Covid vaccine caused myocarditis
19.8% of total VRM was severe
COVID-19 vaccination-related myocarditis: a Korean nationwide study
https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad339/7188747?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Nationwide study,
incidence and outcomes of COVID-19 vaccination-related myocarditis (VRM).
44, 276, 704 individuals, at least 1 dose
Incidence and clinical courses of VRM cases
Diagnosis confirmed by Expert Adjudication Committee of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency
COVID-19 VRM
1, 533 presumptive cases
Confirmed in 480 cases
(1.08 cases per 100 000 persons)
Incidence was significantly higher in men
Men, 1.35 per 100 000 persons
Women, 0.82 per 100 000 persons
Males aged 12 to 17, 5.29 cases per 100 000 persons
Females over 70, 0.16 cases per 100 000 persons
CDC today
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/clinical-considerations/interim-considerations-us.html
COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for everyone ages 6 months and older in the United States for the prevention of COVID-19.
Mostly after first or second dose
mRNA vaccines compared to other vaccines
VRM after mRNA vaccines, 1.46 per 100 000 persons
VRM after AZ vaccine, 0.14 per 100 000 persons
P les than 0.001
Denmark, VRM
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34916207/
BNT162b2, 1.4 per 100 000 vaccinated individuals
mRNA-1273, 4.2 per 100 000
(within 28 days of vaccination)
Severe VRM was identified in 95 cases
19.8% of total VRM
(0.22 per 100 000 vaccinated persons)
85 intensive care unit admission
(17.7% of total VRM)
36 cases of fulminant myocarditis
7.5% of total VRM
21 cases required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
(4.4% of total VRM)
21 more severe adverse events
(4.4% of total VRM)
Eight out of 21 were sudden cardiac dea*** (SCD)
(attributable to VRM proved by an autopsy)
All cases of SCD attributable to VRM were aged under 45 years and received mRNA vaccines
1 heart transplantation
Conclusion
Moreover, SCD should be closely monitored as a potentially fat** complication of COVID-19 vaccination.
Most common presenting symptom
Chest pain or discomfort
Median time from the vaccination to symptom onset, 3 days
(IQR, 1–10 days)
COVID-19 VRM incidence was highest in mRNA-1273 vaccine (Moderna)
Followed by BNT162b2
J and J Ad26 0.20 per 100 000 persons
AZ ChAdOx1 0.14 per 100 000 persons
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BioNTech to court in Germany
BioNTech, first German lawsuit over alleged COVID vaccine side effects
https://www.thelocal.com/20230612/german-courts-start-examining-claims-over-covid-jabs/
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/biontech-faces-first-german-lawsuit-over-alleged-covid-vaccine-side-effects/ar-AA1coznF
BioNTech to court
Postponed for a few days
Lawsuit from a German woman,
seeking damages for alleged side effects COVID-19 vaccine
(first of potentially hundreds of cases)
Damages for bodily harm and material damage
Claims
She suffered vaccine induced upper-body pain, swollen extremities, fatigue and sleeping disorder.
Tobias Ulbrich
to challenge in court EU and German assessment that the BioNTech has a positive risk-benefit profile.
German criteria
Makers of drugs or vaccines, only liable if "medical science" shows that their products cause disproportionate harm,
or if the label information is wrong.
Comirnaty
Given to 1.5 billion (64 million in Germany)
The European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Has registered almost 1.7 million spontaneous reports of suspected side-effects by May
(0.2 for every 100 administered doses)
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Tory party during lockdown
Tory party during lockdown
December 2020
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/06/18/michael-gove-tory-lockdown-party-honours/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12206777/Tory-staff-filmed-drinking-dancing-joking-lockdown-rules-boozy-2020-Christmas-party.html
Conservative Campaign Headquarters, London
December 2020
Staffers working for recently honoured 'Lord Bailey'
Dancing and joking about defying lockdown rules
At least 24 revellers
Two dancing officials, twirling each other past signs saying 'please keep your distance'
Staff members heard laughing, hopes that they are not exposed for 'bending the rules.'
One man, 'Oh ******.'
'Are you filming this?'
'Er, it's for the party use.'
A man then laughs after declaring: 'As long as we are not streaming that we're, like, bending the rules.'
One of those captured, Ben Mallett, a senior Tory aide, awarded an OBE
Michael Gove
“The decision to confer honours on people was one that was made by Boris Johnson as an outgoing prime minister. Outgoing prime ministers have that right,”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/03/tier-1-lockdown-rules-in-england-latest-covid-restrictions-explained
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_England_(July–December_2020)
December 8th 2020
Health Secretary, Matt Hancock urges Londoners to adhere to COVID-19 regulations as cases rise in London.
December 10th 2020
Health Secretary announces that mass testing will be rolled out for secondary schools in the worst affected areas of London, Kent and Essex
December 16th 2020
London, and parts of Essex and Hertfordshire, are placed into tier three of England's COVID tier system following an increase in case numbers in those areas
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9068/
Reintroducing a tiered system (December 2020)
On 2 December, the tiered system was reintroduced with modifications.
On 19 December, the Prime Minister announced that a fourth tier would be introduced, following concerns about a rising number of coronavirus cases due to a new variant (what was to become known as the Alpha variant, first identified in Kent).
Questions
Were these people told things about the effectiveness (or lack of) of lockdowns the public were not told?
Were these people told things about the risks of infection (or lack of) to themselves the public were not told?
Were these people told things about anything else, and if so by whom?
Did seniors know about this party?
