veteranstoday--2020-05-18--Religious Far Right Mounts Anti-Abortion Attack on COVID-19 Vaccine

As universities and pharmaceutical companies race to put out the first COVID-19 vaccine , some sectors of the religious right are gearing up to fight it , based on tenuous ties to what they call “ the abortion industry ” and a biblical teaching about “ the mark of the beast.
” LifeSite News , a Catholic , anti-abortion website , has gathered more than 350,000 signatures on a petition protesting mandatory coronavirus vaccination orders—none of which have actually been issued .
The petition starts with the kind of big-government concerns that have become a hallmark of anti-shutdown protests , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” could inadvertently lead to support for “ the hidden agenda of governmental as well as non-governmental bodies ” with plans to “ restrict personal freedoms.
” “ The so-called ‘ public health experts ’ have gotten it wrong many times during the current crisis , ” the petition states .
“ We should not , therefore , allow their opinions to rush decision-makers into policies regarding vaccination.
” Further down , the petition raises the issue of stem cell research used in the production of vaccines .
A number of life-saving vaccines—from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stem cells originating from legally aborted fetuses , a process long approved by the Food and Drug Administration .
At least one pharmaceutical company is currently using these stem cell lines to test a vaccine , according to a letter sent to the FDA by two dozen religious leaders .
The LifeSite petition calls the use of these stem cell lines “ a total non-starter , ” stating that the organization “ opposes immorally-produced vaccines using aborted fetal cell lines.
” ( A note at the bottom of the page , seemingly meant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crowd , states that LifeSite has no position on “ any particular coronavirus vaccines produced without such moral problems.
” ) The stem cells used in vaccine development come from two fetuses aborted more than 50 years ago and , according to vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit , contain “ incredibly small amounts of [ their ] DNA.
” The Pontifical Academy for Life , National Catholic Bioethics Center , and former Pope Benedict XVI have all determined that using vaccines cultured in stem cells is acceptable in the interest of public health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ far removed from any actual abortion .
Just last year , the Pontifical Academy stated that parents could vaccinate their children with a “ clear conscience ” that the use of most modern vaccines “ does not signify some sort of cooperation in voluntary abortion.
” Still , some religious leaders have gone so far as to declare that they will not accept a COVID-19 vaccine developed with these products—even though experts the world over agree a vaccine is the best chance to stop a pandemic that has already killed some 300,000 people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we are still debating the use of aborted fetal tissue for medical research , ” Bishop J. Strickland of Tyler , Texas , tweeted in April .
“ Let me go on record…if a vaccine for this virus is only attainable if we use body parts of aborted children then I will refuse the vaccine…I will not kill children to live.
” Deacon Keith Fournier , founder of the Common Good Foundation , tried to convince his Twitter followers this week that some COVID-19 vaccines are being made using “ body parts from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and any other Pro-Life Catholic and any other TRUE Christians will NEVER use such a vaccine .
NEVER .
NEVER , ” he wrote .
The religious leaders who wrote to the FDA did not go quite as far , instead urging the U.S. government not to fund vaccines developed through stem cell technology .
The letter to FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn states that the leaders “ strongly support efforts to develop an effective , safe , and widely available vaccine as quickly as possible.
” “ However , we also strongly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fundamental moral principles are followed in the development of such vaccines , most importantly , the principle that human life is sacred and should never be exploited , ” the letter says .
Others have tried to tie the vaccine to abortion through donations from Bill Gates , who has pledged $ 300 million to developing and distributing a vaccine .
LifeSiteNews has long opposed Gates for his donations to Planned Parenthood and support of contraception and abortion access .
Its petition claims the billionaire “ should not be permitted to influence policy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Unwitting citizens must not be used as guinea pigs for New World Order ideologues , or Big Pharma , in pursuit of a vaccine ( and , profits ) which may not even protect against future mutated strains of the coronavirus , ” the petition reads .
Other religious figures have decried Gates ’ participation because of a popular but ludicrous conspiracy theory that suggests the billionaire will plant a microchip in every injection .
Ronnie Hampton , a free Methodist pastor who died of the virus in March , told followers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have “ some type of electronic computer device that ’ s gon na put some type of chip in you and maybe even have some mood , mind-altering circumstances.
” “ They ’ re saying that the chip would be the mark of the beast , ” he added , referring to a belief among some Christians that the anti-Christ will one day return and physically mark his followers .
Pastor Curt Landry of Oklahoma , meanwhile , claimed the vaccine would not contain the mark of the beast itself , but a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ track who was willing to accept it .
