FDA, MEDIA, CORONA, IVERMECTIN and CONSPIRACIES

5/9/2021

The news about anything to do with Corona is overwhelming - if one is on Twitter and Facebook alone it is already too much, add to that all the messages on Messenger, WhatsApp and other channels can make ones head explode.
Lately, I tried to make sense out of some of this, and somehow, a pattern emerged by putting it all in order.

I published a long blog on the Hive Blockchain, and I won't just copy it all over on this one,
but simply link to it (it is publicly available everywhere):

This is just the start of the page, there is much more, including several videos and many links to research.

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Just for the fun of it, I include some insane memes I found on Facebook, which are not part of the Hive blog. If anyone feel 'outed' or embarrassed about it, they should not have posted them.

A search on Facebook on thetopic of Corona would keep one occupied until the end of times.
Some serious, some funny, but most of it insanely dumb, particularly the comments.

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Vaccines against covid

20/8/2021

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Image by Gedesby1989 from Pixabay

I have been gathering a number of resources about these vaccines that are currently on the market. I am rather cautious and not given to conspiracy theories, so I select my resources carefully. What concerns me at this time is that adverse reactions to these vaccines, all of which are only under a temporary emergency use authorization, are alarmingly mounting, but news about it had been being suppressed.
But more of it is being reported now, and not just by "conspiracy theorists", but reputable news and government sources, it can no longer be ignored. I present a selection of items which I shared on Twitter.

But first, for the sake of being thorough and fair, here is a video by the FDA explaining the Drug Approval Process:

The process is similar in Europe and other places in the world. Check out how the WHO explains it:
WHO lists additional COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use and issues interim policy recommendations

A interesting read would be this, and perhaps read it first before continuing here - the link opens in a separate window:
What does full FDA approval of a vaccine do if it’s already authorized for emergency use?

Apropos FDA, you might want to check out and follow the link on this tweet:

https://t.co/5hCITPfV3I
— Otto Rapp (@ArtOfTheMystic) August 13, 2021

here are some select tweets i posted or shared lately:

https://t.co/V88P139xzY
— Otto Rapp (@ArtOfTheMystic) August 20, 2021

U.S. officials are reviewing the possibility that the Moderna coronavirus vaccine is linked to a higher risk of myocarditis in younger adults than previously thought, according to two people who emphasized the side effect still probably remains uncommon https://t.co/7qL19rE9t1
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 20, 2021

#clotshot #openvaers #ThisIsOurShot https://t.co/OjpVrTpUdB pic.twitter.com/4EHX5LT3eb
— the Arkivist (@the_Arkivist) August 6, 2021

Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 Infections, including COVID-19 Vaccine ... https://t.co/9UO8OCbF9v via @CDCgov
— Otto Rapp (@ArtOfTheMystic) August 14, 2021

Now I like to present something that some may consider controversial - videos such as these are often banned on social media sites and YouTube. A shame really, because a exchange of ideas is often impossible and only one side, the officially sanctioned opinion, is presented. But like I mentioned above, more of it is also appearing now in the main stream media.

A PATHOLOGIST SUMMARY OF WHAT THESE JABS DO TO
THE BRAIN AND OTHER ORGANS

Below is the screenshot of the opening frame of this very interesting video. Click it and it opens in separate window.

The above was subject of an interview on KTVB in Idaho:
The Ada County Board of Commissioners voted 2-1 to select Cole for the open seat
on Central District Health.

embedding disabled for this video on YouTube - click screenshot above to open in separate window to view.

Something I may have linked to before already, but it is a interesting read to refresh on the history of Corona viruses:

In 1965, researchers discovered a vexing respiratory infection called 229E. Today, we know it as the common cold.

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Will the COVID vaccine make me test positive for the coronavirus?

31/3/2021

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A debatable subject - to take a quote out of context:
"But your body also produces antibodies as a response to vaccination. That’s the way it can recognise SARS-CoV-2, the next time it meets it, to protect you from severe COVID. So as COVID vaccines are rolled out, and people develop a vaccine-induced antibody response, it may become difficult to differentiate between someone who has had COVID in the past and someone who was vaccinated a month ago."

