As the coronavirus vaccine prepares for its public debut this month, there are already clear signs that the intended recipients are suspicious about its contents. Polls indicate only 21 percent of Americans are inclined to take a COVID-19 shot as soon as the product is released.
Concerned by the tepid interest in their coronavirus vaccine product, drugmakers sign a safety pledge.
Schools start back up after having been locked down for many months, though some continue to operate remotely. Very young children are being required by some school districts to wear masks in their classroom. Even though it's broadly acknowledged that children are at very low risk from COVID-19 complications, media and government "experts" nonetheless deem them to be possible asymptotic disease vectors.
Meanwhile, if a college offers in-person classes, the students who attend that college face harsh lockdown rules, quarantine restrictions, and regular COVID testing on campus.
In society as a whole, mask and social distancing orders still proliferate. There are instances of violators being punished for disobeying orders. Legacy media outlets urge mask-wearing and support coercive measures that force people to comply.
As the presidential election looms, some politicians announce they won't trust any vaccine that comes out before the election because, as they put it, "Trump's vaccine can't be trusted."
President Trump brings in a new COVID-19 adviser, Scott Atlas, who publicly criticizes the economic toll of lockdowns and encourages schools nationwide opened as quickly as possible.
Moderna executives' stock-selling practices appear well outside the norm, raising questions about whether the company's internal controls prevent insider trading. Since January, CEO Stéphane Bancel has sold roughly $40 million worth of Moderna stock held either in his name or by associated investment funds. Chief Medical Officer Tal Zaks, for his part, has sold around $60 million of the stock.
Some scientists warn that the speed at which the coronavirus vaccine is being ramped up and raced to market is "crazy" and "unsafe."
AstraZeneca's Phase III trial is halted over a suspected serious vaccine reaction. Participants in the AstraZeneca vaccine test group in Spain drop out due to an adverse reaction in one of the study participants.
Anthony Fauci says life in the US won't return to normal until deep into 2021—and not until a simple majority (or more) of the population is vaccinated.
Ex-Pfizer Chief Scientific Officer Michael Yeadon exposes the PCR "casedemic" and the related issue of false positives.
A New York University student calls for Prof. Mark Crispin Miller to be fired after he is accused of suggesting that face masks might be a propaganda tool. Miller argues that he had simply urged students to think for themselves and to study the evidence instead of unquestioningly bowing to authority.
Gov. Ron DeSantis lifts all restrictions on restaurants and other businesses in Florida. The governor says his order will also stop cities and counties from fining people for not wearing mandated face coverings.
Mississippi becomes the first state to lift the mask mandate. At the same time, New York City is imposing fines of up to $1,000 on anyone who refuses to wear a face mask.
Amid the hysteria surrounding this "disease" and the news of a "vaccine" that is designed to prevent this "disease," the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updates its data on estimated COVID-19 infection fatality rates by age group. The IFR reaffirms, even within the dubious official narrative, that the odds of "dying from covid" are next to zero among healthy individuals under the age of 70.
September 1, 2020 — CNBC: "U.S. scientific advisors recommend four phases for distributing coronavirus vaccine nationwide"
"The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Tuesday released a draft proposal for distributing a coronavirus vaccine in the U.S. if and when one is approved for public use.
"The vaccine would be distributed in four phases, with health-care workers and vulnerable Americans, such as the elderly and those with underlying health conditions, getting it first, according to the group. They devised the proposed guidelines at the request of the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."
"The first phase would cover about 15% of the population, the group said."
September 1, 2020 — WXXI News NPR: Teachers seek mask mandate for classrooms
"Schools in New York are busy finalizing plans to partially reopen, and many colleges and universities have already begun classes. But those who work at the schools, including teachers and professors, say guidelines for when to wear masks need to be more comprehensive to help prevent spread of the coronavirus.
"The state's largest teachers union, New York State United Teachers, wrote a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's health commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, asking him to revise the policy on masks in schools to make them mandatory while in the classroom.
"'We are calling on the Department of Health to update its school reopening guidance to make it crystal clear that masks must be worn at all times on school grounds in districts where school buildings are reopening,' said Andy Pallotta, the union's president."
September 1, 2020 — New York Post: "Man who lost 7 relatives to COVID-19 first to try experimental vaccine in US"
"A man who lost seven family members to the coronavirus pandemic is now the first American to try an experimental Oxford University vaccine for the deadly disease.
"Jacob Serrano, 23, is among 31 volunteers for a Florida trial of a potential vaccine developed by Oxford and AstraZeneca—and the first to try the drug when the final phase of US trials got underway on Friday, CBS News reported Tuesday.
"'Look at the amount of lives that we lost,' Serrano told CBS medical contributor Dr. Jon LaPook. 'And I just don't want that to keep occurring.'"
NOTE: This headline and article take it for granted that the man's claims are valid. But nowhere in the New York Post or any other media is there context or confirmation on the death of his relatives—or on what caused their said deaths.
September 2, 2020 — Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government launch the Aviation Public Health Initiative (APHI) to study "current aircraft, airline, and airport practices and their impact on public health during the COVID-19 pandemic."
The initiative is directed by Dr. Leonard Marcus.
"'As we study different aspects of the aviation system, we are identifying steps being taken by airlines, manufacturers, and airport operators that can reduce risks of SARS-CoV-2 transmission,' said Dr. Marcus. 'That effort to reduce risks requires a layered approach, including ventilation, mask-wearing, disinfection and how people move through the aviation system.'"
Reports released by APHI include:
- Phase 1 Report Gate-to-Gate Travel Onboard Aircraft (NPI) (Oct 27, 2020) — PDF, HIGHLIGHTS, PRESS, SOURCE
- Air Cabin Cleaning and Disinfection Bulletin (Oct 2020) — PDF
- Face Mask Use in Air Travel Bulletin — (Dec 2020) — PDF
In the Phase 1 Report, Marcus claims "masks are proven to be effective in reducing the spread of the coronavirus," a claim that becomes instrumental in Biden's decision to impose a transportation mask mandate.
September 2, 2020 — AP News: "US hospitals hit with nurse staffing crisis amid COVID"
"The COVID-19 pandemic has created a nurse staffing crisis that is forcing many U.S. hospitals to pay top dollar to get the help they need to handle the crush of patients this summer.
"The problem, health leaders say, is twofold: Nurses are quitting or retiring, exhausted or demoralized by the crisis. And many are leaving for lucrative temporary jobs with traveling-nurse agencies that can pay $5,000 or more a week."
"The average pay for a traveling nurse has soared from roughly $1,000 to $2,000 per week before the pandemic to $3,000 to $5,000 now, said Sophia Morris, a vice president at San Diego-based health care staffing firm Aya Healthcare."
September 2, 2020 — Fox 13 News: "Fauci expects US will have 'safe and effective vaccine' by the end of the year"
"'I believe that by the time we get to the end of this calendar year . . . we will feel comfortable that we do have a safe and effective vaccine,' Fauci told NBC's 'Today' show.
"As of Wednesday, he said a number of vaccine trials showed 'enough data that you would really feel comfortable it was safe and effective for the American public.'"
September 2, 2020 — New York Post: "Pregnant Australian mom arrested for Facebook post planning lockdown protest"
"A pregnant Australian mom was handcuffed and hauled away by cops in front of her children for planning a lockdown protest online, according to video footage and a report.
"Police arrested Zoe Buhler, 28, for incitement at her home near Melbourne after she created a 'Freedom Day' protest event on Facebook and urged people to come, according to the Guardian."
"The footage quickly went viral, with Liberal party politician Craig Kelly declaring, 'This is what you’d expect to see in Nazi Germany.'
"Victoria police defended the arrest in a statement saying the planned protest was a 'public health risk.'"