“ Do not pray , do not hope , do not think , ‘ Oh , praise God they are going to have a vaccine , ’ ” he told followers in a YouTube video .
“ That vaccine is from the pit of Hell .
Do not pray for those vaccines , and do not take the vaccine .
These vaccines are going to be coming .
They are not going to be good .
They ’ re not good for you physically , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ set-up for what shall come later.
” The conspiracy theory seems to have come from a Reddit AMA in which Gates suggested that countries would eventually have digital certificates to show who has recovered from the virus , who has been tested recently , and who has received the vaccine .
He did not say anything about microchips .
The “ mark of the beast ” theory , meanwhile , has been roundly dismissed by religious scholars .
Writing for the Logos Academic Blog , minister and theology PhD Matthew Halstead argued that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ given to people who willingly worship the anti-Christ—not something you accidentally ingest in a Gates-funded vaccine .
Christians should not fear the vaccine unless they plan on using it as a symbolic expression of their “ willful and public rejection of the Christian faith , ” he wrote .
“ If that ’ s you and if that ’ s your plan , ” he added , “ then it ’ s not the vaccine that ’ s the problem .
”

As universities and pharmaceutical companies race to put out the first COVID-19 vaccine, some sectors of the religious right are gearing up to fight it, based on tenuous ties to what they call “the abortion industry” and a biblical teaching about “the mark of the beast.”
LifeSite News, a Catholic, anti-abortion website, has gathered more than 350,000 signatures on a petition protesting mandatory coronavirus vaccination orders—none of which have actually been issued. The petition starts with the kind of big-government concerns that have become a hallmark of anti-shutdown protests, claiming that “fear of a disease” could inadvertently lead to support for “the hidden agenda of governmental as well as non-governmental bodies” with plans to “restrict personal freedoms.”
“The so-called ‘public health experts’ have gotten it wrong many times during the current crisis,” the petition states. “We should not, therefore, allow their opinions to rush decision-makers into policies regarding vaccination.”
Further down, the petition raises the issue of stem cell research used in the production of vaccines. A number of life-saving vaccines—from the chickenpox to measles—are cultured in human stem cells originating from legally aborted fetuses, a process long approved by the Food and Drug Administration. At least one pharmaceutical company is currently using these stem cell lines to test a vaccine, according to a letter sent to the FDA by two dozen religious leaders.
The LifeSite petition calls the use of these stem cell lines “a total non-starter,” stating that the organization “opposes immorally-produced vaccines using aborted fetal cell lines.” (A note at the bottom of the page, seemingly meant to distance the organization from the anti-vaxxer crowd, states that LifeSite has no position on “any particular coronavirus vaccines produced without such moral problems.”)
The stem cells used in vaccine development come from two fetuses aborted more than 50 years ago and, according to vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit, contain “incredibly small amounts of [their] DNA.” The Pontifical Academy for Life, National Catholic Bioethics Center, and former Pope Benedict XVI have all determined that using vaccines cultured in stem cells is acceptable in the interest of public health, not least because they are so far removed from any actual abortion. Just last year, the Pontifical Academy stated that parents could vaccinate their children with a “clear conscience” that the use of most modern vaccines “does not signify some sort of cooperation in voluntary abortion.”
Still, some religious leaders have gone so far as to declare that they will not accept a COVID-19 vaccine developed with these products—even though experts the world over agree a vaccine is the best chance to stop a pandemic that has already killed some 300,000 people.
“So sad… even with Covid-19 we are still debating the use of aborted fetal tissue for medical research,” Bishop J. Strickland of Tyler, Texas, tweeted in April. “Let me go on record…if a vaccine for this virus is only attainable if we use body parts of aborted children then I will refuse the vaccine…I will not kill children to live.”
Deacon Keith Fournier, founder of the Common Good Foundation, tried to convince his Twitter followers this week that some COVID-19 vaccines are being made using “body parts from unborn babies.”
“I GUARANTEE I, and any other Pro-Life Catholic and any other TRUE Christians will NEVER use such a vaccine. NEVER. NEVER,” he wrote.
The religious leaders who wrote to the FDA did not go quite as far, instead urging the U.S. government not to fund vaccines developed through stem cell technology. The letter to FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn states that the leaders “strongly support efforts to develop an effective, safe, and widely available vaccine as quickly as possible.”
“However, we also strongly urge our federal government to ensure that fundamental moral principles are followed in the development of such vaccines, most importantly, the principle that human life is sacred and should never be exploited,” the letter says.
