While I await Brilliant Inspiration to create my next blogosaurus (and BTW, I’ll be asking your opinion on that, below, so hang in there), I thought I’d do a little updating, question-asking, and picture-posting.
Weird dogness
I found this on Pixabay while looking for scrap (old illustrators’ term pre-Internet) for a drawing.
It wasn’t what I was looking for, but wow.
A heads-up and a question related to the forums
As of Saturday we have a new participatory feature at the Living Freedom Forums. It’s a weekly sticky thread in which members can share the latest progress on their preparedness, ask questions, post new finds, and give advice.
These strange and scary days I hope all experienced preppers are buffing up their storage goods, equipment, and skills, and that non-preppers are making a good start. Wherever you are in disaster preparedness, the group at the forums is a great one to trade info with.
The question:
This came up on the forums, but it’s related to what some of you have (or haven’t) experienced in the real world, particularly if your real world is the United States.
If you’ve taken COVID shots (any of the varieties available), were you asked to sign consent forms for participating in research, and specifically were you given a separate form with large-print warning of the possibility that the inoculation could lead to antibody‐dependent enhancement (ADE) of disease if you did happen to catch COVID?
This study is from a peer-reviewed journal (for whatever that’s worth, these days) and found on PubMed Central, a National Institutes of Health site.
It was published last year before any of the current vaccines won Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). But given that drugs under EUA are still experimental even though widely distributed, the requirement for consent the authors write about seems still to apply. The study’s authors clearly believe that even after full approval, which none of the COVID treatments have earned yet, patients should still receive such warnings.
The basics:
Results of the study
COVID‐19 vaccines designed to elicit neutralizing antibodies may sensitize vaccine recipients to more severe disease than if they were not vaccinated. Vaccines for SARS, MERS and RSV have never been approved, and the data generated in the development and testing of these vaccines suggest a serious mechanistic concern: that vaccines designed empirically using the traditional approach (consisting of the unmodified or minimally modified coronavirus viral spike to elicit neutralizing antibodies), be they composed of protein, viral vector, DNA or RNA and irrespective of delivery method, may worsen COVID‐19 disease via antibody‐dependent enhancement (ADE). This risk is sufficiently obscured in clinical trial protocols and consent forms for ongoing COVID‐19 vaccine trials that adequate patient comprehension of this risk is unlikely to occur, obviating truly informed consent by subjects in these trials.
Conclusions drawn from the study and clinical implicationsThe specific and significant COVID‐19 risk of ADE should have been and should be prominently and independently disclosed to research subjects currently in vaccine trials, as well as those being recruited for the trials and future patients after vaccine approval, in order to meet the medical ethics standard of patient comprehension for informed consent.
This isn’t conspiracy theory material. A big reason there isn’t yet the proverbial vaccine for the common cold is that previous tests of coronavirus immunizations have ended in disaster before ever reaching the stage of being tested on humans. As I understand it (and of course I’m neither a doctor nor a medical researcher), test animals would at first show what looked like appropriate immune-system response, then become deathly ill when exposed to the actual virus. (This article from the beginning of the pandemic isn’t the best but it gives a brief, user-friendly picture of the problem.)
According to this study quoted above, even people who understood they were participating in research (pre-authorization) didn’t receive enough information to give informed consent. I’m wondering if that’s changed for you who are still getting any of these experimental treatments.
And in other cheery COVID news …
You may have heard by now (though probably not via the mainstream media) that The Salk Institute (also not an outfit inclined to conspiracy theories) says that the spike protein alone, completely aside from any virus it contains, is dangerous. And that COVID is a vascular disease.
This could help explain “long COVID,” in which patients fail to recover fully after months. And if The Salk Institute’s claim is true — still an if — explain how post-vac disease may eventually manifest itself in mysterious heart, lung, liver, and other internal organ maladies.
(H/T to S for both the above medical items.)
But seriously now, on to a genuinely cheery development …
In the summer of 2018, I showed you a wonderful thing that The Wandering Monk did for me on the spur of the moment. He created me something akin a greenhouse window, even though he started that work day off having no idea what a greenhouse window was.
It was nifty, but on that day still unfinished. To wit:
Finishing the interior was supposed to be a winter project for 2018.
Then a winter project for 2019.
Then …
Well, spring 2021 arrived and here we are:
Looking good, yes?
FINALLY, what topic should my next blogosaurus cover?
A. The role of the Freedom Outlaw Cockapoo in the age of hyperinflationary government largess (a take-off on April’s post on the importance of Freedom Moles.)
B. How good freedomista women can encourage good freedomista men (and vice versa)
C. Books and movies for building strong, determined, courageous boys
D. Something else — and if so, what?
Please comment away!
