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50 Reasons to Question the Pandemic Narrative
Billionaires increased their share of wealth during the pandemic more than at any time on record. (Barron’s)
Since 1974, the top 1% have taken $50 Trillion from the bottom 90%. (Time Magazine / RAND Corp)
The WHO is largely funded and influenced by the pharmaceutical industry, mostly indirectly through non-profits, such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and governments of countries that have a large interest in the industry. In 2018, BMGF was the number two funder of the WHO. Note that the number 5 funder in 2018, GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance, (“a public–private global health partnership”) was founded in 1999 with $750 million from the BMGF which continues to fund it with billions more. In 2020, The BMGF donated $1.6 billion to GAVI. (WHO) (WEF) (2016 Documentary: “Trust WHO?”
You don’t have to look very far for a precedent of an over-hyped pandemic. In 2009, the H1N1 Swine Flu was declared a level 6 pandemic by the WHO. There was a worldwide media panic and governments were obligated to spend billions on vaccines by contracts triggered by the WHO declaration. H1N1 Swine Flu was later admitted to be a “relatively harmless strain of the flu virus” and very few people died. (Der Spiegel Reconstruction of a Mass Hysteria: The Swine Flu Panic of 2009 + Twitter thread of highlights) (Arte Documentary “Profiteers of Fear: The Business with the Swine Flu)
The unvaccinated (or anyone who has any questions about the official pandemic narrative) are now the latest scapegoats for all the failures of the politicians, the for-profit medical system, and pharmaceutical industry. Conveniently, the unvaccinated can easily be equated with the Deplorables and the Conspiracy Theorists.
The promise that vaccines would get us back to normal has been utterly wrong and it’s not just because of the unvaccinated. We were led to believe that the vaccines “95% effectiveness” meant 95% protection from being infected. That effectiveness only referred to “symptomatic illness” or improved outcomes. A recent study showed that fully vaccinated people are just as likely to pass on the virus within a household as the unvaccinated. Joe Biden and CDC Director Rochelle Walensky originally claimed that getting vaccinated would prevent you from being infected. (Guardian) (AP Fact Check: Biden goes too far in assurances on vaccines) (Video: SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination “Official” Messaging - Then and Now)
Two major Israeli studies have shown that natural immunity is much stronger and longer lasting than vaccine immunity. The first study found that the Delta variant was 27 times more likely to break through the Pfizer vaccine protection during a two-month window than natural immunity. The second study showed that 6-8 months after vaccination or infection, infection rates were 6 times higher among vaccinated individuals. Hybrid immunity (infection + vaccination) was even more effective, but only by 20%. (Study 1) (Study 2)
If vaccination is hindering the process of stronger natural immunity and possible herd immunity, it’s worth asking whether the benefits of vaccines among low-risk populations are worth it.
