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Flashback Best of the Web: Swine flu was as elusive as WMD. The real threat is mad scientist syndrome

Simon Jenkins
The Guardian
Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:39 UTC
Remember the warnings of 65,000 dead? Health chiefs should admit they were wrong - yet again - about a global pandemic
swine flu h1n1 hysteria
The media always hypes these things way out of proportion to their actual threat
Let me recap. Six months ago I reviewed the latest bit of terrorism to emerge from the government's Cobra bunker, courtesy of Alan Johnson, home secretary. Swine flu was allegedly ravaging the nation. The BBC was intoning nightly statistics on what "could" happen as "the deadly virus" took hold. The chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, bandied about any figure that came into his head, settling on "65,000 could die", peaking at 350 corpses a day.

Donaldson knew exactly what would happen. The media went berserk. The World Health Organisation declared a "six-level alert" so as to "prepare the world for an imminent attack". The happy-go-lucky virologist, John Oxford, said half the population could be infected, and that his lowest estimate was 6,000 dead.

The "Andromeda strain" was stalking the earth, and its first victims were clearly scientists. Drugs were frantically stockpiled and key workers identified as vital to be saved for humanity's future. Cobra alerted the army. Morgues were told to stand ready. The Green party blamed intensive pig farming. The Guardian listed "the top 10 plague books".
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Propaganda

Flashback UK govt predicts 65,000 will die from Swine Flu in UK, purchases 132 million doses of undeveloped vaccine

Owen Bowcott
The Guardian
Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:17 UTC
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Fake News
Up to 65,000 people could die from swine flu in the UK in a worst case scenario set out by the chief medical officer as the government launched a national service for patients to obtain antiviral drugs over the internet and telephone.

With 29 deaths now linked to the pandemic and a further 53 patients in intensive care, the cabinet's emergency planning committee, Cobra, is meeting three times a week to prepare for the impact of the rapidly spreading pandemic.

On a day of dramatic revelations, the Department of Health revealed:
  • The launch of the National Pandemic Flu Service helpline for England.
  • 55,000 new infections last week.
  • More than 650 people in hospital.
  • Half of the UK's children might fall ill.
  • 132 million doses of a vaccine - still in development - have been ordered, enough for two injections for every UK citizen.
The internet service and helpline will initially involve 2,000 people in call centres giving out advice and prescribing antiviral drugs such a Tamiflu and Relenza. The number has not yet been given out, but the helpline should open by the end of next week. It is intended to relieve intense pressure on GPs and hospitals.

Comment: "65,000 dead" last time, "65 MILLION" this time (globally).

It's as if the elites are being beamed with the same 'facts' with which to gaslight people every time there's a 'pandemic'.

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Light Saber

Flashback Best of the Web: Interview with Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg: H1N1 'Swine Flu pandemic' was one of the greatest medical scandals of the century

Louise Voller & Kristian Villesen
Wodarg.de
Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:24 UTC
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© UnknownWolfgang Wodarg
Here is my interview for the Danish 'Information' on the swine-flu pandemic:

"We have had a mild flu - and a false pandemic," says Wolfgang Wodarg, the chair of the Health Committee in The European Council. The German parliamentarian is also an epidemiologist and former health director in Flensburg. For that reason he has followed the H1N1 pandemic closely since June 11 and up to the present. He calls the pandemic "one of the greatest medical scandals of the century", and for that reason he has decided to take the case to the European Council:

"In January, we will arrange an emergency debate about the influence of the pharmaceutical industry on the WHO, and 47 parliaments all over Europe are going to be informed. Following this, we will initiate an investigation and hearings involving those responsible for the pandemic emergency," says Wolfgang Wodarg.

"The aim is that none of the pharmaceutical companies under any circumstances must be allowed to make their influence felt on pandemic emergencies," he says and adds that rules for patenting also will be checked:
"Vaccines are also an ethical issue. The pharmaceutical industry should not be allowed to get a patent to develop a preparation which is so important for our society."
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Bulb

The Achilles Heel of viruses: They are generally pH-sensitive

Dr.Mark Sircus
drsircus.com
Wed, 04 Mar 2020 00:00 UTC
Virus
There are certain important subjects that doctors and world health officials do not want you to know about. The fact that most viruses and all physiological processes in the body are pH sensitive is one of them. Despite the fact that pH medicine offers us a key to treating viral infections that is easy, safe and inexpensive, they and even alternative health care providers just cannot wrap their heads around baking soda as one of the most important medicines we can use to fight the coronavirus.

Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in the US have uncovered the 'Achilles' heel' of most viruses which plague mankind are on target, there are vulnerabilities that can be exploited but what they are looking at is not practical or helpful in our fight against viral infections. The so-called 'Achilles heel' (or vulnerable point) of most viruses can be exploited by pulling the pH rug out from under them.

The ability of influenza virus to release its genome under different acidic conditions is linked to the transmission of influenza virus. The threshold pH at which fusion is first observed can vary among different serotypes of membrane protein hemagglutinin (HA) and may correlate with virulence. The acid stability of HA has been linked to the successful transmission of virus between avian and human hosts.

Comment: See also: Navigating viral storms and avoiding death

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Health

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick - Some measures you can take against the Covid-19

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick
Dr. Malcolm Kendrick Org
Wed, 18 Mar 2020 20:58 UTC
COvid-19
Is this worth a lockdown?
I thought I should say something about the coronavirus for readers of this blog. I need to state that the situation is fast moving, facts are changing, and I am not asking anyone to go against any current medical advice.

