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Netanyahu’s Strategic Dilemma

Moon Over Alabama

Israel is a colonial settler state in permanent conflict with the suppressed natives.

It thought it could survive in that state, or even extend its settlements, by deterring opposing forces with its superior military.

Hamas has breached that deterrence myth by inflicting, in one day, more casualties in Israel than it had experienced in any previous wars.

Natanyahoo is under pressure to restore the deterrence, to again provide the Zionists with a feeling of superiority.

He can not do that.

Any land attack in Gaza means urban warfare in an already destroyed city with large underground facilities. During the taking of Bakhmut the Wagener forces had in total some 40,000 casualties (dead and wounded). The other side had more than 70,000. What price would the IDF have to pay to ‘destroy Hamas’?

The other factor is of course Hizbullah and other resistance groups, which may well attack Israel from the north and various other directions. Hizbullah has loudly said it would do so should the IDF enter Gaza. It has some 100,000 missiles – more than enough to exhaust Israel’s air defenses. Its longest reach missiles can attack any major city within Israel. There have already been daily fire exchanges at the norther border.

The 2006 war in Lebanon has shown that Hizbullah is dug in and very able to defend itself. It has since gained more experience by fighting ISIS in Syria. Neither U.S. air force attacks nor a land force invasion can hinder Hizbullah from firing its missiles.

(Syria, as well as Iran, will not intervene in the war unless they are directly attacked.)

Netanyahoo must attack Gaza to restore deterrence. He can not attack Gaza because the urban warfare would cause large Israeli casualties. He can not attack Gaza because Hizbullah would then destroy the myth of the superior settler state even more than Hamas has done so far.

Israel, with the help of the U.S., has tried to push the population of Gaza into Egypt. From Egypt’s standpoint that would be a humanitarian solution, at least as long as others pay for it. But it would cause a serious strategic problem. Resistance by Hamas and others against Israel would continue indefinitely, but Egypt would be held responsible for it. It can not and will not take on that burden.

Netanyahoo’s next idea was to starve Gaza. But the world will not let him do that. At least not beyond a certain point. Even the UN Secretary General has visited the Rafah crossing. Other global organizations, like the WHO and ASEAN, have spoken up. Pictures of starving people will make it impossible for the west to support that ‘solution’.

Meanwhile Hamas fighters will continue to sit in their tunnels, ready to defend their land, and likely with enough provisions to hold out for months.

Israeli settlers, with the support of the IDF, are rampaging through the West Bank. They are killing more Palestinians and further enrage the global public against their deeds. This will escalate.

Israel’s decision making is paralyzed. It will for now continue to talk of a ground invasion but will not launch one. It will also continue to starve Gaza.

But something will soon break. At any minute there might be a new large atrocity in Gaza or a pogrom in the West Bank. Any miscalculation in the north could launch that front into a hot war. Hizbullah could start to ‘preemptively’ invade Israeli proper.

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Via https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/10/netanyahoos-strategic-dilema.html

Netanyahoo’s Strategic Dilemma

Moon Over Alabama

Israel is a colonial settler state in permanent conflict with the suppressed natives.

It thought it could survive in that state, or even extend its settlements, by deterring opposing forces with its superior military.

Hamas has breached that deterrence myth by inflicting, in one day, more casualties in Israel than it had experienced in any previous wars.

Natanyahoo is under pressure to restore the deterrence, to again provide the Zionists with a feeling of superiority.

He can not do that.

Any land attack in Gaza means urban warfare in an already destroyed city with large underground facilities. During the taking of Bakhmut the Wagener forces had in total some 40,000 casualties (dead and wounded). The other side had more than 70,000. What price would the IDF have to pay to ‘destroy Hamas’?

The other factor is of course Hizbullah and other resistance groups, which may well attack Israel from the north and various other directions. Hizbullah has loudly said it would do so should the IDF enter Gaza. It has some 100,000 missiles – more than enough to exhaust Israel’s air defenses. Its longest reach missiles can attack any major city within Israel. There have already been daily fire exchanges at the norther border.

The 2006 war in Lebanon has shown that Hizbullah is dug in and very able to defend itself. It has since gained more experience by fighting ISIS in Syria. Neither U.S. air force attacks nor a land force invasion can hinder Hizbullah from firing its missiles.

