lewrockwell--2020-06-24--Were COVID-19 and COVID-20 Created in a US Lab?

It was amusing to watch the emergence of this debate on the US-China stage .
The Chinese were understandably unwilling to be blamed for the emergence of a virus in which they had no part , and thus reacted strongly to accusations the virus originated in a Wuhan lab .
The Americans proved to be even more terrified at the possibility of scientific proof that the virus escaped from one of their bio-labs , and resorted to the only weapon they had which was to turn up the volume on blaming China .
There were two main reasons for this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the only country known to contain all the varieties that were being spread worldwide .
The US is the only nation in the world known to have repeatedly used biological weapons on other countries , beginning with North Korea and never ceasing .
Of even more damning consequence is the known locations of about 400 American bio-weapons labs spread throughout the world , to say nothing of the pathetically-lax institution at Fort Detrick .
Moreover , Trump recently claimed he could kill the entire population of Afghanistan within days .
“ Afghanistan would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Earth .
It would be gone and this is not using nuclear .
It would be over in – literally , in 10 days.
” Biological weapons would seem the only alternative .
Hemorrhagic Fever and Hantavirus worked for the US in North Korea ; perhaps also Afghanistan .
Mr. Trump later denied intention to carry out his threat , but let ’ s dispense with the fiction of the US having no biological weapons and that Fort Detrick and the 400 foreign labs are performing only benevolent “ peace medicine ” functions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ above history and SARS , MERS , AIDS , EBOLA , bird flu , swine flu , and COVID-19 first erupted in the US , the Americans would claim this as 100 % proof that China was responsible .
It can not be a surprise that much of the world today is naturally tending to lay these outbreaks at America ’ s doorstep .
The Vaccine Race : Scie ... Wadman , Meredith Best Price : $ 11.17 Buy New $ 16.32 But returning to our topic of man-made COVID-19 or COVID-20 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ too eager to dismiss the possibility ( or probability ) of these viruses having a ( human ) helping hand .
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho of the Institute for Science in Society cites a Journal of Virology report ( Feb 2000 ) that described a method for inducing desired mutations into coronavirus to create new viruses .
“ Manipulating viral genomes is now routine , and it is easy to create new viruses that jump host species in the laboratory in the course of apparently legitimate experiments in genetic engineering .
It is not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , if one so wishes .
It is actually much faster and much more effective to let random recombination and mutation take place in the test tube .
Using a technique called ‘ molecular breeding ’ , millions of recombinants can be generated in a matter of minutes .
These can be screened for improved function in the case of enzymes , or increased virulence , in the case of viruses and bacteria .
In other words , geneticists can now greatly speed up evolution in the laboratory to create viruses and bacteria @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of years of evolution on earth.
” It wasn ’ t widely publicised , but Dr. Ho called for a full investigation into the possible genetic engineering and dissemination of the SARS virus .
Then another article in which the author explained that scientists eager to dispel the notion of an artificial origin , do so by pointing out that these new coronaviruses didn ’ t reflect their computer simulations , the author stating , “ To put it simply , the authors are saying that SARS-CoV-2 was not deliberately engineered because if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ designed differently.
” However , the London-based molecular geneticist Dr Michael Antoniou commented that this line of reasoning fails to take into account that there are a number of laboratory-based systems that can select for high affinity RBD variants that are able to take into account the complex environment of a living organism .
“ So the fact that COVID-19 didn ’ t have the same RBD amino acid sequence as the one that the computer program predicted in no way rules out the possibility that it was genetically engineered.
” The article @ @ @ @ @ @ @ authors of the Nature Medicine article seem to assume that the only way to genetically engineer a virus is to take an already known virus and then engineer it to have the new properties you want .
On this premise , they looked for evidence of an already known virus that could have been used in the engineering of SARS-CoV-2 .
Since they failed to find that evidence , they stated , “ Genetic data irrefutably show that SARS-CoV-2 is not derived from any previously used virus backbone.
” But Dr Antoniou told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ show that SARS-CoV-2 was unlikely to have been built by deliberate genetic engineering from a previously used virus backbone , that ’ s not the only way of constructing a virus .
A well-known alternative process that could have been used has the cumbersome name of “ directed iterative evolutionary selection process ” .
In this case , it would involve using genetic engineering to generate a large number of randomly mutated versions of the SARS-CoV spike protein receptor binding domain ( RBD ) , which would then be selected for strong binding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ infectivity of human cells .
Lab 257 : The Disturbin ... Carroll , Michael C. Best Price : $ 3.49 Buy New $ 8.59 “ This selection can be done either with purified proteins or , better still , with a mixture of whole coronavirus ( CoV ) preparations and human cells in tissue culture .
This preparation of phage , displaying on its surface a “ library ” of CoV spike protein variants , is then added to human cells under laboratory culture conditions in order to select for those that bind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is repeated under more and more stringent binding conditions until CoV spike protein variants with a high binding affinity are isolated .
Once any of the above selection procedures for high affinity interaction of SARS-CoV spike protein with ACE2 has been completed , then whole infectious CoV with these properties can be manufactured .
Such a directed iterative evolutionary selection process is a frequently used method in laboratory research.
” There is , incidentally , another possible way that COVID-19 could have been developed in a laboratory , but in this case without @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out by Nikolai Petrovsky , a researcher at the College of Medicine and Public Health at Flinders University in South Australia .
Petrovsky says that coronaviruses can be cultured in lab dishes with cells that have the human ACE2 receptor .
Over time , the virus will gain adaptations that let it efficiently bind to those receptors .
Along the way , that virus would pick up random genetic mutations that pop up but don ’ t do anything noticeable .
“ The result of these experiments is a virus that is highly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that it no longer resembles the original bat virus .
Because the mutations are acquired randomly by selection , there is no signature of a human gene jockey , but this is clearly a virus still created by human intervention.
” Reprinted with permission from The Unz Review .

It was amusing to watch the emergence of this debate on the US-China stage. The Chinese were understandably unwilling to be blamed for the emergence of a virus in which they had no part, and thus reacted strongly to accusations the virus originated in a Wuhan lab. The Americans proved to be even more terrified at the possibility of scientific proof that the virus escaped from one of their bio-labs, and resorted to the only weapon they had which was to turn up the volume on blaming China. There were two main reasons for this state of affairs: The US was the only country known to contain all the varieties that were being spread worldwide. The US is the only nation in the world known to have repeatedly used biological weapons on other countries, beginning with North Korea and never ceasing. Of even more damning consequence is the known locations of about 400 American bio-weapons labs spread throughout the world, to say nothing of the pathetically-lax institution at Fort Detrick.
Moreover, Trump recently claimed he could kill the entire population of Afghanistan within days. “Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the Earth. It would be gone and this is not using nuclear. It would be over in – literally, in 10 days.” Biological weapons would seem the only alternative. Hemorrhagic Fever and Hantavirus worked for the US in North Korea; perhaps also Afghanistan. Mr. Trump later denied intention to carry out his threat, but let’s dispense with the fiction of the US having no biological weapons and that Fort Detrick and the 400 foreign labs are performing only benevolent “peace medicine” functions. If it were China with the above history and SARS, MERS, AIDS, EBOLA, bird flu, swine flu, and COVID-19 first erupted in the US, the Americans would claim this as 100% proof that China was responsible. It cannot be a surprise that much of the world today is naturally tending to lay these outbreaks at America’s doorstep. The Vaccine Race: Scie... Wadman, Meredith Best Price: $11.17 Buy New $16.32 (as of 03:02 UTC - Details)
But returning to our topic of man-made COVID-19 or COVID-20, it seems everyone has been a little too eager to dismiss the possibility (or probability) of these viruses having a (human) helping hand.
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho of the Institute for Science in Society cites a Journal of Virology report (Feb 2000) that described a method for inducing desired mutations into coronavirus to create new viruses. “Manipulating viral genomes is now routine, and it is easy to create new viruses that jump host species in the laboratory in the course of apparently legitimate experiments in genetic engineering. It is not even necessary to intentionally create lethal viruses, if one so wishes. It is actually much faster and much more effective to let random recombination and mutation take place in the test tube. Using a technique called ‘molecular breeding’, millions of recombinants can be generated in a matter of minutes. These can be screened for improved function in the case of enzymes, or increased virulence, in the case of viruses and bacteria. In other words, geneticists can now greatly speed up evolution in the laboratory to create viruses and bacteria that never existed in all the billions of years of evolution on earth.” It wasn’t widely publicised, but Dr. Ho called for a full investigation into the possible genetic engineering and dissemination of the SARS virus.
Then another article in which the author explained that scientists eager to dispel the notion of an artificial origin, do so by pointing out that these new coronaviruses didn’t reflect their computer simulations, the author stating, “To put it simply, the authors are saying that SARS-CoV-2 was not deliberately engineered because if it were, it would have been designed differently.” However, the London-based molecular geneticist Dr Michael Antoniou commented that this line of reasoning fails to take into account that there are a number of laboratory-based systems that can select for high affinity RBD variants that are able to take into account the complex environment of a living organism. “So the fact that COVID-19 didn’t have the same RBD amino acid sequence as the one that the computer program predicted in no way rules out the possibility that it was genetically engineered.”
The article further states that “[The] authors of the Nature Medicine article seem to assume that the only way to genetically engineer a virus is to take an already known virus and then engineer it to have the new properties you want. On this premise, they looked for evidence of an already known virus that could have been used in the engineering of SARS-CoV-2. Since they failed to find that evidence, they stated, “Genetic data irrefutably show that SARS-CoV-2 is not derived from any previously used virus backbone.” But Dr Antoniou told us that while the authors did indeed show that SARS-CoV-2 was unlikely to have been built by deliberate genetic engineering from a previously used virus backbone, that’s not the only way of constructing a virus. A well-known alternative process that could have been used has the cumbersome name of “directed iterative evolutionary selection process”. In this case, it would involve using genetic engineering to generate a large number of randomly mutated versions of the SARS-CoV spike protein receptor binding domain (RBD), which would then be selected for strong binding to the ACE2 receptor and consequently high infectivity of human cells. Lab 257: The Disturbin... Carroll, Michael C. Best Price: $3.49 Buy New $8.59 (as of 03:25 UTC - Details)
“This selection can be done either with purified proteins or, better still, with a mixture of whole coronavirus (CoV) preparations and human cells in tissue culture. This preparation of phage, displaying on its surface a “library” of CoV spike protein variants, is then added to human cells under laboratory culture conditions in order to select for those that bind to the ACE2 receptor. This process is repeated under more and more stringent binding conditions until CoV spike protein variants with a high binding affinity are isolated. Once any of the above selection procedures for high affinity interaction of SARS-CoV spike protein with ACE2 has been completed, then whole infectious CoV with these properties can be manufactured. Such a directed iterative evolutionary selection process is a frequently used method in laboratory research.”
There is, incidentally, another possible way that COVID-19 could have been developed in a laboratory, but in this case without using genetic engineering. This was pointed out by Nikolai Petrovsky, a researcher at the College of Medicine and Public Health at Flinders University in South Australia. Petrovsky says that coronaviruses can be cultured in lab dishes with cells that have the human ACE2 receptor. Over time, the virus will gain adaptations that let it efficiently bind to those receptors. Along the way, that virus would pick up random genetic mutations that pop up but don’t do anything noticeable. “The result of these experiments is a virus that is highly virulent in humans but is sufficiently different that it no longer resembles the original bat virus. Because the mutations are acquired randomly by selection, there is no signature of a human gene jockey, but this is clearly a virus still created by human intervention.”
Notes
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/virus-biological-us-army-weapons-fort-detrick-leak-ebola-anthrax-smallpox-ricin-a9042641.html
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2020/02/gary-d-barnett/the-u-s-is-the-world-leader-of-bio-weapons-research-production-and-use-against-mankind/
https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-military-bio-labs-in-ukraine-production-of-bio-weapons-and-disease-causing-agents/5605307
https://www.globalresearch.ca/did-trump-tacitly-threaten-use-biological-weapons/5687936
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-24/why-did-donald-trump-say-he-could-kill-10-million-afghans/11342794
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2019/08/21/604070/US-President-Donald-Trump-Afghanistan-war-win-without-nuclear-weapons
http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/10627550
https://www.i-sis.org.uk/SAGE.php
[email protected]
https://gmwatch.org/en/news/latest-news/19383-where-did-the-covid-19-virus-come-from
Reprinted with permission from The Unz Review.


