offguardian--2020-03-23--Italy: Only 12% of “Covid19 deaths” list Covid19 as cause

The way Italy registers deaths explains their increased coronavirus case/fatality ratio , according to one expert and a report from Italy ’ s National Institute of Health ( ISS ) .
Citing this report ( in English here ) , Professor Walter Ricciardi , scientific adviser to Italy ’ s minister of health said : The way in which we code deaths in our country is very generous in the sense that all the people who die in hospitals with the coronavirus are deemed to be dying of the coronavirus [ … ] On re-evaluation by the National Institute of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ death certificates have shown a direct causality from coronavirus , while 88 per cent of patients who have died have at least one pre-morbidity – many had two or three , ” This has been reported widely , it was even in The Telegraph , and yet no one seems to be engaging with it .
The president of the Italian Civil Protection Service actually went out of his way to remind people of the nature of Italy ’ s fatality figures in a morning briefing on 20/03 : What does this actually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ death toll figures could have been artificially inflated by up to 88 % .
If true , this would mean the total number of Italians who have actually died of Covid19 could be as low as ~700 .
Which would bring Italy , currently a statistical outlier in terms of Covid19 fatalities , well in line with the rest of the world .
It means thousands of deaths currently widely attributed to Covid19 , and being used to justify the introduction of measures equating to medical martial law , may not have died @ @ @ @ @ @ @ serious chronic co-morbidity ( cancer , heart disease etc. )
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This statistic is not a secret , or in any way controversial , it was in The Telegraph after all , but people seem to be ignoring it , or reading around it , or perhaps simply not understanding it .
We reported on these statistics a few days ago , and many people who should know better simply reacted to the headline without either reading the actual article or understanding the statistics .
Given the bill that is having its second @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is important this information is spread widely and quickly .
This information was compiled with the assistance of the Swiss Propaganda Research group , we once again recommend everybody read their site .
They are a must-read , a must-follow and a must-share .
It is the best resource for Covid19 information on the internet .

The way Italy registers deaths explains their increased coronavirus case/fatality ratio, according to one expert and a report from Italy’s National Institute of Health (ISS).
Citing this report (in English here), Professor Walter Ricciardi, scientific adviser to Italy’s minister of health said:
The way in which we code deaths in our country is very generous in the sense that all the people who die in hospitals with the coronavirus are deemed to be dying of the coronavirus […] On re-evaluation by the National Institute of Health, only 12 per cent of death certificates have shown a direct causality from coronavirus, while 88 per cent of patients who have died have at least one pre-morbidity – many had two or three,”
This has been reported widely, it was even in The Telegraph, and yet no one seems to be engaging with it.
The president of the Italian Civil Protection Service actually went out of his way to remind people of the nature of Italy’s fatality figures in a morning briefing on 20/03:
I want you to remember these people died WITH the coronavirus and not FROM the coronavirus”
What does this actually mean?
It means that the Italian death toll figures could have been artificially inflated by up to 88%. If true, this would mean the total number of Italians who have actually died of Covid19 could be as low as ~700. Which would bring Italy, currently a statistical outlier in terms of Covid19 fatalities, well in line with the rest of the world.
It means thousands of deaths currently widely attributed to Covid19, and being used to justify the introduction of measures equating to medical martial law, may not have died of covid19 at all but of their serious chronic co-morbidity (cancer, heart disease etc.).
This statistic is not a secret, or in any way controversial, it was in The Telegraph after all, but people seem to be ignoring it, or reading around it, or perhaps simply not understanding it.
We reported on these statistics a few days ago, and many people who should know better simply reacted to the headline without either reading the actual article or understanding the statistics.
Given the bill that is having its second reading in the UK parliament today, it is important this information is spread widely and quickly.
This information was compiled with the assistance of the Swiss Propaganda Research group, we once again recommend everybody read their site. They are a must-read, a must-follow and a must-share. It is the best resource for Covid19 information on the internet.


offguardian--2020-04-16--Covid19: criminalising & pathologising dissent

It ’ s the 14th century .
The Black Death is surging through Europe .
One third of the total population is dead or dying .
One in three people .
Dead or dying .
Everyone knows someone who is sick .
Everyone has lost someone .
Whole families have been wiped out .
There are not enough living and healthy to get in the harvest , which rots in the fields .
One morning , as you leave your cottage to get some water from the well for you and your one surviving child you see a stranger in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ robed in tawdry rags and speaking to anyone who will listen .
“ This plague is a lie ” , he says , “ it ’ s nothing but the normal winter fever , and you have nothing to fear ” .
“ Don ’ t be a fool ” , you reply .
“ The winter fever doesn ’ t carry off a third of my village and all but one of my children .
The winter fever doesn ’ t cause strange swellings and festerings and a cough that no one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ walk on to the well , get your water and go home , ignoring him .
And everyone else in the village ignores him too .
As does the Lord of the Manor .
Because this man is obviously crazed .
Let him babble his nonsense for as long as he pleases , it can ’ t change the experiential reality of your lives .
You know the Black Death is real and new and something to be uniquely feared .
You have seen it with your own eyes .
Now suppose it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or dimension .
And the Lord of the Manor conceives some poorly formed idea that the people he rules are out of control , too numerous , too lax – it doesn ’ t matter what his reasoning is .
He wants them under tighter control , he wants them more reliant on him for food and hope .
He sees profit for himself , or increased power .
Or he truly believes he is saving the people from themselves .
So he announces that this year ’ s winter fever is something @ @ @ @ @ @ @ third of the population if people don ’ t do as he says .
Maybe he ’ s lying .
Maybe he believes it .
Maybe that part doesn ’ t matter .
Stay home , he says , let the harvest rot in the fields .
If you go out you will die .
I will send you food from my granary .
I will save you .
So people stay home and let the harvest rot and get their allowance of food from the Lord ’ s granary , which turns @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
One day you go out to get water for your seven healthy , but quite hungry , children , and you see a stranger on the village green .
“ This plague is a lie ” , he says , “ it ’ s nothing but the normal winter fever , and you have nothing to fear ” .
You pause , and listen .
And you think…wait a minute , I haven ’ t seen anyone die of this plague , except old Master Wyvern , who was eight and eighty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do you do ?
More importantly , what does the Lord of the Manor do ?
I suggest the Lord of the Manor will send his men to remove the stranger ASAP .
And if you say a word about the doubt seeded in your mind , you will soon be removed too .
A tawdry stranger claiming the plague is a lie can be safely ignored while the plague is obviously real .
But once the plague is or even might be a lie that stranger becomes a threat , and he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people hear him .
With that in mind , let ’ s think about the rash of government action to silence or criminalise those spreading ‘ misinformation ’ about SARS-COV2 and its effect .
What exactly are they trying to silence , and why ?
Here ’ s what the UK government says about that , in their bulletin reassuringly titled Government cracks down on spread of false coronavirus information online Well , that ’ s quite a broad spectrum isn ’ t it .
We could probably do with some more detail @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they mean by “ purported experts ” ?
Sadly , the bulletin doesn ’ t go into much detail , or offer any examples to clarify who or what they mean .
Here it is in full so you can judge for yourselves : Specialist units across government are working at pace to combat false and misleading narratives about coronavirus , ensuring the public has the right information to protect themselves and save lives .
The Rapid Response Unit , operating from within the Cabinet Office and No10 , is tackling a range @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ experts ’ issuing dangerous misinformation to criminal fraudsters running phishing scams .
Up to 70 incidents a week , often false narratives containing multiple misleading claims , are being identified and resolved .
The successful ‘ Don ’ t Feed the Beast ’ public information campaign will also relaunch next week , to empower people to question what they read online .
“ We need people to follow expert medical advice and stay at home , protect the NHS and save lives .
It is vital that this message hits home and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is knocked down quickly .
“ We ’ re working with social media companies , and I ’ ll be pressing them this week for further action to stem the spread of falsehoods and rumours which could cost lives .
When false narratives are identified , the government ’ s Rapid Response Unit coordinates with departments across Whitehall to deploy the appropriate response .
This can include a direct rebuttal on social media , working with platforms to remove harmful content and ensuring public health campaigns are promoted through reliable sources .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into the wider Counter Disinformation Cell led by the Department for Digital , Culture , Media and Sport , made up of experts from across government and in the tech sector .
The Cell is engaging with social media platforms and with disinformation specialists from civil society and academia , to establish a comprehensive overview of the extent , scope and impact of disinformation related to coronavirus .
The Culture Secretary will be contacting social media companies this week to thank them for their good efforts to date , assess the progress made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be put in place to ensure accurate , honest information consistently reaches users of their platforms .
“ Holding your breath for ten seconds is not a test for coronavirus and gargling water for 15 seconds is not a cure – this is the kind of false advice we have seen coming from sources claiming to be medical experts .
“ That is why government communicators are working in tandem with health bodies to promote official medical advice , rebut false narratives and clamp down on criminals seeking to exploit public concern during @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can also help with this effort , so today we implore them to take some simple steps before sharing information online , such as always reading beyond the headline and scrutinising the source .
The public can help stop the spread of potentially dangerous or false stories circulating online by following official government guidance – the ‘ SHARE ’ checklist ( see further information ) .
This includes basic but essential advice such as checking the source of a story and analysing the facts before sharing .
Certain states routinely use disinformation as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is also stepping up its efforts to share its assessments on coronavirus disinformation with international partners .
Working collaboratively has already helped make the UK safer , providing ourselves and our allies with a better understanding of how different techniques are used as part of malicious information operations – and how to protect against those techniques more effectively .
These measures follow recent advice from the National Cyber Security Centre , which revealed a range of attacks being perpetrated online by cyber criminals seeking to exploit coronavirus earlier this month .
This included @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with suspicious emails related to coronavirus , as well as mitigate and defend against malware and ransomware .
A similarly vague and non-specific claim of ‘ malicious ’ misinformation and opportunistic scammers is referred to in the article linked in this tweet : Apparently , in all this mass of Newspeak , the only actual piece of ‘ misinformation ’ anyone can find to refute is some alleged claim that ‘ holding your breath for 10 seconds ’ is a test for the coronavirus , and gargling water for fifteen minutes is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whole unit to contain a few bits of nonsense like that ?
What are they even trying to combat ?
Their own data and public statements which say covid19 is mild to harmless for most people ?
Real ( not “ purported ” ) experts such as Ioannidis who have offered rational analyses of that data ?
No one denies SARS-COV2 is symptomless or produces a mild cold-like illness in 80 % of infected people ( some estimates put that number as high as 99 % ) .
No-one denies it .
Quite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
If you know where to look .
The WHO says it .
The BBC says it .
Most government websites say it , over and over and over again .
They have to admit this , even while they simultaneously promote panic memes in defiance of these facts .
Because it is overwhelmingly and obviously true .
So , they say it , quietly , while simultaneously shrieking “ be afraid !
” in hopes the screaming will blind us all to the facts .
This is the fundamental weakness that needs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ questioning the fear .
So far this strategy has worked well , to the extent most people seem convinced the “ science ” supports the panic memes , and anyone taking up our position on this issue is described as ‘ doubting the science ’ .
We are questioning the rationale for the panic .
And we are doing that with science and expert opinion .
We remind our readers repeatedly that the data is what supports or refutes the panic memes , not our opinions , or those of any other non-qualified @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those uncritically promoting irrational and poorly sourced fear of this coronavirus .
Major real world physical threats don ’ t need PR departments and censorship to convince people of their danger .
They don ’ t need falsely inflated fatality stats achieved by flagrant manipulation of the data .
The Lord of the Manor only feels the need to lock up the stranger on the village green if the plague is more lie than truth .

