Posted originally on the conservative tree house on December 29, 2021 | Sundance | 320 Comments
Jeffrey Epstein’s predatory enabler, Ghislaine Maxwell, has been found guilty on five of six counts related to her participation in sexual assaults of minors. Four women testified that Maxwell was the facilitator of their abuse, essentially grooming them to be raped by Epstein.
Maxwell was found guilty of conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts; conspiracy to transport minors with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity; transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity; sex trafficking conspiracy; sex trafficking of a minor. The lone count on which Maxwell was acquitted, enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, applied only to one Jane Doe victim.
NEW YORK (AP) — The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein.
The verdict capped a monthlong trial featuring sordid accounts of the sexual exploitation of girls as young as 14, told by four women who described being abused as teens in the 1990s and early 2000s at Epstein’s palatial homes in Florida, New York and New Mexico.
Jurors deliberated for five full days before finding Maxwell guilty of five of six counts. As the verdict was read, Maxwell appeared to show little reaction behind a black mask. She stood with her hands folded as the jury filed out, and glanced at her siblings as she herself was led from the courtroom, but was otherwise stoic.
She faces the likelihood of years in prison — an outcome long sought by women who spent years fighting in civil courts to hold Maxwell accountable for her role in recruiting and grooming Epstein’s teenage victims and sometimes joining in the sexual abuse.
The defense had insisted Maxwell was a victim of a vindictive prosecution devised to deliver justice to women deprived of their main villain when Epstein killed himself while awaiting trial in 2019.
During the trial, prosecutors called 24 witnesses to give jurors a picture of life inside Epstein’s homes — a subject of public fascination and speculation ever since his 2006 arrest in Florida in a child sex case. (read more)
Posted originally on the conservative tree house on December 29, 2021 | Sundance | 326 Comments
When CDC Director Rochelle Wolensky talks, she is speaking to a diminishing audience of branch covidians. As the official guidance from the U.S. medical community (NIH, FDA, CDC) shifts drastically, more people are awake to the political motives behind the rules. This reality is now becoming a serious issue for them.
Earlier today, CDC Director Wolensky spoke to several stenographers about the changes. On ABC she stated there was no recommendation to “test out” of quarantine after five days, because the CDC is now admitting the PCR tests are useless. As she stated, “PCR tests can stay positive for up to 12 weeks” after the infection. This is an issue now, because the politics of the quarantine has changed. WATCH:
In another interview the CNN stenographer, now sensing the dam collapsing, asked directly if this shift in quarantine guidance was due to the “business” or economic impacts of COVID as it relates to the ever-shifting science.
What we are watching, in real time, is a considerable shift amid those who are attempting to retain the false premise behind the COVID narrative. People are not jumping into the booster narrative, because the difference between vaccinated and unvaccinated is now nullified by the statements and guidance of the officials themselves.
It is going to get more difficult for the regime to keep pushing COVID-19 mandates, while they have to keep justifying their contradictory positions. The contradictions themselves do not make sense when contrast against the science, especially when the scientific outcomes undermine the original premise of the mandates, rules and guidance.
This is why it has become even more important, in this destabilized public opinion phase, for opposing scientific views to be suppressed.
The institutional government healthcare system is trying to retain credibility. However, the dam is breaking, and they have run out of fingers and toes to plug the gaps. Those in the executive suites have shifted their efforts to securing scuba gear, as indicated by Biden’s “there is no federal government solution”….
Continuing with the dam analogy, further credibility collapses will likely become exponential if the praetorian guard media start asking the obvious questions about where all this water is coming from, and we move into the phase of rapid sunlight.
The larger issue is not related to Twitter’s individual and arbitrary rules, but rather all Americans should consider that communication about COVID-19 is being restricted by various compliance officers operating on behalf of the state. We are living in a communication era of Orwellian proportions.
We are also entering into a very dangerous phase in our national history. People are eyes-wide-open to the vaccine propaganda, messaging and inherent conflicts from officials in the institutions of government and health.
While it may sound like a good outcome to have massive numbers of Americans awaken to their new reality, and that outcome results in a complete collapse in confidence with government officials, the downstream consequence of such severe destabilization comes at a much higher cost than the virus itself.
Dr. Malone can be found on the Substack platform where he shares the following message:
We all knew it would happen eventually.
