Yesterday morning, RT.com, the website of the Russian Government foreign propaganda channel was not available in the US. The apparent reason was a DDOS attack. But RT was available on YouTube and Twitter. Continue reading Big Tech Foreign Agents II
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Molnupiravir: mutagenic, carcinogenic, authorized in the UK
Published in TrialSite News on November 6, 2021 (behind paywall). Download PDF: Molnupiravir Mutagenic Carcinogenic TSN.pdf
The UK authorization of Molnupiravir for mild/moderate COVID-191 says a lot about the current COVID-19 derangement syndrome. Molnupiravir’s efficacy is marginal, but its mutagenicity and carcinogenicity are real. The tidbits of information published by the UK’s MHRA include bone marrow toxicity discovered in some early trials, something suggested earlier in an article2 on this site. Thus, Molnupiravir is likely to cause leukemia.
The re-analysis of the data in Merck’s press release from October3, suggests that the announced results show much lower efficacy than claimed, even without questioning the conduct of the trial and reporting. Merck’s failure to publish that data is alarming. Merck also failed to disclose the outcomes from patients who were recruited after the cut-off date for the intermediate review.
The UK authorization also reveals that the population in Merck’s trial was younger and less at risk than the general population. When treated with Molnupiravir, the trial population had worse outcome than the comparable general population not treated with Molnupiravir. Continue reading Molnupiravir: mutagenic, carcinogenic, authorized in the UK
Google Plunders the Web
Google and other Big Tech companies were mostly honest, value-creating enterprises until around 2008. The main factor behind Big Tech’s wealth, and the collapse of honest journalism and civil society, was Google and Microsoft’s plundering of content from millions of websites with impunity. Here, I am focused on text-based content, like news, commentary, scholarly and scientific works—in other words, the works that contain or create human knowledge. Continue reading Google Plunders the Web
Big Tech vs Medicine
This article was first published in TrialSiteNews behind a paywall.
The root cause of many of the disastrous responses to this pandemic is the global echo-chamber created and sustained by Big Tech. Big Tech companies (Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Apple – in that order) systematically endorse false information and harmful governmental decisions, reject effective treatments, and collude among themselves to eliminate any dissenting views.
For example, no matter how many doctors and even politicians become convinced that Ivermectin is effective against COVID-19, Big Tech maintains its anti-Ivermectin position. The narrative that “Ivermectin as a treatment against COVID-19 is disinformation” is ingrained in the brains of Big Tech’s low- and middle rank censors, encoded in its databases and AI, and even in its business relationships. It is highly unlikely that any of Big Tech’s high-level executives would step in to change this narrative. Initiating such a change would almost an admission of guilt, acknowledging that their company imperiled millions of people who would have greatly benefited from the treatment.
Big Tech is much more powerful than Big Pharma. Big Tech is also accustomed to impunity, unlike Big Pharma. During this pandemic, Big Tech has added to its valuation >$3 Trillion (yes, with T), much more than Big Pharma can dream of. Continue reading Big Tech vs Medicine
Google Spies on .gov Sites
Shockingly most US government and military websites contain Google Analytics, which sends information about every visitor, on every page, back to Google. Google combines this data with the information it has on that visitor, collected on other websites and in other Google products, and uses it across its products. By itself, the data sent by these websites to Google might be of little value, but Google identifies the visitor via his/her IP address and/or cookies, and adds this data to the user’s ever-growing profile. All of this is done without the knowledge or permission of the user.
Google and its subsidiary YouTube use this information for many purposes, the most benign of which is ad targeting. For example, one might target audiences who were interested in the information on a certain government website. Some Google insiders have direct access to this information.
Theoretically, Google employees can correlate visits to the FBI Tips website with other web activities by the same person, and to aid the persons of interest. Also theoretically, Google can use data from visits to courts’ websites to forecast litigation against it and its partners.
These are grave violations of our Constitutional rights, especially under the Fourth Amendment. This is also another way in which Google assumes the role of a state actor, which is still subject to all Constitutional restrictions on government powers. Continue reading Google Spies on .gov Sites
Medical hypothesis about the evolving Delta variant and its early treatment
2021-09-09, preprint, self-published Cochrane-style. TreatingEvolvingDelta-Zinc.PDF
Bullet Points
- The current coronavirus variant has a shorter incubation period and a higher replication rate than previous variants. This necessitates an earlier start of anti-viral treatment despite the efforts of certain forces to hinder access to the necessary medications.
- The current coronavirus variant is capable of cell-cell fusion. This may decrease the effectiveness of antibodies and some drugs. One way to compensate for this is with higher amounts of zinc and its ionophores, especially hydroxychloroquine.
Continue reading Medical hypothesis about the evolving Delta variant and its early treatment
The Health Harms and Risks of Face Masks
August 23, 2021, preprint, self-published Cochrane-style. F-Masks.PDF
The Health Harms and Risks of Face Masks
Leo Goldstein[1]
Introduction
In debates about the putative benefits of facemasks, the harms and risks receive very little consideration.
