wakingtimes--2020-05-08--Orwellian Contact Tracing Program Begins in US, with Potential Mandatory Evacuation on Books

Orwellian Contact Tracing Program Begins in US , with Potential Mandatory Evacuation on Books has been launched according to this Ventura County ( California ) public health official Dr. Robert Levin .
In his announcement , he states that his county is beginning to go around to people ’ s homes and test them for the COVID-19 ( the fake virus that still has never been isolated , purified and 100 % proven to exist ) .
Then , if the governmental tests ( some of which have been shown to have been contaminated with coronavirus itself , and to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ find that you “ have the COVID infection ” , you will be further quarantined and isolated – including potentially being removed from your home !
This guy is actually talking about mandatory evacuation of people – kidnapping or grabbing adults and seniors !
This is in line with the ominous warning that WHO ( World Health Organization ) official Michael Ryan gave a over a month ago when he spoke of removing people from their families .
It is also in line with what several US state governors have claimed they can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ powers .
At what point are people going to say “ Enough is enough ” ?
Hiring Contact Tracing Investigators All Over the US to Hunt Down and Remove the Infected If someone didn ’ t already think we were in highly dangerous territory in terms of loss of freedom , hopefully this new announcement will arouse even the asleep , apathetic and ignorant .
The new War on Bioterror is one step closer to reality .
Here is a transcript of the video above : “ We are beginning a program today @ @ @ @ @ @ @ program which will certainly grow into something larger and larger , and that is a community contact tracing program .
We ’ ve done contact tracing all along .
A contact is a person who has been exposed to someone who we ’ ve documented to have the COVID infection .
When we find someone who has the COVID infection , those people are immediately isolated but we also work with them to figure out who their contacts were .
Luckily because you have been doing such a great job of cooperating and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ used to be there were 10 contacts at least for every patient we would find , now it looks like now there are only 2 or 3 or 4 contacts , not surprisingly , because most people have been staying away from others .
And that ’ s good news .
But the purpose of this program is to bring on people – we ’ re going to start with 10 people and we may bring on up to 50 people or even more as the program grows , and as we see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do more testing , we will find even more people who have COVID-19 , and again we will isolate every one of them , and we will find every one of their contacts , and we will make sure they stay quarantined , and we will check in with them every day .
In other words , what this program means is that we ’ re going to do a more complete job and we ’ re going to do a more meticulous job , of making it less and less possible for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ someone with COVID-19 infection .
There are ... it ’ s not just our county that ’ s bringing more people on .
There are going to be thousands of people hired who will be these contact investigators throughout the state , and this is occurring in many many other states as well , perhaps all the states in our country .
We will be giving intensive training to these people , training not only for identifying and finding contacts , but also in terms of how to be sensitive about doing it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ find more contacts , some of the people we find are going to have trouble being isolated .
For instance , if they live in a home where there ’ s only 1 bathroom , and there are 3 or 4 other people living there , and those people don ’ t have COVID infection , we ’ re not going to be able to keep the person in that home … we ’ ll be moving people like this into other kinds of housing that we have available.
” America ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bushes ) – the Clintons – are also getting involved in exploiting the coronavirus crisis .
What else would you expect ?
Bill Clinton recently spoke with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and California Governor Gavin Newsom where they discussed the idea of an “ army of tracers ” ( Cuomo ’ s words ) and using the AmeriCorps to become the new national contact tracing force .
Clinton created AmeriCorps in 1993 .
Meanwhile , Congressman John Garamendi recently introduced the bill “ Undertaking National Initiatives to Tackle Epidemic Act ” ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expand volunteer opportunities within AmeriCorps and the Federal Emergency Management Agency ” ( FEMA ) .
This article summarizes what the UNITE Act seeks to do : Can you imagine what would happen if these power-hungry control freaks got their way ?
A 500,000 strong army of tracers going door-to-door in America to hunt down the infected and forcibly remove them from their families , to isolate and re-locate them elsewhere ?
For me , this conjures up images of secret police of historically tyrannical regimes around the world , such as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NKVD , the Iranian SAVAK and the German Stasi .
And it would never come to America ?
Think again .
It ’ s happening right under our noses .
Notice how the scam runs : they create a crisis , force people out of work , destroy small businesses , then re-hire those newly unemployed to work for the government as tracers – first making people dependent and then recruiting them to enforce the agenda .
Many US states are still under a de facto , soft martial law where the US @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , even despite partial re-openings .
For example , in Hawaii , Governor David Ige issued a 6th Emergency Proclamation on April 25th 2020 .
Look at some of the “ laws ” ( not true natural law , but statutes operating under color of law ) this man is trying to invoke : “ The following emergency provisions are expressly invoked , if not already in effect upon declaration of an emergency on March 4 , 2020 : Sections 127A-12 ( a ) ( 5 ) , 127A-13 ( a ) ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) ( 7 ) , HRS , directing the Director of HIEMA and the administrators of each county emergency management agency to take appropriate actions to direct or control , as may be necessary for emergency management , the following : b .
Warnings and signals for alerts and any type of warning device , system , or method to be used in connection therewith ; c. Partial or full mobilization of personnel in advance of or in response to an actual emergency or disaster ; d. The conduct of civilians and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and vehicular traffic during , before , and after alerts , emergencies , or disasters ; e. The shutting off of water mains , gas mains , electric power connections , or suspension of other services ; and Did you catch that ?
Shutting off utilities to people !
Mandatory evacuations !
It is utterly insane .
The next page has this fantastic section ( where the government will seize control of materials and supplies , and decide how they will be distributed ) which makes one wonder whether Hawaii has just become @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , while he was busy shredding the Constitution , also decided to pave the way for mandatory vaccinations with emergency powers claiming the right to force “ compulsory immunization programs ” on people : “ §127A-13 Additional powers in an emergency period .
( a ) In the event of a state of emergency declared by the governor pursuant to section 127A-14 , the governor may exercise the following additional powers pertaining to emergency management during the emergency period : ( 1 ) Provide for and require the quarantine or segregation of persons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been exposed to any infectious , communicable , or other disease that is , in the governor ’ s opinion , dangerous to the public health and safety , or persons who are the source of other contamination , in any case where , in the governor ’ s opinion , the existing laws are not adequate to assure the public health and safety ; provide for the care and treatment of the persons ; supplement the provisions of sections 325-32 to 325-38 concerning compulsory immunization programs ; provide for the isolation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ source of contamination or is in a dangerous condition in any case where , in the governor ’ s opinion , the existing laws are not adequate to assure the public health and safety , and designate as public nuisances acts , practices , conduct , or conditions that are dangerous to the public health or safety or to property … ” James Corbett covered in this video how Orwellian the buzzphrase contact tracing even is .
It ’ s surveillance , it ’ s invasive , it ’ s a gross violation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to separate people from their families , force vaccinate them and much more .
The temperature is rising .
Humanity now faces a formidable threat .
The battle has arrived .
Will people be able to retain freedom and sovereignty in the face of this sinister and all-encompassing NWO ( New World Order ) agenda ?
It will be a race against time to see whether people can wake up fast enough to unite and repel the dark force that is orchestrating Operation Coronavirus .
Makia Freeman is the editor of The Freedom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ FaceBook here ) , writing on many aspects of truth and freedom , from exposing aspects of the worldwide conspiracy to suggesting solutions for how humanity can create a new system of peace and abundance .
Makia is on Minds , Steemit and FB .

