principiascientificinternational--2020-05-02--The Coming Revolution of Nasal Light Therapy

Intranasal light therapy literally stimulates the blood capillaries in the nasal cavity- it is a very non-invasive method to introduce therapeutic light energy into the human body through the blood .
This form of nonionizing radiation on biological systems offers health and medical benefits including effects on cognitive performance , fighting free radicals , combatting Alzheimer ’ s symptoms and more .
The FDA has approved infrared therapy for everything from eliminating microbes and fungus in the human body to killing cancer cells .
Mitochondria are the key to photo-biomodulation .
Mitochondria have a substance called cytochrome c oxidase that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ converting the photonic energy into a form of biological energy called adenosine triphosphate or “ ATP.
” Cytochrome c oxidase is commonly accepted as a photo acceptor that catalyzes cellular level activity when red to near-infrared red light hit the cells .
The new simple nasal applicator devices replace machines like these below where doctors had to shunt the blood outside the body or to import , through catheter type injection , the agent of treatment , which in this case is coherent infrared laser light .
When monochromatic photons of low intensity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blood cells improves .
They separate from each other and can thus receive oxygen across their entire surface area .
Blood washing back-transfusion therapy and intravascular laser irradiation therapy are costly dangerous medical procedures that can now be done easily , safely and inexpensively in one ’ s own home .
Compared to intravenous laser blood irradiation , nasal laser irradiation for 20 minutes scored 80 % as effective .
But if increased to 30 minutes , remarkable 98 % are reached .
Now it is easy to use light to activate the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just clips the applicator in the nose and infrared laser light is applied to the passing blood .
Dangerous medical equipment has now been replaced by a little nasal applicator that does not do anything more aggressive than spraying coherent infrared laser light into the blood as it passes by the vessels in the nose .
The laser beam footprint targets the nasal cavity , which is rich in blood capillaries .
The device parameters have been derived from researching clinical studies on low level light therapy over the last few decades .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ outcomes between low level laser and the non-laser light emitting diodes ( LED ) to be similar , the laser light should penetrate deeper into the tissues .
Both types of light are available and the device shown above emits both laser and LED that can be used simultaneously .
One can multitask treatment using the laser for the nasal applicator and the LED for treatment of skin problems and problems below the skin .
Chinese medicine ’ s definition of Blood is different from Western medicine ’ s definition .
Yes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the veins that nourishes the organs , circulates , warms , heals and the like .
However , in the eyes of Chinese medicine , Blood is enlivened with energy ( Qi ) , which moves the Blood through the body so it can nourish every aspect of our body from the skin and muscles to the brain and deep organs .
It is the quality of Blood circulating through our systems that helps give us vitality , focus and even rosy cheeks .
When Blood is abundant we feel alive , nourished @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than run through our veins and oxygenate cells .
It ensures we have nourishment and moisture for the entire body .
Blood keeps our tendons , skin and hair healthy , strong and flexible .
It lubricates joints and allows for smooth movement .
Blood also nourishes the mind and is considered the material basis for mental activity .
Strong Blood ensures good sleep and helps us wake feeling rested Laser energy at 630-640 nanometers is arguably the most effective for irradiation of blood and the vascular wall .
Photons at this wavelength @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , can change the viscosity of the blood and affect vascular endothelium .
More than 25 years of experience of using laser energy at 630-640 nm has shown that this waveband directly influences the parameters of all cells in the blood , blood plasma , the coagulation process and all the structural components of the vascular wall .
The treatment , using photons of infrared wavelength improves the rheological characteristics of the blood and microcirculation ; with normalisation of parameters of hormonal , immune , reproductive and many other systems .
Intranasal Laser @ @ @ @ @ @ @ profile of lipids thus the treatment is associated with improvements in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases via improvements of the rheological properties of blood .
Under laser blood irradiation , anti-inflammatory effects were observed that improved the immunologic activity of the blood .
[ 1 ] With intravenous irradiation medical scientists have reported that the hypoxia of the tissue is improved which leads to a normalization of the tissue metabolism .
In addition , the fibrinolysis will be activated .
Apart from the elimination of hypoxia and the normalization of tissue metabolism an increase @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cell membrane potential .
Low level laser therapy ( LLLT ) has been investigated and used clinically for over 30 years , mostly in Eastern Europe and Asia .
The ability of lasers to cut , cauterize , and destroy tissue is well known throughout the medical world .
However , its role at lower power is less well appreciated .
The ability to non-thermally and non-destructively change cell function is known as laser bio-stimulation and is the basis for the current use of lasers in a number of medical fields .
Most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for clinical research and practice was first established in Moscow in 1986 .
The Institute of Laser Medicine was formed through a union of 14 laser centers from different parts of Russia .
LLLT emerged as a potential therapeutic modality because of the conversion of military production into areas of commercial practice including medicine .
The correct wavelength for the target cells or chromophores must be employed ( 633-810 nm ) .
If the wavelength is incorrect , optimum absorption will not occur and as the first law of photobiology states , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be no reaction .
The aggregating property of red blood cells was first described by John Hunter in 1786 and was long considered to be principally of pathophysiologic importance since aggregation is elevated in many disease states ; hence the term “ blood sludging ” coined by M. H. Knisely [ 2 ] to describe the phenomenon .
“ The apparent viscosity of blood depends on the existing shear forces ( i.e.
, blood behaves as a non-Newtonian fluid ) and is determined by hematocrit , plasma viscosity , Red Blood Cell RBC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ RBCs .
RBCs are highly deformable , and this physical property significantly contributes to aiding blood flow both under bulk flow conditions and in the microcirculation , ” write Drs .
Baskurt and Meiselman .
[ 3 ] One study showed transcranial and intranasal photobiomodulation ( PBM ) therapy in the near-infrared ( NIR ) 810nm wavelength improves cognition in dementia .
Their protocol involved weekly , in-clinic use of a combined transcranial-plus-intranasal PBM device ; and daily at-home intranasal-only PBM device .
Participants reported better sleep , fewer angry outbursts , less @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 4-Week , No-Treatment follow-up , some declines were noted .
No adverse events were related to the treatments .
Results from this controlled study are the first to report significant cognitive improvement in dementia participants following PBM treatments .
Red blood cells ( RBCs ) exhibit a unique deformability , which enables them to change shape reversibly in response to an external force .
The deformability of RBCs allows them to flow in microvessels while transporting oxygen and carbondioxide .
Low level laser therapy can affect the physical as well as chemical properties @ @ @ @ @ @ @ helpful in preservation of blood but also in revitalizing the physically and chemically stressed erytherocytatory membranes .
It was determined that the laser therapy decreases the viscosity of blood thus increasing the electrophoreticmobility of erythrocytes .
The improvement in microcirculation is a result of all the above factors and dynamics .
Scientific bases and evidence support LLLT and red LED irradiation of the blood for lowering high blood pressure .
Poor blood viscosity , RBC aggregation and poor rheology either independently or collectively , are linked to cardiovascular diseases .
Neumann et al @ @ @ @ @ @ @ high blood viscosity has been associated with cardiovascular related diseases such as stroke , heart attacks and deep vein thrombosis .
There are numerous examples of light induced photochemical reactions in biological systems .
Vitamin D synthesis in our skin is an example of a photochemical reaction .
The power density of sunlight is only 105 mW/cm2 yet when ultraviolet B ( UVB ) rays strikes our skin , it converts a universally present form of cholesterol , 7-dehydrocholesterol to vitamin D3 .
The National Cancer Institute says that Lasers can be used @ @ @ @ @ @ @ growths .
Lasers are most commonly used to treat superficial cancers ( cancers on the surface of the body or the lining of internal organs ) such as basal cell skin cancer and the very early stages of some cancers , such as cervical , penile , vaginal , vulvar , and non-small cell lung cancer .
The use of intravascular laser blood irradiation can be appropriate during conventional oncological treatments .
Dr. Frank Andrä reported that , Medical scientists around the world are using and experimenting with laser light to cure cancer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Near Infrared ( NIR ) has been shown to induce DNA double-strand breaks and apoptosis of cancer cells .
In one study , a 915nm laser was used to examine the effects of NIR on pancreatic cancer cells .
Irradiation of pancreatic cancer cells using the 915nm laser significantly induced caspase‑3 activation and apoptosis .

Intranasal light therapy literally stimulates the blood capillaries in the nasal cavity- it is a very non-invasive method to introduce therapeutic light energy into the human body through the blood. This form of nonionizing radiation on biological systems offers health and medical benefits including effects on cognitive performance, fighting free radicals, combatting Alzheimer’s symptoms and more.
The FDA has approved infrared therapy for everything from eliminating microbes and fungus in the human body to killing cancer cells.
Mitochondria are the key to photo-biomodulation. Mitochondria have a substance called cytochrome c oxidase that can absorb red and NIR light, converting the photonic energy into a form of biological energy called adenosine triphosphate or “ATP.” Cytochrome c oxidase is commonly accepted as a photo acceptor that catalyzes cellular level activity when red to near-infrared red light hit the cells.
The new simple nasal applicator devices replace machines like these below where doctors had to shunt the blood outside the body or to import, through catheter type injection, the agent of treatment, which in this case is coherent infrared laser light. When monochromatic photons of low intensity irradiate blood, the flexibility of red blood cells improves. They separate from each other and can thus receive oxygen across their entire surface area.
