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Love to the country – my beautiful Bolivia

by Enrique Bachinelo

 

On Aug. 6, 2020, dedicated to paying tribute to the forgers of the Republic of Bolivia, passed without major significance for the first time in its history. It is a shame that a date of great significance for Bolivian citizens is tarnished by the presence of the coronavirus pandemic that settled throughout the country’s territorial extension, with its inevitable burden of deaths infected by that pandemic, dulling it. This is a symbolism that for 195 years was fulfilled with ceremonies where pride and patriotism reigned.

The National Congress paid its homage to the men of the country with a simple act and without major projections with speeches dedicated to the national date and to pay homage of respect and admiration to the men who sacrificed their lives, their fortune and family integrity.

Mrs. President Jeanine Añez expressed her tribute from her office in the Government Palace, given that, for reasons that we do not know, she did not attend the National Congress to read her speech there. The act was completed with a deranged ceremony to save with a protocol without much lights.

The president stated: “The unrest that reigns in the country is the product of opposition politicians who try to put stones in the way of their government. The people recognize and value the work accomplished by their authority and it will be the story that will record the progress achieved so far. Now she is trying to control the coronavirus with the team of advisers who know about the matter, the president said.

For his part, former President Evo Morales, gave his message of greeting from the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, highlighting that during his government the economic situation of the country has improved notably due to the entry of fresh resources to the Budget National from the companies that exploit hydrocarbons and that were nationalized, as well as other institutions integrated into the national economic order, adding that “The second economic and social independence of Bolivia is underway” thanks to the efforts made by his government.

According to the Millennium Foundation report on the state and behavior of the economy, presented by the Federation of Private Business Entities of Cochabamba (FEPC): it stated that during the administration of President Morales “The first six months of his administration the national economy registered several positive indicators that translate into regular growth of 6.1 percent and repressed inflation of 8.85 percent.”

For its part, the Central Obrera Boliviana led by the search for a Pensions Law in accordance with the needs of Labor that would take retirement and therefore should deserve an income that means their peaceful experience for the years that remain of their lives. The struggle has that cause, avoid hunger and drag an old age that forces them to wander in the streets. The current pension system that governs the country expresses the workforce, “does not match the current economic situation and the purpose is to update the income of retirees in order to alleviate the economic reality that the country is going through.”

Recalling snippets of the past, historians say that, after 16 years of struggle for the independence of the republic and the creation of a country of its own, the Marshal of Ayacucho, Antonio José de Sucre issued the Decree of Feb. 9, 1825 calling for a Deliberative Assembly that meets in that city. José Mariano Serrano, raising Potosí as president, in the vice-presidency José María Mendizábal of La Paz, together 48 representatives of the Alto Peruvian provinces begin the sessions.

The presence of the only veterans of the struggle for independence who attended the meeting were José Miguel Lanza, José Ballivián and Juana Azurduy de Padilla, who witnessed how the deliberations lasted until July 28 and later, in August to decide if the provinces of Upper Peru join Argentina or if they declare themselves autonomous from all the nations of both the new and the old world. The die was cast, Upper Peru decided to become a Bolivar Republic and forge a new nation that joins the concert of countries that were born in the heat of the struggles of the Alto Peruvian patriots and whose epilogue was initialed by Simón Bolívar.

It only remains to ask the Supreme Maker that peace and tranquility prevail in this country that, now more than ever, needs to work to overcome its everlasting poverty. God bless Bolivia.

“The love for the country is more evident than human reason.”

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MEXICO: With average daily consumption of 2.2 liters of Coca-Cola, Chiapas leads the world

It’s more than five times higher than the national average

by Mexico News Daily

Nobody in the world drinks more Coca-Cola and other sugary drinks than the residents of Chiapas, Mexico’s southernmost and poorest state.

According to a 2019 study by the Chiapas and Southern Border Multidisciplinary Research Center (Cimsur), residents of the southern state drink an average of 821.25 liters of soda per person per year.

Broken down, the immensity of the quantity seems even more astonishing: every man, woman and child in Chiapas drinks an average of 3,285 — yes, three thousand two hundred and eighty-five – 250-milliliter cups of soda a year, according to the study.

That’s almost 16 liters per person per week or 2.2 liters per day of what Deputy Health Minister Hugo López-Gatell recently called “bottled poison” when asserting that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on Mexico due to the high prevalence of diet-related chronic diseases.

The Cimsur study found that the sugary drink consumption rate in Chiapas is more than five times higher than the national rate of 150 liters per person per year.

Residents of the United States drink an average of 100 liters of soft drink a year, the study found, while the global average is 25 liters, just 3 percent of the consumption level in Chiapas.

Marcos Arana, a researcher at the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition, described Chiapas as the “epicenter” of Mexico’s “soft drink consumption epidemic.”

Consumption of refrescos, as soft drinks are known, is particularly high in the Los Altos region, where the majority of residents are indigenous people who mostly live in rural towns and villages.

Coca-Cola, which has a bottling plant in San Cristóbal de las Casas, is the undisputed “king of kings” in the region’s soda market.

According to the Cimsur study, among the reasons why Coca-Cola and other refrescos are so popular in Chiapas are marketing campaigns in indigenous languages – mainly Mayan – and limited access to clean drinking water.

In a 2018 report, The New York Times said that some neighborhoods in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Los Altos’ regional hub, have running water just a few times a week, forcing many households to buy additional water from tanker trucks.

