lewrockwell--2020-03-20--Is Trump the Next FDR?

Is Trump the Next FDR?

The headline on the Drudge Report since yesterday : “ Trump Invokes Wartime Authority.
” And right on cue , as the Wuhan Virus spreads across the United States , Trump suggests he is a “ wartime president.
” We can all thank Honest Abe , Woodrow Wilson , and King Franklin for this nonsense .
At least in the case of Lincoln and Wilson , the United States was engaged in an actual war , but when FDR first claimed to be a wartime president , he was fighting a war against the economy .
Roosevelt thought he was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the armed forces when called into actual service , but the Gardener in Chief , the Labor Boos in Chief , the Factory Director in Chief , and the Banker in Chief .
How Alexander Hamilton ... Brion McClanahan Best Price : $ 4.09 Buy New $ 5.99 When the smoke cleared and Congress passed bill after bill without reading the bills–they once passed a rolled up newspaper because the bill had not been sent from Pennsylvania Avenue just yet–the only thing clear was that the United States had been transformed forever .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ economic or social crisis to nationalize the economy or invoke emergency powers .
Now that Trump has claimed he is a wartime president , it ’ s all downhill from here .
This doesn ’ t mean that the United States is not facing a potential public health crisis , but it ’ s not the president ’ s job to become Doctor in Chief , either .
Roosevelt also attempted to calm the United States by giving thirty of his famous “ fireside chats ” between 1933 and 1945 .
No president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he did , and no one thought they needed to jump up and reassure the public during a public health or economic problem .
War was one thing ; social distress another .
We now see Trump ’ s mug on the television every day telling people it will be okay and if we just stick to the fifteen day play , the world will be better .
This is the natural result of executive government , and Americans have clearly decided they want more president and less Congress and the States .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Brion Best Price : $ 4.74 Buy New $ 11.56 But it hasn ’ t always been that way , and the framers and ratifiers of the Constitution certainly didn ’ t think it should be that way .
The president takes an oath to “ preserve , protect , and defend the Constitution of the United States.
” Shelling out $ 2000 checks and running the economy into the ground is not one of his delegated powers .
We ’ ve went into this black hole in 1933 and have never returned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of The Brion McClanahan Show .
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The headline on the Drudge Report since yesterday: “Trump Invokes Wartime Authority.”
And right on cue, as the Wuhan Virus spreads across the United States, Trump suggests he is a “wartime president.”
We can all thank Honest Abe, Woodrow Wilson, and King Franklin for this nonsense.
At least in the case of Lincoln and Wilson, the United States was engaged in an actual war, but when FDR first claimed to be a wartime president, he was fighting a war against the economy.
The United States lost.
Roosevelt thought he was not only the Commander in Chief of the armed forces when called into actual service, but the Gardener in Chief, the Labor Boos in Chief, the Factory Director in Chief, and the Banker in Chief. How Alexander Hamilton... Brion McClanahan Best Price: $4.09 Buy New $5.99 (as of 06:55 UTC - Details)
When the smoke cleared and Congress passed bill after bill without reading the bills–they once passed a rolled up newspaper because the bill had not been sent from Pennsylvania Avenue just yet–the only thing clear was that the United States had been transformed forever.
Since then, several presidents have used economic or social crisis to nationalize the economy or invoke emergency powers.
There’s a dirty little secret: these powers don’t legally exist.
Now that Trump has claimed he is a wartime president, it’s all downhill from here.
This doesn’t mean that the United States is not facing a potential public health crisis, but it’s not the president’s job to become Doctor in Chief, either.
Roosevelt also attempted to calm the United States by giving thirty of his famous “fireside chats” between 1933 and 1945.
No president before FDR used the press the way he did, and no one thought they needed to jump up and reassure the public during a public health or economic problem. War was one thing; social distress another.
We now see Trump’s mug on the television every day telling people it will be okay and if we just stick to the fifteen day play, the world will be better.
This is the natural result of executive government, and Americans have clearly decided they want more president and less Congress and the States. 9 Presidents Who Screw... McClanahan, Brion Best Price: $4.74 Buy New $11.56 (as of 02:55 UTC - Details)
But it hasn’t always been that way, and the framers and ratifiers of the Constitution certainly didn’t think it should be that way.
The president takes an oath to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
Shelling out $2000 checks and running the economy into the ground is not one of his delegated powers.
We’ve went into this black hole in 1933 and have never returned.
I discuss this in Episode 298 of The Brion McClanahan Show.
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You can listen to it here.
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lewrockwell--2020-03-20--Good Coronavirus News: High Dose Vitamin C Shows Good Results In China Hospital

Dr. Richard Cheng has been updating everyone via his YouTube channel about vitamin C treatment cases out of China .
We have been covering his updates as he is in direct contact with this treatment and isn ’ t simply an armchair scientist at the moment .
We feel in this time this is a very important detail as he is seeing and hearing results first hand , not simply theoretically .
Dr. Cheng was paramount in bringing high dose vitamin C to the table as part of potential treatment and prevention measures .
Unfortunately in the West , this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of mainstream media and governments are not talking about it .
Instead , it ’ s fear and chaos which we do not feel serves anyone to stay healthy or get better .
I believe this is a great aspect of this journey to reflect on as it tells us where loyalties lie when it comes to government and pharma .
It also illustrates the power of fear and separation culture as opposed to unity .
A group of medical doctors , healthcare providers and scientists met online March 17 , 2020 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intravenous vitamin C ( IVC ) in the treatment of moderate to severe cases of Covid-19 patients .
Dr. Enqian Mao was in attendance , he is the chief of emergency medicine department at Ruijin Hospital , a major hospital in Shanghai , affiliated with the Joatong University College of Medicine .
Dr. Mao is also a member of the Senior Expert Team at the Shanghai Public Health Center , where all Covid-19 patients have been treated .
GNC Vitamin C - 1000 mg Buy New $ 19.99 ( $ 0.11 / Count @ @ @ @ @ @ @ treated about 50 cases of moderate to severe cases of Covid-19 infection with high dose IVC .
Dosing of IVC ranged from 10,000 mg – 20,000 mg a day for 7-10 days , with 10,000 mg for moderate cases and 20,000 for more severe cases .
The first bit of good news was that all patients who received IVC improved and there was no mortality .
Secondly , as compared to the average of a 30-day hospital stay for all Covid-19 patients , those patients who received high dose IVC had a hospital @ @ @ @ @ @ @ overall patients .
Dr. Mao also discussed one particularly severe case where the patient was deteriorating rapidly .
An extra of 50,000 mg IVC dosage was given over a period of 4 hours and it caused the patient ’ s pulmonary ( oxygenation index ) status to stabilize and improve as the critical care team watched in real time .
Thus far , there were no seen or reported side effects from any of the cases treated with high dose IVC .
This strikes me as interesting news because it has been no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even clinical trials , are happening in China , and yet during a press conference yesterday where the Donald Trump was addressing the American people , Dr. Deborah Birx , part of his COVID-19 task force , talked about how they are watching what other countries are doing , yet there is still no mention of harmless treatments like vitamin C. Only vaccines and ventilators .
Ventilators are certainly important for more extreme case patients , but is it really the case that we are to wait for a potentially unsafe and ineffectively @ @ @ @ @ @ @ treatment options that could even ease public fear ?
Again , this is a reflection for the people , where does government loyalty lie ?
Perhaps it ’ s with the industry that spends two times more than what any other lobby does in congress .
Would it not be inspiring to see health leaders come on the news and say “ Hey , we don ’ t know for sure if these things will work , just like any other drug or vaccine , but we do know they are harmless if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ indicate to people how to eat properly , take vitamin C , herbs , and zinc .
Immune Defense Drink M ... Buy New $ 44.99 ( $ 1.50 / Count ) To me , this would feel like we truly are pulling out all the stops to unify and help one another , but instead , it feels like another opportunity to push side effect ridden drugs .
This is where I feel we can see the need for a shift from a culture of disconnection and scarcity , to one of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in our society today is 100 % manmade , it is a factor of our economic design , it isn ’ t real .
Think of how banks can get bailed out by printing money out of thin air .
This means the same could be done for healthcare , supplements , people ’ s debt etc , but it isn ’ t done because the majority need to be financially weaker for the rich to have their cake .
I don ’ t share this stuff to enrage people , or to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ neither of those two actions will help us in this situation .
I say this because it ’ s the truth and only when we know that can we begin to change our story and what we choose to support .
Now is a perfect time for that .
Below are three important links to help you in potentially preventing coronavirus infection and perhaps even treating it .
How To Take Vitamin C Orally .
It MAY Help Protect Against Viruses Enjoy This Free Conscious Breathing Course To Bring Peace & Heightened Immunity