Blood washing back-transfusion therapy and intravascular laser irradiation therapy are costly dangerous medical procedures that can now be done easily, safely and inexpensively in one’s own home. Compared to intravenous laser blood irradiation, nasal laser irradiation for 20 minutes scored 80 {154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} as effective. But if increased to 30 minutes, remarkable 98 {154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} are reached.
Now it is easy to use light to activate the healing properties of the blood. One just clips the applicator in the nose and infrared laser light is applied to the passing blood. Dangerous medical equipment has now been replaced by a little nasal applicator that does not do anything more aggressive than spraying coherent infrared laser light into the blood as it passes by the vessels in the nose.
The laser beam footprint targets the nasal cavity, which is rich in blood capillaries. The device parameters have been derived from researching clinical studies on low level light therapy over the last few decades.
Although many researchers now believe that the outcomes between low level laser and the non-laser light emitting diodes (LED) to be similar, the laser light should penetrate deeper into the tissues.
Both types of light are available and the device shown above emits both laser and LED that can be used simultaneously. One can multitask treatment using the laser for the nasal applicator and the LED for treatment of skin problems and problems below the skin.
Why Treat the Blood
Chinese medicine’s definition of Blood is different from Western medicine’s definition. Yes, it’s the red stuff in the veins that nourishes the organs, circulates, warms, heals and the like. However, in the eyes of Chinese medicine, Blood is enlivened with energy (Qi), which moves the Blood through the body so it can nourish every aspect of our body from the skin and muscles to the brain and deep organs. It is the quality of Blood circulating through our systems that helps give us vitality, focus and even rosy cheeks.
When Blood is abundant we feel alive, nourished and well connected. Blood does more than run through our veins and oxygenate cells. It ensures we have nourishment and moisture for the entire body. Blood keeps our tendons, skin and hair healthy, strong and flexible. It lubricates joints and allows for smooth movement. Blood also nourishes the mind and is considered the material basis for mental activity. Strong Blood ensures good sleep and helps us wake feeling rested
Modern Medicine and Laser Therapy
Laser energy at 630-640 nanometers is arguably the most effective for irradiation of blood and the vascular wall. Photons at this wavelength are absorbed by oxygen, improve microcirculation, can change the viscosity of the blood and affect vascular endothelium. More than 25 years of experience of using laser energy at 630-640 nm has shown that this waveband directly influences the parameters of all cells in the blood, blood plasma, the coagulation process and all the structural components of the vascular wall.
The treatment, using photons of infrared wavelength improves the rheological characteristics of the blood and microcirculation; with normalisation of parameters of hormonal, immune, reproductive and many other systems. Intranasal Laser Therapy improves the viscosity of blood and profile of lipids thus the treatment is associated with improvements in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases via improvements of the rheological properties of blood. Under laser blood irradiation, anti-inflammatory effects were observed that improved the immunologic activity of the blood.[1]
With intravenous irradiation medical scientists have reported that the hypoxia of the tissue is improved which leads to a normalization of the tissue metabolism. In addition, the fibrinolysis will be activated. Apart from the elimination of hypoxia and the normalization of tissue metabolism an increase of ATP-synthesis occurs with a normalization of cell membrane potential.
Low level laser therapy (LLLT) has been investigated and used clinically for over 30 years, mostly in Eastern Europe and Asia. The ability of lasers to cut, cauterize, and destroy tissue is well known throughout the medical world. However, its role at lower power is less well appreciated. The ability to non-thermally and non-destructively change cell function is known as laser bio-stimulation and is the basis for the current use of lasers in a number of medical fields.
Most reports are in Russian and the basis for clinical research and practice was first established in Moscow in 1986. The Institute of Laser Medicine was formed through a union of 14 laser centers from different parts of Russia.
LLLT emerged as a potential therapeutic modality because of the conversion of military production into areas of commercial practice including medicine. The correct wavelength for the target cells or chromophores must be employed (633-810 nm). If the wavelength is incorrect, optimum absorption will not occur and as the first law of photobiology states, the Grotthus-Draper law, without absorption there can be no reaction.
The aggregating property of red blood cells was first described by John Hunter in 1786 and was long considered to be principally of pathophysiologic importance since aggregation is elevated in many disease states; hence the term “blood sludging” coined by M. H. Knisely[2] to describe the phenomenon.
“The apparent viscosity of blood depends on the existing shear forces (i.e., blood behaves as a non-Newtonian fluid) and is determined by hematocrit, plasma viscosity, Red Blood Cell RBC aggregation, and the mechanical properties of RBCs. RBCs are highly deformable, and this physical property significantly contributes to aiding blood flow both under bulk flow conditions and in the microcirculation,” write Drs. Baskurt and Meiselman.[3]
One study showed transcranial and intranasal photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy in the near-infrared (NIR) 810nm wavelength improves cognition in dementia. Their protocol involved weekly, in-clinic use of a combined transcranial-plus-intranasal PBM device; and daily at-home intranasal-only PBM device.
Participants reported better sleep, fewer angry outbursts, less anxiety and less wandering. After the 4-Week, No-Treatment follow-up, some declines were noted. No adverse events were related to the treatments. Results from this controlled study are the first to report significant cognitive improvement in dementia participants following PBM treatments.
Red blood cells (RBCs) exhibit a unique deformability, which enables them to change shape reversibly in response to an external force. The deformability of RBCs allows them to flow in microvessels while transporting oxygen and carbondioxide. Low level laser therapy can affect the physical as well as chemical properties of blood cells which is not only helpful in preservation of blood but also in revitalizing the physically and chemically stressed erytherocytatory membranes. It was determined that the laser therapy decreases the viscosity of blood thus increasing the electrophoreticmobility of erythrocytes. The improvement in microcirculation is a result of all the above factors and dynamics.
Scientific bases and evidence support LLLT and red LED irradiation of the blood for lowering high blood pressure.
Poor blood viscosity, RBC aggregation and poor rheology either independently or collectively, are linked to cardiovascular diseases. Neumann et al claim that,
“Plasma viscosity and erythrocyte aggregation were more predictive of myocardial infarction (heart attack) than age, male gender, fibrinogen concentration, abnormal ECG readings, or coronary score.”
Another study confirms that high blood viscosity has been associated with cardiovascular related diseases such as stroke, heart attacks and deep vein thrombosis.
There are numerous examples of light induced photochemical reactions in biological systems. Vitamin D synthesis in our skin is an example of a photochemical reaction. The power density of sunlight is only 105 mW/cm2 yet when ultraviolet B (UVB) rays strikes our skin, it converts a universally present form of cholesterol, 7-dehydrocholesterol to vitamin D3.
Cancer
The National Cancer Institute says that Lasers can be used to shrink or destroy tumors or precancerous growths. Lasers are most commonly used to treat superficial cancers (cancers on the surface of the body or the lining of internal organs) such as basal cell skin cancer and the very early stages of some cancers, such as cervical, penile, vaginal, vulvar, and non-small cell lung cancer.
The use of intravascular laser blood irradiation can be appropriate during conventional oncological treatments. Dr. Frank Andrä reported that,
“Merely as a result of the sole application of intravascular laser therapy, the quantity of circulating tumour cells was reduced and the patient’s pathological immune response modulated in the direction of the standard. Intravascular laser blood irradiation changes mitochondria morphologically and activates metabolic energy processes.”
Medical scientists around the world are using and experimenting with laser light to cure cancer. There are many different techniques. Near Infrared (NIR) has been shown to induce DNA double-strand breaks and apoptosis of cancer cells. In one study, a 915nm laser was used to examine the effects of NIR on pancreatic cancer cells. Irradiation of pancreatic cancer cells using the 915nm laser significantly induced caspase‑3 activation and apoptosis.


principiascientificinternational--2020-05-04--UK’s Epic Fail in COVID19 Lockdown Strategy

Official data reveals the COVID-19 lockdown – imposed on 65 millions Britons by Prime Minister Boris Johnson – has proved an unmitigated disaster .
By comparison with the five nations NOT forcing citizens to stay home , Britain has an appalling death rate in the pandemic .
Moreover , the drastic measures imposed , including canceled surgeries , medical examinations missed on top of the financial and emotional stress of the lengthy lockdown , may cause tens of thousands of ADDITIONAL and unreported deaths .
Five countries ( Sweden , Netherlands , Japan , Hong Kong and South Korea ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strategy of mass quarantine of both the healthy and the sick .
Instead , those nations chose the traditional option of encouraging a herd immunity policy .
By not enforcing a quarantine per se , but allowing common sense individual responsibility citizens naturally adapted their immune systems to the virus .
Johnson ’ s wholesale locked down did not permit the British public to acquire the natural herd immunity already developed in those non-lockdown countries .
The official numbers and graphs relied on below are provided by the Centers for Disease Control ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( screenshots of graphs below ) that reveal the death rates from COVID-18 as per million of each nation ’ s population .
The UK performs very poorly by comparison to all the five nations that had no lockdown ( as shown in the green column ) .
NOTE : India is added as another ‘ lockdown ’ nation ( with a population of 1.35 billion ) .
• None India has just ONE death per million while the UK has 419 deaths per million .
• None Sweden the WORST performing non-lockdown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ toll of the UK .
The green column ( deaths per million of population ) reveals that EVERY nation that did NOT lockdown their population had a far lower death rate .
For a visual impression of the dramatic rise in UK deaths , see the graph below .
As we enter May there are no new reported cases in the far east and China.By medical definition the global pandemic is thus into its final stages .
