Lockdowns causing Hepatitis in Children; China approves HIV drug for use in Covid and School Unions on the march again

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So they think they have found the likely cause of the mystery hepatitis outbreak in children. And surprise surprise, the cause was…Lockdowns.

A report by the BBC (which heavily promoted lockdowns) said “two teams of researchers, from London and Glasgow, say infants exposed later than normal - because of Covid restrictions - missed out on some early immunity to: adenovirus, which normally causes colds and stomach upsets and adeno-associated virus two, which normally causes no illness and requires a coinfecting "helper" virus - such as adenovirus - to replicate.”

Covid or vaccines were ruled out as a cause but I guess there is still the theory of shedding. Whilst children of this age were not vaccinated, some have speculated that spike protein shedding from vaccinated parents may have been the cause. There has been no evidence either way to support this however.

I would prefer to stick with what we do know and that is that lockdowns are extremely damaging. The report says that experts are hopeful cases are becoming fewer but are still on the alert for new ones. Great, if new cases disappear but “experts” got us into this mess in the first place.

The BBC article says more than 1,000 children (many under five) have been affected and focusses on one child who needed an urgent liver transplant. Fortunately, he is recovering but he has needed a liver transplant and will need to take immunosuppressant drugs for the rest of his life. Moreover, his Mum ended up in intensive care after she was going to donate part of her liver but ended up reacting to the drugs.

The Mum is quoted as saying “There is something really heartbreaking about that because you go along following the rules, do what you are supposed to do to protect people that are vulnerable and then, in some horrible roundabout way, your own child has become more vulnerable because you did what you were supposed to do.”

In a highly complex society, every tiny change can have massive consequences. Especially with things that we don’t fully understand, such as viruses, even if we like to pretend we do. Not only did “experts” not consider the unintended consequences that could and would occur due to lockdowns (publicly at least) but they actively supressed any discussion on the topic. The mainstream media was complicit by again not allowing these discussions to take place. They should hang their heads in shame and ensure it never happens again.

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To further the lab-leak “conspiracy theories”, today China has approved the drug Azvudine for Covid-19 patients. Why is this connected to lab-leak theories? Well it may not be but this is a drug which was designed for HIV-1 patients. And what has HIV-1 got to do with Covid? According to some, the spike protein in SARS-CoV-2 contains 4 inserts which are found in HIV-1.

There is probably a simple answer as to why a HIV drug can be used for Covid but I still think it needs questioning. You could argue that this is just a repurposed drug, like Ivermectin, and Covid is not river blindness just because a river blindness drug works on Covid. But still, I would like to understand why.

Post any explanation in the comments below.

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And finally for now, in the UK, school unions are once again ramping up the fear in preparation for winter. They have written to the Secretary of State asking for, amongst other things:

• a public health messaging campaign on vaccination given the very low rates of childhood vaccination;

• updated guidance on face coverings;

• the reinstatement of Covid risk assessments.

They just won’t give up.