One item which doesn’t feature here is “Inadequate diagnostics”: using a method, PCR, which is categorically unsuitable for making a clinical diagnosis, according to its Nobel prize winning inventor, Dr Kary Mullis. The details of the process leading to the result are shrouded in secrecy, under the guise of protecting manufacturers proprietary information. The test was never formally calibrated under the correct conditions, samples taken from individuals who definitely had, or definitively did not have, this alleged infection. Thus, disputes about the false positive rate have never been resolved. Many people do not know that it’s not only theoretically possible to have a 100% false positive rate (all the positive outcomes are false) but this has actually happened. So those who wave their arms & claim that “the FPR is less than 1%” are just ignorant.
I have reason to believe that this has been arranged so that the operational false positive rate is 100%. In discussions with multiple stakeholders & especially doctors, it’s clear that most have no idea how an absolute FPR & prevalence play into the operational FPR. However, if an absolute FPR was 1% & prevalence was just 0.1%, then 90% of positive outcomes are false. This assumes the people operating the procedures associated with the test are expert & avoid errors like submicroscopic cross contamination. True experts know this can only be minimised, not eliminated, so they build in evaluation steps as part of the method itself. This was never done, anywhere, even when the method was being initially established.
It’s important to appreciate that, no matter how skilled, error aware & honest an operator is, the foundation stones of the method depend upon the honesty of those designing the method for use in clinical diagnostics & especially in the manufacture of the reagents (materials used in the test). If someone had undetectable deception at the heart of their intentions, it would look pretty much like the design, manufacture & deployment of this PCR method.
Dr. Yeadon: Thank you for a good point about an additional failing of the Medical establishment. That's why I listed "etc." as there undoubtedly are several other failings that can be attributed to them.
Dr Yeadon - Perfect example indeed. To add to this example from the perspective of a layman, it’s ironic if not convenient that the stated symptoms of Covid mirror those of the flu - And that during our most prolific periods of high Covid infection rate using the PCR test, somehow for the first time ever no flu infections were reported?! The seasonal flu simply disappeared?! No. Deception clearly exists...
John, excellent information, as usual. I very much appreciate your staying at the forefront of many critical issues concerning us individually and as a nation. I have not trusted government for a very long time, but I did have a good bit of faith in the medical profession. That has diminished considerably, and I try to keep myself informed by reading material from reliable sources such as this site. Currently, I am considering whether to take this season's flu shot. Did it without thought for many years but no longer. Take nothing for granted. Thanks for what you do.
Thanks, John. I wrote this comment in response to another recent substack article, but it seems relevant to this one too: There is misplaced trust abound - many doctors and even more citizens believe what they are told. Trust in media, trust in institutions, trust in authority figures who are propped up by the media, trust in politicians who trust the experts who trust the medical establishment who is funded by pharma. When did we become so trusting?! To the point where we would vaccinate children with an experimental gene therapy for a disease with a 99.99% survival rate? I could go on here, but it’s quite clear that actual “science” has little to do with what we’re being told, and in some cases, mandated to do. For an interesting list of Covid and Vaccine related questions that absolutely warrant further explanation - check out the below article by Steve Kirsch. To date the “medical establishment” completely ignores these concerns, going so far as to label them misinformation. I’d say that’s the exact opposite of science.
And doctors hide their lack of medication knowledge behind chemical or generic names. I had a Diverticulitis attack, ER doc failed to tell me or treat the UTI that came with it. Flagyl is a nasty Parasitic, he called METRONIDAZOLE, just because one IV dose goes ok, doesn't mean the pills will. Doxycycline =Tetracycline a nasty acne med Name Brand Vibramycin, my reaction records list the full range of Mycins as NOT TO BE GIVEN. I may be 74, I look up all meds, or make the Pharmacist tell me. It was not bought. Cranberry juice and gel caps were. Three antibiotic is enough to wipe out your gut flora.
...and then there was the US agencies' involvement in "gain of function" research and the transferring of that research to the Wuhan, China laboratory, from which COVID19 was likely released.
The bottom line is that the US Medical Establishment has failed to live up to its commitments to act in the best interest of the public in its recommendations regarding COVID-19 — which can only be done by rigorously adhering to real Science. Instead they have substituted political science.