How the Coronavirus Sneaks Into Your Body
Others have tried to tie the vaccine to abortion through donations from Bill Gates, who has pledged $300 million to developing and distributing a vaccine. LifeSiteNews has long opposed Gates for his donations to Planned Parenthood and support of contraception and abortion access. Its petition claims the billionaire “should not be permitted to influence policy decisions on a coronavirus vaccination program.”
“Unwitting citizens must not be used as guinea pigs for New World Order ideologues, or Big Pharma, in pursuit of a vaccine (and, profits) which may not even protect against future mutated strains of the coronavirus,” the petition reads.
Other religious figures have decried Gates’ participation because of a popular but ludicrous conspiracy theory that suggests the billionaire will plant a microchip in every injection. Ronnie Hampton, a free Methodist pastor who died of the virus in March, told followers before his death that the vaccines would have “some type of electronic computer device that’s gonna put some type of chip in you and maybe even have some mood, mind-altering circumstances.”
“They’re saying that the chip would be the mark of the beast,” he added, referring to a belief among some Christians that the anti-Christ will one day return and physically mark his followers.
Pastor Curt Landry of Oklahoma, meanwhile, claimed the vaccine would not contain the mark of the beast itself, but a microchip that the government could use to track who was willing to accept it.
“Do not pray, do not hope, do not think, ‘Oh, praise God they are going to have a vaccine,’” he told followers in a YouTube video. “That vaccine is from the pit of Hell. Do not pray for those vaccines, and do not take the vaccine. These vaccines are going to be coming. They are not going to be good. They’re not good for you physically, and spiritually, they’re a set-up for what shall come later.”
The conspiracy theory seems to have come from a Reddit AMA in which Gates suggested that countries would eventually have digital certificates to show who has recovered from the virus, who has been tested recently, and who has received the vaccine. He did not say anything about microchips.
The “mark of the beast” theory, meanwhile, has been roundly dismissed by religious scholars. Writing for the Logos Academic Blog, minister and theology PhD Matthew Halstead argued that the mark of the beast is something given to people who willingly worship the anti-Christ—not something you accidentally ingest in a Gates-funded vaccine.
Christians should not fear the vaccine unless they plan on using it as a symbolic expression of their “willful and public rejection of the Christian faith,” he wrote.
“If that’s you and if that’s your plan,” he added, “then it’s not the vaccine that’s the problem.”


veteranstoday--2020-05-18--H.R. 6666 Is Track & Trace Programme, Not Evil Plot To Destroy Freedom

Examples can be seen here and here .
One post reads : “ Nancy Pelosi is trying to pass a law called HR6666 ( the irony is stifling ) If this passes strangers can come in your house and take ( by force if needed ) your family members including your children to a quarantined area .
Please tell me I ’ m in a nightmare !
!
” H.R .
6666 was introduced by Rush on May 1 , 2020 ( here ) .
The bill will allocate $ 100 billion for COVID-19 testing and contact tracing by using @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nothing about forced testing , forced entry to people ’ s houses or the removal of family members to be quarantined .
In a statement to Reuters via email , Rush said participation would be voluntary : “ Contact Tracing is not a new idea and is regarded by the CDC as a ‘ key strategy for preventing further spread of COVID-19 ’ My bill , the COVID-19 TRACE Act , is about appropriately and safely using this time-tested principle to better assist the communities that are the most impacted by the coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voluntary testing and door-to-door outreach.
” Rush added : “ Leading health experts have continued to state that increased testing and contact tracing is the only way we will get back to normal and safely reopen our economy , and we must ensure that African Americans and other medically underserved communities are not left behind yet again.
” The bill authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services “ to award grants to eligible entities to conduct diagnostic testing for COVID–19 , and related activities such as contact tracing , through mobile health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ individuals ’ residences , and for other purposes.
” ( here ) Section 2 of the bill says the grants can be given to entities who can provide services including “ testing individuals and providing individuals with services related to testing and quarantine at their residences ” as necessary .
This does not imply that individuals will be forcibly tested or removed into quarantine .
According to the bill , grant recipients can include federally qualified health centers , school-based health clinics , disproportionate share hospitals , academic medical centers , non-profit organizations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ high schools .
Part E of the bill states : “ Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede any Federal privacy or confidentiality requirement.
” The bill has nevertheless faced a backlash over privacy concerns from users on social media ( here , here ) .
On April 30 , Republican Senators said they would introduce a privacy bill to address concerns about contact tracing apps being developed by technology companies .
Google and Apple have been working with public health experts and researchers to write apps that people can use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contact with if they contract COVID-19 ( here ) .
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says contact tracing is a key strategy for preventing the spread of COVID-19 ( here ) .
False .
The bill would provide grants for organizations to provide testing and contact-tracing services to help prevent further spread of COVID-19 .
