The purpose of the “Back to Center” advice column is to provide perspectives for personal realignment and empowered living in the COVID era. Sarah encourages you to reach out to her with requests for advice about self-development and emotional and mental well-being in these complicated times. Please send your questions to&nbsp;<a href="mailto:advice@aflds.org">advice@aflds.org</a>. Looking forward to hearing from you!For all other inquiries, please direct your questions to <a href="mailto:info@aflds.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">info@aflds.org</a>.&nbsp;I’ve recently gotten involved with a group that is working to create a vision for a better world as we (hopefully) continue to emerge from COVID. It’s amazing to feel the power of connecting with people who really care about bringing more positivity and love to life, who want to move away from the darkness of the past few years and make something better. There are opportunities for members to share any skills and knowledge they may have that connects with the group’s mission. I had an idea for something I could contribute and actually volunteered to do a presentation for the group. But now I’m having a huge wave of fear and anxiety about it. I haven’t done much public speaking in the past, and I’m really nervous. I’m suddenly doubting whether I have anything of value to offer, and the question “Who am I to do this?” is ringing in my head. I don’t know whether to back out or keep the commitment. Do you have any advice?Thanks for your question! I want to start off by acknowledging your beautiful desire to participate in a group like this and for bravely offering to contribute your own skills! This is amazing.&nbsp;Now, on to your question. I have good news for you: The fact that you are suddenly having these feelings of self-doubt after having stepped out to embrace this new opportunity is a great thing. Want to know why?Whenever we consider taking on a new opportunity or challenge, and that critical inner voice pops up to nag us with the “Who am I?” question, it means that the opportunity holds huge potential for growth. Those doubts are like little flags waving at us to let us know that if we walk forward and take the challenge, we’re going to reach new levels of who we can be. We wouldn’t experience those doubts and fears if there was nothing to be gained. Those feelings mean you are in action in life!You had an initial spark of excitement and inspiration, a thought that you have something to contribute to this group, and you acted on it. The fear is coming to let you know that if you take this opportunity, you will expand yourself in some way. Those scary feelings are never fun, and sometimes we think they’re an indication that we should back out, turn around, and run in the other direction. But if you can shift your perspective to look at them as arrows pointing you toward personal greatness, they can propel you forward into something amazing.So, how do you answer the doubtful voices within? First, write out all your fears. Get all those anxious, doubtful thoughts out into the light on paper. Then, thank your fears! Say, “I know you’re here to help me grow and become more of who I’m meant to be.”Envision how you will grow if you take this opportunity to present to the group, what you will create, how you will feel afterward, who you will be on the other side of it. Take the “Who am I to do this?” question, give the feisty answer, “I’ll tell you who I am to do this!” and write down all the reasons why you are uniquely suited to rock this opportunity!The world desperately needs people like you to bring who they are and what they have to give to help create a brighter future. I urge you to make the decision to let your fears help you step forward and boldly take the challenge, rather than hold you back. I hope you’ll be able to let us know how that presentation goes! All the best!****For as long as I can remember, my son has dreamed of joining the U.S. Army. He’s now almost old enough to enlist, but we’re running into a major problem: the COVID vaccine requirement. Our family is firmly against the vaccine, and definitely oppose the idea of our son getting it. He also doesn’t want the shot, but…his dream. He is heartbroken over the idea of having to give up the army, and we feel torn up about it too. We just want him to be happy and to be able to pursue the path he wants to take in life…Any thoughts on the best way to handle this?This is a really tough situation. I’m so sorry for the pain you and your son are going through over this challenge to his dream. I have a perspective to offer you that I hope will be helpful.&nbsp;Sometimes we run up against obstacles in life that seem immovable, impossible, like they’ll be there forever and there’s nothing we can do about them.