{"id":38146,"date":"2020-11-23T14:11:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T18:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=38146"},"modified":"2020-11-23T14:11:45","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T18:11:45","slug":"pandemic-is-over-former-pfizer-chief-science-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=38146","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Pandemic is Over&#8221; &#8212; Former Pfizer Chief Science Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\u201cPandemic is Over\u201d \u2013 Former Pfizer Chief Science Officer Says \u201cSecond Wave\u201d Faked On False-Positive Tests<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Posted by The Liberty Beacon<\/p>\n<figure class=\"entry-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"YEADONOVER-min\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.thelibertybeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/YEADONOVER-min.jpg?fit=620%2C280&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<p><strong>ER Editor:<\/strong>\u00a0We\u2019re linking to a piece we published on April 1, 2020, which brings us full circle, with a boatload of experts back then questioning the virus hype:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europereloaded.com\/twenty-two-experts-questioning-the-coronavirus-panic-videos-scientific-common-sense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TWENTY-TWO Experts Questioning the Coronavirus Panic [VIDEOS &amp; Scientific Common Sense]<\/a><\/strong>. And this from March 30 by the esteemed Dr. Peter Goetzsche of the Cochrane Institute:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europereloaded.com\/coronavirus-an-epidemic-of-mass-panic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coronavirus: An Epidemic of Mass Panic<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>March was the time of the greatest number of infections, with the greatest number of deaths following on in April. Data experts said we locked down during March when it was already evident that the number of infections were about to decline. As Goetsche said back then, \u2018it\u2019s a dream scenario for those with dictatorship tendencies.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-140103 aligncenter jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.europereloaded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Goetzsche.jpg?resize=620%2C280&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"280\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The video by Dr. Mike Yeadon below is well worth listening to closely for his both expert opinion and common sense reasoning about the virus.<\/p>\n<p>********<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"page-title\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">\u201cPandemic is Over\u201d \u2013 Former Pfizer Chief Science Officer Says \u201cSecond Wave\u201d Faked On False-Positive COVID Tests<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"submission-wrapper\">\n<article class=\"profile\">\n<h3 class=\"field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-style-thumbnail jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/pictures\/picture-5.jpg?resize=40%2C40&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Profile picture for user Tyler Durden\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 TYLER DURDEN<\/h3>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>This video provides one of the most erudite and informative looks at Covid-19 and the consequences of lockdowns. As\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aier.org\/article\/an-education-in-viruses-and-public-health-from-michael-yeadon-former-vp-of-pfizer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AIER notes<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>it was remarkable this week to watch as it appeared on YouTube and was forcibly taken down only 2 hours after posting.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The copy below is hosted on LBRY, a blockchain video application. In a year of fantastic educational content, this is one of the best we\u2019ve seen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_9-53-49.jpg?itok=e0otilZW\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_9-53-49.jpg?itok=e0otilZW\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_9-53-49.jpg?itok=1eqNEWu3 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_9-53-49.jpg?itok=1eqNEWu3 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_9-53-49.jpg?itok=1eqNEWu3 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_9-53-49.jpg?itok=1eqNEWu3 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_9-53-49.jpg?itok=1eqNEWu3 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_9-53-49.jpg?itok=e0otilZW 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_9-53-49.jpg?resize=587%2C363&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"363\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"d88defb0-8692-481f-a460-b85477a0e6a7\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Consider the presenter\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/degraw.substack.com\/p\/pfizer-chief-scientific-officer-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bio<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Dr. Michael Yeadon is an Allergy &amp; Respiratory Therapeutic Area expert with 23 years in the pharmaceutical industry. He trained as a biochemist and pharmacologist, obtaining his PhD from the University of Surrey (UK) in 1988.