“So, many residents drink Coca-Cola, which … can be easier to find than bottled water and is almost as cheap,” the report said.

Similarly, Arana, the medical researcher, told BBC Mundo that “Coca-Cola is the most available product in Los Altos.”

“One has to walk a greater distance to buy tortillas or anything else,” he said. “The number of points of sale is excessive, there is no control, and prices are reduced by up to 30 percent.”

The discount effectively eliminates the federal tax of 1 peso per liter on sugary drinks, which was imposed in January 2014 as part of efforts to reduce consumption and associated health problems such as diabetes and obesity.

Arana said the widespread availability of cheap soda as well as advertising that specifically targets vulnerable Chiapas residents have created an addiction in many people who now see sugary beverages as an everyday necessity rather than a luxury or treat. A 2016 study found that 3 percent of babies in Chiapas are given Coca-Cola by their mothers when they should only be drinking breast milk, he said.

Unsurprisingly, diabetes is a major problem in Chiapas, claiming more than 3,000 lives in the state per year, according to the Times report.

Jaime Page Pliego, the author of the Cimsur study, told BBC Mundo that he heard from residents of Tenejapa, a municipality near San Cristóbal, that diabetes and heart disease were not a problem there until the construction of a paved road to the town that allowed the easy distribution of soft drinks and junk food.

It’s now customary for Tenejapa residents to drink two or three liters of Coca-Cola while on their lunch break from working in the fields, he said.

Page added that when he asks chiapanecos, as residents of the southern state are called, why they drink so many soft drinks, he usually hears the same answers: “Because I like it; it fills me up; I miss it when I don’t drink it; I can’t stop drinking it.”

“Even diabetics … acknowledge that they keep drinking it. … They can’t imagine life without soft drinks. It’s truly a tragedy,” he said.

Soda, and especially Coca-Cola, has also been given a role in the religious lives of indigenous Mayan people in Chiapas.

Page explained that Coke has replaced pox, a corn and sugar cane liquor, as an offering to the Gods in some traditional indigenous ceremonies and rituals.

“Especially in … healing rituals, [alcohol] was substituted with a soft drink [Coke], which has a sweet smell similar to pox,” Page said. “It has become the main offering for the nutrition of the gods.”

The elevation of the humble Coke to religious artifact has increased its prestige to a point that a person who is offered a different soft drink at a social or political gathering may consider it a slight.

“He who offers Coca-Cola has a good status in the community. If he offers another refresco in areas where this brand dominates, he is seen” in a poor light, Page said.

Arana told BBC Mundo that in order to reduce consumption of sugary drinks in Chiapas, more needs to be done to educate communities about the risks associated with their consumption. He also said that traditional foods and beverages, such as the corn drink pozol, need to be promoted more and that access to water must be guaranteed.

In addition, the researcher said that steps should be taken to reduce the availability of Coke and other soft drinks.

“If the authorities do something like canceling the concession for the production of Coca-Cola in the area or at least [force the company] to reduce the volume of production, it will encourage a more positive future” and help to lessen the addiction to sugar, Page said.

Santiago López Jaramillo, Latin America director of the International Council of Beverage Associations, said the council wants to work with Mexican authorities to address problems associated with excessive soft drink consumption.

He also noted that Mexican soft drink producers have committed to reducing the calorie content of the drinks they make and sell by a further 20 percent by 2024 after already making cuts in recent years.

But Page is pessimistic about the possibility that the health of chiapanecos will improve any time soon.

“I have no hope. I speak to people in the communities and they don’t point to any solution,” he said.

Without an exorbitant price hike or drastically reducing availability, Page said, people will continue to consume sugary drinks at high levels.

“I believe that the only way [to reduce consumption] is to eliminate these products,” he added.

Source: BBC Mundo (sp).

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Love to the country – my beautiful Bolivia

by Enrique Bachinelo

Dedicated to paying tribute to the forgers of the Republic of Bolivia, passed without major significance for the first time in its history. It is a shame that a date of great significance for Bolivian citizens is tarnished by the presence of the coronavirus pandemic that settled throughout the country’s territorial extension, with its inevitable burden of deaths infected by that pandemic, dulling it. This is a symbolism that for 195 years was fulfilled with ceremonies where pride and patriotism reigned.

The National Congress paid its homage to the men of the country with a simple act and without major projections with speeches dedicated to the national date and to pay homage of respect and admiration to the men who sacrificed their lives, their fortune and family integrity.

Mrs. President Jeanine Añez expressed her tribute from her office in the Government Palace, given that, for reasons that we do not know, she did not attend the National Congress to read her speech there. The act was completed with a deranged ceremony to save with a protocol without much lights. The president stated: “The unrest that reigns in the country is the product of opposition politicians who try to put stones in the way of their government. The people recognize and value the work accomplished by their authority and it will be the story that will record the progress achieved so far. Now she is trying to control the coronavirus with the team of advisers who know about the matter, the president said.

For his part, former President Evo Morales, gave his message of greeting from the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, highlighting that during his government the economic situation of the country has improved notably due to the entry of fresh resources to the Budget National from the companies that exploit hydrocarbons and that were nationalized, as well as other institutions integrated into the national economic order, adding that “The second economic and social independence of Bolivia is underway” thanks to the efforts made by his government.

