lewrockwell--2020-03-30--There’s Powerful Evidence This Great Panic Is Foolish, Yet Our Freedom Is Still Broken and Our Econo

There’s Powerful Evidence This Great Panic Is Foolish, Yet Our Freedom Is Still Broken and Our Economy Crippled

As I watched the Prime Minister order mass house arrest on Monday night , I felt revulsion , anger and grief – as anyone brought up when this was a free and well-governed country would .
I also felt terribly alone .
You could not have known , from anything broadcast that night or printed the following day , that anyone was unhappy with these events .
But they were .
So , above all things this week , I would like to thank all the kind , perplexed people who have got in touch with me by so many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doubts about the Government ’ s handling of Covid-19 .
There are , in fact , many of us .
If you feel this way , you are nothing like as solitary as you think .
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Your childish , intolerant reaction has strengthened me in my conviction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If your policy is so good , why can you not defend it like civilised adults ?
Do you really think that I regret needless deaths any less than you ?
Can you not accept that I also have good motives ?
I now suspect this dark season might get still worse before we see the clear , calm light of reason again .
The greater the mistake we have made , the less willing we are to admit it or correct it .
This is why I greatly fear worse developments in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ predicted roadblocks in my column two weeks ago , which I did , I did so out of an instinct that we were entering on the craziest period of our lives since the death of Princess Diana .
And now there are such roadblocks , officious , embarrassing blots on our national reputation .
But even I would not have dared to predict the mass house arrest under which we are all now confined .
I have found the origin of this bizarre Napoleonic decree – a few clauses in the Public Health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which I confess I had not even heard of .
It just goes to show how careful you have to be with the wording of the laws you pass .
If the TV this weekend is full of pictures of people sunning themselves in city parks or escaping to the high hills , there will be plenty of zealots and politicians ready to call for yet more restrictions , subjecting all of us to collective punishment .
Perhaps we will emulate the French or Italian states , which have returned to their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a sort of cowering serfdom , barely able to step into the street .
I wonder whether there might also be restrictions on what can be said and published .
I can see no necessary bar to this in the law involved .
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As I watched the Prime Minister order mass house arrest on Monday night, I felt revulsion, anger and grief – as anyone brought up when this was a free and well-governed country would. I also felt terribly alone.
You could not have known, from anything broadcast that night or printed the following day, that anyone was unhappy with these events. But they were.
So, above all things this week, I would like to thank all the kind, perplexed people who have got in touch with me by so many means, to say they share my doubts about the Government’s handling of Covid-19.
Many will have seen the films, pictured, taken by Derbyshire police drones, of lonely walkers on the remote, empty hills, publicly pillorying them for not obeying the regulations. It is genuinely hard to see what damage these walkers have done, writes PETER HITCHENS
There are, in fact, many of us. If you feel this way, you are nothing like as solitary as you think.
Next, I would like to thank all those who disagree with me, who choose to abuse me, often with lies, personal smears and swearwords. Your childish, intolerant reaction has strengthened me in my conviction that mine is the better case. If your policy is so good, why can you not defend it like civilised adults? Do you really think that I regret needless deaths any less than you? Can you not accept that I also have good motives?
I now suspect this dark season might get still worse before we see the clear, calm light of reason again. The greater the mistake we have made, the less willing we are to admit it or correct it. This is why I greatly fear worse developments in the coming few days.
When I predicted roadblocks in my column two weeks ago, which I did, I did so out of an instinct that we were entering on the craziest period of our lives since the death of Princess Diana. And now there are such roadblocks, officious, embarrassing blots on our national reputation.
But even I would not have dared to predict the mass house arrest under which we are all now confined.
I have found the origin of this bizarre Napoleonic decree – a few clauses in the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, which I confess I had not even heard of. It just goes to show how careful you have to be with the wording of the laws you pass.
If the TV this weekend is full of pictures of people sunning themselves in city parks or escaping to the high hills, there will be plenty of zealots and politicians ready to call for yet more restrictions, subjecting all of us to collective punishment.
Perhaps we will emulate the French or Italian states, which have returned to their despotic origins and reduced their populations to a sort of cowering serfdom, barely able to step into the street.
I wonder whether there might also be restrictions on what can be said and published. I can see no necessary bar to this in the law involved.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, pictured, who has since contracted the virus himself, placed the nation on lockdown on Monday
Section 45 C (3) (c) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (appropriately enough) is the bit that does it. Once the Health Secretary believes there is a threat to public health, he has – or claims to have – limitless powers to do what he likes, ‘imposing or enabling the imposition of restrictions or requirements on or in relation to persons, things or premises in the event of, or in response to, a threat to public health’.
The former Supreme Court Judge Lord Sumption doubts that the Act can be used in this way and warns: ‘There is a difference between law and official instructions. It is the difference between a democracy and a police state. Liberty and the rule of law are surely worth something, even in the face of a pandemic.’
Lord Sumption is generally a liberal hero, and he was invited to deliver last year’s BBC Reith Lectures. But the Human Rights crowd have all melted away in the face of this outrage. So his warning was buried on Page 54 of The Times on Thursday, and Parliament, already supine, has slunk away after its craven acceptance of new attacks on liberty on Monday.
If it ever meets again, it will be as a poor, neutralised thing. One day it may come to be called the Dummy Parliament. Where is the Supreme Court when you really need it, come to that?
So do not be surprised by anything. After last week, can we rule anything out? This new Stasi society has a horrifying level of support. Humberside police are already advertising a ‘portal’ for citizens to inform on their neighbours for breaking the ‘social distancing’ rules.
If you think they won’t get any takers, think again. Northamptonshire police have revealed that their control room has had ‘dozens and dozens’ of calls about people ignoring the order.
They said: ‘We are getting calls from people who say, “I think my neighbour is going out on a second run – I want you to come and arrest them.” ’
Officers approach sunbathers on Shepherd’s Bush Green in London, energetically stamping out the foul crime of lying on the grass (would they have paid so much attention, two weeks ago, to a gaggle of louts making an unpleasant noise, or to marijuana smokers?).
Most people will, by now, have viewed the online film of Metropolitan police officers bellowing officiously at sunbathers on Shepherd’s Bush Green in London, energetically stamping out the foul crime of lying on the grass (would they have paid so much attention, two weeks ago, to a gaggle of louts making an unpleasant noise, or to marijuana smokers?).
Others will have seen the films, taken by Derbyshire police drones, of lonely walkers on the remote, empty hills, publicly pillorying them for not obeying the regulations. It is genuinely hard to see what damage these walkers have done.
But as a former resident of the USSR, I can tell you that this sort of endless meddling by petty authority in the details of life, reinforced by narks, is normal in unfree societies – such as we have now become for an indefinite period. It is, by the way, also a seedbed for corruption.
Meanwhile, our economy is still crippled, and the overpraised Chancellor Rishi Sunak, like some beaming Dr Feelgood with a case full of dodgy stimulants, seeks to soothe the pain by huge injections of funny money.
He will get this back from us as soon as we are allowed out again. Just you wait till you get the bill, in increased taxes, inflation and devastated savings.
It ought not to be so. In fact, several powerful pieces of evidence have come to light, suggesting that the Great Panic is foolish and wrong.
I shall come to these, to underline the fact that it is not I, alone, who have these doubts. I do not claim to be an expert. But I refer to those who definitely are experts, who doubt the wisdom of what we are doing.
It is sad that far too little of this is being reported as prominently as it should be by our supposedly diverse and free media, especially the BBC, which has largely closed its mind and its airwaves to dissent. It is quite funny that a statue of George Orwell stands by the entrance to the BBC, bearing the inscription: ‘If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.’
Obviously, they should take it down, as nobody inside the building appears to believe that.
Crucially, those who began by claiming that we faced half a million deaths from the coronavirus in this country have now greatly lowered their estimate. Professor Neil Ferguson was one of those largely responsible for the original panic. He or others from Imperial college have twice revised his terrifying prophecy, first to fewer than 20,000 and then on Friday to 5,700.
He says intensive care units will probably cope. And he conceded a point made by critics of the panic policy – that two-thirds of people who die from coronavirus in the next nine months would most likely have died this year from other causes.
He tried to claim that the shutdown of the country had led to this violent backtrack, claiming that it was ‘social distancing strategies’ which had brought about his amazing climbdown. How could he possibly know either that this had happened, or that it would happen, or that there was any connection between the two?
It is very hard to see by what means he could know any of these things. Could he have softened his stance because of the publication early last week of a rival view, from distinguished scientists at Oxford University, led by Sunetra Gupta, Professor of theoretical epidemiology? It suggests that fewer than one in a thousand of those infected with Covid-19 become ill enough to need hospital treatment.
The vast majority develop very mild symptoms or none at all. Millions may already have had it.
This report is being unfairly sneered at by Government toadies, but we shall see. It seems unlikely that Oxford University would have bungled their work.
And it is obvious that a few days of raggedly enforced house arrest could not have made so much real difference. Even those who believe in these shutdowns think they take two weeks to have any effect.
Cyclists, even children, pictured today in London's Richmond Park, have been spoken to by police officers amid the coronavirus lockdown
It is fascinating, looking at all the different countries which have adopted different methods of dealing with the virus, to see just how little of a pattern there is.
It is very hard to link outcome clearly with policy. Even Hong Kong and Singapore, similar city states which had a similar outcome, adopted different policies. We might do well not to assume that things work, just because we favour them.