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Yeadon then worked at the Wellcome Research Labs with Salvador Moncada with a research focus on airway hyper-responsiveness and effects of pollutants including ozone and working in drug discovery of 5-LO, COX, PAF, NO and lung inflammation. With colleagues, he was the first to detect exhaled NO in animals and later to induce NOS in lung via allergic triggers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joining Pfizer in 1995,<\/strong>\u00a0he was responsible for the growth and portfolio delivery of the Allergy &amp; Respiratory pipeline within the company. He was responsible for target selection and the progress into humans of new molecules,\u00a0<strong>leading teams of up to 200 staff across all disciplines<\/strong>\u00a0and won an Achievement Award for productivity in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Under his leadership the research unit invented oral and inhaled NCEs which delivered multiple positive clinical proofs of concept in asthma, allergic rhinitis and COPD. He led productive collaborations such as with Rigel Pharmaceuticals (SYK inhibitors) and was involved in the licensing of Spiriva and acquisition of the Meridica (inhaler device) company.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Yeadon has published over 40 original research articles<\/strong>\u00a0and now consults and partners with a number of biotechnology companies.\u00a0<strong>Before working with Apellis, Dr. Yeadon was VP and Chief Scientific Officer (Allergy &amp; Respiratory Research) with Pfizer.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What likely triggered the Silicon Valley censor-mongers is the fact that a former Chief Science Officer for the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer says<em><strong>\u00a0\u201cthere is no science to suggest a second wave should happen.\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0The \u201cBig Pharma\u201d insider asserts that false positive results from inherently unreliable COVID tests are being used to manufacture a \u201csecond wave\u201d based on \u201cnew cases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/discover.hubpages.com\/politics\/Pfizer-Chief-Science-Officer-Second-Wave-Based-on-Fake-Data-of-False-Positives-for-New-Cases-Pandemic-is-Over?__twitter_impression=true&amp;fbclid=IwAR2dUHHE6Rr8JrHfBxSAlq-bfn9G0nLj06xwRpeC3pnRJWMArGLRdPiOTXA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">As Ralph Lopez write at HubPages<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>Yeadon warns that half or even \u201calmost all\u201d of tests for COVID are false positives.<\/strong>\u00a0Dr. Yeadon also argues that the threshold for herd immunity may be much lower than previously thought, and may have been reached in many countries already.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TMGJRV-u_ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In an interview last week<\/a>\u00a0(see below)\u00a0<\/strong>Dr. Yeadon was asked:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cwe are basing a government policy, an economic policy, a civil liberties policy, in terms of limiting people to six people in a meeting\u2026all based on, what may well be, completely fake data on this coronavirus?\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Dr. Yeadon answered with a simple \u201c<strong>yes<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even more significantly, even if all positives were to be correct, Dr. Yeadon said that given the \u201cshape\u201d of all important indicators in a worldwide pandemic, such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/covidtracking.com\/data\/national\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hospitalizations<\/a>, ICU utilization, and deaths, \u201cthe pandemic is fundamentally over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yeadon said in the interview:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<strong>Were it not for the test data that you get from the TV all the time, you would rightly conclude that the pandemic was over, as nothing much has happened.\u00a0<\/strong>Of course people go to the hospital, moving into the autumn flu season\u2026but\u00a0<strong>there is no science to suggest a second wave should happen.<\/strong>\u201c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In a paper published this month, which was co-authored by Yeadon and two of his colleagues,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lockdownsceptics.org\/addressing-the-cv19-second-wave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cHow Likely is a Second Wave?\u201d<\/a>, the scientists write:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt has widely been observed that in all heavily infected countries in Europe and several of the US states likewise, that the shape of the daily deaths vs. time curves is similar to ours in the UK.\u00a0<strong>Many of these curves are not just similar, but almost super imposable.<\/strong>\u201c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the data for UK, Sweden, the US, and the world, it can be seen that in all cases, deaths were on the rise in March through mid or late April, then began tapering off in a smooth slope which flattened around the end of June and continues to today. The case rates however,\u00a0<strong><em>based on testing,<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>rise and swing upwards and downwards wildly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media messaging in the US is already\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/americans-brace-2nd-wave-covid-19-experts-predict\/story?id=72817318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ramping up expectations<\/a>\u00a0of a \u201csecond wave.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The survival rate of COVID-19 has been upgraded since May to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2020\/05\/24\/the-cdcs-new-best-estimate-implies-a-covid-19-infection-fatality-rate-below-0-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">99.8% of infections<\/a>. This comes close to ordinary flu, the survival rate of which is 99.9%. Although COVID can have serious after-effects,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.com\/condition\/cold-flu-sinus\/flu-long-term-effects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">so can flu<\/a>\u00a0or any respiratory illness. The present survival rate is far higher than initial grim guesses in March and April, cited by Dr. Anthony Fauci, of 94%, or 20 to 30 times deadlier. The Infection Fatality Rate (IFR) value accepted by Yeadon\u00a0<em>et al<\/em>\u00a0in the paper is .26%. The survival rate of a disease is 100% minus the IFR.