According to the Millennium Foundation report on the state and behavior of the economy, presented by the Federation of Private Business Entities of Cochabamba (FEPC): it stated that during the administration of President Morales “The first six months of his administration the national economy registered several positive indicators that translate into regular growth of 6.1 percent and repressed inflation of 8.85 percent.”

For its part, the Central Obrera Boliviana led by the search for a Pensions Law in accordance with the needs of Labor that would take retirement and therefore should deserve an income that means their peaceful experience for the years that remain of their lives. The struggle has that cause, avoid hunger and drag an old age that forces them to wander in the streets. The current pension system that governs the country expresses the workforce, “does not match the current economic situation and the purpose is to update the income of retirees in order to alleviate the economic reality that the country is going through.”

Recalling snippets of the past, historians say that, after 16 years of struggle for the independence of the republic and the creation of a country of its own, the Marshal of Ayacucho, Antonio José de Sucre issued the Decree of Feb. 9, 1825 calling for a Deliberative Assembly that meets in that city. José Mariano Serrano, raising Potosí as president, in the vice-presidency José María Mendizábal of La Paz, together 48 representatives of the Alto Peruvian provinces begin the sessions.

The presence of the only veterans of the struggle for independence who attended the meeting were José Miguel Lanza, José Ballivián and Juana Azurduy de Padilla, who witnessed how the deliberations lasted until July 28 and later, in August to decide if the provinces of Upper Peru join Argentina or if they declare themselves autonomous from all the nations of both the new and the old world. The die was cast, Upper Peru decided to become a Bolivar Republic and forge a new nation that joins the concert of countries that were born in the heat of the struggles of the Alto Peruvian patriots and whose epilogue was initialed by Simón Bolívar.

It only remains to ask the Supreme Maker that peace and tranquility prevail in this country that, now more than ever, needs to work to overcome its everlasting poverty. God bless Bolivia.

“The love for the country is more evident than human reason.”

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Top 10 Foods for migraine management`

The head-spinning discomfort of a migraine can significantly decrease our appetite. But experts say that proper nutrition can help you manage migraine attacks and keep them from recurring. Simply put, eating nutritious foods can help treat or keep migraines at bay.

Best foods for migraine management

Headache specialists maintain that migraines are not just headaches but an issue of “brain state.” This means that senses like touch, sight and smell are also affected during a migraine. Therefore, getting rid of a migraine isn’t as simple as sleeping it off.

For the most part, reducing your migraine risk depends on the amount of “right” foods you eat as part of a balanced diet. Of course, getting enough sleep and managing stress are just as important, but the minding what we eat is one of the best things we could do to avoid frequent migraine attacks.

On that note, here are 1o of the healthiest foods we can eat for migraine management:

Salmon

Migraine sufferers ought to consider grilling salmon on weekends. Salmon is one of the most nutrient-dense foods on the planet, boasting more than 1,500 milligrams (mg) of omega-3s for every three-ounce portion.

Studies show that omega-3s, best-known for being heart-healthy fats, can help combat inflammation in the brain. Meanwhile, the micronutrients in salmon, especially B vitamins, also help prevent migraine attacks.

For clean, high-quality salmon, always opt for wild-caught fish instead of farm-raised ones.

Dark chocolate

Sometimes, being deficient in certain nutrients can trigger migraine attacks. Magnesium, for instance, is essential for relaxing blood vessels in the brain. It is also vital for proper sleep. Research has found that being low in magnesium causes headaches and migraines.

Dark chocolate that’s at least 70 percent cacao is one of the richest dietary sources of magnesium. You won’t need to feel guilty about adding this superfood to your diet because it doesn’t contain as much sugar as other chocolate varieties.

Figs

Swap that tub of ice cream for a bowl of fresh figs. These red-purple fruits are rich in potassium, another micronutrient that’s essential for brain health. Recent studies show that foods high in potassium can relieve migraine pain.

Shrimp

Whip up a shrimp cocktail for a delicious migraine-fighting snack. Shrimp is an excellent source of astaxanthin, an antioxidant that helps reduce migraine-related inflammation. Plus, shrimps contain a decent amount of omega-3s, too.

Carrots

Beta-carotene, the plant pigment responsible for giving carrots their bright orange color, also doubles as an anti-inflammatory agent. Munch on carrot sticks to ward off migraines, or eat other orange vegetables like butternut squash, bell peppers and sweet potatoes to increase your intake of this pain-relieving compound.

Collard greens

Like dark chocolate, these salad greens are a great source of magnesium. Whip up a migraine-fighting salad with some collard greens and other nutrient-dense vegetables, like spinach and cabbage.

Kale

Kale isn’t likely to trigger a migraine attack. In fact, this green leafy vegetable can be considered a superfood for migraine because of its high magnesium and omega-3 content.

Kale is also quite a versatile salad green. Toss it in the blender for a quick and nutritious vegetable smoothie or add it at the last minute to a bubbling pot of bean or potato soup.

Quinoa

This gluten-free grain is chock-full of nutrients proven to slash the risk of migraines, such as riboflavin (vitamin B2), magnesium and iron. Having adequate levels of iron can protect against anemia, a blood disorder linked to migraines.

Organ meats

Animal organs like livers and hearts might be off-putting to most people. But chronic migraine sufferers can benefit from incorporating organ meats to their diet because of their high amounts of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10).

Our bodies produce this nutrient naturally, but production tends to decrease over time. Studies on CoQ10 and migraines reveal that taking at least 150 mg of CoQ10 every day for three months slashes the risk of migraine attacks by at least 50 percent.