Dr. Richard Cheng has been updating everyone via his YouTube channel about vitamin C treatment cases out of China. We have been covering his updates as he is in direct contact with this treatment and isn’t simply an armchair scientist at the moment. We feel in this time this is a very important detail as he is seeing and hearing results first hand, not simply theoretically.
Dr. Cheng was paramount in bringing high dose vitamin C to the table as part of potential treatment and prevention measures. Unfortunately in the West, this option is still being denied by much of mainstream media and governments are not talking about it. Instead, it’s fear and chaos which we do not feel serves anyone to stay healthy or get better. I believe this is a great aspect of this journey to reflect on as it tells us where loyalties lie when it comes to government and pharma. It also illustrates the power of fear and separation culture as opposed to unity.
A group of medical doctors, healthcare providers and scientists met online March 17, 2020, to discuss the use of high dose intravenous vitamin C (IVC) in the treatment of moderate to severe cases of Covid-19 patients. Dr. Enqian Mao was in attendance, he is the chief of emergency medicine department at Ruijin Hospital, a major hospital in Shanghai, affiliated with the Joatong University College of Medicine. Dr. Mao is also a member of the Senior Expert Team at the Shanghai Public Health Center, where all Covid-19 patients have been treated. GNC Vitamin C - 1000 mg Buy New $19.99 ($0.11 / Count) (as of 04:37 UTC - Details)
Dr. Mao stated that his group treated about 50 cases of moderate to severe cases of Covid-19 infection with high dose IVC. Dosing of IVC ranged from 10,000 mg – 20,000 mg a day for 7-10 days, with 10,000 mg for moderate cases and 20,000 for more severe cases. The first bit of good news was that all patients who received IVC improved and there was no mortality. Secondly, as compared to the average of a 30-day hospital stay for all Covid-19 patients, those patients who received high dose IVC had a hospital stay about 3-5 days shorter than the overall patients.
Dr. Mao also discussed one particularly severe case where the patient was deteriorating rapidly. An extra of 50,000 mg IVC dosage was given over a period of 4 hours and it caused the patient’s pulmonary (oxygenation index) status to stabilize and improve as the critical care team watched in real time.
Thus far, there were no seen or reported side effects from any of the cases treated with high dose IVC.
Some Thoughts
This strikes me as interesting news because it has been no secret that Vitamin C treatments, and even clinical trials, are happening in China, and yet during a press conference yesterday where the Donald Trump was addressing the American people, Dr. Deborah Birx, part of his COVID-19 task force, talked about how they are watching what other countries are doing, yet there is still no mention of harmless treatments like vitamin C. Only vaccines and ventilators. Ventilators are certainly important for more extreme case patients, but is it really the case that we are to wait for a potentially unsafe and ineffectively vaccine without talking about simple and inexpensive treatment options that could even ease public fear?
Again, this is a reflection for the people, where does government loyalty lie? Perhaps it’s with the industry that spends two times more than what any other lobby does in congress. Would it not be inspiring to see health leaders come on the news and say “Hey, we don’t know for sure if these things will work, just like any other drug or vaccine, but we do know they are harmless if done this way etc.” And then indicate to people how to eat properly, take vitamin C, herbs, and zinc. Immune Defense Drink M... Buy New $44.99 ($1.50 / Count) (as of 10:29 UTC - Details)
To me, this would feel like we truly are pulling out all the stops to unify and help one another, but instead, it feels like another opportunity to push side effect ridden drugs. This is where I feel we can see the need for a shift from a culture of disconnection and scarcity, to one of connection and abundance. Remember, scarcity in our society today is 100% manmade, it is a factor of our economic design, it isn’t real. Think of how banks can get bailed out by printing money out of thin air. This means the same could be done for healthcare, supplements, people’s debt etc, but it isn’t done because the majority need to be financially weaker for the rich to have their cake.
I don’t share this stuff to enrage people, or to judge the leaders, in fact, neither of those two actions will help us in this situation. I say this because it’s the truth and only when we know that can we begin to change our story and what we choose to support. Now is a perfect time for that.
Below are three important links to help you in potentially preventing coronavirus infection and perhaps even treating it.
How To Take Vitamin C Orally. It MAY Help Protect Against Viruses
Enjoy This Free Conscious Breathing Course To Bring Peace & Heightened Immunity
Foods That Weaken Your Immune System

Reprinted with permission from Collective Evolution.


lewrockwell--2020-03-20--99% of Patients Killed by Coronavirus in Italy Had Existing Illnesses, New Study Finds

99 per cent of coronavirus deaths in Italy are patients with existing medical problems , a study by the country ’ s health service has found .
Research into 355 deaths found that only three of the victims , 0.8 per cent , had been clear of illnesses before they were infected .
Nearly half of them – 48.5 per cent – already had three or even more health conditions before they were diagnosed with Covid-19 .
Another 25.6 per cent had two other ‘ pathologies ’ , while 25.1 per cent had one .
This chart shows how most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , with almost half of them suffering from three or even more illnesses before they were infected The research by Italy ’ s National Institute of Health is consistent with previous findings that people with existing illnesses are more likely to die from coronavirus .
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More than a third – 35.5 per cent – had diabetes , while 33.0 per cent had suffered from ischemic heart disease .
Nearly a quarter , 24.5 per cent , had suffered from atrial fibrillation .
Less common examples included dementia and liver disease .
Scientists have not yet established why people with high blood pressure are more vulnerable to the coronavirus .
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99 per cent of coronavirus deaths in Italy are patients with existing medical problems, a study by the country's health service has found.
Research into 355 deaths found that only three of the victims, 0.8 per cent, had been clear of illnesses before they were infected.
Nearly half of them - 48.5 per cent - already had three or even more health conditions before they were diagnosed with Covid-19.
Another 25.6 per cent had two other 'pathologies', while 25.1 per cent had one.
This chart shows how most Italian coronavirus victims had pre-existing health conditions, with almost half of them suffering from three or even more illnesses before they were infected
The research by Italy's National Institute of Health is consistent with previous findings that people with existing illnesses are more likely to die from coronavirus.
According to the study, the most common of these problems in Italy include high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes.
Some 76.1 per cent of the patients who died of Covid-19 had previously had problems with high arterial blood pressure, the study found.
More than a third - 35.5 per cent - had diabetes, while 33.0 per cent had suffered from ischemic heart disease.
Health workers in face masks work in a crowded area outside the Spedali di Brescia hospital in Italy, amid warnings that protection equipment and procedures for doctors are 'inadequate'
WHY IS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SO COMMON AMONG CORONAVIRUS DEATHS? One of the most common conditions which crops up in the 'underlying health conditions' of patients who die of the coronavirus is high blood pressure, aka hypertension. Authorities in Italy found around three quarters of dead patients had had it, and in China around 24 per cent of fatalities had been diagnosed with the condition. The illness is common and often life-long – around 16million people in the UK and 78million in the US have the condition and many take medication to control it. It is not clear exactly why high blood pressure raises the risk of fatal COVID-19, nor whether it simply pops up so often because it's so common among the elderly, who are already the most likely to die on account of their age. For example, between 72 and 80 per cent of over-75s in the US have the condition. According to a study in the journal Immunology Research, high blood pressure causes low-level damage to the insides of blood vessels and the damage stimulates a response from the immune system meaning that, when it has to respond to a real threat like a viral infection, there is a greater risk of it overreacting. Immune overreaction can lead to sepsis or organ failure, which are often fatal, and are known to be a cause of death among coronavirus patients. Another theory, posed by scientists who wrote in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine Journal, suggested that people with high blood pressure may produce more of an enzyme which allows the coronavirus to stick to cells and cause a worse infection. This could be because they are genetically more likely to make that enzyme because of the condition, or because they take medications which force their body to produce more, called ACE inhibitors or ARBs. The theory has not been proved and doctors warned people not to stop taking any medication they have been prescribed. A critical care expert working in Beijing, Du Bin, told Bloomberg: 'From what I was told by other doctors and the data I can see myself, among all the underlying diseases, hypertension is a key dangerous factor. 'Though there is no research published on that yet, we believe hypertension could be an important factor in causing patients to deteriorate, leading to a bad prognosis.' Advertisement
Nearly a quarter, 24.5 per cent, had suffered from atrial fibrillation. Less common examples included dementia and liver disease.
Scientists have not yet established why people with high blood pressure are more vulnerable to the coronavirus.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the U.S. says it needs 'more data to become available' to investigate the link properly.
The illness is common and often life-long – around 16million people in the UK and 78million in the US have the condition and many take medication to control it.
It is not clear whether high blood pressure directly raises the risk of fatal COVID-19, or whether it simply pops up so often because it's so common among the elderly, who are already the most likely to die on account of their age.
For example, between 72 and 80 per cent of over-75s in the US have the condition.
According to a study in the journal Immunology Research, high blood pressure causes low-level damage to the insides of blood vessels and the damage stimulates a small response from the immune system meaning that, when it has to respond to a real threat like a viral infection, there is a greater risk of it overreacting.
Immune overreaction can lead to sepsis or organ failure, which are often fatal, and are known to be a cause of death among coronavirus patients.
Another theory, posed by scientists who wrote in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine Journal, suggested that people with high blood pressure may produce more of an enzyme which allows the coronavirus to stick to cells and cause a worse infection.
This could be because they are genetically more likely to make that enzyme because of the condition, or because they take medications which force their body to produce more, called ACE inhibitors or ARBs.
That theory has not been proved and doctors warned people not to stop taking any medication they have been prescribed.
A critical care expert working in Beijing, Du Bin, told Bloomberg: 'From what I was told by other doctors and the data I can see myself, among all the underlying diseases, hypertension is a key dangerous factor.
'Though there is no research published on that yet, we believe hypertension could be an important factor in causing patients to deteriorate, leading to a bad prognosis.'
The Italian study also found that the average age of people who died from the virus in Italy was 79.5, although it was slightly higher for women than men.
That is also consistent with previous findings from around the world that older people are more vulnerable to the disease.
Italy's population is the second-oldest in the world, after Japan's, and the country has suffered the worst outbreak in Europe by far.
There have been 35,713 confirmed virus cases in Italy, with 2,978 deaths.
The study found that 77 per cent of the patients who eventually died were suffering a fever when they were taken to hospital.
New cases per day in Italy: The number of daily cases was fairly stagnant at the start of this week, settling down at around 3,500 new patients per day
Patients wearing masks lie in beds at a triage department at the Spedali di Brescia hospital in northern Italy earlier this week
Health experts say the fever is one of the main symptoms of coronavirus, along with a cough and shortness of breath.
However, 5.2 per cent of patients who later died did not initially present any symptoms when they tested positive.
Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte today ordered the country's national lockdown to continue past its original deadlines, some of which were as soon as March 25.
Italy recorded a record 4,207 cases and 475 deaths yesterday, scuppering hopes that the quarantine was starting to stall the rate of infections.
Italy's National Research Council (CNR) says it expects a 'significant reduction' in the growth rate of new infections in the Lombardy region by next Tuesday or Wednesday.
The northern region of around 10million people has been at the epicentre of the crisis since the start, reporting two thirds of all the deaths in the nation of 60 million.
It has been under lockdown since March 8.
Noting that infections are starting to rise in the south, where many Italians moved after the start of containment measures in the north, the CNR predicts that figures across Italy will only stabilise between March 25 and April 15.
There have been fears that the health system of the poorer south would be entirely unable to cope with an outbreak on the scale which the north has suffered.


