prepareforchange--2020-08-14--Nyla Nguyen Interview: Navigating 3D Events to Master 5D Consciousness

Nyla Nguyen is a Twin Flame , an old soul and a Light Warrior here to assist the planet and its inhabitants in this ascension period .
She helps to anchor the 5D energy , share her spiritual/metaphysical and Galactic knowledge for people going through their ascension journey .
She has a Youtube channel and membership site to spread the light .
She covers current events from a 5D ( Galactic ) perspective .
We spoke with Nyla about how to awaken to 5D consciousness and what can one do to help others join in the path .
What are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ answers may surprise you .
Nyla backs up her claims with lots of research and facts that she presents in her videos .
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Nyla Nguyen is a Twin Flame, an old soul and a Light Warrior here to assist the planet and its inhabitants in this ascension period. She helps to anchor the 5D energy, share her spiritual/metaphysical and Galactic knowledge for people going through their ascension journey. She has a Youtube channel and membership site to spread the light. She covers current events from a 5D (Galactic) perspective.
We spoke with Nyla about how to awaken to 5D consciousness and what can one do to help others join in the path. What are the big issues being missed? The answers may surprise you.
Nyla backs up her claims with lots of research and facts that she presents in her videos.
Nyla Nguyen: nylanguyen.com
YouTube: 3d to 5d consciousness
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prepareforchange--2020-08-14--Farmed Salmon Is Getting Worse

Farmed Salmon Is Getting Worse

An undercover investigation in Vietnam , India , and The Gambia revealed that the demand for fishmeal and fish oil used in the aquaculture industry is still fueling overfishing and putting intense pressure on wild fish stocks The findings also suggested that oleic acid , found in vegetable oil , may promote overweight and obesity in Atlantic salmon Significant differences were seen in cultured salmon fat cells depending on the type of fatty acid they were exposed to , including changes in the amount of mitochondria — the cells ’ powerhouses — and alterations in the release of fatty acids @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , including rapeseed , or canola , are now used instead , which have had dramatic consequences for the salmon While fishmeal and fish oil once made up about 90 % of farmed Norwegian salmon feed , research suggests that by 2016 , only 10 % of the fat in farmed salmon feed was marine-based Salmon is often used as an example of a health-conscious food choice , but its health value depends greatly on its source .
While wild salmon is nutritious , there are many problems with farm-raised salmon , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in U.S. supermarkets and served in restaurants .
A key part of that lies with their diet , which in the wild is made up of marine life , including zooplankton and other fish .
In an attempt to simulate their wild diet , during the 1990s virtually all farmed salmon were fed diets rich in fishmeal and fish oil.1 This wasn ’ t sustainable , however , and in an effort to create feed for farmed fish that didn ’ t involve overfishing , vegetable ingredients were added as a replacement .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ up about 90 % of farmed Norwegian salmon feed , by 2013 this dropped to about 30 % .2 Other research suggests that by 2016 , only 10 % of the fat in farmed salmon feed was marine-based.3 High levels of vegetable oils , including rapeseed , or canola , are now used instead , which has had dramatic consequences for the salmon and , likely , for those who use them as a food source .
Researchers from the Norwegian Institute of Food , Fisheries and Aquaculture ( Nofima ) conducted a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ affect the way salmon utilize fat , particularly during fasting.4 In the wild , salmon regularly experience periods of fasting when they ’ re unable to catch food .
Farmed salmon may also fast , but only due to illnesses , spawning and prior to slaughter.5 “ During these periods , it is vital for salmon to regulate fat metabolism in the body well , which is why it is interesting to study how these processes change with altered diets , ” study author Bente Ruyter of Nofima explained .
“ This is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in fish that are alive , but we can conduct a more detailed study of the energy metabolism in cultured cells.
” 6 Using primary fat cells isolated from 20 live fish , the researchers added fatty acids found in fish feed to determine their effects .
The fatty acids included : • Eicosapentaenoic ( EPA ) , an omega-3 marine fat that used to be more plentiful in the feed than it is now • Oleic acid ( OA ) , which is found in vegetable oil and is added in higher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before • Palm acid , a saturated fatty acid found in fish oil and plant oil , which has also decreased in farmed fish feed Significant differences were seen in the cultured cells depending on fatty acid , including changes in the amount of mitochondria — the cells ’ powerhouses — and alterations in the release of fatty acids during fasting .
The findings also suggested that oleic acid may promote overweight and obesity in Atlantic salmon more so than EPA and palm acid , with the researchers noting , “ The supplementation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lead to a higher production of intracellular lipid droplets.
” 7 Changes in commercial farmed fish diets have led to significant reductions in EPA , the omega-3 fat DHA and palm acid in salmon ’ s adipose tissue , along with an increase in OA .
These fats yield “ very different and often opposing effects on central adipocyte functions , ” the researchers explained , affecting adipose tissue metabolism and physiology via a number of mechanisms , including:8 • Modulating metabolic processes , such as lipid droplet formation , the leptin system @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that salmon transport fat as free fatty acids , including during sexual maturation , when nutrients from fat tissue are transferred to reproductive cells .
The study revealed , however , that the fat is transported on phospholipids , cholesterol esters and triglycerides.9 Correlations were also seen with humans , as the salmon fat cells reacted to fasting similarly to human fat tissue .
“ Many of the regulatory mechanisms associated with energy metabolism when on a fatty diet appear to be similar to those found in humans , ” according to Nofima.10 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ needed to find out how the lipid composition of fat cells affects fish physiology and health , especially during fasting .
When a fish stops eating , the ability to recruit lipids from fat cells is essential for reproduction as well as recovery from disease , making the dietary changes potentially disastrous .
What ’ s more , it could also serve as a warning for humans .
According to Nofima scientist Marta Bou Mira:11 If you eat farmed salmon , you ’ re essentially consuming the salmon ’ s unnatural diet as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Journal of Experimental Biology , Nini Sissener with the Institute of Marine Research in Norway looked into how changes in commercial salmon feed affect the fatty acid composition of salmon tissues , and how these changes affect the humans who eat them , essentially following the fatty acids through the food chain.12 Salmon is the second most popular type of seafood in the U.S. ( shrimp is the first ) , with just over 2 pounds consumed annually , per person.13 A key reason behind its popularity has to do with its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ source of beneficial animal-based omega-3 fats , salmon can , indeed , be a very healthy food choice .
While farmed salmon may still provide a source of omega-3 fats , the concentrations are less than they were before , however , and are less than those found in wild salmon .
“ Farmed salmon still contributes positively to the overall n-6/n-3 ratio of a Western diet , but to a much lesser extent than before , ” Sissener wrote .
“ Combined with similar changes in much of our food supply , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and efforts should be made to limit the amount of n-6 FAs in salmon fillets.
” 14 Farm-raised salmon makes up 75 % of the salmon consumed worldwide , and its volume has increased nearly 1,000 % from 1990 to 2015,15 which means that changes in its nutritional content may affect public health .
While half a fillet of wild Atlantic salmon contains about 3,996 milligrams ( mg ) of omega-3 and 341 mg of omega-6,16 the same amount of farmed Atlantic salmon contains an astounding 1,944 mg of omega-6.17 Aside from an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also more likely to contain toxins .
The Environmental Working Group ( EWG ) tested farmed salmon from U.S. grocery stores and found farmed salmon had , on average:18 • Four times more PCBs than beef • 3.4 times more PCBs than other seafood What ’ s more , in 2005 researchers found that farmed Atlantic salmon were so contaminated with PCBs , toxaphene , dieldrin , dioxins and polybrominated diphenyl ethers that they posed a cancer and additional health risks to humans , even when consumed in moderate amounts:19 The environmental risks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and while feeding farmed salmon a diet more comparable with what they would eat in the wild may be preferable from a nutritional standpoint , it ’ s not a sustainable solution .
About 27 % of wild-caught fish — amounting to about 20 million tons of seafood — is used to make fishmeal that ’ s fed to farmed fish,20 and stocks of wild fish may be dwindling as a result .
An undercover investigation in Vietnam , India and The Gambia by the Changing Markets Foundation , titled “ Fishing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the demand for fishmeal and fish oil used in the aquaculture industry is fueling overfishing and putting intense pressure on wild fish stocks.21 According to the report:22 While 90 % of the fish being used for fishmeal and other uses could be used to feed humans directly,23 they ’ re instead being diverted into other uses , contributing to food insecurity in local communities .
Further , as noted in “ Fishing for Catastrophe : ” 24 With fishmeal and fish oil representing an unsustainable feed source , and plant-based feed alternatives leading @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cellular metabolism and nutritional value , eating farm-raised salmon is not advisable .
I only recommend eating safer seafood choices such as wild-caught Alaskan salmon , sardines , anchovies , mackerel and herring .
All of these are at low risk of contamination yet are high in healthy omega-3 fats .
You ’ ll want to opt for sustainably harvested wild-caught fish as well .
One of the best options toward this end is to look for the Marine Stewardship Council ( MSC ) logo , which features the letters MSC and a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a fish .
The MSC logo ensures the seafood came from a responsible fishery that uses sustainable fishing practices to minimize environmental impacts.25

