21stcenturywire--2020-12-21--Christmas Tales: Santa Claus is More Real Than New Government COVID Claims

One of the things which makes the holiday season so enchanting are the tales Santa and his reindeer , making that impossible trip on Christmas Eve to deliver presents and cheer to wide-eyed younglings around the world .
In 2020 , Government has sought to muscle-in on the marketplace of myths with a competing set of fables of its own , suitable for adults and children alike .
Ever since March , the Government , in conjunction with its media partners , has erected a god-inspiring pandemic PR machine which is now in full-spin mode over the holiday season , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with new weekly plot twists .
and harrowing stories of ‘ new strains ’ of the no longer novel coronavirus – prompting bombastic calls to ‘ Cancel Christmas ‘ and throw the nation into a third lockdown .
This , supposedly to save lives and to ‘ protect the NHS.
’ But how many of these claims by persons in positions of authority are true , and how many are contrived ?
Just as when mum and dad have to break it to the kids that Santa is just a children ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we finally level with the public and reveal that underpinning this Christmas folly are nothing more than a fanciful woven basket of assumptions and myths .
They are : • ‘ The ICUs are overrun , we ’ re running out of hospitals beds !
’ • ‘ A new mutant strain is on the loose , and it ’ s 70 percent more contagious !
’ • The ‘ R number ’ is above one !
As it turns out , each of these widely-held assumptions are about as real as Santa @ @ @ @ @ @ @ noticeable adults in the room , this Christmas pantomime looks set to continue .
There is No Hospital Crisis For months , the mainstream media have allowed government ministers like Matt Hancock and Jonathan Van-Tam to promulgate the idea that there ’ s a deadly pandemic which is still raging through the country , and that the number of COVID patients is approaching equal levels to the peak last April .
We must lockdown now in order to Save the NHS™ , or so the narrative goes .
However , upon examination of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , such hysterical claims favoured by tabloid headline writers and BBC anchors do not even remotely resemble reality .
According to a recent report , the UK ’ s NHS data clearly shows that the country ’ s hospitals are in fact quieter than this time last year .
Therefore , any suggestions by UK government ministers and officials that hospitals are ‘ overrun by COVID patients ’ is simply false .
Some key data points from that report : • Average intensive care ward occupancy down to 75 per cent from 84 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year • 15,465 people in hospital with Covid in England on Wednesday compared to 18,974 on worst day in spring • But statistics suggest the health service is , overall , coping better with its workload than it did last winter The Mail Online report goes on to state that , “ statistics suggest the health service is , overall , coping better with its workload than it did last winter .
A greater proportion of ward beds are free , intensive care units have more room and A & E departments aren @ @ @ @ @ @ @ often than usual – with the exception of a bad day at one NHS trust in the Midlands .
And the occupancy figure does not take into account bolstered capacity at the mothballed Nightingale hospitals , which went unused after being built during the first wave in case wards were overrun with Covid , or the thousands of additional beds commandeered from the private sector for the same purpose.
” In other words , there is no ICU or hospital crisis in Britain – to suggest there ever was one is patently false @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been incessantly pushed by government officials and repeated by their loyal allied media machine .
This bucket of cold water won ’ t stop the mainstream media and 77th Brigade trolls online from presenting an endless stream of emotive and anecdotal stories from supposed “ frontline healthcare ” combatants , all claiming the NHS is a war zone and we must all be good patriots and get behind the war effort , and honour the dead by doing our part ; social distancing , masks , stay off the streets , and whenever @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NHS unless you are on death ’ s door , and so on .
It all sounds eerily familiar .
The hospital bed myth is one of the main creaky pillars of Project Fear .
That ’ s not to say it isn ’ t possible should a real pandemic might arrive on day and ‘ rage ’ through the population , but to date this simply hasn ’ t been the case .
Anyone who has honestly and soberly reviewed the official data sets has known this since last spring .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ efforts to cancel Christmas is the latest sensational claim that there ’ s a new mutant strain of the Rona on the loose which is supposedly “ 70 % more contagious , ” and which is ripping through the unsuspecting villages and hamlets in south of England as we speak .
Common sense would dictate that officials could not have possibly been able to verify such a claim in the span of only a few week , an obvious point which media mavens haven ’ t managed to challenge the government ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , on the back of this widely reported ‘ scientific ’ assumption , multiple European countries panicked and closed their borders to UK travelers .
The insanity has also made it across the Atlantic , with lockdown-loving New York Governor Andrew Cuomo decreeing over the weekend that it was “ reprehensible ” and “ grossly negligent ” to allow any travelers from Britain to fly into his private fiefdom at New York ’ s JFK Airport without being tested for coronavirus .
Cuomo , well-accustomed to grandstanding over COVID , stated , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ UK is getting on a plane and flying to JFK.
” Cooler heads have already urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to please publish the actual evidence in the government ’ s data which justifies canceling Christmas and New Years festivities .
Thus far he hasn ’ t done so .
And its little surprise why : the government has no such data .
Renowned epidemiologist Carl Heneghan , Professor of Evidence Based Medicine in Oxford University , has raised serious doubts over the government ’ s “ 70 % ” claim .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for 25 years and I can tell you can ’ t establish a quantifiable number in such a short time frame , ” said Heneghan .
“ They are fitting the data to the evidence .
They see cases rising and they are looking for evidence to explain it.
” “ It has massive implications , it ’ s causing fear and panic , but we should not be in this situation when the Government is putting out data that is unquantifiable , ” he added .
Of course , Heneghan is right @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are wrong .
That ’ s been the story throughout .
As it turns out , the source of government ’ s latest wild “ 70 % ” claims may have come from some of the usual suspects already implicated as bad actors in this entire pandemic debacle .
Incredibly , one of those characters is none other than Professor Neil Ferguson , author of the original science fiction modelling which helped to drive both the UK and US governments into lockdown back in March .
Even after that epic failure , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , allowing him to pollute their NERVTAG ( New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group ) committee with his malign influence .
The latest exotic guesswork behind the “ 70 % more transmissible ” claim seems to be the result of more dodgy computer-modelling claims .
More viral WMDs .
Naturally , this low hanging fruit was seized upon by Chris Whitty , the government ’ s in-house corporate pharmaceutical sales rep who moonlights as Chief Medical Officer , who brought it straight to the attention of Prime Minister Boris Johnson .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ phenomenon in a recent interview , describing this pseudo-scientific folly as that of a “ government is obsessed with a crisis more or less invented out of statistics.
” Since the crisis began , Government science advisors at SAGE have invented a number of arbitrary mechanisms which politicians have been cherry-picking from in order to justify their own ‘ raging pandemic ’ narratives .
One of those is the ever-illusive “ R number ” – something which did not actually exist in real science until Government fashioned it together in March 2020 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ concept R-0 ( R naught ) which is meant to represent a theoretical ‘ reproduction ’ or transmission rate at large among the populace .
The reason the government has reinvented this metric is so that it can be applied theoretically and arbitrarily at will in order to generate the result which its technocrats want .
