A Fall, A Miracle, A Lesson

by Pam Williams

OCT. 16, 2021 Rosary Rally inside Old Novi, Michigan Town Hall.
Pam is upper right in pink.

On Noon, Saturday, October 16, 2021, I facilitated our annual Rosary Rally in the Old Novi, Michigan town hall building. We had planned to pray behind the building in the new amphitheater, but it was too cold and rain threatened. The Rally culminated weeks of local planning; it is a national program organized by America Needs Fatima.

Exactly 24  hours later, just past noon on Sunday, Oct. 17, I had a precarious fall outside my church, Holy Family Catholic Church of Novi, Michigan. This is how I applied the lesson of Fatima and how God protected me from an attack of the enemy.

Remember!!!  Pray the Rosary every day for the reparation of sins against the Immaculate Heart of Mary and for the Conversion of poor sinners if we want to achieve world peace.  

Here’s my story taken from emails sent to my pastor, Father Bob Lacroix, from that Sunday to the following Wednesday.

Sunday, 10/17/21: Dear Fr. Bob. Thank you for administering to me the anointing prayer for the sick today after I fell outside the church doors. I’d like to explain what happened and give you an update:

The Fall:  I was running to my car to get money for raffle tickets to support our Catholic schools. I was also wearing lengthy pants that were wide legged and suede shoes. My right foot caught the material of my left pant leg and stuck there in mid running-stride. Down I went on the concrete, smashing my leg, arm and face. I couldn’t even tell until I stood up that anything was wrong. 

Blood was dripping off my face. Several people came to my aid immediately. Herb James, trained as a first responder, applied a simple butterfly bandage with no gauze because the bleeding had suddenly stopped. In looking back that was a miracle. A few gentle ladies cleaned up the blood that had spilled.  What a mess I was. Friends drove me home, and brought the car along with another driver. 

At home Stan, who had gone to an earlier Mass, was surprised at my entourage. He could see I was hurt, but I was still walking, although I was dazed. Over the next hours, however, the pain increased to the point of being unable to bear any weight to my left leg or touch anywhere near my knee.

Stan took me to Urgent Care a few miles away where they took an x-ray. I had cracked my patella, the knee cap to my left leg. No wonder it hurt so badly. The technician told me I'd need an MRI because I may have ripped apart some tendons, and that I should see my doctor first thing Monday morning. There was no doubt I was headed for surgery and a long and painful recovery, possibly months.

My knee pain is constant now, even with meds.  Guess God is making sure I slow down. On the other hand, I have suffering now to offer up to God for reparation for sin and for the salvation of the whole world. Yeah!!  Just like Our Lady of Fatima told Francisco!!  We just reviewed this yesterday at the Rosary Rally at Fuerst Park in Novi.  Our Lady told Francisco, “When you suffer, offer up that suffering with that of My Son, Jesus, for the salvation of sinners and in reparation for sins against my Immaculate Heart.  This will bring peace to the world!”

I am very grateful for the immediate care I received at Holy Family.  Thank you for using anointing oil, too, Father. God is with me, I know, even if my senses tell me differently!

Monday, 10/18/21:  Stan could not get an appointment for our Orthopedic Surgeon until Tuesday at 2 PM. I could look forward to another day and night of intense pain. After a very sleepless last night of constant, terrible leg and back pain, in spite of taking maximum dosages of Extra Strength Tylenol, I thought that if I don’t die of pain, I’ll die of fatigue. I kept praying the Rosary over and over because I could not get to sleep. While I prayed I offered up my pain to God for salvation of the world. 

In the morning, I got a long nap and started to feel a little better.  I welcomed two visitors who cheered me up and then suddenly I was right back into the severe pain and extreme fatigue again. But, I knew how to face that pain. I grabbed my rosary and began to pray.  After the rosary, I read my Magnificat for the Scriptures of the day. Then I hobbled up onto my crutches and headed toward the bathroom. The Transport Chair, which we borrowed from my Dad’s apartment, was in the way, but I thought I could squeeze by. The first step should have clued me into the clear-and-present-danger of such a move. And yet, ignoring common sense, I took the second step through the narrow passage. Suddenly, I lost my balance, and fell backward onto the living room carpet!  SLAM! KABAM! THANK YOU MAM! I landed square on my rump. The shock went through my spine clear up to my head. I thought I was done for.

