australiannationalreview--2020-07-07--Deepfakes Are Going To Wreak Havoc On Society. We Are Not Prepared

Deepfakes Are Going To Wreak Havoc On Society .
We Are Not Prepared .
Last month during ESPN ’ s hit documentary series The Last Dance , State Farm debuted a TV commercial that has become one of the most widely discussed ads in recent memory .
It appeared to show footage from 1998 of an ESPN analyst making shockingly accurate predictions about the year 2020 .
As it turned out , the clip was not genuine : it was generated using cutting-edge AI .
The commercial surprised , amused and delighted viewers .
What viewers should have felt , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ State Farm ad was a benign example of an important and dangerous new phenomenon in AI : deepfakes .
Deepfake technology enables anyone with a computer and an Internet connection to create realistic-looking photos and videos of people saying and doing things that they did not actually say or do .
A combination of the phrases “ deep learning ” and “ fake ” , deepfakes first emerged on the Internet in late 2017 , powered by an innovative new deep learning method known as generative adversarial networks ( GANs ) .
Several @ @ @ @ @ @ @ giving millions around the world their first taste of this new technology : President Obama using an expletive to describe President Trump , Mark Zuckerberg admitting that Facebook ’ s true goal is to manipulate and exploit its users , Bill Hader morphing into Al Pacino on a late-night talk show .
The amount of deepfake content online is growing at a rapid rate .
At the beginning of 2019 there were 7,964 deepfake videos online , according to a report from startup Deeptrace ; just nine months later , that figure had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doubt continued to balloon since then .
While impressive , today ’ s deepfake technology is still not quite to parity with authentic video footage—by looking closely , it is typically possible to tell that a video is a deepfake .
But the technology is improving at a breathtaking pace .
Experts predict that deepfakes will be indistinguishable from real images before long .
“ In January 2019 , deep fakes were buggy and flickery , ” said Hany Farid , a UC Berkeley professor and deepfake expert .
“ Nine months later @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like how fast they ’ re going .
This is the tip of the iceberg.
” Today we stand at an inflection point .
In the months and years ahead , deepfakes threaten to grow from an Internet oddity to a widely destructive political and social force .
Society needs to act now to prepare itself .
When Seeing Is Not Believing The first use case to which deepfake technology has been widely applied—as is often the case with new technologies—is pornography .
As of September 2019 , 96 % of deepfake videos @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Deeptrace report .
A handful of websites dedicated specifically to deepfake pornography have emerged , collectively garnering hundreds of millions of views over the past two years .
Deepfake pornography is almost always non-consensual , involving the artificial synthesis of explicit videos that feature famous celebrities or personal contacts .
From these dark corners of the web , the use of deepfakes has begun to spread to the political sphere , where the potential for mayhem is even greater .
It does not require much imagination to grasp the harm that could be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fabricated videos that they believe are real .
Imagine deepfake footage of a politician engaging in bribery or sexual assault right before an election ; or of U.S. soldiers committing atrocities against civilians overseas ; or of President Trump declaring the launch of nuclear weapons against North Korea .
In a world where even some uncertainty exists as to whether such clips are authentic , the consequences could be catastrophic .
Because of the technology ’ s widespread accessibility , such footage could be created by anyone : state-sponsored actors , political groups @ @ @ @ @ @ @ report , The Brookings Institution grimly summed up the range of political and social dangers that deepfakes pose : “ distorting democratic discourse ; manipulating elections ; eroding trust in institutions ; weakening journalism ; exacerbating social divisions ; undermining public safety ; and inflicting hard-to-repair damage on the reputation of prominent individuals , including elected officials and candidates for office.
” Given the stakes , U.S. lawmakers have begun to pay attention .
“ In the old days , if you wanted to threaten the United States , you needed 10 aircraft @ @ @ @ @ @ @ long-range missiles , ” U.S .
Senator Marco Rubio said recently .
“ Today….all you need is the ability to produce a very realistic fake video that could undermine our elections , that could throw our country into tremendous crisis internally and weaken us deeply.
” Technologists agree .
In the words of Hani Farid , one of the world ’ s leading experts on deepfakes : “ If we can ’ t believe the videos , the audios , the image , the information that is gleaned from around the world , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” This risk is no longer just hypothetical : there are early examples of deepfakes influencing politics in the real world .
Experts warn that these incidents are canaries in a coal mine .
Last month , a political group in Belgium released a deepfake video of the Belgian prime minister giving a speech that linked the COVID-19 outbreak to environmental damage and called for drastic action on climate change .
At least some viewers believed the speech was real .
Even more insidiously , the mere possibility that a video could be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ political deception regardless of whether deepfake technology has actually been used .
The most dramatic example of this comes from Gabon , a small country in central Africa .
In late 2018 , Gabon ’ s president Ali Bongo had not been seen in public for months .
Rumors were swirling that he was no longer healthy enough for office or even that he had died .
In an attempt to allay these concerns and reassert Bongo ’ s leadership over the country , his administration announced that he would give a nationwide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In the video address ( which is worth examining firsthand yourself ) , Bongo appears stiff and stilted , with unnatural speech and facial mannerisms .
The video immediately inflamed suspicions that the government was concealing something from the public .
Bongo ’ s political opponents declared that the footage was a deepfake and that the president was incapacitated or dead .
Rumors of a deepfake conspiracy spread quickly on social media .
The political situation in Gabon rapidly destabilized .
Within a week , the military had launched a coup—the first in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ video as proof that something was amiss with the president .
To this day experts can not definitively say whether the New Years video was authentic , though most believe that it was .
( The coup proved unsuccessful ; Bongo has since appeared in public and remains in office today ) .
But whether the video was real is almost beside the point .
The larger lesson is that the emergence of deepfakes will make it increasingly difficult for the public to distinguish between what is real and what is fake , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exploit—with potentially devastating consequences .
“ People are already using the fact that deepfakes exist to discredit genuine video evidence , ” said USC professor Hao Li .
“ Even though there ’ s footage of you doing or saying something , you can say it was a deepfake and it ’ s very hard to prove otherwise.
” In two recent incidents , politicians in Malaysia and in Brazil have sought to evade the consequences of compromising video footage by claiming that the videos were deepfakes .
In both cases , no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ otherwise—and public opinion has remained divided .
Researcher Aviv Ovadya warns of what she terms “ reality apathy ” : “ It ’ s too much effort to figure out what ’ s real and what ’ s not , so you ’ re more willing to just go with whatever your previous affiliations are.
” In a world in which seeing is no longer believing , the ability for a large community to agree on what is true—much less to engage in constructive dialogue about it—suddenly seems precarious .
The core technology @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of deep learning known as generative adversarial networks ( GANs ) .
GANs were invented by Ian Goodfellow in 2014 during his PhD studies at the University of Montreal , one of the world ’ s top AI research institutes .
In 2016 , AI great Yann LeCun called GANs “ the most interesting idea in the last ten years in machine learning.
” Before the development of GANs , neural networks were adept at classifying existing content ( for instance , understanding speech or recognizing faces ) but not at creating new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power not just to perceive , but to create .
Goodfellow ’ s conceptual breakthrough was to architect GANs using two separate neural networks—one known as the “ generator ” , the other known as the “ discriminator ” —and pit them against one another .
Starting with a given dataset ( say , a collection of photos of human faces ) , the generator begins generating new images that , in terms of pixels , are mathematically similar to the existing images .
Meanwhile , the discriminator is fed photos without being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dataset or from the generator ’ s output ; its task is to identify which photos have been synthetically generated .
As the two networks iteratively work against one another—the generator trying to fool the discriminator , the discriminator trying to suss out the generator ’ s creations—they hone one another ’ s capabilities .
Eventually the discriminator ’ s classification success rate falls to 50 % , no better than random guessing , meaning that the synthetically generated photos have become indistinguishable from the originals .
One reason deepfakes have proliferated is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ethos : starting with Goodfellow ’ s original paper , whenever a research advance in generative modeling occurs , the technology is generally made available for free for anyone in the world to download and make use of .
Given that deepfakes are based on AI in the first place , some look to AI as a solution to harmful deepfake applications .
For instance , researchers have built sophisticated deepfake detection systems that assess lighting , shadows , facial movements , and other features in order to flag images that are fabricated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ add a filter to an image file that makes it impossible to use that image to generate a deepfake .
A handful of startups have emerged that offer software to defend against deepfakes , including Truepic and Deeptrace .
Yet such technological solutions are not likely to stem the spread of deepfakes over the long term .
At best they will lead to an endless cat-and-mouse dynamic , similar to what exists in cybersecurity today , in which breakthroughs on the deepfake detection side spur further innovation in deepfake generation .
The open-source @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the more likely .
To give one example , in 2018 researchers at the University of Albany published analysis showing that blinking irregularities were often a telltale sign that a video was fake .
It was a helpful breakthrough in the fight against deepfakes—until , within months , new deepfake videos began to emerge that corrected for this blinking imperfection .
“ We are outgunned , ” said Farid .
“ The number of people working on the video-synthesis side , as opposed to the detector side , is 100 to 1.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legislative , political , and social steps can we take to defend against deepfakes ’ dangers ?
One tempting , simple solution is to pass laws that make it illegal to create or spread deepfakes .
The state of California has experimented with this approach , enacting a law last year that makes it illegal to create or distribute deepfakes of politicians within 60 days of an election .
But a blanket deepfake ban has both constitutional and practical challenges .
The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution enshrines the freedom of expression @ @ @ @ @ @ @ particularly political content , risks running afoul of these constitutional protections .
“ Political speech enjoys the highest level of protection under U.S. law , ” said law professor Jane Kirtley .
“ The desire to protect people from deceptive content in the run-up to an election is very strong and very understandable , but I am skeptical about whether they are going to be able to enforce [ the California ] law.
” Beyond constitutional concerns , deepfake bans will likely prove impracticable to enforce due to the anonymity and borderlessness of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that might be deployed to combat deepfakes include copyright , defamation and the right of publicity .
But given the broad applicability of the fair use doctrine , the usefulness of these legal avenues may be limited .
In the short term , the most effective solution may come from major tech platforms like Facebook , Google and Twitter voluntarily taking more rigorous action to limit the spread of harmful deepfakes .
Relying on private companies to solve broad political and societal problems understandably makes many deeply uncomfortable .
Yet as legal scholars @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , these tech platforms ’ terms-of-service agreements are “ the single most important documents governing digital speech in today ’ s world.
” As a result , these companies ’ content policies may be “ the most salient response mechanism of all ” to deepfakes .
A related legislative option is to amend the controversial Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act .
Written in the early days of the commercial Internet , Section 230 gives Internet companies almost complete civil immunity for any content posted on their platforms by third parties .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ like Facebook legally responsible for limiting the spread of damaging content on their sites .
But such an approach raises complex free speech and censorship concerns .
In the end , no single solution will suffice .
An essential first step is simply to increase public awareness of the possibilities and dangers of deepfakes .
An informed citizenry is a crucial defense against widespread misinformation .
The recent rise of fake news has led to fears that we are entering a “ post-truth ” world .
Deepfakes threaten to intensify and accelerate this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this drama is likely just around the corner : the 2020 elections .
The stakes could hardly be higher .
“ The man in front of the tank at Tiananmen Square moved the world , ” said NYU professor Nasir Memon .
“ Nixon on the phone cost him his presidency .
Images of horror from concentration camps finally moved us into action .
If the notion of not believing what you see is under attack , that is a huge problem .
One has to restore truth in seeing again .
”