By Dr. Joseph Mercola,
An undercover investigation in Vietnam, India, and The Gambia revealed that the demand for fishmeal and fish oil used in the aquaculture industry is still fueling overfishing and putting intense pressure on wild fish stocks
The findings also suggested that oleic acid, found in vegetable oil, may promote overweight and obesity in Atlantic salmon
Significant differences were seen in cultured salmon fat cells depending on the type of fatty acid they were exposed to, including changes in the amount of mitochondria — the cells’ powerhouses — and alterations in the release of fatty acids during fasting
High levels of vegetable oils, including rapeseed, or canola, are now used instead, which have had dramatic consequences for the salmon
While fishmeal and fish oil once made up about 90% of farmed Norwegian salmon feed, research suggests that by 2016, only 10% of the fat in farmed salmon feed was marine-based
Salmon is often used as an example of a health-conscious food choice, but its health value depends greatly on its source. While wild salmon is nutritious, there are many problems with farm-raised salmon, which makes up the bulk of salmon sold in U.S. supermarkets and served in restaurants.
A key part of that lies with their diet, which in the wild is made up of marine life, including zooplankton and other fish. In an attempt to simulate their wild diet, during the 1990s virtually all farmed salmon were fed diets rich in fishmeal and fish oil.1 This wasn’t sustainable, however, and in an effort to create feed for farmed fish that didn’t involve overfishing, vegetable ingredients were added as a replacement.
While fishmeal and fish oil once made up about 90% of farmed Norwegian salmon feed, by 2013 this dropped to about 30%.2 Other research suggests that by 2016, only 10% of the fat in farmed salmon feed was marine-based.3 High levels of vegetable oils, including rapeseed, or canola, are now used instead, which has had dramatic consequences for the salmon and, likely, for those who use them as a food source.
Farmed Salmon Feed Alters Cell Metabolism
Researchers from the Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture (Nofima) conducted a study to find out how dietary changes affect the way salmon utilize fat, particularly during fasting.4 In the wild, salmon regularly experience periods of fasting when they’re unable to catch food. Farmed salmon may also fast, but only due to illnesses, spawning and prior to slaughter.5
“During these periods, it is vital for salmon to regulate fat metabolism in the body well, which is why it is interesting to study how these processes change with altered diets,” study author Bente Ruyter of Nofima explained. “This is something that is not easy to study in fish that are alive, but we can conduct a more detailed study of the energy metabolism in cultured cells.”6
Using primary fat cells isolated from 20 live fish, the researchers added fatty acids found in fish feed to determine their effects. The fatty acids included:
Eicosapentaenoic (EPA), an omega-3 marine fat that used to be more plentiful in the feed than it is now
Oleic acid (OA), which is found in vegetable oil and is added in higher quantities to fish feed than it was before
Palm acid, a saturated fatty acid found in fish oil and plant oil, which has also decreased in farmed fish feed
Significant differences were seen in the cultured cells depending on fatty acid, including changes in the amount of mitochondria — the cells’ powerhouses — and alterations in the release of fatty acids during fasting.
The findings also suggested that oleic acid may promote overweight and obesity in Atlantic salmon more so than EPA and palm acid, with the researchers noting, “The supplementation of OA to mature Atlantic salmon adipocytes lead to a higher production of intracellular lipid droplets.”7
Dietary Changes Cause Significant Cellular Alterations
Changes in commercial farmed fish diets have led to significant reductions in EPA, the omega-3 fat DHA and palm acid in salmon’s adipose tissue, along with an increase in OA. These fats yield “very different and often opposing effects on central adipocyte functions,” the researchers explained, affecting adipose tissue metabolism and physiology via a number of mechanisms, including:8
Modulating the transcript level of relevant genes
Modifying lipolytic activity
Modulating metabolic processes, such as lipid droplet formation, the leptin system and mitochondrial dynamics
It was formerly believed that salmon transport fat as free fatty acids, including during sexual maturation, when nutrients from fat tissue are transferred to reproductive cells. The study revealed, however, that the fat is transported on phospholipids, cholesterol esters and triglycerides.9
Correlations were also seen with humans, as the salmon fat cells reacted to fasting similarly to human fat tissue.
“Many of the regulatory mechanisms associated with energy metabolism when on a fatty diet appear to be similar to those found in humans,” according to Nofima.10 The researchers suggested that more research is needed to find out how the lipid composition of fat cells affects fish physiology and health, especially during fasting.
When a fish stops eating, the ability to recruit lipids from fat cells is essential for reproduction as well as recovery from disease, making the dietary changes potentially disastrous. What’s more, it could also serve as a warning for humans. According to Nofima scientist Marta Bou Mira:11
“In this journal, most research focuses on humans, but I think salmon is increasingly being considered as a possible model for humans. We have conducted basic research on fish that has never been done before, and the combination between adipose tissue models and an increased understanding of obesity-related issues most likely caught people’s eye.”
How Does Eating Farmed Salmon Affect Humans?
If you eat farmed salmon, you’re essentially consuming the salmon’s unnatural diet as well. In a review published in the Journal of Experimental Biology, Nini Sissener with the Institute of Marine Research in Norway looked into how changes in commercial salmon feed affect the fatty acid composition of salmon tissues, and how these changes affect the humans who eat them, essentially following the fatty acids through the food chain.12
Salmon is the second most popular type of seafood in the U.S. (shrimp is the first), with just over 2 pounds consumed annually, per person.13 A key reason behind its popularity has to do with its perceived health benefits. As a rich source of beneficial animal-based omega-3 fats, salmon can, indeed, be a very healthy food choice.
While farmed salmon may still provide a source of omega-3 fats, the concentrations are less than they were before, however, and are less than those found in wild salmon.
“Farmed salmon still contributes positively to the overall n-6/n-3 ratio of a Western diet, but to a much lesser extent than before,” Sissener wrote. “Combined with similar changes in much of our food supply, this is a cause for concern, and efforts should be made to limit the amount of n-6 FAs in salmon fillets.”14
Farm-raised salmon makes up 75% of the salmon consumed worldwide, and its volume has increased nearly 1,000% from 1990 to 2015,15 which means that changes in its nutritional content may affect public health.
While half a fillet of wild Atlantic salmon contains about 3,996 milligrams (mg) of omega-3 and 341 mg of omega-6,16 the same amount of farmed Atlantic salmon contains an astounding 1,944 mg of omega-6.17 Aside from an inferior nutritional profile, farmed salmon is also more likely to contain toxins.
Consuming Atlantic Farmed Salmon May Pose Health Risks
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) tested farmed salmon from U.S. grocery stores and found farmed salmon had, on average:18
16 times more polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) than wild salmon
Four times more PCBs than beef
3.4 times more PCBs than other seafood
What’s more, in 2005 researchers found that farmed Atlantic salmon were so contaminated with PCBs, toxaphene, dieldrin, dioxins and polybrominated diphenyl ethers that they posed a cancer and additional health risks to humans, even when consumed in moderate amounts:19
“Many farmed Atlantic salmon contain dioxin concentrations that, when consumed at modest rates, pose elevated cancer and noncancer health risks.
However, dioxin and DLCs [dioxin-like compounds] are just one suite of many organic and inorganic contaminants and contaminant classes in the tissues of farmed salmon, and the cumulative health risk of exposure to these compounds via consumption of farmed salmon is likely even higher.
As we have shown here, modest consumption of farmed salmon contaminated with DLCs raises human exposure levels above the lower end of the WHO TDI [World Health Organization’s tolerable daily intake], and considerably above background intake levels for adults in the United States.”
27% of Wild-Caught Fish Fed to Fish
The environmental risks of farm-raised salmon must not be overlooked, and while feeding farmed salmon a diet more comparable with what they would eat in the wild may be preferable from a nutritional standpoint, it’s not a sustainable solution.
About 27% of wild-caught fish — amounting to about 20 million tons of seafood — is used to make fishmeal that’s fed to farmed fish,20 and stocks of wild fish may be dwindling as a result.
An undercover investigation in Vietnam, India and The Gambia by the Changing Markets Foundation, titled “Fishing for Catastrophe,” also revealed that the demand for fishmeal and fish oil used in the aquaculture industry is fueling overfishing and putting intense pressure on wild fish stocks.21 According to the report:22
“Our findings show that FMFO [fishmeal and fish oil] production, driven by demand from the global aquaculture sector, is visibly accelerating the decline of fish stocks in India, Vietnam and The Gambia that marine fisheries for human consumption have already pushed to breaking point.
Local fisherpeople and communities are clear-eyed about the consequences for them; they see the slump in catches they are currently experiencing as a precursor to the inevitable destruction of the fisheries that sustain them. However, they feel powerless against the economic might of the industry.”
While 90% of the fish being used for fishmeal and other uses could be used to feed humans directly,23 they’re instead being diverted into other uses, contributing to food insecurity in local communities. Further, as noted in “Fishing for Catastrophe:”24
“A report published in July 2019 found that the Scottish salmon industry alone uses roughly the same quantity of wild-caught fish to feed its salmon as the entire adult population of the UK purchases in one year, and that it will require a further 310,000 tonnes of wild fish per year to meet its ambitions to double in size by 2030.”
Safer, Sustainable Seafood Options
With fishmeal and fish oil representing an unsustainable feed source, and plant-based feed alternatives leading to changes in farmed salmon’s cellular metabolism and nutritional value, eating farm-raised salmon is not advisable.
I only recommend eating safer seafood choices such as wild-caught Alaskan salmon, sardines, anchovies, mackerel and herring. All of these are at low risk of contamination yet are high in healthy omega-3 fats. You’ll want to opt for sustainably harvested wild-caught fish as well.
One of the best options toward this end is to look for the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) logo, which features the letters MSC and a blue check mark in the shape of a fish. The MSC logo ensures the seafood came from a responsible fishery that uses sustainable fishing practices to minimize environmental impacts.25


prepareforchange--2020-08-14--Big Pharma, Big Tech and Big Media are waging an all-out WAR against humanity, and their goal is to

