An Easy and Effective Shield to Protect From COVID-19

Rumble — Preventive and Treatment to COVID-19 – Dilute Povidone Iodine or Betadine ( a 1% solution) gargling and as a nasal spray on a regular basis twice a day for prevention and then if you have been exposed or are in early stages use at least 4 or potentially 6 times a day. You can also use dilute hydrogen peroxide or dilute sodium hypo chloride or even Scope of Listerine – obviously do not swallow and spit out.

BY DR. JOSEPH MERCOLA

SEE: https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2022/02/18/easy-and-effective-shield-from-covid-19.aspx; republished below in full unedited for educational & research purposes:

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

  • A simple mouth and nose spray containing povidone iodine (PVP-I) could act as an effective shield to protect against COVID-19
  • PVP-I is a microbicidal agent with a virucidal efficacy of 99.99%
  • When applied, the oronasal spray acts as a protective layer, coating the nasal and oral mucosa, which helps prevent SARS-CoV-2 from binding with ACE2 receptors and gaining entry into your cells
  • In a clinical trial that has not yet been published, a 0.6% PVP-I solution had an efficacy rate of about 81.5% with “almost no mucosal irritation”
  • Povidone iodine solutions have been found to inactivate SARS-CoV-2 in as little as 15 seconds and potentially reduce the carriage of infectious SARS-CoV-2 in people with mild to moderate COVID-19
  • Nebulized hydrogen peroxide diluted with normal saline, plus Lugol’s iodine, can also be used for any suspected respiratory infection; the earlier you start, the better

A simple mouth and nose spray could act as an effective shield to protect against COVID-19, adding one more tool to the arsenal of antiviral options. The straightforward solution was recommended by Dr. Mostafa Kamal Arefin of Dhaka Medical College & Hospital in Bangladesh and includes polyvinyl pyrrolidone or povidone iodine (PVP-I), a microbicidal agent with a virucidal efficacy of 99.99%.1

Writing in the Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Arefin recommended the PVP-I oro-nasal spray for health care workers and anyone else to help prevent COVID-19,2 echoing a number of other studies that have also found benefits to gargling, nasal irrigation and nebulization of PVP-I and other compounds, including Lugol’s iodine, saline and hydrogen peroxide.3

How Oronasal Sprays May Shield You From COVID-19

Arefin’s oronasal spray is made of a 0.6% PVP-I solution, kept in a “simple nasal spray device.” The spray formulation works better than drops, he noted, because it allows the active ingredient to diffuse further and reach deeper into the nose and nasopharynx, which is the upper part of the throat behind the nose. When applied, the oronasal spray acts as a protective layer, coating the nasal and oral mucosa.

Typically, if you’re exposed to SARS-CoV-2, it will enter your body through your nose and mouth, remaining there for a time before binding with ACE2 receptors and entering cells. Once inside your cells, the virus has an opportunity to multiply.

“The first step in the development of URTIs [upper respiratory tract infections],” Arefin writes, “is the adherence and colonization of the respiratory pathogen to the nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal mucosa. Assuming nasal and oral entry of such pathogens, intranasal and intra oral application of Povidone Iodine offers a practical measure for their prevention.”4

By creating a protective shield, oronasal spray helps prevent SARS-CoV-2 from binding with ACE2 receptors and gaining entry into your cells. In a clinical trial that has not yet been published,5 Arefin and colleagues got positive results using 0.6% PVP-I Oro-nasal spray in 189 patients with COVID-19. The 0.6% solution had an efficacy rate of about 81.5%, which was greater than that of other concentrations (0.4% and 0.5%) and produced “almost no mucosal irritation.”6

Povidone-Iodine Inactivates SARS-CoV-2

Already, PVP-I gargles, throat sprays and nasal sprays are available over-the-counter in countries such as Japan and Canada.7 In Japan, a 0.45% PVP-I throat spray is available for the prevention of colds and sore throats, while gargling with the compound is part of their national respiratory guidelines.8

A 2002 study, during which patients were asked to gargle more than four times a day with a PVP-I solution, for several months up to two years, found the practice significantly reduced the incidence of chronic respiratory infections.9 In a preprint study that also advocated for the use of PVP-I nasal sprays and mouthwash to protect health care workers and reduce cross infection during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s explained:10

“The antimicrobial action of PVP-I occurs after free iodine (I2) dissociates from the polymer complex. Once in the free form, iodine rapidly penetrates microbes and disrupts proteins and oxidizes nucleic acid structures. This interaction ultimately results in microbial death.”

