thedcclothesline--2020-04-16--Eric Holder Slips Up And Admits It — Wants To Use Coronavirus To Change America For GOOD

Former Attorney General Eric Holder , who served under President Barack Obama , said the coronavirus pandemic presented “ an opportunity ” to change the way all Americans vote .
“ Coronavirus gives us an opportunity to revamp our electoral system so that it permanently becomes more inclusive and becomes easier for the American people to access , ” Holder told Time magazine .
take our poll - story continues below Calling for a “ sea change ” in voting procedures and systems , Holder said he would allow Americans to vote from home using prepaid mail-in ballots and unlimited @ @ @ @ @ @ @ however , address concerns critics of such systems have regarding the potential for vote fraud .
He did , however , note that any changes in the voting process brought about by the pandemic should be permanent .
“ It would be foolhardy to take these pro-democracy measures off the table after we get on the other side of the virus , ” he said .
“ These are changes that we should make permanent because it will enhance our democracy.
” A number of other Democrats are also pushing for the change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for vote fraud , especially in states where voter registration rolls are out of date and do not reflect current residents .
Government Accountability Insititute ( GAI ) research director Eric Eggers , author of Fraud : How the Left Plans to Steal the Next Election , said according to his research , a national mail-in voting system would create 24 million fraudulent votes .
“ The concern I have if we ’ re trying to mandate national mail-in elections — which by the way was part of the language that Nancy Pelosi @ @ @ @ @ @ @ version of the most recent stimulus package — would be that we have such massive problems with voter rolls in this country , ” Eggers told Breitbart Radio on SiriusXM .
“ So , now are we going to be mailing ballots to people that authentically don ’ t exist and or are ineligible voters ?
” The concerns are real .
On Wednesday , GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky tweeted that a friend informed him that his deceased father received a coronavirus stimulus check of $ 1,200 .
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Former Attorney General Eric Holder, who served under President Barack Obama, said the coronavirus pandemic presented “an opportunity” to change the way all Americans vote.
“Coronavirus gives us an opportunity to revamp our electoral system so that it permanently becomes more inclusive and becomes easier for the American people to access,” Holder told Time magazine.
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Calling for a “sea change” in voting procedures and systems, Holder said he would allow Americans to vote from home using prepaid mail-in ballots and unlimited absentee voting.
He did not, however, address concerns critics of such systems have regarding the potential for vote fraud. He did, however, note that any changes in the voting process brought about by the pandemic should be permanent.
“It would be foolhardy to take these pro-democracy measures off the table after we get on the other side of the virus,” he said. “These are changes that we should make permanent because it will enhance our democracy.”
A number of other Democrats are also pushing for the change, but Republicans say it is ripe for vote fraud, especially in states where voter registration rolls are out of date and do not reflect current residents.
Government Accountability Insititute (GAI) research director Eric Eggers, author of Fraud: How the Left Plans to Steal the Next Election, said according to his research, a national mail-in voting system would create 24 million fraudulent votes.
“The concern I have if we’re trying to mandate national mail-in elections — which by the way was part of the language that Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats inserted in the first version of the most recent stimulus package — would be that we have such massive problems with voter rolls in this country,” Eggers told Breitbart Radio on SiriusXM.
“So, now are we going to be mailing ballots to people that authentically don’t exist and or are ineligible voters?”
The concerns are real. On Wednesday, GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky tweeted that a friend informed him that his deceased father received a coronavirus stimulus check of $1,200.
This article originally appeared at USAFEATURESMEDIA and was republished with permission.
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thedcclothesline--2020-04-16--Coronavirus Con Job: An Exposé Of The Exaggerated Death Narrative

There is no doubt that people are suffering and dying from what we are told is the Coronavirus .
They should be met with support and compassion .
However , to what extent is this really happening ?
What is perplexing about the large number of fatalities we are told are caused by the Coronavirus is that people do not think twice about whether the data is manipulated .
This is all besides the fact that many don ’ t normally trust the media and government ; that human nature is fallen ; that data has been manipulated throughout history @ @ @ @ @ @ @ God-hating secularists who want total control over our lives .
take our poll - story continues below The history of vaccination is a history of data manipulation .
And those sounding the alarm about the Coronavirus are the same people perpetuating myths about vaccination ; and are in fact building up to have everyone mass vaccinated .
If we are concerned about deadly pandemics , we should be especially concerned about vaccination .
( See testimonies of countless vaccine deaths and injuries here . )
Here we analyze Coronavirus deaths , and show @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deliberately manipulated ( they are even open about it ) .
The high death rates we are assured are occurring are producing fear-based panic where people are begging to have their liberties taken away from them .
In short , this article calls the government-run media narrative into question — and demonstrates an open intent by the government to deceive the public .
It also covers other factors that might be artificially increasing COVID-19 death rates .
Finally , some historical factors are discussed that shed more light on the government ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Most diagnosed with Coronavirus already have medical problems • Coronavirus fatalities in Italy : vast majority had other conditions • Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi to German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel : “ more critical of ” deaths must be taken • Peter Hitchens : dying with Coronavirus is not necessarily dying from it • Fatal cure ?
A large number could actually dying from ventilators instead of the Coronvirus • The Coronavirus manipulation strategy eerily and openly promoted in 2004 We are in an information war .
I hope this info will be widely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wake up and oppose the tyranny we are facing .
Your liberty , and maybe even you life , is at stake .
That the alleged death rates for the Coronavirus are deliberately skewed is spelled out in black and white by the CDC itself .
Let ’ s analyze a recent CDC memo .
On March 24 , the CDC published “ New ICD code introduced for COVID-19 deaths.
” It states : While the pretense is to “ accurately capture mortality data , ” the same piece says this : Incredible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entails , first , a subjective assumption ( “ assumed to have caused ” ) .
Second , the Coronavirus is considered to be the underlying cause of death even though it is only suspected to have “ contributed to death.
” A contribution is not necessarily the main , underlying cause .
This is the logical fallacy of begging the question , and , when other possible contributions to death are automatically ruled out , it is also logically inconsistent .
And so according to the CDC memo , if the Coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( no matter how insignificantly ) , any other conditions that the patient had ( no matter how deadly ) must be considered secondary or irrelevant .
They are to be reported in Part II of the death certificate form , reserved for “ significant conditions contributing to death , ” but not “ resulting in the underlying cause.
” ( See sample death certificate below . )
Apparently , the standard for determining an underlying cause of death has been changed to accommodate the Coronavirus .
Previously , prior conditions were not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ underlying causes , even when people had them years before dying .
As the Journal of Family Practice states : On the CDC ’ s instructions for coding COVID-19 deaths , Shawn Siegel comments , Below is a sample death certificate from the CDC .
The immediate cause of death is acute respiratory acidosis .
Note how COVID-19 is considered the underlying cause of death , and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is not ( it ’ s relegated to Part II , less significant causes ) — even though the latter can lead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ harmonious with the CDC ’ s instructions to automatically make the Coronavirus the underlying cause of death , even if something else may have been the main or sole cause .
But , it keeps getting better .
Another part of the CDC memo we were discussing reads : What an amazing statement !
: “ It Is not likely that NCHS will follow up on these cases.
” In other words , the National Center for Health Statistics — “ the nation ’ s principal health statistics agency , ” that compiles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ policies to improve the health of the population ” ( source ) — probably won ’ t bother determining the legitimacy of the cause of the reported deaths .
But , what can we expect when the CDC has a desired outcome .
As the CDC memo also states , Not sure , if the medical practitioners are being objective , why this is expected to be the case — unless of course the CDC wants it so .
In a press briefing on April 7 , Dr. Deborah Birx , the White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coordinator , and Dr. Anthony Fauci , the chief figurehead in the Coronavirus hysteria , essentially admit that the COVID-19 mortality data is skewed .
In short , America ’ s “ liberal approach to mortality ” means that if you die with COVID-19 – regardless of other conditions , such as heart or kidney problems – then COVID-19 is considered the cause of death , and any other underlying conditions are minimized or discounted .
Dying with COVID-19 is equivalent from dying from it .
One must clearly see the dishonest approach @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if , as Fauci mentions , one with an underlying heart condition dies of a heart attack , that person is nevertheless counted as a COVID-19 death – no questions asked .
Dr. Scott Jensen , family physician and Republican state senator , finds the CDC guidelines that arbitrarily increase the official COVID-19 death rates to be nonsensical .
He said this in a recent interview on Fox News : Most Diagnosed With Coronavirus Already Have Medical Problems We must be careful to make fine distinctions between dying with the Coronavirus and dying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ official death statistics don ’ t do .
Thus , they are unreliable — at least to the extent that they disregard the possibility of other underlying conditions being the cause of death , or assume COVID-19 to be the cause of death without sufficient evidence .
And so , now that we ’ ve established that data is deliberately skewed to automatically discount other known conditions as causes of death , how prevalent is this reporting flaw ?
It is actually the majority of the time .
Most who are said to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — even serious ones .
Regarding those diagnosed with COVID-19 , the piece mentions that , according to researchers , “ at least one underlying health problem ” was found in 78 % of ICU patients ; 32 % with diabetes , 29 % with cardiovascular disease ; 21 % with chronic lung disease ; 12 % with long-term kidney disease ; and 9 % with a weakened immune system .
( Ibid . )
And also the BMJ reports : Coronavirus Fatalities In Italy : Vast Majority Had Other Conditions Considering what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ following should not be surprising about the Coronavirus fatalities in Italy : Let ’ s try , then , to be more nuanced than the government and press in our consideration of why people die with the Coronavirus .
