Category: Science

Congresswoman demands answers over DC children’s hospital Youth Pride Clinic’s ‘life-altering gender procedures’

BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS

SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2023/03/congresswoman-demands-answers-over-dc-childrens-hospital-youth-pride-clinics-life-altering-gender-procedures;

Republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, & research purposes.

It’s about time. There’s much work to do to start protecting children from a dangerous element of the trans community that has mutated into a cult and is now inflicting grooming and mutilation upon children, allegedly without parental consent.

Such potentially criminal actions need to be subjected to immediate investigations everywhere, for the protection of children. House Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx’s (R-NC) investigation is a significant step in the right direction. Children’s National Hospital has already responded. Its tweet, whether true or not, parrots the same tired talking points of the woke, using words such as “welcoming” and “inclusive.”

Four months ago, Virginia Foxx (along with other Congressional Republicans) reiterated her commitment to “oversight” and “lawsuits” amid Biden’s reckless policies and orders. Further investigations, prosecutions and jail time for these egregious assaults upon and mutilation of children would be appropriate for medical practitioners if they are found guilty after due process.

“Virginia Foxx demands answers from DC children’s hospital over gender procedures,” by Jeremiah Poff, Washington Examiner, March 21, 2023:

EXCLUSIVE — House Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) is demanding a Washington children’s hospital detail its protocols and policies related to the administering of cross-sex hormones and surgeries for children.

In a letter to Children’s National Hospital President and CEO Kurt Newman that was shared exclusively with the Washington Examiner, Foxx expressed concern that the hospital’s “Youth Pride Clinic” did not once mention the role of parental consent in the prescription of “life-altering surgeries and other medical interventions” for children diagnosed with gender dysphoria.

“The website for the Clinic states that your primary and specialty care teams provide, among other things, ‘[h]ormone replacement therapy,'” Foxx wrote. “There is no mention of any parental consent requirement for such therapy or for other medical services provided to youth who have not reached the age of majority.”

In August, the hospital drew scrutiny after the popular Twitter account Libs of TikTok released a recording of a call with a hospital staff member who admitted the hospital had performed hysterectomies on children younger than 16. The hospital later denied that it provided gender transition surgeries to minors and scrubbed its website of language that said such procedures were available to patients aged 0-21.

The letter from Foxx seeks answers from the hospital on whether or not it has provided “medical interventions for a minor diagnosed with gender dysphoria” without the consent of both parents, including such procedures as facial reconstruction, chest reconstruction, or genital modifications such as vaginoplasty or phalloplasty.

The letter also seeks records of “reports or inquiries” that hospital staff members have made to child protective services if a parent objected to “medical interventions that would hormonally or surgically transition his or her child” and asks the hospital to reveal the number of children who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria by the clinic, as well as those who have received hormonal or surgical treatment.

“I am concerned about the use of life-altering, irreversible medical interventions on children with healthy bodies,” Foxx wrote. “Parents are a key part of any medical decisions for their children: parents have the right and responsibility to make medical decisions for their children, and they should be free to do so without undue pressure or interference from medical establishments.”

In a statement to the Washington Examiner, Children’s National Hospital said it is “committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment for all and to serving our LGBTQ+ patients and families in the full spectrum of their care.”….

Rand Paul On Rising: Moderna PRIVATELY Admitted The TRUTH About Myocarditis And Vaccines

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) weighs in on his questioning of Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel over myocarditis

According to the CDC, all COVID-19 vaccines currently available in the United States are effective at preventing COVID-19. Getting sick with COVID-19 can offer some protection from future illness, sometimes called “natural immunity,” but the level of protection people get from having COVID-19 may vary depending on how mild or severe their illness was, the time since their infection, and their age. Getting a COVID-19 vaccination is also a safer way to build protection than getting sick with COVID-19. COVID-19 vaccination helps protect you by creating an antibody response without you having to experience sickness. Getting vaccinated yourself may also protect people around you, particularly people at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19. Getting sick with COVID-19 can cause severe illness or death, and we can’t reliably predict who will have a mild or severe illness. If you get sick, you can spread COVID-19 to others. You can also continue to have long-term health issues after COVID-19 infection. While COVID-19 vaccines are effective, studies have shown some declines in vaccine effectiveness against infections over time, especially when the Delta variant was circulating widely. According to Pfizer and the CDC, potential side effects from the vaccine include pain, redness, or swelling at the injection site. Other side effects could include tiredness, headache, muscle pain, fever, chills, and nausea. In rare cases, people have experienced serious health events after the COVID-19 vaccination. Any health problem that happens after vaccination is considered an adverse event.

Post COVID Vaccine Heart-Related Deaths Sharply Increase, Especially in Young Males

BY CAROLYN HENDLER, JD

SEE: https://thevaccinereaction.org/2023/03/post-covid-vaccine-heart-related-deaths-sharply-increase-especially-in-young-males/;

Republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, & research purposes.

According to a recent study by Cedars Sinai, there was a nearly 30 percent increase in deaths from heart attacks in adults 25 to 44 years old during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.1 In the first year of the pandemic, the number of deaths due to heart attacks increased by 14 percent from the previous year. However, this number skyrocketed to a 29.9 percent increase by the end of 2021.2 Marty Makary, MD, professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and oncology surgeon believes the sharp rise in heart attack deaths in the second year of the pandemic is due to widespread use of COVID shots and not solely caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus itself.3

Dr. Makary said:

We did not see the uptake before the vaccine was rolled out, but, young people were primarily affected around that same time as well. The state of Florida did their own study, looking at heart attacks after the vaccine in particular, and found that there was an 81 percent increase in sudden death from heart attacks in the months following the vaccine compared to baseline rates. So many people do believe that the vaccine is one of the causes of heart problems in young people.4

Florida Department of Health Warns Young Men About COVID-19 Shot Risks

In October 2022, the Florida Health Department released an analysis of the COVID shots, showing that there was an 84 percent increased risk of cardiac-related deaths in men 18 to 39 years old, particularly within 28 days of getting vaccinated.  The Florida Health Department amended its guidelines as follows:

Based on currently available data, patients should be informed of the possible cardiac complications that can arise after receiving a mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. With a high level of global immunity to COVID-19, the benefit of vaccination is likely outweighed by this abnormally high risk of cardiac related death among men in this age group.5

