lewrockwell--2020-04-18--New Study: The Flu Vaccine Is ‘Significantly Associated’ With an Increased Risk of Coronavirus

On March 12th , 2020 , Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta held a global town hall on “ Corona Facts and Fears.
” During the discussion , Anderson encouraged the audience to get a flu shot , suggesting that it may help with the coronavirus .
Is this true ?
Greg .
G Wolff , an Epidemiologist with the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch recently published a study in the Journal Vaccine titled , Influenza vaccination and respiratory virus interference among Department of Defense personnel during the 2017–2018 influenza season .
The study examined virus interference in a Department @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the increased risk of other respiratory viruses as a result of , in this case , the influenza vaccine .
The study found that virus interference varied among vaccinated individuals for individual respiratory viruses , and found that for coronavirus in particular , in this study , those who had been vaccinated with the flu vaccine had a 36 percent higher risk of contracting it The study compared the vaccination status of more than two thousand people with non-influenza respiratory viruses to more than three thousand people with pan-negative results .
The vaccination @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of influenza were compared to three different control groups , and appropriate adjustments were made .
America ’ s Forgot ... Crosby , Alfred W. Buy New $ 18.49 The study points out that recently published studies have “ described the phenomenon of vaccine-associated virus interference ; that is , vaccinated individuals may be at increased risk for other respiratory viruses because they do not receive the non-specific immunity associated with natural infection.
” It goes on to emphasize that “ There has been limited evidence that the influenza vaccine may actually be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Other studies have found no association between influenza vaccination and increased respiratory virus risk.
” So , it ’ s important to mention that other studies have found no association between the flu vaccine and an increased risk for other respiratory viruses , but when looking specifically at coronavirus , Wolff ’ s study found that “ Vaccine derived virus interference was significantly associated with coronavirus and human metapneumovirus ; however , significant protection with vaccination was associated not only with most influenza viruses , but also parainfluenza , RSV , and non-influenza @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and lower respiratory disease in all ages .
It ’ s also important to mention that out of the 6120 people in the study with respiratory viruses other than influenza , those who received an influenza vaccine actually had a decreased risk of having other respiratory pathogens compared to the unvaccinated group .
Again , it ’ s important to be specific with what respiratory pathogens one may have an increased risk of contracting as a result of being vaccinated against influenza .
This is why for some pathogens , no increased risk @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a decreased risk was observed .
But again , specifically for coronavirus , a significant increased risk was observed .
When it comes to coronavirus and human metapneumovirus , the data in this study showed an increased risk of contraction within vaccinated individuals to be 36 percent greater .
Good Intentions : How B ... Nussbaum , Bruce Best Price : $ 42.79 But overall , the results showed “ little to no evidence supporting the association of virus interference and influenza vaccination.
” When it comes to children , a study published @ @ @ @ @ @ @ found that “ Among children there was an increase in the hazard of ARI ( acute respiratory illness ) caused by non-influenza respiratory pathogens post-influenza vaccination compared to unvaccinated children during the same period…Patient perceptions of illness following influenza vaccination may be supported.
” The Department of Defense has a Global Respiratory Pathogen Surveillance Program ( DoDGRS ) , it ’ s a DoD-wide program established by the Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System ( GEIS ) .
This is how Wolff was able to gather all of his data with regards @ @ @ @ @ @ @ influenza virus , and what other illnesses they experienced .
The Defense Health Agency/Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch – Air Force Satellite Cell ( DHA/AFHSB – AF ) and United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine ( USAFSAM ) also provided access to the data .
Deadly Medicines and O ... Peter Gotzsche Best Price : $ 38.43 Buy New $ 33.29 According to the study above , “ significant protection with vaccination was associated not only with most influenza viruses , but also parainfluenza , RSV , and non-influenza virus coinfections.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the benefits of influenza and suggests it ’ s effective .
It also sites multiple studies that show it ’ s effective as well .
But there is conflicting research when it comes to the flu vaccine and its effectiveness against influenza .
For example , Dr. Peter Doshi is an associate editor at The BMJ ( British Medical Journal ) and also an assistant professor of pharmaceutical health services research at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy , published a paper in The BMJ titled “ Influenza : Marketing Vaccines By @ @ @ @ @ @ @ points out that the CDC pledges “ to base all public health decisions on the highest quality of scientific data , openly and objectively derived , ” and how this isn ’ t the case when it comes to the flu vaccine and its marketing .
He stresses that “ the vaccine may be less beneficial and less safe than has been claimed , and that “ the threat of influenza seems to be overstated.
” He goes on to state : But perhaps the cleverest aspect of the influenza marketing strategy surrounds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ influenza ” are the same .
The distinction seems subtle , and purely semantic .
But general lack of awareness of the difference might be the primary reason few people realize that even the ideal influenza vaccine , matched perfectly to circulating strains of wild influenza and capable of stopping all influenza viruses , can only deal with a small part of the “ flu ” problem because most “ flu ” appears to have nothing to do with influenza .
Every year , hundreds of thousands of respiratory specimens are tested @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , on average 16 % are found to be influenza positive .
( fig 2 ) .⇓ All influenza is “ flu , ” but only one in six “ flus ” might be influenza .
It ’ s no wonder so many people feel that “ flu shots ” don ’ t work : for most flus , they can ’ t .
Dr. Alvin Moss , MD and professor at the West Virginia University School of Medicine emphasizes in this video : Human Diversity : The B ... Murray , Charles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 28.58 The flu vaccine happens to be the vaccine that causes the most injury in this country .
The vaccine injury compensation program , 40 percent of all vaccinations in this country are flu shots , but 60 percent of all the compensations are for the flu vaccine .
So a disproportionate number of vaccine related injuries are the flu shot .
I think many of you it ’ s been recommended to you that you get the flu shot , I don ’ t know if you ’ re aware of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , that every year they look at vaccine effectiveness , for this particular year the vaccine effectiveness is 48 percent , so that means it ’ s not highly effective .
It ’ s not even all that effective , if you look at the scientific literature…the evidence to support giving the flu vaccine is moderate to weak .
It is not strong evidence .
They say the evidence to support giving the flu vaccine to people over the age of 65 is not there , it ’ s inconclusive .
So a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been told as Americans about vaccinations are not really based on the science .
( source ) The National Childhood Vaccine Injury ( NCVIA ) has already paid out approximately $ 4 billion to compensate families of vaccine injured children .
As astronomical as the monetary awards are , they ’ re even more alarming considering HHS claims that only an estimated 1 % of vaccine injuries are even reported to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System ( VAERS ) .
Something to think about .
The information in this article shows that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ question , and that the science on vaccine safety is not ‘ settled.
’ We must ask ourselves , why are there terms like ‘ anti-vax ’ and why does big media constantly try to ridicule any information that paints vaccines in a concerning light ?
Surely the questioning of vaccine safety is in the best interest of all parties involved ?
At the end of the day , it ’ s not about who is right and who is wrong , and it ’ s not about one side or the other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a peaceful manner and understanding the concerns that are being raised , and dealing with them , addressing , and responding to them appropriately .
We can not hold hate in our own being if we want to rid the world of it , and we can not use ridicule and judgement against , otherwise we are simply perpetuating what we are trying to get rid of .
Operating from a place of peace is essential , it helps to see things in a clearer way , and it ’ s something @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all parties involved , whether you support vaccination or do not .

On March 12th, 2020, Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta held a global town hall on “Corona Facts and Fears.” During the discussion, Anderson encouraged the audience to get a flu shot, suggesting that it may help with the coronavirus. Is this true?
Greg. G Wolff, an Epidemiologist with the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch recently published a study in the Journal Vaccine titled, Influenza vaccination and respiratory virus interference among Department of Defense personnel during the 2017–2018 influenza season. The study examined virus interference in a Department of Defense population, this refers to the increased risk of other respiratory viruses as a result of, in this case, the influenza vaccine. The study found that virus interference varied among vaccinated individuals for individual respiratory viruses, and found that for coronavirus in particular, in this study, those who had been vaccinated with the flu vaccine had a 36 percent higher risk of contracting it
The study compared the vaccination status of more than two thousand people with non-influenza respiratory viruses to more than three thousand people with pan-negative results. The vaccination status of more than three thousand cases of influenza were compared to three different control groups, and appropriate adjustments were made. America’s Forgot... Crosby, Alfred W. Buy New $18.49 (as of 05:11 UTC - Details)
The study points out that recently published studies have “described the phenomenon of vaccine-associated virus interference; that is, vaccinated individuals may be at increased risk for other respiratory viruses because they do not receive the non-specific immunity associated with natural infection.” It goes on to emphasize that “There has been limited evidence that the influenza vaccine may actually be associated with the virus interference process. Other studies have found no association between influenza vaccination and increased respiratory virus risk.”
So, it’s important to mention that other studies have found no association between the flu vaccine and an increased risk for other respiratory viruses, but when looking specifically at coronavirus, Wolff’s study found that “Vaccine derived virus interference was significantly associated with coronavirus and human metapneumovirus; however, significant protection with vaccination was associated not only with most influenza viruses, but also parainfluenza, RSV, and non-influenza virus coinfections.”
