Is monkeypox / mpox an autoimmune disease caused by the COVID-19 vaccine?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : Monkeypox is a vaccine-induced autoimmune disease!
People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims or suggests that monkeypox is a vaccine-induced autoimmune disease – autoimmune blistering disease, or shingles, or even herpes!
Here is an excerpt of the (intentionally?) rambling and confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!
Top Virologists Blow Whistle: Monkeypox Is Actually COVID Vaccine-Induced ‘Autoimmune Blistering Disease’
Top doctors worldwide are stepping forward to expose the World Health Organization’s monkeypox scare as a cover-up for known side effects linked to the COVID mRNA vaccines.
According to leading virologist Dr. Poornima Wagh, we are not experiencing an outbreak of monkeypox around the world, as claimed by the WHO. As Dr. Wagh explains, the symptoms experienced by those diagnosed with monkeypox are actually a known side-effect of the Covid shots.
Meanwhile, Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg has warned that the WHO’s claims of a monkeypox emergency is another scam and the disease we are witnessing is actually the result of destroyed immune syste shingles caused by the Covid shots.
Monkeypox cases are currently being reported in highly vaccinated countries around the world, while lesser-vaccinated countries are not reporting any cases.
Take, for instance, the confirmed Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine side-effect known as automimmune blistering disease which is listed in the fine print of confidential Pfizer documents as a known side-effect of the vaccines.
The condition is hidden within the 9-page long list of adverse events of special interest at the end of Pfizer’s reissue_5.3.6 postmarketing experience.pdf document.
Official government data and confidential Pfizer documents strongly suggest the Covid-19 injection is in the process of reactivating the dormant chickenpox virus or herpes virus due to the severe damage mRNA does to the immune system.
This means we may not be witnessing a worldwide outbreak of monkeypox at all, but rather a huge cover-up of the consequences of administering an experimental injection to millions of people.
Meanwhile, another confidential Pfizer document contained in the data dump, known as ‘reissue_5.3.6 postmarketing experience.pdf’, revels that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines have destroyed immune systems, causing herpes viral infections to make a major comeback.
Truth : Monkeypox is not a vaccine-induced autoimmune disease!
This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : Monkeypox is not an autoimmune disease
Let me start by pointing out that monkeypox (which is now known as mpox) is not an autoimmune disease in the first place.
Mpox / monkeypox is caused by the monkeypox virus (MPV, MPXV, or hMPXV) – a double-stranded DNA virus from the Orthopoxvirus genus.
Fact #2 : Monkeypox is not caused by COVID-19 vaccines
To be clear, monkeypox is not caused by any COVID-19 vaccine, because they do not contain the monkeypox virus, as some have alleged.
Fact #3 : Mpox virus was first identified in 1958
Mpox was first identified by Preben von Magnus in crab-eating macaque monkeys (hence, the name) that were being used as laboratory animals in Denmark, way back in 1958 – more than 60 yearsbefore the COVID-19 vaccines were invented.
Fact #4 : First human mpox infection was diagnosed in 1970
In addition, the first known human mpox infection was diagnosed in 1970, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where mpox is endemic.
This occurred more than 50 yearsbefore the first COVID-19 vaccines were approved, so mpox infections have nothing to do with COVID-19 vaccines.
Fact #5 : DRC has very low COVID-19 vaccination rate
It is ludicrous to claim or suggest that the current mpox / monkeypox outbreak is caused by COVID-19 vaccination, because it started in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has very low COVID-19 vaccination rates due to poor healthcare infrastructure, political instability and… misinformation!
According to the latest available data, only about 2.6 million people in Congo – out of 110 million people, have been vaccinated against COVID-19. That’s a vaccination rate of less than 2.5%, even if you assume they were all “fully-vaccinated”.
Fact #6 : COVID-19 vaccines are not associated with autoimmune disease
After billions of doses were administered and over 3.5 years of monitoring, COVID-19 vaccines are not known to cause any autoimmune disease. Neither do they cause viral diseases like herpes by “destroying the immune system”.
That’s just utter nonsense, because the AESI list is not a list of vaccine side effects, and includes irrelevant adverse events like viral infections (herpes, MERS, varicella, etc., as well as “manufacturing production issue” and even “product availability issue”!
Fact #7 : Autoimmune diseases cannot spread like a virus
Autoimmune diseases like autoimmune blistering disease, pemphigus, or pemphigoid, arise when your own immune system mistakenly attacks your skin, or mucous membranes. It cannot spread from person to person.
Monkeypox / mpox infections, on the other hand, are caused by a viral infection that spreads through close or sexual contact.
So it is really silly to claim or suggest that the current outbreak of monkeypox / mpox is really vaccine-induced autoimmune diseases that spread from person-to-person… like a virus!
Fact #8 : The People’s Voice Is Known For Fake News
The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.
Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.
Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should think twice about sharing anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice. Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:
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Was this man shot by Iranian security forces with buckshot, or infected with mpox / monkeypox?! Take a look at the viral photo, and find out what the facts really are!
Updated @ 2024-08-21 : Added Ama Llulla network fact check, and more details Originally posted @ 2024-08-20
Claim : This man was shot with buckshot, not infected with monkeypox!
Some people are claiming that the famous photo of a man with multiple black scabs was not infected with monkeypox, but rather, he was shot by Iranian security forces with buckshot.
Debbie Crawford : Fake pic! That is a guy that got shot with Buckshot years ago, stop with the fear porn already
Kevin McKernan : It’s a buckshot injury you PhDarded NPC.
Tarek : this is not monkey pox..i am in Congo and help with hospitals.. this is just a protestor shot with buckshot in Iran
Truth : This man was infected with monkeypox, not shot with buckshot!
This appears to be an example of (accidental?) fake news circulating on social media, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : False claims based on Iran HRM article
It appears that people who claimed that this photo actually shows a man who was shot by Iranian security forces with buckshot, based their opinions on an Iran Human Rights Monitor (HRM) article that was posted on 8 November 2022 (archive). Here’s an excerpt:
Shooting to kill, an unretouched image of Iran regime
A documentary on the Iranian regime’s use of shotguns against Iranian protesters
State forces in Iran fire the shotguns with pellets as alternatives to live ammunition against protesters. This use of arms is an act against international laws. A shotgun is not only considered a deadly weapon, but it accidentally harms anyone in its range. Children and the elderly are all possible targets, even passers-by and those who may not be participating in protests.
The Iran HRM article posted a slightly-cropped photo of the man with dozens of large black scabs, with the description – “A citizen hit by buckshot“.
The truth is – the viral photo was wrongly labelled by Iran Human Rights Monitor, as a victim of buckshot fired by Iranian security forces.
This photo was taken by Dr. Hiram Jerónimo, a Mexican infectious disease specialist, who posted it on 11 October 2022 – almost a month before the Iran HRM article.
He confirmed that the man was an immunocompromised patient who suffered a severe case of monkeypox (Viruela símica) with more than 250 lesions.
Obviously, this photo was taken in Mexico by Dr. Jerónimo, and could not have been taken in Iran.
Fact #3 : A single buckshot wound would not present like this
The Iran HRM article suggests that the man might have been shot with a 12-gauge shotgun firing either #4 buckshot or 00 buckshot, due to the size of the wounds.
However, if you take a closer look, you can see that the wounds extend all around his body – around both sides, and all the way to his head and even the ears! It would be quite impossible for him to be shot with so many pellets in a single shot. I counted over 105 large black scabs in that photo, and there’s more if you count the healed pockmarks.
For those wounds to be caused by a shotgun, he would have been shot multiple times – at least 4 to 12 times, based on the number of wounds. He would also “need” to be shot at different angles, for the buckshot to hit his back, his head, as well as both left and right sides.
If that man was really shot multiple times by a 12-gauge shotgun, he would have likely died, even if they used smaller buckshot.
Buckshot wounds look different, and would also not protrude outwards like pox-like bumps, which is how monkeypox / mpox presents (source).
Fact #4 : Some wounds have healed
If you look closely at the photo, you can also see circular scars of healed wounds on the man’s back.
Unless he got shot with buckshot on two different occasions days or weeks apart, it is far more likely that those are healed monkeypox scars.
Fact #5 : Ama Llulla confirmed this in February 2023
Ama Llulla – the Peruvian fact-checking network, actually fact checked this viral photo in a February 2023 article, and confirmed that it was a photo of an immunocompromised patient suffering from severe monkeypox (mpox) which was posted by Dr. José Hiram Hernández Jerónimo on 11 October 2022.
It also confirmed that the photo was incorrectly circulated as someone who was injured during the protests in Iran (translated):
It should be noted that the image of the patient has previously been circulated incorrectly, claiming that he was injured during the protests in Iran. In a statement from ‘Stichting Van De Familieleden’ (SF), a non-profit organization dedicated to defending human rights in Iran, the photo in question was published with the claim that it depicted ‘a civilian hit by pellets.’
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Some people are sharing a photo of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine package leaflet, claiming or suggesting that AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine secretly contains the mpox virus!
The photo highlights the portion of the vaccine leaflet that says that it contains a “Recombinant, replication-deficient chimpanzee adenovirus vector encoding the SARS-CoV-2 Spike glycoprotein.”
Truth : AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine does not contain mpox virus!
This is yet another example of fake news created and propagated by anti-vaccination activists, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : Mpox is caused by an Orthopoxvirus
Let me start by quickly pointing out that the mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) virus is not a chimpanzee adenovirus.
Mpox is caused by the monkeypox virus (MPV, MPXV, or hMPXV) – a double-stranded DNA virus from the Orthopoxvirus genus in the Poxviridae family. It is closely related to the smallpox virus (variola)
The chimpanzee adenovirus is also a double-stranded DNA virus, but it is from the Mastadenovirus genus in the Adenoviridae family. It is similar to the adenoviruses that cause the common flu in human beings.
These two viruses are as different as cats and dogs. Cats and dogs are both mammals, but as you can tell – they are quite different animals!
Fact #2 : Adenovirus used in AstraZeneca vaccine cannot replicate
The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine uses a chimpanzee adenovirus to “teach” some of our cells to produce the SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins to trigger an immune response.
The chimpanzee adenovirus used in the vaccine – ChAdOx1 – had already been modified from the original ChAd virus serotype Y25 to prevent replication. Therefore, the virus cannot replicate, and is incapable of producing any disease in human beings.
Fact #5 : DRC has very low COVID-19 vaccination rate
It is ludicrous to claim or suggest that the current mpox outbreak is caused by the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, because it started in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has very low COVID-19 vaccination rates due to poor healthcare infrastructure, political instability and… misinformation!
According to the latest available data, only about 2.6 million people – out of 110 million people, have been vaccinated against COVID-19. That’s a vaccination rate of less than 2.5%, even if you assume they were all “fully-vaccinated”.
Fact #6 : 2022, 2024 monkeypox outbreaks started years later
The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been given to over 2.4 billion people globally, since its approval in December 2020. If the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can actually cause mpox infections, it would have resulted in massive mpox outbreaks all over the world within days of being administered.
Yet the 2022 and 2024 monkeypox outbreaks only started 1.5 to 2.5 years after the AstraZeneca vaccine was introduced. In other words – even the temporal timeline for this ridiculous claim is out of whack!
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Can the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine give you monkeypox? Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!
Updated @ 2024-08-20 : Updated, and refreshed after the same claims went viral with the 2024 mpox outbreak Originally posted @ 2022-09-04
Claim : AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can give you monkeypox!
In recent weeks, people have sharing photos of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine leaflet, claiming that it is evidence that the AstraZeneca vaccine is responsible for the current monkeypox outbreak.
They are highlighting the portion of the vaccine leaflet that says that it contains a “Recombinant, replication-deficient chimpanzee adenovirus vector encoding the SARS-CoV-2 Spike glycoprotein.”
They believe that it is this virus that causes monkeypox, and that the AstraZeneca vaccine is responsible for spreading monkeypox to vaccinated people.
Here are some of the comments that accompany these viral posts :
Who is surprised that after millions of people have been injected with genetically modified chimp virus, there is now an outbreak of monkeypox?
“The AstraZeneca vaccine uses a chimpanzee adenovirus vaccine vector” Makes you wonder doesn’t it.🤔🤔🤔🤔
More monkey business #AstraZeneca #monkeypox
Truth : AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine won’t give you monkeypox!
This is yet another example of fake news created and propagated by anti-vaccination activists, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : Adenovirus used in AstraZeneca vaccine cannot replicate
The AstraZeneca Vaxzevria vaccine, codenamed AZD1222, uses a chimpanzee adenovirus to “teach” some of our cells to produce the SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins to trigger an immune response.
The chimpanzee adenovirus used in the vaccine – ChAdOx1 – had already been modified from the original ChAd virus serotype Y25 to prevent replication. Therefore, the virus cannot replicate, and is incapable of producing any disease in human beings.
Fact #2 : Monkeypox is not caused by chimpanzee adenovirus
Monkeypox is caused by the monkeypox virus, which is completely different from the chimpanzee adenovirus.
The monkeypox virus is a double-stranded DNA virus from the Orthopoxvirus genus in the Poxviridae family. It is closely related to the smallpox virus (variola).
The chimpanzee adenovirus is also a double-stranded DNA virus, but it is from the Mastadenovirus genus in the Adenoviridae family. It is similar to the adenoviruses that cause the common flu in human beings.
These two viruses are as different as cats and dogs. Cats and dogs are both mammals, but as you can tell – they are quite different animals!
Monkeypox was first identified and named in 1958, when it was identified in laboratory monkeys in Copenhagen, Denmark.
However, the name monkeypox is a misnomer, as it is not very common in monkeys. Neither did it originate in monkeys, nor does it spread only through monkeys.
It is known to spread through prairie dogs, dormice, squirrels, and non-human primates. It may possibly also spread through rabbits, rats and mice.
Fact #4 : Chimpanzees are not monkeys
Not that it matters, but you should know that chimpanzees and monkeys are of different species.
Chimpanzees and monkeys are both primates, but their last common ancestor dates back some 30 million years ago.
Monkeys are simians; while chimpanzees are great apes, and are genetically closest to human beings.
Fact #5 : 2022, 2024 monkeypox outbreaks started years later
The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been given to over 2.4 billion people globally, since its approval in December 2020. If the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can actually cause mpox infections, it would have resulted in massive mpox outbreaks all over the world within days of being administered.
Yet the 2022 and 2024 monkeypox outbreaks only started 1.5 to 2.5 years after the AstraZeneca vaccine was introduced. In other words – even the temporal timeline for this ridiculous claim is out of whack!
Fact #6 : Monkeypox started infecting people in 1970
The first human monkeypox infections were reported in 1970. As you can tell – that’s almost 50 years before the COVID-19 pandemic, and 51 years before the AstraZeneca vaccine was introduced.
Fact #7 : Monkeypox cases were increasing before COVID-19
At first, monkeypox infections in humans were relatively few – about 400 cases from 1970 to 1986, and they were mostly limited to Central and Weest Africa.
However, it started becoming more common, with 2000 cases per year reported between 2011 and 2014. There were also several small outbreaks in the US (2003 and 2021), UK (2018 and 2021), and Singapore (2019).
These cases all happened long before the COVID-19 pandemic, and certainly long before AstraZeneca and Oxford developed their Vaxzevria vaccine against COVID-19!
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Is Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) actually a side effect of COVID-19 vaccines?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : Mpox is a side effect of COVID-19 vaccines!
Some people are claiming or suggesting that Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is actually a side effect of COVID-19 vaccines!
Autoimmune disease was a well known & listed common side effect from Pfizer’s experimental mRNA Gene Therapy Roll out. It looks remarkably identical to Monkey pox. Must be a coincidence.
Shadow of Ezra : A comparison between Autoimmune Blistering Disease and Monkeypox. Autoimmune Blistering Disease is identified as an Adverse Event of Special Interest in Pfizer’s COVID mRNA vaccines, as disclosed in the court-ordered Pfizer documents, which the company initially wanted to keep confidential for 72 years.
Dr Jane Ruby : MONKEYPOX IS C19 INJECTION CAUSED “Autoimmune blistering disease,” aka opportunistic Shingles. This is an attempt to prepare the public to accept a “monkeypox vaccine”
HealthRanger : “Monkeypox” is just another name for vaccine-induced autoimmune disease. Do not forget this. As they roll out the monkeypox “pandemic,” they WILL be able to produce lots of scary-looking people with horrific skin outbreaks. They will lie to you and tell you that you need a vaccine to be safe. If you believe the lie, you may die after being injected with their death jabs.
Chris Wick News : Is ‘Monkeypox’ Just a Convenient Rebrand for Vaccine-Induced Autoimmune Disease?”
Could it be that “Monkeypox” is nothing more than a flashy new name for vaccine-induced autoimmune disease? Are we really supposed to believe that as they roll out this latest “pandemic,” they’ll conveniently have a supply of scary-looking individuals with terrifying skin outbreaks to keep us all on edge? Will they, once again, try to sell us the idea that the only way to be “safe” is by lining up for another jab—despite the risks?
Truth : Mpox is not a side effect of COVID-19 vaccines!
This is yet another example of fake news created and propagated by anti-vaccination activists, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : Mpox is caused by a virus
Let me start by quickly pointing out that mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is not a side effect of COVID-19 vaccines. Mpox is caused by the monkeypox virus (MPV, MPXV, or hMPXV) – a double-stranded DNA virus from the Orthopoxvirus genus.
Fact #2 : Mpox virus was first identified in 1958
Mpox was first identified by Preben von Magnus in crab-eating macaque monkeys (hence, the name) that were being used as laboratory animals in Denmark, way back in 1958 – more than 60 yearsbefore the COVID-19 vaccines were invented.
Fact #3 : First human mpox infection was diagnosed in 1970
In addition, the first known human mpox infection was diagnosed in 1970, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where mpox is endemic.
This occurred more than 50 yearsbefore the first COVID-19 vaccines were approved, so mpox infections have nothing to do with COVID-19 vaccines.
