principiascientificinternational--2020-07-14--Top Medical Journal: Mask Wearing ‘Offers Little, if Any Protection’

Top Medical Journal : Mask Wearing ‘ Offers Little , if Any Protection ’ As politicians and medical experts beclown themselves with their latest move to compel healthy citizens to mask up during the fake pandemic , the esteemed New England Journal of Medicine ( NEJM ) puts it into a neat nutshell : masks are not the answer .
They offer “ little , if any protection ” says the journal .
The authors tell us : “ We know that wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little , if any , protection from infection .
Public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Covid-19 as face-to-face contact within 6 feet with a patient with symptomatic Covid-19 that is sustained for at least a few minutes ( and some say more than 10 minutes or even 30 minutes ) .
The chance of catching Covid-19 from a passing interaction in a public space is therefore minimal .
In many cases , the desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic .
The calculus may be different , however , in health care settings .
First and foremost , a mask is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( PPE ) clinicians need when caring for symptomatic patients with respiratory viral infections , in conjunction with gown , gloves , and eye protection.
” [ 1 ] But if these authoritative folk weren ’ t compelling enough for you how about what the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons ( AAPS ) ?
The AAPS are no less scathing of the efficacy of any bona fide medical mask , let alone that soiled piece of cloth draped over the lower face of your average sheeple .
The AAPS offer us an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : • Penetration of cloth masks by particles was 97 % and medical masks 44 % , 3M Vflex 9105 N95 ( 0.1 % ) , 3M 9320 N95 ( < 0.01 % ) .
• Moisture retention , reuse of cloth masks and poor filtration may result in increased risk of infection • The virus may survive on the surface of the face- masks • Self-contamination through repeated use and improper doffing is possible .
A contaminated cloth mask may transfer pathogen from the mask to the bare hands of the wearer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recommended for health care workers , particularly in high-risk situations , and guidelines need to be updated .
Dr. Nancy Messonnier , director of the Center for the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases chips in with this : “ We don ’ t routinely recommend the use of face masks by the public to prevent respiratory illness , ” said on January 31 .
“ And we certainly are not recommending that at this time for this new virus.
” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ non-healthcare settings ; however , this guidance provides other strategies for limiting the spread of influenza viruses in the community : • None cover their nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing , • None use tissues to contain respiratory secretions and , after use , to dispose of them in the nearest waste receptacle , and • None perform hand hygiene ( e.g.
, handwashing with non-antimicrobial soap and water , and alcohol-based hand rub if soap and water are not available ) after having contact with respiratory secretions and contaminated objects/materials.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ mania has become just consider that the wearing of any mask , without eye protection to match , is a fool ’ s errand .
We explained this in detail in ‘ Why Are We Ignoring Virus Infection Risks Via Our Eyes ?
’ ( June 30 2020 ) .
The sad reality is that this is not about the science it is about mass control .
We know that because the mainstream media and politicians are all for the empowerment of pro-abortionists with their mantra : ” my body , my choice.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of COVID-19 has now fallen to no worse than an ordinary flu , the hypocrites change their tune .
Keep the above in mind when the next ignorant fascist tells you to ‘ mask up.
’ “ The only thing we have to fear is fear itself ” FDR got that right .
[ 1 ] Universal Masking in Hospitals in the Covid-19 Era.May 21 , 2020 N Engl J Med 2020 ; 382 : e63 DOI : 10.1056/NEJMp2006372 About the author : John O ’ Sullivan John is CEO and co-founder ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 .
• None PRINCIPIA SCIENTIFIC INTERNATIONAL , legally registered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for charitable purposes .
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Top Medical Journal: Mask Wearing ‘Offers Little, if Any Protection’
Written by John O'Sullivan
As politicians and medical experts beclown themselves with their latest move to compel healthy citizens to mask up during the fake pandemic, the esteemed New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) puts it into a neat nutshell: masks are not the answer. They offer “little, if any protection” says the journal.
The authors tell us:
“We know that wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection. Public health authorities define a significant exposure to Covid-19 as face-to-face contact within 6 feet with a patient with symptomatic Covid-19 that is sustained for at least a few minutes (and some say more than 10 minutes or even 30 minutes). The chance of catching Covid-19 from a passing interaction in a public space is therefore minimal. In many cases, the desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic. The calculus may be different, however, in health care settings. First and foremost, a mask is a core component of the personal protective equipment (PPE) clinicians need when caring for symptomatic patients with respiratory viral infections, in conjunction with gown, gloves, and eye protection.” [1]
But if these authoritative folk weren’t compelling enough for you how about what the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)?
The AAPS are no less scathing of the efficacy of any bona fide medical mask, let alone that soiled piece of cloth draped over the lower face of your average sheeple. The AAPS offer us an efficiency rating of various types of masks:
N95 FFR filter efficiency was greater than 95{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117}. Medical masks – 55{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} efficiency General masks – 38{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} and Handkerchiefs – 2{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} (one layer) to 13{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} (four layers) efficiency.
Conclusion: Wearing masks will not reduce SARS-CoV-2. N95 masks protect health care workers, but are not recommended for source control transmission. Surgical masks are better than cloth but not very efficient at preventing emissions from infected patients. Cloth masks will be ineffective at preventing SARS-CoV-2 transmission, whether worn as source control or as personal protective equipment (PPE).
For their evidence the AAPS relied on the first randomized controlled trial of cloth masks, as well as other studies. See: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006577 which shows:
Penetration of cloth masks by particles was 97{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} and medical masks 44{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117}, 3M Vflex 9105 N95 (0.1{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117}), 3M 9320 N95 (<0.01{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117}).
Moisture retention, reuse of cloth masks and poor filtration may result in increased risk of infection
The virus may survive on the surface of the face- masks
Self-contamination through repeated use and improper doffing is possible. A contaminated cloth mask may transfer pathogen from the mask to the bare hands of the wearer.
Cloth masks should not be recommended for health care workers, particularly in high-risk situations, and guidelines need to be updated. Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the Center for the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases chips in with this: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/t0131-2019-novel-coronavirus.html “We don’t routinely recommend the use of face masks by the public to prevent respiratory illness,” said on January 31. “And we certainly are not recommending that at this time for this new virus.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): https://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/infectioncontrol/maskguidance.htm “Masks are not usually recommended in non-healthcare settings; however, this guidance provides other strategies for limiting the spread of influenza viruses in the community: cover their nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing,
use tissues to contain respiratory secretions and, after use, to dispose of them in the nearest waste receptacle, and
perform hand hygiene (e.g., handwashing with non-antimicrobial soap and water, and alcohol-based hand rub if soap and water are not available) after having contact with respiratory secretions and contaminated objects/materials.” To demonstrate how ludicrous the mask mania has become just consider that the wearing of any mask, without eye protection to match, is a fool’s errand. We explained this in detail in ‘Why Are We Ignoring Virus Infection Risks Via Our Eyes?’ (June 30 2020). The sad reality is that this is not about the science it is about mass control. We know that because the mainstream media and politicians are all for the empowerment of pro-abortionists with their mantra: ” my body, my choice.” But when the current death rate of COVID-19 has now fallen to no worse than an ordinary flu, the hypocrites change their tune. Keep the above in mind when the next ignorant fascist tells you to ‘mask up.’ “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” FDR got that right. [1] Universal Masking in Hospitals in the Covid-19 Era.May 21, 2020 N Engl J Med 2020; 382:e63 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2006372 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. PRINCIPIA SCIENTIFIC INTERNATIONAL, legally registered in the UK as a company incorporated for charitable purposes. Head Office: 27 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3AX.
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principiascientificinternational--2020-07-14--The COVID-19 Curve Has Been Flattened

The COVID-19 Curve Has Been Flattened

Even though the COVID-19 curve has been flattened , mainstream media outlets continue to push doomsday predictions of an impending explosion of deaths .
According to Stanford University ’ s disease prevention chairman Dr. John Ioannidis , the COVID-19 fatality rate for those under the age of 45 is “ almost zero , ” and between the ages of 45 and 70 , it ’ s somewhere between 0.05 % and 0.3 % .
So , the fact that young and middle-aged adults are testing positive in droves is not a warning sign of an impending onslaught of deaths , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ age groups is minuscule .
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , the COVID-19 mortality — which had declined for the last 10 weeks straight — “ is currently at the epidemic threshold , ” meaning if it declines just a little more , COVID-19 will no longer be considered an epidemic .
The sharp increases in “ cases ” are not proof of disease spread but , rather , the spread of testing .
Even though the COVID-19 mortality curve has been flattened , mainstream media outlets continue to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of deaths .
The New York Times , for example , published articles July 21,2 and July 3,3,4 2020 , basically warning everyone to not get excited about plummeting mortality rates , as the trend could change at any moment .
“ Why Virus Deaths Are Down but May Soon Rise , ” its July 2 headline states .
