The Dose - 12-31-21



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Silicon Valley Should Not Restrict Public Discourse About Covid Measures Which Affect Everyone

Twitter has banned the account of controversial virologist Dr Robert Malone, who reportedly had half a million followers at the time of his removal. Malone is credited even by mainstream critics as having played a significant role in the development of the mRNA technology being used for Covid-19 vaccines today, but has recently come under fire for comments about the safety of those vaccines’ use on children which the Authorized Fact Checkers have labeled “dangerously and flagrantly incorrect.

Everyone should oppose the removal of Malone and commentators who share his views, regardless of whether they agree with them or vehemently despise them. The reason for this is very simple: only a fool would support government-tied monopolistic billionaire corporations regulating public discourse about Covid responses which affect us all. This is true regardless of what you personally happen to believe about mRNA vaccines.

Arguments that Malone and his ilk are peddling “misinformation” have no bearing on the question of whether they should be removed from the platforms everyone uses to debate ideas and discuss information. It is entirely legitimate to make arguments that their claims are inaccurate, but it is not at all legitimate to claim that platforms which large sectors of humanity have come to rely on for public discourse should interfere with or obstruct those conversations.

Even if we were to accept unconditionally the position that people should be banned from such platforms if they are posting “misinformation”, who exactly do we imagine would be determining whether something is misinformation or not? Will we be consulting some impartial, agendaless, omniscient demigod through some sort of crystal ball or magical rune portal? Or would we in fact be relying on flawed human beings looking at the information through the lens of their own cognitive biases, agendas, perceptual distortions and knowledge limitations?

I ask because historically what these giant Silicon Valley corporations have been doing to determine who gets to have a voice and who doesn’t is working in consultation with think tanks funded by governments and the military-industrial complex like the Atlantic Council and the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, as well as working with the US government directly to an increasingly intimate degree. This fact is devastating to the popular argument that these are merely private corporations enforcing their Terms of Service, since they are becoming inseparably interwoven with government power. In a corporatist system of government, corporate censorship is state censorship.

Public discourse is consolidated on these gigantic platforms to such an extent that getting your ideas heard by a large number of people requires participation in them, and now they are determining how issues of such immense political importance as government pandemic responses may be discussed, and doing so in increasingly intimate collaboration with the most powerful governments on earth.

These restrictions on public discourse about the way human civilization responds to Covid-19 were first normalized in 2020 by the deplatforming of weirdos like David Icke for conspiracy theories linking coronavirus symptoms to 5G, and that normalization has continued to metastasize so far over the last year and a half that it’s now considered perfectly acceptable for these platforms to ban a popular scientific researcher whose work helped develop mRNA vaccines for expressing his scientific opinion about them.

Humanity is a mess. We’re dealing with so many deep, deep problems and facing so many existential hurdles in our immediate future, and it’s clear that the people in charge aren’t going to navigate us through them with any degree of skill. This means we’re going to have to figure things out as a collective, and we’re not going to be able to do that if we’re forbidden from communicating with each other in ways the powerful don’t approve.

Certainly allowing human speech to flourish unrestricted would mean a lot of people saying things that we disagree with, and even saying things that are objectively and demonstrably wrong. But the alternative is allowing speech to be controlled by the same power structure which saw fit to invade Iraq, which is currently committing genocide in Yemen and pushing us toward direct military confrontation with Russia and China. Government-tied oligarchic megacorporations are among the very last institutions who should be in charge of worldwide political discourse.

The future of humanity depends on our ability to bring light to the darkness, to bring awareness to that of which we are not aware. As with individual awakening, a collective awakening will necessarily be sloppy, clumsy, and full of confrontation and awkward conversations. But it’s the only way we can begin working our way toward becoming a species whose actions are based on truth rather than untruth, on consciousness rather than unconsciousness. Until that happens, we will necessarily continue along our self-destructive trajectory.

Experts Warn Merck's FDA-Authorized Covid Pill Could 'Create Breeding Ground for Mutant Viruses'

Merck's anti-viral coronavirus pill has been heralded as a "gamechanger" in the fight against the deadly global pandemic, and the Food and Drug Administration decided last week to authorize the treatment on an emergency-use basis for certain segments of the U.S. population.

But public health experts in recent days have increasingly sounded alarm over the potential drawbacks of molnupiravir, including the frightening possibility that it could—in the words of one researcher—"create a breeding ground for mutant viruses," thereby prolonging the pandemic and adding to its grisly death toll.

"The problem with molnupiravir lies in its mechanism of action," Michael Lin, associate professor of neurobiology and bioengineering at Stanford University, wrote in a recent op-ed for the Washington Post. "Unlike any previous antiviral drug, molnupiravir does only one thing: It introduces mutations into the viral genome."

Lin noted that while "we are already familiar with the fact that viruses naturally mutate to evade immunity... molnupiravir relies on inducing even more mutations so that eventually the virus' proteins are damaged beyond function. That molnupiravir can mutate SARS-CoV-2 to death has been demonstrated in the controlled conditions of a petri dish and lab animal cages, leading Merck to test it in covid-19 patients in clinical trials."

"But people are not petri dishes or lab animals, and while molnupiravir works to some extent, it has not worked very well in Covid-19 patients," Lin observed, pointing to data showing that Merck's pill has proven far less effective in preventing hospitalization than Pfizer's, which the FDA authorized for emergency use last Wednesday.

