Did the Black Friday shopping phenomenon start with the sale of slaves after the Thanksgiving holiday?
Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the FACTS really are!
Black Friday Origins : Selling Of Slaves After Thanksgiving?
Photos of slaves being sold in the United States are circulating on WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter as evidence that the term “Black Friday” originated with the practice of selling slaves after the Thanksgiving holiday.
The term “Black Friday” originated with the practice of selling off [sic] slaves on the day after Thanksgiving.
Now, do we really need to embrace this kind of torture? Or we are such foolish, that we don’t even research what is this so-called Black Friday and we become so exciting on something like this?
Truth : Black Friday Nothing To Do With Sale Of Slaves
The truth is – this is yet another example of FAKE NEWS circulating on social media and messaging apps like WhatsApp.
Fact #1 : Black Friday Term Was First Used In 1950s
The earliest known use of the term Black Friday to refer to a particular day after the American Thanksgiving holiday can be traced back to the November 1951 edition of the journal, Factory Management and Maintenance, which referred to the practice of workers calling in sick on the day after Thanksgiving, to get a four-day weekend.
Around the same time (in the 1950s), Philadelphia and Rochester police were also using the terms Black Friday and Black Saturday to describe crowds and traffic congestion at the start of the Christmas shopping season.
Fact #2 : Black Friday Refers To Busiest Shopping Day In America
The term did not catch on until The New York Times referred to Black Friday as “the busiest shopping and traffic day of the year” on 29 November 1975.
It became more popular in the early 1980s, and The Philadelphia Inquirer explained Black Friday in 1981 as the day when retailers would no longer be “in the red”, and would finally start making money.
Since 2005, Black Friday has been the busiest shopping day of the year in the United States.
Fact #3 : Black Friday Had Nothing To Do With Sale Of Slaves
It may seem silly but we have to say it – the term Black Friday has nothing to do with the sale of slaves after Thanksgiving. It doesn’t even make sense!
America’s history with slaves is long and tortured, and extensively covered. Slaves were bought and sold throughout the year, and not on a particular Friday after the Thanksgiving holiday.
Just in case you are wondering – no, there was no discount on slaves being sold right after the Thanksgiving holiday.
Note : We added the FALSE overlay to prevent the pictures from being further abused.
Fact #4 : Slavery Ended In The US In 1865
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on 1 January, 1863 – effectively making all slaves legally free.
However, it took the end of the American Civil War in 1865, to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation throughout the entire United States of America.
On 6 December 1865, Federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to enforce the emancipation. That day is now celebrated as a national holiday in 2021 – the Juneteenth National Independence Day.
Therefore, the poster showing slaves being sold in 1904 at a Black Friday sale in America is categorically false.
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You may have seen the advertisements for Drip Ear Health, promising to cure tinnitus and deafness.
Please be warned that it is just a SCAM, and here are the reasons why…
Scam Alert : Drip Ear Health For Tinnitus + Deafness!
You may have seen the advertisements for Drip Ear Health, which claims to be a cure for tinnitus and deafness that has been endorsed by ENT specialists.
Take a look at some of the claims… which appear to have been translated from the original Chinese language using Google Translate.
Recently, a magical secret recipe “Drip Ear Health” has been spread wildly on the Internet. I heard that the treatment effect is very significant and will not cause any impact. Highly recommends it!
Communicate normally, tinnitus and deafness can be saved, the symptoms such as ear swelling, tinnitus, and noise disappear within 7 days, and the ear nerves can be repaired in 1 month, so that you can hear clearly without wearing a hearing aid, and your hearing returns to normal.
As long as you insist on using it, no matter how many years of neurological, senile, drug-induced, mixed deafness and tinnitus, you can quickly get cured, and recover from ear diseases!
The price tiers are designed to “force” you to purchase the 6 bottle deal. You may feel like you got a great deal, but you just got scammed.
The Drip Ear Health is sold in Taobao – the Chinese version of Amazon – for just 25 yuan, approximately RM16 / S$5 / A$5.50 / US$4 / £3.
If you fell for it, you were just scammed into paying 3X to 6X more for bottles of expensive Chinese TCM ear drops that won’t cure tinnitus or deafness.
Please STAY CLEAR of Drip Ear Health, and SHARE this fact check with your friends!
If these ear drops work, their creators would have won the Nobel Prize for Medicine, and become BILLIONAIRES.
They wouldn’t need to sell you their ear drops on Internet websites.
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Did the UK government issue a shocking report on COVID-19 vaccine injuries, with many cases of blindness, stroke, spontaneous abortion and death?
Take a look at the shocking UK Yellow Card report, and find out what the FACTS really are!
This fact check was earlier posted in February 2021, and was updated and reposted after the same fake news recirculated again on WhatsApp.
Claim : Shocking UK Report On COVID Vaccine Injuries!
The Daily Expose UK posted an article called “SHOCKING! – Official Data on Adverse Reactions to Covid Vaccines release“.
It was reposted by Principia Scientific International as “UK Government Releases Shocking Report On COVID Vaccine Side Effects“, with a PDF version circulating on social media, or this message :
LATEST NEWS > > *As of 24/1/2021, out of the 5.4 millions UK people taken first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, 107 people died. 5 people are now blind, 21 suffered a stroke, 4 women suffered a miscarriage.
According to Daily Expose UK, the UK government report revealed that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine caused these injuries or adverse reactions :
As the name suggests, it is released on a weekly basis, and is otherwise not special in any sense.
Fact #2 : Anyone Can Report Anything On The Yellow Card Site
What the Daily Expose UK intentionally “neglected” to mention was that ANYONE from ANYWHERE can report ANYTHING on the Coronavirus Yellow Card reporting site.
You can report that the COVID-19 vaccine caused you all kinds of injuries, from giving you AIDS or brain cancer to killing you outright.
Heck, you can create a Yellow Card report even if you are NOT living in the UK, and have NOT actually received the vaccine!
Here are screenshots of us reporting that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine caused a leg fracture, that resulted in an abnormality in an unborn child!
This is how absurd the Yellow Card reporting system really is. No different from the US VAERS system really.
Fact #3 : Yellow Card Reports Are NOT Evidence Of Side Effects
Daily Expose UK also intentionally “neglected” to mention that Yellow Card reports are NOT evidence of actual adverse reactions.
The UK MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) which operates the Yellow Card programme stated very clearly that (with our emphasis) :
It is very important to note that a Yellow Card report does not necessarily mean the vaccine caused that reaction or event.
We ask for any suspicions to be reported, even if the reporter isn’t sure if it was caused by the vaccine. Reports to the scheme are known as suspected adverse reactions (ADRs).
Many suspected ADRs reported on a Yellow Card do not have any relation to the vaccine or medicine and it is often coincidental that they both occurred around the same time.
It is therefore important that the suspected ADRs described in this report are not interpreted as being proven side effects of COVID-19 vaccines.
Fact #4 : Known Side Effects Are Mild / Inconsequential
Daily Expose UK also intentionally “failed to expose” the fact that the side effects of both Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines are mild and/or inconsequential.
Thanks to large trials involving over 100,000 people, scientists have determined that the side effects of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines for COVID-19 are mild and/or inconsequential.
The UK MHRA classified the known side effects into how commonly they occur, as follows :
Very Common : tenderness, pain, warmth, redness, itching, swelling or bruising at injection site, generally felling unwell, feeling tired, chills, headache, nausea, joint pain or muscle ache
Common : a lump at injection site, fever, vomiting, flu-like symptoms
Fact #5 : COVID-19 Has Killed Over 2.4 Million People… So Far
Daily Expose and Principia Scientific are fretting over a hundred of so “reported deaths” in the UK Yellow Card database, that have NOT been proven to be caused by the vaccine.
We should point out that as of 26 November 2021, COVID-19 has killed :
Over 5.18 million people worldwide
Over 144,000 people in the UK
Those are real people who died from COVID-19. Real people with families who have to live with the loss.
Workers wearing protective gear bury bodies in a trench on Hart Island in New York City on April 9.
On the other hand, the COVID-19 vaccines have been proven to be safe and efficacious. They will prevent millions of people from unnecessarily dying from what is now a preventable disease.
Daily Expose UK and Principia Scientific, suicide is meant to be a SOLITARY hobby. It’s one thing to risk your own lives. Just don’t lure others to commit suicide with you!
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Did Pfizer secretly add Tromethamine – a “heart attack drug” also known as Tris – to their newly-approved COVID-19 vaccine for kids?
Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the FACTS really are!
Claim : Pfizer Secretly Added Tromethamine To COVID-19 Vaccine For Kids!
The Alex Jones Show, The Expose UK, Infowars, Natural News and other anti-vaccination websites have been pushing the claim that Pfizer secretly added Tromethamine to their newly-approved COVID-19 vaccine for kids!
They claimed that Pfizer added Tromethamine to their COVID-19 vaccine for kids, to reduce the risk of children getting heart attacks as a side effect.
A newly released document shows that drug giant Pfizer added a secret heart attack drug to the children’s version of its Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory Committee that voted 17-0 to approve the jabs for children as young as five was notified that the children’s formulation of the drug contains tromethamine (Tris), a chemical that reduces blood acidity and stabilizes people who have suffered a heart attack.
Here are known side effects: Respiratory depression – local irritation- tissue inflammation – injection site infection – febrile response – chemical phlebitis – venospasm (vein spasms) – hypervolemia – IV thrombosis – extravasation (with possible necrosis and sloughing of tissues) – transient decreases in blood glucose concentrations – hypoglycemia, and Hepatic Necrosis with infusion via low-lying umbilical venous catheters.
Truth : Pfizer Did NOT Secretly Add Tromethamine To COVID-19 Vaccine For Kids!
This is yet another example of vaccine FAKE NEWS being created and propagated by anti-vaxxers to discourage the vaccination of children.
Pfizer did NOT “secretly” add Tromethamine to their newly-approved COVID-19 vaccine for children to reduce or prevent the risk of heart attacks in children.
Everything posted by Alex Jones, Infowars, Natural News or The Expose UK, must be regarded as FAKE NEWS, until proven otherwise.
For those who want more information on why this is false, here are the reasons…
Fact #1 : It Was Public Information
Anti-vaccination websites and supporters are FALSELY claiming that Pfizer SECRETLY added Tromethamine (Tris) to the new paediatric COVID-19 vaccine.
The truth is – that was PUBLICLY AVAILABLE information that Pfizer and US FDA released in page 12 of the VRBPAC briefing document on 22 October 2021!
Pfizer/BioNTech are requesting authorization of a modified formulation of BNT162b2 to accommodate the 10-µg dose.
This modified formulation allows for an improved stability profile and greater ease of use at administration sites. The modified formulation uses a Tris buffer instead of phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) and excludes sodium chloride and potassium chloride.
Authorization and future licensure of the modified formulation is based on analytical comparability to the currently authorized PBS containing formulation in accordance with CBER guidance. The change in buffer is not considered clinically significant.
By lying that it was a secret, they are trying to fool you into thinking that Pfizer was trying to slip tromethamine into the paediatric vaccine without the US FDA or the public knowing about it.
That’s not only easily proven false, it is intentionally deceitful.
Fact #2 : Tromethamine Used To Stabilise Paediatric Pfizer Vaccine
By replacing the original phosphate-buffered saline in the new paediatric COVID-19 vaccine, it can now be stored in a normal refrigerator at 2-8°C for up to 10 weeks.
That is a HUGE 2.5X improvement over the current storage limit of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine :
originally, the vaccine could only be stored between 2-8°C for up to 5 days.
after further stability tests, the US FDA determined on 19 May 2021 that it can be stored between 2-8°C for up to 31 days.
There are no other changes to the vaccine, so only the change in the buffer could have accounted for the big jump in vaccine stability and longer storage time.
Fact #3 : Tromethamine Is NOT A Heart Attack Drug
Tris, which is short for tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane or tromethamine / trometamol / THAM in medical use, is an organic compound with MANY uses.
In biochemistry and molecular biology, it is used in buffer solutions (to maintain pH level) especially when there is a need to stabilise nucleic acids.
In medical use, Tris is used to treat metabolic acidosis, as an alternative to sodium bicarbonate. That’s its purpose in cardiac bypass surgery – to correct metabolic acidosis that may occur during or immediately after surgery.
Tromethamine is NOT a drug that treats heart attack. Neither is it capable of preventing heart attacks. So the claim is completely false and nonsensical.
If Tromethamine can actually prevent myocarditis / pericarditis, it would have been added to the Pfizer vaccine for adults and adolescents long ago.
Fact #4 : Tromethamine Is Used In The Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine
The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine has been using Tris or tromethamine as a buffer from the very beginning, to maintain its pH level and stabilise the nucleic acid macromolecules.
If Tris / Trometamol / Tromethamine is truly being added to prevent heart problems as a side effect, then the Moderna vaccine would not have the same problem with myocarditis or pericarditis.
Yet, the Moderna vaccine can similarly cause myocarditis / pericarditis in young males, just like the Pfizer vaccine.
This shows that Tris / Trometamol / Tromethamine has ZERO effect on heart problems.
Fact #5 : Only 0.15 mg Of Tromethamine In Each Dose
Each dose of the Pfizer paediatric COVID-19 vaccine contains 0.02 mg tromethamine and 0.13 mg of tromethamine hydrochloride.
For simplicity’s sake – that’s a total of 0.15 mg of Tromethamine in a single shot. There is 6X more sodium chloride (0.9 mg) than Tromethamine in that shot.
The maximum dose for tromethamine is 500 mg/kg when taken within an hour. A typical 5 year-old child weighs about 18 kg, so we should not exceed 9,000 mg or 9 grams.
In other words – the 0.15 mg of tromethamine in that Pfizer vaccine dose is just 0.00167% of the maximum dose a 5 year-old child can receive.
Fact #6 : Tromethamine Can Be Injected Intramuscularly
Many Google doctors who looked up tromethamine in the use of metabolic acidosis will see that it is usually administered intravenously, and immediately insist that it can only be administered intravenously.
That’s not true. For example, ketorolac tromethamine can either be injected intravenously or intramuscularly. Heck, it even comes in the form of eye drops and oral tablets!
It all depends on what it’s used for, and its formulation.
Fact #7 : Myocarditis / Pericarditis Is NOT Heart Attack
Antivaxxers are trying to conflate the existing myocarditis / pericarditis adverse effect, with a myocardial infarction (heart attack). They are completely different.
