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by Toby Young
18 April 2020 11:27 AM

Today’s FT leads with Andrew Bailey’s corroboration of the OBR’s forecast that the UK’s GDP will decline by 35% in Q2 compared to the start of the year. “I don’t think there is anything implausible about a second quarter number of that nature,” he said yesterday. But the Governor of the Bank of England was even more pessimistic than the OBR, questioning whether the economy would return to its pre-lockdown output by the end of the year. The BoE is planning to publish its own forecast in early May and is looking at real-time indicators showing big falls in output for many sectors, soaring universal credit claims and higher-than-expected use of the Government’s furlough scheme in the private sector.

Several of the papers have covered Professor Anthony Costello’s claim, when giving evidence to the House of Commons Health Select Committee yesterday, that the COVID-19 death toll could be as high as 40,000 – and that is just in the first wave of infections. In an interview in the Telegraph, he said that if the Government is still pursuing a “herd immunity” strategy (if only!) it won’t be able to achieve that without eight to 10 more waves of infections, which will mean tens of thousands more deaths. He based this, in part, on a recent serological study carried out in the Netherlands which suggested that only 3% of the Dutch people had acquired immunity by the end of the first week of April.

However, that Dutch study shouldn’t be treated as a reliable guide to the level of immunity in the UK. The serological study carried out by Hendrik Streeck, director of Institut für Virologie at Bonn University, is a better guide. He tested a representative sample of 1,000 people in the north-western town of Gangelt, found that 15% of the town had been infected by the virus, with 14% of them testing positive for antibodies. By looking at the number of fatalities in the town, Streek estimated that the infection fatality rate is 0.37%, about ten times lower than the original WHO estimate. You can read a summary of his findings by Ross Clark in the Spectator here.

In addition, a paper was published recently by John P.A. Ioannidis and others that showed the number of people infected in Santa Clara County in California is between 50 and 85 times greater than the number of confirmed cases. The authors recommend that policy makers use this data to calibrate epidemic and mortality predictions, estimating that the infection fatality rate is between 0.12 and 0.2. If we apply that to the number of confirmed cases in the UK – 108,692 as of 9am yesterday – that suggests between 5,434,600 and 9,238,820 people have been infected, or between 8% and 14% of the population. Around 14% is consistent with the findings of the rate of infection on naval ships, as Caswell Bligh, a commentator on this site, pointed out yesterday. Ninety-four per ent of USS Theodore Roosevelt crew-members were tested for COVID-19, with 655 positive and 3,919 negative results, which is 14.3%. According to the BBC, a Dutch navy submarine, MS Dolfijn, has returned to its Den Helder base two weeks early because of a coronavirus outbreak on board. Eight of the 58 crew tested positive, which is 13.7%. A similar percentage of the passengers on the Diamond Princess were infected.

Does this mean we’re still a long way from herd immunity, albeit not as far as Professor Costello thinks? Not necessarily. Caswell Bligh believes that a majority of people have a kind of natural immunity to COVID-19, which would explain why there are so many studies showing a majority of those infected remain asymptomatic. There’s also some evidence that some of those who experience a mild bout of the disease don’t develop antibodies in sufficient quantities for them to test positive on a serological test. One study found that of 175 recovered Covid patients with mild symptoms, 10 were found not to have developed antibodies that could be detected later. Bligh speculates that populations exposed to the virus might end up with two tiers of immunity – about 15% with the strong kind, testing positive for antibodies, and between 50% and 60% with the weak kind, in which they’ve either been asymptomatic or had mild symptoms and then flushed the virus out of their systems. If this hypothesis is true, it would explain why some people who’ve had the virus have been reinfected – they’re the people with the weaker form of immunity. Bligh, a computer scientist, has modelled a population with two tier immunity, using official figures where possible, and the model converges on stable herd immunity when ~15% of the population have full immunity, i.e. test positive for antibodies, and ~50% have the lower form of immunity. (You can read the comment in full here.) One of the attractive things about Bligh’s hypothesis is that it would explain the findings of Israeli scientists Professor Isaac Ben-Israel, who has crunched the data and concluded that the rise and fall of infections is pretty much the same in every country, regardless of whether they’ve imposed lockdowns or how severe those restrictions are, with the epidemic burning itself out after eight weeks.