Water

Going for long periods without drinking water can cause brain tissues to shrink and trigger pain receptors. These events, in turn, cause lightheadedness and intense headaches. Low water intake can also cause your blood volume to drop, reducing the flow of blood to your brain.

To avoid this, simply keep a water bottle on hand or snack on fruits with high water content, such as cucumbers, watermelons, pineapples, tomatoes, oranges and pears.

 

 

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Superfood showdown: The health benefits of chlorella and spirulina

by Rose Lidell

 

Chlorella and spirulina are two superfoods popular among health-conscious consumers because of the many benefits they offer. Both are derived from algae, and they contain many vitamins and minerals that can help boost your overall health.

Chlorella is a single-celled green freshwater alga. There are more than 30 different species of chlorella, but two types, namely Chlorella vulgaris and Chlorella pyrenoidosa, are often used in studies.

Chlorella has a hard cell wall that humans can’t digest, so it is often consumed as a supplement. The superfood is sold as capsules and tablets, but chlorella is also available in powder and extract form.

Spirulina is a type of cyanobacteria with many benefits. Often referred to as a blue-green alga and originally classified as a plant, spirulina has now been reclassified as bacteria. There are also different species of spirulina, but these three are often used in studies: Spirulina platensis (Arthrospira platensis), S. maxima (A. maxima), and S. fusiformis (A. fusiformis).

Health benefits of chlorella and spirulina

If you’re undecided on which one to try, here are some notable differences between these superfoods, along with the health benefits associated with each.

  • Chlorella is higher in calories. It also contains more iron, magnesium, omega-3 fatty acids, provitamin A, riboflavin and zinc.
  • Spirulina is lower in calories, but it’s still a great source of copper, iron, riboflavin and thiamine.
  • Chlorella contains higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids.

Chlorella and spirulina contain similar amounts of fat.

  • Both are rich in polyunsaturated fats, particularly omega-3s that are essential for proper cell growth and brain function. Studies have found that polyunsaturated fats are linked to a lower risk of heart disease. Omega-3s help minimize inflammation and promote bone health.

Antioxidant-rich chlorella

Chlorella is full of antioxidants, which are compounds that help fight free radical damage to your cells and tissues. In fact, studies show that chlorella supplement contains significant amounts of antioxidant vitamins C and E.

Protein-rich spirulina

Spirulina is a natural source of protein. It is even used by NASA as a dietary supplement for astronauts on space missions.

Both chlorella and spirulina are full of protein, but research suggests that certain strains of Spirulina can contain at least 10 percent more protein than chlorella.

Additionally, the protein in spirulina is highly bioavailable, meaning it can be easily absorbed by your body.

Aside from protein, spirulina is full of beta carotene, folate and iron.

Chlorella and spirulina can improve heart health, blood sugar control

Research also indicates that both chlorella and spirulina can help boost cardiovascular health by improving your blood fat composition, blood pressure and cholesterol profile.

What’s more, chlorella and spirulina offer benefits for blood sugar control. While experts have yet to determine the exact nature of these benefits, animal studies suggest that spirulina can help boost insulin sensitivity.

Insulin sensitivity measures how well your body uses blood sugar for energy. Findings from human studies reveal that taking chlorella improves blood sugar control and insulin sensitivity, which can benefit patients diagnosed with diabetes or those who have insulin resistance.

Is one healthier than the other?

Both chlorella and spirulina are full of various nutrients. However, chlorella is higher in iron, magnesium, omega-3s, riboflavin, vitamin A and zinc.

While spirulina contains more protein, research indicates that chlorella’s protein content is comparable to the former.

Overall, chlorella is the better choice because it has high levels of antioxidants, polyunsaturated fats and other vitamins.

It’s worth noting that the bulk of studies on spirulina’s health benefits have centered on animal subjects. On the other hand, scientific data on the benefits of chlorella is more extensive, involving both animal and human studies.

Before purchasing supplements, make sure you are buying from a trusted manufacturer to avoid any adverse effects.

Whether you prefer chlorella or spirulina, both these superfoods are an excellent addition to your daily routine to support your overall health.

Sources:

Healthline.com 1

Healthline.com 2

MindBodyGreen.com

NCBI.NLM.NIH.gov

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Children’s health org sues Facebook for censoring posts critical of COVID vaccine  

The org’s leader, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., claims that the social media giant is an ‘opponent’ of ‘real science and open debate’

 

Published by (LifeSiteNews)

 

Wednesday, 19, 2020 — Children’s Health Defense, an organization dedicated to ending childhood health epidemics by eliminating harmful exposures, is suing Facebook and several fact-checking establishments for censorship and defamation, especially relating to the issue of vaccines.

“At a time when the social media platform and its creator claim to be exponents of free expression and the scientific method for discovering truth, this case reveals the opposite: that they are indeed censors, and opponents of real science and open debate,” the lawsuit states.

Led by attorney Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Children’s Health Defense (CHD) is mostly known for being critical of vaccines because of their dangerous side effects. The organization also champions other causes, including the harmful effects of “climate change.”

Filed on Monday with the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, the complaint recounts that Democratic congressman Adam Schiff “threatened to introduce legislation to remove Facebook’s immunity under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act unless Facebook implemented algorithms to ‘distinguish’ and suppress ‘vaccine misinformation’ and advertising.”

