I
recently went back to my original articles on COVID. They contain very
significant information about the situation in Wuhan, in early 2020,
when the false pandemic was first declared.
Readers
need to grasp a central point I’ve been making for the past year and a
half: what is being called COVID is not one disease. For the most part,
it is a relabeling of older traditional lung conditions---flu, COPD,
pneumonia, etc. I have explained this point in many articles.
I
repeat it now, because the relabeling began in Wuhan. And the cause of
illness there was not and is not a virus. No one discovered a new
virus. I’ve detailed that fact as well in many articles.
So…what WAS happening in Wuhan, in 2019 and early 2020?
A
very common and widespread illness, called pneumonia, was suddenly
repackaged as the cardinal symptom of a “new disease,” COVID.
~~~
Here are excerpts from my very early COVID articles---
JANUARY
25, 2020: Wuhan, a city of 11 million, is called “the Chicago of
China.” It is both an economic juggernaut and a transportation
hub---railroads, roads, highways connecting travelers to other Chinese
cities.
Several sources list the annual GDP of Wuhan at a staggering $220 billion dollars.
230
foreign Fortune 500 companies have offices in Wuhan and do business
there. All in all, 80 foreign countries are funding companies in the
city.
The
Chinese New Year is now underway. It lasts from January 25 to February
10. During this period, Chinese people travel. They journey far and
wide. In fact, this is the largest annual human migration on the
planet. We’re talking about hundreds of millions of people on the move.
It
provides a perfect pretext for saying a new virus is spreading
uncontrollably, and requires unprecedented lockdowns of 50 million
people in China.
Then
there is this, from Bloomberg News, January 23, 2019: “When Premier Li
Keqiang declared a ‘war against pollution’ in 2014, a few hundred
residents of the city of Wuhan in central China took it as a cue.”
“They
printed Li’s words on a six-meter (20 foot) banner and protested
outside a foul-smelling incinerator plant they feared was causing
illness in the community. Buoyed by the conviction they were answering
the leadership’s call, the residents were instead harassed by local
police officers who tore down the sign and trampled on it.”
“’We
were worried and angry when we realized what was causing the stench and
making our kids sick’,” said Zhang Xijiao, 44, who was detained for a
week for making the banner. ‘But we are like ants, the local government
can crush us as they please’.”
“Ren
Rui, 40, quit her apartment in 2017 after her son developed a lung
condition that required repeat surgery. She said smoke from the plant
would blow her way under certain conditions. She tried to rent it out,
‘but no one wants to move here. Sometimes my mood depended on the
direction of the wind,’ said Ren. Despite the financial pressure since,
‘I never regretted moving away’.”
Faulty incinerator. Illness. Pollution. Lung problems.
Let’s move on to another description of Chinese protests---in Wuhan.
CNN,
July 11, 2019: “…Recent weeks [in Wuhan] have seen major protests there
-- in themselves a rarity in China -- over plans for a new garbage
incineration plant.”
“Holding
banners with slogans such as ‘we don't want to be poisoned, we just
need a breath of fresh air,’ thousands [!] of people took to the city's
streets over two weeks in June and July calling for the suspension of
plans to build the plant.”
"’We
are fearful that the plant is too close to residence area,’ one
protester in the city of 10 million people told state media. Others
expressed concern that emissions could worsen air pollution and harm
residents' health.”
“Local
officials were apparently surprised by the scale and size of the
protests, which came after several similar waste plants were reportedly
found to be giving off dangerous emissions. Photos and videos shared on
social media showed large crowds marching in the streets near where the
plant was to be built, and police arresting numerous protesters.”
“The
government has since suspended building of the plant, which locals said
had halted protests, but a heavy police presence remains in the city
where the situation is tense.”
“Public pressure has been the driving force of pollution policy in China, and it shows no sign of letting up.”
“In
2016, protesters took to the streets of Chengdu wearing face masks to
demand action to tackle smog, while other demonstrations have targeted
power and chemical plants in Sichuan, Jiangsu and Heilongjiang provinces
in recent years.”
“The
Chinese government is highly sensitive to the threat of protests like
those in Wuhan, with the shadow of the 1989 Tiananmen massacre looming
large. Calls for collective action are among the most censored subjects
online, and people organizing protests or working for civil society
groups can face harassment and imprisonment.”
