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THREAD: #Virology: Unmasking a 100+ Year Old Lie

Everything You Think You Know About Disease Is Likely Wrong.

#vaccinegenocide #vaccines #vaccinedeath #PfizerLiedPeopleDied #thread

starfirecodes.substack.com/p/virology-unm…
We Need To Base Our Understanding of Reality Upon Reality, Not Manipulation.

Everything You Think You Know About Disease Is Likely Wrong....
In order to understand the world around us as the truth about it is emerging from a 100+ year slumber, it’s going to be important to challenge ideas that have absolutely zero basis in reality.

I will start off by saying that we have been duped - ALL OF US.
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📞En comunicación con el Dr. @guillesequera, director de @vigisaludpy.

EN VIVO: abc.com.py/730am
EN CDE: 107.1FM

📲Whatsapp: wa.me/+595972730730

#730AM La más potente.
@guillesequera @vigisaludpy #ViruelaDelMono "Tenemos unos casos más. Tenemos registrados ya más de 30 confirmados, 115 a 116 descartados y 2 pendientes de diagnósticos. Esta es una enfermedad que se contagia piel con piel", Dr. @guillesequera, @vigisaludpy. #730AM
@guillesequera @vigisaludpy #ViruelaDelMono "Todos los casos son de hombres homosexuales", Dr. @guillesequera, @vigisaludpy. #730AM
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SIMPLY PUT: All You Need To Know To Keep Yourself Safe From The Newly Emerging Diseases

#COVID19 #monkeypox #TomatoFlu

Read: businessinsider.in/bi-newsletter
Is it just us or does it feel like we are all starring in #StrangerThings and living in ‘the Upside Down’? We sure are living in stranger times and dealing with unpredictable plot twists almost every other day.
On August 24, 2022, India reported 10,649 new cases of the novel #coronavirus.

While the once-novel disease keeps coming back in waves, it isn’t the only one that the country is battling today. New diseases such as #monkeypox and #TomatoFlu are also plaguing the whole world.
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Today is #WorldMosquitoDay!

Mosquitoes are the most dangerous animals in the 🌎🌍🌏 as they can transmit diseases such as:
🔸 Malaria
🔸 Dengue
🔸 Filariasis
🔸 Chikungunya
🔸 Zika
🔸 Yellow fever

🦟 borne diseases put the lives of billions at risk. Illustration of a mosquito ...
Today is #WorldMosquitoDay 🦟!

Over 600 000 people die from mosquito-borne malaria every year.

Sleeping 💤 under insecticide-treated nets is one of the most effective ways to prevent #malaria.

bit.ly/2tARuMY Mother and baby are in thei...
WHO recommends broad use of the first malaria vaccine (RTS,S) among children living in #malaria endemic areas with moderate to high transmission. The life-saving vaccine has been shown to have high impact in real-life use - to significantly ↘️ severe malaria, & ↘️ child deaths. Image
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Ich denke wir erleben derzeit eine dramatische Untererfassung des #Corona-#Infektionsgeschehen|s durch offizielle Zahlen.Der Eindruck aus meinem privaten und geschäftlichen Umfeld suggeriert, daß schon jetzt - mitten im Sommer - die Höhe der ersten #Omikron-Welle erreicht wurde🧵
2/19
Die Schule meiner Kinder ist entvölkert, meine Twitter-Timeline voll mit Infektionsmeldungen und meine Geschäftstätigkeiten kommen aufgrund des Krankenstandes bei den Kunden fast zum Erliegen.
3/19
Derweil herrscht von Seitens der Politik erstaunliche Stille. Während man in Bayern über die Abschaffung der #Maskenpflicht - noch vor dem Peak der aktuellen Welle nachdenkt, geben sich zeitgleich auch vernünftige Klinikchefs recht entspannt.
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Was wir tun müssen, um uns in Zukunft vor #Affenpocken & Co zu schützen.
Ein Thread.

Die #Affenpocken sind nach #Ebola, #Zika und #Covid19 bereits die vierte Infektionskrankheit in den letzten 10 Jahren, die uns kräftig in den Arsch beißt.
Und da kommen noch mehr.
1/13
Das ist alles nicht so richtig überraschend, Fachleute warnen seit Jahren vor der Entwicklung. Die Gründe sind vielfältig, das wäre nen eigenen Thread wert.

