My new piece on swine-flu is up at Lew Rockwell.
Please note, I have it as Harold Varnus in the piece. It should be Varmus, as in my previous blog post on the subject. In my defense, I wrote it mostly in very dim light…
“The latest in the barrage of media reports on swine flu is a Bloomberg news report (August 25, 2009) that it might hospitalize 1.8 million patients in the US and over-burden hospital intensive care units.
This comes from a planning scenario released by the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology
The Bloomberg story cites some theatrical numbers:
- Half of the US population infected (that is, over 150 million people)
- 300,000 people in hospital intensive care units
- 30–90,000 people dead
- By-pass surgery emergency operations disrupted
But hidden in paragraph 5 of the Bloomberg piece is the most pertinent part:
These numbers are only “scenario projections” that were “developed from models put together for planning purposes only,” says a Centers for Disease Control spokesman.
So.
- Statistical projections.
- Projections from models of past pandemics. (And not the past, as in 1968 or 1957, but way back, as in 1918.)
- Projections developed for planning purposes only.
That’s three stages removed from anything you could call reality.
But perish this tenuous link with facts, PCAST wants Obama to rush through vaccine production so that 40 million people can be infect – er – injected by mid-September.
And who should make that decision?
A doctor? The surgeon-general? A medical team?
Why, the homeland security adviser!
That’s John Brennan, a former CIA station chief in Saudi Arabia, deputy executive director of the CIA under George Tenet, and the director of the National Counterterrorism Center (CTC) from 2004 to 2005 during the exact period when the CIA became most heavily involved in torture practices in Iraq and elsewhere.”
Note:
I wanted to state here that my social views are quite liberal, and I do not have any objection to voluntary family planning and contraception. I’m also firmly pro-choice. And in terms of the environment, I support far greater consideration by each of us, as individuals and as communities, for animal life, nature, and conservation.
But those are my personal views. Putting the legal and physical force of the corporate- state behind those preferences, in the form that Holdren apparently thinks will work, is, in my view, completely misguided.
Subject: Harold Varnus
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Date: Fri, August 28, 2009 10:25 pm
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Your excellent article on the Swine Flu is marred by the mention of Harold
Varnus. There is no Harold Varnus. It’s Harold Varmus. One might wish
that there were no Harold Varmus either.
A friend.
Subject: Wait a minute…
From: “Dave E
Date: Fri, August 28, 2009 11:10 pm
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Lila,
Love your perspectives I’ve read on lewrockwell.com – all you do seems well
thought, well researched and logical. I’ve gotta take exception to the following
though on your Swine Flu piece: “… a man as responsible as anyone for the
deregulation of the financial industry and the consolidation of the banks that
snow-balled a crisis of cheap money into a global depression…”
After having worked in and around the financial industry for the last dozen
years, I can’t seem to place the deregulation you’re speaking of. I agree that
cheap money is the chief cause of the depression – but that was allowed and
encouraged by the regulators themselves. Furthermore, the regulators were
directing the cheap money be cheaply loaned to those who couldn’t really afford
to pay it back – both subsidizing and exacerbating asset inflation. All of this
allowed under heavy, heavy regulation. Your comment seems to indicate you’d
prefer more regulation, while everything else I’ve read from you indicates a
healthy mistrust of government and its regulations.
So… that’s all I’ve got in disagreement. Your research into the flu nonsense is
welcomed. While I nearly always mistrust the medical establishment, my reaction
is mostly just based on my own casual observations, so it’s nice to see some
solid leads into who’s behind the propaganda.
Cheers,
Dave E
Dunsmuir, California
Subject: Swine flu
From: “Robert K
Date: Fri, August 28, 2009 11:54 pm
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Dear Ms. Rajiva,
Thank you for writing this. While I knew it was another ghastly fraud, I didn’t
know the names behind it. I think the real target is the SS/Medicare age group.
We’ll see how it plays out.
Best regards,
Robert K
http://www.nugvdigm.com
ubject: I saw, I understood, I acted.
From: “Nassim K.
Date: Sat, August 29, 2009 4:54 am
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Greetings and salutations.
Here is the scenario – The world is in the grip of a small elite that controls most
things of importance. They decide what is important. They control money.
Democracy has been hijacked to become the tool of slavery rather than the vehicle of
liberty and freedom.
Most people think they can read, of those who can only few understand. Of those who
understand, fewer still believe. Of those who believe, most have good reason not to
act. Of those who do act, most are self-destructive. Of those acting constructively
most are either dead or in incarceration, the others write. Those who write are the
mirrors of the elite, they reflect everything the illuminati do, but the illuminati
create ten problems for every one the writers believe they have exposed. The writer
is recording the path to our total enslavement, but the writing does not halt the
process.
I am trying to make a difference. I propose an ANSWER (total viewing time under 15
minutes)
Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Rvl6yjTkU
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZfWTc_KfZ0
The end result of the answer, money (and the power it yields) rests in the hands of
the individual. Government power is kept in absolute check. This is the
comparatively easy part.The elite would have to creep out of the shadows and expose
themselves. That is when the real struggle for freedom will begin.