Catte Black
Let’s start with a little thought experiment.
It’s the 14th century. The Black Death is surging through Europe. One third of the total population is dead or dying.
One in three people. Dead or dying.
Everyone knows someone who is sick. Everyone has lost someone. Whole families have been wiped out. There are not enough living and healthy to get in the harvest, which rots in the fields.
One morning, as you leave your cottage to get some water from the well for you and your one surviving child you see a stranger in the middle of the village green, robed in tawdry rags and speaking to anyone who will listen.
“This plague is a lie”, he says, “it’s nothing but the normal winter fever, and you have nothing to fear”.
“Don’t be a fool”, you reply. “The winter fever doesn’t carry off a third of my village and all but one of my children. The winter fever doesn’t cause strange swellings and festerings and a cough that no one can live through”.
And you walk on to the well, get your water and go home, ignoring him.
And everyone else in the village ignores him too. As does the Lord of the Manor.
Because this man is obviously crazed. Let him babble his nonsense for as long as he pleases, it can’t change the experiential reality of your lives. You know the Black Death is real and new and something to be uniquely feared. You have seen it with your own eyes.
Now suppose it’s some other time or place or dimension. And the Lord of the Manor conceives some poorly formed idea that the people he rules are out of control, too numerous, too lax – it doesn’t matter what his reasoning is. He wants them under tighter control, he wants them more reliant on him for food and hope. He sees profit for himself, or increased power. Or he truly believes he is saving the people from themselves.
So he announces that this year’s winter fever is something new and deadly that will kill a third of the population if people don’t do as he says.
Maybe he’s lying. Maybe he believes it. Maybe that part doesn’t matter.
Stay home, he says, let the harvest rot in the fields. If you go out you will die. I will send you food from my granary. I will save you.
So people stay home and let the harvest rot and get their allowance of food from the Lord’s granary, which turns out not to be quite enough actually.
One day you go out to get water for your seven healthy, but quite hungry, children, and you see a stranger on the village green.
“This plague is a lie”, he says, “it’s nothing but the normal winter fever, and you have nothing to fear”.
You pause, and listen. And you think…wait a minute, I haven’t seen anyone die of this plague, except old Master Wyvern, who was eight and eighty, and sick with consumption…
Now what do you do?
More importantly, what does the Lord of the Manor do?
I suggest the Lord of the Manor will send his men to remove the stranger ASAP. And if you say a word about the doubt seeded in your mind, you will soon be removed too.
A tawdry stranger claiming the plague is a lie can be safely ignored while the plague is obviously real. But once the plague is or even might be a lie that stranger becomes a threat, and he has to be silenced before too many people hear him.
With that in mind, let’s think about the rash of government action to silence or criminalise those spreading ‘misinformation’ about SARS-COV2 and its effect.
What exactly are they trying to silence, and why?
Here’s what the UK government says about that, in their bulletin reassuringly titled Government cracks down on spread of false coronavirus information online
The Rapid Response Unit, operating from within the Cabinet Office and No10, is tackling a range of harmful narratives online – from purported ‘experts’ issuing dangerous misinformation to criminal fraudsters running phishing scams.
Well, that’s quite a broad spectrum isn’t it. We could probably do with some more detail. What, for example, do they mean by “purported experts”?
Sadly, the bulletin doesn’t go into much detail, or offer any examples to clarify who or what they mean. Here it is in full so you can judge for yourselves:
Specialist units across government are working at pace to combat false and misleading narratives about coronavirus, ensuring the public has the right information to protect themselves and save lives. The Rapid Response Unit, operating from within the Cabinet Office and No10, is tackling a range of harmful narratives online – from purported ‘experts’ issuing dangerous misinformation to criminal fraudsters running phishing scams. Up to 70 incidents a week, often false narratives containing multiple misleading claims, are being identified and resolved. The successful ‘Don’t Feed the Beast’ public information campaign will also relaunch next week, to empower people to question what they read online. Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said: “We need people to follow expert medical advice and stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives. It is vital that this message hits home and that misinformation and disinformation which undermines it is knocked down quickly. “We’re working with social media companies, and I’ll be pressing them this week for further action to stem the spread of falsehoods and rumours which could cost lives. When false narratives are identified, the government’s Rapid Response Unit coordinates with departments across Whitehall to deploy the appropriate response. This can include a direct rebuttal on social media, working with platforms to remove harmful content and ensuring public health campaigns are promoted through reliable sources. The unit is one of the teams feeding into the wider Counter Disinformation Cell led by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, made up of experts from across government and in the tech sector. The Cell is engaging with social media platforms and with disinformation specialists from civil society and academia, to establish a comprehensive overview of the extent, scope and impact of disinformation related to coronavirus. The Culture Secretary will be contacting social media companies this week to thank them for their good efforts to date, assess the progress made and discuss what other potential measures can be put in place to ensure accurate, honest information consistently reaches users of their platforms. Penny Mordaunt, Paymaster General said: “Holding your breath for ten seconds is not a test for coronavirus and gargling water for 15 seconds is not a cure – this is the kind of false advice we have seen coming from sources claiming to be medical experts. “That is why government communicators are working in tandem with health bodies to promote official medical advice, rebut false narratives and clamp down on criminals seeking to exploit public concern during this pandemic. “But the public can also help with this effort, so today we implore them to take some simple steps before sharing information online, such as always reading beyond the headline and scrutinising the source. The public can help stop the spread of potentially dangerous or false stories circulating online by following official government guidance – the ‘SHARE’ checklist (see further information). This includes basic but essential advice such as checking the source of a story and analysing the facts before sharing. Certain states routinely use disinformation as a policy tool, so the government is also stepping up its efforts to share its assessments on coronavirus disinformation with international partners. Working collaboratively has already helped make the UK safer, providing ourselves and our allies with a better understanding of how different techniques are used as part of malicious information operations – and how to protect against those techniques more effectively. These measures follow recent advice from the National Cyber Security Centre, which revealed a range of attacks being perpetrated online by cyber criminals seeking to exploit coronavirus earlier this month. This included guidance on how to spot and deal with suspicious emails related to coronavirus, as well as mitigate and defend against malware and ransomware.
A similarly vague and non-specific claim of ‘malicious’ misinformation and opportunistic scammers is referred to in the article linked in this tweet:
Apparently, in all this mass of Newspeak, the only actual piece of ‘misinformation’ anyone can find to refute is some alleged claim that ‘holding your breath for 10 seconds’ is a test for the coronavirus, and gargling water for fifteen minutes is a cure. Do they really need a whole unit to contain a few bits of nonsense like that?
What are they even trying to combat? Their own data and public statements which say covid19 is mild to harmless for most people? Real (not “purported”) experts such as Ioannidis who have offered rational analyses of that data?
No one denies SARS-COV2 is symptomless or produces a mild cold-like illness in 80% of infected people (some estimates put that number as high as 99%).
No-one denies it. Quite the contrary. They all say it. If you know where to look.
The WHO says it. The BBC says it. Most government websites say it, over and over and over again.
They have to admit this, even while they simultaneously promote panic memes in defiance of these facts. Because it is overwhelmingly and obviously true.
So, they say it, quietly, while simultaneously shrieking “be afraid!” in hopes the screaming will blind us all to the facts.
This is the fundamental weakness that needs to be protected by deterring people from questioning the fear.
So far this strategy has worked well, to the extent most people seem convinced the “science” supports the panic memes, and anyone taking up our position on this issue is described as ‘doubting the science’.
Let’s dispel this.
We are questioning the rationale for the panic. And we are doing that with science and expert opinion.
We remind our readers repeatedly that the data is what supports or refutes the panic memes, not our opinions, or those of any other non-qualified commentators.
The anti-science is coming from those uncritically promoting irrational and poorly sourced fear of this coronavirus.
Major real world physical threats don’t need PR departments and censorship to convince people of their danger. They don’t need falsely inflated fatality stats achieved by flagrant manipulation of the data.
The Lord of the Manor only feels the need to lock up the stranger on the village green if the plague is more lie than truth.