It does not authorize the government to enter homes , forcibly test for the virus or remove family members to be quarantined .

[VT Editors: The paid trolls and conspiracy morons are at it again, this time blatantly misrepresenting HR.6666 as some evil, deadly plot. Nope, not even close, it is simply a track and trace programme of the type used with great success in many countries including South Korea and India. Kerala, in southern India, has a very high density population of 35 million but has barely been affected by the virus thanks to their early and widespread implementation of a track & trace programme:
What the world can learn from Kerala about how to fight covid-19 The inside story of how one Indian state is flattening the curve through epic levels of contact tracing and social assistance. South Korea managed to not even have to impose a lockdown and kept it’s economy running flat out.
Sadly, there is no vaccine for stupidity, hence we have morons breaking the lockdown all over the US and many claiming ‘God is bigger than the virus’ or that the virus is a hoax. If Americans could drop the stupidity act and had adopted such a programme months ago, then they would be looking at dozens of deaths, not tens of thousands; but no, they prefer to bleat nonsense about Bill Gates, Illuminati 666 numerology, and implantable vaccine chips via forced ‘testing’. Oh if only COVID-19 only killed the stupid…] False claim: H.R. 6666 bill allows strangers to enter your house, test you for COVID-19 and take family members into quarantine
Social media users have been sharing images online that claim bill H.R. 6666, introduced by Democratic Congressman Bobby Rush and also known as the COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act, will allow the government to forcibly enter homes, test and remove family members, including children, to be taken into quarantine.
Examples can be seen here and here .
One post reads: “Nancy Pelosi is trying to pass a law called HR6666 (the irony is stifling) If this passes strangers can come in your house and take (by force if needed) your family members including your children to a quarantined area. Please tell me I’m in a nightmare!!”
H.R. 6666 was introduced by Rush on May 1, 2020 ( here ). The bill will allocate $100 billion for COVID-19 testing and contact tracing by using mobile health units.
The bill says nothing about forced testing, forced entry to people’s houses or the removal of family members to be quarantined. In a statement to Reuters via email, Rush said participation would be voluntary:
“Contact Tracing is not a new idea and is regarded by the CDC as a ‘key strategy for preventing further spread of COVID-19’ My bill, the COVID-19 TRACE Act, is about appropriately and safely using this time-tested principle to better assist the communities that are the most impacted by the coronavirus – namely the African-American community – through voluntary testing and door-to-door outreach.”
Rush added: “Leading health experts have continued to state that increased testing and contact tracing is the only way we will get back to normal and safely reopen our economy, and we must ensure that African Americans and other medically underserved communities are not left behind yet again.”
The bill authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services “to award grants to eligible entities to conduct diagnostic testing for COVID–19, and related activities such as contact tracing, through mobile health units and, as necessary, at individuals’ residences, and for other purposes.” ( here )
Section 2 of the bill says the grants can be given to entities who can provide services including “testing individuals and providing individuals with services related to testing and quarantine at their residences” as necessary. This does not imply that individuals will be forcibly tested or removed into quarantine.
According to the bill, grant recipients can include federally qualified health centers, school-based health clinics, disproportionate share hospitals, academic medical centers, non-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, or high schools.
Part E of the bill states: “Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede any Federal privacy or confidentiality requirement.” The bill has nevertheless faced a backlash over privacy concerns from users on social media ( here , here ).
On April 30, Republican Senators said they would introduce a privacy bill to address concerns about contact tracing apps being developed by technology companies. Google and Apple have been working with public health experts and researchers to write apps that people can use to notify those they have come in contact with if they contract COVID-19 ( here ).
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says contact tracing is a key strategy for preventing the spread of COVID-19 ( here ).
VERDICT
False. The bill would provide grants for organizations to provide testing and contact-tracing services to help prevent further spread of COVID-19. It does not authorize the government to enter homes, forcibly test for the virus or remove family members to be quarantined.


veteranstoday--2020-05-18--FFWN: The Beast Whose Number Is HR-6666

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veteranstoday--2020-05-18--The Soviet Victory Over Nazism 75 Years Ago, and COVID-19

How could the Great Patriotic War in which the Soviet people ( including many members of my own family ) lost at least 25 million lives , have anything in common with the latest outbreak of the novel coronavirus ?
You think this is an absolutely insane question ?
However , before you dismiss it , think twice .
There are similarities how they are being portrayed .
There is a dangerous , even deadly pattern .
The storylines of both monumental events have been shamelessly kidnapped , and perverted by Western propaganda !
Those people and countries that fought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ narrative .