I hope you feel inclined to champion this cause.
Nassim K
Subject: Why You Have Nothing to Worry About….
From: “CM ROSS”
Date: Sat, August 29, 2009 5:23 am
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….when it comes to Swine Flu.
The cure for polio = the same as Swine Flu or
sodium ascorbate by mouth, intramuscular and/ or intravenous injection.
See: http://www.orthomed.com Klenner
Regards,
Miss Ross
Subject: Re: Lew Rockwell Today
From: “Gadget42”
Date: Sat, August 29, 2009 6:59 am
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just a quick note of thanks for your wonderful contribution!
the spears and swords and muskets of old have now been replaced by something the
average human being cannot hope to
adequately defend against…biological agents dispensed and dispersed to sow the
seeds of death to millions, perhaps
billions, of undesirables
looks like it’s going to be a rough couple of thousand years…
{{sigh}}
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Brothers and Sisters in Liberty, Sons and Daughters of Liberty!
Sincerely,
Rob
http://www.starvingthemonkeys.com/
http://voluntaryist.com/fundamentals/introduction.php
Atlas Shrugged, Owner’s Manual For The Universe!(tm)
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Tip of the Day:
“The Philosophical Maturity found as a Student and Advocate of the Non-Aggression
Principle is so simple it’s almost too
good to be true. When one begins to understand that each person is an Individual
Sovereign Human Being with Basic
Inherent Inalienable Irrevocable Human Rights the world as we know it is cast in a
totally new illumination. Much the
same as we acknowledge blue, red, and yellow as the primary colors, we also
acknowledge the Right to Life, the Right to
Liberty, and the Right to Property as our primary basic human right
Subject: Fwd: >> Liked your article – Request guidance – India
From: “Radhey K”
Date: Sat, August 29, 2009 7:41 am
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*Hello Lila,*
I highly appreciate your article at Lew Rockwell.com on Swine Flu.
I am based out of India. Lately, I am reading alot on free market economics,
Ron Paul, Bill Bommer, Peter Schiff, Federal Reserve, pharma companies,
Swine Flu, Amero et al., In India, there are similar issues like false media
propaganda, inflation, fiat money etc.,
Since past few weeks, I have been reading to advice of buying in gold and
silver. However, I also understand that in case of dollar collapse there
would be hyperinflation in US and deflation in other currencies worldwide.
What’s you advice here.. should I invest in Gold or Silver? What can be the
scenario in India in case of dollar collapse. Rupee is also a fiat money.
Please guide me on the appropriate action course as well as some websites
and economists who write as per free market economists in India.
Regards
Krishna
Subject: Guillain-Barre syndrome
From: “Ron H”
Date: Sat, August 29, 2009 7:50 am
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Hi
The syndrome description doesn’t do justice to the disease. My younger
brother Joe had this when he was 5. It starts at your feet and over a few
months goes all the way to your head and during the worst, the only muscle
in your body that works is your heart. One is totally paralyzed, on a
breathing machine, you can’t even blink your eye. After the worst, maybe a
few weeks you can blink your eyes again and then in a few weeks talk etc. as
the disease works its way back down to your feet. It took my brother about a
year to go through it. I will not allow my daughter to be vaccinated.
Take care,
Ron
Subject: Re: Swine Flu: Natural Pandemic or Man-Made Pandemonium?
From: “David S”
Date: Sat, August 29, 2009 12:37 pm
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Thank you for your recent article on swine flu.
However, I was surprised to see no mention of Vitamin D, either in the
article itself, or in the reference you gave at the very end for what to do
if you feel ill, Dr. Grattan Woodson’s website
Perhaps you are not aware of the connection between Vitamin D and
influenza. In a nutshell, evidence has been developing over the last thirty
years or so that influenza is basically a Vitamin D deficiency disease, and
is therefore preventable simply by making sure your Vitamin D levels are
high enough, either through sufficient sunlight exposure, or oral
consumption. See http://www.vitamindcouncil.org. Both the CDC and the NIH are
aware of this theory, though they are doing their best to hide the
information from the public.
That’s not to say that there might not be some other factor or combination
of factors that might cause one to get the flu in spite of adequate levels
of Vitamin D, but most cases could be prevented merely by raising Vitamin D
levels sufficiently. Personally, I suspect the problem is probably really a
deficiency of a combination of Vitamin D and Vitamin C, both very important
to the immune system, though I have not yet seen any discussion or even a
proposal of this idea.
So, I would add to your prescription, the most important step of boosting
your immune system by increasing your levels of both Vitamin D (through the
consumption of 4000 to 5000 I.U./day or the equivalent in sunshine) and
Vitamin C (2 to 3 gr/day).
Dave S.
Subject: Swine Flu: Natural Pandemic or…
From: “Bob S”
Date: Sat, August 29, 2009 1:11 pm
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Hi Lila,
My family and I and an increasing number of our friends are very concerned
about the possible mandating of the untested, toxic, and in some cases
lethal Swine Flu vaccine. The constant media and government reports of Swine
Flu ³pandemic² deaths are leaving many uninformed terrified enough to act to
their own health detriment.