It is more likely that the panic-mongers, having got their way by spreading alarm and frightening the Prime Minister, are now trying to get us to forget how ludicrous their original claims were. But first let me issue another warning. If the Government do decide to release us from mass arrest, they will say, as Prof Ferguson is doing, that this is because their repressive economy-wrecking measures worked.
We must demand proof, after a thorough independent inquiry, that this is true. For, if it is not, as I very much suspect, then we are in endless danger.
Any government, using the same pretext, can repeatedly put us through this misery, impoverishment and confinement. In the end, like the peoples of other despotisms, we will be grateful to be allowed out at all.
As things stand, the Johnson Government is like a doctor, confronted with a patient suffering from pneumonia. ‘This is serious,’ says the doctor. ‘I have never seen anything like this. Unless I act radically, you will die terribly.’
He then proposes to treat the pneumonia by amputating the patient’s left leg, saying this method has been used successfully in China. The trusting patient agrees. The patient eventually recovers from pneumonia, as he would have done anyway. The doctor proclaims that his treatment, though undoubtedly painful and radical, was a great success. But the patient now has only one leg, and a very large hospital bill which he cannot afford to pay.
When I argue against this folly, I am accused of not caring about the deaths of the old. I am old. It is false. I care as much about the deaths of others as anybody. But as a result of taking my stand, I have received private support from people inside the NHS seriously disturbed by what is going on.
Now, if you want a scientist who does not support Government policy, the most impressive of these is Prof Sucharit Bhakdi. If you desire experts, he is one.
He is an infectious medicine specialist, one of the most highly cited medical research scientists in Germany. He was head of the Institute for Medical Microbiology at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, one of Germany’s most distinguished seats of learning.
In a recent interview he had many uncomplimentary things to say about the shutdown policy being pursued by so many countries (there is a link on my blog to the interview, and a transcription).
But perhaps the most powerful was his reply to the suggestion that the closedown of society would save lives. He argued the contrary, saying this policy was ‘grotesque, absurd and very dangerous’.
He warned: ‘Our elderly citizens have every right to make efforts not to belong to the 2,200 [in Germany] who daily embark on their last journey. Social contacts and social events, theatre and music, travel and holiday recreation, sports and hobbies all help to prolong their stay on Earth. The life expectancy of millions is being shortened.’
He also gave this warning: ‘The horrifying impact on the world economy threatens the existence of countless people.
‘The consequences for medical care are profound. Already services to patients who are in need are reduced, operations cancelled, practices empty, hospital personnel dwindling.
‘All this will impact profoundly on our whole society.
‘I can only say that all these measures are leading to self-destruction and collective suicide because of nothing but a spook.’
This is plainly true. Old people who are still healthy, thanks to regular exercise and busy social lives, will suffer hugely from being trapped in their homes.
But there is another major problem with the Government case. Do the figures show what they claim to show?
Many people will die with coronavirus. But this does not mean that they died of it.
This is already a major problem in judging death totals from such countries as Italy. Yet new rules in the UK mean deaths which may well be mainly from other causes are recorded as corona deaths.
John Lee, a recently retired professor of pathology and a former NHS consultant pathologist, writes in The Spectator this weekend that by making Covid-19 a notifiable disease, the authorities may have distorted the figures.
‘In the current climate, anyone with a positive test for Covid-19 will certainly be known to clinical staff looking after them: if any of these patients dies, staff will have to record the Covid-19 designation on the death certificate – contrary to usual practice for most infections of this kind.
‘There is a big difference between Covid-19 causing death, and Covid-19 being found in someone who died of other causes.
Making Covid-19 notifiable might give the appearance of it causing increasing numbers of deaths, whether this is true or not. It might appear far more of a killer than flu, simply because of the way deaths are recorded.’
This, of course, explains why such an overwhelming number of Covid deaths, here and abroad, involve so-called ‘underlying conditions’, in fact serious, often fatal, diseases.
Take this into account whenever you hear official figures of coronavirus deaths.
Dr Lee adds, equally crucially: ‘We risk being convinced that we have averted something that was never really going to be as severe as we feared.’
That is the heart of it. It was never going to be as bad as the panic-mongers said.
The hysterical measures taken may well not have done any good. Yet our freedom is still bruised and broken, and our economy limping and deeply damaged.
If we do not learn the right lessons from this grim episode, then we will, for certain, have to go through it all again.


lewrockwell--2020-03-30--The Propaganda of Terror and Fear: A Lesson From Recent History

The ongoing and unfolding reactions to the Corona Virus look set to have wide-ranging and long-lasting effect on politics , society and economics .
The drive to close down all activities is extraordinary as are the measures being promoted to isolate people from each other .
The deep-rooted fear of contagious disease , hardwired into the collective consciousness by historical events such as the ‘ Black/Bubonic Plague ’ and maintained through popular culture ( e.g .
the Hollywood movies Outbreak and Contagion ) , means that people are without question highly susceptible to accepting extreme emergency measures whether or not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The New York Times called for America to be put on a war footing in order to deal with Corona whilst former Army General Stanley McChrystal has been invoking his 9/11 experience in order to prescribe lessons for today ’ s leaders .
At the same time , political actors are fully aware that these conditions of fear and panic provide a critical opportunity that can be exploited in order to pursue political , economic and societal objectives .
It is very likely , however , that the dangers posed by the potential @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economic and societal objectives latter far outweigh the immediate threat to life and health from the virus .
A lesson from recent history is instructive here .
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The destruction of three skyscrapers in New York after the impact of two airliners and an attack on the Pentagon , killing around 3000 civilians , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The horror of seeing aircraft being flown into buildings , followed by the total destruction of three high rise buildings within a matter of seconds , and the spectre of a shadowy band of Islamic fundamentalists ( Al Qaeda ) having pulled off such devastating attacks , gripped the imagination of many in the Western world .
It was in this climate of paranoia and fear that extraordinary policies were implemented .
The USA Patriot Act led to significant civil liberty restrictions whilst the mass surveillance of the digital environment became normalized .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the name of preventing terrorism whilst the Guantanamo Bay facility in Cuba became a site in which accused individuals have been held without any adequate legal protection or due process .
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Civil liberty restrictions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a sub-strand of the major war-fighting-policy that was enabled by 9/11 .
Presented at the time as America ’ s ‘ New Pearl Harbour ’ , 9/11 provided the conditions for a series of major regime-change wars which persist until today .
Critically , these wars have not been primarily about combatting ‘ Islamic fundamentalist terrorism ’ /Al Qaeda , but rather attacking ‘ enemy ’ states .
Indeed , the evidence that the 9/11 event and the alleged threat of ‘ Islamic fundamentalist ’ was then exploited in order to pursue a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had little connection to the purported Al Qaeda threat is well established .
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The ongoing and unfolding reactions to the Corona Virus look set to have wide-ranging and long-lasting effect on politics, society and economics. The drive to close down all activities is extraordinary as are the measures being promoted to isolate people from each other.
The deep-rooted fear of contagious disease, hardwired into the collective consciousness by historical events such as the ‘Black/Bubonic Plague’ and maintained through popular culture (e.g. the Hollywood movies Outbreak and Contagion), means that people are without question highly susceptible to accepting extreme emergency measures whether or not such measures are rational or justified. The New York Times called for America to be put on a war footing in order to deal with Corona whilst former Army General Stanley McChrystal has been invoking his 9/11 experience in order to prescribe lessons for today’s leaders.
At the same time, political actors are fully aware that these conditions of fear and panic provide a critical opportunity that can be exploited in order to pursue political, economic and societal objectives. It is very likely, however, that the dangers posed by the potential exploitation of Corona for broader political, economic and societal objectives latter far outweigh the immediate threat to life and health from the virus. A lesson from recent history is instructive here. Torture and Impunity: ... Alfred W. McCoy Best Price: $19.99 Buy New $27.80 (as of 05:00 UTC - Details)
9/11 AND THE GLOBAL ‘WAR ON TERROR’
The events of September 11 2001 represent a key moment in contemporary history. The destruction of three skyscrapers in New York after the impact of two airliners and an attack on the Pentagon, killing around 3000 civilians, shocked both American and global publics. The horror of seeing aircraft being flown into buildings, followed by the total destruction of three high rise buildings within a matter of seconds, and the spectre of a shadowy band of Islamic fundamentalists (Al Qaeda) having pulled off such devastating attacks, gripped the imagination of many in the Western world.
It was in this climate of paranoia and fear that extraordinary policies were implemented. The USA Patriot Act led to significant civil liberty restrictions whilst the mass surveillance of the digital environment became normalized.
In the United States torture was authorized in the name of preventing terrorism whilst the Guantanamo Bay facility in Cuba became a site in which accused individuals have been held without any adequate legal protection or due process. Fitbit Versa 2 Health ... Buy New $198.89 (as of 08:52 UTC - Details)
Remarkably, the individual accused of leading the alleged 9/11 plot, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who ‘confessed’ to CIA interrogators after being ‘waterboarded’ 183 times, has recently received his trial date, set for January 11 2021 and 20 years after 9/11. Civil liberty restrictions, mass surveillance and torture were only a sub-strand of the major war-fighting-policy that was enabled by 9/11.
Presented at the time as America’s ‘New Pearl Harbour’, 9/11 provided the conditions for a series of major regime-change wars which persist until today.
Critically, these wars have not been primarily about combatting ‘Islamic fundamentalist terrorism’/Al Qaeda, but rather attacking ‘enemy’ states. Indeed, the evidence that the 9/11 event and the alleged threat of ‘Islamic fundamentalist’ was then exploited in order to pursue a geo-politically motivated set of regime-change wars which had little connection to the purported Al Qaeda threat is well established.
