Today’s News: December 11, 2020

World News

US deployed armored vehicles to Syria to ‘show teeth’ against Russian forces

AMNNEWS – The US military augmented its contingent in Syria with a platoon of armored fighting vehicles to show strength and intimidate Russian troops, Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Frank McKenzie said on Thursday.

McKenzie explained in an interview with the Defense One media outlet that the decision was made a couple of months ago in response to a Russian patrol that was not coordinated with the Americans.

“We thought it is appropriate to show them a little more teeth up there. So we brought an M2 Bradley platoon, which is armored fighting vehicle,” he said.

The general added that he decided to keep the armor in Syria to ensure that US servicemen on the ground have the protection they need to carry out tasks assigned to them.

McKenzie said that around 900 US troops are stationed in Syria in two clusters – near the country’s southern border with Jordan and in the northeast area where they assist Kurdish militias from the Syrian Democratic Forces.

Canadian Health Ministry Exploring “Immunity Passports,” Vaccine “Tracking and Surveillance”

Ontario government says non-vaccinated people could face travel, social restrictions

Global Research – The Health Minister of Ontario in Canada has stoked controversy by suggesting that people who do not take the coronavirus vaccine will face restrictions on where they can travel and spend time.

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When asked by reporters about how the government intends to go about convincing people to get the vaccine, Health Minister Christine Elliott warned that those who refuse it will face difficulties reintegrating into society.

“That’s their choice, this is not going to be a mandatory campaign. It will be voluntary,” Elliot said, but adding that “There may be some restrictions that may be placed on people that don’t have vaccines for travel purposes, to be able to go to theatres and other places.”

When another reporter asked if the government would be introducing ‘immunity passports’, or proof of vaccination cards, Elliot said

“Yes, because that’s going to be really important for people to have for travel purposes, perhaps for work purposes, for going to theatres or cinemas or any other places where people will be in closer physical contact.”

Following up on Elliot’s comments, The Toronto Sun spoke to her press secretary, who confirmed that the government is exploring several options for vaccine “tracking and surveillance.”

“This includes exploring developing tech-based solutions while also providing for alternative options to ensure equitable access to any potential ‘immunity passport,’” Alexandra Hilkene said.

Sun reporter Brian Lilley notes “That phrase will set off alarm bells and it should, not just for anti-vaxxers, but for anyone who is concerned about Charter rights and governments running roughshod over them.”

Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams has also said that a COVID-19 vaccine may be required for “freedom to move around”.

“What we can do is to say sometimes for access, or ease, in getting into certain settings, if you don’t have vaccination then you’re not allowed into that setting without other protection materials,” Williams said.

UK Requires ‘Resuscitation Facilities’ at Corona Vaccine Centres After Allergic Reactions

Breitbart – Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) confirmed on Wednesday that it is deploying “resuscitation facilities” in coronavirus vaccination centres following the revelation that two healthcare workers suffered anaphylactoid reactions after receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine on the first day of rollout.

Following the adverse reactions experienced by the two healthcare workers, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) issued “precautionary advice” which said that people who have a “history of a significant reaction” to medicines, foods, or vaccines should avoid taking the coronavirus vaccine.

U.S. News, Politics & Government

FDA panel endorses Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for emergency use

Fox – A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted Thursday to endorse the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, clearing the way for FDA leaders to authorize emergency mass distribution amid an ongoing surge of COVID-19 cases across the country.

Vaccine shipments would begin within hours of the FDA’s decision, which could come by as early as Friday, with the first vaccinations to follow soon afterward. Pfizer’s vaccine will be available in limited quantities, with initial doses earmarked for frontline health care workers and high-risk patients.

In November, Pfizer announced that its coronavirus vaccine was 95 percent effective and has not displayed any major side effects.

The advisory panel, comprised of outside experts, based its decision on data from clinical trials. Members were asked to vote on  “whether the benefits of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine outweigh its risks for use in individuals 16 years of age and older” based on the totality of available evidence.

>> Related: FDA panel says ‘benefits outweigh risks’ for Pfizer vaccine & recommends emergency authorization in non-unanimous vote

RT – The panel, part of the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC), voted 17-4 on Thursday to support emergency use for the inoculation, with one abstention. The principal question before the committee was whether the jab’s benefits outweighed its risks for “use in individuals 16 and older,” based on the available evidence.

While the five committee members who either opposed the measure or abstained did not offer an explicit rationale for their votes, a journalist who sat in on the panel’s nearly nine-hour virtual meeting, Dave Greber, noted there were objections “to the lack of available data” and the vaccine’s “shortened trial” period, as well as concerns that the jab’s lower age limit should be raised from 16 to 17 or 18. 

