lewrockwell--2020-05-04--Iran Bashing, a US Media Specialty

Iran Bashing, a US Media Specialty

Operating as imperial mouthpieces , US establishment media are hostile toward all sovereign independent nations on its target list for regime change .
They ’ re countries unwilling to sacrifice their sovereign rights to US interests .
Iran tops the list of Middle East nations Washington wants transformed into a vassal state — to gain control over its vast hydrocarbon resources and eliminate Israel ’ s main rival .
Ignoring endless US wars on humanity at home and abroad , and Iran ’ s regional peace , stability and mutual cooperation agenda , the NYT earlier turned truth on its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ religious arguments , anti-imperialist nationalism , and neo-Stalinist repression to ensure compliance ( sic ) .
” The above reads like a State Department propaganda press release — published by the Times , consistent with its press agent services for the state .
Manufactured Crisis : T ... Gareth Porter Best Price : $ 19.91 Buy New $ 27.99 The above characterization is polar opposite how Iran operates , abhorrent of endless wars , related violence , and repression in all forms .
They ’ re US , NATO , Israeli specialties , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other establishment media consistently ignore — blaming victims of US high crimes for what ’ s committed against them .
Despite US war on Iran by other means , notably Trump ’ s sanctions war and medical terrorism , the Islamic Republic is way outdoing the US in combating COVID-19 .
The US leads the world with over 960,000 outbreaks and around 55,000 deaths because of Trump regime failings in dealing with the coronavirus , notably his regime ’ s indifference toward the health and welfare of ordinary people at home and abroad @ @ @ @ @ @ @ minister Iraj Harirchi announced significant progress in containing COVID-19 outbreaks , saying the following : “ There is a declining trend in corona disease in most provinces , and this has been the result of effective actions by the people and the government.
” Outbreaks are 50 % below their peak numbers , deaths down about 70 % , remarkable results given enormous US imposed obstacles on the country , its ruling authorities and people .
Overall , nations illegally sanctioned by the US are more successful than the world ’ s richest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outbreaks .
It ’ s testimony to their public health diligence compared to Trump and congressional indifference toward all things relating to the rights , needs and welfare of ordinary people .
Iranian President Rouhani noted that things “ are on the path to control the disease , ” adding : “ The path to fighting and controlling this disease definitely can not be traversed without the support of the people.
” Outbreaks in Iran number about 89,000 , the death toll around 5,600 .
Over 66,000 infected Iranians recovered and are well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ house organ Washington Post to throw cold water on its remarkable public health accomplishments .
WaPo falsely claimed its efforts to combat COVID-19 created a “ breeding ground for human rights abuse ” — a bald-faced Big Lie .
WaPo didn ’ t stop there , falsely claiming coronavirus outbreaks in Iran “ brought its leadership ’ s incompetence , corruption and oppressive rule into plain sight ( sic ) .
” The above clearly applies to the US , notably Trump , hardliners surrounding him , and their congressional counterparts — not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to human and civil rights abuses on a global scale , the US is unmatched in its viciousness — at war on humanity worldwide with no end of it in prospect in contrast to Iran at peace with its neighbors , threatening none .
WaPo : “ COVID is exacerbating the government ’ s assault on the rights of Iranian citizens.
” What ’ s most disturbing is that readers believe this and other establishment media Big Lies about Iran and other nations on the US target list for regime change .
Separately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said with world attention focused on containing COVID-19 outbreaks , it ’ s “ no time to end Iran sanctions.
” The Journal ignored their flagrant illegality , their harm on ordinary people in nations where imposed , and their consistent ineffectiveness in achieving imperial aims .
Sanctions reveal US viciousness .
Its regimes get away with imposing them because nations able to challenge its imperial rage do nothing .
The CIA Insideru2019s ... Gareth Porter , John Ki ... Buy New $ 14.99 They also reveal US weakness , not strength .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ US used and continues using this tactic on targeted nations it doesn ’ t control .
Yet they never succeeded in serving its imperial interests , never toppling a sitting government , never turning populations against their ruling authorities .
Notably when the US attacks nations aggressively , popular support for governments in charge most often increase .
It ’ s because who else can people have to turn for support in times of great duress .
It was true in Britain during the blitz , true in Libya under Gaddafi when attacked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Syria under Assad , and true in illegally sanctioned Iran .
Most Iranians support their government ’ s opposition to US imperial viciousness against their nation ’ s sovereignty They oppose regime change and the JCPOA they initially strongly supported — against it now because of no benefits it brought since Trump took office .
Iran is the region ’ s leading proponent of peace , stability , cooperative relations , the rule of law , and a world free from the scourge of nuclear weapons .
The US is an unparalleled belligerent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ war , abhorrent of peace , disdainful toward ordinary people everywhere — a fantasy democracy , never the real thing .

Operating as imperial mouthpieces, US establishment media are hostile toward all sovereign independent nations on its target list for regime change.
They’re countries unwilling to sacrifice their sovereign rights to US interests.
Iran tops the list of Middle East nations Washington wants transformed into a vassal state — to gain control over its vast hydrocarbon resources and eliminate Israel’s main rival.
Ignoring endless US wars on humanity at home and abroad, and Iran’s regional peace, stability and mutual cooperation agenda, the NYT earlier turned truth on its head, falsely claiming “Tehran uses religious arguments, anti-imperialist nationalism, and neo-Stalinist repression to ensure compliance (sic).”
The above reads like a State Department propaganda press release — published by the Times, consistent with its press agent services for the state. Manufactured Crisis: T... Gareth Porter Best Price: $19.91 Buy New $27.99 (as of 09:35 UTC - Details)
The above characterization is polar opposite how Iran operates, abhorrent of endless wars, related violence, and repression in all forms.
They’re US, NATO, Israeli specialties, including atrocities, what the Times and other establishment media consistently ignore — blaming victims of US high crimes for what’s committed against them.
Despite US war on Iran by other means, notably Trump’s sanctions war and medical terrorism, the Islamic Republic is way outdoing the US in combating COVID-19.
The US leads the world with over 960,000 outbreaks and around 55,000 deaths because of Trump regime failings in dealing with the coronavirus, notably his regime’s indifference toward the health and welfare of ordinary people at home and abroad.
On Saturday, Iranian deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi announced significant progress in containing COVID-19 outbreaks, saying the following:
“There is a declining trend in corona disease in most provinces, and this has been the result of effective actions by the people and the government.”
Outbreaks are 50% below their peak numbers, deaths down about 70%, remarkable results given enormous US imposed obstacles on the country, its ruling authorities and people.
Overall, nations illegally sanctioned by the US are more successful than the world’s richest country in containing and dealing with coronavirus outbreaks.
It’s testimony to their public health diligence compared to Trump and congressional indifference toward all things relating to the rights, needs and welfare of ordinary people.
Iranian President Rouhani noted that things “are on the path to control the disease,” adding:
“The path to fighting and controlling this disease definitely cannot be traversed without the support of the people.”
Outbreaks in Iran number about 89,000, the death toll around 5,600. Over 66,000 infected Iranians recovered and are well again.
Leave it to the neocon/CIA house organ Washington Post to throw cold water on its remarkable public health accomplishments.
WaPo falsely claimed its efforts to combat COVID-19 created a “breeding ground for human rights abuse” — a bald-faced Big Lie.
WaPo didn’t stop there, falsely claiming coronavirus outbreaks in Iran “brought its leadership’s incompetence, corruption and oppressive rule into plain sight (sic).”
The above clearly applies to the US, notably Trump, hardliners surrounding him, and their congressional counterparts — not the Islamic Republic.
When it comes to human and civil rights abuses on a global scale, the US is unmatched in its viciousness — at war on humanity worldwide with no end of it in prospect in contrast to Iran at peace with its neighbors, threatening none.
WaPo: “COVID is exacerbating the government’s assault on the rights of Iranian citizens.”
What’s most disturbing is that readers believe this and other establishment media Big Lies about Iran and other nations on the US target list for regime change.
Separately weeks earlier, Wall Street Journal editors said with world attention focused on containing COVID-19 outbreaks, it’s “no time to end Iran sanctions.”
The Journal ignored their flagrant illegality, their harm on ordinary people in nations where imposed, and their consistent ineffectiveness in achieving imperial aims.
Sanctions reveal US viciousness. Its regimes get away with imposing them because nations able to challenge its imperial rage do nothing. The CIA Insideru2019s ... Gareth Porter, John Ki... Buy New $14.99 (as of 10:55 UTC - Details)
They also reveal US weakness, not strength. Throughout the post-WW II era, the US used and continues using this tactic on targeted nations it doesn’t control.
Yet they never succeeded in serving its imperial interests, never toppling a sitting government, never turning populations against their ruling authorities.
Notably when the US attacks nations aggressively, popular support for governments in charge most often increase.
It’s because who else can people have to turn for support in times of great duress.
It was true in Britain during the blitz, true in Libya under Gaddafi when attacked by US-led NATO aggressively, true in Syria under Assad, and true in illegally sanctioned Iran.
Most Iranians support their government’s opposition to US imperial viciousness against their nation’s sovereignty
They oppose regime change and the JCPOA they initially strongly supported — against it now because of no benefits it brought since Trump took office.
Iran is the region’s leading proponent of peace, stability, cooperative relations, the rule of law, and a world free from the scourge of nuclear weapons.
The US is an unparalleled belligerent on the world stage, perpetually at war, abhorrent of peace, disdainful toward ordinary people everywhere — a fantasy democracy, never the real thing.


