I have to wonder if smoking plays a role. The Chinese have the world’s largest percentage of smokers in their population. Italy is not far off, nor is Iran and other similar locations.
There’s a lot of “Chicken Little, the sky is falling” coverage over the CoVid-19 virus. Much conflicting information is bandied about.
In his press conference last week, President Trump attempted to calm fears by saying so far, it is under control here and the government has moved quickly. He has also stated that there is no need to worry too much about personal protective gear such as face masks.
On the other hand, the Center for Disease Control has come out with a memo that says men who wear facial hair should shave it because it interferes with the proper fitting of face masks.
The Democratic majority in Congress has claimed that the Trump administration has not done enough to combat the illness.
We need to be more concerned about supply chain issues here than about the virus. The virus itself may or may not be bad here. There are, however, some common sense measures that you can take to protect yourself and your family.
Fake info or real? This is like a game of wack a mole, look here is fact, no, over there, a better fact.
Health factors realistically factor in. Let’s look at US.
How many smoke, cigarettes or dope, vape or abuse drugs?
How many have diabetes, are obese, or have a compromised immune system?
Crowded living conditions, look at any multi-story building with shared elevators, doors, laundry, etc.
Think people are clean in the US? Just clean a bathroom used by the public or high school kids. Used products, diapers, tampons, are commonly left out of the trash. I remember going into a men’s room and finding a dirty diaper.
Touching your face, how often do those with face piercings do that?
I have to wonder if smoking plays a role. The Chinese have the world’s largest percentage of smokers in their population. Italy is not far off, nor is Iran and other similar locations.
Smokers touch their face more. Touch their cigarette, cigarette goes into mouth.
Hand has touched everything everyone else has.
So, wash your hands and don’t touch your face, no eating, drinking, smoking, or chewing…… add vaping.
Pretty simple.
There are those who will say that we have a higher standard of sanitation than China or Korea or Mexico. Not sure we are that much more sanitary….
A cancer researcher, Zaosong Zheng, was indicted for trying to smuggle 21 vials of biological material out of the US to China and lying about it to federal investigators.
Zaosong, 30, whose entry was sponsored by Harvard University, had hidden the vials in a sock before boarding the plane
A Harvard University professor and two other Chinese nationals were federally indicted in three separate cases for allegedly lying to the US about their involvement with China’s government.
Dr. Charles Lieber, 60, who is the chair of Harvard’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, is accused of lying about working with several Chinese organizations, where he collected hundreds of thousands of dollars from Chinese entities.
The complaint alleges that Lieber had lied about his affiliation with the Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) in China and a contract he had with a Chinese talent recruitment plan to attract high-level scientists to the country.
A cancer researcher, Zaosong Zheng, was indicted for trying to smuggle 21 vials of biological material out of the US to China and lying about it to federal investigators.
Zaosong, 30, whose entry was sponsored by Harvard University, had hidden the vials in a sock before boarding the plane.
Here’s another tin-foil hat conspiracy theory;
Let’s say China wanted to start a biological war and not be blamed.
They create a virus that’s easy to transmit and has a lower mortality rate, but just high enough to disrupt the world.
Then have an incident where they infect a boat load of people but shoo half of them around the globe by warning them of a lock down.
They implement a draconian lock down of their entire country to burn it out locally while few other countries have the ability to do the same.
They crash the world’s economies by disrupting global supply chains, but in the end can recover faster due to their lock down.
In the end they have the ability to come out on top of the heap after losing 6 months to a year of economic activity, a relatively small percentage of people, and no real blame since they were part of it all. Who wouldn’t take that sort of payback at the end of a world war for economic dominance?
A major part of that emergency kit is food and water for you and your family. But, what types of food should you store?
FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, advocates disaster preparedness. They advise people to be informed, make a plan, and prepare an emergency kit.
A major part of that emergency kit is food and water for you and your family. But, what types of food should you store? How much food should you store? How will you cook it? Does it need to be refrigerated? How much water needs to be stored and how? Will these foods go bad during storage? Can my family or I become sick if we store these foods incorrectly? Can I throw these foods in my car in case I am forced to evacuate my home?
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There is a printable book from University of Utah’s extension office on food storage for emergencies.
The powers that be, the media, medical leaders all say; “Keep calm. We have the Covid 19 virus under control.
We, the general public, are being lied to so we keep calm. Just like sheep in the loading chutes leading to the charnal house. The powers that be, the media, medical leaders all say; “Keep calm. We have the Covid 19 virus under control.
I have found another possible explanation. It is far out… it is probably “unlikely”… and it is scary as hell.