Big Pharma, Big Tech and Big Media are waging an all-out WAR against humanity, and their goal is to mass murder as many human beings as possible before they are stoppe

Big Tech , Big Pharma and Big Media are now actively colluding to silence all doctors , websites , videos and online content that explains why hydroxychloroquine can save lives and end the coronavirus pandemic in mere weeks .
Over the last few days , Big Tech and Big Media conspired to censor all videos of “ America ’ s Frontline Doctors ” who revealed how hydroxychloroquine is saving thousands of lives in Emergency Rooms across America ( and can even be used as a preventive medication ) .
The video presentation by the doctors has been deleted everywhere across @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to make sure Americans don ’ t learn that we don ’ t have to keep suffering and dying while waiting for a vaccine that might be a failure anyway .
Yet the evil tech giants and media publishers have decided that Americans are not allowed to watch this video of doctors offering lifesaving , proven information that can end this pandemic .
Instead , Google , YouTube , Twitter , Facebook and even Vimeo would rather see Americans suffer and die so that a vaccine narrative can be aggressively pushed that enriches @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Big Tech is now complicit in the mass murder of Americans in order to protect the profit interests of Big Pharma .
This is where we are now in America : A criminal conspiracy of powerful corporations is now blacklisting critical knowledge for human health .
They are doing it on purpose .
They know people will die because of their actions , and they don ’ t care .
Just to confirm what Martenson is tweeting above , YouTube is happy to continue hosting videos promoting a “ science ” study that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a complete fraud , but YouTube won ’ t allow legitimate doctors with firsthand experience to talk about what they see working to save lives in the ER .
All medical and health speech will now be 100 % controlled by Google , Facebook and Twitter , all evil corporations that no nothing about health or nutrition Even in a world where we ’ re told it ’ s always a good idea to get a second opinion on anything related to health and medicine , Big Tech has now decided they will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expressed online .
This means that for every disease from this day forward , Big Tech will dictate the “ allowable ” opinion about treatments for that disease… even though tech giants obviously do not have a monopoly on facts , nor any special competency in the realm of human medicine .
Here ’ s the video Big Tech doesn ’ t want you to see .
They ’ ve gone out of their way to remove it everywhere because it dismantled the entire narrative that ’ s pushing vaccine mandates in America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you can find the video on Brighteon : Brighteon.com/3571f9ae-ec43-4254-8a56-1a931c250888 Note : Facebook and Twitter have banned the entire platform of Brighteon.com in order to stop people from sharing videos like this .
They not only ban individual videos , they ban entire platforms .
And here ’ s a follow-up video where these doctors speak out against the outrageous censorship that has been unleashed against them by Big Tech and Big Media : Big Tech , Big Pharma and Big Media are now enemy combatants waging a WAR against humanity I ’ ve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Big Pharma for over a decade , and I was among the first to be 100 % censored and blacklisted by Big Tech as I warned what was coming .
Now , even doctors across America are waking up to exactly what I was warning about : If you don ’ t have the correct opinion that Big Tech says is the only allowable truth , you will be censored and de-platformed .
You will also be smeared on Wikipedia and relentlessly attacked by left-wing media .
This means that for every debate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ takes place in our world from this day forward , there is only one allowable point of view that can be expressed , and it ’ s the point of view that ’ s chosen by the insane , authoritarian lunatics who run Google , Facebook , YouTube , Twitter , Vimeo , LinkedIn and other radical extremist tech giants .
Today we declare that all employees who work for Big Tech , Big Pharma or Big Media are , in fact , enemy combatants , terrorists and malicious bad faith actors who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mass murder millions of human beings .
Every person who works for Google is complicit in mass murder .
Every fake news “ journalist ” who pushes propaganda for CNN is a treasonous criminal working against the interests of humanity .
Every person who works for Big Pharma to push unsafe vaccines on billions of people is , in reality , working to destroy human lives and cause suffering and mass death , even if they have to see millions of people killed in the process of raking in their obscene profits .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ it straight out : There is a war being waged against humanity , and that war is being funded by at least 269 corporations such as Google , Netflix , Nike , Apple and Amazon .
The goal is to achieve the mass slaughter of billions of human beings , whether through abortions , deadly vaccines , engineered famine or the deliberately provocation of social chaos and civil war .
We now live in a world where the gatekeepers of news and online information are actively , maliciously , deliberately suppressing medical information @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This makes these corporations enemies against humanity and a clear and present danger to the future of human civilization on our planet .
See my recent interview with Del Bigtree here , as we expose the pure evil and malicious nature of Big Tech and its anti-human agenda : If humanity is to survive , Big Tech , Big Pharma and Big Media must be defeated and dismantled If humanity is to survive , these evil corporate giants must be defeated and dismantled .
We have now reached the point where the very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of being obliterated by these evil corporate monsters who are conspiring to destroy our economies , our freedoms and our lives .
They don ’ t plan to end the lockdowns — ever !
— because they are rolling out a global depopulation scheme to mass murder 90 % of the human beings living today .
Humanity must rise up and defeat that corporate demons , or we will be destroyed by them .
How do we achieve the defeat and dismantling of these evil corporations that now represent an existential threat to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demand that our political leaders take them down for their violations of anti-trust laws and civil rights legislation .
Today , President Trump tweeted that it ’ s time for him to take decisive action against Big Tech : However , executive orders won ’ t be enough .
It ’ s now clear that because Big Tech is at war with humanity , they will never voluntarily comply with any laws or rules that limit their power to control all online speech .
That ’ s why Trump needs to unleash the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Big Tech to be engaged in an illegal insurrection against the United States of America , then dispatching military police to arrest all the corporate leaders and seize control of these treasonous corporations .
Trump must order to U.S. State Department to seize the domain names of all the tech giants : Google.com , Apple.com , Twitter.com , YouTube.com , Facebook.com , Vimeo.com and others .
He must shut them down both online and offline , while the DOJ prosecutes the CEOs for treason .
The continued existence of Google , Facebook and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ free society .
These evil corporations have proven they operate with zero respect for human rights , the rule of law or any sense of speech fairness .
They operate with malicious contempt for U.S. laws and the United States Constitution .
They abuse and exploit their power to rig elections , interfere with the First Amendment and silence their political opponents .
Now , they ’ re even silencing doctors because they don ’ t agree with their “ second opinion.
” This has gone too far .
Big Tech must be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t act to dismantle Big Tech , We the People must defend ourselves against their acts of war against us .
The day is coming when We the People will have to dismantle the tech giants or be enslaved by techno-tyranny The People must occupy and dismantle the tech giants .
They must disconnect every fiber optic line that feeds the Big Tech beast , and they must converge on Big Tech office buildings across the country and peacefully dismantle them , server by server , brick by brick , until this unprecedented @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The “ demon ” of techno-tyranny must be defeated , or none of us will ever be free again .
Many in Congress are finally starting to fight back , but it ’ s probably too late .
Republicans sat around for four years doing nothing , unable to comprehend how the internet works and therefore having no clue what was being engineered against America .
As Breitbart.com is now reporting : Rep. Paul Gosar ( R-AZ ) and a host of other House conservatives introduced legislation on Wednesday that would block @ @ @ @ @ @ @ speech on the Internet .
Reps. Doug Collins ( R-GA ) , Ralph Norman ( R-SC ) , Lance Gooden ( R-TX ) , Steve King ( R-IA ) , Jim Banks ( R-IN ) , Matt Gaetz ( R-FL ) , Ted Yoho ( R-FL ) , Tom Tiffany ( R-WI ) , Ron Wright ( R-TX ) , and Gosar introduced the Stop the Censorship Act of 2020 , which would revoke big tech companies ’ Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act legal immunity if the tech platform were to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But it ’ s already too late .
Google already rigged the 2018 mid-term elections , allowing Democrats to seize the House , so no legislation against Big Tech is currently possible .
That ’ s why any real solution must come from the President ’ s declaration of an open insurrection by Big Tech , followed by military action to take down every last corporation that ’ s actively waging war against America and humanity .
We are far beyond the point of a political solution here .
Now , Google and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to stop their war against humanity .
They will not stop voluntarily .
And they will ignore all laws .
They are not acting in good faith , and they believe they are already more powerful than any government in the world .
Let ’ s see how they do against artillery if Trump finally invokes the 3D world layer for this conflict .
Send in the tanks .
Anything less will be pointless .
And for those of you who say the government should never exercise such power against corporations , ask @ @ @ @ @ @ @ far more dangerous power over all speech that ’ s now being exploited by the corporations themselves ?
Bad ideas ( like communism ) are more dangerous than bullets , which is why Google and the tech tyrants want total control over all ideas , speech , videos , memes and content .
That ’ s a far greater threat to your liberty than any government action , especially if the entire point of the government ’ s action is to restore a level playing field for online speech .
The greatest threat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Government , it ’ s Big Tech and the fake news media .