offguardian--2020-04-17--8 MORE Experts Questioning the Coronavirus Panic

Our third batch of Medical experts dissenting from the media/political “ consensus ” .
Dr John Lee is an English consultant histopathologist at Rotherham General Hospital and formerly clinical professor of pathology at Hull York Medical School .
He is most notable to the wider public as co-presenter ( with Gunther von Hagens ) of Anatomy for Beginners ( screened in the UK on Channel 4 in 2005 ) , Autopsy : Life and Death ( Channel 4 , 2006 ) and Autopsy : Emergency Room ( Channel 4 , 2007 ) .
What he says : But there ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ problem : the way that deaths are recorded .
If someone dies of a respiratory infection in the UK , the specific cause of the infection is not usually recorded , unless the illness is a rare ‘ notifiable disease ’ .
So the vast majority of respiratory deaths in the UK are recorded as bronchopneumonia , pneumonia , old age or a similar designation .
We don ’ t really test for flu , or other seasonal infections .
If the patient has , say , cancer , motor neurone disease or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recorded as the cause of death , even if the final illness was a respiratory infection .
This means UK certifications normally under-record deaths due to respiratory infections .
Now look at what has happened since the emergence of Covid-19 .
The list of notifiable diseases has been updated .
This list — as well as containing smallpox ( which has been extinct for many years ) and conditions such as anthrax , brucellosis , plague and rabies ( which most UK doctors will never see in their entire careers ) — has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But not flu .
That means every positive test for Covid-19 must be notified , in a way that it just would not be for flu or most other infections .
– How deadly is the coronavirus ?
It ’ s still far from clear , The Specator , 28th March 2020 < Few tests have been carried out in patients with mild symptoms .
This means that the number of positive tests will be far lower than the number of people who have had the disease .
Sir Patrick Vallance , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been trying to stress this .
He suggested that the real figure for the number of cases could be 10 to 20 times higher than the official figure .
If he ’ s right , the headline death rate due to this virus will be 10 to 20 times lower than it appears to be from the published figures .
The distinction between dying ‘ with ’ Covid-19 and dying ‘ due to ’ Covid-19 is not just splitting hairs .
Consider some examples : an 87-year-old woman with dementia in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ metastatic bladder cancer ; a 29-year-old man with leukaemia treated with chemotherapy ; a 46-year-old woman with motor neurone disease for 2 years .
All develop chest infections and die .
All test positive for Covid-19 .
Yet all were vulnerable to death by chest infection from any infective cause ( including the flu ) .
– How to understand & report figures for ‘ Covid deaths ’ , The Spectator , 29th March 2020 Dr. John Oxford is an English virologist and Professor at Queen Mary , University of London .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ including bird flu and the 1918 Spanish Influenza , and HIV/AIDS .
What he says : Prof Knut Wittkowski is German-American researcher and professor of epidemiology .
He worked for 15 on the Epidemiology of HIV before heading for 20 years the Department of Biostatistics , Epidemiology , and Research Design at The Rockefeller University , New York .
What he says : With all respiratory diseases , the only thing that stops the disease is herd immunity .
About 80 % of the people need to have had contact with the virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t even have recognized that they were infected , or they had very , very mild symptoms , especially if they are children .
So , it ’ s very important to keep the schools open and kids mingling to spread the virus to get herd immunity as fast as possible .
[ … ] We are experiencing all sorts of counterproductive consequences of not well-thought-through policy [ … ] I have been an epidemiologist for 35 years , and I have been modeling epidemics for 35 years .
It ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help people to understand , but it ’ s a struggle to get heard .
Dr Klaus Püschel is German forensic pathologist and former professor of forensics at Essen University and current director of the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf .
He has worked on many noteworthy autopsies , as well high-profile forensic archaeological studies .
Contrary to the guidelines of the Robert Koch Institute , his office in Hamburg has started to differentiate between deaths with and from coronavirus , which led to a decrease in Covid19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus influences our lives in a completely excessive way .
This is disproportionate to the danger posed by the virus .
And the astronomical economic damage now being caused is not commensurate with the danger posed by the virus .
I am convinced that the Corona mortality rate will not even show up as a peak in annual mortality .
All those we have examined so far had cancer , a chronic lung disease , were heavy smokers or severely obese , suffered from diabetes or had a cardiovascular disease .
The virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ camel ’ s back , so to speak [ … ] Covid-19 is a fatal disease only in exceptional cases , but in most cases it is a predominantly harmless viral infection .
In quite a few cases , we have also found that the current corona infection has nothing whatsoever to do with the fatal outcome because other causes of death are present , for example , a brain haemorrhage or a heart attack .
[ Covid19 is ] not particularly dangerous viral disease [ … ] All speculations about individual deaths @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fuel anxiety .
Dr Alexander Kekulé is a German doctor and biochemist .
He has held the Chair for Medical Microbiology and Virology at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg since 1999 and is the current Director of the Institute for Medical Microbiology at the University Hospital Halle .
What he says : It ’ s impossible to wait for a vaccine [ … ] The quickest we could have a vaccine ready is in six months .
Based on experience , I ’ d say the reality is closer to a year .
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ six months to a year .
If we did that our society and our culture would be ruined .
[ … ] People under 50 are very , very unlikely to die or get seriously ill from the coronavirus .
We have to let them get infected so they can develop immunity .
– “ ‘ Infect the young and isolate those at risk ’ – One German scientist ’ s plan to end the lockdown ” , The Telegraph , 11th April 2020 Dr Claus Köhnlein is a German Internist based in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mania What he says : [ The coronvirus test ] is a PCA-based test , where false positives are programmed in .
Half of [ the positive tests ] could be wrong .
PCA tests often show false positives .
You can ask professor Gigerenzer in Berlin about this problem area .
The tests are very sensitive .
If you have only one molecule of something , the test can show positive .
That doesn ’ t mean the patient is sick , or that he has the coronavirus ; it doesn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wholly on these tests .
At the moment one can ’ t say how high the mortality rate really is , we need significantly more testing and significantly more sick or deceased people .
It is too soon .
But the spreading panic is in large parts founded on new from Italy .
And nowadays one doesn ’ t know how much of it is fake news .
I have seen Italian doctors online , where I have compelling suspicions something isn ’ t right with what they say .
I am a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a new disease on the horizon .
If you took away the test , life would go on as before , there wouldn ’ t be anything to see .
Dr Gérard Krause is head the Department for Epidemiology at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection in Braunschweig , director of the Institute for Infectious Disease Epidemiology at TWINCORE in Hannover and Chair of the PhD Program Epidemiology at the Hannover Medical School .
He also coordinates the Translational Infrastructure Epidemiology at the German Centre for Infection Research ( DZIF ) .
What he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ serious social measures as short and as low as possible , because they could potentially cause more illnesses and deaths than the coronavirus itself .
Although my focus is on infectious diseases , I believe that it is imperative that we consider the impact on other areas of health and society .
We as a society must not focus solely on the victims of the corona virus .
We know that unemployment , for example , causes illness and even increased mortality .
It can also drive people into suicide .
Restricting freedom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ further negative impact on public health .
It is not so easy to calculate such consequences directly , but they still happen and they can possibly be more serious than the consequences of the infections themselves .
Dr Gerd Gigerenzer is a German psychologist , professor of psychology and Director of the Harding Center for Risk Literacy at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin .
What he says : The 2009 swine flu epidemic killed hundreds of thousands , mostly in Africa and Southeast Asia .
But in Europe , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the media updated the death toll and the number of suspected cases on a daily basis .
In the United Kingdom , the government predicted that as many as 65,000 citizens might die from the disease .
In the end , fewer than 500 died .
Predictably , such daily accounting triggered fear and led politicians to make hasty , ill-advised decisions – such as stockpiling medication – without examining the evidence .
Predictably , such daily accounting triggered fear and led politicians to make hasty , ill-advised decisions – such as stockpiling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ All eyes were focused on the new , unknown virus , and not on protecting people from more lethal threats , such as seasonal influenza , which in 2009 killed orders of magnitude more people than swine flu .
It still does – as would be clear if the media bombarded us with hourly updates of the flu-related death toll .
Similarly , millions of people , particularly in developing countries , die from malaria and tuberculosis each year .
And in the United States alone , hospital-acquired infections kill some 99,000 patients @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get next to no attention .
Why are we more scared of what is less likely to kill us ?
[ W ] hen swine flu spread , many governments followed the World Health Organization ’ s advice and stockpiled Tamiflu , a medication that was marketed to protect against the severe consequences of flu .
Yet , many expert advisers to the WHO had financial ties to drug manufacturers , and there is still no evidence that Tamiflu is effective .
The US wasted over $ 1 billion , and the UK @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on this medication – money that instead could have been invested in improving health care .
– Why What Does Not Kill Us Makes Us Panic , Project Syndicate , 12th March 2020 BONUS : Dr Pietro Vernazza of Switzerland was featured in our first “ experts list ” , but he has since written four more articles on various aspects of the coronavirus , including testing programs , medical masks and if closing schools may be counter-productive .
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Our third batch of Medical experts dissenting from the media/political “consensus”.