At the same time , those who negotiated , to twist and to delay their involvement , have managed to re-write history and to even give themselves the credit for ‘ saving the world ’ .
The greatest sacrifice in human history , that made by the Soviet people who fought for the survival of mankind , defeated Nazism , and later helped to de-colonize the world , has been belittled by the professional masters of disinformation in London , Paris and New York .
The Soviet Union itself was first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ foreign countries ( to the extent that even the Soviet people themselves began doubting their own past and present ) , its internationalist duty discounted and dragged through mud .
In the end and mostly as a result of such intellectual aggressions , a tremendous country and the bulwark of anti-imperialism , suddenly collapsed .
No shots were fired , except in Afghanistan , which was virtually sacrificed by the West .
It has been converted into a playground of radicals and religious fundamentalists .
In the end it broke the spine of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had been skillfully maneuvered into the conflict by Washington , and which , against all practical sense , decided to rush to the rescue of the Afghan people .
This , last chapter of Soviet history , has been twisted and perverted , too , in Washington and London .
In fact , everything pure , heroic and positive that the Soviet Union represented , was spat on .
The anti-Soviet , and even anti-Russian narrative has become absolutely bulletproof .
Manipulative documentary films , books , school curriculums in Europe and North @ @ @ @ @ @ @ facts in simple propaganda gigs , without offering any evidence .
Very often , they take historic events and data , twist them , turn them around , and repeat the consequent fabrications again , again and again .
There are thousands of mass media outlets participating in the project .
It definitely works .
Such an approach is effective .
Deadly effective .
China is now being beaten with the same stick as the Soviet Union , and Russia .
The most populous , successful , and enthusiastic Socialist country still does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ done to it .
China is trying to be a good world citizen .
It does its best to show kindness and solidarity .
And yet , the more positive its deeds , the more it gets antagonized , accused of selfishness and malignancy .
The Western propaganda apparatus is now determinedly smearing the Chinese revolution , the Chinese Communist Party , and the Chinese system .
Tiananmen Square ‘ events ’ , which were invented by thoroughly hostile Western mass media outlets , are used as proof of China ’ s “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a direct attack on China and interference in its internal affairs , are turned upside down .
Beijing is being portrayed as the aggressor , not as the victim !
Newspapers like The New York Times or The Independent have absolutely nothing good to say about the socially most successful country on Earth .
That is quite an impressive show of one-sidedness .
Before Western propaganda got involved , kicking into top gear , people in all corners of the world were tremendously impressed with the rapid and determined response of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , quarantined it , and defeated the pandemic within a few weeks .
Almost immediately , it began helping the rest of the world .
The Chinese government , Chinese scientists , and the Chinese population in general , had no idea what were they up against .
They were all alone , facing the new virus .
Intuitively , in a socialist way , they mobilized , won the battle and defeated the pandemic with minimum losses and in the shortest possible time .
While several Chinese officials and scientists believed that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the United States , Beijing decided to adopt a conciliatory tone , suggesting there should be cooperation , instead of confrontation .
That is the Chinese , but not Western way .
The Western approach towards the COVID-19 ; from Italy , UK , Spain to the United States across the Atlantic Ocean , has been grotesque , inconsistent , disorganized and for the common people , deadly .
In short , it has been a total fiasco .
Therefore , using its traditional methods , Western propaganda system began doing what it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are fighting for the survival of the world .
Attacking relentlessly , aggressively and often , vulgarly .
If the numbers were to be compared , the entire affair would look ridiculous , even grotesque .
The West would soon run out of arguments .
The same , if the Chinese and Western general approaches were placed next to each other and analyzed .
But they are not .
What is done in Europe and North America is not really reporting or comparing facts .
Instead , it is a constant flow of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disinformation , full of sarcasm , double speak and mud .
The discourses of the U.S. politicians are increasingly racist , perverse and full of spite .
When it comes to China , Western leaders lie , they present no proof , but in this ‘ game ’ , all the above is obviously allowed .
One after another , they get on the proverbial podium and spit at China : all of them do – Trump , Pompeo , Navarro , Rubio , and others .
The better China does , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ better the Soviet Union did , the louder the accusations against it were , the more brutal the insults .
Now China says loudly and clearly : “ We have pulled almost everyone out of poverty .
We are a real Socialist country with Chinese characteristics , governed by the Communist Party of China .
We are helping the struggling part of the world through the BRI ( Belt and Road Initiative ) .
We fought hard and defeated the new and terrible pandemic.
” Western ideologues shout back : “ No you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ selfish .
You are not even socialist .
You misinformed us about the pandemic.