"The worst-case scenario is worrisome," he continued. "As long as molnupiravir is in use somewhere in the world, it could generate repeated cycles of new variants, with people desperately taking the drug to fight the new variants it spawns, creating a vicious positive feedback loop while causing more suffering and deaths... The FDA and Merck have essentially engaged the public in a gamble without public debate."

Lin's concerns about molnupiravir's capacity to generate new coronavirus variants could hardly be characterized as fringe alarmism, given the chorus of expert voices raising similar objections to the treatment.

Dissenting members of the FDA's Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee—which narrowly voted last month to declare that molnupiravir's potential benefits outweigh its risks—argued during a recent meeting that "the overall benefit-risk ratio" of the drug was "unfavorable," specifically citing the treatment's "potential to drive viral mutations" and its "mutagenicity risks."

European Medicines Agency similarly warned in its detailed assessment of the drug last month that available data "raises the question whether [the] virus that emerges during treatment and/or in subjects who fail treatment with molnupiravir could harbor mutations with significant consequences for the success of other products intended for prevention or treatment of Covid-19."

William Haseltine, a virologist renowned for his work on HIV and the human genome project, implored the FDA in a November 1 blog post to be circumspect in its handling of molnupiravir due to "the drug's potential to supercharge SARS-CoV-2 mutations and unleash a more virulent variant upon the world," along with other potential side effects.

"My biggest concern with this drug is much larger than the health of any one person, it is molnupiravir's ability to introduce mutations to the virus itself that are significant enough to change how the virus functions, but not so powerful as to stop it from replicating and becoming the next dominant variant," Haseltine wrote.

"The drug's manufacturers, Merck and Ridgeback, are entering into licensing deals that would allow the drug to be made and sold widely in more than 105 countries, which means that, if approved by regulators, we will soon have very little control over the drug’s administration and dosages delivered," he added. "We are potentially headed towards a world-class disaster."

Despite such fears from outside experts and members of one of its own advisory panels, the FDA announced on December 23 that molnupiravir can be used "for the treatment of mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease... in adults with positive results of direct SARS-CoV-2 viral testing, and who are at high risk for progression to severe Covid-19, including hospitalization or death, and for whom alternative Covid-19 treatment options authorized by the FDA are not accessible or clinically appropriate."

The Biden administration has already purchased millions of courses of the five-day treatment at a price point far higher than the cost of production. Merck, a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company, charged the U.S. over $700 per patient for the pills, which—according to one expert analysis—cost just $17.74 per regimen to manufacture.

Over a month before the FDA issued its emergency-use authorization, the U.K.'s medicines regulator approved molnupiravir, declaring that the drug is "safe and effective at reducing the risk of hospitalization and death in people with mild to moderate Covid-19 who are at increased risk of developing severe disease."

It was U.K. Health Secretary Sajid Javid who in November described the drug as a potential "gamechanger."

On Tuesday, India approved Merck's pill for emergency use, and the nation's health minister said the treatment will be manufactured by 13 companies.

France, however, publicly canceled its order for Merck's treatment last week, describing the company's latest trial data on the drug's efficacy as disappointing.

"The latest studies weren't good," said Olivier Veran, France's health minister.

The rush by some nations to greenlight coronavirus treatments comes in the context of a global surge in cases believed to be fueled by the heavily mutated Omicron strain, which was first detected last month in southern Africa.

Kim Iversen: 'Show Me Your Papers' Becoming More Commonplace In Vaccine Mandate America

Fast-Spreading Omicron Variant Drives Up Pediatric Hospitalizations in Parts of US

With the fast-spreading Omicron variant now driving new Covid-19 cases up in the United States, public health officials are warning that just as South Africa did in early December, the country is seeing a surge in pediatric hospitalizations related to the disease.

The New York Department of Health reported Thursday that Covid-19 hospitalizations among children under the age of 18 began increasing four-fold the week of December 5 through the current week.

No child between the ages of five and 11 who was admitted to a hospital with Covid-19 over that period was vaccinated, the department said, and only a third of the children over age 11 had received a vaccine.

With children under age five ineligible for vaccination, officials warned families in New York that the best protection for very young children "is to ensure all those around them are fully protected through vaccination, boosters, proper mask-wearing, crowd avoidance, and testing."

Along with New York, Ohio, Texas, and Pennsylvania have been hit hard by pediatric hospitalizations. Nationwide, about 800 new hospital admissions of children have been reported every day for the past three days.

Nearly 2,000 pediatric patients with confirmed or suspected Covid-19 cases have been hospitalized nationally—a 31% increase over 10 days, according to The Washington Post.

Bill Gates Laughs At Punishing the Unvaccinated

CDC drastically drops estimate of US Omicron cases

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revised down its estimates for US infection by the Omicron variant, stating it accounts for approximately 59% of all Covid cases in the US, not 73% as it previously said.

Nevertheless, the figures issued Tuesday indicates that Omicron is spreading rapidly in the US, growing from a revised estimate of 23% of cases as of 18 December. The correction shows that until the week before Christmas, the Delta variant remained dominant. ...

The disparity in estimates, while confirming the rapid spread of Omicron, also speaks to relative lack of precision in detecting a new variant that can only be confirmed by genetic analysis.

The news comes as the US surpassed its all-time total for new cases, according to figures from Johns Hopkins, with the daily total soaring above 512,000. However, the numbers come with the caveat that many testing centers were closed over the holiday weekend, and a CDC spokesperson told Politico that the number was likely an “overestimate” due to a delay in state reporting.