PVP-I has been found to be effective in-vitro against coronaviruses that caused the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic of 2002 to 2003 and the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) epidemic of 2012 to 2013.11

Povidone iodine solutions have also been found to inactivate SARS-CoV-2 in as little as 15 seconds12 and potentially reduce the carriage of infectious SARS-CoV-2 in people with mild to moderate COVID-19.13 In another study of nasal irrigation among high-risk patients with COVID-19, the use of nasal irrigation with povidone iodine or baking soda reduced the risk of hospitalization by eight times compared to the national rate.14

In a letter to the editor of the Journal of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, researchers further noted:15

“Because the reservoir for SARS-CoV-2 shedding is in the nasopharynx and nasal and oral cavities, the application of viricidal agents to these surfaces may reduce virus burden.

Numerous studies have confirmed that povidone-iodine inactivates many common respiratory viruses, including SARS-CoV-1. Povidone-iodine also has good profile for mucosal tolerance. Thus, we propose a prophylactic treatment protocol for the application of topical povidone-iodine to the upper aerodigestive tract.”

Benefits and How to Use PVP-I Oro-Nasal Spray

Using 0.6% PVP-I Oro-nasal spray is low cost, safe and effective against coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2. It can be used both in healthy individuals as a protective agent and in people with COVID-19 to reduce viral load and the potential for transmitting the virus to close contacts.

The side effects are minimal and include mucosal irritation, teeth staining and thyroid dysfunction. At least one study, which used both PVP-I mouthwashes and gargles four times a day for five days, found an elevation in thyroid stimulating hormone during treatment, but levels returned to normal after the treatment was stopped.16

Arefin recommends the spray for both health care workers and the general population, prior to attending public gatherings or working outside the home, and following exposure to a suspected COVID-19 patient. He advises two to three puffs in each nostril and one to three puffs in the throat every three to four hours. After every one to two weeks of use, he recommends taking a one-day break from the treatment.17

There are, however, many ways to use nasal irrigation, gargles and nebulization against COVID-19. For instance, Dr. Peter McCullough, an internist, cardiologist and epidemiologist, tweeted, “Nasal/oral viricidal washes can be done prophylactically twice a day and up to every 4 hours during early treatment. Reduce viral load for less severe illness.”18

The Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Working Group (FLCCC) also recommends povidone-iodine as part of their I-Mask+ protocol for prevention and early outpatient treatment of COVID-19. Part of their prevention protocol includes twice daily gargling with a 1% povidone/iodine solution, while iodine nasal spray or drops are recommended as one of the first line agents in their early treatment protocol. Specifically, they recommend:19

“Use 1 % povidone-iodine commercial product as per instructions 2–3 x daily. If 1 %-product not available, must first dilute the more widely available 10 %-solution and apply 4–5 drops to each nostril every 4 hours. (No more than 5 days in pregnancy.)”

Importantly, povidone-iodine solutions sold as topical skin disinfectants to treat cuts and wounds should not be used for gargling due to potentially harmful ingredients.

Nebulized Hydrogen Peroxide for COVID-19

As I discuss in my interview with Dr. David Brownstein above, he has successfully treated hundreds of COVID-19 patients using immune boosting strategies such as intravenous or nebulized hydrogen peroxide, iodine, oral vitamins A, C and D, and intramuscular ozone. In a case report of 107 confirmed COVID-19 patients that he treated, 91 (85%) used nebulized peroxide diluted with normal saline, plus Lugol’s iodine. As explained in Brownstein’s paper:20

“A solution of 250 cc of normal saline was mixed with 3 cc of 3% hydrogen peroxide providing a final concentration of 0.04% hydrogen peroxide … Additionally, 1 cc of magnesium chloride (200 mg/ml) was added to the 250 cc saline/hydrogen peroxide bag. (This was mixed in the office for the patients.)

