principiascientificinternational--2020-04-24--Professor: Cancer Death Toll to Exceed COVID-19 Due to Disruption

Families of cancer patients whose loved ones are not able to receive treatment in hospitals because of the coronavirus pandemic have slammed videos which show nurses dancing as “ disrespectful.
” Scores of videos of health workers performing the dances have flooded Tik-Tok and other social media platforms in recent weeks despite Brits being told by the government that the COVID-19 outbreak would overwhelm NHS hospitals .
While many have defended the videos as a way for stressed out nurses and doctors to let off steam , others have called them tasteless due to the fact that many cancer patients @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As we highlighted earlier , Professor Richard Sullivan warns that excess cancer deaths will exceed total coronavirus deaths over the next five years because , People are not visiting hospitals for treatment of a number of serious conditions because they are fearful of coronavirus and health authorities are recommending people only visit if their condition is dire .
This advice was given in expectation of COVID-19 overwhelming staff , but acute care hospital beds in the UK are four times emptier than normal and some of the overspill hospitals built to handle extra @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This situation has left many angered at the sight of NHS nurses performing frivolous dances for social media consumption .
“ I ’ m seriously pissed off seeing NHS staff dancing and fooling around , ” said one Twitter user .
“ My brother is working 14-hour days in an ICU in London treating Covid-19 patients.
” “ My sister is still performing surgery and is separated from her son .
Cancer patients are having treatment and scans cancelled.
” “ I ’ ve seen it from several different hospitals , it ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many ill and dying .
Imagine someone who has just lost a loved one seeing these dumb videos.
” “ There are far too many of these dancing and pratting about clips of NHS staff , ” commented another respondent .
“ I was led to believe they are run off their feet , and to think thousands maybe millions of people go out and clap for them.
” “ I ’ m sure they ’ re working hard , but the timing of dancing clips isn ’ t really now.
” “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ m really sick of this constant praise and virtue signaling for healthcare workers , ” said another respondent .
“ Hospitals are empty due to lack of elective cases and severe drop in trauma and emergency cases .
And yet we keep hearing about this “ Hospitals being overwhelmed ” nonsense !
Yet healthcare workers somehow find time , despite being so “ overwhelmed ” , to do their cringy Tik-Tok videos .
A lot of Hospitals are actually struggling to stay open , because their main sources of income are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we previously highlighted , one of the dancing videos which showed nurses performing the haka was subsequently removed because critics said it was an example of “ cultural appropriation.
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Professor: Cancer Death Toll to Exceed COVID-19 Due to Disruption
Written by P J Watson
Families of cancer patients whose loved ones are not able to receive treatment in hospitals because of the coronavirus pandemic have slammed videos which show nurses dancing as “disrespectful.”
Scores of videos of health workers performing the dances have flooded Tik-Tok and other social media platforms in recent weeks despite Brits being told by the government that the COVID-19 outbreak would overwhelm NHS hospitals.
While many have defended the videos as a way for stressed out nurses and doctors to let off steam, others have called them tasteless due to the fact that many cancer patients are currently unable to access treatment.
As we highlighted earlier, Professor Richard Sullivan warns that excess cancer deaths will exceed total coronavirus deaths over the next five years because,
“Cancer screening services have stopped, which means we will miss our chance to catch many cancers when they are treatable and curable, such as cervical, bowel and breast.”
People are not visiting hospitals for treatment of a number of serious conditions because they are fearful of coronavirus and health authorities are recommending people only visit if their condition is dire.
This advice was given in expectation of COVID-19 overwhelming staff, but acute care hospital beds in the UK are four times emptier than normal and some of the overspill hospitals built to handle extra coronavirus patients are barely being used.
This situation has left many angered at the sight of NHS nurses performing frivolous dances for social media consumption.
“I’m seriously pissed off seeing NHS staff dancing and fooling around,” said one Twitter user. “My brother is working 14-hour days in an ICU in London treating Covid-19 patients.”
“My sister is still performing surgery and is separated from her son. Cancer patients are having treatment and scans cancelled.”
“I’ve seen it from several different hospitals, it’s so disrespectful when there are so many ill and dying. Imagine someone who has just lost a loved one seeing these dumb videos.”
“There are far too many of these dancing and pratting about clips of NHS staff,” commented another respondent.
“I was led to believe they are run off their feet, and to think thousands maybe millions of people go out and clap for them.”
“I’m sure they’re working hard, but the timing of dancing clips isn’t really now.”
“I’m a doctor, and I’m really sick of this constant praise and virtue signaling for healthcare workers,” said another respondent.
“Hospitals are empty due to lack of elective cases and severe drop in trauma and emergency cases. And yet we keep hearing about this “Hospitals being overwhelmed” nonsense! Yet healthcare workers somehow find time, despite being so “overwhelmed”, to do their cringy Tik-Tok videos. A lot of Hospitals are actually struggling to stay open, because their main sources of income are from elective cases and admissions.”
As we previously highlighted, one of the dancing videos which showed nurses performing the haka was subsequently removed because critics said it was an example of “cultural appropriation.”
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principiascientificinternational--2020-04-24--UK’s The Guardian Sells Fake News on Florida Sea Level Threat

At the top of Google News searches for “ climate change ” yesterday , the UK Guardian published an article titled , “ Will Florida be lost forever to the climate crisis ?
” The article claims , “ If scientists are right , the lower third of the state will be underwater by the end of the century.
” Climate extremists have long targeted Floridians for over-the-top climate scares , but this one is particularly preposterous .
U.S. Geological Survey maps show the vast majority of the southern third of Florida sits more than five feet above sea level @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at least 10 feet above sea level , and much of the southern third sits 15-to-50 feet above sea level .
NASA satellite instruments , in operation since 1993 , show global sea level rising at a pace of 1.2 inches per decade .
As shown in Climate at a Glance : Sea Level Rise , this is approximately the same pace of sea-level rise that has occurred since at least the mid-1800s .
Moreover , there has been little or no acceleration in sea-level rise during recent years .
With 80 years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ level is on a pace to rise just 9.6 inches – less than 1 foot – through the end of the century .
Sea-level rise would have to immediately accelerate to 50 times its current pace and maintain that 50x pace for all of the next 80 years , for the Guardian ’ s preposterous claim to come true .
Heck , sea-level rise would have to immediately accelerate to 5 times its current pace and maintain that 5x pace for all of the next 80 years , for the Guardian ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ portions of South Florida .
South Florida , moreover , shows no signs or particularly rapid acceleration .
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) maintains a tidal gauge just offshore from Miami on Virginia Key .
The NOAA Virginia Key tidal gauge shows sea level at Miami is rising even more slowly than the global average of 1.2 inches per decade .
Shifting gears , alarmists might argue that the Guardian simply meant the third of Florida closest to shorelines rather than the southern third of the state .
Such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
U.S. Geological Survey maps show that outside of South Florida , very little of Florida sits below 30 feet of elevation .
So how , then , is it true that : “ If scientists are right , the lower third of the state will be underwater by the end of the century ” ?
The answer is , it is simply not true .
Indeed , the Guardian does not quote any scientists making such a ridiculous prediction .
And even if the Guardian could find some scientists making such a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ small number of hacks with scientific credentials .
Climate activists and their media puppets are accustomed to simply making stuff up and counting on nobody fact-checking them and pointing out their lies in an accessible venue .
But we are doing that here at Climate Realism .
For your friends and neighbors who are undecided and have an open mind about the climate change debate , show them this article and ask them who are more trustworthy : climate alarmists or climate realists ?
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UK’s The Guardian Sells Fake News on Florida Sea Level Threat
Written by James Taylor
At the top of Google News searches for “climate change” yesterday, the UK Guardian published an article titled, “Will Florida be lost forever to the climate crisis?”
The article claims, “If scientists are right, the lower third of the state will be underwater by the end of the century.”
Climate extremists have long targeted Floridians for over-the-top climate scares, but this one is particularly preposterous.
U.S. Geological Survey maps show the vast majority of the southern third of Florida sits more than five feet above sea level, most of the southern third sits at least 10 feet above sea level, and much of the southern third sits 15-to-50 feet above sea level.
NASA satellite instruments, in operation since 1993, show global sea level rising at a pace of 1.2 inches per decade.
As shown in Climate at a Glance: Sea Level Rise, this is approximately the same pace of sea-level rise that has occurred since at least the mid-1800s. Moreover, there has been little or no acceleration in sea-level rise during recent years.
With 80 years left in the century, global sea level is on a pace to rise just 9.6 inches – less than 1 foot – through the end of the century.
