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[naegling62]

This guy has some interesting things to say but his political interjections taint his articles.

 

[naegling62]

Just talked with a colleague and his acquaintance died suddenly from rapid Colon cancer at age 38. Pure speculation but in his circles everyone is vaccinated.

 

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Newly obtained documents confirm yet again Fauci lied about COVID. Fauci’s NIH lab was a partner with Wuhan on a proposal to engineer a highly transmissible coronavirus in 2018. But he wasn’t alone, 15 government agencies knew about it and said nothing. Americans deserve answers. foxnews.com/opinion/great-…

Americans deserve justice...

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Oxygen concentrators require a prescription...
OTC oxygen in cans is available on Amazon...
Sold for use for high altitude, athletes, quick recovery from exercise...and such... the CDC.... does not recommend for any health uses...but it is nearly pure oxygen....and far less expensive than medical oxygen....

 

[hd5574]

You can also get stabilized oxygen drops..which can be used to purify water or used under your tongue... they raise your blood oxygen level...
Oxygen kills germs of all types ...and cancer hates oxygen..

 

[Heliobas Disciple]

This guy has some interesting things to say but his political interjections taint his articles.

True. He is very into climate change and vegetarianism. I just ignore that part because his science on Covid and the vaxx and the immune system, and now on bird flu is very much aligned with Geert's and makes a lot of sense to me. As I just told PoD in a post above, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater!

HD

 

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Newly obtained documents confirm yet again Fauci lied about COVID. Fauci’s NIH lab was a partner with Wuhan on a proposal to engineer a highly transmissible coronavirus in 2018. But he wasn’t alone, 15 government agencies knew about it and said nothing. Americans deserve answers. foxnews.com/opinion/great-…

Americans deserve justice...

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1777691665203159269

View: https://twitter.com/Patriot_Kenzie/status/1777691665203159269?t=-o6iUQqwwl59TWp-YgejMA&s=19

The Great COVID Cover-up: Shocking truth about Wuhan and 15 federal agencies

Here's what my investigation has recently discovered regarding government officials from 15 federal agencies and what they knew about the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2018.

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The Great COVID Cover-up: Shocking truth about Wuhan and 15 federal agencies
Shame on all the federal employees who covered up these facts about COVID-19
By Sen. Rand Paul
Published April 9, 2024 5:00am EDT

How vast was the Great COVID Cover-up? Well, my investigation has recently discovered government officials from 15 federal agencies knew in 2018 that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was trying to create a coronavirus like COVID-19.

These officials knew that the Chinese lab was proposing to create a COVID 19-like virus and not one of these officials revealed this scheme to the public. In fact, 15 agencies with knowledge of this project have continuously refused to release any information concerning this alarming and dangerous research.

Government officials representing at least 15 federal agencies were briefed on a project proposed by Peter Daszak’s EcoHealth Alliance and the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

This project, the DEFUSE project, proposed to insert a furin cleavage site into a coronavirus to create a novel chimeric virus that would have been shockingly similar to the COVID-19 virus.

For years, I have been fighting to obtain records from dozens of federal agencies relating to the origins of COVID-19 and the DEFUSE project. Under duress, the administration finally released documents that show that the DEFUSE project was pitched to at least 15 agencies in January 2018.

What does this mean?

It means that at least 15 federal agencies knew from the beginning of the pandemic that EcoHealth Alliance and the Wuhan Institute of Virology were seeking federal funding in 2018 to create a virus genetically very similar if not identical to COVID-19.

Disturbingly, not one of these 15 agencies spoke up to warn us that the Wuhan Institute of Virology had been pitching this research. Not one of these agencies warned anyone that this Chinese lab had already put together plans to create such a virus.

Peter Daszak concealed this proposal. University of North Carolina scientist Ralph Baric, a named collaborator on the DEFUSE project, failed to reveal that the Wuhan Institute of Virology had already proposed to create a virus similar to COVID-19.

And now we know that 15 agencies heard the proposal and when each agency discovered that COVID-19 was strangely similar to DEFUSE’s proposed virus creation, not one agency head stepped forward to warn the public that the virus might be man-made and therefore already adapted to transmit freely among humans.

Not surprising to some of us, Dr. Anthony Fauci’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) was not only briefed on Wuhan’s desire to create this virus, NIAID was actually listed as a participant in the initial DEFUSE pitch. Fauci’s Rocky Mountain Lab was named as a partner alongside the Wuhan Institute of Virology in the proposal.

These documents also reveal that a scientist whose lab has received millions of dollars from EcoHealth was also part of the original plan to create these chimeric coronaviruses. This researcher, Ian Lipkin, also later became one of the authors of "Proximal Origins," a journal paper commissioned by Fauci and National Institutes of Health head Francis Collins to throw shade on anyone arguing that the virus might have come from the lab. Yet, Ian Lipkin never revealed to the public the DEFUSE proposal.

Millions of people died from COVID-19. We now know that over 15 government agencies, as well as the investigators Peter Daszak, Ralph Baric, Ian Lipkin and scientists at NIAID’s Rocky Mountain Lab, all knew of the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s desire to create a coronavirus with a furin cleavage site, a virus pre-adapted for human transmission.

And no one spoke up. We only know of this DEFUSE proposal because a whistleblower, one brave Marine, Lt. Col. Joseph Murphy, came forward with the truth.

Likely, hundreds of people in the government knew of this proposal to create a COVID-19-like virus and virtually every one of these people chose to keep quiet, to obscure, and ultimately to conceal information that might have saved lives by letting the world know this was no sleepy animal virus with poor transmission.

No, all evidence suggests COVID-19 was a laboratory-enhanced virus purposefully adapted for human transmission.

Shame on all those who covered up the DEFUSE project! Of course, they all should be punished but likely won’t. At the very least, though, the perpetrators should be made to admit the truth and Congress should finally put in place sufficient oversight to make sure dangerous gain of function experiments are sufficiently vetted and, if necessary, prevented.

 

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15 US Agencies Knew Wuhan Lab Was "Trying To Create A Coronavirus Like COVID-19": Rand Paul | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

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15 US Agencies Knew Wuhan Lab Was "Trying To Create A Coronavirus Like COVID-19": Rand Paul
by Tyler Durden
Wednesday, Apr 10, 2024 - 12:00 AM

While a massive body of evidence exists on the origins of COVID-19, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is conducting his own investigation into the matter.

In a Tuesday op-ed, Paul writes that government officials from 15 federal agencies "knew in 2018 that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was trying to create a coronavirus like COVID-19."

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These officials knew that the Chinese lab was proposing to create a COVID 19-like virus and not one of these officials revealed this scheme to the public. In fact, 15 agencies with knowledge of this project have continuously refused to release any information concerning this alarming and dangerous research.​

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Government officials representing at least 15 federal agencies were briefed on a project proposed by Peter Daszak’s EcoHealth Alliance and the Wuhan Institute of Virology. -Rand Paul​

Paul is talking about the DEFUSE project, which was revealed after DRASTIC Research uncovered documents showing that DARPA had been presented with a proposal for EcoHealth to perform gain-of-function research on bat coronavirus.

New documents released by Drastic Research show Peter Daszak and the EcoHealth Alliance had applied for funds that would allow them to further modify coronavirus spike proteins and find potential furin cleavage sites.​

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Rep. Gallagher explains why that's so important. pic.twitter.com/6aEPyuW7Go​

— Rep. Gallagher Press Office (@RepGallagher) September 23, 2021​

And according to Rand Paul, officials from 15 agencies knew about this. While the project was never funded (DARPA called it too dangerous) - Paul writes: "This project, the DEFUSE project, proposed to insert a furin cleavage site into a coronavirus to create a novel chimeric virus that would have been shockingly similar to the COVID-19 virus."

And what does this mean?

