Open (More or Less) Post on Covid 163

[ecosophia]

We are now in the fourth year of these open posts. When I first posted a tentative hypothesis on the course of the Covid phenomenon, I had no idea that discussion on the subject would still be necessary more than three years later, much less that it would turn into so lively, complex, and troubling a conversation. Still, here we are. Crude death rates and other measures of collapsing public health are anomalously high in many countries, but nobody in authority wants to talk about the inadequately tested experimental Covid injections that are the most likely cause; public health authorities government shills for the pharmaceutical industry are still trying to push through laws that will allow them to force vaccinations on anyone they want; public trust in science is collapsing; and the story continues to unfold.

So it's time for another open post. The rules have been slightly modified: 

1. If you plan on parroting the party line of the medical industry and its paid shills, please go away. This is a place for people to talk openly, honestly, and freely about their concerns that the party line in question is dangerously flawed and that actions being pushed by the medical industry and its government enablers are causing injury and death on a massive scale. It is not a place for you to dismiss those concerns. Anyone who wants to hear the official story and the arguments in favor of it can find those on hundreds of thousands of websites.

2. If you plan on insisting that the current situation is the result of a deliberate plot by some villainous group of people or other, please go away. There are tens of thousands of websites currently rehashing various conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 outbreak and the vaccines. This is not one of them. What we're exploring is the likelihood that what's going on is the product of the same arrogance, incompetence, and corruption that the medical industry and its wholly owned politicians have displayed so abundantly in recent decades. That possibility deserves a space of its own for discussion, and that's what we're doing here. 
 
3. If you plan on using rent-a-troll derailing or disruption tactics, please go away. I'm quite familiar with the standard tactics used by troll farms to disrupt online forums, and am ready, willing, and able -- and in fact quite eager -- to ban people permanently for engaging in them here. Oh, and I also lurk on other Covid-19 vaccine skeptic blogs, so I'm likely to notice when the same posts are showing up on more than one venue. 

4. If you plan on making off topic comments, please go away. This is an open post for discussion of the Covid epidemic, the vaccines, drugs, policies, and other measures that supposedly treat it, and other topics directly relevant to those things. It is not a place for general discussion of unrelated topics. Nor is it a place to ask for medical advice; giving such advice, unless you're a licensed health care provider, legally counts as practicing medicine without a license and is a crime in the US. Don't even go there.

5. If you don't believe in treating people with common courtesy, please go away. I have, and enforce, a strict courtesy policy on my blogs and online forums, and this is no exception. The sort of schoolyard bullying that takes place on so many other internet forums will get you deleted and banned here. Also, please don't drag in current quarrels about sex, race, religions, etc. No, I don't care if you disagree with that: my journal, my rules. 

Please also note that nothing posted here should be construed as medical advice, which neither I nor the commentariat (excepting those who are licensed medical providers) are qualified to give. Please take your medical questions to the licensed professional provider of your choice.

With that said, the floor is open for discussion.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Have you seen what’s happening to Alexis Lorenze at UCI Irvine Medical Hospital?! She’s fighting for her life right now—Injured by THREE V’s at once, and the hospital is doing NOTHING to help her! She’s being gaslit and neglected—she even had to pee in a bucket because no one would assist her! Lexi went in for treatment for PNH, but they forced her to take those V’s first. This is absolutely unacceptable! We need accountability and we need to save her life!

https://x.com/erin_bsn/status/1835883185215078483


nurse erin is one of the first whistle-blowers who came out a couple of years ago. she volunteered to go to ground zero ny hospital at the peak of c-19, and has spoken out about what was happening there.

[(Anonymous)]

And that is why I turned vaccine hostile. You get into trouble, nobody and I mean nobody will do anything to help you.

[(Anonymous)]

Northern Ireland’s new Public Health Bill proposes permanent emergency powers, allowing forced medical exams, quarantine, and vaccination.

https://citizenwatchreport.com/northern-irelands-new-public-health-bill-proposes-permanent-emergency-powers-allowing-forced-medical-exams-quarantine-and-vaccination/

[(Anonymous)]

Have they withdrawn simply to organize reinforcements?

[(Anonymous)]

Scientists warn of risks of Blood Transfusions from COVID-19 Vaccinated people

https://expose-news.com/2024/09/16/scientists-warn-risks-blood-transfusions-from-covid-vaccinated/

[(Anonymous)]

... seems to me they're a bit late to the party.

