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Jun 21, 2022Liked by Jeff Childers

YES!!! Let’s multiply our Hero, Dr. McCollugh!! Boom!

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I support the McCullough multiplier

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I also support multiplying Dr. McCollugh!

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YES!!! We need to acknowledge all the whistleblowers! Dr Judy Mikovits was smeared in the media big time! While we're at it--can we target the corrupt Medical Board, CDC, FDA, and WHO and put them all out of biz...please?

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HOW do we do that?????? I am SO in FAVOR! They are all part of the WEF Reset movement.

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For one thing, we must create alternatives to the distribution matrix. Identify like-minded people as allies. Changing our routines is the hard part. As one former military intel officer said: "Easy is over." And as an army unit soldier said to a citizen reporter at a gas station: "Buckle up buttercup!" We are truly in a fourth generational war--and the MSM is not our ally.

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I second Cindy's motion to multiply Dr. McCullough!

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Yes from me also

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Whatever McCullough needs, we must provide.

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Agree!!!!

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Hear, hear!

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We need to support McCullough in any way possible. He’s been so supportive of β€œthe truth.”

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Totally support McCullough. But also , I think we need to support Dr Gold and Aflds!!!! We were able to get early treatment because of her fearlessness to get Adela up and running! Without them, my husband and I would have suffered much worse through delta/ possible original wuhan variant! We also had friends and family members use them to get through that gate variant. Let’s not forget who got us meds when we needed them❀️

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Dr. Pierre Kory is also being targeted!

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He is and I donate to his organization FLCCC to support him and Dr. Marik.

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Just want you to know you can support AFLDs directly at their website. I have been donating $10 a month since July 2020. Like you-they saved us from a much more serious illness when we got Delta- so I wanted to support them from the get go.

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Are they still providing medical assistance? I couldn’t find a way to make a appointment this week. SOME one in the family has Wu-Flu. ..

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I totally support Dr. Gold except I think she should not have entered the capitol building. I do think it was clear that was not going to end well.

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It was NOT clear! Video after video shows the Capitol police waving in the people. It was a set up.

BTW - that building belongs to We The People...not They The Commies.

Those who vandalized...they did wrong! But even they did nothing like blm & antifa!!! And their punishment has been excessive and inhumane.

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I agree with you 90% but a lot of people saw what could possibly happen with the # of people in the crowd, the infiltration of different groups. I am not saying it wasn't a set up and that they weren't waving them in in some instances - but the outcome of hundreds of thousands people descending upon the capitol could not end well, even if welcomed. the very best decision was to not enter, to turn around and to leave or keep a safe distance. Many people did.

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Definately Do A Multiplier Operation For Dr Peter Mc Cullough. He Is One Of Our Truth Speaking "HIPPOCRATIC OATH HERO'S." He should be nominated for a NOBEL PRIZE.

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Yes! I am totally in favor of a multiplier for Dr McCullough!

I’ve heard that the same board is going after Dr Pierre Kory’s license. He and Dr McCullough have been two of the most outspoken American docs (along with Paul Maric) that have been treating patients, testifying to Congress, doing research, heading up FLCCC, etc etc etc!!

I’ve often wondered when they sleep.

I can’t believe that they’re still going after them! We must do everything we can to support our medical heroes, as they have done for us. ❀️

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Can we get the biggest multiplier going and split it amongst the top drs that are being witch hunted? Don’t know if that is proper grammar, but you all know what I mean.

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Agree…Dr. Simone Gold going to jail for 2 months… January 6 Insurrection . πŸ™„

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Yes, we need to multiply Dr. Simone Gold too! I just gave money to her America's Frontline Doctors organization last night. Also, she self funded her own legal defense, she did not take any money from her organization!