Will the COVID vaccine make me test positive for the coronavirus? 5 questions about vaccines and COVID testing answered

Meru Sheel, Australian National University; Charlee J Law, Australian National University, and Cyra Patel, Australian National University

COVID-19 vaccination is rolling out across Australia. So health authorities are keen to dispel myths about the vaccines, including any impact on COVID testing.

Do the vaccines give you COVID, or make you test positive for COVID? Does the vaccine affect other tests? Do we still need to get COVID tested if we have symptoms, even after getting the shot? And will we still need COVID testing once more of the population gets vaccinated?

We look at the evidence to answer five common questions about the impact of COVID vaccines on testing.

1. Will the vaccine give me COVID?

The short answer is “no”. That’s because the vaccines approved for use so far in Australia and elsewhere don’t contain live COVID virus.

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine contains an artificially generated portion of viral mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid). This carries the specific genetic instructions for your body to make the coronavirus’s “spike protein”, against which your body mounts a protective immune response.

The AstraZeneca vaccine uses a different technology. It packages viral DNA into a viral vector “carrier” based on a chimpanzee adenovirus. When this is delivered into your arm, the DNA prompts your body to produce the spike protein, again stimulating an immune response.

Any vaccine side-effects, such as fever or feeling fatigued, are usually mild and temporary. These are signs the vaccines are working to boost your immune system, rather than signs of COVID itself. These symptoms are also common after routine vaccines.

2. Will the COVID vaccine make me test positive?

No, a COVID vaccine will not affect the results of a diagnostic COVID test.

The current gold-standard diagnostic test is known as nucleic acid PCR testing. This looks for the mRNA (genetic material) of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This is a marker of current infection.

This is the test the vast majority of people have when they line up at a drive-through testing clinic, or attend a COVID clinic at their local hospital.

Yes, the Pfizer vaccine contains mRNA. But the mRNA it uses is only a small part of the entire viral RNA. It also cannot make copies of itself, which would be needed for it to be in sufficient quantity to be detected. So it cannot be detected by a PCR test.

The AstraZeneca vaccine also only contains part of the DNA but is inserted in an adenovirus carrier that cannot replicate so cannot give you infection or a positive PCR test.

3. How about antibody testing?

While PCR testing is used to look for current infection, antibody testing — also known as serology testing — picks up past infections.

Laboratories look to see if your immune system has raised antibodies against the coronavirus, a sign your body has been exposed to it. As it takes time for antibodies to develop, testing positive with an antibody test may indicate you were infected weeks or months ago.

But your body also produces antibodies as a response to vaccination. That’s the way it can recognise SARS-CoV-2, the next time it meets it, to protect you from severe COVID.

So as COVID vaccines are rolled out, and people develop a vaccine-induced antibody response, it may become difficult to differentiate between someone who has had COVID in the past and someone who was vaccinated a month ago. But this will depend on the serology test used.

The good news is that antibody testing is not nearly as common as PCR testing. And it’s only ordered under limited and rare circumstances.

For instance, when someone tests positive with PCR, but they are a false positive due to the characteristics of the test, or have fragments of virus lingering in the respiratory tract from an old infection, public health experts might request an antibody test to see whether that person was infected in the past. They might also order an antibody test during contact tracing of cases with an unknown source of infection.

4. If I get vaccinated, do I still need a COVID test if I have symptoms?

Yes, we will continue to test for COVID as long as the virus is circulating anywhere in the world.

Even though the COVID vaccines are looking promising in preventing people from getting seriously sick or dying, they won’t provide 100% protection.

Real-world data suggests some vaccinated people can still catch the virus, but they usually only get mild disease. We are unsure whether vaccinated people will be able to potentially pass it to others, even if they don’t have any symptoms. So it’s important people continue to get tested.

COVID-19 testing sign — It’s important people still get tested if they have symptoms, even after having the vaccine. Kristen Sadler/www.shutterstock.com

Furthermore, not everyone will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. For instance, in Australia, current guidelines exclude people under 16 years of age, and those who are allergic to ingredients in the vaccine. And although pregnant women are not ruled out from receiving the vaccine, it is not routinely recommended. This means a proportion of the population will remain susceptible to catching the virus.

We also are unsure about how effective vaccines will be against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. So we will continue to test to ensure people are not infected with these strains.