Fact #4 : DRC has very low COVID-19 vaccination rate
It is also ludicrous to claim or suggest that the current mpox outbreak is caused by COVID-19 vaccination, because it started in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has very low COVID-19 vaccination rates due to poor healthcare infrastructure, political instability and… misinformation!
According to the latest available data, only about 2.6 million people in Congo – out of 110 million people, have been vaccinated against COVID-19. That’s a vaccination rate of less than 2.5%, even if you assume they were all “fully-vaccinated”.
Fact #5 : COVID-19 vaccines are not associated with autoimmune disease
After billions of doses were administered and over 3.5 years of monitoring, COVID-19 vaccines are not known to cause any autoimmune disease.
That’s just utter nonsense, because the AESI list is not a list of vaccine side effects, and includes irrelevant adverse events like viral infections (herpes, MERS, varicella, etc., as well as “manufacturing production issue” and even “product availability issue”!
Fact #6 : Autoimmune diseases cannot spread like a virus
Autoimmune diseases like autoimmune blistering disease, pemphigus, or pemphigoid, arise when your own immune system mistakenly attacks your skin, or mucous membranes. It cannot spread from person to person.
Mpox infections, on the other hand, are caused by a viral infection that spreads through close or sexual contact.
So it is really silly to claim or suggest that the current outbreak of mpox is really vaccine-induced autoimmune diseases that spread from person-to-person… like a virus!
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Did Mpox Clade 1b hit Singapore with 9 or 10 cases so far?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : Mpox Clade Ib hit Singapore with 9-10 cases so far!
People are sharing a photo of an mpox patient, claiming that Mpox Clade 1b has already hit Singapore with 9 cases so far.
Mpox has arrived in Singapore. 9 cases so far. Mpox 已抵达新加坡。目前已有 9 例.
Fwd from SG friend. +++ Mpox is now spreading in Singapore… with 10 cases reported so far. Time to SERIOUSLY resume your personal safety measures IMMEDIATELY. Start wearing Masks, Wash your hands & stay away from crowds. MOH warns that this is a HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS DISEASE. +++ Stay safe, stay healthy
Truth : Mpox Clade 1b has not hit Singapore with 9-10 cases so far!
This is yet another example of fake news circulating on WhatsApp, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : WHO only declared PHEIC over Mpox Clade Ib
Let me start by quickly pointing out that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 14 August 2024 for Mpox Clade 1b (Clade Ib).
Here is the relevant section of the WHO PHEIC declaration, with our emphasis in bold.
The emergence last year and rapid spread of a new virus strain in DRC, clade 1b, which appears to be spreading mainly through sexual networks, and its detection in countries neighbouring the DRC is especially concerning, and one of the main reasons for the declaration of the PHEIC.
In the past month, over 100 laboratory-confirmed cases of clade 1b have been reported in four countries neighbouring the DRC that have not reported mpox before: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. Experts believe the true number of cases to be higher as a large proportion of clinically compatible cases have not been tested.
Fact #2 : Singapore has no Mpox Clade 1b cases yet
With that 2024 WHO PHEIC in mind, Singapore has not recorded any cases of Mpox Clade 1b yet, as of Monday, 19 August 2024.
On Saturday, 17 August 2024, Singapore Health Minister Ong Ye Huang said that the current risk of an outbreak in Asia and Singapore is low as there are no direct flights to the affected areas in Africa.
He said that the virus is mostly a concern for African countries, although it is expected to spread to the Middle East and Europe, and cases there could eventually spread to Singapore.
I would say, in general, this is a very worrying situation, especially for the African continent.
But I think we should work on the basis that mpox will arrive in Asia. And probably, Singapore will be one of the first places to find cases because of our flight connections (with Middle East and Europe).
In other words, there has been NO RECORDED CASES of Mpox Clade 1b cases in Singapore yet. There could be some in the future, but none at this point in time, as per the Singapore Ministry of Health (archive).
To date, all mpox infections detected in Singapore have been the milder Clade II infections, mostly during the 2022-2023 global outbreak.
It appears that “rumours” that Singapore has 9 or 10 mpox recently is based on a misunderstanding of media reports like this:
Singapore has had 10 cases of mpox since January 2024, which the Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed were from the clade II variant.
The problem is – people don’t understand that the current concern isn’t the Clade II strain that has been going around since the 2022 outbreaks.
In fact, Singapore reported 18 cases in 2022, and 32 cases in 2023, followed by 10 cases in 2024. So Singapore has had dozens – at least 60, of mpox Clade 2 cases since the 2022 outbreaks.
What Singapore has not encountered (yet) is the new mpox Clade 1b strain that is worrying health experts, and the reason why WHO issued its second mpox PHEIC in two years.
Fact #4 : Mpox photo was of immunocompromised patient from 2022
The viral photo of the patient with a large number of huge black scabs appears to have been misappropriated and wrongly (or falsely?) labelled by the Iran Human Rights Monitor, as a victim of buckshot fired by Iranian security forces (archive).
This photo appears to have been taken by Dr. Hiram Jerónimo, a Mexican infectious disease specialist, who posted it on 11 October 2022. He confirmed that it was an immunocompromised patient who suffered a severe case of monkeypox (Viruela símica) with more than 250 lesions.
Fact #5 : Mpox Clade Ib is different from Clade 2b from 2022 outbreaks
Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, isn’t a new disease. The Orthopoxvirus causing mpox was first detected in humans in 1970, and has caused outbreaks now and then. But mpox only came into prominence in July 2022, when a multi-country outbreak of mpox Clade 2 cause concern enough for the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a PHEIC.
However, the 2022 outbreaks were caused by the mpox Clade 2b (Clade IIb) virus, which is a different strain from the mpox Clade 1b (Ib) virus that is causing the current health emergency in 2024.
As the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) explains, mpox Clade 1 and Clade 2 are “genetically distinct”, with different characteristics (WHO):
Mpox Clade 1 (also known as the Central African clade, or the Congo Basin clade) has a different genetic profile from Mpox Clade 2 (also known as the West African clade),
Mpox Clade 1 has more severe clinical symptoms, with higher rates of complications and fatalities, than Mpox Clade 2
While both clades are primarily transmitted through contact with infected animals, human-to-human transmission has occurred with the newer Clade 1b and Clade 2b strains.
Mpox Clade 2b outbreak of 2022-2023 primarily spreads through sexual contact.
The newer mpox Clade 1b outbreak of 2024 primarily spreads through close contact.
To be clear – what is concerning WHO and health officials worldwide isn’t the milder mpox Clade 2 strain that has been going around globally since 2022, but the new, and more virulent mpox Clade 1b that has started to spread out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Did a new Korean study show that the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines can cause certain autoimmune diseases?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : Study show mRNA vaccines cause autoimmune diseases!
Some people are sharing a South Korean study by Seung-Won Jung et. al., suggesting that it shows that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines can cause certain autoimmune diseases!
McCullough Foundation : NEW STUDY – COVID-19 mRNA injections are associated with an increased risk of developing certain autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus, alopecia areata, psoriasis, and rheumatoid arthritis
This population-based cohort study involves 9,258,803 individuals and includes up to one year of observation time.
The authors conclude, “long-term monitoring is necessary after mRNA vaccination for the development of autoimmune connective tissue diseases (AI-CTDs).”
Chief Nerd : “Our study found that booster vaccination was associated with an increased risk of developing certain autoimmune connective tissue diseases (AI-CTDs), such as alopecia areata, psoriasis, and rheumatoid arthritis, albeit the effect size was small. This finding could be associated with autoimmune flare-ups following repeated mRNA vaccination, which can cause subclinical diseases to become active and diagnosed. The result of our study may indicate the necessity for additional monitoring when administering booster vaccinations.”
Shaun Barcavage, FNP-BC : Long-term risk of autoimmune diseases after mRNA-based SARS-CoV2 vaccination in a Korean, nationwide, population-based cohort study “However, we observed an increased risk of developing some AI-CTDs after booster vaccination.”
Truth : Study does not show mRNA vaccines cause autoimmune diseases!
This is yet another example of anti-vaccine misinformation being propagated online, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : Study does not show mRNA vaccines cause autoimmune diseases
Let me start by pointing out that you can read the entire paper by Seung-Won Jung et. al., called Long-term risk of autoimmune diseases after mRNA-based SARS-CoV2 vaccination in a Korean, nationwide, population-based cohort study.
This is a large study in which the authors compared the risk of developing certain autoimmune diseases based on historical data (for 2 years prior to mRNA vaccinations), compared to two years after mRNA vaccinations.
Despite suggestions that this study showed that mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 can cause autoimmune diseases, that’s not really the case. The authors specifically pointed this out in the abstract, right on the first page:
Overall, we conclude that mRNA-based vaccinations are not associated with an increased risk of most AI-CTDs, although further research is needed regarding its potential association with certain conditions.
They did find some signals that warrant further research, but nothing that would actually prove that mRNA vaccines cause autoimmune diseases.
Fact #2 :Data shows mRNA vaccines reduced risk for many autoimmune diseases
The data shared in this study suggest that mRNA vaccines may increase the risk of developing two autoimmune diseases:
systemic lupus erythematosus, and
bullous pemphigoid
But conversely, the data also suggest that mRNA vaccines may reduce the risk of developing five autoimmune diseases:
primary cicatricial alopecia
psoriasis
Behcet disease
Crohn disease
Rheumatoid arthritis
Does this mean that the mRNA vaccines can therefore “prevent” autoimmune diseases? Of course, not. Just because the data “appears” to show an increased or reduced risk in developing certain autoimmune diseases, that does not mean the mRNA vaccines are necessarily the reason.
I should also point out that COVID-19 infections may be a factor in the increased risk of developing some autoimmune diseases post-vaccination. This is important as the study authors themselves pointed out that prior studies have suggested that “COVID-19 infections increase the risk of patients developing autoimmune diseases“.
It appears that they may have attempted to “fix that” by filtering out COVID-19 infections from the vaccinated cohort. However, they could only accomplish this based on reported COVID-19 diagnoses.
Therefore, it is more than plausible that a substantial number of people in the vaccinated cohort may have undiagnosed COVID-19 infections, especially since unvaccinated people do experience mild or subclinical COVID-19 infections. Such patients are often undiagnosed, as they have mild or no symptoms, and are therefore unaware that they are infected.
In short – the increased risk in vaccination people may ultimately be due to undiagnosed COVID-19 infections. Hence, the need for “more research” and not just jumping to conclusions!
It is also important to point out that just because the data appears to show some kind of correlation between mRNA vaccines and an increased risk in developing certain autoimmune diseases, it does not mean the mRNA vaccines are necessary the cause.
For example, if you get pregnant after getting an mRNA vaccination, does it mean that the vaccine made you pregnant? Of course, not. It’s the same silly argument being made with the results of this South Korean study.
How can anyone establish any “causal relationship” between the increased risk in two autoimmune diseases and the mRNA vaccines based on these results? Similarly, no one can use these results to claim that mRNA vaccines prevent five autoimmune diseases!
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Did the WEF just officially declare the bird flu as an international pandemic?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : WEF Declares Bird Flu An International Pandemic!
People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims that the WEF just declared the bird flu as an international pandemic!
Here is an excerpt of the long and (intentionally?) confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!
WEF Officially Declares Bird Flu an ‘International Pandemic’
The World Economic Forum has declared bird flu to be an international pandemic, and has ordered world governments to begin culling billions of chickens.
In America, Colorado has become the first state to enact emergency powers due to the outbreak, and has ordered farmers to slaughter millions of chickens to stop transmission of the disease.
Democrat Gov. Jared Polis announced the disaster emergency declaration last week which “unlocks the resources necessary to help affected poultry facilities respond to and contain outbreaks of avian flu.”
As a result of the incident, 1.78 million chickens will be killed at the Weld County facility where the outbreak occurred, with an afflicted worker reportedly recovering after testing positive and cattle also being affected.
The mass slaughter of close to 2 million chickens prompted concern on social media over the nation’s already beleaguered food supply.
Colorado’s emergency bird flu declaration follows news earlier this month the U.S. government will fund the development of a Moderna bird flu “vaccine” to the tune of $176 million.
The country of Finland also announced late last month they would offer vaccinations for bird flu, despite no documented cases of animal-to-human transmission.
The outbreak is also is drawing comparisons to the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, with some fearing it could be used as a pretext to interrupt the 2024 election similar to the Covid pandemic.
Truth : WEF Did Not Declare Bird Flu An International Pandemic!
This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : WEF Did Not Declare Bird Flu As An International Pandemic!
Let me start by simply pointing out that the World Economic Forum (WEF) did not declare bird flu as an international pandemic. There was no such announcement by the WEF.
If the World Economic Forum actually made such an announcement, it would have been reported worldwide. Yet, there was no such report by the mainstream media… because it was all made up!
In fact, the The People’s Voice article only mentioned the World Economic Forum twice – in its title, and the lede. Thereafter, it never mentioned the WEF, or provide any evidence to support its claim.
Fact #2 : WEF Cannot Declare Any Pandemic
I should also point out that the World Economic Forum cannot declare any pandemic. The WEF is only an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) that focuses on public-private sector collaboration.
The WEF is not a health organisation with the power or authority to declare a pandemic… like the World Health Organization (WHO).
So why on Earth would anyone believe its claim that the WEF just declared bird flu as an international pandemic???
Fact #3 : The People’s Voice Is Known For Fake News
The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.
Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.
Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should never share anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice. Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:
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Did Mike Heslin just die suddenly from cardiac arrest caused by the COVID-19 vaccine?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : Mike Heslin Died Suddenly From Vaccine Cardiac Arrest!
Right after news broke that Mike Heslin died suddenly at just 30 years of age, some people immediately claimed or suggested the actor died from cardiac arrest caused by the COVID-19 vaccine!
The People’s Voice : Fully Jabbed Hollywood Actor Mike Heslin Dies Suddenly – Doctors Baffled
2024~TRUMPS BLONDE~2024 : Another young man; actor Mike Heslin {age 30}, has “died suddenly” from a “unexpected cardiac event”. #StopTheClotShot
Wayne Root : Young people keep dropping dead suddenly. Dropping like flies. Wanna bet $1 million he had Covid jab and multiple boosters? Hollywood actor- no choice. I’m sure gay & liberal too. Trusted govt. Poor man.
SynCronus : Vax Kills: Actor Mike Heslin passed away earlier this week at the age of 30, after an ‘unexpected cardiac event’ and a ‘week long battle in the hospital.’ #vaxkills
Ames : ‘Lioness’ Star Mike Heslin Dies Suddenly Aged 30 From Cardiac Arrest, Doctors ‘Have No Explanation’..
I have no idea who this ghey actor is …but he ” died suddenly ” at age 30. A ghey actor? Yeah…he was vaxxed and had 37 boosters… I am sure. .
No Evidence Mike Heslin Died Suddenly From Vaccine Cardiac Arrest!
It is now tradition for anti-vaccine activists to immediately blame all injuries or deaths on the COVID-19 vaccines. Here are the reasons why this is yet another example of fake news about the COVID-19 vaccines…
Fact #1 : Mike Heslin’s Official Cause Of Death Is Still Unknown
Let me start by pointing out that Mike Heslin’s official cause of death has not yet been revealed. Certainly, no one actually said that Mike Heslin died from cardiac arrest or a heart attack.
His husband, Scotty Dynamo (born Nicolas James Wilson) only announced on Instagram, that Heslin died from “an unexpected cardiac eventafter a week long battle in the hospital“.
While it is possible that Mike Heslin suffered from a sudden cardiac arrest, there has been no official confirmation from his husband, or family, about his actual cause of death. He could have died from other cardiac events like a heart attack, a congenital heart disease, arrhythmias like ventricular fibrillation, etc.
Fact #2 : No Evidence His Death Was Caused By COVID-19 Vaccines
Mike Heslin’s husband never said that COVID-19 vaccines caused his death. So why should we listen to random strangers on the Internet claiming otherwise???
Are they the doctors who treated him? His close family members who would be privy to his medical history, and official cause of death? No. So why should you listen to them?
More importantly – none of those making such claims have provided any evidence that Mike Heslin’s death was caused in any way by the COVID-19 vaccines.
Fact #3 : Mike Heslin Was Fully-Vaccinated Against COVID-19
Both Mike Heslin and his husband, Scotty Dynamo, were vaccinated against COVID-19. They posted a photo of themselves with their vaccination card on 5 April 2021.
Fact #4 : Many Young People Die Suddenly From Cardiac Arrest
What many people don’t realise is that many healthy young people are at risk of dying from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). On average, about 2,000 young people in the United States (less than 24 years old) die from sudden cardiac arrest every year, and many do not have previously-known heart disease.
That’s why many states in the United States enacted laws requiring automated external defibrillators (AED) to be made available in health clubs, gyms, schools, and other public places.
Fact #5 : Vaccine Side Effects Appear With Hours / Days
Even though Mike Heslin was fully-vaccinated against COVID-19, he would have received his doses more three years ago! He cannot possibly have suffered from a vaccine side effect, because they appear within hours or days, not years later.
Mild side effects like injection site pain, fever, muscle ache, headache, lethargy develop within minutes to hours of the vaccination. Anaphylaxis develops within minutes, while other severe adverse reactions like myocarditis and VITT develop within days or weeks.
The spike proteins produced by the COVID-19 vaccines also do not stick around for months. If these spike proteins are permanent (as antivaxxers claim), we would have lifelong immunity.
Your own immune system will identify the spike proteins as foreign, and destroy them within a matter of days, although some may last for up to a few weeks. This is part of how vaccines teach your immune system to identify the enemy and destroy it.
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Did Céline Dion develop Stiff People Syndrome from the COVID-19 vaccine she took?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : Celine Dion Got Stiff Person Syndrome From Vaccine!
Videos of Céline Dion crying in pain are going viral, with people claiming or suggesting that she developed Stiff Person Syndrome from the COVID-19 vaccine she took earlier!
