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You Know It’s Bad When Even CNN Calls CDC Out For ‘Misleading’ COVID Hospitalization Data

https://www.theblaze.com/news/cnn-anchor-calls-out-cdc-for-misleading-covid-hospitalization-data-and-dr-sanjay-gupta-agrees

CNN anchor calls out CDC for ‘misleading’ COVID hospitalization data, and Dr. Sanjay Gupta agrees

Chris Enloe

January 11, 2022

CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the network’s top medical correspondent, agreed Monday the method being used by the government to report COVID-19 hospitalizations is explicitly “misleading.”

What is the background?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which manages COVID data reporting, does not distinguish between people hospitalized for COVID (meaning complications from the virus caused them to be hospitalized) or people hospitalized with COVID (meaning people who test positive for COVID after being admitted for reasons unrelated to the virus).

(See link for article)

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**Comment**

In a rare moment of lucidity, mainstream media gets something correct. Everyone pause for a moment of thanks.

Highlights:

  • CDC’s Walensky was confronted “for COVID” numbers versus “with COVID” numbers, but she couldn’t give them.  Supposedly, that data is forthcoming.  (Don’t hold your breath)
  • NY data show that more people were hospitalized for reasons not related to COVID but then tested positive for COVID after being admitted.
  • CNN managed to cough up that COVID hospitalizations are likely inflated and are therefore ‘misleading.’
  • CNN’s Dr. Gupta even agreed stating there needs to be transparency.
  • Walensky faces increasing criticism over CDC-waffles.  Recently, she reported a CDC study that showed 75% of COVID deaths after “vaccination” have ‘at least four comorbidities.’ 

“Contrary to popular belief, CDC Director, disabled people aren’t just data points … How callous to say you’re encouraged by the prospect of their deaths,” Imani Barbarin, a disability rights activist, wrote.

Matthew Cortland, a lawyer who suffers from a chronic illness, tweeted: “It is ‘encouraging’ to [Walensky] that chronically ill and disabled Americans are dying … our deaths clearly don’t count.”

And these sentiments exemplify what this website has been desperately trying to highlight: human health is individual and highly complex. Medicine should never be a “one-size fits all” box where human beings are given the same exact formula. Time for real medical professionals to stand up for what is common, logical knowledge in the real world of facts.

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And can we please quit talking about these shots as anything other than fast-tracked gene–modifying medical devices that don’t stop transmission or infection, have caused more death and adverse events than any other vaccine in the 30 year history of VAERS, and whose contents are completely unknown and unproven?

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Activism, Viruses

Answers Still Needed About Possible Biowarfare Connection To Lyme Disease

https://www.lymedisease.org/lyme-biowarfare-pat-smith-lda/

Jan. 10, 2022

Answers still needed about possible biowarfare connection to Lyme disease

By Pat Smith

Forty-six years after a mother alerted public health about an unknown disease affecting her Connecticut neighborhood, patients still await answers about Lyme disease and help from the federal government− little has been forthcoming.

It’s been 37 years since I first saw Lyme as a board of education member in New Jersey, and 29 years since I first contacted New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith for help regarding Lyme disease.

I approached him because my school district had many seriously ill students and staff members who could find little medical help and no assistance for disrupted educations. Congressman Smith set up a Washington DC meeting for me with CDC and NIH officials to present a report on nine Monmouth/Ocean NJ school districts in the same situation, yet no public health authorities were involved to help the districts.

Shocking devastation

Officials were shocked and could not believe the devastation I described to them. They subsequently came to NJ and did their own study of five of the school districts, which confirmed the effects on the districts and these children. Congressman Smith held a Congressional meeting in Wall Township which overflowed the room. The CDC presented its study, and I spoke at this meeting as did my daughter who was then suffering seizures from Lyme.

The CDC refused to publish its school study, continuing to tell me they would, so the LDA asked the Lyme Times [published by LymeDisease.org] to publish it a few years ago for all to read, as it had been presented publicly by CDC.

Patients and advocates have been benefiting from Mr. Smith’s efforts to help us change that situation. Working with Congressman Smith, the Lyme Disease Association has been able to get bills introduced and passed over decades; educate federal & state legislators; help set up a federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group under the Department of Health and Human Services; help parents threatened with Munchausen-by-proxy [an accusation that the parents have made the child sick] whose children were going to be removed because of long-term treatment with antibiotics; and help doctors whose licenses were threatened for treating with antibiotics. Sadly, some parents still have had their children removed and Lyme-treating physicians continue to be harassed.