Yet, when I was finally able to stand up with my crutches to continue my journey, I noticed something remarkable.  I was free of pain in my leg and in my back from osteoporosis. (I used to have to lay flat on the floor for a half hour twice a day to get relief from the aging curvature of my spine that caused me daily pain).Father, I just got a healing!!! Not just for my leg, but for my back, as well. It was in spite of my fall here in the Living Room. It must have been the anointing oils and the prayer over the sick as well as the prayers of my friends and family. This was my second miracle.

Tomorrow, when I see Dr. Lennox, our orthopedic doctor, they will do their own set of X-rays.  Perhaps it will show my Patella whole again!!

Tuesday, 10/18/21:  The new X-ray showed significant fracture of the patella, so though the severe pain has ceased, pain still exists when I make a false move. Dr. Lennox gave me an Rx for a knee brace which we picked up right away from the medical supply. I don’t like it, because though it keeps my knee straight, I cannot sit up easily unless that left leg is on the same level as the chair seat and there is firm back support. I think I could sit in a church pew with my left leg on the pew and my back to the right side-end of the pew. I'll watch Mass on-line from home for the first week, due to fatigue. Healing requires lots of energy! 😅 And, I’ll be in this brace for 6 weeks. I’d better get used to it.

Miracles:  My back is like new, though. I’m so thankful. My knee will take much longer, but I’m thankful for no severe pain there!  I’m thankful for no stitches in my forehead and prompt first aid treatment by careful friends.  I’m thankful I had a sweatshirt draped over my right arm with fleece lining, which provided ample padding to prevent breaking my arm. I’m also thankful that no MRI was needed to determine whether ligaments and muscles around the patella were in good condition. (My cessation of pain and second set of X-rays were sufficient to determine no surgery needed!!!)  Yeah, God!!! AND, Thank You God, for the Blessed, Holy Mother of Our Lord, who gives us the weapon against the enemy through her holy rosary, whose mysteries relay the whole message of salvation.  

Lesson:  Offer all suffering up to Our Lord in union with His suffering!!! Pray many rosaries for peace in the world and salvation for sinners!!!

Update November 6, 2021: Pam was given permission by the doctor to use a leg brace that allows her to flex her knee 30 degrees and walk on it without crutches. In two weeks we will increase the flexion by 15 degrees every 3-4 days until she gets to 90 degrees and we see the doctor again. Yesterday, she drove her car to Mass and her tutoring of granddaughters.  There's a toll on her other extremities, but she's somewhat ambulatory with little pain. 

FAITH AND WORKS: Understanding Christian Equivocation Towards Unity

A short essay on

Faith and Works

Notes Toward Christian Unity

There has been a discussion since New Testament time when it appears that St. James (the author of James) and St. Paul (the author or Romans) appeared to disagree on the role of Faith vs. Works. The Relevant passages are James 2:24-26 and Romans 4:3f. I do not intend to contrast and compare those passages here, but attempt an overarching explanation with the help of Jesus's words and passages form the Catholic Catechism. 

1. DEFINING THE ARGUMENT

Some Christians claim that faith alone is all that is necessary for reception of God's salvation (redemption) and others claim the faith AND works are necessary. No Christian doctrine claims the works alone are sufficient. Some Protestants believe that some High-Church doctrines (e.g. Roman Catholicism) teach works alone, but this cannot be found in the catechisms of those faith traditions but only in the anti-Catholic rhetoric that falsely claim such things. The difference is between faith alone vs faith and works. 

2. ASSUMPTION

All of Scripture must agree with all other Scripture (where Scripture here is defined by what we find in the Bible, whether it be the Protestant Canon or one of the other 9 canons used by different Christian sects around the world). I do not claim that one canon of Scripture is more accurate than another or that one should be used over another when trying to understand God's work of Redemption. Pick any of the canons, they will all lead to the same place.

