principiascientificinternational--2020-06-19--30 Useful Facts on COVID-19 Debunking the Media Narrative

30 Useful Facts on COVID-19 Debunking the Media Narrative Fully referenced facts about Covid-19 , provided by experts in the field , to help our readers make a realistic risk assessment .
( Courtesy of Swiss Policy Research ) “ The only means to fight the plague is honesty.
” ( Albert Camus , 1947 ) • According to the latest immunological and serological studies , the overall lethality of Covid-19 ( IFR ) is about 0.1 % and thus in the range of a strong seasonal influenza ( flu ) .
• In countries like the US , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a lockdown ) , overall mortality since the beginning of the year is in the range of a strong influenza season ; in countries like Germany , Austria and Switzerland , overall mortality is in the range of a mild influenza season .
• Even in global “ hotspots ” , the risk of death for the general population of school and working age is typically in the range of a daily car ride to work .
The risk was initially overestimated because many people with only mild or no symptoms were not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 80 % of all test-positive persons remain symptom-free .
Even among 70-79 year olds , about 60 % remain symptom-free .
Over 95 % of all persons develop at most moderate symptoms .
• Up to 60 % of all persons may already have a certain cellular background immunity to Covid19 due to contact with previous coronaviruses ( i.e .
common cold viruses ) .
• The median or average age of the deceased in most countries ( including Italy ) is over 80 years and only about 4 % of the deceased @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and risk profile of deaths thus essentially corresponds to normal mortality .
• In many countries , up to two thirds of all extra deaths occurred in nursing homes , which do not benefit from a general lockdown .
Moreover , in many cases it is not clear whether these people really died from Covid19 or from weeks of extreme stress and isolation .
• Up to 30 % of all additional deaths may have been caused not by Covid19 , but by the effects of the lockdown , panic and fear .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ attacks and strokes decreased by up to 60 % because many patients no longer dared to go to hospital .
• Even in so-called “ Covid19 deaths ” it is often not clear whether they died from or with coronavirus ( i.e .
from underlying diseases ) or if they were counted as “ presumed cases ” and not tested at all .
However , official figures usually do not reflect this distinction .
• Many media reports of young and healthy people dying from Covid19 turned out to be false : many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ die from Covid19 , they had already been seriously ill ( e.g .
from undiagnosed leukaemia ) , or they were in fact 109 instead of 9 years old .
The claimed increase in Kawasaki disease in children also turned out to be false .
• Strong increases in regional mortality can occur if there is a collapse in the care of the elderly and sick as a result of infection or panic , or if there are additional risk factors such as severe air pollution .
Questionable regulations for dealing with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ funeral or cremation services .
• In countries such as Italy and Spain , and to some extent the UK and the US , hospital overloads due to strong flu waves are not unusual .
Moreover , this year up to 15 % of health care workers were put into quarantine , even if they developed no symptoms .
• The often shown exponential curves of “ corona cases ” are misleading , as the number of tests also increased exponentially .
In most countries , the ratio of positive tests to tests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) remained constant at 5 % to 25 % or increased only slightly .
In many countries , the peak of the spread was already reached well before the lockdown .
• Countries without curfews and contact bans , such as Japan , South Korea , Belarus or Sweden , have not experienced a more negative course of events than other countries .
Sweden was even praised by the WHO and now benefits from higher immunity compared to lockdown countries .
• The fear of a shortage of ventilators was unjustified .
According @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( intubation ) of Covid19 patients , which is partly done out of fear of spreading the virus , is in fact often counterproductive and damaging to the lungs .
• Contrary to original assumptions , various studies have shown that there is no evidence of the virus spreading through aerosols ( i.e .
tiny particles floating in the air ) or through smear infections ( e.g .
on door handles or smartphones ) .
The main modes of transmission are direct contact and droplets produced when coughing or sneezing .
• There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ effectiveness of face masks in healthy or asymptomatic individuals .
On the contrary , experts warn that such masks interfere with normal breathing and may become “ germ carriers ” .
Leading doctors called them a “ media hype ” and “ ridiculous ” .
• Many clinics in Europe and the US remained strongly underutilized or almost empty during the Covid19 peak and in some cases had to send staff home .
Millions of surgeries and therapies were cancelled , including many cancer screenings and organ transplants .
• Several media were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hospitals , sometimes even with manipulative images and videos .
In general , the unprofessional reporting of many media maximized fear and panic in the population .
• The virus test kits used internationally are prone to errors and can produce false positive and false negative results .
Moreover , the official virus test was not clinically validated due to time pressure and may sometimes react positive to other coronaviruses .
• Numerous internationally renowned experts in the fields of virology , immunology and epidemiology consider the measures taken to be counterproductive and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ population and protection of risk groups .
• At no time was there a medical reason for the closure of schools , as the risk of disease and transmission in children is extremely low .
There is also no medical reason for small classes , masks or ‘ social distancing ’ rules in schools .
• The claim that only ( severe ) Covid-19 but not influenza may cause venous thrombosis and pulmonary ( lung ) embolism is not true , as it has been known for 50 years that severe influenza greatly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , too .