UK Ministers claimed , as they did with climate change , that they were being “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ experts ’ used the same kind of junk computer models that projected wholly exaggerated scenarios .
Citizens across two thirds of the planet followed UN World Health Organisation ( WHO ) advice and were in effect kept under medical house arrest .
In what is undoubtedly the most stupid medical experiments ever undertaken , hundreds of nations have ruined their economies , triggered myriad other unintended consequences ( including the unaccounted hidden death toll caused by the lockdown itself ) .
Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a monumental error in relying on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for past medical travesties – Professor Ferguson of Imperial College , London .
How any PM could follow the advice of Ferguson , who failed so ineptly .
Ferguson had a history of wildly overestimating death rates through his prediction models – his 2001 disease model was criticized as “ not fit for purpose ” after it predicted that up to 150,000 people could die in the U.K. from mad cow disease ( 177 deaths to date ) .
This all echoes precisely the failing predictions seen in climate change ‘ science.
’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alarmists .
As Cheryl K. Chumley – The Washington Times ( Tuesday , April 28 , 2020 ) pointed out : “ …..some in the medical community , thank goodness , are starting to point out the glaring omissions of logic and fact that have plagued this overhyped , overreaching coronavirus crackdown that has stretched on far , far too long .
Among some of Erickson ’ s remarks : While Professor Yitzhak Ben Israel of Tel Aviv University , who also serves on the research and development advisory board for Teva Pharmaceutical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were not working .
[ 1 ] We reported on why it was unsafe to rely on government medical experts before ( see here ) .
Look at the euromomo.eu data for EU countries and it reveals that when comparing excess morbidity since 2016 the following countries show either a FALL or no additional rise in deaths due to COVID19 : 15 European nations are shown in the graphs below for comparison with the UK .
It is not healthy reading for Prime Minister Johnson .
At the left of the graph is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moving towards the right we see , month after month , up to the current day , the excess death toll in the stated countries .
As you can see , there is no ‘ hockey stick ’ shape graph produced with a big uptick on the far right ( current date ) .
Unless of course , you look at the period of 2016-2020 for the UK ( shown bottom ) , where a sharp uptick emerges to the right .
The term ‘ government expert ’ is again shown to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ printed into tax payers ’ brains .
About the author : John O ’ Sullivan John is CEO and co-founder ( with Dr Tim Ball ) of Principia Scientific International ( PSI ) .
John is a seasoned science writer and legal analyst who assisted Dr Ball in defeating world leading climate expert , Michael ‘ hockey stick ’ Mann in the ‘ science trial of the century ‘ .
O ’ Sullivan is credited as the visionary who formed the original ‘ Slayers ’ group of scientists in 2010 who then collaborated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ full-volume debunk of the greenhouse gas theory plus their new follow-up book .
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Head Office : 27 Old Gloucester Street , London WC1N 3AX .
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UK’s Epic Fail in COVID19 Lockdown Strategy
Written by John O'Sullivan
Official data reveals the COVID-19 lockdown – imposed on 65 million Britons by Prime Minister Boris Johnson – has proved an unmitigated disaster. By comparison with the five nations NOT forcing citizens to stay home, Britain has an appalling death rate in the pandemic.
Moreover, the drastic measures imposed, including canceled surgeries, medical examinations missed on top of the financial and emotional stress of the lengthy lockdown, may cause tens of thousands of ADDITIONAL and unreported deaths.
Five countries (Sweden, Netherlands, Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea) refused to experiment with this never-before tried strategy of mass quarantine of both the healthy and the sick.
Instead, those nations chose the traditional option of encouraging a herd immunity policy. By not enforcing a quarantine per se – but allowing common sense individual responsibility – citizens’ immune systems naturally adapted to the virus.
Logic and reason tell us that time and again history shows quarantines save lives. But never in history have whole national populations – whether sick or healthy – been kept week after week shut up inside their homes and denied the right to work and move freely.
Seemingly crazier – all five ‘no lockdown’ nations are shown to have performed substantially better than a leading first world nation (UK) which boasts one of the best health services in the world.
Johnson’s wholesale house arrest not only has crippled Britain’s economy, it has not permitted the British public the opportunity to acquire the natural herd immunity already developed in those non-lockdown countries. This may be why there are fears of a second wave of infections when the Johnson lock down is lifted.
What is clear is that the UK performs very poorly by comparison to all five nations that had no lockdown (as shown in the green column). NOTE: India is added as another ‘lockdown’ nation (but with a population of 1.35 billion).
The official numbers and graphs are provided by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the University of Oxford (screenshots below). They reveal the death rates from COVID-19 as per million of each nation’s population. As such, variation in a country’s overall size of population will not unduly confuse the comparison, which is proportionate.
India has just ONE death per million while the UK has 419 deaths per million.
The WORST performing non-lockdown nation (The Netherlands): only around 2/3 the death toll of the UK.
The green column (deaths per million of population) reveals that EVERY nation that did NOT order a lockdown had a significantly lower death rate than the UK.
For a visual impression of the dramatic rise in UK deaths between March and May, see the graph below.
As we enter May there are no new reported cases in the far east and China. By medical definition the global pandemic is thus into its final stages.
UK Ministers claimed, as they did with climate change, that they were being ‘led by the science.’ But their chosen ‘experts’ relied on the same kind of junk computer models that projected wholly exaggerated scenarios for man-made global warming.
Citizens across two thirds of the planet followed UN World Health Organisation (WHO) advice and were, in effect, kept under medical house arrest.
In what is undoubtedly the most stupid and financially costly medical experiment ever undertaken, hundreds of nations have ruined their economies and triggered myriad other unintended consequences (including the unaccounted hidden death toll caused by the lockdowns themselves).
Britain’s Legacy of Pandemic Panic and Pain
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s key error appears to be in relying on the very same ‘expert’ blamed for past medical national travesties – Professor Ferguson of Imperial College, London.
Ferguson had a history of wildly overestimating death rates – his 2001 disease model was criticized as “not fit for purpose” after it predicted that up to 150,000 people could die in the U.K. from mad cow disease (just 177 deaths to date).
How could any competent PM once again follow the advice of Ferguson, who failed so ineptly in the past?
We reported on why it was unsafe to rely on government medical experts before (see here). This all echoes the junk model computer predictions seen so often in climate change ‘science.’ As usual, skeptical scientists are ignored in favor of the alarmists. Why do our political leaders never learn?
As Cheryl K. Chumley – The Washington Times (Tuesday, April 28, 2020) pointed out:
“…..some in the medical community, thank goodness, are starting to point out the glaring omissions of logic and fact that have plagued this overhyped, overreaching coronavirus crackdown that has stretched on far, far too long. Among some of Erickson’s remarks: “This is immunology — microbiology 101. This is the basis of what we’ve known for years: When you take human beings and you say, ‘Go into your house, clean all your counters, Lysol them down’ … what does it do to our immune system? … Sheltering in place decreases your immune system.””
Professor Yitzhak Ben Israel of Tel Aviv University, who also serves on the research and development advisory board for Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, warned weeks ago that lockdowns were not working. [1]
EU Data between 2016-Present Shows COVID-19 No Worse Than Bad Flu Season
Look at the euromomo.eu data for EU countries and it reveals that when comparing excess morbidity since 2016 European nations show either a FALL or no additional rise in deaths due to COVID19: Comparison with the UK is not encouraging reading for the leader of the British government.
At the left of the graph are the earliest days and months for all excess deaths starting from the year 2016 to the present. Moving towards the right – month by month – the excess death toll in each country is detailed. As you can see, there is no ‘hockey stick’ shape graph produced with a big uptick on the far right – the current date.
Unless of course, you look at the period of 2016-2020 for the UK (shown bottom), where an inconvenient sharp uptick does emerge to the right.
Judging by these official numbers, there is something seriously amiss in the UK when it concerns government handling of national medical emergencies (and statistics). The term ‘government expert’ is again shown to be an oxymoron and should henceforth be permanently printed into tax payers’ brains.
[1] https://principia-scientific.com/shock-israeli-study-reveals-covid19-lockdown-was-pointless/
About the author: John O’Sullivan John is CEO and co-founder (with Dr Tim Ball) of Principia Scientific International (PSI). John is a seasoned science writer and legal analyst who assisted Dr Ball in defeating world leading climate expert, Michael ‘hockey stick’ Mann in the ‘science trial of the century‘. O’Sullivan is credited as the visionary who formed the original ‘Slayers’ group of scientists in 2010 who then collaborated in creating the world’s first full-volume debunk of the greenhouse gas theory plus their new follow-up book.
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principiascientificinternational--2020-05-03--Sweden Wins the Debate on COVID ‘Lockdown’ Policy

As Europe and North America continue suffering their steady economic and social decline as a direct result of imposing ‘ lockdown ’ on their populations , other countries have taken a different approach to dealing with the coronavirus threat .
You wouldn ’ t know it by listening to western politicians or mainstream media stenographers , there are also nonlockdown countries .
They are led by Sweden , Iceland , Belarus , Japan , South Korea and Taiwan .
Surprisingly to some , their results have been as good or better than the lockdown countries , but without having to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ witnessing across the world .
For this reason alone , Sweden and others like them , have already won the policy debate , as well as the scientific one too .
Unlike much of the rest of the world who saw fit to unquestioningly follow China ’ s lead on everything from quarantining , to economic shutdowns , to contact tracing , and PCR mass testing , nonlockdown countries have instead opted for a somewhat lighter touch – preserving their economies and societies , and in doing so avoiding an endless daisy chain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the imposition of brutal lockdown policy .