The article goes on to claim “ coronavirus trends in the United States are pretty dark right now ” — based on surging case numbers , meaning positive test results , not hospitalizations or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attributes the steady and relatively rapid drop-off in deaths to improved medical treatment and older people being more cautious , but warns that “ Deaths may be on the verge of rising again , ” because “ middle-aged and younger people are acting as if they ’ re invulnerable ” and have increased their social activities .
This , however , completely ignores data showing that the COVID-19 fatality rate for those under the age of 45 is “ almost zero , ” and between the ages of 45 and 70 , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 0.3 % .7,8,9 In other words , the fact that young and middle-aged adults are testing positive in droves is not a warning sign of an impending onslaught of deaths , as the risk of death in these age groups is minuscule .
If anything , it seems to show herd immunity is building which , ultimately , will help protect the most vulnerable among us .
Why Did They Want to Flatten the Curve ?
The primary justification for the tyrannical governmental interventions of COVID-19 was to slow the spread of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be overwhelmed , causing people to die due to lack of medical care .
These interventions were not about stopping the spread or reducing the number of people that would eventually get infected .
It was only intended to slow it down so , eventually , naturally-acquired herd immunity — the best kind — would prevent its spread .
Well guess what ?
They have changed the narrative .
That is why you now do not hear anything about flattening the curve .
Instead they transitioned the fear-mongering to alarm the public that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ increasing .
Bear in mind that you do NOT need any test to be classified as a COVID case .
All you need is a simple upper respiratory infection and you can legally be classified as a COVID-19 case to artificially inflate the totals .
Fatality Rate No Longer Cause for Hysteria The fatality rate data given above were cited by Stanford University ’ s disease prevention chairman Dr. John Ioannidis — an epidemiologist who has made a name for himself by exposing bad science — in a June 27 , 2020 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ criticized global lockdown measures , saying they were implemented based on flawed modeling and grossly unreliable data .
When asked whether the curve had indeed been flattened in the U.S. , seeing how no health care system had been completely overwhelmed , Ioannidis answered:14 The fear-mongers also ignore recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statements15 saying the COVID-19 mortality — which had declined for the last 10 weeks straight — “ is currently at the epidemic threshold , ” meaning if it slides down just a little more , COVID-19 will no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for “ epidemic ” status .
The percentage of doctors ’ visits for influenza-like illness ( ILI ) for all age groups has also dropped below the 2019-2020 baseline , as seen in the CDC graph below , published July 3 , 2020.16 The graph below shows the percentage of visits to emergency departments , specifically , related to suspected ILI and COVID-19-like illness ( CLI ) .
While ER visits for suspected COVID-19 have seen a slight uptick , it ’ s not an extreme increase .
The video above reviews why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is misleading at best , and not a viable measure of a public health threat .
It presents a historical overview of what happened during the 2009 swine flu pandemic , and how it parallels the current COVID-19 pandemic .
In summary , fear of a novel illness — pandemic swine flu — led to a dramatic spike in testing , making it seem like a significant threat as many tested positive .
Yet the death toll was insignificant .
We ’ re seeing the same thing happening now .
Two things are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : The sudden availability of tests , and widespread testing of asymptomatic people .
Put another way .
The sharp increases in “ cases ” are not proof of disease spread but rather the spread of testing .
When you don ’ t have a test for the infection , you can not tally positive cases .
Hence it looked like there were virtually no COVID-19 cases in January 2020 .
The sudden jump in cases in February correlates with the emergence of test kits sent out by the CDC .
Once those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ number of “ cases ” again dried up .
Then , once test kits became readily available again in early April , the number of cases skyrocketed — as you ’ d expect .
But again , this doesn ’ t mean the disease was spreading like wildfire .
It was probably in circulation throughout and countless people were already walking around with it , feeling no worse than normal .
The only difference is that test kits became available and massive amounts of people — whether they had symptoms or not — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the graphs showing “ cases ” in large part simply illustrate the availability of testing .
Granted , even this is an oversimplification and is not going to be exact , and there ’ s more than one reason for this .
For example , during the third week of May , the CDC admitted it had combined the results from viral and antibody tests in its national results.17 This provides a really inaccurate picture , since the two tests describe very different things .
The viral test is supposed to identify active @ @ @ @ @ @ @ symptoms or not ) , whereas the antibody test tells you if you ’ ve been exposed to the virus in the past and fought it off by developing antibodies .
Hence , an antibody test should not be counted as an active infection or active “ case.
” Some data18 also suggest positive test results have declined even as testing has increased .
The question is , could this be an indication that people who are being tested for active infection have already fought off the virus and have antibodies ?
Could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immunity ?
Unfortunately , COVID-19 test data has been so mishandled and the way the data is compiled has changed enough times that it ’ s virtually impossible to make sense of it at this point .
The quality and reliability of the tests themselves , both viral and antibody , also appear to be less than stellar .
The CDC has admitted that prior exposure to coronaviruses responsible for the common cold can result in a positive COVID-19 antibody test,19 and during an April White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing , Dr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not 100 % sensitive or specific , ” and that when prevalence is low in the community , the false positive rate will be high .
“ If you have 1 % of your population infected , and you have a test that ’ s only 99 % specific , that means that when you find a positive , 50 % of the time will be a real positive and 50 % of the time it won ’ t be , ” Birx said .
In other words , if the prevalence of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , about half of all positive tests will be false positives .
Only as the overall infection rate gets higher does the viral test become increasingly reliable .
Who knows , perhaps this is why some of the data suggest the number of positive tests is actually decreasing even as testing continues to increase ?
What Happened to the Death Toll Reporting ?
As you may recall , early on , the media focused on the death toll and hospitalizations .
We had daily news ticker tapes providing us with the numbers of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ number of deaths .
These statistics were used to justify draconian lockdown orders to prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed .
Now you hear virtually nothing about hospitalizations or deaths .
It ’ s all about the rising number of “ cases , ” meaning infected individuals , which is to be expected when you test a population in which the virus has already infected the majority .
But that doesn ’ t mean it poses a threat , since deaths continue to drop .
It seems many are simply unwilling to accept the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ return to normal living .
Instead , “ rising cases ” — especially among previous low-risk age groups — is now being used to justify continued stay-at-home orders , even though hospitals are at no risk of being overwhelmed since a vast majority of these cases are asymptomatic and need nothing in terms of health care .
In its April 13 , 2020 , issue , the German magazine Blauer Bote20,21 lists a collection of 75 expert opinions about the COVID-19 threat .
Among them is a statement from Gerd Bosbach,22 professor emeritus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and social research , and author of the book , “ Lying With Numbers , ” who said ( translated from German to English using TranslationLookup.com23 ) :24 Herd Immunity Likely Much Higher Than Suspected In related news , several recent studies suggest a majority of the population may already have immunity against COVID-19 , via one mechanism or another .
According to a Swiss study,25,26 SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies are only found in the most severe cases — about 1 in 5 .
That suggests COVID-19 may in fact be five times more prevalent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may be five times less deadly than predicted .
According to the authors : They also found that even though people who had been exposed to COVID-19 had SARS-CoV-2-specific immunoglobulin A ( IgA ) antibodies in their mucosa , there were no virus-specific antibodies in their blood .
IgA is an antibody that plays a crucial role in the immune function of your mucous membranes , while IgG is the most common antibody that protects against bacterial and viral infections and is found in blood and other bodily fluids .
As explained by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to COVID-19 Another study28,29 published in the journal Cell found 70 % of samples from patients who had recovered from mild cases of COVID-19 had resistance to SARS-CoV-2 on the T-cell level .
Curiously , 40 % to 60 % of people who had not been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 also had resistance to the virus on the T-cell level .
According to the authors , this suggests there ’ s “ cross-reactive T cell recognition between circulating ‘ common cold ’ coronaviruses and SARS-CoV-2.
” In other words , if you ’ ve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a particular coronavirus , your humoral immune system may activate when you encounter SARS-CoV-2 , thus rendering you resistant to COVID-19 .
May 14 , 2020 , Science magazine reported30 these Cell findings , drawing parallels to another earlier paper31 by German investigators that had come to a similar conclusion .
That German paper,32 the preprint of which was posted April 22 , 2020 , on Medrxiv , found helper T cells that targeted the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in 15 of 18 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 .
Yet another study,33,34,35 this one by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ caused by the betacoronaviruses OC43 and HKU1 might make you more resistant to SARS-CoV-2 infection , and that the resulting immunity might last as long as 17 years .
The authors suggest that if you ’ ve beat a common cold caused by a OC43 or HKU1 betacoronavirus in the past , you may have a 50/50 chance of having defensive T-cells that can recognize and help defend against SARS-CoV-2 .
81 % of Unexposed Individuals May Be Resistant to SARS-CoV-2 Two additional studies suggesting herd immunity is near were reported36 by Reason @ @ @ @ @ @ @ include a Swedish study,37,38 which found “ SARS-CoV-2 elicits robust memory T cell responses akin to those observed in the context of successful vaccines , suggesting that natural exposure or infection may prevent recurrent episodes of severe COVID-19 also in seronegative individual.