Big Tech, Big Pharma and Big Media are now actively colluding to silence all doctors, websites, videos and online content that explains why hydroxychloroquine can save lives and end the coronavirus pandemic in mere weeks.
Over the last few days, Big Tech and Big Media conspired to censor all videos of “America’s Frontline Doctors” who revealed how hydroxychloroquine is saving thousands of lives in Emergency Rooms across America (and can even be used as a preventive medication).
The video presentation by the doctors has been deleted everywhere across Big Tech platforms in a desperate effort to make sure Americans don’t learn that we don’t have to keep suffering and dying while waiting for a vaccine that might be a failure anyway.
Yet the evil tech giants and media publishers have decided that Americans are not allowed to watch this video of doctors offering lifesaving, proven information that can end this pandemic. Instead, Google, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and even Vimeo would rather see Americans suffer and die so that a vaccine narrative can be aggressively pushed that enriches Big Pharma.
In other words, Big Tech is now complicit in the mass murder of Americans in order to protect the profit interests of Big Pharma.
This is where we are now in America: A criminal conspiracy of powerful corporations is now blacklisting critical knowledge for human health. They are doing it on purpose. They know people will die because of their actions, and they don’t care.
This. This is where we are in the story right now. Fake and 100% fraudulent anti-HCQ studies are A-OK with Youtube but a bevy of MD’s speaking from their professional experience is not. Lives don’t matter. *sigh* https://t.co/u4v8TMTQhb — PeakProsperity.com – Fed goes Brrrrrrr (@chrismartenson) July 28, 2020
Just to confirm what Martenson is tweeting above, YouTube is happy to continue hosting videos promoting a “science” study that has long been retracted and exposed as a complete fraud, but YouTube won’t allow legitimate doctors with firsthand experience to talk about what they see working to save lives in the ER.
All medical and health speech will now be 100% controlled by Google, Facebook and Twitter, all evil corporations that no nothing about health or nutrition
Even in a world where we’re told it’s always a good idea to get a second opinion on anything related to health and medicine, Big Tech has now decided they will dictate what opinions are allowed to be expressed online.
This means that for every disease from this day forward, Big Tech will dictate the “allowable” opinion about treatments for that disease… even though tech giants obviously do not have a monopoly on facts, nor any special competency in the realm of human medicine.
Here’s the video Big Tech doesn’t want you to see. They’ve gone out of their way to remove it everywhere because it dismantled the entire narrative that’s pushing vaccine mandates in America:
Here’s the link where you can find the video on Brighteon:
Brighteon.com/3571f9ae-ec43-4254-8a56-1a931c250888
Note: Facebook and Twitter have banned the entire platform of Brighteon.com in order to stop people from sharing videos like this. They not only ban individual videos, they ban entire platforms.
And here’s a follow-up video where these doctors speak out against the outrageous censorship that has been unleashed against them by Big Tech and Big Media:
Brighteon.com/5e29d8f0-d0de-4318-b37b-2d4cec87b9ea
Big Tech, Big Pharma and Big Media are now enemy combatants waging a WAR against humanity
I’ve been warning humanity about the evils of Big Pharma for over a decade, and I was among the first to be 100% censored and blacklisted by Big Tech as I warned what was coming. Now, even doctors across America are waking up to exactly what I was warning about: If you don’t have the correct opinion that Big Tech says is the only allowable truth, you will be censored and de-platformed.
You will also be smeared on Wikipedia and relentlessly attacked by left-wing media.
This means that for every debate, every disease and every event that takes place in our world from this day forward, there is only one allowable point of view that can be expressed, and it’s the point of view that’s chosen by the insane, authoritarian lunatics who run Google, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Vimeo, LinkedIn and other radical extremist tech giants.
Today we declare that all employees who work for Big Tech, Big Pharma or Big Media are, in fact, enemy combatants, terrorists and malicious bad faith actors who are engaged in a criminal conspiracy to mass murder millions of human beings.
Every person who works for Google is complicit in mass murder. Every fake news “journalist” who pushes propaganda for CNN is a treasonous criminal working against the interests of humanity. Every person who works for Big Pharma to push unsafe vaccines on billions of people is, in reality, working to destroy human lives and cause suffering and mass death, even if they have to see millions of people killed in the process of raking in their obscene profits.
It’s time we just said it straight out: There is a war being waged against humanity, and that war is being funded by at least 269 corporations such as Google, Netflix, Nike, Apple and Amazon. The goal is to achieve the mass slaughter of billions of human beings, whether through abortions, deadly vaccines, engineered famine or the deliberately provocation of social chaos and civil war.
We now live in a world where the gatekeepers of news and online information are actively, maliciously, deliberately suppressing medical information that could save millions of lives. This makes these corporations enemies against humanity and a clear and present danger to the future of human civilization on our planet.
See my recent interview with Del Bigtree here, as we expose the pure evil and malicious nature of Big Tech and its anti-human agenda:
If humanity is to survive, Big Tech, Big Pharma and Big Media must be defeated and dismantled
If humanity is to survive, these evil corporate giants must be defeated and dismantled. We have now reached the point where the very future of human civilization is at risk of being obliterated by these evil corporate monsters who are conspiring to destroy our economies, our freedoms and our lives.
They don’t plan to end the lockdowns — ever! — because they are rolling out a global depopulation scheme to mass murder 90% of the human beings living today.
Humanity must rise up and defeat that corporate demons, or we will be destroyed by them.
How do we achieve the defeat and dismantling of these evil corporations that now represent an existential threat to humanity? For starters, we must demand that our political leaders take them down for their violations of anti-trust laws and civil rights legislation.
Today, President Trump tweeted that it’s time for him to take decisive action against Big Tech:
If Congress doesn’t bring fairness to Big Tech, which they should have done years ago, I will do it myself with Executive Orders. In Washington, it has been ALL TALK and NO ACTION for years, and the people of our Country are sick and tired of it! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2020
However, executive orders won’t be enough. It’s now clear that because Big Tech is at war with humanity, they will never voluntarily comply with any laws or rules that limit their power to control all online speech.
That’s why Trump needs to unleash the military against Big Tech by first declaring Big Tech to be engaged in an illegal insurrection against the United States of America, then dispatching military police to arrest all the corporate leaders and seize control of these treasonous corporations.
Trump must order to U.S. State Department to seize the domain names of all the tech giants: Google.com, Apple.com, Twitter.com, YouTube.com, Facebook.com, Vimeo.com and others. He must shut them down both online and offline, while the DOJ prosecutes the CEOs for treason.
The continued existence of Google, Facebook and other tech giants is flatly incompatible with free society. These evil corporations have proven they operate with zero respect for human rights, the rule of law or any sense of speech fairness. They operate with malicious contempt for U.S. laws and the United States Constitution. They abuse and exploit their power to rig elections, interfere with the First Amendment and silence their political opponents.
Now, they’re even silencing doctors because they don’t agree with their “second opinion.”
This has gone too far. Big Tech must be stopped.
And if Congress won’t act to dismantle Big Tech, We the People must defend ourselves against their acts of war against us.
The day is coming when We the People will have to dismantle the tech giants or be enslaved by techno-tyranny
The People must occupy and dismantle the tech giants. They must disconnect every fiber optic line that feeds the Big Tech beast, and they must converge on Big Tech office buildings across the country and peacefully dismantle them, server by server, brick by brick, until this unprecedented evil has been banished from our world.
The “demon” of techno-tyranny must be defeated, or none of us will ever be free again.
Many in Congress are finally starting to fight back, but it’s probably too late. Republicans sat around for four years doing nothing, unable to comprehend how the internet works and therefore having no clue what was being engineered against America. As Breitbart.com is now reporting:
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and a host of other House conservatives introduced legislation on Wednesday that would block big tech giants from censoring lawful political speech on the Internet. Reps. Doug Collins (R-GA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Steve King (R-IA), Jim Banks (R-IN), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Ted Yoho (R-FL), Tom Tiffany (R-WI), Ron Wright (R-TX), and Gosar introduced the Stop the Censorship Act of 2020, which would revoke big tech companies’ Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act legal immunity if the tech platform were to remove lawful speech on their platform.
But it’s already too late. Google already rigged the 2018 mid-term elections, allowing Democrats to seize the House, so no legislation against Big Tech is currently possible.
That’s why any real solution must come from the President’s declaration of an open insurrection by Big Tech, followed by military action to take down every last corporation that’s actively waging war against America and humanity.
We are far beyond the point of a political solution here. Now, Google and other evil tech giants must be forced to stop their war against humanity.
They will not stop voluntarily. And they will ignore all laws. They are not acting in good faith, and they believe they are already more powerful than any government in the world.
Let’s see how they do against artillery if Trump finally invokes the 3D world layer for this conflict. Send in the tanks. Anything less will be pointless.
And for those of you who say the government should never exercise such power against corporations, ask yourself this question: What about the far more dangerous power over all speech that’s now being exploited by the corporations themselves? Bad ideas (like communism) are more dangerous than bullets, which is why Google and the tech tyrants want total control over all ideas, speech, videos, memes and content. That’s a far greater threat to your liberty than any government action, especially if the entire point of the government’s action is to restore a level playing field for online speech.
The greatest threat to your liberty today is not Big Government, it’s Big Tech and the fake news media.
Source: https://www.naturalnews.com


