wakingtimes--2020-04-18--Killing Ourselves to Flatten the Curve — Part 1

Killing Ourselves to Flatten the Curve — Part 1 An elderly woman sits on a park bench in England with no one nearby .
Police draw near — apparently protected from covid-19 by their law enforcement costumes — to intervene and issue her a hefty fine… Paris bans outdoor exercise during the day with disobedient joggers facing the threat of 6 months in jail .
Medical “ authorities ” at the W.H.O threaten “ to enter homes and remove family members ” in order to impose isolation on them .
Flashing signs at beaches in Australia warn visitors to monitor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ specifying how being on the sand might suddenly become “ dangerous ” — and after how long ) .
Innocent travellers are randomly pulled over and questioned — Nazi/Soviet-style — as to the purpose of the most mundane and innocuous voyages .
“ Papers please.
” Police in England threaten to literally examine the contents of people ’ s shopping trolleys to make sure people only buy “ essentials.
” Crosses mark where we can stand “ safely ” in line for an ATM — fortunately the virus seems not to be able @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lines , but only forwards and backwards .
I wish I was making even just a FRACTION of this up , but these are all REAL examples .
Regardless of your viewpoint on the coronavirus itself , it seems high time that we all assess the merits of the countermeasures being employed by governments around the world to fight covid-19 .
I want you to seriously entertain an uncomfortable question — consider it a thought experiment .
The question is this : By trying to “ flatten the curve ” using current methods @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and kill people at a higher rate than this apparent flu-like condition — that appears less and less threatening by the day — ever could ?
Consider “ social distancing ” and self-quarantine , a couple of supremely Orwellian terms .
We are told this is to “ flatten the curve ” and prevent the spread of the dread disease ( an idea which increasing numbers of medical professionals and scientists are challenging ) .
We are , paradoxically , “ united ” in our isolation .
What are the impacts of this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for mass enforcement of these measures ?
Let ’ s take a look .
Everyone knows the elderly represent a more susceptible demographic .
Government rhetoric tells us that the radical social measures will “ protect the vulnerable ” such as the elderly — but how true is this ?
In a study by Krumholtz on elderly people who were hospitalised for congestive heart failure , it was found that those who had no one to rely on for emotional support were three times more likely to have another episode requiring a return @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warm relationships .
[ i ] This speaks to the powerful psychosomatic component of health — part of the puzzle conspicuously absent from mainstream discourse , which — you may have noticed — focuses the covid-19 narrative entirely on the idea of vengeful microbes floating around waiting for an unsuspecting human host .
In 2003 , Dr Sheldon Cohen , a psychologist at Carnegie Mellon published the results of his intentional attempts at trying to give common colds to people , in a study featuring over 300 volunteers .
[ ii ] He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to infectious conditions .
Under tightly controlled conditions he systematically exposed volunteers to a rhinovirus believed to cause the common cold .
Despite his best efforts , fully two thirds of the exposed volunteers were utterly unaffected .
All things being equal , simple exposure was clearly not the be all and end all .
Cohen et al .
also had something to say about cortisol : “ Sociability was associated with lower concentrations of…cortisol and the SNS hormone epinephrine.
” It is generally recognised nowadays that chronically elevated levels of cortisol have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , then , of the systematic shutdown of virtually the entire global economy and resulting plague of joblessness , poverty , and pressure to provide for family and dependents — a sure fire recipe for chronically elevated cortisol levels from these raw survival anxieties .
And then add on top of that the bonus of social deprivation ( let ’ s call it what it is ) — which ALSO has an immune-damping effect .
So , on the one hand , our loving governments have unleashed a pandemic of stress and anguish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ global economy and resulting Depression ( yes , it ’ s well under way ) — and on the other hand we have the Orwellian ban on free socialisation , depriving countless people of the most valuable thing in a time of crisis : an empathetic human touch .
We are not robots .
Studies done on babies have shown that those reared without physical contact suffer in a multitude of ways , including the stunting of natural physical growth .
Monetary tensions in a household are part of the texture of urban @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It ’ s axiomatic that finances are a common source of conflict in the home .
Consider the amplification of general household stress a Depression-level event like this global shutdown brings .
Like a lottery win — or a PCR test — the coronavirus lockdown situation is an amplifier of what is already present .
How does this bode for the health and immunity of people in tough — or even abusive — relationships ?
What Cohen found in his work was that participants who had an ongoing personal conflict were 2.5 times @ @ @ @ @ @ @ develop a cold , which put rough relationships in the same causal category as vitamin C deficiency and sleep deprivation !
[ iii ] But the hits keep coming .
In earlier phases of these studies , Cohen found that , of 276 volunteers exposed to rhinovirus : The people with the weakest social support levels were 4.2 times more susceptible than those with robust sociability .
Although smoking , poor sleep quality , low vitamin C , elevated catecholamine levels , and even introversion were all associated with greater susceptibility to colds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the social support and connection felt by participants .
[ iv ] This means loneliness was even riskier than smoking in terms of developing a cold/upper respiratory illness .
Cohen and his team concluded , “ More diverse social networks were associated with greater resistance to upper respiratory illness.
” Consider this information in light of the “ COVID situation ” where we are being trained to view each other with fear and suspicion — and “ self-quarantine ” at home .
What effect does that have on people living alone ?
Or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
An elderly widow/er ?
Where has any of this information factored into our loving governments ’ actions ?
In short , Cohen ’ s studies showed that the more we socialise the less susceptible our immune systems become .
Vibrant social connections are mood-boosting , which creates a neutrotransmitter cascade and epigenetic response that augments our immunity .
The “ paradox ” ( and it ’ s only a paradox if you ’ re a militant subscriber to Germ Theory and ignore the mind-body connection and Terrain Theory ) is that relationships @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of exposure to the very infectious conditions many of us assume they pose .
A good hug releases oxytocin , dopamine , and serotonin .
It stimulates the vagus nerve and helps you relax , according to psychologist Tiffany Field .
It can decrease your heart rate and trigger a drop in the stress hormones cortisol and norepinephrine .
Where is this mentioned in the covid-19 narrative ?
The medical system — and the opinion-forming mainstream media — fixates us on the notion that we “ meat sacks ” are just hapless docking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ machines just waiting to break down… But in truth we are crawling with trillions of microbes and constantly exposed to all sorts of them in the course of a day — yet we remain okay .
It is now estimated there are some 380 trillion viruses in our bodies — aka the virome !
And don ’ t forget the 60 trillion bacteria in us .
Even Louis Pasteur , the godfather of Germ Theory ( and a plagiarist ) , admitted that , “ The microbe is nothing .
The terrain is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be among his last words before he died .
Not satisfied , in 2015 Cohen replicated his earlier findings on the protective effects of socialisation on the immune system .
In a study involving 404 healthy adults , Cohen and his team studied the effects of perceived social support and the receipt of hugs on the participants ’ susceptibility to developing the common cold after being “ exposed to the virus.
” ( To my knowledge , true isolation and purification were not necessarily achieved — and rarely , if ever , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s another article for another day . )
People who perceived greater social support were less likely to develop a cold , and the researchers calculated that the stress-buffering effects of hugging explained nearly a third ( 32 percent ) of that beneficial effect .
For those participants who did develop a cold , those who felt greater social support and received more frequent hugs had less severe symptoms .
[ v ] In simple terms , basic physical expressions of affection and friendship ( aka love ) helps to keep colds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ professor at the University of Chicago and director of the University of Chicago Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience has done his own research into loneliness : The more intense and long-lasting it is , the more it undermines your health .
A 2008 study found that doses of oxytocin supported several immune functions and reduced the negative effects of bacterial endotoxin in a group of men .
In other words , oxytocin ( and the hugs that release it ) are immune-boosting and protective .
Why does no one discuss the many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only ever hear about the supposed negatives as we are corralled into our homes-cum-prisons .
Once the fear sets in , it ’ s hard to think straight .
Ask yourself if the media ’ s reporting on “ COVID-19 ” might not be a tad biased and perhaps even deliberately sensationalist and fear-inducing… Cognitively speaking , once we are triggered into fear we are effectively less intelligent and mentally flexible .
Why would our governments and mass media report news and events in a way that puts people into a state of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
We continue our investigation in Part 2 — stay tuned .
Brendan D. Murphy – Co-founder of Global Freedom Movement and host of GFM Radio , Brendan D. Murphyis a leading Australian author , researcher , activist , and musician .
His acclaimed non-fiction epic The Grand Illusion : A Synthesis of Science & Spirituality – Book 1 is out now !
Come and get your mind blown at www.brendandmurphy.net [ ii ] S. Cohen , et al.
, SOCIABILITY AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO THE COMMON COLD , American Psychological Society , VOL @ @ @ @ @ @ @ SEPTEMBER 2003 [ iv ] S. Cohen et al.
, Social Ties and Susceptibility to the Common Cold , JAMA , June25 , 1997-Vol 277 , №24 [ viii ] Oxytocin alleviates the neuroendocrine and cytokine response to bacterial endotoxin in healthy men

Killing Ourselves to Flatten the Curve
Brendan D. Murphy, Contributor
Waking Times
Picture This…
An elderly woman sits on a park bench in England with no one nearby. Police draw near — apparently protected from covid-19 by their law enforcement costumes — to intervene and issue her a hefty fine…
Paris bans outdoor exercise during the day with disobedient joggers facing the threat of 6 months in jail.