” Similarly , a German study39 concluded : So far , many efforts to curb COVID-19 infection have proven to be ill advised .
Evidence shows the illness spreads mostly indoors,40,41,42 for example , casting doubt on the sanity of closing parks and beaches , especially during the summer .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now considering using ultraviolet light to eradicate SARS-CoV-2 in indoor air .
Step outside , and you get that effect for free .
The total all-cause mortality is not significantly different than in previous years as discussed by my interview with Denis Rancourt .
Many other deaths have been shifted to COVID-19 , bringing a high spike in deaths , but when you look at the area under the curve for total deaths , it really doesn ’ t differ from previous years .
This was also echoed by the American Institute for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ referred to the COVID-19 pandemic as “ An egregious statistical horror story ” that resulted in “ a vandalistic lockdown on the economy , ” which :

Written by Dr. Joseph Mercola
Even though the COVID-19 curve has been flattened, mainstream media outlets continue to push doomsday predictions of an impending explosion of deaths. According to Stanford University’s disease prevention chairman Dr. John Ioannidis, the COVID-19 fatality rate for those under the age of 45 is “almost zero,” and between the ages of 45 and 70, it’s somewhere between 0.05{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} and 0.3{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117}.
So, the fact that young and middle-aged adults are testing positive in droves is not a warning sign of an impending onslaught of deaths, as the risk of death in these age groups is minuscule. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the COVID-19 mortality — which had declined for the last 10 weeks straight — “is currently at the epidemic threshold,” meaning if it declines just a little more, COVID-19 will no longer be considered an epidemic. The sharp increases in “cases” are not proof of disease spread but, rather, the spread of testing.
Even though the COVID-19 mortality curve has been flattened, mainstream media outlets continue to push doomsday predictions of an impending explosion of deaths. The New York Times, for example, published articles July 21,2 and July 3,3,4 2020, basically warning everyone to not get excited about plummeting mortality rates, as the trend could change at any moment.
“Why Virus Deaths Are Down but May Soon Rise,” its July 2 headline states. The article goes on to claim “coronavirus trends in the United States are pretty dark right now” — based on surging case numbers, meaning positive test results, not hospitalizations or people exhibiting actual symptoms.
The article attributes the steady and relatively rapid drop-off in deaths to improved medical treatment and older people being more cautious, but warns that “Deaths may be on the verge of rising again,” because “middle-aged and younger people are acting as if they’re invulnerable” and have increased their social activities.
“Their increased social activity has fueled an explosion in cases over the last three weeks, which in turn could lead to a rise in deaths soon,” The New York Times states,5,6 adding:
“With testing now more widespread, it’s possible that the death data will lag the case data by closer to a month. (In a typical fatal case, the death comes three to five weeks after contraction of the virus.) If that’s correct, coronavirus deaths may start rising again any day.”
This, however, completely ignores data showing that the COVID-19 fatality rate for those under the age of 45 is “almost zero,” and between the ages of 45 and 70, it’s somewhere between 0.05{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} and 0.3{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117}.7,8,9
COVID-19 mortality — which had declined for the last 10 weeks straight — is currently at the epidemic threshold, meaning if it slides down just a little more, COVID-19 will no longer meet the CDC’s criteria for “epidemic” status.
In other words, the fact that young and middle-aged adults are testing positive in droves is not a warning sign of an impending onslaught of deaths, as the risk of death in these age groups is minuscule. If anything, it seems to show herd immunity is building which, ultimately, will help protect the most vulnerable among us.
Why Did They Want to Flatten the Curve?
The primary justification for the tyrannical governmental interventions of COVID-19 was to slow the spread of the infection so that hospital resources would not be overwhelmed, causing people to die due to lack of medical care. These interventions were not about stopping the spread or reducing the number of people that would eventually get infected.
It was only intended to slow it down so, eventually, naturally-acquired herd immunity — the best kind — would prevent its spread. Well guess what? They have changed the narrative. That is why you now do not hear anything about flattening the curve. Instead they transitioned the fear-mongering to alarm the public that the number of “cases” are increasing.
Bear in mind that you do NOT need any test to be classified as a COVID case. All you need is a simple upper respiratory infection and you can legally be classified as a COVID-19 case to artificially inflate the totals.
Fatality Rate No Longer Cause for Hysteria
The fatality rate data given above were cited by Stanford University’s disease prevention chairman Dr. John Ioannidis — an epidemiologist who has made a name for himself by exposing bad science — in a June 27, 2020, interview with Greek Reporter,10,11,12 in which he criticized global lockdown measures, saying they were implemented based on flawed modeling and grossly unreliable data.
“0.05{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} to 1{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} is a reasonable range for what the data tell us now for the infection fatality rate, with a median of about 0.25{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117},” Ioannidis told Greek Reporter.13
“The death rate in a given country depends a lot on the age-structure, who are the people infected, and how they are managed. For people younger than 45, the infection fatality rate is almost 0{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117}. For 45 to 70, it is probably about 0.05-0.3{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117}.
For those above 70, it escalates substantially, to 1{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} or higher for those over 85. For frail, debilitated elderly people with multiple health problems who are infected in nursing homes, it can go up to 25{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} during major outbreaks in these facilities.”
When asked whether the curve had indeed been flattened in the U.S., seeing how no health care system had been completely overwhelmed, Ioannidis answered:14
“The predictions of most mathematical models in terms of how many beds and how many ICU beds would be required were astronomically wrong. Indeed, the health system was not overrun in any location in the USA, although several hospitals were stressed. Conversely, the health care system was severely damaged in many places because of the measures taken …
Major consequences on the economy, society and mental health have already occurred. I hope they are reversible, and this depends to a large extent on whether we can avoid prolonging the draconian lockdowns and manage to deal with COVID-19 in a smart, precision-risk targeted approach, rather than blindly shutting down everything …
I hope that policymakers look at the big picture of all the potential problems and not only on the very important, but relatively thin slice of evidence that is COVID-19.”
COVID-19 Close to Epidemic Threshold
The fear-mongers also ignore recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statements15 saying the COVID-19 mortality — which had declined for the last 10 weeks straight — “is currently at the epidemic threshold,” meaning if it slides down just a little more, COVID-19 will no longer meet the CDC’s criteria for “epidemic” status.
The percentage of doctors’ visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) for all age groups has also dropped below the 2019-2020 baseline, as seen in the CDC graph below, published July 3, 2020.16
The graph below shows the percentage of visits to emergency departments, specifically, related to suspected ILI and COVID-19-like illness (CLI). While ER visits for suspected COVID-19 have seen a slight uptick, it’s not an extreme increase.
The Truth About Increasing COVID-19 Cases
The video above reviews why the rise in COVID-19 “cases” is misleading at best, and not a viable measure of a public health threat. It presents a historical overview of what happened during the 2009 swine flu pandemic, and how it parallels the current COVID-19 pandemic.
In summary, fear of a novel illness — pandemic swine flu — led to a dramatic spike in testing, making it seem like a significant threat as many tested positive. Yet the death toll was insignificant. We’re seeing the same thing happening now. Two things are driving the numbers of positive tests skyward: The sudden availability of tests, and widespread testing of asymptomatic people.
Put another way. The sharp increases in “cases” are not proof of disease spread but rather the spread of testing. When you don’t have a test for the infection, you cannot tally positive cases. Hence it looked like there were virtually no COVID-19 cases in January 2020.
The sudden jump in cases in February correlates with the emergence of test kits sent out by the CDC. Once those test kits were used up, the number of “cases” again dried up. Then, once test kits became readily available again in early April, the number of cases skyrocketed — as you’d expect. But again, this doesn’t mean the disease was spreading like wildfire.
It was probably in circulation throughout and countless people were already walking around with it, feeling no worse than normal. The only difference is that test kits became available and massive amounts of people — whether they had symptoms or not — were being tested.
Increased Testing = Increased ‘Cases’
In short, the graphs showing “cases” in large part simply illustrate the availability of testing. Granted, even this is an oversimplification and is not going to be exact, and there’s more than one reason for this. For example, during the third week of May, the CDC admitted it had combined the results from viral and antibody tests in its national results.17
This provides a really inaccurate picture, since the two tests describe very different things. The viral test is supposed to identify active infections (regardless of whether you have symptoms or not), whereas the antibody test tells you if you’ve been exposed to the virus in the past and fought it off by developing antibodies. Hence, an antibody test should not be counted as an active infection or active “case.”
Some data18 also suggest positive test results have declined even as testing has increased. The question is, could this be an indication that people who are being tested for active infection have already fought off the virus and have antibodies? Could it be a sign of rising herd immunity?
