d have had the hockey stick graph of climate change sent directly to us , which would have been demolished @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we need to decentralize medicine .
We could be dosing up the immunologically frail with vitamins to protect them against the virus , while allowing the rest of us to go out and work with appropriate vitamins .
Fauci and his friends know exactly what they ’ re doing through their fake science .
• This is a total convergence of Big Academia , Big Science and Big Pharma around a fake science model based on ignorance of the immune system to mandate medicine , suppress dissent and do massive quantitative easing .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ elite global corporation around mandated vaccines .
• This is a huge opportunity for awakening and to go after the elite uncompromisingly .
The not-so-obvious establishment people are often the biggest enemies , such as Bernie Sanders .
The movement has to come from the bottom up , from working people .
Published to The Liberty Beacon from EuropeReloaded.com The Liberty Beacon Project is now expanding at a near exponential rate , and for this we are grateful and excited !
But we must also be practical .
For 7 years we have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have built this project with our own funds as we grew .
We are now experiencing ever increasing growing pains due to the large number of websites and projects we represent .
So we have just installed donation buttons on our websites and ask that you consider this when you visit them .
Nothing is too small .
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Pam Barker | Director of TLB Europe Reloaded Project
A lot of details and big ideas are given here in conversational form. Here’s our best shot at summarizing the discussion, which is no substitute for watching the entire video (see below).
Trend: (from 1940s to ’70s) We have the creation of Big Pharma, Big Medicine, Big Insurance, Big Academia, Big Hospitals (with their middle-men GPOs controlling the supply chain in a corrupt way). In late ’60/’70s, large amounts of funding were given to big political institutions like NIH (National Institute of Health), etc. It was a move to centralization and, above all, military development (Raytheon). This marked the end of real scientific research and the beginning of Big Science/academia. Big Pharma recognized the profit margin in sickness. All of these converged around a profit motive. How a new pharmaceutical drug comes to market: this phased process can take up to 13 years and cost up to $5 bn. If your market share for this drug is small (a small number of users overall), you will have difficulty recouping your costs. On top of that, you only have 7 more years before your drug becomes generic (because a patent only lasts 20 years – 13+7). Plus you have the risk of being sued for side effects on high-risk patients once the drug goes into public use, as well as marketing costs. And only 20% of all drugs that get started will make it through the entire process anway. It’s become a huge business model-pipeline. It’s not about curing disease. Add to that a regulatory framework imposed on top which is creating losses in profit year upon year. It is a model that is ultimately failing. So now they’re moving to vaccines and cell therapies which don’t need to go through the same regulatory framework. These are classed as ‘biologics’. So of all the vaccines for kids, none of them have gone through double-blind placebo studies. (15:34) National Vaccine Act under JFK (1962) was the basis for the CDC formation, based on a very rudimentary understanding of the human immune system, which formed the vaccine guidelines. But it’s still being used. By 1986, side effects were showing up from the vaccines and vaccine manufacturers were being sued; more was being understood about the immune system. The National Vaccine Injury Program was created, using a piece of the court system to shield the vaccine manufacturers and limit the liability for death and injury. There has never been a bottom-up movement to stop all this, just a strategy to accept it while tweaking it. Gates Foundation (and GAVI) and Clinton Global Initiative are the 2 prongs with an entire pharmaceutical consortium behind them plus UNICEF, CDC, World Bank, etc. who are the fronts for Big Pharma. They’re carving up the different vaccines between them. Their business model: pharma is crashing, so a vaccine-for-all is a great business model. Those who support this are precisely the ones who supported the carbon tax idea, i.e. taxing everybody for breathing. In 2015, 17 Sustainable Development Goals were established, painting a PR-type of Utopia. IA2030 was another aspect of it. Vaccination is the thread running through this, that will satisfy 14 of the 17 SD goals, leading us miraculously to Utopia in most aspects of our lives. It’s a potentially $7.2 TN market (based on a vaccine cost of $1,000 per person) if everyone gets a vaccine. So public fear is essential to drive it as its very own type of ad campaign. The relevant geography in a vaccine campaign isn’t a nation state but an aspect of our bloodstream – the hepatitis B1 part, the HPV part, etc. So recurring viruses that mutate are especially profitable. Stock prices rise on products that generate recurring revenue. We’re in the middle of an ad campaign for vaccines. The ‘soft launch’ of the campaign was Event 201; we’re in the middle of the ‘beta launch’ – seeing how you do it live (ER: Was this what Mike Pompeo was referring to at the podium when he said we’re in a ‘live exercise’?). The full launch may be next year, taking the form of “do you want the economies to be crashed again? Let’s just get a vaccine card. You don’t want your neighbour screwing up the economy, do you? Do you still want to be able to drive or take your kid to daycare?’, etc. That’s the goal: a 7.2 bn (person) market opportunity. A crash gets 2 revenue streams: from rents from the global working class, and from a vaccine stream. It’s no accident that we’re seeing this virus ‘pandemic’ after the protests in HK, Wuhan (anti-pollution), France, Venezuela, Lebanon, India … all are anti-establishment movements. We only need to think of it in terms of a marketing campaign on the one hand, and a product development strategy on the other. That’s what this is. (35 mins) On Dr. Anthony Fauci: we need to move to personalized and precision medicine – one size does not fit all. NIH (National Institute of Health) in the 1970s – it became a multi-billion dollar entity. If you want to become a professor, you have 7 years to get tenure by publishing papers recognized by your peers in that field. Other leaders in the field must approve you. So you as a new academic have to conform and NOT innovate. Fauci and NIH funds 50% of the biological sciences, so new academics need to work within the dominant paradigm. Science is now a factory; it’s no longer individual and hobbyist. It’s now a machine. Fauci represents the worst part of science – the academic bureaucrat. He’s outlasted many presidents. He played a role in the fake paradigm, the HIV-leading-to-AIDS lie, which created a new industry promoting a drug that killed many people. Fauci is essentially a prostitute for Big Pharma. (Dr. Shiva gives a detailed discussion of the AIDS controversy.) (47 mins) (Around 52 minutes+, Dr. Shiva explains the complexity of the immune system response, which the old vaccine model does not take into account.) (58 mins) There is a political agenda to brand everyone as COVID-19 using 2 codes:. The PCR test, which doesn’t even test for COVID. And a 2nd based on symptoms, what ‘looks like’ COVID. With financial incentives attached for hospitals. Nobody knows what the real statistics are. The real issue is how we support the immune system. Social interaction is a big predictor of health and longevity, proven by scientific studies. High-dose Vitamin C works in 4 effective ways when people are sick with this virus. (1 hour, 8 mins). There should be Citizen Science, not Peer Reviewed science, which is just a regression to the mean, crushing innovation. We need to fund publicly-available research which goes right to the cloud. We need to destroy the scientific establishment. In that way, we’d have had the hockey stick graph of climate change sent directly to us, which would have been demolished long ago by real analysis. And we need to decentralize medicine. We could be dosing up the immunologically frail with vitamins to protect them against the virus, while allowing the rest of us to go out and work with appropriate vitamins. Fauci and his friends know exactly what they’re doing through their fake science. This is a total convergence of Big Academia, Big Science and Big Pharma around a fake science model based on ignorance of the immune system to mandate medicine, suppress dissent and do massive quantitative easing. It’s a consolidation of an elite global corporation around mandated vaccines. This is a huge opportunity for awakening and to go after the elite uncompromisingly. The not-so-obvious establishment people are often the biggest enemies, such as Bernie Sanders. The movement has to come from the bottom up, from working people. See Dr. Shiva’s site, shiva4senate – truth freedom health.