University Medical Center Won’t Order Staff to Take COVID Vaccine Due to ‘General Uncertainty’

Newswars – The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) won’t require its health care employees to take the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine, which the medical provider expects to begin offering as soon as this month, according to PennLive.

The reasons are several-fold, according to UPMC medical director of infection prevention and epidemiology, Dr. Graham Snyder. For starters, general uncertainty over the vaccine. And while the $21 billion nonprofit organization (which employs 89,000 people) has a mandatory flu vaccination policy, it’s “based on decades of experience with the influenza vaccine,” according to Snyder.

But there’s no comparable data for a COVID-19 vaccine, or on whether a mandate is the best way to get large numbers of people to become vaccinated, Snyder said on Tuesday.

The first COVID-19 vaccine, from Pfizer, is expected to soon receive emergency approval. A second vaccine, from Moderna, is also expected to soon receive emergency approval. Distribution of at least one vaccine is expected to begin this month.

Snyder said UPMC is “very excited about the preliminary information we have about how safe the vaccine is and how it will work.”

Still, he said UPMC will conduct its own review of the vaccines before injecting any of its employees. – PennLive

“Until we learn more and build our own experience with this vaccine, plus, until we see the uptake of vaccine in our communities, and have an understanding about the role that vaccination has in ending this pandemic, it’s not the right thing to make it mandatory,” said Snyder – who added that UPMC’s independent review won’t slow down their plans to distribute the vaxx.

Virginia to institute nightly curfew, new gathering limits, mask rules

WTOP – Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced on Thursday a curfew from midnight to 5 a.m., among other new measures, aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19 in the commonwealth amid a record spike in cases, hospitalizations and deaths.

The curfew starts at 12:01 a.m. Monday for everyone except those going to or from work, buying food or goods, or seeking medical attention, and is tentatively set to expire Jan. 31, 2021. “If you don’t need to go out, go home,” Northam said at the briefing Thursday.

Asked about enforcement of the curfew, Northam said, “We will ask Virginians to follow those guidelines.”Asked whether state or local law enforcement will be able to lodge any penalties, he said, “It’s a modified stay-at-home order.” The limit on gatherings is also being reduced from 25 to 10. “We’re not going to go into private places of businesses … but any time you’re around other individuals, you need to put your mask on,” Northam said.

The governor imposed limits on spectators for recreational sports: 25 per field for indoor sports and two guests per player for outdoor sports. Northam also called on religious leaders to spread the message. “This is a holy time,” he said. “The holidays are typically times of joy and community. … But this year, we need to think about what is truly the most important thing. Is it the worship or the building?” He added, “You don’t need to sit in a church for God to hear your prayers. Worship with a mask on is still worship. Worship outside is still worship.”

Northam also said, “A lot of places of worship — most of them — have done the right thing,” but that some others hadn’t. “And, quite frankly, we know that a lot of the spread is coming from this.” He stopped short of placing any gathering restrictions on churches, agreeing with a questioner that the recent Supreme Court case from New York had something to do with it: “So we are following suit with that.”

Pentagon weighs cutting most of its support to CIA’s counterterrorism missions

ABC – In a surprising move, the Pentagon has told the Central Intelligence Agency that it is weighing an end to the majority of the military support it provides to the agency’s counterterrorism missions, according to a former senior administration intelligence official.

It is unclear how the decision would impact the spy agency’s worldwide counterterrorism missions that often rely on the U.S. military for logistical support and personnel.

Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller sent a letter to CIA Director Gina Haspel outlining the decision, according to the former official, who characterized the action as both surprising and unprecedented.

The CIA’s Special Activities Center carries out covert operations and has its own paramilitary force that carries out counterterrorism operations. While they act as an independent force, they often rely on the military for transportation and logistical support.

Sometimes that means that military personnel end up being detailed to support the CIA’s counterterrorism operations.

COVID-19 Pandemic Driving Homelessness In NYC To Record Levels, Advocates Say – CBS New York

CBS – The Big Apple has hit a grim milestone when it comes to the homeless crisis.

A new report from homeless advocates says COVID-19 has helped propel the shelter population to record numbers, CBS2’s Andrea Grymes reported Wednesday. The advocates call the numbers “astronomical.” They say for the first time the number of single adults sleeping in city Department of Homeless Services shelters reached more than 20,000. That includes an all-time record of 15,369 single men — and a near record of 4,841 single women — in October, the latest statistics available.All of this is according to the campaign 4 NY/NY Housing — a coalition of advocacy groups.“This dire homelessness crisis among single adults has been exacerbated by COVID-19, which has already forced more individuals into homelessness and will likely worsen in the coming months,” said Giselle Routhier, policy director for the Coalition for the Homeless.Advocates point out the high numbers do not include those sleeping on the streets or in private shelters. They say not only is COVID to blame, but also multiple economic and policy failings, including a lack of supportive housing, which is affordable housing with support services. Mayor Bill de Blasio said even during the pandemic massive outreach has continued to get the homeless off the streets and into shelters and help.