Aber vor allem müssen wir uns darauf einrichten, dass uns das Problem auf absehbare Zeit begleitet. Was also tun?
2/13
Aus meiner Sicht gibt es diverse Baustellen, an die wir in Deutschland ran müssen.
Die erste ist das #Gesundheitssystem. Da müssen erstens mal die strukturellen Probleme gelöst werden. Über Personalmangel & Co ist viel geschrieben worden, das können andere besser.
3/13
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OK, ENOUGH ALREADY.
Here's the #Ivermectin saga, people.
1.) In the 1960s Japan's Satoshi Omura did chemistry work, trying to find a medicine to kill helminth worms in livestock.
2.) In the '70s he joined forces with Max Tischler at Wesleyan in USA.
3.) They brought...
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...@Merck & @Kitasato pharma companies on board.
4.) Omura discovered a bacterium that emitted a powerful anti-helminth chemical.
5.) William Campbell @Merck tested it. Using synthetic chemistry, they made "ivermectin" -- 25Xs stronger than the bacterial chemical.
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5.) The @Merck & Kitasato companies were thrilled to discover it cured a long list of livestock worm & parasitic diseases & a huge veterinary market opened.
6.) In 1981 Bangladeshi Mohamad Aziz showed that #Ivermectin could cure River Blindness, a terrible disease...
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"Bentar ujan, bentar panas, PANCAROBA nih"

Penyakit apa saja yang mungkin terjadi di musim pancaroba? Bagaimana mengenali dan mengatasinya?

Tanpa harus ke Sumedang, yuk kita cari tahu!

[sebuah thread]

#pancaroba #DBD #malaria #Chikungunya #zika #Tipes #typhoidFever #twitSehat
Sebelumnya, OOT, ini ada twit tentang sembelit, ya kali aja bermanfaat, hehe.
Oke lanjut…

Tribunnews.com, Deputi Bid. Meteorologi BMKG, Guswanto, “Periode peralihan dari musim hujan ke musim kemarau (pancaroba) akan terjadi mulai akhir Maret 2021” …

#berita
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The recent outbreaks of #Zika Virus in #Kerala has renewed interest in this virus. This tweetorial explains some key aspects about the virus and why we should be actively using #genomics for #GeneticEpidemiology Image
The disease in most people is mild. Majority of people infected with Zika virus DO NOT develop symptoms. Symptoms are generally mild including fever, rash, conjunctivitis, muscle and joint pain, malaise, and headache, and usually last for 2–7 days.
Source: @CDCgov Image
Death is RARE
Infection during pregnancy can cause microcephaly & congential malformations.
Neurological complications like Guillain-Barré syndrome, neuropathy and myelitis are seen in some.
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This shift to personal responsibility for #COVID is straight out of the (poor) epidemic response playbook. The exact same thing happened during Zika.

Government told people not to get infected thru insecticide/long sleeves, improve vector control and not to get pregnant. 1/
What then happened was that govs were then able to place responsibility onto individuals to avoid having children born with #CZS - The approach was "we've given you all the guidance, if you choose to get pregnant and not protect yourself from infection, that's your decision" 2/
The problem with this was the multiple structural barriers which prevented many people from following this guidance... affordability of insecticide, poor sanitation which meant mosquito proliferation, poor access to contraception 3/
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Using Twitter during the #COVID19 pandemic?

With @cc_martell and @DanielRhysThom1, I wrote a perspective piece on social media for (field) epidemiologists #SoMe4epi

📜 tinyurl.com/2km3dz4s

THREAD 🧵👇
@THLorg @rki_de @PublicHealthW @ECDC_EU #EPIET #WorldFieldEpidemiologyDay
We reflect on social media/@Twitter for epidemiologists working on the #COVID19 response

We introduce the field of social media to those not currently using social media in their public health practice:

So please share outside of the Twitterverse as well!

#SoMe4epi #OpenAccess
Why this piece?