On the European front , the Scandinavian country of Sweden is now garnering more attention than before , and has become an object of both criticism and fascination for those against or in favor of lockdown policy .
While countries like the United States and Great Britain continue to top the global tables in terms of COVID-19 death tolls , Sweden has only suffered marginal casualties in comparison , while avoiding the intense strain on society and loss in public confidence which lockdown governments are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ push their populations to the limits of social stress and economic tolerance .
You could say those governments are already careening over the edge by looking at the latest jobless figures coming out the US with 30 million new people filing for unemployment in the last few weeks .
Unlike many others , Sweden has not enforced any strict mass quarantine measures to contain COVID-19 , nor has it closed any of its borders .
Rather , Swedish health authorities have issued a series of guidelines for social distancing and other common sense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , public gatherings , and protecting the elderly and immune compromised .
They have kept all preschools , primary and secondary schools open , while closing college and universities who are now doing their work and lectures online .
Likewise , many bars and restaurants have remained open , and shoppers do not have to perform the bizarre ritual of queuing around the block standing 2 meters apart in order to buy groceries .
According to the country ’ s top scientists , they are now well underway to achieving natural herd immunity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has already won the debate .
Because Sweden decided to follow real epidemiological science and pursue a common sense strategy of herd immunity , it doesn ’ t need to “ flatten of the curve ” because its strategic approach has the added benefit of achieving a much more gradual and wider spread .
Anders Tegnell , Sweden ’ s government advisor for epidemiology explains , “ We are all trying to keep the spread of this disease as low as possible , mainly to prevent our healthcare system from being overstretched , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ complete lockdown .
We have managed to keep the number of cases low enough so the intensive care units have kept working and there has always been 20 per cent beds empty and enough protective equipment , even in Stockholm , where there has been a huge stress on healthcare .
So in that way the strategy has worked.
” Similarly , it doesn ’ t have the deal with the newest ‘ crisis ’ obstacle which lockdown states seem to be using as an excuse not to reopen society and the economy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ second peak ‘ which governments are telling the public will wreak havoc on the nation by “ infecting the vulnerable ” and will “ overwhelm the health services ” if everything is suddenly reopened and social isolation and distancing is relaxed .
This catch 22 which countries like the US and UK are caught in is predicated on the belief that the coronavirus might suddenly unleash itself again on the populace .
Certainly , there could be a second surge , but it should be noted that this is also a direct result @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the first place .
According to top epidemiologist Dr Knut Wikkowski , the decision to lockdown only delayed the inevitable for countries like the US and UK , and quite possibly made the COVID-19 problem even worse than it would have previously been in the short to midterm , but in the long-term the results would be relatively the same proportionally in term of human casualties .
The penny should have really dropped after it was revealed two weeks ago by Oxford Professor Carl Heneghan , Director for Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s coronavirus ‘ crisis ’ actually came a full week before Boris Johnson initiated lockdown on March 23rd .
In fact , if you plug in Sweden ’ s actual data into Neil Ferguson ’ s own infamous computer model which sent the UK government into mass-panic mode , here ’ s what you would get : The numbers don ’ t lie , but statistics can be made to tell any story the narrator wants , especially when the storyteller is government .
Just look at the last 50 years of announcements @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thing we should have learned by now is that government will never let things like facts and real science get in the way of a slow motion train wreck in progress , hence you can see some UK officials still clinging to Ferguson ’ s initial prediction as some sort of ‘ proof ’ that the lockdown was necessary to avoid ‘ mass death.
’ Outside of popular supposition and media talking points , there is no scientific study which shows that lockdown saved any significant number of lives .
Instead , new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As western lockdown countries drift further and further into an economic and social purgatory , nonlockdown countries like Sweden seem to be the target of bad-natured criticism by western media punditry .
This seems to be out spite more than anything , as some journalists are sensing defeat after they had thrown their lot in with draconian lockdown policy early on , unquestioningly backing their governments ’ one-size-fits-all approach to emergency management , once again invoking the TINA ( There Is No Alternative ) principle which history shows often precedes most man-made calamities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ War in 2003 , to the 2008 Wall Street Bail Out .
Nonetheless , the media and political pressure has been almost relentless on Sweden for not complying with the west ’ s ‘ lockdown consensus.
’ The country has also been roundly criticized by some 2,300 academics who piled on scorn upon it in a letter posted in March demanding the government change course and immediately head for lockdown .
However , the country has held off , and has since won endorsements from a number of eminent academics and professionals , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ holding its nerve , ” in the face of such public condemnation .
That steadfastness seems to finally be paying dividends now , as some western mainstream media outlets , and even the UN itself , are acknowledging their comparable success .
The New York Post begrudgingly acknowledged that Sweden received praise from the high chair of global public health at the World Health Organization ( WHO ) , now lauded it as a “ model ” for overcoming the coronavirus crisis .
Dr. Micheal Ryan , WHO head of emergency management @ @ @ @ @ @ @ differently is it has very much relied on its relationship with its citizenry and the ability and willingness of its citizens to implement self-distancing and self-regulate.
” He added , “ In that sense , they have implemented public policy through that partnership with the population … .
I think if we are to reach a new normal , Sweden represents a model if we wish to get back to a society in which we don ’ t have lockdowns.
” So according to WHO , it is Sweden which could be the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ medieval quarantine policies favored by other states .
Is WHO really making an argument against obsessive social isolation , and collective economic suicide ?
Such words from WHO should , in theory , be reassuring to those stuck in their lockdown death spirals .
But many in the west are still convinced of the TINA principle , even if their next door neighbor has chosen a short and more practical route through the eye of the storm .
More than anything , this conundrum speaks to the relationship between people and their governments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contract between government and its citizens which forms the core of the country ’ s policy formation .
The idea that the choice of lockdown policy is a straight trade-off between lives and economy is a false dichotomy which ignores many concomitant variables and factors which are at play .
“ I don ’ t think it was in terms of economy versus a health of people .
I think it was a broader concern about the social fabric in general , ” said Lars Trägårdh , professor of history and civil society @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ It is wonderful that we have retained the amount of freedoms that we have here ….Who would have thought , you know , that Swedish social democracy would be in bed with American right-wing libertarians ?
Not me , ” remarked Trägårdh .
Professor Cecilia Soderberg-Naucler from Sweden ’ s Karolinska Institute explained why the state was duty-bound to take the direction it did .
“ We must establish control over the situation , we can not head into a situation where we get complete chaos .
No one has tried this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it first in Sweden , without informed consent ?
” said Soderberg-Naucler .
This concept of people talking responsibility for their actions and for public well-being is actually enshrined in Sweden ’ s constitution .
This means that the state does not have to threaten and abuse its citizens for things like not observing social distancing and buying ‘ non essential items ’ when out shopping , or meeting in small groups – as some governments are doing .
Swedes know the risks and observe government guidelines accordingly .
They also acknowledge that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t use police and courts to punish citizens if they are not following guidelines to the letter – as is the case in many lockdown countries .
In lockdown countries , the bad blood between the public and government will not evaporate after the ‘ crisis ’ is over , which is a real problem which lockdown governments will continue facing in the future .
Still , New York Post had to include the caveat that Sweden was something of a pariah state for “ controversially refused restrictions “ .
The propaganda war @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s subtle wordsmithing , where editors even went so far as to change their headline from “ WHO lauds Sweden as ‘ model ’ in coronavirus fight for resisting lockdown , ” to a slightly more incendiary “ WHO lauds lockdown-ignoring Sweden as a ‘ model ’ for countries going forward ” Swedish critics are quick to point out how poorly it ’ s doing compared to its Scandinavian neighbors , Denmark , Norway and Finland .
They do this by pointing to the new global bible of public policy – the World-o-Meter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people is now the end all and be all which it comes to declaring how really , really bad things are , and will continue to be ( because that meter just keeps on running ) .
As of today , Sweden , which has a population of roughly 10.5 million , has recorded 21,092 cases and 2,586 fatalities from COVID-19 , that ’ s roughly 256 deaths per million people .
By contrast , its southern neighbor Denmark which has a population of 5.8 million has recorded 9,1058 cases and 452 fatalities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Norway is similar population at 5.4 million , and has recorded 7,738 cases and 210 deaths , that ’ s 39 deaths per million .
Finland has a population of 5.5 million confirmed just 4,995 cases and 211 deaths , with 38 deaths per million .
Critics of Sweden have all seized upon these differences in order to condemn their government for being ‘ irresponsible ’ and “ playing Russian roulette ” with their citizens ’ lives .
If one didn ’ t know better from all the hysterical rhetoric , you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ genocide happening there .
While these sort of polemic arguments seem to work in the narrow band of reality that are social media threads , the reality is that after scaling up its neighbors ’ results to be in line with Sweden ’ s larger population which is roughly twice their size , the difference is statistically insignificant for a country of 10.5 million .
They are basically arguing that when comparing Sweden to its neighbor Denmark , that a proportional difference of approximately 1,500 fatalities warrants Sweden closing all its schools and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all the chaos ill effects that goes with that course of action .
To put things in even more perspective , while Sweden has already suffered 2,586 COVID deaths in 2020 , back in 2018 there were approximately 6,997 total respiratory disease deaths in Sweden – and the country ’ s healthcare capacity was not overrun , nor were any of their public systems stretched to breaking point .