US sees increase in number of children hospitalised with Covid-19

Also of interest:

The Federal Government's Covid Failure Becomes Even More Apparent

CDC Jumps The Shark & Experts Die Another Death


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Are because of vaccination. They are counted as unvaxed if they have not had the vax for at least 2 weeks. So adverse reactions are counted as unvaxed.

The UK does NOT recommend COVID vax for children. The vaccines are a greater risk than COVID in children.

Pfizer's control of the CDC, FDA, etc is plain to see if you look, but the MSM will lie about it...
86% of Children suffered an Adverse Reaction to the Pfizer Covid Vaccine in Clinical Trial
https://rightsfreedoms.wordpress.com/2021/06/02/86-of-children-suffered-...

As a teacher who spent my career working for children, this breaks my heart that we would risk permanently damaging our young folks. Speaks volumes about our end of empire late stage condition.

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“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

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[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTftlM0MJUk]
25 min of pretty encouraging news.

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“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

@Lookout

hope is about all that is left
these pharmabots are going for the
jugular. profit, control, division
thanks for your encouraging news!

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Note: You may have to login at https://www.academia.edu using either your Google or Facebook account. Then do a search for Covid Facts-Points of Consensus Among Medical Experts. Follow the instructions for downloading or viewing the pdf online.

Covid Facts - Points of Consensus Among Medical Experts.pdf

INTRODUCTION

The following experts are some of the most eminent individuals in the medical field. They include the most published and cited individuals in virology and epidemiology in the world, a Nobel winner in RNA research, and the inventor of the mRNA vaccine technology at the heart of the new Covid vaccine. They have an irreproachable status that allows them to stand against forces attempting to silence their message. Still they have suffered ridicule, loss of jobs or funding, and even death threats. But their views cannot be ignored. In following is a very brief introduction to the credentials of the experts. Detailed CVs are in the appendix.

 virologist —  epidemiologist — ♥ critical care — ⊙ vaccinologist —  medical analysis

f Robert W Malone MD, MS, virology, immunology, molecular biology, inventor of mRNA vaccines used in the new Covid vaccine, co-inventor of DNA vaccines, with four decades in vaccinology and direct experience with the CDC and FDA. He is the single most qualified mRNA expert to speak on the new Covid vaccines.

f Luc Montagnier MD, virologist, expert in RNA viruses and sequencing, 2008 Nobel Prize for the discovery and sequencing of the HIV virus, professor emeritus at the Institut Pasteur where he was director of the Viral Oncology Unit from 1972 to 2000, Director of Research at the CNRS.

 f John Ioannidis MD, D.SC., epidemiologist, clinical researcher, and one of the world’s foremost experts on the credibility of medical research. Author of the most-accessed article in the history of Public Library of Science. He has arguably changed the practice of medicine.

♥f Paul E Marik MD, internist, critical care specialist. Professor of Medicine, Chief of Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at EVMS. Ranked second in the world in Critical Care Medicine. The Marik Protocol has revolutionized sepsis treatment. Expert in Covid care and developer of the most referenced Covid Treatment Protocols: I-MASK+ and MATH+.

♥f Peter A McCullough MD, internist, cardiologist, epidemiologist, Chief of Nutrition and Preventive Medicine at William Beaumont Hospital, editor of two major medical journals, most published person in cardiorenal medicine, expert in Covid early treatment. A leader in the Covid early treatment initiative in the U.S.

♥f Pierre Kory MD, M.P.A., former Chief of the Critical Care Service, Medical Director of the Trauma and Life Support Center at the U of Wisconsin. Pioneer in ultrasound diagnosis and treatment, in therapeutic hypothermia to treat post-cardiac arrest, and in treatment of sepsis. Expert on Ivermectin and co-author of Covid Protocols: I-MASK+ and MATH+.

⊙f Geert Vanden Bossche, vaccinologist, DVM, PhD in virology, and vaccine research expert. He coordinated the Ebola vaccine program at GAVI, was Head of the Vaccine Development Office at German Center for Infection Research in Cologne, author of over 30 publications, and inventor of a patent application for universal vaccines.

f Tess Lawrie MD, MBBCH and Ph.D in philosophy, expert in medical evidence synthesis, consultant to WHO and UK NHS. In March 2021 she founded EbMCsquared CiC in response to the need for independent and objective health care research arising out of the Covid-19 crisis. She also co-founded the BIRD panel, a group of experts dedicated to accurate scientific research of Ivermectin.

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Presented in the following pages is the growing clear consensus of the facts concerning Covid among top tier independent medical experts as of October 2021. It represents a paradigm shift from the consensus presented in the media and by the authorities. There are five mutually supporting topics which all must be shifted for the new understanding. These topics are addressed in the following sections:

1.0 THE ORIGIN OF THE VIRUS Page 3
2.0 THE DISEASE Page 5
3.0 THE VACCINE Page 8
4.0 PUBLIC HEALTH POLICIES & MEASURES Page 18
5.0 READILY AVAILABLE TREATMENTS Page 22
Appendix A—FULL CVs & LIST OF REFERENCES Page 25
Appendix B—VAERS COVID VACCINE QUERY RESULTS Page 31
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@CB I really encourage everyone to read this.
I struggle to feel confident that I have sorted out what is solid science from what is speculative or conspiratorial thinking. This article does a tremendous job with their sourcing and explaining their current positions. Well worth the time.