Medical “authorities” at the W.H.O threaten “to enter homes and remove family members” in order to impose isolation on them.
Flashing signs at beaches in Australia warn visitors to monitor their “sand time” (without specifying how being on the sand might suddenly become “dangerous” — and after how long).
Innocent travellers are randomly pulled over and questioned — Nazi/Soviet-style — as to the purpose of the most mundane and innocuous voyages. “Papers please.”
Police in England threaten to literally examine the contents of people’s shopping trolleys to make sure people only buy “essentials.”
Crosses mark where we can stand “safely” in line for an ATM — fortunately the virus seems not to be able to move sideways between people standing in lines, but only forwards and backwards.
I wish I was making even just a FRACTION of this up, but these are all REAL examples.
Regardless of your viewpoint on the coronavirus itself, it seems high time that we all assess the merits of the countermeasures being employed by governments around the world to fight covid-19.
I want you to seriously entertain an uncomfortable question — consider it a thought experiment.
The question is this:
By trying to “flatten the curve” using current methods are we actually going to ruin lives and kill people at a higher rate than this apparent flu-like condition — that appears less and less threatening by the day — ever could?
Consider “social distancing” and self-quarantine, a couple of supremely Orwellian terms. We are told this is to “flatten the curve” and prevent the spread of the dread disease (an idea which increasing numbers of medical professionals and scientists are challenging).
We are, paradoxically, “united” in our isolation.
What are the impacts of this isolation? Might there be unintended consequences for mass enforcement of these measures? Let’s take a look.
Self-Quarantine, Loneliness, and Impacts on Immunity
Everyone knows the elderly represent a more susceptible demographic. Government rhetoric tells us that the radical social measures will “protect the vulnerable” such as the elderly — but how true is this?
In a study by Krumholtz on elderly people who were hospitalised for congestive heart failure, it was found that those who had no one to rely on for emotional support were three times more likely to have another episode requiring a return to hospital than the patients who had warm relationships.[i]
This speaks to the powerful psychosomatic component of health — part of the puzzle conspicuously absent from mainstream discourse, which — you may have noticed — focuses the covid-19 narrative entirely on the idea of vengeful microbes floating around waiting for an unsuspecting human host.
There’s more.
In 2003, Dr Sheldon Cohen, a psychologist at Carnegie Mellon published the results of his intentional attempts at trying to give common colds to people, in a study featuring over 300 volunteers.[ii]
He wanted to test whether sociability predicted resistance to infectious conditions.
Under tightly controlled conditions he systematically exposed volunteers to a rhinovirus believed to cause the common cold. Despite his best efforts, fully two thirds of the exposed volunteers were utterly unaffected.
What Cohen and his colleagues found was that “sociability was associated with greater resistance to developing colds.”
All things being equal, simple exposure was clearly not the be all and end all. Cohen et al. also had something to say about cortisol: “Sociability was associated with lower concentrations of…cortisol and the SNS hormone epinephrine.”
It is generally recognised nowadays that chronically elevated levels of cortisol have an immune-damping effect.
Consider the impact, then, of the systematic shutdown of virtually the entire global economy and resulting plague of joblessness, poverty, and pressure to provide for family and dependents — a sure fire recipe for chronically elevated cortisol levels from these raw survival anxieties.
And then add on top of that the bonus of social deprivation (let’s call it what it is) — which ALSO has an immune-damping effect.
So, on the one hand, our loving governments have unleashed a pandemic of stress and anguish due to the wholesale destruction of the global economy and resulting Depression (yes, it’s well under way) — and on the other hand we have the Orwellian ban on free socialisation, depriving countless people of the most valuable thing in a time of crisis: an empathetic human touch.
We are not robots.
Studies done on babies have shown that those reared without physical contact suffer in a multitude of ways, including the stunting of natural physical growth.
Monetary tensions in a household are part of the texture of urban life and the stuff of legend. It’s axiomatic that finances are a common source of conflict in the home. Consider the amplification of general household stress a Depression-level event like this global shutdown brings.
Like a lottery win — or a PCR test — the coronavirus lockdown situation is an amplifier of what is already present.
How does this bode for the health and immunity of people in tough — or even abusive — relationships?
What Cohen found in his work was that participants who had an ongoing personal conflict were 2.5 times as likely as the other volunteers to develop a cold, which put rough relationships in the same causal category as vitamin C deficiency and sleep deprivation! [iii]
But the hits keep coming.
In earlier phases of these studies, Cohen found that, of 276 volunteers exposed to rhinovirus:
The people with the weakest social support levels were 4.2 times more susceptible than those with robust sociability. Although smoking, poor sleep quality, low vitamin C, elevated catecholamine levels, and even introversion were all associated with greater susceptibility to colds, they were not as important as the social support and connection felt by participants.[iv]
This means loneliness was even riskier than smoking in terms of developing a cold/upper respiratory illness.
Cohen and his team concluded, “More diverse social networks were associated with greater resistance to upper respiratory illness.”
Consider this information in light of the “COVID situation” where we are being trained to view each other with fear and suspicion — and “self-quarantine” at home. What effect does that have on people living alone? Or a single parent with an energetic child? An elderly widow/er?
Where has any of this information factored into our loving governments’ actions?
In short, Cohen’s studies showed that the more we socialise the less susceptible our immune systems become. Vibrant social connections are mood-boosting, which creates a neutrotransmitter cascade and epigenetic response that augments our immunity.
The “paradox” (and it’s only a paradox if you’re a militant subscriber to Germ Theory and ignore the mind-body connection and Terrain Theory) is that relationships protect us from the “risk” of exposure to the very infectious conditions many of us assume they pose.
A good hug releases oxytocin, dopamine, and serotonin. It stimulates the vagus nerve and helps you relax, according to psychologist Tiffany Field. It can decrease your heart rate and trigger a drop in the stress hormones cortisol and norepinephrine.
Where is this mentioned in the covid-19 narrative?
The medical system — and the opinion-forming mainstream media — fixates us on the notion that we “meat sacks” are just hapless docking sites for random invading microbes — flesh machines just waiting to break down…
But in truth we are crawling with trillions of microbes and constantly exposed to all sorts of them in the course of a day — yet we remain okay. It is now estimated there are some 380 trillion viruses in our bodies — aka the virome! And don’t forget the 60 trillion bacteria in us.
Even Louis Pasteur, the godfather of Germ Theory (and a plagiarist), admitted that, “The microbe is nothing. The terrain is everything.” Indeed, these are said to be among his last words before he died.
Not satisfied, in 2015 Cohen replicated his earlier findings on the protective effects of socialisation on the immune system.
In a study involving 404 healthy adults, Cohen and his team studied the effects of perceived social support and the receipt of hugs on the participants’ susceptibility to developing the common cold after being “exposed to the virus.” (To my knowledge, true isolation and purification were not necessarily achieved — and rarely, if ever, are, in truth — but that’s another article for another day.)
The findings?
People who perceived greater social support were less likely to develop a cold, and the researchers calculated that the stress-buffering effects of hugging explained nearly a third (32 percent) of that beneficial effect. For those participants who did develop a cold, those who felt greater social support and received more frequent hugs had less severe symptoms.[v]
“Hugging protects people who are under stress from the increased risk for colds [that’s] usually associated with stress,” said Cohen, adding that hugging “is a marker of intimacy and helps generate the feeling that others are there to help in the face of adversity.”[vi]
In simple terms, basic physical expressions of affection and friendship (aka love) helps to keep colds and flu away.
John Cacioppo, professor at the University of Chicago and director of the University of Chicago Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience has done his own research into loneliness: The more intense and long-lasting it is, the more it undermines your health.
Loneliness worsens depression, causes fragmented sleep and is tied to a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, studies show. Loneliness has several physiological effects, Cacioppo says, like making blood vessels more resistant to blood flow. The resulting rise in blood pressure shows up in older adults a few years later…Choice is the difference between being alone and being lonely, Cacioppo says — loneliness happens when people are forced to be alone.[vii]
A final note on hugs:
A 2008 study found that doses of oxytocin supported several immune functions and reduced the negative effects of bacterial endotoxin in a group of men.
Oxytocin treatment resulted in a transient or prolonged reduction of endotoxin-induced increases in plasma ACTH, cortisol, procalcitonin, and a number of other immune measures. “In summary, oxytocin decreases the neuroendocrine and cytokine activation caused by bacterial endotoxin…”[viii]
In other words, oxytocin (and the hugs that release it) are immune-boosting and protective.
Why does no one discuss the many immune-enhancing BENEFITS of social contact? We only ever hear about the supposed negatives as we are corralled into our homes-cum-prisons.
Once the fear sets in, it’s hard to think straight. Ask yourself if the media’s reporting on “COVID-19” might not be a tad biased and perhaps even deliberately sensationalist and fear-inducing…
Cognitively speaking, once we are triggered into fear we are effectively less intelligent and mentally flexible.
Why would our governments and mass media report news and events in a way that puts people into a state of fearful, un-thinking paralysis?