[(Anonymous)]

“People were deceived. ‘Covid’ was a carefully orchestrated Global SCAM…that has been in the works for decades…” -Senator Malcolm Roberts mrobertsqld

https://nitter.poast.org/liz_churchill10/status/1835855807226712235#m

clip at link

[(Anonymous)]

Absolutely terrifying.

“I’m one of 3 people that didn’t take the vaccine at this hospital…and you wouldn’t believe what I’ve seen…I don’t even use the washrooms here…I go home…”

https://nitter.poast.org/liz_churchill10/status/1835665832359109076#m

long time nurse explains what she is seeing, and whats coming.. 4 min clip at link

[transcriberb]

TEXT AT TOP LEFT OF SCREEN: Reply to user6920677910133's comment
What are you seeing in clinic ???

TEXT AT BOTTOM CENTER OF SCREEN: Turbo Cancer is out of control !!

WOMAN IN CAR: Where should I start? Where do you want me to start? Right after the stabbie-jabbies[1] started? That's when we started seeing heart issues, kidney issues. Not only that but diabetes issues. Patients that didn't have diabetes went up 75% in 2022. Hmm mm. People that had diabetes and got schmovid,[2] their diabetes is no longer under control anymore. They're on 2 and 3 different medications.

[cut]

That's just the beginning. The heart issues are out of control. We put so many heart consults out, we're now putting community— veterans into the community because we don't have enough heart doctors to see them. The heart monitors that they're wearing? We don't even have enough of them.

Let's see, huh, turbo cancers? Hmm mm, yeah, that too.

Right after along with the 2022 stuff, kidney issues were happening as well. Up the wazoo.

Now patients are having pneumonia recently in the last four months. I had a veteran today, 9 medications he's been on, pneumonia's still there because they can't figure it out. You know many he's had? Hmm mmm. [Shows the number 9 with fingers] And all the flu. They can't figure it out.

The skin issues people are having? Mind blowing.

Bleeding in the eye and on the back of the retina and the back of the eye. Astonishing.


Strokes? Through the roof. Having strokes in their eyes, in their brains, embolisms, pulmonary embolisms, you name it. You name it, I can tell you how much it has increased in just hospital I work at in the [inaudible] area. Hmm mm. Yeah. It's astonishing. And people wonder why I go home if I have to go to the bathroom. I'm not sitting on these toilets.

I'm one of 3 people who didn't get it out of the whole entire hospital. Terrifying. Literally terrifying.

The things, the skin issues, the sores, and the wounds, you can debrade them and they don't help at all. You can pack them and wrap them, and it will still look the exact same 3 weeks later.

It's bad. It's very bad. And people are dying at a rate that blows my ever-loving mind. I've been here 16 years. I've never seen people die like this. Ever. Ever. It's scary.

And the scariest part is all the people who've gotten it. We're going to have to take care of them. We're going to have to figure out where to put them. We're going to have to figure out how to do all that because who's going to do it? Most of the medical people got it. Got 6, 7, 10, 8 of them. It's scary. I know what's coming and it's scary.

Anyways I'll get off my soap box. Hope that helps.

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[1] She refers to the covid jabs.

[2] It seems she is mispronouncing "covid" in order to avoid triggering the censoring algorithms.

[(Anonymous)]

NFL’s Chain Gang Received CPR After Collapsing on the Sideline During Ravens-Raiders Game

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/09/nfls-chain-gang-received-cpr-after-collapsing-sideline/

from comments:

"And we'll be right back, after this word from Pfizer..."

[(Anonymous)]

What the heck is the chain gang crew in the NFL? Sorry, not really a football fan, besides the occasional game watched with pops. And I mean real occasional.

[(Anonymous)]

I was going to sign up for my flu shot, which CVS will be providing un a Vaccine Clinic October 15th. Until our newsletter said "if interested in getting a flu or COVID shot..." Then I felt uneasy about going down for the shot, and thought of getting the flu shot at Walgreen's this Friday, if they're offering them then. For what that's worth.