It ’ s a ridiculous argument on its face , and yet , this is the line of thinking which seems to permeate through @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fatal policy decision .
It ’ s not a discussion for faint hearts , but this has been a reality for nations since time immemorial who have faced war , plagues and pandemics .
There is no perfect answer , but there are practical answers that take utilitarianism into account .
In what can only be described as a macabre display of bad faith , exasperated naysayers from lockdown countries seem to almost eager to see Sweden fall victim to the dreaded “ second wave ” which many Britons and Americans insist is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leaders and science ‘ experts ’ keep telling them .
The threat of a ‘ second wave ’ is certainly being used by some governments to justify an increasingly unpopular lockdown policy , but also lends itself to the preferences of Bill Gates who has been publicly advocating an open-ended lockdown arrangement until such a time that salvation will arrive in the form of a vaccine for the coronavirus .
But even the most optimistic scenario would be somewhere between 18 months and two years , which begs the question of whether democracies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ extended period of tumult .
That ’ s a scenario which no one can realistically endorse , and yet it ’ s given prime time by mainstream media outlets who have been keen of offer-up the Gates plan as another TINA solution to the ‘ pandemic ’ .
Besides the obvious civilizational problems with the Gates global lock-up plan , it chronically ignores the fact that there are nonlockdown countries like Sweden who never opted into the west ’ s collective self-destruction pact .
Not everyone is on board with the inevitability of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American and British government keeps insisting is coming if lockdown is lifted too early .
Renowned Scottish microbiologist Professor Hugh Pennington is not convinced , saying that such a second peak is unlikely .
“ No , I ’ m not sure where this ‘ second peak ’ idea comes from , ” says Pennington .
Still , Prof. Pennington seemed miffed as to where Boris Johnson ’ s government is getting its science from .
“ I know where it comes from , it comes from flu .
Because when we have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ second peak , and sometimes we get a third peak … .
Now , why we should get one with this virus , I don ’ t quite understand … .
It just seems to be a phenomenon with flu , and I don ’ t see any reason myself , and I haven ’ t seen any evidence to support the idea that there would be a second peak of the virus.
” According to other experts , one of the fundamental problem with lockdown policy favored by the US , UK @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was never evidence-based , or “ guided by the science.
” Quite the opposite in fact .
Rather , it was a political decision , undertaken by politicians .
Never in history has a country enacted such a universal measure which quarantines the healthy as well as the sick and infirmed .
This also flies in the face of hundreds of years of epidemiological science and epidemic policy , and eschews the entire concept of natural herd immunity .
Again , the pragmatic approach would have been to protect those most directly effected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and those in palliative care – a policy which would eventually bring a population herd immunity as a natural by-product of that policy .
That ’ s been the approach taken by Sweden and other states , and according to numerous experts in the field , it makes sense on both an epidemiological level and well as a social and economic level .
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Sweden Wins the Debate on COVID ‘Lockdown’ Policy
Written by Patrick Henningsen
As Europe and North America continue suffering their steady economic and social decline as a direct result of imposing ‘lockdown’ on their populations, other countries have taken a different approach to dealing with the coronavirus threat.
You wouldn’t know it by listening to western politicians or mainstream media stenographers, there are also nonlockdown countries. They are led by Sweden, Iceland, Belarus, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.
Surprisingly to some, their results have been as good or better than the lockdown countries, but without having to endure the socio-economic chaos we are now witnessing across the world. For this reason alone, Sweden and others like them, have already won the policy debate, as well as the scientific one too.
Unlike much of the rest of the world who saw fit to unquestioningly follow China’s lead on everything from quarantining, to economic shutdowns, to contact tracing, and PCR mass testing, nonlockdown countries have instead opted for a somewhat lighter touch – preserving their economies and societies, and in doing so avoiding an endless daisy chain of new problems and obstacles deriving directly from the imposition of brutal lockdown policy.
On the European front, the Scandinavian country of Sweden is now garnering more attention than before, and has become an object of both criticism and fascination for those against or in favor of lockdown policy.
While countries like the United States and Great Britain continue to top the global tables in terms of COVID-19 death tolls, Sweden has only suffered marginal casualties in comparison, while avoiding the intense strain on society and loss in public confidence which lockdown governments are now grappling with as they continue to push their populations to the limits of social stress and economic tolerance.
You could say those governments are already careening over the edge by looking at the latest jobless figures coming out the US with 30 million new people filing for unemployment in the last few weeks.
Unlike many others, Sweden has not enforced any strict mass quarantine measures to contain COVID-19, nor has it closed any of its borders. Rather, Swedish health authorities have issued a series of guidelines for social distancing and other common sense measures covering areas like hygiene, travel, public gatherings, and protecting the elderly and immune compromised.
They have kept all preschools, primary and secondary schools open, while closing college and universities who are now doing their work and lectures online. Likewise, many bars and restaurants have remained open, and shoppers do not have to perform the bizarre ritual of queuing around the block standing 2 meters apart in order to buy groceries.
According to the country’s top scientists, they are now well underway to achieving natural herd immunity. It seems this particular Nordic model has already won the debate.
Because Sweden decided to follow real epidemiological science and pursue a common sense strategy of herd immunity, it doesn’t need to “flatten of the curve” because its strategic approach has the added benefit of achieving a much more gradual and wider spread.
Anders Tegnell, Sweden’s government advisor for epidemiology explains, “We are all trying to keep the spread of this disease as low as possible, mainly to prevent our healthcare system from being overstretched, but we have not gone for the complete lockdown.
We have managed to keep the number of cases low enough so the intensive care units have kept working and there has always been 20 per cent beds empty and enough protective equipment, even in Stockholm, where there has been a huge stress on healthcare. So in that way the strategy has worked.”
Similarly, it doesn’t have the deal with the newest ‘crisis’ obstacle which lockdown states seem to be using as an excuse not to reopen society and the economy, which the fear of a ‘second peak‘ which governments are telling the public will wreak havoc on the nation by “infecting the vulnerable” and will “overwhelm the health services” if everything is suddenly reopened and social isolation and distancing is relaxed.
This catch 22 which countries like the US and UK are caught in is predicated on the belief that the coronavirus might suddenly unleash itself again on the populace. Certainly, there could be a second surge, but it should be noted that this is also a direct result of the decision to impose lockdown in the first place.
According to top epidemiologist Dr Knut Wikkowski, the decision to lockdown only delayed the inevitable for countries like the US and UK, and quite possibly made the COVID-19 problem even worse than it would have previously been in the short to midterm, but in the long-term the results would be relatively the same proportionally in term of human casualties.
The penny should have really dropped after it was revealed two weeks ago by Oxford Professor Carl Heneghan, Director for Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, that the peak of the UK’s coronavirus ‘crisis’ actually came a full week before Boris Johnson initiated lockdown on March 23rd.
In fact, if you plug in Sweden’s actual data into Neil Ferguson’s own infamous computer model which sent the UK government into mass-panic mode, here’s what you would get:
The numbers don’t lie, but statistics can be made to tell any story the narrator wants, especially when the storyteller is government. Just look at the last 50 years of announcements regarding unemployment and inflation levels.
One thing we should have learned by now is that government will never let things like facts and real science get in the way of a slow motion train wreck in progress, hence you can see some UK officials still clinging to Ferguson’s initial prediction as some sort of ‘proof’ that the lockdown was necessary to avoid ‘mass death.’
Outside of popular supposition and media talking points, there is no scientific study which shows that lockdown saved any significant number of lives. Instead, new data strongly suggests quite the opposite.
The Ribbing of Sweden
As western lockdown countries drift further and further into an economic and social purgatory, nonlockdown countries like Sweden seem to be the target of bad-natured criticism by western media punditry.
This seems to be out spite more than anything, as some journalists are sensing defeat after they had thrown their lot in with draconian lockdown policy early on, unquestioningly backing their governments’ one-size-fits-all approach to emergency management, once again invoking the TINA (There Is No Alternative) principle which history shows often precedes most man-made calamities from World War I, the Iraq War in 2003, to the 2008 Wall Street Bail Out.
Nonetheless, the media and political pressure has been almost relentless on Sweden for not complying with the west’s ‘lockdown consensus.’
The country has also been roundly criticized by some 2,300 academics who piled on scorn upon it in a letter posted in March demanding the government change course and immediately head for lockdown.
However, the country has held off, and has since won endorsements from a number of eminent academics and professionals, like Professor Heneghan who hailed Sweden for “holding its nerve,” in the face of such public condemnation. That steadfastness seems to finally be paying dividends now, as some western mainstream media outlets, and even the UN itself, are acknowledging their comparable success.
The New York Post begrudgingly acknowledged that Sweden received praise from the high chair of global public health at the World Health Organization (WHO), now lauded it as a “model” for overcoming the coronavirus crisis.
Dr. Micheal Ryan, WHO head of emergency management said, “What it has done differently is it has very much relied on its relationship with its citizenry and the ability and willingness of its citizens to implement self-distancing and self-regulate.”
He added, “In that sense, they have implemented public policy through that partnership with the population …. I think if we are to reach a new normal, Sweden represents a model if we wish to get back to a society in which we don’t have lockdowns.”
So according to WHO, it is Sweden which could be the new normal – and not the reactionary medieval quarantine policies favored by other states. Is WHO really making an argument against obsessive social isolation, and collective economic suicide?
Such words from WHO should, in theory, be reassuring to those stuck in their lockdown death spirals. But many in the west are still convinced of the TINA principle, even if their next door neighbor has chosen a short and more practical route through the eye of the storm.
