By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley
The Communist far Left in the West are now actively censoring reports critical of the Chinese Communist Party’s criminal late reporting and false information about its virus, just as they have been censoring information showing that the climate scam is just that.
Youtube, owned by Google, began by inserting links to the World Death Organization’s generally inadequate and often flat-out inaccurate information about the Chinese virus, and then took to demonetizing videos critical of Communist China.
Today, David Wojick at CFACT reports that over the weekend it posted on Farcebook, no less under far-out Left control than Youtube and Google, a New York Post op-ed by Steven Mosher questioning China’s assertion that its virus originated at the filthy Huanan seafood market in Wuhan.
Farcebook not only suppressed the NYP op-ed: it suppressed CFACT’s report of the op-ed, saying that “independent fact-checkers” had found CFACT’s piece to contain false information. Fact-checking entities are often little better than Communist front groups.
Don’t tread on me
Steven Mosher’s op-ed, first published on February 23, was widely read online until Farcebook’s “independent fact-checkers” stepped in and pasted a “False Information” alert so that Farcebook friends could not click to connect to the original article to see for themselves.
For instance, CFACT found that the Farcebook share ratio for its piece about Steven Mosher’s article was only 11.7,
For comparison, on CFACT’s Farcebook page the share ratio for a piece on economic recovery after lockdown was 66, for a joke about a cat and dog discussing the virus 73, and for an editorial calling for lockdowns to end 84.
David Wojick comments: “The more that Facebook uses biased algorithms and phony “fact checkers” to censor content, the more important it is for you to like and share CFACT’s Facebook content to compensate. Forward our emails to your friends. Don’t make it easy for anyone to silence you or us.”
Farcebook recently censored Dr Jay Lehr of the Heartland Institute, who contributes opinion pieces to CFACT’s website. In a piece entitled A very fresh look at climate change, Dr. Lehr discussed the role the sun and other factors play in the climate. Climate campaigners used Farcebook’s tools to report Dr. Lehr’s article.
As a result, Farcebook reduced the number of people who saw the article. It put the words “False information” over the picture of the Earth that illustrates the article and linked to a soi-disant “fact-check” article which states, falsely, that “anthropogenic increases in greenhouse gas emissions account for 100% of the rapid global warming trends observed after 1950.”
Censorship most foul
In fact, as Legates et al. (2015) demonstrated, only 0.3% of 11,944 papers published after peer review in climate journals in the 21 years 1991-2011 even went so far as to state that at least half of the warming of recent decades was manmade.
Dr. Jay Lehr, then, is not only entitled but more than usually well-qualified to say the Sun has more influence than official climatology would like to admit.
David Wojick points out that so-called “fact-checking” entities are dominated by the Left. They take sides with the intention of preventing the public from benefiting from a balanced and free marketplace for ideas from which to make up their own minds.
One of my greatest disappointments with the current Republican party is that, when it held the priceless trifecta of all three houses – White, Senate and Representatives – it did not pass a law guaranteeing free speech and preventing the Communists (or “Democrats”, or whatever they like to call themselves) from interfering with the constitutional right of free speech.
Amnesty International, a Communist front group, has just issued a statement that calling the Chinese virus the Chinese virus is racist. It’s no more racist than calling a spade a spade.
Today’s graphs show that Ireland’s case-growth rate has now fallen into line with the other nations tracked here, but that Sweden’s death-growth rate is among the highest. On the question whether Sweden should have taken more steps to prevent transmission of the pathogen, the jury is still out.
Fig. 1. Mean compound daily growth rates in cumulative confirmed cases of COVID-19 for the world excluding China (red) and for several individual nations averaged over the successive seven-day periods ending on all dates from March 28 to April 21, 2020.
Fig. 2. Mean compound daily growth rates in cumulative COVID-19 deaths for the world excluding China (red) and for several individual nations averaged over the successive seven-day periods ending on all dates from April 4 to April 21, 2020.
Ø High-quality images of the graphs are here.
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More evidence that extreme social distancing measures aren’t necessary to flatten the peak is the analysis done by numerous researchers showing that the rate of infections and deaths rise and fall according to the same pattern in every country the virus has struck, regardless of varying population densities, testing rates, case levels, mortality rates, etc. and in spite of the severity of the lockdowns they’ve imposed and when they imposed them in the life-cycle of the outbreak.
This is nicely illustrated in a created by a skeptic on Twitter, which maps the rise and fall of daily deaths in England and Sweden, having adjusted for the fact that Sweden’s are about 10 times lower than England’s. As you can see, the pattern is almost identical, even though Sweden has not imposed a lockdown:
https://twitter.com/Phoenix4419/status/1252975322523410432/photo/1
Before anybody takes another swipe at Sweden because they refuse to bend the knee to the Daily Mail and the rest of the international doom-mongers by not turning their country into a giant Neo-fascist prison state, the graph above has already accounted for every variable including that favorite standby of the doomsters: lower population density.