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Dr John Lee is an English consultant histopathologist at Rotherham General Hospital and formerly clinical professor of pathology at Hull York Medical School. He is most notable to the wider public as co-presenter (with Gunther von Hagens) of Anatomy for Beginners (screened in the UK on Channel 4 in 2005), Autopsy: Life and Death (Channel 4, 2006) and Autopsy: Emergency Room (Channel 4, 2007).
What he says:
But there’s another, potentially even more serious problem: the way that deaths are recorded. If someone dies of a respiratory infection in the UK, the specific cause of the infection is not usually recorded, unless the illness is a rare ‘notifiable disease’. So the vast majority of respiratory deaths in the UK are recorded as bronchopneumonia, pneumonia, old age or a similar designation. We don’t really test for flu, or other seasonal infections. If the patient has, say, cancer, motor neurone disease or another serious disease, this will be recorded as the cause of death, even if the final illness was a respiratory infection. This means UK certifications normally under-record deaths due to respiratory infections. Now look at what has happened since the emergence of Covid-19. The list of notifiable diseases has been updated. This list — as well as containing smallpox (which has been extinct for many years) and conditions such as anthrax, brucellosis, plague and rabies (which most UK doctors will never see in their entire careers) — has now been amended to include Covid-19. But not flu. That means every positive test for Covid-19 must be notified, in a way that it just would not be for flu or most other infections. – How deadly is the coronavirus? It’s still far from clear, The Specator, 28th March 2020< * Few tests have been carried out in patients with mild symptoms. This means that the number of positive tests will be far lower than the number of people who have had the disease. Sir Patrick Vallance, the government’s chief scientific adviser, has been trying to stress this. He suggested that the real figure for the number of cases could be 10 to 20 times higher than the official figure. If he’s right, the headline death rate due to this virus will be 10 to 20 times lower than it appears to be from the published figures. […] The distinction between dying ‘with’ Covid-19 and dying ‘due to’ Covid-19 is not just splitting hairs. Consider some examples: an 87-year-old woman with dementia in a nursing home; a 79-year-old man with metastatic bladder cancer; a 29-year-old man with leukaemia treated with chemotherapy; a 46-year-old woman with motor neurone disease for 2 years. All develop chest infections and die. All test positive for Covid-19. Yet all were vulnerable to death by chest infection from any infective cause (including the flu). – How to understand & report figures for ‘Covid deaths’, The Spectator, 29th March 2020
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Dr. John Oxford is an English virologist and Professor at Queen Mary, University of London. He is a leading expert on influenza, including bird flu and the 1918 Spanish Influenza, and HIV/AIDS.
What he says:
Personally, I would say the best advice is to spend less time watching TV news which is sensational and not very good. Personally, I view this Covid outbreak as akin to a bad winter influenza epidemic. In this case we have had 8000 deaths this last year in the ‘at risk’ groups viz over 65% people with heart disease etc. I do not feel this current Covid will exceed this number. We are suffering from a media epidemic! – “A VIEW FROM THE HVIVO / OPEN ORPHAN #ORPH LABORATORY”, blog post on Novus Communications website, March 31st 2020
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Prof Knut Wittkowski is German-American researcher and professor of epidemiology. He worked for 15 on the Epidemiology of HIV before heading for 20 years the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design at The Rockefeller University, New York.
What he says:
With all respiratory diseases, the only thing that stops the disease is herd immunity. About 80% of the people need to have had contact with the virus, and the majority of them won’t even have recognized that they were infected, or they had very, very mild symptoms, especially if they are children. So, it’s very important to keep the schools open and kids mingling to spread the virus to get herd immunity as fast as possible.
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We are experiencing all sorts of counterproductive consequences of not well-thought-through policy
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I have been an epidemiologist for 35 years, and I have been modeling epidemics for 35 years. It’s a pleasure to have the ability to help people to understand, but it’s a struggle to get heard.
Dr Klaus Püschel is German forensic pathologist and former professor of forensics at Essen University and current director of the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. He has worked on many noteworthy autopsies, as well high-profile forensic archaeological studies.
Contrary to the guidelines of the Robert Koch Institute, his office in Hamburg has started to differentiate between deaths with and from coronavirus, which led to a decrease in Covid19 deaths.
What he says:
This virus influences our lives in a completely excessive way. This is disproportionate to the danger posed by the virus. And the astronomical economic damage now being caused is not commensurate with the danger posed by the virus. I am convinced that the Corona mortality rate will not even show up as a peak in annual mortality. All those we have examined so far had cancer, a chronic lung disease, were heavy smokers or severely obese, suffered from diabetes or had a cardiovascular disease. The virus was the last straw that broke the camel’s back, so to speak […] Covid-19 is a fatal disease only in exceptional cases, but in most cases it is a predominantly harmless viral infection. – “Der streit ums richtige Mas”, Hamburger Morgenpost, 3rd April 2020 * In quite a few cases, we have also found that the current corona infection has nothing whatsoever to do with the fatal outcome because other causes of death are present, for example, a brain haemorrhage or a heart attack. [Covid19 is] not particularly dangerous viral disease […] All speculations about individual deaths that have not been expertly examined only fuel anxiety. – “Von den Toten lernen für die Lebenden”, Hamburger AbendBlatt, 2nd April 2020
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Dr Alexander Kekulé is a German doctor and biochemist. He has held the Chair for Medical Microbiology and Virology at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg since 1999 and is the current Director of the Institute for Medical Microbiology at the University Hospital Halle.
What he says:
It’s impossible to wait for a vaccine […] The quickest we could have a vaccine ready is in six months. Based on experience, I’d say the reality is closer to a year. We can’t stay under lockdown for six months to a year. If we did that our society and our culture would be ruined.
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People under 50 are very, very unlikely to die or get seriously ill from the coronavirus. We have to let them get infected so they can develop immunity. – “‘Infect the young and isolate those at risk’ – One German scientist’s plan to end the lockdown”, The Telegraph, 11th April 2020
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Dr Claus Köhnlein is a German Internist based in Kiel and co-author of the book Virus Mania
What he says:
[The coronavirus test] is a PCA-based test, where false positives are programmed in. Half of [the positive tests] could be wrong. PCA tests often show false positives. You can ask professor Gigerenzer in Berlin about this problem area. The tests are very sensitive. If you have only one molecule of something, the test can show positive. That doesn’t mean the patient is sick, or that he has the coronavirus; it doesn’t get isolated, but one relies wholly on these tests. At the moment one can’t say how high the mortality rate really is, we need significantly more testing and significantly more sick or deceased people. It is too soon. But the spreading panic is in large parts founded on news from Italy. And nowadays one doesn’t know how much of it is fake news. I have seen Italian doctors online, where I have compelling suspicions something isn’t right with what they say. I am a clinician and I don’t see a new disease on the horizon. If you took away the test, life would go on as before, there wouldn’t be anything to see.
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Dr Gérard Krause is head the Department for Epidemiology at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection in Braunschweig, director of the Institute for Infectious Disease Epidemiology at TWINCORE in Hannover and Chair of the PhD Program Epidemiology at the Hannover Medical School. He also coordinates the Translational Infrastructure Epidemiology at the German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF).
What he says:
We have to keep these serious social measures as short and as low as possible, because they could potentially cause more illnesses and deaths than the coronavirus itself. Although my focus is on infectious diseases, I believe that it is imperative that we consider the impact on other areas of health and society. We as a society must not focus solely on the victims of the corona virus. We know that unemployment, for example, causes illness and even increased mortality. It can also drive people into suicide. Restricting freedom of movement is likely to have a further negative impact on public health. It is not so easy to calculate such consequences directly, but they still happen and they can possibly be more serious than the consequences of the infections themselves. – Interview for zdf.de, 29th March 2020
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Dr Gerd Gigerenzer is a German psychologist, professor of psychology and Director of the Harding Center for Risk Literacy at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin.
What he says:
The 2009 swine flu epidemic killed hundreds of thousands, mostly in Africa and Southeast Asia. But in Europe, where the threat was comparatively small, the media updated the death toll and the number of suspected cases on a daily basis. In the United Kingdom, the government predicted that as many as 65,000 citizens might die from the disease. In the end, fewer than 500 died. Predictably, such daily accounting triggered fear and led politicians to make hasty, ill-advised decisions – such as stockpiling medication – without examining the evidence. All eyes were focused on the new, unknown virus, and not on protecting people from more lethal threats, such as seasonal influenza, which in 2009 killed orders of magnitude more people than swine flu. It still does – as would be clear if the media bombarded us with hourly updates of the flu-related death toll. Similarly, millions of people, particularly in developing countries, die from malaria and tuberculosis each year. And in the United States alone, hospital-acquired infections kill some 99,000 patients annually. Yet, these unlucky people get next to no attention. Why are we more scared of what is less likely to kill us? […] [W]hen swine flu spread, many governments followed the World Health Organization’s advice and stockpiled Tamiflu, a medication that was marketed to protect against the severe consequences of flu. Yet, many expert advisers to the WHO had financial ties to drug manufacturers, and there is still no evidence that Tamiflu is effective. The US wasted over $1 billion, and the UK over £400,000 ($522,000), on this medication – money that instead could have been invested in improving health care. – Why What Does Not Kill Us Makes Us Panic, Project Syndicate, 12th March 2020
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BONUS: Dr Pietro Vernazza of Switzerland was featured in our first “experts list”, but he has since written four more articles on various aspects of the coronavirus, including testing programs, medical masks and if closing schools may be counter-productive.
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offguardian--2020-04-18--On Labour, and the nature of “reports” & “leaks”