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Vaccine cardiac deaths in Korea
19.8% of total VRM was severe
COVID-19 vaccination-related myocarditis: a Korean nationwide study
https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad339/7188747?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Nationwide study,
incidence and outcomes of COVID-19 vaccination-related myocarditis (VRM).
44, 276, 704 individuals, at least 1 dose
Incidence and clinical courses of VRM cases
Diagnosis confirmed by Expert Adjudication Committee of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency
COVID-19 VRM
1, 533 presumptive cases
Confirmed in 480 cases
(1.08 cases per 100 000 persons)
Incidence was significantly higher in men
Men, 1.35 per 100 000 persons
Women, 0.82 per 100 000 persons
Males aged 12 to 17, 5.29 cases per 100 000 persons
Females over 70, 0.16 cases per 100 000 persons
CDC today
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/clinical-considerations/interim-considerations-us.html
COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for everyone ages 6 months and older in the United States for the prevention of COVID-19.
Mostly after first or second dose
mRNA vaccines compared to other vaccines
VRM after mRNA vaccines, 1.46 per 100 000 persons
VRM after AZ vaccine, 0.14 per 100 000 persons
P < 0.001
Denmark, VRM
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34916207/
BNT162b2, 1.4 per 100 000 vaccinated individuals
mRNA-1273, 4.2 per 100 000
(within 28 days of vaccination)
Severe VRM was identified in 95 cases
19.8% of total VRM
(0.22 per 100 000 vaccinated persons)
85 intensive care unit admission
(17.7% of total VRM)
36 cases of fulminant myocarditis
7.5% of total VRM
21 cases required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
(4.4% of total VRM)
21 more severe adverse events
(4.4% of total VRM)
Eight out of 21 were sudden cardiac dea*** (SCD)
(attributable to VRM proved by an autopsy)
All cases of SCD attributable to VRM were aged under 45 years and received mRNA vaccines
1 heart transplantation
Conclusion
Moreover, SCD should be closely monitored as a potentially fat** complication of COVID-19 vaccination.
Most common presenting symptom
Chest pain or discomfort
Median time from the vaccination to symptom onset, 3 days
(IQR, 1–10 days)
COVID-19 VRM incidence was highest in mRNA-1273 vaccine (Moderna)
Followed by BNT162b2
J and J Ad26 0.20 per 100 000 persons
AZ ChAdOx1 0.14 per 100 000 persons
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BioNTech, first German lawsuit
BioNTech, first German lawsuit over alleged COVID vaccine side effects
https://www.thelocal.com/20230612/german-courts-start-examining-claims-over-covid-jabs/
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/biontech-faces-first-german-lawsuit-over-alleged-covid-vaccine-side-effects/ar-AA1coznF
BioNTech to court
Postponed for a few days
Lawsuit from a German woman,
seeking damages for alleged side effects COVID-19 vaccine
(first of potentially hundreds of cases)
Damages for bodily harm and material damage
Claims
She suffered vaccine induced upper-body pain, swollen extremities, fatigue and sleeping disorder.
Tobias Ulbrich
to challenge in court EU and German assessment that the BioNTech has a positive risk-benefit profile.
German criteria
Makers of drugs or vaccines, only liable if "medical science" shows that their products cause disproportionate harm,
or if the label information is wrong.
Comirnaty
Given to 1.5 billion (64 million in Germany)
The European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Has registered almost 1.7 million spontaneous reports of suspected side-effects by May
(0.2 for every 100 administered doses)
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Heart deaths in Australia
ustralia
https://www.actuaries.digital/2023/04/06/covid-19-mortality-working-group-confirmation-of-20000-excess-deaths-for-2022-in-australia/
Excess deaths in 2022
22,000 (12%) excess deaths
(Population 26 million)
Excess mortality is widely regarded as the best measure of the overall impact of a pandemic,
since it includes deaths both directly and indirectly due to the disease.
Of the 20,200 excess deaths in 2022
10,300 deaths (51%) were from COVID-19
2,900 deaths (15%) were COVID-19 related,
(meaning that COVID-19 contributed to the death)
7,000 deaths (34%) had no mention of COVID-19 on the death certificate.
Non-COVID-19 deaths represent excess mortality of 4%,
(which is extraordinarily high in itself)
Most excess deaths were in 65+
But, excess mortality was at least 5% higher in ALL age groups
It is notable that there are excess deaths in all age groups,
and that this excess is generally significant,
even after removing COVID-19 deaths
Excess deaths higher in females than males
The differences are worth investigating,
(although the small numbers mean that there is considerable natural variation)
Excess mortality in all States
WA excess deaths were delayed due to late reopening
Many more deaths from IHD
Ischaemic heart disease
Much higher number of deaths than expected from IHD
(despite continued deaths from dementia)
Deaths from respiratory disease have been significantly lower than expected throughout the pandemic
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Counter disinformation unit
Covid disinformation unit 'hourly contact' with tech firms
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/06/09/david-davis-counter-disinformation-unit-shut-down-lockdown/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/09/covid-disinformation-unit-hourly-tech-lockdown-dissent/
British civil service, secretive government unit
Flagged critics of lockdown and pandemic policy
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/counter-disinformation-unit-open-source-information-collection-and-analysis-privacy-notice/counter-disinformation-unit-open-source-information-collection-and-analysis-privacy-notice
A secretive government Covid unit (CDU),
(A cell within government)
accused of seeking to supress free speech
“hourly” contact with social media firms
The civil servant in charge, Sarah Connolly, pandemic and now
(previously job, anti-terror policies for the Home Office)
one of the Counter Disinformation Unit’s main functions “passing information over”
Facebook and Twitter
“encourage the swift takedown” of posts
CDU worked with social media, to curtail discussion of controversial lockdown policies
“almost all” social media platforms,
discussions were “daily, sometimes hourly”.