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lewrockwell--2020-03-30--A Run on Revolvers

A Run on Revolvers

You think this is about the run on firearms and ammunition .
Nope .
From ZeroHedge : “ Revolver Run ” : Banks Suffer Record $ 200BN In Outflows As Frenzied Companies Draw Down Revolvers : For those unfamiliar with this term , think of a revolver like an open line of credit with a ceiling .
A company will have some permanent forms of financing in place ( equity , long term debt , bond debt ) ; it will also have a revolver from which it can draw ( typically ) temporary needs , for example , seasonal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ etc .
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JPMorgan reports that revolvers are currently drawn , in aggregate , at something approaching 80 % of their limit .
Why are companies doing this now ?
CP = commercial paper market ; this market is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fed recently announcing a backstop for it .
This one is interesting .
If the bank doesn ’ t survive , money on deposit at the bank might be worse than having undrawn capacity on a revolver .
Money on deposit sits on the bank ’ s balance sheet ; a depositor becomes nothing more than an unsecured creditor to a bankrupt institution ( for any amount above the FDIC limits ) .
Meanwhile , the borrower will owe the balances drawn on the revolver to whatever institution has taken over the assets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assets include loans made to companies who drew down their revolvers .
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It is certainly possible , but if this happens in any substantial quantities , the banking system would be called into question just as if bank deposits were not made available .
I suspect that all of this can be papered over again by central banks , not forever , but for a time .
It will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ months to figure out how to handle this new normal , just as it took them some months the last time ( 2008-09 ) .
Until consumers suffer unbearable price inflation , nothing prevents central bank balance sheets from growing to whatever number desired or necessary .
For the Fed , now at something around $ 5 trillion , $ 10 or $ 20 trillion can likely be had .
Prior to 2008 , that number was something around $ 800 billion .
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You think this is about the run on firearms and ammunition. Nope.
From ZeroHedge: “Revolver Run”: Banks Suffer Record $200BN In Outflows As Frenzied Companies Draw Down Revolvers:
…as of last Friday, corporate borrowers worldwide, including Boeing, Hilton, Wynn, Kraft Heinz and literally thousands more, had drawn about $60 billion from revolving credit facilities this week in a frantic dash for cash as liquidity tightens.
For those unfamiliar with this term, think of a revolver like an open line of credit with a ceiling. A company will have some permanent forms of financing in place (equity, long term debt, bond debt); it will also have a revolver from which it can draw (typically) temporary needs, for example, seasonal or inter-monthly fluctuations in working capital, etc. LETTON Digital Electro... Buy New $99.99 (as of 08:53 UTC - Details)
Confirming the unprecedented revolver drawdown scramble of 2020, JPMorgan reports that its tracker of known corporates that have tapped banks for funding rose further to a record $208 billion on Thursday, up $15 billion from $193 billion on Wednesday and $112BN on Sunday.
Banks offer revolvers up to some limit – for example, a company could have a revolver of up to $5 million (or $5 billion); at any one time, none, some, or most of it might be drawn. JPMorgan reports that revolvers are currently drawn, in aggregate, at something approaching 80% of their limit.
Why are companies doing this now?
As a result what was a revolver “bank run” has become a spring for the ages as virtually every company has rushed out to draw down its revolver for two reasons i) with the CP market still locked up, even blue chips have no access to short-term funding…
CP = commercial paper market; this market is still not functioning well, despite the Fed recently announcing a backstop for it.
…ii) increasingly more companies are concerned their banks may not survive…
This one is interesting. If the bank doesn’t survive, money on deposit at the bank might be worse than having undrawn capacity on a revolver. Money on deposit sits on the bank’s balance sheet; a depositor becomes nothing more than an unsecured creditor to a bankrupt institution (for any amount above the FDIC limits).
Meanwhile, the borrower will owe the balances drawn on the revolver to whatever institution has taken over the assets of the bankrupt bank – and these assets include loans made to companies who drew down their revolvers.
…so why not just draw down the facility and hold the cash instead of being subject to the whims of some fickle bank Treasurer who may not have a job tomorrow, or who decided to abrogate all revolver contracts with the blink of an eye…
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Conclusion
I suspect that all of this can be papered over again by central banks, not forever, but for a time. It will take central banks a few weeks or months to figure out how to handle this new normal, just as it took them some months the last time (2008-09).
Until consumers suffer unbearable price inflation, nothing prevents central bank balance sheets from growing to whatever number desired or necessary. For the Fed, now at something around $5 trillion, $10 or $20 trillion can likely be had.
Prior to 2008, that number was something around $800 billion.
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lewrockwell--2020-03-30--Coronavirus Riots To Erupt ‘at Any Moment’ as Red Cross Warns Cities Face ‘Social Bomb’

Europe has seen a substantial increase in the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in recent weeks , as the continent accounts for over half of the world ’ s 601,520 cases .
Italy , Spain , Germany and France are Europe ’ s worst-hit countries , with Italy surpassing China ’ s total confirmed cases and death toll this week .
The shocking figures has prompted one Red Cross official to warn an eruption of social unrest across Europe ’ s biggest cities is imminent .
Francesco Rocca , head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red @ @ @ @ @ @ @ United Nations news briefing : “ We have a lot of people who are living very marginalised , in the so-called black hole of society .
“ In the most difficult neighbourhoods of the biggest cities I am afraid that in a few weeks we will have social problems .
“ This is a social bomb that can explode at any moment , because they don ’ t have any way to have an income.
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Mr Rocca , who is also president of the Italian Red Cross , said the largest Western cities could see the unrest emerge in just a few weeks time .
The Red Cross chief said many people have been adversely affected by the lockdowns , seeing a huge drop in their income as they are unable to leave home to work .
Mr Rocca said he has met with Italian mayors and some of the 180,000 Red Cross volunteers who are helping elderly people confined to their homes .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and retrieving medicines from pharmacies .

Coronavirus: EU countries propose 'joint borrowing'
Europe has seen a substantial increase in the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in recent weeks, as the continent accounts for over half of the world's 601,520 cases. Italy, Spain, Germany and France are Europe's worst-hit countries, with Italy surpassing China's total confirmed cases and death toll this week. The shocking figures has prompted one Red Cross official to warn an eruption of social unrest across Europe's biggest cities is imminent.
Francesco Rocca, head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) told a United Nations news briefing: "We have a lot of people who are living very marginalised, in the so-called black hole of society. "In the most difficult neighbourhoods of the biggest cities I am afraid that in a few weeks we will have social problems. "This is a social bomb that can explode at any moment, because they don't have any way to have an income." He warned the risk of suicide is increasing among vulnerable people forced to isolate on their own. BACK BRITAIN'S BRAVE NHS HEROES - CLICK HERE NOW
Coronavirus lockdown risks civil unrest in Europe. France has already suffered from riots in 2020
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Mr Rocca, who is also president of the Italian Red Cross, said the largest Western cities could see the unrest emerge in just a few weeks time. The Red Cross chief said many people have been adversely affected by the lockdowns, seeing a huge drop in their income as they are unable to leave home to work. Mr Rocca said he has met with Italian mayors and some of the 180,000 Red Cross volunteers who are helping elderly people confined to their homes. The volunteers are carrying out their food shopping and retrieving medicines from pharmacies. JUST IN: France in chaos as police threaten to stop enforcing virus lockdown
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lewrockwell--2020-03-30--American Morozovs in the US Spy State

American Morozovs in the US Spy State

How do you get a good person to do horrible things ?
You make him think he is doing good things .
You cheer him for doing these “ good ” things .
Then he becomes capable of the worst things .
Here is what Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzynitsyn said – which has been largely forgotten : “ To do evil a human being must first of all believe what what he is doing is good .
Ideology – that is what gives devildoing its long-sought justification and gives the evildoer the necessary steadfastness and determination .
That is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ acts seem good instead of bad in his own and others ’ eyes so that he won ’ t hear reproaches but will receive praise and honors.
” Note who is being reproached – and praised – right now .
Wait and see who will be arrested tomorrow .
2 Packs Custom Car Ven ... Buy New $ 14.99 It is a virtue to “ social distance ” – and a heroic act to call armed thugs down upon those who choose not to .
What is happening has happened before .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eagerly arrested – and murdered – their neighbors and friends and even family members when it was asserted that those unfortunates were insufficiently virtuous .
An entire country was turned into the apotheosis of evil on the basis of doing good – defined as furthering the cause of “ socialism.
” In the United States , saaaaaafety serves the same purpose .
This has been a work in progress for decades , just as it took decades for the evil virtues of Karl Marx to become the “ good ” of Soviet Russia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ collective is everything .
The individual exists through the state and the state is therefore the highest good .
To question the state is the greatest evil .
History does not repeat – it echoes .
In America , one can not be too safe , ever – and everyone else had better be saaaaaaaafe , too .
The slightest risk justifies the most extreme measures .
Everyone must accept this – or else .
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Without Jesus – but armed to the teeth .
Kill them all ; god will know his own .
Murderous virtue signaling .
The cultivated hate in the name of doing good roiling in the guts of the Prius driver and helmet-wearer that urges him to shoot the SUV driver and helmet-not-wearer .
They are endangering the planet !
It isn ’ t saaaaaaaaaaaafe !
Before , he merely thought about shooting them .
