Author: PAVACA

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Health Friday 1.2.2026 Open Thread: The Baric Files, Part Three: Patents; Dr. Anthony Fauci

The header image of drawings for a Patent application is courtesy of Getty Images, ThoughtCo, and Google Images.

Health Friday is a series devoted to information about Big Pharma, general health, and associated topics. As today’s offering speaks to the disaster of COVID-19, Yours Truly dedicates it to all persons, of whatever age or location, who have suffered health issues from to an infection of the COVID-19 virus itself; or, from the negative effects of the COVID-19 “vaccines” that they have in their bodies; or, who have passed away from complications due to an infection of the COVID-19 virus itself, or from complications due to the negative effects of the COVID-19 “vaccines” they had in their bodies.

There are Important Notifications from our host, Wolf Moon; the Rules of our late, good Wheatie; and, certain caveats from Yours Truly, of which readers should be aware. They are linked here. Note: Yours Truly has checked today’s offering for AI-generated content. To the best of her knowledge and belief, there is none, except for AI-generated images and/or text within linked URLs. If readers wish to post AI-generated content to today’s discussion thread, they must cite their source. Thank you.

Yours Truly wishes one and all a Happy New Year 2026.

Special Note regarding today’s offering: In no way is the following, or The Baric Files in general in the Health Friday posts, to be construed as a “character assassination”, or as an “indictment”, or as any other type of attack or smear on the Ralph Baric, PhD, of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, or of his lab at the university. The linked scientific papers, images therefrom, and other information about Dr. Baric (such as, his Curriculum Vitae [1]) are all available on the internet. The ideas and conclusions of today’s offering are by Yours Truly. There is a plethora of information related to Dr. Baric; Yours Truly will focus on a few of them in each part of The Baric Files.

Today’s offering is Part Three of six. For other information regarding Dr. Baric, please see: https://www.theqtree.com/2025/12/05/health-friday-12-5-2025-open-thread-the-baric-files-part-one/; and, https://www.theqtree.com/2025/12/12/heatlh-friday-12-12-2025-open-thread-the-baric-files-part-two-of-mice-rabbits-and-ai-23946/.

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The Baric Files, Part Three: Patents; Dr. Anthony Fauci

Patents:

Ralph S. Baric, PhD, owns 25 to 30 Patents (depending on whether one is looking at, for example, https://justia.com/patents/, or at https://patents.google.com/, or at NIH RePorter at https://report.nih.gov/) related to items he found or created during his research journey into coronaviruses and/or his Gain-of-Function experiments. What is definite, however, is that our old friend, NIH grant AI23946 (also called AI023946) figures in at least three of these Patents: Patent Number 6593111; Patent Number 7279327; and, Patent Number 7618802 — all of which are associated with his lab the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

Patent Number 6593111 is titled, “Directional assembly of large viral genomes and chromosomes.”

Patent Number 7279327 is titled, “Methods of Producing Recombinant Coronaviruses.”

Patent Number 7618802 is titled, “Methods and compositions for infectious cDNA of SARS coronavirus.”

Yours Truly will focus on Patent Number 6593111 [2], the timeline of which Patent begins on 5 May 2001. The NIH grant AI023946 has been “extended” several times; in this Patent, it is called “AI023946-08“, and the Patent Number has been changed to “US6593111B2.” By now, Dr. Baric’s research journey has taken him to experimenting with coronaviruses that infect pigs: in particular, the TGE virus (Transmissible Gastroenteritis virus, also called Transmissible Gastroenteritis Coronavirus [TGEV].) The following screenshots are from the Patent document. The screenshots are, in order: the Abstract; the Events summary; the first paragraph of the Summary of the Invention section; from the Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiments discussion section; and, Fig. 1a and Fig. 2 from the images in the Patent document:

Note, in the screenshot above, the mention of “vaccines and expression vectors”; and, the sentence, “The vectors may be targeted to other species by, for example, replacing the S glycoprotein gene.” This paragraph, in Yours Truly’s’ opinion, begins the eventual “tie-into evolution” of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In other words — Gain-of-Function research and application.

However, there is another item in Patent Number US6593111B2 that is interesting: the list of Legal Events near the end of the document. A screenshot of this list is below:

Note that UNC (Baric lab) “transferred” the ownership of the Patent to the NIH in 2008. Note also that on 18 January 2011, someone at NIH must have sent the Patent Fee payment that would be good for eight years. A Fee payment for a Patent is a “Patent Maintenance Fee” that “preserve a patent.” [3] Note also, that on 15 January 2015, someone at NIH must have sent the Patent Fee payment that would good for twelve years (thus theoretically preserving the Patent until January 2027.) However, on the Events Summary list for Patent Number US6593111B2 (in the images above), it lists the Patent as Status Expired – Lifetime. This brings up some questions: To what person at NIH was Patent US6593111 transferred to in 2008? The NIH Director in June 2008 was Elias Zerhouni, MD [4]. When he left the NIH, who did he designate to take over NIH ownership of the Patent? Is Patent US6593111B2 still in force, even though it is listed as “Status Expired – Lifetime?” Is it still in force, but under a different name?

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Anthony Fauci, MD, Director of NIAID 1984 – 2022:

It can be assumed that Dr. Ralph Baric, PhD, had been on the “radar” of Dr. Anthony Fauci, MD, Director of the NIAID division (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases division) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) since at least 1984, if not before (Dr. Fauci had joined NIH in 1968, shortly after completing his medical Residency.) This “being on his radar” situation, in Yours Truly’s opinion, would have included, at the least, what may be called a “bowing acquaintance” with Dr. Baric through NIAID funding applications and grants dispersements reports.

In fact, NIH / NIAID (and, it can be assumed, within the knowledge of Dr. Anthony Fauci), was funding Dr. Barics’s Gain-of-Function research on coronaviruses as far back as at least the year 2003 [5]. The 2003 paper not only describes what can only be called Gain-of-Function experiments with SARS coronaviruses; it also describes the Baric-invented “No see ‘m” procedure for covering up gene code insertions in the lab-creation of SARS coronavirus “clone” viruses. Please see the screenshots from this paper, below. Note that our old friend, NIH grant AI23946, was involved in the funding of the 2003 paper. Below are: the Abstract, the Figure 1., and, the Acknowledgements sections from this paper:

Note that one of the co-authors of the 2003 paper is Thomas M. Geisbert, of the the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (also known as USAMRIID, located at Fort Detrick, Maryland.)

Another example of NIH / NIAID / Dr. Anthony Fauci funding Gain-of-Function research by Dr. Baric is NIH grant R01AI059136-04, from 2004 [6]. Please see the screenshots from the documents on this grant, below: of the Title for the grant; the Abstract; the Funding Agency; and, the receiving Institution:

Dr. Fauci has denied ever knowing Dr. Baric. However, there is evidence to the opposite: Please see the screenshots, below, from a February 2023 U.S. Right to Know article by Emily Kopp [7]:

A screenshot of a photo from the Emily Kopp article:

The official work calendar for Dr. Anthony Fauci was released via FOIA from Open The Books [8]. The calendar shows that Dr. Fauci met with Dr. Baric in February 2020. A screenshot from the article in Open The Books on this situation is below:

An article by Sainath Suryanarayanan in U.S. Right to Know related to Dr. Baric’s emails early in the COVID-19 pandemic [9]. These emails were either from Dr. Baric, or were sent to him as part of a group email from various institutions and/or government agencies and/or from medical professionals in these institutions or agencies. In these emails, the “code name” for the burgeoning COVID-19 virus infection situation in the United States was “Red Dawn Responding, Start 16 March.” The emails were released through a public records request.

By the way, Dr. Baric and his lab at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill worked with Gilead Sciences to create remdesivir (Veklury), a COVID-19 treatment drug that can have a mortality rate of 50%, and also can cause kidney damage [10] [11] [12] [13]. Please see the screenshots below; the first, from the University of North Carolina article about the creation of remdesivir; the others are also items regarding this drug:

Please see Reference [10].

Veklury Package Insert,Warnings and Precautions:

Please see Reference [11].

Please see Reference [12].

World Health Organization (WHO) advisory against using Veklury (remdesivir):

Please see Reference [13].

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It is apparent that by at least the year 2003, Dr. Baric’s research journey was shifting to methods and applications for the cloning of coronaviruses, including his invention of the “No see ‘m” method of covering up insertions into coronavirus gene code pieces in the lab-creation of the cloning of coronaviruses to make such insertions “un-traceable.”

To be continued in The Baric Files: Part Four.

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ALL COVID-19 “VACCINES” MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE MARKET AND FROM USE IN THE UNITED STATES. NOW.

ALL GAIN-OF-FUNCTION RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED STATES MUST BE STOPPED AND DE-FUNDED. NOW.

THERE. MUST. BE. ACCOUNTABILITY.

THERE. MUST. BE. JUSTICE.

THERE. MUST. BE. TRUTH.

Peace, Good Energy, Respect: PAVACA

(Intellectual Property Notice and Disclaimer: With the exception of published scientific papers, news articles, and other items available on the internet, the ideas and conclusions of today’s offering are by PAVACA. Proper credit must be given to PAVACA if the ideas and conclusions in today’s offering are used by other blog writers, podcasters, in social media, or in print media.)

References:

[1]: “Curriculum Vitae Ralph S. Baric”. https://sph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2016/09/CV_Ralph_Baric.pdf. 2016.

[2]: “Directional Assembly Of Coronavirus Infectious Clones”. https://patents.google.com/patent/US6593111B2/en. Ralph S. Baric, Boyd Yount.

[3]: “Patent Maintenance Fees – Must be paid to preserve a patent.” https://sierraiplaw.com/patent-maintenance-fees, 2023 Sierra IP.

[4]: “Elias Zerhouni.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Zerhouni.

[5]: “Reverse genetics with a full-length infectious cDNA of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus.” https://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1735582100. Ralph S. Baric, Thomas Geisbert, et al. 29 August 2003.

[6]: “SARS Reverse Genetics.” https://grantome.com/grant/NIH/R01-AI059136-04.

[7]: US Right to Know. https://usrtk.org/covid-19-origins/fauci-discussed-gain-of-function-work-with-wuhan-collaborator-in-pandemics-earliest-days-emails-suggest/. Emily Kopp. 21 February 2023.

[8]: Open the Books. https://www.openthebooks.com/substack-historic-release-dr-anthony-faucis-official-work-calendar-november-2019-march-2020/. Adam Andrzejewski. 20 October 2022.

[9]: US Right to Know. “Items from coronavirus expert Ralph Baric’s emails.” https://usrtk.org/covid-19-origins/ralph-baric-emails/. Sainath Suryanarayanan. 14 December 2020.

[10]: “Remdesivir developed through a UNC-Chapel Hill partnership proves effective against COVID-19 in NIAID human clinical trials.” https://sph.unc.edu/sph-news/remdesivir-developed-at-unc-chapel-hill-proves-effective-against-covid-19-in-niaid-human-clinical-trials/. 29 April 2020.

[11]: “Veklury Package Insert.” https://www.gilead.com/-/media/files/pdfs/medicines/covid-19/veklury/veklury_pi.pdf. Veklury is the marketing name for remdesivir.

[12]: “BREAKING — The Pandemic Justice Phase Begins as Criminal Investigations Commence.” https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-the-pandemic-justice-phase. Nicolas Hulscher. 18 April 2025.

[13]: “FDA Approves Remdesivir in Kidney Patients after Failed Trial.” https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/fda-approves-remdesivir-in-kidney. Dr. Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH. 21 July 2023.

Health Friday 12.26.2025 Open Thread: Year-End Wrap-Up Edition

The header image for today’s offering is courtesy of The Productive Woman and Google Images.