“They need mental health services. They need substance misuse services. Obviously, everyone ultimately needs affordable housing or supportive housing,” de Blasio said.

Ben Shapiro: ‘Get The Vaccine, Dopes’

Information Liberation – Neoconservative commentator Ben Shapiro wants us “dopes” to shut up and take Pfizer’s experimental mRNA corona vaccine.

Shapiro has been pushing Pfizer’s vaccine very aggressively both on Twitter and through his website, The Daily Wire.

This virus has at least a 99.5% survival rate for those under 70 years old, according to the CDC’s best estimate.

Elijah Schaffer is 27 years old and appears to be in good health so his odds of survival are likely over 99.98%. The odds are also extremely high that he would experience no symptoms.

If you take Pfizer at their word (which would be pretty crazy considering Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla dumped the majority of his stock on the same day his company announced their vaccine was supposedly 90% effective [Shapiro’s website never reported on that, by the way]) 43,000 people have taken their vaccine and 3.8% experienced a “Grade 3 adverse event” (defined as severe and preventing daily activity), which is 1,634 people.

Pfizer reported that only “170 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were evaluated, with 162 observed in the placebo group versus 8 in the vaccine group.”

That means ten times more people experienced a “grade 3 adverse event” among those who took the vaccine than contracted COVID-19 after taking the placebo.

“There were 10 severe cases of COVID-19 observed in the trial, with nine of the cases occurring in the placebo group and one in the BNT162b2 vaccinated group,” Pfizer reported.

Though Pfizer didn’t disclose it in their press release, the FDA reported there were “four cases of Bell’s palsy in the vaccine group compared with no cases in the placebo group.”

The side effects from the second jab of Pfizer’s vaccine (there’s two total) can reportedly be quite severe.

One young, healthy female nurse who took part in Pfizer’s trial and strongly believes she received the vaccine and not the placebo said “she had a headache, nausea, chills and even reached a fever of nearly 105F (40.5C) – the highest of her life,” The Daily Mail reported on Monday:

‘My arm quickly became painful at the injection site, much more than the first time,’ [Kristen Choi, an assistant professor in the School of Nursing at UCLA] wrote.

‘By the end of the day, I felt light-headed, chilled, nauseous, and had a splitting headache. I went to bed early and fell asleep immediately.

‘Around midnight, I woke up feeling worse – feverish and chilled, nauseated, dizzy, and hardly able to lift my arm from muscle pain at the injection site.’

CNBC reported Tuesday that trial participants are reporting “intense symptoms” after the second shot.

Many people are now wondering whether this will be just like getting the flu vaccine.

The short answer is: No, not really.

One Pfizer trial participant told CNBC that after the second shot, he woke up with chills, shaking so hard he cracked a tooth. “It hurt to even just lay in my bed sheet,” he said.

There’s a reason vaccines historically require extensive testing before being rolled out to the general public.

We still don’t actually know the long-term effects of this vaccine, nor any of the others.

The UK government is saying that pregnant women should not take Pfizer’s vaccine and women in general “should avoid becoming pregnant until at least two months after being vaccinated,” according to The Independent.

Rushed vaccines pose a serious risk of “immune enhancement,“ whereby people who get the vaccine can actually get a worse reaction to the virus.

As corona-hysteria has swept the entire Western world, all the rules established over decades are being thrown out the window.

As Ben Shapiro perfectly encapsulated, all we’re being told by our ruling class is “get the vaccine, dopes!”

NY Lawmaker Introduces Bill To Make Vaccination MANDATORY

Infowars – A State Assemblymember for Manhattan’s west side has introduced legislation that would make it compulsory for residents to get vaccinated against coronavirus, reasoning that there has been a “concerning uptick in dangerous anti-science, anti-vax rhetoric.”

Fox 5 NY reports that Linda Rosenthal has brought the bill, Assembly Bill A11179, that would allow the state’s Department of Health to mandate New Yorkers to get the COVID shot.

Rosenthal isn’t alone in her quest for mandatory vaccination in New York.

Last month, the New York State bar association passed a motion to make getting the Covid vaccination mandatory if its not taken voluntarily by a sufficient number of people.

New York lawmaker proposes making COVID-19 vaccine MANDATORY for all state residents if initial round of shots fails to establish sufficient herd immunity

Daily Mail – A Manhattan lawmaker is proposing making a COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for all residents in New York if initial doses of the shot fail to establish sufficient herd immunity.

