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COVID Cases Inflated For Profit: Multiple Gunshot Wound Victim Coded as COVID, Car Wreck Victim Sedated Against His Will & Put on a Vent, & Medical Kidnapping Increasing

https://www.projectveritas.com/news/covid-cases-inflated-for-profit-the-guy-went-in-for-multiple-gunshot-wounds/  Video Here (Approx. 10 Min)

COVID Cases Inflated for Profit: ‘The Guy Went in for Multiple Gunshot Wounds and he was Coded as COVID’

Feb. 2, 2022

  • Jeanne Stagg, a whistleblower who worked in Inpatient Utilization Management, approached Project Veritas after seeing cases coded as COVID-19 that she says should not have COVID-19 listed as the “primary diagnosis.”
  • Stagg: “I’ve tried to raise awareness to my leadership and even with the Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Department, and it just kind of fell on deaf ears.”
  • The Chief Medical Officer for United Healthcare of Louisiana (Medicaid) opined in a recorded phone conversation that the Medicaid rate for reimbursement of COVID-19 patients, which is faster and significantly higher, could be the motivation for the improper “primary diagnosis” codes.
  • “Oh, yes. Yeah. I would think that there’s some motivation that it’s driving higher rates of reimbursement or quicker reimbursement, or something, because otherwise there’s no reason to put, you know, something like that as a leading diagnosis in an asymptom– basically asymptomatic patients,” said Dr. Morial, Chief Medical Officer for United Healthcare of Louisiana.
  • The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has suspended utilization review which is the process of determining whether health care is medically necessary for a patient or an insured individual. The whistleblower says this could be a major contributing factor to spikes in COVID numbers, which then influence public health decisions.

[Baton Rouge, La. – Feb. 2, 2022] A source who works for United Healthcare of Louisiana’s Inpatient Utilization Management Department is blowing the whistle on COVID-19 cases possibly being inflated for financial incentive. The brazen instance of such potential abuse was a patient who had multiple gunshot wounds with his primary diagnosis listed as COVID-19.

United Healthcare of Louisiana is the states’ Medicaid arm, and as the whistleblower Jeanne Stagg points out in a conversation with the Chief Medical Officer of United Healthcare of Louisiana, Dr. Julie Morial, there are several financial incentives for hospitals to prefer to code patients as COVID-19 hospitalizations.

“Well maybe that’s… maybe that’s driving some of the motivation,” said Dr. Morial before stating that the Medicaid rate for reimbursement of COVID-19 patients is both higher and faster.

Project Veritas also published footage of a leadership call within United Healthcare of Louisiana wherein the whistleblower’s attempt to discuss the improper primary diagnoses she is seeing was dismissed.

A major element of this story is the fact that recent actions by public officials have allowed the problem to persist, and the whistleblower believes erroneous codes could be the cause of COVID-19 spikes which influence major public health decisions.   

A health plan advisory, which announced that all utilization management for all medical hospitalizations [including but not limited to initial service authorization and concurrent reviews], must be suspended was the action taken — which is in question.

“Now, this is not specific to COVID-19. This is every single hospital admission. We’re not allowed to do medical necessity review. So, it gives the hospitals free reign to admit anything they want. Code it however they want,” says the whistleblower, Jeanne Stagg.

United Healthcare of Louisiana’s Dr. Morial was contacted for comment on this story and said, “When I see a patient, and if a patient is presenting other symptoms that aren’t suggestive of a COVID infection, even though they may test positive for COVID, that’s not my primary diagnosis.”

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Victim of Car Accident Sedated Against His Will & Put on a Vent – Diagnosed as a COVID Patient

To demonstrate how this is happening, a man has just come forward to give his testimony in public about how he was in a car accident, where EMS ambulance services arrived on the scene and sedated him against his will, air lifted him to a hospital allegedly in Tucson, Arizona, and he woke up 8 hours later on a ventilator because he was diagnosed as a “COVID” patient.