Note the loose sliding scale being applied as stated in the Daily Mail this week : “ In more confirmation that No10 is struggling to keep a lid on the epidemic , SAGE today claimed Britain ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is now definitely above one again .
The R is the average number of people each Covid patient infects and when it ’ s above one it means cases are growing exponentially.
” In reality , there is no way the government can actually measure their “ R number ” accurately and in real time , but the media seem disinterested in taking them to task on this bit of scientism .
When government claims that , “ when it ’ s above one it means cases are growing exponentially ” – know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in no way predicts exponential growth .
Any epidemiologist who is not on the government ’ s payroll will tell you that this notion is pure pseudo-science .
Firstly , these tall tales of eternal geometric growth of the virus ignore the prevalence-suppressing realities of herd immunity and T-cell immunity , not to mention the fact that when the virus mutates it tends to get weaker , not stronger .
What they also aren ’ t telling you is the real cornerstone holding up this entire facade , namely that the majority of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ generate their theoretic “ R number ” is coming from the highly problematic PCR Test – which means their “ R number ” is not worth the paper its written on .
Writer Jeffrey Peel explains the nub of the issue in his recent piece , explaining that , “ the PCR test is a duff test .
I ’ m not going to re-hash a huge volume of work and back catalogue of research .
There are a lot of resources on www.pcrclaims.co.uk that justify the view that the testing is creating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – when they are , in fact , simply false positives .
The PCR test produces large volumes of false positives simply because it is not fit for purpose for testing large populations of asymptomatic people.
” Similarly , claims of a “ new more infectious mutant strain of coronavirus ” are being used to advance the myth of the ‘ asymptomatic spreader.
’ This is no trivial item either – the myth of the invisible “ asymptomatic super-spreader ” phantom menace is the cornerstone of every single reactionary pandemic policy of 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , social distancing , masks , school closures , and vaccines – are all predicated on the widely held false claim of the ‘ asymptomatic spreader.
’ The data clearly demonstrates that this was a monumental lie from the very beginning of the COVID crisis .
To date , the most state-of-the-art science on asymptomatic spreading actually comes from Wuhan in China , where 300 subjects were followed and monitored over the entirety of their incubation period only to find almost zero cases of asymptomatic spreading .
In fact , globally authorities can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ possible asymptomatic spreading , as reported by Lockdown Skeptics : “ The existence of transmission of SCoV2 from asymptomatic individuals has become an accepted truth but…examination of the underlying data from the most frequently-cited reveals that the conclusions are based on a surprisingly small number of cases ( six in total globally ) .
” Just to reiterate , that means all of these supposed mitigation policies being pursued by hypochondria-inspired governments should be null and void .
Now after all that , you ’ re probably thinking – if it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is it ?
The answer is pretty unremarkable , and might disappoint some folks : it ’ s just another winter , like the last one , and the one before that .
It should be anyway , but the Government and Media have another parallel reality they are forever constructing .
This entire pandemic drama has been a case of one lie piled on top of another , and another , and another .
Rather than admit they got it completely wrong , Government operatives have instead doubled-down .
But these craven @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the reality that their entire contrived COVID crisis is one giant house of cards which has already collapsed , only the majority of the mainstream media gatekeepers haven ’ t realised it yet .
*** Author Patrick Henningsen is an American writer and global affairs analyst and founder of independent news and analysis site 21st Century Wire , and is host of the SUNDAY WIRE weekly radio show broadcast globally over the Alternate Current Radio Network ( ACR ) .
He has written for a number of international publications and has done @ @ @ @ @ @ @ including work in Syria and Iraq .
See his archive here .
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21st Century Wire
One of the things which makes the holiday season so enchanting are the tales Santa and his reindeer, making that impossible trip on Christmas Eve to deliver presents and cheer to wide-eyed younglings around the world. In 2020, Government has sought to muscle-in on the marketplace of myths with a competing set of fables of its own, suitable for adults and children alike.
Ever since March, the Government, in conjunction with its media partners, has erected a god-inspiring pandemic PR machine which is now in full-spin mode over the holiday season, with politicians continuing to ply the public with new weekly plot twists. and harrowing stories of ‘new strains’ of the no longer novel coronavirus – prompting bombastic calls to ‘Cancel Christmas‘ and throw the nation into a third lockdown. This, supposedly to save lives and to ‘protect the NHS.’
But how many of these claims by persons in positions of authority are true, and how many are contrived?
Just as when mum and dad have to break it to the kids that Santa is just a children’s fable, it’s high time we finally level with the public and reveal that underpinning this Christmas folly are nothing more than a fanciful woven basket of assumptions and myths. They are:
‘The ICUs are overrun, we’re running out of hospitals beds!’
‘A new mutant strain is on the loose, and it’s 70 percent more contagious!’
The ‘R number’ is above one!
‘The real danger are asymptomatic spreaders!’
As it turns out, each of these widely-held assumptions are about as real as Santa, but in the absence of any noticeable adults in the room, this Christmas pantomime looks set to continue.
There is No Hospital Crisis
For months, the mainstream media have allowed government ministers like Matt Hancock and Jonathan Van-Tam to promulgate the idea that there’s a deadly pandemic which is still raging through the country, and that the number of COVID patients is approaching equal levels to the peak last April. We must lockdown now in order to Save the NHS™, or so the narrative goes. However, upon examination of the government’s own data sets, such hysterical claims favoured by tabloid headline writers and BBC anchors do not even remotely resemble reality. According to a recent report, the UK’s NHS data clearly shows that the country’s hospitals are in fact quieter than this time last year. Therefore, any suggestions by UK government ministers and officials that hospitals are ‘overrun by COVID patients’ is simply false. Some key data points from that report:
Average intensive care ward occupancy down to 75 per cent from 84 per cent from the same time last year
15,465 people in hospital with Covid in England on Wednesday compared to 18,974 on worst day in spring
But statistics suggest the health service is, overall, coping better with its workload than it did last winter
The Mail Online report goes on to state that, “statistics suggest the health service is, overall, coping better with its workload than it did last winter. A greater proportion of ward beds are free, intensive care units have more room and A&E departments aren’t yet turning ambulances away more often than usual – with the exception of a bad day at one NHS trust in the Midlands. And the occupancy figure does not take into account bolstered capacity at the mothballed Nightingale hospitals, which went unused after being built during the first wave in case wards were overrun with Covid, or the thousands of additional beds commandeered from the private sector for the same purpose.”
In other words, there is no ICU or hospital crisis in Britain – to suggest there ever was one is patently false. Yet, that very lie has been incessantly pushed by government officials and repeated by their loyal allied media machine. This bucket of cold water won’t stop the mainstream media and 77th Brigade trolls online from presenting an endless stream of emotive and anecdotal stories from supposed “frontline healthcare” combatants, all claiming the NHS is a war zone and we must all be good patriots and get behind the war effort, and honour the dead by doing our part; social distancing, masks, stay off the streets, and whenever possible try not to needlessly burden the NHS unless you are on death’s door, and so on. It all sounds eerily familiar.
The hospital bed myth is one of the main creaky pillars of Project Fear. That’s not to say it isn’t possible should a real pandemic might arrive on day and ‘rage’ through the population, but to date this simply hasn’t been the case. Anyone who has honestly and soberly reviewed the official data sets has known this since last spring.