Health Friday is a series devoted to information about Big Pharma, vaccines, general health, and associated topics. As today’s offering speaks of the COVID-19 disaster, Yours Truly dedicates it to all persons, of whatever age or location, who have suffered further illness, or injuries, or disabilities, from an infection of the COVID-19 virus itself, or from the COVID-19 “vaccines” they have in their bodies; or, who have passed away from complications related to an infection of the COVID-19 virus itself, or from issues induced from the COVID-19 “vaccines” they have in their bodies.

There are Important Notifications from our host, Wolf Moon; the Rules of our late, good Wheatie; and, certain caveats from Yours Truly, of which readers should be aware. They are linked here. Note: Yours Truly has checked today’s offering for AI-generated content. There may be AI-generated content (images, text, etc.) in certain linked URLs in today’s offering. If readers wish to add AI-generated content to today’s discussion thread, they must identify it as such. Thank you.

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Today’s offering is the Year-End Wrap-Up Edition. It has been a year of implementation of some of the Make America Healthy Again agenda of President Donald Trump 47 and of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

It has also, sadly, been a year of health issues and of losses among the denizens of The Q Tree. Susan Sampson (DePat / Deplorable Patriot) and Georgia Swink Smith (GL/FL) have departed this world and are badly missed. There are those at The Q Tree who have lost family members, dear friends, and other loved ones, who are badly missed. May all of the deceased rest in eternal Peace under the Wings of the Almighty God. There are also those at The Q Tree who are still dealing with health issues. SteveInCO decided to leave the blog; our good Kalbokalbs has taken over the Saturday article spot. If Yours Truly has left anyone out, apologies: it is not intentional. The Q Tree soldiers on.

Links to The COVID-19 Information Files: Part One: https://www.theqtree.com/2024/11/01/health-friday-open-thread-11-1-2024-the-covid-19-vaccines-information-file-part-one/; Part Two: https://www.theqtree.com/2025/03/07/health-friday-3-7-2925-open-thread-the-covid-19-informaiton-file-part-two-the-virus-itself-and-the-vaccines/; Part Three: https://www.theqtree.com/health-friday-11-21-2025-open-thread-the-covid-19-information-file-part-three-compendium/.

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It appears that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is taking steps to rein in the decades-long “strangle-hold” that Big Pharma has on that department. Two examples: One: cutting $500 million in development grants under BARDA for further research and development of mRNA-based “vaccines.” Please see: https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/hhs-winds-down-mrna-development-under-barda.html, 5 August 2025. BARDA is the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, a division of ASPR (Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, itself a division of the United States Public Health Service.) BARDA, ASPR, and the United States Public Health Service are all under the purview of the Department of Health and Human Services. And, Two: terminating millions of dollars in grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics, after that organization sued HHS over changes that HHS Sec. Kennedy and others made to the “recommended vaccination schedules” of the CDC. Please see: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/hhs-cuts-millions-grants-american-academy-pediatrics-rcna249769, “HHS cuts millions in grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics,” 17 December 2025.

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Some recent COVID-19 news:

First, a new paper by Dr. Peter A. McCullough, et al., proving that the modRNA COVID-19 “vaccines” do indeed induce cancer and other types of serious adverse medical conditions among the “vaccinated” [1], [2]. Please see the screenshot of the Abstract of this paper, below:

The above paper takes the place of the earlier one by McCullough, et al., on the same subject; an earlier paper which was published, then had thousands of views online, before it was abruptly Removed by the publisher. This earlier paper has vanished; only the Removal notice is available to see.

Second, a recently-published paper by Dasa He., et al., which demonstrates that chemotherapy can “awaken” dormant cancer cells [3]. Please see the Abstract and the Graphical Summary from this paper, below. Note: the entire article is available only via institutional access; or, via subscription access; or, via article purchase.

Third, this, from https://www.2ndsmartestguyintheworld.com/p/80-lawsuits-against-hospitals-to, “80 Lawsuits Against Hospitals To Administer IVERMECTIN To Sick COVID Patients”, 24 December 2025. Please see the screenshot from the article, below:

There is an embedded video interview with Dr. Bret Weinstein, PhD, on this situation. The information regarding the lawsuits is taken from the book by Dr. Pierre Kory, MD, The War on Ivermectin: The Medicine that Saved Millions and Could Have Ended the Pandemic (available on https://www.amazon.com/.)

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The “freight train-like approach” of the next “Plandemic”, this one of Avian Influenza (and, likely, an Avian Influenza that will be “cobbled together” from elements of multiple strains of this virus AND lab-tested to make sure that the strain that is created is deadly to birds, animals, and humans alike), is steadily gathering steam. Two of the most recent developments in this situation are below:

First: https://jonfleetwood.substack.com/p/bill-gates-cepi-revives-moderna-mrna, “Bill Gates’ CEPI Revives Moderna mRNA Bird Flu Vaccine Development With $54M Investment After HHS Terminated Funding”, 19 December 2025. HHS Secretary Kennedy, Jr., had terminated grants totaling over $700 Million dollars to Moderna in May of 2025 related to research and development of mRNA-1018, the company’s modRNA-based Avian Influenza “vaccine.”

Second: https://jonfleetwood.substack.com/p/usdas-bird-flu-test-matches-bird, “USDA’s Bird Flu Test Matches Bird and Cow DNA, Not Just Viral DNA: BLAST Data”, 20 December 2025. Mr. Fleetwood put the the USDA’s current Avian Influenza PCR test through the BLAST software (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool, provided by the United States government), and discovered that the test results data reveal exact matches for multiple DNA genome codes in both birds and cows. In other words, the USDA’s current Avian Influenza PCR test is not only NOT accurate — it can result in multiple “false positives” for Avian Influenza infection. Please see the screenshot from the article, below:

Yours Truly firmly believes that the groundwork for a “worldwide Avian Influenza pandemic” is in the final stage of development. This is something to “be on the lookout” about.

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Finally, Katherine Watt closed her Bailiwick News Substack this month. Ms. Watt did enormous and detailed research into the legal documents between the United States Army, the Department of Health and Human Services, and Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, related to the development of the COVID-19 virus itself, and the development of the modRNA COVID-19 “vaccines.” A selection of her research has been archived here: https://bailiwicknewsarchives.wordpress.com/. Yours Truly wishes her well.

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THE COVID-19 “VACCINES” — ALL OF THEM — MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE MARKET AND FROM USE IN THE UNITED STATES. NOW. PERIOD.

ALL GAIN-OF-FUNCTION RESEARCH, NO MATTER ON WHAT DRUG OR “VACCINE”, MUST STOP. NOW. PERIOD.

THERE. MUST. BE. ACCOUNTABILITY.

THERE. MUST. BE. JUSTICE.

THERE. MUST. BE. TRUTH.

Peace, Good Energy, Respect: PAVACA

(Intellectual Property Notice and Disclaimer: With the exception of published papers and websites listed in today’s post, the ideas and conclusions in this post are by PAVACA. Proper credit must be given to PAVACA if ideas and conclusions from today’s post are used by other blog writers, by podcasters, on social media, or in print media.)

References:

[1]: “Synthetic messenger RNA vaccines and transcriptomic dysregulation: Evidence from new-onset adverse events and cancers post-vaccination.” Von Ranke NL, Zhang W, Anokhin P, Hulscher N, McKernan K, McCullough P, Catanzano J. World J Exp Med 2025; 15(4):11386. https://doi.org/10.5493/wjem.v15.i4.113869. 20 December 2025.

[2]: “BREAKING: Our CENSORED Study Showing mRNA Injections Induce Severe Genetic Disruption Linked to Cancer and Chronic Disease Is Now Peer-Reviewed and Published.” https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-our-censored-study-showing. 19 December 2025.

[3]: “Chemotherapy awakens dormant cancer cells in lung by inducing neutrophil extracurricular traps.” Dasa He, et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.06.007. Cancer cell. 2025 Sep8; 43(9):1622-1636.e7. Epublished 3 July 2025.

Health Friday 12.19.2025 Open Thread: Christmas Gift Exchange Edition

Health Friday is a series devoted to Big Pharma, vaccines, general health, and associated topics.

There are Important Notifications by our host, Wolf Moon; the Rules of our late, good Wheatie; and, certain caveats from Yours Truly, of which readers should be aware. They are linked here. Note: Yours Truly has checked today’s offering for AI-generated content. To the best of her knowledge and belief, there is none, except perhaps for AI-generated content within linked URLs. If readers wish to post AI-generated content in today’s discussion thread, they must cite their source. Thank you.

Today’s offering is the Christmas Gift Exchange Edition. A Gift Exchange of items, of ideas, of stories, of opinions. Yours Truly offers these:

A true story:

Dr. Joseph Henry Salisbury (1823 – 1905) served in the Civil War as a physician to the Union Army. The soldiers were dying from diseases — dysentery, typhoid, diarrhea. Dr. Salisbury looked into the diet that the soldiers were being given — which was black coffee, beans, hardtack, and minimal amounts of meat. These items were the cheapest that could be provided in bulk. But, this diet was killing the soldiers via inducing serious deficiencies which then permitted the establishment of serious diseases. Dr. Salisbury decided to change that.

What he did was to prescribe that more meat be given to the soldiers. Lean, chopped beefsteak, cooked. Taken along with coffee. Three times a day. His prescription was implemented. The health and morale of the soldiers began to improve.

Dr. Salisbury invented what is now known as Salisbury Steak: chopped steak (ground beef is mostly used now) mixed with onions and seasoning, covered with a gravy, then broiled. Dr. Salisbury further studied the interaction between diet and disease. He believed that beef was a defense against heart disease and tumors, among other conditions. He published a book on the subject, The Relation of Alimentation and Disease, in 1888.

A gift, free copies of the book by Dr. Salisbury: The book is available as a free download as a PDF file, here: https://wellcomecollection.org/works/dpgnzdv2. It is also available for free download in multiple file formats, here: https://archive.org/details/b2150796x/mode/2up (look at “Download Option” on the right of the page.)

For readers who wish to purchase a printed copy of the book, they can find it in hardbound or paperback versions, here: https://www.amazon.com/, search “The Relation of Alimentation and Disease.” For more information about Dr. Joseph Henry Salisbury, please see: https://www.theburningplatform.com/2025/11/23/salisburys-steak-medicine/, by Sama Hoole.

Dr. Joseph H. Salisbury, per the entry in Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H_Salisbury):

However, the current situation with the price of beef is problematic, at best. For example, below are screenshots from https://www.theburningplatform.com/2025/12/18/meat-monopoly/:

This screenshot is from https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2001375304166814048.

The above screenshot is from https://x.com/DOGEai_tx/status/2001376046176719354.

There are independent beef producers all around the country that sell antibiotic-free and/or mRNA “vaccine”-free beef online. There are likely local farmers, depending on where readers live, who also sell beef that they raise that are antibiotic and/or mRNA “vaccine” free. Prices will vary. Local grocery stores may have certain cuts of beef on sale.

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A recipe from Yours Truly: Almond Butter, Cinnamon, and Chocolate Cookie Sandwiches

Ingredients:

Plain, flat cookies (I use Lotus brand Biscoff Cookies)

Almond butter, any brand (or homemade)

Ground cinnamon

Bar of dark chocolate, broken into small pieces; have an extra bar on hand (I use Dove Dark Chocolate bars, broken into small pieces)

Optional, for those who desire an “adult flavoring”: a favorite liqueur or hard liquor

Method:

On a large plate, place several of the cookies, “name side” down. Have an equal number of cookies at hand to use for the “tops” of the cookie sandwiches.

Combine 2 Tablespoons of the almond butter with a sprinkle or two of the cinnamon. Add 1/2 teaspoon of the “adult flavoring”, if desired. Mix until smooth.

Spread the almond butter mixture evenly, but not thickly, on both the “underneath” cookies and the “tops” cookies. Don’t put them together yet. If more almond butter mixture is needed, make some more. Then, proceed to working with the dark chocolate pieces.