In
other words, protests against pollution in one Chinese city can inspire
protests in other cities. A very dangerous situation for the Chinese
government. Furthermore, it is generally acknowledged that official and
corporate reports on pollution levels are being faked, to make
“dangerous” into “improving.”
Grist[dot]org,
June 12, 2012: “At about 2 a.m. local time Monday morning, a dense smog
began to cover the province. By early afternoon, it reached its peak
density in the land-locked city of Wuhan itself…The demonstrable danger
is to lungs and bloodstreams.”
Yale
Environment 360, April 17, 2018: “The foul air of dozens of
fast-expanding cities across China contains cocktails of toxic
contaminants unprecedented in the range of pollutants they contain at
high concentrations. Now, new research into these swirling maelstroms of
gases and tiny particulates suggests that they may be incubating
chemical reactions that compound the health effects in ways not seen
before – effects that doctors say are cutting five years off the
expected lifespan of half a billion people in northern China…China has
the world’s most dangerous outdoor air pollution.”
“Three
other cities listed as regularly suffering dangerous levels of four or
five of the pollutants are Jining, also in Shandong, Wuhan in Hubei
province, and Jiayuguan and Jinchang in Gansu. None of the seven appear
in the lists of the ten most polluted Chinese cities published by the
WHO or Chinese environment ministry.”
“All
the five major pollutants in smogs – SO2, NOx, ozone, PM10 and PM2.5 —
are known to be linked individually to increased risk of strokes, heart
disease, lung cancer and asthma, and to rising hospital admissions and
death rates during smogs. What is disturbing is that there is growing
evidence of synergistic effects between these different pollutants that
make the whole worse than the sum of the parts.”
Lung disease, pneumonia---and no need to invoke a virus to explain it.
Getting the picture?
We
have a major clue here. The use of a “coronavirus” cover story to
obscure huge pollution dangers and put down protests against that
pollution, through mass lockdowns and quarantines.
“It’s all about the virus and nothing else.” How many times have I seen that cover story deployed?
Too
many times to count them. Wherever in the world you see extraordinary
chemical pollution, grinding poverty, war, starvation, lethal
dehydration, absence of basic sanitation, overcrowding in cities,
horrendously contaminated water supplies, corporate takeover of farm
land from the people---you will find the virus cover story publicized to
the sky as the explanation for suffering, illness, and death.
~~~
On
FEBRUARY 20, 2020, I wrote: At the very beginning of my coverage of the
“China epidemic,” I cited evidence that the air quality in Wuhan is
chronically dangerous.
Among
other sources, I referred to a Yale review which stated that the
mixture of toxic elements in the air is unprecedented in human
history. The synergistic effects of these individual toxins is unknown.
I
also mentioned the large street protests against air quality in Wuhan
that took place last summer [2019]. These protests were also carried out
in other Chinese cities. The government was obviously alarmed at the
nascent rebellion.
Those protests are now gone. Because the cities are locked down. It’s all about “the virus” as the cause of illness.
Horrific
air quality brings on lung infections of all kinds, including
pneumonia. Pneumonia is THE illness attributed to the coronavirus. How
convenient.
Air quality? Brushed aside.
Assessing
studies of annual pneumonia deaths in China---covering years long
before the supposed emergence of the new human coronavirus---I settled
on the estimate of 300,000 deaths a year, countrywide.
Assuming
this death rate is more or less constant, hundreds of thousands of
people could now be called deceased “coronavirus cases” without a
flicker of interest in the actual cause of their illness.
Recently,
I found an article from cambodiacapital.com, dated February 7, 2020. It
makes some astonishing comments about Wuhan air quality in the
time-window when the “pandemic” was declared:
“…three
factors. First, the increase of static wind in the horizontal
direction, which is not conducive to the diffusion and dilution of
atmospheric pollutants. Second, the emergence of a temperature inversion
layer in the vertical direction, which makes it difficult for
pollutants to move upwards and are blocked at low altitudes and near the
ground. Third, the increase of suspended particulates in the air. These
three conditions are all available during the high incidence period of
Wuhan pneumonia.”