3. DIFFERENT APOLOGETIC PURPOSES OF ROMANS VS. JAMES

Assuming No. 2 is true, some commentators have explained the difference between James's and Paul's perspective as the consequence of the two authors arguing against the extreme and false beliefs of their audiences: Paul arguing against the works alone mentality of the Romans, and James arguing against the faith alone mentality of Jewish Christians. But to us today, these two key passages must agree on some level against if No. 2 is true. So, let's assume that if Paul and James were to debate the issue, they would not disagree once their terms and audiences were clearly defined. 

4. EQUIVOCATION: SALVATION (SAVED)

Perhaps a key stumbling block for Christian unity on this topic can be resolved by seeing a common equivocation between Evangelical understanding of salvation and a High-Church understanding of it. 

Let me propose that Evangelical understanding of "salvation" (or being "saved") is that moment in time when a person accepts Christ by faith into their life and their past sins are forgiven.

The Catholic understanding of "salvation" (as used in Scripture) is broader and more nuanced. Yet in every case "salvation" for both understandings means "deliverance from dire circumstances or oppression by some evil to a state of freedom and security." Biblically this can be achieved by:

a. way of preservation

b. offering the means for being delivered

c. removing the oppressive evil or difficulty

d. rewarding the effort spent in cooperating with grace in order to be delivered.

All of that includes the Evangelical spiritual understanding, but it also includes the many ways God saved his people in the O.T. temporally. It also includes a Christian's final entry into heaven. 

So, "salvation" is more than just personal spiritual redemption, at least in a Biblical sense. 

5. NO EQUIVOCATION: JUSTIFICATION

The terms that is used by both traditions equally is "justification." or "justification by faith." In both Evangelical and Catholic terminology "justification" refers to the instant a person comes to faith in Christ. (Romans 5:1) Here are three passages from the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) that describe that moment, which I believe agrees well with most Evangelical uses. 

CCC 1991 Justification is at the same time the acceptance of God's righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ. Righteousness (or "justice") here means the rectitude of divine love. With justification, faith, hope, and charity are poured into our hearts, and obedience to the divine will is granted us.

CCC 1989 The first work of the grace of the Holy Spirit is conversion, effecting justification in accordance with Jesus' proclamation at the beginning of the Gospel: "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Moved by grace, man turns toward God and away from sin, thus accepting forgiveness and righteousness from on high. "Justification is not only the remission of sins, but also the sanctification and renewal of the interior man.

CCC 2018 Like conversion, justification has two aspects. Moved by grace, man turns toward God and away from sin, and so accepts forgiveness and righteousness from on high.

Notice the term "salvation" is not used here because of its broad use in Scripture. 

6. FURTHER CLARIFICATION: SANCTIFICATION

A term used in both Evangelical and Catholic settings that is also generally understood the same is "sanctification." Both faith traditions understand this to mean "to be made holy." Both Evangelical and Catholic doctrines teach this as the process throughout one's life of achieving perfection in preparation for entering heaven. John Hardon divides sanctification in 3 stages:

1. The first sanctification takes place at justification. 

2. The second sanctification is a lifelong process by which a justified person grows closer to likeness in God through grace and obedience. (this is the primary Evangelical understanding)

3. The third sanctification takes place when a person enters heaven and becomes totally and irrevocably united with God. 

7. FAITH AND WORKS

Hopefully, this brings us to resolving the Faith vs. Works issue. 

To oversimplify the centuries old debate, but perhaps focus on a key misunderstanding, Evangelicalism is focused on "justification," that initial moment of the first sanctification or a most important definition of being "saved."  The Catholic focus is on getting into heaven, that third sanctification and being saved and secure for eternity without a chance of losing one's salvation. (c.f. Arminianism vs. Calvinism) 

That Catholic AND Evangelical focus is on that second stage of sanctification—the lifelong process of growing to be more like Christ. A good and extensive Biblical example of this the focus of Jesus's Sermon on the Mount. The sermon is not about justification, but about the process of growing in holiness so one can enter heaven. It is about the Christian's obedience to Christ that playa a critical role if one is to enter heaven. It is here that "obedience" is equivalent to good "deeds" or good "works."  Here is a list from Matthew 5-7:

Be salt and light (5:13-16) — "your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father."

Obey the Law (5:17-20) — "whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments...I tell you unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven." 

Anger and Murder (5:21-26) - You will not be released until you have paid the last penny.