Metapneumovirus causes both upper and lower respiratory disease in all ages.
It’s also important to mention that out of the 6120 people in the study with respiratory viruses other than influenza, those who received an influenza vaccine actually had a decreased risk of having other respiratory pathogens compared to the unvaccinated group. Again, it’s important to be specific with what respiratory pathogens one may have an increased risk of contracting as a result of being vaccinated against influenza. This is why for some pathogens, no increased risk was observed, and in some cases a decreased risk was observed. But again, specifically for coronavirus, a significant increased risk was observed.
When it comes to coronavirus and human metapneumovirus, the data in this study showed an increased risk of contraction within vaccinated individuals to be 36 percent greater. Good Intentions: How B... Nussbaum, Bruce Best Price: $42.79 (as of 05:07 UTC - Details)
The laboratory data in our study showed increased odds of coronavirus and human metapneumovirus in individuals receiving influenza vaccination…In our disease specific investigation, virus interference trends were noticed for coronavirus and human metapneumovirus…Examining non-influenza viruses specifically, the odds of both coronavirus and human metapneumovirus in vaccinated individuals were significantly higher when compared to unvaccinated individuals (OR = 1.36 and 1.51, respectively)
The study concluded that:
Receipt of influenza vaccination was not associated with virus interference among our population. Examining virus interference by specific respiratory viruses showed mixed results. Vaccine derived virus interference was significantly associated with coronavirus and human metapneumovirus; however, significant protection with vaccination was associated not only with most influenza viruses, but also parainfluenza, RSV, and non-influenza virus coinfections.
But overall, the results showed “little to no evidence supporting the association of virus interference and influenza vaccination.”
When it comes to children, a study published in the same journal, Vaccine, found that“Among children there was an increase in the hazard of ARI (acute respiratory illness) caused by non-influenza respiratory pathogens post-influenza vaccination compared to unvaccinated children during the same period…Patient perceptions of illness following influenza vaccination may be supported.”
The Department of Defense has a Global Respiratory Pathogen Surveillance Program (DoDGRS), it’s a DoD-wide program established by the Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (GEIS). This is how Wolff was able to gather all of his data with regards to who had been vaccinated with the influenza virus, and what other illnesses they experienced. The Defense Health Agency/Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch – Air Force Satellite Cell (DHA/AFHSB – AF) and United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM) also provided access to the data. Deadly Medicines and O... Peter Gotzsche Best Price: $38.43 Buy New $33.29 (as of 07:20 UTC - Details)
Further Thoughts About Flu Vaccination
According to the study above, “significant protection with vaccination was associated not only with most influenza viruses, but also parainfluenza, RSV, and non-influenza virus coinfections.” So, it does point out the benefits of influenza and suggests it’s effective. It also sites multiple studies that show it’s effective as well.
But there is conflicting research when it comes to the flu vaccine and its effectiveness against influenza. For example, Dr. Peter Doshi is an associate editor at The BMJ (British Medical Journal) and also an assistant professor of pharmaceutical health services research at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, published a paper in The BMJ titled “Influenza: Marketing Vaccines By Marketing Disease.” In it, he points out that the CDC pledges “to base all public health decisions on the highest quality of scientific data, openly and objectively derived,” and how this isn’t the case when it comes to the flu vaccine and its marketing. He stresses that “the vaccine may be less beneficial and less safe than has been claimed, and that “the threat of influenza seems to be overstated.”
He goes on to state:
But perhaps the cleverest aspect of the influenza marketing strategy surrounds the claim that “flu” and “influenza” are the same. The distinction seems subtle, and purely semantic. But general lack of awareness of the difference might be the primary reason few people realize that even the ideal influenza vaccine, matched perfectly to circulating strains of wild influenza and capable of stopping all influenza viruses, can only deal with a small part of the “flu” problem because most “flu” appears to have nothing to do with influenza. Every year, hundreds of thousands of respiratory specimens are tested across the US. Of those tested, on average 16% are found to be influenza positive. (fig 2).⇓ All influenza is “flu,” but only one in six “flus” might be influenza. It’s no wonder so many people feel that “flu shots” don’t work: for most flus, they can’t.
Dr. Alvin Moss, MD and professor at the West Virginia University School of Medicine emphasizes in this video: Human Diversity: The B... Murray, Charles Best Price: $26.84 Buy New $28.58 (as of 05:11 UTC - Details)
The flu vaccine happens to be the vaccine that causes the most injury in this country. The vaccine injury compensation program, 40 percent of all vaccinations in this country are flu shots, but 60 percent of all the compensations are for the flu vaccine. So a disproportionate number of vaccine related injuries are the flu shot. I think many of you it’s been recommended to you that you get the flu shot, I don’t know if you’re aware of the fact, the CDC statistics are, that every year they look at vaccine effectiveness, for this particular year the vaccine effectiveness is 48 percent, so that means it’s not highly effective. It’s not even all that effective, if you look at the scientific literature…the evidence to support giving the flu vaccine is moderate to weak. It is not strong evidence. They say the evidence to support giving the flu vaccine to people over the age of 65 is not there, it’s inconclusive. So a lot of the things we’ve been told as Americans about vaccinations are not really based on the science. (source)
The National Childhood Vaccine Injury (NCVIA) has already paid out approximately $4 billion to compensate families of vaccine injured children. As astronomical as the monetary awards are, they’re even more alarming considering HHS claims that only an estimated 1% of vaccine injuries are even reported to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS).
Something to think about. The information in this article shows that’s it’s ok to question, and that the science on vaccine safety is not ‘settled.’ We must ask ourselves, why are there terms like ‘anti-vax’ and why does big media constantly try to ridicule any information that paints vaccines in a concerning light? Surely the questioning of vaccine safety is in the best interest of all parties involved?
At the end of the day, it’s not about who is right and who is wrong, and it’s not about one side or the other. It’s about coming together in a peaceful manner and understanding the concerns that are being raised, and dealing with them, addressing, and responding to them appropriately. We cannot hold hate in our own being if we want to rid the world of it, and we cannot use ridicule and judgement against, otherwise we are simply perpetuating what we are trying to get rid of. Operating from a place of peace is essential, it helps to see things in a clearer way, and it’s something that needs to become a necessity for all parties involved, whether you support vaccination or do not.
Reprinted with permission from Collective Evolution.


lewrockwell--2020-04-18--No, We Are Not ‘All in This Together’

No, We Are Not ‘All in This Together’

A common phrase I have heard lately all around the internet as well as all around the area I live whenever the pandemic situation is broached is that “ We are all in this together , and WE will get through this together….
” The sentiment is repeated like a religious mantra and I believe it is rooted in a collectivist reaction in the minds of many .
The idea is that if we all comfort each other by repeating the lie that we ’ re all in the same boat , and if everyone believes it , then the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economic collapse will somehow simply “ disappear ” .
The notion that “ we are going to get through this together ” seems to be based in the assumption that the crisis is going to move quickly , and if we hold tight , our sacrifice will be minimal and all will go back to the way things were before .
This is simply not so .
I highly respect the ideal of giving hope to others whenever possible ( as Aragorn says in Return Of The King “ I give hope to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” ) .
However , hope has to come from a legitimate place .
It has to be based in some reality .
There are too many lies driving public psychology right now to give concrete hope to anyone .
The lies have to land , they have to touch ground , and the facts have to hit people hard before we can then come to an understanding of what we have to do to survive this event .
In the meantime , the majority of people are going to be trapped in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ magical cures and economic silver bullets that will lead to salvation “ in just two more weeks ” .
Ideas Have Consequence ... Richard M. Weaver , Rog ... Best Price : $ 6.84 Buy New $ 13.31 On top of all that , the American public has never been more divided than it is right now .
Sure , we can soak in a bathtub of brain-dead dreams with worn-out elitist celebrities like Madonna , telling us that the virus “ makes us all equal ” , but does it really ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ truth that not all people are equal is about to become more apparent than ever before .
The pandemic along with the economic collapse is going to separate people into clearly definable categories , and many of these groups will be in direct conflict with each other : These are the people that saw this event coming ahead of time and spent many months if not many years stocking supplies and training to survive it .
The Prepared were smarter and had more insight into the reality of the situation than most people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ standards then The Prepared would be at the top of the food chain , the alpha species , but let ’ s not let this go to our heads ; there are many downsides to being a member of The Prepared .
In a just world , the masses would be going to The Prepared for answers to the crisis , and some do , but overall I think The Prepared will be more hated for their predictive capabilities than admired .
This is why prepared people have to stick together , organize @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day is coming when they will be targeted as enemies of the collective .
The Unprepared are not all alike .
There are people who are arrogant and ignored all evidence of collapse presented to them ahead of time , and now they are going to suffer for that .
These are the people I call “ grasshoppers ” , as in the fable of ‘ The Ant And The Grasshopper ’ .
They danced and played all summer and laughed at all the warnings of impending winter .
These are the people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they are deprived of comfort , and they will demand that the ants give up their preps to save them ( which is not going to happen ) .