Who benefits? We continue our investigation in Part 2 — stay tuned.
About the Author
Brendan D. Murphy – Co-founder of Global Freedom Movement and host of GFM Radio, Brendan D. Murphyis a leading Australian author, researcher, activist, and musician. His acclaimed non-fiction epic The Grand Illusion: A Synthesis of Science & Spirituality – Book 1 is out now! Come and get your mind blown at www.brendandmurphy.net
References:
[i] Goleman, Social Intelligence, 224.
[ii] S. Cohen, et al., SOCIABILITY AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO THE COMMON COLD, American Psychological Society, VOL. 14, NO. 5, SEPTEMBER 2003
[iii] Goleman, Social Intelligence, 229.
[iv] S. Cohen et al., Social Ties and Susceptibility to the Common Cold, JAMA, June25, 1997-Vol 277, №24
[v] Stacey Colino, The Health Benefits of Hugging, http://health.usnews.com/health-news/health-wellness/articles/2016-02-03/the-health-benefits-of-hugging
[vi] Ibid.
[vii] Lisa Esposito, How Seniors Plow Through Lonely Winters, http://health.usnews.com/health-news/health-wellness/articles/2016-01-29/how-seniors-plow-through-lonely-winters
[viii] Oxytocin alleviates the neuroendocrine and cytokine response to bacterial endotoxin in healthy men
[viii] Martin Clodi, Greisa Vila, René Geyeregger, Michaela Riedl, Thomas M. Stulnig, Joachim Struck, Thomas A. Luger, and Anton Luger, http://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajpendo.90263.2008[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][thrive_2step id=’24156′]


wakingtimes--2020-04-18--As Protests Mount Across the US, Multiple Sheriffs Openly Stand Against Lockdown

As Protests Mount Across the US , Multiple Sheriffs Openly Stand Against Lockdown On Wednesday , the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) issued a warning and urged governments to take action as global societal unrest is on the horizon .
The IMF cautioned that “ some countries remain vulnerable to new protests , particularly if policy actions to mitigate the COVID-19 crisis are perceived as insufficient or as unfairly favoring large corporates rather than people.
” In the ostensible land of the free , that is indeed the case as Americans were given laughable $ 1,200 deposits for 10 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ home while banks and large corporations received trillions .
While a new ‘ Occupy ’ movement has yet to materialize over the corporate bailouts , people tired of watching the economy turn to dust have already began to revolt .
As TFTP reported this week , on Tuesday , more than 100 protesters took the the city streets of Raleigh , North Carolina to voice their desire to reopen the state ’ s economy .
They were quickly met with police action but the well-organized protesters stood their ground through multiple threats .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the protest was organized by ReopenNC , a private Facebook group organized last week that wants people to make their own stay-at-home decisions to avoid exposure to COVID-19 as the worldwide pandemic continues .
The group surpassed 28,000 members on Tuesday afternoon .
Then , on Wednesday , Michigan followed suit .
Thousands of Michigan citizens took to the streets — and literally blocked them — on Wednesday to protest the government ’ s stay at home order and demand the state reopen the economy .
As the Ocala Post reports , healthcare @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , some military personnel , and thousands of others participated in the protest .
Armed citizens even stormed the steps of the capitol building .
Ironically , the protesters — many of whom wore MAGA hats and carried Trump flags — employed the same tactics they once decried , and blocked traffic .
This is the same act that many MAGA folks claimed people should be run over or shot for when they were protesting police killings .
But I digress .
Also on Wednesday , the revolt continued during Kentucky governor Andy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conference was hijacked by chants of “ we want to work ” and “ facts over fear.
” What started as a whisper in Boise , Idaho earlier this month as a few dozen people violated Gov .
Brad Little ’ s order to avoid group gatherings , and met inside an old factory building to discuss how to circumvent government stay-at-home orders , has since morphed into a full scale yell as thousands of people across multiple states openly defy what they perceive to be unconstitutional decrees from tyrants .
While most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are unquestioningly enforcing the orders from their superiors to ensure citizens stay locked down , others , like Manistee County Sheriff Ken Falk , Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole , Benzie County Sheriff Ted Schendel , and Leelanau County Sheriff Mike Borkovich in Michigan , are doing the opposite .
All of these sheriffs have gone on record and stated that they will not strictly enforce Michigan Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer ’ s stay-at-home orders in their counties .
The sheriffs said they should be focusing on reopening their counties and getting people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , reported the Post .
“ While we understand Whitmer ’ s desire to protect the public , we question the restrictions that she has imposed as overstepping her executive authority , ” the sheriffs said .
“ She has created a vague framework of emergency laws that only confuse Michigan citizens.
” The sheriffs went on to say , “ Together , as a community , we will overcome this pandemic , and as Americans , we will persevere and come out stronger than before .
As sheriffs of your community , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your back and will continue to serve the people who have entrusted us with your protection.
” It is important to note that the sheriffs ’ words should be taken with a grain of salt as all of them have likely enforced victimless crimes and locked entirely innocent people in jail for possessing a plant that makes them happy .
However , it is also important to note that when openly revolting citizens have the backing of law enforcement , it may be time to start paying attention .
Matt Agorist is an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA .
This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state .
Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world .
Agorist is also the Editor at Large at the Free Thought Project .
Follow @ MattAgorist on Twitter , Steemit , and now on Minds .

As Protests Mount Across the US, Multiple Sheriffs Openly Stand Against Lockdown
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project
Waking Times
On Wednesday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a warning and urged governments to take action as global societal unrest is on the horizon. The IMF cautioned that “some countries remain vulnerable to new protests, particularly if policy actions to mitigate the COVID-19 crisis are perceived as insufficient or as unfairly favoring large corporates rather than people.” In the ostensible land of the free, that is indeed the case as Americans were given laughable $1,200 deposits for 10 weeks (or longer) to stay home while banks and large corporations received trillions. While a new ‘Occupy’ movement has yet to materialize over the corporate bailouts, people tired of watching the economy turn to dust have already began to revolt.
As TFTP reported this week, on Tuesday, more than 100 protesters took the the city streets of Raleigh, North Carolina to voice their desire to reopen the state’s economy. They were quickly met with police action but the well-organized protesters stood their ground through multiple threats.
According to the News and Observer, the protest was organized by ReopenNC, a private Facebook group organized last week that wants people to make their own stay-at-home decisions to avoid exposure to COVID-19 as the worldwide pandemic continues. The group surpassed 28,000 members on Tuesday afternoon.
Then, on Wednesday, Michigan followed suit. Thousands of Michigan citizens took to the streets — and literally blocked them — on Wednesday to protest the government’s stay at home order and demand the state reopen the economy.
As the Ocala Post reports, healthcare workers, EMTs, off-duty police officers, some military personnel, and thousands of others participated in the protest. Armed citizens even stormed the steps of the capitol building.
http://www.facebook.com/detroitfreepress/videos/874218859719193/?t=27
Ironically, the protesters — many of whom wore MAGA hats and carried Trump flags — employed the same tactics they once decried, and blocked traffic. This is the same act that many MAGA folks claimed people should be run over or shot for when they were protesting police killings. But I digress.
Also on Wednesday, the revolt continued during Kentucky governor Andy Beshear’s briefing as his press conference was hijacked by chants of “we want to work” and “facts over fear.”
What started as a whisper in Boise, Idaho earlier this month as a few dozen people violated Gov. Brad Little’s order to avoid group gatherings, and met inside an old factory building to discuss how to circumvent government stay-at-home orders, has since morphed into a full scale yell as thousands of people across multiple states openly defy what they perceive to be unconstitutional decrees from tyrants.
While most law enforcement personnel across the United States are unquestioningly enforcing the orders from their superiors to ensure citizens stay locked down, others, like Manistee County Sheriff Ken Falk, Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole, Benzie County Sheriff Ted Schendel, and Leelanau County Sheriff Mike Borkovich in Michigan, are doing the opposite.
All of these sheriffs have gone on record and stated that they will not strictly enforce Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home orders in their counties.
“Each of us took an oath to uphold and defend the Michigan Constitution, as well as the US Constitution, and to ensure that your God-given rights are not violated and we believe that we are the last line of defense in protecting your civil liberties,” the sheriffs said, according to the Ocala Post.
The sheriffs said they should be focusing on reopening their counties and getting people back to work, not tightening restrictions, reported the Post.
http://www.facebook.com/OcalaPost/posts/3125451044174529:0
“While we understand Whitmer’s desire to protect the public, we question the restrictions that she has imposed as overstepping her executive authority,” the sheriffs said. “She has created a vague framework of emergency laws that only confuse Michigan citizens.” The sheriffs went on to say, “Together, as a community, we will overcome this pandemic, and as Americans, we will persevere and come out stronger than before. As sheriffs of your community, we want you to know we have your back and will continue to serve the people who have entrusted us with your protection.”
It is important to note that the sheriffs’ words should be taken with a grain of salt as all of them have likely enforced victimless crimes and locked entirely innocent people in jail for possessing a plant that makes them happy. However, it is also important to note that when openly revolting citizens have the backing of law enforcement, it may be time to start paying attention.