He was all alone in his room when he woke up, so he took himself off of the ventilator, removed the IV and catheter, and demanded to be released from the hospital.  He considers himself lucky to be alive today.  This is on our Bitchute channel, and also on our Telegram channel.  (Fast forward to 10:06 to hear his testimony)

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Medical kidnapping has been going on unabated from the beginning.  I posted an article on it back in September, 2021, complete with numerous heart-breaking examples.

https://www.ntd.com/attorneys-report-spike-in-calls-for-help-from-families-of-patients-hospitalized-with-covid-

Attorneys Report Spike in Calls for Help From Families of Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19

Nanette Holt

Attorneys around the country report an alarming uptick in calls for help from families of patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

Some say they’ve talked to family members who were arrested after trying to visit a loved one or to speak with a doctor after communications with the hospital were cut off.  (See link for article)

Summary of what attorneys are calling abuse:

  • hospitals preventing family visits
  • failing to provide nutrition and fluids
  • coercing patients to agree to treatments they’ve already refused multiple times, like remdesivir and ventilation
  • hospitals refusing to release patients making it impossible to get off the COVID express
  • hospital attorneys ask judges to seal documents that would reveal their arguments
  • arresting family members for simply requesting a visit with their loved one or a conversation with the doctor
  • hospitals become immediately combative when treatment questions arise
  • an attorney with a client who works in hospital billing told her that hospitals receive a federal bonus payments for:
    • $17K for every patient confirmed to have COVID
    • another $37K for patients put on ventilators.

An attorney’s sage advice:

“Stay out of the hospital, no matter what. And if it happens that you’re admitted, have a medical power of attorney immediately written up to say no to remdesivir.”

Hospitals often ask patients being admitted to sign a health-care directive or living will indicating, in advance, decisions about whether or not to be put on life support.

“I advise clients against this,” Forgét said. Signing one of those documents “vests your physician with authority that supersedes your spouse, or other family members. This can yield tragic results!”

Giving a physician that power means he or she can remove life support without consulting family, he says. “Signing that gives your physician permission to kill you!”

For more:

A Literature Review & Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Lockdowns on COVID-19 Mortality. CDC Finally Admits Natural Immunity Trumps “Vaccines.” It’s Time to Rehire Unvaxxed Workers

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January 2022

By Jonas Herby, Lars Jonung, and Steve H. Hanke

John Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise

Abstract
This systematic review and meta–analysis are designed to determine whether there is empirical evidence to support the belief that “lockdowns” reduce COVID–19 mortality. Lockdowns are defined as the imposition of at least one compulsory, non–pharmaceutical intervention (NPI). NPIs are any government mandate that directly restrict peoples’ possibilities, such as policies that
limit internal movement, close schools and businesses, and ban international travel. This study employed a systematic search and screening procedure in which 18,590 studies are identified that could potentially address the belief posed. After three levels of screening, 34 studies ultimately qualified. Of those 34 eligible studies, 24 qualified for inclusion in the meta–analysis.
They were separated into three groups: lockdown stringency index studies, shelter–in–place–order (SIPO) studies, and specific NPI studies.

An analysis of each of these three groups support the conclusion that lockdowns have had little to no effect on COVID–19 mortality.

More specifically, stringency index studies find that lockdowns in Europe and the United States only reduced COVID–19 mortality by 0.2% on average. SIPOs were also ineffective, only reducing COVID–19 mortality by 2.9% on average. Specific NPI studies also find no broad–based evidence of noticeable effects on COVID–19 mortality.

While this meta–analysis concludes that lockdowns have had little to no public health effects, they have imposed enormous economic and social costs where they have been adopted.

In consequence, lockdown policies are ill–founded and should be rejected as a pandemic policy instrument.

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Go here for an excellent article and news video titled: “The CDC is Finally Recognizing ‘Natural Immunity’ – Legislators Should Follow Suit”

Not exempting those with prior infection was always unfair; now it is unscientific as well.

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/cdc-natural-immunity-trumps-vaccine-immunity/

CDC Admits Natural Immunity Trumps Vaccine Immunity — 5 Months After Touting Vaccines as Superior

Five months after issuing a statement that vaccine immunity protects against COVID better than natural immunity, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent a report showing the opposite is true, at least when it comes to the Delta variant.