Orwellian Contact Tracing Program Begins in US, with Potential Mandatory Evacuation on Books
Makia Freeman, Contributor
Waking Times
A community contact tracing pilot program
has been launched according to this Ventura County (California) public health official Dr. Robert Levin. In his announcement, he states that his county is beginning to go around to people’s homes and test them for the COVID-19 (the fake virus that still has never been isolated, purified and 100% proven to exist). Then, if the governmental tests (some of which have been shown to have been contaminated with coronavirus itself, and to produce over 80% false positives) find that you “have the COVID infection”, you will be further quarantined and isolated – including potentially being removed from your home! This guy is actually talking about mandatory evacuation of people – kidnapping or grabbing adults and seniors! This is in line with the ominous warning that WHO (World Health Organization) official Michael Ryan gave a over a month ago when he spoke of removing people from their families. It is also in line with what several US state governors have claimed they can do with their newly-invoked and tyrannical emergency powers. At what point are people going to say “Enough is enough”?
http://youtu.be/__olwlbyGG4
Hiring Contact Tracing Investigators All Over the US to Hunt Down and Remove the Infected
If someone didn’t already think we were in highly dangerous territory in terms of loss of freedom, hopefully this new announcement will arouse even the asleep, apathetic and ignorant. The new War on Bioterror is one step closer to reality. Here is a transcript of the video above:
“We are beginning a program today, and it’s a pilot program which will certainly grow into something larger and larger, and that is a community contact tracing program. We’ve done contact tracing all along. A contact is a person who has been exposed to someone who we’ve documented to have the COVID infection. When we find someone who has the COVID infection, those people are immediately isolated but we also work with them to figure out who their contacts were. Luckily because you have been doing such a great job of cooperating and staying indoors, staying isolated, it used to be there were 10 contacts at least for every patient we would find, now it looks like now there are only 2 or 3 or 4 contacts, not surprisingly, because most people have been staying away from others. And that’s good news. But the purpose of this program is to bring on people – we’re going to start with 10 people and we may bring on up to 50 people or even more as the program grows, and as we see the need for it. As we do more testing, we will find even more people who have COVID-19, and again we will isolate every one of them, and we will find every one of their contacts, and we will make sure they stay quarantined, and we will check in with them every day. In other words, what this program means is that we’re going to do a more complete job and we’re going to do a more meticulous job, of making it less and less possible for others in the county to run into someone with COVID-19 infection. There are ... it’s not just our county that’s bringing more people on. There are going to be thousands of people hired who will be these contact investigators throughout the state, and this is occurring in many many other states as well, perhaps all the states in our country. We will be giving intensive training to these people, training not only for identifying and finding contacts, but also in terms of how to be sensitive about doing it. We also realize that as we find more contacts, some of the people we find are going to have trouble being isolated. For instance, if they live in a home where there’s only 1 bathroom, and there are 3 or 4 other people living there, and those people don’t have COVID infection, we’re not going to be able to keep the person in that home … we’ll be moving people like this into other kinds of housing that we have available.”
Clinton Foundation Wants a National Contact Tracing Corps
America’s favorite crime family (next to the Bushes) – the Clintons – are also getting involved in exploiting the coronavirus crisis. What else would you expect? Bill Clinton recently spoke with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and California Governor Gavin Newsom where they discussed the idea of an “army of tracers” (Cuomo’s words) and using the AmeriCorps to become the new national contact tracing force. Clinton created AmeriCorps in 1993. Meanwhile, Congressman John Garamendi recently introduced the bill “Undertaking National Initiatives to Tackle Epidemic Act” (UNITE Act) which seeks to “expand volunteer opportunities within AmeriCorps and the Federal Emergency Management Agency” (FEMA). This article summarizes what the UNITE Act seeks to do:
Requires the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to prioritize activities related to coronavirus testing and contact tracing and to increase recruitment of AmeriCorps volunteers to 500,000 (approximately 75,000 currently serve). Additionally, it permanently sets the compensation floor for volunteers at 200 percent of the poverty level, roughly double what it is today.
Requires CNCS, in the selection of volunteers, to give priority consideration to unemployed veterans, others unemployed due to the coronavirus pandemic, and AmeriCorps volunteers and Peace Corps volunteers whose service involuntarily ended.
Authorizes the funds necessary to hire, train, and administer 10,000 additional FEMA Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employees (CORE) to perform contact tracing of those infected by the coronavirus, provide logistical support for the supply chain of medical equipment, and to fulfill other disaster and public health related needs.
Directs the Peace Corps to extend health benefits for evacuated Peace Corps volunteers for six months and to waive all non-medical application requirements for reenrollment of all volunteers wishing to return to the Peace Corps service after operations of the Agency resume.
Requires the Peace Corps to report to Congress on the progress of the agency’s offer to reenroll each evacuated volunteer in the Peace Corps and expeditiously return the roughly 7,300 volunteers abroad once the suspension of Peace Corps operations ends and it is safe.
Can you imagine what would happen if these power-hungry control freaks got their way? A 500,000 strong army of tracers going door-to-door in America to hunt down the infected and forcibly remove them from their families, to isolate and re-locate them elsewhere? For me, this conjures up images of secret police of historically tyrannical regimes around the world, such as the Nazi Gestapo or SS, the Soviet NKVD, the Iranian SAVAK and the German Stasi. And it would never come to America? Think again. It’s happening right under our noses. Notice how the scam runs: they create a crisis, force people out of work, destroy small businesses, then re-hire those newly unemployed to work for the government as tracers – first making people dependent and then recruiting them to enforce the agenda.
Alarming Emergency Proclamations of US Governors
Many US states are still under a de facto, soft martial law where the US Constitution and Bill of Rights are suspended, even despite partial re-openings. For example, in Hawaii, Governor David Ige issued a 6th Emergency Proclamation on April 25th 2020. Look at some of the “laws” (not true natural law, but statutes operating under color of law) this man is trying to invoke:
“The following emergency provisions are expressly invoked, if not already in effect upon declaration of an emergency on March 4, 2020: Sections 127A-12(a)(5), 127A-13(a)(6), and 127A-13(a)(7), HRS, directing the Director of HIEMA and the administrators of each county emergency management agency to take appropriate actions to direct or control, as may be necessary for emergency management, the following: a. Alerts, warnings, notifications, and activations; b. Warnings and signals for alerts and any type of warning device, system, or method to be used in connection therewith; c. Partial or full mobilization of personnel in advance of or in response to an actual emergency or disaster; d. The conduct of civilians and the movement and cessation of movement of pedestrians and vehicular traffic during, before, and after alerts, emergencies, or disasters; e. The shutting off of water mains, gas mains, electric power connections, or suspension of other services; and
f. Mandatory evacuation of the civilian population.
Did you catch that? Shutting off utilities to people! Mandatory evacuations! It is utterly insane. The next page has this fantastic section (where the government will seize control of materials and supplies, and decide how they will be distributed) which makes one wonder whether Hawaii has just become a communist command-and-control state:
“Section 127A-13(a)(8), HRS, to prevent the hoarding, waste, or destruction of materials, supplies, commodities, accommodations, facilities, and services to effectuate equitable distribution thereof, or to establish priorities therein; to investigate; and notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, to regulate or prohibit, by means of licensing, rationing, or otherwise, the storage, transportation, use, possession, maintenance, furnishing, sale, or distribution thereof, and any business or any transaction related thereto.”
Governor Ige, while he was busy shredding the Constitution, also decided to pave the way for mandatory vaccinations with emergency powers claiming the right to force “compulsory immunization programs” on people:
“§127A-13 Additional powers in an emergency period. (a) In the event of a state of emergency declared by the governor pursuant to section 127A-14, the governor may exercise the following additional powers pertaining to emergency management during the emergency period: (1) Provide for and require the quarantine or segregation of persons who are affected with or believed to have been exposed to any infectious, communicable, or other disease that is, in the governor’s opinion, dangerous to the public health and safety, or persons who are the source of other contamination, in any case where, in the governor’s opinion, the existing laws are not adequate to assure the public health and safety; provide for the care and treatment of the persons; supplement the provisions of sections 325-32 to 325-38 concerning compulsory immunization programs; provide for the isolation or closing of property which is a source of contamination or is in a dangerous condition in any case where, in the governor’s opinion, the existing laws are not adequate to assure the public health and safety, and designate as public nuisances acts, practices, conduct, or conditions that are dangerous to the public health or safety or to property …”
Final Thoughts
James Corbett covered in this video how Orwellian the buzzphrase contact tracing even is. It’s surveillance, it’s invasive, it’s a gross violation and it’s a giant scam to separate people from their families, force vaccinate them and much more. The temperature is rising. Humanity now faces a formidable threat. The battle has arrived. Will people be able to retain freedom and sovereignty in the face of this sinister and all-encompassing NWO (New World Order) agenda? It will be a race against time to see whether people can wake up fast enough to unite and repel the dark force that is orchestrating Operation Coronavirus.
About the Author
Makia Freeman is the editor of The Freedom Articles and senior researcher at ToolsForFreedom.com (FaceBook here), writing on many aspects of truth and freedom, from exposing aspects of the worldwide conspiracy to suggesting solutions for how humanity can create a new system of peace and abundance. Makia is on Minds, Steemit and FB.
Sources:
*http://www.facebook.com/CountyOfVentura/videos/2862198483900176/
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__olwlbyGG4
*http://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/cdcs-failed-coronavirus-tests-were-tainted-with-coronavirus-feds-confirm/
*http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32133832/
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT1PcxcVhRE
*http://thefreedomarticles.com/new-war-on-bioterror-everyone-suspected-carrier/
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF22EColSxc
*http://garamendi.house.gov/sites/garamendi.house.gov/files/GARAME_112_xml%202020-04-17%2018_29_34%201.pdf
*http://garamendi.house.gov/media/press-releases/garamendi-introduces-bill-create-national-testing-and-contact-tracing-workforce
*http://governor.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2004144-ATG_Sixth-Supplementary-Proclamation-for-COVID-19-distribution-signed.pdf
*http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol03_Ch0121-0200D/HRS0127A/HRS_0127A-0013.htm
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IDURYmdGeg