We know testing, detecting new cases early and contact tracing are the core components of the public health response to COVID, and will continue to be a priority from a public health perspective.

Minimum numbers of daily COVID tests are also needed so we can be confident the virus is not circulating in the community. As an example, New South Wales aims for 8,000 or more tests a day to maintain this peace of mind.

Continued vigilance and high rates of testing for COVID will also be important as we enter the flu season. That’s because the only way to differentiate between COVID and influenza (or any other respiratory infection) is via testing.

5. Will testing for COVID stop as time goes on?

It is unlikely our approach to COVID testing will change in the immediate future. However, as COVID vaccines are rolled out and since COVID is likely to become endemic and stay with us for a long time, the acute response phase to the pandemic will end.

So COVID testing may become part of managing other infectious diseases and part of how we respond to other ongoing health priorities.

Meru Sheel, Epidemiologist | Senior Research Fellow, Australian National University; Charlee J Law, Epidemiologist | Research Associate, Australian National University, and Cyra Patel, PhD candidate, Australian National University

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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covid-19 - more questions & A few answers

8/6/2020

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MORE QUESTIONS & A FEW ANSWERS

Firstly, allow me a bit of self-promotion - we get to the serious questions after this:

If you must wear a mask, then it should be one of my designer masks! .... like this one, for example, people will for sure keep their distance!

As I am doing research, I am asking questions to which I do not always receive adequate answers.
So I keep digging. Here are some ABSTRACTS from which I hope to build my case:

FROM CONVERSATIONS I HAD ON WHATSAPP AND FACEBOOK:
(translate to English and show side by side with German)

WhatsApp:

Angst vor CoV bremst Öffi-Verkehr
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Talk about 100,000 dead first, then wonder that people are scared and afraid!
A political failure at all levels!
How does it look like:
Austrian Ministry of Health
Dashboard
So at this time 437 people are currently sick in all of Austria! Statistically speaking, what are the chances that you will encounter one of them (who should be in quarantine) on the public transport in Vienna, and he will then also cough on us!
Quote from the text:
"In order to reverse the trend again, the company is trying to reduce the fear of infection among passengers. On the one hand, reference is made to the study by AGES (Agency for Health and Food Security) presented on May 6 that no cluster infections had been reported so far -
meaning no occurrence of frequent cases in public transportation."

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Zuerst über 100.000 Tote reden, dann wundern sie sich das die Menschen verschreckt sind und sich fürchten!
Ein politisches Versagen auf allen Ebenen!
Wie sieht es aus:
Österreichisches Gesundheitsministerium
Dashboard
Also momentan 437 Aktuell Erkrankte in ganz Österreich! Statistisch gesehen, was sind die Chancen dass man einen davon (der sich ja in Quarantäne befinden sollte) auf den Öffis in Wien begegnet der uns dann auch noch anhustet!
Zitat von dem Text:
"Um den Trend wieder umzukehren, bemüht sich das Unternehmen, die Angst vor einer Ansteckung bei den Fahrgästen zu nehmen. Einerseits verweist man auf die am 6. Mai präsentierte Studie der AGES (Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit), wonach bisher kein einziger Infektions-Cluster – also das Auftreten gehäufter Fälle – in Öffis aufgetreten sei."

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The restrictions don't stop until there is a vaccine or an effective drug.

I really don't want to be vaccinated with the Gates miracle syringe.

An effective drug? it never existed against corona viruses, there will never be. Tamiflu against a flu that was barely noticeable. And vaccine against swine flu where people got really sick afterwards. Now they want to play around with RNA, intervene in our DNA - this can have bad consequences because the test subjects would first have to be observed for years whether they might not get cancer.
We are upset about genetic engineering in our food, so do we want to inject genetic engineering into people?

This week in the Zeit (magazine):
The vaccine inventors from BioNTech.
Links below are all in German:
Im Team gegen Corona

My Research:
Erste Teilnehmer von Biontech-Studie in den USA geimpft

Quote: "In search of a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the first tests by the Mainz-based company Biontech and the US company Pfizer have also started in the United States. The companies said that the first subjects had been treated. The candidate vaccine is an experimental RNA vaccine."

They have been on the radar since April. Successful with stock market price through press releases. Much like the gold exploration companies - are always on the lookout. Now and then promising reports. And then: Bre-X

Quote from Wer ist Biontech?