Now he has what he has always craved – in the form of a bug that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ give the government unlimited power – not just accepted but cheered , on the basis of doing good .
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How do you get a good person to do horrible things? You make him think he is doing good things. You cheer him for doing these “good” things. Then he becomes capable of the worst things. Here is what Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzynitsyn said – which has been largely forgotten:
“To do evil a human being must first of all believe what what he is doing is good. Ideology – that is what gives devildoing its long-sought justification and gives the evildoer the necessary steadfastness and determination. That is the social theory which helps to make his acts seem good instead of bad in his own and others’ eyes so that he won’t hear reproaches but will receive praise and honors.”
Note who is being reproached – and praised – right now.
Wait and see who will be arrested tomorrow. 2 Packs Custom Car Ven... Buy New $14.99 (as of 08:55 UTC - Details)
It is a virtue to “social distance” – and a heroic act to call armed thugs down upon those who choose not to.
What is happening has happened before. In Solzynitsyn’s Soviet Union, people eagerly arrested – and murdered – their neighbors and friends and even family members when it was asserted that those unfortunates were insufficiently virtuous. An entire country was turned into the apotheosis of evil on the basis of doing good – defined as furthering the cause of “socialism.”
In the United States, saaaaaafety serves the same purpose. This has been a work in progress for decades, just as it took decades for the evil virtues of Karl Marx to become the “good” of Soviet Russia. The individual is irrelevant. The collective is everything. The individual exists through the state and the state is therefore the highest good. To question the state is the greatest evil.
History does not repeat – it echoes.
In America, one cannot be too safe, ever – and everyone else had better be saaaaaaaafe, too. The slightest risk justifies the most extreme measures. Everyone must accept this – or else. Chemical Guys SPI22016... Best Price: $8.80 Buy New $9.97 (as of 08:55 UTC - Details)
This isn’t reason. It is the rabidity of a deranged Jesuit. Without Jesus – but armed to the teeth. Kill them all; god will know his own.
Murderous virtue signaling. The cultivated hate in the name of doing good roiling in the guts of the Prius driver and helmet-wearer that urges him to shoot the SUV driver and helmet-not-wearer. They are endangering the planet! It isn’t saaaaaaaaaaaafe!
Before, he merely thought about shooting them. Now he has what he has always craved – in the form of a bug that gives him a cause.
This will give the government unlimited power – not just accepted but cheered, on the basis of doing good.
Read the Whole Article
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lewrockwell--2020-03-30--Did a Vaccine Experiment on US Soldiers Cause the ‘Spanish Flu’?

The So-called “ Spanish Influenza Epidemic of 1918 ” and the Rockefeller Institute ’ s Crude Bacterial Meningitis Vaccination Experiment on US Troops The 1918-19 bacterial vaccine experiment may have killed 50-100 million people “ The first casualty of war is truth.
” – US Senator Hiram Warren Johnson , Progressive Republican from California – 1918 “ The question is whether we are to have ( vaccine ) experiments performed on fully functioning adults and on children who are potentially contributors to society or to perform initial studies in children and adults ( and soldiers ? )
who are human @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” – Dr Stanley Plotkin , virologist who spent years working at the Children ’ s Hospital of Philadelphia ( CHOP ) and the University of Pennsylvania , associate of Paul Offit , credited with inventing the rubella vaccine and an advisor to pharmaceutical corporations Vaccine Whistleblower : ... Kevin Barry Best Price : $ 3.41 Buy New $ 13.22 “ During the war years 1918-19 , the US Army ballooned to 6,000,000 men , with 2,000,000 men being sent overseas .
The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research took advantage of this new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccine experiments.
” “ The American Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research and its experimental bacterial meningococcal vaccine may have killed 50-100 million people in 1918-19 ” is a far less effective sales slogan than the overly simplistic ‘ vaccines save lives ’ .
” “ The crude vaccine used in the Fort Riley experiment on soldiers was made in horses.
” “ According to a 2008 National Institute of Health paper , bacterial pneumonia was the killer in a minimum of 92.7 % of the 1918-19 Pandemic autopsies reviewed.
” “ Clean water @ @ @ @ @ @ @ foods and healthy diets have done and still do far more to protect humanity from infectious diseases than any vaccine program .
“ In 1918 , the vaccine industry experimented on soldiers…with disastrous results—but in 2018 , the vaccine industry experiments on infants every day .
The vaccine schedule has never been tested as it is given .
The results of the experiment are in : 1 in 7 American children is in some form of special education and over 50 % have some form of chronic illness.
” The “ Spanish Flu @ @ @ @ @ @ @ during a pandemic 1918-19 .
What if the story we have been told about this pandemic isn ’ t true ?
What if , instead , the killer infection was neither the flu nor Spanish in origin ?
Newly analyzed documents reveal that the “ Spanish Flu ” may have been a military vaccine experiment gone awry .
In looking back on the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I , we need to delve deeper to solve this mystery .
The reason modern technology has not been able to pinpoint @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is because influenza was not the killer .
More soldiers died during WWI from disease than from bullets .
The pandemic was not flu .
An estimated 95 % ( or higher ) of the deaths were caused by bacterial pneumonia , not influenza/a virus .
The pandemic was not Spanish .
The first cases of bacterial pneumonia in 1918 trace back to a military base in Fort Riley , Kansas .
From January 21 – June 4 , 1918 , an experimental bacterial meningitis vaccine cultured in horses by the Rockefeller Institute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ injected into soldiers at Fort Riley .
During the remainder of 1918 as those soldiers – often living and traveling under poor sanitary conditions – were sent to Europe to fight , they spread bacteria at every stop between Kansas and the frontline trenches in France .
One study describes soldiers “ with active infections ( who ) were aerosolizing the bacteria that colonized their noses and throats , while others—often , in the same “ breathing spaces ” —were profoundly susceptible to invasion of and rapid spread through their lungs by their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( 1 ) The “ Spanish Flu ” attacked healthy people in their prime .
Bacterial pneumonia attacks people in their prime .
Flu attacks the young , old and immunocompromised .
When WW1 ended on November 11 , 1918 , soldiers returned to their home countries and colonial outposts , spreading the killer bacterial pneumonia worldwide .
During WW1 , the Rockefeller Institute also sent the anti-meningococcal serum to England , France , Belgium , Italy and other countries , helping spread the epidemic worldwide .
During the pandemic of 1918-19 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 50-100 million people , including many soldiers .
Many people do not realize that disease killed far more soldiers on all sides than machine guns or mustard gas or anything else typically associated with WWI .
I have a personal connection to the Spanish Flu .
Among those killed by disease in 1918-19 are members of both of my parents ’ families .
On my father ’ s side , his grandmother Sadie Hoyt died from pneumonia in 1918 .
Sadie was a Chief Yeoman in the Navy .
Her death left my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be raised by their aunt .
Sadie ’ s sister Marian also joined the Navy .
She died from “ the influenza ” in 1919 .
On my mother ’ s side , two of her father ’ s sisters died in childhood .
All of the family members who died lived in New York City .
I suspect many American families , and many families worldwide , were impacted in similar ways by the mysterious Spanish Flu .
In 1918 , “ influenza ” or flu was a catchall term for disease @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t carry the specific meaning it does today .
It meant some mystery disease which dropped out of the sky .
In fact , influenza is from the Medieval Latin “ influential ” in an astrological sense , meaning a visitation under the influence of the stars .
Why is What Happened 100 Years Ago Important Now ?
Between 1900-1920 , there were enormous efforts underway in the industrialized world to build a better society .
I will use New York as an example to discuss three major changes to society which occurred @ @ @ @ @ @ @ impact on mortality from infectious diseases .
In the late 19th century through the early 20th century , New York built an extraordinary system to bring clean water to the city from the Catskills , a system still in use today .
New York City also built over 6000 miles of sewer to take away and treat waste , which protects the drinking water .
The World Health Organization acknowledges the importance of clean water and sanitation in combating infectious diseases .
( 2 ) In the late 19th century through the early @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power grid and wired the city so power was available in every home .
Electricity allows for refrigeration .
Refrigeration is an unsung hero as a public health benefit .
When food is refrigerated from farm to table , the public is protected from potential infectious diseases .
Cheap renewable energy is important for many reasons , including combating infectious diseases .
In the late 19th century through the early 20th century , New York became the home of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research ( now Rockefeller University ) .
The Institute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ born .
The Institute pioneered many of the approaches the pharmaceutical industry uses today , including the preparation of vaccine serums , for better or worse .
The vaccine used in the Fort Riley experiment on soldiers was made in horses .
US Mortality Rates data from the turn of the 20th century to 1965 clearly indicates that clean water , flushing toilets , effective sewer systems and refrigerated foods all combined to effectively reduce mortality from infectious diseases BEFORE vaccines for those diseases became available .
Have doctors and the pharmaceutical manufacturers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disease which rightfully belongs to sandhogs , plumbers , electricians and engineers ?
If hubris at the Rockefeller Institute in 1918 led to a pandemic disease which killed millions of people , what lessons can we learn and apply to 2018 ?
The Disease Was Not Spanish While watching an episode of American Experience on PBS a few months ago , I was surprised to hear that the first cases of “ Spanish Flu ” occurred at Fort Riley , Kansas in 1918 .
I thought , how is it possible this historically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 100 years ago and never corrected ?
Spain was one of a few countries not involved in World War I .
Most of the countries involved in the war censored their press .
Free from censorship concerns , the earliest press reports of people dying from disease in large numbers came from Spain .