Patients were instructed to nebulize 3 cc of the mixture three times per day or more often if there were breathing problems. Usually one or two nebulizer treatments were reported to improve breathing problems … They reported no adverse effects. We have been using nebulized saline/hydrogen peroxide at this concentration for over two decades in his practice.

Hydrogen peroxide is continually produced in the human body with substantial amounts produced in the mitochondria. Every cell in the body is exposed to some level of hydrogen peroxide. The lungs are known to produce hydrogen peroxide. Nebulized hydrogen peroxide has been shown to have antiviral activities. Hydrogen peroxide can activate lymphocytes which are known to be depleted in COVID-19.”

I've embraced nebulized peroxide since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out and have received many anecdotal reports from people who have successfully used it, even at more advanced stages. Based on Brownstein’s experience, I also recommend adding iodine when nebulizing, as it appears to make it even more effective.

Proper Dilution Is the Key to Safety

Povidone-iodine gargles and nasal sprays, and nebulized peroxide diluted with saline, with or without iodine, can be safely used by most people both for prevention and in cases of active infection, provided the substances are properly diluted.

For instance, while nebulization with 0.1% to 3% hydrogen peroxide appears to be quite safe, it would be a very serious hazard to use peroxide of greater concentrations. Food grade peroxide up to 35% concentration can be obtained but should NEVER be used topically or internally. It MUST be diluted or severe injury can occur. Your safest bet is to use 3% food grade peroxide and dilute it as indicated in the chart provided below so you end up with a solution of 0.1%.

hydrogen peroxide dilution chart

It’s interesting to note that even nebulizing normal saline may be an effective treatment for acute viral bronchiolitis, a viral infection in the small airways of your lungs.21 So while saline is considered the “inert” substance in the solution — and is often used as a placebo in trials that evaluate nebulized drugs — it may have benefits of its own.

I recommend using nebulized peroxide for any suspected respiratory infection, and the earlier you start, the better. There is no danger in doing it every day if you’re frequently exposed, and there may even be additional beneficial effects, such as a rapid rise in your blood oxygen level.

It is important to understand that this is a protocol that you need to implement BEFORE you attempt to treat COVID. Since early treatment is vital, ideally on Day 1, you want to have the nebulizer and materials already in your house ready to go. I would avoid using a battery powered hand held nebulizer and rather opt for a unit you plug into the wall.

You can find them on eBay or Amazon but make sure they have a face mask and not just a mouthpiece as you want to put the mist into your nose in addition to your lungs as many of the viruses lodge there and if you merely use a mouthpiece you will not reach these viral particles. This is an example of one that plugs in the wall and has a face mask.

 

Watch “Durham Is About To END The FBI and CLINTON for Good!!!”

★★★ YOUR PATRIOT PROFESSOR! ★★★

DR. STEVE TURLEY REPORTS: 

The Durham investigation appears poised to end the FBI and Hillary Clinton for good! In this video we’re going to look at the latest fallout from the bombshell spying revelations, we’re going to see the calls growing to reform or eliminate the FBI, and stick with me to the end of this video when we’ll see a brand new Trump ad that promises: “Justice is Coming for Hillary”; you are NOT going to want to miss this!

Hogan Gidley: Clinton Having Access To President Trump’s Servers ‘Completely Destructive’ To Country

Rumble — The latest revelations from John Durham establish bipartisan recognition for Hillary Clinton's' role in the Russia hoax. One America's Camryn Kinsey has more.

Watch "Hillary Clinton IMPLODES! Majority of DEMS Want Her Investigated!!!"

Image: Trump blasts Hillary Clinton for committing TREASON following bombshell Durham court filing

Trump blasts Hillary Clinton for committing TREASON following bombshell Durham court filing

BY J.D. HEYES

SEE: https://www.naturalnews.com/2022-02-17-trump-blasts-hillary-clinton-for-committing-treason.html; republished below in full unedited for educational & research purposes:

(Natural News) There is already a myriad of reasons why Hillary Clinton should not be breathing free air at this very moment, having been locked up long ago for the rest of her natural life, but special counsel John Durham has found another one.