wakingtimes--2020-05-08--Bill Gates’ Plan to Vaccinate the World

Bill Gates’ Plan to Vaccinate the World

In January of 2010 , Bill and Melinda Gates announced a $ 10 billion pledge to usher in a decade of vaccines .
But far from an unalloyed good , the truth is that this attempt to reorient the global health economy was part of a much bigger agenda .
An agenda that would ultimately lead to greater profits for big pharma companies , greater control for the Gates Foundation over the field of global health , and greater power for Bill Gates to shape the course of the future for billions of people around the planet .
James Corbett @ @ @ @ @ @ @ producer , host , and the inspiration behind The Corbett Report , an independent , listener-supported alternative news source .
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He started The Corbett Report website in 2007 as an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , society , history , and economics .
Since then he has written , recorded and edited over 1000 hours of audio and video media for the website , including a weekly weekly podcast and several regular online video series .
Corbett also produces video reports for GRTV , the video production arm of the Centre for Research on Globalization , and BoilingFrogsPost.com , the website of noted FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds .
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Bill Gates’ Plan to Vaccinate the World
James Corbett, Guest
Waking Times
In January of 2010, Bill and Melinda Gates announced a $10 billion pledge to usher in a decade of vaccines. But far from an unalloyed good, the truth is that this attempt to reorient the global health economy was part of a much bigger agenda.
An agenda that would ultimately lead to greater profits for big pharma companies, greater control for the Gates Foundation over the field of global health, and greater power for Bill Gates to shape the course of the future for billions of people around the planet.
http://youtu.be/o7A_cMpKm6w
About the Author
James Corbett is editor, webmaster, writer, producer, host, and the inspiration behind The Corbett Report, an independent, listener-supported alternative news source. The Corbett Report operates on the principle of open source intelligence and provides podcasts, interviews, articles and videos about breaking news and important issues, from 9/11 Truth and false flag terror to the Big Brother police state, eugenics, geopolitics, the central banking fraud and more.
James has been living and working in Japan since 2004. He started The Corbett Report website in 2007 as an outlet for independent critical analysis of politics, society, history, and economics. Since then he has written, recorded and edited over 1000 hours of audio and video media for the website, including a weekly weekly podcast and several regular online video series. Corbett also produces video reports for GRTV, the video production arm of the Centre for Research on Globalization, and BoilingFrogsPost.com, the website of noted FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds. He is also an editorial writer for The International Forecaster, the weekly e-newsletter created by the late Bob Chapman.
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wakingtimes--2020-05-08--COVID: Breathing Ventilators, New York, Death Rate

A recent study from the Journal of the American Medical Association Network delivers numbers that should make you stop and think— JAMA Network , April 22 , 2020 , “ Presenting Characteristics , Comorbidities , and Outcomes Among 5700 Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 in the New York City Area ” : Well , of course , the people who were put on ventilators were the most ill patients to begin with , right ?
Perhaps .
We don ’ t know that .
In any case , the numbers are shocking .
How to explain them ?
CLUE ONE : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me the following : many older people live with chronically low oxygen levels .
This may not be ideal , but they survive .
However , when such people arrive at hospitals , doctors can misinterpret the oxygen levels , believing these are dire emergency situations—and therefore , they put the patients on ventilators .
With too much pressure , the result can be lung damage and death .
CLUE TWO : The now-famous New York ER doctor , Cameron Kyle-Sidell , at Maimonides Medical Center , has stated that standard ventilator protocol @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NY Post , April 6 : “ In another video posted Sunday , Kyle-Sidell described COVID-19…It is as if tens of thousands of my fellow New Yorkers are on a plane at 30,000 feet and the cabin pressure is slowly being let out ’ , ” he said in a video posted Tuesday.
” “ ’ These patients are slowly being starved of oxygen … and while they look like patients absolutely on the brink of death , they do not look like patients dying of pneumonia ’ .
” Sidell has said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ functioning .
That is not the problem .
Oxygen deprivation is the problem .
“ Cai noted that the… ‘ [ lung muscle in the ] COVID-19 patient works just fine .
So [ a ] ventilator is actually doing more harm to [ the ] lung…thousands of thousands [ of ] Americans ’ lives are on the line !
’ ” CLUE THREE : Money .
Insurance money .
In a phone interview , physician and Minnesota state senator , Scott Jensen , told me that hospitals , who are suffering very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Medicare to label as many patients as possible “ COVID-19 , ” and to put them on ventilators .
Jensen stated that a patient on Medicare , diagnosed with straight pneumonia , would bring a $ 4600 payment to the hospital .
The same patient , labeled “ COVID-19 pneumonia , ” would bring $ 13,000 .
And if that patient is put on a ventilator : $ 39,000 .
Result ?
Patients unnecessarily put on ventilators .
With the wrong protocol , harm and death could result .
CLUE FOUR : In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and very ill people , suffering from long-term conditions that have nothing to do with an epidemic .
They have been treated for years with toxic drugs and toxic vaccines .
They already have lung problems .
Massive propaganda about the COVID virus terrifies them .
They believe they might be “ infected.
” They ’ re also afraid their neighbors might report them to the authorities if they cough at night .
They come to hospitals .
There , in the midst of a foreign environment , they ’ re confused and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , put on ventilators , isolated from family and friends , they give up and die .
There is one more factor that has been overlooked .
It involves the “ high-altitude sickness ” in patients .
Oxygen deprivation .
Some people have explained this as an effect of the recent rollout of 5G technology .
Here , from a CDC FAQ about 2003 SARS—yes , I said 2003—is a brief quote : “ After 2 to 7 days , SARS patients may develop a dry , nonproductive cough that might be accompanied @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which the oxygen levels in the blood are low ( hypoxia ) .
” So unless the CDC is retrospectively rewriting history , straight oxygen deprivation ( hypoxia ) is not a recent development .
WebMD describes hypoxia : “ Hypoxemia ( low oxygen in your blood ) can cause hypoxia ( low oxygen in your tissues ) when your blood doesn ’ t carry enough oxygen to your tissues to meet your body ’ s needs .
The word hypoxia is sometimes used to describe both problems.
” Is anyone looking into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from drugabuse.com : “ In the U.S. , a whopping 44 people die each and every day as a result of respiratory arrest brought on by prescription opioid overdose .
The opioids depress your breathing , bring on heavy sedation and make it impossible to wake up .
What ’ s more , the opioids found in painkillers are the same ones found in heroin , which caused over 8,000 overdose deaths in 2013.
” From Medscape , there is more : “ Life-threatening breathing difficulties can occur in patients who use gabapentin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that depress the central nervous system , as well as those with underlying respiratory impairment and the elderly , the US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) warned in a drug safety communication issued today.
” 2018 estimate of deaths from opioid overdoses in New York : 3000 .
Many more people in the New York area are addicted to these drugs .
In New York State , in 2017 , the number of people discharged from hospitals , after treatment for opioid overdose or dependency : 25,000 .
In 2020 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hypoxia would be missed , because they are diagnosed with “ COVID-19 lung problems.
” Some of these people would be put on ventilators—ignoring the need to deal with their overdose , their addiction , their withdrawal—and they would die .
None of the clues I ’ ve listed requires the existence or transmission of a purported coronavirus .
Note : In the near future , I hope to publish updated information from the extraordinary environmental researcher , Jim West , who has been documenting the effects of pollution in the New York @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the author of three explosive collections , THE MATRIX REVEALED , EXIT FROM THE MATRIX , and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX , Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29thDistrict of California .
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COVID: Breathing Ventilators, New York, Death Rate
Jon Rappoport, Guest
Waking Times
A recent study from the Journal of the American Medical Association Network delivers numbers that should make you stop and think—
JAMA Network, April 22, 2020, “Presenting Characteristics, Comorbidities, and Outcomes Among 5700 Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 in the New York City Area”:
“Mortality rates for those who received mechanical ventilation in the 18-to-65 and older-than-65 age groups were 76.4% and 97.2%, respectively. Mortality rates for those in the 18-to-65 and older-than-65 age groups who did not receive mechanical ventilation were 19.8% and 26.6%, respectively.”
Well, of course, the people who were put on ventilators were the most ill patients to begin with, right? Perhaps. We don’t know that.
In any case, the numbers are shocking.
How to explain them?
I offer several clues.
CLUE ONE: A close and trusted researcher has told me the following: many older people live with chronically low oxygen levels. This may not be ideal, but they survive.
However, when such people arrive at hospitals, doctors can misinterpret the oxygen levels, believing these are dire emergency situations—and therefore, they put the patients on ventilators. With too much pressure, the result can be lung damage and death.
CLUE TWO: The now-famous New York ER doctor, Cameron Kyle-Sidell, at Maimonides Medical Center, has stated that standard ventilator protocol could be damaging and killing patients. NY Post, April 6: “In another video posted Sunday, Kyle-Sidell described COVID-19…It is as if tens of thousands of my fellow New Yorkers are on a plane at 30,000 feet and the cabin pressure is slowly being let out’,” he said in a video posted Tuesday.” “’These patients are slowly being starved of oxygen … and while they look like patients absolutely on the brink of death, they do not look like patients dying of pneumonia’.”
Sidell has said the lung muscles of these patients are functioning. That is not the problem. Oxygen deprivation is the problem.
NY Post: “James Cai, a physician assistant who was New Jersey’s first coronavirus patient, told The Post that he agreed with Kyle-Sidell’s observations and conclusions…”
“Cai noted that the… ‘[lung muscle in the] COVID-19 patient works just fine. So [a] ventilator is actually doing more harm to [the] lung…thousands of thousands [of] Americans’ lives are on the line!’” CLUE THREE: Money. Insurance money. In a phone interview, physician and Minnesota state senator, Scott Jensen, told me that hospitals, who are suffering very deep financial losses, are incentivized by Medicare to label as many patients as possible “COVID-19,” and to put them on ventilators.
Jensen stated that a patient on Medicare, diagnosed with straight pneumonia, would bring a $4600 payment to the hospital. The same patient, labeled “COVID-19 pneumonia,” would bring $13,000. And if that patient is put on a ventilator: $39,000.
Result? Patients unnecessarily put on ventilators. With the wrong protocol, harm and death could result.
CLUE FOUR: In New York, there are many elderly and very ill people, suffering from long-term conditions that have nothing to do with an epidemic. They have been treated for years with toxic drugs and toxic vaccines. They already have lung problems. Massive propaganda about the COVID virus terrifies them. They believe they might be “infected.” They’re also afraid their neighbors might report them to the authorities if they cough at night. They come to hospitals. There, in the midst of a foreign environment, they’re confused and even more scared. Diagnosed with COVID, put on ventilators, isolated from family and friends, they give up and die.
There is one more factor that has been overlooked. It involves the “high-altitude sickness” in patients. Oxygen deprivation. Some people have explained this as an effect of the recent rollout of 5G technology.
Here, from a CDC FAQ about 2003 SARS—yes, I said 2003—is a brief quote: “After 2 to 7 days, SARS patients may develop a dry, nonproductive cough that might be accompanied by or progress to a condition in which the oxygen levels in the blood are low (hypoxia).”
So unless the CDC is retrospectively rewriting history, straight oxygen deprivation (hypoxia) is not a recent development.
WebMD describes hypoxia: “Hypoxemia (low oxygen in your blood) can cause hypoxia (low oxygen in your tissues) when your blood doesn’t carry enough oxygen to your tissues to meet your body’s needs. The word hypoxia is sometimes used to describe both problems.”
WebMD lists a number of causes: asthma attack; trauma (injury); COPD; emphysema; bronchitis; pain medicines, “and other drugs that hold back breathing”; heart problems; anemia, “a low number of red blood cells, which carry oxygen.” Among the drugs that can cause the oxygen deprivation known as hypoxia? From drugabuse.com: “…opiate [opioid] drugs also slow your breathing…and in case of an overdose, your breathing is slowed to a virtually non-existent and lethal level.”
Is anyone looking into that, in New York?
More from drugabuse.com: “In the U.S., a whopping 44 people die each and every day as a result of respiratory arrest brought on by prescription opioid overdose. The opioids depress your breathing, bring on heavy sedation and make it impossible to wake up. What’s more, the opioids found in painkillers are the same ones found in heroin, which caused over 8,000 overdose deaths in 2013.” From Medscape, there is more: “Life-threatening breathing difficulties can occur in patients who use gabapentin or pregabalin with opioids or other drugs that depress the central nervous system, as well as those with underlying respiratory impairment and the elderly, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned in a drug safety communication issued today.”
2018 estimate of deaths from opioid overdoses in New York: 3000. Many more people in the New York area are addicted to these drugs. In New York State, in 2017, the number of people discharged from hospitals, after treatment for opioid overdose or dependency: 25,000.
In 2020, still more people who have developed opioid hypoxia would be missed, because they are diagnosed with “COVID-19 lung problems.” Some of these people would be put on ventilators—ignoring the need to deal with their overdose, their addiction, their withdrawal—and they would die.
New York City, opioids, heroin, severe breathing problems, hypoxia.
None of the clues I’ve listed requires the existence or transmission of a purported coronavirus.
Note: In the near future, I hope to publish updated information from the extraordinary environmental researcher, Jim West, who has been documenting the effects of pollution in the New York area for 20 years.
About the Author
Jon Rappoport is the author of three explosive collections, THE MATRIX REVEALED, EXIT FROM THE MATRIX, and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29thDistrict of California. He maintains a consulting practice for private clients, the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free emails at NoMoreFakeNews.com or OutsideTheRealityMachine.
(To read about Jon’s mega-collection, Exit From The Matrix, click here.)
SOURCES:
* http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765184
* http://nypost.com/2020/04/06/nyc-doctor-says-coronavirus-ventilator-settings-are-too-high/
* http://www.cdc.gov/sars/about/faq.html
* http://www.webmd.com/asthma/guide/hypoxia-hypoxemia#1
* http://drugabuse.com/take-my-breath-away-a-deadly-warning-about-opiates/
* http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/922932
* http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/opioid/data/pdf/nys_opioid_annual_report_2019.pdf
* http://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2020/04/12/state-senator-and-doctor-exposes-medicare-payouts-for-covid-19-patients/