Sea-level rise would have to immediately accelerate to 50 times its current pace and maintain that 50x pace for all of the next 80 years, for the Guardian’s preposterous claim to come true.
Heck, sea-level rise would have to immediately accelerate to 5 times its current pace and maintain that 5x pace for all of the next 80 years, for the Guardian’s claim to hold true for even small portions of South Florida.
South Florida, moreover, shows no signs or particularly rapid acceleration. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) maintains a tidal gauge just offshore from Miami on Virginia Key.
The NOAA Virginia Key tidal gauge shows sea level at Miami is rising even more slowly than the global average of 1.2 inches per decade.
Shifting gears, alarmists might argue that the Guardian simply meant the third of Florida closest to shorelines rather than the southern third of the state.
Such an assertion would be just as preposterous. U.S. Geological Survey maps show that outside of South Florida, very little of Florida sits below 30 feet of elevation.
So how, then, is it true that: “If scientists are right, the lower third of the state will be underwater by the end of the century”?
The answer is, it is simply not true. Indeed, the Guardian does not quote any scientists making such a ridiculous prediction.
And even if the Guardian could find some scientists making such a prediction, they would simply be a small number of hacks with scientific credentials.
Climate activists and their media puppets are accustomed to simply making stuff up and counting on nobody fact-checking them and pointing out their lies in an accessible venue.
But we are doing that here at Climate Realism. For your friends and neighbors who are undecided and have an open mind about the climate change debate, show them this article and ask them who are more trustworthy: climate alarmists or climate realists?
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principiascientificinternational--2020-04-24--Billionaire Bill Gates & the Narrative on COVID-19

The coronavirus scandal , with billionaire oligarch “ pandemic expert ” Bill Gates pushing horror scenarios into the media , has contributed to politicians ’ reaction of fear .
This , combined with mass media hysteria , has , in turn , caused a once-in-a-century financial depression .
The economic depression may not be due to the virus itself , but rather the panic reaction that was created with the corresponding government shutdowns , as advised by Gates .
The close relationship between Dr. Tedros and Bill Gates is illustrated by Tedros calling Gates “ my brother ” when opening @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the WHO-favored Norwegian prime minister , Erna Solberg , are addressed as dignitaries .
Through its CEPI work , the current Norwegian government is allied with Gates , Norway funding billions into vaccine programs .
A strong defender of the current strategies of the WHO leadership , now under scrutiny for its mismanagement in reporting during the COVID-19 scandal , Solberg has taken a remarkable strong stance while other European leaders question the WHO .
Her over 20 minute long interview with CNN as well as a WHO speech illustrate the Norwegian willingness @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Western billionaire oligarchs attempt to rule us now , Bill Gates forefront as the “ pandemic expert.
” Through the Davos system , private capital merges with lucrative government funds , causing the rise of oligarchs replacing democratic rule of nation states .
Global private capital has an unprecedented access to taxpayer money .
Gates owns everything from charity to world vaccines , pays the WHO by the billions , funds NGOs and controls politicians who treat him like a king from the Middle Ages .
He owns medical facilities , controls distribution @ @ @ @ @ @ @ research , the vaccines , the health institutes , and was recently criticized by Robert Kennedy for his “ messianic complex.
” Just talk to Elon Musk .
It is a massive problem that non-democratically elected Bill Gates shapes our democracies with “ philanthropist ” billions .
Gates pushed the idea of the pandemic of the century .
He even suggested in a recent interview , that the opening up should not come until there is a digital immunity proof documenting who is vaccinated or not .
The vaccine would be Gates-owned , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Gates has been wrong so far .
Globally , up to 650 000 people die yearly of a regular influenza , according to the China and Gates friendly WHO .
On April 12 , 112,447 individuals globally , according to Worldometer , have died with coronavirus .
In 2018 alone , over 80,000 were killed by the seasonal influenza in the U.S. , reported CNN .
Yet there was no media attention back then .
This year ’ s U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers estimate that , as of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ died due to regular influenza illnesses .
Nobody compares these numbers to COVID-19 ’ s 21,000 deaths .
Note that the correct numbers are hard to estimate , as the U.S. now allows suspicion of coronavirus to be enough for medical personnel to state it as the cause of death .
So many have spoken of the danger in not allowing the establishment of herd immunity .
The need to protect the old and the medically frail is key , without destroying the economy .
Dr. Knut Wittkowski , Rockefeller University New York @ @ @ @ @ @ @ month that the isolation policies could result in more deaths in the long term , writes Daily Wire .
Lockdown prolongs efforts in developing herd immunity among the population .
An alarming interview with Germany ’ s forefront virus expert in microbiology and a world authority on the subject , Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi , sends a chillingly apocalyptic message : that the Western government shutdown is a completely wrong and extremely dangerous response to COVID-19 .
He says that self-isolating the whole population is “ grotesque , absurd and very dangerous .
All @ @ @ @ @ @ @ collective suicide caused by fear.
” Nobody listens to Dr. Bhakdi or Dr. Wittkowski , as we have world leader and “ pandemic expert ” Bill Gates all over every news channel .
For the first time in history , lack of supply or demand did not shut down the economy and create a depression .
State leaders forced the shutdown on their own nations , local businesses , industries , corporations and employers .
The situation is unprecedented in history .
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Billionaire Bill Gates & the Narrative on COVID-19
Written by Hanne Nabintu Herland
The coronavirus scandal, with billionaire oligarch “pandemic expert” Bill Gates pushing horror scenarios into the media, has contributed to politicians’ reaction of fear.
This, combined with mass media hysteria, has, in turn, caused a once-in-a-century financial depression.
The economic depression may not be due to the virus itself, but rather the panic reaction that was created with the corresponding government shutdowns, as advised by Gates.
The close relationship between Dr. Tedros and Bill Gates is illustrated by Tedros calling Gates “my brother” when opening speeches. Everyone else, such as the WHO-favored Norwegian prime minister, Erna Solberg, are addressed as dignitaries. Through its CEPI work, the current Norwegian government is allied with Gates, Norway funding billions into vaccine programs.
A strong defender of the current strategies of the WHO leadership, now under scrutiny for its mismanagement in reporting during the COVID-19 scandal, Solberg has taken a remarkable strong stance while other European leaders question the WHO.
Her over 20 minute long interview with CNN as well as a WHO speech illustrate the Norwegian willingness to defend the status quo.
Non-elected Western billionaire oligarchs attempt to rule us now, Bill Gates forefront as the “pandemic expert.” Through the Davos system, private capital merges with lucrative government funds, causing the rise of oligarchs replacing democratic rule of nation states. Global private capital has an unprecedented access to taxpayer money.
Gates owns everything from charity to world vaccines, pays the WHO by the billions, funds NGOs and controls politicians who treat him like a king from the Middle Ages. He owns medical facilities, controls distribution channels and medical staff, owns the research, the vaccines, the health institutes, and was recently criticized by Robert Kennedy for his “messianic complex.” Just talk to Elon Musk.
It is a massive problem that non-democratically elected Bill Gates shapes our democracies with “philanthropist” billions. Gates pushed the idea of the pandemic of the century. He even suggested in a recent interview, that the opening up should not come until there is a digital immunity proof documenting who is vaccinated or not. The vaccine would be Gates-owned, we assume.
As it turns out, Gates has been wrong so far. Globally, up to 650 000 people die yearly of a regular influenza, according to the China and Gates friendly WHO. On April 12, 112,447 individuals globally, according to Worldometer, have died with coronavirus.
In 2018 alone, over 80,000 were killed by the seasonal influenza in the U.S., reported CNN. Yet there was no media attention back then.
This year’s U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers estimate that, as of mid-March, between 29,000 and 59,000 have died due to regular influenza illnesses. Nobody compares these numbers to COVID-19’s 21,000 deaths.
Note that the correct numbers are hard to estimate, as the U.S. now allows suspicion of coronavirus to be enough for medical personnel to state it as the cause of death.
So many have spoken of the danger in not allowing the establishment of herd immunity. The need to protect the old and the medically frail is key, without destroying the economy. Dr. Knut Wittkowski, Rockefeller University New York, said in an interview earlier this month that the isolation policies could result in more deaths in the long term, writes Daily Wire. Lockdown prolongs efforts in developing herd immunity among the population.
An alarming interview with Germany’s forefront virus expert in microbiology and a world authority on the subject, Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi, sends a chillingly apocalyptic message: that the Western government shutdown is a completely wrong and extremely dangerous response to COVID-19.