It means that at least 15 federal agencies knew from the beginning of the pandemic that EcoHealth Alliance and the Wuhan Institute of Virology were seeking federal funding in 2018 to create a virus genetically very similar if not identical to COVID-19.​

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Disturbingly, not one of these 15 agencies spoke up to warn us that the Wuhan Institute of Virology had been pitching this research. Not one of these agencies warned anyone that this Chinese lab had already put together plans to create such a virus.​

Peter Daszak concealed this proposal. University of North Carolina scientist Ralph Baric, a named collaborator on the DEFUSE project, failed to reveal that the Wuhan Institute of Virology had already proposed to create a virus similar to COVID-19.​

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And now we know that 15 agencies heard the proposal and when each agency discovered that COVID-19 was strangely similar to DEFUSE’s proposed virus creation, not one agency head stepped forward to warn the public that the virus might be man-made and therefore already adapted to transmit freely among humans. -Rand Paul​

Paul further writes that Fauci's NIAID was not only briefed on the DEFUSE proposal, his "Rocky Mountain Lab" was named as a partner in it along with the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Newly obtained documents confirm yet again Fauci lied about COVID. Fauci’s NIH lab was a partner with Wuhan on a proposal to engineer a highly transmissible coronavirus in 2018. But he wasn’t alone, 15 government agencies knew about it and said nothing. Americans deserve answers.…​

— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) April 9, 2024​

Meanwhile, researcher Ian Lipkin, one of the authors of the "proximal origins" coverup paper, was also part of the DEFUSE plan - which he never revealed publicly.

"Did NIAID warn us? Did Anthony Fauci warn us? No! All lips remained sealed," writes Paul.

 

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Trickle of truth
Dr. John Campbell
Apr 10, 2024
20 min 35 sec

The spike protein exhibits pathogenic characteristics https://www1.racgp.org.au/ajgp/2024/a... Multiple studies have shown an increased risk of myocarditis after vaccination with mRNA encoding SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. mRNA vaccines can result in spike protein expression in Muscle tissue Lymphatic system Cardiomyocytes Other cells after entry into the circulation. There is concern that COVID-19 vaccination per se might contribute to long COVID, giving rise to the colloquial term ‘Long Vax(x)’ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35084... The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 exhibits pathogenic characteristics and is a possible cause of post-acute sequelae, after SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 vaccination. COVID-19 vaccines utilise a modified, stabilised prefusion spike protein that might share similar toxic effects with its viral counterpart. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38024... Not the natural Uridine Uracil is one of the four nucleobases in RNA Adenine, cytosine, guanine The Critical Contribution of Pseudouridine to mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... Both consisted of N1-methyl-pseudouridine-modified mRNA encoding the SARS-COVID-19 Spike protein and were delivered with a lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulation A possible association between COVID-19 vaccination and the incidence of POTS has been demonstrated in a cohort of 284,592 COVID-19-vaccinated individuals Postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) is when your heart rate increases very quickly after getting up from sitting or lying down. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/postura... Recipients of two or more injections of the mRNA vaccines display a class switch to IgG4 antibodies. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37243... Abnormally high levels of IgG4 Might cause autoimmune diseases Promote cancer growth Autoimmune myocarditis Other IgG 4-related diseases There are clear implications for vaccine boosting where these and similar observations, relating to COVID-19 vaccination and the incidence of long COVID-like symptoms are substantiated, adding further to public health officials’ concerns. Understanding the persistence of viral mRNA, and viral protein and their cellular pathological effects after vaccination with and without infection is clearly required. Because COVID-19 vaccines were approved without long-term safety data and might cause immune dysfunction, it is perhaps premature to assume that past SARS-CoV-2 infection is the sole common factor in long COVID. Millions worldwide experience post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC or long COVID) Although the Australian Bureau of Statistics and other health agencies in Australia do not survey the prevalence of long COVID, it is estimated that it affects hundreds of thousands Long COVID is a heterogeneous disease with variable cardiac, pulmonary, haematological and neurological involvement There is no consensus on what causes lingering COVID-19 symptoms long after the acute infection has cleared. Often unable to secure a diagnosis, patients are wont to seek multiple serial medical opinions, frequently being told their condition is due to anxiety or post-pandemic mental issues. The median duration of long COVID symptoms is five months, but 10% of patients still experience symptoms at 12 months. Fatigue, shortness of breath and difficulty concentrating are reported at least up to two years after SARS-CoV-2 infection. It is still too early to say whether some individuals with long COVID might never recover. Long COVID patients present elevated inflammatory biomarkers, (eg interleukin-6, C-reactive protein, tumour necrosis factor-α) Those subscribing to long COVID digital support groups report months of frustration at not being listened to, finding the health system woefully inadequate, with few primary or secondary care professionals knowing enough to offer much. The outcome for some of those experiencing long COVID is self-prescribed medication using over-the-counter remedies and dietary changes based on potentially conflicting or misleading online information. Some speak of a substantial proportion of their income being used in this way. In Australia, an estimated 240,000 of those with long COVID no longer work full time. Work absenteeism might significantly impact the nation’s economy, as in the UK. In the US, long COVID has been declared a national emergency. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36219... Reduced to working part time to cope with unwellness, those with long COVID commonly report having to wait a year or more before receiving a diagnosis.

 

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U.S. prosecuted criminal COVID fraud cases totaling $2 billion in losses, DOJ report says

While only a fraction of the $280 billion in estimated fraud losses, the report shows that the effects of the massive coronavirus relief bills are still being dealt with.

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U.S. prosecuted criminal COVID fraud cases totaling $2 billion in losses, DOJ report says
While only a fraction of the $280 billion in estimated fraud losses, the report shows that the effects of the massive coronavirus relief bills are still being dealt with.
By Steven Richards
Published: April 9, 2024 11:00pm

The new 2024 annual report from the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force summarizes law enforcement efforts to combat pandemic-era fraud, providing further evidence of long held concerns about how the roughly $5 trillion total pandemic relief was exploited by bad actors. Two years ago, The New York Times published an interactive chart showing what industry sectors received the funds.

Yet, this marks only a small fraction of the estimated fraud stemming from COVID-19 relief. For example, an Associated Press investigation estimated $280 billion in relief funds were stolen by fraudsters.

Published by the Department of Justice on Tuesday, the report summarizes the efforts of the task force and its partners to investigate, prosecute, and recover funds in the myriad fraud schemes that exploited the COVID-19 relief programs implemented during the pandemic, such as the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

For example, DOJ report found $2 billion in losses associated with criminal pandemic fraud spread across 3,500 individual cases. Some of the most fantastic instances of fraud include a Florida defendant who used more than $7 million in relief funds to purchase an estate and two luxury vehicles, and a VA nurse who filed more than 220 false applications for unemployment insurance, netting herself more than $3.5 million.

“Since I established the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force three years ago, we have charged more than 3,500 defendants, seized or forfeited over $1.4 billion in stolen COVID-19 relief funds, and filed more than 400 civil lawsuits resulting in court judgements and settlements,” said Attorney General Merrick Garland.

“Our work is not over. We will continue our efforts to investigate and prosecute pandemic relief fraud and to recover the assets that have been stolen from American taxpayers,” he added.

The report shows the members of the task force have collectively filed charges against more than 3,500 defendants in cases where COVID-19 relief funds were fraudulently obtained since the task force was formed in 2021. The DOJ estimates these combined cases represent total of $2 billion lost to fraud.

Of the 3,500 charged, the report says 2,005 defendants pleaded guilty or were convicted after trials. However, the DOJ says a “similar number” of fraud investigations are still underway that have yet to result in charges.

The investigations have also resulted $1.4 billion in “seizures and forfeiture orders to recover stolen CARES Act funds,” according to the report. The CARES Act was the first major coronavirus aid package and stimulus—totaling $2.2 trillion—that passed late in the Trump administration, in March 2020. It was the largest stimulus package in U.S. history.

But now, after the dust has settled, the relief programs implemented by the bill have been widely recognized to have been affected by fraud.

You can read the 2024 annual report below:
CFETF 2024 Report FINAL (508).pdf

In one case highlighted in the report, a Florida man fraudulently secured $7.2 million in emergency funds through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The man, Don V. Cisternino, applied for the program using false information about his business, claiming he had over 400 employees and more than $2.8 million in payroll expenses. Yet, in fact, Cisternino was the only employee at his company.

When the $7.2 million in relief funds were dispersed to his account, Cisternino used them to purchase a palatial estate in central Florida and two luxury cars, a Mercedes Benz and a Maserati. After fleeing the country, he was ultimately arrested with assistance from Interpol in Southern Europe. He was eventually convicted and sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison.

In another case, a nurse in Virginia working for the Veterans Affairs Administration named Heather Huffman, enlisted family and close friends in a multi-pronged conspiracy to “defraud at least five state workforce agencies,” including the Virginia Employment Commission in the state where she worked. She and her assistants sought $3.5 million in fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits by using identify theft victims, co-conspirators, and federal and state prison inmates.