Considering they are mostly older people and those with underlying conditions , could weakened immune systems be the greatest factor ( whether or not the Coronavirus played a role in their deaths ) ?
Could many of the deaths be due to the respiratory diseases , or perhaps some other conditions , that many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hasten the deaths of those who may be already close to death ?
The following thoughts from the piece “ TWENTY-TWO Experts Questioning the Coronavirus Panic [ VIDEOS & Scientific Common Sense ] ” explore the distinction between dying from the Coronavirus and dying with it : Also consider the following from the same article , and how respiratory problems could be misdiagnosed as COVID-19 : Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi To German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel : “ More Critical Analyses Of ” Deaths Must Be Taken This is from a translation of an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Merkel from Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi , Professor Emeritus of Medical Microbiology at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz : Peter Hitchens : Dying with Coronavirus Is Not Necessariy Dying from It On the UK side of things , commentator Peter Hitchens captures the essence of the flawed reporting system : We must further ask : of the reported deaths due to the Coronavirus ( a large number of which are questionable as to the cause , given the other health problems of the deceased ) , how reliable was the diagnosis ?
First , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Coronavirus , without testing ?
Second , PCR testing — one of the most common ways to test for the Coronavirus — itself has serious flaws .
We hear a lot about Coronavirus tests producing false negatives , but there is documented evidence that they can produce false positives .
Now , I do not know what percentage of those who are said to have died from the Coronavirus have been tested , let alone using the particular PCR test .
( USA Today said April 2 that 100,000 people are being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ case , investigative reporter Jon Rappaport exposes serious flaws in the PCR tests in his piece “ Creating the illusion of a pandemic through diagnostic tests.
” He writes : Here we will include his commentary on statements about the PCR testing kits .
From the World Health Organization ( WHO ) Read more of Rappaport ’ s expose here .
And so as we can see , not only do we have serious problems in determining whether the Coronavirus is a cause of death , but whether one has the Coronavirus to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ financial incentives to further boost the death rates .
Whether the idea is implicit bribery or not , I do not know .
But the incentives can easily inflate the number of official deaths .
The Coronavirus Aid , Relief , and Economic Security ( CARES ) Act became law on March 27 , 2020 .
As reported by the California Hospital Association : So , at least when it comes to Medicare patients , hospitals get 20 % more reimbursement for diagnosing someone with the Coronavirus than with another condition with similar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , family physician and Republican state senator , Perhaps another possible financial incentive to label people as having the Coronavirus is fear of lawsuits : since everyone — lawmakers , citizens , etc .
— is infected by Coronavirus hysteria , could many doctors be hastily diagnosing patients as having the Coronavirus to protect themselves from lawsuits if a patient is later diagnosed with it and dies ?
Speculation , but seems plausible .
Fatal Cure ?
A Large Number Could Actually Dying From Ventilators Instead Of The Coronavirus It ’ s possible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the Coronavirus is greatly inflated by ventilators .
As the Associated Press reports : According to Dr. Cameron Kyle-Sidell , an emergency medicine physician at Maimonides Medical Center , Deceivers have patterns .
The same government tricks to manipulate the perception of Americans regarding the Coronavirus has been used or proposed in the past .
A case in point : the flu .
An eye-opening article is a 2005 piece in BMJ by Peter Doshi , titled , “ Are US flu death figures more PR than science ?
” Doshi points @ @ @ @ @ @ @ flu and pneumonia together as a cause of death .
He writes : This sounds just like the current playbook of how Coronavirus death data is gathered .
Just as the data of flu deaths has been inflated by blurring the lines between the flu and pneumonia , the data of Coronavirus deaths is inflated by blurring the lines between dying because of the Coronavirus , and dying with the Coronavirus .
Why ?
Obviously , to create a panic to trick people into being vaccinated .
in one case , the flu @ @ @ @ @ @ @ upcoming Coronavirus vaccine .
Which brings us to our next section .
The Coronavirus Manipulation Strategy Eerily And Openly Promoted In 2004 This section doesn ’ t deal with data manipulation per se , but it does show a manipulative mindset that can easily lend itself to it .
Moreover , it seems the manipulation of flu data we just discussed was to increase vaccination rates , which goes hand in hand with what we are discussing here .
In 2004 , the CDC and American Medical Association sponsored a “ National Influenza @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Planning for the 2004-05 Influenza Vaccination Season : A Communication Situation Analysis ” by Glen Nowak , Associate Director for Communications National Immunization Program .
In short , to use the media to manipulate people into getting the flu shot .
This is clearly seen where he proposes a 7-step “ ’ Recipe ’ that Fosters Influenza Vaccine Interest and Demand.
” I want you to read this and see the chilling parallels between this and how we are being manipulated regarding the Coronavirus ( leading up to eventually getting the Coronavirus vaccine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or less being implemented to the letter .
This is directly from the presentation slides : • Influenza ’ s arrival coincides with immunization “ season ” ( i.e.
, when people can take action ) • Dominant strain and/or initial cases of disease are : – Associated with severe illness and/or outcomes – Occur among people for whom influenza is not generally perceived to cause serious complications ( e.g.
, children , healthy adults , healthy seniors ) – In cities and communities with significant media outlets ( e.g.
, daily newspapers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ experts and public health authorities publicly ( e.g.
, via media ) state concern and alarm ( and predict dire outcomes ) – and urge influenza vaccination .
• The combination of ‘ 2 ’ and ‘ 3 ’ result in : A .
Significant media interest and attention B. Framing of the flu season in terms that motivate behavior ( e.g.
, as “ very severe , ” “ more severe than last or past years , ” “ deadly ” ) • Continued reports ( e.g.
, from health officials and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ illness and/or affecting lots of people– helping foster the perception that many people are susceptible to a bad case of influenza .
• Visible/tangible examples of the seriousness of the illness ( e.g.
, pictures of children , families of those affected coming forward ) and people getting vaccinated ( the first to motivate , the latter to reinforce ) • References to , and discussions , of pandemic influenza–along with continued reference to the importance of vaccination .
The means by which deaths are being reported are unreliable , arbitrary , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not made between dying from the Coronavirus and dying because of it .
It is circular reasoning to hold that those who died with the Coronavirus died because of it when they had conditions that can be fatal on their own .
If one dies of a heart attack and happens to also have a cold , would it make sense to consider the cold as a cause of death ?
What if one dies of brain trauma from a fall , and , if flu symptoms are detected , the flu is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , why favor COVID-19 as a cause of death over other conditions , especially those shown again and again to lead to death ?
Shouldn ’ t we err on the side of countless historical examples over a new condition we know little about ?
Second , PCR testing kits are seriously flawed .
How much could this be inflating the death count ?
How many cases could be something else with similar symptoms ?
Could many of the cases be the flu , the cold , another respiratory problem , etc.
?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the possibility that much of the COVID-19 symptoms could be due to vaccination , geoengineering , and the implementation of 5G .
Then we have other variables , such as to what degree economic incentives are artificially increasing the official deaths rates .
And a significant number of deaths thought to be due to COVID-19 could actually be due to ventilators to treat the illness .
Now , what percentage of reported deaths are actually due to Coronavirus , and what percentage are inflated ?
I really don ’ t know .
One @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t go out of its way to openly require a bias in recording COVID-19 deaths unless it thought it would make a significant difference .
But God only knows .
According to Dr. Annie Bukacek , who has filled out death certificates for over 30 years , The way that deaths are being recorded to gain a desired outcome reminds me of how official causes of death have been manipulated throughout vaccine history to conveniently omit vaccines as a cause .
Like a kangaroo court , the outcome is predetermined .
What we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ determining Coronavirus deaths will suddenly become more stringent when they want us to believe that the illness is in decline .
That is , with a stroke of a pen , Coronavirus “ deaths ” will suddenly and drastically decline so that we will come to see the “ necessity ” of the measures being taken – whether it be totalitarian government , or a mass vaccination program .
Indeed , back when the polio vaccine was released , polio itself was conveniently more stringently defined – eliminating cases of polio overnight .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ that vaccines eliminated polio are now pushing the arbitrarily determined number of deaths from the Coronavirus .
So , it ’ s a matter of trust , and the authorities have shown that they can not be trusted .
So , who can we trust ?
Let us trust in Jesus , the Lord and Savior , for all things : salvation , protection , truth , and justice .
We are in quite a bind with the state gaining control over seemingly everything , but we must realize that it can never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Christ .
See also our biblical critique of the Coronavirus fear pandemic here

“It is a fact that facts are stubborn things, while statistics are generally more pliable … figures don’t lie, but liars figure. You can torture numbers and they will confess to anything. And statistics mean never having to say you are sorry.” Rick Kirschner, Insider’s Guide to the Art of Persuasion: Use your Influence to Change Your World (Ashland, OR: Rick Kirschner, 2007), 134.
There is no doubt that people are suffering and dying from what we are told is the Coronavirus. They should be met with support and compassion. However, to what extent is this really happening?
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What is perplexing about the large number of fatalities we are told are caused by the Coronavirus is that people do not think twice about whether the data is manipulated. This is all besides the fact that many don’t normally trust the media and government; that human nature is fallen; that data has been manipulated throughout history; and our government is run by God-hating secularists who want total control over our lives.
The history of vaccination is a history of data manipulation. And those sounding the alarm about the Coronavirus are the same people perpetuating myths about vaccination; and are in fact building up to have everyone mass vaccinated. If we are concerned about deadly pandemics, we should be especially concerned about vaccination. (See testimonies of countless vaccine deaths and injuries here.)
Here we analyze Coronavirus deaths, and show that the data is indeed obviously and deliberately manipulated (they are even open about it). The high death rates we are assured are occurring are producing fear-based panic where people are begging to have their liberties taken away from them.