Durham, who is investigating the origins of the Obama-era “Trump-Russia collusion” lie, noted in a bombshell court filing late last week that Clinton directed an operation by her 2016 presidential campaign that involved the hiring of a technology company that “infiltrate” internet servers first at Trump Tower and then at the Trump White House in a vain attempt to find an illicit connection between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin’s government.

There was never any link found because the entire operation was premised on a lie. Trump and Putin never joined forces to “steal the election” from Clinton.

But the gist of Durham’s filing — that Clinton’s 2016 campaign may have broken laws to spy on Trump electronically — is a whole other level of corruption.

“Lawyers for the Clinton campaign paid a technology company to ‘infiltrate’ servers belonging to Trump Tower, and later the White House, in order to establish an ‘inference’ and ‘narrative’ to bring to government agencies linking Donald Trump to Russia, a filing from Special Counsel John Durham found,” Fox News reported.

“Durham filed a motion on Feb. 11 focused on potential conflicts of interest related to the representation of former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann, who has been charged with making a false statement to a federal agent. Sussmann has pleaded not guilty.”

Fox News continued: “The filing revealed that Sussmann and the tech executive had met and communicated with another law partner, who was serving as General Counsel to the Clinton campaign. Sources told Fox News that lawyer is Marc Elias, who worked at the law firm Perkins Coie.”

According to Durham’s filing, in July 2016, the tech exec worked with and through Sussmann, a U.S. investigative firm hired by “Law Firm 1” on behalf of Clinton’s campaign, several cyber researchers and staffers at multiple internet companies to “assemble the purported data and white papers.”

“In connection with these efforts, Tech Executive-1 exploited his access to non-public and/or proprietary Internet data,” the filing stated. “Tech Executive-1 also enlisted the assistance of researchers at a U.S.-based university who were receiving and analyzing large amounts of Internet data in connection with a pending federal government cybersecurity research contract.”

Durham’s filing added: “Tech Executive-1 tasked these researchers to mine internet data to establish ‘an inference’ and ‘narrative’ tying then-candidate Trump to Russia. In doing so, Tech Executive-1 indicated that he was seeking to please certain ‘VIPs,’ referring to individuals at Law Firm-1 and the Clinton campaign.”

In addition, Durham noted that in Sussmann’s upcoming trial, the government will establish that among the internet data Tech Executive-1 and his associates improperly obtained was domain name system (DNS) internet traffic from “(i) a particular healthcare provider, (ii) Trump Tower, (iii) Donald Trump’s Central Park West apartment building and (iv) the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP).”

Translated, the actions taken by Clinton’s campaign are exactly what they have repeatedly falsely accused Trump of doing, and the former president has responded to Durham’s findings with fire and fury.

“The latest pleading from Special Counsel [John] Durham proves indisputable evidence that my campaign and presidency were spied on by operatives paid by the Hillary Clinton campaign in an effort to develop a completely fabricated connection to Russia,” he said in a statement, according to The Daily Mail.

“This is a scandal far greater in scope and magnitude than Watergate and those who were involved in and knew about this spying operation should be subject to criminal prosecution,” he continued. “In a stronger period of time in our country, this crime would have been punishable by death. In addition, reparations should be paid to those in our country who have been damaged by this.”

Hillary Clinton and everyone who assisted her in this overt act of treason needs to be behind bars for the rest of their lives.

Visit Treason.news for more related stories.

Sources include:

FoxNews.com

DailyMail.co.uk

Just How Important Are America’s Freedom To Dissent & Freedom To Bear Arms?

Armed Teachers

BY ROGER KATZ

SEE: https://www.ammoland.com/2022/02/importance-americas-freedom-dissent-freedom-bear-arms; republished below in full unedited for educational & research purposes: 

New York – -(AmmoLand.com)- With the advent of advances in information technology, the destructive forces of tyranny have gained proficiency in blanketing the national and international political and social landscapes of western nation-states with disinformation.

Especially our own, blanketing us with massive disinformation, misinformation, mass censorship, and information blackout campaigns in a blatant attempt to control all thought and action, with the intent of weakening the resolve of free people to resist tyranny.

