lewrockwell--2020-04-22--The Lockdown and What You Are Not Being Told

In Part 1 we looked at the reasons why questioning the coronavirus lockdown , despite the ever present allegation , does not demonstrate a callous disregard for human life .
We are going to expand on why it doesn ’ t in this article .
I am based in the UK so much of this discussion relates to the decisions of the British State , but this is a global policy agenda and similar policies are found across the developed world .
Effectively a small group of policy decision makers have placed an estimated 3.5 billion people under house arrest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to do so with our consent .
Consent is carefully cultivated by controlling the information we are given .
For the vast majority their only source of information is the corporate mainstream media ( MSM ) and the public announcements of the State .
This article is written , as ever , in the hope people will do their own research and make up their own minds .
The Fourth Turning : An ... Howe , Neil Best Price : $ 7.92 Buy New $ 12.04 We are going to look at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the MSM , adhering to a globalist agenda , have colluded to mislead the public into believing the COVID 19 ( C19 ) threat is far greater than it actually is .
C19 can be fatal for those with pre-existing comorbidities , and possibly even some without , as can other forms of pneumonia and influenza-like respiratory illness .
However , while every C19 death has been reported , none of the far greater number of people who have died in the UK this year from other respiratory infections have even been mentioned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the C19 statistics are as terrifying as possible .
Their statistical product is so vague it borders upon meaningless .
It seems we have been inculcated with misplaced fear to justify the lockdown regime , to convince us to accept it and prepare us for what is to come .
I apologise for the article ’ s length but I hope you will read it in its entirety .
There ’ s a lot of ground to cover , so please grab a coffee before we begin .
The World Health Organisation ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of assessed and voluntary contributions .
Assessed contributions are paid by nation states for WHO membership and figures are released quarterly .
Voluntary contributions are additional contributions from member states and “ other partners.
” For some reason these figures haven ’ t been reported for more than three years .
About 80 % of the WHO ’ s finances come from voluntary contributions .
In its most recent 2017 voluntary contribution report the WHO accounted for the $ 2.1 billion it received from private foundations and global corporations .
The Five Stages @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Price : $ 4.27 Buy New $ 1.99 This compared to just over $ 1 billion voluntarily provided by governments .
Contributors included GlaxoSmithKline , Bayer AG , Sanofi , Merck and Gilead Sciences whose drug remdesivir is currently being trialled , along side the off patent hydroxychloroquine , as a possible preventative treatment for COVID 19 .
The remdesivir trial is part of the WHO ’ s SOLIDARITY trials .
The third-largest single contributor in 2017 was GAVI .
Formerly called the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization , they contributed nearly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the WHO , UNICEF , the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Bank to sell vaccines globally .
The World Bank contributed nearly $ 146 million themselves and the largest individual payment , by some margin , at nearly $ 325 million came from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ( BMGF ) .
Though like many other foundations and corporations , through their various networks of interlinked partnerships , their overall contribution was much higher .

In Part 1 we looked at the reasons why questioning the coronavirus lockdown, despite the ever present allegation, does not demonstrate a callous disregard for human life. We are going to expand on why it doesn’t in this article.
I am based in the UK so much of this discussion relates to the decisions of the British State, but this is a global policy agenda and similar policies are found across the developed world. Effectively a small group of policy decision makers have placed an estimated 3.5 billion people under house arrest. It is only possible for them to do so with our consent. Consent is carefully cultivated by controlling the information we are given.
For the vast majority their only source of information is the corporate mainstream media (MSM) and the public announcements of the State. This article is written, as ever, in the hope people will do their own research and make up their own minds.
The Fourth Turning: An... Howe, Neil Best Price: $7.92 Buy New $12.04 (as of 08:30 UTC - Details) We are going to look at the evidence which strongly suggests the State and the MSM, adhering to a globalist agenda, have colluded to mislead the public into believing the COVID 19 (C19) threat is far greater than it actually is.
C19 can be fatal for those with pre-existing comorbidities, and possibly even some without, as can other forms of pneumonia and influenza-like respiratory illness. However, while every C19 death has been reported, none of the far greater number of people who have died in the UK this year from other respiratory infections have even been mentioned.
Systems have been created to ensure the C19 statistics are as terrifying as possible. Their statistical product is so vague it borders upon meaningless. It seems we have been inculcated with misplaced fear to justify the lockdown regime, to convince us to accept it and prepare us for what is to come.
I apologise for the article’s length but I hope you will read it in its entirety. There’s a lot of ground to cover, so please grab a coffee before we begin.
LOCKDOWN ADVISED BY WHO?
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is financed through a combination of assessed and voluntary contributions.
Assessed contributions are paid by nation states for WHO membership and figures are released quarterly.
Voluntary contributions are additional contributions from member states and “other partners.” For some reason these figures haven’t been reported for more than three years.
About 80% of the WHO’s finances come from voluntary contributions.
In its most recent 2017 voluntary contribution report the WHO accounted for the $2.1 billion it received from private foundations and global corporations. The Five Stages of Col... Orlov, Dmitry Best Price: $4.27 Buy New $1.99 (as of 03:30 UTC - Details)
This compared to just over $1 billion voluntarily provided by governments.
Contributors included GlaxoSmithKline, Bayer AG, Sanofi, Merck and Gilead Sciences whose drug remdesivir is currently being trialled, along side the off patent hydroxychloroquine, as a possible preventative treatment for COVID 19.
The remdesivir trial is part of the WHO’s SOLIDARITY trials.
The third-largest single contributor in 2017 was GAVI. Formerly called the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, they contributed nearly $134 million. GAVI are partnered with the WHO, UNICEF, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Bank to sell vaccines globally.
The World Bank contributed nearly $146 million themselves and the largest individual payment, by some margin, at nearly $325 million came from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). Though like many other foundations and corporations, through their various networks of interlinked partnerships, their overall contribution was much higher.
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lewrockwell--2020-04-22--The Collective Fallacy, COVID-19, & Hurricane Harvey