Dr. Makary agrees with the Florida Health Department stating that healthy young adults, especially males, should not receive the COVID shots due to their link to myocarditis (inflammation of the heart), especially in young adults after the second shot. He maintains the data supports the theory that myocarditis is more common after the vaccine than after a SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Dr. Makary points out that young men are 28 times more likely to suffer from myocarditis after the shot compared to after having the viral infection, and that young men are nine times more likely to get myocarditis than young women. The long-term effects of myocarditis brought on by the COVID shots are not yet known.6

Dr. Makary explained why young adults should avoid the vaccine…

They have the lowest benefit from a vaccine because they are the lowest risk of any COVID complications. We still don’t know if any young, healthy person has ever died of COVID in the United States. The CDC won’t tell us, and they’ve never broken the data down by young people who are healthy versus had a comorbidity like leukemia or an immunosuppression condition.7

CDC Still Recommends COVID-19 Shots Despite the Risks

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cites that between December 2020 through August 2021, there have been 52.4  cases of myocarditis per one million after the second dose of Pfizer/BioNtech’s Comirnaty messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID biologic and 56.3 cases of myocarditis per million after Moderna/NIAID’s Spikevax mRNA COVID biologic. The CDC also reports that, as of Mar. 2, 2023, there have been 1,059 reports of myocarditis or pericarditis in young people under 18 years old made to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS).8 Despite the risk of myocarditis and pericarditis, the CDC still recommends the shots to everyone over the age of six months old.9

The actual number of heart-related adverse reactions to the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine may be much higher. VAERS, which was established by Congress as part of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA) of 1986, has been found to significantly underrepresent the true number of vaccine injuries. A 2011 Harvard Pilgrim Health Care report showed that fewer than one percent of all adverse vaccine reactions are reported.10 Consequently, the true number of young adults suffering from heart inflammation and heart attacks after the COVID shots may also be vastly underrepresented in VAERS and by federal health officials at the FDA and CDC., who are responsible for the operation of VAERS.

To search the VAERS database, go to MedAlerts.org, a user-friendly search engine sponsored by the charitable National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) that makes the details of adverse event reports made to VAERS easily accessible.

Previous Studies Reveal Risk of Myocarditis in Young Males Post COVID-19 Shots

Several studies have demonstrated a link between COVID shots and heart inflammation. A March 2022 review of 14 studies showed that myocarditis occurred in 25-82 per million males 18 through 39 years old after the second Comirnaty (Pfizer) shot. Researchers speculate that the rates of myocarditis are higher after the second Spikevax (Moderna) shot as it has a larger amount of spike protein than Comirnaty. More than 90 percent of myocarditis occurring after the COVID shots were reported in men between 20 and 29 years old.11

A 2021 Hong Kong population cohort study looking at the occurrence of myocarditis after COVID vaccination in adolescents showed that in an almost three-month period in 2021, 33 Chinese adolescents suffered from myocarditis/pericarditis post-vaccination. Twenty-nine (87.8 percent) were male and four (12.12 percent) were female, with a median age of 15.25 years. Twenty-seven adolescents (81.8 percent) were diagnosed with myocarditis or pericarditis after getting the COVID second shot in the series, while six (18.1 percent) suffered heart inflammation after the first shot.

The rate of myocarditis/pericarditis was 18.5 percent per 100,000 vaccinated individuals. The authors concluded that there is a significant risk of developing myocarditis/pericarditis after receiving a COVID shot.12

A May 2022 Israeli study showed that there was a 25 percent increase in cardiovascular-related emergency calls made by young COVID-19-vaccinated adults between 16 to 39 years old from 2019 to 2021. Researchers did not find a similar increase in cardiovascular-related emergency calls in young adults who had recovered from a SARS-CoV-2 infection. Contrary to other studies, this study found an increase in cardiac events for females, as well as males, after COVID-19 shots in this age group.13

References:

1 Wilson G. COVID Vaccine Brings Higher Heart Risk, Little Benefit To Young Men, Medical Expert Warns. The Daily Wire Feb. 17, 2023.
2 COVID-19 Surges Linked to Spike in Heart Attacks. Ceders-Sinai Oct. 24, 2022.
3 Wilson G. COVID Vaccine Brings Higher Heart Risk, Little Benefit To Young Men, Medical Expert Warns. The Daily Wire Feb. 17, 2023.
4 Ibid.
5 Khaled F. Top Florida Doctor Warns Young Men COVID Vaccines Pose ‘High Risk’ of Death. Newsweek Oct. 8, 2022.
6 Wilson G. COVID Vaccine Brings Higher Heart Risk, Little Benefit To Young Men, Medical Expert Warns. The Daily Wire Feb. 17, 2023.
7 Ibid.
8 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Reported Adverse Events. Mar. 7, 2023.
9 CDC. Myocarditis and Pericarditis. Sept. 27, 2022.
10 TVR Staff. Only One Percent of Vaccine Reactions Reported to VAERS. The Vaccine Reaction Jan. 9, 2020.
11 Thomas L. Myocarditis and pericarditis in COVID-19 vaccine recipients. News-Medical.net Mar. 8, 2023.
12 Chua GT, Wah Kwan MY, Chui CSL. Epidemiology of Acute Myocarditis/Pericarditis in Hong Kong Adolescents Following Comirnaty Vaccination. Clinical Infectious Diseases Nov. 28, 2021.
13 Rabinovitz Y. New study links COVID vaccines to 25% increase in cardiac arrest for both males & females. Israeli National News May 31, 2022.

New Biden Budget Funds Gender Delusions for Veterans

Now Your Tax Dollars Will Pay for Gender Madness for Veterans

BY ROBERT SPENCER

SEE: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/robert-spencer/2023/03/14/now-your-tax-dollars-will-pay-for-gender-madness-for-veterans-n1678101;

Republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, & research purposes.

If you’re a veteran of the United States Armed Forces and now you’ve become convinced that you’re really a woman, you’re in luck: Old Joe Biden and his henchmen are going to start devoting taxpayer money to aiding and abetting your delusions, and fantasies: the White House budget proposal for 2024 includes taxpayer funding for genital mutilation surgeries and hormones for veterans.

The Daily Caller reported Thursday that “the White House’s annual budget proposal for 2024 would fund sex-change surgeries and hormones for veterans.” No one could possibly find this surprising; the Biden regime is nothing if not consistent. It is indefatigably committed to the baseless and dangerous — indeed, life-destroying — dogma that women can become men and men can become champion female swimmers and International Women of Courage, and now it has determined that we must pay for these fantasies.

