On Sat, Nov 14, 2020, 4:26 PM Gary Kohls <[email protected]> wrote:
> *To my many online vaccine skeptic colleagues: The current issue of the > Duluth Reader published a Letter to the Editor from a local Duluth, MN > Emergency Room physician whose final statement was “*Kohls is > intellectually dishonest and needs to go”. His arguments concerning the > current pandemic will seem plausible to most readers (and also most > publishers and editors of most newspapers) so I would appreciate some > outside help from colleagues in refuting his arguments. I have made it a > policy of mine to not get down in the mud with critics and waste valuable > time and column space in responding to critics. My experience is that most > of my critics in the past have been trolls. However this critic (who did > not identify himself as an ER doc) seemed to make plausible arguments that > are very much in line with the mainstream Big Pharma, Big Media, NIH, CDC, > NIAID, FDA narratives. > > Anyway I hope somebody out there might be willing to refute some of the > statements made by the letter-writer. The email address to use is > [email protected]. In case anybody wants to mention how the Reader’s > LTE section for 11/12/2020 was accessed, the web address was > https://duluthreader.com/articles/2020/11/12/116271-letters-nov-12-2020. > > Immediately below is the LTE and below that is the published column that > Dr Bernhardt criticized (also attached above). > > Thanks, Gary > > > _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________- > > > > *Kohls continues to misinform* > > Gary Kohls continues his campaign of misinformation and disinformation > about SARS-COV-2, testing and vaccinations. His November 5th column begins > with the lie that “the elusive (and therefore dubious) SARS virus has not > yet been isolated in the lab, much less been reproducibly grown in living > tissue culture.” > > Fact: On January 20, 2020, CDC received a clinical specimen collected from > the first reported U.S. patient infected with SARS-CoV-2. CDC immediately > placed the specimen into cell culture to grow a sufficient amount of virus > for study. On Feb. 2, 2020, CDC generated enough SARS-CoV-2 grown in cell > culture to distribute to medical and scientific researchers > <https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/grows-virus-cell-culture.html> > . > > Kohls then proceeds to describe our current situation as an “alleged > pandemic which has relied on testing with the equally dubious PCR test > kits...” The test kits are properly described as RT-PCR, which stands for > Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction. It’s the PCR portion that > Kohls has issues with. It is an extensively tested technique for > identifying short chain sequences of DNA. Kohls claims “the PCR test’s > inventor has repeatedly asserted that his test CANNOT be used for > diagnostic purposes.” Fact: PCR and RT-PCR are widely used around the world > for diagnosis of viral disease. The test is extremely accurate and > sensitive. > > The test inventor, Dr Kary B. Mullis won a Nobel prize for his work. He > died in 2019 before the pandemic started so he had nothing to say about > SARS-COV-2. He additionally never said the test could not be used for > diagnostic purposes. That notion circulated this past summer on Facebook > and fringe websites – the very places Kohls does his research. There are > several debunkings of this by responsible organizations such as Reuters > <https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-pcr/fact-check-inventor-of-method-used-to-test-for-covid-19-didnt-say-it-cant-be-used-in-virus-detection-idUSKBN24420X> > . > > Kohls then expresses doubt that asymptomatic people with a positive test > are truly infected, calling it “conventional wisdom.” Conventional wisdom > actually did not expect high asymptomatic infection rates based on > experience with SARS-COV-1. These people go on to develop antibodies so we > do know they were infected. Kohls must know this. > > All of this is in the first four paragraphs of Kohl’s article. It’s clear > Kohls has no training or expertise in virology or diagnostic testing. He > then goes on to disparage the proposed vaccine protocols in his typical > tendentious fashion, taking issue with statisticians who design the trials > because he knows better. He suspects they’re crooked and own company stock. > He doesn’t like the risk reduction statistics in particular but doesn’t > tell the reader that continuing information is accrued from vaccinated > people far beyond the phase three trial. > > On the date of publication of Kohl’s article there were 123,718 newly > diagnosed Covid-2 cases and 1,154 deaths. The world needs an effective > vaccine as soon as safely possible. Some risk attaches to any new vaccine > and can only be discerned by trials and follow up. The world also needs > accurate information. Robert Boone, that’s your responsibility. Se fi > > Greg Bernhardt – Duluth > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > > > *The Flawed Covid-19 Vaccine Testing Programs at Moderna, Pfizer, Johnson > & Johnson and AstraZeneca * > > > > *Bu Gary G. Kohls, MD – November 1, 2020 (1803 words)* > > > > *There doesn’t appear to be much difference between the testing protocols > of the dozens of pharmaceutical companies that are working on developing a > vaccine for the elusive (and therefore dubious) SARS virus that has not > actually yet been isolated in the lab, much less been reproducibly-grown in > living tissue cultures. * > > > > *The evidence for the existence of the new SARS-CoV-2 virus in any given > patient has mostly been assumptive in the current alleged pandemic which > has relied on testing with the equally dubious PCR test kits that have been > manufactured by any number of fly-by-night outfits which are making > unreliable test kits. * > > > > *The “case” incidence and death statistics of the current alleged