Things Get Interesting

They ’ re kidding , right ?
Joe Biden ?
The former vice-president and US champeen influence grifter came back from the dead this Super Tuesday to save the Democratic Party from Bernie Sanders Venezuelizing what ’ s left of America ( after you subtract our awesome debt loads ) .
Things that come back from the dead , of course , are generally not high-functioning , for instance : zombies .
Isn ’ t that exactly what the party has got now in the person of front-runner Zombie Joe ?
They are kidding , for sure — kidding themselves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tirelessly the past three-plus years with RussiaGate , MuellerGate , ImpeachmentGate , and sundry extra delusional hustles , including sanctuary cities , cancel culture , the Green New Deal , free everything , and the transsexual reading hour .
So , now they ’ re pretending that Joe Biden is capable when his every utterance suggests that he is gone in the head .
That will work for about a week , I reckon .
You know something hilariously idiotic will come out every time he mounts a podium unless his handlers duct-tape @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spotlight is off that distracting crowd of also-rans , the cameras and iPhone recorders will catch his every gaucherie — as , for instance , when he declared in New Hampshire recently to a rally audience of ordinary ( non-millionaire ) voters , “ Guess what , if you elect me , your taxes are gon na be raised , not cut.
” It ’ s on video .
Smooth move , there , Joe .
Living in the Long Eme ... James Howard Kunstler Buy New $ 24.95 And then , there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ B ’ s head in the form of an investigation into , and possible prosecution for , his shenanigans with son , Hunter , in Ukraine , including a money-laundering trail featuring millions of dollars from Ukraine routed through obscure banks in Estonia and Cyprus to Hunter ’ s own bank accounts .
The Ukies have opened an inquiry , and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee under Ron Johnson ( R-Wisc . )
is ready to subpoena Biden father-and-son .
That is , if Sen. Mitt Romney doesn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for that , as he threatens to do — and he has an interesting motive to do that since his former foreign policy advisor , ex-CIA agent Joseph Cofer Black , was on the board of the same Ukrainian gas company , Burisma Holdings , that employed Hunter Biden at $ 83,000-a-month for years .
Of course , if Zombie Joe is so obviously non compos mentis before he ’ s even been nominated , what are the chances that he ’ ll be able to serve in office a year from now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ d say .
So , the latest scheme launched this week in chatter from Progressive Hopesterdom has Zombie Joe picking either Hillary Clinton or Michelle Obama as his running mate , and then resigning soon after inauguration day , giving this Republic-of-Firsts its first woman president at long , long last .
This is what it ’ s come to in our new politics of hustles and scams .
Though every person over seven-years-old would see through this dodge , what else have they got ?
Well , a brokered convention @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spectacularly in the weeks ahead just by showing up and running his mouth , leaving Bernie the Last Man Standing — and the party appears dead set on thwarting Bernie by any means necessary .
It ’ s not impossible that the Dems could rustle up some dark horse candidate in a back room of the Milwaukee Convention Center .
I can ’ t think of anyone just now from , say , the governors ’ mansions across the land .
And just imagine if they tapped someone from Congress , such as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) , what opportunity for sport he would present .
More likely , they ’ d draft some Hollywood celebrity : George Clooney… Oprah… Morgan Freeman ( hasn ’ t he already been president , or did he just play one on TV ? )
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The Geography of Nowhe ... James Howard Kunstler Best Price : $ 1.17 Buy New $ 11.88 There ’ s not a small chance , at this juncture in the Corona Virus story , that the convention may not even be held .
And then what ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ severe implies that a lot of damage would be done to the Potemkin economy that is the centerpiece of President Trump ’ s reelection quest .
That damage is being done in real time as I write , with the S & P futures index down another three percent at the open today , Friday .
The trend is not Mr. Trump ’ s friend .
And an awful lot of other things are breaking up in the financialized fiasco that enfronts what ’ s left of the US economy .
The bond @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the junk-grade margins .
And one can only guess at the havoc being wreaked in derivatives by repeated 1000-point swings in the Dow Jones and other symptoms of extreme disequilibrium in indexed things , from securitized car loans to currency swaps .
All of which leaves the Golden Golem of Greatness , Mr. Trump , in not such a bulletproof position for a second term , after all .
There ’ s a possibility that Corona Virus might interfere with the election itself .
Viral contagions are known to work in waves .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , then a second wave would arrive just about in time for election day , November 3 .
Second wave viral diseases can be more virulent than the first wave , which was the case with the so-called Spanish flu of 1918 .
And what if a substantial portion of voters don ’ t dare venture into public places full of their possibly infectious fellow citizens ?
Would Mr. Trump be forced to postpone the election , fulfilling his enemies ’ fantasy that he seeks to become the American Caesar ?
It ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as things get interesting .
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They’re kidding, right? Joe Biden? The former vice-president and US champeen influence grifter came back from the dead this Super Tuesday to save the Democratic Party from Bernie Sanders Venezuelizing what’s left of America (after you subtract our awesome debt loads). Things that come back from the dead, of course, are generally not high-functioning, for instance: zombies. Isn’t that exactly what the party has got now in the person of front-runner Zombie Joe?
They are kidding, for sure — kidding themselves — for which they’ve practiced tirelessly the past three-plus years with RussiaGate, MuellerGate, ImpeachmentGate, and sundry extra delusional hustles, including sanctuary cities, cancel culture, the Green New Deal, free everything, and the transsexual reading hour. So, now they’re pretending that Joe Biden is capable when his every utterance suggests that he is gone in the head. That will work for about a week, I reckon. You know something hilariously idiotic will come out every time he mounts a podium unless his handlers duct-tape his pie-hole. And now that the spotlight is off that distracting crowd of also-rans, the cameras and iPhone recorders will catch his every gaucherie — as, for instance, when he declared in New Hampshire recently to a rally audience of ordinary (non-millionaire) voters, “Guess what, if you elect me, your taxes are gonna be raised, not cut.” It’s on video. Smooth move, there, Joe.
Living in the Long Eme... James Howard Kunstler Buy New $24.95 (as of 10:56 UTC - Details) And then, there is that giant anvil hanging over Joe B’s head in the form of an investigation into, and possible prosecution for, his shenanigans with son, Hunter, in Ukraine, including a money-laundering trail featuring millions of dollars from Ukraine routed through obscure banks in Estonia and Cyprus to Hunter’s own bank accounts. The Ukies have opened an inquiry, and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee under Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) is ready to subpoena Biden father-and-son. That is, if Sen. Mitt Romney doesn’t stand in the way of a vote for that, as he threatens to do — and he has an interesting motive to do that since his former foreign policy advisor, ex-CIA agent Joseph Cofer Black, was on the board of the same Ukrainian gas company, Burisma Holdings, that employed Hunter Biden at $83,000-a-month for years.
Of course, if Zombie Joe is so obviously non compos mentis before he’s even been nominated, what are the chances that he’ll be able to serve in office a year from now? Somewhere between zilch and nada, I’d say. So, the latest scheme launched this week in chatter from Progressive Hopesterdom has Zombie Joe picking either Hillary Clinton or Michelle Obama as his running mate, and then resigning soon after inauguration day, giving this Republic-of-Firsts its first woman president at long, long last.
