Even the New York Times, which has lied consistently about the origins, nature, virulence, prevention, vaccine safety, and treatment of SAR-CoV-2, is being forced to admit that the COVID-19 mask mandates were a fraud. In a widely read opinion piece published on Feb. 21 entitled “The Mask Mandates Did Nothing. Will Any Lessons Be Learned?,” Brett Stevens writes:

“The most rigorous and comprehensive analysis of scientific studies conducted on the efficacy of masks for reducing the spread of respiratory illnesses — including Covid-19 — was published late last month. Its conclusions, said Tom Jefferson, the Oxford epidemiologist who is its lead author, were unambiguous.

‘There is just no evidence that they’ — masks — “make any difference,’ he told the journalist Maryanne Demasi. ‘Full stop.’

But, wait, hold on. What about N-95 masks, as opposed to lower-quality surgical or cloth masks?

‘Makes no difference — none of it,’ said Jefferson.

What about the studies that initially persuaded policymakers to impose mask mandates?

‘They were convinced by nonrandomized studies, flawed observational studies… What about the utility of masks in conjunction with other preventive measures, such as hand hygiene, physical distancing or air filtration? There’s no evidence that many of these things make any difference.’

Mask mandates were a bust. Those skeptics who were furiously mocked as cranks and occasionally censored as ‘misinformers’ [like OCA, Dr. Mercola, RFK Jr., National Vaccine Information Center, Highwire, and Children’s Health Defense] for opposing mandates were right. The mainstream experts and pundits who supported mandates were wrong. In a better world, it would behoove the latter group to acknowledge their error, along with its considerable physical, psychological, pedagogical and political costs.

Don’t count on it. In congressional testimony this month, Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, called into question the [latest analysis]… and insisted that her agency’s guidance on masking in schools wouldn’t change. If she ever wonders why respect for the C.D.C. keeps falling, she could look to herself, and resign, and leave it to someone else to reorganize her agency…”

Read more, including over 3773 NYT reader’s comments: The Mask Mandates Did Nothing. Will Any Lessons Be Learned?

Read also: Why America Needs a COVID Truth Commission

Dr. Mercola writes:

“Globally, 1 in 6 deaths is caused by cancer, an especial tragic statistic since it’s estimated that at least 50% of cancer causes are preventable. One key risk factor you can modify to lower your risk? Diet, including intake of ultraprocessed foods. 
In the most comprehensive assessment to date of the link between ultraprocessed food consumption and cancers, researchers from Imperial College London’s School of Public Health found these cheap convenience foods are linked to an increased risk of developing and dying from cancer.

Intake of ultraprocessed foods is on the rise worldwide. In the U.S. and the U.K., more than half of daily caloric intake comes from these junk foods. What exactly are ultraprocessed foods (UPFs)? The Imperial College London researchers defines them as: ‘foods that are industrial formulations made by assembling industrially- derived food substances and food additives through a sequence of extensive industrial processes. UPFs contain little or no whole foods and are often energy dense, high in salt, sugar and fat, low in fiber, and liable to overconsumption.

They are aggressively marketed with strong brands to promote consumption and are gradually displacing traditional dietary patterns based on fresh and minimally processed food.'”

Learn more: More Reasons to Avoid Ultraprocessed Foods

The mainstream media have finally acknowledged that the railroad accident in East Palestine, Ohio is indeed a serious environmental and health disaster. Unfortunately, most media (except for the rapidly growing and uncensored new alternative media on Substack and Rumble) are still caught up in a hyper-partisan narrative, i.e. It was all Biden and Buttigieg’s (Fox News) fault. It was all Trump’s (CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, Huffington Post) fault, etc.

The bitter truth is that neither Obama, Trump, or Biden, nor any of the indentured Democrats and Republicans in Congress, have dared to stand up to the multi-billion dollar railroad monopolies, or to support the beleaguered railroad workers who have warned us for years that advanced electronic braking and adequate numbers of workers on massive freight trains carrying hazardous chemicals are an absolute necessity to protect public health and the environment.

Of course mainstream media’s hyper-partisan tunnel vision is not surprising, given the ‘profit at any cost’ agenda of the oligarchy and the globalists, the paymasters of Congress and the heavy advertisers on “legacy media;” whether we’re talking about the railroads, Big Pharma, the plastics and chemical superpolluters, or the military-industrial complex. The bitter truth is that the superprofits of the billionaire class are more important than you and your family’s safety, especially if you live in a “flyover” working class town like East Palestine, Ohio, or one the other hundreds of forgotten and neglected urban and rural sacrifice zones of 21st Century America.