Unanswered questions

Uncomprehendingly, we are left with many asked but unanswered questions. There continues to be government resistance to solving even the most basic issues. One is the continued use of tests discussed during a 1994 meeting where dissenting researchers were refused the right to present a minority report—tests which studies have shown are less than 50% accurate, whereby a person can test negative and still have the disease. Scientists have come forth over time with tests to be examined, but CDC has appeared to have neither considered them nor recommended them for further study to our knowledge.

Why do CDC and NIH continue to rely on one set of treatment guidelines for Lyme disease which recommend (read: allow) only a few weeks of doxycycline for a complex organism such as Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria that causes Lyme disease, when there is another set of guidelines that permit doctor discretion?

Why are patients still told: it’s in your head; you need a psychiatrist; you’re cured because you had two weeks of treatment; you have to learn to live with it; don’t use alternative therapies; it’s not Lyme? (When you ask what is it, the response is a shrug.)

Why are some patients being misdiagnosed with MS, ALS, CFS, FM, lupus, ADD, RA, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s which turn out to be Lyme and other tick-borne diseases apparently causing these symptoms in a number of cases?

Why are doctors who help patients get better with long-term and combinations of antibiotics still called quacks, unable to be a part of insurance plans, and subject to medical board actions?

Why is research being privately funded in prestigious institutions investigating antibiotic treatment options while the government says research is done, and that long-term antibiotics don’t work and can be harmful?

Denial of chronic Lyme

Many doctors, scientists, patients, and advocates have known for decades it’s “chronic Lyme”—persisting symptoms after short-term treatment. This occurs in 20% or more of Lyme patients−often combined with other tick-borne diseases, almost 20 of which are now found in the US, and can be acquired singly or in combinations.

Those suffering or helping these patients have been ridiculed in media over the decades, with Lyme called a housewife’s disease, a yuppie disease, mass hysteria, conspiracy theory, hoax perpetrated by those anti science.  In 2021, the “long haulers” of COVID 19 have thankfully not been scorned or shamed, why are “chronic Lyme” sufferers singled out for this abuse?

Why investigate any biowarfare origins?

The origins of COVID19 have already been investigated and linked with the NIH having been shown to have funded “gain of function” research—modifying a biological agent to confer new or enhanced activity to that agent. Why is it then a conspiracy theory to investigate the murky origins of Lyme?

Biowarfare has been out there for hundreds of years.

“Man has used poisons for assassination purposes ever since the dawn of civilization, not only against individual enemies but also occasionally against armies. However, the foundation of microbiology by Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch offered new prospects for those interested in biological weapons because it allowed agents to be chosen and designed on a rational basis.”  (F. Frischnecht, Pasteur Institute: 2003, EMBO, “The History of Biological Warfare”-see NIH website)

It’s time for government transparency. Provide whatever the truth is about tick releases and other tick-borne disease experiments that some US scientists have come forth with and that government documents appear to support

476,000 people are diagnosed and treated annually in the US according to CDC. They and the general public deserve to know what happened in the past, to aid in the search for prevention and cure of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.

Pat Smith is President of the Lyme Disease Association, which funds research, promotes education and jointly puts on an annual scientific conference with Columbia University. From 2017-2020, she served on the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group.

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Activism, Lyme, Testing

Defeat the Mandates DC Rally Jan. 23, 2022

https://defeatthemandatesdc.com/  Info & Registration Here

The Plan

We will start the march at 11:30am at the Washington Monument and we’ll walk together to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial (approximately 1 mile).

At the Lincoln Memorial, a wide range of featured guests will be waiting.

Recording artists, prominent doctors, journalists, pro athletes, actors and premier thought leaders will give a series of inspiring talks and musical performances. 

Stay tuned here for updates on our list of special guests!

Join us live in Washington, DC!

Sunday, January 23, 2022 @ 11:30am EST 

Starting at the Washington Monument 

Get directions

Contact info: https://defeatthemandatesdc.com/pages/contact-us

Steve Kirsh wrote on his Substack,

“We are not marching against the COVID vaccines, we’re marching against the government forcing these vaccines onto Americans. It’s something I hope we can all agree on.”