Jabbed : How the Vaccin ... Wilcox , Brett Best Price : $ 13.02 Buy New $ 13.05 There are other people who were merely oblivious to the situation and are mostly innocent in their lack of preparation They just weren ’ t exposed to the available information for whatever reason .
They live decent hard working lives and they are mostly innocent in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be faced with hard decisions in the near future – Some of them will try to prepare as best they can while the crisis is still in its early stages .
Others will join the grasshoppers out of fear and demand a draconian government response .
The Independents are people that will seek to solve the problems surrounding the crisis with their own ingenuity .
They will not demand help from the government , nor will they demand that other people “ share ” their resources with them out of a sense of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where needed , but they will try to do the best they can to endure the crisis without trying to force others to make things easier for them .
The Independents will understand the difference between collectivism and voluntary organization .
The first strategy requires force and fear , the second strategy does not .
The Collectivists will try to interfere or even destroy The Independents , because if they are successful in organizing voluntarily and becoming prosperous through free market innovation then this will prove that the collectivist ideology is unnecessary and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ win ” than be right in their thinking .
Collectivist people will applaud the vast expansion of government power and control , because within their cult religion government is god .
To them , the pandemic is not a curse but a blessing , because it gives them a rationale to take part in a grand subjugation of other people and feel the power they have always wanted to feel .
These are the people with inherent narcissistic and sociopathic traits within our culture .
They represent only 1 % to 5 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are predatory and single-minded in their goal to control others and feed off the world like parasites .
The Great Influenza : T ... Barry , John M. Buy New $ 13.99 These people are not always elites .
In fact , most of them are just like you and me in terms of status and income .
In times of great crisis , these creatures tend to rise to the surface and reveal themselves .
They feel particularly energized within environments that fuel tyranny ; they love the feeling of power and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to act as evil as they always wanted to but could not during normal times .
Take for example Doctor John Rademaker in Louisville , Kentucky who attacked a group of girls and tried to strangle one of them for “ not social distancing ” .
Once we consider the fact that by attacking the girls he was also breaking social distancing guidelines , it becomes clear that people like this don ’ t actually care about their own rules , they only care that OTHER PEOPLE follow those rules .
They want @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Soviet Cheka .
They know will never be at the top of the power totem pole , so they ride the coattails of tyranny and feed on whatever scraps of power they can get .
These people seem like they would not work well with others , but they do tend to congregate in groups as long as there is mutual gain to be had .
They have all the character qualities of global elites including a complete lack of empathy , a penchant for self worship and idolization , zero belief in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ towards deceit and violence to get what they want , and using disasters to their advantage .
This is a tiny group of creatures that benefit the most from the pandemic crisis .
Through this disaster they will be able to absorb vast amounts of hard assets for pennies on the dollar , devouring wealth and property from the middle class and changing the entire economy into something unrecognizable .
The elites don ’ t want your property and wealth simply because they are greedy ; they want your property and wealth because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have any .
They want to end the concept of private property for all time , for without property and the ability to accumulate wealth through our labors the masses are always dependent on government for their survival .
Beyond this , the ultimate goal of the elites is a one world cashless society , as well as a one world government .
Already , the US Senate is considering a bill that would create a digital dollar and a digital wallet system to replace paper currency .
Other nations have begun going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ used as an excuse to speed up the process .
The UN ’ s World Health Organization has specifically called for going cashless as well .
Once the public is trapped into a digital system , they will never be able to trade without using the banks as the middle men , and all transactions will be tracked .
Nothing will be private ever again , and with the push of a button what little wealth you are allowed to accumulate can be frozen within the new socialist control culture .
You will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the banks .
Pain Killer : An Empire ... Barry Meier Best Price : $ 3.12 Buy New $ 7.66 Moving past the economic , the elites have bigger dreams of a massive surveillance society in which every person is tracked 24 hours a day .
Bill Gates is all over the mainstream news lately promoting the idea of tracking apps ( like those already being used in China ) to “ fight the coronavirus ” .
Apple and Google are pushing the agenda as well and are ready to launch tracking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ write them into law .
The Global Elites do not care about saving lives .
They do not care about saving the economy as we know it .
They do not care about political affiliations .
They are on their own side , and they only care about power .
Like I said , we are NOT all in this together .
Sheeple are people that have no capacity for self leadership .
They will follow whoever they think has the best chance of securing their survival , even if those people have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nefarious minded , they just don ’ t care about the bigger picture and they only see what is right in front of them .
This is a different mindset from those of us that look for leadership in people that display integrity , experience and competence ; Sheeple don ’ t care about any of that .
They just want to feel protected and secure no matter what , even if they have to sacrifice their freedoms in exchange for that feeling .
They are a prime target for The Collectivists and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sense to sheeple is almost impossible .
They will not listen .
You probably know a few Sheeple in your life who even now in the midst of a global collapse still think this crisis will be over in a matter of weeks and that the government will save them .
Attempting to convince them otherwise is a waste of time .
All you can do is provide a better solution than the collectivists and hope The Sheeple follow your lead instead of the evil empire ’ s when the crash hits hardest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mostly at odds with each other .
There is no “ we ” , there is no “ us ” and there is no “ getting through this thing together ” .
I will say that the vast majority of people do have a conscience , unlike the globalists that created this calamity in the first place , but that does not mean we will all end up on the same team .
The dark magic of chaos is that it can be used to convince otherwise peaceful people to support horrifying tyranny @ @ @ @ @ @ @ good ” .
Beware anyone promoting the notion that we are “ all in this together ” ; this is the gateway to collectivism and it is a blatant lie .
As mentioned , there are establishment elites that plan to gain from this event while the rest of us suffer ; they are NOT on our side or in our boat .
They will use the pandemic and the simultaneous economic collapse ( which they have engineered ) to maneuver the public into abandoning their freedoms in the name of collective safety @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out there that thrive in these types of unstable environments .
They too are vampires seeking to bleed people dry while using the disaster as cover .
These are the people screaming at strangers walking down the street that they need to “ go back home ” and “ flatten the curve ” .
These are the people calling the cops on their neighbors for talking in a group bigger than two or three .
These are the local government officials calling for bans on church services even when they are held outside @ @ @ @ @ @ @ social distancing .
These are the people calling preppers “ hoarders ” and demanding that their supplies be redistributed .
These are the people that revel in authoritarianism .
Understand that there are many sides to this conflict and very few of them are honorable .
Listen to your conscience , listen to evidence , truth and reason , and choose your side wisely .

A common phrase I have heard lately all around the internet as well as all around the area I live whenever the pandemic situation is broached is that “We are all in this together, and WE will get through this together….” The sentiment is repeated like a religious mantra and I believe it is rooted in a collectivist reaction in the minds of many. The idea is that if we all comfort each other by repeating the lie that we’re all in the same boat, and if everyone believes it, then the threat of the outbreak along with the economic collapse will somehow simply “disappear”.
The notion that “we are going to get through this together” seems to be based in the assumption that the crisis is going to move quickly, and if we hold tight, our sacrifice will be minimal and all will go back to the way things were before. This is simply not so.
I highly respect the ideal of giving hope to others whenever possible (as Aragorn says in Return Of The King “I give hope to men. I keep none for myself”). However, hope has to come from a legitimate place. It has to be based in some reality. There are too many lies driving public psychology right now to give concrete hope to anyone. The lies have to land, they have to touch ground, and the facts have to hit people hard before we can then come to an understanding of what we have to do to survive this event. In the meantime, the majority of people are going to be trapped in fantasy land, hypnotized by delusions of magical cures and economic silver bullets that will lead to salvation “in just two more weeks”. Ideas Have Consequence... Richard M. Weaver, Rog... Best Price: $6.84 Buy New $13.31 (as of 03:40 UTC - Details)
On top of all that, the American public has never been more divided than it is right now. Sure, we can soak in a bathtub of brain-dead dreams with worn-out elitist celebrities like Madonna, telling us that the virus “makes us all equal”, but does it really? I’m sorry, but the truth that not all people are equal is about to become more apparent than ever before.
The pandemic along with the economic collapse is going to separate people into clearly definable categories, and many of these groups will be in direct conflict with each other:
The Prepared
These are the people that saw this event coming ahead of time and spent many months if not many years stocking supplies and training to survive it. The Prepared were smarter and had more insight into the reality of the situation than most people. If we were to apply evolutionary standards then The Prepared would be at the top of the food chain, the alpha species, but let’s not let this go to our heads; there are many downsides to being a member of The Prepared.
In a just world, the masses would be going to The Prepared for answers to the crisis, and some do, but overall I think The Prepared will be more hated for their predictive capabilities than admired. This is why prepared people have to stick together, organize and protect one another; because the day is coming when they will be targeted as enemies of the collective.