Adultery (5:27-30) — Do not commit it in mind or body. 

Divorce (5:31-32) — Whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Oaths (5:33-37) — "Let your 'yes' mean 'yes' and your 'no' mean 'no.' Anything more is from the evil one."

And so-on about:

• Retaliation

• Love of Enemies

• Almsgiving

• Prayer

• Fasting

• Treasures

• What your eye sees

• Money

• Judging Others

• Pearls before swine

• The Golden Rule

• Behavior - The Narrow Gate

• Judging the works and fruit of others re: False Prophets

The Sermon is summarized at the end of Chapter 7:

• The True Disciple: "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, BUT ONLY THE ONE WHO DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER IN HEAVEN. 

• Parable of the wise and foolish man — "And everyone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be a like a fool who built his house on sand...and was completely ruined."

The Sermon on the Mount is not about justification but about that third stage of sanctification or securing our salvation in heaven. It is how the works that come about from justification are required for entry into heaven.  (Not discussed here, but neither forgotten, is the efficacy toward this end, of confession and forgiveness of sins.)

Finally, on the importance of our Christian witness and how the faith of others is dependent on our good works of passing on the faith.  This is another perspective of how faith (in others) is dead without the work (deeds) of our witness. 

CCC 166 Faith is a personal act - the free response of the human person to the initiative of God who reveals himself. But faith is not an isolated act. No one can believe alone, just as no one can live alone. You have not given yourself faith as you have not given yourself life. The believer has received faith from others and should hand it on to others. Our love for Jesus and for our neighbor impels us to speak to others about our faith. Each believer is thus a link in the great chain of believers. I cannot believe without being carried by the faith of others, and by my faith I help support others in the faith.

Mel Gibson on the Church's Deep Sickness

From nofacemask blog.

Hollywood legend actor Mel Gibson released a 5-minute video on Friday September 10, 2021 in support of the 'Coalition for Canceled Priests,' ( canceledpriests.org ) who were holding a rally in Chicago with Fr. James Altman.

Gibson remarked that "a very deep sickness afflicts the church" and that it's "a grave injustice" and a "form of white martyrdom" when a priest is cancelled, which Gibson points out "is nothing new."

"Who's persecuting them? Well their own bishops," he said.

"If one of their priests utters something that resembles Orthodoxy, then they spring into action, reprimand him, bully him, and they do their best to cancel him. And succeed. They drum him out of the service, ya know. Off he goes. I'm really sorry about that. Its a grave injustice and a kind of white martyrdom."

Gibson noted that he is a sinful man, "I'm as venal as any other man," but that he can recognize the difference between a shepherd and a hireling.

Gibson noted that these bishops are "an insipid bunch" and asked "And my question is like, who's hiring them? I don't think it's Jesus. Is it Francis? Who's hiring Francis? Is it, is it pachamama? I mean I think you need to look at the whole institution."

He then goes on to discuss His Excellency Cardinal Vigano, Vatican II, and the Latin Mass, which he noted "can not be abrogated."

Gibson added "I remember when I directed the passion I went to the USCCB to get support for the film and those those men couldn't get away from me fast enough. And all but a few of them turned their back on me. It was pretty telling about who they were."

Gibson concluded that he will financially support the Coalition for Canceled Priests and that "The gates of hell will not prevail against" the church.

Watch the video here:

Mel Gibson Endorses Coalition for Canceled Priests from Coalition for Canceled Priests on Vimeo.

Who's Vaccinated (with a tip of the hat to Abbott and Costello)

This is not supposed to be funny, unlike Abbott and Costello's  Who's On First which is the height of comedy.  ()

But what's below perfectly illustrates the failed logic of vaccination for covid and masks that government, businesses, and other institutions want to force on it. I refuse. Hope you do too. Elect officials who can think rationally and not be parrots and sheep.

Bud: ‘You can’t come in here!’ 

Lou: ‘Why not?’ 

Bud: ‘Well because you’re unvaccinated.’ 

Lou: ‘But I’m not sick.’ 

Bud: ‘It doesn’t matter.’ 

Lou: ‘Well, why does that guy get to go in?’ 

Bud: ‘Because he’s vaccinated.’ 