&nbsp;But the reality is that life is always moving, shifting, and changing. We’ve certainly seen that over the past few years with COVID. Some mandates we’ve experienced that have at times felt like they were going to become a permanent way of life have in fact changed and lifted. We don’t know what tomorrow will bring, but we can look back over the last few years and see that the passage of time has brought change.It may not be possible for your son to join the army now if he’s not going to comply with the vaccine requirement, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that his dream stops there. The answer may simply be “not now,” but that doesn’t have to mean “never.” Who knows? It may become possible sooner than you think. I encourage you not to give up hope and to help your son to stay positive too.It may feel really hard for your son to have to wait, but it doesn’t mean the time has to feel like a loss. You might try brainstorming together about what he can do to continue to prepare for the army. How can he use this time to be even more ready? What activities can he get involved in that will keep him moving toward his goal, that will keep him feeling excited and hopeful about it? What can help make this waiting time productive and fulfilling?I truly hope your son has the chance to achieve all that he dreams of, and that the journey there will only help him grow. Best wishes to your whole family!&nbsp;****&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;So, I’m visiting my parents right now (we do not live close to each other, so it’s been a long time). The other day, my father mentioned he was going out for an appointment to get his COVID booster shot. Now, I’ve known for a while that my parents are pro-vaccine, but I didn’t expect to be confronted with it so directly during my visit. I was taken by surprise and didn’t know how to react, so I basically said nothing, and off my dad went. Afterward, I kicked myself for making no attempt to talk to him about it before he left. I mean, if I believe these shots are extremely dangerous – which I do – why didn’t I try to get him to reconsider? I guess I might have been thinking about all the times people have tried to convince me to get the vaccine, and how intrusive and so-not-their-business it felt, so maybe I didn’t want to do the same sort of thing to my dad…or maybe I didn’t think talking to him about it would make any difference…or maybe I was scared of how he’d react…I don’t know. I just feel really bad about it now and like I should have spoken up. What do you think?Thanks for writing in! It sounds like it was a tricky moment, and now there’s a lot of self-judgment going on. I hope I can offer some perspectives here that are helpful to you.There are moments where we have a lot of clarity about something we’re presented with, where we know exactly how to act and what to say in the moment, where we respond quickly. Then there are other moments where we’re caught off guard, don’t have our wits about us, don’t know how to handle a situation, and the moment passes. Our tendency can be to come down hard on ourselves after an instance like this: “Why didn’t I speak up?...Why didn’t I act more quickly?...Why couldn’t I get myself together?”But I tend to think that moments like that happen for a reason. Maybe if you had tried to engage your dad in a conversation about the shot, it would have turned into a negative interaction. Maybe he would have been offended or felt it was intrusive. Maybe you would have ended up arguing and saying hurtful things to each other. We don’t know.&nbsp;We all have moments like this, where we don’t act as we think we should have after the fact, and sometimes we can’t understand what in the world just happened. What I’m suggesting is that maybe this doesn’t necessarily equal failure; maybe it’s doors closing on something that’s not meant to be, on words that are better left unspoken for a reason we can’t understand in the moment.I’m not at all absolving anyone of the responsibility to make their best effort to do the right thing in life. What I’m saying is that if we are people who generally try our best to do the right thing, maybe a moment where we don’t act or don’t speak up is exactly what needed to happen.It’s clear from your message that you love your dad and want him to be healthy and well; this incident was not a failure to care. The topic of personal COVID choices is not an easy one to have with those we love. I encourage you to do your best to release the self-judgment and decide how you want to relate to your dad on this issue going forward. Lead with the love you have for him, follow your intuition, and I believe you’ll know what to do. Best wishes for health and wellbeing for your whole family!Previous columns:<ul style="list-style-type:initial;"><li><a href="https://americasfrontlinenews.com/post/back-to-center-the-world-does-not-have-to-understand-or-approve-of-your-choices" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">'The world does not have to understand or approve of your choices'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.americasfrontlinenews.com/post/back-to-center-i-get-tired-and-overwhelmed" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">'I get tired and overwhelmed'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.americasfrontlinenews.com/post/back-to-center-i-vacillate-between-feeling-inspired-and-useless" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">'I vacillate between feeling inspired and useless'</a></li><li><a href="https://americasfrontlinenews.com/post/back-to-center-i-pity-the-people-creating-the-lies" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">‘I