” The problem is , the Western regime owns and controls incomparably more media outlets than do China and Russia combined .
And both the Russian and Chinese media outlets , including this magazine – New Eastern Outlook – are constantly censored and blocked in the Western countries , on-line and otherwise .
It goes without saying , that the Western propaganda is the biggest , and the mightiest disinformation system on the planet .
In the meantime , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 , but now especially from the economic and social manipulation , in Europe , North America and their client states in the poor parts of the world .
The contrast is tremendous , if one is allowed to the see that contrast .
It is obvious which system is better for humanity , but the more obvious it gets , the more disinformation blurs the picture ; the compliments of the Western media outlets and ‘ educational ’ institutions .
While all this is going on , people in the West are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In his recent interview for the RT , the legendary German film director , Werner Herzog , brought up some essential and relevant philosophical points : “ The atrocities carried out by the Nazis were the result of a lockstep narrative of “ demonization ” which replaced facts.
” “ ‘ Industrialized mass murder ’ only possible when people stop questioning narratives.
” “ It is not so much what is factually happening , it ’ s who owns the narrative .
And we have to be very , very careful and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ What are the media doing ?
Is there some sort of almost collective brainwashing going on or not ?
… [ W ] e have to be quite vigilant and we should think on our own.
” What we are witnessing or participating in , is a horrific , ideological battle .
Not just for China , not just for Russia and for the memory of those who gave their lives for the survival of our human race .
Right now , everything is at stake .
Perhaps the very essence of mankind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Partially , because Western propaganda , while effective , is not necessarily innovative .
It is relatively primitive .
It can be exposed .
While it repeats its lies , relentlessly and religiously , we have to repeat that the lies are lies , and offer proof .
Let us do it with determination , and in full voice .
“ 75 years ago , it was the Soviet Union who defeated Nazi Germany , and saved the world , at an unimaginably high cost !
” “ It was China , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus .
And it was China , which defeated it rapidly and with tremendous socialist determination !
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By: Andre Vltchek for VT
How could the Great Patriotic War in which the Soviet people (including many members of my own family) lost at least 25 million lives, have anything in common with the latest outbreak of the novel coronavirus?
You think this is an absolutely insane question?
However, before you dismiss it, think twice. There are similarities how they are being portrayed. There is a dangerous, even deadly pattern.
The storylines of both monumental events have been shamelessly kidnapped, and perverted by Western propaganda!
Those people and countries that fought hard and heroically, have lost the narrative. At the same time, those who negotiated, to twist and to delay their involvement, have managed to re-write history and to even give themselves the credit for ‘saving the world’.
The greatest sacrifice in human history, that made by the Soviet people who fought for the survival of mankind, defeated Nazism, and later helped to de-colonize the world, has been belittled by the professional masters of disinformation in London, Paris and New York. The Soviet Union itself was first smeared, its history rewritten in hostile foreign countries (to the extent that even the Soviet people themselves began doubting their own past and present), its internationalist duty discounted and dragged through mud. In the end and mostly as a result of such intellectual aggressions, a tremendous country and the bulwark of anti-imperialism, suddenly collapsed.
No shots were fired, except in Afghanistan, which was virtually sacrificed by the West. It has been converted into a playground of radicals and religious fundamentalists. In the end it broke the spine of the Soviet Union, the country that had been skillfully maneuvered into the conflict by Washington, and which, against all practical sense, decided to rush to the rescue of the Afghan people.
This, last chapter of Soviet history, has been twisted and perverted, too, in Washington and London.
In fact, everything pure, heroic and positive that the Soviet Union represented, was spat on.
The anti-Soviet, and even anti-Russian narrative has become absolutely bulletproof.
Manipulative documentary films, books, school curriculums in Europe and North America; they all pass off as facts in simple propaganda gigs, without offering any evidence. Very often, they take historic events and data, twist them, turn them around, and repeat the consequent fabrications again, again and again.
There are thousands of mass media outlets participating in the project. It definitely works. Such an approach is effective. Deadly effective.
*
China is now being beaten with the same stick as the Soviet Union, and Russia.
The most populous, successful, and enthusiastic Socialist country still does not fully comprehend, what is being done to it. China is trying to be a good world citizen. It does its best to show kindness and solidarity. And yet, the more positive its deeds, the more it gets antagonized, accused of selfishness and malignancy.
The Western propaganda apparatus is now determinedly smearing the Chinese revolution, the Chinese Communist Party, and the Chinese system. Tiananmen Square ‘events’, which were invented by thoroughly hostile Western mass media outlets, are used as proof of China’s “evilness”. Present-day Hong Kong events, a direct attack on China and interference in its internal affairs, are turned upside down. Beijing is being portrayed as the aggressor, not as the victim!