The groundwork for this new budget proposal was laid in June 2021, when the Department of Veterans Affairs lifted a 20-year ban on what Rolling Stone called “gender confirmation surgeries for trans people,” and what the budget itself refers to as “gender-affirming care.” These bland euphemisms are designed to hide the fact that what is really being discussed here is physical butchery, making people dependent upon pharmaceuticals for their entire lifetime, and destroying their possibility of having normal relationships and families.

Leftists push these evils upon the American people by posturing about how good they are. Back in 2021 when the Veterans Affairs Department lifted the ban on these mutilation surgeries, VA Secretary Denis McDonough announced happily that the department would now be “allowing transgender vets to go through the full gender confirmation process with VA by their side.” He had the sinister audacity or jaw-dropping ignorance to add, “We’re making these changes not only because they are the right thing to do, but because they can save lives.”

Save lives. Yeah, sure, that’s a great way to refer to what future generations will regard as a crime against humanity. The budget adds another pleasing euphemism when it says that it is doing all this in order to “advance equity across veterans’ services.” Terrific, but the downside of all this is already becoming apparent. The Daily Caller noted that “former Navy Seal Chris Beck announced in a Dec. 1 interview that he was transitioning back to being a man, after nearly a decade of living as a woman and advocating for trans people in the military.” Beck is, of course, just one of many.

Was Beck consulted when the new budget requiring Americans to pay for the genital mutilation of psychologically disturbed veterans was formulated? Was anyone, anyone at all, who was involved in putting the 2024 budget together apprised of the extent of the butchery involved in “gender-affirming” surgeries and the physical and psychological harm that can ensue? (For evidence, see here and here, but be forewarned: these images and accounts are not for the fainthearted or weak of stomach.)

Related: Sweden Ditches Barbaric ‘Gender-Affirming’ Care for Kids

There is a great deal that is monstrous about the Biden regime, not least its ongoing attempts to destroy the freedom of speech (remember the “Disinformation Governance Board,” and make no mistake, such initiatives continue) and criminalize dissent (as we see with the ongoing Jan. 6 “insurrection” hoax). If the Left succeeds in attaining its authoritarian goals, the human cost will be catastrophic, but that cost is apparent right now in the regime’s commitment to “gender-affirming care.” The recipients of this “care” will find their gratitude turning to resentment, horror, and rage as they have to live with what was done to them when no less an authority than the United States government was touting their mutilation as physically and psychologically affirming.

As the elites usually do, Biden and his henchmen will escape the horrific consequences of their actions and will likely die laden with awards and honors for their services to humanity. The only people who will have to pay the price are those who will be the recipients of their taxpayer-funded largesse. There can be no doubt that future generations will look upon today’s society’s approval and, indeed, the celebration of all this with unmitigated horror, but those days are still a ways off. Right now, we have to sign the checks for the destruction of our fellow human beings who have fallen prey to this delusion.

“WE THE PATRIOTS” Stops CONNECTICUT’S attempts to shut down preschool over student’s immunization status

After We The Patriots USA filed an emergency motion, the State of Connecticut decided to halt its closure of the school at Milford Christian Church, just days after giving the church an ultimatum to either force the students to get vaccinated in violation of their religious beliefs or kick them out of the school by March 15th, or face closure by the state. Brian Festa joins “Faithful Freedom with Teryn Gregson, presented by We The Patriots USA,” to share how, in less than 24 hours, the state reversed course, agreeing to allow the school to reopen while the litigation proceeds. There is a long road ahead. The state is pressing on with its defense, hell-bent on shuttering the doors of this Christian school, and all others in Connecticut that refuse to enforce school vaccine mandates.

Prayerfully help give to the fight to restore religious exemptions in Connecticut: https://wethepatriotsusa.org/donate/Show more

Karl Kanthak explains how DPH distorted numbers so CT would repeal religious exemptions in Episode 50: https://rumble.com/v24u3ds-adult-vaccination-agenda-and-dph-lied-so-legislature-would-repeal-ct-religi.html?mref=p5bza&mc=dby19

Help make Vaccination Status Discrimination Illegal by signing the WTP USA petition: https://wethepatriotsusa.org/petitions/health-petition.html

Fingerprints of Unvaccinated NYC School Teachers Sent to FBI

BY CAROLYN HENDLER, J.D.

SEE: https://thevaccinereaction.org/2023/03/fingerprints-of-unvaccinated-nyc-school-teachers-sent-to-fbi/;

Republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, & research purposes.

The fingerprints of unvaccinated school teachers in New York City who lost their jobs due to their vaccine status have allegedly been sent to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) flagged with a “problem code.” These “problem code” flags in the FBI files on the fired teachers could impact their ability to obtain future employment.1

According to the attorney representing the teachers who were fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine:

When the city puts these problem codes on employees who have been terminated because of their unconstitutional policies, not only do they have this flag in their files, but their fingerprints are sent with that flag to the FBI and the New York Criminal Justice Services, so it impacts their ongoing ability to get employment at other places.2

New York City’s vaccine mandate forced approximately 148,000 public school staff to receive COVID shots by Oct. 4, 2021 or be placed on administrative leave. While the vaccine mandate provided for religious and medical exemptions, it did not allow for the option to test for past or current infection instead of receiving the shots.3 In practice, however, all vaccine exemption requests were denied and only 10 percent were granted after an appeal.4

“Why Is My Fingerprint Being Sent to the FBI?”

A veteran teacher of 15 years who was fired for not getting the controversial vaccine asked:

This is both outrageous and infuriating because my first question to the government or whatever, is basically, what did I do? What kind of criminal activity did I participate besides denying something that I felt that was right for me? Religiously, mentally, I just didn’t want anything experimental on my body, so what criminal activity does that persist? I don’t understand. Like with why am I being flagged? Why is my fingerprint being sent to the FBI?5

The media was alerted to what happened to the fired teachers when investigative journalist Betsy Combier wrote an affidavit in which she noted that the fingerprints of unvaccinated teachers were marked with a “problem code” and sent to the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).  Combier explained that when a teacher did not comply with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, the Department of Education (DOE) put a problem code in their personnel file… 6

When the DOE puts a problem code in the employee’s personnel file, it also places a flag on the employee’s fingerprints, which is then sent to the national databases at both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the State Division of Criminal Justice Services.7

Combier further pointed out that once a teacher provided proof of vaccination, the problem code was taken off their personnel file. New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams has denied that unvaccinated teachers had their personnel files marked with problem codes.