• Several medical experts described express coronavirus vaccines as unnecessary or even dangerous .
Indeed , the vaccine against the so-called swine flu of 2009 , for example , led to sometimes severe neurological damage and lawsuits in the millions .
In the testing of new coronavirus vaccines , too , serious complications and failures have already occurred .
• A global influenza or corona pandemic can indeed extend over several seasons , but many studies of a “ second wave ” are based on very unrealistic assumptions , such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ death across all age groups .
• Several nurses , e.g .
in New York City , described an oftentimes fatal medical mismanagement of Covid patients due to questionable financial incentives or inappropriate medical protocols .
• The number of people suffering from unemployment , depressions and domestic violence as a result of the measures has reached historic record values .
Several experts predict that the measures will claim far more lives than the virus itself .
According to the UN 1.6 billion people around the world are at immediate risk of losing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Snowden warned that the “ corona crisis ” will be used for the permanent expansion of global surveillance .
Renowned virologist Pablo Goldschmidt spoke of a “ global media terror ” and “ totalitarian measures ” .
Leading British virologist Professor John Oxford spoke of a “ media epidemic ” .
• More than 600 scientists have warned of an “ unprecedented surveillance of society ” through problematic apps for “ contact tracing ” .
In some countries , such “ contact tracing ” is already carried out directly by the secret service @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the population is already being monitored by drones and facing serious police overreach .
• A 2019 WHO study on public health measures against pandemic influenza found that from a medical perspective , “ contact tracing ” is “ not recommended in any circumstances ” .
Nevertheless , contact tracing apps have already become partially mandatory in several countries .
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30 Useful Facts on COVID-19 Debunking the Media Narrative
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Fully referenced facts about Covid-19, provided by experts in the field, to help our readers make a realistic risk assessment. (Courtesy of Swiss Policy Research )
“The only means to fight the plague is honesty.” (Albert Camus, 1947)
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principiascientificinternational--2020-06-19--Hospitalization Data Exposes Foolish ‘Second Wave’ CV-19 Fears

Are we on the verge of a second wave of coronavirus infections ?
Is there a spike in infections in states that reopened first ?
The only way to answer that question is to watch as the data roll in .
Arguably the best data to look at to see if a second wave is beginning are the hospitalization numbers .
The media frequently reports the biggest and most dramatic numbers , often devoid of context .
The number of cases has been reported regularly since the early days of the pandemic , and yet we know that the number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more people are tested and re-tested for the virus , more results will come back positive , with the current number of confirmed cases exceeding 2 million in the U.S .
But if we know anything , it is that increases in the number of confirmed cases do not accurately convey how quickly and widely the virus is spreading .
Antibody tests and even the examination of sewage in some cities suggest that the number of infections is likely much higher than the number of confirmed cases .
But on the other side @ @ @ @ @ @ @ double-counted in some states partly because both antibody and active virus tests are being counted separately but then combined in the total number of cases .
While the antibody tests have been criticized for their false positive rate , another criticism has been that the antibody studies can underreport infection rates because they are not sensitive enough to detect a past mild infection .
Overall , because the bulk of testing is focused on people who are the sickest and who face the greatest exposure , it seems reasonable to conclude that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ higher than the reported figure .
But an attempt to estimate the true number of infections would be little better than a guess .
And this presents a problem with the daily updates .
To say that a particular state or city is seeing a “ spike ” in cases is to say that recently they have had an uptick in positive test results .
That could be due to more testing and more ways of testing , or it could be a hint of growth in the infection rate .
Better Data @ @ @ @ @ @ @ results , i.e .
“ cases , ” it would make more sense to focus on how the virus affects society and our institutions , particularly the strain the virus puts on health care facilities and health care providers .
An obvious measure , tracked since the beginning of the pandemic , is the number of deaths .
As I and others at AIER have noted , the number of deaths is hard to interpret without important context .
The coronavirus is obviously deadly , but how deadly it is seems to depend @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the characteristics of that population .
The virus has been far deadlier in New York than it has been in California , and has been most deadly in U.S. long-term care facilities .
Among children , the coronavirus is considerably less deadly than seasonal influenza .
Nonetheless , deaths tell us something important about the virus ’ s impact on society .
They profoundly affect entire social networks and are rightly emphasized in pandemic reporting .
When it comes to seeing how things are going now , whether the pandemic is growing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lagging indicator .
They do not begin to spike until infections have already been accelerating rapidly for many days , and they do not decline until well after the virus ’ s spread has slowed .
The chart below shows that overall , deaths are clearly declining , although there is a weekly cycle where Sundays seem to result in relatively low death counts and Tuesdays and Wednesdays usually have the highest reported numbers .
Overall , the past two weeks have had lower death totals than have been seen in the two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wave were coming soon , we would not see the deaths from it yet .
Here is another look from the Washington Post .
In addition to deaths , more attention has shifted to measuring coronavirus-related hospitalizations .
Frustratingly , these data tend not to go back as far as numbers on confirmed cases or deaths , but in most states there are hospitalization figures going back over two months .