lewrockwell--2020-06-24--Will White People Self-Destruct?

Will White People Self-Destruct?

The November presidential election has been racialized by the Democrats , media , white liberal elites , and the George Floyd protests .
The racialization makes this election a watershed .
The Democrats , media , and white liberal elites have placed the responsibility for the multi-city rioting and looting by blacks on white Americans for being racist .
Although the evidence is clear that Floyd died from a fatal dose of the opioid on which he was strung out , his death is falsely attributed to strangulation by white police .
Thousands of businesses in many cities have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ People have been injured and killed , and public monuments of white men have been destroyed , including statues of George Washington and Ulysses S. Grant .
White liberal elites are apologizing to blacks for white racism and accept the rioting and looting as an understandable response to Floyd ’ s alleged murder .
The white elites do not comprehend that what is underway is not a demand for inclusivity , but a demand for the obliteration of Western civilization .
Black Lies Matter : Why ... Starkes , Taleeb Best Price : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Antifa Manual spells it out : “ Whites , especially cis white males , have proven to be the greatest evil mankind has ever known .
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To create a culture of tolerance , ” white power has to be overthrown .
The way to do this is to fill up the country with non-white immigrants and to limit the growth of the white population .
“ It ’ s well-known that whites in America are not producing as many offspring as their counterparts .
It ’ s important to make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , overwhelmingly available in predominantly white communities .
We must lower the bar to access birth control in these communities and use media to promulgate the image of childless white people as being sexy , hip and cool.
” Once whites are a minority of 30 % of the population , they can be cancelled .
The manual was found by an acquaintance floating around on Instagram .
He did screenshots of the pages , but did not do a good job .
It is possible that the manual is a fake , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or not , the manual shows the actual agenda and contains the usual Antifa contradictions , such as simultaneously calling for the elimination of “ all forms of hate speech ” while damning whites as “ racist , homophobic , misogynistic.
” Here is the link .
The attack on whites is not limited to cis white males .
It is a total attack on everything from packaging to classical music to the English language .
The entire purpose , history and culture of whiteness is alleged to be the suppression of people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the French Quarter of New Orleans , I would walk the two blocks to Preservation Hall , sit on a log on the dirt floor and enjoy the jazz created by the black musicians .
I never thought the black jazz lacked “ ethnic diversity ” and therefore was racist .
But classical music is a white accomplishment and thereby racist .
Although the US population , despite best efforts to the contrary , remains 60 % white and blacks are only 13 % , it is white classical music , not black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be unsuited to the ethnic diversity of the American population .
The New York Times accuses classical music performances of being too ethnically homogenous and thereby masking “ a racist problem.
” Little doubt that the New York Times ’ agenda is to discourage the white liberal foundations from helping classical orchestras meet their budgets .
Blacks dominate basketball just as whites and Asians dominate classical music , but we don ’ t demand racial balance in basketball or criticize it as “ too ethnically homogenous.
” If we did , there would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on classical music are now commonplace .
In this one classical music is said to be a racist abuser .
The author , apparently a failed black composer , writes that “ classical music is inherently racist ” and that “ Western classical music is not about culture .
It ’ s about whiteness.
” So is black music about blackness ?
Notice , it is only white accomplishments that are racist .
Hate Crime Hoax : How t ... Reilly , Wilfred Best Price : $ 11.58 Buy New $ 17.27 It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ king of Dahomey to create the black slave trade , but it was racist for European colonists to purchases his slaves .
It is not racist for blacks to loot and burn white people ’ s stores , but it is racist for white people to attempt to defend their property .
Black people can use Ebonics , but it is racist for white people to use the English language .
If white people defend themselves and the accomplishments of Western civilization from attacks , they are dismissed as racists .
Blacks do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people are not permitted to criticize them .
To criticize a black person is to engage in hate speech and to commit a hate crime , just as criticizing Israel ’ s treatment of Palestinians is proof that you are an anti-semite .
Only the white vote can elect Joe Biden president .
If white people elect Joe Biden , it will be an act of self-destruction .
Biden has promised to ignore the Second Amendment and to disarm the population .
Of course , it will only be law-abiding whites who are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the next looting and burning will be in white neighborhoods .
For decades the entire purpose of education has been to destroy white confidence and to build black anger .
It has been successful .
White people will now have to fight for their lives or be cancelled .
It will be difficult for white people to defend themselves , because they have no leaders .
The Democrats have aligned with the looters , but the Republicans have done nothing to defend property and to restore public order .
Trump is isolated in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who will not implement the agenda that got Trump elected .
Tucker Carlson makes it clear that the Republicans are stupid , effete , and weak .
But Trump would not ride roughshod over the 2nd Amendment .
To be armed is the best hope white people have .
White people are intellectually disarmed and at the mercy of Critical Race Theory which instills guilt and shame into them .
Corporations run their white employees through unconscious race bias recognition seminars to make white people comfortable abasing themselves before blacks .
It is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to defend themselves and their fellows .
The result is a white majority dispossessed of confidence who are submissive to black violence .
The Best of Paul Craig Roberts