"The share price is, at least for many investors, the measure of a company's success. In the middle of the week, that of the Mainz-based biotechnology group Biontech on the US technology exchange Nasdaq rose to almost $ 56. That was an increase of more than 30 percent in a single day."

I am interested in the so-called dark figures. We have to wear masks because we could possibly be asymptomatic virus throwers. But my question: should I have caught the virus, be asymptomatic, then after some time my immune system should have successfully fought the virus - as well as every other sick person who has then recovered. Thus, like the recovered, I am part of herd immunity. That would also explain why the number of cases did not go up despite loosening, meetings, demos, hardware stores, Easter, Pentecost, etc.

I've had a lot of experience with corona virus. The last time I was sick in 2012 was when I was hit hard. Nothing since then, and hardly ever before.

Die Beschränkungen hören erst gänzlich auf, wenn es einen Impfstoff oder ein wirksames Medikament gibt.

Mit dem Gates seiner Wunderspritze lass ich mich aber wirklich nicht impfen.

Ein wirksames Medikament? gab es niemals gegen Coronaviren, wird es auch nie geben. Tamiflu gegen eine Grippe die kaum bemerkbar war. Und Impfstoff gegen die Schweinegrippe wo Menschen daraufhin erst so recht krank wurden. Jetzt wollen sie mit RNA herumspielen, in unser DNA eingreifen - das kann schlechte Folgen haben denn die müssten Probanden erstmal jahrelang beobachten ob die nicht vielleicht Krebs davon bekommen.
Wir regen uns über Gentech in unserer Nahrung auf, und da wollen sie Gentech in Menschen einspritzen?

Diese Woche in der Zeit:
Die Impfstoff-Erfinder von BioNTech.
Link: Im Team gegen Corona

Mein Research:
Erste Teilnehmer von Biontech-Studie in den USA geimpft

Zitat: "Auf der Suche nach einem Impfstoff gegen SARS-CoV-2 sind mittlerweile auch die ersten Tests des Mainzer Unternehmens Biontech und des US-Unternehmens Pfizer in den Vereinigten Staaten angelaufen. Die erste Probanden seien behandelt worden, teilten die Firmen nun mit. Es handelt sich bei der Kandidatvakzine um einen experimentellen RNA-Impfstoff."

Die sind schon seit April am Radar. Mit Börsenkurs durch Presseaussendungen erfolgreich. Ungefähr so wie die Goldexploration Firmen - sind immer auf der Suche. Ab und zu vielversprechende Meldungen. Und dann: Bre-X

Quote von Wer ist Biontech?

"Der Aktienkurs ist zumindest für viele Investoren das Maß für den Erfolg eines Unternehmens. Mitte der Woche ging der des Mainzer Biotechnologiekonzerns Biontech an der US-Technologiebörse Nasdaq bis auf fast 56 Dollar in die Höhe. Das waren ein Plus von mehr als 30 Prozent an einem einzige Tag."

Mich interessieren die sogenannten Dunkelziffern. Wir müssen ja Masken tragen weil wir möglicherweise asymptomatische Virenschleudern sein könnten. Meine Frage aber: sollte ich das Virus erwischt haben, asymptomatisch sein, dann müsste ja nach einiger Zeit mein Immunsystem das Virus erfolgreich bekämpft haben - sowie auch bei jedem anderen Erkrankten der dann genesen ist. Somit bin ich, eben so wie die Genesenen, ein Teil der Herdenimmunität. Das würde auch erklären warum die Fallzahlen trotz Lockerungen, Versammlungen, Demos, Baumarkt, Ostern, Pfingsten usw nicht in die Höhe gegangen sind.

Ich habe so einiges erlebt in Bezug auf Corona Viren. Letztes Mal war ich in 2012 krank, da hat es mich gut erwischt. Seither nichts mehr, und kaum je vorher.

The latest news from Prof. Hendrik Streeck and the Heinsberg Study
published June 7th 2020 in RP-ONLINE
article is in German, use Google Translate:
Bonner Virologe Streeck plädiert für „mehr Mut“ im Sommer
Bonn virologist Streeck pleads for "more courage" in summer

Quote: "Virologist Hendrik Streeck sees an opportunity to fight the corona pandemic during the summer months. Partial immunity could possibly be built up in the population."