The hospital data are measured two ways , the first being a cumulative measure , similar to the way confirmed cases and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only go up as more hospitalizations are added to the total .
From that number , the daily number of hospitalizations can be plotted ; however that number is very noisy because the numbers are submitted at the state level in a variety of ways and do not seem to reflect the true numbers per day .
In other words , the hospitalization numbers seem to come in in clumps .
They can be reported as weekly totals or weekly averages , as well .
But a weakness of the cumulative data is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about the burden on hospitals and health care workers .
About the author : Stephen C. Miller is the Adams Bibby Chair of Free Enterprise and an Associate Professor of Economics in the Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy at Troy University .
He is also an AIER Summer Fellow alumnus and Voting Member of AIER .
The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not imply endorsement by Troy University .
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Hospitalization Data Exposes Foolish ‘Second Wave’ CV-19 Fears
Written by Stephen C. Miller
Are we on the verge of a second wave of coronavirus infections? Is there a spike in infections in states that reopened first?
The only way to answer that question is to watch as the data roll in. Arguably the best data to look at to see if a second wave is beginning are the hospitalization numbers. The media frequently reports the biggest and most dramatic numbers, often devoid of context.
The number of cases has been reported regularly since the early days of the pandemic, and yet we know that the number of cases can be misleading.
As more people are tested and re-tested for the virus, more results will come back positive, with the current number of confirmed cases exceeding 2 million in the U.S. But if we know anything, it is that increases in the number of confirmed cases do not accurately convey how quickly and widely the virus is spreading. Antibody tests and even the examination of sewage in some cities suggest that the number of infections is likely much higher than the number of confirmed cases.
But on the other side, some of the confirmed cases are double-counted in some states partly because both antibody and active virus tests are being counted separately but then combined in the total number of cases. While the antibody tests have been criticized for their false positive rate, another criticism has been that the antibody studies can underreport infection rates because they are not sensitive enough to detect a past mild infection.
Overall, because the bulk of testing is focused on people who are the sickest and who face the greatest exposure, it seems reasonable to conclude that the true number of U.S. infections is substantially higher than the reported figure. But an attempt to estimate the true number of infections would be little better than a guess.
And this presents a problem with the daily updates. To say that a particular state or city is seeing a “spike” in cases is to say that recently they have had an uptick in positive test results. That could be due to more testing and more ways of testing, or it could be a hint of growth in the infection rate.
Better Data are Available
Rather than focus on test results, i.e. “cases,” it would make more sense to focus on how the virus affects society and our institutions, particularly the strain the virus puts on health care facilities and health care providers. An obvious measure, tracked since the beginning of the pandemic, is the number of deaths. As I and others at AIER have noted, the number of deaths is hard to interpret without important context.
The coronavirus is obviously deadly, but how deadly it is seems to depend greatly on how it enters a population and the characteristics of that population. The virus has been far deadlier in New York than it has been in California, and has been most deadly in U.S. long-term care facilities. Among children, the coronavirus is considerably less deadly than seasonal influenza.
Nonetheless, deaths tell us something important about the virus’s impact on society. They profoundly affect entire social networks and are rightly emphasized in pandemic reporting.
When it comes to seeing how things are going now, whether the pandemic is growing worse or fading, deaths are a lagging indicator. They do not begin to spike until infections have already been accelerating rapidly for many days, and they do not decline until well after the virus’s spread has slowed.
The chart below shows that overall, deaths are clearly declining, although there is a weekly cycle where Sundays seem to result in relatively low death counts and Tuesdays and Wednesdays usually have the highest reported numbers. Overall, the past two weeks have had lower death totals than have been seen in the two months prior. But if a second wave were coming soon, we would not see the deaths from it yet.
Here is another look from the Washington Post.
In addition to deaths, more attention has shifted to measuring coronavirus-related hospitalizations. Frustratingly, these data tend not to go back as far as numbers on confirmed cases or deaths, but in most states there are hospitalization figures going back over two months. The hospital data are measured two ways, the first being a cumulative measure, similar to the way confirmed cases and deaths are measured.
The number can only go up as more hospitalizations are added to the total. From that number, the daily number of hospitalizations can be plotted; however that number is very noisy because the numbers are submitted at the state level in a variety of ways and do not seem to reflect the true numbers per day.
In other words, the hospitalization numbers seem to come in in clumps. They can be reported as weekly totals or weekly averages, as well. But a weakness of the cumulative data is that they do not tell us much about the burden on hospitals and health care workers.
Read more at www.aier.org
About the author: Stephen C. Miller is the Adams Bibby Chair of Free Enterprise and an Associate Professor of Economics in the Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy at Troy University. He is also an AIER Summer Fellow alumnus and Voting Member of AIER. The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not imply endorsement by Troy University.
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principiascientificinternational--2020-06-19--Odd bright patches on Saturn moon Titan are dry lake beds

A perplexing Saturn moon mystery appears to be solved at long last .
Strange bright patches observed in the southern tropical regions of Saturn ’ s biggest moon , , more than a decade ago are likely the beds of dried-up hydrocarbon lakes and seas , a new study reports .