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Yeadon pointed out that the \u201cnovel\u201d COVID-19 contagion is novel only in the sense that it is a new type of coronavirus. But, he said, there are presently four strains which circulate freely throughout the population, most often linked to the common cold.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the scientific paper, Yeadon\u00a0<em>et al<\/em>\u00a0write:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThere are at least four well characterised family members (229E, NL63, OC43 and HKU1) which are endemic and cause some of the common colds we experience, especially in winter. They all have striking sequence similarity to the new coronavirus.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The scientists argue that much of the population already has, if not antibodies to COVID, some level of\u00a0<strong>\u201cT-cell\u201d immunity from exposure to other related coronaviruses,<\/strong>\u00a0which have been circulating long before COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>The scientists write:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cA major component of our immune systems is the group of white blood cells called T-cells whose job it is to memorise a short piece of whatever virus we were infected with so the right cell types can multiply rapidly and protect us if we get a related infection. Responses to COVID-19 have been shown in dozens of blood samples taken from donors before the new virus arrived.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Introducing the idea that some prior immunity to COVID-19 already existed, the authors of \u201cHow Likely is a Second Wave?\u201d write:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><strong>\u201cIt is now established that at least 30% of our population already had immunological recognition of this new virus, before it even arrived\u2026COVID-19 is new, but coronaviruses are not.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>They go on to say that, because of this prior resistance,\u00a0<strong>only 15-25% of a population being infected may be sufficient to reach herd immunity<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c\u2026epidemiological studies show that, with the extent of prior immunity that we can now reasonably assume to be the case, only 15-25% of the population being infected is sufficient to bring the spread of the virus to a halt\u2026\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the US, accepting a death toll of 200,000, and a survival rate of 99.8%, this would mean for every person who has died, there would be about 400 people who had been infected, and lived. This would translate to around 80 million Americans, or 27% of the population.\u00a0<strong>This touches Yeadon\u2019s and his colleagues\u2019 threshold for herd immunity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfm44B1.jpg?itok=gBUBmOlb\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfm44B1.jpg?itok=gBUBmOlb\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfm44B1.jpg?itok=XNTbUP6h 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfm44B1.jpg?itok=XNTbUP6h 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfm44B1.jpg?itok=XNTbUP6h 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfm44B1.jpg?itok=XNTbUP6h 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bfm44B1.jpg?itok=XNTbUP6h 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/bfm44B1.jpg?itok=gBUBmOlb 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/bfm44B1.jpg?resize=570%2C301&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"301\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"0894ffc4-fd01-485d-a04a-1f47d17ea27b\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, the former Pfizer executive and scientist singles out one former colleague for withering rebuke for his role in the pandemic, Professor Neil Ferguson (pictured). Ferguson taught at Imperial College while Yeadon was affiliated.<\/strong>\u00a0Ferguson\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/2020\/05\/16\/neil-fergusons-imperial-model-could-devastating-software-mistake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">computer\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-140165 alignright jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.europereloaded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NeilFerguson.jpg?resize=187%2C198&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"198\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/>model<\/a>\u00a0provided the rationale for governments to launch draconian orders which turned free societies into virtual prisons overnight. Over what is now estimated by the CDC to be a 99.8% survival rate virus.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Yeadon said in the interview that \u201cno serious scientist gives any validity\u201d to Ferguson\u2019s model.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with thinly-veiled contempt for Ferguson, Dr. Yeadon took special pains to point out to his interviewer:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><strong>\u201cIt\u2019s important that you know most scientists don\u2019t accept that it [Ferguson\u2019s model] was even faintly right\u2026<em>but the government is still wedded to the model<\/em>.\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yeadon joins other scientists in castigating governments for following Ferguson\u2019s model, the assumptions of which all worldwide lockdowns are based on. One of these scientists is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/professor-lockdown-modeler-resigns-in-disgrace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Johan Giesecke<\/a>, former chief scientist for the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention, who<strong>\u00a0called Ferguson\u2019s model \u201cthe most influential scientific paper\u201d in memory, and also \u201cone of the most wrong.