Concerned that COVID would be a disaster for humanity, governments, public health officials, social media platforms, and mainstream media have presented COVID-fighting measures as science-backed, effective, and worth the costs. &nbsp;Together, they have imposed some of the most dramatic public health policies in the history of the free world, infringing on nearly all basic freedoms, including freedom of movement, association, expression, religion, commerce, and bodily autonomy.However, justification for these extreme measures and infringements is far from solid.&nbsp; For governing bodies to offer recommendations or fund certain interventions requires a relatively low burden of proof because the public isn’t forced to comply by law. But once these recommendations become requirements, such as masks, stay-at-home orders, and vaccination mandates, the government must meet a much higher burden of proof.&nbsp; &nbsp;The objective of Frontline Pedia is to present a challenge to the foundations of these policies and present alternatives.&nbsp;In particular, Frontline Pedia aims to document the exaggeration of the risks from COVID, the downplaying of the damage caused by containment policies, and the suppression and censoring of alternative, science-backed positions. Included here are diverse sources and pieces of evidence that together show that these policies have not met their required burden of proof and in many cases, led to significant damage.This collection is designed to communicate the alternative evidence-based narrative for lawyers, journalists, doctors, academics, and concerned citizens who want to better understand the counter-position and reference the sources that support it.&nbsp;Limitations and notesThe term “COVID” is these articles refers to both the virus SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) and the disease COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) unless otherwise specified.&nbsp;For brevity, footnotes present both sources as well as additional information to explore.&nbsp;Frontline Pedia is a living set of documents that is continually updated as new information becomes available. For all content suggestions, broken links, or other improvements, please contact us at <a href="mailto:frontlinepedia@aflds.org">frontlinepedia@aflds.org</a>Topics:<ol style="list-style-type:decimal;"><li><a href="https://aflds.org/covid-pedia/predicted-vs-reported-fatalities">Initial Predictions vs Reported Fatalities</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/covid-pedia/infection-fatality-rate">Infection Fatality Rate</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/covid-pedia/pcr-tests">PCR Tests</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/covid-pedia/asymptomatic">Asymptomatic</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/covid-pedia/overloaded-hospitals">Collapsing Hospitals</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/covid-pedia/abusing-dn-rs">Abusing DNRs</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/covid-pedia/overcounting-deaths-and-hospitalizations">Overcounting Deaths and Hospitalizations</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/covid-pedia/effectiveness-of-lockdowns">Effectiveness of Lockdowns</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/covid-pedia/damage-from-lockdowns">Damage from Lockdowns</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/covid-pedia/covid-and-kids">COVID and Kids</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/covid-pedia/treatments-ivermectin">Early treatments - Ivermectin</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/covid-pedia/treatments-hydroxychloroquine-with-zinc">Early treatments - Hydroxychloroquine with Zinc</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/covid-pedia/masks">Masks</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/covid-pedia/censorship-of-dissent">Censorship of Dissent</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/covid-pedia/vaccine-effectiveness">Vaccine Effectiveness</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/covid-pedia/vaccine-negative-effectiveness">Vaccine Negative Effectiveness</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/covid-pedia/vaccine-safety">Vaccine Safety</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/covid-pedia/all-cause-mortality">Vaccination and All-cause Mortality</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/covid-pedia/coercion-to-vaccinate">Coercion to Vaccinate</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/covid-pedia/problems-with-coercion-to-vaccinate">Problems with using Coercion to Vaccinate</a></li></ol>

Overview

The predictions for infections, hospitalizations and deaths resulting from COVID were compiled in a report[fn]<a href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/mrc-gida/2020-03-16-COVID19-Report-9.pdf">https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/mrc-gida/2020-03-16-COVID19-Report-9.pdf</a>[/fn] from Imperial College (IC) led by Neil Ferguson. The report, issued in mid-March 2020 predicted that absent any controls the following would occur: 510,000 deaths in Great Britain and 2.2 million in the U.S.[fn]<a href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/mrc-gida/2020-03-16-COVID19-Report-9.pdf">https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/mrc-gida/2020-03-16-COVID19-Report-9.pdf</a> Page 7[/fn] In the appendix, issued days later, the report listed its predictions for other countries as well. Here are some of the most optimistic scenarios if no COVID restrictions were implemented: Canada - 226,000, Israel - 40,000, Japan - 1 million and Sweden - 66,000[fn]<a href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/mrc-gida/Imperial-College-COVID19-Global-unmitigated-mitigated-suppression-scenarios.xlsx">https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/mrc-gida/Imperial-College-COVID19-Global-unmitigated-mitigated-suppression-scenarios.xlsx</a>[/fn]. The numbers were reported in the press in the U.S.,[fn]“Think of the number — potentially 2.2 million people if we did nothing”<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/01/trump-coronavirus-millions-saved-160814">https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/01/trump-coronavirus-millions-saved-160814</a>[/fn] U.K.,[fn]“250,000 deaths in Britain without lockdown”<a href="https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/10/01/sweden-has-destroyed-the-case-for-lockdown/">https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/10/01/sweden-has-destroyed-the-case-for-lockdown/</a>[/fn] Canada,[fn]“worst-case scenario with 350,000 deaths”<a href="https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/full-text-canada-projections-covid-19-coronavirus-deaths-cases">https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/full-text-canada-projections-covid-19-coronavirus-deaths-cases</a>[/fn] Israel,[fn]“...forecast of 30,000-40,000 deaths should Israel not do anything”<a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israel-predicts-up-to-40-000-coronavirus-patients-may-die-can-we-avoid-this-1.8711447">https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israel-predicts-up-to-40-000-coronavirus-patients-may-die-can-we-avoid-this-1.8711447</a>[/fn] and Sweden.[fn]“Predicted 96,000 deaths by the end of June”<a href="https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/10/01/sweden-has-destroyed-the-case-for-lockdown/">https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/10/01/sweden-has-destroyed-the-case-for-lockdown/</a> [/fn]The predictions of the IC report had a major influence on how countries decided to deal with the emerging pandemic.[fn]“The UK's plan has shifted because the scientific modeling showed we were on course for a "catastrophic epidemic"<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51917562">https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51917562</a>[/fn] Backed by an intensive social media campaign from China[fn]“How China unleashed Twitter bots to spread COVID-19 propaganda in Italy”<a href="https://formiche.net/2020/03/china-unleashed-twitter-bots-covid19-propaganda-italy/">https://formiche.net/2020/03/china-unleashed-twitter-bots-covid19-propaganda-italy/[/fn]</a>[fn]<a href="https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/china-covid-lockdown-propaganda">https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/china-covid-lockdown-propaganda</a>[/fn] along with the newly formed “scientific consensus” based on the IC’s models and predictions, governments all over the world decided to implement restrictions on human interaction and imposed lockdowns.&nbsp;The virus, even 7 months after the March 2020 predictions were made, turned out to be far less deadly than predicted. Canada had reported 9,600 deaths vs 226,000 predicted. The UK would see 42,000 reported deaths vs 510,000 predicted. The USA would see 220,000 reported deaths vs 2.2 million predicted. Israel saw 1,800 reported deaths vs 35,000 predicted. These dire predictions assumed that no lockdowns would take place. Lockdown advocates claim that the lockdowns are what saved all those lives (the difference between the actual and the predicted). This might be a reasonable claim if there wasn't a control group (a country that did not lockdown). But there was - Sweden.Sweden was the only Western country not to lockdown in those initial 7 months. It was predicted that Sweden would suffer a minimum of 66,000 deaths by June, when in fact they experienced only 5,900 by September. Here, in the only control group to test the validity of the model, we see it overestimated the deaths by more than 1,000%. In June, Neil Ferguson of the Imperial College admitted that Sweden achieved similar results to the UK without imposing a lockdown.[fn]<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/02/prof-lockdown-neil-ferguson-admits-sweden-used-science-uk-has/">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/02/prof-lockdown-neil-ferguson-admits-sweden-used-science-uk-has/</a>[/fn]<figure class="image image-style-align-center image_resized" style="width:50%;"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1678956184/image_9b9e792806.png"></figure>Source: <a href="https://21stcenturywire.com/2020/05/01/covid-why-sweden-has-already-won-the-debate-on-covid-19-lockdown-policy/">https://21stcenturywire.com/2020/05/01/covid-why-sweden-has-already-won-the-debate-on-covid-19-lockdown-policy/</a>Email questions or comments to&nbsp;<a href="mailto:frontlinepedia@aflds.org">frontlinepedia@aflds.org</a>&nbsp;

Initial Predictions vs Reported Fatalities

In February 2020 the predictions of the Infection Fatality Rate (IFR), or “death rate” from COVID were estimated by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be 3.4%.<a href="#_ftn1">[1]</a> We were told that COVID was much more deadly than the seasonal flu and we must “flatten the curve” to avoid <a href="https://frontline.news/pedia/overloaded-hospitals" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">collapsing hospitals</a>. <a href="#_ftn2">[2]</a> Seven months later, the WHO acknowledges in its report that “infection fatality rates tended to be much lower than estimates made earlier in the pandemic.”<a href="#_ftn3">[3]</a> The WHO’s report found that the “median COVID infection fatality rate was 0.27%”.<a href="#_ftn4">[4]</a> Other studies support this finding with IFRs of 0.01%-0.32%. By comparison, the flu has an IFR of 0.1%-0.2%, making it more deadly than COVID in many cases.<a href="#_ftn5">[5]</a><a href="#_ftn6">[6]</a>Chief Medical Officer of the UK, Chris Whitty acknowledged COVID's "low mortality rate" when he recommended against fast-tracking vaccine approvals in February 2020 according to files revealed three years later.<a href="#_ftn7">[7]</a><h3>IFR and age</h3>Discussion of an IFR for COVID is somewhat simplistic since the IFR varies dramatically and increases with age. This point makes the one-size-fits-all public health policies such as universal masking, lockdowns, and vaccinations especially inappropriate."The IFR was very low among people younger than 51 years without comorbidity during the 2 waves (combined IFR=3.36 per 100000 infections). The IFR increased with age (281 per 100000 for people aged 61 to 69 years without comorbidity)." And that "IFR increased with age and comorbidity but declined from the first to second wave." <a href="#_ftn8">[8]</a>"The estimated age-specific IFR is very low for children and younger adults (e.g., 0.002% at age 10 and 0.01% at age 25) but increases progressively to 0.4% at age 55, 1.4% at age 65, 4.6% at age 75, and 15% at age 85." <a href="#_ftn9">[9]</a>“The median IFR was 0.0003% at 0-19 years, 0.003% at 20-29 years, 0.011% at 30-39 years, 0.035% at 40-49 years, 0.129% at 50-59 years, and 0.501% at 60-69 years. The current analysis suggests a much lower pre-vaccination IFR in non-elderly populations than previously suggested.” <a href="#_ftn10">[10]</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image image-style-align-center image_resized" style="width:50%;"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1687764960/image_d717e5924a.png" alt="SR242_Chart08"></figure><a href="https://www.heritage.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/SR243.pdf">https://www.heritage.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/SR243.pdf</a> (page 13)&nbsp;<figure class="image image-style-align-center image_resized" style="width:50%;"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1687764959/image_c1bc1080a6.png"></figure><a href="https://www.heritage.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/SR243.pdf">https://www.heritage.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/SR243.pdf</a> (page 12)<h3>Footnotes:</h3><hr><a href="#_ftnref1">[1]</a> “WHO says coronavirus death rate is 3.4% globally”&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/03/who-says-coronavirus-death-rate-is-3point4percent-globally-higher-than-previously-thought.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/03/who-says-coronavirus-death-rate-is-3point4percent-globally-higher-than-previously-thought.htm</a><a href="#_ftnref2">[2]</a> “A flatter curve, on the other hand, assumes the same number of people ultimately get infected, but over a longer period of time”<a href="https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-flatten-the-curve.html">https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-flatten-the-curve.html</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref3">[3]</a> “The inferred infection fatality rates tended to be much lower than estimates made earlier in the pandemic”<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20210208035523/https:/www.who.int/bulletin/online_first/BLT.20.265892.pdf">http://web.archive.org/web/20210208035523/https://www.who.int/bulletin/online_first/BLT.20.265892.pdf</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref4">[4]</a> “median COVID-19 infection fatality rate was 0.27%”<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20210208035523/https:/www.who.int/bulletin/online_first/BLT.20.265892.pdf">http://web.archive.org/web/20210208035523/https://www.who.int/bulletin/online_first/BLT.20.265892.pdf</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref5">[5]</a> “coronavirus might not be as deadly as flu”&nbsp;<a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/stanford-study-suggests-coronavirus-might-not-be-as-deadly-as-flu">https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/stanford-study-suggests-coronavirus-might-not-be-as-deadly-as-flu</a><a href="#_ftnref6">[6]</a>&nbsp;"The overall clinical consequences of Covid-19 may ultimately be more akin to those of a severe seasonal influenza (which has a case fatality rate of approximately 0.1%) or a pandemic influenza (similar to those in 1957 and 1968) rather than a disease similar to SARS or MERS, which have had case fatality rates of 9 to 10% and 36%, respectively.2"<a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejme2002387">https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejme2002387</a><a href="#_ftnref7">[7]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/07/covid-not-deadly-enough-fast-track-vaccines-chris-whitty-advised/">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/07/covid-not-deadly-enough-fast-track-vaccines-chris-whitty-advised/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref8">[8]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8689980/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8689980/</a><a href="#_ftnref9">[9]</a> <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10654-022-00853-w">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10654-022-00853-w</a><a href="#_ftnref10">[10]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.11.22280963v1">https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.11.22280963v1</a>&nbsp;Email questions or comments to&nbsp;<a href="mailto:frontlinepedia@aflds.org">frontlinepedia@aflds.org</a>