The bill was proposed by Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal of New York’s 67th District, and is currently referred to as ‘A11179’.

Published on the New York State Senate website, if signed into law, the bill ‘requires a COVID-19 vaccine to be administered in accordance with the department of health’s COVID-19 vaccination administration program and mandates vaccination in certain situations.’

The legislation does not propose an automatic requirement for vaccination once available, rather the mandate will be based on the initial response to it.  

‘If public health officials determine that residents of the state are not developing sufficient immunity from COVID-19, the department shall mandate vaccination for all individuals or groups of individuals who, as shown by clinical data, are proven to be safe to receive such vaccine,’ the legislation states.

The bill goes on to add that anyone who is exempted by a licensed medical professional will not be required to receive the vaccine.  

Since being introduced on December 4, the bill has been referred to a committee for further examination.

Rosenthal has not yet returned a DailyMail.com request for comment. 

However, in an interview with WGRZ, the assemblywoman insisted the vaccination mandate is a ‘protective health measure’. 

‘It’s to ensure that our residents are safe and protected against further spread,’ she explained, adding, ‘the concept of herd immunity is very important, and not everyone will have to get the vaccination if a certain threshold of the population has gotten it.’

Rosenthal also indicated that the threshold would have to be set at around 75 to 80 percent and said she believes there will be enough people willing to take the vaccine to reach those numbers. 

‘However, there is the possibility that we don’t and in that event to protect the public health, the department of health of the state can then say that we need people to get the vaccination,’ Rosenthal said. 

When quizzed on the concerns of residents who are opposed to the idea of the state forcing them to get vaccinated, Rosenthal said: ‘This is a matter that will be decided based on science and best practices and not on people’s blow back. That’s why the power resides with the state department of health.’

Rosenthal also sought to issue assurances to those who believe a vaccine mandate would violate their constitutional rights and individual liberties. 

‘The state is not frivolously doing this,’ She said. ‘The state has a task force to review the vaccines. It’s only at the point where there’s a lack of herd immunity which protects every single resident of New York State that the department of health would step in.’

She also reiterated that the bill ensures those who are deemed unable to take the vaccine by a doctor will not be required to. 

Economy & Business

Americans get stern holiday COVID warning: ‘No Christmas

Reuters – A top coronavirus adviser to President-elect Joe Biden delivered a stern holiday message to Americans on Thursday – “no Christmas parties” – and warned they face a COVID-19 siege for weeks to come despite the latest moves toward U.S. government approval of a vaccine.

“The next three to six weeks at minimum … are our COVID weeks,” Dr. Michael Osterholm, a member of Biden’s coronavirus advisory board, told CNN. “It won’t end after that, but that is the period right now where we could have a surge upon a surge upon a surge.”

Osterholm stressed that it would be several months before the nation sees widespread availability of vaccines, the first of which cleared a key U.S. regulatory hurdle on Thursday.

A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted overwhelmingly to recommend emergency-use authorization of a vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and its German partner, BioNTech SE.

FDA approval is expected within days, paving the way for a mass inoculation campaign unparalleled in U.S. history to be launched as early as next week. The advisory panel is due to review a second vaccine from Moderna Inc next week.

Preparations for the vaccine rollout were in full swing.

Delivery giants United Parcel Service and FedEx Corp stood by to ship millions of doses to distribution staging areas under contract with the federal government, giving top priority to the vaccines.The Pfizer vaccines require storage in ulta-cold freezer units and must be prepared for injection and given quickly once thawed, posing special challenges to medical authorities.

“We only have six hours to actually use the vaccine,” Dr. Stephen Dohi, chief pharmacist at the Los Angeles County USC Medical Center, said as he stood beside the hospital’s newly purchased ultralow freezer.Nevertheless, Osterholm said sizeable quantities of vaccines would not be available to the public at large before March or April. Healthcare workers and nursing home residents are likely to be designated as first in line for the shots.

Osterholm’s blunt admonition came as COVID-19 caseloads soared higher, straining healthcare systems in cities and small towns across the country and leaving intensive care units in hundreds of hospitals at or near capacity.

He urged Americans to do their utmost to slow the contagion by limiting social interactions to members of their immediate households, and above all, “No Christmas parties.”

“There is not a safe Christmas party in this country right now,” he said. Health officials have voiced frustration that millions of Americans disregarded urgent appeals to limit travel and social gatherings over the recent Thanksgiving holiday, even as the pandemic was already raging unchecked.