He further explained:

  1. We don’t even know what is inside these vials and we are being forced to take it.
  2. The VAERS data shows the vaccines kill more people than they save (by 15X).
  3. The vaccines suppress your immune system making you more likely to be infected.
  4. There is no stopping condition. If 1M people are killed by the vaccines, they won’t stop them.

Speaking with The New American in December, Kirsch said that according to his calculations, the COVID shots have killed more people than they saved. That disproportion is even worse when it comes to children: for every 1 child saved from COVID, 117 will die because of the vaccine-associated adverse events.

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Activism, vaccines

Houston, We Have a Problem: Doctors Can’t Identify Ticks

https://danielcameronmd.com/clinicians-difficulty-identifying-ticks/

Clinicians have difficulty identifying ticks

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Welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast with your host Dr. Daniel Cameron. In this episode, Dr. Cameron discusses findings from a recent study which examined the proficiency of clinicians at identifying ticks in the northeastern region of the United States.

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The study by Laga and colleagues entitled “Proficiency at Tick Identification by Pathologists and Clinicians Is Poor” was published in The American Journal of Dermatopathology.¹

Using high-resolution photographs of ticks, the authors surveyed 115 health care providers, which included primarily medical students, medical residents, and physicians.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A VIDEO DISCUSSING TICK IDENTIFICATION WITH DR. CAMERON

The survey was simple. Each health care provider was asked to look at high-resolution color pictures of ticks provided by the University of Rhode Island Tick Encounter Resource Center.  (The dimensions of each image were 1 5/8 inches by 2 inches.)

The participants were asked to select one of 5 possible answers for each photograph:

  1. American dog tick
  2. Deer/ blacklegged tick
  3. Lone Star tick
  4. Brown dog tick
  5. “I do not know”

Only 1 in 3 ticks were correctly identified.

The survey participants correctly identified 60% of the non-engorged black-legged ticks but only 34% correctly identified a partially engorged black-legged tick.

“Likely explanations are that texts and media rarely show partially engorged ticks,” the authors explain.

Additionally, “the color contrast seen between the scutum and abdomen in the blacklegged tick, for example, is lost after 2.5–3 days of engorgement.”

Participants had more difficulty identifying the other tick species:

  • 1 in 2 participants identified a non-engorged Lone Star tick;
  • 1 in 3 identified a non-engorged American dog tick;
  • 1 in 4 identified a non-engorged adult Brown dog tick.

The number of ticks correctly identified was worse for partially engorged ticks.

Medical students and non-physician health care providers (i.e., nurses, physician assistants) fared the worse with only about 1 in 4 correctly identifying the ticks.

In everyday practice, health care providers do not view high-resolution photographs of ticks. Their experience, instead, is with actual ticks which appear much smaller.

“In addition to choosing the easier-to-identify female ticks for our test, we also chose adult rather than nymphal ticks for the quiz,” the authors explain.

“Nymphal ticks, in addition to be being smaller, tend to have more muted colors and less distinctive markings on their scutums.”

In actual practice, it’s important that health care providers can identify engorged ticks. Yet, the survey shows that engorged ticks were more difficult for providers to identify.

The following questions are addressed in this podcast episode:

  1. How often is the tick seen?
  2. Have you found it difficult to identify a tick?
  3. What are a few tips to identifying ticks?
  4. What diseases does each tick carry?
  5. Why is it important to be able to identify an engorged tick?
  6. What is the risk of an engorged tick?
  7. What educational information should clinicians receive?
  8. What do Lyme disease patients know?
  9. What are treatment options for a tick bite?
  10. What are the risks and benefits of a single 200 mg dose of doxycycline for a tick bite?
  11. How effective is testing of ticks for diseases?

Please remember that the advice given is general and not intended as specific advice as to any particular patient. If you require specific advice, then please seek that advice from an experienced professional.

Inside Lyme Podcast Series

This Inside Lyme case series will be discussed on my Facebook and made available on podcast and YouTube.  As always, it is your likes, comments, and shares that help spread the word about this series and our work. If you can, please leave a review on iTunes or wherever else you get your podcasts.

References:
  1. Laga AC, Granter SR, Mather TN. Proficiency at Tick Identification by Pathologists and Clinicians Is Poor. Am J Dermatopathol. May 11 2021.

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**Comment**

As they say, “There’s no such thing as a good tick.”

That said, doctors are woefully educated on ticks, the diseases they spread, how to diagnose, treat, and recognize not just various ticks but the wide variety of symptoms patients struggle with.

