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BREAKING: President Trump, Mrs Trump & Ms Hicks are Positive for CV-19

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Tonight, @ FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!
— Donald J. Trump (@ realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2020

Hope Hicks, who has been working so hard without even taking a small break, has just tested positive for Covid 19. Terrible! The First Lady and I are waiting for our test results. In the meantime, we will begin our quarantine process!
— Donald J. Trump (@ realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2020

When you thought an extraordinarily chaotic year could not pull out another twist. Well, here it is. END

PS: As broad context

PPS: For reference on HCQ

Also:

PPPS: A sampler from a former CEO, Twitter (cf discussion at Forbes [also here]) commented on by Michelle Malkin, a few days ago:

See, now, that this is NOT a normal silly season cycle?

PPPPS: A summary on the U/L trajectory of CV19:

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Probably the best summation of the last two years and current situation on C19
We still have no criteria for what the official end of the pandemic would look like
From Gummi Bear - very long but very good. https://gummibear737.substack.com/p/the-covid-doctrine?justPublished=true Is there a crack in the totalitarian left on C19 policy
If you told lifelong Dems in 2019 that by 2022 they'd become single-issue voters for the other side, they would've said you were nuts. They also would've said you were nuts if you told them that after 2019 their opinions would be considered "right wing
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1481081928401014786.htmljerry
January 14, 2022
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One of the most vilified doctors in US strikes back. Dr Pierre Kory published a summary of Ivermectin and its results. It also has the results for about 30 other treatments.
The Global Disinformation Campaign Against Ivermectin in COVID-19 (Part I)
Notice, it’s part 1 so more coming. https://pierrekory.substack.com/p/the-global-disinformation-campaign?r=iutjw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=webjerry
January 7, 2022
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A review of reinfections in those who have had C19.
How Likely Is Reinfection Following Covid Recovery? We have looked at the published evidence and can conclude based on the existing body of evidence, that reinfections are very rare, if at all and based on typically a few instances with questionable confirmation of an actual case of re-infection
Based on a review of 25 studies. https://www.theepochtimes.com/how-likely-is-reinfection-following-covid-recovery_4187894.html?utm_source=ai&utm_medium=searchjerry
January 2, 2022
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This discussion between Freddy Sayers and Paul Kingsnorth is really a discussion about the divides in our society. The vaccine wars are only a symptom of this divide. It is also probably representative of. the divide that we see on UD.
Paul Kingsnorth: Why I changed sides in the vaccine wars
The last 15 minutes, really the last 10, are extremely informative. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_uAwsVn10Yjerry
January 1, 2022
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In their own words
The mother of all COVID montages, "public health expert" edition.
Who can you trust? https://twitter.com/JordanSchachtel/status/1472327161352798212jerry
December 22, 2021
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I am reading/listening to a book on the immune system. If you ever wanted to see something that was designed, it's the immune system. It's incredibly complicated. No way it could have evolved though the author will dutifully mention it evolved several times. Here is the book and link.
Immune: A Journey into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive
https://www.amazon.com/Immune-Journey-Mysterious-System-Keeps/dp/0593241312 I am mostly listening as I got the audiobook. I just passed the place where he discusses the cytokine system and a cytokine storm. The latter is the main killer in C19.jerry
December 17, 2021
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Another definitive interview. On Uncommonknowledge Jay Bhattacharya provides inescapable first principles to what has happened with C19. It’s not pretty. What has been done. It’s not just politicians, public health officials, scientists and economists that have gone AWOL, it’s that each has knowingly violated their oath as human beings. But the average human has become almost inhuman. They are willing to hurt their children, they are willing to hurt the poor. Killer quote
Concern for the poor, concern for the working class, concern for children- that concern was lip service
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG7XZ2JXZqYjerry
December 4, 2021
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Paul Kingsnorth: why I changed sides in the vaccine wars Freddie Sayers spoke to the writer and philosopher about the widening divide