In short, this article calls the government-run media narrative into question — and demonstrates an open intent by the government to deceive the public. It also covers other factors that might be artificially increasing COVID-19 death rates. Finally, some historical factors are discussed that shed more light on the government’s practices of deception and manipulation.
Topics in this article include:
The CDC openly requires arbitrary data on Coronavirus deaths
White House and Fauci essentially admit to skewing data
Dr. Scott Jensen on the nonsensical CDC guidelines
Most diagnosed with Coronavirus already have medical problems
Coronavirus fatalities in Italy: vast majority had other conditions
Dissenting experts weigh in
Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi to German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel: “more critical analyses of” deaths must be taken
of” deaths must be taken Peter Hitchens: dying with Coronavirus is not necessarily dying from it
Coronavirus PCR testing is unreliable
Financial incentives: bribed for diagnoses?
Fatal cure? A large number could actually dying from ventilators instead of the Coronvirus
A deceptive pattern : arbitrary flu data and manipulation
: arbitrary flu data and manipulation The Coronavirus manipulation strategy eerily and openly promoted in 2004
We are in an information war. I hope this info will be widely shared to help as many as possible wake up and oppose the tyranny we are facing. Your liberty, and maybe even you life, is at stake.
The CDC Openly Requires Arbitrary Data On Coronavirus Deaths
That the alleged death rates for the Coronavirus are deliberately skewed is spelled out in black and white by the CDC itself. Let’s analyze a recent CDC memo. On March 24, the CDC published “New ICD code introduced for COVID-19 deaths.” It states:
This email is to alert you that a newly-introduced ICD code has been implemented to accurately capture mortality data for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on death certificates. cdc.gov, New ICD code introduced for COVID-19 deaths, “National Vital Statistics System” (COVID-19 Alert No. 2, March 24, 2020). Retrieved April 4, 2020, from https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvss/coronavirus/Alert-2-New-ICD-code-introduced-for-COVID-19-deaths.pdf
While the pretense is to “accurately capture mortality data,” the same piece says this:
COVID-19 should be reported on the death certificate for all decedents where the disease caused or is assumed to have caused or contributed to death. Certifiers should include as much detail as possible based on their knowledge of the case, medical records, laboratory testing, etc. If the decedent had other chronic conditions such as COPD or asthma that may have also contributed, these conditions can be reported in Part II. Ibid.
Incredible – “accurately” capturing mortality data entails, first, a subjective assumption (“assumed to have caused”).
Second, the Coronavirus is considered to be the underlying cause of death even though it is only suspected to have “contributed to death.” A contribution is not necessarily the main, underlying cause. This is the logical fallacy of begging the question, and, when other possible contributions to death are automatically ruled out, it is also logically inconsistent.
And so according to the CDC memo, if the Coronavirus is assumed to have contributed to death (no matter how insignificantly), any other conditions that the patient had (no matter how deadly) must be considered secondary or irrelevant. They are to be reported in Part II of the death certificate form, reserved for “significant conditions contributing to death,” but not “resulting in the underlying cause.” (See sample death certificate below.)
Apparently, the standard for determining an underlying cause of death has been changed to accommodate the Coronavirus. Previously, prior conditions were not to be dismissed out of hand as underlying causes, even when people had them years before dying. As the Journal of Family Practice states:
Underlying cause of death: A disease or condition present before, and leading to, the intermediate or immediate cause of death. It can be present for years before the death. Doug Campos-Outcalt, “Cause-of-death certification:
Not as easy as it seems,” The Journal of Family Practice, February 2005, VOL 54, No. 2, 135. Retrieved April 12, 2020, from https://www.co.shasta.ca.us/docs/libraries/hhsa-docs/professionals/FillingOutDC.pdf?sfvrsn=92721b9c_0
On the CDC’s instructions for coding COVID-19 deaths, Shawn Siegel comments,
Fascinating. This is from an update to instructions that were originally published a month ago by the CDC. As an ostensible means of “accurately [capturing] mortality data” for COVID-19, they nevertheless carefully point out that testing isn’t necessary; that “an assumption that the illness either caused or contributed to the death” (emphasis theirs) is sufficient. It goes on to say that existing chronic conditions, which could have been a significant factor in or actual cause of the death, should be listed on another part of the COD form. COVID-19 is still listed as the underlying cause, and the death is counted, listed and reported to the public as another coronavirus casualty. The only question remaining is what percentage of the growing number of reported COVID-19 deaths had little or nothing to do with coronavirus. Shawn Siegel, Facebook, April 1, 2020
Below is a sample death certificate from the CDC. The immediate cause of death is acute respiratory acidosis. Note how COVID-19 is considered the underlying cause of death, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is not (it’s relegated to Part II, less significant causes) — even though the latter can lead to acute respiratory acidosis. This is harmonious with the CDC’s instructions to automatically make the Coronavirus the underlying cause of death, even if something else may have been the main or sole cause.
From Vital Statistics Reporting Guidance, “Guidance for Certifying Deaths Due to
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19): Appendix. Scenarios and Example
Certifications for Deaths Due to COVID–19,” Report No. 3, April 2020 (CDC), 4. Retrieved April 11, 2020, from https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvss/vsrg/vsrg03-508. pdf
But, it keeps getting better. Another part of the CDC memo we were discussing reads:
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What happens if the terms reported on the death certificate indicate uncertainty? If the death certificate reports terms such as “probable COVID-19” or “likely COVID-19,” these terms would be assigned the new ICD code [indicating COVID-19, ed.]. It Is not likely that NCHS will follow up on these cases. cdc.gov, New ICD code introduced for COVID-19 deaths
What an amazing statement!: “It Is not likely that NCHS will follow up on these cases.” In other words, the National Center for Health Statistics — “the nation’s principal health statistics agency,” that compiles “statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the health of the population” (source) — probably won’t bother determining the legitimacy of the cause of the reported deaths.
Or, as Del Bigtree comments,
What?! It’s almost like they’re saying, “You know, go ahead and call it COVID-19, we’re trying to bump these numbers up a little bit, and don’t worry, it is coming from us. Obviously we can’t say that, but what we are saying to you is, even if you think it’s likely, even if you don’t have the background, you don’t have a test to prove it, and there’s uncertainty, just put the code in there, and don’t worry about it, okay? Don’t worry about it, we’ll take it from there, and you will never get called out on this.” The HighWire with Del Bigtree, COVID Death Toll in Question? (YouTube, April 6, 2020). Retrieved April 8, 2020, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2KtgSnk3XE
But, what can we expect when the CDC has a desired outcome. As the CDC memo also states,
the rules for coding and selection of the underlying cause of death are expected to result in COVID19 being the underlying cause more often than not. cdc.gov, New ICD code introduced for COVID-19 deaths,
Not sure, if the medical practitioners are being objective, why this is expected to be the case — unless of course the CDC wants it so.
White House And Fauci Essentially Admit To Skewed Data
In a press briefing on April 7, Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House’s COVID-19 task force response coordinator, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief figurehead in the Coronavirus hysteria, essentially admit that the COVID-19 mortality data is skewed.
DR. BIRX: So, I think, in this country, we’ve taken a very liberal approach to mortality, and I think the reporting here has been pretty straightforward over the last five to six weeks. Prior to that, when there wasn’t testing in January and February, that’s a very different situation and unknown. There are other countries that if you had a pre-existing condition and let’s say the virus caused you to go to the ICU and then have a heart or kidney problem — some countries are recording that as a heart issue or a kidney issue and not a COVID-19 death. Right now, we’re still recording it, and we’ll — I mean, the great thing about having forms that come in and a form that has the ability to mark it as COVID-19 infection — the intent is, right now, that those — if someone dies with COVID-19, we are counting that as a COVID-19 death. whitehouse.gov, Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing (April 7, 2020). Retrieved April 9, 2020, from https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-vice-president-pence-members-coronavirus-task-force-press-briefing-april-7-2020/
In short, America’s “liberal approach to mortality” means that if you die with COVID-19 – regardless of other conditions, such as heart or kidney problems – then COVID-19 is considered the cause of death, and any other underlying conditions are minimized or discounted. Dying with COVID-19 is equivalent from dying from it.
Dr. Fauci backed up Birx’s statements:
DR. FAUCI: No. I — I think there’s so much focus now on coronavirus that — particularly if you take New York, which we all know is — is having a disproportionately higher proportion of the burden of the entire country is right now in New York. No, I can’t imagine if someone comes in with coronavirus, goes to an ICU, and they have an underlying heart condition and they die — they’re going to say, “Cause of death: heart attack.” I — I cannot see that — that happening. So I don’t think it’s going to be a problem. Ibid.
One must clearly see the dishonest approach to reporting COVID-19 deaths here: even if, as Fauci mentions, one with an underlying heart condition dies of a heart attack, that person is nevertheless counted as a COVID-19 death – no questions asked.
Dr. Scott Jensen On The Nonsensical CDC Guidelines
Dr. Scott Jensen, family physician and Republican state senator, finds the CDC guidelines that arbitrarily increase the official COVID-19 death rates to be nonsensical. He said this in a recent interview on Fox News:
Jensen gave a hypothetical example of a patient who died while suffering from influenza. If the patient was elderly and had symptoms like fever and cough a few days before passing away, the doctor explained, he would have listed “respiratory arrest” as the primary cause of death. “I’ve never been encouraged to [notate ‘influenza’],” he said. “I would probably write ‘respiratory arrest’ to be the top line, and the underlying cause of this disease would be pneumonia … I might well put emphysema or congestive heart failure, but I would never put influenza down as the underlying cause of death and yet that’s what we are being asked to do here.”