Deepfakes Are Going To Wreak Havoc On Society. We Are Not Prepared.
By Rob Toews
Last month during ESPN’s hit documentary series The Last Dance, State Farm debuted a TV commercial that has become one of the most widely discussed ads in recent memory. It appeared to show footage from 1998 of an ESPN analyst making shockingly accurate predictions about the year 2020.
As it turned out, the clip was not genuine: it was generated using cutting-edge AI. The commercial surprised, amused and delighted viewers.
What viewers should have felt, though, was deep concern.
The State Farm ad was a benign example of an important and dangerous new phenomenon in AI: deepfakes. Deepfake technology enables anyone with a computer and an Internet connection to create realistic-looking photos and videos of people saying and doing things that they did not actually say or do.
A combination of the phrases “deep learning” and “fake”, deepfakes first emerged on the Internet in late 2017, powered by an innovative new deep learning method known as generative adversarial networks (GANs).
Several deepfake videos have gone viral recently, giving millions around the world their first taste of this new technology: President Obama using an expletive to describe President Trump, Mark Zuckerberg admitting that Facebook’s true goal is to manipulate and exploit its users, Bill Hader morphing into Al Pacino on a late-night talk show.
The amount of deepfake content online is growing at a rapid rate. At the beginning of 2019 there were 7,964 deepfake videos online, according to a report from startup Deeptrace; just nine months later, that figure had jumped to 14,678. It has no doubt continued to balloon since then.
While impressive, today’s deepfake technology is still not quite to parity with authentic video footage—by looking closely, it is typically possible to tell that a video is a deepfake. But the technology is improving at a breathtaking pace. Experts predict that deepfakes will be indistinguishable from real images before long.
“In January 2019, deep fakes were buggy and flickery,” said Hany Farid, a UC Berkeley professor and deepfake expert. “Nine months later, I’ve never seen anything like how fast they’re going. This is the tip of the iceberg.”
Today we stand at an inflection point. In the months and years ahead, deepfakes threaten to grow from an Internet oddity to a widely destructive political and social force. Society needs to act now to prepare itself.
When Seeing Is Not Believing
The first use case to which deepfake technology has been widely applied—as is often the case with new technologies—is pornography. As of September 2019, 96% of deepfake videos online were pornographic, according to the Deeptrace report.
A handful of websites dedicated specifically to deepfake pornography have emerged, collectively garnering hundreds of millions of views over the past two years. Deepfake pornography is almost always non-consensual, involving the artificial synthesis of explicit videos that feature famous celebrities or personal contacts.
From these dark corners of the web, the use of deepfakes has begun to spread to the political sphere, where the potential for mayhem is even greater.
It does not require much imagination to grasp the harm that could be done if entire populations can be shown fabricated videos that they believe are real. Imagine deepfake footage of a politician engaging in bribery or sexual assault right before an election; or of U.S. soldiers committing atrocities against civilians overseas; or of President Trump declaring the launch of nuclear weapons against North Korea. In a world where even some uncertainty exists as to whether such clips are authentic, the consequences could be catastrophic.
Because of the technology’s widespread accessibility, such footage could be created by anyone: state-sponsored actors, political groups, lone individuals.
In a recent report, The Brookings Institution grimly summed up the range of political and social dangers that deepfakes pose: “distorting democratic discourse; manipulating elections; eroding trust in institutions; weakening journalism; exacerbating social divisions; undermining public safety; and inflicting hard-to-repair damage on the reputation of prominent individuals, including elected officials and candidates for office.”
Given the stakes, U.S. lawmakers have begun to pay attention.
“In the old days, if you wanted to threaten the United States, you needed 10 aircraft carriers, and nuclear weapons, and long-range missiles,” U.S. Senator Marco Rubio said recently. “Today….all you need is the ability to produce a very realistic fake video that could undermine our elections, that could throw our country into tremendous crisis internally and weaken us deeply.”
Technologists agree. In the words of Hani Farid, one of the world’s leading experts on deepfakes: “If we can’t believe the videos, the audios, the image, the information that is gleaned from around the world, that is a serious national security risk.”
This risk is no longer just hypothetical: there are early examples of deepfakes influencing politics in the real world. Experts warn that these incidents are canaries in a coal mine.
Last month, a political group in Belgium released a deepfake video of the Belgian prime minister giving a speech that linked the COVID-19 outbreak to environmental damage and called for drastic action on climate change. At least some viewers believed the speech was real.
Even more insidiously, the mere possibility that a video could be a deepfake can stir confusion and facilitate political deception regardless of whether deepfake technology has actually been used. The most dramatic example of this comes from Gabon, a small country in central Africa.
In late 2018, Gabon’s president Ali Bongo had not been seen in public for months. Rumors were swirling that he was no longer healthy enough for office or even that he had died. In an attempt to allay these concerns and reassert Bongo’s leadership over the country, his administration announced that he would give a nationwide televised address on New Years Day.
In the video address (which is worth examining firsthand yourself), Bongo appears stiff and stilted, with unnatural speech and facial mannerisms. The video immediately inflamed suspicions that the government was concealing something from the public. Bongo’s political opponents declared that the footage was a deepfake and that the president was incapacitated or dead. Rumors of a deepfake conspiracy spread quickly on social media.
The political situation in Gabon rapidly destabilized. Within a week, the military had launched a coup—the first in the country since 1964—citing the New Years video as proof that something was amiss with the president.
To this day experts cannot definitively say whether the New Years video was authentic, though most believe that it was. (The coup proved unsuccessful; Bongo has since appeared in public and remains in office today).
But whether the video was real is almost beside the point. The larger lesson is that the emergence of deepfakes will make it increasingly difficult for the public to distinguish between what is real and what is fake, a situation that political actors will inevitably exploit—with potentially devastating consequences.
“People are already using the fact that deepfakes exist to discredit genuine video evidence,” said USC professor Hao Li. “Even though there’s footage of you doing or saying something, you can say it was a deepfake and it’s very hard to prove otherwise.”
In two recent incidents, politicians in Malaysia and in Brazil have sought to evade the consequences of compromising video footage by claiming that the videos were deepfakes. In both cases, no one has been able to definitively establish otherwise—and public opinion has remained divided.
Researcher Aviv Ovadya warns of what she terms “reality apathy”: “It’s too much effort to figure out what’s real and what’s not, so you’re more willing to just go with whatever your previous affiliations are.”
In a world in which seeing is no longer believing, the ability for a large community to agree on what is true—much less to engage in constructive dialogue about it—suddenly seems precarious.
A Game of Technological Cat-And-Mouse
The core technology that makes deepfakes possible is a branch of deep learning known as generative adversarial networks (GANs). GANs were invented by Ian Goodfellow in 2014 during his PhD studies at the University of Montreal, one of the world’s top AI research institutes.
In 2016, AI great Yann LeCun called GANs “the most interesting idea in the last ten years in machine learning.”
Before the development of GANs, neural networks were adept at classifying existing content (for instance, understanding speech or recognizing faces) but not at creating new content. GANs gave neural networks the power not just to perceive, but to create.
Goodfellow’s conceptual breakthrough was to architect GANs using two separate neural networks—one known as the “generator”, the other known as the “discriminator”—and pit them against one another.
Starting with a given dataset (say, a collection of photos of human faces), the generator begins generating new images that, in terms of pixels, are mathematically similar to the existing images. Meanwhile, the discriminator is fed photos without being told whether they are from the original dataset or from the generator’s output; its task is to identify which photos have been synthetically generated.
As the two networks iteratively work against one another—the generator trying to fool the discriminator, the discriminator trying to suss out the generator’s creations—they hone one another’s capabilities. Eventually the discriminator’s classification success rate falls to 50%, no better than random guessing, meaning that the synthetically generated photos have become indistinguishable from the originals.
One reason deepfakes have proliferated is the machine learning community’s open-source ethos: starting with Goodfellow’s original paper, whenever a research advance in generative modeling occurs, the technology is generally made available for free for anyone in the world to download and make use of.
Given that deepfakes are based on AI in the first place, some look to AI as a solution to harmful deepfake applications. For instance, researchers have built sophisticated deepfake detection systems that assess lighting, shadows, facial movements, and other features in order to flag images that are fabricated. Another innovative defensive approach is to add a filter to an image file that makes it impossible to use that image to generate a deepfake.
A handful of startups have emerged that offer software to defend against deepfakes, including Truepic and Deeptrace.
Yet such technological solutions are not likely to stem the spread of deepfakes over the long term. At best they will lead to an endless cat-and-mouse dynamic, similar to what exists in cybersecurity today, in which breakthroughs on the deepfake detection side spur further innovation in deepfake generation. The open-source nature of AI research makes this all the more likely.
To give one example, in 2018 researchers at the University of Albany published analysis showing that blinking irregularities were often a telltale sign that a video was fake. It was a helpful breakthrough in the fight against deepfakes—until, within months, new deepfake videos began to emerge that corrected for this blinking imperfection.
“We are outgunned,” said Farid. “The number of people working on the video-synthesis side, as opposed to the detector side, is 100 to 1.”
The Path Forward
Looking beyond purely technological remedies, what legislative, political, and social steps can we take to defend against deepfakes’ dangers?
One tempting, simple solution is to pass laws that make it illegal to create or spread deepfakes. The state of California has experimented with this approach, enacting a law last year that makes it illegal to create or distribute deepfakes of politicians within 60 days of an election. But a blanket deepfake ban has both constitutional and practical challenges.
The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution enshrines the freedom of expression. Any law proscribing online content, particularly political content, risks running afoul of these constitutional protections.
“Political speech enjoys the highest level of protection under U.S. law,” said law professor Jane Kirtley. “The desire to protect people from deceptive content in the run-up to an election is very strong and very understandable, but I am skeptical about whether they are going to be able to enforce [the California] law.”
Beyond constitutional concerns, deepfake bans will likely prove impracticable to enforce due to the anonymity and borderlessness of the Internet.
Other existing legal frameworks that might be deployed to combat deepfakes include copyright, defamation and the right of publicity. But given the broad applicability of the fair use doctrine, the usefulness of these legal avenues may be limited.
In the short term, the most effective solution may come from major tech platforms like Facebook, Google and Twitter voluntarily taking more rigorous action to limit the spread of harmful deepfakes.
Relying on private companies to solve broad political and societal problems understandably makes many deeply uncomfortable. Yet as legal scholars Bobby Chesney and Danielle Citron put it, these tech platforms’ terms-of-service agreements are “the single most important documents governing digital speech in today’s world.” As a result, these companies’ content policies may be “the most salient response mechanism of all” to deepfakes.
A related legislative option is to amend the controversial Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Written in the early days of the commercial Internet, Section 230 gives Internet companies almost complete civil immunity for any content posted on their platforms by third parties. Walking these protections back would make companies like Facebook legally responsible for limiting the spread of damaging content on their sites. But such an approach raises complex free speech and censorship concerns.
In the end, no single solution will suffice. An essential first step is simply to increase public awareness of the possibilities and dangers of deepfakes. An informed citizenry is a crucial defense against widespread misinformation.
The recent rise of fake news has led to fears that we are entering a “post-truth” world. Deepfakes threaten to intensify and accelerate this trajectory. The next major chapter in this drama is likely just around the corner: the 2020 elections. The stakes could hardly be higher.
“The man in front of the tank at Tiananmen Square moved the world,” said NYU professor Nasir Memon. “Nixon on the phone cost him his presidency. Images of horror from concentration camps finally moved us into action. If the notion of not believing what you see is under attack, that is a huge problem. One has to restore truth in seeing again.”
Original source : https://www.forbes.com/sites/robtoews/2020/05/25/deepfakes-are-going-to-wreak-havoc-on-society-we-are-not-prepared/#1667db277494