Myocarditis / pericarditis is the INFLAMMATION of the heart muscle (myocarditis) or outer lining of the heart (pericarditis), causing chest pain, shortness of breath or feelings of a pounding or fast-beating heart.
It is generally mild, and most will respond well to medicine and rest, and recover completely. They can usually return to normal daily activities once their symptoms improve / resolve.
Myocardial infarction is the IRREVERSIBLE DEATH of the heart muscle due to a PROLONGED LACK of oxygen supply. This is a medical emergency which will result in death if not treated quickly.
Individuals who survive a myocardial infarction will not recover completely, because you cannot restore the dead heart muscle.
Fact #8 : COVID-19 Causes More Myocarditis / Pericarditis Than Vaccines
The adult dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has a rare risk of causing myocarditis or pericarditis in adolescents and young males., but the paediatric Pfizer vaccine has SO FAR not caused any case of myocarditis or pericarditis.
However, what antivaxxers won’t tell you is that COVID-19 itself causes way more cases of myocarditis or pericarditis than the Pfizer vaccine!
For a better perspective of the risk of developing myocarditis, I created this comparison table for you :
Myocarditis Risk
Per Million People
Difference
COVID-19 Patient
450
+2208%
Pfizer Vaccine
(Adult Dose)
20
+2.6%
Normal Population
19.5
Baseline
As you can see, the risk of developing myocarditis is MUCH higher if your child gets infected with COVID-19, compared with getting a full dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
I have no idea if the myocarditis risk is truly lower with the paediatric dose, but it surely cannot be more than the full dose that is currently being administered to adolescents.
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Was CGTN caught faking the Peng Shuai email that allegedly refuted her claims of sexual assault by former Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli?
Take a look at the email, and see if you can spot what they did wrong!
What Peng Shuai Email? A Quick Update!
On 2 November 2021, Chinese tennis star, Peng Shuai accused retired Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of pressuring her into having sex on Weibo (China’s version of Twitter).
On 14 November 2021, Steve Simon – the WTA Chairman and CEO released a public statement calling for her allegations to be “investigated fully, fairly, transparently and without censorship“.
On 18 November 2021, CGTN posted on Twitter what they claimed was an email to Steve Simon, the WTA Chairman and CEO.
In that email, Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai allegedly refuted her earlier claims of sexual assault by former Chinese vice premier Zhang Gaoli.
Hello everyone this is Peng Shuai.
Regarding the recent news released on the official website of the WTA, the content has not been confirmed or verified by myself and it was released without my consent. The news in that release, including the allegation of sexual assault, is not true. I’m not missing, nor am I unsafe. I’ve just been resting at home and everything is fine. Thank you again for caring about me.
If the WTA publishes any more news about me, please verify it with me, and release it with my consent. As a professional tennis player, I thank you all for your companionship and consideration. I hope to promote Chinese tennis with you all if I have the chance in the future. I hope Chinese tennis will become better and better.
Once again, thank you for your consideration.
Was CGTN Caught Faking The Peng Shuai Email?
At first glance, the email that CGTN posted looked like your typical “written under duress” note, with awkward language. But who can refute it since Peng Shuai has not been seen since making her allegations?
Unfortunately, CGTN screwed up, by accidentally making TWO mistakes :
addressing the email to “everyone“, instead of Steve Simon, and
posting the screenshot with a visible cursor!
Hello Everyone???
This email was supposedly written by Peng Shuai as a private message to Steve Simon, in response to his public statement.
Yet, the writer addressed it to “everyone”, instead of Steve Simon, the WTA Chairman and CEO.
If this was meant to be a public statement, Peng Shuai would have emailed it to media outlets worldwide, not just Steve Simon.
CGTN also framed it as a private email from Peng Shuai to Steve Simon, the contents of which they “learned” after it was sent.
Yet, not only was it addressed to “everyone”, the entire email sounds like it was written for a mass audience and not just Steve Simon, with phrases like :
I thank you all…
I hope to promote Chinese tennis with you all…
A Blinking Cursor???
The presence of the cursor clearly tells us that the email was being written when that screenshot was taken. It won’t appear if you are merely reading the email.
There are several possibilities for a cursor to appear in the screenshot :
Peng Shuai wrote it and sent CGTN a screenshot of the draft, instead of CCing them the email like what anyone else would have done. The presence of the active cursor meant that the email was still being written, and may not be the final version.
Someone punked CGTN by sending them a fabricated email, which they posted without verifying with Peng Shuai herself.
The email was fabricated by someone at CGTN pretending to be Peng Shuai. That is the only way CGTN can possibly take a screenshot of an email with an active cursor.
Now, it is not possible to determine with certainty that CGTN faked the Peng Shuai email. It could be someone else. But it’s not hard to see why no one believes that the email was really written by Peng Shuai.
No matter how you slice and dice it, that pesky cursor makes the Peng Shuai email incredibly suspicious… or as our younger readers may say – very sus…
WTA Chairman and CEO, Steve Simon, said, “I have a hard time believing that Peng Shuai actually wrote the email we received or believes what is attributed to her“.
For those who missed the developing scandal involving the Chinese tennis star, here’s a quick summary…
On 2 November 2021, Peng Shuai accused retired Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault in a 1,600 word post on her official Weibo account.
Written like an open letter to Zhang Gaoli, she claimed that they had an intermittent relationship over 10 years.
“Why did you have to come back to me, took me to your home to force me to have sex with you? Yes, I did not have any evidence, and it was simply impossible to have evidence”
“I couldn’t describe how disgusted I was, and how many times I asked myself am I still a human? I feel like a walking corpse. Every day I was acting, which person is the real me?”
“I know that for someone of your eminence, Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli, you said you were not afraid. But even if it’s just me, like an egg hitting the stone, a moth flying into flames, courting self-destruction, I would tell the truth about us.”
Her post was quickly deleted from Weibo – in less than 10 minutes, but Chinese netizens took screenshots of it. They were shared widely, but were soon censored.
Peng Shuai has not been seen since she posted her accusations on Weibo.
As a result, tennis fans and netizens in general are incensed, with calls to #BoycottBeijingOlympics and #BoycottBeijing2022 increasing on social media.
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Did Pfizer secretly add a heart attack drug, tromethamine (Tris), into their newly-approved COVID-19 vaccine for kids?
Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the FACTS really are!
Claim : Pfizer Added Heart Attack Drug To COVID-19 Vaccine For Kids!
The Alex Jones Show, The Expose UK, Infowars, and Natural News are pushing a new claim – that Pfizer secretly added a heart attack drug to their newly-approved COVID-19 vaccine for kids!
They are suggesting that Pfizer added the drug, Tris, to their COVID-19 vaccine for kids, to reduce the risk of children getting heart attacks as a side effect.
A newly released document shows that drug giant Pfizer added a secret heart attack drug to the children’s version of its Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory Committee that voted 17-0 to approve the jabs for children as young as five was notified that the children’s formulation of the drug contains tromethamine (Tris), a chemical that reduces blood acidity and stabilizes people who have suffered a heart attack.
Truth : Pfizer Did NOT Add Heart Attack Drug To COVID-19 Vaccine For Kids!
This is yet another example of vaccine FAKE NEWS being created and propagated by anti-vaxxers to discourage the vaccination of children.
Pfizer did NOT add any heart attack drug to their newly-approved COVID-19 vaccine for children to reduce or prevent the risk of heart attacks in children.
Everything posted by Alex Jones, Infowars, Natural News or The Expose UK, must be regarded as FAKE NEWS, until proven otherwise.
For those who want more information on why this is false, here are the reasons…
Fact #1 : COVID-19 Causes More Myocarditis / Pericarditis Than Vaccines
The paediatric Pfizer vaccine has, SO FAR, not caused any case of myocarditis or pericarditis, but the sample size is currently too small to know for certain.
The adult dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has a rare risk of causing myocarditis or pericarditis in adolescents and young males.
However, what antivaxxers won’t tell you is that COVID-19 itself causes way more cases of myocarditis or pericarditis than the Pfizer vaccine!
For a better perspective of the risk of developing myocarditis, I created this comparison table for you :
Myocarditis Risk
Per Million People
Difference
COVID-19 Patient
450
+2208%
Pfizer Vaccine
(Adult Dose)
20
+2.6%
Normal Population
19.5
Baseline
As you can see, the risk of developing myocarditis is MUCH higher if your child gets infected with COVID-19, compared with getting a full dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
I have no idea if the myocarditis risk is truly lower with the paediatric dose, but it surely cannot be more than the full dose that is currently being administered to adolescents.
Fact #2 : Myocarditis / Pericarditis Is NOT Heart Attack
Antivaxxers are trying to conflate the existing myocarditis / pericarditis adverse effect, with a myocardial infarction (heart attack). They are completely different.
Myocarditis / pericarditis is the INFLAMMATION of the heart muscle (myocarditis) or outer lining of the heart (pericarditis), causing chest pain, shortness of breath or feelings of a pounding or fast-beating heart.
It is generally mild, and most will respond well to medicine and rest, and recover completely. They can usually return to normal daily activities once their symptoms improve / resolve.
Myocardial infarction is the IRREVERSIBLE DEATH of the heart muscle due to a PROLONGED LACK of oxygen supply. This is a medical emergency which will result in death if not treated quickly.
Individuals who survive a myocardial infarction will not recover completely, because you cannot restore the dead heart muscle.
Fact #3 : Tris Is NOT A Heart Attack Drug
Tris, which is short for tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane or tromethamine / trometamol / THAM in medical use, is an organic compound with MANY uses.
In biochemistry and molecular biology, it is used in buffer solutions (to maintain pH level) especially when there is a need to stabilise nucleic acids.
In medical use, Tris is used to treat metabolic acidosis, as an alternative to sodium bicarbonate. That’s its purpose in cardiac bypass surgery – to correct metabolic acidosis that may occur during or immediately after surgery.
Tris is NOT a drug that treats heart attack. Neither is it capable of preventing heart attacks. So the claim is completely false and nonsensical.
Fact #4 : Tris Is Used In The Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine
The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine has been using Tris or tromethamine as a buffer from the very beginning, to maintain its pH level and stabilise the nucleic acid macromolecules.
If Tris / Trometamol / Tromethamine is truly being added to prevent heart problems as a side effect, then the Moderna vaccine would not have the same problem with myocarditis or pericarditis.
Yet, the Moderna vaccine can similarly cause myocarditis / pericarditis in young males, just like the Pfizer vaccine.
This shows that Tris / Trometamol / Tromethamine has ZERO effect on heart problems.
Fact #5 : Tris Is Used To Stabilise Paediatric Pfizer Vaccine
In the new paediatric version of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Tris replaced phosphate-buffered saline, thereby allowing the vaccine to be stored in a normal refrigerator at 2-8°C for up to 10 weeks.
It isn’t even a secret, as Pfizer openly pointed this out in the VRBPAC Briefing Document for their newly-approved paediatric COVID-19 vaccine.
This modified formulation allows for an improved stability profile and greater ease of use at administration sites.
The modified formulation uses a Tris buffer instead of phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) and excludes sodium chloride and potassium chloride.
The change in buffer is not considered clinically significant.
Pfizer will also use this Tris buffer in updated versions of its COVID-19 vaccine for adults and adolescents.
Fact #6 : Tromethamine Can Be Injected Intramuscularly
Many Google doctors who looked up tromethamine in the use of metabolic acidosis will see that it is usually administered intravenously, and immediately insist that it can only be administered intravenously.
That’s not true. For example, ketorolac tromethamine can either be injected intravenously or intramuscularly. Heck, it even comes in the form of eye drops and oral tablets!
It all depends on what it’s used for, and its formulation.
Fact #7 : Only 0.15 mg Of Tris In Each Dose
Each dose of the Pfizer paediatric COVID-19 vaccine contains 0.02 mg tromethamine and 0.13 mg of tromethamine hydrochloride.
For simplicity’s sake – that’s a total of 0.15 mg of Tris / Tromethamine in a single shot. There is 6X more sodium chloride (0.9 mg) than Tris in that shot.
The maximum dose for tromethamine is 500 mg/kg when taken within an hour. A typical 5 year-old child weighs about 18 kg, so we should not exceed 9,000 mg or 9 grams.
In other words – the 0.15 mg of tromethamine in that Pfizer vaccine dose is just 0.00167% of the maximum dose a 5 year-old child can receive.
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Did Myriam Bourla – the Pfizer CEO’s wife – die from vaccine complications?
Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the FACTS really are!
Claim : Pfizer CEO’s Wife Died From Vaccine Complications!
After the success of their fake news about the FBI arresting Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla for the #PfizerGate fraud, Conservative Beaver created a new fake story about his wife dying from vaccine complications.
It’s a LONG read, so just skip to the next section for the facts…
Myriam Bourla – the wife of Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla – has died from complications from the COVID-19 vaccine early Wednesday, according to her doctor. She passed away in the emergency room at New York-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital after being brought in by paramedics. The cause of death has been listed as complications from the Pfizer vaccine.
Myriam Bourla lived in the New York suburb of Scarsdale with her husband. Like many others, Bourla expressed skepticism with her husband’s experimental injection, originally refusing to take it. During an interview with Scarsdale 10583, Bourla stated that while she was “proud” of the work her husband did, she initially refused to take the vaccine, stating it was “not her turn, yet.”
Many correctly pointed out that this statement demonstrated Bourla’s skepticism towards a vaccine that many believe wasn’t fully tested.
Albert Bourla has been having a bad week, claiming on Tuesday that people that spread misinformation on vaccines are “criminals.” Critics were quick to point out how Pfizer was previously fined $2.3 billion for illegal marketing in an off-label drug case. One person asked, “didn’t Pfizer pay the largest fine in Big Pharma history for bribing doctors?”
In addition, Pfizer is being accused of lying to the public after a whistleblower raised questions around “data integrity and regulatory oversight” during Pfizer’s “vaccine” trials.
There have been rumors that Pfizer’s CEO was arrested on the weekend. While this claim was quickly shot down by “fact checkers,” it continues to circulate on social media and on blogs. In a video posted by Dark Outpost, host David Zublick states he believes the rumors to be true.
The Bourla family has requested privacy after the passing of Albert’s wife. A temporary media blackout has been approved by a judge. Conservative Beaver is based in Canada, and not subject to the judge’s ruling.
4 November 2021 : They wrote a fake story about Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe being arrested and charged with possession of child porn and cocaine. This never happened.
1 November 2021 : They wrote a fake story about an American Airlines plane crashing into the Atlantic ocean after the pilot died from a heart attack, after taking his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. There was no such plane crash.
