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January 27, 2020
“In
the previous epidemics, which turned out to be duds---West Nile, SARS,
bird flu, Swine Flu, MERS, Zika, Ebola---there were people claiming the
virus had been diabolically weaponized, it was spreading unchecked, and
THIS WAS THE BIG ONE. If they had been right, we would not be here to
discuss epidemics. We would all be dead. Of course, this history of duds
gives these doomsayers no pause at all. They keep predicting THE
END. They have miraculously short memories.” (Jon Rappoport, The
Underground)
I’ve
been investigating and writing about fake epidemics for over 30
years. One of my prime strategies: were there hidden and unreported
causes that would explain people’s symptoms and illnesses---causes
having nothing to do with viruses? I found them. “The virus” turned out
to be a convenient and very effective cover story that would obscure the
true causes that important forces wanted to hide.
So
I began looking into Wuhan, the center of the current “coronavirus
epidemic.” I was particularly interested in the one symptom that was
slightly different from the typical flu symptoms from past fake
epidemics: the emphasis on lung problems and pneumonia.
Here is what I’ve found out so far.
First
of all, 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, Chinse 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. So it’s a devastating coincidence (?) that now there would be an
epidemic and a massive lockdown of Chinese cities and
transportation. Along with stopping people from moving around, enormous
amounts of money are being lost because tourist consumers can’t go on
the road and spend money. This might be called a clue. It would require
much investigation. Is someone intentionally torpedoing the Chinese
economy?
Then
there is this, from Bloomberg News, "China Wants Activists to Stay Out
of Its War on Pollution. Citizen activism in the mold of Greta Thunberg
is all but taboo in the world’s biggest polluter," January 23, 2020:
“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, "China has made major progress on air pollution. Wuhan protests show there's still a long way to go":
“...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 “healthy.”
Grist.org, June 12, 2012, “China's smog city: What Wuhan looks like with 20 times the U.S. dust limit”:
“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, “How a 'Toxic Cocktail' Is Posing a Troubling Health Risk in China’s Cities”:
“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---and no need to invoke a virus to explain it.
Getting the picture?
We
have two major clues here. One, the distinct possibility of an economic
warfare attack against Wuhan and, during the Chinese New Year, against
all of China. And two, 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 would 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, the highly destructive use of vaccines and toxic
medical drugs and pesticides---you see a conscious and sustained effort
to CONTROL the weakened population---and you will find the virus cover
story publicized to the sky as the explanation for suffering, illness,
and death.
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(The link to this article posted on my blog is here.)
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