australiannationalreview--2020-07-07--Outrage as paedophiles rebrand themselves as ‘minor-attracted persons’ in chilling online propaganda

Outrage as paedophiles rebrand themselves as ‘minor-attracted persons’ in chilling online propaganda drive

Material found online includes memes proclaiming ‘ Gay MAPs are amazing ’ and cartoon characters saying : ‘ Repost if you think maps should be able to date minors.
’ One paedophile account @ SandMapMinorva – since suspended – posted : ‘ Minor-attraction is natural.
’ Profiles of the anonymous users , which use cartoon avatars rather than photographs , often list the ages of children they are most attracted to , in some cases as low as ‘ two to seven ’ .
Otep Shamaya , a gay rights campaigner , said : ‘ They are a fiendish group @ @ @ @ @ @ @ haven in the LGBTQ community .
We utterly rebuke their delusional and evil claims.
’ The horrifying propaganda has chilling echoes of the Paedophile Information Exchange ( PIE ) campaign in the 1970s and 80s which piggy-backed on the gay liberation movement to push for pro-child abuse policies , such as lowering the age of consent to just four .
It was disbanded in 1984 , but The Mail on Sunday has learned that its former chairman , Tom O ’ Carroll , Britain ’ s most notorious paedophile campaigner , continues to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legalisation of paedophilia .
In one ‘ interview ’ which YouTube has refused to take down , O ’ Carroll , 75 , argues that a sexual relationship between an adult and child is as natural as a mother ’ s relationship with her baby .
O ’ Carroll was given a two-year jail term for child pornography offences in 2006 and joined the Labour Party in 2015 but was ousted a year later for being a ‘ safeguarding risk ’ .
As well as YouTube , he has campaigned to legalise sex @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Elsewhere on YouTube , explicit footage appears in videos aimed at children .
One woman , Sarah , was horrified to find some of the content by accident .
‘ My nephew , when he was five , was watching a YouTube video when the Disney characters started snorting cocaine and having an orgy , ’ she said .
The findings are all the more concerning given that many children are being encouraged by schools to use sites such as YouTube as part of their home education during the pandemic .
While social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or extremist material , the ‘ MAP ’ posts are allowed to stay – despite protests – because it is deemed acceptable to discuss attraction to minors as long as it does not ‘ glorify ’ paedophilia .
Disturbingly , the campaign is also drawing strength from academics calling for paedophiles ’ voices to be heard .
Dr Craig Harper , senior lecturer in psychology at Nottingham Trent University , signed a 2018 letter written to Twitter demanding that paedophile accounts which were shut down by the social media giant be restored .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ paedophilia and child abuse are not the same thing ’ and ‘ paedophilia is a sexual attraction pattern that shares common features with other sexual orientations ’ .
He declined to comment when contacted by this newspaper .
Child sex abuse survivor Jacqui Dillon , who runs the Beck Road Alliance online support network , said : ‘ This is absurd and dangerous .
Twitter and other corporations are now providing paedophiles with access to children online.
’ Twitter said it had ‘ zero tolerance for any material that features or promotes child @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by this newspaper , YouTube removed some postings and has increased protection for young viewers .
WordPress said it had suspended all three blogs linked to O ’ Carroll .