Today it did. Over a half million followers gone in a blink of an eye. That means I must have been on the mark, so to speak. Over the target. It also means we lost a critical component in our fight to stop these vaccines being mandated for children and to stop the corruption in our governments, as well as the medical-industrial complex and pharmaceutical industries.
So, please spread the word – share this on your own twitter feed or whatever social media venue you wish.
Traditionally, the telegram account with my handle (rwmalonemd) is run by a someone else – it is not my own account. They have done a good job auto-posting from twitter and I have personally thanked the person who does this (I only have one of me and getting scientific knowledge and info pushed out is critical in this battle). It has 100,000 followers. Not sure how that will work now…
Tomorrow I am on the Joe Rogan show (I don’t know when it will air, probably tomorrow maybe)? Please spread the word that you can see me there next!
Marty Makary, MD, MPH, remains one of the most prominent critically thinking public health experts during this pandemic. A staunch supporter of COVID-19 vaccination, Dr. Makary, a prominent surgeon and editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, also raised the importance of balanced, more unbiased scientific reasoning, often making declarations that haven’t been popular with the dominant government and industry-driven pandemic narrative. For example, Makary has argued that a proper risk-benefit analysis should accompany any mass COVID-19-focused pediatric vaccination drive. Now the surgeon and researcher affiliated with Johns Hopkins University shares with the world concerns about indiscriminate booster campaigns—raising the specter of possible harm associated with such a one-size-fits-all approach embraced by the current U.S. executive branch and its scientific advisors.
While the government, backed by industry and all-too-willing academician advisors (undoubtedly hopeful of more public grants and other financial benefits) continue to promote the full acceleration of mass booster programs, little to no mainstream discussion appeals to the negative side of the health-related ledger: what are the side effects of these vaccines? What about long-term risks? Of course, little is known about long-term health impacts because these products are so new. They have only been in use in the population for about a year. Often, it can take a handful of years before the true health risks associated with medicinal products materialize. But perhaps a glimmer of awareness shines through with growing chatter about vaccination risks alongside all-encompassing benefits.
Recently Makary shared a message from Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, who introduces a new paper in Nature uncovering differing adverse event risk factors by vaccine product.
Led by corresponding author Julia Hippisley-Cox from the University of Oxford, the study shares how the risks for conditions such as myocarditis and pericarditis are very real, despite the initial clinical trial results.Subscribe to the Trialsitenews “COVID-19” ChannelNo spam – we promise
The self-controlled case series study targeting vaccinated people 16 years of age and up in England analyzed cardiovascular adverse event incidence by vaccine product, including AstraZeneca/Oxford (ChAdOx1), Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT162b2), and Moderna (mRNA-1273).
The study authors discovered that the risks for myocarditis increase under the following conditions:
∙ After the first dose of AstraZeneca and Pfizer
∙ Subsequent to the second dose of Moderna over the 1–28-day post jab period
∙ Following a SARS-CoV-2 positive test
More specifically, according to this real-world data, myocarditis risks increases by the following:
Vaccine
Extra myocarditis event per/1 million
Stats
AstraZeneca
2
95% confidence interval (CI) 0, 3
Pfizer-BioNTech
1
95% CI 0, 2
Moderna
6
95% CI 2, 8
The authors reported these outcomes for 28 days following a first dose and an extra ten (95% CI 7, 11) myocarditis events per 1 million vaccinated in the 28 days after a second dose of mRNA-1273. In comparison, they find an extra 40 (95% CI 38, 41) such cardiovascular events per million 28 days after preliminary test indicating risks associated with COVID-19 itself. Indicating that overall vaccination could be less risky—but that precludes important subgroup analysis.
The UK-led study extends a growing study literature investigating COVID-19 vaccine-associated adverse events. In this case, significantly so, based on an analysis of 38 million adults in England receiving both the mRNA-based vaccines as well as the AstraZeneca product (adenovirus-mediated vaccine).
The study team discovered heightened myocarditis risk in subgroups (e.g., males under 40) as well as temporal association indicating risks after both the first and second jabs within a seven-day period post-vaccination.
The authors declared, “The excess risk was observed in men and women but was only consistently observed following both mRNA vaccines in those younger than 40 years.” The authors qualify that fewer people under 40 received the mRNA-based vaccines however other national health authorities have already acted, unbeknownst to most of the North American public.