Place several pieces of the broken up dark chocolate bar into a small, microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on High just until the chocolate is soft but not “runny.” (Yours Truly uses 15-second time increments for this and checks after each time segment.) Stir the chocolate gently with a small spoon. Drizzle the chocolate on the “underneath” cookies. Cover with the “tops” cookies. Press very lightly together. If more chocolate is needed, microwave some more small pieces until soft but not “runny”, the proceed as above.

Repeat the above method until all the cookies are used.

Put the cookie sandwiches, still on the plate, in the refrigerator for a few hours to chill before serving. It’s all right to “layer” the cookie sandwiches on the plate; just separate the layers of filled cookies with wax paper. Refrigerate leftovers in layers, separated by wax paper, in a covered container.

An 8-oz package of the Lotus brand Biscoff cookies makes about 12 cookie sandwiches. Enjoy!

Bonus: Leftover almond butter + cinnamon + chocolate (+ optional “adult flavoring”) spread is great on toast!

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To close, the gift of a wish:

May all who read this offering today have Good Health, Good Energy, and Peace of body, mind, and spirit.

Merry Christmas to all!

Peace, Good Energy, Respect: PAVACA

Health Friday 12.12.2025 Open Thread: The Baric Files, Part Two: Of Mice, Rabbits, and AI 23946

The free vintage image of files for today’s header image is courtesy of iStock and Google Images.

Health Friday is a series devoted to Big Pharma, vaccines, general health, and associated topics. As today’s offering speaks to the disaster of COVID-19, Yours Truly dedicates it to all persons, of whatever age or location, who have suffered injuries, illnesses, or disabilities; or, who have passed away from, the manifestations of the COVID-19 disaster: from an infection of the COVID-19 virus itself; or, from COVID-19 “vaccine”-induced or -aggravated injuries, illnesses, or disabilities due to the COVID-19 “vaccines” that they took; or, from complications induced by the shedding of either the COVID-19 virus itself, or by the COVID-19 “vaccines.”

There are Important Notifications by our host, Wolf Moon; the Rules of out late, good Wheatie; and, certain caveats from Yours Truly, of which readers should be aware. They are linked here. Note: Yours Truly has checked today’s offering for AI-generated content; to the best of her knowledge and belief, there is none, except perhaps for AI-generated images within linked URLs. If readers wish to post AI-generated content to today’s discussion thread, they must cite their source. Thank you.

Special Note regarding today’s offering: In no way is the following, or The Baric Files series in general in Health Friday posts, to be construed as a “character assassination”, or as an “indictment”, or as any other type of attack or smear on Ralph S. Baric, PhD, of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, or of his lab at the university. The linked scientific papers, images therefrom, and other information about Dr. Baric (such as, his Curriculum Vitae) are all available on the internet. The ideas and conclusions of today’s offering are by Yours Truly. There is a plethora of items related to Dr. Baric; Yours Truly will focus on some of them in each part of The Baric Files.

Today’s offering is Part Two of six. Please refer to Part One for previous information: https://www.theqtree.com/2025/12/05/health-friday-12-5-2025-open-thread-the-baric-files-part-one/.

Now, to today’s offering:The Baric Files, Part Two: Of Mice, Rabbits, Templates, and AI 23946 (also known as AI023946 as per NIH Reporter.)

In reading through the section VIII. PUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS: in the Curriculum Vitae for Ralph S. Baric, PhD, of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, it appears that Dr. Baric’s research efforts began to shift away from the Sindbis virus that he was investigating early on in his career, to murine (mice), rabbits, and coronaviruses in general: for example, published manuscripts starting with number 11. Please see the screenshot, below, of portions of Page 11 and Page 12 of his Curriculum Vitae [1]:

Yours Truly turns to published manuscript number 11, dated 1986. By now in the research journey of Dr. Baric, it appears that he was starting to experiment with combining pieces of viruses, a process called “recombination.” Published manuscript number 11 [2] is the result of such experiments with mouse coronaviruses. At the time that this paper was published, Dr. Baric was a Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Southern California Los Angeles School of Medicine. This occurred before he was hired by the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Please see the screenshots from this paper, below; first, the general summary; and, second, a portion of the Discussion section:

Note the mentions of “mRNAs”, “coronavirus”, “transcription”, and “recombinant viruses.”

There are other published manuscripts (papers) by Dr. Baric that relate to experiments with mouse coronaviruses, such paper number 16, from 1988, which discusses the interaction between certain coronavirus sequences and “the nucleocapsid protein” [3].

By the year 1990, Dr. Baric’s research journey had led to studying heart issues in rabbits. The first result of this study was the 1990 paper, “Rabbit cardiomyopathy” [4]. Please see the screenshots of the Title page of this paper; the Introduction of this paper; and, a portion of the Discussion section, below:

There is one more screenshot from this 1990 paper, which Yours Truly considers to be a significant publication in the research journey of Dr. Baric: the Acknowledgements section:

Please take note of the mention of NIH grant AI 23946. This grant also funded, for example:

The 1992 paper by Dr. Baric and colleagues, “An experimental model for dilated cardiomyopathy after rabbit coronavirus infection” [5}. Please see the screenshots from this paper, below: the Title and general summary page; a portion of the Results section; the Figure 1.; and, the mention of funding by NIH grant AI 23946:

Yours Truly decided to investigate more regarding the NIH grant award AI 23946 to Dr. Baric. Two more (of the multiple papers) funded by this grant are: one, for example, from 2005: “Coronavirus Genome Structure and Replication” [6]. Please see the screenshots, below, from this paper: the Title and Authors page; the Future Directions section; and, the Acknowledgements:

And, NIH grant AI 23946 also funded this paper by Dr. Baric, from 2009 [7], “Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus nsp9 Dimerization Is Essential for Efficient Viral Growth.” Please see the screenshots from this paper, below: the Title page; the Summary; the Acknowledgements; and, the specific paragraph regarding the mouse hepatitis virus protein A59 (MHV-A59), which Dr. Baric was experimenting with back in 1986 (the Published Manuscript Number 11 [2], screenshots from which are above in today’s offering):

Below is the specific paragraph regarding MHV-59 and the nsp9 connection:

Dimerization is the process whereby two molecules of the same, or similar, chemical composition, join together to create a “dimer.”

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Yours Truly is aware that all the above may appear as a “long tale to tell.” However, the point is to “trace” how Dr. Baric used one particular NIH grant, AI 23946 (among many other NIH grants, to be sure) to help fund his research journey. Part One and Part Two discuss his experimenting with a mosquito-borne virus — to experiments with mouse hepatitis and mouse coronavirus proteins — to experiments with rabbit coronavirus proteins — to experiments of the recombination of mouse hepatitis and mouse coronavirus proteins — to experiments with inducing myocarditis and Congestive Heart Failure in rabbits injected with rabbit coronaviruses: experiments that, with the exception of the ones on the Sindbis virus, were funded, at least in part, by AI 23946.

Along the way of what may be called “the NIH grant AI 23946 aspect” of Dr. Baric’s research journey, one observes that the focus of work becomes more concentrated; the research and laboratory methods become more complex and sophisticated; and, the work on combining coronaviruses and how to create “new versions” of them is emphasized (in other words, Gain-of-Function research.)

It appears, in Yours Truly’s opinion, that what began as Dr. Baric’s research into a certain virus (the Sindbis virus) carried by a certain mosquito (his published manuscripts 1980 – 1984 [1]), had, certainly by the year 2009, evolved into something very different: a detailed study of, and development of, lab-application processes for coronavirus gene code combination, genome manipulation, and inducement of disease conditions — including heart issues and severe respiratory infection — from these combinations and manipulations.

Part Three will discuss NIH grant AI 23946 further, in addition to presenting other aspects of Dr. Baric’s research journey.

ALL COVID-19 “VACCINES” MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE MARKET AND FROM USE IN THE UNITED STATES. NOW.

ALL GAIN-OF-FUNCTION RESEARCH IN THE UNITED STATES MUST STOP. NOW.

THERE. MUST. BE. ACCOUNTABILITY.

THERE. MUST. BE. JUSTICE.

THERE. MUST. BE. TRUTH.

Peace, Good Energy, Respect: PAVACA

References:

[1]: “Curriculum Vitae Ralph S. Baric.” https://sph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2016/09/CV_Ralph_Baric.pdf. 2016.

[2]: “Recombination between non-segmented RNA genomes of murine coronaviruses.” Lai, M.M.C., Baric, R.S., Makino, S., Keck, J.G., Egbert, G.E., Leibowitz, J., Stohlman, S.A. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC252599/pdf/jvirol00116-0117.pdf. 1986.

[3]: “Specific interaction between the coronavirus leader RNA sequences and the nucleocapsid protein.” Stohlman, S.A., Baric, R.S., Nelson, G., Soe, L., Deans, B. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/instance/253863/pdf/jvirol00090-0384.pdf. November 1988.

[4]: “Rabbit cardiomyopathy.” Baric, R.S., Edwards, S., Small, J.D. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4684-5823-7_71#chapter-info. 1990.

[5]: “An experimental model for dilated cardiomyopathy after rabbit coronavirus infection.” L K Alexander, J D Small, S Edwards, R S Baric. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/166.5.978. November 1992.

[6]: “Coronavirus Genome Structure and Replication.” D.A. Brian, R.S. Baric. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26765-4_1. 25 October 2005.

[7]: “Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus nsp9 Dimerization Is Essential for Efficient Viral Growth.” Zachary J. Miknis, Eric F. Donaldson, Timothy C. Umland, Ryan A. Rimmer, Ralph S. Baric, L. Wayne Schultz. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.01505-08. 1 April 2009.

(Intellectual Property Disclaimer and Notice: With the exception of the linked published scientific papers and other linked items in the public domain listed above, the ideas, conclusions, and opinons in today’s offering are by PAVACA. Proper credit must be given to PAVACA if the ideas and conclusions of today’s offering are used by other blog writers, by podcasters, in social media, or in print media.)

Health Friday 12.5.2025 Open Thread: The Baric Files, Part One

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Health Friday is a series devoted to Big Pharma, vaccines, general health, and associated topics. As today’s offering speaks to the disaster of COVID-19, Yours Truly dedicates it to all persons, of whatever age or location, who have suffered cardiovascular issues — or, who have lost their life — due to either an infection of the COVID-19 virus itself; or, after being injected with COVID-19 “vaccines.”

There are Important Notifications from our host, Wolf Moon; the Rules of our late, good Wheatie; and, certain caveats from Yours Truly, of which readers should be aware. They are linked here. Note: Yours Truly has checked today’s offering for AI-generated content. To the best of her knowledge and belief, there is none, except perhaps for AI-generated images within URL links. If readers wish to post AI-generated content in today’s discussion thread, they must cite their source. Thank you.

Special Note regarding today’s offering: In no way is the following, or The Baric Files series in general in Health Friday posts, to be construed as a “character assassination”, or as an “indictment”, or as any other type of attack or smear on Ralph S. Baric, PhD., of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, or of his lab at the university. The linked scientific papers, images therefrom, and other information about Dr. Baric (such as his Curriculum Vitae) are all available on the internet. The ideas and conclusions of today’s offering are by Yours Truly. There is a plethora of items related to Dr. Baric; Yours Truly will focus on a few of them in each part of The Baric Files.

Today’s offering is Part One of six.

The Baric Files, Part One: The Beginnings

Ralph S. Baric, PhD, is a professor at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Please see screenshots from his UNC faculty profile, below [1}:

Dr. Baric has been affiliated with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1986. Please see the screenshots from his Curriculum Vitae, below regarding his education and employment [2]:

One was curious as to the beginnings of Dr. Baric’s scientific research journey, a journey which ultimately led him to the lab-creation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19 virus). Looking through the section VIII. PUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS: of Dr. Baric’s Curriculum Vitae, it appears, in Yours Truly’s opinion, that the journey began with:

A mosquito. A certain mosquito that carries a certain virus. A certain virus called the Sindbis virus. A virus particle of which, in certain ways, looks like a “prototype” of a COVID-19 virus particle.