(Syria, as well as Iran, will not intervene in the war unless they are directly attacked.)

Netanyahoo must attack Gaza to restore deterrence. He can not attack Gaza because the urban warfare would cause large Israeli casualties. He can not attack Gaza because Hizbullah would then destroy the myth of the superior settler state even more than Hamas has done so far.

Israel, with the help of the U.S., has tried to push the population of Gaza into Egypt. From Egypt’s standpoint that would be a humanitarian solution, at least as long as others pay for it. But it would cause a serious strategic problem. Resistance by Hamas and others against Israel would continue indefinitely, but Egypt would be held responsible for it. It can not and will not take on that burden.

Netanyahoo’s next idea was to starve Gaza. But the world will not let him do that. At least not beyond a certain point. Even the UN Secretary General has visited the Rafah crossing. Other global organizations, like the WHO and ASEAN, have spoken up. Pictures of starving people will make it impossible for the west to support that ‘solution’.

Meanwhile Hamas fighters will continue to sit in their tunnels, ready to defend their land, and likely with enough provisions to hold out for months.

Israeli settlers, with the support of the IDF, are rampaging through the West Bank. They are killing more Palestinians and further enrage the global public against their deeds. This will escalate.

Israel’s decision making is paralyzed. It will for now continue to talk of a ground invasion but will not launch one. It will also continue to starve Gaza.

But something will soon break. At any minute there might be a new large atrocity in Gaza or a pogrom in the West Bank. Any miscalculation in the north could launch that front into a hot war. Hizbullah could start to ‘preemptively’ invade Israeli proper.

[…]

Via https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/10/netanyahoos-strategic-dilema.html

US still maintaining biological experimental facilities in Asia-Pacific, Africa

Several Pacific countries have already demonstrated their frustration with the US-led biological experiments on their territories. (Representational image: Reuters)

By Anthony Bell

Financial Express

Despite heavy criticism, the United States of America (USA) biological and medical agencies and enterprises continue maintaining experiments and activities that may pose a threat of a biological leak. These activities have a vast geography stretching from Central and Eastern Europe to the Asia-Pacific Region. It is noteworthy that the aforementioned experiments seem to have no stop signs on their roads.

Several Pacific countries have already demonstrated their frustration with the US-led biological experiments on their territories. In December 2022, the members of the Makabayan coalition of the House of Representatives of the Philippines requested the country’s Congress to investigate the biological activities of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) at the Regional Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (RADDL) in the city of Tarlac. According to the request, the US DoD Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) had apparent and disguised objectives in the Philippines, which could have failed to meet the national interests of Manila. The members of the Parliament of the Philippines demanded that the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Health, and Department of National Defense (DND) thoroughly investigate the activities of the US military in the country. They also called the above-mentioned governmental bodies to issue a full report covering these works, as the citizens of the Philippines had raised some questions considering the fact why the DTRA, not the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), was responsible for civil and agricultural cooperation with the Pacific country.

Previously, Indonesia also declared the US military-led Naval Medical Research Unit Two (NAMRU-2) inexpedient and named its activities useless. The Indonesian authorities called for the cessation of its activities. The US DoD had to bring all its unfinished Indonesian-based projects to the territory of Cambodia.

The countries of Africa also sometimes question the US-led activities at facilities in their territories. The Ministry of Health of a Central African state is now studying the probability of a human-caused outbreak of an Ebola-based virus in September 2022. This concern has been caused by the fact that the Sudan artificially designed germ is fully identical to a virus that was circulating in Africa during the epidemic crisis of 2012.

The US Metabiota company was involved in the relief of the consequences of the Ebola epidemics in Western Africa. The company’s biological safety procedures were previously heavily criticized by the World Health Organization. (WHO). According to a report published by the non-profit Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Consortium (VHFC), the employees of the Metabiota company did not keep biological safety requirements during the activities to counter the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone in 2015; they also did not report on the involvement of several US DoD experts in the counter-virus procedures. The specialists of the Pentagon were reported to have been dispatching the biological samples of the Ebola virus to the United States.