Lou: ‘But he’s sick!’ 

Bud: ‘It’s alright. Everyone in here is vaccinated.’ 

Lou: ‘Wait a minute. Are you saying everyone in there is vaccinated?’ 

Bud: ‘Yes.’ 

Lou: ‘So then why can’t I go in there if everyone is vaccinated?’

Bud: ‘Because you’ll make them sick.’ 

Lou: ‘How will I make them sick if I’m NOT sick and they’re vaccinated.’ 

Bud: ‘Because you’re unvaccinated.’ 

Lou: ‘But they’re vaccinated.’ 

Bud: ‘But they can still get sick.’ 

Lou: ‘So what the heck does the vaccine do?’ 

Bud: ‘It vaccinates.’ 

Lou: ‘So vaccinated people can’t spread covid?’ 

Bud: ‘Oh no. They can spread covid just as easily as an unvaccinated person.’ 

Lou: ‘I don’t even know what I’m saying anymore. Look. I’m not sick. 

Bud: ‘Ok.’ 

Lou: ‘And the guy you let in IS sick.’ 

Bud: ‘That’s right.’ 

Lou: ‘And everybody in there can still get sick even though they’re vaccinated.’ 

Bud: ‘Certainly.’ 

Lou: ‘So why can’t I go in again?’ 

Bud: ‘Because you’re unvaccinated.’ 

Lou: ‘I’m not asking who’s vaccinated or not!’ 

Bud: ‘I’m just telling you how it is.’ 

Lou: ‘Nevermind. I’ll just put on my mask.’ 

Bud: ‘That’s fine.’ 

Lou: ‘Now I can go in?’ 

Bud: ‘Absolutely not?’ 

Lou: ‘But I have a mask!’ 

Bud: ‘Doesn’t matter.’ 

Lou: ‘I was able to come in here yesterday with a mask.’ 

Bud: ‘I know.’ 

Lou: So why can’t I come in here today with a mask? ….If you say ‘because I’m unvaccinated’ again, I’ll break your arm.’ 

Bud: ‘Take it easy buddy.’ 

Lou: ‘So the mask is no good anymore.’ 

Bud: ‘No, it’s still good.’ 

Lou: ‘But I can’t come in?’ 

Bud: ‘Correct.’ 

Lou: ‘Why not?’ 

Bud: ‘Because you’re unvaccinated.’ 

Lou: ‘But the mask prevents the germs from getting out.’ 

Bud: ‘Yes, but people can still catch your germs.’ 

Lou: ‘But they’re all vaccinated.’ 

Bud: ‘Yes, but they can still get sick.’ 

Lou: ‘But I’m not sick!!’ 

Bud: ‘You can still get them sick.’ 

Lou: ‘So then masks don’t work!’ 

Bud: ‘Masks work quite well.’ 

Lou: ‘So how in the heck can I get vaccinated people sick if I’m not sick and masks work?’ 

Bud: ‘Third base.’”

If you haven't already figured it out, the "vaccine" (which is not a traditional kind of vaccine that helps your body produce antibodies and develop immunity) isn't very effective. It does not work like they say it will. That is why many people who have been vaccinated are not just sick a little, but hospitalized.  I've read some scientific reports on studies that claim the vaccinated are just as likely to contract covid-19 or one of its variants as the unvaccinated. It's also true that many have died shortly after being vaccinated. There is no logic in all this, except the only virus we're fighting is a Marxist ideology and  the attempt by some in government to control the populace. The original plan, it now seems obvious, was to create a situation where the election could be swayed by various illegal voting scheme to prevent Trump from being reelected. The Democrats and news media lied for five years about Trump. All their schemes were proved false. This covid scheme is what's left. 

Archbishop Vigneron's UNLEASH THE GOSPEL Put on Hold

 The Archbishop of Detroit (Allen Vigneron) and his woke curia have strongly suggested that unless you "vaccinated" against covid-19, then you should refrain from public worship and personal evangelization.  Yes, that's right. Let me say that again. If you have not received the fake jab of the experimental mRNA drug that will permanently alter your body's immune system, it is strongly suggested that you refrain from breathing within 100-feet of anyone else (whether "vaccinated" or not). 