More grist to the sceptics’ mill was provided yesterday by Professor Johan Giesecke, one of the world’s leading epidemiologists and an advisor to the Swedish Government. He was interviewed by Freddie Sayers, the editor of UnHerd, and among his claims are:

  • UK policy on lockdown and other European countries are not evidence-based
  • The correct policy is to protect the old and the frail only
  • This will eventually lead to herd immunity as a “by-product”
  • The initial UK response, before the “180 degree U-turn”, was better
  • The Imperial College paper was “not very good” and he has never seen an unpublished paper have so much policy impact
  • The paper was very much too pessimistic
  • Any such models are a dubious basis for public policy anyway
  • The flattening of the curve is due to the most vulnerable dying first as much as the lockdown
  • The results will eventually be similar for all countries
  • Covid-19 is a “mild disease” and similar to the flu, and it was the novelty of the disease that scared people.
  • The actual fatality rate of Covid-19 is the region of 0.1%
  • At least 50% of the population of both the UK and Sweden will be shown to have already had the disease when mass antibody testing becomes available

If you’re persuaded by the analysis of Professor Giesecke and others, please sign this petition, started by Robert Kok, a reader of this website, calling for the lockdown to be ended. Once he has enough signatures, it will be published on the UK Government’s petition website. If you’re still not convinced, Richard Smith, an Australian writer and academic living in Paris who teaches law at the Sorbonne, has written a good blog post this morning arguing that Australia should adopt the Swedish approach.

I’ve written a comment piece for the Telegraph today, marvelling at how supine the response of the British people has been to being placed under virtual house arrest. According to popular mythology, the Germans are pinched and hidebound rule-followers, whereas the British are Rabelaisian freedom lovers, but if you look at the public support for the lockdown in the two countries that turns out not to be true. According to an opinion poll published earlier this week, only six per cent of British people think the current restrictions are “too severe”, while 44 per cent think they’re “not severe enough”. By contrast, 44% of Germans are opposed to more severe measures, while 32 per cent think the existing ones should be scaled back. As if to underline how much more spirited the German people are than us, hundreds of Berliners took to the streets earlier this week to protest about their freedoms being taken away.

In the article, I point out how disappointing the reaction of my journalistic colleagues has been to the unprecedented curtailment of our liberties. With a few honourable exceptions, most have become zealous lockdown enthusiasts, only criticising the Government for not having placed the British people under house arrest sooner. With supreme irony, the National Union of Journalists has launched a campaign to persuade the Government to bail out newspapers, all of which have suffered steep falls in revenue since the lockdown was imposed. Among the NUJ’s suggestions is a “windfall tax” on tech giants. I’ve got a better idea, comrades. Why not encourage your members to scrutinise the Government’s management of the coronavirus crisis more carefully and question the policy of locking down the country with no end in sight? Incidentally, if you feel like subsidising Lockdown Sceptics, click here. Constantly updating this site, moderating your comments and writing this daily update is proving very time-consuming!

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Monro
Monro
1 year ago

What is really happening?

‘…….concentrated attacks with large forces attempting to break through a stable defense to full depth is increasingly ineffective……small infantry groups with comprehensive support may be more effective at achieving significant operational effects in the current operational environment………The Ukrainian command changed tactics to rely more on infantry assaults following early setbacks in the counteroffensive in June 2023, and Ukrainian forces proceeded to make significant advances in the following months…….prepare specialized small infantry assault groups with sufficient technological capabilities, specifically in reconnaissance and communication, ahead of offensive operations instead of switching to small infantry assault tactics only after larger, mechanized assaults prove too costly to continue.’

The war in Ukraine offers some useful insights (regarding military operations against prepared defences in the absence of air superiority), lessons previously learnt but in danger of being forgotten; for example, delegation and initiative. Plus ca change…..:

‘….a decentralised command structure in the lower echelons in their army’s rank structure which arguably led to a promotion of innovation immediately at the frontlines, providing both armies with ad hoc solutions to come up against the stalemate of trench warfare where other armies failed to adapt adequately in short order.