The 70% Claim: More Dodgy Modeling
The next contrived claim which is driving government efforts to cancel Christmas is the latest sensational claim that there’s a new mutant strain of the Rona on the loose which is supposedly “70% more contagious,” and which is ripping through the unsuspecting villages and hamlets in south of England as we speak. Common sense would dictate that officials could not have possibly been able to verify such a claim in the span of only a few week, an obvious point which media mavens haven’t managed to challenge the government’s science star chamber on yet. Yet, on the back of this widely reported ‘scientific’ assumption, multiple European countries panicked and closed their borders to UK travelers. The insanity has also made it across the Atlantic, with lockdown-loving New York Governor Andrew Cuomo decreeing over the weekend that it was “reprehensible” and “grossly negligent” to allow any travelers from Britain to fly into his private fiefdom at New York’s JFK Airport without being tested for coronavirus. Cuomo, well-accustomed to grandstanding over COVID, stated, “Right now, this variant in the UK is getting on a plane and flying to JFK.”
Cooler heads have already urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to please publish the actual evidence in the government’s data which justifies canceling Christmas and New Years festivities. Thus far he hasn’t done so. And its little surprise why: the government has no such data. Renowned epidemiologist Carl Heneghan, Professor of Evidence Based Medicine in Oxford University, has raised serious doubts over the government’s “70%” claim.
“I’ve been doing this job for 25 years and I can tell you can’t establish a quantifiable number in such a short time frame,” said Heneghan. “They are fitting the data to the evidence. They see cases rising and they are looking for evidence to explain it.”
“It has massive implications, it’s causing fear and panic, but we should not be in this situation when the Government is putting out data that is unquantifiable,” he added.
Of course, Heneghan is right this time, and the Government-Media Complex are wrong. That’s been the story throughout.
As it turns out, the source of government’s latest wild “70%” claims may have come from some of the usual suspects already implicated as bad actors in this entire pandemic debacle. Incredibly, one of those characters is none other than Professor Neil Ferguson, author of the original science fiction modelling which helped to drive both the UK and US governments into lockdown back in March. Even after that epic failure, the Government has kept Ferguson on the payroll, allowing him to pollute their NERVTAG (New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group) committee with his malign influence. The latest exotic guesswork behind the “70% more transmissible” claim seems to be the result of more dodgy computer-modelling claims. More viral WMDs. Naturally, this low hanging fruit was seized upon by Chris Whitty, the government’s in-house corporate pharmaceutical sales rep who moonlights as Chief Medical Officer, who brought it straight to the attention of Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Columnist Peter Hitchens pointed to this very phenomenon in a recent interview, describing this pseudo-scientific folly as that of a “government is obsessed with a crisis more or less invented out of statistics.”
The Illusive “R number”
Since the crisis began, Government science advisors at SAGE have invented a number of arbitrary mechanisms which politicians have been cherry-picking from in order to justify their own ‘raging pandemic’ narratives. One of those is the ever-illusive “R number” – something which did not actually exist in real science until Government fashioned it together in March 2020, but which is meant to resemble the concept R-0 (R naught) which is meant to represent a theoretical ‘reproduction’ or transmission rate at large among the populace. The reason the government has reinvented this metric is so that it can be applied theoretically and arbitrarily at will in order to generate the result which its technocrats want. Note the loose sliding scale being applied as stated in the Daily Mail this week:
“In more confirmation that No10 is struggling to keep a lid on the epidemic, SAGE today claimed Britain’s Covid-19 reproduction ‘R’ rate is now definitely above one again. The R is the average number of people each Covid patient infects and when it’s above one it means cases are growing exponentially.”
In reality, there is no way the government can actually measure their “R number” accurately and in real time, but the media seem disinterested in taking them to task on this bit of scientism. When government claims that, “when it’s above one it means cases are growing exponentially” – know that they are flat-out lying. This in no way predicts exponential growth. Any epidemiologist who is not on the government’s payroll will tell you that this notion is pure pseudo-science. Firstly, these tall tales of eternal geometric growth of the virus ignore the prevalence-suppressing realities of herd immunity and T-cell immunity, not to mention the fact that when the virus mutates it tends to get weaker, not stronger.
What they also aren’t telling you is the real cornerstone holding up this entire facade, namely that the majority of the data government is relying on to generate their theoretic “R number” is coming from the highly problematic PCR Test – which means their “R number” is not worth the paper its written on. Writer Jeffrey Peel explains the nub of the issue in his recent piece, explaining that, “the PCR test is a duff test. I’m not going to re-hash a huge volume of work and back catalogue of research. There are a lot of resources on www.pcrclaims.co.uk that justify the view that the testing is creating a false narrative of “cases” – when they are, in fact, simply false positives. The PCR test produces large volumes of false positives simply because it is not fit for purpose for testing large populations of asymptomatic people.”
The Myth of Asymptomatic Spreader
Similarly, claims of a “new more infectious mutant strain of coronavirus” are being used to advance the myth of the ‘asymptomatic spreader.’ This is no trivial item either – the myth of the invisible “asymptomatic super-spreader” phantom menace is the cornerstone of every single reactionary pandemic policy of 2020; mass testing, contact-tracing, lockdowns, social distancing, masks, school closures, and vaccines – are all predicated on the widely held false claim of the ‘asymptomatic spreader.’ The data clearly demonstrates that this was a monumental lie from the very beginning of the COVID crisis.
To date, the most state-of-the-art science on asymptomatic spreading actually comes from Wuhan in China, where 300 subjects were followed and monitored over the entirety of their incubation period only to find almost zero cases of asymptomatic spreading. In fact, globally authorities can only only point to six cases of possible asymptomatic spreading, as reported by Lockdown Skeptics:
“The existence of transmission of SCoV2 from asymptomatic individuals has become an accepted truth but…examination of the underlying data from the most frequently-cited reveals that the conclusions are based on a surprisingly small number of cases (six in total globally).”
Just to reiterate, that means all of these supposed mitigation policies being pursued by hypochondria-inspired governments should be null and void.
Now after all that, you’re probably thinking – if it’s not a raging pandemic, then what is it? The answer is pretty unremarkable, and might disappoint some folks: it’s just another winter, like the last one, and the one before that. It should be anyway, but the Government and Media have another parallel reality they are forever constructing.
This entire pandemic drama has been a case of one lie piled on top of another, and another, and another. Rather than admit they got it completely wrong, Government operatives have instead doubled-down. But these craven efforts still won’t save them from the reality that their entire contrived COVID crisis is one giant house of cards which has already collapsed, only the majority of the mainstream media gatekeepers haven’t realised it yet.
***
Author Patrick Henningsen is an American writer and global affairs analyst and founder of independent news and analysis site 21st Century Wire, and is host of the SUNDAY WIRE weekly radio show broadcast globally over the Alternate Current Radio Network (ACR). He has written for a number of international publications and has done extensive on-the-ground reporting in the Middle East including work in Syria and Iraq. See his archive here.