“If somebody from the cell says: ‘We are worried about this,’
that goes immediately to the top of the pile.
Whoever it is in whatever company.”
“big” function, “talking to social media platforms and passing information over.
It gets information back from them,
and encourages that swift takedown –
the swift dealing with the platforms.
The cell has daily interactions with almost all the platforms”.
David Davis
“Early on, during the early part of the Covid pandemic, I began to worry that we weren’t really making decisions on science,”
“A lot of the arguments at the time were not really between science and non-science.
They were between authority and non-authority.”
Whitehall is all about control of information.
Information is power.
They know that so they tend to hoard it for themselves.
Monitored and comments were logged by CDU
Now DD called for the CDU to be shut,
and for a parliamentary committee to investigate
“most paranoid wing of Government is interfering in the democratic process”
“There would be a limit to what they could do 25 years ago...
The trouble today is we don’t know what the algorithms do.
We have no idea what deal they’ve struck with Google or Twitter or whoever.
And that’s a really serious influence on debate, not just in Britain, but across the entire world.”
Parliamentary inquiry with the “biggest combination of power, access and speed” now needed
BBC, accused of acting as “the broadcast arm of the Government”
Now
Growing speculation CDU may have links to intelligence
The Government confirmed last night
Social media firms, taken action on more than 90% of referrals
Deleted or using algorithms to get low views
Seems to have been another group;
Counter-Disinformation Policy Forum
A group, which included a member of BBC staff, tech companies, academics, lobby groups.
‘Climate of fear’ over anti-Government reporting at BBC
Current and former BBC staff
In those who suggested BBC reporting lacked balance
branded “dissenters”.
CDU takes a broad view of what qualifies as disinformation.
Mrs Connolly, addressing MPs
the most concerning types of anti-vaccine material included discussions about side-effects and the speed of production
Connolly took control like a ‘puppeteer’
A revolving door of culture secretaries
Rapid succession of ministers
Lack of oversight from No 10
Government sources
“As a hard-working civil servant, she’s an impartial adviser – not a puppeteer,”
Social media posts, CDU and Rapid Response Unit
Dr. Alexandre de Figueiredo, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
argued against mass vaccination of children against
Questions about CDU
Budget
Number of workers
Use of external AI firms
List of people targeted
A Government spokesman
“When referrals were made during Covid, over 90% of them were ultimately found to be in breach of terms of service.”
Facebook owner Meta
Does not “allow false claims about the vaccines or vaccination programmes which public health experts have advised us could lead to Covid-19 vaccine rejection.
This includes false claims about the safety, efficacy, ingredients, development, existence or conspiracies related to the vaccine or vaccination programme”.
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John fact checks
Fact check, Jacinda Arden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENEUktOrQV8
I want to send a clear message to the New Zealand public,
we will share with you the most up to date information daily, you can trust us as the source of that information
You can also trust the director general of health and the minister of health.
For that information, do feel free to visit an
any time to clarify any rumour you may hear. Covid-19.govt.nz
Otherwise dismiss anything else
We will continue to be your single source of truth
(Video, 3 years ago)
Richard Dawkins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCLR32agbsg
Did Professor Dawkins say the government did not know about the efficacy of covid vaccines?
Matt Hancock and vitamin D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAp0vJrOw7k
Did he say it does not work?
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vitamin-d-for-vulnerable-groups/vitamin-d-and-clinically-extremely-vulnerable-cev-guidance
Current advice on vitamin D
In the UK during autumn and winter everyone is advised to take a supplement containing 10 micrograms (400 international units) of vitamin D a day to support general health and in particular bone and muscle health. This is because we cannot make vitamin D from sunlight at this time of year.
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Essential global digital health
Free download of the irrelevant posters seen in this video, https://drjohncampbell.co.uk/
WHO’s Global Digital Health Certification Network
EU-WHO digital partnership
https://www.who.int/news/item/05-06-2023-the-european-commission-and-who-launch-landmark-digital-health-initiative-to-strengthen-global-health-security
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBcC_QMwhg8
https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/coronavirus-response/safe-covid-19-vaccines-europeans/eu-digital-covid-certificate_en
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WHO’s digital power grab
WHO’s Global Digital Health Certification Network
https://www.who.int/initiatives/global-digital-health-certification-network
WHO has established the Global Digital Health Certification Network (GDHCN).
Open-source platform, built on robust & transparent standards,
that establishes the first building block of digital public health infrastructure,
for developing a wide range of digital products,
for strengthening pandemic preparedness
Background
Member States used digital COVID-19 test and vaccine certificates
As the directing and coordinating authority on international health work, at the onset of the pandemic,
WHO engaged with all WHO Regions to define overall guidance for such certificates and published the Digital Documentation of COVID-19 Certificates
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-2019-nCoV-Digital_certificates-vaccination-2021.1
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-2019-nCoV-Digital_certificates_diagnostic_test_results-2022.1
there is a recognition of an existing gap,
and continued need for a global mechanism,
that can support bilateral verification of the provenance of health documents
The GDHCN may include
Digitisation of the International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, verification of prescriptions across borders
International Patient Summary
Verification of vaccination certificates within and across borders
Certification of public health professionals (through WHO Academy)
Expanding such digital solutions will be essential to deliver better health for people across the globe.