Unfortunately, COVID-19 test data has been so mishandled and the way the data is compiled has changed enough times that it’s virtually impossible to make sense of it at this point. The quality and reliability of the tests themselves, both viral and antibody, also appear to be less than stellar.
The CDC has admitted that prior exposure to coronaviruses responsible for the common cold can result in a positive COVID-19 antibody test,19 and during an April White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing, Dr. Birx explained that COVID-19 tests are “not 100{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} sensitive or specific,” and that when prevalence is low in the community, the false positive rate will be high.
“If you have 1{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of your population infected, and you have a test that’s only 99{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} specific, that means that when you find a positive, 50{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of the time will be a real positive and 50{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of the time it won’t be,” Birx said. In other words, if the prevalence of infection in the community is 1{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117}, about half of all positive tests will be false positives.
Only as the overall infection rate gets higher does the viral test become increasingly reliable. Who knows, perhaps this is why some of the data suggest the number of positive tests is actually decreasing even as testing continues to increase?
What Happened to the Death Toll Reporting?
As you may recall, early on, the media focused on the death toll and hospitalizations. We had daily news ticker tapes providing us with the numbers of severe and critical cases, and the number of deaths.
These statistics were used to justify draconian lockdown orders to prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed. Now you hear virtually nothing about hospitalizations or deaths.
It’s all about the rising number of “cases,” meaning infected individuals, which is to be expected when you test a population in which the virus has already infected the majority. But that doesn’t mean it poses a threat, since deaths continue to drop.
It seems many are simply unwilling to accept the good news and allow the population to return to normal living. Instead, “rising cases” — especially among previous low-risk age groups — is now being used to justify continued stay-at-home orders, even though hospitals are at no risk of being overwhelmed since a vast majority of these cases are asymptomatic and need nothing in terms of health care.
In its April 13, 2020, issue, the German magazine Blauer Bote20,21 lists a collection of 75 expert opinions about the COVID-19 threat. Among them is a statement from Gerd Bosbach,22 professor emeritus of statistics, mathematics and empirical economic and social research, and author of the book, “Lying With Numbers,” who said (translated from German to English using TranslationLookup.com23):24
“The tripling of the tests resulted in a little more than tripling the number of those who tested positive. This tripling was presented to the citizens as a tripling of the infected …
Far-reaching decisions require secure foundations. This is exactly what has been neglected so far. The repeated equation of the number of positively tested people with the number of infected clouded the view …
The government’s standard of when measures should be weakened is based on an apparent number of infected people, which has nothing to do with reality …
So we have a muddle of terms, which is ultimately explained by the fact that we keep talking about infected people instead of positive people. The high numbers remain in memory, such as the mortality rate of 3.4{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} stated by the WHO. And that creates fear …
We should ensure that the media do not use the power of images to generate emotions that influence our judgment. If you get pictures of coffins and death departments from Italy or pictures of completely empty shelves, then their effects exceed the facts mentioned.”
Herd Immunity Likely Much Higher Than Suspected
In related news, several recent studies suggest a majority of the population may already have immunity against COVID-19, via one mechanism or another. According to a Swiss study,25,26 SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies are only found in the most severe cases — about 1 in 5. That suggests COVID-19 may in fact be five times more prevalent than suspected. This also means it may be five times less deadly than predicted. According to the authors:
“When symptomatic, COVID-19 can range from a mild flu-like illness in about 81{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} to a severe and critical disease in about 14{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} and 5{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of affected patients, respectively.”
They also found that even though people who had been exposed to COVID-19 had SARS-CoV-2-specific immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibodies in their mucosa, there were no virus-specific antibodies in their blood.
IgA is an antibody that plays a crucial role in the immune function of your mucous membranes, while IgG is the most common antibody that protects against bacterial and viral infections and is found in blood and other bodily fluids. As explained by the authors:27
“As with other coronaviruses, symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 disease causes an acute infection with activation of the innate and adaptive immune systems. The former leads to the release of several pro-inflammatory cytokines, including interleukin-6 …
Subsequently, B and T cells become activated, resulting in the production of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies, comprising immunoglobulin M (IgM), immunoglobulin A (IgA), and immunoglobulin G (IgG).
Whereas coronavirus-specific IgM production is transient and leads to isotype switch to IgA and IgG, these latter antibody subtypes can persist for extended periods in the serum and in nasal fluids. Whether SARS-CoV-2-specific IgG antibodies correlate with virus control is a matter of intense discussions.”
Majority of People Appear Resistant to COVID-19
Another study28,29 published in the journal Cell found 70{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of samples from patients who had recovered from mild cases of COVID-19 had resistance to SARS-CoV-2 on the T-cell level. Curiously, 40{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} to 60{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of people who had not been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 also had resistance to the virus on the T-cell level.
According to the authors, this suggests there’s “cross-reactive T cell recognition between circulating ‘common cold’ coronaviruses and SARS-CoV-2.” In other words, if you’ve recovered from a common cold caused by a particular coronavirus, your humoral immune system may activate when you encounter SARS-CoV-2, thus rendering you resistant to COVID-19.
May 14, 2020, Science magazine reported30 these Cell findings, drawing parallels to another earlier paper31 by German investigators that had come to a similar conclusion. That German paper,32 the preprint of which was posted April 22, 2020, on Medrxiv, found helper T cells that targeted the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in 15 of 18 patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
Yet another study,33,34,35 this one by researchers in Singapore, found common colds caused by the betacoronaviruses OC43 and HKU1 might make you more resistant to SARS-CoV-2 infection, and that the resulting immunity might last as long as 17 years.
The authors suggest that if you’ve beat a common cold caused by a OC43 or HKU1 betacoronavirus in the past, you may have a 50/50 chance of having defensive T-cells that can recognize and help defend against SARS-CoV-2.
81{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of Unexposed Individuals May Be Resistant to SARS-CoV-2
Two additional studies suggesting herd immunity is near were reported36 by Reason, July 1, 2020. These include a Swedish study,37,38 which found “SARS-CoV-2 elicits robust memory T cell responses akin to those observed in the context of successful vaccines, suggesting that natural exposure or infection may prevent recurrent episodes of severe COVID-19 also in seronegative individual.” Similarly, a German study39 concluded:
“SARS-CoV-2-specific T-cell epitopes enabled detection of post-infectious T-cell immunity, even in seronegative convalescents. Cross-reactive SARS-CoV-2 T-cell epitopes revealed preexisting T-cell responses in 81{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of unexposed individuals, and validation of similarity to common cold human coronaviruses provided a functional basis for postulated heterologous immunity in SARS-CoV-2 infection.”
Flattening the Curve Was a Fool’s Errand
So far, many efforts to curb COVID-19 infection have proven to be ill advised. Evidence shows the illness spreads mostly indoors,40,41,42 for example, casting doubt on the sanity of closing parks and beaches, especially during the summer. As reported by The Baltimore Sun,43 scientists are now considering using ultraviolet light to eradicate SARS-CoV-2 in indoor air. Step outside, and you get that effect for free.
The total all-cause mortality is not significantly different than in previous years as discussed by my interview with Denis Rancourt. Many other deaths have been shifted to COVID-19, bringing a high spike in deaths, but when you look at the area under the curve for total deaths, it really doesn’t differ from previous years.
This was also echoed by the American Institute for Economic Research.44 Back in April 2020 they referred to the COVID-19 pandemic as “An egregious statistical horror story” that resulted in “a vandalistic lockdown on the economy,” which:
“… would have been an outrage even if the assumptions were not wildly astronomically wrong. Flattening the curve was always a fool’s errand that widened the damage …
The latest figures on overall death rates from all causes show no increase at all. Deaths are lower than in 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2015, slightly higher than in 2016. Any upward bias is imparted by population growth.
Now writing a book on the crisis with bestselling author Jay Richards, [statistician William] Briggs concludes: ‘Since pneumonia deaths are up, yet all deaths are down, it must mean people are being recorded as dying from other things at smaller rates than usual.’ Deaths from other causes are simply being ascribed to the coronavirus.
As usual every year, deaths began trending downward in January. It’s an annual pattern. Look it up. Since the lockdown began in mid-March, the politicians cannot claim that their policies had anything to do with the declining death rate.
A global study45 published in Israel by Professor Isaac Ben-Israel, chairman of the Israeli Space Agency and Council on Research and Development, shows that ‘the spread of the coronavirus declines to almost zero after 70 days — no matter where it strikes, and no matter what measures governments impose to try to thwart it.’
In fact, by impeding herd immunity, particularly among students and other non-susceptible young people, the lockdown in the U.S. has prolonged and exacerbated the medical problem. As Briggs concludes, ‘People need to get out into virus-killing sunshine and germicidal air.'”
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Last Waltz Across Texas

Approximately 12,000 years ago , a massive meteor slammed into the three mile thick Canadian ice shield , ending a 100,000 year ice age , and causing the last great extinction , the Holocene Extinction .
