Well, now. Stew Peters and Dr. Bryan Ardis (chiropractor – he can’t
prescribe meds) are suddenly at odds with each other. You know these
two, right? The two gentlemen behind the *documentary*
“Watch the Water”. “Watch the Water” is the video that
recently made the rounds on social media claiming that Covid-19 is
actually snake venom. I wrote about my concerns with this video in my
last blog post.
Turns out Dr. Ardis
(a little over a month after the video) is now frustrated with Peters
because the plan to sell his vitamins and supplements was thwarted.
Seems Dr. Ardis feels Stew exaggerated the narrative so much so that
it scared people right out of waiting the two weeks it takes to order
and receive the supplements promoted by Ardis. Instead, people are
going to their local pharmacy to get the things listed at the end of
the documentary. They are able to get them there quicker and cheaper. And why wouldn't they? You can’t make this stuff up.
Christian. We are
being targeted with nonsense, because they think we believe nonsense.
And it is all a distraction from what the real problem is….and the
Solution.
I wish someone would
help me answer these questions.
Why do
Christians prefer to believe these dark stories? And ignore any
light that might be shed on the fallacy. Even when presented with
conflicting evidence that is indeed problematic?
Why are no
conservative media or new outlets not countering their theories,
instead staying silent on either narrative? They seem like they do
not want to “touch it with a ten foot pole”. If even someone
with a respected platform would speak to this, it could put an end
to the spread of these tall tales.
Why is it
always the same people at the root? People like Alex Jones of
InfoWars and Mike Adams Natural News? Info Wars is one
of the first entities, Ardis mentions in the “interview” with
Peters.
Why is it
always the anti-vaxxers who are selling a product – vitamins and
supplements? And no that isn’t a problem unless they are spreading
lies or false narratives to sell that product.
If someone
mentions God or Satan, why do we automatically believe them without
finding what doctrine they believe or with whom they are affiliated,
or to which faith they may prescribe?
Why do I seem
to be the only Christian concerned with the scare tactics that are
making the way through the Christian Church? Or am I the only one
foolish enough to talk about it and thereby possibly help spread it?
If we don’t
talk about it, how do we stop it from spreading and deceiving even
more people?
Why does Ardis make time in his interview to blame President Trump?
Of course Ardis is
connected to Clay Clark and ThriveTime; Mikki Willis and Plandemic;
Alex Jones and Info Wars; Simone Gold and the Frontline Doctors;
People that are aligned with ReAwaken America Tour; and Scott McKay,
and Leigh Dundas with Arise America Tour. Judy Mikovits who already
had credibility issues? Why are they all connected, all with like
events? What the heck is going on? And why does no one care?
When I saw the
follow-up interview with Dr. Ardis complaining about Peters’
methods, I actually felt sorry for him. But then, I watched more. We should all be concerned
with Peters and his agenda he seems to love to “stir the masses”.
I think so many
Christians believe this stuff because they want to
believe it. It supports, justifies, backs up something they already
believe. Do we even care what faith Ardis follows? Are we just going to believe him without checking? He went to Brigham Young
University. He is probably Mormon. He blames the Pope for all of this. We don’t
care. He is anti-vax. Apparently that is all that matters. Or maybe
it is that he is anti-government. Maybe that is why we should trust him. He makes us forget all about China and a scary World War. We all know how easy it is to blame
the United States government.
Well known churches are sharing this information. Even posting the movie Watch the Water to their websites.
If we believe this,
why would anyone believe us about anything else? The Gospel? Nah.
I hate to even include these links in fear of promoting the lies and deception. Do we really want to believe this stuff? This site doesn't seem to want these to be a hot link...maybe that is best. You will have to copy and paste.
The
vaccine debate is heating up again and the arguments are raging
on social media. The fear-laced videos are making the rounds
again. You know; the ones that claim to have all the facts and state
them in a believable way, while showing you NOTHING! It’s
interesting timing, in my opinion, that we are seeing more of this
again. I have tried to make the connection as to why this debate
rears its ugly head exactly when it does. It always seems to be at
strategic moments.
Well there IS this. Dangerous legislation regarding our voting rights that will federalize our elections has just been passed in the House and is now moving to the Senate. If this passes the Senate, we will NOT see a Republican in the White House for a very long time, if ever again. That seems to be the plan. As well, dangerous new gun restrictions have been passed in the House. Both bills were fast-tracked through, without committee hearings and very little bi-partisan support. Further, the Equality Act has passed the House and it too is about to be voted on in the Senate. That’s the one cleverly disguised to take away our religious freedoms and which forces us to endorse things with which we don’t agree.
President
Biden has already signed 52 Executive Orders and the Democrats have
succeeded in eliminating the Hyde Amendment when they
passed the COVID Relief Bill. The decades old Hyde
Amendment, prevented tax payer money from paying for
abortions and always had bi-partisan support. Yet
Democrats felt the need to do away with it in the COVID Relief
Bill, where actually only about 9% of funds go to anything
related to the virus.
All
of this taking place in just under two months and we are arguing
about the vaccine! All while America rots from within.
I
also find the banning of Dr. Seuss a bit curious as well. Really? Why
now? I think it is because the left knew conservatives would look at
it as an important 1st Amendment issue (It is). But the distraction
allowed Dems to get done the work they wanted, without
interference from conservatives. They were ready to mock us after, as
being busy reading Dr. Seuss. That appears to be a PLANNED
distraction.
Then
there is the border crisis. The drug cartels are winning! As are the
human traffickers. It has been reported up to 10% of migrants have
COVID and are allowed in without restrictions, just as we were about
to get the virus under control. Why are kids coming in alone, without
parents or even guardians?? Do we care about that? How many are
aware that Senator McCarthy just reported that it isn’t just
Hispanics coming across that border. People from Yemen, Serbia and
other Middle East nations are coming, too. After McCarthy reported on
that, the mainstream media of course called him out on it, even
though four suspected terrorists whose names match on the FBI's
Terrorist Screening Database were arrested trying to come across.
A
few additional things. Your taxes are going up! Biden just
called for the first federal tax hike in 30 years – exactly
as he said he would. Gas prices are going up due to
stopping the pipeline and due to Biden’s stance on
fracking (which he lied about). That’s going to make your
food prices go up too. Truckers gotta truck. The $15.00 an hour
minimum wage? That’s going to take away jobs. It
will destroy small businesses (previously known as the
backbone of our society) for good!
Wake
up, America! We are being side-tracked and played. Let's quit
arguing about the vaccine. There is a solution for the vaccine issue:
If you trust it, GET IT. If you don’t trust it, DON'T get
it. Simple. Let people decide for themselves. And let's quit inflicting our own will on others. This is still
America, after all, and more important things need our attention.
202
224 3121 – That’s the number to the US Capitol where you can
reach those who work for us! Just follow the prompts. We
should ALL have that number memorized by now….or at least saved in
our phones. And it’s easy!