prepareforchange--2020-08-15--MAJOR COVID Vaccine Red Flag

MAJOR COVID Vaccine Red Flag

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prepareforchange--2020-08-15--New Study Finds Antipsychotics Don’t Prevent but Actually Cause Psychosis

CCHR hopes study will put an end to the psychiatric practice of pre-drugging children with powerful psychotropic drugs to prevent the possible onset of a behavioral disorder .
Experts condemn the practice as unscientific and harmful .
A new study has found prescribing antipsychotics to prevent psychosis is harmful and should put this practice to rest .
For a decade CCHR has opposed “ pre-drugging ” youths and adults to theoretically prevent the onset of behavioral disorders that physically don ’ t exist .
Researchers of the new study published in July in the Australian & New Zealand Journal of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Researchers investigated whether antipsychotics might prevent “ conversion to psychosis ” in people who were identified as at “ clinical high risk ( CHR ) ” of it .
However , they concluded : The researchers found subjects consistently became psychotic in those taking antipsychotics , who had multiple prescriptions , and who took a higher dose of an antipsychotic .
The study is even more damning because subjects were drug naive—they aren ’ t influenced by other psychotropics that may have been stopped to commence the study .
None of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drug .
Many different antipsychotics were used , including aripiprazole , olanzapine , risperidone , amisulpride , and quetiapine .
The researchers wrote that their “ results did not favor any specific type of antipsychotics.
” [ 2 ] The practice of drugging youths labeled as symptomatic of “ Psychosis Risk Syndrome ” ( PRS ) , aka CHR [ 3 ] , “ Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome ” ( APS [ 4 ] ) and “ prodromal ” ( early symptom ) came under international opposition when PRS was proposed for inclusion in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Disorders 5 ( DSM-5 ) published in 2013 .
[ 5 ] Dr. Allen Francis , Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences , Duke University and head of the DSM-IV Task Force , told The Australian that he feared early diagnosis could lead to people without psychosis being put on drugs that have serious side-effects and called it a “ vast untried public-health experiment.
” [ 6 ] He said the tool used to identify who might become psychotic had a “ false positive rate ” ranging from 60 to 90 percent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ odds.
” [ 7 ] This is not surprising , as the diagnosis couldn ’ t be more arbitrary and unscientific .
A subjective checklist of symptoms includes “ suspiciousness , ” “ mind tricks , unanticipated beliefs , ” “ fixed belief that can not be reasoned about , ” “ awkward or anxious , socially disinterested or reluctant , ” “ speech lacking in character , unengaging , [ non- ] spontaneous , constricted or flat affect , ” “ going off track while speaking , ” and “ odd beliefs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dr. Richard Warner , formerly a professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado , countered the idea that science drives pre-disorder assessment , stating , The debate surrounding the proposal of PRS or APS was “ heated , full of conflicting values , and APS ended up not being coded as an official diagnosis in DSM-5 , ” according to a paper published in BMC Medical Ethics in 2016 .
The authors noted : DSM-5 dropped the proposal to make PRS an official category with a code of its own for reimbursement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unpredictable effects of its inclusion .
For him , “ the treatment most likely to be used would be antipsychotic medications ” which “ have no proven efficacy in preventing psychosis , but most definitely have terrible side effects.
” Regarding stigma he considered that However , as he later discovered , under its alternate name “ Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome ” ( APS ) , the American Psychiatric Association , the publisher of DSM-5 , included it in the section on Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders as one type of “ Other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Other Psychotic Disorder.
” It can be coded for insurance reimbursement .
[ 13 ] Some of the early studies to assess first episode or prodromal psychosis occurred in Australia ( McGorry , Yung ) in the early 90s , then in the U.S. [ 14 ] Despite the DSM findings , writing in World Psychiatry in 2018 , Prof. Patrick McGorry et al.
, still advocated that “ at risk mental state ” should be regarded as a syndrome in its own right .
[ 15 ] McGorry advocates replacing the idea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ treatment can begin .
[ 16 ] In a 2018 paper he and colleagues admitted , including , invalidity of the syndrome descriptions and “ the polemics [ attacks ] of antipsychiatry.
” Francis commented on McGorry trying to shoot the messenger : Calling at-risk psychosis a legitimate disorder is symptomatic of what is called “ diagnosis creep ” —broadening definitions to capture more patients .
[ 19 ] It has also been defined as when “ expert panels get together and decide that the definition of their disease is too narrow and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [ 20 ] Dr. Ray Moynihan , senior research fellow with a special interest in overdiagnosis , defines this further : U.S. psychiatrist Jerald J .
Block wrote in Bioethics Forum that “ preventive pharmacology ” is “ ethically questionable territory ” because the treatments given “ frequently have side effects and complications ” and you are potentially harming people .
[ 22 ] David Webb , board member of the World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry and Melissa Raven , psychiatric epidemiologist and policy analyst , called the practice of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ never emerged , a “ prescription for disaster.
” They stated : More alarming is that the pre-psychosis period is considered the time interval between the “ first noticeable changes in behavior ” to the appearance of overt psychotic symptoms ( also named full-blown psychosis ) .
Some studies even claim that the prodromal state period can on average last days up to five years .
[ 24 ] As such , for five years a teen could be given powerful antipsychotics that list psychosis as a side effect , in the crystal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
[ 25 ] Antipsychotics can cause a potentially life-threatening condition called neuroleptic malignant syndrome .
Lab tests show elevated while blood cell counts and liver problems leading to renal failure and the need for dialysis to restore liver function , but may become permanent if irreversible renal dysfunction results .
[ 26 ] All this makes McGorry and cohorts ’ push for “ at risk ” treatment all the more dubious .
In an article published in Psychology Today , Francis appropriately stated : McGorry ’ s reach is international .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Psychosis Association ( IEPA ) .
From 2002 to 2010 , Vice President for North America was U.S. psychiatrist Jeffrey Lieberman , Director , New York State Psychiatric Institute .
[ 28 ] Today ’ s VP for North America is Chi Cheng , a Child & Adolescent , Youth Psychiatrist & Assistant Professor in Psychiatry Section , Clinical Sciences at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine .
[ 29 ] IEPA ’ s conferences have received funding from Janssen , AstraZenecca , Eli Lilly , Pfizer , Bristol-Myers Squibb and the U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Illness ( NAMI ) .
[ 30 ] There is already a dark history of children and teens being drugged in the U.S .
According to IQVia ’ s Total Patient Tracker Database for Year 2019 , extracted February 2020 , over 6.7 million children in the U.S. were prescribed psychotropic drugs , of which 1,022,918 were prescribed antipsychotics and 2,148,871 , given antidepressants .
Over 1.3 million were prescribed anti-anxiety drugs and 3,396,066 prescribed “ ADHD ” drugs , many of which are more potent than cocaine .
[ 31 ] Now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could be labeled at-risk of mental illness and drugged .
It is a Brave New World paradigm in mental health when one has the power to unscientifically label and drug people before they are even “ ill. ” Hopefully , this latest study from the Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry that refutes the use of antipsychotics to treat “ at risk ” symptoms can sway governments not to fund the practice and to prevent such abuse .
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CCHR hopes study will put an end to the psychiatric practice of pre-drugging children with powerful psychotropic drugs to prevent the possible onset of a behavioral disorder. Experts condemn the practice as unscientific and harmful.
by Jan Eastgate, President,
CCHR International
A new study has found prescribing antipsychotics to prevent psychosis is harmful and should put this practice to rest. For a decade CCHR has opposed “pre-drugging” youths and adults to theoretically prevent the onset of behavioral disorders that physically don’t exist. Researchers of the new study published in July in the Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, vindicates CCHR’s concerns. Researchers investigated whether antipsychotics might prevent “conversion to psychosis” in people who were identified as at “clinical high risk (CHR)” of it. However, they concluded:
“Administration of antipsychotics to CHR patients is potentially harmful with no preventive benefits. We do not recommend antipsychotic treatment for CHR individuals….”[1]