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Published to The Liberty Beacon from EuropeReloaded.com
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thelibertybeacon--2020-04-19--Herd immunity? 1 in 3 test positive for Covid-19 ANTIBODIES in pilot Massachusetts street study

Nearly a third of 200 randomly tested residents of Chelsea , Massachusetts were found to have Covid-19-related antibodies in yet another indication that the virus could be far more widespread and much less lethal than believed .
All of the participants “ generally appeared healthy , ” but around half of them admitted that they had suffered at least one coronavirus symptom in the past month , according to the Massachusetts General Hospital researchers .
Those who had previously tested positive for Covid-19 in the regular nasal swab were deliberately excluded from the study .
A total of 64 out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ antibodies “ linked to COVID-19.
” However , Dr. Vivek Naranbhai , who conducted the testing , warned that the staggering result does not necessarily mean that up to a third of the Chelsea population had already contracted the virus ― and recovered without even knowing ― and that many of those tested might still be contagious .
The researchers used the BioMedomics rapid diagnostic device , which has not yet been approved by the CDC and can false-positively react to other types of coronaviruses , but with an estimated accuracy of 90 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The street study was also very limited in its scale and not representative of the entire population as those staying at home in self-isolation are less likely to get infected .
But the team believes their data could serve as a good indication of the true state of the epidemic and the level of so-called “ herd immunity ” in Massachusetts ’ second most densely populated city .
“ I think it ’ s both good news and bad news , ” the study ’ s principal investigator , Dr. John Iafrate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The bad news is that there ’ s a raging epidemic in Chelsea , and many people walking on the street don ’ t know that they ’ re carrying the virus… On the good-news side , it suggests that Chelsea has made its way through a good part of the epidemic.
” Massachusetts is currently the 3rd hardest-hit US state , with over 36,372 officially confirmed Covid-19 cases and 1,560 fatalities , and is under a stay-at-home order until May 4 .
The researchers plan to conduct more tests in Chelsea and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , in order to gather more representative data for the authorities to make a better-informed decision on lifting the restrictions .
Covid-19 much more widespread than thought , and NO MORE DEADLY THAN FLU , new Stanford study suggests If new data suggesting Covid-19 no more lethal than FLU is correct , should the world REVERSE its lockdown strategy ?
( TLB ) published this article from RT-USA News with our sincere appreciation for the coverage .

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Nearly a third of 200 randomly tested residents of Chelsea, Massachusetts were found to have Covid-19-related antibodies in yet another indication that the virus could be far more widespread and much less lethal than believed.
All of the participants “generally appeared healthy,” but around half of them admitted that they had suffered at least one coronavirus symptom in the past month, according to the Massachusetts General Hospital researchers. Those who had previously tested positive for Covid-19 in the regular nasal swab were deliberately excluded from the study.
A total of 64 out of 200 blood samples tested positive for antibodies “linked to COVID-19.” However, Dr. Vivek Naranbhai, who conducted the testing, warned that the staggering result does not necessarily mean that up to a third of the Chelsea population had already contracted the virus ― and recovered without even knowing ― and that many of those tested might still be contagious.
Just because you have the antibodies doesn’t mean you’ve cleared the virus.
The researchers used the BioMedomics rapid diagnostic device, which has not yet been approved by the CDC and can false-positively react to other types of coronaviruses, but with an estimated accuracy of 90 percent, was still deemed reliable enough.
The street study was also very limited in its scale and not representative of the entire population as those staying at home in self-isolation are less likely to get infected. But the team believes their data could serve as a good indication of the true state of the epidemic and the level of so-called “herd immunity” in Massachusetts’ second most densely populated city.
“I think it’s both good news and bad news,” the study’s principal investigator, Dr. John Iafrate, told the Boston Globe. “The bad news is that there’s a raging epidemic in Chelsea, and many people walking on the street don’t know that they’re carrying the virus… On the good-news side, it suggests that Chelsea has made its way through a good part of the epidemic.”
The Massachusetts study comes on the heels of larger antibody research by a Stanford University team, which conducted blood tests on 3,300 residents of Santa Clara County, California and also found that the coronavirus could have infected far more people than has been reported. A Danish study published last week using similar methods arrived at the same conclusion.