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tx to the stolen election and the current communist usurpers at the WH, which should now be called the Demon House :(

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Dr. McCullough also recently released his book. β€œThe courage to face COVID-19” Buy a copy if you can!

https://couragetofacecovid.com/

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I’m reading it. If there’s one thing to remember it is this: there was absolute pushback against most early treatment options from the outset. At the time I attributed it to hatred of Trump. But this book makes a point in the opening chapter that they were saying β€œwait for the vaccine” from the get go. Before it had been developed, before it had been tested, and definitely before they knew how effective it would be. Almost like it didn’t matter how effective it was. All that mattered was stay home and do as you’re told until we have the vaccine and then take the vaccine. That’s the entire plan. They literally never cared about treatment. Unless it’s in the form of a NEW pharma drug.

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There are dark reasons the group running this fought to prevent successful early treatment: it looks absolutely intentional and motivated by getting EVERYONE to take the vax in the end.

The whole "needle in every arm," BS, and if they killed a million Americans to accomplish their goals, that appeared to be fine with them.

Once you look deeply into the mRNA Lipid Nano Particle toxic shots, the whole picture gets a lot weirder.

Listen to Dr. Ryan Cole, Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, Dr. Christian Northrup, and Naomi Wolf.

And read Andreas Oehler and Igor Chudov on Substack.

This looks like Democide, (the government killing the people) as Edward Dowd says, or just bluntly like Dr. Mike Yeadon-- "they are trying to kill us."

I came to the same conclusions, personally.

And the "lab leak" theory, well, that looks intentional also, not accidental, IMHO.

Remember Fouci saying that he knew, for certain, that President Trump would have a "surprise" pandemic to deal with??

All the evidence is out in plain sight and now we need legal hutzpa, judges who cannot be bought, law enforcement with brass, and elected representatives nationwide to wake the f' up and save our nation from the forces fighting to destroy her.

And that includes each and every one of us getting involved also!

Get on the phone and your email and write them all about the FDA'S "Future Framework" meeting on June 28th, which will REMOVE all requirements for any safety trials or testing for Covid shots going forward. (Toby Rogers on Substack has a great series on this)..

Hmmm. I guess they didn't like that judge releasing Pfizer's documents to the public, instead of hiding them for 75 years, as requested!!

This gang is dirty, dirty, dirty, and it will take America getting back up off her knees to defeat them. Fouci just told a US Senator to f off!

"I'm not going to tell you anything, and you can't make me!" Really??

He should have been dragged out in leg irons. All evidence shows this to be his evil operation and the man has the blood of hundreds of thousands on them. IMO.

We need more fire-power and it can only come from the people!! Raise hell, on the phone and online. Do not let your elected representatives sleep until we begin to sort this mess out.

Run for a seat. File a lawsuit. Write your local paper. Pull your kids out of school, if they are forcing dangerous practices upon them or shutting out parents. Drop your subscriptions to and purchases from corporations that have been in on this psy-op. Support a local farmer. Pay off debt. Bank at a Co-op. Pay cash. Move away from prescription drugs and towards TCM, Herbalism, and Nutraceuticals. Live healthfully and joyfully. And fight, fight, fight for smaller government accountable to the People!!

Integrity must come first. Dr. Peter McCullough has it in abundance. We need to put him in charge of the nation's Medical Boards. That would solve a lot of problems! πŸ₯°

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Ya, it wasn’t an accidental leak. It was released on purpose, on time, and with intent to kill.

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So beautifully said Katherine and SPOT ON!!!! πŸ’ͺ🏻πŸ’ͺ🏻πŸ’ͺ🏻

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Thank you! What I know is this-- IF everyone who sees what just went down in the last two years became ACTIVE we could send these criminals running for the hills!

Our issue is that 30% or 50% of Americans have now figured this out, but only 1% or 1/2 of 1% are actively fighting back.

We NEED everyone!!

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Totally agree! πŸ’ͺ🏻πŸ’ͺ🏻πŸ’ͺ🏻

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It is enough to make one wonder what exactly is in the "shots" that these demonic destroyers feel the need to jab every human to include infants.