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21stcenturywire--2020-12-21--Hitchens: ‘Government’s COVID Pseudo-Science Will Lead to Political Crisis’

Since the beginning of the so-called ‘ pandemic ’ in the UK , the government has gone from one failed policy to the next , and yet the mainstream media are still propping up Boris Johnson ’ s disastrous collective punishment policies like lockdown , and senseless shut down of schools across the country .
Speaking with talkRADIO ’ s Mike Graham , renowned columnist Peter Hitchens predicts that the UK government ’ s hamfisted handling of the COVID pandemic and Brexit will soon lead to a ‘ political crisis in the “ not too distant future.
’ He also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ The government is obsessed with a crisis more or less invented out of statistics , ” said Hitchens .
The journalist called for the future country to be run by “ people who love the country and care about it and know about it.
” “ We should try and get into politics the superior type of person , people who actually understand how life is lived , who are genuinely knowledgeable and intelligent rather than this ridiculous class of ambitious ex-special advisers climbing to the top.
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Since the beginning of the so-called ‘pandemic’ in the UK, the government has gone from one failed policy to the next, and yet the mainstream media are still propping up Boris Johnson’s disastrous collective punishment policies like lockdown, and senseless shut down of schools across the country.
Speaking with talkRADIO’s Mike Graham, renowned columnist Peter Hitchens predicts that the UK government’s hamfisted handling of the COVID pandemic and Brexit will soon lead to a ‘political crisis in the “not too distant future.’
He also describes the uselessness of the pseudo-scientific claims. “The government is obsessed with a crisis more or less invented out of statistics,” said Hitchens.
The journalist called for the future country to be run by “people who love the country and care about it and know about it.” “We should try and get into politics the superior type of person, people who actually understand how life is lived, who are genuinely knowledgeable and intelligent rather than this ridiculous class of ambitious ex-special advisers climbing to the top.” Watch:
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21stcenturywire--2020-12-23--Trump Slams Congress – Rejecting $900 Billion COVID Relief Bill

US President Donald Trump has rejected a $ 900bn stimulus ‘ Coronavirus Relief ’ bill which was passed the Democrat-controlled House , and the Republican-controlled Senate , calling it a “ disgrace ” .
During a 4 min video posted by the White House to Twitter on Tuesday evening , Trump dropped the gauntlet and accused Washington lawmakers of stuffing billions in unnecessary ‘ pork ’ funding from lobbyists and special interests , all rolled into the 5,600-page abomination passed on Monday , but which still requires the President ’ s signature in order to become law .
The relief @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up to $ 600 for most American adults , along with $ 300 per-week top-up for unemployment insurance through March .
But the bill also earmarks billions in foreign aid for countries like Cambodia , Burma , Egypt , Sudan , Honduras , and Panama , along with $ 500 million for a border wall between Jordan and Syria , and tens of millions more for “ gender programs ” in Pakistan .
Trump is now asking Congress to “ amend ” the bill and to “ increase the ridiculously low $ 600 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 4,000 for a couple.
” “ I am also asking Congress to immediately get rid of the wasteful and unnecessary items from this legislation , and to send me a suitable bill , or else the next administration will have to deliver a COVID relief package , and maybe that administration will be me , and we will get it done , ” said Trump .
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US President Donald Trump has rejected a $900bn stimulus ‘Coronavirus Relief’ bill which was passed the Democrat-controlled House, and the Republican-controlled Senate, calling it a “disgrace”.
During a 4 min video posted by the White House to Twitter on Tuesday evening, Trump dropped the gauntlet and accused Washington lawmakers of stuffing billions in unnecessary ‘pork’ funding from lobbyists and special interests, all rolled into the 5,600-page abomination passed on Monday, but which still requires the President’s signature in order to become law.
The relief bill will fund direct one-time payments of up to $600 for most American adults, along with $300 per-week top-up for unemployment insurance through March. But the bill also earmarks billions in foreign aid for countries like Cambodia, Burma, Egypt, Sudan, Honduras, and Panama, along with $500 million for a border wall between Jordan and Syria, and tens of millions more for “gender programs” in Pakistan.
Trump is now asking Congress to “amend” the bill and to “increase the ridiculously low $600, up to $2,000, or $4,000 for a couple.”
“I am also asking Congress to immediately get rid of the wasteful and unnecessary items from this legislation, and to send me a suitable bill, or else the next administration will have to deliver a COVID relief package, and maybe that administration will be me, and we will get it done,” said Trump. Watch:
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21stcenturywire--2020-12-23--Rand Paul’s Covid-19 Stimulus Relief Package in Senate Floor Speech

Sen. Rand Paul , R-Ky. , took to the Senate floor on Monday to deliver a historic speech , slamming his Republican colleagues for selling-out to the cult of the Magic Money Tree , and that they were no better than “ Democratic socialists ” for wanting to spend the next generation ’ s wealth .
Senators were preparing to vote for a $ 900 billion Coronavirus Relief package bill .
Some aid is apparently ear-marked for SME ’ s and hard-hit hospitality businesses , but it ’ s unlikely this money will only go to a fraction of those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lawmakers to task over their currency-killing fantasy economics , and warning of the monetary fallout from this unprecedented debt-financed spending spree .
“ To so-called conservatives who are quick to identify the socialism of Democrats : If you vote for this spending monstrosity , you are no better , ” said Paul .
After the House passed the COVID relief package , lawmakers also tacked on a $ 1.4 trillion ‘ catchall ’ spending bill prior under the cover of the Christmas holiday .
According to the Senate Historical Office , this latest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thickest , most extensive bill ever .
The previous record for the was the 2,847-page tax reform bill of 1986 — only half the size of Monday ’ s monster bill .
Paul points out the elephant in the room : “ It isn ’ t the pandemic that ’ s killing the economy , it ’ s the government ’ s over-zealous response that is killing the economy.
” He added that , “ The more money we give to the states , thee more they keep us in lockdowns , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ open up their economies and schools rather than bankrupting state and federal governments .
The package is meant to send a $ 600 direct stimulus cheque to most Americans , but some of the biggest free money prizes went to billions in subsidies for corporations high-end museums , concert halls and various programs and aid destined for foreign countries .
“ If free money was the answer… if money really did grow on trees , why not give more free money ?
” said the Senator , adding that , “ Why not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Why stop at $ 600 a person ?
Why not $ 1,000 ?
Why not $ 2,000 ?
Maybe these new Free-Money Republicans should join the Everybody-Gets-A-Guaranteed-Income Caucus ?
Why not $ 20,000 a year for everybody , why not $ 30,000 ?
If we can print out money with impunity , why not do it ?
” In a surprise move on Tuesday evening , President Trump announced he would be rejecting Congress ’ s bloated Relief Package , sending it back for amendments and changes , and removing all the foreign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into the bill by lobbyists and special interests .
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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., took to the Senate floor on Monday to deliver a historic speech, slamming his Republican colleagues for selling-out to the cult of the Magic Money Tree, and that they were no better than “Democratic socialists” for wanting to spend the next generation’s wealth. Senators were preparing to vote for a $900 billion Coronavirus Relief package bill.