lewrockwell--2020-05-04--Bill Gates Seeks To Microchip Humanity

Bill Gates Seeks To Microchip Humanity

Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov claims billionaire Bill Gates might be seeking to implant humanity with microchips under the guise of vaccination , seeking to control people and ultimately “ solve ” overpopulation .
The ongoing coronavirus crisis has produced a number of wild conspiracy theories , as some are trying to find the “ secret ” reasons behind the pandemic .
A handful of them revolve around Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his efforts to develop a vaccine against Covid-19 .
One Microsoft patent that recently received international recognition has been found by many ‘ truth-seekers ’ to be particularly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Cryptocurrency system using body activity data ” – basically , a device which can be used to ‘ mine ’ some digital coins using one ’ s body .
Or , rather , “ award cryptocurrency to the user whose body activity data is verified , ” as the patent abstractly puts it .
Jabbed : How the Vaccin ... Wilcox , Brett Best Price : $ 13.02 Buy New $ 13.05 The patent did not escape Nikita Mikhalkov , renowned Oscar-winning film director , who pushed quite a theory in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( roughly translated as ‘ demon banisher ’ , dubbed , ‘ In whose pocket the state is ?
’ The episode was aired by the Rossiya 24 TV channel on Friday , but was then quietly taken down from its schedule and not repeated – something Mikhalkov has taken for an act of “ censorship.
” Mikhalkov claims the very name of the patent has an occult meaning in it , accusing Gates of actually seeking to implant humans with microchips to control them , and tying it to his potential vaccination @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rant about a dystopian future where digitized ( and microchipped ) society is split into two unequal parts , namely the elite and the human drones they control .
In search of Gates ’ global “ co-conspirators , ” he squarely points finger at Herman Gref , the head of Russia ’ s state-owned bank Sberbank , a known proponent of the digitalization of society .
The director ’ s theory falls short of explaining how that system would solve the overpopulation problem , though – or why Russia would be keen to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lead , for that matter .
Like any other outrageous theory peddled by a celebrity , the new issue of ‘ Besogon TV ’ went viral online , getting around 700,000 views in less than in a day .
The Vaccine-Friendly P ... Paul Thomas M.D.
, Jenn ... Best Price : $ 5.50 Buy New $ 11.19 Mikhalkov ’ s conclusions might be quite far-fetched , and the patent WO/2020/060606 is not directly linked to Gates , who has technically stepped down from Microsoft ’ s board to focus on running his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Melinda Gates Foundation .
Neither does it mention microchipping , instead describing “ sensors ” coupled with a “ device ” to register the body activity .
One alleged purpose of such a technology described is to encourage healthy lifestyle with users awarded cryptocurrency for exercising .
Should that be a hype killer then ?
Hardly , as some would still be freaked out by the potential Black Mirror-esque applications of this tech , while the discussion on the encroachment of technology ( and various forms of controls ) on our daily lives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those who fear being forcefully microchipped by an evil corporation , should probably first check their own pockets for a little “ tracking device ” called a smartphone , which they had purchased and carry around voluntarily .

Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov claims billionaire Bill Gates might be seeking to implant humanity with microchips under the guise of vaccination, seeking to control people and ultimately “solve” overpopulation.
The ongoing coronavirus crisis has produced a number of wild conspiracy theories, as some are trying to find the “secret” reasons behind the pandemic. A handful of them revolve around Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his efforts to develop a vaccine against Covid-19.
One Microsoft patent that recently received international recognition has been found by many ‘truth-seekers’ to be particularly alarming. The patent WO/2020/060606 describes a “Cryptocurrency system using body activity data” – basically, a device which can be used to ‘mine’ some digital coins using one’s body. Or, rather, “award cryptocurrency to the user whose body activity data is verified,” as the patent abstractly puts it. Jabbed: How the Vaccin... Wilcox, Brett Best Price: $13.02 Buy New $13.05 (as of 03:50 UTC - Details)
The patent did not escape Nikita Mikhalkov, renowned Oscar-winning film director, who pushed quite a theory in a new issue of ‘Besogon TV’ (roughly translated as ‘demon banisher’, dubbed, ‘In whose pocket the state is?’ The episode was aired by the Rossiya 24 TV channel on Friday, but was then quietly taken down from its schedule and not repeated – something Mikhalkov has taken for an act of “censorship.”
Mikhalkov claims the very name of the patent has an occult meaning in it, accusing Gates of actually seeking to implant humans with microchips to control them, and tying it to his potential vaccination program.
The 060606 part is somewhat alarming. You probably understand this, right? Is this a coincidence or an intentional selection of such a symbol, which in the Apocalypse of John is called the ‘number of the beast’ – the 666.
Mikhalkov then goes on a rant about a dystopian future where digitized (and microchipped) society is split into two unequal parts, namely the elite and the human drones they control. In search of Gates’ global “co-conspirators,” he squarely points finger at Herman Gref, the head of Russia’s state-owned bank Sberbank, a known proponent of the digitalization of society. The director’s theory falls short of explaining how that system would solve the overpopulation problem, though – or why Russia would be keen to follow the American business magnate’s lead, for that matter.
Like any other outrageous theory peddled by a celebrity, the new issue of ‘Besogon TV’ went viral online, getting around 700,000 views in less than in a day. The Vaccine-Friendly P... Paul Thomas M.D., Jenn... Best Price: $5.50 Buy New $11.19 (as of 06:55 UTC - Details)
Mikhalkov’s conclusions might be quite far-fetched, and the patent WO/2020/060606 is not directly linked to Gates, who has technically stepped down from Microsoft’s board to focus on running his and his wife’s Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Neither does it mention microchipping, instead describing “sensors” coupled with a “device” to register the body activity. One alleged purpose of such a technology described is to encourage healthy lifestyle with users awarded cryptocurrency for exercising.
Should that be a hype killer then? Hardly, as some would still be freaked out by the potential Black Mirror-esque applications of this tech, while the discussion on the encroachment of technology (and various forms of controls) on our daily lives has never been more relevant. And those who fear being forcefully microchipped by an evil corporation, should probably first check their own pockets for a little “tracking device” called a smartphone, which they had purchased and carry around voluntarily.
Reprinted from RT News.


lewrockwell--2020-05-04--Is Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai Trying To Splinter the Health Freedom Movement?

We are at a time in history when we are being called upon to consciously join together to restore our natural and inherent freedoms .
I use ‘ restore ’ with hesitation , since we have to acknowledge the fact that human beings have scarcely ever fully enjoyed their natural freedoms within their society .
The United States after the American Revolution may have been the closest thing to it , although the abolition of slavery almost a century later would have to be considered an essential aspect of a truly free society .
And by that time , powerful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with an agenda to regain control and slowly erode the freedom of American citizens .
Nonetheless , this article is not meant to be a history lesson , but rather an examination of the reality we are facing here and now .
Just as independent states united in the name of individual freedoms always needed to be extremely vigilant about deceptive wolves in sheep ’ s clothing intent on derailing that freedom , the grassroots movements of today need to be extremely discerning in order to recognize those within the movement that are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ derail the movement in the interests of the powerful overlords they serve .
Vaccine Epidemic : How ... Best Price : $ 7.50 Buy New $ 12.99 The characteristics of true and authentic participants in any grassroots freedom movement is the desire for unity .
These participants respect the differences of others as a prerequisite to fostering that unity within the community .
People are free to have and express their views , and true participants tend to be tolerant of signs of ignorance or even egocentricity , as long as it seems @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to arrive at the truth and help to promote freedom .
In a sense , this is what makes it easy to infiltrate grassroots movements .
There are no established ‘ leaders ’ of these movements who decide who can be part of the movement and by what criteria .
Certainly , some figures rise to positions of prominence within these movements due to their expertise and effective communication ; but if these figures are true participants they maintain a sense of humility within the group , understanding that their opinion is not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s , and only has value insofar as it helps lead the community to the truth .
The agent provocateur , on this other hand , has the goal of disunity and fragmentation of the community .
Such a person may be a ‘ sleeper ’ within a community for a given period of time , and tends to be ‘ on their best behavior ’ at first in order to gain status and trust within the community .
When activated , this person will try to divide the group , often @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and respect of actually being the infiltrators and part of a ‘ controlled opposition.
’ This refers to people that publicly speak out against the powerful oppressors of freedom but ultimately do so in a limited/controlled way so that at crucial moments the full power of the movement is thwarted .
The ‘ controlled opposition ’ may eventually get sussed out by the more conscious participants of the group , but by that time the agent may have succeeded at preventing the movement from spreading widely with their polarizing black and white accusations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , this type of strategy has often been very successful in undermining a grassroots movement .
Of course , there are many internal disruptors within movements that are not agents of powerful forces , they are simply involved for their own self-aggrandizement .
They want to ‘ stand out ’ in opposition to others who are gaining status , often accusing those others of being untruthful about their motives .
Either way , if we want to effectively support or participate in grassroots movements in the age of rapid social media communication , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ high level of discernment in distinguishing between those who would foment division for their own ulterior motives , and those who are making tremendous efforts required to foster unity .
According to Wikipedia , Dr. Shiva Ayyaduri is an Indian-American scientist , engineer , entrepreneur , and promoter of conspiracy theories and unfounded medical claims .
He holds four degrees from MIT , and garnered 3.4 % of the vote as an independent candidate in the 2018 United States Senate election in Massachusetts .
He is running as a Republican in the 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other words , Dr. Shiva is both someone who gets the attention of people interested in discovering the hidden truths in the sociopolitical arena , and someone who is running for a place in the political establishment .
I first encountered Dr. Shiva in a video in which he was discussing details of the Climate Change agenda as a money-making hoax .
I found him to be intelligent and articulate .
As a doctor , he has advocated for freedom of choice when it comes to our health .
He has recently made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Movement , labeling some of them as “ controlled opposition.
” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , a long-standing and highly respected vaccine safety advocate , had been enduring these criticisms for months without responding , but when his colleagues began to be attacked by Dr. Shiva , he was motivated to write an article entitled “ Critical Questions for Dr. Shiva About His Attempts to Splinter the Health Freedom Movement.
” His article opened like this : Vaccines : A Reappraisal Richard Moskowitz M.D .
Best Price : $ 17.92 Buy New $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the article in a Youtube video entitled ‘ Dr.SHIVA and Young Pharaoh DESTROY RACIST Robbie Kennedy , Jr. Party Over !
‘ which currently has almost 50,000 views .
Comments about this battle on social media show that it is certainly causing confusion and dismay for many .
Some are quite polarized in one camp or the other .
Others are saying they don ’ t know who to believe .
For most of us I think this dismay is easily solved , when we decide to do our own research , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is truly seeking unity and who is seeking division .
For our part , simply reading headlines on social media and following along with narratives that seem to match our own is not the way to truly support grassroots initiatives that we believe in .
Here ’ s a very valuable exercise for those who would like to consider themselves active participants in the Health Freedom Movement : Read RFK jr. ’ s article , watch Dr. Shiva ’ s response , and decide for yourself about who is truly seeking truth and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ divide .
By diving deep into the facts of any story like this , you are participating in an exercise in expanding your discernment that helps make it more difficult for infiltrators to break up these grassroots movements , and hence increases the ability of honest and dedicated human beings to come together and make the world a better place .