“According
to data released by the Wuhan Bureau of Ecology and Environment, the
moment when a large number of pneumonia cases emerged in Wuhan was
during the period from Jan 19, 2020, to Jan 23, 2020, and the Wuhan air
during this period was at the stage of serious pollution. The indices
are all higher than 100. This means that the outbreak period of Wuhan
pneumonia coincides with the severe period of air pollution and this is
one of the reasons. The second supporting reason is that the high
incidence areas of Wuhan pneumonia coincide with the severe air
pollution areas. We observed by randomly taking one day as a sample and
found out that the area with the highest level of air pollution in Wuhan
was Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market. This shows that even in ‘normal
weather’, the air pollution in the seafood market area was the
relatively worst area in Wuhan…Therefore, it is not accidental that
Wuhan Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market has become a high-incidence area
of Wuhan pneumonia…”
~~~
On
FEBRUARY 25, 2020, I wrote: Here is more information on China’s air
pollution and its destructive effects---The Lancet, November 19, 2005;
CHINA: THE AIR POLLUTION CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, by Jonathan Watt:
“Over 400 000 premature deaths a year in China are blamed on air pollution levels…”
“According
to the European Space Agency, Beijing and its neighbouring north-east
Chinese provinces have the world's worst levels of nitrogen dioxide,
which can cause fatal damage to the lungs.” [The so-called “coronavirus
disease” is pneumonia.]
“At
a recent seminar, Zhang Lijun, deputy director of the environmental
protection agency, said that pollution levels could more than quadruple
within 15 years unless the country slows the rise in energy consumption
and car use.” [15 years later, it’s a “coronavirus epidemic.” How
convenient.]
“A
recently published study, conducted by the Chinese Academy on
Environmental Planning, found that a third of China's urban residents
were exposed to harmful levels of pollution. More than 100 million
people live in cities where the air reaches levels considered ‘very
dangerous’.”
“The academy blamed air pollution for 411,000 [yearly] premature deaths---mostly from lung and heart-related diseases.”
“’It's
a conservative figure. The real figure could be higher’, Wang Jin'nan, a
chief engineer of the academy, told the AFP news agency. ‘These figures
all exist, but the local governments do not want us to reveal them.’
Asked for an interview with The Lancet, academy officials declined,
saying the matter was ‘too sensitive’.”
“The
political implications of worsening pollution are becoming more
apparent. Although it does not publish figures on the link between
pollution and health, the [Chinese] government admits that respiratory
diseases are the leading cause of death in China…” [Pneumonia is called
THE “coronavirus” disease.]
“Such
health concerns, particularly regarding cancer and birth defects
thought to be caused by chemical factories, have been a major factor in a
recent wave of protests. Among the latest was the demonstration last
month by hundreds of people living in a Beijing suburb against plans to
build a factory in their neighbourhood. But similar outbreaks [protests]
are occurring nationwide on an almost weekly basis.” [All the protests
are gone now in 2020; key cities are locked down.]
“This
situation is not unique to Beijing. Frequent dirty grey skies are taken
for granted in Shanghai, Wuhan, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and
Hong Kong…Water has suffered the same fate as air. Increasingly likely
to be exploited for dams and dumpsites, it is estimated that
three-quarters of the rivers running through Chinese cities are so
polluted that they cannot be used for drinking or fishing.”
“In
2008, it is quite possible that this authoritarian government will
restrict traffic and close factories to ensure blue skies for the month
of the Olympics. But it will only be a temporary fix. Unless more
drastic measures are taken soon, the health costs of pollution will be
paid in China for generations to come.”
---I
can think of a more drastic measure. Claim a new virus is killing
people, lock down cities and quarantine 50 million people, and shove all
the news about deadly pollution causing pneumonia far, far into the
background.
~~~
It
all started in Wuhan---the fake discovery of a new virus, the pretense
of a new reason for disease actually caused by deadly pollution.
Without that central lie, the whole pandemic narrative would have collapsed before it was launched.
In
other articles, I’ve accounted for “COVID” illness and death in other
places around the world---no virus required. This article shows the
first deception, the beginning of the monstrous fake.
Think
about how thousands of obedient lying scientists and public health
officials in many countries completely ignored what was staring them in
the face in Wuhan; the deadly pollution.
I’ve
analyzed claims that the early COVID patients in China (and other
places) were displaying unusual symptoms and signs that didn’t indicate
ordinary pneumonia. “COVID pneumonia” was supposedly different and
unique.
I
took up two familiar assertions: the COVID patients were coming to
hospitals with extreme shortness of breath, and their X-rays revealed a
strange “ground-glass” pattern.
Here is what I wrote on February 4, 2021:
Extreme shortness of breath. Hypoxia. That’s one of the “strange symptoms.”
