Forwarded from Robin Monotti + Cory Morningstar
Open letter from The BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg
Dear Mark Zuckerberg,
We are Fiona Godlee and Kamran Abbasi, editors of The BMJ, one of the world’s oldest and most influential general medical journals. We are writing to raise serious concerns about the “fact checking” being undertaken by third party providers on behalf of Facebook/Meta.
In September, a former employee of Ventavia, a contract research company helping carry out the main Pfizer covid-19 vaccine trial, began providing The BMJ with dozens of internal company documents, photos, audio recordings, and emails. These materials revealed a host of poor clinical trial research practices occurring at Ventavia that could impact data integrity and patient safety. We also discovered that, despite receiving a direct complaint about these problems over a year ago, the FDA did not inspect Ventavia’s trial sites.
The BMJ commissioned an investigative reporter to write up the story for our journal. The article was published on 2 November, following legal review, external peer review and subject to The BMJ’s usual high level editorial oversight and review.[1]
But from November 10, readers began reporting a variety of problems when trying to share our article. Some reported being unable to share it. Many others reported having their posts flagged with a warning about “Missing context ... Independent fact-checkers say this information could mislead people.” Those trying to post the article were informed by Facebook that people who repeatedly share “false information” might have their posts moved lower in Facebook’s News Feed. Group administrators where the article was shared received messages from Facebook informing them that such posts were “partly false.”
Readers were directed to a “fact check” performed by a Facebook contractor named Lead Stories.[2]
We find the “fact check” performed by Lead Stories to be inaccurate, incompetent and irresponsible.
-- It fails to provide any assertions of fact that The BMJ article got wrong
-- It has a nonsensical noscript: “Fact Check: The British Medical Journal Did NOT Reveal Disqualifying And Ignored Reports Of Flaws In Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Trials”
-- The first paragraph inaccurately labels The BMJ a “news blog”
-- It contains a screenshot of our article with a stamp over it stating “Flaws Reviewed,” despite the Lead Stories article not identifying anything false or untrue in The BMJ article
-- It published the story on its website under a URL that contains the phrase “hoax-alert”
We have contacted Lead Stories, but they refuse to change anything about their article or actions that have led to Facebook flagging our article.
We have also contacted Facebook directly, requesting immediate removal of the “fact checking” label and any link to the Lead Stories article, thereby allowing our readers to freely share the article on your platform.
There is also a wider concern that we wish to raise. We are aware that The BMJ is not the only high quality information provider to have been affected by the incompetence of Meta’s fact checking regime. To give one other example, we would highlight the treatment by Instagram (also owned by Meta) of Cochrane, the international provider of high quality systematic reviews of the medical evidence.[3] Rather than investing a proportion of Meta’s substantial profits to help ensure the accuracy of medical information shared through social media, you have apparently delegated responsibility to people incompetent in carrying out this crucial task. Fact checking has been a staple of good journalism for decades. What has happened in this instance should be of concern to anyone who values and relies on sources such as The BMJ.
We hope you will act swiftly: specifically to correct the error relating to The BMJ’s article and to review the processes that led to the error; and generally to reconsider your investment in and approach to fact checking overall.
Best wishes,
Fiona Godlee, editor in chief
Kamran Abbasi, incoming editor in chief
The BMJ
https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2635/rr-80
Dear Mark Zuckerberg,
We are Fiona Godlee and Kamran Abbasi, editors of The BMJ, one of the world’s oldest and most influential general medical journals. We are writing to raise serious concerns about the “fact checking” being undertaken by third party providers on behalf of Facebook/Meta.
In September, a former employee of Ventavia, a contract research company helping carry out the main Pfizer covid-19 vaccine trial, began providing The BMJ with dozens of internal company documents, photos, audio recordings, and emails. These materials revealed a host of poor clinical trial research practices occurring at Ventavia that could impact data integrity and patient safety. We also discovered that, despite receiving a direct complaint about these problems over a year ago, the FDA did not inspect Ventavia’s trial sites.