We are at a time in history when we are being called upon to consciously join together to restore our natural and inherent freedoms. I use ‘restore’ with hesitation, since we have to acknowledge the fact that human beings have scarcely ever fully enjoyed their natural freedoms within their society. The United States after the American Revolution may have been the closest thing to it, although the abolition of slavery almost a century later would have to be considered an essential aspect of a truly free society. And by that time, powerful external interests had already begun their infiltration with an agenda to regain control and slowly erode the freedom of American citizens.
Nonetheless, this article is not meant to be a history lesson, but rather an examination of the reality we are facing here and now. Just as independent states united in the name of individual freedoms always needed to be extremely vigilant about deceptive wolves in sheep’s clothing intent on derailing that freedom, the grassroots movements of today need to be extremely discerning in order to recognize those within the movement that are actually agents provocateur with an agenda to derail the movement in the interests of the powerful overlords they serve.
Discernment of Motive
Vaccine Epidemic: How ... Best Price: $7.50 Buy New $12.99 (as of 06:30 UTC - Details) The characteristics of true and authentic participants in any grassroots freedom movement is the desire for unity. These participants respect the differences of others as a prerequisite to fostering that unity within the community. People are free to have and express their views, and true participants tend to be tolerant of signs of ignorance or even egocentricity, as long as it seems that the person has a real desire to arrive at the truth and help to promote freedom.
In a sense, this is what makes it easy to infiltrate grassroots movements. There are no established ‘leaders’ of these movements who decide who can be part of the movement and by what criteria. Certainly, some figures rise to positions of prominence within these movements due to their expertise and effective communication; but if these figures are true participants they maintain a sense of humility within the group, understanding that their opinion is not ‘more important’ than someone else’s, and only has value insofar as it helps lead the community to the truth.
The agent provocateur, on this other hand, has the goal of disunity and fragmentation of the community. Such a person may be a ‘sleeper’ within a community for a given period of time, and tends to be ‘on their best behavior’ at first in order to gain status and trust within the community. When activated, this person will try to divide the group, often by accusing those who are gaining status and respect of actually being the infiltrators and part of a ‘controlled opposition.’ This refers to people that publicly speak out against the powerful oppressors of freedom but ultimately do so in a limited/controlled way so that at crucial moments the full power of the movement is thwarted. The ‘controlled opposition’ may eventually get sussed out by the more conscious participants of the group, but by that time the agent may have succeeded at preventing the movement from spreading widely with their polarizing black and white accusations directed at others. In the past, this type of strategy has often been very successful in undermining a grassroots movement.
Of course, there are many internal disruptors within movements that are not agents of powerful forces, they are simply involved for their own self-aggrandizement. They want to ‘stand out’ in opposition to others who are gaining status, often accusing those others of being untruthful about their motives.
Either way, if we want to effectively support or participate in grassroots movements in the age of rapid social media communication, it is critical that we develop a high level of discernment in distinguishing between those who would foment division for their own ulterior motives, and those who are making tremendous efforts required to foster unity.
Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai vs Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
According to Wikipedia, Dr. Shiva Ayyaduri is an Indian-American scientist, engineer, entrepreneur, and promoter of conspiracy theories and unfounded medical claims. He holds four degrees from MIT, and garnered 3.4% of the vote as an independent candidate in the 2018 United States Senate election in Massachusetts. He is running as a Republican in the 2020 U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts.
In other words, Dr. Shiva is both someone who gets the attention of people interested in discovering the hidden truths in the sociopolitical arena, and someone who is running for a place in the political establishment. I first encountered Dr. Shiva in a video in which he was discussing details of the Climate Change agenda as a money-making hoax. I found him to be intelligent and articulate.
As a doctor, he has advocated for freedom of choice when it comes to our health. He has recently made criticisms about members of the Health Freedom Movement, labeling some of them as “controlled opposition.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a long-standing and highly respected vaccine safety advocate, had been enduring these criticisms for months without responding, but when his colleagues began to be attacked by Dr. Shiva, he was motivated to write an article entitled “Critical Questions for Dr. Shiva About His Attempts to Splinter the Health Freedom Movement.” His article opened like this:
For many months I have remained silent in the face of defamatory and dishonest attacks against me by Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai. My approach was to ignore the sniping to preserve the unity of the Health Freedom Movement. However, Shiva has expanded his malevolent campaign to include venomous salvos against our community’s most prominent and effective leaders, including Del Bigtree, Mark Blaxill, Dr. Rashid Buttar, Polly Tommey and Samoan-Australian activist Taylor Winterstein. Because he now has some of our outstanding spokesmen in his gun-sites, and because his poisonous volleys have begun to damage the solidarity that is critical to our success, I reluctantly make this response.
Vaccines: A Reappraisal Richard Moskowitz M.D. Best Price: $17.92 Buy New $13.66 (as of 01:00 UTC - Details) Dr. Shiva soon created a response to the article in a Youtube video entitled ‘Dr.SHIVA and Young Pharaoh DESTROY RACIST Robbie Kennedy, Jr. Party Over!‘ which currently has almost 50,000 views.
Testing Your Discernment
Comments about this battle on social media show that it is certainly causing confusion and dismay for many. Some are quite polarized in one camp or the other. Others are saying they don’t know who to believe. For most of us I think this dismay is easily solved, when we decide to do our own research, and make our own evaluations about who is truly seeking unity and who is seeking division. For our part, simply reading headlines on social media and following along with narratives that seem to match our own is not the way to truly support grassroots initiatives that we believe in.
Here’s a very valuable exercise for those who would like to consider themselves active participants in the Health Freedom Movement: Read RFK jr.’s article, watch Dr. Shiva’s response, and decide for yourself about who is truly seeking truth and unity and who is actually seeking to divide. By diving deep into the facts of any story like this, you are participating in an exercise in expanding your discernment that helps make it more difficult for infiltrators to break up these grassroots movements, and hence increases the ability of honest and dedicated human beings to come together and make the world a better place.
Reprinted with permission from Collective Evolution.


lewrockwell--2020-05-04--Could Retroviruses Play a Role in COVID-19?