While the decentralised command structure was already a pre-(1st WW) war innovation in the German Army which had accidentally resulted from a conflict of opinions in Germany’s pre war drills and the initial creation of the storm trooper battalions can be attributed to a single person, Wilhelm Rohr, the Canadian trench raiders however were a result of the rather amateurish nature of the Canadian Army as a whole which actually subsequently proved to be one of the greatest advantages to her soldiers.

The comparatively lax stance in the pre (1st WW) war Canadian militia on a thorough drill and coherent discipline gave her troops ultimately the freedom to adapt to the battle all by themselves instead of showing obedience to outdated tactics like the ones the German infantry entered the war with.’ 

Storm Troopers and Trench Raiders, Zimmerman 2013

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago
Reply to  Monro

“concentrated attacks with large forces attempting to break through a stable defense to full depth is increasingly ineffective……small infantry groups with comprehensive support may be more effective at achieving significant operational effects in the current operational environment……”

At first I thought this was intended as advice for the coming Civil War.

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Brett_McS
Brett_McS
1 year ago

Met Police asks …. pleads with … the organisers of a ‘pro-Palestinian’ march planned for Armistice Day.
Still have Begs. Grovels and Beseeches in their arsenal.

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Freddy Boy
Freddy Boy
1 year ago
Reply to  Brett_McS

Followed by “Gives in To” 😵‍💫

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Mogwai
Mogwai
1 year ago
Reply to  Brett_McS

Exactly. WTF kind of country has its police force ”beg”? Is it not the case in the UK where protests have to first get the council’s approval? They need permission from the municipality to go ahead here in the Netherlands. If protestors refuse to budge they bring in the riot police and the water cannons.

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Dinger64
Dinger64
1 year ago
Reply to  Mogwai

Spot on! I’ll take it that the leaders of this protest have not gone down the proper channels to have a legal protest in a public place? Then automatically, the law has already been broken so begs and pleads must NOT be used! Uphold the law as per your job description met police! Bring in the army if your too frightened! Ffs

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago
Reply to  Mogwai

We mustn’t upset our “guests” Mogs.

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JeremyP99
JeremyP99
1 year ago
Reply to  Brett_McS

The really should have bent a knee…

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Mogwai
Mogwai
1 year ago

I like a man who calls a spade a spade, and Pat Condell hits the mark once again. Well, he doesn’t hold back does he? lol;

”The people waving Palestinian flags in London are savages and ignoramuses.
Palestine is the greatest political con trick in history, with the possible exception of socialism.
Israel is not the aggressor. It has never waged war against anyone. It has only ever defended itself from attack.
Whenever ‘Palestinian’ leaders have been offered their own country and peaceful coexistence they have chosen war.
Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005 for peace. It got terrorism and war.
No matter how many concessions Israel makes, it gets terrorism and war.
Negotiating peace with this mentality is like trying to catch mist in a bucket. Anyone who can’t see that by now doesn’t want to see it.
If you use the words ‘genocide’ or ‘apartheid’ in regard to Israel, you know nothing and your opinions are worthless.
Two million Arabs live in Israel in complete equality. They comprise twenty percent of the population and serve in the military, the judiciary, and parliament.
“From the river to the sea” means no Israel and no Jews. It is a call for actual genocide, i.e. the elimination of an entire people.”

https://twitter.com/patcondell/status/1720833385961005434

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Mogwai
Mogwai
1 year ago

Wise words once again;

”The world is scared of us. The world is laughing at us. The world is worried about us. And there are legitimate reasons for their worry that we cannot keep denying.

It is time for us to flush the word ”Islamophobia” down the toilet and start looking in the mirror and ask ourselves:

How did we get here?

How come the largest and most thriving terrorist organizations in the world are Muslim?

How come terrorists successfully use Islam to mobilize thousands of Muslims?

What is the problem with our leaders, our Imams, and our religion?