Zitat: "Bei der Bekämpfung der Corona-Pandemie sieht der Virologe Hendrik Streeck eine Chance während der Sommermonate. Es könne möglicherweise eine Teilimmunität in der Bevölkerung aufgebaut werden."

PROMISING LINKS
I am quoting short excerpts from these articles
please click the links to read more:

ASYMPTOMATIC SPREAD MAKES TESTING KEY FOR COVID-19 FIGHT
MAY 15TH, 2020
POSTED BY JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

The prevalence of asymptomatic cases—people infected with the virus who can spread it to others but don’t feel sick—is one of the most challenging aspects of the coronavirus pandemic, researchers say.

Current testing methods can detect asymptomatic cases. When you are infected with the coronavirus, the tests are pretty sensitive to any presence of the virus. The most common test at the moment is a PCR test, which looks for the presence of the virus’s genetic material, and some of these are more sensitive than others.

What it means to be immune to the coronavirus
April 14th 2020 in MASHABLE

"The golden rule of immunology is if you are infected with a virus, get sick, and recover, you probably won't get reinfected with the same virus," said Mark Cameron, an immunologist at Case Western Reserve University who previously helped contain the outbreak of another deadly coronavirus, SARS, in 2003.

Why, though, might a significant number of people have such mild (or no) symptoms to this new coronavirus? There could be genetic or health differences that make it more difficult for the coronaviruses to infect a cell. It's also possible that people with milder infections were only exposed to a tiny amount of the virus (like someone picking up just a few particles off a piece of mail versus an ER doctor getting sprayed with millions of viral particles). "It's possible that asymptomatic people were exposed to a much lower dose," said Brian Baker, a biochemist at the University of Notre Dame.

At the end of the day, this coronavirus may unwittingly help humanity tame the pandemic. While it's true that asymptomatic people can spread the virus when they're infected (that's why everyone must social distance right now), if one in four infected people are truly asymptomatic, that means that likely millions of people will ultimately develop immunity — whether they know it or not — and won't be able to spread the virus around until we get a vaccine. "That would be a good thing," said Baker.

"We can count on the fact that the vast majority of COVID infections will cause immunity," said Cameron, noting that a vaccine will then only add to the number of immune people. Ultimately, this is how we end this grim pandemic, now that we've failed to contain it.

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genetic vaccines against covid-19

11/5/2020

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Genetic vaccines against COVID-19: hope or RISK?

Biologist Clemens Arvay elaborately explains the risks of genetic vaccines such as DNA- and RNA-vaccines. He warns of shortened admission procedures as they were recommended by Bill Gates and some experts. Beyond the specific risks are autoimmune diseases and an increased cancer risk.

The video was originally uploaded in German on May 3rd, he has now dubbed it in English and posted on May 10th. Thus, this important information is available to a much wider audience.

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If you go to the original videos on YouTube, you will find a lot of documentation in the respective descriptions.
For best viewing, go to full screen.

Some corroborating evidence I selected here:

Don’t rush to deploy COVID-19 vaccines and drugs without sufficient safety guarantees
We must urgently develop measures to tackle the new coronavirus
— but safety always comes first, says Shibo Jiang.

Shibo Jiang is a professor of virology at the School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China,
and at the New York Blood Center, New York, USA.

Quote:
Around the world, I am seeing efforts to support ‘quick-fix’ programmes aimed at developing vaccines and therapeutics against COVID-19. Groups in the United States and China are already planning to test vaccines in healthy human volunteers. Make no mistake, it’s essential that we work as hard and fast as possible to develop drugs and vaccines that are widely available across the world. But it is important not to cut corners.

Vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella, polio, smallpox and influenza have a long history of safe use and were developed in line with requirements of regulatory agencies.

I have worked to develop vaccines and treatments for coronaviruses since 2003, when the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak happened. In my view, standard protocols are essential for safeguarding health. Before allowing use of a COVID-19 vaccine in humans, regulators should evaluate safety with a range of virus strains and in more than one animal model. They should also demand strong preclinical evidence that the experimental vaccines prevent infection, even though that will probably mean waiting weeks or even months for the models to become available.