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No joke! I personally have 3 possible answers:

1st, from Catherine Austin Fitts---"they are working to upload an operating system in the human being and do not care how many they kill to get it done!"

2nd---- population control. Eugenics.

3rd---- another species wants this lovely planet and is working to get rid of us.

I know, I know. Sounds totally nuts until you listen to all the women, and a few men who have had "abduction" experiences, and been affected by the "hybrid" program....or try reading Dr. Jacob's the "Threat."

(Not sure I spelled his name correctly, sorry.)

Anyway, consider going down the "experiencer" rabbit hole. You will be amazed!

The good news is that most people have very positive experiences with "other intelligences." Not negative ones, although those certainly exist. And many are just "weird," and do not fall into any category whatsoever!

Read, "Beyond UFOs" by Dr. Edgar Mitchell's group FREE.

Very interesting.

An explanation for "Angels," perhaps, as well??

The introduction is remarkable......

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The psychopathic nature of humans is a functional sub-species, not unlike you might expect a malevolent space alien to behave.

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my thoughts exactly!!

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9/11 was a democide that killed nearly 3,000 people. We should be very familiar with murder by government by now... . And killing kids in staged school shooting is more history of the "inside job".

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It’s funny, Fauchi himself clinched it for me early on. He said it takes years for a vaccine to come to market. Ha! And there it was, just like magic within months!! Liars and killers is what they are!

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All true!

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If early treatments were available there would be no need for an EUA. The EUA gave vaccine manufacturers liability cover.

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Exactly!

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The only reason some people are still scared to death of covid and all masked and vaxxed up is because effective early treatments were hidden and instead, patients were killed with wrong β€œtreatments” in hospitals. Just evil and criminal!

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And don’t forget the asymptomatic spread lie that has made all the asleep Covidians afraid!

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I can't decide which was the most stupid lie of all of them. Maybe this one. Get sick from someone who isn't sick. What a concept...

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Yes, the EUA couldn't be approved if there were actual acceptable treatments - there would be no emergency - so the entire machine (remember Surgisphere?) made sure none of the early treatment protocols were authorized. Helps to have all those captured agencies.

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This really is the key to understanding why therapeutics were nixed early on. Many players like Fauci understood this and pushed hard for the vax., in spite of knowing many lives could be saved with repurposed drugs. Too much money to be made! Unconscionable and evil! πŸ‘Ώβ€ΌοΈ

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I take great comfort in knowing that God knows every single deed and every single lie of every single liar and will judge.

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Me too! βœοΈβ€ΌοΈ

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And I meant to conclude with just how important Dr McCullough was in sharing the information about early treatment methods that were working. Since our government wasn’t and should have.

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Dr Zelenko and Dr Tenpenny also blazed the trail for early treatment protocols. The basics were trumpeted to all who had open minds: D3,Zinc, vit C, etc. All are common immune support items, and Corona (although enhanced as a bioweapon via gain of function) is as old as them thar hills! The real disease was in effect, a psyop!

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Hatred of Trump played a hand in denial of early treatment.? But Trump promoted operation WARP SPEED that essentially promoted the vaccine over early medical treatment.

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Trump isn’t a doctor. A scientist. He’s a businessman. He believed those experts around him. He pushed for treatment early on and was eviscerated by the media and the experts. And hydrochloquine has now been proven to be effective.

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Yes...DT told the American public he used HCQ to get well. It's difficult to say with 100% certainty how the political strategy was played out; and yet--in the end, Fauci, the CDC, the FDA, and the WHO all became better known in terms of the exposed corruption. We all needed to grow up and realize how powerful the Pharma lobby is in the DC matrix. [Also, we now know that the fentanyl that comes into the US illegally is manufactured in China! The death stats attributed to this killer drug are off the charts!]