The Unprepared
The Unprepared are not all alike. There are people who are arrogant and ignored all evidence of collapse presented to them ahead of time, and now they are going to suffer for that. These are the people I call “grasshoppers”, as in the fable of ‘The Ant And The Grasshopper’. They danced and played all summer and laughed at all the warnings of impending winter. These are the people who will act indignant and vicious when they are deprived of comfort, and they will demand that the ants give up their preps to save them (which is not going to happen). Jabbed: How the Vaccin... Wilcox, Brett Best Price: $13.02 Buy New $13.05 (as of 03:50 UTC - Details)
There are other people who were merely oblivious to the situation and are mostly innocent in their lack of preparation They just weren’t exposed to the available information for whatever reason. They live decent hard working lives and they are mostly innocent in all of this. They too will be faced with hard decisions in the near future – Some of them will try to prepare as best they can while the crisis is still in its early stages. Others will join the grasshoppers out of fear and demand a draconian government response.
The Independents
The Independents are people that will seek to solve the problems surrounding the crisis with their own ingenuity. They will not demand help from the government, nor will they demand that other people “share” their resources with them out of a sense of entitlement. They will ask for help where needed, but they will try to do the best they can to endure the crisis without trying to force others to make things easier for them.
The Independents will understand the difference between collectivism and voluntary organization. The first strategy requires force and fear, the second strategy does not. The Collectivists will try to interfere or even destroy The Independents, because if they are successful in organizing voluntarily and becoming prosperous through free market innovation then this will prove that the collectivist ideology is unnecessary and outdated. The Collectivists would rather “win” than be right in their thinking.
The Collectivists
Collectivist people will applaud the vast expansion of government power and control, because within their cult religion government is god. To them, the pandemic is not a curse but a blessing, because it gives them a rationale to take part in a grand subjugation of other people and feel the power they have always wanted to feel. These are the people with inherent narcissistic and sociopathic traits within our culture. They represent only 1% to 5% of the total population, but they are predatory and single-minded in their goal to control others and feed off the world like parasites. The Great Influenza: T... Barry, John M. Buy New $13.99 (as of 02:52 UTC - Details)
These people are not always elites. In fact, most of them are just like you and me in terms of status and income. In times of great crisis, these creatures tend to rise to the surface and reveal themselves. They feel particularly energized within environments that fuel tyranny; they love the feeling of power and will exploit crisis events as an excuse to act as evil as they always wanted to but could not during normal times. Take for example Doctor John Rademaker in Louisville, Kentucky who attacked a group of girls and tried to strangle one of them for “not social distancing”. Once we consider the fact that by attacking the girls he was also breaking social distancing guidelines, it becomes clear that people like this don’t actually care about their own rules, they only care that OTHER PEOPLE follow those rules.
They want to be the observers, like the Soviet Cheka. They know will never be at the top of the power totem pole, so they ride the coattails of tyranny and feed on whatever scraps of power they can get.
These people seem like they would not work well with others, but they do tend to congregate in groups as long as there is mutual gain to be had. They have all the character qualities of global elites including a complete lack of empathy, a penchant for self worship and idolization, zero belief in anything greater than themselves, a propensity towards deceit and violence to get what they want, and using disasters to their advantage.
The Global Elites
This is a tiny group of creatures that benefit the most from the pandemic crisis. Through this disaster they will be able to absorb vast amounts of hard assets for pennies on the dollar, devouring wealth and property from the middle class and changing the entire economy into something unrecognizable. The elites don’t want your property and wealth simply because they are greedy; they want your property and wealth because they don’t want YOU to have any. They want to end the concept of private property for all time, for without property and the ability to accumulate wealth through our labors the masses are always dependent on government for their survival.
Beyond this, the ultimate goal of the elites is a one world cashless society, as well as a one world government. Already, the US Senate is considering a bill that would create a digital dollar and a digital wallet system to replace paper currency. Other nations have begun going cashless, and the coronavirus is being used as an excuse to speed up the process. The UN’s World Health Organization has specifically called for going cashless as well. Once the public is trapped into a digital system, they will never be able to trade without using the banks as the middle men, and all transactions will be tracked. Nothing will be private ever again, and with the push of a button what little wealth you are allowed to accumulate can be frozen within the new socialist control culture. You will be at the mercy of the government and the banks. Pain Killer: An Empire... Barry Meier Best Price: $3.12 Buy New $7.66 (as of 08:30 UTC - Details)
Moving past the economic, the elites have bigger dreams of a massive surveillance society in which every person is tracked 24 hours a day. Bill Gates is all over the mainstream news lately promoting the idea of tracking apps (like those already being used in China) to “fight the coronavirus”. Apple and Google are pushing the agenda as well and are ready to launch tracking apps whenever the government is ready to write them into law.
The Global Elites do not care about saving lives. They do not care about saving the economy as we know it. They do not care about political affiliations. They are on their own side, and they only care about power. Like I said, we are NOT all in this together.
The Sheeple
Sheeple are people that have no capacity for self leadership. They will follow whoever they think has the best chance of securing their survival, even if those people have evil intentions. Sheeple are not necessarily nefarious minded, they just don’t care about the bigger picture and they only see what is right in front of them. This is a different mindset from those of us that look for leadership in people that display integrity, experience and competence; Sheeple don’t care about any of that. They just want to feel protected and secure no matter what, even if they have to sacrifice their freedoms in exchange for that feeling. They are a prime target for The Collectivists and The Global Elites.
Trying to talk sense to sheeple is almost impossible. They will not listen. You probably know a few Sheeple in your life who even now in the midst of a global collapse still think this crisis will be over in a matter of weeks and that the government will save them. Attempting to convince them otherwise is a waste of time.
All you can do is provide a better solution than the collectivists and hope The Sheeple follow your lead instead of the evil empire’s when the crash hits hardest.
Irreconcilable Differences
These different types of people are mostly at odds with each other. There is no “we”, there is no “us” and there is no “getting through this thing together”. I will say that the vast majority of people do have a conscience, unlike the globalists that created this calamity in the first place, but that does not mean we will all end up on the same team. The dark magic of chaos is that it can be used to convince otherwise peaceful people to support horrifying tyranny in the name of the “greater good”.
Beware anyone promoting the notion that we are “all in this together”; this is the gateway to collectivism and it is a blatant lie. As mentioned, there are establishment elites that plan to gain from this event while the rest of us suffer; they are NOT on our side or in our boat. They will use the pandemic and the simultaneous economic collapse (which they have engineered) to maneuver the public into abandoning their freedoms in the name of collective safety.
There are useful idiots and narcopaths out there that thrive in these types of unstable environments. They too are vampires seeking to bleed people dry while using the disaster as cover. These are the people screaming at strangers walking down the street that they need to “go back home” and “flatten the curve”. These are the people calling the cops on their neighbors for talking in a group bigger than two or three. These are the local government officials calling for bans on church services even when they are held outside and follow the “guidelines” of social distancing. These are the people calling preppers “hoarders” and demanding that their supplies be redistributed. These are the people that revel in authoritarianism.
Understand that there are many sides to this conflict and very few of them are honorable. Listen to your conscience, listen to evidence, truth and reason, and choose your side wisely.
Reprinted with permission from Alt-Market.com.


lewrockwell--2020-04-18--Flu Misinformation and Coronavirus Fears: My Letter to Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Last week , your CNN producer , Matthew Reynard , notified me that CNN is featuring me in a documentary about “ vaccine misinformation ” .
As usual , Mr. Reynard did not point out a single factual assertion by me that was incorrect ( I carefully source all of my statements about vaccines to government databases or peer-reviewed publications ) .
CNN uses the term “ vaccine misinformation ” as a euphemism for any statement that departs from the Government / Pharma orthodoxy that all vaccines are safe , necessary , and effective for all people .
I have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ obvious talents aside , you seem to be genuinely compassionate and to value integrity .
Earlier in your career , you showed a courageous willingness to challenge Big Pharma ’ s vaccine orthodoxies .
However , I respectfully point out that CNN and particularly you , Sanjay , are today among the most prolific broadcasters of “ vaccine misinformation ” .
Over the last several years , I can not recall seeing a single substantial CNN segment on vaccines that did not include easily verified factual misstatements .
CNN ’ s recent special @ @ @ @ @ @ @ showcase of erroneous assertions about the flu vaccine .
Since I don ’ t like to think that you deliberately mislead the public—particularly about critical public health choices—I have taken the time to point out some of your most frequent errors .
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This critique has special relevance during the current coronavirus crisis , not to mention its important implications for the roles of government and press in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outlets treat CDC , NIH , and WHO pronouncements as infallible truths .
In fact , regulatory capture has made these agencies subsidiaries of Big Pharma , and the lies that CDC has been telling us about flu are now muddying the debate over coronavirus .
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CNN assertion : In your annual flu shot promotions , you routinely parrot CDC ’ s estimates of overall flu deaths which have ranged in recent years from 36,000 for the 1990-1991 flu season to 80,000 for the 2017-2018 flu season .
Fact : The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the National Center for Health Statistics ( NCHS ) website—show that CDC ’ s ( and CNN ’ s ) annual estimates are off by orders of magnitude .
NCHS data report the average number of mortalities attributable to influenza on death certificates is little more than 1,000 .
CDC devises its inflated estimate by deliberately conflating flu deaths with pneumonia deaths .
This device is deceitful since most of these fatalities are unrelated to the flu ( and therefore , impervious to flu vaccines ) .