According to Mary Holland, JD, lead counsel for the Children’s Health Defense the “problem codes” could have a significant negative impact on the teachers’ ability to get another job as it is the same code used for someone accused of molesting, raping or injuring a child.8

Mayor Adams lifted the COVID vaccine mandate for public employees in early February 2023, but the 1,780 fired city workers did not automatically get their jobs back. City workers fired due to their COVID vaccine status are forced to reapply for their jobs and will not receive backpay if rehired.9

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Click here to view References:

1 Hill B. Fingerprints of unvaccinated NYC teachers reportedly sent to FBI with ‘problem codes’: ‘Invasion of privacy’. Fox News Feb. 14, 2023.
2 Ibid.
3 New York City teachers must be vaccinated by today or face unpaid leave. NPR Oct. 4, 2021.
4 Children’s Health Defense. CHD Calls for Congressional Investigation After New York City Places ‘Problem Codes’ in Files of Unvaccinated Teachers. The Defender Mar. 1, 2023.
5 Hill B. Fingerprints of unvaccinated NYC teachers reportedly sent to FBI with ‘problem codes’: ‘Invasion of privacy’. Fox News Feb. 14, 2023.
6 Ibid.
7 Campanile C. NYC teachers who refused COVID vaccine slapped with ‘scarlet letter’ in personnel files: lawyer. New York Post Feb. 14, 2023.
8 Children’s Health Defense. CHD Calls for Congressional Investigation After New York City Places ‘Problem Codes’ in Files of Unvaccinated Teachers. The Defender Mar. 1, 2023.
9 Ibid.

‘The Five’: Jill Biden honors biological male on International Women’s Day

'The Five' co-hosts react to First lady Jill Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken presenting a biological male from Argentina with an award for women on International Women's Day.

Alba Rueda, center, currently serves as Argentina’s Special Envoy for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship.

'The world has 3.9 billion women. On International Women's Day, the Biden Administration gave a man the women of courage award.'

Alba Rueda, center, currently serves as Argentina’s Special Envoy for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship.

Rep. Ronny Jackson: House Probing Covid Origins, Gov’t Pandemic Response~Gov. Officials Texts Prove Covid Was A Scam To Control You

Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Tex.) discusses the jurisdiction of the newly formed Oversight Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, Covid origins, issues with Covid vaccines, and his Foreign Adversary Management Risk (FARM) Act to address the buy-off of American land by the Chinese Communist Party.

Bombshell: Gov. Officials Texts Prove Covid Was A Scam To Control You

Government lies and fear-mongering tricked many people into believing there was a deadly virus about to get them. Now you can see for yourself the texts that prove it.

Dr. John Littell: Forced Out of Hospital After Endorsing Ivermectin

BY VERONIKA KYRYLENKO

SEE: https://thenewamerican.com/dr-john-littell-forced-out-of-hospital-after-endorsing-ivermectin/;

Republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, & research purposes.

On February 23, a board-certified family physician Dr. John Littell testified before the Sarasota County Public Hospital Board about his successful practice of using ivermectin for treating Covid-19. The doctor saw the event as a unique opportunity to share his observations and be the voice of those who were trapped in hospitals and were denied early treatments during the Delta wave. Little did the doctor know that he would end up being escorted by three police officers out of the meeting shortly after delivering his speech.

In this interview with The New American, Dr. Littell shares why he attended the board meeting, what he spoke about, and how a seemingly innocent violation of a protocol led to his shocking expulsion. 

Dr. Littell argued that the suppression of early treatments, along with other pandemic measures such as the promotion of untested and unnecessary vaccines that are impacting male and female fertility, is likely a part of the population control plan.

To learn more about Dr. John Littell and his practice in Ocala, FL, please click here.

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Florida Reports 1,700 Percent Increase in Vaccine Adverse Reactions Reported to VAERS

Florida Reports 1,700 Percent Increase in Vaccine Adverse Reactions Reported to VAERS

BY RISHMA PARPIA

SEE: https://thevaccinereaction.org/2023/02/florida-reports-1700-percent-increase-in-vaccine-adverse-reactions-reported-to-vaers/; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, & research purposes:

The Florida Department of Health (DOH) and the State Surgeon General of Florida Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, PhD announced that the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) showed a significant increase in reports of COVID-19 vaccine adverse reactions in Florida in the years since the introduction of COVID biologics.1

According to the DOH, since the roll out of COVID shots in early 2021, there has been a 400 percent increase in total number of doses of vaccines administered in Florida but also an increase of 1,700 percent in total number of VAERS reports from Florida during this same time period. Reports to VAERS of COVID-vaccine associated life-threatening conditions in Florida increased over 4,400 percent.2 A spokesperson for the Florida DOH confirmed that percentages were calculated based on all vaccine adverse event reports in VAERS.3

Dr. Ladapo expressed concerns regarding the safety of the COVID shots based on the increase in adverse events reported to VAERS from the state compared to the percent increase in vaccine use.4 A statement issued by the DOH read:

This is a novel increase and was not seen during the 2009 H1N1 vaccination campaign. There is a need for additional unbiased research to better understand the COVID-19 vaccines’ short- and long-term effects.5

Florida Surgeon General Writes Letter of Concern Over Safety of COVID Shots to FDA and CDC

In light of the significant increase in reports of vaccine adverse events reported to VAERS from Florida residents, Dr. Ladapo wrote a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warning of the risk of the messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID shots.6

Dr. Ladapo wrote:

In addition to Florida’s analysis of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, academic researchers throughout our country and around the globe have seen troubling safety signals of adverse events surrounding this vaccine. Their concerns are corroborated by the substantial increase in VAERS reports from Florida, including life-threatening conditions. We have never seen this type of response following previous mass vaccination efforts pushed by the federal government. Even the HINI vaccine did not trigger this sort of response.7

He added:

Communication between physicians and patients is a standard ethical practice that is fundamental to public health. Health care professionals should have the ability to accurately communicate the risks and benefits of a medical intervention to their patients without fear of retaliation by the federal government.7

In response to Dr. Ladapo’s letter, a spokesperson for the FDA stated that the U.S. federal government has observed an increase in COVID shot VAERS reports across the country; however, he attributed the increase to greater public awareness about COVID-19 vaccines. In a written statement, the FDA spokesperson said:

COVID-19 vaccines have undergone—and continue to undergo—the most intense vaccine safety monitoring in U.S. history. Clinical research has demonstrated the safety and effectiveness of the recommended COVID-19 primary series vaccines, as well as the recommended updated vaccines.8