Massachusetts is currently the 3rd hardest-hit US state, with over 36,372 officially confirmed Covid-19 cases and 1,560 fatalities, and is under a stay-at-home order until May 4. The researchers plan to conduct more tests in Chelsea and expand the study to other Massachusetts towns, in order to gather more representative data for the authorities to make a better-informed decision on lifting the restrictions.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-04-19--In-Fighting Is Destroying Our Chances – Plus A Powerful Antidote

In-Fighting Is Destroying Our Chances – Plus A Powerful Antidote There is an awful lot of comments I see on Facebook with friends unfriending over political differences .
Has it always been this way ?
I don ’ t think so .
I remember a lot of friendly banter among family and friends when I was a kid .
You know , like opposing baseball fans .
It was always on that level .
For sure , there have been real conspiracies going on under the surface for centuries but still , until now , it hadn ’ t reached @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bordering on outright war , at least not in this era .
I ’ m no history buff but suffice it to say , it ’ s intense these days .
I have to admit I did this very thing yesterday – to my cousin !
He ’ s a staunch liberal and has used many opportunities so insult me as he reads into what I wrote from his biased stance .
So I unfriended him .
You have to evaluate the real intentions people have and judge from there .
If you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disconnect .
I was so stressed reading his last insult to me , I thought , OK , buddy , that ’ s it !
I won ’ t be visiting you at any family gatherings .
I went on to read things that were very uplifting and my feathers stopped ruffling .
Balance in life is very important to your survival .
I can see how this rivalry has developed into a fever pitch .
Insults are slashed around , videos posted exclaiming their rightness .
Why ?
Well , it ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intentionally created by others behind the scenes and to discover all of them is like looking for needles in a haystack .
They create that confusion .
So much venom is spit out in the media by the liberals against Trump that it can ’ t fail to corrupt many people ’ s thinking with twisted false claims and outright lies .
The main thing to know about this is that it is how any war is created .
Most people are peaceful .
If left alone to lead our own lives , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ race , creed , religion or position on the planet .
The conflicts are artificial , just like COVID-19 .
If you think about it , look how much conflict among us has been created over what it is , where it came from , etc .
People are arrested or banned or fired for expressing their contrary beliefs to the “ official ” word .
This is a classic tactic used by those who will seek to profit from war and controversy .
You turn groups against each other , watch them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they can use against each other – like arms .
This is so contrary to nature and how most of us think , it baffles me how they sleep at night .
Actually , eventually they do themselves in because no matter how much evil and hate some people exhibit and believe in , eventually they cave because we are all good under any facade , no matter how bad it looks .
In fact , if someone used enough force , and I don ’ t mean necessarily physical ( actually better @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to impinge on them the magnitude of their crimes , they would collapse and quite possibly kill themselves to escape the consequences .
Been done many times – like Hitler committing suicide along with his wife .
So , we are at a point where there must be a massive shift away from fighting with our friends and family – which they want as their greatest weapon – to much more attention on exposure of their crimes – while we have a little fun in between .
They are really terrified under it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about them and their intentions and activities , the more they run like rats .
We don ’ t need to get into pissed off rages .
It ’ s non-productive and clogs your thinking .
It makes us feel helpless .
No matter how daunting and gigantic this scene looks world-wide , there is always an answer .
They want suppressive control .
We fight back with truth .
And ignore the temptation to fight with the wrong people .
I ’ ve had to restrain myself from doing that very thing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a few times and reacted .
I ’ m left grinding my teeth and waiting for them to attack again .
See ?
Wrong target – no matter how “ wrong ” they are .
That ’ s doesn ’ t define fun .
I hope I ’ m learning my lesson , especially with my true confessions here .
Ever notice when you admit you did something dumb , you feel so relieved ?
That ’ s if the other person accepts your apology without saying what an ass you are or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make you wrong , then you want to continue what you were doing so you can be right .
Ridiculous , huh ?
You get stuck in a maze with your life on hold .
Back to my point , we need to know how they operate .
There ’ s that saying , “ Keep your friends close but your enemies closer ” , by Sun Tzu , brilliant military strategist .
That means to me to be aware of their plans and moves and stay one step ahead .
It means @ @ @ @ @ @ @ calm observation .
Do you know what helps keep you in a state of calm observation ?
Go out for a walk .
See a funny movie , see a good friend .
Help someone .
When you find yourself getting a bit too stressed , stop and turn the tables .
You will return refueled .
We are really not here to fight an endless war for freedom .
Stop and do something pleasant so you don ’ t forget what freedom is !
Otherwise , we are fighting just to fight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ultimate game .
Don ’ t you think not ?
Speaking of doing something pleasant and the antidote , here ’ s a video by Dr. Buttar , who I recently discovered and Dr. Bruce Lipton , with a real live , practical solution that would also be a lot of fun .
It ’ s brilliant , really , and simple .
Easy .
We do it together , at the same time , for maximum effectiveness .
Do it at home .
I would sure love to know how it goes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seeing the results all over the planet .
We are all powerhouses .
Let ’ s use it .
We don ’ t need 5G for energy , just ourselves .
Read more great articles by Lucille here

In-Fighting Is Destroying Our Chances – Plus A Powerful Antidote
Commentary by: TLB Staff Writer Lucille Femine
There is an awful lot of comments I see on Facebook with friends unfriending over political differences. Has it always been this way? I don’t think so. I remember a lot of friendly banter among family and friends when I was a kid. You know, like opposing baseball fans. It was always on that level.
For sure, there have been real conspiracies going on under the surface for centuries but still, until now, it hadn’t reached the point of attacks on each other bordering on outright war, at least not in this era. I’m no history buff but suffice it to say, it’s intense these days.
I have to admit I did this very thing yesterday – to my cousin! He’s a staunch liberal and has used many opportunities so insult me as he reads into what I wrote from his biased stance. So I unfriended him. You have to evaluate the real intentions people have and judge from there. If you get into an unfixable brawl, you disconnect. I was so stressed reading his last insult to me, I thought, OK, buddy, that’s it! I won’t be visiting you at any family gatherings. I went on to read things that were very uplifting and my feathers stopped ruffling.