Truth : Celine Dion Did Not Get Stiff Person Syndrome From Vaccine!
It’s now tradition for anti-vaccination activists to immediately blame all celebrity deaths or illnesses on the COVID-19 vaccine.
This is yet another example of FAKE NEWS created or propagated by anti-vaccination activists, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : Celine DionDid Not Get Stiff Person Syndrome From Vaccine!
Let me just start by pointing out that Celine Dion most definitely did not develop Stiff Person Syndrome from the COVID-19 vaccine… because she had been suffering from it for over a decade!
Céline Dion (born Céline Marie Claudette Dion on 30 March, 1968) announced in an emotional video on 8 December 2022, that she had been struggling with health issues for a long time. In fact, she first developed signs and symptoms of Stiff Person Syndrome more than 14 years earlier!
In a 23 May 2024 interview with Vogue, Céline Dion shared how she first noticed symptoms of the rare disorder. It was 2008 and Dion was on her “Taking Chances World” tour, when she shared, “quite rapidly, I was having difficulty controlling my voice“.
Then, during her Las Vegas residency and five more tours, she noticed her muscles stiffening and she eventually needed support while walking.
In a 11 June 2024 interview with Hoda Kotb on the Today show, Celine Dion also revealed that she ignored her condition to care for her ailing husband, who was suffering from throat cancer, as well as her family. She also tried to hide her condition from her family, but eventually, her symptoms became too much to ignore:
My husband as well was fighting for his own life. I had to raise my kids, I had to hide. I had to try to be a hero.
Feeling my body leaving me, holding on to my own dreams… I could not do this anymore. Lying for me, the burden was too much. Lying to the people who got me where I am today, I could not do it anymore.
It was only when the COVID-19 pandemic hit that Céline Dion was forced to slow down her pace, and it gave her time to finally get some answers.
When the pandemic arrived, I said to myself, the universe makes no mistakes, and I will take this time — this opportunity — to search.
After additional testing, her doctors finally diagnosed her with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) – a rare and incurable neurological disorder with features of an autoimmune disease.
Her symptoms became so “severe and persistent” that on 19 October 2021, she delayed her Las Vegas residency. Then on 15 January 2022, she was forced to cancel the US and Canadian concerts from 9 March to 22 April 2022.
To be clear – Celine Dion first noticed symptoms of Stiff Person Syndrome more than 11 years before the COVID-19 pandemic, and more than 13 years before COVID-19 vaccines became widely available. Her condition also progressively deteriorated years before the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines.
So she definitely did not develop Stiff Person Syndrome from the COVID-19 vaccine, and neither did the COVID-19 vaccine exacerbate her condition.
As I explained back in March 2022, the “List of Adverse Events of Special Interest” (AESI) is NOT a list of side effects caused by the Pfizer mRNA vaccine. Rather, that was a list of 1,291 potential adverse events that Pfizer was specifically looking for when vaccinated people send in their reports through VAERS or the Yellow Card systems.
Just because Stiff Person Syndrome is in the AESI list does not mean the vaccine causes it. It is just one of the many adverse events Pfizer wanted their post-authorisation safety teams to look out for. To be clear – there is no evidence that any COVID-19 vaccine can possibly cause Stiff Person Syndrome.
Fact #3 : AESI List Is Generic + Includes Irrelevant Adverse Events
While anti-vaccination activists keep insisting that the AESI list is a list of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine side effects, that’s nonsense. The AESI list is generic and not specific to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, because it was determined before clinical trials even began!
That’s why the AESI list includes diseases caused by other viruses – Herpes, MERS, Varicella; as well as “exposure to SARS-CoV-2” and other “communicable disease”.
The list also included manufacturing and lab test issues, like “Manufacturing laboratory analytical testing issue, Manufacturing materials issue, Manufacturing production issue“. Even product supply issues were included – “Product availability issue, Product distribution issue, Product supply issue“.
They are obviously not vaccine side effects, nor related in any way to the performance or safety of the vaccine.
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Did 194 WHO member countries just agree to begin arresting and prosecuting those who oppose the bird flu vaccine?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : WHO Countries Will Arrest Those Who Oppose Bird Flu Vaccine!
People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claimed that 194 WHO member countries just agreed to begin arresting and prosecuting those who oppose the bird flu vaccine!
Here is an excerpt of the long and (intentionally?) confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!
194 WHO Countries Agree to Arrest Citizens Who Oppose Bird Flu Vaccine – Media Blackout
194 World Health Organization (WHO) member states have agreed to begin arresting and prosecuting citizens who speak out against the Bird Flu vaccine, as part of tough new measures designed to stomp out so-called ‘misinformation’.
The World Healthy Assembly this week adopted amendments to the controversial International Health Regulations without any fanfare from the mainstream media. These amendments abolish the national sovereignty of countries, grant the WHO sweeping powers to pass laws in western nations, and criminalizes speech that the WHO says undermines the official narrative.
Expose-news.com reports: The following are brief descriptions of articles, podcasts and press conferences from various sources in recent days. Some of the concerns are the agreement for governments to “address” misinformation and disinformation, and the wording that further strengthens surveillance – thus laying the groundwork for the surveil-declare-threat-lockdown-coerced mass vaccination approach.
It is important to note that countries have 10 months to reserve or reject provisions, except those countries which rejected the 2022 amendments and so have 18 months. We must, therefore, keep raising awareness and put pressure on our governments to reject the amendments before the end of March 2025.
Truth : WHO Countries Are Not Arresting Those Who Oppose Bird Flu Vaccine!
This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : WHO Countries Are Not Arresting Those Who Oppose Bird Flu Vaccine
Let me start by pointing out that WHO member countries did not just agree to “begin arresting and prosecuting citizens who speak out against the bird flu vaccine“, as alleged by The People’s Voice.
Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article provided no evidence that any country has begun arresting and prosecuting people who speak out against the bird flu vaccine!
In fact, other than making that claim in the title and the lede, the word “arrest” is not even mentioned in the rest of the article!
Fact #2 : WHO Pandemic Agreement Has Not Been Finalised
I should also point out that the WHO Pandemic Agreement has not been finalised. So it’s absurd to claim or suggest that WHO member countries are going to arrest people based on amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR).
Needless to say, The People’s Voice article provided no evidence that WHO member countries have agreed to arrest and prosecute people based on amendments to the IHR.
Fact #3 : WHO Pandemic Treaty Does Not Affect Sovereignty!
If you download and read the zero draft, or any of the Pandemic Treaty’s draft agreements, you will realise that WHO Member States will continue to have the right to “determine and manage” their own healthcare initiatives, including how to tackle future pandemics!
In fact, the issue of sovereignty was addressed at least three times in the latest April 2024 draft:
… reaffirming the principle of sovereignty of States in addressing public health matters,
Recalling the sovereign right of States over their biological resources…
… the sovereign right of States to adopt, legislate and implement legislation, within their jurisdiction, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, the WHO Constitution and the principles of international law, and their sovereign rights over their biological resources;
Only those who did not read any of the draft agreements will remain unaware that the WHO Pandemic Treaty would not affect any country’s sovereignty!
Fact #4 : The People’s Voice Is Known For Fake News
The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.
Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.
Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should never share anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice. Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:
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Did the WHO just order worldwide lockdowns after Australia reported its first human case of bird flu?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : WHO Orders Worldwide Lockdowns Over Bird Flu!
People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claimed that the WHO (World Health Organization) just ordered harsh worldwide lockdowns after Australia reported its first human case of bird flu!
Here is an excerpt of the long and (intentionally?) confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!
WHO Orders ‘Worldwide Lockdowns’ As Australia Reports First Human Bird Flu Case
The World Health Organization (WHO) has ordered government’s to prepare to initiate harsh new lockdowns after Australia reported its first human case of Bird Flu on Wednesday.
According to reports, authorities in Australia claim a child was infected with avian influenza in India and brought the disease to Australia.
“This is the first confirmed human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Australia,” Dr Claire Looker, the state’s chief health office declared in a statement.
Reuters.com reports: It was the first instance of detection of the H5N1 strain in a person or animal in the country, she added.
“The child experienced a severe infection but is no longer unwell and has made a full recovery.” The case in Victoria involves an H5N1 virus, but the strain is not the same as those responsible for outbreaks in the United States, Looker said.
Truth : WHO Did Not Order Worldwide Lockdowns Over Bird Flu!
This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : WHO Did Not Order Any Lockdowns
Let me start by pointing out that the WHO (World Health Organization) did not order any lockdown in any country, never mind worldwide!
No legitimate media outlet reported such a shocking development, and no country announced any lockdown. Not even Australia, which reported its first human case of the A(H5N1) avian influenza virus.
That’s because the WHO never ordered any lockdown.
Fact #2 : The People’s Voice Provided No Evidence
Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article provided zero evidence to back up its “fact checked” claim that the WHO ordered “worldwide lockdowns” over the first human case of avian influenza in Australia.
In fact, the word “lockdowns” was only mentioned twice in its article – in its title, and the lede. After that, there was no mention of any lockdown, never mind the WHO actually ordering global lockdowns!
Fact #3 : WHO Cannot Order Lockdowns
The World Health Organization has no power over any government. It only has an advisory role, and cannot order any government to initiate lockdowns.
Even the Pandemic Treaty that is being negotiated will not grant the WHO any power to order any lockdown.
The power to prevent and respond to any pandemic remains with each individual country and its government.
Fact #4 : Australia Says There’s No Public Health Risk
The Australian Centre for Disease Control, which announced the case, said that bird flu does not easily infect humans, and that there was “no ongoing public health risk” from the case.
A child acquired the infection while overseas and became unwell on returning to Australia earlier this year. The case was confirmed by the Victorian Department of Health on 18 May 2024.
The child has now made a full recovery and no family members in Australia or overseas have reported symptoms.
Bird flu does not easily infect humans and there is no ongoing public health risk from this case.
Fact #5 : The People’s Voice Is Known For Fake News
The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.
Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.
Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should never share anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice. Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:
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Is the new CKM syndrome caused by the COVID-19 vaccine spike protein?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : CKM Syndrome Is Caused By Vaccine Spike Protein!
People are sharing an article (archive) by Natural News, which suggested that the new CKM syndrome is caused by the COVID-19 vaccine spike protein!
Here is an excerpt from the long and (intentionally?) confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!
Medical authorities claim 90% of population suddenly has mysterious new heart syndrome that sounds like SPIKE PROTEIN organ damage
New research is shaking up the medical establishment with data showing that an astounding 90 percent of the United States population now suffers from a heart condition that in many ways looks like spike protein organ damage from Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) “vaccines.”
Last October, the American Heart Association (AHA) published a report about the changing nature of cardiovascular disease (CVD), which overlaps with kidney disease, Type 2 diabetes and obesity. For the first time, the AHA has defined the overlap of these conditions as cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome.
One in three adults living in the United States has at least three, and oftentimes more, risk factors that contribute to CKM. Every major organ in the body is affected by it, including the heart, brain, kidney and liver, with the worst damage occurring in blood vessels, heart muscle and the cardiovascular system.
Whatever contributes to CKM syndrome, whether it be spike proteins or other toxic exposures, speeds up the rate of fatty buildup in arteries, which can lead to clots. It also negatively impacts electrical impulses in the heart. The people most at risk of developing CKM syndrome include older adults in general, men and black people.
Though technically in existence since 2011, CKM syndrome is a condition that is said to be worsening over time. More people are getting it these days than ever before which could point to COVID jabs as a major contributing factor.
Truth : CKM Syndrome Is Not Caused By Vaccine Spike Protein!
This is yet another example of anti-vaccine fake news created or promoted by Natural News, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : CKM Syndrome Is New Term For Existing Pathophysiology
Let me start by pointing out that CKM syndrome is a new term coined in October 2023 by the American Heart Association for an existing pathophysiology.
CKM (cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic) syndrome, which is also known as cardiometabolic renal syndrome (CMR), describes the interconnections of chronic kidney disease, Type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
As this letter in the Journal of Medicine, Surgery, and Public Health explains, CKM syndrome is a common pathophysiology, rather than a disease. The AHA synopsis also calls it [an existing] pathophysiology.
In other words – it’s a new term for an existing human condition that has existed probably since humans have been around, and has nothing to do with COVID-19, or the vaccines.
Fact #2 : AMA Never Said Vaccine Spike Protein Causes CKM Syndrome
As mentioned earlier, CKM syndrome describes an existing interconnection of three existing human diseases.
It is therefore not surprising that the American Heart Association did not once claim or suggest that COVID-19 vaccines cause CKM syndrome. After all, it has existed (albeit unnamed) long before COVID-19 vaccines were invented!
In fact, the AMA specifically pointed out that CKM syndrome is caused by existing risk factors:
CKM syndrome most commonly originates from excess or dysfunctional adipose tissue or both.
Dysfunctional adipose tissue, particularly visceral adipose tissue, secretes proinflammatory and prooxidative products that damage arterial, cardiac, and kidney tissues.
There is nothing in the AHA synopsis to even suggest CKM syndrome has nothing to do with COVID-19 vaccines. In fact, the words “vaccine” and “vaccination” were not mentioned even once in the entire synopsis.
Unsurprisingly, Natural News did not provide any evidence to back up its suggestion that CKM syndrome was caused by the spike proteins created by COVID-19 vaccines!
In addition, I should point out that the JAMA study which found that nearly 90% of people had at least stage one of CKM syndrome, was conducted based on data of 10,000 adults between 2011 and 2020, which was before mass vaccinations with COVID-19 vaccines occurred in 2021.
In other words – the CKM syndrome study had nothing to do with COVID-19 vaccines. So why would anyone claim or suggest a connection between CKM syndrome and COVID-19 vaccines??? Who would be so evil as to mislead people???
Fact #4 : CKM Syndrome Has Nothing To Do With Vaccines
The official AHA definition of CKM health stages also clearly show that CKM syndrome has nothing to do with vaccines of any kind:
Stage 0 : No CKM health risk factors
Individuals without overweight/obesity, metabolic risk factors (hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia, MetS, diabetes), CKD, or subclinical/clinical CVD
Stage 1: Excess and/or dysfunctional adiposity
Individuals with overweight/obesity, abdominal obesity, or dysfunctional adipose tissue, without the presence of other metabolic risk factors or CKD – BMI ≥25 kg/m2 (or ≥23 kg/m2 if Asian ancestry) – Waist circumference ≥88/102 cm in women/men (or if Asian ancestry, ≥80/90 cm in women/men) and/or – Fasting blood glucose ≥100–124 mg/dL or HbA1c between 5.7% and 6.4%*
Stage 2: Metabolic risk factors and CKD
Individuals with metabolic risk factors (hypertriglyceridemia (≥135 mg/dL), hypertension, MetS†, diabetes) or CKD
Stage 3: Subclinical CVD in CKM
Subclinical ASCVD or subclinical HF among individuals with excess/dysfunctional adiposity, other metabolic risk factors, or CKD
Risk equivalents of subclinical CVD – Very high-risk CKD (G4 or G5 CKD or very high risk per KDIGO classification) – High predicted 10-y CVD risk
Stage 4: Clinical CVD in CKM
Clinical CVD (coronary heart disease, heart failure, stroke, peripheral artery disease, AFib) among individuals with excess/dysfunctional adiposity, other metabolic risk factors, or CKD – Stage 4a: no kidney failure – Stage 4b: kidney failure present
The following conceptual diagram for pathophysiology underlying cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome also shows that COVID-19 vaccines have no involvement at all!
So why would anyone ever claim or suggest that spike proteins from the COVID-19 vaccines cause CKM syndrome???
Fact #5 : COVID-19 Infections Produce Far More Spike Proteins!
I should also point out that COVID-19 vaccines do not multiply, and can only induce a limited number of cells to produce the spike protein.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus, on the other hand, is peppered with spike proteins and creates new viruses with spike proteins with every cell it infects. On top of that, the SARS-CoV-2 virus can spread through the body, delivering spike proteins wherever it goes.
If the spike proteins are the problem, as the Natural News article suggests, then a COVID-19 infection poses a far greater threat than the COVID-19 vaccine!
Fact #6 : Natural News Is Known For Fake News
Natural News is a far-right, anti-vaccination conspiracy theory and fake news website that is known for publishing / promoting pseudoscience, disinformation, and far-right extremism.
Writing in the journal Vaccine, Anna Kata identified Natural News as one of numerous websites spreading “irresponsible health information”. According to John Banks, Natural News founder Mike Adams uses “pseudoscience to sell his lies” and is “seen as generally a quack and a shill by science bloggers.”
Dr. David Gorski called Natural News “one of the most wretched hives of scum and quackery on the Internet,” and the most “blatant purveyor of the worst kind of quackery and paranoid anti-physician and anti-medicine conspiracy theories anywhere on the Internet”.
Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should never share anything from Natural News. Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:
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Do mRNA vaccines create contagious prions that cause neurodegenerative diseases?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!
People are sharing an article (archive) by The Expose (formerly The Daily Expose), which claims or suggests that mRNA vaccines create contagious prions that cause neurodegenerative diseases!
Here is an excerpt of the long and (intentionally?) confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!
Prions caused by mRNA injections may be contagious
Mounting research suggests a serious side effect of the covid mRNA injections could be dementia, and the prions that cause it may be contagious.
Frameshifting, as we now know occurs in the covid injections, can induce prion production and lead to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (“CJD”).
Sid Belzberg’s prions.rip website, which collected data on neurological side effects post-injection, found a notably high incidence of diagnosed CJD cases, suggesting an alarming trend.
A series of articles highlight biases in clinical trials and observational studies, suggesting covid-19 vaccines’ safety and effectiveness have been massively overstated.
The Global Covid Vaccine Safety Project study – funded by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention – reveals significant side effects, including myocarditis, pericarditis, and blood clots, underscoring the need for re-evaluation of covid vaccine risks and benefits.
According to mounting data, one of the more serious side effects of the covid mRNA injections appears to be dementia, and worse yet, this previously untransmissible disease may now be “contagious,” transmissible by way of prions.