There are several listings of early papers co-authored by Dr. Baric regarding the Sindbis virus. It appears that after a paper on the Sindbis virus that he co-authored was published in 1984, his research attention began to shift to mouse viruses and rabbit viruses — coronaviruses. A screenshot from this portion of Dr. Baric’s Curriculum Vitae is below:

What is the Sindbis virus? Please see the screenshots below, from the Wikipedia entry on the subject [3]; first, of the text:

And, an image of the Sindbus virus particle, also per the WIkipedia entry:

The Sindbis virus does indeed have a nucleocapsid and spike structure (as does the COVID-19 virus.) Please see the screenshots below, from the Geng, et al., 2025 paper on structure and other “hallmarks” of the Sindbis virus [4]:

Note that the Sindbis virus has open reading frames (ORF), a structural hallmark that is also found in the COVID-19 virus. And, also from the Geng, et al., paper, the following:

In addition, the Sindbis virus has a C-terminal area, and an N-terminal area, also structurally similar in concept to the COVID-19 virus. In fact, the Sindbis virus is one of the “branch” members of coronaviruses from the family Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus (per the Wikipedia entry on Sindbis virus, above.)

The following screenshot is from the Fact Sheet on Sindbis Virus Fever from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) [5]:

A 1983 Sindbis virus scientific research paper by Dr. Baric discusses the function of host transcription in the replication of the virus within the host body [6]: again, a similarity to the transcription function of the COVID-19 virus once the virus is introduced into the host body.

In fact, the Sindbis virus, since it can be “safely handled” in BSL-2 laboratories, can be used as a “mixing agent coronavirus” in experiments to lab-create “virus-like particles” (VLPs) [7]. Please see the screenshot from the Results section of the paper by Ma, et al., regarding using Sindbis virus particles to lab-create a “mixture” of this virus with the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus to further “investigate” its entry into the ACE2 cells.

Speaking of laboratory safety, the question Yours Truly raises regarding the above paper is that the Sindbis virus was “mixed with” elements of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19 virus) in what appears to be less then BSL-4 laboratory conditions.

By the year 1984 (if not before), it is possible that Dr. Baric had appeared on the “radar” of Dr. Anthony Fauci, who in that year was named Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID; a division of the National Institutes of Health [NIH, itself a division of the Department of Health and Human Services [HHS]; Dr. Fauci had joined the NIAID in 1968, just after he had completed his medical Residency) [8].

To be continued in Part Two.

ALL COVID-19 “VACCINES” MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE MARKET AND FROM ALL USE IN THE UNITED STATES. NOW.

ALL COVID-19 “VACCINES” MUST BE REMOVED FROM ANY AND ALL “RECOMMENDED” IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULES: WHETHER THOSE SCHEDULES ARE PUBLISHED BY THE CDC, BY THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, OR ANY OTHER ENTITY OR PERSON. NOW.

THERE. MUST. BE. ACCOUNTABILITY.

THERE. MUST. BE. JUSTICE.

THERE. MUST. BE. TRUTH.

Peace, Good Energy, Respect: PAVACA

(Intellectual Property and Disclaimer Notice: With the exception of published papers and other publicly-available internet links, the ideas and conclusions in today’s offering are by PAVACA. Proper credit must be given to PAVACA for use of the ideas and/or conclusions of today’s post are used by other blog writers, by podcasters, in social media, and in print media.)

References:

[1]: “Ralph S. Baric, PhD.” https://sph.unc.edu/adv_profile/ralph-s-baric-phd/. n.d.

[2]: “Curriculum Vitae Ralph S. Baric.” https://sph.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2016/09/CV_Ralph_Baric.pdf. 2016.

[3]: “Sindbis Virus.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindbis_virus.

[4]: “Structured and Functional Hallmarks of Sindbis Virus Proteins: From Virion Architecture to Pathogenesis.” Qiben Geng, et al. 27 August 2025. https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/26/17/8323.

[5]: “Facts about Sindbis fever.” https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/sindbis-fever/facts. Page last updated 15 December 2023.

[6]: “Requirement for host transcription in the replication of Sindbis virus.” Baric, R.S.; Carlin, L.J., Johnston, R.E. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.45.1.200-205.1983. Published 1983.

[7]: “Engineering virus-like particles for safe and versatile modeling of SARS-CoV-2 host interaction and immune escape.” Liang Ma, et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08768-4. 30 August 2025.

[8]: “Anthony Fauci.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/anthony_fauci.

Health Friday 11.28.2025 Open Thread: Thanksgiving Season

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Health Friday is a series devoted to Big Pharma, vaccines, general health, and associated topics. There are Important Notifications by our host, Wolf Moon; the Rules of our late, good Wheatie; and, certain caveats from Yours Truly, of which readers should be aware. They are linked here. Note: Yours Truly has checked today’s offering for AI-generated content. To the best of her knowledge and belief, there is none, except perhaps for AI-generated content within linked URLs. If readers wish to post AI-generated content to today’s discussion thread, they must cite their source. Thank you.

Yours Truly is thankful that our gracious host, Wolf Moon, has established this blog to be a haven for truth; to be a place for honest discussion (and honest disagreement, too); to be a place for the sharing of life’s joys, and of life’s difficulties and sorrows; as a place for those who come to this Tree to encourage and support one another. One is grateful to be an author on this blog; grateful for all the other authors on this blog, including our gracious host; grateful for all who comment.

Yours Truly is grateful to those Pilgrims who came to Plymouth Rock, and to those earlier colonists who came to what is now the Commonwealth of Virginia (courtesy of our good Aubergine providing this latter knowledge), to establish a country based on freedom and on the Divine Providence of the Supreme Being: the country which became the United States of America. Yours Truly is grateful for her grandparents and great-grandparents who left their homes in England, Ireland, and Scotland, to come to the United States to make new lives for themselves, to marry, and to raise their children in this country.

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And, on the concept of gratefulness: Yours Truly is also grateful for one particular thing: the successful completion of the difficult, time-consuming (seven months long), physician-supervised process of “tapering-down the dose, then weaning off, leading to discontinuation” of the SSRI prescription drug that she had been taking, on and off, for six years. (SSRI = Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor.)

Yours Truly was put on this SSRI in February 2019, after being diagnosed with PTSD (Post-Traumatic [or, Posttraumatic] Stress Disorder) following the death of my late husband. Please see the screenshot below, from Psychiatry.org/, “What is Posttraumatic Stress Disoder (PTSD)?”, reviewed by Donald Egan, M.D., March 2025 [1]:

In Yours Truly’s case, the PTSD was one of “delayed onset”, meaning that the symptoms began to appear months after my husband’s death.

Anti-depressant drugs are routinely prescribed by healthcare professionals for persons who are diagnosed with PTSD. Below is a screenshot from the Cleveland Clinic regarding SSRIs [2]:

Note the phrase above regarding SSRIs – that “they tend to cause fewer and milder side effects compared to other options.” Let’s look at the side effects lists for the SSRI that Yours Truly had been taking, paroxetine (Paxil), from Drugs.com/ [3]. Paroxetine is available in several different formulations — tablet; oral suspension; extended-release tablet; and, capsule. The Mayo Clinic list of paroxetine‘s brand names is: Brisdelle; Paxil; Paxil CR;, and, Pexeva [4].

How can any of the side effects listed above be called “fewer and milder”? Let’s take a look at only one of the side effects lists of paroxetine from Drugs.com/, from the For healthcare professionals section [5]:

The For healthcare professionals section lists of paroxetine side effects includes eighteen different areas, from General to Endocrine, that have adverse reactions and/or side effects from the use of this drug. Literally every organ or function of the human body is interfered with, and/or could be damaged by, paroxetine use. How can any of this be described as “fewer and milder” side effects?

Dr. Robert Malone, MD, penned a recent blog article, “Well Being: Selective Serotonin ReUptake Inhibitors (SSRI)”, regarding the routine prescribing of SSRIs by physicians [6]. Please see the screenshots, below, from his article:

A Midwestern Doctor, in their blog, has written extensively regarding the dangers of SSRIs; the multiple marketing and other ploys used to acclimate physicians to prescribing them, and patients to take them; and how difficult it is to follow the process of taper down the dose, wean off the drug, and have it finally discontinued. The following screenshots are from these articles: first, “The Dark Side of Antidepressants”, of 24 January 2025 [7]. Note: Some of the articles from A Midwestern Doctor are accessible in the entirety only if the reader subscribes (for free); and/or becomes a paying subscriber.

Then, from their article, “The Hidden Dangers of Antidepressants and Why They’re So Hard To Stop Taking”, [8] 9 February 2025:

And, from their article, “”Why Are Antidepressants So Harmful?”, [9] 26 November 2023:

Yours Truly was fortunate so have been able to get the taper down – wean off – discontinue process successfully completed (as regards stopping the taking of paroxetine) in about six months. However, the “wiring” of one’s brain to accept this SSRI and allow it to operate within the brain began in early 2019, when I was put on the drug by the PCP after diagnosis of PTSD. Thus, even with the discontinuation of the physical process of taking the drug, the “rewiring” of the brain back to pre-use of the drug is ongoing. One already feels much better since the “endemic physical effects” of the drug have ceased. One has also made a decision to never take another psychotropic drug.

What has helped Yours Truly to make real progress in “rewiring” the brain after the paroxetine discontinuation process was completed? A daily program that includes:

Probiotics (this includes yogurt)

Vitamin D, 2500IU

Vitamin C, 3000mg

Walking and free-weights exercise

Exposure to sunshine

Being well-hydrated

Cutting sugar, cutting simple carbohydrates, replacing them with complex carbohydrates, and using very little honey as a sweetener

Eating meat, eggs, and fish, rotating these during the week

Eating more green vegetables

Journaling — meditating — connecting with the Divine

Getting out and doing things — being with family; walking the dog; working in the yard

Reducing / eliminating stressors to the extent possible

Attitude — one is absolutely determined to “rewire” the brain back to pre-SSRI

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Let’s take a look at serotonin, the crucially important element that the human gut makes — and which is the “target” of SSRIs. Below are screenshots from the 2022 Cleveland Clinic article, “What is serotonin?” [10]:

And, regarding the “gut-brain axis”, an article, “That gut feeling”, Dr. Siri Carpenter, [11] 1 September 2012, a screenshot from which is below:

Yours Truly does not fault the physician who started one on paroxetine in early 2019, nor the physician-therapist who continued the drug until I had had enough of the side effects by September 2024 and requested to go through the process to taper down — wean off — discontinue the drug. They were following conventional medical “recommendations.” However, Yours Truly, by the late summer of 2024, had also done enough research to understand that SSRIs are dangerous and addictive, that the decision to request going through the process was what had to be done. How many people taking SSRIs do the research necessary to understand what these drugs are doing to their bodies and their brains? Why don’t physicians who prescribe SSRIs (or, indeed, any psychotropic drug) caution the patient that there are multiple and potentially serious side effects and/or adverse reactions to these drugs? Why don’t physicians make it their business to ensure that, unless there is clear indication that the patient needs a higher dose, to start the patient on the lowest possible dose of an SSRI, and at the the first indication that the patient is having real trouble with side effects and/or adverse reactions, to begin the process of taper down — wean off — discontinue the drug; while, at the same time, ensuring that the patient starts or continues therapeutic counseling and healthy lifestyle changes? Similarly, why don’t physicians make it their business to ensure that, there is clear indication that the patient needs a higher dose of an SSRI drug, to start and keep the patient on the lowest possible dose?