lewrockwell--2020-03-20--9 Informative Articles Revealing Some of the Censored-Out Truths About the Coronavirus Freak-Out

• Here is a previously taken-down video from an experienced British physician , who understands what is going on with the world-wide Corona virus hysteria .
Read it before it is deleted again • Here is an interview with an experienced German pulmonologist , Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg , ( also a public health expert ) who ran his own monitoring system for viral diseases such as influenza .
Dr Wodarg speaks some important truths about what he regards as an over-reaction by the rest of the world ’ s scientists and public health officials .
This video is in German @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with his considered assessment .
3 ) And here is an important message from Dr. Lyons-Weiler , who is a Senior Research Scientist at the University of Pittsburgh : ( Note : Dr Lyons-Weiler mentions the vitamins A , C and D. My personal recommendation is to take at least 5000 IU of Vit A per day ; at least 2,000 mg of Vit C per day ( better to use larger doses of perhaps 5,000 – 10,000 mg per day ) ; and 2000 – 5000 IU of Vit D per day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up to 25,000 IU per day ) ; plus Zinc and Selenium .
( The Vit A , Zinc and Selenium should be in most high quality , high potency multivitamin capsules . )
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NOW THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING is occurring in the US and other countries , and some countries are under general quarantine , what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and quarantine be in effect ?
The promise of a vaccine against Coronavirus is too far off to play a role in ending the deadly and economy- smashing effects of our response to COVID-19 .
The move to start human trials of SAR-CoV-2 vaccines without proper animal safety studies has prompted outcries ( See Moderna and US NIAID Poised to Endanger the World Population ? )
given the reality that SARS-CoV studies had unacceptable safety issues of pathogenic priming : animals vaccinated using Spike protein based vaccines against SARS and MERS – close @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when challenged with the virus that the vaccine was supposed to protect them against .
Even the most vocal vaccine proponents such as Paul Offit and Peter Hotez now say skipping the animal studies could result in unacceptable risks .
I should point out that this week , they have joined the ranks of people using freedom of speech to “ spread ” vaccine skepticism .
Given the catastrophic outcomes in animal safety testing for the SARS coronavirus vaccine , we must understand that the current vaccine trials will likely fail .
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be insufficient to bring a reasonably quick end to the need for social distancing and quarantine .
< < SNIP > > Clearly therapeutics will be necessary to play a role in bringing about an end to this pandemic .
( Lists of resources on this are listed here ) .
Here I list feasible steps that are absolutely essential for the countries to end the pandemic as quickly as possible .
• Develop local testing capacity .
Avoid CDC ’ s flawed test until they produce data showing high sensitivity and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Testing will be relevant towards effective resource use , but people should not wait until they have symptoms to take steps to reduce the severity of virus-related illnesses .
• More Testing Issues .
The utility of accurate testing should be a lesson for all respiratory virus-related illnesses and perhaps we will see a massive paradigm shift towards accurate testing and reporting of which respiratory virus individuals actually have and perhaps medicine will now abandon so-called “ flu syndrome ” .
• Plasma convalescent therapy.Each test-positive patient who has recovered should be asked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which antibodies can be harvested .
The resulting product should be screened for other viruses and then administered to those on the front lines first – nurses , MDs , medical staff – EMTS , the military , all essential personel in the “ infrastructure ” industries and in the food industries .
• Therapeutics and Prophylatic Treatments ) .Mass production and distribution of other therapeutics including antivirals that have shown to be effective against SARS-CoV-2 for prophylactic use in families and workplaces who have a members or co-workers who test positive for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ efficacy should not be discouraged – anything that might help but will not hurt should be used .
A registry of treatment experiences and outcomes should be created to help identify the most efficacious treatment options .
• True Immune Enhancement.Increase the use of supplements that enhance and strengthen the immune system .
These include vitamins such as vitamin D vitamin A and large doses of vitamin C. Encourage the uptake of micronutrients including zinc and selenium which have specifically been shown to inhibit the entry of SARS and SARS-CoV-2 into human cells @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to have some effect .
( The phrase “ immune enhancement ” is being mis-used to refer to a dangerous outcome due to exposure to the virus following vaccination , which should be referred to as “ Pathogenic Priming ” . )
• Increase life affirming and healthy lifestyle choices including exercise , exposure to sunlight , daily air exchange of the home and healthy avocational activities .
People should be encouraged to take the time for early spring cleaning , take up a new exercise regime such as thai chi , to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a new musical instrument .
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Diabetics have a 6 % fatality risk .
People with cardiovascular illness including hypertension have a 10 % case fatality risk .
Talk to your doctor about moving from ACE inhibitor blood pressure management to other options .
Also talk to your doctor about adding exercise to your lifestyle to help control @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taken by the banking and finance industries to help stabilize hardships visited upon families by loss of work including interest forgiveness on loans , tolerance of delayed , late or skipped payments .
Mental wellness is essential for making optimal life choices .
It is time for a re-discovery the best part of ourselves .
Engage in charitable acts to aid the elderly and those at most risk of serious illness .
Dr. Lyons Weiler is a Senior Research Scientist at the University of Pittsburgh where he is the Scientific Director of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ important lecture by Harvard-trained Immunologist Dr Shiva Ayyadurai explaining what the CDC physicians don ’ t understand .
And here are five GlobalResearch.ca articles that also contain a lot of essential information that exposes a lot of the disinformation that is coming from the mainstream media .
Everybody needs to read these important articles : 5 ] China ’ s New Coronavirus : An Examination of the Facts 6 ] Global COVD-19 Pandemic , This is a Test : How Will the Constitution Fare During a Nationwide Lockdown .
7 ] The Coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Agenda ID2020 ” 8 ] Coronavirus COVID-19 : “ Made in China ” or “ Made in America ” ?
The Best of Gary G. Kohls , MD

Here is a previously taken-down video from an experienced British physician, who understands what is going on with the world-wide Corona virus hysteria. Read it before it is deleted again

Here is an interview with an experienced German pulmonologist, Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg, (also a public health expert) who ran his own monitoring system for viral diseases such as influenza.
Dr Wodarg speaks some important truths about what he regards as an over-reaction by the rest of the world’s scientists and public health officials.
This video is in German with English subtitles. I totally agree with his considered assessment.