wakingtimes--2020-05-11--The Brave New World of Bill Gates and Big Telecom

The Brave New World of Bill Gates and Big Telecom Robert F. Kennedy , Jr. wrote last week about Malibu police ’ s ticketing Point Dume surfers $ 1,000 apiece for using the ocean during the quarantine .
Was this merely an appalling police judgment at which we will laugh post-quarantine ?
Or does anyone else feel that this is the first wave of compliance and obedience training for something more permanent ?
Are powerful state and corporate entities using the current crisis to remove basic rights , and intensify pressures to promote vaccines and surveillance ?
Does anyone else @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on our nation ?
And finally , does anyone share my dread that Bill Gates—and his long-time associate Tony Fauci—will somehow be running our Brave New World ?
Imagine a world where the government doesn ’ t need police officers to apprehend those surfers or ticket you when you violate social distancing with your girlfriend .
Suppose that computers discover your beach trip by tracking your movements using a stream of information from your cell phone , your car , your GPS , facial recognition technology integrated with real-time surveillance from satellites , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Desk-bound prosecutors or robots will notify you of your violation by text while simultaneously withdrawing your $ 1,000 penalty in cryptocurrency from your payroll account .
Welcome to Bill Gates ’ America .
It ’ s right around the corner .
Recently , Bill Gates announced his financial support for a $ 1 billion plan to blanket Earth in video surveillance satellites .
The company , EarthNow will launch 500 satellites to live-stream monitor almost every “ corner ” of the Earth , providing instantaneous video feedback with only a one-second delay .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ its customers to include “ governments and large enterprises.
” deploying a vast array of ground-based 5G spy antennas .
Through his Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , Gates purchased 5.3 million Crown Castle shares currently worth a billion dollars .
The Foundation ’ s second-largest tech holding after Microsoft , Crown Castle owns 5G infrastructure in every major U.S. market .
It operates and leases more than 40,000 cell towers , 65,000 small cell nodes which are the central infrastructure for 5G and 75,000 route miles of fiber to every major U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your home , providing you safe , fast , wired internet , has been confiscated to connect 5G cell towers .
Big Telecom , Big Data , and Bill Gates are baiting Americans into a digital tyranny-trap with million-dollar TV ads that pretend that their multi trillion-dollar 5G investment is about faster download speeds for video games and movies .
But 5G has almost nothing to do with improving your lives ; it ’ s all about controlling your life , marketing products , and harvesting your data for Artificial Intelligence purposes .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ gold ” is data .
5G is the infrastructure for Gates ’ “ Internet of Things ” —a world where tens of billions of “ smart ” devices : cell phones , computers , automobiles , garage door openers , Apple watches , baby diapers and even our living bodies—are wirelessly interconnected to enable Big Data to gather and sell our personal information .
Gates , Elon Musk , Amazon , Facebook , and Telecom are launching the flagships for the new Gold Rush , a teeming fleet of 50,000 satellites and a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ towers to strip mine data from our smart devices .
This microwave radiation-emitting spider web will allow Big Data/Big Telecom and Big Brother to capture what happens inside and outside every person at every moment of life .
Gates will harvest , control , sort , characterize , analyze , and sell millions of terabytes of personal information from smart devices—private health data , medical records , our shopping habits , our biometric and behavioral responses to advertising , our children ’ s ability to learn , our facial expressions , and conversations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your open cell phone ’ s microphones .
His and other corporations will use these analytics to develop Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) and turn you into a predictable , easily-manipulated consuming machine .
Next time you buy a “ smart ” device , remember the device is not the product—you are .
Corporations will use Gates ’ 5G surveillance system to sell products and escalate AI capacity .
Governments will use it to transition the globe to a totalitarian singularity more despotic than Orwell ever imagined .
Silicon Valley titans like Elon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Chief Engineer Ray Kurzweil talk longingly of “ transhumanism , ” the process by which humanity will transition to become part-human , part-machine via genetic engineering and surgical implants .
Bill Gates is investing heavily to accelerate this altered reality .
His ambition to tag us all with injected subdermal vaccine data chips seems to be merely a steppingstone toward an all-encompassing surveillance state .
Microsoft has patented a sinister technology that utilizes implanted sensors to monitor body and brain activity .
It will reward compliant humans with crypto currency payments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Patent , WO |2020| 060606 has gained notoriety and the nickname “ World Order 2020 666.
” Microsoft describes this device as a “ Crypto Currency System ” and explains that it is “ capable of ” using body activity data to mine bitcoin in response to compliance with assigned tasks .
People who agree to install the Microsoft harmful wireless sensors will receive periodic “ duty ” smart phone instructions to watch a certain advertisement , listen to a specific song , walk down a specific grocery store aisle , or to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will collect data from embedded sensors that monitor brain waves , blood flow , and other body reactions .
The system will transfer cryptocurrency into the subject ’ s account after completion of the assigned task .
On the bright side , Microsoft ’ s dystopian invention should be a welcome source of income for the 40 % of Americans put out of work by periodic COVID quarantines , by Musk ’ s self-driving electronic cars , which also rely on the 5G rollout , and by Artificial Intelligence , including robots .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ give him to companies that will take away our jobs ?
Maintaining and analyzing the data collected by a 5G infrastructure require massive computers housed in major data storage complexes .
To keep control of this infrastructure , Bill Gates is building his own “ smart city ” in Arizona According to KPNX-TV , he spent $ 80 million on a 24,800-acre plot near Phoenix with the goal of turning it into a “ smart city ” where everything is interconnected via a wireless grid , including fleets of autonomous vehicles .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will mainly work in data centers .
To consolidate his control over what people hear , learn , and think , Gates bought shares in Liberty Global , one of the largest international television and Internet companies , operating in 30 countries and growing .
Gates will even control your body , your bedroom , your medicine cabinet and even women ’ s menstrual and ovulation cycles .
He invested approximately $ 18 million in MicroCHIPS , a company that among other chip-based devices , develops birth-control implant chips with wireless on/off switches @ @ @ @ @ @ @ single implant to store and precisely deliver hundreds of therapeutic doses over months or years .
The implants will be operated wirelessly by the patient to deliver medication .
Knowing of Gates ’ missionary zeal for population control , however , some customers might worry that the system could be remotely activated as well .
Gates ’ apparent conviction that God has ordained him to use technology for humanity ’ s salvation is exemplified in one of his most ambitious projects .
Gates is funding Harvard scientists to use Geoengineering to block the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ change .
That project is a template for both hubris , hypocrisy and risk .
The massive expansion of wireless use and the 5G wireless grid—for which Gates is a major player—is the most significant contributor to increased energy consumption .
The expansion of the wireless cloud between 2012–2015 was equivalent to adding 4.9 million cars to the roads .
5G is expected to exponentially increase energy use by upwards of 170 % by 2026 .
Proposing to use the wireless “ smart ” grid to combat the carbon footprint with geotechnology is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ change .
To consolidate global control , Gates has declared war on cash , and the COVID-19 lockdowns have provided governments a convenient pretext for scuttling cash as a health hazard .
Gates and his foundation are spearheading the global shift from a cash economy towards digital transactions .
Gates and Microsoft are perfectly positioned to profit from a digital payments system .
By controlling digital transactions ( and removing cash ) , Gates can control and monitor everything commercial that a country and its citizens do .
Western financial institutions—Mastercard , PayPal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ long pushed for a cashless world .
Electronic banking allows banks and financial consortiums to levy fees on every transaction .
The Digital Economy will allow the Government to monitor and scrutinize every transaction , to freeze digital accounts , and to block “ financial flows ” to punish disobedience .
Operating in a public-private partnership with government , tech billionaires will not only control the nation but will be able to micromanage the worldwide population .
Digitized currency is the ultimate instrument of social control .
After all , in a cashless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the digitized economic system .
The poor—lacking bank accounts—will suffer disproportionately .
While the lockdown is a cataclysm for the world economy , it is an opportunity for Gates .
By purchasing our devalued assets at a penny on the dollar , Gates ’ $ 100 billion might make him the world ’ s first trillionaire .
But the quarantine is also an opportunity to enlarge his power and domination .
Under Gates ’ leadership , Microsoft became known as “ The Borg ” because of his appetite for total market control @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all humanity under his boot .
His worship of technology and his megalomania threaten our freedoms , our democracy , our biology , our planet , our humanity , and our souls .
The microwave radiation used for wireless surveillance of the world is not biologically tolerable , especially for developing children .
Thousands of peer-reviewed , published studies abundantly document wireless technology ’ s profound , adverse , physical effects on humans , animals and plants .
Sickness and environmental degradation from wireless technology is already widespread .
Big Telecom control of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Gates ’ financial control of the World Health Organization have allowed a few billionaires to propagate the patent lie that wireless is safe .
Gates ’ technological dreams are not biologically sustainable .
His Tower of Babel is bound to collapse , with catastrophic impact for lesser humans .
It ’ s time to dismantle the Tower before it ’ s too late .