Here is the AOD's guideline as of August 17, 2021 (https://www.aod.org/emergencyresponse)

The Archdiocese of Detroit encourages Mass-goers, regardless of vaccination status, to wear face-coverings and to practice social distancing to reduce exposure to COVID-19

Each pastor/In Solidum team should evaluate their location in the Archdiocese and implement the following protocols:

• Establish an area where social distancing is observed
• Strongly encourage masking and social distancing
• Hang signage indicating masking and social distancing are encouraged
• Evaluate space for the choir, and strongly recommend that those who are unvaccinated do not participate in the choir at this time

Because of that last directive, my wife was told she could no longer play her flute with the worship music group because she refuses to get the covid-19 "vaccination." (Aerosols from wind instruments are problematic, don't you know? By this logic we should have stopped face-to-face communication when the first cold virus was spread thousands of years ago.) We're unsure if they are trying to prevent my healthy wife from spreading her heathy antibodies by aerosol transmission, of if they're politically trying to force her to get the jab. We think it's the latter.  We're convinced the AOD curia is not  much different from radical Democrats who are acting like leftist Marxists. The Catholic Church is still Christ's Church, but there is a lot of corruption in its leadership. 

But then we discovered that the musical director at the parish was taking the AOD's guidance one step further. He lied. The AOD had said nothing about wind musical instruments. (see above.) There were two people in the group that had not been, and refused to be vaxed. One was a singer. So, he made the decision, and found something on the Internet to "validate" his opinion that if these two people did not do what he said, "get vaxed," then they would be cancelled and punished... because his unilateral demand was for the good of the congregation. This is pure Marxist Communism. We thank him for the textbook example. My wife and this other person offered no threat to him, he had no evidence, except his fear. "Do as I saw or you will be kicked off the group because we have to protect the people in the building who are far from you... because you know, the aerosols you expel will kill people, and if I don't fire you, I could be sued."  

The simple logic of these guidelines is that we all should avoid any exchange of air with anyone else, even if you're 20 yards distance. Logically, this involves every unvaxed person in the building. Don't come, don't participate, no breathing... is what this really says. And since all unvaxed persons are really sick people spreading disease then don't have any personal contact with any other person, vaxed or not.

Thus, Bishop Vigneron's "Unleash the Gospel" has been put on hold. DO NOT UNLEASH THE GOSPEL, someone could get sick. Satan loves this stuff. It fits perfectly into his plan. Atheists love it, too. They've been trying for years to come up with a gimmick to stop Christianity from spreading. The communists first infiltrated the church leadership, and now this.

Tim Allen Commencement Speech

 I hate commencement speeches. I loved this one.

CDC Changes Test Thresholds To Virtually Eliminate New COVID Cases Among Vaxx’d

Agency altering its practices of data logging for COVID to make it seem the experimental gene-therapy “vaccines” are effective at preventing the alleged disease.

Source: https://www.newswars.com/caught-red-handed-cdc-changes-test-thresholds-to-virtually-eliminate-new-covid-cases-among-vaxxd/

New policies will artificially deflate “breakthrough infections” in the vaccinated, while the old rules continue to inflate case numbers in the unvaccinated.

The US Center for Disease Control (CDC) is altering its practices of data logging and testing for “Covid19” in order to make it seem the experimental gene-therapy “vaccines” are effective at preventing the alleged disease.

They made no secret of this, announcing the policy changes on their website in late April/early May, (though naturally without admitting the fairly obvious motivation behind the change).

The trick is in their reporting of what they call “breakthrough infections” – that is people who are fully “vaccinated” against Sars-Cov-2 infection, but get infected anyway. 

Essentially, Covid19 has long been shown – to those willing to pay attention – to be an entirely created pandemic narrative built on two key factors:

1. False-positive tests. The unreliable PCR test can be manipulated into reporting a high number of false-positives by altering the cycle threshold (CT value)

1. Inflated Case-count. The incredibly broad definition of “Covid case”, used all over the world, lists anyone who receives a positive test as a “Covid19 case”, even if they never experienced any symptoms.

Without these two policies, there would never have been an appreciable pandemic at all, and now the CDC has enacted two policy changes which means they no longer apply to vaccinated people.