In response, “[t]he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (‘CDC’) and, under its aegis, the World Health Organization (‘WHO’) then collaborated at length with Facebook to suppress vaccine safety speech with a ‘warning label’ and other notices that appear to flag disinformation, but in reality censor valid and truthful speech, including speech critical of those agencies and their policies.”

“Since September 2019, Facebook and [CEO Mark] Zuckerberg have falsely denigrated CHD through a ‘warning label’ on CHD’s page, which conveys a classic false imputation of dishonesty in CHD’s trade,” the lawsuit goes on. “Since March 2019, with increasing frequency, Facebook and its affiliated ‘fact-checkers’ (their Orwellian term) have published ‘false information’ tags on CHD’s page, which materially misrepresent the accuracy of CHD’s own content.”

The lawsuit draws an analogy between censorship of newspapers centuries ago and current censorship on platforms like Facebook. “Here, government actors actively partnered with one of today’s leading ‘printing presses’ (Facebook) to censor Plaintiff’s speech critical of government policy.”

Facebook, the complaint states, has a conflict of interest in fact-checking and slapping warning labels on posts critical of vaccines and other issues like the potential dangers of wireless networks. “Less well-known are Facebook’s efforts as a seller of pharmaceutical ads, purveyor of global 5G and wireless networks and services, and developer of vaccines.”

According to CHD, the current case “arises in a pandemic when the need for public debate on health issues has never been greater. CHD’s vision is a world free of childhood chronic health conditions caused by environmental exposures.”

CHD is critical of potential coronavirus vaccines

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is an outspoken critic of vaccines. During a recent debate with renowned Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, Kennedy warned Americans to be cautious about any new coronavirus vaccine, pointing out that key parts of testing are being skipped.

“The Moderna vaccine, which is the lead candidate, skipped the animal testing altogether,” he said.

Another aspect of testing was equally unsatisfying, Kennedy explained. The Moderna vaccine was tested “on 45 people. They had a high-dose group of 15 people, a medium-dose group of 15 people, and a low-dose group of 15 people.”

“In the low-dose group, one of the people was so sick from the vaccine they had to be hospitalized,” he explained. “That’s six percent. In the high-dose group, three people got so sick they had to be hospitalized. That’s twenty percent.”

In spite of these significant problems, “they’re going ahead, and making two billion doses of that vaccine.”

Another problem with the testing of the coronavirus vaccine is that it’s tested not on “typical Americans,” but on a carefully selected group of people who don’t suffer from certain conditions.

“They use what they call exclusionary criteria,” Kennedy said. “They are only giving these vaccines in these tests that they’re doing to the healthiest people.”

“If you look at their exclusionary idea criteria: You cannot be pregnant, you cannot be overweight, you must have never smoked a cigarette, you must have never vaped, you must have no respiratory problems in your family, you can’t suffer asthma, you can’t have diabetes, you can’t have rheumatoid arthritis or any autoimmune disease. There has to be no history of seizure in the family. These are the people they’re testing the vaccine on.”

He asked, “What happens when they give them to the typical American? You know, Sally Six-Pack and Joe Bag of Donuts who’s 50 pounds overweight and has diabetes.”

Kennedy stressed several times that “any other medicine … that had that kind of profile in its original phase-one study would be [dead on arrival].”

“No medical product in the world would be able to go forward with the profile that Moderna has,” he reiterated.

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Biosecurity Theatre – many unanswered questions  

NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

 

Dear readers:

 

The Siracusa Principles state that restrictions on human rights under the ICCPR (International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) must meet standards of legality, evidence-based necessity, proportionality, and gradualism.

Are our rights being violated unnecessarily in the context of stickers on the floor at the supermarket telling you exactly where to stand when lining up at the cash register. The “one-way aisles” telling you which way to walk as you do your shopping. The infrared thermometer guns pointed suggestively at your head before you enter a public building, as if such a device could actually detect a fever within a fraction of a second of “scanning.” The following article, written by investigative journalist, James Corbett, might bring light and ideas to these unanswered questions. – Marvin Ramírez.

 

by James Corbett

 

August 15, 2020 – You know about “security theatre,” right? That’s the kind of take-off-your-shoes-and-belt nonsense that was instituted at the airport post-9/11 to give passengers the feeling that the government was protecting them from those dastardly Al-CIA-da terrorists.

Of course, these measures do nothing to actually prevent terrorism. Even the MSM mouthpiece media was forced to admit that the TSA never caught a single terrorist with such practices.

But that’s not the point. These procedures are only there to give the impression that agencies like the TSA are actually keeping the public safe.

Well, guess what? As we transition from the post-9/11 “homeland security” paradigm to the post-Covid “biosecurity” paradigm, there is now an equivalent to the security theatre phenomenon taking shape: biosecurity theatre.

I know you’ve noticed it already. The stickers on the floor at the supermarket telling you exactly where to stand when lining up at the cash register. The “one-way aisles” telling you which way to walk as you do your shopping. The infrared thermometer guns pointed suggestively at your head before you enter a public building, as if such a device could actually detect a fever within a fraction of a second of “scanning.”

Of course these gadgets and procedures are not meant to stop the spread of any infectious pathogen. They are merely there to make the public feel better.

Even The Bezos Post is aware of how ridiculous this all is. As Anna Fifield recently noted in a report on how Beijing is coping with the “new normal,” the biosecurity precautions that are being put in place in China’s capital are demonstrably useless.