Covid-19 was released early October, right before the start of the flu season, for exactly that reason. This may be easier to do it in a list: *Covid-19 is an immunosuppressant. *It binds with the ACE2 receptors *The less you have, the longer it takes to colonize your body, which means you’re an asymptomatic for longer, which explains the lag time seen in Western Countries and the explosion in cases in other Geographic areas. *Likely was released in Iran and China, not too long apart, Iran being earlier than China. *Covid-19 slowly builds up and keeps the immune system suppressed. It’s highly contagious. R9+ or more. Thailand was able to treat it with anti-HIV drugs, for a reason. *You’re already infected. I am not fear mongering, it’s been out since October. *Asian countries start showing signs first, because ACE2 is highest *It’s not “reinfecting”, it’s being smashed out by your immune system, then pulls the old “Dengue” effect, it then infects those antibodies and this is what leads to the Cytokine storm. *Children weren’t especially hit by flu, while adults in every area are reporting significantly higher numbers than normal and R1 is more like R-Everyone. *Children aren’t being hit as hard because it’s taking longer to suppress their immune systems. Except babies, they are getting smashed this year in ili deaths. *Again, you’re already infected. *Once you get to critical levels of the virus load (and this is why we see damage in testes, kidneys and lungs because they’ve been there for quite some time) your body will fight it off, unless you get a secondary viral or bacterial infection. *Once you produce the antibodies to it, the viral store (just like HIV) reemerge and cause the cytokine storm, which is why they are observing the “reinfection” causing sudden death. *Elderly have weak immune systems, it’s why they fall ill faster. Everyone on that cruise ship is infected, symptoms or not. Testing for fever isn’t effective, since it suppresses the fever reaction. *Asian countries will fall first, following Western Countries, and it would have dragged the Middle East at the same time as Asia but they miscalculated the lag due to ACE2 amounts being more unpredictable than the models. *Kids will get sick last, die faster. *It’s not inherently deadly, it’s the secondary illness danger and cytokine storm once your body realizes it’s completely colonized. *Chloroquine works because it’s stopping the growth inside the cells, or killing it once it emerges after replication. Unsure. *Anti-HIV drugs work because it’s keeping the viral load down and not triggering the cytokine storm response. It won’t let the immune system be as suppressed, so you can fight it off. *The longer it runs inside you, the faster and deadlier the cytokine storm will be. Stop the Cytokine Storm and stop the Immunosuppressant action and you stop the death rate. *You will stay infected after you get better, you need to help keep the viral load down until they finally make DRACO a reality. It’s highly likely due to the size of the RNA in Covid-19 that DRACO will prove to be highly effective in eliminating it from your body. *USE A NETI POT TO CLEAN YOUR SINUSES to keep the viral shed low and it from being constantly put back in your lungs and back in your body. Don’t wear a respirator without cleaning your sinus cavity first. *Again, trying to stay uninfected won’t work, you’re already infected. I’ll add more, I typed this as fast as I could. Vitamin D has been said to stop a Cytokine Storm. I hope I’m wrong, but looking at what we have seen as far as patterns go, this makes the most sense. It goes exponential once it reaches a certain viral threshold due to geographic genetic similarities in ACE2, it means it’s not traveling in pipes like SAR’s it’s simply that everyone is already infected. *Don’t spend time in a hospital where the infected already are. *Don’t keep in close contact with anyone as it could increase the amount of viral shed you take in and lead to a faster immune response. *Western countries lag time will be twice that of Asian Countries, it won’t take off here until Mid-March.
Let us HOPE that this is the stuff of science fiction and not the result of science fact.
numerous “natural” plants and herbs that have been used over the centuries by folklore medicine men and women
NOTE: This post is for educational purposes only. It is NOT intended as medical advice. No health claims are to be construed or implied from the information herein.
With the “regular” flu season in full swing, not to mention the Wuhan Corona virus scare many folks are more than a bit nervous about staying healthy yet avoiding “Big Pharma”. There are, however, numerous “natural” plants and herbs that have been used over the centuries by folklore medicine men and women.
Here are a few examples;
Can you recall the last time you took antibiotics? You might have also felt a slew of side-effects like constant fatigue and digestive problems.
Granted, pharmaceutical antibiotics will destroy most kinds of bacteria, but the price you have to pay makes it completely not worth it – at least in my eyes. Pharmaceutical antibiotics kill all types of bacteria in the body – including the good ones in your gut.
When our gut gets attacked by antibiotics, we compromise our immunity big time. Our healthy gut microflora is actually how our immune system stays strong, and when antibiotics kill these bacteria, we become more prone to sickness and ill health. Not to mention, super-bugs have developed resistance to most antibacterials, making them practically useless in this day in age.
These facts alone have prompted people to turn to natural remedies that not only fight off infection, but heal the body too. Not to mention, natural antibiotics have been used for thousands of years, and have been tried and true for centuries.
With that being said, here are a few of the best time-tested antibiotics nature has to offer!
1. Garlic
Garlic contains an incredibly potent compound called allicin, which has been shown in studies to kill the super-bacteria MRSA. Garlic is also cancer-preventing, anti-viral, anti-fungal, and anti-parasitic. Eating one clove of raw garlic 3 times a day should be enough to ward off bacteria and viruses.
2. Colloidal Silver
Colloidal silver has been extensively studied in its ability to control antibiotic-resistant superbugs, such as in one study, where over 650 different disease-causing pathogens were destroyed in minutes after being exposed to a small drop of colloidal silver. Take 1-2 tsp. of colloidal silver per day, and hold it under the tongue for 30 seconds before swallowing.
3. Ginger
Ginger has not surprisingly been found to be more effective against staph infections than antibiotics (without adverse side effects). As an antibiotic, ginger out-performs commercial chloramphenicol, ampicillin, and tetracycline against pathogenic bacteria.
4. Olive Leaf Extract
Olive leaf is an incredible antioxidant, and can help metabolize blood sugar and moderate LDL cholesterol. It is great for ridding the body of candida and parasites, and can inhibit and kill harmful bacteria and viruses .
5. Turmeric
One of the most thoroughly researched plants in existence, turmeric has been proven to be as effective as 14 different drugs, including aspirin, ibuprofen, sulindac, phenylbutazone, naproxen, indomethacin, diclofenac, dexamethasone, celecoxib, and tamoxifen. It is especially great for reducing inflammation in the body, which is a major contributor to most chronic disease we see today. Try to get in at least a tablespoon of turmeric every day!