Vaccine Limitations
Dozens of national health authorities have established parameters for vaccination during this unprecedented mass vaccination program. TrialSite provides some examples below that rarely make it into mainstream media in places like the United States, Canada, and even England.
Moderna
Due to heightened risks associated with mRNA-1273 for myocarditis and other events, numerous counties have placed either temporary or permanent restrictions on the use of this novel COVID-19 vaccine product.
TrialSite has reported how all the Scandinavian nations (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and even Iceland) have imposed limitations on access to this vaccine. In summary, health authorities in these nations have declared that the risks of cardiovascular-related events are too high for younger people, especially young males. TrialSite notes Moderna’s share price has been on a downward trend as reported by Yahoo Finance. Could traders have known something many others don’t?
AstraZeneca
Numerous nations placed holds, some permanent, some temporary, on this vaccine as TrialSite has reported ongoing. Even Wikipedia is updated on the “Suspensions” associated with this vaccine that had so much promise (more economical, easier to distribute, etc.).
This is not to say that this vaccine hasn’t helped in the war against COVID-19 but the health-related costs associated with the novel product are real. Numerous nations in Europe, not to mention South Africa, Canada, Indonesia, and Australia placed suspensions at one point or another due to safety concerns such as blood clotting and low blood platelets. Still authorized by Europe and other authorities, many nations however transition from a one-size-fits-all approach to a more tailored, risk-based approach to vaccination. Remember, the USA completely stopped the AstraZeneca vaccine program.
More Data from Oxford-led Follow-on Study
Back to the mRNA-based vaccines and the most recent Oxford-led study in the preprint (this means it shouldn’t be used for making definitive claims). Males under 40 years of age face a higher risk with the vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Modena than actual COVID-19 infection, thus raising concern that a rigid, one-size-fits-all approach to COVID-19 vaccination should be supplanted with a more tailored, precise approach. After all, that follows the trend in the science of medicine anyway.
Dr. Prasad discussed the limitations of the former peer-reviewed (Nature) study as the exact number of vaccines were known while the actual number of SARS-CoV-2 infections wasn’t certain at all. But with known limitations, he referred to the Oxford-led authors’ updated point of view uploaded to medRxiv for further clarification.
In this update, the authors found a heightened risk of myocarditis following one to 28 days after the third booster dose of Pfizer’s BNT162b2 (IRR 2.02, 95%CI 1.40, 2.91). Not surprisingly, the risks were highest in males aged 40 and under with all vaccines with the various observations in the updated study:
Myocarditis AE events per million est. 1-28 days post first dose
Vaccine
Additional event per/1 million
Stats
Pfizer-BioNTech
3
95%CI 1, 5
Moderna
12
95% CI 1,17
What about additional adverse events post the second dose?
Vaccine
Additional event per/1 million
Stats
AstraZeneca
14
95%CI 8, 17
Pfizer-BioNTech
12
95%CI 1, 7
Moderna
101
95%CI 95, 104
Pfizer boost vs. COVID-19 infection
Vaccine
Additional event per/1 million
Stats
Pfizer
13
95%CI 7, 15
COVID-19 Infection
7
95%CI 2, 11
The authors report that while the risk of myocarditis is very real for those sick with SARS-CoV-2, the risk-benefit analysis contributes to a reasonable position against vaccination of people 40 and under. But why aren’t governing health authorities discussing this science? Dr. Prasad asks publicly why health authorities aren’t and associated political representatives are re-adjusting the “risk radar?”
Medicine is nuanced as Prasad declares and in his point of view “Profit, greed, and power…not so much!!” TrialSite suggests some truth in this argument—the evidence of some forms of regulatory capture is present during this pandemic. TrialSite has accumulated a vast trove of study results, news stories, and various analyses pointing in this direction. Moreover, the level and type of information suppression indicate some forms of collusion between government, industry, and the largest media corporations.
Industry received considerable incentive to develop products and should be held accountable when public finances are involved. Yet they also take on enormous risks—the drug development process is complex, time-consuming, and financially risky. TrialSite suggests for those that seek reform to better understand deeper, more systemic forces are at play during the pandemic including intense investor demand for high returns.
