Watch UKC News: New Vaccine Death Claims, Trump Declassifies Russiagate

15 January 2021 — 

As the Government’s bold vaccine roll-out continues, more problems emerge regarding injury and death of people who’ve taken Pfizer’s experimental mRNA genetic COVID ‘vaccine’ – prompting [] China t[o] ban the jab. Meanwhile, the Government makes a power-play to censor media reporting – with the State agency now playing the role editor with major newspapers reporting COVID and lockdown, supposedly in the public interest.’ But what if the press regulator has their facts wrong? The NHS “clap” campaign seems to be bust after UKC sent its team across the country to look for any Thursday night clamour. Also, President Trump’s parting shot [at] the Democratic machine b[y] declassifying all of the FBI Russia probe document. All this and more.

Co-hosts Mike Robinson and Patrick Henningsen take a look at the end of week news round-up. Watch:

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Guardian Smears Syria’s President With Implausible Link To Beirut’s Port Blast

15 January 2021 — Moon of Alabama

On August 4 2020 2.750 tons of ammonium nitrate, stored in a warehouse of Beirut’s harbour, exploded. The blast destroyed large parts of the city.

The dangerous load had come on a defect[ive] ship which was impounded by the Lebanese authorities. It had been stored since 2013. Despite urgent warnings, the complicate[d] Lebanese bureaucracy had never found a way to get rid of the dangerous load.

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Statewatch News 15 January 2021 (Issue 01/21)

15 January 2021 — Statewatch

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Agroecology and Post-COVID Plunder

13 January 2021 — Global Research

Contingent on World Bank aid to be given to poorer countries in the wake of coronavirus lockdowns, agrifood conglomerates will aim to further expand their influence. These firms have been integral to the consolidation of a global food regime that has emerged in recent decades based on chemical- and proprietary-input-dependent agriculture which incurs massive externalised social, environmental and health costs.

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COVID-19: Rethinking the Lockdown Groupthink

3 November 2020 — Preprints

Ari Joffe

Version 1 : Received: 14 October 2020 / Approved: 15 October 2020 / Online: 15 October 2020 (16:02:58 CEST)
Version 2 : Received: 3 November 2020 / Approved: 4 November 2020 / Online: 4 November 2020 (10:14:33 CET)

How to cite: Joffe, A. COVID-19: Rethinking the Lockdown Groupthink. Preprints 2020, 2020100330 (doi: 10.20944/preprints202010.0330.v2). Joffe, A. COVID-19: Rethinking the Lockdown Groupthink. Preprints 2020, 2020100330 (doi: 10.20944/preprints202010.0330.v2).

Abstract

The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) worldwide pandemic in 2020. In response, most countries in the world implemented lockdowns, restricting their population’s movements, work, education, gatherings, and general activities in attempt to ‘flatten the curve’ of COVID-19 cases. The public health goal of lockdowns was to save the population from COVID-19 cases and deaths, and to prevent overwhelming health care systems with COVID-19 patients. In this narrative review I explain why I changed my mind about supporting lockdowns.

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