3) And here is an important message from Dr. Lyons-Weiler, who is a Senior Research Scientist at the University of Pittsburgh:
(Note: Dr Lyons-Weiler mentions the vitamins A, C and D. My personal recommendation is to take at least 5000 IU of Vit A per day; at least 2,000 mg of Vit C per day (better to use larger doses of perhaps 5,000 – 10,000 mg per day); and 2000 – 5000 IU of Vit D per day (it is considered safe to take up to 25,000 IU per day); plus Zinc and Selenium. (The Vit A, Zinc and Selenium should be in most high quality, high potency multivitamin capsules.) Gary queenneeup Unisex Exo ... Buy New $1.99 (as of 11:38 UTC - Details)
3} Duty to Warn
How the COVID-19 Epidemic Will End
By James Lyons-Weiler, PhD – 3/15/2020 (841 words)
How this pandemic will end depends on how soon the medical community realizes that therapeutics are 100% essential this time.
NOW THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING is occurring in the US and other countries, and some countries are under general quarantine, what next? How long will social distancing and quarantine be in effect?
The promise of a vaccine against Coronavirus is too far off to play a role in ending the deadly and economy- smashing effects of our response to COVID-19. The move to start human trials of SAR-CoV-2 vaccines without proper animal safety studies has prompted outcries (See Moderna and US NIAID Poised to Endanger the World Population?) given the reality that SARS-CoV studies had unacceptable safety issues of pathogenic priming : animals vaccinated using Spike protein based vaccines against SARS and MERS – close cousin of SARS-CoV-2 – had worse outcomes when challenged with the virus that the vaccine was supposed to protect them against.
Even the most vocal vaccine proponents such as Paul Offit and Peter Hotez now say skipping the animal studies could result in unacceptable risks. I should point out that this week, they have joined the ranks of people using freedom of speech to “spread” vaccine skepticism.
Given the catastrophic outcomes in animal safety testing for the SARS coronavirus vaccine, we must understand that the current vaccine trials will likely fail. We must realize also that social distancing alone will be insufficient to bring a reasonably quick end to the need for social distancing and quarantine. <>
Clearly therapeutics will be necessary to play a role in bringing about an end to this pandemic.
(Lists of resources on this are listed here).
Here I list feasible steps that are absolutely essential for the countries to end the pandemic as quickly as possible.
Develop local testing capacity. Avoid CDC’s flawed test until they produce data showing high sensitivity and specificity of their primer probe sets. Testing will be relevant towards effective resource use, but people should not wait until they have symptoms to take steps to reduce the severity of virus-related illnesses. More Testing Issues. The utility of accurate testing should be a lesson for all respiratory virus-related illnesses and perhaps we will see a massive paradigm shift towards accurate testing and reporting of which respiratory virus individuals actually have and perhaps medicine will now abandon so-called “flu syndrome”. Plasma convalescent therapy.Each test-positive patient who has recovered should be asked to donate a liter of blood from which antibodies can be harvested. The resulting product should be screened for other viruses and then administered to those on the front lines first – nurses, MDs, medical staff – EMTS, the military, all essential personel in the “infrastructure” industries and in the food industries. Therapeutics and Prophylatic Treatments).Mass production and distribution of other therapeutics including antivirals that have shown to be effective against SARS-CoV-2 for prophylactic use in families and workplaces who have a members or co-workers who test positive for COVID-19. Herbal remedies that also show efficacy should not be discouraged – anything that might help but will not hurt should be used. A registry of treatment experiences and outcomes should be created to help identify the most efficacious treatment options. True Immune Enhancement.Increase the use of supplements that enhance and strengthen the immune system. These include vitamins such as vitamin D vitamin A and large doses of vitamin C. Encourage the uptake of micronutrients including zinc and selenium which have specifically been shown to inhibit the entry of SARS and SARS-CoV-2 into human cells. An extract of licorice root appears to have some effect. (The phrase “immune enhancement” is being mis-used to refer to a dangerous outcome due to exposure to the virus following vaccination, which should be referred to as “Pathogenic Priming”.) Increase life affirming and healthy lifestyle choices including exercise, exposure to sunlight, daily air exchange of the home and healthy avocational activities. People should be encouraged to take the time for early spring cleaning, take up a new exercise regime such as thai chi, to learn a new language or to learn a new musical instrument.
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I applaud the move taken by the banking and finance industries to help stabilize hardships visited upon families by loss of work including interest forgiveness on loans, tolerance of delayed, late or skipped payments. Mental wellness is essential for making optimal life choices.
It is time for a re-discovery the best part of ourselves. Engage in charitable acts to aid the elderly and those at most risk of serious illness.
Dr. Lyons Weiler is a Senior Research Scientist at the University of Pittsburgh where he is the Scientific Director of the Bioinformatics Analysis Core.
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4] An important lecture by Harvard-trained Immunologist Dr Shiva Ayyadurai explaining what the CDC physicians don’t understand.
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And here are five GlobalResearch.ca articles that also contain a lot of essential information that exposes a lot of the disinformation that is coming from the mainstream media. Everybody needs to read these important articles:
5] China’s New Coronavirus: An Examination of the Facts
by Larry Romanoff, January 25, 2020
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6] Global COVD-19 Pandemic, This is a Test: How Will the Constitution Fare During a Nationwide Lockdown.
John W. Whitehead, March 12, 2020
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7] The Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic: The Real Danger is “Agenda ID2020”
by Peter Koenig, March 12, 2020
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8] Coronavirus COVID-19: “Made in China” or “Made in America”?
by Prof. Michel Chossudovsky, March 14, 2020
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9] The Coronavirus Hoax – Ron Paul, March 16, 2020
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lewrockwell--2020-03-20--Are Americans All-In for a Long Coronavirus ‘War’?

“ It ’ s a war , ” says President Donald Trump of his efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic , and likening his role to that of “ wartime president.
” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo welcomed the president ’ s claim to his commander in chief role in the crisis and his resolve : “ The president and I agreed yesterday… we ’ re fighting the same war — and this is a war.
” Some measures already taken do call to mind actions in wartime .
Commercial airline flights have been reduced or canceled .
Schools have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doors .
Where Ford , Chrysler , GM and other great auto companies shifted production to jeeps , tanks and bombers in 1942 , U.S. auto factories have today been shut down to prevent the spread of the virus .
Bars and restaurants are being closed .
The Death of the West : ... Patrick J. Buchanan Best Price : $ 2.12 Buy New $ 12.46 This month , millions of Americans will be added to unemployment rolls , and millions of senior citizens and elderly have already followed government directives to “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” There is talk of quarantines lasting not days or weeks , as Americans knew in the days of measles , mumps , chickenpox , scarlet fever and polio , but months .
While a new social solidarity and spirit of self-sacrifice seem to be manifesting themselves in this pandemic , can it endure ?
Is the country prepared for months , or years , of social isolation , if that is what is required to win this war ?
It is a question that needs to be addressed .
Consider .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suspect , claims to have achieved a deceleration in the daily number of new coronavirus infections .
The South Koreans say they , too , have broken and reversed the momentum of the spread of the virus .
On March 3 , the number of new cases of the coronavirus reported across South Korea was 852 .
On St. Patrick ’ s Day , March 17 , exactly two weeks later , the count was 85 new cases , a plunge of 90 % .
South Korea appears to have “ flattened the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are far from that .
Exactly how far behind South Korea we are can not be known until more tens of thousands of Americans are tested , and we learn how many cases of the disease are out there undiscovered and unreported .
But whatever the success of Asian nations in containing the virus , are we politically and socially able to impose the same draconian measures ?
Ordering people to “ shelter in place ” in their own homes , not just for days or weeks but months — can this be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it can be done in the surveillance state of Communist China ?
Can mayors and governors of beach towns along the East Coast from Maine to Miami , and the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas , keep tens of millions from gathering on beaches this summer ?
Last week , we saw college kids cavorting on Florida ’ s beaches , despite warnings that any one among them infected with COVID-19 could transmit it to the rest , leading to grave illness and , in some cases , death .
Moreover , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to parents and siblings .
They did not seem to care .
As Prohibition proved , Americans are a rule-breaking people .
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Scores of thousands are injured in auto accidents and thousands killed each year from driving under the influence of alcohol , despite tough laws against drunk driving .
Since the 1960s , laws against the use of marijuana , cocaine , heroin , fentanyl , have not halted the rampant ingestion of illegal narcotics and dangerous drugs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ change poses an existential threat to the planet .
But have the elites who profess to believe this given up flying in private jets ?
Have Americans given up their SUVs or ceased to heat their homes with oil and gas ?
Are parents going to be able to confine to their homes children whose lives are built around friends on playgrounds ?
Is the crowd on Martha ’ s Vineyard going to give up socializing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus ?
In the ’ 60s , we were told that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cancer , emphysema and heart disease , is absolute .
Yet 34 million Americans continue to risk shortening their lives by smoking .
Seniors and elderly , among whom the mortality rate from the coronavirus is the highest — 15 % of those over 80 in one estimate — may shelter in place for months .
But if , in diverse cities , minority communities come out for block parties in summer , are we going to have the police march them back into their homes ?
Do we have enough cops for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the orders to shelter in place and self-isolate remain in force , the greater the probability they will begin to be ignored and people will take the risks to end their isolation and be with friends .
Will Americans suffer in social isolation , inside their own homes for months , while a state-induced Great Depression washes over the land ?
My guess is that many will rebel .
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“It’s a war,” says President Donald Trump of his efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic, and likening his role to that of “wartime president.”
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo welcomed the president’s claim to his commander in chief role in the crisis and his resolve: “The president and I agreed yesterday… we’re fighting the same war — and this is a war.”
Some measures already taken do call to mind actions in wartime.
Commercial airline flights have been reduced or canceled. Schools have been closed. Universities have shut their doors.
Where Ford, Chrysler, GM and other great auto companies shifted production to jeeps, tanks and bombers in 1942, U.S. auto factories have today been shut down to prevent the spread of the virus.
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This month, millions of Americans will be added to unemployment rolls, and millions of senior citizens and elderly have already followed government directives to “self-isolate” or “shelter in place.”
There is talk of quarantines lasting not days or weeks, as Americans knew in the days of measles, mumps, chickenpox, scarlet fever and polio, but months.
While a new social solidarity and spirit of self-sacrifice seem to be manifesting themselves in this pandemic, can it endure?
Is the country prepared for months, or years, of social isolation, if that is what is required to win this war?
It is a question that needs to be addressed.
Consider. The Chinese government, whose word is admittedly suspect, claims to have achieved a deceleration in the daily number of new coronavirus infections. The South Koreans say they, too, have broken and reversed the momentum of the spread of the virus.
On March 3, the number of new cases of the coronavirus reported across South Korea was 852. On St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, exactly two weeks later, the count was 85 new cases, a plunge of 90%.
South Korea appears to have “flattened the curve.”
We Americans, however, are far from that.
Exactly how far behind South Korea we are cannot be known until more tens of thousands of Americans are tested, and we learn how many cases of the disease are out there undiscovered and unreported.
But whatever the success of Asian nations in containing the virus, are we politically and socially able to impose the same draconian measures?
Ordering people to “shelter in place” in their own homes, not just for days or weeks but months — can this be done in a free society, as it can be done in the surveillance state of Communist China?
Can mayors and governors of beach towns along the East Coast from Maine to Miami, and the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas, keep tens of millions from gathering on beaches this summer?
Last week, we saw college kids cavorting on Florida’s beaches, despite warnings that any one among them infected with COVID-19 could transmit it to the rest, leading to grave illness and, in some cases, death.
Moreover, they could become carriers of the disease to parents and siblings. They did not seem to care.
As Prohibition proved, Americans are a rule-breaking people.
Scores of thousands are injured in auto accidents and thousands killed each year from driving under the influence of alcohol, despite tough laws against drunk driving.
Since the 1960s, laws against the use of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, have not halted the rampant ingestion of illegal narcotics and dangerous drugs.
We are endlessly admonished that climate change poses an existential threat to the planet. But have the elites who profess to believe this given up flying in private jets? Have Americans given up their SUVs or ceased to heat their homes with oil and gas?
Are parents going to be able to confine to their homes children whose lives are built around friends on playgrounds? Is the crowd on Martha’s Vineyard going to give up socializing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus?
In the ’60s, we were told that the correlation between cigarette smoking and lung cancer, emphysema and heart disease, is absolute. Yet 34 million Americans continue to risk shortening their lives by smoking.
Seniors and elderly, among whom the mortality rate from the coronavirus is the highest — 15% of those over 80 in one estimate — may shelter in place for months.
But if, in diverse cities, minority communities come out for block parties in summer, are we going to have the police march them back into their homes? Do we have enough cops for that?
A prediction: The longer the orders to shelter in place and self-isolate remain in force, the greater the probability they will begin to be ignored and people will take the risks to end their isolation and be with friends.
Will Americans suffer in social isolation, inside their own homes for months, while a state-induced Great Depression washes over the land?
My guess is that many will rebel.
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lewrockwell--2020-03-20--The Global Repricing of Assets Can’t Be Stopped