The Omicron variant has been very mild so far with only a handful of deaths and many infections, yet the media and authorities are hyping it with exaggerated fear. For example, this Guardian article headline is “Omicron could cause 75,000 deaths in England by end of April, say scientists,” but buried in the article is this: “However, Prof Paul Hunter, of the University of East Anglia, said any model was “only as good as its assumptions”, adding that one key assumption here was that severity of disease outcomes for Omicron was the same as for Delta.” (Guardian) (Reuters, “S. Africa data, study suggest ‘positive story’ on Omicron severity – scientist)
Case Fatality Rate refers to the number of confirmed deaths divided by the number of confirmed cases. This number isn’t very useful when there are tons of people who never even tested positive (likely) or who may have died without a positive test (much less likely). The infection fatality rate (IFR) is the more relevant number—it refers to the total number of deaths divided by the total number of infections and has been estimated at somewhere between 0.25% and 0.8%, meaning 99.XX% of people infected with COVID survive. According to the CDC’s latest estimated deaths (921K) and infections (146.6M), that number is 0.6%. Note that they estimate 45% of the US population has had COVID. Influenza has an estimated IFR of 0.1%. (CDC, Ioannidis)
Some death counts include anyone who dies for ANY reason who has tested positive for COVID within a window of time. The UK’s death statistics are based on (all) deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID test. Some death counts, including the CDC total deaths estimate include ALL excess deaths from the expected amount. (Video: Illinois director of Dept. of Public Health describes what counts as a “COVID death”) (UK counts “Deaths within 28 days of positive test) (How CDC estimates COVID-19 Deaths on the CDC website)
Studies have shown that ~95% of those who die of COVID have serious comorbidities. One study says that just 0.05% of healthy people under age 70 will die from COVID. The median age for COVID deaths in the US is 78 and over 80 in many countries. (Ioannidis) (SWPRS: Median Age of COVID Deaths)
A study by Ralph Nader’s Public Citizen showed that “About one-third of COVID-19 deaths and 40% of infections were tied to a lack of insurance.” Who in the corporate media, governmental, pharmaceutical complex is talking about all the deaths caused by the special interests who have blocked this “public good” policy that is supported by 60% of the population? Did the unvaccinated prevent us from having universal healthcare? (Public Citizen) (Kaiser Family Foundation Poll)
The pandemic has been politicized. Science and public health are not the only factors at play. Democrats like Kamala Harris and Joe Biden expressed doubts about taking a vaccine that was rolled out under the Trump administration. (Video)
Masks have been politicized and are now used to show allegiance to a particular party. Masks are worn not only out of concern for the public good or personal health, but also because of social pressure and in-group / out-group dynamics.
Vaccine passports and mandates represent a whole new level of top-down control for governments to surveil and control their populations. Vaccine passports or “green passes” are a social credit system.
Whereas people previously depended on community trust or personal discretion regarding exposure to communicable illnesses, the government has now stepped in as the arbiter of trust. This is dangerous milestone that hasn’t been openly debated.
Dissenting opinions have been censored. Accounts have been suspended from social media and alternative voice are certainly not welcome in mainstream media. (Disinformation Dozen) (Pfizer CEO says people who spread misinformation on Covid vaccines are ‘criminals’)
mRNA technology is experimental. Dr. Fauci said in 2019 that under ideal circumstances we were still ten years from FDA approval of this new technology. (Video)
mRNA vaccines were classified as “gene therapy” and a Bayer executive recently remarked that they would have probably had a 95% refusal rate of this “experimental gene therapy” if not for the pandemic. (Video) (2019 BionTech SEC Filing shows mRNA vaccines were classified as “gene therapy”)
The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is an official database on the CDC/HHS website and has been considered accurate and useful in the past. VAERS lists 20K reported deaths from COVID vaccines. Some say these numbers are inflated, but many others convincingly argue that they are vastly underreported. (VAERS) (Open VAERS)
The CDC changed the definitions of “vaccine” and “vaccination” on its website in September 2021. The old definitions specified “immunity” whereas the new ones specify “protection.” (Substack)
Justified by protecting public health, official communications through government and mainstream media have clearly been propagandized to provoke fear and compliance.
The global COVID strategy is being coordinated by elite groups and individuals such as Bill Gates and the World Economic Forum, which represent the interests of the 1%. These are the same people who have led the world to unprecedented inequality and ecological devastation.