This event covered the northern hemisphere with a coating of nano-diamonds and resulted in the extinction of all large mammals in the northern hemisphere .
In 1901 , the Beresovka expedition discovered , fully intact , flash frozen mammoths , later Carbon dated to 39,000 YBP .
In 1908 , an atmospheric meteor explosion flattened 880 square miles in Siberia .
This estimated 15 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crater , but did register as a 5.0 Richter seismic event .
An expedition to this site found additional , flash frozen mammoths , Carbon dated to 12,000 YBP with additional clues .
These 13 foot tall mammoths had undigested , un-decayed , temperate zone , dandelions in their digestive tracts , broken backbones and broken femurs .
They were frozen standing up , indicating impact with five feet deep mass of bowling ball sized hail , freezing them in an instant .
A popular theme among the self-loathing luddites in academia and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for all evil .
Government graft-grants to anthro-apologists , create the narrative that our blood thirsty , hunter gather ancestors caused this extinction .
There are 20,000 YBP flint arrowheads of European origin at many locations in America , indicating settlement prior to the Bering Strait migration of the claimed native tribes .
Visit to the La Brea tar pit museum in Los Angles , where there are displays of the mammoths , the 900 pound saber tooth tiger , the 400 pound dire wolf and other mammals , far beyond limits of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Based on the tens of thousands of tons of ivory tusks removed from this region , it is estimated that over 50,000 mammoths were killed in this one event , not to mention a few woolly rhinos .
For thousands of years , humans have been ruled over by self proclaimed divine right rulers and their learned priest class .
The only break in this feudal pattern was the American Revolution , which the feudalists are now attempting to reverse .
Despite Fabian economist claims , there is NO difference between communism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or socialism , they are all REBRANDED FEUDALISM .
There are only two forms of social order : either you have Free Speech , Property Rights and rule by informed consent , or you DO NOT .
The corrected version of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are : Disease , Famine , Pestilence and War .
Our divine rulers have control over these death vectors and have used them all for centuries .
Two documentaries that cover this subject are “ All Wars Are Bankers Wars ” by Michael Rivero and “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ James Corbett .
For those who believe your SJW , BLM or antifa allegiance offers some glorious future , reflect on the past history of the collective movement .
Since Disease is the main topic of this article , we will save it for last .
Famine was practiced by the Romans , seeding the fields of Carthage to create a barren wasteland .
Always a reluctant colony , when the Irish potato famine struck in 1846 , the British landed 100,000 troops , removed all grains , all sheep , all cattle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Irish starved to death , another million immigrated to America .
Famine eliminated 22,000 Afrikan POWs after the Boer War .
The Iranians , who followed Lawrence of Arabia to victory over Turkey during WW One , expected their freedom as promised .
Demonstrations in 1919 resulted in brutal crack-down and a famine for over a million Iranians .
While Indian Commonwealth soldiers fought in WW Two , the British withheld food shipments , starving millions .
Pestilence was formerly beyond divine feudal control .
While you might pray for a locust invasion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thousand camels to rest in your enemy ’ s beard , they were powerless to use this force .
Modern science and manufacturing have allowed the use of GMO crops , spraying of chem-trails , and coating the planet with radioactive isotopes from nuclear weapons .
Between Trinity in 1945 and Operation Plowshare in 1962 , the US conducted over 2,500 above ground nuclear tests .
For proof of this pestilence , see Johnson Island and Bikini Island documentaries .
War has been the easiest death vector to stage .
First , find @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to equally equip both sides , giving each the illusion of certain victory .
Unleash the war hounds and plunder the loser .
Both sides with be populated with crippled veterans , widows and orphans , which will make monarch overthrow impossible for a generation , at which point , you simply repeat .
To the progressives who have no knowledge of collective reality , a refresher on previous , toxic collective utopias .
After seizing power in 1917 , Lenin had a purge of a million White Russians , and all of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Molotov by 1924 .
Stalin had his own Great Purge between 1936 and 1938 , killing 30 million .
During and after WW Two , Stalin purged millions of counter-revolutionaries in Eastern Europe .
The Mao , Long March from 1931 to 1935 murdered millions .
The Mao , Great Leap Forward , from 1958 to 1962 killed 30 million .
Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976 killed over 20 million .
From 1789 until 1947 the US had a properly named WAR DEPARTMENT .
Following victory over the entire planet , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adopted , the Department of Defense .
As George Carlin asked , why do we have a Department of Defense , with an OFFENSIVE capability ?
While nuclear weapons are great for vaporizing entire countries , the residual radiation limits this as a form of extinction event , without threatening the divine feudalists , their devoted priests and their herds of subjects .
The captured bio-weapons labs of Germany and Japan offered a more controllable extinction vector .
Disease is also an unpredictable death vector .
Pathogens are constantly evolving and all living @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over billions of years of evolution .
Few biological agents are toxic individually , most require nutritional deficiency , or other chemical cofactors to be fatal .
I ’ m not going to repeat my previous research on viral pandemics , for that see principia-scientific.org “ Pandemics Are Personal ” and “ Remember the A La Mode Review ” These articles explain some of the history of pandemics and proven cures like HCQ .
Following the A La Mode rally on May 9 , there was another May 23 , Oath Keepers rally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now locked at all street entrances , so there have been no further events .
Soy boy cutouts run the Silicon Valley social media sites and have conducted a digital book burning of all heretics of the WuFlu hysteria cult .
Dr Andrew Kaufman , MD and Dr Zach Bush , MD both have advanced degrees in Microbiology and both agree that the human micro-biome depends on bacteria and viruses , see their videos .
With a estimated billion species , which are constantly evolving , it is impossible to culture a vaccine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , using an electron miscrope in 1931 and was awarded the 1946 Nobel Prize for this discovery .
Any claimed virus vaccine , produced before this date had no quantitative , or qualitative control over the virus content .
The retrovirus repercussions of this voodoo are explained in “ The Plague ” and “ The Plague of Corruption ” by Dr Judy Mikovits .
Dozens of her interviews have been purged from FewTube , but are available on other formats .
Texas has been under an illegal lockdown since March 19 , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one week of 75 % occupancy that ended on June 22 .
The governor , first allowed counties to force unisex burkas , then ordered them state wide , consider A N95 mask filters 0.3 micrometers and a Coronavirus is 20 nanometers .
A face mask is both useless and dangerous for health , but an excellent gauge of serf compliance .
Dr Ron Paul , MD , US Army Captain ( and Vietnam MASH surgeon ) and twelve term US Congressman made this disclosure “ Why Texas Governor Abbott ‘ Face Mask @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” at the Ron Paul Institute .
In mid May , under CDC orders , the state health department switched from rapidly declining death count metric , to rapidly rising NEW case counts , base on PCR test with 90 % false positives .
Kary B Mullis , the 1993 Nobel Prize winner for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction test , said it can not identify the monoclonal antibodies to verify novel SARS-COV2 .
Minnesota Senator , Dr Scott Jensen , MD who publically question forced revisions to increase CV death @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dr Ivette Lozano , MD who spoke at the Dallas rally is having her Texas license reviewed .
Orthodoxy can not be questioned by qualified physicians .
The new normal is ABNORMAL .
Emergency Executive Orders in Texas are limited to 30 days , unless extended by the Legislature .
Here are the Texas Pandemic Puppets , their lack of science education and their necessary immediate action .
Six states had no lockdown .
We do not consent .
• Governor Abbott > business administration , JD > if you can not rescind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gov Patrick > English degree > if you can not call a special session to revoke this illegal order , RESIGN • AG Paxton > psychology degree , JD > if you can not file a supreme court injunction for this illegal order , RESIGN • H & HS Senate Chair Kolkhorst > public relations > if you can not call hearings over all this illegal activity , RESIGN To make matters worse , Abbott appointees approved a no bid contract for $ 295 million for contract tracing to MTX , a startup @ @ @ @ @ @ @ front company .
We do not need fascist lockdowns , medieval social distancing , Gestapo contact tracing or mandatory voodoo vaccination .
What we need is Truth about the full spectrum dominance by the feudalist , using bioterrorism and programmed social rage .
We have discussed the WuFlu bioweapon and fake data driven hysteria , the other threat vector is cultural warfare .
Rage against American slavery , from over one hundred and fifty years ago , ignores the reality that until Pennsylvania banned slavery in 1780 , it was practiced by every @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and South American tribe .
Today there are over 40 million slaves in Africa , in the middle and far east .
Society exists to provide basic needs , as well as spiritual enrichment .
We can be inspired by great architecture , art , music and dance , but all of these are temporal realities .
We watched in horror as the 1350 foot Twin Towers were vaporized in 14 seconds , the official jet fuel narrative is fiction .
In 2019 , the 800 year old , virgin timber framed roof @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in flames with the aid of accelerants and delayed emergency response .
Now , for the music and dance segment inferred in the title , as Europe entered the Renaissance , the church organ was supplanted by strings , flutes and drums in royal courts .