Firstly, they are lowering their CT value when testing samples from suspected “breakthrough infections”.

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From the CDC’s instructions for state health authorities on handling “possible breakthrough infections” (uploaded to their website in late April):

For cases with a known RT-PCR cycle threshold (Ct) value, submit only specimens with Ct value ≤28 to CDC for sequencing. (Sequencing is not feasible with higher Ct values.)

Throughout the pandemic, CT values in excess of 35 have been the norm, with labs around the world going into the 40s.

Essentially labs were running as many cycles as necessary to achieve a positive result, despite experts warning that this was pointless (even Fauci himself said anything over 35 cycles is meaningless).

But NOW, and only for fully vaccinated people, the CDC will only accept samples achieved from 28 cycles or fewer. That can only be a deliberate decision in order to decrease the number of “breakthrough infections” being officially recorded.

Secondly, asymptomatic or mild infections will no longer be recorded as “covid cases”.

That’s right. Even if a sample collected at the low CT value of 28 can be sequenced into the virus alleged to cause Covid19, the CDC will no longer be keeping records of breakthrough infections that don’t result in hospitalization or death.

From their website:

As of May 1, 2021, CDC transitioned from monitoring all reported vaccine breakthrough cases to focus on identifying and investigating only hospitalized or fatal cases due to any cause. This shift will help maximize the quality of the data collected on cases of greatest clinical and public health importance. Previous case counts, which were last updated on April 26, 2021, are available for reference only and will not be updated moving forward.

Just like that, being asymptomatic – or having only minor symptoms – will no longer count as a “Covid case” but only if you’ve been vaccinated.

The CDC has put new policies in place which effectively created a tiered system of diagnosis. Meaning, from now on, unvaccinated people will find it much easier to be diagnosed with Covid19 than vaccinated people.

Consider…

Person A has not been vaccinated. They test positive for Covid using a PCR test at 40 cycles and, despite having no symptoms, they are officially a “covid case”.

Person B has been vaccinated. They test positive at 28 cycles, and spend six weeks bedridden with a high fever. Because they never went into a hospital and didn’t die they are NOT a Covid case.

Person C, who was also vaccinated, did die. After weeks in hospital with a high fever and respiratory problems. Only their positive PCR test was 29 cycles, so they’re not officially a Covid case either.

The CDC is demonstrating the beauty of having a “disease” that can appear or disappear depending on how you measure it.

To be clear: If these new policies had been the global approach to “Covid” since December 2019, there would never have been a pandemic at all.

If you apply them only to the vaccinated, but keep the old rules for the unvaccinated, the only possible result can be that the official records show “Covid” is much more prevalent among the latter than the former.

This is a policy designed to continuously inflate one number, and systematically minimise the other.

What is that if not an obvious and deliberate act of deception?

Flaws in Many Models Used for COVID Lockdown

 https://www.theepochtimes.com/professor-explains-flaw-in-many-models-used-for-covid-lockdown-policies_3807048.html

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Professor Explains Flaw in Many Models Used for COVID Lockdown Policies

BY ANDREW CHEN

 

May 10, 2021 Updated: May 10, 2021

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Economics professor Doug Allen wanted to know why so many early models used to create COVID-19 lockdown policies turned out to be highly incorrect. What he found was that a great majority were based on false assumptions and “tended to over-estimate the benefits and under-estimate the costs.” He found it troubling that policies such as total lockdowns were based on those models.

“They were built on a set of assumptions. Those assumptions turned out to be really important, and the models are very sensitive to them, and they turn out to be false,” said Allen, the Burnaby Mountain Professor of Economics at Simon Fraser University, in an interview.

Allen says most of the early cost-benefit studies that he reviewed didn’t try to distinguish between mandated and voluntary changes in people’s behaviour in the face of a pandemic. Rather, they just assumed an exponential growth of cases of infection day after day until herd immunity is reached.

In a paper he published in April, in which he compiled his findings based on a review of over 80 papers on the effects of lockdowns around the world, Allen concluded that lockdowns may be one of “the greatest peacetime policy failures in Canada’s history.”

