Anthony Fauci and Francis Collins in 2018.
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In public, Anthony Fauci and Francis Collins urge Americans to “follow the science.” In private, the two sainted public-health officials schemed to quash dissenting views from top scientists. That’s the troubling but fair conclusion from emails obtained recently via the Freedom of Information Act by the American Institute for Economic Research.
The tale unfolded in October 2020 after the launch of the Great Barrington Declaration, a statement by Harvard’s Martin Kulldorff, Oxford’s Sunetra Gupta and Stanford’s Jay Bhattacharya against blanket pandemic lockdowns. They favored a policy of what they called “focused protection” of high-risk populations such as the elderly or those with medical conditions. Thousands of scientists signed the declaration—if they were able to learn about it. We tried to give it some elevation on these pages.
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That didn’t please the lockdown consensus enforced by public-health officials and the press. Dr. Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health until Sunday, sent an email on Oct. 8, 2020, to Dr. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
“This proposal from the three fringe epidemiologists . . . seems to be getting a lot of attention – and even a co-signature from Nobel Prize winner Mike Leavitt at Stanford. There needs to be a quick and devastating published take down of its premises,” Dr. Collins wrote. “Is it underway?”
These researchers weren’t fringe and neither was their opposition to quarantining society. But in the panic over the virus, these two voices of science used their authority to stigmatize dissenters and crush debate. A week after his email, Dr. Collins spoke to the Washington Post about the Great Barrington Declaration. “This is a fringe component of epidemiology,” he said. “This is not mainstream science. It’s dangerous.” His message spread and the alternative strategy was dismissed in most precincts.
Dr. Fauci replied to Dr. Collins that the takedown was underway. An article in Wired, a tech-news site, denied there was any scientific divide and argued lockdowns were a straw man—they weren’t coming back. If only it were true. The next month cases rose and restrictions returned.
Dr. Fauci also emailed an article from the Nation, a left-wing magazine, and his staff sent him several more. The emails suggest a feedback loop: The media cited Dr. Fauci as an unquestionable authority, and Dr. Fauci got his talking points from the media. Facebook censored mentions of the Great Barrington Declaration. This is how groupthink works.
On CBS last month, Dr. Fauci said Republicans who criticize him are “really criticizing science, because I represent science. That’s dangerous.” He isn’t “science.” And it’s also dangerous for scientific officials to mobilize to quash dissent, without which it’s easy to make tragic mistakes. A scientific debate over pandemic policy was and still is in the public interest, especially during a once-in-a-century plague.
Focused protection of nursing homes and other high-risk populations remains the policy road not taken during the pandemic. Perhaps this strategy wouldn’t have prevailed if a debate had been allowed. But it isn’t enough to repeat, as Dr. Collins did on Fox News Sunday, that advocates are “fringe epidemiologists who really did not have the credentials,” and that “hundreds of thousands of people would have died if we had followed that strategy.”
More than 800,000 Americans have died as much of the country followed the strategy of Drs. Collins and Fauci, and that’s not counting the other costs in lost livelihoods, shuttered businesses, untreated illnesses, mental illness from isolation, and the incalculable anguish of seeing loved ones die alone without the chance for a family to say good-bye.
Rather than try to manipulate public opinion, the job of health officials is to offer their best scientific advice. They shouldn’t act like politicians or censors, and when they do, they squander the public’s trust
Polio vaccines were initially injections before they became oral. Not every viral vaccine can be done this way. And not every virus people acquire needs a specific vaccine for it...except for funding Big Pharma's slush fund to Fauci, OBiden and the others. Big Pharma makes billions/trillions and the politicians get their 10% in offshore accounts.Yes. The most promising new vaccines are intranasal vaccines. By inducing mucosal antibodies in the upper respiratory tract (URT), it creates a front line defense against infection. This is compared to the current vaccines, which induce spike-specific antibodies in the bloodstream. Those antibodies can't be brought to bear against an infection until the infection reaches the blood barrier in the lower respiratory tract. This likely explains why a vaccinated person is just as likely to get and spread Covid, but their odds of severe infection are greatly reduced. Covid is most dangerous when it leaves the URT and starts circulating in the blood.
Here is an example of one of these new vaccines:
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COVID-19 nasal spray vaccine in the works at Stanford Medicine
A potential COVID-19 vaccine, delivered via a squirt up the nose, shows promise in mice.med.stanford.edu
There is nothing unusual about getting Covid more than once. The question is whether the subsequent infection is worse than the prior infection. How bad is their new infection? Severe subsequent infections are extremely rare.