I
see another questionable “informational” video is making the
rounds. This video is regarding the possible dangers that may occur with the creation of the new COVID-19 vaccine. I have included it directly below for you to view. I actually hate to promote it, because the message is flawed. But I want to help make people aware of a few things I have learned in regard to this video.
I have written in the past about the sometimes fraudulent nature of a slew of these videos. As is the norm, there is always partial truth disseminated. As near as I can tell, everything they said in the beginning of this video is true. What they ended with also may very well be true. But as we all know, there MUST be an element of truth in order to get anyone to buy into the rest – to believe the lie.
The Message: That the Communist Chinese Party may be using the vaccine as bio-warfare against the United States, in a two prong system known as “Antibody Dependent Enhancement”.
Personally, I think it is shameful that those producing this video, make this claim while admitting they have nothing to prove their fears and that no one knows for sure if this occurred. Yet they continue to instill in others, a blatant message of fear, that appears to be coming out of their long-held, anti-vaccine beliefs.
The Cast: Alex Newman – His own bio, sounds wonderful, writing for organizations like “Brietbart”, “NewsMax”, “World Net Daily” and others. He appears to be a Christian writing for Christian publications. But research him a bit further and you find Newman has ties to QAnon. You know...the secret organization that claims to support President Trump, while every. single. one. of their actions have hurt him. Yeah, that one.
Now I think a lot of good people were sucked in and fooled by QAnon, like General Mike Flynn, for example; but this is still a huge red flag for me. Newman has ties with Dustin Nemos who is a full-blown, unapologetical supporter of QAnon. Dangerous territory, in my opinion; so I believe this requires us to look at everything that is presented a bit more carefully. Sometimes we absolutely must decide if we will believe what someone is saying, based on the connections they have to other people and organizations. There is nothing wrong with that. It is called discernment and a time to verify.
Newman also has ties with the John Birch Society – a bit radical in my opinion; and Matt Shea – a former Representative from Washington state and from the far right side of our movement. I have conflicting thoughts about Shea that I do not want to get into here.
Newman’s Personal Publications
The New American.com
Liberty Sentinel Media, Inc.
FreedomProject Media
Dustin Nemos – QAnon advocate and author of “QAnon: An Invitation to the Great Awakening”. Alex Newman and Dustin Nemos discuss QAnon here. Nemos is one of the foremost proponents of QAnon. Look for this logo (WWG1WGA) when wanting to identify someone who is connected to QAnon. WWG1WGA, a means of identification to other QAnon supporters = Where We Go 1, We Go All.
Let me just say a couple things here about QAnon. I will try to post more about them later. But if you think QAnon isn’t a problem, you aren’t thinking. Just remember January 6, 2021 and the “insurrection” that took place. That was QAnon, and they put the final nail in Trump’s coffin after almost 5 years of the left trying to take him down. And I will also mention, it was the liberal left media who first brought QAnon to every one’s attention. Think about it. Why would that be? It is because they wanted that message disseminated. They in effect are the ones that promoted them first and foremost. I had to hear about QAnon first from a "NeverTrump" friend who was more inclined to listen to the lies of the left on mainstream media. None of my conservative friends had ever heard of them early on. That says a lot, in my opinion.
Dr. Lee Merritt – An orthopedic surgeon from Omaha, Nebraska, with multiple specialties. She is a strong proponent of prevention against disease which is great. She is a determined opponent to vaccines and specifically the COVID -19 vaccine, which is also fine and her right. But while a lot of credentials are noted for this doctor, they are used a bit deceitfully, in my mind; because as I said, none of her credentials are anything that offers proof of what she is alleging. Further, as is almost always true with these anti-vaccine narrators, Dr. Merritt sells her own line of vitamins and supplements. The fear-mongering about the vaccine will certainly drive people to her product. Just sayin’. I knew I would find it. Go ahead and believe and buy the product. Advertise the product, but don’t include a false narrative to do so. Dr. Judy Mikovits – I have already written about Dr. Mikowits with my concerns regarding her anti-vaccine stance and claims. I bring her up only to demonstrate the connection among all of these people. You can listen to her and Dustin Nemos here. They continue to claim the virus is ALL a hoax. That kind of rhetoric is simply not helpful, I am afraid.
This is the title they give their above message: “NO ONE IS SICK FROM Coronahoax. It's all being Faked.”
I will never deny that the virus has been politically and dangerously used, but to deny it even exists is ridiculous.
Léigh Mæsôñ – This is the person who shared the video initially on Facebook, at least the one whose name is on everything that I have seen. The account fits the classic example of a fake Facebook identity. The interesting name, with all the punctuation is a known tactic people use to avoid lawsuits...just a little name change to keep them out of trouble. I do not know if that is what happened here, but clearly this Facebook page has all the clues that are advised to avoid being scammed by a fake account. If you go to his/her Facebook page, the only thing he talks about there is an anti-vaccine message – another clue is the mention of only one subject on an entire profile. Further, his/her face is always hidden.
Disclaimer: I want to state at the onset as I always do, I AM ABSOLUTELY OPPOSED TO MANDATING VACCINES; or any other medical procedure, for that matter! In regard to the rest of the video here and their statements about prevention and cure, I absolutely support that. I agree with them about the importance of prevention. For the record, I do NOT believe that includes masks.
I am certainly not saying that Hydroxychloroquine, Zinc, and Vitamin D and all the rest are not effective. I believe they are. But that doesn’t mean we should take away from the vaccine. If we can prevent the disease, as opposed to treating the disease, there is nothing wrong with taking that action. And yes, we should always include healthy living and how to get there in any discussion of prevention of disease. But we cannot make accusations like are insinuated in this video, without offering proof. Let’s look at just a few of their claims.
Movie Review and Interpretation: I do not know why videos like this continue to make the rounds as they do. Now if this video is just more efforts from the anti-vaccine crowd, that is one thing. If that is what the video hopes to address, it is more subtle than most. Almost seeming like they are not even worried about the vaccine. But it is there in their rhetoric, none the less. They have told us in this narrative that people are not going to die from the vaccine, but instead that there is danger in a binary (two-step) process. In other words, the vaccine could be safe IF it had not been manipulated for warfare. They have changed their direction from solely concentrating on the vaccine and demonizing it, and instead scaring people with unproven facts.
It is extremely clear this is fear-mongering, as all of these ginned-up videos are. In this one they want us to believe China is involved with the creation of the vaccine, even though the vaccine is made right here in America with American monitoring and safety. They tell us people from the People’s Republic of China are known to work in the Pfizer and AstraZeneca development labs. The AstraZeneca vaccine has not yet been approved for the US. Funny thing is, the CCP wants us to distrust the vaccine, too.
Now I am really not concerned with whether one takes the vaccine or not. I don’t really have an opinion yet on the vaccine. Nor have I decided if I will take it. But I just hate to see videos going around like this that appear to be fraudulent and used as a means to scare Americans. If there are signs for me i.e. red flags, I am going to research it further. We should not simply take anything at face value these days, in my opinion.