Material found online includes memes proclaiming ‘Gay MAPs are amazing’ and cartoon characters saying: ‘Repost if you think maps should be able to date minors.’
One paedophile account @SandMapMinorva – since suspended – posted: ‘Minor-attraction is natural.’
Profiles of the anonymous users, which use cartoon avatars rather than photographs, often list the ages of children they are most attracted to, in some cases as low as ‘two to seven’.
Otep Shamaya, a gay rights campaigner, said: ‘They are a fiendish group of sub-humans and they will find no haven in the LGBTQ community. We utterly rebuke their delusional and evil claims.’
The horrifying propaganda has chilling echoes of the Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE) campaign in the 1970s and 80s which piggy-backed on the gay liberation movement to push for pro-child abuse policies, such as lowering the age of consent to just four.
It was disbanded in 1984, but The Mail on Sunday has learned that its former chairman, Tom O’Carroll, Britain’s most notorious paedophile campaigner, continues to use online forums to argue for the legalisation of paedophilia.
O’Carroll (pictured above as chairman of PIE in the 1970s) was given a two-year jail term for child pornography offences in 2006 and joined the Labour Party in 2015 but was ousted a year later for being a ‘safeguarding risk’
In one ‘interview’ which YouTube has refused to take down, O’Carroll, 75, argues that a sexual relationship between an adult and child is as natural as a mother’s relationship with her baby.
O’Carroll was given a two-year jail term for child pornography offences in 2006 and joined the Labour Party in 2015 but was ousted a year later for being a ‘safeguarding risk’.
As well as YouTube, he has campaigned to legalise sex with children on his WordPress blog.
Elsewhere on YouTube, explicit footage appears in videos aimed at children.
One woman, Sarah, was horrified to find some of the content by accident. ‘My nephew, when he was five, was watching a YouTube video when the Disney characters started snorting cocaine and having an orgy,’ she said.
The findings are all the more concerning given that many children are being encouraged by schools to use sites such as YouTube as part of their home education during the pandemic.
While social media giants remove users for posting racist or extremist material, the ‘MAP’ posts are allowed to stay – despite protests – because it is deemed acceptable to discuss attraction to minors as long as it does not ‘glorify’ paedophilia.
Disturbingly, the campaign is also drawing strength from academics calling for paedophiles’ voices to be heard.
Dr Craig Harper, senior lecturer in psychology at Nottingham Trent University, signed a 2018 letter written to Twitter demanding that paedophile accounts which were shut down by the social media giant be restored.
Controversially, Dr Harper maintains that ‘paedophilia and child abuse are not the same thing’ and ‘paedophilia is a sexual attraction pattern that shares common features with other sexual orientations’. He declined to comment when contacted by this newspaper.
Child sex abuse survivor Jacqui Dillon, who runs the Beck Road Alliance online support network, said: ‘This is absurd and dangerous. Twitter and other corporations are now providing paedophiles with access to children online.’
Twitter said it had ‘zero tolerance for any material that features or promotes child sexual exploitation’.
After being alerted by this newspaper, YouTube removed some postings and has increased protection for young viewers.
WordPress said it had suspended all three blogs linked to O’Carroll.
Original source : https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8466899/Paedophiles-rebrand-minor-attracted-persons-chilling-online-propaganda-drive.html


australiannationalreview--2020-07-08--Communist Officials Raid Christian Church in China, Beat Faithful

Some 200 communist officials raided the Sunzhuang Christian Church in China ’ s Henan province earlier this month , demolishing the building and beating the faithful who tried to interfere , the Christian Post reported Saturday .
The large group of personnel from the Zhengzhou High-Tech District Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau showed up on the morning of June 12 with cranes and bulldozers and forced their way into the church building .
They presented no legal documents but proceeded to empty the church of people before removing the furniture and then razing the edifice to the ground .
Two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had to be hospitalized for the injuries inflicted by the officials , and one of them lost consciousness after she was thrown to the ground .
Officials also arrested a male churchgoer .
This was the second time communist officials had stormed the Sunzhuang church in an effort to destroy it .
The first , unsuccessful attempt took place in 2013 , when authorities sent a group of people to cut off the church ’ s electricity and water .
Members of the congregation resisted and the officials were foiled in their attempt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ itself this month .
The Sunzhuang Church joined the government-approved Three-Self Patriotic Movement in June 2012 , and requested authorization to construct a new church building .
After the building project was finished in June 2013 , Sunzhuang village authorities sent the church eviction and demolition notices , alleging that the Christians had failed to completely follow the required procedures for building a church .
As China expert Massimo Introvigne noted last week in an address before the plenary discussion of the Lithuanian Parliament , dictator Xi Jinping has overseen the installation of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chinese to install facial recognition technology and spyware on their smartphones , and deputizing “ block captains ” to visit citizens ’ homes .
According to textbooks of the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) , Introvigne noted , one of the main reasons why Communism collapsed in Eastern Europe was that religion was allowed to persist and flourish .
To avoid this same mistake , Xi Jinping has “ launched the worst crackdown on religion since the Cultural Revolution , destroying tens of thousands of churches , mosques , and temples , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Introvigne said .

Communist Officials Raid Christian Church in China, Beat Faithful.
By THOMAS D. WILLIAMS
Some 200 communist officials raided the Sunzhuang Christian Church in China’s Henan province earlier this month, demolishing the building and beating the faithful who tried to interfere, the Christian Post reported Saturday.
The large group of personnel from the Zhengzhou High-Tech District Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau showed up on the morning of June 12 with cranes and bulldozers and forced their way into the church building. They presented no legal documents but proceeded to empty the church of people before removing the furniture and then razing the edifice to the ground.
Two female church members who tried to resist had to be hospitalized for the injuries inflicted by the officials, and one of them lost consciousness after she was thrown to the ground. Officials also arrested a male churchgoer.
This was the second time communist officials had stormed the Sunzhuang church in an effort to destroy it. The first, unsuccessful attempt took place in 2013, when authorities sent a group of people to cut off the church’s electricity and water. Members of the congregation resisted and the officials were foiled in their attempt, an outcome that did not repeat itself this month.
The Sunzhuang Church joined the government-approved Three-Self Patriotic Movement in June 2012, and requested authorization to construct a new church building. After the building project was finished in June 2013, Sunzhuang village authorities sent the church eviction and demolition notices, alleging that the Christians had failed to completely follow the required procedures for building a church.
As China expert Massimo Introvigne noted last week in an address before the plenary discussion of the Lithuanian Parliament, dictator Xi Jinping has overseen the installation of 300 million surveillance cameras, compelling all Chinese to install facial recognition technology and spyware on their smartphones, and deputizing “block captains” to visit citizens’ homes.
According to textbooks of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Introvigne noted, one of the main reasons why Communism collapsed in Eastern Europe was that religion was allowed to persist and flourish.
To avoid this same mistake, Xi Jinping has “launched the worst crackdown on religion since the Cultural Revolution, destroying tens of thousands of churches, mosques, and temples, including some ‘authorized’ and pro-government,” Introvigne said.
Original source : https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2020/06/27/communist-officials-raid-christian-church-in-china-beat-faithful/


australiannationalreview--2020-07-08--Alabama Passes Law to Chemically Castrate Pedophiles

In the state of Alabama , certain types of sex offenders like pedophiles will now be chemically castrated by law before they are given parole .
The legislation was signed into law by Alabama ’ s governor Kay Ivey , and will apply to all sex offenders who are convicted of crimes against children younger than 13 .
For these offenders , chemicals will be used that will reduce their libido , and hopefully the likelihood of them repeating their crimes .
Critics of the bill said that it was unconstitutional , claiming that it violates a person ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unusual punishment.
” Attorney Raymond Johnson says the point of contention is the fact that this is happening once people have already paid their debt to society .
“ They ’ re going to challenge it under the 8th Amendment Constitution .
They ’ re going to claim that it is cruel and unusual punishment for someone who has served their time and for the rest of their life have to be castrated , ” Johnson said .
The bill was initially introduced by Republican congressman Steve Hurst , who recently told CBS42 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ I had people call me in the past when I introduced it and said don ’ t you think this is inhumane ?
I asked them what ’ s more inhumane than when you take a little infant child , and you sexually molest that infant child when the child can not defend themselves or get away , and they have to go through all the things they have to go through .
If you want to talk about inhumane – that ’ s inhumane .
If we do something of this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happening again in Alabama and maybe reduce the numbers , ” Hurst said .
This is a practice that is actually not legal throughout most of the United States .
There are only 8 states that currently allow chemical or surgical castration for extreme sex offenders , but even in these states , it is rarely ever actually used .
Under Alabama ’ s new laws , this would be happening to every prisoner that fit the criteria , by law .
In 1996 , California became the first state to pass a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sex offenders .
In the years that followed , Florida , Georgia , Louisiana , Montana , Oregon , and Washington also passed similar laws .
However , as previously mentioned , the guidelines in most of these states are very loose , and this type of measure is rarely enforced , even in cases of crimes against children .
Chemical castration is an extreme measure for a modern industrialized society , but there are some cases where it could be plausible , according to experts .
Earlier this week , we reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the United Kingdom who avoided jail time after his third time getting caught with large stashes of child abuse images and videos .
The 36-year-old man was arrested with over a million illegal files on his home devices , which depicted graphic scenes of child sexual abuse .
For over a decade , this man has been in and out of courthouses , repeating the same crimes over and over again .
This case is slightly different because the suspect only had images and videos , and because there was not a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the drive to repeat the same crime over and over again is very similar among these types of predators .
In cases where a predator has many underage victims and repeated offenses , a punishment like this is not unreasonable .
Alabama ’ s governor Kay Ivey has been in the national media spotlight for past several months , due to another piece of controversial legislation in the state .
This May , Kay Ivey found herself at the center of a national debate on abortion , after signing one of the most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The legislation , called House Bill 314 , “ Human Life Protection Act , ” bans all abortions in the state except when “ abortion is necessary in order to prevent a serious health risk ” to the woman .
The bill will reclassify abortion as a Class A felony , which will be punishable by up to 99 years in prison for doctors who carry out the procedure .
However , the 74-year-old governor shocked her constituents this week , by signing a bill that legalized medical marijuana in the state .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Alabama for just two years , since 2017 .