Why do we keep repeating these stone-age traditions that have failed us and continue to fail us?” ( 2mins )

https://twitter.com/JustLuai/status/1721105242081697835

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Lockdown Sceptic
Lockdown Sceptic
1 year ago

Documentary Unveils Disturbing Health Tyranny –
latest leaflet to print at home and deliver to neighbours or forward to politicians, media, friends online.



02b-Documentary-Unveils-Disturbing-Health-Tyranny-MONOCHROME-copy
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JohnK
JohnK
1 year ago

“U.K.’s COVID-19 inquiry is already more revealing than was ever intended”: Brian Monteith, in the Scotsman, ended with the assertion that the WHO could have authority over Governments in a manner which is fundamentally anti-democratic. Plus the fact that it’s private sector funded, along with a short list of the usual suspects.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago
Reply to  JohnK

Crikey I have referenced this subject many times:

Pandemic Preparedness Treaty

International Health Regulations (revised).

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A Y M
A Y M
1 year ago

Not bad Toby. Not perfect, but not bad.

I would be careful about what the government decides is a “terrorist” organization and what constitutes “support.” When a regime chooses to make certain ideological or anti-government groups domestic terrorists, watch out. You can see this evolving in the US.

So I prefer to oppose that law as well. Free Speech Absolutism within the limits of imminent incitement to violence must be the way forward to prevent state abuse.

Glad to see you went most of the way there.

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
1 year ago

Whilst the DS continues to stoke binary division, argument & distraction supporting the problem, reaction, solution of leading us into a war & emergency powers to further control the cowed, terrorised & compliant populous, medical fascism has been given fake royal assent in British Colombia.

Where is the coverage on this? This is the end of ethical medicine over there & a death knell to naturopathic medicine too. No supplements, no herbs, just toxic pharma ‘remedies’.

ADDENDUM RE BILL 36 IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
 
BILL 36 IS NOW LAW IN BRITISH COLUMBIA (CANADA) – MEDICAL FASCISM WRIT LARGE — THE DOCTORS ARE LEAVING
— THE END OF THE DOCTOR PATIENT RELATIONSHIP – THE END OF PRIVATE MEDICAL ADVICE – TOTAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF HEALTHCARE
1. All BC practitioners must now follow health guidelines set by political appointees for their patients or risk penalties including loss of license to practice.
2. Non-compliance with Ministry therapeutic guidelines may result in fines up to $200,000 or $500,000 (corporations) and incarceration up to 6 months or 2 years.
3. Anonymous complaints to the Colleges can result in summary suspension of licensure to practice before the complaint is investigated.
4. Appointees chosen by politicians may now enter a healthcare practice, seize patient records and restrict access to that facility without a warrant or court order.
5. Refusal to accept all Ministry mandated vaccines and therapies will likely result in delicensure
6. College advisory boards will now consist of government appointees only
7. All “self-regulatory” healthcare professions in BC will be governed entirely by politicians and their agents, using appointees selected by the Ministry of Health.
8. The Cabinet and the Minister of Health can adopt as law in BC any regulations, codes, standards or rules enacted in foreign jurisdictions or international bodies.
9. The new Health Professions and Occupations Act requires further elucidation of undefined terms used in the Act, such as “false or misleading information”, which may be defined by appointees at their discretion, lacking consultation with health professionals.
Bill 36 was one of the largest bills ever passed in British Columbia, consisting of 645 sections and 276 pages, that received royal assent on November 24, 2022
https://www.cssem.org/bill36media
https://www.cssem.org/_files/ugd/80db6e_8fe9ab6da3e54c54afe8f779283468cc.pdf
 
We are organizing a significant event at the BC Legislature in Victoria BC Canada for a Bill 36 Health Professions & Occupations Act (HPOA) presentation in the Legislature Gallery this Thurs Nov 9th for BC doctors and health professionals
 
Event and Registration Details: https://librti.com/item/online-registration-now-open-bc-physicians
 
Physicians have been watching what is happening with BC’s Bill 36 globally for a while. On Nov 9th, it will be televised internationally.
Librti TV: https://librti.com/tv
Freedom Network TV: https://freedomnetwork.tv
Not TV: https://not.tv
Storm Ryder News for on-the-ground streaming! https://www.facebook.com/StormRyderNews/
 
Rebel News will be live on site: Livestreams – Rebel News

A documentary film artist will be filming.
 
