- In the summer of 1999 the Plum Island Animal Disease
Research facility, requested 75 million dollars to upgrade their lab to
a level 4 in order to work with the most dangerous diseases known to man.
Several days after this request was announced in the media, West Nile
Virus made it's first public appearance in New York City. Tracey McNamara,
a pathologist at the Bronx Zoo, who was trained at Plum Island, was one
of the first to report evidence of this outbreak to the authorities.
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- The media heavily stressed the idea that West Nile Virus
has never before been in this hemisphere and therefore the virus must have
travelled here in old tires or that increased air travel, the chopping
down of rainforests, and possibly global warming, were the instigating
factors.
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- Newsday then reported that WNV has in fact been in North
America for years, housed at such institutions as Yale University, Plum
Island and Rockefeller University.
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- Many people are questioning the validity of this "outbreak".
West Nile Virus seems to be commanding an extensive amount of coverage
in the mainstream media, for a disease that is so difficult to contract.
Why is so much attention being given to this disease when other diseases,
such as Lyme, mycoplasma induced illnesses, babesiosis,erlichiosis, and
bartonella (all emerging tickborne illnesses) are much more rampant and
are currently destroying countless lives. These disabling diseases are
instead being downplayed or basically ignored and many patients are being
intentionally denied appropriate treatment.
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- Robert Lederman, a nospray activist in New York City,
wants to know where the proof is for the existence of the WNV epidemic.
In one of his articles, entitled "Is There Proof of West Nile Virus
in NYC?", he brings up the point that the names, blood samples and
tissue samples of the alleged victims are not available to a single independant
scientist for peer review, confirmation or testing. Neither are the blood
or tissue samples of a single allegedly infected bird or mosquito. His
article may be found at <http://baltech.org/lederman/816proof.html>http://baltech.org/lederman/816proof.html
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- We have a choice of several scenerios
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- 1. WNV is a result of natural circumstances
- 2. The outbreak and spread of this disease is due to
biological terrorism involving another country.
- 3. Vaccine and pesticide marketing may be playing a role.
- 4. Government field testing on the population
- 5. Population control through deaths from the virus,
poisoning from the pesticides, and lower birth rates due to pesticide induced
miscarriages, infertility and hormone disruption.
- 6. To create fear and panic for the purpose of manipulation.
- 7. A combination of any of the above.
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- A quote from Robert Lederman: "Not one mainstream
reporter, despite the information being widely circulated to every newsroom
in the city, has mentioned that a New York State Department of Health Study,
printed in the Journal of The American Mosquito Control Association, found
that massive pesticide application, as is being done in NYC, causes a long
term 1500% increase in mosquitoes, a dramatic increase in mosquitoes infected
with encephalitis, and concluded that only the mosquitoes exposed to the
pesticides appeared to be able to become infected with the viruses. That
study alone would seem to prove that the spraying is intended to increase
the incidence of West Nile Virus."
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- It does appear that WNV holds some significance as a
biowarfare agent. However, I'm not sure if WNV has actually measured up
to the expectations of an effective biowarfare agent. It doesn't seem
to be a long term incapacitant, it is difficult to contract and most people
who become infected, recover.
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- The Reigle Report, a Senate Hearing on Biological Exports
To Iraq, states that we did sell WNV to Iraq before the Gulf War, along
with anthrax, brucella, etc. I have seen a video which shows the inside
of an ammunition bunker at Khamisiyah. The camera revealed that a large
portion of the biological weapons had U.S. markings on them.
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- A couple of years ago I attended a public meeting with
officials from Plum Island. During this meeting I stood up and related
some of the points I'm making in this article. I also mentioned that a
Joseph Smadel, back in the 40s, was conducting research at Walter Reed
Hospital. He was working with mosquitoes, trying to determine which strain
of mosquito would make the most efficient vector for West Nile Virus.
When I mentioned this fact, the USDA moderator shut off my microphone and
said..."This is NOT the place to discuss not trusting the government."
The audience of approximately 200, shouted back with me..."Yes this
IS the place and you are the government!" The officials then tried
to assure me that the Plum Island facility did not acquire WNV till Oct.
of 99, several months after the initial outbreak.
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- Why aren't government officials advising the public to
boost their immune systems with natural substances and healthier lifestyles?
Instead, toxic pesticides are being dumped on very populated sections
of NYC and also in rural areas. Pesticides have been found to lower human
immunity and make us more susceptible to the very viruses they are supposedly
trying to protect us from.
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- What is the real goal here?
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- Many of you may remember the media reporting the arrival
of Aedes Japonicus, in Conn. and N.Y., a while after the WNV outbreak.
Aedes Japonicus is an asian species of mosquito usually found in Japan.
It is reported to be the most efficient vector of WNV. I distinctly remember
saying to myself "Gee, isn't that coincidental. This strain of mosquito
must have heard that WNV was a new problem here in the States and came
over to visit so it could help to vector the disease more efficiently."
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- The CDC website tells us "Unpublished studies conducted
at The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
in Fort Detrick, MD., indicates that Aedes Japonicus is also a competent
"experimental" vector of WNV, a flavivirus closely related to
Japanese encephalitis and St. Louis encephalitis viruses." Was Aedes
Japonicus possibly the strain that Joseph Smadel found to be the most efficient
vector, back in the 40s?
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- Pesticides are toxic, are related to the nerve gases
used in Nazi concentration camps, and have been proven to actually increase
the numbers of infected mosquitoes. What more do we need to know? Whether
West Nile Virus is a real threat or not, pesticides are obviously not the
answer.
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