Health
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NHS: Decisions with a cost
Here are three issues from this week’s Lowdown: A&Es are being closed as a temporary measure, but often in areas where NHS leaders have been trying to permanently close them in the face of strong public objections. (2) How residents in care homes and their carers were left unprotected. (3) Private hospitals are being set… Continue reading
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Ten reasons to be concerned about 5G – and it has nothing to do with Covid-19
A copious body of scientific research has found that effects from RFR (100kHz-300GHz) at currently permitted exposure levels include: increased cancer risk, increase in harmful free radicals, genetic damage, structural and functional changes of the reproductive system, learning and memory deficits, neurological disorders, and negative impacts on general well-being. Continue reading
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COVID-19 and Catastrophe Capitalism
COVID-19 has accentuated as never before the interlinked ecological, epidemiological, and economic vulnerabilities imposed by capitalism. As the world enters the third decade of the twenty-first century, we are seeing the emergence of catastrophe capitalism as the structural crisis of the system takes on planetary dimensions. Continue reading
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COVID-19 Cold War: Will the 2nd Wave Come from Vaccine Trials?
In the fast-track system, a pharmaceutical company hardly examines the results of a phase one trial before moving on to phases two and three. | Photo: NIAID An FDA “fast-track” designation has essentially accorded a carte blanche to a set of vaccines that are financed by CEPI, an alliance of Bill Gates with the six… Continue reading
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World-Leading Infectious Disease Expert Explains Why Government Lockdowns Should End
In 2010, The Atlantic said that Dr. John Ioannidis “may be one of the most influential scientists alive.” The article, written by David H. Freedman, made it clear the Greek-American physician-scientist’s rising star stemmed in part from the fearlessness he demonstrated in challenging bad science in the medical research field. Continue reading
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From Toxic Food to Agrarian Disaster: Dirty Deals Done Dirt Cheap
During the early days of the coronavirus lockdowns, in some quarters there was a certain degree of optimism around. Although millions of people were suffering, the hope was that the Covid-19 crisis would shine light on societal and economic systems across the world, exposing some of the deep-rooted flaws of capitalism. There was a belief that people… Continue reading
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#CoronaCapitalism: how capitalism spreads the virus
#CoronaCapitalism: Commodified death; Jim Ratcliffe; Blame capitalism; Corona and prisons; Reading list updated Continue reading
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Watch: Rosemary Frei on How the High Death Rate in Care Homes Was Created on Purpose
Rosemary Frei has an M.Sc in molecular biology from a faculty of medicine and was a freelance medical journalist for 22 years. She is now an independent journalist in Canada. In her recent article, “Were conditions for high death rates at Care Homes created on purpose?” she examines how all of the rules and guidelines… Continue reading
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Do Masks Work? A review of science relevant to COVID-19 social policy
There have been extensive randomized controlled trial (RCT) studies, and meta-analysis reviews of RCT studies, which all show that masks and respirators do not work to prevent respiratory influenza-like illnesses, or respiratory illnesses believed to be transmitted by droplets and aerosol particles. Continue reading
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European Union Council: repression and jail for those who report the health dangers of 5G
The news that will make the international movement Stop 5G tremble comes from Brussels: the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union has sent all delegates the conclusions entitled “Shaping Europe’s digital future”, approved by written procedure on 9 June 2020. Continue reading
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Corrupt Propositions: AstraZeneca, Public Institutions and the Coronavirus Vaccine Drive
Putting your destiny into the hands of a drug company is much like seeking reassurances from an opportunistic pimp. The returns are bound to mixed, dressed up in deceptive language. The promises, however, are always remarkable. The back-breaking pace in finding a vaccine for COVID-19 is something that is bringing out the pimps of industry,… Continue reading
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The Corruption of Science. The Hydroxychloroquine Lancet Study Scandal
Dr. Anthony Fauci who is the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has from the very outset led the campaign against hydroxychloroquine (largely on behalf of Big Pharma) invoking similar “scientific arguments” against HCQ, saying categorically there was no cure to COVID-19, and the only solution was the vaccine. Continue reading
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COVID – will lockdown lead to a major health disaster?
Having seen the health impact of economic crashes, I hope you can now see why I was deeply concerned about lockdown. It was clear to me that this could mean massive financial hardship, and I feared that the deaths that followed could be catastrophic. Continue reading
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The Political Narrative Around the Origins of COVID-19 is Starting to Crumble
Over the last several days, conflicting reports about COVID-19 have sprung from both official and non-official sources. On Tuesday, Maria Van Kerkhove, Ph.D. of the World Health Organization (WHO) caused a firestorm of reactions from health experts across the globe after declaring in a press briefing that transmission of COVID-19 via asymptomatic individuals is “very rare.” Continue reading
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NHS and Racism: Deeds not words
10 June 2020 — The Lowdown Evidence-based journalism and research on the NHS to create change. Report after report has told us about systemic racism in the NHS and in national policy, the government must address it. Continue reading
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REPORT: Over 95% of UK “Covid19” deaths had “pre-existing condition”
Over 95% of “COVID Deaths” recorded in England and Wales had potentially serious comorbidities, according to statistics released by NHS England. Continue reading
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Retraction of two “scientific” Covid-19 articles
On 5 June 2020, The Lancet withdrew an article it had published on May 22 [1], followed an hour later by the New England Journal of Medicine’s retraction of a similar article appeared on 1 May [2]. These two articles [3] [4] had been spotlighted by a high-profile media coverage orchestrated by the US-based Gilead Sciences laboratory. They purported… Continue reading
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Coronavirus Fact-Check #6: Does wearing a mask do anything?
Do masks actually do anything to prevent the spread of this disease? Or respiratory diseases in general? Continue reading
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NHS Data: 24 hours to get transparency!
There’s been an urgent development in our campaign to stop the secrecy about NHS data deals with private companies. The government now says they’ll make the decision “imminently” on how much detail they’ll disclose. It could be as soon as tomorrow. Continue reading
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