Tangerine berserk Tasmanian Devil

[(Anonymous)]

I wouldn't.
Who knows whether it's a "multivalent" shot with "extra goodies" included ;)

The Wlmnath

[ecosophia]

I wouldn't usually post material from a dream here, but this seems appropriate, not to mention timely, and I got a clear sense that it needs to be shared. Bear with me...

Since my wife's death I don't sleep very well at night, so afternoon naps are pretty common for me. That's why I woke up from a very vivid dream about an hour ago. In the dream, I had gone into a dark copse of evergreen trees and encountered two elves, who ducked into the shadows to evade me. After a little while, they came back out, and murmured warnings to me about "the Wlmnath" (pronounced Wulm-nath, with the accent on the first syllable, but I woke up knowing how it was spelled.) I didn't know what they meant. They repeated the warning, and I suddenly realized that the other people I was traveling with, who were outside the copse, were in deadly danger. I ran to the edge of the copse to warn my companions, but the Wlmnath were already there.

The Wlmnath are nasty little rodents the size of small mice, who travel in swarms. They jump and bite. What makes them deadly is that they irritate their victims into a frenzy, and the victims try to hit at them and fight them until the victims collapse, after which the Wlmnath swarm over them and devour them. They were leaping about and biting, and the people I'd been traveling with were already fighting them -- there was one guy who looked like Winston Churchill trying to swat them with a rolled-up umbrella. I called out to warn my companions. At first nobody paid me any attention, but I kept at it and finally, one at a time, people started breaking away from the fight and running over to where I was, where they would be safe. Three had reached safety when I woke up.

This seems relevant for two reasons. First and most obviously, there are a lot of Wlmnath online, in the media, and in the political sphere, and they're jumping and biting in a fair frenzy just now. Those of you who might be tempted to fight them might consider whether that's a good use of your time just now, or whether they'll just exhaust you and drag you down.

Second, it occurred to me not long after waking that this dream is a fair metaphor for the way that disease spreads: there are so many pathogens jumping and biting that the immune system gets worn out fighting them. That's especially dangerous when, ahem, population immunity is collapsing because so many people have damaged or depleted immune systems. It may be worth suggesting that the coming respiratory disease season may be a good time to focus on building up good health through nutrition, natural remedies, and plenty of rest, and to avoid crowds and other Wlmnath-rich venues as much as possible, instead of just trying to fight symptomatic illness when it appears.

So that's the dream and the interpretation(s). Take it for whatever it's worth.

Re: The Wlmnath

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, thank you for this.

It seems very metaphorical for my life right now; I'm getting hit with a storm of annoying time-devouring surprises. Thanks for the perspective check.

Complex Adaptive Systems

[dabilahro]

Today, I skimmed through an incredibly vague post about nanoparticles and graphene. Which hit on globalists, A.I, Elon Musk, the WEF, 5G, Big Pharma, and more in just a few short paragraphs.

I'd like to gauge others thoughts on another explanation for the perceived increase in deaths which center around 3 main areas. That healthcare is a complex adaptive system where pieces interact in dynamic and unpredictable ways, that causes of death can be shuffled around statistically with the right incentives (no flu during covid, opioid deaths skyrocketing, financial incentives for covid deaths), and that Western nations have long been approaching a period where increased death is expected with the already chronic disease plagued baby boomers reaching natural end of life (56-75).

But first, let's imagine another complex adaptive system related to finances. During the pandemic, Federal student loan payments were paused in the US to provide a buffer for people during a difficult time. Student loans which the government did not own were not frozen. Surprisingly people who had to continue to pay their loans did better, because those with frozen payments increased borrowing in other areas and ended up worse off overall. https://reason.com/2023/06/06/the-student-loan-pause-has-made-borrowers-worse-off/ I'm also sure we all can think of some once small town with horrible traffic because that quaint little downtown never expected to be overwhelmed by so many people and cars. Or how a road may impact an ecosystem. How a well meaning tax incentive may promote poor business practices, like subsidies for ethanol production. It is just hard to tell how decision will have an impact down the road in the real-world. In hindsight, ignorance looks like malice.