Infection Fatality Rate

The PCR is a genetic test that can detect a section of COVID’s genetic sequence within the sample. It does this by amplifying the sample hundreds of thousands of times until it has reached a predetermined threshold or limit. After reaching its cycle threshold (CT), if it detects a genetic trace of the virus, it returns a positive. If not, the result is negative.[fn]<a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/covid-19-rt-pcr-test-how-mislead-all-humanity-accepting-societal-lock-downs">https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/covid-19-rt-pcr-test-how-mislead-all-humanity-accepting-societal-lock-downs</a>[/fn]&nbsp;Several scientific studies have placed great importance on the number of cycles it takes until the genetic sequence of the virus is identified. If the genetic sequence is found after more than 35 cycles, it does not mean the subject actually has COVID. [fn]<a href="https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1764/6018217?login=true">https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1764/6018217?login=true</a>[/fn][fn]<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32442256/">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32442256/</a>[/fn][fn]<a href="https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/72/8/1467/5896916">https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/72/8/1467/5896916</a>[/fn][fn]<a href="https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/71/16/2252/5841456?casa_token=YRH4TjC1QTcAAAAA:_RbE4ZsthCyRulTLJa2eOIruf3CRNVgpu84SczOSOsMxxtUbe3MQSbjlaz-i2og2oKgRZg4aP7hpHy4">https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/71/16/2252/5841456?casa_token=YRH4TjC1QTcAAAAA:_RbE4ZsthCyRulTLJa2eOIruf3CRNVgpu84SczOSOsMxxtUbe3MQSbjlaz-i2og2oKgRZg4aP7hpHy4</a>[/fn][fn]<a href="https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1491/5912603">https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1491/5912603</a>[/fn] As reported in the New York Times, experts acknowledge that the test should be limited to a maximum of 30 - 35 cycles, since, it has been found that results from tests using more than 35 cycles are 97% false positive. Depending on the number of days after the start of infection, a positive result even at 20 cycles could mean the subject is not infectious.[fn]<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/health/coronavirus-testing.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/health/coronavirus-testing.html</a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200829104624/https:/www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/health/coronavirus-testing.html">https://web.archive.org/web/20200829104624/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/health/coronavirus-testing.html</a>[/fn] Anthony Fauci, as director of the NIH, also acknowledged that “you almost never can culture virus from a 37-threshold cycle”.[fn]<a href="https://www.bitchute.com/video/mG8ISlP5OMw2/">https://www.bitchute.com/video/mG8ISlP5OMw2/</a>[/fn]The cycle threshold is not uniform across all testing facilities, nor is this information usually made public.[fn]<a href="https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/coronavirus/state-health-departments-across-country-are-failing-collect-critical">https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/coronavirus/state-health-departments-across-country-are-failing-collect-critical</a>[/fn] The CDC accepts positive results from tests that amplify up to 40 cycles.[fn]<a href="https://www.fda.gov/media/134922/download">https://www.fda.gov/media/134922/download</a> (page 36)[/fn] In Canada, most labs use CT of more than 35 cycles.[fn]<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S138665322030175X">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S138665322030175X</a>[/fn] Israel reportedly uses 37 cycles.[fn]<a href="https://www.kore.co.il/viewArticle/69025">https://www.kore.co.il/viewArticle/69025</a>[/fn]&nbsp; As such, the number of actual COVID cases is unclear. Florida introduced a state mandate to disclose the CT value whenever the result is positive[fn]<a href="https://www.flhealthsource.gov/files/Laboratory-Reporting-CT-Values-12032020.pdf">https://www.flhealthsource.gov/files/Laboratory-Reporting-CT-Values-12032020.pdf</a>[/fn] so that doctors and patients can make more informed decisions about isolation and treatments.In January 2021 the WHO acknowledged that individuals with high CT positive PCR test results should be retested.[fn]<a href="https://www.who.int/news/item/20-01-2021-who-information-notice-for-ivd-users-2020-05">https://www.who.int/news/item/20-01-2021-who-information-notice-for-ivd-users-2020-05</a>[/fn] In May the CDC gave new guidelines for testing vaccinated people, stating that only positive results with a CT value of 28 or less should be considered valid.[fn]<a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/caught-red-handed-cdc-changes-test-thresholds-virtually-eliminate-new-covid-cases-among">https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/caught-red-handed-cdc-changes-test-thresholds-virtually-eliminate-new-covid-cases-among</a>[/fn]Health officials in Sweden determined that PCR testing “cannot distinguish between viruses capable of infecting cells and viruses that have been neutralized.”[fn]<a href="https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/publicerat-material/publikationsarkiv/v/vagledning-om-kriterier-for-bedomning-av-smittfrihet-vid-covid-19/">https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/publicerat-material/publikationsarkiv/v/vagledning-om-kriterier-for-bedomning-av-smittfrihet-vid-covid-19/</a>[/fn] During the course of the pandemic, several courts have ruled that a positive PCR test result is not sufficient to obligate quarantine including courts in Portugal,[fn]<a href="https://www.portugalresident.com/judges-in-portugal-highlight-more-than-debatable-reliability-of-covid-tests/">https://www.portugalresident.com/judges-in-portugal-highlight-more-than-debatable-reliability-of-covid-tests/</a>[/fn] Vienna,[fn]<a href="https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&amp;tl=en&amp;u=https://www.info-direkt.eu/2021/03/31/oesterreichisches-gericht-kippt-urteil-pcr-test-nicht-zur-diagnostik-geeignet/">https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&amp;tl=en&amp;u=https://www.info-direkt.eu/2021/03/31/oesterreichisches-gericht-kippt-urteil-pcr-test-nicht-zur-diagnostik-geeignet/</a>[/fn] and the Netherlands.[fn]<a href="https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/12/coronavirus-sceptic-wins-court-case-about-mandatory-pcr-testing/?fbclid=IwAR2XzIczAxfkD4oSQn3YrmdGRu531ccQfOUFejNwxLOutDWGxpmizCfDJG4">https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/12/coronavirus-sceptic-wins-court-case-about-mandatory-pcr-testing/?fbclid=IwAR2XzIczAxfkD4oSQn3YrmdGRu531ccQfOUFejNwxLOutDWGxpmizCfDJG4</a>[/fn]In July 2021 the CDC issued a statement that by the end of the year it would be withdrawing its recommendation for the continued use of PCR tests.[fn]<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dls/locs/2021/07-21-2021-lab-alert-Changes_CDC_RT-PCR_SARS-CoV-2_Testing_1.html">https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dls/locs/2021/07-21-2021-lab-alert-Changes_CDC_RT-PCR_SARS-CoV-2_Testing_1.html</a>[/fn] &nbsp;See PCR test and cycles explained&nbsp;<div class="raw-html-embed"><iframe scrolling="no" style="border: none;" src="https://www.bitchute.com/embed/9vLteGCYIeuv/" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0"></iframe>
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PCR Tests

TransmissionThe issue of asymptomatic virus carriers is one of the key assumptions that is used to justify many of the COVID regulations. The idea that anyone, even someone who is not sick, can infect others has led to panic, social distancing, mass testing, etc. After all, if only sick people transmitted the virus, then healthy people would be of no threat or suspicion. As COVID was starting to spread around the world, experts agreed that asymptomatic spread was rare and did not have much of an impact. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) stated in January 2020, “Even if there is some asymptomatic transmission, in all the history of respiratory-borne viruses of any type, asymptomatic transmission has never been the driver of outbreaks. The driver of outbreaks is always a symptomatic person.”<a href="#_ftn1">[1]</a>&nbsp;<div class="raw-html-embed"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hHTIrPGjRA4" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>There are statistical models, based on certain assumptions, that suggest asymptomatic transmission could be a concern.<a href="#_ftn2">[2]</a> However, several studies were conducted to see if COVID was actually transmitted by asymptomatic carriers. One study from China looked at over 9 million people and found 300 cases of asymptomatic people who tested positive for COVID, and none of the samples had a “viable virus” that would transmit. They followed the close contacts of those asymptomatic cases and found that none of them infected others who were in close contact.<a href="#_ftn3">[3]</a> Another study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association&nbsp;(JAMA) did a meta-analysis of 54 studies and concluded that asymptomatic transmission even within one household was less than 1%.<a href="#_ftn4">[4]</a> The WHO also stated that asymptomatic transmissions were very rare. The very next day, after an uproar in the press, the WHO qualified that statement saying not enough is known about asymptomatic spread.<a href="#_ftn5">[5]</a>&nbsp;Presymptomatic transmission is when a person is asymptomatic at the time of the test, but then subsequently develops symptoms. Presymptomatic transmission is very difficult to identify since one would need to know the precise moment the transmission took place and if the person was symptomatic or not. Data from a few studies show that transmission maybe 0% - 4% in a household setting, and possibly 16% in a hospital setting.<a href="#_ftn6">[6]</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;InfectionIn the public discourse about COVID, asymptomatic infection and asymptomatic transmission get confused. Asymptomatic infection means a person has tested positive for the virus but is not showing symptoms.&nbsp; Assuming that the results are not a false positive, this means that the body is successfully fighting off the virus, in other words, a healthy person. Asymptomatic transmission is when the carrier manages to infect someone else while exhibiting no symptoms.&nbsp; &nbsp;This is rare. Asymptomatic infection without transmission is a good thing<a href="#_ftn7">[7]</a> because it enables the carrier to develop antibodies that protect against future infection<a href="#_ftn8">[8]</a> and thus future transmission.The number of asymptomatic people who test positive for COVID (see PCR testing) is significant. One study of a cruise ship with a COVID outbreak showed that 80% of passengers had an asymptomatic infection.<a href="#_ftn9">[9]</a> Another study in the U.K found that around 86% of the infected people were asymptomatic.<a href="#_ftn10">[10]</a> As a point of comparison, it is estimated that influenza has a 50% asymptomatic rate, though, unlike COVID, there generally isn’t mass testing for influenza.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Email questions or comments to&nbsp;<a href="mailto:frontlinepedia@aflds.org">frontlinepedia@aflds.org</a>&nbsp;<h3>Footnotes:</h3><hr><a href="#_ftnref1">[1]</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHTIrPGjRA4&amp;t=7s&amp;ab_channel=BobEnyart">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHTIrPGjRA4&amp;t=7s&amp;ab_channel=BobEnyart</a><a href="#_ftnref2">[2]</a><a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2774707?utm_source=For_The_Media&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=ftm_links&amp;utm_term=010721">https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2774707?utm_source=For_The_Media&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=ftm_links&amp;utm_term=010721</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref3">[3]</a> “1,174 close contacts of the asymptomatic cases and found that none of the contacts tested positive”<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/study-finds-asymptomatic-spread-not-a-significant-source-of-the-ccp-virus-pandemic_3606375.html?utm_source=newsnoe&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=breaking-2020-12-06-5">https://www.theepochtimes.com/study-finds-asymptomatic-spread-not-a-significant-source-of-the-ccp-virus-pandemic_3606375.html?utm_source=newsnoe&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=breaking-2020-12-06-5</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref4">[4]</a> “Household secondary attack rates... from asymptomatic index cases 0.7%”&nbsp;<a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2774102">https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2774102</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref5">[5]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/08/asymptomatic-coronavirus-patients-arent-spreading-new-infections-who-says.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/08/asymptomatic-coronavirus-patients-arent-spreading-new-infections-who-says.html</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref6">[6]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-1046-6">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-1046-6</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref7">[7]</a>&nbsp;“[Asymptomatic infection is] a good thing for the individual and a good thing for society.”<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/08/08/asymptomatic-coronavirus-covid/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/08/08/asymptomatic-coronavirus-covid/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref8">[8]</a> “Just 0.02% experienced reinfection”<a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/295712">https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/295712</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref9">[9]</a> “The majority of COVID-19-positive patients were asymptomatic (81%, 104 patients)”&nbsp;<a href="https://thorax.bmj.com/content/75/8/693">https://thorax.bmj.com/content/75/8/693</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref10">[10]</a> “86.1% of those who tested positive for the virus did not report “core” symptoms”<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/08/more-than-80percent-of-people-with-coronavirus-had-no-symptoms-uk-study.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/08/more-than-80percent-of-people-with-coronavirus-had-no-symptoms-uk-study.html</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Asymptomatic