In October 2019, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the World Economic Forum, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation partnered to run a high-level pandemic exercise of a fictitious corona virus. The event included role-playing and high-production value videos of fake news reports. Much time was spent discussing vaccine uptake and combating disinformation and conspiracy theories. Principal players at Event 201 included Avril Haines, former deputy director of the CIA and current National Intelligence Director, the head of the Chinese CDC, representatives from the pharmaceutical industry and public relations industry, the World Bank, BMGF, and UN. (Full Video) (Event 201)
The vaccine companies were given blanket immunity from liability due to injury from their products as part of the Emergency Use Authorization. (1)
Dr. Fauci did lie to congress about NIH involvement in gain of function research in Wuhan. The NIH was funding gain of function research on bat corona viruses in Wuhan. (Vanity Fair) (MSN)
The possibility that COVID-19 leaked from a lab went from censored conspiracy theory to credible possibility over the course of a year. Leaked emails between Fauci and others suggest a possible cover up. (The Hill, Video: Peak Prosperity)
Countries with some of the highest vaccination rates in the world, including Gibraltar, Ireland, Israel, the UK, have experienced huge surges in 2021. (Newsweek)
Africa with a vaccination rate of 6% has done surprisingly well. 1
Although studies have shown that 80% of those hospitalized with COVID had a Vitamin D deficiency and Vitamin D is being used in many countries to treat or prevent COVID, the NIH does not recommend it. (Study) (NIH) (Vitamin D Studies)
Other treatments and prophylactics with promising research have been suppressed or censored. The narrative that “vaccines are the only solution” has been pushed at the expense of other options. (Ivermectin Meta Analysis of Studies)
Children have extremely low risk due to COVID. The UK numbers showed two fatalities per million of population. (BBC, NPR: In Kids, The Risk of COVID-19 and The Flu Are Similar)
The “collateral damage” costs of lockdowns and restrictions have been almost completely ignored. Almost anything seems to be justified in the fight against COVID. Studies show hundreds of thousands and probably several million fatalities due to malnutrition and lack of access to healthcare resulting from the shutdown of economies. These results were felt mostly in the Third World, where they can conveniently be ignored by First World citizens working from home and having their food delivered. (Grayzone) (Video interview with Toby Green)
There is no data (that I can find) to support masks being worn outdoors. There is data to suggest that even indoor mask mandates, including school mask mandates are ineffective. (North Dakota vs South Dakota)
Vaccine passport policies in France, Israel, Germany, Austria, Ireland, Italy, etc. have shown no clear effectiveness in reducing infections. Many countries have had huge surges in cases AFTER successful mass vaccination programs AND vaccine passport programs. (Study)
Excess deaths during the pandemic in India were up to 4 million in July 2021 while COVID-19 deaths were at 414,000. The discrepancy points to millions of “collateral damage” deaths due to lockdown restrictions and economic conditions that devastated the poor. 1
COVID restrictions caused an estimated 239,000 deaths in South East Asia by March 2021, while COVID deaths were only 186,000. 1
The ACLU, in the past, spoke against mandatory injections. Now they have switched to supporting them, in conjunction with the prevailing political climate. (Greenwald)
Lockdowns, masks, Zoom-everything, distance-learning have had undeniable harmful effects on everyone, especially children. One study showed a 23% decline on key cognitive tests for kids. 1
France, Germany & Nordic countries banned or advised against Moderna for under 30s
Japan has made a stand against compulsive or coercive vaccination mandates. (Japan Ministry of Health)
A quote from RFK Jr. (who has been banned from YouTube and Instagram): “FDA gets 50 percent of its budget from vaccine companies, from the industry. Fifty percent. The CDC has an $11.5 billion budget and 4.9 billion of that is buying and selling and distributing vaccines. CDC is a vaccine company. It owns 57 vaccine patents so it can make money on every sale of a vaccine. NIH owns hundreds of vaccine patents. NIH owns half the patent for the Moderna vaccine. There’s five individuals in NIH and the rules at NIH is if you’re a scientist or an official who worked on a vaccine, you’re allowed to collect $150,000 a year in royalties on sales that that vaccine makes. These regulatory agencies are actually vaccine companies. The vaccine marketing sales part of those agencies is the tail that is now wagging the regulatory dog.” (RFK Debate with Alan Dershowitz)
In 2020, Bill Gates (net worth $137 billion) became a de-facto pandemic expert, appearing across all major media. Bill Gates has been warning about pandemics since at least 2015, when he gave a major TED talk on it. Gates has no formal expertise in public health, but through his foundation he is probably of the most influential single person in global public health policy. (BBC)
In 2010, Gates committed $10 billion to WHO, and said, “We must make this the decade of vaccines.” (CNET)
Bill Gates: My ‘best investment’ turned $10 billion into $200 billion worth of economic benefit (On CNBC in 2019).