The researchers found subjects consistently became psychotic in those taking antipsychotics, who had multiple prescriptions, and who took a higher dose of an antipsychotic. The study is even more damning because subjects were drug naive—they aren’t influenced by other psychotropics that may have been stopped to commence the study. None of the participants had ever received a previous psychiatric drug. Many different antipsychotics were used, including aripiprazole, olanzapine, risperidone, amisulpride, and quetiapine. The researchers wrote that their “results did not favor any specific type of antipsychotics.”[2]
The practice of drugging youths labeled as symptomatic of “Psychosis Risk Syndrome” (PRS), aka CHR[3], “Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome” (APS[4]) and “prodromal” (early symptom) came under international opposition when PRS was proposed for inclusion in the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM-5) published in 2013.[5]
Dr. Allen Francis, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University and head of the DSM-IV Task Force, told The Australian that he feared early diagnosis could lead to people without psychosis being put on drugs that have serious side-effects and called it a “vast untried public-health experiment.”[6] He said the tool used to identify who might become psychotic had a “false positive rate” ranging from 60 to 90 percent,” which were “totally unacceptable odds.”[7]
This is not surprising, as the diagnosis couldn’t be more arbitrary and unscientific. A subjective checklist of symptoms includes “suspiciousness,” “mind tricks, unanticipated beliefs,” “fixed belief that cannot be reasoned about,” “awkward or anxious, socially disinterested or reluctant,” “speech lacking in character, unengaging, [non-]spontaneous, constricted or flat affect,” “going off track while speaking,” and “odd beliefs or magical thinking.”[8]
Dr. Richard Warner, formerly a professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado, countered the idea that science drives pre-disorder assessment, stating,
“Given the expected number of false positives, the potential for harm is significant.”[9]
The debate surrounding the proposal of PRS or APS was “heated, full of conflicting values, and APS ended up not being coded as an official diagnosis in DSM-5,” according to a paper published in BMC Medical Ethics in 2016. The authors noted:
“The review process of the fifth edition” of DSM-5 “received harsh criticism, and was even considered secretive by some authors.”[10]
DSM-5 dropped the proposal to make PRS an official category with a code of its own for reimbursement.[11] Frances stressed the unpredictable effects of its inclusion. For him, “the treatment most likely to be used would be antipsychotic medications” which “have no proven efficacy in preventing psychosis, but most definitely have terrible side effects.” Regarding stigma he considered that
“having a label that suggests one is at risk to soon develop a psychosis would cause the mislabeled person much unnecessary worry, unnecessarily reduced ambitions, and create great risk of discrimination.”[12]
However, as he later discovered, under its alternate name “Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome” (APS), the American Psychiatric Association, the publisher of DSM-5, included it in the section on Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders as one type of “Other Specified Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder”/”Other Psychotic Disorder.” It can be coded for insurance reimbursement.[13]
Some of the early studies to assess first episode or prodromal psychosis occurred in Australia (McGorry, Yung) in the early 90s, then in the U.S.[14] Despite the DSM findings, writing in World Psychiatry in 2018, Prof. Patrick McGorry et al., still advocated that “at risk mental state” should be regarded as a syndrome in its own right.[15] McGorry advocates replacing the idea that one must have a diagnosis before treatment can begin.[16]
In a 2018 paper he and colleagues admitted,
“Psychiatric diagnosis is once again experiencing a crisis of confidence, which has been created by a range of forces”
including, invalidity of the syndrome descriptions and “the polemics [attacks] of antipsychiatry.”
“These forces have combined to fuel this crisis, which reached a peak during the launch period for DSM‐5,” McGorry and colleagues wrote.[17]
Francis commented on McGorry trying to shoot the messenger:
“A review of Professor McGorry’s public statements shows his willingness to ignore any evidence contrary to his belief, to change stated views back and forth when he regards this to be necessary or convenient, and to unfairly attack those who point out the fallacies and inconsistencies in his comments,” wrote Francis.[18]
Calling at-risk psychosis a legitimate disorder is symptomatic of what is called “diagnosis creep”—broadening definitions to capture more patients.[19] It has also been defined as when “expert panels get together and decide that the definition of their disease is too narrow and needs to include many more people.”[20] Dr. Ray Moynihan, senior research fellow with a special interest in overdiagnosis, defines this further:
“Expanded disease definitions are often decided upon by panels muddied by conflicts of interest, and had the potential to be harmful.”[21]
U.S. psychiatrist Jerald J. Block wrote in Bioethics Forum that “preventive pharmacology” is “ethically questionable territory” because the treatments given “frequently have side effects and complications” and you are potentially harming people.[22]
David Webb, board member of the World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry and Melissa Raven, psychiatric epidemiologist and policy analyst, called the practice of pre-drugging for a disorder that’s never emerged, a “prescription for disaster.” They stated:
“There are many hazards with pre-emptive medical interventions, especially with such potent drugs as antipsychotics (which have been described as possibly the second most toxic chemicals used in medicine after the drugs used in chemotherapy), which have serious side-effects including diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and sudden cardiovascular death.”[23]
More alarming is that the pre-psychosis period is considered the time interval between the “first noticeable changes in behavior” to the appearance of overt psychotic symptoms (also named full-blown psychosis). Some studies even claim that the prodromal state period can on average last days up to five years.[24] As such, for five years a teen could be given powerful antipsychotics that list psychosis as a side effect, in the crystal ball theory that they may develop psychosis.[25]
Antipsychotics can cause a potentially life-threatening condition called neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Lab tests show elevated while blood cell counts and liver problems leading to renal failure and the need for dialysis to restore liver function, but may become permanent if irreversible renal dysfunction results.[26]
All this makes McGorry and cohorts’ push for “at risk” treatment all the more dubious. In an article published in Psychology Today, Francis appropriately stated:
“…a dark cloud surrounds the silver lining of having one psychiatrist in a position of almost unopposed influence.”
Further,
“Professor McGorry has developed the messianic blind spot that is so common in visionary prophets. His zeal has made him an unreliable evaluator of scientific evidence, allowing him to defend absolutely indefensible positions with the convincing, but inaccurate, force of a true believer.”[27]
McGorry’s reach is international. In 1997, he established the International Early Psychosis Association (IEPA). From 2002 to 2010, Vice President for North America was U.S. psychiatrist Jeffrey Lieberman, Director, New York State Psychiatric Institute.[28] Today’s VP for North America is Chi Cheng, a Child & Adolescent, Youth Psychiatrist & Assistant Professor in Psychiatry Section, Clinical Sciences at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.[29] IEPA’s conferences have received funding from Janssen, AstraZenecca, Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb and the U.S. psycho-pharma front group National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).[30]
There is already a dark history of children and teens being drugged in the U.S. According to IQVia’s Total Patient Tracker Database for Year 2019, extracted February 2020, over 6.7 million children in the U.S. were prescribed psychotropic drugs, of which 1,022,918 were prescribed antipsychotics and 2,148,871, given antidepressants. Over 1.3 million were prescribed anti-anxiety drugs and 3,396,066 prescribed “ADHD” drugs, many of which are more potent than cocaine.[31]
Now, potentially, hundreds of thousands more could be labeled at-risk of mental illness and drugged. It is a Brave New World paradigm in mental health when one has the power to unscientifically label and drug people before they are even “ill.”
Hopefully, this latest study from the Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry that refutes the use of antipsychotics to treat “at risk” symptoms can sway governments not to fund the practice and to prevent such abuse.
As Australian psychiatrist Niall McLaren best summed up such practices:
“Not since [lobotomies] has psychiatry stumbled so far from the principle of Primum, non nocere. First, do no harm.”[32]
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prepareforchange--2020-08-15--CHINA NOW FORCING ALL CITIZENS TO ACTIVATE HEALTH CODE ON SMART PHONES FOR RESTAURANT AND STORE ACCE

CHINA NOW FORCING ALL CITIZENS TO ACTIVATE HEALTH CODE ON SMART PHONES FOR RESTAURANT AND STORE ACCESS, ONLY A GREEN CODE WILL LET THEM IN