6. Oregano Oil
Oregano oil is one of the world’s greatest sources of the powerful phenol component thymol. It has been recently found to be significantly better than all of the 18 currently used antibiotics in the treatment of MRSA staph infections. When you buy oregano oil, make sure the oil is derived from the proper potent oregano plant, and that the carvacrol concentration is at least 70%. Adults can take up to 8 drops mixed in a glass of water, 3 times per day.
7. Echinacea
Echinacea is one of the most well-known herbs native to Eastern and Central North America. It is great for treating infections such as the cold and flu and other upper respiratory infections. The herb can be used against urinary tract infections, vaginal yeast infections, herpes, HIV/AIDS, HPV, tonsillitis, streptococcus infections, syphilis, typhoid, malaria, ear infections, warts and nose and throat infections. Do not take this herb for more than 2 weeks, otherwise, you may weaken your immune system.
8. Goldenseal
One of my favourites for fighting off a cold, goldenseal is an incredibly potent antibiotic. It contains the active component, berberine, which literally prevents bacteria from “sticking” to our cell walls. Goldenseal can be taken by mouth 3 times daily when trying to fight off infection – but don’t take for more than 2 weeks at a time.
9. Raw Honey
The best raw honey to consume locally produced. Honey works so well that it even comes in a “medical grade” for hospitals to be used for burn and wound treatment. It’s also used to kill Staphylococcus aureus and Heliobacter pylori (the bacteria that cause stomach ulcers). Honey can be eaten normally, and a couple teaspoons a day should suffice.
10. Onion
Onions are garlic’s cousin with many of the same phytochemical properties. It is best when eaten raw, and has been shown to be effective against various strains of pathogenic bacteria. It can help reduce fever, relieve nausea, clear ear infections and relieve respiratory ailments. Include some onion in your salad, sandwich, or other meal so that you can protect yourself and your body.
11. Pau D’Arco
Pau D’Arco contains two active chemicals called lapachol and beta-lapachone (otherwise known as naphthoquinones). These chemicals have the power to kill bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites. They also have shown anti-inflammatory properties, which can help with individuals dealing with osteoarthritis. Steep one tablespoon of Pau D’Arco bark in 2 cups of water and drink while warm.
12. Grapefruit Seed Extract
Grapefruit seed extract (GSE) is highly antibacterial, and have been comparable to proven topical antibacterials for a wide range of gram-negative organisms and gram-positive organisms. It is also a great remedy against yeast and fungus, and can help rid the body of mold and parasites, too. A few drops in a glass of water is more than enough each day.
13. Horseradish
This spicy root is used to clear sinuses, increase circulation and expel mucus from the upper respiratory tract. It is typically used against colds, influenza and lung congestion. You don’t need a lot of this root to feel the effects – a quarter teaspoon mixed with a tablespoon of honey will have to expelling mucus in no time.
14. Myrrh
Used since time immemorial, myrrh has been traditionally used to treat indigestion, ulcers, colds, cough, asthma, lung congestion, arthritis pain, cancer, leprosy, spasms and syphilis. It is most commonly recommended for bacterial oral infections (such as mouth sores), bronchitis and sore throat. It shouldn’t be taken for longer than 2 weeks at a time.
At first, this particular case seems encouraging because the guy survived. Glad he did, but there are some things to read between the lines.
He was young and seemed healthy enough at the onset, except for some mild symptoms that could be easily mistaken for allergies or some mild upper respiratory issues, or something equally NOT SERIOUS.
If he was not already alert to the fact that he needed to be watchful for the possibility of coming down with the dreaded CiVid-19, no one would think he had anything of serious consequence until day 9 kicked in and things started getting real…
The full import of this virus scares the crap out of me.
It is cold and flu season right now, and the spring allergy season is right around the corner… People who are infected with this virus will think they have just a cold or an allergy, nothing to worry about, right? The symptoms are not that bad. Meanwhile, they are spreading germs everywhere they go…
So, yes. I hope I can beat it in the beginning stages with elderberry syrup. And I will be watchful for worsening symptoms, in which case I will immediately discontinue the elderberry.
Hopefully, this nasty virus won’t take too long to burn out of the population (and won’t mutate like the common cold)! Meanwhile, if you get what you think is just a cold, flu, or allergies, PLEASE wear masks and do what you can to stay away from as many people as you can (self-quarantine).
It’s worth briefly noting that the National Education Association is the largest union in the country and wields an enormous amount of power when it comes to education policy in the United States.
The state’s mechanism for school takeovers is already in place – the Department of Education (DoE), created in a fairly transparent quid pro quo between then Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Walter Mondale and the National Education Association (NEA), the largest labor union in the United States. This was the first endorsement it had ever given for a presidential candidate, support that they renewed in 1980, when Carter ran for re-election against anti-DoE candidate and future President Ronald Reagan.
One of Ronald Reagan’s most public and high-profile failures was his inability to destroy the DoE. There was very little enthusiasm for the creation of the Department of Education. However, there was virtually none – other than Reagan and his Secretary of Education appointee Terrel H. Bell – whose sole mission was to dismantle the Department and replace it with something more like the National Science Foundation.
This is mostly spent on pushing a far-left agenda. The Mises Institute has thoroughly documented the 35 years of leftist bias at the DoE. Much of the civics curriculum is dedicated to a denunciation of America’s Founding Fathers, and a focus on slavery, racism and colonialism. The United States Constitution is not a core part of the curriculum. Great works of American literature are routinely barred in the public schools, including The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Moby Dick, and The Great Gatsby.
It’s worth briefly noting that the National Education Association is the largest union in the country and wields an enormous amount of power when it comes to education policy in the United States. After all, they got a cabinet-level department created. They have been effectively able to prevent merit pay for teachers – credentials count more than performance when calculating pay. In many states, union membership is effectively mandatory, in as much as teachers are bound by collective bargaining agreements.