A Jan. 19 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed natural immunity against COVID was at least three times as effective as vaccination alone at preventing people from becoming infected with the Delta variant.  (See link for article)

Important quote regarding higher hazard rates for hospitalization in the vaxxed:

“This is potentially a concerning finding in that it suggests the vaccine could be interfering with natural immunity,” Setty said.

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https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/natural-immunity-gets-another-boost-from-two-new-u-s-studies/

Natural immunity gets another boost from two new U.S. studies

CDC and Johns Hopkins studies show strength and duration of natural immunity protection

Two newly released studies show the power of natural immunity following recovery from COVID-19 sickness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says:

“previous SARS-CoV-2 infection also confers protection against severe outcomes in the event of reinfection.”

Johns Hopkins found that natural immunity developed from prior variants reduced the risk of infection with the Omicron variant.  (See link for article)

Summary:

  • natural immunity was six times stronger during the Delta wave than vaccination 
  • Dr. Makary states that “hybrid immunity” (“vaccinated” & infected) increases immunity by 3.8%, while Dr. Urso, on the other hand, states there’s no such thing as “super immunity.”  Natural immunity is robust, long-lasting, and sufficient. 
  • Makary believes we aren’t seeing new “vaccinations” because people are hardened by excessive government policies and are choosing to forgo the shots. He also states “no healthy child has ever died of COVID that we know of.”
  • The Omicron wave in Africa subsided quickly with modest hospitalizations because close to 80% had been previously infected by variants.
  • The CATO institute weighed in and stated that “universal vaccine mandates are irrational in ignoring naturally acquired immunity from infection and recovery…..If OSHA had reviewed the medical and scientific literature regarding the relative protection efficacy of natural immunity compared to “vaccination”, it is unlikely the agency would be successful in establishing a factual basis for forced “vaccination” of COVID-recovered individuals.  Given the trivial – if any – benefit to either the individual or the public from compelled “vaccination” of Covid-recovered individuals, that evidence of elevated adverse effects requires an especially high standard of proof by regulators to overcome.”
  • Dr. Makary states, “By firing staff with natural immunity, employers got rid of those least likely to infect others.” “It’s time to reinstate those employees with an apology.”
  • Makary states it’s time to rehire the fired for three reasons: it was unfair to begin with, we have therapeutics, and many have natural immunity. “The risk of somebody who has natural immunity getting hospitalized is 3 per 10,000,” which is identical to the risk of someone with hybrid immunity – so getting a booster did NOTHING to change hospitalization numbers.
  • Makary noted that public health officials are falsely reporting higher numbers of COVID deaths than reality shows, and cases have declined steeply.
  • It’s normal to have a massive influx of patients every winter from a number of respiratory pathogens, the problem this time is a massive staffing shortage.  One in five health care workers have left. 

Washington State was so short-staffed they told workers who had COVID to come back into work – even with symptoms.

  • There’s only been ONE death in 52,000 Omicron cases in the Kaiser CA study, which is LOWER than influenza.
  • The article then reported on a North Carolina man who said a hospital refused to carry out a kidney transplant because he’s unvaccinated against COVID-19. He is willing to “die free” rather than comply with their vaccine requirement. He’s had the coronavirus twice before and believes getting the vaccine should be a personal choice, not a requirement.  The hospital doesn’t care about science and is holding its ground. Sadly, this has been happening globally.  A three year old from Cyprus was also refused lifesaving surgery in three countries because his parents weren’t vaxxed.  Go here to send an email to your members of Congress to stop this violation of medical ethics.
  • Noah Carl noted in his review of the Danish study, that there’s no obvious need for people who have recovered from COVID to get vaccinated.

“The tricky part may be getting this message through to politicians.”

Illogical COVID madness continues…..

For more:

What Are The Real Risks of Genetic Manipulation Technology? Part 1.

https://popularrationalism.substack.com/p/what-are-the-real-risks-of-genetic?

What Are the Real Risks of Genetic Manipulation Technology? Part 1.

The public must have a say in its own future. Profiteering technocrats must not decide for all of us.

Here’s question I recently received:

Dear Dr. Jack:

Are you concerned about gene modification technology?