With the pandemic, it is undeniable that the healthcare system failed, more than usual, especially in certain regions. This has been chalked up to the most fanciful complex stories of malevolence and conspiracy instead of the typical arrogance, incompetence, and corruption of the medical industry. Instead of a science fiction novel virus, vaccine, and self-assembling 5G robots we instead had a simple pulling of the levels of the complex system. Where it becomes normal to give high amounts of oxygen that can result in hyperoxia (which then results in acute respiratory syndrome) and justifies a ventilator, or telling physicians that antibiotics are not appropriate when they previously would have been, or just isolating people farther from their families. All while adding in the reporting of deaths without providing context for what might be normal and expected from a demographic perspective. During my university days 10-15 years ago, we were learning about the aging population crisis, unsurprisingly it arrived, we are not immortal.

This is far less sexy, and at a certain point there is a still a question of why do this at all? In my mind, there is no virus. The symptoms are too vague, and it's still not exactly clear how we are supposed to believe a single stranded piece of RNA is supposed to travel around the world without issue. It's another fearmongering campaign, we have to fear that nature will spit out the right sequence of amino acids and kill us all at any moment. We've progressed from the fear of nukes, to the fear of terrorism, to the fear of molecules. Each can strike at any time and there is really nothing you can do about it but sacrifice your autonomy. Once people are afraid and the incentives are in place, anything is possible, especially in a complex adaptive system like healthcare where life and death are not too far apart.

Again, why? Here I feel a bit hazy and probably dip into the conspiratorial, but I do feel that the goal is to keep people open to experimental medicines for testing. Not to kill them all off (surely there are easier ways to depopulate), not to turn them into drones, or whatever other nonsense, but to progress in the steps to understand how our immune system and body actually work. Unfortunately, it is far more complicated than anyone could have imagined when this vision began, and the solution to that is more data, more analysis. Larger unwitting populations to test on. No longer is it enough to test on Africans, but now a larger chunk of the population is open. And like lab animals there is plenty of data to analyze to try to piece together some coherent narrative of how it is we actually work. Lots of money too, and like a gambler, these visionaries will keep doubling down on the amount of people they need, until everyone is under the umbrella, being gradually poisoned.

This centers to me on the three points in rule 2. Arrogance of scientists, particularly geneticists, virologists, and physicists to think they can crack the code of life to modify man. Incompetence in understanding the effect their actions, like a monkey with a wrench. Corruption from the intensity of promise and potential that has brought significant power, influence, and money to these fields.

Re: Complex Adaptive Systems

[(Anonymous)]

"Instead of a science fiction novel virus, vaccine, and self-assembling 5G robots we instead had a simple pulling of the levers of the complex system."

I think there was a deliberate use of the science fiction angle as a way to ramp up the fear propaganda. For example there was all of the dystopian imagery coming out of China: the guys running around in the white biohazard suits, the trucks going down the street spraying virus killing chemicals etc. There was also the lab leak narrative, another science fiction cliche designed to make people fearful of the virus. No-one can be sure how true this narrative really is. All the government agencies equipped to properly investigate this are also too corrupt.

And too many people, including most politicians and bureaucrats, seemed to have learnt everything they know about viruses by watching apocalyptic science fiction movies about killer viruses, when the reality of viruses is a lot more mundane. This was one of the first things I noticed in 2020: that people were believing things about nCov that were absolutely ridiculous and physically impossible, in terms of how the virus was transmitted and how fast it was able to spread e.g. that without lockdowns it would have infected millions in only a few weeks and caused the breakdown of society. Just pure dystopian science fiction nonsense.

As for the bit about the simple pulling of levers in a complex system: Bingo!

Never underestimate the damage that can be caused by turning a bureaucratic system against society.

"I hear you"

[(Anonymous)]

Today I went to the clinic to have my blood pressure taken to see how my meds are working. The only reason I agreed to go on them in the first place was that I needed surgery which I couldn't get if I wasn't on the meds. Funnily enough when I had the hernia operation my pressure was 168 over whatever. They showed no concern because I was taking my pills.

So today the nurse taking my BP was concerned that I still hadn't hit the arbitrary numbers they had set for me and wanted to up my prescription. I told her a number things that I didn't like about the way that medicine is being practiced now and she would say "I hear you". I told her how I take responsibility for my own health from growing my own food to getting enough sunshine, to keeping my gut "farm" well rounded (which of course I had to work on every time the meds were changed). "I hear you".