In the state of Alabama, certain types of sex offenders like pedophiles will now be chemically castrated by law before they are given parole. The legislation was signed into law by Alabama’s governor Kay Ivey, and will apply to all sex offenders who are convicted of crimes against children younger than 13.
For these offenders, chemicals will be used that will reduce their libido, and hopefully the likelihood of them repeating their crimes. Critics of the bill said that it was unconstitutional, claiming that it violates a person’s right to freedom from “cruel and unusual punishment.”
Attorney Raymond Johnson says the point of contention is the fact that this is happening once people have already paid their debt to society.
“They’re going to challenge it under the 8th Amendment Constitution. They’re going to claim that it is cruel and unusual punishment for someone who has served their time and for the rest of their life have to be castrated,” Johnson said.
The bill was initially introduced by Republican congressman Steve Hurst, who recently told CBS42 that the punishment fits the crime.
“I had people call me in the past when I introduced it and said don’t you think this is inhumane? I asked them what’s more inhumane than when you take a little infant child, and you sexually molest that infant child when the child cannot defend themselves or get away, and they have to go through all the things they have to go through. If you want to talk about inhumane – that’s inhumane. If we do something of this nature it would deter something like this happening again in Alabama and maybe reduce the numbers,” Hurst said.
This is a practice that is actually not legal throughout most of the United States. There are only 8 states that currently allow chemical or surgical castration for extreme sex offenders, but even in these states, it is rarely ever actually used. Under Alabama’s new laws, this would be happening to every prisoner that fit the criteria, by law.
In 1996, California became the first state to pass a law allowing for chemical castration of certain sex offenders. In the years that followed, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Montana, Oregon, and Washington also passed similar laws.
However, as previously mentioned, the guidelines in most of these states are very loose, and this type of measure is rarely enforced, even in cases of crimes against children.
Chemical castration is an extreme measure for a modern industrialized society, but there are some cases where it could be plausible, according to experts. Earlier this week, we reported on the story of a disturbed man from the United Kingdom who avoided jail time after his third time getting caught with large stashes of child abuse images and videos.
The 36-year-old man was arrested with over a million illegal files on his home devices, which depicted graphic scenes of child sexual abuse. For over a decade, this man has been in and out of courthouses, repeating the same crimes over and over again.
This case is slightly different because the suspect only had images and videos, and because there was not a specific underage victim involved.
However, the drive to repeat the same crime over and over again is very similar among these types of predators. In cases where a predator has many underage victims and repeated offenses, a punishment like this is not unreasonable.
Alabama’s governor Kay Ivey has been in the national media spotlight for past several months, due to another piece of controversial legislation in the state. This May, Kay Ivey found herself at the center of a national debate on abortion, after signing one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country.
The legislation, called House Bill 314, “Human Life Protection Act,” bans all abortions in the state except when “abortion is necessary in order to prevent a serious health risk” to the woman. The bill will reclassify abortion as a Class A felony, which will be punishable by up to 99 years in prison for doctors who carry out the procedure.
However, the 74-year-old governor shocked her constituents this week, by signing a bill that legalized medical marijuana in the state. Kay Ivey has been the governor of Alabama for just two years, since 2017.
Original source : https://anewspost.com/alabama-passes-law-castrate-pedophiles/


australiannationalreview--2020-07-08--TBCS 025 | The Truth and Lies Behind COVID-19? | Jamie McIntyre w Brett Campbell

TBCS 025 | The Truth and Lies Behind COVID-19 ?
| Jamie McIntyre w Brett Campbell As the founder and CEO of 21st Century Education , Jamie McIntyre has helped close to 600,000 people worldwide change their lives for the better through his live events , books , home study programs and mentoring .
Jamie McIntyre is an entrepreneur , strategist , coach , speaker and the author of best-selling book “ What I Didn ’ t Learn From School But Wish I Did ” .
His passionate belief is that people need a modern day 21st Century education not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Practicing what he preached , Jamie went from being heavily in debt to a self-made millionaire in his 20s .
He ’ s now the CEO of the 21st Century Group , which has grown to become a multi-million dollar educational organisation with a range of partner divisions ultimately created to be a one-stop-shop for all people ’ s personal , financial and investing needs .
In this episode Jamie and Brett discuss : • Coronavirus and where it comes from… or didn ’ t • The political motivations of the hype @ @ @ @ @ @ @ critical thinking and why you should question everything • How you identify a real source of truth And so much more… Connect with Brett on socials and find podcast links here .

TBCS 025 | The Truth and Lies Behind COVID-19? | Jamie McIntyre w Brett Campbell
By Jamie McIntyre
As the founder and CEO of 21st Century Education, Jamie McIntyre has helped close to 600,000 people worldwide change their lives for the better through his live events, books, home study programs and mentoring.
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Jamie McIntyre is an entrepreneur, strategist, coach, speaker and the author of best-selling book “What I Didn’t Learn From School But Wish I Did”. His passionate belief is that people need a modern day 21st Century education not taught in our 19th Century education system. Practicing what he preached, Jamie went from being heavily in debt to a self-made millionaire in his 20s.
He’s now the CEO of the 21st Century Group, which has grown to become a multi-million dollar educational organisation with a range of partner divisions ultimately created to be a one-stop-shop for all people’s personal, financial and investing needs.
About the Episode
In this episode Jamie and Brett discuss:
Coronavirus and where it comes from… or didn’t
The political motivations of the hype around this pandemic
The value of critical thinking and why you should question everything
How you identify a real source of truthAnd so much more…
Connect With Jamie
LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/jamiemcintyre21
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mcintyrejamie/
Connect With Brett
Connect with Brett on socials and find podcast links here.
Original source : https://www.brettcampbell.com.au/tbcs-025-the-truth-and-lies-behind-covid-19-jamie-mcintyre-w-brett-campbell/


australiannationalreview--2020-07-08--Coronavirus testing kits heading to the UK found to be contaminated with Covid-19

Coronavirus testing kits heading to the UK found to be contaminated with Covid-19 .
Testing kits which were headed to the UK have been found to be contaminated with coronavirus .
The Government has said that it aims to boost the rate of tests to 25,000 every day by the end of April at the latest and has asked private companies to help drive up test production .
But one production firm , Luxembourg-based manufacturer Eurofins , told UK labs on Monday that deliveries would be delayed as core parts had been contaminated with coronavirus , the Telegraph reported .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ UK ’ s testing efforts , Government sources told the paper .
© Provided by Evening Standard Large-scale testing can help prevent the spread of coronavirus ( AP ) The news comes after days of confusion over how much testing the UK is doing .
Cabinet minister Michael Gove said on Sunday that the UK had met its target for this stage of the coronavirus response with 10,000 tests done that day .
Meanwhile , a former director of the World Health Organisation has criticised the UK ’ s testing efforts .
Professor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ University College London , told BBC Radio 4 ’ s Today programme that the UK isn ’ t using its resources as efficiently as countries like Germany – which is doing 70,000 tests per day .
He said : “ We have 44 molecular virology labs in the UK .
If they were doing 400 tests a day we would be up to Germany levels of testing and that is perfectly feasible… “ If you look at Korea , they have done 490,000 tests .
Their death rate is three per million , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ I don ’ t see why we can ’ t get these 44 labs up and running , finding cases and testing .
“ We must go to mass testing and when we remove the lockdown… then we will have a control mechanism which will enable us to wait , without socially distancing the whole country , for drugs or a vaccine for herd immunity .

Coronavirus testing kits heading to the UK found to be contaminated with Covid-19.
By Evening Standard
Testing kits which were headed to the UK have been found to be contaminated with coronavirus.
The Government has said that it aims to boost the rate of tests to 25,000 every day by the end of April at the latest and has asked private companies to help drive up test production.
But one production firm, Luxembourg-based manufacturer Eurofins, told UK labs on Monday that deliveries would be delayed as core parts had been contaminated with coronavirus, the Telegraph reported.
This shouldn’t significantly affect the UK’s testing efforts, Government sources told the paper.
© Provided by Evening Standard Large-scale testing can help prevent the spread of coronavirus (AP)
The news comes after days of confusion over how much testing the UK is doing.
Cabinet minister Michael Gove said on Sunday that the UK had met its target for this stage of the coronavirus response with 10,000 tests done that day.
But Public Health England later released figures showing that just over 8,000 tests had been done in the previous 24 hours, although the NHS had capacity for more than 10,000.
Meanwhile, a former director of the World Health Organisation has criticised the UK’s testing efforts.
Professor Anthony Costello, who now works at University College London, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that the UK isn’t using its resources as efficiently as countries like Germany – which is doing 70,000 tests per day.
He said: “We have 44 molecular virology labs in the UK. If they were doing 400 tests a day we would be up to Germany levels of testing and that is perfectly feasible…
“If you look at Korea, they have done 490,000 tests. Their death rate is three per million, and they have suppressed the virus.
“I don’t see why we can’t get these 44 labs up and running, finding cases and testing.
“We must go to mass testing and when we remove the lockdown… then we will have a control mechanism which will enable us to wait, without socially distancing the whole country, for drugs or a vaccine for herd immunity.
Original source : https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/world/coronavirus-testing-kits-heading-to-the-uk-found-to-be-contaminated-with-covid-19/ar-BB11YhSx


australiannationalreview--2020-07-08--2022: A Vaccination Passport. The EU Keeps Quiet Over Suspicious Documents