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I believe President Trump thought getting the β€˜vaccine’ would stop the horrible push for lockdowns. The lockdown talk was more frightening to me than talk of the illness. I could foresee the loss/steal of the election, the longtime harm to the economy, increase in mental illness, drug use, alcoholism, child abuse. All the ills of society multiplied exponentially and where would it end? Completely unknown and terrifying.

I knew I was not going to offer myself as a Guinea pig, but I hoped it would satisfy the terrified fools who were driving our society off a cliff.

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The real fear of lockdown didn't happen until Trump was out of office. No evidence Trump knew lockdowns would be so severe. It appears to me he was just playing his role in the PLANdemic holding out the promise of WARP SPEED vaccines that he continues to promote.

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That is not true. I had tremendous fear of a lockdown from the very beginning. And I remember President Trump early on talking about how lockdowns would destroy the economy and would kill more people than the virus would.

You obviously suffer from Hate Trump Syndrome. May the bird of paradise fly up your nose and wreck your silly grin.

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Hot off the press.... A gift for you -- Trump Knew Putin Would Uproot DNC Corruption in Ukraine -- Trump and Putin 100% have an alliance. -- https://bioclandestine.substack.com/p/trump-knew-putin-would-uproot-dnc

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So personal attacks take over, eh? ... Nope. I will probably vote for Trump but with my eyes wide open because he's the least corrupt candidate. But the fact that he's pushing what has become a well-known deadly mRNA experimental vaccine is incontrovertible.

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The difference comes with experiencing the lockdown rather than just talking about it.

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people have been told its a bioweapon and the shot is the only way to save yourself.

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I think the bioweapon story came late in the game.

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Not actually. Read the original Spartacus letter.

DDG it.

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True. The bioweapon story was out there with curious people like us but was successfully discredited for a long time via lying media. I tossed it aside because viruses that don't exist cannot be weaponized. Katherine has it right that the vaccine is the bioweapon, not the SARC-Cov-2 computer model that served as a blueprint for the Weaponized Vaxx.

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Lol. The truth is more likely that the shot is the bioweapon and the only way to save yourself is Ivermectin! (Other forms of spike neutralization and clearance exist also, of course, but you take my meaning.)

Just imho.......

; ))

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Absolutely the case Elizabeth! πŸ‘Ώ

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Done. Thanks for the link.

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Thanks for the link. Just purchased the book.

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Ordered

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Preordered mine! βœ”οΈ

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Same

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Tried the site and it has been blocked

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Reading such disturbing and surreal news points causes me to feel like I’m stuck in a poorly written end times novel that is somehow also a twisted comedy of errors, replete with foolish, bumbling characters playing with deadly weapons…

Of course the Bible has something to say about fools…but also some encouragement for His people, the righteous:

Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,

Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

β€” Proverbs 27:22

Behold, they belch forth with their mouth;

Swords are in their lips,

For, they say, β€œWho hears?”

But You, O Lord, laugh at them;

You scoff at all the nations.

Because of his strength I will watch for You,

For God is my stronghold.

My God in His lovingkindness will meet me;

God will let me look triumphantly upon my foes.

β€” Psalm 59:7-10

Thank you, Jeff, for digesting the news, forming it into slightly less nauseating bites, and seasoning it with your sarcasm and wit. It’s the only version of current events I can stomach!

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β€œ Thank you, Jeff, for digesting the news, forming it into slightly less nauseating bites, and seasoning it with your sarcasm and wit. It’s the only version of current events I can stomach!”Impressive applause Janice…words are most definitely not beyond you… thank you, thank you Jeff….

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Maureen, thank you! My blog title comes from my belief that if I write anything worthwhile, it’s beyond my ability and has to be inspired by the Lord.

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My sentiments exactly!,thx, Jeff, Janice and Maureen.

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"a poorly written end times novel that is somehow also a twisted comedy of errors, replete with foolish, bumbling characters playing with deadly weapons"

Iow, Dr Strangelove

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Perfect description of current administration!