Can't imagine how many trillions big pharma has made off of selling cold medicines over the decades.Polio vaccines were initially injections before they became oral. Not every viral vaccine can be done this way. And not every virus people acquire needs a specific vaccine for it...except for funding Big Pharma's slush fund to Fauci, OBiden and the others. Big Pharma makes billions/trillions and the politicians get their 10% in offshore accounts.
It is all about the MONEY. The PAYOLA.These Two Need to Be Taken Out By Any Means Necessary
Exactly!!! Idiots! So many seem to love the BS!!!! I really love the ones that can't wait to announce on social media that they tested positive for covid or how they got their jab for covid and "doing my part"I’ve never been tested...but the masses will feed “the beast.”
Definitely a scam! All of it!!!I was sick and got a covid test and they waived my deductible. It's fucking scam.
The problem was the support of the Bolshevik’s/Khazarians and it’s happening again...
Fauci (Falsey) is a sociopath... he likes dogs better than humans and we all have seen what he did to those Beagles! I bet he's abused/tortured/killed many animals in his evil lifetime! Serial killer!These Two Need to Be Taken Out By Any Means Necessary
If Trump was really who he says he is and what he believes, he would have fired Fauci a long time ago. He used "PR nightmare" as an excuse why he didn't. Not sure what rock he has been living under but there is no place you can look in the MSM that Trump wasn't already under a monster attack. His supporters and family alike. BS excuse and something I find a little fishy considering he has NEVER had any problem firing anyone that has been employed by him. He even made a ton of money off of it on TV.Blame Trump is the only feasible part of that scenario. Vaccines and Fauci have become religion to the far left, a pivot away isn’t possible, just as they can‘t say climate change is a hoax.
I don't know what "PR nightmare" is but I have wondered myself why, why, why didn't he fire him a long time ago? I know the swamp is super, super deep... did fauci have him fooled? I know he had Trump convinced enough to buy up 3 months of remdesivir for the US only... I know they CLAIM they treated Trump with it but I don't believe that for one second! and Trump has no idea if they did or not... who would? They are nothing but LIARS!If Trump was really who he says he is and what he believes, he would have fired Fauci a long time ago. He used "PR nightmare" as an excuse why he didn't. Not sure what rock he has been living under but there is no place you can look in the MSM that Trump wasn't already under a monster attack. His supporters and family alike. BS excuse and something I find a little fishy considering he has NEVER had any problem firing anyone that has been employed by him. He even made a ton of money off of it on TV.
I am not sure if they do or not anymore but there used to be specific warnings saying that the masks wouldn't stop transmission of any virus.....right on the box of masks themselves. In my previous career to the one IO currently have, we sold safety supplies. Specifically 3M N95 masks. They help with dust particles for sure, which is one of the main reasons they were developed in the first place. These masks were never intended to protect or fight off any form of a virus. Also, years of testing on these masks also indicate that you can and will get sick if you wear these masks too often. There is a ton of info on masks and there effectiveness against sickness......and not much of it would lead even the most ardent of mask nazi's to believe they are helping in any way. If they are being honest which is a big if in that crew..Re: Mask mandates. Remember, there are email from Fauci to Collins in March 2020 saying to disregard using masks since they don't do shit. Those email were obtained via FOIA. And masks don't work in any regard to this virus. It's foolish to believe they do work.
Time to back into your cave like a big old Grizzly...or just about anything else.
Yes. The most promising new vaccines are intranasal vaccines. By inducing mucosal antibodies in the upper respiratory tract (URT), it creates a front line defense against infection. This is compared to the current vaccines, which induce spike-specific antibodies in the bloodstream. Those antibodies can't be brought to bear against an infection until the infection reaches the blood barrier in the lower respiratory tract. This likely explains why a vaccinated person is just as likely to get and spread Covid, but their odds of severe infection are greatly reduced. Covid is most dangerous when it leaves the URT and starts circulating in the blood.
Here is an example of one of these new vaccines:
![]()
COVID-19 nasal spray vaccine in the works at Stanford Medicine
A potential COVID-19 vaccine, delivered via a squirt up the nose, shows promise in mice.med.stanford.edu
There is nothing unusual about getting Covid more than once. The question is whether the subsequent infection is worse than the prior infection. How bad is their new infection? Severe subsequent infections are extremely rare.