He says that self-isolating the whole population is “grotesque, absurd and very dangerous. All these measures are leading to self-destruction and collective suicide caused by fear.”
Nobody listens to Dr. Bhakdi or Dr. Wittkowski, as we have world leader and “pandemic expert” Bill Gates all over every news channel.
For the first time in history, lack of supply or demand did not shut down the economy and create a depression. State leaders forced the shutdown on their own nations, local businesses, industries, corporations and employers. The situation is unprecedented in history.
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principiascientificinternational--2020-04-24--The Most Stupid Claims About Climate Change & Covid-19

The Most Stupid Claims About Climate Change & Covid-19 I was prompted to write this after seeing two online newspaper articles linking climate change to virus epidemics .
Some of the claims are truly absurd , and I have reproduced the relevant paragraphs and commented on them .
The first article was from The Intelligencer on April 8th , entitled ‘ The Coronavirus Is a Preview of Our Climate-Change Future ’ .
‘ COVID-19 is not a climate-change pandemic – as far as we know , nothing about the emergence or spread of the coronavirus bears the recognizable imprint of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and our utter inability to respond to it terrifies you about our future staring down climate change , it should , not just as a “ fire drill ” for climate change generally but as a test run for all the diseases that will be unleashed in the decades ahead by warming .
The virus is a terrifying harbinger of future pandemics that will be brought about if climate change continues to so deeply destabilize the natural world : scrambling ecosystems , collapsing habitats , rewiring wildlife , and rewriting the rules that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for all of human history.
’ ( Emphasis added ) All the diseases that will be unleashed by a warmer climate ?
This is known how exactly ?
So we may have to deal at some point in the future with diseases we thought we had eradicated .
Okay fine , but what about diseases that humans have never encountered ?
The claim is they exist in Arctic ice , but if humans have never seen them…how does anyone know they exist ?
It is assumed the world will continue to warm , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ third of the entire human population will be affected by Malaria in ten years time .
The figure of 100 million has nothing to support it in the article , so can not be taken as anything more than someone ’ s assumption , probably from a computer model , and we know how inaccurate they are .
Another assumption is that there might be many millions of presently-unknown diseases lurking in eco-systems , all itching to be released as the world warms .
I look out of my window and I do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ …living entirely outside the window of climate conditions that enclose all of human history… ’ .
I see the natural world , that ’ s it .
The article then turns to bacteria .
Perhaps ?
Could be ?
More assumptions .
I can not stress this too strongly .
If bacteria , or anything for that matter , is unknown to science , HOW DO WE KNOW THEY EVEN EXIST ?
?
The article can be seen here nymag.com [ 1 ] The second article is from that bastion of accurate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It ’ s article on April 15th as titled ‘ Think This Pandemic Is Bad ?
We Have Another Crisis Coming ’ , which starts by bemoaning the fact President Trump refused to allow climate-related policies in the virus stimulus package .
A study can ‘ link ’ something to something else , but that is not proof , it is an assumption .
When the human form of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy ( Mad Cow Disease ) was first identified and named New-Variant Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease , it was ‘ linked ’ to BSE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ diligent research to prove BSE had crossed the ‘ species-barrier ’ into humans .
For reference , CJD is a rare , but known , naturally-occurring human disease , hence why the BSE version was named new-variant .
Viruses may occur more in a warmer world , another assumption , one that is probably wrong , as most known infections fare less well in warmer climates .
I stress known , as with anything , you can not assess the impact of unknown ones , unless your aim is to present supposition as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the public into accepting ever more government regulation .
‘ It ’ s like we are watching a preview of the worst possible impacts of the climate crisis roll right before our eyes.
’ Another assumption that industry is somehow contributing to the spread and virulence of the Covid virus in America , though what the ‘ fossil fuel pollution ’ is , is not described .
The Guardian in Britain also recently blamed ‘ factory farming ’ for making the Covid virus worse , though provided little in the way of evidence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only way to ‘ save ’ the USA from both the ‘ climate crisis ’ and the Covid virus is to implement the Greed New Deal , and dispense with the current leadership , meaning Socialism is the only way out .
The article can be seen here www.nytimes.com [ 2 ] On April 22nd , the BBC website carried a piece titled Climate change : World mustn ’ t forget ‘ deeper emergency ’ .
The telling quote is this : I am sure it will come as no surprise to see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these people , nor does it explain what these ‘ links ’ are .
The reader is intended to take it as proven fact .
It can be seen here : - www.bbc.co.uk [ 3 ] This kind of fear-mongering reporting drives me up the wall , I can not see any reason for it other than to deliberately misinform the public and create a fear of the natural world .
No wonder there has been a significant increase of cases of what has been termed ‘ eco-anxiety ’ .
Climate Change Dispatch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their articles a few days ago ; ‘ For alarmists , there can never be enough hysteria in the world and if there isn ’ t something real to panic over , apocalyptic forecasts of mass destruction will always suffice.
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The Most Stupid Claims About Climate Change & Covid-19
Written by Andy Rowlands
I was prompted to write this after seeing two online newspaper articles linking climate change to virus epidemics. Some of the claims are truly absurd, and I have reproduced the relevant paragraphs and commented on them.
The first article was from The Intelligencer on April 8th, entitled ‘The Coronavirus Is a Preview of Our Climate-Change Future’.
It begins:
‘COVID-19 is not a climate-change pandemic – as far as we know, nothing about the emergence or spread of the coronavirus bears the recognizable imprint of global warming. But if the disease and our utter inability to respond to it terrifies you about our future staring down climate change, it should, not just as a “fire drill” for climate change generally but as a test run for all the diseases that will be unleashed in the decades ahead by warming. The virus is a terrifying harbinger of future pandemics that will be brought about if climate change continues to so deeply destabilize the natural world: scrambling ecosystems, collapsing habitats, rewiring wildlife, and rewriting the rules that have governed all life on this planet for all of human history.’ (Emphasis added)
All the diseases that will be unleashed by a warmer climate? This is known how exactly?
‘In the future, we may have to reckon also with diseases we believed we already defeated, since in addition to bringing about pandemics of the future, global warming will revive plagues of the past. There are now, trapped in Arctic ice, diseases that have not circulated in the air for millions of years — in some cases, since before humans were around to encounter them. Which means our immune systems would have no idea how to fight back when those prehistoric plagues emerge from the ice.’ (Emphasis added)
So we may have to deal at some point in the future with diseases we thought we had eradicated. Okay fine, but what about diseases that humans have never encountered? The claim is they exist in Arctic ice, but if humans have never seen them…how does anyone know they exist?
‘But there are things we do know for sure about how climate affects some diseases. Malaria, for instance, thrives in hotter regions, which is one reason the World Bank estimates that by 2030, 3.6 billion people will be reckoning with it — 100 million as a direct result of climate change.’ (Emphasis added)
It is assumed the world will continue to warm, and it is estimated that almost a third of the entire human population will be affected by Malaria in ten years time. The figure of 100 million has nothing to support it in the article, so cannot be taken as anything more than someone’s assumption, probably from a computer model, and we know how inaccurate they are.
It continues.
‘The more we pave over and log and deforest the natural world, disrupting stable ecosystems and turning those organisms living happily within them out into the human world, the more diseases, and pandemics, we’ll produce. That is what it means to be living entirely outside the window of climate conditions that enclose all of human history — everything we have ever taken to be stable about our relationship to the planet is thrown into chaos. That chaos will confront us, again and again, with undiscovered disease.’ (Emphasis added)
Another assumption is that there might be many millions of presently-unknown diseases lurking in eco-systems, all itching to be released as the world warms. I look out of my window and I do not see anything that suggests we are ‘…living entirely outside the window of climate conditions that enclose all of human history…’. I see the natural world, that’s it.
The article then turns to bacteria.
‘Perhaps scariest are those that live within us, peacefully for now. More than 99 percent of even those bacteria inside human bodies are currently unknown to science, which means we are operating in near-total ignorance about the effects climate change might have on the bugs in, for instance, our guts — about how many of the bacteria modern humans have come to rely on, like unseen factory workers, for everything from digesting our food to modulating our anxiety, could be rewired, diminished, or entirely killed off by an additional few degrees of heat.’ (emphasis added)
Perhaps? Could be? More assumptions.
I cannot stress this too strongly. If bacteria, or anything for that matter, is unknown to science, HOW DO WE KNOW THEY EVEN EXIST??