Along with Asia-Pacific and African countries, the US-driven biological activities are also stretched across the post-Soviet states. Under several programs initiated by the DTRA and other US governmental agencies and private companies, some former members of the Soviet Union host US-funded biological experiments. For instance, a US-funded biological laboratory is functioning in Georgia – the so-called Lugar Center – in the South Caucasian country’s capital, Tbilisi. The facility is functioning under the auspices of the US DoD USAMRU-G and some private companies affiliated with both DoD and DTRA under a state contract. The Level III laboratory is available only to the US citizens with access to classified information who feature diplomatic immunities under the U.S.-Georgian Agreement on Defense Cooperation. The Lugar Center works with a number of biological agents, including anthrax, tularemia and a number of highly contagious hemorrhagic fevers (for instance, the Crimea-Congo disease).

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Via https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/us-still-maintaining-biological-experimental-facilities-in-asia-pacific-africa-2/3105562/

Who Were Marx and Engels?

Episode 2: Marx and Engels: An Intellectual Partnership

The Rise of Communism from Marx to Lenin

Dr Vejas Gabriel Liulevius (2019)

Film Review

Liulevius begins this lecture by reading from the report of a Prussian spy sent to London to spy on Marx in 1853. According to the report he, his wife and their six children lived in two shabby rooms, in which everything was tattered, broken and thick with dust. It describes Marx as “fond” of yelling and alcohol and often idle – with occasional sprees of intense work.

One of Marx’s major intellectual concerns was where the French Revolution went wrong, ending in a reign of terror (1793-94), in which many revolutionary leaders were executed and replaced with more conservatives ones.*

Socialism Before Marx

The aftermath of the French Revolution made socialism extremely popular across Europe and the US. It led to the formation of egalitarian intentional communities, such as the model factories of Robert Owen** and New Harmony and other utopian colonies (including the Shakers and the Amish) in the US.

Early pre-Marx socialists included Henri de St-Simon (who advocated owing all land and tools in common), utopian socialist Charles Fourier,*** and Fourier disciple Pierre-Joseph Proudon (who denounced centralized political control in favor of loosely linked communes).

Marx and Engels condemned all these movements “utopian.” They believed that the advent of industrialization enabled a new form of revolution led by the new industrial working class.

An Intellectual Partnership

Born in 1818 to a middle class family (his father was a lawyer) who converted to Christianity to avoid antisemitic persecution, Marx had a reputation for drinking and brawling while attending the University of Bonn. In 1842 he earned a doctorate in ancient Greek philosophy and married the daughter of a baroness Jenny von Westphalen.

His atheism and radicalism prevented him from obtaining an academic position. Instead he became a journalist for a radical newspaper in Cologne until the government shut it down. In 1843, he and his wife emigrated to France and in 1849 to London.

Engels was born in the Rhineland to wealthy family of factory owners. His father was a fundamentalist Christian. He also attended the University of Berlin, where he became a socialist. Handsome, attractive and generous, he was a marked contract to Marx, who tended to be quite abrasive. Although he never married, he had a long term relationship with a working class Irish woman and (following her death) her sister. In 1845 he moved to Manchester to work in his father’s factory. He and Marx published the Communist Manifesto in 1847.

The latter asserts that all history is the history of class society. It describes the earliest societies as practicing primitive communism (with communal land ownership). This was followed by what Marx and Engels refer to as the Asiatic mode (where the state enslaves its members), followed by private slavery, followed by feudalism, followed by capitalism.

Marx and Engels asserted that true socialism could only come about from the forceful overthrow of existing social relations.They believed that under capitalism the bourgeoisie (merchant and trader class) tended to shrink while the proletariat increased. They predicted once it grew large enough, revolution would be inevitable.

They were very disparaging towards farmers (who they referred to as “sacks of potatoes”) asserting that they weren’t a genuine class. They also denounced Russia and small countries as unsuitable for communist revolution because their industrial working class was too small.

*The late economist Lyndon Larouche and his followers have written at length about the role of British intelligence in stoking the reign of terror that derailed the French revolution. See https://larouchepub.com/eiw/public/2002/eirv29n02-20020118/eirv29n02-20020118_044-why_france_did_not_have_an_ameri.pdf

**Welsh manufacturer and social reformer

*** Between 1840 and 1860 there were 30 utopian Fourist colonies in the US. The US formed 178 socialist communities in the 19th century.