2022 : A Vaccination Passport .
The EU Keeps Quiet Over Suspicious Documents .
Surprise , surprise , the European Commission ( EC ) had a “ Roadmap on Vaccination ” ready months before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out .
The Roadmap should lead to a “ commission proposal for a common vaccination card / passport for EU citizens by 2022 ” .
Last updated during the third quarter of 2019 , the 10-page document was followed , on September 12th , by a “ global vaccination summit ” jointly hosted by the EC and the World Health Organization ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ten Actions Towards Vaccination for All – Everyone should be able to benefit from the power of vaccination ” , the summit manifesto laments that : “ Despite the availability of safe and effective vaccines , lack of access , vaccine shortages , misinformation , complacency towards disease risks , diminishing public confidence in the value of vaccines and disinvestments are harming vaccination rates worldwide.
” And with them , arguably , the pharmaceutical companies ’ profits .
In July 2017 , for example , Italy made 12 vaccinations compulsory for children .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ these very vaccines went up by 62 % : from an average price per dose of € 14.02 up to € 22,74 .
The global vaccination market is currently worth USD 27 billion a year .
According to WHO estimates , it will reach USD 100 billion by 2025 .
Since the EC-WHO global vaccination summit also discussed a renewed immunization agenda for 2030 , the big pharma ’ s shareholders need not worry for the long-term performance of their stock .
One ought really not to “ harm vaccination rates worldwide ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ summit goes on to list 10 “ lessons ( … ) and actions needed towards vaccination for all ” .
Each “ lesson ” is a gem of what the Italian neo-Marxist philosopher Diego Fusaro calls “ the therapeutic capitalism ” .
The wording is peremptory and leaves no room for nuance and debate .
Adjectives such as “ all ” “ everyone ” “ indisputably ” abound .
Statements in the conditional mood are absent .
More than a cautious , scientifically inspired and open-to-doubt plan of action , the tone – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ to leave no one behind ” – is unsuitably messianic .
What about those who do not want to be “ protected ” that way ?
In Germany alone , roughly 10 % of the whole population , or 8 million people , are strongly against a Corona vaccination .
But let ’ s look at what we can learn , so to speak , from these “ lessons ” .
Lesson 1 begins with : “ Promote global political leadership and commitment to vaccination ” – this seems what we are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that masks and social distancing will remain in place until a vaccine for Corona-Sars2 is found .
And what about those politicians who are against vaccinations ?
Will their voters be told , as the EU budget commissioner Gunther Oettinger ( in ) famously did with Italian Lega voters in 2018 , that “ markets will teach them to vote for the right thing ?
” .
Will a new pandemic break out to teach people to vote for the right thing ?
Lesson 4 , “ Tackle the root-causes of vaccine hesitancy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ looks like the blueprint for a major propaganda campaign , one that foresees – we read on the EU Roadmap on Vaccinations – the “ development of e-learning training modules targeting GPs and primary healthcare providers focused on improving skills to address hesitant populations and promote behavioral change ” .
Lesson 5 , “ Harness the power of digital technologies , so as to strengthen the monitoring of the performance of vaccination programs ” , raises , in times of tracing apps and electronic wristbands , legitimate concerns over the further encroachment of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Which digital technologies are we talking about ?
Maybe a subcutaneous chip , like the one recently patented with the satanic-sounding number 060606 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ?
Lesson 9 is , for the non-mainstream journalist , and for freedom of speech in general , the most threatening [ the bolded type is mine ] : “ Empower healthcare professionals at all levels as well as the media , to provide effective , transparent and objective information to the public and fight false and misleading information , including by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ companies.
” There we go : the fight against so-called Fake News is back .
More work for Facebook ’ s self-appointed “ Facts-Checkers ” .
Fake News is of course Orwellian Newspeak for any non-aligned information , no matter its contents , origins and verifiability .
Indeed , the global vaccination manifesto provides no definition for “ objective information ” , or for “ false and misleading information ” .
If vaccines are as safe as the EU and WHO claim without offering any evidence , why then did the U.S. government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s , a body called National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ( VICP ) ?
To provide , we read in the VICP ’ s official website , “ a no-fault alternative to the traditional legal system for resolving vaccine injury petitions.
” Quite successfully , it would seem .
In the period between 10/01/1988 ( when the VICP begun awarding damage compensation ) and 06/01/2020 ( last available data ) , the VICP has awarded a total of USD 4,385,672,580.43 in compensation .
This figure excludes the compensation resulting from actual legal action @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pharma .
But , as the Italian documentary-maker Massimo Mazzucco explains , the U.S. authorities did not stop there to protect Big Pharma from legal action .
In 2010 , a landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court quoted the U.S. Code Title 42 thus : The same ruling further elaborates : “ No vaccine manufacturer shall be liable in a civil action for damages arising from vaccine-related injury or death associated with the administration of a vaccine after Oct.1 , 1988… …if the injury or death resulted from side effects that were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prepared and was accompanied by proper directions and warnings ” 1988 was of course the year in which the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program begun awarding compensations to the victims of vaccine injury – sparing legal headaches to Big Pharma in the process .
As system biologist Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai points out , the impossibility to sue pharmaceutical companies over vaccines , combined with falling profits from drug sales , turned vaccines into Big Pharma ’ s new business model .
And now the EU and the Bill Gates-financed WHO go along with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ modern state , ” Karl Marx famously wrote in his Communist Manifesto , “ is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie ” .
Were Marx alive today , he might have concluded that governance by international organization is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the global elites .

2022: A Vaccination Passport. The EU Keeps Quiet Over Suspicious Documents.
By Daniele Pozzati
Surprise, surprise, the European Commission (EC) had a “Roadmap on Vaccination” ready months before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.
The Roadmap should lead to a “commission proposal for a common vaccination card / passport for EU citizens by 2022”.
Last updated during the third quarter of 2019, the 10-page document was followed, on September 12th, by a “global vaccination summit” jointly hosted by the EC and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Under the header “Ten Actions Towards Vaccination for All – Everyone should be able to benefit from the power of vaccination”, the summit manifesto laments that:
“Despite the availability of safe and effective vaccines, lack of access, vaccine shortages, misinformation, complacency towards disease risks, diminishing public confidence in the value of vaccines and disinvestments are harming vaccination rates worldwide.”
And with them, arguably, the pharmaceutical companies’ profits.
In July 2017, for example, Italy made 12 vaccinations compulsory for children. In the aftermath, the prices of these very vaccines went up by 62%: from an average price per dose of € 14.02 up to € 22,74.
The global vaccination market is currently worth USD 27 billion a year. According to WHO estimates, it will reach USD 100 billion by 2025.
Since the EC-WHO global vaccination summit also discussed a renewed immunization agenda for 2030, the big pharma’s shareholders need not worry for the long-term performance of their stock.
One ought really not to “harm vaccination rates worldwide”.
The manifesto of the global vaccination summit goes on to list 10 “lessons (…) and actions needed towards vaccination for all”.
Each “lesson” is a gem of what the Italian neo-Marxist philosopher Diego Fusaro calls “the therapeutic capitalism”.
The wording is peremptory and leaves no room for nuance and debate. Adjectives such as “all” “everyone” “indisputably” abound. Statements in the conditional mood are absent.
More than a cautious, scientifically inspired and open-to-doubt plan of action, the tone – “to protect everyone everywhere”, “to leave no one behind” – is unsuitably messianic.
What about those who do not want to be “protected” that way? In Germany alone, roughly 10% of the whole population, or 8 million people, are strongly against a Corona vaccination.
But let’s look at what we can learn, so to speak, from these “lessons”.
Lesson 1 begins with: “Promote global political leadership and commitment to vaccination” – this seems what we are witnessing now, with governments worldwide suggesting that masks and social distancing will remain in place until a vaccine for Corona-Sars2 is found.
And what about those politicians who are against vaccinations?
Will their voters be told, as the EU budget commissioner Gunther Oettinger (in)famously did with Italian Lega voters in 2018, that “markets will teach them to vote for the right thing?”.
Will a new pandemic break out to teach people to vote for the right thing?
Lesson 4, “Tackle the root-causes of vaccine hesitancy, increasing confidence in vaccination,” looks like the blueprint for a major propaganda campaign, one that foresees – we read on the EU Roadmap on Vaccinations – the “development of e-learning training modules targeting GPs and primary healthcare providers focused on improving skills to address hesitant populations and promote behavioral change”.
Lesson 5, “Harness the power of digital technologies, so as to strengthen the monitoring of the performance of vaccination programs”, raises, in times of tracing apps and electronic wristbands, legitimate concerns over the further encroachment of technology in our lives – and bodies.
Which digital technologies are we talking about? Maybe a subcutaneous chip, like the one recently patented with the satanic-sounding number 060606 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation?
Lesson 9 is, for the non-mainstream journalist, and for freedom of speech in general, the most threatening [the bolded type is mine]:
“Empower healthcare professionals at all levels as well as the media, to provide effective, transparent and objective information to the public and fight false and misleading information, including by engaging with social media platforms and technological companies.”
There we go: the fight against so-called Fake News is back. More work for Facebook’s self-appointed “Facts-Checkers”.
Fake News is of course Orwellian Newspeak for any non-aligned information, no matter its contents, origins and verifiability.
Indeed, the global vaccination manifesto provides no definition for “objective information”, or for “false and misleading information”.
If vaccines are as safe as the EU and WHO claim without offering any evidence, why then did the U.S. government create, already in the 1980’s, a body called National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP)?
To provide, we read in the VICP’s official website, “a no-fault alternative to the traditional legal system for resolving vaccine injury petitions.”
Quite successfully, it would seem.
In the period between 10/01/1988 (when the VICP begun awarding damage compensation) and 06/01/2020 (last available data), the VICP has awarded a total of USD 4,385,672,580.43 in compensation.
This figure excludes the compensation resulting from actual legal action, notably class actions, against Big Pharma.
But, as the Italian documentary-maker Massimo Mazzucco explains, the U.S. authorities did not stop there to protect Big Pharma from legal action.
In 2010, a landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court quoted the U.S. Code Title 42 thus:
“The Act eliminates manufacturer liability for a vaccines unavoidable, adverse side effects.”
The same ruling further elaborates:
“No vaccine manufacturer shall be liable in a civil action for damages arising from vaccine-related injury or death associated with the administration of a vaccine after Oct.1, 1988…
…if the injury or death resulted from side effects that were unavoidable even though the vaccine was properly prepared and was accompanied by proper directions and warnings”
1988 was of course the year in which the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program begun awarding compensations to the victims of vaccine injury – sparing legal headaches to Big Pharma in the process.
As system biologist Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai points out, the impossibility to sue pharmaceutical companies over vaccines, combined with falling profits from drug sales, turned vaccines into Big Pharma’s new business model.
And now the EU and the Bill Gates-financed WHO go along with it.
“The government of the modern state,” Karl Marx famously wrote in his Communist Manifesto, “is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie”.
Were Marx alive today, he might have concluded that governance by international organization is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the global elites.
Original source : https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/28/2022-vaccination-passport-eu-keeps-quiet-over-suspicious-documents/