In British Columbia, health care is collapsing health care here with doctors and health professionals closing their clinics and fleeing for other provinces or countries due to Bill 36 HPOA.
 
Eyes are on this Bill 36 internationally since there isn’t any other health care system in the world passing such a draconian government-controlled Act.
 
Dr. Stephen Malthouse is working with myself and a core group of physicians to coordinate the Nov 9th event. s type of event.
 
Our Bill 36 materials and info are at Canadian Society for Science & Ethics in Medicine (https://www.cssem.org/bill36).

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago
Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

Many thanks BB. This is horrifying, utterly soul-destroying news. A trial run of the Pandemic Preparedness Treaty and International Health Regulations.

Where the Hell are DS on stories such as this?

Oh, let’s have another look at the Hallett pantomime.

FGS!

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
1 year ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

I have a suspicion that TY is captured by the parasite blob due to blackmail. Those lists that never seem to be published? I’ve seen the contents of one such list….

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
1 year ago

Meanwhile in Canada, whilst the DS continues to stoke the flames of binary division, othering & hatred of difference here, pushing towards the problem, reaction solution of globalist desired war & emergency government powers, medical fascism has been given fake royal assent….

Come on DS – get back to what you were good at – scepticism not toeing the official narrative line.

ADDENDUM RE BILL 36 IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
 
BILL 36 IS NOW LAW IN BRITISH COLUMBIA (CANADA) – MEDICAL FASCISM WRIT LARGE — THE DOCTORS ARE LEAVING
— THE END OF THE DOCTOR PATIENT RELATIONSHIP – THE END OF PRIVATE MEDICAL ADVICE – TOTAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF HEALTHCARE
1. All BC practitioners must now follow health guidelines set by political appointees for their patients or risk penalties including loss of license to practice.
2. Non-compliance with Ministry therapeutic guidelines may result in fines up to $200,000 or $500,000 (corporations) and incarceration up to 6 months or 2 years.
3. Anonymous complaints to the Colleges can result in summary suspension of licensure to practice before the complaint is investigated.
4. Appointees chosen by politicians may now enter a healthcare practice, seize patient records and restrict access to that facility without a warrant or court order.
5. Refusal to accept all Ministry mandated vaccines and therapies will likely result in delicensure
6. College advisory boards will now consist of government appointees only
7. All “self-regulatory” healthcare professions in BC will be governed entirely by politicians and their agents, using appointees selected by the Ministry of Health.
8. The Cabinet and the Minister of Health can adopt as law in BC any regulations, codes, standards or rules enacted in foreign jurisdictions or international bodies.
9. The new Health Professions and Occupations Act requires further elucidation of undefined terms used in the Act, such as “false or misleading information”, which may be defined by appointees at their discretion, lacking consultation with health professionals.
Bill 36 was one of the largest bills ever passed in British Columbia, consisting of 645 sections and 276 pages, that received royal assent on November 24, 2022
https://www.cssem.org/bill36media
https://www.cssem.org/_files/ugd/80db6e_8fe9ab6da3e54c54afe8f779283468cc.pdf
 
We are organizing a significant event at the BC Legislature in Victoria BC Canada for a Bill 36 Health Professions & Occupations Act (HPOA) presentation in the Legislature Gallery this Thurs Nov 9th for BC doctors and health professionals
 
Event and Registration Details: https://librti.com/item/online-registration-now-open-bc-physicians

 In British Columbia, health care is collapsing health care here with doctors and health professionals closing their clinics and fleeing for other provinces or countries due to Bill 36 HPOA.
 
Eyes are on this Bill 36 internationally since there isn’t any other health care system in the world passing such a draconian government-controlled Act.
 