The Swedes have taken the view that they cannot avoid risks and hide away at home and hope not to die. They know a second wave is possible, and by not imposing a lockdown there will be more exposure to the virus now, which will make them more immune to future virus infections. In the meantime, besides some sensible adjustments, normal life continues.
The main sin of Sweden is to show up the failure of lockdowns to do anything much about virus infections, which makes all the pro-lockdown politicians and the shrieking hysterical British media doom-mongers look stupid.
Sasha,
Read my comment just above. Sweden is facing a far more immediate problem than a second wave. Its facilities are being increasingly overwhelmed today. The twitter plot that you show is very misleading, but not intentionally so. It shows an apparent peak in daily fatalities, but this arises only because of a weekend reporting issue. Have a look at the daily fatalities for Sweden here and you will see that they continue to show an inexorable linear rise with no sign of peaking.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/sweden/
New Tang Dynasty News (NTD) out of Canada provides interesting insider perspectives on China.
It seems, the Wuhan Institute of Virology virus is wreaking havoc in the far north province of Harbin. Unfortunately, the CCP has a much greater tolerance for its suffering populous than any Western nation.
This tolerance combined with a stated desire to lead the planet, requires a focused response to Beijing’s subterfuge and misinformation. While we are intently focused on saving each life, the CCP is probing for weakness and planning to profit from our misfortune.
I just stumbled onto NTD on YouTube and only know they clam to be operated by the Falun Gong movement. Whether this religion is truly an organic movement, or a Taiwanese sponsored “religion” is unknown.
To be sure, any unsanctioned news out of China erases the States’ asymmetrical advantage in controlling the keyboards of the press. FWIW, NTD News is worth a look with an eye towards concerted distribution.
I just read, that smokers are less hit by Corona, seems, the virus can’t hook on, because of nicotine is placed there.
They will start studies with nicotine pavement for medical personal and patients too.
In a related story, some pharmacists in the US are demanding that prisons turn over their supplies of lethal injection drugs, on hand to execute condemned prisoners, to help “deal with” the corona virus pandemic.
No, srsly…s’true.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/doctors-execution-drugs-covid-19-patients-70264297
“some pharmacists” being a grand total of “seven pharmacists, public health experts, and intensive care unit doctors” (I suspect the majority of the seven are more advocates than pharmacists or doctors, with a history of opposing the death penalty. Indeed, Dr. Joel Zivot, one of the medical professionals who signed the letter and the only one named and quoted in the above linked ABC article, has previously spoken out against the death penalty referring to it as “reckless and cruel” just last year in response to the Supreme Courts ruling on Bucklew v. Precythe).
In otherwords, in case I wasn’t clear, it seems clear from Dr. Joel Zivot involvement that it has little to do with the pandemic and everything to do with using the pandemic to push their agendas.
“…using the pandemic to push their agendas.”
Seems to be a lot of that going around.
Right now we are using the wrong metrics to decide if lock downs are successful or not.
Right now we are using as the scoring mechanism
1) how many people are dying per day (fudged too high because many people who have died “with” the corona-virus are counted as dying “from the corona-virus.)
2) how many people are contracting the virus based on being tested (this number is artificially increasing because we are testing more as time goes on).
Including in the scoring numbers should be:
How many people are dying caused by the lock-downs, from not getting proper medical treatments being hospitals aren’t doing much else other then corona-virus. And how poverty, drug abuse, depression from the lock out adds to deaths. I would assume this total number is way more than the approx.. 2 deaths a day recorded in San Diego County from the Corona-virus. I would assume it is at least 100 deaths a day if not way more indirectly and directly caused from the lock-down, based on 3.3 million people living in San Diego County. That in itself should end the lock-downs.
On top of that, a death of a 90 year old that has many underlying conditions should not be equal to a younger person dying from say not being able to get her mammogram. Do 15 old people dying from the corona-virus equal one young heath person dying caused by the lock-down?
On top of that, lock downs don’t save many lives from Corona-virus, just postpones the deaths by flatting the curve. Pushing the deaths out to a future date.
Progress towards herd immunity should be another way of scoring success. Ie; if a city, state, or country has say 35% herd immunity, then they should have way less deaths in the future because it has already gone through a large % of the population. Lock-downs just slow down the progress towards herd immunity, but don’t save many lives.
Another variable used to scoring the success of lock-downs should be a misery index. Ie; how people are unhappy with the lock-downs and will translate to shortening lives and add to poverty.
don
These kinds of social programs should always include a cost/benefit analysis, not just a focus on trying to reduce deaths from a novel disease.