But over the last few months, his perspective changed. As he writes in today’s UnHerd, the crystallising moment arrived when he woke up to the news that the Austrian government had ‘interned an entire third of the population’. This move, he writes, sent a ‘chill down my spine’. The “antithesis” view can be summed up as: lockdowns are not needed, masks do not work, the safety and efficacy of the vaccines are being oversold, vaccine passports will not only fail but further segregate society, and in the near future we can expect Giradian scapegoating of the unvaccinated. In other words, we are positioned on the precipice of a slippery slope that leads towards increasingly draconian biopolitical control measures, the grip of which is unlikely to release even once the pandemic is over. In a conversation with Freddie Sayers on this week’s UnHerdTV, he explains this division and the bigger epistemological divides it reveals. “People are arguing about vaccines,” he says, “but they’re really under the surface arguing about what kind of person you are if you have taken these things, whether you’re a good or a bad person, or clean or unclean one”. In Kingsnorth’s view, each of us has a line that cannot be crossed. And his has now been reached:
https://unherd.com/thepost/paul-kingsnorth-why-i-changed-sides-in-the-vaccine-wars/jerry
December 2, 2021
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Is natural immunity the only way out of the virus? Time will tell.
Covid: the surprising fourth wave
https://sebastianrushworth.com/2021/11/20/covid-the-surprising-fourth-wave/
So why is Germany experiencing a resurgence now, and Sweden isn’t? Clearly, it can’t be due to Germany being vaccinated earlier and losing immunity earlier, since both countries vaccinated their populations at the same time. For that reason I’m inclined to favour the first hypothesis, that Sweden has built up more population immunity, for the simple reason that covid started spreading massively in Sweden in spring of 2020, but didn’t start spreading properly in Germany until autumn of 2020. So, although the effect of the vaccines has already waned in both countries, Sweden is protected by its widespread natural population immunity, while Germany isn’t. If that is the case, then Sweden shouldn’t see another big wave. In another month or two we’ll know what the truth of the matter is.
An interesting observation - was all this know from the beginning?jerry
November 24, 2021
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Seversky I was hesitant to link to the Fauci podcast with a truly fake news outlet: The New York Times Are you quoting wikipedia? Seriously?Origenes
November 14, 2021
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Origenes/654
Trust science and line up with the others. Fauci now says vaccinated are in great danger and need booster shots.
You are quoting the Gateway Pundit ? Seriously?
The Gateway Pundit is an American far-right fake news website. The website is known for publishing falsehoods, hoaxes, and conspiracy theories. Founded by Jim Hoft in 2004, The Gateway Pundit expanded from a one-person enterprise into a multi-employee operation that is supported primarily by advertising revenue.
Seversky
November 14, 2021
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Trust science and line up with the others. Fauci now says vaccinated are in great danger and need booster shots.Origenes
November 14, 2021
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Has he just said what’s wrong with our C19 world or the world in general? https://mobile.twitter.com/Kukicat7/status/1459563355803377667jerry
November 14, 2021
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Two recent articles on C19. One on Fauci and one on Quercetin.
How Fauci Fooled America | Opinion
The interesting thing about this article is that it appeared in what used to be a main stream media publication. https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/how-fauci-fooled-america-opinion/ar-AAQbFiu
What’s All The Buzz About Quercetin?
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/11/whats_all_the_buzz_about_quercetin.html Will quercetin become a no-no such as HCQ, IVM and baby aspirin?jerry
November 3, 2021
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Ivermectin and HCQ
The Nebraska AG Has Gone Where No Man Has Gone Before by actually looking at data. Imagine that. And on October 14, he issued a lengthy advisory letter indicating that the use of Hydroxychloroquine or Ivermectin in the early treatment of COVID-19 was just fine, as long as ordinary informed consent was given.
https://townhall.com/columnists/tednoel/2021/10/19/the-nebraska-ag-has-gone-where-no-man-has-gone-before-n2597638 The very long opinion is mostly readable and here https://ago.nebraska.gov/sites/ago.nebraska.gov/files/docs/opinions/21-017_0.pdfjerry
October 21, 2021
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We Made a Big Mistake…We’re Inoculating a Poison