Between 2004 and 2016, political donations by teachers unions grew from $4.3 million to $32 million. 94 percent of all contributions, going back to 1990, went to Democrats.
As you might expect, the entire process for allocating funds to schools is Byzantine and difficult to understand. All told, states and local schools aren’t really relying on federal funds to get kids educated – most of the money for public schools comes from pernicious property taxes, whereby the government effectively requires you to pay rent on property that you already own. Approximately 10 percent of state education budgets come from the federal government.
Funds aren’t allocated in any systematic way. They’re allocated on the basis of State Education Agencies (SEAs) filing what are basically grant requests from the federal government, based on anticipated “needs.” Some income formulas are used in this process, but they do not represent the whole of how funds are allocated. The SEAs allocate their funds largely on the basis of income, to what are called Local Education Agencies (LEAs). These agencies then allocate funds using no less than four different formulas based on income and census reports.
The final result is that money is allocated for schools in a manner that favors the least well performing. This is very much in keeping with the radical, left-wing, redistributionist agenda of the teachers unions. In the American public education system, there is simply no mechanism in place that encourages excellence. There is only a system which rewards mediocrity – the ability to pass a standardized test that, it’s assumed, “everyone,” from the smallest town in rural Mississippi to the ritziest neighborhood in Manhattan, ought to be able to pass at the same rates.
Some states allocate need based on a “per-pupil cost.” Perhaps somewhat unsurprisingly, the highest figure can be found in our nation’s capital: the District of Columbia gets $19,000 a head for its public school students. Some businesses exist to help school districts navigate this difficult process to get the biggest share of federal funds possible.
This is now the prerequisite to getting into college – passing the standardized test. It’s worth noting that the largest expenditure of federal funds on education is the Pell Grant, which has devalued a college education significantly while driving soaring tuition fees.
It is worth noting that homeschoolers typically exceed their government school counterparts in virtually all respects. In fourth and eighth grade reading and math, Catholic schools significantly outperformed public schools for both proficient and advanced students. A Cato Institute report stated that private schools out-performed public schools with regard to graduation rates, college matriculation, future income and parent satisfaction. This is not surprising, as homeschooled children and privately educated children exist in a bonafide marketplace of ideas. The publicly funded government schools show barely any divergence in terms of what they teach. This is increasingly true thanks to programs like “No Child Left Behind” and Common Core, both of which mandate a very narrow set of ideas and concepts to be taught in public schools.
Whether or not to educate one’s children in the government school monopoly is a choice every family must make. But, as with any important decision, parents should take into account the totality of the facts. The history of public education in the United States is one of coercion, extortion, and indoctrination.
Beyond such ideological objections to the government school monopoly, private schools tend to be safer, less violent, and better performing than their government alternatives. After all, who is going to choose to spend money on a school where their children are subject to violence, poor education standards, and constant grooming for the police state in the form of what are now ubiquitous active shooter drills. As the Cato Institute points out, there are 30 years of consistent evidence that private schools, beyond simply providing a better learning environment through safety and greater alignment with parent values, also provide a higher quality of education.
Even though not every family can afford a private education, private schools and homeschooling should be considered as a serious alternative. Evaluate the cost and benefits of homeschooling from the perspective of a loss of income. Find private grants and scholarships, in addition to the vouchers you might be eligible for. The point is to think flexibly about it and see if this is indeed an option for your family.
Even where the cost is great, the trade-off for removing your child from the government school monopoly might be well worth it.
by the way, having men be more vulnerable to the Coronavirus at a rate of 5 to one is about right, when communists do cullings via methods other than starvation they kill LOTS MORE MEN because women are easier to force their will on.
This post COULD be classified as a synopsis for a science-fiction novel OR it could be a possible alternative answer to the CoronaVirus situation.
Consider the following; up until a few weeks ago the demonstrations in China against the regime were gaining both traction and international support. Suddenly, as if from nowhere the Wuhan CoronaVirus appears. It triggers first concern, then the quarantine of hundreds of thousands of Chinese, cessation of businesses, sequestration and virtual incarceration of foreign nationals and martial law. Suddenly, no more protests, no more demonstrations and international concern has shifted to the possibility of an extermination level event.
In case there is something about this “virus” that has not been proven out yet, I still encourage people to take at least basic steps to prepare. However, it really looks like this virus is going to land on: COMMUNIST CULLING.
As of last Thursday, the Chinese government has requested approximately 7 million body bags.
China cannot produce them in sufficient quantities, so orders are being placed in foreign countries. So I’d like to ask this question: “If they are being honest about a virus that has “only killed about a thousand”, WHY do they need so FREAKING MANY body bags?
Also, WHY are they insisting on incineration when there is no virus that would get through the decomposition stage in a mass grave? Obvious answer: Destruction of evidence.
If the so called enormous number of flu killed bodies is outpacing what the crematoriums can handle by SO MUCH, why are they even bothering with burning the bodies at all? Surely they would be justified in using mass graves, no one would fault them for it, yet they are not. Why?
The Chinese government has, in it’s history, an record of 80, 000, 000 executions and “disappearances”. They have used culling before, and things were getting out of hand with the protester and demonstrators. Deaths so few they cannot be discerned against statistical chatter outside of China strongly points to this.
We know through two business sources that there are now a number of textile-related factories in China that no longer do general business and are doing other special orders.
The head of one of the Chinese textile companies revealed that they had been instructed by the government to make only body bags.
Another overseas business owner also said that their partners in China are not taking orders because they “have to rush to make a million bags”.