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was Ferguson\u2019s model which held that \u201cmitigation\u201d measures were necessary, i.e. social distancing and business closures, in order to prevent, for example, over 2.2 million people dying from COVID in the US.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ferguson predicted that Sweden would pay a terrible price for no lockdown, with 40,000 COVID deaths by May 1, and 100,000 by June. Sweden\u2019s death count\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/coronavirus-sweden-norway-death-toll-mild-flu-season-1532201%20https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">is under 6,000.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/coronavirus-sweden-norway-death-toll-mild-flu-season-1532201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swedish government says<\/a>\u00a0this corresponds to a mild flu season. Although initially higher, Sweden now has a lower death rate per-capita than the US, which it achieved without the terrific economic damage still ongoing in the US.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/coronanews123.wordpress.com\/2020\/09\/06\/us-covid-death-rate-surpasses-sweden-which-avoided-lockdown-damage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sweden never closed<\/a>\u00a0restaurants, bars, sports, most schools, or movie theaters. The government never ordered people to wear masks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_10-09-22.jpg?itok=3q0bWWKl\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_10-09-22.jpg?itok=3q0bWWKl\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_10-09-22.jpg?itok=ra4P2ITC 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_10-09-22.jpg?itok=ra4P2ITC 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_10-09-22.jpg?itok=ra4P2ITC 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_10-09-22.jpg?itok=ra4P2ITC 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_10-09-22.jpg?itok=ra4P2ITC 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_10-09-22.jpg?itok=3q0bWWKl 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_10-09-22.jpg?resize=619%2C406&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"619\" height=\"406\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"04ba6b2c-9b7b-4ff7-9e19-6057e36b7f11\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Dr. Yeadon speaks bitterly of the lives lost as a result of lockdown policies, and of the \u201csaveable\u201d countless lives which will be further lost, from important surgeries and other healthcare deferred, should lockdowns be reimposed.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Watch the full discussion below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"lbry-iframe\" class=\"lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/lbry.tv\/$\/embed\/Mike-Yeadon-Unlocked\/0ca6e66a244be97b382aaafff14be94140a422eb?r=8gZAcZkybGyuJu8L6he6C5vhRUZYJcWA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-rocket-lazyload=\"fitvidscompatible\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Yeadon\u2019s warnings are confirmed by a new study from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/cid\/advance-article\/doi\/10.1093\/cid\/ciaa1491\/5912603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Infectious Diseases Society of America<\/a>., summarized succinctly in the following\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boriquagato\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">twitter thread from al gato malo (@boriquagato)<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><u><strong>Anyone still presuming that a Positive PCR test is showing a COVID case needs to read this very carefully:<\/strong><\/u><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>even with 25 cycles of amplification, 70% of \u201cpositives\u201d are not \u201ccases.\u201d Virus cannot be cultured; it\u2019s dead.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>by\u00a0<strong>35:<\/strong>\u00a097% non-clinical.<\/li>\n<li>the US runs at\u00a0<strong>40<\/strong>, 32X the amplification of 35.<strong><em>\u00a0(ER: France is using cycle thresholds of 35-40)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_10-10-29.jpg?itok=7_muH4Jq\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_10-10-29.jpg?itok=7_muH4Jq\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_10-10-29.jpg?itok=G6ewWbkv 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_10-10-29.jpg?itok=G6ewWbkv 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_10-10-29.jpg?itok=G6ewWbkv 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_10-10-29.jpg?itok=G6ewWbkv 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_10-10-29.jpg?itok=G6ewWbkv 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_10-10-29.jpg?itok=7_muH4Jq 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/2020-11-22_10-10-29.jpg?resize=584%2C395&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"395\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"a84f87b1-143d-441f-a56c-52a468719a15\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p><u><em><strong>A lot of people still seem to not understand what this means, so let\u2019s lay that out for a minute.