pity the people creating the lies’</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/back-to-center-the-anger-and-hurt-feelings-are-costing-you-too-much/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">‘The anger and hurt feelings are costing you too much’</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/back-to-center-people-who-once-treated-each-other-with-so-much-love-and-kindness-are-now-at-odds/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">‘People who once treated each other with so much love and kindness are now at odds’</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/back-to-center-struggling-with-my-relationship-with-god-since-covid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">‘Struggling with my relationship with God since COVID’</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/back-to-center-i-have-lost-confidence-in-our-healthcare-system-including-my-own-personal-doctors/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">'I have lost confidence in our healthcare system, including my own personal doctors'</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/back-to-center-can-you-forgive-yourself-for-the-years-you-couldnt-be-there-with-your-daughter/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">'Can you forgive yourself for the years you couldn’t be there with your daughter?'</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/back-to-center-my-wife-is-willing-to-take-the-sacrifice-for-her-sister-and-im-sick-to-my-stomach-thinking-about-it/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">'My wife is willing to take the sacrifice for her sister and I'm sick to my stomach thinking about it'</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/back-to-center-i-deeply-regret-taking-the-vaccine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">'I deeply regret taking the vaccine'</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/back-to-center-married-39-years-and-i-thought-we-were-on-the-same-page-when-it-came-to-things-that-mattered-most/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">'Married 39 years and I thought we were on the same page when it came to things that mattered most'</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/back-to-center-how-do-i-repair-this-relationship-or-accept-that-i-may-never-see-my-son-again/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">‘How do I repair this relationship or accept that I may never see my son again?’</a></li><li>‘<a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/back-to-center-how-can-i-stop-fear-from-controlling-my-every-thought-and-ruining-my-dreams/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How can I stop fear from controlling my every thought and ruining my dreams?’</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/how-can-i-pursue-my-dream-to-find-the-person-to-marry-when-its-so-hard-to-connect-with-new-people-because-of-covid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">'How can I pursue my dream to find the person to marry, when it's so hard to connect with new people because of COVID?'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.americasfrontlinedoctors.org/news/post/how-can-i-feel-safe-these-days/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">'How can I feel safe these days?'</a></li><li><a href="https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/news/post/advice-column-premier-back-to-center/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Advice column premier: Back to Center</a></li></ul>Sarah encourages you to reach out to her with requests for advice! Please send your questions to <a href="mailto:advice@aflds.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">advice@aflds.org</a><figure class="image image-style-align-left image_resized" style="width:428px;"><img src="https://aflds.rbrdigital.app/uploads/image_def5830ec1.jpeg"></figure>Sarah Perron is a Certified Transformational Life Coach. Her passion is to help people create a powerful vision for their lives, identify and eliminate anything that holds them back, and step into their own unique greatness and mission in the world. She believes deeply in the power of coaching to bring fresh perspectives, ideas, and motivation to anyone who wants to thrive in life. Sarah works with clients one-on-one and in group coaching programs and presents exciting workshops on self-development topics. You can follow her on her YouTube channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTlPdMbwe8QAfP5NUR3GRRQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Find Your Fire</a>.You are invited to book a complimentary coaching call with Sarah! Please visit&nbsp;<a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalendly.com%2Fsarahperroncoaching%2F45min&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csones%40aflds.org%7C31d93fd5f0224c8ae79008da065d1c0c%7Cb86874a894e144f8891fcd4fa7ac80e6%7C1%7C0%7C637829294605931269%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=ypWrVm9gI8jDagbivpnoHD1M%2F%2F4CKS4v1YoGUWUGpMQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://calendly.com/sarahperroncoaching/45min</a>&nbsp;to choose a time that's convenient&nbsp;for you. She looks forward to meeting you!