That gave me leave to rip a strip off of the pFrackers @ *Fi****r. See the first drug I was given was designed by them and gives men impotence and a few years later they came out with the big V. I told her I was not livestock to be managed for maximum milking potential by the pharmafia. She said "I hear you"

(Just a note: autocorrect didn't try to correct pharmafia so I guess it's official)

So I was further emboldened to say that I didn't take the jab, that I was healthy as a horse, while those that did were constantly sick, developed autoimmune disorders, turbo cancers, rapid aging, heart and blood conditions. She didn't even try to contradict me. I told her that I take my health very seriously and will not be sucked into a system that's there to exploit me. She then said "I understand"

Maybe there's hope.

Re: "I hear you"

[(Anonymous)]

I don't know where to start with the blood pressure hustle you'll get from the medical dealers. I guess a good place to start is they've systematically lowered those numbers you've mentioned over the years, so that they can always write you a prescription and get you to come back in 3 or 6 months and pay them again. And again. And again.

The other is they will never ever try to figure out what the root cause of it is either. Here's a pill and here's an appointment in 6 months. Readin' codes, throwin' drugs. That ain't workin, that's the way you do it. You play the guitar on the MTV...

Here's something none of them will tell you. You need to hit the gym. Start doing regular cardio. As much as you can stand. Don't make yourself sick or injured but do as much as you think you can handle. And be regular with it. You might be surprised how effective that is, all on its own, in lowering blood pressure. And it's good for general health reasons anyway.

There are also herbals you can take but the internet should be good at telling you about those without me having to list them.

This isn't medical advice, this is some random internet dude. The next random internet dude will probably tell you the exact opposite. Never go to the internet for advice, for they will say yes and no...

[(Anonymous)]

If I may post something about vaccines in general, JB Handley is saying that the cause for the rise in autism is the aluminum in the vaccines.

Dr. Chris Exley of Keele University in England and his colleagues published a paper that for the first time ever looked at the brain tissue of subjects with autism to determine the level of aluminum (note: they spell “aluminum” as “aluminium” in the United Kingdom) found within their brain tissue. For anyone trying to convince the world that “the science is settled and vaccines don’t cause autism,” the study’s findings are deeply contradictory to that statement.

https://jbhandley.substack.com/p/international-scientists-have-found

Show Me The Virus

[fredsmith11]

"Show Me The Virus" is a catchphrase penned by Jon Rappoport at www.nomorefakenews.com/

He's been saying for 3+ years that an isolated sample of the COVID virus has never been produced.

Anyway it appears that a Canadian Court now agrees and has put it on the record per a statement by Patrick King: https://x.com/_APWK_/status/1835696815611556302

Re: Show Me The Virus

[weilong]

Since you brought it up, it turns out that nobody has ever produced an isolated sample of any virus.

There are a lot of scientificky-sounding papers that say somebody "isolated" a virus. That usually means one of the following:

1) The point and declare method. Get an electron micrograph of some diseased tissue. There are thingies visible on the picture. Draw an arrow pointing to one of the thingies and say "look, a virus!"

2) The computer simulation method. Take a sample of mixed biological crud, e.g. a glob of lung gunk from a pneumonia patient, which contains a grab-bag of biological material from the patient himself as well as any bacteria, yeast, fungus, etc. which happened to be floating around and were inhaled by the patient and got stuck in his mucus. Then run this through a machine to catalog every scrap of nucleic acid (DNA and RNA) in the sample. The machine can't actually read intact genomes, like DNA in a cell nucleus, or inside the lipid wrapper of an intact virus. So you take all of the scraps, and use software to figure out every possible way the scraps could fit together. You pick one of the thousands of resulting candidates, and say "aha, a virus!" This method is analogous to putting together a jigsaw puzzle out of a big trash sack full of puzzle pieces from dozens of different puzzles, each of which is missing pieces because you got them at a thrift store.

3) The injection method. Take a bit of diseased tissue and blend it with a dozen or so chemicals. Insert the resulting cocktail into a healthy animal in a maximally invasive way, such as injecting it directly into a monkey's brain. If the monkey experiences any discomfort as a result of this, declare "aha, a virus!"

4) The find it where you put it method. Use antibodies to confirm that a sample contains a particular protein (which you just assume is part of a virus). Next, pour a bunch of the sample into an animals lungs or something. Then, go back a while later and take a swab from the animals lungs. If your antibodies confirm that the protein is present in the place where you put it earlier, declare "aha, a virus!"