About the Author
Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world. Agorist is also the Editor at Large at the Free Thought Project. Follow @MattAgorist on Twitter, Steemit, and now on Minds.


wakingtimes--2020-04-18--New Technology Could Allow You to “Hack” Your Dreams and Control Lucid Dreaming

New Technology Could Allow You to “ Hack ” Your Dreams and Control Lucid Dreaming Brain activity during sleep and dream states represents one of the many persistently nebulous aspects of the human mind that has defied easy explanation over the years .
Researchers are taking a whole new approach to the field , conducting next-level dream research in a clinical , real-life version of Inception .
And they believe dreams can be “ hacked , augmented , and swayed ” and are developing tools to mine the subconscious like never before .
A team of researchers at MIT ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wearable device that tracks bio-rhythms and engages with a person ’ s mind while they ’ re dreaming .
The device , which they call Dormio , looks like an old-school Nintendo glove adorned with a full array of sensors and tracking mechanisms that study muscle tone , heart rate , and skin conductance .
When a person drifts into the hypnagogic stage of sleep , the glove emits a pre-recorded audio signal .
The researchers believe that because dreams have a synergistic role in mental health , including memories and emotions , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a better understanding of and control over mood regulation .
“ People don ’ t know that a third of their life is a third where they could change or structure or better themselves , ” said PhD student , Adam Horowitz , who is one of the Dream Lab ’ s researchers .
“ Dreaming is really just thinking at night .
In dreams , we ’ re turning any sensory input into part of a story .
Whether you ’ re talking about memory augmentation or creativity augmentation or improving mood @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , there ’ s all these things you can do at night that are practically important.
” Dream Lab hosted a workshop in 2019 that explored the realm of “ lucid dreaming.
” Since then , they ’ ve conducted a 50-person experiment in which the Dormio glove delivered an audio cue of “ tiger , ” which subsequently caused the participants to experience a tiger in their dreams .
Dream Lab is making its device open-source and has posted the source code to the biosignal tracking software on Github .
Another Dream @ @ @ @ @ @ @ experimenting with the olfactory sense to tap further into the unconscious science of sleep .
Her project , BioEssence , works similarly to the Dormio except its primary mechanism is a wearable scent diffuser that monitors biorhythms and brain waves .
When the wearer reaches the N3 stage of sleep , which scientists believe is linked to memory , the device releases a triggering scent tied to a specific memory or behavior .
While scientists consider the therapeutic applications of controlled lucid dreaming , it ’ s hard not to imagine the recreational @ @ @ @ @ @ @ author the content of a dream .
Professor Tore Nielsen compares the “ exhilarating feeling of a lucid dream ” to virtual reality .
“ You can try flying , singing , having sex—it ’ s better than VR.
” While some may brand the Dream Lab researchers as renegade pioneers on a new frontier of science , not everyone is impressed with their work , nor receptive to their end goal .
And though they ’ ve made both their hardware and software open-source , some have questioned the ethics of dream @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a psychologist and sleep and dream expert with the University of Arizona ’ s Center for Integrative Medicine , for example , says the idea of hacking dreams is arrogant and potentially dangerous .
He claims patients “ could end up with sleep-onset insomnia.
” “ The unconscious , it ’ s another kind of intelligence , ” Rubin explains .
“ We can learn from it .
We can be in dialogue with it rather than dominate it , rather than ‘ tap in ’ and try to steer it in directions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that what they ’ re doing is not about controlling dreams : “ This is about bringing awareness to the capabilities that we already have.
” Would you volunteer to be a test subject ?
Do you want to hack your dreams ?

New Technology Could Allow You to “Hack” Your Dreams and Control Lucid Dreaming
Jake Anderson, The Mind Unleashed
Waking Times
Brain activity during sleep and dream states represents one of the many persistently nebulous aspects of the human mind that has defied easy explanation over the years. Researchers are taking a whole new approach to the field, conducting next-level dream research in a clinical, real-life version of Inception. And they believe dreams can be “hacked, augmented, and swayed” and are developing tools to mine the subconscious like never before.
A team of researchers at MIT’s Dream Lab is developing an open-source wearable device that tracks bio-rhythms and engages with a person’s mind while they’re dreaming. The device, which they call Dormio, looks like an old-school Nintendo glove adorned with a full array of sensors and tracking mechanisms that study muscle tone, heart rate, and skin conductance.
When a person drifts into the hypnagogic stage of sleep, the glove emits a pre-recorded audio signal. The researchers believe that because dreams have a synergistic role in mental health, including memories and emotions, they can be tapped and harnessed for a better understanding of and control over mood regulation.
“People don’t know that a third of their life is a third where they could change or structure or better themselves,” said PhD student, Adam Horowitz, who is one of the Dream Lab’s researchers. “Dreaming is really just thinking at night. In dreams, we’re turning any sensory input into part of a story. Whether you’re talking about memory augmentation or creativity augmentation or improving mood the next day or improving test performance, there’s all these things you can do at night that are practically important.”
Dream Lab hosted a workshop in 2019 that explored the realm of “lucid dreaming.” Since then, they’ve conducted a 50-person experiment in which the Dormio glove delivered an audio cue of “tiger,” which subsequently caused the participants to experience a tiger in their dreams.
Dream Lab is making its device open-source and has posted the source code to the biosignal tracking software on Github.
Another Dream Lab researcher, Judith Amores, is experimenting with the olfactory sense to tap further into the unconscious science of sleep. Her project, BioEssence, works similarly to the Dormio except its primary mechanism is a wearable scent diffuser that monitors biorhythms and brain waves. When the wearer reaches the N3 stage of sleep, which scientists believe is linked to memory, the device releases a triggering scent tied to a specific memory or behavior.
“The sense of smell is particularly interesting because it’s directly connected to the memory and the emotional parts of the brain—the amygdala and the hippocampus,” Amores, who believes one day we could alter the content of dreams to treat PTSD and other conditions, says. “And that’s a very interesting gateway to access well-being…you can heal without being fully conscious.”
While scientists consider the therapeutic applications of controlled lucid dreaming, it’s hard not to imagine the recreational potential of being able to steer and author the content of a dream. Professor Tore Nielsen compares the “exhilarating feeling of a lucid dream” to virtual reality. “You can try flying, singing, having sex—it’s better than VR.”
While some may brand the Dream Lab researchers as renegade pioneers on a new frontier of science, not everyone is impressed with their work, nor receptive to their end goal. And though they’ve made both their hardware and software open-source, some have questioned the ethics of dream engineering.
Rubin Naiman, PhD, a psychologist and sleep and dream expert with the University of Arizona’s Center for Integrative Medicine, for example, says the idea of hacking dreams is arrogant and potentially dangerous. He claims patients “could end up with sleep-onset insomnia.”
“The unconscious, it’s another kind of intelligence,” Rubin explains. “We can learn from it. We can be in dialogue with it rather than dominate it, rather than ‘tap in’ and try to steer it in directions we want.” However, Amores counters that what they’re doing is not about controlling dreams:“This is about bringing awareness to the capabilities that we already have.”
Would you volunteer to be a test subject? Do you want to hack your dreams?
By Jake Anderson | Creative Commons | TheMindUnleashed.com


wakingtimes--2020-04-18--Systems Biologist Speaks Out About COVID-19 Response

Today , we continue to provide you information about the COVID-19 pandemic .
At the time of this recording , April 6 , 2020 , there are more than 1.4 million cases worldwide and 370,000 confirmed cases in the U.S. , with New York City being one of the hotspots .
Here , I interview Shiva Ayyadurai , who has a Ph.D. in systems biology from MIT .
His academic background gives Ayyadurai a slightly different perspective on this outbreak , as it focuses on the foundational causes of disease rather than the conventional medical paradigm that tends to focus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The MIT department of biological engineering was created in 2003 .
The notion was … that you needed an engineering approach to biology as new advances or new discoveries were coming out in biology .
That created the department of biological engineering … One of the big things that took place in 2003 that led to the formation of that department was , in an ironic way , what occurred with the human genome project starting in 1993 .
We went into the genome project with a reductionist view of biology .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ parts meant complexity .
We knew in 1993 , a worm had around 20,000 genes .
So , we said , OK , we ’ re going to start mapping out the human genome .
We were at least 25 times more complex .
The notion was we had about a half a million genes .
By 2003 , they only found 20,000 protein coding genes .
That flipped biology on its head because it said , wait a minute , we have the same number of parts , and they thought genes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ led to systems biology starting around 2003 , which said , look , genes create proteins and these proteins interact .
So , it ’ s about all these interactions … Today , that has led to this field called epigenetics , in which we know that the external environment , what we interact with , can turn on and turn off genes .
I came back to MIT in 2003 .
I did four degrees at MIT in electrical engineering , mechanical engineering .
My Master ’ s was in design , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” The project Ayyadurai took on for his Ph.D. thesis was to mathematically model the whole human cell .
His work led to the creation of a platform called CytoSolve “ cyto ” standing for “ cell.
” This approach is different from biology , computer science and chemistry .
“ Biologists are essentially distributed knowledge engineers , ” he says , “ and the thing they ’ re trying to understand is this thing called the body .
No different than aeronautical engineers trying to build the airplane .
The difference is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ actually know what we want to build .