September 3, 2020 — Foreign Policy's Laurie Garrett publishes "Trump's Vaccine Can't Be Trusted"
"True to the president's word—or threat, perhaps—the United States government is preparing to roll out a COVID-19 vaccine on, or before, Nov. 1, even though none of the more than 150 vaccines in the research pipeline worldwide have completed Phase 3 safety and efficacy clinical trials. In its mad sprint to Election Day, the White House has funneled billions of dollars into drug companies and ordered government agencies to execute their public health duties at breakneck speeds that defy credulity. Like most experts closely watching these developments, I have no confidence that a safe, effective vaccine will be ready for use by Halloween. Worse, I can no longer recommend that anyone retain faith in any public health pronouncements issued by government agencies."
September 3, 2020 — CNBC: "Pfizer CEO confirms late-stage coronavirus vaccine trial may have results in October"
"Pfizer could have results from its late-stage coronavirus vaccine trial as early as October, CEO Albert Bourla said Thursday.
"The pharmaceutical company has already enrolled 23,000 volunteers in the phase three trial that began in late July, Bourla said during a Q&A with the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations, a trade group. It hopes to enroll at least 30,000 participants, he said.
"'We expect by the end of October, we should have enough . . . to say whether the product works or not,' he said."
September 3, 2020 — CBS News: "CDC tells states to prepare for COVID-19 vaccinations by November 1"
"The Centers for Disease Control has urged governors to be prepared for the distribution of a coronavirus vaccine by November 1, which is two days before Election Day.
"CDC Director Robert Redfield sent the letter dated August 27 to governors, informing them that the government is contracting with the company McKesson to distribute the vaccine to local health departments and doctors' offices and asked them to expedite any applications for distribution facilities requested by the company. CBS News has obtained a copy of the letter, first reported by McClatchy news service.
"'CDC urgently requests your assistance in expediting applications for these distribution facilities and, if necessary asks that you consider waiving requirements that would prevent these facilities from becoming fully operational by November 1, 2020,' the letter reads. 'The requirements you may be asked to waive in order to expedite vaccine distribution will not compromise the safety or integrity of the products being distributed.'"
September 3, 2020 — Fox 61 News: Canada's top health official, Dr. Theresa Tam, advises wearing a mask during sex in COVID-19 era
"Tam also says people should avoid kissing during sex, particularly if they don't have an intimate partner living with them."
September 3, 2020 — WBIR10 News: 12-year-old autistic girl refused entry into school due to mask regulations
"The photo of her 12-year-old niece with autism clinging to her school's doors is almost too much for Trina Lonning to look at.
"'She's waiting for someone to open the door. It's heartbreaking,' Lonning said."
"Kyra's mother Martha Lonning said when she returned to the school that day providing a doctor's note that her daughter couldn't wear a mask because of her disability, she was told by the school that all students had to wear a mask to attend.
"Since then, Kyra, whose disability also prevents her from online learning, has not been in school."
September 4, 2020 — New York Post: "FBI, state authorities raid Pennsylvania nursing homes amid COVID-19 probe"
"FBI agents and state authorities raided a pair of Pennsylvania nursing homes—including one where at least 82 residents died of COVID-19—amid allegations of criminal neglect, according to reports.
"Officials seized evidence from the Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness Center and the Mt. Lebanon Rehabilitation and Wellness Center, both of which are located outside Pittsburgh, reports said."
September 4, 2020 — NPR: President Trump's New COVID-19 Adviser, Dr. Scott Atlas, Is Making Public Health Experts Nervous
"In his frequent media appearances, [Dr. Scott] Atlas often talks about the economic toll of lockdowns—arguing that restrictions are doing as much, if not more damage than COVID-19 itself."
"Atlas wants to see schools nationwide opened as quickly as possible.
"'We cannot sacrifice our children,' Atlas said during a press conference earlier this week with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. 'The harms of not opening schools are really tremendous and all that goes with the known evidence that children really have very, very low risk from this illness.'"
September 4, 2020 — NPR: "Moderna Executives' Stock Sales Raise Concerns"
"Whether the coronavirus vaccine developed by Moderna succeeds or not, executives at the small biotech company have already made tens of millions of dollars by cashing in their stock. An NPR examination of official company disclosures has revealed additional irregularities and potential warning signs.
"'On a scale of one to 10, one being less concerned and 10 being the most concerned,' said Daniel Taylor, an associate professor of accounting at the Wharton School, 'this is an 11.'
"Taylor said Moderna's stock-selling practices appear well outside the norm, and raise questions about the company's internal controls to prevent insider trading.
"Since January, CEO Stéphane Bancel has sold roughly $40 million worth of Moderna stock held by himself or associated investment funds; Chief Medical Officer Tal Zaks has sold around $60 million; and President Stephen Hoge has sold more than $10 million."
September 5, 2020 — Reuters: "U.S. coronavirus deaths projected to more than double to 410,000 by January," according to the Gates-funded University of Washington's health institute.
"U.S. deaths from the coronavirus will reach 410,000 by the end of the year, more than double the current death toll, and deaths could soar to 3,000 per day in December, the University of Washington's health institute forecast on Friday.
"Deaths could be reduced by 30% if more Americans wore face masks as epidemiologists have advised, but mask-wearing is declining, the university's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation said."
September 6, 2020 — The Telegraph: "Speed of coronavirus vaccine race 'crazy' and unsafe, scientists warn"
"Professor Beate Kampmann, director of the Vaccine Centre at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told The Telegraph: 'This timeline is neither realistic, nor is it sensible to put this kind of pressure on the analysis of important trials. It is highly politicised, and I am not a fan of this approach.'"
"In normal times, a vaccine takes up to ten years to develop, including several years of testing. Under the current plans outlined by politicians in the UK, Russia, and the United States, this has been crunched to less than 12 months.
"'It is extremely unwise to proceed with licensing any vaccine without a proven track record for safety and efficacy, in any country,' Professor Kampmann said.
"'If they are found to be useless or even dangerous, you might jeopardise the entire vaccine programme. The more this moves from science into politics, the more it becomes a little crazy.'"
September 6, 2020 — The Gothamist reports that a Brooklyn couple was arrested on Staten Island Ferry for refusing to leave the vessel after the captain ordered them to disembark for not wearing face coverings.
"A Brooklyn couple was pulled from a city ferry in handcuffs on Saturday night after refusing the captain's order to wear a mask or leave the boat. The husband and wife, who were headed home to Bay Ridge after a night in Manhattan, each received a summons for disorderly conduct, according to an NYPD spokesperson."
September 7, 2020 — Forbes: "Crowds Flock To Beaches And Bars For Labor Day Weekend"
"From Santa Monica to Myrtle Beach and from Las Vegas to New Orleans, Americans are celebrating the long holiday weekend with varying degrees of social distancing and face-mask wearing during the coronavirus pandemic.
"In Southern California, a record-breaking heat wave with triple-digit temperatures and widespread power outages is sending hordes of people to beaches."
September 7, 2020 — News8 WTNH: Connecticut State Police crack down on social distancing violations over Labor Day by monitoring social media and patrolling parking lots and large public spaces, breaking up the crowds of people.
"State Police say don't be surprised to see them out at the commuter lots of college campuses on a daily basis, or even a nice weekend. They say the social distancing and the large gatherings are going to the top of the priority list."
September 8, 2020 — NPR: Amidst declining interest in the coronavirus vaccine drugmakers sign safety pledge
"Nine drug companies pledged Tuesday that they will not submit vaccine candidates for FDA review until their safety and efficacy is shown in large clinical trials. The move is intended to bolster public confidence amid the rush to make a COVID-19 vaccine widely available, and counter fears of political pressure to have a vaccine before the November presidential election.
"The CEOs of AstraZeneca, Moderna and Pfizer are among those who signed the pledge to follow 'high ethical standards and sound scientific principles.'"
"Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, in an interview on the Today show, called the pledge historic.
"'With increasing public concerns about the processes that we are using to develop these vaccines and even more importantly the processes that will be used to evaluate the vaccines, we thought it was critical to come out and reiterate our commitment,' Bourla said.
"The declaration comes one month after a survey found that only 2 in 5 people in the U.S. said they planned to get vaccinated against COVID-19 if and when a vaccine becomes available."
September 8, 2020 — Mass Live: "Boston lab Orig3n suspends COVID-19 testing after reporting at least 383 false positives in Massachusetts"
"Boston-based laboratory Orig3n halted its coronavirus testing in Massachusetts last month after reporting hundreds of false positive test results, with officials chalking up the mistakes to a lack of direction and proper documentation at the lab, among other factors.
"In early August, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health opened an investigation after it became aware of an unusually high positive rate of COVID-19 tests reported by Orig3n Laboratory, an agency spokesperson said in a statement to MassLive."
September 8, 2020 — Stat News: AstraZeneca Phase III trial halted over suspected serious vaccine reaction
"The participant who triggered a global shutdown of AstraZeneca’s Phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine trials was a woman in the United Kingdom who experienced neurological symptoms consistent with a rare but serious spinal inflammatory disorder called transverse myelitis, the drug maker’s chief executive, Pascal Soriot, said during a private conference call with investors on Wednesday morning."
September 8, 2020 — CNN: GOP House candidate in Georgia, Marjorie Taylor Greene, says 'children should not wear masks'
"[GOP congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor] Greene claimed that masks are 'unhealthy for their psychological, emotional, and educational growth' and 'forcing boys to wear masks is emasculating.'"
September 8, 2020 — Forbes: "Fauci Worries 'Operation Warp Speed' Fuels Perception Vaccine Is Being Rushed"
"Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, expressed concern that the name given to the CDC's vaccine effort, 'Operation Warp Speed,' could stoke public concerns that the vaccine will be rushed for political purposes."
"The name was created by Dr. Peter Marks, the director of the FDA's regulatory unit and an avid fan of the sci-fi series Star Trek who successfully pitched it to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar in April, The New York Times reported.
"Fauci told The New Yorker that he 'never liked' the name because it 'suggests, incorrectly, . . . that you're prematurely putting something out there that isn't entirely safe,' echoing concerns he voiced in August that it 'subliminally' suggests 'reckless speed.'"
September 9, 2020 — Forbes: "COVID-19 Will Be Remembered As The 'Great Accelerator' Of Digital Transformation"
"A new consumer study from FIS Global, a banking technology company. has conducted a survey of over 2,000 consumers to better understand how their behavior is changing as consumers navigate their way through the new normal.
"Consumers surveyed indicated that 58% are spending more of their money online, while 27% acknowledged to subscribing to at least one new digital streaming service. And not surprisingly 42% acknowledged that they are purchasing more through mobile devices. The data affirms that online transactions are fast becoming a new normal for consumers as they swap physical shopping for digital."
September 9, 2020 — M Live: "Gov. Whitmer: Football players, other athletes must mask up, even while competing"
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signs Executive Order 180 today.
"[The order] clarifies mandates on face coverings for organized sports during training, practice and competition.
"The new order states that a face covering must be worn at all times by athletes, unless they can maintain 6 feet of social distance."
September 9, 2020 — Politico: Emails show HHS official Paul Alexander strongly disagreeing with Fauci
"'I continue to have an issue with kids getting tested and repeatedly and even university students in a widespread manner . . . and I disagree with Dr. Fauci on this. Vehemently,' [Dr. Paul] Alexander wrote in one Aug. 27 email, responding to a press-office summary of what Fauci intended to tell a Bloomberg reporter."
"'Can you ensure Dr. Fauci indicates masks are for the teachers in schools. Not for children,' Alexander wrote. 'There is no data, none, zero, across the entire world, that shows children, especially young children, spread this virus to other children, or to adults or to their teachers. None. And if it did occur, the risk is essentially zero.'"
September 10, 2020 — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updates its "COVID-19 Pandemic Planning Scenarios"
In a summary of recent changes, the CDC updates the estimated infection fatality rates (IFR) for COVID-19 by age group.
In three columns below are the age groups, followed by the survival rate percentage of that age group, which in the third column is expressed as a percentage of the IFR:
- 0–19 — 99.997% = 0.003% IFR
- 20–49 — 99.98% = 0.02% IFR
- 50–69 — 99.5% = 0.05% IFR
- 70+ — 94.6% = 5.4% IFR
September 10, 2020 — Brisbane Times: Called Australia's 'youngest COVID-19 victim', a man in his 20s was suspected by senior health officials to have died from another cause, possibly a drug overdose. At the time, Premier Daniel Andrews publicly linked his death to the coronavirus.
"There is no suggestion Mr Andrews was aware of the possible involvement of drugs or another cause of death, but The Age has been told by people familiar with the case last year that officials in the Health Department had discussed the circumstances of the man's death as being indicative of an overdose."
September 10, 2020 — NPR: "New York City Public Transit Riders Who Don't Mask Up Will Face Fines"
"Starting Monday, New Yorkers who refuse to wear a mask on public transportation could face a $50 fine.
"The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said on Thursday that the new measure will take effect on all New York City subways and buses, as well as the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad.
"'No rider has the right to endanger fellow riders by putting themselves above the law and refusing to wear a mask,' New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo tweeted.
"Cuomo issued an executive order in April requiring all customers and employees to wear face coverings while on public transit."
September 10, 2020 — Glamour: The full court press for mask wearing continues unabated in all media outlets
Glamour magazine's Liz Plank writes:
"Of all the things I wouldn't have been able to predict about 2020, the fact that I have spent valuable time trying to trick men into thinking masks are manly to convince them to help protect the planet from a lethal virus definitely wouldn't have made my list. While I had spent most of the previous year predicting that our rigid definition of masculinity was going to kill us (I wrote the actual book on it, which came out exactly one year ago today), I didn't know that my somber prognosis would come to be so quickly. While I had sincerely hoped 2020 would bring progress and increased attention to the ways we could reinvent systems of gender, this year we've seen the devastating effects of putting this conversation on the back burner."
And from USA Today: An opinion piece by Rabbi Brad Hoffman, a retired Navy chaplain, draws a parallel between mask-wearing during the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and during the COVID-19 pandemic, framing both as acts of unity and collective responsibility. Rabbi Hoffman recalls wearing a gas mask at the Pentagon beginning on the night of September 11, 2001, to protect against toxic dust and fumes. Despite the discomfort, he viewed the mask as a symbol of solidarity—sending a message of "One team. One fight." He then contrasts this unifying sentiment with the politicization of mask-wearing during the pandemic.
September 10, 2020 — Baptist News: "Judge issues COVID restraining order against defiant MacArthur and church"
"In a case that combines the global pandemic with the grievances of religious conservatives that they face persecution, a California Superior Court judge on Sept. 10 issued a temporary restraining order against Pastor John MacArthur and Grace Community Church in Los Angeles holding indoor worship.
"MacArthur, a high-profile Calvinist pastor and author, has come to symbolize Christian conservatives' belief that the COVID-19 threat is not real and that government officials are using the pandemic to singularly attack Christian churches. MacArthur has told his congregation 'there is no pandemic' and has held large, indoor public worship services for weeks in defiance of state and county health mandates."
September 11, 2020 — The Guardian: "Covid-19: Fauci says US life won't return to normal until deep into 2021"
"The White House coronavirus taskforce's most senior public health expert, Anthony Fauci, said on Friday that it would probably take another year before life returns to a sense of 'normality' in the US, even if a successful Covid-19 vaccine is approved in the next few months.