Judy Mikovits , Ph.D. is a cellular and molecular biologist,1 researcher and was the founding research director of the Whittemore Peterson Institute that researches and treats chronic fatigue syndrome ( CFS ) in Reno , Nevada .
She is likely one of the most qualified scientists in the world to comment on this disease because of her groundbreaking research in molecular biology and virology .
Mikovits is absolutely brilliant , but like many gifted researchers , her complex discussions on science quite challenging for the average lay person to follow .
For this reason , I present her interview in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pieces together to present a more cohesive and coherent presentation of her many important points .
I would encourage you to watch the initial , very short , videos first , so you will be well-grounded , and if you are motivated , watch the entire interview at the bottom of this article .
Because there were so many surprising and important revelations in this interview I will present part 2 next week along with an interview with Bobby Kennedy , Jr which will revolve more on the vaccine issue .
Primal Panacea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 10.00 Buy New $ 18.50 Mikovits Doesn ’ t Believe SARS-CoV-2 Is the Cause of COVID-19 One of the most shocking revelations Mikovits reveals is that she doesn ’ t believe SARS-CoV-2 is the cause of COVID-19 but merely serves to activate or wake up a dormant XMRV infection .
To support her assertion , she states that COVID-19 patients have the same cytokine signature as the gammaretrovirus XMRV , which she published many years ago .
XMRV stands for “ xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus.
” Xenotrophic refers to viruses that only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the host species .
So , XMRVs are viruses that infect human cells yet are not human viruses.2 The XMRV retrovirus is actually the virus that has the same cytokine storm signature as COVID-19 , not coronaviruses , which are far more benign .
( I delve into what retroviruses are in another section further below . )
Additionally , there may be other infections that also are contributing to the infection , such as Borelia and Babesia or parasites , which may be why some of the antiparasite drugs like Ivermectin and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Adapted and Are Aerosolized Getting back to the issue of gammaretroviruses , Mikovits research showed that many of our vaccines are contaminated with them .
How did this happen ?
In short , vaccine viruses were replicated and grown in animal cell cultures that were already contaminated with retroviruses .
In other words , the root of the problem stems from the use of contaminated cell culture lines .
Vaccine manufacturing frequently involves the use of animal tissues and many vaccines are grown animal culture cell lines .
As noted in the 2010 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : On the Origin of XMRV , ” published in Frontiers in Microbiology ( which Mikovits did not work on ) :3 Mikovits goes even further , explaining that , “ It became clear in 2011 that these [ gammaretro ] viruses had adapted to become aerosolized.
” This is a rather shocking finding , and this , Mikovits says , is what allows the gammaretroviruses to spread in laboratories from one cell line to another .
This could be related to research catalyzed by Charles Lieber , the former head of Harvard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a nanoscience experts and was arrested by federal authorities earlier this year for working with the Wuhan Virology Institute .
Lab workers may also be inadvertently spreading them as they are using cell lines contaminated with retroviruses in vaccine production that could result in the spread of these retroviruses via the finished vaccine .
Mikovits suspects COVID-19 may in fact be a type of vaccine-derived or vaccine-induced retroviral infection .
“ I don ’ t believe [ COVID-19 ] is infection from without , ” she says .
“ I believe the spread @ @ @ @ @ @ @ injection , and there ’ s enough evidence to support that.
” Another of her theories is that SARS-CoV-2 is unlikely to have had a zoonotic origin but is likely synthetically produced .
She believes it originated in and escaped or leaked from a biosafety laboratory .
Mikovits believes both scenarios might be at play , where a lab-created virus , SARS-CoV-2 , is causing serious infection and/or death only in those who have underlying retroviruses in their bodies .
Mikovits suspects that people who do not have retroviral infections , SARS-CoV-2 causes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ possibility is that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is the result of growing coronaviruses in retrovirus-contaminated cell lines , producing a gammaretrovirus-carrying virus .
According to Mikovits , her 2009 through 2011 work suggested 25 million to 30 million Americans were carriers of XMRVs and other gammaretroviruses .
That estimate is over a decade old now so the number is likely far higher .
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Mikovits is also highly critical of the recommendation ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wear a face mask or fabric cover such as a bandana around your face .
She believes : Wearing a face mask after getting a live flu vaccine may further worsen your odds , she says .
Why ?
Because you ’ re injecting three or more live flu virus strains into your body , which lowers your immune function .
You ’ re also going to shed the viruses contained in the vaccine .
If you wear a mask , Mikovits says , you ’ ll shed those viruses into the mask @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the other hand , not wearing one might jeopardize the health of others .
“ If you ’ re shedding [ the viruses ] into the air , you ’ re going to make somebody else get another upper respiratory infection that ’ s going to allow [ SARS-CoV-2 ] to make them sicker , ” she warns .
We ’ re also being lied to about the prevalence of infection .
We ’ re seeing inflated case numbers for the simple reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to confirm that a patient is in fact infected with SARS-CoV-2 or died from COVID-19 .
The numbers now include “ suspected ” and “ assumed ” cases .
Naturally , without widespread and accurate testing , there ’ s no way to get a clear idea of how prevalent the infection is , and how many actually get sick and die from it .
The initial emphasis on PCR testing resulted in massive false positives and greatly inflated numbers of those infected .
As noted by Mikovits , confirming each case through @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hundreds , if not thousands , of microbes that can cause upper respiratory infections , including seasonal influenza viruses .
None of those should be lumped in with COVID-19 if we want to understand the true nature and danger of this disease .
What ’ s more , the initial decision to use RT-PCR ( reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction ) testing instead of antibody testing was an unwise one , as it virtually guaranteed an overestimation of the problem .
RT-PCR is now being used to diagnose an active infection by detecting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , by doing that , you end up with high rates of false positives .
Mikovits explains how the RT-PCR test works : Dancing Naked in the M ... Mullis , Kary Best Price : $ 5.52 Buy New $ 15.17 Rather than using PCR testing , “ what should have been done is test for antibodies , ” Mikovits says .
This is what was done in South Korea .
An antibody test will tell you whether you had the infection at some point , and have developed a strong immune response @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to fight the infection should you encounter it again .
My belief is that the use of PCR instead of a proper antibody test was intentional , as it inflates the case numbers .
Mikovits agrees , saying “ I wouldn ’ t get any tests right now .
I ’ d simply wash my hands and drink hot lemon water as I always do for any flu season.
” In the Epoch Times documentary , “ Tracking Down the Origin of the Wuhan Coronavirus , ” Mikovits details some of the evidence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a naturally-evolved virus , but rather a laboratory concoction .
One piece of evidence is that the virus contains a protein envelope from the HIV virus .
It ’ s also very similar to SARS which , according to bioweapons expert Francis Boyle , is an engineered bioweapon .
As explained by Mikovits , an Indian paper6,7 detailed the presence of Gp120 , a protein envelope from the HIV virus .
That paper was quickly retracted due to political pressure .
However , Mikovits colleague , Luc Montagnier , made a similar discovery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which is the transmembrane domain of the HIV virus .
The addition of this envelope protein from HIV gives SARS-CoV-2 the ability to impair the immune system .
It also contributes to its pathogenicity .
Mikovits continues her explanation : Another piece that hints at SARS-CoV-2 being a manufactured virus is the construction of its spike proteins , which bind to ACE2 receptors to gain access into the cell .
This appears to be an engineering feature .
According to Mikovits , it ’ s quite clear that the spike proteins came @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also infects through ACE receptors .
There are also “ single point mutations there that make it far more infectious , easier to spread , ” she says , “ and how those were acquired , nobody really can say.
” At least not yet .
Nanotechnology may also have been used to aerosolize it for ease of transmission .
According to Mikovits , one contaminated cell line is the Vero monkey kidney cell line called Vero E6 , which was given by Fort Detrick — a U.S. Army Medical Command installation that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ programs and houses the National Cancer Institute laboratory where she used to work — to the biosafety 4 laboratory ( BSL-4 ) in Wuhan , China .
This cell line is what the Wuhan lab used to grow and study coronaviruses , she says .
The Vero cell line is listed in the 2015 paper,8 “ A SARS-like Cluster of Circulating Bat Coronaviruses Shows Potential for Human Emergence , ” co-written by University of North Carolina researchers and Dr. Shi Zhengli , a Chinese virologist at the Wuhan lab who in 2010 published @ @ @ @ @ @ @ SARS virus .
The contaminated Vero monkey kidney cells were also used in the production of polio vaccines , Mikovits notes .
The original polio vaccines were passed through mice brains , as we didn ’ t have cell lines in the 1930s when that vaccine was originally developed .
According to Mikovitz , the spread of this Vero retrovirus has occurred through laboratory workers and hospital caretakers for decades .
“ That ’ s why the family studies we did were so important , ” she says , referring to studies in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how it spread between family members.10 Alas , whenever patterns were detected , she was always directed to cover them up .
Her refusal to hide the information from the public was what led to her firing in 2011 .
According to Mikovits , we ’ re seeing the same pattern of sweeping evidence under the rug now during the COVID-19 pandemic .
In 2009 , Mikovits got embroiled in controversy when she wrote a paper reporting that a retrovirus known as xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus may play a causal role in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I interviewed her about this intriguing and complex story in December 2018 ( see linked sentence ) .
Her career background and past troubles also involved Fauci who , according to Mikovits , is guilty of scientific fraud .
She details this in her book , “ Plague of Corruption : Restoring Faith in the Promise of Science.
” According to Mikovits , Fauci does not appear to have changed his stripes , and is still misleading the public and hiding the truth about SARS-CoV-2 , just like he did with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Mikovits and her colleagues discovered that the HIV virus was spread through a contaminated blood supply .
After that , they proceeded to look into other “ clearly retroviral-associated diseases , ” such as CFS,12 certain kinds of autism , cancers , leukemias and lymphomas .
Gammaretroviruses13 are viruses that can cause cancer , leukemia and immune deficiencies in various animals .
Examples include murine leukemia virus , feline leukemia virus and mink focus forming virus .
As explained in a 2011 paper on gamma retroviruses:14 The key take-home here is that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cell genome , ” and infection can result in “ long-term expression.
” In other words , once they ’ re in your body , they can remain dormant , only to reactivate when conditions are favorable .
In this regard , they ’ re quite different from your average virus that , when you ’ re exposed , invades your cells , replicates and causes symptoms , and is eventually eliminated from your body through your immune response .
In 2009 , Mikovits and her team discovered and isolated the first human @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as XMRVs .
As mentioned earlier , XMRV stands for “ xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus.
” Xenotrophic refers to viruses that only replicate in cells other than those of the host species .