“In total, Huffman and her conspirators submitted more than 220 applications in the names of more than 120 individuals to at least five different states through which they sought to receive more than $3.5 million and actually obtained more than $2 million,” a press release from the DOJ reads.

Huffman fled from the law and assumed a false identify. Eventually, authorities found her living under an alias in Kansas and she was arrested and sentenced to 18 years in prison for her role in the scheme. Three of her co-conspirators were also sentenced to between three and five years for their roles in the scheme.

Previous probes by the House Oversight Committee also highlighted the vulnerability of the federal pandemic relief system to “rampant waste, fraud, and abuse.” The Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Labor told the subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce that massive spending from the government funneled into programs with preexisting oversight challengers increased the fraud potential.

“The unprecedented infusion of federal funds gave fraudsters a high value target to exploit. That combined with ease of identity theft and system weaknesses, previously identified by the OIG, allowed criminals to defraud the programs,” the inspector general said.

“Department of Labor recently reported an annual improper payment rate of 21.52 percent for FY ’22. When applied to the approximate 888 billion dollars in UI benefits paid during the pandemic, at least 191 billion dollars could have been paid improperly,” he added.

Given the total scale of the federal aid packages passed during the pandemic, the government’s recovery of fraudulently acquired funds has likely only scratched the surface—a fact with bipartisan recognition in Washington.

In the report, the DOJ notes that it is requesting an extension on the statute of limitations for COVID-19 fraud crimes and for adequate resources for investigations and prosecution efforts to be provided.

“While I am incredibly proud of the work of the CFETF and the significant law enforcement accomplishments, much work remains in the fight against COVID-19 fraud,” said Director Michael C. Galdo of the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force.

“The CFETF and its member agencies have ongoing investigations into hundreds of identity thieves, transnational fraud and money laundering networks, large-dollar individual fraudsters, and the businesses that facilitated these crimes,” he added.

The COVID-19 fraud task force also concluded that it may be appropriate for “a permanent, interagency body to respond to benefits fraud.”

“The use of stolen and synthetic identities by criminal networks to defraud public benefits programs is a serious and evolving threat to the integrity of federal programs and to the American people those essential programs are intended to help,” the report concludes, citing evidence that the networks which pursued COVID-19 relief money may still be active in attack more federal and state programs.

On Tuesday, concurrent with the annual report from the DOJ, the Biden Administration and key Democratic senators announced a new legislative initiative to “crack down” on pandemic fraud.

President Biden suggests that any legislation should include “hundreds of millions of dollars for investigation and prosecution of those engaged in major or systemic pandemic fraud.” The White House notes the Democratic proposals would increase funding for the COVID-19 task force to carry out its ongoing investigations.

The House Oversight Committee, which is led by Republicans, did not respond to a request for comment on Tuesday about President Biden and the Democratic Senators’ proposal.

 

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JN.1 quasispecies | Voice for Science and Solidarity

‘Quasispecies’ refers to a population of numerous closely related variants, characterized by minor mutations in their genetic sequences, coe

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JN.1 quasispecies
By Geert Vanden Bossche
April 10, 2024

JN.1 is currently evolving into a quasispecies within highly COVID-19 vaccinated populations, providing a fertile breeding ground for a new Coronavirus strain with enhanced virulence.


‘Quasispecies’ refers to a population of numerous closely related variants, characterized by minor mutations in their genetic sequences, coexisting within a host organism. By monitoring mutation spotters on social media, one can learn how JN.1 is now evolving into a 'swarm' of slightly genetically distinct variants, thus forming a typical quasispecies population.

This evolutionary process strongly supports my hypothesis that enhanced cytotoxic T cell lymphocyte (CTL)-mediated nonselective immune pressure on viral transmissibility is currently conferring a fitness advantage to a multitude of JN.1 descendants, owing to their gain of multiple advantageous phenotypic functions (e.g., resistance to neutralizing antibodies, heightened infectiousness, and enhanced viral production capacity)1. By establishing a quasispecies population and a state of dynamic equilibrium, marked by continuous competition and selection among different individual variants within the quasispecies, SARS-CoV-2 demonstrates its ability to adapt to the increasing population-level immune pressure on viral transmissibility. Due to the genetic diversity present in its variants, a quasispecies serves as a reservoir of genetic variations enabling the virus to adapt more rapidly to its changing host environment, including host immune pressure on specific phenotypic traits. This expedites the emergence of new viral variants with improved resistance to the hostile environment (i.e., resulting in ‘gain-of-viral function’).

As activated universal CTL responses can only partially reduce viral transmission, they collectively exert nonselective immune pressure on viral inter-host transmissibility within highly Covid-19 (C-19) vaccinated populations. This nonselective immune pressure ultimately leads to the emergence of a diverse array of circulating variants characterized by a combination of mutations that enhance viral productivity1.

Variants, such as those belonging to the JN.1 clan, which possess the ability to increase their viral production rate without suppressing the secretion of pro-inflammatory ORF8 protein2,3 gain a competitive advantage by favoring their adsorption on migratory dendritic cells rather than being internalized into antigen-presenting cells (see figure below). Consequently, the spectrum of circulating variants is now expected to increasingly encompass JN.1 descendants. Given the escalating immune pressure on viral transmissibility within highly C-19 vaccinated populations, it is reasonable to anticipate that the composition of circulating variants will eventually converge to a similar JN.1-derived quasispecies in those populations.

Furthermore, the widespread activation of universal CTL responses results in suboptimal concentrations of polyreactive nonneutralizing antibodies (PNNAbs) binding to a variant-nonspecific antigenic site within the N-terminal domain of spike protein (S-NTD)4. Suboptimal concentrations of these antibodies are currently leading to highly C-19 vaccinated populations exerting escalating non-selective immune pressure on viral trans infectiousness. This results in a corresponding increase in non-selective immune pressure on viral intra-host transmissibility, which correlates with viral virulence.

As the immune pressure on viral virulence intensifies, any member of the quasispecies harboring mutations facilitating the accommodation of additional, virulence-enhancing glycan chains on mutated O-glycosites could serve as the origin of a new coronavirus (CoV) strain exhibiting enhanced severe disease in highly C-19 vaccinated populations4,5. In essence, the establishment of a quasispecies population by JN.1 likely indicates the virus's readiness to undergo a dramatic structural and functional transformation, thus precipitating the sudden emergence of a new CoV lineage (i.e., HIVICRON6) capable of inducing a significant surge in enhanced severe disease across highly C-19 vaccinated populations.

Therefore, I firmly believe that the growing prevalence of chronic, vaccine-associated immune pathology (‘long Covid’) and the dominance of the JN.1 quasispecies signal the onset of the final, hyperacute phase of the C-19 immune escape pandemic. This phase is expected to be characterized by a spectacular surge in enhanced viral virulence caused by the rapid dissemination of HIVICRON throughout all organs of vaccinated individuals.

Last, for those who will be inclined to attribute a severe wave of what they call "disease X" to the out-of-the-blue emergence of this entirely new CoV, I emphasize that any newly emerging CoV subsequent to this immune escape pandemic, particularly one displaying high virulence in highly C-19 vaccinated populations, should be regarded as a delayed outcome of the large-scale C-19 vaccination program. As repeatedly discussed, the latter has merely catalyzed a cascade of diverse viral immune escape events, thus representing an unparalleled ‘gain-of-function’ experiment conducted on the very human species.

1 I can now spot the tsunami at the horizon | Voice for Science and Solidarity
2 Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB.1.5 variant - Nature Communications
3 Secreted ORF8 induces monocytic pro-inflammatory cytokines through NLRP3 pathways in patients with severe COVID-19
4 Geert Vanden Bossche Predictions on evolution Covid 19 pandemic [UPDATE May 2022] | Voice for Science and Solidarity
5 Wisdom from Sherlock Holmes | Voice for Science and Solidarity
6 HI-VI-CRON: A Highly Virulent CoV strain replacing the entire family of Omicron descendants

Fig. : Early Omicron descendants enter target host cells via PNNAb-dependent enhancement of infection (1). PNNAbs bind to progeny virus tethered to these DCs, which subsequently migrate to the lungs and other distal organs (2). On the other hand, previously SIR-primed Abs bind with low-affinity to the antigenically more distant immune escape variant, thereby generating Ab-virus complexes that are taken up into patrolling APCs (3). Enhanced uptake of large Ab-virus complexes into APCs facilitates strong activation of CTLs, thereby enabling the elimination of virus-infected host cells.