The article can be seen here nymag.com [1]
The second article is from that bastion of accurate reporting; The New York Times. It’s article on April 15th as titled ‘Think This Pandemic Is Bad? We Have Another Crisis Coming’, which starts by bemoaning the fact President Trump refused to allow climate-related policies in the virus stimulus package.
The article states:
‘Pandemics like the coronavirus may occur more often when climate change is unabated. Warming and changing weather patterns shift the vectors and spread of disease. Heavily polluting industries also contribute to disease transmission. Studies have linked factory farming – one of the largest sources of methane emissions – to faster-mutating, more virulent pathogens. The same corporations that exacerbated the climate crisis are literally helping to create deadlier diseases, more quickly, in a world that keeps changing how they spread.’ (Emphasis added)
A study can ‘link’ something to something else, but that is not proof, it is an assumption. When the human form of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease) was first identified and named New-Variant Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease, it was ‘linked’ to BSE, but it took 20 years of diligent research to prove BSE had crossed the ‘species-barrier’ into humans.
For reference, CJD is a rare, but known, naturally-occurring human disease, hence why the BSE version was named new-variant.
Viruses may occur more in a warmer world, another assumption, one that is probably wrong, as most known infections fare less well in warmer climates. I stress known, as with anything, you cannot assess the impact of unknown ones, unless your aim is to present supposition as fact, with the intention of frightening the public into accepting ever more government regulation.
The article continues:
‘Similarly, the same populations that are bearing the brunt of the health and economic effects of the coronavirus are the same populations that bear the brunt of fossil fuel pollution — which, in turn, makes them more vulnerable to serious complications.’ (Emphasis added)
‘It’s like we are watching a preview of the worst possible impacts of the climate crisis roll right before our eyes.’
Another assumption that industry is somehow contributing to the spread and virulence of the Covid virus in America, though what the ‘fossil fuel pollution’ is, is not described. The Guardian in Britain also recently blamed ‘factory farming’ for making the Covid virus worse, though provided little in the way of evidence.
The article concludes by saying the only way to ‘save’ the USA from both the ‘climate crisis’ and the Covid virus is to implement the Greed New Deal, and dispense with the current leadership, meaning Socialism is the only way out.
The article can be seen here www.nytimes.com [2]
On April 22nd, the BBC website carried a piece titled Climate change: World mustn’t forget ‘deeper emergency’. The telling quote is this:
‘The links between climate change and the coronavirus have also been highlighted by many observers and experts in the field.’
I am sure it will come as no surprise to see the article does not name any of these people, nor does it explain what these ‘links’ are. The reader is intended to take it as proven fact. It can be seen here:- www.bbc.co.uk [3]
This kind of fear-mongering reporting drives me up the wall, I cannot see any reason for it other than to deliberately misinform the public and create a fear of the natural world. No wonder there has been a significant increase of cases of what has been termed ‘eco-anxiety’.
Climate Change Dispatch carried an appropriate comment in one of their articles a few days ago; ‘For alarmists, there can never be enough hysteria in the world and if there isn’t something real to panic over, apocalyptic forecasts of mass destruction will always suffice.’
[1] https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/the-coronavirus-is-a-preview-of-our-climate-change-future.html?fbclid=IwAR0g2zO2e3N7fFXJ7bWxflZ2MAM3vQ3yg5Bvfxs4wrPXYE-FKOnsF4gly0E
[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/opinion/sunday/climate-change-covid-economy.html?fbclid=IwAR25G-3qDEfxMdgmgZWkft_lK8loxFnft8F0FXSJkRBLY7MTZqe6VLJNYLo
[3] www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52370221?fbclid=IwAR0SZJkqPDLMMAJil2P37oJ53RJOg0V8Gcy0D8XVeYiASagx6K4IJF6B088
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principiascientificinternational--2020-04-25--Columbia University: Light Prevents Airborne Spread of Coronavirus

Over the past few years we ’ ve developed a promising technique to prevent the airborne transmission of viruses like influenza virus , which we would expect to be effective for coronavirus too .
In short the idea is to use the power of light .
• It ’ s well known that conventional germicidal ultraviolet ( UV ) light reduces the person to person transmission of viruses through the air , by killing the viruses while they are in the air .
Unfortunately conventional germicidal UV light is a safety hazard , as it causes skin cancer and and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ come up up with is a particular type of UV light ( “ far-UVC ” light with a wavelength around 220 nm ) which has only a very short range in biological material , so that it can not penetrate the dead-cell layer at the surface of our skin , nor can it penetrate into our eyes .
So it can ’ t reach or damage any living cells in our body .
• But it can penetrate and kill viruses floating in the air , simply because viruses are incredibly small .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ is safe for people , but potentially lethal for viruses in the air .
We ’ ve worked a lot on both the safety aspects of far-UVC light as well as its efficacy at killing viruses , and it ’ s looking very promising .
A couple of companies have developed practical inexpensive far-UVC lamps and a US lighting fixture company is incorporating the far-UVC lamps into conventional light fittings .
The big picture idea is that these lamps could be incorporated into conventional light fittings so that they would be very easy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ airports , trains stations , airplanes , etc .
To us it looks like one of the very few approaches that has the potential to prevent the spread of coronavirus , as opposed to curing it .
You can learn more about our research on the use of far-UVC light to limit the spread of COVID-19 and how you can help here : https : //crowdfund.columbia.edu/pages/cuimc-research The video is an animated presentation of how the far-UVC works .
Science Magazine : Could ultraviolet lamps slow the spread of flu ?
Time : This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ From Spreading in Public Places Newsweek : UV Light May Help Fight the Flu Without Harming Humans Yahoo News : This Special UV Light Could Zap Flu Germs from the Air Wall Street Journal : New Ideas to Fight the Flu Scientific Reports : Far-UVC light : A new tool to control the spread of airborne-mediated microbial diseases , Feb. 2018 PRINCIPIA SCIENTIFIC INTERNATIONAL , legally registered in the UK as a company incorporated for charitable purposes .
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Columbia University: Light Prevents Airborne Spread of Coronavirus
Written by Columbia University
Over the past few years we’ve developed a promising technique to prevent the airborne transmission of viruses like influenza virus, which we would expect to be effective for coronavirus too. In short the idea is to use the power of light.
Heres how it works:
It’s well known that conventional germicidal ultraviolet (UV) light reduces the person to person transmission of viruses through the air, by killing the viruses while they are in the air. Unfortunately conventional germicidal UV light is a safety hazard, as it causes skin cancer and and eye problems.
What we have come up up with is a particular type of UV light (“far-UVC” light with a wavelength around 220 nm) which has only a very short range in biological material, so that it cannot penetrate the dead-cell layer at the surface of our skin, nor can it penetrate into our eyes. So it can’t reach or damage any living cells in our body.
But it can penetrate and kill viruses floating in the air, simply because viruses are incredibly small.
In short, exposure to far-UVC light is safe for people, but potentially lethal for viruses in the air.
We’ve worked a lot on both the safety aspects of far-UVC light as well as its efficacy at killing viruses, and it’s looking very promising. A couple of companies have developed practical inexpensive far-UVC lamps and a US lighting fixture company is incorporating the far-UVC lamps into conventional light fittings.
The big picture idea is that these lamps could be incorporated into conventional light fittings so that they would be very easy to install in public spaces such as airports, trains stations, airplanes, etc. To us it looks like one of the very few approaches that has the potential to prevent the spread of coronavirus, as opposed to curing it.
You can learn more about our research on the use of far-UVC light to limit the spread of COVID-19 and how you can help here: https://crowdfund.columbia.edu/pages/cuimc-research
The video is an animated presentation of how the far-UVC works.
In the news:
Science Magazine: Could ultraviolet lamps slow the spread of flu?
Time: This UV Lamp Could Prevent the Flu Virus From Spreading in Public Places
Newsweek: UV Light May Help Fight the Flu Without Harming Humans
Yahoo News: This Special UV Light Could Zap Flu Germs from the Air
Wall Street Journal: New Ideas to Fight the Flu
CBS News: Fighting the flu with ultraviolet Light
Academic publication:
Scientific Reports: Far-UVC light: A new tool to control the spread of airborne-mediated microbial diseases, Feb. 2018
Radiation Research: Germicidal Efficacy and Mammalian Skin Safety of 222-nm UV Light, Apr. 2017
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principiascientificinternational--2020-04-25--Study: Light And Sound Improves Alzheimer’s

Clumps of harmful proteins that interfere with brain functions have been partially cleared in mice using nothing but light and sound .