Rumors exist of men and women violating social distancing doing the Czech polka in the fourteenth century , but documented couple dancing started with the minuet around 1650 .
By 1580 , Volta was the risqué rage , followed by the Tyrol in the late 1700s .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and is still popular today .
Cuba claims that Spanish gypsies invented Tango in the early 1800s , however the popularization was due to mid eighteenth century Argentina .
Tango was introduced to Paris in 1912 and to the US in 1913 , where it was promptly banned in Boston and Charleston .
Foxtrot was introduced in 1914 , along with loose styles of swing and hop to meet the music .
The Roaring Twenties lead to the flapper girls and the Charleston dance was a rejection of the puritanical Tango ban @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a popular swing song caused some foot work changes and the new Lindy Hop in 1927 .
The East Coast Swing , also known as Jitter bug , started during the depression and was the tops until VE and VJ days .
As blues and rock music changed , the West Coast Swing dominated the post war dance scene .
About the same time country western music changed Foxtrot footwork to circular , progressive dancing for the Two Step .
There are a host of Latin dances , but this history covers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Texas dance halls , places that are rapidly becoming yesterdays memories .
Ernest Tubbs recorded “ Waltz Across Texas ” in 1965 , we may be witnessing the last waltz in the Texas dance hall extinction event .
Texans have sat passively by while nonsensical , and illegal executive orders have destroyed our businesses and our social life .
Some things might not effect you personally , like major sporting events , concerts , senior proms , high school graduation , little league , or fine restaurant dining .
If you feel you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you are delusional .
This pandemic was planned far in advance , the viral threat is exaggerated , the “ cure ” will be far worse than the disease .
Unplug your video game box and Netflix , begin studying the Truth about this plan-demic and social justice riots .
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Last Waltz Across Texas
Written by Joseph A Olson PE
Approximately 12,000 years ago, a massive meteor slammed into the three mile thick Canadian ice shield, ending a 100,000 year ice age, and causing the last great extinction, the Holocene Extinction. This event covered the northern hemisphere with a coating of nano-diamonds and resulted in the extinction of all large mammals in the northern hemisphere.
In 1901, the Beresovka expedition discovered, fully intact, flash frozen mammoths, later Carbon dated to 39,000 YBP. In 1908, an atmospheric meteor explosion flattened 880 square miles in Siberia. This estimated 15 megaton, air blast explosion left no crater, but did register as a 5.0 Richter seismic event. An expedition to this site found additional, flash frozen mammoths, Carbon dated to 12,000 YBP with additional clues.
These 13 foot tall mammoths had undigested, un-decayed, temperate zone, dandelions in their digestive tracts, broken backbones and broken femurs. They were frozen standing up, indicating impact with five feet deep mass of bowling ball sized hail, freezing them in an instant.
A popular theme among the self-loathing luddites in academia and the social justice movement is anthropogenic causes for all evil. Government graft-grants to anthro-apologists, create the narrative that our blood thirsty, hunter gather ancestors caused this extinction.
There are 20,000 YBP flint arrowheads of European origin at many locations in America, indicating settlement prior to the Bering Strait migration of the claimed native tribes. Visit to the La Brea tar pit museum in Los Angles, where there are displays of the mammoths, the 900 pound saber tooth tiger, the 400 pound dire wolf and other mammals, far beyond limits of a flint tipped arrow from a caveman.
Based on the tens of thousands of tons of ivory tusks removed from this region, it is estimated that over 50,000 mammoths were killed in this one event, not to mention a few woolly rhinos.
For thousands of years, humans have been ruled over by self proclaimed divine right rulers and their learned priest class. The only break in this feudal pattern was the American Revolution, which the feudalists are now attempting to reverse. Despite Fabian economist claims, there is NO difference between communism, fascism, nazism, progressivism, or socialism, they are all REBRANDED FEUDALISM. There are only two forms of social order: either you have Free Speech, Property Rights and rule by informed consent, or you DO NOT.
The corrected version of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are: Disease, Famine, Pestilence and War. Our divine rulers have control over these death vectors and have used them all for centuries. Two documentaries that cover this subject are “All Wars Are Bankers Wars” by Michael Rivero and “The World War One Conspiracy” by James Corbett.
For those who believe your SJW, BLM or antifa allegiance offers some glorious future, reflect on the past history of the collective movement. Since Disease is the main topic of this article, we will save it for last.
Famine was practiced by the Romans, seeding the fields of Carthage to create a barren wasteland. Always a reluctant colony, when the Irish potato famine struck in 1846, the British landed 100,000 troops, removed all grains, all sheep, all cattle and all chickens. An estimated million Irish starved to death, another million immigrated to America. Famine eliminated 22,000 Afrikan POWs after the Boer War.
The Iranians, who followed Lawrence of Arabia to victory over Turkey during WW One, expected their freedom as promised. Demonstrations in 1919 resulted in brutal crack-down and a famine for over a million Iranians. While Indian Commonwealth soldiers fought in WW Two, the British withheld food shipments, starving millions.
Pestilence was formerly beyond divine feudal control. While you might pray for a locust invasion, or for the fleas of a thousand camels to rest in your enemy’s beard, they were powerless to use this force. Modern science and manufacturing have allowed the use of GMO crops, spraying of chem-trails, and coating the planet with radioactive isotopes from nuclear weapons. Between Trinity in 1945 and Operation Plowshare in 1962, the US conducted over 2,500 above ground nuclear tests. For proof of this pestilence, see Johnson Island and Bikini Island documentaries.
War has been the easiest death vector to stage. First, find a local grievance, then sell bonds to equally equip both sides, giving each the illusion of certain victory. Unleash the war hounds and plunder the loser. Both sides with be populated with crippled veterans, widows and orphans, which will make monarch overthrow impossible for a generation, at which point, you simply repeat. To the progressives who have no knowledge of collective reality, a refresher on previous, toxic collective utopias.
After seizing power in 1917, Lenin had a purge of a million White Russians, and all of his Bolshevik leadership, except for Stalin and Molotov by 1924. Stalin had his own Great Purge between 1936 and 1938, killing 30 million. During and after WW Two, Stalin purged millions of counter-revolutionaries in Eastern Europe. The Mao, Long March from 1931 to 1935 murdered millions. The Mao, Great Leap Forward, from 1958 to 1962 killed 30 million. Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976 killed over 20 million.
From 1789 until 1947 the US had a properly named WAR DEPARTMENT. Following victory over the entire planet, a kinder, gentler, euphemism was adopted, the Department of Defense. As George Carlin asked, why do we have a Department of Defense, with an OFFENSIVE capability?
While nuclear weapons are great for vaporizing entire countries, the residual radiation limits this as a form of extinction event, without threatening the divine feudalists, their devoted priests and their herds of subjects. The captured bio-weapons labs of Germany and Japan offered a more controllable extinction vector.
Disease is also an unpredictable death vector. Pathogens are constantly evolving and all living organisms have elaborate immune systems, perfected over billions of years of evolution. Few biological agents are toxic individually, most require nutritional deficiency, or other chemical cofactors to be fatal. I’m not going to repeat my previous research on viral pandemics, for that see principia-scientific.org
“Pandemics Are Personal” and “Remember the A La Mode Review”
These articles explain some of the history of pandemics and proven cures like HCQ. Following the A La Mode rally on May 9, there was another May 23, Oath Keepers rally in Austin. The capital grounds are now locked at all street entrances, so there have been no further events. Soy boy cutouts run the Silicon Valley social media sites and have conducted a digital book burning of all heretics of the WuFlu hysteria cult.
Dr Andrew Kaufman, MD and Dr Zach Bush, MD both have advanced degrees in Microbiology and both agree that the human micro-biome depends on bacteria and viruses, see their videos. With a estimated billion species, which are constantly evolving, it is impossible to culture a vaccine.
Wendall Stanley first identified a virus, using an electron miscrope in 1931 and was awarded the 1946 Nobel Prize for this discovery. Any claimed virus vaccine, produced before this date had no quantitative, or qualitative control over the virus content. The retrovirus repercussions of this voodoo are explained in “The Plague” and “The Plague of Corruption” by Dr Judy Mikovits. Dozens of her interviews have been purged from FewTube, but are available on other formats.
Texas has been under an illegal lockdown since March 19, with two weeks of 50{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} occupancy and one week of 75{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} occupancy that ended on June 22. The governor, first allowed counties to force unisex burkas, then ordered them state wide, consider
1 millimeter = 1000 micrometers = 1,000,000 nanometers
A N95 mask filters 0.3 micrometers and a Coronavirus is 20 nanometers. A face mask is both useless and dangerous for health, but an excellent gauge of serf compliance.