In 2005 , the British @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dr. Peter Doshi , published a comprehensive rebuke of CDC ’ s annual ritual of exaggerating flu mortalities entitled “ Dissecting CDC ’ s Deception : Are US Flu Death Figures More PR Than Science ?
” Doshi accuses the CDC of purposefully inflating flu deaths to frighten the public into purchasing vaccines .
To illustrate CDC ’ s chicanery , Doshi observed that CDC ’ s announced number of reported pneumonia and influenza deaths in 2001 at 62,034 .
Yet less than half of one percent of those were actually attributed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 257 cases that could reasonably be blamed on the flu in CDC ’ s mortality data , only 7 percent were laboratory confirmed cases of influenza .
That ’ s 18 lab confirmed influenza cases out of 62,034 “ pneumonia and influenza ” deaths—or just 0.03 percent , according to HHS ’ s own National Center for Health Statistics ( NCHS ) .
Subtracting pneumonia , the true number of influenza-associated deaths from 1979 to 2002 averaged 1,348 , according to the NCHS data .
CNN routinely reports figures forty times this number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , MD Jd Best Price : $ 23.53 Buy New $ 24.58 Dr. Doshi charges the CDC with deliberately lying about annual flu deaths to “ [ work ] in manufacturers ’ interest by conducting campaigns to increase flu vaccination ” .
He warns that “ by arbitrarily linking flu with pneumonia , current data are statistically biased.
” By faithfully parroting CDC inflated numbers—with no due diligence—CNN has made itself complicit in this annual charade , making it difficult now to accurately assess the relative risk of COVID-19 as compared to flu @ @ @ @ @ @ @ appropriate response .
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CNN assertion : CNN routinely promotes the flu shot for everyone older than 6 months , proclaiming that the best way to protect against serious cases of the ailment “ is to get a flu shot ” .
In reality , there is absolutely no scientific basis for the CDC ’ s assertion that the influenza vaccine is the most effective way to prevent the flu .
The Cochrane Collaboration ’ s comprehensive 2010 meta-analysis of published influenza vaccine studies found that the influenza vaccination has “ no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there is “ no evidence that vaccines prevent viral transmission or complications.
” The Cochrane Researchers concluded in 2010 that the scientific evidence “ seem [ s ] to discourage the utilization of vaccination against influenza in healthy adults as a routine public health measure.
” Four years later , Cochrane published a follow-up meta-review including dozens of more recent scientific studies and again concluded bluntly that the body of scientific data provides “ no evidence for the utilization of vaccination against influenza in healthy adults as a routine public health measure.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Best Price : $ 7.25 Buy New $ 10.32 In other words , despite CNN ’ s relentless hectoring , there is no scientific evidence that all the billions of dollars America spends on influenza vaccination each year actually provides any health benefit , much less a net economic benefit—apart from the financial windfall to the four pharmaceutical companies that manufacture these vaccines—and who happen to be among CNN ’ s top advertisers .
You and CNN frequently parrot CDC ’ s claim that a flu shot reduces the chances that an individual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pandemic repeated this assertion .
CNN offers this supposed benefit as the justification for school vaccine mandates .
Fact : However , in their 2010 systematic meta review of the literature , the Cochrane researchers found “ no evidence that vaccines prevent viral transmission or complications ” .
Even more worrisome , a study from January 18 , 2018 , in the Journal of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , PNAS , found that influenza vaccination actually increased transmission of the virus , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as much aerosolized virus in their breath than unvaccinated individuals .
Those scientists were not altogether surprised by this finding explaining that “ certain types of prior immunity ” —in this case , the kind of immunity conferred by the vaccine as opposed to naturally acquired immunity— “ promote lung inflammation , airway closure , and aerosol generation.
” They conclude that , “ If confirmed , this observation , together with recent literature suggesting reduced protection with annual vaccination , would have implications for influenza vaccination recommendations and policies.
” CNN frequently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should get the flu shot , which you assure CNN ’ s audience has been proven safe .
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: CNN also promotes CDC ’ s recommendation that all pregnant women get a flu shot .
: CDC recommends the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fact that FDA—the agency charged with assessing vaccine safety—has refused to license the flu shot during pregnancy due to grave safety concerns .
( Sanjay ; I encourage you to confront FDA and make inquiries about this inter-agency conflict . )
Every influenza vaccine package insert contains warnings about the lack of safety studies in pregnant women and nursing mothers .
A 2014 Cochrane review found that the number of randomized , placebo-controlled trials examining the safety and effectiveness of vaccinating pregnant women was zero .
A 2019 article by Alberto Donzelli in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccination for all pregnant women ?
” and argues , “ So far the less biased evidence does not favour it ” .
Donelli found that public health recommendations on flu shots during pregnancy had systematically overestimated “ the vaccine effectiveness and safety ” —and that the published science showed “ an excess of local adverse effects and a tendency for serious adverse events with uncertain or very limited protection against influenza ” .
Donzelli observes that flu vaccine trials in Africa and Asia have shown excessive infection and deaths in infants associated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ urges seniors to get their flu shots .
CDC credits the vaccine with a dramatic reduction in influenza-related deaths among the elderly .
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Researchers from the National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) ridicule CDC ’ s mortality claims in a study published in April 2005 in Archives of Internal Medicine ( now JAMA Internal Medicine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that , despite a dramatic increase in vaccination coverage among people aged 65 or older—from at most 20 percent before 1980 to 65 percent in 2001—pneumonia and influenza mortality rates “ rose substantially during this period ” .
The lead author of the 2005 NIH study , Lone Simonsen , was also coauthor with W. Paul Glezen of a 2006 commentary in the International Journal of Epidemiology that reiterated the problems with the CDC ’ s claims .
“ Although the vaccination rate for elderly people had increased by as much as 67 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was no evidence that vaccination reduced hospitalizations or deaths .
On the contrary , “ mortality and hospitalization rates continued to increase rather than decline ” .
The 2005 NIH study authors commented that this result was “ surprising ” since vaccination was supposed to be “ highly effective at reducing influenza-related mortality ” —an assumption underlying CDC policy that “ has never been studied in clinical trials ” .
Similarly , a 2008 review in Virology Journal , observes that contrary to the CDC ’ s claims of a great beneficial effect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hospitalization rates for older Americans significantly increased in the 80s and 90s , during the same time that influenza vaccination rates for elderly Americans dramatically increased.
” In a 2013 BMJ commentary , Dr. Doshi asked , “ what evidence is there that influenza vaccines reduce deaths of older people—the reason the policy was originally created ?
Virtually none… ” This means that influenza vaccines are approved for use in older people despite any clinical trials demonstrating a reduction in serious outcomes.
” “ Perhaps most perplexing , ” Doshi added , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the absence of good quality evidence.
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CNN assertion : You frequently inform the CNN audience that “ the flu vaccine is safe , and significant side effects are very rare.
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Nevertheless , some alarming metrics ought to give you pause when you offer these assurances to millions of viewers ; Flu vaccines account for nearly ¼ of payouts for injuries by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Fund ( VICA ) .
The Vaccine Court has paid out nearly $ 1 billion for injuries and deaths caused by flu shots .
GSK ’ s vaccine , Flulaval lists , on its manufacturing inserts , over 45 chronic diseases and adverse reactions that FDA believes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ These include a long menu of immune system , allergic , musculoskeletal , psychiatric , respiratory , skin , vascular , and neurological disease including seizure , paralysis , and syncope .
Australian data link the influenza vaccine during the 2009 – 2010 flu season to a 1-in-110 risk in children of having febrile convulsions .
The pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine in Europe was associated with a 1-in-55,000 risk of developing narcolepsy .
CDC acknowledges that the Pandemrix flu vaccine is associated with an “ increased risk of narcolepsy ” .
A 2015 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ acknowledged “ a small but statistically significant association between influenza vaccines , particularly the pandemic ones , and Guillen-Barre Syndrome ( GBS ) ” .
A 2004 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association , JAMA , noted that GBS was “ the most frequent neurological condition reported after influenza vaccination to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System ( VAERS ) ” .
The 2010 Cochrane meta-analysis chided that the post-mortality studies found that a statistically significant association between the influenza vaccine and GBS “ demonstrate the danger of commencing a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” 8 .
CNN assertion : On March 5 , 2020 , you and Anderson Cooper did a “ Town Hall ” segment , “ Corona Facts and Fears ” , in which you fervently urged listeners to get the flu shot as the best way to keep healthy during the coronavirus pandemic .
According to Anderson , “ If you are concerned about coronavirus , you should get a flu shot ” .
However , the only study we have been able to find assessing flu shots and coronavirus is a January @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the flu shot INCREASES the risks from coronavirus by 36 % .
“ Receiving influenza vaccination may increase the risk of other respiratory viruses , a phenomenon known as “ virus interference… ’ vaccine derived ’ virus interference was significantly associated with coronavirus… ” Sanjay , I ’ ve watched your video assuring the public that getting the flu shot can not increase one ’ s chances of getting the flu .