Balance in life is very important to your survival.
I can see how this rivalry has developed into a fever pitch. Insults are slashed around, videos posted exclaiming their rightness. Why?
Well, it’s pretty obvious that it’s intentionally created by others behind the scenes and to discover all of them is like looking for needles in a haystack. They create that confusion.
So much venom is spit out in the media by the liberals against Trump that it can’t fail to corrupt many people’s thinking with twisted false claims and outright lies. The main thing to know about this is that it is how any war is created. Most people are peaceful. If left alone to lead our own lives, there would be no rivalry because of race, creed, religion or position on the planet. The conflicts are artificial, just like COVID-19.
If you think about it, look how much conflict among us has been created over what it is, where it came from, etc. People are arrested or banned or fired for expressing their contrary beliefs to the “official” word.
This is a classic tactic used by those who will seek to profit from war and controversy. You turn groups against each other, watch them fight and then sell both groups something they can use against each other – like arms.
This is so contrary to nature and how most of us think, it baffles me how they sleep at night. Actually, eventually they do themselves in because no matter how much evil and hate some people exhibit and believe in, eventually they cave because we are all good under any facade, no matter how bad it looks. In fact, if someone used enough force, and I don’t mean necessarily physical (actually better if it’s not), to impinge on them the magnitude of their crimes, they would collapse and quite possibly kill themselves to escape the consequences. Been done many times – like Hitler committing suicide along with his wife.
So, we are at a point where there must be a massive shift away from fighting with our friends and family – which they want as their greatest weapon – to much more attention on exposure of their crimes – while we have a little fun in between.
They are really terrified under it all. So the more we reveal about them and their intentions and activities, the more they run like rats.
We don’t need to get into pissed off rages. It’s non-productive and clogs your thinking. It makes us feel helpless. No matter how daunting and gigantic this scene looks world-wide, there is always an answer. They want suppressive control. We fight back with truth. And ignore the temptation to fight with the wrong people.
I’ve had to restrain myself from doing that very thing of late, although I gave in a few times and reacted. I’m left grinding my teeth and waiting for them to attack again. See? Wrong target – no matter how “wrong” they are. That’s doesn’t define fun. I hope I’m learning my lesson, especially with my true confessions here.
Ever notice when you admit you did something dumb, you feel so relieved? That’s if the other person accepts your apology without saying what an ass you are or wagging a finger at you. They make you wrong, then you want to continue what you were doing so you can be right. Ridiculous, huh? You get stuck in a maze with your life on hold.
Back to my point, we need to know how they operate. There’s that saying, “Keep your friends close but your enemies closer”, by Sun Tzu, brilliant military strategist. That means to me to be aware of their plans and moves and stay one step ahead. It means don’t use your emotions but calm observation.
Do you know what helps keep you in a state of calm observation? Go out for a walk. See a funny movie, see a good friend. Help someone. When you find yourself getting a bit too stressed, stop and turn the tables. You will return refueled.
We are really not here to fight an endless war for freedom. Stop and do something pleasant so you don’t forget what freedom is! Otherwise, we are fighting just to fight. That’s not really the ultimate game. Don’t you think not?
Speaking of doing something pleasant and the antidote, here’s a video by Dr. Buttar, who I recently discovered and Dr. Bruce Lipton, with a real live, practical solution that would also be a lot of fun. It’s brilliant, really, and simple. Easy. We do it together, at the same time, for maximum effectiveness. Do it at home.
I would sure love to know how it goes for you and I look forward to seeing the results all over the planet. We are all powerhouses. Let’s use it. We don’t need 5G for energy, just ourselves.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-04-19--Bill Gates Continues to Misrepresent Science & the Coronavirus [Video]

“ On 5th April Bill Gates told us everything we need to do to stop the virus .
It ’ s just not quite how people have interpreted it .
26 million viewers were misled .
Bill Gates told the truth and people didn ’ t even notice .
He also misrepresented the coronavirus , its behaviour and what we need to do to respond entirely .
Find out what you should have realised before the government got you to go to your homes.
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COVID-19: Bill Gates Continues to Misrepresent Science & the Coronavirus
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“On 5th April Bill Gates told us everything we need to do to stop the virus. It’s just not quite how people have interpreted it. 26 million viewers were misled. Bill Gates told the truth and people didn’t even notice. He also misrepresented the coronavirus, its behaviour and what we need to do to respond entirely. Find out what you should have realised before the government got you to go to your homes.” Watch:
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thelibertybeacon--2020-04-19--A Consideration For Collateral Damage In Opening Up America

A Consideration For Collateral Damage In Opening Up America So , we are being sold an idea of late , that sometimes death is considered collateral damage .
It ’ s a powerful idea to contemplate in a world of fear and irresponsibility .
Mmmm… I was considered collateral damage in Vietnam , and my almost thirty years on oil rigs around the world was dangerous too .
We worked , and took it all in stride , but we were expendable .
Yes , without a doubt , the corporations that controlled both of those scenarios thought of us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I survived the experience , but in retrospect , there are many decisions that power structures have incorporated into our consciousness and culture that accepts a calculated loss of life for the greater good , and the pharmaceutical industry is a prime example .
People weigh the chances , to seek a cure , and hope that the long list of adverse effects will not pertain to them .
We accept loss on the highway , the preservatives in food , in law enforcement , and thousands more .
We chose the greater @ @ @ @ @ @ @ too .
Our founders told us many times that if we sacrifice liberty for security we lose both .
I have a Libertarian friend who ’ s wife is very sick , and her doctor told her that she might have to move if the abortion clinic she works for is unfunded .
She likes her doctor .
He told me that Liberty trumps the death of these children , and they should be considered collateral damage .
I got so upset when he told me this I started crying in front of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my heart to think about it in those terms , completely selfish in nature , without a shred of compassion , empathy or love… It doesn ’ t matter how long it takes , he said , even if it is years .
Even if we go into recession …our safety comes first .