Highly infectious Omicron descendants do not rely on PNNAb-dependent enhancement of infection to enter target host cells. Replication of highly infectious variants generates an immunological environment that promotes their adsorption onto tissue-resident DCs. Due to their high level of intrinsic infectiousness, newly emerging, more transmissible Omicron descendants (e.g., members of the JN.1 clan) will therefore enhance the adsorption of progeny virions on migratory DCs and thereby reduce viral uptake by APCs. Reduced viral uptake by APCs will promote the priming of CD4+ T cells. Some of these T cells may be self-reactive, while others are foreign-centered but fail to serve as T helper cells to assist in boosting of previously SIR-primed Abs due to a lack of immune recognition of the corresponding S-associated B cell epitopes comprised within large Ab-coated virus complexes. Diminished boosting of previously primed anti-S Abs results in diminished production of PNNAbs.

As these more infectious and inflammatory variants (i.e., the JN.1 clan) steadily increase in prevalence, diminished production of PNNAbs, combined with their enhanced binding to highly infectious DC-tethered progeny virions leads to a steadily increasing immune pressure on viral virulence in highly C-19 vaccinated populations. This is thought to eventually trigger the selection of a new Coronavirus lineage that has the capacity to cause PNNAb-mediated enhancement of VBTIs in highly C-19-vaccinated populations, thereby causing a massive wave of enhanced severe C-19 disease.

 

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There is a new Geert interview with Maria Zeee. Interview starts at 1 minute and ends at 19 minutes. I didn't watch the rest of the over hour long video.

He discusses his recent remarks on the tsunami coming. He says this variant he has been predicting will be so different from Sars Cov2 that it will be considered a new coronavirus, but it's from the damage of vaccinating into a pandemic. Prediction of when his variant will occur: 50% before end of April, 99% before end of June. Lots of science in the interview.


Media Blackout: 10 News Stories They Chose Not to Tell You - Episode 17
April 7, 2024
1 hr 2 min 45 sec

Media Blackout: 10 News Stories They Chose Not to Tell You - Episode 17

#10 - Virologist predicts imminent “tsunami of death” among the COVID vaccinated. #9 - Trump haters get hit by a surprising turn of events. #8 - Imprisoned rap mogul warns Diddy over “that little secr

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There is a new Geert interview with Maria Zeee. Interview starts at 1 minute and ends at 19 minutes. I didn't watch the rest of the over hour long video.

He discusses his recent remarks on the tsunami coming. He says this variant he has been predicting will be so different from Sars Cov2 that it will be considered a new coronavirus, but it's from the damage of vaccinating into a pandemic. Prediction of when his variant will occur: 50% before end of April, 99% before end of June. Lots of science in the interview.


Media Blackout: 10 News Stories They Chose Not to Tell You - Episode 17
April 7, 2024
1 hr 2 min 45 sec

Media Blackout: 10 News Stories They Chose Not to Tell You - Episode 17

#10 - Virologist predicts imminent “tsunami of death” among the COVID vaccinated. #9 - Trump haters get hit by a surprising turn of events. #8 - Imprisoned rap mogul warns Diddy over “that little secr

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Yes, Geert said the deadly virus will be presented as a new virus, Disease X.

 

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https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/university-of-georgia-study-shows-that-drinking-hot-black-green-or-herbal-teas-help-reduce-sars-cov-2-viral-loads-in-the-oral-cavity

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University Of Georgia Study Shows That Drinking Hot Black, Green Or Herbal Teas Help Reduce SARS-CoV-2 Viral Loads In The Oral Cavity
Nikhil Prasad Fact checked by:Thailand Medical News Team
Apr 09, 2024

The tradition of tea spans centuries and cultures, often revered for its medicinal properties and soothing effects. In recent times, amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have turned their attention to this age-old beverage, investigating its potential in combating the novel coronavirus. The University of Georgia's study stands out as a significant contribution to this evolving field, offering insights into how certain teas can reduce SARS-CoV-2 viral loads in the oral cavity.


Tea's Journey in Medical Science
Tea's medicinal use dates back to ancient times, where it was often prescribed for respiratory ailments, among other health benefits. Today, modern science has delved into the bioactive compounds within tea, such as polyphenols, catechins, and flavonoids, unravelling their potential in bolstering immune function and combating pathogens.


The Urgency of COVID-19 Research
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 sparked a global race to understand the virus, develop vaccines, and identify effective preventive measures. Amidst this urgency, researchers like Dr Malak Esseili at the University of Georgia focused on accessible and potentially impactful interventions, leading to the investigation of tea's antiviral properties.


Methodology: Screening Tea Varieties for Antiviral Efficacy
The study meticulously screened 24 commercially available teas, assessing their ability to inactivate infectious SARS-CoV-2 in simulated conditions. The teas were prepared as infusions and incubated with the virus, with subsequent analysis focusing on reductions in viral infectivity.


Key Findings: Tea's Effectiveness Against SARS-CoV-2
Among the teas tested, black tea emerged as particularly effective, showcasing a remarkable 99.9% reduction in viral load within a mere 10 seconds of contact. Other variants, including green tea, mint medley, eucalyptus-mint, and raspberry zinger, also exhibited significant reductions ranging from 96% to 99%.


Exploring Tea's Mechanisms of Action
The study delved into the underlying mechanisms through which tea exerts its antiviral effects. Tea polyphenols, renowned for their antioxidant and antimicrobial properties, were identified as key players in the rapid inactivation of SARS-CoV-2. This correlation between polyphenol content and virus reduction sheds light on tea's potential as a natural intervention.


Practical Applications: Drinking and Gargling with Tea
One of the study's practical aspects was the evaluation of tea's efficacy both as a drink and as a gargle. Researchers found that concentrated tea infusions, whether consumed or used as a gargle, could significantly reduce SARS-CoV-2 viral loads in the oral cavity, offering a simple yet potentially impactful preventive measure.


Tea as a Complementary Intervention
While emphasizing that tea should not replace medical care, the study highlights its potential as a complementary intervention. Tea's accessibility, safety, and historical use make it an attractive option for individuals seeking additional ways to protect themselves against COVID-19.

Dr Esseili commented, "Inactivating SARS-CoV-2 in the mouth and the throat matters because that potentially reduces the introduction of the virus to the lower respiratory system.”

TMN had covered numerous COVID-19 News articles extolling the merits of various Teas for COVID-19 since the early part of the pandemic.

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Thailand Medical News had even created our own range of herbal teas and therapeutic teas that have since been reformulated many times due to the emergence of various new SARS-CoV-2 sub-lineages and we have even created a number of lines that can be used as adjuvants to deal with neuroinflammation, cardiac issues, lung fibrosis, strokes, gastrointestinal issues, glaucoma and for various Long COVID-19 issues.

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Future Directions: Clinical Trials and Further Research
Looking ahead, the researchers advocate for clinical trials to validate these findings in real-world settings. Such trials could provide valuable data on tea's effects on COVID-19 patients, including its potential to reduce viral transmission and mitigate disease severity.


Tea's Role in Public Health Messaging
The University of Georgia study's findings also have implications for public health messaging. Integrating tea as part of preventive strategies could empower individuals to take proactive steps in safeguarding their health, especially in the face of evolving viral threats.


Conclusion: Harnessing Tea's Potential for Public Health
In conclusion, the University of Georgia's research underscores tea's potential as a natural intervention against COVID-19. From black tea's potent antiviral properties to the broader spectrum of teas showing promising results, this study opens avenues for further exploration and integration of tea into public health initiatives.


Key Takeaways:
-Tea, with its rich historical legacy and modern scientific validation, holds promise in reducing SARS-CoV-2 viral loads.

-Black tea and other variants exhibit significant antiviral effects, attributed in part to their polyphenol content.

-Practical applications such as drinking tea or using it as a gargle offer accessible and potentially impactful preventive measures.

-Clinical trials are needed to validate these findings and explore tea's role in mitigating COVID-19 transmission and severity.

-Tea's integration into public health messaging could empower individuals to adopt proactive measures in combating infectious diseases.

The study findings were published in the peer reviewed journal: Food and Environmental Virology.

Screening Commercial Tea for Rapid Inactivation of Infectious SARS-CoV-2 in Saliva - Food and Environmental Virology

SARS-CoV-2 infects the oral mucosa and is shed in salivary fluids. Traditionally, tea has been used by various cultures to treat respiratory ailments. The objective of this study was to identify commercially available teas that can rapidly inactivate infectious SARS-CoV-2 in saliva. Initially...