William Schaffner, MD an infectious disease physician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee and a liaison to CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), said Dr. Ladapo’s letter displays a misunderstanding of the VAERS data should be used. He stated:

Just looking at numbers of reports I think is interesting, but it’s only the start of analyzing submissions. You don’t draw conclusions from that. That’s actually a misuse of VAERS data. All you know is that you have two coincidental events.9

Studies Show Risks Associated with mRNA COVID Shots

In a 2022 study published in the journal Vaccine, researchers found that mRNA COVID shots were associated with an excess risk of serious adverse events including coagulation disorders, myocarditis, pericarditis, acute cardiac injuries, Bell’s palsy, encephalitis and acute kidney injury. The study found that this risk was 1 in 550 people.10

Findings from a study published in Science Reports in 2022 raised concerns regarding mRNA shot-induced severe cardiovascular side-effects and reinforces the already established causal relationship between mRNA shots and myocarditis, which is a known cause of unexpected cardiac arrest in young people.11

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Click here to view References:

1 Eng M. Florida health department: Reports of vaccine adverse events up 1,700% since COVID vax. Orange Observer News Feb. 16, 2023.
2 Florida Department of Health. Health Alert on mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Safety. Feb. 15, 2023.
3 Ogozalek S, Wilson K. Florida surgeon general, again questioning COVID vaccines, sends letter to CDC, FDA. Tampa Bay Times Feb. 17, 2023.
4 Florida Department of Health. Surgeon General Letter to the FDA and CDC. Feb. 15, 2023.
5 Florida Department of Health. Health Alert on mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Safety. Feb. 15, 2023.
6 Florida Department of Health. Surgeon General Letter to the FDA and CDC. Feb. 15, 2023.
7 Ibid.
8 Ogozalek S, Wilson K. Florida surgeon general, again questioning COVID vaccines, sends letter to CDC, FDA. Tampa Bay Times Feb. 17, 2023.
9 Ibid.
10 Fraiman J, Erviti J, Jones M, Greenland S, Whelan P, Kaplan RM, Doshi P. Serious adverse events of special interest following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in randomized trials in adults. Vaccine 2022; 40(40): 5798-5805.
11 Sun CLF, Jaffe E, Levi R. Increased emergency cardiovascular events among under-40 population in Israel during vaccine rollout and third COVID-19 wave. Science Reports. 2022; 12(1): 6978.

 

U.S. to Negotiate Accord to Transfer Pandemic Management to WHO

U.S. to Negotiate Accord to Transfer Pandemic Management to WHO

BY VERONIKA KYRYLENKO

SEE: https://thenewamerican.com/u-s-to-negotiate-accord-to-transfer-pandemic-management-to-who/;

Republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, & research purposes.

The Biden administration is in the active phase of drafting a legally binding pandemic agreement that would empower the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) to shape national policies concerning pandemic “prevention, preparedness, and response.”

Serious failures by the WHO in handling the Covid pandemic made many Americans question the supranational body’s competence, but the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra was not one of them. On September 27, 2022, Becerra joined with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to announce the “U.S.-WHO Strategic Dialogue,” which provides for a “historic new financial intermediary fund” and development of a “new pandemic instrument.” That latest included, among other things, the “targeted amendments” to the International Health Regulations (IHR), a treaty the United States ratified back in 2005.

In December 2022, 194 member states of the WHO, including the United States, agreed to develop a “zero draft” of a pandemic accord set to be negotiated and finalized starting on February 27, 2023, at the meeting of the WHO’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Body.

Recognizing “the catastrophic failure of the international community in showing solidarity and equity in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic,” the WHO members consider it much more productive to transfer responsibility for pandemic management to the globalist experts. In essence, the WHO will have “the central role of WHO as the directing and coordinating authority on international health work” that relates to “pandemic prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery of health systems, and in convening and generating scientific evidence, and, more generally, fostering multilateral cooperation in global health governance.”

As such, the WHO director will have the authority to declare a pandemic. The draft provides a rather vague definition of “pandemic,” which can potentially describe any and all communicable diseases. Once a pandemic is declared, all signatories would submit to the authority of the WHO regarding treatments and pandemic measures.

The definition of “pandemic-causing pathogens” is yet to be agreed upon, but the draft agreement would set up the Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing System (PABS), “a specialized international access and benefit-sharing instrument” whose status should be legally recognized by each signatory. The PABS will be responsible for identifying pathogens and assessing vaccines and other pandemic-related products.  

The agreement would require each nation to put in place a standardized system of policies and strategies that would involve not just healthcare institutions, but also actors “across the public and private sectors and relevant agencies” to ensure the “resilience of health systems, rooted in universal health coverage.” It is not clear how much private-sector entities such as pharmaceutical companies, whose only obligation is to be profitable, will aid in promoting public health, which arguably was undermined by their products during the Covid pandemic.

Further, the signatories will be required to “commit to increasing science, public health, and pandemic literacy in the population.” To that end, the countries will have to conduct “educational and public awareness campaigns,” likely akin to the propaganda campaigns put in place under the Biden administration to promote Covid shots.

Simultaneously, the countries will need to make sure that the populations do not consume “false, misleading, misinformation or disinformation,” which signatories will have to “tackle,” per the draft. In other words, all information that contradicts WHO would have to be censored. Again, that is exactly what happened when Biden colluded with Big Tech companies to suppress information critical of Covid measures such as lockdowns, masking, vaccines, treatments, etc.

Factors that could contribute to mistrust toward public health agencies and “hinder adherence” to policies such as vaccinations and the use of certain therapeutics and other measures recommended by the WHO should be “researched” and addressed.

The agreement would expand the regulatory powers of the members regarding “pandemic-related products,” which should be receiving “timely approval” and be available for use quickly. And, in the event of a pandemic, the members could even choose to accelerate the process of approving and licensing such products for “emergencies,” much as they did with Covid shots and therapeutics.

The draft specifically addresses the use of “substandard and falsified pandemic-related products,” which should be regulated. Judging from the WHO and Biden administration’s approaches adopted during the Covid pandemic, these positions would likely result in the wide distribution of poorly tested new vaccines, while preventing doctors from prescribing alternative generic treatments and medicines.

A group of 17 U.S. Senators led by Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is pushing back against the outrageous plan with a legislative proposal aimed at reinforcing Senate power to sign off on such “accords.” On February 15, they introduced the “No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act,” which states that the pandemic accord must be deemed an international treaty, requiring the approval of two-thirds of the Senate.