23 October 2021 : They wrote a fake story about Alec Baldwin being arrested for first-degree murder and possession of child pornography. That did not happen.
19 October 2021 : They wrote a fake story claiming that Colin Powell‘s doctor said that died from vaccine side effects, and not COVID-19 or cancer. That is completely false.
17 October 2021 : They wrote a fake story about Brian Laundrie being found alive in Mexico, and was in the process of being extradited to Florida. His body was found a week later.
Yet again, the Conservative Beaver was thwarted by Pfizer CEO, Albert Bourla, himself!
Two days after his wife supposedly died from vaccine complications, Albert posted a picture showing her having a great time at the Atlantic Council’s Distinguished Leadership Awards on 11 November 2021.
And yes, obviously, Albert Bourla has NOT been arrested by the FBI because the Pfizer CEO was seen enjoying a night out with his wife that night!
Enjoying the moment with my wife and Pfizer's Chief Human Resources Officer at last night's @AtlanticCouncil Distinguished Leadership Awards. Glad we were able to be together in person as I accepted this award on behalf of our purpose-driven colleagues around the world. pic.twitter.com/y3r0y6peal
Fact #3 : Pfizer Confirmed That Myriam Bourla Is Alive + Well
A Pfizer representative confirmed in an email to Newschecker that :
Our CEO’s wife is alive and well contrary to what was said on the Internet earlier today.
It is unconscionable that a person posing as a journalist would spread such outrageous lies about our CEO and his family with the goal of undermining confidence in a vaccine that has been given to hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
They are deliberately and maliciously attempting to cause emotional distress to the Bourla family and more importantly doing damage to innocent people around the world who put their lives at risk by believing such rubbish.
Fact #4 : No One Dies From Complications MONTHS After Vaccination
Although we have no idea when Myriam Bourla was vaccinated against COVID-19, it was likely around the same time as her husband who received his second dose on 10 March 2021.
In any case, she would have been fully-vaccinated months ago, which makes it impossible for her to die from “vaccine complications”.
The most risky complication with the Pfizer vaccine is anaphylaxis – a severe allergic reaction which occurs within minutes of getting the vaccine.
That is why you are asked to stay back for 15-30 minutes of observation. If you get an anaphylactic reaction to the Pfizer vaccine, it is easily resolved by the medical team on the spot.
However, you are not going to get complications months after receiving your COVID-19 vaccine. That’s because the vaccine doesn’t stick around. It trains your immune system and it’s gone.
Fact #5 : No One Can Order Media Blackout Over A Death
This is the same old Conservative Beaver bullshit – oh, you won’t see anyone reporting this because a judge approved the media blackout.
No one can order a media blackout over someone’s death. No judge would agree to such a request, even if it was made by the Bourla family.
And there is no use in a legal media blackout, because it cannot impede the worldwide media, or prevent anyone from writing about anyone’s death.
You can also be sure that even if the American press refused to run the story, it would have been gleefully published by the likes of RT, Al Jazeera, CGTN, Global Times, etc.
Yet, not a single press outlet published their account of this incredible story? That’s only because IT NEVER HAPPENED…
Fact #6 : Vaccine Complications Is Not A Cause Of Death
No healthcare professional will ever list “vaccine complications” as a cause of death, because it doesn’t exist as a legal / medical term for a cause of death.
In the event of a death suspected to be related to a vaccine, an autopsy has to be carried out to determine the actual cause of death. That cause of death will determine if the death was in any way related to the vaccine.
For example, if someone suddenly dies after getting vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine. An autopsy may show that she developed a stroke after blood clots developed together with a low platelet count. Such an unusual presentation would describe a known side effect called VITT / TTS.
Everything that Conservative Beaver posts should be regarded as FAKE NEWS, until proven otherwise.
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MySejahtera WRONGLY issued Home Surveillance Orders (HSO) and Person Under Surveillance (PUS) status, causing chaos for users.
Fortunately, that has been fixed, but here was what you can do if your HSO / PUS status persists…
Chaos As MySejahtera WRONGLY Issued HSO + PUS Status!
Overnight, MySejahtera suddenly issued people with Home Surveillance Orders (HSO) and/or gave them Person Under Surveillance (PUS) status.
This was a BIG PROBLEM because those who received them would be BARRED from leaving their homes. And if they have a flight scheduled that day, they would be barred from flying.
Many people who received them expressed their shock online, especially when they did not travel recently.
Lokidesu, for example, said that he received a notification at 2 AM this morning that he is now a Person Under Surveillance (PUS) even though he never went out :
I’m only staying at home all the time,then suddenly today I receive a notification saying my status is now “Person Under Surveillance (PUS)”. For my history,I have not even go out anywhere within 14 days, please check into this. Timestamp screenshot: 7 Nov 2021 2am
Another MySejahtera user, Yen, wondered how she was labelled as a PUS and received a Home Surveillance Order at 4 AM in the morning, even though she had no history of travelling or close contacts.
Hi, I have no history of travelling overseas, no close contact, no positive covid, but suddenly I was labeled as a person under surveillance (PUS) which require 14 days quarantine. Please follow up and fix ASAP as this is not correct!
Good News : MySejahtera HSO + PUS Bug Fixed!
Fortunately, the MySejahtera team managed to get the bug fixed, which they announced at 8:49 AM.
The incorrect Home Surveillance Orders and Person Under Surveillance status were all rescinded.
Good morning everyone – we apologise for the error on our part which allowed random users’ to be given HSOs/PUS status.
We have fixed the root cause which allowed this to happen. All incorrect HSOs have been deleted, and incorrect PUS status reverted.
Good morning everyone – we apologise for the error on our part which allowed random users' to be given HSOs/PUS status. We have fixed the root cause which allowed this to happen. All incorrect HSOs have been deleted, and incorrect PUS status reverted.
What If Your MySejahtera Still Shows Incorrect HSO / PUS?
In the event that your MySejahtera app still shows the incorrect HSO or PUS notification, here are some steps you can try :
Option 1 : Log Into MySejahtera Again
The easiest thing you can try is to log off MySejahtera, and log back in again.
Go to the MySejahtera main page
Tap on Profile
Tap on the Menu option on the upper right corner
Select Logout
Open MySejahtera and log back in
Option 2 : Clear MySejahtera App Cache
If you know how to clear the MySejahtera app cache, you can try that too :
Go to your phone Settings > Apps
Look for MySejahtera
Clear the MySejahtera app cache
Run MySejahtera again
Option 3 : Reinstall MySejahtera
If you don’t know how to clear the app cache, it will be simpler to just reinstall MySejahtera :
Delete MySejahtera from your phone (don’t worry – your data is safe)
Reinstall MySejahtera from App Store / Play Store
Open MySejahtera and log back in
Option 4 : Ask To Redo Health Assessment
The last option you can try is to ask to redo your health assessment using Helpdesk
Go to the MySejahtera main page
Tap on Helpdesk
Tap Start > K > A > A > B
Write a short message saying that you received an incorrect HSO / PUS status, and tap Next
Key in your email address and press Submit
You should get a notification to redo your health assessment within an hour.
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Was Pfizer CEO, Albert Bourla, arrested by the FBI at his home, and charged with multiple counts of fraud?
Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the FACTS really are!
Claim : Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla Arrested For Fraud By FBI!
Social media has gone nuts, with the news that Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla was arrested by the FBI, and charged with multiple counts of fraud!
It all stemmed from this Conservative Beaver article that was posted on 5 November 2021.
It’s a LONG read, so just skip to the next section for the facts…
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla was arrested at his home in the affluent suburb of Scarsdale, New York Friday morning by the FBI and charged with multiple counts of fraud. Bourla is being held while he awaits a bail hearing. Federal agents are in the process of executing a search warrant at his home and at multiple other properties he owns across the country.
Albert Bourla faces fraud charges for his role in deceiving customers on the effectiveness of the COVID-19 “vaccine.” Pfizer is accused of falsifying data, and paying out large bribes. According to an FBI agent that spoke to the Conservative Beaver, Pfizer lied about the effectiveness of the vaccines, and mislead customers about the serious side effects the vaccines can produce. Pfizer is accused of paying off governments and the mainstream media to stay silent.
NEW: Our latest investigation hears from a whistleblower engaged in Pfizer’s pivotal covid-19 vaccine trial. Her evidence raises serious questions about data integrity and regulatory oversight https://t.co/Ho99hQhwRM
Albert Bourla was already in hot water after it was revealed Pfizer, and a research partner, “falsified data, un-blinded patients, employed inadequately trained vaccinators, and was slow to follow up on adverse events.” The whistleblower Brook Jackson was fired as a result of her attempts to stop the fraud that was being committed, BMJ reported.
In October, Project Veritas released a series of leaks dubbed “PfizerLeaks.” In the video, another Pfizer whistleblower reveals how the company uses aborted fetal cells in the COVID-19 “vaccine.” Pfizer tried to keep this fact hidden from the public.
If convicted, Albert Bourla could spend the rest of his life in prison. Bourla is considered innocent until proven guilty.
The police have ordered a media blackout, which was immediately approved by a judge. Conservative Beaver is based in Canada, and not subject to American law.
Truth : Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla Was NOT Arrested By FBI
The truth is – Pfizer CEO was NOT arrested by the FBI. Neither was he charged with fraud over the COMIRNATY vaccine or “PfizerGate”.
This is yet another example of FAKE NEWS about the Pfizer vaccine that was created by a fake news website to generate page views and money from gullible people.
And here are the facts…
Fact #1 : Conservative Beaver Is A Known Fake News Website
The Conservative Beaver is a “news aggregator” (copy and paste) website that is known for creating fake news to generate more page views and money.
4 November 2021 : They wrote a fake story about Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe being arrested and charged with possession of child porn and cocaine. This never happened.
1 November 2021 : They wrote a fake story about an American Airlines plane crashing into the Atlantic ocean after the pilot died from a heart attack, after taking his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. There was no such plane crash.
23 October 2021 : They wrote a fake story about Alec Baldwin being arrested for first-degree murder and possession of child pornography. That did not happen.
19 October 2021 : They wrote a fake story claiming that Colin Powell‘s doctor said that died from vaccine side effects, and not COVID-19 or cancer. That is completely false.
17 October 2021 : They wrote a fake story about Brian Laundrie being found alive in Mexico, and was in the process of being extradited to Florida. His body was found a week later.
Fact #2 : Albert Bourla Remained Active On Twitter
For someone who was arrested by the FBI and charged with fraud, Albert Bourla remained remarkably active on Twitter.
At 7:10 PM on 5 November 2021 – while he was supposedly under FBI custody, he posted this thread about the Pfizer oral antiviral treatment for COVID-19 – PAXLOVID :
Today is a proud day for @Pfizer. A day when the power of our science and our scientists’ ability to rapidly advance a homegrown asset for the benefit of humankind is on full display.
Even though Albert Bourla was supposed to be under FBI custody with a media blackout, he appeared on CNN on 5 November 2021!
He also appeared on CNBC on 5 November 2021! So much for a media blackout…
Fact #4 : FBI Cannot Order Media Blackout
The FBI cannot order a media blackout over any arrest, even if it’s of a celebrity or a notable person like the CEO of Pfizer.
Even if that is somehow possible – it’s not – the FBI cannot control the worldwide media, or prevent anyone from writing about such a momentous arrest.
You can also be sure that even if the American press refused to run the story, it would have been gleefully published by the likes of RT, Al Jazeera, CGTN, Global Times, etc.
Yet, not a single press outlet published their account of this incredible story? That’s only because IT NEVER HAPPENED…
Everything that Conservative Beaver posts should be regarded as FAKE NEWS, until proven otherwise.
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Are robbers using a concealed business card knife to slash and rob car owners?
Take a look at the viral claim, and find out what the FACTS really are!
Claim : Business Card Knife Used To Rob Car Owners!
People are anxiously sharing a set of photos, together with these messages in English and Malay, on Facebook and WhatsApp :
Just now, according to info received from a traffic police friend, there are already six card owners made police reports, if there is someone holding a name card and knock at your car window asking for direction.
Please do not open your car windows, as there is a cutter placed under the name card which is used for slashing victim’s face and rob.
Please be extra careful! Kindly convey this message! Please also send to those who are not driving too, for the sake of their friends who are driving!
Tadi, menurut maklumat yang diterima daripada kawan polis trafik, sudah ada enam pemilik kerata membuat laporan polis, mika ada seseorang memegang kad nama dan mengetuk di tingkap kerata anda meminta arah.
Sila jangan buka tingkap kereta anda, kerana terdapat pemotong diletakkan di bawah kad nama yang digunakan untuk mencakar muka mangsa dan merompak.
Sila berhati-hati! Sila sampaikan mese ini! Sila juga menghantar kepada mereka yang tidal memandu, demi rakan-rakan mereka yang memandu!
Truth : Business Card Knife NOT Used To Rob Car Owners!
The truth is – this is FAKE NEWS that has been circulating since 2014, and resurfacing every few years or so.
And here are the facts…
Fact #1 : Business Card Knife Does Not Look Like Name Card
Despite its name, the business card knife does NOT look anything like a business card or name card.
It’s much thicker and usually black in colour, and looks like a business card holder than an actual name card.
The more bespoke models are thin enough to fit into the credit card slot of your wallet, which usually fits 2-3 credit cards.
But NO ONE will be foolish enough to believe that such a device is an actual name card…
Fact #2 : Business Card Knife Unfolds Like Origami
The business card knife is designed as an emergency pocket knife that fits the credit card slot of your wallet, so quick deployment is not the purpose.
It does not work like a switchblade, but literally unfolds like origami – this looks impressive but is not easy to do quickly.
Photo Credit : MrEssentist
Therefore, it would be pretty idiotic for any robber to use a business card knife. It makes far more (criminal) sense to use a real name card / map, and knife hidden out of sight!
Some people claim that the robber could have stuck a real name card on top. But in reality, it would prevent the knife from unfolding properly.
Fact #3 : Injury Photos Unrelated To Car Robbery
The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) confirmed that the photo of an injured lady was “from a different robbery incident“, and unrelated to this viral claim of a car robbery involving a business card knife.
The injured man is London Rene, a US reality star who appeared in the WH1 series – Mob Wives.
He was slashed with a box cutter at Club Output in the Brooklyn neighbourhood of Williamsburg in December 2014, requiring 120 stitches on his face and 30 stitches each on his stomach and arm.
Obviously, his injuries had NOTHING to do with any car robbery attempt. Neither were they a result of a business card knife.
Now that you know the truth, and why it is impossible to use such business card knives or name card blades to fool car drivers, please SHARE this fact check with your family and friends.