God, I love you.
Such a lovely view out your window!
I wake up to that picture every day, it’s da Bones!!!!
I’m going with;
A. The role of the Freedom Outlaw Cockapoo in the age of hyperinflationary government largess (a take-off on April’s post on the importance of Freedom Moles.)
Mainly because things are moving very fast right now (and not in a good direction), IMHO we all will have a role (whether we like it or not) in the upcoming festivities, and figuring that out is kinda important.
+1 on the great view!!
“God, I love you.”
I have no idea what I did to deserve that (she says, blushing furiously). But I’ll take it. Thank you.
“Such a lovely view out your window!”
It is, isn’t it? Ever changing with the seasons and I’ve never for a moment gotten tired of it or taken it for granted. All but one of the house’s biggest windows are on that side & it’s a great pleasure.
Well, Comrade X, you’ve said da Bones is BIG. But I clearly wasn’t getting the real picture. 😉
And yes … fast. Going near light-speed in the wrong direction.
HAHA! I love you too Claire!! Why? Because you are so REAL!! Don’t ever let anyone take away that forthright honesty.
My two cents about the immune system modification shot…
1. I will not take it in a boat. I will not take it in a moat.
2. I had cancer treatment, a blood cancer so not comparable to all cancer types, a few years ago and have had a miraculous recovery. But, it wasn’t “traditional chemo” so to speak because the disease had not progressed enough to require napalm. It was a treatment with a monoclonal antibody (rituxin) and while it kicked my immune system on it’s a$$ for over a year, my system was able to right itself over time – the red blood cells were able to recover and start churning out what was needed again, and the cancer cells diminished. Now, I don’t know if there is anything to compare in there with the immune system manipulation of the current covid injections, but… I think it’s possible, if one made a huge mistake by taking the jab, for the immune system to recover from the abnormal protein spike (manipulation of the immune system) that is created by the jab. All other things being equal of course and no “booster shots” that TPTB are already promoting – stay away from the vices, feed your body with nutrient dense and organic foods, get fresh air, sunshine, and especially, do things that feed your soul and mind – give your immune system a chance to work this evil jab out of your system. This will not work for everyone (because there is an appointed time wherein we all leave this earth), but I am hopeful that our incredible, sophisticated, human bodies will be able to overcome the damage thrown at it by the current travesty.
And I love your greenhouse window!!!!
That window is great, that’s the sort of thing that makes a day. As for suggestions, I seriously doubt you want mine, but of the choices I would go with C
Claire – In all approved drug and biotechnology applications (New Drug Applications or Biologics License Application) the drug or biologic undergoes a number of animals studies, typically initially in mice (murine studies) and the Non-Human Primates (NHPs). There are a number of purposes for these studies but safety – or rather equally toxicity – is a major component. Typically compounds which create safety risks in murine models will not advance to NHPs, and those that create problems in NHPs in non-Good Laboratory Practices Studies will not advance to Good Laboratory Studies (the difference being the GLP study is regulated). Typically these are reviewed prior to the initiation of First In Human (FIH) studies.
I had the second injection of Moderna on Saturday. No Informed Consent (IC) forms were provided, but reviewing the Emergency USA Factsheet from the FDA, one does not seem to be required.
I think your items A) Cockapoos or B) “Freedomnista Women and the Men They Support/Vice Versa” would make for excellent articles.
Your Obedient Servant, Toirdhealbheach Beucail
I’d love to see a forum style update to several of the older books given current circumstances and how things have morphed. Covid, Grand Solar Minimum, Deep State, critical race theory, BLM, Antifa, government labeling domestic terrorists, etc.
Staying on top of fighting back is tough, having voices like yours giving some focus is awesome.
The window treatment and the blinds are outstanding. Congratulations to you both. And the vases of red roses are beautiful, a symbol of someone’s love. You could sit on a stool and watch out that window all day, and be constantly amazed! 😎
Claire:
I long ago purchased most if not all of your hard copy stuff (loved it and re-read it from time to time, especially Freedom Outlaw Handbook) so I get Agitators, Ghosts, and Moles. But what is a Cockapoo?
Whenever I consider signing up for the vaccine my mother whispers from the grave, “If all your friends were jumping off a cliff…”
Thing is, I remember what a wonderful thing it was in 1958 to have the polio vaccine. And how horrible the thalidomide tragedy was in 1960.
Since I’ve survived Covid well, I think I’ll ride natural immunity until the situation ripens a bit.
Color me green. When I look up from doing dishes I can see though the pass-through into the living room, and a side-view of the TV.