The warring countries did not want to additionally frighten the troops , so they were content to scapegoat Spain .
Soldiers on all sides would be asked to cross no man ’ s land into machine gun fire , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the trenches were a disease breeding ground .
One hundred years later , it ’ s long past time to drop “ Spanish ” from all discussion of this pandemic .
If the flu started at a United States military base in Kansas , then the disease could and should be more aptly named .
In order to prevent future disasters , the US ( and the rest of the world ) must take a hard look at what really caused the pandemic .
It is possible that one of the reasons the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that it helps disguise the origin of the pandemic .
If the origin of the pandemic involved a vaccine experiment on US soldiers , then the US may prefer calling it Spanish Flu instead of The Fort Riley Bacteria of 1918 , or something similar .
The Spanish Flu started at the location this experimental bacterial vaccine was given making it the prime suspect as the source of the bacterial infections which killed so many .
It would be much more difficult to maintain the marketing mantra of “ vaccines save lives ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ United States during the years of primitive manufacturing caused the deaths of 50-100 million people .
“ The American Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research and its experimental bacterial meningococcal vaccine may have killed 50-100 million people in 1918-19 ” is a far less effective sales slogan than the overly simplistic ‘ vaccines save lives ’ .
” – Kevin Barry The Disease Which Killed so Many was not Flu nor was it a Virus .
It was Bacterial During the mid-2000 ’ s there was much talk about “ pandemic preparedness.
” Influenza @ @ @ @ @ @ @ billions of taxpayer dollars to develop vaccines to make sure that we don ’ t have another lethal pandemic “ flu , ” like the one in 1918-19 .
Capitalizing on the “ flu ” part of Spanish flu helped vaccine manufacturers procure billion-dollar checks from governments , even though scientists knew at the time that bacterial pneumonia was the real killer .
It is not my opinion that bacterial pneumonia was the real killer – thousands of autopsies confirm this fact .
According to a 2008 National Institute of Health paper , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ minimum of 92.7 % of the 1918-19 autopsies reviewed .
It is likely higher than 92.7 % .
The researchers looked at more than 9000 autopsies , and “ there were no negative ( bacterial ) lung culture results.
” “ … In the 68 higher-quality autopsy series , in which the possibility of unreported negative cultures could be excluded , 92.7 % of autopsy lung cultures were positive for ≥1 bacterium .
… in one study of approximately 9000 subjects who were followed from clinical presentation with influenza to resolution or autopsy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , cultures of either pneumococci or streptococci from 164 of 167 lung tissue samples .
“ There were 89 pure cultures of pneumococci ; 19 cultures from which only streptococci were recovered ; 34 that yielded mixtures of pneumococci and/or streptococci ; 22 that yielded a mixture of pneumococci , streptococci , and other organisms ( prominently pneumococci and nonhemolytic streptococci ) ; and 3 that yielded nonhemolytic streptococci alone .
There were no negative lung culture results.
” ( 3 ) Pneumococci or streptococci were found in “ 164 of ( the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
That is 98.2 % .
Bacteria was the killer .
Where Did the Spanish Flu Bacterial Pneumonia of 1918-19 Originate ?
When the United States declared war in April 1917 , the fledgling Pharmaceutical industry had something they had never had before – a large supply of human test subjects in the form of the US military ’ s first draft .
Pre-war in 1917 , the US Army was 286,000 men .
Post-war in 1920 , the US army disbanded , and had 296,000 men .
During the war years 1918-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ men , with 2,000,000 men being sent overseas .
The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research took advantage of this new pool of human guinea pigs to conduct vaccine experiments .
A Report on Anti-meningitis Vaccination and Observations on Agglutinins in the Blood of Chronic Meningococcus Carriers as Recorded by Frederick L. Gates , MD in 1918 From the Base Hospital , Fort Riley , Kansas and The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research , New York .
Received July 20 , 1918 Between January 21st and June 4th of 1918 , Dr. Gates reports @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 3 doses of a bacterial meningitis vaccine .
Those conducting the experiment on the soldiers were just spit-balling dosages of a vaccine serum made in horses .
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4,792 men received the first dose , but only 4,257 got the 2nd dose ( down 11 % ) , and only 3702 received all three doses ( down 22.7 % ) .
A total of 1,090 men were not there for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these soldiers ?
Were they shipped East by train from Kansas to board a ship to Europe ?
Were they in the Fort Riley hospital ?
Dr. Gates ’ report doesn ’ t tell us .
An article accompanying the American Experience broadcast I watched sheds some light on where these 1,090 men might be .
Gates began his experiments in January 1918 .
By March of that year , “ 100 men a day ” were entering the infirmary at Fort Riley .
Are some of these the men missing from Dr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ did not get the 2nd or 3rd dose ?
“ … Shortly before breakfast on Monday , March 11 , the first domino would fall signaling the commencement of the first wave of the 1918 influenza .
“ Company cook Albert Gitchell reported to the camp infirmary with complaints of a “ bad cold.
” “ Right behind him came Corporal Lee W. Drake voicing similar complaints .
“ By noon , camp surgeon Edward R. Schreiner had over 100 sick men on his hands , all apparently suffering from the same malady… @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that several of the men in the experiment had flu-like symptoms : coughs , vomiting and diarrhea after receiving the vaccine .
These symptoms are a disaster for men living in barracks , travelling on trains to the Atlantic coast , sailing to Europe , and living and fighting in trenches .
The unsanitary conditions at each step of the journey are an ideal environment for a contagious disease like bacterial pneumonia to spread .
“ Several cases of looseness of the bowels or transient diarrhea were noted .
This symptom had not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ individual cases often elicited the information that men who complained of the effects of vaccination were suffering from mild coryza , bronchitis , etc.
, at the time of injection .
“ Sometimes the reaction was initiated by a chill or chilly sensation , and a number of men complained of fever or feverish sensations during the following night .
“ Next in frequency came nausea ( occasionally vomiting ) , dizziness , and general “ aches and pains ” in the joints and muscles , which in a few instances were especially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , causing stiff neck or stiff back .
A few injections were followed by diarrhea .
“ The reactions , therefore , occasionally simulated the onset of epidemic meningitis and several vaccinated men were sent as suspects to the Base Hospital for diagnosis.
” ( 4 ) According to Gates , they injected random dosages of an experimental bacterial meningitis vaccine into soldiers .
Afterwards , some of the soldiers had symptoms which “ simulated ” meningitis , but Dr. Gates advances the fantastical claim that it wasn ’ t actual meningitis .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ meningitis , then and now , is known to mimic flu-like symptoms .
( 6 ) Perhaps the similarity of early symptoms of bacterial meningitis and bacterial pneumonia to symptoms of flu is why the vaccine experiments at Fort Riley have been able to escape scrutiny as a potential cause of the Spanish Flu for 100 years and counting .
How did the “ Spanish Flu ” Spread so Widely and so Quickly ?
There is an element of a perfect storm in how the Gates bacteria spread .
WWI ended only 10 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the 50-100 million who died , those soldiers injected with horse-infused bacteria moved quickly during those 10 months .
An article from 2008 on the CDC ’ s website describes how sick WWI soldiers could pass along the bacteria to others by becoming “ cloud adults.
” “ Finally , for brief periods and to varying degrees , affected hosts became “ cloud adults ” who increased the aerosolization of colonizing strains of bacteria , particularly pneumococci , hemolytic streptococci , H. influenzae , and S. aureus .
“ For several days @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as hospital wards , military camps , troop ships , and mines ( and trenches ) —some persons were immunologically susceptible to , infected with , or recovering from infections with influenza virus .
“ Persons with active infections were aerosolizing the bacteria that colonized their noses and throats , while others—often , in the same “ breathing spaces ” —were profoundly susceptible to invasion of and rapid spread through their lungs by their own or others ’ colonizing bacteria.
” ( 1 ) Three times in his report on the Fort Riley @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some soldiers had a “ severe reaction ” indicating “ an unusual individual susceptibility to the vaccine ” .
While the vaccine made many sick , it only killed those who were susceptible to it .
Those who became sick and survived became “ cloud adults ” who spread the bacteria to others , which created more cloud adults , spreading to others where it killed the susceptible , repeating the cycle until there were no longer wartime unsanitary conditions , and there were no longer millions of soldiers to experiment on .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and it is well documented .
Dr. Carol Byerly describes how the “ influenza ” traveled like wildfire through the US military .
( substitute “ bacteria ” for Dr. Byerly ’ s “ influenza ” or “ virus ” ) : “ … Fourteen of the largest training camps had reported influenza outbreaks in March , April , or May , and some of the infected troops carried the virus with them aboard ships to France … “ As soldiers in the trenches became sick , the military evacuated them from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ men .
“ This process continuously brought the virus into contact with new hosts—young , healthy soldiers in which it could adapt , reproduce , and become extremely virulent without danger of burning out .
“ … Before any travel ban could be imposed , a contingent of replacement troops departed Camp Devens ( outside of Boston ) for Camp Upton , Long Island , the Army ’ s debarkation point for France , and took influenza with them .
“ Medical officers at Upton said it arrived “ abruptly ” on September @ @ @ @ @ @ @ admissions , followed by 86 the next day , and 193 the next .
“ Hospital admissions peaked on October 4 with 483 , and within 40 days , Camp Upton sent 6,131 men to the hospital for influenza .
Some developed pneumonia so quickly that physicians diagnosed it simply by observing the patient rather than listening to the lungs… ” ( 7 ) “ The United States was not the only country in possession of the Rockefeller Institute ’ s experimental bacterial vaccine .