Research led by MIT earlier this year found strobe lights and a low pitched buzz can be used to recreate brain waves lost in the disease , which in turn remove plaque and improve cognitive function in mice engineered to display Alzheimer ’ s-like behaviour .
It ’ s a little like using light and sound to trigger their own brain waves to help fight the disease .
This technique hasn ’ t been clinically trialled in humans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ too soon to get excited – brain waves are known to work differently in humans and mice .
But , if replicated , these early results hint at a possible cheap and drug-free way to treat the common form of dementia .
So how does it work ?
Advancing a previous study that showed flashing light 40 times a second into the eyes of engineered mice treated their version of Alzheimer ’ s disease , researchers added sound of a similar frequency and found it dramatically improved their results .
“ When we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ week , we see the engagement of the prefrontal cortex and a very dramatic reduction of amyloid , ” said Li-Huei Tsai , one of the researchers from MIT ’ s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory back in March 2019 .
It ’ s not the first study to investigate the role sound can play in clearing the brain of the tangles and clumps of tau and amyloid proteins at least partially responsible for the disease .
Previous studies showed bursts of ultrasound make blood vessels leaky enough to allow powerful treatments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also encouraging the nervous system ’ s waste-removal experts , microglia , to pick up the pace .
Several years ago , Tsai discovered light flickering at a frequency of about 40 flashes a second had similar benefits in mice engineered to build up amyloid in their brain ’ s nerve cells .
“ The result was so mind-boggling and so robust , it took a while for the idea to sink in , but we knew we needed to work out a way of trying out the same thing in humans , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the time .
The only problem was this effect was confined to visual parts of the brain , missing key areas that contribute to the formation and retrieval of memory .
While the method ’ s practical applications looked a little limited , the results pointed to a way oscillations could help the brain recover from the grip of Alzheimer ’ s disease .
As our brain ’ s neurons transmit signals they also generate electromagnetic waves that help keep remote regions in sync – so-called ‘ brain waves ’ .
One @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gamma-frequencies , rippling across the brain at around 30 to 90 waves per second .
These brain waves are most active when we ’ re paying close attention , searching our memories in order to make sense of what ’ s going on .
Tsai ’ s previous study had suggested these gamma waves are impeded in individuals with Alzheimer ’ s , and might play a pivotal role in the pathology itself .
Light was just one way to trick the parts of the brain into humming in the key of gamma @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other areas .
Instead of the high pitched scream of ultrasound , Tsui used a much lower droning noise of just 40 Hertz , a sound only just high enough for humans to hear .
Exposing their mouse subjects to just one hour of this monotonous buzz every day for a week led to a significant drop in the amount of amyloid build up in the auditory regions , while also stimulating those microglial cells and blood vessels .
“ What we have demonstrated here is that we can use a totally different @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the brain , ” said Tsai .
As an added bonus , it also helped clear the nearby hippocampus – an important section associated with memory .
The effects weren ’ t just evident in the test subjects ’ brain chemistry .
Functionally , mice exposed to the treatment performed better in a range of cognitive tasks .
Adding the light therapy from the previous study saw an even more dramatic effect , clearing plaques in a number of areas across the brain , including in the prefrontal cortex .
Those trash-clearing microglia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ microglia just pile on top of one another around the plaques , ” said Tsai .
Discovering new mechanisms in the way nervous systems clear waste and synchronise activity is a huge step forward in the development of treatments for all kinds of neurological disorders .
Translating discoveries like this to human brains will take more work , especially when there are potential contrasts in how gamma waves appear in mice and human Alzheimer ’ s brains .
So far early testing for safety has shown the process seems to have no clear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Cell .
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Study: Light And Sound Improves Alzheimer’s
Written by Mike McCrae
Clumps of harmful proteins that interfere with brain functions have been partially cleared in mice using nothing but light and sound.
Research led by MIT earlier this year found strobe lights and a low pitched buzz can be used to recreate brain waves lost in the disease, which in turn remove plaque and improve cognitive function in mice engineered to display Alzheimer’s-like behaviour.
It’s a little like using light and sound to trigger their own brain waves to help fight the disease.
This technique hasn’t been clinically trialled in humans as yet, so it’s too soon to get excited – brain waves are known to work differently in humans and mice.
But, if replicated, these early results hint at a possible cheap and drug-free way to treat the common form of dementia.
So how does it work?
Advancing a previous study that showed flashing light 40 times a second into the eyes of engineered mice treated their version of Alzheimer’s disease, researchers added sound of a similar frequency and found it dramatically improved their results.
“When we combine visual and auditory stimulation for a week, we see the engagement of the prefrontal cortex and a very dramatic reduction of amyloid,” said Li-Huei Tsai, one of the researchers from MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory back in March 2019.
It’s not the first study to investigate the role sound can play in clearing the brain of the tangles and clumps of tau and amyloid proteins at least partially responsible for the disease.
Previous studies showed bursts of ultrasound make blood vessels leaky enough to allow powerful treatments to slip into the brain, while also encouraging the nervous system’s waste-removal experts, microglia, to pick up the pace.
Several years ago, Tsai discovered light flickering at a frequency of about 40 flashes a second had similar benefits in mice engineered to build up amyloid in their brain’s nerve cells.
“The result was so mind-boggling and so robust, it took a while for the idea to sink in, but we knew we needed to work out a way of trying out the same thing in humans,” Tsai told Helen Thomson at Nature at the time.
The only problem was this effect was confined to visual parts of the brain, missing key areas that contribute to the formation and retrieval of memory.
While the method’s practical applications looked a little limited, the results pointed to a way oscillations could help the brain recover from the grip of Alzheimer’s disease.
As our brain’s neurons transmit signals they also generate electromagnetic waves that help keep remote regions in sync – so-called ‘brain waves’.
One such set of oscillations are defined as gamma-frequencies, rippling across the brain at around 30 to 90 waves per second. These brain waves are most active when we’re paying close attention, searching our memories in order to make sense of what’s going on.
Tsai’s previous study had suggested these gamma waves are impeded in individuals with Alzheimer’s, and might play a pivotal role in the pathology itself.
Light was just one way to trick the parts of the brain into humming in the key of gamma. Sounds can also manage this in other areas.
Instead of the high pitched scream of ultrasound, Tsui used a much lower droning noise of just 40 Hertz, a sound only just high enough for humans to hear.
Exposing their mouse subjects to just one hour of this monotonous buzz every day for a week led to a significant drop in the amount of amyloid build up in the auditory regions, while also stimulating those microglial cells and blood vessels.
“What we have demonstrated here is that we can use a totally different sensory modality to induce gamma oscillations in the brain,” said Tsai.
As an added bonus, it also helped clear the nearby hippocampus – an important section associated with memory.
The effects weren’t just evident in the test subjects’ brain chemistry. Functionally, mice exposed to the treatment performed better in a range of cognitive tasks.
Adding the light therapy from the previous study saw an even more dramatic effect, clearing plaques in a number of areas across the brain, including in the prefrontal cortex. Those trash-clearing microglia also went to town.
“These microglia just pile on top of one another around the plaques,” said Tsai.
Discovering new mechanisms in the way nervous systems clear waste and synchronise activity is a huge step forward in the development of treatments for all kinds of neurological disorders.
Translating discoveries like this to human brains will take more work, especially when there are potential contrasts in how gamma waves appear in mice and human Alzheimer’s brains.
So far early testing for safety has shown the process seems to have no clear side effects.
This research was published in Cell.
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principiascientificinternational--2020-04-25--Stanford doctor: 5 reasons to stop panic, end total isolation

Government authorities , advisers and analysts who are calling for a continuation of the near-total lockdown of the economy are ignoring five key facts , contends a former top health official at the Stanford Medical Center .
Dr. David Atlas , now a senior fellow at Stanford ’ s Hoover Institution , argued in a column for The Hill that Americans “ are now desperate for sensible policymakers who have the courage to ignore the panic and rely on facts.
” “ Leaders must examine accumulated data to see what has actually happened , rather than keep emphasizing hypothetical projections @ @ @ @ @ @ @ principles of biology established for decades ; and then thoughtfully restore the country to function , ” wrote Atlas , the former chief of neuroradiology at Stanford University Medical Center .
The first fact , Atlas said is that the “ overwhelming majority of people do not have any significant risk of dying from COVID-19.
” He pointed to a recent Stanford University antibody study that estimates the fatality rate if infected with the coronavirus is likely 0.1 % to 0.2 % .
The World Health Organization estimate of 3.4 % that prompted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 30 times higher .