Charles Creitz, Minnesota doctor blasts ‘ridiculous’ CDC coronavirus death count guidelines, Fox News (April 9, 2020). Retrieved April 12, 2020, at https://www.foxnews.com/media/physician-blasts-cdc-coronavirus-death-count-guidelines
He added,
Let’s just take someone getting hit by a bus. They collapse a lung and they go into a emergency room … bloodwork comes back, COVID test comes back positive, and they die 20 minutes later because of their collapsed lung. We’re going to put that down as COVID-19? That doesn’t make any sense.
Most Diagnosed With Coronavirus Already Have Medical Problems
We must be careful to make fine distinctions between dying with the Coronavirus and dying from the Coronavirus – something that the official death statistics don’t do. Thus, they are unreliable — at least to the extent that they disregard the possibility of other underlying conditions being the cause of death, or assume COVID-19 to be the cause of death without sufficient evidence.
And so, now that we’ve established that data is deliberately skewed to automatically discount other known conditions as causes of death, how prevalent is this reporting flaw? It is actually the majority of the time. Most who are said to have the Coronavirus already have medical problems — even serious ones.
According to Reuters:
March 31 (Reuters) – Diabetes, heart disease and long-term lung problems are the most common underlying conditions among Americans hospitalized with the illness caused by the new coronavirus, but more than one in five people requiring intensive care had no such health issues, according to a report issued on Tuesday. The findings show that higher percentages of COVID-19 patients with underlying conditions were being admitted to hospitals and intensive care units (ICUs), according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. That echoes patterns seen in other countries hit hard by the pandemic. Gene Emery, “Diabetes, lung and heart disease common in U.S. coronavirus patients -CDC,” Reuters (March 31, 2020). Retrieved April 4, 2020, from https://news.trust.org/item/20200331211446-a3slf
Regarding those diagnosed with COVID-19, the piece mentions that, according to researchers, “at least one underlying health problem” was found in 78% of ICU patients; 32% with diabetes, 29% with cardiovascular disease; 21% with chronic lung disease; 12% with long-term kidney disease; and 9% with a weakened immune system. (Ibid.)
And also the BMJ reports:
[T]he China Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s report of 44 000 people with laboratory confirmed covid-19. Older age, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, hypertension, and cancer were all associated with an increased risk of death. A meta-analysis of eight studies including 46 248 patients with laboratory confirmed covid-19 indicated that those with the most severe disease were more likely to have hypertension (odds ratio 2.36 (95% confidence interval 1.46 to 3.83)), respiratory disease (2.46 (1.76 to 3.44)), and cardiovascular disease (3.42 (1.88 to 6.22)). Rachel E. Jordan, Peymane Adab, and K.K. Cheng, Covid-19: risk factors for severe disease and death,” BMJ (March 26, 2020). Retrieved April 4, 2020, from https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/368/bmj.m1198.full.pdf
Coronavirus Fatalities In Italy: Vast Majority Had Other Conditions
Considering what we have said thus far, the following should not be surprising about the Coronavirus fatalities in Italy:
The Rome-based institute has examined medical records of about 18% of the country’s coronavirus fatalities, finding that just three victims, or 0.8% of the total, had no previous pathology. Almost half of the victims suffered from at least three prior illnesses and about a fourth had either one or two previous conditions. More than 75% had high blood pressure, about 35% had diabetes and a third suffered from heart disease. … The average age of those who’ve died from the virus in Italy is 79.5. As of March 17, 17 people under 50 had died from the disease. All of Italy’s victims under 40 have been males with serious existing medical conditions. Tommaso Ebhardt, Chiara Remondini, and Marco Bertacche, “99% of Those Who Died From Virus Had Other Illness, Italy Says,” Bloomberg (March 18, 2020). Retrieved April 4, 2020, from https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-18/99-of-those-who-died-from-virus-had-other-illness-italy-says
Let’s try, then, to be more nuanced than the government and press in our consideration of why people die with the Coronavirus. Considering they are mostly older people and those with underlying conditions, could weakened immune systems be the greatest factor (whether or not the Coronavirus played a role in their deaths)? Could many of the deaths be due to the respiratory diseases, or perhaps some other conditions, that many have? Does the Coronavirus mainly just hasten the deaths of those who may be already close to death?
Dissenting Experts Weigh In
The following thoughts from the piece “TWENTY-TWO Experts Questioning the Coronavirus Panic [VIDEOS & Scientific Common Sense]” explore the distinction between dying from the Coronavirus and dying with it:
… An overestimation of the CFR [case fatality rate] also occurs when a deceased person is found to have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, but this was not the cause of death. – German Network for Evidence-Based Medicine is an association of German scientists, researchers and medical professionals. Pam Barker, TWENTY-TWO Experts Questioning the Coronavirus Panic [VIDEOS & Scientific Common Sense],” Europe Reloaded (April 1, 2020). Retrieved April 4, 2020, from https://www.europereloaded.com/twenty-two-experts-questioning-the-coronavirus-panic-videos-scientific-common-sense/
And:
… You also have to take into account that the Sars-CoV-2 deaths in Germany were exclusively old people. In Heinsberg, for example, a 78-year-old man with previous illnesses died of heart failure, and that without Sars-2 lung involvement. Since he was infected, he naturally appears in the Covid 19 statistics. But the question is whether he would not have died anyway, even without Sars-2. — Prof. Hendrik Streeck is a German HIV researcher, epidemiologist and clinical trialist Ibid.
Also consider the following from the same article, and how respiratory problems could be misdiagnosed as COVID-19:
Italy is known for its enormous morbidity in respiratory problems, more than three times any other European country. In the US about 40,000 people die in a regular flu season and so far 40-50 people have died of the coronavirus, most of them in a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington. — Dr Yoram Lass, an Israeli physician, politician and former Director General of the Health Ministry Ibid.
And:
The ill-founded opinions expressed by international experts, replicated by the media and social networks repeat the unnecessary panic that we have previously experienced. The coronavirus identified in China in 2019 caused nothing less than a strong cold or flu, with no difference so far with cold or flu as we know,” […] Respiratory viral conditions are numerous and are caused by several viral families and species, among which the respiratory syncytial virus (especially in infants), influenza (influenza), human meta-pneumoviruses, adenoviruses, rhinoviruses, and various coronaviruses, already described years ago. It is striking that earlier this year, global health alerts have been triggered as a result of infections by a coronavirus detected in China, COVID-19, knowing that each year there are 3 million newborns who die in the world of pneumonia, and 50,000 adults in the United States for the same cause, without alarms being issued. – Dr. Pablo Goldschmidt, an Argentine-French virologist specializing in tropical diseases, and Professor of Molecular Pharmacology at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris
Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi To German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel: “More Critical Analyses Of” Deaths Must Be Taken
This is from a translation of an open letter to German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel from Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi, Professor Emeritus of Medical Microbiology at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz:
[T]he mistake is being made worldwide to report virus-related deaths as soon as it is established that the virus was present at the time of death – regardless of other factors. This violates aPrinciples of only when it is certain that an agent has played a significant role in the disease or death may a diagnosis be made. The Association of the Scientific Medical Societies of Germany expressly writes in its guidelines: “In addition to the cause of death, a causal chain must be stated, with the corresponding underlying disease in third place on the death certificate. Occasionally, four-linked causal chains must also be stated.” At present there is no official information on whether, at least in retrospect, more critical analyses of medical records have been undertaken to determine how many deaths were actually caused by the virus. My question: Has Germany simply followed this trend of a COVID-19 general suspicion? And: is it intended to continue this categorisation uncritically as in other countries? How, then, is a distinction to be made between genuine corona-related deaths and accidental virus presence at the time of death? Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi “COVID-19, Urgent Reassessment, Diagnosis and Basic Principles of Infectiology: Open Letter from Professor Sucharit Bhakdi to German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel (Global Research, March 30, 2020; Swiss Propaganda Research, March 26, 2020). Retrieved April 4, 2020, from https://www.globalresearch.ca/open-letter-professor-sucharit-bhakdi-german-chancellor-dr-angela-merkel/5708004 Quote from Association of the Scientific Medical Societies of Germany: S1-Leitlinie 054-001, Regeln zur Durchführung der ärztlichen Leichenschau. AWMF Online (abgerufen am 26.3.2020)
Peter Hitchens: Dying with Coronavirus Is Not Necessariy Dying from It
On the UK side of things, commentator Peter Hitchens captures the essence of the flawed reporting system:
Many people will die with coronavirus. But this does not mean that they died of it. This is already a major problem in judging death totals from such countries as Italy. Yet new rules in the UK mean deaths which may well be mainly from other causes are recorded as corona deaths. John Lee, a recently retired professor of pathology and a former NHS consultant pathologist, writes in The Spectator this weekend that by making Covid-19 a notifiable disease, the authorities may have distorted the figures. ‘In the current climate, anyone with a positive test for Covid-19 will certainly be known to clinical staff looking after them: if any of these patients dies, staff will have to record the Covid-19 designation on the death certificate – contrary to usual practice for most infections of this kind. ‘There is a big difference between Covid-19 causing death, and Covid-19 being found in someone who died of other causes. Making Covid-19 notifiable might give the appearance of it causing increasing numbers of deaths, whether this is true or not. It might appear far more of a killer than flu, simply because of the way deaths are recorded.’ This, of course, explains why such an overwhelming number of Covid deaths, here and abroad, involve so-called ‘underlying conditions’, in fact serious, often fatal, diseases. Peter Hitchens, “There’s powerful evidence this Great Panic is foolish, yet our freedom is still broken and our economy crippled,” Daily Mail.com (March 28, 2020; updated March 29, 2020). Retrieved April 4, 2020, from https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-8163587/PETER-HITCHENS-Great-Panic-foolish-freedom-broken-economy-crippled.html
Coronavirus PCR Testing Is Unreliable
We must further ask: of the reported deaths due to the Coronavirus (a large number of which are questionable as to the cause, given the other health problems of the deceased), how reliable was the diagnosis?