This is what it’s come to in our new politics of hustles and scams. Though every person over seven-years-old would see through this dodge, what else have they got? Well, a brokered convention, anyway, if Zombie Joe flops spectacularly in the weeks ahead just by showing up and running his mouth, leaving Bernie the Last Man Standing — and the party appears dead set on thwarting Bernie by any means necessary. It’s not impossible that the Dems could rustle up some dark horse candidate in a back room of the Milwaukee Convention Center. I can’t think of anyone just now from, say, the governors’ mansions across the land. And just imagine if they tapped someone from Congress, such as that lying caitiff Adam Schiff (D-CA), what opportunity for sport he would present. More likely, they’d draft some Hollywood celebrity: George Clooney… Oprah… Morgan Freeman (hasn’t he already been president, or did he just play one on TV?). The Geography of Nowhe... James Howard Kunstler Best Price: $1.17 Buy New $11.88 (as of 10:41 UTC - Details)
There’s not a small chance, at this juncture in the Corona Virus story, that the convention may not even be held. And then what? Gawd knows…. But a disruption so severe implies that a lot of damage would be done to the Potemkin economy that is the centerpiece of President Trump’s reelection quest. That damage is being done in real time as I write, with the S & P futures index down another three percent at the open today, Friday. The trend is not Mr. Trump’s friend. And an awful lot of other things are breaking up in the financialized fiasco that enfronts what’s left of the US economy. The bond market is cracking up, especially at the junk-grade margins. And one can only guess at the havoc being wreaked in derivatives by repeated 1000-point swings in the Dow Jones and other symptoms of extreme disequilibrium in indexed things, from securitized car loans to currency swaps.
All of which leaves the Golden Golem of Greatness, Mr. Trump, in not such a bulletproof position for a second term, after all. There’s a possibility that Corona Virus might interfere with the election itself. Viral contagions are known to work in waves. If this is the first wave now, then a second wave would arrive just about in time for election day, November 3. Second wave viral diseases can be more virulent than the first wave, which was the case with the so-called Spanish flu of 1918. And what if a substantial portion of voters don’t dare venture into public places full of their possibly infectious fellow citizens? Would Mr. Trump be forced to postpone the election, fulfilling his enemies’ fantasy that he seeks to become the American Caesar? It’s not a pretty picture from here as things get interesting.
Reprinted with permission from Kunstler.com.
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lewrockwell--2020-03-07--The Epic Failure at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

I just finished a busy week seeing patients .
During this time , I saw at least six patients who had flu-like illnesses .
Did they have COVID-19 ?
I don ’ t know .
Why don ’ t I know ?
I can ’ t tell my patients if the are sick with coronavirus because there are no test kits available to me .
However , test kits are widely available in many other countries including Iran , Japan , South Korea , Germany , or China .
In fact , hundreds of thousands of coronavirus tests have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NOT in the US .
As of Monday , March 2 , 2020 , the US has tested a few hundred people for coronavirus .
According to the CDC , 337 more kits were released on Tuesday and Wednesday this week .
Why are other countries able to test for coronavirus and we aren ’ t ?
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The Guide to Healthy E ... David Brownstein , M.D .
Best Price : $ 1.46 Buy New $ 2.99 When the coronavirus epidemic started late last year in China , the World @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help from German researchers , quickly developed a test for coronavirus .
This is the test used by every other country except…the US .
“ The CDC insisted that only its test–and not the one developed by the WHO , for example–could be used on suspected cases , and even CDC tests would [ only } be administered under limited circumstances.
” ( 1 ) Folks , this is an unmitigated disaster !
How do we know how many people are infected with coronavirus if we can ’ t test them ?
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) are a perfect example of a FAILED Federal agency .
On the CDC homepage it is stated that the CDC “ Is working 24/7 to protect America from health and safety threats both foreign and domestic.
” ( 2 ) The coronavirus pandemic illustrates the failure of the CDC to properly do its job .
And , because of that , we suffer .
In the US , we spend almost 18 % of our GNP on healthcare .
This is markedly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yet , we are last or nearly last in every health indicator .
We are last in neonatal mortality and we live shorter lives when compared to every other major Western country .
We are clearly getting cheated when it comes to healthcare .
And , the CDC is very good at cheating us .
They cheated us by stealing $ 1 billion dollars for the Zika non-epidemic .
Now , they will get paid handsomely for their missteps with coronavirus .
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I just finished a busy week seeing patients. During this time, I saw at least six patients who had flu-like illnesses. Did they have COVID-19? I don’t know. Why don’t I know? I can’t tell my patients if the are sick with coronavirus because there are no test kits available to me. However, test kits are widely available in many other countries including Iran, Japan, South Korea, Germany, or China. In fact, hundreds of thousands of coronavirus tests have been run in other countries.
But, NOT in the US.
As of Monday, March 2, 2020, the US has tested a few hundred people for coronavirus. According to the CDC, 337 more kits were released on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
Why are other countries able to test for coronavirus and we aren’t?!?!
The Guide to Healthy E... David Brownstein, M.D. Best Price: $1.46 Buy New $2.99 (as of 08:55 UTC - Details) When the coronavirus epidemic started late last year in China, the World Health Organization (WHO), with help from German researchers, quickly developed a test for coronavirus. This is the test used by every other country except…the US. “The CDC insisted that only its test–and not the one developed by the WHO, for example–could be used on suspected cases, and even CDC tests would [only} be administered under limited circumstances.” (1)
Folks, this is an unmitigated disaster! How do we know how many people are infected with coronavirus if we can’t test them? It feels almost idiotic to ask that question.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are a perfect example of a FAILED Federal agency. On the CDC homepage it is stated that the CDC “Is working 24/7 to protect America from health and safety threats both foreign and domestic.” (2)
The coronavirus pandemic illustrates the failure of the CDC to properly do its job. And, because of that, we suffer.
In the US, we spend almost 18% of our GNP on healthcare. This is markedly higher than any other Western country. Yet, we are last or nearly last in every health indicator. We are last in neonatal mortality and we live shorter lives when compared to every other major Western country.
We are clearly getting cheated when it comes to healthcare. And, the CDC is very good at cheating us. They cheated us by stealing $1 billion dollars for the Zika non-epidemic. Now, they will get paid handsomely for their missteps with coronavirus.
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lewrockwell--2020-03-07--Who Made Coronavirus? Was It the U.S., Israel or China Itself?

The most commonly reported mainstream media account of the creation of the Coronavirus suggests that it was derived from an animal borne microorganism found in a wild bat that was consumed by an ethnic Chinese resident of Wuhan .
But there appears to be some evidence to dispute that in that adjacent provinces in China , where wild bats are more numerous , have not experienced major outbreaks of the disease .
Because of that and other factors , there has also been considerable speculation that the Coronavirus did not occur naturally through mutation but rather was produced in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agent .
Several reports suggest that there are components of the virus that are related to HIV that could not have occurred naturally .
If it is correct that the virus had either been developed or even produced to be weaponized it would further suggest that its escape from the Wuhan Institute of Virology Lab and into the animal and human population could have been accidental .
Technicians who work in such environments are aware that “ leaks ” from laboratories occur frequently .
There is , of course and inevitably , another @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that as the Trump Administration has been constantly raising the issue of growing Chinese global competitiveness as a direct threat to American national security and economic dominance , it must might be possible that Washington has created and unleashed the virus in a bid to bring Beijing ’ s growing economy and military might down a few notches .
It is , to be sure , hard to believe that even the Trump White House would do something so reckless , but there are precedents for that type of behavior .
In 2005-9 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a computer virus called Stuxnet , which was intended to damage the control and operating systems of Iranian computers being used in that country ’ s nuclear research program .
Admittedly Stuxnet was intended to damage computers , not to infect or kill human beings , but concerns that it would propagate and move to infect computers outside Iran proved to be accurate as it spread to thousands of PCs outside Iran , in countries as far flung as China , Germany , Kazakhstan and Indonesia .
Curing the Incurable : ... Levy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : $ 22.60 Buy New $ 18.89 Inevitably there is an Israeli story that just might shed some light on what has been going on in China .
Scientists at Israel ’ s Galilee Research Institute are now claiming that they will have a vaccine against coronavirus in a few weeks which will be ready for distribution and use within 90 days .
The institute is claiming that it has been engaged in four years of research on avian coronavirus funded by Israel ’ s Ministries of Science & Technology and Agriculture .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ similar to the version that has infected humans , which has led to breakthroughs in development through genetic manipulation , but some scientists are skeptical that a new vaccine could be produced so quickly to prevent a virus that existed only recently .
They also have warned that even if a vaccine is developed it would normally have to be tested for side effects , a process that normally takes over a year and includes using it on infected humans .