The human gut is where over 90% of the body’s serotonin is produced. The human brain produces 10% or less of the body’s serotonin. Because of the “gut-brain axis” system in the body, serotonin produced in the gut “travels” to the brain via the bloodstream. Why aren’t physicians trained in the nutritional knowledge necessary to counsel patients with emotional/psychological issues to eat foods that would assist in proper and healthy serotonin production — foods such as, salmon, eggs, cheese, nuts, and turkey? Why don’t physicians realize that taking SSRI drugs actually block the normal “gut-brain axis travel” of serotonin to the brain — leaving the brain with only a small amount of serotonin; and which low level of serotonin is targeted by SSRI drugs? [12]

Yes, there are circumstances in which a physician makes the decision that the emotional/psychological issues of the patient warrant the need for that patient to take an SSRI. However, Yours Truly believes that, in addition to the SSRI, the patient needs to be counseled to eat foods that will help the gut produce healthy serotonin in proper amounts, to get out into the sunshine, to move their body, to get restful sleep, to have therapeutic psychological counseling if necessary; and, to understand that what they’re experiencing isn’t just “all in their head” — it’s also “that gut feeling.”

Peace, Good Energy, Respect: PAVACA

References:

[1]: “What is PTSD?”. https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/ptsd/what-is-ptsd. Reviewed by Donald Egan, M.D. March 2025.

[2]: “SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors.” https://.my.clevelandclinic.org/health-treatments/24795-ssri. Last reviewed on 09/26/2025 by Cleveland Clinic.

[3]: “Paroxetine side effects.” https://www.drugs.com/paroxetine.html#side-effects.

[4]: “Paroxetine – oral route.” https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/paroxetine-oral-route/description/drg-20067632.

[5]: “Paroxetine – side effects. For healthcare professionals.” https://www.drugs.com/sfx/paroexetine-side-effects.html.

[6]: “Well Being: Selective Serotonin ReUptake Inhibitors (SSR).” https://www.malone.news/cp/179662213. 12 November 2025.

[7]: “The Dark Side of Antidepressants.” https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/the-dark-side-of-antidepressants. 24 January 2025.

[8[: “The Hidden Dangers of Antidepressants and Why They’re So Hard To Stop Taking.” https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/the-hidden-dangers-of-antidepressants. 9 February 2025.

[9]: “Why Antidepressants Are So Harmful?” https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/why-are-antidepressants-so-harmful. 26 November 2023.

[10]: “What is serotonin?” https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/22572-serotonin. Last reviewed on 03/18/2022.

[11]: “That gut feeling.” https://www.apa-org/monitor/2012/09/gut-feeling. Dr. Siri Carpenter, PhD. 1 September 2012.

[12]: “Chronic SSRI Treatment Exacerbates Serotonin Deficiency in Humanized Tph2 Mutant Mice.” William B. Siessner, et al. https://doi.org/10.1021/cn300127h. 1 October 2012.

(Intellectual Property Disclaimer and Notice: With the exception of published scientific items cited above, the ideas and conclusions of today’s post are by PAVACA. Proper credit must be given to PAVACA if the ideas or conclusions from today’ post are used by other blog writers, by podcasters, in social media, or in print media.)

Health Friday 11.21.2025 Open Thread: The COVID-19 Information File, Part Three: Compendium

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Health Friday is a series devoted to Big Pharma, vaccines, general health, and associated topics. As today’s offering speaks to the disaster of COVID-19, Yours Truly dedicates it to all persons, of whatever age or location, who have passed away from either the negative effects of a COVID-19 virus infection; or, from the negative effects of the COVID-19 “vaccines” that they had in their body.

There are Important Notifications from our host, Wolf Moon; the Rules of our late, good Wheatie; and, certain caveats from Yours Truly, of which readers should be aware. They are linked here. Note: Yours Truly has checked today’s offering for AI-generated content. To the best of her knowledge and belief, there is none, except perhaps for AI-generated images within linked URLs. If readers wish to post AI-generated content in today’s discussion thread, they must cite their source. Thank you.

Please see the following for more background information: https://www.theqtree.com/2024/11/01/health-friday-open-thread-11-1-2024-the-covid-19-vaccines-information-file-part-one/; and, https://www.theqtree.com/2025/03/07/health-friday-3-7-2025-open-thread-the-covid-19-information-file-part-two-the-virus-itself-and-the-vaccines/. Note that the information and knowledge base regarding the COVID-19 virus itself, and the COVID-19 “vaccines” (Bioweapon Toxin Injections) is constantly evolving; and that more scientific papers, articles, and investigative reports that uncover the real truth behind the COVID-19 disaster are being published.

Books:

Vaccines, Amen, by Attorney Aaron Siri. Attorney Siri is involved with https://phmpt.org/ (Public Health and Medical Professionals for Transparency, one of the organizations that have forced the release of thousands of documents on the modRNA COVID-19 “vaccines” via FOIA lawsuits.)

The Courage to Face COVID-19: Preventing Hospitalization and Death While Battling the Bio-Pharmaceutical Complex, by John Leake and Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH. Mr Leake and Dr. McCullough are involved with https://www.thefocalpoints.com/, a website that focuses on, among other topics, disseminating the real truth about the COVID-19 “vaccines”, the role of Bio Pharma in promoting the modRNA COVID-19 “vaccines”, and more.

Information Compendium sites related to COVID-19:

From Children’s Health Defense: https://www.covidindex.science/, via Dr. Brian Hooker, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer of CHD. This is a searchable index of thousands of items.

From US Right to Know: https://usrtk.org/covid-19-origins/foi-documents-on-origins-of-sars-cov-2-risks-of-gain-of-function-research-and-biosafety-labs/. There are two separate sections in this huge compilation related to the activities of Dr. Ralph Baric, PhD, of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in the research and lab-creation of the COVID-19 virus itself, among other issues.

From this board: https://www.theqtree.com/author/pavaca. Over eighty articles, searchable.

Paper:

Preventing Cancer: The ROOT Protocols. https://doi.org/10.71189/JIM/2025/V01N04A02, by Paul Marik, MD, and Justus Hope, MD. Both of these medical doctors are involved with Independent Medical Alliance https://imahealth.org/ (formerly FLCCC.) Interested readers must register with the Journal of Independent Medicine (the journal of Independent Medical Alliance) in order to view the entire paper. A story on The ROOT Protocols is here: https://imahealth.substack.com/cp/178752784, 12 November 2025.

News Items:

One:

The CDC has finally admitted that the agency’s blanket statement that “vaccines do not cause autism” is not backed up by science: https://www.2ndsmartestguyintheworld.com/p/bombshell-cdc-now-admits-science, “Bombshell: CDC Now Admits Science Lacking Behind Claim ‘Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism'”, 20 November 2025. The CDC revised statement is here: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines-safety/about/autism.html#cdc_generic_section_1-vaccines-do-not-cause-autism, “Autism and Vaccines”, 19 November 2025. Please see the screenshot from the CDC statement, below:

Two:

Dr. Jessica Rose and Dr. Kevin McKernan have just finished a new project which reveals the truth behind the inclusion of N1-Methylpseudouridine, in both the Pfizer-BioNTech and the Moderna modRNA COVID-19 “vaccines”; and, of the inclusion of a gene code piece from the African Green Monkey cancer promoter, SV40, in the Pfizer-BioNTech modRNA COVID-19 “vaccines”: https://jessicar.substack.com/p/we-know-exactly-how-and-why-the-dna. “We now exactly how and why the DNA is in the Moderna and Pfizer vials”, 15 November 2025. Please see the screenshots from this article, below;

Three:

A new study, by Alain R. Thierry, et al., reveals that 100% of COVID-19 “vaccinated” persons have microclots in their blood; and, that COVID-19 “vaccinated” persons who present with symptoms of “Long COVID” also have microclots: https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-study-anomalous-amyloid, “Breaking Study: Anomalous Amyloid Microclots Found in 100% of the COVID-19 Vaccinated”, Nicolas Hulscher, 17 November 2025. Please see the screenshots from this article, below:

The scientific paper referred to in the Hulscher article is here: https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.70613, “Circulating Microclots Are Structurally Associated With Neutraphil Extracurricular Traps and Their Amounts Are Elevated in Long COVID Patients”, Alain R. Thierry, et al., 2 October 2025. Note the use of the word, “circulating.” This means that the microclots in the blood of the COVID-19 “vaccinated” persons are moving around inside the body. The Abstract from this paper is below:

The COVID-19 “vaccines” — all of them — if, for no other reason, must be immediately removed from use, from the market, and removed from any immunization schedule (especially the Immunization Schedules of the CDC), because of the evidence presented in the Thierry, et al., paper regarding circulating microclots in the blood of COVID-19 “vaccinated” persons, and in the blood of COVID-19 “vaccinated” persons who present with symptoms of “Long COVID.” There is no other acceptable option at this point.

THERE. MUST. BE. ACCOUNTABILITY.

THERE. MUST. BE. JUSTICE.

THERE. MUST. BE. TRUTH.

Peace, Good Energy, Respect: PAVACA

(Intellectual Property Notice: With the exception of cited published scientific papers and publicly-available blogs and other websites, the ideas and conclusions in today’s post are by PAVACA. Proper credit must be given to PAVACA if other blog writers, podcasters, social media posts, or print media, use the ideas or conclusions in today’s post.)

Health Friday 11.14.2025 Open Thread: What’s Going on at Pfizer-BioNTech?: Part Two

The header image of vintage Pfizer vaccine vials for today’s offering is courtesy of Dreamstime and Google Images.

Health Friday is a series devoted to Big Pharma, vaccines, general health, and associated topics. As today’s offering speaks to the modRNA COVID-19 “vaccines”, Yours Truly dedicates it to all persons, of whatever age or location, who have passed away from the negative effects of these “vaccines” that they had in the body. May they rest in eternal Peace.

There are Important Notifications from our host, Wolf Moon; the Rules of our late, good Wheatie; and, certain caveats from Yours Truly, of which readers should be aware. They are linked here. Note: Yours Truly has checked today’s offering for AI-generated content. To the best of her knowledge and belief, there is none, except perhaps for AI-generated images within items that are linked in the post. If readers wish to post AI-generated content to today’s discussion thread, they must cite their source. Thank you.

Please refer to Part One of this two-part set, found here: https://www.theqtree.com/2025/11/07/health-friday-11-7-2025-open-thread-whats-going-on-at-pfizer-biontech-part-one/, regarding recent activities of PfizerUSA (also known as Pfizer), the United States-based co-partner of Pfizer-BioNTech. Today’s presentation will discuss some of the activities of the other co-partner, Germany-based BioNTech. Of necessity, some of today’s presentation will include items related to Pfizer (PfizerUSA.)

The current “pipeline” for the BioNTech product line is found here: https://www.biontech.com/int/en/home/pipeline-and-products/pipeline.html. The full PDF of the “pipeline” is found here: https://www.biontech.com/content/dam/biontech-corporate/global/pdf/home/pipeline-and-products/pipeline/assets/BioNTech-Clinical-Pipeline-EN-Q3.pdf, “Status: November 3, 2025.” A screenshot of the Infectious Diseases section of this pipeline is below:

Note the Collaborator / Partner listings on the far right of the image. There are two entities involving Bill Gates: the Gates Foundation; and, CEPI. There are two mentions of Pfizer (also known as PfizerUSA.) There is one mention of the University of Pennsylvania. Note also the BioNTech rights listings: the company fully owns the mRNA (modRNA) “vaccines” under development for Tuberculosis, for Malaria, and for Monkeypox (Mpox.) More on the Fosun Pharma collaboration / partnership will be presented further below in today’s post.

It appears that the modRNA-based “combo vaccine” for COVID-19 + influenza, also known as either BNT162b2 + BNT161, or as tozinameran + famtozinameran, is actually being developed and tested by BioNTech, with PfizerUSA (Pfizer) as a kind of “stand-by” or “silent” co-partner. Please see the screenshots below, from registered clinical trials information, per https://clinicaltrials.gov/:

**** NONE of these clinical trials have a true Control Group (study subjects injected with a plain saline solution “placebo vaccine.”)

