by Gerald Braude
In this newsletter:
March 17 Radio Show Links
The Future Status of HB 1333
Bastyr University Mixes Naturopathy with Vaccines
March 17 Episode of An Informed Life Radio - show links
Guest: Aundrea Gomez
Tennessee General Assembly Legislation (tn.gov)
Guest: Pete Serrano
Home - Silent Majority Foundation
November 2022 ICWA Weekly News Update with Federation of State Medical Boards letters
The Future Status of HB 1333
Since Washington House Bill 1333, which would have established a domestic violent extremism commission within the office of the attorney general, did not pass the March 8 deadline in the House and in turn will not move forward this session, the question is whether the bill will be passed during next year’s legislative session.
The part of the argument for the bill that alarmed health freedom activists was a Presentation by the Anti-defamation League (ADL) given to a house committee during a work session, for it showed how real the threat of HB 1333 was to the expression of medical freedom.
The arrow in the slide below makes this cause-and-effect from “Anti-Mask and Anti-Vaccine Narratives” to “Increase threats against elections officials, medical professionals, school board members.”
At the forefront of pushing this narrative has been Dr. Peter Hotez, who recently published an opinion piece in an academic journal in which he constructs an equivalence between right wing politics, “Antiscience”, vaccine and vax mandate hesitancy (“Antivaxxer”), and antisemitism.
In an interview in Moment, Dr. Hotez attempts to create links between far-right extremism and anti-vaccine/anti-science in a statement that is inaccurate from the first sentence:
“ The anti-vaccine movement started with false assertions that vaccines cause autism, and that revved up in the early 2000s. Then, about ten years ago, it pivoted to become a political movement linked to the Republican Tea Party’s concept of health freedom, or medical freedom. That’s when the first anti-vaccine political action committees were set up in Texas and other states to support far-right candidates who pushed health freedom propaganda, mostly linked to vaccines. During COVID-19, the movement expanded beyond childhood vaccinations to COVID vaccinations and other COVID prevention measures. That’s when it gained a lot of political strength and when you started to see the health freedom/medical freedom movement adopted by the House Freedom Caucus in the U.S. Congress, amplified on Fox News by senators like Rand Paul and Ron Johnson. Every night Fox News was spewing out rhetoric claiming vaccines were not effective or they weren’t safe. You started to see the white nationalist Proud Boys marching at anti-vaccine rallies. And, in fact, the first arrests in the January 6th insurrection included anti-vaccine activists. There became a very tight link between far-right extremism and anti-vaccine/anti-science rhetoric.”
A Virulent Antisemitism: An Interview with Dr. Peter Hotez (momentmag.com)
A recent The Jimmy Dore Show touched on how censorship efforts have been embedded by the ADL.
Fauci’s Likely Replacement Is EVEN WORSE Than Fauci! - YouTube
At the 9:53 mark of the show, Peter Hotez said in an ADL interview, “Anti-science aggression goes hand-in-hand, hand-in-glove with anti-Semitism.”
Dr. Robert Malone, inventor of the mRNA technology for the COVID-19 shots, provides the following biographical write-up about Dr. Hotez:
“ Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, is Texas Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair for Tropical Pediatrics, and Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. He previously served as president of the Sabin Vaccine Institute (Sabin) and as U.S. Science Envoy for the White House and State Department under Barack Obama. The Sabin Vaccine Institute was founded 1993 by Heloisa Sabin, his widow, Dr. H.R. Shepherd, the Founding Chairman, and Dr. Philip K. Russell, the Founding President, and Dr. Hotez succeeded Dr. Russell in this position. Major General (Ret) Philip King Russell was also both a founder of IAVI and the most senior US biowarfare/biodefense expert until his death in 2021. Dr. Hotez has long been seen as both a key academic ally and a potential successor to Dr. Anthony Fauci upon his dual positions heading both NIAID and the US Biodefense enterprise.”
As far as HB 1333 is concerned, the key part of the above bio is that Dr. Hotez has long been seen as a potential successor to Dr. Anthony Fauci for heading the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which has had a huge influence on state governments and educational institutions. Even the Washington Board of Health (BOH) wrote a letter of gratitude and appreciation to Dr. Fauci, which appeared on page fifteen of the board packet for their March 8, 2023 meeting.