This has been known since the beginning. MedCram discussed the affect of the spiked protein on the ACE2 receptor in April of 2020 and how it led to blood clotting. Is it too late? https://www.independentsentinel.com/dr-bridle-we-made-a-big-mistake-were-inoculating-a-poison/jerry
October 16, 2021
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Southwest Airlines is in the news and it’s hard to tell what’s really happening. Here’s a report from one of their pilots. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1447951513435914247.html And here’s information on containers for shipping. https://twitter.com/EthicalSkeptic/status/1447966429408604160jerry
October 12, 2021
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List of Coronavirus-Related Restrictions in Every State
https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/government-elections/info-2020/coronavirus-state-restrictions.htmljerry
October 11, 2021
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A good summary of vaccines and especially the ones for C19. By a medical doctor. He explains why the vaccine could be dangerous. https://rumble.com/vnd6q5-vaccine-update-october-5-2021.html Over a year ago, there were discussions on MedCram about how the virus kills. The lesser way that the spiked protein attached to the ACE2 receptor and this had the side effect of inhibiting the action of this enzyme and led to clotting which then led to cardiovascular problems and some deaths from this process. (the vaccines are introducing the spiked protein to the system and this is what is causing the blood clotting issues in some as it inhibits the mechanism of the ACE2 receptor - see video linked to above) But by far most of the deaths were due to the cytokine storm and its after effects. But no one indicated why the cytokine storm happened. Oh yes, I have googled it many times. Great suggestion as it led nowhere. One explanation I saw several months ago was that the virus was being shredded by the immune system and zillions of parts were laying around and this is what was causing the cytokine storm. Trying to find confirmation or another explanation. The stronger immune systems would not allow the virus to replicate as much and thus led to fewer parts to send the immune system into over drive. So those with weaker immune systems would be those subject to the cytokine storm. As we see those who reflexively oppose treatments for the virus are those who have no compunction about supporting political decisions leading to millions of deaths. As long as the right political side is doing the killing it is ok.jerry
October 9, 2021
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Yes, we know enough about covid-19 to know that it can be easily fought off with OTC supplements.ET
October 9, 2021
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Jerry/643
Do they still not know how this virus works?
"They" are still working on it. Unfortunately "they" don't have access to Star Trek tricorders yet so they can't just wave it over a patient and get a complete read-out of everything wrong with them. "They" still have to do it the old-fashioned way through painstaking work in the labs. Of course, if those with a direct line to God want to ask for a complete "blueprint" of the virus with recommendations on the best lines of attack, that would be most helpful. But I'm not holding my breath.
Here is a link I found on my computer from over a year ago. It is about how C19 ends up killing people and it is due to something called the cytokine storm. This is a popular term that is often mentioned but without any details. I have looked for articles for almost a year that explain the cytokine storm but have not found them.
Really? I just Googled it and found a bunch of papers that explain it in far more detail then you'll ever need and could probably understand.Seversky
October 9, 2021
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Try this: what is a cytokine storm?ET
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Do they still not know how this virus works? Here is a link I found on my computer from over a year ago. It is about how C19 ends up killing people and it is due to something called the cytokine storm. This is a popular term that is often mentioned but without any details. I have looked for articles for almost a year that explain the cytokine storm but have not found them. http://www.koreabiomed.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=8748&utm_source=dable One would think that there would be hundreds of articles on this. If anyone has any good sources for what causes the cytokine storm and how it then kills people, I would be interested. A link to a current article in the same publication talks about oral pills used for treatment of C19 and what Korean research is doing. http://www.koreabiomed.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=12271 As we all know there have been oral treatments since the start and all cost pennies which means the drug companies can not make any money on them.jerry
October 9, 2021
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Yes, zinc is a very essential nutrient: NIH Fact Sheet for ZincET