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"My name is Robert Malone, and I am speaking to you as a parent, grandparent, physician and scientist. I don’t usually read from a prepared speech, but this is so important that I wanted to make sure that I get every single word and scientific fact correct.

I stand by this statement with a career dedicated to vaccine research and development. I’m vaccinated for COVID and I’m generally pro-vaccination. I have devoted my entire career to developing safe and effective ways to prevent and treat infectious diseases.

Before you inject your child – a decision that is irreversible – I wanted to let you know the scientific facts about this genetic vaccine, which is based on the mRNA vaccine technology I created:

There are three issues parents need to understand:

● The first is that a viral gene will be injected into your children’s cells. This gene forces your child’s body to make toxic spike proteins. These proteins often cause permanent damage in children’s critical organs, including

○ Their brain and nervous system

○ Their heart and blood vessels, including blood clots

○ Their reproductive system

○ And this vaccine can trigger fundamental changes to their immune system

● The most alarming point about this is that once these damages have occurred, they are irreparable

○ You can’t fix the lesions within their brain

○ You can’t repair heart tissue scarring

○ You can’t repair a genetically reset immune system, and

○ This vaccine can cause reproductive damage that could affect future generations of your family

● The second thing you need to know about is the fact that this novel technology has not been adequately tested.

○ We need at least 5 years of testing/research before we can really understand the risks

○ Harms and risks from new medicines often become revealed many years later

● Ask yourself if you want your own child to be part of the most radical medical experiment in human history

● One final point: the reason they’re giving you to vaccinate your child is a lie.

○ Your children represent no danger to their parents or grandparents

○ It’s actually the opposite. Their immunity, after getting COVID, is critical to save your family if not the world from this disease

In summary: there is no benefit for your children or your family to be vaccinating your children against the small risks of the virus, given the known health risks of the vaccine that as a parent, you and your children may have to live with for the rest of their lives.

The risk/benefit analysis isn’t even close.

As a parent and grandparent, my recommendation to you is to resist and fight to protect your children."

First of all note that he still claims that he created the mRNA technology.

Second, in a normal world, Malone would be subjected to tons of requests for scientific proof (clinical study with detailed stats and results) that the vaccine does all those things to children that he claims. He provides none. No research, no study that demonstrates these serious effects to children. It is all conjecture on his part. Lesions on the brain? Serious statement. Prove it!

But instead of him having to do that, he is subjected to banning and a diminishing of his platform to speak. This is why I object to that being done to anyone unless they are threatening others.
By doing this, Malone is off the hook to prove his statements and becomes a martyr for his cause.
At what point are we going to learn this lesson about speech and suppression of it?

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"Without the right to offend, freedom of speech does not exist." Taslima Nasrin

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@Fishtroller 02
about the reasons why he was de-plaformed by Twatter. His last tweet was to publicize the video you can find below MORE HARM THAN GOOD I suggest you watch it. Unfortunately you have shown to not read or watch anything that might possibly go against your preconceived viewpoints - "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink."

Twitter suspends mRNA vaccine technology inventor || Alison Morrow interviews Dr. Robert Malone
Twitter has suspended Dr. Robert Malone, an early inventor of mRNA vaccine technology.

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So I don't need to watch it again.

"Unfortunately you have shown to not read or watch anything that might possibly go against your preconceived viewpoints - "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink."

This cuts both ways. You know you don't read the vaccine positive stuff I post, so why go there?

What you could do is post a link to the evidence that supports Malone's claims about how the vaccines affect children. THAT I would be interested in.

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"Without the right to offend, freedom of speech does not exist." Taslima Nasrin

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@Fishtroller 02 @Fishtroller 02
https://caucus99percent.com/comment/554795#comment-554795

COVID-19 Genetic Vaccine Safety in Children
Analysis
Robert W Malone MD, MS

Analysis Overview: COVID-19 Genetic Vaccine Safety in Children

“Even as experts expressed concern about a marked jump in hospitalizations — an increase more than double that among adults — doctors and researchers said they were not seeing evidence that Omicron was more threatening to children.

In fact, preliminary data suggests that compared with the Delta variant, Omicron appears to be causing milder illness in children, similar to early findings for adults.”

NY Times, “Omicron Is Not More Severe for Children, Despite Rising Hospitalizations” By Andrew Jacobs Dec. 28, 2021
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links within, including the petition by all the doctors who are against vaccinating children with Covid shots. If you compare the list of conditions that Malone listed (the one that includes brain lesions etc. ) to the list of concerns in this article, there is a lot left out. I want to see Malone's evidence that kids who are vaccinated will get brain lesions and reproductive organ damage.

In the meantime, I had found a well balance article in the Atlantic that covered the pros and cons of covid vaccines for the 5-11 age group... risk of getting covid vs. possible side effects of the vaccines... and sent it to my two daughters. Each has an 8 year old daughter (and one has a 3 year old). They read the article along with other information and chose to have their girls vaccinated. Both are fine.

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"Without the right to offend, freedom of speech does not exist." Taslima Nasrin

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@Fishtroller 02
for informed consent. You should have gone to the manufacturer instead. I gave you the links but it is obvious that you failed to heed my advice. You should send them the pamphlet Sick Kids in case problems should develop in the coming months. Keep in mind that only 1,517 kids got the inoculation for the test that only ran a few months.

5 - 11 YEAR OLDS RISKING THEIR HEALTH
Re: the 5 to 11 year old cohort

In this table, Pfizer, using predictive modelling acknowledges that their inoculations WILL cause myocarditis, but optimistically claims there will be zero deaths from myocarditis in any of their modelled (speculation, level 5 evidence) scenarios.