If one even considers it possible that the United States had a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remains of its once extensive biological weapons research center in Ft Detrick Maryland , it is very likely that Israel was a partner in the project .
Helping to develop the virus would also explain how Israeli scientists have been able to claim success at creating a vaccine so quickly , possibly because the virus and a treatment for it were developed simultaneously .
In any event , there are definite political ramifications to the appearance of the coronavirus , and not only in China .
In the United States President Donald Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the virus and there are various scenarios in mainstream publications speculating over the possible impact on the election in 2020 .
If the economy sinks together with the stock market , it will reflect badly on Trump whether or not he is actually at fault .
If containment and treatment of the disease itself in the United States does not go well , there could also be a considerable backlash , particularly as the Democrats have been promoting improving health care .
One pundit argues , however , that disease and a sinking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there is a turnaround before the election , but a lot can happen in the next eight months .
And then there is the national security/foreign policy issue as seen from both Jerusalem and Washington .
It is difficult to explain why coronavirus has hit one country in particular other than China very severely .
That country is Iran , the often-cited enemy of both the U.S. and Israel .
The number of Iran ’ s coronavirus cases continues to increase , with more positive tests confirmed among government officials last Saturday .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ bringing the government claimed total to 593 with 43 fatalities , though unofficial hospital reports suggest that the deaths are actually well over 100 .
That ’ s the highest number of deaths from the virus outside of China .
The Prepperu2019s Blue ... Tess Pennington Best Price : $ 11.98 Buy New $ 18.98 No less than five Iranian Members of Parliament have also tested positive amid a growing number of officials that have contracted the disease .
Iran ’ s vice president Masoumeh Ebtekar and deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The usual suspects in the United States are delighted to learn of the Iranian deaths .
Mark Dubowitz , Executive Director of the Washington-based but Israeli government connected Foundation for Defense of Democracies ( FDD ) boasted on twitter Tuesday that “ Coronavirus has done what American economic sanctions could not : shut down non-oil exports.
” An Iranian government spokesman responded that “ It ’ s shameful and downright inhuman to cheer for a deadly Virus to spread – and enjoy seeing people suffer for it… ” Dubowitz followed up with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ spread terrorism ” in the Middle East and “ now it ’ s spreading the coronavirus.
” So , you have your choice .
Coronavirus occurred naturally , or it came out of a lab in China itself or even from Israel or the United States .
If one suspects Israel and/or the United States , the intent clearly would have been to create a biological weapon that would damage two nations that have been designated as enemies .
But the coronavirus can not be contained easily and it is clear that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it .
Unfortunately , as with Stuxnet , once the genie is out of the bottled it is devilishly hard to induce it to go back in .
The views of individual contributors do not necessarily represent those of the Strategic Culture Foundation .
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The most commonly reported mainstream media account of the creation of the Coronavirus suggests that it was derived from an animal borne microorganism found in a wild bat that was consumed by an ethnic Chinese resident of Wuhan. But there appears to be some evidence to dispute that in that adjacent provinces in China, where wild bats are more numerous, have not experienced major outbreaks of the disease. Because of that and other factors, there has also been considerable speculation that the Coronavirus did not occur naturally through mutation but rather was produced in a laboratory, possibly as a biological warfare agent.
Several reports suggest that there are components of the virus that are related to HIV that could not have occurred naturally. If it is correct that the virus had either been developed or even produced to be weaponized it would further suggest that its escape from the Wuhan Institute of Virology Lab and into the animal and human population could have been accidental. Technicians who work in such environments are aware that “leaks” from laboratories occur frequently.
There is, of course and inevitably, another theory. There has been some speculation that as the Trump Administration has been constantly raising the issue of growing Chinese global competitiveness as a direct threat to American national security and economic dominance, it must might be possible that Washington has created and unleashed the virus in a bid to bring Beijing’s growing economy and military might down a few notches. It is, to be sure, hard to believe that even the Trump White House would do something so reckless, but there are precedents for that type of behavior. In 2005-9 the American and Israeli governments secretly developed a computer virus called Stuxnet, which was intended to damage the control and operating systems of Iranian computers being used in that country’s nuclear research program. Admittedly Stuxnet was intended to damage computers, not to infect or kill human beings, but concerns that it would propagate and move to infect computers outside Iran proved to be accurate as it spread to thousands of PCs outside Iran, in countries as far flung as China, Germany, Kazakhstan and Indonesia. Curing the Incurable: ... Levy, MD JD Thomas E Best Price: $22.60 Buy New $18.89 (as of 08:55 UTC - Details)
Inevitably there is an Israeli story that just might shed some light on what has been going on in China. Scientists at Israel’s Galilee Research Institute are now claiming that they will have a vaccine against coronavirus in a few weeks which will be ready for distribution and use within 90 days. The institute is claiming that it has been engaged in four years of research on avian coronavirus funded by Israel’s Ministries of Science & Technology and Agriculture. They are claiming that the virus is similar to the version that has infected humans, which has led to breakthroughs in development through genetic manipulation, but some scientists are skeptical that a new vaccine could be produced so quickly to prevent a virus that existed only recently. They also have warned that even if a vaccine is developed it would normally have to be tested for side effects, a process that normally takes over a year and includes using it on infected humans.
If one even considers it possible that the United States had a hand in creating the coronavirus at what remains of its once extensive biological weapons research center in Ft Detrick Maryland, it is very likely that Israel was a partner in the project. Helping to develop the virus would also explain how Israeli scientists have been able to claim success at creating a vaccine so quickly, possibly because the virus and a treatment for it were developed simultaneously.
In any event, there are definite political ramifications to the appearance of the coronavirus, and not only in China. In the United States President Donald Trump is already being blamed for lying about the virus and there are various scenarios in mainstream publications speculating over the possible impact on the election in 2020. If the economy sinks together with the stock market, it will reflect badly on Trump whether or not he is actually at fault. If containment and treatment of the disease itself in the United States does not go well, there could also be a considerable backlash, particularly as the Democrats have been promoting improving health care. One pundit argues, however, that disease and a sinking economy will not matter as long as there is a turnaround before the election, but a lot can happen in the next eight months.
And then there is the national security/foreign policy issue as seen from both Jerusalem and Washington. It is difficult to explain why coronavirus has hit one country in particular other than China very severely. That country is Iran, the often-cited enemy of both the U.S. and Israel. The number of Iran’s coronavirus cases continues to increase, with more positive tests confirmed among government officials last Saturday. There were 205 new coronavirus cases, bringing the government claimed total to 593 with 43 fatalities, though unofficial hospital reports suggest that the deaths are actually well over 100. That’s the highest number of deaths from the virus outside of China. The Prepperu2019s Blue... Tess Pennington Best Price: $11.98 Buy New $18.98 (as of 02:20 UTC - Details)
No less than five Iranian Members of Parliament have also tested positive amid a growing number of officials that have contracted the disease. Iran’s vice president Masoumeh Ebtekar and deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi had also previously been confirmed with the virus.
The usual suspects in the United States are delighted to learn of the Iranian deaths. Mark Dubowitz, Executive Director of the Washington-based but Israeli government connected Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) boasted on twitter Tuesday that “Coronavirus has done what American economic sanctions could not: shut down non-oil exports.” An Iranian government spokesman responded that “It’s shameful and downright inhuman to cheer for a deadly Virus to spread – and enjoy seeing people suffer for it…” Dubowitz followed up with an additional taunt, that Tehran has “spread terrorism” in the Middle East and “now it’s spreading the coronavirus.”
So, you have your choice. Coronavirus occurred naturally, or it came out of a lab in China itself or even from Israel or the United States. If one suspects Israel and/or the United States, the intent clearly would have been to create a biological weapon that would damage two nations that have been designated as enemies. But the coronavirus cannot be contained easily and it is clear that many thousands of people will die from it. Unfortunately, as with Stuxnet, once the genie is out of the bottled it is devilishly hard to induce it to go back in.