They offer lots of credentials for the doctor, Lee Merritt, but none of them, (if we really think it through) make her an expert in what she is claiming. Nor do her credentials provide proof. But they treat it as if they do. There might very well be bio warfare used, but they didn’t really offer any proof of that. No one can. They have only instilled it into our thoughts to make us believe they are proving it. Some of us may have suspected that fact anyway – that it was bio warfare – but they simply have offered nothing to attest to that claim. They instead only try to make us believe they did. Personally I believe the attack was in the virus itself, and not the vaccine. I choose to believe my President and my government and those behind the effort to roll out the vaccine.
During Newman and Merritt's discussion, they belittle Remdesivir, even though that is the drug President Trump used and used successfully when he had the China Virus. He proudly announced that he felt it saved him. I have to ask, why did Newman and Merritt feel the need to question this drug?
They run down the vaccine, yet the vaccine is actually President Trump’s accomplishment and something he is very proud of. The message in this video appears to be just more anti-vaccine rhetoric to keep the pressure on to turn us all against vaccines. That’s what ALL these type of videos seem to do.
But what if it is something even far more sinister than it seems on its face. What if the message in this movie is to make President Trump and his accomplishments look bad? To continue to work to get the public to turn on him. Did we think about that? Because one could certainly interpret this message in that way. Let me make the least accusatory statement I can about intent of this video: let’s say the intent is simply the work of anti-vaxxers continuing their long-held mantra and belief against vaccines. Maybe they don’t even realize they made Trump look bad by discrediting his efforts. But if one stops to think, that is exactly what they did in this video. And that simply is NOT fair; nor is it wise.
They claim in this video that the Pfizer vaccine has not yet been approved by the FDA, but this article by the FDA on December 11, 2020, distinctly says it has. The FDA issued an “emergency use authorization” (EUA) for the vaccine.
“In making this determination, the FDA can assure the public and medical community that it has conducted a thorough evaluation of the available safety, effectiveness and manufacturing quality information.”
The doctor clearly minimizes this fact in order to make it seem there is no governmental oversight whatsoever in regard to the vaccine. That is simply not true.
Newman and Merritt have noted in their video that the date of their discussion is January 14, 2021 - over a month after the EUA. So to say it is not FDA approved was clearly false, or at least a spin in their rhetoric.
Dr. Merritt also brings up the label from the vaccine and how social media continues to remove photos of it because it exposes the ingredients. But truthfully, has anyone seen that label? There is a lot of opportunity for manipulation with those photos. And they seem to use that distortion in almost every anti-vaccine video ever made. That alone is enough to make me question her suggestion of a sinister motive in removing the label. I am not sure I believe a legitimate label is even out there.
Rating – 1 Star
I have long looked for a motive as to why these videos make the rounds when they do. They do seem to come in groups and at specific times. Sometimes I have wondered if they come out when there needs to be a distraction of some good news that just occurred. I don’t know. Maybe that is overthinking. I will admit, I can be guilty of that. If there is a reason for their timing, I haven’t figured it out yet. This one might simply be in the simplicity of the anti-vaccine group normal routine. Those videos are less sinister than some of the others. But that doesn’t make them less dangerous. They still inflict a doubt in our government, our safety and our leaders. None of that is good. Granted, we need to be careful about what is happening in our nation, and who is orchestrating what. We need to be attentive and look for truth in every action. And that is exactly why I feel the need to call out these questionable videos. Even if the ulterior motive is only to sell vitamins. Fearmongering is certainly a good way to get attention and bring people to a page with monetary designs.
Thanks for considering my thoughts.
*Once again a video has been removed from the source.
A concerning video came to my attention the other day. I
watched it rather quickly, but was convinced it was just another fake video
making the rounds. I wanted to more carefully research it. And now having done so, I want to tell you what I found and attempt to
explain why I believe this is a fake video.
I have no doubt the woman that posted this video to Facebook
believes it. She appears to be a homeschooling
mom. She doesn't mention being a Christian. But many of these homeschooling
moms, Christian or not, have been deceived by the vaccination issues and the gurus that promote
their theories. Some of their information may be valid; much of it is not. This
video is not.
One of the first clues this is a fake video is there are no
credits mentioned. No one takes any credit for making it, but they are sure to
include logos from well-known sources - CBN, CBS, PBS being some of those sources. Also
interesting, is in the segment with the black female news anchor in the checked
dress, there is no logo shown. She is seemingly the main source of the report, yet this is the part of the video where no logo is revealed. Very suspicious, in my
opinion.
As far as the woman posting it to Facebook, there is one by the same name on "Linked In" that
claims to be a Creative Producer
/ Executive Producer from California. I can't verify it's true, but it
wouldn't be unreasonable to suspect it could be the same woman. I have found connections
like that in the past. It would explain the manipulated video. It wouldn't
explain her claim to be a homeschooling mom on Facebook. The woman that posted the video to Facebook appears to live in another state, so I will make no
claim of it being the same woman at this time. I would like to look into that
further, though. She does have a pretty good following. That suggests to me she does do something outside of Facebook. Most of us don't have hundreds of "Followers"
and another list of "Friends" without a connection of another sort, or
some notoriety. It is difficult to determine simply from her Facebook page. She does have
hundreds of "Facebook Live Videos" on her page. So there is obviously more to her than
"homeschooling mom". This led me to researching what exactly that might be. I found that some
of her "following" is due to a product she sells - CBD Oil. Yeah, big surprise
there.
There always seems to be a connection with this and the anti-vaxxers.
And the anti-vaxxers always seem to be behind the fake videos using scare
tactics and manipulation. I knew I would find it. Sorry, if that offends anyone. It is simply always just there to be exposed. I am not talking about the
lay people - the moms that do not want to vaccinate their kids. I am talking
about those behind the fear-mongering. This woman has posted videos about events from
"Prime My Body" - this "is a global health and wellness
company that helps people to live wellness and create lifestyle," in their own words. Their merchandise is
CBD oil and hemp products. They claim there is no THC in their product according to
their website, but that using their product could result in a positive drug test. I am not
convinced there is no THC, as they claim. There is THC in their items for
pets, but they claim it is safe for the animal. Regardless, I believe this is a
gateway to legalization of marijuana and I always find the connection with homeschooling
anti-vaxxers, though probably unwittingly, a fact.
But let's get to the video. Obviously it is anti-vaccine. It claims that chips are put
into the COVID-19 syringe to inject under the person's skin who is receiving
the inoculation. This, in order to track the person, the video claims.
The truth is, there are trackers ON the syringes, but they
are NOT implanted into people. The trackers on the syringe are to identify
batches, in case of problems or issues, similar to dating and barcoding on canned
goods to ensure safety.
At this link is an article from USA Today where some of the claims used in the
video have been discussed. The producer of the video uses "Natural News," and "Breaking
Israel News" as resources, but from this article one can see the
information was twisted to make it look like the chip is inserted into the
skin. It is not.
The fake video uses Mike Adams of "Natural News" as a source.