Yes, I am deeply concerned about gene modification technology. Like all tech, it can be used for good and evil. Before I go into the ways it can be abused and lead to harm, we have to distinguish between two type of gene modification technology: somatic gene modification technology (SGMT, non-heritable) and genetic modification technology (heritable). In Part 1 of this series, I will focus on SGMT.

Somatic gene modification technology (SGMT) changes genes in an individual in a way that is not passed on to future generations. There are some promising applications of this technology, and most who have looked into the risks of gene modification tech seriously take the position that when the genetic modification reverses a disease state – as would be possible in certain forms of blindness, cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy – without increasing the risk of other medical issues – such as cancer – then gene modification technology is a good thing. The genetic information would be integrated in limited number of cells in a person of a particular type, such as the retina, or in specific lung tissue. (Read about Gene Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis).

This use could be seen as as curing individuals of conditions they inherited. The problem is that society will have to decide where to draw the line between reversing a negative condition, and merely enhancing a human being (improvement), such as enhancement of athletic performance (gene doping). Let’s call this problem “The First Slippery Slope” (you’ll see why in a minute).

Knowing how big Pharma and big medicine operate as well as I do, my crystal ball tells me exactly what could happen over the next 5-30 years with SGMT:

  1. It will be allowed for use in individual to reverse inherited, deadly or painful conditions.
  2. A black market of genetic improvement “therapies” will spring up. It will be extremely expensive, and only the elite will be able to afford these “improvements”. These will include athletes, and those who have adopted “transhumanism”. There’s a small chance (around 1%) that this is already happening. Early adopters risk cancer due to off-target modifications: unintended mutations, of the type that has been seen in the Crispr/Cas9 gene editing system. These problems are being addressed.
  3. The medical community will begin to pathologize conditions where the technology could be used to improve human beings. “Conditions” with fancy names like muscular asthenia will be contrived. Dr. Atlas will provide an injection of an mRNA with a retrovirus that infects muscle cells and causes more responsiveness to ambient growth hormone, and we’ll see a return to ads like these:

The Second Slippery Slope will be brought on by market forces that use the fixtures of societal influence and power to bring about compliance. This is not mere theory; we’ve see this before with voluntary vaccination programs that become mandated. Via a combination of legislation and PR to induce voluntary trust, those who will benefit financially will abuse the public’s trust and bring about, one way or the other, enforcement to maximize their market share without adding anything of real additional competitive value to an open market (this is also called “Rent-Seeking”).

Another Second Slippery Slope, from Meuhlbacher and Kirchler (2010).

  1. Somatic gene modification used to reduce the risk of heritable risk of early onset dementia and neurodegeneration will be allowed, but then a route to increase intelligence will be found via genetic modification. At first it will be used by the elite – those who have funds for this boutique-level genetic improvements. But when Pharma recognizing the market is much larger, medical terms such as hypointelligence will be normalized by pathologizing below-level intelligence levels. The obedient media will inform the public that it’s now considered unethical to not vaccinate your newborn child against hypointelligence, and well-meaning, loving parents who comply will help change the cultural norm.
  2. Social behavioral gene “therapy”. Scientists have already identified over 40 genes associated with aggression in humans and mice. One study reports a “warrior gene” – MAOA-L gene – that predicts whether a person will be aggressive when “provoked”. Someone will find a way to reduce aggression in mice via gene therapy. Studies will be done involving mice put under stress that causes them to be violent toward each other, to demonstrate that the treated mice won’t harm other mice. Human trials will be done on the most violent criminals and on children with autism who self-harm or hurt others. Criminals convicted of violent acts will be offered a choice: prison, or social behavioral gene therapy. The promise of a future without crime will be seen as looming, just over the horizon, and parents will be forced to test their children for evidence of “genetic aggression syndrome” and transfect their children to help eliminate violent crime from society. The specific therapy will likely be “gene inhibition therapy”, in which a gene that causes the brain to produce silencing RNA that shuts down the production of proteins associated with aggression will be transfected into infants.
  3. Somewhere along the way, an Elon Musk-like figure will emerge that champions genetic modification to improve our species. Alternatively, in these Regulatory States of America, it will be more likely than not be a regulatory committee in HHS that votes to approve (and thereby mandate) genetic modification therapies. The committee will be infiltrated by people with direct conflicts of interests and ties to companies that own the patents on genetic modification therapies. He, she, or it will become, like The High Evolutionary of Marvel Comics, might even be early adopters – those who has demonstrated the utility of brain-enhancement by gene modification. Being super-intelligent, they will garner followers who take it upon themselves to decide the evolutionary fate of humanity.