The views of individual contributors do not necessarily represent those of the Strategic Culture Foundation.
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lewrockwell--2020-03-07--Top Health Official Cashes in on Merck Stock

As detailed in The Highwire video above , in January 2020 , Dr. Julie Gerberding — director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2002 until 2009 , who after leaving the CDC became president of Merck ’ s vaccine division in January 20101 — sold half her Merck stock options for $ 9.11 million .
Gerberding also cashed in on her company stock options in 2016 , when she sold $ 5.1 million-worth of Merck stocks , and 2015 , when she made $ 2.3 million .
In total , Gerberding has made $ 16,592,144 from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of which , by the way , is over and beyond her regular paycheck — and she still owns Merck stocks worth $ 9 million .
And we ’ re supposed to believe she has been impartial about vaccine safety and has been all along ?
As noted by Del Bigtree in his Highwire report : EMF*D : 5G , Wi-Fi & Cel ... Dr. Joseph Mercola Buy New $ 22.49 The payoff Bigtree is talking about refers back to Gerberding ’ s exoneration of the MMR vaccine , which came under fire @ @ @ @ @ @ @ research scientist , blew the whistle claiming the agency covered up a vaccine-autism connection in relation to the MMR vaccine .
According to Thompson , scientific fraud was committed for the express purpose of covering up potential safety problems so the agency would be able to maintain that the MMR vaccine had been proven safe to give to all children .
Thompson explained they simply eliminated the incriminating data , thereby vanishing the link , and this cover-up occurred while Gerberding headed up the CDC .
The CDC subsequently also blocked a request @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lawsuit .
Indeed , you ’ d have to be really naïve not to see the enormous influence her former high-level ties to the CDC can have , considering Merck makes a majority of the pediatric and adults vaccines recommended by the CDC .
The vaccine industry is booming , and it ’ s become quite clear that profit potential is the driving factor behind it .
One of the reasons for this is because vaccine patents do not expire like drugs do , so each vaccine adopted for widespread use has the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for decades to come .
Vaccine makers also enjoy a high degree of immunity against lawsuits — and in the case of pandemic vaccines , absolute immunity — so the financial liability when something goes wrong is exceptionally low , compared to drugs .
An article2 by Robert F. Kennedy , chairman of the Children ’ s Health Defense , wonders whether Gerberding ’ s stock dump might have anything to do with recent red flags being raised about Merck ’ s HPV vaccine Gardasil .
He writes:3 Chances are , Gerberding ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Prevention of Genital Human Papillomavirus Infection , ” 11 played a significant role in getting the controversial HPV vaccine fast tracked to licensure by the FDA in the first place .
Needless to say , the approval of this questionable vaccine guaranteed her future employer billions of dollars-worth of profits .
Gerberding has also been a staunch defender of thimerosal , the mercury-based vaccine preservative suspected of being one of vaccine ingredients involved in the development of autism in some children .
Thimerosal was removed from childhood vaccines or reduced to trace amounts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exception of multidose influenza vaccines.12 Fat for Fuel : A Revolu ... Dr. Joseph Mercola Best Price : $ 7.40 Buy New $ 11.89 Since then , there have been a number of additional biological mechanisms proposed by independent researchers investigating why vaccines cause harm.13 The use of aluminum in vaccines , for example , may cause neurological damage .
In The Highwire video , Gerberding herself was in 2008 forced to admit that children with an underlying mitochondrial disorder are at increased risk for vaccine damage .
Gerberding ’ s admission came @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after her 18-month well-baby visit when she received nine vaccines , was granted compensation by the U.S. Division of Vaccine Injury Compensation for her injuries .
All in all , Gerberding has repeatedly demonstrated that safety is nowhere on her list of priorities or concerns when it comes to vaccines , so it ’ s easy to see why Merck would want her to head up their vaccine unit .
A 2012 article14 in the American Journal of Public Health , in which the authors investigated the role Merck played in state HPV @ @ @ @ @ @ @ June 2019 , I published Kennedy ’ s presentation of Merck ’ s clinical trial data for Gardasil , in which he reveals how the company hid the truth about its side effects .
One way in which Merck committed fraud in its Gardasil vaccine safety trials was by using a neurotoxic ingredient in Gardasil as a bioactive placebo .
This trick effectively renders its safety testing null and void , as the true extent of harm can not be ascertained .
Merck ’ s own trial data also reveals Gardasil increases the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the risk of autoimmune disease by 2.3 % and the risk of a serious medical condition by 50 % .
Kennedy also points out that National Cancer Institute data show the mortality rate for cervical cancer is 1 in 43,478 ( 2.3 per 100,000 ) , and the median age of cervical cancer death is 58 .
To eliminate that one death , all 43,478 must pay $ 420 — the average cost of the three Gardasil injections .
According to Kennedy , 76 million American children have been mandated by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to receive the vaccine , providing Merck with an annual revenue of $ 2.3 billion .
When you crunch the numbers , you realize that the cost of using Gardasil to save one life is $ 18.3 million .
Meanwhile , compensation paid by the Vaccine Court for the death of a child maxes out at $ 250,000 .
Put another way , $ 18.3 million is being spent in an effort to save one life from a disease , while the U.S. Health and Human Services values human life at just a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when a person dies from using a government recommended vaccine in that effort .
If you ’ re still on the fence when it comes to HPV vaccination , you owe it to yourself to watch Kennedy ’ s presentation and conduct additional research on the vaccine and HPV so that you can appropriately weigh the risks and benefits .
One of the Most Powerful Videos I ’ ve Ever Seen The following video from Barbara Loe Fisher is one of the most powerful videos that I have ever seen .
I am @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you to take up the cause and join the fight for vaccine freedom and independence .
There is a cultural war and collusion between many industries and federal regulatory agencies that results in a suppression of the truth about vital important health issues .
If this suppression continues we will gradually and progressively erode our private individual rights that our ancestors fought so hard to achieve .
Please take a few minutes to watch this video .
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The best way to do this is to get personally involved with your state legislators and educate the leaders in your community .
National vaccine policy recommendations are made at the federal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the state level .
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As detailed in The Highwire video above, in January 2020, Dr. Julie Gerberding — director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2002 until 2009, who after leaving the CDC became president of Merck’s vaccine division in January 20101 — sold half her Merck stock options for $9.11 million.
Gerberding also cashed in on her company stock options in 2016, when she sold $5.1 million-worth of Merck stocks, and 2015, when she made $2.3 million. In total, Gerberding has made $16,592,144 from selling off her Merck stocks — all of which, by the way, is over and beyond her regular paycheck — and she still owns Merck stocks worth $9 million.
And we’re supposed to believe she has been impartial about vaccine safety and has been all along? As noted by Del Bigtree in his Highwire report:
“Do you trust the information that come from your government agencies, when a year after working [at] that agency, they move into the very company that they exonerated from any wrongdoing and end up making $20-something-million dollars in stock options, plus a gigantic salary? Sounds like a payoff to me.”
Quid Pro Quo
EMF*D: 5G, Wi-Fi & Cel... Dr. Joseph Mercola Buy New $22.49 (as of 09:53 UTC - Details) The payoff Bigtree is talking about refers back to Gerberding’s exoneration of the MMR vaccine, which came under fire when Dr. William Thompson, a CDC research scientist, blew the whistle claiming the agency covered up a vaccine-autism connection in relation to the MMR vaccine.
According to Thompson, scientific fraud was committed for the express purpose of covering up potential safety problems so the agency would be able to maintain that the MMR vaccine had been proven safe to give to all children.
Thompson explained they simply eliminated the incriminating data, thereby vanishing the link, and this cover-up occurred while Gerberding headed up the CDC. The CDC subsequently also blocked a request for Thompson to testify in an autism lawsuit.
Indeed, you’d have to be really naïve not to see the enormous influence her former high-level ties to the CDC can have, considering Merck makes a majority of the pediatric and adults vaccines recommended by the CDC.