The financial elites are pushing a narrative that asset prices , sales and profits will all return to January 2020 levels as soon as the Covid-19 pandemic fades .
Get real , baby .
Nothing is going back to January 2020 levels .
Rather than the “ V-shaped recovery ” expected by Goldman Sachs et al.
, the crash in asset prices will eventually gather momentum .
Why ?
It ’ s simple : for 20 years we ’ ve over-invested in speculative bubbles and squandered borrowed money on consumption and under-invested in productivity-increasing assets .
To understand why the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lower–a process sure to be interrupted with manic rallies and false dawns of hope that a return to speculative good times is just around the corner–let ’ s start with the basics : the only sustainable way to increase broad-based wealth is to boost productivity across the entire economy .
That means producing more goods and services with less capital , less labor and fewer inputs such as energy .
Will You Be Richer or ... Smith , Charles Hugh Best Price : $ 10.99 Buy New $ 11.55 Rather than boost productivity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mal-investment and by propping up unproductive sectors with immense sums of borrowed money–money that accrues interest .
The poster child for this dynamic is higher education : rather than being pushed to innovate as costs skyrocketed , the higher education cartel passed its inefficiencies and bloated cost structure onto students , who have paid for the bloat with $ 1 .
6 trillion in student loans few can afford .
( See chart below . )
As for Corporate America squandering $ 4.5 trillion on stock buybacks ( Wolf Richter ) – the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sum is not just zero–it ’ s negative , as the resulting speculative bubble suckered in institutions and individuals who ’ d been stripped of safe returns by the Federal Reserve ’ s low-interest-rates-forever policy .
What could that $ 4.5 trillion have purchased in terms of increasing the productivity of the entire economy ?
Considerably more than the zero productivity generated by stock buybacks .
The net result of uneven gains in productivity and the asymmetric distribution of whatever gains have been made is stagnant wages for the bottom 90 % and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ us who are self-employed or owners of small businesses know that healthcare insurance costs have been ratcheting higher by 10 % or more annually for years .
Whatever gains in health that have been purchased with the additional trillions of dollars poured into the healthcare cartels have been offset with declining life spans , soaring addictions to opioids and numerous broad-based declines in overall health .
The widespread addiction to smartphones and social media have deranged and distracted millions , crushing productivity while greatly increasing loneliness , insecurity and a host of social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Smith

All bubbles pop, period.
The financial elites are pushing a narrative that asset prices, sales and profits will all return to January 2020 levels as soon as the Covid-19 pandemic fades. Get real, baby. Nothing is going back to January 2020 levels. Rather than the “V-shaped recovery” expected by Goldman Sachs et al., the crash in asset prices will eventually gather momentum.
Why? It’s simple: for 20 years we’ve over-invested in speculative bubbles and squandered borrowed money on consumption and under-invested in productivity-increasing assets. To understand why the market value of assets will relentlessly reprice lower–a process sure to be interrupted with manic rallies and false dawns of hope that a return to speculative good times is just around the corner–let’s start with the basics: the only sustainable way to increase broad-based wealth is to boost productivity across the entire economy.
That means producing more goods and services with less capital, less labor and fewer inputs such as energy. Will You Be Richer or ... Smith, Charles Hugh Best Price: $10.99 Buy New $11.55 (as of 05:55 UTC - Details)
Rather than boost productivity, we’ve lowered productivity via mal-investment and by propping up unproductive sectors with immense sums of borrowed money–money that accrues interest.
The poster child for this dynamic is higher education: rather than being pushed to innovate as costs skyrocketed, the higher education cartel passed its inefficiencies and bloated cost structure onto students, who have paid for the bloat with $1. 6 trillion in student loans few can afford. (See chart below.)
As for Corporate America squandering $4.5 trillion on stock buybacks (Wolf Richter)– the effective gains on productivity from this stupendous sum is not just zero–it’s negative, as the resulting speculative bubble suckered in institutions and individuals who’d been stripped of safe returns by the Federal Reserve’s low-interest-rates-forever policy.
What could that $4.5 trillion have purchased in terms of increasing the productivity of the entire economy? Considerably more than the zero productivity generated by stock buybacks.
The net result of uneven gains in productivity and the asymmetric distribution of whatever gains have been made is stagnant wages for the bottom 90% and rising costs for everyone. Those of us who are self-employed or owners of small businesses know that healthcare insurance costs have been ratcheting higher by 10% or more annually for years.
Whatever gains in health that have been purchased with the additional trillions of dollars poured into the healthcare cartels have been offset with declining life spans, soaring addictions to opioids and numerous broad-based declines in overall health.
The widespread addiction to smartphones and social media have deranged and distracted millions, crushing productivity while greatly increasing loneliness, insecurity and a host of social ills.
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lewrockwell--2020-03-20--Is-Ought and Hume’s Guillotine