He says many of the studies early in the pandemic assumed that human behaviour changes only as a result of state-mandated intervention, such as the closing of schools and non-essential businesses, mask and social distancing orders, and restrictions on private social gatherings.

However, they didn’t take into consideration people’s voluntary behavioural changes in response to the virus threat, which have a major impact on evaluating the merits of a lockdown policy.

“Human beings make choices, and we respond to the environment that we’re in, [but] these early models did not take this into account,” Allen said. “If there’s a virus around, I don’t go to stores often. If I go to a store, I go to a store that doesn’t have me meeting so many people. If I do meet people, I tend to still stand my distance from them. You don’t need lockdowns to induce people to behave that way.”

Allen’s own cost-benefit analysis is based on the calculation of “life-years saved,” which determines “how many years of lost life will have been caused by the various harms of lockdowns versus how many years of lost life were saved by lockdowns.”

Based on his lost-life calculation, lockdown measures have caused 282 times more harm than benefit to Canadian society over the long term, or 282 times more life years lost than saved.

Today, some 14 months into the pandemic, many jurisdictions across Canada are still following the same policy trajectory outlined at the beginning of the pandemic. Allen attributes this to politics.

He says that while scientists have found that the virus starts to mitigate about 30 days into a wave, when case numbers would reach an equilibrium, politicians often take credit for having achieved this through their lockdown measures.

“I think it makes perfect sense why they do exactly what they did last year,” Allen said.

“If you were a politician, would you say, ‘We’re not going to lock down because it doesn’t make a difference, and we actually did the equivalent of killing 600,000 people this last year.’”

You wouldn’t, he said, because “the alternative is they [politicians] have to admit that they made a mistake, and they caused … multiple more loss of life years than they saved.”

Allen laments that media for the most part have carried only one side of the debate on COVID-19 restrictions and haven’t examined the other side. Adding to the concern, he says, is that views contrary to the official government response are often pulled from social media platforms.

He says he has heard that even his own published study has been censored by some social media sites.

“In some sense these are private platforms. They can do what they want. But on the other hand, I feel kind of sad that we live in the kind of a world where posing opposing opinions is either dismissed, ignored, or … name-called, [and] in some ways cancelled,” Allen said.

The Lies About Covid-19

 https://lc.org/full-article/0326-fa-ep3

Woke Priests Needs to be Defrocked - Polish Canadian Pastor is Hero

This is the danger with the government and the Church over the covid-19 business. This is tyranny, and bishops and priests are accepting this nonsense. Bishops and priests have gone woke. This priest deserves laicization and the cops need to be fired.

I've posted more comments at the bottom of this post. The third video is how our priests and bishops SHOULD be acting. I'm voting for the Polish Pastor (probably Protestant) for Pope. He's the hero of this batch of woke ministers.

The video below is telling but here's a news article about it:

More of the same. Too many bishops and priests have gone woke.

Hurrah! for this Polish Pastor. Our hero. He's going to heaven. The others we're not sure.

I was asked what I did for Easter. Here's my response related to the above videos (sw)

Easter worship for me was listening to the Easter Vigil readings from the Divine Office, a wonderful app and website available on line at https://divineoffice.org/ Signup for free and enjoy the daily professional recordings (great readers and music) for the various readings throughout the day along with the text. I financially support these people monthly. You should too. 

I’m still refusing to attend Mass as long as the churches and pastors here act like idiot slaves of the state and require masks and social distancing. The videos above are of priests in the U.S. calling the police on parishioners for not wearings masks. They can’t issue a ticket for not wearing a mask so the priest has them arrested or kicked out for “trespassing” …. (they can never return to the church).

The mothers kicked out with their kids were praying at the time. The priests are going to hell in my opinion, and the cops are not going to fair much better. The bishops also are so woke…no backbone, no intelligence, just slaves of the state. Useless our bishops are. 

I can’t believe it and it has me mad.  The polish pastor in the third video is better than the priests above. The Polish pastor in Canada chasing a half dozen cops out of his church by yelling that them, calling them Nazis and the Gestapo. They were from the “health” ministry trying to shut down the church for meeting against some rule due to the pandemic. He told them not to come back unless they had a warrant (search warrant). It was beautiful. He’s going to heaven. All the other woke priests and bishops are hell bound, IMHO.