“Security guards with temperature guns man the gates at supermarkets and residential compounds, pointing them at the wrists of every person who wants to enter. This is largely a formality, as the reading often does not reflect reality. This reporter has recorded temperatures in the low 80s on several occasions, yet was alive enough to walk through the gate.”

Yes, that’s the essence of biosecurity theatre: it’s “largely a formality” and “does not reflect reality.”

But as ridiculous as all of this biosecurity theatre is, it just got 1000x more ridiculous.

Effective August 1st, the state of Wisconsin is requiring all state employees to wear face masks in state facilities. But the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is going one step further: the department is requiring its employees to wear face masks during teleconferences . . . even when they’re at home alone.

That’s right, people who are sitting at a computer by themselves with no conceivable possibility of spreading any sort of pathogen are being required to mask up. And why? Because, as Natural Resources Secretary Preston Cole reminded DNR workers in a July 31st email, they are “set[ting] the safety example which shows you as a DNR public service employee care about the safety and health of others.”

They’re not even pretending this is about health or safety at this point. The point of this exercise is (in their own words) to shape public expectations of “acceptable” behaviour in the new biosecurity paradigm.

Talk about theatre.

But there’s a deeper level to all of this. The post-9/11 security theatre, for instance, was not just about justifying the budget of bloated agencies like the TSA. It was also there to reinforce the narrative.

“Why are these jackbooted thugs at the airports frisking octogenerians in wheelchairs, making people empty their colostomy bags and generally treating passengers like inmates during a prison lockdown? It must be because the terror threat is real! Thank goodness for those kind-hearted TSA agents keeping us safe from the big bad terror bogeymen.”

Similarly, the Covid World Order biosecurity theatre is there to reinforce the narrative of the Big Bad Virus.

“So why is everyone suddenly forced to wear masks (even in Zoom meetings from home)? Why are we all standing on social distancing stickers in line at the supermarket checkout? Why are students’ desks being encased in perspex? Why are security guards with infrared thermometers checking everybody entering office buildings and other crowded spaces? It must be because the corona threat is real! Thank goodness for those valiant government employees who are working to keep us safe from the big bad viral bogeyman.”

But in fact it’s even worse than that.

In the terror paradigm, at least the “terrorists” were identifiable bad men with evil intentions. According to the terror narrative, these were people who consciously set out to cause death and destruction. Security agencies can and do treat everyone as a potential terrorist because they can claim ignorance of people’s intentions until a thorough examination is done. But in our own mind, we know that we are not terrorists and that if we were to be accused of terrorism it would be a false charge.

But in the biosecurity paradigm people are being accused of spreading a viral pathogen. According to the health authorities, there’s no way to know if you are an “asymptomatic carrier” unless you are tested (multiple times, even). So maybe you are a biosecurity threat. If an agent of the state performs an examination and deems you to be a carrier of the deadly SARS-Cov-2 (or whatever Gates and his minions are dreaming up for “Pandemic II”), how could you refute it? In this case, your intentions don’t matter. You can protest your innocence all you want, but the tests don’t lie.

Of course, the tests do lie. But again, that’s the point. It’s like another feature of the old fashioned security theatre: the metal detectors that operators can trigger to go off at will, or the drug sniffing dogs that can be signaled to give a false alert. When the state wants to detain someone in the future, claiming that their target “tested positive” for *insert scary-sounding virus here* will be all the justification needed for most normies to go along with their incarceration.

In the end, biosecurity theatre is not as harmless as its name might imply. It is part of the societal conditioning that we are being subjected to. The social engineers hope this conditioning will train us to:

  1. a) believe in the seriousness of the biosecurity threat presented by SARS-Cov-2 (or whatever virus they tell us to fear next);
  2. b) comply with agents of the state and other authority figures in whatever tests and screenings that are required to access any given space; and
  3. c) create the uncertainty in us that anyone—even ourselves—could be a grave threat to public safety without even knowing it.

And now, as we are seeing in Melbourne, in Auckland, and in other places around the world where the public have seemingly lost their mind over the “existential threat” posed by this “deadly virus,” there are all too many who are willing to move from biosecurity theatre to biosecurity totalitarianism.

The public is being softened. And the worst is yet to come.

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Measures for recycling, considered they will cause greater damage during the pandemic, rejected

by Araceli Martínez

 

Measures AB 1080 and SB 54 that seek to reduce pollution caused by plastic products such as packing containers, bowls, utensils and lids that are only used once, which often end up in the oceans and landfills, have generated a great rejection among various groups.

The opponents’ argument points out that this is not the time to approve them due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the increased use of plastic containers to pack food as a preventive measure against the virus.

Last year these bills, unique in the nation, that seek to require manufacturers to take responsibility for the fate of single-use products, failed to pass legislators.

Senator Ben Allen’s SB 54 and San Diego Assemblywoman Lorena González’s AB 1080 seek to eliminate 75 percent of single-use containers by 2030.

“These misguided policies threaten to ban the very products that have helped families and businesses in the midst of this crisis,” said Pastor William Smart, president of the Christian Leadership Conference for Southern California.

He found that AB 1080 and SB 54 were undoubtedly written with the best of intentions before the coronavirus turned our lives upside down to reduce waste from single-use products and bags.

However, given the current situation, he said the legislature must press the pause button on two bills that would be unsustainable for families, communities and small business owners.

And it would not only ban products that families and businesses are relying on today such as food containers, and others to keep things safe and hygienic, but it would propose a $ 50,000 fine to businesses that do not meet waste reduction standards.