The GDHCN has been designed to be interoperable with other existing regional networks
EU-WHO digital partnership
https://www.who.int/news/item/05-06-2023-the-european-commission-and-who-launch-landmark-digital-health-initiative-to-strengthen-global-health-security
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBcC_QMwhg8
https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/coronavirus-response/safe-covid-19-vaccines-europeans/eu-digital-covid-certificate_en
WHO and the European Commission have agreed to partner in digital health.
This partnership will work to technically develop the WHO system with a staged approach to cover additional use cases,
In June 2023, WHO will take up the European Union (EU) system of digital COVID-19 certification to establish a global system,
that will help facilitate global mobility
This is the first building block of the WHO Global Digital Health Certification Network (GDHCN)
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
WHO aims to offer all WHO Member States access,
On the principles of equity, innovation, transparency and data protection and privacy
Stella Kyriakides, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety
This partnership is an important step for the digital action plan of the EU Global Health Strategy,
we contribute to digital health standards and interoperability globally
Thierry Breton, Commissioner for Internal Market
The EU certificate … has also facilitated international travel and tourism
I am pleased that the WHO will build on …. cutting-edge technology … to create a global tool against future pandemics
One of the key elements in the European Union’s work against the COVID-19 pandemic has been digital COVID-19 certificates.
WHO will facilitate this process globally under its own structure … allow the world to benefit from convergence of digital certificates.
Expanding such digital solutions will be essential to deliver better health for citizens across the globe.
The WHO and the European Commission will work together to encourage maximum global uptake and participation.
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Lockdowns, a global policy failure
Lockdowns were a costly failure
COVID-19 lockdowns were ‘a global policy failure of gigantic proportions’
5th June 2023 update
https://iea.org.uk/publications/did-lockdowns-work-the-verdict-on-covid-restrictions/
Previous January 2022 publication
https://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/iae/files/2022/01/A-Literature-Review-and-Meta-Analysis-of-the-Effects-of-Lockdowns-on-COVID-19-Mortality.pdf
Systematic review and meta-analysis
Published by Institute of Economic Affairs (London)
Did lockdowns, (Covid restrictions, social distancing measures etc.)
Effect COVID-19 mortality, based on empirical evidence.
Systematic search and screening procedure
19,646 studies identified
32 studies qualified.
Of those, 22 studies could convert for meta- analysis.
22 studies based on actual, measured mortality data,
not results derived from modelling.
Stringency index studies
(when compared to less strict lockdown policies e.g. Sweden)
Average lockdown in Europe and the United States,
in the spring of 2020,
only reduced COVID-19 mortality by 3.2%
This translates into
Approximately 6,000 avoided deaths in Europe,
and 4,000 in the United States.
Shelter-in-place-order (SIPO)
Relatively ineffective in the spring of 2020,
reducing COVID-19 mortality by 2.0%
4,000 avoided deaths in Europe,
and 3,000 in the United States.
Specific NPIs
Spring of 2020
Reduced COVID-19 mortality by 10.7%
(significantly less than estimates produced by epidemiological modelling)
That’s approximately 23,000 avoided deaths in Europe,
and 16,000 in the United States.
Imperial College of London’s modelling exercises
(March 2020), predicted lockdowns would save over 400,000 lives in the United Kingdom,
and over 2 million lives in the United States
In comparison, annual flu deaths
Approximately 72,000 flu deaths in Europe,
and 38,000 flu deaths in the United States
England and Wales, 18,500–24,800 flu deaths
When checked for potential biases, our results are robust.
Our results are also supported by the natural experiments we have been able to identify.
The results of our meta-analysis support the conclusion that lockdowns in the spring of 2020 had a negligible effect on COVID-19 mortality.
This result is consistent with the view that voluntary changes in behaviour,
such as social distancing, did play an important role in mitigating the pandemic.
Voluntary measures, effectively reduced COVID mortality in Sweden
(consistent with evidence early in the pandemic that voluntary action began reducing transmission before lockdowns)
This negative conclusion is amplified by significant economic and social costs
Stunted economic growth
Large increases in public debt
Rising inequality
Damage to children’s education and health
Reduced health-related quality of life
Increased crime
Threats to democracy and loss of freedom
(Covid Disinformation Unit, 77 Brigade)
Damage to mental health
https://digital.nhs.uk/services/organisation-data-service/export-data-files/csv-downloads/office-for-national-statistics-data
Conclusion
Unless substantial alternative evidence emerges, lockdowns should be ‘rejected out of hand’ to control future pandemics.
The science of lockdowns is clear; the data are in:
the deaths saved were a drop in the bucket compared to the staggering collateral costs imposed.
Professor Lars Jonung, Sweden, Lund University
“This study is the first all-encompassing evaluation of the research on the effectiveness of mandatory restrictions on mortality,”
“It demonstrates that lockdowns were a failed promise.
They had negligible health effects but disastrous economic, social and political costs to society.
Most likely lockdowns represent the biggest policy mistake in modern times.”
Jonas Herby, Copenhagen
“Numerous misleading studies,
driven by subjective models and overlooking significant factors like voluntary behaviour changes,
heavily influenced the initial perception of lockdowns as highly effective measures.
Our meta-analysis suggests that when researchers account for additional variables,
such as voluntary behaviour, the impact of lockdowns becomes negligible.”
Professor Steve H. Hanke, Johns Hopkins University
“When it comes to COVID, epidemiological models have many things in common: dubious assumptions, hair-raising predictions of disaster that miss the mark, and few lessons learned.