When the virus hit , they were both afraid that they were vulnerable , and proposed that we should shut down the economy to make sure the virus was contained .
Again , he called the loss of revenue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Of course , the main portion of their sustenance comes from a government assistance program , so they are unaffected… there was no concern that my business was about to fold , that I would have to go into major debt to survive , and that everything we had worked for , for the last fifty years , was being eaten alive… I was considered collateral damage , and that hit me right between the eyes .
He was shocked when I told him a few days ago that we were going to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and he then pushed back hard saying if anyone died it should be on the conscious of those who ignored the dangers of the pandemic .
My immediate reaction was hypocrisy , and that it was drawn from a narrow and selfish perspective .
Indeed , there is a lot to think about when you find that the shoe is now on your foot .
As a Christian I want to do what is morally right , but have also studied the Catholic doctrine called Situational Ethics .
Sometimes it is difficult to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bad and right and wrong , because what you think might be good in a decision might turn out bad , and though you are trying to make the right decision , being responsible , there are times it didn ’ t turn out as expected .
It ’ s a complex issue to think about , but an example might be a bike you gave your child for Christmas .
If they fall off that bike , is that your fault ?
I like situational ethics , as it helps us navigate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some Christians who say that the rules , the laws of God are strict… but to me , like the commandment not to kill… certainly I have the right to protect myself and family .
Yes , it ’ s complex .
It seemed my friend did not consider his actions for anything or anyone else , only selfish concerns , but he truly loved his wife , and wanted to protect her… I remembered he mentioned Ann Rand , and his Hindi faith in his thought process , and indeed , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ true nature of nature , he proposed… he weighed his options , and saw that he wanted to win .
It wasn ’ t that he actually wanted me to lose , but that he did not want to lose .
Thinking of me as collateral damage gave him a justification , and indeed , a form of solace .
I told him thanks , that I had learned a lot from his philosophy of life , and that karma seemed real and viable in a world where anything goes , anything at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ right and wrong have relatively little or no meaning .
But karma has reversed the rolls , so it seems , and the process of survival of the fittest is indicating that he is possibly now considered collateral damage , as indeed , I have a right to survive too .
We have to open up the American economy , and protect , as best we can , those who are considered most vulnerable , unlike the abortion issue where 3100 children are cut up and sold for profit , every day , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vulnerable in this situation .
Indeed , that seems the most ethical… but ethics has no part of selfish decisions , only selfless decisions , it seems .
And indeed , if my analogy is true , karma can be a bitch .
There are , of course , no guarantees , so , to be safe , it might be best for them to stay inside for as long as it takes to find a cure or vaccine , even if it takes years .
We just can ’ t let America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to me since , and I find it a loss .
I had grown to accept the differences in him , but it seems , just like trying to save a drowning man , in his will to survive , he just might drown you too .
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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 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 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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 .

A Consideration For Collateral Damage In Opening Up America
Commentary by TLB Staff Writer: Ken LaRive
So, we are being sold an idea of late, that sometimes death is considered collateral damage. It’s a powerful idea to contemplate in a world of fear and irresponsibility. Mmmm… I was considered collateral damage in Vietnam, and my almost thirty years on oil rigs around the world was dangerous too. We worked, and took it all in stride, but we were expendable. Yes, without a doubt, the corporations that controlled both of those scenarios thought of us all as collateral damage.
Fortunately, I survived the experience, but in retrospect, there are many decisions that power structures have incorporated into our consciousness and culture that accepts a calculated loss of life for the greater good, and the pharmaceutical industry is a prime example. People weigh the chances, to seek a cure, and hope that the long list of adverse effects will not pertain to them. We accept loss on the highway, the preservatives in food, in law enforcement, and thousands more. We chose the greater good, and that goes for liberties too. Our founders told us many times that if we sacrifice liberty for security we lose both.
I have a Libertarian friend who’s wife is very sick, and her doctor told her that she might have to move if the abortion clinic she works for is unfunded. She likes her doctor. He told me that Liberty trumps the death of these children, and they should be considered collateral damage. I got so upset when he told me this I started crying in front of the both of them. It broke my heart to think about it in those terms, completely selfish in nature, without a shred of compassion, empathy or love… It doesn’t matter how long it takes, he said, even if it is years. Even if we go into recession …our safety comes first.
When the virus hit, they were both afraid that they were vulnerable, and proposed that we should shut down the economy to make sure the virus was contained. Again, he called the loss of revenue and businesses failing as collateral damage. Of course, the main portion of their sustenance comes from a government assistance program, so they are unaffected… there was no concern that my business was about to fold, that I would have to go into major debt to survive, and that everything we had worked for, for the last fifty years, was being eaten alive… I was considered collateral damage, and that hit me right between the eyes.
He was shocked when I told him a few days ago that we were going to very soon open up the economy, and he then pushed back hard saying if anyone died it should be on the conscious of those who ignored the dangers of the pandemic. My immediate reaction was hypocrisy, and that it was drawn from a narrow and selfish perspective. Indeed, there is a lot to think about when you find that the shoe is now on your foot. As a Christian I want to do what is morally right, but have also studied the Catholic doctrine called Situational Ethics.
Sometimes it is difficult to make a decision based on good and bad and right and wrong, because what you think might be good in a decision might turn out bad, and though you are trying to make the right decision, being responsible, there are times it didn’t turn out as expected. It’s a complex issue to think about, but an example might be a bike you gave your child for Christmas. If they fall off that bike, is that your fault? I like situational ethics, as it helps us navigate through a complex life… but there are some Christians who say that the rules, the laws of God are strict… but to me, like the commandment not to kill… certainly I have the right to protect myself and family. Yes, it’s complex.
It seemed my friend did not consider his actions for anything or anyone else, only selfish concerns, but he truly loved his wife, and wanted to protect her… I remembered he mentioned Ann Rand, and his Hindi faith in his thought process, and indeed, it is survival of the fittest, the true nature of nature, he proposed… he weighed his options, and saw that he wanted to win. It wasn’t that he actually wanted me to lose, but that he did not want to lose. Thinking of me as collateral damage gave him a justification, and indeed, a form of solace.