An internal Labour Party report on internal attitudes to Corbyn ’ s leadership and the “ antisemitism ” crisis on the left has just been “ leaked ” .
It ’ s not that easy to come by , so we ’ re hosting a copy here .
When the press reports on a “ leak ” , the word is carefully chosen .
“ This is secret ” , they ’ re telling us .
“ You ’ re not supposed to know this ” .
They go out of their way to make it seem that Joe Public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ curtain .
Most of the time that ’ s not the case .
In fact , most government “ leaks ” fall broadly into the category of “ fallback narrative ” .
“ Secrets ” that really serve to reinforce the loudly broadcast mainstream story .
Look at the Afghanistan Papers , a perfect example .
Widely touted as some kind of “ big reveal ” , and in reality nothing but a combination of flattering half-truths and outright lies that reinforce the idea the US went into Afghanistan for purely humanitarian reasons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Covid19 narrative , where anonymous NHS “ leakers ” reveal that doctors are mislabelling Covid deaths to keep the numbers artificially low .
This is , again , the complete opposite of the truth .
NHS guidance on death certifications means the official Covid19 death figures are likely to be “ substantial overestimates ” .
Internal reports – whether “ leaked unofficially ” , or formally published – tend to be similar .
Hundreds of pages , confirming a simple truth everyone already knows , to promote the idea of accountability and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lead .
That ’ s where you get stuff like the Chilcot Report .
An investigation which took seven years to figure out that Saddam Hussein actually didn ’ t have weapons of mass destruction .
A “ revelation ” known to literally millions of people at the time .
Nevertheless , the report ( finally ) , half-heartedly , admitted a partial truth , and that was apparently a sign that the state is somehow “ accountable ” .
Nobody involved in spreading the WMD lie was punished .
The number of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their murder , not by a million to one , but a million to zero .
Which brings us to this leaked Labour report , which combines the narrative reinforcement of a “ leak ” , with the hidden half-admission of a post mortem “ report ” .
Despite people proclaiming it ’ s damaging , it goes out of its way to declare “ the antisemitism crisis is real ” .
Which is not true .
That ’ s narrative management .
What about the admissions ?
What does it actually tell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ already know , although it is perhaps refreshing to see it finally admitted : Members of the PLP , and party bureaucrats , didn ’ t ever want Corbyn in charge of Labour , and went out of their way to undermine him and sabotage the party .
They were relieved when he narrowly lost the 2017 General Election and manipulated events to humiliate him as much as possible .
Of course , anyone with one working eye and half a working brain knew all of that already .
We ’ re not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an exercise in faux accountability .
The details provide gossip and soundbites , but nothing more .
The Labour establishment is just finally copping to something that ’ s been obvious for years .
Now we can have a few token sacrifices and then “ heal and move on ” , safe in the knowledge that the checks and balances work and everything sorts itself out in the end .
Nobody will change their mind over this .
The media , and centrists throughout the country , will tell themselves it was the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dangerously unelectable man from accidentally winning an election .
A whole bunch of liars will reluctantly tell an obvious truth , and consider themselves somehow purified .
Corbyn ’ s supporters will be outraged , but they were already outraged .
More than that , there is the death of hope .
This is a kick to the collective crotch of all those 100,000s of people who joined Labour just because of Corbyn .
The party are telling us they don ’ t want us , they don ’ t need us , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ real change…the machinery will click into gear , the wheels will turn and the movement will be extinguished .
They will break our leaders and cast us out .
Through a bastardised version of Ghandi ’ s non-violent resistance , the bureaucracy will simply render any change impossible through mass inaction .
The civil servants and Blairites and careerists will just reject the “ entryists ” like an immune response .
Movements smothered in their cradles .
Revolutionaries garotted with red tape .
And , in the end , there ’ s no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t know you ’ ve got it .
Examples have to be made , and have to be seen to be made .
Pagan chieftains put heads on spikes .
Modern tyrants release reports .
They demonstrate their power to destroy rebels , and while we don ’ t cower in fear , we do retreat into feeling defeated .
Maybe that ’ s all this is about .
Engendering some more apathy .
Making the small army of genuine leftists who dared to dream realise they have no chance , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Everything is back to normal .
Corbyn is gone .
Real Leftism is dead .
And the only thing distinguishing the leader of the Labour party from the Tory front bench is the colour of his tie and the fact he has a knighthood .
The world is as it should be .
….of course , none of that matters anymore because now the government has the power to cancel all the elections anyway .
And her Majesty ’ s loyal opposition think that ’ s just dandy .

Kit Knightly
An internal Labour Party report on internal attitudes to Corbyn’s leadership and the “antisemitism” crisis on the left has just been “leaked”. It’s not that easy to come by, so we’re hosting a copy here.
When the press reports on a “leak”, the word is carefully chosen.
“This is secret”, they’re telling us. “You’re not supposed to know this”. They go out of their way to make it seem that Joe Public is getting a taboo peek behind the curtain.
Most of the time that’s not the case. In fact, most government “leaks” fall broadly into the category of “fallback narrative”. “Secrets” that really serve to reinforce the loudly broadcast mainstream story.
Look at the Afghanistan Papers, a perfect example. Widely touted as some kind of “big reveal”, and in reality nothing but a combination of flattering half-truths and outright lies that reinforce the idea the US went into Afghanistan for purely humanitarian reasons.
Similar examples are bubbling away beneath the Covid19 narrative, where anonymous NHS “leakers” reveal that doctors are mislabelling Covid deaths to keep the numbers artificially low. This is, again, the complete opposite of the truth. NHS guidance on death certifications means the official Covid19 death figures are likely to be “substantial overestimates”.
Internal reports – whether “leaked unofficially”, or formally published – tend to be similar. Hundreds of pages, confirming a simple truth everyone already knows, to promote the idea of accountability and transparency. Reams of bloat burying the lead.
That’s where you get stuff like the Chilcot Report. An investigation which took seven years to figure out that Saddam Hussein actually didn’t have weapons of mass destruction. A “revelation” known to literally millions of people at the time.
Nevertheless, the report (finally), half-heartedly, admitted a partial truth, and that was apparently a sign that the state is somehow “accountable”. Nobody involved in spreading the WMD lie was punished. The number of Iraqi dead outnumber the people convicted of their murder, not by a million to one, but a million to zero.
Which brings us to this leaked Labour report, which combines the narrative reinforcement of a “leak”, with the hidden half-admission of a post mortem “report”.
Despite people proclaiming it’s damaging, it goes out of its way to declare “the antisemitism crisis is real”. Which is not true. That’s narrative management.
What about the admissions? What does it actually tell us?
Nothing we don’t already know, although it is perhaps refreshing to see it finally admitted:
[Labour HQ] openly worked against the aims and objectives of the leadership of the Party, and in the 2017 general election some key staff even appeared to work against the Party’s core objective of winning elections.
Members of the PLP, and party bureaucrats, didn’t ever want Corbyn in charge of Labour, and went out of their way to undermine him and sabotage the party. They were relieved when he narrowly lost the 2017 General Election and manipulated events to humiliate him as much as possible.
Of course, anyone with one working eye and half a working brain knew all of that already. We’re not being told anything secret. This is an exercise in faux accountability. The details provide gossip and soundbites, but nothing more.
The Labour establishment is just finally copping to something that’s been obvious for years. Now we can have a few token sacrifices and then “heal and move on”, safe in the knowledge that the checks and balances work and everything sorts itself out in the end.
Nobody will change their mind over this.
The media, and centrists throughout the country, will tell themselves it was the right thing to do to prevent a dangerously unelectable man from accidentally winning an election. A whole bunch of liars will reluctantly tell an obvious truth, and consider themselves somehow purified.
Corbyn’s supporters will be outraged, but they were already outraged.
More than that, there is the death of hope. This is a kick to the collective crotch of all those 100,000s of people who joined Labour just because of Corbyn. The party are telling us they don’t want us, they don’t need us, and if we ever come close to real change…the machinery will click into gear, the wheels will turn and the movement will be extinguished.
They will break our leaders and cast us out.
Through a bastardised version of Ghandi’s non-violent resistance, the bureaucracy will simply render any change impossible through mass inaction. The civil servants and Blairites and careerists will just reject the “entryists” like an immune response. Movements smothered in their cradles. Revolutionaries garotted with red tape.
And, in the end, there’s no point in having that power if people don’t know you’ve got it. Examples have to be made, and have to be seen to be made.
Pagan chieftains put heads on spikes. Modern tyrants release reports. They demonstrate their power to destroy rebels, and while we don’t cower in fear, we do retreat into feeling defeated.
Maybe that’s all this is about. Engendering some more apathy. Making the small army of genuine leftists who dared to dream realise they have no chance, no power, and no say.
Everything is back to normal.
Corbyn is gone. Real Leftism is dead. And the only thing distinguishing the leader of the Labour party from the Tory front bench is the colour of his tie and the fact he has a knighthood.
The world is as it should be.
….of course, none of that matters anymore because now the government has the power to cancel all the elections anyway. And her Majesty’s loyal opposition think that’s just dandy.