In my 2021 interview with Stephanie Seneff, PhD, she explained why she suspected the covid shots may eventually result in an avalanche of neurological prion-based diseases such as Alzheimer’s. She also published a paper detailing those mechanisms in the May 10, 2021, issue of the International Journal of Vaccine Theory.
In summary, the take-home from Seneff’s paper is that the covid shots, offered to hundreds of millions of people, are instruction sets for your body to make a toxic protein that will eventually wind up concentrated in your spleen, from where prion-like protein instructions will be sent out, leading to neurodegenerative diseases.
Truth : mRNA Vaccines Do Not Create Dangerous, Contagious Prions!
This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The Expose, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : mRNA Vaccines Do Not Create Prions
Let me start by pointing out that mRNA vaccines do not create prions or cause prion diseases, which are transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) – brain disorders caused by prion proteins.
Even though anti-vaccine activists continue to make that claim, they have provided no evidence to back that up. The two papers quoted in the The Expose article do not prove that mRNA vaccines create prions:
The Idrees and Kumar study, on the other hand, referred only to the S1 spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but not the COVID-19 vaccines. Why? Because COVID-19 vaccines do not travel to the brain, whereas COVID-19 infections can and do enter the brain.
On top of that, the Idrees and Kumar study did not claim that the S1 spike protein created prions, or caused prion diseases. It only stated that the S1 spike protein might cause the aggregation (clumping) or “heparin-binding proteins”, which can lead to the degeneration of the brain.
So why on Earth would anyone claim that mRNA vaccines create prions, or cause prion diseases? Where is the evidence???
Fact #2 : No Evidence SARS-CoV-2 Virus Can Create Prions
The spike protein is both the “uniform” and the “weapon” of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The crown (corona) of protein spikes is what gives the virus family its distinctive appearance and name – coronavirus, and it is how the virus attaches to our cells and gains entry.
If the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein truly has multiple binding areas that can create prion proteins, then the virus itself would actually cause prion diseases!
As of 8 May 2021, there have been over 161 million cases of COVID-19 globally, with over 3.34 million deaths. There have been ZERO cases of prion diseases associated with COVID-19 infections.
If the COVID-19 coronavirus cannot even create prions, or cause prion diseases, then how can COVID-19 vaccines create prions, or cause prion diseases???
As I pointed out in my earlier article, COVID-19 vaccines are designed to specifically target the spike protein because :
it is the defining feature of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
antibodies targeting it will block the virus from binding with our cells
Regardless of what vaccine technology is used for COVID-19, the focus is to present the virus spike protein to the immune system, because it is exposed on the cell surface, and presents as a major antigen. Antibodies against the spike protein would also help to block the virus from attaching to our cells, and infecting them.
If the spike protein is what creates prions, or causes prion diseases, then all COVID-19 vaccines would create prions, or cause prion diseases, not just mRNA vaccines!
Yet, that is obviously not the case – no COVID-19 vaccine, whether based on mRNA or other technologies, create prions, or cause prion diseases.
Fact #4 : Viruses Multiply, Vaccines Won’t
I should also point out that if the spike protein is so dangerous, then it is even more important to get vaccinated against COVID-19. After all, viruses multiply, while the vaccines won’t!
Even if we simply look at the mRNA vaccines alone, they contain a limited number of mRNA instructions that encode for the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. The mRNA instructions enter a limited number of cells, which then produce and display those spike proteins on their surfaces, to trigger our immune system.
If you are infected by the actual SARS-CoV-2 virus though, it quickly hijacks your cells to produce millions of copies – each covered with spike proteins, which then infect even more cells, in an ever-expanding chain reaction.
Until your immune system learns to stop and defeat the SARS-CoV-2 virus, it will keep producing millions and millions of viruses that will circulate through your body, delivering those nasty spike proteins everywhere.
So if you are really worried about the spike protein, you should really get vaccinated against COVID-19!
Like Real Raw News and The People’s Voice, The Daily Expose is a website that capitalises on making shocking but fake or misleading stories to generate page views and money. It was later rebranded as The Expose.
Founded in November 2020 by Jonathan Allen-Walker – a welder from Lincolnshire, The Expose / Daily Expose is infamous for publishing COVID-19 and vaccine misinformation.
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Is Bill Gates planning to kill billions of people using the bird flu vaccine?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : Bill Gates Is Planning To Kill Billions Using Bird Flu Vaccine!
People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claimed that a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation insider just revealed a plan to kill billions of people using the bird flu vaccine!
Here is an excerpt of the long and (intentionally?) confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!
Gates Insider Admits Elite Planning to Euthanise BILLIONS via Bird Flu Vaccine
A Gates Foundation insider has revealed America’s food supply will be deliberately infected with bird flu to spark the next pandemic and pave the way for Bill Gates’ next money-spinning vaccine to conquer the global market.
As mainstream media reports on the fear of a mass contagion event this week after bird flu fragments were mysteriously found in grocery store milk, it just so happens that Gates has a lucrative bird flu vaccine entering trials.
And it also just so happens that the Gates Foundation is already working behind the scenes to organize urgent global distribution of the bird flu vaxx
The elite are using the tried and tested Problem Reaction Solution matrix. They intentionally cause a problem, use the media to provoke a terrified reaction from the public, and then they roll out the solution.
We have identified the problem of bird flu in the pasteurized milk supply and we have seen the reaction of the mainstream media as they instill terror in the minds of the gullible public.
So what is the solution? According to Gates, the solution is a new experimental H5N1 mRNA vaccine that he just so happens to be pushing through the trial phase as we speak.
There are four vaccines licensed for avian influenza, however none are currently approved for the more dangerous H5N1 bird flu strain.
Gates appears set to cash in on the crisis, publishing a disturbing statement on a global agreement to distribute his vaccine around the world, before the vaccine has even been approved.
But Gates has every right to be smugly confident. Let’s face it. He isn’t only paying off the media. He owns the regulators too.
Truth : Bill Gates Is Not Planning To Kill Billions Using Bird Flu Vaccine!
This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : There Is No Gates Insider…
Let me start by quickly pointing out that The People’s Voice never actually revealed the existence of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation insider in its extremely long and (intentionally?) rambling article.
Who is this insider? What was his position in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation? Was he a scientist or a high-level executive involved in that dastardly plot, or just a deranged janitor? Who knows???
Fact #2 : There Is No Bird Flu Vaccine Plot
The People’s Voice article also never provided any evidence of an actual plot by Bill Gates, or the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to contaminate America’s food supply with bird flu, or kill billions of people using the bird flu vaccine.
It’s a really silly conspiracy theory. For one thing – the United States only has a population of about 341.5 million people as of April 20, 2024. Even if everyone in the US was killed by the bird flu, it would just be hundreds of millions of people, not billions.
On top of that – vaccines prevent infections, not cure them. Hence, vaccines work best on people who have not yet been infected!
Fact #3 : Bill Gates Does Not Have H5N1 Vaccine!
The People’s Voice article appears to suggest that there are no approved H5N1 vaccines, so Bill Gates is pushing through his experimental H5N1 mRNA vaccine.
The problem with that claim? Bill Gates does not actually own or have any H5N1 mRNA vaccine. Neither is he helping to push the approval of any H5N1 mRNA vaccine.
In addition, many H5N1 vaccines have already been approved since 2007:
Sanofi Pasteur’s H5N1 vaccine was approved in the US in April 2007
GlaxoSmithKline’s Prepandrix vaccine was approved in the European Union in May 2008
CSL Limited’s Panvax vaccine was approved by Australia in June 2008
Adjupanrix was approved in the European Union in October 2009
Foclivia was approved in the European Union in October 2009
Aflunov was approved in the European Union in October 2010
Pumarix was approved in the European Union in March 2011
Audenz was approved in the US in January 2020
In addition, there are other H5N1 vaccines undergoing clinical trials:
June 2006 : NIH begins Phase 1 trial of an intranasal influenza vaccine
October 2010 : Inovio started a Phase 1 trial of its VGX-3400X H5N1 vaccine
October 2012 : Novavax’s pandemic influenza vaccine Phase 1 trial met its primary objectives.
Fact #5 : Bill Gates Screenshot Is Fake
The cover image used by The People’s Voice article and video has a screenshot which purportedly shows the Bill Gates posting on X (formerly Twitter) that:
There really is no choice – bird flu jab, or die painfully.
That is most definitely a fake screenshot, because there is no such post on X by Bill Gates.
If Bill Gates actually posted such a shocking tweet, it would have been reported by the worldwide media. But of course, that didn’t happen, because Bill Gates never posted it!
This appears to be yet another fake / edited screenshot created or posted by The People’s Voice!
Fact #6 : The People’s Voice Is Known For Fake News
The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.
Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.
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Did the WEF just order world governments to declare martial law due to an imminent bird flu pandemic?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!
People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims that the WEF (World Economic Forum) just ordered world governments to declare martial law due to an imminent bird flu pandemic!
Here is an excerpt of that long and (intentionally???) confusing article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!
WEF Orders Govt’s To Declare Martial Law Due to ‘Imminent Bird Flu Pandemic’ About To Sweep Globe
The World Economic Forum has ordered world governments to make the necessary preparations to declare martial law due to an ‘imminent bird flu pandemic’ which they say is ‘100 times worse’ than COVID-19.
According to WEF scientists, the coming bird flu pandemic will kill at least 50% of those it infects.
“We had not seen avian flu in cattle prior to last week. That is new,” CDC Director Mandy Cohen warned the Washington Post this week. “It is a reservoir for [the] virus to circulate and potentially change.”
The Daily Mail spoke with Big Pharma insider John Fulton about the outbreak, with Fulton telling the outlet, “This appears to be 100 times worse than COVID — or it could be if it mutates and maintains its high case fatality rate.”
In a scenario strikingly similar to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. and Chinese governments were working together on avian flu gain-of-function research, which makes viruses more infectious for humans.
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky shared a screenshot of a February 2024 Daily Mail article with the headline, “REVEALED: US is collaborating with Chinese scientists to make bird flu strains more infectious and deadly as part of $1m project – despite fears similar tests unleashed Covid.”
“Where have we seen this before? U.S. collaborates with China to make bird flu more contagious and transmissible to mammals. bird flu now discovered in U.S. dairy cattle, transmitted to at least one human being. Knock it off already!” Massie wrote.
The World Health Organization warned of a potential bird flu outbreak back in February of 2023, and the U.S. started work on producing vaccines for both birds and humans.
It’s extremely bizarre that the potential outbreak is taking place during an election year (just like Covid) and that the establishment has already been steering people away from consuming cow meat and milk as well as chicken meat and eggs.
Truth : WEF did not order governments to declare bird flu martial law!
This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : WEF did not order any bird flu martial law
Let me start by pointing out that the WEF (World Economic Forum) did not order any government to declare martial law over bird flu.
If that actually happened, it would have been reported by the media worldwide, and criticised by people on social media. Yet, none of that occurred, because the WEF never made such a declaration.
Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article provided no evidence to back up its ridiculous claim.
Fact #2 : WEF cannot order governments to do anything
I should also point out that the World Economic Forum (WEF) cannot order any country to implement anything, much less martial law. It is merely an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) that focuses on public-private sector collaboration.
The WEF has no power over governments, beyond its lobbying and influencing efforts. The WEF may be an influential lobbying organisation, but it cannot order governments to do anything.
Fact #3 : WEF does not have scientists
Again, the WEF is an NGO that promotes public-private collaborations. It doesn’t actually have scientists conducting research on bird flu, or other diseases.
To be clear – Mandy Cohen is the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and does not work for the WEF. Neither is John Fulton – a pharmaceutical industry consultant for vaccines, a scientist working for the WEF.
Unsurprisingly, The People’s Voice article provided no evidence to back up its claim that WEF scientists said that “the upcoming bird flu pandemic will kill at least 50% of those it infects“.
The term “martial law” appears to used to trigger outrage, and encourage people into sharing this piece of misinformation.
The truth is – even if there is a new pandemic, there is no need for any country to declare martial law. As the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated, countries have existing public health laws to initiate lockdowns or quarantines.
Martial law is only needed if there is a serious threat of violence that the police cannot handle. While bird flu viruses may be lethal, they cannot pick up guns and threaten people with violence. So what’s the point of declaring martial law?
Fact #5 : The People’s Voice is known for fake news
The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.
Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.
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Did 5 conspiracy theories promoted by RFK Jr turn out to be true?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : RFK Jr Conspiracy Theories Turned Out To Be True!
People are sharing a post by The Vigilant Fox (archive), which claims / suggests that five conspiracy theorists promoted by Robert F. Kennedy (RFK Jr.) turned out to be true! The Vigilant Fox also posted this on X (formerly known as Twitter):
RFK Jr. Hits Back at Chris Cuomo After Being Labeled a ‘Conspiracy Theorist’
“Tell me a theory that you think I got wrong. Show me facts.”
Kennedy then listed a series of “conspiracy theories” that ended up being true:
1.) Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, causes non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a claim that has been validated through three jury trials and a $13 billion settlement with Monsanto.
2.) COVID-19 vaccines would not prevent transmission, which is now generally accepted.
3.) “I said that COVID lockdowns were going to be very, very harmful to children, particularly. They would damage our economy, and they would not prevent the spread of a respiratory virus.
4.) “I said the masks were not going to work to prevent the spread of the disease and that they would probably do more harm than good. And now everybody agrees with that.”
5.) Social distancing wasn’t science-based, a claim that Fauci has acknowledged is true.
“I’ve been around long enough that I question everything that the government tells me,” remarked Kennedy. “And I think people who don’t question what the government tells them are not paying attention.”
Glyphosate, a widely-used herbicide, has been the subject of many studies and lawsuits, over claims that it can potentially cause cancer, particularly non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
As the City of Hope cancer centre pointed out, it has still not be scientifically proven that glyphosate causes non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, even though the courts have seen fit to dole out billions of dollars in damages.
In 2019, researchers at University of Washington concluded that using glyphosate increases the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma by 41 percent. However, the preponderance of research worldwide has found no connection to glyphosate and cancer risk. And most of the world’s health agencies agree. For instance:
Health Canada says the product does not cause damage to human DNA. Objections to Health Canada’s position “could not be scientifically supported when considering the entire body of relevant data,” the agency said.
The European Food Safety Authority “did not identify any critical areas of concern in its peer review of the risk assessment” of glyphosate.
Notably, Bayer settled the majority of current and future lawsuits over Roundup – Monsanto’s glyphosate product, for $10 billion, without admitting that glyphosate causes cancer. In fact, Roundup and other glyphosate herbicides are still sold all over the world today!
The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), however, stated in 2015 that glyphosate is “probably carcinogenic to humans.” CNN reported that hundreds of patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma started suing the manufacturers of glyphosate herbicides after IARC made its announcement.
Herbicide manufacturers have stood by their products, even while still agreeing to settlements of current and future lawsuits. In June 2020, Bayer, which acquired Monsanto in 2018, settled the majority of current and possible future lawsuits for more than $10 billion, CNN reported.
In an announcement about the settlement, the chief executive officer of Bayer said that “the extensive body of science indicates that [glyphosate-based herbicide] Roundup® does not cause cancer, and therefore, is not responsible for the illnesses alleged in this litigation. We stand strongly behind our glyphosate-based herbicides, which are among the most rigorously studied products of their kind, and four decades of science support their safety and that they are not carcinogenic.”
Claim #2 : COVID-19 Vaccines Would Not Prevent Transmission Verdict : False
Let me start by pointing out that COVID-19 vaccines were never required to prevent transmission. The main purpose of the COVID-19 vaccines was to prevent death and severe disease (and hospitalisation) from COVID-19, not to block transmission.
Hence, the end points for COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials did not include blocking transmission, although scientists and healthcare professionals were hoping that the vaccines would significantly block transmission.
After vaccinations started in 2021, researchers found that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, for example, was significantly reducing the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
UK study : New data from Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge suggests that a single dose of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine can reduce by 75% the number of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections. This implies that the vaccine could significantly reduce the risk of transmission of the virus from people who are asymptomatic, as well as protecting others from getting ill.
Israeli study : These results suggest that BNT162b2 is moderately to highly effective in reducing infectivity, via preventing infection and through reducing viral shedding.
While the vaccines’ effectiveness against infection and transmission waned with each new variant (research), they still continue to provide protection, not only against death and hospitalisation from COVID-19, but also infection and transmission.
In fact, a September 2023 systematic review of existing research show that COVID-19 vaccines reduce transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, regardless of variant:
Overall, study results showed the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 transmission (range 16–95%), regardless of vaccine type or number of doses.
The effect was apparent, but less pronounced against omicron (range 24–95% for pre-omicron variants versus 16–31% for omicron).
Results from viral load studies were supportive, showing SARS-CoV-2 infections in vaccinated individuals had higher Ct values, suggesting lower viral load, compared to infections among the unvaccinated.
In short – the RFK Jr. conspiracy theory that COVID-19 vaccines do not block transmission at all has been disproven time and time again.
Claim #3A : COVID Lockdowns Were Very Harmful To Children Verdict : Partially True
This isn’t a conspiracy theory, but more of an opinion by RFK Jr., as no one actually disputed even back then that COVID-19 lockdowns would be detrimental to everyone, not just children. After all, human beings evolved to be social animals, and are biologically-driven to seek out the company of others.
The lockdowns were only implemented because the authorities wanted to stop the spread of COVID-19, and determined that the benefits far outweighed the risks. While children were judged to be least affected by COVID-19, they cannot be left out of a lockdown, because they can transmit the virus to vulnerable members of their own family.
While it is indisputable that the lockdowns can have a negative impact on children, the claim that the lockdowns were “very dangerous” to children isn’t borne out in actual studies.