The BMJ commissioned an investigative reporter to write up the story for our journal. The article was published on 2 November, following legal review, external peer review and subject to The BMJ’s usual high level editorial oversight and review.[1]
But from November 10, readers began reporting a variety of problems when trying to share our article. Some reported being unable to share it. Many others reported having their posts flagged with a warning about “Missing context ... Independent fact-checkers say this information could mislead people.” Those trying to post the article were informed by Facebook that people who repeatedly share “false information” might have their posts moved lower in Facebook’s News Feed. Group administrators where the article was shared received messages from Facebook informing them that such posts were “partly false.”
Readers were directed to a “fact check” performed by a Facebook contractor named Lead Stories.[2]
We find the “fact check” performed by Lead Stories to be inaccurate, incompetent and irresponsible.
-- It fails to provide any assertions of fact that The BMJ article got wrong
-- It has a nonsensical noscript: “Fact Check: The British Medical Journal Did NOT Reveal Disqualifying And Ignored Reports Of Flaws In Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Trials”
-- The first paragraph inaccurately labels The BMJ a “news blog”
-- It contains a screenshot of our article with a stamp over it stating “Flaws Reviewed,” despite the Lead Stories article not identifying anything false or untrue in The BMJ article
-- It published the story on its website under a URL that contains the phrase “hoax-alert”
We have contacted Lead Stories, but they refuse to change anything about their article or actions that have led to Facebook flagging our article.
We have also contacted Facebook directly, requesting immediate removal of the “fact checking” label and any link to the Lead Stories article, thereby allowing our readers to freely share the article on your platform.
There is also a wider concern that we wish to raise. We are aware that The BMJ is not the only high quality information provider to have been affected by the incompetence of Meta’s fact checking regime. To give one other example, we would highlight the treatment by Instagram (also owned by Meta) of Cochrane, the international provider of high quality systematic reviews of the medical evidence.[3] Rather than investing a proportion of Meta’s substantial profits to help ensure the accuracy of medical information shared through social media, you have apparently delegated responsibility to people incompetent in carrying out this crucial task. Fact checking has been a staple of good journalism for decades. What has happened in this instance should be of concern to anyone who values and relies on sources such as The BMJ.
We hope you will act swiftly: specifically to correct the error relating to The BMJ’s article and to review the processes that led to the error; and generally to reconsider your investment in and approach to fact checking overall.
Best wishes,
Fiona Godlee, editor in chief
Kamran Abbasi, incoming editor in chief
The BMJ
https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2635/rr-80
Forwarded from Robin Monotti + Cory Morningstar
Why so many have willingly been hypnotised
"MATTIAS Desmet is a lecturer in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at Ghent University. He has come to public attention with his explanation of that most curious of phenomena that we have witnessed this year: why people have given up their freedoms so willingly; and what the conditions are in any society that will cause a people to sacrifice them?
It’s a question Kate Dunlop raised in these pages last Friday. Wondering about people’s gullibility, she asked: ‘Is their willingness to be experimented on a question of trust, fear, or a resigned acceptance of the inevitable?’
Daniel Miller offered a brief explanation last Thursday in his article Time to bring this madness to end. He observed that ‘people have come to enjoy being humiliated and humiliating’ which, as an addiction, ‘overrides ethical and intellectual considerations’.
Compliance and active cooperation are part of an overriding theory articulated by Desmet in a number of interviews and podcasts he has given this year which you can find on YouTube. I have selected just one of these, an excellently presented interview conducted by Dr Chris Martensen which explores Desmet’s theory of ‘mass formation’, psychological distress and hypnosis. It is compelling.
You can watch it here."
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/why-so-many-have-willingly-been-hypnotised/
"MATTIAS Desmet is a lecturer in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at Ghent University. He has come to public attention with his explanation of that most curious of phenomena that we have witnessed this year: why people have given up their freedoms so willingly; and what the conditions are in any society that will cause a people to sacrifice them?
It’s a question Kate Dunlop raised in these pages last Friday. Wondering about people’s gullibility, she asked: ‘Is their willingness to be experimented on a question of trust, fear, or a resigned acceptance of the inevitable?’
Daniel Miller offered a brief explanation last Thursday in his article Time to bring this madness to end. He observed that ‘people have come to enjoy being humiliated and humiliating’ which, as an addiction, ‘overrides ethical and intellectual considerations’.