One million body bags, and that’s a pretty staggering number (to have ordered from one manufacturer)
In fact, as early as February 1, the signature “Han Lianchao” on Twitter posted a “Wuhan body bag urgent” poster, and message “Wuhan epidemic continues to develop, the funeral industry to the whole country for assistance, the urgent need to transport body bags and other items, it seems that the death toll of Wuhan pneumonia far exceeds the official figures published.”
WHAT IF the Chinese government is insisting on body bags and cremations to hide gunshot wounds to the head or proof of death not by virus? The best way they could possibly handle this is to simply throw everyone in a deep deep trench and bury, but they’re not doing that. Why? Destruction of evidence? Evidence hidden inside a “do not open” body bag that goes straight into the fire?
WHY are they insisting on incineration? Once buried, the virus will be gone especially after the rot sets in. Bacteria will simply eat the virus.
The clock is ticking on the Communists in China, who have a history of mass cullings and there is nothing happening outside of china in the way of deaths AT ALL.
There’s a claim of one American death a couple weeks ago and one in the Philippines but that sure does not meet the profile it should, if the virus was actually a real killer there should be more deaths in the U.S. by now. Maybe we’ll get the bad news in a couple weeks and we’ll actually be doomed but at this point stuff is not adding up.
Seven figure deaths in China and the rest of the world combined is single digit?
It actually means NO DEATHS outside of china, because deaths are so few, so low you can’t hear enough to make sense of anything at all. There’s no way they can prove anyone “died of Corona” outside of China because the minimum statistical requirements to support that notion have not even approached being met. It could just be aneurysms and random crap. Seriously, something is not adding up!
A cruise ship may be the litmus test.
We probably are not going to need to wait until March 2 for an answer on Coronavirus. The Diamond Princess – which is quarantined in Japan will likely give us an answer. Over 200 people are now “Confirmed to have Coronavirus” and that’s a large enough pool of people to get a very good idea of whether or not a virus is killing people or if a regime is.
And by the way, having men be more vulnerable to the Coronavirus at a rate of 5 to one is about right, when communists do cullings via methods other than starvation they kill LOTS MORE MEN because women are easier to force their will on.
growing evidence that the Chinese government knew there were cases of this virus going back to early December, if not late November, and what that could potentially mean for the current situation and efforts at containment
More questions than answers regarding the corona virus;
1) The WHO is hardcore towing the line that China is reacting exactly as they should to this virus. No comments that I saw about whether or not they are actually welding shut the doors on apartment buildings, forcefully imprisoning even long-shot possible cases, or housing people under quarantine in crowded conditions without sufficient space or division between beds to prevent transfer of pathogens or infection from bed to bed.
2) No address of the question whether China is purposefully under reporting the numbers of infected and dead. Several independent epidemiologists have published papers showing that roughly 80-90% of the cases are going unreported in “official” numbers. Also, and this is important, no direct answer about the question of China’s changing how they are recording “confirmed” cases of the virus. The recent announcement that China is no longer counting asymptomatic, but lab-confirmed infections as “confirmed” cases since they are not displaying symptoms of the disease (at this time). The WHO spokespeople somehow tried to spin that as “casting a finer net” and that it will result in MORE, not FEWER cases. This seems blatantly false, especially since China acknowledges that some of these asymptomatic cases may develop full-blown disease later, at which time they will magically go from “not a case” to a “confirmed case” of the virus.
This change of reporting procedure is very important as it’s unclear how much of the “drop” in confirmed case count in China is due to this change in recording standards. This drop in case numbers, however, IS being treated as if it’s indicative of a reduction in actual infections. Given the change in recording, that is questionable at best.
3) WHO is pushing “solidarity” over criticism of the CCP. This is cause for concern for those of us in other nations where the virus is already beginning to show signs of person-person transmission. What it really says, to me anyway, is that even IF the reports coming out about Chinese authorities imprisoning those trying to spread the word about real numbers, forcefully detaining even potentially exposed people for quarantine, enforced isolation via doors welded shut (and the fire/safety hazard that presents) and other measures are fully endorsed by the WHO.
4) In spite of mounting evidence that containment is NOT working, the WHO is still presenting this as a viable and currently successful strategy for combating the virus. With a confirmed possible incubation period of up to 24 days, VERY easy person-person transmission, and a very extended period of illness (20+ days in ICU in many cases) this confidence is containment would appear misplaced. The issue of containment becomes more pressing given the recent change in China’s reporting standards given that there is a strong possibility that asymptomatic cases may develop symptoms days, or even weeks after the confirmed presence of the virus via laboratory results. It’s also questionable given the fact that the extreme quarantine measures in place in Wuhan are still very new. There’s a good chance given the density of the population in the quarantine centers, and the lack of effective barrier protection in the lower levels of quarantine, and the real chance that these centers could serve to amplify the virus in those conditions.
5) There was no mention that I saw of growing evidence that the Chinese government knew there were cases of this virus going back to early December, if not late November, and what that could potentially mean for the current situation and efforts at containment. No mention of the problem of potentially hundreds of thousands, if not millions of Wuhan citizens who left the city prior to the lockdown.
Another HUGE red flag that the CCP is not being totally forthcoming with the situation on the ground. They still have not requested CDC assistance. Given the size and scope of the outbreak you would think they would at least want help with the epidemiological nightmare of contact tracing the movements of +45k confirmed cases. The fact that they have had a very “closed doors” approach to this virus when it comes to both international assistance and internal voices disseminating information should be a cause for concern.