And we know the parts in biology , we ’ re finding the parts , that ’ s what they ’ re doing .
Some biologists can win a Nobel prize just for looking at how two proteins interact .
So , they ’ re very focused on understanding these parts .
So , imagine if we could create a technology where we could take those parts , integrate them , and then essentially let them be sort of focused in their silos .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that you could integrate , where you could integrate these molecular pathways .
And that really created cytosol .
To me , it was a big circling back because I grew up in India where my grandmother practiced traditional systems of medicine .
In that system of medicine , they had diagnosis methods , they looked at you , they figured out your body type and they would figure out the right types of foods and medicines , herbs or even body work to get you back into balance .
That was always @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from a Western medicine [ perspective ] .
[ CytoSolve ] lets us decipher what they were doing and actually understand these synergies .
So that ’ s what systems biology is about .
It ’ s taking an engineering systems approach to the body … It ’ s literally understanding how to diagnose and assess and identify what the problem is , and then how to administer a prescription within a few minutes .
It ’ s essentially an ‘ AI ’ -type model.
” As noted by Ayyadurai , the COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health but also our economic health .
We ’ re seeing the integration of medical policy and economic policy .
“ I had a very interesting discussion with a leading economist , ” Ayyadurai says , “ and he had a serious concern about the fact that economists are being forced to backfill in a misguided health policy , which is occurring .
What he meant by that is , [ they ’ re being told to ] just use quantitative easing , which is basically printing money , and that will solve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ does two things .
First of all , we have I think 10 million unemployment claims in March alone .
In addition to that , you have the fact that we ’ re going to print money , which … if you look , since 2008 and 2009 , when quantitative easing started … that has essentially been the biggest transfer of wealth — to the 0.01 % , again .
It is essentially a weakened earning power and the [ weakened value ] of the dollar .
So that ’ s what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this COVID-19 , and we have this economic overreaction , in my opinion , from the fear-mongering .
In many ways , it reflects the immune system .
The immune system fundamentally wants to operate well for you and maintain homeostasis , and it ’ s the overreaction of a weakened and dysfunctional immune system that causes harm .
Similarly , when you look at it from the economic standpoint , we have this unbridled overreaction , in my view .
[ We ’ re ] not looking at what modern medicine is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ personalized medicine approach , right ?
One size doesn ’ t fit all .
This is basically flatten the curve : Kick the can down the street .
We ’ re just going to wait until , when ?
Until the vaccine is produced or until a drug comes out .
The assumption is that the immune system of all of us is equally weak .
That ’ s what this is based on .
The assumption is that all of us are going to get it and all of us will suffer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very interesting model .
Look at the person leading this health policy , Dr. Fauci .
His background is from the pharmaceutical world … [ and ] when you look at the NIH and the CDC , these organizations are heavily , heavily influenced by pharmaceutical companies .
In that environment , the model has always been never to discuss immune health , what we can do to support the immune system .
It ’ s always under the assumption that there ’ s this big boogeyman , that the virus harms your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , they ’ re victims of this education .
Many of them are taught the virus literally comes and attacks your body , and that a vaccine or a pharmaceutical intervention blocks it .
It ’ s not taught broadly that [ the problem is that ] the dysfunctional , weakened immune system is not running on all cylinders .
One part of it can overreact , and that overreaction is what goes in and attacks your own tissues .
So , the issue is , we ’ re not having a discussion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ How do you modulate that overreaction and support people ’ s immune health ?
’ ” Similarly , Ayyadurai notes , the economic collapse is “ a result of precisely engineered governmental policies , ” even though those policies , superficially , appear to be in the public ’ s best interest .
COVID-19 meets the technical definition of a pandemic , and the World Health Organization did declare it a pandemic .
However , the death toll is nowhere near that of earlier serious pandemics that would legitimately justify the extraordinary measures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Spanish flu in 1918 infected 500 million people worldwide , killing between 20 million and 50 million .
The bubonic plague also killed 50 million people , wiping out a shocking 60 % of the European population .
This is typically what people think of when they hear the word “ pandemic.
” COVID-19 presently affects a tiny fraction of the global population — about 1.4 million cases out of a global population of 7.78 billion — and even with a death toll of 81,000 worldwide , COVID-19 has had a miniscule @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % of the population .
Don ’ t get me wrong .
Any death is tragic .
But any given individual ’ s risk of dying from the epidemics of diabetes , heart disease or cancer , for example , is greater than their risk of dying from COVID-19 .
Why is death from lifestyle-induced disease and environmental toxicity more preferable and acceptable than death from an infectious disease ?
Dying from a preventable medical mistake is also a greater risk , as that kills up to 440,000 Americans every year .
Where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Isn ’ t the idea that conventional medicine kills 440,000 people a year terrifying ?
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1 in 5 elderly patients are also injured by medical care .
Where are the calls to protect our aging loved ones from this threat ?
Were health policies more aligned with truth , we wouldn ’ t have these chronic disease epidemics and far fewer people would die from preventable medical mistakes .
More people would lead healthy lives were they properly informed about what ’ s harmful and what ’ s healthy .
Similarly , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are simple strategies with which we can address this infection that does not require collapsing the global economy , creating unheard of unemployment and isolating everyone from human contact for weeks on end .
You can find many articles detailing such strategies on my Coronavirus Resource Page .
As noted by Ayyadurai , systems biology tells us that one size does not fit all .
“ We need to move to the right medicine for the right person at the right time , ” he says .
But this knowledge has not been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ everyone is being treated as though they ’ re high risk for severe infection and death and therefore need to take identical precautions .
So , what ’ s really going on here ?
Like Ayyadurai , I believe the fearmongering is being used to suppress dissent , to crash the economy and to issue medical mandates .
“ If you look broadly , there were massive uprisings , antiestablishment uprisings [ in different countries ] .
Well , they ’ re all gone now .
We don ’ t even hear anything @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He also believes this fearmongering and social isolation mandates will be used as a way to acclimatize people to accept state wants or what a few people deem is good for everyone .
“ That , I think , is the milieu being set up , ” he says .
“ That ’ s being teed up.
” Indeed , it simply doesn ’ t add up when you look at mortality rates .
Interestingly , this epidemic is taking place just a few months after Google began censoring holistic health news .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ strategies can no longer find them .
Instead , they ’ re directed to Big Pharma-backed sites promoting conventional medicine .
The censorship isn ’ t even about squashing nonscientific views anymore .
Educated health professionals are being banned left and right simply for posting peer-reviewed studies showing nutraceuticals work , or that drugs or vaccines don ’ t work — including Ayyadurai himself , who got kicked off Twitter the day this interview was recorded over a vitamin D post .
“ It has essentially moved to a model of a finite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ another finite set of people , ” Ayyadurai says .
“ That ’ s what ’ s fundamentally going on .
When we really look back at the history of ‘ infectious diseases , ’ what actually caused the real decline in infectious disease ?
… That came from sanitation , vitamin A , nutrition , elimination of child labor , refrigeration [ and ] infrastructure at the political level … Well , how did we get that ?
This is one layer people need to understand from a human standpoint .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , there was a massive force of the American working class who were militant , and they fought for those rights .
People lived in squalor .
No one cared for them .
It was the uprising of those people and very , very powerful independently self-organizing systems , all over this country , that forced the elites to give them these basic infrastructures … So , what I see is the ability for people to organize and demand their rights and get them .
That is what occurred in the late 1900s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Now look at infrastructure today .
Dirty water , dirty air , dirty food … and we look at them in synergy , how they affect our body .
None of that ’ s discussed , none of that .
I think the United States has a D+ in infrastructure .
The roads , the bridges and the water systems [ are all crumbling ] .
And when you don ’ t fix these things in time , they affect all types of environmental things .
The elite in this country do not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to always create a fake problem and a fake solution to consolidate power .
And that ’ s why when you look at this [ COVID-19 ] phenomenon that ’ s taking place , it ’ s a penultimate of it … You create massive amounts of fear so people will be willing — because they ’ re under economic stress , under what they think is a health [ threat ] — to give up their rights .
And that ’ s where I see this headed .
So , this is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , attack on people ’ s health , [ and attack on ] people ’ s autonomy and freedom .
Truth , freedom and health are all under attack … They do not want any discussion about indigenous people ’ s medicines that have worked for centuries .
They don ’ t want to talk about simple solutions … so , they suppress discourse , suppress debate , suppress freedom , and move everything away from the scientific method — which is a process where you actually have to prove stuff , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do to scientific consensus .
Freedom gets suppressed and now you can move truth to scientific consensus .
So , you go from suppression of freedom to fake science or outdated science at best .
And then that is used to create a fake problem and a fake solution .
And then , if you go to the health part , what that means is you diminish people ’ s health , you control people ’ s health , and now you have a populace which is so controlled , they don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their freedom .
So , you have the attack on freedom , the attack on truth , and the attack on health .
All of those are interconnected .
They too are a system from a systems perspective .
Without freedom , you can ’ t have truth .
Without truth , you can ’ t have health .
And without health we don ’ t have the strength to fight for our freedom .
And the way that truth actually is discovered should be through the scientific method .
That ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ starting , I would say , in the late ‘ 50s.