Dr Stephen Malthouse is working with myself and a core group of physicians to coordinate the Nov 9th event. s type of event.
 
Our Bill 36 materials and info are at Canadian Society for Science & Ethics in Medicine (https://www.cssem.org/bill36).

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
1 year ago
Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

Event and Registration Details: https://librti.com/item/online-registration-now-open-bc-physicians
 
Physicians have been watching what is happening with BC’s Bill 36 globally for a while. On Nov 9th, it will be televised internationally.
Librti TV: https://librti.com/tv
Freedom Network TV: https://freedomnetwork.tv
Not TV: https://not.tv
Storm Ryder News for on-the-ground streaming! https://www.facebook.com/StormRyderNews/
 
Rebel News will be live on site: Livestreams – Rebel News

A documentary film artist will be filming.

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
1 year ago
Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

Physicians have been watching what is happening with BC’s Bill 36 globally for a while. On Nov 9th, it will be televised internationally.
Librti TV: https://librti.com/tv
Freedom Network TV: https://freedomnetwork.tv
Not TV: https://not.tv

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
1 year ago
Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

Storm Ryder News for on-the-ground streaming! https://www.facebook.com/StormRyderNews/
 
Rebel News will be live on site: Livestreams – Rebel News

A documentary film artist will be filming.

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
1 year ago
Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

Links to the televised event posted above to get them through the approval process

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WyrdWoman
WyrdWoman
1 year ago
Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

Note also that Elavon, the online payment platform whose parent company is based in the US, has started banning the purchase of various herbal and other traditional medicinal products, beyond those currently legally banned in the US. Flexner Phase 2 is well underway globally, just as people are beginning to wake up to the medical monopoly scam.

‘…while the report was commissioned by the Carnegie Foundation, “​Flexner’s report was virtually written in advance by high officials of the American Medical Association, and its advice was quickly taken by every state in the Union,” Murray Rothbard explained in Making Economic Sense.
Using the Flexner Report as a guide, the AMA was able to use the state to cartelize the medical industry. Rothbard wrote,

The result: every medical school and hospital was subjected to licensing by the state, which would turn the power to appoint licensing boards over to the state AMA. The state was supposed to, and did, put out of business all medical schools that were proprietary and profit-making, that admitted blacks and women, and that did not specialize in orthodox, “allopathic” medicine: particularly homeopaths, who were then a substantial part of the medical profession, and a respectable alternative to orthodox allopathy. (Making Economic Sense, p. 76).’

https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/the-flexner-report-and-the-cartelization-of-modern-medicine/

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
1 year ago
Reply to  WyrdWoman

The fascist medical agenda is being implemented via many fronts.
Thanks for this. I’ll be sharing it to MD4CE members.
BB

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A Y M
A Y M
1 year ago
Reply to  WyrdWoman

Nice find. Thanks.

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
1 year ago

Some interesting information relating to the ongoing crisis in the Middle East.
As ever, control of natural resources & the revenues from these is part of the picture.

GAZA MARINE GAS FIELD

Operator: British Gas.

“Gaza Marine gas field is located 30km off the coast of the Gaza Strip, in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It lies at a water depth of 603m. The development of the Gaza field has been on hold for several years due to disputes between Israel and the Palestinians.”

https://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/gaza-marine-gas-field/

Bliar has his fingerprints over far too many recent events….

TONY BLAIR’S ROLE:

“The development is further complicated by confusion over leadership in Palestine. Israel, for a start, refuses to negotiate with Hamas, who currently occupy the Gaza Strip. Despite Hamas ruling the area, the Palestinian Authority [Abbas is a WEF member] – whose authority extends to the West Bank alone – along with “peace adviser” Tony Blair who initiated the talks, hope to have control of the marine area and levy its own fees and taxes.”

https://www.offshore-technology.com/features/featurepalestine-offshore-gas-projects-mediterranean-sea/

Gas Finds in the Eastern Mediterranean

Gaza, Israel, and Other Conflicts

“This article looks at the gas discoveries in the eastern Mediterranean since the late 1990s and how they have fueled-or otherwise intersected with-the various regional conflicts. About half of the article examines the fate of the 1999 gas discoveries off Gaza (within the maritime space set for the Palestinians by Oslo), and Israel-s role in controlling the outcome.”