Is-Ought and Hume’s Guillotine

In every system of morality , which I have hitherto met with , I have always remarked , that the author proceeds for some time in the ordinary way of reasoning , and establishes the being of a God , or makes observations concerning human affairs ; when of a sudden I am surprised to find , that instead of the usual copulations of propositions , is , and is not , I meet with no proposition that is not connected with an ought , or an ought not .
This change is imperceptible ; but is , however , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for caution against such inferences in the absence of any explanation of how the ought-statements follow from the is-statements .
…This complete severing of “ is ” from “ ought ” has been given the graphic designation of Hume ’ s Guillotine .
There apparently is some debate surrounding the idea that Hume intended to completely severe of the “ is ” from the “ ought , ” but there you have it – this split has certainly achieved a firm place in philosophical thought .
The Natural Law : A Study in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Heinrich A. Rommen The Natural Law : A Stu ... Heinrich A. Rommen Best Price : $ 7.00 Buy New $ 8.00 This divide , or split , can not be easily bridged without leaning on metaphysics – the idea that man is a being with purpose , an end , a telos , and that ethics are to be teleologically derived .
This as opposed to a positivist legal philosophy which really needs no foundation at all ; it also has no means – or even reason – to connect is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It also can be anything that the legislator desires .
The essence of things provides the norm – the end or the purpose ; good is the full being – the full is of achieving the ought of that norm .
This leads to an order of things .
“ But wait , ” you scream , “ where is the freedom in all of this ?
What happened to my liberty ?
” It is an order that conforms to the nature of things – in our case , to the nature @ @ @ @ @ @ @ freedom to conform to our nature .
Do you have a better definition of freedom than the freedom to conform to our nature ?
Would you advocate your different definition as applicable to a lion ?
This eternal law is a necessity for non-human animals ; for humans , it is a moral law of freedom .
A rock has no is-ought problem ; a lion has no is-ought problem .
Somehow , the only thing on earth – animal , mineral , or vegetable – that has an is-ought problem is human @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that some philosophers are too smart by half .
Why am I pounding on this ?
I understand libertarian theory ; I also understand that libertarian theory applied is insufficient for liberty .
Do you want to sound sophisticated at the cocktail party of your next academic conference , or do you want liberty ?
I prefer liberty .
This is why I am pounding on this .
I must point out , natural law as described by Rommen – and presumably many natural law thinkers – has in it what I consider @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a state ; now , if what he means by “ state ” is something approaching the modern ( post-Reformation ) version of government , then he is sorely mistaken .
Such a state has proven only to be an enemy of natural law .
Another fatal flaw : we are to obey unreasonable laws ; only laws “ at variance with the natural law ” can be disobeyed .
Rommen ’ s point : the individual rarely is sagacious enough to judge the reasonableness .
I am not sure I can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of thinking , but flags have been raised .
Finally : morality and the law must coincide – no distinction can be made .
Therefore , non-violent breeches of ethics – of man always acting toward the good of his being and the being of each of his faculties – is subject to punishment .
As I have mentioned often , this is the coward ’ s way out – Christians want legislation to do their work for them .
It also is , in my opinion , immoral ; physical punishment for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I may not return to any of these concerns , but I wanted to make these clearly known .
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David Hume writes:
In every system of morality, which I have hitherto met with, I have always remarked, that the author proceeds for some time in the ordinary way of reasoning, and establishes the being of a God, or makes observations concerning human affairs; when of a sudden I am surprised to find, that instead of the usual copulations of propositions, is, and is not, I meet with no proposition that is not connected with an ought, or an ought not. This change is imperceptible; but is, however, of the last consequence. Hume calls for caution against such inferences in the absence of any explanation of how the ought-statements follow from the is-statements. …This complete severing of “is” from “ought” has been given the graphic designation of Hume’s Guillotine.
There apparently is some debate surrounding the idea that Hume intended to completely severe of the “is” from the “ought,” but there you have it – this split has certainly achieved a firm place in philosophical thought.
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This divide, or split, cannot be easily bridged without leaning on metaphysics – the idea that man is a being with purpose, an end, a telos, and that ethics are to be teleologically derived.
If moral philosophy and, in moral philosophy and with it, legal philosophy are to have a solid foundation, they must be a continuation of metaphysics.
This as opposed to a positivist legal philosophy which really needs no foundation at all; it also has no means – or even reason – to connect is (or being) and ought. It also can be anything that the legislator desires.
Natural law in the strict sense is therefore possible only on the basis of a true knowledge of the essences of things, for therein lies its ontological support.
The essence of things provides the norm – the end or the purpose; good is the full being – the full is of achieving the ought of that norm.
…since the good also ought to be, it follows that in the domain of metaphysics being and oughtness coincide.
This leads to an order of things. “But wait,” you scream, “where is the freedom in all of this? What happened to my liberty?” It is an order that conforms to the nature of things – in our case, to the nature of a human being. We have freedom to conform to our nature. Do you have a better definition of freedom than the freedom to conform to our nature? Would you advocate your different definition as applicable to a lion?
In other words, man’s basic and prime duty is to become (in fact, actually fully, completely) what he is (in idea, potentially, germinally, essentially) through the consistent and persistent use of his reason and free will in the light and direction of his natural inclination.
This eternal law is a necessity for non-human animals; for humans, it is a moral law of freedom.
Conclusion
A rock has no is-ought problem; a lion has no is-ought problem. Somehow, the only thing on earth – animal, mineral, or vegetable – that has an is-ought problem is human beings?
Let’s just say that some philosophers are too smart by half.
Why am I pounding on this? I understand libertarian theory; I also understand that libertarian theory applied is insufficient for liberty. Do you want to sound sophisticated at the cocktail party of your next academic conference, or do you want liberty?
I prefer liberty. This is why I am pounding on this.
Epilogue
I must point out, natural law as described by Rommen – and presumably many natural law thinkers – has in it what I consider fatal flaws. Rommen describes the necessity of a state; now, if what he means by “state” is something approaching the modern (post-Reformation) version of government, then he is sorely mistaken. Such a state has proven only to be an enemy of natural law.
Another fatal flaw: we are to obey unreasonable laws; only laws “at variance with the natural law” can be disobeyed. Rommen’s point: the individual rarely is sagacious enough to judge the reasonableness. I am not sure I can fully form my concern with this line of thinking, but flags have been raised.
Finally: morality and the law must coincide – no distinction can be made. Therefore, non-violent breeches of ethics – of man always acting toward the good of his being and the being of each of his faculties – is subject to punishment. As I have mentioned often, this is the coward’s way out – Christians want legislation to do their work for them. It also is, in my opinion, immoral; physical punishment for non-violent offenses cannot be morally justified.
I may not return to any of these concerns, but I wanted to make these clearly known.
Reprinted with permission from Bionic Mosquito.
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lewrockwell--2020-03-21--The End of Civilization?

The End of Civilization?

Governments all over the world are using the alleged threat of a COVID-19 pandemic to shut down the world ’ s economy .
Daniel Lacalle , an authority on energy economics , writes : “ The decision to shut down air travel and close all nonessential businesses is now a reality in major global economies .
The United States has banned all European flights as Italy enters a complete lockdown , Spain declares a state of emergency , and France closes all nonessential public places and businesses.
” Further , he points out , governments can ’ t solve the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ programs and bigger deficits .
These policies make things worse : “ Governments will implement large demand-side policies that are the wrong answer to a shutdown of the economy .
Most businesses will suffer from the collapse in sales and subsequent working capital build , and none of that will be solved with deficit spending .
You can not mitigate a supply shock with demand policies , which increase debt and overcapacity in the already indebted and bloated sectors and do not help the sectors that are suffering an abrupt collapse in activity.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ i.e.
, outright inflationism , is even more dangerous .
Against the Left : A Ro ... Llewellyn H Rockwell Jr Best Price : $ 13.57 Buy New $ 8.00 Lacalle ’ s remarks bring to mind the trenchant comments on Ludwig von Mises .
He warns against attempts to shore up disastrous policies by printing more money .
Mises says , “ No emergency can justify a return to inflation .
Inflation can provide neither the weapons a nation needs to defend its independence nor the capital goods required for any project @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It merely helps the rulers whose policies brought about the catastrophe to exculpate themselves.
” He tells us where a policy of inflationism will end : “ Inflation is the fiscal complement of statism and arbitrary government .
It is a cog in the complex of policies and institutions which gradually lead toward totalitarianism.
” Bill Sardi emphasizes the criminal folly of US government policy .
The federal government , he says .
is “ willing to crash the economy , kill businesses , particularly churches and restaurants that are unlikely to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and coerce people to stay indoors , a practice that will further lower vitamin D levels and result in widespread infection and death among retirees.
” States and cities have rushed to follow suit .
Los Angeles and San Francisco , for example , are now under drastic “ shelter-in-place ” orders that require “ non-essential businesses ” to close and forbid dining in restaurants .
To understand more fully what is happening , we need the guidance of two great thinkers , Ludwig von Mises and Murray Rothbard .
They teach @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the international division of labor .
To destroy the division of labor would plunge us into chaos .
Life as we know can not survive under a system of economic autarky .
Rothbard explains this key principle in “ Freedom , Inequality , Primitivism , and the Division of Labor : ” No one can fully develop his powers in any direction without engaging in specialization .
The primitive tribesman or peasant , bound to an endless round of different tasks in order to maintain himself , could have no time or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the full .
He had no room to specialize , to develop whatever field he was best at or in which he was most interested .
Two hundred years ago , Adam Smith pointed out that the developing division of labor is a key to the advance of any economy above the most primitive level .
A necessary condition for any sort of developed economy , the division of labor is also requisite to the development of any sort of civilized society .
The philosopher , the scientist , the builder , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ skills or functions if he had had no scope for specialization .
Furthermore , no individual who does not live in a society enjoying a wide range of division of labor can possibly employ his powers to the fullest .
He can not concentrate his powers in a field or discipline and advance that discipline and his own mental faculties .
Without the opportunity to specialize in whatever he can do best , no person can develop his powers to the full ; no man , then , could be fully human .
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There is , therefore , no room for a physicist or a computer engineer on a primitive island ; these skills would be premature within the context of that existing economy .
As Adam Smith put it , ‘ the division of labor is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ Economic and social development is therefore a mutually reinforcing process : the development of the market permits a wider division of labor , which in turn enables of further extension of the market.
” Mises writes along the same lines : “ The fundamental social phenomenon is the division of labor and its counterpart human cooperation .
Experience teaches man that cooperative action is more efficient and productive than isolated action of self-sufficient individuals .
The natural conditions determining man ’ s life and effort are such that the division of labor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” The division of labor , Mises tells us , is the key to the development of civilization .
He says , “ We conceive what incentive induced people not to consider themselves simply as rivals in a struggle for the appropriation of the limited supply of means of subsistence made available by nature .
We realize what has impelled them and permanently impels them to consort with one another for the sake of cooperation .
Every step forward on the way to a more developed mode of the division of labor serves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , governments all over the world want us to give this up .
Abandoning the international division of labor will hit Africa , dependent on trade for bare survival , especially hard .
To what end is the world ’ s carefully wrought economic system being dismantled ?
Does the spread of COVID-19 require us to destroy the world ’ s economy ?
Here we can learn from another outstanding thinker , Ron Paul , who is a medical doctor and can give an expert analysis of government medical propaganda .
He says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [ Dr. Anthony ] Fauci did his best to further damage an already tanking economy by stating , ‘ Right now , personally , myself , I wouldn ’ t go to a restaurant.
’ He has pushed for closing the entire country down for 14 days .
Over what ?
A virus that has thus far killed just over 5,000 worldwide and less than 100 in the United States ?
By contrast , tuberculosis , an old disease not much discussed these days , killed nearly 1.6 million people in 2017 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
If anything , what people like Fauci and the other fearmongers are demanding will likely make the disease worse .
The martial law they dream about will leave people hunkered down inside their homes instead of going outdoors or to the beach where the sunshine and fresh air would help boost immunity .
The panic produced by these fearmongers is likely helping spread the disease , as massive crowds rush into Walmart and Costco for that last roll of toilet paper.
” Ben Swann supports Ron Paul ’ s skepticism with a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in this important video : Even if the COVOID-19 virus turns out to be more severe than the skeptics give us reason to think it is , we can get through it .
We can not survive the end of the division of labor .
It would be the finish of civilization as we know it .
The Best of Llewellyn H. Rockwell , Jr .