Trump was contradicting Fauci a lot, so I am sure that Fauci had someone fooled that Trump trusted. Fauci should have been gone quicker than Omorosa was. His retaining his job is the direct opposite of draining the swamp. Now Fauci is as strong as ever despite being an unmitigated disaster to the entire world and Trump is out of office.I don't know what "PR nightmare" is but I have wondered myself why, why, why didn't he fire him a long time ago? I know the swamp is super, super deep... did fauci have him fooled? I know he had Trump convinced enough to buy up 3 months of remdesivir for the US only... I know they CLAIM they treated Trump with it but I don't believe that for one second! and Trump has no idea if they did or not... who would? They are nothing but LIARS!
This shows they’ve already lost.
Certainly would be fitting if they pushed too hard on a crappy vaccine and inadvertently undermined their long term and widespread vaccination campaign.We would need more details to determine if this was just correlation or causation but it is interesting nonetheless.Loading…
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Can't imagine how many trillions big pharma has made off of selling cold medicines over the decades.
Still waiting on my cold vaccine. FJB
Makes no sense why this isn't sold over the counter just like cold medications. You're lucky if you can find a doctor that will even prescribe it. You can't in my area.Why do you think they are so determined to shut down Ivermectin?
I remember seeing the warning on the boxes of not helping with Wuhan. They seem to have been removed. If this virus was like Ebola that kills many they would not allow masks to be thrown on sidewalks, streets, parking lots or shoved between rows of cans in the grocery store. Many people are getting Wuhan pneumonia which I believe is caused by continual wearing of masks and inhaling your own saliva containing whatever nasties are flying around in the air. Few, if any, are replacing them between stores they go to. I had a relative whose actual diagnosis was Mask Induced Covid Pneumonia. Those masks capture many other pathogens and don't do much to stop this virus from spreading. It's a control mechanism used to institute their other agenda.I am not sure if they do or not anymore but there used to be specific warnings saying that the masks wouldn't stop transmission of any virus.....right on the box of masks themselves. In my previous career to the one IO currently have, we sold safety supplies. Specifically 3M N95 masks. They help with dust particles for sure, which is one of the main reasons they were developed in the first place. These masks were never intended to protect or fight off any form of a virus. Also, years of testing on these masks also indicate that you can and will get sick if you wear these masks too often. There is a ton of info on masks and there effectiveness against sickness......and not much of it would lead even the most ardent of mask nazi's to believe they are helping in any way. If they are being honest which is a big if in that crew..
Exactly!!! Idiots! So many seem to love the BS!!!! I really love the ones that can't wait to announce on social media that they tested positive for covid or how they got their jab for covid and "doing my part"
all that says to me is what an idiot you are!!!
Bottom line, it's going down on the death certificate as covid.I remember seeing the warning on the boxes of not helping with Wuhan. They seem to have been removed. If this virus was like Ebola that kills many they would not allow masks to be thrown on sidewalks, streets, parking lots or shoved between rows of cans in the grocery store. Many people are getting Wuhan pneumonia which I believe is caused by continual wearing of masks and inhaling your own saliva containing whatever nasties are flying around in the air. Few, if any, are replacing them between stores the go to. I had a relative whose actual diagnosis was Mask Induced Covid Pneumonia. Those masks capture many other pathogens and don't do much to stop this virus from spreading. It's a control mechanism used to institute their other agenda.
Its really the only answer at this point. If nothing is done and we continue on this path we're all doomed. The elite have taken extreme measures to ensure we lose our right to live freely so we the people must take extreme measures to fight them back.
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I haven't had one since it became my decision to get one. FJB!Am I the only one who will never get another vaccination in my life. These last two years have severely undermined my faith in the medical/pharm field.
Only if you die. If you recover and they still issue a DC, then that's better and you can stop paying taxes etc. The problem is that Wuhan could be a contributing factor but it was diabetes, obesity, heart disease and getting ground up under a brush hog that were the proximate causes. Wuhan just pushed them over the top or happened to be there notwithstanding the false positives.Bottom line, it's going down on the death certificate as covid.
May be getting time that we all start planning what we are gonna do about it...Time to back into your cave like a big old Grizzly
Am I the only one who will never get another vaccination in my life. These last two years have severely undermined my faith in the medical/pharm field.