But even if it were true, there is no justification for causing harm to children this way. FIRST, DO NO HARM.

There is now such a high expectation of heart problems from the inoculations among children that Sick Kids is putting out brochures on how to deal with them.
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5 - 11 YEAR OLDS
NO INFORMED CONSENT

• Direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs is illegal in Canada, yet politicians from all levels of government are marketing inoculations to children, using cartoons and mascots.
• They are proclaiming the inoculations to be safe, yet the data is not there to back that up. In addition to admitting that their inoculations can cause myocarditis, Pfizer also admits, right in their report, that their long term immune response, efficacy & safety data is limited and that their studies weren’t powered to find “rare” side effects as only 1,517 kids got the inoculation.
• How many parents would take their kids to get this shot if they were informed of this? The law of informed consent says they should be, but it’s not happening.

Sick Kids

Myocarditis and Pericarditis after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in children – V3.3. Aug 6th, 2021
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Since April 2021, there are increasing reports of cases of myocarditis and pericarditis after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination (Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 vaccine and Moderna mRNA-1233 vaccine).1-5 In Canada, there have been a small number of these reports.6-8 The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Health Canada and Public Health Ontario (PHO) are closely monitoring these rare events, including those among youth. To date, PHO has received reports of a number of cases of myocarditis/pericarditis in the 12 to 17 age group in Ontario through the provincial surveillance of Adverse Event Following Immunization (AEFI).6 The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in the United States have also reported an increased risk of myocarditis and pericarditis in the 7 days after receipt of dose 1 or dose 2 of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, particularly among younger males after dose 2.9 A summary table of published case series on myocarditis and pericarditis following COVID-19 mRNA vaccination can be found in the supplementary information (Table 1).
...
This document has been created by members of the COVID-19 working group, the Division of Cardiology, the Division of Emergency Medicine, the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Division of Rheumatology at The Hospital for Sick Children:

- Cardiology – Dr Lee Benson, Dr Anne Dipchand, Dr Émilie Jean-St-Michel, Dr Aamir Jeewa, Dr Brian McCrindle, Dr Luc Mertens, Dr Michael Seed
- Emergency Medicine – Dr Adrienne Davis, Dr Trent Mizzi
- Infectious Diseases – Dr Upton Allen, Dr Shaun Morris, Dr Pierre-Philippe Piché-Renaud
- Rheumatology – Dr Rae Yeung

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@CB

I have tried to be conciliatory and responsive. But at the heart of everything you post is this attitude that you have the only "proper" sources of information and the rest of us are all just ignorant players. My children are not dumb. They are not dupes. They are very thoughtful parents and they sure as shit don't pay attention to the fear mongering crap that comes from the camp you promote.

Bye.

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"Without the right to offend, freedom of speech does not exist." Taslima Nasrin

just be fear mongeing crap from the msm @Fishtroller 02 !

Kettle, meet the fucking Pot!

The Atlantic? Fuck me. That’s where you get your ‘information’?

People have Demonstrated the lies told by Fauci, the gov’t, big media, the tech assholes, the phatMAFIA and yet you Still proselytize on their behalf.

Right f@ckin’ amazing.

One thing No One has told you to do is Not get jabbed. You want to take it, fine, go for it.

Your Insistance on others taking it betrays your inner authoritarian impulses or, you’re just fucked in the head.
Don’t know which, really don’t care which, just putting myself on notice to triple check, or ignore your responses in the future.

If Only you would be Truly done, I could get on with life, but you and your ilk want segregation/punishment for failure to comply.
You’re probably of the crowd that for Five Fucking Years screamed ‘Resist’ while doing nothing about dRumph.

Leave others alone, take your jab and shut the fuck up about it. You’re Protected, remember?
For about three months.

Rant off

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Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .

Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .

If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
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you'd realize the first was from direct data and information taken from Pfizer's own safety report that a FOIA request was done. That's the company that wants 75 years to release all their data.

The following is about SickKids who are trying to give you information about children's vaccinations:

Centre for Global Child Health

The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), affiliated with the University of Toronto, is Canada's most research-intensive hospital and the largest centre dedicated to improving children's health in the country.

With passionate and dedicated staff, SickKids is much more than a hospital. We work each day to provide the best in child and family-centred care, create ground-breaking clinical and scientific advancements, and train the next generation of experts in child health.

SickKids operates on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat and Petun First Nations, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River. We are committed to working toward new relationships that include First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples, and are grateful for the opportunity to share this land in caring for children and their families.

SickKids is committed to being a safe space for all of our patients and families, staff, learners and volunteers, where everyone can feel seen, heard and valued as part of our equity, diversity and inclusion efforts.

SickKids is a founding member of Kids Health Alliance, a network of partners committed to advancing excellence and expertise in the delivery of paediatric care in Ontario.

Centre for Global Child Health

Global child health is the health and well-being of children everywhere, independent of geographic borders. SickKids Centre for Global Child Health provides a dedicated hub for global child health-focused activities and connects researchers and health-care professionals around the world.

The Centre is dedicated to improving the lives of children and their families in resource-poor environments through collaboration in ground-breaking research, sustainable capacity building through education, and by informing policy through the active use of advocacy, knowledge synthesis and knowledge translation.

