Nearly yearly, it appears a pandemic is overrated. I’d argue that is as a result of:
• They provide federal businesses (e.g., the CDC) a technique to justify their necessity and get Congressional funding.
• The media thrives off of hooking the general public by way of concern and appeasing its sponsors (e.g., the pharmaceutical trade).
• It sustains a biodefense trade that makes use of concern to get some huge cash (e.g., 27.7 billion {dollars} in 20231) to “stop” pandemics.
• Tackling most of the actual well being points going through our nation requires confronting the vested pursuits answerable for them and addressing the underlying causes of power diseases within the nation. In distinction, going to warfare in opposition to a illness is way simpler and receives minimal pushback however permits the federal government to current the facade of safeguarding our well being.
As such, we are going to continuously see a myriad of doubtful pandemic preventatives be pushed on us2 (e.g., the mass slaughter of livestock, the most recent “emergency” vaccine, or ineffective and unsafe antivirals like Tamiflu). Nonetheless regardless of the pandemic failing to materialize or the preventatives failing to work, nobody remembers, and earlier than lengthy the cycle begins anew.
Biodefense
In a earlier article, I mentioned how the biodefense trade often cultivates bioweapons in labs to “shield” us from them. Earlier than COVID-19, this trade had been beneath nice scrutiny as many inside the scientific neighborhood have been fearful its dangerous actions may result in a catastrophic lab leak.
Nonetheless, as soon as SARS-CoV-2 leaked, all the scientific institution selected to double down on this analysis and label any insinuation lab leaks may happen “a conspiracy principle” or “a hazard to science.”
Word: This characterizes Peter Hotez, who in 2012 secured a 6.1 million grant3 from the NIH to develop a SARS vaccine with the acknowledged goal of responding to any “unintended launch from a laboratory,”4 a few of which was then used to fund gain-of-function analysis carried out by the chief of the Wuhan lab in 2017,5 however after individuals grew to become conscious of the 2019 lab leak, Hotez switched to denying lab leaks and attacking those that mentioned them.
These leaks are alarmingly widespread and remarkably, the trade has not addressed it, as its funding is contingent on a risk persevering with to exist (somewhat than it being eradicated). Moreover, many of those lab leaks are fairly consequential resembling:
• In 1950, the U.S. Navy covertly sprayed “innocent” micro organism within the San Francisco Bay Space, inflicting infections and fatalities. These micro organism then grew to become endemic within the space.6
• The Cambridge Working Group estimated in 2014 that harmful lab leaks happen, on common, twice every week within the U.S. alone, and by 2018 this quantity had risen to a mean of 4 instances per week.7
• Quite a few deadly lab leaks involving smallpox and anthrax occurred within the U.S., U.Ok., and Soviet Union.8
• Lyme illness rising subsequent to a U.S. authorities facility that was weaponizing the identical micro organism.9
• The 1977 H1N1 influenza pandemic being traced again to a lab leak.10
• The 2001 Anthrax assaults within the U.S. being linked to a weaponized pressure discovered solely in bioweapons labs.11
• Quite a few SARS lab leaks occurring since 2002,12 a few of which led to broader outbreaks (and therefore why Hotez utilized for his vaccine grant).
• Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) really rising from chimpanzee analysis actions.13
• Quite a few disastrous veterinary pandemics having emerged from leaks.14
• Vital proof suggests the present chicken flu pandemic originated from a USDA lab leak.
Word: A extra detailed listing of consequential lab leaks may be discovered right here.
Vivisection
One of many main sources of utmost and pointless animal cruelty is the animal analysis trade, which sacrifices over 100 million animals annually,15 continuously in horrific ways in which haven’t any scientific worth in anyway.
Vivisection (first utilized in 1707) describes the observe of slicing open animals with a central nervous system and has been integral to biomedical science. Since this was fairly merciless, divided opinions emerged.
One faculty believed medical science should be goal, rational, and dispassionate so it was unethical to be squeamish or sentimental about hurting acutely aware animals if that “superior medical science,” whereas the opposite believed there was no moral justification for data gained from vivisection — highlighting the divide in medication between docs being technicians who inflicted “vital therapies on sufferers” whatever the struggling it prompted and docs being compassionate healers who made an effort to attach with their sufferers and their values.