Which of the following politicians was right about Hurricane Harvey ?
Getting a bit more serious — so your body can be identified if you don ’ t evacuate and “ get out of Houston ” — there was this advice from another politician – – – On the other hand , ANSWER : None of them were right .
Do you know why ?
If so , you ’ re well ahead of the pack !
And the second clue – – – However , despite the dangers of evacuation , if you ’ re in , say , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ perhaps within sight of Trinity Bay — with a predicted storm surge of 9 to 13 feet and maybe 40 inches of rain , you might want to consider Governor Abbott ’ s advice “ to take a few days off , get out of the Houston area.
” And the third clue : If you ’ re elsewhere in Houston — a central Houston high-rise for example — Mayor Turner ’ s advice to “ Please think twice before trying to leave Houston en masse ” makes a lot more sense .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hurricane Rita , as above for example .
The bottom line is , as seminal economist Ludwig von Mises , seminal quantum physicist Niels Bohr , and seminal baseball catcher Yogi Berra all agree , “ Prediction is very difficult , especially of the future.
” This is especially true when counting on computer simulations to make the prediction .
You can see , however , that from another perspective , both Governor Abbott and Mayor Turner were correct .
That is , both leaving and staying in Houston during Hurricane Harvey made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ circumstances .
Fortunately , despite the delusions of control still harbored by most politicians , bureaucrats and others who think we ’ re stupid and they must homogenize us into “ one size fits all ” — and always be in charge — no evacuation orders were issued .
And , on the bright side , as Mayor Pro Tem Patrick Rios noted , “ …people don ’ t listen ” anyway – – – The chronic problem is non-conscious application of the Collective Fallacy to inherently unequal things — and to attempt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Universal Inequality .
In this case , the unequal things are humans in the path of Hurricane Harvey and in all sorts of different locations and in unequal circumstances .
The application to the COVID-19 fiasco is pretty obvious .
Even if their general advice is good — social distancing and washing your hands are good advice , even against the flu and certainly can ’ t hurt .
But clearly they can ’ t rationally dictate what States should ALL do or when they should ALL do it any more than the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s citizens collectively what to do in the face of Hurricane Harvey .
This guy is on the right track – – – As of April 17 , 2020 , it looks as if Mr. Trump has caught on and , inadvertantly supporting States Rights by turning COVID-19 policy over to the individual States , has so far avoided committing The Collective Fallacy .
But , why leave it up to State Governors or other elected psychopaths and liars ?
Instead emulate Houston mayor Sylvester Turner .
“ Think twice , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the individuals and/or groups directly involved who almost certainly know their individual circumstances better than any politician or bureaucrat — and more importantly , have their skin in the game .
Perhaps you ’ re thinking , “ But that would kill grandpa .
We need herd immunity !
” There are two ways to get “ herd immunity : ” Vaccine or direct experience .
Vaccine is at least a year away .
It ’ s clear “ we ” can ’ t survive a year of lock-down .
Like it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ experience , ” which , as we ’ re seeing with all those infectious undiagnosed cases out there , can ’ t be avoided anyway .
Certainly not for a year or more .
Since by far the largest percentage of folks who actually die from COVID-19 — the ones that really do ( see below ) — are over 50 and/or have “ pre-existing conditions , ” we don ’ t need to “ stay home to protect them , ” they need to stay home to protect the economy — and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Great Depression or worse .
The European spokesman ’ s claim — RT , Thursday , April 02 , 2020 4:24 PM — that 95 % of deaths come from folks over 50 isn ’ t so surprising since approximately half of the COVID-19 deaths so far are among folks already “ staying home ” anyway – – – Saving grandpa may be a little more complicated than originally thought .
Next let ’ s take a little closer look at those COVID-19 figures they ’ ve been feeding us .
For @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases ” and “ confirmed deaths ” actually confirmed ?
On April 16 , 2020 , President Trump bragged that here in the U.S. , because of recent deployment of point-of-treatment tests with results available in minutes instead of days , “ 3.5 million tests have been performed , more per-capita than even S. Korea.
” That amounts to just about 1 % of the U.S. population .
So , in the remaining 99 % of the population , how many folks are harboring COVID-19 but , while infected , don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ symptoms , or even with symptoms , don ’ t seek treatment ?
Clearly it ’ s not zero and could be quite large .
That means it isn ’ t included in the denominator of DEATH RATE = CONFIRMED DEATHS / NUMBER INFECTED x 100 % .
That means that the currently imputed death rate from being infected with COVID-19 , based mostly only on folks who seek diagnosis and/or are admitted to hospitals , is inflated right from the get-go .
More interestingly , how were cases and deaths confirmed before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ took days ?
And how are they being confirmed in the rest of the world with less testing ?
So let ’ s take a look at those diagnoses – – – Because there ’ s still ( mid April 2020 ) a shortage of tests and facilities , in addition to exhibiting serious symptoms , those being tested had to be referred by a physician .
One of the test facilities outside Pittsburgh reported that only about 5 % of those approved for testing actually tested positive .
That means in that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fooled physicians about 95 % of the time .
This is somewhat understandable since , in addition to the pandemic mental-set , the official symptoms of COVID-19 closely resemble those of the common flu .
Now remember that before this — up until mid-April — particularly during the February and March “ scare period , ” there simply weren ’ t tests in most cases .
So , you might ask , given the inaccuracy of diagnoses based solely on symptoms and lacking tests , how did folks know a death was actually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was even present ?
So clearly , there were — probably still are — a lot of diagnosed COVID-19 cases and deaths where no COVID-19 existed , especially during the “ scare-period ” in February and March when even the current meager testing wasn ’ t available .
But it ’ s worse than that .
Even in the cases where tests are actually given and COVID-19 is indicated , was it actually COVID-19 that caused the death ?
In his letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel , multi-credentialled German infectologist epidemiologist Dr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – – In my previous piece , “ The Rock vs. the Hard Place , ” I somewhat tongue-in-cheek suggested that if Uncle Joe was diagnosed with COVID-19 and then died in an auto crash , COVID-19 might be reported as the cause of death .
Well , not quite as gross , but this illustrates the real-life situation in the U.S. today – – – Trump-team star Dr. Brix explained why that happens – – – Why would doctors , hospitals and the CDC engage in such chicanery ?
In the previously @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Hospitals receive …up to $ 13,000 from the Government for an admission diagnosis of COVID , ” and “ if the patient is ventilated , they receive up to $ 39,000.
” “ I can guarantee you that hospital administrators are running around telling every physician and resident physician to diagnosis COVID at the first cough or sneeze , ” Dr. Brownstein suggests .
Complicating matters even further , “ hospital ” is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. How many COVID-19 sufferers died from a hospital-related incident instead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be urging staff to put that on current death certificates much ?
Further , suggests the good Doc , CDC wants a high death count so it can get increased funding from Congress .
The Government wants the same because the Government is going to need a really , really , really good excuse for destroying the U.S. economy .
Let me repeat that : “ the Government is going to need a really , really , really good excuse for destroying the U.S. economy.
” Here ’ s a read on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – – This might also explain China ’ s widely disbelieved claim of only about 3,300 COVID-19 CAUSED deaths and no new infections .
Maybe they ’ ve corrected the mistake most of the rest of the world is still making .
Just too fantastic to believe ?
It must be one of those conspriacy theories ?
Well , yes , since it ’ s clear it IS a conspiracy of sorts , even if a stupid one .
And there is even more Big Picture evidence .
First there ’ s the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shriveling computer-modeled COVID-19 U.S. death projections .
They started out at 1 to 2 million , then Dr. Fauci revealed 100,000 to 200,000 , next CDC floated 82,000 and the latest from Dr. Fauci is , “ it looks like less than 60,000.
” Will there be further incredible shrinkage ?
Time will tell .
By way of comparison , according to the CDC , as many as 62,000 U.S. flu-caused deaths may have already occured in the six months between Oct. 1 , 2019 and March 21 , 2020 .
So , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the flu ?
The really Big Picture , however , is — and will be — revealed by what epidemiologists count on , “ excess deaths.
” That is , since there is an average number of deaths on record for each year , are there more or less deaths than normal now ?
If COVID-19 is truely as wide-spread and deadly as is being claimed , the “ excess deaths ” stat should be through the roof .
Or at least bruising its head on the ceiling .
So , how are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out gracefully from this Collective Fallacy faux-pas ?
What ’ s your guess ?
One way or the other , stopping “ the pandemic ” is out the window .
According to the MSM , Fauci , Blix , etc .
at least 80 % of us will have a bout with COVID-19 and even according to the alarmists , most of us will recover .
It will likely be with us and seasonal from now on , just like the flu it is .
Vaccines , as the experts tell us , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ least a year .
Herd immunity , whether by vaccine or direct experience , seems the best answer .
So remember , Trump ’ s “ Federal Guidelines ” — State Guidelines etc .
as well — are just GUIDELINES .
Our fooled and duped public servants need to get out of our way and let those of us willing to take the risk try to “ open up America ” again .
And quickly before we lock ourselves down back to the Stone Age .
Let ’ s get on with it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government seriously ?
HERE for updates , additions , comments , and corrections .
AND , “ Like , ” “ Tweet , ” and otherwise , pass this along !
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What does COVID-19 have in common with Hurricane Harvey? It’s probably not what you think.
Which of the following politicians was right about Hurricane Harvey?
“I think it would be a good idea to take a few days off, get out of the Houston area.” –Texas Governor Abbott
Getting a bit more serious — so your body can be identified if you don’t evacuate and “get out of Houston” — there was this advice from another politician – – –
“We’re suggesting if people are going to stay here, mark their arm with a Sharpie pen with their name and Social Security number …We hate to talk about things like that … It’s not something we like to do but it’s the reality, people don’t listen.” “–Rockport Mayor Pro Tem Patrick Rios
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“Please think twice before trying to leave Houston en masse. No evacuation orders have been issued for the city.” –Houston mayor Sylvester Turner
ANSWER: None of them were right.
Do you know why?
If so, you’re well ahead of the pack!
Here’s the first clue – – –
Three days before landfall, [Hurricane] Rita bloomed into a Category 5 and tracked toward the city. City and Harris County officials told Houstonians to hit the road, even while the population of Galveston Island was still clogging the freeways. The evacuation itself wound up far more dangerous than the storm: 110 people died during the effort, while the eventual Category 4 storm killed nine. –Ike whips up waves as it steams toward Texas, Sep 12, 2008, AP
And the second clue – – –
However, despite the dangers of evacuation, if you’re in, say, a low-lying area of South Houston — perhaps within sight of Trinity Bay — with a predicted storm surge of 9 to 13 feet and maybe 40 inches of rain, you might want to consider Governor Abbott’s advice “to take a few days off, get out of the Houston area.”
And the third clue:
If you’re elsewhere in Houston — a central Houston high-rise for example — Mayor Turner’s advice to “Please think twice before trying to leave Houston en masse” makes a lot more sense. Especially in light of previous history. Hurricane Rita, as above for example.