Governments all over the world are using the alleged threat of a COVID-19 pandemic to shut down the world’s economy. Daniel Lacalle, an authority on energy economics, writes: “The decision to shut down air travel and close all nonessential businesses is now a reality in major global economies. The United States has banned all European flights as Italy enters a complete lockdown, Spain declares a state of emergency, and France closes all nonessential public places and businesses.”
Further, he points out, governments can’t solve the problems they have created through massive spending programs and bigger deficits. These policies make things worse: “Governments will implement large demand-side policies that are the wrong answer to a shutdown of the economy. Most businesses will suffer from the collapse in sales and subsequent working capital build, and none of that will be solved with deficit spending. You cannot mitigate a supply shock with demand policies, which increase debt and overcapacity in the already indebted and bloated sectors and do not help the sectors that are suffering an abrupt collapse in activity.” And government printing of money, i.e., outright inflationism, is even more dangerous.
Against the Left: A Ro... Rockwell Jr, Llewellyn H Best Price: $2.85 Buy New $8.00 (as of 07:59 UTC - Details) Lacalle’s remarks bring to mind the trenchant comments on Ludwig von Mises. He warns against attempts to shore up disastrous policies by printing more money. Mises says, “No emergency can justify a return to inflation. Inflation can provide neither the weapons a nation needs to defend its independence nor the capital goods required for any project. It does not cure unsatisfactory conditions. It merely helps the rulers whose policies brought about the catastrophe to exculpate themselves.” He tells us where a policy of inflationism will end: “Inflation is the fiscal complement of statism and arbitrary government. It is a cog in the complex of policies and institutions which gradually lead toward totalitarianism.”
Bill Sardi emphasizes the criminal folly of US government policy. The federal government, he says. is “willing to crash the economy, kill businesses, particularly churches and restaurants that are unlikely to have the resources to re-open their establishments, and coerce people to stay indoors, a practice that will further lower vitamin D levels and result in widespread infection and death among retirees.” States and cities have rushed to follow suit. Los Angeles and San Francisco, for example, are now under drastic “shelter-in-place” orders that require “non-essential businesses” to close and forbid dining in restaurants.
To understand more fully what is happening, we need the guidance of two great thinkers, Ludwig von Mises and Murray Rothbard. They teach us a vital lesson. Civilization depends on the international division of labor. To destroy the division of labor would plunge us into chaos. Life as we know cannot survive under a system of economic autarky.
Rothbard explains this key principle in “Freedom, Inequality, Primitivism, and the Division of Labor:” No one can fully develop his powers in any direction without engaging in specialization. The primitive tribesman or peasant, bound to an endless round of different tasks in order to maintain himself, could have no time or resources available to pursue any particular interest to the full. He had no room to specialize, to develop whatever field he was best at or in which he was most interested. Two hundred years ago, Adam Smith pointed out that the developing division of labor is a key to the advance of any economy above the most primitive level. A necessary condition for any sort of developed economy, the division of labor is also requisite to the development of any sort of civilized society. The philosopher, the scientist, the builder, the merchant — none could develop these skills or functions if he had had no scope for specialization. Furthermore, no individual who does not live in a society enjoying a wide range of division of labor can possibly employ his powers to the fullest. He cannot concentrate his powers in a field or discipline and advance that discipline and his own mental faculties. Without the opportunity to specialize in whatever he can do best, no person can develop his powers to the full; no man, then, could be fully human. For a New Liberty: The... Murray Rothbard Best Price: $3.99 Buy New $6.49 (as of 05:35 UTC - Details)
While a continuing and advancing division of labor is needed for a developed economy and society, the extent of such development at any given time limits the degree of specialization that any given economy can have. There is, therefore, no room for a physicist or a computer engineer on a primitive island; these skills would be premature within the context of that existing economy. As Adam Smith put it, ‘the division of labor is limited by the extent of the market.’ Economic and social development is therefore a mutually reinforcing process: the development of the market permits a wider division of labor, which in turn enables of further extension of the market.”
Mises writes along the same lines: “The fundamental social phenomenon is the division of labor and its counterpart human cooperation. Experience teaches man that cooperative action is more efficient and productive than isolated action of self-sufficient individuals. The natural conditions determining man’s life and effort are such that the division of labor increases output per unit of labor expended.” The division of labor, Mises tells us, is the key to the development of civilization. He says, “We conceive what incentive induced people not to consider themselves simply as rivals in a struggle for the appropriation of the limited supply of means of subsistence made available by nature. We realize what has impelled them and permanently impels them to consort with one another for the sake of cooperation. Every step forward on the way to a more developed mode of the division of labor serves the interests of all participants.”
Now, governments all over the world want us to give this up. Abandoning the international division of labor will hit Africa, dependent on trade for bare survival, especially hard. To what end is the world’s carefully wrought economic system being dismantled? Does the spread of COVID-19 require us to destroy the world’s economy? Here we can learn from another outstanding thinker, Ron Paul, who is a medical doctor and can give an expert analysis of government medical propaganda. He says: “On Face the Nation, [Dr. Anthony] Fauci did his best to further damage an already tanking economy by stating, ‘Right now, personally, myself, I wouldn’t go to a restaurant.’ He has pushed for closing the entire country down for 14 days.
Over what? A virus that has thus far killed just over 5,000 worldwide and less than 100 in the United States? By contrast, tuberculosis, an old disease not much discussed these days, killed nearly 1.6 million people in 2017. Where’s the panic over this?
If anything, what people like Fauci and the other fearmongers are demanding will likely make the disease worse. The martial law they dream about will leave people hunkered down inside their homes instead of going outdoors or to the beach where the sunshine and fresh air would help boost immunity. The panic produced by these fearmongers is likely helping spread the disease, as massive crowds rush into Walmart and Costco for that last roll of toilet paper.” Ben Swann supports Ron Paul’s skepticism with a careful analysis of World Health organization statistics in this important video:
Even if the COVOID-19 virus turns out to be more severe than the skeptics give us reason to think it is, we can get through it. We cannot survive the end of the division of labor. It would be the finish of civilization as we know it.
The Best of Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.


lewrockwell--2020-03-21--Spring Equinox and Rise in Solar UV Radiation Will Predictably Bring Mild Epidemic to an Aburpt Halt

Spring Equinox and Rise in Solar UV Radiation Will Predictably Bring Mild Epidemic to an Aburpt Halt (Except for Quarantined Populations)