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SEE ALSO: https://thenewamerican.com/who-calls-for-global-surveillance-to-ensure-no-one-escapes-vaccination

Former Ohio state senator on Trump’s expected visit to East Palestine, OHIO train wreck site

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Former Ohio Senate Democratic Minority Leader Capri Cafaro believes former President Donald Trump will be received well during his visit due to his significant success in Columbiana County, Ohio, where East Palestine is located, especially since there has been a lack of response from the Biden administration.

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Government Buys 1.5 Million More Doses of Novavax’s COVID Vaccine

Government Buys 1.5 Million More Doses of Novavax’s COVID Vaccine

BY RISHMA PARPIA

SEE: https://thevaccinereaction.org/2023/02/government-buys-1-5-million-more-doses-of-novavaxs-covid-vaccine/;

Republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, & research purposes.

Biotechnology company Novavax announced that it has made a modification to an existing contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Defense (DoD) to provide up to 1.5 million more doses of its Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine (also known as “NVX-CoV2373” and “Covovax”), in addition to the 3.2 million doses of the shot sold to the government last year.

The modification stipulates that the government will increase public access to the vaccine and support the development of smaller dose vials, strain selection consistent with recommendations by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and an orderly transition for distribution to the commercial market.1

John C. Jacobs, president, and CEO of Novavax, said:

This agreement acknowledges the need to offer the American people a diverse COVID-19 vaccine portfolio and underscores the importance of Novavax’ partnership with the U.S. government to ensure continuous access to a protein-based option as part of public health measures.2

Nuvaxovid has not been officially licensed by the FDA but has been granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the agency for distribution to individuals 12 years of age and older.3

Nuvaxovid is a protein subunit COVID vaccine containing the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and an adjuvant known as Matrix-M composed of saponin extracts, phospholipids, and cholesterol, which is designed to trigger a very strong immune response.4 The spike protein in this vaccine is produced in baculovirus insect cells. The Matrix M-adjuvant contains saponin extracts from the bark of the Soapbark tree that is native to Chile.5 6

U.S. Public Health Officials Hope Novavax’s Vaccine Will Appeal to Americans Worried About mRNA Shots

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted an opt-in Internet survey of 1,200 COVID–vaccinated adults to assess the reasons for receiving or not receiving Pfizer/BioNTech’s Comirnaty messenger RNA (mRNA) bivalent COVID booster shot. The results showed that 22.7 percent of respondents said that they had chosen not to get the mRNA booster due to concerns about adverse reactions. This concern was more prevalent among those who were over 60 years old.7

Guy Palmer, Ph.D., a professor of pathology and infectious diseases at Washington State University, said he believed that Nuvaxovid could appeal to Americans who are concerned about the safety of mRNA shots. “There’s a slight open door there for a non-mRNA vaccine like Novavax.” Dr. Palmer said.

Robert Schooley, MD, an infectious disease specialist at UC San Diego Health, noted:

Novavax essentially uses the same approach as mRNA vaccines, but they make the protein in a factory. So they’re giving you the protein itself, rather than instructions for your cells to make a protein.8

The Nuxaxovid vaccine has been shown to cause severe adverse reactions in Phase 1 part of a Phase 1/2 human clinical trials.9 Cases of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) or pericarditis (inflammation of the membrane around the heart) were detected in Novavax clinical trials.10

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1 Novavax. U.S. Government and Novavax Extend Partnership, Securing Up to 1.5 Million Additional Doses of Novavax’ COVID-19 Vaccine. Feb. 13, 2023.
2 Ibid.
3 Ibid.
4 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Understanding How COVID-19 Vaccines Work. Feb. 3, 2023.
5 Creative Biolabs. Saponin.
6 U.S Food and Drug and Administration. Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted. Oct. 31, 2022.
7 Sinclair A et al. Reasons for Receiving or Not Receiving Bivalent COVID-19 Booster Vaccinations Among Adults — United States, November 1–December 10, 2022. The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2023; 72(3): 73–75.
8 Constantino AK. Novavax’s new Covid vaccine is perfect for people scared of mRNA tech—but it won’t win over the unvaccinated. CNBC Jul. 15, 2022.
9 Cáceres M. Novavax’s Adjuvanted COVID-19 Vaccine Caused Severe Adverse Reactions in Clinical Trials. The Vaccine Reaction Sept. 14, 2020.
10 Twentyman E et al. Interim Recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for Use of the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine in Persons Aged ≥18 years — United States, July 2022. The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2022: 71(31): 988–992.

Dr. Ryan Cole: COVID-19 Vaccines Causing An Alarming Uptick in Cancers

In the laboratory, I’m seeing an uptick in cancers that I shouldn’t be seeing, at rates I shouldn’t be seeing, in age groups I shouldn’t be seeing. I’ve talked to colleagues around the world and they’re starting to verify it. But [health authorities] just basically marginalize you and say, ‘Oh, that’s out of the narrative, don’t look at that.’ My point of view is, if we have something novel and new, i.e. these gene injections to stimulate an immune response, we should take this approach as the French legal system… ‘guilty until proven innocent.’ Every adverse reaction, every odd pattern outside the normal after these shots should have triggered a red flag to say, we need to do an autopsy on that death that was proximate to their shot or, gosh, this patient that was healthy and well now is not so healthy and well… we need to investigate is this related to this new experimental modality that we’re putting on to a broad world population.

ERIN BROCKOVICH COMPARES THE JULIA ROBERTS MOVIE TO THE TRAIN WRECK IN EAST PALESTINE, OHIO

Erin Brockovich on Joe Biden

Activist Erin Brockovich stands in front of a computer image showing photos of water samples from around the country, as she speaks during an Oklahoma Earthquake Town Hall Meeting at the University of Central Oklahoma on February 23, 2016, in Edmond, Oklahoma. In the inset, President Joe Biden. Brockovich called on Biden's administration to "step up" in response to the trail derailment in eastern Ohio.

Full interview: Erin Brockovich heads to East Palestine, Ohio

SEE: https://www.brockovich.com/

AND: https://hamerlaw.com/industrial-pollution-brockovich-case/

AND: https://www.communityhealthbook.com/

FED UP Erin Brockovich and "Terrified" East Palestine Residents Join on Ohio Train Explosion

SHORTER 38-MINUTE VIDEO:

LONGER VIDEO:

Erin Brockovich: Ohio 'community is left to fend for themselves on toxic train risk

Erin Brockovich: I’ve never seen anything like this

 

 

 

 

After Trump Announces Trip to East Palestine, Biden Finally Sends FEMA

Coincidence? After Trump Announces Trip to East Palestine, Biden Finally Sends FEMA

BY MATT MARGOLIS

SEE: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2023/02/17/coincidence-after-trump-announces-trip-to-east-palestine-biden-finally-sends-fema-n1671703;

Republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, & research purposes.