We need to stop the spread of this fake news which has been circulating since 2014!
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Was the award-winning Timah whiskey brand sold to China, with its factory shifting to 100 acres of land?
Take a look at the new viral claim, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : Timah Whiskey Brand Sold + Moving To China!
This message has gone viral on WhatsApp and Facebook, with people sharing it as evidence of the dysfunctional government in Malaysia shooting itself in its own foot… again.
Breaking News!
TIMAH sold to China and the whole factory will be shifting to China. And the China businessman is locating the factory in a 100 acres land!
Taxation income for the govt. coffer fr. this company is now forever lost thanks to Malaysia’s holier than thou attitude.
The repurcussion is far greater. Foreigners will fight shy to invest in this country. At anytime d name of your product/co. can be interpreted by religious morons as provocative n you have to bend to their wishes by d stupid govt.
Truth : Timah Whiskey Brand NOT Sold / Moving To China!
The Timah whiskey brand has recently been under attack over its name in Malaysia, and it’s really bad for business confidence in Malaysia.
And while the viral message has a point about the Malaysian government’s holier than thou attitude, it is still FAKE NEWS!
And here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : Winepak Still Owns Timah Whiskey Brand
The Timah whiskey brand has NOT been sold to any company in China, and is still owned by the Winepak Corporation (M) Sdn Bhd.
Fact #2 : Winepak Is Considering A Name + Image Change
On 28 October 2021, the Malaysia Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Alexander Nanta Linggi announced that Winepak requested a week to discuss with their shareholders and board of directors on changing the name and image of their Timah whiskey.
Winepak would not need to do this if they actually sold the brand to a Chinese company.
Fact #3 : Moving To China Won’t Change Things
Winepak has also not announced any plan to move its factory to China, and there is no evidence any Chinese businessman will be allocating 100 acres of land for such a factory.
In any case, moving its factory to China will not change things, the Malaysian government is insisting that they change their name and image.
Even if they move the factory to China, they would still have to change the whiskey’s name and image.
Fact #4 : Timah Whiskey Production Does Not Require 100 Acres Of Land
According to Malt Review, Winepak blends the two imported peated malts, with a locally-distilled neutral cane spirit made from molasses, and ages the blend for at least three years to produce this whiskey.
In other words, Timah can be produced in a small facility, and does not require 100 acres (4.35 million square feet) of land, which is enough to build 15 to 20 condominiums!
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Three days after they fell off the face of the Earth, Roblox is finally UP and RUNNING again!
Roblox’s CEO explains what happened…
3 Days Later… Roblox Is Finally Up + Running Again!
Ever since Roblox went down on 29 October 2021, they have been saying that they are “making progress” and even “identified an underlying internal cause of the outage“.
But frustrated kids… and adults who are kids at heart, spent the weekend walking around like zombies because they could no longer get their fix of Arsenal or Piggy.
Just kidding! Many of them turned to Minecraft or Among Us, because who can go a weekend without games?
Anyway…. 3 days later… Roblox finally announced that they “identified root cause and solution” and “are working on getting things back online“.
We have identified root cause and solution. We are working on getting things back online and we will keep you updated throughout the day.
Roblox founder and CEO, David Baszucki, later shared a little on what happened and why it took them so long to get the problems fixed.
it was a combination of several factors
there was a subtle bug in their backend service communications that is triggered under heavy load
a core system in their infrastructure became overwhelmed
it was not due to external traffic or any particular experience (e.g. Chipotle promotion)
the failure was due to the growth in the number of servers in their datacenters
So it looks like it really did not involve whacking their servers with a crowbar, or praying to them…
The good news is – there has been NO LOSS of player’s data, and your Roblox experience should be fully back to normal!
3 Days Earlier… Roblox Went Down HARD
Here’s a quick round-up of what happened three days ago, for people who have no freaking idea what happened.
A couple of days ago, Chipotle announced that they would open a virtual restaurant in Roblox, which will give away free burritos, virtual costumes and exclusive items. There’s even a fun Boorito Maze to try out!
But about 30 minutes after that Chipotle event kicked off, Roblox started experiencing problems, which snowballed until their entire platform and website fell off the face of the Earth.
That was THREE DAYS AGO… and since then, all we know is that they have been working hard to figure out what went wrong, and no, it was not Chipotle’s fault.
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Roblox, has been down for MORE THAN 2 days now, but apparently, it has NOTHING to do with the massive Chipotle promotion!
Here is what we know so far…
Roblox Down More Than 2 Days
Roblox first experienced issues at around 7 AM on 29 October 2021, which initially affected only Games and Account Information.
Looks like #Roblox is currently experiencing issues! We'll update you if we receive any further information. Services impacted: Games & Account Information.#RobloxDown
But that snowballed and the entire Roblox gaming platform and website went offline, forcing them to issue a terse tweet saying that they are “working hard to get things back to normal”.
We know you’re having issues using Roblox right now.
We’re sorry and working hard to get things back to normal.
On 26 October 2021, Chipotle announced that it would open a virtual restaurant in Roblox, offering $1 million in free burritos!
Fans would be able to visit the virtual Chipotle restaurant to score a free burrito, by dressing up in new Chipotle-inspired Halloween virtual costumes.
They would also be able to navigate the Chipotle Boorito Maze to unlock exclusive Roblox items!
Some irate players have suggested that Roblox went down because of this Chipotle promotion, a hypothesis that had some teeth because the issues started occurring about 30 minutes after Chipotle promotion kicked off!
However, Roblox later claimed that the downtime was NOT related to the Chipotle promotion :
We know that this outage was not related to any specific experiences or partnerships on the platform.
At 5 AM on 31 October, Roblox shared that they “believe” they identified the problem :
We believe we have identified an underlying internal cause of the outage. We’re in the process of performing the necessary engineering and maintenance work to get Roblox back up and running ASAP. Thanks for your patience.
Well, Chipotle’s fault or not, kids and adults who are kids at heart around the world will be eagerly waiting for Roblox to get back online again!
Until then, enjoy these funny memes and comments by Roblox fans!
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Who erected a NSFW slide at a children’s playground in Vancouver, Canada?
Take a look at that cheeky slide, and find out what’s really going on!
Who Erected This NSFW Slide At A Children’s Playground?!
The Internet is abuzz with a picture of a NSFW slide apparently being installed at a children’s playground in Vancouver, Canada!
People are either outraged or amused because the red slide, which resembles a penis entering a vagina, was erected in a children’s playground!
Can’t quite put my finger on it but there is something strange about this new slide at a local park
I have questions for the designer
If this is a public park, questions as well as the public officials who approved the design.
Does the kid get a cigarette afterwards? asking for a friend
Ok, this WOKE stuff is go too far. There is a Supervisor in this town that needs to be fired, right now. That design was approved by upper management.
What perv authorized this?
..what is wrong with you people…if this is legit get a parents committee together and have it removed
Apparently, NSFW Slide Is A Seth Rogen Movie Prop!
After a quick bit of sleuthing, we found out that this NSFW slide is apparently a prop for an R-rated comedy that’s being filmed in Vancouver!
Here is what we know so far….
Fact #1 : It Was Erected In Maple Ridge, British Columbia
The red slide was erected in a children’s playground in Fletcher Park, Maple Ridge, which is just outside of Vancouver.
Fact #2 : It Was A Prop For The Movie, JFC
The slide is apparently a prop for an unnamed R-rated comedy movie called JFC, which is short for Joy F*ck Club.
Fact #3 : It Is A Real Slide
Some Internet sleuths “claim” that the photo was edited, so it has to be said – this slide is REAL. It was NOT Photoshopped.
Fact #4 : It Has Already Been Removed
This prop was (obviously) erected temporarily for filming and would be removed by the 5 November 2021, which is when the British Columbia shooting is scheduled to end.
However, it appears that someone (tremby) went to check it out, and found it gone. So it was likely placed over the original metal slide for the day of the shooting and then removed.
Fact #5 : JFC Is A Seth Rogen Produced Movie
JFC is about four Asian-American women who are travelling across Asia in search of their birth mothers, and features Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu and Sabrina Wu in those roles.
The movie is being produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, and directed by Adele Lim (who co-wrote Crazy Rich Asians) in her directorial debut.
We’re fully leaning into a side of Asian-ness the world doesn’t usually get to see… the messy, R-rated, thirsty AF side. – Adele Lim
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Did Leo Varadkar – the Irish Tánaiste – warn against introducing a rent freeze, because that would be a nightmare scenario for landlords?
Find out why it has gone viral on social media, and what the facts really are!
Claim : Leo Varadkar Called Rent Freeze A Nightmare Scenario!
A post by Dr Harold News has gone viral, claiming that the Irish Tánaiste, Leo Varadka warned against any rent freeze, calling it a nightmare scenario for landlords.
Leo Varadkar warns introducing a rent freeze could create a ‘nightmare scenario’, where landlords would be forced to sell their extra houses, which would then drive house prices down, allowing low-income people to get on the property ladder.
It went viral on social media, with people sharing it as an example of a politician who is out of touch with the common people, with comments like :
Can’t have those low-income folks have access to housing, won’t somebody please think of those poor landlords. . . .
You can just say “We don’t like the poors” and call it a day.
But what about rich people’s yacht money?
Y’all simp so hard for the rich and landlords. You love to be oppressed.
He misspelled “perfect scenario”
Ooooh how teeeerrible. Are you telling me I might be able to… buy a house? This sucks!
Is this guy human? I really cant tell…
Truth : Viral Leo Varadkar Claim Is Just Political Satire
The truth is the viral Leo Varadkar claim about a rent freeze being a nightmare scenario for landlords is fake, and is just political satire.
It’s clearly stated in the description of the Twitter account :
FAKE news, MADE-UP quotes, and topical SATIRE from Dr Harold.
And the description of the Facebook page, which is also labelled as a Satire Page :
FAKE news, photos, memes, and comment from Dr Harold, the man who once featured on the cover of Douglas Weekly
Fact #2 : Leo Varadkar Did Not Call Rent Freeze A Nightmare Scenario
In September 2021, Irish opposition parties called for a three-year rent freeze, claiming that the average tenant was paying €4,000 a year more in rent due to excess inflation.
It is true that Leo Varadkar was against that rent freeze, but he did not call the rent freeze proposal a “nightmare scenario” that would force landlords to sell their extra houses.
Fact #3 : Leo Varadkar Backed Rent Control
Instead of a rent freeze, Leo Varadkar backed rent control, which linked rents to inflation, instead of freezing it outright.
As per the Irish Times, he stated several reasons for backing rent control, instead of a rent freeze :
“One person’s rent is another person’s income – it might be their pension, it might be how they pay their mortgage”
The vast majority – 86% of landlords – have either one or two properties.
The number of available rental properties was falling.
Linking rents to inflation was a rent freeze in real terms.
A rent freeze could mean that some people may not be able to pay their mortgage when interest rates rise.
Before rent control was instituted, landlords could only increase rental by up to 4% per year in rent pressure zones.
Fact #4 : Property Value + Rental Tied To Demand + Supply
It is understandable why the satirical post went viral. Anger at rental increases is a tale as old as time.
But the truth is – property value and rental rates have always been tied to demand and supply.
If there is no demand or there is excess supply, property values and rental rates will decline no matter what the landlords may desire.
Similarly, if there is high demand and/or limited supply, competition drives up property value and rental rate.
Fact #5 : Tenants Have Flexibility
It is easy to blame landlords, but tenants have one big advantage – they can always shift to more affordable locations, while landlords are literally stuck with their investments.
Tenants should take advantage of that flexibility, and move to where makes most financial sense. It is, in effect, a form of rent control.
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Just days after going down for SIX HOURS, Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Workplace went down AGAIN!
Find out what happened!
Facebook, Instagram, Messenger + Workplace Down Again!
Just days after all of Facebook’s services went down for six hours, Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Workplace went down AGAIN!
At around 3:22 AM on 9 October 2021, they went down again… with people reporting that they were unable to log into their accounts, or send messages.
We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and we apologize for any inconvenience.
Fortunately, this time it didn’t take down WhatsApp and it took their engineering team just under 2 hours to get those Facebook services restored.
We’re so sorry if you weren’t able to access our products during the last couple of hours. We know how much you depend on us to communicate with one another. We fixed the issue — thanks again for your patience this week.
Why Did Facebook, Instagram, Messenger + Workplace Go Down Again!
Again, Facebook blamed another faulty “configuration change” for this downtime, but did not announce any details on what actually happened.
But coming right after an extraordinarily long downtime just days earlier and public testimony by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, this new downtime may be shorter but is no less grievous.
It will feed growing opinion that Facebook has too much services under its control, and it’s dangerous and even folly to let a single company control so many social networks and communication services.
Regulators will no doubt be spurred by this new incident to look at breaking up Facebook.
EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said that the major Facebook outage highlighted the danger of relying on just a few big players, underscoring “the need for more rivals”.
Even Russia jumped into the fray, stating that Russia was right to develop its own Internet platforms and social networks.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that the recent 6-hour outage of Facebook services “answers the question of whether we need our own social networks and Internet platforms“.
We will be looking forward to Facebook Engineering’s explanation of what happened, and whether it involved cutting through doors to get to their servers…
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Malaysia finally admits losing the Apricot undersea cable due to its cabotage policy, in a stunning reply from the Communications and Multimedia Minister.
Malaysia Admits Losing Undersea Cable Due To Cabotage!
Malaysia Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong has stridently rejected claims that Malaysia was excluded from the Apricot undersea cable project due to the cabotage policy.
On 30 September 2021, he denied that his decision to revoke the exemption of cabotage on undersea cable repairs was the reason Malaysia was excluded from the Apricot undersea cable project.
However, Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim revealed that he received a Parliamentary reply from the Communications and Multimedia Minister that basically admits that the loss was due to the cabotage policy.
Here is the Bahasa Malaysia quote from the Communications and Multimedia Minister, followed by our English translation :
Pemilihan negara bagi menyertai rancangan pemasangan kabel Internet Apricot dasar laut (subsea cables) adalah keputusan syarikat Facebook dan Google. Malaysia tidak tersenarai (bypass) sebagai salah satu negara yang terlibat dalam pendaratan stesen kabel dasar laut tersebut memandangkan isu pengecualian Dasar Kabotaj yang masih belum selesai.”
The choice of country to participate in the Apricot undersea Internet cable (subsea cable) installation plan is decided by Facebook and Google. Malaysia was not listed (bypassed) as one of the countries involved in the landing of the submarine cable station due to the unresolved Cabotage Policy exemption issue.”