I have been warning people about Adams for years. He is a 9/11 Truther. In other
words, he would rather blame the United States for the attack on the Twin
Towers than assign any blame to radical Islam. His research on vaccines is not
credible either and you can find that in the way he carefully orchestrates what he
claims, not using any affirmative words but instead using words like
"possible" and "may" cloaking them as claims of fact. He has connections with InfoWars and conspiracy theorist, Alex Jones. That should be enough said.
From the ABC article one can see "Breaking Israel News" was warning about the
possibility of FORCED vaccines, but they were not warning of a chip being
inserted. Here is the actual quote:
"Those who think the government is
planning on forcing every American to inject themselves with a
coronavirus vaccine may have just received an indication confirming
their fears," David Sidman of Breaking Israel News wrote in reference to a
May 12 news release from the Defense Department."
It speaks only of the fear of government mandating vaccines, nothing about chips. And again it is Natural News' Adams that makes the claim of
a military-enforced vaccination mandate. He later amended his
statement after the President announced there would be no forced vaccinations. We remember when the President came out and stated that. (Yes, this goes that far back.)
"If coronavirus
vaccines were planned to be optional – respecting the vaccine choice of
individuals – not more than 100 million doses would be needed. The fact that
500 million doses are being manufactured is an admission that the DoD and
HHS plan to make coronavirus vaccines mandatory," Adams wrote.
"We're looking
for a full vaccine for everyone that wants to get it," Trump said.
"Not everybody's gonna want to get it."
Adams double-downed on the thought though, saying the states may in fact, mandate it. This is simple fear-mongering that has always been part of his MO.
I know fact check sources are not always popular, but just
seeing the article and the connections from it that are used out of context in the video should be a red flag. Additionally, USA Today footnoted reputable
sources at the end of the article. And again this is in regard to forced
vaccinations, not vaccinations with chips inserted under the skin.
In the "CBN section" of the fake video, I am not convinced that was an actual
CBN clip that was used. It is easy to make a video and put the logo of any company on the
video. I don't recognize the woman hosting the interview as being from CBN. If
it is actually from CBN, one can see where the doctor talking about the chip
being on the syringe could have easily been manipulated. He is explaining the chip is actually ON the syringe, but then it jumps to photos of a syringe and a woman
claiming the chip is IN the vaccine and inserted into the skin. That is not
what the man is explaining. The conversations are from two separate sources. This is video (possibly from CBN) that is easily manipulated by using dialogue from one video, but splicing it together by the makers of the fake video. I am convinced this claim of inserting a chip under the skin did not come from
CBN.
This is some actual footage from CBN. It is a positive
report from CBN regarding the Covid-19 vaccines.
While I don't agree with everything the gentleman says
in this actual CBN video, the positive nature of the report negates the negative claims in the fake video. Why would CBN
do one negative report (as in the fake video) and then do a positive report all
within the same time frame? Obviously, the fake video is just that: fake.
I do believe the makers of the fake video may have used the
voice of Gary Lane (reporter for CBN) later in their video. It sounds like him,
but is also likely taken out of context. I believe this may have been a report
Gary gave about the foolishness that is taking place in regard to actions being taken from a source called "Dangerous Things".
The fake videos uses a clip from "Dangerous
Things" (also questionable resource) to lead people to believe chips are in
the vaccine, when instead the video from "Dangerous Things"" is simply
talking about chips in general and makes no mention of vaccines. I suspect this is what Gary was reporting, if
that is indeed his voice in the background.
It is curious to me, that if you google "Dangerous
Things" pages and pages of their videos come up. But it is difficult to
find anything critiquing their videos, or to look for truth regarding them. I
spent about 30 minutes and could not find anything regarding them other than
their videos...even typing in 'dangerous things Wikipedia" did not offer
any results about "Dangerous Things". I had to go to duckduckgo.com
to find anything. And this is all they had:
When you click on the name of the founder, Amal Graafstra, no
information is revealed about him at all. The link only goes to a Wikipedia
page stating they have no information. I don't like that, and I don't trust a
video using his "technology" videos taken out of context. His
implants may be real. They are NOT real in conjunction with a chip used in
vaccines. It appears to me someone went to great lengths to allow any
information about him to be found. We all know how Google is manipulating
things they want found and things they do not. Obviously they want his implant
videos found. They do not want who he IS found.
Regardless, I don't believe he is a part of the fake video.
They are using his videos, in the same way they possibly used the CBN video - in other words, if it was actually from CBN; they absolutely did use the CBN logo. They are
taking things out of context from CBN reports about the tracking codes ON the
syringes and leading people to believe the chip is being inserted into people.
Media have been reporting about technology to implant
chips in people for decades! This is a link to an article as far back as 2002. Some of the comments used in the fake video are likely from reports that go years
back and are not in regard to the Covid-19 vaccine at all. CBS, PBS logos are
being shown in the fake video and a mainstream reporter is used. It doesn't
mean it was a recent report about chips in vaccines, as we are led to believe in
the video. From the ABC article I linked, we see this discussion, with the same verbiage, went as far back as 2002.
I reiterate, this section of the video is clearly talking about what is
revealed in the ABC News Article from 2002, that I linked in the last paragraph. The video clip is discussing the same
thing as in the article. But then once again the fake video jumps to the news
anchor in the checked dress who is speaking about the chips in the vaccine. It
is intentional deception. Does anyone know who the lady in the checked dress is?
For which media does she work? Kinda important. But we are left without that
info, or any info regarding who created this video.
I am also trying to figure out the timing of these fake videos. I have noticed they come out in groups. If there is one, there are many. And then all of a sudden it is quiet for awhile. I am not sure what triggers the onslaught of videos, actually. I suspect they are used for a distraction. Or maybe it is something as benign as anti-vaxxers promoting their ideology using scare tactics. I simply do not know. I just know I always recognize the not always subtle and probably not intended connection with anti-vaxxers, hemp, and homeschoolers. Someone is using deception and someone is being used. We all need to be more careful in what we believe and we need to work harder to always try to discern intent.
I have said it before and I will say it again: I am not as
concerned about people who vaccinate and those who do not, as I am concerned
about the misinformation that is being disseminated throughout the internet.
The problem is, it all seems to be coming from the anti-vax movement, and much of it is blatant.
A "Friend" of mine on Facebook posted an article
the other day with her comments. Her comments were good and I could tell she
was actively seeking truth and trying to share what she has learned.
I went to the article and read all that was contained there.
It was one I had read before, as it has passed through the Facebook world at
least a couple times. There were multiple errors/mistruths in the article, so I
wanted to comment. Not on my friend's page, (I am learning that isn't always
well received by various friends) but rather on the page of the woman who wrote
the article. I felt I would reach a bigger audience there, anyway. I simply believe it is worth the time to speak truth.
I posted only a couple facts, not having the time to comment
on her whole article. I was polite, thoughtful and reserved; only stating facts
I had learned previously. The post was mostly ignored for the first day. During
the evening, someone posted a comment attacking me - of course without any facts; just
name-calling. The next morning, I pointed that out in my follow-up comment.
