PRENATAL ULTRASOUNDS

In Jeanice Barcelo's "The Dark Side of Prenatal Ultrasound", the dangers of the procedure are laid out in great detail with a plethora of supporting evidence. In this post, I won't go into all the reasons why such uterine intrusions should be avoided. These are comprehensively covered in the book. The author also has a website titled "Birth of a New Earth". 

However, ultrasounds are a routine part of prenatal medical care in most wealthy countries. In less wealthy countries, many foetuses are fortunately spared the procedure because families cannot afford it. Medical prenatal ultrasounds carry dubious benefits and a great many dangers but it came as a surprise to me that the procedures are being carried for reasons that have nothing to do with medicine.

A Florida establishment going by the name of Sweet Baby O'Mine advertises on its website as shown in Figure 1:

Figure 1

The smiling mother and daughter team offer to bombard your baby-to-be with two 25 minute sessions of ultrasound (1st Session: between 14-27 weeks and 2nd Session: after 27 weeks) if you choose the most expensive package that costs $250. What you get is "an Adorable Movie of Your Lil' Baby Moving Inside the Womb ~ Great for Family Movie Night!". 

Of course, once born the baby will become a vaccine pin cushion, but the assault begins even before birth. Mothers who visit Sweet Baby O'Mine will still undergo the medical ultrasounds as part of their prenatal monitoring. Having being told the procedure is absolutely safe, these mothers are oblivious of the health hazards and sadly have complete trust in what their health care professionals tell them. 

Figure 2

Ultrasound is a tool that may well be useful in probing the interiors of our body but not a baby-to-be. Interestingly and surprisedly, even the United States FDA (Food and Drug Administration) issued a warning about ultrasounds as reported in this 2nd of April 2015 video:

Here is another video on the so-called 3-D "keepsake" ultrasounds from March 2015 that I discovered on a YouTube search. However, I couldn't find anything on YouTube after that date. I would surmise that the ultrasound lobby went into overdrive after these news stories appeared on mainstream media.

The following video (dating from 2010) featuring Dr. Robert Mendelsohn warns about the dangers of ultrasound procedures that at first sight do not seem to involve the use of ultrasound:

The information attached to this video contains some potentially useful references that can no longer be found thanks no doubt to the ultrasound lobby. Figures 3 and 4 shows two examples.

FDA Cautions Against Ultrasound "Keepsake" Images (see Figure 3)
http://www.sdms.org/pdf/FDAKeepsake.pdf 

Figure 3

Ultrasound and the Alarming Increase in Autism (see Figure 4):
http://midwiferytoday.com/articles/ultrasoundrodgers.asp

Figure 4

The latest news that I could find has less to do with ultrasound safety and more to do with abortion legislation. Nonetheless, the news article of March 12th 2020 is of interest. Here is an excerpt:

Utah’s six female senators — Republican and Democratic — left the chamber in protest Tuesday, refusing to vote on a bill that requires women to undergo an ultrasound and be presented with video and audio of their developing foetus before terminating a pregnancy.

COVID-19 or COVID-1984?

Here is a collection of images to make the case that COVID-1984 is more appropriate term, certainly in Australia where the images are taken from.

Figure 1: a group of more than two people on the beach!

Figure 2: you can't sit on a park bench!

Figure 3: Australian Defence Forces personnel help police clear the streets

Figure 4: police patrol Bondi Beach after it was closed to the public

Figure 5: police close the border between NSW and Queensland

Figure 6: don't try it!

So, Aussies!

Don't think you live in a police state?

THINK AGAIN

Figure 7: source

You Shouldn't Be Stationary

Here are two interesting links to alternative takes on how to respond to the Corona virus:

• https://off-guardian.org/2020/03/24/12-experts-questioning-the-coronavirus-panic/
• https://off-guardian.org/2020/03/28/10-more-experts-criticising-the-coronavirus-panic/

The first article begins with an interview with Dr Sucharit Bhakdi, a specialist in microbiology. He was a professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and head of the Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene and one of the most cited research scientists in German history. He says, in reference to the German government's corona virus containment measures (similar to those in many other countries):

The government’s anti-COVID19 measures] are grotesque, absurd and very dangerous […] The life expectancy of millions is being shortened. The horrifying impact on the world economy threatens the existence of countless people. The consequences on medical care are profound. Already services to patients in need are reduced, operations cancelled, practices empty, hospital personnel dwindling. All this will impact profoundly on our whole society. All these measures are leading to self-destruction and collective suicide based on nothing but a spook.

An embedded YouTube video in which Dr Bhakdi expressed his views in more depth no longer exists as the good doctor has had his YouTube channel deleted:
  

Some have quipped that COVID-19 would be better referred to as COVID-1984. In Australia at least, it really does feel like 1984 has arrived. This chilling video (opening screenshot below) is clear evidence of it and is contained in an article from news.com.au titled:

Coronavirus Australia:  

Can you sit down at the park? 

The short answer is no. The problem is with plenty of people stopping at the same time, the park ends up with 50 people in it. NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said there were a lot of what ifs, like if you were exercising, which is still allowed in all states in Australia. Asked whether a mother and kids could sit on the grass in the park and let them crawl and run around, Mr Fuller told the Today show that could count as exercise. “But again, the problem is, I guess if everyone went down to the park at the same time it becomes a complicating factor,” he said. “But do the kids have it or do you have it without symptoms and you are spreading it to someone else who comes in contact with your kids – and I know there is a lot of what ifs in this space, that's why I've asked police to continue to show high levels of discretion. “And I think they have been doing such a wonderful job with that regardless of some of the reporting.”

It good that police are showing "high levels of discretion" but the fact that they even have the discretion to decide such matters in the first place is alarming. More disturbing is that many Australians, like my friend, seem to be OK with this level of control being imposed upon them. 

The article continues:

“You shouldn’t be stationary. You shouldn’t be sitting anywhere – especially if 50 people might be social distancing, but if they’re all sitting in a park, that’s not acceptable. “That’s why police have had to act.” She said “if a number of people are stationary (in a park) that’s an unsafe place”.

It is bizarre to suggest you shouldn't be stationary in a park but NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian was serious. Who would have imagined this rather creepy looking woman issuing such a prohibition at the start of the year? Oh and here's a photo of her with you-know-who.

Needless to say she's up close and friendly with the Jewish community. In her own words, Israel is "a state that embodies the best of Jewish tradition, free speech and debate, innovation, ingenuity and above all else, resilience".