2021 Spanish study : Children, in general, showed high resilience and capability to adapt to new situations. Sleeping problems were reported in more than half of the children (54%) and adolescents (59%), and these were strongly associated with less time doing sports and spending more than 5 h per day using electronic devices. Parents perceived their children to gain weight (41%), be more irritable and anxious (63%) and sadder (46%).
2022 Chart Review : Many children developed educational, social, emotional, and behavioral gaps during LD, and they lost skills to deal with everyday problems due to social isolation. It is important to follow the long-term impact of the lockdowns and social isolation.
In short, while more children experience mental health issues during the lockdown, other children were able to cope with the changes.
Also important to note – the lockdowns helped to prevent vulnerable people – both adults and children, from dying from COVID-19. While mental health issues can be detrimental, it can be treated or mitigated, whereas death cannot.
Well, thank you, Captain Obvious. No one ever said that COVID-19 lockdowns would not damage the economy. RFK Jr. might as well have said that it gets wet when it rains.
To be clear – everyone knows that lockdowns will damage the economy. That’s indisputable when businesses are forced to close, and people are required to stay at home. The lockdowns were only implemented to save lives, by blocking the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, until vaccines and treatments could be developed.
Claim #3C : COVID Lockdowns Would Not Block Transmission Verdict : False
The claim by RFK Jr. and other people that lockdowns would not block the transmission of viral infections is false. The concept of a quarantine and the wider lockdown is centuries-old, and have proven to be effective in curbing the spread of disease.
More recently, the SARS outbreak in 2002, which killed over 800 people, was contained by blocking all human-to-human transmission through syndromic surveillance, strict isolation of patients and quarantine of their contacts, and lockdowns (community quarantine).
Even though the far more extensive COVID-19 lockdowns did not stop its global spread, they helped to reduce transmission and reduce the impact on healthcare services, until effective vaccines become available:
Even if our public health measures are not able to fully contain the spread of COVID-19 because of the virus characteristics, they will still be effective in delaying the onset of widespread community transmission, reducing peak incidence and its impact on public services, and decreasing the overall attack rate.
In addition, minimising the size of the outbreak or suppressing its peak can reduce global deaths by providing health systems with the opportunity to scale up and respond, and to slow down the global spread until effective vaccines become available.
People like RFK Jr. who claim the face masks don’t work often refer to the 2023 Cochrane report which stated that, “wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference to the outcome of influenza‐like illness“.
However, they fail to point out that the same report urged caution, and pointed out that there was “a high risk of bias in the trials, variation in outcome measurement, and relatively low adherence with the interventions during the studies hampers drawing firm conclusions“.
Cochrane officially said that the report was inconclusive, and the editor-in-chief of the Cochrane Library, Karla Soares-Weiser, called reports saying that “masks don’t work” as an “inaccurate and misleading interpretation“.
It would be accurate to say that the review examined whether interventions to promote mask-wearing help to slow the spread of respiratory viruses, and that the results were inconclusive.
In addition, Michael D. Brown, who serves on the Cochrane editorial board pointed out that the review could not arrive at a firm conclusion because “there were not enough high-quality randomised trials where participants adhered to mask-wearing rules.
Other studies, like this 2020 Japanese study, show that wearing a properly-fitted face mask will greatly reduce the amount of inhaled virus droplets / aerosols, compared to not wearing a face mask at all.
Cotton face mask : 20% to 40% reduction
Surgical mask : 47% to 50% reduction
N95 mask : 80% to 90% reduction
They also show that infected people wearing face masks can block transmission, by reducing the amount of virus droplets / aerosols being expelled into the environment.
Our airborne simulation experiments showed that cotton masks, surgical masks, and N95 masks had a protective effect with respect to the transmission of infective droplets/aerosols and that the protective efficiency was higher when masks were worn by the virus spreader.
Claim #4B : Face Masks Do More Harm Than Good Verdict : False
There is no evidence that face masks do more harm than good, as RFK Jr. claimed or suggested. In fact, healthcare professionals have been wearing face masks to protect their patients and themselves since they were invented in the late nineteenth century.
Their effectiveness was greatly improved by Malaysian Chinese epidemiologist Dr. Wu Lien-teh, who developed a face mask with layers of gauze and cotton that would protect both the wearer, and other people.
The modern surgical mask as we know it was developed in the 1960s, and has been in use since then. In the 1990s, Taiwanese-American scientist Peter Tsai would invent the electrocharged fibre that would make the N95 mask possible.
To be clear – face masks do not do more harm than good, no matter how many times people like RFK Jr. repeat such claims.
Claim #5 : Social Distancing Not Based On Science Verdict : Partially True
The claim that Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted that social distancing is not based on science isn’t actually accurate.
In his closed-door congressional testimony, Dr. Fauci said that the US federal social distancing guidance that people keep six feet of social distance “sort of just appeared”. He didn’t actually say that social distancing did not work. He only said that the six feet guidance was not backed up by an actual study.
When the US government first issued its guidance on social distancing, there were no studies on how far the COVID-19 virus can disperse from an infected person and remain infective. The six feet recommendation was based on early assessments that COVID-19 spread by droplets. Later, this was found not to be accurate, as COVID-19 could also spread by aerosols, therefore extending beyond the six feet guidance.
In short – social distancing can help reduce transmission. The further away you are from an infected person, the less likely you will inhale significant amounts of viral particles. What was not based on science back in 2020 was the six-feet recommendation. If we know what we know today – people would have to socially-distance way beyond six feet.
Now, isn’t it fortunate that we now have effective COVID-19 vaccines, and can do away with social distancing?
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Did emails released under FOIA show that Ralph Baric created the COVID-19 spike protein in 2018?! Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : Emails Show Ralph Baric Created COVID-19 Spike Protein!
Conspiracists and anti-vaccine activists are excitedly sharing FOIA-released emails, which purportedly shows that Ralph Baric created the COVID-19 spike protein in 2018!
Kim Dotcom : American scientist Ralph Baric developed the spike protein that was inserted into Covid-19 and he worked with the Wuhan lab where the virus was created. Covid-19 was made in America and funded by the US Govt. Where’s the media? Where’s the outrage? Where’s the criminal tribunal?
Covid Memo : 🛑WOW. What were you doing on March 5, 2018? A few were planting the seeds on the gain of function research that turned into the Wuhan lab leak…
🔥🔥Brand new FOIA documents show the VERY first emails in March 2018 where Ralph Baric discusses experiments with the coronavirus and bats.
💥March 5: Peter Daszak makes an email introduction stating that Ralph Baric is working on nanoparticles. 💥March 7: Ralph Baric is asked about SARS-CoV spike glycoproteins he is developing “with respect to the DARPA grant” 💥March 15: Baric states…he was planning on testing what he could in mice, “nanoparticles no problem” he states, but that he understood RCN doesn’t work well in mice. “I have no bat colony, no way for me to do the experiment-which I definitely think needs to be done or we have no credibility. My understanding another bat colony exists in China, but not sure who is doing what. “
a_concerned_amyloidosis : the very first goddamn email: daszak says baric is working on nanoparticles, and baric is asked about sars glycoproteins he’s making for a DARPA grant and they’re trying to get them into bats
Truth : Emails Do Not Show Ralph Baric Created COVID-19 Spike Protein!
This appears to be yet another example of fake news circulating on X (formerly Twitter), and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : Emails Were Referring To SARS Virus
Let me start by pointing out that the March 2018 emails released under the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) were only referring to the SARS virus (now known as SARS-CoV-1).
The SARS-CoV-1 was the virus that caused the 2002-2004 SARS outbreak, and is different from SARS-CoV-2, which caused the COVID-19 pandemic more than 15 years later!
They are related but different coronaviruses, just like how a Tesla Model S and a BMW Z4 are both cars, but they are different cars, with different designs, engines and performance.
Fact #2 : All Coronaviruses Have Spike Proteins
I should point out that the spike protein isn’t a special feature of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Such spike proteins are actually a feature of all coronaviruses!
In fact, the name “coronavirus” is derived from the Latin word, corona, which means “crown” or “wreath” – a reference to its “crown” of spike proteins. To be clear – all coronaviruses have spike proteins on their cell surfaces.
So scientists doing research on coronaviruses would inevitably be working with spike proteins. It doesn’t mean that they were working to create the SARS-CoV-2.
Fact #3 : SARS Spike Protein Different From COVID-19 Spike Protein
I should also point out that the SARS spike protein is different from the COVID-19 spike protein. Not only are they physically different, they utilise different mechanisms to bind with the human ACE2 receptor.
This was extensively elucidated in a Chinese research paper by Yixin Xie et. al., that was published in the journal Frontiers in Molecular Bioscience on 9 December 2020.
The results demonstrate that SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 S proteins are both attractive to ACE2 by electrostatic forces even at different distances. However, the residues contributing to the electrostatic features are quite different due to the mutations between SARS-CoV S protein and SARS-CoV-2 S protein.
Such differences are analyzed comprehensively. Compared to SARS-CoV, the SARS-CoV-2 binds with ACE2 using a more robust strategy:
The electric field line related residues are distributed quite differently, which results in a more robust binding strategy of SARS-CoV-2.
Also, SARS-CoV-2 has a higher electric field line density than that of SARS-CoV, which indicates stronger interaction between SARS-CoV-2 and ACE2, compared to that of SARS-CoV.
Key residues involved in salt bridges and hydrogen bonds are identified in this study, which may help the future drug design against COVID-19.
In short – the COVID-19 coronavirus does not use the same spike protein as the SARS coronavirus that Ralph Baric was working on.
Structural differences in salt bridge residues of spike proteins Left (A) : SARS coronavirus Right (B) : COVID-19 coronavirus
Fact #3 : There Is Nothing Nefarious In March 2018 Emails
If you go through the emails, you will notice that there is nothing nefarious. Certainly, they do not show Ralph Baric saying or suggesting that he created the COVID-19 spike protein.
To make it easier for you to understand, I rearranged the emails in the right order, and highlighted the key parts in bold. The emails involve four people – Ralph Baric, Toni Baric, Peter Daszak, and Tonie Rocke, and you can read the originals here (PDF):
Peter Daszak : Toni – this is info from Ralph Baric on the nanoparticle work he’s been involved in…
Tonie Rocke : Hi Ralph: I have a couple of questions about the SARS-CoV spike glycoproteins you are developing with respect to the DARPA grant we are collaborating on.
Do you have time for a call sometime tomorrow? I have unfortunately contracted the flu so I am working from home for a few days. I’d be happy to call you if you can provide me a time and number.
Many thanks! – Tonie
Ralph Baric : Hi Tonie, nice to hear from you. Toni will help find a time for us to talk. Ralph
Toni Baric : Dear Tonie, Can you make a call at 11:30 am on March 9?
Tonie Rocke : Hi Toni (nice to meet a fellow Toni – I don’t often);
Yes, 11:30 works for me. Is that ET? I’m not yet sure if I’l be working from home tomorrow, so probably best if I call you.
I’d like to hear your thoughts on how these proteins are best delivered to bats and what has been attempted so far.
Fact #4 : Ralph Baric Did Not Test Spike Protein On Bats
The March 2018 emails show Tonie Rocke asking about how those proteins can be “delivered to bats”, and what had been attempted so far.
There was no indication from those emails that Ralph Baric actually successfully “delivered” those spike proteins to bats. In fact, a March 15, 2018 email show Ralph Baric stating that he has no bat colony, and no way to actually conduct the experiment.
Hi Tonie, I was definitely planning on testing whatever I could in mice, nanoparticles no problembut my understanding was that RCN doesn’t work well in mice. I have no bat colony, no way forme to do the experiment – which I definitely think needs to be done or we have no credibility. Myunderstanding [is that] another bat colony exists in China, but not sure who is doing what.
As you can see, the emails clearly show that Ralph Baric was not testing the SARS (not COVID-19) spike protein on bats, he hadn’t even started testing it on mice!
Fact #5 : Ralph Baric Called For COVID-19 Origins Investigation
It is somewhat ironic to claim that Ralph Baric might be responsible for creating the SARS-CoV-2 virus, because he joined other scientists in signing a 2021 open letter demanding a thorough investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
While he remains sure whether SARS-CoV-2 was created by a spillover event, or a lab leak, he found fault with a joint investigation by the WHO and the Chinese government, which dismissed the chance of a lab leak as “extremely unlikely”.
Ralph Baric felt that such a conclusion was premature, given the lack of conclusive data and China’s more relaxed laboratory standards.
He pointed out to TIME in a July 2023 article that while the US restricts gain-of-function (GoF) work with dangerous pathogens to labs that are rated at a minimum of BSL-3 (like his lab), “the regulations in China are such that you can work with SARS-like bat coronaviruses in BSL-2 [Biosafety level 2] labs,” which require fewer safety features.
So Ralph Baric himself believes that a laboratory leak could still be a possibility. Would someone who purportedly created SARS-CoV-2 be so eager to call for greater scrutiny of that possibility???
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Did Amy Schumer just reveal that she developed VAIDS after getting her third COVID-19 booster dose?!
Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : Amy Schumer Developed VAIDS After Third Booster!
People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims that Amy Schumer just revealed that she developed VAIDS after getting her third COVID-19 booster dose!
Here is an excerpt of the long and (intentionally?) rambling article. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!
Amy Schumer Says She Developed VAIDS After Third Booster
Amy Schumer has revealed that she developed full-blown Vaccine Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (VAIDS) as a direct result of getting multiple COVID jabs.
The comedian was forced to come clean about her diagnosis when people began speculating about her poor health after a recent appearance on television where she appeared extremely bloated.
“Thank you so much for everyone’s input about my face. I’ve enjoyed feedback and deliberation about my appearance as all women do for almost 20 years. And you’re right, it is puffier than normal right now. I have endometriosis, an auto immune disease that every woman should read about,” Schumer posted on social media.
The sharp decrease in immunity following vaccination is caused by “altered cytokine responses”. Cytokines are small proteins that are produced by our immune system in response to infection. The more jabs a person receives, the more depleted the immune system becomes, resulting in VAIDS.
Truth : Amy Schumer Did Not Develop VAIDS After Third Booster!
This is yet another example of fake news created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : Amy Schumer Did Not Say She Developed VAIDS
The People’s Voice article claimed that Amy Schumer “revealed that she developed full-blown Vaccine Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (VAIDS) as a direct result of getting multiple COVID jabs“.
Amy Schumer has not made any statements claiming that she developed full-blown VAIDS after getting multiple COVID-19 vaccine injections.
As usual, The People’s Voice article provided no evidence to back up its “fact checked” claim.
Fact #2 : Amy Schumer Was Diagnosed With Cushing’s Syndrome
On Tuesday, 13 February 2024, Amy Schumer appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where people noticed that her face appeared puffier than usual.
After her puffy appearance went viral on social media, Amy posted on Instagram that she was going through “some medical and hormonal things” due to endometriosis.
I’ve enjoyed feedback and deliberation about my appearance as all women do for almost 20 years. And you’re right it is puffier than normal right now. I have endometriosis an auto immune disease that every woman should read about. There are some medical and hormonal things going on in my world right now but I’m okay.
Later, she would be diagnosed with Cushing’s syndrome, which was caused by getting steroid injections in high doses.
ISo finding out I have the kind of Cushing that will just work itself out and I’m healthy was the greatest news imaginable. It has been a crazy couple weeks for me and my family.
Just in case there is any confusion, endometriosis is not AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), which is caused by HIV – the Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
Why would anyone claim that Amy Schumer developed AIDS when she clearly stated that she has endometriosis???
Fact #4 : Cushing’s Syndrome Isn’t AIDS Either
While high doses of steroid suppresses the immune system, it isn’t AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), which is caused by HIV – the Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
To be clear – COVID-19 vaccines do not cause Cushing’s syndrome.
Fact #5 : Vaccine AIDS Does Not Exist
This is silly, but let me also point out that there is no medical disease called VAIDS – Vaccine-Induced Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. It appears to be something made-up by anti-vaccination activists to scare people.
AIDS is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Nothing else causes AIDS. Certainly no vaccine, not even the COVID-19 vaccine, causes AIDS.
Robert Charles Gallo – one of the two scientists who independently discovered that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was responsible for AIDS, said in response to the 2021 claim by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that COVID-19 vaccines cause AIDS:
[I]t’s hard to believe anyone would claim that the covid-19 vaccine causes AIDS. We know what causes AIDS.
I don’t know what your president said. So I don’t want to be too critical. But it is obvious that neither the covid-19 vaccine nor any other vaccine causes AIDS.
Just in case you think that Amy Schumer might have developed endometriosis from her COVID-19 vaccinations, that couldn’t be further from the truth.
For one thing – endometriosis affects roughly 10% of women in their reproductive age, since time immemorial.
But more to the point – Amy Schumer had been struggling with endometriosis for years. While she did not reveal when she was first diagnosed with endometriosis, she revealed that she had her uterus and appendix removed in September 2021, after years of suffering.
So, it’s the morning after my surgery for endometriosis and my uterus is out. The doctor found 30 spots of endometriosis that he removed. He removed my appendix because the endometriosis had attacked it.
There was a lot, a lot of blood in my uterus and I’m, you know, sore and I have some, like, gas pains.
Amy Schumer also revealed in August 2020 (before the COVID-19 vaccines were approved!) that she “couldn’t be pregnant ever again” due to how her endometriosis affected her fertility.
To be clear – Amy Schumer’s endometriosis isn’t new, or related to the COVID-19 vaccines. She has been suffering from endometriosis for many years.
Interestingly, the cover photo of The People’s Voice article were taken from Amy Schumer’s September 2021 Instagram posts. So it appears they knew she was suffering from endometriosis for many years, and it had nothing to do with multiple vaccine booster doses.
The People’s Voice article pointed to a study which purportedly showed COVID-19 vaccines causing VAIDS in children. That’s not true.
The study did not mention AIDS, VAIDS, or even immunodeficiency. It was also conducted only in a laboratory, using blood samples from 29 children – none of whom were found to have developed any side effect or disease from their COVID-19 vaccinations!
Fact #8 : The People’s Voice Is Known For Fake News
The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.
Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.
Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should never share anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice. Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:
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Did the WHO demand surveillance powers to monitor every person for “disease control”?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : WHO Demands Surveillance Powers To Monitor Everyone!
People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims that the WHO is demanding surveillance powers to monitor every person for “disease control”!
Here is an excerpt from the article, which is long and (intentionally?) rambling. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!
WHO Demands Surveillance Powers to Monitor Every Man, Woman & Child For ‘Disease Control’
The World Health Organization (WHO) is demanding vastly increased surveillance powers to monitor every single man, woman and child on earth for “disease control.”
According to WHO boss Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the unelected bureaucrats require increased surveillance powers to track the public and monitor “the health of people, animals, and ecosystems.”
They are not satisfied with surveilling you and every member of your family, these control freaks are planning to surveil your pets, too.
For those wondering how the WHO could possibly justify invading the privacy of every single person on earth, the answer is obvious. The globalist elite need these new powers so governments can prepare in the event of “the next pandemic.”
The WHO is calling for expanded tracking powers in the latest draft of its international pandemic treaty. That’s right – they are still pushing for the pandemic treaty, which means they have not given up on convincing nations to hand over their sovereignty to the Bill Gates-funded global institution.
Truth : WHO Did Not Demand Surveillance Powers To Monitor Everyone!
This is yet another example of FAKE NEWS created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : WHO Did Not Demand Surveillance Powers To Monitor Everyone
This is really silly, but let me start by pointing out that the WHO never asked or demanded for surveillance powers to “monitor every single man, woman and child on earth” for disease control or any other reason.
The People’s Voice article certainly offered no evidence to back up its “fact checked” claim.
Fact #2 : Pandemic Treaty Does Not Refer To WHO Surveillance Powers
If you download and read the zero draft (PDF) of the proposed pandemic treaty, you will see that it never mentioned anything about giving the WHO surveillance powers to monitor any person.
In fact, zero draft only referred to genomic and disease surveillance, not people:
Article 18. One Health
7. Each Party shall:
(d) enhance surveillance to identify and report on pathogens resistant to antimicrobial agents in humans, livestock and aquaculture that have pandemic potential, building on the existing global reporting systems;
The zero draft also specifically pointed out that such surveillance should be adopted by each country “in accordance with national law“:
Article 11. Strengthening and sustaining preparedness and health systems’ resilience
4. Each Party shall, in accordance with national law, adopt policies and strategies, supported by implementation plans, across the public and private sectors and relevant agencies, consistent with relevant tools, including, but not limited to, the International Health Regulations, and strengthen and reinforce public health functions for:
(c) surveillance (including using a One Health approach), outbreak investigation and control, through interoperable early warning and alert systems;
In other words, it is up to each country to conduct its own disease surveillance, according to its own laws.
Fact #3 : WHO Pandemic Treaty Does Not Affect Sovereignty!
Anyone who reads the zero draft will see that it clearly states in Pages 10 and 11 that countries will maintain their sovereignty, and continue to have the right to “determine and manage” their own healthcare initiatives, including how to tackle future pandemics.
3. Sovereignty – States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to determine and manage their approach to public health, notably pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and recovery of health systems, pursuant to their own policies and legislation, provided that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to their peoples and other countries. Sovereignty also covers the rights of States over their biological resources.
Why would anyone who actually read the zero draft ever claim that countries signing up for the pandemic treaty would be handing over their sovereignty to the World Health Organization. That’s utter nonsense.
Fact #4 : The People’s Voice Is Known For Publishing Fake News
The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.
Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.
Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should never share anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice. Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:
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Did the World Economic Forum (WEF) just admit that Disease X will be unleashed onto the public in 2025?!
Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : WEF Admits Disease X Will Be Leaked In 2025!
People are sharing an article (archive) by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch), which claims that the World Economic Forum (WEF) just declared that Disease X will be unleashed onto the public in the year 2025!
Here is an excerpt from the article, which is ridiculously long and confusing. Feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!
WEF Admits Disease X Will Be Leaked in 2025
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has declared that ‘Disease X’ will be unleashed onto the public by the year 2025 – and the consequences will be devastating for humanity.
Last week, global elites met at the WEF Davos summit where the key topic of discussion was “Preparing for Disease X,” a hypothetical new deadly pandemic predicted to emerge in 2025 and kill 20 times more people than COVID-19.
Whatever the globalists claim will happen actually does happen at a remarkable frequency, and their prognostic capabilities become easier to explain when you consider that most lethal pandemics have been caused by manmade viruses, the products of gain-of-function research. It’s pretty easy to predict a new viral outbreak if you have said virus waiting in the wings.
With that in mind, recent research from China certainly raises concern, to say the least. According to a January 3, 2024, preprint,6 a SARS-CoV-2-related pangolin coronavirus — described as a “cell culture-adapted mutant” called GX_P2V that was first cultured in 2017 — was found to kill 100% of the humanized mice (ACE2-transgenic mice) infected with it.
The medical system has been used in the past to drive forward a New World Order agenda — now rebranded as “The Great Reset” — and it’s now being used to implement the final stages of that longstanding plan. COVID-19 was a real-world practice run, and showed just how effectively a pandemic can be used to shift the balance of power, and strip the global population of its wealth and individual freedoms.
So, there’s no doubt in my mind that additional pandemics will be declared, because they’re the means to the globalists’ ends. To prevent this global coup, we need everyone to speak and share the truth to the point that you’re able. Only then will our voices outnumber the voices of the propaganda machine.
Truth : WEF Did Not Admit Disease X Will Be Leaked In 2025!
This is yet another example of FAKE NEWS created / promoted by The People’s Voice, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : WEF Never Declared Disease X Would Be Unleashed In 2025
This is really silly, but let me start by pointing out that the World Economic Forum (WEF) never admitted or declared that Disease X would be unleashed onto the public in 2025.
If the WEF actually declared this publicly, it would have been international news, covered worldwide by legitimate media outlets. Yet, it has only been mentioned by conspiracy / fake news websites?
That’s because it never happened. The People’s Voice certainly offered no evidence to back up its claims.
Fact #2 : WEF Held A Panel On Disease X
On January 17, 2024, WEF held a panel discussion on Disease X, featuring WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and six other panelists.
If you watch the entire panel discussion, which was called Preparing for Disease X, you will see that no one ever claimed that Disease X would be unleashed or leaked onto the public in the year 2025.
So why are some people claiming that the WEF declared that Disease X would be released in 2025? Do they know something even the panel of health experts don’t know?
What The People’s Voice article does not tell you is that Disease X does not actually exist. Disease X is merely a placeholder name for a hypothetical, unknown pathogen that could cause a future epidemic.
It is used by healthcare organisations and policy makers as an easy way to label an unknown disease that could potentially emerge in the future.
If a new pathogen emerges, it won’t be called Disease X. Remember when news first broke about a new coronavirus emerging in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019? It wasn’t called Disease X then.
Initially, the WHO called it the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, or 2019-nCoV. Then, the disease itself was named as COVID-19, while the virus that causes it was named as SARS-CoV-2.
Fact #4 : The People’s Voice Is Known For Publishing Fake News
The People’s Voice is the current name for NewsPunch, which possibly changed its name because its brand has been so thoroughly discredited after posting numerous shocking but fake stories.
Founded as Your News Wire in 2014, it was rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018, before becoming The People’s Voice. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news on Facebook that year.
Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should never share anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice. Here are some of its fake stories that I fact checked earlier:
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Did scientists in China just develop a new COVID virus that is 100% lethal to “humanised” mice?!
Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : China Just Developed 100% Lethal COVID Virus!
People are sharing articles with alarming headlines that claim or suggest that scientists in China just developed a new COVID virus that is 100% lethal to “humanised” mice!
China Develops New Covid Strain With 100% Mortality In Humanised Mice
Chinese lab crafts mutant COVID-19 strain with 100% kill rate in ‘humanized’ mice
Chinese scientists ‘create’ a mutant coronavirus strain that attacks the BRAIN and has a 100% kill rate in mice
China continues experiments with ‘lethal’ COVID strain
China toys with deadly new COVID strain: When will the madness end?
As such, some people are claiming on social media that Chinese scientists were creating bioweapons or Disease X through Gain-of-Function experiments:
DiedSuddenly : New study shows that a new lab created disease out of China (Disease X) has a 100% fatality rate in humanized mice by infecting the nervous system.
Camus : New lab created disease out of China (Disease X) has a 100% fatality rate in humanized mice by infecting the nervous system.
This is truly terrifying. Dr John Campbell details trials on mice give Human Ace Receptor Genes – 100% of which died when infected with a new Gain of Function Pathogen.
Could this be Disease X? The world is going truly insane & we are Governed by Globalist Lunatics.
Let’s take a look at the study, and find out why scientists in China did not actually developed a new lethal COVID strain!
Fact #1 : Chinese Study Has Not Been Peer-Reviewed
First, I should also point out that the Chinese study, which was conducted by Lai Wei et. al. has not been peer-reviewed – the first step or many in the scientific review process.
Hence, it has not been published in a journal, but in bioRxiv – a preprint server operated by the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL). You can read the paper in full here.
While that does not mean its findings are wrong, such preprint papers should “not be considered for clinical application, nor relied upon for news reporting as established information“, as per CSHL.
Fact #2 : COVID-19 Means Coronavirus Disease 2019
I should also point out that COVID-19 is short for Coronavirus Disease 2019, and it refers to the disease, not the virus. COVID-19 is not the name of the virus, which is called SARS-CoV-2.
Even though there are many diseases caused by coronaviruses, there is only one disease named under this convention, which is COVID-19, and it is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. So it would be wrong to refer to other coronaviruses, or the diseases that they cause, as COVID.
Fact #3 : Chinese Study Was Done On GX_P2V Virus
The Chinese study did not perform any research on the COVID-19 coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. Instead, it was conducted on a mutated variant of GX_P2V, which is a pangolin coronavirus.
As they had never studied this GX_P2V mutant variant, the Chinese scientists decided to clone and test its pathogenicity in hACE2 mice.
Fact #4 : The GX_P2V Virus Mutated In Cell Culture
Right at the beginning, the study authors pointed out that they did not “create” the GX_P2V virus. Instead, it spontaneously mutated when the original GX/2017 virus was cultured in 2017.
A coronavirus related to SARS-CoV-2 was identified prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2017. Hence, it was called GX/2017.
The virus was cultured in 2017, and the isolate was called GX_P2V.
The GX_P2V virus isolate was found to infect both golden hamsters and hACE2 mice (transgenic mice that express the human ACE2 receptor), although it did not appear to cause disease.
It was later discovered that the virus mutated while it was cultured into a mutant that had 104 nucleotides deleted at the 3′-UTR site. This mutated variant was named as GX_P2V(short_3UTR).
From what was written in the paper, the Chinese scientists were not conducting Gain-of-Function (GoF) experiments. The GX_P2V coronavirus mutated on its own while being cultured.
The scientists even pointed out in their paper that coronaviruses have a “propensity” to “undergo rapid adaptive mutation in cell culture”. They were merely testing this mutant that was discovered earlier, but they did not test before.
Fact #5 : Type Of hACE2 Mice Used May Affect Results
hACE2 mice are transgenic mice that were developed to express the human ACE2 (Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2) receptor. Multiple hACE2 mice models have been created (example), expressing the human ACE2 in different tissues.
The Lai Wei et. al. study used the hACE2 mouse model from Beijing SpePharm Biotechnology Company, which was created using the random integration technology.
As the authors noted, the company has not published any papers on its mouse model, but their results suggest that the human ACE2 may be “highly expressed” in the brain of this particular hACE2 mouse model. If so, that could explain why the infection caused death through brain infection.
The authors also noted that these hACE2 mice had “abnormal physiology”, with “relatively reduced serum triglyceride, cholesterol, and lipase levels”.
Fact #6 : An Earlier Study Contradicted Their Findings
The study authors pointed out that their report was the “first” to show that a pangolin coronavirus can cause 100% mortality in hACE2 mice. They also pointed out that their results were “inconsistent” with that of the earlier Zhengli Shi et. al. study.
The Zhengli Shi et. al. study (source), which tested the GX_P2V(short_3UTR) mutant variant, found that it caused lung infections without severe disease in two different hACE2 mouse models.
Our findings are evidently inconsistent with those of Zhengli Shi et al. (5), who tested the virulence of GX_P2V in two different hACE2 mouse models.
The authors cautioned that there may be differences between their GX_P2V(short_3UTR) mutant variants as they may have mutated further during their respective laboratory cultures.
Again, this does not mean that both teams were conducting Gain-of-Function (GoF) modification of the pangolin coronaviruses. They were testing a variant of the GX_P2V pangolin coronavirus that spontaneously mutated through cell culture adaptation.
But these contradictory findings of the GX_P2V(short_3UTR) mutant means there is more work to be done. For certain, the Lai Wei et. al. study would need to be peer-reviewed, and verified through replication.
In short – more research is needed, and no, Chinese scientists did not just create a bioweapon…
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Guangzhou appears to have reinstated the Health Code, requiring patients and their caregivers to test negative for COVID-19 before being admitted to a hospital!
Guangzhou Patients Must Be COVID Negative For Admission?!
The city of Guangzhou has apparently reinstated the Chinese COVID-19 Health Code requirements from 2 December 2023 onwards.
In a video translated and posted by Jennifer Zeng (archive), the Deputy Director and Spokesperson for the Guangzhou Health Commission Zhang Yi appears to announce an immediate requirement for patients and their caregivers to present a Green Health Code, in order to enter all types of medical institutions.
Effective immediately, patients visiting all levels and types of medical institutions in Guangzhou City and its districts must present a green health code for entry. Dec 2, Guangzhou, Guangdong.
Zhang Yi : From now on, all levels & types of medical institutions in Guangzhou City & its districts for outpatient and emergency department visits will require a green health code for entry.
Bizarrely, patients and their caregivers are expected to undertake PCR nuclei tests for COVID-19, and show a negative test result within the past 24 hours to gain admission!
Zhang Yi : Newly admitted inpatients and their accompanying personnel must present a negative nucleic acid test result from within the past 24 hours for admission.
Less controversially, she called on fever clinics to operate at their maximum capacity, and conduct nucleic acid (PCR) tests on patients.
Zhang Yi : Fever clinics should operate to their fullest capacity. The role of the previously established 114 standardised fever clinics should be fully utilised.
Strengthen the staffing of medical personnel in fever clinics, optimise the waiting area settings and consultation process.
Conduct nucleic acid testing for visiting patients, and implement graded & categorised diagnosis and treatment.
Not Only Guangzhou Patients Must Be COVID Negative For Admission?
China has been experiencing a surge of respiratory illnesses that have alarmed many people, especially when it appeared to cause pneumonia in many children.
The WHO called on China to provide more information, after health monitoring groups like the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED) reported clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in children in north China.
China responded within 24 hours, stating that it has not detected any new or usual pathogens causing this surge of respiratory illness, with clusters of pneumonia being blamed on a bacteria – Mycoplasma pneumoniae which has been circulating since May, as well as influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and adenovirus that have been circulating since October.
While the negative COVID-19 test looks really bizarre, it is possible that the Chinese government has instituted this requirement to prevent these patients, who are already suffering from pneumonia, from being infected with COVID-19 as well.
Even so, Jennifer Zeng reported (archive) that the Chinese Health Code requirement is not just being reactivated in Guangzhou, but for the entire Guangdong province, as well as the Beijing, Sichuan, Fujian, Shaanxi, and Zhejiang provinces!
The health code is a mobile app used by the CCP during the three-year COVID pandemic to control people’s movements. If your health code turns red or yellow, you can’t go anywhere.
But it’s not just Guangzhou. From what we know so far, Beijing, Sichuan, Fujian, Guangdong, Shaanxi, and Zhejiang Province are also implementing it.
So it is possible that the Chinese government at least suspects that some of these cases of respiratory illnesses may be due to a surge in COVID-19 cases.
To be clear – this reimplementation of the Chinese Health Code appears to be limited to patients attempting to seek medical assistance in clinics and hospitals. It does not appear that the Health Code is being reimplemented to restrict other types of movement in China.
However, reports of a surge in respiratory illnesses, and this (partial) reimplementation of the Health Code requirement will likely put a damper on the revival of the Chinese tourism industry. The Chinese government recently implemented visa-free travel for 6 new countries in an effort to boost tourism.
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Was Celine Dion forced to attend her son’s wedding in a wheelchair after suffering from Stiff Person Syndrome?!
Take a look at the viral video, and find out what the facts really are!
Updated @ 2023-10-13 : Updated for new wave
Updated @ 2023-06-30 : Added video and other updates Originally posted @ 2023-04-13
Claim : Celine Dion Attended Her Son’s Wedding In Wheelchair!
People are sharing TikTok and YouTube videos which claim to show Celine Dion attending her son’s wedding in a wheelchair, after being diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome.
It’s just so heart breaking to watch !!
Singer Celine Dion attending her son’s wedding, she was diagnosed with a rare neurological condition known as stiff-person syndrome.
A reminder that health is the most important aspect of life…..
Truth : Celine Dion Did Not Attend Her Son’s Wedding In A Wheelchair!
This is yet another example of FAKE NEWS created to go viral on TikTok and other social media platforms, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : Celine Dion Revealed Her Diagnosis In December 2022
First, let’s start with a quick recap on Celine Dion’s recent health problems.
Celine Dion (born Céline Marie Claudette Dion on 30 March, 1968) announced in an emotional video on 8 December 2022, that she had been struggling with health issues for a long time.
She did not mention how long ago she started experiencing muscle spasms, but they became so “severe and persistent” that on 19 October 2021, she delayed her Las Vegas residency. Then on 15 January 2022, she was forced to cancel the US and Canadian concerts from 9 March to 22 April 2022.
It was only recently that the muscle spasms Celine Dion was suffering from was diagnosed as Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) – a rare neurological disorder with features of an autoimmune disease.