BioNTech is ALSO working on a “new” version of of the modRNA COVID-19 “vaccine”, BNT162b2. However, the only BioNTech listing is this: https://clinicaltrials.biontech.com/trials/C4591076, which “translates” to the NCT07069309 clinical trial referenced above. “C459” is the prefix for Pfizer-BioNTech clinical trials for their modRNA COVID-19 “vaccines” — for example, the huge C4591001 original clinical trial for BNT162b1 / BNT162b2 / BNT162b3, from which BNT162b2 was the “vaccine candidate” chosen by the company in the late summer/early fall of 2020 to proceed through the Emergency Use Authorization applications in the United States and in the EU / Scandinavia.

The question Yours Truly has regarding the “new COVID-19 “vaccine candidate” being used in NCT07069309: Is this “new COVID-19 vaccine candidate” ALSO being used in the clinical trial NCT06821061, also listed above? The modRNA COVID-19 “vaccine” called Investigational COVID-19 Vaccine per the Researcher View of NCT06821061?

Gentle reader, does one see how this aspect of the modRNA “vaccine” game works? BioNTech (the co-partner of PfizerUSA/Pfizer) comes up with a “new vaccine candidate” for COVID-19 — a “new vaccine candidate” which, in reality, is for the current circulating virus variant, LP.8.1. — and appears to use it it as an Investigational COVID-19 Vaccine in one clinical trial (NCT068210161): while, at the same, time, also using this same injectable in another clinical trial (NCT07069309)? How many study subjects in either clinical trial were told of this?

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And now, a dive into the “collaborators”, and what may be termed “the other partners”, the “investments partners”, and other entities that are involved with Pfizer-BioNTech, either with PfizerUSA(Pfizer), or with BioNTech. Yours Truly begins with the “active partners” list of PfizerUSA (Pfizer): https://www.pfizer.com/partners/venture-investments/our-portfolio. Below is a screenshot from this article regarding one of these “venture investments partners” — Saama:

What the above article does not mention is the fact that PfizerUSA (Pfizer), along with a group of other healthcare entities, acquired a majority stake in Saama back in October, 2021: https://carlyle.com/media-room/news-release-archive/carlyle-and-leading-healthcare-focused-venture-funds-announce-investment-saama, 20 October 2021. A screenshot from this article is below:

On the other hand, PfizerUSA (Pfizer), wanting to enter more fully into the weight-loss drug marketplace, began acquisition talks with a company called Metsera in August 2025. Metsera is developing a GLP-1 based weight-loss drug, MET-097i, a GLP-1 drug. GLP-1 drugs (Glucagon-like Peptide 1) drugs are designed to lower blood sugar in people taking them, thus (theoretically) leading to weight loss. However, another company, Novo Nordisk, also wanted to acquire Metsera, and, at one point, was working on an “agreement in principle” with the company. This led to a “battle of offers” for Metsera between Pfizer and Novo Nordisk, leading to a lawsuit filed by Pfizer on 1 November 2025 against Metsera and against Novo Nordisk’s offers to Metsera (https://sbj.net/stories/pfizer-sues-metsera-novo-nordisk,101765, Springfield Business Journal, 3 November 2025.) It also appears that Pfizer possibly contacted the United States Federal Trade Commission about the situation — with the result that Novo Nordisk backed away due to a letter sent to the company by the FEC; and, Pfizer, then having the “green light”, could move forward with the acquisition deal for Metsera (https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/pfizer-beats-out-novo-10b-agreement-buy-metsera, Eric Sagonowsky, 8 November 2025.)

Gentle reader, does one see how this aspect of the game is played? It appears that PfizerUSA (Pfizer) gets the United States Federal Trade Commission involved in blocking a deal that a rival company (Novo Nordisk) is working on, in order for Pfizer to acquire the target company?

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Meanwhile, what of the “collaborators” and “partners” with BioNTech, other than their co-partner, PfizerUSA (Pfizer)? Following is a “snapshot” of this situation:

BioNTech and CEPI (Gates Foundation) are “partnered” in expanding mRNA “vaccine” research, development, and manufacturing, in Kigali, Rwanda: https://cepi.net/biontech-and-cepi-expand-partnership-strengthen-africas-mrna-vaccine-ecosystem, 28 May 2024. A screenshot of the summary from this article is below:

This article emanated from Mainz, Germany, and Oslo, Norway.

**** Note also the use of a new term: “mRNA vaccine ecosystem.” Gentle reader, does one see how this aspect of the game is played? First, create the “problem” (the COVID-19 virus); Second, create the “solution” (modRNA COVID-19 “vaccines”); Third, convince / coerce / frighten / gaslight, billions of people into taking this unproven gene-therapy technology; Fourth, create an “mRNA vaccine ecosystem” in which endless types of mRNA-based / modRNA-based “vaccines” are created and administered to the convinced / coerced / frightened / gaslighted, billions of people as part of the “mRNA vaccine ecosystem”, with the underlying “passive-aggressive threat” of “people must take these “vaccines”, otherwise they would likely get very sick and/or die”.

Yours Truly now turns to the “partnership” between BioNTech and the Communist China-based pharmaceutical company, Fosun Pharma.

Fosun Pharma, also known as Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd., was founded in 1994. The company has since “spun off” into other related entities, such as Fosun International, and https://fosunpharmausa.com/. Lest there is any doubt that the Chinese Communist Party holds a significant stake in Fosun Pharma, please see this: https://en.fosun.com/Upload/File/202104021739947_5055.pdf, “Corporate Social Responsibility Report – Fosun”, for the year 2012. A graphic from Page 11 of this report is below:

The Wikipedia entry on Fosun Pharma is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosun_Pharma.

However, it also appears that Guo Guangchang, founder and chairman of Fosun International, has run afoul of the Chinese government at least twice. He “disappeared” in 2015 and in 2017, only to “resurface” after what appears to have been detention and interrogation (for the 2015 “disappearance”, at least) by Chinese authorities: https://variety.com/2015/biz/asia/missing-chinese-executive-released-1201660214/, Patrick Frater, 13 December 2015.

Fosun Pharma and BioNTech went into partnership regarding the development and distribution of BNT162b2 in Communist China. Please the screenshot from the Wikipedia entry regarding this, below:

Please refer also to the BioNTech “pipeline” graphics further above in today’s offering. Fosun Pharma is listed in the Infectious Diseases section as Collaborator / Partner with BioNTech regarding the development and distribution of the modRNA COVID-19 “vaccine” BNT162b2 (now known as COMIRNATY.)

The Fierce Pharma story regarding the Fosun Pharma – BioNTech “partnership” and BNT162b2 is here: https://www.fiercepharma.com/manufacturing/biontech-fosun-pharma-eye-1b-doses-covid-19-vaccine-capacity-new-china-jv, Angus Liu, 10 May 2021. A screenshot from this article is below:

In addition, Fosun Pharma is also “partnering” with PfizerUSA (Pfizer) in the manufacture of a generic form of Paxlovid (owned by Pfizer) for international use: https://medicinepatientpool.org/story-post/fosun-pharmas-global-impact-expanding-access-to-covid-19-treatments-and-beyond-through-voluntary-licensing-with-mpp, 22 November 2024. This sublicense agreement with Medicine Patient Pool (MPP) was signed in March 2022. MPP is, in turn, a division of Unitaid (https://unitaid.org/.) More information regarding MPP is here: https://medicinepatientpool.org/who-we-are/about-us.

Gentle reader, does one see how this aspect of the game is played? The Big Pharma company “creates partnerships” or “sublicensing agreements” with other companies around the world to push the drugs and / or “vaccines” that the Big Pharma company creates and manufactures. Smaller pharmaceutical companies; alternative treatment entities and their products; other avenues of treatment opportunities — are left out / choked off / minimized.

The 2024 salary of Dr. Ugur Sahin, MD, CEO of BioNTech: $287 million dollars.

The 2024 salary of Dr. Albert Bourla, DVM, CEO of PfizerUSA (Pfizer): $24.6 million dollars.

Per: https://www.fiercepharma.com/special-reports/big-pharmas-10-highest-paid-ceos-2024, 16 June 2025.

Meanwhile, the Medical Tsunami of documented modRNA COVID-19 “vaccine”-induced or aggravated illnesses, injuries, or disabilities, among those who took / take these “vaccines”, rolls on. Meanwhile, the Medical Tsunami of documented modRNA COVID-19 “vaccine”-induced or related deaths among those who took these “vaccines” rolls on.

All persons — COVID-19 “vaccinated” or not — need to be following some type of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein detox / mitigation protocol. All persons — COVID-19 “vaccinated” or not — need to keep their immune system in the best shape possible.

All modRNA COVID-19 “vaccines” MUST be removed from the market and from use. Now.

THERE. MUST. BE. ACCOUNTABILITY.

THERE. MUST. BE. JUSTICE.

THERE. MUST. BE. TRUTH.

Peace, Good Energy, Respect: PAVACA

(Intellectual Property Notice: With the exception of linked articles and/or scientific papers that are available online, the ideas and conclusions in today’s offering are by PAVACA. Proper credit must be given to PAVACA for any other blog writer, podcaster, or social media outlet, in using the ideas or conclusions in today’s offering.)

Health Friday 11.7.2025 Open Thread: What’s Going on at Pfizer-BioNTech?: Part One

The free image of vintage Pfizer vaccine vials for the header in today’s offering is courtesy of Dreamstime and Google Images.

Health Friday is a series devoted to Big Pharma, vaccines, general health, and associated topics. As today’s offering speaks to the COVID-19 “vaccines”, Yours Truly dedicates it to all persons, of whatever age or location, who have passed away from the negative effects of the COVID-19 “vaccines” that they had in their body. May they rest in eternal Peace.

There are Important Notifications from our host, Wolf Moon; the Rules of our late, good Wheatie; and, certain caveats from Yours Truly, of which readers should be aware. They are linked here. Note: Yours Truly has checked today’s offering for AI-generated content. To the best of her knowledge and belief, there is none, except perhaps for AI-generated images within linked URLS. If readers wish to post AI-generated content to the discussion thread for today’s offering, they must cite their source. Thank you.

This Part One trail begins here, with two news reports regarding the September 2025 agreement reached between the United States government and Pfizer (PfizerUSA, the United States co-partner of Pfizer-BioNTech; BioNTech, the other co-partner, is headquartered in Mainz, Germany.). First, from Virginia Business (https://virginiabusiness.com/pfizer-agrees-to-lower-drug-costs-70b-us-investment/), “Pfizer agrees to lower drug costs, $70B US investment”, 30 September 2025. A screenshot from this article is below:

And, second, the announcement from PfizerUSA (https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-reaches-landmark-agreement-us-government-lower-drug, “Pfizer Reaches Landmark Agreement with U.S. Government to Lower Drug Costs for American Patients”, 30 September 2025. A screenshot from this article is below:

Note that the specific details of this agreement, which will affect millions of Americans, “remain confidential.”

The company called Pfizer-BioNTech is a formal co-partnership between Pfizer, also known as PfizerUSA (CEO, Dr. Albert Bourla, DVM); and, BIoNTech of Mainz, Germany (CEO, Dr. Ugur Sahin, MD.) Both PfizerUSA and BioNTech were involved / still are involved, in the development and manufacture of the modRNA COVID-19 “vaccine” line, COMIRNATY (this “vaccine” was previously known as BNT162b2, or “Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine.“) Both PfizerUSA and BioNTech have agreements regarding their sharing royalty payments for COMIRNATY “vaccines” purchased and used throughout the world. PfizerUSA and BioNTech are also involved in the development and manufacture of other drugs and vaccines, either separately or in coordination with each other.

The most recent (as of 5 August 2025) PfizerUSA (and Pfizer-BioNTech) product “pipeline” website is here: https://www.pfizer.com/science/drug-product-pipeline. Click on “Downloadable PDF” to view the entire pipeline. Screenshots of two pipeline areas, Internal Medicine and Vaccines, follow. The first screenshot, Internal Medicine, with discussion by Yours Truly, is below:

**** WHY is Paxlovid, a combo drug of nirmatrelvir (an antiviral) + ritonavir (an HIV/AIDS treatment drug that targets the immune system) going to be used on CHILDREN who become infected with COVID-19?