offguardian--2020-04-17--Coronavirus Lockdown and What You Are Not Being Told – Part 1

We have been given a very clear narrative about the declared coronavirus pandemic .
The UK State has passed legislation , in the form of the Coronavirus Act , to compel people to self isolate and practice social distancing in order to delay the spread of SARS-CoV-2 ( SC2 ) .
We are told this “ lockdown ” , a common prison term , is essential .
We are also told that SC2 has been clearly identified to be the virus which causes the COVID 19 syndrome .
At the time of writing SC2 is said to have infected 60,733 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID 19 in the UK .
This case fatality ration ( CFR ) of 11.7 % is seemingly one of the worst in the world .
Furthermore , with just 135 people recovered , the recovery rate in the UK is inexplicably low .
Some reading this may baulk at use of words like “ seemingly ” and “ alleged ” in reference to these statistics .
The mainstream media ( MSM ) have been leading the charge to cast anyone who questions the State ’ s coronavirus narrative as putting lives at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what we are told by the State , its officials and the MSM undermines the lockdown .
The lockdown is , we are told , essential to save lives .
It is possible both to support the precautionary principle and question the lockdown .
Questioning the scientific and statistical evidence base , supposedly justifying the complete removal of our civil liberties , does not mean those doing so care nothing for their fellow citizens .
On the contrary , many of us are extremely concerned about the impact of the lockdown on everyone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people blindly support their own house arrest while attacking anyone who questions the necessity for it .
The knee jerk reaction , assuming any questioning of the lockdown demonstrates a cavalier , uncaring disregard is puerile .
Grown adults shouldn ’ t simply believe everything they are told like mindless idiots .
Critical thinking and asking questions is never “ bad ” under any circumstances whatsoever .
Only the State , with the unwavering support of its MSM propaganda operation , enforces unanimity of thought .
If a system can not withstand questioning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ foundations and probably not worth maintaining .
Yet perhaps it is what we are not told that is more telling .
Among the many things we are not told is how many lives the lockdown will ruin and end prematurely .
Are these lives irrelevant ?
We are not told the evidence for the existence of a virus called SARS-CoV-2 is highly questionable and the tests for it unreliable ; we are not told that the numbers of deaths reportedly caused by COVID 19 is statistically vague , seemingly deliberately so ; we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well within the normal range of excess winter mortality and we are not told that in previous years excess winter deaths have been higher than they are now .
We didn ’ t need to destroy the economy in response to those , far worse , periods of loss so why do we need to do so for this ?
We will look at this in more detail in Part 2 .
Before we address what we are not being told it ’ s worth looking at how the MSM is spreading disinformation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a story which absurdly alleged , without a shred of evidence , that Russia was somehow deliberately spreading disinformation about coronavirus .
It reported this uncritically , questioning nothing .
Their opening paragraph read : On March 10th the same rag reported another story about disinformation in which it was noted : The irony shouldn ’ t be overlooked .
Directly contradicting their own previous disinformation , this MSM pulp assumes we are all so stupid we won ’ t notice their perpetual spin and evidence-free claims .
The UK ’ s national @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of all the disinformation propagandists .
The sheer volume of disinformation they are pumping out is quite breathtaking .
The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights spells out what freedom of expression means .
All human beings are born free with equal dignity and rights .
All are afforded these rights without any distinction at all .
Article 19 states : The BBC , who obviously couldn ’ t care less about human rights , gleefully supported the censorship of so called conspiracy theorist David Icke .
They did so by spreading @ @ @ @ @ @ @ possible link between 5G and the spread of coronavirus .
He did not incite violence , as suggested in the BBC ’ s disinformation .
The BBC misled the public utterly when they stated : “ Conspiracy theories linking 5G signals to the coronavirus pandemic continue to spread despite there being no evidence the mobile phone signals pose a health risk.
” While I agree with the BBC that there is no evidence of a link between 5G and the apparent coronavirus , we certainly can ’ t rule it out .
Because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that there is no evidence that mobile signals pose a health risk , was a mendacious deceit .
There is a wealth of evidence of that risk .
The leading medical journal The Lancet noted these risks in 2018 : Why are the BBC so willing to mislead the public and expose them to unnecessary health harms ?
Is it deliberate or are they just shoddy journalists ?
Either way , quite clearly they are habitual pedlars of disinformation .
They appear to no better than the worst clickbait sites that have proliferated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ responsible for the majority of misinformation and disinformation circulating at the moment .
We must diligently verify every claim they make and check the evidence ourselves .
They are not to be trusted .
As the BBC quite rightly points out : STOP BEFORE YOU SHARE CHECK YOUR SOURCES The UK State has been keen to insist that we all believe their lockdown response is led by the science .
However they have cherry picked the science to roll out the lockdown and ignored the considerable scientific evidence which contradicts it .
Both @ @ @ @ @ @ @ computer models of Imperial College London ( ICL ) , predicting millions of deaths , to justify the removal of our civil liberties .
Almost as soon as the lockdown was in place the scientists , having launched their vaccine research fund raiser , downgraded their projections from an estimated 550,000 deaths in the UK to 20,000 or even lower .
Neil Furguson , the lead scientist responsible for the initial ICL report stated that they had revised the figures because of the effectiveness of the lockdown safety measures .
Claiming the lockdown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 18 months until a vaccine is found .
ICL are grant recipients of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation .
They have shown no interests at all in researching possible preventative treatments , reducing the need for a vaccine , such as hydroxychloroquine .
The initial ICL computer models were based upon unproven assumptions .
They assumed that SC2 would spread like influenza .
This was contrary to the findings of the World Health Organisation who stated both that SC2 did not appear to spread as quickly as influenza and was less virulent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 20 % infection rate , where people were exposed to SC2 in crowded settings for prolonged periods , and a 1-5 % infection rate in the community .
This was nothing like the spread of the 1918 H1N1 influenza pandemic .
However , publishing their paper on March 16th , the ICL completely ignored the WHO research which was published a month earlier and stated , without any justification whatsoever : Public Health England ( PHE ) disagreed with ICL ’ s evidence free assumptions and downgraded COVID 19 from a High Consequence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to relatively low mortality rates .
However , ignoring both the WHO and PHE , the UK and US decided only the ICL knew what they were talking about .
Cherry-picking their highly dubious research , they insisted the lockdown was necessary to “ flatten the curve ” and , in the UK , protect the NHS .
The science the State has chosen to believe is the minority view it seems .
Epidemiologists , epidemiological statisticians , microbiologists , mathematicians and many other scientists and academics the world over have repeatedly warned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thing to do .
COVID 19 , the disease supposedly caused by SC2 , is experienced as little more than a bad cough or cold by the vast majority of relatively healthy people .
Dr Knut M. Wittkowski ( Ph.D ) is among the growing number of globally renowned scientists who question what we are told by the State and its MSM .
In regard to both SC2 and COVID 19 .
“ With all respiratory diseases , the only thing that stops the disease is herd immunity .
About 80 % of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the virus .
it ’ s very important to keep the schools open and kids mingling to spread the virus to get herd immunity as fast as possible , and then the elderly people , who should be separated , and the nursing homes should be closed during that time , can come back and meet their children and grandchildren after about 4 weeks when the virus has been exterminated….If we had herd immunity now , there couldn ’ t be a second wave in autumn.
” Such scientists and academics are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yet they believe others , such as Professor Neil Ferguson and Professor Karine Lacombe without hesitation .
Perhaps it is just a coincidence that the scientists the State chooses to believe overwhelmingly appear to have close links to the globalist foundations and pharmaceutical corporations developing the vaunted coronavirus vaccine .
Are You Sure About The Coronavirus Lockdown ?
Those who reject all criticiam of the lockdown , and simply accept whatever the State tells them , presumably believe the State only has our best interests at heart and would never do anything to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to question the claims of the State can only ever be conspiracy theory .
Certainly that ’ s the message constantly reinforced by the MSM .
However , there is also plenty of evidence that the State frequently deceives the public .
We only need look to the WMD lies told to start an illegal Iraq war in 2003 to understand that the State is willing to further the interests of the powerful and cares little about lives lost in the effort .
Therefore , in the UK , it is worth recapping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the Coronavirus Act : We consent to increased State surveillance of ourselves and our family .
We are happy that we could be detained , without charge , because some state official suspects , or claims they suspect , we may be infected .
It is fine with us that we or our loved ones can be sectioned under the Mental Health Act on the recommendation of a single doctor and neither we nor they need to have the protection of a second opinion before we are locked up .
We accept @ @ @ @ @ @ @ data and fingerprints for an extended period .
We consent that jury trials are a bit of an anachronism and Judges can hear more evidence by video or even audio link .
We think its fine that the evidence required , and processes undertaken , to determine and record our or our loved one ’ s deaths can be eroded to the point where they can be registered by people with no medical or legal expertise at all .
We don ’ t think the NHS needs to adhere to practice standards or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ patients , especially older people .
We are also fine with the complete suspension of democracy in Britain .
We accept all of this based upon a unique subset of scientific opinion which , contrary to every known scientific principle , can never be questioned .
We agree with the MSM that people who question any aspect of the stories they tell us are dangerous because these people just don ’ t care if their own loved ones die .
Only true believers care about their families .
We also accept the need @ @ @ @ @ @ @ creating counter disinformation units whose purpose is to censor anything and everything which questions our firmly held beliefs .
The beliefs informed by the many of the same people doing the censoring .
I don ’ t know about you , but I remain unconvinced by the evidence I ’ ve seen so far .
I have no doubt that there is a health crisis and excess seasonal deaths , but I have seen no evidence at all that the numbers are unprecedented or unusual in any way .
Evidence we will explore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I accept that we should exercise the precautionary principle and take steps to limit the risks to the most vulnerable but I do not accept that the lockdown is the best way to go about it .
Nor do I see any necessity at all for all the other dictatorial clauses in the Coronavirus Act .
I do not consent .
If you think this will all be over soon and won ’ t get worse I ’ m afraid you may be disappointing .
The UK state have based this lockdown on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Here ’ s another one of the ICL ’ s recommendations : There is nothing to suggest this isn ’ t the intention of the State .
Certainly voices in the U.S. are already indicating their desire for an 18 month lockdown .
Apparently taking their cue directly from the discredited ICL report and steadfastly ignoring everything else .
Nor should we assume the draconian powers seized by the state won ’ t get worse .
Most of this response is being driven by globalist policy emanating , on this occasion , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the daily WHO press briefing on the March 30th Dr. Michael Ryan , Executive Director of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme , said : Given that we now live in a de facto dictatorship there ’ s no reason to believe that states across the globe won ’ t use this as justification to start removing people from their homes .
My hope is that sense will prevail and , as it becomes clear the pandemic is waning , public pressure will mount to repeal this dictatorial legislation .
However , given @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on social media over the last two weeks , the panic buying and attacks upon anyone questioning the State ’ s narrative , it seems many people are so frightened they desperately need to believe the State is trying to save them .
This fear is based upon apparent ignorance of the economic severity of the lockdown and the monumental health risk it poses .
People don ’ t seem to want to know there is considerable doubt the Coronavirus Act is even legal in international law .
There is also doubt that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statistics we are given may well be based upon tests that can ’ t identify it anyway .
There is evidence that the statistics we have been given have been deliberately manipulated to exaggerate the health risk and there is no evidence these excess deaths are “ unprecedented.
” If you are among the few willing to look at this evidence I hope you will read part 2 of this article series .
Coming soon .

