The Covid disaster
“ On Thursday, the FDA granted emergency-use authorization for Merck’s molnupiravir to treat covid-19. This approval is significant not because molnupiravir is an especially good drug, but because it is a rather ineffective and dangerous one.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/12/24/merck-molnupiravir-antiviral-covid-fda/
On another note it was announced in Quebec that booster shots for those over seventy who have had COVID are no longer recommended, given the number and severity of adverse events being witnessed.
Vaccines don’t work as promised but western “democracies” are bend on mandating more vaccinations, more restrictions more insanity.
From March 20
“We all want things to go back to normal quickly. But what most of us have probably not yet realized—yet will soon—is that things won’t go back to normal after a few weeks, or even a few months. Some things never will.”
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/03/17/905264/coronavirus-pandemic-social-distancing-18-months/
This is a never ending nightmare
Happy New Year to all (without sarcasm)

Posted by: DG | Dec 26 2021 14:28 utc | 3

China life expectancy overtook US this year
https://www.reddit.com/r/Sino/comments/rnetrj/chinas_average_life_expectancy_has_overtaken_the/

Posted by: Passer by | Dec 26 2021 14:40 utc | 5

the other foot? COVID-19″>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-26/cashless-society-economy-australia-covid/100725728“>COVID-19 is speeding up Australia’s shift towards a cashless future<\a>

Posted by: Rae | Dec 26 2021 15:31 utc | 7

re: spudski | Dec 26 2021 15:45 utc | 8
Long-term persistence of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein: evidence and implications
Abstract>: This paper discusses the recent study by Bansal et al. [1] on the detection of spike protein in persons vaccinated with the Pfizer mRNA vaccine. The most significant finding is that spike protein is found on exosomes, that is, cell-derived vesicles, for at least four months after the second injection. This surprisingly long persistence raises the prospect of sustained inflammation within and damage to organs which express the spike protein.
The Dangers of Booster Shots and COVID-19 ‘Vaccines’: Boosting Blood Clots and Leaky Vessels
We explain here that booster shots are uniquely dangerous, in a way that is unprecedented in the history of vaccines. That is because repeatedly boosting the immune response will repeatedly boost the intensity of self-to-self attack.

Posted by: Perimetr | Dec 26 2021 16:24 utc | 9

According to figures released by the UK government via the Office for National Statistics, people who are triple vaxxed are 4.5 times more likely to test positive for Omicron than those who are unvaccinated.
The numbers also illustrate how the double-vaccinated are 2.3 times more likely to be infected with Omicron than those who haven’t taken any jabs

Tripled Vaxxed 4.5 Times More Likely to Test Positive For Omicron Than Unvaxxed

Posted by: Down South | Dec 26 2021 16:45 utc | 11

Perimetr @9
Thank you.

Posted by: spudski | Dec 26 2021 17:00 utc | 13

12-8-21
Russia’s COVID coup d’etat
How did a nationwide “non-working week” become a vaccine caste system in less than two years?
12-11-21
Russia’s COVID cultists in full retreat?
Promising signs of a total narrative collapse
12-15-21
Russia’s QR code regime is collapsing
It was never about public health and Russians know it

Posted by: pogohere | Dec 26 2021 17:19 utc | 15

Did anyone read the number one book in the US RFK Jr.’s “The Real Dr. Fauci” ? Im wondering what B thinks. I haven’t read it yet but I’ve listen to a lot of RFK interviews. Seems like it may be a much needed wake up call for this blog, as this blog while skeptical of almost every other government /MSM narrative seems to tow the line for fhe Covid/ vax passport narrative hook line and sinker, while the comments sections regularly asks the obvious questions. At the very least could B admit that vaccine children is insane as they aren’t effected by the virus?

Posted by: James c | Dec 26 2021 17:37 utc | 17

@ spudski | Dec 26 2021 15:45 utc | 8
“ The Quebec government had to stop giving boosters to elders who had received two doses of the COVID vaccine and previously had COVID due to severe, life-threatening side effects.
The province’s immunization committee initially recommended that elders who had COVID in the past and who also received both doses of a COVID vaccine be given a booster shot.
However, elders in that category reacted very poorly to the booster. Many patients developed a fever after receiving their third dose.
They lost appetite, became physically weak, tired and lethargic, Le Devoir reported.
In more severe cases, the booster dose caused the patients difficulties in breathing and lowering oxygen levels.
Some elders also became delirious after receiving the injection. ”
https://westphaliantimes.com/canadian-province-stops-giving-boosters-to-elders-who-have-had-covid-in-the-past-due-to-severe-life-threatening-side-effects/

Posted by: DG | Dec 26 2021 18:01 utc | 19

Stonebird wrote:
“According to figures released by the UK government via the Office for National Statistics, people who are triple vaxxed are 4.5 times more likely to test positive for Omicron than those who are unvaccinated.”
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This is just another example of internet storytellers presenting a false story based on false interpretation of data.
The data from the UK Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey is comparing the probability of getting omicron compared to previous (Delta) versions.
The data says nothing at all about the likelihood of getting omicron if you are vaccinated or unvaccinated.
Presumably the Office for National Statistics could collect good data on whether there is currently a benefit from the vaccines against Omicron, but they haven’t done that which is certainly something for which they should be criticized.

Posted by: jinn | Dec 26 2021 18:10 utc | 21

Ritter might be wrong on two things:
1. The US hypersonics are far from tested and serviceable. Just recently there was a third failed test. Let’s wait and see.
2. I doubt Russia would deploy hypersonics in Cuba or Venezuela. It would violate its own stated ultimatums, and drag those countries into conflicts they don’t need. Russian subs off the US coasts would be sufficient, no?

Posted by: Prof | Dec 26 2021 18:35 utc | 23

Report: Jake Sullivan Reassures Israel US Willing to Take Harder Line on Iran
Sullivan reportedly laid out three scenarios to the Israeli officials:
1 A deal is reached within the next few weeks, and the JCPOA is revived, which Sullivan doubts will happen.
2 A “freeze for freeze” agreement that would give Iran some sanctions relief in exchange for freezing certain aspects of its nuclear program
3 Negotiations fail and the US implements new sanctions and other pressure on Iran
It’s difficult to comprehend exactly what the American foreign policy people think they are doing re: Iran and JCPOA. Israel’s maximalist position leads directly to a military conflict as, according to the Israeli logic, Iran’s leaders are committed to a nuclear arsenal and negotiation cannot forestall such event. Accepting this logic requires regime change in Teheran. If the Americans have not committed to this position, then why not just restore the JCPOA and remove a slow-boiling crisis from the table to concentrate on other matters? Why play lip-service to a “military option” if it is obvious that such will never be engaged because it will result in the equal destruction of Israel? Granted there is a domestic political concern, with the out-sized influence of Israel on particularly Congress, but the maximalist logic of “pressure” leads to the certain existential destruction of Israel, while the JCPOA doesn’t – so the inability of the Biden foreign policy team to just make the right decision and move forward strongly suggests the US system is fully dysfunctional.

Posted by: jayc | Dec 26 2021 19:13 utc | 25

stonebird wrote
I think it was Down South.
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Oops sorry. I don’t know why I grabbed the wrong name to respond to.
Yes my post should have been directed at Down South

Posted by: jinn | Dec 26 2021 19:34 utc | 27

Prof:
Biggest problem with submarine launched hypersonics off the coast is IUSS, the USN SSN fleet, and P-3/8s. I’m not sure if operating submarines near the US coast in that threat environment is feasible and OS sources of intel in that department are nearly non-existent.

Posted by: Ed Beach | Dec 26 2021 19:43 utc | 29

Yet once again in a few hours the nation’s people will rise and stand for the playing of the national anthem. And forget entirely for the next four hours all their cares and feelings except for what happens to their favorite sports team. Then they’ll all go home to talk about it until they do it all over again next weekend. Pretty sad reality when one thinks about it.
Posted by: thecelticwithinme | Dec 26 2021 14:56 utc | 6
Soooo, who ya got in the Seahawks/Bengals game?
Just kidding, just kidding.
Some years ago, when he was still cogent, I heard Chomsky tell that on his way to work he listened to AM radio just to get some sense of what was happening in the population. He talked about the sports call-in radio shows and how knowledgeable people were about the details of their sports interests. He of course lamented that they had nowhere near that level of knowledge about their political interests. Yeah, it’s very sad.
So anyway, I can’t decide whether to take the over or the under in Steelers v. Chiefs… 🙂
And hey, how ‘bout that flyover, man? Man, I’d give my right nut to be one of them Thunderbird dudes! /sarc.
Gawd, I’m so, so happy to be away from all that!

Posted by: waynorinorway | Dec 26 2021 19:46 utc | 31

don’t wear a mask! don’t practice social distancing! don’t get vaccinated! Join the Resistance ™ today!
such heroes.

Posted by: rjb1.5 | Dec 26 2021 19:50 utc | 33

my @34
…..weeks from Covid
should be…. weeks from Omicron of course.

Posted by: Stonebird | Dec 26 2021 20:07 utc | 35

What Are Independent Media in Russia Saying About the Country’s Ultimatum to the USA and NATO? – Gilbert Doctorow / Antiwar
Was entertained to see MoA expat Richard Steven Hack in the comments.

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Dec 26 2021 20:24 utc | 37

Good point and well taken Piotr,
That said, it’s easy mistake yesterday’s launch as the first day of a voyage just begun. In truth, the voyage began three decades ago, we are at the stage where land has been sighted from the crow’s nest and few cheers from the officers and crew is to be expected…yes, even if it is, as so well point out, premature.

Posted by: S Brennan | Dec 26 2021 20:39 utc | 39

re: rjb1.5 | Dec 26 2021 19:47 utc | 32
you write. “robert kennedy’s wife doesn’t even believe her husband’s b.s. why? b/c he clearly doesn’t believe it himself. it’s a scam.
Seriously? Have you ever even listened to Kennedy? There is a reason why his book, The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health is number 1 on Amazon. Because it is thoroughly researched and exposes the incredible corruption behind the entire public health establishment that Fauci directs.
Listen to Robert Kennedy Jr. on The War Room: US Intelligence Agencies and Military Were Involved With The Wuhan Lab Research.
STEVE BANNON: Hang on . . . we [the US] had signed a treaty that said we were out of that [bioweapons] business, [which is] one of the big controversies about the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] and how they’ve gotten involved in this. Give me the fact that backs up the fact that the CIA, maybe even the Pentagon, over and above or outside the treaty we signed . . . we were only supposed to have bioweapons defense, but not an offensive capability. Why do you say they’ve been developing bioweapons?
ROBERT F KENNEDY: Well what happened was the CIA was doing it secretly even after the treaty, right up until 1999. And you know, I’m getting ahead of myself, but the CIA through USAID was the biggest funder, even bigger than Tony Fauci, of the gain-of-function studies in Wuhan, the Pentagon was second, Tony Fauci was third.
Initially the Pentagon – after the anthrax attacks, during 9/11 – the Pentagon wanted to get back into bioweapons research. But as you just pointed out, it was illegal to do offensive research. You could only do defensive research. And what does that mean – it means vaccine development.
But a lot of defensive research – the same experiments that you used to develop vaccines are the same experiments that you use to develop bioweapons. The Pentagon wanted to start doing bioweapons, but they did not think that they could sell it to the world that “we are just developing vaccines”, that the Pentagon is now putting all this money into vaccines.
So, instead the Pentagon funneled the money, beginning in 2001, through Tony Fauci – $1.7 billion a year. Now it’s $2.2 billion. They also gave Fauci a 68% raise [that was] attached to his bioweapons research. That’s one of the reasons why he had to continue to do this gain of function research even when Obama told him to stop in 2014.
He [Fauci] didn’t stop [bioweapons research]. He continued developing the worst of those [diseases] you know with that technology, that gain-of-function technology at the University of North Carolina. And [he did that] secretly and illegally.
What happened that year was that three of his bugs [viruses] escaped [from the lab] and 300 leading scientists around the globe then wrote a letter to Obama saying you have got to stop Tony Fauci from developing these, from playing these games of “souping up” these pandemic viruses, because if one of them escapes, the trajectory would be uncontrollable. And so, Obama passed the moratorium.
Fauci immediately began violating the moratorium by continuing to fund the worst of the these [experiments to make disease more lethal] by Ralph Baric at the University of North Carolina. He [Fauci] also moved a lot of those studies offshore. And to take his fingerprints off them, he laundered the money through this bioweapons grifter called Peter Daszak and his little group EcoHealth Alliance, who would distribute the money to the Chinese scientists at the [Wuhan] lab.
The Chinese, from 2013, published a paper, which is talked about in my book, where they said – they were right just open about it – saying “we are making weapons, we’re not pretending to make vaccines, we are making weapons”. Tony Fauci was teaching them how to do that.
But worst of all – and this puts the lie that everything he says about “oh, we were just trying to make vaccines” – he [Fauci] funded Ralph Baric to develop a system called the “Seamless Ligation System”, which is a system, a technology, for hiding the evidence of engineering on the these Coronaviruses.
So, what they do is they take a bat Coronavirus that will only affect bats. They remove the Spike Protein and they hook in, they implant a Spike Protein that they construct out of amino acids, so that it will affect human beings. And they test it on humanized mice, these mice that have human lungs. And if they can get the mouse not only to get infected, but then to cough and spread the infection without engineering, that’s a success story for them.
But Ralph Baric, with funding from Tony Fauci, developed the system for hiding the evidence of engineering. If you were really interested in public health, you would want to do the opposite of that.
You would want to put a red flag on it that said, “This is human-made, we made this – don’t let it go anywhere.” That’s not what they were doing. They were weaponizing it [the Coronavirus], by making it so that it could not be traced back to whoever dropped it on the world.
Baric, with funding from Fauci, then taught that technology which he called the “no-see-um” technology to Zheng-Li Shi, the Chinese scientist who was running that lab under the control of the Chinese Communist Party [CCP] and the People’s Liberation Army. who were her bosses.
She developed – she was taught how to use that technology – she perfected it, and then she stopped publishing in 2018 and 2019. We know she was still doing those studies; she stopped publishing about them, which is very, very suspicious – because sometime in that period was almost certainly the time that they took this one Coronavirus that they had discovered in a Mojiang cave in Wuhan province that had killed a whole bunch of minors there.
The miners got Coronavirus from that particular one [variety of Coronavirus]; they got it from the bats, but they were not spreading it in their homes, so it could not spread human to human at that point.
And it appears that Zheng-Li Shi and Peter Daszak took that Coronavirus and enabled it to infect human beings through respiratory droplets.
And those were on the studies that Tony Fauci funded.