australiannationalreview--2020-07-08--Norway ends virus tracing app, deletes data over privacy concerns

By The Associated Press | Staff OSLO — Norway has suspended use of its smartphone app meant to track and trace coronavirus contagions after a public spat between health authorities and the information watchdog .
Geir Bukholm , an official at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health , said the decision Monday to delete data and halt any further information gathering from the app “ weakened the country ’ s preparedness ” should the infection rate increase .
The app was being tested in three municipalities .
But the Norwegian Data Protection Agency said , amongst other things , that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the app could no longer be justified against privacy concerns .
Norway currently has between 50 and 100 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus , according to the NIPH .
There are between 20 and 50 new cases each week .
Fearing a second wave or localized spread of the infection , the health directorate will argue in a meeting with the data watchdog on Friday that the technology should be turned back on .
European governments have been rolling out smartphone tracing apps to help beat back any fresh coronavirus outbreaks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out of the blocks but its “ Smittestopp ” raised concerns because it used GPS tracking and uploaded data to central servers every hour .
The app was suspended ahead of an Amnesty International report analyzing contact tracing apps from Europe , the Middle East and North Africa , which found that the Norwegian app was one of the most alarming for privacy because of its “ live or near-live tracking of users ’ locations.
” The rights group said it shared its findings with authorities earlier this month and urged them to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ act as a warning to all governments rushing ahead with apps that are invasive and designed in a way that puts human rights at risk , ” said Claudio Guarnieri , head of Amnesty ’ s Security Lab .
Other countries such as Germany , Italy , Switzerland and Latvia are adopting a “ decentralized ” approach using a Google-Apple software interface that experts say is better for privacy because keeps data about contacts on iPhones and Android devices .

Norway ends virus tracing app, deletes data over privacy concerns
By The Associated Press | Staff
OSLO — Norway has suspended use of its smartphone app meant to track and trace coronavirus contagions after a public spat between health authorities and the information watchdog.
Geir Bukholm, an official at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, said the decision Monday to delete data and halt any further information gathering from the app “weakened the country’s preparedness” should the infection rate increase. The app was being tested in three municipalities.
But the Norwegian Data Protection Agency said, amongst other things, that the low infection rate meant data gathering on the app could no longer be justified against privacy concerns.
Norway currently has between 50 and 100 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus, according to the NIPH. There are between 20 and 50 new cases each week.
Fearing a second wave or localized spread of the infection, the health directorate will argue in a meeting with the data watchdog on Friday that the technology should be turned back on.
European governments have been rolling out smartphone tracing apps to help beat back any fresh coronavirus outbreaks. Norway was one of the first out of the blocks but its “Smittestopp” raised concerns because it used GPS tracking and uploaded data to central servers every hour.
The app was suspended ahead of an Amnesty International report analyzing contact tracing apps from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, which found that the Norwegian app was one of the most alarming for privacy because of its “live or near-live tracking of users’ locations.” The rights group said it shared its findings with authorities earlier this month and urged them to change course.
“This episode should act as a warning to all governments rushing ahead with apps that are invasive and designed in a way that puts human rights at risk,” said Claudio Guarnieri, head of Amnesty’s Security Lab.
Other countries such as Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Latvia are adopting a “decentralized” approach using a Google-Apple software interface that experts say is better for privacy because keeps data about contacts on iPhones and Android devices.
Original source : https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/world/norway-ends-virus-tracing-app-deletes-data-over-privacy-concerns-1.4984626#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=Facebook&_gsc=cCKH7vJ


australiannationalreview--2020-07-08--COVID-19 Death Certificate Fraud ADMITTED?!!

Did U.K. Gov Chief Scientific Advisor Sir Patrick Vallance just admit on live TV that death certificates were being recorded @ @ @ @ @ NO TESTS HAD BEEN DONE ?
This is mind-blowing stuff .
The question is WHY @

COVID-19 Death Certificate Fraud ADMITTED?!!
By Mr Monkles
Did U.K. Gov Chief Scientific Advisor Sir Patrick Vallance just admit on live TV that death certificates were being recorded as Covid deaths even though NO TESTS HAD BEEN DONE?
This is mind-blowing stuff. The question is WHY?
Original source : https://youtu.be/Zj7ayVjJHcU


australiannationalreview--2020-07-08--W.H.O. Admits Asymptomatic Spread of Coronavirus is “Very Rare”

W.H.O .
Admits Asymptomatic Spread of Coronavirus is “ Very Rare ” If this is the case , why are @ @ @ @ @ in place ?
Plus , we take a look at a similar study which show @ @ @ @ @ covid carriers .
W.H.O .
Admits Asymptomatic Spread of Coronavirus is “ Very Rare ” @ @ @ @ @ , why are lockdown of the economy still in place ?
Plus , we take @ @ @ @ @ study which show zero virus transmission from asymptomatic covid carriers .

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australiannationalreview--2020-07-08--Dr Rashid A Buttar | TRUMP KNOWS THE TRUTH ABOUT THE COVID-19


australiannationalreview--2020-07-09--A satire song attacking the Illuminati is going viral

A satire song attacking the Illuminati is going viral .
Celebrities during the quarantine are an inspiration to us all @ @ @ @ @ to us , telling us how to live , and empathizing on how hard things @ @ @ @ @ trapped on their multi-million dollar estates .
And Gal Gadot singing her condescending , cringe @ @ @ @ @ gon na help pull us all through this difficult crisis .

A satire song attacking the Illuminati is going viral.
ILLUMINATE SONG (Bondi Hipsters)
Good to have a laugh with some quality comedy embedded with truth.
These guys know what’s up & did a great job taking the piss.
Might get suicided for it, probably not.
https://www.facebook.com/jasonronwebster/videos/10222253192829893/
Original source : https://www.facebook.com/1567626292/posts/10222253195669964/?d=n
This track is for the 1%, the Illuminati and the New World Order…
Original source : https://youtu.be/lxKV5uVyrdc


australiannationalreview--2020-07-09--Carnage House Productions (“The major parties have betrayed us” – Riccardo Bosi Interview)

In our latest video , Dougal interviewed Riccardo Bosi .
Watch the full video to find out more about AustraliaOne @ @ @ @ @ such as Australia ’ s elite pedophile ring .
Watch the full video here : @ @ @ @ @ & t=813s In our latest video , Dougal interviewed Riccardo Bosi .
Watch the full @ @ @ @ @ about AustraliaOne , Eden Monaro and topics such as Australia 's elite pedophile ring .
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australiannationalreview--2020-07-09--COVID population fatality rate of 0.04 to 0.05% – Nobel Prize winner speaks

Nobel Prize for Science winner Professor Levitt of Stanford speaks to how `` the politics [ of COVID-19 ] has @ @ @ @ @ Levitt was one of the few who called this thing correctly back in February – @ @ @ @ @ fatality rate of 0.04 to 0.05 % largely , regardless of lockdown , same as @ @ @ @ @ '' Learn more at : www.questioningcovid.com Take action at : http : //www.standforhealthfreedom.com .
Get @ @ @ @ @ at www.greenmedinfo.com


australiannationalreview--2020-07-09--Rand Paul Confronts Dr. Fauci to His Face on Coronavirus, Gets Him to Make Stunning Admission on Liv

Rand Paul Confronts Dr. Fauci to His Face on Coronavirus , Gets Him to Make Stunning Admission on Live TV @ @ @ @ @ Dr. Fauci to his face for the entire world to see .
Fauci ’ s @ @ @ @ @ STUNNING .