A geophysical and demographic analysis of COVID-19 coronavirus deaths in China and Italy reveals leaders in western nations have been misled that quarantine and social distancing will quell the spread of this disease .
The mortal cases of infectious pneumonia continued on past quarantines .
Death rates will predictably fall as temperatures and the solar UV index rise with the arrival of the Spring equinox ( March 19 ) .
Solar ultraviolet radiation produces vitamin D in exposed skin and is the overriding factor in infectious disease control .
Quarantines are counter-productive , as a chart below reveals .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cure ” that will predictably bring infectious disease to an abrupt halt will only become apparent in time , with the exception of the quarantined populations who now face indoor “ urban lockdown ” in the U.S. , Italy and elsewhere .
A recently published analysis reveals influenza virus activity correlates with low-temperature/low UV radiation .
That report states : “ It is now becoming evident that meteorological factors are associated with seasonality of influenza virus epidemics.
” Temperature and UV intensity are the No .
1 and No .
2 predictive factors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in jails and other confined indoor quarters only prolongs the epidemic by virtue of the lack of sunlight indoors .
Low temperature results in people wearing skin-covering clothes that completely blocks all skin exposure to the sun , the primary source for vitamin D in humans .
Vitamin D3 ( 5000iu/125 ... Best Price : null Buy New $ 15.95 ( $ 0.04 / Count ) The political conundrum is that geophysical events are likely to quell this over-treated and under-whelming disease and governments will mistakenly take credit and will likely respond to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ measures actually worked .
The over-arching governor of this infectious lower respiratory tract disease , that is far less deadly than many prior influenza epidemics ( SARS coronavirus ; H5N1 flu virus ) , is sunlight .
The fact there are no sun spots this year has reduced the intensity of solar UV radiation , increasing the severity of infectious disease .
The spring equinox occurred Thursday March 19 as the earth tilts back toward the sun in the northern hemisphere , and temperatures will predictably rise , resulting in people going outdoors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clothes , which should raise sunshine vitamin D levels to sufficiently put an abrupt halt to the infections and deaths EXCEPT FOR QUARANTINED populations .
The arrival date for the spring equinox is the earliest it has been 124 years , and it doesn ’ t come any too soon .
The historical importance of this astronomical/geophysical phenomenon brought about rituals and celebrations around the world in Stonehenge , England and Chichen Itza , Mexico .
Modern populations look at these rituals as archaic practices .
Deaths in the US due to COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , so the presumption these deaths are caused by COVID-19 coronavirus is called into question .
Soo few people have been tested for COVID-19 coronavirus in the population and the tests are so unreliable ( false positives ) , that it is difficult for epidemiologists to fashion any public health policy using COVID-19 as the denominator of reporter deaths .
Pathologists in Italy report 99 % of patients who died of coronavirus infections in Italy had pre-existing conditions .
Nearly half had three or more health conditions ( diabetes , high blood pressure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Nearly 1 in 4 had atrial fibrillation .
This means Italy , with its large population of 80-year-olds that smokes tobacco and drinks wine , would have succumbed to ANY pathogenic bacteria or virus .
Many of these deaths in Italy are likely due to tuberculosis among immigrants .
The demographic data shows a significant portion of the deaths in Italy were in the 18-44 year-age group and were more likely immigrants with tuberculosis , with COVID-19 possibly being a co-infection .
The failure of modern medicine to adopt nutritional therapy into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was discovered in 1922 by Sir Edward Mellanby , that sunshine vitamin D is the cure for rickets ( soft bones ) , and that vitamin D-rich cod liver oil was first used as a remedy for rickets in 1824 as well as sun lamp therapy , are long forgotten lessons .
While vitamin D in cod liver oil was shown to cure rickets , it also quelled infectious diseases , which was not as observable as the resolution of rickets .
The failure of modern medicine to put vitamin D pills into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ costing millions of lives for decades .
The dogmatic adherence to the allopathic/synthetic drug paradigm over natural remedies has led to unconscionable and avoidable outbreaks of disease for which no apology is forthcoming from medical schools .
For profiteering reasons , the intentional maintenance of certain levels of disease to treat via the establishment of low intake levels of vitamins and minerals , is beyond public awareness .
Only 20 % of vitamin D is meant to come from the diet ( fish , eggs from outdoor raised chickens , fortified milk ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ come from sunlight .
Brain Supplement Nootr ... Buy New $ 21.87 ( $ 0.73 / Count ) The current guideline for vitamin D ( 400-800 units/day ) does not even raise blood serum levels .
The “ safe upper limit ” ( 2000 units ) scares the public away from so-called mega-doses .
The public is scared away from so-called “ mega doses ” when an hour of full-body skin exposure to midday sun produces ~10,000 units of natural vitamin D invariably without side effects .
Vitamin D blood levels only begin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of vitamin D. Public health authorities then made a statistical ( intentional ? )
mistake , setting vitamin D recommendations far too low .
To correct that error , children under 1-year of age should be given 1000 units ; 3000 units for children over age 1 ; and 8000 units for adults .
This practice has led this journalist to conclude human populations are being gamed for disease for the financial gain of the medical/industrial complex .
The fact that onerous quarantines have now brought about economically destructive measures that will surely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , all because of a massive misdirection .
This is sure to have political consequences in nations where their population was mistakenly “ locked indoors.
” The public ’ s over reliance on government to solve its problems will be indelibly shaken .
The failure of the news press to question health authorities by mindlessly repeating all the orders issued by government may cause the news press to cover for its own culpability .
The infectious disease epidemic will subside , but the economic consequences are so destructive as to demoralize the citizenry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in western nations that unwittingly followed this doomsday prescription .

A geophysical and demographic analysis of COVID-19 coronavirus deaths in China and Italy reveals leaders in western nations have been misled that quarantine and social distancing will quell the spread of this disease. The mortal cases of infectious pneumonia continued on past quarantines. Death rates will predictably fall as temperatures and the solar UV index rise with the arrival of the Spring equinox (March 19).
Solar ultraviolet radiation produces vitamin D in exposed skin and is the overriding factor in infectious disease control.
Quarantines are counter-productive, as a chart below reveals. The full extent of a predicted spring “cure” that will predictably bring infectious disease to an abrupt halt will only become apparent in time, with the exception of the quarantined populations who now face indoor “urban lockdown” in the U.S., Italy and elsewhere.
A recently published analysis reveals influenza virus activity correlates with low-temperature/low UV radiation. That report states: “It is now becoming evident that meteorological factors are associated with seasonality of influenza virus epidemics.” Temperature and UV intensity are the No. 1 and No. 2 predictive factors for influenza activity. Crowding of populations in jails and other confined indoor quarters only prolongs the epidemic by virtue of the lack of sunlight indoors. Low temperature results in people wearing skin-covering clothes that completely blocks all skin exposure to the sun, the primary source for vitamin D in humans. Vitamin D3 (5000iu/125... Buy New $15.95 ($0.04 / Count) (as of 08:10 UTC - Details)
Political conundrum
The political conundrum is that geophysical events are likely to quell this over-treated and under-whelming disease and governments will mistakenly take credit and will likely respond to say their onerous quarantine and social distancing measures actually worked.
Sunlight is the predominant factor
The over-arching governor of this infectious lower respiratory tract disease, that is far less deadly than many prior influenza epidemics (SARS coronavirus; H5N1 flu virus), is sunlight. The fact there are no sun spots this year has reduced the intensity of solar UV radiation, increasing the severity of infectious disease.
The spring equinox occurred Thursday March 19 as the earth tilts back toward the sun in the northern hemisphere, and temperatures will predictably rise, resulting in people going outdoors and not wrapping themselves in sun-blocking warm clothes, which should raise sunshine vitamin D levels to sufficiently put an abrupt halt to the infections and deaths EXCEPT FOR QUARANTINED populations.
The arrival date for the spring equinox is the earliest it has been 124 years, and it doesn’t come any too soon. The historical importance of this astronomical/geophysical phenomenon brought about rituals and celebrations around the world in Stonehenge, England and Chichen Itza, Mexico. Modern populations look at these rituals as archaic practices.
Maybe not coronavirus
Deaths in the US due to COVID-19 human coronavirus geographically overlaps tuberculosis incidence maps, so the presumption these deaths are caused by COVID-19 coronavirus is called into question. Soo few people have been tested for COVID-19 coronavirus in the population and the tests are so unreliable (false positives), that it is difficult for epidemiologists to fashion any public health policy using COVID-19 as the denominator of reporter deaths.
Pathologists in Italy report 99% of patients who died of coronavirus infections in Italy had pre-existing conditions. Nearly half had three or more health conditions (diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease) prior to infection. Nearly 1 in 4 had atrial fibrillation.
This means Italy, with its large population of 80-year-olds that smokes tobacco and drinks wine, would have succumbed to ANY pathogenic bacteria or virus. Many of these deaths in Italy are likely due to tuberculosis among immigrants. The demographic data shows a significant portion of the deaths in Italy were in the 18-44 year-age group and were more likely immigrants with tuberculosis, with COVID-19 possibly being a co-infection.
Rejection of vitamin therapy
The failure of modern medicine to adopt nutritional therapy into practice is another costly oversight. What was discovered in 1922 by Sir Edward Mellanby, that sunshine vitamin D is the cure for rickets (soft bones), and that vitamin D-rich cod liver oil was first used as a remedy for rickets in 1824 as well as sun lamp therapy, are long forgotten lessons. While vitamin D in cod liver oil was shown to cure rickets, it also quelled infectious diseases, which was not as observable as the resolution of rickets.
The failure of modern medicine to put vitamin D pills into widespread use in winter months has been costing millions of lives for decades. The dogmatic adherence to the allopathic/synthetic drug paradigm over natural remedies has led to unconscionable and avoidable outbreaks of disease for which no apology is forthcoming from medical schools. For profiteering reasons, the intentional maintenance of certain levels of disease to treat via the establishment of low intake levels of vitamins and minerals, is beyond public awareness.
Only 20% of vitamin D is meant to come from the diet (fish, eggs from outdoor raised chickens, fortified milk). The remaining 80% is to come from sunlight.
Setting the bar too low
Brain Supplement Nootr... Buy New $21.87 ($0.73 / Count) (as of 11:48 UTC - Details) The current guideline for vitamin D (400-800 units/day) does not even raise blood serum levels. The “safe upper limit” (2000 units) scares the public away from so-called mega-doses. The public is scared away from so-called “mega doses” when an hour of full-body skin exposure to midday sun produces ~10,000 units of natural vitamin D invariably without side effects.
Vitamin D blood levels only begin to rise with intake of 4000 units of vitamin D.
Public health authorities then made a statistical (intentional?) mistake, setting vitamin D recommendations far too low. To correct that error, children under 1-year of age should be given 1000 units; 3000 units for children over age 1; and 8000 units for adults. This practice has led this journalist to conclude human populations are being gamed for disease for the financial gain of the medical/industrial complex.
Destructive quarantines
The fact that onerous quarantines have now brought about economically destructive measures that will surely result in the collapse of western economies, all because of a massive misdirection. This is sure to have political consequences in nations where their population was mistakenly “locked indoors.” The public’s over reliance on government to solve its problems will be indelibly shaken. The failure of the news press to question health authorities by mindlessly repeating all the orders issued by government may cause the news press to cover for its own culpability.
The infectious disease epidemic will subside, but the economic consequences are so destructive as to demoralize the citizenry and irreversibly destroy the standard of living in western nations that unwittingly followed this doomsday prescription.
WEATHER DATA: TEMPERATURE & SOLAR UV INTENSITY, WUHAN, CHINA 2019-2020
WEATHER DATA: TEMPERATURE & SOLAR UV INTENSITY, MILAN, ITALY 2019-2020