The November presidential election has been racialized by the Democrats, media, white liberal elites, and the George Floyd protests. The racialization makes this election a watershed.
The Democrats, media, and white liberal elites have placed the responsibility for the multi-city rioting and looting by blacks on white Americans for being racist. Although the evidence is clear that Floyd died from a fatal dose of the opioid on which he was strung out, his death is falsely attributed to strangulation by white police. Thousands of businesses in many cities have been damaged, looted, or destroyed. People have been injured and killed, and public monuments of white men have been destroyed, including statues of George Washington and Ulysses S. Grant.
White liberal elites are apologizing to blacks for white racism and accept the rioting and looting as an understandable response to Floyd’s alleged murder. The white elites do not comprehend that what is underway is not a demand for inclusivity, but a demand for the obliteration of Western civilization.
Black Lies Matter: Why... Starkes, Taleeb Best Price: $13.93 Buy New $13.55 (as of 03:06 UTC - Details) The Antifa Manual spells it out: “Whites, especially cis white males, have proven to be the greatest evil mankind has ever known. . . . To create a culture of tolerance,” white power has to be overthrown. The way to do this is to fill up the country with non-white immigrants and to limit the growth of the white population. “It’s well-known that whites in America are not producing as many offspring as their counterparts. It’s important to make abortion, on demand and without apology, overwhelmingly available in predominantly white communities. We must lower the bar to access birth control in these communities and use media to promulgate the image of childless white people as being sexy, hip and cool.” Once whites are a minority of 30% of the population, they can be cancelled.
The manual was found by an acquaintance floating around on Instagram. He did screenshots of the pages, but did not do a good job. It is possible that the manual is a fake, but it sounds like Antifa. Fake or not, the manual shows the actual agenda and contains the usual Antifa contradictions, such as simultaneously calling for the elimination of “all forms of hate speech” while damning whites as “racist, homophobic, misogynistic.” Here is the link.
The attack on whites is not limited to cis white males. It is a total attack on everything from packaging to classical music to the English language. The entire purpose, history and culture of whiteness is alleged to be the suppression of people of color.
When I lived in the French Quarter of New Orleans, I would walk the two blocks to Preservation Hall, sit on a log on the dirt floor and enjoy the jazz created by the black musicians. I never thought the black jazz lacked “ethnic diversity” and therefore was racist. But classical music is a white accomplishment and thereby racist. Although the US population, despite best efforts to the contrary, remains 60% white and blacks are only 13%, it is white classical music, not black rapper music, that is declared to be unsuited to the ethnic diversity of the American population. The New York Times accuses classical music performances of being too ethnically homogenous and thereby masking “a racist problem.” Little doubt that the New York Times’ agenda is to discourage the white liberal foundations from helping classical orchestras meet their budgets.
Blacks dominate basketball just as whites and Asians dominate classical music, but we don’t demand racial balance in basketball or criticize it as “too ethnically homogenous.” If we did, there would be few black players.
Racial attacks on classical music are now commonplace. In this one classical music is said to be a racist abuser. The author, apparently a failed black composer, writes that “classical music is inherently racist” and that “Western classical music is not about culture. It’s about whiteness.”
So is black music about blackness? Notice, it is only white accomplishments that are racist. Hate Crime Hoax: How t... Reilly, Wilfred Best Price: $11.58 Buy New $17.27 (as of 07:00 UTC - Details)
It wasn’t racist for the black king of Dahomey to create the black slave trade, but it was racist for European colonists to purchases his slaves.
It is not racist for blacks to loot and burn white people’s stores, but it is racist for white people to attempt to defend their property.
Black people can use Ebonics, but it is racist for white people to use the English language.
If white people defend themselves and the accomplishments of Western civilization from attacks, they are dismissed as racists. Blacks do not encounter this problem, because white people are not permitted to criticize them. To criticize a black person is to engage in hate speech and to commit a hate crime, just as criticizing Israel’s treatment of Palestinians is proof that you are an anti-semite.
Only the white vote can elect Joe Biden president. If white people elect Joe Biden, it will be an act of self-destruction. Biden has promised to ignore the Second Amendment and to disarm the population. Of course, it will only be law-abiding whites who are disarmed. Once they are disarmed, the next looting and burning will be in white neighborhoods.
For decades the entire purpose of education has been to destroy white confidence and to build black anger. It has been successful. White people will now have to fight for their lives or be cancelled.
It will be difficult for white people to defend themselves, because they have no leaders. The Democrats have aligned with the looters, but the Republicans have done nothing to defend property and to restore public order. Trump is isolated in his own establishment government surrounded by enemies who will not implement the agenda that got Trump elected. Tucker Carlson makes it clear that the Republicans are stupid, effete, and weak. But Trump would not ride roughshod over the 2nd Amendment. To be armed is the best hope white people have.
White people are intellectually disarmed and at the mercy of Critical Race Theory which instills guilt and shame into them. Corporations run their white employees through unconscious race bias recognition seminars to make white people comfortable abasing themselves before blacks. It is difficult for people trained to admit guilt to defend themselves and their fellows. The result is a white majority dispossessed of confidence who are submissive to black violence.
The Best of Paul Craig Roberts


lewrockwell--2020-06-24--If MPGs Were Really the Reason for Automotive Tyranny

Gas mileage has been a kind of fetish object for the government lo these past 40-something years .
But is it really about gas mileage ?
Or is gas mileage just the excuse for something else – something even more sinister than a handful of people ( this is what “ the government ” is ) contravening what buyers want , as expressed by their willingness to buy ?
Let ’ s consider a couple of things that could have easily and inexpensively increased fuel economy ; or rather and perhaps better put , made it feasible to go much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adding complexity and cost : Not ten percent gasoline .
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and 10 percent ethanol .
Which reduces miles-per-gallon because 90 percent gas and ten percent ethanol contains less energy per gallon .
An easy way to increase gas mileage without changing anything about the car would be to put gas – not adulterated gas – in the tank .
The increase would be on average about 2-3 MPG , which is a larger increase than is achieved by engineering artifices such as replacing relatively simple fuel delivery systems like port fuel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also adds to the price of the car – negating the smaller mileage benefit achieved .
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Going back to gas would certainly save more of it than is achieved by shutting off a car ’ s engine every time it stops moving ( ASS – automated engine stop/start , another expensive engineering artifice ) .
And – once again – save money , by eliminating the added expense of a high-capacity starter system and shorter-lived battery .
If the benevolent people who are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ concerned ” – their favorite gaslighting word – about gas mileage , they ’ d put gas back into circulation .
Instead , they put more ethanol into circulation .
Which , in addition to reducing MPGs and increasing expense , also has the effect of decreasing the life of older cars not designed for it .
Curiously enough , some of these cars achieved very high gas mileage – burning 100 percent gasoline .
Examples include the Honda CRX HF of the mid-late ‘ 80s and early ’ 90s .
It was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a gallon of gasoline .
It was not anomalous .
There were several cars made during this era that delivered better gas mileage than any car of this era that isn ’ t a hybrid car – which costs you thousands more to save gas , having two powertrains rather than just the one .
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These older cars were designed when was still gas .
Their fuel systems weren ’ t designed for adulterated gas .
The more ethanol you feed them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – if they haven ’ t got oxygen sensors and the ability to richen their air-fuel mixture to compensate for the less-energy-dense adulterated “ gas ” of nowadays .
A hotter-running engine usually burns up faster than a cooler-running one .
If they have steel fuel tanks – as most cars did back then – the ethanol ( which is more corrosive ) helps accelerate rust formation ; same for the fuel lines – from the inside out .
These cars are thereby retired sooner – and replaced by newer cars that use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get rid of ethanol – which also lines the pockets of rent-seeking agribusiness cartels who need government force to sell what people would otherwise not buy – the government doubles down on the ethanol adulteration .
The “ gas ” we buy will soon be only 85 percent gas .
The other 15 percent will be ethanol .
And your car ’ s gas mileage will go down accordingly .
The Best of Eric Peters

Gas mileage has been a kind of fetish object for the government lo these past 40-something years. But is it really about gas mileage? Or is gas mileage just the excuse for something else – something even more sinister than a handful of people (this is what “the government” is) contravening what buyers want, as expressed by their willingness to buy?
Let’s consider a couple of things that could have easily and inexpensively increased fuel economy; or rather and perhaps better put, made it feasible to go much farther on a gallon of fuel without adding complexity and cost:
Gasoline, for instance.
Not ten percent gasoline . . . and 10 percent ethanol. Which reduces miles-per-gallon because 90 percent gas and ten percent ethanol contains less energy per gallon. An easy way to increase gas mileage without changing anything about the car would be to put gas – not adulterated gas – in the tank. The increase would be on average about 2-3 MPG, which is a larger increase than is achieved by engineering artifices such as replacing relatively simple fuel delivery systems like port fuel injection with high-pressure direct injection, which also adds to the price of the car – negating the smaller mileage benefit achieved. 2020 AU 30th Anniversa... Check Amazon for Pricing.
Going back to gas would certainly save more of it than is achieved by shutting off a car’s engine every time it stops moving (ASS – automated engine stop/start, another expensive engineering artifice).
And – once again – save money, by eliminating the added expense of a high-capacity starter system and shorter-lived battery.
If the benevolent people who are “the government” were seriously “concerned” – their favorite gaslighting word – about gas mileage, they’d put gas back into circulation. Instead, they put more ethanol into circulation. Which, in addition to reducing MPGs and increasing expense, also has the effect of decreasing the life of older cars not designed for it.
Curiously enough, some of these cars achieved very high gas mileage – burning 100 percent gasoline.
Examples include the Honda CRX HF of the mid-late ‘80s and early ’90s. It was capable of going nearly 50 miles on a gallon of gasoline. It was not anomalous. There were several cars made during this era that delivered better gas mileage than any car of this era that isn’t a hybrid car – which costs you thousands more to save gas, having two powertrains rather than just the one.
2020 CN China 30 gram ... Check Amazon for Pricing. These older cars were designed when was still gas. Their fuel systems weren’t designed for adulterated gas. The more ethanol you feed them, the leaner and hotter they run – if they haven’t got oxygen sensors and the ability to richen their air-fuel mixture to compensate for the less-energy-dense adulterated “gas” of nowadays. A hotter-running engine usually burns up faster than a cooler-running one.
If they have steel fuel tanks – as most cars did back then – the ethanol (which is more corrosive) helps accelerate rust formation; same for the fuel lines – from the inside out.
These cars are thereby retired sooner – and replaced by newer cars that use more “gas.”
But rather than get rid of ethanol – which also lines the pockets of rent-seeking agribusiness cartels who need government force to sell what people would otherwise not buy – the government doubles down on the ethanol adulteration.
Almost.
The “gas” we buy will soon be only 85 percent gas. The other 15 percent will be ethanol. And your car’s gas mileage will go down accordingly.
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lewrockwell--2020-06-24--The Evil of Militarism