” Postal Service Could Be Used to Protect Free Communications To summarize , the three-pronged agenda is : Power , profit and control .
To counteract that three-pronged threat , we need academic freedom and the freedom to discourse and debate .
From that freedom , we get truth , and from truth , we ’ re able to understand health , not only physical health but also in the broadest sense the health of our systems , our infrastructure and environment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strength to fight for even more freedoms .
“ For each one of those , there ’ s a solution .
For example , when you go to freedom , if you look at communication , right now we are heavily relying on Google , Facebook and three major telecom companies .
So , basically , five CEOs control our communication .
One phone call to them , and you can essentially shut down communication … What is the solution ?
Well , it ’ s going to sound weird , but … @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an institution called the United States Postal Service .
Why did they create that ?
Because the crown was not allowing each individual to communicate .
So , the notion of ‘ the press ’ was all of us .
There was no New York Times .
Each one of us were supposed to be the press … If anyone interfered with your communications , [ they got a ] 20-year prison sentence .
It was criminal .
So , the entire postal service system was a decentralized environment enabling every American to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when email volume overtook postal mail volume .
I met with the executives of the postal service .
I said , look , you guys should be living up to what you were chartered to do , which is to protect free communications .
Why don ’ t you offer a public email service and public social media services … that would be protected by the laws of the Constitution ?
No one , including the government , could interfere .
They thought it was a ridiculous idea … In 2011 , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Why ?
Because all the best parts of the postal service were privatized into DHL and FedEx .
So , I again hit them really hard .
The inspector general , Dave Williams , called me up .
He goes , ‘ Shiva , why are you attacking us ?
’ I said , ‘ Look , you guys are not doing your job .
You ’ re not in the postal mail business .
You were supposed to be in the communications business .
You are set up as a quasi-organization @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I did two chartered reports for them .
My point is we need a digital rights act , and there is an institution [ that can supply us with that ] .
It is the postal service , in my view .
All these postal service locations could be converted to a mesh network .
So , there is an opportunity to have a network by the people for the people .
Now if someone wants to go use Google and Facebook and you can , but there needs to be a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ object to this and have the power and control to prevent that from being implemented .
Definitely .
That ’ s why I believe we need to have a mass movement .
Nothing has ever been given to us .
People think slavery ends one day and we have freedom the next .
Every point in human history has always been people chipping away at slavery to get freedom from the elite.
” Decentralization Is the Name of the Game Ayyadurai discusses many additional issues and goes far deeper than I can summarize @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the interview in its entirety .
He has many fascinating insights , ideas and solutions .
For example , about 50 minutes in , he discusses how federally funded research systems can be improved to ensure scientific integrity and prevent scientific fraud .
“ We need to take power away from the academics , ” he says , “ and one way to do that is to force decentralization .
That ’ s a common theme here.
” He also analyzes the health care model , and discusses how health care , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ simultaneously being made far less expensive .
“ Broadly , we need to decentralize health care .
The concept of centralized health care — which is what the purpose of this [ COVID-19 pandemic is ] — is that next year everyone ’ s going to be mandated vaccines , ” he says .
“ For them to crash the economy , to drive it into a depression , for them it ’ s a relatively great return on investment .
You make the fed print $ 6 trillion , but you ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to $ 8 trillion recurring revenue [ by way of mandated , annual vaccinations ] … So , we have to do whatever it takes to decentralize health care … When you look at these things I ’ ve said , it comes down to one word : Decentralization … I think the opportunity here is to start educating people .
It is supposed to be We the People , and this does not mean it ’ s going to happen without struggle .
We may have to rise up and fight in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before , just like those people did in the late 1800s , and the idea is to compel the thing .
We need to build a broad-based movement bottom-up … And I think it begins with taking care of your health .
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Systems Biologist Speaks Out About COVID-19 Response
Dr. Mercola, Guest
Waking Times
Today, we continue to provide you information about the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time of this recording, April 6, 2020, there are more than 1.4 million cases worldwide and 370,000 confirmed cases in the U.S., with New York City being one of the hotspots. Here, I interview Shiva Ayyadurai, who has a Ph.D. in systems biology from MIT.
What Is Systems Biology?
His academic background gives Ayyadurai a slightly different perspective on this outbreak, as it focuses on the foundational causes of disease rather than the conventional medical paradigm that tends to focus on pharmaceutical remedies. Ayyadurai explains:
“The MIT department of biological engineering was created in 2003. The notion was … that you needed an engineering approach to biology as new advances or new discoveries were coming out in biology. That created the department of biological engineering … One of the big things that took place in 2003 that led to the formation of that department was, in an ironic way, what occurred with the human genome project starting in 1993. We went into the genome project with a reductionist view of biology. Biologists essentially thought that the number of parts meant complexity. We knew in 1993, a worm had around 20,000 genes. So, we said, OK, we’re going to start mapping out the human genome. We were at least 25 times more complex. The notion was we had about a half a million genes. By 2003, they only found 20,000 protein coding genes. That flipped biology on its head because it said, wait a minute, we have the same number of parts, and they thought genes were a reflection of complexity. That led to systems biology starting around 2003, which said, look, genes create proteins and these proteins interact. So, it’s about all these interactions … Today, that has led to this field called epigenetics, in which we know that the external environment, what we interact with, can turn on and turn off genes. I came back to MIT in 2003. I did four degrees at MIT in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering. My Master’s was in design, but I always was fascinated with medicine.”
The Cytosol Platform
The project Ayyadurai took on for his Ph.D. thesis was to mathematically model the whole human cell. His work led to the creation of a platform called CytoSolve “cyto” standing for “cell.” This approach is different from biology, computer science and chemistry.
“Biologists are essentially distributed knowledge engineers,” he says, “and the thing they’re trying to understand is this thing called the body. No different than aeronautical engineers trying to build the airplane. The difference is when we build an airplane, we actually know what we want to build. And we know the parts in biology, we’re finding the parts, that’s what they’re doing. Some biologists can win a Nobel prize just for looking at how two proteins interact. So, they’re very focused on understanding these parts. So, imagine if we could create a technology where we could take those parts, integrate them, and then essentially let them be sort of focused in their silos. But there wouldn’t be this framework that you could integrate, where you could integrate these molecular pathways. And that really created cytosol. To me, it was a big circling back because I grew up in India where my grandmother practiced traditional systems of medicine. In that system of medicine, they had diagnosis methods, they looked at you, they figured out your body type and they would figure out the right types of foods and medicines, herbs or even body work to get you back into balance. That was always seen as a ‘black art’ from a Western medicine [perspective]. [CytoSolve] lets us decipher what they were doing and actually understand these synergies. So that’s what systems biology is about. It’s taking an engineering systems approach to the body … It’s literally understanding how to diagnose and assess and identify what the problem is, and then how to administer a prescription within a few minutes. It’s essentially an ‘AI’-type model.”
COVID-19 — Health and Economic Perspectives
As noted by Ayyadurai, the COVID-19 pandemic is not only highlighting our immune health but also our economic health. We’re seeing the integration of medical policy and economic policy.
“I had a very interesting discussion with a leading economist,” Ayyadurai says, “and he had a serious concern about the fact that economists are being forced to backfill in a misguided health policy, which is occurring. What he meant by that is, [they’re being told to] just use quantitative easing, which is basically printing money, and that will solve the problem. Now that entire process does two things. First of all, we have I think 10 million unemployment claims in March alone. In addition to that, you have the fact that we’re going to print money, which … if you look, since 2008 and 2009, when quantitative easing started … that has essentially been the biggest transfer of wealth — to the 0.01%, again. It is essentially a weakened earning power and the [weakened value] of the dollar. So that’s what’s occurred. Now we have this COVID-19, and we have this economic overreaction, in my opinion, from the fear-mongering. In many ways, it reflects the immune system. The immune system fundamentally wants to operate well for you and maintain homeostasis, and it’s the overreaction of a weakened and dysfunctional immune system that causes harm. Similarly, when you look at it from the economic standpoint, we have this unbridled overreaction, in my view. [We’re] not looking at what modern medicine is saying — that we should take a personalized medicine approach, right? One size doesn’t fit all. This is basically flatten the curve: Kick the can down the street. We’re just going to wait until, when? Until the vaccine is produced or until a drug comes out. The assumption is that the immune system of all of us is equally weak. That’s what this is based on. The assumption is that all of us are going to get it and all of us will suffer from it. It’s a very interesting model. Look at the person leading this health policy, Dr. Fauci. His background is from the pharmaceutical world … [and] when you look at the NIH and the CDC, these organizations are heavily, heavily influenced by pharmaceutical companies. In that environment, the model has always been never to discuss immune health, what we can do to support the immune system. It’s always under the assumption that there’s this big boogeyman, that the virus harms your body. Most medical doctors, again, they’re victims of this education. Many of them are taught the virus literally comes and attacks your body, and that a vaccine or a pharmaceutical intervention blocks it. It’s not taught broadly that [the problem is that] the dysfunctional, weakened immune system is not running on all cylinders. One part of it can overreact, and that overreaction is what goes in and attacks your own tissues. So, the issue is, we’re not having a discussion at all in the media about ‘How do you modulate that overreaction and support people’s immune health?’”