More than anything, this conundrum speaks to the relationship between people and their governments. Indeed, it is the social contract between government and its citizens which forms the core of the country’s policy formation. The idea that the choice of lockdown policy is a straight trade-off between lives and economy is a false dichotomy which ignores many concomitant variables and factors which are at play.
“I don’t think it was in terms of economy versus a health of people. I think it was a broader concern about the social fabric in general,” said Lars Trägårdh, professor of history and civil society studies at Ersta Sköndal University College.
“It is wonderful that we have retained the amount of freedoms that we have here ….Who would have thought, you know, that Swedish social democracy would be in bed with American right-wing libertarians? Not me,” remarked Trägårdh.
Professor Cecilia Soderberg-Naucler from Sweden’s Karolinska Institute explained why the state was duty-bound to take the direction it did. “We must establish control over the situation, we cannot head into a situation where we get complete chaos. No one has tried this route, so why should we test it first in Sweden, without informed consent?” said Soderberg-Naucler.
This concept of people talking responsibility for their actions and for public well-being is actually enshrined in Sweden’s constitution. This means that the state does not have to threaten and abuse its citizens for things like not observing social distancing and buying ‘non essential items’ when out shopping, or meeting in small groups – as some governments are doing.
Swedes know the risks and observe government guidelines accordingly. They also acknowledge that humans are not perfect and won’t use police and courts to punish citizens if they are not following guidelines to the letter – as is the case in many lockdown countries.
In lockdown countries, the bad blood between the public and government will not evaporate after the ‘crisis’ is over, which is a real problem which lockdown governments will continue facing in the future.
Still, New York Post had to include the caveat that Sweden was something of a pariah state for “controversially refused restrictions“. The propaganda war could be seen in the paper’s subtle wordsmithing, where editors even went so far as to change their headline from “WHO lauds Sweden as ‘model’ in coronavirus fight for resisting lockdown,” to a slightly more incendiary “WHO lauds lockdown-ignoring Sweden as a ‘model’ for countries going forward”
Swedish critics are quick to point out how poorly it’s doing compared to its Scandinavian neighbors, Denmark, Norway and Finland. They do this by pointing to the new global bible of public policy – the World-o-Meter coronavirus running totals – which for some people is now the end all and be all which it comes to declaring how really, really bad things are, and will continue to be (because that meter just keeps on running).
As of today, Sweden, which has a population of roughly 10.5 million, has recorded 21,092 cases and 2,586 fatalities from COVID-19, that’s roughly 256 deaths per million people.
By contrast, its southern neighbor Denmark which has a population of 5.8 million has recorded 9,1058 cases and 452 fatalities, roughly 78 deaths per million persons. Norway is similar population at 5.4 million, and has recorded 7,738 cases and 210 deaths, that’s 39 deaths per million. Finland has a population of 5.5 million confirmed just 4,995 cases and 211 deaths, with 38 deaths per million.
Critics of Sweden have all seized upon these differences in order to condemn their government for being ‘irresponsible’ and “playing Russian roulette” with their citizens’ lives. If one didn’t know better from all the hysterical rhetoric, you’d think there was an impending genocide happening there.
While these sort of polemic arguments seem to work in the narrow band of reality that are social media threads, the reality is that after scaling up its neighbors’ results to be in line with Sweden’s larger population which is roughly twice their size, the difference is statistically insignificant for a country of 10.5 million.
They are basically arguing that when comparing Sweden to its neighbor Denmark, that a proportional difference of approximately 1,500 fatalities warrants Sweden closing all its schools and shutting down its entire economy and suffer all the chaos ill effects that goes with that course of action.
To put things in even more perspective, while Sweden has already suffered 2,586 COVID deaths in 2020, back in 2018 there were approximately 6,997 total respiratory disease deaths in Sweden – and the country’s healthcare capacity was not overrun, nor were any of their public systems stretched to breaking point.
It’s a ridiculous argument on its face, and yet, this is the line of thinking which seems to permeate through lockdown countries desperate to justify their own fatal policy decision.
It’s not a discussion for faint hearts, but this has been a reality for nations since time immemorial who have faced war, plagues and pandemics. There is no perfect answer, but there are practical answers that take utilitarianism into account.
Fear of the ‘Second Wave’
In what can only be described as a macabre display of bad faith, exasperated naysayers from lockdown countries seem to almost eager to see Sweden fall victim to the dreaded “second wave” which many Britons and Americans insist is a fait accompli, as their political leaders and science ‘experts’ keep telling them.
The threat of a ‘second wave’ is certainly being used by some governments to justify an increasingly unpopular lockdown policy, but also lends itself to the preferences of Bill Gates who has been publicly advocating an open-ended lockdown arrangement until such a time that salvation will arrive in the form of a vaccine for the coronavirus.
But even the most optimistic scenario would be somewhere between 18 months and two years, which begs the question of whether democracies and their economies can survive such an extended period of tumult. That’s a scenario which no one can realistically endorse, and yet it’s given prime time by mainstream media outlets who have been keen of offer-up the Gates plan as another TINA solution to the ‘pandemic’.
Besides the obvious civilizational problems with the Gates global lock-up plan, it chronically ignores the fact that there are nonlockdown countries like Sweden who never opted into the west’s collective self-destruction pact.
Not everyone is on board with the inevitability of a “second wave” which the American and British government keeps insisting is coming if lockdown is lifted too early. Renowned Scottish microbiologist Professor Hugh Pennington is not convinced, saying that such a second peak is unlikely. “No, I’m not sure where this ‘second peak’ idea comes from,” says Pennington.
Still, Prof. Pennington seemed miffed as to where Boris Johnson’s government is getting its science from. “I know where it comes from, it comes from flu. Because when we have a flu pandemic we always get a second peak, and sometimes we get a third peak …. Now, why we should get one with this virus, I don’t quite understand …. It just seems to be a phenomenon with flu, and I don’t see any reason myself, and I haven’t seen any evidence to support the idea that there would be a second peak of the virus.”
According to other experts, one of the fundamental problem with lockdown policy favored by the US, UK other European countries, is that it was never evidence-based, or “guided by the science.” Quite the opposite in fact.
Rather, it was a political decision, undertaken by politicians. Never in history has a country enacted such a universal measure which quarantines the healthy as well as the sick and infirmed. This also flies in the face of hundreds of years of epidemiological science and epidemic policy, and eschews the entire concept of natural herd immunity.
Again, the pragmatic approach would have been to protect those most directly effected by COVID-19 which is overwhelmingly the elderly and those in palliative care – a policy which would eventually bring a population herd immunity as a natural by-product of that policy. That’s been the approach taken by Sweden and other states, and according to numerous experts in the field, it makes sense on both an epidemiological level and well as a social and economic level.
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principiascientificinternational--2020-05-03--Trauma Surgeon: ‘Remdesivir Is Probably Worthless’

Markets got very excited ( briefly ) this week about a study finding a Gilead Sciences drug helped coronavirus patients heal a little more quickly .
But that was all the trial found : isn ’ t the miracle cure that will get us all out of lockdowns tomorrow , unfortunately .
Worse , as Bloomberg ’ s Faye Flam writes , the trial was rushed to get quick FDA approval , without getting helpful information on what kinds of patients it helps or hurts the most ; and now that the study is over , we ’ ve forever @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus patients better .
All of which raises a significant number of questions and Acute Care Surgeon ( and Asst Professor of Surgery at Wash U . )
Mark Hoofnagle warns “ I am truly sorry to say , Remdesivir is probably worthless… ” In an excellent Twitter thread , Hoofnagle details what he calls “ some fascinating drug company shenanigans.
” First , the pre-test probability that an infused , small-molecule inhibitor of a virus would improve mortality in symptomatic patients was already pretty low .
Unfortunately , antivirals work poorly in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with their mechanism of action , and host response .
Antivirals usually target some aspect of viral replication/assembly/transmission .
Remdesivir is a clever pharmacologic prodrug that inhibits a key piece of RNA viruses that mammals don ’ t have – the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase , and inhibits viral replication .
Unfortunately , by the time you are symptomatic with a virus , you are usually already high/peak viral load .
So , when you give an antiviral to someone who is already ill , the damage from the virus is largely done .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and in the cells .
Consistent with this , the Lancet paper on the remdesivir trial in China Pick your metaphor .
The cat is out of the bag .
The damage is done .
At this point the host response to virus is activated , and your body is suppressing replication through a variety of mechanisms ( which also make you feel terrible ) .
So how could inhibiting RDRP after the fact help ?
The answer is , it probably doesnt .
It certainly didn ’ t in this trial – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in mortality , but in subgroup analysis maybe shortened disease duration in early/mild disease .
Now , critics of stupid drugs that should never have been stockpiled by govts say , “ sounds like Tamiflu !
” Yes .
This is the same as Tamiflu , which also maybe shortens flu by a day , but otherwise is a largely useless antiviral ( and actually harmful with bad side effect profile ) .
Fortunately , side effects of remdesivir did not seem severe in this trial with only about 3x as many patients @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nothing life threatening .
Where do the Shenanigans come in ?
Well , remember how maybe this Chinese trial showed a shortened course in a subset of patients ?
Like tamiflu ?
But didn ’ t change mortality ?
Well a month ago the NIAID trial changed their endpoints to remove death and instead look at dz duration .