The results could shed light on Titan ’ s climate history and also inform the hunt for potentially habitable environments on , study team members said .
Between the years 2000 and 2008 , the big radio telescopes at in Puerto Rico and the in West Virginia spotted about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 3,200-mile-wide ( 5,150 kilometers ) Titan , the second-largest moon in the solar system .
At the time , the patches were viewed as likely evidence of lakes or seas on Titan , which was widely expected to harbor such bodies , said study lead author Jason Hofgartner , of NASA ’ s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena , California .
That early expectation was borne out after NASA ’ s arrived in orbit around Saturn in 2004 .
Cassini observed many lakes and seas on Titan and showed that the moon has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hydrocarbons .
Methane and ethane fall from the sky as rain , course down river systems and pool in lakes and seas , some of which are bigger than North America ’ s Great Lakes .
Titan remains the only cosmic body beyond Earth known to harbor bodies of stable liquid on its surface .
But the lakes spotted by Cassini sit primarily near Titan ’ s poles , especially the moon ’ s far northern reaches .
The probe didn ’ t see bodies of liquid where the patches detected by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the southern tropics .
So Hofgartner and his colleagues decided to delve into the mystery .
They pored over all the available data sets , using Cassini ’ s observations to “ ground-truth ” the information gathered by Arecibo and Green Bank .
The researchers tied the reflective patches identified by the radio telescopes to a single “ terrain unit , ” which has smoother surfaces and a different composition than the surrounding landscape .
Such features are characteristic of dry lake or sea beds , Hofgartner said .
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Odd bright patches on Saturn moon Titan are dry lake beds
Written by Mike Wall
A perplexing Saturn moon mystery appears to be solved at long last.
Strange bright patches observed in the southern tropical regions of Saturn’s biggest moon, Titan , more than a decade ago are likely the beds of dried-up hydrocarbon lakes and seas, a new study reports.
The results could shed light on Titan’s climate history and also inform the hunt for potentially habitable environments on alien planets , study team members said.
Between the years 2000 and 2008, the big radio telescopes at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico and the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia spotted about a dozen anomalously bright regions on the 3,200-mile-wide (5,150 kilometers) Titan, the second-largest moon in the solar system.
At the time, the patches were viewed as likely evidence of lakes or seas on Titan, which was widely expected to harbor such bodies, said study lead author Jason Hofgartner, of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
That early expectation was borne out after NASA’s Cassini spacecraft arrived in orbit around Saturn in 2004. Cassini observed many lakes and seas on Titan and showed that the moon has an active weather system based on liquid hydrocarbons. Methane and ethane fall from the sky as rain, course down river systems and pool in lakes and seas, some of which are bigger than North America’s Great Lakes.
Titan remains the only cosmic body beyond Earth known to harbor bodies of stable liquid on its surface.
But the lakes spotted by Cassini sit primarily near Titan’s poles, especially the moon’s far northern reaches. The probe didn’t see bodies of liquid where the patches detected by the Arecibo and Green Bank dishes lie, in the southern tropics.
So Hofgartner and his colleagues decided to delve into the mystery. They pored over all the available data sets, using Cassini’s observations to “ground-truth” the information gathered by Arecibo and Green Bank.
The researchers tied the reflective patches identified by the radio telescopes to a single “terrain unit,” which has smoother surfaces and a different composition than the surrounding landscape. Such features are characteristic of dry lake or sea beds, Hofgartner said.
Read more at www.space.com
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principiascientificinternational--2020-06-19--Threatened Fluoride Study Scientist Admits ‘it is a Pesticide’

The first week of the historic water fluoridation trial wrapped up on Friday afternoon after four days of occasionally tense testimony from expert witnesses with the Fluoride Action Network ( FAN ) and the U.S Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) .
One expert witness claimed he had been coerced into signing a statement downplaying his study which claimed fluoride is a neurotoxicant .
Another witness confirmed that at least one type of fluoride is a pesticide being added to the water supply .
Attorneys with FAN argue that water fluoridation violates the 1970 Toxic Substances Control Act provisions which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a chemical which has been found to present an unreasonable risk to the general public .
Under section 21 of the TSCA citizens are allowed to petition the EPA to regulate or ban individual chemicals .
The EPA is represented by lawyers from the Department of Justice who are presenting experts from the corporate firm Exponent Inc .
The government is defending water fluoridation and seeking a dismissal of the petition by the plaintiffs .
The plaintiffs in the case include : FAN , Moms Against Fluoridation , Food & Water Watch , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology and the Organic Consumers Association .
FAN attorney Michael Connett called 3 witnesses throughout the week , including Howard Hu MD , Bruce Lanphear MD , Philippe Grandjean MD , and Kathleen Thiessen PhD .
Connett told the court that the EPA has previously relied on the research of all of these experts in the past on other toxicants like lead and mercury .
Two of these experts have been authors of key fluoride studies funded by US government agencies .
Connett noted that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rather than their own agencies experts .
The EPA did their part to question the Fluoride Action Network ’ s witnesses and diminish their credibility .