Thank you again for another great article that is doing its part to alert
the public about this danger!
Its hard to understand how anyone let alone a group of people; could
conspire to unleash this untested and known to be seriously toxic ³Disease
Prevention² on a trusting and otherwise gullible and uninformed public. It
is truly diabolical, satanic and proof in my mind of how far the worlds
money and power elite are willing to go to effect their design. History is
replete with man¹s inhumanity to man but it seems to quickly be getting
bolder and in my face on so many levels.
May your voice continue to be one of warning and encouragement, truthfulness
and kindness, informative and hopeful.
Blessings,
Bob
Subject: Re: Wait a minute…
From: “Dave E”
Date: Sat, August 29, 2009 2:35 pm
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It sounds like we want the same thing Lila, but I think the Libertarian
ideals would be much simpler to implement without risk of layering on more
regs. Seems we’re nearly at a brink of economic collapse right now, so we
won’t really have to dismantle the federal system – it’ll happen on its
own – well, I can dream, can’t I?
Anyway, keep up the good fight. I’m sure I’ll continue enjoying your posts.
– Dave
Subject: Thank you.
From: “Rick”
Date: Sat, August 29, 2009 7:32 pm
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Dear, Lila
I want to say thank you for you writings on Lewrockwell and your Blog.
My wife is from India and fierce defender of liberty. I love to listen
to her stories of growing up in India. She tells me one story of taking
a fruit (Jambu) from her Uncles tree and getting caught when she was a
little girl.
All the best,
Defiance to Tyrants
Rick and Meha
Subject: lab flu
From: “Brent”
Date: Sun, August 30, 2009 7:26 am
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Lila, I want to thank you for the great research you’ve done on the
article about swine flu. I just read it on LewRockwell.com. I
regularly converse with a group of like and not so like-minded alumni
from Texas Tech University. We’re all about 60, give or take a year or
two(or three or four)but the point is, nearly all of us went to school
and formed friendships there that have withstood the test of time. We
now converse daily about mostly political topics(everything). We’re old
enough to smell a ruse from say, 3,000 miles away…..or more. We all
have libertarian type views, naturally some one way more than others.
We believe, due to irrefutable evidence we’ve gathered over the years in
several so-called “conspiracy theories”. We believe these theories
simply because we have enough evidence to know they’re not merely
theories but the truth. I guess you could say we are capable of using
deductive reasoning to come to accurate conclusions, something the
federal government of this country seems to oppose more and more. We
are educated DESPITE the public educations that were forced on us. We
all have enough life education to know that everything happens for some
reason, that there are no coincidences.
I want to urge you on behalf of this group to post this article to
YouTube in some sort of fashion that will get the attention of the
sheeple, to attempt to make them think. I realize this is a monumental
task since people younger than us(and many not younger)are so
brain-washed by the MSM or if you like, the media arm of the federal
government. This article is one that should be read by everyone in this
country(at least)and everyone in the world in my opinion. Thanks again
and best of luck to you in the future. We look forward to more of the
fine research you’ve done in assembling this outstanding article.
Brent P
Roby, Texas
Subject: YOUR LATEST ARTICLE OF FLU
From: “Farook A”
Date: Sun, August 30, 2009 5:59 am
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HELLO LILA,
YOU ARE INDEED A GIFTED WRITER WITH AN APPEALING WRITING STYLE THAT MAKES
THE READER ENJOY YOUR COMPOSITION.
REGARDS
Subject: (On LRC) H1N1…
From: Mark H
Date: Sun, August 30, 2009 8:11 pm
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..is a godsend to public “health” departments everywhere. As the Membership
Services Director of a business association in my area, I am deluged with multiple
emails every week ringing the H1N1 alarums repeatedly, announcing meetings and
public forums in re, and offering copious advisories and advice. H1N1 is this
year’s make-work “stimulus package” to the public health sector, much as West Nile
Virus, Avian Flu et al. such have been in the past and–in some cases–continue to
be.
If the only cost to the public is the salaries of the PIOs who keep droning on re
H1N1, the public can withstand the damage. However, woe betide those who take the
“spike” for vaccinations that carry a higher chance of lethality (1976, anyone?)
than the bug itself!
Brent said…I want to urge you on behalf of this group to post this article to
YouTube in some sort of fashion that will get the attention of the
sheeple, to attempt to make them think.
1.) HAHAHA sheeple don’t think, that’s why they are called sheeple.
2.) You’ve got a bunch of people down there who say they are libertarians. What’s to stop you from putting such on You Tube? For instance, make a play using her article as script, as Sheeple don’t like to read, but they often listen to videos. That doesn’t mean they will think too, but you could try.
My wifes favorite line from a movie goes something like this: Meg Ryan crying into the phone says, “… and I’ll make him love me.” Makes us laugh every time we mention it.
Whose gonna make the sheeple think?