They changed the destination half way through the race to match the only positive outcome of another trial , that they ( or Gilead at least ) certainly had a copy of the paper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This is like declaring a race and then when you realize you ’ re not going to win , declaring the destination was actually wherever you are standing at the moment .
Then , even more fishy , the same day as this Lancet trial is release , Gilead and NIAID claim a “ positive trial ” and they ’ ve “ shortened the course of the disease significantly ” .
Notably , the mortality benefit did not reach significance .
By the end of the day , reports that FDA is going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID .
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Trauma Surgeon: ‘Remdesivir Is Probably Worthless’
Written by Tyler Durden
Markets got very excited (briefly) this week about a study finding a Gilead Sciences drug helped coronavirus patients heal a little more quickly.
But that was all the trial found: isn’t the miracle cure that will get us all out of lockdowns tomorrow, unfortunately.
Worse, as Bloomberg’s Faye Flam writes, the trial was rushed to get quick FDA approval, without getting helpful information on what kinds of patients it helps or hurts the most; and now that the study is over, we’ve forever lost a chance to help doctors treat virus patients better.
All of which raises a significant number of questions and Acute Care Surgeon (and Asst Professor of Surgery at Wash U.) Mark Hoofnagle warns “I am truly sorry to say, Remdesivir is probably worthless…”
In an excellent Twitter thread, Hoofnagle details what he calls “some fascinating drug company shenanigans.”
First, the pre-test probability that an infused, small-molecule inhibitor of a virus would improve mortality in symptomatic patients was already pretty low. Unfortunately, antivirals work poorly in acute disease. This has to do with their mechanism of action, and host response.
Antivirals usually target some aspect of viral replication/assembly/transmission. Remdesivir is a clever pharmacologic prodrug that inhibits a key piece of RNA viruses that mammals don’t have – the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, and inhibits viral replication.
Unfortunately, by the time you are symptomatic with a virus, you are usually already high/peak viral load. So, when you give an antiviral to someone who is already ill, the damage from the virus is largely done.
It’s there in big numbers and in the cells.
Consistent with this, the Lancet paper on the remdesivir trial in China shows no impact on viral load clinically.
Pick your metaphor. The cat is out of the bag. The damage is done. At this point the host response to virus is activated, and your body is suppressing replication through a variety of mechanisms (which also make you feel terrible).
So how could inhibiting RDRP after the fact help? The answer is, it probably doesnt. It certainly didn’t in this trial – no difference, not even a trend in mortality, but in subgroup analysis maybe shortened disease duration in early/mild disease.
Now, critics of stupid drugs that should never have been stockpiled by govts say, “sounds like Tamiflu!”
Yes. This is the same as Tamiflu, which also maybe shortens flu by a day, but otherwise is a largely useless antiviral (and actually harmful with bad side effect profile).
Fortunately, side effects of remdesivir did not seem severe in this trial with only about 3x as many patients stopping than placebo, some rashes, nothing life threatening.
Where do the Shenanigans come in?
Well, remember how maybe this Chinese trial showed a shortened course in a subset of patients? Like tamiflu? But didn’t change mortality?
Well a month ago the NIAID trial changed their endpoints to remove death and instead look at dz duration.
No really.
They changed the destination half way through the race to match the only positive outcome of another trial, that they (or Gilead at least) certainly had a copy of the paper once it was submitted to Lancet.
Shenanigans! Get a broom!
This is like declaring a race and then when you realize you’re not going to win, declaring the destination was actually wherever you are standing at the moment.
Then, even more fishy, the same day as this Lancet trial is release, Gilead and NIAID claim a “positive trial” and they’ve “shortened the course of the disease significantly”. Notably, the mortality benefit did not reach significance.
By the end of the day, reports that FDA is going to emergently approve remdesivir for treatment of COVID.
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principiascientificinternational--2020-05-04--Life Is Bubbling Up to Seafloor with Petroleum from Deep Below

Life Is Bubbling Up to Seafloor with Petroleum from Deep Below Hydrocarbon seep in the southern Gulf of Mexico emitting a viscous petroleum , much like asphalt .
Hydrocarbons serve as an energy source for microbes and in turn , microbial biomass is a food source for a diverse community of organisms including tube worms , mussels , crabs and shrimp .
The COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder that we move through a world shaped by unseen life .
Bacteria , viruses , and other microscopic organisms regulate the Earth ’ s vital functions and resources , from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and most of our energy sources .
An estimated one-third of the Earth ’ s microbes are literally hidden , buried in sediments deep below the ocean floor .
Now , scientists have shown that these “ deep biosphere ” microbes aren ’ t staying put but are bubbling up to the ocean floor along with fluids from buried petroleum reservoirs .
These hitchhikers in petroleum seeps are diversifying the microbial community that thrives at the seafloor , impacting deep-sea processes , such as carbon cycling , that have global implications .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a conduit for transporting life from the deep biosphere to the seafloor , ” says co-author Emil Ruff , a scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory ( MBL ) , Woods Hole .
The study , led by Anirban Chakraborty and Casey Hubert of the University of Calgary , is published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences .
The team analyzed 172 seafloor sediment samples from the eastern Gulf of Mexico that had been collected as part of a 2011 survey for the oil industry .
A fraction of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the chief components of oil and gas .
These petroleum seeps on the ocean floor harbored distinct microbial communities featuring bacteria and archaea that are well-known inhabitants of deep biosphere sediments.Hydrocarbon seep in the southern Gulf of Mexico emitting a viscous petroleum , much like asphalt .
Most animals found at hydrocarbon seeps , such as mussels and crabs , depend directly or indirectly on microorganisms that can oxidize the petroleum compounds .
“ Whereas sedimentation slowly buries microbial communities into the deep biosphere , these results show that it ’ s more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coming back up offer a window to life buried deeper below , ” Hubert says .
“ These relatively accessible surface sediments give us a glimpse into the vast , subsurface realm.
” The study also adds a new dimension to understanding the metabolic diversity of seabed petroleum seep microbial communities .
“ If it weren ’ t for the microbes living at hydrocarbon seeps , the oceans would be full of gas and oil , ” Chakraborty says .
Recovering sediment cores from the Gulf of Mexico on the TDI-Brooks vessel R/V @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bernie Bernard and James Brooks of TDI-Brooks International obtained the 172 Gulf of Mexico sediment cores and performed geochemical testing on them , setting the stage for microbiology testing at the University of Calgary .
“ One of the strengths of this study is the large number of samples analyzed , allowing robust statistical inferences of the microbes present in the petroleum seeps , ” Ruff says .
Because the seafloor is so difficult to access , explorations of deep-sea ecosystems are often limited by the number and quality of samples .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ microbes were present in the sediment samples , and genome sequencing of particularly interesting organisms to indicate what their activity in the subsurface might be .
Publication : Hydrocarbon seepage in the deep seabed links subsurface and seafloor biospheres Anirban Chakraborty et al .
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Life Is Bubbling Up to Seafloor with Petroleum from Deep Below
Written by Diana Kenney, The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL)
Hydrocarbon seep in the southern Gulf of Mexico emitting a viscous petroleum, much like asphalt. Hydrocarbons serve as an energy source for microbes and in turn, microbial biomass is a food source for a diverse community of organisms including tube worms, mussels, crabs and shrimp.
The COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder that we move through a world shaped by unseen life. Bacteria, viruses, and other microscopic organisms regulate the Earth’s vital functions and resources, from the air we breathe to all our food and most of our energy sources.
An estimated one-third of the Earth’s microbes are literally hidden, buried in sediments deep below the ocean floor. Now, scientists have shown that these “deep biosphere” microbes aren’t staying put but are bubbling up to the ocean floor along with fluids from buried petroleum reservoirs.
These hitchhikers in petroleum seeps are diversifying the microbial community that thrives at the seafloor, impacting deep-sea processes, such as carbon cycling, that have global implications.
“This study confirms that petroleum seeps are a conduit for transporting life from the deep biosphere to the seafloor,” says co-author Emil Ruff, a scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole. The study, led by Anirban Chakraborty and Casey Hubert of the University of Calgary, is published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The team analyzed 172 seafloor sediment samples from the eastern Gulf of Mexico that had been collected as part of a 2011 survey for the oil industry. A fraction of these samples contained migrated gaseous hydrocarbons, the chief components of oil and gas.
These petroleum seeps on the ocean floor harbored distinct microbial communities featuring bacteria and archaea that are well-known inhabitants of deep biosphere sediments.Hydrocarbon seep in the southern Gulf of Mexico emitting a viscous petroleum, much like asphalt.
Most animals found at hydrocarbon seeps, such as mussels and crabs, depend directly or indirectly on microorganisms that can oxidize the petroleum compounds.
Credit: Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM), University of Bremen Credit: Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM), University of Bremen
“Whereas sedimentation slowly buries microbial communities into the deep biosphere, these results show that it’s more of a two-way street. The microbes coming back up offer a window to life buried deeper below,” Hubert says. “These relatively accessible surface sediments give us a glimpse into the vast, subsurface realm.”The study also adds a new dimension to understanding the metabolic diversity of seabed petroleum seep microbial communities. “If it weren’t for the microbes living at hydrocarbon seeps, the oceans would be full of gas and oil,” Chakraborty says.
Recovering sediment cores from the Gulf of Mexico on the TDI-Brooks vessel R/V Brooks McCall.