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Can a Cup of Tea Keep COVID Away? Study Finds 99.9% Virus Reduction

New research from the University of Georgia suggests that something as simple as a cup of tea can help in the fight against COVID-19. Tea has been renowned globally for its many health benefits, and Malak Esseili, a virologist with the University of Georgia Center for Food Safety in the College o

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Can a Cup of Tea Keep COVID Away? Study Finds 99.9% Virus Reduction
By Jennifer L Reynolds, University of Georgia
April 10, 2024

New research from the University of Georgia suggests that something as simple as a cup of tea can help in the fight against COVID-19.

Tea has been renowned globally for its many health benefits, and Malak Esseili, a virologist with the University of Georgia Center for Food Safety in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, wanted to know if it may also affect SARS-CoV-2.

When the first rumblings of the pandemic began, no one had to convince Esseili of the seriousness of the matter because of her background studying viruses. She immediately began looking for ways to help protect herself and her family. She needed something that was easily accessible and palatable, so she turned to the humble tea leaf. After a quick trip to her local grocery store, she was ready to begin her research.

“Having something that is accessible, easily prepared, and suitable for all the family would be ideal,” said Esseili, who was also inspired by her tea-loving kids.
Reducing the virus

Her team’s findings, out now in the journal Food and Environmental Virology, demonstrate how certain teas inactivate SARS-CoV-2 in saliva — in some cases by up to 99.9%. This is important because the virus infects and replicates inside the oral cavity, passing through the oropharynx before reaching the lungs.

“Inactivating SARS-CoV-2 in the mouth and the throat matters because that potentially reduces the introduction of the virus to the lower respiratory system,” Esseili said.

Esseili and then-graduate student Julianna Morris, who graduated with her master’s degree in food science in 2023, studied 24 different types of commercially available teas, some of which claim to aid in respiratory health. Of those, they found five that significantly reduced the virus in saliva: raspberry zinger, eucalyptus mint, mint medley, green tea and black tea, with black tea showing the greatest reduction. All testing was done in the laboratory in simulated conditions.
Hot tea as a drink or a gargle

The team tested the efficacy of tea both as a drink and as a gargle to provide an option for those do not want to drink tea but want a highly concentrated rinse that would provide the same benefits as drinking a cup of tea.

Researchers prepared a drinkable infusion concentration using one tea bag per cup steeped for 10 minutes, with no additions such as milk or sugar. All five teas reduced the virus by at least 96% within 10 seconds in the mouth. Black tea was the most effective, reducing the virus by 99.9%. When tested as a gargle, they brewed the tea at four times the concentration of the drinkable infusion, finding that all five varieties of tea reduced the virus by 99.9% within 10 seconds when gargled.

Clinical trials are needed to understand better what effect these results may have on a patient who is ill with COVID-19, Esseili said, stressing that tea is not a replacement for medical care. Still, the initial results are both promising and exciting for those looking to supplement medical care.

“At this stage, we are not suggesting tea as a stand-alone intervention against SARS-CoV-2, because the virus also replicates in the nose and may have already reached the lung by the time a person tests positive,” Esseili said. “But tea can be an additional layer of intervention that the patients and their families can easily adopt on a routine basis.”

Reference: “Screening Commercial Tea for Rapid Inactivation of Infectious SARS-CoV-2 in Saliva” by Julianna N. Morris, and Malak A. Esseili, 31 January 2024, Food and Environmental Virology.
DOI: 10.1007/s12560-023-09581-0

 

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Society in highly C-19 vaccinated countries will be caught off guard! | Voice for Science and Solidarity

With each new wave of vaccine breakthrough infections, viral transmission slows down as a result of immune refocusing. The delayed emergence

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Society in highly C-19 vaccinated countries will be caught off guard!
By Geert Vanden Bossche
April 10, 2024

I've learned that the virus had to slow down its spread and is now awaiting rising temperatures to be able to select a highly virulent lineage!

With each new wave of vaccine breakthrough infections, viral transmission slows down as a result of immune refocusing. The delayed emergence of a Coronavirus lineage capable of causing 'vaccine breakthrough trans infections' facilitates prolonged viral spread, thereby fostering the training of innate immunity in the unvaccinated portion of highly Covid-19 (C-19) vaccinated populations.

I have extensively reported about why and how immune refocusing caused a substantial delay in the timeline I initially projected for the evolution of more infectious SARS-CoV-2 variants towards increased virulence in highly C-19 vaccinated populations. As successive immune refocusing events occur—transitioning from neutralizing antibodies (Abs) to infection-inhibiting Abs, and then to cellular productivity-inhibiting cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses—viral transmission is delayed, providing additional time for the unvaccinated segment of the population to train their cell-mediated innate immunity (via epigenetic reprogramming of Natural Killer cells, which effectively target and eliminate pathologically altered host cells at an early stage of infection).

However, with each subsequent immune refocusing event, immune control over viral transmission weakens (see figure attached below). Consequently, the immune pressure on viral transmissibility is now escalating, favoring the propagation of more transmissible variants and their subvariants, manifested in the form of the JN.1 quasispecies (JN.1 is Currently Evolving into a Quasispecies Within Highly COVID-19 Vaccinated Populations, Providing a Fertile Breeding Ground for New Worse Strain).

Higher temperatures will further contribute to increasing the pressure on viral transmission, further facilitating the diversification of the JN.1 quasispecies. This will create a wider array of subvariants, serving as a fertile ground for a new, highly virulent Coronavirus (CoV) strain to be selected from. There is little doubt, therefore, that the rising temperatures in the coming months will spur the emergence of a new CoV lineage capable of causing enhanced severe disease in highly C-19 vaccinated populations. Hence, contrary to expectations of a fall or winter occurrence, this phenomenon is likely to unfold pretty soon as temperatures begin to significantly rise!

Society in highly C-19 vaccinated countries will be caught off guard!

Fig.: A progressively delayed and weakened control of viral transmission enhances the training of CMII in the unvaccinated and promotes the selection of a new, highly virulent CoV strain in the C-19 vaccinated individuals. This process will enable the eventual elimination of the virus from the population.

 

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Can a Cup of Tea Keep COVID Away? Study Finds 99.9% Virus Reduction

New research from the University of Georgia suggests that something as simple as a cup of tea can help in the fight against COVID-19. Tea has been renowned globally for its many health benefits, and Malak Esseili, a virologist with the University of Georgia Center for Food Safety in the College o

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Can a Cup of Tea Keep COVID Away? Study Finds 99.9% Virus Reduction
By Jennifer L Reynolds, University of Georgia
April 10, 2024

New research from the University of Georgia suggests that something as simple as a cup of tea can help in the fight against COVID-19.

Tea has been renowned globally for its many health benefits, and Malak Esseili, a virologist with the University of Georgia Center for Food Safety in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, wanted to know if it may also affect SARS-CoV-2.

When the first rumblings of the pandemic began, no one had to convince Esseili of the seriousness of the matter because of her background studying viruses. She immediately began looking for ways to help protect herself and her family. She needed something that was easily accessible and palatable, so she turned to the humble tea leaf. After a quick trip to her local grocery store, she was ready to begin her research.

“Having something that is accessible, easily prepared, and suitable for all the family would be ideal,” said Esseili, who was also inspired by her tea-loving kids.
Reducing the virus

Her team’s findings, out now in the journal Food and Environmental Virology, demonstrate how certain teas inactivate SARS-CoV-2 in saliva — in some cases by up to 99.9%. This is important because the virus infects and replicates inside the oral cavity, passing through the oropharynx before reaching the lungs.

“Inactivating SARS-CoV-2 in the mouth and the throat matters because that potentially reduces the introduction of the virus to the lower respiratory system,” Esseili said.

Esseili and then-graduate student Julianna Morris, who graduated with her master’s degree in food science in 2023, studied 24 different types of commercially available teas, some of which claim to aid in respiratory health. Of those, they found five that significantly reduced the virus in saliva: raspberry zinger, eucalyptus mint, mint medley, green tea and black tea, with black tea showing the greatest reduction. All testing was done in the laboratory in simulated conditions.
Hot tea as a drink or a gargle

The team tested the efficacy of tea both as a drink and as a gargle to provide an option for those do not want to drink tea but want a highly concentrated rinse that would provide the same benefits as drinking a cup of tea.