Collapsing Hospitals

The DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) is a doctor's order to not perform potentially life-saving efforts (CPR, cardiac shocks, ventilator, etc.) due to the unlikelihood of such efforts being successful in certain patients. This is meant to prevent suffering and respect the patient's wishes for his/her end-of-life care.&nbsp;Usually, this order is put in place after a doctor's careful discussion with the patient or with the person who has POA for the patient regarding health care decisions (if the patient cannot give consent). The DNR order would usually be in place due to a terminal medical condition (advanced cancer) or elderly, frail patients with several medical conditions that make recovery difficult.&nbsp;At times during COVID, these general guidelines were ignored, and these conversations did not take place before making patients DNR.In April of 2020 the&nbsp;NY State Health Department&nbsp;issued new guidelines saying that patients found without a pulse at the scene of an accident should not be resuscitated. The longstanding policy before the pandemic was to try and resuscitate such patients for 20 minutes.<a href="#_ftn1">[1]</a>&nbsp;Perhaps because the policy was too wide too soon the EMT union and other first responders protested these changes and the decree was reversed after a few days.<a href="#_ftn2">[2]</a>The UK was not as fortunate, after an investigation by the&nbsp;Care Quality Commission looking into the&nbsp;use of DNACPR (do not attempt CPR) orders used during COVID it issued a report which found the following: <a href="#_ftn3">[3]</a>DNACPR notices have been applied in a blanket fashion to some categories of person by some care providers, without any involvement of the individuals or their families.Almost 10% of people using services or families said they had experienced pressure or use of DNACPR orders.34% of people working in health and/or social care said they were under pressure to put DNACPRs in place without involving the person.71% of advocacy organizations and campaigners said they experienced DNACPR orders put in place or pressure to make them without being involved in the decision.The Joint Committee on Human Rights of House of Commons and House of Lords, found that "The blanket imposition of DNACPR notices without proper patient involvement is unlawful. The evidence suggests that the use of them in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic has been widespread."<a href="#_ftn4">[4]</a>Amnesty International issued a report documenting similar violations of the use of DNR policy in the UK.<a href="#_ftn5">[5]</a>&nbsp;Amnesty conducted several first-hand interviews with healthcare providers and others around the misuse of DNR orders, including one who explained “Discussions on advanced care planning should be warm and natural conversations. This is not how they should be done. One care home with 26 residents had 16 residents sign DNARs (do not attempt resuscitation) in a 24-hour period. It was distressing for staff and residents. . . . Care homes felt like they were being turned into hospices and being asked to prepare to manage deaths instead of managing life.”&nbsp;<a href="#_ftn6">[6]</a>These abuses were known even as early as April 2020 when seven organizations&nbsp;representing the interests of the elderly signed a letter expressing outrage saying,&nbsp;"We are seeing shocking examples where blanket decisions seem to be being made about the care and treatment options that will be available to older and vulnerable people, who have felt pressurised into signing Do Not Attempt CPR forms." <a href="#_ftn7">[7]</a>The&nbsp;Telegraph reported<a href="#_ftn8">[8]</a> that children with learning disabilities like Down's Syndrome and Autism were asked to sign DNR orders even though they did not have a life-threatening illness. Parents were asked during routine 'heath checks' if they wanted to not revive their child if resuscitation was required. Upon being asked, one parent responded, "that's a disgusting question."&nbsp;<a href="#_ftn9">[9]</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;One study showed that 89% of hospitalized patients that died with COVID had DNRs. The study concludes "In this cohort of patients with COVID, a DNR order was found to be a significant predictor of mortality, a finding that persisted after adjustment for other important clinical factors."<a href="#_ftn10">[10]</a>Another study looking into the factors that lead to hospitalization and death with COVID, found that "people with severe mental illness and learning disability had the highest odds of admission and death." It was a greater predicter that even age or weight.<a href="#_ftn11">[11]</a>In Canada, Dr. Nguyen told an&nbsp;inquest into elderly&nbsp;COVID deaths that many elderly Canadian patients actually died of euthanasia. While working in long term care centers, he found many obstacles in his way when he wanted to transfer a patient to the hospital. He also said the treatment protocols were end-of-life care and focused on the use of strong sedatives. It was his opinion that many elderly patients could have been saved with proper care.<a href="#_ftn12">[12]</a>Dr. Hebert, a professor at the University of Montreal in gerontology, used stronger words at the same inquest, saying, "these deaths represented a massacre by systematic ageism."<a href="#_ftn13">[13]</a> &nbsp;This is one example of how the panic of the pandemic, cowardice from the medical profession, and overreaching government bureaucracies trampled on patient rights during the pandemic and led to unnecessary deaths.&nbsp;&nbsp;Email questions or comments to&nbsp;<a href="mailto:frontlinepedia@aflds.org">frontlinepedia@aflds.org</a>&nbsp;<h3>Footnotes:</h3><hr><a href="#_ftnref1">[1]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://nypost.com/2020/04/21/ny-issues-do-not-resuscitate-guideline-for-cardiac-patients/">https://nypost.com/2020/04/21/ny-issues-do-not-resuscitate-guideline-for-cardiac-patients/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref2">[2]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-state-instructs-paramedics-not-to-revive-cardiac-patients-amid-coronavirus-crisis-report">https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-state-instructs-paramedics-not-to-revive-cardiac-patients-amid-coronavirus-crisis-report</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref3">[3]</a><a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20201204%20DNACPR%20Interim%20Report%20-%20FINAL.pdf">https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20201204%20DNACPR%20Interim%20Report%20-%20FINAL.pdf</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref4">[4]</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/2649/documents/26914/default/">https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/2649/documents/26914/default/</a> (page 31)<a href="#_ftnref5">[5]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur45/3152/2020/en/">https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur45/3152/2020/en/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref6">[6]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur45/3152/2020/en/">https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur45/3152/2020/en/</a> (page 25)<a href="#_ftnref7">[7]</a> Open letter from "Age UK"<a href="https://www.ageuk.org.uk/latest-press/articles/2020/04/age-uk-response-to-dnr-forms/">https://www.ageuk.org.uk/latest-press/articles/2020/04/age-uk-response-to-dnr-forms/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref8">[8]</a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211228215410/https:/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/06/09/patients-mental-illness-learning-disabilities-given-do-not-resuscitate/">https://web.archive.org/web/20211228215410/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/06/09/patients-mental-illness-learning-disabilities-given-do-not-resuscitate/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref9">[9]</a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220125234745/https:/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/26/children-learning-disabilities-offered-do-not-resuscitate-orders/">https://web.archive.org/web/20220125234745/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/26/children-learning-disabilities-offered-do-not-resuscitate-orders/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref10">[10]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cidjournal.com/article/S0738-081X(20)30231-5/fulltext">https://www.cidjournal.com/article/S0738-081X(20)30231-5/fulltext</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref11">[11]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-29880-7">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-29880-7</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref12">[12]</a><a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/massacre-of-systemic-ageism-quebec-doctors-testify-covid-policies-euthanized-not-treated-patients/?utm_source=telegram">https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/massacre-of-systemic-ageism-quebec-doctors-testify-covid-policies-euthanized-not-treated-patients/</a><a href="#_ftnref13">[13]</a><a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/massacre-of-systemic-ageism-quebec-doctors-testify-covid-policies-euthanized-not-treated-patients/?utm_source=telegram">https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/massacre-of-systemic-ageism-quebec-doctors-testify-covid-policies-euthanized-not-treated-patients/</a>

Abusing DNRs

Overcounting Deaths and Hospitalizations 

Effectiveness of Lockdowns

Damage from Lockdowns

Kids are significantly less affected by COVID compared to adults, and mortality from COVID is considered rare.<a href="#_ftn1">[1]</a> The Infection Fatality Rate (IFR) is very low in younger children; only 0.002% at age 10 compared to&nbsp;1.4% at age 65.<a href="#_ftn2">[2]</a> This very low mortality rate is for all children, including&nbsp;those with pre-existing medical conditions. A team of Johns Hopkins researchers found a mortality rate of zero among children without a pre-existing medical condition such as leukemia.<a href="#_ftn3">[3]</a> Children are at a much greater risk of hospitalization from seasonal flu than from COVID.<a href="#_ftn4">[4]</a>Even though COVID itself is of very minimal risk to children’s health, some justify instituting restrictions on children because they are more likely to spread the virus to adults. However, after examining the data from U.S. schools, the infection rate among children and school staff was significantly less than the infection rate in the broader community.<a href="#_ftn5">[5]</a> Nor was there an increase in cases following the opening of schools.<a href="#_ftn6">[6]</a> A study found that school teachers teaching in Swedish schools during COVID outbreaks were not hospitalized more than other professionals.<a href="#_ftn7">[7]</a> In a study of North Carolina school districts with a total student population of approximately 90 thousand, 773 infections were traced to interactions outside of school. In school, only 32 children were infected and no instances of child-to-adult transmission were found at all.<a href="#_ftn8">[8]</a>&nbsp;While kids have been less affected by COVID itself, they did not escape the damage caused by COVID regulations including isolation, mask mandates, and school closures. The evidence was coming in fairly strong even at the start of the lockdown policies. In May 2020 just a couple of months into the restrictive measures, one of Canada’s top children’s hospitals reported a 100 percent increase in admissions due to suicide attempts and a 200 percent increase in admissions from drug abuse.<a href="#_ftn9">[9]</a> This was not limited to Canada. Similar reports came in from other countries and throughout the COVID restrictions.<a href="#_ftn10">[10]</a> <a href="#_ftn11">[11]</a> <a href="#_ftn12">[12]</a> <a href="#_ftn13">[13]</a>There are numerous linkages between COVID restriction policies and deteriorating mental health in children, including domestic violence, reduced social interactions with friends, reduced physical activities, and the guilty feeling that results from being told you may kill someone you love. Some attention has focused on virtual learning that replaced in-class learning. In Milwaukee, for example, 60% of child suicides were linked to online learning.<a href="#_ftn14">[14]</a> In California, an 11-year-old killed himself during a virtual class meeting.<a href="#_ftn15">[15]</a>The CDC published a report showing that&nbsp;from April through October 2021, the&nbsp;proportion of emergency department visits related to mental health was up nationwide by 24% for children aged 5 to 11 and 31% for children aged 12 to 17, compared with the same time period in the previous year.<a href="#_ftn16">[16]</a>&nbsp;By December 2020 suicide was the number one cause of death in children aged 10 to 14 in the state of Ohio.<a href="#_ftn17">[17]</a>&nbsp;As the scale of the damage was becoming clear, some medical experts pleaded with policymakers to change course, open the schools and rescind harsh restrictions on children. Most notable was the group of medical experts that supported the Great Barrington Declaration.&nbsp; The declaration recommended that the COVID response be focused solely on high-risk individuals. It was signed by over 62,000 medical practitioners and medical and public health scientists.<a href="#_ftn18">[18]</a> Those recommendations largely fell on deaf ears with the early and courageous exception of the prime minister of Norway who conceded that she made the decision to close schools out of fear.<a href="#_ftn19">[19]</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;In places where schools were allowed to open between infection waves, numerous jurisdictions required children who had been in close proximity to an infected person to “self-isolate” for 14 days. This policy of solitary confinement is perhaps the harshest of the COVID restrictions. A doctor of infectious diseases wrote, “This is a cruel punishment for a child, especially for younger children, 4-10 years old, shutting a child off from their parents and siblings for up to 14 days in this manner could produce significant and long-lasting emotional and psychological effects.”&nbsp;“I don’t understand how any health-care professional has moved so far away from the fundamentals of public health and of doing no harm that they would think that basically incarcerating a child in a room for 14 days is in any way justified,” said Dr. Martha Fulford, an infectious diseases physician at Hamilton Health Science who focuses on paediatrics.<a href="#_ftn20">[20]</a>&nbsp;Perhaps the most unnoticed damage to kids resulting from panic-driven COVID policies is to the ones who were never born. “A CBS News compilation of annual data from 32 states showed 95,000 fewer births in 2020 than in the previous year.”<a href="#_ftn21">[21]</a> This represents a 4% drop in the nation’s birth rate.&nbsp; In 2021 an even greater reduction is expected, estimated at 300,000 fewer births than in 2020.&nbsp;Israel, even with its trend of rising birth rates, experienced a 2.5% decrease in births numbering (4,709 fewer births in 2020 compared to the previous year).<a href="#_ftn22">[22]</a> When compared to the 2,609 increased deaths that year, a stunning conclusion is revealed. The panic resulted in almost twice as many fewer births than the virus may have caused in increased deaths.&nbsp;&nbsp;Email questions or comments to&nbsp;<a href="mailto:frontlinepedia@aflds.org">frontlinepedia@aflds.org</a>&nbsp;<h3>Footnotes:</h3><hr><a href="#_ftnref1">[1]</a> “Deaths from COVID-19 in children remained rare”&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(21)00066-3/fulltext">https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(21)00066-3/fulltext</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref2">[2]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33289900/">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33289900/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref3">[3]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/cdc-covid-19-coronavirus-vaccine-side-effects-hospitalization-kids-11626706868">https://www.wsj.com/articles/cdc-covid-19-coronavirus-vaccine-side-effects-hospitalization-kids-11626706868</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref4">[4]</a> 19.5% of hospitalizations due to flu were under age 18 during flu season vs 1.4% due to COVID during the COVID outbreak&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30527-0/fulltext">https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30527-0/fulltext</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref5">[5]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://statsiq.co1.qualtrics.com/public-dashboard/v0/dashboard/5f78e5d4de521a001036f78e#/dashboard/5f78e5d4de521a001036f78e?pageId=Page_abe56848-c8f1-4308-b6d1-bd2d2b855adf">https://statsiq.co1.qualtrics.com/public-dashboard/v0/dashboard/5f78e5d4de521a001036f78e#/dashboard/5f78e5d4de521a001036f78e?pageId=Page_abe56848-c8f1-4308-b6d1-bd2d2b855adf</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref6">[6]</a> “Florida schools reopened en masse, but a surge in coronavirus didn't follow, a USA TODAY analysis finds”<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2020/09/28/florida-schools-reopened-en-mass-feared-covid-surge-hasnt-followed/3557417001/">https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2020/09/28/florida-schools-reopened-en-mass-feared-covid-surge-hasnt-followed/3557417001/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref7">[7]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMc2026670">https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMc2026670</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref8">[8]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/147/4/e2020048090">https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/147/4/e2020048090</a> and<a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/no-known-case-of-teacher-catching-coronavirus-from-pupils-says-scientist-3zk5g2x6z">https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/no-known-case-of-teacher-catching-coronavirus-from-pupils-says-scientist-3zk5g2x6z</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref9">[9]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/cheo-joins-other-children-s-hospitals-in-declaring-mental-health-crisis-among-youth-as-pandemic-drags-on-1.5433469?fbclid=IwAR3jfdi3RSsAb6inbYAPU9S578E_-vOqC72eVXhNZEqW_zYTxIsoUeenKSM">https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/cheo-joins-other-children-s-hospitals-in-declaring-mental-health-crisis-among-youth-as-pandemic-drags-on-1.5433469?fbclid=IwAR3jfdi3RSsAb6inbYAPU9S578E_-vOqC72eVXhNZEqW_zYTxIsoUeenKSM</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref10">[10]</a> "We've seen an upsurge in really bad suicide attempts,"<a href="https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210210/child-suicides-rising-during-lockdown">https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210210/child-suicides-rising-during-lockdown#</a><a href="#_ftnref11">[11]</a> “64% of young Europeans are at risk of depression, up from 15% before the Covid crisis”<a href="https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/02/a-sacrificed-generation-psychological-scars-of-covid-on-young-may-have-lasting-impact">https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/02/a-sacrificed-generation-psychological-scars-of-covid-on-young-may-have-lasting-impact</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref12">[12]</a> “Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel (ARCCI) saw a 95% increase in reporting”<a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/domestic-abuse-reports-to-whatsapp-hotline-spike-by-95-percent-amid-covid-19-650109">https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/domestic-abuse-reports-to-whatsapp-hotline-spike-by-95-percent-amid-covid-19-650109</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref13">[13]</a> “Suicides in and around Las Vegas has pushed the Clark County district, the nation’s fifth-largest, toward bringing students back as quickly as possible”&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/us/politics/student-suicides-nevada-coronavirus.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/us/politics/student-suicides-nevada-coronavirus.html</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref14">[14]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tmj4.com/news/coronavirus/60-of-child-suicides-in-milwaukee-county-tied-to-virtual-learning">https://www.tmj4.com/news/coronavirus/60-of-child-suicides-in-milwaukee-county-tied-to-virtual-learning</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref15">[15]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/california-11-year-old-kills-himself-during-virtual-class-on-zoom-as-health-experts-warn-depression-is-increasing-amid-lockdowns">https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/california-11-year-old-kills-himself-during-virtual-class-on-zoom-as-health-experts-warn-depression-is-increasing-amid-lockdowns</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref16">[16]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus-pandemic-childrens-mental-health-20201118.html">https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus-pandemic-childrens-mental-health-20201118.html</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6945a3.htm?s_cid=mm6945a3_w">https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6945a3.htm?s_cid=mm6945a3_w</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref17">[17]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/state/suicide-is-now-the-leading-cause-of-death-for-children-ages-10-to-14-in-ohio?fbclid=IwAR0YPGO83ZV8nM5Xb_mNGD1uu7cy0hjXqMbxLGOiUREVbjak1HmZK4M35EI">https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/state/suicide-is-now-the-leading-cause-of-death-for-children-ages-10-to-14-in-ohio?fbclid=IwAR0YPGO83ZV8nM5Xb_mNGD1uu7cy0hjXqMbxLGOiUREVbjak1HmZK4M35EI</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref18">[18]</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://gbdeclaration.org/">https://gbdeclaration.org/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref19">[19]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8373857/Norways-PM-admits-closed-schools-nurseries-fear.html?fbclid=IwAR2JtzrIBwduySZkcug7uo_tN4r8a9LOy7leblkTewdfjtE3Pxjb3DJNY2o">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8373857/Norways-PM-admits-closed-schools-nurseries-fear.html?fbclid=IwAR2JtzrIBwduySZkcug7uo_tN4r8a9LOy7leblkTewdfjtE3Pxjb3DJNY2o</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref20">[20]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://torontosun.com/news/provincial/experts-call-peel-guidelines-to-place-children-in-solitary-quarantine-cruel-punishment">https://torontosun.com/news/provincial/experts-call-peel-guidelines-to-place-children-in-solitary-quarantine-cruel-punishment</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref21">[21]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56288038">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56288038</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref22">[22]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Israel#Births_and_deaths">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Israel#Births_and_deaths</a>&nbsp;