The WHO seems to be working very hard to convince the world that China is in control of the situation. China seems to be working very hard to convince the world that they are in control of the situation. In my experience, the only real reason to work very hard to convince someone you’re in control is when you’re NOT really in control.
it’s impossible to truly predict how far and fast the Wuhan coronavirus will spread. Like the virus, we just don’t know enough yet and the situation is rapidly evolving.
First of all, we import a crapton of stuff from China.
The cost of goods could go up as China attempts to recover from its own economic crisis.
The availability of goods could decrease since 400 million people are currently locked down in China. It’s a pretty safe guess that manufacturing is not ticking along as it has been in the past.
And it goes even deeper than that. Even products that are “made in China” have components that are made in the United States. A lot of the research and development is done in the states, and of course, the retail aspect also takes place here. In fact, 56% of what you pay for an item “made in China” goes to American workers and businesses.
Other medications containing alkaloids or derivatives
Medicaments containing vitamin B2 synthesized from aromatic or mod. aromatic compounds, in dosage form or packed for retail
Medicaments containing vitamin B12 synthesized from aromatic or mod. aromatic compounds, in dosage form or packed for retail
Medicaments containing vitamin E synthesized from aromatic or mod. aromatic compounds, in dosage form or packed
Adhesive dressings and other articles having an adhesive layer, coated or impregnated with pharmaceutical substances, packed for retail
Herbicides
Triethanolamine will affect surfactants (any detergent), emulsifiers, and cosmetics
Sterile surgical catgut, suture materials, tissue adhesives for wound closure, laminaria, laminaria tents, and absorbable hemostatic.
Algins used as thickening or stabilizing agents in foodstuffs and other products.
Drugs used to dilate the cervix
Blood-grouping reagents – medical blood tests
Opacifying preparation for X-ray examination; diagnostic reagent designed to be administered to the patient such as Barium for GI series, dyes, and stains for other radiologic tests
Antigens or antisera antiserum. A serum containing antibodies that are specific for one or more antigens. Also called immune serum. Human or animal serum containing one or more antibodies that are specific for one or more antigens and are administered to confer immunity.
Thorium – coats tungsten filaments used in old-fashioned light bulbs, TVs, electronics, etc.
Dental cement and other dental fillings; bone reconstruction cement
Chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones or spermicides, birth control
Gel preparation use human/veterinary medicine lubricant in surgical operations, physical exam, or coupling agent between body & medical instrument, such as KY Jelly
Appliances identifiable for ostomy use
That’s a whole lot of stuff – and much of it is incredibly vital.
But wait, there’s more. Here are products that could soon increase in price, be in short supply, or even be completely unavailable;
Tires, tire retreading products, all rubber products including but not limited to stoppers, caps, lids, hoses, belts, tubes, pipes, etc. This will affect everything that rolls or is contained.
Antifreeze and de-icing fluids
Iron and iron alloys and steel products
Aluminum and alloys
Nuclear reactors and parts
Central heating units and parts, furnace burners and all parts, furnaces, ovens, and water heaters,
Turbines of all kinds, combustion piston engines, ignitions, compressors
Machinery for food production commercial and home use
Papermaking and bookmaking, anything printed
Cartons, boxes, containers for mailing and shipping
Textile machines, any and everything to do with needlework of any kind in textiles
Metalworks: Anything to do with machinery involved in this industry, drilling, milling, grinding, smoothing, shaping, punching, polishing, etc.
Woodworking machinery of any all kinds
Cast iron parts and products
Chainsaws and parts
Cash registers
Anything to do with computers, electronics, magnetic storage, whole or in parts
Medical devices
Microwaves
TVs
Car computer components,
Concrete mixers
Earthmoving, crushing, grinding, and sorting machinery of all kinds
Glass optic machinery
Assembly machinery of all kinds
Vacuum molding machinery
Thermoforming machinery
Rope and cable manufacturing machinery, both metal and fiber
Floor polishers,
Trash compactors
Pulleys
Ball bearings
Welders
Electric motors
Generators of all applications from large to small
Electromagnetics
Lab equipment for all applications
Broadcast equipment
Safety control equipment (flight record data box for example)
Railway and shipping equipment of any and all types
Tractors
Motor vehicles of all kinds. If it rolls it’s on the list.
If it flies it’s on the list as well as the parts to repair or assemble
If it floats it’s on the list.
Satellites of all kinds and all parts
You can use this list to foresee the things that could become a problem. Some things you could stock up on – like medications – but others are items you won’t know you need until you actually need them – like parts to repair your furnace.
It’s impossible to say whether the items in the list above will become unavailable, just like it’s impossible to truly predict how far and fast the Wuhan coronavirus will spread. Like the virus, we just don’t know enough yet and the situation is rapidly evolving.
If nothing else, your awareness of the possible economic and supply ramifications is a tool in your arsenal. Preparing for the economic fallout is just as important as preparing for the virus itself.
The greatest danger of globalism in terms of economics is that it forces national economies into losing the redundancies that protect them from systemic collapse. When one major economy goes down, it brings down all other economies with it.
Lies are a powerful form of magic; they can mislead large groups of people into making terrible errors, as well as cause them to be blind to the obvious. Lies make people hurt themselves while thinking they are helping themselves. It is a truly dark and horrific act of sorcery.
As the world stands at the edge of a global pandemic event, the people who are immune to the effects of lies have an opportunity to take action should the virus continue to expand beyond the borders of China. We have a small window of time, perhaps a couple of months, in which we can prepare ourselves for the fallout and ensure we are as protected as we can be. This means taking precautions to prevent viral transmission, increasing the strength of our own immune systems, prepping for the loss of supply lines and freight shipments to retailers, organizing family, friends and neighbors for mutual aid and security, as well as preparing for the inevitable government attempts at martial law.