There was a grand total of three workers (one in training) to run and supervise the 150-car, derailed East Palestine Norfolk-Pacific train. Railroad workers and their unions have warned us about the injustice and dangers of understaffing trains and labor cuts in the transportation sector for years. But don’t hold your breath for Biden (or Trump), the Democrats or the Republicans, to fix this. East Palestine is graphic reminder in the wake of COVID, Ukraine, and other recent disasters of why we need a truly independent movement and party to put an end to our Democratic/Republican duopoly.

Carey Gilliam writes:

“An oil pipeline ruptures in Kansas, contaminating pastureland where cattle graze and waterways that support precious species. An explosion at a biodiesel plant in Iowa injures 10 people and forces the evacuation of many others. And a train traveling through East Palestine, Ohio derails, sending toxins into the air, water and soil.

Some of these accidents make the news, others do not. But after the train derailment in Ohio, I wanted to know: How often do these ‘accidents’ happen? The answer is- far too often.

An analysis of a combination of data collected by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and by nonprofit groups that track chemical accidents in the US shows that accidental releases – be they through train derailments, truck crashes, pipeline ruptures or industrial plant leaks and spills – are happening on average, EVERY TWO DAYS…”

Learn more: An American Disaster; Hazardous Chemical Accidents Are Happening Every Other Day

Regeneration International Director Andre Leu reports:

“There are an enormous number of published scientific studies showing that GMOs and their associated pesticides are responsible for multiple serious health problems for people, animals, and the wider environment.

The widespread adoption of GMO crops in the U.S. has resulted in a massive increase in the application of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, as the primary method of weed control… The International Agency for Research on Cancer reviewed numerous scientific studies.  It gave glyphosate the second-highest rating for Cancer – Group 2A

This means it causes animal cancer and has some evidence of cancer in humans, most notably non-Hodgkin lymphoma…

Dr. Nancy Swanson, myself, and co-authors Jon Abrahamson and Bradley Wallet published a peer-reviewed paper, “Genetically engineered crops, glyphosate and the deterioration of health in the United States of America,” showing how glyphosate and GMOs are linked to over 20 chronic diseases in the U.S. In the study, U.S. government databases were searched for genetically engineered crop data, glyphosate application data, and disease epidemiological data. This was correlated and showed numerous diseases linked to the increased use of glyphosate and GMOs. A standard accepted statistical analysis showed that the odds of glyphosate and GMOs not being the cause of these diseases was 10,000 to 1. On top of these, numerous studies are confirming the link between GMOs and glyphosate with these diseases…”

Learn more: The Science-based Evidence to Ban Glyphosate and GMOs

Longtime OCA ally, IFOAM Organics Europe “warns against the misuse of claims, labels, or communication initiatives about food products, that contribute to greenwashing and hinder the agroecological transition towards sustainable food systems. Claims and labels on packages range from regenerative, local, organic to ecological agriculture. However, not all that glitters is gold, or green in this case, and the increasing use of the term ‘regenerative agriculture’ is a case in point.

While the reasoning and farming method behind a claim like ‘regenerative’ can be with the best intentions, it is just as much used for greenwashing purposes. The European organic food and farming movement welcomes the adoption of some regenerative practices in conventional farming and looks forward to cooperating with serious regenerative actors. However, IFOAM Organics Europe is concerned that use of the term is taking forms undermining the meaning, goals, and potential of regenerative agriculture, including organic farming.

As Jan Plagge, IFOAM Organics Europe’s President puts it: ‘Farming practices aiming to regenerate soils, biodiversity and landscapes are at the heart of organic agriculture. The organic movement embraces regenerative principles, all of which are included in organic principles of ecology, health, fairness, and care, and seeks positive collaboration with serious regenerative farmers and actors. With an eye on the current climate and biodiversity crises, the planet can use all help there is, and some so-called regenerative practices can be a good first step to convert to organic, the only certified sustainable agriculture practice at EU level. Organic agriculture is and continues to be the leading sustainability initiative for transforming EU food and farming.’”

Read more: EU Organic Movement Warns Against Greenwashing

This Saturday, March 4, at 9am PT/12pm ET, Meryl Nass, M.D., is hosting a special Children’s Health Defense TV symposium on food and farming.