“It is a fine that would disproportionately harm small businesses, which are already struggling to keep their doors open during the pandemic.”

In addition, the pastor mentioned that these bills do nothing to increase the current recycling infrastructure, which has been damaged during this health crisis.

“Increasing recycling capacity to 300 percent to meet the waste reduction goals proposed by AB 1080 and SB 54 will not happen overnight, and the measures do not include a source of funding to create the facilities. what do we need”.

In a statement, the organization Californians for Recycling and the Environment announced that they support an effective recycling solution that reduces waste in communities.

“But now is not the time to pass a flawed law that fails to fix the state’s recycling problem and drives up costs for families and restaurants.”

And they recalled that during the pandemic, restaurants have seen their sales decline by 20 percent, and given the restrictions to offer food inside, the delivery of orders in person or through home delivery, they have been critical to stay afloat.

“By doubling or tripling the costs of takeout containers, it will make it more difficult for restaurants to stay in business during these difficult times,” they said.

To all this, they concluded, we must add that SB 54 will cost the state $ 20 million in costs to start at a time when California cannot afford that luxury since it faces a budget deficit of $ 54 billion, and the possibility of severe cuts to education, housing and other key programs.

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Destroying western media’s “Swedish Public Health Disaster” narrative in two simple charts

EDITOR’S NOTE

 

Dear readers:

 

One thing that no one will convince is not true is the fact that the media is the mind control apparatus that serves the elite to make us believe a reality that does not exist. The following article, written by Tyler Durden of Via SkWealthAcademuy, an investment and education blog, designed for critical thinkers, is one of those pieces that make you think and help you remove the veil that the mainstream media has covered you with your eyes, so you can’t see. – Marvin Ramírez.

 

by Tyler Durden

Via SKWealthAcademy,

 

“In order to control public opinion of the masses, the ruling class should “regiment the public mind every bit as much as an army regiments [soldiers’] bodies.”

– Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928)

 

“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. …We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized.”

– Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928)

 

Recently, the media has made stories about the public health disaster of Sweden’s no lockdown policy in order to discredit the only science-based approach to Covid-19 undertaken by any nation in the world.

There have been a lot of false and misleading stories about the failures of Sweden’s no lockdown policy and Sweden officials’ choices to not shut down businesses in Sweden, only to suggest that the elderly vulnerable population self-quarantine, and to allow for the normalization of life under these conditions.

No businesses were ordered to close, and GDP in Sweden is forecast to shrink by 4 percent. A 4 percent annual shrinkage in GDP is 1000 times more preferable to the annual pace of a 32.9 percent drop in GDP forecast in America just this past quarter.

If the most human interaction is happening in Stockholm, the most densely populated city in Sweden with a central population of 1.5M and a metropolitan population of over 2.4M, then their no-lockdown, normal-life approach was a resounding success.

Sweden’s logical, science-based approach starkly contrasted with the totalitarian, misanthropic ruling class’s approach to restrict the movements of everyone, including fully-abled healthy people with strong immune systems, and legislating mandated stay-at-home orders for large swaths of entire nations, orders.

In response to Sweden’s success rates with its no lockdown policy, the Western mass media deployed a pre-emptive counterstrike by releasing hundreds of articles about the grave “failure” of Sweden’s no lockdown policy and disseminating these articles to millions of websites online.

I’ve created Charts:

[Top]: When we compare the mortality rates of Covid-19 in Sweden v. the US, including all data until the end of July, the US’s mortality rate of Covid-19 in the age group of less than 39 years of age was 0.58 percent, more than 1,230 times greater than the 0.00047 percent mortality rate of Sweden. In the age demographics of 40-59 and 59-69, the death rate in the US from Covid-19 versus Sweden was respectively 215 times and 211 times greater than Sweden.

[Bottom] Compare Sweden’s mortality rate for different age demographics compared to the US mortality rate for the common flu. For the comprehensive age group of all ages less than 60 years of age, the Swedish mortality rate of Covid-19 is less than 1/3rd of the American mortality rate for the common flu.

As can be observed in the bottom chart, the overall Covid-19 mortality rate for Sweden’s population was skewed by nearly all Covid-19 deaths occurring in the above 70-year old demographic, with the majority of Sweden’s Covid-19 deaths occurring in those older than 80 and 90 years of age!

I created the above graphics, using official data of both the US Centers for Disease Control and Folkhälsomyndigheten, the Public Health Agency of Sweden.

Despite this scientific evidence of the Swedish approach as the most effective combined dual health and economic-based approach in the entire world, the Western media lies and propagandizes Sweden’s approach as a horrific failure.

“Sweden has nearly 10 times the number of COVID-19-related deaths than its Nordic neighbors”,

“Sweden’s coronavirus death rate is nearly 6 times that of neighboring Norway and Finland”,

“A Very Swedish Sort of Failure”, and

“Sweden’s Coronavirus Experiment Has Well and Truly Failed.”

These non-scientific and non-mathematical based stories ensure that the maximum amount of people around the world remain completely unthinking, obedient slaves to State mandated, martial-law style lockdowns and stay-at-home orders, in which the consequent social isolation from others would not only produce devastating financial and psychological effects but also have the added bonus, for the ruling class, of producing a mental state among the global population extremely receptive to hate and fear.

Nearly no one died in Sweden who was under the age of 60 from this virus.