“ A 1919 report from the Institute states @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before the United States entered the war ( in April 1917 ) the Institute had resumed the preparation of anti-meningococcic serum , in order to meet the requests of England , France , Belgium Italy and other countries.
” “ The same report states : “ In order to meet the suddenly increased demand for the curative serums worked out at the Institute , a special stable for horses was quickly erected … ” ( 8 ) An experimental anti-meningoccic serum made in horses and injected into soldiers who would be entering the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ … what could possibly go wrong ?
Is the bacterial serum made in horses at the Rockefeller Institute which was injected into US soldiers and distributed to numerous other countries responsible for the 50-100 million people killed by bacterial lung infections in 1918-19 ?
The Institute says it distributed the bacterial serum to England , France , Belgium , Italy and other countries during WWI .
Not enough is known about how these countries experimented on their soldiers .
I hope independent researchers will take an honest look at these questions .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Intentions I do not believe that anyone involved in these vaccine experiments was trying to harm anyone .
Some will see the name Rockefeller and yell .
“ Illuminati !
” or “ culling the herd !
” I do not believe that ’ s what happened .
I believe standard medical hubris is responsible – doctors “ playing God ” , thinking they can tame nature without creating unanticipated problems .
With medical hubris , I do not think the situation has changed materially over the past 100 years .
The vaccine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ subjects .
They have the most success when they are able to find populations who not in a position to refuse .
Soldiers ( 9 ) , infants , the disabled , prisoners , those in developing nations – anyone not in a position to refuse .
Vaccine experimentation on vulnerable populations is not an issue of the past .
Watch this video clip of Dr. Stanley Plotkin where he describes using experimental vaccines on orphans , the mentally retarded , prisoners , and those under colonial rule .
The deposition was in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ medical community is the same or worse now than it was 100 years ago .
“ The question is whether we are to have experiments performed on fully functioning adults and on children who are potentially contributors to society or to perform initial studies in children and adults who are human in form but not in social potential.
” Please watch the horrifying video clip of Dr. Stanley Plotkin testifying under oath about the experiments that the pharmaceutical industry has done on unaware , uninformed patients .
In part because the global community @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well aware of the poor record of medical ethics , the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights developed international standards regarding the right to informed consent to preventative medical procedures like vaccination .
The international community is well aware that the pharmaceutical industry makes mistakes and is always on the lookout for human test subjects .
The Declaration states that individuals have the human right to consent to any preventative medical intervention like vaccination .
• Human dignity , human rights and fundamental freedoms are to be fully respected .
• The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have priority over the sole interest of science or society .
1 .
Any preventive , diagnostic and therapeutic medical intervention is only to be carried out with the prior , free and informed consent of the person concerned , based on adequate information .
The consent should , where appropriate , be express and may be withdrawn by the person concerned at any time and for any reason without disadvantage or prejudice .
( 11 ) Clean water , sanitation , flushing toilets , refrigerated foods and healthy diets have done and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from infectious diseases than any vaccine program .
Doctor and the vaccine industry have usurped credit which rightfully belongs to plumbers , electricians , sandhogs , engineers and city planners .
For these reasons , policy makers at all levels of government should protect the human rights and individual liberties of individuals to opt out of vaccine programs via exemptions .
The hubris of the medical community will never go away .
Policy makers need to know that vaccines like all medical interventions are not infallible .
Vaccines are not magic .
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Human beings are not one size fits all .
In 1918-19 , the vaccine industry experimented on soldiers , likely with disastrous results .
In 2018 , the vaccine industry experiments on infants every day .
The vaccine schedule has never been tested as it is given .
The results of the experiment are in : 1 in 7 American children is in some form of special education and over 50 % have some form of chronic illness .
( 12 ) In 1918-19 , there was no safety follow up after vaccines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is virtually no safety follow up after a vaccine is delivered .
Who exactly gave you that flu shot at Rite Aid ?
Do you have their cell number of the store employee if something goes wrong ?
In 1918-19 , there was no liability to the manufacturer for injuries or death caused by vaccines .
In 2018 , there is no liability for vaccine manufacturers for injuries or death caused by vaccines , which was formalized in 1986 .
( 13 ) In 1918-19 , there was no independent investigative follow up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Flu ” was some mystery illness which dropped from the sky .
I suspect that many of those at the Rockefeller Institute knew what happened , and that many of the doctors who administered the vaccines to the troops knew what happened , but those people are long dead .
In 2018 , the Pharmaceutical industry is the largest campaign donor to politicians and the largest advertiser in all forms of media , so not much has changed over 100 years .
This story will likely be ignored by mainstream media because their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The next time you hear someone say “ vaccines save lives ” please remember that the true story of the cost/benefit of vaccines is much more complicated than their three word slogan .
Also remember that vaccines may have killed 50-100 million people in 1918-19 .
If true , those costs greatly outweighed any benefit , especially considering that plumbers , electricians , sandhogs and engineers did , and continue to do , the real work which reduces mortality from disease .
Vaccines are not magic .
Human rights and bioethics are critically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ history of medical hubris and protect individual and parental human rights as described in the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights .
Comment on this article at VaccineImpact.com .
• Deaths from Bacterial Pneumonia during 1918–19 Influenza Pandemic John F. Brundage* and G. Dennis Shanks† Author affiliations : *Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center , Silver Spring , Maryland , USA ; †Australian Army Malaria Institute , Enoggera , Queensland , Australia https : //wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/8/07-1313_article • J Infect Dis .
2008 Oct 1 ; 198 ( 7 ) : 962–970 .
Predominant Role @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Death in Pandemic Influenza : Implications for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness David M. Morens , Jeffery K. Taubenberger , and Anthony S. Fauci https : //www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2599911/ • Public Health Rep. 2010 ; 125 ( Suppl 3 ) : 82–91 .
The U.S. Military and the Influenza Pandemic of 1918–1919 Carol R. Byerly , PhD https : //www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862337/ • Is Military Research Hazardous to Veterans ’ Health ?
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The So-called “Spanish Influenza Epidemic of 1918” and the Rockefeller Institute’s Crude Bacterial Meningitis Vaccination Experiment on US Troops
The 1918-19 bacterial vaccine experiment may have killed 50-100 million people
“The first casualty of war is truth.” – US Senator Hiram Warren Johnson, Progressive Republican from California – 1918
“The question is whether we are to have (vaccine) experiments performed on fully functioning adults and on children who are potentially contributors to society or to perform initial studies in children and adults (and soldiers?) who are human in form but not in social potential.” – Dr Stanley Plotkin, virologist who spent years working at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the University of Pennsylvania, associate of Paul Offit, credited with inventing the rubella vaccine and an advisor to pharmaceutical corporations Vaccine Whistleblower:... Kevin Barry Best Price: $3.41 Buy New $13.22 (as of 07:20 UTC - Details)
“During the war years 1918-19, the US Army ballooned to 6,000,000 men, with 2,000,000 men being sent overseas. The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research took advantage of this new pool of human guinea pigs to conduct vaccine experiments.”
“The American Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research and its experimental bacterial meningococcal vaccine may have killed 50-100 million people in 1918-19” is a far less effective sales slogan than the overly simplistic ‘vaccines save lives’.”
“The crude vaccine used in the Fort Riley experiment on soldiers was made in horses.”
“According to a 2008 National Institute of Health paper, bacterial pneumonia was the killer in a minimum of 92.7% of the 1918-19 Pandemic autopsies reviewed.”
“Clean water, sanitation, flushing toilets, refrigerated foods and healthy diets have done and still do far more to protect humanity from infectious diseases than any vaccine program.
“In 1918, the vaccine industry experimented on soldiers…with disastrous results—but in 2018, the vaccine industry experiments on infants every day. The vaccine schedule has never been tested as it is given. The results of the experiment are in: 1 in 7 American children is in some form of special education and over 50% have some form of chronic illness.”
The “Spanish Flu” killed an estimated 50-100 million people during a pandemic 1918-19. What if the story we have been told about this pandemic isn’t true?
What if, instead, the killer infection was neither the flu nor Spanish in origin?
Newly analyzed documents reveal that the “Spanish Flu” may have been a military vaccine experiment gone awry.
In looking back on the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, we need to delve deeper to solve this mystery.
Summary
The reason modern technology has not been able to pinpoint the killer influenza strain from this pandemic is because influenza was not the killer.
More soldiers died during WWI from disease than from bullets.
The pandemic was not flu. An estimated 95% (or higher) of the deaths were caused by bacterial pneumonia, not influenza/a virus.
The pandemic was not Spanish. The first cases of bacterial pneumonia in 1918 trace back to a military base in Fort Riley, Kansas.
From January 21 – June 4, 1918, an experimental bacterial meningitis vaccine cultured in horses by the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York was injected into soldiers at Fort Riley.
During the remainder of 1918 as those soldiers – often living and traveling under poor sanitary conditions – were sent to Europe to fight, they spread bacteria at every stop between Kansas and the frontline trenches in France.
One study describes soldiers “with active infections (who) were aerosolizing the bacteria that colonized their noses and throats, while others—often, in the same “breathing spaces”—were profoundly susceptible to invasion of and rapid spread through their lungs by their own or others’ colonizing bacteria.” (1)
The “Spanish Flu” attacked healthy people in their prime. Bacterial pneumonia attacks people in their prime. Flu attacks the young, old and immunocompromised.