The Brave New World of Bill Gates and Big Telecom
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Guest
Waking Times
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. wrote last week about Malibu police’s ticketing Point Dume surfers $1,000 apiece for using the ocean during the quarantine. Was this merely an appalling police judgment at which we will laugh post-quarantine? Or does anyone else feel that this is the first wave of compliance and obedience training for something more permanent? Are powerful state and corporate entities using the current crisis to remove basic rights, and intensify pressures to promote vaccines and surveillance? Does anyone else feel the suffocating darkness of tyranny descending on our nation? And finally, does anyone share my dread that Bill Gates—and his long-time associate Tony Fauci—will somehow be running our Brave New World?
Imagine a world where the government doesn’t need police officers to apprehend those surfers or ticket you when you violate social distancing with your girlfriend. Suppose that computers discover your beach trip by tracking your movements using a stream of information from your cell phone, your car, your GPS, facial recognition technology integrated with real-time surveillance from satellites, mounted cameras, and implanted chips. Desk-bound prosecutors or robots will notify you of your violation by text while simultaneously withdrawing your $1,000 penalty in cryptocurrency from your payroll account. Welcome to Bill Gates’ America. It’s right around the corner.
5G Strategies
Recently, Bill Gates announced his financial support for a $1 billion plan to blanket Earth in video surveillance satellites. The company, EarthNow , will launch 500 satellites to live-stream monitor almost every “corner” of the Earth, providing instantaneous video feedback with only a one-second delay. According to Wikipedia, the company expects its customers to include “governments and large enterprises.” 5G Antennas deploying a vast array of ground-based 5G spy antennas. Through his Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Gates purchased 5.3 million Crown Castle shares currently worth a billion dollars. The Foundation’s second-largest tech holding after Microsoft, Crown Castle owns 5G infrastructure in every major U.S. market. It operates and leases more than 40,000 cell towers, 65,000 small cell nodes which are the central infrastructure for 5G and 75,000 route miles of fiber to every major U.S. market that, instead of going to your home, providing you safe, fast, wired internet, has been confiscated to connect 5G cell towers.
… 5G has almost nothing to do with improving your lives; it’s all about controlling your life, marketing products, and harvesting your data for Artificial Intelligence purposes.
Data Mining
Big Telecom, Big Data, and Bill Gates are baiting Americans into a digital tyranny-trap with million-dollar TV ads that pretend that their multi trillion-dollar 5G investment is about faster download speeds for video games and movies. But 5G has almost nothing to do with improving your lives; it’s all about controlling your life, marketing products, and harvesting your data for Artificial Intelligence purposes. The 21st century’s “black gold” is data. 5G is the infrastructure for Gates’ “Internet of Things”—a world where tens of billions of “smart” devices: cell phones, computers, automobiles, garage door openers, Apple watches, baby diapers and even our living bodies—are wirelessly interconnected to enable Big Data to gather and sell our personal information.
Gates, Elon Musk, Amazon, Facebook, and Telecom are launching the flagships for the new Gold Rush, a teeming fleet of 50,000 satellites and a network of 2,000,000 ground antennas and cell towers to strip mine data from our smart devices. This microwave radiation-emitting spider web will allow Big Data/Big Telecom and Big Brother to capture what happens inside and outside every person at every moment of life. Gates will harvest, control, sort, characterize, analyze, and sell millions of terabytes of personal information from smart devices—private health data, medical records, our shopping habits, our biometric and behavioral responses to advertising, our children’s ability to learn, our facial expressions, and conversations overheard by Siri, Alexa, and your open cell phone’s microphones. His and other corporations will use these analytics to develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) and turn you into a predictable, easily-manipulated consuming machine.
Next time you buy a “smart” device, remember the device is not the product—you are.
Surveillance State & Transhumanism
Corporations will use Gates’ 5G surveillance system to sell products and escalate AI capacity. Governments will use it to transition the globe to a totalitarian singularity more despotic than Orwell ever imagined. Silicon Valley titans like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Google’s Chief Engineer Ray Kurzweil talk longingly of “transhumanism,” the process by which humanity will transition to become part-human, part-machine via genetic engineering and surgical implants.
Bill Gates is investing heavily to accelerate this altered reality. His ambition to tag us all with injected subdermal vaccine data chips seems to be merely a steppingstone toward an all-encompassing surveillance state.
Rewarding Compliance
Microsoft has patented a sinister technology that utilizes implanted sensors to monitor body and brain activity. It will reward compliant humans with crypto currency payments when they perform assigned activities.
The Patent, WO |2020| 060606 has gained notoriety and the nickname “World Order 2020 666.” Microsoft describes this device as a “Crypto Currency System” and explains that it is “capable of” using body activity data to mine bitcoin in response to compliance with assigned tasks.
People who agree to install the Microsoft harmful wireless sensors will receive periodic “duty” smart phone instructions to watch a certain advertisement, listen to a specific song, walk down a specific grocery store aisle, or to take a certain vaccine. This chip will collect data from embedded sensors that monitor brain waves, blood flow, and other body reactions. The system will transfer cryptocurrency into the subject’s account after completion of the assigned task. On the bright side, Microsoft’s dystopian invention should be a welcome source of income for the 40% of Americans put out of work by periodic COVID quarantines, by Musk’s self-driving electronic cars, which also rely on the 5G rollout, and by Artificial Intelligence, including robots. Will Gates sell the data we freely give him to companies that will take away our jobs?
Owning Smart Cities
Maintaining and analyzing the data collected by a 5G infrastructure require massive computers housed in major data storage complexes. To keep control of this infrastructure, Bill Gates is building his own “smart city” in Arizona . According to KPNX-TV, he spent $80 million on a 24,800-acre plot near Phoenix with the goal of turning it into a “smart city” where everything is interconnected via a wireless grid, including fleets of autonomous vehicles. The 80,000 residents of Gates’ company town will mainly work in data centers.
To consolidate his control over what people hear, learn, and think, Gates bought shares in Liberty Global, one of the largest international television and Internet companies, operating in 30 countries and growing.
Controlling Reproduction
Gates will even control your body, your bedroom, your medicine cabinet and even women’s menstrual and ovulation cycles. He invested approximately $18 million in MicroCHIPS, a company that among other chip-based devices, develops birth-control implant chips with wireless on/off switches and chips for drug-delivery that allow a single implant to store and precisely deliver hundreds of therapeutic doses over months or years. The implants will be operated wirelessly by the patient to deliver medication. Knowing of Gates’ missionary zeal for population control, however, some customers might worry that the system could be remotely activated as well.
The expansion of the wireless cloud between 2012–2015 was equivalent to adding 4.9 million cars to the roads.
Controlling Climate: Geoengineering
Gates’ apparent conviction that God has ordained him to use technology for humanity’s salvation is exemplified in one of his most ambitious projects. Gates is funding Harvard scientists to use Geoengineering to block the sun to reverse global warming and climate change.
That project is a template for both hubris, hypocrisy and risk. The massive expansion of wireless use and the 5G wireless grid—for which Gates is a major player—is the most significant contributor to increased energy consumption. The expansion of the wireless cloud between 2012–2015 was equivalent to adding 4.9 million cars to the roads. 5G is expected to exponentially increase energy use by upwards of 170% by 2026. Proposing to use the wireless “smart” grid to combat the carbon footprint with geotechnology is a hare-brained scheme—not a solution for climate change.
Cashless Society
To consolidate global control, Gates has declared war on cash, and the COVID-19 lockdowns have provided governments a convenient pretext for scuttling cash as a health hazard. Gates and his foundation are spearheading the global shift from a cash economy towards digital transactions. Gates and Microsoft are perfectly positioned to profit from a digital payments system. By controlling digital transactions (and removing cash), Gates can control and monitor everything commercial that a country and its citizens do.
Western financial institutions—Mastercard, PayPal, Visa, eBay, and Citi—have long pushed for a cashless world. Electronic banking allows banks and financial consortiums to levy fees on every transaction.
The Digital Economy will allow the Government to monitor and scrutinize every transaction, to freeze digital accounts, and to block “financial flows” to punish disobedience. Operating in a public-private partnership with government, tech billionaires will not only control the nation but will be able to micromanage the worldwide population. Digitized currency is the ultimate instrument of social control. After all, in a cashless society, survival is impossible without access to the digitized economic system. The poor—lacking bank accounts—will suffer disproportionately.
Trillionaire Borg
While the lockdown is a cataclysm for the world economy, it is an opportunity for Gates. By purchasing our devalued assets at a penny on the dollar, Gates’ $100 billion might make him the world’s first trillionaire. But the quarantine is also an opportunity to enlarge his power and domination. Under Gates’ leadership, Microsoft became known as “The Borg” because of his appetite for total market control. Now, Gates seeks to bring all humanity under his boot. His worship of technology and his megalomania threaten our freedoms, our democracy, our biology, our planet, our humanity, and our souls.
The microwave radiation used for wireless surveillance of the world is not biologically tolerable, especially for developing children. Thousands of peer-reviewed, published studies abundantly document wireless technology’s profound, adverse, physical effects on humans, animals and plants. Sickness and environmental degradation from wireless technology is already widespread. Big Telecom control of U.S. and global regulatory agencies and media and Gates’ financial control of the World Health Organization have allowed a few billionaires to propagate the patent lie that wireless is safe.
Gates’ technological dreams are not biologically sustainable. His Tower of Babel is bound to collapse, with catastrophic impact for lesser humans. It’s time to dismantle the Tower before it’s too late.