Film can be viewed free with a library card on Kanopy.

https://www.kanopy.com/en/pukeariki/watch/video/11239598/11239602

Convoy of Relief Trucks en Route to Gaza Through Rafah Crossing

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid at the Rafah crossing, Oct. 22, 2023. | Photo: X/ @FranceNews24

A convoy of 17 trucks carrying humanitarian aid reached the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing on Sunday, before heading to the besieged Gaza Strip which is experiencing a humanitarian crisis due to Israeli airstrikes.

It is the second aid convoy to be sent to Gaza after the first convoy of 20 trucks carrying humanitarian supplies entered the coastal enclave on Saturday.

Sunday’s aid consists of food, medical supplies, water, blankets, clothes, shrouds, and other items, said Ra’ed el-Gebaly, a volunteer with the Egyptian Food Bank.

The trucks, which have been prepared by the National Alliance for Civil Development Work, a coalition of Egyptian NGOs, in coordination with the Egyptian Red Crescent, are set to be delivered to humanitarians of the United Nations, the Palestine Red Crescent Society, and the Red Cross on the Gaza side.

Children in Gaza are having their names written on their bodies so that they can be easily identified after being killed by Israeli airstrikes. pic.twitter.com/FmbA8Y4SLx

— The Cradle (@TheCradleMedia) October 22, 2023

“The aid supplies are still so much less than what is needed for a couple of million people besieged in Gaza who lacked basic needs under very difficult conditions,” said Abdel-Rahman Habat, basic needs portfolio manager at Cairo-based Life Makers Foundation, a NGO with the National Alliance for Civil Development Work.

“We try to contribute to relieving the suffering of the people of Gaza and we will continue to do so until we cover most of their needs,” he added.

About 200 more vehicles were waiting on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing to enter Gaza. Egypt’s El-Arish airport and the Rafah crossing are “the lifelines to the people of Gaza,” United Nations Secretary Antonio Guterres said during his visit to Egypt last week.

For two weeks, Gaza has been under deadly Israeli siege and strikes. Over the last 24 hours, Israeli bombings killed 266 people. Hospitals remain without electricity due to lack of fuel.

#FromTheSouth News Bits | Thousands of people demonstrated in many cities of India in support of Palestine. In Mumbai, Kerala, and Lahore, demonstrators expressed solidarity with the Palestinian people and called for an end to the Israeli occupation and blockade of Gaza. pic.twitter.com/yOpEBbcLW0

— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) October 22, 2023

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Via https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Convoy-of-Relief-Trucks-en-Route-to-Gaza-Through-Rafah-Crossing-20231022-0006.html

Mark Skidmore exonerated by MSU – landmark paper showing over 250,000 killed by COVID vax back in peer-reviewed literature

Michigan State University Professor Mark Skidmore was exonerated of all ethics charges after a 7-month investigation. His paper was revised and was reinstated in the peer-reviewed literature. It revealed that over 250,000 people were killed by the COVID vaccine. Others have found similar numbers.

Steve Kirsch

Executive summary

Mark Skidmore wrote a paper that showed that 217,000 Americans were killed in 2021 by the COVID vaccine.

The journal retracted the article and Mark’s university commenced a 7-month investigation into unethical behavior by Professor Skidmore.

Today, I’m pleased to announce that Professor Skidmore has been exonerated on all charges and his paper, with some helpful additions suggested by Dr. Susan Oliver (and her dog, Cindy), has now been published in another peer-reviewed journal.

The news on the investigation and the paper

See this press release that Mark sent me.

The press release was drafted by the Liberty Counsel who was instrumental in defending Mark in the investigation by Michigan State University. If you want to support their work, please donate here.

Bottom line: After a 7-month ethics investigation, Michigan State University found that Mark did nothing wrong!

Note: What this really means is that they tried for 7 months to find something they could nail him on, and they failed.

The new paper is now published in a peer-reviewed journal

COVID-19 Illness and Vaccination Experiences in Social Circles Affect COVID-19 Vaccination Decisions.