Originally, facemasks were proposed as a temporary measure. Also, people were expected to wear them only for short times. Now, face masks are being mandated, for undefined periods of time, and for many hours a day. Very few studies of masks safety have been published since the beginning of masks wearing. The few studies that were published, and observational data shows very significant downsides of masks. That does not stop mask proponents from expanding the proposed mandates, not sparing even children.
Wearing facemasks might have been the first healthcare intervention in a half-century, introduced without any testing of its efficacy or safety. When proposing any new treatment or intervention, the top priority is to demonstrate safety; at least, to show that the risks are commensurate with its benefits. This was not done for facemasks. Continue reading The Health Harms and Risks of Face Masks
Oronasal Hygiene with PVP-I for COVID19
August 18, 2021, preprint. PVPI.pdf
Oronasal Hygiene with PVP-I for COVID19
Leo Goldstein[1]
Bullet points
- Mouth rinsing, gargling, and nasal irrigation with Povidone-Iodine (PVP-I) is safe and effective for prophylaxis, early treatment, and prevention of transmission of COVID-19
- PVP-I has been used for decades as a broad-spectrum antiseptic in dentistry and otolaryngology, so its use for COVID-19 is not re-purposing
- PVP-I has been widely used in India to prevent nosocomial transmission of COVID-19
- In clinical trials, PVP-I was up to 90% in prevention hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19
Abstract
Application of 0.5%-1.0% PVP-I solution to the nasal cavity, oral cavity, nasopharynx, and oropharynx, 2-4 times per day, is an excellent prophylaxis and adjuvant treatment of early COVID-19. Its use would also prevent or sharply decrease transmission of the virus from contagious persons. Povidone-Iodine (PVP-I) is available over the counter.
This is the conclusion from the available literature, including physicians’ recommendations. Continue reading Oronasal Hygiene with PVP-I for COVID19
Proposed Protocol for Self-Immunization against COVID-19
There is an update/improvement: Low Risk Natural Immunization against COVID-19
Proposed Protocol for Self-Immunization against COVID-19
PREPRINT, August 12-15, 2021; v3. PDF (archived v2)
Leo Goldstein [1]
Abstract
Prophylactically taking a small, less than preventative, dose of Hydroxychloroquine can improve an individual’s odds against COVID-19 upon accidental exposure. This allows the individual to lead a normal life and acquire broad natural immunity through a mild infection. The infection should be detected and terminated by appropriate anti–SARS-COV-2 medicines as soon as possible to minimize asymptomatic spread by that individual.
This is the proposed hypothesis. It is accompanied by a sample regimen suitable for a clinical trial. Continue reading Proposed Protocol for Self-Immunization against COVID-19
Asymptomatic Spread by Vaccinated Persons
Vaccinated persons present a higher coronavirus transmission risk than unvaccinated persons starting a few months from vaccination.
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COVID-19 vaccines are injected intramuscularly and produce systemic immunity (Bleier, Ramanathan, and Lane 2021). They do not produce strong or long-lasting mucosal immunity (Tiboni, Casettari, and Illum 2021), which is another part of the natural immune response to infection, even an asymptomatic one. (Russell et al. 2020) provides a mucosal immunity review.
It was known from the start that the current COVID-19 vaccines do not provide sterilizing immunity. Another known fact is that even in vaccinated persons, the coronavirus can infect mucosal surfaces of the upper respiratory tract for at least a short time, where it can grow and be shed before being neutralized by the systemic immunity. It seemed not a major factor at the start of the vaccines roll out. Nevertheless, it was predicted that the rise of vaccine resistant and more infectious variants would create the problem of asymptomatic shedding from vaccinated persons (Goldstein 2021).
This has happened and was confirmed by direct measurements (Chia et al. 2021). This study found that vaccinated persons have the same initial viral load as unvaccinated ones, as tested by nasal swab. In the same group, the vaccinated persons were three times more frequently asymptomatic than unvaccinated ones. When symptomatic, vaccinated persons had fewer symptoms than unvaccinated persons, thus making the disease harder to notice. Continue reading Asymptomatic Spread by Vaccinated Persons
Bad Anti-HCQ Studies
(2020, updated in August 2021) Physician reports on hundreds of successfully treated, high-risk patients are not anecdotal evidence, even if they are not published in peer reviewed papers. Treating such reports as scientific evidence is long overdue. When researchers publish on this topic, failure to properly cite these reports is bad scientific conduct. If issues or questions arise, researchers can contact the practicing physicians directly and ask for any additional information needed. Researchers may choose to dismiss these reports and explain their reasons for doing so, but they cannot simply ignore them. Stating that such reports do not exist is scientific fraud. Continue reading Bad Anti-HCQ Studies
Guided Evolution of the Coronavirus
“it is the vaccination that is creating the variants” (Montagnier 2021)
Virologist Luc Montagnier, the Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine, 2008
Leo Goldstein, preprint, v. 2021-06-30
Summary
SARS-COV-2 has surprised experts by its fast evolution and ability to evade vaccine-induced immunity while simultaneously increasing its infectivity. The explanation might lie in the extremely unlucky selection of S-protein (the spike) as the vaccine antigen. S-protein has a ridiculously small (~200 amino-acids) immunodominant region RBD, with epitopes mostly attracted to two sites of it. Further, the epitopes of the monomer S-protein from vaccines and trimer S-protein in the real coronavirus slightly differ.
