Health
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A Plea to MPs From Mike Yeadon: “Don’t Vote For Lockdown”
There is a small and potentially growing all-causes excess mortality signal. I am working with a pathologist and our evaluation so far shows that these excess deaths are inconsistent with being COVID-19. In short, they are not dying from respiratory illness, but from heart failure and from cerebrovascular accidents such as stroke and diabetes. An… Continue reading
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Bayer seeks to profit both from weedkiller linked to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and drug to treat it
Personal injury and civil rights attorney Ben Crump has denounced Bayer Corporation for seeking to profit both from the sale of its weedkiller Roundup, which has been linked to non-Hodgkins lymphoma, and a new Bayer drug to treat the disease. Continue reading
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Over 2,000 studies and journal publications document risks and harms from GMOs and related pesticides
The US nonprofit GMO/Toxin Free USA has launched GMOResearch.org, the first-of-its-kind searchable science database of studies and reports on the safety and effects of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and associated agrochemicals. Continue reading
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Covid: a curfew for what?
The French were stunned to learn that their government considers a public order measure, a curfew, to be effective in preventing an epidemic. Everyone, having understood that no virus breaks according to schedules set by decree, and given the many previous mistakes, asks the angry question: A curfew for what? Continue reading
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Vaccines – Who Needs Them?
It’s a serious question that few have asked, and there’s no clear answer. Up till this point in the Coronavirus play, discussion on vaccines has been limited to one perspective – how effective might they be, and how long before one is available. Thanks to the rigors of lock-downs and upending of society necessitated –… Continue reading
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Flu away: Scientists baffled at disappearance of influenza… but is it really gone, or just masked by Covid-19?
There has been a 98% plummet in flu infections this year, dispelling fears of a Covid and flu ‘twin-demic’ about which many had warned. Experts say we can thank masks and social distancing. But does this really add up? Continue reading
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False positive tests
28 September 2020 — Dr Malcolm Kendrick by Dr. Malcolm Kendrick (This post contains an erratum regarding a technical issue, at the end) There has been a lot of noise about false positive COVID19 tests in the news. So, I thought I would try to explain what it all means. Or do my best anyway. Continue reading
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A way to control COVID-19 (for now)
In the flu pandemic at the end of World War One, the average age of death was twenty-eight [1]. In the UK, the average age of death from COVID19 is eighty-one for men, and eighty-four for women. Which is older than the average life expectancy in parts of the UK. These data are from the… Continue reading
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How dangerous is COVID19?
Facebook fact checkers censured me, and informed me I was wrong, when I said COVID infection fatality rate was around 0.1%. But what do the latest studies say? Continue reading
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Covid-19 and the Political Utility of Fear
The true mortality rate of covid-19 remains a matter of intense dispute, but it is undoubtedly true that a false public impression was given by the very high percentage of deaths among those who were tested positive, at the time when it was impossible to get tested unless you were seriously ill (or a member… Continue reading
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World Doctors Alliance: Open Letter to UK Government, World Governments and Citizens of the World
We were told initially that the premise for lockdown was to ‘flatten the curve’ and therefore protect the NHS from being overwhelmed. It is clear that at no point was the National Health Service (NHS) in any danger of being overwhelmed, and since May 2020 covid wards have been largely empty; and crucially the death… Continue reading
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Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 23 October 2020
23 October 2020 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks Toxic Levels of Heavy Metals and PAHs Discovered in Some Alternatives to Glyphosate-Based Weedkillers A group of researchers from France, led by Prof. Gilles-Eric Seralini, have identified toxic levels of undeclared ingredients such as heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in some new alternatives to glyphosate-based herbicides,… Continue reading
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Covid-19: Do many people have pre-existing immunity?
It seemed a truth universally acknowledged that the human population had no pre-existing immunity to SARS-CoV-2, but is that actually the case? Peter Doshi explores the emerging research on immunological responses Continue reading
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Update: Operation Moonshot
The ‘Operation Moonshot’, Government’s grand plan to develop a rapid turnaround testing programme, has predictably fizzled out into a damp squib. Continue reading
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Infection Fatality Rate of COVID-19 Inferred from Seroprevalence Data
Objective: To estimate the infection fatality rate of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from seroprevalence data. Continue reading
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Watch: The Moment for Change Is Now. Medical Doctors Speak Out
On October 10, 2020, ACU2020.org announced the world doctors’ alliance in Berlin, Germany. It is an alliance of medical doctors, scientists and peace activists who together claim that this COVID-19 affair is just not true. And as medical doctors, it is their duty to speak out the truth. Continue reading
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The Virus: Amnesty International condemns Johnson government
By TruePublica: Amnesty International has catalogued how the actions of Boris Johnson’s Conservative government led to the deaths of thousands of elderly people in care homes during the first stage of the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
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5G – Bias and conflict of interest at the BBC
Since the start of the Covid-19 crisis, in addition to a host of reports on the subject in its news and current affairs programmes, the BBC has run a few stand-alone radio and TV documentaries on what it refers to as “5G conspiracy theories”. Continue reading
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Moon of Alabama – It’s time to say goodbye …in which we debunk a “debunking”
Bernhard, the proprietor of alternate-news site Moon of Alabama, has taken it upon himself to “fact-check” one of our many Covid-related articles. It was done without informing us of his intent, or indeed offering us a right of reply. Continue reading