“The science of lockdowns is clear; the data are in: the lives saved were a drop in the bucket compared to the staggering collateral costs imposed.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/04/first-lockdown-prevented-1700-deaths-landmark-study-finds/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/04/cost-of-lockdown-negligible-health-benefits-for-liberty/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/04/covid-19-lockdowns-less-effective-new-research-inquiry/
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jun/05/revised-report-on-impact-of-covid-lockdowns-leaves-unanswered-questions
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Doctor targeted by Counter Disinformatin Unit
Dr Ros Jones is a retired consultant paediatrician who came to the attention of the Counter Disinformation Unit set up by the British government. In this video Dr Jones describes her (very early) concerns about new medical interventions, and how this led to her being reported.
Open letter to Dr. Ros Jones
https://www.hartgroup.org/reply-from-mhra-re-childrens-covid-vaccination/
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Counter-Disinformation Unit exists
UK government, Counter Disinformation Unit (‘CDU’)
Counter-Disinformation Unit – open source information collection and analysis: privacy notice
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/counter-disinformation-unit-open-source-information-collection-and-analysis-privacy-notice
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/counter-disinformation-unit-open-source-information-collection-and-analysis-privacy-notice/counter-disinformation-unit-open-source-information-collection-and-analysis-privacy-notice
The CDU leads the UK government’s operational response to disinformation threats online,
and ensures the government takes necessary steps to identify and respond to acute misinformation
(i.e. incorrect or misleading information)
and disinformation (i.e. information which is deliberately created to cause harm),
in areas of public interest.
The purpose of the CDU’s work is focused on helping the government understand online disinformation narratives,
and attempts to artificially manipulate the information environment.
The CDU takes an evidence-based approach to countering harmful disinformation online,
through aggregated analysis of publicly available information,
typically from social media.
Whilst this data is anonymised wherever possible,
the content we review may incidentally include personal data,
that may be embedded within material that you or others may have published on those sites
In some cases, such content may include special categories of personal data,
such as political or philosophical opinions.
We may share our analysis with other government departments
CDU may notify the relevant platform.
The CDU has appointed a third party to help conduct analysis of social media platforms.
We will not send personal data beyond the European Economic Area
Elon Musk joins backlash over secret unit curbing lockdown dissent
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/03/elon-musk-backlash-secret-unit-curbing-lockdown-dissent/
Counter-disinformation Unit (CDU),
set up by ministers during the pandemic,
collaborated with social media,
monitor the activities of prominent lockdown critics and those who questioned the mass vaccination of children.
https://twitter.com/search?q=elon%20musk%20terrible&src=typed_query
Some critics of lockdown had their posts removed,
suspicion is growing that the CDU flagged them to social media
The Government used an artificial intelligence firm to comb social media sites,
and alert them to discussions opposing vaccine passports.
Silkie Carlo, Big Brother Watch
https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
The Counter Disinformation Unit should be suspended immediately and subject to a full investigation.
The war on misinformation has suffered serious mission creep,
and become a blank cheque for the government to secretly monitor and control narratives online in a shocking abuse of power.
Millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money
wasted funding civil servants, AI companies, even the British military,
https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/formations-divisions-brigades/6th-united-kingdom-division/77-brigade/
to monitor academics, journalists, campaigners and members of parliament,
who have criticised government policies,
despite many of those criticisms being later vindicated.
Jacob Rees-Mogg
called for the Covid inquiry to investigate “oppressive” government disinformation units.
“The inquiry clearly ought to investigate the oppressive methods used to override dissent,”
the apparent use of “underhand methods” should not be happening in a free country.
Among those targeted by the Government
Professor Carl Heneghan, Oxford epidemiologist
(Campaigned to keep schools open)
Molly Kingsley (Us for them)
https://twitter.com/search?q=%20Molly%20Kingsley%20The%20positions%20we’ve%20advocated&src=typed_query
pre 2020
Secretive meetings
BBC, took part in secretive meetings of Counter-Disinformation Policy Forum
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Atomic risk to Europe
I believe this is an existential threat to Europe, hard to quantify but real.
Zaporizhzhia atomic plant
Introduction video
UN International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi
https://news.sky.com/video/ukraine-un-watchdog-warns-of-potential-accident-at-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-12893526
https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-workers-at-deteriorating-zaporizhzhia-plant-fear-devastation-on-a-scale-worse-than-chernobyl-12893115
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cI1pY7E444
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JKoTpKj9RM
Dnipro River in Russian-occupied Ukraine
Europe's largest nuclear power station
Worker Serhii
Devastation, much of Europe, Russia, Mediterranean
The level of radioactive pollution, and most importantly the area of contamination, will be thousands of square kilometres of land and sea… it would be much, much worse than Fukushima and worse than Chernobyl.
Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, captured by Russian, March 2022
Shells and rocket hits
Russia targeting power lines
Seven power cuts since March 2022
Back-up generators, poor quality work force
11,000 staff now down to 3,500
Big leak could stop any southern Ukrainian counteroffensive
Level of military activity has increased
Worker Serhii
Ukrainian armed forces will not shell the station
Worker Mykola
Everyone has their own story. And I think the most important thing is not to get into their hands because it's unlikely you will get out and still be the human you were when you went in.
The International Atomic Energy Agency
Calling for area to be demilitarised immediately
Chernobyl 4 reactor 1986
https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-chernobyl-accident
29,400 km2 was contaminated above 180 kBq/m2
530,000 liquidators irradiated, 120 millisieverts (mSv)
Global average annual dose of 2.4 mSv natural background radiation
(UK 2.7 mSv)
https://www.greenfacts.org/en/chernobyl/toolboxes/half-life-radioisotopes.htm
Iodine -131 (8 days)
Caesium-137 (30 years)
Strontium-90 (29 years)
Plutonium-241 (14 years, 430 years)
Fissile uranium U-235 isotope (703 million years)
Potassium Iodide for Nuclear Radiation Emergencies
https://www.webmd.com/first-aid/potassium-iodide-radiation
You’ll take potassium iodide before or right after you’re exposed to radioactive iodine,
3 to 4 hours after won’t be as effective.