Fact : While that assertion has some meager support from a very small number of studies , the overwhelming weight of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ flu shot can actually increase your risk of both flu and flu-like illnesses .
Only about 7 percent to 15 percent of what are called “ influenza-like illnesses ” are actually caused by influenza viruses .
Many studies suggest the flu vaccine increases vulnerability to both flu infections and the remaining 85 % -93 % of non-flu respiratory infections .
A 2011 study of healthy Australian children published in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal found that seasonal flu shots increase the risk of flu by 73 % and doubled the risk of non-flu @ @ @ @ @ @ @ randomized controlled trial published in Clinical Infectious Diseases found that influenza-vaccinated children had no significantly lessened risk from influenza and also a higher risk of infection from non-influenza viruses .
Furthermore , the flu vaccine depletes capacity to fight off future flu infections .
In April 2010 , a study ( by Skowronek , et al ) published in the journal PLoS Medicine reported the “ unexpected ” finding from four epidemiologic studies in Canada that receipt of the influenza vaccine for the 2008 – 2009 season , while apparently effective in reducing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seasonal flu , was associated with an increased risk of illness due to the pandemic influenza A ( H1N1 ) “ swine flu ” virus during the spring and summer of 2009 .
The scientists suggested that this finding could be due to the difference in the way the vaccine affects the immune system compared with natural infection .
Under this hypothesis , repeated vaccination “ effectively blocks the more robust , complex , and cross-protective immunity afforded by prior infection.
” When unvaccinated people are infected with the seasonal influenza virus , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that not only protects against that strain of the virus but is also cross-protective against other strains .
People who ’ ve annually received the influenza vaccine , on the other hand , “ may have lost multiple opportunities for infection-induced cross-immunity.
” This is because the vaccine is designed to stimulate a strong antibody response , or humoral immunity , but does not confer the same kind of robust cell-mediated immunity as natural infection .
NIH researchers in their 2005 study also acknowledged the superior effectiveness of naturally acquired immunity at reducing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who contracted the H3N2 influenza pandemic infection demonstrated a robust immunity in subsequent flu seasons when compared to vaccinated individuals .
The sharp decline in influenza-related deaths among people aged 65 to 74 years in the years immediately after the 1968 flu pandemic was most likely due to the acquisition of natural immunity to these viruses ( from natural infections ) .
Another study published in 2011 in the Journal of Virology confirmed that annual influenza vaccination indeed hampers the development of a robust cell-mediated immunity .
Annual vaccination for influenza , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ children who have not previously been infected with an influenza virus more susceptible to infection with a pandemic influenza virus of a novel subtype.
” A 2018 CDC study found there was an increase of acute respiratory infections caused by non-influenza respiratory pathogens following influenza vaccination compared to unvaccinated children during the same period .
The authors recommended that potential mechanisms for this association warrant further investigation .
While most studies have looked at only one or two flu seasons , a CDC-funded study published in September 2014 in Clinical Infectious Diseases considered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by looking at five years of vaccination data .
The CDC researchers found that the more that people had been vaccinated in prior years , the less effective the vaccine are at preventing the most recent season ’ s dominant H3N2 virus .
As they put it , “ vaccine-induced protection was greatest for individuals not vaccinated during the prior 5 years.
” Essentially , the immune system remembers the original infection and puts out a rapid defense against it , at the expense of developing a new but more appropriate response specifically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CDC scientists warned that their data “ raises relevant questions about the potential interference of repeated annual influenza vaccination and possible residual protection from previous season vaccination ” ; the authors called for further studies .
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CNN assertion : One final observation about a different vaccine ; In CNN ’ s regular promotion of measles vaccines , CNN and Sanjay frequently claim that natural measles mortalities are 1-2 in 1000 .
Those estimates seem calculated to frighten people into taking a measles shot and to drive MMR mandates .
Fact : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ data show that prior to the introduction of the measles vaccine , improvements in nutrition and hygeine had already driven US measles mortality in U.S. to 400 per year , a population ratio of 1/500,000 and a death-case ratio of 1 in 10,000—about the same risk of dying from a lightning strike .
Most of those mortalities were among malnourished children , many of whom suffered from intellectual disabilities .
The best evidence suggests that measles mortalities would have continued to drop with the introduction of food stamps , W.I.C , and other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Poverty after 1964 to relieve hunger in impoverished communities .
At a 2004 workshop for the Institute of Medicine , CDC unveiled a blueprint for the agency ’ s annual campaigns of fear and deception in a PowerPoint entitled “ ‘ Recipe ’ for Fostering Public Interest and High Vaccine Demand ” .
CDC ’ s in-house P.R .
flack Glen Nowak explained that it was necessary to use fear marketing to sell vaccines .
CDC ’ s campaign called for encouraging television medical experts ( like Sanjay and Elizabeth Cohen ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about “ and predict dire outcomes ” from the flu season .
To inspire the necessary terror , the CDC planned to encourage its tame journalists to describe each season as “ very severe ” , “ more severe than last or past years ” , and “ deadly ” .
CDC ’ s press flacks stressed that it was especially important to inspire “ concern , anxiety , and worry ” among young , healthy adults who don ’ t regard the flu with sufficient dread .
As the CDC bluntly stated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ growing problem ” .
In other words , the CDC considers it to be a problem that people are increasingly doing their own research and becoming more adept at educating themselves about health-related issues ; Why ?
Because people who do their own research , read the science , and make informed choices rather than blindly following the CDC ’ s recommendations are less likely to get the flu shot .
“ Drug companies ” , Dr. Doshi observes , “ have long known that to sell some products , you would have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Only , in the case of the influenza vaccine , Doshi adds , “ the salesmen are public health officials ” .
These public health officials have , in turn , transformed trusted journalists and television doctors into Pharma marketing reps. CNN likes to portray CDC ’ s annual flu shot campaigns as an important public health ritual .
The peer-reviewed science exposes CDC ’ s campaigns as a mercantile propaganda project that is costly and may be injuring public health .
CNN can fault CDC officials as the source of its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a weak gesture .
“ People in power lie ” , my father once told me .
The function of journalism is to apply scrutiny and skepticism to the pronouncements of government officials and powerful corporations .
Finally , Sanjay , you and Anderson Cooper often comment with dismay on the monumental tragedy , for our democracy , of having a president who habitually lies .
But presidents come and go ; the more enduring tragedy , arguably , is that we can not trust our news media to tell us the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dollars are at stake .
You scratch your head and wonder how all those Trump supporters don ’ t share your indignation at President Trump ’ s mendacity .
One answer is that they are disheartened by once-trusted media outlets who have also set the precedent of routinely lying and violating the public trust , wounding in the process our democracy , public faith in critical institutions , and the health of our children .
P.S .
Just as a reminder , here is a 60 Minutes program from over 30 years ago @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before Pharma purchased the media .

Dear Sanjay,
Last week, your CNN producer, Matthew Reynard, notified me that CNN is featuring me in a documentary about “vaccine misinformation”. As usual, Mr. Reynard did not point out a single factual assertion by me that was incorrect (I carefully source all of my statements about vaccines to government databases or peer-reviewed publications). CNN uses the term “vaccine misinformation” as a euphemism for any statement that departs from the Government / Pharma orthodoxy that all vaccines are safe, necessary, and effective for all people.
I respectfully point out that CNN and particularly you, Sanjay, are today among the most prolific broadcasters of ‘vaccine misinformation.’
I have always admired you, Sanjay. Your obvious talents aside, you seem to be genuinely compassionate and to value integrity. Earlier in your career, you showed a courageous willingness to challenge Big Pharma’s vaccine orthodoxies. However, I respectfully point out that CNN and particularly you, Sanjay, are today among the most prolific broadcasters of “vaccine misinformation”. Over the last several years, I cannot recall seeing a single substantial CNN segment on vaccines that did not include easily verified factual misstatements. CNN’s recent special, “Pandemic”, was a showcase of erroneous assertions about the flu vaccine. Since I don’t like to think that you deliberately mislead the public—particularly about critical public health choices—I have taken the time to point out some of your most frequent errors. The Vitamin D Revoluti... Soram Khalsa Best Price: $1.25 Buy New $10.69 (as of 08:00 UTC - Details)
I hope you will take time to read this. This critique has special relevance during the current coronavirus crisis, not to mention its important implications for the roles of government and press in a democracy. CNN and other media outlets treat CDC, NIH, and WHO pronouncements as infallible truths. In fact, regulatory capture has made these agencies subsidiaries of Big Pharma, and the lies that CDC has been telling us about flu are now muddying the debate over coronavirus.
Furthermore, of the mere 257 cases that could reasonably be blamed on the flu in CDC’s mortality data, only 7 percent were laboratory confirmed cases of influenza.
1. CNN assertion: In your annual flu shot promotions, you routinely parrot CDC’s estimates of overall flu deaths which have ranged in recent years from 36,000 for the 1990-1991 flu season to 80,000 for the 2017-2018 flu season.
Fact: The HHS’s mortality and morbidity data—available on the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) website—show that CDC’s (and CNN’s) annual estimates are off by orders of magnitude.