During that time, another comment was posted by someone else asking my solution to what I had
pointed out earlier. While I was writing out my response, apparently the original post had been
removed or I had been blocked from the page. When I went to post my comment, I
received a message alerting me to that fact. I was not allowed to post.
Typical. I have learned over and over again that when
someone does not have accurate statistics and facts they are often threatened
by those who do. Still, I wanted to be sure to see what had happened. I could no
longer see the post on my "Friend's" page. Instead in it's place was
the common message we see: "This comment cannot be displayed. It may have
been removed"...blah,blah,blah something to that efffect. We have all seen
that message from time to time. I could no longer find the author's page, so I went to my
husband's Facebook page to see if it had been removed completely or just for
me. Sure enough, once on his page I could see the post on my Friend's page (who
is a mutual friend of his) and I could go to the author's Facebook page. What I
noted was different, however, is that now unless one follows her page, one can no longer post a comment.
No, it was not that way the day before. I had easily commented on her page. The
other difference now was, on my friend's page where I had seen the original
post, one could no longer click on it to be taken to the corresponding page.
Now if one clicked on the post/picture it only opened up the full comment
directly on my friend's Facebook page. It would no longer take me to Lauren
Novelli's page.
Lauren Novelli - "Holistic Lioness" is her name
and self identified moniker/description. I have seen her before. She is the typical
anti-vaxxer posting and sharing all the same information that all anti-vaxxer's
promote. And I am not talking about the followers here, or the average person. I
am talking about those actively disseminating the anti-vaxx information to
those they hope to bring into their cause. All the information from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and
the anti-vax guru, Andrew Wakefield, was there. Wakefield is the one who started most of this controversy with his paper regarding vaccines causing autism. He and his paper have since been debunked and exposed. He lost his medical license over it. Along with these two, multiple
sites that I have previously written about, and hopefully exposed, (at least to a
few people) were shared on her page.
I went to the date the post I am referring to had originally
been posted. It was no longer there. But coincidentally, I did notice another
post that had been made at the same time. It was a notice that she would not
accept any comments from anyone that contradicted her, or the people that she
was promoting.
Well that 'splains it, doesn't it? I wasn't at all surprised. This seems to be a common practice by those that don't have the facts on their side. I also noted, there were at least a few negative comments displayed throughout her page. But none that had any actual facts, statistics or truth. Only flippant one-liners. I suspect that was intentional so that she might appear unbiased and that she allows discussion. She does not. The truth is, she is biased. She would not accept my comment that was thoughtful, concise and with proven facts.
Anyway, as usual, I hate to give her any attention. But at the same time, I feel it is important. Her article claims nurses don't have any education regarding vaccines. This is entirely false. A nurse on my "Friend's" page posted a great rebuttal to that. I didn't ask permission to share, so I won't use her name, but I believe everything posted to Facebook is "Public Domain". Below is her comment:
"I don't know
where she got her information from regarding health professionals not knowing
what's in the vaccines. Nurses are taught about vaccines in nursing school and
more than just once. Any nurse (any good nurse) has to know what it is they are
administering, what it does, what it's for, and what the side effects are. This
is taught first quarter nursing school and drilled in each quarter thereafter.
Also any healthcare professional working in the industry HAS to get vaccines.
I'm not sure where her information came from, and honestly I stopped reading it
after I read that, but as a nursing student....I know how vaccines works and I
have to know what's in them before I am allowed to administer it this includes
the flu shot. I get people are doing what they think is best and it is their
choice to do so, but this persons take on medical professionals is way off
base."
I found myself wishing this nurse had posted to Lauren's page and not only to our mutual friend's page.
My original comment to Lauren's page was simply that "live" vaccines are rarely used and that I believe this is sometimes used as a tactic for fear-mongering by overstating live vaccine usage. My other comment was in regard to VAER's, stating as I have shared before that anyone (without proof) is allowed to post to VAERS. You can read my article regarding VAERS here:
As well, this is VAERS' disclaimer which I was getting ready to post to Lauren Novelli's page, but was blocked from doing.
“VAERS accepts all reports without judging whether
the event was caused by the vaccine.”
And an additional
quote from the website states:
“Note:
Submission of a VAERS report does not constitute admission that healthcare
personnel or the vaccine caused or contributed to the event.”[1]
Anyway, I simply wanted to point out what anti-vax gurus continue to mistakenly promote. As I have said, there are multiple errors in the article. I believe I have addressed all of them in my past articles on this blog, so I won't do it again here. This is just a warning to please be careful. There is so much misinformation out there. There is a good article at this link to help you identify misconceptions being distributed, and how to find the truth regarding vaccines and information about the dangerous diseases they prevent.
One more thing. For future, (and I have observed this for a while now) there is also a close connection between many anti-vax sites and those that promote CBD Oil and medicinal marijuana. I have tried to warn of this connection in the past. We are on dangerous ground in more ways than one, when fake information is so freely and continually circulated. I knew I would find this connection on the Holistic Lioness' Facebook page. There are multiple problems with that. Maybe we should ask, if anti-vaxxers are being used by a whole other agenda. That will be for another post.
And again, I really don't care if you vaccinate or not as much I care about truth. I have finally come to realize that about myself and my concerns. That took some time, too.
We've all watched the continuing controversy over vaccines.
The debate rages with the rhetoric getting more extreme and much of it not very
believable. I have tried to warn as to where this fear-mongering and faulty
facts could lead. We absolutely must demand truth in reporting.
Today, a trustworthy news outlet warned of a new concern. There
is now a trend known as "Measles Parties" among young mothers. This
is where parents of children will get together with a child who has the
measles, so that their child will also become exposed.
I feel compelled to join in on this discussion, because the
white-washing of these diseases is becoming very dangerous, indeed. With
measles being virtually eradicated from the US due to the vaccine, there is a
new generation that has no understanding of the dangers of this disease.
I was born in 1954, so I am of the generation that can
remember the symptoms and effects of this disease. I remember the exact day I
came down with the measles. I do not remember the year for sure - it was 1957
or 1958. I was approximately 4 years old. But let me share where I can be
specific.
I remember waking up in bed in the bedroom I shared with my
older sister. I woke to her exclamation. "EWWWW! You have the
measles!" I remember the look of shock on her face as she stared at me. I
remember her running out of the room to tell our mom. And I remember feeling
very, very sick. I remember going into the bathroom to look in the mirror. What
I saw was not what one sees, when one looks at a person with this disease.
Instead, I saw bright red, perfectly round little painted dots all over my
face. They were puffy and I was covered. Now it sounds like I am simply
describing what is the normal look of measles, but I am not. I cannot
accurately portray what I saw into words. I was seeing my face through a fever,
and I was on the border of delusions - seeing things that were not real. I
remember the light hurting my eyes terribly, and my mom putting me back to bed
in a darkened room. I know I had dreams and delusions that were not real. Of
course I know now that was due to the fever. But that is as much as I remember.