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Are you not familiar with the dark, twisted comedy movie Dr Strangelove? A 60s classic...

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Well, I live under a rock and only read Jeff. Haha. Actually, I have a friend who knows and loves every old movie and makes fun of me because I don’t know about most of them. Also, I didn’t know what you meant by β€œlow, Dr. Strangelove.”

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All I remember is the final scene

Here is a synopsis: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Film synopsis

A film about what could happen if the wrong person pushed the wrong button -- and it played the situation for laughs. U.S. Air Force General Jack Ripper goes completely insane, and sends his bomber wing to destroy the U.S.S.R. He thinks that the communists are conspiring to pollute the "precious bodily fluids" of the American people.

://www.google.com/search?q=dr+strangelove+summary&oq=dr+strangrlove&aqs=chrome.5.69i57j46i10i433j0i10i433j0i10l5.7210j0j7&client=ms-android-americamovil-us-revc&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

Spoiler alert:

he rides the missile like a horse, whooping & waving his cowboy hat as he sets off nuclear armageddon.

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Ahh, I see why I haven’t watched it. πŸ˜‚

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Amen and amen, Janice!!

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Dear Jeff, we do need to multiply Dr McCullough. He’s a hero. But, we need to do more. Could you publish the names of the board members and their contact information? At minimum, we can individually give them feedback and our thoughts about what they are doing. I’d like to have the history on each of them. I mean - their CVS. I spent years in my healthcare career working with physicians in CME. Something has gone terribly wrong with our medical leadership. I KNOW there are good doctors out there who wouldn’t even contemplate removing a license from a well regarded doctor. Who are these people? Can they do this because they are β€œsafe” in crowd behavior? It’s time to start singling them out from their pack and make them be accountable for their actions.

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That's an important piece of this--- we need the names of the Medical Boards in question, and they need to feel the public eye and the public ire upon them. This is happening in state after state. It is coordinated. Dr. Meryl Nass, Dr. Brody, Dr. LaTuluippe, and dozens more. Licenses pulled or under threat for giving their patients successful early treatments or informed consent. We must deal with the evil in our midst and the medical boards are it.

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Maybe Jeff can start suing them for malpractice or some other legal course of action.

Heck, I'd contribute to a multiplier to fund such lawsuits even if the probability of success is not great. Bill Gates used the technique of nuisance lawsuits to eliminate competition when he built Microsoft. It would be "karmic" if it could be used against him and his "industry".

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Also threatened if they didn’t endorse the mask mandates and provided exemptions to patients 😑

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Give them feedback...the same way the left is giving "feedback" to conservative Justices.

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Makes sense. The problem is good guys can’t fight the same way as the bad guys..they won’t lie, cheat and steal. Which is why it appears the good are losing. I don’t have any answers except to do what we can about the injustices when they show up. And certainly learning who these board members are and shine the light on them, may make them reconsider. Obviously the board membership needs to change. Are we able to help that happen?

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Excellent suggestion; mine was to mass-email the ABIM's main info address, but all of them would perhaps be more effective.

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I agree β€” they need to hear from hundreds, if not thousands, of us. Tell them that unlike those on their side we will not show up in front of their homes to terrify their children and neighbors, but if they do not get off this totalitarian train they are complicit in driving it may come to worse far worse than that …. remind them that history is replete with horror stories of what can happen when folks are pushed too far.

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Exactly!

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CV - Curriculum Vitae

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Yes, please support Dr. McCullough.

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The ABIM is an engineered bio-weapon. What a sickening display of putting ego over facts. A public debate would expose these administrative frauds masquerading as health officials in about as much time it takes to cancel The Disney Channel. The evidence that early treatment works and that the "vaccine" is dangerous is overwhelming. Just freaking unbelievable. Modern day witch hunt in action. Hey, don't forget to tie his hands and throw him in the lake. If he sinks he's guilty. Idiots. Support McCollough?? Hell, yes!!