Dr Ron Paul, MD, US Army Captain (and Vietnam MASH surgeon) and twelve term US Congressman made this disclosure “Why Texas Governor Abbott ‘Face Mask’ Order is not What it Seems” at the Ron Paul Institute. In mid May, under CDC orders, the state health department switched from rapidly declining death count metric, to rapidly rising NEW case counts, base on PCR test with 90{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} false positives. Kary B Mullis, the 1993 Nobel Prize winner for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction test, said it cannot identify the monoclonal antibodies to verify novel SARS-COV2.
Minnesota Senator, Dr Scott Jensen, MD who publically question forced revisions to increase CV death count is having his license reviewed. Dr Ivette Lozano, MD who spoke at the Dallas rally is having her Texas license reviewed. Orthodoxy cannot be questioned by qualified physicians. The new normal is ABNORMAL.
Emergency Executive Orders in Texas are limited to 30 days, unless extended by the Legislature. Here are the Texas Pandemic Puppets, their lack of science education and their necessary immediate action. Six states had no lockdown. We do not consent.
Governor Abbott > business administration, JD > if you cannot rescind your illegal orders, RESIGN
Lt Gov Patrick > English degree > if you cannot call a special session to revoke this illegal order, RESIGN
AG Paxton > psychology degree, JD > if you cannot file a supreme court injunction for this illegal order, RESIGN
H&HS Senate Chair Kolkhorst > public relations > if you cannot call hearings over all this illegal activity, RESIGN
To make matters worse, Abbott appointees approved a no bid contract for $295 million for contract tracing to MTX, a startup with no experience, and a Google front company.
We do not need fascist lockdowns, medieval social distancing, Gestapo contact tracing or mandatory voodoo vaccination. What we need is Truth about the full spectrum dominance by the feudalist, using bioterrorism and programmed social rage. We have discussed the WuFlu bioweapon and fake data driven hysteria, the other threat vector is cultural warfare.
Rage against American slavery, from over one hundred and fifty years ago, ignores the reality that until Pennsylvania banned slavery in 1780, it was practiced by every culture, including every North, Central and South American tribe. Today there are over 40 million slaves in Africa, in the middle and far east.
Society exists to provide basic needs, as well as spiritual enrichment. We can be inspired by great architecture, art, music and dance, but all of these are temporal realities. We watched in horror as the 1350 foot Twin Towers were vaporized in 14 seconds, the official jet fuel narrative is fiction. In 2019, the 800 year old, virgin timber framed roof of the Notre Dame cathedral went up in flames with the aid of accelerants and delayed emergency response.
Now, for the music and dance segment inferred in the title, as Europe entered the Renaissance, the church organ was supplanted by strings, flutes and drums in royal courts. Rumors exist of men and women violating social distancing doing the Czech polka in the fourteenth century, but documented couple dancing started with the minuet around 1650. By 1580, Volta was the risqué rage, followed by the Tyrol in the late 1700s. Waltz was dominate in Europe by 1800, and is still popular today.
Cuba claims that Spanish gypsies invented Tango in the early 1800s, however the popularization was due to mid eighteenth century Argentina. Tango was introduced to Paris in 1912 and to the US in 1913, where it was promptly banned in Boston and Charleston. Foxtrot was introduced in 1914, along with loose styles of swing and hop to meet the music. The Roaring Twenties lead to the flapper girls and the Charleston dance was a rejection of the puritanical Tango ban.
When Charles Lindberg soloed the Atlantic, a popular swing song caused some foot work changes and the new Lindy Hop in 1927. The East Coast Swing, also known as Jitter bug, started during the depression and was the tops until VE and VJ days. As blues and rock music changed, the West Coast Swing dominated the post war dance scene. About the same time country western music changed Foxtrot footwork to circular, progressive dancing for the Two Step.
There are a host of Latin dances, but this history covers the dance steps in today’s Texas dance halls, places that are rapidly becoming yesterdays memories. Ernest Tubbs recorded “Waltz Across Texas” in 1965, we may be witnessing the last waltz in the Texas dance hall extinction event.
Texans have sat passively by while nonsensical, and illegal executive orders have destroyed our businesses and our social life. Some things might not effect you personally, like major sporting events, concerts, senior proms, high school graduation, little league, or fine restaurant dining. If you feel you are sacrificing for the greater good, you are delusional.
This pandemic was planned far in advance, the viral threat is exaggerated, the “cure” will be far worse than the disease. Unplug your video game box and Netflix, begin studying the Truth about this plan-demic and social justice riots.
Recommended:
PlandemicMovie.com by Dr Judy Mikovits, PhD Virology
“Is This Torture” by Amazing Polly
“When You Weren’t Looking” by Really Graceful
“NASA 2025 Future Wars is Here Already” by Truth Stream Media
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We Can’t Trust ‘The Science’ Any More

We Can ’ t Trust ‘ The Science ’ Any More Despite standing behind their data and method used to conclude there is “ no evidence of anti-Black [ sic ] or anti-Hispanic disparities across [ fatal police ] shootings , ” a study ’ s authors want to retract their work because it contradicts the media narrative .
Cesario and Johnson link to work by the Manhattan Institute ’ s Heather Mac Donald , who is often viciously protested for publicizing data indicating that racial disparities in policing and crime are typically due not to racism but to higher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hispanics as compared to whites and Asians .
Some research finds black Americans are more likely to be involved in physical altercations with police , although it is currently not established whether that is due to racism , behavior differences , or something else .
Research also has found that black officers shoot black suspects at the same rate white officers do , and that police are if anything more reluctant to shoot nonwhites .
The latter is the main conclusion of the study Cesario and Johnson want to retract due not to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ finding directly contradicts the left-wing narrative fomenting riots across the nation after George Floyd , a black man with illicit drugs in his blood , died after a nearly nine-minute chokehold from a Minneapolis police officer .
Floyd , a multi-time convicted criminal who once held a gun to a pregnant black woman ’ s belly during a robbery , was used as a pretext to revive the narrative that all U.S. police officers are racist and so is the country and the rule of law they represent .
These researchers are attempting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ support policies roving violent mobs are attempting to impose at the blunt ends of bricks , sticks , and guns .
This bias and cowardice is only the tip of the iceberg of the scientific corruption we ’ ve been seeing increase since , perhaps , the scientific method became accepted as a valid way to perceive reality .
Another pervasive recent example is , of course , the use of “ science ” as a shield for politicians to make largely arbitrary , ill-informed , and oftentimes abusive decisions about how to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we ’ ve been told that “ science says ” so many contradictory and even flat-out false things , it ’ s hard to even keep track of them all .
Science says don ’ t wear a mask .
Except that you absolutely should wear a mask .
Even though it isn ’ t recommended by medical scientists using data from other respiratory disease outbreaks .
But it ’ s still helpful .
Or actually it ’ s not really , according to the Centers for Disease Control in 2017 .
Yet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or else .
Who knows ?
Science says gathering in groups will spread coronavirus .
Except if those groups are thousands of anti-America protesters crowding together on hot streets .
Oh , wait , yes , that actually does spread the disease .
And so does attending church .
But not going to the grocery store .
While going to the beach is dangerous .
Except being outside is actually about the safest place you can be .
Except that there are second waves of transmission in hot , summery places where lots @ @ @ @ @ @ @ summer would slow the virus .
Except now it ’ s not , and you need to stay inside .
Except when you ’ re going outside .
But don ’ t you dare plant your garden when you ’ re out there , or go to your cabin .
But other people from other states can go to their cabins in your state .
Because science !
Plenty of public leaders are insisting “ science says ” kids shouldn ’ t go back to school , even though medical organizations point out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dangerous to kids than going , and so is the flu , over which we never close schools .
The Centers for Disease Control also never recommended closing schools , yet still schools are closing and only partially reopening and acting like teachers should get special employment privileges that nurses and grocery store workers don ’ t .
Even when science lines up on one side of an issue like this , it ’ s discarded in favor of politics .
It ’ s as obvious as the swaddled noses on our faces @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be used against people who disagree with the left , or simply want to be able to retain the classic American freedom to run their own lives and families as they see fit .
Replication Crisis Means What ‘ Studies Say ’ Is Often Junk This runs much deeper and longer than coronavirus .
Probably the most significant example of scientific corruption is the ongoing replication crisis .
It ’ s summarized in Nature this way : “ More than 70 % of researchers have tried and failed to reproduce another scientist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ half have failed to reproduce their own experiments.
” In other , other words : What “ studies say ” aren ’ t generally reliable .
You either have to read a study and evaluate it by the methods that make for a trustworthy one versus an untrustworthy one ( the “ gold standard ” is a double-blind , randomized controlled trial , which is rarely done ) , or you have to wait until studies have consistently found the same result to be able to trust a certain conclusion .
Obviously , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus-related decisions , let alone any of the other things about which people have to make decisions every single day .
How many randomized , controlled , generation-long trials have been done on , for example , every ingredient in all the foods we eat ?
What about all the medicines we take , or even vitamins ?
How about the effects of social media , and children having personal screens ?
Not enough , is the answer .