In the days following the train derailment and the environmental disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, many were wondering why the Biden administration virtually ignored the incident and sent no relief or support. Not even the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was sent to East Palestine.

Well, it looks like FEMA is finally getting involved.

“FEMA and the State of Ohio have been in constant contact regarding emergency operations in East Palestine. U.S. EPA and Ohio EPA have been working together since day one,” Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and FEMA regional administrator Thomas Sivak said in a joint statement on Friday. “Tomorrow, FEMA will supplement federal efforts by deploying a Senior Response Official along with a Regional Incident Management Assistance Team (IMAT) to support ongoing operations, including incident coordination and ongoing assessments of potential long-term recovery needs.”

Related: NTSB Chair Wallops Buttigieg for ‘Spreading Misinformation’ About Derailment

Support from FEMA had been refused just a day earlier. “The DeWine Administration has been in daily contact with FEMA to discuss the need for federal support, however, FEMA continues to tell Governor DeWine that Ohio is not eligible for assistance at this time,” DeWine’s office said in a statement Thursday.

So, what happened on Friday that changed everything? Oh, I dunno, but I can’t help but wonder if it had something to do with the fact that on Friday, it was announced that Donald Trump would be traveling to East Palestine next week to meet with members of the community.

In fact, it was about two hours after Fox News first reported that Trump was going to visit the impacted town that FEMA announced it was going to start sending help.

But I’m sure it’s just a coincidence.

Whitney Webb Exposes Scary Truths About WHO’s New Chief Scientist

Harvard University educates the greatest number of global business ...

Welcome Trust Director Jeremy Farrar Promoted To Be WHO's Chief Scientist

In this video, investigative journalist Whitney Webb discusses the World Health Organization's (WHO) recent appointment of Jeremy Farrar as its new chief scientist. Webb raises concerns about the WHO's plans to expand its power by forcing member states to adhere to its guidelines and the potential consequences of this power grab. She also delves into Farrar's background as the director of the Wellcome Trust, a major funder of medical research in the UK with ties to the pharmaceutical industry. Webb suggests that the Wellcome Trust's influence on public health policy has been largely overlooked and warns of the potential implications of Farrar's new role at the WHO.

Jeremy Farrar - Global Initiative to Fight Epidemics? - Fighting Disease?

A top Covid scientist reveals he flunked his school exams, and hopes his failure can inspire others

Jeremy Farrar, director of Wellcome Trust, at in the final session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Africa meeting at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, on September 06, 2019, in Cape Town.

The Physician of the Future: Dumber, Woker, and More Likely to Kill You

BY STEPHEN KRUISER

SEE: https://pjmedia.com/columns/stephen-kruiser/2023/02/14/the-morning-briefing-the-physician-of-the-future-dumber-woker-and-more-likely-to-kill-you-n1670332;

Republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, & research purposes.

Top O’ the Briefing

Happy Tuesday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. Bethany really thought that the vest she made out of healing crystals would have been a bigger hit at the monthly Mendocino Cat Fancy meetup.

A couple of stories have popped up recently that don’t inspire hope for the competency of the next generation of American physicians. As if we already didn’t have enough about the future to make us worry.

The first that caught my eye was a video that Ben shared at the beginning of the month in a post titled: Medical Schools Sacrifice Entry Standards at Altar of Racial Equity.

Prominent law and medical schools are throwing standardized entrance exams and merit out of the window to keep affirmative action alive long past its expiration date.

Leftists will no doubt say I object to this because I’m a knuckle-dragging conservative racist. While it’s true that I’ve never bought into the whole “standardized tests are culturally and racially biased” canard, it’s because I think is actually more racist than the racism it purports to be highlighting.

I’m just saying that an across-the-board lowering of entrance standards for medical school MIGHT be fraught with unpleasant consequences. Maybe I’m old-fashioned, but I think it should be more difficult to become a physician, not easier.

Yeah, I have trust issues when it comes to the medical profession. Ben has some interesting comments on the overall state of healthcare in the United States at the end of his post. I highly recommend reading them.

Catherine wrote a post yesterday that has some real head-scratching stuff in it:

Harvard Medical School (HMS) is focused on protecting health — by putting “climate change” ideology in its M.D. curriculum. Because after fifty years of failed climate doom predictions, as well as recent evidence global warming is a hoax, Harvard is of course following the science… by putting leftist ideology ahead of scientific data. And elites wonder why people don’t trust the medical establishment.

Catherine goes on to cite the Harvard Crimson, which explains that “The new climate change curriculum will examine the impact of climate change on health and health inequality” and a bunch of other leftist lunacy.

The only health impacted by climate change is the health of American taxpayers’ wallets, which are besieged by the leftists in the federal government who gouge them to prop up the green boondoggle.

So… the fiction that props up the biggest grift in America is going to be taught to future physicians at one of the top medical schools in the country.

Comforting, no?

It’s stunning to think that the doctors of tomorrow will be preparing to save lives by studying a fairy tale at what used to be the most respected university in the United States. I don’t want to be rushed to a hospital in my later years and be assigned a youthful physician who has a blank stare and is more interested in whether I have solar or wind power than what’s ailing me.

Early on in the education indoctrination push in America (which I wrote about in Don’t Let the Hippies Shower), it was clear that the people at the top knew that they were pushing an agenda that was full of b.s. It’s been going on for so long now, however, that I think that they all believe their own lies. It’s an infinite loop of prevarication over in Prog Land. They’ve reinforced their lies so many times that they accept them as truth.

Those who originally orchestrated leftist indoctrination in academia (seriously, read my book) have turned out an army of brainwashed foot soldiers to take over for them, so we’re only going to see things get worse.

One thing is certain: I’m all in on being a health nut now. I don’t want to expire at the hands of Dr. Woke.

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Everything Isn’t Awful

CDC Adds COVID Vax to Children’s Routine Immunization Schedules

CDC Adds COVID Vax to Routine Immunization Schedules for Children

BY MATT MARGOLIS

SEE: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2023/02/11/cdc-adds-covid-vax-to-routine-immunization-schedules-for-children-n1669808;

Republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, & research purposes.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has decided in its infinite wisdom to add COVID-19 shots to the standard vaccination schedule for both adults and children.