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Kind of along the line of my thoughts… exposure, massive media exposure of the entire fraud and its paid off puppets and those directly paying them…. Since Musk is the only apparent billionaire leaning somewhat right of the manufactured coup narrative is it possible for this active C&C army to flood Musk with requests for financial assistance to pay the the most highly regarded medical and constitutional lawyers to combine efforts and lawsuits whereby our C&C multiplier might actually have more clout against stopping the regulatory capture of our constitutional laws, to stop immediately any and all emergency measures used to perpetuate this madness from presidential to school board and city council measures? Just saying… multiplying the honorable and deserving Peter McCullough is one singular attempt to aid and win McCullough’s witch hunt battle… but can we engage and fight the entire fraud et al., with effective compensatory lawsuits and media exposure made possible with collaboration with the one billionaire that just might accept the challenge?

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Oh, I think I read or heard that if they sink, then the person is innocent but redeemed. If they float, like wood, then a witch, and must be burned, like wood.

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Please yes - do a multiplier for Dr. McCullough!!!

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DEFINITELY begin a multiplier for Dr. McCullough; we cannot stand by and let the ABIM pull his license!

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As you must know ABIM does not license physicians. They can eject your from their org, and recommend to others, but that's about it. Docs are licensed at the state level. McCulloch, should be prepared with licences in multiple states, just in case... particularly NH, TN, and MO, and perhaps NE, which have moved against attempts to de-license physicians who do not agree with CDC, NIH, etc.

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Perhaps a more effective multiplier, if it could get large enough, is to boycott or threaten to boycott the ABIM, and any member docs of same... since they are unwilling to debate the issue with Steve Kirsch, they seem to be just another set of politically motivated dictators. Science and the scientific method are all about debate, and silencing that, or attempting to silence that in the name of what seems to be corrupt authority should not be supported. Perhaps a few docs could be persuaded to quit the ABIM... THAT would hit their pocket books and credibility.

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This, this, this - make ABIM certification lose its luster, tell them that we will actively choose alternative-care practitioners whom we believe to be honest brokers instead of puppet 'board-certified' so-called physicians.

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Here is a different board certification organization, https://nbpas.org/ that is promoted by the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons, of which Dr. McCullough is a part. It’s been promoted for a number of years as a less financially onerous board cert entity (current board cert fees are thousands of dollars every five or so years, depending on medical specialty, and that’s on top of the costs for continuing education, licensure, and other requirements necessary to qualify for board certification). NBPAS also has fewer hoops that docs have to jump through to maintain certification.

Unfortunately, hospitals require board certification, as do many insurance companies.

So while it’s easy to want to disavow ourselves of ABIM physicians, the reality is that we cannot do this overnight.

However, it certainly is worth attempting.

At least have conversations with our own drs about the unsavory actions of their boards. I’ve brought up to our pediatrician my concerns about the trans agenda being pushed by AAP.

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So there needs to be an alternative to American Board of Medical Specialties boards, and maybe the NBPAS is it. I see this other one (linked below), but only because I was looking around, so I don't know anything about it. There's an American College of Pediatricians (vs. the pro-trans American Academy of Pediatricians), but it doesn't appear that they offer board certification. The level of control over hospitals and insurance companies is also a factor, such that if an alternative board-certification organization or two did begin succeeding, would their certifications be accepted by these entities?

https://www.abpsus.org/

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American Board of Pediatrics is what provides board cert to pediatricians. They fall under the ABMS.

The American Academy of Peds does not provide board certification, nor does American College of Pediatricians. The AAP historically has been a professional organization which sorts and filters all the medical studies etc and based on those makes recommendations to doctors for how to treat various ailments. They write guidelines and policies on everything from which antibiotics are best for ear infections and pneumonia to how to care for kids with dehydration to trampolines to so-called gender-affirming care and more.