The Evil of Militarism

I think we see this at the sporting events and parades , when the crowd roars its approval for the military fly-by , the color guard , the hero who just returned from combat .
The crowd roars because they are happy that they didn ’ t have to go .
“ Let ’ s you and him have a fight.
” The professional soldier grows evermore courageous as the crowd grows timid – well , evermore courageous in the eyes of the crowd .
Maybe it is better said that as the crowd grows more timid , the professional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is all relative , not absolute .
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And the four years of Jimmy Carter , who – to my recollection – might have been the only president since Herbert Hoover to avoid initiating or extending any major military conflict .
It was with Reagan and the boom years that militarism again came to the fore .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the military once again became “ courageous.
” A chicken and egg thing , maybe – or just one hand washing the other .
We see this with Donald Trump .
He has surrounded himself , from the beginning , with military men in top cabinet positions – perhaps more than any other previous president .
We certainly see in the United States a totally militarist nation – completely militarist and completely devoid of bravery .
Chesterton describes this as decadence .
But this inverse relationship , according to Chesterton , is as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reflected in one very important way in the people : obedience .
Everything in society is militarized as everything depends on obedience .
I will come back to this , but allow me a brief detour .
When one first enters the military , he must first get through boot camp .
The purpose of boot camp is to change the inductee from what he was to what he must be : obedient , always and everywhere .
Pummel you with my own philosophy Strip you of your self-integrity To make you all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of boot camp has society gone through to arrive at our current state ?
Remember the glorious years – pre 2020 – when we laughingly referred to the broader population merely as sheeple ?
Did you ever expect that vibrant businesses would willingly shutdown on a governor ’ s or mayor ’ s whim , churches would voluntarily close their doors for months – including for Easter Sunday ( the only reason that Christianity even exists ) ?
The Progressive Era Murray N Rothbard Best Price : $ 17.74 Buy New $ 11.33 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ man ’ s clay was available to be molded by another .
We saw that molding really take form with the dawn of the Progressive Era , but it strikes me that it fully gained steam after World War Two , with the creation of the permanent military and the birth and expansion of the spy state in all its forms and with all of its manipulations .
Returning to the totally militarized society that is at the same time completely devoid of bravery .
We see this inverse relationship today .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – even on Sunday morning in church ( well , whenever these open again ) .
Yet the same crowds are too feeble to take any action or even merely speak any truth when it comes to the rapid decay of the society around them .
That decay was seen in the metaphysical in Chesterton ’ s time , yet he clearly saw it .
Today , the decay is seen in the physical : suicides , opioids , divorce , out-of-wedlock births , abortion , the obvious evil praised in celebrities and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emotional destruction of large swaths of the country – epitomized , perhaps , by CHAZ / CHOP .
Chesterton would write about it .
Today ?
Silence .
The Best of Bionic Mosquito

The evil of militarism is that it shows most men to be tame and timid and excessively peaceable.
Heretics, Gilbert K. Chesterton (eBook)
I think we see this at the sporting events and parades, when the crowd roars its approval for the military fly-by, the color guard, the hero who just returned from combat. The crowd roars because they are happy that they didn’t have to go. “Let’s you and him have a fight.”
The professional soldier grows evermore courageous as the crowd grows timid – well, evermore courageous in the eyes of the crowd. Maybe it is better said that as the crowd grows more timid, the professional soldier appears to be more courageous – it is all relative, not absolute. The Three Apologies of... Chesterton, G.K. Best Price: $18.88 Buy New $19.63 (as of 04:28 UTC - Details)
This the Pretorian guard became more and more important in Rome as Rome became more and more luxurious and feeble.
Vietnam helped bring on the tremendous malaise of the 1970s, with high unemployment and high price inflation. And the four years of Jimmy Carter, who – to my recollection – might have been the only president since Herbert Hoover to avoid initiating or extending any major military conflict.
It was with Reagan and the boom years that militarism again came to the fore. The people once again grew luxurious and the military once again became “courageous.” A chicken and egg thing, maybe – or just one hand washing the other.
The military man gains the civil power in proportion as the civilian loses the military virtues.
We see this with Donald Trump. He has surrounded himself, from the beginning, with military men in top cabinet positions – perhaps more than any other previous president.
We certainly see in the United States a totally militarist nation – completely militarist and completely devoid of bravery. Chesterton describes this as decadence. But this inverse relationship, according to Chesterton, is as it must be:
There was far more courage to the square mile in the Middle Ages, when no king had a standing army, but every man had a bow or sword.
The militarism is reflected in one very important way in the people: obedience. Everything in society is militarized as everything depends on obedience. I will come back to this, but allow me a brief detour.
When one first enters the military, he must first get through boot camp. The purpose of boot camp is to change the inductee from what he was to what he must be: obedient, always and everywhere.
I will rape your personality
Pummel you with my own philosophy
Strip you of your self-integrity
To make you all just a bit like me
– Sgt. Baker, Primus
What form of boot camp has society gone through to arrive at our current state? Remember the glorious years – pre 2020 – when we laughingly referred to the broader population merely as sheeple? Did you ever expect that vibrant businesses would willingly shutdown on a governor’s or mayor’s whim, churches would voluntarily close their doors for months – including for Easter Sunday (the only reason that Christianity even exists)? The Progressive Era Murray N Rothbard Best Price: $17.74 Buy New $11.33 (as of 07:25 UTC - Details)
Once Christianity was removed from society, man’s clay was available to be molded by another. We saw that molding really take form with the dawn of the Progressive Era, but it strikes me that it fully gained steam after World War Two, with the creation of the permanent military and the birth and expansion of the spy state in all its forms and with all of its manipulations.
Conclusion
Returning to the totally militarized society that is at the same time completely devoid of bravery. We see this inverse relationship today. The crowds cheer the military at every occasion – even on Sunday morning in church (well, whenever these open again). Yet the same crowds are too feeble to take any action or even merely speak any truth when it comes to the rapid decay of the society around them.
That decay was seen in the metaphysical in Chesterton’s time, yet he clearly saw it. Today, the decay is seen in the physical: suicides, opioids, divorce, out-of-wedlock births, abortion, the obvious evil praised in celebrities and government leaders, and the physical and emotional destruction of large swaths of the country – epitomized, perhaps, by CHAZ / CHOP.
Chesterton would write about it. Today? Silence.
Reprinted with permission from Bionic Mosquito.
The Best of Bionic Mosquito


lewrockwell--2020-06-24--Right Now There Is a ‘Mad Rush’ To Get Out of the Cities

So many wealthy people are rushing to move away from the big cities that it is creating a bit of a “ real estate boom ” in many suburban areas , small towns and rural communities .
Fear of COVID-19 , a collapsing economy and the tremendous urban violence that we have witnessed in recent weeks have combined to create a frenzy of activity .
Last week , my wife and I heard from a friend in New York City that is all of a sudden desperate to move to another state , and I certainly can ’ t blame @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I was in his shoes , I would be wanting to move too .
But at this point so many people are all thinking the same thing that the demand for housing in certain areas threatens to greatly exceed the supply .
In fact , one real estate agent in the San Francisco area is describing it as “ a mad rush to get out of the city ” … Unfortunately , mortgage lending standards have really tightened up over the past few months , and so this is limiting the number of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Killing the Host : How ... Hudson , Michael Best Price : $ 26.04 Buy New $ 32.95 Mostly , in this environment it is just “ wealthy folks ” that are able to move away from San Francisco and purchase a new home somewhere else… Over on the east coast , violence is one of the primary motivating factors that is causing people to suddenly pick up and move .
By now , virtually everyone has seen stunning footage of the rioting and looting that took place in the heart of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wouldn ’ t take much to spark more episodes of widespread violence .
At the same time , overall crime rates in NYC have been absolutely skyrocketing , and this is helping to fuel an exodus to “ rural communities in New York and New Jersey ” … In the middle of the country , the city of Chicago is experiencing even more violence than New York City is .
In fact , dozens of people were just shot over Father ’ s Day weekend… And just a few weeks ago , we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Windy City… If the problems that we are facing were just very temporary in nature , most people would probably be willing to ride them out .
Unfortunately , it appears that things aren ’ t going to be getting significantly better any time soon .
Now that the lockdowns have ended , the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is starting to surge once again .
On Friday , we witnessed more than 30,000 newly confirmed cases in the U.S. for the first time in many weeks , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so far for newly confirmed cases for the globe as a whole .
In other words , the coronavirus pandemic is getting worse .
Whether you want to call it “ the first wave ” or “ the second wave ” , the truth is that cases are surging and that could have very serious implications for the months ahead .
Meanwhile , the U.S. economy continues to deteriorate very rapidly .
Nearly 46 million Americans have now filed new claims for unemployment benefits since this pandemic first began , more than 100,000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and U.S. consumers have skipped payments on more than 100 million loans .
It is an economic meltdown of unprecedented size and scope , and many more months of extreme economic pain lie ahead of us .
Land and Freedom : Rura ... Huston , Reeve Best Price : $ 20.42 Buy New $ 42.31 On top of everything else , we are in an election year , and even a very small spark could set off more rioting , looting and violence .
At this point , tensions are so high in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that 34 percent of all Americans believe that there could be a “ civil war ” within the next five years… I have never seen our nation so deeply divided in my entire lifetime , and that makes me incredibly sad .
At a time when we should be coming together like never before , we are allowing strife , discord , anger and hatred to divide us even more deeply .
A house that is divided will surely fall , and the future of America looks extremely bleak if we continue down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , there isn ’ t much that you can do to stop what is coming , but at least you can try to get to somewhere safe before everything falls apart .
But if you are going to move , you will need to do it quickly , because as I have discussed in this article there are lots of other people thinking the exact same thing .
Reprinted with permission from The Most Important News .
The Best of Michael Snyder