Now we have all heard the stories about how "we all
survived the measles and it was no big deal." But the truth is, it was a very
big deal. And during that era, our parents certainly didn't have "measles parties"
to expose their children. When the vaccine was made available in 1963 parents
were encouraged, but also excited to vaccinate their children. Those parents
remembered something different with these diseases than what parents think they
know today.
Today, the disease and it's symptoms have been white-washed.
People who are against vaccines like to call it "a disease with a rash and
the sniffles". I'm sorry. It is far more than that. At least it can be.
These are the symptoms of measles:
“Symptoms
of measles include rash, a cough, runny nose, eye irritation and fever.
Symptoms will appear one to three weeks after exposure to this highly
contagious virus. Measles can lead to
serious complications including pneumonia, seizures, brain damage, and death.
Measles spreads easily through any coughing and sneezing...
The
part in bold is what the anti-vaxxers want to ignore. But it is absolutely a
very real part of the measles. And quite bluntly, parents are absolutely nuts
to want to inflict this disease on their children. Ok, I will be nice and
change "nuts" to "dangerously misinformed". They simply do
not understand the danger if they think it is ok to expose their child in this
way.
Let me
touch base on a few other childhood diseases that have been mostly eliminated
by vaccines and therefore forgotten; causing new generations to have little
understanding.
My
parents' generation remember the problems with polio. My own dad's brother
almost died from polio. He was lucky; he survived to be left with only a skinny
leg and a bad limp. And I suspect he was also left with a weak heart as he died
in his early 40's with open heart surgery. That generation praised Jonas Salk
as "gifted from God" for coming up with the vaccine that saved so
many from death.
Personally, my parents almost lost their son, as he became
extremely sick with a horrible rash, fever and strep. It was called Scarlet
Fever at that time. That was when the strep appeared with an extremely high
fever and reddening rash of the skin. Doctors have since removed that label for
the fear that it strikes in parents. I know another family who almost lost a
son to Scarlet Fever and the older brother still talks about the fear his
family experienced over almost losing his brother. Thankfully, the effects of
this disease has been greatly minimized with antibiotics.
Mumps
is another disease whose effects are now being misconstrued. The true effects
include:
“Symptoms of mumps include fever, headaches, muscle
aches tiredness, loss of appetite, and swollen or tender salivary glands under
the ears on one or both sides of the head. A common complication in men is
testicular inflammation, which can cause infertility. Other rare but serious
complications include meningitis, encephalitis, inflammation of the ovaries,
and deafness. Symptoms appear within 25 days of infection, but the virus can be
spread before the ill person has any symptoms.”
I'm
sorry, that's a bit more serious than parents today are led to believe touted by
a movement with a different agenda.
I remember the effects of chicken pox. I do remember parents trying to inflict this disease on their children in
the way of exposing them to someone who had come down with the disease. But
this was a tad different than the "Measles Parties" of today. There
WAS NO vaccine for chicken pox at that time. The vaccine was only developed in
1995. And it was better for children to get the disease when they were smaller
than to take a chance on their kids being a teenager when they caught the
disease. The repercussions and danger are far greater the older a child gets. It
was also a milder disease than the measles. But one can be left with terrible
problems if hit harder by the disease as in the case of an older child or adult.
These are the effects of chicken pox:
The itchy blister rash caused by chickenpox infection appears 10 to 21 days
after exposure to the virus and usually lasts about five to 10 days. Other
signs and symptoms, which may appear one to two days before the rash, include:
fever, loss of appetite, headache, tiredness
and a general feeling of being unwell (malaise)
As I said, Chickenpox is normally a mild disease. But it can
be serious and can lead to complications including:
The condition itself last approximately five to ten days
after exposure, and is an overall a minor virus; still, there are rare times
that chickenpox can lead to complications and become more serious. Some issues
that can fall hand-in-hand with chickenpox includes: dehydration, bacterial
infections (of one’s skin, bones, soft tissue, bloodstream, or joints),
pneumonia, toxic shock syndrome, and brain inflammation (encephalitis). It’s
also important to note that chickenpox during pregnancy can cause some issues
for babies, including birth defects, low birth weight, and limb abnormalities.
Moreover, the threat increases if a woman develops the illness close to having
their baby (a week or days, prior to delivery); causing an infection that could
be life-threatening for a little one.
Suffice
it to say, none of these diseases are anything to mess with. The measles was practically
eradicated from the United States. Statistics are being skewed. Anti-vax sites
love to use a statistic reported from a few years ago. The
claim has been that there had been 102 deaths in the United States due to the
measles vaccines as opposed to zero deaths caused by the disease. But
think about that a moment! These are false statistics, manipulated to make a
point. Measles had been almost totally eradicated! Of course, if there were bad
reactions with the vaccine, it would be a higher number when there had virtually
no cases of measles to report. There was nothing to weigh it against. No one
had the measles at that time! And truthfully, it has never been accurately
proven the deaths were from the vaccine. I'm sorry. I do not want to minimize
the pain of a parent losing a child. But there are many factors that must be
considered before a statistic can be confidently claimed as fact. Neither am I
denying that children died after receiving a vaccine. I am only saying there
are many factors to consider before placing the entire blame on the vaccine,
each and every time. We need to know all truth, and consider all facts to
prevent things like that from ever happening again.
Now the statistics in the case
of measles are of course a bit different in foreign nations where the vaccine
was not available. Consider the deaths caused by measles worldwide, as opposed
to here in the United States where the disease was no longer a problem. The
truth is, over 110,000 people a year die from measles around the world. The
global statistic is down by 80% from an estimated 544,200 in 2000 to 145,700 in
2013 and 110,000 in 2017. This extreme decrease is due to the availability of
the measles vaccine in countries that had not before had the vaccine!
So now we have parents
throwing measles party rather than trusting a vaccine. This is why exaggerated
statements and false facts about the dangers of vaccines is risky. This is
where minimizing the effects of the disease has led. Parents who have never
experienced the disease first-hand, now believe it's simply a piece of cake -
nothing to get all worked up about or worry about; but the truth is it can be a
very deadly disease. Please do not take that chance with your child.
Let me state right from the get-go: I AM NOT FOR MANDATORY
GOVERNMENTAL CONTROL OF VACCINES. I absolutely believe the decision of whether
to vaccinate or not, should be left to the parent. The parent is the one who
knows their child best, their issues and their family needs. If we start
governmental control over one parental issue, we risk being forced on all. I am
adamantly opposed to mandatory vaccines.
That said, I maintain we are in very dangerous waters because
we have allowed misinformation to be disseminated over and over and over
without checking the content or source for validity.
RULINGS OF THE
SUPREME COURT
There is a meme (shown) that is now going around on
Facebook. The meme is not accurate in any way. This is a classic example of the
distortions being spread by the anti-vaccine movement. It is completely
inaccurate in that it is misrepresenting the links that are presented in the meme.
The meme shows two government links, neither of which are active or "hot" which would be needed to enable us to go to the government site named. Therein lies the first deception. Instead, when we click on the meme we are taken to a page with a number of links that were most likely gathered
by a private citizen. I will get to that in a minute. But firstlet me explain
how this meme, on it's face, is inaccurate.