Take the medication once a day until the risk of radiation exposure no longer exists.
Most important
Pregnant or lactating women
Newborns
Children
Doses of potassium iodide
Adults, 130-milligram pill
12- 18, over 150 pounds, (68Kg) 130-milligram pill
12- 18, under 150 pounds, (68Kg) 65-milligram pill
3 to 12, one 65-milligram pill
Newborns to one month, 16.25 mg
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/iodine/
Adults need 140 micrograms (μg) of iodine a day.
Family protection
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nuclear-emergencies-information-for-the-public
Sheltering
Staying indoors with doors and windows closed,
degree of protection from breathing in radioactive material,
and dust / fall out
Evacuation
Stable iodine tablets
Food
Soil - grass – plants food chains
Milk or other foods
Eating contaminated food, build up over time
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James Roguski, Outrageous WHO power grab
AMENDMENTS TO THE IHR
https://jamesroguski.substack.com/p/the-top-6-reasons-to-speak-out-against
PANDEMIC TREATY UPDATE:
https://jamesroguski.substack.com/p/pandemic-treaty-update-f46
WORLDWIDE ACTION:
http://WORLDWIDE.ExitTheWHO.com
UNITED KINGDOM PETITION:
http://UK.StopTheAmendments.com
AUSTRALIA PETITION:
http://Australia.StopTheAmendments.com
UNITED STATES PUBLIC COMMENT
http://SilenceEqualsConsent.com
PORTUGAL PETITION FOR REFERENDUM
http://PORTUGAL.ExitTheWHO.com
SOUTH AFRICA PETITION
https://SouthAfrica1.ExitTheWHO.com
Thanks again.
Please feel free to share my contact information with anyone.
Sincerely,
James Roguski
Phone | Text | Signal | WhatsApp | Telegram
+1-310-619-3055
Skype: james.roguski
http://JamesRoguski.substack.com/archive
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Covid vaccine and multiple sclerosis
Covid-19 vaccination can induce multiple sclerosis via cross-reactive CD4+ T cells recognizing SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and myelin peptides
https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov/resource/pt/covidwho-2138820?lang=en
Both natural infection and the mRNA based vaccinations can be accompanied by transient autoimmune phenomena,
or onset of autoimmune diseases.
Objective
Two cases of multiple sclerosis (MS),
with clinical and new radiological signs,
beginning in close temporal relation to spike (S) protein mRNA based vaccinations.
Aim
The onset of MS in these two cases is very likely caused by CD4+ T cell clones,
that cross-recognize SARSCoV- 2 S protein,
from myelin proteins.
Method
Spike specific CD4+ T cells from peripheral blood,
and CD4+ T cells from CSF sample were isolated,
then underwent autoantigen screening test.
(An endogenous antigen that stimulates the production of autoantibodies)
A list of well-known MS related autoantigens,
Result(s)
Self-reactive T cells were detected from Spike specific T cell population,
also showed reactivity to MBP, MOG, (Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein) peptides PLP peptide pools.
Multiple sclerosis and myelin basic protein: insights into protein disorder and disease
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8810476/
Myelin basic protein (MBP) is an abundant protein in central nervous system (CNS) myelin.
MBP has long been studied as a factor in the pathogenesis of the autoimmune neurodegenerative disease multiple sclerosis (MS).
MS is characterized by CNS inflammation, demyelination, and axonal loss.
Finally,
we found proinflammatory T cell clones,
that recognize both Spike protein and immunodominant Myelin basic protein peptides,
and Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) peptides, which have previously been implicated in MS.
Conclusion(s)
Detailed studies of both peripheral blood, and CSF derived CD4+ T cells show that the onset of MS in these two cases is very likely caused by CD4+ T cell clones that cross-recognize SARS-CoV-2 S protein derived peptides and peptides derived from myelin proteins, which have previously been implicated in MS.
Posts misrepresent research on multiple sclerosis and COVID-19 vaccines found in WHO database
https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-WHO-COVID-multiple-sclerosis-591321248797
New diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in the setting of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine exposure (January 2022)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34922126/
Multiple sclerosis (MS) with onset in the setting of acute SARS-CoV-2 virus infection has been reported,
and reactivation of MS following non-mRNA COVID-19 vaccination has been noted,
There have been three reports of newly diagnosed MS following exposure to mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.
The association cannot be determined to be causal,
We report a series of 5 cases of newly diagnosed MS following recent exposure to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.
Latency from vaccination to initial presentation varied.
Neurological manifestations and clinical course appeared to be typical for MS,
including response to high dose steroids
Conclusion
Acute neurological deficits in the setting of recent mRNA COVID-19 vaccine administration may represent new onset multiple sclerosis.
Hold a parliamentary vote on whether to reject amendments to the IHR 2005
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/635904
https://twitter.com/Johnincarlisle
We are concerned that Parliament has not discussed and will not have a say on the 307 proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations,
AND the amendments to 5 Articles of the IHR that were ADOPTED by the 75th World Health Assembly on 27 May 2022.
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Hard questions for John
Well, Norman asked some firm questions, which is great. We need to be open, honest and change thinking as the evidence leads.