Those of you who are not practitioners of Science(R), but perhaps read about Science(R) in a middle school textbook, might be wondering about control groups and stuff like that. Virologists decided that they don't need control groups because it's hard. And they don't actually need isolated samples of viruses, because that's really hard.

More than greed and incompetence -follow up

[(Anonymous)]

Hi JMG,
First thanks for this little home for sanity in these crazy times.

Thanks for your and others response. I forgot arrogance as a contributor. Would you consider a person who feels that maintaining their lifestyle is more important then the life of common people as arrogant?
Thanks,
Bob

[(Anonymous)]

Fit and healthy young man, aged 27, was killed by the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine... after being given the controversial jab 'in error'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13860021/Young-man-died-Covid-jab-incorrectly.html

[(Anonymous)]

How surge in long-term illness has made Britain the 'sick man of Europe'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13858153/Sicknote-Britain-surge-long-term-illness-UK-ill-man-Europe.html

[(Anonymous)]

seems to be contagious:

"Faced with a surge in staff absences, Germany's employers are reaching for a new trick to get workers to clock in: a cash bonus for not calling in sick. Tesla, headed by CEO Elon Musk, is leading the charge - offering workers at its Berlin plant up to €1,000 (US$1,111) just to show up.

As a result of more frequent infections, sick days have soared to levels not seen since reunification - causing production lines to grind to a halt, forcing businesses to strain under the weight of these unprecedented absences. Some companies even suspect that generous sick-pay benefits and pandemic-era rules allowing employees to call in sick by phone are being exploited by workers who aren’t actually ill."

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/germanys-sick-pay-dilemma-tesla-dangles-cash-workers-show-absences-skyrocket

Eric Weinstein (physicist who works for Peter Thiel) Interview which Gnat thinks you must watch!

[(Anonymous)]

Are We On The Brink Of A Revolution?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYRYXhU4kxM

Yes, the interview references the vex. But the scope is way meta of that! This is actually one of many related interview pieces between the two. They are all very good and all worth watching, imo. But this is on a whole new level. I hope you like it. -gnat

[(Anonymous)]

Vaccine alliance secures deal for 500,000 mpox jabs for Africa

https://insiderpaper.com/vaccine-alliance-secures-deal-for-500000-mpox-jabs-for-africa/

[(Anonymous)]

Billionaire Investor Found Dead in Washington Lake

A billionaire biotech investor was found dead in a lake in Washington.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/09/billionaire-investor-found-dead-washington-lake/

..biotech is the reason i posted this..

[(Anonymous)]

I remember a lot of dead bankers after 2008. Perhaps we're seeing the same thing but in big pharma?

[(Anonymous)]

here is more about this woman's story

California Woman Claims Hospital Pressured Her to Vaccinate Before Treatment, Leading to a Horrific Adverse Reaction that Has Left Her Fighting For Her Life

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/09/california-woman-claims-hospital-pressured-her-vaccinate-before/

AMD on CA Woman's Experience

[(Anonymous)]

A Midwestern Doctor published an interesting piece today in response to the CA woman's experience at UCI Hospital:

https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/what-happens-when-a-hospital-vaccine

From the article's conclusion:
I am very hesitant to ascribe motives to people when I can’t read their minds, but in this case, assuming the facts as presented are true, my best guess is that the hospital’s response to Alexis was a combination of fear (especially once she mentioned “malpractice”), uncertainty and paralysis over her situation (e.g., the hematologist who pushed the vaccines on her disappeared), and provides an excellent illustration of why, if you have the choice, smaller rural hospitals rather than academic ivory towers are often much better to go to.

One of the more telling aspects of this story was the hospital threatening to sue Steve Kirsch for publishing Alexis’s medical records (which legally they can’t do), which in turn illustrates that the hospital’s focus is on protecting itself rather than the patient.

Elecampane

[(Anonymous)]

Following up on the conversation about Elecampane from last weeks Frugal Friday, Richo Cech writes in his great book Growing Plant Medicine (yes, get both volumes if you are interested in this topic):

"Elecampane is the premier treatment for acute or chronic disorders of the upper respiratory tract. The herb is demulcent, antitussive (reduces cough), and expectorant, exerting a deep-seated antimicrobial influence on the lungs and bronchi. Severe upper respiratory congestion or COVID can be life threatening. An emergency chew of the fresh or honeyed root, or a more considered course of treatment with the dried root made into tincture, tea or decoction or syrup can be life-saving."