"'But by the time you mobilize the distribution of the vaccine and get a majority or more of the population vaccinated and protected, that's likely not going to happen until the end of 2021,' he said. 'If you're talking about getting back to a degree of normality prior to COVID, it's going to be well into 2021, towards the end of 2021.'"
September 11, 2020 — ABC News: "Trump heads into flu season amid pandemic mocking masks, holding packed campaign rallies"
"Amid a raging pandemic, President Donald Trump has repeatedly choreographed a scene experts warn could lead to illness or even death: Thousands of supporters jammed together, mostly without masks, cheering for a candidate who mocks precautions against the novel coronavirus and has vowed to ignore his own health advisers.
"Fighting for reelection amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Trump enters the final stretch of the election increasingly ridiculing and ignoring coronavirus-related restrictions while holding packed campaign rallies across the country."
September 11, 2020 — CNN: CDC issues report claiming children with no symptoms can spread Covid-19
"Though fewer children appear to experience severe illness from the [Covid-19] virus than adults, one question that has loomed large, especially for those grappling with decisions about reopening schools and day cares, is exactly what role children play in the transmission of the virus. The CDC report suggests that they can and do spread coronavirus.
"The researchers analyzed contact tracing data from 184 people with links to three childcare facilities in Salt Lake County from this April to July."
The CDC report itself states:
"Analysis of contact tracing data in Salt Lake County, Utah, identified outbreaks of COVID-19 in three small to large childcare facilities linked to index cases in adults and associated with transmission from children to household and non-household contacts. In these three outbreaks, 54% of the cases linked to the facilities occurred in children. Transmission likely occurred from children with confirmed COVID-19 in a childcare facility to 25% of their non-facility contacts.
"COVID-19 is less severe in children than it is in adults, but children can still play a role in transmission. The infected children exposed at these three facilities had mild to no symptoms. Two of three asymptomatic children likely transmitted SARS-CoV-2 to their parents and possibly to their teachers."
September 12, 2020 — NPR: "AstraZeneca Resumes Its COVID-19 Vaccine Trials In The U.K."
"Drugmaker AstraZeneca announced that its COVID-19 vaccine studies have resumed in the United Kingdom, though not yet in the United States. The vaccine trials had been placed on hold around the world earlier in the week after a U.K. participant in one of the studies developed a neurological illness.
"The candidate vaccine was developed by the University of Oxford along with AstraZeneca. The goal of the large studies is to see whether the vaccine is capable of preventing COVID-19 and whether it is safe."
September 13, 2020 — Reuters: "WHO reports record one-day increase in global coronavirus cases, up over 307,000"
"India leads the world in new cases reported each day and set a global record last week with 97,570 cases reported in a single day, according to a Reuters tally."
The new cases correspond with India having scaled up the number of COVID-19 tests it gives.
In an August 2020 article, "How India scaled up its laboratory testing capacity for COVID-19," the World Health Organization noted:
"India has been calibrating its testing strategy as per the changing paradigm, and taking into account the scope, need and capacity to rapidly scale-up tests performed each day across the country. Over a period of five months, the number of laboratories in the country rose from 14 in February to more than 1596 in August. The testing rate has been ramped up significantly over the last few months with the introduction of the rapid antigen detection test in addition to the molecular tests, which remain the mainstay of diagnosis."
September 14, 2020 — The UK Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) notes an expected high volume of Covid-19 vaccine Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs):
"The MHRA urgently seeks an Artificial Intelligence (AI) software tool to process the expected high volume of Covid-19 vaccine Adverse Drug Reaction (ADRs) and ensure that no details from the ADRs' reaction text are missed."
"The 'Contract award notice,' which was published October 19, 2020, on Tenders Electronic Daily (TED)':
"For reasons of extreme urgency under Regulation 32(2)(c) related to the release of a Covid-19 vaccine MHRA have accelerated the sourcing and implementation of a vaccine specific AI tool.
"Strictly necessary—it is not possible to retrofit the MHRA’s legacy systems to handle the volume of ADRs that will be generated by a Covid-19 vaccine."
September 14, 2020 — The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) releases its 2020 report, titled "A World in Disorder," which states:
"It would take 500 years to spend as much on preparedness as the world is currently losing due to COVID-19. The world cannot afford this cycle of panic and neglect.
"COVID-19 has taken advantage of a world in disorder, causing catastrophic health, social, and economic consequences and irreparable harm to humanity."
And:
"Last year, the GPMB warned that the world was unprepared for the very real likelihood of a deadly pandemic spreading around the globe, killing millions of people, disrupting economies, and destabilizing national security."
And:
"The report also finds that, while COVID-19 has demonstrated that the world is deeply interconnected through economics, trade, information, and travel, one of the greatest challenges of the pandemic has been faltering multilateral cooperation."
And:
"'Viruses don't respect borders. The only way out of this devastating pandemic is along the path of collective action, which demands a strong and effective multilateral system,' said H.E. Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, co-chair of the GPMB."
NOTE: The report was co-chaired by Gro Harlem Brundtland, author of Our Common Future, which, when published in 1992, became the catalyst for Agenda 21. Other members of the GPMB include Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (US); Sir Jeremy Farrar, Director of Wellcome Trust (UK); Dr. Chris Elias, President of the Global Development Program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (US); Dr. Victor Dzau, President of The National Academy of Medicine (US); and Dr. George F. Gao, Director-General of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (PRC).
September 14, 2020 — CNN: "Israel is going into second nationwide lockdown over Covid-19"
"Israel has approved a second general lockdown as coronavirus cases surge across the country. The lockdown, which is expected to start Friday afternoon, will see the country return to many of the same severe restrictions of the first lockdown back in April."
"People will be required to stay within 500 meters of their home. Emergency services, as well as pharmacies and food stores will remain open. Outdoor gatherings will be limited to 20 people, while indoor gatherings will be limited to ten.
"Restrictions will be eased once Israel records a sharp decline in infection rates, though no number has been put on what might constitute such a decline."
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020 — CNBC: "Bill Gates: 'The next big question' is how to distribute the vaccines to people in need"
"On a conference call, [Bill] Gates told reporters that the 'next big question' his foundation is thinking through is how to manufacture and distribute the vaccines to those most in need. 'It shouldn't just be the rich countries winning a bidding war,' he said. 'Misallocating the vaccine would cause dramatic additional deaths.'"
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020 — Futurism: "There Won't Be Enough COVID Vaccines for Everybody Until 2024, Warn Vaccine Makers"
"'It's going to take four to five years until everyone gets the vaccine on this planet,' Adar Poonawalla, chief executive of the Serum Institute of India, told the newspaper.
"Dragging down the feasibility, Poonawalla says that such a vaccine would likely need to include a second booster shot, like for the measles or rotavirus vaccine. That would mean 15 billion doses in total for the entire globe."
"Poonawalla is in charge of the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by volume. The Serum Institute produces about 1.5 billion doses every year for more than 170 countries—but for a laundry list of other infectious diseases."
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020 — Forbes: "Goldman Sachs Finds 43% Of Black-Owned Businesses May Not Survive Pandemic"
"It's no secret that Black-owned businesses were the hardest hit by the pandemic, with Goldman Sachs finding that they continue to face a tougher road to recovery. The Wall Street firm noted that 31% of Black small business owners have seen less than 25% of their pre-covid revenue return.
"CultureBanx reported the disappearance of Black businesses is becoming more severe by the day, as economic conditions deteriorate due to COVID-19. In fact Goldman's survey highlights how small business owners are on the verge of exhausting PPP Funding. The financial firm found that '43% of Black small business owners—compared with 30% overall—say their businesses' cash reserves will be depleted by year's end if Congress does not act in September.'"