<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/p>\n<p>PCR tests look for RNA. There is too little in your swab, so they amplify it using a primer-based heating and annealing process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Each cycle of this process doubles the material<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/EnYNZ0kW4AEvkcn.png?itok=RVzwulrS\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/EnYNZ0kW4AEvkcn.png?itok=RVzwulrS\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/EnYNZ0kW4AEvkcn.png?itok=-ZWgzHZt 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/EnYNZ0kW4AEvkcn.png?itok=-ZWgzHZt 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/EnYNZ0kW4AEvkcn.png?itok=-ZWgzHZt 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/EnYNZ0kW4AEvkcn.png?itok=-ZWgzHZt 2x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/EnYNZ0kW4AEvkcn.png?itok=-ZWgzHZt 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/EnYNZ0kW4AEvkcn.png?itok=RVzwulrS 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/EnYNZ0kW4AEvkcn.png?resize=568%2C366&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"366\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"1aca2c2b-5fc7-4ddd-ae6f-0d179da15b20\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The US (and much of the world) is using a 40 Ct (cycle threshold). So, 40 doublings, 1 trillion X amplification.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u><strong>This is absurdly high.<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p>The way that we know this is by running this test, seeing the Ct to find the RNA, and then using the same sample to try to culture virus.<\/p>\n<p>If you cannot culture the virus, then the virus is \u201cdead.\u201d It\u2019s inert. If it cannot replicate,\u00a0<strong>it cannot infect you or others.<\/strong>\u00a0It\u2019s just traces of virus, remnants, fragments, etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PCR is not testing for disease, it\u2019s testing for a specific RNA pattern\u00a0<\/strong>and this is the key pivot.<\/p>\n<p>When you crank it up to 25, 70% of the positive results are not really \u201cpositives\u201d in any clinical sense.<\/p>\n<p>I hesitate to call it a \u201cfalse positive\u201d because it\u2019s really not. It did find RNA, but that RNA is not clinically relevant.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>It cannot make you or anyone else sick<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p>So let\u2019s call this a non-clinical positive (NCP).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>if 70% of positives are NCP\u2019s at 25, imagine what 40 looks like. 35 is 1,000X as sensitive.<\/li>\n<li>this study found only 3% live at 35<\/li>\n<li>40 Ct is 32X 35, 32,000X 25<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u><em><strong>No one can culture live virus past about 34<\/strong><\/em><\/u>\u00a0and we have known this since March. yet no one has adjusted these tests.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"lazyloaded\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1243644503807815680&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmedical%2Fpandemic-over-former-pfizer-chief-science-officer-says-second-wave-faked-false-positive&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1243644503807815680\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-rocket-lazyload=\"fitvidscompatible\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>This is more very strong data refuting the idea that you can trust a PCR+ as a clinical indicator.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That is NOT what it\u2019s meant for. At all.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Using them to do real time epidemiology is absurd.<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/EnYQECYW8AUdOtM.jpg?itok=VxOBHn5p\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/EnYQECYW8AUdOtM.jpg?itok=VxOBHn5p\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/EnYQECYW8AUdOtM.jpg?itok=8CdMmbIo 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/EnYQECYW8AUdOtM.jpg?itok=8CdMmbIo 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/EnYQECYW8AUdOtM.jpg?itok=8CdMmbIo 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/EnYQECYW8AUdOtM.jpg?itok=8CdMmbIo 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/EnYQECYW8AUdOtM.jpg?itok=8CdMmbIo 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/EnYQECYW8AUdOtM.jpg?itok=VxOBHn5p 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/EnYQECYW8AUdOtM.jpg?resize=567%2C638&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"567\" height=\"638\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"ca924ee6-9249-475d-8c49-05d9d791e99c\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The FDA would never do it, the drug companies doing vaccine trials would never do it\u2026 it\u2019s\u00a0<strong>because it\u2019s nonsense.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And this same test is used for \u201chospitalizations\u201d and \u201cdeath with covid\u201d (itself a weirdly over inclusive metric)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PCR testing is not the answer, it\u2019s the problem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s not how to get control of an epidemic, it\u2019s how to completely lose control of your data picture and wind up with gibberish and we have done this to ourselves before.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"lazyloaded\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1328296774449192960&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmedical%2Fpandemic-over-former-pfizer-chief-science-officer-says-second-wave-faked-false-positive&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1328296774449192960\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-rocket-lazyload=\"fitvidscompatible\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3><u>A quick word what this data does and does not mean.<\/u><\/h3>\n<p>Saying \u201ca sample requiring 35 Ct to test + has a 3% real clinical positive rate\u201d does not mean \u201c97% of + tests run at 35 Ct are NCP\u2019s\u201d<\/p>\n<p>People seem to get confused on this, so let\u2019s explain:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most tests are just amplified and run. They don\u2019t test every cycle as these academics do. That would make the test slow and expensive, so you just run 40 cycles then test.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Obviously, a real clinical positive (RCP) that would have been + at 20 is still + at 40.