This reply by the Communications and Multimedia Minister directly contradicts the Transport Minister’s strident denials, and confirms what most people already know – Malaysia was bypassed in the Apricot undersea cable project because this government refused to exempt undersea cable repairs from the cabotage policy.
What Does Loss Of Apricot Undersea Cable Mean For Malaysia?
Backed by Google and Facebook, the Apricot undersea optic cable will connect South East Asia and North Asia and the US, with a whopping bandwidth of 190 terabits per second (Tbps) and very low latency.
Being bypassed means Malaysia has lost investments and high-speed connectivity worth US$300-400 billion (RM1.26 to RM1.68 billion), according to MIDF Research.
And to add salt to the wound, it comes after Malaysia already lost two earlier undersea cable investments by Google and Facebook called Bifrost and Echo.
This continued loss of subsea cable landings runs contrary to Malaysia’s MyDIGITAL Initiative, which aims to achieve the HIGHEST number of subsea cable landings in South East Asia by 2025.
Malaysia currently only has 23 subsea cables, including those under construction. This leaves it behind Indonesia and Singapore, which have 55 and 31 cables respectively. Even the Philippines is catching up with 19 cables so far.
Is the continued refusal to exempt subsea cable repairs from the cabotage policy worth the loss of billions of dollars of investments?
This government seems to think so, but many would strongly disagree with them.
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Find out how to register your overseas vaccination in MySejahtera, to get your digital COVID-19 certificate!
Why Get MySejahtera Digital Certificate For Overseas Vaccination?
Everyone who gets vaccinated in Malaysia receives a MySejahtera digital COVID-19 vaccination certificate, as well as a physical vaccination card.
They are both accepted as proof of your vaccination, but the digital COVID-19 vaccination certificate is definitely much more convenient to use.
You can still use your physical vaccination card, but you will still need to show your MySejahtera profile for them to verify your identity. So it’s not as convenient.
How To Register Overseas Vaccination In MySejahtera!
If you were vaccinated overseas, you are in a pickle because you will not have a MySejahtera digital COVID-19 vaccination certificate.
Neither can you use your foreign physical vaccination card, as they are not recognised in Malaysia.
Earlier, you were required to submit your documents to the nearest district health office (PKD), but JKJAV has just introduced the ability to register your overseas vaccination in the MySejahtera app or the MySejahtera website!
Open the MySejahtera app, and click Close on the default check-in page.
Alternatively, open the MySejahtera Helpdesk on your web browser, and go to Step 3.
Tap on the MySejahtera Helpdesk option in the main screen.
Tap option N – I have received my vaccination overseas and would like to obtain my digital vaccination certificate in MySejahtera.
Key in your telephone number and email address.
Select whether you had the first dose only, the second dose only, or both doses.
You will be asked to fill in your vaccination details.
Finally, you will need to ppload a picture of your foreign vaccination card or document.
But if you prefer, you can still submit your foreign vaccination certificate / card / document to the nearest District Health Office (PKD).
Once verified, your overseas vaccination details will be submitted to the MySejahtera team, and you will be issued a digital COVID-19 certificate.
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Did the 13 year-old Chinese hacker, Sun Jisu, hack Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, causing them to fail for more than 6 hours?
Take a look at the new viral claim, and find out what the FACTS really are!
Claim : 13 Year-Old Sun Jisu Hacked Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram!
On 4 October 2021, Facebook and ALL of its messaging and social media platformswent downfor about six hours, including Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram!
Some websites and people on Twitter and Facebook started claiming that the failure was due to a 13 year-old Chinese hacker called Sun Jisu / Sun Ji Su / Sun Jiso / Sun Ji Soo.
There are quite a number of these claims, so just SKIP to the next section for the facts!
International media claimed that “China” was behind the suspension of social media services in the world.
According to Reuters, a Chinese hacker named “Sun Jisu” is responsible for stopping the services of “Facebook”, “WhatsApp” and Instagram, and added that the Chinese hackers are only 13 years old.
The Chinese hacker “Sun Ji Su” has topped the famous search engines and Twitter platforms during the past minutes, after disabling WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook today 2021 in all countries of the world, amid questions among activists about the details of this information.
The Chinese hacker who disrupted Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram around the world. The 13-year-old boy, Sun Jisu, who hacked the three sites and also caused Facebook employees to be prevented from entering the headquarters of the global institution after disabling the electronic portals and caused an economic loss estimated at billions dollars around the world.
Reuters: A 13-year-old Chinese hacker named Sun Jiso has stopped Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram services.
The value of Facebook shares has dropped significantly due to the disruption of the global network of Instagram and WhatsApp.
#NewYorkTimes: The Facebook company refused the cyber attacks on behalf of a 13, Chinese hacker. It is not clear what the problem is with Facebook, Whatsapp, and Instagram. The Facebook company claims that we repair them soon.
Fact #2 : Reuters + NYT Did Not Report On Any Chinese Hacker
Reuters did not report that a 13 year-old Chinese hacker called Sun Jisu was responsible for the bringing down Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger.
Neither did the New York Times write about a 13 year old hacker attacking Facebook.
These are complete lies that are easily verified with a quick check on the Reuters and New York Times websites.
Fact #3 : 13 Year-Old Sun Jisu / Sun Ji Soo Does Not Exist
There is no 13 year-old Chinese hacker called Sun Jisu / Sun Ji Su / Sun Ji So / Sun Ji Soo. He does NOT exist.
In addition, Sun Jisu / Sun Ji Soo is a Korean name, not Chinese. This is a mistake that a non-Asian person would make.
Fact #4 : That Was An Old Picture Of Wang Zhengyang
The fake news websites used a picture of Chinese hacking prodigy, Wang Zhengyang, speaking at the 2014 Chinese Internet Security Conference.
Wang Zhengyang was 13 year-old at that time, and would be 20 years old this year – 2021. Here are two more pictures of him speaking at that event.
Wang Zhengyang at 2014 Chinese Internet Security Conference
Fact #5 : Facebook Services Were Brought Down By Configuration Changes
Facebook services were not brought down by a hacker, but configuration changes their own engineering team initiated internally.
Facebook’s Vice-President of Infrastructure, Santosh Janardhan, confirmed that “configuration changes” on their “backbone routers” caused the 6-hour long failure.
Our engineering teams have learned that configuration changes on the backbone routers that coordinate network traffic between our data centers caused issues that interrupted this communication. This disruption to network traffic had a cascading effect on the way our data centers communicate, bringing our services to a halt.
He also asserted that it was a faulty configuration change, and no user data was compromised.
Our services are now back online and we’re actively working to fully return them to regular operations. We want to make clear at this time we believe the root cause of this outage was a faulty configuration change. We also have no evidence that user data was compromised as a result of this downtime.
Fact #6 : Access Problems Were Caused By Same Servers
Facebook run their internal systems through the same servers, so they became inaccessible when those servers were taken offline.
This included security systems that controlled the fob door locks, with a New York Times reporter tweeting that Facebook staff were unable to gain access to an unspecified office using their keycards.
However, many Facebook staff are working from home due to COVID-19 precautions, so this was only a big problem for engineers trying to gain access to the Facebook data centre in Santa Clara, California.
At no time was this security issue caused by a hacker. It was due to the same servers that went offline.
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Facebook and ALL of its messaging and social media platforms went down for about six hours, including Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram!
Find out why they all went down at the same time, and for so long!
Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram + More DOWN!
The entire slew of messaging and social media platforms owned by Facebook was inaccessible for about six hours, including :
Facebook
Facebook Messenger
WhatsApp
Instagram
Oculus
Workplace
The failure also extended to Facebook authentication, which you may be using to log into third-party apps and games, with Pokemon Go and Match Master gamers have reported problems logging in.
This left Twitter as the only major social media network still up and running, which is ironic since it became the only way for Facebook to reach out to the world…
To the huge community of people and businesses around the world who depend on us: we're sorry. We’ve been working hard to restore access to our apps and services and are happy to report they are coming back online now. Thank you for bearing with us.
This massive outage couldn’t come at a worse time for Facebook, whose stock slumped about 5.5% after former employee and whistleblower, Frances Haugen, leaked internal documents to the Wall Street Journal.
She also accused her former firm of repeatedly and knowingly allowing the proliferation of hate speech and misinformation for profit. Really tough times for Team Zuckerberg indeed…
Even Edward Snowden chimed in, saying that the world has become a healthier place for one shining day…
Facebook and Instagram go mysteriously offline and, for one shining day, the world becomes a healthier place. #facebookdown
Why Did Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram, etc. Go DOWN?
This massive, unprecedented GLOBAL outage appears to be caused by a DNS (Domain Name Server) failure.
The DNS service “translates” the plaintext link we use (www.facebook.com for example) into its actual numerical IP address (123.123.123.123 for example), allowing your app or browser to connect to the right server.
Without a working DNS service, no one is able to connect to any Facebook-owned service because the Internet no longer knows how to locate the right server.
CloudFlare senior vice-president Dane Knecht shared that the Facebook BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) routes have been “withdrawn from the Internet”, causing failure to connect through CloudFlare’s DNS service.
. @Facebook DNS and other services are down. It appears their BGP routes have been withdrawn from the internet. @Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 started seeing high failure in last 20mins.
This was likely due to a configuration error on Facebook’s side, but coming one day after the story broke on Frances Haugen? It would be folly to rule out internal sabotage or a rush to remove some controversial features before she testified to the US Congress.
The conspiracy theory that it was a DDOS (Distributed Denial-of-Service) attack by Anonymous or some vigilante group is really farfetched. It would require an incredible amount of resources and coordination to not only bring down Facebook, but all the other services as well… at the same time!
Facebook’s Vice-President of Infrastructure, Santosh Janardhan, later confirmed that “configuration changes” on their “backbone routers” caused the 6-hour long failure.
Our engineering teams have learned that configuration changes on the backbone routers that coordinate network traffic between our data centers caused issues that interrupted this communication. This disruption to network traffic had a cascading effect on the way our data centers communicate, bringing our services to a halt.
He also asserted that it was a faulty configuration change, and no user data was compromised.
Our services are now back online and we’re actively working to fully return them to regular operations. We want to make clear at this time we believe the root cause of this outage was a faulty configuration change. We also have no evidence that user data was compromised as a result of this downtime.
While he blamed “the underlying cause” for impacting their ability. to “quickly diagnose and resolve the problem”, it is notable that it took Facebook engineering teams more than 6 hours to resolve a DNS failure.
It is now believed that the changes were made to Facebook’s Border Gateway Protocol, a mechanism that exchanges routing information to help figure out the fastest route for any request.
Apparently, the changes “withdrew” Facebook services from the DNS system, making it impossible for anyone to connect to them.
Even worse, Facebook ran their own systems through the same servers, so everything from engineering tool, messaging services and even security systems that controlled the key fob locks were no longer accessible.
So their engineering team had to rush to their data centres to manually reset the servers there.
Needless to say, this will be a big wake-up call for their engineering teams, and in the words of Russell Peters – “Somebody’s gonna get a hurt real bad!”
It is also a big wake-up call for everyone using Facebook services. This massive outage is a reminder that we should NOT put all our eggs in one basket.
I believe it will at least temporarily spur the adoption of alternative messaging services like Telegram and Signal. Even Twitter should see a nice boost in Tweets and maybe new users.
Now, I’m not into conspiracy theories… but what are the odds of this failure happening just one day after Frances Haugen came out publicly against Facebook, and a day before she was set to testify before the US Congress?
Could these “configuration changes” be designed to remove some controversial features before Haugen’s testimony to the US Congress?
Could Facebook’s own engineering team have accidentally triggered the failure in their rush to remove those controversial features before she testified?
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Did a Shanghai homeowner block the demolition of his house by ingeniously plastering it with portraits of Chinese President Xi Jinping?
Take a look at the viral photos, and find out what the FACTS really are!
Claim : Xi Jinping Portraits “Xi-elded” Home From Demolition!
Shanghai Observed posted a series of photos, ostensibly of a very clever Shanghai homeowner who used Xi Jinping portraits to “Xi-eld” his home from being demolished!
A Shanghai homeowner was told his home is going to be demolished. His move was to post portraits of Xi all over his house. Now if the house is demolished, Xi’s portrait will also in turn be torn down.
Bloody ingenious of the man, if you ask me!
However, this tale of plucky Chinese ingenuity isn’t quite true…
Truth : Xi Jinping Portraits Did NOT “Xi-eld” Home From Demolition!
While we must all applaud the man for his ingenuity, the story isn’t quite true. Here are the facts…
Fact #1 : This Happened In March 2016
Shanghai Observed posted the photos as if the incident just occurred, and offered no context on when they were actually taken.
The truth is – these photos were taken on Friday, 25 March 2016, which is why NO ONE was seen wearing a face mask in any of the pictures.
Fact #2 : It Was Not A House
According to the Chinese news website ThePaper.cn, the building was not a house, but a pre-fabricated two-storey building in central Shanghai.
It had multiple entrances and was said to be a covered farmer’s market. You can in this picture how large it is, and what looks like multiple storefronts.
This picture shows how the building was divided into multiple stores, suggesting that it was really a commercial building of some sort.
Fact #3 : It Was An Illegal Structure
The 2-storey building was one of the infamous “nail buildings” – unlicensed and illegal structures – constructed across China over the years.
This building was scheduled to be demolished soon, when the owner decided to block its demolition by pasting portraits of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Fact #4 : The Xi Jinping Portraits Were Taken Down
The owner of this two-storey only won a short reprieve. He put them up on Friday, 25 March 2016. Chinese policemen removed them the very next day
Fact #5 : This Xi-ield Was Inspired By The Cultural Revolution
The idea of shielding (or Xi-elding in this case) with a Chinese leader’s portrait goes all the way back to the Cultural Revolution.
Back then, the act of defacing Chairman Mao’s image was considered extremely blasphemous to the zealous Red Guard bands.
So people protected ancient Chinese relics and cultural treasures by covering them with Chairman Mao’s posters.
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The free WiFi 6 router that Maxis is touting isn’t exactly FREE as claimed.
Here’s what I just found out, and what you should know about their “free” WiFi 6 router.
Maxis Fibre Broadband : What Free WiFi 6 Router?
On 18 February 2021, Maxis announced that they would make a new WiFi 6 router available for FREE to all new and existing Maxis Fibre Broadband customers!