Organic Consumers Association’s International Director Ronnie Cummins will speak to helping 60 million more farmers go organic. OCA Political Director Alexis Baden-Mayer will share the history of the New Deal demolition of the food supply and explain why 2.5 million American farmers failed to stop the USDA’s 1944 plot against them. She’ll also cover the Farm Bill and the latest threats and opportunities in the $100 billion per year that Congress spends on food and farming.

Regeneration International’s André Leu will explain how regenerative organic agriculture nourishes the world.

Regeneration Health International advisor Stephanie Seneff, Ph.D. will discuss glyphosate’s destructive impact on soil health.

Zen Honeycutt of Moms Across America and the New MDS: Mothers, Doctors & Scientists will speak on a panel with activists creating healthy food systems in their communities, including John Day on growing a beautiful garden, Beverly Johannson on no-dig gardening and Sarah Woods Kender on wild foraging essentials.

The symposium’s impressive speaker line-up includes:

* Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) on letting livestock farmers process their meat locally without federal interference.

* Dr. Joseph Mercola of Mercola.com on “Food as Medicine” and the looming threat to health posed by synbio.

* Benjamin Banks-Dobson of Hudson Carbon on the attack on independent farmers.

* Patrick Wood of Technocracy News on globalism, ranching and food.

* Abby Rockefeller of Churchtown Dairy on raw milk.

* James Corbett of the Corbett Report on food processing facilities being wiped out to clear the way for corporations peddling fake food.

* Mark Fulford of Teltane Farm and Lookfar Ag Services on regenerative ways to increase yields through crop intensification systems and how to save pollinators from the pesticide onslaught.

* Bonnie Mallard, Ph.D., of the Ontario Veterinary College on veterinary vaccines and alternative strategies for maximizing livestock health.

* Heather Retbers of Quill’s End Farm on recent wins for the local food sovereignty movement.

Watch: A Children’s Health Defense Symposium on How to Fight Back

Paul Thacker writes:

“A slew of research continues to record the link between fast-food and obesity, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that since [2004] the number of obese Americans has ballooned from 30% to 42%. The danger of this poor eating made headlines once again during the early months of the COVID outbreak. That’s when scientists noted that obese patients were more likely to be hospitalized and die from the virus.

So did public health officials launch a campaign to advise Americans to avoid crappy food and lose weight? No! Instead, the federal government poured billions into vaccine corporations and then campaigned with McDonald’s to promote the jab. I’m not joking…

By the summer of 2020, it was obvious to anyone with a medical degree or access to newspapers that being overweight was dangerous during the pandemic. Yet governments still did nothing to address the obesity epidemic. ‘In the current COVID-19 pandemic, governments mandate social distancing and good hand hygiene, but little attention is paid to the potential impact of diet on health outcomes,’ wrote public health researcher and investigative journalist Maryanne Demasi in a medical editorial.

Instead, the U.S. government partnered with corporations and poured billions into vaccines, almost as if a shot was a medical miracle that would fix all public health ills. And once the vaccines were ready to roll out, they teamed up with…McDonald’s—the iconic company of the fast-food industry that got us sick in the first place.”

Read more: COVID Made McDonald’s a Public Health Savior

Mercola.com reports:

“In an interview with journalist Kim Iversen, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. explains how the military industrial complex uses mind control techniques and fear to exert control over the population. Fear is the enemy, Kennedy explains, as it allows totalitarian systems to take control of people, destroying democracy in the process. While democracy is resilient, we now have the technology available to control human behavior at a large scale.


Democracy is dependent on the free flow of information, while censorship leads to totalitarianism…

Children’s Health Defense, which Kennedy founded, has led more than 50 lawsuits, many of them addressing COVID mandates.

In the beginning, even judges were too frightened to rule against the state dictates, leading to ‘really crazy decisions that … made no sense,’ Kennedy says. They’ve since made some progress, including in New York, where a judge said since the shot doesn’t prevent transmission, you can’t have a mandate for it.

But he points out that a government will not only not relinquish power, but will also abuse any power it has to the maximum extent possible. Just because the pandemic is over, the desire to control won’t go away. He explains:

‘People should keep in mind that nobody ever complied their way out of totalitarian regime rules. So, if you think that you know, by abandoning these rules, that somehow things are going to get better or it’s going to satiate the need to control you, it’s not. It’s just going to embolden them to do something worse.’”

Learn more: How the Powerful Captured the Public in a Pandemic

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