The vaccine industry is booming, and it’s become quite clear that profit potential is the driving factor behind it. One of the reasons for this is because vaccine patents do not expire like drugs do, so each vaccine adopted for widespread use has the potential to make enormous, continuous profits for decades to come.
Vaccine makers also enjoy a high degree of immunity against lawsuits — and in the case of pandemic vaccines, absolute immunity — so the financial liability when something goes wrong is exceptionally low, compared to drugs.
HPV Vaccine Responsible for Massive Rise in Cervical Cancer?
An article2 by Robert F. Kennedy, chairman of the Children’s Health Defense, wonders whether Gerberding’s stock dump might have anything to do with recent red flags being raised about Merck’s HPV vaccine Gardasil. He writes:3
“Last month, Cancer Research UK announced4,5,6 an alarming 54% rise in cervical cancer among 24-29-year-olds, the first generation to receive the HPV jabs.
The following day, the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine published7 a withering critique of Gardasil’s crooked clinical trials, ‘It is still uncertain whether human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination prevents cervical cancer as trials were not designed to detect this outcome.’
As Gerberding knows, those trials8 revealed that Gardasil dramatically RAISES (by +44.6%) the risk of cervical cancer among women with a current infection or those previously exposed to HPV.
That may explain the cancer explosions in England and other nations with high inoculation rates in young girls up to age 18; Australia, Spain, Sweden and Norway. A 2019 study9 of Alabama girls found the highest cervical cancer rates in the state’s most heavily vaccinated counties.
With Merck’s efficacy pretensions circling the drain, a coalition of leading plaintiff’s lawyers are already in discovery in a suit10 alleging that Merck fraudulently concealed serious illnesses affecting half, and autoimmune diseases affecting 1 of every 37 girls in Gardasil’s clinical trials within 6 months of injection.
As Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Director from 2002-2009, Gerberding helped Merck paper over these efficacy and safety problems.”
Chances are, Gerberding’s 2004 report to Congress, “Prevention of Genital Human Papillomavirus Infection,”11 played a significant role in getting the controversial HPV vaccine fast tracked to licensure by the FDA in the first place. Needless to say, the approval of this questionable vaccine guaranteed her future employer billions of dollars-worth of profits.
Gerberding has also been a staunch defender of thimerosal, the mercury-based vaccine preservative suspected of being one of vaccine ingredients involved in the development of autism in some children. Thimerosal was removed from childhood vaccines or reduced to trace amounts between 1999 and 2001, with the exception of multidose influenza vaccines.12
Fat for Fuel: A Revolu... Dr. Joseph Mercola Best Price: $7.40 Buy New $11.89 (as of 10:20 UTC - Details) Since then, there have been a number of additional biological mechanisms proposed by independent researchers investigating why vaccines cause harm.13
The use of aluminum in vaccines, for example, may cause neurological damage. In The Highwire video, Gerberding herself was in 2008 forced to admit that children with an underlying mitochondrial disorder are at increased risk for vaccine damage.
Gerberding’s admission came after Hannah Poling, who developed autism after her 18-month well-baby visit when she received nine vaccines, was granted compensation by the U.S. Division of Vaccine Injury Compensation for her injuries.
All in all, Gerberding has repeatedly demonstrated that safety is nowhere on her list of priorities or concerns when it comes to vaccines, so it’s easy to see why Merck would want her to head up their vaccine unit.
HPV Maker’s Role in Vaccination Policymaking
A 2012 article14 in the American Journal of Public Health, in which the authors investigated the role Merck played in state HPV immunization policymaking, states that:
“Merck promoted school-entry mandate legislation by serving as an information resource, lobbying legislators, drafting legislation, mobilizing female legislators and physician organizations, conducting consumer marketing campaigns, and filling gaps in access to the vaccine.
Legislators relied heavily on Merck for scientific information. Most stakeholders found lobbying by vaccine manufacturers acceptable in principle, but perceived that Merck had acted too aggressively and nontransparently in this case.
Although policymakers acknowledge the utility of manufacturers’ involvement in vaccination policymaking, industry lobbying that is overly aggressive, not fully transparent, or not divorced from financial contributions to lawmakers risks undermining the prospects for legislation to foster uptake of new vaccines.”
Merck Plays Loose With HPV Vaccine Data
In June 2019, I published Kennedy’s presentation of Merck’s clinical trial data for Gardasil, in which he reveals how the company hid the truth about its side effects. One way in which Merck committed fraud in its Gardasil vaccine safety trials was by using a neurotoxic ingredient in Gardasil as a bioactive placebo. This trick effectively renders its safety testing null and void, as the true extent of harm cannot be ascertained.
Merck’s own trial data also reveals Gardasil increases the overall risk of death by 370%, the risk of autoimmune disease by 2.3% and the risk of a serious medical condition by 50%.
Kennedy also points out that National Cancer Institute data show the mortality rate for cervical cancer is 1 in 43,478 (2.3 per 100,000), and the median age of cervical cancer death is 58. To eliminate that one death, all 43,478 must pay $420 — the average cost of the three Gardasil injections.
According to Kennedy, 76 million American children have been mandated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to receive the vaccine, providing Merck with an annual revenue of $2.3 billion. When you crunch the numbers, you realize that the cost of using Gardasil to save one life is $18.3 million.
Meanwhile, compensation paid by the Vaccine Court for the death of a child maxes out at $250,000. Put another way, $18.3 million is being spent in an effort to save one life from a disease, while the U.S. Health and Human Services values human life at just a quarter of a million dollars per person when a person dies from using a government recommended vaccine in that effort.
If you’re still on the fence when it comes to HPV vaccination, you owe it to yourself to watch Kennedy’s presentation and conduct additional research on the vaccine and HPV so that you can appropriately weigh the risks and benefits.

One of the Most Powerful Videos I’ve Ever Seen
The following video from Barbara Loe Fisher is one of the most powerful videos that I have ever seen. I am hopeful that watching this video will inspire you to take up the cause and join the fight for vaccine freedom and independence.
There is a cultural war and collusion between many industries and federal regulatory agencies that results in a suppression of the truth about vital important health issues. If this suppression continues we will gradually and progressively erode our private individual rights that our ancestors fought so hard to achieve. Please take a few minutes to watch this video.

Protect Your Right to Informed Consent and Defend Vaccine Exemptions
KetoFast: Rejuvenate Y... Mercola, Dr. Joseph Check Amazon for Pricing. With all the uncertainty surrounding the safety and efficacy of vaccines, it’s critical to protect your right to make independent health choices and exercise voluntary informed consent to vaccination. It is urgent that everyone in America stand up and fight to protect and expand vaccine informed consent protections in state public health and employment laws. The best way to do this is to get personally involved with your state legislators and educate the leaders in your community.
Think Globally, Act Locally
National vaccine policy recommendations are made at the federal level but vaccine laws are made at the state level. It is at the state level where your action to protect your vaccine choice rights can have the greatest impact.
It is critical for EVERYONE to get involved now in standing up for the legal right to make voluntary vaccine choices in America because those choices are being threatened by lobbyists representing drug companies, medical trade associations and public health officials, who are trying to persuade legislators to strip all vaccine exemptions from public health laws.
Signing up for NVIC’s free Advocacy Portal at www.NVICAdvocacy.org gives you immediate, easy access to your own state legislators on your smartphone or computer so you can make your voice heard. You will be kept up to date on the latest state bills threatening your vaccine choice rights and will get practical, useful information to help you become an effective vaccine choice advocate in your own community.
Also, when national vaccine issues come up, you will have the up-to-date information and call-to-action items you need at your fingertips. So, please, as your first step, sign up for the NVIC Advocacy Portal.
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lewrockwell--2020-03-07--Why Is the US Apparently Not Testing for the COVID-19 Coronavirus?

All reports are that the US Centers for Disease Control ( CDC ) is not testing for the new coronavirus COVID-19 , and that reliable tests in any case do not exist in the US .