According to its updated schedules, the CDC now recommends that all children six months to 15 months old have a two-dose or three-dose main series and booster and that all children 18 months and older get the same vaccinations, explains the Daily Wire.

As we’ve reported many times here at PJ Media, children are largely unaffected by COVID-19 while the long-term effects of the vaccines are still not yet known, and studies have shown that the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are more likely to cause myocarditis in young males than natural infection from COVID. Studies also suggest that there’s anywhere from a 1-in-5,000 to a 1-in-6,000 chance of myocarditis in young males who receive the second dose of an mRNA vaccine.

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While some children have certain health conditions that may put them at risk, COVID is less deadly to kids than the seasonal flu. In fact, unvaccinated kids are at a lower risk of death from COVID than fully vaccinated adults of any age. Last summer, the Wall Street Journal reported that various studies have all shown that children are at an “extremely slim risk from dying from COVID-19.”

The most troubling thing about this is that it will give schools political cover to require kids to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to attend. Other countries aren’t even recommending that young kids be vaccinated at all. Last year, health officials in Sweden decided against recommending COVID vaccines for kids aged 5-12, arguing that the benefits don’t outweigh the risks.

Despite recommending the COVID vaccines, the CDC acknowledges that the shots are not covered by the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

 

Parent on School Board Exposes Arizona “Science” Curriculum Claiming Sex Isn’t Binary

BY SELWYN DUKE

SEE: https://thenewamerican.com/parent-on-school-board-exposes-arizona-science-curriculum-claiming-sex-isnt-binary/;

Republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, & research purposes.

The choice is binary: You can either have a school science curriculum actually driven by science.

Or you can have one driven by other factors, such as political ones, the dominant of which today are generally categorized as “wokeness.”

Unscientific “science” is rife now, too. The latest example comes out of the Grand Canyon State, where a parent recently elected to a school board leaked a proposed curriculum that would teach kids the fiction that sex isn’t “binary” but is, well, confusing and a matter of personal preference.

True Patriot Network (TPN) reports on the story, writing that “Heather Rooks, a newly elected, pro-parents rights school board member in Peoria, Arizona revealed to parents, the press, and the world at large that a radical left-inspired science curriculum is being considered by the Peoria Unified School District. A curriculum that foists the blatant claim that … sex is not binary.”

With “less than a month on the job as a member of the school board, Rooks leaked the contents of a proposed textbook that the district was considering for use in its high school[s],” the outlet continues. “Rooks told reporters that she found the science curriculum alarming because it refuted the reality of binary … sex.”

“I mean, these are kids we’re talking about,” Rooks told Fox News Digital about the intellectual rooking. “It’s not adults making adult decisions. These are children. So their minds are… not developed completely yet.”

True, but the implication here is wrong. Just as there’s no “proper age” to start sinning, one never becomes mature enough to harmlessly indulge in a lie. That’s what the so-called “gender” theory is, too. In fact, it’s children who play pretend; adults are there to help moor them to reality.

“Male and Female He Made Them” — Confused They Became

Elaborating on the contents of the proposed curriculum, Fox News reports:

According to a post by Nicole Solas of the Independent Women’s Forum, the textbook said, “The biochemical, physiological, and anatomical features associated with ‘males’ and ‘females’ are turning out to be more complex than previously realized, with many genes involved in their development. We now know [no, they don’t] that sex is not a binary state, with just two defined outcomes.”

“Because of the complexity of the genes and proteins involved in sex determination, many variations exist. Some individuals are born with intermediate sexual characteristics, or even with anatomical features that do not match an individual’s sense of their own gender (‘transgender individuals’). Sex determination is an active area of research that should yield a more sophisticated understanding in years to come.”

This is the standard (and now somewhat stale) politically correct line today, and its repletion with 70-dollar words and scholarly tone can convince many. But it’s sophistry. The issue?

These activists are confusing (purposely, in many cases) abnormalities with normal “complexity.”

For instance, sexual revolutionaries will claim there are more than just the two “XX” (female) and “XY” (male) genotypes, with others supposedly being the “intersex” varieties XXX, X0, XXY, and XYY. Yet here’s what the activists don’t say:

These are all abnormalities afflicting one sex or the other, as the mainstream medical website WebMD explains here, here, here, and here.

In point of fact, there are hundreds or even thousands of abnormalities that can afflict humans, only a minority of which relate to sexual development. Moreover, consider that genetic disorders alone can induce as many as 7,000 rare diseases. Yet they are true anomalies, as this “group of conditions affects fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S.,” informs the Cleveland Clinic — out of a population of 335 million.

Should all these abnormalities be written off as normal “complexity”? Should Down syndrome be conflated with a “lifestyle choice”? If someone exhibits hirsutism — as famed sideshow performer Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy did — do we say he isn’t completely human? Would we use his existence to justify the claims of someone else, who may experience “species dysphoria,” that he’s an animal stuck in a human body?

If not, why write off sexual-development-related abnormalities as “normal complexity”? Why conflate (for example) Triple X syndrome with a “lifestyle choice”? Why say that because a woman is somewhat hermaphroditic that she — instead of being saddled with an abnormality — isn’t completely female? And why would we use her existence to justify the claims of someone else, who may experience “gender dysphoria,” that he’s a woman stuck in a man’s body?

For the record, since the question “What is a woman?” is now so often asked and seldom properly answered, know that a woman is: an adult member of the species homo sapiens who in principle has an XX chromosome configuration and is genotypically and phenotypically female.

That’s a mouthful because it’s precise. It even accounts for abnormalities — with the two words “in principle.” For as good philosophy teaches, there’s a difference between something being true in principle and it is true in the particular.

For example, an apple in principle is something that doesn’t contain a worm; this definition isn’t negated by the fact that the occasional apple has a worm because the worm isn’t integral to the apple. Likewise, there obviously are deviations among women from the genotypic and phenotypic female norm; it’s also obvious that they have no bearing on what a woman is in principle.

The short version of this is: Leave the kids alone. Their childlike (not childish) conception of boys and girls is far more accurate than what’s disgorged from twisted adult minds.

‘Ivermectin Case in Supreme Court’ with Dr. Peterson Pierre

AFLDS.org with Dr. Peterson Pierre presents Daily Dose: 'Ivermectin Case in Supreme Court’ (Ep. 2184- 2.3.2023). The Real Story of Good Health ~ in 120 Seconds or Less.

Source: https://pierrekory.substack.com/p/ivermectin-case-to-be-heard-by-the

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