    Well, I don’t know if it’s me, or that I found Marvel Comic scenarios that match my predictions so well. I’ve scared myself enough already with this Part 1 of this series, and I’ve just started.

You can read more of my prognostication of this type more formally approached in this peer-reviewed analysis in Biological Theory, which I published in 2021.

Lyons-Weiler, J. 2021. Who are We, and Who (or What) Do We Want to Become? An Evolutionary Perspective on Biotransformative Technologies. Biological Theory.

PS I’m currently in Facebook jail for a week for calling out WashPo for attributing causality of Ivermectin to side effects based on phone calls to poison control center… instead of citing peer-reviewed clinical research studies. So please do me a favor and share this article across Facebook, Twitter, MeWe, Gettr and help right the wrongs of censorship.

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**Comment**

Before you write this off as a piece of science fiction, mRNA technology is already being promoted for cancer, HIV, autoimmune disorders, genetic diseases, as well as in Lyme-land:  https://grist.org/health/how-mrna-technology-could-create-a-new-vaccine-against-ticks/

SUMMARY:

  • The article predictably starts with the false narrative that the climate is behind tick proliferation.  Not a word is uttered on our government’s role in spreading ticks and disease.
  • The article also predictably mentions that approximately 500,000 are diagnosed with Lyme but fail to mention that this is a YEARLY rate and doesn’t touch the millions chronically infected.
  • It does state that there is no coordinated national response like for STDs or COVID but fails to mention that there is plenty of controversy on Lyme being sexually transmitted.  Better to stick to the script.
  • But the high numbers and the lack of national response is ALWAYS utilized for the vaccine angle.  ALWAYS.  And it’s getting mighty old.
  • A vaccine, according to the author who is just another shill for Big Pharma, is the magic pill and would solve all our problems.  If only.
  • Of course they repeat the oft repeated mantra that some crazies complained that the last Lyme vaccine caused side effects – but had negligible evidence.  Please go here for the ‘negligible’ evidence.
  • Superheros from Yale are trying to revive a Lyme vaccine that of course looks nothing like the last one. (For all you crazies who are actually worried about such nonsense)
  • And guess what?  The Yale “dream team” is using messenger RNA, the same stuff that Pfizer and Moderna are using in their COVID “vaccines” which don’t stop transmission or infection, have caused more adverse reactions and death than another other vaccine in the history of VAERS, and are actually causing antibody dependent enhancement (ADE) which is making the “vaccinated” more prone to illness with COVID variants.  “Vaccine” failure has been proven. But, who wants to be a Debbie Downer?
  • Despite the fact the mRNA shot for Lyme hasn’t even been tested in humans yet, everything about the article makes it appear to be the answer to all our woes. (Except for those crazies who question everything)
  • The article ends by promoting a national response to “take the responsibility off of individual patients,” who are currently responsible for buying their own DEET, protective clothing, and doing tick checks.

No thanks. I’d rather take responsibility for myself than trust organizations that are so riddled with conflicts of interest they’ve forgotten long ago what truth actually sounds like.

Level of Evidence & WaPo’s Claims of Ivermectin Toxicity & “Over 500,000 Deaths Could Have Been Prevented”

https://popularrationalism.substack.com/p/level-of-evidence-and-washington?

Level of Evidence and Washington Post’s Claims of Ivermectin Toxicity

A letter to the editor of NEJM is cited as providing evidence of a host of toxic side effects… but in tracking down the reference, the evidence falls far short of “toxic” and “causal”.

The Washington Post’s article, “Online archives where scientists post their research spark information revolution” writes about a non-peer-reviewed study on Ivermectin was “retracted” by a pre-print server (technically, an impossible feat given that preprint servers do not technically “publish” studies, because the works are not peer-reviewed).