Dr. Kathleen Thiessen made a powerful admission when interviewed by FAN attorney Connett , stating that sodium fluoride is a pesticide that is being added to the water supply .
However , during cross examination of Thiessen , the EPA asked if she is personal friends with the Connett family , including Paul Connett , Director of the Fluoride Action Network , and Michaell Connett , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she is friends with the family .
The EPA pressed further , asking if she had attended meetings sponsored by FAN , whether she is on the group ’ s mailing list , if she has appeared in interviews on their websites , and if she helped Paul Connett with his book The Case Against Fluoride .
Dr. Thiessen answered affirmatively to these questions but denied it had any influence on her conclusions that fluoride is harmful .
When questioned whether or not she has been advocating for removing fluoride for decades , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Thiessen said yes , but emphasized that her position was based on science .
The EPA then showed the court emails between plaintiff ’ s attorney Michael Connet and Thiessen .
Connett sent Thiessen a list of studies to review and the EPA was attempting to show the judge that the plaintiff ’ s may have influenced Thiessen ’ s opinions and statements .
Dr. Howard Hu provided further background on his research on fluoride , testifying on the difficulty of getting his research funded by the National Institute of Health and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Health Perspectives journal .
Hu stated that his study found a loss of around 3 or 4 IQ points and this impact on population should not be ignored .
He also discussed the parallels to lead neurotoxicity .
One of the strongest witnesses for the plaintiffs was Danish environmental epidemiologist Dr. Phillip Grandjean , known for his work on the neurotoxicity of mercury .
Granjean helped the EPA establish safe regulatory levels for mercury in the diet .
Dr. Grandjean stated that he had been threatened or coerced by a colleague at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ studies concluded that fluoride was a neurotoxin .
When DOJ lawyer Debra Carfora asked Grandjean about a statement he signed downplaying the significance of the results , Grandjean stated that the Harvard press department put the statement together and added his name to it .
The statement said the researchers still agreed with the CDC position that water fluoridation is safe .
Dr. Grandjean did not elaborate upon who threatened him or how often such threats may happen in his field .
He also stated that the “ fluoride lobby ” infiltrated a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any mention of harmful effects of fluoride .
On the specific harmful effects of fluoride , Dr. Grandjean stated in his deposition that , Dr. Grandjean has also stated that efforts to control human fluoride exposure need to focus on pregnant women and small children .
During his testimony Granjean took particular issue with statements made by the EPA ’ s expert Dr. Cheng .
This issue of the EPA ’ s experts working for Exponent was a theme of several of the plaintiffs ’ witnesses .
At least two of the EPA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ScD and Joyce Tsuji , PhD – are employed by Exponent Inc , a firm accused of paying the U.S. government to defend dangerous chemicals .
Plaintiff ’ s witness Dr. Lamphear also called out the scientists working for Exponent as industry friendly “ rent-a-white-coats.
” The apparent conflicts of interest were the topic of conversation again on Friday when FAN attorney Michael Connett cross examined the government ’ s witness Dr. Joyce Tsuji , a board-certified toxicologist and a Fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences , who specializes in risk assessment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tsuji if she has been funded by mining and smelting companies which “ release arsenic into the air.
” Connett also asked Tsuji if the majority of her projects have been funded by industry .
Tsuji agreed that most of her work has come from industry funded sources .
The afternoon ended with plans for Dr. Tsuji to be cross examined by the plaintiff ’ s attorneys .
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Threatened Fluoride Study Scientist Admits ‘it is a Pesticide’
Written by humansarefree.com
The first week of the historic water fluoridation trial wrapped up on Friday afternoon after four days of occasionally tense testimony from expert witnesses with the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) and the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
One expert witness claimed he had been coerced into signing a statement downplaying his study which claimed fluoride is a neurotoxicant. Another witness confirmed that at least one type of fluoride is a pesticide being added to the water supply.
Attorneys with FAN argue that water fluoridation violates the 1970 Toxic Substances Control Act provisions which prohibit the “particular use” of a chemical which has been found to present an unreasonable risk to the general public. Under section 21 of the TSCA citizens are allowed to petition the EPA to regulate or ban individual chemicals.
The EPA is represented by lawyers from the Department of Justice who are presenting experts from the corporate firm Exponent Inc. The government is defending water fluoridation and seeking a dismissal of the petition by the plaintiffs.
The plaintiffs in the case include: FAN, Moms Against Fluoridation, Food & Water Watch, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology and the Organic Consumers Association.
FAN attorney Michael Connett called 3 witnesses throughout the week, including Howard Hu MD, Bruce Lanphear MD, Philippe Grandjean MD, and Kathleen Thiessen PhD. Connett told the court that the EPA has previously relied on the research of all of these experts in the past on other toxicants like lead and mercury.
Two of these experts have been authors of key fluoride studies funded by US government agencies. Connett noted that the EPA chose to use experts from Exponent rather than their own agencies experts.
The EPA did their part to question the Fluoride Action Network’s witnesses and diminish their credibility. Dr. Kathleen Thiessen made a powerful admission when interviewed by FAN attorney Connett, stating that sodium fluoride is a pesticide that is being added to the water supply.