The huge number of infected people and failure to treat patients with effective antivirals are also responsible for the fast the viral evolution. Vaccination with very narrow acting vaccines allows the coronavirus variants to escape vaccine elicited immunity. The use of vaccines and protocols that do not prevent infection and virus shedding contribute to the coronavirus escape from vaccine-elicited immunity. This process is self-accelerating – partially resistant variants infect vaccinated people in larger titers and shed for longer time, with a strong selection toward mutations toward escape from vaccine immunity. Continue reading Guided Evolution of the Coronavirus
Constitutional Violations in C19-vaxx Campaign
The current campaign to mass-vaccinate young people and children against COVID-19 has no scientific or medical justification. It seems to be driven by the arbitrary goal set by Joe Robinette Biden to vaccinate 70% of the adult US population by the 4th of July. The mass-vaccination machine has rolled over the children by inertia.
To achieve their goals, federal government officials lie to doctors and the general population; prevent the use of effective prophylaxis and treatment; silence the opposition through Big Tech bans, deplatforming, and illegal surveillance. In this case, Big Tech companies are state actors, bound by the same constitutional restrictions as the government.
The COVID-19 vaccination of children and young people is sponsored or even fully conducted by the government. Government-sponsored medical procedures can be performed only with the patient’s informed consent. This requirement derives from the Due Process Clause(s) of the Constitution and cannot be bypassed by issuing an EUA or any other document. This was established by the court ruling In re Cincinnati Radiation Litigation, 874 F. Supp. 796 – Dist. Court, SD Ohio 1995 and cited by higher courts later on. For patients who are minors, parents’ informed consent is required.
The decision mentioned above also states that government officials cannot assert qualified immunity for this kind of human rights violations. They can be sued and charged in an individual capacity. Continue reading Constitutional Violations in C19-vaxx Campaign
Dangers of COVID-19 Vaccine Associated Enhanced Disease
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Added missing reference to Chen J-M. Live unattenuated vaccines for controlling viral diseases, including COVID-19; JMV, 2021.
Dangers of COVID-19 Vaccine Associated Enhanced Disease
Leo Goldstein [1]
- COVID-19 vaccines, used in the US and most of EU, provide acceptable immunity against currently prevalent variants of SARS-COV-2 for up to six months. Evidence suggests that many vaccinated persons younger than 50 are likely to experience vaccine associated enhanced disease (VAED), when they encounter SARS-COV-2 later, in the fall or winter this year.
- The causes are waning antibody immunity and future spread of variants of concern (VoC), resistant to or even escaping vaccine-induced immunity.
- These two problems are likely to create a “perfect storm” in the fall of 2021. The time to start preparing for it is now.
- Children and adolescents are negatively affected by COVID-19 vaccines more than adults, because of stronger effect of the COVID-19 vaccines in them, in cross-reaction with the common cold coronaviruses. Additionally, healthy children and adolescents do not need vaccination against COVID-19.
- Mass vaccination of children and adolescents must stop.
- The fight against COVID-19 should shift from mass vaccination with the current anti-spike vaccines, which are already obsolete because of the coronavirus evolution, to proven early antiviral treatments and possibly prophylaxis.
Continue reading Dangers of COVID-19 Vaccine Associated Enhanced Disease
ADE, OAS, MISC-C etc.
Explanations and references for The Forced COVID-19 Vaccination of Children: A Crime in Progress, published in the American Thinker on May 28. The victims are denied information that the anti-spike vaccine lacks benefits for children and adolescents, but is likely to cause antibody-developed enhancement (worsening) of COVID-19 when the victims encounter it in the fall or winter 2021-2022. Other long term effects have never been studied.
Children are not at Risk from COVID-19
Only a small fraction of children and adolescents below age 18 has got severe form of COVID-19, and almost all of them had chronic conditions putting them at risk. Per Characteristics and Disease Severity of US Children and Adolescents Diagnosed With COVID-19 [a1], at least 84% of people below 19, hospitalized with severe COVID-19, had chronic conditions. The total number was 756 (March – October 2020), out of almost two million children and adults of the same age, hospitalized or seen in ER in that period. Continue reading ADE, OAS, MISC-C etc.
Anti-Spike Vaccines
Abstract
The politicization and censorship of any negative information or research about the COVID-19 vaccines justifies a review by a lay person. The official narrative is quite far from the reality.
Excluding China, the top vaccines for COVID-19 only target the spike protein of the coronavirus SARS-COV-2. They work by injecting into the human body RNA or DNA, coding for the coronavirus spike protein, slightly modified. This leads to the development of antibodies and memory cell immunity, targeting this protein. Unfortunately, Continue reading Anti-Spike Vaccines