First, how many are arbitrarily assumed to be the Coronavirus, without testing?
Second, PCR testing — one of the most common ways to test for the Coronavirus — itself has serious flaws. We hear a lot about Coronavirus tests producing false negatives, but there is documented evidence that they can produce false positives.
Now, I do not know what percentage of those who are said to have died from the Coronavirus have been tested, let alone using the particular PCR test. (USA Today said April 2 that 100,000 people are being tested a day.)
Whatever the case, investigative reporter Jon Rappaport exposes serious flaws in the PCR tests in his piece “Creating the illusion of a pandemic through diagnostic tests.” He writes:
The widespread test for the COVID-19 virus is called the PCR. I have written much about it in past articles. Now let’s go to published official literature, and see what it reveals. Spoiler alert: the admitted holes and shortcomings of the test are devastating. Jon Rappoport, Corona: creating the illusion of a pandemic through diagnostic tests, NoMoreFakeNews.com (April 8, 2020). Retrieved April 10, 2020, from https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2020/04/08/corona-creating-illusion-of-pandemic-through-diagnostic-test/
Here we will include his commentary on statements about the PCR testing kits.
From the CDC:
Detection of viral RNA may not indicate the presence of infectious virus or that 2019-nCoV is the causative agent for clinical symptoms. CDC, CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel (Atlanta, GA: March 30, 2020), 36. Retrieved April 10, 2020, from https://www.fda.gov/media/134922/download
Rappaport writes:
Translation: A positive test doesn’t guarantee that the COVID virus is causing infection at all. And, ahem, reading between the lines, maybe the COVID virus might not be in the patient’s body at all, either. Rappaport, Corona: creating the illusion of a pandemic through diagnostic tests.
From the World Health Organization (WHO)
Several assays that detect the 2019-nCoV have been and are currently under development, both in-house and commercially. Some assays may detect only the novel virus [COVID] and some may also detect other strains (e.g. SARS-CoV) that are genetically similar. Cited in Rappaport, Corona: creating the illusion of a pandemic through diagnostic tests.The actual page that Rappaport links to appears to have modified the language. Rappaport’s quote appears legit, as it is also quoted here, so it appears the WHO recently modified the language. Here is the page that Rapport links to:
World Health Organization, Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) technical guidance: Laboratory testing for 2019-nCoV in humans. Accessible at https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/laboratory-guidance
Rappaport writes:
Translation: Some PCR tests register positive for types of coronavirus that have nothing to do with COVID—including plain old coronas that cause nothing more than a cold. Rappaport, Corona: creating the illusion of a pandemic through diagnostic tests.
From the FDA
The SARS-CoV-2 RNA is generally detectable in respiratory specimens during the acute phase of infection. Positive results are indicative of the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA; clinical correlation with patient history and other diagnostic information is necessary to determine patient infection status. Positive results do not rule out bacterial infection or co-infection with other viruses. The agent detected may not be the definite cause of disease. Laboratories within the United States and its territories are required to report all positive results to the appropriate public health authorities. FDA, ACCELERATED EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION (EUA) SUMMARY COVID-19 RT-PCR TEST (LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA). Retrieved April 10, 2020, from https://www.fda.gov/media/136151/download
Rappaport writes:
Translation: On the one hand, we claim the test can “generally” detect the presence of the COVID virus in a patient. But we admit that “the agent detected” on the test, by which we mean COVID, “may not be the definite cause of disease.” We also admit that, unless the patient has an acute infection, we can’t find COVID. Therefore, the idea of “asymptomatic patients” confirmed by the test is nonsense. And even though a positive test for COVID may not indicate the actual cause of disease, all positive tests must be reported—and they will be counted as “COVID cases.” Regardless. Rappaport, Corona: creating the illusion of a pandemic through diagnostic tests.
Read more of Rappaport’s expose here.
And so as we can see, not only do we have serious problems in determining whether the Coronavirus is a cause of death, but whether one has the Coronavirus to be begin with.
Financial Incentives: Bribed For Diagnoses?
There are also financial incentives to further boost the death rates. Whether the idea is implicit bribery or not, I do not know. But the incentives can easily inflate the number of official deaths.
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act became law on March 27, 2020. As reported by the California Hospital Association:
The CARES Act includes a number of provisions that will increase payments for hospitals caring for Medicare patients, including the elimination of the 2% sequestration cut from May 1 to December 31, 2020, a 20% add-on payment to the DRG rate for patients with COVID-19 at rural and urban IPPS hospitals, and expanded options for the Medicare accelerated payment program for children’s hospitals, cancer hospitals, and critical access hospitals. (4/10) California Hospital Association, Coronavirus Response: FAQs: Federal Funding (April 10, 2020). Retrieved April 11, 2020, from https://www.calhospital.org/coronavirus
So, at least when it comes to Medicare patients, hospitals get 20% more reimbursement for diagnosing someone with the Coronavirus than with another condition with similar symptoms.
According to Dr. Scott Jensen, family physician and Republican state senator,
Right now Medicare has determined that if you have a COVID-19 admission to the hospital you’ll get paid $13,000. If that COVID-19 patient goes on a ventilator, you get $39,000; three times as much. Nobody can tell me, after 35 years in the world of medicine, that sometimes those kinds of things [have] impact on what we do. Charles Creitz, Minnesota doctor blasts ‘ridiculous’ CDC coronavirus death count guidelines, Fox News (April 9, 2020). Retrieved April 12, 2020, at https://www.foxnews.com/media/physician-blasts-cdc-coronavirus-death-count-guidelines
On this investigative reporter Jon Rappaport writes:
I reached out to Senator Jensen, and obtained clarification. Jensen told me his remark pertained to patients with Medicare coverage. And the 2 payouts he mentioned are standard insurance payments from Medicare which would go to the hospital. Of course, he explained, some hospitals have a pay-share plan with their staff doctors. Therefore, a windfall for the hospital is passed along to those doctors. Jensen told me: Take a Medicare patient who is diagnosed with simple non-COVID pneumonia. The hospital would receive a one-time Medicare lump-sum payout of $4600. However, if that Medicare patient is diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia, the Medicare coverage is a one-time $13,000 payment. And if the hospital puts that COVID-19 pneumonia patient on a ventilator, the one-time payment is $39,000. NOTE: It doesn’t matter how long these patients stay in hospital—there is only going to be one lump-sum insurance payment. Jon Rappoport, My conversation with State Senator and doctor who exposes Medicare payouts for COVID-19 patients, NoMoreFakeNews.com (April 12, 2020). Retrieved April 13, 2020, from https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2020/04/12/state-senator-and-doctor-exposes-medicare-payouts-for-covid-19-patients/
Rapport adds:
So, I infer, there are several types of financial incentives for hospitals— ONE: Diagnose as many people as possible with COVID-19. TWO: Diagnose as many people as possible with COVID-19 who have light symptoms—making it easy to move them out of the hospital quickly. THREE: Put as many COVID patients as possible on ventilators for as short a time as possible.
Perhaps another possible financial incentive to label people as having the Coronavirus is fear of lawsuits: since everyone — lawmakers, citizens, etc. — is infected by Coronavirus hysteria, could many doctors be hastily diagnosing patients as having the Coronavirus to protect themselves from lawsuits if a patient is later diagnosed with it and dies? Speculation, but seems plausible.
Fatal Cure? A Large Number Could Actually Dying From Ventilators Instead Of The Coronavirus
It’s possible that the death rate of those diagnosed with the Coronavirus is greatly inflated by ventilators. As the Associated Press reports:
As health officials around the world push to get more ventilators to treat coronavirus patients, some doctors are moving away from using the breathing machines when they can. The reason: Some hospitals have reported unusually high death rates for coronavirus patients on ventilators, and some doctors worry that the machines could be harming certain patients. … [E]xperts do say ventilators can be damaging to a patient over time, as high-pressure oxygen is forced into the tiny air sacs in a patient’s lungs. “We know that mechanical ventilation is not benign,” said Dr. Eddy Fan, an expert on respiratory treatment at Toronto General Hospital. “One of the most important findings in the last few decades is that medical ventilation can worsen lung injury — so we have to be careful how we use it.” Mike Stobbe, Some doctors are moving away from ventilators to treat coronavirus patients. The reason: Unusually high death rates, Associated Press (Chicago Tribune, April 8, 2020). Retrieved April 11, 2020, from https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-coronavirus-ventilator-death-rate-20200408-qewfe64tu5c7rel6tsh5gov44m-story.html
Daily Mail.com reports:
Figures show two-thirds of COVID-19 sufferers who are hooked up to the potentially life-saving machines in the UK do not survive. Reports in China, Italy and the US have found that less than half of patients who are intubated recover. Experts are unsure why the death rates are so high. In New York City, at least 80 per cent of coronavirus patients in New York City who have been put on a ventilator have died. Connor Boyd, Are doctors HARMING coronavirus patients by putting them on ventilators too early? Doctors warn the gadgets may be overused and could even damage the lungs of the infected,” Daily Mail.com (April 9, 2020). Retrieved April 11, 2020, from https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8204459/Are-doctors-HARMING-coronavirus-patients-putting-ventilators-early.html
According to Dr. Cameron Kyle-Sidell, an emergency medicine physician at Maimonides Medical Center,
[W]e are putting breathing tubes in people and putting them on ventilators and dialing up the pressure to open up their lungs. I’ve talked to doctors all around the country and it is becoming increasingly clear that the pressure we’re providing may be hurting their lungs, that it is highly likely that the high pressures we’re using are damaging the lungs of the patients we are putting the breathing tubes in. Cameron Kyle-Sidell, YouTube. Cited in Lorena Mongelli, Jackie Salo and Bruce Golding, “NYC doctor says high ventilator settings damage coronavirus patients’ lungs,” New York Post (April 6, 2020). Retrieved April 11, 2020, from https://nypost.com/2020/04/06/nyc-doctor-says-coronavirus-ventilator-settings-are-too-high/
A Deceptive Pattern: Arbitrary Flu Data And Manipulation
Deceivers have patterns. The same government tricks to manipulate the perception of Americans regarding the Coronavirus has been used or proposed in the past. A case in point: the flu.