Fissures have opened up in the EU. Hungary and Poland, in particular, have fought against the Rothschild EU. And, of late America’s closest neighbor to the North, Canada, has begun to rebel against tyranny. The Rothschild Government and legacy Press toadies both here and in Canada don’t like what they see. As western nations have used the pretext of the CCP Coronavirus to clamp down on basic freedoms in both Countries and in western countries around the world, it is also becoming patently clear that these countries are working in concert. More to the point, it is clear that the Rothschild, Biden, and Trudeau stooges have been working in concert to destroy basic freedoms of the commonalty in both Countries.

But the U.S. does have something that Canada and no other nation on Earth has—a true Bill of Rights.

No tyranny can long persist where the commonalty bear firearms, as firearms are the only potent defense against predatory animal, predatory man, or predatory government.

Both Nations have a Bill of Rights, but there is no mention explicit or implicit of a right of the people of Canada to keep and bear arms. And, even, as to the rights delineated, those rights do not exist as a thing beyond the power of Parliament to modify, abridge, or abrogate. This is clear in paragraph 2 (“Construction of Laws”) of Canada’s Bill of Rights “Part 1”):

“Every law of Canada shall, unless it is expressly declared by an Act of the Parliament of Canada that it shall operate notwithstanding the Canadian Bill of Rights, be so construed and applied as not to abrogate, abridge or infringe or to authorize the abrogation, abridgment or infringement of any of the rights or freedoms herein recognized and declared, . . . .”

This means that the Parliament of Canada is the source of all laws of which “Rights” are in Canada are one such set of laws. Since all rights, in Canada, are construed as man-made laws of Parliament, those rights may be abrogated, abridged or infringed if “expressly declared by an Act of Parliament” to effectuate the intent to do so. And, even then, it hardly matters whether an express intent of Parliament to destroy a right exists or not.

The Head stooge of Parliament, Justin Trudeau, doesn’t answer to the people or, for that matter, even to the ostensible representatives of the people in Parliament. He answers to his superiors. See, e.g., articles in LifeSite, Redvoice Media, and Breitbart. 

Of course, here in the United States, the Great Stooge in Chief, Joe Biden, and the other Deep State Globalist Rothschild Government shills and toadies don’t adhere to the dictates Congressional Statute, much less do they feel need to abide by the dictates of the Constitution—especially the Bill of Rights of the Constitution. They have systematically squashed the Freedom of Speech, and the attendant to Right of Free Speech, Freedom of Association. Both are in immediate peril.

Exercise of the inalienable right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures no longer exists as it has been de facto repealed. See, e.g., report in Republic world and Fox News report.

But, while the U.S. Government stooges routinely and perfunctorily ignore or dismiss fundamental rights and liberties, as well as Congressional Statutes, these stooges are hesitant to confiscate Americans’ firearms in bulk. They don’t dare do so, and that enrages the Government.

In the interim Anti-American State and local Governments have taken up the slack to enact or attempt to enact a flurry of anti-Second Amendment stopgap measures to constrain and restrain the right of the people to keep and bear arms.

And the Federal Government mulls over the use of Executive Orders, Congressional legislation, and promulgation of ATF Rules in defiance of both the Second Amendment guarantee and U.S. Supreme Court Heller and McDonald precedents.

The Government is deliberately shaking a hornets’ nest. Hold the line!


About The Arbalest Quarrel:

Arbalest Group created `The Arbalest Quarrel’ website for a special purpose. That purpose is to educate the American public about recent Federal and State firearms control legislation. No other website, to our knowledge, provides as deep an analysis or as thorough an analysis. Arbalest Group offers this information free.

For more information, visit: www.arbalestquarrel.com.

Arbalest Quarrel

Project Veritas Drops Bombshell: Biden Admin Plots to Enslave America With Mandatory Vaxx

The Biden Administration will stop at nothing to exterminate us. From leaving American citizens in Afghanistan to die, to mandating the fatal death shot that has killed more people than any other before. In their most recent video, Project Veritas has revealed that this Regime is after something far more precious… Your children. On Wednesday, the Stew Peters Show was joined by Dr. Jane Ruby to discuss these disgusting vaccine mandates.

REAL AMERICA'S Dan Ball WITH R.C. Maxwell; Latest Project Veritas Undercover Video, 2/16/22

Watch "James O'Keefe joins Sean Hannity to discuss new #ExposeFDA bombshell report by Project Veritas"

Watch "FDA Exec on Camera Reveals Future COVID Policy "Biden Wants To Inoculate As Many People As Possible""

FDA Executive Officer Exposes Close Ties Between Agency and Pharmaceutical Companies

Watch "FDA Exec Christopher Cole responds to agency's official statement in interview with James O'Keefe" 

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin Makes it Official: Mask Mandates Over~NEW YORK GOVERNOR ALSO CANCELS MASK MANDATE, EXCEPT FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN

Rumble — Watch Governor of Virginia Glenn Youngkin end school masking. "It is my distinct privilege and honor to sign senate bill 739 into law in the Commonwealth of Virginia."

N.Y. indoor mask mandate lifted amid court battle

Rumble — New York lifts its indoor mask mandate, but attorneys say the rule was never legal to begin with. One Americas Caitlin Sinclair has more.

Ukraine Ally Says Western Media Reports of Russian Attack Were ‘Obviously Fake News’

BY SUMMIT NEWS

SEE: https://americanfaith.com/ukraine-ally-says-western-media-reports-of-russian-attack-were-obviously-fake-news/; republished below in full unedited for educational & research purposes:

One of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s closest allies has slammed western legacy media reports of an imminent Russian invasion as “obviously fake news” that has actually served to harm Ukraine.

David Arakhamia, the head of the “Servant of the People” faction in Kiev’s parliament, made the comments during an interview on the TV channel 1 + 1.

Asserting that the crisis would all be over in a matter of weeks, Arakhamia said U.S. media propaganda was just as bad as Russian propaganda.

“I think that when that phase is over in two or three weeks, we should make a retrospective analysis of how large, very well-known media began to spread information worse than Olga Skabejeva and Vladimir Solovyov,” said Arakhamia, referring to two allies of Vladimir Putin.

“Obviously fake news in CNN, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal … We have to study this, because it’s part of a hybrid war,” he added.

The Ukrainian party leader noted that Ukraine was merely being used as a pawn in an attempt by Russia to get a new security agreement.

Arakhamia also blamed legacy media “fake news” for negatively impacting the Ukrainian economy, with the false invasion rumors costing the country up to $3 billion dollars a month.

As we highlighted earlier, Czech President Miloš Zeman slammed the constant false claims that Russia is about to attack as a massive “embarrassment” to the U.S., comparing it to the failure to find WMD in Iraq.

“As for the U.S. intelligence services, this is their third embarrassment. The first was in Iraq, where no weapons of mass destruction were found. The second was in Afghanistan when they claimed that the Taliban would never conquer Kabul. Well, the third is now,” Zeman said.

Meanwhile, Russia has enjoyed laughing at the United States over their relentlessly hysterical fake warnings of war.

“Today we mark another day of the ‘start of war with Ukraine,’ which did not happen again, to the Western media outlets’ regret, no matter how hard they whip up the hysteria,” said Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

The tweet was accompanied with a video of tumbleweeds.

Earlier today, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken channeled Colin Powell during a UN speech in which he asserted (with no evidence) that Russia was planning a chemical attack as a false flag pretext to invade.

In Leaked Audio, CDC Director Walensky Privately Confirms She Won’t Relax School Mask Guidance~C.D.C. Admits Collecting Americans’ D.N.A. With P.C.R. Tests

BY RICK MORAN

SEE: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2022/02/17/in-leaked-audio-cdc-director-walensky-privately-confirms-she-wont-relax-school-mask-guidance-n1559987; republished below in full unedited for educational & research purposes:

The Centers for Disease Control has no plans to change its guidance on children wearing masks in schools, according to leaked audio from a closed-door House Energy and Commerce committee briefing obtained by Reason.com.

“The CDC provides guidance,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said on the recording. “Our guidance currently is that masking should happen in all schools right now.”

In public, Walensky has been far more encouraging. She said at a press briefing that the agency was looking for “new metrics” in order to relax the mask guidance soon. But that relaxation would appear to apply to adults, not kids in schools.