The bottom line is, as seminal economist Ludwig von Mises, seminal quantum physicist Niels Bohr, and seminal baseball catcher Yogi Berra all agree, “Prediction is very difficult, especially of the future.” This is especially true when counting on computer simulations to make the prediction.
You can see, however, that from another perspective, both Governor Abbott and Mayor Turner were correct. That is, both leaving and staying in Houston during Hurricane Harvey made good sense. Depending on your individual circumstances.
Fortunately, despite the delusions of control still harbored by most politicians, bureaucrats and others who think we’re stupid and they must homogenize us into “one size fits all” — and always be in charge — no evacuation orders were issued. And, on the bright side, as Mayor Pro Tem Patrick Rios noted, “…people don’t listen” anyway – – - EZ Melts C for Immune ... Buy New $17.99 ($0.30 / Count) (as of 09:06 UTC - Details)
When a Spec’s liquor store opened in Houston on Friday morning, it did not have to wait long for customers: About 125 of them had lined up outside in the rain. By early afternoon, the store’s manager, Ryan Holder, estimated that about 3,000 people had passed through, filling the parking lot and then their cars with wine and not a few kegs of beer. –Hurricane Harvey Makes Landfall Near Corpus Christi, Tex. – The New York Times
The chronic problem is non-conscious application of the Collective Fallacy to inherently unequal things — and to attempt this disasterous behavior despite the Law of Universal Inequality. In this case, the unequal things are humans in the path of Hurricane Harvey and in all sorts of different locations and in unequal circumstances.
The application to the COVID-19 fiasco is pretty obvious.
Even if their general advice is good — social distancing and washing your hands are good advice, even against the flu and certainly can’t hurt. But clearly they can’t rationally dictate what States should ALL do or when they should ALL do it any more than the Texas politicos could rationally tell ALL Houston’s citizens collectively what to do in the face of Hurricane Harvey.
This guy is on the right track – – –
…we not only need to know Rt [the time-dependent reproduction number], we need to know local Rt. New York’s epidemic is vastly different than California’s and using a single number to describe them both is not useful…. –INSTAGRAM founder Kevin Systrom
As of April 17, 2020, it looks as if Mr. Trump has caught on and, inadvertantly supporting States Rights by turning COVID-19 policy over to the individual States, has so far avoided committing The Collective Fallacy.
But, why leave it up to State Governors or other elected psychopaths and liars? Instead emulate Houston mayor Sylvester Turner. “Think twice,” he suggested, and then left it to the individuals and/or groups directly involved who almost certainly know their individual circumstances better than any politician or bureaucrat — and more importantly, have their skin in the game.
Perhaps you’re thinking, “But that would kill grandpa. We need herd immunity!”
There are two ways to get “herd immunity:” Vaccine or direct experience. Vaccine is at least a year away. It’s clear “we” can’t survive a year of lock-down. Like it or not, that leaves “direct experience,” which, as we’re seeing with all those infectious undiagnosed cases out there, can’t be avoided anyway. Certainly not for a year or more.
Since by far the largest percentage of folks who actually die from COVID-19 — the ones that really do (see below) — are over 50 and/or have “pre-existing conditions,” we don’t need to “stay home to protect them,” they need to stay home to protect the economy — and all of us from a repeat of The Great Depression or worse. The 30-Minute Autoimmu... Thompson, Connor Buy New $17.99 (as of 02:51 UTC - Details)
The European spokesman’s claim — RT, Thursday, April 02, 2020 4:24 PM — that 95% of deaths come from folks over 50 isn’t so surprising since approximately half of the COVID-19 deaths so far are among folks already “staying home” anyway – – –
Saving grandpa may be a little more complicated than originally thought.
Next let’s take a little closer look at those COVID-19 figures they’ve been feeding us. For example, how were those “confirmed cases” and “confirmed deaths” actually confirmed?
On April 16, 2020, President Trump bragged that here in the U.S., because of recent deployment of point-of-treatment tests with results available in minutes instead of days, “3.5 million tests have been performed, more per-capita than even S. Korea.” That amounts to just about 1% of the U.S. population.
So, in the remaining 99% of the population, how many folks are harboring COVID-19 but, while infected, don’t know it, don’t show symptoms, or even with symptoms, don’t seek treatment?
Clearly it’s not zero and could be quite large. That means it isn’t included in the denominator of DEATH RATE = CONFIRMED DEATHS / NUMBER INFECTED x 100%.
That means that the currently imputed death rate from being infected with COVID-19, based mostly only on folks who seek diagnosis and/or are admitted to hospitals, is inflated right from the get-go.
More interestingly, how were cases and deaths confirmed before this recent testing and with results that took days? And how are they being confirmed in the rest of the world with less testing?
So let’s take a look at those diagnoses – – –
Because there’s still (mid April 2020) a shortage of tests and facilities, in addition to exhibiting serious symptoms, those being tested had to be referred by a physician.
One of the test facilities outside Pittsburgh reported that only about 5% of those approved for testing actually tested positive. That means in that case, diagnoses based on symptoms alone fooled physicians about 95% of the time. This is somewhat understandable since, in addition to the pandemic mental-set, the official symptoms of COVID-19 closely resemble those of the common flu.
Now remember that before this — up until mid-April — particularly during the February and March “scare period,” there simply weren’t tests in most cases.
So, you might ask, given the inaccuracy of diagnoses based solely on symptoms and lacking tests, how did folks know a death was actually caused by COVID-19? Or that COVID-19 was even present?
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Dr. Scott Jensen, a Minnesota physician and Republican state senator said he received a 7-page document coaching him to fill out death certificates with a COVID-19 diagnosis without a lab test to confirm the patient actually had the virus. …Dr. Jensen explained that this is not a normal procedure. …for example if the same patient had pneumonia during flu season and he didn’t have a test confirming the patient also had influenza, he would never diagnose the patient with influenza on the death certificate. –MN Senator and Dr. Reveals HHS Document Coached Him on How to Overcount COVID-19 Cases
So clearly, there were — probably still are — a lot of diagnosed COVID-19 cases and deaths where no COVID-19 existed, especially during the “scare-period” in February and March when even the current meager testing wasn’t available.
But it’s worse than that.
Even in the cases where tests are actually given and COVID-19 is indicated, was it actually COVID-19 that caused the death?
In his letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, multi-credentialled German infectologist epidemiologist Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi puts it this way – – –
“…the mistake is being made worldwide to report virus-related deaths as soon as it is established that the virus was present at the time of death — regardless of other factors. This violates a basic principle of infectiology: only when it is certain that an agent has played a significant role in the disease or death may [that] diagnosis be made.”
In my previous piece, “The Rock vs. the Hard Place,” I somewhat tongue-in-cheek suggested that if Uncle Joe was diagnosed with COVID-19 and then died in an auto crash, COVID-19 might be reported as the cause of death.
Well, not quite as gross, but this illustrates the real-life situation in the U.S. today – – –
I have a friend whose 95-year-old mother was hospitalized for COVID. On day two of the hospitalization, the patient died of a massive heart attack. Guess what the primary cause of death was listed on the death certificate? If you guessed COVID-19, you win the prize…. Because of this, COVID will be diagnosed as the cause of death far more than it should. –Dr Brownstein | Fake COVID-19 Death Numbers
Trump-team star Dr. Brix explained why that happens – – –
Dr. Birx confirmed during a COVID-19 task force briefing that a new ICD code was established to keep track of Coronavirus deaths. …there’s a new secondary code, U07.2, “for clinical or epidemiological diagnosis of COVID-19 where a laboratory confirmation is inconclusive or not available, [this is] expected to result in COVID-19 being the underlying cause more often than not,” the guidelines read. Dr. Birx told a reporter, “We’ve taken a very liberal approach to mortality.”, …”If someone dies with COVID-19, we are counting that as a COVID-19 death,” Birx said. –Dr. Birx Confirms Anyone Who Dies WITH Coronavirus, Regardless of Any Underlying Health Condition, is Being Counted as a COVID-19 Death
Why would doctors, hospitals and the CDC engage in such chicanery? In the previously referenced article, Dr. Brownstein explains that “Hospitals receive …up to $13,000 from the Government for an admission diagnosis of COVID,” and “if the patient is ventilated, they receive up to $39,000.” “I can guarantee you that hospital administrators are running around telling every physician and resident physician to diagnosis COVID at the first cough or sneeze,” Dr. Brownstein suggests. At Our Wits’ End... Woodley of Menie Yr., ... Best Price: $22.52 Buy New $20.62 (as of 07:25 UTC - Details)
Complicating matters even further, “hospital” is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. How many COVID-19 sufferers died from a hospital-related incident instead? Do you suppose hospital administrators will be urging staff to put that on current death certificates much?
Further, suggests the good Doc, CDC wants a high death count so it can get increased funding from Congress. The Government wants the same because the Government is going to need a really, really, really good excuse for destroying the U.S. economy.
Let me repeat that: “the Government is going to need a really, really, really good excuse for destroying the U.S. economy.”
Here’s a read on the extent of the deception from Italy – – –
On re-evaluation by the National Institute of Health, only 12 per cent of [Italian] death certificates have shown a direct causality from coronavirus, while 88 per cent of patients who have died have at least one pre-morbidity – many had two or three.” This means that the cause of death for COVID-19 on death certificates in Italy have been artificially inflated by 88%! –Dr Brownstein | Fake COVID-19 Death Numbers and There Still Is Good News
This might also explain China’s widely disbelieved claim of only about 3,300 COVID-19 CAUSED deaths and no new infections. Maybe they’ve corrected the mistake most of the rest of the world is still making.
Just too fantastic to believe? It must be one of those conspriacy theories? Well, yes, since it’s clear it IS a conspiracy of sorts, even if a stupid one.
And there is even more Big Picture evidence. First there’s the Incredible Shrinking Virus as some call the shriveling computer-modeled COVID-19 U.S. death projections. They started out at 1 to 2 million, then Dr. Fauci revealed 100,000 to 200,000, next CDC floated 82,000 and the latest from Dr. Fauci is, “it looks like less than 60,000.” Will there be further incredible shrinkage? Time will tell.
By way of comparison, according to the CDC, as many as 62,000 U.S. flu-caused deaths may have already occured in the six months between Oct. 1, 2019 and March 21, 2020.
So, where was the economy-destroying lockdown to stop the flu?
The really Big Picture, however, is — and will be — revealed by what epidemiologists count on, “excess deaths.”
That is, since there is an average number of deaths on record for each year, are there more or less deaths than normal now? If COVID-19 is truely as wide-spread and deadly as is being claimed, the “excess deaths” stat should be through the roof. Or at least bruising its head on the ceiling.
Is it?
So, how are the “Authorities” going to back out gracefully from this Collective Fallacy faux-pas? What’s your guess? Healing With Iodine: Y... Sircus, Mark Best Price: $14.87 Buy New $11.89 (as of 09:06 UTC - Details)
One way or the other, stopping “the pandemic” is out the window. According to the MSM, Fauci, Blix, etc. at least 80% of us will have a bout with COVID-19 and even according to the alarmists, most of us will recover. It will likely be with us and seasonal from now on, just like the flu it is.
Vaccines, as the experts tell us, won’t be here for at least a year. Herd immunity, whether by vaccine or direct experience, seems the best answer.
So remember, Trump’s “Federal Guidelines” — State Guidelines etc. as well — are just GUIDELINES.
Our fooled and duped public servants need to get out of our way and let those of us willing to take the risk try to “open up America” again. And quickly before we lock ourselves down back to the Stone Age.
Let’s get on with it!
BTW, do you still take government seriously?
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Impeach Brett Kavanaugh