Bill Gates gives money to many media companies through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, creating clear conflicts of interest. (Columbia Journalism Review: Journalism’s Gates keepers)
Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum, has long called for a “Fourth Industrial Revolution” which will lead to a “fusion of our physical, digital and biological identity.” He sees humans being wired into the internet in coming years. (Video: Schwab on implants)
Founded in 2016, ID2020 is a public-private consortium aiming to provide a digital identity system for the entire world population. Partners/funders include Microsoft and the Rockefeller Foundation. (ID2020.org) (Cory Morningstar on ID2020)
In 2018, ID2020 published an article entitled “Immunization: an entry point for digital identity.” In 2021, ID2020 launched their “Good Health Pass.” (ID2020 on Medium)
The FDA asked for 55 years before releasing all the relevant documents related to its licensing of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The documents were requested under the Freedom of Information Act. Some documents were revealed and showed 1200 reported deaths due to the vaccine in the first 90 days. (Reuters) (Video: 1200 Dead in First 90 Days)
A whistleblower revealed major issues with data integrity and regulatory oversight with Pfizer’s vaccine approval trials. This included “falsified data, unblinded patients, employed inadequately trained vaccinators, and was slow to follow up on adverse events reported in Pfizer’s pivotal phase III trial.” (BMJ: Covid-19: Researcher blows the whistle on data integrity issues in Pfizer’s vaccine trial)
In 2009, Pfizer payed the largest health care fraud settlement to date, $2.3 billion. They also payed the largest criminal fine in US history, $1.3 billion. The company was fined for illegally promoting unapproved uses of four of its drugs, including a painkiller, Bextra. Pfizer plead guilty to a felony violation. (ABC)
Studies have suggested that iatrogenic illness is the third leading cause of death in the US. That is medical error and pharmaceutical-induced illness. (Johns Hopkins)
The unvaccinated are blamed for overcrowded hospitals while vaccine mandates are putting healthcare workers out of their jobs and creating understaffed hospitals. Between 1975 and 2019, the number of hospital beds in the US went from roughly 1.46 million to 919K, a 37% reduction. Are the unvaccinated to blame? No, the for-profit medical system is to blame. (Statista)
News reports of overcrowded hospitals and “patients dying in the corridors” have happened during prior years with bad flu seasons. 2018 had many such examples. (BBC: Patients 'dying in hospital corridors') (Irish Times: Nurses say 2018 worst year ever for overcrowding in public hospitals) (LA Times: California hospitals face a ‘war zone’ of flu patients — and are setting up tents to treat them) (Time: Hospitals Overwhelmed by Flu Patients Are Treating Them in Tents)
According to the American Hospital Association, the number of staffed hospital beds was reduced from 924,107 in 2020 to 919,559 in 2021. (AHA 2020) (AHA 2021)
Unless you are over 80 years old, your chance of dying of COVID is significantly less than your chance of dying by suicide, opioid overdose or car accident. Is the world shutting down or producing 24/7 fearmongering news stories to help combat these other issues? (Your Chance of Dying from COVID19: The Official Facts)
You see a lot of media coverage about Red states, such as Florida, being the worst for COVID because of their lack of vaccination or mask-wearing. You don’t seem to hear much blame put on the policies or vaccination rates of Blue states when they are at the top of the list of cases or deaths. For example, as of 12/25/21, the top states for 7-day average deaths are: Tennessee, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Arizona, Illinois, New York, Indiana, Wisconsin, California. The top states for 7-day average cases are: New York, Florida, Illinois, Ohio, New Jersey, California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Maryland. (USA Facts) Videos linked in this list: