Catholic hospitals going woke, mutilating children

 

Dr Jay fought the sytem over Covid

LINK

Stanford doctor hailed as ‘intellectual freedom’ leader for challenging gov’t on COVID-19

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Dr. Jay Bhattacharya received the American Academy of Sciences and Letters’ top intellectual freedom award on Wednesday for resisting attempts to politically control his scientific work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The academy presents its annual Robert J. Zimmer Medal for Intellectual Freedom to a scholar “who displays extraordinary courage in the exercise of intellectual freedom,” according to its website.

when Covid hit, I watched numerous government news conferences by Dr Blix et all, but this wasn't mentioned. The disturbing part of these conferences is when Trumpieboy suggested stuff (UV light to disinfect stuff, using antiseptics became the drinking bleach hoax, ignoring that certain mouthwashes did cut your risk of covid, HCQ and Ivermectin which was quickly debunked and he was ridiculed) but I never heard about the questioning of the shutdown, which was proposed by Dr. Jay..... More shame me.

mosquito borne illnesses in USA Malaria and Dengue

 Malaria Vivax acquired in Arkansas.

In September 2023, a 10th U.S. case of locally acquired malaria was diagnosed, in Arkansas. ...This represents the 10th autochthonous case identified nationally in 2023, after 20 years without recorded local mosquitoborne malaria transmission in the United States. ...The patient had no reported history of international travel, blood transfusion, organ transplant, or other bloodborne pathogen exposure

this type of malaria, unlike the more dangerous Falciparum Malari, can be dormant for years. The original source was not found. Of course, a person with a fever and symptoms might not go to the doctor, and one wonders if it was in a local who traveled in a malaria area, or in the unscreen migrants who are entering into the USA en mass.

P. vivax and P. ovale are traditionally thought to occupy complementary niches, with P. ovale predominating in Sub-Saharan Africa and P. vivax in the other areas; but their geographical ranges do overlap.

Countries where refugees arrived from in September To Arkansas: #1. Venezuela: 27 #2. Nicaragua: 14 #3. Guatemala: 8 #4. Myanmar: 4 #5. Iran: 2 #6. Colombia: 1 #6. Congo: 

Refugees that arrived from Congo since October 2023  To Arkansas: 108

the southern USA was a malaria area in the past, so those mosquitoes are still there. The local public health dept did start spraying in the area where this case was found.

The real danger might be seen in this case: Dengue Fever in California.

Dengue has an incubation period of 4 to ten daysand is spread by a different mosquito.

Most cases are mild or subclinical, so may not be seen by a physician.

in the recorded case, another asymptomatic case in the same neighborhood was detected. And they swifty started to do anti mosquito spraying etc.

The real danger is that it could continue to spread via asymptomatic or mild cases.

mosquito eradification is especially important since the same mosquito spreads Zika virus and yellow fever.

and remember: one reason for the establishment of the US Public Health Service was the Yellow Fever epidemic that killed thousands in Philadelphia in 1793

history: https://careers.publichealth.iu.edu/blog/2018/10/12/a-brief-history-of-the-public-health-service/

PHS had its origins in the system of marine hospitals to treat sick sailors: In July 16, 1798 the fifth congress passed an Act which was signed by the second President of the United States John Adams. Signed into law the “Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen”. The Act authorized the deduction of twenty cents per month from wages of seamen, for the sole purpose of funding medical care for sick, and disabled seamen, as well as building additional hospitals for the treatment of seamen.This originated in 1798.

threatening whistleblowers against gender fad

While the Pope (PBUH DUH) is promoting the gender confusion fad (not meeting with trans people but meeting with activists pushing this agenda), the good news is that some people still are protesting this evil fad that exploits naive kids (boys who are gay and girls who are autistic and easily persuaded that surgery will cure their dysphoria).

Since the normal voices of morality have been musted out of politeness,  Jordan Peterson lost his license and Harry Potter's mom is ridiculed  the radicals continue to push this on the innocent with few willing to say: the emperor has no clothes.

This first pushback was when the UK issued the Cass report. which the Economist noted  

 The Cass Review damns England’s youth-gender services The largest review ever undertaken in the field of transgender health care is out. It is damning of practices that were commonplace in England until recently and remain widespread in other countries, notably America.

One would think that the Cass commission would have settled the problem, but here in the US the Biden/Harris administration is continuing to push the agenda.

and the poster child for pushing this is Dr Levine, who got her job by being openly trans, even though she promoted the policy to admit infectious covid patients into Pennsylvania nursing homes, which resulted in an estimated 20 thousnd dead elderly. (while removing her own mom from a nursing home to keep her safe).Newsweek article here.

How bad is it? Well, when Andrew Sullivan, a well known gay activist/political commentator, dares to point out the fraud and lies behind this government policy, and cries shame to the Gay community for it's silence in this matter,, you know that maybe the truth behind this fraud/fad may stop being censored by the MSM..

headsup from Imstapundit who notes:

ANDREW SULLIVAN: Rachel Levine Must Resign: A case study in politics and ideology overruling science. With chi ldren as victims. “The broad contours laid out in the brief were already known. But, with discovery, the specific details of private, internal emails make this medical scandal even more vivid.”....

More from Sullivan's post:

An internal email from the Hopkins team concluded that there was “little to no evidence about children and adolescents.” Many WPATH members, we discover, also knew the studies would “reveal little or no evidence and put us in an untenable position in terms of affecting policy or winning lawsuits.”

Italics mine.

so who dares to be a whistle blower>

....

 

 if the Cass investigation blow the whistle in the UK, it was a court case that got evidence of the fraud in this type of surgery 

amicus brief here.

other words, WPATH knows full well that their transing of children has little to no medical evidence behind it.

so why is this Pope is going out of his way to get photo ops with activists pushing this?

And why have US Catholic hospitals have been found to be doing this type of surgery (which is forbidden under Catholic law which forbid  removing normal organs for social reasons). But at least the Catholic bishops are trying to stop it. LINK 

This fad started after I retired to the Philippines and stopped practicing medicine, but you know, in 40 years of being a physician, I never saw a case. Maybe because I worked with the poor, and the fad seems to be ore common in upper middle class white folk. Or maybe it is because of the autism epidemic means these kids are more vulnerable.

keeping food safe

another day, another food recall: 

From Legal Insurrection:

Millions of Pounds of Ready-to-Eat Beef, Chicken Recalled Due to Listeria Affected products may have been used in ready-to-eat products that are “on store shelves or in consumers’ refrigerators or freezers,” or available for use by restaurants and other establishments.

 almost every week, we read about similar food recalls  in the USA. Imagine how common such things happen in other countries.

this is an important issue, since a longer shelf life means more food. How do you keep food safe and cheap? One answer is Chemicals that prolong shelf life but keep food cheap enough for ordinary folks (especially here in the poorer areas of the world). RFK Jr points out these cause long term health problems but hey, the cost benefit ratio means well nourished poor people.

Food recalls not only mean less food available to eat, but foods contaminated with common germs are a big health risk.

Germs cause diarrhea. Usually from the 4 F problem (contaminated FOOD (usually from not being stored correctly...the poor here don't have refrigerators), FINGERS, (not washing hands), FECES (fertilizer not washed off of vegetables, also contaminated water from poorly placed latrines) and FLIES (that carry germs on their feet that land on your food).

 So how do you stop bacterial contamination of meats and cheeze and fresh vegetables? Keep it clean, wash your hands, store it properly.

But for countries where food processing plants (not local farmers a mile away) supply your food, one overlooked answer to contamination is radiation to kill germs.

  

Here is an article about it in the journal Foods in 2023 which is actually discussing using radiation to prevent food contamination with pathogenic germs:

 But first they note that this high tech expensive technology should not be the main way to stop food poisoning:

 It is essential to note that irradiation is just one aspect of a comprehensive approach to ensuring the microbial safety of meat. Other interventions, such as good manufacturing practices, hygiene controls, and appropriate storage and handling practices, are also crucial for reducing the risk of contamination

but for food processing plants, radiation is another way that could help: 

Irradiation has been studied extensively for its efficacy in reducing microbial contamination of meat. By exposing the food to ionizing radiation, the latter reduces or eliminates harmful microorganisms that can cause foodborne illness. Previous research showed that irradiation could effectively reduce levels of pathogens such as Salmonella and Escherichia coli as well as levels of spoilage organisms, leading to improved microbial safety and a reduced risk of foodborne illness.

 

 

another technical article discussing not only radiation but UV light Ozone microwaves etc. And how these technologies might help not just with bacteria but with viruses.  

this is a news report summary of using radiation from eight years ago: 

this is a lecture from MIT from 2019,...It is more technical but he is a good teacher that makes it easy to follow his arguments..

 

 at three minutes in, he notes that you often find small bugs in rice. 

We find this is a problem: we grow and sell organic brown rice to upscale supermarkets in Manila and nearby cities. There is no way our small business could afford to radiate the rice to kill the bugs, so we use more traditional ways to keep our rice from spoilage.

When we package the rice, we sift the rice so the small bugs fall through the screen, and then blowtorch it lightly to kill the eggs that didn't detach (and would result in live bugs months later) but not enough to harm the rice.

We also pack it in vacuum bags which extends the shelf life and keeps it dry so it doesn't spoil as quickly. 

But then our rice is organic, i.e. no insecticide, and it is brown rice, meaning it has a limited shelf life so it is eaten before the tiny surviving eggs hatch.

As our city modernizes, we have modern supermarkets now that have the same standards of US supermarkets (and higher prices than the traditional markets AKA Palenkes).

But our cook usually buys fresh food every day at the Palenke down the street. 

What is a Palenke? An open air market with small vendors selling their wares.

This video by a local comedian is about the wonderfulness of the Filipino Palenke.

 

Marburg outbreak under control

Rwanda has an outbreak of Marburg virus.