Link to Norman’s YT channel, https://www.youtube.com/@NormanFenton81
And Substack, https://wherearethenumbers.substack.com
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WHO power grab
Article by Article Compilation of Proposed Amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005)
https://apps.who.int/gb/wgihr/pdf_files/wgihr1/WGIHR_Compilation-en.pdf
My previous videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXdO_7J1Lx8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooKyYEvIhYk
Mr. Rob Roos MEP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_19i26FmAY
WHO could gain powers to impose lockdown on UK
MPs fear new treaty designed to increase the organisation’s powers would enable it to enforce border closures and vaccine passports
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/05/25/who-pandemic-treaty-lockdown-uk-ministers-fear/
A new “pandemic treaty” under discussion
Lockdown measures could be imposed on the UK by the World Health Organisation (WHO)
Under sweeping new powers
Member states
Obliged to follow the agency’s instructions,
Force Britain to spend five per cent of its health budget on preparing for another virus outbreak
Plus a proportion of GDP
Plans to increase the WHO’s powers
Require countries to hand over the recipe of vaccines
To counter misinformation
Enforce border closures
Quarantine measures
Vaccine passports
Conservative MPs
Written to ministers,
“ambition evident…for the WHO to transition from an advisory organisation to a controlling international authority”
Urge the Foreign Office to block powers
that “appear to intrude materially into the UK’s ability to make its own rules and control its own budgets”.
Changes to make WHO advice 'binding'
Part of post pandemic plans, WHO’s International Health Regulations
First proposed in 2021 by world leaders
Improve alert systems, data-sharing, production of vaccines
“foster an all of government and all of society approach”.
Now, 300 proposed amendments to the IHRs
WHO’s advice “binding”
“recognise WHO as the guidance and coordinating authority of international public health response…and undertake to follow WHO’s recommendations in their international public health response”.
'Particularly worrying'
Six conservative MPs, Esther McVey
Written to Andrew Mitchell, (Foreign Office minister),
to call for a Commons vote on the draft treaty and regulations before they are signed.
Ms McVey
There is, rightly, growing concern about the WHO’s Pandemic Treaty and International Health Regulations.
The plans represent a significant shift for the organisation,
from a member-led advisory body to a health authority with powers of compulsion.
This is particularly worrying when you consider the WHO’s poor track record on providing consistent, clear and scientifically sound advice for managing international disease outbreaks
(Sir John Redwood, David Davis, Philip Davies, Sir Christopher Chope and Danny Kruger)
Mr Kruger
“Coordination and cooperation in a public health emergency is sensible but ceding control over health budgets and critical decision-making in a pandemic to an unelected international organisation seems profoundly at odds with national autonomy and democratic accountability.”
Campaigners also expressed concern about increasing the WHO’s role in identifying misinformation (lab leak changes of view)
Molly Kingsley, UsForThem
“We should all be concerned about the WHO being ordained as an arbiter of pandemic truth,
especially given its poor record during the pandemic,
such as its claim that Covid was definitively zoonotic in origin
and its April 2020 denial of the role of natural immunity in protecting against infection.”
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Astonishing rise in abnormal heart rhythms
Number of UK people with heart rhythm condition rises by 50% in a decade
https://www.bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/news-from-the-bhf/news-archive/2023/may/new-figures-show-the-number-of-uk-people-with-heart-rhythm-condition
Atrial fibrillation, 1.5 million sufferers in the UK
1milloin in 2013 – a 50% rise over the decade.
One in 45 people in the UK
Five times more likely to stroke, potentially fatal or life-changing
Believed to contribute to one in five strokes
Estimated, at least another 270,000 people undiagnosed
(= 1,770,000)
Symptoms of atrial fibrillation
Palpitations
Breathlessness
Dizziness
Paroxysmal
Our medical director Professor Sir Nilesh Samani
These figures show a quite astonishing rise in the number of people diagnosed with atrial fibrillation.
Research has helped us understand the links between atrial fibrillation and stroke
We also need to continue to harness the power of science to develop new and innovative tools for identifying people at increased risk
BHF
The figures have been released as we launch a new campaign calling on the public to support our research
The campaign aims to inspire people’s wonder at the complexity and preciousness of their own hearts and how lifesaving research can help if it goes wrong.
Questions
What was the rate of increase or change in prevalence during 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023?
Has the increase been correlated with any particular factors that have changed between 2019 and 2023?
What is the strength of any possible correlations?
Is there temporality with possible correlations?
Is there a plausible mechanism to explain correlations?
How do UK figures of increased AF relate to other countries?
Are there any common factors that connect potential changes across differing countries?
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanepe/article/PIIS2666-7762(22)00079-5/fulltext
June 2022
Data only up to 31 December 2017
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/atrial-fibrillation/
See a GP or call 111 if:
• you have chest pain that comes and goes
• you have chest pain that goes away quickly but you're still worried
• you notice a sudden change in your heartbeat
• your heart rate is consistently lower than 60 or above 100 (particularly if you're experiencing other symptoms of atrial fibrillation, such as dizziness and shortness of breath)
It's important to get medical advice to make sure it's nothing serious.