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 — New York Daily News: "Volunteers quit COVID-19 vaccine trial in Spain amid serious side effects reported in U.K. study"
"Some volunteers participating in a Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine trial in Spain have dropped out of the study, days after a serious side effect was reported by a participant of a vaccine trial in the U.K.
"Spanish clinical pharmacologist Alberto Boronia, the study's lead investigator, told Reuters that some participants 'called to ask us some more detail about the risk of the vaccine, whether what happened with that vaccine had anything to do with the one we are studying, these types of questions.'"
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 — The New York Times publishes an opinion piece titled "Stop Expecting Life to Go Back to Normal Next Year" with the subtitle: "Americans will need to take pandemic precautions well into 2021—yes, even after a vaccine arrives"
"Dr. Anthony Fauci warned us last week that Covid-19 is likely to be hanging over our lives well into 2021. He’s right, of course. We need to accept this reality and take steps to meet it rather than deny his message.
"It is completely understandable that many are tiring of restrictions due to Covid-19. Unfortunately, their resolve is weakening right when we need it to harden. This could cost us dearly.
"The unrealistic optimism stems in part from the fact that people have started pinning their hopes on a medical breakthrough. There have been promising developments. Remdesivir holds potential for those who are hospitalized."
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 — CNBC: Bill Gates says one drugmaker has the best chance of getting license by year's end
[Gates also stated:]
- "'None of the vaccines are likely to seek approval in the U.S. before the end of October,' the billionaire philanthropist told CNBC via video conference.
- "'The only vaccine that if everything went perfectly, might seek the emergency use license by the end of October, would be Pfizer,' Gates said."
"'The only vaccine that if everything went perfectly, might seek the emergency use license by the end of October, would be Pfizer.'
"The Gates Foundation, created by Gates and his wife, Melinda, announced in March a collaboration to develop a coronavirus vaccine with several life sciences companies including Pfizer. It also owns stock in Pfizer, as well as Johnson & Johnson, Merck and others and has given multimillion-dollar grants to Pfizer for the development of various vaccines in recent years."
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 — ABC News: "The World Health Organization announces distribution plan for COVID-19 vaccine"
"The World Health Organization and its appointed Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization, or SAGE, have released a worldwide vaccine distribution plan—it pushes back on so-called vaccine nationalism, the idea that each country should prioritize its own citizens.
"Instead, the WHO touts a global approach, prioritizing vaccination among the most vulnerable people everywhere.
"'The first priority must be to vaccinate some people in all the countries, rather than all the people in some countries,' WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in Geneva on Friday. 'Vaccine nationalism will prolong the pandemic, not shorten it.'"
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 — NME: "UK singer Noel Gallagher refuses to wear face masks: 'There's too many . . . liberties being taken away'"
"Appearing on The Matt Morgan podcast, the former Oasis singer described the use of face coverings as 'bollocks' after they were introduced in an attempt to curb the spread of coronavirus.
"The whole thing’s bollocks. You're supposed to wear them in Selfridges, yet you can go down [to] the pub and be surrounded. Do you know what I mean? It’s like, 'Oh actually, we don't have the virus in pubs but we have it in Selfridges?,' Gallagher said."
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 — SheKnows: "Mom & 2-Year-Old Kicked Off Plane for Not Wearing Mask While Snacking"
"Jodi Degyansky had flown with her 2-year-old son from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Southwest Airlines with little incident. Her son didn't wear his mask the entire time, but the flight attendants understood that she was trying.
"But when they were flying home, her son wasn't wearing a mask as they were about to take off, which Degyansky said was because he was eating.
"'They came over maybe four or five times and asked him to pull up his mask, will he wear his mask the duration of the flight, are you confident he’ll wear his mask? Which I absolutely was,' she told ABC.
"When Degyansky pointed out that her son was eating, 'they said, "Families have been using eating as an excuse so their kids don't have to wear masks." I said, 'That's absolutely not the case here.'"
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 — New York magazine's "Intelligencer": "What If They Make a Vaccine and Nobody Takes It?"
"With the coronavirus vaccine hurtling toward its public debut as early as late fall, the United States is about to enter a new and precarious phase of the pandemic response. Regardless of when a vaccine becomes available, the rollout is almost destined to be messy for logistical reasons, as public-health officials must ready a massive campaign to convince 330 million citizens to take it.
"There are already clear signs that the public is suspicious about the rigor with which a vaccine will have been assessed before its release, and experts are increasingly concerned that conflicting information about who should be immunized, and when, will further erode public confidence. A recent CBS News poll indicated that only 21 percent of Americans would be inclined to take a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible, while 62 percent expressed concern that the Trump administration is pressuring the Food and Drug Administration to relax safety and efficacy standards to rush out a vaccine, according to a survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation."
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 — Medium: "ID2020 Celebrates International Identity Day"
"Identity is a fundamental and universal human right. Unfortunately, one in seven people globally—more than one billion individuals—are unable to prove who they are by any widely recognized means.
"This most fundamental function—the ability to prove who we are—is something that many of us take for granted. Yet it is an incredibly important one, allowing us to enjoy rights and protections under the law, access a variety of services, participate as citizens and voters, transact in an increasingly digital economy, and much more."
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 — Biomedical Ethics Professor Julian Savulescu writes an article for The Conversation titled "Is lockdown worth the pain? No, it’s a sledgehammer and we have better options"
"Melbourne’s lockdown has been described as one of the harshest in the world. And jurisdictions outside Australia have taken other measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 once case numbers have eased.
"So, in the absence of a reliable COVID-19 treatment or licensed vaccine, is lockdown still worth it?"
Prof. Savulescu continues:
"While lockdown may limit our exposure to COVID-19, it can be bad for our health.
"In lockdown, we’re less likely to access health care for seemingly less urgent issues. Cancer detection rates are currently well below expected, potentially leading to a rise in preventable deaths.
"There have also been concerns about increases in suicide, alcohol abuse, other mental health issues, and domestic violence.
"We may not know the mental and social toll of lockdown for some time. But we should attempt to include these effects in our assessment."
And he concludes:
"But lockdown is a sledgehammer of a solution. For most countries now, other strategies are likely to be of more value to the community."
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 — 21st Century Wire asks: "Why Are Governments Trying to Fast-Track Unlicensed, Experimental COVID Vaccines?"
"Under the colour of a COVID crisis, governments are now attempting to waive the usual safety and due diligence normally in place to regulate the introduction of new experimental drugs and vaccines into the public domain.
"Some governments, like Australia, have already intimated in public that they would require mandatory vaccinations. This is a very worrying development indeed.
"Upon closer examination, though, there is a clear conflict of interest between government agencies, its science advisors, and select academic institutions like Imperial College (who provided the 'scientific' justification for lockdown)—all of which are receiving large sums of money from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and partnering with Gates to fund mass vaccinations through Gates-funded subsidiaries like GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, as well as politicians receiving funds from vaccine manufacturer pharmaceutical firms also working in close partnership with the Gates Foundation—forming what can only be described as a corporate 'public health cartel.'"
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 — Reuters: "U.S. plans to distribute COVID-19 vaccine immediately after regulators authorise it"
"The U.S. government on Wednesday said it will start distributing a COVID-19 vaccine within one day of regulatory authorisation as it plans for the possibility that a limited number of vaccine doses may be available at the end of the year.
"Officials from the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense on Wednesday held a call with reporters and then released documents on the distribution plans that it is sending to the states and local public health officials."
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 — The Pew Research Center reports only 21% of Americans would 'definitely' get coronavirus vaccine
"As efforts to develop and test a COVID-19 vaccine spur debate around the timing and release of a federally approved vaccine, the share of Americans who say they would get vaccinated for the coronavirus has declined sharply since earlier this year.