Brett Kavanaugh does not deserve a place on the United States Supreme Court and should be impeached .
Why ?
No , not those sexual allegations ; unproven .
She said , he said .
Why then ?
In a word : privacy .
Our bedrock Constitutional protection from unwarranted invasions in this regard is the Fourth Amendment .
It reads as follows : “ The right of the people to be secure in their persons , houses , papers , and effects , against unreasonable searches and seizures , shall not be violated , and no Warrants shall issue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Oath or affirmation , and particularly describing the place to be searched , and the persons or things to be seized.
” Ron Paul for President ... Walter E. Block Best Price : $ 21.94 Buy New $ 25.95 In what way does Judge Kavanaugh fall foul of this eminently reasonable public security blanket ?
He supports the Patriot Act .
And what manner of beast is that , pray tell ?
Its full title is : “ Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on this is that it gives the Federal Government tools that are incompatible with the Fourth Amendment .
To wit , it short circuits the “ no Warrants ” safeguard .
Specifically , this Act greatly enhanced the ability of the Federales to interdict citizens ’ communication , while undermining the ability of the latter to engage in court challenges of these expansions .
Representative Justin Amash ( R-MI ) was the only Republican member of the House of Representatives to oppose this nomination of President Trump ’ s .
He stated “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many potential nominees with a conservative record on abortion , guns , and regulations .
The only question is will the Senate confirm one who is really bad on the # 4thAmendment , when so much is at stake in upcoming digital privacy battles.
” True , Mr. Amash can not vote on this matter since he is not a member of the Senate .
But , enquiring minds want to know if this stance of his will affect the position of his libertarian soldier-in-arms , Senator Ron Paul ( R-KY ) .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , no pinko , he , either , points out that the Patriot Act allows two members of the FBI to authorize a warrant without any by-your-leave from a judge .
The government may also demand that you not reveal to anyone else that your home and effects have been searched , not only violating the Fourth Amendment , but the First one too .
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 which created the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ( FISC ) was supposed to be limited to intelligence gathering of “ foreigners.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Brett Kavanaugh , it has been expanded to cover U.S. citizens .
Hidden History : An Exp ... Donald Jeffries Best Price : $ 9.86 Buy New $ 14.70 A word about privacy , if you please .
The Fourth Amendment , properly interpreted , limits the government , not anyone else , from invading privacy .
Individuals may still “ assault ” each other ’ s privacy .
If we could not , then the entire profession of detectives would be per se illegal .
There go Sir Arthur Conan Doyle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Philip Marlowe , Robert B. Parker ’ s Spenser , Agatha Christie ’ s Hercule Poirot , Rex Stout ’ s Nero Wolfe and Robert Crais ’ Elvis Cole and all real world counterparts .
We could not so much as look at each other without undermining privacy .
( When my kids were young they would complain “ he ’ s looking at me ; “ she ’ s looking at me ; my wife and I tried to assure them that this was not a rights violation ) .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Only the government can do this .
If a private concern does this ( you can ’ t yell “ fire ” in a crowded theater ) , they are not censoring you ; they are only insisting on upholding their private property and contractual rights .
Similarly for electronic platforms such as Google , Facebook , Amazon .
They are not censoring the likes of Alex Jones , merely refusing to associate with him .
Similarly , there are no privacy “ rights ” we can hold against other private citizens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against governmental incursions .
With Mr. Brett Kavanaugh on the high court , these rights will be undermined .
The Best of Walter E. Block