We have been given a very clear narrative about the declared coronavirus pandemic. The UK State has passed legislation, in the form of the Coronavirus Act, to compel people to self isolate and practice social distancing in order to delay the spread of SARS-CoV-2 (SC2). We are told this “lockdown”, a common prison term, is essential. We are also told that SC2 has been clearly identified to be the virus which causes the COVID 19 syndrome.
Necessary? Lawful?
At the time of writing SC2 is said to have infected 60,733 people with 7,097 people supposedly dying of COVID 19 in the UK. This case fatality ration (CFR) of 11.7% is seemingly one of the worst in the world. Furthermore, with just 135 people recovered, the recovery rate in the UK is inexplicably low.
Some reading this may baulk at use of words like “seemingly” and “alleged” in reference to these statistics. The mainstream media (MSM) have been leading the charge to cast anyone who questions the State’s coronavirus narrative as putting lives at risk. The claim being that questioning what we are told by the State, its officials and the MSM undermines the lockdown. The lockdown is, we are told, essential to save lives.
It is possible both to support the precautionary principle and question the lockdown. Questioning the scientific and statistical evidence base, supposedly justifying the complete removal of our civil liberties, does not mean those doing so care nothing for their fellow citizens. On the contrary, many of us are extremely concerned about the impact of the lockdown on everyone. It is desperately sad to see people blindly support their own house arrest while attacking anyone who questions the necessity for it.
Exercise? Yes / No?
The knee jerk reaction, assuming any questioning of the lockdown demonstrates a cavalier, uncaring disregard is puerile. Grown adults shouldn’t simply believe everything they are told like mindless idiots. Critical thinking and asking questions is never “bad” under any circumstances whatsoever.
Only the State, with the unwavering support of its MSM propaganda operation, enforces unanimity of thought. If a system cannot withstand questioning it suggests it is built upon shaky foundations and probably not worth maintaining. Yet perhaps it is what we are not told that is more telling.
Among the many things we are not told is how many lives the lockdown will ruin and end prematurely. Are these lives irrelevant?
We are not told the evidence for the existence of a virus called SARS-CoV-2 is highly questionable and the tests for it unreliable; we are not told that the numbers of deaths reportedly caused by COVID 19 is statistically vague, seemingly deliberately so; we are not told that these deaths are well within the normal range of excess winter mortality and we are not told that in previous years excess winter deaths have been higher than they are now.
We didn’t need to destroy the economy in response to those, far worse, periods of loss so why do we need to do so for this?
We will look at this in more detail in Part 2.
Understanding Mainstream Media Disinformation
Before we address what we are not being told it’s worth looking at how the MSM is spreading disinformation. On February 22nd one rag printed a story which absurdly alleged, without a shred of evidence, that Russia was somehow deliberately spreading disinformation about coronavirus. It reported this uncritically, questioning nothing. Their opening paragraph read:
Thousands of Russian-linked social media accounts have launched a coordinated effort to spread misinformation and alarm about coronavirus, disrupting global efforts to fight the epidemic, US officials have said.”
On March 10th the same rag reported another story about disinformation in which it was noted:
Disinformation experts say, there remains little evidence of concerted efforts to spread falsehoods about the virus, suggesting that the misleading information in circulation is spread primarily through grassroots chatter.”
The irony shouldn’t be overlooked. Directly contradicting their own previous disinformation, this MSM pulp assumes we are all so stupid we won’t notice their perpetual spin and evidence-free claims. The UK’s national broadcaster the BBC is perhaps the worst of all the disinformation propagandists. The sheer volume of disinformation they are pumping out is quite breathtaking.
The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights spells out what freedom of expression means. All human beings are born free with equal dignity and rights. All are afforded these rights without any distinction at all. Article 19 states:
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”
The BBC, who obviously couldn’t care less about human rights, gleefully supported the censorship of so called conspiracy theorist David Icke. They did so by spreading disinformation. Icke raised concerns about the possible link between 5G and the spread of coronavirus. He did not incite violence, as suggested in the BBC’s disinformation. The BBC misled the public utterly when they stated:
“Conspiracy theories linking 5G signals to the coronavirus pandemic continue to spread despite there being no evidence the mobile phone signals pose a health risk.”
While I agree with the BBC that there is no evidence of a link between 5G and the apparent coronavirus, we certainly can’t rule it out. Because the second half of their statement, that there is no evidence that mobile signals pose a health risk, was a mendacious deceit.
There is a wealth of evidence of that risk.
The leading medical journal The Lancet noted these risks in 2018:
…mounting scientific evidence suggests that prolonged exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation has serious biological and health effects.”
Why are the BBC so willing to mislead the public and expose them to unnecessary health harms? Is it deliberate or are they just shoddy journalists?
Either way, quite clearly they are habitual pedlars of disinformation. They appear to no better than the worst clickbait sites that have proliferated over recent years.
The MSM is responsible for the majority of misinformation and disinformation circulating at the moment. We must diligently verify every claim they make and check the evidence ourselves. They are not to be trusted. As the BBC quite rightly points out:
STOP BEFORE YOU SHARE
CHECK YOUR SOURCES
(If it’s the MSM check to see if they offer any evidence at all or if it’s just their opinion. If it’s their opinion ignore it. It’s almost certainly unfounded)
PAUSE IF YOU FEEL EMOTIONAL
(If you do feel emotional you have probably just been manipulated by the MSM)
“Science Led” Means Cherry Picking Science
The UK State has been keen to insist that we all believe their lockdown response is led by the science. However they have cherry picked the science to roll out the lockdown and ignored the considerable scientific evidence which contradicts it. Both the UK and U.S. governments used the computer models of Imperial College London (ICL), predicting millions of deaths, to justify the removal of our civil liberties.
Almost as soon as the lockdown was in place the scientists, having launched their vaccine research fund raiser, downgraded their projections from an estimated 550,000 deaths in the UK to 20,000 or even lower. Neil Furguson, the lead scientist responsible for the initial ICL report stated that they had revised the figures because of the effectiveness of the lockdown safety measures.
Claiming the lockdown would need to last for at least 18 months until a vaccine is found. ICL are grant recipients of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. They have shown no interests at all in researching possible preventative treatments, reducing the need for a vaccine, such as hydroxychloroquine.
The initial ICL computer models were based upon unproven assumptions. They assumed that SC2 would spread like influenza. This was contrary to the findings of the World Health Organisation who stated both that SC2 did not appear to spread as quickly as influenza and was less virulent.
The WHO found up to a 20% infection rate, where people were exposed to SC2 in crowded settings for prolonged periods, and a 1-5% infection rate in the community. This was nothing like the spread of the 1918 H1N1 influenza pandemic.
However, publishing their paper on March 16th, the ICL completely ignored the WHO research which was published a month earlier and stated, without any justification whatsoever:
COVID-19, a virus with comparable lethality to H1N1 influenza in 1918”
Dr Knut M. Wittkowski
Public Health England (PHE) disagreed with ICL’s evidence free assumptions and downgraded COVID 19 from a High Consequence Infectious Disease (HCID), due to relatively low mortality rates.
However, ignoring both the WHO and PHE, the UK and US decided only the ICL knew what they were talking about. Cherry-picking their highly dubious research, they insisted the lockdown was necessary to “flatten the curve” and, in the UK, protect the NHS.
The science the State has chosen to believe is the minority view it seems. Epidemiologists, epidemiological statisticians, microbiologists, mathematicians and many other scientists and academics the world over have repeatedly warned that the lockdown is precisely the wrong thing to do.
COVID 19, the disease supposedly caused by SC2, is experienced as little more than a bad cough or cold by the vast majority of relatively healthy people. Dr Knut M. Wittkowski (Ph.D) is among the growing number of globally renowned scientists who question what we are told by the State and its MSM. In regard to both SC2 and COVID 19.
Dr Wittkowski stated:
“With all respiratory diseases, the only thing that stops the disease is herd immunity. About 80% of the people need to have had contact with the virus. it’s very important to keep the schools open and kids mingling to spread the virus to get herd immunity as fast as possible, and then the elderly people, who should be separated, and the nursing homes should be closed during that time, can come back and meet their children and grandchildren after about 4 weeks when the virus has been exterminated….If we had herd immunity now, there couldn’t be a second wave in autumn.”
Such scientists and academics are all completely ignored by the State. Yet they believe others, such as Professor Neil Ferguson and Professor Karine Lacombe without hesitation. Perhaps it is just a coincidence that the scientists the State chooses to believe overwhelmingly appear to have close links to the globalist foundations and pharmaceutical corporations developing the vaunted coronavirus vaccine.
Are You Sure About The Coronavirus Lockdown?
Those who reject all criticiam of the lockdown, and simply accept whatever the State tells them, presumably believe the State only has our best interests at heart and would never do anything to harm us. Perhaps they believe that to question the claims of the State can only ever be conspiracy theory.
Certainly that’s the message constantly reinforced by the MSM.
However, there is also plenty of evidence that the State frequently deceives the public. We only need look to the WMD lies told to start an illegal Iraq war in 2003 to understand that the State is willing to further the interests of the powerful and cares little about lives lost in the effort.
Therefore, in the UK, it is worth recapping what it is we are consenting to with the Coronavirus Act:
We consent to increased State surveillance of ourselves and our family.
We are happy that we could be detained, without charge, because some state official suspects, or claims they suspect, we may be infected.
It is fine with us that we or our loved ones can be sectioned under the Mental Health Act on the recommendation of a single doctor and neither we nor they need to have the protection of a second opinion before we are locked up.
We accept that the state can retain our biometric data and fingerprints for an extended period.
We consent that jury trials are a bit of an anachronism and Judges can hear more evidence by video or even audio link.
We think its fine that the evidence required, and processes undertaken, to determine and record our or our loved one’s deaths can be eroded to the point where they can be registered by people with no medical or legal expertise at all.
We don’t think the NHS needs to adhere to practice standards or bother with assessing the needs of some patients, especially older people.
We are also fine with the complete suspension of democracy in Britain.
We accept all of this based upon a unique subset of scientific opinion which, contrary to every known scientific principle, can never be questioned.
We agree with the MSM that people who question any aspect of the stories they tell us are dangerous because these people just don’t care if their own loved ones die. Only true believers care about their families.
We also accept the need for the State to invest considerable resources creating counter disinformation units whose purpose is to censor anything and everything which questions our firmly held beliefs. The beliefs informed by the many of the same people doing the censoring.
Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi -world leading microbiologist
I don’t know about you, but I remain unconvinced by the evidence I’ve seen so far. I have no doubt that there is a health crisis and excess seasonal deaths, but I have seen no evidence at all that the numbers are unprecedented or unusual in any way. Evidence we will explore in greater detail in Part 2.
I accept that we should exercise the precautionary principle and take steps to limit the risks to the most vulnerable but I do not accept that the lockdown is the best way to go about it. Nor do I see any necessity at all for all the other dictatorial clauses in the Coronavirus Act. I do not consent.
If you think this will all be over soon and won’t get worse I’m afraid you may be disappointing. The UK state have based this lockdown on the scientific rubbish spewed out by ICL. Here’s another one of the ICL’s recommendations:
The major challenge of suppression is that this type of intensive intervention package – or something equivalently effective at reducing transmission – will need to be maintained until a vaccine becomes available (potentially 18 months or more).”
There is nothing to suggest this isn’t the intention of the State. Certainly voices in the U.S. are already indicating their desire for an 18 month lockdown. Apparently taking their cue directly from the discredited ICL report and steadfastly ignoring everything else. Nor should we assume the draconian powers seized by the state won’t get worse.
Most of this response is being driven by globalist policy emanating, on this occasion, from the World Health Organisation. Speaking at the daily WHO press briefing on the March 30th Dr. Michael Ryan, Executive Director of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme, said:
Lockdowns and shutdowns really should just be part of an overall comprehensive strategy…..Most of the transmission that’s actually happening in many countries now is happening in the household at family level….Now we need to go and look in families to find those people who may be sick and remove them and isolate them in a safe and dignified manner.”
Given that we now live in a de facto dictatorship there’s no reason to believe that states across the globe won’t use this as justification to start removing people from their homes. My hope is that sense will prevail and, as it becomes clear the pandemic is waning, public pressure will mount to repeal this dictatorial legislation.
However, given some of the comments I have seen on social media over the last two weeks, the panic buying and attacks upon anyone questioning the State’s narrative, it seems many people are so frightened they desperately need to believe the State is trying to save them.
This fear is based upon apparent ignorance of the economic severity of the lockdown and the monumental health risk it poses. People don’t seem to want to know there is considerable doubt the Coronavirus Act is even legal in international law. There is also doubt that SARS-CoV-2 is an identifiable virus and the statistics we are given may well be based upon tests that can’t identify it anyway. There is evidence that the statistics we have been given have been deliberately manipulated to exaggerate the health risk and there is no evidence these excess deaths are “unprecedented.”
If you are among the few willing to look at this evidence I hope you will read part 2 of this article series. Coming soon.