We're proud to endorse the United Nations’ Every Woman, Every Child Global Strategy, and to be a part of Canada’s contribution to improving the health and rights of women and children around the world. As one of the world’s top paediatric health-care institutions and Canada’s leading centre dedicated to advancing children’s health, SickKids is in a unique position to make an impact on a global level.

COVID-19 vaccine information for children (ages five to 11)

Learn about the status of the COVID-19 vaccine for children five to 11 years of age and the benefits of getting the vaccine for children.

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Here's the PDF version:

THE PFIZER INOCULATIONS FOR COVID-19
MORE HARM THAN GOOD.pdf

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for everything you do.

I know you have coping skills for dealing with the dreck you see, but it seems things are worse than ever.

Thanks for covering topics and putting a spotlight on news that would likely be missed. It's so very important.

I appreciate the econews you find. It is where I hope change will come from.

Happy New Year ❣️

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thanks! have a great new year's eve!

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From Scientific American:
A COVID Vaccine for All

This new COVID vaccine has several distinct features that make it particularly suitable for use in resource-poor settings: it is safe, effective and can be locally produced at very high quantities. CORBEVAX is easy to store and inexpensive. We hope it will be used in low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, where vaccine availability has generally been abysmal.

CORBEVAX is made using technology that has been employed worldwide for decades, meaning that manufacturing processes are generally already well-known and won’t require a steep learning curve like the one needed for the scale-up of new technologies such as mRNA, adenovirus and protein particle vaccines.

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We wanted decent healthcare, a living wage and free college.
The Democrats gave us Biden and war instead.

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to stimulate the immune system. From BBC news...

"Corbevax from Indian pharma company Biological E was developed in collaboration with US-based Dynavax and Baylor College of Medicine.

It is India's first indigenously developed recombinant protein sub-unit vaccine, health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said. That is, it's made up of the coronavirus' "spike protein", which the virus uses to latch on and enter human cells. When injected, this is expected to trigger an immune response in the body."

And from The Indian Express..."How Corbevax was made
While it is indigenously produced, Corbevax’s beginnings can be traced to the Baylor College of Medicine’s National School of Tropical Medicine. The School had been working on recombinant protein vaccines for coronaviruses SARS and MERS for a decade.

“We knew all the techniques required to produce a recombinant protein (vaccine) for coronaviruses at high levels of efficiency and integrity,” said Dr Peter Hotez, Professor and Dean at the School.

When the genetic sequence for SARS-CoV-2 was made available in February 2020, researchers at the School pulled out the sequence for the gene for the spike protein, and worked on cloning and engineering it. The gene was then put into yeast, so that it could manufacture and release copies of the protein. “It’s actually similar to the production of beer. Instead of releasing alcohol, in this case, the yeast is releasing the recombinant protein,” Dr Hotez said.

After this, the protein was purified to remove any remnants of the yeast “to make it pristine”. Then, the vaccine was formulated using an adjuvant to better stimulate the immune response."

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Here in Northbrook they're asking for papers also, I feel like this is
how it all began in 1933

New Vaccine Requirement

The United States, Illinois and Cook County are in the early stages of a large surge of COVID-19 cases due to the Omicron variant. On December 23, 2021, the Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) issued Mitigation Order 2021-11 to protect the health of the public in suburban Cook County.

Beginning Monday, January 3, all Northbrook Park District facilities will be required to check the vaccination status of patrons and program participants and, for individuals age 5 and older, only allow entry to those who are fully vaccinated. For all individuals age 2 and older, face coverings continue to be required per Mitigation Order 2021-10. This order requires tight knit fabric or medical masks that fit snugly to cover the nose and the mouth. Face shields and plastic face masks will not be permitted without a medical exemption in writing from a doctor.
These orders apply to any patrons visiting or participating in indoor programs at:

Techny Prairie Activity Center (TPAC)
Northbrook Sports Center
Leisure Center
Senior Center
Northbrook Theatre
Heritage Oaks Golf Club & Acorn Grill + Terrace
Joe Doud Administration Building
Greenbriar Gym
Northbrook Racquet Club
Chalet at Meadowhill Park
Basketball Leagues at Glenbrook North High School and School District 27, 28, 30, and 31 gymnasiums

Proof of vaccination for ages 5 and up and photo identification for ages 16 and up will be required upon your first visit as a program participant. Verification of your vaccination card will be entered by staff in our registration system for subsequent visits. Your card will not be copied or uploaded into our records.

Visitors, spectators, and those staying in the facility for more than 10 minutes will be required to provide a valid form of verification upon each visit.

Sunshine Preschool and Adventure Campus are exempt from the CCDPH Order No. 2021-11. However, if children over the age of 5 are attending other programs, proof of vaccination will be required.

As we implement this change, you may experience wait times or delays for entry to facilities or programs. Please plan for additional time prior to your program or event and look for signage to direct you to the proper entrance.

Valid Forms of Verification

A CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card
Immunization record from the state where the vaccination occurred
A phone app that provides a digital record of vaccinations
A digital or physical photo of such a card or record that includes the individual’s name, the vaccine administered and the vaccination date

For all patrons 16 and older, a Photo ID is also required.

Patrons who are medically unable to receive a vaccination will be required to show proof of exemption from a medical provider AND a negative COVID-19 test taken within 24 hours prior to visiting the facility. Rapid and PCR test results will be accepted, but home tests will not be accepted.

Vaccination Status

Based on CDC guidelines, an individual is considered fully vaccinated:

Two weeks after their second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, or
Two weeks after Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine.