When WW1 ended on November 11, 1918, soldiers returned to their home countries and colonial outposts, spreading the killer bacterial pneumonia worldwide.
During WW1, the Rockefeller Institute also sent the anti-meningococcal serum to England, France, Belgium, Italy and other countries, helping spread the epidemic worldwide.
During the pandemic of 1918-19, the so-called “Spanish Flu” killed 50-100 million people, including many soldiers.
Many people do not realize that disease killed far more soldiers on all sides than machine guns or mustard gas or anything else typically associated with WWI.
I have a personal connection to the Spanish Flu. Among those killed by disease in 1918-19 are members of both of my parents’ families.
On my father’s side, his grandmother Sadie Hoyt died from pneumonia in 1918. Sadie was a Chief Yeoman in the Navy. Her death left my grandmother Rosemary and her sister Anita to be raised by their aunt. Sadie’s sister Marian also joined the Navy. She died from “the influenza” in 1919.
On my mother’s side, two of her father’s sisters died in childhood. All of the family members who died lived in New York City.
I suspect many American families, and many families worldwide, were impacted in similar ways by the mysterious Spanish Flu.
In 1918, “influenza” or flu was a catchall term for disease of unknown origin. It didn’t carry the specific meaning it does today.
It meant some mystery disease which dropped out of the sky. In fact, influenza is from the Medieval Latin “influential” in an astrological sense, meaning a visitation under the influence of the stars.
Why is What Happened 100 Years Ago Important Now?
Between 1900-1920, there were enormous efforts underway in the industrialized world to build a better society. I will use New York as an example to discuss three major changes to society which occurred in NY during that time and their impact on mortality from infectious diseases.
1. Clean Water and Sanitation
In the late 19th century through the early 20th century, New York built an extraordinary system to bring clean water to the city from the Catskills, a system still in use today. New York City also built over 6000 miles of sewer to take away and treat waste, which protects the drinking water. The World Health Organization acknowledges the importance of clean water and sanitation in combating infectious diseases. (2)
2. Electricity
In the late 19th century through the early 20th century, New York built a power grid and wired the city so power was available in every home. Electricity allows for refrigeration. Refrigeration is an unsung hero as a public health benefit. When food is refrigerated from farm to table, the public is protected from potential infectious diseases. Cheap renewable energy is important for many reasons, including combating infectious diseases.
3. Rockefeller’s Pharmaceutical Industry
In the late 19th century through the early 20th century, New York became the home of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University). The Institute is where the modern pharmaceutical industry was born. The Institute pioneered many of the approaches the pharmaceutical industry uses today, including the preparation of vaccine serums, for better or worse. The vaccine used in the Fort Riley experiment on soldiers was made in horses.
US Mortality Rates data from the turn of the 20th century to 1965 clearly indicates that clean water, flushing toilets, effective sewer systems and refrigerated foods all combined to effectively reduce mortality from infectious diseases BEFORE vaccines for those diseases became available.
Have doctors and the pharmaceutical manufacturers taken credit for reducing mortality from infectious disease which rightfully belongs to sandhogs, plumbers, electricians and engineers?
If hubris at the Rockefeller Institute in 1918 led to a pandemic disease which killed millions of people, what lessons can we learn and apply to 2018?
The Disease Was Not Spanish
While watching an episode of American Experience on PBS a few months ago, I was surprised to hear that the first cases of “Spanish Flu” occurred at Fort Riley, Kansas in 1918. I thought, how is it possible this historically important event could be so badly misnamed 100 years ago and never corrected?
Why “Spanish”?
Spain was one of a few countries not involved in World War I. Most of the countries involved in the war censored their press.
Free from censorship concerns, the earliest press reports of people dying from disease in large numbers came from Spain. The warring countries did not want to additionally frighten the troops, so they were content to scapegoat Spain. Soldiers on all sides would be asked to cross no man’s land into machine gun fire, which was frightening enough without knowing that the trenches were a disease breeding ground.
One hundred years later, it’s long past time to drop “Spanish” from all discussion of this pandemic. If the flu started at a United States military base in Kansas, then the disease could and should be more aptly named.
In order to prevent future disasters, the US (and the rest of the world) must take a hard look at what really caused the pandemic.
It is possible that one of the reasons the Spanish Flu has never been corrected is that it helps disguise the origin of the pandemic.
If the origin of the pandemic involved a vaccine experiment on US soldiers, then the US may prefer calling it Spanish Flu instead of The Fort Riley Bacteria of 1918, or something similar. The Spanish Flu started at the location this experimental bacterial vaccine was given making it the prime suspect as the source of the bacterial infections which killed so many.
It would be much more difficult to maintain the marketing mantra of “vaccines save lives” if a vaccine experiment originating in the United States during the years of primitive manufacturing caused the deaths of 50-100 million people.
“The American Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research and its experimental bacterial meningococcal vaccine may have killed 50-100 million people in 1918-19” is a far less effective sales slogan than the overly simplistic ‘vaccines save lives’.” – Kevin Barry
The Disease Which Killed so Many was not Flu nor was it a Virus. It was Bacterial
During the mid-2000’s there was much talk about “pandemic preparedness.” Influenza vaccine manufacturers in the United States received billions of taxpayer dollars to develop vaccines to make sure that we don’t have another lethal pandemic “flu,” like the one in 1918-19.
Capitalizing on the “flu” part of Spanish flu helped vaccine manufacturers procure billion-dollar checks from governments, even though scientists knew at the time that bacterial pneumonia was the real killer.
It is not my opinion that bacterial pneumonia was the real killer – thousands of autopsies confirm this fact.
According to a 2008 National Institute of Health paper, bacterial pneumonia was the killer in a minimum of 92.7% of the 1918-19 autopsies reviewed. It is likely higher than 92.7%.
The researchers looked at more than 9000 autopsies, and “there were no negative (bacterial) lung culture results.”
“… In the 68 higher-quality autopsy series, in which the possibility of unreported negative cultures could be excluded, 92.7% of autopsy lung cultures were positive for ≥1 bacterium. … in one study of approximately 9000 subjects who were followed from clinical presentation with influenza to resolution or autopsy, researchers obtained, with sterile technique, cultures of either pneumococci or streptococci from 164 of 167 lung tissue samples.
“There were 89 pure cultures of pneumococci; 19 cultures from which only streptococci were recovered; 34 that yielded mixtures of pneumococci and/or streptococci; 22 that yielded a mixture of pneumococci, streptococci, and other organisms (prominently pneumococci and nonhemolytic streptococci); and 3 that yielded nonhemolytic streptococci alone. There were no negative lung culture results.” (3)
Pneumococci or streptococci were found in “164 of (the) 167 lung tissue samples” autopsied. That is 98.2%. Bacteria was the killer.
Where Did the Spanish Flu Bacterial Pneumonia of 1918-19 Originate?
When the United States declared war in April 1917, the fledgling Pharmaceutical industry had something they had never had before – a large supply of human test subjects in the form of the US military’s first draft.
Pre-war in 1917, the US Army was 286,000 men. Post-war in 1920, the US army disbanded, and had 296,000 men.
During the war years 1918-19, the US Army ballooned to 6,000,000 men, with 2,000,000 men being sent overseas. The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research took advantage of this new pool of human guinea pigs to conduct vaccine experiments.
A Report on Anti-meningitis Vaccination and Observations on Agglutinins in the Blood of Chronic Meningococcus Carriers as Recorded by Frederick L. Gates, MD in 1918 From the Base Hospital, Fort Riley, Kansas and The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New York. Received July 20, 1918
(Author note: Please read the Fort Riley paper in its entirety so you can appreciate the carelessness of the experiments conducted on these troops.)
Between January 21st and June 4th of 1918, Dr. Gates reports on an experiment where soldiers were given 3 doses of a bacterial meningitis vaccine. Those conducting the experiment on the soldiers were just spit-balling dosages of a vaccine serum made in horses. Vaxxed: From Cover-Up ... Best Price: $10.43 Buy New $15.83 (as of 08:56 UTC - Details)
The vaccination regime was designed to be 3 doses.
4,792 men received the first dose, but only 4,257 got the 2nd dose (down 11%), and only 3702 received all three doses (down 22.7%).
A total of 1,090 men were not there for the 3rd dose. What happened to these soldiers? Were they shipped East by train from Kansas to board a ship to Europe? Were they in the Fort Riley hospital? Dr. Gates’ report doesn’t tell us.
An article accompanying the American Experience broadcast I watched sheds some light on where these 1,090 men might be. Gates began his experiments in January 1918.
By March of that year, “100 men a day” were entering the infirmary at Fort Riley.
Are some of these the men missing from Dr. Gates’ report – the ones who did not get the 2nd or 3rd dose?
“… Shortly before breakfast on Monday, March 11, the first domino would fall signaling the commencement of the first wave of the 1918 influenza.
“Company cook Albert Gitchell reported to the camp infirmary with complaints of a “bad cold.”
“Right behind him came Corporal Lee W. Drake voicing similar complaints.
“By noon, camp surgeon Edward R. Schreiner had over 100 sick men on his hands, all apparently suffering from the same malady…” (5)
Gates does report that several of the men in the experiment had flu-like symptoms: coughs, vomiting and diarrhea after receiving the vaccine.
These symptoms are a disaster for men living in barracks, travelling on trains to the Atlantic coast, sailing to Europe, and living and fighting in trenches.
The unsanitary conditions at each step of the journey are an ideal environment for a contagious disease like bacterial pneumonia to spread.