The rate for people 18 to 45 years old in New York City , which accounts for one-third of all U.S. deaths , is 0.01 % , or 11 per 100,000 in the population .
For people under 18 years old , the rate of death is zero per 100,000 .
In New York City , which has more than 34,600 hospitalizations , the rate of hospitializations from the virus for those under 18 years of age is 0.01 % .
Even for people ages 65 to 74 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ argued .
Fact 3 : “ Vital population immunity is prevented by total isolation policies , prolonging the problem.
” Atlas noted that decades of medical science shows that infection itself allows people to generate an immune response , controlling the spread in the population by “ herd immunity.
” “ Indeed , that is the main purpose of widespread immunization in other viral diseases — to assist with population immunity , ” he said .
“ In this virus , we know that medical care is not even necessary for the vast @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” he said .
“ It is so mild that half of infected people are asymptomatic , shown in early data from the Diamond Princess ship , and then in Iceland and Italy.
” The asymptomatic population has been “ falsely portrayed as a problem requiring mass isolation , ” he said .
“ In fact , infected people without severe illness are the immediately available vehicle for establishing widespread immunity , ” Atlas wrote .
“ By transmitting the virus to others in the low-risk group who then generate antibodies , they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most vulnerable people , ultimately ending the threat .
“ Extending whole-population isolation would directly prevent that widespread immunity from developing , ” he argued .
Fact 4 : “ People are dying because other medical care is not getting done due to hypothetical projections.
” Atlas noted that states and many hospitals abruptly stopped “ nonessential ” procedures and surgery .
“ That prevented diagnoses of life-threatening diseases , like cancer screening , biopsies of tumors now undiscovered and potentially deadly brain aneurysms , ” he said .
Fact 5 : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ risk who can be protected with targeted measures.
” “ The overwhelming evidence all over the world consistently shows that a clearly defined group — older people and others with underlying conditions — is more likely to have a serious illness requiring hospitalization and more likely to die from COVID-19 , ” he wrote .
Therefore , the appropriate policy , “ based on fundamental biology and the evidence already in hand , ” is “ a more focused strategy.
” That would be to “ protect the known vulnerable , self-isolate the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ small businesses with some prudent large-group precautions.
” “ This would allow the essential socializing to generate immunity among those with minimal risk of serious consequence , while saving lives , preventing overcrowding of hospitals and limiting the enormous harms compounded by continued total isolation , ” he said .
“ Let ’ s stop underemphasizing empirical evidence while instead doubling down on hypothetical models .
Facts matter.
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Stanford doctor: 5 reasons to stop panic, end total isolation
Written by www.wnd.com
Government authorities, advisers and analysts who are calling for a continuation of the near-total lockdown of the economy are ignoring five key facts, contends a former top health official at the Stanford Medical Center.
Dr. David Atlas, now a senior fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution, argued in a column for The Hill that Americans “are now desperate for sensible policymakers who have the courage to ignore the panic and rely on facts.”
“Leaders must examine accumulated data to see what has actually happened, rather than keep emphasizing hypothetical projections; combine that empirical evidence with fundamental principles of biology established for decades; and then thoughtfully restore the country to function,” wrote Atlas, the former chief of neuroradiology at Stanford University Medical Center.
The first fact, Atlas said is that the “overwhelming majority of people do not have any significant risk of dying from COVID-19.”
He pointed to a recent Stanford University antibody study that estimates the fatality rate if infected with the coronavirus is likely 0.1{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} to 0.2{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117}.
The World Health Organization estimate of 3.4{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} that prompted the isolation policies worldwide was 20 to 30 times higher.
The rate for people 18 to 45 years old in New York City, which accounts for one-third of all U.S. deaths, is 0.01{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117}, or 11 per 100,000 in the population. For people under 18 years old, the rate of death is zero per 100,000.
Fact No. 2: “Protecting older, at-risk people eliminates hospital overcrowding.”
In New York City, which has more than 34,600 hospitalizations, the rate of hospitializations from the virus for those under 18 years of age is 0.01{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117}. Even for people ages 65 to 74, only 1.7{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} were hospitalized, Atlas argued.
Fact 3: “Vital population immunity is prevented by total isolation policies, prolonging the problem.”
Atlas noted that decades of medical science shows that infection itself allows people to generate an immune response, controlling the spread in the population by “herd immunity.”
“Indeed, that is the main purpose of widespread immunization in other viral diseases — to assist with population immunity,” he said.
“In this virus, we know that medical care is not even necessary for the vast majority of people who are infected,” he said. “It is so mild that half of infected people are asymptomatic, shown in early data from the Diamond Princess ship, and then in Iceland and Italy.”
The asymptomatic population has been “falsely portrayed as a problem requiring mass isolation,” he said.
“In fact, infected people without severe illness are the immediately available vehicle for establishing widespread immunity,” Atlas wrote. “By transmitting the virus to others in the low-risk group who then generate antibodies, they block the network of pathways toward the most vulnerable people, ultimately ending the threat.
“Extending whole-population isolation would directly prevent that widespread immunity from developing,” he argued.
Fact 4: “People are dying because other medical care is not getting done due to hypothetical projections.”
Atlas noted that states and many hospitals abruptly stopped “nonessential” procedures and surgery.
“That prevented diagnoses of life-threatening diseases, like cancer screening, biopsies of tumors now undiscovered and potentially deadly brain aneurysms,” he said.
Fact 5: “We have a clearly defined population at risk who can be protected with targeted measures.”
“The overwhelming evidence all over the world consistently shows that a clearly defined group — older people and others with underlying conditions — is more likely to have a serious illness requiring hospitalization and more likely to die from COVID-19,” he wrote.
Therefore, the appropriate policy, “based on fundamental biology and the evidence already in hand,” is “a more focused strategy.”
That would be to “protect the known vulnerable, self-isolate the mildly sick and open most workplaces and small businesses with some prudent large-group precautions.”
“This would allow the essential socializing to generate immunity among those with minimal risk of serious consequence, while saving lives, preventing overcrowding of hospitals and limiting the enormous harms compounded by continued total isolation,” he said.
“Let’s stop underemphasizing empirical evidence while instead doubling down on hypothetical models. Facts matter.”
Read more at www.wnd.com
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principiascientificinternational--2020-04-26--Antibody Testing: Proves We’ve Been Had!

There is simply no other way to state this .
Nearly everything we ’ ve been told about models , rates of infection , deaths , and recoveries was inaccurate .
I ’ m not here to argue that it was malfeasance or ignorance — both are unacceptable .
But the one thing that Governor Andrew Cuomo ’ s stunning announcement made clear on Thursday is that there are some pretty shocking — and what should be — reassuring truths .
Cuomo announced that antibody testing in New York state , which only began four days previous , was already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New Yorkers , had COVID-19 late stage antibodies .
The implication of this is a shockwave to the system .
With a population of 19,540,500 the findings point out that over 2,500,000 New Yorkers had the virus and have recovered .
Keep in mind that as of this writing that only 263,000 New Yorkers have currently confirmed cases .
Also as of this writing New York has reported 19,543 fatalities .
We ’ ve been told that the true death rate is 7.4 % in New York .
We were told there would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were told that this was worse than the flu , which has still recorded more deaths to date in this past flu season—even though the CDC instructed medical personnel to start counting influenza , heart disease , pulmonary , respiratory , drug overdose , and possibly even car crash deaths as COVID-19 deaths .
We were told that we had to upend an economy , go into solitary confinement , and divorce ourselves from normal life because this would rage beyond any previous pandemic .
We were told that this virus with 846,000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ H1N1 that broke out on Obama ’ s watch that infected 60,000,000 people .
( We were conveniently not told that Obama had authorized $ 3.7 million U.S. tax dollars to be used at the Wuhan Institute of Virology to utilize corona viruses in bats in 2015 — but that ’ s yet another deception of omission . )
But none of these “ truths ” turned out to be so .
The death rate in New York State isn ’ t 7.4 % , it is actually .75 % .
The recently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ indicate possibly 56,000,000 cases of flu , 740,000 hospitalizations , and 62,000 deaths .
Under the current count from the Johns Hopkins Dashboard in this five month stretch CoVid19 has racked up 845,959 confirmed cases , 122,000 hospitalizations and 46,972 deaths .
A couple of other observations are extremely relevant .
To begin with the flu — which has no vaccine but rather a randomized version of a shot designed to help develop antibodies to fight the version of the flu that “ smart people ” think will be the primary version that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prescribe in primary care on an as needed basis .