Similarly, Ayyadurai notes, the economic collapse is “a result of precisely engineered governmental policies,” even though those policies, superficially, appear to be in the public’s best interest.
Is COVID-19 a Real Pandemic?
COVID-19 meets the technical definition of a pandemic, and the World Health Organization did declare it a pandemic. However, the death toll is nowhere near that of earlier serious pandemics that would legitimately justify the extraordinary measures being deployed by the U.S. government.
The Spanish flu in 1918 infected 500 million people worldwide, killing between 20 million and 50 million. The bubonic plague also killed 50 million people, wiping out a shocking 60% of the European population. This is typically what people think of when they hear the word “pandemic.”
COVID-19 presently affects a tiny fraction of the global population — about 1.4 million cases out of a global population of 7.78 billion — and even with a death toll of 81,000 worldwide, COVID-19 has had a miniscule impact, having killed a mere 0.00001% of the population.
Don’t get me wrong. Any death is tragic. But any given individual’s risk of dying from the epidemics of diabetes, heart disease or cancer, for example, is greater than their risk of dying from COVID-19. Why is death from lifestyle-induced disease and environmental toxicity more preferable and acceptable than death from an infectious disease?
Dying from a preventable medical mistake is also a greater risk, as that kills up to 440,000 Americans every year. Where’s the panic about that? Isn’t the idea that conventional medicine kills 440,000 people a year terrifying?! 1 in 5 elderly patients are also injured by medical care. Where are the calls to protect our aging loved ones from this threat?
Were health policies more aligned with truth, we wouldn’t have these chronic disease epidemics and far fewer people would die from preventable medical mistakes. More people would lead healthy lives were they properly informed about what’s harmful and what’s healthy.
Similarly, when it comes to COVID-19, there are simple strategies with which we can address this infection that does not require collapsing the global economy, creating unheard of unemployment and isolating everyone from human contact for weeks on end. You can find many articles detailing such strategies on my Coronavirus Resource Page.
As noted by Ayyadurai, systems biology tells us that one size does not fit all. “We need to move to the right medicine for the right person at the right time,” he says. But this knowledge has not been applied in this pandemic. Instead, everyone is being treated as though they’re high risk for severe infection and death and therefore need to take identical precautions. So, what’s really going on here?
“We have not said, ‘Hey, let’s shut down the economy to address the fact that we have skyrocketing obesity taking place, skyrocketing diabetes,” Ayyadurai says. “So, the level of contradiction, the level of hypocrisy should wake up everyone to understand that there is another agenda. There is another agenda afoot. I repeat what my mentor said: ‘When things don’t add up, take a step back and ask, what is the other agenda?’ And the only thing in a common-sense way that reveals itself to me is power, profit and control. Power, profit and control.”
The Power, Profit and Control Agenda
Like Ayyadurai, I believe the fearmongering is being used to suppress dissent, to crash the economy and to issue medical mandates. “If you look broadly, there were massive uprisings, antiestablishment uprisings [in different countries]. Well, they’re all gone now. We don’t even hear anything about them,” Ayyadurai says.
He also believes this fearmongering and social isolation mandates will be used as a way to acclimatize people to accept state wants or what a few people deem is good for everyone. “That, I think, is the milieu being set up,” he says. “That’s being teed up.” Indeed, it simply doesn’t add up when you look at mortality rates.
“There’s another agenda,” Ayyadurai says. “That’s what I see, because it doesn’t make any rational sense [to crash the economy over COVID-19]. I think that’s why a number of the videos, the tweets I’ve done have gone viral, because to everyday working people, it doesn’t make sense either. They’re trying to sort this out.”
Interestingly, this epidemic is taking place just a few months after Google began censoring holistic health news. So, people searching for sound nutritional strategies can no longer find them. Instead, they’re directed to Big Pharma-backed sites promoting conventional medicine.
The censorship isn’t even about squashing nonscientific views anymore. Educated health professionals are being banned left and right simply for posting peer-reviewed studies showing nutraceuticals work, or that drugs or vaccines don’t work — including Ayyadurai himself, who got kicked off Twitter the day this interview was recorded over a vitamin D post.
“It has essentially moved to a model of a finite set of people serving the interests of another finite set of people,” Ayyadurai says. “That’s what’s fundamentally going on. When we really look back at the history of ‘infectious diseases,’ what actually caused the real decline in infectious disease? … That came from sanitation, vitamin A, nutrition, elimination of child labor, refrigeration [and] infrastructure at the political level … Well, how did we get that? This is one layer people need to understand from a human standpoint. It came about because in the late 1800s, there was a massive force of the American working class who were militant, and they fought for those rights. People lived in squalor. No one cared for them. It was the uprising of those people and very, very powerful independently self-organizing systems, all over this country, that forced the elites to give them these basic infrastructures … So, what I see is the ability for people to organize and demand their rights and get them. That is what occurred in the late 1900s, and we got massive gains. Now look at infrastructure today. Dirty water, dirty air, dirty food … and we look at them in synergy, how they affect our body. None of that’s discussed, none of that. I think the United States has a D+ in infrastructure. The roads, the bridges and the water systems [are all crumbling]. And when you don’t fix these things in time, they affect all types of environmental things. The elite in this country do not want to address that. They want to always create a fake problem and a fake solution to consolidate power. And that’s why when you look at this [COVID-19] phenomenon that’s taking place, it’s a penultimate of it … You create massive amounts of fear so people will be willing — because they’re under economic stress, under what they think is a health [threat] — to give up their rights. And that’s where I see this headed. So, this is an interesting convergence of … economic attack, attack on people’s health, [and attack on] people’s autonomy and freedom. Truth, freedom and health are all under attack … They do not want any discussion about indigenous people’s medicines that have worked for centuries. They don’t want to talk about simple solutions … so, they suppress discourse, suppress debate, suppress freedom, and move everything away from the scientific method — which is a process where you actually have to prove stuff, which is what they claim they want to do to scientific consensus. Freedom gets suppressed and now you can move truth to scientific consensus. So, you go from suppression of freedom to fake science or outdated science at best. And then that is used to create a fake problem and a fake solution. And then, if you go to the health part, what that means is you diminish people’s health, you control people’s health, and now you have a populace which is so controlled, they don’t have the strength to fight for their freedom. So, you have the attack on freedom, the attack on truth, and the attack on health. All of those are interconnected. They too are a system from a systems perspective. Without freedom, you can’t have truth. Without truth, you can’t have health. And without health we don’t have the strength to fight for our freedom. And the way that truth actually is discovered should be through the scientific method. That’s what’s really been compromised, starting, I would say, in the late ‘50s.”
Postal Service Could Be Used to Protect Free Communications
To summarize, the three-pronged agenda is: Power, profit and control. To counteract that three-pronged threat, we need academic freedom and the freedom to discourse and debate.
From that freedom, we get truth, and from truth, we’re able to understand health, not only physical health but also in the broadest sense the health of our systems, our infrastructure and environment. With health, we gain the strength to fight for even more freedoms.
“For each one of those, there’s a solution. For example, when you go to freedom, if you look at communication, right now we are heavily relying on Google, Facebook and three major telecom companies. So, basically, five CEOs control our communication. One phone call to them, and you can essentially shut down communication … What is the solution? Well, it’s going to sound weird, but … the founding fathers of this country created an institution called the United States Postal Service. Why did they create that? Because the crown was not allowing each individual to communicate. So, the notion of ‘the press’ was all of us. There was no New York Times. Each one of us were supposed to be the press … If anyone interfered with your communications, [they got a] 20-year prison sentence. It was criminal. So, the entire postal service system was a decentralized environment enabling every American to communicate for pennies … In 1997 is when email volume overtook postal mail volume. I met with the executives of the postal service. I said, look, you guys should be living up to what you were chartered to do, which is to protect free communications. Why don’t you offer a public email service and public social media services … that would be protected by the laws of the Constitution? No one, including the government, could interfere. They thought it was a ridiculous idea … In 2011, the postal services were going out of business. Why? Because all the best parts of the postal service were privatized into DHL and FedEx. So, I again hit them really hard. The inspector general, Dave Williams, called me up. He goes, ‘Shiva, why are you attacking us?’ I said, ‘Look, you guys are not doing your job. You’re not in the postal mail business. You were supposed to be in the communications business. You are set up as a quasi-organization to protect our rights. So anyway, I did two chartered reports for them. My point is we need a digital rights act, and there is an institution [that can supply us with that]. It is the postal service, in my view. All these postal service locations could be converted to a mesh network. So, there is an opportunity to have a network by the people for the people. Now if someone wants to go use Google and Facebook and you can, but there needs to be a public common. Those few elite would object to this and have the power and control to prevent that from being implemented. Definitely. That’s why I believe we need to have a mass movement. Nothing has ever been given to us. People think slavery ends one day and we have freedom the next. Every point in human history has always been people chipping away at slavery to get freedom from the elite.”
Decentralization Is the Name of the Game
Ayyadurai discusses many additional issues and goes far deeper than I can summarize here, so please, listen to the interview in its entirety. He has many fascinating insights, ideas and solutions. For example, about 50 minutes in, he discusses how federally funded research systems can be improved to ensure scientific integrity and prevent scientific fraud.