The pharmaceutical industry shouldn’t be unilaterally vilified but also must be held accountable as should public health authorities and government embrace the comprehensive, unfolding science—not just a subset of data or evidence to back a convenient narrative.
TrialSite continually educates that the pharma companies operate in a system that economically and financially punishes executives and their talent for failing to shrewdly exploit financially any rich, fertile profit conditions such as COVID-19.
On the other hand, a balance can be achieved if regulatory and executive branch agencies behave and act independently with the public interest as a goal. Hence the risks and dangers of regulatory capture. But what happens when government and industry get too cozy? Known by some as “Crony Capitalism,” this involves a move away from free-market ideals mitigated by independent and objective regulators to an intertwined dynamic, vulnerable to bias and even corrupted practices.
The pandemic exposed system vulnerability in pandemic response, including a tendency or impulse for some Western governments and health authorities to lean toward authoritarian-centric responses while not only ensuring windfall profits for the winners at the expense of at least some public health considerations. An example would be the ongoing imposition of PREP Act liability shields despite widespread mandates. What happened to consumer rights activism?
Some could argue the growing polarization in places like America only worsened the situation, conflating politics with the economy and public health. However, no orthodoxy, regardless of paradigm or hypothesis, will hasten the demise of the pathogen other than an objective, science- and evidence-driven approach factoring in real-world unfolding and ongoing intelligence. Suppression of data that contradicts or raises questions about the dominant narrative only worsens social and political divides leading to new forms of crises that governments seek to manage, most of the time unsuccessfully.
In what looks to be a calculated legal maneuver by the outgoing New York City mayor, a hearing is set for December 29th over a lawsuit by a New York Police Detective’s effort to stop Bill de Blasio’s vaccine mandate for municipal workers. The initial filing of the lawsuit was in the New York County Supreme Court, but lawyers for the de Blasio administration had the case moved to federal court. What’s unusual here is that it is standard practice to change court venues before a ruling. However, after NY County Supreme Court Judge Frank Nervo issued a restraining order against de Blasio’s vaccine mandate, lawyers for NY City immediately requested the case be moved to federal court.
As reported in the NY Post, the case involves Detective Anthony Marciano’s claim that New York City officials don’t have the “legal authority” to enact a vaccine mandate since the mayoral decree wasn’t approved by the State. Marciano claims he has natural immunity to covid. The article in the Post says a NY City lawyer claimed the restraining order was “misinterpreted” by Marciano’s attorney and, in fact, is not valid. But the city then moved to have the case heard in federal court.
TrialSiteNews reported the detective’s lawsuit could be the beginning of several against New York City regarding the mayor’s mandates. However, the city’s legal maneuvering could be a sign New York is looking for federal backup. The federal judge slated to hear the case is Jed Rakoff who, as reported in The New York Times, has a history of ordering vaccinations. In a ruling, Rakoff wrote the unvaccinated pose a danger “given their enhanced risk of infecting other people.” Regarding the Marciano lawsuit, Rakoff could invoke the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP), which is an emergency declaration utilizing “countermeasures to diseases, threats, and conditions.” The PREP Act cannot be challenged in court.
Marciano’s attorney, Patricia Finn, claims New York City’s legal move to get the case to federal court “looks like blatant forum-shopping intended to get around Judge Nervo’s TRO (temporary restraining order).” Given this is Bill de Blasio’s last week in office it’s likely the soon-to-be-former mayor’s mandates will be taken up by the incoming Adams administration. Eric Adams is a former New York City police officer.
Big Pharma’s reach is more extensive than most understand. The video above shows some of Pfizer’s many sponsorships, a subtle nod to the billions of dollars the pharmaceutical companies spend every year to convince you to buy their products. The government has made Big Pharma’s job easier than ever by forcing citizens to take vaccines that are only offered through a handful of approved companies. Pfizer was able to gain traction on the marketing curve as its vaccine was the first to receive FDA approval, which means they have free reign to advertise.
People visiting from other countries are often shocked that American commercials are flooded with advertisements for prescription pills ending in “talk to your doctor about this medicine” before a voice reads out the side effects at a mile a minute. Drug representatives deliver free samples and other items to doctors’ offices and there are often incentives for prescribing whatever drug they are pushing at the time. One can only wonder how much these companies spend to lobby politicians. Pfizer lists some of their trade associate membership dues on their website, but it is safe to assume it spans much further.