But
WebMD lists a number of obvious causes for hypoxia: asthma attack;
trauma (injury); COPD; emphysema; bronchitis; pain medicines, “and other
drugs that hold back breathing”; heart problems; anemia, “a low number
of red blood cells, which carry oxygen.”
Among
the drugs that can cause the oxygen deprivation known as hypoxia? From
drugabuse.com: “…opiate [opioid] drugs also slow your breathing…and in
case of an overdose, your breathing is slowed to a virtually
non-existent and lethal level.”
Is anyone looking into THAT, in China?
I
did. I discovered (and wrote about it) that Wuhan happens to be Opioid
Central for worldwide drug trafficking. Particularly, when it comes to
the lethal drug, fentanyl, and its designer offshoots.
Chinese
criminals launching an opioid war against many countries from Wuhan is
ANOTHER fact covered up by the fatuous claim that a pandemic caused by a
virus started in Wuhan.
Now
let’s consider the so-called “ground glass” phenomenon. From MEDPAGE
Today: “The term [ground glass] refers to the hazy, white-flecked
pattern seen on lung CT scans, indicative of increased density.”
“Chest
radiologists adopted it [the term] in the 1980s, with a first
appearance in the Fleischner Society Glossary of Terms for Thoracic
Radiology in 1984.”
"’We
see [ground-glass opacities] so often in chest imaging,’ Guo [‘Henry
Guo, MD, PhD, of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California’] told
MedPage Today. “They come in different shapes, sizes, quantities, and
locations, and they can indicate many different underlying pathologies
-- including other viral infections, chronic lung disease, fibrosis,
other inflammatory conditions, and cancers.”
So there’s nothing new or highly strange about the ground glass phenomenon.
But
wait. There’s more. “Adam Bernheim, MD, of the Mount Sinai system in
New York City, authored one of the early papers on chest CT findings in
COVID-19. He and his colleagues studied images captured from 121
patients at four centers in China mostly in late January [2020].”
"’There
are a lot of diseases that can cause ground-glass opacities, but in
COVID-19, there's a distinct distribution, a preference for certain
parts of the lung,’ chiefly in the lower lobes and periphery, and it
appears multifocally and bilaterally, Bernheim said.”
“COVID-related
ground-glass opacities also have a very round shape that's ‘really
unusual compared with other ground-glass opacities,’ he said.”
Aha. So maybe COVID patients ARE exhibiting a different outlier pattern of ground glass.
Alas, there are several problems with that assertion:
First
of all, how do we define a “COVID patient?” Through a PCR test for a
virus that has never been proved to exist. So there is no distinct group
correctly labeled “COVID.”
The
second problem with the doctor’s statement in the MEDPAGE article? All
the patients came from China, and they were diagnosed very early, at the
beginning of the “outbreak.” How were they diagnosed?
---“Guess
what? We have 40 patients with unusual CT lung scans. We’re going to
call them a unique cluster of ‘pandemic victims of a new
virus.’ Why? Because they have unusual CT lung scans.” This is called
fallacious circular reasoning. It’s a chapter in a subject called logic,
which used to be taught in schools, before “I’m triggered” and “I want
to cancel everything” became major courses on the way to a PhD in
Grunge.
The
other problem has to do with deadly pollution, and what lung X-ray
patterns it can cause. In China, for example, above large cities like
Wuhan, there is a unique mixture of early industrial and modern
industrial pollutants---never before seen in human history.
The
synergistic effects of these individually toxic compounds have never
been studied. Therefore, it’s quite possible that the outlier ground
glass patterns in X-rays are the result of this new and different air
pollution mixture.
What
I’m reporting, about “strange symptoms,” needs to be understood before
making bald claims that a new virus, or some other esoteric cause, is
responsible for “ground glass in COVID patients” or “low oxygen levels.”
Back
in early 2020, a story about a virus was launched like rocket, out of
Wuhan. It served the interest of elites who wanted to control
populations and usher them into a Brave New World. It also allowed the
Chinese regime to stop all citizen protests against deadly air pollution
(through lockdowns), and to cover up the fact that Wuhan was the global
center for opioid trafficking.
The
whole pandemic story was a lie. Anyone with eyes to see knew lethal air
pollution was causing the pneumonias suddenly re-labeled “COVID.”
The whole pandemic story is still a lie.
~~~
(The link to this article posted on my blog is here.)
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