Researchers prepared a drinkable infusion concentration using one tea bag per cup steeped for 10 minutes, with no additions such as milk or sugar. All five teas reduced the virus by at least 96% within 10 seconds in the mouth. Black tea was the most effective, reducing the virus by 99.9%. When tested as a gargle, they brewed the tea at four times the concentration of the drinkable infusion, finding that all five varieties of tea reduced the virus by 99.9% within 10 seconds when gargled.

Clinical trials are needed to understand better what effect these results may have on a patient who is ill with COVID-19, Esseili said, stressing that tea is not a replacement for medical care. Still, the initial results are both promising and exciting for those looking to supplement medical care.

“At this stage, we are not suggesting tea as a stand-alone intervention against SARS-CoV-2, because the virus also replicates in the nose and may have already reached the lung by the time a person tests positive,” Esseili said. “But tea can be an additional layer of intervention that the patients and their families can easily adopt on a routine basis.”

Reference: “Screening Commercial Tea for Rapid Inactivation of Infectious SARS-CoV-2 in Saliva” by Julianna N. Morris, and Malak A. Esseili, 31 January 2024, Food and Environmental Virology.
DOI: 10.1007/s12560-023-09581-0

We read about black tea as an antiviral several months ago I’m almost positive!

There’s something to be said for the old methods recommended by “mom and grandma”….hot tea and some good chicken broth when you’re sick actually works!

This research is the kind we need! Readily available antivirals that anyone can use and found in almost any store is the kind of stuff I love to hear about.

I wonder if brand, and strength of the tea matters?

I have a small collection of different teas and drink a cup almost nightly. Not so much when the weather warms up though.

 

[hd5574]

We read about black tea as an antiviral several months ago I’m almost positive!

There’s something to be said for the old methods recommended by “mom and grandma”….hot tea and some good chicken broth when you’re sick actually works!

This research is the kind we need! Readily available antivirals that anyone can use and found in almost any store is the kind of stuff I love to hear about.

I wonder if brand, and strength of the tea matters?

I have a small collection of different teas and drink a cup almost nightly. Not so much when the weather warms up though.

I saw this last night....some years ago I had food poisoning and have not been able to drink coffee since....
I drink 2 to 3 cups tea per day...
With all the supply chain problems....it is important to remember tea is not grown here...
It may become more difficult to obtain in the future...and the price may explode...

 

[psychgirl]

I saw this last night....some years ago I had food poisoning and have not been able to drink coffee since....
I drink 2 to 3 cups tea per day...
With all the supply chain problems....it is important to remember tea is not grown here...
It may become more difficult to obtain in the future...and the price may explode...

I check tea sales at Kroger regularly. Actually, I check them wherever I shop lol.

You can pick up all kinds of teas by browsing the sales, if you just want to try out a new variety (I’m sure you’re already aware of that though )

I’ve discovered those with stevia in the blends I DO NOT like, unfortunately so those are a waste. Stevia makes me nauseous. Yogi brand has several teas, for different ailments, but I found out the hard way the ones I especially wanted are not for me.
I bought those before I realized what ingredient caused my stomach quease.

 

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Oxygen concentrators require a prescription...
OTC oxygen in cans is available on Amazon...
Sold for use for high altitude, athletes, quick recovery from exercise...and such... the CDC.... does not recommend for any health uses...but it is nearly pure oxygen....and far less expensive than medical oxygen....

I believe welding oxygen is just as pure. There is only one type of supply chain, and it must be highly purified. Any impurities at high pressure could cause an explosion. The tanks will have different fittings, and the regulator is different, a flow meter instead of pressure, so good luck with that. I believe Argon uses something similar. Never use anything on the fittings like pipe dope. Never any kind of oil.
Our hospice services had a concentrator and a large tank as power failure backup. One service had small portable tanks refillable for travel, maybe two hours apiece. That concentrator could refill those tanks.

 

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True. He is very into climate change and vegetarianism. I just ignore that part because his science on Covid and the vaxx and the immune system, and now on bird flu is very much aligned with Geert's and makes a lot of sense to me. As I just told PoD in a post above, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater!

HD

Good points. Don’t drink the bathwater. Don’t eat yellow snow, either.

 

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That is awesome.

 

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I believe welding oxygen is just as pure. There is only one type of supply chain, and it must be highly purified. Any impurities at high pressure could cause an explosion. The tanks will have different fittings, and the regulator is different, a flow meter instead of pressure, so good luck with that. I believe Argon uses something similar. Never use anything on the fittings like pipe dope. Never any kind of oil.
Our hospice services had a concentrator and a large tank as power failure backup. One service had small portable tanks refillable for travel, maybe two hours apiece. That concentrator could refill those tanks.

When I was young a friend delivered oxygen. The same truck was used as he went from place to place.

Shadow

 

[Tristan]

I saw this last night....some years ago I had food poisoning and have not been able to drink coffee since....
I drink 2 to 3 cups tea per day...
With all the supply chain problems....it is important to remember tea is not grown here...
It may become more difficult to obtain in the future...and the price may explode...

Camillia Sinensis will grow in parts of the US. It's a lovely shrub with white flowers.
eta: Camillia Sinensis is the Tea plant.

Start now, beat the rush.

 

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When I was young a friend delivered oxygen. The same truck was used as he went from place to place.

Shadow

Only difference is tank fittings and labels.

 

[Shadow]

Only difference is tank fittings and labels.

Yes, he serviced hospitals and welding supply shops on the same trip. How it was stored and handled afterwards would have been different.
Shadow

 

[hd5574]

I check tea sales at Kroger regularly. Actually, I check them wherever I shop lol.

You can pick up all kinds of teas by browsing the sales, if you just want to try out a new variety (I’m sure you’re already aware of that though )

I’ve discovered those with stevia in the blends I DO NOT like, unfortunately so those are a waste. Stevia makes me nauseous. Yogi brand has several teas, for different ailments, but I found out the hard way the ones I especially wanted are not for me.
I bought those before I realized what ingredient caused my stomach quease.

We don't have a Kroger near us.. we get 100 bag boxes of a Twinings teas on Amazon(English Breakfast, Irish Breakfast, Earl Grey) we enjoy a variety of their teas...I have the loose leaf tins for twinings teas... those tins will hold 20 bags...we have have blank tins that we order from Harney and Sons (USA)...I cut part of the label from the various boxes and tape on the tins...we also enjoy their teas, Scottish morn ..Paris..and several others... Brodies (Scottish).blend great black teas...and Ahmad (London) black teas with fruit are to die for we love their Peach and Mango...DH drinks coffee in the morning but tea the rest of the day....so we keep a large stock of various teas..but a lot of the ones we like are blended in the UK
Amazon has the 20 bag boxes in six packs which are cheaper than the single boxes at the store...
Black teas have been on my antiviral list for years but I had no idea that they were that effective..

 

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NOTE: I don't post articles like these because I agree with them. I post them because of my incredulity that this is still the 'science' being promoted by the MSM and it's therefore newsworthy (that they report this as scientific
'fact').

Covid vaccines aren't linked to sudden death in young people, a new CDC report finds.

There is no evidence that mRNA Covid vaccines cause fatal cardiac arrest or other deadly heart problems in teens and young adults, a CDC report finds.

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Covid vaccines aren't linked to sudden death in young people, a new CDC report finds.
Berkeley Lovelace Jr. - NBC News
Updated Thu, April 11, 2024, 5:12 PM EDT

There is no evidence that mRNA Covid vaccines cause fatal cardiac arrest or other deadly heart problems in teens and young adults, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report published Thursday shows.

Ever since the vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna were authorized in late 2020, anti-vaccination groups in the U.S. have blamed the shots for fatal heart problems in young athletes.

One of the most notorious examples of vaccine misinformation involves Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, 26, who in 2023 collapsed on “Monday Night Football” as a result of cardiac arrest. Hamlin was resuscitated on the field and eventually recovered. He returned to play for the Bills last season.

“When Damar Hamlin went down, immediately comments were getting made that it was possibly vaccine-related,” said study co-author Dr. Paul Cieslak, the medical director of communicable diseases and immunizations at Oregon Health Authority’s public health division. “This is kind of what we were trying to address with this analysis.”

The findings in the new report come from the analysis of nearly 1,300 death certificates of Oregon residents ages 16 to 30 who died from any heart condition or unknown reasons between June 1, 2021, and Dec. 31, 2022.

During this time period, nearly 1 million teens and young adults in the state had gotten a Covid vaccine, the authors wrote.