Boosters are not required at this time but are highly encouraged for those who are eligible.

Program Participants, TPAC and Senior Center Members

Northbrook Park District staff will be emailing all fitness and senior center members as well as all program participants with more specific program information.

If you have signed up for a program that has not yet begun and would like to cancel your registration, contact us to have a refund credit applied to your household account. If you are currently enrolled in a program and wish to drop out, partial refund credits will be available for the remaining portion of the program. Please contact us with any refund questions or requests at customerservice@nbparks.org.

Affiliate Participants and Event Rentals
Affiliate organizations (i.e. NBHL, Northbrook Speedskating and Teams Elite Synchronized Skating Clubs) and patrons renting a room, ice or gym at one of our facilities will be required to provide a list of all attendees or athletes. Vaccination status will be checked by Northbrook Park District staff. Affiliate athletes and coaches will only need to provide proof of full vaccination one time. It is the responsibility of the renter to notify all attendees of the new requirement for participants and spectators.

Questions and FAQs

We understand that there will be questions regarding this new mandate. Visit our full list of FAQs here.

If you have questions prior to your first program or visit, please email customerservice@nbparks.org or call 847-291-2993.

The Northbrook Park District recognizes the importance of recreation for overall physical and mental health and will continue to offer as many services as possible for the community while following all guidance provided by the health experts. We will continue to review and evaluate the mitigations being provided by Cook County Department of Public Health and communicate updates as we receive them. When guidance and requirements change, the Northbrook Park District may need time to fully review and communicate any changes to patrons and staff. Visit nbparks.org/covid for the most up to date Park District information and click here to see regional metrics.

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I never knew that the term "Never Again" only pertained to
those born Jewish

"Antisemite used to be someone who didn't like Jews
now it's someone who Jews don't like"

Heard from Margaret Kimberley

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@ggersh

with it. People used to make fun of the papers please memes, but here we are.

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"Imagine a Holocaust survivor being asked for their papers as they try to enter the museum?"

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"Imagine a Holocaust survivor being asked for their papers as they try to enter the museum about the Holocaust."

I just wish more people would see it.

Happy new year’s, Janis.

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I'm glad Sam recovered well.

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And more changing the narrative all of a sudden. This has always been true.

Another country fixes the number of deaths. Will the USA ever come clean?

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@snoopydawg they'll never come clean.

It appears as if the "Joe Rogan Covid Protocol" actually works and NFL teams are using it on all their players

https://www.tmz.com/2021/12/29/aaron-rodgers-nfl-teams-recommending-med-...

Aaron Rodgers -- who famously took Ivermectin and a concoction of other drugs to fight COVID -- says he's "100 percent" sure NFL teams are recommending his same med regimen to players to get over the virus.

The Packers superstar made the claim Tuesday on "The Pat McAfee Show" ... insisting that he knows for a fact teams believe his method of staving off coronavirus can work.

"I do know, behind the scenes," Rodgers said, "this is 100 percent true; there are many teams who are using -- who are recommending a lot of the same treatments that I got for their players."

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those born Jewish

"Antisemite used to be someone who didn't like Jews
now it's someone who Jews don't like"

Heard from Margaret Kimberley

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*These totals are estimates based on reports submitted to EudraVigilance. Totals may be much higher based on percentage of adverse reactions that are reported. Some of these reports may also be reported to the individual country’s adverse reaction databases, such as the U.S. VAERS database and the UK Yellow Card system. The fatalities are grouped by symptoms, and some fatalities may have resulted from multiple symptoms.

It does seem weird that an eye disorder would cause death and it doesn’t say what the disorder is. If it causes a clotting disorder then it wouldn’t be just be localized in the eye, but be systematic in other organs like the heart or lung or others. I’ve read that people have suddenly lost eyesight and I assumed it was due to blood clots because it’s usually that or retinal detachment that causes sudden vision loss. A high percentage of people who have been jabbed tested with a D-dimer blood test have abnormal numbers meaning that there are micro clots in the blood stream which is usually not good news. Lots of people have had decreased platelet levels which can cause clots everywhere in the body.

That’s all I feel comfortable theorizing on as I’m only knowledgeable about lab tests and ophthalmology and not the other areas. As the report states there can be multiple symptoms which I think I just described for the info listed for other causes. Just my guess anyway.

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@snoopydawg For doing the legwork on that. Much appreciated.
Happy New Year to you and fam!

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@peachcreek

I hope that makes sense to you, but again it’s just a guess that is why they caused deaths. If any of us are young enough to be alive in 2076 maybe we will see why so many died after getting jabbed. Smile

Again thanks for an excellent question.

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This is very interesting.

William Haseltine, a virologist renowned for his work on HIV and the human genome project, implored the FDA in a November 1 blog post to be circumspect in its handling of molnupiravir due to "the drug's potential to supercharge SARS-CoV-2 mutations and unleash a more virulent variant upon the world," along with other potential side effects.

"My biggest concern with this drug is much larger than the health of any one person, it is molnupiravir's ability to introduce mutations to the virus itself that are significant enough to change how the virus functions, but not so powerful as to stop it from replicating and becoming the next dominant variant," Haseltine wrote.

Yeah but think of all the new business sent to the cancer industrial complex.

Dissenting members of the FDA's Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee—which narrowly voted last month to declare that molnupiravir's potential benefits outweigh its risks—argued during a recent meeting that "the overall benefit-risk ratio" of the drug was "unfavorable," specifically citing the treatment's "potential to drive viral mutations" and its "mutagenicity risks."