🌍 #COVID19 is the 1st pandemic in the social media age

🕵️‍♂️ Field epi now also includes an online field

👨‍💻 Social media can be a powerful tool for epidemiologists #SoMe4epi

🤝 Key usages of Twitter include #SciComm and professional development #EpiTwitter
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WHO, @FAO, @OIEAnimalHealth and @UNEP have come together to launch a new One Health High-Level Expert Panel to improve understanding of how diseases with the potential to trigger pandemics, emerge and spread

👉 bit.ly/3wjpoEl Image
The panel will advise on the development of a long-term global plan of action to avert outbreaks of diseases like H5N1 avian influenza; MERS; #Ebola; #Zika, &, possibly, #COVID19. Three quarters of all emerging infectious diseases originate in animals.

👉bit.ly/3wjpoEl Image
The panel will operate under the One Health Approach, which recognizes the links between the health of people, animals, and the environment and highlights the need for specialists in multiple sectors to address any health threats and prevent disruption to agri-food systems.
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🧵1/ In a pandemic, we have two urgent interests: that life saving vaccines/ treatments be created, manufactured, & distributed, and that the disease be quickly contained/eliminated worldwide without a potentially catastrophic resurgence. #covid19
blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/04/02…
2/ The financial interests of pharmaceutical shareholders accord with our first interest, but not always with the second.

Product allocations go to the highest bidders, rather than to where need is greatest or the pandemic may be contained most effectively. @ThomasPogge
3/ The system as it stands is designed to fail, because public health is a secondary goal behind financial recuperation & explicitly financial profit

In a pandemic, it can’t be that way.

But I don’t need to tell you all this- you have been watching it unfold already. #covid19
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🚨New Year, New Paper 🚨

Remember research before #COVID19 - findings from our 3 year study on access to #abortion during #zika in Brazil, El Salvador and Colombia in press now W/ @socscimed
1/
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
We found that whilst #zika spurred abortion demand amongst individual womxn and global debate on #reproductiverights - the heath emergency didn’t change national regulation or policy change for abortion access.
2/
This was on account of the narrow policy path dependency in #globalhealthsecurity focused on epidemiology which did not consider gendered needs or the broader social effects of epidemics, combined with deeply conservative context + recent political history
3/
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Babies born with #BirthDefects are at risk of death and lifelong disability. Identifying 👶🏾👶🏼 with birth defects can help them receive the care they need.

A 🆕 guide provides practical tools for tracking birth defects:
👉 bit.ly/2VpmwFx
#BirthDefects affect 3-6% of 👶🏾👶🏼 around the 🌏.
A 🆕 resource for global birth defects tracking includes a Quick Reference Handbook for frontline healthcare providers:
👉 bit.ly/2VpmwFx
The most common #BirthDefects are:
🔺Congenital heart defects
🔺Neural tube defects
🔺Down syndrome
🔺Hemoglobin disorders (thalassemia and sickle cell disease)
🔺G6PD deficiency (Glucose -6-phosphate dehydrogenase)

bit.ly/2IViHo6
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🔥On en est des vaccins #COVID19 ?

Un petit thread sur les 5 vaccins dont on parle le plus

#Pfizer/#BioNtech
#Moderna
#Oxford/#AstraZeneca
#Sputnik5
#Sinovac - #CNBG

👇👇
1er point : TOUS ces vaccins évaluent efficacité pour empêcher la MALADIE (donc les symptômes / la pneumonie) mais pas l’INFECTION (donc le risque de transmission)

2ème point : ces données proviennent de COMMUNIQUES DE PRESSE (course entre les acteurs) pas de données publiées
Pfizer/BioNtech : le vaccin BNT162b2

Il s’agit d’un vaccin à ARN : petit rappel sur le procédé avant de commencer

Spoiler : ce n'est ni nouveau ni dangereux !
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@nataliexdean @EpiEllie Ooh, yes. You should judge risk of bias in #LivingSystematicReviews as you would a standard one. @jhjelliott says, „We propose living systematic review as a contribution to evidence synthesis that combines currency with rigour“ journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/a… 1/n
@nataliexdean @EpiEllie @jhjelliott Julian Elliott really started the movement with a project in @cochranecollab community.cochrane.org/review-product… and followed up with a series in J Clin Epidemiol (pt1 here sciencedirect.com/science/articl…) 2/n
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The thing that makes me the most frustrated about #COVID19 (and has for many months) is the failure to learn lessons from previous outbreaks, particularly about the downstream effects of #pandemic response policy. A thread 1/
This morning @BBCr4today @TheCrick discussed disruption to non-covid #clinicaltrials ; also have seen depressing delays to #cancer detection and treatment ; and changes to routine SRH, maternity, NCD, mental health services.