"About half of U.S. adults (51%) now say they would definitely or probably get a vaccine to prevent COVID-19 if it were available today; nearly as many (49%) say they definitely or probably would not get vaccinated at this time. Intent to get a COVID-19 vaccine has fallen from 72% in May, a 21 percentage point drop.
"The share who would definitely get a coronavirus vaccine now stands at just 21%—half the share that said this four months ago."
September 17, 2020 — NurseryWorld: "Children in low-income families suffered more emotional problems during lockdown"
"The most recent report from the Co-SPACE (COVID-19 Supporting Parents, Adolescents and Children in Epidemics) study led by the University of Oxford highlights that children in low-income families were impacted by the Covid-19 crisis more than those from higher-income families:
- Around two-and-a half times as many children from low-income households experienced significant problems with emotional restless and attention difficulties during a month of lockdown compared to those from higher-income families.
- Those with primary school aged children also reported that they were experiencing higher levels of behaviour difficulties, including temper tantrums, arguments and not doing what they were being asked to do by adults than those from higher incomes.
- The proportion of primary school aged children from lower-income families having significant (clinical) difficulties increased by as much as 35 per cent."
September 17, 2020 — X: "The US has conducted more CoV2 tests per capita than any other large country"
"We test people without symptoms, students entering school, workers returning to their jobs, etc. The more you test, the more you find—and we find more cases than other countries."
"It's also now widely reported that the most common test is improperly calibrated. It's much too sensitive & finds trace amounts of inactive virus in people who stopped being infectious weeks ago. Consequently, we over-count positives by as much as 10X."
"Struggling hospitals are incentivized via the CARES Act to designate as many patients as 'CoV2+' as they can. There's an additional reimbursement for each C19 patient treated. Plus, there's a bonus pool of up to $77K/patient for those hospitals that have high numbers of them."
September 18, 2020 — BBC: Van Morrison releases lockdown protest songs
"Sir Van Morrison has accused the government of 'taking our freedom' in three new songs that protest against the coronavirus lockdown.
"In the lyrics, he claims scientists are 'making up crooked facts' to justify measures that 'enslave' the population.
"'The new normal is not normal,' he sings. 'We were born to be free.'"
September 18, 2020 — Reuters: European cities announce new restrictions
"European countries from Denmark to Greece announced new restrictions on Friday to curb surging coronavirus infections in some of their largest cities, while Britain was reported to be considering a new national lockdown.
"Cases in the United Kingdom almost doubled to 6,000 per day in the latest reporting week, hospital admissions rose and infection rates soared across parts of northern England and London."
September 18, 2020 — The Globe and Mail: Ontario and Quebec schools shut down due to 'COVID-19 outbreaks'
"The first two Canadian schools shut down because of COVID-19 demonstrate how the public health decisions to close them are a science that is not always exact.
"Regional health officials in Pembroke, Ont., this week closed Fellowes High School after three staff members became infected, and at least one of them was known to have mingled among three classes. About 800 students and staff stayed home on Thursday while at least 90 students and about 50 staff were to be tested. No students had tested positive by Friday.
"Quebec has had at least a dozen similar-scale outbreaks and several larger ones, but it opted to send classes home.
"All the provinces have different return-to-class and shut-down protocols, and have set different paces for reopening, and they are getting hit by school infections at different times.
"Alberta on Friday reported its first case of transmission from one person to another within a school. Edmonton's Waverley School will remain open while 12 students and seven staff are in isolation."
September 18, 2020 — Detroit Free Press: "Michigan baby whose death was tied to COVID-19 had other serious health troubles"
"A 2-month-old boy—who Michigan's top health official announced had died this week from COVID-19—had serious health conditions beyond the virus.
"The child, Hudson Cowboy King, was born in July with gastroschisis, a birth defect in which a baby's intestines develop outside the body. That condition was listed as the cause of his death Sunday, according to the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office."
"While gastroschisis is listed as the cause of death, the report said in the first line: 'This 2-month-old infant died from COVID-19. He had GI symptoms of the disease, which exacerbated tenuous congenital defects.'"
NOTE: Another example of fearmongering.
September 19, 2020 — San Diego Union-Tribune: Romanian families protest mandatory use of masks in school
"Several hundred Romanians, including many families with young children, have protested in Bucharest against measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, especially social distancing and the mandatory use of masks in schools."
September 20, 2020 — Daily Sceptic: Ex-Pfizer CSO Michael Yeadon exposes a PCR test pandemic in his article titled "Lies, Damned Lies and Health Statistics — The Deadly Dangers of False Positives"
"'This test is fatally flawed and MUST immediately be withdrawn and never used again in this setting unless shown to be fixed. The examples I gave are very close to what is actually happening every day as you read this.'"
"'I have explained how a hopelessly-performing diagnostic test has been, and continues to be used, not for diagnosis of disease but, it seems, solely to create fear.'"
"Yeadon, with 32 years' experience as former CSO of Pfizer and independent bio-pharma entrepreneur, exposes the limitations and deception of the PCR tests: 'The result of continuing to use this test alone on a massive widescale screening program is inevitably to generate a high proportion of false positives. The problem of using any assay to conduct surveillance on a low prevalence virus with a PCR test has been widely discussed (Heneghan, 2020). Under present parameters, even accepting an unlikely 0.1% False Positive rate and a prevalence of 0.1%, more than half of the positives are likely to be false, potentially all of them.'"
September 21, 2020 — Today: Sesame Street pushes video for kids with autism on how to learn to wear a mask
"For kids who have autism, wearing a mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19 can be a challenge.
"Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind "Sesame Street," is hoping to help through a new collection of videos and resources designed to help children with autism and their families cope with adjusting to life during the coronavirus epidemic.
"The collection stars Julia, the 4-year-old Sesame Street muppet with autism, and helps autistic kids work through difficult concepts like social distancing, disrupted routines and mask wearing."
September 21, 2020 — ABC News: "Mother, 2-year-old kicked off American flight after toddler refuses to wear mask"
The ABC News online article's subtitle is a plea from the desperate mom: "'What do you want me to do, duct tape his face?'"
Excerpts from the article:
"A mother says she was pushed to her breaking point Thursday when she was kicked off an American Airlines flight after her two-year-old son would not wear a mask.
"'I tried repeatedly, begged him, bribed him, pleaded with him, did everything I could while he was screaming and crying as I tried to hold him and put the mask on, feeling my absolute lowest of lows as a mother,' Rachel Davis posted on Instagram."
"'It was very cold and cruel,' fellow passenger Taylor Cournoyer said. 'This wasn't an issue of a grown adult not complying out of spite because they don't agree with masks—this was a child. And it was not a bad, irresponsible mom either—she was crying and trying to keep the mask on and asking the flight attendants for help and advice on what to do.'"
September 22, 2020 — The CDC introduces "Enhanced safety monitoring for COVID-19 vaccines in early phase vaccination"
The Vaccine Safety Assessment For Essential workers (V-SAFE) phone app at vaccine roll-out, initially intended for health workers will be made available for the general public to download and register.
The V-SAFE app is designed to "rapidly characterize the safety profile of COVID-19 vaccines when given outside a clinical trial setting."
The CDC will later refuse to release the V-SAFE data to the public and will be sued by ICAN for the deidentified data:
"ICAN, through its attorneys, therefore asked in three FOIA requests that the CDC produce the deidentified data from the v-safe program in the same form in which Oracle can currently access it. The agency acknowledged that 'v-safe data contains approximately 119 million medical entries' but denied producing that data because the 'information in the app is not de-identified.'"
September 22, 2020 — An opinion piece in The New York Times, titled "These Coronavirus Trials Don't Answer the One Question We Need to Know" and penned by Peter Doshi, associate editor of the British Medical Journal, and Eric Topol, Scripps Research professor of molecular medicine, exposes flaws in the Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Moderna trials.