I’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time. And it’s been really difficult for me to face these challenges and to talk about everything that I’ve been going through.
Recently I’ve been diagnosed with a very rare neurological disorder called Stiff Person Syndrome which affects something like one-in-a-million people.
While we’re still learning about this rare condition, we now know this is what’s been causing all of the spasms I’ve been having.
Unfortunately, these spasms affect every aspect of my daily life, sometimes causing difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing the way I’m used to.
Fact #2 : That Was Kathy Poirier, Not Celine Dion
The lady in the wheelchair was not Celine Dion, but a 55 year-old mother called Kathy Poirier from Florida.
Kathy Poirier suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. It is a progressive nervous system disease that causes a loss of muscle control.
When her 28 year-old son, Zak Poirier, married Anja d’Adesky, 27, on 9 April 2022, she had already lost the ability to walk, and arrived in a wheelchair.
The viral TikTok video was edited to show Celine Dion (really Kathy Poirier) being lifted to hug her son who tears up, before she is placed back on her wheelchair.
In the real video, Kathy actually danced with her son on his wedding day! In his now-deleted Instagram post, Zak explained:
My Mom was diagnosed with ALS shortly before I graduated law school. Since that time, I’ve watched her bravely fight her diagnosis and challenge the odds against her.
Despite not being able to stand on her own, my Mom and I shared a dance at my wedding. She inspires me every day to be humble, kind and selfless. Love you Mom.
On that day, Zak and his two brothers escorted her to the dance floor for the mother-son dance. The three brothers then lifted her off the wheelchair.
With his brothers holding her upright, Kathy Poirier was able to dance with Zak that day. Her sons then lowered her back onto her wheelchair while their guests gave them a standing ovation.
Their wedding planner, Root to Stems also posted a video on Instagram, which went viral last year.
Fact #5 : Celine Dion Can Still Stand + Walk
Just to be clear, Celine Dion is not suffering from ALS, but from SPS – Stiff Person Syndrome.
As of April 2023, Celine Dion is able to stand and walk on her own, as well as sing and act. This is obvious from the posts (example) she made to promote her movie with Priyanka Chopra and Sam Heughan – Love Again.
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Take a look at the viral advice on the new Omicron XBB variant from Singapore, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : Omicron XBB Variant Advice From Singapore!
This message, purportedly advice on the new Omicron XBB variant from Singapore, has gone viral again on WhatsApp, and on social media.
It’s rather long, so feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!
Singapore news! Everyone is advised to wear a mask because the new COVID-Omicron XBB variant coronavirus is different, deadly and not easily detected properly:-
Symptoms of the novel COVID-Omicron XBB virus are as follows:-
1. Do not cough. 2. No fever.
There will only be many :-
3. Joint pain. 4. Headache. 5. Neck pain. 6. Upper back pain. 7. Pneumonia. 8. Generally have no appetite.
Of course, the COVID-Omicron XBB is 5 times more toxic than the Delta variant and has a higher mortality rate than the Delta.
It takes a shorter time for the condition to reach extreme severity, and sometimes there are no obvious symptoms.
Let’s be more careful!
This strain of the virus is not found in the nasopharyngeal region, and it directly affects the lungs, the “windows,” for a relatively short period of time.
Several patients diagnosed with Covid Omicron XBB were eventually classified as having no fever and no pain, but X-rays showed mild chest pneumonia.
Nasal swab tests are generally negative for COVID-Omicron XBB, and false-negative cases of nasopharyngeal tests are increasing.
This means that the virus can spread in the community and directly infect the lungs, leading to viral pneumonia, which in turn causes acute respiratory stress.
This explains why Covid-Omicron XBB has become highly contagious, highly virulent and lethal.
Please note, avoid crowded places, keep a distance of 1.5m even in open spaces, wear a double-layer mask, wear a suitable mask, wash your hands frequently when everyone is asymptomatic (no coughing or sneezing) .
This Covid Omicron “WAVE” is deadlier than the first wave of Covid-19. So we have to be very careful and take various enhanced coronavirus precautions.
Also maintain vigilant communication with your friends and family.
Don’t keep this information to yourself, share as much as possible with other relatives and friends, especially yours.
Truth : Omicron XBB Variant Advice From Singapore Is Fake News!
This is yet another example of FAKE NEWS circulating on WhatsApp, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : XBB Is An Omicron Subvariant
First, let me just clarify a common misconception. XBB is technically not a COVID-19 variant. It is a subvariant of the Omicron variant.
As per WHO definition, XBB is a recombinant subvariant of BA.2.10.1 and BA.2.75 sublineages. In other words – XBB is a mix of the BA.2.10.1 and BA.2.75 subvariants.
Fact #2 : XBB Is Detected Like Any Other COVID-19 Variant
The viral message falsely claims that XBB is not easily detected.
XBB is nothing more than a subvariant of Omicron. It is just as easily detected by the same PCR or RTK tests, as the original Omicron variant.
Fact #3 : XBB Symptoms Similar To Other Omicron Variants
The viral message falsely claims that XBB infections do not present with cough or fever.
XBB is just one of the many Omicron subvariants that include BA.5, BA.2.75, BJ.1, and BA.4.6. While they have changes to their spike protein, they have similar symptoms to the Omicron variant.
They are just different versions of the Omicron variant, and present with common symptoms like cough, fever, sore throat, cold, body aches.
Fact #4 : XBB Is Not 5X More Toxic Than Delta Variant
The term “toxic” is nonsensical when it comes to viruses, and tells us that the writer does not understand basic science, never mind virology.
He/she probably meant “virulent” or “virulence”, which refers to the virus’ ability to cause damage to its host. In any case, that is a false claim.
On 27 October 2022, the WHO Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution (TAG-VE) reported that there is no “substantial differences in disease severity for XBB infections”.
In other words – XBB infections produce similarly mild disease to Omicron. That is not surprising, because XBB is after all an Omicron subvariant.
The Delta variant (B.1.617.2), which caused havoc in mid 2021, causes more severe disease than any other COVID-19 variants, particularly in people who were not vaccinated.
An April 2022 study published in Nature showed that Omicron variant infections had 2X to 5X fewer fatalities than Delta variant infections.
This COVID-19 variant skips the nasopharynx and attacks the lungs directly is an old hoax that keeps getting rehashed for the variant of the day.
You may recall when Delta variant was the hot topic, people claimed that this is the variant that skips the nasopharynx and infects the lungs directly.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus is immobile, and travels through droplets and aerosols that we breathe in. It is not a homing missile that goes in search of a particular target.
As the air we breathe passes through the nasopharynx before it reaches the lungs, that is where most of the virus ends up, and that is why we swab the nasopharynx to detect COVID-19.
Fact #6 : Nasal / Nasopharyngeal Swab Test Will Still Pick Up XBB
The false claim that nasal / nasopharyngeal swab tests will turn up negative also keeps getting rehashed for the variant of the day.
People too earlier claimed that the nasal / nasopharyngeal swab tests would turn up negative for the Delta variant. It was nonsense then, it’s nonsense today.
Nasal or better still, nasopharyngeal swab, to detect the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus still works for the XBB subvariant.
Fact #7 : XBB Wave Is Not Deadlier Than First COVID-19 Wave
While the XBB wave is driving up cases in Singapore, the Ministry of Health there confirmed that the number of severe cases from XBB remained low:
This is very likely due to the resilience built up through vaccination and previous waves of infection. We are monitoring the trajectory closely.
More importantly, there is also no evidence of XBB causing more severe illness. So far, the large majority of patients continue to report mild symptoms such as sore throat or slight fever, especially if they have been vaccinated.
On October 11, for example, Singapore recorded over 11,000 new cases, but only 11 of them needed to be treated in the ICU, and only 50 needed oxygen supplementation.
That was much lower than the 171 ICU cases and 308 cases requiring oxygen supplementation at the peak of the Delta wave, and 54 ICU cases and 232 cases requiring oxygen supplementation at the peak of the Omicron wave.
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Ebola outbreak confirmed at Black Rock City, NV. It is recommended that all Burning Man attendees remain in their dwellings until further notice. Current State of Emergency in progress. Learn more: bit.ly/NjMkIRjjH
We are getting reports that there has been a confirmed Ebola Outbreak on the ground at The Burning Man Festival in Nevada.
Attendees have been told to shelter in place allegedly due to all of the flooding, and one attendee has been pronounced dead without a cause of death given.
TrueAnon : How I found out about it. Staying put for now, but reallllllly freaked out
“Yo just figured you should hear from me first. Darrel is crazy sick with something that has him coughing up really coagulated blood. Medic showed up wearing a full suit. No idea where he is now. I would stay inside your camper.”
Truth : There Is No Ebola Outbreak At Burning Man 2023!
This appears to be another example of FAKE NEWS circulating on Twitter, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : Burning Man Closed To Traffic
First, let me just give you a quick summary of what’s going on at the Burning Man 2023 festival.
The 2023 Burning Man festival started on Sunday, August 27, 2023. However, it was suddenly hit by heavy rainfall on Friday, September 1. Several months of rainfall inundated the area that day.
The heavy rainfall flooded the playa and turned the ground into ankle-deep mud. It quickly became impossible to drive any vehicles on the muck. Even worse – it continued to rain and drizzle over the next few days.
As a result, the organisers closed all roads leading into and out of the Burning Man area, and told attendees to conserve food, water and fuel.
The gate and airport in and out of Black Rock City remain closed. Ingress and egress are halted until further notice.
No driving is permitted except emergency vehicles. If you are in [Black Rock City], conserve food and water, and shelter in a warm space.
More updates to come. Stay safe!
Fact #2 : There Was No Quarantine At Burning Man
Even though the roads in and out of Burning Man were closed, and people were told to shelter in place, there never was a quarantine. That’s because there is no outbreak of any disease, Ebola or otherwise.
People who wanted to leave the Burning Man festival could still do so. They just had to hike their way through the thick mud.
While some 72,000 people remained on site, quite a number of people hiked their way out. DJ Diplo and Chris Rock, for example, managed to hitchhike a ride on the back of a pickup truck after hiking out.
Just walked five miles in the mud out of Burning Man with Chris Rock and a fan picked us up.
If there really was an Ebola outbreak at Burning Man, there would have been a strict quarantine, and no one would have been allowed to simply walk out of the area.
People at the Black Rock Desert site also would not be allowed to socialise. Yet, people there continue to gather and socialise.
Fact #3 : Burning Man Organisers Dismissed Ebola Claims
On Sunday, 3 September 2023, the Burning Man organisers issued a press release dismissing the rumours of an Ebola outbreak:
The online rumors of transmissible illnesses in Black Rock City are unfounded and untrue.
Fact #4 : Bureau of Land Management Dismissed Ebola Claims
The Bureau of Land Management, which oversees the Black Rock Desert site, also issued a statement, dismissing the rumours of an Ebola outbreak at Burning Man 2023.
[We] can confirm the event entrance was closed for the year because unusual rainfall caused muddy conditions where there was a full stop on vehicles, and not for an Ebola outbreak. We have heard no information of any participants with Ebola.
Fact #5 : Burning Man Death Still Under Investigation
The claims of an Ebola outbreak at Burning Man 2023 was also partly fuelled by reports that a man died there.
On Friday, 1 September 2023, a man died at the Burning Man festival, which was confirmed by the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office the next day.
On Sunday, 3 September, Burning Man confirmed confirmed the death in a press release, stating that the cause was “unrelated to the weather”.
Our emergency services department reached a call for service extremely quickly for a male, approximately 40 years old, and could not resuscitate the patient.
The Pershing County Sheriff’s Office is still investigating the death, and has not announced the man’s cause of death. However, that does not mean that it was Ebola. Obviously, if it was Ebola, the area would have been placed under strict quarantine!
Fact #6 : Burning Man Attendees May Get To Leave By Today
Burning Man attendees who were caught knee-deep in the mud may get to leave by today – Monday, 4 September 2023.
The organisers earlier said that “the roads in Black Rock City remain too wet and muddy to officially open them for Exodus on Sunday 9/3.”
They now say that they “expect to start Exodus on Monday morning 9/4 as long as the conditions improve“.
Obviously, this is only possible because there is no Ebola outbreak, and the ground is drying up enough to support the movement of vehicles!
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Did an official study show that COVID-19 vaccines cause VAIDS in children?! Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : Study Show COVID-19 Vaccines Cause VAIDS In Children!
People are sharing an article by The Expose (formerly Daily Expose), which claims that an official study just showed that COVID-19 vaccines cause VAIDS (Vaccine-Induced Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) in children!
Here is an excerpt from the really long article, so feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!
A new study shows covid injections cause VAIDS in children
A study published last Friday showed that Pfizer’s covid injections cause VAIDS in children.
The study aimed to investigate the effects on the functioning of children’s immune systems after being injected with Pfizer’s covid “vaccines.”
It found that covid-vaccinated children had decreased immune system responses to a variety of commonly encountered pathogens 28 days after the second dose. Many specific immune reactions declined by a factor of over ten times.
Decreased immunity to pathogens caused by vaccination is what is referred to as Vaccine-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or VAIDS.
Finally, we have scientific confirmation that vaccination against covid-19 causes a marked decrease in immunity to heterologous pathogens. Heterologous means “derived from a different organism” such as other viruses, bacteria and fungi. This decreased immunity to other pathogens, or acquired immune deficit, is what people colloquially refer to as “VAIDS.” VAIDS stands for Vaccine-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
The study titled ‘BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccination in children alters cytokine responses to heterologous pathogens and Toll-like receptor agonists’, set out to measure the quality of immune responses in children injected with the Pfizer covid “vaccine.”
Blood samples from 29 children, aged 5-11 years old, were taken on the day of the FIRST dose of covid vaccination and subsequently retaken on the 28th day after the second dose.
Unfortunately, the 29 covid-vaccinated children aged 5-11, had markedly decreased immune responses 28 days after the second dose of Pfizer. Many specific immune reactions declined by a factor of over ten times.
In the ideal world, careful scientists, cautious public health authorities, and principled medical doctors would investigate covid injections’ effects before vaccinating tens of millions of children and billions of adults. Had they investigated and done the basic science – such as the study above – before mandating and injecting covid “vaccines,” such dangerous injections would never have been given to children and young adults!
Instead, in the mad rush to “vaccinate the world” with “vaccines” that do not even work, we ruined the immune responses of millions of children and likely others.
Headlines about the “unexplained rise in children infected” with the above-mentioned bacteria abound:
Truth : Study Did Not Show COVID-19 Vaccines Cause VAIDS In Children!
This is just another example of fake news from the notorious fake news website, The Expose, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : The Expose Is A Notorious Fake News Website
Like Real Raw News and NewsPunch, Daily Expose is a website that capitalises on making shocking but fake or misleading stories to generate page views and money. It was later rebranded as The Expose.
Founded in November 2020 by Jonathan Allen-Walker – a mechanic from Lincolnshire, The Expose / Daily Expose is infamous for publishing COVID-19 and vaccine misinformation.
Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news or misinformation, so you should NEVER share anything from Daily Expose / The Expose. Here are some of its stories that I personally debunked earlier:
Anyone who reads through this study will note that it does not mention AIDS, VAIDS, or even immunodeficiency.
So the claim that this study showed that COVID-19 vaccines cause VAIDS is utter nonsense. The study has nothing to do with AIDS, VAIDS, or immunodeficiencies of any kind.
Fact #3 : It Was A Laboratory Study On Blood Samples
I should also point out that this study was conducted in the laboratory, using blood samples from 29 children.
To be clear – no children were found to have developed any side effect or disease from their COVID-19 vaccinations.
Again, the claim that this study showed that COVID-19 vaccines cause VAIDS is utter nonsense.
In addition, because this is an in vitro (laboratory) study, it does not necessarily mean it accurately reflects what happens in our bodies. This research will need need to be verified and replicated in animal and human studies.
The study authors also pointed this out in their paper, noting that:
There are currently no data on the clinical effects of COVID-19 vaccination-related heterologous effects in children.
Fact #4 : Study Showed Changes In Cytokine Response
The study does not show any actual changes in the children’s immunity against viral or bacterial infections, because it was only evaluating the cytokine response in their blood samples.
A whole blood stimulation assay was used to investigate in vitro cytokine responses to heterologous stimulants (killed pathogens, Toll-like receptor ligands) and SARS-CoV-2 antigens.
The study showed that there was a decrease in cytokine response to bacterial and viral stimulants one month after vaccination. But that changed six months post-vaccination – there was increased cytokine response to bacterial stimulants.
In addition, it should be noted that while the study showed “evidence of temporal associations between BNT162b2 vaccination and altered heterologous effects”, there was “no consistent correlation between BNT162b2 vaccination-induced anti-RBD IgG antibody titre at V2 + 28 and cytokine responses”.
To be clear – there is no medical disease called VAIDS – Vaccine-Induced Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. It appears to be something made-up by anti-vaccination activists to scare people.
AIDS is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Nothing else causes AIDS. Certainly no vaccine, not even the COVID-19 vaccine, causes AIDS.
Robert Charles Gallo – one of the two scientists who independently discovered that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was responsible for AIDS, said in response to the 2021 claim by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that COVID-19 vaccines cause AIDS:
[I]t’s hard to believe anyone would claim that the covid-19 vaccine causes AIDS. We know what causes AIDS.
Perhaps your president wanted to say that, immediately after vaccination, HIV can become a little more active, which is true of any foreign antigen. Or that vaccines might activate immune cells, but that doesn’t have any meaning, and it doesn’t last long.
I don’t know what your president said. So I don’t want to be too critical. But it is obvious that neither the covid-19 vaccine nor any other vaccine causes AIDS.
Just to be clear, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a completely different virus from SARS-CoV-2 – the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
HIV viruses are single-stranded retroviruses from the Lentivirus genus, and are transmitted through sexual contact, or transfer of blood and bodily fluids.
SARS-CoV-2 is a single-stranded coronavirus from the Betacoronavirus genus, and is airborne, mainly transmitted through respiratory droplets and aerosols.