In the same editorial stated above from the Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal editorial, Dr. Hotez makes the claim that because he is Jewish, he’s personally been a victim of the anti-vaccine movements:
“I am both a vaccine scientist and parent of four adult children, including Rachel who has autism and intellectual disabilities. My book, Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel’s Autism, detailed and summarized the evidence showing conclusively that there is no vaccine–autism link, while offering an alternative narrative: through whole-exome genomic sequencing, Rachel’s autism gene was identified and compared with others like it.12 The backlash from antivaccine groups was rapid and severe. They launched a media campaign against me on the internet, encouraging threats through email and social media. Since I make no secret that I am Jewish, I eventually experienced first-hand multiple anti-Semitic statements and threats online (see Figure 1 for examples). Two themes predominated. First there were overt threats or expressions of hatred because I was Jewish. More frequently, however, there were hurtful attempts to accuse me (as well as my colleagues who vaccinate) of perpetrating crimes equivalent to those committed during the Holocaust. Antivaxxers love their Nazi analogies, and I was ultimately compared to the infamous Dr Mengele because I am a scientist who conducts vaccine research, and because I “experimented” on my daughter by ensuring that she still received her recommended vaccinations despite an autism diagnosis.”
It is important to note that many prominent Jewish voices oppose Dr. Hotez’s views on the COVID-19 shots. After hearing eight hours of testimony, the Rabbinical Court wrote a delineation that includes the following:
“Therefore, we hereby express our rabbinic decision, as per the teachings of our holy Torah – a definitive Halachic ruling:
1) It is absolutely forbidden to administer or even to promote this injection to children, adolescents, young men or women; even if it means that they will not be permitted by the government to attend yeshiva or seminary or to study abroad, etc.
It is an explicit obligation to protest against this mandate, and anyone who can prevent the injection from being forced upon our youth must do so, forthrightly and emphatically.”
The above admonition is in addition to the otherwise Halachically reprehensible nature of the injection:
“1) due to its Halachically problematic ingredients; 2) due to the fact that no one is liable for the possible damages caused by the injection,
unlike most other contemporary medical treatments and therapies; and 3) because administering the injection to one's child assists the
government in forcing other children to take it as well.2) Much harm appears to be caused to pregnant women as a result of the injection (possibly due to the antibodies that the body develops against the protein called Syncytin‐1, or from the SM102, or from the micro blood clots caused by the
injection. The common denominator here is that it is harmful for a pregnant woman, and that it may be considered a violation of the prohibition of sterilization or preventing fertility). As such, it is forbidden for them to take this injection.
Included in this are all healthy adults who are of child‐bearing age – they too should stay away from the said injection. There are many reports of women who do not stop bleeding for many months as a result of taking the injection, making it impossible for them to achieve ritual purity, Heaven forbid. And for men, there are many reports of the injection leading to deficiencies in potency, Heaven forbid).Significant follow‐up acknowledgement:
We have been advised that the product label for the Pfizer injection states “Available data on COMIRNATY administered to pregnant women are insufficient to inform vaccine‐associated risks in pregnancy.” We have also been advised that the CDC is conducting studies where there is an “urgent need” to study the effect of the vaccines in pregnancy. We have been further advised that the product label for the Pfizer vaccine states that it has “not been evaluated for the potential to cause carcinogenicity, genotoxicity, or impairment of male fertility.” We consider that the risks inherent in these statements are Halachically unacceptable.3) For older adults and the elderly, further clarification is needed (but as mentioned above, there are efforts to obscure the data, and it is presently difficult to attain accurate clarification). However, practically we have seen breakthrough cases, indicating that there is no substantial difference between those who received the mRNA and those who did not. The number of Covid patients are about the same, comparatively, in both demographics.
It has also come to our attention, thanks to the testimony of an attorney who closely monitors the promulgation of misinformation, who showed us how to interpret the true reality and frequency of injuries and mortalities from the data being shared. It should be known that much of the data the government agencies report is deceitful.
For example, a Covid death that occurs in a person after receiving the injection, if it happened within fourteen days of receiving the injection, is listed as an "unvaccinated" death. For the sake of brevity, we will not go into further particulars; but let it suffice to say that there are more examples of this gross misrepresentation.
In order to ascertain the truth and arrive at accurate findings, we really must examine the matter further – to the best of our ability. Alternatively, there are many injuries and risks involved which can reasonably be suspected as having been caused by the injection for adults and senior citizens as well, for we have witnessed many elders who passed away shortly after receiving the mRNA.
Therefore – it is best to err on the side of caution and abstain from taking the injection, rather than endangering one's life by performing an action that can engender immediate and direct harm. Especially since there are other medical treatments that work, as mentioned, and that are not harmful. (It is also proper to emphasize the importance of using the treatments very early, which has been shown to enhance their effectiveness. In addition, we cannot understate the importance of becoming more educated about the true facts – for example, by watching the testimonies – and in this way, assuaging the fear which has overtaken so many).