Kinda like putting dangerous environmental toxins in minority neighborhoods driving up illnesses and diseases. Win win for both industries.

Amen to this.

Make note of how many articles are saying that more kids are being hospitalized WITH Covid. It’s because hospitals tests every person coming into them and even Fauci has admitted that. With is much different than FROM.

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Do Not Take Part in the Lie
Good news from South Africa!
Robert W Malone MD, MS
...
Yesterday, I had to take an antibody test in order to get into the studio in Austin. The good news is that my natural immunity from my last round of COVID is robust - with IgA and even IgM Antibodies present.

This brings me again to one of my biggest issues with the public policy response. Natural immunity equals or trumps immunity from the genetic vaccines, because the natural immune response is broad (against the all 29 proteins of the SAVS-CoV-2 virus) and appears to hold up better against Omicron. This sustained and robust natural immunity also applies to children. We all know it. Why won’t our government and the main stream media admit it?

Why is it that the CDC website that lists 146 million people having already had COVID-19 in the USA has not been updated since October 2, 2021? A quick, back of the napkin calculation projects at least another 20-30 million have had COVID since then. Bringing the number of people who have had COVID to around 170 million. Well over half the people in the USA.

So, now comes a more transmissible but weaker version of the virus. We should all be celebrating! Over half of us have natural immunity. Over half of us are vaccinated. Unless we are elderly or have significant other co-morbidities, we will be fine. For many, if not most, will seem like another cold, if we notice it at all. Even the unvaccinated or COVID-19 naive person should be just find, if they don’t have significant co-morbidities.
...
Focus on the Research

Characteristics and Outcomes of Hospitalized Patients in South Africa During the COVID-19 Omicron Wave Compared With Previous Waves. JAMA. Published online December 30, 2021. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.24868

More good news from South Africa! A new paper just out with data from hospitalized patients. The study compared hospitalized patients from Omicron (or this wave) compared to earlier waves.
...
I will end with a quote from F. A. Hayek, (1974 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences )

“'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded -- and once they are suspended it is not difficult for anyone who has assumed such emergency powers to see to it that the emergency persists."

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So, now comes a more transmissible but weaker version of the virus. We should all be celebrating! Over half of us have natural immunity. Over half of us are vaccinated. Unless we are elderly or have significant other co-morbidities, we will be fine. For many, if not most, will seem like another cold, if we notice it at all. Even the unvaccinated or COVID-19 naive person should be just fine, if they don’t have significant co-morbidities.
...

Thanks CB!

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@Lookout .

A quick roll-out of Molnopirivu could negate that happy conclusion, by quickly providing more variants to deal with.

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@Bisbonian

should infer some level of immunity to future variants.

I forget who, but one of the scientist suggested vaccinating with a leaky vaccine in a pandemic causes the evolution of new variants.

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@Lookout , that was Dr. Malone.

We're staying mostly at home, wearing masks when we go out, dosing up on vitamins and minerals (C, D3, K2, zinc), even trying some preventative IVM. Sometimes I think we need to change tactics, get the omicron and get on with our lives. But I don't want Delta! It's still prominent in our little, remote, backwater town.

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@Bisbonian

...but saving the IVM in case of symptoms.

I hypothesize, we will know in Feb. if we're done or if COVID has another variant up it's sleeve.

All the best to you and your family this New Year. Keep on picking your banjo!

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@Lookout

I forget who, but one of the scientist suggested vaccinating with a leaky vaccine in a pandemic causes the evolution of new variants.

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eqoCLHH1e8]

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cannot be overstated.

.... working with the US government directly to an increasingly intimate degree. This fact is devastating to the popular argument that these are merely private corporations enforcing their Terms of Service, since they are becoming inseparably interwoven with government power.

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@entrepreneur

Sure private companies have the right to say what is acceptable on their websites, but when the government is telling them to crack down on free speech it is unconstitutional. Period. And democrats have been hauling in CEOs of social media and telling them to crack down on what THEY say is misinformation. That is the definition of government censorship.

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Robert Malone on Spotify. Into the three hour podcast about forty minutes. So far fairly meaty and concise.

Malone tells the story in a way that is easy to follow. I do know the history quite well so that maybe part of why I understand most of it.

If you want the inside view I believe this would be worth it.

ETA: Joe Rogan is surprisingly articulate and well versed in the subject matter and players.

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@Dawn's Meta
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3SCsueX2bZdbEzRtKOCEyT

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I tried signing up for it but it wants me to choose 3 artists I want to follow and jump through other hoops. No by dammit I just want to see the show. I use a fake birthdate and classify myself as non binary because why the hell do they need that much information about me? And if they can’t verify the information why do they need it?

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with my link? I hope so.

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I can even download it to play on my walks.

Super, thanks.

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sick flight attendants, operations agents (the folks who take your ticket), baggage handlers, food catering providers, fuelers, and many other people come into contact with pilots. Pilots cannot fly sick...not even a little bit. More sick employees will likely contribute to more sick pilots, and therefore more grounded airplanes.

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@Bisbonian

Step 1 more people returning to work still infected means that more people will be exposed to the virus and probably get sick and then when they return still infectious they expose more people to the virus. Sure seems to back up why I’m so cynical. I mentioned that either yesterday or the day before..so much information has swum through my head.

Step 2 more people get infected and gives the virus more chances to mutate.

Step 3 stay tuned.

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(I am in open G)

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