The leaked audio included this exchange with Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.):

“What we see in the U.S. is an outlier as it relates to the mask mandate for our children to go to school,” said McMorris Rodgers. “[The World Health Organization and UNICEF] have both recommended against masking for kids under the age of five because it’s going to do more harm than good. For children ages 6 to 11, they think that we should be considering other factors like learning and social development. My question today, my one question, is Dr. Walensky, will you commit to update your guidance by Friday to allow children in person without the burden of masks?”

Walensky made no such commitment to a timetable for abolishing school mask mandates. She acknowledged the “limitations” of the Arizona study, as well as other studies the CDC has relied upon to inform their guidance, but rejected any near-term changes on masking in schools.

New York Post:

The emails were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by the conservative watchdog group Americans for Public Trust and provided to The Post.

The documents show a flurry of activity between CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, her top advisors and union officials — with Biden brass being looped in at the White House — in the days before the highly-anticipated Feb. 12 announcement on school-reopening guidelines.

“Thank you again for Friday’s rich discussion about forthcoming CDC guidance and for your openness to the suggestions made by our president, Randi Weingarten, and the AFT,” wrote AFT senior director for health issues Kelly Trautner in a Feb 1 email — which described the union as the CDC’s “thought partner.”

Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Ala.) asked Walensky how she could justify the current guidance when the rest of the planet was advising against masking school kids.

“I will also say that guidance is just guidance, and all of these decisions, we’ve continued to say, have to be made at the local level,” she said. “As cases come down dramatically, we have deferred our guidance to the local jurisdictions.”

Walensky is not in a position to allow for any risk at all to be accepted by anyone. One death, one hospitalization, one positive test is too much. That’s always been her job, which is why the CDC guidance has never been about “following the science” and has always been about eliminating risks.

Taking off a kid’s mask in school is a risk. A very small risk to be sure, but a risk nonetheless. Since politicians and bureaucrats have anointed themselves arbiters of what’s safe and what isn’t safe, until they find the gonads to do what’s normal and right, our kids will be stuck in COVID hell — with their masks on.

_______________________________________________________________________

C.D.C. Admits Collecting Americans’ D.N.A. With P.C.R. Tests

BY JON FLEETWOOD

SEE: https://americanfaith.com/c-d-c-admits-collecting-americans-d-n-a-with-p-c-r-tests/; republished below in full unedited for educational & research purposes:

If swab was “processed with a PCR test, there’s a 10% chance that it ended up in a lab for genomic sequencing analysis,” tweeted the CDC.

QUICK FACTS:
  • The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) posted a tweet explaining that swabs used to test for Covid-19 are being stored for “genomic sequencing analysis.”
  • “Remember that #COVID19 nose swab test you took? What happened to the swab?” the CDC asked on Twitter. “If it was processed with a PCR test, there’s a 10% chance that it ended up in a lab for genomic sequencing analysis.”
  • The video linked in the CDC’s tweet did not clarify what the laboratories are doing with the human DNA on the swabs.
  • The CDC did not immediately respond when American Faith asked the agency what was being done with the human DNA.
  • Peer-reviewed studies published as far back as 1999 have proven that human DNA can be obtained from PCR-based applications using swabs.
WATCH THE VIDEO LINKED IN THE CDC’S TWEET:
HOW TWITTER USERS RESPONDED:
  • “Well, this is a concerning development,” one user replied to the CDC’s tweet. “Was the intent provided upfront in a disclosure? I would not have agreed to releasing my DNA!”
  • “Sounds illegal to me!” another wrote.
  • “Translation… We now own your DNA,” commented another.
  • “I didn’t consent to that.. good thing after the first one I decided I’m never doing it again,” one user said.
  • “I thought this was just a conspiracy theory?” another tweeted back to the CDC.
  • “They say 10% but I’m sure it’s a lot closer to 100%,” said another.
  • “I really would like to see the list of things the conspiracy theorists got wrong,” another Twitter user joked.
BACKGROUND:
  • When French President Emmanuel Macron met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday, the leaders sat opposite each other, a 20-foot table between them, because Macron had declined to take a Russian PCR test, The Washington Post reports.
  • “Certain leaders follow their own protocols and do not expect to exchange test results with the host country,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. “We understand that, it’s a normal global practice, so we activate an additional protocol to protect the health of our president and guests at the same time. Social distancing is maintained on a larger scale then.”