One item which doesn’t feature here is “Inadequate diagnostics”: using a method, PCR, which is categorically unsuitable for making a clinical diagnosis, according to its Nobel prize winning inventor, Dr Kary Mullis. The details of the process leading to the result are shrouded in secrecy, under the guise of protecting manufacturers proprietary information. The test was never formally calibrated under the correct conditions, samples taken from individuals who definitely had, or definitively did not have, this alleged infection. Thus, disputes about the false positive rate have never been resolved. Many people do not know that it’s not only theoretically possible to have a 100% false positive rate (all the positive outcomes are false) but this has actually happened. So those who wave their arms & claim that “the FPR is less than 1%” are just ignorant.
I have reason to believe that this has been arranged so that the operational false positive rate is 100%. In discussions with multiple stakeholders & especially doctors, it’s clear that most have no idea how an absolute FPR & prevalence play into the operational FPR. However, if an absolute FPR was 1% & prevalence was just 0.1%, then 90% of positive outcomes are false. This assumes the people operating the procedures associated with the test are expert & avoid errors like submicroscopic cross contamination. True experts know this can only be minimised, not eliminated, so they build in evaluation steps as part of the method itself. This was never done, anywhere, even when the method was being initially established.
It’s important to appreciate that, no matter how skilled, error aware & honest an operator is, the foundation stones of the method depend upon the honesty of those designing the method for use in clinical diagnostics & especially in the manufacture of the reagents (materials used in the test). If someone had undetectable deception at the heart of their intentions, it would look pretty much like the design, manufacture & deployment of this PCR method.
Dr. Yeadon: Thank you for a good point about an additional failing of the Medical establishment. That's why I listed "etc." as there undoubtedly are several other failings that can be attributed to them.
Dr Yeadon - Perfect example indeed. To add to this example from the perspective of a layman, it’s ironic if not convenient that the stated symptoms of Covid mirror those of the flu - And that during our most prolific periods of high Covid infection rate using the PCR test, somehow for the first time ever no flu infections were reported?! The seasonal flu simply disappeared?! No. Deception clearly exists...
Excellent reminders. Thank you 🙏
John, excellent information, as usual. I very much appreciate your staying at the forefront of many critical issues concerning us individually and as a nation. I have not trusted government for a very long time, but I did have a good bit of faith in the medical profession. That has diminished considerably, and I try to keep myself informed by reading material from reliable sources such as this site. Currently, I am considering whether to take this season's flu shot. Did it without thought for many years but no longer. Take nothing for granted. Thanks for what you do.
Thank you for your strong support!
If one is not skeptical about any and all major institutions in this country, they are either woefully ignorant or have chosen to be a gullible fool.
Thanks, John. I wrote this comment in response to another recent substack article, but it seems relevant to this one too: There is misplaced trust abound - many doctors and even more citizens believe what they are told. Trust in media, trust in institutions, trust in authority figures who are propped up by the media, trust in politicians who trust the experts who trust the medical establishment who is funded by pharma. When did we become so trusting?! To the point where we would vaccinate children with an experimental gene therapy for a disease with a 99.99% survival rate? I could go on here, but it’s quite clear that actual “science” has little to do with what we’re being told, and in some cases, mandated to do. For an interesting list of Covid and Vaccine related questions that absolutely warrant further explanation - check out the below article by Steve Kirsch. To date the “medical establishment” completely ignores these concerns, going so far as to label them misinformation. I’d say that’s the exact opposite of science.
https://open.substack.com/pub/stevekirsch/p/how-to-convince-us-we-are-wrong?r=racpu&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Not just Covid, but health in general. The most prestigious AMA BACKS CHILD GENDER TRANSITION.
https://www.newstarget.com/2022-10-05-american-medical-association-demands-doj-prosecute-journalists-who-oppose-surgical-child-mutilations.html
And doctors hide their lack of medication knowledge behind chemical or generic names. I had a Diverticulitis attack, ER doc failed to tell me or treat the UTI that came with it. Flagyl is a nasty Parasitic, he called METRONIDAZOLE, just because one IV dose goes ok, doesn't mean the pills will. Doxycycline =Tetracycline a nasty acne med Name Brand Vibramycin, my reaction records list the full range of Mycins as NOT TO BE GIVEN. I may be 74, I look up all meds, or make the Pharmacist tell me. It was not bought. Cranberry juice and gel caps were. Three antibiotic is enough to wipe out your gut flora.
...and then there was the US agencies' involvement in "gain of function" research and the transferring of that research to the Wuhan, China laboratory, from which COVID19 was likely released.
Yes, that too. I was trying to focus here on actions specifically related to the health of citizens.
Favorite paragreph:
The bottom line is that the US Medical Establishment has failed to live up to its commitments to act in the best interest of the public in its recommendations regarding COVID-19 — which can only be done by rigorously adhering to real Science. Instead they have substituted political science.