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1525/jps.2013.42.3.29

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
1 year ago
Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

“The Gaza Marine license covers the entire marine area offshore of Gaza. The license was granted by the Palestinian National Authority in 1999 to British Gas (BG) and CC Oil & Gas. BG was appointed as operator of the license area.
Using 3D seismic, the Gaza Marine prospect was identified in the offshore Levant Basin, in the eastern Mediterranean approximately 35 km offshore from Gaza. The Gaza Marine-1 (GM-1) exploration well was drilled in September 2000 at a water depth of 603 meters, 36 km west of Gaza City. This well discovered gas in commercial quantities and tested at tubing constrained rates of up to 37 mmscf/d. The discovery was appraised by the Gaza Marine-2 (GM-2) well, located approximately 5 km southwest of GM-1, at a water depth of 535 meters. Reserves were estimated in excess of 1 trillion cubic feet.
Following Shell’s acquisition of BG, CC Oil & Gas and the Palestinian Investment Fund acquired Shell’s working interest in the asset, with each party now owning 50%.”

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
1 year ago
Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

THE GAZA MARINE GAS FIELD IS THE REAL REASON FOR THE BLOCKADE OF GAZA
“Israel tried to demand the natural gas be piped to a refinery located within their territory giving Israel control over all the revenues from the natural gas fields, revenues that belong to Palestinians. The Israelis openly state that they want to take the natural resources from Palestinians, control this natural resource and sell it back to Palestinians at high prices whilst selling the very same natural gas to Israelis at bottom of the barrel prices. Their justification for this was to ensure the proceeds from these natural gas reservoirs didn’t “fund terrorism.”
Ehud Olmert insisted that “no royalties are to be paid to Palestinians” instead Olmert suggested the Israelis would deliver the equivalent of these royalties from the natural gas fields in “goods and services.” The Hamas led government refused the offer and immediately the Israeli government issued an inhumane blockade on Gaza”

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
1 year ago
Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

“The failed negotiations prompted the Prime Minister of Britain Tony Blair to get involved. Blair feared that the tense negotiations would derail the Gaza-Jericho Agreement also known as the Oslo Accords in which Israel made a deal with Palestinians that granted the Palestinian Authority full control over its territorial waters. Blair got the Palestinians to agree to send the proceeds from the natural gas reservoirs to the Federal Reserve Bank in New York City to be vetted and distributed this allegedly was to ensure that the money didn’t fall into the hands of a terrorist. In 2006 following the political takeover of the government by Hamas, the Prime Minister of Israel at the time Ehud Olmert pulled out of all negotiations stating that the Hamas takeover was a “deal breaker” even though all proceeds from the gas fields were still going to the Federal Reserve Bank to be vetted and distributed. Ehud Olmert insisted that “no royalties are to be paid to Palestinians” instead Olmert suggested the Israelis would deliver the equivalent of these royalties from the natural gas fields in “goods and services.” The Hamas led government refused the offer and immediately the Israeli government issued an inhumane blockade on Gaza that is still in effect today Israel’s Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz called it “economic warfare.”
https://wedacoalition.org/2018/06/22/lets-talk-about-the-gaza-marine-gas-field/

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago
Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

“along with “peace adviser” Tony Blair:

‘kin hell. 😀😀😀😀🙂

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
1 year ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

Exactly. Look at how all the actors in all areas of this mess are members of WEF aka more Davos Deviants controlling events.

This is why I refuse to take a side in this divisive debate as both are opposite sides of the same corrupt & debased coin.

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
1 year ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

This gives more context as to the timing of this war….