Of course, a person cannot or will not take any of these measures as long as they believe that the virus is not a threat, or they think that the pandemic will have little effect on their daily lives. I have recently seen a discomforting level of propaganda and disinformation agents invading the media and discussion boards related to this issue. Whenever I see such an intense disinformation campaign surrounding an event, this tells me a couple of things:
1) If they are trying to overtly downplay the seriousness of the event while lying about the facts involved, it tells me that the event is a legitimate threat and it will probably get worse as time passes.
2) If they all push the same false narrative and talking points it tells me that this is an organized effort paid for by a larger party with extensive resources.
If the narrative glosses over or hides recently revealed evidence by claiming that the event is “all hype”, then it is designed to create inaction in the public – It is designed to make us apathetic, which means there is a concerted conspiracy to harm us. It is not just an attempt to hide the guilt of the people involved in creating the crisis.
So what are some of the most insidious lies being spread right now on the virus threat? Lets go through a quick list of those I’ve identified so far:
Lie #1: Deaths Caused By The Corona virus Are Nothing Compared To The Death Rate Of The Average Flu…
This lie seems to be the most common being used to plant seeds of apathy in the public consciousness right now. I have even heard people on the street regurgitate it verbatim as they try to convince themselves that all is well. But even using official numbers, which are likely false and greatly reduced, the argument is simply wrong on every level.
There is a big difference between “number of deaths” and the actual “death rate” of a virus. The flu infects tens of millions of people annually around the world with deaths in the US numbering usually under 10,000. In the US in the 2019-2020 season so far, the flu infected over 9 million people resulting in 4800 deaths; meaning the death rate of the flu is minor compared to the number of sick. Flu deaths are usually collated over the course of a year, yet people are already trying to compare death rates to the corona virus, which has only been active for a few weeks.
Keep in mind also that the CDC has been called out for greatly inflating influenza death rates in order to push vaccine propaganda. They consistently attach flu death numbers with pneumonia deaths; which I would point is is the exact OPPOSITE of what the Chinese are doing with the corona virus numbers.
The corona virus has been active for about a month in China, it has a hibernation of around two weeks, and, China has been lying extensively about the number of deaths associated with the disease by labeling most deaths due to pneumonia. We truly have no idea what the potential death rate of this illness is. What we do know is that it behaves much like SARS, which had a death rate of around 11%. According to official numbers the corona virus transmits faster and has already killed more people in a few weeks than SARS did in over a year.
The notion that the virus only kills the elderly is also incorrect. The two deaths now confirmed outside of China were both men in their 30’s and 40’s.
When considering the issue of viral death rate, we have to take into account the capacity of local medical facilities in handling patient load. If hospitals are only handling a few cases at a time, then the patients will get better overall treatment and less deaths will occur. But, if hospitals are overwhelmed with thousands of cases at a time, as is happening in China, then treatment quality will go down and many more people will die. A minimal death rate outside of China today does not mean a minimal death rate tomorrow should the virus spread beyond hospital capacity.
With the flu, people can usually treat themselves with ease at home; the corona virus is obviously much more dangerous. No country in modern times has EVER quarantined over 50 million people in 16 cities because of the average flu. The comparison between the corona virus and the flu is patently ridiculous. There is no comparison. The corona virus is on another level entirely.
Lie #2: The Corona virus Came From An Animal Market And The Claim It Is Engineered Is A “Conspiracy Theory”…
The phrase “conspiracy theory” is usually exploited as a way to dismiss facts and evidence without consideration on the basis that the official story is the only story that has any validity. In other words, the official story requires no justification because the authorities are infallible and always have our best interests at heart.
The problem is, governments and the mainstream media have been caught lying over and over again about issues far less important than a global pandemic, so I’m not sure why we should trust ANYTHING they say ever. There is considerable evidence that China has been lying incessantly about the number of sick and dead due to the corona virus, including leaked accounts from medics and other people at ground zero in Wuhan. These people are now being silenced by the Chinese government. In fact, the Chinese government was suppressing coverage and information on the corona virus from the very beginning of the contagion, which helped allow it to spread unchecked.
Now, social media companies are taking action to remove people who try to document the facts of the virus and its potential source in the name of “stopping fake news”. Anyone who questions the official narrative is not only a “conspiracy theorist” but also a “danger” to the public. This narrative is supported by US government officials:
“These lies can cause immediate and tangible harm to people, and the platforms must act to stop them from spreading,” House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) said in a statement to The Hill. “It’s critical that Americans receive verified, trustworthy information about the corona virus and heed the advice of our country’s public health officials as we learn more about its potential impact here at home…”
The facts are the facts, and if the facts suggest a conspiracy, then so be it. Only 20 miles away from the market in question stands the LARGEST Level 4 Biohazard Lab in Asia, which studies directly into the world’s deadliest pathogens including SARS and corona virus. In 2017, experts warned that a virus could escape the labs in Wuhan because of lax containment standards. To put this in perspective, it would be like an Ebola outbreak striking the city of Atlanta and then blamed on a food market only 20 miles from the CDC. It looks suspicious…
Last year, Chinese researchers were dismissed from a Level 4 lab in Winnipeg, Canada without public explanation, but the same lab was exposed last year for sharing deadly virus samples with China, including Ebola and henipavirus. One of the Chinese researchers work focus was the SARS virus. Media and government attention in Canada at the time of the scandal was on concerns that the lab in Winnipeg was supplying viral samples that would be used in China’s biowarfare programs.