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Excess deaths in Canada
Norman’s sub stack, https://wherearethenumbers.substack.com/about
Canada excess deaths https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2021028-eng.htm
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Covid vaccinations in UK mostly stopping
UK to stop primary covid vaccine course
https://twitter.com/DHSCgovuk
https://twitter.com/UKHSA
Getting a 1st and 2nd dose of the COVID-19 vaccine
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/covid-19/covid-19-vaccination/getting-a-1st-and-2nd-dose-of-the-covid-19-vaccine/
Currently, 75 + or comorbidities
CDC advice as today
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/expect.html
J and J in the US
About 19 million people
More than 31.5 million doses
December 2021 (UK)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/use-of-the-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-jcvi-statement-7-may-2021/use-of-the-astrazeneca-covid-19-azd1222-vaccine-updated-jcvi-statement-7-may-2021
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1540424/astrazeneca-vaccine-not-used-booster-what-happened-oxford-mRNA-evg
A spokesperson JCVI
The results of the COV-BOOST trial conducted during the summer of 2021 provided good evidence that mRNA vaccines are the most effective option for the UK’s booster programme.
(Denmark stopped AZ in April 2021)
Patients launch legal action against AstraZeneca over its covid-19 vaccine (BMJ)
https://www.bmj.com/content/380/bmj.p725
AZ been sent pre-action protocol letters
First step in a legal claim, 75 claimants
Some have survived with catastrophic injuries following blood clots.
Relatives representing others who suffered adverse reactions.
Consumer Protection Act 1987
Must show that the vaccine was not as safe as the public were entitled to expect
Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
Limited to £120 000 per claim, applicants must prove severe disablement
Administrative staff, four to 80
Freedom of information request
NHS Business Services, by 6 March 2023
Scheme had received 4,017 claims
622 concerned AstraZeneca vaccine
348 the Pfizer
43 the Moderna vaccine
334 were for a severe adverse reaction, (claims by relatives)
Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i8Jxciomzc&t=34s
Population, 26 million
3,374 claims
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Experimental influenza vaccine
Clinical Trial of mRNA Universal Influenza Vaccine Candidate Begins
https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-events/clinical-trial-mrna-universal-influenza-vaccine-candidate-begins
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05755620
Clinical trial, experimental universal influenza vaccine
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) Vaccine Research Center (VRC),
(part of National Institutes of Health)
Enrolling volunteers, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Phase 1 trial
H1ssF-3928 mRNA-LNP, for safety and ability to induce an immune response.
N = up to 50 healthy volunteers, (18 through 49)
Three groups of 10 participants each
10, 25 and 50 micrograms
After evaluation of the data to determine an optimum dosage,
an additional 10 to receive the optimum dosage
Study include a group, receive a current quadrivalent.
Comparison between “immunogenicity and safety”
Follow-up appointments for up to one year
Annual seasonal flu vaccines
Valuable tools in controlling the spread and severity of influenza
Do not provide immunity against every flu strain.
Each year is based on prediction
Vaccine manufacturers then need time
(dominant strains of the virus can change)
An effective universal flu vaccine
Acting NIAID Director Hugh Auchincloss
Protecting its recipients against a wide variety of strains,
ideally providing durable long-term immunity.
“A universal influenza vaccine would be a major public health achievement and could eliminate the need for both annual development of seasonal influenza vaccines, as well as the need for patients to get a flu shot each year”
Defence against the spread of a future flu pandemic.
Both vaccines use a specific portion of a flu protein,
Hemagglutinin (HA) stern (not head) flu protein
UK cements 10-year-partnership with Moderna in major boost for vaccines and research
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-cements-10-year-partnership-with-moderna-in-major-boost-for-vaccines-and-research
to produce up to 250 million vaccines per year
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/22/moderna-build-uk-mrna-vaccine-research-manufacturing-centre-covid
£1bn deal with the UK government
UK government has committed to buying Moderna’s vaccines for the next decade.
Harwell, Oxfordshire
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-64856379
Innovation and Technology Centre built by the 2025
Moderna
provide the UK public with access to mRNA vaccines for a wide range of respiratory diseases
Questions
Control of antigen dose?
How long antigen will be produced for?
Degree of systemic distribution?
Degree of systemic inflammation?
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Are covid vaccines still causing excess deaths
Covid symptoms are mostly ‘cold like’ and mild
Symptom Prevalence (%)
Sore throat 60.45
Blocked nose 57.17
Runny nose 52.68
Headache 49.74
Sneezing 49.05
Cough no phlegm 46.46
Hoarse voice 40.24
Cough with phlegm 40.24
Muscle pains aches 30.57
Fatigue 23.66
Dizzy light headed 21.07
Altered smell 20.38
Eye soreness 18.83
Swollen neck glands 18.65
Loss of smell 17.27
Shortness of breath 14.51
Earache 13.99
Joint pain shoulders 13.99
Fever 13.47
Chest pain tightness 13.3
UK excess deaths
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths
Week 16 (W/E 21 April)
+ 22.1% 2,540
Week 17 (W/E 28 April)
+ 12.9% 1,569
Week 18 (W/E 5 May)
+ 5.4% 598
Professor Fenton. Substack, https://wherearethenumbers.substack.com/about
And YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/@NormanFenton81/videos
Canada excess deaths
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2021028-eng.htm
The actual number of observed deaths is ‘at least’ the black dotted line.
Whenever the black line is above the blue line it is probable that there were excess deaths
Whenever the black line is above the red dotted line it is almost certain there are excess deaths.
So, it is likely there have been excess deaths every month since mid-March with especially large peaks in April-May and December.
Any number bigger than the red dotted line, then we expect something new is likely causing this especially high number of deaths.
Australia excess deaths
https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/health/causes-death/provisional-mortality-statistics/jan-2023
January 2023
There were 14,547 deaths in January,
12.4% more than the baseline average
(but 10.5% less than January 2022)
COVID-19 caused 213 deaths in February, down from 731 in January
Jan to December 2022
In 2022, there were 190,394 deaths,
which is 25,235 (15.3%) more than the historical average
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