wakingtimes--2020-05-11--“We Sent Them Samples Of A Goat, A Papaya & A Pheasant”: Tanzanian President Catches WHO In Epic Lie

“ We Sent Them Samples Of A Goat , A Papaya & A Pheasant ” : Tanzanian President Catches WHO In Epic Lie As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases explodes across Africa , the creeping involvement of the WHO has made some leaders suspicious of the NGO .
Tanzanian President John Magufuli was growing suspicious of the organization , so he reportedly decided to investigate whether the organization was as trustworthy and reliable as it claimed to be .
He played what the local press described as “ a trick ” on the organization : He sent the WHO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and a quail for testing .
All three samples reportedly tested positive .
When the president heard the news , he reportedly confronted the WHO , then kicked the organization out of the country .
Though , to be sure , the WHO has yet to comment on the situation .
That would suggest one of two conclusions : either the strain of SARS-CoV-2 running amok in Tanzania is much , much more infectious than scientists understand , or the WHO has been reporting incorrect results either on purpose ( as an attempt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of President Trump ’ s attacks ) or via error ( yet another indication that the WHO truly is “ badly brokem ” – as Vox described it back in 2015 ) .
Most rational people would probably accept the latter scenario as the most accurate one .
Magufuli has garnered plenty of controversy himself over the past few weeks .
He recently requested stockpiles of an ‘ herbal tea ’ that has been falsely branded as a COVID-19 cure , and has launched investigations impacting domestic labs and even frontline medical workers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of positive tests in his country is too high .
The reality is that Tanzania doesn ’ t have much of a outbreak : It has recorded only 503 cases and 21 deaths .
Though its mortality rate of 4 % would suggest that the true number of cases likely numbers in the thousands .
Following the results , Magufuli fired the head of Tanzania ’ s national lab , sparking a political firestorm .
Of course , though Magufuli has been criticized for trying to play down the impact of the virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to answer questions about where its test kits were manufactured , as Al Jazeera points out .
On Thursday , the head of the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention rejected claims of faulty tests by Tanzania ’ s president .
The unreliability of COVID-19 tests manufactured in China has been a major problem for the US , and for Europe , as countries and states have been forced to discard PPE purchased in China – often after purchasing it at inflated prices – because only one-third of the masks actually work @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been found to produce positive and negative results more or less at random .
But we ’ d love to hear Bill Gates regale us with “ data-based arguments ” about why the WHO is indispensable to the international effort to combat the coronavirus .
By Tyler Durden / Republished with permission / Zero Hedge

“We Sent Them Samples Of A Goat, A Papaya & A Pheasant”: Tanzanian President Catches WHO In Epic Lie
Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge
Waking Times
As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases explodes across Africa, the creeping involvement of the WHO has made some leaders suspicious of the NGO. Tanzanian President John Magufuli was growing suspicious of the organization, so he reportedly decided to investigate whether the organization was as trustworthy and reliable as it claimed to be.
He played what the local press described as “a trick” on the organization: He sent the WHO samples of a goat, a papaya and a quail for testing.
All three samples reportedly tested positive. When the president heard the news, he reportedly confronted the WHO, then kicked the organization out of the country. Though, to be sure, the WHO has yet to comment on the situation.
That would suggest one of two conclusions: either the strain of SARS-CoV-2 running amok in Tanzania is much, much more infectious than scientists understand, or the WHO has been reporting incorrect results either on purpose (as an attempt to bolster its credibility in the face of President Trump’s attacks) or via error (yet another indication that the WHO truly is “badly brokem” – as Vox described it back in 2015).
Most rational people would probably accept the latter scenario as the most accurate one.
Magufuli has garnered plenty of controversy himself over the past few weeks. He recently requested stockpiles of an ‘herbal tea’ that has been falsely branded as a COVID-19 cure, and has launched investigations impacting domestic labs and even frontline medical workers as he’s claimed the number of positive tests in his country is too high. The reality is that Tanzania doesn’t have much of a outbreak: It has recorded only 503 cases and 21 deaths. Though its mortality rate of 4% would suggest that the true number of cases likely numbers in the thousands.
Following the results, Magufuli fired the head of Tanzania’s national lab, sparking a political firestorm. Of course, though Magufuli has been criticized for trying to play down the impact of the virus, the government has so far refused to answer questions about where its test kits were manufactured, as Al Jazeera points out. On Thursday, the head of the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention rejected claims of faulty tests by Tanzania’s president.
The unreliability of COVID-19 tests manufactured in China has been a major problem for the US, and for Europe, as countries and states have been forced to discard PPE purchased in China – often after purchasing it at inflated prices – because only one-third of the masks actually work, and many of the tests have been found to produce positive and negative results more or less at random.
But we’d love to hear Bill Gates regale us with “data-based arguments” about why the WHO is indispensable to the international effort to combat the coronavirus.
By Tyler Durden / Republished with permission / Zero Hedge


wakingtimes--2020-05-11--Robot Deployed In Singapore Park To Remind Residents Of Social Distancing Orders

Robot Deployed In Singapore Park To Remind Residents Of Social Distancing Orders Governments around the world have been turning to technology to enforce quarantine related measures , including drones , robots , and advanced surveillance tracking .
At the Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park in Singapore , authorities deployed a four-legged robot named Spot , which was created by Boston Dynamics .
The robot is roaming the park as a part of a two-week trial , to see if the robot could help enforce social distancing measures because machines are less likely to spread germs than human enforcers .
A sign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not to interfere with the robot ’ s duties .
While the current deployment is just a test run , city officials are planning on placing similar robots in other areas if they decide that the trial was successful .
Authorities have promised that they won ’ t be using the robot to collect any data , and that it is just being used to broadcast warnings to people .
In the US , temperature sensing drones were deployed in some hot spots until local residents became outraged about privacy concerns , forcing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is becoming a major concern as people are beginning to venture back out into society .
Governments in some of the first countries affected by the outbreak have collected cellphone data as a part of their coronavirus containment strategy , and then used that data to track down and quarantine individuals who have come into contact with known coronavirus patients .
Any resident that wants to leave their house is required to download a cellphone app that keeps a record of their health , and their phone ’ s GPS will be configured @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a certain range of a known coronavirus patient .
If you have one of these apps downloaded on your phone and you come into contact with someone who tested positive for the virus , you will receive a notification or text message letting you know that you have been exposed and the message will instruct you to quarantine in your home for two weeks .
If you refuse to comply with the quarantine , the authorities will know , because your cellphone will be set to notify them if you leave a certain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ isn ’ t an option either , because these apps are also used to gain entry to grocery stores and other businesses .
The details behind this containment strategy were highlighted in an interview with Edward Snowden last month .
John Vibes is an author and journalist who takes a special interest in the counter culture , and focuses solutions-oriented approaches to social problems .
He is also a host of The Free Your Mind Conference and The Free Thought Project Podcast .