Brett Kavanaugh does not deserve a place on the United States Supreme Court and should be impeached.
Why? No, not those sexual allegations; unproven. She said, he said.
Why then? In a word: privacy.
Our bedrock Constitutional protection from unwarranted invasions in this regard is the Fourth Amendment. It reads as follows:
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”
Ron Paul for President... Walter E. Block Buy New $25.95 (as of 04:07 UTC - Details) In what way does Judge Kavanaugh fall foul of this eminently reasonable public security blanket? He supports the Patriot Act. And what manner of beast is that, pray tell? Its full title is: “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.” The bottom line on this is that it gives the Federal Government tools that are incompatible with the Fourth Amendment. To wit, it short circuits the “no Warrants” safeguard. Specifically, this Act greatly enhanced the ability of the Federales to interdict citizens’ communication, while undermining the ability of the latter to engage in court challenges of these expansions.
Representative Justin Amash (R-MI) was the only Republican member of the House of Representatives to oppose this nomination of President Trump’s. He stated “Privacy advocates must fight. There are many potential nominees with a conservative record on abortion, guns, and regulations. The only question is will the Senate confirm one who is really bad on the #4thAmendment, when so much is at stake in upcoming digital privacy battles.”
True, Mr. Amash cannot vote on this matter since he is not a member of the Senate. But, enquiring minds want to know if this stance of his will affect the position of his libertarian soldier-in-arms, Senator Ron Paul (R-KY). Hint, hint!
Judge Andrew Napolitano, no pinko, he, either, points out that the Patriot Act allows two members of the FBI to authorize a warrant without any by-your-leave from a judge. The government may also demand that you not reveal to anyone else that your home and effects have been searched, not only violating the Fourth Amendment, but the First one too.
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 which created the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) was supposed to be limited to intelligence gathering of “foreigners.” Thanks to judges of the ilk of Brett Kavanaugh, it has been expanded to cover U.S. citizens. Hidden History: An Exp... Donald Jeffries Best Price: $9.86 Buy New $14.70 (as of 04:30 UTC - Details)
A word about privacy, if you please. The Fourth Amendment, properly interpreted, limits the government, not anyone else, from invading privacy. Individuals may still “assault” each other’s privacy. If we could not, then the entire profession of detectives would be per se illegal. There go Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, Robert B. Parker’s Spenser, Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe and Robert Crais’ Elvis Cole and all real world counterparts. We could not so much as look at each other without undermining privacy. (When my kids were young they would complain “he’s looking at me; “she’s looking at me; my wife and I tried to assure them that this was not a rights violation).
This privacy business is akin to censorship. Only the government can do this. If a private concern does this (you can’t yell “fire” in a crowded theater), they are not censoring you; they are only insisting on upholding their private property and contractual rights. Similarly for electronic platforms such as Google, Facebook, Amazon. They are not censoring the likes of Alex Jones, merely refusing to associate with him. Similarly, there are no privacy “rights” we can hold against other private citizens. The Fourth Amendment protects us only against governmental incursions.
With Mr. Brett Kavanaugh on the high court, these rights will be undermined.
The Best of Walter E. Block


lewrockwell--2020-04-22--An Open Letter to Small Businesses

An Open Letter to Small Businesses

My gym – like thousands of small businesses around the country – has been out of business for more than a month now .
Not because customers aren ’ t coming – but because customers are not allowed to come .
What follows is an Open Letter to the owner of this business , urging her to resume doing business – on the theory that in a free country , people have that right and that government has no right to say otherwise .
I and many others are more than willing to take the chance we might get sick @ @ @ @ @ @ @ again .
This includes being able to work out at Crunch .
We believe in what used to be a given in America – free association .
That you – as a business owner – have the right to open your business and that we , as free Americans , have a right to choose for ourselves whether to do business with you .
We fully support the right of those who are “ at risk ” of contracting the Corona virus or the ordinary flu or the common cold or whatever they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ take whatever steps they consider appropriate to reduce their risk .
Be Ready for Anything : ... Daisy Luther Best Price : $ 10.45 Buy New $ 9.69 But we dispute their right to use force to compel others to adopt these measures for the same reason that we would object to the use of force to “ flatten the curve ” of ordinary flu , which as you may already know routinely infects millions of people each year and – according to the CDC – causes or contributes to more than 30,000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ older people – from pneumonia and so on ) .
No one is putting a gun to anyone ’ s head to work out .
No one should be putting guns to anyone ’ s head for trying to work out .
This isn ’ t merely about working out , either .
It is about freedom .
It is about living .
The “ lockdown ” – where did the government get the authority to “ lock down ” people who aren ’ t inside a prison ?
– is based on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ defined by government bureaucrats – trumps our right to live .
That “ safety ” – as defined by government bureaucrats according to their own arbitrary criteria – endows these bureaucrats with open-ended power to turn us into prisoners and ( inevitably ) paupers .
That they have the rightful power to take away our lives – based on the assertion that we might otherwise lose them .
In the manner of parents over children .
And of guards inside a prison .
If this principle is accepted it will become normalized and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is being established .
The Best of Eric Peters