Compliance and active cooperation are part of an overriding theory articulated by Desmet in a number of interviews and podcasts he has given this year which you can find on YouTube. I have selected just one of these, an excellently presented interview conducted by Dr Chris Martensen which explores Desmet’s theory of ‘mass formation’, psychological distress and hypnosis. It is compelling.
You can watch it here."
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/why-so-many-have-willingly-been-hypnotised/
The Conservative Woman
Why so many have willingly been hypnotised - The Conservative Woman
Forwarded from Steve Kirsch Channel
NIH is still unsure whether fluvoxamine should be used to treat COVID https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/nih-is-still-unsure-whether-fluvoxamine?r=o7iqo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Kirschsubstack
NIH is still unsure whether fluvoxamine should be used to treat COVID
More evidence of corruption at the NIH. I couldn't find a scientist that would be willing to defend the NIH's recommendation in a recorded interview.
Forwarded from Steve Kirsch Channel
How an experienced medical professional deals with evidence that goes against his belief system https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/how-an-experienced-medical-professional?r=o7iqo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Substack
How an experienced medical professional deals with evidence that goes against his belief system
Here's an email I just received from Harvey Cohen, Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University. It shows you how professionals handle cognitive dissonance.
Forwarded from LeakyVax
The forecast if mass vaccination is not halted soon.
"...and then what I expect is a huge wave," — Geert Vanden Bossche on expectations for places with high vaccination coverage
"...and then what I expect is a huge wave," — Geert Vanden Bossche on expectations for places with high vaccination coverage
Forwarded from LeakyVax
In this clip from a now censored YouTube interview originally filmed late September 2021, Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche describes the pattern of cases currently playing out in the United Kingdom.
What public health official or bluecheck midwit on Twitter has said anything as predictive as this? Can any of them explain why each new variant has a competitive advantage over the last? Or why we have been inflicted with more doses of vaccine than ever yet are seeing higher cases than at any time since the beginning of the pandemic?
What public health official or bluecheck midwit on Twitter has said anything as predictive as this? Can any of them explain why each new variant has a competitive advantage over the last? Or why we have been inflicted with more doses of vaccine than ever yet are seeing higher cases than at any time since the beginning of the pandemic?
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"...and then what I expect is a huge wave," — Geert Vanden Bossche on expectations for Israel
(Full Discussion on Youtube)
(Full Discussion on Youtube)
Forwarded from Today I Learned
TIL that in 2017 Steve Whitmire, who had voiced Kermit the Frog for 27 years was fired for being disrespectful; he spoke up against changes being made to the character he felt were against what creator Jim Henson would have wanted such as Kermit lying to his nephew.
https://ift.tt/3ekycmH
https://ift.tt/3ekycmH
reddit
TIL that in 2017 Steve Whitmire, who had voiced Kermit the Frog...
Posted in r/todayilearned by u/Paint_Her • 489 points and 23 comments
Forwarded from Robin Monotti + Cory Morningstar
This extraordinary “web app” permits anyone with a Covid19 vaccine batch code to enter that code & learn whether you’ve been injected with a “hot lot” or something less harmful.
http://howbad.info/
A team of five, independent scientists / researchers (four of whom are very capable data analysts) have reviewed the data in VAERS, discovering that, while most batch numbers are associated with low numbers of adverse event reports, around 1% of batches are associated with extraordinary rates of adverse events including deaths.
We understand that the vaccine makers have legal immunity against prosecution.
That means if you’ve been injured, you can’t sue them.
But their indemnity does NOT cover breaking various federal laws relating to product consistency. It’s a very serious crime to allow “adulterated product” to be sent out. When such products cross a state line, further offences are committed.
Legal eagles are moving on this aspect & I hope the revelation that there are extraordinary degrees of variability, batch to batch, in terms of toxicity.
I hope this information & tool will be of use to some people seeking answers.