There is no conceivable way for COVID-19 vaccines, or even COVID-19 infections, to cause AIDS…. or to create a new form of AIDS. That’s nonsense.
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Should you avoid the districts of Rompin and Pekan, because of the pertussis (whooping cough) outbreak there?!
Take a look at the viral messages, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : Avoid The Pertussis Outbreak In Rompin + Pekan
People are sharing a screenshot of an official document issued by the Malaysia Ministry of Health (KKM) declaring a pertussis outbreak in the town of Kuala Rompin, together with alarming warnings like these:
Please do not go or encounter Pekan and Rompin. There’s an epidemic disease worse than Covid. Everyone is required to wear masks.
Minta semua orang jangan pergi atau jumpa orang Pekan dan Rompin. Ada wabak yg lebih sirius daripada Covid, terus sesak nafas. Minta semua pakai MASK.
Ask everyone not to go or meet people from Pekan and Rompin.There is an epidemic more serious than Covid, [you’ll] immediately suffocate.Ask everyone to wear a MASK.
Here are the text of the viral KKM document, and its English translation:
Sir,
DECLARATION OF PERTUSSIS OUTBREAK IN ROMPIN
With all due respect, I refer to the matter above.
2. For your information, the Rompin District Health Department has declared an outbreak of pertussis localised in Kampung Bahagia, Kuala Rompin on 13.8.2023.In order to control the spread of the disease, we request your cooperation to examine your cases more carefully to see if there are patients from the same locality with the symptoms of pertussis. The correct use of PPE should be practiced to prevent the spread [of pertussis] among healthcare workers.
3. We greatly appreciate your cooperation and hope that the spread of pertussis can be well controlled. Thank you.
Tuan,
MAKLUMAN PENGISTIHARAN WABAK PERTUSSIS DI ROMPIN
Dengan segala hormatnya saya merujuk kepada perkara di atas.
2. Untuk makluman pihak tuan, pihak Jabatan Kesihatan Daerah Rompin telah mengisytiharkan satu wabak pertussis berlokaliti di Kampung Bahagia, Kuala Rompin pada 13.8.2023. Bagi mengawal penularan penyakit in pihak kami memohon kerjasama pihak tuan untuk memeriksa kes dengan lebih jitu sekiranya ada pesakit yang datang dari lokaliti yang sama dan mempunyai gejala pertussis. Juga bagi mengelakkan penyebaran di kalangan anggota kesihatan, pemakaian PPE yang betul perlu diamalkan.
3. Kerjasama dari pihak tuan amat kami hargai dan berharap penularan penyakit pertussis dapat ini dikawal sebaiknya.
Sekian. terima kasih.
Saya yang menjalankan amanah,
(DR. AHMAD HAFIZ BIN MOHAMAD ) MD (USU), MPH,Dr PH (UNIMAS) Pakar Perubatan Kesihatan Awam UD54 Pegawai Kesihatan Daerah Pejabat Kesihatan Daerah Rompin
No Need To Avoid Pertussis Outbreak In Rompin + Pekan
Here is what you need to know about pertussis, and why there is no need to avoid people from Rompin or Pekan, or avoid going to those districts.
Fact #1 : KKM Document Is Genuine
First, let me just point out that the Pahang Department of Health confirmed on 19 August 2023, that the viral KKM document is genuine.
According to the Pahang Department of Health, there was a small outbreak of pertussis (whooping cough) in Kampung Bahagia, in Kuala Rompin, Pahang.
Fact #2 : Only Three Cases Were Reported In Kuala Rompin
Pahang Health Director Dato’ Indera Dr. Nor Azimi binti Yunus said that the pertussis (whooping cough) outbreak involved a mother and her two children, who are being treated, and are in a stable condition.
All the patients have been given treatment and are in stable condition. The Rompin PKD has increased prevention and control activities in the area where the patients are residing.
Health education activities have been undertaken through ceramah, distribution of pamphlets and dissemination of information via social media.
There was no report of any pertussis cases in Pekan.
Fact #3 : Pertussis Is Not More Dangerous Than COVID-19
Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a respiratory disease like COVID-19. However, it is not caused by a virus, but the bacterium, Bordetella pertussis.
Pertussis spreads easily through the coughs and sneezes of the infected person, but it is rare these days because the vast majority of people in Malaysia have already been immunised in their childhood.
While pertussis vaccines do not confer lifelong immunity, they are given at childhood, when the disease is most likely to strike and kill. In addition, pertussis can be treated using antibiotics, which is not possible for COVID-19.
Therefore, the claim that pertussis (whooping cough) is more dangerous than COVID-19 is not true.
Fact #4 : Pekan Is An Hour Away From Rompin
It is unknown why people would create fake messages about the risk of pertussis in Pekan. After all, no cases of pertussis were reported in Pekan!
The pertussis outbreak in Kuala Rompin isn’t going to “jump” to Pekan either. Pekan is located over 80 km away from Kuala Rompin! That’s more than an hour’s drive by car!
Fact #5 : Viral Messages Were Labelled As Fake News
On 21 August 2023, Pahang Health Director Dato’ Indera Dr. Nor Azimi binti Yunus, spoke out again about the viral messages, calling them misleading. Here is an English summary of what she said:
The pertussis case that occurred in Kampung Bahagia, Rompin is under control, so the warnings “not to come to Rompin, not to come to Pekan and Pahang” are inappropriate.
It is not extraordinary for there to be pertussis cases. And an outbreak is declared whenever there are more than two cases of the same disease in a locality. We not only face a pertussis outbreak, but also dengue outbreaks, leprosy outbreaks and so on.
The letter was issued to alert healthcare providers to quickly control the outbreak by actively looking for cases, instead of waiting for people to come to the hospital.
In Kampung Bahagia, we found 370 people (50% of the population) to conduct contact tracing. To date, there has been no new cases, and we have given prophylactic antibiotics to 37 people who were identified as the patients’ close contacts.
We also examined and conducted tracing on 52 residents of Kampung Sepakat that is located next to Kampung Bahagia, and found no new cases.
The chain of an outbreak is considered broken completely, if no new cases were reported within two weeks of the last case to be detected.
She called on the public not to spread unverified information about this pertussis outbreak.
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Is the Pfizer mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 responsible for the surge of leprosy cases in Florida and elsewhere?!
Take a look at the viral claims, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : Pfizer Vaccine Is Responsible For Leprosy Cases!
People are sharing an article on two leprosy cases after COVID-19 vaccination, claiming or suggesting that the Pfizer mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 is responsible for the surge of leprosy cases in Florida and elsewhere!
Steve Kirsch : OK, so here’s the deal: 98% of the patients who developed Leprosy had the COVID vax before they got the leprosy. Just a “coincidence.” Safe and effective!!! 😉
Emerald Robinson :The COVID vaccines have brought back leprosy! Thank you @DARPA. Thank you @NIH & FDA. Great job, everybody.
Dr. Colleen Huber : Another adverse event from the COVID vaccine. Injury to T-cells and Type I interferon has left the COVID-vaccinated vulnerable to leprosy.
The study, which was published in PLOS on 4 August 2023, is currently in the uncorrected proof stage. This was highlighted in red at the top of the article. That does not mean it is wrong. It just means that the authors may still make corrections or changes to the article.
Fact #2 : Everyone In Study Had Leprosy
Now, it is important to point out that everyone in this study had leprosy.
In fact, only five out of the 52 patients were “newly diagnosed with leprosy”. The remaining 47 patients were diagnosed with leprosy earlier.
In other words – the study does NOT show that COVID-19 vaccination causes leprosy, or reduces a person’s immunity and makes it easier to get leprosy.
Fact #3 : Leprosy Is A Bacterial Infection
Now, I should point out that leprosy (which is also called Hansen’s disease) is a bacterial infection caused by either Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis.
Leprosy is not a viral infection, and is not remotely related to the SARS-CoV-2 virus (which is a coronavirus), or the COVID-19 vaccines.
Fact #4 : Leprosy Is Slow Growing
In addition, leprosy develops slowly – the average incubation period is five years. Most people don’t notice any symptoms until a year later, with some only noticing symptoms 20 years after getting infected.
Generally, people have been infected for many months or years by the time they are diagnosed with leprosy.
In other words – people in that study would very likely have been infected with leprosy months or years before they received their COVID-19 vaccinations.
The study also pointed out that twenty-two of those leprosy patients (41.5%) were on a systemic immunosuppressant drug during 2021.
This is important to know, because leprosy patients are prescribed immunosuppressants like steroids to treat leprosy reactions and neuritis. In fact, this was noted in the second sentence of the article:
Leprosy reactions require systemic immunosuppression which is a risk factor for severe COVID-19.
This suggests that potentially those twenty-two patients had earlier been diagnosed with leprosy reaction and/or neuritis from their existing leprosy infections.
This shows just how common it is for leprosy patients to develop leprosy reactions, even without getting COVID-19 vaccinations.
Fact #6 : There Was No Statistical Analysis
As there was no control group, the authors could not conduct any statistical analysis to determine a causal relationship between COVID-19 vaccination and leprosy reactions.
This was pointed out by the reviewers and acknowledged by the study authors in their response (Word document):
We apologize for not including a detailed statistical analysis plan in the manuscript. We performed a simple analysis of the data due to the retrospective nature of the study and the absence of a control group.
We agree that a comprehensive statistical evaluation would be essential to establish a causal relationship between SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and leprosy reactions definitively.
In other words – the study did not show any causal relationship between COVID-19 vaccination and developing new leprosy reactions.
Fact #7 : Only Two Had New Leprosy Reaction Post-Vaccination
The study wanted to look at whether the COVID-19 vaccination could trigger a T cell response, which would provoke an immunological response to a latent (hidden) leprosy infection.
Out of the 52 people in the study, the COVID-19 vaccination status was only known for 50. Out of those 50 people, 49 were vaccinated, while 1 was not.
Out of the 49 people who were vaccinated against COVID-19, only two individuals developed new leprosy reactions.
Even if we believe that COVID-19 vaccination can trigger leprosy reactions, and take this result at face value, the risk of existing leprosy patients developing new leprosy reactions after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine is only 1 in 25 people (4%).
Fact #8 : Thousands Of Leprosy Cases Are Reported Every Year
While some people have suggested that leprosy is extinct, or extremely rare, the truth is – more than 200,000 new cases are reported every year, in over 120 countries!
Even in the United States, about 150-200 new cases are reported every year, with many cases reported in Florida.
If COVID-19 vaccination makes you more susceptible to leprosy, there would have been a global surge in leprosy cases. There has been no such surge in leprosy cases.
In fact, the 2023 surge in cases in Central Florida appear to be localised in Brevard County, suggesting that leprosy is now endemic in that area, and has nothing to do with COVID-19 vaccines.
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Did Peru announce a health emergency after the COVID-19 vaccine caused an explosion of Guillain-Barré syndrome cases?!
Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : Guillain-Barré syndrome emergency in Peru is due to vaccine!
Many people are sharing articles, or posting messages on social media, claiming that Peru just announced a health emergency after the COVID-19 vaccine caused an explosion of Guillain-Barré syndrome cases!
Here is an excerpt from an article posted by The People’s Voice (formerly NewsPunch)
Peru Announces Health Emergency After Explosion of ‘Vaccine Side-Effect’ Guillain-Barre Syndrome
The Peruvian government has declared a 90-day national state of emergency due to an explosion of cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome, according to local reports.
Guillain-Barre syndrome is a rare disorder where the body’s immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system. While the syndrome is not contagious, a 90-day health emergency was declared because the current cases “have unusual and atypical characteristics that require rapid or immediate initial treatment,” Peru’s Institute of Neurological Sciences said.
The exact cause of Guillain-Barre syndrome is not known, however it is officially listed as a reaction in those who receive the Johnson & Johnson or AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, both of which were widely administered in Peru, which has a national vaccination rate of 92%.
Peru is not the only heavily-vaccinated country experiencing medical carnage in the wake of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout.
More than any other country in the world, Australia followed the Covid-19 guidance of the World Health Organization and unelected world health czar Bill Gates, earning special pat on the back from Gates last year when he praised Australia’s early and harsh response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Australia is now being rewarded for following the globalist elite’s guidance with the highest excess mortality rate in the world, and one of the highest levels recorded anywhere in the world in the last 80 years.
Truth : Guillain-Barré syndrome emergency in Peru is NOT due to vaccine!
This is yet another example of FAKE NEWS created and spread by anti-vaccination activists, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : Guillain-Barré Syndrome Is An Autoimmune Disorder
First, let me just start with a quick primer on Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), which is a rare, autoimmune disorder that damages the patient’s peripheral nervous system.
Basically, the body’s own immune system mistakenly attacks the peripheral nerves and damages their myelin insulation, after being triggered by an infection, or less commonly, by surgery, and rarely, by vaccination.
GBS patients experience numbness, tingling sensation, and pain, as well as progressive muscle weakness. Some people will develop weakness of their breathing muscles, leading to life-threatening breathing difficulties.
Fact #2 : Peru Declared Health Emergency On July 8
On 26 June 2023, the National Center for Epidemiology, Prevention, and Disease Control (CDC) of Peru issued an epidemiological alert (PDF download) announcing an increase in Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) cases across the country.
For the first 27 epidemiological weeks in 2023, 191 cases of GBS were reported, with 77 cases confirmed. Four deaths were reported – 1 in January, 1 in March, and two in May. Here was the breakdown:
58.6% (112 cases) were males between 2 and 86 years, with an average age of 41
40.3% (77 cases) were adults between 30 and 59 years
26.7% (51 cases) were senior citizens 60 years and older
19.9% (38 cases) were children under 17 years of age
On 8 July 2023, Peru issued a national Health Emergency decree, which authorises:
The implementation of an action plan that includes financing for the provision of strategic resources in health, including the acquisition of human immunoglobulin as part of the treatment of patients with Guillain Barré syndrome.
Intensification of surveillance, prevention, and response actions to possible cases.
Communication of risk to health professionals and issuance of key messages to the population to adopt preventive measures.
Advice, information, and guidance on Guillain Barré syndrome to health professionals and the general population.
Fact #3 : Peru Declared Similar Emergencies Pre-Pandemic
Globally, Guillain-Barré syndrome is considered a rare disease, with 1-2 cases per 100,000 people per year. However, it is surprisingly common in Peru, at least relatively to the rest of the world.
A country of 33 million people, Peru records 300 to 500 cases annually. The Peruvian government has previously declared similar health emergencies in 2018 and 2019. During the last 3 years, cases dropped – probably due to the lockdown and other COVID-19 health measures:
During the year 2020, 448 cases were reported nationally with a weekly average of 11 cases; in 2021, 210 cases were reported with a weekly average of 4 cases, and in 2022, 225 cases were reported with a weekly average of 4 cases.
This shows that Peru’s Guillain-Barré syndrome problem existed long before the COVID-19 pandemic occurred, and certainly long before COVID-19 vaccines were invented.
Fact #4 : Previous Outbreaks Were Due To Infections
Guillain-Barre syndrome is most commonly caused by infections. So it comes to no surprise that the previous outbreaks in Peru were found to be caused by infections:
2018 outbreak : An enterovirus transmitted mainly by the faecal-oral route
2019 outbreak : Campylobacter jejuni bacteria, of the ST2993 genotype
Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is a known complication of Campylobacter jejuni infections.
Fact #5 : Current Outbreaks Linked To Bacterial Infection
In the current 2023 outbreak, most patients presented with infections, or signs of infection:
24.1% (46 cases) : respiratory infection
23% (44 cases) : gastrointestinal infection
16.2% (31 cases) : fever
Samples were collected from those patients, and as of 10 July 2023, eleven cases were confirmed to be infected with Campylobacter jejuni – the same bacteria that caused the 2019 outbreak!
Just to be clear – neither the SARS-CoV-2 virus, nor the COVID-19 vaccine, can transform into Campylobacter jejuni bacteria.
And let me just repeat this – Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is a known complication of Campylobacter jejuni infections.
Fact #6 : GBS Caused By Vaccine Is Rare
Guillain-Barré syndrome can be caused by vaccination, but this is very rare. When it comes to COVID-19 vaccines, it has been associated with the AstraZeneca and Janssen vaccines – both using the virus vector method.
It is plausible for the adenovirus used by the two vaccines to trigger GBS. After all, the vaccine works by “infecting” our cells with the harmless adenovirus to deliver the necessary genetic code to create the COVID-19 spike protein.
However, the risk of developing Guillain-Barré syndrome with these virus vector vaccines are rare. With the Janssen vaccine, only about 100 suspected GBS cases were reported after 12.8 million people received the vaccine.
The risk of developing GBS with the AstraZeneca vaccine, on the other hand, is between 98 to 140 cases per million doses of the vaccine.
While it is possible that some of the GBS cases in Peru might be due to COVID-19 vaccination, they would be relatively few.
Fact #7 : Guillain-Barré syndrome Is Rapid In Onset
Regardless of the risk of developing GBS from COVID-19 vaccines, it is very unlikely that the current outbreak has anything to do with COVID-19 vaccination. That’s because Guillain-Barre syndrome is rapid-onset – it occurs quickly.
Most Peruvians received their COVID-19 vaccinations by end of May 2022. Therefore, it is impossible for their past COVID-19 vaccinations to surface a year later as Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Fact #8 : The People’s Voice Is A Fake News Website
The People’s Voice is the new name / brand for NewsPunch, which was forced to change its name because it has been so thoroughly discredited, its brand was worthless.
Like Real Raw News, NewPunch was a FAKE NEWS website that capitalises on making shocking but fake stories to generate page views and money.
It was founded as Your News Wire in 2014, before being rebranded as NewsPunch in November 2018. A 2017 BuzzFeed report identified NewsPunch as the second-largest source of popular fake news spread on Facebook that year.
Its articles have been regularly debunked as fake news, so you should NEVER share anything from NewsPunch / The People’s Voice. Here are some of its fake stories that I personally debunked earlier:
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