So , XMRVs are viruses that infect human cells yet are not human viruses.15 To reiterate some of the key take-home messages Mikovits delivers in this interview : •She believes COVID-19 — the disease — is not caused by SARS-CoV-2 alone , but rather that it ’ s the result of a combination of SARS-CoV-2 ( which appears to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ HIV that destroys immune function ) .
Previous XMRV ( human gammaretroviruses ) infection may facilitate SARS-CoV-2 to express the COVID-19 illness .
Put another way , COVID-19 may be initiated by SARS-CoV-2 but dependent upon a preexisting infection with and awakening of other viruses such as XMRV , gamma retroviruses , possibly Lyme and other coinfections , including parasites , and this is why anti-parasitic medications like hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin help .
•Blood products and vaccines are contaminated with XMRVs that can damage your immune system and cause CFS , cancer and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ within laboratories as they have adapted to become aerosolized , and contaminate cell lines used in vaccine production and other viral research , including research on coronaviruses .
•Flu vaccines have spread a host of dangerous viruses around the world , which can then interact with SARS COV-2 .
•It is possible to develop safer oral vaccines , and interferon alpha could be a valuable treatment alternative against COVID-19 .
Aside from interferons , other treatment strategies discussed in our interview include hyperbaric oxygen therapy , cannabinoids ( CBD ) , peptide T @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dangerous and virulent than typical coronaviruses because it includes sequences of HIV , SARS and another virus , which enable it to infect more than just your respiratory epithelium .
It can also infect blood cells and hematopoeitic organs such as the spleen .
Last but not least , if this topic intrigues you , be sure to pick up a copy of her new book , “ Plague of Corruption : Restoring Faith in the Promise of Science.
” You can also find more information on her website , plaguethebook.com .
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Judy Mikovits, Ph.D. is a cellular and molecular biologist,1 researcher and was the founding research director of the Whittemore Peterson Institute that researches and treats chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) in Reno, Nevada.
She is likely one of the most qualified scientists in the world to comment on this disease because of her groundbreaking research in molecular biology and virology.
Mikovits is absolutely brilliant, but like many gifted researchers, her complex discussions on science quite challenging for the average lay person to follow.
For this reason, I present her interview in a different format, cutting and splicing pieces together to present a more cohesive and coherent presentation of her many important points. I would encourage you to watch the initial, very short, videos first, so you will be well-grounded, and if you are motivated, watch the entire interview at the bottom of this article.
Because there were so many surprising and important revelations in this interview I will present part 2 next week along with an interview with Bobby Kennedy, Jr which will revolve more on the vaccine issue. Primal Panacea Thomas E. Levy Best Price: $10.00 Buy New $18.50 (as of 09:15 UTC - Details)
Mikovits Doesn’t Believe SARS-CoV-2 Is the Cause of COVID-19
One of the most shocking revelations Mikovits reveals is that she doesn’t believe SARS-CoV-2 is the cause of COVID-19 but merely serves to activate or wake up a dormant XMRV infection. To support her assertion, she states that COVID-19 patients have the same cytokine signature as the gammaretrovirus XMRV, which she published many years ago.
XMRV stands for “xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus.” Xenotrophic refers to viruses that only replicate in cells other than those of the host species. So, XMRVs are viruses that infect human cells yet are not human viruses.2
The XMRV retrovirus is actually the virus that has the same cytokine storm signature as COVID-19, not coronaviruses, which are far more benign. (I delve into what retroviruses are in another section further below.)
Additionally, there may be other infections that also are contributing to the infection, such as Borelia and Babesia or parasites, which may be why some of the antiparasite drugs like Ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine are working.
Vaccine Gammaretroviruses Have Adapted and Are Aerosolized
Getting back to the issue of gammaretroviruses, Mikovits research showed that many of our vaccines are contaminated with them. How did this happen? In short, vaccine viruses were replicated and grown in animal cell cultures that were already contaminated with retroviruses. In other words, the root of the problem stems from the use of contaminated cell culture lines.
Vaccine manufacturing frequently involves the use of animal tissues and many vaccines are grown animal culture cell lines. As noted in the 2010 paper, “Of Mice and Men: On the Origin of XMRV,” published in Frontiers in Microbiology (which Mikovits did not work on):3
“The novel human retrovirus xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) is arguably the most controversial virus of this moment. After its original discovery in prostate cancer tissue from North American patients, it was subsequently detected in individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome from the same continent …
The detection of integrated XMRV proviruses in prostate cancer tissue proves it to be a genuine virus that replicates in human cells, leaving the question: how did XMRV enter the human population?
We will discuss two possible routes: either via direct virus transmission from mouse to human … or via the use of mouse-related products by humans, including vaccines. We hypothesize that mouse cells or human cell lines used for vaccine production could have been contaminated with a replicating variant of the XMRV precursors encoded by the mouse genome.”
Mikovits goes even further, explaining that, “It became clear in 2011 that these [gammaretro]viruses had adapted to become aerosolized.” This is a rather shocking finding, and this, Mikovits says, is what allows the gammaretroviruses to spread in laboratories from one cell line to another.
This could be related to research catalyzed by Charles Lieber, the former head of Harvard’s chemistry department, who is a nanoscience experts and was arrested by federal authorities earlier this year for working with the Wuhan Virology Institute.
Lab workers may also be inadvertently spreading them as they are using cell lines contaminated with retroviruses in vaccine production that could result in the spread of these retroviruses via the finished vaccine. Mikovits suspects COVID-19 may in fact be a type of vaccine-derived or vaccine-induced retroviral infection.
“I don’t believe [COVID-19] is infection from without,” she says. “I believe the spread across [210] countries4 is from injection, and there’s enough evidence to support that.”
SARS-CoV-2 — A Combination of SARS, Gammaretroviruses and HIV
Another of her theories is that SARS-CoV-2 is unlikely to have had a zoonotic origin but is likely synthetically produced. She believes it originated in and escaped or leaked from a biosafety laboratory. Mikovits believes both scenarios might be at play, where a lab-created virus, SARS-CoV-2, is causing serious infection and/or death only in those who have underlying retroviruses in their bodies.
Mikovits suspects that people who do not have retroviral infections, SARS-CoV-2 causes no or only mild symptoms. Another possibility is that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is the result of growing coronaviruses in retrovirus-contaminated cell lines, producing a gammaretrovirus-carrying virus. According to Mikovits, her 2009 through 2011 work suggested 25 million to 30 million Americans were carriers of XMRVs and other gammaretroviruses. That estimate is over a decade old now so the number is likely far higher. Spillover: Animal Infe... Quammen, David Buy New $19.94 (as of 03:49 UTC - Details)
“There is a family of gammaretroviruses, most likely [in] contaminated blood supply and vaccines that are still to this day, almost 10 years later, being injected,” she says.
“We don’t need an infectious virus if you inject the blueprint, if you inject the provirus. And … there are a lot of data to support COVID-19 is not SARS-CoV-2 alone, that it’s SARS-CoV-2 and XMRVs (human gammaretroviruses) and HIV.”
Might Wearing a Mask Worsen Your Odds of Illness?
Mikovits is also highly critical of the recommendation (and in some places mandate) to wear a face mask or fabric cover such as a bandana around your face. She believes:
“Wearing a mask is going to cause more secretions and give more cells a home and amplify any viruses. [Wearing a mask is] immune suppressive; it’s going to limit your body’s ability to produce Type 1 interferon.
You’re driving the infection in yourself and you’re not preventing the spread. [Instead], you’re amplifying [replication of] not just [SARS-CoV-2] but also many other [viruses], including your XMRVs, influenza or other dormant viruses.
What keeps those dormant viruses dormant? Your natural killer (NK) cells, your mast cells, your macrophages. That’s where you’re getting the inflammatory signature.
So, every virus you amplify is driving the inflammatory signature, and you’re going to get sick. [The resulting illness] doesn’t have to be SARS-CoV-2 at all. You’re making yourself sick [by bringing dormant viruses out of dormancy]. It’s insanity.”
Wearing a face mask after getting a live flu vaccine may further worsen your odds, she says. Why? Because you’re injecting three or more live flu virus strains into your body, which lowers your immune function. You’re also going to shed the viruses contained in the vaccine. If you wear a mask, Mikovits says, you’ll shed those viruses into the mask, which could encourage illness.
On the other hand, not wearing one might jeopardize the health of others. “If you’re shedding [the viruses] into the air, you’re going to make somebody else get another upper respiratory infection that’s going to allow [SARS-CoV-2] to make them sicker,” she warns.
Why PCR Testing Is a Bad Idea
We’re also being lied to about the prevalence of infection. We’re seeing inflated case numbers for the simple reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer requires doctors to do testing in order to confirm that a patient is in fact infected with SARS-CoV-2 or died from COVID-19. The numbers now include “suspected” and “assumed” cases.
Naturally, without widespread and accurate testing, there’s no way to get a clear idea of how prevalent the infection is, and how many actually get sick and die from it. The initial emphasis on PCR testing resulted in massive false positives and greatly inflated numbers of those infected.
As noted by Mikovits, confirming each case through testing matters greatly, as there are hundreds, if not thousands, of microbes that can cause upper respiratory infections, including seasonal influenza viruses. None of those should be lumped in with COVID-19 if we want to understand the true nature and danger of this disease.
What’s more, the initial decision to use RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) testing instead of antibody testing was an unwise one, as it virtually guaranteed an overestimation of the problem. RT-PCR is now being used to diagnose an active infection by detecting the presence of SARS-CoV-2 genetic material.5 However, by doing that, you end up with high rates of false positives. Mikovits explains how the RT-PCR test works:
“We’re taking a swab and scraping some epithelial cells [from the back of the sinuses or throat] because that’s what coronaviruses infect … We get a little RNA — because it’s an RNA virus — we reverse-transcribe that, meaning write it backwards with enzymes in the lab, and then we amplify it [through a] polymerase chain reaction …
We’re only taking a piece of the virus, we’re not taking the whole virus … The first thing about [the PCR] test is, it was admitted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the CDC that the tests put out by the CDC were contaminated.
And when you amplify something a million times, or 10 million times — whatever they do in the 30 cycles or so — it’s logarithmic that RNA then is way overestimated … [But] no [viral] particle was identified or isolated from your saliva or from your nasal passages. Nobody took the secretions from your nose or your mouth and isolated the [actual] viruses.
[When I isolated] HIV in 1983, I isolated it from saliva. What you do is you take the virus and grow it in any human cell, in an appropriate cell line, and you make many copies. [Viral replication] means you have [a positive test for] that virus. Then you sequence the whole virus.
A PCR [test, on the other hand] can give you a lot of false positives [by amplifying RNA fragments].
We [also] showed the people that had [HIV] infection had antibodies; that they had been fully exposed and it was not a piece of nucleic acid in a biopsy or in their throat or in their nose. [A piece of nucleic acid] is not a virus. And it’s certainly not infectious.
If RNA is there and in the tiniest amount, I’m not going to cough it on somebody, especially if I’m not coughing. I’m not going to breathe that [out and infect] somebody because there’s no evidence of an infectious virus.”