pandemic > must therefore be also regarded as dubious because the PCR test’s inventor > has repeatedly asserted that his test CANNOT be used for diagnostic > purposes. * > > > *However, the aggressively Big Pharma/Big Media-promoted “conventional > wisdom” says that if the PCR test turns out to be positive (even if the > PCR-positive individual is totally asymptomatic, always wore the masks and > never ever developed Covid symptoms) that subject must be assumed to be so > infectious that he must be quarantined for weeks. If the subject does not > comply with the quarantine order, he or she can– in certain jurisdictions – > be arrested and imprisoned. * > > > > *What should be of concern to thinking people is the fact that some of > these pharma companies (not to mention that many of the PCR test kit > manufacturers) are indeed just “start-ups” - like the National Institutes > of Health’s (and Anthony Fauci’s) favorite vaccine company Moderna, whose > business only involves vaccine development - not manufacture.* > > > > *Yet Moderna is deeply involved in the race for FDA approval, and its > stock price has sky-rocketed on hopes that it might massage its test > results enough to get its Covid-19 vaccine approved (or at least be given > Emergency Use Authorization [EUA] by the FDA). * > > > > *Despite its sky-high stock price ($67 per share as of October 30, 2020), > Moderna has yet to earn a single penny from the sale of any of its handful > of experimental vaccines. It has, not surprisingly, developed its protocol > for testing its 2-dose experimental Covid-19 vaccine that is essentially > the same as the announced protocols of Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca and > Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccines in that half of the approximately 30,000 > volunteers that they have amassed will be injected with two doses of its > active vaccine (each of which contains uncertain-to-be-safe ingredients). > The other half will be injected with a placebo. (Interestingly, in the > past, some vaccine-testing companies have added a tissue-toxic ingredient > that will cause injection-site symptoms presumably so that the placebo > group won’t know if they got the vaccine or not.)* > > > > *There are reportedly any number of start-up and established > pharmaceutical corporations world-wide that are also trying to be the next > block-buster vaccine-seller on the planet, but NONE of them, much less the > four experimental vaccine companies listed below, have been following > time-honored methods of testing its experimental drugs and vaccines on lab > animals, a serious breach of protocol that has become the “new normal” in > order to comply with President Trump’s Operation Warp Speed, agenda which > Trump has been pushing in order to produce a vaccine – any vaccine - before > his re-election bid is decided!! * > > > > *Of course, the fast-tracking (aka, “short-circuiting”) of normal vaccine > safety and efficacy studies has been condemned by all ethical scientists > that don’t have economic or professional “conflicts of interest” that > guarantee profitable results from the dangerous pseudoscientific > pro-vaccine stances that Big Pharma shills like those in the Trump > administration and the current HHS, NIH, CDC, NIAID and FDA has taken over > the past 10 months. * > > > > *Conditional, tentative, Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the > already corporate-compromised FDA is likely to be granted even if the data > that is presented to the FDA regulatory commissions are flawed and/or > statistically insignificant – which means that the vaccine has not been > proven to be safe and effective, especially in the long-term, which, by > definition, can’t be safely assessed for many years. Sadly, the members of > most standard “regulatory” commissions are often corporate shills that have > ulterior motives.* > > *There are 30,000 volunteers in each drug company’s study groups and they > are essentially healthy, essentially middle-aged, eager and “patriotic” > volunteers. Half of the 30,000 will be injected with a series of two > immunologically-active vaccines. The other 15,000 members of the group will > get two shots of a placebo that is supposed to be immunologically-inactive. > None of the 30,000 will be informed as to which group they are in.* > > > > *The approximately 30,000 total human guinea pigs that signed up for the > Moderna study will be monitored until a paltry 53 of the 30,000 volunteers > gets positive (and very dubious) PCR test results! The 53 may not have - > and may never develop - SARS signs and symptoms for them to be included in > the study!* > > *Of course, false-positive PCR tests are extremely common and can happen > to anybody, especially people who have had a common cold, which is often > caused by simple, benign coronaviruses.* > > > > *The designers of the Moderna study – just like the other drug companies > that are in the race – will argue that their study should be considered > relevant, reportable to the FDA as theoretical proof of effectiveness but > they cannot claim that their vaccine is either safe or effective long-term. > * > > > > *However, these short-term studies can only be partially relied upon for > short-term safety and effectiveness if 13 or fewer of the 53 PCR-positive > “cases” occurred in the vaccinated population while at the same time 40 or > more of the positive PCR “cases” occurred in the placebo group. What won’t > be discussed will be the fact that over 14,900 of both the placebo group > and the vaccine group also didn’t have positive PCR tests Covid-19 > symptoms! * > > > > *It is totally appropriate for legitimate doubters of America’s Big > Pharma-co-opted drug and vaccine regulatory agencies to ask the question, > “What kind of Big Pharma-influenced, profit-oriented, junk science is > behind the studies that are being hastily approved by the likes of the > obviously co-opted HHS, NIH, CDC, NIAID and FDA? * > > > > *It is also totally appropriate for the public to have full information > about what kind of coercive pro-vaccine influence is coming from such Trump > appointees as his HHS director (and non-physician) Alex Azar, who came into > Trump’s administration from a $2 million dollar per year CEO post at Big > Pharma/Big Vaccine giant Eli Lilly. Azar also is part of Trump’s Operation > Warp Speed, which is the impetus behind the fast-tracking of vaccine > development, which is certain to be a disaster.