Restaurants and malls are open , but to enter , customers have to activate a health code on their smartphones .
The code tracks their movements and determines whether they have been to any risky places .
Only those with green codes are allowed in .
Many offices insist on green codes , too .
A red code , or even an amber one , is the scarlet letter of 2020 .
You can have concerns about privacy , or you can have a functioning life .
You can ’ t have both .
Security guards with temperature guns man @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , pointing them at the wrists of every person who wants to enter .
Only those with green codes are allowed in .
Many offices insist on green codes , too .
A red code , or even an amber one , is the scarlet letter of 2020 .
You can have concerns about privacy , or you can have a functioning life .
Not both .
Little by little , and inch by inch , the whole world is being brought under the control of the New World Order , and it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of fighting a virus .
China , the country that released this infection upon all of us , seems to be leading the way on all counts .
After rolling out contact tracing on smart devices , now come the health codes that you device will generate to either let you in or keep you out of mainstream society in China .
In a matter of months it will make its way here to America .
“ And he shall speak great words against the most High , and shall wear out the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think to change times and laws : and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time .
But the judgment shall sit , and they shall take away his dominion , to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
” Daniel 7:25,26 ( KJB ) One thing the global elites are counting on is the gradual weakening of our resolve to resist the ever-increasing oppression they are placing us under .
Having successfully made us afraid of a virus with a 0.6 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ us to put the masks on , getting us to accept full time contact tracing with health codes is a walk in the park .
The question is , what will you say when they force you to take the vaccine ?
And rest assured , based on all their actions up to this point , they will force you to take it .
Summer in Beijing : Hot and oppressive , but almost back to normal FROM HOUSTON CHRON : Restaurants and malls in China are open , but to enter , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on their smartphones .
The code tracks their movements and determines whether they have been to any risky places .
Only those with green codes are allowed in .
Many offices insist on green codes , too .
A red code , or even an amber one , is the scarlet letter of 2020 .
Security guards with temperature guns man the gates at supermarkets and residential compounds , pointing them at the wrists of every person who wants to enter .
This is largely a formality , as the reading often does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recorded temperatures in the low 80s on several occasions , yet was alive enough to walk through the gate .
Gyms are open , but only if they are above ground .
Movie theaters on Monday turned the lights back on , but at 30 percent capacity and with no eating or drinking allowed .
Beijing ’ s main tourist attractions , such as the Forbidden City , require advance reservations , and masks are compulsory .
They also are mandatory on public transport and in taxis .
As countries around the world @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and economic considerations to deal with a second or third – or in the case of the United States , first – wave of the coronavirus , China has found its sweet spot .
These controls involve immediate lockdowns , mass testing and the use of surveillance technology to a degree that the ruling Communist Party could have only dreamed about when this year dawned .
When a cluster erupted around the Xinfadi food market in Beijing last month , municipal authorities confined 75,000 people to their homes and tested 11 million residents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
When traces of the virus were linked to salmon imported from Norway , they even tried to swab the throats of the fish ( although it is not clear that salmon have throats ) .
Across the square , where elderly residents gather – mostly mask-free – to play mah-jongg under the shades of the trees , another sign exhorted : “ Wear a mask , wash hands frequently , ensure regular ventilation , and maintain good personal hygiene.
” Beijing ’ s virus-response level ticked down a notch Monday , to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and sports events to resume and for public places such as museums to operate at 50 percent capacity .
The same controls are being implemented in Urumqi , the capital of the Xinjiang region , where a new cluster of cases emerged last week .
The city , already under strict controls as part of the central government ’ s efforts to repress the Uighur minority , ground to a halt at the weekend when “ wartime ” measures were enacted .
READ MORE In China , mobile data is becoming a key @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Across the country , local authorities are increasingly working hand in hand with the technology provided by health tracking apps .
But according to The New York Times , some of the information is being shared with the Chinese police .
Our Beijing correspondent Charles Pellegrin and his team report .
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Restaurants and malls are open, but to enter, customers have to activate a health code on their smartphones. The code tracks their movements and determines whether they have been to any risky places. Only those with green codes are allowed in. Many offices insist on green codes, too. A red code, or even an amber one, is the scarlet letter of 2020. You can have concerns about privacy, or you can have a functioning life. You can’t have both. Security guards with temperature guns man the gates at supermarkets and residential compounds, pointing them at the wrists of every person who wants to enter.
by Geoffrey Grider,
Only those with green codes are allowed in. Many offices insist on green codes, too. A red code, or even an amber one, is the scarlet letter of 2020. You can have concerns about privacy, or you can have a functioning life. Not both.
Little by little, and inch by inch, the whole world is being brought under the control of the New World Order, and it’s being done under the guise of fighting a virus. China, the country that released this infection upon all of us, seems to be leading the way on all counts. After rolling out contact tracing on smart devices, now come the health codes that you device will generate to either let you in or keep you out of mainstream society in China. In a matter of months it will make its way here to America.
“And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.” Daniel 7:25,26 (KJB)
One thing the global elites are counting on is the gradual weakening of our resolve to resist the ever-increasing oppression they are placing us under. Having successfully made us afraid of a virus with a 0.6% mortality rate, and having successfully forced us to put the masks on, getting us to accept full time contact tracing with health codes is a walk in the park. The question is, what will you say when they force you to take the vaccine? And rest assured, based on all their actions up to this point, they will force you to take it.
Summer in Beijing: Hot and oppressive, but almost back to normal
FROM HOUSTON CHRON: Restaurants and malls in China are open, but to enter, customers have to activate a health code on their smartphones. The code tracks their movements and determines whether they have been to any risky places. Only those with green codes are allowed in. Many offices insist on green codes, too. A red code, or even an amber one, is the scarlet letter of 2020.
YOU CAN HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT PRIVACY, OR YOU CAN HAVE A FUNCTIONING LIFE. YOU CAN’T HAVE BOTH.
Security guards with temperature guns man the gates at supermarkets and residential compounds, pointing them at the wrists of every person who wants to enter. This is largely a formality, as the reading often does not reflect reality. This reporter has recorded temperatures in the low 80s on several occasions, yet was alive enough to walk through the gate.
Gyms are open, but only if they are above ground. Movie theaters on Monday turned the lights back on, but at 30 percent capacity and with no eating or drinking allowed. Beijing’s main tourist attractions, such as the Forbidden City, require advance reservations, and masks are compulsory. They also are mandatory on public transport and in taxis.
As countries around the world try to find the balance between health and economic considerations to deal with a second or third – or in the case of the United States, first – wave of the coronavirus, China has found its sweet spot. These controls involve immediate lockdowns, mass testing and the use of surveillance technology to a degree that the ruling Communist Party could have only dreamed about when this year dawned.
When a cluster erupted around the Xinfadi food market in Beijing last month, municipal authorities confined 75,000 people to their homes and tested 11 million residents in the space of a few weeks. When traces of the virus were linked to salmon imported from Norway, they even tried to swab the throats of the fish (although it is not clear that salmon have throats).
CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING HAS DECLARED “VICTORY” OVER THE VIRUS, BUT AUTHORITIES REMAIN COMBAT-READY. “LOW RISK [IS NOT EQUAL TO] ≠ ZERO RISK,” BLARES ONE RED AND WHITE PROPAGANDA BANNER NEAR THE BELL TOWER. “THE BATTLE IS NOT YET OVER, AND NO SLACKENING IN PREVENTION AND CONTROL.”
Across the square, where elderly residents gather – mostly mask-free – to play mah-jongg under the shades of the trees, another sign exhorted: “Wear a mask, wash hands frequently, ensure regular ventilation, and maintain good personal hygiene.”
Beijing’s virus-response level ticked down a notch Monday, to three, paving the way for performances and sports events to resume and for public places such as museums to operate at 50 percent capacity.
“BEIJING MOBILIZED THE ENTIRE CITY TO EFFECTIVELY CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS,” CHEN BEI, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, SAID MONDAY. BEIJINGERS MUST CONTINUE PROMOTING NEW HABITS AND PRACTICES TO “ENSURE NO SLACKENING IN THE NEW NORMAL OF OUR EPIDEMIC CONTROL,” SHE SAID.
The same controls are being implemented in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region, where a new cluster of cases emerged last week. The city, already under strict controls as part of the central government’s efforts to repress the Uighur minority, ground to a halt at the weekend when “wartime” measures were enacted. READ MORE
COVID-19: Tracking apps with health codes boost state surveillance in China
In China, mobile data is becoming a key tool in the fight against COVID-19. Across the country, local authorities are increasingly working hand in hand with the technology provided by health tracking apps. But according to The New York Times, some of the information is being shared with the Chinese police. Our Beijing correspondent Charles Pellegrin and his team report.
Source: https://www.nowtheendbegins.com
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prepareforchange--2020-08-16--Freedom vs. Fear: Stop Forcing People to Wear Masks