Whereas vivisection gained prominence within the 1800s, its advocates have been so merciless they prompted a widespread motion in opposition to it to emerge and quite a few animal welfare legal guidelines to be handed.16,17 Nonetheless, vivisection endured (with lots of its medical advocates holding the identical contempt in the direction of the “anti-vivisectionists” as we see now directed at “anti-vaxxers”) and the opposition to it has grow to be a forgotten chapter in our historical past.
This in flip touches upon probably the most essential factors these activists raised — most of the merciless (and sometimes pointless) practices in fashionable medication arose from the mentality that gave rise to vivisection, so a very good case may be made it’s in our personal curiosity to remove this malignant basis fashionable medication rests upon.
Harmful and Wasteful Spending
Following the COVID-19 lab leak, the White Coat Waste Mission (WCW) found an efficient technique to cease vivisectionist practices by highlighting not solely the cruelty concerned but in addition how a lot cash was being wasted on that dangerous analysis. Consequently, WCW has repeatedly gotten many tales to go viral (e.g., Fauci spending tens of millions on research the place beagles have been restrained so that they could possibly be eaten alive by sandflies18).
WCW’s work touches on a key level — the first purpose a lot of this analysis happens is so that everybody can feed off the grants for it, not as a result of it provides any worth to society. For instance I not too long ago coated:
• A Colorado College setting up a bat lab to check harmful infectious ailments that has been extensively protested by the neighborhood (as they don’t need a Wuhan of their backdoor — significantly since FOIA paperwork confirmed accidents occurred there one to 3 instances a month).
Nonetheless, since that College has obtained 393 million {dollars} from the NIH since 201419 and a 6.7 million greenback NIH grant20 for the lab, Colorado’s authorities has shut down all makes an attempt to cease the lab.
• Hawaii (significantly Maui) deploying billions of lab-modified mosquitoes (that go away disagreeable bites21) to cut back mosquito populations, regardless of there being no proof this strategy works or is protected for the ecosystem. Like Colorado, regardless of widespread protest (and lawsuits) in opposition to it, Hawaii’s authorities has shut down all makes an attempt to cease this system as over 33 million {dollars} in federal grants are financing it.22,23,24
Thankfully, now that D.O.G.E. is auditing the U.S. authorities’s spending, many of those wasteful (or fraudulent) grants are being uncovered, and it’s fairly seemingly this harmful analysis will enormously lower (significantly for the reason that NIH simply stopped sponsoring Universities from having the ability to pocket a lot of the funding for themselves25).
Pumping and Dumping Vaccines
The annual flu vaccines have a somewhat poor observe report as:
• It’s continuously for the “improper” pressure, which past it not working, impairs the immune response to the circulating pressure because the immune system is already locked onto the nonexistent pressure. As such, research have proven flu photographs make you extra more likely to catch colds or a flu.
• The present (and sure biased) proof reveals it’s a must to vaccinate round 100 individuals to forestall one minor case of influenza,26 whereas the vaccine doesn’t stop influenza transmission,27 and doesn’t have an effect on influenza hospitalizations or deaths.28
• At greatest, it has prevented influenza charges from rising alongside a rising inhabitants:
Given this poor efficacy, the true danger of negative effects from the vaccines (e.g., one massive research discovered 37.8% of influenza vaccine recipients with an current coronary heart situation had an adversarial response and 1.1% of recipients had a extreme response29), it is fairly questionable if America is making a very good funding shopping for 150 million influenza vaccine doses annually.30
Sadly, probably the most widespread grifts on this trade is to hype up the hazard of a brand new illness, then have a brand new biotech firm current a “remedy” (or vaccine) for the illness and provide numerous shares that traders eagerly purchase up (spiking the value).
As soon as this spike occurs, the unique house owners of the Biotech firm will liquidate their current shares (making some huge cash), after which, the inventory usually crashes (because the product doesn’t work).
Word: Most of the deaths attributed to the flu are seemingly as a consequence of different causes, and as I present right here regardless of flu having been the principle focus of the CDC for many years, nobody really is aware of how lethal the flu is.
‘Managing’ Chook Flu
Like COVID, avian influenza has been managed by mass testing of birds, after which utilizing constructive exams to justify draconian containment actions. But regardless of this abjectly failing (e.g., the present chicken flu has been happening since 2020), the Biodefense trade is just asking for extra (e.g., not too long ago Deborah Birx known as for us to check all cows for chicken flu).