So we ’ re not accustomed to thinking that the flu is this deadly killer that all of life must be shut down to prevent .
CoVid19 had no known treatments at the beginning of the breakout , and for political reasons—and possibly financially incentivized ones to boot—the most effective treatment for CoVid19 became a political football .
Even the supposed “ negative ” trials that were reported on this past weekend , had cherry picked subjects that were mostly late stage victims @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Zelenko pointed out on my show this week , doing so created the negative outcomes “ purposefully & by design.
” When used under a physician ’ s care , in the primary care basis , and early on after testing or onset of symptoms , the hydroxycholoroquine , azithromycin , & zinc cocktail reduced the rates of deaths and long term infectious stages .
Zelenko ’ s numbers to date : 1,450 patients treated , two deaths , four ventilator cases ( all fully recovered , ) and all others recovered .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ are releasing the world ’ s largest Meta-study to date within the next few days that will examine more than 2,000 confirmed cases .
The antibody numbers from Cuomo also scream one other harsh reality .
The virus was in America long before January .
No thanks to the Communist Chinese Party — who bear the sole responsibility for every American who died from CoVid19 — the infection made its way to American sooner than we had believed .
With three flights a day from Wuhan to New York ’ s John F. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ imported faster than understood .
Since going into national lockdown we ’ ve also failed one other key component of recovery from this virus—herd immunity .
We ’ ve developed not nearly enough of it .
For if 2.5 million New Yorkers were able to fight it off without any treatment at all—unaware they even had it—how much more immunity did we miss out on creating by simply sheltering everyone in place ?
We are well on our way to a vaccine .
We ’ ve also got a $ 12 treatment with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s fatality rate by 95 % .
Most importantly we ’ ve got millions upon millions of Americans who have been exposed to CoVid19 and who now have the late stage antibodies that demonstrate immunity .
It is time to acknowledge these facts , draw the necessary conclusions they lead us to , make changes for the benefit of the American people ( for once ) , and end this nightmare .
Thank you Governor Cuomo for acknowledging it , now let ’ s go !
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Antibody Testing: Proves We’ve Been Had!
Written by Kevin McCullough
There is simply no other way to state this. Nearly everything we’ve been told about models, rates of infection, deaths, and recoveries was inaccurate.
I’m not here to argue that it was malfeasance or ignorance — both are unacceptable. But the one thing that Governor Andrew Cuomo’s stunning announcement made clear on Thursday is that there are some pretty shocking — and what should be — reassuring truths.
Cuomo announced that antibody testing in New York state, which only began four days previous, was already demonstrating that at minimum 13.9{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of New Yorkers, had COVID-19 late stage antibodies.
The implication of this is a shockwave to the system.
With a population of 19,540,500 the findings point out that over 2,500,000 New Yorkers had the virus and have recovered. Keep in mind that as of this writing that only 263,000 New Yorkers have currently confirmed cases. Also as of this writing New York has reported 19,543 fatalities.
We’ve been told that the true death rate is 7.4{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} in New York. We were told there would be hundreds of thousands dead. We were told that this was worse than the flu, which has still recorded more deaths to date in this past flu season—even though the CDC instructed medical personnel to start counting influenza, heart disease, pulmonary, respiratory, drug overdose, and possibly even car crash deaths as COVID-19 deaths.
We were told that we had to upend an economy, go into solitary confinement, and divorce ourselves from normal life because this would rage beyond any previous pandemic. We were told that this virus with 846,000 current confirmed cases was worse than the H1N1 that broke out on Obama’s watch that infected 60,000,000 people. (We were conveniently not told that Obama had authorized $3.7 million U.S. tax dollars to be used at the Wuhan Institute of Virology to utilize corona viruses in bats in 2015 — but that’s yet another deception of omission.)
But none of these “truths” turned out to be so.
The death rate in New York State isn’t 7.4{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117}, it is actually .75{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117}. The recently ended influenza season numbers from the CDC indicate possibly 56,000,000 cases of flu, 740,000 hospitalizations, and 62,000 deaths. Under the current count from the Johns Hopkins Dashboard in this five month stretch CoVid19 has racked up 845,959 confirmed cases, 122,000 hospitalizations and 46,972 deaths.
A couple of other observations are extremely relevant. To begin with the flu — which has no vaccine but rather a randomized version of a shot designed to help develop antibodies to fight the version of the flu that “smart people” think will be the primary version that particular year — has remedies that physicians prescribe in primary care on an as needed basis.
So we’re not accustomed to thinking that the flu is this deadly killer that all of life must be shut down to prevent. CoVid19 had no known treatments at the beginning of the breakout, and for political reasons—and possibly financially incentivized ones to boot—the most effective treatment for CoVid19 became a political football. Even the supposed “negative” trials that were reported on this past weekend, had cherry picked subjects that were mostly late stage victims of the virus.
As Dr. Vladimir Zelenko pointed out on my show this week, doing so created the negative outcomes “purposefully & by design.” When used under a physician’s care, in the primary care basis, and early on after testing or onset of symptoms, the hydroxycholoroquine, azithromycin, & zinc cocktail reduced the rates of deaths and long term infectious stages. Zelenko’s numbers to date: 1,450 patients treated, two deaths, four ventilator cases (all fully recovered,) and all others recovered.
Zelenko and other physicians using the treatment are releasing the world’s largest Meta-study to date within the next few days that will examine more than 2,000 confirmed cases.
The antibody numbers from Cuomo also scream one other harsh reality. The virus was in America long before January.
No thanks to the Communist Chinese Party — who bear the sole responsibility for every American who died from CoVid19 — the infection made its way to American sooner than we had believed. With three flights a day from Wuhan to New York’s John F. Kennedy airport alone the virus was being imported faster than understood.
Since going into national lockdown we’ve also failed one other key component of recovery from this virus—herd immunity. We’ve developed not nearly enough of it. For if 2.5 million New Yorkers were able to fight it off without any treatment at all—unaware they even had it—how much more immunity did we miss out on creating by simply sheltering everyone in place?
We are well on our way to a vaccine. We’ve also got a $12 treatment with the hydroxychloroquine cocktail that has smashed Brazil’s fatality rate by 95{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117}.
Most importantly we’ve got millions upon millions of Americans who have been exposed to CoVid19 and who now have the late stage antibodies that demonstrate immunity.
It is time to acknowledge these facts, draw the necessary conclusions they lead us to, make changes for the benefit of the American people (for once), and end this nightmare.
Thank you Governor Cuomo for acknowledging it, now let’s go!
Read more at townhall.com
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principiascientificinternational--2020-04-26--Coronavirus: Birmingham’s Nightingale hospital ‘has no patients’

Birmingham ’ s Nightingale hospital is “ not being used at all ” 10 days after it was opened by the Duke of Cambridge .
Set up inside the National Exhibition Centre ( NEC ) , the site is intended to take up to 500 coronavirus patients at a time from 23 Midlands hospitals .
The chief executive of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust said it was a “ good thing ” the hospital had not received patients .
It showed the NHS had “ absorbed ” the extra pressure Dr David Rosser said .
“ It was never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have to open this extra capacity because it didn ’ t come with new staff , ” he said .
“ And of course the more beds you open the more you need to stretch.
” University Hospitals Birmingham , which runs the temporary hospital , is the biggest NHS trust in England and last week had recorded more deaths than any other in the country .
There are now more than 148,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in the UK and more than 20,000 people with the virus have now died .
Along with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ highest number of deaths linked to coronavirus .
Unlike the Excel in London , the Birmingham ’ s Nightingale hospital was always devised as a step down facility , so it would accept patients who had recovered sufficiently from coronavirus or who were not suitable for ventilation .
Fortunately , although the number of coronavirus cases have been significant , social isolating is working , and the NEC has not been required for this purpose .
Trusts who have also had up to 20 % of their staff off self-isolating or sick have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new facility because their rotas are already stressed The Birmingham Nightingale is expected to be in use for 12-18 months and may be called upon if there were a second greater surge .
More than 400 civilian contractors , along with military personnel and about 500 clinical staff , were involved in building the temporary field hospital , which took eight days to build .
Dr Rosser said the trust was “ hugely proud of getting it up and running but we ’ re also paradoxically proud of the fact that we didn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
However he added that he felt trepidation about about lockdown restrictions being relaxed in case it “ bounced back on the NHS quite quickly ” .
The trust noticed an increase in cases a week after reports of people flouting the rules over the Easter weekend , he said .
Foreign Secretary , Dominic Raab rejected calls for an early easing of the coronavirus lockdown , stressing that the outbreak was still at a “ delicate and dangerous ” stage .