No physician on earth has time nor expertise to properly vet the flood of information available for all the various common and uncommon conditions he may encounter. So physicians have relied on these professional organizations to do the sifting for them.

Yes, you are correct that getting the hospitals and insurance companies to accept these alternative board certifications is the sticking point. There are hospitals who do accept them.

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Thanks for the correction about Board vs. Academy. I knew that, lol! I've been retired too long, or my coffee hadn't kicked in.

The problem with allowing those organizations, any of them, to tell you 'the answer' should be obvious by now, however. Some of them may be based on real science, but my confidence in that assertion has been shaken to its core, and I say that as a former residency training director in a specialty that focused on critical review of the literature, including the epidemiology and biostatistics (Preventive Medicine and Public Health). Even back in the day, our Journal Clubs were full of easy take-downs of papers published in top journals; some of them were literally laugh-out-loud bad. I now wonder to what extent some of our 'heroes' (Jay Keystone, e.g.) were paid shills, vs. simply offering their own sincerely-held beliefs in particular drugs. How many of the papers we read are actually written by the drug companies, without attribution or full disclosure? The reason Tom Jefferson created the Cochrane Collaboration was to have unbiased, truly scientific reviews of various topics. (He visited our residency program to recruit for reviewers as he was standing it up.) I sympathize with what seems to be a nearly-impossible task of keeping up, as my first specialty was Family Medicine (way back before the name change). But even back then, 35 years ago, the staff physicians in my residency were perplexed about why, through the formulary, we were forced to use newer drugs that were so expensive, instead of old, off-patent, tried-and-true drugs with whose operating characteristics they were very familiar. Are we better physicians today than 50 years ago due to the hidden-bias-information-overload? I'd put my money on 'no.'

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I of course had no idea you are in medicine. πŸ˜‰ So, yes, of course you knew. πŸ™‚

You said β€œSome of them may be based on real science, but my confidence in that assertion has been shaken to its core.”

The shaken-to-the-core confidence is something that is afflicting a lot of us re this beloved profession. Given that many of us or our loved ones depend on the recommendations and treatments from this profession, this has been deeply gut wrenching.

Have we been deceived since Adam Flexner’s report and the ruthless elimination of β€œquackery” that, perhaps, like homeopathic medicine, was not quackery but actually a reasonable alternative?

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Physicians need to stand up and fight for the good guys in their midst. So far not enough have and it will only get more difficult the longer they wait.

For some time Pharmaceutical Companies have been running medicine. We did not fight back soon enough. It it a bloated monster now, feeding off of human pain and suffering and the medical boards are it's enforcement arm. They must be removed and replaced by medical professionals with integrity who put the patient first. Like the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons.

We need replacement Boards. That will require governors with brass. And an awake citizenry demanding it.

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Florida. That license-snatching dog would not hunt here.

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I supported his legal defense against Baylor, I'll certainly support this medical board defense.

But maybe it is also time to go on the offensive. Perhaps the Medical Board should be sued for discrimination or something. The official medical board materials are full of dissenting opinions of licensees that are documented in their manuals. Licensees that take contrary opinions to the current standard of care. Are they all being sued? No.

Go through the manuals of these specialties and you will find them documented. Example, endocrinology. When I was going through thyroid cancer the standard of care for my type of cancer was removal of thyroid and then ablation therapy. There were approx 30% who felt ablation therapy was not necessary. About 4 years after, the standard of care was changed and they no longer did ablation therapy for this type of cancer and circumstances. Happens every day, things change, dissenting voices, thinking out of the box, win out. We can't lose that process.

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Here here… yes…

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Yes to support and YES for the offensive

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Absolutely we should support Dr. McCullough!! I appreciate his courage to share the truth, cite studies, collaborate with other physicians around the world and to share the practical experience he has in taking care of patients. In addition, he has been an invaluable voice of morality and common sense these past couple years. He deserves all the support we can offer for sure!

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Absolutely do it. We all owe that man a debt that we can never repay.

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