The WiFi 6 router will be available for free from today, 18 February onwards for new customers who sign up for Maxis Fibre plans of 100Mbps and above. Existing Maxis Fibre customers will be contacted in phases for the router upgrade exercise. Maxis’ specialised Internet experts, Maxperts, will also provide free installation of the router to ensure that the WiFi is optimized for the best connectivity experience for the home.
When I wrote about it, I thought that was pretty generous of them, and a brilliant way to reduce churn and eat into Unifi’s business.
I quickly called up Maxis, eager to give it a try myself. But almost 7 months later, no one from the Maxis Fibre Broadband team called me up about this free WiFi 6 router upgrade.
Today, I found out that what Maxis announced in February was not exactly the truth. Here are the facts…
Maxis Fibre Warning : WiFi 6 Router NOT Exactly Free!
When Maxis first announced the availability of their free WiFi 6 router, they specifically stated that :
it would be made available for FREE for new customers who sign up for 100 Mbps or faster plans, and
existing customers would receive the upgrade in phases.
Neither are true… which is good news and bad news.
Based on my conversation with Amir from their Customer Service team, and Intan from their Fibre Broadband team on 17 September 2021, here are the facts :
The WiFi 6 router is only available to new customers, and existing customers who are already (or almost) out-of-contract.
This WiFi 6 router will not be made available to customers who are still under contract.
Existing customers will not be upgraded in phases as claimed. Rather, you have to call up Maxis customer service to request for the upgrade.
Existing customers MUST upgrade their existing plans to qualify for the WiFi 6 router upgrade.
If you are on 30 Mbps, you must upgrade to 100 Mbps or higher
If you are on 300 Mbps, you must upgrade to 500 Mbps or higher
Existing customers MUST sign up for a 2-year contract, which introduces this penalty should you terminate the contract at any point in time :
Early Termination Charge of RM500 or the remaining monthly subscription charges in the contract period, whichever is higher.
For existing customers, the WiFi 6 router replaces your existing router, which will be taken back by Maxis.
Since this occurs at the end of a contract, this implies that the routers are “leased” and do not belong to you even after you complete the contract.
Their FAQ mentioned that the WiFi 6 router is only given free to “new installations for all plans of Maxis Fibre“, including their cheaper 30 Mbps plan.
There is NO MENTION in the Maxis website of any requirement to upgrade your plan, or sign up for a new 2-year contract, to receive this “free” WiFi 6 router upgrade.
As a long-time Maxis Mobile and Maxis Fibre customer, I’m very disappointed to see them quietly change the terms for what would have been a great upgrade for their loyal customers.
Forcing people to upgrade their plans when they don’t need the extra speed means you are essentially paying for the router.
That’s RM20 to RM80 extra per month, or between RM480 and RM1,920 for a 2-year contract!
Don’t be the fool who ends up paying RM80 extra per month for a “free” WiFi 6 router, unless it’s gold-plated!
I can understand if they wish to tack on a 2-year contract, but at least make it clear to customers in the website, including the early termination penalty!
There is one piece of good news though – even their cheapest 30 Mbps plan comes with the WiFi 6 router!
Pro Tip #1 : Call Maxis customer service and switch to the 30 Mbps plan, before asking for the WiFi 6 upgrade. This way, you don’t have to upgrade to a faster plan unnecessarily.
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People keep sharing the wisdom in the Steve Jobs’ Last Words, but guess what – they are all LIES!
Take a look at the famous last words that Steve Jobs allegedly said, and find out what the FACTS really are!
Steve Jobs’ Last Words : Pinnacle Of Fake News!
This is the famous Steve Jobs’ Last Words that have been shared by hundreds of thousands of people on websites, social media and email chain letters.
It’s a very long article, so just skip to the next section for the facts!
Steve Jobs’ Last Words
I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success.
However, aside from work, I have little joy. In the end, wealth is only a fact of life that I am accustomed to.
At this moment, lying on the sick bed and recalling my whole life, I realize that all the recognition and wealth that I took so much pride in, have paled and become meaningless in the face of impending death.
In the darkness, I look at the green lights from the life supporting machines and hear the humming mechanical sounds, I can feel the breath of god of death drawing closer…
Now I know, when we have accumulated sufficient wealth to last our lifetime, we should pursue other matters that are unrelated to wealth…
Should be something that is more important: Perhaps relationships, perhaps art, perhaps a dream from younger days
Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me.
God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth.
The wealth I have won in my life I cannot bring with me. What I can bring is only the memories precipitated by love.
That’s the true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on.
Love can travel a thousand miles. Life has no limit. Go where you want to go. Reach the height you want to reach. It is all in your heart and in your hands.
What is the most expensive bed in the world? Sick bed… You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear the sickness for you.
Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – Life.
When a person goes into the operating room, he will realize that there is one book that he has yet to finish reading – Book of Healthy Life.
Whichever stage in life we are at right now, with time, we will face the day when the curtain comes down.
Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well. Cherish others.
The truth is – this is a fake story probably created by a fan to lionise Steve Jobs, or a fake news website to make money off his name.
Fact #1 : Those Were Not Steve Jobs’ Last Words
It is really not possible for a dying Steve Jobs to wax lyrical and say so much.
At the end, he just muttered monosyllables, repeated three times – OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW. That’s it.
This was what his sister, Mona Simpson, revealed in her New York Times eulogy :
Steve’s final words, hours earlier, were monosyllables, repeated three times.
Before embarking, he’d looked at his sister Patty, then for a long time at his children, then at his life’s partner, Laurene, and then over their shoulders past them.
Steve’s final words were: OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW.
Fact #2 : Steve Jobs Was Not On Life Support
Steve Jobs was not on any life support. Although his family has been very private about his final days, we do know that he was not being kept alive by a mechanical ventilator.
If he was being kept alive by a mechanical ventilator, he wouldn’t be able to say “Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.” as his sister revealed were his true last words.
In fact, on August 11, 2011 – less than two months before he died, Steve Jobs asked Tim Cook to visit him. As recounted in Tim Cook’s book – Becoming Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs was more than capable of talking lucidly even then :
He told me he had decided that I should be CEO. I thought then that he thought he was going to live a lot longer when he said this, because we got into a whole level of discussion about what would it mean for me to be CEO with him as a chairman. I asked him, ‘What do you really not want to do that you’re doing?’
“It was an interesting conversation,” Cook says, with a wistful laugh. “He says, ‘You make all the decisions.’ I go, ‘Wait. Let me ask you a question.’ I tried to pick something that would incite him. So I said, ‘You mean that if I review an ad and I like it, it should just run without your okay?’ And he laughed and said, ‘Well, I hope you’d at least ask me!’
I asked him two or three times, ‘Are you sure you want to do this?’ because I saw him getting better at that point in time. I went over there often during the week, and sometimes on the weekends. Every time I saw him he seemed to be getting better. He felt that way as well. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out that way.”
Finally, if he was really kept alive by a mechanical ventilator, it would have kept him alive. He wouldn’t have died of respiratory arrest, which was the immediate cause of death.
The fact that he did indeed die of respiratory arrest is evidence that he was not on artificial respiration.
Fact #3 : Steve Jobs Did Not Die In A Hospital
Steve Jobs died at home, not in a hospital. The New York Times noted :
In his final months, Mr. Jobs’s home — a large and comfortable but relatively modest brick house in a residential neighborhood — was surrounded by security guards. His driveway’s gate was flanked by two black S.U.V.’s.
We don’t have an exact date for when he was confined to his home for his last days, but we do know that by August 11, 2011, he was permanently at home :
“He said, ‘I want to talk to you about something,’ ” remembers Cook. “This was when he was home all the time, and I asked when, and he said, ‘Now.’”
Fact #4 : Steve Jobs’ Last Words Was Never Mentioned In Any Biography
Steve Jobs had an official biography written by Walter Isaacson (Steve Jobs, ISBN 978-1501127625), who was given unprecedented access to his personal life, including over 40 interviews with Steve Jobs himself.
If Steve Jobs wanted to pass along such a message, he would have done it in that book. There is no mention of such a message in that biography.
The fake quote refers to God twice, which Steve would never do because he did not believe in God.
He was a Zen Buddhist, not the Lutheran Christian he was brought up to be.
Buddhism is a religion, but their adherents do not believe in God or gods.
Fact #6 : Steve Jobs Was A Perfectionist
The fake story is replete with bad grammar. That is something Steve Jobs would never condone, being the perfectionist that he was. Needless to say, the writing style was not his either.
Fact #7 : Steve Jobs Was Not Afraid Of Death
The fake story claimed that Steve Jobs regretted spending his life in the pursuit of success at the expense of his family.
This cannot be further from the truth. Steve Jobs not only embraced his impending demise, he used it to spur him to make the most of his time left.
During his famous commencement speech at Stanford University in 2005, he said that “Death is very likely the single best invention of life“.
He then expounded on using that knowledge that our impending deaths to spur ourselves to greater heights, and to do what we really want to do in life :
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.
Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.
Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.
And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
Fact #8 : Steve Jobs Did Not Pursue Wealth
The Steve Jobs’ Last Words story alluded to a mindless pursuit of wealth.
This cannot be further from the truth, because Steve Jobs earned a cool annual salary of $1 since he returned to a struggling Apple in 1997.
He was not the only corporate executive to do this, of course, as they can be compensated through alternate means like bonuses, stock options, etc.
Steve Jobs was notable, though, for not taking any alternative form of compensation since 2003.
He took virtually nothing in compensation for his time and effort at Apple because he was not pursuing wealth, but his vision.
His wealth, and his position at Apple, were the means to the end, not the goal itself.
Steve Jobs’ Last Words : Help Us Kill This Fake Story!
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Many people tell us that it’s okay to create fake stories like that, because “the message is more important than the truth“.
Do we really want to teach our children that it’s moral to tell lies about other people, as long as if it’s for a good reason?
The truth is – these fake stories are being propagated by clickbait websites to generate money. Stop funding the creation of fake news.
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Did Singapore conduct an autopsy that confirmed COVID-19 is not a virus, but a bacterium that causes blood clotting?
Take a look at this new viral message, and find out what the FACTS really are!
Updated @ 2021-09-13 : Updated with Chinese version, and some small updates.
Updated @ 2021-08-23 : Updated with additional information.
Originally posted @ 2021-06-10
Claim : Autopsy In Singapore Confirmed COVID-19 Is Not A Virus!
This new WhatsApp message claims that an autopsy in Singapore has finally proven that COVID-19 is not a virus, but bacteria that causes blood clotting!
It’s rather long, so skip to the next section for the facts!
Singapore has become the first country in the world to perform an autopsy (post-mortem) for a Covid-19 corpse. After a thorough investigation, it was. discovered that Covid-19 does not exist as a virus, but rather a bacterium that has been exposed to radiation and causes human death by coagulation in the blood.
Covid-19 disease has been found to cause blood clotting, which causes blood clotting in humans and causes blood clotting in the veins, which makes it difficult for a person to breathe because the brain, heart and lungs cannot receive oxygen, causing people to die quickly.
To find the cause of the shortage of respiratory energy, doctors in Singapore did not listen to the WHO protocol and performed an autopsy on COVID-19. After doctors opened arms, legs, and other parts of the body and carefully examined them, they noticed that the blood vessels were dilated and filled with blood clots, which impeded blood flow and also reduced the flow of oxygen. In the body it causes the death of the patient.
After learning about this research, the Singapore Ministry of Health immediately changed the treatment protocol for Covid-19 and gave aspirin to its positive patients. I started taking 100 mg and Imromac. As a result, patients began to recover and their health began to improve. The Singapore Ministry of Health evacuated more than 14,000 patients in one day and sent them home.
After a period of scientific discovery, doctors in Singapore explained the treatment method by saying that the disease is a global trick, “It is nothing but a coagulation inside blood vessels (blood clots) and a method of treatment.
Antibiotic tablets
Anti-inflammatory and
Take an anticoagulant (aspirin).
This indicates that it is possible to treat the disease.
According to other Singapore scientists, ventilators and an intensive care unit (ICU) were never needed. Protocols for this effect have already been published in Singapore
China already knows this, but it has never released its report.
Share this information with your family, neighbors, acquaintances, friends and colleagues so that they can get rid of the fear of Covid-19 and realize that this is not a virus, but a bacterium that has only been exposed to radiation. Only people with very low immunity should be careful. This radiation also causes inflammation and hypoxia. Victims should take Asprin-100mg and Apronik or Paracetamol 650mg.
Singapore COVID-19 Autopsy : Same Bullshit, Different Country
If you thought this viral message was familiar, that’s because it’s the SAME BULLSHIT that went viral earlier, just swapping out Russia for Singapore and some other changes.
Like 95% of viral messages on COVID-19 – this is yet another piece of FAKE NEWS based on some facts.
Let’s examine each claim and find out what the facts really are!
Fact #1 : First COVID-19 Autopsies Were Conducted In China
Wuhan was the epicentre of the COVID-19 epidemic in China, and it was there that the first patients died, and where the first autopsies were conducted.
A forensics team from the Tongji Medical College of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology conducted the first autopsy of a COVID-19 patient on 16 February 2020.
By 24 February 2020, they conducted a total of nine autopsies – the results of which was published in the Journal of Forensic Medicine.
Fact #2 : There Is No WHO Protocol Forbidding Autopsies
There is no WHO protocol that forbids autopsies of any person who died from COVID-19, or any other disease.
The World Health Organisation is an international advisory body. It has no power over individual countries, and therefore, cannot ban post-mortem autopsies in any country.
In fact, the WHO itself published guidelines on how to perform autopsies and manage the bodies of dead COVID-19 patients.
Fact #3 : COVID-19 Is Caused By SARS-CoV-2 Virus
COVID-19 is technically not a virus.
COVID-19 is the disease caused by a new coronavirus, which was initially called 2019-nCoV, before being officially named as SARS-CoV-2.
Fact #4 : SARS-CoV-2 Is A Real Virus
We know that the SARS-CoV-2 is a real virus, because Chinese scientists isolated it and with the help of the University of Sydney in Australia, released a draft sequence of its genome on 10 January 2020.
The complete genome of approximately 30 kilobytes in length was published on 3 February 2020.
You can look at the entire SARS-CoV-2 viral genome that was released by Chinese scientists here.
SARS-CoV-2 genome diagram. Credit : Rohan Bir Singh, MD
Fact #5 : A Virus Is Not A Bacterium
Any half-decent student of biology can tell you that a virus is not a bacterium. They are completely different.
A virus, for example, is not even a living organism. It is just RNA or DNA encapsulated within a protein or lipid shell, and can only replicate within a host cell.