"According to the protocols for their studies, which they released late last week, a vaccine could meet the companies' benchmark for success if it lowered the risk of mild Covid-19, but was never shown to reduce moderate or severe forms of the disease, or the risk of hospitalization, admissions to the intensive care unit or death.
"To say a vaccine works should mean that most people no longer run the risk of getting seriously sick. That’s not what these trials will determine."
September 23, 2020 — PBS News: Fauci says even after a COVID-19 vaccine is available, masks and social distancing will be necessary
"Dr. Anthony Fauci says Americans likely will need to wear masks and stay socially distanced to protect themselves from the coronavirus after a vaccine becomes available.
"Fauci told senators at a hearing that a vaccine won't change conditions overnight."
September 23, 2020 — NBC News: "Secret, powerful panels will pick Covid-19 vaccine winners"
"Most Americans have never heard of Dr. Richard Whitley, an expert in pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Alabama-Birmingham.
"Whitley leads a small, secret panel of experts tasked with reviewing crucial data on the safety and effectiveness of coronavirus vaccines that U.S. taxpayers have helped fund. The data and safety monitoring board—known as a DSMB—is supposed to make sure the medicine is safe and it works. It has the power to halt a clinical trial or fast-track it.
"As pharmaceutical companies work to produce [a covid vaccine] as quickly as possible, the board's anonymity has stirred concerns that the cloak of secrecy could, paradoxically, allow undue influence. Whitley, for example, represents the specialized world these experts inhabit—a professor revered in academia who also is paid by the drug industry."
September 23, 2020 — NPR: "New Dashboard Tracks Coronavirus Cases In Schools Across 47 States"
"A new national effort asks K–12 schools to voluntarily—and anonymously—report their confirmed and suspected coronavirus cases, along with the safety strategies they're using."
"The COVID-19 School Response Dashboard, which NPR is reporting on exclusively, was created with the help of several national education organizations."
September 23, 2020 — New York Post: "Littered face mask found inside stomach of dead penguin in Brazil"
"A face mask was discovered inside the stomach of a dead penguin that washed up on a beach in Brazil, according to a local environmental conservation group."
"'This case is unequivocal proof that this type of waste causes harm and mortality also in marine fauna, in addition to the irresponsibility of the person who dispenses a mask in an inappropriate place,' the institute’s president, Hugo Gallo Neto, said in a statement."
September 23, 2020 — NBC4 New York: "NYU Student Calls for Professor Mark Miller's Firing After He Urged Masks Are Propaganda"
"In several tweets, Julia Jackson on Sunday said NYU communications professor Mark Crispin Miller is using his position of power to accredit far-right and conspiracy websites, as well as adding to skepticism around medical professionals, and called for Miller to be fired.
"While Miller cites scientific studies in his argument that masks aren't effective in stopping the spread of flu-like respiratory diseases, Jackson said he also links to many far-right and conspiracy websites."
"Miller argued that he wants to urge students to think for themselves and study the evidence instead of merely bowing to authority. 'That's my intellectual and civic obligation, as a teacher, whatever NYU's official policy, or New York State's. It's one thing to expect the students to obey their institution's rules, but quite another thing to urge them not to think about it,' he wrote in a blog post on Monday."
September 23, 2020 — BMJ publishes "People with 'silent' COVID-19 have as much coronavirus as those with symptoms"
"People infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, but who don't have symptoms, still carry potentially transmissible virus, known as the viral load.
"But just how large this viral load might be, and to what extent it might contribute to the spread of the virus, isn't clear."
"This is an observational study, and the researchers caution that positive swab test results don't necessarily indicate the presence of live virus."
September 24, 2020 — Cairn News: "Morrison, Andrews and Halton in big, dirty vaccine deal (Part 2)"
The deal mentioned in this headline is between Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Victorian Premier Dan Andrews, and Jane Halton, the former Australian Senior Executive Service member and ex-WHO chairwoman who is currently chairwoman of the Gates-funded Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation.
"WEF partner CEPI has this process called Advanced Marketing Commitments, which means governments commit through CEPI to purchasing a particular vaccine, thereby guaranteeing its set up costs such as human trials and marketing.
"And it just so happens that vaccine enthusiast Morrison, proud author of the notorious 'No Jab, No Play' extortion scheme, had our government stump up with a $333 million 'investment' with Oxford University and AstraZeneca. It also 'just happened' late in July, after Morrison signed over his $333 million to the company in June, that Premier Andrews ramped up COVID testing in Victoria. You roll out mass testing with great drama and hey presto, you have 'cases' everywhere and an excuse for a complete lockdown."
September 24, 2020 — The Motley Fool, a financial services company, publishes "4 Coronavirus Vaccine Stocks the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Is Betting On"
"Bill Gates recently stated that he views Pfizer as the leader in the coronavirus vaccine race."
"The Gates Foundation also owns shares of the big drugmaker. Gates is probably correct in assessing Pfizer as the coronavirus vaccine leader.
"It's not surprising that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation also owns shares of BioNTech."
"The Gates Foundation first bought a position in BioNTech in September 2019, well before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. It invested $55 million in the biotech, with the potential for total funding to reach $100 million."
September 24, 2020 — NBC News: "An Ohio woman is tasered and forcibly removed from a middle school football game after refusing to wear a face mask."
"A video of the incident, which garnered over 440,000 views on Facebook, shows school resource officer Chris Smith in a heated exchange with a fan in the stands of Logan High School Stadium."
September 24, 2020 — ABC News: Helsinki airport introduces COVID-19 canines who can sniff out the coronavirus in humans
"'We are among the pioneers,' Helsinki Airport director Ulla Lettijeff said. 'As far as we know, no other airport has attempted to use canine scent detection on such a large scale against COVID-19.'
"The airport said that according to preliminary tests conducted by a research group at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Helsinki, 'dogs are able to smell the virus with almost 100% certainty.'"
September 25, 2020 — The World Health Organization (WHO) establishes new International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes, including a "post COVID-19 condition" popularly called "long covid."
"Post COVID-19 condition occurs in individuals with a history of probable or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, usually 3 months from the onset of COVID-19 with symptoms that last for at least 2 months and cannot be explained by an alternative diagnosis."
September 25, 2020 — NPR: Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis lifts all restrictions on restaurants and other businesses in Florida
"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he is lifting all restrictions on businesses statewide that were imposed to control the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. Most significantly, that means restaurants and bars in the state can now operate at full capacity.
"'Every business has the right to operate,' DeSantis said. 'Some of the locals can do reasonable regulations. But you can't just say no.'
"DeSantis also said his order would stop cities and counties from fining people for not wearing mandated face coverings. He said fines and other penalties imposed so far would be suspended."
September 26, 2020 — The Lancet calls Covid-19 a 'syndemic'
"As the world approaches 1 million deaths from COVID-19, we must confront the fact that we are taking a far too narrow approach to managing this outbreak of a new coronavirus. We have viewed the cause of this crisis as an infectious disease. All of our interventions have focused on cutting lines of viral transmission, thereby controlling the spread of the pathogen. The 'science' that has guided governments has been driven mostly by epidemic modellers and infectious disease specialists, who understandably frame the present health emergency in centuries-old terms of plague. But what we have learned so far tells us that the story of COVID-19 is not so simple. Two categories of disease are interacting within specific populations—infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and an array of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). These conditions are clustering within social groups according to patterns of inequality deeply embedded in our societies. The aggregation of these diseases on a background of social and economic disparity exacerbates the adverse effects of each separate disease. COVID-19 is not a pandemic. It is a syndemic.
"The most important consequence of seeing COVID-19 as a syndemic is to underline its social origins. The vulnerability of older citizens; Black, Asian, and minority ethnic communities; and key workers who are commonly poorly paid with fewer welfare protections points to a truth so far barely acknowledged—namely, that no matter how effective a treatment or protective a vaccine, the pursuit of a purely biomedical solution to COVID-19 will fail."