Newspapers like The New York Times or The Independent have absolutely nothing good to say about the socially most successful country on Earth.
That is quite an impressive show of one-sidedness.
Then comes COVID-19.
Before Western propaganda got involved, kicking into top gear, people in all corners of the world were tremendously impressed with the rapid and determined response of the Chinese system. China isolated one province, quarantined it, and defeated the pandemic within a few weeks. Almost immediately, it began helping the rest of the world.
The Chinese government, Chinese scientists, and the Chinese population in general, had no idea what were they up against. They were all alone, facing the new virus. Intuitively, in a socialist way, they mobilized, won the battle and defeated the pandemic with minimum losses and in the shortest possible time.
While several Chinese officials and scientists believed that the virus was injected into China by the United States, Beijing decided to adopt a conciliatory tone, suggesting there should be cooperation, instead of confrontation.
That is the Chinese, but not Western way.
The Western approach towards the COVID-19; from Italy, UK, Spain to the United States across the Atlantic Ocean, has been grotesque, inconsistent, disorganized and for the common people, deadly. In short, it has been a total fiasco.
Therefore, using its traditional methods, Western propaganda system began doing what it does the best: attacking those who are fighting for the survival of the world. Attacking relentlessly, aggressively and often, vulgarly.
If the numbers were to be compared, the entire affair would look ridiculous, even grotesque. The West would soon run out of arguments. The same, if the Chinese and Western general approaches were placed next to each other and analyzed.
But they are not. What is done in Europe and North America is not really reporting or comparing facts. Instead, it is a constant flow of an ideological, propagandist narrative, of disinformation, full of sarcasm, double speak and mud.
The discourses of the U.S. politicians are increasingly racist, perverse and full of spite. When it comes to China, Western leaders lie, they present no proof, but in this ‘game’, all the above is obviously allowed. One after another, they get on the proverbial podium and spit at China: all of them do – Trump, Pompeo, Navarro, Rubio, and others.
The better China does, the more they shout and spit.
The better the Soviet Union did, the louder the accusations against it were, the more brutal the insults.
Now China says loudly and clearly: “We have pulled almost everyone out of poverty. We are a real Socialist country with Chinese characteristics, governed by the Communist Party of China. We are helping the struggling part of the world through the BRI (Belt and Road Initiative). We fought hard and defeated the new and terrible pandemic.”
Western ideologues shout back: “No you are not helping anyone. You are selfish. You are not even socialist. You misinformed us about the pandemic.”
The problem is, the Western regime owns and controls incomparably more media outlets than do China and Russia combined. And both the Russian and Chinese media outlets, including this magazine – New Eastern Outlook – are constantly censored and blocked in the Western countries, on-line and otherwise. It goes without saying, that the Western propaganda is the biggest, and the mightiest disinformation system on the planet.
In the meantime, tens of thousands are dying from the COVID-19, but now especially from the economic and social manipulation, in Europe, North America and their client states in the poor parts of the world.
The contrast is tremendous, if one is allowed to the see that contrast.
It is obvious which system is better for humanity, but the more obvious it gets, the more disinformation blurs the picture; the compliments of the Western media outlets and ‘educational’ institutions.
While all this is going on, people in the West are increasingly complacent, sheepish, and indifferent.
In his recent interview for the RT, the legendary German film director, Werner Herzog, brought up some essential and relevant philosophical points:
“The atrocities carried out by the Nazis were the result of a lockstep narrative of “demonization” which replaced facts.”
“‘Industrialized mass murder’ only possible when people stop questioning narratives.”
“It is not so much what is factually happening, it’s who owns the narrative. And we have to be very, very careful and watchful about looking at the media. What are the media doing? Is there some sort of almost collective brainwashing going on or not? … [W]e have to be quite vigilant and we should think on our own.”
What we are witnessing or participating in, is a horrific, ideological battle. Not just for China, not just for Russia and for the memory of those who gave their lives for the survival of our human race.
Right now, everything is at stake. Perhaps the very essence of mankind.
It is still possible to win. Partially, because Western propaganda, while effective, is not necessarily innovative. It is relatively primitive. It can be exposed. While it repeats its lies, relentlessly and religiously, we have to repeat that the lies are lies, and offer proof.
Let us do it with determination, and in full voice.
Therefore:
“75 years ago, it was the Soviet Union who defeated Nazi Germany, and saved the world, at an unimaginably high cost!”
And:
“It was China, which was first hit by the novel coronavirus. And it was China, which defeated it rapidly and with tremendous socialist determination!”