A bacterium, on the other hand, is a single-celled microorganism that can multiply by itself. It is also much more complex, with intracellular organelles and even extracellular appendages.
SARS-CoV-2 – the COVID-19 coronavirus – is a virus, not a bacterium.
Fact #6 : Apronik Does Not Exist
The drug, Apronik, that was mentioned in the viral message does not exist!
Fact #7 : There Is No Cure For COVID-19 (Right Now)
As of 13 September 2021, there is no cure for COVID-19. Only vaccines that can help prevent it.
Antibiotics, anti-inflammatory, or anti-coagulant medication cannot cure COVID-19.
Both aspirin and paracetamol are painkillers, and they won’t cure COVID-19.
Fact #8 : Low Dose Aspirin Does Not Prevent COVID-19
100 mg is actually a low dose for aspirin, which is normally given in the form of 325 mg or 500 mg tablets to adults.
Many people already take low-dose aspirin (also called baby aspirin) – usually 81 mg – to reduce the risk of heart attacks or strokes.
However, that has not prevented any of them from being infected with COVID-19.
Fact #9 : COVID-19 Can Cause Blood Clotting
COVID-19 can cause a hypercoagulable state, in which a severe inflammatory response triggers localised blood clotting which can become generalised.
It is especially common in severe COVID-19 disease, and has nothing to do with a bacterium, or radiation.
When a COVID-19 patient presents with blood clots, they are treated with blood thinners like aspirin and heparin.
Now that you know the truth, please SHARE this fact check with your family and friends, so they won’t get fooled by this fake news.
COVID-19 is a dangerous disease. Protect yourself and your family – get vaccinated against COVID-19!
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Did US Air Force pilots and bomber crews resign and walk off their jobs over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate?
Take a look at the viral video and article, and find out what the FACTS really are!
Claim : US Air Force Pilots Resigned Over Vaccine Mandate!
A video by a bodybuilder called Justin Y. O’Donnell, and an article by Real Raw News have gone viral on social media, claiming that US Air Force pilots and bomber crews walked off their jobs over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
In his video, Justin claimed that “my dad just let me know” that the Secretary of Defense sent a text message at night to all active members of the military, threatening them with a court martial if they did not get a COVID-19 vaccination by 10 AM in the morning.
The Real Raw News article is very long, so just skip to the next section for the FACTS and the video!
Twenty-seven active-duty U.S. Air Force pilots have resigned their commissions over the unconstitutionality of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s mandate requiring all Armed Forces members to at once receive a Covid-19 vaccination, Real Raw News has learned.
The exodus began on August 27, with 12 pilots from the 1st Fighter Wing at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, submitting to their commanding officer letters of resignation only hours after they received a 4:00 a.m. text message instructing them to submit to mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations by 10:00 a.m. that same day. It’s unknown whether the pilots collaborated ahead of resigning, but all 12 resignations were handed in within a 90-minute period.
One officer, a 29-year-old F-22 Raptor pilot, said of the situation, “We undergo routine physicals and must meet rigorous fitness standards to stay on flight duty. I think it’s safe to say all Air Force pilots are in good physical condition. We must be to endure extreme G-force stress on our body. There is no reason we should be at risk of Covid-19 or becoming sick from it. I know I’m not alone in rejecting this potentially dangerous and soundly untested shot.”
Pilots at other airbases apparently joined him in solidarity.
A day later, 15 pilots of the 2nd Bomb Wing in Barksdale, Louisiana tendered letters of resignation after they, too, received orders to get the jab. The orders stated explicitly that any officer refusing a Covid-19 vaccination would lose his flight status and be subject to disciplinary action, including a potential dishonorable discharge from the service.
A pilot with the 2nd Bomb Wing told RRN that he and his fellow pilots marched into their commanding officer’s office and dropped the resignation letters on his desk. He added that airmen and maintenance crews—enlisted persons who cannot simply resign from the service—are also furious about the mandatory vaccination requirement. Several of them, he told RRN, have sent hardship letters asking for early dismissal from the Air Force, mainly because they don’t have faith in a vaccine that has killed thousands of healthy people, military and civilians alike.
“This is only the beginning. A lot more of us will be turning in our wings,” he said.
RRN will provide additional details on this topic as it develops.
Fact #3 : USAF Announced Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination
The US Air Force announced mandatory COVID-19 vaccination on 3 September 2021, which required all Airmen and Guardians to be FULLY-VACCINATED against COVID-19 by :
Active duty personnel : November 2, 2021
Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve personnel : December 2, 2021
There was no need for a force-wide text message because the notice was officially issued earlier.
Fact #4 : Secretary Of Defense Did Not Send Any Text Message
Defense Department spokesman, Charlie Dietz, confirmed that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin never sent a text message to all active members of the military.
It is also not logical for him to only give active military personnel all over the world only a few hours to get vaccinated.
Fact #5 : You Cannot Just Quit The US Air Force
Whether you are on Active Duty, or in the Reserves or Air National Guard service, you cannot just quit and walk away from the US Air Force.
Literally walking off the job is considered going AWOL (Absence Without Leave) – a court martial offence under Article 86 of the US Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Fact #6 : No F-22 Pilot Quit Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
A spokesperson for Joint Base Langley-Eustis confirmed to Reuters that :
“To date, no pilots from the 1st Fighter Wing have resigned their commission due to the COVID-19 vaccination mandate”.
Fact #7 : No B-52 Crew Member Quit Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
A spokesperson for Barksdale Air Force Base told Reuters that the viral story was “completely false“.
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Now, let me show you how to spot these scams next time!
If you spot any of these warning signs, DO NOT PROCEED and DO NOT SHARE!
Warning Sign #1 : Bad Grammar
Most of these scammers do not have a good command of the English language, so if you spot bad grammar, stay away.
This scammer even got the spelling of the brand wrong! It’s Touch ‘n Go, not Touch n’Go.
Proper contests or events sponsored by major brands like TnG eWallet will have a PR or marketing person who will vet the text before allowing it to be posted.
Warning Sign #2 : Offering You Free Money Or Gifts
Please do NOT be naive. No one is going to give you money or free gifts just to participate in a survey!
Touch ‘n Go isn’t going to give you so much FREE money, just because it’s their anniversary.
They are a corporation whose business is to make money, not a charity to give you free money.
Warning Sign #3 : Not Using The Real Domain
A genuine Touch ‘n Go campaign would use their real domain – www.touchngo.com.my, not di47823.shop as shown in the scam post above.
Or they would run it off the official TnG eWallet page on Facebook – www.facebook.com/touchngoewallet/.
If you see nonsensical domains like childrerdg.xyz, uglyarticle.club, ldxqw.bar, etc. that’s a sign of a SCAM!
Warning Sign #4 : Asking You To Forward The Offer
No matter how many times you “try” this scam, you will ALWAYS win the RM 2000 “prize”.
If you don’t find that odd, you should know that no brand will insist that you must share the offer with 5 groups or 20 friends on WhatsApp.
Do not click to forward their offer to your family and friends. They will not appreciate being scammed with your help!
Warning Sign #5 : Asking You To Download + Register An App
If you click through and joined the fake survey scam, you may eventually be asked to download and register for an app.
That is VERY DANGEROUS. Never agree to download and register for any unknown app from a website.
Always download your apps from an official App Store like Google Play Store (for Android smartphones) and Apple App Store (for iPhones).
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Did the US Supreme Court cancel universal vaccination because the COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe?!
Find out what’s going on, and what the FACTS really are!
Claim : US Supreme Court Just Canceled Universal Vaccination!
Alternative health / news websites are claiming that the Supreme Court just cancelled universal vaccination in the United States!
Allegedly, Senator Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a group of scientists filed a lawsuit against Bill Gates, Dr. Fauci and Big Pharma, and they won!
It is a long essay, please skip to the next section for the FACTS!
URGENT: Supreme Court Has Canceled Universal Vaccination In The United States
Monday, 9 August 2021
Just Got this:
Has not been in the news anywhere. Looks like we are getting closer to the Final Scene in the movie.
Please ALERT everyone in the family, friends and relatives! BREAKING NEWS ! Supreme Court has canceled universal vaccination In the United States, the Supreme Court has canceled universal vaccination. Bill Gates, US Chief Infectious Disease Specialist Fauci, and Big Pharma have lost a lawsuit in the US Supreme Court, failing to prove that all of their vaccines over the past 32 years have been safe for the health of citizens!
The lawsuit was filed by a group of scientists led by Senator Kennedy. Robert F. Kennedy Jr .: “The new COVID vaccine should be avoided at all costs. I urgently draw your attention to important issues related to the next vaccination against Covid-19. For the first time in the history of vaccination, the so-called mRNA vaccines of the latest generation directly interfere with the patient’s genetic material and therefore alter the individual genetic material, which is genetic manipulation, which was already prohibited and was previously considered a crime.
The coronavirus VACCINE IS NOT A VACCINE! ATTENTION!
What has always been a vaccine? It was always the pathogen itself – a microbe or virus that was killed or attenuated, that is, weakened – and it was introduced into the body in order to produce antibodies. Not even a coronavirus vaccine! It is not that at all! It is part of the newest group of mRNA (mRNA) allegedly “vaccines”. Once inside a human cell, mRNA reprograms normal RNA / DNA, which begins to make another protein.
That is, nothing to do with traditional vaccines! That is, it is an instrument of genetic influence. Genetic bioweapon! That is, they were going to destroy from earthlings, and the survivors will become GMOs! Following the unprecedented mRNA vaccine, the vaccinated will no longer be able to treat the symptoms of the vaccine in an additional way.
Vaccinated people will have to come to terms with the consequences, because they can no longer be cured by simply removing toxins from the human body, as in a person with a genetic defect such as Down syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome, Turner syndrome, genetic heart failure, hemophilia, cystic fibrosis, Rett syndrome, etc. ), because the genetic defect is forever!
This clearly means: if a symptom of vaccination develops after mRNA vaccination, neither I nor any other therapist can help you, because DAMAGE CAUSED BY VACCINATION WILL BE GENETICALLY Irreversible.
Vaccination – Bio-weapons of genocide of the 21st century. Former Pfizer Chief Scientist Mike Yeedon has once again expressed his position that it is too late now to save those who have been injected with a substance publicly called “the Covid-19 vaccine.” He encourages those who have not yet received the lethal injection to fight for their lives, those around them and the lives of their children.
The internationally renowned immunologist goes on to describe a process that he says will kill the vast majority of people: “Immediately after the first vaccination, about 0.8% of people die within two weeks. The average life expectancy of survivors will be a maximum of two years, but it also decreases with each new “injection”.
” Additional vaccines are still being developed to cause deterioration in certain organs, including the heart, lungs and brain. After two decades at Pfizer, Professor Yedon was familiar with the functions and research and development goals of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, and states that the ultimate goal of the current “vaccination” regime can only be a massive demographic event that will make all world wars put together, like Mickey’s staging Mouse.
“Billions of people have already been sentenced to certain, inevitable and painful death. Anyone who receives the injection will die prematurely, and three years is a generous estimate of how long they can survive.”
Truth : US Supreme Court Did Not Cancel Universal Vaccination!
This is really a new “Delta variant” of the old fake news that alternative health / news websites keep regurgitating for page views.
Let’s break down the individual claims, and tell you what the FACTS really are :
Claim : Supreme Court canceled universal vaccination in the United States Verdict : False
This claim is completely false, because the United States has never mandated universal vaccination in the first place! Therefore, there is nothing for the Supreme Court to overturn.
The government continues to have broad authority to make a vaccine mandatory during a public health crisis, as decided by the Supreme Court in their 1905 decision in Jacobson v. Massachusetts.
In 1922, the Supreme Court “settled that it is within the police power of a state to provide for compulsory vaccination” in their unanimous Zucht v. King decision.
However, compulsory vaccination is quite different from universal vaccination.
Claim : Bill Gates, Dr. Fauci + Big Pharma Lost A Supreme Court Case Verdict : False
Bill Gates, Dr. Fauci and Big Pharma were never part of any US Supreme Court case.
But that Supreme Court case had nothing to do with pharmaceutical companies, Bill Gates or even Dr. Fauci.
In that case, the Supreme Court ruled that the State of New York cannot bar people from gathering in churches and synagogues during the COVID-19 pandemic.
It was a ruling against New York’s lockdown measures, not vaccines.
Also, I should point out that all nine justices on the US Supreme Court were fully vaccinated by 5 May 2021, as confirmed by Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathleen Arberg.
Bill Gates, NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins and NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, May 2016, Photo Credit : Bill Branson
Claim : Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is A Senator Verdict : False
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not, and has never been, a US Senator.
The writer probably confused him with his illustrious father, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1968.
Claim : Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Filed Supreme Court Lawsuit Verdict : False
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. never filed any lawsuit that was brought before the US Supreme Court.
In July 2019, he filed a lawsuit against the state of New York, to overturn a new state law that bars parents from refusing to vaccinate their children on religious grounds.
His family actually spoke out AGAINST him, calling him “an outlier in the Kennedy family“, and pointing out that his uncle President John F. Kennedy and his father, Robert F. Kennedy, both promoted vaccinations to stamp out preventable diseases.
He lost that lawsuit on 9 December 2019, after the New York state law was ruled constitutional.
That lawsuit was over the measles outbreak, and happened before the world first became aware of COVID-19 on 31 December 2019.
So it had NOTHING to do with COVID-19 or COVID-19 vaccines.
It is physically impossible for vaccine mRNA to penetrate the cell nucleus, so it cannot possibly change the cell’s DNA.
The mRNA can only enter the cell cytoplasm, where it is taken up by the ribosomes to create the spike protein.
Vaccines based on the viral vector technology are the ones that enter the cell nucleus, but even that only affects a small number of cells, and does not become part of our DNA.
Vaccines do NOT integrate with our DNA. Vaccines will NOT turn us into GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms).
The mRNA instructions in an mRNA vaccine are automatically destroyed by the cell after use. Therefore, they can only exist for a short period of time.
As these mRNA instructions do NOT enter the cell nucleus or combine with our DNA, they cannot possibly cause “irreversible genetic changes”.
Claim : Genetic Engineering Is A Crime
Verdict : False
Genetic engineering is not a crime in any country. However, countries may set limits on what is permissible.
For example, the United States allows the genetic modification of human embryos for research purposes but forbids its implantation without FDA’s approval.