COVID and Kids

Ivermectin was first developed as a veterinary drug in the 1970s as an anti-parasitic, however, since 1988 it has been prescribed for humans as well. It was subsequently added to the World Health Organization’s list of essential medications.<a href="#_ftn1">[1]</a> In 2015 the inventors were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their discovery/invention.<a href="#_ftn2">[2]</a>Since the emergence of COVID, 81 controlled studies and 33 random controlled trials conducted by 782 scientists with 128,840 patients in 27 countries were conducted to see if ivermectin is efficacious as a prophylactic and early treatment for COVID-19. These studies’ conclusions reveal dramatic positive outcomes for the use of ivermectin.<a href="#_ftn3">[3]</a> When used prophylactically it was 83% effective;<a href="#_ftn4">[4]</a>&nbsp;as an early treatment it was 63% effective;<a href="#_ftn5">[5]</a> and when used as a later stage treatment it was 42% effective.<a href="#_ftn6">[6]</a> &nbsp; &nbsp;A report, published in The American Journal of Therapeutics, examined 18 randomized controlled studies on the use of ivermectin to control COVID. It concluded that the use of ivermectin “significantly reduced risks of contracting COVID-19” and “found large, statistically significant reductions in mortality, time to clinical recovery, and time to viral clearance.” <a href="#_ftn7">[7]</a>While many studies suggested that ivermectin was indeed a safe, cheap, and effective treatment for COVID, many public health policymakers refused to permit its use to treat and prevent COVID. The FDA in its statement said, the “FDA has not approved ivermectin for use in treating or preventing COVID-19” later explaining that “[t]he FDA has not reviewed data to support the use of ivermectin in COVID-19 patients to treat or to prevent COVID-19.”<a href="#_ftn8">[8]</a>Advocating for the use of ivermectin is Dr. Pierre Kory, a founder of the <a href="https://covid19criticalcare.com/">Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance</a> (FLCCC). Kory, along with the other professionals at the FLCCC developed the specific protocol to prevent and treat COVID using ivermectin.<a href="#_ftn9">[9]</a> While the treatment was shunned by the medical establishment and social media companies banned promoting and debating the treatment,<a href="#_ftn10">[10]</a> physicians, like Kory, persisted in advocating for its use.&nbsp;In December 2020 Dr. Kory and others gave an impassioned plea, backed by scientific research, at a committee hearing in the U.S. Senate stating that ivermectin “basically obliterates transmission of this virus” with “miraculous effectiveness”. The doctor continued, saying that the “scientific recommendation [is] based on mountains of data that have emerged in the last three months”.<a href="#_ftn11">[11]</a>The U.S military, based on leaked documents, also acknowledged that ivermectin “works throughout all phases” of COVID-19. <a href="#_ftn12">[12]</a>Many hospitalized patients were refused ivermectin and had to get a court order to force the hospital to permit them to use this life-saving medication.<a href="#_ftn13">[13]</a> <a href="#_ftn14">[14]</a><a href="#_ftn15">[15]</a><a href="#_ftn16">[16]</a><a href="#_ftn17">[17]</a>Use across the world:Ivermectin has been used in many countries<a href="#_ftn18">[18]</a> but has been approved in just a few including South Africa,<a href="#_ftn19">[19]</a> Slovakia,<a href="#_ftn20">[20]</a> Belize,<a href="#_ftn21">[21]</a> and Bolivia.<a href="#_ftn22">[22]</a>&nbsp;Peru used ivermectin across 24 states and saw that &nbsp;“excess deaths at +30 days [after the day of peak deaths] dropped by a population-weighted mean of 74%.”&nbsp;<a href="#_ftn23">[23]</a>&nbsp;Uttar Pradesh in India implemented widespread use of ivermectin to prevent infection, and as an early treatment. The state’s Health Department credited its use with reducing infections and deaths despite the state being one of the most densely populated areas in India.<a href="#_ftn24">[24]</a>The Brazilian city of&nbsp;Itajai hosted a wide-scale program using ivermectin as a prophylactic, the study concluded that it reduced COVID infections by 45% over a seven-month period.<a href="#_ftn25">[25]</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Learn more:The Ivermectin Story:&nbsp;<div class="raw-html-embed"><iframe class="rumble" src="https://rumble.com/embed/vnw1q0/?pub=yeog4" allowfullscreen="" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0"></iframe></div>The Case for Ivermectin: <a href="https://rumble.com/vdw19d-the-case-for-ivermectin.html">https://rumble.com/vdw19d-the-case-for-ivermectin.html</a>&nbsp;For more information visit:<a href="https://bird-group.org/">https://bird-group.org/</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://covid19criticalcare.com/">https://covid19criticalcare.com/</a>&nbsp;The above information is not medical advice and should not be taken as such; for medical advice speak with your healthcare practitioner.<h3>Footnotes:</h3><hr><a href="#_ftnref1">[1]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.who.int/selection_medicines/committees/expert/20/EML_2015_FINAL_amended_AUG2015.pdf">https://www.who.int/selection_medicines/committees/expert/20/EML_2015_FINAL_amended_AUG2015.pdf</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref2">[2]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2015/press-release/">https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2015/press-release/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref3">[3]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://ivmmeta.com/">https://ivmmeta.com/</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://journals.lww.com/americantherapeutics/fulltext/2021/06000/review_of_the_emerging_evidence_demonstrating_the.4.aspx">https://journals.lww.com/americantherapeutics/fulltext/2021/06000/review_of_the_emerging_evidence_demonstrating_the.4.aspx</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref4">[4]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://ivmmeta.com/#fig_fpall">https://ivmmeta.com/#fig_fpall</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref5">[5]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://ivmmeta.com/#fig_fpall">https://ivmmeta.com/#fig_fpall</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref6">[6]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://ivmmeta.com/#fig_fpall">https://ivmmeta.com/#fig_fpall</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref7">[7]</a><a href="https://journals.lww.com/americantherapeutics/fulltext/2021/06000/review_of_the_emerging_evidence_demonstrating_the.4.aspx">https://journals.lww.com/americantherapeutics/fulltext/2021/06000/review_of_the_emerging_evidence_demonstrating_the.4.aspx</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref8">[8]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/why-you-should-not-use-ivermectin-treat-or-prevent-covid-19">https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/why-you-should-not-use-ivermectin-treat-or-prevent-covid-19</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref9">[9]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://covid19criticalcare.com/covid-19-protocols/">https://covid19criticalcare.com/covid-19-protocols/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref10">[10]</a><a href="https://www.sott.net/article/446614-Twitter-blocks-European-MEDICAL-JOURNAL-after-it-published-study-on-promising-ivermectin-treatment-for-Covid-19">https://www.sott.net/article/446614-Twitter-blocks-European-MEDICAL-JOURNAL-after-it-published-study-on-promising-ivermectin-treatment-for-Covid-19</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref11">[11]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://rumble.com/vbsxih-doctor-pleads-for-review-of-the-data-during-covid-19-senate-hearing.html">https://rumble.com/vbsxih-doctor-pleads-for-review-of-the-data-during-covid-19-senate-hearing.html</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref12">[12]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/hidden-military-documents-reveal-nih-intent-create-sars-cov-2-using-gain-function-research">https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/hidden-military-documents-reveal-nih-intent-create-sars-cov-2-using-gain-function-research</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref13">[13]</a><a href="https://www.thedesertreview.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/ivermectin-wins-in-court-again-for-human-rights/article_98d26958-a13a-11eb-a698-37c06f632875.html">https://www.thedesertreview.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/ivermectin-wins-in-court-again-for-human-rights/article_98d26958-a13a-11eb-a698-37c06f632875.html</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref14">[14]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/94325">https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/94325</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref15">[15]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://rescue.substack.com/p/a-judge-stands-up-to-a-hospital-step">https://rescue.substack.com/p/a-judge-stands-up-to-a-hospital-step</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref16">[16]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/florida-family-fighting-ivermectin-appeals-court-expedites-case">https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/florida-family-fighting-ivermectin-appeals-court-expedites-case</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref17">[17]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://youtu.be/XESwKDstPW0">https://youtu.be/XESwKDstPW0</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref18">[18]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://ivmstatus.com/">https://ivmstatus.com/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref19">[19]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-27/south-africa-allows-use-of-parasite-drug-to-treat-covid-patients">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-27/south-africa-allows-use-of-parasite-drug-to-treat-covid-patients</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref20">[20]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&amp;tl=en&amp;u=https://bratislava.zoznam.sk/kauza-ivermectin-zistovali-sme-kde-sa-da-zohnat-a-kedy-bude-k-dispozicii-v-nasich-lekarnach/">https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&amp;tl=en&amp;u=https://bratislava.zoznam.sk/kauza-ivermectin-zistovali-sme-kde-sa-da-zohnat-a-kedy-bude-k-dispozicii-v-nasich-lekarnach/</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://trialsitenews.com/slovakia-becomes-the-first-eu-nation-to-formally-approve-ivermectin-for-both-prophylaxis-and-treatment-for-covid-19-patients/">https://trialsitenews.com/slovakia-becomes-the-first-eu-nation-to-formally-approve-ivermectin-for-both-prophylaxis-and-treatment-for-covid-19-patients/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref21">[21]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2020/12/18/ministry-of-health-now-using-ivermectin-to-treat-covid-19-patients/">https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2020/12/18/ministry-of-health-now-using-ivermectin-to-treat-covid-19-patients/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref22">[22]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://trialsitenews.com/bolivian-region-authorizes-ivermectin-as-treatment-against-covid-19/">https://trialsitenews.com/bolivian-region-authorizes-ivermectin-as-treatment-against-covid-19/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref23">[23]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3765018">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3765018</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref24">[24]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/localnews/uttar-pradesh-government-says-early-use-of-ivermectin-helped-to-keep-positivity-deaths-low/amp/ar-BB1gDp5U">https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/localnews/uttar-pradesh-government-says-early-use-of-ivermectin-helped-to-keep-positivity-deaths-low/amp/ar-BB1gDp5U</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref25">[25]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356962821_Ivermectin_prophylaxis_used_for_COVID-19_reduces_COVID-19_infection_and_mortality_rates_A_220517-subject_populational-level_retrospective_citywide">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356962821_ivermectin_prophylaxis_used_for_COVID-19_reduces_COVID-19_infection_and_mortality_rates_A_220517-subject_populational-level_retrospective_citywide</a>&nbsp;Email questions or comments to&nbsp;<a href="mailto:frontlinepedia@aflds.org">frontlinepedia@aflds.org</a>