September 27, 2020 — News Medical: "Young adults now driving force behind the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic says CDC"
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a report stating that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is on the rise among young adults and this rise is preventing the pandemic from abating."
September 28, 2020 — North Jersey.com: "Millions of 15-minute COVID-19 test kits coming to New Jersey"
"New Jersey will soon receive 2.6 million kits to test for COVID-19 that can yield results in 15 minutes, which Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday could be a 'game-changer' for battling the virus.
"The test, called BinaxNow from Abbott, detects active infections and will almost double New Jersey's testing capacity over the course of 12 weeks at a time when cases are expected to increase. The test costs $5, but the federal government is providing them to the state for free."
September 28, 2020 — Desert Sun: "Newsom warns of increased spread of COVID-19 in Southern California"
"Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday said the state's positivity rate for coronavirus cases has dropped to 2.8% over a two-week average, but he offered a word of caution for counties in Southern California, where some data around the spread of the virus show increased transmission."
"'While it's true we have seen a three-fold decrease in the total number of cases since our peak mid-July, we are seeing early signs that those decreases are beginning to slow down,' he said."
September 29, 2020 — PJ Media: "New York State Parents File Lawsuit Against Cuomo for Forced Masking and COVID Restrictions"
"A group of parents in Upstate New York have filed a lawsuit against Governor Andrew Cuomo and Howard Zucker, the commissioner of health, for what they claim are overly broad and 'unlawful and unconstitutional' restrictions on liberty. Each parent involved in the lawsuit has children negatively affected by the lack of access to sports, religious services, band, and more. They are reportedly falling behind in their educational pursuits. One plaintiff, Hayley Reed, the mother of a special needs child with speech delays, says her child has regressed due to shutdowns and lack of access to therapy."
September 29, 2020 — The Center for Public Integrity: "In Texas, polling place closures, absentee ballot rules make it harder to vote"
"In Texas, barriers to voting are strewn at every step of the process—with the coronavirus making everything worse this year."
September 29, 2020 — People: "Disney Parks Laying Off 28,000 Employees amid Ongoing Disneyland Closure Due to COVID-19"
"Thousands of Disney Parks cast members are losing their jobs following park shutdowns due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
"While Florida's Walt Disney World reopened in July, Disneyland Resort and Disney California Adventure Park in California remain closed—which Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Chairman Josh D'Amaro said was a factor in the 'very difficult decision' to reduce the parks' 'workforce' in a statement Tuesday."
September 29, 2020 — The Wall Street Journal: "U.S. Retail Store Closures Hit Record in First Half"
"Retail store closings in the U.S. reached a record in the first half of 2020 and the year is on pace for record bankruptcies and liquidations as the Covid-19 pandemic accelerates industry changes, particularly the shift to online shopping, according to a report on the downturn's severity."
September 30, 2020 — New York Post: "Mississippi becomes first state to lift statewide mask mandate"
"Gov. Tate Reeves announced the reversal at a news conference Wednesday, where he detailed a new executive order that also eased some social distancing restrictions on public gatherings. Masks are still required to be worn in schools and 'close contact' businesses like salons and barbershops.
"'For the heavy hand of government to tell you that you must do something, then the underlying conditions should justify it. When we were at our peak and we were making those decisions, the numbers absolutely justified it,' Reeves said. 'But because of the work and the effort of the people of Mississippi, we're in a different spot now.'"
September 30, 2020 — NPR: "New York City Imposes Fines Of Up To $1,000 For Those Who Refuse To Wear Face Masks"
"New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city will impose fines on people who refuse to wear face coverings.
"The fine is up to $1,000, the mayor's office told NPR.
"City personnel will hand out free masks to anyone who is not wearing a face covering, the mayor said.
"'Anyone who refuses to wear a face covering will be told that if they don't put one on, they will be fined,' de Blasio said. He said it would start immediately and on a large scale. 'That will happen aggressively, clearly.'"
September 30, 2020 — San Diego Union-Tribune: "Students and parents protest school closures at Carlsbad Unified"
"About 100 parents and children gathered outside the Carlsbad Unified School District headquarters Wednesday to protest ongoing school closures, saying a plan to reopen part-time won't meet students' needs.
"Waving signs bearing slogans such as 'Kids need schools, not screens' and calling out chants to passing traffic, they held the protest during the time that the school board was holding a scheduled meeting."
"Man's consciously lived fragility, individuality and relatedness make the experience of pain, of sickness and of death an integral part of his life. The ability to cope with this trio autonomously is fundamental to his health. As he becomes dependent on the management of his intimacy, he renounces his autonomy and his health must decline." — Ivan Illich, Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health (1975)
If certain aspects of the "official narrative" that have been constructed around the "covid emergency" prove to be illusory and based on lies, then the entire project falls apart.
The fact that there is so much discussion of the epidemiological minutiae shows this whole situation for what it is. If there were really some dreadful disease going around that justified the extreme measures being taken, then there would be no need for such a diversionary discussion.
The plethora of emergency laws, programs, and tools that are currently being pushed by Big Pharma, Big Tech, Big Banks, the security state, the military (think "Operation Warp Speed"), and entire governments (especially public health agencies), didn't materialize out of nowhere or even emanate from an alleged pathogen.
Furthermore, the very fact that these measures—distancing, lockdowns, masking—are being mandated by the government at all is very telling. People want to live! We have honed our survival instincts over millions of years. If there were in fact a dangerous pandemic, people would not need to be told what to do. They'd do it on their own, posthaste!
The problem is that the restrictions put in place in 2020 have become institutionalized and entrenched. Some dutiful dupes now see themselves as little soldiers fighting the Covid Battle™. To them, wearing a face mask means you're not only saving your own life, you are seen and said to be saving the lives of your fellow man—even while you're shopping. Never before have everyday people been able to attain perceived power and validated virtue so effortlessly. We can now help win the war against evil pathogens just by staying at home and watching Netflix.
At the same time, though, there's a growing number of people who are awake to the tricks of the pandemic propagandists and are fighting back:
"No, we are not in this together. No, I am not volunteering for your perilous medical experiment. No, I am not complying with your foolish—even fatal—orders. No, you do not rule over me.
"Rather, I am opposed to any and all tactics that enable your massive criminal enterprise to take control of the world. It is you—not any so-called pathogen—that's the enemy of every individual and of society as a whole."
Let's say we're all trapped in the scary covid theater. Some are shouting "Fire! Fire!" Others are pointing out the absence of heat, of flames, of smoke. THERE IS NO FIRE.
But the ones who see and speak the truth of "NO FIRE" are not allowed to talk. They're restricted, banned, censored, silenced. Meanwhile, the ones shouting "Fire! Fire!" are permitted to lie at the top of their lungs, with no consequences.
In the same way, the covid lockdowns and isolation and other coercion measures continue. The perpetrators of the covid deception want to keep us in a perpetual state of purgatory. They're hellbent on wearing us out physically, driving us insane psychologically, making us desperate financially.
Their aim is to convince us to eventually acquiesce to any and all mandated vaccines, digital health passports, embedded chips, and whatever other control device they push on us and demand we accept. They count on us submitting, just so we can live a "normal" life.
Tyrants, whether they run multinational corporations or military exercises or medical cartels or mob enterprises (all one and the same, it sometimes seems), will keep their boot on our individual and collective neck until we capitulate and comply with "the deal" being offered. The deal, in this case, is that we agree to be injected with their profit-making, power-taking poison so that they'll stop threatening, tyrannizing, and terrorizing us.
Who are you? The terrified and tyrannized? Or the resister who stands up to the covid lies and the liars, come what may?
This is a series. Click to read the previous and next installments.