My gym – like thousands of small businesses around the country – has been out of business for more than a month now. Not because customers aren’t coming – but because customers are not allowed to come.
What follows is an Open Letter to the owner of this business, urging her to resume doing business – on the theory that in a free country, people have that right and that government has no right to say otherwise.
Dear Patsy –
I and many others are more than willing to take the chance we might get sick in exchange for being able to live again.
This includes being able to work out at Crunch.
We believe in what used to be a given in America – free association. That you – as a business owner – have the right to open your business and that we, as free Americans, have a right to choose for ourselves whether to do business with you.
We fully support the right of those who are “at risk” of contracting the Corona virus or the ordinary flu or the common cold or whatever they’re “concerned” about to take whatever steps they consider appropriate to reduce their risk. Be Ready for Anything:... Daisy Luther Best Price: $10.45 Buy New $9.69 (as of 07:15 UTC - Details)
But we dispute their right to use force to compel others to adopt these measures for the same reason that we would object to the use of force to “flatten the curve” of ordinary flu, which as you may already know routinely infects millions of people each year and – according to the CDC – causes or contributes to more than 30,000 deaths every year (generally, of older people – from pneumonia and so on).
No one is putting a gun to anyone’s head to work out. No one should be putting guns to anyone’s head for trying to work out.
This isn’t merely about working out, either. It is about freedom.
It is about living.
The “lockdown” – where did the government get the authority to “lock down” people who aren’t inside a prison? – is based on the idea that existence – its parameters defined by government bureaucrats – trumps our right to live.
That “safety” – as defined by government bureaucrats according to their own arbitrary criteria – endows these bureaucrats with open-ended power to turn us into prisoners and (inevitably) paupers.
That they have the rightful power to take away our lives – based on the assertion that we might otherwise lose them. In the manner of parents over children. And of guards inside a prison.
If this principle is accepted it will become normalized and then routine.
An enormously dangerous precedent is being established.
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The Best of Eric Peters


lewrockwell--2020-04-22--Burning Down the House: the 4th Turning

Burning Down the House: the 4th Turning

Watch out you might get what you ’ re after Hold tight wait till the party ’ s over Hold tight We ’ re in for nasty weather There has got to be a way Burning down the house The risk of catastrophe is high during the climax phase of a Fourth Turning .
The John Hopkins Covid-19 Dashboard above appears to portray a global catastrophe .
We are in the midst of a catastrophe , but it isn ’ t this Chinese bio-lab virus creating the catastrophe .
The catastrophe is once again being created by the Federal Reserve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ politicians , and authoritarian bureaucrats .
We are burning down our house with formerly working Americans still inside .
The Fourth Turning : An ... Howe , Neil Best Price : $ 7.92 Buy New $ 12.04 The graphic from John Hopkins is a perfect example of globalist produced propaganda that would make Edward Bernays so proud .
There are 7.8 billion people on the planet and the Covid-19 graphic gives the impression 7.5 billion people have it .
The entire U.S. is covered in blood red , as if the country is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that narrative is entirely false .
• • .0300 % of the worldwide population has contracted the virus • .0020 % of the worldwide population has died from the virus • .2250 % of the U.S. population has contracted the virus • .0120 % of the U.S. population has died from the virus The current death rate projection in the U.S. is in the range of 65,000 .
In 2018 it was reported by the CDC that 82,000 Americans died from the flu .
Now that their scary models have proven to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are now trying to boost the death figures with no proof people died from the China flu .
Since the incompetent boobs at the CDC , who told you not to wear a face-mask in March , but now want everyone to wear a mask , still aren ’ t close to having a method for testing everyone , we know many more people have been infected by the virus with minimal or no impact .
The death rate from this nasty virus is only marginally higher than the yearly flu .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of bankers , politicians , and corporate CEOs .
The real catastrophe has been set in motion by the actions of the ruling class .
Wall Street , once again , has used this contrived crisis to pillage and screw over Main Street .
I ’ ve been documenting the progress of this Fourth Turning since its inception , with the Federal Reserve/Wall Street created global financial implosion in 2008 .
In late 2017 , I wrote an article – The Unbearable Slowness of Fourth Turnings – where I was growing impatient with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to fend off the inevitable consequences of their reckless traitorous actions taken since 2008 .
It was clear in late 2017 the ongoing conflict between Trump and the Deep State coup crew would eventually come to a head .
I concluded the seeming slowness as we approach the denouement of this once eighty-year crisis was beneficial .
That was just over two years ago .
I hope the few people who read that article prepared financially , tactically , and mentally with the time we were given , because we ’ ve now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tribulations .
There is no avoiding what is headed our way .
The mini-toilet paper panic of March will turn into a full-fledged-riots in the street panic when the Fed ’ s desperate financial flailings destroy our diseased financial organism and the food shelves in your local Piggly Wiggly are bare .
Injecting adrenaline into the veins of a patient on a respirator as their vital organs are shutting down is a treatment guaranteed to fail .
But Doctor Fed only knows one treatment , drown the world in debt , creating a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wall Street shysters have gotten the lion ’ s share of the $ 8 trillion Powell/Mnuchin bailout and are celebrating by pushing markets back towards all-time highs , as 22 million average Americans have been tossed into the gutter and hundreds of thousands of small businesses have been purposely snuffed out by this corporate fascist coup .
The tide of negativity seems to have gone out to sea and the financial wizards of debt are probably smoking cigars and drinking brandy in their penthouse enclaves , but the tsunami of consequences is just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the near future , the casualties will be immense .
My hope is the willfully ignorant finally realize the true enemy and inflict the necessary punishment on the traitorous men who have sold this country out .
My views on trust remain exactly as they were two years ago .
I despise the ruling class , constituting the financial mafia family of the Wall Street cabal and their Fed puppets , powerful corporate interests , crooked captured politicians , military industrial complex warmongers , shadowy billionaires , and Deep State surveillance state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ determine who you really can trust as we enter a period of vital decisions and harrowing danger .
I can now add anyone from the WHO or CDC to my list of people I will never trust .
I trust gas station sushi and movie theater hot dogs more than these people .
They have proven to be incompetent liars and whores servicing their political Johns .
Both organizations have been funded to the tune of tens of billions and they didn ’ t see this pandemic coming , didn ’ t prepare @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up the nature and extent of the virus , lied to the public about the benefits of masks , produced defective tests , touted death models that have proven to be entirely worthless , and to cover-up their ineptitude and deceit , they are now cooking the books to make the deaths appear higher than facts indicate .
Reinventing Collapse : ... Dmitry Orlov Best Price : $ 3.92 Buy New $ 1.99 There are now dozens of anecdotal scientific studies , plus the actual results from the non-locked down Sweden , proving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ propagandized by the establishment media and proving quarantining a country has been a disastrous solution .
Of course , it has only been a disastrous solution for you , me , and the tens of millions of other formerly working Americans trying to live our lives , raise families and navigate our way through this bastardized and financialized former republic .
It ’ s true history may not repeat , but it most certainly rhymes .
FDR ’ s famous line during his first inaugural address in 1933 – “ the only thing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” – has been substituted in 2020 with “ we need to fear an invisible virus that is not materially more lethal than the annual flu ” .
Decades of government control over every aspect of our lives , which began under FDR during the last Fourth Turning , have weakened our ability as a nation to confront challenges with strength , fortitude and common sense .
We are a nation controlled by propaganda – appealing to our emotions and feelings .
They have infantilized a vast swath of the population through government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Panic and fear are the primary tools used by our modern-day feudal overlords to maintain their wealth , power and control .
FDR used fear to inflict his New Deal upon the American people , prolonging the Great Depression , and putting us on a path towards total dependency upon government bureaucrats and corporate interests that control them .
This contrived crisis is being used as a cover for a financial collapse already in progress since the middle of 2019 .
Anyone who honestly assessed what the criminally insane central bank saviors of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2019 knew their schemes were solely meant to benefit their Wall Street benefactors and the parasites in government and business who profited from promoting the benefits of this engine of plunder .
The Fed and their corrupt cronies , as Ludwig von Mises stated many decades ago , had done nothing but delay the inevitable catastrophe which must occur after a Wall Street created orgy of debt financed consumption .
The world has been led into a global shutdown by inept , intellectual yet idiot leaders who are either incapable of critical thinking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ globalists using this faux crisis to enact their long-term goal of one world control .
It becomes clearer every day , from the patriotic commercials being run by the mega-corporations , to the left wing bullshit concert on virtually every TV station last night , to the ever increasing stock bubble , and the endless “ human interest ” hero stories about virus survivors and the overwhelmed nurses and doctors ( with enough time to do Tik Tok dance videos ) , this event is being used to further multiple agendas by multiple @ @ @ @ @ @ @ story of fire-fighters driving their fire engines to celebrate some kid ’ s birthday or hundreds of heroes not social distancing while giving themselves standing ovations , I might puke .
How come government workers aren ’ t being furloughed along with the tens of millions of non-government workers ?
The truth is 95 % of the hospitals in the country are not overwhelmed in any way .
In fact , they are underwhelmed and laying people off because their governors declared no elective procedures to prepare for something that didn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than in several hot spots .
But these power-hungry authoritarians can ’ t admit they are wrong , so businesses and medical facilities remain shut , destroying the lives of millions .
The deaths of 40,000 , 60,000 or 80,000 Americans from this virus is a human tragedy .
As are the other 2.8 million deaths which happen every year .
Their families will rightfully grieve for their souls .
Death is a sad part of life which will eventually impact every one of us .
But how many local news stations did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Americans who died from the flu in 2018 ?
Where were the concerts for them ?
Did we shut down any businesses to stop the spread of the flu ?
Did we quarantine ourselves and wear masks ?
That would have certainly reduced the 82,000 deaths .
Why now ?
Why for this virus ?
I ’ ll tell you why .
To serve the purposes of those in control of the political , financial and banking systems .
Whether you call them the invisible government ( per Edward Bernays ) , ruling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fascist elite , they are using this man made crisis to try and implement a mandatory digital currency , electronic monitoring and tracking of all citizens , imposition of restrictions on speech , assembly , and owning firearms , while eliminating competition from small businesses and permanently impoverishing the masses – enslaving them in Wall Street peddled debt .
They increase their already vast wealth to immeasurable heights , while millions of blameless Americans are forced to live under overpasses .
We are plunging towards our rendezvous with destiny .
The powers that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ phase of this overblown fake emergency .
What they have done to fend off a nasty virus is preposterous and asinine .
It ’ s like burning down a building occupied by 200 people to possibly save 1 person .
And there is no proof burning down the building actually prevented the 1 person from dying .
Ideas Have Consequence ... Richard M. Weaver , Rog ... Best Price : $ 6.84 Buy New $ 13.31 Precautions taken by individuals with the highest risk , specifically protecting those in nursing homes , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for their employees and customers , while the general population developed a herd immunity to this virus , would have resulted in a similar mortality outcome without creating a 2nd Great Depression .
Sweden has proved this was the rational course of action .
No government solutions , implemented with sledgehammers by authoritarian governors as we are experiencing today , should have been employed .
The government at all levels acts as a hammer , and we are all nails to these power hungry drones .
These dreadful missteps , whether implemented due @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , will lead to revolution , war and mass casualties , which will make this virus seem like a runny nose in comparison .
Anyone cheering the actions taken by Powell , his bald-headed psychopath prick Kashkari , and the rest of the IYI central banker cabal , reveal their true nature as greedy scum who don ’ t give a goddamn about everyday Americans trying to survive in this screwed up world .
When the markets hit new all-time highs as unemployment reaches 25 % , GDP plunges by 30 % , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ go bankrupt , suicides skyrocket , poverty levels reach Great Depression levels , and wealth inequality reaches a new all-time high , a tipping point will be reached .
Anyone with basic math skills knows the Fed ’ s blatantly criminal schemes to prop up the corpse of a cancer laden financial system will fail .
They are nothing but a delaying tactic so their benefactors can exit with their immense wealth intact .
As Strauss and Howe predicted , the coming onslaught of pain will leave the masses dazed , confused and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ still locked down by our government overlords , in the midst of a man made Great Depression , being propagandized by the media to cheer our own imprisonment , losing jobs at a rate of 5 to 6 million per week , and encouraged to report fellow citizens for not obeying the dictates of our rulers .
Hey , but at least the NASDAQ is green for the year .
So , we ’ ve got that .
The Storm Before the C ... Friedman , George Best Price : $ 22.22 Buy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ extremely angry .
Millions of Americans are well armed .
They see once again Wall Street and corporate America have been bailed out and they ’ ve been screwed over .
There are inklings of protest and defiance breaking out across the country .
This will grow larger and angrier the longer this lockdown continues .
When people lose everything they had and everything they dreamed of having , they will turn nasty .
And that ’ s when this Fourth Turning gets interesting .
It ’ s no longer a decade in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than linear thinking prognosticators believe .
All is not well on Main Street , so those beholden to Wall Street should be worried .
We are at the precipice of deciding in which direction this country shall proceed – towards an authoritarian centrally controlled surveillance state or back towards a republic where individual rights and liberties are honored and respected .
Do we bow down as slaves or stand up for freedom ?
The choice is ours .
I ’ ll conclude with the same words I concluded with two years ago .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Best of Jim Quinn