Best wishes
Mike
Dr Mike Yeadon
Ps: please distribute this as widely as you can.
http://howbad.info/
http://howbad.info/
A team of five, independent scientists / researchers (four of whom are very capable data analysts) have reviewed the data in VAERS, discovering that, while most batch numbers are associated with low numbers of adverse event reports, around 1% of batches are associated with extraordinary rates of adverse events including deaths.
We understand that the vaccine makers have legal immunity against prosecution.
That means if you’ve been injured, you can’t sue them.
But their indemnity does NOT cover breaking various federal laws relating to product consistency. It’s a very serious crime to allow “adulterated product” to be sent out. When such products cross a state line, further offences are committed.
Legal eagles are moving on this aspect & I hope the revelation that there are extraordinary degrees of variability, batch to batch, in terms of toxicity.
I hope this information & tool will be of use to some people seeking answers.
Best wishes
Mike
Dr Mike Yeadon
Ps: please distribute this as widely as you can.
http://howbad.info/
Forwarded from Robin Monotti + Cory Morningstar
This destroys any pretence that we’re dealing with public health.
Please share.
Best wishes
Mike
Intentionally contracting Covid ‘may land you in jail for 5 years’ – Swiss media
"Contracting Covid-19 on purpose to gain natural immunity is a potentially criminal offense that could lead to a lengthy prison term, Switzerland’s Federal Office of Public Health said in response to the rise of infection parties."
https://www.rt.com/news/544374-contracting-covid-illegal-switzerland/
Please share.
Best wishes
Mike
Intentionally contracting Covid ‘may land you in jail for 5 years’ – Swiss media
"Contracting Covid-19 on purpose to gain natural immunity is a potentially criminal offense that could lead to a lengthy prison term, Switzerland’s Federal Office of Public Health said in response to the rise of infection parties."
https://www.rt.com/news/544374-contracting-covid-illegal-switzerland/
RT
Intentionally contracting Covid ‘may land you in jail for 5 years’ – Swiss media
Contracting Covid-19 on purpose to gain natural immunity is a potentially criminal offense that could lead to a lengthy prison term, Switzerland’s Federal Office of Public Health said in response to the rise of infection parties.
Forwarded from Robin Monotti + Cory Morningstar
NY Times Editor, 49, Dies One Day After Moderna Booster Shot
"Carlos Tejada, a New York Times Deputy Asia Editor, has died at the age of 49. He suffered a heart attack less than a day after posting to social media that he had received a Moderna booster vaccination."
https://thenationalpulse.com/2021/12/26/ny-times-editor-49-dies-one-day-after-moderna-booster-shot/
"Carlos Tejada, a New York Times Deputy Asia Editor, has died at the age of 49. He suffered a heart attack less than a day after posting to social media that he had received a Moderna booster vaccination."
https://thenationalpulse.com/2021/12/26/ny-times-editor-49-dies-one-day-after-moderna-booster-shot/
The National Pulse
NY Times Editor, 49, Dies One Day After Moderna Booster Shot.
Carlos Tejada, a New York Times Deputy Asia Editor, has died at the age of 49. He suffered a heart attack less than a day after posting to social media that he had received a Moderna booster vaccination.Tejada, who worked in part on the paper’s COVID-19 coverage…
Forwarded from RT News
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Video shows man directly hit by THUNDERBOLT
The 35-year-old, working as a guard for a company dealing with heavy machinery in the north of Jakarta, was on duty when lightning struck him.
The man survived, having suffered burns to his hands, according to Detik News. He was initially treated at a hospital, but is now recovering at home. It is believed the guard’s walkie-talkie, which he had in his hands, attracted the lightning discharge.
https://www.rt.com/news/544448-indonesia-lightning-strike-video/
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The 35-year-old, working as a guard for a company dealing with heavy machinery in the north of Jakarta, was on duty when lightning struck him.
The man survived, having suffered burns to his hands, according to Detik News. He was initially treated at a hospital, but is now recovering at home. It is believed the guard’s walkie-talkie, which he had in his hands, attracted the lightning discharge.
https://www.rt.com/news/544448-indonesia-lightning-strike-video/
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Forwarded from The Babylon Bee
Unvaccinated Man Feeling Left Out As All His Vaccinated Friends Have COVID
READ: https://j.mp/3JsIgbH
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