An eye-opening article is a 2005 piece in BMJ by Peter Doshi, titled, “Are US flu death figures more PR than science?”
Doshi points out a statistical bias in arbitrarily bundling flu and pneumonia together as a cause of death. He writes:
annually [according to the CDC] “about 36 000 [Americans] die from flu” (www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease.htm) and “influenza/pneumonia” is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States (www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lcod.htm). But why are flu and pneumonia bundled together? Is the relationship so strong or unique to warrant characterising them as a single cause of death? David Rosenthal, director of Harvard University Health Services, said, “People don’t necessarily die, per se, of the [flu] virus—the viraemia. What they die of is a secondary pneumonia. So many of these pneumonias are not viral pneumonias but secondary [pneumonias].” But Dr Rosenthal agreed that the flu/pneumonia relationship was not unique. For instance, a recent study (JAMA 2004;292:1955-60) found that stomach acid suppressing drugs are associated with a higher risk of community acquired pneumonia, but such drugs and pneumonia are not compiled as a single statistic. Peter Doshi, Are US flu death figures more PR than science?, BMJ, vol. 331 (December 10, 2005), Retrieved April 12, 2020, from https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/329d/428c13dfc36dee8b968e7953fe7aaec6d1da.pdf
Doshi adds:
William Thompson of the CDC’s National Immunization Program (NIP), and lead author of the CDC’s 2003 JAMA article, explained that “influenza-associated mortality” is “a statistical association between deaths and viral data available.” He said that an association does not imply an underlying cause of death: “Based on modelling, we think it’s associated. I don’t know that we would say that it’s the underlying cause of death.” Yet this stance is incompatible with the CDC assertion that the flu kills 36 000 people a year—a misrepresentation that is yet to be publicly corrected. Ibid.
This sounds just like the current playbook of how Coronavirus death data is gathered. Just as the data of flu deaths has been inflated by blurring the lines between the flu and pneumonia, the data of Coronavirus deaths is inflated by blurring the lines between dying because of the Coronavirus, and dying with the Coronavirus.
Why? Obviously, to create a panic to trick people into being vaccinated. in one case, the flu vaccine. In the other, the upcoming Coronavirus vaccine. Which brings us to our next section.
(More about the flu and data manipulation here.)
Propaganda strategy slide from a presentation in 2004 titled “Planning for the 2004-05 Influenza Vaccination Season: A Communication Situation Analysis,” sponsored by the
CDC and American Medical Association
The Coronavirus Manipulation Strategy Eerily And Openly Promoted In 2004
This section doesn’t deal with data manipulation per se, but it does show a manipulative mindset that can easily lend itself to it. Moreover, it seems the manipulation of flu data we just discussed was to increase vaccination rates, which goes hand in hand with what we are discussing here.
In 2004, the CDC and American Medical Association sponsored a “National Influenza Vaccine Summit.” One presentation was “Planning for the 2004-05 Influenza Vaccination Season: A Communication Situation Analysis” by Glen Nowak, Associate Director for Communications National Immunization Program.
The stated goal was:
To broaden understanding and thinking about influenza vaccination communication – especially when it comes to greatly increasing coverage. Glen Nowak, Planning for the 2004-05 Influenza Vaccination Season: A Communication Situation Analysis (CDC, Department of Health and Human Services). Retrieved April 12, 2020, from https://childrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/uploads/2004_flu_nowak.pdf
In short, to use the media to manipulate people into getting the flu shot. This is clearly seen where he proposes a 7-step “’Recipe’ that Fosters Influenza Vaccine Interest and Demand.”
I want you to read this and see the chilling parallels between this and how we are being manipulated regarding the Coronavirus (leading up to eventually getting the Coronavirus vaccine). The talking points are more or less being implemented to the letter. This is directly from the presentation slides:
Influenza’s arrival coincides with immunization “season” (i.e., when people can take action) Dominant strain and/or initial cases of disease are:
– Associated with severe illness and/or outcomes
– Occur among people for whom influenza is not generally perceived to cause serious complications (e.g., children, healthy adults, healthy seniors)
– In cities and communities with significant media outlets (e.g., daily newspapers, major TV stations) Medical experts and public health authorities publicly (e.g., via media) state concern and alarm (and predict dire outcomes)– and urge influenza vaccination. The combination of ‘2’ and ‘3’ result in:
A. Significant media interest and attention
B. Framing of the flu season in terms that motivate behavior (e.g., as “very severe,” “more severe than last or past years,” “deadly”) Continued reports (e.g., from health officials and media) that influenza is causing severe illness and/or affecting lots of people– helping foster the perception that many people are susceptible to a bad case of influenza. Visible/tangible examples of the seriousness of the illness (e.g., pictures of children, families of those affected coming forward) and people getting vaccinated (the first to motivate, the latter to reinforce) References to, and discussions, of pandemic influenza–along with continued reference to the importance of vaccination.
Another propaganda slide from a presentation in 2004 titled “Planning for the 2004-05 Influenza Vaccination Season: A Communication Situation Analysis,” sponsored by the
CDC and American Medical Association
Conclusion
The means by which deaths are being reported are unreliable, arbitrary, and deceptive.
First, careful distinctions are not made between dying from the Coronavirus and dying because of it. It is circular reasoning to hold that those who died with the Coronavirus died because of it when they had conditions that can be fatal on their own.
If one dies of a heart attack and happens to also have a cold, would it make sense to consider the cold as a cause of death? What if one dies of brain trauma from a fall, and, if flu symptoms are detected, the flu is considered a cause of death?
Moreover, why favor COVID-19 as a cause of death over other conditions, especially those shown again and again to lead to death? Shouldn’t we err on the side of countless historical examples over a new condition we know little about?
Second, PCR testing kits are seriously flawed. How much could this be inflating the death count? How many cases could be something else with similar symptoms? Could many of the cases be the flu, the cold, another respiratory problem, etc.? And we haven’t even discussed the possibility that much of the COVID-19 symptoms could be due to vaccination, geoengineering, and the implementation of 5G.
Then we have other variables, such as to what degree economic incentives are artificially increasing the official deaths rates. And a significant number of deaths thought to be due to COVID-19 could actually be due to ventilators to treat the illness.
Now, what percentage of reported deaths are actually due to Coronavirus, and what percentage are inflated? I really don’t know. One might think that the government wouldn’t go out of its way to openly require a bias in recording COVID-19 deaths unless it thought it would make a significant difference. But God only knows.
According to Dr. Annie Bukacek, who has filled out death certificates for over 30 years,
How many people have actually died from COVID-19 is anyone’s guess — God only knows. But based on how death certificates are beng filled out, you can be certain the number is substantially lower than what we are being told. LibertyFellowshipMT, Montana physician Dr. Annie Bukacek discusses how COVID 19 death certificates are being manipulated, YouTube. Retrieved April 12, 2020, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5wn1qs_bBk&feature=emb_title
The way that deaths are being recorded to gain a desired outcome reminds me of how official causes of death have been manipulated throughout vaccine history to conveniently omit vaccines as a cause. Like a kangaroo court, the outcome is predetermined.
What we could see is that the criterion for determining Coronavirus deaths will suddenly become more stringent when they want us to believe that the illness is in decline. That is, with a stroke of a pen, Coronavirus “deaths” will suddenly and drastically decline so that we will come to see the “necessity” of the measures being taken – whether it be totalitarian government, or a mass vaccination program.
Indeed, back when the polio vaccine was released, polio itself was conveniently more stringently defined – eliminating cases of polio overnight. The same people who perpetuate the myth that vaccines eliminated polio are now pushing the arbitrarily determined number of deaths from the Coronavirus.
So, it’s a matter of trust, and the authorities have shown that they cannot be trusted.
So, who can we trust? Let us trust in Jesus, the Lord and Savior, for all things: salvation, protection, truth, and justice. We are in quite a bind with the state gaining control over seemingly everything, but we must realize that it can never have total control if we are of Christ.
Through Christ, truth will prevail.
See also our biblical critique of the Coronavirus fear pandemic here
Article posted with permission from Stephen Halbrook
h/t TWS


thedcclothesline--2020-04-16--Will You Resume Normal Daily Activities Once The Coronavirus Restrictions Are Finally Lifted?

COVID-19 has turned all of our lives upside down , and most people are quite eager for a return to normalcy .
But as you will see below , fear of the coronavirus is going to prevent the vast majority of Americans from immediately resuming all of their normal daily activities once the coronavirus restrictions have been lifted .