It first states, "Vaccines are safe and effective"
and then the government website is listed as the source for that statement. "https://www.vaccines.gov/basics/safety/index.html".
This is indeed a government website citing the safety of vaccines...overall. But we all know, as with every drug or medical procedure, there will be variance. Of course there sometimes will be allergic reactions! That is the nature of every. single. medicine. Or there could possibly be a reaction because the child was sick when the vaccine was given. This is up to the parent to monitor. We as parents cannot demand control of our child's health in one area, and then turn around and blame the doctor because our child was sick, or we didn't inform the doctor of an allergy when our child is given a vaccine. We must be a parent in every aspect of our child's health. This link is a good resource to have many questions answered about the nature of vaccines and their development. It does not claim that there will never be a problem with a vaccine, as this meme eludes.
Next the meme states: "All Vaccines are Unavoidably
Unsafe." It lists another government website as the source - showing this
link: "https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf/09-152.pdf"
The intent of the meme is to make it look like the
government is contradicting itself. On one hand, the government is saying vaccines
are safe and the next saying they are not. The intent of the message is clear -
leaving us to believe the government contradicts itself and therefore is not trustworthy. However, this is
an inaccurate correlation and upon complete context, the point is simply not valid.
This second linkis a government document, but it is actually
a link to the PDF showing the Supreme Court decision in 2012 to not hold
vaccine manufactures accountable for problems that may, or may not, have occurred with a "design defect" of a
vaccine. The decision was upheld by 6 Justices, with two dissenting (Sotomayor
and Ginsburg) and one abstaining (Kagan). Justice Antonia Scalia, one of our
most trusted Constitutionalist Justices, gave the opinion for the 6 confirming.
Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg gave dissenting opinions.*
The statement "all vaccines are unavoidably unsafe" is not included in that Supreme Court Ruling, as claimed in the meme. I searched the documentthoroughly with the "find tool" before reading the PDF in it's entirety. What is at issue is the relevancy of The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986. Discussed is what is known as "Comment K" which is in regard to "unavoidably unsafe products". That would include any product, not just vaccines. Comment K states:
"Unavoidably unsafe products. There are some products which,
in the present state of human knowledge, are quite incapable of being made safe
for their intended and ordinary use. These are especially common in the field
of drugs. An outstanding example is the vaccine for the Pasteur treatment of
rabies, which not uncommonly leads to very serious and damaging consequences
when it is injected. Since the disease itself invariably leads to a dreadful
death, both the marketing and use of the vaccine are fully justified,
notwithstanding the unavoidable high degree of risk which they involve. Such a
product, properly prepared, and accompanied by proper directions and warning,
is not defective, nor is it unreasonably dangerous. The same is true of many
other drugs, vaccines, and the like, many of which for this very reason cannot
legally be sold except to physicians, or under the prescription of a physician.
It is also true in particular of many new or experimental drugs as to which,
because of lack of time and opportunity for sufficient medical experience,
there can be no assurance of safety, or perhaps even of purity of ingredients,
but such experience as there is justifies the marketing and use of the drug
notwithstanding a medically recognizable risk. The seller of such products,
again with the qualification that they are properly prepared and marketed, and
proper warning is given, where the situation calls for it, is not to be held to
strict liability for unfortunate consequences attending their use, merely
because he has undertaken to supply the public with an apparently useful and
desirable product, attended with a known but apparently reasonable risk."
To try to keep my article concise without losing my point, I won't go into the detailed arguments of the court. I have included the link, so that you are able to read the opinion for yourself, in its entirety. At question was whether this Act allows for compensation for "design defects" of a vaccine in the event of an injury or death to a child. It was ruled, as mentioned above, that the Act does not allow for that situation. But it in no way claims vaccines are unsafe, nor on the flipside, does it state that they are totally safe. A careful reading of the PDF will show that the Supreme Court commends the use of vaccines due to the success achieved through them. From the opinion:
"For the last 66 years, vaccines have been subject to the
same federal premarket approval process as prescription drugs, and compensation
for vaccine-related injuries has been left largely to the States.2Under that regime, the elimination of
communicable diseases through vaccination became “one of the greatest
achievements” of public health in the 20th century.3 But in the 1970’s and
1980’s vaccines became, one might say, victims of their own success. They had
been so effective in preventing infectious diseases that the public became much
less alarmed at the threat of those diseases,4 and much more concerned with the
risk of injury from the vaccines themselves.5"
Further, explanation is needed that the Supreme Court opinion explains:
This
conclusion is supported by the fact that, although products-liability law
establishes three grounds for liability—defective manufacture, inadequate directions or warnings, and defective design—the Act mentions only manufacture and warnings. It thus
seems that the Act’s failure to mention design-defect liability is “by
deliberate choice, not inadvertence.” **
The opinion explains further, along with explanation of grammatical issues. The fact that "defective design" was not included in the NCVIA was an important factor in the court order. It is important to remember this is the Supreme Court deciding according to the rule of law something that could not be decided at the state level. It had nothing to do with deliberately trying to claim vaccines are all safe, nor that they are all unsafe as the meme suggests.
To put it simply, the quote "All
Vaccines are Unavoidably Unsafe" is absolutely not in the document, not
the findings of the court; nor was it even the purposeof the opinion. Nor was it anything ever stated by any government entity! But it is in fact a misrepresentation of that court decision. So why was it included in this meme? The meme is deceiving, because it makes no clarification of the Supreme Court Opinion which it claims is the source of that statement.
You can see where the link mentioned in the meme would take you and read the full context of the Supreme Court decisionHERE.
* "SCALIA, J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and KENNEDY,
THOMAS, BREYER, and ALITO, JJ., joined.BREYER, J., filed a concurring opinion. SOTOMAYOR, J., filed a
dissenting opinion, in which GINSBURG, J., joined.KAGAN, J., took no part in the consideration
or decision of the case."
DANGEROUS
MISINFORMATION
Now, let me get to the second part of the deception promoted in this meme. The PDF
document regarding the Supreme Court decision isn't even about the discussion of the safety of vaccines. It is about not holding the manufacturersaccountable to lawsuits! Anti-vaxxers use this decision all the time in their
literature, stating how horrific that ruling is; and they try to make the point that "you can't sue the drug manufacturers". But even in that, they are not using
the facts of that decision correctly. It is simply an oft-repeated tagline or
talking point that they use over and over and over. In truth, there are some allowances for compensation from the manufacturers of vaccines! Each dose of vaccine is taxed which intentionally allows funds for compensations in the event of injury. One can read about the 1986 law that made this provision at this link.
Getting back to the misleading meme. When one clicks on the meme, one is taken to a page filled
with supposed factual sources to defend the opinion of the meme. You can go to
that personal page HERE.
The first comment on this page
states:
"This is all of the research I have collected on vaccinations. ALL
OF THESE STUDIES ARE PUBLISHED, LEGITIMATE STUDIES ON PUBMED which is a
government database."