Genetic engineering is being used to develop cures for diseases like :
acute and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
multiple myeloma
various muscular dystrophies
cystic fibrosis
cancers
There have already been a few approved gene therapies :
2003 : Gendicine was approved in China for certain cancers
2011 : Neovasculgen was approved in Russian for peripheral artery disease
2012 : Glybera was approved in the US and the US for lipoprotein lipase deficiency
Claim : mRNA Vaccine Is Not A Vaccine Verdict : False
A vaccine is simply any biological preparation that gives your body an active, acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease.
The mRNA vaccine is a vaccine, even though it does not use the dead or attenuated (weakened) virus to provide the protection.
It works quite similarly to a viral vector vaccine, in that they both use our cells to create the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein to trigger our body’s immune system.
Think of mRNA vaccines as instructions for your cells to make “enemy soldier puppets” for your immune system to train against.
Claim : COVID-19 Vaccines Cause Genetic Defects Verdict : False
This is complete nonsense. COVID-19 vaccines do not cause genetic defects.
Neither do they prevent the human body from excreting toxins, which our liver and kidneys do every single day!
Claim : Vaccinated People Will Die Verdict : False
The claim by Michael Yeadon that 0.8% of people will die within 2 weeks of the first vaccination, and the rest will die within 2 years, are absolute nonsense.
Hundreds of millions of people globally have been vaccinated against COVID-19, and there is no evidence of people dying from the vaccines within two weeks of their first vaccination.
Frankly, if that’s true – they wouldn’t be alive to receive their second vaccination, as hundreds of millions of people have done.
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Should we blame Joe Biden for the fall of Vietnam in 1975, as well as the disastrous Afghanistan evacuation?
Find out what’s the new viral claim, and what the FACTS really are!
Claim : President Ford Blamed Joe Biden For Vietnam Disaster
Ever since the American evacuation of Afghanistan turned into the complete and utter collapse of the Afghan government, people have been claiming that it is a repeat of Vietnam.
I had earlier fact checked the viral claim that then Senator Joe Biden unilaterally blocked President Ford’s Vietnam evacuation.
On the same day, Jeffrey Lord of The America Spectator wrote a piece claiming that President Gerald Ford blamed Senator Joe Biden for the collapse of the South Vietnamese government in 1975.
It’s pretty long, so just skip to the next section for the FACTS…
Somewhere the late President Gerald Ford is shaking his head.
It was Gerald Ford, famously President Richard Nixon’s number two, who took over the presidency when Watergate forced Nixon’s resignation. Which in turn put Ford in charge of winding down the Vietnam War, building on a negotiated settlement that Nixon and his national security adviser Henry Kissinger had reached with the North Vietnamese. The Paris Peace accords were signed in January of 1973, ending all U.S. combat activities.
But eventually, with U.S. combat troops departed, the war resumed. And Democrats were determined to shoot down all funding for the South Vietnamese — period.
In a highly unusual move, the Democrats who ran the Senate Foreign Relations Committee demanded a meeting with Ford at the White House. The last time a president had a formal meeting with the Committee was in 1919, a full 56 years earlier, when President Woodrow Wilson met with the Committee to push his post-World War One League of Nations proposal.
The April, 1975 meeting with Ford and the Committee was, Ford writes in his memoirs A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford, “extremely tense.” Ford quite specifically mentions the presence of the freshman Senator from Delaware — Joe Biden. The discussion became focused on getting out not only the remaining Americans in the country, but the Vietnamese who had been such loyal help to the Americans. Joe Biden would have none of the latter.
“I will vote for any amount for getting the Americans out,” Ford writes of Biden’s words. But “I don’t want it mixed with getting the Vietnamese out.”
Ford was incredulous. Biden and his fellow Democrats were insisting on cutting off the funding that would help our Vietnamese allies.
Biden and his colleagues would have none of it. Democrats refused to provide any additional funds for the South Vietnamese. And exactly as Ford predicted, chaos descended. He writes: “Four days later, (South Vietnamese) President Thieu resigned and fled the country.”
Communist forces descended on Saigon, the moment famously captured in that photo of an American helicopter attempting to take off from the roof of the U.S. Embassy as frantic Vietnamese tried to grab on to the helicopter skids and be transported out to sea and a waiting American aircraft carrier.
As President Ford makes clear, Joe Biden voted to, in Ford’s words, “cut and run” from Vietnam. Biden blithely ignored Ford’s warnings of chaos and disaster if funding were cut off — and those warnings proved to be dead-on accurate.
All of which is to say, this is the way Joe Biden thinks. It is actions just like his actions on Vietnam and now on Afghanistan that would years after the Vietnam debacle cause former Bush and Obama Secretary of Defense Bob Gates to say of Biden in his own memoirs that Biden had “been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.”
Now, a full 46 years after selling out the South Vietnamese, Biden is selling out Afghanistan in precisely the same fashion. But this time as president himself. And in classic Biden style he has been wrong yet again on a major foreign policy and national security issue.
Truth : Joe Biden Cannot Be Blamed For Fall Of Vietnam
With the Afghanistan evacuation crisis still unfolding, it may seem odd to suddenly blame President Joe Biden for the fall of Vietnam. After all, that happened 46 years ago!
The truth is – Joe Biden is not to blame for the fall of the South Vietnamese government in 1975, leading to the infamous helicopter evacuation from the roof of the American embassy in Saigon.
The fake story is being promoted to convey the narrative that the fall of the Afghan government is also Joe Biden’s fault. He did it back in 1975, and he just did it again in 2021.
That is demonstrably FALSE, and these fake news creators know it. However, they are counting on you to simply accept their word, and not to verify the facts yourself.
Here is a quick summary of the facts :
South Vietnam would have fallen anyway, even if the US Congress gave President Ford the $722 million he asked for, to continue the war.
The entire Senate Foreign Relations Committee met with President Gerald Ford, not only the Democrats.
Joe Biden was against spending additional money on military assistance and the continued use of US troops.
Joe Biden was a first-term Senator at that time, and only one of 16 Senators to vote against the funding request.
The US Senate nevertheless approved the funding, but it was rejected by the House of Representatives.
The deal to withdraw US and allied troops from Afghanistan was negotiated and approved by the Trump Administration in February 2020.
The US-Taliban Agreement originally required all US and allied forces to depart Afghanistan by May 2021.
President Biden agreed to follow through with the US-Taliban Agreement with a delayed withdrawal date of 31 August 2021.
For those who want the nitty, gritty details, here are the details behind those facts…
Fact #1 : South Vietnam Would Have Fallen Anyway
When President Gerald Ford asked the US Congress for $722 million to continue the Vietnam war, North Vietnamese forces had already reached Xuân Lộc, the last line of defence before Saigon.
Xuân Lộc would fall on 20 April, allowing Saigon to be encircled by 27 April. The city fell and the South Vietnamese government capitulated on 30 April 1975.
In hindsight, it is obvious that the South Vietnamese government would have fallen, even if the US Congress gave President Ford the $722 million he asked for…
Fact #2 : President Ford Met With Entire Senate Foreign Relations Committee
The entire Senate Foreign Relations Committee demanded a face-to-face discussion with President Ford, which took place on 14 April 1975.
It wasn’t just Democrat senators who asked for the meeting, it was also Republican senators.
You can read the entire transcript of that meeting here.
Fact #3 : Joe Biden Was Against Military Aid + Use Of US Troops
The American Spectator intentionally quoted a small section of what then Senator Biden said during the meeting with President Ford, to convey the perception that he did not want to help evacuate the Vietnamese.
The truth was he was against funding additional military aid to the falling South Vietnamese government, and the continued use of US troops.
Here was what Senator Joe Biden said at the meeting, in its entirety :
What concerns us is that a week ago Habib told us we would be formulating a plan. A week has gone by and nothing has happened. We should focus on getting them out. Getting the Vietnamese out and military aid for the GVN are totally different.
I feel put upon in being presented an all or nothing number. I don’t want to have to vote to buy it all or not at all. I am not sure I can vote for an amount to put American troops in for one to six months to get the Vietnamese out. I will vote for any amount for getting the Americans out. I don’t want it mixed with getting the Vietnamese out.
I don’t want to commit myself to any precise number. How much money depends on how many we try to get out.
Fact #4 : Joe Biden Was One of 16 Senators To Vote Against Additional Funding
Senator Joe Biden ultimately voted against the Vietnam Contingency Act (S. 1484) when it was proposed in the US Senate, because he disagreed with two terms in the bill :
military assistance to Vietnam
authorisation to use American troops (if necessary) to protect the evacuation of South Vietnamese citizens.
Specifically, he was against the Ford Administration tying military assistance to Vietnam and the continued use of US troops, with the evacuation of American and Vietnamese civilians.
He was worried that $100 million of contingency funds in this bill would be used to provide military aid, instead of helping to evacuate the refugees.
Fact #5 : US House of Representatives Rejected Funding Request
Senator Joe Biden’s Nay vote was pointless – the US Senate approved the funding request with a 75-17 vote on 24 April 1975.
However, it was rejected by the House of Representatives in a vote of 162 to 246 on 1 May 1975.
Not that it mattered – Saigon and the South Vietnamese government had already fallen by then – on 30 April 1975.
No matter how you slice and dice it, Senator Joe Biden’s vote and comments during his meeting with President Ford had no material effect on the Vietnam War, or its disastrous conclusion.
Fact #5 : US-Taliban Agreement Was Negotiated + Approved By Trump Administration
At that time, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asserted that the Trump Administration was “seizing the best opportunity for peace in a generation.”
The US-Taliban Agreement had two “interconnected guarantees” :
the withdrawal of all US and international forces by May 2021, and
unspecified Taliban action to prevent other groups (including Al Qaeda) from using Afghan soil to threaten the United States and its allies.
Fact #6 : President Biden Opted To Go Ahead With The US-Taliban Agreement
President Joe Biden had the option of renegotiating the US-Taliban Agreement, but that would have meant sending in more US troops to gain additional negotiating leverage over the Taliban.
That would have risked attacks on US and allied troops during the coming spring fighting season, and more casualties amongst both the military and civilians.
“The choice I had to make, as your president, was either to follow through on that agreement or be prepared to go back to fighting the Taliban in the middle of the spring fighting season,” Biden said.
He ultimately decided to go ahead with the withdrawal, with a delayed deadline of 31 August 2021.
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Is there a new G64 super spreading COVID-19 strain from India and Egypt?
Find out what’s been said about this G64 super spreader strain, and what the FACTS really are!
Updated @ 2021-08-26 : Added information on COVID-19 surge in Malaysia. Updated @ 2021-04-30 : Added information on COVID-19 surge in India.
Originally posted @ 2020-08-31
Claim : G64 Super Spreader COVID-19 Strain From India + Egypt!
This warning has been spreading on WhatsApp, with a link to a MalaysiaKini report called KL restaurant customer part of new cluster, nine cases report today.
CODE RED WARNING TO ALL MALAYSIAN
Stay away from Mamak shop, nasi kandar and all Indian restaurant hiring Indian workers from India utk sementara waktu, a new covid cluster in KL and potentially spread to the whole country.
Genom G64 covid 19 from India and Egypt are super spreader virus. No appropriate vaccines or treatment for these viruses at least till 2023. Escape strategy for these virus cannot be done at the moment.
Truth : No G64 COVID-19 Strain From India + Egypt!
The viral warning has actually been circulating since August 2020 and is completely false! Here are the reasons why...
Fact #1 : MalaysiaKini Labelled It Fake
Most people do not read beyond the headlines or the message, and the person who created this fake message knows that very well.
He/she intentionally inserted the link to a genuine MalaysiaKini article, to make it look like a genuine warning based on the article.
However, the article does not refer to any particular COVID-19 strain, or referred to any super spreader variant.
It only mentioned that the first two cases in the Maju cluster involved workers at a restaurant, but it is unknown if they are foreigners or locals.
Malaysiakini would like to warn its readers that one of the news portal’s articles regarding the Covid-19 outbreak is being used to spread a fake message via WhatsApp.
The WhatsApp message uses this genuine link and attaches fake news with a xenophobic message and fake science.
Fact #2 : There Is No G64 COVID-19 Strain
There is no such thing as a G64 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
At that time, the concern was over the D614G strain that was detected in the Sivagangga Cluster, which originated from India.
The D614G strain is more infectious than the original strain, but is not more dangerous.
This fake news was resurrected in April 2021, because there is a catastrophic surge of COVID-19 cases in India; and they found a new variant with double mutations - both L452R and E484Q mutations.
However, this new variant is not linked to the surge of COVID-19 cases in India. That was due to the Indian government allowing massive political rallies and the giant Kumbh Mela festival to proceed.
In August 2021 - its first anniversary, the fake news was resurrected again, on the back of a massive wave of COVID-19 infections in Malaysia.
This wave has nothing to do with the D614G, but the far more transmissible and virulent Delta variant.
We have to point this out, because this viral message is still spreading, and people actually believe that there is no vaccine for this (fake) G64 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Multiple COVID-19 vaccines have now been approved, and administered worldwide. So make sure you get vaccinated against COVID-19 ASAP!
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Now, let me show you how to spot these scams next time!
If you spot any of these warning signs, DO NOT PROCEED and DO NOT SHARE!
Warning Sign #1 : Bad Grammar
Most of these scammers do not have a good command of the English language, so if you spot bad grammar, stay away.
Proper contests or events sponsored by major brands like Jaya Grocer will have a PR or marketing person who will vet the text before allowing it to be posted.
Warning Sign #2 : Offering You Free Money Or Gifts
Please do NOT be naive. No one is going to give you money or free gifts just to participate in a survey!
Jaya Grocer isn’t going to give you FREE money, just because it’s their anniversary.
They are a corporation whose business is to make money, not a charity to give you free money.
Warning Sign #3 : Not Using The Real Jaya Grocer Domain
A genuine Jaya Grocer campaign would use their real domain – www.jayagrocer.com.
Or they would run it off the official Jaya Grocer page on Facebook – www.facebook.com/jayagrocer/.
If you see nonsensical domains like uglyarticle.club, ldxqw.bar, etc. that’s a sign of a SCAM!
Warning Sign #4 : Asking You To Forward The Offer
No brand will insist that you must share the offer with 5 groups or 20 friends on WhatsApp.
Do not click to forward their offer to your family and friends. They will not appreciate being scammed with your help!
Warning Sign #5 : Asking You To Download + Register An App
If you click through and joined the fake survey scam, you will eventually be asked to download and register for an app.
That is VERY DANGEROUS. Never agree to download and register for any unknown app from a website.
Always download your apps from an official App Store like Google Play Store (for Android smartphones) and Apple App Store (for iPhones).
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