This plant is really easy to grow in Zones 3 to 8. It's really fun to have live medicine we can build relationships with rather than a bunch of synthetics in orange plastic bottles that may do more harm than good.

Re: Elecampane

[ecosophia]

Thank you for this. I don't have garden space just now, but if I get some again I'll give it a try. In the meantime I want to find a source of fresh elecampane root.

[(Anonymous)]

FDA Approves Vaccine for Mpox — Warns It May Cause Death in Vaccinated and People They Come in Contact With

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fda-acam2000-mpox-vaccine-warning-death-unvaccinated/

Annecdote

[(Anonymous)]

There's been a lot of COVID going around my co-workers lately. They're all vaxxed to varying degrees and several of them have said that this time was worse than previous times they had the disease.

Re: Annecdote

[(Anonymous)]

I don't know what it is, but every time I go into some public building, like a store, I can't stop sneezing. But when I go outside or stay home, the sneezing stops and I recover. It's not pollen or I'd be sneezing outdoors instead of indoors.

Something my body doesn't like in a public indoor place, dunno.

Swiss Re Report: The Future of Excess Mortality (Spoiler: Could Remain High for Another 10 Years)

[(Anonymous)]

Keep in mind, this is an insurance company, and insurance companies got whacked by the Excess Mortality.

https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/topics-and-risk-dialogues/health-and-longevity/covid-19-pandemic-synonymous-excess-mortality.html

"The future of excess mortality after COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has been synonymous with excess mortality.

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This article was writtenBy Daniel Meier, Life & Health R&D Manager, CUO L&H Reinsurance & Prachi Patkee, Life & Health R&D Analyst, CUO L&H Reinsurance & Adam Strange, Life & Health R&D Manager, CUO L&H Reinsurance
Published on:16 Sep 2024

Four years on from the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020, many countries worldwide still report elevated deaths in their populations. This impact appears generally independent of healthcare systems and population health. This trend is evident even after accounting for shifting population sizes, and the range of reporting mechanisms and death classifications that make inter-country comparisons complex. There is also likely a degree of excess mortality under-reporting.

Quantifying excess mortality has been an acute challenge since 2020 due to the exceptional mortality rates of the pandemic. Excess mortality refers to the number of deaths over and above an assumed “expected” number of deaths. The different methods of estimating expected mortality can generate very different excess mortality rates.

This represents a potential challenge for Life and Health (L&H) insurance, with potentially several years of elevated mortality claims ahead, depending on how general population trends translate into the insured population. Ongoing excess mortality can have implications for L&H insurance claims and reserves. Excess mortality that continues to exceed current expectations may affect the long-term performance of in-force life portfolios as well as the pricing of new life policies....

(continues at link, with nice graphs, and all)

26 Republican Governors ‘Will Not Comply’ with WHO Pandemic Treaty, && Pfizer Counter-Sues Kansa

[(Anonymous)]

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/26-republican-governors-not-comply-pandemic-treaty/

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/kansas-files-explosive-lawsuit-accusing-pfizer-of-misleading-the-public-on-covid-vaccine-risks/

Re: 26 Republican Governors ‘Will Not Comply’ with WHO Pandemic Treaty, && Pfizer Counter-Sues K

[(Anonymous)]

I feel like packin' up like in The Grapes of Wrath but it just ain't possible.

Paul Marik banned from Amazon for life

[(Anonymous)]

Slightly off topic but related in terms of the medical industrial complex, Paul Marik was banned from Amazon for trying to sell his book "Cancer Care" from there:

https://x.com/Honest_Medicine/status/1836220504073736286

Thankfully, the book is available for free from the FLCCC website.
https://covid19criticalcare.com/reviews-and-monographs/cancer-care/

Re: Paul Marik banned from Amazon for life

[(Anonymous)]

I just purchased a used copy for an old friend who has cancer, did not want to buy from Amazon but a new copy wasn't available anywhere else like bookshop.org.

I think anyone who self publishes anything that is not narrative approved needs to go to lulu.com or another self publish service. I hope maybe skyhorse will pick up his book and save some lives.