NCHS data report the average number of mortalities attributable to influenza on death certificates is little more than 1,000. CDC devises its inflated estimate by deliberately conflating flu deaths with pneumonia deaths. This device is deceitful since most of these fatalities are unrelated to the flu (and therefore, impervious to flu vaccines). In 2005, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Editor, Dr. Peter Doshi, published a comprehensive rebuke of CDC’s annual ritual of exaggerating flu mortalities entitled “Dissecting CDC’s Deception: Are US Flu Death Figures More PR Than Science?” Doshi accuses the CDC of purposefully inflating flu deaths to frighten the public into purchasing vaccines. To illustrate CDC’s chicanery, Doshi observed that CDC’s announced number of reported pneumonia and influenza deaths in 2001 at 62,034. Yet less than half of one percent of those were actually attributed to influenza. Furthermore, of the mere 257 cases that could reasonably be blamed on the flu in CDC’s mortality data, only 7 percent were laboratory confirmed cases of influenza. That’s 18 lab confirmed influenza cases out of 62,034 “pneumonia and influenza” deaths—or just 0.03 percent, according to HHS’s own National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
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Dr. Doshi charges the CDC with deliberately lying about annual flu deaths to “[work] in manufacturers’ interest by conducting campaigns to increase flu vaccination”. He warns that “by arbitrarily linking flu with pneumonia, current data are statistically biased.”
By faithfully parroting CDC inflated numbers—with no due diligence—CNN has made itself complicit in this annual charade, making it difficult now to accurately assess the relative risk of COVID-19 as compared to flu and, therefore, rationally measure an appropriate response.
… 2010 meta-analysis of published influenza vaccine studies found that the influenza vaccination has no effect on hospitalization, and that there is no evidence that vaccines prevent viral transmission or complications.
2. CNN assertion: CNN routinely promotes the flu shot for everyone older than 6 months, proclaiming that the best way to protect against serious cases of the ailment “is to get a flu shot”.
Fact: In reality, there is absolutely no scientific basis for the CDC’s assertion that the influenza vaccine is the most effective way to prevent the flu.
The Cochrane Collaboration’s comprehensive 2010 meta-analysis of published influenza vaccine studies found that the influenza vaccination has “no effect” on hospitalization, and that there is “no evidence that vaccines prevent viral transmission or complications.”
The Cochrane Researchers concluded in 2010 that the scientific evidence “seem[s] to discourage the utilization of vaccination against influenza in healthy adults as a routine public health measure.”
Four years later, Cochrane published a follow-up meta-review including dozens of more recent scientific studies and again concluded bluntly that the body of scientific data provides “no evidence for the utilization of vaccination against influenza in healthy adults as a routine public health measure.” Sodium Bicarbonate: Na... Mark Sircus Best Price: $7.25 Buy New $10.32 (as of 10:37 UTC - Details)
In other words, despite CNN’s relentless hectoring, there is no scientific evidence that all the billions of dollars America spends on influenza vaccination each year actually provides any health benefit, much less a net economic benefit—apart from the financial windfall to the four pharmaceutical companies that manufacture these vaccines—and who happen to be among CNN’s top advertisers.
…[a study published in PNAS] found that influenza vaccination actually increased transmission of the virus, with vaccinated individuals shedding more than six times as much aerosolized virus in their breath than unvaccinated individuals.
3. CNN assertion: You and CNN frequently parrot CDC’s claim that a flu shot reduces the chances that an individual will transmit the flu to others. Pandemic repeated this assertion. CNN offers this supposed benefit as the justification for school vaccine mandates.
Fact: However, in their 2010 systematic meta review of the literature, the Cochrane researchers found “no evidence that vaccines prevent viral transmission or complications”.
Even more worrisome, a study from January 18, 2018, in the Journal of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, PNAS, found that influenza vaccination actually increased transmission of the virus, with vaccinated individuals shedding more than six times as much aerosolized virus in their breath than unvaccinated individuals.
Those scientists were not altogether surprised by this finding explaining that “certain types of prior immunity”—in this case, the kind of immunity conferred by the vaccine as opposed to naturally acquired immunity— “promote lung inflammation, airway closure, and aerosol generation.” They conclude that, “If confirmed, this observation, together with recent literature suggesting reduced protection with annual vaccination, would have implications for influenza vaccination recommendations and policies.”
4. CNN assertion: CNN frequently repeats CDC’s advice that children should get the flu shot, which you assure CNN’s audience has been proven safe. How Not To Die With Tr... Henriques, Tiago Best Price: $18.23 Buy New $17.97 (as of 08:00 UTC - Details)
Fact : A 2012 Cochrane review looking at studies of influenza vaccination in healthy children found no safety studies in children under age two, and declared that safety studies were “urgently required”.
Every influenza vaccine package insert contains warnings about the lack of safety studies in pregnant women and nursing mothers.
5. CNN assertion : CNN also promotes CDC’s recommendation that all pregnant women get a flu shot.
Fact : CDC recommends the flu shot for pregnant women despite the fact that FDA—the agency charged with assessing vaccine safety—has refused to license the flu shot during pregnancy due to grave safety concerns. (Sanjay; I encourage you to confront FDA and make inquiries about this inter-agency conflict.) Every influenza vaccine package insert contains warnings about the lack of safety studies in pregnant women and nursing mothers.
A 2014 Cochrane review found that the number of randomized, placebo-controlled trials examining the safety and effectiveness of vaccinating pregnant women was zero.
A 2019 article by Alberto Donzelli in Human Vaccination & Immunotheraputics , asks the question, “Influenza vaccination for all pregnant women?” and argues, “So far the less biased evidence does not favour it”. Donelli found that public health recommendations on flu shots during pregnancy had systematically overestimated “the vaccine effectiveness and safety”—and that the published science showed “an excess of local adverse effects and a tendency for serious adverse events with uncertain or very limited protection against influenza”. Donzelli observes that flu vaccine trials in Africa and Asia have shown excessive infection and deaths in infants associated with flu shots during pregnancy.
Although the vaccination rate for elderly people had increased by as much as 67 percent from 1989 to 1997, there was no evidence that vaccination reduced hospitalizations or deaths. On the contrary, mortality and hospitalization rates continued to increase rather than decline.
6. CNN assertion: CNN urges seniors to get their flu shots. CDC credits the vaccine with a dramatic reduction in influenza-related deaths among the elderly. The Healing Nutrients ... Eric R. Braverman Best Price: $2.00 Buy New $1.99 (as of 04:25 UTC - Details)
Fact: The scientific community has thoroughly debunked CDC’s claims that the flu shot reduces death among seniors.
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) ridicule CDC’s mortality claims in a study published in April 2005 in Archives of Internal Medicine (now JAMA Internal Medicine). Those NIH researchers pointed out that, despite a dramatic increase in vaccination coverage among people aged 65 or older—from at most 20 percent before 1980 to 65 percent in 2001—pneumonia and influenza mortality rates “rose substantially during this period”.
The lead author of the 2005 NIH study, Lone Simonsen, was also coauthor with W. Paul Glezen of a 2006 commentary in the International Journal of Epidemiology that reiterated the problems with the CDC’s claims. “Although the vaccination rate for elderly people had increased by as much as 67 percent from 1989 to 1997, there was no evidence that vaccination reduced hospitalizations or deaths. On the contrary, “mortality and hospitalization rates continued to increase rather than decline”.
The 2005 NIH study authors commented that this result was “surprising” since vaccination was supposed to be “highly effective at reducing influenza-related mortality”—an assumption underlying CDC policy that “has never been studied in clinical trials”.
Similarly, a 2008 review in Virology Journal, observes that contrary to the CDC’s claims of a great beneficial effect on mortality, “influenza mortality and hospitalization rates for older Americans significantly increased in the 80s and 90s, during the same time that influenza vaccination rates for elderly Americans dramatically increased.”
In a 2013 BMJ commentary, Dr. Doshi asked, “what evidence is there that influenza vaccines reduce deaths of older people—the reason the policy was originally created? Virtually none…” This means that influenza vaccines are approved for use in older people despite any clinical trials demonstrating a reduction in serious outcomes.”
“Perhaps most perplexing,” Doshi added, “is officials’ lack of interest in the absence of good quality evidence.”
7. CNN assertion: You frequently inform the CNN audience that “the flu vaccine is safe, and significant side effects are very rare.” Vitamin D3, Zinc and M... Jeffers, Nancy Buy New $6.98 (as of 03:40 UTC - Details)
Fact: Actual injury rates are impossible to determine since flu shots are exempt from pre-and-post-marketing placebo studies required of other medicines, and because HHS’s post-marketing surveillance system, the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System [VAERS], captures “fewer than 1% of vaccine injuries” according to a 2010 HHS-funded study. Nevertheless, some alarming metrics ought to give you pause when you offer these assurances to millions of viewers; Flu vaccines account for nearly ¼ of payouts for injuries by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Fund (VICA). The Vaccine Court has paid out nearly $1 billion for injuries and deaths caused by flu shots.