So many wealthy people are rushing to move away from the big cities that it is creating a bit of a “real estate boom” in many suburban areas, small towns and rural communities. Fear of COVID-19, a collapsing economy and the tremendous urban violence that we have witnessed in recent weeks have combined to create a frenzy of activity. Last week, my wife and I heard from a friend in New York City that is all of a sudden desperate to move to another state, and I certainly can’t blame him for wanting to relocate. If I was in his shoes, I would be wanting to move too. But at this point so many people are all thinking the same thing that the demand for housing in certain areas threatens to greatly exceed the supply. In fact, one real estate agent in the San Francisco area is describing it as “a mad rush to get out of the city”…
“There’s a mad rush to get out of the city,” said Ginger Martin, a real estate agent with Sotheby’s who concentrates on high-end properties in the San Francisco Bay Area. “What I’m really doing well with right now is anything that’s turnkey.”
Unfortunately, mortgage lending standards have really tightened up over the past few months, and so this is limiting the number of people that are able to successfully relocate. Killing the Host: How ... Hudson, Michael Best Price: $26.04 Buy New $32.95 (as of 11:40 UTC - Details)
Mostly, in this environment it is just “wealthy folks” that are able to move away from San Francisco and purchase a new home somewhere else…
Relocation, at the moment, is only by wealthy folks, who still have the financial mobility to move as the real economy implodes and paralyzes the bottom 90% of Americans. Even with a good credit score, lenders are not preapproving folks like they once were. Many people over the years flooded into San Francisco as the economy boomed, and tech flourished. Now with an economic downturn, social unrest, and pandemic — the city is becoming too dangerous to raise a family.
Over on the east coast, violence is one of the primary motivating factors that is causing people to suddenly pick up and move.
By now, virtually everyone has seen stunning footage of the rioting and looting that took place in the heart of New York City, and it certainly wouldn’t take much to spark more episodes of widespread violence.
At the same time, overall crime rates in NYC have been absolutely skyrocketing, and this is helping to fuel an exodus to “rural communities in New York and New Jersey”…
During May, overall crime declined compared to the same period last year. But the New York City Police Department (NYPD) said murders in the city increase by 79%, shootings jumped by 64%, and burglaries rose 34%. The surge in violent crime is expected to supercharge a trend of New Yorkers fleeing the metro for rural communities in New York and New Jersey.
In the middle of the country, the city of Chicago is experiencing even more violence than New York City is.
In fact, dozens of people were just shot over Father’s Day weekend…
Nine people have been killed, including four under the age of 18, and 47 more were injured in shootings across Chicago on Father’s Day weekend, police said. Two teenage boys, a 3-year-old, and a 13-year-old girl are among those who were killed, officials told ABC7 in Chicago.
And just a few weeks ago, we witnessed the most violent day ever recorded in the Windy City…
While Chicago was roiled by another day of protests and looting in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, 18 people were killed Sunday, May 31, making it the single most violent day in Chicago in six decades, according to the University of Chicago Crime Lab. The lab’s data doesn’t go back further than 1961.
If the problems that we are facing were just very temporary in nature, most people would probably be willing to ride them out.
Unfortunately, it appears that things aren’t going to be getting significantly better any time soon.
Now that the lockdowns have ended, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is starting to surge once again. On Friday, we witnessed more than 30,000 newly confirmed cases in the U.S. for the first time in many weeks, and it was actually the worst day so far for newly confirmed cases for the globe as a whole.
In other words, the coronavirus pandemic is getting worse. Whether you want to call it “the first wave” or “the second wave”, the truth is that cases are surging and that could have very serious implications for the months ahead.
Meanwhile, the U.S. economy continues to deteriorate very rapidly. Nearly 46 million Americans have now filed new claims for unemployment benefits since this pandemic first began, more than 100,000 businesses have permanently shut their doors, and U.S. consumers have skipped payments on more than 100 million loans. It is an economic meltdown of unprecedented size and scope, and many more months of extreme economic pain lie ahead of us. Land and Freedom: Rura... Huston, Reeve Best Price: $20.42 Buy New $42.31 (as of 03:09 UTC - Details)
On top of everything else, we are in an election year, and even a very small spark could set off more rioting, looting and violence.
At this point, tensions are so high in this country that a recent survey found that 34 percent of all Americans believe that there could be a “civil war” within the next five years…
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 34% of Likely U.S. Voters think the United States will experience a second civil war sometime in the next five years, but that includes only nine percent (9%) who say it’s Very Likely.
I have never seen our nation so deeply divided in my entire lifetime, and that makes me incredibly sad.
At a time when we should be coming together like never before, we are allowing strife, discord, anger and hatred to divide us even more deeply.
A house that is divided will surely fall, and the future of America looks extremely bleak if we continue down this path.
As one lone individual, there isn’t much that you can do to stop what is coming, but at least you can try to get to somewhere safe before everything falls apart.
But if you are going to move, you will need to do it quickly, because as I have discussed in this article there are lots of other people thinking the exact same thing.
Reprinted with permission from The Most Important News.
The Best of Michael Snyder


lewrockwell--2020-06-24--Why State Governors Cannot Order Citizens To Wear Masks

Mainstream news sources say that California Governor Newsom issued an order requiring everyone to wear face masks in public .
Peggy Hall explains that governors have no authority to order citizens to do anything .
Their power is limited to directing the agencies for which they are responsible and nothing more .
Public-Health agencies are among these and , although they can issue orders of this kind , they can do so only during a time of emergency .
An emergency is defined as a health threat with a casualty rate significantly greater than normally present .
Since the COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not significantly greater than seasonal flu , there is no emergency .
Therefore , the California Public-Health Agency has no authority to order anyone to wear masks , remain six-feet apart , shelter-in-place , wash hands , or anything else .
Peggy shows were to document these facts and she concludes that it ’ s time to stop being fearful and just say NO to tyranny .
She is building a template onher website , The Healthy American , for people in all states to stop tyrannical policies by knowing the law and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ published at G. Edward Griffins Need to Know .
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Mainstream news sources say that California Governor Newsom issued an order requiring everyone to wear face masks in public. Peggy Hall explains that governors have no authority to order citizens to do anything. Their power is limited to directing the agencies for which they are responsible and nothing more. Public-Health agencies are among these and, although they can issue orders of this kind, they can do so only during a time of emergency. An emergency is defined as a health threat with a casualty rate significantly greater than normally present. Since the COVID-19 casualty rate now is officially recognized as not significantly greater than seasonal flu, there is no emergency. Therefore, the California Public-Health Agency has no authority to order anyone to wear masks, remain six-feet apart, shelter-in-place, wash hands, or anything else. Peggy shows were to document these facts and she concludes that it’s time to stop being fearful and just say NO to tyranny. She is building a template onher website, The Healthy American, for people in all states to stop tyrannical policies by knowing the law and making officials obey it. -GEG

Originally published at G. Edward Griffins Need to Know.
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lewrockwell--2020-06-24--All Clear Siren or Lock Them Up Again?

All Clear Siren or Lock Them Up Again?