 

 

there is an experimental vaccine for the Marburg virus.

this is from the WHO site:
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/marburg-virus-disease

Marburg virus disease (MVD), formerly known as Marburg haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans. The average MVD case fatality rate is around 50%. Case fatality rates have varied from 24% to 88% in past outbreaks. Early supportive care with rehydration, and symptomatic treatment improves survival. There are currently no approved vaccines or antiviral treatments for MVD, but a range of vaccines and drug therapies are under development. Rousettus aegyptiacus, a fruit bat of the Pteropodidae family, is considered the natural host of Marburg virus. The Marburg virus is transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads among humans through human-to-human transmission. Community engagement is key to successfully controlling outbreaks.

there was an outbreak in Zimbabwe when I was there according to this site. But you know, we had isolated cases of severe hemorrhagic fever of unknown origin, so I wonder if this was marburg not diagnosed.

apparently it ccan spread person to person but this requires contact with body fluids.

Once introduced in the human population, Marburg virus can spread through human-to-human transmission via direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected people, and with surfaces and materials (e.g. bedding, clothing) contaminated with these fluids. Health-care workers have frequently been infected while treating patients with suspected or confirmed MVD. This has occurred through close contact with patients when infection control precautions are not strictly practiced. Transmission via contaminated injection equipment or through needle-stick injuries is associated with more severe disease, rapid deterioration, and, possibly, a higher fatality rate. Burial ceremonies that involve direct contact with the body of the deceased can also contribute in the transmission of Marburg virus.

Lassa fever is another hemorragic disease in western Africa.

Yes there is an Ecohealth link: Poor guys they were wanting to investigate these diseases but because they were behind the Wuhan debacle they didn't get their funded.

Ecohealth also wanted to place a multimillion dollar lab here in the Philippines and was stopped when the local senators found that the grant was from the US Dept of Defense, not from the HHS or another civilian health department.

Covid Coverup: More than the NIH:

 via Tea At Trianon

RandPaul Reviews reports:

The CIA was paid to lie to you about Covid. From the House Oversight Committee, we learn in a bombshell report that “The CIA was paid to change its assessment on the origins of Covid-19.” If this whistleblower testimony is validated, the U.S. government has deliberately violated the Covid Origins Act. The government also refused to provide a list of names of scientists who fell ill while working at the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab, even though they were aware of who these scientists were.

CIA was paid to mislead the public on Covid. pic.twitter.com/FRwmmZ7k2S

— “Sudden And Unexpected” (@toobaffled) September 16, 2024

Flu vaccine helps a bit, but this study is flawed

 From Instapundit:

HONESTLY, 35% DOESN’T SEEM ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE: Flu vaccine in Southern Hemisphere reduced risk of hospitalization by nearly 35%.

that article is useless. For more information check the actual CDC article LINK

The article states: 

During March 13–July 19, 2024, among a total of 111,856 SARI patients identified, 100,260 were excluded because of missing influenza RT-PCR results (70,055); ineligibility or not being in a vaccine target group (14,245); 

Italics mine....so most folk with flu like symptoms were not tested at all: meaning the study was based on a small subgroup. 

This evaluation suggests that while only one in five SARI patients had received the 2024 influenza vaccine, those who were vaccinated were at significantly lower risk for hospitalization from any influenza virus infection, including the predominant influenza A(H3N2) and influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 subtypes.

huh? One in five of the small subgroup had gotten the vaccine. Were they tested in the ER or doctor's offices?

Although South American countries prioritized young children, persons with comorbidities, and older adults for vaccination to prevent influenza illness complications, the documented influenza vaccination coverage levels (21.3%) were below pre–COVID-19 norms 

 The study was from South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. But most of the data comes from Brazil. And it is about one strain of Influenza A, not Influenza B. 

These countries have a growing middle class but also slums with malnutrition and drug use. And farmers and slum dwellers and working class folk don't go to hospital unless very sick: If you are old you might just die at home. So the shot might help a bit, but this study is deeply flawed. the study does show that the flu vaccine works a bit.  

Summary: Get the shot if you are high risk. I am unsure about the data in children: I did see a few severe cases of children very very ill in the 1998 epidemic, but they were ill with secondary staph pneumonia.

I also should note that one rural clinic where I was filling in for another doc did collect data on anyone who met the fever etc. criteria: this was to alert the CDC if there might be an epidemic going around. But we didn't check the blood test to affirm it was infuenza.

Fentanyl deaths down: Why?

 the number of people dying of Fentanyl overdose has gone down, and some think that having narcan available is one of the reasons. It also might be because, like the use of LSD and hallucinogens in the 1970s, people saw the harm being done to those who took them, and just said no.

But the UK Mail says: Uh, maybe it's because all the hard core addicts died.

Dr Caleb Banta-Green, an addiction expert at the University of Washington, says King County, which includes Seattle, is like a microcosm for the rest of the country. Deaths from fentanyl there plummeted nearly 10 percent at the end of 2023 compared to the last quarter - but Dr Banta-Green believes the outbreak is 'self-extinguishing'.

...   Latest data shows that in the 12 months to April 2024, the US saw 65,787 deaths from synthetic opioid overdoses, mainly fentanyl - down from a peak of 77,693 in June 2023.