Posted by: Perimetr | Dec 26 2021 20:52 utc | 41

Posted by: Idiocrates | Dec 26 2021 19:45 utc | 30@
The links you provided show that the vaccination makes no difference to the chance of getting O, but makes a huge difference to ending up in hospital and even more to ending upon a ventilator.
The state misrepresents and lies, and the anti vaxxers misrepresent and lie, it’s just a shitshow for the rest of us.
I have read Kennedy’s book, a lot of truth in it but surrounded by unnecessary conspiracy BS, I wish that he had a tougher editor. A great shame.

Posted by: Roger | Dec 26 2021 20:53 utc | 43

Piotr,
I never learned to type properly, back then, we learned on manual typewriters, no electricity, no screen, no spellcheck…back when cut and paste meant, literally cutting and pasting the paper. Hence, I spend too much time looking at the keyboard and tend to leave words/text out when writing extemporaneously.
My “run-on” sentence should’ve been
“…and [a] few cheers from the officers and crew is to be expected…yes, even if it is, as so well point[ed] out, premature.”

Posted by: S Brennan | Dec 26 2021 20:58 utc | 45

The plot thickens
“ The FDA requires Pfizer to disclose to other countries that BioNTech, the only brand of COVID-19 vaccine Pfizer currently distributes in the USA, is “subject to an EUA and is not approved or licensed by the FDA.”
https://www.fda.gov/media/150386/download
You can’t make this **** up

Posted by: DG | Dec 26 2021 21:00 utc | 47

@ S Brennan | Dec 26 2021 19:21 utc | 26 with the Webb Telescope launch notice
Yes, I have been watching and waiting for years as the Hubble continues to do good science.
We will have to keep our fingers crossed until we see the first science back from the Webb.
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About Robert Kennedy Jr. and his book…Toby Rogers at the Children’s Health Defense dot org web site has a piece up about how AP has created (using 6 trained monkeys) a 4000 word hit piece on Kennedy and not a hint of journalism present.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Dec 26 2021 21:12 utc | 49

@Posted by: pogohere | Dec 26 2021 17:19 utc | 15
Thanks for the links, interesting blogger…
But, as I myself wondered, even not knowing so closely the situation there in Russia, but after seeing how the Russian government follows the same Western narrative, eventhough apparently being in the verge of war with the West,
and lacking the info about backgrounds of Dimitriev and new prospects by Sberbank through Sber, how in all that scenario it fits the periodic packing of Russian troops in the Western borders and warns of imminent war voi9ced by the myriad of geopolitical and war blogs and analysts, including the one recently warned by the Canadian Secret Service?
As I guessed some weeks ago, it seems all pure theater, after tghe thing gets the point of ignition, the Russians withdraw the troops, other times it is NATO, but, in th end, both “adversaries” seem to have planned the same way how to surf the next financial collapse, in which, of course, RDIF, Sberbank and all the globalist elite also in Russia have much to lose unless they charge everything on the backs of the plebe.
Through your links we get to know the Russian Fauci, the Russian Gates´woman.
We also can see that the embittered Greff would get the piece which in the EU will go to Macron´s administration corporation, Atos, along the Von der Leyens, pocketing all the gains from digital ID, digital Health, etc…
Thus, in case of war, that I do not discard them going to such lenghts in order to distract the people from the falling Covid narrative, it will be a performance, as it has been everything since….when?

Posted by: Black bread | Dec 26 2021 21:15 utc | 51