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Study Claiming COVID Shots Saved Millions Torn to Shreds & Emory Study Shows No Effect on COVID Nor Reduction in Crude Severity or Death

https://okaythennews.substack.com/p/debunked-hugely-influential-covid?

DEBUNKED! Hugely influential COVID vaccine study (Watson et al) claiming they saved millions torn to shreds

US Senator Ron Johnson asked, I delivered

Raphael Lataster (BPharm, PhD)
May 07, 2025

US Senator Ron Johnson asked me a very important question.

The hugely influential study on COVID-19 vaccines, Watson et al, which was used by experts throughout the pandemic to show that the jabs saved tens of millions of lives in one year, has been thoroughly debunked, by yours truly (a misinformation researcher now primarily focussed on COVID-19, not least because of being fired for refusing the jab and winning subsequent legal cases), with the critique finally published in a peer-reviewed medical journal. Source. This is the 1st of a 3-part metacritique of 6 influential studies on the COVID-19 vaccines, with similar problems identified throughout. The same criticisms would apply to many more studies.

SUMMARY:

  1. The study revolves around a model that is not representative of reality.
  2. The study exaggerates efficacy/effectiveness (and safety) by ignoring incidents in the ‘partially vaccinated’, or even counting them as happening in the ‘unvaccinated’.  This can make a completely ineffective vaccine appear 48% effective, or even 65% effective, if cases in the “partially vaccinated” are ascribed to the “unvaccinated.” Even a negatively effective vaccine can be made to appear moderately effective.
  3. It is unclear how the authors determined the effectiveness of the shots in preventing death.
  4. The researchers assume the shot continues being effective which is patently false and why they keep hocking for more and more boosters. On top of this, the shots actually have negative efficacy and increase your chance of COVID and even death.
  5. They didn’t justify or disclose how they obtained infection fatality rates (IFRs).  By inflating COVID deaths, and they do, the benefit of the shots is exaggerated.
  6. The authors didn’t even consider if benefits outweigh risks.  It’s obvious from the beginning that the shots injure and kill people.  Their own clinical trials prove it as well.
  7. They also estimated ‘all cause excess mortality’ based on the assumption that all excess mortality is solely due to COVID, rather than other causes – even the COVID shot.

(See link for article and many more blatant issues in the study)

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https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/emory-study-shows-no-vaccine-

Emory Study Shows No Vaccine Effect on SARS-CoV-2 Nor Reduction in Crude Severity or Death

Nearly Half of 2021-2022 Cases Immunized, Hardly a “Pandemic of the Unvaccinated”

Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH
Apr 17, 2025

Our public health agencies continue to promote COVID-19 vaccination making the false drug claim of reductions in disease severity and death. No randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial has found reductions in hospitalization or death as a primary endpoint with COVID-19 vaccination. In 2021, Atlanta-based US CDC and its state actor, CNN falsely reported that COVID-19 cases represented a “pandemic of the unvaccinated.”

Category:

research, vaccines

4,376 Treated, Zero Deaths: What This Clinic Got Right About Early COVID Care

https://imahealth.substack.com/p/4376-treated-zero-deaths-what-this?

4,376 Treated, Zero Deaths: What This Clinic Got Right About Early COVID Care

The Independent Journal of Medicine is currently free to access for all. Download the latest issue today!

Independent Medical Alliance
May 09, 2025

A newly published review in the Journal of Independent Medicine presents compelling data from a southern California clinic that treated thousands of COVID-19 patients during the height of the pandemic—with outcomes that significantly outperformed regional and national trends. Among 3,962 patients with mild COVID-19 who received early outpatient treatment, there were zero deaths and only two hospitalizations (0.05%).

The review, authored by IMA Senior Fellow Dr. Brian Tyson and colleagues at All Valley Urgent Care (AVUC), documents a pragmatic, real-world approach to care built on clinical vigilance, close patient follow-up, and the strategic use of repurposed medicines. The results add weight to a growing body of observational data supporting early intervention as a critical factor in preventing COVID-19 progression and death.  (See link for article)

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**Comment**

It’s important to note the study was completed YEARS ago but was repeatedly rejected by bought-out journals.  The only reason the information is peer reviewed, published, and seeing the light of day is due to the new Journal of Independent Medicine. 

COVID was the red pill many doctors and researchers needed, and the silver lining is journal, media, government, and medical corruption has been exposed.

Every California patient in the clinic received empiric treatment at the time of presentation—often before test results were available—and was monitored closely through in-person or telemedicine follow-up.

Treatments included combinations of ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, doxycycline, corticosteroids (both oral and injectable), monoclonal antibodies, and nutraceuticals such as zinc, quercetin, vitamin C, and vitamin D3.T

The California clinic stands in contrast to centralized public health response that typically discouraged outpatient care altogether, focusing instead on late-stage hospitalization and experimental pharmaceutical interventions. While new, on-patent expensive drugs were prioritized, the California physicians pursued cost-effective, repurposed and natural options that could be widely deployed.

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Activism, research, Supplements, Treatment, Viruses

Fort Detrick Bio-Lab Halts Operations After Murder Attempt

Rewind to the 2001 anthrax letter attacks.

Anthrax spores laced in envelopes killed 5 people and infected 17 others – mainly politicians who opposed the Patriot Act and folks at news media offices.  It was staged to appear to be the work of Iraqi or Islamic agents but the FBI quickly discovered this to be false and that it was an inside job.  It took years but eventually the FBI announced Fort Detrick scientist Bruce Edwards Ivins was the perp.  

Why?

His precious anthrax vaccine program was cancelled, so he figured he would have  to teach the world just how much we needed his vaccine.