Every day there are more stories in the news about prominent individuals that have died from the virus , and the chilling testimonies of those that have wrestled with the virus and survived are extremely sobering .
Yes , most people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but the fact that tens of thousands of Americans are dying is seriously scaring a lot of people .
And even though the “ shelter-in-place ” orders appear to be slowing the spread of the virus to a certain extent , the official U.S. death toll has actually doubled over the past week… U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 25,000 on Tuesday , doubling in one week , according to a Reuters tally , as officials debated how to reopen the economy without reigniting the outbreak .
The United States , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , has recorded more fatalities from COVID-19 than any other country .
There were a total of nearly 597,000 U.S. cases – three times more than any other country – with nearly 2 million reported cases globally .
And according to Worldometers.info , more than 2,200 Americans have died over the last 24 hours , and that would make this the deadliest day of this pandemic so far .
take our poll - story continues below So it is easy to understand why so many people out there are deeply afraid of this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t want to die , and COVID-19 can kill you .
In recent days , there has been a whole lot of talk about “ reopening America ” , and many are assuming that life will start to look somewhat normal once that happens .
But Gallup just conducted a survey in which they asked people if they would be “ resuming their normal daily activities ” once the restrictions are lifted , and these were the results… In other words , about 80 percent of the country is going to take a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ implications for our economy moving forward .
Of course all of the coronavirus restrictions are not going to be lifted any time soon anyway , and this is something that I discussed yesterday .
Today , California Governor Gavin Newsom set forth six specific conditions which must be met before the restrictions will be lifted in his state… • The ability to monitor and protect our communities through testing , contact tracing , isolating , and supporting those who are positive or exposed .
• The ability to prevent infection in people who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• The ability of the hospital and health systems to handle surges .
• The ability to develop therapeutics to meet the demand .
• The ability for businesses , schools , and child care facilities to support physical distancing .
• The ability to determine when to reinstitute certain measures , such as the stay-at-home orders , if necessary .
Needless to say , California may continue to be locked down for an extended period of time to come .
But the longer that these shutdowns persist , the more impatient @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Already , we are starting to see protests pop up all over the nation .
For example , just check out what is happening in Michigan… I am seeing a lot of anger out there right now .
Business owners , workers and entrepreneurs are not being allowed to make a living and provide for their families , and I can certainly understand their frustration .
And the longer that things are shut down , the worse this economic downturn is going to become .
At this point , the IMF is projecting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ since the Great Depression of the 1930s… Actually , I believe that the IMF ’ s projection is way too optimistic .
If global GDP only declines by 3 percent in 2020 , that should be considered a rip-roaring success .
Now that the U.S. has become the epicenter for this pandemic , our nation is being hit particularly hard economically , and we are being warned that more than 2,000 cities “ are anticipating major budget shortfalls this year ” … Of course this is just only the beginning of the end @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bubbles are bursting , and this is going to cause severe distress on the national , state , local and community levels .
And as long as COVID-19 is still spreading somewhere , fear of the coronavirus is going to cause a lot of people to greatly alter their normal economic patterns .
So the truth is that we have a very long and very painful road ahead of us , and the months to come are going to make the last recession look like a Sunday picnic .
About the Author : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ change in a society that generally seems content to stay asleep .
My name is Michael Snyder and I am the publisher of The Economic Collapse Blog , End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News , and the articles that I publish on those sites are republished on dozens of other prominent websites all over the globe .
I have written four books that are available on Amazon.com including The Beginning Of The End , Get Prepared Now , and Living A Life That Really Matters .
( # CommissionsEarned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to support my work .
I always freely and happily allow others to republish my articles on their own websites , but due to government regulations I need those that republish my articles to include this “ About the Author ” section with each article .
In order to comply with those government regulations , I need to tell you that the controversial opinions in this article are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the websites where my work is republished .
The material contained in this article is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ readers should consult licensed professionals before making any legal , business , financial or health decisions .
Those responding to this article by making comments are solely responsible for their viewpoints , and those viewpoints do not necessarily represent the viewpoints of Michael Snyder or the operators of the websites where my work is republished .
I encourage you to follow me on social media on Facebook and Twitter , and any way that you can share these articles with others is a great help .
During these very challenging times , people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and it is our goal to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with all many people as we possibly can .

COVID-19 has turned all of our lives upside down, and most people are quite eager for a return to normalcy. But as you will see below, fear of the coronavirus is going to prevent the vast majority of Americans from immediately resuming all of their normal daily activities once the coronavirus restrictions have been lifted. Every day there are more stories in the news about prominent individuals that have died from the virus, and the chilling testimonies of those that have wrestled with the virus and survived are extremely sobering. Yes, most people that catch this virus will ultimately recover, but the fact that tens of thousands of Americans are dying is seriously scaring a lot of people. And even though the “shelter-in-place” orders appear to be slowing the spread of the virus to a certain extent, the official U.S. death toll has actually doubled over the past week…
U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 25,000 on Tuesday, doubling in one week, according to a Reuters tally, as officials debated how to reopen the economy without reigniting the outbreak. The United States, with the world’s third-largest population, has recorded more fatalities from COVID-19 than any other country. There were a total of nearly 597,000 U.S. cases – three times more than any other country – with nearly 2 million reported cases globally.
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And according to Worldometers.info, more than 2,200 Americans have died over the last 24 hours, and that would make this the deadliest day of this pandemic so far.
So it is easy to understand why so many people out there are deeply afraid of this virus. Most of us don’t want to die, and COVID-19 can kill you.
In recent days, there has been a whole lot of talk about “reopening America”, and many are assuming that life will start to look somewhat normal once that happens.
But Gallup just conducted a survey in which they asked people if they would be “resuming their normal daily activities” once the restrictions are lifted, and these were the results…
Americans remain hesitant about resuming their normal daily activities amid the COVID-19 outbreak according to a Gallup question first asked in late March and repeated in early April. When asked how quickly they will return to their normal activities once the government lifts restrictions and businesses and schools start to reopen, the vast majority of Americans say they would wait and see what happens with the spread of the virus (71%) and another 10% would wait indefinitely. Just 20% say they would return to their normal activities immediately.
In other words, about 80 percent of the country is going to take a hesitant approach, and that has huge implications for our economy moving forward.
Of course all of the coronavirus restrictions are not going to be lifted any time soon anyway, and this is something that I discussed yesterday.
Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom set forth six specific conditions which must be met before the restrictions will be lifted in his state…
The ability to monitor and protect our communities through testing, contact tracing, isolating, and supporting those who are positive or exposed. The ability to prevent infection in people who are at risk for more severe COVID-19. The ability of the hospital and health systems to handle surges. The ability to develop therapeutics to meet the demand. The ability for businesses, schools, and child care facilities to support physical distancing. The ability to determine when to reinstitute certain measures, such as the stay-at-home orders, if necessary.
Needless to say, California may continue to be locked down for an extended period of time to come.
But the longer that these shutdowns persist, the more impatient many Americans are going to become.
Already, we are starting to see protests pop up all over the nation. For example, just check out what is happening in Michigan…
At least 15,000 cars and trucks are expected to descend on Michigan’s state capital on Wednesday to protest what they’re calling Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s tyrannical new guidelines to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus in the state. The so-called “drive-by” demonstration – in order to maintain social distancing — aims to bring traffic to a gridlock in Lansing and protest the “Stay Home, Stay Safe” executive order by Whitmer, a Democrat, mandating what businesses could stay home, what some businesses could sell and ordering people in her state against any gatherings – no matter the size or family ties.
I am seeing a lot of anger out there right now. Business owners, workers and entrepreneurs are not being allowed to make a living and provide for their families, and I can certainly understand their frustration.
And the longer that things are shut down, the worse this economic downturn is going to become. At this point, the IMF is projecting the worst performance for the global economy since the Great Depression of the 1930s…
The global economy will this year likely suffer the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday, as governments worldwide grapple with the Covid-19 pandemic. The Washington-based organization now expects the global economy to contract by 3% in 2020. By contrast, in January it had forecast a global GDP (gross domestic product) expansion of 3.3% for this year.
Actually, I believe that the IMF’s projection is way too optimistic.
If global GDP only declines by 3 percent in 2020, that should be considered a rip-roaring success.
Now that the U.S. has become the epicenter for this pandemic, our nation is being hit particularly hard economically, and we are being warned that more than 2,000 cities “are anticipating major budget shortfalls this year”…
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More than 2,100 U.S. cities are anticipating major budget shortfalls this year and many are planning to slash programs and cut staff in response, according to a new survey of local officials released Tuesday, illustrating the widespread financial havoc threatened by the coronavirus pandemic. The bleak outlook — shared by local governments representing roughly 93 million people nationwide — led some top mayors and other leaders to call for greater federal aid to protect cities now forced to choose between balancing their cash-strapped ledgers and sustaining the public services that residents need most.
Of course this is just only the beginning of the end. All of the economic and financial bubbles are bursting, and this is going to cause severe distress on the national, state, local and community levels.
And as long as COVID-19 is still spreading somewhere, fear of the coronavirus is going to cause a lot of people to greatly alter their normal economic patterns.
So the truth is that we have a very long and very painful road ahead of us, and the months to come are going to make the last recession look like a Sunday picnic.