The wealthy are jumping into bitcoin as the stigma around crypto fades

Tech Central – Christian Armbruester wishes he’d bought more. The founder of Blu Family Office, a London-based investment firm for wealthy clients, dabbled in cryptocurrencies a few years ago. But the one-time investment banker, whose family made a fortune in metals and manufacturing, believes cryptocurrencies have earned a place in a diversified portfolio. With bitcoin surging more than 270% since its 12-month low in March, he’s ratcheting up his investments in the space and eyeing big gains.

“We’re now looking for trading opportunities in a very exciting field,” said Armbruester, who manages about US$670-million for Blu Family Office, including his personal wealth.

Armbruester has plenty of company. Mexican media billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego recently tweeted that he’s invested 10% of his liquid assets in bitcoin. Wall Street legends Stanley Druckenmiller, Paul Tudor Jones and Bill Miller have endorsed buying it. After influential money manager Rick Rieder went on CNBC last month and said bitcoin “is here to stay”, more than 874 000 viewers watched the clip on Twitter, attracting far more hits than his segments on Covid-19 or monetary policy.

It tells us that bitcoin has caught the attention and imagination of many people. But it’s still untested and a pretty small market relative to other markets

“It tells us that bitcoin has caught the attention and imagination of many people,” Larry Fink, CEO of asset management giant BlackRock and Rieder’s boss, during a virtual conference on 1 December. “But it’s still untested and a pretty small market relative to other markets.”

The last time bitcoin skyrocketed, in 2017, many wealthy investors largely stayed on the sidelines. The ersatz money was compared to the tulip mania during the Dutch Golden Age, and its utility as a money-laundering device in the digital underworld scared off many in mainstream finance. Warren Buffett called bitcoin a “mirage” and Jamie Dimon said it was a “fraud” (although he later expressed regret for that remark).

Science & Technology

Facebook faces U.S. lawsuits that could force sale of Instagram, WhatsApp

Reuters – Facebook Inc could be forced to sell its prized assets WhatsApp and Instagram after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and nearly every U.S. state filed lawsuits against the social media company, saying it used a “buy or bury” strategy to snap up rivals and keep smaller competitors at bay.

With the filing of the twin lawsuits on Wednesday, Facebook becomes the second big tech company to face a major legal challenge this year after the U.S. Justice Department sued Alphabet Inc’s Google in October, accusing the $1 trillion company of using its market power to fend off rivals.

The lawsuits highlight the growing bipartisan consensus to hold Big Tech accountable for its business practices and mark a rare moment of agreement between the Trump administration and Democrats, some of whom have advocated breaking up both Google and Facebook.

The complaints on Wednesday accuse Facebook of buying up rivals, focusing specifically on its previous acquisitions of photo-sharing app Instagram for $1 billion in 2012 and messaging app WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014.

Federal and state regulators said the acquisitions should be unwound – a move that is likely to set off a long legal challenge as the deals were cleared years earlier by the FTC.

“For nearly a decade, Facebook has used its dominance and monopoly power to crush smaller rivals, snuff out competition, all at the expense of everyday users,” said New York Attorney General Letitia James on behalf of the coalition of 46 states, Washington, D.C. and Guam. Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and South Dakota did not participate in the lawsuit.

Roswell investigator’s journal reveals he found ‘indestructible debris not made by human hands’ at ‘alien’ crash site

The Sun – AN investigator found ‘indestructible debris not made by human hands’ at the ‘alien’ Roswell crash site, his private journals reveal.

In July 1947, a UFO reportedly hurtled into the ranch in New Mexico – and the most famous alien legend of them all was born. Soon after the military sensationally announced in a press release that the remains of a crashed flying saucer had been discovered in the desert.

The following day, however, the statement was retracted, and it was said to be instead a damaged US Air Force balloon.

The incident has become one of the most discussed and controversial UFO theories in history.

Jesse Marcel, an intelligence officer of the 509th Bombardment Group at Roswell Army Air Field, was tasked with investigating the crash.

Now, more than 30 years on from his death on June 24 1986, his grandchildren – Jesse Marcel III and John Marcel – claim he was ‘ordered’ to deny what was actually discovered at the crash site.Speaking to the Daily Mail, his grandson Jesse Marcel III said: “He was made to be the fall guy.“He was the head of intelligence in Roswell, New Mexico and followed his orders.

“In essence, he was at the heart of the story and heart of the conspiracy or cover-up.”

The wreckage was first discovered by WW ‘Mac’ Brazel, who spotted ‘odd pieces of metal and debris’ scattered across Foster Ranch.

Jesse Marcel III said: “Even animals had a sense about whatever it was and did not want to go around it.

“He (Marcel) had examined the debris in the field and determined it was not made by human hands.”