Credit: Daniel BrooksCo-authors Bernie Bernard and James Brooks of TDI-Brooks International obtained the 172 Gulf of Mexico sediment cores and performed geochemical testing on them, setting the stage for microbiology testing at the University of Calgary. “One of the strengths of this study is the large number of samples analyzed, allowing robust statistical inferences of the microbes present in the petroleum seeps,” Ruff says. Because the seafloor is so difficult to access, explorations of deep-sea ecosystems are often limited by the number and quality of samples. The team used metagenomic approaches to determine what microbes were present in the sediment samples, and genome sequencing of particularly interesting organisms to indicate what their activity in the subsurface might be. Contacts and sources: Diana Kenney, The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) Publication: Hydrocarbon seepage in the deep seabed links subsurface and seafloor biospheres Anirban Chakraborty et al. PNAS first published April 30, 2020
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2002289117
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principiascientificinternational--2020-05-04--Five Epicentres of Official ‘Covid-19 Deaths’ Exaggeration

Five Epicentres of Official ‘ Covid-19 Deaths ’ Exaggeration Eight countries ( USA , UK , Canada , Spain , Italy , France , Belgium , and Germany ) , harbouring 9 % of humanity , report 67 % of Covid-19 ( C-19 ) fatalities .
Are these countries pandemic dead-zones ; or , are they jurisdictions wherein medico-legal bureaucrats systematically manipulate and misrepresent “ cause of death ” designations on official death certificates ?
The eight break into two categories : • None a ) Three countries where the engineering of C-19 fatality data is done mainly on a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ UK ) ; and , the more intriguing , • None b ) Five countries where medical statistics are compiled mainly a provincial/state level ; AND , wherein one region leads and outstrips the rest of the country with high C-19 death tallies .
Said regions being : • None The New Jersey-New York-Massachusetts-Connecticut-Rhode Island group of states ; and , On February 21 Lombardy became the first polity outside China to report a cluster of C-19 cases .
Organised scribbling of “ Covid-19 ” onto death certificates commenced three days thereafter .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s population , has rung-up 50 % of Italy ’ s C-19 deaths .
Lombardy ’ s certifiers of death have signed-off on 14,189 C-19 fatalities .
For comparison : United Arab Emirates ( pop 10 million ) , which leads the world in C-19 testing , reports 126 deaths .
Lombardy , we are to believe , suffered more fatalities than Asia .
Spain performed the same pandemic tragicomedy as Italy , albeit two weeks later .
Community of Madrid assumed the protagonist role in Spain that Lombardy plays in Italy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 17 regional governments ) has a population of 6.7 million .
Territorially , it overlaps Metropolitan Madrid .
During the ramp-up of Spain ’ s C-19 death certification initiative ( March 3-12 ) Madrid posted half Spain ’ s C-19 deaths .
Currently , Madrid with 13 % of Spain ’ s population , reports 33 % of Spain ’ s C-19 deaths .
Canada ’ s west-coast province of British Columbia , home to 5.1 million people with vastly greater contact with China than the Madrilenians have , reports just 112 C-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or Madrid in body-count but remains noteworthy because of its outlier status within the German Federation .
As well , Bavaria was the first area to copy northern Italy ’ s imposition of martial law .
The Free State of Bavaria occupies a landlocked 70,500 square kilometres of Germany ’ s south-eastern corner .
Half its 13 million inhabitants live in or around Munich .
Bavaria , with 15 % of Germany ’ s population , has recorded 29 % of Germany ’ s C-19 deaths .
It is the only significant Federation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bavaria ’ s 1,926 deaths dwarf those of Berlin ( pop 3.7 million ) which has recorded a mere 154 .
Five contiguous , integrated US states : New York , New Jersey , Massachusetts , Connecticut and Rhode Island , boast a combined population of 39.7 million .
C-19 cases were reported there in early March ; deaths followed two weeks later .
These five northeastern states ’ C-19 death toll accounts for 59 % of the US total despite these states comprising barely 12 % of the US population .
Their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than the toll from the rest of America combined and it exceeds that of any country other than the USA !
California ( pop 39.9 million ) has more contact with China than the US northeast .
California ’ s C-19 death toll is 2,215 .
Quebec ( pop 8.5 million ) has registered 2,205 C-19 deaths .
Thus with 22 % of Canada ’ s population , Quebec reports 60 % of Canada ’ s C-19 fatalities .
Canada ’ s four western provinces ( pop 12.1 million ) have incurred only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick ( combined pop : 1 million ) have yet to mourn a C-19 death .
The Munich-Milan-Madrid-Manhattan-Montreal nexus generates C-19 death data starkly at odds with data from the rest of the world .
Compare the deaths-per-million tallies of New York City ( 2,251 ) , Milan ( 1,418 ) and Madrid ( 1,250 ) with the global average : 32 .
From Tel Aviv to Seoul to Moscow major metropolitan areas with modern medical facilities , ( and having undertaken extensive C-19 testing ) are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 25 range .
The five profiled regions are laughable statistical outliers .
Their data must be excluded from the larger set .
Instruments giving completely out-of-whack readings typically get replaced .
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Five Epicentres of Official ‘Covid-19 Deaths’ Exaggeration
Written by William Walter Kay BA LLB
Eight countries (USA, UK, Canada, Spain, Italy, France, Belgium, and Germany), harbouring 9{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of humanity, report 67{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of Covid-19 (C-19) fatalities.
Are these countries pandemic dead-zones; or, are they jurisdictions wherein medico-legal bureaucrats systematically manipulate and misrepresent “cause of death” designations on official death certificates?
The eight break into two categories:
a) Three countries where the engineering of C-19 fatality data is done mainly on a national scale (Belgium, France and UK); and, the more intriguing, b) Five countries where medical statistics are compiled mainly a provincial/state level; AND, wherein one region leads and outstrips the rest of the country with high C-19 death tallies. Said regions being: Lombardy, Italy; Madrid, Spain; Bavaria, Germany; The New Jersey-New York-Massachusetts-Connecticut-Rhode Island group of states; and, Quebec, Canada.
Lombardy occupies a landlocked 23,800 square kilometres of northern Italy. Of Lombardy’s 10 million inhabitants 85{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} call Milan home.
On February 21 Lombardy became the first polity outside China to report a cluster of C-19 cases. Organised scribbling of “Covid-19” onto death certificates commenced three days thereafter.
Lombardy, with 15{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of Italy’s population, has rung-up 50{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of Italy’s C-19 deaths. Lombardy’s certifiers of death have signed-off on 14,189 C-19 fatalities. For comparison:
North Carolina (pop 10 million) reports 420 C-19 deaths.
United Arab Emirates (pop 10 million), which leads the world in C-19 testing, reports 126 deaths.
Lombardy, we are to believe, suffered more fatalities than Asia.
Spain performed the same pandemic tragicomedy as Italy, albeit two weeks later. Community of Madrid assumed the protagonist role in Spain that Lombardy plays in Italy.
Community of Madrid (one of 17 regional governments) has a population of 6.7 million. Territorially, it overlaps Metropolitan Madrid.
During the ramp-up of Spain’s C-19 death certification initiative (March 3-12) Madrid posted half Spain’s C-19 deaths. Currently, Madrid with 13{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of Spain’s population, reports 33{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of Spain’s C-19 deaths.
Madrid has allegedly suffered 8,376 C-19 fatalities. For contrast:
Canada’s west-coast province of British Columbia, home to 5.1 million people with vastly greater contact with China than the Madrilenians have, reports just 112 C-19 fatalities.
Bavaria is nowhere near Milan or Madrid in body-count but remains noteworthy because of its outlier status within the German Federation. As well, Bavaria was the first area to copy northern Italy’s imposition of martial law.
The Free State of Bavaria occupies a landlocked 70,500 square kilometres of Germany’s south-eastern corner. Half its 13 million inhabitants live in or around Munich.
Bavaria, with 15{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of Germany’s population, has recorded 29{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of Germany’s C-19 deaths. It is the only significant Federation member reporting over the national average. Bavaria’s 1,926 deaths dwarf those of Berlin (pop 3.7 million) which has recorded a mere 154.
Five contiguous, integrated US states: New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, boast a combined population of 39.7 million. C-19 cases were reported there in early March; deaths followed two weeks later.
These five northeastern states’ C-19 death toll accounts for 59{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of the US total despite these states comprising barely 12{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of the US population. Their collective 39,353 C-19 death toll is greater than the toll from the rest of America combined and it exceeds that of any country other than the USA!
California (pop 39.9 million) has more contact with China than the US northeast. California’s C-19 death toll is 2,215.
Canada (pop 37.7 million) has listed 3,682 official C-19 fatalities.
Quebec (pop 8.5 million) has registered 2,205 C-19 deaths. Thus with 22{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of Canada’s population, Quebec reports 60{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of Canada’s C-19 fatalities.
Canada’s four western provinces (pop 12.1 million) have incurred only 221 C-19 fatalities. The east-coast provinces of Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick (combined pop: 1 million) have yet to mourn a C-19 death.
The Munich-Milan-Madrid-Manhattan-Montreal nexus generates C-19 death data starkly at odds with data from the rest of the world. Compare the deaths-per-million tallies of New York City (2,251), Milan (1,418) and Madrid (1,250) with the global average: 32.
From Tel Aviv to Seoul to Moscow major metropolitan areas with modern medical facilities, (and having undertaken extensive C-19 testing) are posting deaths-per-million counts in the 5 to 25 range.
The five profiled regions are laughable statistical outliers. Their data must be excluded from the larger set. Instruments giving completely out-of-whack readings typically get replaced.
Sources
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports
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