**** Ibuzatrelvir (PF-07817883), now in Phase 3 clinical trials, is an oral / enhanced “nirmatrelvir on steroids” treatment for COVID-19 infection that was granted “Fast Track” approval by the FDA The intended use of this drug appears to be as a “replacement” for Paxlovid.. Please see: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacsau.4c00508, 30 July 2024. Pfizer has already patented this drug. Let’s take a look at the Overview of this Phase 3 clinical trial, as described here: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06679140:

Does “Fast Track” approval by the FDA mean that the “Study Completion (Estimated)” of 6 May 2027 will be “bypassed”, and only the data from the “Primary Completion (Estimated)” of 12 December 2026 will be used to push this drug onto the market faster? In addition, WHY is the study subject pool so small (2330 persons) for a drug that would potentially be used on hundreds of thousands of persons?

And, from the Researcher View of this clinical trial, part of the Secondary Outcomes descriptions:

Note that the “viral load” measurement will be performed via EITHER a nasal sample, OR via a nasopharyngeal sample. If a nasopharyngeal sample swab is used, this is the extremely long swab that reaches all the way to the VERY BACK of the nasal cavity and can touch the COVERING OF THE BRAIN. By the way, the correct administration of the nasopharyngeal swab is also to ROTATE the swab a couple of times after insertion.

In addition, in the information about NCT06679140, the “placebo tablet” that will be used is NOT described at all. Is the “placebo tablet” going to be Paxlovid? Is the “placebo tablet” going to be a completely drug-free “empty” tablet?

And now, the second screenshot from the “pipeline” PDF, Vaccines, is below. Yours Truly will discuss an interesting new “vaccine” from this list, under development by PfizerUSA (in conjunction with BioNTech) — PF-07926307, a combination modRNA-based COVID-19 plus influenza “vaccine“:

The available-to-the-public information regarding PF-07926307 is both confusing and concerning. Pfizer-BioNTech insists that this “combo vaccine” is only for “prophylactic” use against COVID-19 plus influenza: https://investors.biontech.de/news-releases/news-release-details/pfizer-and-biontech-provide-update-mrna-based-combination, “Pfizer and BioNTech Provide Update on mRNA-based Combination Vaccine Program Against Influenza and COVID-19 in Individuals 18-64 Years of Age”, 16 August 2024. Only ONE of of the two outcomes measurements of the Phase 3 clinical trial for this “vaccine” were met (NCT06178991.) A screenshot from the company’s press release is below:

Note that this press release emanates from Germany, not the United States;, and that the “combination candidate” is not identified as PF-07926307.

**** In addition, it appears that PF-07926307 is actually a combination of TWO separate Pfizer-BioNTech modRNA “vaccines” formulations: BNT162b2 and BNT 161: https://investors.biontech.de/news-releases/news-release-details/biontech-outlines-2024-strategic-priorities-42nd-annual-jp, “BioNTech Outlines 2024 Strategic Priorities at the 42nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference”, 9 January 2024. Please see the screenshot from this article, below:

**** Note the clinical trial mentioned in the above screenshot: NCT05596734. The modRNA “combo vaccine” used in this clinical trial is none other than BNT162b2 (tozinameran, now marketed as COMIRNATY, but which was the ORIGINAL Pfizer-BioBNTech modRNA COVID-19 “vaccine” against the ORIGINAL Wuhan Hu1 SARS-CoV-2 [COVID-19] virus), plus BNT161 (famtozinameran, the ORIGINAL modRNA COVID-19 “vaccine” against the OMICRON variant BA.4/BA.5) Please see: https://covid-vaccine.canada.ca/comirnaty-original-omicron-ba4ba5/product-details, which also states, “Cancelled by sponsor May 3rd, 2024.”

**** However, at the same time, it appears that this Pfizer-BioNTech modRNA COVID-19 “combo vaccine” of BNT162b2 plus BNT161 — also known as PF-07926307 — IS being used — in Singapore: https://labeling.pfizer.com/ShowLabeling.aspx?id=20959, “Date of last revision: July 2024.” Please see the screenshot from the package information for this product administered in Singapore, below:

And, screenshots from Page 65 (of 65), from the package information for the above injectable:

BNT161, one of the component modRNA “vaccines” in PF-07926307, is an influenza “vaccine”, meaning that it can be used against EITHER influenza OR COVID-19 (Omicron BA.4/BA.5.) The German partner of PfizerUSA — BioNTech — has been working on this injectable since at least 2022: https://biontechse.gcs-web.com/news-releases/press-release-details/biontech-announces-third-quarter-2022-financial-results-and, “BioNTech Announces Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results and Corporate Update”, 7 November 2022. A screenshot from this article is below:

Note that the press release is from BioNTech Sweden.

A screenshot from the Adisinsight Drug Profile for BNT161 is below. Note that this modRNA “vaccine” is a quadrivalent influenza injectable (https://adisinsight.springer.com/drugs/800052769):

**** On the other hand, here is the article on PF-07926307 (BNT162b2 + BNT161) by the tech / AI / data collection and analysis platform, Patsnap: https://synapse.patsnap.com/article/what-is-pf-07926307-used-for?, 28 June 2024. A screenshot of the entire article is below; Yours Truly includes the entire article because it has a wealth of information and clues as to the possible real “agenda” behind this injectable:

**** Note that, per the article above, the “primary indication” for the use of PF-07926307 is for the treatment of cancers caused by overactive kinases responses, such as are found in lymphomas; with what may be called a “secondary indication” for treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases. Lymphomas or chronic inflammatory diseases induced by, say, modRNA COVID-19 “vaccine” injections, such as BNT162b2 (COMIRNATY?) Is it remotely possible that PF-07926307 (BNT162b2 + BNT161) is being redesigned as a “backdoor oncology and/or chronic inflammatory diseases treatment” injectable? How does this square with what Pfizer-BioNTech claims that this “vaccine” is to be used for — against COVID-19 + influenza infection? What is the truth here?

**** In any case, WHY is Pfizer-BioNTech apparently using BNT162b2, the company’s original modRNA COVID-19 “vaccine”, as a foundational component in the development of a “New Molecular Entity” called PF-07926307, which is to used as a “prophylactic” against COVID-19 plus influenza? What happened regarding all those other modRNA COVID-19 “vaccines” made by this company, to be used against the LATEST MUTATIONS of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, such as the “2025-2026 version” of COMIRNATY? Why is Pfizer-BioNTech going all the way back to the ORIGINAL Wuhan Hu1 SARS-CoV-2 virus contained in BNT162b2 (COMIRNATY) to formulate PF-07926307?

What is going on at Pfizer-BioNTech? Does the United States government know about PF-07926307 (BNT162b2 + BNT161)? Did the “Specific terms of the agreement remain confidential” regarding the deal between the United States government and PfizerUSA reached in September 2025 include provisions that our government “looks the other way” about the activities of PfizerUSA’s co-partner, BioNTech? Does the HHS / FDA / CDC / BARDA have the complete details of the “Specific terms of the agreement remain confidential” provisions? Are the “specific details” being shared with only the “top brass” of the FDA / CDC / BARDA — and that HHS Sec. Kennedy, Jr., is being kept in the dark?

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All current COVID-19 “vaccines” — ALL of them — MUST be pulled off the market and from use. Now.

All research and development of “new” COVID-19 “vaccines” that are in ANY form — injectable; oral; nasal; micro-needle — MUST be stopped. Now.

There MUST be complete analysis of the ingredients and mechanisms of the current COVID-19 “vaccines”, performed by impartial testing entities, and with complete results made public. Now.

THERE. MUST. BE. ACCOUNTABILITY.

THERE. MUST. BE. JUSTICE.

THERE. MUST. BE. TRUTH.

Peace, Good Energy, Respect: PAVACA

(Intellectual Property Notice: With the exception of links to published media reports and links to published scientific papers, the ideas and conclusions of today’s post are by PAVACA. Proper credit must be given to PAVACA if other blog writers, or persons on podcasts, social media, or print media, use the ideas and/or conclusions of today’s post. Thank you.)

Health Friday 10.31.2025 Open Thread: Echoes

My older brother, Sam, circa 1960 – 1961, dressed to perform in a school band concert:

My older brother, Sam, December 2021:

My older brother, Sam, early summer 2024, after his having taken at least five injections of a COVID-19 “vaccine”, beginning in early 2021:

Requiescat in Pace aeterna, frater mi. Lux perpetua tibi luceat.

My older brother, Sam: 24 November 1948 – 29 October 2024.

Health Friday is a series devoted to Big Pharma, vaccines, general health, and associated topics. Today’s offering is dedicated to all persons, of whatever age or location, who have passed away from the negative effects of the COVID-19 “vaccines” that they had injected into their body. May they rest in eternal Peace.

There are Important Notifications from our host, Wolf Moon; the Rules of our late, good Wheatie;, and, certain caveats from Yours Truly, of which readers should be aware. They are linked here. Note: Yours Truly has checked today’s offering for AI-generated content. To the best of her knowledge and belief, there is none, except perhaps for AI-generated images within URL links. If readers wish to add AI-generated content to today’s discussion thread, they must cite their source. Thank you.

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My older brother, Sam, passed away on 29 October 2024. He was only 75 years old. He had taken at least five (possibly, six) injections of COVID-19 “vaccines”, starting in early 2021. His last “vaccine” injection was taken around Thanksgiving of 2023, although he may have been given yet another shot while he was residing in a nursing home in the early fall of 2024. Yours Truly has written for this board regarding the health decline of Sam after he took the COVID-19 “vaccine” shot in November 2023: please see https://www.theqtree.com/2024/10/18/health-friday-10-18-2024-special-edition-neurological-effects-of-the-covid-19-vaccines-physical-and-psychological/; and, https://www.theqtree.com/2025/07/25/health-friday-7-25-2025-open-thread-more-on-the-covid-19-vaccines-and-what-they-do-to-the-brain/. Within the period of fewer than six months after his taking that COVID-19 “vaccine” shot in November 2023, my brother had lost interest in things he had once enjoyed, such as helping out with his grandchildren; had stopped going to church; had a “freak accident” in which he wrecked his car and then decided not to drive again; had lost interest in taking care of himself and eating properly; and so on. Then, there was the catastrophic fall he sustained in his home in early July 2023; then, to two weeks in the ICU; then, to be being discharged to a nursing home; then, to the diagnosis of “sudden-onset dementia” at that facility; then, to his losing the ability to walk and becoming bed-bound; then, to his contracting pneumonia in late October 2023 at this facility; then, to his death.

My brother had co-morbidities that complicated his health profile: among them, COPD from decades of smoking (he quit in 2010 after that diagnosis and was treated); and, prostate cancer (diagnosed and treated in 2019.) He had lost his wife in the October 2018, just shy of their 47th wedding anniversary; she passed away from an undiagnosed aneurysm that ruptured. He had spent several years after her death taking counseling and medications, which assisted in his processing of this tragedy.

What ultimately happened with my brother was despite the fact that he had “good longevity genes” in his makeup — there were multiple older members on both sides of our birth family who had lived well beyond their 80th, and even their 90th, birthdays. What happened with my brother was also despite the fact that he had made it a point of taking better care of his health since the diagnosis of COPD in 2010. While it is not possible for Yours Truly to state this definitively, I will say I firmly believe that it was the ingredients and mechanisms of the COVID-19 “vaccines” that Sam took which, over time and incrementally, compromised his brain — cognitively and emotionally — with terrible consequences. I firmly believe that it was the COVID-19 “vaccine” injection that my brother took at Thanksgiving 2023 which was the “straw that broke the camel’s back” for him.