Americans spent around $535.3 billion on prescription drugs last year. To put into perspective how much Pfizer alone has profited off of the COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer earned $41.9 billion in 2020 and is estimated to earn another $36 billion by the end of the year. There is a lot of money at play for these vaccines; a lot of money that powerful people do not intend to lose.
High demand and a low supply is causing home prices in the US to soar. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index found that all 20 major cities experienced double-digit gains in October, with the overall index posting an 18.4% increase from a year prior. Housing prices increased at a slower pace than September’s 19.1% increase, but many are taking advantage of the low rates while they last.
Phoenix saw homes soar by 32.3%. Unsurprisingly, two major cities in Florida saw notable gains in Tampa (28.1%) and Miami (25.7%). Minneapolis and Chicago saw the least significant increases at 11.5%.
Mortgages declined to 3.05% for 30-year mortgages last week, while the 15-year fixed-rate loan fell to 2.66%. Mortgage rates sat beneath 3% at the beginning of the year, slightly rising in a zig-zag pattern throughout the year. Real estate experts have a high expectation that rates will rise in 2022.
The US government has found a new way to turn regular citizens into criminals to fill overcrowded for-profit prisons. Forging a vaccination card is now a federal offense that could carry a lengthy prison sentence. The government is ready to pile on charges in addition to the original charge of falsifying the vaccine card. People are also facing charges for fraudulently using the seal of a US department, a crime that carries five years in prison. Manufacturing and distributing the cards could carry a sentence of 10 years.
In fact, a 53-year-old nurse from South Carolina, Tammy McDonald, was recently indicted for forging and replicating vaccination cards and lying to federal investigators. She now faces 15 years imprisonment for every card she produced, in addition to an extra five years for lying to investigators.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Truth in Vaccination law that makes tampering with vaccine records a felony, carrying a sentence of one year. Therefore, unvaccinated newly deemed criminals will be subject to state and federal punishments.
Businesses could face lawsuits for failing to validate employees’ vaccine cards. There are hotlines in place for people to call to turn in anyone they suspect has possession of a fake card. I suppose lawyers are going to have a new niche to enter. Forbes reported on an Axios/Ipsos poll that discovered 6% of Americans knew someone who had a counterfeit vaccination card. The report found an equal number of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents hosting fake vaccination cards, showing that this is certainly not a political issue. Respondents aged 18-29, 30-49, and 50-64 were all equally as likely to know someone with a fake card. Resistance to vaccine mandates spans across political beliefs and age, but that is not reported in the mainstream media.
Posted originally on the conservative tree house on December 28, 2021 | Sundance | 189 Comments
If you listen to most champagne socialists, they will tell you they believe airline travel has become too affordable and just about anyone is able to fly now. For a few decades this has been a source of consternation amid the Democrat cocktail party class, whenever the subject is approached.
It stands to reason the people behind Joe Biden will eventually concede the issue of mandatory vaccine passports for domestic air travel to the administrative state and their donors amid the Branch Covidians. They’re in the same group circles where Anthony Fauci is venerated and appreciated.
However, I doubt it will happen until after the U.S. universal passport system, the ¹vaccination ID, is put into place – because currently, the airline companies would stand to lose too much revenue.
WASHINGTON DC – President Biden said Tuesday he would impose a mandate that Americans be vaccinated against COVID-19 to travel domestically if his medical team recommends it.
When asked when he would make a decision on domestic travel vaccine requirements while out for a walk in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Biden told reporters, “when I get a recommendation from the medical team.”
The idea of mandating coronavirus vaccines for domestic travel has been bouncing around the administration for months, and the emergence of the omicron variant caused the White House to revisit questions over whether to impose it. (read more)
¹New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago currently have the vaccination id requirement announced for their metropolitan areas. The enforcement systems begin in the next few weeks. Once three separate systems are in place, others will join…. that sets up phase two.
Vaccine Passport phase-2 will be triggered by the various regions having differing requirements for proof of vaccination. They will then request a universal system from the federal government. That request, accompanied by a narrative from the media, will trigger DC to construct the universal ID, and the federal registration system will follow.
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