"In this article, we aim to develop a political economy of mass hysteria. Using the background of COVID-19, we study past mass hysteria. Negative information which is spread through mass media repetitively can affect public health negatively in the form of nocebo effects and mass hysteria. We argue that mass and digital media in connection with the state may have had adverse consequences during the COVID-19 crisis. The resulting collective hysteria may have contributed to policy errors by governments not in line with health recommendations. While mass hysteria can occur in societies with a minimal state, we show that there exist certain self-corrective mechanisms and limits to the harm inflicted, such as sacrosanct private property rights. However, mass hysteria can be exacerbated and self-reinforcing when the negative information comes from an authoritative source, when the media are politicized, and social networks make the negative information omnipresent. We conclude that the negative long-term effects of mass hysteria are exacerbated by the size of the state."
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/4/1376/htm
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/4/1376/htm
MDPI
COVID-19 and the Political Economy of Mass Hysteria
In this article, we aim to develop a political economy of mass hysteria. Using the background of COVID-19, we study past mass hysteria. Negative information which is spread through mass media repetitively can affect public health negatively in the form of…
How did the dinosaurs become extinct?
They listened to Bill Gates/Tedros/Fauci/SAGE/Whitty.
They listened to Bill Gates/Tedros/Fauci/SAGE/Whitty.
Schwab Family Values
Is the real Klaus Schwab a kindly old uncle figure wishing to do good for humanity, or is he really the son of a Nazi collaborator who used slave labour and aided Nazi efforts to obtain the first atomic bomb? Johnny Vedmore investigates.
https://unlimitedhangout.com/2021/02/investigative-reports/schwab-family-values/
Is the real Klaus Schwab a kindly old uncle figure wishing to do good for humanity, or is he really the son of a Nazi collaborator who used slave labour and aided Nazi efforts to obtain the first atomic bomb? Johnny Vedmore investigates.
https://unlimitedhangout.com/2021/02/investigative-reports/schwab-family-values/
Unlimited Hangout
Schwab Family Values
Is the real Klaus Schwab a kindly old uncle figure wishing to do good for humanity, or is he really the son of a Nazi collaborator who used slave labour and aided Nazi efforts to obtain the first atomic bomb?
Huge Victory: Under Pressure, New York Ends Mandatory COVID Testing in Schools • Children's Health Defense
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/new-york-ends-mandatory-covid-testing-schools/
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/new-york-ends-mandatory-covid-testing-schools/
Children's Health Defense
Huge Victory: Under Pressure, New York Ends Mandatory COVID Testing in Schools
The new guidance follows in the wake of a lawsuit by CHD and eight parents of New York schoolchildren challenging mandatory COVID testing and closing of New York City Schools.
Face masks make you stupid | Patrick Fagan | The Critic Magazine
https://thecritic.co.uk/face-masks-make-you-stupid/
https://thecritic.co.uk/face-masks-make-you-stupid/
The Critic
Face masks make you stupid
In Joost Meerloo’s analysis of false confessions and totalitarian regimes, The Rape of the Mind, he coins a phrase for the ‘dumbing down’ of critical resistance – menticide.
"One potential hurdle for antibody-based vaccines and therapeutics is the risk of exacerbating COVID-19 severity via antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE). ADE can increase the severity of multiple viral infections, including other respiratory viruses such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)9,10 and measles11,12. ADE in respiratory infections is included in a broader category named enhanced respiratory disease (ERD), which also includes non-antibody-based mechanisms such as cytokine cascades and cell-mediated immunopathology (Box 1). ADE caused by enhanced viral replication has been observed for other viruses that infect macrophages, including dengue virus13,14 and feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV)15. Furthermore, ADE and ERD has been reported for SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV both in vitro and in vivo. The extent to which ADE contributes to COVID-19 immunopathology is being actively investigated."
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-020-00789-5
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-020-00789-5
Nature
Antibody-dependent enhancement and SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and therapies
Nature Microbiology - Mechanisms of antibody-dependent enhancement of disease and mitigation strategies for SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and therapies are discussed.
Vitamin D will help a strong T-cell response which will prevent severe Covid19 associated to an antibody response. Vaccines elicit an antibody response, vitamin D elicits a T-cell response. That's the difference. "the data suggest that strong T-cell responses can be found in patients with a broad range of clinical presentations, whereas strong antibody titres are more closely linked to severe COVID-19."
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-020-00789-5
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-020-00789-5
Nature
Antibody-dependent enhancement and SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and therapies
Nature Microbiology - Mechanisms of antibody-dependent enhancement of disease and mitigation strategies for SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and therapies are discussed.
"Lockdown may even be counterproductive to fighting coronavirus – that is, via stress, social isolation harms the immune system. Social isolation increases cortisol levels and activity in the hypothalamic-pituitary andrenal axis, both indicators of increased stress sensitivity (Cacioppo et al., 2015; Sapolsky, Alberts & Altmann, 1997). Likewise, loneliness has been linked with increased cortisol levels in human beings (Adam et al., 2006; Cacioppo et al., 2000; Doane & Adam, 2010; Hawkley et al., 2003; Pressman et al., 2005; Steptoe et al., 2004). Importantly, this then increases plasma levels of glucocorticoid, epinephrine and norepinephrine, which affect the immune system and increase susceptibility to disease (Cruces et al., 2014).
In short, lockdown is murder
While naysayers may pick holes in specific studies, the quantity and consistency of evidence is overwhelming: lockdown is stressful, it harms cognitive function, and it makes you susceptible to disease. Ultimately, the toll is high. A meta-analytic review (Holt-Lunstad et al., 2015) found that social isolation increases the likelihood of mortality by 29%. In short, lockdown is murder."
https://thecritic.co.uk/the-lockdown-lobotomy/
In short, lockdown is murder
While naysayers may pick holes in specific studies, the quantity and consistency of evidence is overwhelming: lockdown is stressful, it harms cognitive function, and it makes you susceptible to disease. Ultimately, the toll is high. A meta-analytic review (Holt-Lunstad et al., 2015) found that social isolation increases the likelihood of mortality by 29%. In short, lockdown is murder."
https://thecritic.co.uk/the-lockdown-lobotomy/
The Critic Magazine
The Lockdown Lobotomy | Patrick Fagan | The Critic Magazine
“Maybe there is a beast… Maybe it’s only us,” pondered Simon, in William Golding’s classic Lord of the Flies. In the book, a group of juveniles are stranded on a tropical island.