Some aid is apparently ear-marked for SME’s and hard-hit hospitality businesses, but it’s unlikely this money will only go to a fraction of those who need it.
Paul took Washington lawmakers to task over their currency-killing fantasy economics, and warning of the monetary fallout from this unprecedented debt-financed spending spree.
“To so-called conservatives who are quick to identify the socialism of Democrats: If you vote for this spending monstrosity, you are no better,” said Paul.
After the House passed the COVID relief package, lawmakers also tacked on a $1.4 trillion ‘catchall’ spending bill prior under the cover of the Christmas holiday. According to the Senate Historical Office, this latest bill has broken the record for the thickest, most extensive bill ever. The previous record for the was the 2,847-page tax reform bill of 1986 — only half the size of Monday’s monster bill.
Paul points out the elephant in the room: “It isn’t the pandemic that’s killing the economy, it’s the government’s over-zealous response that is killing the economy.”
He added that, “The more money we give to the states, thee more they keep us in lockdowns,” and asked why states cannot just open up their economies and schools rather than bankrupting state and federal governments. The package is meant to send a $600 direct stimulus cheque to most Americans, but some of the biggest free money prizes went to billions in subsidies for corporations high-end museums, concert halls and various programs and aid destined for foreign countries.
“If free money was the answer… if money really did grow on trees, why not give more free money?” said the Senator, adding that, “Why not give it out all the time? Why stop at $600 a person? Why not $1,000? Why not $2,000? Maybe these new Free-Money Republicans should join the Everybody-Gets-A-Guaranteed-Income Caucus? Why not $20,000 a year for everybody, why not $30,000? If we can print out money with impunity, why not do it?”
In a surprise move on Tuesday evening, President Trump announced he would be rejecting Congress’s bloated Relief Package, sending it back for amendments and changes, and removing all the foreign aid and federal pork spending projecting stuffed into the bill by lobbyists and special interests. Watch:
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21stcenturywire--2020-12-22--Senate Committee: Examining Irregularities in the 2020 Election

Last week , US Senator Ron Johnson ( R-WI ) , Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee , held a final hearing on December 16 , 2020 , in order to look at multiple irregularities in the 2020 election .
Testimonies focused on evidence of election fraud in the states of Wisconsin , Nevada and Pennsylvania .
Interestingly , Michigan ’ s Democratic Senator Gary Peters wanted to shutdown the hearing , calling it “ dangerous ” to investigate evidence of election fraud – claiming that allowing any discussion on the subject would give credence to President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ election fraud .
Despite Democrat efforts to stop evidence from being submitted , a series of witnesses presented overwhelming evidence of both election and voter fraud in happening multiple states – with numbers substantial enough that would overturn the election results in the states in question .
Evidence was also presented as to how the courts tried to stall , suppress and deny access to legal efforts by the defendants , indicating a clear case of partisan corruption and cover-up at the judicial level .
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Last week, US Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, held a final hearing on December 16, 2020, in order to look at multiple irregularities in the 2020 election. Testimonies focused on evidence of election fraud in the states of Wisconsin, Nevada and Pennsylvania.
Interestingly, Michigan’s Democratic Senator Gary Peters wanted to shutdown the hearing, calling it “dangerous” to investigate evidence of election fraud – claiming that allowing any discussion on the subject would give credence to President Trump’s insidious claims’ of election fraud.
Despite Democrat efforts to stop evidence from being submitted, a series of witnesses presented overwhelming evidence of both election and voter fraud in happening multiple states – with numbers substantial enough that would overturn the election results in the states in question. Evidence was also presented as to how the courts tried to stall, suppress and deny access to legal efforts by the defendants, indicating a clear case of partisan corruption and cover-up at the judicial level.
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21stcenturywire--2020-12-22--80,000 Sign Yeadon and Wodarg Vaccine Petition, EMA Still Silent

Since late November , transnational pharmaceutical giants , propped-up by their partnering governments and their corporate media syndicate – have unleashed a torrent of high-level public relations and marketing for their brand new experimental mRNA COVID-19 vaccine – in the hopes of fast-tracking the controversial product ’ s approval .
Their effort to sidestep normal safety and testing protocols appears to have worked – compressing what would normally be a 4 to 10 year process of animal testing , observation , retesting , human testing , reviewing , and follow-ups – into a new hyper-active ‘ warp speed ’ journey @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recklessness of the industry and government has shocked many leading professionals in the field .
While politicians and the media have chosen to turn away and ignore these crucial concerns over this unprecedented ‘ fast-tracked ’ vaccine product , a few ethical professionals have been brave enough speak out and campaign for accountability on the issue .
However , despite their success in garnering a substantial constituency of international support , government authorities and industry regulators are still hiding behind a wall of denial , refusing to acknowledge any requests for communication from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pulmonologist and former head of a public health department , and Dr. Michael Yeadon , ex-Pfizer research director for respiratory diseases , petitioned the EMA , the European Medicines Agency , on December 1 , 2020 , to immediately stop clinical trials of the Corona vaccines .
The petition has been supported by at least 80,000 people and can be further supported .
The flood of emails from concerned supporters was so high so that during the peaks the EMA ’ s server was temporarily unavailable .
Nevertheless , as of December 11 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ response , no comment from the EMA on the petitioners ’ submission .
As 2020News has learned , on December 10 , 2020 , at least one of the petitioners requested to Harald Enzmann ( [ email protected ] ) , Chair of EMA ’ s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use ( CHMP ) , that the agenda for the live EMA hearing on Corona vaccines scheduled today , December 11 , 2020 , from 1 – 4 p.m. ( 2020News will report ) be changed to include discussion of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s and Dr. Yedaon ’ s request .
In response to the petitioner ’ s email , only Ms. Irene Bachmann ( [ email protected ] ) , acting as Mr. Enzmann ’ s absentee deputy , responded , stating in substance that it was assumed that the EMA would get back to the petitioners in this matter .
2020News would like to encourage its readers to ask the persons involved at EMA to what extent the aspects discussed in the petition have found their way into the public and internal discussion of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As 2020News has learned , the petition has not yet been brought to the attention of the relevant staff of the entities responsible for deciding on vaccine approval at the national level – in Germany , for example , the Paul Ehrlich Institute .
It is unclear why the EMA has not sought dialogue regarding the concerns raised with the institutes of the EU member states .
Dr. Wordarg and Dr. Yeadon see major vaccine threats to the population .
They point to the extremely short period of clinical trials : vaccines are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ few months of human clinical trials , whereas in the normal course it takes five to ten years for a vaccine to undergo all safety testing .
There are significant concerns about the possible occurrence of an exuberant immune response , which , for example , had led to the death of all cats in a Corona vaccine under development for cats .
In addition , there are fears that the vaccine could render women infertile because it can trigger antibodies that can then attack not only the Corona viruses but also special @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the viruses and essential for the formation of a placenta .
These dangers can not be ruled out due to the extremely shortened observation period , which , the petitioners told 2020News , is not compatible with the European precautionary principle .
In the EU , the precautionary principle applies , among other things , to drug approval .
A product is only approved in the EU if its harmlessness is essentially proven .