I told him thanks, that I had learned a lot from his philosophy of life, and that karma seemed real and viable in a world where anything goes, anything at all, where good and bad and right and wrong have relatively little or no meaning. But karma has reversed the rolls, so it seems, and the process of survival of the fittest is indicating that he is possibly now considered collateral damage, as indeed, I have a right to survive too.
We have to open up the American economy, and protect, as best we can, those who are considered most vulnerable, unlike the abortion issue where 3100 children are cut up and sold for profit, every day, we will try and protect the most vulnerable in this situation. Indeed, that seems the most ethical… but ethics has no part of selfish decisions, only selfless decisions, it seems. And indeed, if my analogy is true, karma can be a bitch. There are, of course, no guarantees, so, to be safe, it might be best for them to stay inside for as long as it takes to find a cure or vaccine, even if it takes years. We just can’t let America die.
He hasn’t spoken to me since, and I find it a loss. I had grown to accept the differences in him, but it seems, just like trying to save a drowning man, in his will to survive, he just might drown you too.
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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--2020-04-19--U.S. Government’s $3.7 Million Grant to Wuhan Lab at Center of Coronavirus Outbreak

U.S. Government ’ s $ 3.7 Million Grant to Wuhan Lab at Center of Coronavirus Outbreak The Daily Mail reported that it has uncovered documents showing that Dr. Anthony Fauci ’ s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease ( NIAID ) gave $ 3.7 million to scientists at the Wuhan Lab at the center of coronavirus leak scrutiny .
According to the British paper , “ the federal grant funded experiments on bats from the caves where the virus is believed to have originated.
” Background : Following the 2002-2003 SARS coronavirus outbreak , NIH funded a collaboration by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the bioweapons lab at Fort Detrick and National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) scientists from NIAID to prevent future coronavirus outbreaks by studying the evolution of virulent strains from bats in human tissues .
Those efforts included “ gain of function ” research which is “ accelerated viral evolution ” to create COVID Pandemic superbugs , enhanced bat borne COVID mutants more lethal and more transmissible than wild COVID .
Fauci ’ s studies alarmed scientists around the globe who complained , according to a December 2017 NY Times article , that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ germ that could escape the lab and seed a pandemic.
” Dr. Marc Lipsitch of the Harvard School of Public Health ’ s Communicable Disease Center told the Times that Dr. Fauci ’ s NIAID experiments “ have given us some modest scientific knowledge and done almost nothing to improve our preparedness for pandemic , and yet risked creating an accidental pandemic.
” In October 2014 , following a series of federal laboratory mishaps that narrowly missed releasing these deadly engineered viruses , President Obama ordered the halt to all federal funding for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gain of function research continued after the moratorium in a Wuhan-based laboratory .
Congress needs to launch an investigation of NIAID ’ s mischief in China .
[ Addendum after our story ran : CNN reports that : “ An intelligence official familiar with the government analysis said a theory US intelligence officials are investigating is that the virus originated in a laboratory in Wuhan , China , and was accidentally released to the public .
Other sources told CNN that US intelligence hasn ’ t been able to corroborate the theory but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ infected in the lab through an accident or poor handling of materials and may have then infected others.
” ] About Robert F. Kennedy , Jr. – His reputation as a resolute defender of the environment stems from a litany of successful legal actions .
Mr. Kennedy was named one of Time magazine ’ s “ Heroes for the Planet ” for his success helping Riverkeeper lead the fight to restore the Hudson River .
The group ’ s achievement helped spawn 300 Waterkeeper organizations across the globe .
Mr. Kennedy serves as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Council , Chief Prosecuting Attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper and President of Waterkeeper Alliance .
He is also a Clinical Professor and Supervising Attorney at Pace University School of Law ’ s Environmental Litigation Clinic and is of counsel to Morgan & Morgan , a nationwide personal injury practice .
He is co-host of Ring of Fire on Air America Radio .
Earlier in his career he served as Assistant District Attorney in New York City .
He has worked on environmental issues across the Americas and has assisted several indigenous tribes in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ treaties protecting traditional homelands .
He is credited with leading the fight to protect New York City ’ s water supply .
The New York City watershed agreement , which he negotiated on behalf of environmentalists and New York City watershed consumers , is regarded as an international model in stakeholder consensus negotiations and sustainable development .
Mr. Kennedy is also a devout proponent for vaccine rights , the right to chose , informed consent , and the publication and public awareness of information needed by parents to make informed decisions for their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ portion of his related works can be found on the Children ’ s Health Defense website Read more Children ’ s Health Defense articles by RFK , JR. here TLB Editors Note : This is World Mercury Project on steroids !
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U.S. Government’s $3.7 Million Grant to Wuhan Lab at Center of Coronavirus Outbreak
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Chairman, Children’s Health Defense
The Daily Mail reported that it has uncovered documents showing that Dr. Anthony Fauci’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) gave $3.7 million to scientists at the Wuhan Lab at the center of coronavirus leak scrutiny. According to the British paper, “the federal grant funded experiments on bats from the caves where the virus is believed to have originated.”
Background: Following the 2002-2003 SARS coronavirus outbreak, NIH funded a collaboration by Chinese scientists, US military virologists from the bioweapons lab at Fort Detrick and National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists from NIAID to prevent future coronavirus outbreaks by studying the evolution of virulent strains from bats in human tissues. Those efforts included “gain of function” research which is “accelerated viral evolution” to create COVID Pandemic superbugs, enhanced bat borne COVID mutants more lethal and more transmissible than wild COVID.
… these researchers risk creating a monster germ that could escape the lab and seed a pandemic.
Fauci’s studies alarmed scientists around the globe who complained, according to a December 2017 NY Times article, that “these researchers risk creating a monster germ that could escape the lab and seed a pandemic.” Dr. Marc Lipsitch of the Harvard School of Public Health’s Communicable Disease Center told the Times that Dr. Fauci’s NIAID experiments “have given us some modest scientific knowledge and done almost nothing to improve our preparedness for pandemic, and yet risked creating an accidental pandemic.”