They also throw in this sentence:

“not to mention contributed to a host of serious side effects among those who ingested ivermectin with no proven benefit against covid-19.”

That reads as if the study found a host of serious side effects, but the WashPo article linked to a letter to the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Was this letter a peer-reviewed study that demonstrated causality of the alleged side effects WashPo claims the study has “contributed to”?

No. It was not. The letter merely described 21 reported sets of symptoms following Ivermectin use based on phone calls to a poison control center:

“Of the 21 persons who called in August, 11 were men, and most were older than 60 years of age (median age, 64; range, 20 to 81). Approximately half (11 persons) were reported to have used ivermectin to prevent Covid-19, and the remaining persons had been using the drug to treat Covid-19 symptoms. Three persons had received prescriptions from physicians or veterinarians, and 17 had purchased veterinary formulations; the source of ivermectin for the remaining person was not confirmed. Symptoms had developed in most persons within 2 hours after a large, single, first-time dose. In 6 persons, symptoms had developed gradually after several days to weeks of repeated doses taken every other day or twice weekly. One person had also been taking vitamin D to treat or prevent Covid-19. Reported doses ingested by the persons who had been using veterinary products ranged from 6.8 mg to 125 mg of 1.87% paste and 20 to 50 mg of the 1% solution. The dose of the human-use tablets was 21 mg per dose twice weekly for prevention.

Six of the 21 persons were hospitalized for toxic effects from ivermectin use; all 6 reported preventive use, including the 3 who had obtained the drug by prescription. Four received care in an intensive care unit, and none died. Symptoms were gastrointestinal distress in 4 persons, confusion in 3, ataxia and weakness in 2, hypotension in 2, and seizures in 1. Of the persons who were not admitted to a hospital, most had gastrointestinal distress, dizziness, confusion, vision symptoms, or rash.

These cases illustrate the potential toxic effects of ivermectin..”

The question for the WashPo article author, and WashPo, is how is this “a host of serious side effects” when

(1) Frequency data are not available (we don’t know how many people were using Ivermectin. Is 21 a lot? A little? 1 in 1,000? 1 in 1,000,000?

(2) Causality has not been determined (calls from poison control are not clinical study-level evidence). GI issues, ataxia and hypotension also happen in people taking any number of over-the-counter drugs, prescription drugs and vaccines.

(3) None of these events are considered “serious” (Seizures following vaccination are not considered “serious”).

Imagine if Ivermectin were a vaccine… and 21 phone calls later, the reported outcomes were reported as “caused by” and “serious”.

It seems that the level of evidence need to bury an inexpensive treatment is far, far less than needed to determine causality of vaccine injury.

With this type of loose “reporting”, the legacy press loses yet another point on the credibility scale.

Make that four points (-4).

Actually, make it five: WashPo fails to report the 77 other studies on Ivermectin.

This is why people who read the news need to check the references and see for themselves whether their news source is accurately representing what’s going on.

And it’s time we start holding such “news” outlets accountable for their abuse of the public trust and of scientific evidence.

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https://thehighwire.com/videos/over-500000-covid-deaths-could-have-been-prevented/

“OVER 500,000 COVID DEATHS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED”

On the heels of the groundbreaking ‘Covid-19: Second Opinion” panel, Dr. Richard Urso joins Del in-studio to talk through some of the most eye-opening statements from the over 5 hour long hearing featuring the greatest minds in science and health.

Dr. Urso corrects Senator Johnson who stated that there weren’t any treatments at the beginning of the ‘pandemic.’ Urso states there were effective treatments that worked from the very get-go. He used a combination of HCQ, azithromcin, vitamin D, aspirin, and steroids way back in March.

Urso also states the denial of natural immunity needs to STOP, and that he has never called the FDA, NIH, or the CDC ONE time for advice.  Those organizations are not involved in medical education. Their dictating medical practices also needs to stop. The current regime needs to be completely reinvented because it is corporate practice of medicine telling doctors what to do when they already know what to do.

Go here for a four-part talk by Dr. Urso covering everything from COVID testing, deaths, lockdowns, to effective treatments.