This is an area bereft of rational explanation .
The US may have many thousands of coronavirus infections , but no one knows because the CDC are not testing for them .
The CDC produced a series of test kits that produced wildly random results , positive or negative , followed by instructions to discard the test kits as unreliable .
( 1 ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ test kits did not work , while others said they were totally unreliable .
( 2 ) New York City reported the government-issued tests are faulty and “ can not be relied upon to provide an accurate result ” .
Those faulty kits were also shipped all over the world , but to my knowledge the CDC have relayed that information to no one outside the US .
Further , American hospitals have been discharging infected patients on the basis of these faulty tests , the CDC explaining that there have been many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and positive on the same patients .
( 3 ) Jabbed : How the Vaccin ... Wilcox , Brett Best Price : $ 13.02 Buy New $ 13.05 One US media source said California had only 200 proper testing kits in the entire state , and very few anywhere in the country , but I could find no evidence the CDC is preparing new test kits , apparently doing nothing .
It seems the reason the CDC can claim no COVID-19 infections is because they are not testing , and are unable in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It might be amusing to mock the US for being unable to produce a reliable test , but the Americans are not incompetent , which unfortunately raises many questions .
It seems bizarre that while the CDC could quickly develop and apply reliable tests nationwide , they apparently prefer to not do that , at a time when California and other states have already declared an emergency , and the White House canceled flights to China and requested $ 2 billion in virus funding .
According to media reports , the US has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much smaller nations have tested many tens of thousands .
( 4 ) Even more surprising is that the CDC is apparently refusing to test for COVID-19 infections .
The first such US infection from unknown sources wasn ’ t tested until after the patient had been on a ventilator in the ICU for nearly one week .
The hospital claimed they “ were unable to get her tested for five days , claiming the CDC refused to test victims who had not traveled to outbreak-hit regions ” .
It appears The CDC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ though the patient was in critical condition .
( 5 ) In the meantime , a Chinese firm has put into mass production a highly-accurate test for COVID-19 that has received the highest level of European certification and that is now being marketed worldwide .
China ’ s genomics sequencing company BGI has received international recognition and vast orders for its detection kits for the novel coronavirus .
It has already shipped many hundreds of thousands to more than 25 countries and is in the order process with another 25 nations .
For @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tests , they could simply order from China .
( 6 ) The CDC estimates that this flu season has seen at least 29 million illnesses , 280,000 hospitalisations and 16,000 deaths ( 16 ) , but Japan and Taiwan both stated that American coronavirus deaths ( potentially in the thousands ) are being buried in untested infections , and in fatalities blamed on the seasonal flu .
If those deaths were tested , the results are not being made public .
( 7 ) ( 8 ) Chinese news website Huanqiu ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ US where a woman ’ s relative was told by physicians he died of the flu , but where the death certificate listed the coronavirus as the cause of death .
On February 26 , ABC News affiliate KJCT8 News Network reported that a woman recently told the media that her sister died on from coronavirus infection .
Montrose , Colorado resident Almeta Stone said , We can not ascertain the number of such cases in the US but since the CDC apparently has no reliable test kits and is conducting little or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may be others .
As I stated in an earlier article ( 11 ) , virologists from Japan and Taiwan both came to the conclusion that this might indicate the coronavirus had already spread in the US but where the symptoms were being officially attributed to other diseases , and thus possibly masked .
The following was reported in detail in prominent Chinese media , who don ’ t normally publish anything speculative .
An American , Dr. Paul Cottrell says he was sent a copy of a message between an employee of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his channel .
According to the CDC official webpage , the number of total confirmed coronavirus cases in the US was 35 at the time ( February 21 , 2020 ) , but the message copied to Cottrell read In the message , the alleged CDC source stated the “ CDC suspects cases in over 32 states at this point ” .
Cottrell says he has been unable so far to obtain confirmation from the CDC of the message or its contents , but no denials either .
Cottrell is a Ph.D , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enrolled in a Biology Master ’ s program at Harvard .
( 12 ) Further , a senior official at the Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS ) is now seeking federal protection from attempts to silence him after alleging that the US government was not taking adequate precautions against the COVID-19 outbreak .
The complaint alleged that federal health employees were “ improperly deployed ” to assist the quarantined Americans evacuated from Wuhan , China , and were “ not properly trained or equipped to operate in a public health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Washington Post report and portions of the complaint filing obtained by other media .
( 13 ) Dissolving Illusions : ... Suzanne Humphries MD , ... Best Price : $ 19.24 Buy New $ 17.17 There is another very curious part of this apparent puzzle .
In August of 2019 , the CDC completely shut down the US Military bio-weapons lab at Fort Detrick ( USAMRIID ) for “ bio-safety hazards ” .
They issued a cease-and-desist order and all research was ordered to be immediately suspended until further notice but , interestingly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ note of this event .
One would imagine that in light of such a drastic measure , rampant testing would be obligatory , but in this case apparently not .
Yet Taiwan media reported COVID-19 infections of Taiwanese residents originating from the US ( Hawaii ) in September of 2019 .
The World Military Games were held in Wuhan during the last two weeks of October .
( 14 ) ( 15 ) ( 16 ) It may be worth mentioning that this wasn ’ t the first time such concerns have arisen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ latest date for which I have accurate figures , the US CDC received 1,059 “ release reports ” – an average of an incident every few days involving “ theft , loss , release causing an occupational exposure , or release outside of primary biocontainment barriers ” of dangerous pathogens .
The NYT and Western media pilloried China for several small leaks of a virus ten years ago , but the Americans have had 1,057 more serious releases than did China during the same period , many of these involving deadly pathogens .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ 19 ) ( 20 ) ( 21 ) ( 22 )

All reports are that the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is not testing for the new coronavirus COVID-19, and that reliable tests in any case do not exist in the US. This is an area bereft of rational explanation.
The US may have many thousands of coronavirus infections, but no one knows because the CDC are not testing for them.
The CDC produced a series of test kits that produced wildly random results, positive or negative, followed by instructions to discard the test kits as unreliable. (1) Several U.S. states said the new coronavirus test kits did not work, while others said they were totally unreliable. (2) New York City reported the government-issued tests are faulty and “cannot be relied upon to provide an accurate result”. Those faulty kits were also shipped all over the world, but to my knowledge the CDC have relayed that information to no one outside the US.
Further, American hospitals have been discharging infected patients on the basis of these faulty tests, the CDC explaining that there have been many situations where test results alternate between negative and positive on the same patients. (3) Jabbed: How the Vaccin... Wilcox, Brett Best Price: $13.02 Buy New $13.05 (as of 03:50 UTC - Details)
One US media source said California had only 200 proper testing kits in the entire state, and very few anywhere in the country, but I could find no evidence the CDC is preparing new test kits, apparently doing nothing. It seems the reason the CDC can claim no COVID-19 infections is because they are not testing, and are unable in any case to perform reliable tests. It might be amusing to mock the US for being unable to produce a reliable test, but the Americans are not incompetent, which unfortunately raises many questions.
It seems bizarre that while the CDC could quickly develop and apply reliable tests nationwide, they apparently prefer to not do that, at a time when California and other states have already declared an emergency, and the White House canceled flights to China and requested $2 billion in virus funding.