Whether masks actually prevent the spread of respiratory infection remains a subject of debate .
As recently as March , the US Surgeon General was saying face coverings could actually increase one ’ s risk of infection .
There ’ s a famous scene in the movie Fight Club where Tyler Durden is on an airplane thumbing through one of those safety manuals in emergency exit rows .
“ An exit door procedure at 30,000 feet , ” says Durden ( Brad Pitt ) .
“ The illusion of safety.
” It ’ s a memorable scene because it touches @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make ourselves feel secure in frightening situations .
Which brings me to America ’ s latest fad : wearing masks in public .
Polls show that more than half of Americans are now choosing to wear masks when they go out , presumably to prevent catching or spreading the COVID-19 virus .
What one chooses to wear is up to them , of course , but the trend is a bit surprising considering government officials spent months telling Americans not to wear protective face coverings .
“ We don ’ t routinely recommend @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public to prevent respiratory illness , ” Dr. Nancy Messonnier , director of the Center for the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases said on January 31 .
“ And we certainly are not recommending that at this time for this new virus.
” Throughout February and into March , similar statements were made by numerous other top government officials and agencies .
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said “ the average American does not need a N95 mask .
These are really more for health care providers.
” He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , who told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that there “ is no role for these masks in the community.
” In February , the US Surgeon General chimed in on Twitter , “ STOP BUYING MASKS.
” Despite these warnings , the popularity of masks grew .
“ Maskies ” — selfies of people wearing masks — are the latest trend on Instagram , Fast Company reports .
They ’ ve become a symbol and form of expression , a way to show social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is wearing masks , I feel respected , ” one woman recently told National Geographic .
“ The message is : I ’ m protecting you , you ’ re protecting me , I can feel safe.
” Feel safe .
That ’ s the key word .
Whether masks actually prevent the spread of respiratory infection remains a subject of debate .
An abundance of research shows masks offer little or no protection against infection from respiratory viruses , and some masks can actually increase one ’ s risk of infection .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ surgical masks offered no protection at all .
A 2015 study concluded rates of infection were especially high in cloth masks , finding particle penetration in nearly 97 percent of them .
A 2016 paper that analyzed six clinical studies found that N95 respirator masks fared no better than medical masks in preventing respiratory infection .
As recently as April 7 , a paper analyzing data from 15 randomized trials concluded that “ compared to no masks there was no reduction of influenza-like illness cases for influenza for masks in the general population @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the lack of hard empirical evidence , however , the study recommended the use of masks based on “ observational evidence from the previous SARS epidemic.
” [ Editor ’ s Note : The authors also found that most clinical trials had “ poor design , ” thus there was insufficient evidence to provide recommendations . ]
Perhaps similar reasoning guided the CDC ’ s about-face in April when it issued guidance recommending the use of cloth face coverings for healthy individuals ( though the World Health Organization still advises against them ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
We ’ re now in May , a mere two months after federal authorities were imploring Americans to not wear or buy masks , and many people are finding themselves forced to wear masks to do their shopping or even go for a walk .
This month the megastore Costco began demanding that customers wear masks to do their shopping .
As a private company , Costco has such a right .
But many states in mid April began taking things further , demanding that citizens wear masks to leave their homes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bandwagon is Massachusetts .
The new order requires anyone over the age of two to wear a mask or face covering in public places , even if they are outdoors .
In the span of just two months , we ’ ve gone from urging people to not buy or wear masks ( and warning face coverings could increase the risk of infection ) to threatening to fine and jail those who don ’ t wear them .
Americans , understandably , are confused .
And it ’ s not helping .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ security guard was killed after refusing to allow a woman ’ s daughter into the store because she wasn ’ t wearing a mask .
The guard was enforcing an executive order Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer signed two weeks earlier .
While only those people directly involved in the guard ’ s death are responsible , such confrontations could be avoided if state governors exercised a little humility and acknowledged that CDC recommendations are not gospel and the department ’ s conclusions ( clearly ) are not infallible .
Good ideas generally don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ truth is , based on an abundance of medical research and the federal government ’ s own statements and reports , it ’ s unclear how effective masks are as a preventive measure against COVID-19 transmission .
Public health aside , there ’ s no disputing the psychological impact masks have .
“ The coronavirus is coming , and we feel rather helpless , ” Dr. William Schaffner , Professor of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt University , told CNN in March .
“ By getting masks and wearing them , we move the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In a sense , the mask craze is largely about managing our fears .
As my colleague Sean Malone recently observed , when people are afraid they ’ re much more willing to accept anything they believe might make them a little safer .
Even really bad policies and ideas .
The illusion of safety .
It ’ s a powerful thing .
For both humans and governments , it would seem .
Disclaimer : We at Prepare for Change ( PFC ) bring you information that is not offered by the mainstream @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The opinions , views , statements , and/or information we present are not necessarily promoted , endorsed , espoused , or agreed to by Prepare for Change , its leadership Council , members , those who work with PFC , or those who read its content .
However , they are hopefully provocative .
Please use discernment !
Use logical thinking , your own intuition and your own connection with Source , Spirit and Natural Laws to help you determine what is true and what is not .
By sharing information and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to raise consciousness and awareness of higher truths to free us from enslavement of the matrix in this material realm .

Whether masks actually prevent the spread of respiratory infection remains a subject of debate. As recently as March, the US Surgeon General was saying face coverings could actually increase one’s risk of infection.
by Jon Miltimore from HumansAreFree.com:
There’s a famous scene in the movie Fight Club where Tyler Durden is on an airplane thumbing through one of those safety manuals in emergency exit rows.
“An exit door procedure at 30,000 feet,” says Durden (Brad Pitt). “The illusion of safety.”
It’s a memorable scene because it touches on the strange things humans do to make ourselves feel secure in frightening situations. Which brings me to America’s latest fad: wearing masks in public.
Polls show that more than half of Americans are now choosing to wear masks when they go out, presumably to prevent catching or spreading the COVID-19 virus. What one chooses to wear is up to them, of course, but the trend is a bit surprising considering government officials spent months telling Americans not to wear protective face coverings.
“We don’t routinely recommend the use of face masks by the public to prevent respiratory illness,” Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the Center for the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases said on January 31. “And we certainly are not recommending that at this time for this new virus.”
Throughout February and into March, similar statements were made by numerous other top government officials and agencies.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said “the average American does not need a N95 mask. These are really more for health care providers.”
He was echoed by Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that there “is no role for these masks in the community.” In February, the US Surgeon General chimed in on Twitter, “STOP BUYING MASKS.”
Despite these warnings, the popularity of masks grew. “Maskies” — selfies of people wearing masks — are the latest trend on Instagram, Fast Company reports. They’ve become a symbol and form of expression, a way to show social solidarity and empowerment.
“When everyone is wearing masks, I feel respected,” one woman recently told National Geographic. “The message is: I’m protecting you, you’re protecting me, I can feel safe.”
Feel safe. That’s the key word. Whether masks actually prevent the spread of respiratory infection remains a subject of debate.
There’s a reason public officials made the statements above.
An abundance of research shows masks offer little or no protection against infection from respiratory viruses, and some masks can actually increase one’s risk of infection.
A 2009 randomized clinical trial found that surgical masks offered no protection at all. A 2015 study concluded rates of infection were especially high in cloth masks, finding particle penetration in nearly 97 percent of them.
A 2016 paper that analyzed six clinical studies found that N95 respirator masks fared no better than medical masks in preventing respiratory infection.
As recently as April 7, a paper analyzing data from 15 randomized trials concluded that “compared to no masks there was no reduction of influenza-like illness cases for influenza for masks in the general population, nor in healthcare workers.”
Despite the lack of hard empirical evidence, however, the study recommended the use of masks based on “observational evidence from the previous SARS epidemic.” [Editor’s Note: The authors also found that most clinical trials had “poor design,” thus there was insufficient evidence to provide recommendations.]
Perhaps similar reasoning guided the CDC’s about-face in April when it issued guidance recommending the use of cloth face coverings for healthy individuals (though the World Health Organization still advises against them).
Recommended is the key word here. We’re now in May, a mere two months after federal authorities were imploring Americans to not wear or buy masks, and many people are finding themselves forced to wear masks to do their shopping or even go for a walk.
This month the megastore Costco began demanding that customers wear masks to do their shopping. As a private company, Costco has such a right. But many states in mid April began taking things further, demanding that citizens wear masks to leave their homes.
The latest state to join the bandwagon is Massachusetts. The new order requires anyone over the age of two to wear a mask or face covering in public places, even if they are outdoors.
In the span of just two months, we’ve gone from urging people to not buy or wear masks (and warning face coverings could increase the risk of infection) to threatening to fine and jail those who don’t wear them. Americans, understandably, are confused. And it’s not helping.
This week in Michigan, a Family Dollar security guard was killed after refusing to allow a woman’s daughter into the store because she wasn’t wearing a mask. The guard was enforcing an executive order Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed two weeks earlier.
While only those people directly involved in the guard’s death are responsible, such confrontations could be avoided if state governors exercised a little humility and acknowledged that CDC recommendations are not gospel and the department’s conclusions (clearly) are not infallible.
Good ideas generally don’t require force. And the truth is, based on an abundance of medical research and the federal government’s own statements and reports, it’s unclear how effective masks are as a preventive measure against COVID-19 transmission.
Public health aside, there’s no disputing the psychological impact masks have.
“The coronavirus is coming, and we feel rather helpless,” Dr. William Schaffner, Professor of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt University, told CNN in March. “By getting masks and wearing them, we move the locus of control somewhat to ourselves.”
In a sense, the mask craze is largely about managing our fears. As my colleague Sean Malone recently observed, when people are afraid they’re much more willing to accept anything they believe might make them a little safer. Even really bad policies and ideas.
The illusion of safety. It’s a powerful thing. For both humans and governments, it would seem.
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