The authors refined their focus to people who got an mRNA Covid vaccine from Pfizer or Moderna and died within 100 days of being vaccinated.

Out of 40 deaths that occurred among people who got an mRNA Covid vaccine, three occurred within that time frame.

Two of the deaths were attributed to chronic underlying health conditions.

The third death was recorded as an “undetermined natural cause,” with toxicology tests returning negative for alcohol, cannabis, methamphetamine or other illicit substances.

The medical examiner could neither confirm nor exclude Covid vaccination as the cause of death; however, none of the death certificates attributed the fatalities to the vaccines.

While it remains unclear whether the vaccine caused the third death, Cieslak noted that the analysis showed that 30 people died from Covid during the time frame, the majority of whom were not vaccinated.

“When you’re balancing risks and benefits, you have to look at that and go, ‘You got to bet on the vaccine,’” he said.

Dr. Leslie Cooper, chair of the cardiology department at the Mayo Clinic, who was not involved in the study, said the researchers were actually “quite generous” in their analysis, adding that the 100-day time frame following vaccination was a large one.

“They went above and beyond to try and capture any possible cardiac death from vaccinations,” he said.

Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart stops beating and pumping blood to the rest of the body. It’s not the same as a heart attack, which happens when blood flow to the heart’s muscle becomes limited or blocked, or myocarditis, which is an inflammation of the heart muscle.

For people under 35, the causes of cardiac arrest are often unclear. It could be the result of genetic defects or heart malfunctions, such as problems with the valves of the heart.

Even with the lengthy time frame, Cooper added, the analysis shows that the risk of sudden death in young adults after being vaccinated is significantly lower than the risk of sudden cardiac death from all causes — about 1 in 500,000 per year, compared to 1 in 100,000 per year, according to his estimates.

The data shows “no signal for any elevation in cardiac deaths associated with the Covid mRNA vaccines,” he said. “Their conclusions are quite reasonable.”

No vaccine has ever been conclusively linked to sudden cardiac death, said Dr. Ofer Levy, the director of the Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Although the mRNA vaccines have been linked to a small risk of myocarditis, the heart condition tends to be much milder than what is typically seen with traditional myocarditis from Covid infection, he added, and most people fully recover within a few days.

“This adds to evidence that people don’t drop dead from getting their mRNA Covid vaccines,” Levy said of the study.

 

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The Lifelong Cost of Surviving COVID: Scientists Uncover Long-Term Effects

Many of the individuals released to long-term acute care facilities suffered from conditions that lasted for over a year. Researchers at UC San Francisco studied COVID-19 patients in the United States who survived some of the longest and most harrowing battles with the virus. They discovered that a

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The Lifelong Cost of Surviving COVID: Scientists Uncover Long-Term Effects
By University of California - San Francisco
April 11, 2024

Researchers at UC San Francisco studied COVID-19 patients in the United States who survived some of the longest and most harrowing battles with the virus. They discovered that approximately two-thirds of these survivors continued to experience a range of physical, psychiatric, and cognitive issues up to a year afterward.

The study, which was recently published in the journal Critical Care Medicine, reveals the life-altering impact of SARS-CoV-2 on these individuals, the majority of whom had to be placed on mechanical ventilators for an average of one month.

Too sick to be discharged to a skilled nursing home or rehabilitation facility, these patients were transferred instead to special hospitals known as long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs). These hospitals specialize in weaning patients off ventilators and providing rehabilitation care, and they were a crucial part of the pandemic response.

Among the 156 study participants, 64% reported having a persistent impairment after one year, including physical (57%), respiratory (49%), psychiatric (24%), and cognitive (15%). Nearly half, or 47%, had more than one type of problem. And 19% continued to need supplemental oxygen.

The long-term follow-up helps to outline the extent of the medical problems experienced by those who became seriously ill with COVID early in the pandemic.

“We have millions of survivors of the most severe and prolonged COVID illness globally,” said the study’s first author, Anil N. Makam, MD, MAS, an associate professor of medicine at UCSF. “Our study is important to understand their recovery and long-term impairments, and to provide a nuanced understanding of their life-changing experience.”
Disabilities from long-term hospital stays

Researchers recruited 156 people who had been transferred for COVID to one of nine LTACHs in Nebraska, Texas, Georgia, Kentucky, and Connecticut between March 2020 and February 2021. They questioned them by telephone or online a year after their hospitalization. The average total length of stay in the hospital and the LTACH for the group was about two months. Their average age was 65, and most said they had been healthy before getting COVID.

In addition to their lingering ailments from COVID, the participants also had persistent problems from their long hospital stays, including painful bedsores and nerve damage that limited the use of their arms or legs.

“Many of the participants we interviewed were most bothered by these complications, so preventing these from happening in the first place is key to recovery,” Makam said.

Although 79% said they had not returned to their usual health, 99% had returned home, and 60% of those who had previously been employed said they had gone back to work.

They were overwhelmingly grateful to have survived, often describing their survival as a “miracle.” But their recovery took longer than expected.

The results underscore that it is normal to for someone who has survived such severe illness to have persistent health problems.

“The long-lasting impairments we observed are common to survivors of any prolonged critical illness, and not specific to COVID, and are best addressed through multidisciplinary rehabilitation,” Makam said.

Reference: “One-Year Recovery Among Survivors of Prolonged Severe COVID-19: A National Multicenter Cohort” by Anil N. Makam, Judith Burnfield, Ed Prettyman, Oanh Kieu Nguyen, Nancy Wu, Edie Espejo, Cinthia Blat, W. John Boscardin, E. Wesley Ely, James C. Jackson, Kenneth E Covinsky and John Votto, 10 April 2024, Critical Care Medicine.
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006258

The work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging (K23AG052603), the UCSF Research Evaluation and Allocation Committee (Carson and Hampton Research Funds), and the National Association of Long Term Hospitals. The authors had no conflicts of interest to disclose.

 

[Zoner]

Message from AirBnB: expect governments' restricting travel after June 6, 2024.

Claiming "foreseeable weather events... leading to government travel restriction or large-scale utility outage".

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Message from AirBnB: Expect governments' restricting travel after June 6, 2024.​

Claiming "foreseeable weather events... leading to government travel restriction or large-scale utility outage".​

Sasha Latypova
Apr 10, 2024

This is a quick post to report on an interesting email I received on April 6 from AirBnB:

We’re updating our Extenuating Circumstances Policy and changing its name to make it easier to understand.

The revised Major Disruptive Events Policy will apply to all trips and Experiences taking place on or after June 6, 2024, regardless of when they were booked.

What’s changing in the policy?

• Foreseeable weather events at the reservation’s location are explicitly eligible for coverage if they result in another covered event, such as a government travel restriction or large-scale utility outage.
• The policy will only apply to events in the place where the reservation is located. Events that impact a guest’s ability to travel to the reservation are no longer covered.

Your continued use of the Airbnb Platform from June 6, 2024, constitutes acceptance of the updated Major Disruptive Events Policy.

It seems that the insurance policies of the corporations are being revised to anticipate large-scale government actions, couched as “weather events”. It looks like new lockdowns for whatever pretenses are expected starting after June 6. This is why this policy update reads like: “you might not be able to travel for your booked vacation, but if you are already somewhere, you will be allowed to return home”. Stay alert and do not comply!"


(Something is getting ready to go down....soon)

 

[Zoner]

Insurance Companies Planning For Climate Lockdowns | Armstrong Economics

Some insurance companies are altering their policies for corporations and business interruptions, which seems to be in anticipation of government lockdowns

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“Some insurance companies are altering their policies for corporations and business interruptions, which seems to be in anticipation of government lockdowns for climate change under the label “weather events.” The government seems to be preparing for new lockdowns under the pretense of climate change this summer. It appears that they are preparing to restrict travel starting from early to mid-June. This appears to be part of the agenda being orchestrated to prevent people from traveling for vacations using climate change as an excuse. This is part of a covert action along with the hyping of bird flu to ramp up restrictions and to force more justification for mail-in ballots as they did using COVID.”

 

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There is a very interesting article at Encouragingangels.com
I have no way to bring it over and post it here
It deals with long covid and the use of nicotine patches to block the receptors..that venom can attach to....they are the same ones that nicotine can attach to
It appears that nicotine can have a major effect in helping people with long covid....
I know that many drugs and cosmetics use venom...so I have no idea if nicotine might effect some other Rx drugs also...
?¿?
Maybe someone can bring it over...
I do know that tobacco can be very useful as it has very strong drawing powers...I can draw the venom from bee stings...and can draw blood poison from an infected wound..using a wet tobacco poltuce....I keep tobacco with my first aid kit..