According to media reports, the US has done only around 450 tests while even much smaller nations have tested many tens of thousands. (4) Even more surprising is that the CDC is apparently refusing to test for COVID-19 infections. The first such US infection from unknown sources wasn’t tested until after the patient had been on a ventilator in the ICU for nearly one week. The hospital claimed they “were unable to get her tested for five days, claiming the CDC refused to test victims who had not traveled to outbreak-hit regions”. It appears The CDC simply refused to administer a test even though the patient was in critical condition. (5)
In the meantime, a Chinese firm has put into mass production a highly-accurate test for COVID-19 that has received the highest level of European certification and that is now being marketed worldwide. China’s genomics sequencing company BGI has received international recognition and vast orders for its detection kits for the novel coronavirus. It has already shipped many hundreds of thousands to more than 25 countries and is in the order process with another 25 nations. For one, if the CDC wanted reliable tests, they could simply order from China. (6)
The CDC estimates that this flu season has seen at least 29 million illnesses, 280,000 hospitalisations and 16,000 deaths (16), but Japan and Taiwan both stated that American coronavirus deaths (potentially in the thousands) are being buried in untested infections, and in fatalities blamed on the seasonal flu. If those deaths were tested, the results are not being made public. (7) (8)
Chinese news website Huanqiu (9) related one case in the US where a woman’s relative was told by physicians he died of the flu, but where the death certificate listed the coronavirus as the cause of death. On February 26, ABC News affiliate KJCT8 News Network reported that a woman recently told the media that her sister died on from coronavirus infection. Montrose, Colorado resident Almeta Stone said,
“They (the medical staff) kept us informed that it was the flu, and when I got the death certificate, there was a coronavirus in the cause of death.” (10)
We cannot ascertain the number of such cases in the US but since the CDC apparently has no reliable test kits and is conducting little or no testing for the virus, there may be others. As I stated in an earlier article (11), virologists from Japan and Taiwan both came to the conclusion that this might indicate the coronavirus had already spread in the US but where the symptoms were being officially attributed to other diseases, and thus possibly masked.
The following was reported in detail in prominent Chinese media, who don’t normally publish anything speculative. An American, Dr. Paul Cottrell says he was sent a copy of a message between an employee of the US CDC and a listener to his channel.
According to the CDC official webpage, the number of total confirmed coronavirus cases in the US was 35 at the time (February 21, 2020), but the message copied to Cottrell read
“There have already been over 1,000 cases in the US, although on the news, they are just keeping things quiet for now and reporting far less to the public.”
In the message, the alleged CDC source stated the “CDC suspects cases in over 32 states at this point”. Cottrell says he has been unable so far to obtain confirmation from the CDC of the message or its contents, but no denials either. Cottrell is a Ph.D, has completed pre-med studies and is currently enrolled in a Biology Master’s program at Harvard. (12)
Further, a senior official at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is now seeking federal protection from attempts to silence him after alleging that the US government was not taking adequate precautions against the COVID-19 outbreak. The complaint alleged that federal health employees were “improperly deployed” to assist the quarantined Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China, and were “not properly trained or equipped to operate in a public health emergency situation”, according to a Washington Post report and portions of the complaint filing obtained by other media. (13) Dissolving Illusions: ... Bystrianyk, Roman Best Price: $38.50 Buy New $21.60 (as of 11:00 UTC - Details)
There is another very curious part of this apparent puzzle. In August of 2019, the CDC completely shut down the US Military bio-weapons lab at Fort Detrick (USAMRIID) for “bio-safety hazards”. They issued a cease-and-desist order and all research was ordered to be immediately suspended until further notice but, interestingly, the US media took almost no note of this event. One would imagine that in light of such a drastic measure, rampant testing would be obligatory, but in this case apparently not. Yet Taiwan media reported COVID-19 infections of Taiwanese residents originating from the US (Hawaii) in September of 2019. The World Military Games were held in Wuhan during the last two weeks of October. (14) (15) (16)
It may be worth mentioning that this wasn’t the first time such concerns have arisen. Between 2005 and 2012, the latest date for which I have accurate figures, the US CDC received 1,059 “release reports” – an average of an incident every few days involving “theft, loss, release causing an occupational exposure, or release outside of primary biocontainment barriers” of dangerous pathogens. The NYT and Western media pilloried China for several small leaks of a virus ten years ago, but the Americans have had 1,057 more serious releases than did China during the same period, many of these involving deadly pathogens. (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22)
Notes
(1) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-tests-new-york-us-cases-kits-trump-cdc-results-a9365921.html
(2) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-idUSKBN2062HT
(3) https://www.shine.cn/news/world/2003023225/
(4) https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/02/25/cdc-coronavirus-test/
(5) https://www.shine.cn/news/world/2002283012/
(6) https://www.chinadailyhk.com/article/123275
(7) https://www.thedailybeast.com/coronavirus-testing-in-the-us-is-somehow-looking-worse-by-the-day
(8) https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm
(9) https://www.huanqiu.com/
(10) https://www.shine.cn/news/world/2003023225/
(11) https://www.globalresearch.ca/china-coronavirus-shocking-update/5705196
(12) http://en.people.cn/n3/2020/0224/c90000-9661463.html
(13) http://en.people.cn/n3/2020/0228/c90000-9663208.html
(14) https://www.medicaldaily.com/cdc-shuts-down-militarys-deadly-diseases-lab-over-safety-concerns-440475
(15) https://cbrn.dfns.net/2019/08/07/cdc-shuts-down-usamriid-lab/
(16) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/health/germs-fort-detrick-biohazard.html
(17) https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cdc-botched-handling-of-deadly-flu-virus/
(18) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK285575/
(19) http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2842494-CDC-2008-Autoclave-Potential-Exposure-Incident.html
(20) https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/p0711-lab-safety.html
(21) https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/06/02/newly-disclosed-cdc-lab-incidents-fuel-concerns-safety-transparency/84978860/
(22) http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2842405-CDC-Email-13May2011-Re-Tech-Leaving-Lab-Without.html


lewrockwell--2020-03-07--Health Inheritance: Asians Have Lower Vitamin C Blood Levels; More Prone To Coronavirus & Other Infe

Health Inheritance: Asians Have Lower Vitamin C Blood Levels; More Prone To Coronavirus & Other Infections

Physicians in Wuhan , China , the epicenter for COVID-19 coronavirus that is now infecting human populations around the globe , report a shortage of test kits for this infectious pathogen .
But maybe doctors rather than test for a virus ought to be testing for a viral vulnerability factor – an unstable form of haptoglobin ( HAPTO-G ) , genetically prevalent in Asian populations .
Then they wouldn ’ t be likely to run out of test kits as they are manufactured , in of all places , right there in Wuhan .
What is haptoglobin ?
( hap-tow-glow-bin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the red protein in red blood cells that carries both oxygen and iron .
By virtue of its binding power , haptoglobin mops up hemoglobin and loose iron when red blood cells die off so as to limit the availability of potentially destructive unbound iron .
Haptoglobin also reduces the amount of iron lost in the kidneys and recycles it .
Out of three types of haptoglobin ( HAPTO-G ) , one type doesn ’ t bind as well to hemoglobin , releases excess iron which then increases iron-induced oxidation ( rusting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) of cholesterol and degradation of vitamin C. The Vitamin D Cure , Re ... Stafford , Diane Best Price : $ 2.05 Buy New $ 2.99 While vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant itself by virtue of its ability to donate two electrons to unbalanced atoms , vitamin C is vulnerable to oxidation itself .
While it is commonly said vitamin C blood levels are solely determined by dietary intake ( fruits , vitamin pills ) , some is determined genetically by the type of haptoglobin that is predominant .
The type @ @ @ @ @ @ @ oxidation of vitamin C is very prevalent among Asians .
Unstable haptoglobin is prevalent in up to 56.4 % of Chinese males and females , whereas the two more stable forms are distributed in 10 % and 33.6 % of genetic groups in Chinese populations .
The more stable form of HAPTO-G is prevalent among 35 % of Caucasians .
Vitamin C blood concentrations are lower among Asians with unstable Hapto-G .
Among individuals who don ’ t consume the Recommended Daily Allowance of vitamin C from their diet , the likelihood a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ greater among individuals who inherit the unstable form of HAPTO-G. Because unstable HAPTO-G does not as efficiently bind to iron , blood storage levels of iron ( ferritin ) are obviously higher among many Asians .
Mortality rates are higher among virally-infected individuals with unstable HAPTO-G .
Among virally-infected adults , median survival was 7.3 years in the unstable haptoglobin group vs. 11.0 years for the stable HAPTO-G group .
