Chinese bots are swamping Twitter with sexually explicit posts about porn and escorts in an apparent bid to stop the spread of news about the massive protests against lockdowns and President Xi Jinping.
Searches for major Chinese cities that have seen mass protests will “mostly see ads for escorts/porn/gambling, drowning out legitimate search results,” said Air-Moving Device, sharing a series of charts.
If we go to a doctor or clinic for a vaccination, be it an influenza shot or a COVID-19 vaccine, we go with the expectation that it is safe.
We usually dismiss mild symptoms, such as headaches, fever, pain, and redness at the injection site, since we are typically informed of them beforehand and expect them to be transient in duration. Thankfully, most of the time, people recover from them and proceed with their lives as before.
Protests against China’s stringent Covid restrictions have intensified, as a wave of civil disobedience triggered by a deadly fire in the far west reached levels in the mainland not seen since Xi Jinping assumed power a decade ago.
At Beijing’s elite Tsinghua University, students shouted “freedom will prevail” and called for an end to lockdowns, while crowds also returned to Middle Urumqi Road in Shanghai for a second day, and pushed down pandemic barricades in Wuhan.
BREAKING Police are using force against lockdown protests in China. #China #ChinaProtests#ChinaProtest2022 #BREAKING #Lockdown #video #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/dnerS5wzMQ
— NEWS ALL TIME (@NEWS_ALL_TIME) November 27, 2022
LAST week the British Medical Journal published an article that was extraordinary even by its own very variable standards, entitled Understanding and neutralising Covid-19 misinformation and disinformation.
You will have no problem guessing the content of this patently unscientific piece of propaganda. It was clearly targeted at the doctors and scientists whose evidence-based research and professional observations and medical experiences have given them no option but to challenge and question the official Covid narrative.
Early on in the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci and his Democrat constitutes attempted damage control when news started to break that the virus originated from a Wuhan lab leak.
Videos shared on social media in China have appeared to show fresh protests against Covid restrictions, after an apartment block fire killed 10 people.
People in Urumqi are seen confronting officials, breaking down a barrier and shouting “end the Covid lockdown”.
Infections have hit new highs in China in spite of a tough zero-Covid policy.
Authorities in Urumqi have now promised to phase out restrictions – though deny that these stopped people escaping Thursday’s fire.
(1): A large scale protest broke out in Urumqi against the strict lockdown following the death of 44 Uyghurs in a fire.
According to accounts of witness, the Uyghurs were not allowed to go out while the fire broke out. pic.twitter.com/mK9pZ5eDve— Uyghur Times English (@uytimes) November 25, 2022
The biggest deception China has successfully perpetuated in the West is that it would rise peacefully, gradually liberalize and present enormous business opportunities. Behind that veneer of reform, Beijing has played a masterful influence game, ensnaring governments, academia, think tanks, cultural groups, and businesses in the West to further its goal of global preeminence.
Our Corporate and Political classes sold us out.
No Alberta schools or pre-kindergarten classes can require students to wear masks to attend school, says a new provincial government regulation.
The rules, which take effect today, also prevent almost every Alberta school from shifting Grade 1 to 12 classes to a solely online format.
Kindergarten and pre-kindergarten classes are excluded and schools in sensitive settings such as hospitals may be exempt from the rules.
Chinese state media have given huge attention to the World Cup this week, but the matches are fuelling frustrations that people in the country are being left out of the celebrations.
On top of China’s men’s national team not qualifying for the event, scenes of maskless celebrations and raucous gatherings in Qatar have irritated viewers, who have been discouraged from gathering to watch the games.
Many have used the World Cup to complain online about China’s existing strategies. The country maintains a zero-Covid policy, where entire communities are locked down over single cases of the virus, in order to prevent it from spreading.
In China the people are revolting at new lockdowns. The hazmat suit attired officials seem to be getting a good hiding.
Some have suggested China is using this as an excuse to lock up dissidents. pic.twitter.com/pS7A5QQg2B
— David Atherton (@DaveAtherton20) November 24, 2022
I have always hated goodbyes, whether something so simple as seeing someone off at the airport after an enjoyable visit or a more difficult final goodbye to parents after long, rich lives, and a sibling gone well before his time. I have never found even the smallest bit of joy in a goodbye. Granted, in a long life, there have been a number of good riddances, but I’m not counting those.
So this goodbye was a bit different for me. Today, I heard a goodbye that was music to my ears, even symphonic. Dr. Anthony “Phony Tony” Fauci said goodbye to the nation as White House chief medical adviser.
Top scientists including Sir Patrick Vallance were warned that Covid-19 could have evolved in laboratory animals, but collaborated in a paper which shut down the lab leak theory, it has emerged.
The paper, “The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2,” published in Nature Medicine in March 2020, argued that a natural spillover event caused the pandemic, and was hugely instrumental in stifling debate into the origins of the virus.
But newly released emails from early 2020 show that in the weeks before publication the authors held lengthy discussions with experts, including Sir Patrick and Sir Jeremy Farrar, the head of the Wellcome Trust.
People wondering if mask mandates will return will note that one major Ontario city is about to implement mandatory face coverings for city workers starting next week.
Trying to protect staff and the public, Burlington is the first large Ontario city re-instating mask mandates. Starting Monday, city employees must wear a mask while at work.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser and former President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 task force head, ignored numerous questions from reporters Tuesday about his personal role in investigating the origins of COVID-19.
Fauci and Dr. Ashish Jha, Biden’s current top COVID-19 adviser, joined White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at Tuesday’s briefing, Fauci’s final appearance in the briefing room before retiring next month.
Kringe Jean Pierre rattles and shakes during utter MELTDOWN after reporter presses Fauci on origins of COVID:
"I'M DONE!" pic.twitter.com/w2de1o80Pk
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 22, 2022
China has seen its first deaths from Covid-19 in six months, and thousands more people are catching the disease, despite the government’s strict lockdown policy.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said China should rethink its strategy.
On Sunday 20 November alone, there were 26,824 new cases recorded in China. That is close to the peak back in April 2022.
Good.
Advocates for harsh Covid measures are finally waking up to what they have done
The underreported story of the entire pandemic is excess deaths — not from Covid, but from other health conditions which were so brutally pushed to one side. There have been huge rises in the number of people dying from causes unrelated to the virus, accelerating throughout the year and showing no signs of slowing down.