Better Testing Strategy: Antibodies
Dancing Naked in the M... Mullis, Kary Best Price: $5.52 Buy New $15.17 (as of 02:58 UTC - Details) Rather than using PCR testing, “what should have been done is test for antibodies,” Mikovits says. This is what was done in South Korea. An antibody test will tell you whether you had the infection at some point, and have developed a strong immune response or immunological memory that will allow you to fight the infection should you encounter it again.
“Epidemiology is not done with PCR. In fact, Kary Mullis who invented PCR, Nobel Laureate, and others, said PCR was never intended for diagnostic testing. So that puts that to bed.
It takes nothing to develop a really good serology [i.e., antibody] test … [It takes] a few weeks. It’s pretty easy because the people who have recovered have antibodies. So, you isolate those antibodies, you take their plasma, you purify the antibodies, and then you can grow them.
Then you develop the tests… It’s usually ELISA or Western Blot [which check for] the protein and the antibody binds. You form an immune complex, and you detect it with a dye. You can do that test with a finger stick … and it takes 15 minutes to get the answer, almost like a pregnancy test.”
My belief is that the use of PCR instead of a proper antibody test was intentional, as it inflates the case numbers. Mikovits agrees, saying “I wouldn’t get any tests right now. I’d simply wash my hands and drink hot lemon water as I always do for any flu season.”
Evidence SARS-CoV-2 May Be a Lab-Created Virus
In the Epoch Times documentary, “Tracking Down the Origin of the Wuhan Coronavirus,” Mikovits details some of the evidence supporting the view that SARS-CoV-2 is not a naturally-evolved virus, but rather a laboratory concoction.
One piece of evidence is that the virus contains a protein envelope from the HIV virus. It’s also very similar to SARS which, according to bioweapons expert Francis Boyle, is an engineered bioweapon.
As explained by Mikovits, an Indian paper6,7 detailed the presence of Gp120, a protein envelope from the HIV virus. That paper was quickly retracted due to political pressure. However, Mikovits colleague, Luc Montagnier, made a similar discovery, finding Gp41 in the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is the transmembrane domain of the HIV virus.
“The folks from India also had GAG. That’s structural proteins. That gives you a clue that it wasn’t a CRISPR technique or a pseudotyping where the envelope was expressed in a gene therapy-type of way. If it were CRISPR, you wouldn’t put the GAG sequences in there.
What was done is, the virus was acquired as they grew SARS-CoV-2 in Vero-E6 cells — the monkey kidney cells where you get HIV.
Simian immune deficiency virus was the origin, and we were told all the way back in the 80s that somebody forgot to cook their food in Africa and a few promiscuous men spread this [HIV] virus around the world. So, you can see again the patterns of the lies and of what people end up believing.”
The addition of this envelope protein from HIV gives SARS-CoV-2 the ability to impair the immune system. It also contributes to its pathogenicity. Mikovits continues her explanation:
“The first thing is, you must grow a virus to make a lot of it. So, you grow it in cell lines. They didn’t take [SARS-CoV-2] from the bat and it jumped into a human. It normally goes through another cell [from] a monkey or a smaller animal. The cell line that supports the growth and expansion [of viruses] are monkey kidney cells.
Maybe [SARS-CoV-2] is not engineered at all … but the end result is, now it not only infects the epithelial cells of the lungs, it infects the white blood cells, it infects the immune cells. We see the splenomegaly in large spleens, we’re seeing penias, cytopenias. We’re losing cells like HIV-killing T-cells …
So, it’s got not only an expanded host range, but also disease symptoms that make no sense for a coronavirus. Hence, we’re killing people because they’re treating an upper respiratory infection, and you’re getting that inflammatory disease signature because you’re infecting the very innate immune response, the macrophages, the monocytes, the natural killer cells, the T cells. And it’s primarily the T-cells in the macrophages because those are the cells HIV 120 and Gp41 infect through CCR5 in the CD4 receptor. So now you’re going to lose your adaptive immune response, you’re going to drive the inflammation. And it’s the fire [of inflammation] that does the tissue damage.”
Another piece that hints at SARS-CoV-2 being a manufactured virus is the construction of its spike proteins, which bind to ACE2 receptors to gain access into the cell. This appears to be an engineering feature. According to Mikovits, it’s quite clear that the spike proteins came from the original SARS virus, which also infects through ACE receptors.
There are also “single point mutations there that make it far more infectious, easier to spread,” she says, “and how those were acquired, nobody really can say.” At least not yet. Nanotechnology may also have been used to aerosolize it for ease of transmission.
“The nano[size] further increases the host range. So now you can go into every cell. Now you can go across the blood brain barrier. That’s nano. Now you don’t need a receptor. You can breathe it, it can go into every cell of the body. You don’t need the gatekeeper. You don’t need the receptor. You don’t need the lock and key.”
Contaminated Cell Line Shared With Wuhan Biolab
According to Mikovits, one contaminated cell line is the Vero monkey kidney cell line called Vero E6, which was given by Fort Detrick — a U.S. Army Medical Command installation that hosts many of our national biological defense programs and houses the National Cancer Institute laboratory where she used to work — to the biosafety 4 laboratory (BSL-4) in Wuhan, China. This cell line is what the Wuhan lab used to grow and study coronaviruses, she says.
The Vero cell line is listed in the 2015 paper,8 “A SARS-like Cluster of Circulating Bat Coronaviruses Shows Potential for Human Emergence,” co-written by University of North Carolina researchers and Dr. Shi Zhengli, a Chinese virologist at the Wuhan lab who in 2010 published a paper9 discussing the weaponization of the SARS virus.
The contaminated Vero monkey kidney cells were also used in the production of polio vaccines, Mikovits notes. The original polio vaccines were passed through mice brains, as we didn’t have cell lines in the 1930s when that vaccine was originally developed. According to Mikovitz, the spread of this Vero retrovirus has occurred through laboratory workers and hospital caretakers for decades.
“That’s why the family studies we did were so important,” she says, referring to studies in which retroviral transmission was tracked to determine how it spread between family members.10
Alas, whenever patterns were detected, she was always directed to cover them up. Her refusal to hide the information from the public was what led to her firing in 2011. According to Mikovits, we’re seeing the same pattern of sweeping evidence under the rug now during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The patterns are the same as far as the science goes, and the patterns are the same as far as the political corruption, the plague of corruption, in covering up data,” she says.
Mikovits Pioneering Research in XMRV
In 2009, Mikovits got embroiled in controversy when she wrote a paper reporting that a retrovirus known as xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus may play a causal role in CFS and other diseases, including autism. I interviewed her about this intriguing and complex story in December 2018 (see linked sentence).
Her career background and past troubles also involved Fauci who, according to Mikovits, is guilty of scientific fraud. She details this in her book, “Plague of Corruption: Restoring Faith in the Promise of Science.”
According to Mikovits, Fauci does not appear to have changed his stripes, and is still misleading the public and hiding the truth about SARS-CoV-2, just like he did with the HIV virus and retroviral-associated diseases.
“I think the way to think about the background of what’s going on right now is to go back to my first interactions with Dr. Tony Fauci when I was a 25-year-old lab technician in the National Cancer Institute. At that time, we had isolated — from blood and saliva — the lymphadenopathy virus.
[Lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV)] was the name given to it by Luc Montagnier, the Nobel Laureate, [who] first isolated and discovered that virus and its association with HIV/AIDS.11
In that situation, Fauci delayed the serology testing [to find out] who was exposed [to HIV]. It was politicized such that the only people that were [said to be] susceptible to getting infected with HIV was gay men [and] IV drug users.
The country was told not to worry about it. It was only spread through blood and body fluids and shouldn’t be a problem for most other people. So, the testing that could have been done wasn’t done because of political reasons, and the treatments weren’t done because Fauci had patents, and — we didn’t know this at the time — the wrong type of treatment was used. That led to the spread and [death] of millions worldwide …”
The Discovery of Human Gammaretroviruses
Ultimately, Mikovits and her colleagues discovered that the HIV virus was spread through a contaminated blood supply. After that, they proceeded to look into other “clearly retroviral-associated diseases,” such as CFS,12 certain kinds of autism, cancers, leukemias and lymphomas.
Gammaretroviruses13 are viruses that can cause cancer, leukemia and immune deficiencies in various animals. Examples include murine leukemia virus, feline leukemia virus and mink focus forming virus. As explained in a 2011 paper on gamma retroviruses:14
“Retroviruses are evolutionary optimized gene carriers that have naturally adapted to their hosts to efficiently deliver their nucleic acids into the target cell chromatin, thereby overcoming natural cellular barriers …
Retroviral vectors are fascinating and efficient delivery tools for the transfer of nucleic acids. As a hallmark, all retroviruses are capable of reverse transcribing their single stranded RNA genome into double stranded DNA, which will be stably integrated into the host cell genome.
As highly evolved parasites they act in concert with cellular host factors to deliver their nucleic acid into the nucleus, where they exploit the host cell’s machinery for their own replication and long-term expression occurs.”
The key take-home here is that retroviruses are “integrated into the host cell genome,” and infection can result in “long-term expression.” In other words, once they’re in your body, they can remain dormant, only to reactivate when conditions are favorable. In this regard, they’re quite different from your average virus that, when you’re exposed, invades your cells, replicates and causes symptoms, and is eventually eliminated from your body through your immune response.
In 2009, Mikovits and her team discovered and isolated the first human gammaretrovirus family of retroviruses, known then as XMRVs. As mentioned earlier, XMRV stands for “xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus.” Xenotrophic refers to viruses that only replicate in cells other than those of the host species. So, XMRVs are viruses that infect human cells yet are not human viruses.15
My Entire Interview With Judy Mikovits
To reiterate some of the key take-home messages Mikovits delivers in this interview:
•She believes COVID-19 — the disease — is not caused by SARS-CoV-2 alone, but rather that it’s the result of a combination of SARS-CoV-2 (which appears to have been manipulated to include components of HIV that destroys immune function). Previous XMRV (human gammaretroviruses) infection may facilitate SARS-CoV-2 to express the COVID-19 illness.
Put another way, COVID-19 may be initiated by SARS-CoV-2 but dependent upon a preexisting infection with and awakening of other viruses such as XMRV, gamma retroviruses, possibly Lyme and other coinfections, including parasites, and this is why anti-parasitic medications like hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin help.
•Blood products and vaccines are contaminated with XMRVs that can damage your immune system and cause CFS, cancer and other chronic diseases. The viruses spread within laboratories as they have adapted to become aerosolized, and contaminate cell lines used in vaccine production and other viral research, including research on coronaviruses.
•Flu vaccines have spread a host of dangerous viruses around the world, which can then interact with SARS COV-2.
•It is possible to develop safer oral vaccines, and interferon alpha could be a valuable treatment alternative against COVID-19. Aside from interferons, other treatment strategies discussed in our interview include hyperbaric oxygen therapy, cannabinoids (CBD), peptide T and antioxidant support.
•SARS-CoV-2 is more dangerous and virulent than typical coronaviruses because it includes sequences of HIV, SARS and another virus, which enable it to infect more than just your respiratory epithelium. It can also infect blood cells and hematopoeitic organs such as the spleen.
Last but not least, if this topic intrigues you, be sure to pick up a copy of her new book, “Plague of Corruption: Restoring Faith in the Promise of Science.” You can also find more information on her website, plaguethebook.com.
Sources and References
The Best of Dr. Joseph Mercola