COVID-19 is a treatable infectious disease .
Quarantine is a restriction on the movement of people and goods , which is intended to prevent the spread of non-treatable contagious diseases , but is not necessary when there are effective treatments .
We are being played , for the only thing health officials are interested in is a fast-tracked vaccine .
However , doctors around the world were up to the task during this pandemic .
In four short months , they have developed numerous answers to this virus , and by extension , other viral infections .
Both pharmaceutical and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ useful , even in the face of serious pre-conditions , yet the mainstream narrative continues to ignore these advancements .
“ This is a disease that 99.9 percent of the people who are infected with survive !
But 40 million people out of work and the thousands of lives that will end due to the shutdown are never mentioned .
There is something else going on here , and it is in no way related to public health , ” writes Dr. Ron Paul .
Over the Counter Natur ... Ellison , Shane @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 9.56 Dr. Paul continues saying , “ Texas , Florida , and California were singled out to scare the rest of the country into thinking that if you dare leave your homes , you will catch coronavirus and die .
There were a “ spike ” in coronavirus “ cases , ” they claimed .
Funny , just a month or so ago , they were demanding that we massively increase testing , which would produce just that “ spike ” in coronavirus cases they are now using to scare authorities into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ One study said that “ nearly half or even more ” of patients testing positive for SARS-COV-2 did not have the virus .
In other words , half of the results were false positives .
“ If you tune into the latest media blitz on the supposedly “ record-shattering ” expansion of COVID infections in Florida , lately , you ’ d likely assume that reopening is going terribly wrong , and we should be bracing for the much-heralded “ second wave ” of deadly infections , as well preparing for the next @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Founder of GreenMedInfo .
Sayer Ji continues , “ Yet , despite this carefully crafted media message , the facts are that the Florida Department of Health , Division of Disease Control and Health Protection ’ s publically available statistics show that despite the increases in “ confirmed cases ” caused by the scaling of testing facilities and the increasing number of people getting tested , the actual death toll from COVID-19 is steeply declining , if not actually at this point non-existent.
” A week ago Dr. Paul said , “ Now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of them black-owned – have been reduced to rubble and innocent people in the inner cities no longer have anywhere to shop for the necessities of life , the mainstream media has backed off of its non-stop coverage of the protests .
Suddenly last week , they all simultaneously embraced a new fear story to terrify the masses : a “ second wave ” of coronavirus was among us .
It was targeting those states that dared to “ open up ” their economies and begin a return to relatively normal lives.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ However , none are needed .
We do not need a vaccine for what is treatable by safer , more effective means .
Even the regular flu vaccines are not effective enough to prevent people from dying of that .
The Who says 650,000 die annually from the common flu .
In future years , because of Covid-19 , doctors will be able to reduce these high death rates from other viruses from what they have learned in this pandemic .
Modern medicine has never quarantined populations for readily treated conditions , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now .
The present pandemic has only been a problem for one reason .
It is because a small group of health officials decided months beforehand precisely what they were going to do .
They still pretend there is no treatment and that everything depends on rushing a vaccine to the public , which they will make mandatory .
Someone is going to make a lot of money , and of course , the vaccine will be as safe as 5G .
How We Treat Determines the Death Rate , Not the Virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hydroxychloroquine was banned ) was over 9 % , the highest in the nation .
In contrast , South Dakota ’ s rate ( where that state ’ s governor openly urged doctors to use whatever medications they judged to be effective in treating the virus ) was the lowest , at about 0.8 % .
The Vitamin D Revoluti ... Soram Khalsa Best Price : $ 1.25 Buy New $ 10.69 Part of that high death rate is because anyone in Michigan , who had tested positive for COVID-19 and dies , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” The director of public health made it clear that that was true even if it was evident that the person died from some other cause , such as terminal cancer .
In Michigan , as in New York , the number of deaths in nursing homes was significantly increased by order of the States ’ governors : In both cases , the nursing homes were forbidden to turn away COVID-positive hospital transferees .
Is it Safe to Reengage in Activities ?
When we know a disease is treatable , as COVID-19 is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ business just like we do living with all the conditions on our planet .
COVID-19 is treatable , as treatable as the common flu , even more so because COVID-19 forced doctors to discover new treatments , which they did , so it is safe to go out and feel as free as a bird .
Hydroxychloroquine Has about 90 Percent Chance of Helping COVID-19 Patients .
Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Two broad approaches are proving themselves .
Doctors practicing pharmaceutical medicine have come up with a hybrid approach that combines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an antibiotic , and then adds a natural element , which is zinc .
In the worst cases , intravenous vitamin C has been used , and in China , they are using hydrogen inhalation , which seems to be clearing up the lungs quite quickly .
Then there is the all-natural approach , which is even less expensive than the cheap pharmaceutical method .
The best place to go , when you step outside , which your governments are starting to let people do , is to go out into the sun @ @ @ @ @ @ @ probably the best medicine .
Make a religion out of sunbathing , and companies should give an extra half hour off for lunch to soak in the vitamin D generating rays .
If that is not possible high dosages of D supplementation are in order .
There is no death from the coronavirus at vitamin D blood concentrations above 34 ng/ml .
Government funds would be well spent boosting vitamin D production .
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However , no matter what anyone thinks or says , health officials are making it clear that Covid-19 is going to continue .
An Italian health official has said the coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In reality , the virus clinically no longer exists in Italy , ” Alberto Zangrillo , the head of the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan , told Reuters .
Yet around much of the rest of the world , they are religiously counting deaths , spikes , and anticipating second waves .
Some people like to raise the alarm no matter what the situation and no matter what the cost/collateral damage .
The stakes are enormous .
The lies keep changing .
Lockdowns continue , but the American president stated he would not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Health officials should be the last people we trust .
We can not trust them with our lives , with our future , nor the health of our children .
“ The real test for the public will come when lock-downs return .
I realize that there is a bit of denial in the population when it comes to this idea .
I see many people operating on the assumption that the “ reopening ” is a long-term situation .
I assure you , it is not .
As I have noted in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to use what I call “ wave theory ” or a cycle of shutdowns and openings over a year or longer .
There WILL be new lockdowns , if not in the name of a resurgence in COVID infections , it will be in the name of stopping the national riots , ” writes Brandon Smith .
The Best of Dr. Mark Sircus

We Don’t Quarantine Treatable Diseases
COVID-19 is a treatable infectious disease. Quarantine is a restriction on the movement of people and goods, which is intended to prevent the spread of non-treatable contagious diseases, but is not necessary when there are effective treatments. We are being played, for the only thing health officials are interested in is a fast-tracked vaccine.
However, doctors around the world were up to the task during this pandemic. In four short months, they have developed numerous answers to this virus, and by extension, other viral infections. Both pharmaceutical and treatment with natural substances have been extraordinarily useful, even in the face of serious pre-conditions, yet the mainstream narrative continues to ignore these advancements.
“This is a disease that 99.9 percent of the people who are infected with survive! But 40 million people out of work and the thousands of lives that will end due to the shutdown are never mentioned. There is something else going on here, and it is in no way related to public health,” writes Dr. Ron Paul. Over the Counter Natur... Ellison, Shane Best Price: $5.81 Buy New $9.56 (as of 03:17 UTC - Details)
Dr. Paul continues saying, “Texas, Florida, and California were singled out to scare the rest of the country into thinking that if you dare leave your homes, you will catch coronavirus and die. There were a “spike” in coronavirus “cases,” they claimed. Funny, just a month or so ago, they were demanding that we massively increase testing, which would produce just that “spike” in coronavirus cases they are now using to scare authorities into reinstating the incredibly destructive stay-at-home orders.”
One study said that “nearly half or even more” of patients
testing positive for SARS-COV-2 did not have the virus.
In other words, half of the results were false positives.
“If you tune into the latest media blitz on the supposedly “record-shattering” expansion of COVID infections in Florida, lately, you’d likely assume that reopening is going terribly wrong, and we should be bracing for the much-heralded “second wave” of deadly infections, as well preparing for the next lockdown,” writes Sayer Ji, Founder of GreenMedInfo.
Sayer Ji continues, “Yet, despite this carefully crafted media message, the facts are that the Florida Department of Health, Division of Disease Control and Health Protection’s publically available statistics show that despite the increases in “confirmed cases” caused by the scaling of testing facilities and the increasing number of people getting tested, the actual death toll from COVID-19 is steeply declining, if not actually at this point non-existent.”
A week ago Dr. Paul said, “Now, after thousands of businesses – many of them black-owned – have been reduced to rubble and innocent people in the inner cities no longer have anywhere to shop for the necessities of life, the mainstream media has backed off of its non-stop coverage of the protests. Suddenly last week, they all simultaneously embraced a new fear story to terrify the masses: a “second wave” of coronavirus was among us. It was targeting those states that dared to “open up” their economies and begin a return to relatively normal lives.”
No Vaccine Needed
There are 135 vaccines in development. However, none are needed. We do not need a vaccine for what is treatable by safer, more effective means. Even the regular flu vaccines are not effective enough to prevent people from dying of that. The Who says 650,000 die annually from the common flu. In future years, because of Covid-19, doctors will be able to reduce these high death rates from other viruses from what they have learned in this pandemic.
Modern medicine has never quarantined populations for readily treated conditions, and there is no reason to do so now. The present pandemic has only been a problem for one reason. It is because a small group of health officials decided months beforehand precisely what they were going to do. They still pretend there is no treatment and that everything depends on rushing a vaccine to the public, which they will make mandatory. Someone is going to make a lot of money, and of course, the vaccine will be as safe as 5G.
How We Treat Determines the Death Rate, Not the Virus
Michigan’s death rate (where hydroxychloroquine was banned) was over 9%, the highest in the nation. In contrast, South Dakota’s rate (where that state’s governor openly urged doctors to use whatever medications they judged to be effective in treating the virus) was the lowest, at about 0.8%. The Vitamin D Revoluti... Soram Khalsa Best Price: $1.25 Buy New $10.69 (as of 08:00 UTC - Details)
Part of that high death rate is because anyone in Michigan, who had tested positive for COVID-19 and dies, is counted as a “COVID-19 death.” The director of public health made it clear that that was true even if it was evident that the person died from some other cause, such as terminal cancer.
In Michigan, as in New York, the number of deaths in nursing homes was
significantly increased by order of the States’ governors: In both cases, the
nursing homes were forbidden to turn away COVID-positive hospital transferees.
Is it Safe to Reengage in Activities?
When we know a disease is treatable, as COVID-19 is, then we can go about our business just like we do living with all the conditions on our planet. COVID-19 is treatable, as treatable as the common flu, even more so because COVID-19 forced doctors to discover new treatments, which they did, so it is safe to go out and feel as free as a bird.
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Two broad approaches are proving themselves. Doctors practicing pharmaceutical medicine have come up with a hybrid approach that combines old inexpensive medications used for malaria, an antibiotic, and then adds a natural element, which is zinc. In the worst cases, intravenous vitamin C has been used, and in China, they are using hydrogen inhalation, which seems to be clearing up the lungs quite quickly.
Then there is the all-natural approach, which is even less expensive than the cheap pharmaceutical method. The best place to go, when you step outside, which your governments are starting to let people do, is to go out into the sun and receive your free treatment, which probably the best medicine.
Make a religion out of sunbathing, and companies should give an extra half hour off for lunch to soak in the vitamin D generating rays. If that is not possible high dosages of D supplementation are in order. There is no death from the coronavirus at vitamin D blood concentrations above 34 ng/ml. Government funds would be well spent boosting vitamin D production. More than 1 billion individuals worldwide, across all age groups, are deficient in vitamin D.
Magnesium: Reversing D... Levy, MD Jd Best Price: $23.53 Buy New $24.58 (as of 02:51 UTC - Details) Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo confirmed a recent health study showing that 70% of new infections originate at home, thus making the stay at home orders one of the most dangerous mandates currently in place, and this makes sense as vitamin D deficiencies build while away from the sun. However, no matter what anyone thinks or says, health officials are making it clear that Covid-19 is going to continue.
All Clear Sirens
An Italian health official has said the coronavirus is losing its lethal punch. “In reality, the virus clinically no longer exists in Italy,” Alberto Zangrillo, the head of the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, told Reuters. Yet around much of the rest of the world, they are religiously counting deaths, spikes, and anticipating second waves. Some people like to raise the alarm no matter what the situation and no matter what the cost/collateral damage.
Conclusion
The stakes are enormous. The lies keep changing. Lockdowns continue, but the American president stated he would not be locking down his country again. Health officials should be the last people we trust. We cannot trust them with our lives, with our future, nor the health of our children.
“The real test for the public will come when lock-downs return. I realize that there is a bit of denial in the population when it comes to this idea. I see many people operating on the assumption that the “reopening” is a long-term situation. I assure you, it is not. As I have noted in many previous articles, the establishment intends to use what I call “wave theory” or a cycle of shutdowns and openings over a year or longer. There WILL be new lockdowns, if not in the name of a resurgence in COVID infections, it will be in the name of stopping the national riots,” writes Brandon Smith.
Reprinted with permission from Dr.Sircus.com.
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lewrockwell--2020-06-24--Warp Speed COVID-19 Vaccine Makes Big Pharma Crooks Rich