Also, go here for “The Indefensible Approval of Pfizer and Merck Drugs Compared to the Snubbing of Ivermectin.”

It is quite clear there are two standards. The ‘powers that be’ can do no wrong and can say anything they want even if it’s completely untrue, illogical, and unscientific.

#SecondOpinion #RonJohnson #DrRichardUrso

For more:

Another Paper Apologizes Over Its COVID Coverage & Worst Journalism of the Year Goes To….

https://www.activistpost.com/2022/01/we-failed-danish-newspaper-apologizes-for-its-covid-coverage

“We Failed”: Danish Newspaper Apologizes For Its COVID Coverage

By Jon Miltimore

A Danish newspaper has apologized to its readers for not questioning the government’s data and narratives more throughout the first two years of the pandemic.

The Ekstra Bladet, founded in 1904, said it should have done more due diligence in examining the government’s data and conclusions before reporting them:

“For ALMOST two years, we – the press and the population – have been almost hypnotically preoccupied with the authorities’ daily coronatal,” wrote Bladet journalist Brian Weichardt. “THE CONSTANT mental alertness has worn out tremendously on all of us. That is why we – the press – must also take stock of our own efforts. And we have failed.”

In the mea culpa, which went viral on Twitter earlier this month, Weichardt suggested the newspaper should have asked more questions about how public health officials were tabulating data….. (See link for article)

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https://www.zerohedge.com/political/and-prize-worst-journalism-year-goes

And The Prize For “Worst Journalism Of The Year” Goes To…

by Tyler Durden
Saturday, Jan 29, 2022 – 10:30 AM

Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org,

Media Lies & the Sacred Rites of the Vaccine Cult

The coverage of Szilveszter Csollany’s death shows you being called an “anti-vaxxer” is more about what you think, than what you do.

The Independent has put out an early (and strong) entry for “Worst Journalism of the Year” award, reporting yesterday the death of Hungarian gymnastics coach Szilveszter Csollany under the headline:

Anti-vax Olympic gold medalist Szilveszter Csollany dies of Covid, aged 51

The journalism is terrible, criminally bad. (Go to link for article)

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Go here for a rousing message to a “Manic Mainstream Media” by Del BigTree

**Comment**

Too bad we aren’t hearing apologies from the media in the U.S. Unfortunately, they are bought out, lock stock and barrel.

SUMMARY:

  • Hospitalization numbers are nearly 30% higher than the actual figure due to the difference between being hospitalized due to a positive test rather than actual illness.
  • Journalists should have avoided the state’s rhetoric and narrative on hospitalizations and COVID injections.
  • U.S. media have viewed Fauci’s utterances as a kind of gospel.  MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace could have been speaking for many when she called herself “a Fauci groupie.”
  • Fauci has been featured on magazine covers, is the topic of a Disney biopic, and has at least 400 media events—even though his role is not a public relations.
  • Treated like a King, the media doesn’t question or criticize Fauci despite his pandemic flip-flops.  Some journalists have published articles pushing back on narratives problematic to Fauci’s public messaging at his request.
  • To those critical of him, “….they’re really criticizing science,” Fauci said in November, “because I represent science.”

Important excerpt:

It’s merely to say journalists (and citizens) should recognize their proximity to power and influence, and realize that experts, like politicians, don’t shed self-interest simply because of the work they do. The expert’s data and comments should be scrutinized, dissected, and discussed, not treated as gospel or used as prima facie evidence for coercive policies. (As the economist Ludwig von Mises once pointed out, there is no “ought in science”; science can only tell us what is.)

Ekstra Bladet, Denmark’s newspaper, appears to have gleaned some of these lessons during the pandemic.

Let’s hope more news outlets around the world do the same.

For more: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2021/08/05/germanys-top-newspaper-apologizes-for-fear-driven-covid-coverage/

Unfortunately, media in the U.S. isn’t gleaning these lessons and continues to be a mouth-piece of Big Pharma, Big Tech, and government bureaucrats who have severe conflicts of interest and who haven’t treated a patient in 40 years. The reason for this is quite simple, they are bought out.