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Coronavirus: Birmingham’s Nightingale hospital ‘has no patients’
Written by BBC
Birmingham’s Nightingale hospital is “not being used at all” 10 days after it was opened by the Duke of Cambridge.
Set up inside the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), the site is intended to take up to 500 coronavirus patients at a time from 23 Midlands hospitals.
The chief executive of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust said it was a “good thing” the hospital had not received patients.
It showed the NHS had “absorbed” the extra pressure Dr David Rosser said.
Image copyright PA MEDIA Image caption Prince William officially opened the NHS Nightingale hospital in Birmingham on 16 April
“It was never going to be a great thing to have to open this extra capacity because it didn’t come with new staff,” he said. “And of course the more beds you open the more you need to stretch.”
University Hospitals Birmingham, which runs the temporary hospital, is the biggest NHS trust in England and last week had recorded more deaths than any other in the country.
There are now more than 148,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in the UK and more than 20,000 people with the virus have now died.
Along with London, the Midlands has seen the highest number of deaths linked to coronavirus.
Image copyright PA MEDIA Image caption The temporary field hospital has an initial capacity of 500 which can be scaled up to 1,500
Analysis
By Michele Paduano, Midlands health correspondent, BBC News
Unlike the Excel in London, the Birmingham’s Nightingale hospital was always devised as a step down facility, so it would accept patients who had recovered sufficiently from coronavirus or who were not suitable for ventilation.
Fortunately, although the number of coronavirus cases have been significant, social isolating is working, and the NEC has not been required for this purpose.
Trusts who have also had up to 20{154653b9ea5f83bbbf00f55de12e21cba2da5b4b158a426ee0e27ae0c1b44117} of their staff off self-isolating or sick have not wanted to second employees to the new facility because their rotas are already stressed
The Birmingham Nightingale is expected to be in use for 12-18 months and may be called upon if there were a second greater surge.
More than 400 civilian contractors, along with military personnel and about 500 clinical staff, were involved in building the temporary field hospital, which took eight days to build.
Dr Rosser said the trust was “hugely proud of getting it up and running but we’re also paradoxically proud of the fact that we didn’t need to use it”.
However he added that he felt trepidation about about lockdown restrictions being relaxed in case it “bounced back on the NHS quite quickly”.
Image copyright PA MEDIA Image caption Dr Rosser said he was “hugely proud” at how quickly the hospital was made operational
The trust noticed an increase in cases a week after reports of people flouting the rules over the Easter weekend, he said.
Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab rejected calls for an early easing of the coronavirus lockdown, stressing that the outbreak was still at a “delicate and dangerous” stage.
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principiascientificinternational--2020-04-26--Judges Rule Czech Republic COVID19 Lockdown Illegal

The Prague Municipal Court called their implementation illegal .
The measures include those that prohibit free movement of people within the Czech Republic , and retail sales and services in the country .
The court ’ s decision will take effect from Monday , April 27 .
The ruling cancelling the Health Ministry ’ s restrictive measures refers to their implementation under the Act on Public Protection rather than the Crisis Management Act .
The government will have the opportunity to re-implement them in a different manner , i.e .
under the Crisis Act , before the ruling takes effect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to do so .
While it can be predicted that the government will re-issue the annulled measures in another form , more information is not yet known .
Czech media channels are currently reaching out to Ministry of Health Adam Vojtěch and Deputy Health Minister Roman Prymula , and Prime Minister Andrej Babiš to assess their next steps .
The Czech government had previously announced a five-step plan for reopening shops .
Restrictions on free movement had yet to be addressed .
Prague ’ s Municipal Court met a legal complaint filed by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ criticized the ministry ’ s measures as “ arbitrary , chaotic and incomprehensible.
” Via Twitter , Dostál wrote that “ the government has made crisis legislation a tear-off calendar.
” Dostál had initially filed the complaint against government measures issued on March 23 and March 26 ; while these were superseded by later measures , the Prague Municipal Court allowed him to update his complaint so it addressed the measures currently in place .
“ The court fully understands the fact that the current situation in the Czech Republic is completely out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to downplay the threats that arise from the health pandemic for the state and its inhabitants , ” said the Judicial Chamber President Štěpán Výborný , said in his ruling .
“ The court fully respects that the state of emergency has been declared by the government , as well as the reasons for which it was declared .
However , the Court could not ignore the fact that the scope of the contested measures constitutes an unprecedented restriction of fundamental rights , in particular freedom of movement and freedom of establishment.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ situation , the state power authorities must insist on rules and preserve the rule of law to the maximum possible extent .
The government should have issued the measures under the Crisis Act , he added .
“ The court must reject the practice of only one ministry having this power in its hands , ” Výborný added .
“ The court ’ s decision is just a sad confirmation of the government ’ s incompetence and chaos , which threatens the fate of the people and the prosperity of the country , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Twitter .
“ The President of the Senate emphasized that , even in the current situation , it is necessary for public authorities to adhere to the rules in order to preserve the rule of law as much as possible , ” Pirate Chairman Ivan Bartoš wrote .
“ We pointed this out at the beginning , and the court ’ s decision only confirms our words.
” Czech President Miloš Zeman has said that by cancelling the anti-coronavirus measures , the Prague Municipal Court takes all responsibility for its verdict ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inhabitants and the economy of the Czech Republic .
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Judges Rule Czech Republic COVID19 Lockdown Illegal
Written by Lucas Němec
Prague court cancels Czech anti-coronavirus measures on free movement, retail sales.
The Prague Municipal Court has cancelled, as of April 27, the Health Ministry’s four anti-coronavirus measures restricting free movement of people as well as retail sales and services in the Czech Republic.
The Prague Municipal Court called their implementation illegal. The measures include those that prohibit free movement of people within the Czech Republic, and retail sales and services in the country.
The court’s decision will take effect from Monday, April 27.
The ruling cancelling the Health Ministry’s restrictive measures refers to their implementation under the Act on Public Protection rather than the Crisis Management Act.
The government will have the opportunity to re-implement them in a different manner, i.e. under the Crisis Act, before the ruling takes effect. The government has until April 27 to do so.
While it can be predicted that the government will re-issue the annulled measures in another form, more information is not yet known. Czech media channels are currently reaching out to Ministry of Health Adam Vojtěch and Deputy Health Minister Roman Prymula, and Prime Minister Andrej Babiš to assess their next steps.
The Czech government had previously announced a five-step plan for reopening shops. Restrictions on free movement had yet to be addressed.
Prague’s Municipal Court met a legal complaint filed by healthcare law expert Ondrej Dostál. He criticized the ministry’s measures as “arbitrary, chaotic and incomprehensible.”
Via Twitter, Dostál wrote that “the government has made crisis legislation a tear-off calendar.”
Dostál had initially filed the complaint against government measures issued on March 23 and March 26; while these were superseded by later measures, the Prague Municipal Court allowed him to update his complaint so it addressed the measures currently in place.
“The court fully understands the fact that the current situation in the Czech Republic is completely out of the ordinary and does not want to downplay the threats that arise from the health pandemic for the state and its inhabitants,” said the Judicial Chamber President Štěpán Výborný, said in his ruling.
“The court fully respects that the state of emergency has been declared by the government, as well as the reasons for which it was declared. However, the Court could not ignore the fact that the scope of the contested measures constitutes an unprecedented restriction of fundamental rights, in particular freedom of movement and freedom of establishment.”
Výborný said that even in the current situation, the state power authorities must insist on rules and preserve the rule of law to the maximum possible extent.
The government should have issued the measures under the Crisis Act, he added.
“The court must reject the practice of only one ministry having this power in its hands,” Výborný added.
“The court’s decision is just a sad confirmation of the government’s incompetence and chaos, which threatens the fate of the people and the prosperity of the country,” ODS Chairman Petr Fiala wrote on Twitter.
“The court confirmed our concerns that the government acted illegally when it stopped making decisions under the Crisis Management Act and proceeded under the Public Protection Act.”
“The President of the Senate emphasized that, even in the current situation, it is necessary for public authorities to adhere to the rules in order to preserve the rule of law as much as possible,” Pirate Chairman Ivan Bartoš wrote.
“We pointed this out at the beginning, and the court’s decision only confirms our words.”
Czech President Miloš Zeman has said that by cancelling the anti-coronavirus measures, the Prague Municipal Court takes all responsibility for its verdict’s impact on the lives and health of inhabitants and the economy of the Czech Republic.
Read more at news.expats.cz
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