Early treatments - Ivermectin

Hydroxychloroquine used with zinc represents just one of the safe and effective methods of treatment for COVID. Zinc is an essential mineral that has been used to stop viruses from replicating.<a href="#_ftn1">[1]</a><a href="#_ftn2">[2]</a>&nbsp; Hydroxychloroquine has the ability to transport zinc through the cellular wall, to more efficiently stop that replication.<a href="#_ftn3">[3]</a>With over 70 years of proven safety,<a href="#_ftn4">[4]</a>&nbsp; the WHO considers hydroxychloroquine one of the “most efficacious, safe and cost-effective medicines” on the market.<a href="#_ftn5">[5]</a>&nbsp; When used as part of the “Zelenko Protocol”, developed by Dr Vladmir Zelenko, COVID hospitalizations were reduced by 84% in high-risk patients.<a href="#_ftn6">[6]</a> Countries that used hydroxychloroquine during the “first wave” experienced significantly better recovery outcomes.<a href="#_ftn7">[7]</a>&nbsp;As the off-label use of hydroxychloroquine grew, several studies were released concluding that it was both dangerous&nbsp;and ineffective.<a href="#_ftn8">[8]</a> <a href="#_ftn9">[9]</a> As a result, the WHO suspended further research and denounced the use of the drug to treat COVID.<a href="#_ftn10">[10]</a> It was later observed that these studies did not accurately reflect Dr Zelenko’s highly effective low-dose, early intervention protocol, <a href="#_ftn11">[11]</a><a href="#_ftn12">[12]</a> <a href="#_ftn13">[13]</a> <a href="#_ftn14">[14]</a> &nbsp;but rather were conducted on patients already hospitalized, using dangerously high drug doses and excluding the zinc.<a href="#_ftn15">[15]</a> At least one such study was later withdrawn for unverifiable data and described as a “shocking example of research misconduct.”<a href="#_ftn16">[16]</a>&nbsp;Unfortunately, the damage had been done. Hydroxychloroquine was now taboo. Social media censors quickly removed information that supported the use of hydroxychloroquine<a href="#_ftn17">[17]</a> <a href="#_ftn18">[18]</a> and Dr Zelenko was removed from Twitter.<a href="#_ftn19">[19]</a>&nbsp;It is estimated that 900,000 lives were lost in 2020&nbsp;due to a lack of access to this life-saving treatment.<a href="#_ftn20">[20]</a><a href="#_ftn21">[21]</a> The COVID vaccines were only eligible for fast-tracked, Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) because there was “no adequate, approved and available alternative” treatment on the market.<a href="#_ftn22">[22]</a> If HCQ were acknowledged to be an effective treatment, the COVID vaccines would not be able to get EUA. &nbsp;The above information is not medical advice; for medical advice speak with your doctor&nbsp;<h3>Footnotes:</h3><hr><a href="#_ftnref1">[1]</a> “Zinc is an essential trace element that is crucial for growth, development, and the maintenance of immune function.”&nbsp;<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31305906/">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31305906/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref2">[2]</a> ”[Zinc] Zn supplementation may be of potential benefit for prophylaxis and treatment of COVID-19,&nbsp;since it possesses a variety of direct and indirect antiviral properties,&nbsp;which are realized through different mechanisms.”<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7247509/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7247509/</a><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7365891/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7365891/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref3">[3]</a> “Chloroquine is a zinc ionophore”<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4182877/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4182877/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref4">[4]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.webmd.com/lung/hydroxychloroquine#1">https://www.webmd.com/lung/hydroxychloroquine#1</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref5">[5]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.who.int/medicines/publications/essentialmedicines/18th_EML.pdf">https://www.who.int/medicines/publications/essentialmedicines/18th_EML.pdf</a> page 35<a href="#_ftnref6">[6]</a> “Hospitalizations in the treated patient group was 84% less than in the untreated patient group”&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7587171/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7587171/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref7">[7]</a> “The treatment group [countries] has a 69.9% lower death rate”<a href="https://hcqtrial.com/">https://hcqtrial.com/</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://c19study.com/">https://c19study.com/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref8">[8]</a> “We were unable to confirm a benefit of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine, when used alone”<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/another-large-study-finds-no-benefit-hydroxychloroquine-covid-19-n1212886">https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/another-large-study-finds-no-benefit-hydroxychloroquine-covid-19-n1212886</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref9">[9]</a> “Researchers started noticing heart arrhythmias in patients taking the higher dose”<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/health/chloroquine-coronavirus-trump.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/health/chloroquine-coronavirus-trump.html</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref10">[10]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.who.int/news/item/04-07-2020-who-discontinues-hydroxychloroquine-and-lopinavir-ritonavir-treatment-arms-for-covid-19">https://www.who.int/news/item/04-07-2020-who-discontinues-hydroxychloroquine-and-lopinavir-ritonavir-treatment-arms-for-covid-19</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref11">[11]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297520301657">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297520301657</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref12">[12]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-94509/v1">https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-94509/v1</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref13">[13]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924857920304258">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924857920304258</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref14">[14]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.09.20184143v1.full.pdf">https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.09.20184143v1.full.pdf</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref15">[15]</a> “They applied the drug incorrectly, even in dangerously high dosages”<a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/287773">https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/287773</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/three-big-studies-dim-hopes-hydroxychloroquine-can-treat-or-prevent-covid-19">https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/three-big-studies-dim-hopes-hydroxychloroquine-can-treat-or-prevent-covid-19</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref16">[16]</a> “This is a shocking example of research misconduct in the middle of a global health emergency,”<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/04/covid-19-lancet-retracts-paper-that-halted-hydroxychloroquine-trials">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/04/covid-19-lancet-retracts-paper-that-halted-hydroxychloroquine-trials</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref17">[17]</a> “Facebook chief defends blocking Hydroxychloroquine videos”<a href="https://www.whio.com/news/politics/jamie-dupree/facebook-chief-defends-blocking-hydroxychloroquine-videos/T57BE2G4PNAI3GFYCJLZWSDMWM/">https://www.whio.com/news/politics/jamie-dupree/facebook-chief-defends-blocking-hydroxychloroquine-videos/T57BE2G4PNAI3GFYCJLZWSDMWM/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref18">[18]</a> “Google managed to block access to the linked Google Docs file for violating the giant’s terms of service”<a href="https://reclaimthenet.org/google-censors-google-doc-hydroxychloroquine/">https://reclaimthenet.org/google-censors-google-doc-hydroxychloroquine/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref19">[19]</a> “The Twitter Account of Dr Vladimir Zelenko Has Been Blocked”<a href="https://internetprotocol.co/hype-news/2020/12/23/dr-vladimir-zelenkos-twitter-account-blocked/">https://internetprotocol.co/hype-news/2020/12/23/dr-vladimir-zelenkos-twitter-account-blocked/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref20">[20]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://hcqlost.com/">https://hcqlost.com/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref21">[21]</a> "Now that ban has been placed on Israeli local physicians, and more people are dying.".<a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/287773">https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/287773</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref22">[22]</a> FDA: "[if]...There is no adequate, approved, and available alternative to the product for diagnosing, preventing, or treating the disease or condition."<a href="https://www.fda.gov/media/142749/download">https://www.fda.gov/media/142749/download</a>&nbsp; (page 3)&nbsp;

Early treatments - Hydroxychloroquine with Zinc

For decades, dozens of scientific papers have suggested that masks are ineffective at preventing disease transmission.<a href="#_ftn1">[1]</a> Both the WHO and Dr Fauci corroborated that claim as recently as March 2020.<a href="#_ftn2">[2]</a> In that same month, there was a sudden flip, we were told that masks would protect us from COVID, despite claims to the contrary from the mask manufacturers.<a href="#_ftn3">[3]</a> By September 2020 the head of the CDC claimed in testimony before a US Senate subcommittee, that masks were more effective at preventing COVID than vaccines.<a href="#_ftn4">[4]</a><div class="raw-html-embed"><iframe class="rumble" src="https://rumble.com/embed/vx5h05/?pub=yeog4" allowfullscreen="" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0"></iframe></div>Despite the now “conventional wisdom” that masks prevent the spread of viruses, there are numerous studies that show they do not.<a href="#_ftn5">[5]</a> Interestingly, there is even research showing that operating-room personnel’s face masks during surgery had no effect on whether the patient developed a subsequent infection.<a href="#_ftn6">[6]</a>&nbsp;The CDC’s own data reveal that those who wear masks get infected with COVID at the same rate as those who don’t.<a href="#_ftn7">[7]</a> Indeed,85%&nbsp;of those infected with COVID wore masks some or all of the time before their infection.<a href="#_ftn8">[8]</a>&nbsp;Countless jurisdictions that mandated masks actually saw an increase in infections during the mandates compared to non-mandated jurisdictions.<a href="#_ftn9">[9]</a>&nbsp;Only two randomized controlled studies were conducted during COVID. The first in Denmark<a href="#_ftn10">[10]</a> found no benefit in mask-wearing, <a href="#_ftn11">[11]</a> and the second conducted in Bangladesh<a href="#_ftn12">[12]</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;concluded that there was a small benefit to using medical masks, but not with cloth masks. The masked group of 178,322 participants had just 20 fewer symptomatic infections than the control group – over an 8 week period. The study’s methodology and conclusions were criticized from a number of angles.<a href="#_ftn13">[13]</a>&nbsp;Even if masks were slightly effective, one must also consider the negative effects of continuous mask-wearing.&nbsp; These include a decrease in oxygen intake levels,<a href="#_ftn14">[14]</a> <a href="#_ftn15">[15]</a> <a href="#_ftn16">[16]</a> <a href="#_ftn17">[17]</a> headaches,<a href="#_ftn18">[18]</a> Mask-Induced Exhaustion Syndrome (MIES),<a href="#_ftn19">[19]</a>&nbsp; reduced immunity,<a href="#_ftn20">[20]</a> increased germ load,<a href="#_ftn21">[21]</a> and skin reactions.<a href="#_ftn22">[22]</a>A randomized controlled study conducted prior to COVID compared cloth vs medical vs no mask and concludes “as a precautionary measure, cloth masks should not be recommended.” Since with cloth masks, participants also had “significantly higher rates of ILI [Influenza like Illnesses] compared with the control [who did not use any mask].” <a href="#_ftn23">[23]</a>&nbsp;During COVID, a study of over 35 European countries showed that there was no statistically significant correlation between masks and COVID infections. In addition, the study concludes, "the moderate positive correlation between mask usage and deaths in Western Europe also suggests that the universal use of masks may have had harmful unintended consequences."<a href="#_ftn24">[24]</a>&nbsp;See also:More than 150 comparative studies and articles on mask ineffectiveness and harms:<a href="https://brownstone.org/articles/more-than-150-comparative-studies-and-articles-on-mask-ineffectiveness-and-harms/">https://brownstone.org/articles/more-than-150-comparative-studies-and-articles-on-mask-ineffectiveness-and-harms/</a>Are Face Masks Effective? The Evidence:<a href="https://swprs.org/face-masks-evidence/">https://swprs.org/face-masks-evidence/</a>PANDA Infobank on Masks:<a href="https://www.pandata.org/infobank-masks/">https://www.pandata.org/infobank-masks/</a>&nbsp;The mask scam unmasked:<a href="https://telegra.ph/The-mask-scam-unmasked-10-01">https://telegra.ph/The-mask-scam-unmasked-10-01</a>&nbsp;The CDC’s mask mandate study: debunked:<a href="https://www.aier.org/article/the-cdcs-mask-mandate-study-debunked/">https://www.aier.org/article/the-cdcs-mask-mandate-study-debunked/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<h4> Footnotes:</h4><hr><a href="#_ftnref1">[1]</a> 35 studies showing mask ineffectiveness&nbsp;<a href="https://www.greenmedinfo.com/anti-therapeutic-action/face-masks-lack-safety-and-ineffectiveness-research">https://www.greenmedinfo.com/anti-therapeutic-action/face-masks-lack-safety-and-ineffectiveness-research</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref2">[2]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fauci-doesnt-regret-advising-against-masks-early-in-pandemic-2020-7">https://www.businessinsider.com/fauci-doesnt-regret-advising-against-masks-early-in-pandemic-2020-7</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref3">[3]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thomasnet.com/articles/top-suppliers/surgical-mask-manufacturer-suppliers/">https://www.thomasnet.com/articles/top-suppliers/surgical-mask-manufacturer-suppliers/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref4">[4]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/16/cdc-director-says-face-masks-may-provide-more-protection-than-coronavirus-vaccine-.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/16/cdc-director-says-face-masks-may-provide-more-protection-than-coronavirus-vaccine-.html</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref5">[5]</a> “This article will show that masks not only fail to protect, but also cause damage”<a href="https://telegra.ph/The-mask-scam-unmasked-10-01">https://telegra.ph/The-mask-scam-unmasked-10-01</a> and<a href="https://www.greenmedinfo.com/anti-therapeutic-action/face-masks-lack-safety-and-ineffectiveness-research">https://www.greenmedinfo.com/anti-therapeutic-action/face-masks-lack-safety-and-ineffectiveness-research</a>&nbsp;“Penetration of cloth masks by particles was almost 97% and medical masks 44%”<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420971/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420971/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref6">[6]</a> “On the contrary, a 50% decrease has been reported after omitting face masks”<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01658736">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01658736</a>&nbsp;“Evidence is lacking to suggest that they confer protection from infection either to patients or to the surgeons that wear them”<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4480558/?fbclid=IwAR2_9jV3oiwq79dA_IiwDOMhgjn_Z63GI729kV0l0pQfSI2_zebETNi5ESI">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4480558/?fbclid=IwAR2_9jV3oiwq79dA_IiwDOMhgjn_Z63GI729kV0l0pQfSI2_zebETNi5ESI</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref7">[7]</a> “Masks and face coverings are not effective in preventing the spread of COVID-19, even for those people who consistently wear them”<a href="https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/12/cdc-study-finds-overwhelming-majority-of-people-getting-coronavirus-wore-masks/">https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/12/cdc-study-finds-overwhelming-majority-of-people-getting-coronavirus-wore-masks/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref8">[8]</a> “CDC Study Finds Overwhelming Majority Of People Getting Coronavirus Wore Masks”<a href="https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/12/cdc-study-finds-overwhelming-majority-of-people-getting-coronavirus-wore-masks/">https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/12/cdc-study-finds-overwhelming-majority-of-people-getting-coronavirus-wore-masks/</a><a href="#_ftnref9">[9]</a> “Mask mandates and use are not associated with slower state-level COVID-19 spread during COVID-19 growth surges.” <a href="https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.18.21257385v1.full.pdf+html">https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.18.21257385v1.full.pdf+html</a> &nbsp; https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/more-masks-fail-more-we-need-them <a href="https://rationalground.com/mask-charts/">https://rationalground.com/mask-charts/</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://youtu.be/v7f7fb3RsSs">https://youtu.be/v7f7fb3RsSs</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref10">[10]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-6817">https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-6817</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref11">[11]</a> “No statistically significant difference between those who wore masks and those who did not”<a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/do-masks-stop-the-spread-of-covid-19">https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/do-masks-stop-the-spread-of-covid-19</a><a href="#_ftnref12">[12]</a> <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abi9069">https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abi9069</a><a href="#_ftnref13">[13]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360320982_The_Bangladesh_Mask_study_a_Bayesian_perspective">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360320982_The_Bangladesh_Mask_study_a_Bayesian_perspective</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://principia-scientific.com/revisiting-the-bangladesh-mask-rct/">https://principia-scientific.com/revisiting-the-bangladesh-mask-rct/</a>&nbsp; <a href="http://www.argmin.net/2021/11/23/mask-rct-revisited/">http://www.argmin.net/2021/11/23/mask-rct-revisited/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/bangladesh-mask-study-do-not-believe?s=r">https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/bangladesh-mask-study-do-not-believe?s=r</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.justfactsdaily.com/famed-bangladesh-mask-study-excluded-crucial-data">https://www.justfactsdaily.com/famed-bangladesh-mask-study-excluded-crucial-data</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref14">[14]</a> N95 masks are estimated to reduce oxygen intake by anywhere from 5 percent to 20 percent. That’s significant, even for a healthy person”&nbsp;<a href="https://news.stanford.edu/2020/04/14/stanford-researchers-reengineer-covid-19-face-masks/">https://news.stanford.edu/2020/04/14/stanford-researchers-reengineer-covid-19-face-masks/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref15">[15]</a> “SpO2 decreases after the first hour.”&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18500410/">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18500410/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref16">[16]</a> “Ventilation, cardiopulmonary exercise capacity and comfort are reduced by surgical masks”&nbsp;<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00392-020-01704-y">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00392-020-01704-y</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref17">[17]</a>“Wearing a surgical mask modifies significantly and clinically dyspnea”<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29395560/">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29395560/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref18">[18]</a>&nbsp; “81% of them developed headaches when wearing a face mask”<a href="https://telegra.ph/The-mask-scam-unmasked-10-01">https://telegra.ph/The-mask-scam-unmasked-10-01</a> Source 18<a href="https://headachejournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/head.13811">https://headachejournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/head.13811</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2013.02.017">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2013.02.017</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117078">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117078</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/531/1/012034">https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/531/1/012034</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref19">[19]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/8/4344/htm#B37-ijerph-18-04344">https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/8/4344/htm#B37-ijerph-18-04344</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref20">[20]</a> “This, in turn, reduces the immune response, negatively affects the function of the epithelial cells”&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;“Wearing a face mask can increase your risk of infection”&nbsp;<a href="https://telegra.ph/The-mask-scam-unmasked-10-01">https://telegra.ph/The-mask-scam-unmasked-10-01</a> Source 19 &amp; 20<a href="#_ftnref21">[21]</a> “Even masks that were never worn showed a considerable germ spectrum, since they were not sterilely packaged”&nbsp;<a href="https://telegra.ph/The-mask-scam-unmasked-10-01">https://telegra.ph/The-mask-scam-unmasked-10-01</a> Source 23 &amp; 24<a href="#_ftnref22">[22]</a> “The incidence of adverse skin reactions to the N95 mask was 95.1%”&nbsp;<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32541493/">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32541493/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref23">[23]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006577">https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006577</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref24">[24]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cureus.com/articles/93826-correlation-between-mask-compliance-and-covid-19-outcomes-in-europe#:~:text=The%20findings%20presented%20in%20this,European%20wave%20of%20COVID%2D19">https://www.cureus.com/articles/93826-correlation-between-mask-compliance-and-covid-19-outcomes-in-europe#:~:text=The%20findings%20presented%20in%20this,European%20wave%20of%20COVID%2D19</a>.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326734">https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326734</a>&nbsp;