Health

Life-Threatening Reactions to Pfizer COVID Experimental Vaccines Results in Warnings to People Who Have Allergies

Health Impact News – Breaking: CHD Responds to News of Life-Threatening Reaction to Pfizer COVID Vaccine. Will Regulators Take Action?

In August, CHD asked regulators to investigate the use of polyethylene glycol (PEG) in COVID mRNA vaccines, which could have caused the severe allergic reactions reported this week by two of the first UK recipients of Pfizer’s vaccine.

Media outlets are reporting that two individuals who received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine developed severe anaphylactic reactions following the injection.

England’s National Health Service (NHS) warned Wednesday that people “with a history of a significant allergic reaction to a vaccine, medicine or food” should not be given the COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech.

UK’s Medical and Health products Regulatory Agency, as reported by The Wall Street Journal, reminded health-care workers that vaccinations should only be carried out in facilities where resuscitation measures are available.

These warnings came after two National Health Service employees who were part of the first tranche to receive the vaccine on Tuesday suffered adverse reactions.

NHS England said in a statement that both of the medical workers who experienced anaphylactoid reactions to the Pfizer vaccine had a “strong past history of allergic reactions.”

According to these news reports, documents published by the two companies showed that people with a history of severe allergic reactions were excluded from the clinical trials.  Therefore, this life-threatening adverse safety signal did not appear in their clinical trial safety data.

On Aug. 26, Children’s Health Defense (CHD) sent a letter to Dr. Jerry Menikoff, director office for Human Research Protections Dept. of Health and Human Services regarding the Phase III Moderna mRNA-1273 vaccine. The letter requested the Office for Human Research Protections investigate the use of polyethylene glycol (PEG) in Moderna’s COVID-19 mRNA vaccine. Pfizer’s COVID vaccine, which also uses mRNA technology, also contains PEG.

Approximately 8% of the U.S. population has highly elevated levels of anti-PEG antibodies. The concerns we laid out in our letter about the Moderna vaccine were related to the fact that injecting a PEG-containing vaccine into individuals with pre-existing PEG antibodies could lead to life-threatening anaphylaxis.

Such was the case with a member of CHD, Harold Gielow, a retired military Lt. Col USMC who suffers with severe anaphylactic response to polyethylene glycol. In fact, the last time Gielow was exposed to an injected drug that contained PEG, he went pulseless, requiring an injection of epinephrine. His PEG allergy was diagnosed by Johns Hopkins.

Gielow has voiced outrage that PEG is classified by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as biologically inert/inactive.

“It is anything but that,” Gielow said. “The incidences of hypersensitivity reactions to PEG are, understandably, increasing, although many with PEG hypersensitivity go undiagnosed, thus presenting an unreasonable hazard to administering these vaccines to a population, the vast majority of which is proven by science to have anti-PEG antibodies.”

In fact, investigators who once assumed that the polymer was largely “inert” are now questioning its biocompatibility and warning about PEGylated particles’ promotion of tumor growth and adverse immune responses that include “probably underdiagnosed” life-threatening anaphylaxis.

These undesirable responses have, on occasion, halted clinical trials. As a result, some scientists argue that it is time to develop alternatives to replace PEG. American and Dutch researchers declared in 2013:

“[T]he accumulating evidence documenting the detrimental effects of PEG on drug delivery make it imperative that scientists in this field break their dependence on PEGylation.”

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warns: Don’t take a COVID-19 vaccine under any circumstances

NaturalNews – If you are even just considering getting vaccinated for the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a message for you: don’t do it!

The nephew of former president John F. Kennedy recently issued a public statement urging people everywhere to avoid the COVID-19 jab at all costs because it contains an untested new technology known as mRNA, the long-term side effects of which are completely unknown.

mRNA directly alters the genetic material of those who receive it, much like what happens when “scientists” genetically engineer (GMO) food crops like soybeans or corn to make them resistant to bugs or drought.

“This intervention can be compared to genetically modified foods, which are also very controversial,” Kennedy says.

Unlike all other vaccines, the genetic damage of which is not necessarily permanent, mRNA genetic damage is “irreversible and irreparable,” Kennedy notes.

“Even though the media and politicians are currently trivializing the problem and even foolishly calling for a new type of vaccine to return to normality, this vaccination is problematic in terms of health, morality and ethics, but also in terms of genetic damage,” Kennedy says.

Kennedy: COVID-19 vaccines are a “crime against humanity”

As opposed to older vaccines, many of which can be “detoxified” following injection, mRNA COVID-19 vaccines live on in perpetuity inside the body. The damage they cause, in other words, is forever.