The first problem is, the page doesn't even reveal who gathered and listed the information. We don't know who
"I" might be. How are we to know it is from anyone legitimate? Further, it is misleading,
because it leads people to believe the research collected, is from a reputable
source. By the nature of the meme, some will believe it is from the government because official sites are listed;
but in reality, we do not even know who collected these links and
"facts" when you are taken to this page.
Secondly, it misinforms us that they are all
"LEGITIMATE STUDIES" - they are not. We know this because, it then lists a number
of links that are outdated and have already been refuted - all easily researched if one has the time. Someone has obviously
been collecting these links for some time, but apparently not following updated
facts - merely holding on to what this person wants to believe and holding on to everything that could be gathered.
The page initially focuses on the Vaccine/Autism
connection, listing a number of links but ignoring all studies that have proven that Autism is not linked to vaccines. I
have written about the autism link HEREwith some cited sources. The
articles on this unclaimed page are old/outdated and refuted. But shown as fact by erroneously using the
PUBMED database.
PUBMED is simply a free search engine that
mysteriously appeared some years ago. It links to articles written about a topic
whether it is proven factual or not. By using it here to link to these "findings", the author of this page makes the links presented look official. They are not.
From Wikipedia - (Neither is this official, but it gives a general definition.)
"PubMed focuses on clinical and biomedical
literature. Web of Science is interdisciplinary and includes the
"best" journals of each subject area. ... Google Scholar offers an
author, date or journal name search, but its accuracy varies greatly. Results
can be sorted by date, but not necessarily reliably. Sep 25, 2018"
"PubMed is a free search engine accessing
primarily the MEDLINE database of references and abstracts on life sciences and
biomedical topics. The United States National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the
National Institutes of Health maintains the database as part of the Entrez
system of information retrieval."
A further explanation From National Center for
Biotechnology Information - NCBI:
"Since its mysterious appearance in
Google search results, PubMed Health has been a notable topic among medical
librarians and the blogging community. In August 2010, the MidContinental
Region News [1] announced the new PubMed Health
resource from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), which
was quickly followed by a post from The
Krafty Librarian [2];
however, no official announcement was made about this new resource. Then,
PubMed Health appeared as the number one Google search result for medications
starting in August 2010 and made a bigger appearance in February 2011 [3],
creating several questions among the blogging community. With still no official
announcement, the blogging community was left to fill in the gaps [4].
The sudden arrival of this new resource created a flurry of questions, followed
by uncertainty until finally NCBI tweeted [5]
about the new PubMed Health on March 2, 2011, with a link to
the newly released home page."*
Again, these links on the page of the creator of the meme, all appear to be attempts the author made in order to look "official" without
really being official. It is similar to what can also happen through the VAERS website - an official government site. I explained how that can happen when I wrote about the oft quoted VAERS. You can read thatHERE.
Finally, the page that is linked from the meme, lists
doctor after doctor that supposedly is factually accurate in their opinions. But
the truth is, they simply are not any more correct then any doctor offering
differing opinions on any number of medical issues. They don't call it "practicing medicine" for nothing! There
are many things that are not definitive and not agreed upon in the medical community and by any number of
physicians. Medicine is ever-changing and continually perfecting.
I have written before about some of those doctors
and why they cannot simply be considered as accurate. You can read my findings HERE.
I didn't go to every link the unknown author listed. There are so many, I
simply do not have the time. But from a quick peruse, I recognized many of them
as the traditional talking points from the anti-vaccine movement. Many of them
are from opinion blogs; assumed stories from a heartbroken parent desperate for
answers, or previously refuted articles. Maybe some are legitimate stories due to a tainted vaccine or some unforeseen event such as a sick child when given the vaccine, and that is indeed heart-breaking. But we cannot
throw the baby out with the bath-water and continue to present stories as fact
when nothing has been definitively proven. Sadly, people are going to read this
page like every single article presented there is proven fact. That simply is not so and it is
a dangerous assumption. But even more than that, it just isn't right! It is
time to stand for accuracy in all of our information.
Now, I do not want to seem like I am saying there are no
valid points that the anti-vaxxers make. Of course there are some. I have always maintained that Gardasil
is not a necessary vaccine. Hepatitis B for babies just isn't necessary. Myself, I
wouldn't allow either of those vaccines for my child. We absolutely MUST use COMMON SENSE! But neither
can we allow this harmful, and I will even say sometimes radical,
misinformation to be propagated. It is dangerous to do that. Because that is exactly how we
will eventually lose our freedoms. One never wins the challenge by saying things that are
untrue.
There is one additional point I would like to cover before winding things up on this. It is something
I continue to read from those who chose not to vaccinate. There is so much fear that comes with this inaccurate assertion, that I feel it is important to mention.
The anti-vaxxers continually report how there are 200
vaccines in the system waiting to be forced upon our children. I am afraid this simply
isn't so! Rather, these are only vaccines being studied and researched. There are
multiple medicines constantly being developed and researched to see if they
will be effective in aiding the medical field. That doesn't mean they are
planned to be definitively used. They are simply being researched to see if
they are worthy of development! This is likewise the case with the vaccines
being studied. Yet they use this fact to make it look like these are all vaccines that will be inflicted upon our children. That simply is NOT the case. It is actually a good
thing products are being studied like this. The more study the better! As that
will ensure safety. But it doesn't mean they will be used. Some being studied are even for
the same malady - simply to see what will work best. It is merely research to find the best solution for the
problem. That the 200 vaccines are going to be "added to the schedule"
is fear-mongering and those doing it know the truth full-well. One can tell that fact, by
their careful wording of how they present this inaccurate information in their
literature. They are attempting to make you believe it as already proven without
stating it outright as an authoritative fact. This, to avoid law suits, or being called out
for their misinformation! We must think critically about what we are fed, and not be so willing to believe everything we are told.
**Emphasis in bold mine.
MY PURPOSE
There is talk now of forcing vaccines upon parents. Washington
State is one, among others, considering legislation at this time to make
vaccines mandatory.
Facebook and other media are rightfully concerned
about the inaccurate information being spread throughout social media, but their solution is going to
be dangerous. They want to limit all dissemination of information regarding
vaccines. This is a violation of free speech. I have said this over and over.
If we do not seek accurate facts and are lazy about our research, just believing everything we read, we are going
to lose our freedom to decide for ourselves. And that is because the government is going to
win out with their more factually superior, intellectual and scientific facts and as a more trusted source. This will lead us into being
forced into mandatory vaccines. It will come with the support of the majority of citizens
behind it...simply due to factual science and truth. Most people still want proven facts, not firmly held beliefs or opinions.
And again, linked here is the Supreme Court PDF. Please read truth and do not let anyone trick you, whether it be purposefully, or out of ignorance. I cannot even begin to guess what is behind this person's meme and subsequent page. And I do not want to guess. Perhaps it is sincere ignorance, perhaps it is trickery. It just simply is not in me, to let untruths stand unchallenged. I am only trying to throw out a small life preserver as we traverse these dangerous and deepening waters.
