Hoax Epidemics
by caffeinehigh on 18.03.2006 [14:13 ]
Here's the checklist to detect a hoax epidemic/pandemic. With this list you should be much better preparared to assess the next SARS, AIDS, Avian Flu or whatever we are told is coming down the pipeline.
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MONOPOLIZATION
a) Who is running the research?
b) Have they created a closed club of labs to "find the germ?" (monopolization of research)
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LACK OF PEER REVIEW
a) Have relevant studies been published in journals, IN ADVANCE of the press-conference announcement that names the "causitive germ?"
b) Have those studies been replicated by many scientists outside the closed club?
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PRO-GERM BIAS
a) Is the elite group that monopolizes the research looking for a virus right off the bat, and right-out ignoring/denying possible bacteria, fungi, toxic and other agents?
b) Have investigators been sent to the scene of the "outbreak" to thoroughly check for environmental causes? (open sewage, malnutrition, toxic chemicals, vaccine programs, natural disasters which have collapsed the local infrastructure etc.)
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MIMETISM
Are the symptoms of the "new disease" borrowed from already-existing illnesses, such that there is no way to tell the difference between them and the new disease?
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RACIST BIAS
Does the official spread-map show the disease is coming from some "strange and distant place" like Africa or China, as opposed to traveling in the reverse direction?
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INCOMPLETE GERM DETECTION (indirect identification)
a) Are the researchers forced to use artificial amplifying techniques, such as the PCR, just to infer (rather than observe) the presence of the "new germ?"
b) Are we getting independent analyses of the method used to identify the "new germ," or are we forced to believe the elite research team, who in fact may not have isolated a distinct germ at all?
c) Are clear figures being given for the percentage of patients diagnosed with the "new disease" in whom the "the new germ" is found or absent?
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HYPED LETHALITY, SCAREMONGERING
a) Are we hearing that very, very small amounts of the new germ are being found in patients? And are we then hearing that researchers are "puzzling" over how such small amounts could be causing illness?
b) Do we then hear wild speculations about how a very small amount of germ may be causing the immune system to go haywire, or some such?
c) Is no one saying that a healthy immune system is more than adequate protection against the "new germ?"
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TARGETTING OF "RISK GROUPS"
a) Is some obvious group (like children in the SARS hoax) being excluded from mention as suffering from "the new disease?" Or conversely, is some group being targeted for inclusion, such as the elderly, who are already prone to illnesses whose symptoms are indistinguishable from the "new disease?"
b) Is there a rush to quarantine and seal off people who have well and previously known symptoms indistinguishable from the "new disease?" And therefore, are there clear political motives in play?
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BIG CAPITAL BIAS
Are we being told that the World Health Organization and/or the CDC is in charge of the research? Do these groups ever say that by cleaning up the water or fixing the sewage system or improving the nutrition in the area of the "outbreak" or giving back stolen farmland to the people, the "outbreak" can be cured? Are such obvious measures ever undertaken with zeal, and are the results ever announced?