Masks

For many, the information being shared in this document is new. This is, in part, because the media and more alarmingly, social media have enacted an open policy of censorship. For example, Facebook and Google/YouTube have an explicit policy that prohibits posting information that contradicts the World Health Organization.[fn]<a href="https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9891785?hl=en&amp;ref_topic=9282436" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9891785?hl=en&amp;ref_topic=9282436</a>[/fn][fn]“Facebook is hiding these posts. At the time on viral pandemic this shouldn’t be happening.”<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2020/03/17/facebook-deleting-coronavirus-posts-leading-to-charges-of-censorship/?sh=12f4f6f55962" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2020/03/17/facebook-deleting-coronavirus-posts-leading-to-charges-of-censorship/?sh=12f4f6f55962 </a>[/fn][fn]“Facebook is increasingly dictating what its users should see and think”<a href="https://telecoms.com/503783/facebook-doubles-down-on-covid-19-censorship/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://telecoms.com/503783/facebook-doubles-down-on-covid-19-censorship/</a>[/fn][fn]“Anything that goes against WHO recommendations would be a violation on our policy”<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/youtube-will-ban-anything-against-who-guidance-2020-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.businessinsider.com/youtube-will-ban-anything-against-who-guidance-2020-4</a>[/fn] This is not limited to the COVID regulation, but also includes discussion about COVID’s origin.[fn]<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9612833/How-Facebook-bans-users-saying-Covid-man-made.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9612833/How-Facebook-bans-users-saying-Covid-man-made.html</a>[/fn] Between April and June of 2020, Facebook removed over 7 million posts that contravene this policy.[fn]“Facebook says it has taken down &nbsp;million posts for spreading coronavirus misinformation”<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/08/11/facebook-covid-misinformation-takedowns/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/08/11/facebook-covid-misinformation-takedowns/</a>[/fn]Examples of credible posts that were deliberately removed include, a pair of medical doctors from California who was reporting being coerced into falsifying death certificates[fn]“YouTube for banning Californian doctors' video that claimed physicians are being pressurized into putting Coronavirus on death certificates”<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8269475/YouTube-accused-censorship-removing-videos-criticize-shutdowns.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8269475/YouTube-accused-censorship-removing-videos-criticize-shutdowns.html</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPrbGU0Wyh4&amp;ab_channel=FoxNews" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPrbGU0Wyh4&amp;ab_channel=FoxNews</a>[/fn] and a video produced by a group of doctors talking about the ineffectiveness of masks and the suppression of effective treatments for COVID patients.[fn]“Was removed by Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube after going viral online Monday”<a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/28/tech/facebook-youtube-coronavirus/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/28/tech/facebook-youtube-coronavirus/index.html</a>[/fn] Facebook removed a 120,000 member group where people shared their adverse reactions to the vaccination.[fn]<a href="https://dailyexpose.co.uk/2021/04/27/facebook-deletes-120000-member-group-where-people-posted-stores-of-alleged-adverse-covid-vaccine-reactions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://dailyexpose.co.uk/2021/04/27/facebook-deletes-120000-member-group-where-people-posted-stores-of-alleged-adverse-covid-vaccine-reactions/</a>[/fn] A court in Germany actually ruled against YouTube’s censorship of a video that showed a protest against the COVID restrictions after YouTube refused to allow the video, the court fined the company 100 thousand Euros.[fn]<a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/german-court-orders-youtube-pay-100000-euros-censoring-pandemic-protest-footage" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/german-court-orders-youtube-pay-100000-euros-censoring-pandemic-protest-footage</a>[/fn]Facebook also created a fact-checking program, that alerts users if they have visited “debunked content”.[fn]“Facebook will start telling people when they've interacted with posts about bogus cures”<a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/04/16/835579533/did-you-fall-for-a-coronavirus-hoax-facebook-will-let-you-know" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.npr.org/2020/04/16/835579533/did-you-fall-for-a-coronavirus-hoax-facebook-will-let-you-know</a>[/fn] Interestingly, two noted Oxford academics were labeled as passing on “false information” even though one is the director of the university’s Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine.[fn]“Two top Oxford academics accuse Facebook on censorship for branding their article”<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8973631/Two-Oxford-academics-accuse-Facebook-censorship-article-warning.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8973631/Two-Oxford-academics-accuse-Facebook-censorship-article-warning.html</a>[/fn] Twitter similarly blocked tweets that referred to a peer-reviewed article supporting the use of ivermectin[fn]<a href="https://www.rt.com/usa/511259-twitter-censors-ivermectin-journal-covid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.rt.com/usa/511259-twitter-censors-ivermectin-journal-covid/</a>[/fn] as well as any tweet that contains “misleading narratives”.[fn]“Require the removal o Tweets that include false or misleading information”<a href="https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/covid19-vaccine" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/covid19-vaccine</a>[/fn]&nbsp; At Amazon, books that are critical of the government’s response to COVID-19 were removed (some were later reinstated, under pressure.)[fn]“Amazo yanks Covid-19 sceptic’s book for ominously vague ’content violations’”<a href="https://www.rt.com/usa/503778-perloff-amazon-censorship-coronavirus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.rt.com/usa/503778-perloff-amazon-censorship-coronavirus/</a>[/fn][fn]“Former New York Times reporter Alex Berenso found that a book he’d writte was temporarily banned from Amazon”<a href="https://mynorthwest.com/1942286/alex-berenson-amazon-covid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://mynorthwest.com/1942286/alex-berenson-amazon-covid/</a>[/fn]&nbsp; Amazon’s Web Hosting service even removed the whole website of America’s Frontline Doctors.[fn]<a href="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/06/amazon-deletes-americas-frontline-doctors-website-internet-doctors-scramble-salvage-site/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/06/amazon-deletes-americas-frontline-doctors-website-internet-doctors-scramble-salvage-site/</a>[/fn]&nbsp;Linked-In deleted the account of Dr Robert Malone, a scientist who helped develop some of the mRNA technology after the scientist urged caution in vaccinating children.[fn]<a href="https://thedcpatriot.com/linkedin-deletes-account-of-mrna-vaccines-inventor-for-warning-about-the-risks-of-covid-19-shots/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://thedcpatriot.com/linkedin-deletes-account-of-mrna-vaccines-inventor-for-warning-about-the-risks-of-covid-19-shots/</a>[/fn]In May 2021 a whistleblower from within Facebook revealed documentation showing how Facebook scores users based on their level of “vaccine hesitancy” and buries their posts accordingly.[fn]“They're trying to control this content before it even makes it onto your page before you even see it,”<a href="https://www.projectveritas.com/news/breaking-facebook-whistleblowers-expose-leaked-internal-docs-detailing-new/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.projectveritas.com/news/breaking-facebook-whistleblowers-expose-leaked-internal-docs-detailing-new/</a>[/fn]Perhaps even more disturbing is that governments have joined the chorus and are also now encouraging more censorship.[fn]“UK MP Khalid Mahmood calls for censorship o “misinformation” about coronavirus and politicians”<a href="https://reclaimthenet.org/khalid-mahmood-censorship/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://reclaimthenet.org/khalid-mahmood-censorship/</a>[/fn][fn]“Criminal penalties for social media firms that do not remove false scare stories about vaccines”<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-54947661" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-54947661</a>[/fn][fn]“[AG threatened] criminal prosecutio in it did not take down a video on alleged voting fraud”<a href="https://jonathanturley.org/2020/11/12/big-league-censorship-michigan-attorney-general-threatens-criminal-prosecution-over-posting-of-video-alleging-voter-fraud/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://jonathanturley.org/2020/11/12/big-league-censorship-michigan-attorney-general-threatens-criminal-prosecution-over-posting-of-video-alleging-voter-fraud/</a>[/fn] In Israel, the state prosecutor threatened criminal charges against those who disseminate “false content”.[fn]“False content intended to sow panic and motivate people to avoid getting vaccinated.”<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/facebook-deletes-antivax-posts-as-prosecutors-warn-against-spreading-false-info/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.timesofisrael.com/facebook-deletes-antivax-posts-as-prosecutors-warn-against-spreading-false-info/</a>[/fn] Police arrested a woman for videoing an empty hospital, while the government was claiming hospital overcapacity.[fn]<a href="https://summit.news/2020/12/30/uk-woman-arrested-for-filming-inside-empty-hospital/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://summit.news/2020/12/30/uk-woman-arrested-for-filming-inside-empty-hospital/</a>[/fn]The British Army ordered the 77th Brigade, which usually conducts information warfare to quash “misinformation” about the COVID response.[fn]“Members on the army’s 77th Brigade were “helping to quash rumors about misinformation, but also to counter disinformation”<a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/joeydurso/coronavirus-british-army-information-warfare-77-brigade" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.buzzfeed.com/joeydurso/coronavirus-british-army-information-warfare-77-brigade</a>[/fn] Canada had its military plan an information operation, but later pulled the program after the military itself objected because it would be “open to abuse in using propaganda or deception.”[fn]“Some senior military stafn raised concerns the plan could be open to abuse inusing propaganda or deception to manipulate the Canadiam public”<a href="https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/canadian-forces-information-operations-pandemic-campaign-squashed-after-details-revealed-to-top-general" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/canadian-forces-information-operations-pandemic-campaign-squashed-after-details-revealed-to-top-general</a>[/fn] The White House is in open collusion with Big Tech to manipulate the COVID narrative by blocking what they call misinformation.[fn]The Biden administration is identifying “problematic” posts for Facebook to censor because they contain “misinformation” about COVID-19.<a href="https://nypost.com/2021/07/15/white-house-flagging-posts-for-facebook-to-censor-due-to-covid-19-misinformation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://nypost.com/2021/07/15/white-house-flagging-posts-for-facebook-to-censor-due-to-covid-19-misinformation/</a>[/fn]&nbsp;Email questions or comments to&nbsp;<a href="mailto:frontlinepedia@aflds.org">frontlinepedia@aflds.org</a>

Censorship of Dissent

Vaccine Effectiveness 

As outlined in the <a href="https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/index/library/pedia/vaccine-effectiveness/">Vaccine Effectiveness</a> section, the COVID vaccines were never tested for prevention of infection or transmission before being approved for market.&nbsp;During the vaccine rollout, studies based on data from several weeks of observation after vaccination showed that the vaccine did prevent infection.Now with longer-term studies, and with the changes in virus variants, it is becoming clear that the vaccines not only do not reduce infection but are highly correlated with increased infections just a few months after injection.&nbsp;The following is a deeper look at scientific studies that document the same phenomenon. &nbsp;&nbsp;Before examining how the vaccine's effectiveness drops over time, it's important to note that negative effectiveness has also been documented between the first and the second dose – a time period when the person is not even considered "vaccinated" despite having received the first injection.This makes it look like the unvaccinated are getting infected more, but that's only because they are considered "unvaccinated" - despite having received their first injection. Many data sets fail to&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/injected-but-unvaccinated-a-distortion-that-covered-up-a-trail-of-destruction">make this distinction</a> between "injected" and "vaccinated", leading to inaccurate conclusions about the vaccine's effectiveness. Here are two examples of negative effectiveness between the first and second shots.&nbsp;&nbsp;<h3><a href="https://www.fda.gov/media/159195/download">Pfizer's EUA application</a>, June 2022</h3>Pfizer's own FDA application for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for ages 6 months–4 years shows that between doses one and two, vaccine efficacy is -30% for babies, and -32% for toddlers.<figure class="image image-style-align-center image_resized" style="width:49.56%;"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1675873560/image_4ba2c573d0.png"></figure><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:50%;"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1675875546/image_f33d70e203.png"></figure>Source:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fda.gov/media/159195/download">https://www.fda.gov/media/159195/download</a>&nbsp; (page 39)&nbsp;<h3><a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(22)00177-3/fulltext">Powell et al</a> The Lancet,&nbsp;May 2022&nbsp;</h3>This study of adolescents' vaccination when the Delta variant was circulating shows that children aged 12– 15 have overall negative vaccine effectiveness from the day of their first injection until the ninth day:<figure class="image image_resized" style="width:50%;"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1675875584/image_405d34bf0a.png"></figure>Source:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.10.21267408v1.full.pdf">https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.10.21267408v1.full.pdf</a> (page 6)The following are a number of studies that show negative effectiveness emerging weeks after vaccination with most studies ending before effectiveness returns to zero.&nbsp;&nbsp;<h3><a href="https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.09.30.22280573v1">Tseng et al.</a>, October 2022</h3>In a paper on MedRxiv called “Effectiveness of mRNA-1273 against infection and COVID-19 hospitalization with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants: BA.1, BA.2, BA.2.12.1, BA.4, and BA.5,” Tseng et al. presented results from their study involving 123,236 adults comparing infection rates between the unvaccinated and the vaccinated after their third injection.<figure class="image image-style-align-center image_resized" style="width:50%;"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1675873559/image_ed940edee4.png"></figure>Apart from the original variant, vaccine effectiveness dropped into negative territory (-16% to -26%) after just 150 days from the third injection.The following graph shows the declining effectiveness against BA5, the most prevalent variant at the time)<figure class="image image_resized" style="width:50%;"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1675875746/image_207f92e049.png"></figure><h3>&nbsp;</h3><h3><a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanepe/article/PIIS2666-7762(22)00209-5/fulltext">Rudan et al.</a>, September 2022</h3>In a paper entitled “BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccination uptake, safety, effectiveness and waning in children and young people aged 12–17 years in Scotland” in The Lancet Regional Health Europe, Rudan et al. examined the Pfizer-BioNTech shot’s effectiveness in children by studying Scottish children in the 12–17 years age bracket.The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons tweeted a good synopsis:<figure class="image image_resized" style="width:75%;"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1675875760/image_03ccc16c30.png"></figure>Original chart: <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/action/showFullTableHTML?isHtml=true&amp;tableId=tbl0004&amp;pii=S2666-7762%2822%2900209-5">https://www.thelancet.com/action/showFullTableHTML?isHtml=true&amp;tableId=tbl0004&amp;pii=S2666-7762%2822%2900209-5</a>Here, vaccine effectiveness went negative 10 weeks (70 days) after the first injection and remained around -22% or more for at least the following eight weeks (up to 126 days). Here, too, the study does not continue past 18+ weeks, so we don't know if or when it will rebound.&nbsp;Here are the data for observed vaccine effectiveness after the 1st Pfizer shot:<figure class="image image_resized" style="width:50%;"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1675875782/image_15dd7cb69d.png"></figure>&nbsp;<h3><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/downloads/slides-2022-09-01/04-covid-link-gelles-508.pdf">CDC Presentation</a>, September 2022</h3>According to data presented by the CDC at one of their meetings, in all age groups the booster efficacy falls quickly and in some age brackets smashes through into negative effectiveness territory.<figure class="image image_resized" style="width:68.1%;"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1675875792/image_ac0aa4367c.png"></figure><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/downloads/slides-2022-09-01/04-covid-link-gelles-508.pdf">From Ruth Link-Gelles’s Presentation at CDC Sept 1st 2022 ACIP Meeting</a> (Page 5)Starting in week 6 (42 days) following the third dose, when compared to those who only had two doses, vaccine effectiveness drops below zero, and hovers around roughly -10% for most ages.&nbsp;<h3><a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/12/2074">Xu, Li, Kirui et al</a> &nbsp;Vaccines, September 2022</h3>In their paper entitled “Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccines Over 13 Months Covering the Period of the Emergence of the Omicron Variant in the Swedish Population” published in The Lancet, Xu, Li, Kirui presented worrying findings.VE [vaccine effectiveness] against COVID-19 infection after two doses of any vaccine peaked at week three with 72% but then dropped quickly to 19.5% by weeks 14–17 and showed no protection from week 18. From week 18 to week 52 VE was negative, ranging from 0 to -22%<figure class="image image_resized" style="width:50%;"><img src="https://t36854400.p.clickup-attachments.com/t36854400/306e2cc2-da40-468d-97e9-21dc65b031c9/image.png"></figure>This is even more evident in the ‘during Omicron' graph here:<figure class="image image_resized" style="width:50%;"><img src="https://t36854400.p.clickup-attachments.com/t36854400/60797d06-8412-4f21-b694-274156f3995d/image.png"></figure>Here we see negative VE starting at 15 weeks (105 days) dropping to nearly -100% at 52 weeks.&nbsp;<h3><a href="https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.20.21267966v3">Hansen et al</a>. December 2021</h3>In a paper titled “Vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 infection with the Omicron or Delta variants following a two-dose or booster BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273 vaccination series: A Danish cohort study,” Hansen et al. published data showing massively waning efficacy against Omicron in vaccinees with both brands of mRNA vaccine.<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1675873559/image_e77301bd77.png" alt="Table