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CNN was just promoting Molnupirivar. As I watched the segment I couldn't stop laughing because we already have something that stops the virus from replicating- zinc. If the news channels spread the fact that the bulk of severe cases and deaths involved people who were deficient or had insufficient levels of essential nutrients, such as vitamin D and zinc, and people acted accordingly (even per Dr Fauci), we would be out of this mess. You need blood concentration of 40ng/ mL of vitamin D. And 72ug/ dL of zinc. Those are minimums. Drink organic green tea for your natural zinc ionophore. People just need to have their blood tested and adjust accordingly to reach those levels.ET
October 8, 2021
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Seversky just endorsed Ivermectin by providing false information. See https://c19ivermectin.com/ For a roundupjerry
October 8, 2021
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Ivermectin: How false science created a Covid 'miracle' drug
Ivermectin has been called a Covid "miracle" drug, championed by vaccine opponents, and recommended by health authorities in some countries. But the BBC can reveal there are serious errors in a number of key studies that the drug's promoters rely on. […] The BBC can reveal that more than a third of 26 major trials of the drug for use on Covid have serious errors or signs of potential fraud. None of the rest show convincing evidence of ivermectin's effectiveness. Dr Kyle Sheldrick, one of the group investigating the studies, said they had not found "a single clinical trial" claiming to show that ivermectin prevented Covid deaths that did not contain "either obvious signs of fabrication or errors so critical they invalidate the study".
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October 8, 2021
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An excellent analysis of the vaccine and drug hypocrisy.
Ivermectin - Truth and Totalitarianism Calling out the lie
Everyone is introducing a pill.
While shutting down any competition from repurposed drugs like HCQ or Ivermectin, they deftly rolled out the vaccines first, making sure not to confuse the consumer with antiviral pills that would only be allowed AFTER the majority of the population had been vaccinated.
It’s all about money not curing people.
In 2020, Gottlieb was paid $338,587 by Pfizer. In 2020, he also earned $525,850 as a director of Illumina. Due to his former FDA Chief status, Gottlieb is in high demand as one word of favor from him can send a stock price soaring. He has served on multiple other boards, including Tempus Labs, National Resilience, and the Mount Sinai Health System. It must be a daunting task to walk the line by promoting one corporate interest while not offending any of the others. But the good news is that soon, Pfizer, too, will be peddling their antiviral drug, which should make up for any drop in their vaccine sales.
Best quote:
But the craftiest strategy of all was Merck's: Accuse the other side of that which you are guilty. This quote has been variously attributed to Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, and Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister. Regardless of its source, it has proven remarkably effective as a propaganda tactic throughout modern history, and Merck was betting on this to sell the public on Molnupirivar. However, the move backfired. In the case of Ivermectin, they falsely argued that it was ineffective and unsafe while their own drug suffered from both.
https://www.thedesertreview.com/opinion/columnists/ivermectin---truth-and-totalitarianism/article_2e03f334-252f-11ec-a086-eb72bc65ec02.htmljerry
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Sanity, intellectual honesty, critical thinking and rationality are dead. The COVID response killed those qualities and purposefully discouraged and disparagingly labeled anyone who still engages with them.
Every Comparison Shows Masks Are Meaningless
https://ianmsc.substack.com/p/every-comparison-shows-masks-are?r=3r9a2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=jerry
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Fake news everywhere on C19. Most in our world are uninformed and C19 is the best example to point to.
Poll Shows Most Americans Wildly Overestimate COVID Hospitalization Risks: Is the Media to Blame? - Democrats believe the unvaccinated have a 50% chance of being hospitalized because of COVID - Independents believe the correct number is 26% - Republicans came in at 22% Correct answer is - Fewer than 1% of unvaccinated people infected with COVID will have to go to the hospital
https://pjmedia.com/columns/kevindowneyjr/2021/09/28/poll-shows-most-americans-wildly-overestimate-covid-hospitalization-risks-is-the-media-to-blame-n1520326 Then there is this
Two doses of oral Ivermectin (300 ?g/kg/dose given 72 hours apart) as chemoprophylaxis among health care workers reduced the risk of COVID-19 infection by 83% in the following month. Ivermectin is safe and effective and should be used alongside vaccines.
https://twitter.com/drmikehart/status/1442644117125844995jerry
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