Arrest the Governor

Let ’ s go ahead and live the fantasy .
Imagine a county sheriff holding a press conference and swearing out a complaint .
Imagine him waving it in front of the cameras .
Imagine him saying that the next stop was the governor ’ s mansion to put handcuffs on the big cheese himself .
He would never get past the governor ’ s state police security detail , but it would definitely make the news .
Here is the summary and wording of the relevant statute taken from DOJ ’ s own website : DEPRIVATION OF RIGHTS UNDER @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Con ... Josh Blackman Best Price : $ 45.64 Buy New $ 18.33 Section 242 of Title 18 makes it a crime for a person acting under color of any law to willfully deprive a person of a right or privilege protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States .
For the purpose of Section 242 , acts under “ color of law ” include acts not only done by federal , state , or local officials within the their lawful authority , but also acts done beyond the bounds of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if the acts are done while the official is purporting to or pretending to act in the performance of his/her official duties .
Persons acting under color of law within the meaning of this statute include police officers , prisons guards and other law enforcement officials , as well as judges , care providers in public health facilities , and others who are acting as public officials .
It is not necessary that the crime be motivated by animus toward the race , color , religion , sex , handicap , familial status @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The offense is punishable by a range of imprisonment up to a life term , or the death penalty , depending upon the circumstances of the crime , and the resulting injury , if any .
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End quote .
The bold emphasis on the heading and on the lower section and the italics were not added by me for enhanced effect .
It is a direct block-and-paste from the DOJ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ DOJ really means business about this freedom thing .
Somebody should dust this one off and test it out .
The Best of David Hathaway

Let’s go ahead and live the fantasy. Imagine a county sheriff holding a press conference and swearing out a complaint. Imagine him waving it in front of the cameras. Imagine him saying that the next stop was the governor’s mansion to put handcuffs on the big cheese himself. He would never get past the governor’s state police security detail, but it would definitely make the news. Here is the summary and wording of the relevant statute taken from DOJ’s own website:
DEPRIVATION OF RIGHTS UNDER COLOR OF LAW
SUMMARY An Introduction to Con... Josh Blackman Best Price: $45.64 Buy New $18.33 (as of 05:04 UTC - Details)
Section 242 of Title 18 makes it a crime for a person acting under color of any law to willfully deprive a person of a right or privilege protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States.
For the purpose of Section 242, acts under “color of law” include acts not only done by federal, state, or local officials within the their lawful authority, but also acts done beyond the bounds of that official’s lawful authority, if the acts are done while the official is purporting to or pretending to act in the performance of his/her official duties. Persons acting under color of law within the meaning of this statute include police officers, prisons guards and other law enforcement officials, as well as judges, care providers in public health facilities, and others who are acting as public officials. It is not necessary that the crime be motivated by animus toward the race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin of the victim. The offense is punishable by a range of imprisonment up to a life term, or the death penalty, depending upon the circumstances of the crime, and the resulting injury, if any. The Tyranny of Good In... Paul Craig Roberts, La... Best Price: $6.96 Buy New $8.95 (as of 07:10 UTC - Details)
TITLE 18, U.S.C., SECTION 242
Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, … shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.
End quote. The bold emphasis on the heading and on the lower section and the italics were not added by me for enhanced effect. It is a direct block-and-paste from the DOJ website. Wow, it seems like DOJ really means business about this freedom thing. Somebody should dust this one off and test it out.
The Best of David Hathaway


lewrockwell--2020-05-05--CDC Keeps Nation in Lockdown Using Wrong Numbers

While fact-checker websites SNOPES and BUZZFEED NEWS dismiss any idea that the CDC ’ s newly issued death count from COVID-19 infections is inaccurate , all data issued from the CDC based on daily and weekly estimates are issued with the caveat that they represent provisional ( incomplete ) data that is subject to change because of late reporting of death certificates .
What is raising a storm is that the 65,735 COVID-19 deaths listed by the CDC on its DAILY count does not match up with more accurate WEEKLY COVID-19 death estimate of 37,308 as of the week ending @ @ @ @ @ @ @ SNOPES says the “ large discrepancy ” is explained by the “ About The Data ” fine print section that explains the numbers are preliminary and include “ both confirmed and probably deaths.
” SNOPES misleadingly says : “ This claim is like comparing stock prices from a two-week-old newspaper with those offered today by a cable news station , and then attributing any differences to a conspiracy rather than the mere passage of time as reflected in more current reporting.
” No !
The two-week data includes more data and agencies have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
A reporter with BUZZFEED NEWS also makes the same mistake , denying the CDC revised the death count downward .
As of Monday , May 4 , major news agencies continue to use the sixty-thousand-plus death figures .
The level of accuracy in reporting case and death figures is mired by late reporting .
The CDC says : It is upon this specious data that Americans are held captive in an unprecedented lockdown that has one of the nation ’ s leading virologists who is a CDC/White House spokesperson saying those parties @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guilty for the rest of their lives… if they go home and infect their grandmother or grandfather who has a co-morbid condition and they have a serious or a very unfortunate outcome.
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In Congressional testimony on March 11 Dr. Anthony Fauci , director of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases , said the current coronavirus is “ 10 times more lethal than the seasonal flu.
” On other occasions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saying COVID-19 may ultimately produce deaths more like the seasonal flu .
But again on March 26 Dr. Fauci was quoted to say : “ The mortality of [ COVID-19 ] is about 10 times [ the flu ] .
” But as presented in the latest weekly data issued by the CDC , influenza deaths were far greater than COVID-19 deaths until the CDC changed the death count data on April 14 to include both laboratory-confirmed and probable deaths ( see chart below ) .
You can see the COVID-19 deaths then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weekly tally of 4/25/2020 shows a dramatic drop in COVID-19 deaths , while the virologists continue to maintain millions of lives are at risk and the lockdown must continue into summer .
*As of April 14 , 2020 , CDC case counts and death counts include both confirmed and probable cases and deaths .
A confirmed case or death is defined by meeting confirmatory laboratory evidence for COVID-19 .
A probable case or death is defined by one of the following : • Meeting clinical criteria AND epidemiologic evidence with no confirmatory laboratory @ @ @ @ @ @ @ laboratory evidence AND either clinical criteria OR epidemiologic evidence • Meeting vital records criteria with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID19 The following graphic shows the number of excess deaths in the U.S. has only exceeded predictions twice in the past four years ( 2017-2020 ) and by April 1 of 2020 had reached a four-year low point ( see chart below ) .
Number of deaths reported on this page are the total number of deaths received and coded as of the date of analysis and do not represent all deaths @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are incomplete because of the lag in time between when the death occurred and when the death certificate is completed , submitted to NCHS and processed for reporting purposes .
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While fact-checker websites SNOPES and BUZZFEED NEWS dismiss any idea that the CDC’s newly issued death count from COVID-19 infections is inaccurate, all data issued from the CDC based on daily and weekly estimates are issued with the caveat that they represent provisional (incomplete) data that is subject to change because of late reporting of death certificates.
What is raising a storm is that the 65,735 COVID-19 deaths listed by the CDC on its DAILY count does not match up with more accurate WEEKLY COVID-19 death estimate of 37,308 as of the week ending April 25 (see below).
SNOPES says the “large discrepancy” is explained by the “About The Data” fine print section that explains the numbers are preliminary and include “both confirmed and probably deaths.” SNOPES misleadingly says: “This claim is like comparing stock prices from a two-week-old newspaper with those offered today by a cable news station, and then attributing any differences to a conspiracy rather than the mere passage of time as reflected in more current reporting.” No! The two-week data includes more data and agencies have had more time to verify death certificates.
A reporter with BUZZFEED NEWS also makes the same mistake, denying the CDC revised the death count downward.
As of Monday, May 4, major news agencies continue to use the sixty-thousand-plus death figures.
More than 67,000 COVID-19-related deaths have been recorded. – CNN May 4, 2020 The novel coronavirus has already claimed the lives of more than 61,000 Americans but experts fear that number could be far higher…”. – ABC News, April 30, 2020
The level of accuracy in reporting case and death figures is mired by late reporting. The CDC says:
“Currently, 63% of all U.S. deaths are reported within 10 days of the date of death, but there is significant variation among jurisdictions. It takes extra time to code COVID-19 deaths. While 80% of deaths are electronically processed and coded by National Center for Health Statistics within minutes, most deaths from COVID-19 must be coded manually, which takes an average of 7 days. Other reporting systems use different definitions or methods for counting deaths.”
It is upon this specious data that Americans are held captive in an unprecedented lockdown that has one of the nation’s leading virologists who is a CDC/White House spokesperson saying those parties who violate the lockdown “will feel guilty for the rest of their lives… if they go home and infect their grandmother or grandfather who has a co-morbid condition and they have a serious or a very unfortunate outcome.” Fauci: The Bernie Mado... Ortleb, Charles Buy New $5.99 (as of 02:55 UTC - Details)
Is COVID-19 Ten Times More Deadly Than The Flu?
In Congressional testimony on March 11 Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, said the current coronavirus is “10 times more lethal than the seasonal flu.”
On other occasions Dr. Fauci has uttered more reserved estimates saying COVID-19 may ultimately produce deaths more like the seasonal flu. But again on March 26 Dr. Fauci was quoted to say: “The mortality of [COVID-19] is about 10 times [the flu].”
But as presented in the latest weekly data issued by the CDC, influenza deaths were far greater than COVID-19 deaths until the CDC changed the death count data on April 14 to include both laboratory-confirmed and probable deaths (see chart below). You can see the COVID-19 deaths then rise to implausible highs. The final weekly tally of 4/25/2020 shows a dramatic drop in COVID-19 deaths, while the virologists continue to maintain millions of lives are at risk and the lockdown must continue into summer.
CDC DATA: PROVISIONAL DEATHS FROM
COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS, PNEUMONIA & INFLUENZA
(Cases only reflect quantity of testing; deaths are better indication of trends)
DATA.CDC.gov
*As of April 14, 2020, CDC case counts and death counts include both confirmed and probable cases and deaths. A confirmed case or death is defined by meeting confirmatory laboratory evidence for COVID-19. A probable case or death is defined by one of the following:
Meeting clinical criteria AND epidemiologic evidence with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID-19
Meeting presumptive laboratory evidence AND either clinical criteria OR epidemiologic evidence
Meeting vital records criteria with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID19
Excess Deaths
The following graphic shows the number of excess deaths in the U.S. has only exceeded predictions twice in the past four years (2017-2020) and by April 1 of 2020 had reached a four-year low point (see chart below).
Number of deaths reported on this page are the total number of deaths received and coded as of the date of analysis and do not represent all deaths that occurred in that period. Data are incomplete because of the lag in time between when the death occurred and when the death certificate is completed, submitted to NCHS and processed for reporting purposes. This delay can range from 1 week to 8 weeks or more
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lewrockwell--2020-05-05--CD19 & Political Correctness