* > > > > *There will surely be dubious conclusions coming from all of the other > provably untrustworthy pharmaceutical corporations that are in the race to > develop an Emergency Use Authorized-vaccine that will not have been proven > to be either safe or effective long-term – but will certainly be > unaffordable. * > > > > *Suspiciously, the major investment partner of start-up Moderna is > actually the US government regulatory and funding body called the National > Institutes of Health (including the CDC and the NIAID) which reportedly has > a 50% financial stake in the company. * > > > > *One can safely assume that – given the corrupt capitalist system that has > thoroughly taken over our nation - that every Moderna shareholder (even our > government bureaucracies) will do everything they can do to promote its > products. * > > > > *One must suspect also that these government agencies and their buddies in > the corporate world are doing everything they can to keep the sheeple from > noticing the most important data points in the studies discussed. * > > > > *And one of those bits of information is that at least 29,800 of the > 30,000 volunteers in Moderna’s vaccine trials, will likely not become > infected whether the got the placebo or the vaccine. What could easily > happen long-term is that a significant number of the 15,000 in the vaccine > group, are at risk of developing disabling chronic illnesses such as > autoimmune disorders. * > > > > *What About the Vaccine Trials of** Pfizer, **Johnson & Johnson, > AstraZeneca, et. al.?* > > > > *The other significant statistical realities that won’t be pointed out in > the corporate-controlled medical journals (or the corporate-controlled > media) are the concepts of “Actual Vaccine Efficacy” and “Relative Vaccine > Efficacy”, which are akin to the likewise purposely hidden-from view Actual > Risk Reduction (AAR) and Relative Risk Reduction (RRR) that are often > ignored in drug efficacy trials. * > > > > *For Moderna, 13 positive PCR tests in the 15,000 member vaccine arm of > their trial 13/15,000 = 0.00086) is an arbitrarily chosen data point that, > when compared to the placebo trial may represent some sort of significance. > 0.00086 is an obviously miniscule number that is the same as a percentage > figure of 0.086 %. * > > > > *And 40 or more positive PCR tests in Moderna’s placebo group of 15,000 > subjects (40/15,000 = 0.0027) likewise represents a similarly miniscule > percentage figure of 0.27 %. Subtracting 0.086 % from 0.27 % will obtain > the “actual” miniscule benefit of being vaccinated (0.086 %) with Moderna’s > potentially toxic vaccine vs. receiving the presumably innocuous placebo.* > > > > *However, the falsely-inflated “relative” vaccine effectiveness numbers > means that in calculating the Moderna results takes the fraction 13/40 > (which = 0.325 in decimal terms, and which is 32.5% in percentage terms. > The corporation’s mathematicians, in the standard method of calculating > relative risk reduction (RRR), subtracts the 0.325 from “1”, resulting in a > decimal number of 0.675 (which, in percentage terms is 67.5%). * > > > > *So Moderna statisticians – who may, incidentally, own shares in the > company - will then report to his bosses at corporate headquarters the > “relative” effectiveness rate of 67.5 %, which the bosses will receive as > positive, whereas it is a actually a deceptively inflated figure when it is > put side-by-side with the actual vaccine effectiveness number of 0.184.* > > > > **Note that *Pfizer’s* experimental vaccine trial also uses the PCR > positivity number of 32 in the 30,000 group, 25 in the 15,000 placebo > group, and 7 in the 15,000 vaccine group as starting statistical analysis > points. > > > > Using those numbers, *Pfizer’s* statisticians are actually reporting out > the falsely-inflated Relative Risk Reduction/Relative Vaccine Effectiveness > numbers (rather than the Actual Risk Reduction (ARR) numbers to America’s > easily propagandized press corps and medical professionals, who can be > relied upon to report – over and over again – the inflated benefits to > their listeners, viewers and patients. > > > > Predictably,* Johnson & Johnson* is also using the same mathematical > trickery as the other Gang of Four, using as their arbitrary PCR-positivity > break-points the following numbers: 77 PCR-positive tests among the 30,000 > total group; 59 PCR-positive tests in the 15,000 person placebo group, > and17 PCR-positive tests in the 15,000-person vaccine group. > > > > *AstraZeneca* is doing the same, just using slightly different numbers of > PCR-positivity: 50 in the 30,000 group, 38 in the15,000 placebo group and > 12 in the 15,000 vaccinated group. > > > > What we seem to have is well expressed in my version of Mark Twain’s > famous quote: *“There are 3 (or 4) kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, > Statistics and Covid Statistics”. * > > > > Discuss. > > > > > > If any recipient of this message prefers to not receive future emailings > from this address, please reply to this email with “unsubscribe” and your > name in the subject line. > > > --- Support News from Underground: https://bit.ly/NFUSupport Visit News from Underground: https://markcrispinmiller.com You received this email because you are subscribed to News from Underground. 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