According to the Albany Herald,1 two prominent spokesmen for the pro-vaccine movement are now expressing concerns about the messaging used when promoting Operation Warp Speed — the name given to the White House effort to manufacture and launch a COVID-19 vaccine ( as well as other potential therapeutics ) at a record-setting pace .
The two long-time pro-vaccine advocates , Dr. Peter Hotez , dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and professor of pediatrics and molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine , and Dr. Paul Offit , director of the Vaccine Education Center and professor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Philadelphia , fear communication about the accelerated vaccine program may fuel safety concerns that could dampen vaccine uptake .
Albany Herald writes:2 Miller ’ s Review ... Miller , Neil Z .
Best Price : $ 8.32 Buy New $ 14.48 Well , the fact of the matter is that steps are being skipped , and there can be serious ramifications when doing so .
Simply changing the narrative will not change that .
Hotez also criticized drug company executives for being too obvious in their greed .
As reported by Albany @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Zaks ’ and Kim ’ s share sales is a terrible one that is not likely to garner public confidence in their product .
According to Moderna , the sales were done under automated trading plans called 10b5-1 , which means neither needed to take any action for the sales to occur .
But that hardly matters .
What people see is Moderna leadership getting rich quick off vaccines that are being rushed through and skipping crucial safety checks .
There ’ s no evidence whatsoever right now that the company ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alone be safe .
According to director of research services at Equilar , Andrew Gordon , the only way the trades would be deemed illegal would be if Zaks or Kim created or modified their 10b5-1 plans “ while in possession of material insider information.
” 4 Whatever the truth of that may be , what appears clear is the pair raked in nearly $ 25 million in the days between Moderna ’ s press release5 announcing its phase 1 trial a success and vaccine safety experts pointing out just how troublesome the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he ’ s “ not convinced that this is really a positive result.
” 6 As reported by Fort Russ News:7 Vaccines : A Reappraisal Richard Moskowitz M.D .
Best Price : $ 17.92 Buy New $ 13.66 Moderna ’ s phase 1 trial for its mRNA-1273 vaccine , which is being led by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ( NIAID ) and championed by NIAID chief Dr. Anthony Fauci , involved 45 healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 55 .
According to the company ’ s May @ @ @ @ @ @ @ later , May 20 , 2020 , vaccine safety advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned “ the clinical trial results … could not be much worse.
” He writes:9 A May 26 , 2020 , article10 in STAT news tells the harrowing story of Ian Haydon , one of the study participants who suffered severe side effects requiring hospitalization .
While Haydon says he still has confidence in the vaccine , it ’ s important to recognize that he is a healthy 29-year-old .
He recovered from the side effects , which included @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , muscle pain and generally feeling “ as sick as he ’ d ever felt.
” But just imagine what such side effects might do to an elderly person , an infant , young child or someone who is metabolically compromised or has an underlying condition such as a heart problem .
For them , the reactions could be far worse .
Oxford Safety Trial Is Not Using Inert Placebo A question worth asking here is , if there are no biologically plausible mechanisms for vaccine reactions , why do they always occur @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in The Daily Mail,11 which reported the launch of Oxford University ’ s vaccine trial for a vaccine known as ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 , the COVID-19 vaccine is not being compared to a true placebo ( an inert substance such as saline ) , as is the gold standard for drug safety research .
Instead , it ’ s being compared to a meningitis vaccine .
As discussed in “ Dangerous Placebos Used in Medical Trials , ” using an active substance such as another vaccine can hide any number of side effects .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccine makers “ cheat ” in their safety studies to minimize the appearance of adverse effects .
What Kennedy refers to in his May 20 article about Moderna ’ s phase 1 trial results is coronavirus vaccines ’ well-recognized tendency to cause paradoxical immune enhancement .
He explained this in my interview with him , featured in “ Robert F. Kennedy Jr .
Explains Well-Known Hazards of Coronavirus Vaccines.
” A short clip of that interview is included above .
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: W ... McCormack , RN , BSN , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccine development began after three SARS epidemics had broken out , starting in early 2002 .
Chinese , Americans and Europeans all started working on a coronavirus vaccine and around 2012 — after 10 years of development — there were about 30 promising candidates .
As explained by Kennedy , the four best vaccine candidates were then given to ferrets , which are the closest analogue to human lung infections .
Kennedy explained what happened next : Coronavirus Vaccines Are Known to Present Unique Hazards The problem , it turns out , is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two different types of antibodies — neutralizing antibodies12 that fight the infection , and binding antibodies13 that can not prevent viral infection .
Incapable of preventing viral infection , binding antibodies can instead trigger a “ paradoxical immune response , ” or “ paradoxical immune enhancement.
” What that means is that everything looks good until you get the disease , and then it makes the disease much , much worse .
As noted by Kennedy : Many of the COVID-19 vaccines currently in the running — including Moderna ’ s vaccine — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to make the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein , the glycoprotein that attaches to the ACE2 receptor of the cell .
This is the first stage of the two-stage process viruses use to gain entry into cells .
The idea is that by creating the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein , your immune system will commence production of antibodies , without making you sick in the process .
You may have noticed Moderna ’ s press release specifies “ binding antibodies ” and “ neutralizing antibodies.
” It ’ s important to remember the difference between those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Dissolving Illusions : ... Bystrianyk , Roman Best Price : $ 38.50 Buy New $ 21.60 Again , the binding antibodies are the ones suspected of triggering paradoxical immune enhancement , and according to Moderna , it was the binding antibodies that were “ seen at levels seen in blood samples from people who have recovered from COVID-19.
” At the time of that press release , data from 25 of 45 participants showed this “ positive ” binding antibody result .
Meanwhile , neutralizing antibody data were only available for eight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ antibodies are likely to be the most important , considering they are the ones that actually fight infection .
Considering the problems caused by binding antibodies in previous coronavirus vaccine trials , these results are hardly comforting .
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According to the Albany Herald,1 two prominent spokesmen for the pro-vaccine movement are now expressing concerns about the messaging used when promoting Operation Warp Speed — the name given to the White House effort to manufacture and launch a COVID-19 vaccine (as well as other potential therapeutics) at a record-setting pace.
The two long-time pro-vaccine advocates, Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and professor of pediatrics and molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine, and Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center and professor of pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, fear communication about the accelerated vaccine program may fuel safety concerns that could dampen vaccine uptake. Albany Herald writes:2
“The approach itself is not unreasonable, said Dr. Peter Hotez … But the way it’s being communicated is scaring people, he told CNN. ‘The way the message is coming out of Operation Warp Speed creates a lot of chaos and confusion. And it is enabling the anti-vaccine movement,’ Hotez said …
‘The way they are messaging it is a little frightening because they make a point of saying how quickly it is being done,’ said Dr. Paul Offit … ‘It makes people think there are steps being skipped.'”
Miller’s Review ... Miller, Neil Z. Best Price: $8.32 Buy New $14.48 (as of 04:45 UTC - Details) Well, the fact of the matter is that steps are being skipped, and there can be serious ramifications when doing so. Simply changing the narrative will not change that.
Big Pharma Executives Rake in Millions
Hotez also criticized drug company executives for being too obvious in their greed. As reported by Albany Herald:3
“… vaccine makers send out news releases trumpeting incremental successes. Last month, Moderna, the US biotech company heavily promoted by the White House and the National Institutes of Health, announced promising early results, sending its share price up 30%. At the same time, two top executives sold $30 million worth of shares.
Lorence Kim, Moderna’s chief financial officer, exercised 241,000 options for $3 million, filings show. He then immediately sold them for $19.8 million, creating a profit of $16.8 million.
The next day, Tal Zaks, Moderna’s chief medical officer, spent $1.5 million to exercise options. He immediately sold the shares for $9.77 million, triggering a profit of $8.2 million. It was all legal, but looked bad, Hotez said. ‘They are shooting themselves in the foot,’ he said.”
Indeed, the message sent by Zaks’ and Kim’s share sales is a terrible one that is not likely to garner public confidence in their product. According to Moderna, the sales were done under automated trading plans called 10b5-1, which means neither needed to take any action for the sales to occur.
But that hardly matters. What people see is Moderna leadership getting rich quick off vaccines that are being rushed through and skipping crucial safety checks. There’s no evidence whatsoever right now that the company’s novel vaccine will actually work, let alone be safe.
Past attempts at developing COVID vaccines have always faltered at this stage as both humans and animals achieved robust antibody response then sickened and died when exposed to the wild virus.
According to director of research services at Equilar, Andrew Gordon, the only way the trades would be deemed illegal would be if Zaks or Kim created or modified their 10b5-1 plans “while in possession of material insider information.”4
Whatever the truth of that may be, what appears clear is the pair raked in nearly $25 million in the days between Moderna’s press release5 announcing its phase 1 trial a success and vaccine safety experts pointing out just how troublesome the results actually were. Even Hotez said he’s “not convinced that this is really a positive result.”6 As reported by Fort Russ News:7
“The two executives pocketed almost $25 million in profits in a day’s work before experts cast doubt on the vaccine’s success and sent shares tumbling. FRN reported on the false reports, citing an article written by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that the Moderna vaccine results were a failure.
Fake fact checkers working for social media firms tagged FRN’s report as ‘false information’, insisting instead that the Moderna tests had been a success. Investors in biotech and pharma, and the virologists they depend on, apparently agreed with FRN’s assessment.”
Moderna’s Phase 1 Trial Announcement
Vaccines: A Reappraisal Richard Moskowitz M.D. Best Price: $17.92 Buy New $13.66 (as of 01:00 UTC - Details) Moderna’s phase 1 trial for its mRNA-1273 vaccine, which is being led by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and championed by NIAID chief Dr. Anthony Fauci, involved 45 healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 55. According to the company’s May 18 press release:8
“Immunogenicity data are currently available for the 25 µg and 100 µg dose level … after two doses (day 43) and at the 250 µg level … after one dose (day 29) … All participants ages 18-55 (n=15 per cohort) across all three dose levels seroconverted by day 15 after a single dose.
At day 43, two weeks following the second dose, at the 25 µg dose level (n=15), levels of binding antibodies were at the levels seen in convalescent sera (blood samples from people who have recovered from COVID-19) tested in the same assay.
At day 43, at the 100 µg dose level (n=10), levels of binding antibodies significantly exceeded the levels seen in convalescent sera. Samples are not yet available for remaining participants.
At this time, neutralizing antibody data are available only for the first four participants in each of the 25 µg and 100 µg dose level cohorts. Consistent with the binding antibody data, mRNA-1273 vaccination elicited neutralizing antibodies in all eight of these participants … The levels of neutralizing antibodies at day 43 were at or above levels generally seen in convalescent sera.”
1 in 5 Subjects Suffered Serious Systemic Events
However, two days later, May 20, 2020, vaccine safety advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned “the clinical trial results … could not be much worse.” He writes:9
“Fauci was so confident of his shot’s safety that he waved ferret and primate studies (Moderna suspiciously reported no health data from its mouse studies). That appears to have been a mistake. Three of the 15 human guinea pigs in the high dose cohort (250 mcg) suffered a ‘serious adverse event’ within 43 days of receiving Moderna’s jab.
Moderna did not release its clinical trial study or raw data, but its press release, which was freighted with inconsistencies, acknowledged that three volunteers developed Grade 3 systemic events defined by the FDA as ‘Preventing daily activity and requiring medical intervention.’
Moderna allowed only exceptionally healthy volunteers to participate in the study. A vaccine with those reaction rates could cause grave injuries in 1.5 billion humans if administered to ‘every person on earth.’ That is the threshold that Gates has established for ending the global lockdown.
Moderna did not explain why it reported positive antibody tests for only eight participants. These outcomes are particularly disappointing because the most hazardous hurdle for the inoculation is still ahead; challenging participants with wild COVID infection.
Past attempts at developing COVID vaccines have always faltered at this stage as both humans and animals achieved robust antibody response then sickened and died when exposed to the wild virus.”
A May 26, 2020, article10 in STAT news tells the harrowing story of Ian Haydon, one of the study participants who suffered severe side effects requiring hospitalization. While Haydon says he still has confidence in the vaccine, it’s important to recognize that he is a healthy 29-year-old.
He recovered from the side effects, which included a raging fever, fainting, nausea, muscle pain and generally feeling “as sick as he’d ever felt.” But just imagine what such side effects might do to an elderly person, an infant, young child or someone who is metabolically compromised or has an underlying condition such as a heart problem. For them, the reactions could be far worse.
Oxford Safety Trial Is Not Using Inert Placebo
A question worth asking here is, if there are no biologically plausible mechanisms for vaccine reactions, why do they always occur in trials? Importantly, as noted in The Daily Mail,11 which reported the launch of Oxford University’s vaccine trial for a vaccine known as ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, the COVID-19 vaccine is not being compared to a true placebo (an inert substance such as saline), as is the gold standard for drug safety research.
Instead, it’s being compared to a meningitis vaccine. As discussed in “Dangerous Placebos Used in Medical Trials,” using an active substance such as another vaccine can hide any number of side effects. This is just one way in which vaccine makers “cheat” in their safety studies to minimize the appearance of adverse effects.
All Previous Coronavirus Vaccines Have Failed