The identical one that satisfied America to repeatedly take a look at us for COVID and lockdown the nation was really introduced on CNN to inform us to check all our cows for chicken flu. pic.twitter.com/HSuyLWADAs
— A Midwestern Physician (@MidwesternDoc) March 4, 2025
Since poultry have fewer rights than people, to “cease the unfold” every time chicken flu is suspected to have entered a facility (e.g., as a consequence of a constructive PCR take a look at), a fast cull can be carried out, and at this level, 159 million birds (77.5% of which have been egg-laying chickens) have already been culled to cease the present chicken flu.31 Many strongly disagree with this strategy as:
• The proof that it really works is sort of restricted (e.g., a 2024 systematic evaluate, discovered mass culling is as efficient as merely vaccinating flocks32).
• The present proof reveals that culling (of each contaminated flocks and people within the neighborhood) can present short-term reductions in chicken flu instances but it surely can’t cease epidemics as wild birds regularly transmit the virus to flocks.33 Conversely, over the long run, it worsens issues because it will increase the genetic susceptibility of the flocks to avian influenza (somewhat than choosing for the birds that survived and imparting genetic resistance to the flocks).34
• Animals that aren’t susceptible to chicken flu (e.g., free-range chickens not dwelling in tightly packed indoor buildings) are additionally being culled.
Word: As I present right here, a really robust case may be made that nearly all of the infectious illness deaths vaccines “prevented” have been really as a consequence of individuals beforehand having atrocious dwelling circumstances.35
• Mass culling is sort of merciless (and reflective of how a lot in the identical means vivisection is commonly favored, veterinary medication will usually default to easily euthanizing animals).
Word: The federal government has additionally given Moderna nearly a billion {dollars} (176 million final 12 months and 590 million early this 12 months) to develop mRNA chicken flu vaccines (which many People don’t need within the meat they eat).
Addressing Chook Flu
Presently, the USDA has the authority to cull any herd the place chicken flu is suspected (doing so in an “emergency” method which waives the fundamental moral safeguards that exist to guard animal welfare36) after which partially compensate farmers for the prices of this.
Word: At present, 1.46 billion {dollars} have been spent on culling compensation.37 This USDA cash (which has pretty few strings connected) disproportionately went to the most important agricultural producers whose shares have since soared.38
In distinction, I imagine the next approaches ought to be critically thought of.
1. Farmers, particularly these elevating their birds in more healthy circumstances, ought to have the choice to permit chicken flu to brush by way of their flocks and choose for the birds that survive with immunity.
2. There ought to be monetary incentives to boost birds in cleaner and fewer tightly packed circumstances somewhat than funneling that cash to the big firms that hold their birds in unhealthy circumstances which encourage the introduction and unfold of illness.
3. For over a century, it has been acknowledged that exposing poultry to ultraviolet mild lowered their chance of dying and elevated their productiveness (whereas unnatural synthetic lights usually did the other).39 Likewise, it is well-known that UV mild successfully inactivates numerous pathogens, together with viruses, and in current days, this strategy to chicken flu is ultimately starting to be explored.40
Word: Equally, simple to deploy indoor UV lights successfully neutralize viruses41 and had it been deployed, would have safely stopped COVID’s indoor transmission (whereas the pointless lockdowns didn’t).
Treating Viral Infections
For the reason that biodefense and influenza trade revolve across the mythology that viral infections can’t be handled, it’s vital to reveal that lie and the false pillars that maintain it.
Daylight
Daylight is crucial for well being (e.g., avoiding the solar is extra lethal than common smoking and somewhat than inflicting it, daylight prevents deadly cancers). Daylight additionally performs a pivotal function in stopping viral diseases. For instance:
• Sunbathing was probably the most efficient therapies for the “incurable” 1918 influenza42 and continuously improves colds and the flu.
• Dozens of research over the a long time have proven that vitamin D is simpler than flu photographs at stopping influenza.43
• Ample vitamin D was demonstrated to considerably scale back the severity of COVID-1944 and danger of dying from it.45
Word: Whereas vitamin D can enhance viral diseases, it’s the best as a preventative. As such, it’s crucial to keep up enough vitamin D ranges (60 to 80 ng/mL) through the flu season (which happens during times of lowered daylight). Moreover, whereas supplemental vitamin D is useful, the best advantages happen with vitamin D obtained from daylight.
Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation (UVBI)
If you end up uncovered to daylight, as a small quantity enters the bloodstream, the advantages of sunbathing for infections impressed placing UV mild instantly into the physique. UVBI (mentioned intimately right here) produced such dramatic outcomes (e.g., for in any other case deadly infections and extreme autoimmune circumstances) that it quickly unfold by way of America’s hospitals till the AMA blacklisted UVBI and it grew to become forgotten.
Thankfully, physicians continued to make use of it (significantly exterior of America) and a whole lot of research have since demonstrated its exceptional utility for a myriad of circumstances — together with “incurable” viral diseases. In flip, we routinely see UVBI produce fast and dramatic enhancements for colds and flus (and likewise utilized it all through COVID-19).
Fevers
Fevers dramatically enhance the physique’s capacity to combat viral diseases. Nonetheless, since fevers are disagreeable, medical look after viral diseases primarily revolves round taking a fever suppressing medicine.
Remarkably, this has been recognized for the reason that 1918 influenza, the place it was noticed that sufferers who took massive doses of aspirin (one of many earliest fever suppressing drugs) have been more likely to die. Likewise, NSAIDs like ibuprofen made sufferers 2.57 instances extra more likely to develop extreme pneumonias,46 whereas Tylenol made hospitalized sufferers 3.24 instances extra more likely to die from COVID.47 In flip, we have found:
• Appropriately heating the physique is a superb remedy for colds and flus.
• The discomfort one experiences from a fever is commonly because of the pressure the physique undergoes to warmth itself somewhat than the warmth itself. As such, the easiest way to alleviate these signs usually is to easily warmth the physique up.
Zeta Potential
Zeta potential quantifies the tendency of colloidal particles in an answer to separate or clump collectively (e.g., blood cells turning into microclots or lymphatic drainage from the lungs turning into congested) — a lot of which happens after a crucial threshold has been reached.
One of many main issues with vaccines and plenty of infectious diseases is that they impair the physique’s zeta potential and trigger fluid clumping to occur (e.g., vaccines continuously set off observable microstrokes).
Usually this clumping ends in one feeling congested, but when somebody already has a zeta potential impairment (which is widespread within the aged), the extra fluid clumping may be adequate to hospitalize them. As such, we regularly discover bettering the physiologic zeta potential to be immensely useful for viral diseases.
Disinfectants
Since viruses initially colonize the higher airway (e.g., ears, nostril, and throat), utilizing an applicable disinfectant to remove them in these areas earlier than the sickness can unfold into the lungs is commonly probably the most efficient therapies that exists for acute viral diseases.
In truth, all through COVID-19, this strategy was discovered to be the best remedy for the sickness (to the purpose it seemingly would have ended the pandemic if the general public had been knowledgeable). Likewise, for many years I’ve discovered this to be an especially accessible and efficient remedy for colds and flus.
Conclusion
Whereas science is an unimaginable device that may resolve most of the urgent points humanity faces, I imagine the prevailing monetary incentives far too continuously flip it right into a power that works in opposition to our pursuits as nearly limitless cash exists to “resolve” the issues we face, however little or no accountability exists for many who fail to supply outcomes.
Thankfully, the brand new political local weather, pushed by the Make America Wholesome Once more motion and the Trump administration’s give attention to decreasing wasteful authorities spending is shifting issues to prioritizing reasonably priced and efficient therapies over pricey outdated ones. That is an unimaginable alternative, and I sincerely hope we are able to make the very best of it.
Writer’s Word: That is an abridged model of an extended article that discusses the above factors in additional element and evaluations the pure therapies we have discovered constantly treats viral diseases like colds and flus (together with easy methods to administer them). That article and its further references may be learn right here.
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A Midwestern Physician (AMD) is a board-certified doctor from the Midwest and a longtime reader of Mercola.com. I recognize AMD’s distinctive perception on a variety of matters and am grateful to share it. I additionally respect AMD’s want to stay nameless since AMD continues to be on the entrance strains treating sufferers. To search out extra of AMD’s work, you should definitely try The Forgotten Aspect of Medication on Substack.
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