However, during cross examination of Thiessen, the EPA asked if she is personal friends with the Connett family, including Paul Connett, Director of the Fluoride Action Network, and Michaell Connett, the lawyer representing FAN. Thiessen said yes she is friends with the family.
The EPA pressed further, asking if she had attended meetings sponsored by FAN, whether she is on the group’s mailing list, if she has appeared in interviews on their websites, and if she helped Paul Connett with his book The Case Against Fluoride.
Dr. Thiessen answered affirmatively to these questions but denied it had any influence on her conclusions that fluoride is harmful. When questioned whether or not she has been advocating for removing fluoride for decades, while maintaining a friendship with the plaintiffs, Thiessen said yes, but emphasized that her position was based on science.
The EPA then showed the court emails between plaintiff’s attorney Michael Connet and Thiessen. Connett sent Thiessen a list of studies to review and the EPA was attempting to show the judge that the plaintiff’s may have influenced Thiessen’s opinions and statements.
Dr. Howard Hu provided further background on his research on fluoride, testifying on the difficulty of getting his research funded by the National Institute of Health and the steps for publication in the Environmental Health Perspectives journal.
Hu stated that his study found a loss of around 3 or 4 IQ points and this impact on population should not be ignored. He also discussed the parallels to lead neurotoxicity.
Corruption Of Fluoride Science
One of the strongest witnesses for the plaintiffs was Danish environmental epidemiologist Dr. Phillip Grandjean, known for his work on the neurotoxicity of mercury. Granjean helped the EPA establish safe regulatory levels for mercury in the diet.
Dr. Grandjean stated that he had been threatened or coerced by a colleague at the Harvard Dental School after one of his studies concluded that fluoride was a neurotoxin.
When DOJ lawyer Debra Carfora asked Grandjean about a statement he signed downplaying the significance of the results, Grandjean stated that the Harvard press department put the statement together and added his name to it. The statement said the researchers still agreed with the CDC position that water fluoridation is safe.
Dr. Grandjean did not elaborate upon who threatened him or how often such threats may happen in his field. He also stated that the “fluoride lobby” infiltrated a World Health Organization committee seeking to exclude any mention of harmful effects of fluoride.
On the specific harmful effects of fluoride, Dr. Grandjean stated in his deposition that,
“the weight of epidemiological evidence leaves no reasonable doubt that developmental neurotoxicity is a serious human health risk associated with elevated fluoride exposure.”
Dr. Grandjean has also stated that efforts to control human fluoride exposure need to focus on pregnant women and small children.
During his testimony Granjean took particular issue with statements made by the EPA’s expert Dr. Cheng.
“What she has written should not be relied upon… This is not science, this is simply a misleading report.” Grandjean elaborated, stating, “I’m embarrassed that the EPA would recruit Dr. Chang, who has already tried to kill some of my work on polyfluorinated chemicals, that they would recruit her to write this report full of biases. I get a little upset about it… I’m sorry to see what has happened to a colleague that works for a product defense firm.”
This issue of the EPA’s experts working for Exponent was a theme of several of the plaintiffs’ witnesses. At least two of the EPA’s witnesses – Ellen Chang, ScD and Joyce Tsuji, PhD – are employed by Exponent Inc, a firm accused of paying the U.S. government to defend dangerous chemicals. Plaintiff’s witness Dr. Lamphear also called out the scientists working for Exponent as industry friendly “rent-a-white-coats.”
The apparent conflicts of interest were the topic of conversation again on Friday when FAN attorney Michael Connett cross examined the government’s witness Dr. Joyce Tsuji, a board-certified toxicologist and a Fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences, who specializes in risk assessment of chemical exposures.
Connett asked Dr. Tsuji if she has been funded by mining and smelting companies which “release arsenic into the air.” Connett also asked Tsuji if the majority of her projects have been funded by industry. Tsuji agreed that most of her work has come from industry funded sources.
The afternoon ended with plans for Dr. Tsuji to be cross examined by the plaintiff’s attorneys.
Read more at humansarefree.com
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principiascientificinternational--2020-06-19--Scots Government Blame Failed CO2 Target on Cold Weather!

I ’ m not making it up , this is a genuine headline run by the heraldscotland.com on June 16 , 2020… THE FAILURE of the Scottish Government to meet its own climate emissions target –net zero by 2045– has been blamed on the “ beast from the east ” bringing cold weather to the nation in 2018 , reads the opening lines of the article .
According to statistics published yesterday , emissions in the power sector from fossil fuels actually increased by 51 per cent to 2.6 gigawatts from 2017-2018 , with overall source emissions rising 1.5 per @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham said the annual increase is “ certainly disappointing ” and stressed that the bar has been “ intentionally been set to provide an extremely stretching pathway to net zero ” .
Cunningham put the increase in emissions from 2017 to 2018 down to “ changes to the national energy mix and freezing temperatures from the beast from the east during the early months of 2018 ” which led to “ a rise in emissions from energy supply and heating use for buildings.