What Kennedy refers to in his May 20 article about Moderna’s phase 1 trial results is coronavirus vaccines’ well-recognized tendency to cause paradoxical immune enhancement. He explained this in my interview with him, featured in “Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Explains Well-Known Hazards of Coronavirus Vaccines.” A short clip of that interview is included above. Safe and Effective?: W... McCormack, RN, BSN, PH... Buy New $15.50 (as of 04:05 UTC - Details)
Coronavirus vaccine development began after three SARS epidemics had broken out, starting in early 2002. Chinese, Americans and Europeans all started working on a coronavirus vaccine and around 2012 — after 10 years of development — there were about 30 promising candidates.
As explained by Kennedy, the four best vaccine candidates were then given to ferrets, which are the closest analogue to human lung infections. Kennedy explained what happened next:
“The ferrets had an extraordinarily good antibody response, and that is the metric by which FDA licenses vaccines … Then something terrible happened. Those ferrets were then exposed to the wild virus, and they all died. [They developed] inflammation in all their organs, their lungs stopped functioning and they died.
The same thing had happened in the 1960s when they tried to develop an RSV vaccine, which is an upper respiratory illness very similar to coronavirus.
At the time, they did not test it on animals. They went right to human testing. They tested it on I think about 35 children, and the same thing happened. The children developed a champion antibody response — robust, durable.
It looked perfect, [but when] the children were exposed to the wild virus, they all became sick. Two of them died. They abandoned the vaccine. It was a big embarrassment to FDA and NIH.”
Coronavirus Vaccines Are Known to Present Unique Hazards
The problem, it turns out, is that coronaviruses produce not just one but two different types of antibodies — neutralizing antibodies12 that fight the infection, and binding antibodies13 that cannot prevent viral infection.
Incapable of preventing viral infection, binding antibodies can instead trigger a “paradoxical immune response,” or “paradoxical immune enhancement.” What that means is that everything looks good until you get the disease, and then it makes the disease much, much worse. As noted by Kennedy:
“Coronavirus vaccines can be very dangerous, and that’s why even our enemies, people who hate you and me — Peter Hotez, Paul Offit, Ian Lipkin — are all saying, ‘You got to be really, really careful with this vaccine.'”
Many of the COVID-19 vaccines currently in the running — including Moderna’s vaccine — are using mRNA to instruct your cells to make the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, the glycoprotein that attaches to the ACE2 receptor of the cell. This is the first stage of the two-stage process viruses use to gain entry into cells.
The idea is that by creating the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, your immune system will commence production of antibodies, without making you sick in the process. You may have noticed Moderna’s press release specifies “binding antibodies” and “neutralizing antibodies.” It’s important to remember the difference between those two when you read these trial results. Dissolving Illusions: ... Bystrianyk, Roman Best Price: $38.50 Buy New $21.60 (as of 11:00 UTC - Details)
Again, the binding antibodies are the ones suspected of triggering paradoxical immune enhancement, and according to Moderna, it was the binding antibodies that were “seen at levels seen in blood samples from people who have recovered from COVID-19.” At the time of that press release, data from 25 of 45 participants showed this “positive” binding antibody result.
Meanwhile, neutralizing antibody data were only available for eight of 45 participants, and the neutralizing antibodies are likely to be the most important, considering they are the ones that actually fight infection. Considering the problems caused by binding antibodies in previous coronavirus vaccine trials, these results are hardly comforting.
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