<\/p>\n<p>But when you run the tests each cycle as the academics do, that test would already have dropped out.<\/p>\n<p>So saying that only 3% at 35 are RCP really means that 3% of those samples not PCR + at 34 were PCR and RCP + at 35.<\/p>\n<p>This lets us infer little about overall NCP\/RCP rate.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>So we cannot say \u201cat 25 Ct, we have a 70 NCP rate.\u201d In fact, it\u2019s hard to say much of anything. It depends entirely on what the source material coming in looks like.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>You cannot even compare like to like.<\/p>\n<p><u><em><strong>This is what i mean by \u201cthe data is gibberish\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Today at 40 Ct, 7% PCR positive rate could be 1% RCP prevalence when that same thing meant 6% RCP prev in april.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If there is lots more trace virus around, more people who have recovered and have fragments left over, etc, this test could be finding virus\u00a0<em>you killed 4 months ago<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So if we consider RCP rate\/PCR+ rate, we would expect that number to drop sharply late in an epidemic because there is more dead virus around for PCR to find, but we have no idea what that ratio is or how it changes.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>This spills over in to deaths, reported hospitalization, etc.<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Testing is being made out to be like the high beams on a car, but when it\u2019s snowing like hell at night, that is the LAST thing you want. It is not illuminating our way, it\u2019s blinding us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A bad inaccurate map is much worse than no map at all, and this is a world class bad map\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/EnYX9WxW4AAVEE1.png?itok=FSp6d49T\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/EnYX9WxW4AAVEE1.png?itok=FSp6d49T\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/EnYX9WxW4AAVEE1.png?itok=AwPrPq6S 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/EnYX9WxW4AAVEE1.png?itok=AwPrPq6S 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/EnYX9WxW4AAVEE1.png?itok=AwPrPq6S 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/EnYX9WxW4AAVEE1.png?itok=AwPrPq6S 2x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/EnYX9WxW4AAVEE1.png?itok=AwPrPq6S 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/EnYX9WxW4AAVEE1.png?itok=FSp6d49T 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/EnYX9WxW4AAVEE1.png?resize=556%2C368&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"556\" height=\"368\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"2e99f9a3-96c7-42ed-b86b-180d792ff24d\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p><u><em><strong>We\u2019re basing policy that is affecting billions of humans on data that is uninterpretable gibberish.<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a deranged technocrat\u2019s wet dream, but for those of us along for the ride, it\u2019s a nightmare.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Testing is not the solution, it\u2019s the problem.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Any technocrat or scientist that does not know this by now is either unfit for their job or has decided that they just don\u2019t care and prefer power to morality.<\/p>\n<p>This is, of course, precisely the kind of person who winds up running a gov\u2019t agency\u2026 oopsie.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/EnYVc_KW8AI7OP1.jpg?itok=Q8uIn_33\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/EnYVc_KW8AI7OP1.jpg?itok=Q8uIn_33\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/EnYVc_KW8AI7OP1.jpg?itok=oV69nmF5 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/EnYVc_KW8AI7OP1.jpg?itok=oV69nmF5 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/EnYVc_KW8AI7OP1.jpg?itok=oV69nmF5 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/EnYVc_KW8AI7OP1.jpg?itok=oV69nmF5 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/EnYVc_KW8AI7OP1.jpg?itok=oV69nmF5 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/EnYVc_KW8AI7OP1.jpg?itok=Q8uIn_33 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/EnYVc_KW8AI7OP1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"38ac6ef4-5ce3-4080-8388-4fbf48e38e78\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The head of the NIH is not the best scientist, it\u2019s the best politician.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All this wild and reckless government policy has never been about the science.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s politics and panic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can read the whole paper here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"doc_74355\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed lazyloaded\" title=\"ciaa1491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/485382529\/content?start_page=1&amp;view_mode=scroll&amp;access_key=key-1mXULAYGVezosIjeQ6YL\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.75\" data-auto-height=\"false\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-rocket-lazyload=\"fitvidscompatible\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>************<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/medical\/pandemic-over-former-pfizer-chief-science-officer-says-second-wave-faked-false-positive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelibertybeacon.com\/pandemic-is-over-former-pfizer-chief-science-officer-says-second-wave-faked-on-false-positive-tests\/\">https:\/\/www.thelibertybeacon.com\/pandemic-is-over-former-pfizer-chief-science-officer-says-second-wave-faked-on-false-positive-tests\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cPandemic is Over\u201d \u2013 Former Pfizer Chief Science Officer Says \u201cSecond Wave\u201d Faked On False-Positive Tests<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}