Even when studies have been done , other serious dangers to their integrity lurk @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be accelerating in number and depth .
The current attempt to cancel Steven Pinker is another in an almost overwhelming series of these episodes .
Social “ science ” has long been a political manipulation tool due partly to lacking the ability to generate harder data due to its subject matter ( you can ’ t randomly assign , say , thousands of children to divorced parents or a poorer neighborhood ) .
Research on environmental and LGBT issues is , for example , notoriously biased and unreliable .
Findings that contradict @ @ @ @ @ @ @ others ) are also frequently suppressed .
For example , when Brown University researcher Lisa Littman found evidence that transgenderism was a “ social contagion ” driven by social media and peers , her academic journal and university threw her under the bus after a pressure campaign from activists who didn ’ t like these findings .
The episode “ raises serious concerns about the ability of all academics to conduct research on controversial topics , ” wrote former Harvard University medical school dean Jeffrey Flier .
You don ’ t say .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ this problem is the overwhelming leftism of the academy .
“ [ L ] ack of political diversity can undermine the validity of social psychological science via mechanisms such as the embedding of liberal values into research questions and methods , steering researchers away from important but politically unpalatable research topics , and producing conclusions that mischaracterize liberals and conservatives alike , ” says a 2014 study .
Essentially every domain of research is overwhelmingly controlled by leftists .
A “ sample of 8,688 tenure track , Ph.D.–holding professors from fifty-one of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the U.S. News 2017 report , ” minus the two military academies , found that there are 13 self-identified Democrat professors for every single self-identified Republican , for example .
People within academia regularly and often anonymously report that it ’ s common for papers with notable findings to be buried if its conclusions support conservative policy .
We ’ ll never have that information , further skewing our understanding of reality .
This all means political corruption is rife in research , and that ’ s not going to change soon .
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Her newest ebooks are “ Classic Books for Young Children ” and “ 32 Classic Games You Can Play Anywhere.
” @ JoyPullmann is also the author of “ The Education Invasion : How Common Core Fights Parents for Control of American Kids , ” from Encounter Books .
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We Can’t Trust ‘The Science’ Any More
Written by Joy Pullmann
Despite standing behind their data and method used to conclude there is “no evidence of anti-Black [sic] or anti-Hispanic disparities across [fatal police] shootings,” a study’s authors want to retract their work because it contradicts the media narrative.
“Although our data and statistical approach were valid to estimate the question we actually tested (the race of civilians fatally shot by police), given continued misuse of the article (e.g., MacDonald, 2020) we felt the right decision was to retract the article,” Michigan State University’s Joseph Cesario and the University of Maryland at College Park’s David Johnson wrote in their retraction request, according to the blog Retraction Watch.
Cesario and Johnson link to work by the Manhattan Institute’s Heather Mac Donald, who is often viciously protested for publicizing data indicating that racial disparities in policing and crime are typically due not to racism but to higher rates of criminal behavior among blacks and Hispanics as compared to whites and Asians.
Some research finds black Americans are more likely to be involved in physical altercations with police, although it is currently not established whether that is due to racism, behavior differences, or something else. Research also has found that black officers shoot black suspects at the same rate white officers do, and that police are if anything more reluctant to shoot nonwhites. The latter is the main conclusion of the study Cesario and Johnson want to retract due not to scientific error but to politics.
Their finding directly contradicts the left-wing narrative fomenting riots across the nation after George Floyd, a black man with illicit drugs in his blood, died after a nearly nine-minute chokehold from a Minneapolis police officer. Floyd, a multi-time convicted criminal who once held a gun to a pregnant black woman’s belly during a robbery, was used as a pretext to revive the narrative that all U.S. police officers are racist and so is the country and the rule of law they represent.
‘The Science’ Is a Mask for Arbitrary Power
These researchers are attempting to hide information that doesn’t support policies roving violent mobs are attempting to impose at the blunt ends of bricks, sticks, and guns. This bias and cowardice is only the tip of the iceberg of the scientific corruption we’ve been seeing increase since, perhaps, the scientific method became accepted as a valid way to perceive reality.
Another pervasive recent example is, of course, the use of “science” as a shield for politicians to make largely arbitrary, ill-informed, and oftentimes abusive decisions about how to handle COVID-19. In recent months, we’ve been told that “science says” so many contradictory and even flat-out false things, it’s hard to even keep track of them all.
Science says don’t wear a mask. Except that you absolutely should wear a mask. Even though it isn’t recommended by medical scientists using data from other respiratory disease outbreaks. But it’s still helpful. Or actually it’s not really, according to the Centers for Disease Control in 2017. Yet you should still wear a mask, or else. Who knows?
Science says gathering in groups will spread coronavirus. Except if those groups are thousands of anti-America protesters crowding together on hot streets. Oh, wait, yes, that actually does spread the disease. And so does attending church. But not going to the grocery store. While going to the beach is dangerous. Except being outside is actually about the safest place you can be.
Except that there are second waves of transmission in hot, summery places where lots of people outside. The science said summer would slow the virus. Except now it’s not, and you need to stay inside. Except when you’re going outside. But don’t you dare plant your garden when you’re out there, or go to your cabin. But other people from other states can go to their cabins in your state. Because science!
Plenty of public leaders are insisting “science says” kids shouldn’t go back to school, even though medical organizations point out that not going to school is more dangerous to kids than going, and so is the flu, over which we never close schools. The Centers for Disease Control also never recommended closing schools, yet still schools are closing and only partially reopening and acting like teachers should get special employment privileges that nurses and grocery store workers don’t.
Even when science lines up on one side of an issue like this, it’s discarded in favor of politics. It’s as obvious as the swaddled noses on our faces that science is now just a weapon to be used against people who disagree with the left, or simply want to be able to retain the classic American freedom to run their own lives and families as they see fit.
Replication Crisis Means What ‘Studies Say’ Is Often Junk
This runs much deeper and longer than coronavirus. Probably the most significant example of scientific corruption is the ongoing replication crisis. It’s summarized in Nature this way: “More than 70{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of researchers have tried and failed to reproduce another scientist’s experiments, and more than half have failed to reproduce their own experiments.”
In other, other words: What “studies say” aren’t generally reliable. You either have to read a study and evaluate it by the methods that make for a trustworthy one versus an untrustworthy one (the “gold standard” is a double-blind, randomized controlled trial, which is rarely done), or you have to wait until studies have consistently found the same result to be able to trust a certain conclusion.
Obviously, that is simply not possible for many coronavirus-related decisions, let alone any of the other things about which people have to make decisions every single day. How many randomized, controlled, generation-long trials have been done on, for example, every ingredient in all the foods we eat? What about all the medicines we take, or even vitamins? How about the effects of social media, and children having personal screens? Not enough, is the answer.
Open and Hidden Political Bias Corrupts Results
Even when studies have been done, other serious dangers to their integrity lurk. Open suppression and intimidation campaigns seem to be accelerating in number and depth. The current attempt to cancel Steven Pinker is another in an almost overwhelming series of these episodes.
Social “science” has long been a political manipulation tool due partly to lacking the ability to generate harder data due to its subject matter (you can’t randomly assign, say, thousands of children to divorced parents or a poorer neighborhood). Research on environmental and LGBT issues is, for example, notoriously biased and unreliable. Findings that contradict leftist ideology on these topics (and others) are also frequently suppressed.
For example, when Brown University researcher Lisa Littman found evidence that transgenderism was a “social contagion” driven by social media and peers, her academic journal and university threw her under the bus after a pressure campaign from activists who didn’t like these findings. The episode “raises serious concerns about the ability of all academics to conduct research on controversial topics,” wrote former Harvard University medical school dean Jeffrey Flier. You don’t say.
Another likely part of the reason for this problem is the overwhelming leftism of the academy. “[L]ack of political diversity can undermine the validity of social psychological science via mechanisms such as the embedding of liberal values into research questions and methods, steering researchers away from important but politically unpalatable research topics, and producing conclusions that mischaracterize liberals and conservatives alike,” says a 2014 study.
Essentially every domain of research is overwhelmingly controlled by leftists. A “sample of 8,688 tenure track, Ph.D.–holding professors from fifty-one of the sixty-six top ranked liberal arts colleges in the U.S. News 2017 report,” minus the two military academies, found that there are 13 self-identified Democrat professors for every single self-identified Republican, for example.
People within academia regularly and often anonymously report that it’s common for papers with notable findings to be buried if its conclusions support conservative policy. We’ll never have that information, further skewing our understanding of reality. This all means political corruption is rife in research, and that’s not going to change soon.
About the author:Joy Pullmann is executive editor of The Federalist, a happy wife, and the mother of six children. Her newest ebooks are“Classic Books for Young Children” and “32 Classic Games You Can Play Anywhere.” @JoyPullmann is also the author of “The Education Invasion: How Common Core Fights Parents for Control of American Kids,” from Encounter Books.
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