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This week, Mary Holland, Children’s Health Defense (CHD) president, and Polly Tommey, CHD.TV programming manager, covered the latest headlines on COVID-19, Big Pharma and other issues, including news that U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) led a roundtable discussion to shed light on the current state of knowledge surrounding the vaccine and the path forward. The story doctors and scientists told of corruption and mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic is a turning point for humanity.

Polly and Mary also discussed that Dr. Andrew Huff, an epidemiologist who worked at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, says the virus was genetically engineered through China’s gain-of-function experiments. “This should be the headline at every mainstream news outlet,” said Polly.

Plus, millions trust the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate Big Food and Big Pharma without realizing that Bill Gates and other members of the private sector are pulling the strings behind the scenes.

Also on tap this week: The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, conducted another pandemic tabletop exercise in Brussels, Belgium, on October 23.

More of this week’s highlights:

  • 5 key takeaways from the 446-page transcript of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s deposition in a lawsuit alleging he and other Biden administration officials colluded with tech companies to censor social media content. “Go and read this,” said Polly.
  • In “‘Cause Unknown’: The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 and 2022,” former BlackRock managing director Edward Dowd details insurance industry data showing that in 2021, group life policyholders ages 25 through 64 — a far healthier subset of the general population than people outside that age group — suddenly experienced 40% excess mortality, compared to 32% in the general population. “Listen to the superb interview that breaks it down,” said Polly. “These are not statistics, these are real people,” said Mary. “It is overwhelming.”
  • A teenage girl was denied a kidney transplant due to being unvaccinated against COVID-19. “This could be devastating,” said Mary.
  • Any potential benefits of the COVID-19 booster fail to outweigh the harms for young people ages 18-29, according to a peer-reviewed study published Monday in The BMJ Journal of Medical Ethics. “Keeping these mandates going is unconscionable,” said Mary.
  • The U.S. House of Representatives voted last week to rescind the Pentagon’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, after Republican lawmakers threatened to withhold votes for the $858 billion National Defense Authorization Act. “I am very excited that this dynamic is shifting,” said Mary.
  • The FDA authorized the COVID-19 Omicron-targeted vaccine for children and said children 6 months through 5 years old who received Moderna’s two-dose primary series are now eligible for a booster. “There is no science on this,” said Mary.
  • Pharmacies in England reported antibiotic shortages after a recent Strep A surge.
  • Courtesy of Swedish telecom giant Ericsson, Girl Scouts across America this year were offered a new way to earn a special uniform patch: learning about the wonders of 5G cellphone technology and, in some cases, promoting it. “This is very manipulative,” said Mary. “It is exploitation of children.”
  • Despite freezing temperatures and with little to no warning, Dominion Energy Virginia showed up at the homes of more than half a dozen families in Virginia and shut off their power because they refused to have “smart” meters installed in their homes. Take action now! “Smart meters give off radiation so this could really impact someone who is sensitive,” said Mary.
  • Soon your digital identity will be required to unlock all aspects of life, from logging onto the internet to accessing social services, travel, food, shopping and financial services. “It is an illusion that you are free if you are using your digital identity,” said Mary.
  • Children with higher levels of certain pesticide metabolites are more likely to go through early puberty, according to research published recently in Environmental Pollution. “These environmental toxins are very serious,” said Mary.
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