Why virologist Geert Vanden Bossche vouches for natural immunity, not vaccination to rein in Covid infections
In light of the danger posed Covid-19 booster vaccination, independent virologist and vaccine expert, Prof Geert Vanden Bossche, says he has been guardedly optimistic as he sees natural immunity succeeding against the new viral strains, despite the ineffectiveness of the vaccines. “The population is now regaining the functionality of its...
Covid vaccine boomerang: Experts in US warn of risks of booster vaccines fuelling surge in Omicron infections
As scientists and mainstream media sounded the alarm this week about a new Covid-19 variant sweeping through the Northeast, in the United States, the author of an opinion in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) suggested Covid-19 vaccines could be fuelling new variants. In her January 1 opinion piece, Allysia Finley...
New Covid infections on the sprint again China, it’s estimated it’ll kill over a million by next April
Up to one million people in China could die from Covid-19 over the next few months, according to some of the first projections since the government lifted many of its strict ‘zero-Covids-19’ measures. “There’s no doubt that China is in for a bad couple of months,” says James Wood, an...
Mukombero: A herb that thrives in western Kenya tops dietary endorsements for couple wellness during Christmas
The setting in of Christmas season has led to an unprecedented explosion of advertising of medicative substances online as male wellness topping business agenda. Aware of the grim risks posed by unapproved substances being promoted on social media – Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp, among others – an online weekly See...
Changing attitudes: How catalytic mechanisms make desired behaviour automatic and easier
Reduce the cost of electricity after 6pm and let customers know about the cost savings potential. Cost-conscious people do their laundry and run their dishwashers in the evening and the power company defers the need to build a new power plant by reducing the peak demand. It’s voluntary, so compliance...
Why organisations are opting for catalytic mechanisms to tamp down negative energy
For years I’ve been fascinated by something that Jim Collins labelled “catalytic mechanisms” in a 1999 Harvard Business Review article. The article, titled Turning Goals into Results: The Power of Catalytic Mechanisms, described how to powerfully influence people in organisations to change their behaviour – easily, permanently and nearly effortlessly....
Whistle-blower details how FBI, other US agencies trail him to keep a leash on Covid origin
A scientist who believes that Covid was created at a US-funded lab in Wuhan has accused the FBI of following him with drones and breaking into his home in an effort to silence him. Dr Andrew Huff, a former vice president at EcoHealth Alliance, claimed that as he started to...
‘Terrified by what I saw, Covid was genetically engineered’, says American scientist who worked at Wuhan lab
An American scientist who worked at a research laboratory in Wuhan, China, has claimed that the novel coronavirus was a “genetically engineered agent” that leaked from the US-funded facility. It was reportedly exposed by Dr Andrew Huff, an epidemiologist and former vice president of EcoHealth Alliance, in The Truth About...
Hate or love it, processed food is here to stay if the world is going to feed 8 billion people
The stigma against processed food is growing, but there’s no way to sustainably feed eight billion people without it. Say “processed food” and most of us picture unhealthy, cheap junk. Fresh food straight from the garden or the field is good. Once we’ve put it through a processing plant or...
US Centre for Food Safety challenges GMO in court to shield consumers and the earth from harmful agriculture
Centre for Food Safety (CFS) and a coalition of food labelling non-profits and retailers filed an appeal earlier this month with the 9thCircuit Court of Appeals, challenging a previous ruling that allows the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to continue using the misleading terminology “bioengineered” and avoid labelling the majority...