Here is an excerpt:

With these survey data, the total number of fatalities due to COVID-19 inoculation may be as high as 289,789 (95% CI: 229,319 – 344,319). The large difference in the possible number of fatalities due to COVID-19 vaccination that emerges from this survey and the available governmental data should be further investigated.

Let me translate that for you. Here’s the “plain English” version (my embellished interpretation):

“Our survey showed that there’s a good chance that 290,000 Americans (and maybe as many as 344,000) may have lost their lives due to taking the COVID vaccine and that’s in 2021 alone! That’s a lot of people and it’s a lot more than the US government claims. And for the record, this isn’t the only survey that found this. For example, the Rasmussen survey found a similar number of people were killed by the vaccine and the virus. So did other firms. So how come there isn’t an investigation to determine conclusively who is telling people the truth here? What’s wrong with you people? Instead of trying to censor the data, maybe it is high time we started talking about it so we can finally determine who is telling the truth and who is lying to you.”

Background

Here are the previous articles that I’ve written about Mark Skidmore’s paper.

If you have time to read only two articles, here are the top two I’d recommend:

New peer-reviewed study: >217,000 Americans killed by the COVID vaccines in just the first year alone!It’s time we hold these people accountable; let the lawsuits begin

The article, “What the “Defenders of Science” Miss About the Purpose of Scientific Peer-Review and the Open Dialogue: When You Censor or Support the Censorship of Dissident Voices, You Are In the Wrong” is an excellent summary also of how papers such as Mark’s, are retracted unethically.

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Via https://kirschsubstack.com/p/msu-professor-mark-skidmore-was-exonerated

China Restricts Exports of Graphite, Key Mineral Used for Making EV Batteries

PhonlamaiPhoto / Getty Images

By  Mack Wilowski

Investopedia

Move could make a shortage of graphite more likely as EV demand is soaring worldwide

Key Takeaways

China’s Ministry of Commerce on Friday curbed exports of graphite, a critical mineral used in the production of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs).The move could make a shortage of graphite more likely at a time when worldwide EV demand is soaring.China last year accounted for close to two-thirds of global production of graphite and all but 2% of spherical graphite output, the final product used in anodes for lithium-ion batteries.EV makers such as Tesla, Rivian, and Lucid Motors, as well as traditional automakers that have developed their own EVs in recent years, could be at risk of production shortages.With potential shortages looming, U.S. government officials have sought to incentivize domestic production of graphite and other minerals used in clean energy technologies.

China’s Ministry of Commerce on Friday curbed exports of graphite, a critical mineral used in the production of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), which could accelerate a shortage of the mineral as EV demand soars worldwide.

The move, attributed to national security concerns, comes just days after the U.S. imposed new restrictions on exports of high-tech semiconductor chips to Chinese companies and their overseas units, escalating a trade war that has been brewing since 2018.

A shortage of graphite could present problems for EV makers worldwide, particularly at a time when consumer demand for EVs is booming. In 2020, the World Bank forecast graphite demand could soar 500% over the next three decades as EVs and other clean energy technologies become more widely adopted.1

As such, EV makers like Tesla (TSLA), Rivian (RIVN), and Lucid Motors (LCID), along with traditional automakers that have developed their own EV models in recent years, could be at risk of production shortages. Kearney, a consulting firm, has warned that EV makers will need to drastically curb their reliance on Chinese graphite to reduce the risk of shortages and qualify for U.S. government subsidies.2

Counterpoint Research’s Ivan Lamb said in an email that the latest export curbs are simply an extension of measures “that have already been in place.” He mentioned that graphite export controls are a common practice enacted by governments around the world, a practice not limited to China.

The main concern, according to Lamb, is a spike in graphite prices.

“We believe that the average price of graphite will continue to rise in the future due to supply and demand imbalances, including Russia, which was once one of the major graphite suppliers before the Russia-Ukraine war,” he said.