Here, I am simply providing advice that I believe, currently, may be of benefit to people out there. I am acutely aware that there is controversy swirling about, but I will not promote anything that can cause any significant harm - but may cause significant good.

I have tended to look back a few years in time for some evidence, because current, emerging evidence is subject to massive bias and controversy, with various vested interests getting involved. The 'older' evidence has not been done in a rush and is therefore more measured.
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Bug

Dengue fever crisis grips Latin America - SIX times higher than 2019


Al Jazeera English
Tue, 17 Mar 2020 19:50 UTC
Dengue fever patients
© YouTube/Al Jazeera English (screen capture)
Dengue fever cases are soaring in Latin America, all the way from Mexico to Chile. The mosquito-borne illness has become one of the most common reasons for hospitalisation. More than three million cases - a figure six times higher than the previous year - were reported in Latin America last year and the upward trend is continuing. One Colombian city has seen a 500 percent increase in cases in a month.


Comment: Dengue fever cases surge 200% in Mexico in 2019

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Health

Coronavirus Coverup: Vitamin C dramatic help against infection in China, South Korea — Why aren't we being told?

Mara Leverkuhn
Medium
Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:01 UTC
Virgiliu Gheorghe
Virgiliu Gheorghe
A well known medical researcher and biophysicist answers questions related to efficiency of Vitamin C in the prevention and treatment of Coronavirus as currently employed by the Chinese to successfully control its spread. This article has been translated from a Romanian site. See the full text below.

In the context of increasing preoccupation with Coronavirus, and a lot of confusing rumors, ActiveNews talks to well known medical researcher & biophysicist Virgiliu Gheorghe, on the topic of vitamin C.

Comment: See also:

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Corona

Best of the Web: World's leading epidemiologist John Ioannidis on COVID-19 fiasco: 'We are making decisions without reliable data'

John P.A. Ioannidis
STAT News
Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:01 UTC
covid-19 hospital pandemic
The current coronavirus disease, Covid-19, has been called a once-in-a-century pandemic. But it may also be a once-in-a-century evidence fiasco.

At a time when everyone needs better information, from disease modelers and governments to people quarantined or just social distancing, we lack reliable evidence on how many people have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 or who continue to become infected. Better information is needed to guide decisions and actions of monumental significance and to monitor their impact.

Draconian countermeasures have been adopted in many countries. If the pandemic dissipates — either on its own or because of these measures — short-term extreme social distancing and lockdowns may be bearable. How long, though, should measures like these be continued if the pandemic churns across the globe unabated? How can policymakers tell if they are doing more good than harm?

Comment: Here's an interview Dr. Ioannidis gave several days after publishing the above article, on 23 March 2020:


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Health

Chinese medical team report successful treatment of coronavirus patients with high-dose vitamin C

Paul Anthony Taylor
Dr. Rath Health Foundation
Fri, 06 Mar 2020 00:01 UTC
vitamin c coronavirus
A medical team from the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University in China has reported the successful treatment of coronavirus patients with vitamin C. In a press release posted on the hospital website, the team describes how patients suffering from severe coronary pneumonia, a potentially fatal complication of the new coronavirus COVID-19, have recovered after being treated with high doses of the vitamin. The medical team recommend that for critically ill patients and those with severe neonatal pneumonia, vitamin C treatment should be initiated as soon as possible after admission to hospital.

Significantly, the press release acknowledges that early application of vitamin C can have a strong antioxidant effect, reduce inflammatory responses, and improve endothelial function. It also describes how numerous studies have shown the dose of vitamin C used has a lot to do with the treatment's effect. The medical team say their past experience shows that high-dose vitamin C can not only improve antiviral levels, but more importantly can prevent and treat acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress.

Comment: While it's nice to have hope, the idea that mainstream medicine is on the verge of wholesale acceptance of natural therapies like vitamin C seems naive. There are forces at work that diligently push back against anything threatening the mainstream medical paradigm and Big Pharma profits. Mainstream acceptance of vitamin C therapies would likely require nothing short of a total revolution. Perhaps this view is too bleak and that we really are on the precipice of a new paradigm. Time will tell.

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Health experts criticise NHS advice to take ibuprofen for Covid-19 saying it could aggravate the infection

Hannah Devlin and Sarah Boseley
The Guardian
Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:48 UTC
NSAID pneumonia
© Joe Giddens/PABoxes of ibuprofen in Sainsbury’s. Studies have linked anti-inflammatory drugs to worsened pneumonia.
Experts have criticised NHS advice that people self-isolating with Covid-19 should take ibuprofen, saying there is plausible evidence this could aggravate the condition.

The comments came after French authorities warned against taking widely used over the counter anti-inflammatory drugs. The country's health minister, Olivier Véran, a qualified doctor and neurologist, tweeted on Saturday: "The taking of anti-inflammatories [ibuprofen, cortisone ... ] could be a factor in aggravating the infection. In case of fever, take paracetamol. If you are already taking anti-inflammatory drugs, ask your doctor's advice."

NHS guidance states that people managing Covid-19 symptoms at home should take paracetamol or ibuprofen.

"I would advise against that," said Prof Ian Jones, a virologist at the University of Reading. "There's good scientific evidence for ibuprofen aggravating the condition or prolonging it. That recommendation needs to be updated."

Comment: See also:

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