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[Originally published by NEO – New Eastern Outlook – a journal of the Russian Academy of Sciences]


veteranstoday--2020-05-18--USS Roosevelt Sailors Test Positive for COVID-19, Again

The U.S. Navy says 13 sailors from the USS Theodore Roosevelt who had apparently recovered from the coronavirus and had received negative test results have now tested positive for a second time .
In a statement released earlier on Saturday when five sailors were found to have retested positive , the Navy said the sailors had “ met rigorous recovery criteria , exceeding CDC guidelines , ” including testing negative for the virus at least twice , but have now retested positive .
The statement said the sailors had been monitoring their health and adhered to social-distancing protocols while on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ docked in Guam following an outbreak infecting hundreds of crew members .
“ These five Sailors developed influenza-like illness symptoms and did the right thing reporting to medical for evaluation , ” the statement said .
The Navy has since confirmed to NPR that an additional eight sailors have retested positive for coronavirus , bringing the total to 13 .
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13 USS Roosevelt Sailors Test Positive For COVID-19, Again
by Sarah McCammon/NPR
The U.S. Navy says 13 sailors from the USS Theodore Roosevelt who had apparently recovered from the coronavirus and had received negative test results have now tested positive for a second time.
In a statement released earlier on Saturday when five sailors were found to have retested positive, the Navy said the sailors had “met rigorous recovery criteria, exceeding CDC guidelines,” including testing negative for the virus at least twice, but have now retested positive. The statement said the sailors had been monitoring their health and adhered to social-distancing protocols while on board the Roosevelt, which has been docked in Guam following an outbreak infecting hundreds of crew members.
“These five Sailors developed influenza-like illness symptoms and did the right thing reporting to medical for evaluation,” the statement said.
The Navy has since confirmed to NPR that an additional eight sailors have retested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total to 13.
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veteranstoday--2020-05-18--Not the Accurate Picture: HHS Secretary Says ‘Unhealthy Comorbidities’ Led to High U.S. Coronavirus

Not the Accurate Picture: HHS Secretary Says ‘Unhealthy Comorbidities’ Led to High U.S. Coronavirus Death Rate

Health Editor ’ s Note : While Azar ’ s words would like to lead us to believe that the reason why the U.S. has such high death rates due to COVID-19 infections is due to underlying medical conditions such as high blood pressure , obesity , and diabetes , this is clearly not the real explanation .
Other countries who have survived this pandemic with a fraction of the number of fatalities , also have citizens with pre-existing medical conditions that should have also complicated their survival .
What the leadership of these other countries did achieve , was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cut the spread of coronavirus by the citizenship .
What the U.S failed to accomplish was to contain this virus , which can be placed on the distinct lack of preparedness for a pandemic situation and a failure to follow scientific and medical principles….Carol HHS secretary points to ‘ unhealthy comorbidities ’ when asked about high coronavirus death rate in US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Sunday pointed to a “ significantly disproportionate burden of comorbidities ” when asked about the high coronavirus death rate in the U.S. Azar said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Union ” that the U.S. has been able to manage the health care burden of the coronavirus , despite having the highest reported death rates of any country from the virus .
“ Every death is a tragedy , but the results could have been vastly , vastly worse , ” he said , adding that “ to our knowledge ” nobody in the U.S. has died because they didn ’ t have access to a ventilator or a bed in an intensive care unit .

Health Editor’s Note: While Azar’s words would like to lead us to believe that the reason why the U.S. has such high death rates due to COVID-19 infections is due to underlying medical conditions such as high blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes, this is clearly not the real explanation.
Other countries who have survived this pandemic with a fraction of the number of fatalities, also have citizens with pre-existing medical conditions that should have also complicated their survival. What the leadership of these other countries did achieve, was to quickly shut down their country to cut the spread of coronavirus by the citizenship. What the U.S failed to accomplish was to contain this virus, which can be placed on the distinct lack of preparedness for a pandemic situation and a failure to follow scientific and medical principles….Carol
HHS secretary points to ‘unhealthy comorbidities’ when asked about high coronavirus death rate in US
By Rebecca Klar/The Hill
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Sunday pointed to a “significantly disproportionate burden of comorbidities” when asked about the high coronavirus death rate in the U.S. Azar said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the U.S. has been able to manage the health care burden of the coronavirus, despite having the highest reported death rates of any country from the virus. “Every death is a tragedy, but the results could have been vastly, vastly worse,” he said, adding that “to our knowledge” nobody in the U.S. has died because they didn’t have access to a ventilator or a bed in an intensive care unit. Read More:
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