“You will have to live with the consequences because you will no longer be able to be cured simply by removing toxins from the human body,” Kennedy explains, comparing the genetic damage to the type that causes Down syndrome or cystic fibrosis.

mRNA is almost like a continuous vaccine “engine” that repeatedly vaccinates a person for the rest of his or her life. Because of this, there is no way to “fix” or “cure” any problems that arise.

“This clearly means: if a vaccination symptom develops after an mRNA vaccination, neither I nor any other therapist will be able to help you, as the damage caused by this vaccination will be genetically irreversible,” Kennedy warns.

Not since the actual Holocaust has something so evil been foisted on the world in the name of “public health.” COVID-19 vaccines are not only unsafe, Kennedy contends, but they represent a “crime against humanity that has never been committed in such a significant way in history.”

“As experienced physician Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg said: Actually, this ‘promising vaccine’ for the vast majority of people should be banned because it is genetic engineering!’”

In other words, getting vaccinated for COVID-19 means that a person will become a GMO zombie, of sorts, with no opportunity to go back to his old self. It sounds a whole lot like the mark of the beast from the book of Revelation, would you not agree?

In the past, Kennedy, who is considered by many to be the best Kennedy, has warned that traditional vaccines are already bad enough, causing serious brain damage that for many is irreversible. And Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines are far worse than that, he says, which is why nobody under any circumstances should take them.

“Study the history of vaccination, from Jenner to Pasteur to Polk,” wrote one Strange Sounds commenter. “There is no proof they do anything but inject you with (best case scenario) a portion of the virus.”

“A virus is simply a piece of DNA or RNA and because it is NOT a cellular life form, is not deactivated or dead,” this same commenter added. “The theory is you need to educate or exercise your immune system. Wrong. Modern medicine can simply be described by the movie Frankenstein.”

Science.news – mRNA vaccines — also called “genetic vaccines” — arise from an innovative biotechnology approach that turns the body’s cells into molecular factories to produce proteins that activate a pathogen-specific immune response. The technology holds great promise but also presents significant risks which are not yet fully known.

Summary of what’s in this article:

– mRNA vaccines promise an intriguing new platform for immunization that does not rely on the growth or harvesting of pathogens from animal tissue. This offers mRNA vaccines several key advantages over traditional vaccines.

– Research into mRNA vaccines is still in its infancy, even though various biotech pioneers have been working on ways to achieve mRNA vaccines for around two decades. It is very likely that yet more decades of research will be required to achieve acceptable levels of safety and efficacy.

– mRNA vaccines can be produced far more rapidly, safely and uniformly than traditional vaccines. Production can be easily scaled up, and there is zero risk of introducing “live” pathogens into the body of the patient, since these vaccines don’t use weakened pathogens in the first place.

– There are very real risks associated with mRNA vaccines including “enhanced” inflammation and auto-immune reactions, where the body’s cells are inadvertently programmed to attack critical proteins required for normal health (such as hormones).

– The profit-motivated rush to deploy mRNA vaccines to prevent the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus is causing regulators and researchers to skip (or accelerate) many critical steps in quality control and clinical trials. This is likely to result in catastrophic consequences — unintended side effects — if such vaccines are granted approval for widespread deployment without proper long-term clinical trials.

– mRNA vaccines could be maliciously exploited to weaponize vaccines to target critical physiological functions in humans. This is similar in effect to “RNA interference” technology which is a gene suppressing innovation that has been studied for use as an insect-killing pesticide technology in crops. Although the mechanisms of mRNA vaccines and RNA interference technology are very different, they can achieve many of the same outcomes such as induced infertility or death in targeted organisms, which could include humans. Technically, this could also be exploited to target specific genetic subgroups of humans such as those of African descent.

– The best current application of mRNA vaccines seems to be found in personalized medicine cancer treatment applications, where “vaccines” are customized to teach the body’s immune system to attack and kill cancer cells.

– A reasonable tolerance risk for mRNA vaccine side effects would be proportional to the mortality risk of the pathogen or disease condition the vaccine is treating. For example, if stage IV cancer kills 80% of patients, and a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine cures 50% of patients while killing 5% of patients, the lives-saved-to-patients-killed ratio is 10:1, which would arguably be a reasonable risk to assume. However, if an mRNA coronavirus vaccine is widely given to healthy individuals who are at very low risk of mortality to begin with, then if the mRNA vaccine kills 1 in 1,000 of those people (for example), the vaccine might cause far higher mortality figures than the pathogen itself.

VACCINE TRIAL PARTICIPANTS WARN: SIDE EFFECTS AFTER SECOND SHOT ARE “INTENSE”

SHFTPlan – Participants in Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine trials have a warning for those willingly taking the shot. The side effects after the second jab are “intense.”