BRITISH GAS’S EXPLORATION RIGHTS TO GAZA MARINE GAS FIELD EXPIRE IN 2024. AFTER THIS GAZA COULD GRANT RIGHTS TO RUSSIA. HENCE #GAZAWAR

https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/10/israeli-bad-intentions-on-gazas-gas-fields/#comments

Last edited 1 year ago by BurlingtonBertie
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WyrdWoman
WyrdWoman
1 year ago
Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

A ton of great info & links there BB, thanks for doing the research.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago
Reply to  WyrdWoman

Seconded 👍

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago
Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

Clearly alot more going on which is why I too refuse to take sides in this conflict.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12713245/Chris-Packham-Jeremy-Clarkson-EXPLOSIVE-rant-David-Attenborough.html

How deliciously satisfying that Mr Clarkson has enraged the turd called Packham. Quite possibly Jeremy will simply ignore this hypocritical little mumbo-jumbo spouting fascist. Still it keeps Clarkson’s sound Attenborough bashing on the front page.

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JeremyP99
JeremyP99
1 year ago
  • ““Met Police asks pro-Palestinian protesters to postpone Armistice Day demonstration” – Scotland Yard has pleaded with the organisers of a ‘pro-Palestinian’ march planned for Armistice Day to call off the rally amid growing fears of violent disorder, reports the Telegraph”

Of course there will be violent disorder. It’s the Left’s default response when they don’t get their own way.

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WyrdWoman
WyrdWoman
1 year ago
Reply to  JeremyP99

And if it doesn’t happen naturally, they will make sure there are sufficient strategically placed agents provocateurs to ensure it does anyway….

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago
Reply to  WyrdWoman

I genuinely expect fatalities at weekend.

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A Y M
A Y M
1 year ago
Reply to  WyrdWoman

Yes that is even more likely. It would also suit the Zionist as well as the authoritarian agenda as a whole to place agent provocateurs within the crowds and get very destructive and very violent to delegitimise any legitimate protest against this violence in Gaza while simultaneously making the cry for increased policing powers more extreme.

It may well end up quite similar to Jan 6th.

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JeremyP99
JeremyP99
1 year ago
  • ““Give women the choice to have more babies” – If fertility rates don’t rise, the U.K. faces economic stagnation or vastly higher levels of immigration, warns Miriam Cates in the Telegraph”

The family has been under financial attack for 50 years. If we want more kids, just look at what Orban has done in Hungary. Simple response. My ex and I had four between 1975 – during that time, child tax allowance was junked, child benefit more or less frozen, and married tax allowances clobbered.

Just got worse since then. We’d didn’t have any spare (15% mortgage rate for some time…) but we managed on just my salary. So much for progress.

Last edited 1 year ago by JeremyP99
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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
1 year ago
Reply to  JeremyP99

Fertility rates won’t rise due to the designed in harm on fertility of the covid injections.
Any babies which make it to term will have either congenital disabilities or unknown health outcomes due to these evil, dangerous injections.
The impact on the fertility of these offspring is also unknown.

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WyrdWoman
WyrdWoman
1 year ago
Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

Seconded. Plus it’s the perfect excuse encourage ever more immigration.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago
Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

I have been making similar comments for months.

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
1 year ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

I know Hux. Most don’t want to go there as it’s too extreme to contemplate.
The horrors are all too real & all of us either are or know family, friends who will be affected.
BB

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago
Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

Thanks BB👍

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JeremyP99
JeremyP99
1 year ago
  • ““Police called after teacher who wants to be called ‘Mx’ not ‘Miss’ hit by ‘threatening comms’” – A school in Scotland has called in the police over claims of “threatening communications” about a teacher who wishes to be addressed as ‘Mx’ instead of ‘Miss’, reports the Sun.”

Calling oneself “Mx” is in reality a sign of mental disturbance. As a friend with an “mx” daughter noted to her – nobody will employ you, as they will know trouble is on the way”.

Correct. She remains unemployed. If I ran a business, any “mx” applications for jobs would be straight in the bin. Discriminatory? By God yes. I am VERY discriminating, and would not employ flakes.

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JohnK
JohnK
1 year ago

A sad con: https://www.gbnews.com/news/captain-sir-tom-moore-s-family-ordered-to-destroy-unauthorised-spa-in-back-garden but that’s what it was, if anyone can remember the BS broadcasts by the usual suspects.

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