“We need to take power away from the academics,” he says, “and one way to do that is to force decentralization. That’s a common theme here.” He also analyzes the health care model, and discusses how health care, as a system, can be improved while simultaneously being made far less expensive.


wakingtimes--2020-04-18--Killing Ourselves to Flatten the Curve

Killing Ourselves to Flatten the Curve

Killing Ourselves to Flatten the Curve An elderly woman sits on a park bench in England with no one nearby .
Police draw near — apparently protected from covid-19 by their law enforcement costumes — to intervene and issue her a hefty fine… Paris bans outdoor exercise during the day with disobedient joggers facing the threat of 6 months in jail .
Medical “ authorities ” at the W.H.O threaten “ to enter homes and remove family members ” in order to impose isolation on them .
Flashing signs at beaches in Australia warn visitors to monitor their “ sand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the sand might suddenly become “ dangerous ” — and after how long ) .
Innocent travellers are randomly pulled over and questioned — Nazi/Soviet-style — as to the purpose of the most mundane and innocuous voyages .
“ Papers please.
” Police in England threaten to literally examine the contents of people ’ s shopping trolleys to make sure people only buy “ essentials.
” Crosses mark where we can stand “ safely ” in line for an ATM — fortunately the virus seems not to be able to move sideways @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only forwards and backwards .
I wish I was making even just a FRACTION of this up , but these are all REAL examples .
Regardless of your viewpoint on the coronavirus itself , it seems high time that we all assess the merits of the countermeasures being employed by governments around the world to fight covid-19 .
I want you to seriously entertain an uncomfortable question — consider it a thought experiment .
The question is this : By trying to “ flatten the curve ” using current methods are we actually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at a higher rate than this apparent flu-like condition — that appears less and less threatening by the day — ever could ?
Consider “ social distancing ” and self-quarantine , a couple of supremely Orwellian terms .
We are told this is to “ flatten the curve ” and prevent the spread of the dread disease ( an idea which increasing numbers of medical professionals and scientists are challenging ) .
We are , paradoxically , “ united ” in our isolation .
What are the impacts of this isolation ?
Might @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of these measures ?
Let ’ s take a look .
Everyone knows the elderly represent a more susceptible demographic .
Government rhetoric tells us that the radical social measures will “ protect the vulnerable ” such as the elderly — but how true is this ?
In a study by Krumholtz on elderly people who were hospitalised for congestive heart failure , it was found that those who had no one to rely on for emotional support were three times more likely to have another episode requiring a return to hospital than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [ i ] This speaks to the powerful psychosomatic component of health — part of the puzzle conspicuously absent from mainstream discourse , which — you may have noticed — focuses the covid-19 narrative entirely on the idea of vengeful microbes floating around waiting for an unsuspecting human host .
In 2003 , Dr Sheldon Cohen , a psychologist at Carnegie Mellon published the results of his intentional attempts at trying to give common colds to people , in a study featuring over 300 volunteers .
[ ii ] He wanted to test @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Under tightly controlled conditions he systematically exposed volunteers to a rhinovirus believed to cause the common cold .
Despite his best efforts , fully two thirds of the exposed volunteers were utterly unaffected .
All things being equal , simple exposure was clearly not the be all and end all .
Cohen et al .
also had something to say about cortisol : “ Sociability was associated with lower concentrations of…cortisol and the SNS hormone epinephrine.
” It is generally recognised nowadays that chronically elevated levels of cortisol have an immune-damping effect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the systematic shutdown of virtually the entire global economy and resulting plague of joblessness , poverty , and pressure to provide for family and dependents — a sure fire recipe for chronically elevated cortisol levels from these raw survival anxieties .
And then add on top of that the bonus of social deprivation ( let ’ s call it what it is ) — which ALSO has an immune-damping effect .
So , on the one hand , our loving governments have unleashed a pandemic of stress and anguish due to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ resulting Depression ( yes , it ’ s well under way ) — and on the other hand we have the Orwellian ban on free socialisation , depriving countless people of the most valuable thing in a time of crisis : an empathetic human touch .
We are not robots .
Studies done on babies have shown that those reared without physical contact suffer in a multitude of ways , including the stunting of natural physical growth .
Monetary tensions in a household are part of the texture of urban life and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ axiomatic that finances are a common source of conflict in the home .
Consider the amplification of general household stress a Depression-level event like this global shutdown brings .
Like a lottery win — or a PCR test — the coronavirus lockdown situation is an amplifier of what is already present .
How does this bode for the health and immunity of people in tough — or even abusive — relationships ?
What Cohen found in his work was that participants who had an ongoing personal conflict were 2.5 times as likely as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which put rough relationships in the same causal category as vitamin C deficiency and sleep deprivation !
[ iii ] But the hits keep coming .
In earlier phases of these studies , Cohen found that , of 276 volunteers exposed to rhinovirus : The people with the weakest social support levels were 4.2 times more susceptible than those with robust sociability .
Although smoking , poor sleep quality , low vitamin C , elevated catecholamine levels , and even introversion were all associated with greater susceptibility to colds , they were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and connection felt by participants .
[ iv ] This means loneliness was even riskier than smoking in terms of developing a cold/upper respiratory illness .
Cohen and his team concluded , “ More diverse social networks were associated with greater resistance to upper respiratory illness.
” Consider this information in light of the “ COVID situation ” where we are being trained to view each other with fear and suspicion — and “ self-quarantine ” at home .
What effect does that have on people living alone ?
Or a single parent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ widow/er ?
Where has any of this information factored into our loving governments ’ actions ?
In short , Cohen ’ s studies showed that the more we socialise the less susceptible our immune systems become .
Vibrant social connections are mood-boosting , which creates a neutrotransmitter cascade and epigenetic response that augments our immunity .
The “ paradox ” ( and it ’ s only a paradox if you ’ re a militant subscriber to Germ Theory and ignore the mind-body connection and Terrain Theory ) is that relationships protect us from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the very infectious conditions many of us assume they pose .
A good hug releases oxytocin , dopamine , and serotonin .
It stimulates the vagus nerve and helps you relax , according to psychologist Tiffany Field .
It can decrease your heart rate and trigger a drop in the stress hormones cortisol and norepinephrine .
Where is this mentioned in the covid-19 narrative ?
The medical system — and the opinion-forming mainstream media — fixates us on the notion that we “ meat sacks ” are just hapless docking sites for random @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to break down… But in truth we are crawling with trillions of microbes and constantly exposed to all sorts of them in the course of a day — yet we remain okay .
It is now estimated there are some 380 trillion viruses in our bodies — aka the virome !
And don ’ t forget the 60 trillion bacteria in us .
Even Louis Pasteur , the godfather of Germ Theory ( and a plagiarist ) , admitted that , “ The microbe is nothing .
The terrain is everything.
” Indeed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his last words before he died .
Not satisfied , in 2015 Cohen replicated his earlier findings on the protective effects of socialisation on the immune system .
In a study involving 404 healthy adults , Cohen and his team studied the effects of perceived social support and the receipt of hugs on the participants ’ susceptibility to developing the common cold after being “ exposed to the virus.
” ( To my knowledge , true isolation and purification were not necessarily achieved — and rarely , if ever , are , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ article for another day . )
People who perceived greater social support were less likely to develop a cold , and the researchers calculated that the stress-buffering effects of hugging explained nearly a third ( 32 percent ) of that beneficial effect .
For those participants who did develop a cold , those who felt greater social support and received more frequent hugs had less severe symptoms .
[ v ] In simple terms , basic physical expressions of affection and friendship ( aka love ) helps to keep colds and flu away @ @ @ @ @ @ @ University of Chicago and director of the University of Chicago Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience has done his own research into loneliness : The more intense and long-lasting it is , the more it undermines your health .
A 2008 study found that doses of oxytocin supported several immune functions and reduced the negative effects of bacterial endotoxin in a group of men .
In other words , oxytocin ( and the hugs that release it ) are immune-boosting and protective .
Why does no one discuss the many immune-enhancing BENEFITS of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about the supposed negatives as we are corralled into our homes-cum-prisons .
Once the fear sets in , it ’ s hard to think straight .
Ask yourself if the media ’ s reporting on “ COVID-19 ” might not be a tad biased and perhaps even deliberately sensationalist and fear-inducing… Cognitively speaking , once we are triggered into fear we are effectively less intelligent and mentally flexible .
Why would our governments and mass media report news and events in a way that puts people into a state of fearful , un-thinking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our investigation in Part 2 — stay tuned .
Brendan D. Murphy – Co-founder of Global Freedom Movement and host of GFM Radio , Brendan D. Murphyis a leading Australian author , researcher , activist , and musician .
His acclaimed non-fiction epic The Grand Illusion : A Synthesis of Science & Spirituality – Book 1 is out now !
Come and get your mind blown at www.brendandmurphy.net [ ii ] S. Cohen , et al.
, SOCIABILITY AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO THE COMMON COLD , American Psychological Society , VOL .
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, Social Ties and Susceptibility to the Common Cold , JAMA , June25 , 1997-Vol 277 , №24 [ viii ] Oxytocin alleviates the neuroendocrine and cytokine response to bacterial endotoxin in healthy men