Robot Deployed In Singapore Park To Remind Residents Of Social Distancing Orders
John Vibes, Truth Theory
Waking Times
Governments around the world have been turning to technology to enforce quarantine related measures, including drones, robots, and advanced surveillance tracking. At the Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park in Singapore, authorities deployed a four-legged robot named Spot, which was created by Boston Dynamics. The robot is roaming the park as a part of a two-week trial, to see if the robot could help enforce social distancing measures because machines are less likely to spread germs than human enforcers.
The robot patrols the park broadcasting prerecorded messages “to remind park visitors to observe safe distancing measures.”
A sign was posted in the park warning visitors not to interfere with the robot’s duties.
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While the current deployment is just a test run, city officials are planning on placing similar robots in other areas if they decide that the trial was successful. Authorities have promised that they won’t be using the robot to collect any data, and that it is just being used to broadcast warnings to people.
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In the US, temperature sensing drones were deployed in some hot spots until local residents became outraged about privacy concerns, forcing the abandonment of the program.
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Privacy is becoming a major concern as people are beginning to venture back out into society. Governments in some of the first countries affected by the outbreak have collected cellphone data as a part of their coronavirus containment strategy, and then used that data to track down and quarantine individuals who have come into contact with known coronavirus patients. Any resident that wants to leave their house is required to download a cellphone app that keeps a record of their health, and their phone’s GPS will be configured to recognize if its owner comes within a certain range of a known coronavirus patient.
If you have one of these apps downloaded on your phone and you come into contact with someone who tested positive for the virus, you will receive a notification or text message letting you know that you have been exposed and the message will instruct you to quarantine in your home for two weeks. If you refuse to comply with the quarantine, the authorities will know, because your cellphone will be set to notify them if you leave a certain perimeter. Leaving home without a phone isn’t an option either, because these apps are also used to gain entry to grocery stores and other businesses. The details behind this containment strategy were highlighted in an interview with Edward Snowden last month.
About the Author
John Vibes is an author and journalist who takes a special interest in the counter culture, and focuses solutions-oriented approaches to social problems. He is also a host of The Free Your Mind Conference and The Free Thought Project Podcast.


wakingtimes--2020-05-11--75,000 American Deaths Predicted From Overdose and Suicide During COVID-19 Pandemic

75,000 American Deaths Predicted From Overdose and Suicide During COVID-19 Pandemic The growing unemployment crisis , the stress of self-isolation and the fear of contracting the novel coronavirus are likely to lead to as many as 75,000 deaths due to drug or alcohol misuse and suicide , according to an analysis conducted by the national public health group Well Being Trust and reported on by CNN .
Not knowing when a sense of normalcy will return may lead to an increase in what the group calls “ deaths of despair.
” Federal agencies and experts warn that a crisis in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : depression , substance abuse , post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide , according to The Washington Post .
Miller emphasized that the numbers are just a projection and could easily change with a bit of intervention .
Already , communities across the country have seen an increase in overdoses .
In Jacksonville , Florida , the fire and rescue department reported a 20 percent increase in overdose emergency calls in March .
There were similar spikes in Columbus , Ohio and in at least four counties in New York State , according to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need to consider the role that social isolation coupled with non-stop reporting on the pandemic may have on the feelings of desperation and hopelessness among those struggling with substance abuse , ” U.S. attorney for the Western District of New York James Kennedy Jr. said in a statement , as ABC News reported .
“ Amidst the current crisis , we need to remember that substance abuse existed long before COVID-19 , and it will likely remain long after we have wiped out the virus.
” Similar to the way hospitals were caught @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mental health system , which is underfunded , stigmatized and difficult to access , is less prepared to handle a mounting crisis .
The Well Being Trust looked at the impact unemployment , isolation and uncertainty had in certain areas to create a detailed map of where it expects to see spikes in suicide and overdose-related deaths for the next decade .
They used historical data to make their predictions , noting that overdoses and suicides increased in tandem with the unemployment rate during the Great Recession in 2008 and 2009 , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the most deaths per capita will occur in Nevada , Arizona , New Mexico , Wyoming , West Virginia , Rhode Island and Delaware , according to CNN .
The group said that federal , state and local authorities should try to find opportunity within the crisis .
For instance , people could be hired for contact tracing .
They also said that more leeway should be granted to telemedicine for mental health to increase access to services .
More people are seeking help .
Talkspace , an online therapy company , has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ since mid-February .
“ People are really afraid , ” Talkspace co-founder and CEO Oren Frank said to The Washington Post .
The increasing demand for services , he said , follows almost exactly the geographic march of the virus across the U.S. “ What ’ s shocking to me is how little leaders are talking about this .
There are no White House briefings about it .
There is no plan.
” Well Being Trust believes the rising issue of mental health issues could be addressed and mitigated .

75,000 American Deaths Predicted From Overdose and Suicide During COVID-19 Pandemic
Jordan Davidson, EcoWatch
Waking Times
The growing unemployment crisis, the stress of self-isolation and the fear of contracting the novel coronavirus are likely to lead to as many as 75,000 deaths due to drug or alcohol misuse and suicide, according to an analysis conducted by the national public health group Well Being Trust and reported on by CNN.
Not knowing when a sense of normalcy will return may lead to an increase in what the group calls “deaths of despair.” Federal agencies and experts warn that a crisis in mental health problems is on the horizon: depression, substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide, according to The Washington Post.
“Unless we get comprehensive federal, state, and local resources behind improving access to high quality mental health treatments and community supports, I worry we’re likely to see things get far worse when it comes to substance misuse and suicide,” Well Being Trust’s chief strategy officer Dr. Benjamin F. Miller told CNN.
Miller emphasized that the numbers are just a projection and could easily change with a bit of intervention.
“We can change the numbers — the deaths have not happened yet. However, it is on us to take action now,” Miller said to CNN.
Already, communities across the country have seen an increase in overdoses. In Jacksonville, Florida, the fire and rescue department reported a 20 percent increase in overdose emergency calls in March. There were similar spikes in Columbus, Ohio and in at least four counties in New York State, according to ABC News.
“I think we need to consider the role that social isolation coupled with non-stop reporting on the pandemic may have on the feelings of desperation and hopelessness among those struggling with substance abuse,” U.S. attorney for the Western District of New York James Kennedy Jr. said in a statement, as ABC News reported. “Amidst the current crisis, we need to remember that substance abuse existed long before COVID-19, and it will likely remain long after we have wiped out the virus.”
Similar to the way hospitals were caught unprepared for a pandemic, the U.S. mental health system, which is underfunded, stigmatized and difficult to access, is less prepared to handle a mounting crisis.
“That’s what is keeping me up at night,” said Susan Borja, who leads the traumatic stress research program at the National Institute of Mental Health, to The Washington Post. “I worry about the people the system just won’t absorb or won’t reach. I worry about the suffering that’s going to go untreated on such a large scale.”
The Well Being Trust looked at the impact unemployment, isolation and uncertainty had in certain areas to create a detailed map of where it expects to see spikes in suicide and overdose-related deaths for the next decade. They used historical data to make their predictions, noting that overdoses and suicides increased in tandem with the unemployment rate during the Great Recession in 2008 and 2009, as CNN reported.
Well Being Trust predicts the most deaths per capita will occur in Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, West Virginia, Rhode Island and Delaware, according to CNN.
The group said that federal, state and local authorities should try to find opportunity within the crisis. For instance, people could be hired for contact tracing. They also said that more leeway should be granted to telemedicine for mental health to increase access to services.
“This screams for an opportunity to examine what wasn’t working about mental health delivery prior to COVID and examine new strategies to create a new and more integrated approach to mental health post-COVID,” said Miller, as CNN reported.
More people are seeking help. Talkspace, an online therapy company, has seen a 65 percent increase in clients since mid-February.
“People are really afraid,” Talkspace co-founder and CEO Oren Frank said to The Washington Post. The increasing demand for services, he said, follows almost exactly the geographic march of the virus across the U.S. “What’s shocking to me is how little leaders are talking about this. There are no White House briefings about it. There is no plan.”
Well Being Trust believes the rising issue of mental health issues could be addressed and mitigated.
“The models we have created rely on the way it happened before. When our communities were faced with rising unemployment, social isolation and individual uncertainty the people suffered and that led to increased deaths of despair. It might be different,” they said in their report, according to CNN. “By taking stock of the current crisis, predicting the potential loss of life, and creatively deploying local community solutions, it may be possible to prevent the impending deaths of despair. We should not sit idly by, waiting for 75,000 more deaths of despair.”
By Jordan Davidson | Creative Commons | EcoWatch