I don’t have strong druthers for the subject, particularly since I know whatever you write will be good.
Claire:
Combed the ‘net and found your 2010 article about Cockapoos. Got it.
Wow, I’m just reeling it in and reveling in it today, thank you. (And I’m very glad to know I’m real, instead of one of those imaginary Internet people. 😉
Dr. Suess reborn. Or is it Ogden Nash?
My corner of the real world is about half divided between people who won’t take the vaccine and people who have taken it. The latter group continue to have doubts about it, but got it because they have older relatives in nursing homes or undergoing cancer treatment or they themselves have major risk factors. Me, I agree with you. But I also feel very fortunate to be among people who accept others’ choices (a thing becoming all too rare in today’s world.)
Thanks for your v*te and your kindness, Myself. But why wouldn’t I want your suggestions? I know we don’t always agree, but you’re a smart, creative guy.
Toirdhealbheach Beucail — Thank you for the pocket lesson on drug trial methodology. And your v^te. (So far, it’s looking as if the “election” is going to be as tight, though perhaps not as contentious as Bush vs Gore or Trump vs Whoever-the-puppetmasters-of-Biden-and-Harris-Are.)
And thank you for this, too. Sounds as if the law or regulations on EUAs conflict with medical ethics, then.
If the study authors are right and the inoculations do bear a risk of creating antibody-dependent enhancement, I hope the number of such cases are vanishingly small.
Greetings and thank you, Justice.
A part of me would love to see that, too. Unfortunately there are two sad (and related) reasons why that will never be. First, since the late 90s, but particularly since the UNPatriot Act and subsequent developments, it’s getting harder to find great solutions. Second, thanks to the increasing criminalization of dissent, writing in anything other than a theoretical way about potential solutions has become dangerous.
Best IMHO just to watch for opportunities, remove oneself as much as possible from corrupt systems, think like a Freedom Outlaw, act with panache, read history, and prepare.
Val E. Forge — I was just about to answer when I saw your update. Kudos on your investigative skills.
Sounds like the way to go. For your sake, I’m hoping natural immunity lasts a VERY long time. I’m curious (as I suppose everybody is) to see whether immunity is for life.
(Did you ever think that “all your friends jump off a cliff” line was going to make so much sense to you?)
Man, I’m going to turn permanently red from all this blushing.
Thank you for noticing and noting the meaning of the roses, Fred. 🙂
And yes, there’s always something going on out that window. Many deer. Roving dogs. Beautiful gray doves. Yesterday a woodpecker (not often seen around here). One recent Sunday, a veritable parade of ‘possums. And for the last several months a pair of bunnies. The bunnies officially live at a house around the corner, but this pair seem to have decided my blackberry brambles are home (like B’rer Rabbit and his briar patch — or are we even allowed to mention those old stories these days?)
Claire:
Thanks (see your last reply to me) Sorry to hear your sad (but unfortunately true) reply to Justice. It got that way with me the last 10 years I was a government school teacher. Both permission and forgiveness were almost non-existent (except for the little thugs who I attempted to teach).
C.
On being a freedom outlaw; could singing and dancing play a part;
https://www.bookwormroom.com/2021/05/01/europe-liberty-and-danser-encore-flashmobs/
I can’t sing and I can’t dance
but for freedom I’s sure would try if given the chance
Pfizer shot, from Kaiser – no consent form. They did give me a handout with various explanatory stuff, including a list of possible side effects, but I don’t recall ADE in there, and certainly nothing in large bold type. Funny thing – the gal who gave me jab #2 asked whether I’d had side effects from #1, which I did, and told her about. She said usually it’s those who’ve had CoViD get those, and had I gotten it? If I did, it was mild enough to be not recognizable as such.
I’m with Granny, in re. the human system. Exceptions, yes, but a healthy body can do wondrous things for itself.
Rambling on, has everyone heard Van Morrison’s new release? Here’s the playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLN03oZEvHLX2Q6FUpiwoLNtNkuEnt_mFs
Check out the titles:
– Where Have All the Rebels Gone?
– Stop Bitching, Do Something
– They Own the Media
– Why are You on Facebook?
I have yet to listen to it all. He’s gotten some flack from the media on it, for sure.
Had to look up “cockapoo” – figured it was some sort of bird.
Thanks jed. And OMG, I didn’t even know Van Morrison was still alive, let alone that he had new songs with such attitude.
Comrade X, I’ve always loved those singing/dancing flash mobs, but only when I read your comment and followed the link did my heart break (and yet, kinda soar, too) to think that they’re now becoming literal outlaw actions.
I gotta go with Larry and Granny on the Covid business.