Quoting statistics should not be used when one knows that their use will paint biased, misleading views of the actual situation, yet the mass media engages in such deception with no qualms about doing so.

Sweden possessed a Covid-19 death rate six times higher than Finland and Norway because

(1) Sweden’s elderly population was much greater than the elderly population of either of those two nations; and

(2) As small as was Sweden’s mortality rates were for all age groups except the elderly, Finland and Norway’s mortality rates were even more minute.

Consequently, compare minute to minute statistics, a 6 times higher mortality rate is very easy to manufacture and can be extremely misleading.

If one country reports six deaths out of 100,000 and another country reports 36 deaths out of 100,000 and both nations have populations under 10 million people, reporting a mortality rate six times higher in the former nation versus the latter nation is truly misleading. Now if both nations had populations over 150M people and this were still the case, then it would be okay to report such a statistic as there would be much more truth in such a stat.

As is evident in the bottom chart, the bulk of deaths from coronavirus in Sweden happened in the over 70 year old demographic, but particularly in the over 80 year old category. If a nation has many more elderly citizens, percentage wise than another nation, then of course its overall mortality rate will be much higher, as its overall mortality rate will be greatly skewed by its large elderly population. This is why it would be fake science to extrapolate the high mortality rate of Covid-19 in Lombardy, a region with a high percentage of elderly, to the entire nation of Italy.

The most effective propaganda convinces the victims of the propaganda that they came to the conclusions contained within the propaganda on their own merit, and that they were not ordered to embrace such false beliefs.

Bernays stated in 1925 that for propaganda to be effective, it has to fall under the category of information for which the public has “neither the time nor the inclination to search for facts” because the facts “are not readily available.” 

Quite sadly, this pillar of disseminating effective propaganda is not even necessary today given the century of brainwashing and dumbing down of society that has taken place since 1925. Today, most people do not want to spend even two minutes of time to vet information as wrong or true when the information to do so is readily available.

Instead, society at large prefers to have the parasitic ruling class think for them and tell them what to believe.

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Green tea, zinc proving to be BETTER than hydroxychloroquine

Another weapon for fighting coronavirus infections?

 

Aug. 11, 2020 by Ethan Huff

 

Back in May, The Washington Post published an article that asked the question: Why has the death toll from covid-19 apparently been lower in Asia than in Western Europe and North America? The answer, it would appear, is that Asian countries tend to drink more green tea than the rest of the world, as well as consume more zinc, both of these things being powerful antiviral nutrients.

Green tea contains a unique polyphenol known as epigallocatechin gallate, or EGCG, that research shows is a powerful zinc ionophore, meaning it helps zinc get into cells. Conversely, zinc helps to make EGCG more bioavailable, meaning the two nutrients work hand in hand to enhance each other’s therapeutic potential.

Zinc, as you may recall, is the nutrient that, taken alongside hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), a pharmaceutical zinc ionophore, is showing incredible promise in helping sick patients overcome the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19). But green tea and EGCG is an even better solution, and a natural one at that.

In Japan, where green tea consumption is the highest in the world, deaths from the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) have been minimal. The same is true for Vietnam and China, both of which rank second and third, respectively, for green tea consumption.

“Correlation is obviously not causation,” notes Zero Hedge. “But … there is some evidence that these Asian countries’ green tea consumption may be part of what is helping to prevent higher mortality (as it may also be doing with cancer and heart disease).”

Green tea, EGCG are powerful weapons against coronavirus

Besides not having a contentious election coming up that might be influencing the case numbers here in the United States, countries like Japan and China tend to consume more nutrient-dense foods in general. This is another potential factor influencing the case disparity domestically versus internationally.

Another thing to keep in mind about green tea and EGCG, which are heavily consumed throughout Asia, is that they are powerful Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) fighters in other ways. An Indian study found that EGCG has the ability to target numerous key structures inside the virus, disabling its functional capacity.

“EGCG showed a very high binding affinity and a low inhibition constant among all the phytoconstituents screened, especially in the case of 6vw1, which is a potential target of SARS-CoV-2,” the paper found.

“EGCG exhibited better binding with the viral proteins and hence, is expected to show better antiviral activity than the reference drugs, remdesivir and chloroquine,” it added.

Green tea also contains theanine, an amino acid that just so happens to target various coronavirus structural sites.

It is important to remember, though, that by itself, EGCG is both unstable and bio-unavailable unless coupled with nutrients like zinc that studies show help to maximize its transport into cells.

“UV-VIS spectrometry revealed that the absorption of EGCG increased and its peak became large by adding zinc,” one Japanese study found. “Zinc enhances the hepatoprotective [i.e. liver-protecting] activity of EGCG.”

Chinese scientists have also found that EGCG more easily permeates cells when in the presence of zinc. It is almost as if these two nutrients were made for one another, working synergistically to support a healthy immune system.

There is also evidence to suggest that zinc can help to reduce the oxidation of EGCG before it gets transported into cells. While more research is certainly needed to confirm all of this, it absolutely would not cause any harm to start incorporating this regimen into your daily routine for protection against the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19).

“Quercetin is the nearest naturally occurring bioflavonoid to the HCQ complex,” notes one Zero Hedge commenter. “It’s also in … green tea. Quercetin and zinc. There are even combo tabs already on the market.”

More related news stories about the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) are available at Pandemic.news.

Sources for this article include:

ZeroHedge.com

NaturalNews.com

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