Description automatically generated">By 91–150 days from the vaccination period, vaccine effectiveness fell solidly into negative territory: -76.5% for Pfizer, and -39.3% for Moderna.The following graph shows the declining VE for both the Pfizer and the Moderna vaccines.&nbsp;<figure class="image image_resized" style="width:50%;"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1675875853/image_321f3faec2.png"></figure><h3>&nbsp;</h3><h3><a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00089-7/fulltext">Nordström &amp; Ballin</a> The Lancet, February 2022</h3>In their paper “Risk of infection, hospitalization, and death up to 9 months after a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine: a retrospective, total population cohort study in Sweden,” published in The Lancet, Nordström &amp; Ballin were one of the firsts to document the drop to negative effectiveness.<figure class="image image_resized" style="width:50%;"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1675875864/image_2147907aec.png"></figure>Here the effectiveness reaches zero 8 months (244 days) after the second dose and goes negative for the last month of the study period. The effectiveness is still dropping at the end without any clear sign of when it may level off.<h3>&nbsp;</h3><h3><a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(22)00158-9/fulltext">Piernas et al</a> The Lancet, August 2022</h3>In their paper called “Associations of BMI with COVID-19 vaccine uptake, vaccine effectiveness, and risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes after vaccination in England: a population-based cohort study,” Piernas et al studied the vaccine effectiveness by the number of doses and duration since the last dose.Here are the data for vaccine effectiveness for healthy-weight individuals.The Odds Ratio (OR) indicates how much more likely it is for someone to test positive for COVID compared to an unvaccinated person.<figure class="image image_resized" style="width:50%;"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1675875877/image_7aceda52fd.png"></figure>People who received one shot were 3.2 times more likely to test positive for COVID in the first week, 3.8 times more likely in the second week, 2.09 times more likely in the third week, 1.88 times more likely in the fourth week and 2.11 times more likely to test positive after that (through the end of the study).Those who received two shots were 1.42 times more likely to test positive for COVID in the first week, 1.06 times more likely in the second week, and 1.44 times more likely to test positive after that (through the end of the study).<h3>&nbsp;</h3><h3><a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2792524">Fleming-Dutra et al</a> JAMA, May 2022&nbsp;</h3>In a paper published in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) entitled “Association of Prior BNT162b2 COVID-19 Vaccination with Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children and Adolescents During Omicron Predominance,” the data show negative effectiveness after about 6 months (183 days), going down to -20% after 7 months (213 days) with a sign of a rebound in the eighth month, but it still remains negative.<figure class="image image_resized" style="width:50%;"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1675875889/image_e61f6550cb.png"></figure><h3>&nbsp;</h3><h3><a href="https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.12.17.22283625v1.full-text">N. Shrestha et al</a>., December 2022</h3>This study looked at infection rates based on number of vaccine doses. The study stated that "the risk of COVID-19 also varied by the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses previously received. The higher the number of vaccines previously received, the higher the risk of contracting COVID-19."<img class="image_resized" style="width:75%;" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1676281763/image_8c2e6912e9.png">These eleven studies all show that COVID vaccines' effectiveness declined so much that they do not provide any protection against infection. &nbsp;Instead, they promote COVID-19 infections and by doing so also promote transmission to others. This is particularly disturbing since many of the vaccines were at very low risk of serious illness, yet they served as an amplified vector for transmitting the virus.These studies suggest that the pandemic is being perpetuated by the very tool that was designed to stop it.Email questions or comments to&nbsp;<a href="mailto:frontlinepedia@aflds.org">frontlinepedia@aflds.org</a>&nbsp;

Vaccine Negative Effectiveness 

Vaccine Safety

When the new vaccines against COVID hit the market there was one thing that was made clear, the vaccines protect against serious cases of COVID including hospitalizations and deaths.&nbsp;With time it became clear that the vaccines don't reduce infections and while, in many cases, they actually&nbsp;<a href="https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/library/pedia/vaccine-effectiveness/">increase infections</a>, vaccine advocates continue to claim that the vaccine prevents hospitalization and death.The original studies that were conducted in order to get regulatory approval did not examine all-cause mortality, rather it looked at mortality from COVID - since that was what the vaccines were designed to reduce. And in fact, the vaccines did show a significant reduction in deaths from COVID.&nbsp;But what about all-cause mortality? Could it be that the vaccines reduced deaths from COVID but increase deaths from other causes? This question led to much speculation and was reinforced by careful examination of the&nbsp;report from Pfizer.The report <a href=" https://www.fda.gov/media/151733/download" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">showed</a> that after 8 months of study, there were 21 deaths in the vaccinated group and 17 in the unvaccinated group. Indeed, there were more deaths from the vaccine group than there were in the placebo group. Not by much, just about a 22% relative increase, but since this was just below being statistically significant, and the report did not consider the deaths to be caused by the vaccine - the case was closed.In April 2022,&nbsp;a <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4072489 " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">study</a> made available as a preprint in The Lancet was comparing the mRNA vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna) to the&nbsp;adenovirus-vector (AstraZeneca and Johnson &amp; Johnson) to examine how they differ regarding adverse reactions. In the introduction, the paper states, “it has now been established in numerous studies, [that] vaccines may have completely unexpected effects on overall mortality.”And that this was particularly concerning since “The placebo-controlled RCTs of COVID-19 vaccines were halted rapidly due to clear [positive] effects on COVID-19 infections.”&nbsp;<figure class="image image_resized" style="width:100%;"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1678967703/image_ef5bf5d94e.png"></figure>Source: <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4072489">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4072489</a>&nbsp;The data showed that participants who had the mRNA vaccine had higher cardiovascular deaths, non-accidental deaths, and all-cause deaths compared to the placebo groups after examining nine randomized-controlled trials (RCTs).&nbsp;If not for the lives the vaccines saved in COVID deaths, the mRNA vaccines would have killed more people than they saved. This is important since many people taking the mRNA vaccines are at low risk of dying from COVID.&nbsp;It was noted in the conclusion that most of the wealthier countries chose the mRNA vaccines, which were connected to higher mortality. The authors concluded by saying that “this could turn out to be a very costly decision, both economically and health-wise.”&nbsp;See an interview with the lead researcher, Prof. Christine Stabell-Benn:&nbsp;<div class="raw-html-embed"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/o_nKoybyMGg" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> </div><h3>&nbsp;</h3><h3>Real-world data:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</h3>Can this observation that the mRNA vaccines potentially cause more deaths than they save be seen in real-world data?There have been a few&nbsp;observational <a href="https://medium.com/microbial-instincts/no-all-cause-mortality-benefit-in-pfizers-clinical-trial-for-mrna-vaccine-why-6d89b1de0c8d " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">studies</a> that examined the issue and found that vaccination was associated with reduced overall mortality, so there was nothing to fear.These studies were conducted in the first six months of the vaccination campaign, but it seems things have changed over time.The NetherlandsOne <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361818561_Covid-19_vaccinations_and_all-cause_mortality_-a_long-term_differential_analysis_among_municipalities">study in the Netherlands</a> looked at how much the COVID vaccination affected overall mortality. This is an important question since vaccination may reduce 'COVID deaths', a term that has an imprecise and overly broad definition, but it may also increase <a href="https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/index/library/pedia/vaccine-safety/">death from other causes</a>. So looking at mortality from all causes can help give a clearer picture. &nbsp;&nbsp;The study charted excess deaths, COVID deaths, vaccinations, and at the bottom the corresponding z-score. &nbsp;<figure class="image image-style-align-center"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1678966577/image_d1e63214a3.png"></figure>Source: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361818561_Covid-19_vaccinations_and_all-cause_mortality_-a_long-term_differential_analysis_among_municipalities">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361818561_Covid-19_vaccinations_and_all-cause_mortality_-a_long-term_differential_analysis_among_municipalities</a> Page 6The study's authors stated that "we could not observe a mortality-reducing effect of vaccination in Dutch municipalities after vaccination and booster campaigns. We did find a 4-sigma-significant mortality-enhancing effect during the two periods of high unexplained excess mortality.Meaning, that the vaccination campaign was not associated with a reduction in overall mortality, but instead was associated with a significant rise in mortality beyond what was attributed to "COVID deaths" (see the two periods labelled "excess" on the right side of the above graph)&nbsp;The study shows that the COVID vaccines failed at saving lives and may have even caused more deaths. The study concludes, "Our main result remains alarming and calls for more research on the effect of current covid vaccines on all-cause mortality."CyprusThe Netherlands' experience is not unique.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cureus.com/articles/91317-mortality-in-cyprus-over-the-period-2016-2021">A study of Cyprus' all-cause mortality</a> found the same thing.&nbsp;Based on our data analysis, we observed a substantial increase of 9.7% in all-cause mortality in Cyprus in 2021 compared to 2020, with an overall mortality increase of 16.5% in 2021 compared to the mean mortality of the previous five years. Particularly, we documented a sharp increase over the third and fourth quarters of the year 2021.The study concludes,&nbsp;the substantial increase in mortality in Cyprus in 2021 is not entirely explained by COVID-19 deaths and is parallel to the concurrent vaccination campaign. This concerning observation should be comprehensively investigated by the National and European public health authorities to identify and address the underlying causes.AustraliaAustralia provides an interesting situation since it vaccinated about 75% of its population months before its first major wave of COVID. That the vaccine did not prevent the wave, nor the subsequent deaths that were attributed to COVID, should not be overlooked.&nbsp;The Australian data below show that all-cause mortality was 9% higher than baseline according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics following the vaccination campaign, but before the COVID wave that followed.&nbsp;The elevated all-cause mortality increased through the summer months peaking at 23% during the COVID wave in Jan 2021 (summer in Australia). Despite the reduction of COVID infections in April, all-cause mortality was still 14% above baseline until May 2022 – the last month with available data.&nbsp;<figure class="image image-style-align-center"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1678966772/image_4da00100f3.png"></figure>Source: <a href="https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/health/causes-death/provisional-mortality-statistics/latest-release">https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/health/causes-death/provisional-mortality-statistics/latest-release</a>United KingdomThe Expose presented&nbsp;data from the UK’s Office of National Statistics comparing all-cause mortality from the start of the vaccination campaign in January 2021 to January 2022 and found a surprising difference.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1678968045/image_dce2cb6ea9.png"></figure>Source: <a href="https://dailyexpose.uk/2022/04/20/analysis-gov-data-finds-covid-vaccination-increases-risk-death/">https://dailyexpose.uk/2022/04/20/analysis-gov-data-finds-covid-vaccination-increases-risk-death/</a>&nbsp;Vaccinated individuals in January 2021 were dramatically more protected against all causes of death compared to the unvaccinated. But by January 2022, vaccinated individuals who did not receive a booster were dramatically worse off compared to the unvaccinated.&nbsp;Perhaps it’s just a statistical anomaly in January’s data. So The Expose charted the data over the course of 2021 to see when this change occurred.<figure class="image image_resized" style="width:59.33%;"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1678968070/image_459bee3a83.png"></figure>Source: <a href="https://dailyexpose.uk/2022/04/20/analysis-gov-data-finds-covid-vaccination-increases-risk-death/">https://dailyexpose.uk/2022/04/20/analysis-gov-data-finds-covid-vaccination-increases-risk-death/</a>&nbsp;According to the above graph, during the months of October and November the picture started to change – unless the vaccinated received a booster they would be more likely to die than if they took no vaccine at all, and the situation was much worse for those injected with just one dose (red lines).While it makes sense that a booster shot should improve the risk of death, what is troubling is that the two-dose vaccine was associated with more mortality than no vaccine at all.This may be a good reason to take a booster, but it’s also concerning that hundreds of millions of people’s lives are potentially at risk just because they got vaccinated.Before drawing a conclusion it’s imperative that the analysis is broken down by age range since that’s a key indicator of COVID mortality and of vaccination uptake. If age is ignored, it could be that the unvaccinated are dying less because they tend to be younger, and younger people generally have much lower mortality.&nbsp;The following graphs show all-cause mortality per 100K across each age group:<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1678968113/image_64f5903731.png"></figure>Source: <a href="https://dailyexpose.uk/2022/04/20/analysis-gov-data-finds-covid-vaccination-increases-risk-death/">https://dailyexpose.uk/2022/04/20/analysis-gov-data-finds-covid-vaccination-increases-risk-death/</a>Across every age group, without exception by January 2022 the double vaccinated died more than the unvaccinated.&nbsp;&nbsp;GermanyJust last week a new <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362777743_Excess_mortality_in_Germany_2020-2022">study looked at the excess mortality in Germany</a> since the start of the pandemic. It started by explaining the need for such a study. As mentioned above the designation of "COVID death" is very ambiguous, however, the study <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666776222000230?via%3Dihub">cites</a> autopsies showing that about 86% of COVID deaths actually died of COVID.&nbsp; The rest were from other causes.&nbsp;"For the pandemic years 2020 and 2021, it is clear that the number of deaths has been influenced directly and indirectly by COVID-19. First, clearly, there has been a serious number of COVID-19 deaths, either as the only reason for death or in combination with several other causes. . . . Second, the vaccination campaign which started in 2021 should be visible in reduced excess mortality, or even better as a mortality deficit."Here's what the study found.<figure class="image image-style-align-center"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1678966867/image_f141710459.png"></figure>Excess deaths during the months of March and April of 2021 increased dramatically without much accompanying "COVID deaths". What caused this increase? Later in October - December there is an increase in both excess mortality and "COVID deaths" however it is the first time since the start of the pandemic that excess deaths are consistently higher than "COVID deaths".In nearly all months, across all ages, the blue lines ("COVID deaths") are the same or equal to the red lines (excess deaths). That changed in the fall of 2021. The same question remains – what caused the jump in excess deaths to even surpass "COVID deaths"? &nbsp;The paper further points out that "maybe [the] most surprising fact is that the second year produces in all age groups a significant mortality increase, which is in sharp contrast to the expectation that the vaccination should decrease the number of COVID-19 deaths. The only exception is the last age group (80, ∞), wherein the first year a large number of excess deaths was observed."&nbsp;What happened in the spring and then the fall of 2021?The study looked at one of the obvious events that took place in 2021 – the mass COVID vaccination campaign. In the graph below there are three important observations.&nbsp;The first is that excess mortality in January dropped dramatically before mass vaccination. The second observation is that excess mortality rose dramatically at the same time as the first dose was given. The final observation is that it happened again with the third dose in October-December. &nbsp;<figure class="image image-style-align-center"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1678966887/image_190048b745.png"></figure>"The following graph illustrates that the deviation of the observed mortality from the expected mortality is not uniform over the different age groups, and in particular, the structure changes from 2020 to 2021. A closer look reveals that the excess mortality observed in 2021 is almost entirely due to an above-average increase in deaths in the age groups between 15 and 79. The highest values are reached in the age group 40-49, where an increase in the number of deaths is observed that is nine percent higher than the expected values."<figure class="image image-style-align-center"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1678966907/image_c8024f2fe3.png"></figure>This paper used a "state-of-the-art method of actuarial science" to set the expected all-cause mortality in 2020 and 2021 and see if there is a difference between what was expected and what actually occurred.&nbsp;The paper concludes that, "In 2020, the observed number of deaths was close to the expected number with respect to the empirical standard deviation. By contrast, in 2021, the observed number of deaths was two empirical standard deviations above the expected number."To put that in context, "A bound of 2.24 times the standard deviation leads to a 2.5% confidence interval, which roughly speaking means that this event occurs 2-3 times every hundred years."&nbsp;Put differently, 97.5% of the time we would expect a lower number of deaths. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The discussion surrounding the cause of increased mortality since the launch of the COVID vaccine is unlikely to end soon. Mainstream observers might point to long-COVID which somehow causes death months after infection. One thing is clear, the vaccines have not reduced excess mortality as mainstream experts asserted it would.&nbsp;&nbsp;Email questions or comments to&nbsp;<a href="mailto:frontlinepedia@aflds.org">frontlinepedia@aflds.org</a>