However, even before my brother passed away, Yours Truly’s cousin Bill died in September 2023, a “died suddenly and unexpectedly” situation. Cousin Bill had also had taken COVID-19 “vaccines”, starting in 2021. By early 2022, this previously-healthy, active man had been diagnosed with cardiac problems and was undergoing treatment. According to what I understand of the issue, he was “doing well” in treatment. I am also more than fairly certain that my cousin Bill continued to take COVID-19 “booster vaccine” injections, likely based on the recommendations of his doctors. And then, September 2023 happened. Cousin Bill’s death was the first close-family death of the COVID-19 era for Yours Truly. To say that his death was hard for me is an understatement. I have good memories of cousin Bill. His father had passed away in 1993; his mother had passed away in 2017. They did not have to deal with the death of their son.

To say that the passing away of my own brother was devastating to Yours Truly is an understatement of Malthusian proportions. His death has shaken me down to my core. The last time I spoke to him (by phone) was twelve days before his death. It was heartbreaking and gut-wrenching to hear him fighting the “sudden-onset dementia” that had closed in on his brain. To know that he would never leave the nursing home, go back to his house and his nice old dog, go and be with his adult children and his grandchildren. To hear him tell me to send him books on the Civil War or World War II so he could “brush up” on his reading (the truth was, that by this time, he couldn’t read more than one or two sentences from anything.) To know that what had happened to him was so senseless, so incredibly senseless. It was (and still is) heartbreaking to go through the “what-if?” scenarios in my head — What if he had listened to me when I tried to warn him about the dangers of the COVID-19 “vaccines”, and refused to take any more of those injections? What if he had taken Ivermectin to try and clear out at least some of the COVID-19 “vaccine”-induced damage to his body and mind? What if the ingredients and mechanisms of the COVID-19 “vaccines” Sam took aggravated the lung damage from his COPD? What if the ingredients and mechanisms of the COVID-19 “vaccines” he took aggravated or re-established any emotional / psychological issues still lingering after the death of his beloved wife? What if? What if? Our mother had passed away in 1992; our father, in 2006. They did not have to deal with the death of Sam.

Yours Truly is not writing the above in order to solicit sympathy. I am writing the above to illustrate the kinds of things that went on — that are going on now — and, that will go on — in millions of families when the damage induced by the COVID-19 “vaccines” that were taken by family members starts to present (and the damaging effects that have started to present already.) It is all well and good to have a general “working knowledge” of the negative effects these “vaccines” (Bioweapon Toxin Injections) can, and do, induce in those who take them. It is quite another thing to lose close family members due to the negative effects of these “vaccines” that they took. It is quite another thing to have to deal with the knowledge that loved ones in the “here and now” who are COVID-19 “vaccinated” have had their bodies and brains damaged from these “vaccines.” It is quite another thing to listen to them tell those who try to warn them that they aren’t interested — that they “follow the science”; that they “trust their doctor”; among other responses.

Yours Truly will therefore say to those reading today’s offering who have taken COVID-19 “vaccines”:

**** The COVID-19 “vaccines” in your body have already damaged your natural immune system, perhaps even destroyed it: https://jessicar.substack.com/p/the-bnt162b2-mrna-vaccine-against, “‘The BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 reprograms both adaptive and innate immune responses”, 16 December 2021. Please see the screenshot from her article, below, the Figure 3 from the cited paper in the article:

Figure 3 shows how the modRNA COVID-19 “vaccines” systematically damage and destroy the natural immune system cells of the “vaccinated” person’s body.

**** The COVID-19 “vaccines” in your body are damaging your heart and lungs: https://doctors4covidethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/causality-article.pdf, “Vascular and organ damage induced by mRNA vaccines: irrefutable proof of causality”, Michael Palmer, MD, and Sucharit Bhakdi, MD, 18 August 2022. Please see the screenshots of Slide 7 and its description from the above paper, which clearly shows myocarditis induced by modRNA COVID-19 “vaccines”:

Please see the screenshot of Slide 12 from the above paper, which clearly shows lung damage induced by modRNA COVID-19 “vaccines”:

Note: the slides in the above paper are from autopsies of persons who passed away after COVID-19 “vaccination.”

**** The COVID-19 “vaccines” in your body crossed the Blood-Brain Barrier and damaged the cells and functions of your brain: https://eurmedres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40001-023-00992-0, “A review of neurological side effects of COVID-19 vaccination”, Roya Hosseini and Nayere Askari, 25 February 2023. Please see the screenshot of Figure 1 from this paper, below:

**** The COVID-19 “vaccines” in your body can induce psychosis: https://nature.com/articles/s41380-024-02627-0, “Psychiatric adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination: A population-based cohort study in Seoul, South Korea”, Eun Mi Chun, et al., 4 June 2024. Please see the screenshot of Figure 2 from this paper, below:

It is a mistake to dismiss the above paper and its conclusions “because it’s from South Korea.” The modRNA COVID-19 “vaccines” used in South Korea that are examined for the above paper are the same as those used in the United States (COMIRNATY, by Pfizer-BioNTech; and, SPIKEVAX, by Moderna.)

**** The COVID-19 “vaccines” in your body will alter your DNA and change your body’s genomic codes. These effects are permanent, and are involved in cancers that present after COVID-19 “vaccination”: https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-first-peer-reviewed-study-715, “BREAKING: First Peer-Reviewed Study Finds Direct Molecular Evidence of mRNA “Vaccine” Genomic Integration”, Nicolas Hulscher, MPH, 14 October 2025. Please see the screenshot from this article, below (the image was AI-generated):

**** The COVID-19 “vaccines” in your body, if you are a female, have destroyed up to 60% of the lifetime supply of eggs in your ovaries: https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/mrna-shots-are-crippling-humanitys, “mRNA Shots Are Crippling Humanity’s Ability to Reproduce—And No Government is Ending COVID-19 Vaccination”, Nicolas Hulscher, MPH, 15 May 2025. Please see the screenshot from this article, below (Yours Truly believes that the graphic image of how COVID-19 “vaccines” destroy primordial follicles is AI-generated):

**** Every injection of a COVID-19 “vaccine” WILL SHORTEN THE LIFE OF THE “VACCINE” RECIPIENT: Please see: https://slaynews.com/news/major-study-confirms-covid-vaccine-dose-shortens-lives-recipients/, “Major Study Confirms Every Covid ‘Vaccine’ Dose ‘Shortens the Lives of Recipients'”, by Frank Bergman, 14 October 2025. The published paper is here: https://ijvtpr.com/index.php/IJVTPR/article/view/123/423, “Were the COVID-19 Shots Good, Bad, or Just Ugly? Dispensing with the Only Reasonable Objection to the Empirical Fact that Each Dose of the COVID-19 Shots, on the Average, Shortened the Lives of the Recipients”, John W. Oller, Jr., PhD, and Daniel Santiago, PharmD, 7 October 2025. Screenshots from this paper are below; first, of the Figure 2 from the paper, the all-age mortality figures reported to Public Health England:

Followed by Table 3 from the paper, the Connecticut Medicare Records:

Next, of Figure 5 from the paper, also derived from the Connecticut Medicare Records:

Then, from the Conclusions section of the paper:

These are the COVID-19 “vaccines” that you allowed to be injected into your body.

These are the COVID-19 “vaccines” that you allowed to be injected into the bodies of your children.

And why did you allow these unproven-technology, not-completely tested, “vaccines” to be put into your body, and into the bodies of your children? Because you “trusted the science“; because you “trusted your doctor“; because you were told that “it was the right thing to do“; because you were told that the COVID-19 “vaccines” were “safe and effective“; because you were told that the “the known and potential benefits of the COVID-19 vaccines outweigh the known and potential risks”; because you were told to “get COVID-19 vaccinated in order to keep yourself, your children, and your parents, safe“; because were you told “get COVID-19 vaccinated in order to keep your job, in order to travel, in order to go to school.” You were lied to. Every step of the way. Lied to by the government — by the CDC and the FDA — by your doctors — by your employer — by your school. They are continuing to lie to you.

The above is courtesy of https://www.theburningplatform,com/2025/10/27/why-are-these-criminals-free/. The Five Times August tweet is here: https://x.com/FiveTimesAugust/status/1982469251098153444.

Yours Truly has questions for those reading today’s offering who are COVID-19 “vaccinated”:

**** What are you going to do to try and mitigate the damage that these injections have done to your body and brain? To the bodies and brains of your children?

**** What are you going to do to educate yourself regarding how dangerous and deadly these injections are?

**** Do you plan to challenge and question any “recommendation” or “mandate” to have yourself and/or your children injected with more COVID-19 “vaccine” shots?

**** Do you plan to at least think about refusing to take any more COVID-19 “vaccines”, and to think about refusing COVID-19 “vaccines” being injected into your children?

Interested persons may wish to investigate these websites:

The Wellness Company (Dr. Peter A. McCullough, MD): https://www.twc.health

Leading Edge Clinic (Dr. Pierre Kory, MD): https://drpierrekory.com/

Independent Medical Alliance (Dr. Joseph Varon, MD): https://imahealth.org/

For those medical professionals who are COVID-19 “vaccinated”, Yours Truly has extra questions, below. These are based on my 5 1/2+ years of being an independent COVID-19 researcher and writer:

**** With all due respect: Have you recognized that the modRNA COVID-19 “vaccines” induce multiple types of serious adverse events, medical conditions, and can also kill? Have you read this report?: https://phmpt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/5.3.6-postmarketing-experience.pdf, 5.3.6 CUMULATIVE ANALYSIS OF POST-AUTHORIZATION ADVERSE EVENT REPORTS OF PF-07302048 (BNT162B2) RECEIVED THROUGH 28-FEB-2021, FDA time-stamped on 30 April 2021 09:26 (GMT).

**** With all due respect: Do you understand, that since you are COVID-19 “vaccinated”, there is a strong likelihood that you have also had negative effects induced from these “vaccines”?

**** With all due respect: Why are you still recommending and/or administering these “vaccines”, given the above evidence of damage and death induced by these injectables? Did you perform your own research into the COVID-19 “vaccines” to satisfy yourself that the CDC / FDA claims of “safe and effective” regarding these injectables were / are, true? And, with all due respect, before there are objections to what Yours Truly is writing, please see these websites, by medical doctors, who have actually investigated the COVID-19 “vaccines” and know how dangerous and deadly they are : https://www.thefocalpoints.com/ (Dr. Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH); https://pierrekorymedicalmusings.com/ (Dr. Pierre Kory, MD, MPA, Certified Tribal Practitioner); https://doctors4covidethics.org/ (Dr. Michael Palmer, MD, Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi, MD); https://imahealth.org/ (Dr. Joseph Varon, MD, FCCM, FCCP).

**** With all due respect: Why are you not demanding that your employer; your State Medical Licensing Board; your medical professional organization; your Medical Specialty Credentialing organization; the CDC, FDA, AMA — impartially investigate the mounting evidence that the modRNA COVID-19 “vaccines” are dangerous and deadly? Do you, perhaps, have concerns about “retribution” from these entities by doing so?

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Yours Truly will remember the echoes of my older brother, Sam, before he started taking COVID-19 “vaccines.” I will remember the echoes of my Cousin Bill before he “died suddenly and unexpectedly.” The pain and the sense of loss from their deaths will never completely go away, since the human mind stores everything in the subconscious and the memory. One can only integrate the pain and the sense of loss into their own being in the healthiest way possible while moving onward.

And, in memory of those who have passed away from the negative effects of the COVID-19 “vaccines” that they took, “The Lark Ascending”, by Ralph Vaughan Williams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR2JIDnT218&list=RDZRJIDnT218&start_radio=1

The COVID-19 “vaccines” — ALL OF THEM — MUST be removed from the market and from use. NOW.

THERE. MUST. BE. ACCOUNTABILITY.

THERE. MUST. BE. JUSTICE.

THERE. MUST. BE. TRUTH.

Peace, Good Energy, Respect: PAVACA

(Intellectual Property Disclaimer: With the exception of URL links to scientific papers and online articles listed above, the ideas and conclusions of today’s offering are by PAVACA. Proper credit must be given to PAVACA if other blog writers, social media, podcasters, or print media, use or refer to the ideas and conclusions of today’s offering.)