offguardian--2020-04-18--The disturbing developments in UK policing

A couple of days ago someone brought the following clip to our attention on Twitter : From the tannoy declarations of “ you in the blue , go home ” , to the haranguing tone , to the declarations the journalist is “ killing people ” , it ’ s all pretty disturbing .
And this is far from an isolated incident .
There was the case of the man being told he could not play with his children in his own front garden .
And the man who had his door kicked in , allegedly after his neighbours reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ confirmed exactly what happened ) .
There is the famous incident of the drone footage of people walking their dogs in the countryside , miles from other people , but nonetheless deemed to be breaking the law ( although the Home Office later confirmed there is no law against driving into the countryside to exercise ) .
The chief constable of Northhamptonshire Police even stated that his officers would soon be searching people ’ s shopping bags to ensure they were only buying “ essential items ” ( although the reaction to his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ backtrack it fairly quickly ) .
Clearly these clips are all brief , and sometimes lacking a broader context , but they create a general picture that is quite disturbing .
You combine this with the new laws , and you get what former Supreme Court Justice , Lord Sumption , called “ a hysterical slide into a police state ” and an “ irrational response driven by fear ” .
Police officers are not immune to groupthink , panic or hysteria and the tone of the press and political discourse could easily @ @ @ @ @ @ @ journalists , and ordinary members of the public , in serious danger .
If you ’ re aware of other examples , please provide them in the comments below or on social media .
It would be good to have a collection of evidence .
We have focused the question on the UK police , because one of our editors is based in the UK , but if you have examples from other countries , please feel free to include them .
This is , potentially , a global problem .

A couple of days ago someone brought the following clip to our attention on Twitter:
The other week journalist @MikeSegalov got hassled and shouted at by the police for filming an incident in a park. Here's the footage. Not a good look for the police – breaking social distancing rules by surrounding him and wrongly shouting at a journalist to go home. pic.twitter.com/BKXSXbE6Gm — Great Editor (@simonchilds13) April 16, 2020
From the tannoy declarations of “you in the blue, go home”, to the haranguing tone, to the declarations the journalist is “killing people”, it’s all pretty disturbing.
And this is far from an isolated incident.
There was the case of the man being told he could not play with his children in his own front garden.
And the man who had his door kicked in, allegedly after his neighbours reported an incident (it has never been confirmed exactly what happened).
There is the famous incident of the drone footage of people walking their dogs in the countryside, miles from other people, but nonetheless deemed to be breaking the law (although the Home Office later confirmed there is no law against driving into the countryside to exercise).
The chief constable of Northhamptonshire Police even stated that his officers would soon be searching people’s shopping bags to ensure they were only buying “essential items” (although the reaction to his statement was so strong, he did backtrack it fairly quickly).
Clearly these clips are all brief, and sometimes lacking a broader context, but they create a general picture that is quite disturbing. You combine this with the new laws, and you get what former Supreme Court Justice, Lord Sumption, called “a hysterical slide into a police state” and an “irrational response driven by fear”.
Police officers are not immune to groupthink, panic or hysteria and the tone of the press and political discourse could easily create a Crucible-like atmosphere that puts both journalists, and ordinary members of the public, in serious danger.
If you’re aware of other examples, please provide them in the comments below or on social media. It would be good to have a collection of evidence. We have focused the question on the UK police, because one of our editors is based in the UK, but if you have examples from other countries, please feel free to include them. This is, potentially, a global problem.