This study partially reveals the many problems in Lyme-land.

Yesterday, I posted an article proposing guidelines by supposed ‘experts’ that call themselves the ‘Wilderness Medical Society.’  In the comment section I break down the various continually regurgitated myths used as talking points and the basis for all research and clinical guidelines. One of the things discussed is how the “wait and see” approach has been dooming patients for decades. This essentially means that rather than quickly treating known tick bites prophylactically, they simply wait and see if the person develops symptoms.

They also continue to push the one-dose doxy prophylactic treatment which doesn’t work. Neither does two pills. Unfortunately, researchers still believe the EM rash is some magical symbol.  The EM rash comes and goes at will and should never be a marker for effectiveness of treatment.

The catch with all of this is doctors can’t identify the ticks involved.

Ironically, if the doctor can’t identify the tick, or if attachment time is unknown, they still recommend the “wait and see” approach, even though that particular refrain has caused untold damage.

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Activism, research, Ticks

Experts Weigh In After Suing FDA for Access to Pfizer Data

**UPDATE May, 2022**

Please see this article which includes the update at the beginning on how frequently adverse events were reported as “unrelated” to the ‘vaccine.’

Recently, a judge ruled in favor of a group of experts who sued the FDA over lack of access to Pfizer COVID injection data.  Instead of the FDA’s request of 75 years to slow drip the data, the judge ordered them to release 55,000 pages per month – which would take approximately 8 months for completion. Unfortunately, the FDA will redact information that it decides is not for public consumption, which might make the data meaningless. For instance, if the FDA redacts batch numbers it will be difficult to identify which participants were harmed by which batches. If they redact ID numbers, it will be difficult to track adverse events.

https://maryannedemasi.com/publications/f/experts-weigh-in-after-suing-fda-for-access-to-pfizer-trial-data

Experts weigh in after suing FDA for access to Pfizer trial data

20 December 2021|COVID-19
COVID-19, mRNA, vaccine, Pfizer, transparency, trial data, FDA, DOJ, Aaron Siri, Aaron Kheriaty, Tom Jefferson

By Maryanne Demasi, PhD

In Dec 2020, the US drug regulator (FDA) granted emergency use authorisation to Pfizer’s Covid-19 mRNA vaccine with limited data from phase III trials.

Amid the urgency of the pandemic, the review of the trial data was conducted faster than usual. What would normally take an average of 10 months to review, only took the FDA 108 days.

Immediately, it raised doubts about the speed with which the agency made its decision.

Fast forward to Aug 2021 and the FDA granted full approval to Pfizer’s (Comirnaty) mRNA vaccine, without releasing the full data set to the public for independent scrutiny. 

Experts became concerned that all the publicly available information on a fully licensed product, was limited to journal articles, press releases, and assessments by drug regulators – all of which are subject to conflicts of interest and bias.  (See link for article)

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Highlights:

  • 80 public health officers and researchers formed an alliance to get the data.
  • The group filed a FOIA lawsuit in September due to lack of public disclosure of FDA data.
  • The placebo & therefore the control group was eliminated because the shot was offered to all.
  • The group argues that due to insufficient and hurried testing & a culture of secrecy, the idea of informed consent is arguable.
  • There has been under-reporting adverse events, falsification of data, and a lack of efficacy  regarding the Pfizer injections.
  • DOJ lawyers wanted to drip feed Pfizer data over decades (75 years in fact, which is laughable).
  • The FDA claims it is insufficiently staffed.  They have 18,000 employees and $6.5 billion in funding.

Important quote:

“It is dystopian for the government to give Pfizer billions, mandate Americans to take its product, prohibit Americans from suing for harm, but yet refuse to let Americans see the data underlying its licensure.” ~ Aaron Siri, US attorney acting on behalf of PHMPT

  • The first round of Pfizer’s documents has already been released by the FDA.
  • It showed 1,223 people died from the shot within the first 90 days of the rollout, but much of the document is redacted and it is unknown how many doses had been shipped out, i.e. how many total doses were given.
  • Please see top link for a telling graph of 10 months of the COVID shots vs 20 years of flu vaccines.  Shocking would be an understatement.
  • https://phmpt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/5.3.6-postmarketing-experience.pdf  Starting on page 30, there are nearly 9 pages of single spaced adverse reactions.

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Activism, research, vaccines