This corresponds to the comparatively low level of compensation for physical damage suffered .
If you can no longer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from a heart medication , you will receive a maximum of about €100,000 in compensation for the loss of enjoyment of life from the pharmaceutical company that caused the damage , if you win your lawsuit .
In addition , the injuring party must pay for material resources and costs for caregivers who have become necessary due to the injurious event .
In the USA , the precautionary principle does not apply .
Here , the regulations regarding potentially hazardous products are much more manufacturer-friendly .
Market approval is only denied to products @ @ @ @ @ @ @ already been proven .
However , injured persons in the USA receive incomparably higher compensation payments .
In the case of a paralyzed arm , compensation payments of several million US dollars may be due in the USA .
The fear of high compensation claims is a similarly effective deterrent in the USA as the precautionary principle is in Europe .
The TTIP , CETA , etc .
trade agreements were intended to override the precautionary principle for Europe in favor of companies , but without changing the compensation rules .
They would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both worlds : low barriers to market entry with little risk of being obliged to pay damaged from harmful products .
TTIP did not come about , but CETA entered into force , at least provisionally , under pressure from lobbyists .
The similarly structured free trade agreement with Japan ( JEFTA ) has been concluded .
It remains to be seen to what extent these agreements will play a role in the Corona and lockdown events .
However , vaccinations are already a very low-risk proposition in both the U.S. and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is shifted to the state in both legal systems .
Accordingly , from an economic point of view , vaccine manufacturers have little reason to invest particularly heavily in studies or to refrain from marketing a potentially toxic vaccine .
It is the responsibility of the government authorities to prevent damage to the population by careful examination and the prevention of undesirable influence on the authorities called upon to make decisions .
In the USA , the Emergency Preparedness and Response Act ( PREP ) applies in the event of damage caused by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and vaccines that , like the Corona vaccines , are marketed under emergency use authorizations .
This could result in a complete exemption from liability for the manufacturing companies .
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Since late November, transnational pharmaceutical giants, propped-up by their partnering governments and their corporate media syndicate – have unleashed a torrent of high-level public relations and marketing for their brand new experimental mRNA COVID-19 vaccine – in the hopes of fast-tracking the controversial product’s approval. Their effort to sidestep normal safety and testing protocols appears to have worked – compressing what would normally be a 4 to 10 year process of animal testing, observation, retesting, human testing, reviewing, and follow-ups – into a new hyper-active ‘warp speed’ journey of just just 6 months. The recklessness of the industry and government has shocked many leading professionals in the field.
While politicians and the media have chosen to turn away and ignore these crucial concerns over this unprecedented ‘fast-tracked’ vaccine product, a few ethical professionals have been brave enough speak out and campaign for accountability on the issue. However, despite their success in garnering a substantial constituency of international support, government authorities and industry regulators are still hiding behind a wall of denial, refusing to acknowledge any requests for communication from dissenting parties.
2020 News reports…
Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg, pulmonologist and former head of a public health department, and Dr. Michael Yeadon, ex-Pfizer research director for respiratory diseases, petitioned the EMA, the European Medicines Agency, on December 1, 2020, to immediately stop clinical trials of the Corona vaccines. The petition has been supported by at least 80,000 people and can be further supported.
The flood of emails from concerned supporters was so high so that during the peaks the EMA’s server was temporarily unavailable. Nevertheless, as of December 11, 2020, there has been no response, no comment from the EMA on the petitioners’ submission.
As 2020News has learned, on December 10, 2020, at least one of the petitioners requested to Harald Enzmann ([email protected]), Chair of EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), that the agenda for the live EMA hearing on Corona vaccines scheduled today, December 11, 2020, from 1 – 4 p.m. (2020News will report) be changed to include discussion of the fact and content of Dr. Wodarg’s and Dr. Yedaon’s request. In response to the petitioner’s email, only Ms. Irene Bachmann ([email protected]), acting as Mr. Enzmann’s absentee deputy, responded, stating in substance that it was assumed that the EMA would get back to the petitioners in this matter. 2020News would like to encourage its readers to ask the persons involved at EMA to what extent the aspects discussed in the petition have found their way into the public and internal discussion of the vaccine issue at the EMA.
As 2020News has learned, the petition has not yet been brought to the attention of the relevant staff of the entities responsible for deciding on vaccine approval at the national level – in Germany, for example, the Paul Ehrlich Institute. It is unclear why the EMA has not sought dialogue regarding the concerns raised with the institutes of the EU member states.
Dr. Wordarg and Dr. Yeadon see major vaccine threats to the population. They point to the extremely short period of clinical trials: vaccines are supposed to be emergency licensed after a few months of human clinical trials, whereas in the normal course it takes five to ten years for a vaccine to undergo all safety testing. There are significant concerns about the possible occurrence of an exuberant immune response, which, for example, had led to the death of all cats in a Corona vaccine under development for cats. In addition, there are fears that the vaccine could render women infertile because it can trigger antibodies that can then attack not only the Corona viruses but also special proteins that are structurally very similar to the viruses and essential for the formation of a placenta. These dangers cannot be ruled out due to the extremely shortened observation period, which, the petitioners told 2020News, is not compatible with the European precautionary principle.
In the EU, the precautionary principle applies, among other things, to drug approval. A product is only approved in the EU if its harmlessness is essentially proven. This corresponds to the comparatively low level of compensation for physical damage suffered. If you can no longer use your arm because you suffer paralysis from a heart medication, you will receive a maximum of about €100,000 in compensation for the loss of enjoyment of life from the pharmaceutical company that caused the damage, if you win your lawsuit. In addition, the injuring party must pay for material resources and costs for caregivers who have become necessary due to the injurious event.
In the USA, the precautionary principle does not apply. Here, the regulations regarding potentially hazardous products are much more manufacturer-friendly. Market approval is only denied to products for which the potential for harm has already been proven. However, injured persons in the USA receive incomparably higher compensation payments. In the case of a paralyzed arm, compensation payments of several million US dollars may be due in the USA. The fear of high compensation claims is a similarly effective deterrent in the USA as the precautionary principle is in Europe.
The TTIP, CETA, etc. trade agreements were intended to override the precautionary principle for Europe in favor of companies, but without changing the compensation rules. They would have given companies the most advantageous of both worlds: low barriers to market entry with little risk of being obliged to pay damaged from harmful products. TTIP did not come about, but CETA entered into force, at least provisionally, under pressure from lobbyists. The similarly structured free trade agreement with Japan (JEFTA) has been concluded. It remains to be seen to what extent these agreements will play a role in the Corona and lockdown events.
However, vaccinations are already a very low-risk proposition in both the U.S. and the European region. Liability for vaccine damage is shifted to the state in both legal systems. Accordingly, from an economic point of view, vaccine manufacturers have little reason to invest particularly heavily in studies or to refrain from marketing a potentially toxic vaccine. It is the responsibility of the government authorities to prevent damage to the population by careful examination and the prevention of undesirable influence on the authorities called upon to make decisions.