The FDA said data from Pfizer’s Covid vaccine trials show that side effects are common, though there are “no specific safety concerns identified that would preclude the issuance of an” emergency use authorization.” According to CNBC, the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is both safe and effective, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In a report released Tuesday morning, the FDA indicated that it could greenlight the country’s first Covid-19 inoculation within days.

The Pfizer vaccine is one of four U.S.-backed candidates in phase three trials. Next up is one from U.S. biotech firm Moderna, which has also submitted its EUA application.

Both companies have said that taking their vaccines could result in side effects similar to mild Covid symptoms. Think muscle pain, chills, and a headache. –CNBC

After the second dose of this vaccine, one participant in the Moderna trial said it was “rough.”

“After the injection, I had the same side effects as the first: localized pain and stiffness, but it was a little bit worse. My arm got sore faster, and by the time I got home, I started feeling fatigued and like anyone would feel if they were coming down with the flu,” said Batalvi. More significant symptoms presented that evening, and even mainstream media is reporting on them.  “I developed a low-grade fever and had chills,” he said. “That evening was rough.”

When first reading the side effects, trial participant Yasir Batalvi first read Moderna’s 22-page consent form warning of side effects ranging from nothing at all to death, he said he felt “worried.”Imagine being so terrified of a virus that has a survival rate of 99.97% that you take a vaccine for the said virus that has a listed side effect of death.

Bill Gates makes bleak prediction for when coronavirus pandemic will finally end

Daily Star – The billionaire Microsoft founder has made a number of guesses about key events of the global health crisis that has brought the world to a standstill, most of which have been proven correct.

Sadly he doesn’t think we’ll be completely back to normal until halfway through 2022, although he believes things could start resuming in some countries over the spring of 2021.

This week the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced it’s committing a further $250 million (£190 million) to “support the research, development, and equitable delivery of lifesaving tools” in the fight against Covid-19. It brings the charity’s total contributions to the pandemic to $1.75 billion (£1.33 billion).

Gates says the recent groundbreaking developments in vaccines are a good sign that the end of the pandemic could be in sight, but it will be some time until the entire world sees its benefits.

“By the summer of 2021, the rich countries will have more vaccine coverage than other countries,” he told the Hindustan Times.

“So, the rich countries will be going mostly back to normal. But I still think because the virus will be in the world, we still will be somewhat conservative about large public events, we will still have some mask-wearing. “We really need to get this virus eliminated, almost everywhere or else we have seen even in countries that have done a super good job — like Australia or Singapore or Hong Kong or South Korea — they always run a risk of reinfection.

“So they’ve had to restrict tourism and other travel, but by summer that will start to open up.

“They won’t be totally back to normal but sometime in the first half of 2022, I do think we will be able to say that we’re back to normal.”

In another interview with NBC, Gates warned that “the next four or five months will be quite bleak” due to it being winter in the northern hemisphere.

In 2015 Gates warned of the possibility of a virus spreading rapidly throughout the world in an eerie premonition of the Covid-19 crisis.

And in September he predicted that the Pfizer vaccine would be the first to become publicly available, which has also come true.

Despite his massive monetary contributions to battling coronavirus, Gates has been the target of deranged conspiracy theories about the pandemic who insist he’s funding vaccines that will plant microchips in recipients or even kill them.

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Man serving 90-year sentence for selling marijuana released from prison

CBS – While serving a 90-year prison sentence for selling marijuana, Richard DeLisi’s wife died, as did his 23-year-old son and both his parents. His adult daughter was in a horrific car accident and suffered a paralyzing stroke as a result. He never met two granddaughters – a lifetime of missed memories.

Yet, 71-year-old DeLisi walked out of a Florida prison Tuesday morning grateful and unresentful as he hugged his tearful family. After serving 31 years, he said he’s just eager to restore the lost time. DeLisi was believed to be the longest-serving nonviolent cannabis prisoner, according to the The Last Prisoner Project which championed his release.

DeLisi also finally met his 11-year-old and 1-year-old granddaughters for the first time this week.

“I’m a blessed human being, a survivor,” DeLisi said in a phone interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday while he was in the parking lot of his favorite hamburger joint as he watched his granddaughters laugh and bounce a ball.

In this photo provided by Last Prisoner Project, Richard DeLisi walks out of prison, Dec. 8, 2020. 

DeLisi was sentenced to 90 years for marijuana trafficking in 1989 at the age of 40 even though the typical sentence was only 12 to 17 years. He believes he was targeted with the lengthy sentence because the judge mistakenly thought he was part of organized crime because he was an Italian from New York. DeLisi said he had opportunities, but never had any desire for that life.

He prefers not to dwell on lost memories and time he’ll never get back. He’s not angry, and instead takes every opportunity to express gratitude and hope.