According to a paper published by virologists in India, the corona virus genetic code also contains proteins that are exactly like those found in HIV. Interestingly, corona virus patients have been shown to respond positively to drugs that are meant to treat HIV and AIDS carriers. Through official pressure the paper has now been retracted and the authors have said they will “revise it”. But, the whole point of peer review is for the data to be examined by others in the field and then proven or disproven. If the data can be reproduced, then it needs to be taken seriously.
This is not what the CDC and other official institutions on disease study want. They seem intent on dismissing any information outright that suggests the corona virus might have been made in a lab rather than in nature.
If true, the chances of corona virus containing protein combinations identical to HIV in nature are astronomical, meaning, the virus was engineered. If the virus is proven to be engineered, then this makes future narratives and propaganda harder to implement. For example, it will be much harder to blame the pandemic on “global warming” if the virus was created by a bunch of guys in lab coats rather than in nature.
To repeat the facts, Wuhan is a hub for China’s largest biohazard labs and these labs are suspected by biological warfare experts of being involved in bioweapons testing. Until there is more independent examination of the virus (the original strain before mutation), no one knows for certain what the source is.
The mainstream media has been very aggressive in denying any links to bioweaponry, claiming that there “is no evidence” linking Wuhan’s labs to the virus; yet, there is FAR MORE evidence of the involvement of the biohazard labs than there is evidence proving that the virus originated an animal market. They have simply decided that the animal market story is the tale they prefer, and so it has become the official story.
Lie #3: The Virus Won’t Have Any Effect On America
The general thrust of the mainstream view of the corona virus has been to assert that the US will not be affected and that concerns are “overblown”. The UN’s World Health Organization continues to refuse to take the event very seriously, and even Larry Kudlow, Trump’s Director of the National Economic Council, claims the damage to the US economy will be ‘minimal’.
Now, firstly I have to say I would take the economic analysis of Kudlow with a grain of salt. This is the same guy who was wildly incorrect in all his calls on the housing bubble in 2005-2006, and yet he is now advising the White House on financial crisis events? But lets set the incompetence of Kudlow aside for a moment and consider that perhaps he is just reading from a script prepared for him by others. Certainly, there are a lot of people out there that would like to keep the public ignorant of the depth of the situation, and they will give all sorts of half-assed rationales as to why they lie.
For the Chinese authorities, the pandemic is an undeniable fact of life, but they will say their economy and global image required the truth to be “tempered” to prevent civil unrest and to stop investors pulling from their money out of Chinese markets en masse.
For US authorities who waited far too long to start shutting down flights from China carrying multiple infected, the claim will be that they had to lie to prevent general panic and market panic.
For the UN’s World Health Organization that lied about China “containment” and actually downplayed the danger of travel to China for a time while the virus was raging and human-to-human transmission was confirmed, I see no excuse really. Their behavior, and the behavior of the US and Chinese governments makes me suspect that they WANT the pandemic to spread.
As I write this the 11th confirmed case of corona virus has been identified in the US with many more suspected cases still under observation. Obviously, the virus is here already, but the issue of how much it will affect Americans is being diminished or buried in an endless stream of propaganda.
Given enough time, a viral outbreak that spreads as fast as the corona virus with a death rate of 5% or more is going to cause negative effects in every facet of the US economy. But in our current window of the progression of the pandemic, I think it’s important to point out that even if the death rate is low in the US, there is no escaping the economic consequences attached to this event.
The US economy is interdependent with multiple nations, and is tightly connected to China. The greatest danger of globalism in terms of economics is that it forces national economies into losing the redundancies that protect them from systemic collapse. When one major economy goes down, it brings down all other economies with it.
Not only that, but the US financial structure is precariously unstable anyway, with record levels of national debt, consumer debt and corporate debt, not to mention steep declines in manufacturing and demand. The US sits atop one of the most massive economic bubbles of all time – The Everything Bubble, created by the Federal Reserve over ten years of stimulus measures, barely keeping the system alive in a state of zombification.
The bubble was always going to collapse. In fact, recent events in Fed repo markets suggest it was already collapsing. The corona virus outbreak is a perfect cover event for this implosion.
As I have argued fpreviously, all that is needed to bring down the US economy is one major trigger event. The idea that a global pandemic would not damage the American system already teetering on the edge of the abyss is simply absurd. This event has the capacity to cause crisis around the world, not just in China.
Lie #4: The Virus Is Contained
You are going to hear this lie often in the next month or two. I’ve heard it several times already from Chinese and US authorities in the past few weeks, and clearly their definition of the word “contained” must be different from mine.
China’s official sickness count and death toll rises exponentially by the day, and this is not accounting for the number of sick and dead they are hiding. Over 50 million people are now in forced quarantine and martial law measures have been implemented. Hong Kong’s hopes of containment have been dashed and officials now expect the outbreak to grow worse in the region.
Japan just announced that a man carrying the virus boarded a cruise liner and then departed, infecting at least ten people in the process and forcing the ship into quarantine for the next two weeks.
A woman in Santa Clara, California carrying the virus came back from China and had been in the US for around 10 DAYS before the illness was identified. Meaning, every single person she came in contact with in that time is now a potential carrier, and for the next two weeks they won’t know they are contagious. These are just a few examples of why it is foolish to write off this situation as “contained”; you cannot contain what you cannot identify.
The disinformation campaign seems designed to hide the true source of the virus, but also to keep the masses lethargic and inactive. We are meant to sit and wait while the virus and the potential economic catastrophe runs us over. Do not fall for the con; prepare accordingly, and never accept what lying governments and mainstream media outlets tell you as the whole truth. It is better to take precautions you might not need than to be found very stupid and desperate down the road because the “experts” told you it was all hype.