” She added : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other sectors including transport , industry and agriculture , during 2018 the overall effect was a 1.5 per cent increase and we expect a substantial part of that was driven by the cold weather.
” Oh what a twisted , illogical mess these poor environmentalists have gone and made for themselves .
Rising carbon dioxide levels are delivering catastrophic heating , goes their rhetoric — yet CO2 emissions are rising because folks need to heat their homes in order to stave off the record cold .
If this warped ideology wasn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s really coming then I ’ d surely piss myself laughing .
In addition , it appears that 2019 and 2020 aren ’ t looking too hot for these delusional carbon- ( the backbone of all life ) -hating hippies either .
Chilly conditions in 2019 have tossed another spanner into the works , and now , thanks to the COVID-19 debacle , the low emission plans for the cities of Edinburgh , Glasgow , Aberdeen and Dundee have all been put on hold .
Despite all of these major setbacks , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to ending Scotland ’ s emissions contribution by 2045 ” with a 75 per cent reduction target by 2030 .
Cunningham concluded : “ Covid-19 means that our starting position has most definitely changed , but our ambitions have not .
We are committed to delivering a green recovery from this pandemic.
” In other words , the BS goes on .
And will continue to go on .
Until the returning COLD TIMES render large parts of the mid-latitudes uninhabitable and people begin burning whatever the hell they can find to keep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s book , “ No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference ” ) .
And the next spell of GLOBAL COOLING is dawning in line with historically low solar activity , cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays , and a meridional jet stream flow .
Even warm-mongering NASA agrees , in part at least , with their forecast for this upcoming solar cycle ( 25 ) seeing it as “ the weakest of the past 200 years , ” with the agency correlating previous solar shutdowns to prolonged periods of global cooling here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the facts , relocate if need be , and grow your own .
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Scots Government Blame Failed CO2 Target on Cold Weather!
Written by Cap Allon
I’m not making it up, this is a genuine headline run by the heraldscotland.com on June 16, 2020…
THE FAILURE of the Scottish Government to meet its own climate emissions target –net zero by 2045– has been blamed on the “beast from the east” bringing cold weather to the nation in 2018, reads the opening lines of the article.
According to statistics published yesterday, emissions in the power sector from fossil fuels actually increased by 51 per cent to 2.6 gigawatts from 2017-2018, with overall source emissions rising 1.5 per cent over the same period.
This is the graph run by the heraldscotland.com (I have no real idea what it means either).
Scotland’s Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham said the annual increase is “certainly disappointing” and stressed that the bar has been “intentionally been set to provide an extremely stretching pathway to net zero”.
Cunningham put the increase in emissions from 2017 to 2018 down to “changes to the national energy mix and freezing temperatures from the beast from the east during the early months of 2018” which led to “a rise in emissions from energy supply and heating use for buildings.”
She added: “While emissions reductions were seen in all other sectors including transport, industry and agriculture, during 2018 the overall effect was a 1.5 per cent increase and we expect a substantial part of that was driven by the cold weather.”
Oh what a twisted, illogical mess these poor environmentalists have gone and made for themselves. Rising carbon dioxide levels are delivering catastrophic heating, goes their rhetoric — yet CO2 emissions are rising because folks need to heat their homes in order to stave off the record cold.
If this warped ideology wasn’t restricting our ability to prepare for what’s really coming then I’d surely piss myself laughing.
In addition, it appears that 2019 and 2020 aren’t looking too hot for these delusional carbon-(the backbone of all life)-hating hippies either. Chilly conditions in 2019 have tossed another spanner into the works, and now, thanks to the COVID-19 debacle, the low emission plans for the cities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee have all been put on hold.
Despite all of these major setbacks, the Scottish Government “remains absolutely committed to ending Scotland’s emissions contribution by 2045” with a 75 per cent reduction target by 2030.
Cunningham concluded: “Covid-19 means that our starting position has most definitely changed, but our ambitions have not. We are committed to delivering a green recovery from this pandemic.”
In other words, the BS goes on.
And will continue to go on.
Until the returning COLD TIMES render large parts of the mid-latitudes uninhabitable and people begin burning whatever the hell they can find to keep themselves warm (I recommend Greta Thunberg’s book, “No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference”).
History repeats.
Earth’s climate is cyclic, never linear.
And the next spell of GLOBAL COOLING is dawning in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow.
Even warm-mongering NASA agrees, in part at least, with their forecast for this upcoming solar cycle (25) seeing it as “the weakest of the past 200 years,” with the agency correlating previous solar shutdowns to prolonged periods of global cooling here.
Prepare for the COLD — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
Read more at electroverse.net
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principiascientificinternational--2020-06-22--Video: The Fallacies of Germ Theory

Video: The Fallacies of Germ Theory

“ Had it not been for the mass selling of vaccines , Pasteur ’ s germ theory of disease would have collapsed into obscurity.
” – E. Douglas Hume Disease , viruses , vaccinations : “ I am telling the story of how it developed so that you can understand how an error turned into a fraud , a fraud into a crime , and in the industrialization of this crime , this madness that threatens all of us , all of humanity , developed.