 

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“This adds to evidence that people don’t drop dead from getting their mRNA Covid vaccines,” Levy said of the study.

Uh, yes they do. Thousands within the first couple of days. Some in the waiting room.

 

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Replying to the article.

 

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Fauci Adviser Secretly Messaged Zoologist Who Funneled Money to Chinese Lab: Emails

Dr. David Morens used his personal email, newly obtained messages show, after saying he wanted to skirt federal transparency law.

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Fauci Adviser Secretly Messaged Zoologist Who Funneled Money to Chinese Lab: Emails
Dr. David Morens used his personal email, newly obtained messages show, after saying he wanted to skirt federal transparency law.
By Zachary Stieber
4/12/2024

A top adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci secretly messaged a zoologist who funneled money from Dr. Fauci’s agency to a laboratory in the Chinese city where the first COVID-19 cases appeared, according to newly disclosed emails.

Dr. David Morens, the adviser, sent at least four messages to Peter Daszak, the zoologist, the emails show. Images of the email headers were obtained and released by the U.S. House of Representatives Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.

Dr. Morens, who was messaging from his personal email, wrote to Mr. Daszak, the president of EcoHealth Alliance, and others on April 26, 2020; July 13, 2020; and Feb. 20, 2022. At least three of the messages were about a grant from the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to EcoHealth to study bat coronaviruses. Money from that grant was funneled by EcoHealth to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

“Please read and acknowledge receipt -- Actions needed regarding 2R01AI110964-06,” the subject line of one message stated.

In another, Dr. Morens was responding after Mr. Daszak told him an NIAID grant officer said “he’s unable to talk with me anymore about our suspended [grant].”

The grant was suspended on April 24, 2020, by former President Donald Trump’s administration after the COVID-19 pandemic started. President Joe Biden’s administration restored funding in 2023, although it suspended and later banned the Wuhan lab from receiving money.

An inspector general determined in a 2023 report that EcoHealth and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) failed to properly monitor research being done in Wuhan. EcoHealth also failed to obtain documents the NIH requested following the emergence of COVID-19, which EcoHealth blamed on a lack of cooperation from Chinese officials. The NIH is the NIAID’s parent agency.

Dr. Morens in a previously released email said that he “retained very few emails or documents” on the origins of COVID-19 “and continue to request that correspondence on sensitive issues be sent to me at my gmail address.” He said in another email that “I try to always communicate on gmail because my NIH email is FOIA’d constantly“ and that ”I will delete anything I don’t want to see in the New York Times.”

The newly acquired emails, sourced from a whistleblower, show “further attempts by Dr. Morens to subvert public transparency,” Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), chairman of the subcommittee, said on April 11.

He was writing to Dr. Gerald Keusch, director of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory Institute at Boston University.

Dr. Keusch was part of the emails between Dr. Morens and Mr. Daszak.

Dr. Wenstrup asked Dr. Keusch to provide all communications between Dr. Keusch and Dr. Morens about the origins of COVID-19, EcoHealth, or the Wuhan lab, in addition to communications between Dr. Keusch and government agencies on the same topics.

Dr. Keusch and Dr. Morens did not respond to requests for comment.

EcoHealth later released the emails, which the group said “show clearly that EcoHealth Alliance was appropriately communicating with senior staff at the NIH, or who formerly worked at NIH, to try to identify ways to reinstate a grant that had been terminated unexpectedly and arbitrarily, then suspended with onerous conditions.”

Some experts and government agencies believe that COVID-19 originated at the Wuhan lab, which was conducting risky experiments on coronaviruses. Some others favor the natural origin theory. No animal intermediary has been identified as of yet.

Dr. Morens answered questions from the House subcommittee in January. According to a readout of the interview, Dr. Morens said Mr. Daszak is a close friend. He said that he “stood with 100% certainty behind the zoonotic origin of COVID-19, ”even though he acknowledged not exploring any evidence supporting the lab theory. Dr. Morens also denied deleting material on the origins of COVID-19 or making attempts to skirt the Freedom of Information Act.

“The select subcommittee has serious questions about the legitimacy of these claims,” the panel said at the time. “Chairman Wenstrup plans to receive access to Dr. Morens’s personal email account.”

 

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNNFj-demy4
WHO secrecy
Dr. John Campbell
Apr 12, 2024
57 min 54 sec

Interview with leading researcher James Roguski on the new international health regulations from the WHO.

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It is every person's responsibility to question their most cherished beliefs, challenge claims of authority and disobey unjust laws. That is how we grow while remaining free and maintaining our integrity.

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The dramatic mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic must now finally seal the fate of the WHO (We Host Obtuseness)!

About ten years ago, there were serious discussions about dismantling the WHO due to its mismanagement of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. An even more dramatic mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic must now finally seal the fate of this organization!

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The dramatic mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic must now finally seal the fate of the WHO (We Host Obtuseness)!
Geert Vanden Bossche
Apr 11, 2024

About ten years ago, there were serious discussions about dismantling the WHO due to its mismanagement of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. An even more dramatic mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic must now finally seal the fate of this organization!

I still have serious doubts about whether the Covid-19 pandemic was planned; it certainly wasn't orchestrated by the Vaccine Industry. Moreover, it’s also difficult to reconcile the broadly approved effort of the Vaccine Industry to develop a vaccine with the notion of a powerful lobby harboring nefarious intentions. Back then, no one anticipated, indeed, that vaccination during a pandemic could worsen its spread and health impact, given past successes in curbing infection chains through vaccination during pandemics or epidemics. Nobody ever officially reported, though, that in the case of these alleged success stories (such as Smallpox and Ebola), deaths of contacts of index cases ring-vaccinated with replicating vaccines during the incubation time of the disease substantially contributed to halting viral transmission. Consequently, the WHO erroneously believed that vaccination during a pandemic or epidemic was a highly effective strategy for ending it. ‘Regrettably’(?!), in the mass Covid-19 vaccination program, this never-investigated or mentioned ‘killing effect’ didn't materialize, as the vaccines used were non-replicating and the ring vaccination protocol didn't apply, considering that the transmission of this virus is airborne rather than via direct contact. Therefore, I strongly believe that the egregious incompetence of the WHO is at the heart of the mismanagement of this pandemic. It's only right that such a screw-up should vanish from the face of this earth.

 

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The mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic will be etched in history as the most shameful and painful blunder ever made by public health authorities and their advisers.

The bottom line is that none of the measures imposed or recommended by our public health authorities have contributed to achieving herd immunity, quite the opposite! We haven't yet witnessed the dire consequences of the lack of herd immunity. This has not only caused this global infection to...

voiceforscienceandsolidarity.substack.com

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The mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic will be etched in history as the most shameful and painful blunder ever made by public health authorities and their advisers.
Geert Vanden Bossche
Apr 12, 2024

The bottom line is that none of the measures imposed or recommended by our public health authorities have contributed to achieving herd immunity, quite the opposite! We haven't yet witnessed the dire consequences of the lack of herd immunity. This has not only caused this global infection to transform into an immune escape pandemic but has also forced a relatively mild virus to continuously evolve until it reaches a 'gain-of-function' status that will allow it to establish a sound and stable equilibrium with population-level immunity.

Although we haven't reached that critical point, we're dangerously close to it. These amateurs, advised by their so-called 'experts', have thwarted the virus from becoming endemic, even though the vast majority of people in highly C-19 vaccinated populations have been infected. Only when these societies experience how the virus will backfire in their face will they realize to what incredible extent they have been betrayed by their own public health authorities.

 

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There is a very interesting article at Encouragingangels.com
I have no way to bring it over and post it here
It deals with long covid and the use of nicotine patches to block the receptors..that venom can attach to....they are the same ones that nicotine can attach to
It appears that nicotine can have a major effect in helping people with long covid....
I know that many drugs and cosmetics use venom...so I have no idea if nicotine might effect some other Rx drugs also...
?¿?
Maybe someone can bring it over...
I do know that tobacco can be very useful as it has very strong drawing powers...I can draw the venom from bee stings...and can draw blood poison from an infected wound..using a wet tobacco poltuce....I keep tobacco with my first aid kit..

Do you order it from an herbal supplement store?
I’ve read quite a bit about the healing properties of tobacco leaves lately