From Dr. Gates’ report:
“Several cases of looseness of the bowels or transient diarrhea were noted. This symptom had not been encountered before. Careful inquiry in individual cases often elicited the information that men who complained of the effects of vaccination were suffering from mild coryza, bronchitis, etc., at the time of injection.
“Sometimes the reaction was initiated by a chill or chilly sensation, and a number of men complained of fever or feverish sensations during the following night.
“Next in frequency came nausea (occasionally vomiting), dizziness, and general “aches and pains” in the joints and muscles, which in a few instances were especially localized in the neck or lumbar region, causing stiff neck or stiff back. A few injections were followed by diarrhea.
“The reactions, therefore, occasionally simulated the onset of epidemic meningitis and several vaccinated men were sent as suspects to the Base Hospital for diagnosis.” (4)
According to Gates, they injected random dosages of an experimental bacterial meningitis vaccine into soldiers. Afterwards, some of the soldiers had symptoms which “simulated” meningitis, but Dr. Gates advances the fantastical claim that it wasn’t actual meningitis.
The soldiers developed flu-like symptoms. Bacterial meningitis, then and now, is known to mimic flu-like symptoms. (6)
Perhaps the similarity of early symptoms of bacterial meningitis and bacterial pneumonia to symptoms of flu is why the vaccine experiments at Fort Riley have been able to escape scrutiny as a potential cause of the Spanish Flu for 100 years and counting.
How did the “Spanish Flu” Spread so Widely and so Quickly?
There is an element of a perfect storm in how the Gates bacteria spread. WWI ended only 10 months after the first injections. Unfortunately for the 50-100 million who died, those soldiers injected with horse-infused bacteria moved quickly during those 10 months.
An article from 2008 on the CDC’s website describes how sick WWI soldiers could pass along the bacteria to others by becoming “cloud adults.”
“Finally, for brief periods and to varying degrees, affected hosts became “cloud adults” who increased the aerosolization of colonizing strains of bacteria, particularly pneumococci, hemolytic streptococci, H. influenzae, and S. aureus.
“For several days during local epidemics—particularly in crowded settings such as hospital wards, military camps, troop ships, and mines (and trenches)—some persons were immunologically susceptible to, infected with, or recovering from infections with influenza virus.
“Persons with active infections were aerosolizing the bacteria that colonized their noses and throats, while others—often, in the same “breathing spaces”—were profoundly susceptible to invasion of and rapid spread through their lungs by their own or others’ colonizing bacteria.” (1)
Three times in his report on the Fort Riley vaccine experiment, Dr. Gates states that some soldiers had a “severe reaction” indicating “an unusual individual susceptibility to the vaccine”.
While the vaccine made many sick, it only killed those who were susceptible to it. Those who became sick and survived became “cloud adults” who spread the bacteria to others, which created more cloud adults, spreading to others where it killed the susceptible, repeating the cycle until there were no longer wartime unsanitary conditions, and there were no longer millions of soldiers to experiment on.
The toll on US troops was enormous and it is well documented. Dr. Carol Byerly describes how the “influenza” traveled like wildfire through the US military. (substitute “bacteria” for Dr. Byerly’s “influenza” or “virus”):
“… Fourteen of the largest training camps had reported influenza outbreaks in March, April, or May, and some of the infected troops carried the virus with them aboard ships to France …
“As soldiers in the trenches became sick, the military evacuated them from the front lines and replaced them with healthy men.
“This process continuously brought the virus into contact with new hosts—young, healthy soldiers in which it could adapt, reproduce, and become extremely virulent without danger of burning out.
“… Before any travel ban could be imposed, a contingent of replacement troops departed Camp Devens (outside of Boston) for Camp Upton, Long Island, the Army’s debarkation point for France, and took influenza with them.
“Medical officers at Upton said it arrived “abruptly” on September 13, 1918, with 38 hospital admissions, followed by 86 the next day, and 193 the next.
“Hospital admissions peaked on October 4 with 483, and within 40 days, Camp Upton sent 6,131 men to the hospital for influenza. Some developed pneumonia so quickly that physicians diagnosed it simply by observing the patient rather than listening to the lungs…” (7)
“The United States was not the only country in possession of the Rockefeller Institute’s experimental bacterial vaccine.
“A 1919 report from the Institute states: “Reference should be made that before the United States entered the war (in April 1917) the Institute had resumed the preparation of anti-meningococcic serum, in order to meet the requests of England, France, Belgium Italy and other countries.”
“The same report states: “In order to meet the suddenly increased demand for the curative serums worked out at the Institute, a special stable for horses was quickly erected …” (8)
An experimental anti-meningoccic serum made in horses and injected into soldiers who would be entering the cramped and unsanitary living conditions of war … what could possibly go wrong?
Is the bacterial serum made in horses at the Rockefeller Institute which was injected into US soldiers and distributed to numerous other countries responsible for the 50-100 million people killed by bacterial lung infections in 1918-19?
The Institute says it distributed the bacterial serum to England, France, Belgium, Italy and other countries during WWI. Not enough is known about how these countries experimented on their soldiers.
I hope independent researchers will take an honest look at these questions.
The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions
I do not believe that anyone involved in these vaccine experiments was trying to harm anyone.
Some will see the name Rockefeller and yell. “Illuminati!” or “culling the herd!”
I do not believe that’s what happened.
I believe standard medical hubris is responsible – doctors “playing God”, thinking they can tame nature without creating unanticipated problems.
With medical hubris, I do not think the situation has changed materially over the past 100 years.
What Now?
The vaccine industry is always looking for human test subjects. They have the most success when they are able to find populations who not in a position to refuse.
Soldiers (9), infants, the disabled, prisoners, those in developing nations – anyone not in a position to refuse.
Vaccine experimentation on vulnerable populations is not an issue of the past. Watch this video clip of Dr. Stanley Plotkin where he describes using experimental vaccines on orphans, the mentally retarded, prisoners, and those under colonial rule.
The deposition was in January 2018. The hubris of the medical community is the same or worse now than it was 100 years ago.
Watch as Dr. Plotkin admits to writing:
“The question is whether we are to have experiments performed on fully functioning adults and on children who are potentially contributors to society or to perform initial studies in children and adults who are human in form but not in social potential.”
Please watch the horrifying video clip of Dr. Stanley Plotkin testifying under oath about the experiments that the pharmaceutical industry has done on unaware, uninformed patients.
In part because the global community is well aware of medical hubris and well aware of the poor record of medical ethics, the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights developed international standards regarding the right to informed consent to preventative medical procedures like vaccination.
The international community is well aware that the pharmaceutical industry makes mistakes and is always on the lookout for human test subjects. The Declaration states that individuals have the human right to consent to any preventative medical intervention like vaccination.
Article 3 – Human Dignity and Human Rights
Human dignity, human rights and fundamental freedoms are to be fully respected. The interests and welfare of the individual should have priority over the sole interest of science or society.
Article 6 – Consent
1. Any preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic medical intervention is only to be carried out with the prior, free and informed consent of the person concerned, based on adequate information. The consent should, where appropriate, be express and may be withdrawn by the person concerned at any time and for any reason without disadvantage or prejudice. (11)
Clean water, sanitation, flushing toilets, refrigerated foods and healthy diets have done and still do far more to protect humanity from infectious diseases than any vaccine program.
Doctor and the vaccine industry have usurped credit which rightfully belongs to plumbers, electricians, sandhogs, engineers and city planners.
For these reasons, policy makers at all levels of government should protect the human rights and individual liberties of individuals to opt out of vaccine programs via exemptions.
The hubris of the medical community will never go away. Policy makers need to know that vaccines like all medical interventions are not infallible.
Vaccines are not magic. We all have different susceptibility to disease. Human beings are not one size fits all.
In 1918-19, the vaccine industry experimented on soldiers, likely with disastrous results.
In 2018, the vaccine industry experiments on infants every day. The vaccine schedule has never been tested as it is given. The results of the experiment are in: 1 in 7 American children is in some form of special education and over 50% have some form of chronic illness. (12)
In 1918-19, there was no safety follow up after vaccines were delivered.
In 2018, there is virtually no safety follow up after a vaccine is delivered.
Who exactly gave you that flu shot at Rite Aid? Do you have their cell number of the store employee if something goes wrong?
In 1918-19, there was no liability to the manufacturer for injuries or death caused by vaccines.
In 2018, there is no liability for vaccine manufacturers for injuries or death caused by vaccines, which was formalized in 1986. (13)
In 1918-19, there was no independent investigative follow up challenging the official story that “Spanish Flu” was some mystery illness which dropped from the sky. I suspect that many of those at the Rockefeller Institute knew what happened, and that many of the doctors who administered the vaccines to the troops knew what happened, but those people are long dead.
In 2018, the Pharmaceutical industry is the largest campaign donor to politicians and the largest advertiser in all forms of media, so not much has changed over 100 years.
This story will likely be ignored by mainstream media because their salaries are paid by pharmaceutical advertising.
The next time you hear someone say “vaccines save lives” please remember that the true story of the cost/benefit of vaccines is much more complicated than their three word slogan. Also remember that vaccines may have killed 50-100 million people in 1918-19. If true, those costs greatly outweighed any benefit, especially considering that plumbers, electricians, sandhogs and engineers did, and continue to do, the real work which reduces mortality from disease.
Vaccines are not magic. Human rights and bioethics are critically important. Policy makers should understand the history of medical hubris and protect individual and parental human rights as described in the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights.
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Originally published at FirstFreedoms.org. Reprinted with permission.
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