What appears to be a new survey of doctors regarding how they rate effectiveness of various treatments:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200423005280/en/Sermo-Reports-Jury-Remdesivir-31-Physicians-Remdesivir
Based on the survey, doctors rate convalescent plasma the highest. What are the prospects for isolating, characterizing and synthesizing these antibodies?
Regeneron is said to be working on an antibody treatment, although the last report I saw indicated it would not be ready for human testing until the fall.
Of course, just because someone makes something and gets it into human testing, is no assurance it will work.
But I think there is a lot of people who could potentially donate plasma.
The problem with this is the cost and the scaling…it cannot be mass produced in a factory if it comes from people who must go someplace and make a donation.
In an unrelated, or peripherally related news story, I was just reading that analysis of the connection between infection rates and a old vaccine for TB, shows the correlation is very weak, but that it may be related to the fact that when vaccines are given, they are typically given as part of a series against many illnesses.
There is no theory on how a vaccine for a bacterium could provide protection for a virus, but if BCT vaccine is highly correlated with MMR vaccine, this could be a more easily explained factor.
There is about a 25% correlation between antigen for corona virus and the antigens in the MMR vaccine. According to this idea, it could also possibly explain why children are not getting this virus very often. Almost all kids get MMR vaccine.
Thank you.
Nicholas
You said, “… it would not be ready for human testing until the fall.” Until the fall of what, society? 🙂 There is a reason that the seasons used to be capitalized, just as the months and days of the week are.
Thank you Clyde, and right you are.
I usually remember to capitalize those sorts of cases.
Hard to say for sure, but I think there is a reasonable chance the Fall will come before the fall.
Huge if true. What you are saying is that the vaccine provides short time protection for MMR/corona and knowing even teens don’t have that full MMR/corona immunity, which proves what the crook MMR is.
https://www.businessinsider.com/sweden-says-leaving-businesses-open-might-be-working-2020-4?r=US&IR=T
“Data on Gilead’s remdesivir, released by accident, show no benefit for coronavirus patients. Company still sees reason for hope.”
https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/23/data-on-gileads-remdesivir-released-by-accident-show-no-benefit-for-coronavirus-patients/
“If China was covering up a much wider and more dangerous epidemic than they reported, why didn’t our intelligence agencies know that?”
Odds are that they already know most of everything on this issue. Are they going to tell you or me? No way. It would endanger their operatives. My guess is that certain politicians have been briefed.
If I am right, relentless pressure on China to come clean (and/or a transparent investigation) will continue. If China has something to hide they will refuse to be investigated.
Simple really. No numbers needed.
M
Oh Mr Monckton, I can only wonder at the gems you will come out with tomorrow.
“In a heavily locked down county the virus spread right thru it”
5.21 mins –
New York researcher says preliminary results of hydroxychloroquine study are ready, but state hasn’t released them
“”We have reviewed several hundred medical records of Covid patients at this point in over 20 hospitals and done a preliminary analysis,” David Holtgrave, the lead researcher, said Wednesday.
Doctors and patients anxiously await the results of studies like this one to guide them toward the most effective therapies for Covid-19.”
The New York study has been particularly anticipated because of its size — some 1,600 subjects — and because it’s sponsored by the state and done by a respected group of epidemiologists at the University at Albany.
“https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/new-york-researcher-says-preliminary-results-of-hydroxychloroquine-study-are-ready-but-state-hasnt-released/article_7e0cdee2-78f0-53d2-a156-d0b5d9e84dd9.html”
I think this is supposed to be released on Monday.
No mention of zinc supplements in the article re: the study.
Sounds like this study is showing that the drugs are a wash:
https://journalstar.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/preliminary-study-results-suggest-the-drug-trump-touted-doesnt-work-for-very-sick-coronavirus-patients/article_eaaa74a0-99b2-5bb7-9547-5f8a447b81c0.html
Didier Raoult promoted massive diagnostic and early treatment, to reduce viral load, not the ease the symptoms when it’s maximal (or very low).
Mass population testing is very important because people who have antibodies and do not have a virus are a natural barrier to the virus. This can help governments make decisions about what to do next.
Let’s hope in his new fact free article tomorrow, Mr Monckton, includes the deaths from those who cannot make into hospital , doubtful as he likes to cherry pick his facts as always.
“England and Wales have experienced a record number of deaths in a single week, with 6,000 more than average for this time of year. The figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the highest weekly death total in England and Wales — 16,387 — since recording began in 2005, but many were not recorded as being related to Covid-19.
“Only half of those extra numbers were attributed to the coronavirus. Experts said they were shocked by the rise, particularly in non-Covid-19 deaths, and expressed concern that the lockdown might be having unintended consequences for people’s health.