This is well documented impact during #Ebola 2/
Economic disaster at macro + micro levels follow outbreaks - look at economic impact SE Asia post #SARS and W-Africa post #Ebola ... and to look at individual narratives of household financial hardships & increases in poverty (w/associated disease, kids out of school to work) 3/
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Every year Brazil faces a constant threat: dengue virus

After #Zika virus caused major outbreaks in 2016, cases of #dengue declined in 2017-2018, but then resurged in 2019. In this study we investigated the reasons for such fluctuations 📉📈

Thread👇

🔗 medrxiv.org/content/10.110… Dengue virus (DENV) is the most important and widespread mos
Something 'flattened' the dengue curve in 2017-2018. Every year in Brazil, cases of #dengue rise around March, when conditions are favourable (mosquitoes, rain, temperature). But, for some reason, in those two years, dengue cases were low in all regions of the country. 📉🦠
Infectious diseases are transmitted in a population of susceptible hosts following a rate called Force of Infection (FOI).

@RJOidtman, @guido_camargo and @TAlexPerkins estimated dengue FOI for each region in Brazil, and found viral transmission was indeed quite low in 2017-2018.
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As #Brazil becomes the new epicentre of #COVID19 these are my must reads to understand the political context in which the outbreak emerged and the impact of this (a thread)
This piece by @Deisy_Ventura early on in the outbreak captures a lot of the anticipated tensions within the SUS (unified health system); between Bolsonaro, science and populism (similar in many ways to US, UK etc) - which unfortunately have become real!

americas.chathamhouse.org/article/betwee…
Equally great background to #Bolsonaro role in driving the #COVID19 spread in #Brazil - and how much of this is down to politics over public health:

@Deisy_Ventura @gabilotta

theconversation.com/brazil-jair-bo…
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[#Infographie] Schématisation de la barrière hémato-encéphalique bit.ly/2LUzZ3p #LaMethSci Image
[#Podcast] 21/04 > La #CoVid19 attaque-t-elle le #cerveau ? bit.ly/2Y9XFsc une chronique à (ré)écouter via @franceculture ! Image
D Gonzalez-Dunia > il n'est pas tjrs facile de diagnostiquer une infection cérébrale. On raisonne par inférence et par ce qu'on connait d'autres virus similaires #LaMethSci
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Global shifts in mammalian population trends reveal key predictors of virus spillover risk. Out in Proc Royal Society B @RSocPublishing @CKreuderJohnson @EpiCenterUCD @PREDICTproject @OneHealthUCD @ucdavisvetmed @LairmoreDVMDean @NIH doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2…
Co-authors include @petaleeh @PanditPranav, @SmileyTierra, Julie Rushmore, Cristin Young, and Megan Doyle. The study was supported by @PREDICTproject and @NIH
The study concludes that the exploitation of natural habitats is not only a conservation issue, but an important driver of spillover transmission zoonotic viruses. Here is a thread that discusses three key points highlighted from study.
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Brilliant talk by Phill James @Grounded_circus on #SARSCoV2 genome sequencing using @nanopore sequencing. Giving humanity hope in these dark times. Here I will share some information from the talk. Thread.👇
Why #Nanopore for Sars-Cov2 genome sequencing? @nanopore sequencing allows us to do real-time sequencing cost-effectively and with low instrument cost. In the #COVID19 context, it can help us monitor the #coronavirus spread and vaccine efficacy.
.@nanopore was used before for monitoring other viral outbreaks, such as #Ebola: nature.com/articles/natur… and #Zika: genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
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