About the Author: I am a voice crying out for change in a society that generally seems content to stay asleep. My name is Michael Snyder and I am the publisher of The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and the articles that I publish on those sites are republished on dozens of other prominent websites all over the globe. I have written four books that are available on Amazon.com including The Beginning Of The End, Get Prepared Now, and Living A Life That Really Matters. (#CommissionsEarned) By purchasing those books you help to support my work. I always freely and happily allow others to republish my articles on their own websites, but due to government regulations I need those that republish my articles to include this “About the Author” section with each article. In order to comply with those government regulations, I need to tell you that the controversial opinions in this article are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the websites where my work is republished. The material contained in this article is for general information purposes only, and readers should consult licensed professionals before making any legal, business, financial or health decisions. Those responding to this article by making comments are solely responsible for their viewpoints, and those viewpoints do not necessarily represent the viewpoints of Michael Snyder or the operators of the websites where my work is republished. I encourage you to follow me on social media on Facebook and Twitter, and any way that you can share these articles with others is a great help. During these very challenging times, people will need hope more than ever before, and it is our goal to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with all many people as we possibly can.


thedcclothesline--2020-04-16--Do Governors Have Authority To Shut Down State Economies & Commerce?

Today , President Trump posted on social media : “ …some in the Fake News Media are saying that it is the Governors ’ decision to open up the states , not that of the President of the United States & the Federal Government .
Let it be fully understood that this is incorrect .
It is the decision of the President , and for many good reasons… ” To clarify , nowhere in the Constitution is the President given the authority to regulate commerce , let alone intrastate commerce .
An American President is not an autocrat .
To @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the media he is criticizing are also incorrect because Governors are not the autocrats of their states either .
However , as of last week , eight Minnesotans have been charged with violating Governor Tim Walz ’ s stay-at-home order , an offense that could earn them up to 90 days in jail and a $ 1,000 fine .
To make matters worse , the Walz administration currently maintains a hotline that citizens can use to report each other for disobeying his orders .
take our poll - story continues below David M. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him playing cards with three friends in the closed bar that he owns with the doors locked , according to the Star Tribune .
Residents in Riverside County , California , are now required to wear face coverings and could face a fine of $ 1,000 per violation per day if the mandate is ignored .
“ This is a valid order and enforceable by fine , imprisonment or both , ” said Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco in a Monday video statement .
According to CBS Los Angeles , L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continue to operate in violation of the stay at home order , we ’ re going to act to enforce the safer at home order and ensure their compliance.
” The mayor ’ s office confirmed that many businesses had been visited and referred for misdemeanor filings .
“ You know the old expression about snitches , ” Garcetti said last week .
“ Well , in this case , snitches get rewards…We want to thank you for turning folks in and making sure we are all safe , ” he said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the mentality of executive power on international , federal , state , and local levels is that these officers can unilaterally act and declare orders without consent of the lawmaking bodies in their geographic regions .
This is not republican ; it is despotic and it is unconstitutional on all levels from the President to your local mayor .
No matter what level of government we are speaking about , an executive order is only legally applicable when used to execute existing laws .
No authority is given to a president , governor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law .
Uniformly , across America , lawmaking responsibility is given to democratically elected legislatures and councils .
Most of these jurisdictions have a specified process for the declaration of an emergency , which requires emergency action in the legislative body… not executive orders that are binding for extended periods of time .
It was President Thomas Jefferson who declared , “ The greatest danger to American freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution.
” The key to answering my title question is reading your own state constitution and/or county charters and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ branches of your respective state ; they will be listed .
If their actions go beyond their delegated authorities , then you will know your executive is acting unconstitutionally and illegally .
Schedule an event or learn more about your Constitution with Jake MacAulay and the Institute on the Constitution and receive your free gift .

Today, President Trump posted on social media: “…some in the Fake News Media are saying that it is the Governors’ decision to open up the states, not that of the President of the United States & the Federal Government. Let it be fully understood that this is incorrect. It is the decision of the President, and for many good reasons…”
To clarify, nowhere in the Constitution is the President given the authority to regulate commerce, let alone intrastate commerce. An American President is not an autocrat. To put a finer point on it, the media he is criticizing are also incorrect because Governors are not the autocrats of their states either.
However, as of last week, eight Minnesotans have been charged with violating Governor Tim Walz’s stay-at-home order, an offense that could earn them up to 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.
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To make matters worse, the Walz administration currently maintains a hotline that citizens can use to report each other for disobeying his orders.
David M. Schuster, was arrested after police discovered him playing cards with three friends in the closed bar that he owns with the doors locked, according to the Star Tribune.
Residents in Riverside County, California, are now required to wear face coverings and could face a fine of $1,000 per violation per day if the mandate is ignored.
“This is a valid order and enforceable by fine, imprisonment or both,” said Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco in a Monday video statement.
According to CBS Los Angeles, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti stated, “If any non-essential businesses continue to operate in violation of the stay at home order, we’re going to act to enforce the safer at home order and ensure their compliance.”
The mayor’s office confirmed that many businesses had been visited and referred for misdemeanor filings.
“You know the old expression about snitches,” Garcetti said last week. “Well, in this case, snitches get rewards…We want to thank you for turning folks in and making sure we are all safe,” he said.
The consistencies that I am seeing with the mentality of executive power on international, federal, state, and local levels is that these officers can unilaterally act and declare orders without consent of the lawmaking bodies in their geographic regions. This is not republican; it is despotic and it is unconstitutional on all levels from the President to your local mayor.
No matter what level of government we are speaking about, an executive order is only legally applicable when used to execute existing laws.
No authority is given to a president, governor, sheriff, or mayor to make law.
Uniformly, across America, lawmaking responsibility is given to democratically elected legislatures and councils.
Most of these jurisdictions have a specified process for the declaration of an emergency, which requires emergency action in the legislative body… not executive orders that are binding for extended periods of time.
It was President Thomas Jefferson who declared, “The greatest danger to American freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution.”
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The key to answering my title question is reading your own state constitution and/or county charters and identifying the powers given to the executive branches of your respective state; they will be listed. If their actions go beyond their delegated authorities, then you will know your executive is acting unconstitutionally and illegally.
Schedule an event or learn more about your Constitution with Jake MacAulay and the Institute on the Constitution and receive your free gift.
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thedcclothesline--2020-04-16--The Health Ranger answers all your questions about covid-19 WITHOUT the politically-charged denialis

The Health Ranger answers all your questions about covid-19 WITHOUT the politically-charged denialism: Lockdowns, death rates, masks and more

( Natural News ) There ’ s so much disinformation and bad math being thrown around today about the coronavirus , it ’ s almost like we ’ re living in Idiocracy .
Here ’ s a sample of some of the horrifically bad information being put out right now : • The communist-run W.H.O .
initially denied the coronavirus could be transmitted among humans and denounced nations for threatening to block commercial air flights from China .
• Some government officials claim that wearing masks increases the risk of infection and that masks don ’ t work ( while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those masks for themselves ) .
• Some conservative “ journalists ” ( like David Knight ) claim the regular flu kills 10 % of those it infects , meaning they believe the regular flu kills 9,731 Americans each day .
( The real number is just 94 , so he ’ s off by a factor of around 100 . )
• A few prominent indy media people ( claim the lockdowns weren ’ t necessary because not enough people died .
Since the lockdowns worked to avert over two million deaths @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t needed at all .
Yes , there ’ s a lot of horribly bad information swirling around , and sadly , most publishers are playing politics with the coronavirus .
The pro-Trump publishers almost universally claim the pandemic isn ’ t real , or that the deaths are faked , or that the lockdowns weren ’ t necessary .
Anti-Trump publishers , on the other hand , are now falsely claiming Trump is the only person who was late to react to the pandemic ( in truth , Nancy Pelosi and a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ late to react ) .
Through all this , Natural News has emerged as one of the very few truly independent , non-biased publishers that ’ s covering the pandemic with mathematical accuracy and scientific literacy , bringing you critical analysis without political bias and rampant denialism found among some other publishers .
In this podcast , I answer all the most common questions about flu fatalities , lockdowns , masks , covid-19 and much more .
It ’ s 40+ minutes of clarity and honesty about where we are and how we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a ( toxic ) vaccine : take our poll - story continues below Catch all my daily podcasts at the Health Ranger Report channel on Brighteon .

(Natural News) There’s so much disinformation and bad math being thrown around today about the coronavirus, it’s almost like we’re living in Idiocracy. Here’s a sample of some of the horrifically bad information being put out right now:
The communist-run W.H.O. initially denied the coronavirus could be transmitted among humans and denounced nations for threatening to block commercial air flights from China.
Some government officials claim that wearing masks increases the risk of infection and that masks don’t work (while they’re hoarding and confiscating all those masks for themselves).
Some conservative “journalists” (like David Knight) claim the regular flu kills 10% of those it infects, meaning they believe the regular flu kills 9,731 Americans each day. (The real number is just 94, so he’s off by a factor of around 100.)
A few prominent indy media people (claim the lockdowns weren’t necessary because not enough people died. Since the lockdowns worked to avert over two million deaths, they now claim lockdowns weren’t needed at all.
Yes, there’s a lot of horribly bad information swirling around, and sadly, most publishers are playing politics with the coronavirus. The pro-Trump publishers almost universally claim the pandemic isn’t real, or that the deaths are faked, or that the lockdowns weren’t necessary. Anti-Trump publishers, on the other hand, are now falsely claiming Trump is the only person who was late to react to the pandemic (in truth, Nancy Pelosi and a long list of other Democrats were also late to react).
Through all this, Natural News has emerged as one of the very few truly independent, non-biased publishers that’s covering the pandemic with mathematical accuracy and scientific literacy, bringing you critical analysis without political bias and rampant denialism found among some other publishers.
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In this podcast, I answer all the most common questions about flu fatalities, lockdowns, masks, covid-19 and much more. It’s 40+ minutes of clarity and honesty about where we are and how we beat this pandemic without waiting around for a (toxic) vaccine:
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