China Dominates Graphite Production

China is the world’s biggest producer of graphite, and last year accounted for close to two-thirds of global production of the critical mineral, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.3 China may also account for all but 2% of global production of spherical graphite, the final synthetic form of graphite used in battery anodes.4

Graphite is a critical component in the production process of lithium-ion batteries used in EVs. Refined, spherical graphite is the sole material used in the batteries’ anodes, or the part of the battery that generates a negative charge.56

Amid escalating tensions with China and with potential shortages looming, U.S. government officials have sought to create incentives for domestic production of graphite and other critical minerals used in clean energy technologies. The Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law last year, provides a 10% tax credit to domestic producers of graphite and other minerals used in clean energy applications.7

In July, the Defense Department entered into a $37.5 billion contract with Alaska-based mine operator Graphite One, to boost the company’s supply-chain capabilities and increase domestic graphite production.8

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Via https://www.investopedia.com/china-restricts-exports-of-graphite-a-key-mineral-used-for-making-ev-batteries-8364318

Poll: 52% of Americans oppose sending weapons to Israel

Thousands are gathered outside of the Federal Building and locked down the building in San Francisco, California, United States to protest and condemn recent actions by the government of Israel and calling U.S. to stop aiding to Israel, on October 19, 2023. [Tayfun Coşkun – Anadolu Agency]

Middle East Monitor

The results of a poll conducted in the US revealed that 52 per cent of Americans oppose their government sending weapons to Israel.

According to the poll conducted by CBS News, between 16-19 October, 57 per cent of participants support sending aid to Gaza.

Fifty-six per cent of Americans also expressed dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden’s policy regarding the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Eighty-five per cent of participants expressed concern about the risk of a wider war in the Middle East, while 79 per cent expressed concern about the possibility of terrorism in the US.

Fifty-two per cent of Americans opposed Washington sending weapons and equipment to Israel, while 24 per cent said that Biden is providing too much support for Israel.

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Via https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20231021-poll-52-of-americans-oppose-sending-weapons-to-israel/

Anti-Zionist Jewish Community Defends Palestinian Flag

Pro-Palestinian Jews resist IDF troops who enter neighborhood to remove Palestinian flag.

Why Childhood Vaccines are Big Pharma’s Holy Grail

By Serena WyldeTCW

 

James A Shannon, director of the US National Institutes of Health 1955-68, said: ‘No vaccination can be proven safe before it is given to children.’

When he made that statement, it was still possible in the US to sue vaccine manufacturers under tort law for vaccine-induced deaths and injuries, which is no longer the case.

Today the US has the world’s most aggressive vaccine schedule and ranks as the sickest country, with the highest infant mortality, in the developed world. The UK does not lag far behind.

Vaccines carry three separate areas of potential risk. Firstly, they artificially stimulate the immune system to produce antibodies, which temporarily inhibits another part of the body’s defence mechanism. In an infant, whose immune system is just developing, this high demand of energy can in some cases overwhelm its metabolic reserves, and cause brain inflammation. The brain is the highest energy-consuming tissue in the body, followed by the gastro-intestinal tract and the immune system.

Secondly, vaccines contain chemicals, metals and drugs. Thirdly, according to the former pharmaceutical R&D executive Sasha Latypova, traditional vaccines are consistently contaminated with plant and animal proteins which hyper-sensitise the body, especially in children, giving rise to allergies.

In the US in the 1970s there were three inoculations recommended for children: the combined diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough) (DTP), polio, and the combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), introduced there in 1971. The DTP which was used in the US until 1992 contained the carcinogen formaldehyde. Both the DTP and the MMR contained the preservative thimerosal, which is almost 50 per cent mercury, and in infants can pass through the blood-brain barrier.

A wave of sudden infant deaths (SIDs), severe brain injuries, seizures and other neurological problems were linked through studies to the DTP. In 1977, a study published in the Lancet established that the risks of the whole-cell pertussis used in the DTP vaccine exceeded the risks associated with wild pertussis. Six years later, in 1983, a National Institutes of Health-funded study found that Wyeth’s DTP vaccine was killing or causing severe brain damage to 1 in 300 vaccinated children.

Lawsuits against the manufacturers shot up. In 1984, the president of pharmaceutical manufacturer Lederle declared that the dollar demand of DTP lawsuits against the company was 200 times greater than their total sales of DTP vaccine in 1983. Another vaccine manufacturer, Connaught Laboratories, had damages suits filed against it in 1985/6 amounting to a billion dollars. Wyeth, now Pfizer, faced a similar plight, and bankruptcy threatened the industry as insurers withdrew their indemnity cover.