Fort D has a long history.

Fort Detrick had a program to study the use of arthropods for spreading anti-personnel bioweapon agents. Willy Burgdorfer was a key member of this project team who worked on weaponizing ticks and who teamed up with fellow tick expert James Oliver to develop ways to mass produce infected ticks so that they could be dropped from airplanes on enemy territory. These claims are backed up by interviews with these scientists, as well as with extensive government documentation from multiple reliable sources, all listed in Kris Newby’s book.

Present day……

https://sharylattkisson.substack.com/p/nih-halts-operations-at-us-biolab

NIH Halts Operations at US Biolab After Shocking Sabotage Incident, Sparking Safety Concerns

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya made the announcement on X

 
Sharyl Attkisson
 

May 8, 2025

Article Excerpts:

Bhattacharya revealed the decision in a detailed thread on his X account    (@NIHDirector_Jay).

He explained that he learned a contractor at the lab deliberately cut a hole in a co-worker’s biocontainment suit during a personal dispute, compromising critical safety protocols.

The incident, reportedly happened in early March but Bhattacharya says he did not learn of it until weeks later.  (See link for article)

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**Comment**

Seems history keeps repeating itself…..

Sadly, legacy media is making this political rather than reporting facts.

  • The anthrax crime and the latest incident are part of a broader pattern of safety lapses that have existed for years. 
  • Richard Ebright, a prominent microbiologist, warned about the lack of psychological screening for researchers citing a case involving a murder suspect who worked with the plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, at a similar facility.
  • In 2022 Ebright warned that NIAID’s planned experiments at Fort Detrick involved monkeypox, where researchers intended to combine a globally circulating strain with a more lethal variant. The project bypassed mandatory risk-benefit reviews.
  • In 2025 NIAID Director Jeanne Marrazzo was dismissed partly due to her failure to address ongoing safety concerns at the facility.
  • Lab director, Connie Schmaljohn ws placed on administration leave following the March incident after failing to report it up the chain of command promptly, causing delays in addressing the breach.  
  • This website reported on the shut down of the Fort Detrick lab in 2019 after a failed safety inspection.  The fact the corrupt CDC sent a cease and desist order shows how just how bad it is.

Category:

Activism, research, Ticks

GLA Grantee Publishes Two Studies in Leading Journal

https://www.globallymealliance.org/news/gla-grantee-publishes-two-pivotal-studies-in-leading-journal?

GLA Grantee Publishes Two Pivotal Studies in Leading Journal

by Admin at Global Lyme Alliance on April 23, 2025

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April 23, 2025–Global Lyme Alliance (GLA) is proud to announce that Dr. Brandon Jutras, a GLA grantee and researcher at Northwestern University, has published two pivotal studies in Science Translational Medicine, which were selected for the journal’s cover, highlighting the significance and innovation of the work.

The twin studies were published online today. In the first study, Dr. Jutras and his team demonstrate that fragments of the Borrelia burgdorferi cell wall, called peptidoglycan, can persist in the livers of mice and in the joints of patients with Lyme arthritis. These bacterial remnants may act as a trigger for continued inflammation even after the infection has been treated. 

In the second study, the researchers explore the use of piperacillin, a beta-lactam antibiotic, as a novel therapeutic strategy in Lyme disease. While piperacillin was highly effective at killing B. burgdorferi in both in vitro models and mice, it was shown to cause less disruption to the gut microbiome than other commonly used antibiotics, an important advantage in reducing unintended harm to beneficial bacteria.

“The new publications represent a significant step forward in Lyme disease research, at a time when the geographic range of Lyme disease–transmitting ticks is expanding and more individuals are at risk of both acute infection and long-term complications” said GLA’s Chief Scientific Officer, Armin Alaedini, PhD. “Dr. Jutras’s research provides important insights into how bacterial remnants may contribute to persistent inflammation and points to promising new directions for both diagnosis and therapeutic intervention.”

GLA’s funding of these studies is part of its ongoing mission to advance innovative, high-impact science that can transform outcomes for the millions affected by Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.

About Global Lyme Alliance:
Global Lyme Alliance is the leading Lyme disease nonprofit dedicated to fighting Lyme disease through research, awareness, and patient support.

Media Contact:
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Publications:

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.adr9091 

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.adr2955

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**Comment**

I hate to let the air out of the balloon but this is not new news.  Knowing that bacterial fragments can cause inflammation has been studied ad nauseum:

When is persistent infection going to be studied?

We need a redo regarding Lyme/MSIDS research.  It’s all based upon a false premise by those with conflicts of interest:

Category:

Lyme, research, Treatment

Charting a Path Towards New Treatments for Chronic Lyme Disease

https://www.lymedisease.org/charting-a-path-towards-new-treatments-for-chronic-lyme-disease/

Charting a path towards new treatments for chronic Lyme disease

Last year, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) convened a committee of experts to review the research on chronic Lyme disease and figure out what it would take to develop better treatments.

Now, that committee has completed its report, entitled Charting a Path Toward New Treatments for Lyme Infection-Associated Chronic Illnesses.

Click here to download a copy of the report.

On May 9, NASEM will host a public webinar explaining the report and answering questions about it.

Click here to register for the webinar.

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**Comment**

I haven’t read this sucker yet – it’s 253 pages, but I’ve become so jaded with research for tick-borne illness that I’m dreading it already.

Until we start OVER, and I mean from square one, research is all tainted and based on false premises.  Don’t believe me?  Listen to Willy himself:

http://

Willy Burgforfer, Ph.D. Lyme Disease ‘Discoverer’

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Lyme, research