” — “ Dr Stefan Lanka : “ Autopsy ’ s Show Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Healthy ” – https : //www.youtube.com/watch ?
v=QZv2NIuFHps “ Suppression vs Expression – An Understanding of a Fundamental Natural Health Law ” – https : //www.youtube.com/watch ?
v=dqWK6uaSN-0 “ There are no viruses .
This means there are no pathological , infectious germs floating around infecting people .
We have somatids , which are pleomorphic in nature that are actually bacteria , this is what THEY call viruses .
But they 1 ) do not infect 2 ) do not cause disease 3 ) are not living 4 ) have never been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an issue of semantics.
” — Amandha D. Vollmer – “ How to Heal Colds or Flu – Knowledge Is Power – Germs Are Not The Cause ” – https : //www.bitchute.com/video/9ah6oGYPeySw/ “ What Do You Know About Somatids ?
” – http : //www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1114728/pg1 “ The Somatid Cycle & Gaston Naessens Discussing His Somatoscope ” – https : //www.youtube.com/watch ?
v=93j8iikGNXw “ Dr Andrew Kaufman exposing the ‘ Covid-19 ’ magic trick – the sleight of hand that transformed society ” – https : //www.bitchute.com/video/TXargSbVp7E/ “ The Corona Facts Check .
Does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
The answer , astonishing to many , but easy to understand and verify : The corona virus test has no conclusive value whatsoever !
… The doctors and scientists involved have misinterpreted typical cellular components as components of a virus ” .
” – Dr. Stefan Lanka – “ The Corona Facts Check .
Does the corona virus test have any significance ?
” – http : //wissenschafftplus.de/newsletter_read_online/9c855ebb7aa4e677/ce4074265d639f68 ( perhaps use Google translate ) “ Virologist Says Measles Virus Doesn ’ t Exist – Offers 100K Reward For Anyone With Actual Evidence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ & t=4m20s Most important is 5G ’ s 60 GHz frequency as it causes the same symptoms as Corona- “ virus ” , a virus that does not exist , as well as diseases are not spread by viruses , actually they are not being spread at all .
Plandemic II : They will blame Coronavirus for all the 5G/60GHz dead in phase II of this live exercise and will vaccinate all people and throw them in concentration camps ( KZs ) .
Those who don ’ t die from 5G will die @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
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Video: The Fallacies of Germ Theory
Written by The Solari Report
“Had it not been for the mass selling of vaccines, Pasteur’s germ theory of disease would have collapsed into obscurity.” – E. Douglas Hume
Disease, viruses, vaccinations: “I am telling the story of how it developed so that you can understand how an error turned into a fraud, a fraud into a crime, and in the industrialization of this crime, this madness that threatens all of us, all of humanity, developed.” — “Dr Stefan Lanka:
Pandemic Theater – History of the Infection Theory (Part 1)” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cnlynJZLtM&t=2m57s
“Autopsy’s Show Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation – How to Keep Your Terrain Strong and Healthy” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZv2NIuFHps
“Suppression vs Expression – An Understanding of a Fundamental Natural Health Law” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqWK6uaSN-0
“There are no viruses. This means there are no pathological, infectious germs floating around infecting people. We have somatids, which are pleomorphic in nature that are actually bacteria, this is what THEY call viruses. But they 1) do not infect 2) do not cause disease 3) are not living 4) have never been isolated. So really this is simply an issue of semantics.” — Amandha D. Vollmer – “How to Heal Colds or Flu – Knowledge Is Power – Germs Are Not The Cause” –
https://www.bitchute.com/video/9ah6oGYPeySw/ “What Do You Know About Somatids?” – http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1114728/pg1 “The Somatid Cycle & Gaston Naessens Discussing His Somatoscope” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93j8iikGNXw “Dr Andrew Kaufman exposing the ‘Covid-19’ magic trick – the sleight of hand that transformed society” – https://www.bitchute.com/video/TXargSbVp7E/
“The Corona Facts Check. Does the corona virus test have any significance? The answer, astonishing to many, but easy to understand and verify: The corona virus test has no conclusive value whatsoever! … The doctors and scientists involved have misinterpreted typical cellular components as components of a virus”.” – Dr. Stefan Lanka – “The Corona Facts Check. Does the corona virus test have any significance?” –
http://wissenschafftplus.de/newsletter_read_online/9c855ebb7aa4e677/ce4074265d639f68 (perhaps use Google translate) “Virologist Says Measles Virus Doesn’t Exist – Offers 100K Reward For Anyone With Actual Evidence” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxc1adZDnJ4&t=4m20s
Most important is 5G’s 60 GHz frequency as it causes the same symptoms as Corona-“virus”, a virus that does not exist, as well as diseases are not spread by viruses, actually they are not being spread at all. Plandemic II: They will blame Coronavirus for all the 5G/60GHz dead in phase II of this live exercise and will vaccinate all people and throw them in concentration camps (KZs). Those who don’t die from 5G will die from the vaccinations and from the KZs.
Listen to the full interview at the Solari Report – solari.com
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