Watch out you might get what you’re after
Hold tight wait till the party’s over
Hold tight We’re in for nasty weather
There has got to be a way
Burning down the house
Talking Heads – Burning Down the House
“The risk of catastrophe will be very high. The nation could erupt into insurrection or civil violence, crack up geographically, or succumb to authoritarian rule. If there is a war, it is likely to be one of maximum risk and effort – in other words, a total war. Every Fourth Turning has registered an upward ratchet in the technology of destruction, and in mankind’s willingness to use it.” – Strauss & Howe – The Fourth Turning
The risk of catastrophe is high during the climax phase of a Fourth Turning. The John Hopkins Covid-19 Dashboard above appears to portray a global catastrophe. We are in the midst of a catastrophe, but it isn’t this Chinese bio-lab virus creating the catastrophe. The catastrophe is once again being created by the Federal Reserve, their Wall Street owners, corrupt politicians, and authoritarian bureaucrats. We are burning down our house with formerly working Americans still inside. The Fourth Turning: An... Howe, Neil Best Price: $7.92 Buy New $12.04 (as of 08:30 UTC - Details)
The graphic from John Hopkins is a perfect example of globalist produced propaganda that would make Edward Bernays so proud. There are 7.8 billion people on the planet and the Covid-19 graphic gives the impression 7.5 billion people have it. The entire U.S. is covered in blood red, as if the country is being overwhelmed in disease. Of course that narrative is entirely false.
Let’s put this over-hyped manufactured panic in perspective:
.0300% of the worldwide population has contracted the virus .0020% of the worldwide population has died from the virus .2250% of the U.S. population has contracted the virus .0120% of the U.S. population has died from the virus
The current death rate projection in the U.S. is in the range of 65,000. In 2018 it was reported by the CDC that 82,000 Americans died from the flu. Now that their scary models have proven to be worthless, the medical “experts” are now trying to boost the death figures with no proof people died from the China flu. Since the incompetent boobs at the CDC, who told you not to wear a face-mask in March, but now want everyone to wear a mask, still aren’t close to having a method for testing everyone, we know many more people have been infected by the virus with minimal or no impact.
The death rate from this nasty virus is only marginally higher than the yearly flu. But the fear mongering has served the purposes of bankers, politicians, and corporate CEOs. The real catastrophe has been set in motion by the actions of the ruling class. Wall Street, once again, has used this contrived crisis to pillage and screw over Main Street.
I’ve been documenting the progress of this Fourth Turning since its inception, with the Federal Reserve/Wall Street created global financial implosion in 2008. In late 2017, I wrote an article – The Unbearable Slowness of Fourth Turnings – where I was growing impatient with the seeming ability of the ruling establishment to fend off the inevitable consequences of their reckless traitorous actions taken since 2008. It was clear in late 2017 the ongoing conflict between Trump and the Deep State coup crew would eventually come to a head. I concluded the seeming slowness as we approach the denouement of this once eighty-year crisis was beneficial.
This is no time for apathy and complacency. For those who grasp generational theory and the cycles of history, the seemingly unbearable slowness of this Fourth Turning is actually a blessing. The slowness allows more time to prepare. If you haven’t prepared for the coming saecular winter, time is growing short. The skies are darkening. Our rendezvous with destiny awaits.
That was just over two years ago. I hope the few people who read that article prepared financially, tactically, and mentally with the time we were given, because we’ve now entered the dark days of trials and tribulations. There is no avoiding what is headed our way. The mini-toilet paper panic of March will turn into a full-fledged-riots in the street panic when the Fed’s desperate financial flailings destroy our diseased financial organism and the food shelves in your local Piggly Wiggly are bare. Injecting adrenaline into the veins of a patient on a respirator as their vital organs are shutting down is a treatment guaranteed to fail.
But Doctor Fed only knows one treatment, drown the world in debt, creating a tsunami of liquidity. So, the Wall Street shysters have gotten the lion’s share of the $8 trillion Powell/Mnuchin bailout and are celebrating by pushing markets back towards all-time highs, as 22 million average Americans have been tossed into the gutter and hundreds of thousands of small businesses have been purposely snuffed out by this corporate fascist coup.
The tide of negativity seems to have gone out to sea and the financial wizards of debt are probably smoking cigars and drinking brandy in their penthouse enclaves, but the tsunami of consequences is just growing ever larger and when it hits in the near future, the casualties will be immense. My hope is the willfully ignorant finally realize the true enemy and inflict the necessary punishment on the traitorous men who have sold this country out.
My views on trust remain exactly as they were two years ago. I despise the ruling class, constituting the financial mafia family of the Wall Street cabal and their Fed puppets, powerful corporate interests, crooked captured politicians, military industrial complex warmongers, shadowy billionaires, and Deep State surveillance state operatives. Now is the time to determine who you really can trust as we enter a period of vital decisions and harrowing danger.
I do not trust my government. I do not trust the puppet politician front men for the Deep State. I do not trust the mega-corporations who dominate our economy. I do not trust central bankers and their Wall Street owners. I do not trust the fake news corporate media. I do not trust the military industrial complex. I do not trust the leaders of organized religion. I trust my own instincts, reasoning ability, and critical thinking skills. I trust my immediate family members. I trust some of my neighbors. I trust more of the people I’ve met through my blog than I’ve met face to face. I trust normal people living normal lives across this once great country. I trust the people who distrust the people and things I distrust. As events spiral out of control, we will need to pick and choose our friends carefully.
I can now add anyone from the WHO or CDC to my list of people I will never trust. I trust gas station sushi and movie theater hot dogs more than these people. They have proven to be incompetent liars and whores servicing their political Johns. Both organizations have been funded to the tune of tens of billions and they didn’t see this pandemic coming, didn’t prepare for an entirely predictable event, covered up the nature and extent of the virus, lied to the public about the benefits of masks, produced defective tests, touted death models that have proven to be entirely worthless, and to cover-up their ineptitude and deceit, they are now cooking the books to make the deaths appear higher than facts indicate. Reinventing Collapse: ... Dmitry Orlov Best Price: $3.92 Buy New $1.99 (as of 10:45 UTC - Details)
There are now dozens of anecdotal scientific studies, plus the actual results from the non-locked down Sweden, proving the mortality rate is far lower than propagandized by the establishment media and proving quarantining a country has been a disastrous solution.
Of course, it has only been a disastrous solution for you, me, and the tens of millions of other formerly working Americans trying to live our lives, raise families and navigate our way through this bastardized and financialized former republic. It’s true history may not repeat, but it most certainly rhymes. FDR’s famous line during his first inaugural address in 1933 – “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself” – has been substituted in 2020 with “we need to fear an invisible virus that is not materially more lethal than the annual flu”.
Decades of government control over every aspect of our lives, which began under FDR during the last Fourth Turning, have weakened our ability as a nation to confront challenges with strength, fortitude and common sense. We are a nation controlled by propaganda – appealing to our emotions and feelings. They have infantilized a vast swath of the population through government school indoctrination and decades of propaganda. Panic and fear are the primary tools used by our modern-day feudal overlords to maintain their wealth, power and control.
FDR used fear to inflict his New Deal upon the American people, prolonging the Great Depression, and putting us on a path towards total dependency upon government bureaucrats and corporate interests that control them. This contrived crisis is being used as a cover for a financial collapse already in progress since the middle of 2019.
Anyone who honestly assessed what the criminally insane central bank saviors of crony capitalism had done from 2009 through 2019 knew their schemes were solely meant to benefit their Wall Street benefactors and the parasites in government and business who profited from promoting the benefits of this engine of plunder. The Fed and their corrupt cronies, as Ludwig von Mises stated many decades ago, had done nothing but delay the inevitable catastrophe which must occur after a Wall Street created orgy of debt financed consumption.
“There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as the result of voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion, or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved.” – Ludwig von Mises
The world has been led into a global shutdown by inept, intellectual yet idiot leaders who are either incapable of critical thinking or are on the take from the globalists using this faux crisis to enact their long-term goal of one world control. It becomes clearer every day, from the patriotic commercials being run by the mega-corporations, to the left wing bullshit concert on virtually every TV station last night, to the ever increasing stock bubble, and the endless “human interest” hero stories about virus survivors and the overwhelmed nurses and doctors (with enough time to do Tik Tok dance videos), this event is being used to further multiple agendas by multiple bad actors.
If I see another story of fire-fighters driving their fire engines to celebrate some kid’s birthday or hundreds of heroes not social distancing while giving themselves standing ovations, I might puke. How come government workers aren’t being furloughed along with the tens of millions of non-government workers? The truth is 95% of the hospitals in the country are not overwhelmed in any way. In fact, they are underwhelmed and laying people off because their governors declared no elective procedures to prepare for something that didn’t happen and will not happen, other than in several hot spots.
But these power-hungry authoritarians can’t admit they are wrong, so businesses and medical facilities remain shut, destroying the lives of millions. The deaths of 40,000, 60,000 or 80,000 Americans from this virus is a human tragedy. As are the other 2.8 million deaths which happen every year. Their families will rightfully grieve for their souls. Death is a sad part of life which will eventually impact every one of us.
But how many local news stations did 5 stories per night about the 82,000 Americans who died from the flu in 2018? Where were the concerts for them? Did we shut down any businesses to stop the spread of the flu? Did we quarantine ourselves and wear masks? That would have certainly reduced the 82,000 deaths. Why now? Why for this virus? I’ll tell you why. To serve the purposes of those in control of the political, financial and banking systems.
Whether you call them the invisible government (per Edward Bernays), ruling oligarchs, Deep State, or corporate fascist elite, they are using this man made crisis to try and implement a mandatory digital currency, electronic monitoring and tracking of all citizens, imposition of restrictions on speech, assembly, and owning firearms, while eliminating competition from small businesses and permanently impoverishing the masses – enslaving them in Wall Street peddled debt. They increase their already vast wealth to immeasurable heights, while millions of blameless Americans are forced to live under overpasses.
We are plunging towards our rendezvous with destiny. The powers that be will shortly be in the cover-up phase of this overblown fake emergency. What they have done to fend off a nasty virus is preposterous and asinine. It’s like burning down a building occupied by 200 people to possibly save 1 person. And there is no proof burning down the building actually prevented the 1 person from dying.
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“Human stupidity is more infectious than any other disease.” – Richard Feynman
These dreadful missteps, whether implemented due to stupidity, malice, or purposefully, will lead to revolution, war and mass casualties, which will make this virus seem like a runny nose in comparison. Anyone cheering the actions taken by Powell, his bald-headed psychopath prick Kashkari, and the rest of the IYI central banker cabal, reveal their true nature as greedy scum who don’t give a goddamn about everyday Americans trying to survive in this screwed up world.
When the markets hit new all-time highs as unemployment reaches 25%, GDP plunges by 30%, hundreds of thousands of small business owners go bankrupt, suicides skyrocket, poverty levels reach Great Depression levels, and wealth inequality reaches a new all-time high, a tipping point will be reached. Anyone with basic math skills knows the Fed’s blatantly criminal schemes to prop up the corpse of a cancer laden financial system will fail. They are nothing but a delaying tactic so their benefactors can exit with their immense wealth intact. As Strauss and Howe predicted, the coming onslaught of pain will leave the masses dazed, confused and angry.
“But as the Crisis mood congeals, people will come to the jarring realization that they have grown helplessly dependent on a teetering edifice of anonymous transactions and paper guarantees. Many Americans won’t know where their savings are, who their employer is, what their pension is, or how their government works. The era will have left the financial world arbitraged and tentacled: Debtors won’t know who holds their notes, homeowners who owns their mortgages, and shareholders who runs their equities—and vice versa.” – Strauss & Howe – The Fourth Turning
So here we are, still locked down by our government overlords, in the midst of a man made Great Depression, being propagandized by the media to cheer our own imprisonment, losing jobs at a rate of 5 to 6 million per week, and encouraged to report fellow citizens for not obeying the dictates of our rulers. Hey, but at least the NASDAQ is green for the year. So, we’ve got that. The Storm Before the C... Friedman, George Best Price: $22.22 Buy New $18.90 (as of 03:06 UTC - Details)
Millions of Americans are extremely angry. Millions of Americans are well armed. They see once again Wall Street and corporate America have been bailed out and they’ve been screwed over. There are inklings of protest and defiance breaking out across the country. This will grow larger and angrier the longer this lockdown continues. When people lose everything they had and everything they dreamed of having, they will turn nasty. And that’s when this Fourth Turning gets interesting.
It’s no longer a decade in the future. It will happen sooner than linear thinking prognosticators believe. All is not well on Main Street, so those beholden to Wall Street should be worried. We are at the precipice of deciding in which direction this country shall proceed – towards an authoritarian centrally controlled surveillance state or back towards a republic where individual rights and liberties are honored and respected. Do we bow down as slaves or stand up for freedom? The choice is ours. I’ll conclude with the same words I concluded with two years ago.
There are no guarantees or certainties regarding what happens over the remaining decade or so of this Fourth Turning. Don’t believe God will exempt our empire from the tragedies that have befallen past empires. Debasement and total ruin are not inconsequential possibilities. Hubris, arrogance, decadence, and debt have devastated previous global empires and are present today in copious quantities as the American Empire enters its critical threshold of national survival. There are a myriad of internal and external competing forces which threaten both the status quo and very existence of our nation.