“There are fears that patients are not seeking help for life-threatening conditions, including heart attacks, because they are worried about catching coronavirus in hospital.
“Experts said that conditions such as diabetes or high blood pressure may also be proving harder to manage during the lockdown.
“The latest figures are for the week ending April 3. They record certified deaths throughout the country, rather than only those recorded in hospitals. ” [People are dying in their homes, just as occurred in Italy] –London Times
Here is a comment which I made the other day. This has to do with an illness which I had around late November and into December.
“I have been telling a somewhat similar story for the last several months. Only I first started feeling some effects in late November, runny nose, a strong feeling of nausea shortly after getting up in the morning that would come and go during the course of the day. Then headaches which have always been rare for me. In mid December what ever it was slammed me hard. My left shoulder ached and my neck muscles were tight.
Shorty after that I talked with my brother who lives in the Bay Area. To my surprise he starts the conversation about how he just got out of the hospital 4 days prior, after 10 days in after suffering a heart attack. Amazed I describe what I went through, and he attests to having feeling similar symptoms such as I describe above. He also states that his son had the worst flu of his life just prior to his father’s illness.
Now for a fascinating 3rd tangential piece of information for possible Wuhan flu in California in November 2019. I went into town today. At the pet store I happened to mention to the clerk who was busy wiping the large counter areas that we were lucky to live in one of the few counties with no cases. She replied that the claim was most likely wrong. She then described how her son along with the entire local HS football team had come down with some type of illness in mid to late November. She started to describe some of the effects when I stopped her and described the effects which I had felt, and it all matched. Looking forward to getting tested at the local CVS when they get set up. …”.
Also of interest, one night I woke up and I felt short of breathe. Maybe in early January. I reached over to open the window further as if I needed fresher air. I might have come close to having a real problem, but then I received several Indian herbal remedies which I had ordered, and they straightened me out by energizing my body somehow.
A note on my brother and his son. They both get a yearly flu shot. So what infected them in late November? The son would have been a prime candidate because he has taken over in the old family business in North Beach. They get a large number of Asian tourists daily. When I had that phone call with my brother around the 3rd week of December I advised him to stay away from the restaurant. That was my outlook on the threat emanating from China in late December.
Here’s a long China-exculpatory piece, from America’s National Public Radio, in need of a critique:
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/04/23/841729646/virus-researchers-cast-doubt-on-theory-of-coronavirus-lab-accident
Virus Researchers Cast Doubt On Theory Of Coronavirus Lab Accident
NPR: April 23, 2020 7:08 AM ET
GEOFF BRUMFIEL EMILY KWONG
“The assessment, made by more than half-a-dozen scientists familiar with lab accidents and how research on coronaviruses is conducted, casts doubt on recent claims that a mistake may have unleashed the coronavirus on the world.”
OK, reading a few more of these articles I see now that Monckton is being deliberately obtuse regarding the stubborn and unscientific use of the term “Chinese virus”, and is either acting unknowingly as a US neocon useful idiot or is simply a US neocon stooge.
Re Monckton’s quote “Chinese Communist Party’s criminal late reporting and false information about its virus”…
sorry, that’s an outright lie, as this well-researched and superiorly reasoned (sorry Monckton) article outlines:
“Given these dramatic Chinese actions and the international headlines that they generated, the current accusations by Trump Administration officials that China had attempted to minimize or conceal the serious nature of the disease outbreak is so ludicrous as to defy rationality. In any event, the record shows that on December 31st, the Chinese had already alerted the World Health Organization to the strange new illness, and Chinese scientists published the entire genome of the virus on Jan. 12th, allowing diagnostic tests to be produced worldwide.
Unlike other nations, China had received no advance warning of the nature or existence of the deadly new disease, and therefore faced unique obstacles. But their government implemented public health control measures unprecedented in the history of the world and managed to almost completely eradicate the disease with merely the loss of a few thousand lives. Meanwhile, many other Western countries such as the US, Italy, Spain, France, and Britain dawdled for months and ignored the potential threat, and have now suffered well over 100,000 dead as a consequence, with the toll still rapidly mounting. For any of these nations or their media organs to criticize China for its ineffectiveness or slow response represents an absolute inversion of reality.”
https://www.unz.com/runz/american-pravda-our-coronavirus-catastrophe-as-biowarfare-blowback/
How is the genome of the virus useful to determine its dangers?
The Chicoms ‘disappeared’ whistleblowers, lied about the source of the virus and continue to lie. It is revealing that you appear to support them.
The Chinese purchased 2 billion face masks in the first 2 weeks of January. China is the major producer of those items. So they intentionally shorted the world market at a time when they knew what was about to happen to the rest of the world. They also sucked up most other med equipment.
They intentionally let people leave the nation at a time when they knew that they had a dangerous problem.