Vaccination and All-cause Mortality

Once COVID vaccines became available to the elderly and high-risk populations most were eager to get the shot. However, enthusiasm for the new vaccines started to wane, especially among the low-risk population. To help promote a broad-based vaccination campaign that would see the vast majority of the population vaccinated, many jurisdictions implemented policies to ‘encourage’ people to get vaccinated. The two main policies include vaccine passes to enter public spaces and vaccine mandates for employees.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Under the vaccine passport system, people were required to present proof of vaccination (vaccine passport or green pass) to gain entry to many public places. Depending on government policy, these can include cafes and restaurants, in-person classes in post-secondary institutions, places of worship, hotels, and celebrations in event halls.<a href="#_ftn1">[1]</a>In addition, many jurisdictions instituted vaccination mandates for employees either in healthcare, public service, or private companies.<a href="#_ftn2">[2]</a> &nbsp;<figure class="image image_resized" style="width:75%;"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1678968905/image_a7b804a491.png"></figure>Source:&nbsp;<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4022798">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4022798</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;In early 2021 Israel became the first country to implement a passport program.<a href="#_ftn3">[3]</a> Anyone who wanted to participate fully in society had to produce proof that they were either vaccinated, recovered, or had a negative PCR test within the previous 48 hours.<a href="#_ftn4">[4]</a>Ostensibly the passports’ purpose is to prevent transmission of the virus, however, when pressed, policymakers publicly acknowledged that the program is to encourage vaccination and not for epidemiological reasons.<a href="#_ftn5">[5]</a><a href="#_ftn6">[6]</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;A number of other policies designed to ‘encourage’ vaccination were instituted around the world.&nbsp; These included, reducing community service for convicted criminals who got vaccinated in the state of Georgia,<a href="#_ftn7">[7]</a> declaring unvaccinated soldiers “unfit to soldier” in the U.K.,<a href="#_ftn8">[8]</a> withholding government employees’ salaries in Kashmir,<a href="#_ftn9">[9]</a> disabling cellphone SIM cards in Pakistan,<a href="#_ftn10">[10]</a> requiring the unvaccinated to wear signs in India,<a href="#_ftn11">[11]</a> fines and loss of internet access at the University of Connecticut,<a href="#_ftn12">[12]</a> denial of kidney transplants in Colorado,<a href="#_ftn13">[13]</a> prohibiting the of purchasing gasoline in Slovenia, <a href="#_ftn14">[14]</a> and $4,000 fines for the unvaccinated in Austria.<a href="#_ftn15">[15]</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Political Rhetoric:Aside from policies designed to coerce people into getting vaccinated, high-profile figures regularly made public statements saying the unvaccinated were dangerous and a threat to the nation. These statements sometimes bordered on incitement.&nbsp;Emmanuel Macron, PM of France:“[It is] only a very small minority who are resisting. How do we reduce that minority? We reduce it by pissing them off even more...When my freedoms threaten those of others, I become someone irresponsible. Someone irresponsible is not a citizen.” <a href="#_ftn16">[16]</a>Justin Trudeau, PM of Canada:&nbsp;“They are extremists who don’t believe in science. They’re often misogynists, also often racists…It’s a small group that muscles in, and we have to make a choice, as a leader and as a country: Do we tolerate these people?”<a href="#_ftn17">[17]</a>Naftali Bennett, PM of Israel“It’s as if you’re walking around with a machine gun firing Delta variants at people,” and “The future of the holidays depends on the number of vaccinated.”<a href="#_ftn18">[18]</a>Michael Gunner, Northern Territories Chief Minister, Australia:"If you support, champion, give a green light, give comfort to [or] support anybody who argues against the vaccine, you are an anti-vaxxer, absolutely.”<a href="#_ftn19">[19]</a>Jacinda Ardern, PM of New Zealand:"What has become clear to me is that they are not only a tool to drive up vaccines; they are a tool for confidence. People who are vaccinated will want to know that they are around other vaccinated people...it is a tool for business."<a href="#_ftn20">[20]</a>Tony Blair, former UK Prime Minister:“We need to target the unvaccinated. Frankly, if you are unvaccinated at the moment and you’re eligible and have no health reason for being unvaccinated, you’re not only irresponsible but you’re an idiot. I am sorry but truthfully you are. With this Omicron variant…you will get it and this will put a lot of strain on the health service.”<a href="#_ftn21">[21]</a>Rodrigo Duterte, President of The Philippines:“I’m now giving orders to village leaders to look for those persons who are not vaccinated and request them to stay put [in their house]…. If they refuse to vaccinate or continue to leave their home, the village leaders are empowered to arrest them...."<a href="#_ftn22">[22]</a>&nbsp;When Tennis champion Novak Djokovic visited Australia to attend the Australian Open, the Australian Minister of Immigration said, "I consider that Mr Djokovic's presence may pose a health risk to the Australian community, in that his presence may foster anti-vaccination sentiment." Djokovic had already recovered from COVID and objected to taking the vaccine. &nbsp;The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry published an article on how those who reject COVID vaccination may have a diagnosable mental illness.<a href="#_ftn23">[23]</a>&nbsp;The mainstream media uses hateful and provocative language against the unvaccinated &nbsp;&nbsp;<img class="image_resized" style="width:50%;" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1678968993/image_2566c82f88.png">&nbsp;<div class="raw-html-embed"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tpuo4IYG0uA" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>What's the problem with using coercion to increase vaccination? See <a href="https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/library/pedia/problems-with-coercion-to-vaccinate" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Problems with Using Coercion to Vaccinate</a>&nbsp;Email questions or comments to&nbsp;<a href="mailto:frontlinepedia@aflds.org">frontlinepedia@aflds.org</a> &nbsp;<h3> Footnotes:</h3><hr><a href="#_ftnref1">[1]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/countries-making-covid-19-vaccines-mandatory-2021-08-16/">https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/countries-making-covid-19-vaccines-mandatory-2021-08-16/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/these-countries-are-slapping-the-unvaccinated-with-fines-and-bans/ar-AARkZCN">https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/these-countries-are-slapping-the-unvaccinated-with-fines-and-bans/ar-AARkZCN</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/digital-health/vaccine-passports-7-states-with-digital-credentials-21-states-with-bans.html">https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/digital-health/vaccine-passports-7-states-with-digital-credentials-21-states-with-bans.html</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref2">[2]</a> ibid&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref3">[3]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-israels-green-passport-program-659437">https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-israels-green-passport-program-659437</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref4">[4]</a> “Many activities will only be available to those vaccinated or with negative virus tests”<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-set-to-open-stores-gyms-and-culture-sunday-in-major-move-toward-normalcy/">https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-set-to-open-stores-gyms-and-culture-sunday-in-major-move-toward-normalcy/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref5">[5]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/in-israel-vaccine-passports-are-already-redundant">https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/in-israel-vaccine-passports-are-already-redundant</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref6">[6]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/watch-fauci-admits-mandates-are-just-mechanism-get-more-people-vaccinated">https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/watch-fauci-admits-mandates-are-just-mechanism-get-more-people-vaccinated</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref7">[7]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thesun.ie/news/7027915/lower-sentences-covid-vaccination-incentive-georgia/">https://www.thesun.ie/news/7027915/lower-sentences-covid-vaccination-incentive-georgia/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref8">[8]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.rt.com/uk/524286-vaccine-military-refuse-punishment/?fbclid=IwAR198b-D3CbdR0TzYrKfH0ZKC4pDLso8ZeOhX4ALnBm5B9sCEXU4k9yywbI">https://www.rt.com/uk/524286-vaccine-military-refuse-punishment/?fbclid=IwAR198b-D3CbdR0TzYrKfH0ZKC4pDLso8ZeOhX4ALnBm5B9sCEXU4k9yywbI</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref9">[9]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://kashmirnews.in/no-vaccine-no-salary-covid-19-whip-on-government-employees-check-state/">https://kashmirnews.in/no-vaccine-no-salary-covid-19-whip-on-government-employees-check-state/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref10">[10]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.khaleejtimes.com/coronavirus/covid-19-pakistan-province-to-block-sim-cards-of-unvaccinated-citizens">https://www.khaleejtimes.com/coronavirus/covid-19-pakistan-province-to-block-sim-cards-of-unvaccinated-citizens</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref11">[11]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/india/skull-crossbones-sign-given-unvaccinated-rural-india-2021-06-10/">https://www.reuters.com/world/india/skull-crossbones-sign-given-unvaccinated-rural-india-2021-06-10/</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAyUzDIhubQ&amp;ab_channel=FRANCE24English">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAyUzDIhubQ&amp;ab_channel=FRANCE24English</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref12">[12]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/university-in-connecticut-to-fine-block-internet-access-to-unvaccinated-students_3954232.html">https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/university-in-connecticut-to-fine-block-internet-access-to-unvaccinated-students_3954232.html</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref13">[13]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/10/07/nolte-colorado-health-system-literally-wants-unvaccinated-die/">https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/10/07/nolte-colorado-health-system-literally-wants-unvaccinated-die/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref14">[14]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://hr.n1info.com/english/news/slovenia-drivers-must-present-covid-certificate-in-order-to-refuel-cars/">https://hr.n1info.com/english/news/slovenia-drivers-must-present-covid-certificate-in-order-to-refuel-cars/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref15">[15]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-22/vaccine-holdouts-face-4-000-fine-in-austria-s-virus-crackdown?sref=jB82HHlm">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-22/vaccine-holdouts-face-4-000-fine-in-austria-s-virus-crackdown?sref=jB82HHlm</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref16">[16]</a>&nbsp;https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/04/macron-declares-his-covid-strategy-is-to-piss-off the-unvaccinated<a href="#_ftnref17">[17]</a>&nbsp;https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/warmington-opposition-shockingly-silent-on-pms-hatred of-unvaccinated-canadians<a href="#_ftnref18">[18]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/bennett-lockdown-over-the-high-holidays-depends-on-vaccination-levels/">https://www.timesofisrael.com/bennett-lockdown-over-the-high-holidays-depends-on-vaccination-levels/</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref19">[19]</a>&nbsp;https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-22/nt-covid-vaccine-mandate-opponents-anti vaxxers-michael-gunner/100640656&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref20">[20]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/saint-jacinda-backs-a-two-tier-society">https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/saint-jacinda-backs-a-two-tier-society</a>&nbsp;<a href="#_ftnref21">[21]</a>&nbsp;https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tony-blair-if-youre-eligible-and-refuse-the-covid-vaccine-youre an-idiot-sz97xhkdq<a href="#_ftnref22">[22]</a>&nbsp;https://healthpolicy-watch.news/philippine-president-arrest-unvaccinated/<a href="#_ftnref23">[23]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/news/post/not-taking-the-covid-vaccine-could-mean-mental-illness/">https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/news/post/not-taking-the-covid-vaccine-could-mean-mental-illness/</a>&nbsp;<h3>&nbsp;</h3>&nbsp;

Coercion to Vaccinate

Problems with using Coercion to Vaccinate

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