The industry therefore lobbied Congress for a liability shield from damages, which led to the passing of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act in 1986, and the establishment of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) in 1988, administered by the US government through the Health and Human Services Department.

Parents of vaccine-injured children from 1988 were directed to apply to what is commonly referred to as the ‘Vaccine Court’ to present their cases. This was supposed to be a neutral forum where the adversarial nature of civil litigation was removed, their cases would be dealt with swiftly and compensation, where applicable, paid in a timely manner. The reality could not be more different, and how the ‘Vaccine Court’ actually operates will be described in Part 2.

Meanwhile, freed from any consequences and related costs of selling unsafe products, vaccine manufacturers wasted no time in creating new lucrative vaccines and lobbying Congress to include them in the Childhood Vaccine Schedule. That same year of 1988, Hepatitis B and the Hib vaccine, against haemophilus influenza type B, were introduced, both containing mercury-laden thimerosal. In The Real Anthony Fauci, Robert F Kennedy Jr writes that more than 450 studies attested to thimerosal’s devastating toxicity, and because testosterone amplifies the neurotoxicity of the mercury molecule, boys were disproportionately affected.

Cases of autism, ADHD, speech delay, and other neurological conditions soared, in direct parallel with the fast-expanding vaccine schedule. In 1986 autism cases in the US were approximately 1 in 2,500. By 2017 they had jumped to 1 in 36. From the three recommended vaccines in 1986, by 2017 the schedule had risen to 69 doses of 16 vaccines.

Not one paediatric vaccine has ever been tested for safety against a genuine placebo. In 2017 TV producer Del Bigtree asked the US Department of Healthand Human Services (HHS) how it justified licensing any paediatric vaccine without first conducting a long-term clinical trial in which the rate of adverse reactions in the subject group was compared with a control group receiving an inert placebo. In January 2018 the HHS replied: ‘Inert placebo controls are not required to understand the safety profile of a new vaccine.’ 

If randomised control trials (RCTs), the so-called gold standard of safety testing, are kicked aside, how can any conclusions reached on the safety profile of a product be scientifically valid?

There are, however, real-life comparison studies between cohorts of vaccinated and unvaccinated children.

As reported by RFK Jr’s Children’s Health Defense, for years American paediatrician Paul Thomas, now retired, witnessed healthy 12-month-olds regress into severe autism following the MMR vaccination, so in 2010 he devised a new, bespoke approach to the vaccination of children in his practice Integrative Pediatric.  He offered parents a comprehensive discussion and autonomy over whether to vaccinate their children as per the US schedule, selectively vaccinate them, with longer intervals between shots, or not vaccinate them at all.

As reported in TCW yesterday, he and colleague James Lyons-Weiler PhD studied the health outcomes of the children over almost ten years, and in 2020 published the results in a groundbreaking paper which showed unequivocally that unvaccinated children enjoy better health than vaccinated children. The results showed a dramatic reduction of cases of ADHD and autism. They were almost entirely absent in the unvaccinated cohort, and greatly reduced in the partially vaccinated cohort. The same applied to anaemia, asthma, allergies, dermatitis, eczema, ear and eye infections and sinusitis.

In a recent discussion with Paul Thomas, the mother of an autistic son explained that he had been developing normally until he received the MMR vaccine, when his temperature shot up, he came out in an appalling rash, and screamed incessantly while hitting his head against the wall. She said she kept telephoning her paediatrician, who said it was ‘normal’.

Dr Thomas explained that when paediatricians say it is ‘normal’, what they mean is it is ‘common’. Many in the medical profession have become so blinded by dogma that they see frequency as indicating normality and cease to recognise what is profoundly abnormal.

That one vaccine-generation child in two graduates from high school in the US taking medication for a chronic condition should be regarded as both highly abnormal and an indictment of US public health policy.

How this has been allowed is, at least in part, down to the corrupted working of the US Vaccine Court, and the total protection from liability this gives to Big Pharma and its profit driven vaccine enterprise, and I will discuss this in Part 2.

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Via https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/why-vaccines-for-children-are-big-pharmas-holy-grail-part-1/