In the USA, the Emergency Preparedness and Response Act (PREP) applies in the event of damage caused by the use of drugs, medical devices and vaccines that, like the Corona vaccines, are marketed under emergency use authorizations. This could result in a complete exemption from liability for the manufacturing companies.
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21stcenturywire--2020-12-22--New York City Restaurant Owner Defies Cuomo with Viral ‘Outdoor Dining’ Snowstorm Video

Last week , New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo made his move to try and crush the remaining independent hospitality businesses in his state – by banning indoor dining in New York City .
State officials attempted to justify this draconian move by claiming that there was a “ second wave ” of coronavirus infections , and that this was leading to ‘ increased hospitalizations.
’ However , the real data shows that overall hospitalizations are at , or below , similar levels from this time last year in December 2019 .
Cuomo ’ s authoritarian move has delivered a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ already struggling restaurant industry .
When pressed on the issue , New York ’ s governor has adhered to a bizarre , anti-science party line , and has consistently shown no sympathy for the tens of thousands of small businesses in his state , effectively telling them , to ‘ deal with it.
’ One New York City restauranteur , Rocco Sacramone , owner of Trattoria l ’ incontro on 31st Street in Astoria , decided to get creative and posted a video on his restaurant ’ s Instagram page , where he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a snow storm with his last few surviving employees .
The video went viral .
Sacramone has since created a Gofundme page for his workers , many of whom are now unable to return to their jobs .
In this interview , host Jason Chaffetz speaks with Sacramone who describes what he ’ s going through with indoor dining shut down and weighs-in on his few remaining options going forward .
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Last week, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo made his move to try and crush the remaining independent hospitality businesses in his state – by banning indoor dining in New York City. State officials attempted to justify this draconian move by claiming that there was a “second wave” of coronavirus infections, and that this was leading to ‘increased hospitalizations.’ However, the real data shows that overall hospitalizations are at, or below, similar levels from this time last year in December 2019.
Cuomo’s authoritarian move has delivered a deadly blow to the state’s already struggling restaurant industry. When pressed on the issue, New York’s governor has adhered to a bizarre, anti-science party line, and has consistently shown no sympathy for the tens of thousands of small businesses in his state, effectively telling them, to ‘deal with it.’
One New York City restauranteur, Rocco Sacramone, owner of Trattoria l’incontro on 31st Street in Astoria, decided to get creative and posted a video on his restaurant’s Instagram page, where he was dining outside in the middle of a snow storm with his last few surviving employees. The video went viral. Sacramone has since created a Gofundme page for his workers, many of whom are now unable to return to their jobs.
In this interview, host Jason Chaffetz speaks with Sacramone who describes what he’s going through with indoor dining shut down and weighs-in on his few remaining options going forward. Watch:
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21stcenturywire--2020-12-22--Evidence for Vitamin D in Prevention and Treatment of Coronavirus (SARS CoV 2)

Can Vitamin D be an effective therapeutic and prophylaxis against seasonal respiratory illnesses including COVID-19 ?
With each passing week @ @ @ @ @ supporting this conclusion continues to grow .
After the completion of a number of scientific @ @ @ @ @ even stronger argument is now emerging about how this approach to therapeutics and prophylaxis can @ @ @ @ @ with pharmaceutical interventions .
In this video , host Professor Roger Seheult , MD explains @ @ @ @ @ D may have in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 .
Dr. Seheult illustrates how @ @ @ @ @ the best available data and clinical trials on vitamin D , and discusses vitamin D @ @ @ @ @ Seheult , MD is the co-founder and lead professor at https : //www.medcram.com He is @ @ @ @ @ University of California , Riverside School of Medicine and Assistant Prof. at Loma Linda University @ @ @ @ @ is Quadruple Board Certified : Internal Medicine , Pulmonary Disease , Critical Care , and @ @ @ @ @ PLEASE HELP SUPPORT OUR WINTER FUNDRAISING DRIVE HERE

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Can Vitamin D be an effective therapeutic and prophylaxis against seasonal respiratory illnesses including COVID-19? With each passing week, the body of evidence supporting this conclusion continues to grow. After the completion of a number of scientific peer reviewed studies, an even stronger argument is now emerging about how this approach to therapeutics and prophylaxis can deliver much better results than with pharmaceutical interventions.
In this video, host Professor Roger Seheult, MD explains the crucially important role Vitamin D may have in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. Dr. Seheult illustrates how Vitamin D works, summarizes the best available data and clinical trials on vitamin D, and discusses vitamin D dosage recommendations.
Dr. Roger Seheult, MD is the co-founder and lead professor at https://www.medcram.com He is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine and Assistant Prof. at Loma Linda University School of Medicine Dr. Seheult is Quadruple Board Certified: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. Watch:
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21stcenturywire--2020-12-24--UK ‘Variant Fears’ Are Over-Hyped Says Leading US Microbiologist

In his brief but highly informative video presentation , leading American microbiologist Prof. Vincent R. Racaniello talks about why most viral mutations and ‘ variants ’ are of very little consequence , and why claims that it is more transmissible are not supported by the real scientific data .
This then begs the question : are European countries panicking and closing their borders based on fake news being disseminated by the UK government and mainstream media ?
“ Many of them are neutral – they do nothing , and ( only ) some of them may have an impact .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been minimal .
I haven ’ t seen any that really have changed the course of disease .
If we had one that changed the property , it would be called a ‘ strain , ’ but we have no new strains yet , in my opinion – only variants , ” said Racaniello .
He added , “ The SARS-COV-2 genome is always mutating .
Does it matter ?
The real question is whether the mutations are causing amino acid changes in proteins that make a difference.
” SEE ALSO : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Than New Government COVID Claims In his presentation ( see video below ) , Racaniello quoted GISAID comments on UK NERVTAG report saying : “ As seen on many occasions before , mutations are naturally expected for viruses and are most often simply neutral regional markers useful for contact tracing .
The mutations seen have rarely been affecting viral fitness and almost never affect clinical outcome but the detailed effects of these mutations remain to be determined fully.
” In other words : RNA viral mutations are common and expected .
According to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a role to play in attenuation they may make the virus less virulent – which is not something you ’ re hearing at all .
All you ’ re hearing is ‘ increased transmission . '
” Indeed , that is all we are hearing from the UK government and its media partners – whose reporting and rhetoric have triggered international border closures , and more lockdowns for Britain being decreed by Health Secretary Matt Hancock .
Members of Parliament are now calling for Hancock to resign because of his many evidence-free statements @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 , and also because of his disturbing over-eagerness to shutdown UK cities and the economy .
Media reports have suggested there ’ s evidence that the current hysteria over the “ new variant ” may have been influenced by disgraced British epidemiologist Neil Ferguson from Imperial College , whom the government recently allowed back into its science committees – raising real concerns over the use of dubious computer modeling by Ferguson , and danger of compounding his past failures which were used to make the case for the original lockdown back in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that no one pretend to made such a dramatic determination based on a PCR Test .
“ PCR sequencing can not answer this question .
Nucleic acid is not infectious virus , ” said Racaniello .
Vincent R. Racaniello is a Higgins Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Columbia University ’ s College of Physicians and Surgeons .