GSK’s vaccine, Flulaval lists, on its manufacturing inserts, over 45 chronic diseases and adverse reactions that FDA believes may be linked to the vaccine. These include a long menu of immune system, allergic, musculoskeletal, psychiatric, respiratory, skin, vascular, and neurological disease including seizure, paralysis, and syncope.
Australian data link the influenza vaccine during the 2009 – 2010 flu season to a 1-in-110 risk in children of having febrile convulsions. The pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine in Europe was associated with a 1-in-55,000 risk of developing narcolepsy. CDC acknowledges that the Pandemrix flu vaccine is associated with an “increased risk of narcolepsy”.
A 2015 meta-analysis published in the journal Vaccine has acknowledged “a small but statistically significant association between influenza vaccines, particularly the pandemic ones, and Guillen-Barre Syndrome (GBS)”.
A 2004 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, JAMA, noted that GBS was “the most frequent neurological condition reported after influenza vaccination to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS)”.
The 2010 Cochrane meta-analysis chided that the post-mortality studies found that a statistically significant association between the influenza vaccine and GBS “demonstrate the danger of commencing a large vaccination campaign without adequate harms assessment.”
… the flu shot increases the risks from coronavirus by 36%.
8. CNN assertion: On March 5, 2020, you and Anderson Cooper did a “Town Hall” segment, “Corona Facts and Fears”, in which you fervently urged listeners to get the flu shot as the best way to keep healthy during the coronavirus pandemic. According to Anderson, “If you are concerned about coronavirus, you should get a flu shot”.
Fact: However, the only study we have been able to find assessing flu shots and coronavirus is a January 2020 US Pentagon study that found that the flu shot INCREASES the risks from coronavirus by 36%. “Receiving influenza vaccination may increase the risk of other respiratory viruses, a phenomenon known as “virus interference…’vaccine derived’ virus interference was significantly associated with coronavirus…”
Many studies suggest the flu vaccine increases vulnerability to both flu infections and the remaining 85% -93% of non-flu respiratory infections.
9. CNN assertion: Sanjay, I’ve watched your video assuring the public that getting the flu shot cannot increase one’s chances of getting the flu.
Fact: While that assertion has some meager support from a very small number of studies, the overwhelming weight of published science suggests that getting an annual flu shot can actually increase your risk of both flu and flu-like illnesses.
Only about 7 percent to 15 percent of what are called “influenza-like illnesses” are actually caused by influenza viruses. Many studies suggest the flu vaccine increases vulnerability to both flu infections and the remaining 85% -93% of non-flu respiratory infections.
A 2011 study of healthy Australian children published in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal found that seasonal flu shots increase the risk of flu by 73% and doubled the risk of non-flu respiratory infections.
Similarly, another 2012 randomized controlled trial published in Clinical Infectious Diseases found that influenza-vaccinated children had no significantly lessened risk from influenza and also a higher risk of infection from non-influenza viruses.
Furthermore, the flu vaccine depletes capacity to fight off future flu infections. In April 2010, a study (by Skowronek, et al) published in the journal PLoS Medicine reported the “unexpected” finding from four epidemiologic studies in Canada that receipt of the influenza vaccine for the 2008 – 2009 season, while apparently effective in reducing the risk of illness due to the seasonal flu, was associated with an increased risk of illness due to the pandemic influenza A (H1N1) “swine flu” virus during the spring and summer of 2009. The scientists suggested that this finding could be due to the difference in the way the vaccine affects the immune system compared with natural infection.
Under this hypothesis, repeated vaccination “effectively blocks the more robust, complex, and cross-protective immunity afforded by prior infection.”
When unvaccinated people are infected with the seasonal influenza virus, they often develop a robust cell-mediated immunity that not only protects against that strain of the virus but is also cross-protective against other strains.
People who’ve annually received the influenza vaccine, on the other hand, “may have lost multiple opportunities for infection-induced cross-immunity.”This is because the vaccine is designed to stimulate a strong antibody response, or humoral immunity, but does not confer the same kind of robust cell-mediated immunity as natural infection.
NIH researchers in their 2005 study also acknowledged the superior effectiveness of naturally acquired immunity at reducing mortality, pointing out that senior citizens who contracted the H3N2 influenza pandemic infection demonstrated a robust immunity in subsequent flu seasons when compared to vaccinated individuals. The sharp decline in influenza-related deaths among people aged 65 to 74 years in the years immediately after the 1968 flu pandemic was most likely due to the acquisition of natural immunity to these viruses (from natural infections).
Another study published in 2011 in the Journal of Virology confirmed that annual influenza vaccination indeed hampers the development of a robust cell-mediated immunity. Annual vaccination for influenza, the authors concluded, “may render young children who have not previously been infected with an influenza virus more susceptible to infection with a pandemic influenza virus of a novel subtype.”
A 2018 CDC study found there was an increase of acute respiratory infections caused by non-influenza respiratory pathogens following influenza vaccination compared to unvaccinated children during the same period. The authors recommended that potential mechanisms for this association warrant further investigation.
While most studies have looked at only one or two flu seasons, a CDC-funded study published in September 2014 in Clinical Infectious Diseases considered the long-term effects of repeated annual vaccination by looking at five years of vaccination data.
The CDC researchers found that the more that people had been vaccinated in prior years, the less effective the vaccine are at preventing the most recent season’s dominant H3N2 virus.
As they put it, “vaccine-induced protection was greatest for individuals not vaccinated during the prior 5 years.”
Essentially, the immune system remembers the original infection and puts out a rapid defense against it, at the expense of developing a new but more appropriate response specifically to the currently infecting strain.
The CDC scientists warned that their data “raises relevant questions about the potential interference of repeated annual influenza vaccination and possible residual protection from previous season vaccination”; the authors called for further studies.
10. CNN assertion: One final observation about a different vaccine; In CNN’s regular promotion of measles vaccines, CNN and Sanjay frequently claim that natural measles mortalities are 1-2 in 1000. Those estimates seem calculated to frighten people into taking a measles shot and to drive MMR mandates.
Fact: CDC’s 1963 mortality and morbidity data show that prior to the introduction of the measles vaccine, improvements in nutrition and hygeine had already driven US measles mortality in U.S. to 400 per year, a population ratio of 1/500,000 and a death-case ratio of 1 in 10,000—about the same risk of dying from a lightning strike. Most of those mortalities were among malnourished children, many of whom suffered from intellectual disabilities. The best evidence suggests that measles mortalities would have continued to drop with the introduction of food stamps, W.I.C, and other childhood nutritional programs passed during the War on Poverty after 1964 to relieve hunger in impoverished communities.
At a 2004 workshop for the Institute of Medicine, CDC unveiled a blueprint for the agency’s annual campaigns of fear and deception in a PowerPoint entitled “‘Recipe’ for Fostering Public Interest and High Vaccine Demand”. CDC’s in-house P.R. flack Glen Nowak explained that it was necessary to use fear marketing to sell vaccines. CDC’s campaign called for encouraging television medical experts (like Sanjay and Elizabeth Cohen) to “state concern and alarm” about “and predict dire outcomes” from the flu season. To inspire the necessary terror, the CDC planned to encourage its tame journalists to describe each season as “very severe”, “more severe than last or past years”, and “deadly”. CDC’s press flacks stressed that it was especially important to inspire “concern, anxiety, and worry” among young, healthy adults who don’t regard the flu with sufficient dread.
As the CDC bluntly stated it, “Health literacy is a growing problem”. In other words, the CDC considers it to be a problem that people are increasingly doing their own research and becoming more adept at educating themselves about health-related issues; Why? Because people who do their own research, read the science, and make informed choices rather than blindly following the CDC’s recommendations are less likely to get the flu shot.
“Drug companies”, Dr. Doshi observes, “have long known that to sell some products, you would have to first sell people on the disease.” Only, in the case of the influenza vaccine, Doshi adds, “the salesmen are public health officials”. These public health officials have, in turn, transformed trusted journalists and television doctors into Pharma marketing reps.
CNN likes to portray CDC’s annual flu shot campaigns as an important public health ritual. The peer-reviewed science exposes CDC’s campaigns as a mercantile propaganda project that is costly and may be injuring public health. CNN can fault CDC officials as the source of its “vaccine misinformation”. But this is a weak gesture. “People in power lie”, my father once told me. The function of journalism is to apply scrutiny and skepticism to the pronouncements of government officials and powerful corporations.
Finally, Sanjay, you and Anderson Cooper often comment with dismay on the monumental tragedy, for our democracy, of having a president who habitually lies. But presidents come and go; the more enduring tragedy, arguably, is that we cannot trust our news media to tell us the truth about vital health issues when advertising dollars are at stake. You scratch your head and wonder how all those Trump supporters don’t share your indignation at President Trump’s mendacity. One answer is that they are disheartened by once-trusted media outlets who have also set the precedent of routinely lying and violating the public trust, wounding in the process our democracy, public faith in critical institutions, and the health of our children.
Sincerely,
Robert F. Kennedy Jr
President, Children’s Health Defense
P.S. Just as a reminder, here is a 60 Minutes program from over 30 years ago. This is what journalism looked like before Pharma purchased the media.

This originally appeared on Children’s Health Defense.