Supplemental vitamin C ( 1600 mg./day ) was found to reduce duration of hospitalization by 36 % among patients with pneumonia , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Highly virulent coronavirus-infected patients produce a viral load of 357 copies per milliliter of blood serum , enough to overwhelm the immune system and marginalize dietary and oral doses of vitamin C. Continual vitamin C infusions would be necessary .
Due to the fact vitamin C levels are lower among Asians , the COVID-19 coronavirus is not expected to be as virulent or frequent in populations outside Asia .
That same type of unstable HAPTO-G results in hardened arterial cholesterol , what doctors call atherosclerosis .
Diabetics have this same type of predominant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % greater risk for cardiovascular disease compared to diabetics who have a more stable form of haptoglobin .
Unstable haptoglobin is almost as predictive ( 4.2-fold increased risk ) for a heart attack as is elevated cholesterol .
The human body loses ~3 % of its vitamin C per day .
Vitamin C losses greatly accelerate during infection .
Lypo-Spheric Vitamin C ... Buy New $ 32.95 Oral vitamin C is rapidly excreted in urine flow ( half-life of 30 minutes ) , which has caused some vitamin C skeptics to refer to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ expensive urine.
” Viruses increase demand for vitamin C. Oral vitamin C taken throughout the day would be necessary to maintain optimal blood levels among healthy patients , but that may not be achievable when viruses like the coronavirus take hold .
The viral load increases exponentially as does the need for vitamin C , beyond what can be taken normally via oral dosing .
Continuous vitamin C infusions may be required in severe life-threatening viral infections .
Humans once internally produced vitamin C in their liver via enzymatic conversion of glucose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .
All humans along with guinea pigs , fruit bats and primate monkeys have the same universal gene mutation and can ’ t endogenously secrete vitamin C due to a missing GULO enzyme ( gulonolactone oxidase ) .
Animals that secrete vitamin C internally are not sickened by coronaviruses .
The gene that controls vitamin C synthesis in the liver is defective .
In the 1970s biochemist Irwin Stone predicted some day in the future there would be gene therapy to correct this single-gene mutation and restore the human body to internally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That day may have arrived as a commercially branded vitamin C , FORMULA-216 ( formulated by this author ) , has passed preliminary tests and raises blood levels of vitamin C on a 24/7 basis without consumption of fruits or vitamin pills .
Such 24/7 secretion of vitamin C during viral infections is critical to keep up with the viral load and replication rate , as viruses live inside healthy living cells and hijack their genetic machinery to replicate .
Researchers now await genetic tests to confirm the GULO gene has been re-activated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , there is no question this novel form of supplemental vitamin C provides immune support and can stand up to the worst infections .
It would be most beneficial to Asian populations and contains additional natural stabilizers that mop up loose iron to protect vitamin C from oxidation .

Physicians in Wuhan, China, the epicenter for COVID-19 coronavirus that is now infecting human populations around the globe, report a shortage of test kits for this infectious pathogen. But maybe doctors rather than test for a virus ought to be testing for a viral vulnerability factor – an unstable form of haptoglobin (HAPTO-G), genetically prevalent in Asian populations. Then they wouldn’t be likely to run out of test kits as they are manufactured, in of all places, right there in Wuhan.
What is haptoglobin? (hap-tow-glow-bin) This blood protein binds to hemoglobin, the red protein in red blood cells that carries both oxygen and iron. By virtue of its binding power, haptoglobin mops up hemoglobin and loose iron when red blood cells die off so as to limit the availability of potentially destructive unbound iron. Haptoglobin also reduces the amount of iron lost in the kidneys and recycles it.
Out of three types of haptoglobin (HAPTO-G), one type doesn’t bind as well to hemoglobin, releases excess iron which then increases iron-induced oxidation (rusting), and increases oxidation (hardening) of cholesterol and degradation of vitamin C.
Oxidation of vitamin C
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While it is commonly said vitamin C blood levels are solely determined by dietary intake (fruits, vitamin pills), some is determined genetically by the type of haptoglobin that is predominant.
Haptoglobin & vitamin C
The type of unstable haptoglobin that leads to the oxidation of vitamin C is very prevalent among Asians.
Unstable haptoglobin is prevalent in up to 56.4% of Chinese males and females, whereas the two more stable forms are distributed in 10% and 33.6% of genetic groups in Chinese populations. The more stable form of HAPTO-G is prevalent among 35% of Caucasians.
Vitamin C blood concentrations are lower among Asians with unstable Hapto-G. Among individuals who don’t consume the Recommended Daily Allowance of vitamin C from their diet, the likelihood a person will be vitamin C-deficient is ~3-fold greater among individuals who inherit the unstable form of HAPTO-G.
Because unstable HAPTO-G does not as efficiently bind to iron, blood storage levels of iron (ferritin) are obviously higher among many Asians.
Haptoglobin & viral growth
Stable HAPTO-G controls growth of viruses and bacteria.
Mortality rates are higher among virally-infected individuals with unstable HAPTO-G.
Among virally-infected adults, median survival was 7.3 years in the unstable haptoglobin group vs. 11.0 years for the stable HAPTO-G group.
Supplemental vitamin C (1600 mg./day) was found to reduce duration of hospitalization by 36% among patients with pneumonia, which is what coronavirus-infected patients die of.
Highly virulent coronavirus-infected patients produce a viral load of 357 copies per milliliter of blood serum, enough to overwhelm the immune system and marginalize dietary and oral doses of vitamin C. Continual vitamin C infusions would be necessary.
Due to the fact vitamin C levels are lower among Asians, the COVID-19 coronavirus is not expected to be as virulent or frequent in populations outside Asia.
Haptoglobin hardens cholesterol too
That same type of unstable HAPTO-G results in hardened arterial cholesterol, what doctors call atherosclerosis.
Diabetics have this same type of predominant form of haptoglobin and have a 500% greater risk for cardiovascular disease compared to diabetics who have a more stable form of haptoglobin.
Unstable haptoglobin is almost as predictive (4.2-fold increased risk) for a heart attack as is elevated cholesterol.
Vitamin C replacement
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Oral vitamin C is rapidly excreted in urine flow (half-life of 30 minutes), which has caused some vitamin C skeptics to refer to vitamin C pills as nothing more than “expensive urine.”
Viruses increase demand for vitamin C. Oral vitamin C taken throughout the day would be necessary to maintain optimal blood levels among healthy patients, but that may not be achievable when viruses like the coronavirus take hold. The viral load increases exponentially as does the need for vitamin C, beyond what can be taken normally via oral dosing. Continuous vitamin C infusions may be required in severe life-threatening viral infections.
Vitamin C regeneration
Humans once internally produced vitamin C in their liver via enzymatic conversion of glucose sugar to ascorbate (aka vitamin C). All humans along with guinea pigs, fruit bats and primate monkeys have the same universal gene mutation and can’t endogenously secrete vitamin C due to a missing GULO enzyme (gulonolactone oxidase). Animals that secrete vitamin C internally are not sickened by coronaviruses.
The gene that controls vitamin C synthesis in the liver is defective. In the 1970s biochemist Irwin Stone predicted some day in the future there would be gene therapy to correct this single-gene mutation and restore the human body to internally produce vitamin C on demand 24/7.
That day may have arrived as a commercially branded vitamin C, FORMULA-216 (formulated by this author), has passed preliminary tests and raises blood levels of vitamin C on a 24/7 basis without consumption of fruits or vitamin pills.
Such 24/7 secretion of vitamin C during viral infections is critical to keep up with the viral load and replication rate, as viruses live inside healthy living cells and hijack their genetic machinery to replicate.
Researchers now await genetic tests to confirm the GULO gene has been re-activated. While the precise mechanism awaits confirmation, there is no question this novel form of supplemental vitamin C provides immune support and can stand up to the worst infections. It would be most beneficial to Asian populations and contains additional natural stabilizers that mop up loose iron to protect vitamin C from oxidation.