Reprinted with permission from The Burning Platform.
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lewrockwell--2020-04-22--Finally: A Study on the SARS-Cov-2 Virus in a Specific County Whether People Had Symptoms or Not

Posted on the Internet yesterday is a study dated 11 April 2020 that finally addresses a type of investigation avoided by the energetic creators of hype and fear on television and elsewhere about an illness resulting from a virus called SARS-CoV-2 .
Using a sample from Santa Clara County , California , home of Stanford University , the study tested the blood of 3,330 people , using a new testing technique to look for antibodies that are expected to exist if the virus has been inside a person , whether they had any symptoms or not .
In this case @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the attempt is made to extend the observed results to the population of a specific area , to try to figure out how many people in the area had the virus in them at some point , even if they have shown no symptoms .
Then — using the population of the area , the statistical number of persons who had been exposed , the number who are thought to have the virus by other testing and clinical observation , and the number whose death was caused by the virus ( a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be developed .
This use of statistical sampling can try to describe reality in a more correct way than the so-called “ mathematical models ” promoted in the media that whipped up hysteria about the virus , and those models could politely be called wild speculation .
The models were used to justify draconian and illegal orders by governors and mayors that destroyed incomes , closed businesses , and did not accurately and constructively address the problems that may be caused by the virus .
Performacide ~ Disinfe ... Buy New $ 34.99 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many people have developed antibodies and are still alive , whether having had symptoms or not , you can begin to see the status and effect of the virus .
Furthermore , people who have naturally developed antibodies have usually become immune .
You can also calculate the fatality rate of the virus in a better way .
One of the authors of the study is John P.A .
Ioannidis , who is a professor at the Stanford University Medical School [ 1 ] .
He kicked up some controversy in an article @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus was escalating by saying , “ The data collected so far on how many people are infected and how the epidemic is evolving are utterly unreliable ” [ 2 ] .
Santa Clara County , California , is said to have a population of about 1,943,411 .
The study estimated that between 48,000 and 81,000 people had been infected there .
And , “ The reported number of confirmed positive cases in the county on April 1 was 956 , 50-85-fold lower than the number of infections predicted by this study ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , an estimate was made about a fatality rate ( page 7 ) – “ If our estimates of 48,000-81,000 infections represent the cumulative total on April 1 , and we project deaths to April 22 ( a 3 week lag from time of infection to death [ reference note 22 ] ) , we estimate about 100 deaths in the county .
A hundred deaths out of 48,000-81,000 infections corresponds to an infection fatality rate of 0.12-0.2 % .
If antibodies take longer than 3 days to appear , if the average @ @ @ @ @ @ @ less than 3 weeks , or if the epidemic wave has peaked and growth in deaths is less than 6 % daily , then the infection fatality rate would be lower .
These straightforward estimations of infection fatality rate fail to account for age structure and changing treatment approaches to COVID-19 .
Nevertheless , our prevalence estimates can be used to update existing fatality rates given the large upwards revision of under-ascertainment ” .
Dr. Ioannidis has said that the death/fatality rate for seasonal influenza is about 0.10 percent .
Thus , if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fatality rate for COVID-19 is similar to a flu season , at least in that part of California .
Shindn UV Indoor Disin ... Buy New $ 66.00 ( $ 66.00 / Count ) The text of the study is eight pages long , before the references and graphics .
It has detail like a study of its type should .
As in all statistical studies , there are side issues , such as how complete and representative the sample of persons is , how valid the testing method and statistics used @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a new testing technique was used that has not yet been approved by the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) , but the article describes how the test kit was tested for the study .
Even though it contains some statistical terminology , the study is worth reading–here and here .
A respected scientist in Germany became so frustrated with the lack of scientific discussion about the virus and the restrictions imposed in the country , that he wrote an open letter to the Chancellor of Germany and discussed it in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bhakdi states that he is a microbiologist and infectious disease epidemiologist who for 22 years was chairman of the Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene at Mainz University , where he researched the pathogenesis , diagnosis , and therapy of infectious diseases .
He presents five questions .
Dr. Bhakti speaks in German , but if you click on the “ cc ” button at the bottom of the video display area , it will show some subtitles in English .
In his video , Dr. Bhakdi says that two years ago there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a very large number for that country ) , and no stringent preventive measures were implemented at all .
Germany ’ s population is around 80 million .
The U.S. population is estimated to be around 330 million .
Around the second week of March , the situation here about the virus changed into one of bureaucratic , media , political , and financial interests .
The presentation in mass media has shifted into a version of agitating propaganda ( agitprop ) .
Politicians and bureaucracies do not want to admit they made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Because mayors and governors jumped to conclusions and issued unnecessary and destructive orders , they are now stuck , and do not want to cancel their decisions that destroyed incomes and harmed the well-being of people .
I tried to figure out unemployment insurance claim numbers , but charts by the federal Department of Labor are unclear and numbers in similar categories do not match .
And of course unemployment insurance claims are less than the number of people who have lost income , business , and work .
[ 2 ] Article @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 17 March 2020 .
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Posted on the Internet yesterday is a study dated 11 April 2020 that finally addresses a type of investigation avoided by the energetic creators of hype and fear on television and elsewhere about an illness resulting from a virus called SARS-CoV-2. Using a sample from Santa Clara County, California, home of Stanford University, the study tested the blood of 3,330 people, using a new testing technique to look for antibodies that are expected to exist if the virus has been inside a person, whether they had any symptoms or not.
In this case, by using the math of statistics, the attempt is made to extend the observed results to the population of a specific area, to try to figure out how many people in the area had the virus in them at some point, even if they have shown no symptoms. Then — using the population of the area, the statistical number of persons who had been exposed, the number who are thought to have the virus by other testing and clinical observation, and the number whose death was caused by the virus (a difficult determination) — better opinions can be developed. This use of statistical sampling can try to describe reality in a more correct way than the so-called “mathematical models” promoted in the media that whipped up hysteria about the virus, and those models could politely be called wild speculation. The models were used to justify draconian and illegal orders by governors and mayors that destroyed incomes, closed businesses, and did not accurately and constructively address the problems that may be caused by the virus.
Performacide ~ Disinfe... Buy New $34.99 (as of 03:14 UTC - Details) When you have an idea about how many people have developed antibodies and are still alive, whether having had symptoms or not, you can begin to see the status and effect of the virus. Furthermore, people who have naturally developed antibodies have usually become immune. You can also calculate the fatality rate of the virus in a better way.
One of the authors of the study is John P.A. Ioannidis, who is a professor at the Stanford University Medical School [1]. He kicked up some controversy in an article in March when the hype about the virus was escalating by saying, “The data collected so far on how many people are infected and how the epidemic is evolving are utterly unreliable” [2].
Santa Clara County, California, is said to have a population of about 1,943,411. The study estimated that between 48,000 and 81,000 people had been infected there. And, “The reported number of confirmed positive cases in the county on April 1 was 956, 50-85-fold lower than the number of infections predicted by this study”. Using the results from the sample, an estimate was made about a fatality rate (page 7)–
“If our estimates of 48,000-81,000 infections represent the cumulative total on April 1, and we project deaths to April 22 (a 3 week lag from time of infection to death [reference note 22]), we estimate about 100 deaths in the county. A hundred deaths out of 48,000-81,000 infections corresponds to an infection fatality rate of 0.12-0.2%. If antibodies take longer than 3 days to appear, if the average duration from case identification to death is less than 3 weeks, or if the epidemic wave has peaked and growth in deaths is less than 6% daily, then the infection fatality rate would be lower. These straightforward estimations of infection fatality rate fail to account for age structure and changing treatment approaches to COVID-19. Nevertheless, our prevalence estimates can be used to update existing fatality rates given the large upwards revision of under-ascertainment”.
Dr. Ioannidis has said that the death/fatality rate for seasonal influenza is about 0.10 percent. Thus, if this study presents the situation realistically, the fatality rate for COVID-19 is similar to a flu season, at least in that part of California. Shindn UV Indoor Disin... Buy New $66.00 ($66.00 / Count) (as of 04:25 UTC - Details)
The text of the study is eight pages long, before the references and graphics. It has detail like a study of its type should. As in all statistical studies, there are side issues, such as how complete and representative the sample of persons is, how valid the testing method and statistics used are, etc. In this one a new testing technique was used that has not yet been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), but the article describes how the test kit was tested for the study. Even though it contains some statistical terminology, the study is worth reading–here and here.
A respected scientist in Germany became so frustrated with the lack of scientific discussion about the virus and the restrictions imposed in the country, that he wrote an open letter to the Chancellor of Germany and discussed it in a video on 29 March. Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi states that he is a microbiologist and infectious disease epidemiologist who for 22 years was chairman of the Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene at Mainz University, where he researched the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and therapy of infectious diseases. He presents five questions. Dr. Bhakti speaks in German, but if you click on the “cc” button at the bottom of the video display area, it will show some subtitles in English.

In his video, Dr. Bhakdi says that two years ago there were 20,000 flu deaths in Germany (a very large number for that country), and no stringent preventive measures were implemented at all. Germany’s population is around 80 million. The U.S. population is estimated to be around 330 million.
Around the second week of March, the situation here about the virus changed into one of bureaucratic, media, political, and financial interests. The presentation in mass media has shifted into a version of agitating propaganda (agitprop). Politicians and bureaucracies do not want to admit they made a mistake or did something wrong. Because mayors and governors jumped to conclusions and issued unnecessary and destructive orders, they are now stuck, and do not want to cancel their decisions that destroyed incomes and harmed the well-being of people. I tried to figure out unemployment insurance claim numbers, but charts by the federal Department of Labor are unclear and numbers in similar categories do not match. And of course unemployment insurance claims are less than the number of people who have lost income, business, and work.
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[1] https://profiles.stanford.edu/john-ioannidis
[2] Article on the statnews.com website by John Ioannidis, 17 March 2020.
Reprinted with the author’s permission.
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