In October 2014, following a series of federal laboratory mishaps that narrowly missed releasing these deadly engineered viruses, President Obama ordered the halt to all federal funding for Fauci’s dangerous experiments. NIAID-funded gain of function research continued after the moratorium in a Wuhan-based laboratory. Congress needs to launch an investigation of NIAID’s mischief in China.
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[Addendum after our story ran: CNN reports that: “An intelligence official familiar with the government analysis said a theory US intelligence officials are investigating is that the virus originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, China, and was accidentally released to the public. Other sources told CNN that US intelligence hasn’t been able to corroborate the theory but is trying to discern whether someone was infected in the lab through an accident or poor handling of materials and may have then infected others.”]
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About Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. – His reputation as a resolute defender of the environment stems from a litany of successful legal actions. Mr. Kennedy was named one of Time magazine’s “Heroes for the Planet” for his success helping Riverkeeper lead the fight to restore the Hudson River. The group’s achievement helped spawn 300 Waterkeeper organizations across the globe. Mr. Kennedy serves as Senior Attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, Chief Prosecuting Attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper and President of Waterkeeper Alliance. He is also a Clinical Professor and Supervising Attorney at Pace University School of Law’s Environmental Litigation Clinic and is of counsel to Morgan & Morgan, a nationwide personal injury practice. He is co-host of Ring of Fire on Air America Radio. Earlier in his career he served as Assistant District Attorney in New York City. He has worked on environmental issues across the Americas and has assisted several indigenous tribes in Latin America and Canada in successfully negotiating treaties protecting traditional homelands. He is credited with leading the fight to protect New York City’s water supply. The New York City watershed agreement, which he negotiated on behalf of environmentalists and New York City watershed consumers, is regarded as an international model in stakeholder consensus negotiations and sustainable development. Mr. Kennedy is also a devout proponent for vaccine rights, the right to chose, informed consent, and the publication and public awareness of information needed by parents to make informed decisions for their much more vulnerable children. A large portion of his related works can be found on the Children’s Health Defense website
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Read more Children’s Health Defense articles by RFK, JR. here
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thelibertybeacon--2020-04-20--The Troika Horse: EU Corona Package Puts Italy (and Southern Europe) Under Economic Siege

They came , they saw – and they were conquered .
Southern European countries , led by Italy and Spain , with the half-hearted help of France , lost yet another battle to their Northern neighbors at the Eurogroup , the Germany-dominated , informal gathering of the Eurozone finance ministers .
Last Thursday , just before the long Easter weekend , the Eurogroup agreed , after three days of talks , on a €540 Billion rescue package to deal with the economic consequences of the Coronavirus pandemic .
The devil , as always , is in the detail – of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dismay of Italy and Spain , there was no mention of Eurobonds .
No sharing of the economic consequences of the pandemic .
No liquidity injections by the ECB .
On offer was only the much-dreaded European Stability Mechanism ( ESM ) .
The ESM was created in 2012 , and its dubious claim to fame came in 2015 , with the negotiations over the Greek-debt crisis .
The ” About us “ section of its website explains : “ The European Stability Mechanism ( ESM ) was set up as an international @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States to help euro area countries in severe financial distress ” .
Next , we learn how such a helping hand performs its charitable work : “ It provides emergency loans but in return , countries must undertake reform programs.
” Hence the ESM is an international lender , whose financial assistance comes with strings attached – just like the loans of the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) .
Not by coincidence the IMF is itself involved in drawing such “ reform programs ” , and constitutes , together with the European @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Central Bank ( ECB ) , the Troika .
To be eligible for ESM loans , a Member State has to commit to Troika-dictated reform programs : known in typical Brussels Spout as “ conditionality ” .
Like a bankrupt company , the financially assisted State goes into a sort of controlled administration , with the Troika acting as the insolvency administrator .
“ Debt-restructuring ” follows .
This is EUrwellien newspeak for the Tax-and-Cut austerity policies that we ’ ve seen before .
Tax the working and middle classes ; cut the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has suffered this fate since 2008 , leading to a debt-crisis , soaring unemployment , widespread poverty and to the loss of “ over one fourth ” of its gross domestic product .
Berlin tricks Rome : no conditions , on one condition Needless to say , the very mentioning of ESM and “ conditionality ” ( =Troika austerity policies ) has become political dynamite in Italy .
The Italian ruling coalition comprises two main parties : the staunchly pro-EU , pro-NATO , center-left PD ( the Italian Dems ) ; and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is fiercely opposed to the ESM .
Under pressure by Five Stars MPs , Italy ’ s prime minister Giuseppe Conte ( pictured ) described the ESM as an “ absolutely inadequate instrument ” to solve Italy ’ s financial crisis , and repeatedly said he would never sign it .
Conte pushed for Eurobonds , and even tried to persuade the German public to accept them by giving interviews to Germany ’ s first channel ARD , and to Germany ’ s biggest selling daily newspaper Bild Zeitung .
To no avail @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Northern opposition to the Eurobonds ( a sort of EU wide public debt ) , were unmovable .
Defeated , and before an incensed opposition , Conte and his finance minister , Roberto Gualtieri , claimed to have at least obtained a conditionality-free ESM .
Again , the devil lies in the detail of the Eurogroup ’ s statement .
Member states may access ESM funds without conditionality – wait for it – on one condition : to cover the additional health expenditures only !
Regarding the economic and financial consequences of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hit companies , unemployment benefits , etc .
– the ESM comes with the usual conditionality .
And with it , we are back to the Troika , and the dreaded Greek scenario .
The Italian government , however , made a key mistake in pushing for Eurobonds , according to economics professor Alberto Bagnai , who chairs the parliamentary committee for Italian state finances .