He is also co-author of a textbook on virology , Principles of Virology .
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In his brief but highly informative video presentation, leading American microbiologist Prof. Vincent R. Racaniello talks about why most viral mutations and ‘variants’ are of very little consequence, and why claims that it is more transmissible are not supported by the real scientific data.
This then begs the question: are European countries panicking and closing their borders based on fake news being disseminated by the UK government and mainstream media?
Prof. Racaniello points out that the UK Government’s NERVTAG science advisors are not actually following real science in their biological threat assessment, explaining that, “… in the end, I object to the use of epidemiological data to prove the biological properties of a virus. You need to do experiments with the virus to prove that you have increased transmissibility, or at least properties that are consistent with increased transmissibility, and that simply has not been done.”
“In my opinion, all the hype about this variant is unwarranted,” said Racaniello.
“Many of them (mutations) are neutral – they do nothing, and (only) some of them may have an impact. So far with SARS-COV-2, the impacts have been minimal. I haven’t seen any that really have changed the course of disease. If we had one that changed the property, it would be called a ‘strain,’ but we have no new strains yet, in my opinion – only variants,” said Racaniello.
He added, “The SARS-COV-2 genome is always mutating. Does it matter? The real question is whether the mutations are causing amino acid changes in proteins that make a difference.”
SEE ALSO: Christmas Tales: Santa Claus More Real Than New Government COVID Claims
In his presentation (see video below), Racaniello also comments on the unlikelihood of the NERVTAG committee and its “moderate confidence” claims that the new variant is more transmissibility. Quoting a GISAID comment saying:
“As seen on many occasions before, mutations are naturally expected for viruses and are most often simply neutral regional markers useful for contact tracing. The mutations seen have rarely been affecting viral fitness and almost never affect clinical outcome but the detailed effects of these mutations remain to be determined fully.”
In other words: such viral mutations are common and expected. According to Racaniello, “they may actually have a role to play in attenuation they may make the virus less virulent – which is not something you’re hearing at all. All you’re hearing is ‘increased transmission.'”
More importantly, Dr. Racaniello added that no one can pretend to made such a dramatic determination based on a PCR Test. “PCR sequencing cannot answer this question. Nucleic acid is not infectious virus,” said Racaniello.
Indeed, that is all we are hearing from the UK government and its media partners – whose reporting and rhetoric have triggered international border closures, and more lockdowns for Britain being decreed by Health Secretary Matt Hancock.
Members of Parliament are now calling for Hancock to resign because of his many evidence-free statements and non-scientific claims regarding the spread of COVID-19, and also because of his disturbing over-eagerness to shutdown UK cities and the economy.
"This is not news that anybody wants to deliver…" Health Secretary Matt Hancock reveals the areas that are being moved up a Tier from Boxing Day. pic.twitter.com/NpcZfpZq1n — LBC (@LBC) December 23, 2020
Media reports have suggested there’s evidence that the current hysteria over the “new variant” may have been influenced by disgraced British epidemiologist Neil Ferguson from Imperial College, whom the government recently allowed back into its NERVTAG science committees – raising real concerns over the use of dubious computer modeling by Ferguson, and danger of compounding his past failures which were used to make the case for the original lockdown back in March 2020.
Vincent R. Racaniello is a Higgins Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is also co-author of a textbook on virology, Principles of Virology.
Watch his presentation here:
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21stcenturywire--2020-12-23--Christmas Panto: Fauci’s Dangerous Media Performance Artistry

Back in July , the mainstream media went into an apoplectic fit after President Trump launched a barrage of tweets calling Dr. Anthony Fauci a “ fraud ” , because of Fauci and his National Institute for Health ( NIH ) were suppressing affordable non-patented therapeutics like the antimalarial drug Hydroxychloroquine , and the anti-viral drug Ivermectin .
Trump contented that Fauci and the Big Pharma lobby had “ misled the public on many issues.
” This was followed by calls for Twitter to remove the President ’ s tweets from their platform .
That was then .
Fast-forward six @ @ @ @ @ @ @ longer a lone voice in the condemnation of Fauci and his Big Pharma syndicate – a very visible cartel of interests which has come into public view during 9 months of the alleged ‘ pandemic.
’ The clown ’ s mask further merged with the man after Dr. Fauci took to CNN last week , telling hapless American children that , “ I vaccinated Santa Claus myself , ” egotistically exclaiming how he himself saved Christmas this year , after he traveled to the North Pole and vaccinated Santa Claus so that he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kids .
Sunday Wire host Patrick Henningsen explains why this should be grounds to ‘ Cancel Fauci ’ here : A number of prominent academics and professionals in the medical and scientific community have also coming out strongly against Fauci – calling him an institutional gatekeeper who has done very little for the American people during the alleged ‘ pandemic , ’ but has instead helped to line the deep pockets of a transnational corporate Pharmaceutical cartel , and helped to realize the globalist objectives of the UN , World Economic Forum ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation .
In a recent segment with US media , Fauci is slammed by economist Jeffrey Tucker , who called the NIH director a “ performance artist ” obsessed with his daily media opportunities , constantly flip-flopping on his own ‘ science ’ statements , and who is only interested in “ pleasing his benefactors.
” Tucker also point to the fraudulent misuse of the PCR Test by public health officials as the single biggest scandal of the entire ‘ pandemic ’ debacle .
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Back in July, the mainstream media went into an apoplectic fit after President Trump launched a barrage of tweets calling Dr. Anthony Fauci a “fraud”, because Fauci and his National Institute for Health (NIH) were suppressing affordable non-patented therapeutics like the antimalarial drug Hydroxychloroquine, as well as the anti-viral drug, Ivermectin. Trump contented that Fauci and the Big Pharma lobby had “misled the public on many issues.” This was followed by calls for Twitter to remove the President’s tweets from their platform. That was then. Fast-forward six months and it seems Trump is no longer a lone voice in the condemnation of Fauci and his Big Pharma syndicate – a very visible cartel of interests which has come into public view during 9 months of the alleged ‘pandemic.’
The clown’s mask further merged with the man after Dr. Fauci took to CNN last week, telling hapless American children that, “I vaccinated Santa Claus myself,” egotistically exclaiming how he himself saved Christmas this year, after he traveled to the North Pole and vaccinated Santa Claus so that he can “safely deliver” presents to kids. Sunday Wire host Patrick Henningsen explains why this should be grounds to ‘Cancel Fauci’ here:
A number of prominent academics and professionals in the medical and scientific community have also coming out strongly against Fauci – calling him an institutional gatekeeper who has done very little for the American people during the alleged ‘pandemic,’ but has instead helped to line the deep pockets of a transnational corporate Pharmaceutical cartel, and helped to realize the globalist objectives of the UN, World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
In a recent segment with US media, Fauci is slammed by economist Jeffrey Tucker, who called the NIH director a “performance artist” obsessed with his daily media opportunities, constantly flip-flopping on his own ‘science’ statements, and who is only interested in “pleasing his benefactors.”
Tucker also point to the fraudulent misuse of the PCR Test by public health officials as the single biggest scandal of the entire ‘pandemic’ debacle. Watch:
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