4) We have heard testimonies from individuals and from experts in the medical field, suggesting that it may be dangerous for pregnant women to be around people who have had the injection. This can be due to a phenomenon called "shedding," as it pertains to some types of vaccinations and gene therapies as discussed in the FDA’s guidance on shedding from gene therapies. It is unclear whether it applies to the gene product only (the spike protein) or also to the genetic message (the mRNA or the adenoviral vector). It is unclear how long the shedding might be taking place – i.e. how long a recipient of the injection can affect a pregnant woman by being in her proximity. Hence, it is best to err on the side of caution – a minimum recommendation of distancing oneself from a pregnant woman for at least two weeks after receiving the injection is strongly suggested (although some have suggested that the effect may last up to ten months, or may even be indefinite).
5) The prohibition (Leviticus 19:14) of putting a stumbling block in front of a blind person – i.e. assisting or enabling a person to violate a transgression – includes verbal encouragement, offering monetary incentives or other bribes, verbal pressure or actual threats, to coerce employees, etc., to receive the mRNA.
In all the above, we only taken into account the tragedies that have already befallen our community members – not long term effects, premonitions and frightening forecasts expressed in many of the testimonies we heard. May the Alm‐ghty save us. May the One who said "enough" when creating the world – say "enough" to our suffering.”
The most disheartening of the testimonies came from Dr. Vladimir Zelenko, a Jewish physician who has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in medicine. He stated that he was not anti-vax but he was anti-stupid. He stated that because the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) knew from slide sixteen during an October 2020 internal presentation that the side effects were death, heart attacks, strokes, and blood clots, he called the roll out of COVID-19 shots to the public “pre-meditated, first-degree murder.” He referred to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) to support this.
Dr. Zev Zelenko - Speaker 10 at the Nov 21 Asifa BP (rumble.com)
Dr. Hotez also has a financial interest in promoting vaccines, as Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. writes in a letter to Terry Gross at National Public Radio about Hotez’s connection to Bill Gates:
“As you surely must know, Mr. Gates is also Dr. Hotez’s mentor and principal funder. Mr. Gates reportedly donated $52,000,000 to develop and conduct clinical trials in Brazil for his hookworm vaccine. After that donation, Dr. Hotez emerged as the principal voice for promoting vaccines globally and as a carnival barker for Everything Gates. In that sense, Dr. Hotez has become the most visible promoter of the government/Pharma partnership and the rich government subsidies and mandates that underpin the global vaccine industry.”
Bastyr University Mixes Naturopathy with Vaccines
The Bastyr University web site states that it is a pioneer in natural medicine and is at the forefront of developing leaders in natural health arts and sciences for the twenty-first century.
About Bastyr | Bastyr University
Since its inception in 1978, the school has been widely recognized in Washington for graduating naturopathic physicians who use nutrition, plant based medicines, fasting, exercise, water, and sunlight therapies for healing. With that in mind, one would expect the university to not require COVID-19 shots for their employees, students, and volunteers. But the following vaccination policy on their web site on March 20, 2023 shows otherwise.
Covid-19 Updates | Bastyr University | Bastyr University
The following excerpt from the questions and answers section clarifies that the policy applies here in the state of Washington:
According to Bastyr graduate Rick Marschall N.D., who has been practicing naturopathic medicine in Clallam County for thirty-six years, the policy personifies the top-down policies being implemented nowadays in the United States.
“Federal aid played a key role in my getting an education at Bastyr,” Marschall said. “I would not have been able to afford the school, otherwise. But the kind of dependency that universities, notably Bastyr, have on federal funding nowadays has forced them into following government vaccine protocols. It is strange that when I received my education from Bastyr, vaccines were never discussed. Now, vaccines are very much a part of the curriculum.”
Bastyr is not listed in the No College Mandates web site.
NoCollegeMandates - US List with & without mandates - Google Sheets
Of the twenty-two schools listed above for Washington, five of them have not required the COVID-19 shots:
Central Washington University
Columbia Basin College
Highline College
Seattle Pacific University
Walla Walla University
According to the chart, three schools that had required the COVID-19 shots will not be requiring them for the fall of 2023. They are Eastern Washington University, Washington State University, and Western Washington University.
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) guidelines still direct all colleges to stay up to date on the COVID-19 shots.
Guidance for Institutes of Higher Education during COVID-19 (wa.gov)