In an interview for the independent web TV Byoblue , Prof. Bagnai explained how Eurobonds are inadequate as a financial instrument to deal with the current crisis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forward an even more inadequate – and dangerous – tool like the ESM , the EU in turn shows that it really aims at bankrupting the Italian state : “ The only body that can quickly intervene by putting liquidity into the system is the European Central Bank .
Either it does so , or it proves to be useless ” “ With the ESM as the only means for Italy to obtain the liquidity it needs , the way is open for a restructuring of the Italian public debt , and with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ able to strip Italy of its savings and assets.
” Hence Italy might have to choose between a Greek and a Brexit scenario .
Already now , half the Italians ( 49 % ) , according to a recent survey , want to leave the EU .
Even more significant : the percentage of Pro-Remains has gone down from 71 % in November 2018 to 51 % in April 2020 .
If elections were held now , a right-wing , Eurosceptic coalition would easily win .
In its attempt to force Rome under @ @ @ @ @ @ @ EU countries can pillage Italian savings and assets , the EU is quickly losing favour among Italian people – and might eventually lose Italy as a member state .

They came, they saw – and they were conquered.
Southern European countries, led by Italy and Spain, with the half-hearted help of France, lost yet another battle to their Northern neighbors at the Eurogroup, the Germany-dominated, informal gathering of the Eurozone finance ministers.
Last Thursday, just before the long Easter weekend, the Eurogroup agreed, after three days of talks, on a €540 Billion rescue package to deal with the economic consequences of the Coronavirus pandemic.
The devil, as always, is in the detail – of the resulting Eurogroup statement.
To the dismay of Italy and Spain, there was no mention of Eurobonds. No sharing of the economic consequences of the pandemic. No liquidity injections by the ECB. On offer was only the much-dreaded European Stability Mechanism (ESM).
Meet the Beast
The ESM was created in 2012, and its dubious claim to fame came in 2015, with the negotiations over the Greek-debt crisis.
The ”About us“ section of its website explains: “The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) was set up as an international financial institution by the euro area Member States to help euro area countries in severe financial distress”.
Next, we learn how such a helping hand performs its charitable work: “It provides emergency loans but in return, countries must undertake reform programs.”
Hence the ESM is an international lender, whose financial assistance comes with strings attached – just like the loans of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The Troika Horse Steps In
Not by coincidence the IMF is itself involved in drawing such “reform programs”, and constitutes, together with the European Commission (EC) and the European Central Bank (ECB), the Troika.
To be eligible for ESM loans, a Member State has to commit to Troika-dictated reform programs: known in typical Brussels Spout as “conditionality”.
Like a bankrupt company, the financially assisted State goes into a sort of controlled administration, with the Troika acting as the insolvency administrator.
“Debt-restructuring” follows. This is EUrwellien newspeak for the Tax-and-Cut austerity policies that we’ve seen before. Tax the working and middle classes; cut the welfare state and civil service.
Greece has suffered this fate since 2008, leading to a debt-crisis, soaring unemployment, widespread poverty and to the loss of “over one fourth” of its gross domestic product.
Berlin tricks Rome: no conditions, on one condition
Needless to say, the very mentioning of ESM and “conditionality” (=Troika austerity policies) has become political dynamite in Italy.
The Italian ruling coalition comprises two main parties: the staunchly pro-EU, pro-NATO, center-left PD (the Italian Dems); and the left-populist Five Stars Movement. The latter is fiercely opposed to the ESM.
Under pressure by Five Stars MPs, Italy’s prime minister Giuseppe Conte (pictured) described the ESM as an “absolutely inadequate instrument” to solve Italy’s financial crisis, and repeatedly said he would never sign it.
Conte pushed for Eurobonds, and even tried to persuade the German public to accept them by giving interviews to Germany’s first channel ARD, and to Germany’s biggest selling daily newspaper Bild Zeitung.
To no avail. Germany and Holland, which led the Northern opposition to the Eurobonds (a sort of EU wide public debt), were unmovable.
Defeated, and before an incensed opposition, Conte and his finance minister, Roberto Gualtieri, claimed to have at least obtained a conditionality-free ESM.
Again, the devil lies in the detail of the Eurogroup’s statement. Member states may access ESM funds without conditionality – wait for it – on one condition: to cover the additional health expenditures only!
Regarding the economic and financial consequences of the COVID-19 crisis – subsidies for hard hit companies, unemployment benefits, etc. – the ESM comes with the usual conditionality.
And with it, we are back to the Troika, and the dreaded Greek scenario.
Looming Italexit?
The Italian government, however, made a key mistake in pushing for Eurobonds, according to economics professor Alberto Bagnai, who chairs the parliamentary committee for Italian state finances.
In an interview for the independent web TV Byoblue, Prof. Bagnai explained how Eurobonds are inadequate as a financial instrument to deal with the current crisis – for two reasons:
“Firstly, because German and Dutch governments have always opposed an EU-wide debt mutualisation – Eurobonds are simply something those governments could never justify before their voters. Secondly, Eurobonds would require putting together a technical-political structure in charge of issuing them – this alone would take several months, while the Italian people and business are now at home without work and without benefits, and thus need immediate help.”
By putting forward an even more inadequate – and dangerous – tool like the ESM, the EU in turn shows that it really aims at bankrupting the Italian state:
“The only body that can quickly intervene by putting liquidity into the system is the European Central Bank. Either it does so, or it proves to be useless” “With the ESM as the only means for Italy to obtain the liquidity it needs, the way is open for a restructuring of the Italian public debt, and with it, the Troika would finally be able to strip Italy of its savings and assets.”
Hence Italy might have to choose between a Greek and a Brexit scenario.
Already now, half the Italians (49%), according to a recent survey, want to leave the EU. Even more significant: the percentage of Pro-Remains has gone down from 71% in November 2018 to 51% in April 2020.
If elections were held now, a right-wing, Eurosceptic coalition would easily win.
In its attempt to force Rome under the Troika, so Germany and other EU countries can pillage Italian savings and assets, the EU is quickly losing favour among Italian people – and might eventually lose Italy as a member state.
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