CD19 & Political Correctness

Suppose there were a deadly virus that disproportionately attacked Jewish people , akin to Tay-Sachs disease , but was contagious via the air through sneezing , or via direct human to human touch , or indirectly , via cardboard or metal .
What would the proper procedure be to reduce its spread ?
Would it be to quarantine everyone , given that this sickness affected virtually only members of the Jewish faith ?
Of course not ; it would be to isolate and protect Jews alone .
Suppose there were another virus that disproportionately attacked black people , similar to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ characteristics .
Again , the policy to limit the spread of this disease would be to isolate , for their own benefit , African-Americans and only them .
If this were the case , thank God it is not , there would be cries to the heavens about Anti-Semitism , or anti-black racism .
Would our society support the implementation of this partial isolation strategy ?
Probably not , given the power that the scourge of political correctness now enjoys .
GOCOM Walkie Talkies F ... Buy New $ 48.99 Ditto for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ afflict women ( breast cancer ) or men ( erectile dis-function ) .
The way to stop this would be again to isolate the victims , not virtually everyone .
Charges of sexism would abound , particularly if females were the ones dis-accommodated by seclusion .
Why does it make sense to approach these issues from the point of microeconomics , focusing , only , on the victims , and not macroeconomics , taking virtually everyone out of circulation ?
That is because there is more than one way to die , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ depleted , starvation , death by exposure , will ensue .
We want to minimize total unnecessary deaths , not only those that emanate from Covid-19 .
These are of course made up examples .
But there is a real one out there : the corona virus .
It disproportionately attacks the elderly .
The evidence in this regard is stark .
In South Korea , for example , the recent death rate on the part of those afflicted with this dread disease aged 80 and over was 10.4 % , and for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It was a mere 1.51 % for patients 60 to 69 , and 0.37 % for the 50-somethings .
Those 29 and younger registered no deaths whatsoever .
Etekcity Digital Body ... Best Price : null Buy New $ 20.98 A similar result ensued in China .
Eighty-plus : a death rate of 18 % of patients ; 70-79 : 9/8 % ; 60-69 : 4.6 % , 50-59 : 1.3 % , 40-49 : .4 % , 30-39 : .19 % , 20-29 : .09 % , 10-19 : .02 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % .
An unknown percentage of fatalities from the corona virus was attributed to patients with weakened immune systems due to heart conditions , diabetes , emphysema , asthma and other such afflictions .
Young people , with a cut off point of 60 years old , are almost guaranteed not to perish if they contract the corona virus at least in small doses , assuming they have no such other medical difficulties .
If they are allowed out of isolation , and contract the disease , the better for the overall human @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , herd immunity and all that .
But no .
This antidote will be summarily dismissed by the forces of political correctness on the ground of , wait for it , ageism !
It would appear that the social justice warriors place a higher value on their “ principles ” than on life itself .
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I abstract from the normative question of whether compulsory quarantines are required , or justified , and focus , only , on the positive question of which is the policy most likely to reduce deaths , other things equal .
If this phenomenon afflicted farmyard animals , the rancher would certainly implement this strategy .
The Best of Walter E. Block

Suppose there were a deadly virus that disproportionately attacked Jewish people, akin to Tay-Sachs disease, but was contagious via the air through sneezing, or via direct human to human touch, or indirectly, via cardboard or metal. What would the proper procedure be to reduce its spread? Would it be to quarantine everyone, given that this sickness affected virtually only members of the Jewish faith? Of course not; it would be to isolate and protect Jews alone.
Suppose there were another virus that disproportionately attacked black people, similar to sickle cell anemia, with the same characteristics. Again, the policy to limit the spread of this disease would be to isolate, for their own benefit, African-Americans and only them.
If this were the case, thank God it is not, there would be cries to the heavens about Anti-Semitism, or anti-black racism. Would our society support the implementation of this partial isolation strategy? Probably not, given the power that the scourge of political correctness now enjoys. GOCOM Walkie Talkies F... Buy New $48.99 (as of 04:33 UTC - Details)
Ditto for a communicable malady that could only or disproportionately afflict women (breast cancer) or men (erectile dis-function). The way to stop this would be again to isolate the victims, not virtually everyone. Charges of sexism would abound, particularly if females were the ones dis-accommodated by seclusion.
Why does it make sense to approach these issues from the point of microeconomics, focusing, only, on the victims, and not macroeconomics, taking virtually everyone out of circulation? That is because there is more than one way to die, and if the labor force is almost entirely depleted, starvation, death by exposure, will ensue. We want to minimize total unnecessary deaths, not only those that emanate from Covid-19.
These are of course made up examples. But there is a real one out there: the corona virus. It disproportionately attacks the elderly.
The evidence in this regard is stark. In South Korea, for example, the recent death rate on the part of those afflicted with this dread disease aged 80 and over was 10.4%, and for those in their 70s, 5.35%. It was a mere 1.51% for patients 60 to 69, and 0.37% for the 50-somethings. Those 29 and younger registered no deaths whatsoever. Etekcity Digital Body ... Buy New $20.98 (as of 11:37 UTC - Details)
A similar result ensued in China. Eighty-plus: a death rate of 18% of patients; 70-79: 9/8%; 60-69: 4.6%, 50-59: 1.3%, 40-49: .4%, 30-39: .19%, 20-29: .09%, 10-19: .02%, and 0-9, less than .01%. An unknown percentage of fatalities from the corona virus was attributed to patients with weakened immune systems due to heart conditions, diabetes, emphysema, asthma and other such afflictions.
Young people, with a cut off point of 60 years old, are almost guaranteed not to perish if they contract the corona virus at least in small doses, assuming they have no such other medical difficulties. If they are allowed out of isolation, and contract the disease, the better for the overall human race at very little risk to themselves, herd immunity and all that.
But no. This antidote will be summarily dismissed by the forces of political correctness on the ground of, wait for it, ageism! It would appear that the social justice warriors place a higher value on their “principles” than on life itself. Emergency Radio with N... Buy New $59.99 (as of 02:46 UTC - Details)
The sooner the rest of us awake from our doldrums, and become willing to engage in a bit of medically required age discrimination, the soon the threat of this horrid infectious will be wrestled to the ground.
I abstract from the normative question of whether compulsory quarantines are required, or justified, and focus, only, on the positive question of which is the policy most likely to reduce deaths, other things equal. If this phenomenon afflicted farmyard animals, the rancher would certainly implement this strategy.
Sources:
SKorea
China
China, Kora, Spain, Italy
The Best of Walter E. Block


lewrockwell--2020-05-05--The Government’s Ten Commandments

The Government’s Ten Commandments

I am the Lord thy God , says the government , Thou shalt have no other gods before me .
@ @ @ @ @ , not friends , and certainly not religion .
I know what ’ s best @ @ @ @ @ how to keep you and your family safe and healthy .
Obey my decrees or @ @ @ @ @ ten commandments .
• Thou shalt not take your kids to a playground .
• @ @ @ @ @ the beach .
• Thou shalt not gather in a group of more than ten @ @ @ @ @ not get within six feet of another person .
Oh , and be sure to @ @ @ @ @ violate any of these commandments .
I , omnipotent government , your Lord and Savior @ @ @ @ @ any real scientific evidence that obeying these ten commandments will flatten the curve or slow @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus , but you just need to trust me and obey my servants the government @ @ @ @ @ Best of Laurence M. Vance

I am the Lord thy God, says the government, Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Not family, not work, not friends, and certainly not religion. I know what’s best for you. I know how to keep you and your family safe and healthy. Obey my decrees or else. Here are my ten commandments.
Thou shalt not eat inside a restaurant. Thou shalt not take your kids to a playground. Thou shalt not have a yard sale. Thou shalt not attend a sporting event. Thou shalt not go to the beach. Thou shalt not get a haircut. Thou shalt not attend church. Doctor Yourself: Natur... Saul, Andrew W PH.D. Best Price: $24.27 Buy New $28.28 (as of 03:19 UTC - Details ) Thou shalt not gather in a group of more than ten persons. Thou shalt not get within six feet of another person. Thou shalt not patronize an “unessential business.”
Oh, and be sure to report your neighbors if they violate any of these commandments.
I, omnipotent government, your Lord and Savior, don’t have any real scientific evidence that obeying these ten commandments will flatten the curve or slow the spread of the worse-than-bubonic-plague coronavirus, but you just need to trust me and obey my servants the government leaders and bureaucrats.
The Best of Laurence M. Vance