Rand Paul Confronts Dr. Fauci to His Face on Coronavirus, Gets Him to Make Stunning Admission on Live TV.
By Terrence K Williams
Rand Paul just ROASTED Dr. Fauci to his face for the entire world to see. Fauci’s admission towards the end is STUNNING.
Original source : https://www.facebook.com/terrencekwilliams/videos/296598748057937/


australiannationalreview--2020-07-09--New Docs: NIH Owns Half of Moderna Vaccine

New documents obtained by Axios and Public Citizen suggest that NIH owns half the key patent for Moderna ’ s controversial Covid Vaccine & could collect half the royalties .
In addition , 4 NIH scientists have filed their own provisional patent application as co inventors Little known NIH regulations let agency scientists collect up to $ 150,000.00 annually in royalties from vaccines upon which they worked .
These rules are recipes for regulatory corruption .
NIH ’ s stake in the jab may explain why Anthony Fauci moved Moderna ’ s vax to the front of the line and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ despite the experimental technology and the inherent dangers of Coronavirus vaccines .
Every prior coronavirus vax has proven lethal to humans and animals due to the COVID ’ s unique penchant for “ pathogenic priming.
” The deaths occur only after a vaccinated individual encounters the wild virus .
Public health advocates and scientists criticized Fauci ’ s decision to skip animal trials as reckless .
It may also explain why Anthony Fauci arranged $ 483 million grant to Moderna from a sister NIH agency , BARDA , despite the fact that Moderna @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or approval .
Fauci ’ s infusion made , Moderna CEO Steve Bancel a billionaire and further enriched Fauci ’ s mentor & co investor Bill Gates .
It may also explain why Fauci publicly announced he was “ encouraged ” by Moderna ’ s catastrophic Phase 1 clinical trials despite the fact that 20 % of the high dose & 6 % of the low dose groups of super healthy volunteers needed to be hospitalized following vaccination .
Those results would have spelled DOA for any other medical product .
After getting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 30 million in stock & Fauci was forced to make his optimistic public assessment to save Moderna ’ s plummeting shares from death spiral .
Fauci painted lipstick on that lame donkey and now he ’ s trying to convince everyone it ’ s a thoroughbred .
Moderna and NIH began manufacturing the first of 1 billion doses of the deadly vaccine this month .
Fauci knows from experience that no matter how dangerous a vaccine , the easy part is convincing people to take it .
Pharma , after all controls the @ @

New Docs: NIH Owns Half of Moderna Vaccine.
By Robert Kennedy
New documents obtained by Axios and Public Citizen suggest that NIH owns half the key patent for Moderna’s controversial Covid Vaccine & could collect half the royalties. In addition, 4 NIH scientists have filed their own provisional patent application as co inventors Little known NIH regulations let agency scientists collect up to $150,000.00 annually in royalties from vaccines upon which they worked. These rules are recipes for regulatory corruption. NIH’s stake in the jab may explain why Anthony Fauci moved Moderna’s vax to the front of the line and his to let Moderna skip animal trials despite the experimental technology and the inherent dangers of Coronavirus vaccines. Every prior coronavirus vax has proven lethal to humans and animals due to the COVID’s unique penchant for “pathogenic priming.” The deaths occur only after a vaccinated individual encounters the wild virus. Public health advocates and scientists criticized Fauci’s decision to skip animal trials as reckless. It may also explain why Anthony Fauci arranged $483 million grant to Moderna from a sister NIH agency, BARDA, despite the fact that Moderna has never brought a product to market or approval. Fauci’s infusion made, Moderna CEO Steve Bancel a billionaire and further enriched Fauci’s mentor & co investor Bill Gates. It may also explain why Fauci publicly announced he was “encouraged” by Moderna’s catastrophic Phase 1 clinical trials despite the fact that 20% of the high dose & 6% of the low dose groups of super healthy volunteers needed to be hospitalized following vaccination. Those results would have spelled DOA for any other medical product. After getting the abysmal news Bancel immediately dumped $30 million in stock & Fauci was forced to make his optimistic public assessment to save Moderna’s plummeting shares from death spiral.
Fauci painted lipstick on that lame donkey and now he’s trying to convince everyone it’s a thoroughbred. Moderna and NIH began manufacturing the first of 1 billion doses of the deadly vaccine this month. Fauci knows from experience that no matter how dangerous a vaccine, the easy part is convincing people to take it. Pharma, after all controls the media.
Original source : https://www.instagram.com/p/CCAcwVkHCec/


australiannationalreview--2020-07-09--Carnage House Productions “The major parties have betrayed us” – Riccardo Bosi Interview

In our latest video , Dougal interviewed Riccardo Bosi .
Watch the full video to find out more about AustraliaOne @ @ @ @ @ such as Australia 's elite pedophile ring .
Watch the full video here : https @ @ @ @ @ t=813s


australiannationalreview--2020-07-09--Can you please do basic math? Is this the biggest scamdemic in human history?

Can you please do basic math ?
Is this the biggest scamdemic in human history ?


australiannationalreview--2020-07-11--CDC Confirms Extremely Low COVID-19 Death Rate

Until now , we have been ridiculed for thinking the death rate was that low , as opposed to the 3.4 % estimate of the World Health Organization , which helped drive the panic and the lockdowns .
Now the CDC is agreeing to the lower rate in plain ink .
Plus , ultimately we might find out that the IFR is even lower because numerous studies and hard counts of confined populations have shown a much higher percentage of asymptomatic cases .
Simply adjusting for a 50 % asymptomatic rate would drop their fatality rate to 0.2 % – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ionnidis of Stanford University projected .
More importantly , as I mentioned before , the overall death rate is meaningless because the numbers are so lopsided .
Given that at least half of the deaths were in nursing homes , a back-of-the-envelope estimate would show that the infection fatality rate for non-nursing home residents would only be 0.1 % or 1 in 1,000 .
And that includes people of all ages and all health statuses outside of nursing homes .
Since nearly all of the deaths are those with comorbidities .
The CDC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those under 50 is 1 in 5,000 for those with symptoms , which would be 1 in 6,725 overall , but again , almost all those who die have specific comorbidities or underlying conditions .
Those without them are more likely to die in a car accident .
And schoolchildren , whose lives , mental health , and education we are destroying , are more likely to get struck by lightning .
To put this in perspective , one Twitter commentator juxtaposed the age-separated infection fatality rates in Spain to the average yearly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same age groups , based on data from the Social Security Administration .
He used Spain because we don ’ t have a detailed infection fatality rate estimate for each age group from any survey in the U.S .
However , we know that Spain fared worse than almost every other country .
This data is actually working with a top-line IFR of 1 % , roughly four times what the CDC estimates for the U.S. , so if anything , the corresponding numbers for the U.S. will be lower .
As you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the death rates from COVID-19 for younger people are very low and are well below the annual death rate for any age group in a given year .
For children , despite their young age , they are 10-30 times more likely to die from other causes in any given year .
While obviously yearly death rates factor in myriad of causes of death and COVID-19 is just one virus , it still provides much-needed perspective to a public policy response that is completely divorced from the risk for all but the oldest @ @ @ @ @ @ @

Until now, we have been ridiculed for thinking the death rate was that low, as opposed to the 3.4% estimate of the World Health Organization, which helped drive the panic and the lockdowns. Now the CDC is agreeing to the lower rate in plain ink.
Plus, ultimately we might find out that the IFR is even lower because numerous studies and hard counts of confined populations have shown a much higher percentage of asymptomatic cases. Simply adjusting for a 50% asymptomatic rate would drop their fatality rate to 0.2% – exactly the rate of fatality Dr. John Ionnidis of Stanford University projected.
More importantly, as I mentioned before, the overall death rate is meaningless because the numbers are so lopsided. Given that at least half of the deaths were in nursing homes, a back-of-the-envelope estimate would show that the infection fatality rate for non-nursing home residents would only be 0.1% or 1 in 1,000. And that includes people of all ages and all health statuses outside of nursing homes. Since nearly all of the deaths are those with comorbidities.
The CDC estimates the death rate from COVID-19 for those under 50 is 1 in 5,000 for those with symptoms, which would be 1 in 6,725 overall, but again, almost all those who die have specific comorbidities or underlying conditions. Those without them are more likely to die in a car accident. And schoolchildren, whose lives, mental health, and education we are destroying, are more likely to get struck by lightning.
To put this in perspective, one Twitter commentator juxtaposed the age-separated infection fatality rates in Spain to the average yearly probability of dying of anything for the same age groups, based on data from the Social Security Administration. He used Spain because we don’t have a detailed infection fatality rate estimate for each age group from any survey in the U.S. However, we know that Spain fared worse than almost every other country. This data is actually working with a top-line IFR of 1%, roughly four times what the CDC estimates for the U.S., so if anything, the corresponding numbers for the U.S. will be lower.
As you can see, even in Spain, the death rates from COVID-19 for younger people are very low and are well below the annual death rate for any age group in a given year. For children, despite their young age, they are 10-30 times more likely to die from other causes in any given year.
While obviously yearly death rates factor in myriad of causes of death and COVID-19 is just one virus, it still provides much-needed perspective to a public policy response that is completely divorced from the risk for all but the oldest and sickest people in the country.


australiannationalreview--2020-07-11--A satire song attacking the Illuminati is going viral

A satire song attacking the Illuminati is going viral .
Good to have a laugh with some quality comedy embedded @ @ @ @ @ know what ’ s up & did a great job taking the piss .
Might @ @ @ @ @ probably not .
ILLUMINATE SONG ( Bondi Hipsters ) Good to have a laugh with @ @ @ @ @ truth.These guys know what ’ s up & did a great job taking the piss.Might @ @ @ @ @ probably not 🙃 This track is for the 1 % , the Illuminati and the @ @ @