wakingtimes--2020-05-12--Coronavirus: The Tide Is Coming for Medicinal Cannabis

Coronavirus : The Tide Is Coming for Medicinal Cannabis The search for a vaccine for the new coronavirus , SARS-CoV-2 , or indeed a medicinal drug to cure it , has taken researchers down both traditional and less traditional avenues .
They have looked at existing drug candidates , such as remdesivir , which was original developed to treat Ebola .
In Germany , the first clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine are based on a candidate developed for cancer immunology .
There ’ s a study out of France that suggests nicotine — typically ingested via the often-lethal pastime @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the novel coronavirus , itself a potentially fatal lung infection .
And , now , preliminary research is emerging out of Canada that certain strains of the psychoactive drug cannabis may also increase resistance to the coronavirus .
If the study , which is not yet peer reviewed , can be verified , it would appear that cannabis works in a similar way to nicotine .
“ The results on COVID-19 came from our studies on arthritis , Crohn ’ s disease , cancer and others , ” said Dr. Igor Kovalchuck , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ University of Lethbridge , in an email to DW .
As with the research into nicotine ’ s effect on the coronavirus , it is thought that some strains of cannabis reduce the virus ’ ability to enter the lungs , where it takes hold , reproduces and spreads .
In a paper on preprints.org , where scientists can publish non-peer-reviewed results , Kovalchuck and colleagues write that their specially developed strains of cannabis effectively stop the virus from entering the human body .
The study is one of many papers globally that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ including preprints.org , in a bid to disseminate preliminary findings into potential COVID-19 treatments that have yet to undergo rigorous peer review .
The coronavirus needs a “ receptor ” to enter a human host .
That receptor is known as an “ angiotensin-converting enzyme II , ” or ACE2 .
ACE2 is found in lung tissue , in oral and nasal mucus , in the kidneys , testes , and gastrointestinal tracts , they write .
And the theory is that by modulating ACE2 levels in those “ gateways ” to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to lower our susceptibility , or vulnerability , to the virus .
It could basically reduce our risk of infection .
“ If there ’ s no ACE2 on tissues , the virus will not enter , ” said Kovalchuck .
Some in the science community say medicinal cannabis may help to treat a range of conditions from nausea to dementia .
But medicinal cannabis is not the same as what you might call recreational cannabis .
Those more “ common or garden varieties ” of cannabis — or street cannabis — are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ content .
That ’ s the main psychoactive agent in the drug .
The Alberta-based researchers , meanwhile , have focused on strains of the plant , Cannabis sativa , that are high in an anti-inflammatory cannabinoid , cannabidiol ( CBD ) — one of the other main chemicals in cannabis , aside from THC .
They have developed more than 800 new Cannabis sativa variants , with high levels of CBD , and identified 13 extracts which they say modulate ACE2 levels in those humans gateways .
“ Our varieties are high @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because you can give a higher dose and people will not be impaired due to the psychoactive properties of THC , ” said Kovalchuck .
Kovalchuck also heads a company called Inplanta BioTechnology , with Dr. Darryl Hudson , who has a PHD from the University of Guelph — another Canadian institute where research is ongoing into the use of cannabinoids in medicine .
But funding for cannabinoid research is “ still hard , ” he said .
And that ’ s the case in other countries , too .
Some researchers in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there are misconceptions among the general public and politicians about medicinal cannabis , perhaps even a fear that people will become addicted or try to self-medicate , using just any old form of cannabis they can find .
Those researchers say themselves that it is vital to be clear about the information and to avoid sensationalism .
“ Researchers have to be particularly careful when disseminating their results given the socio-political volatility of medicinal cannabis use , ” said Chris Albertyn , a Research Portfolio Lead at King ’ s College London , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The best way to get through that , says Albertyn , is to implement open , transparent research methods .
“ In this instance , the current research from Canada has just unveiled a potential therapeutic ‘ mechanism of action ’ but that would need to be validated and tested in well-designed , robust clinical trials before any meaningful clinical conclusions can be drawn , ” he said .
That would include pre-registering clinical protocols and analysis methods , publishing in open access journals , double-blind placebo controlled trials , and strict @ @ @ @ @ @ @ academic community , said Albertyn .

Coronavirus: The Tide Is Coming for Medicinal Cannabis
Zulfikar Abbany, Guest
Waking Times
The search for a vaccine for the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, or indeed a medicinal drug to cure it, has taken researchers down both traditional and less traditional avenues.
They have looked at existing drug candidates, such as remdesivir, which was original developed to treat Ebola. In Germany, the first clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine are based on a candidate developed for cancer immunology.
There’s a study out of France that suggests nicotine — typically ingested via the often-lethal pastime of smoking — may protect people against the novel coronavirus, itself a potentially fatal lung infection. And, now, preliminary research is emerging out of Canada that certain strains of the psychoactive drug cannabis may also increase resistance to the coronavirus. If the study, which is not yet peer reviewed, can be verified, it would appear that cannabis works in a similar way to nicotine. “The results on COVID-19 came from our studies on arthritis, Crohn’s disease, cancer and others,” said Dr. Igor Kovalchuck, a professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Lethbridge, in an email to DW.
Blocking Gateways As with the research into nicotine’s effect on the coronavirus, it is thought that some strains of cannabis reduce the virus’ ability to enter the lungs, where it takes hold, reproduces and spreads. In a paper on preprints.org, where scientists can publish non-peer-reviewed results, Kovalchuck and colleagues write that their specially developed strains of cannabis effectively stop the virus from entering the human body. The study is one of many papers globally that have been shared on preprint websites, including preprints.org, in a bid to disseminate preliminary findings into potential COVID-19 treatments that have yet to undergo rigorous peer review. The coronavirus needs a “receptor” to enter a human host. That receptor is known as an “angiotensin-converting enzyme II,” or ACE2.
ACE2 is found in lung tissue, in oral and nasal mucus, in the kidneys, testes, and gastrointestinal tracts, they write. And the theory is that by modulating ACE2 levels in those “gateways” to the human host, it may be possible to lower our susceptibility, or vulnerability, to the virus. It could basically reduce our risk of infection. “If there’s no ACE2 on tissues, the virus will not enter,” said Kovalchuck.
No Common or Garden Cannabis Some in the science community say medicinal cannabis may help to treat a range of conditions from nausea to dementia. But medicinal cannabis is not the same as what you might call recreational cannabis. Those more “common or garden varieties” of cannabis — or street cannabis — are known for their Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content. That’s the main psychoactive agent in the drug. The Alberta-based researchers, meanwhile, have focused on strains of the plant, Cannabis sativa, that are high in an anti-inflammatory cannabinoid, cannabidiol (CBD) — one of the other main chemicals in cannabis, aside from THC. They have developed more than 800 new Cannabis sativa variants, with high levels of CBD, and identified 13 extracts which they say modulate ACE2 levels in those humans gateways. “Our varieties are high in CBD, or balanced CBD/THC, because you can give a higher dose and people will not be impaired due to the psychoactive properties of THC,” said Kovalchuck.
Low Funding, Low Knowledge Kovalchuck also heads a company called Inplanta BioTechnology, with Dr. Darryl Hudson, who has a PHD from the University of Guelph — another Canadian institute where research is ongoing into the use of cannabinoids in medicine. But funding for cannabinoid research is “still hard,” he said. And that’s the case in other countries, too. Some researchers in the UK say that may be because there are misconceptions among the general public and politicians about medicinal cannabis, perhaps even a fear that people will become addicted or try to self-medicate, using just any old form of cannabis they can find. Those researchers say themselves that it is vital to be clear about the information and to avoid sensationalism. “Researchers have to be particularly careful when disseminating their results given the socio-political volatility of medicinal cannabis use,” said Chris Albertyn, a Research Portfolio Lead at King’s College London, and an expert on cannabinoids and dementia. The best way to get through that, says Albertyn, is to implement open, transparent research methods. “In this instance, the current research from Canada has just unveiled a potential therapeutic ‘mechanism of action’ but that would need to be validated and tested in well-designed, robust clinical trials before any meaningful clinical conclusions can be drawn,” he said. That would include pre-registering clinical protocols and analysis methods, publishing in open access journals, double-blind placebo controlled trials, and strict, independent peer review by the clinical academic community, said Albertyn.
A turning tide The problem is that without sufficient funding and further research, there is too little knowledge about cannabinoids — whether it’s positive or negative research results — some say we just won’t know until we do the research. “But there is ENORMOUS interest now,” said Kovalchuk in his email. And that’s his emphasis. “The tide is coming.” While he and his co-authors say even their most effective extracts require large-scale validation, they say they may be a “safe addition” to the treatment of COVID-19. An addition, mind, alongside other treatments. So, large-scale verification pending, medicinal cannabis could be developed into “easy-to-use preventative treatments,” such as a mouthwash or a throat gargle in both clinical and home use.
Reposted with permission from Deutsche Welle.