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I’m doubting whether I have anything of value to offer, and the question 'Who am I to do this?' is ringing in my head

Back to Center: Who am I to build a better world?

<h2>Genetic engineering puts the natural world at risk</h2>Genetic engineering going from the lab, to the field, to the wildYou may have heard about the genetically modified mosquitos <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01070-x" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">released</a> in Florida to mitigate a Florida invasive species spreading zika and dengue, yet that is only one aspect of how synthetic biology (synbio) can affect nature. Jim Thomas of ETC Group (Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration) <a href="https://www.etcgroup.org/content/video-lab-field-forest" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">spoke</a> about the potential dangers synbio may have on biodiversity and how we look after, conserve, share, and use the natural world.The video below, in which Thomas discusses the threats and new trends we'll have to start dealing with, gives us a window into a world that most of us may not be aware of, but should. His talk results from a discussion held by the Convention on Biological Diversity's Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group.&nbsp;Thomas brought forward the following three issues associated with the technology and nature:1. Tools of genetic engineering are being put out into the field. Previously, genetically engineered organisms would have been created in the lab. Now they can release genetically engineered viruses or organisms into the field that can genetically engineer other organisms out in the field. Examples he called "crazy" include a “project by the US defense establishment called ‘insect allies to genetically engineer plants’.” He expressed “worry about it being a potential bioweapon but also a big shift in terms of doing the genetic engineering in an uncontrolled environment and changing nature.”2. &nbsp;Synbio is being used for conservation applications. Previously, biodiversity and conservation were about protecting the natural world. Now synbio is being used for such projects as eradicating invasive species by releasing synthetic organisms or genetically engineering corals to withstand climate change. “The idea that conservation could be done by making synthetic ecosystems is a really big shift” he said.. . . . [N]ow you've got these proposals of turning the natural world into a kind of synthetic version of itself and that could really upturn how we protect the wild and natural world.&nbsp;3. Machines and algorithms, artificial intelligence, and robots are taking over genetic engineering.&nbsp;<blockquote>Large automated genetic engineering foundries called biofoundries that use artificial intelligence to make tens of thousands of organisms at a time, not from a human's mind but to design them using artificial intelligence, . . . &nbsp;and one day to go out into the environment. And, it raises a real safety question because, if you have something go wrong, you potentially don't understnd why it went wrong. With artificial intelligence, it's a bit of a black box. . . . If you're asking artificial intelligence to redesign nature and release that into the environment then you've got a big problem in terms of trying to understand safety and if something goes wrong understanding what went wrong.&nbsp;</blockquote>The group of experts, Thomas said, all “felt that there needs to be a process for scanning the horizon and monitoring and assessing new developments in genetic engineering. We began to set out what that should be . . .”<div class="raw-html-embed"><iframe width="853" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/e7ES6ZYNTjA" title="From the lab to the field to the forest: synthetic biology" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

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Technology

'The idea that conservation could be done by making synthetic ecosystems is a really big shift'

Danger ahead! Changing the natural world with genetic engineering and artificial intelligence

21 shades of…The University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM) has unveiled not just one but twenty-one flags, in order to demonstrate “inclusion.”<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">In support of Pride Month, University Hospitals of North Midlands unveiled a new LGBTQ+ inclusion banner at Royal Stoke. The banner shows 21 different flags representing that everyone is welcome here at UHNM. Read more <a href="https://t.co/A541Z9pbRV">https://t.co/A541Z9pbRV</a> <a href="https://t.co/FCPGK7gEsI">pic.twitter.com/FCPGK7gEsI</a>— UHNM NHS Trust (@UHNM_NHS) <a href="https://twitter.com/UHNM_NHS/status/1668959772266168321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>&nbsp;For those who need to be brought up-to-date, here is a short guide to the flags:<ol style="list-style-type:decimal;"><li>Rainbow: Gay “pride” flag</li><li>Progress: “Pride” flag with the addition of stripes for trans, black, and brown people</li><li>Bisexual: Attracted to both sexes/genders</li><li>Pansexual: Attracted to “all genders”</li><li>Nonbinary: People who don't identify as either male or female</li><li>Transgender: People who identify as the opposite sex</li><li>Asexual: Those who feel no sexual attraction to anyone</li><li>Intersex: A genuine biological (and extremely rare) condition where someone has physical traits from both sexes</li><li>Gay</li><li>Lesbian</li><li>Polysexual: Attracted to “more than one gender”</li><li>Agender: Those who reject gender identity and “have none at all”</li><li>Androgyne: Those who don't look either masculine or feminine</li><li>Genderfluid: Unstable identity, veering between genders, multiple identities, and no identity at all</li><li>Genderqueer: Not following “gender norms”</li><li>Neutrosis: Lacking specific “gender identity”</li><li>Aromantic: Having little or no romantic feeling for others</li><li>Demisexual: Having sexual attraction to another only after becoming emotionally attached</li><li>Demiromantic: Having romantic attraction to another only after becoming emotionally attached</li><li>Polyamorous: Having relationships with multiple people simultaneously</li><li>Straight ally: None of the above, but “supports” them all</li></ol>&nbsp;Where's my flag?Commenting on UHNM's post, one X user wondered where “his” flag was.&nbsp;<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Which flag represents straight people?— Noah Matter (@matter_noah) <a href="https://twitter.com/matter_noah/status/1779823700235186397?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Although the goal is “inclusion” and “making everyone feel welcome,” this apparently does not extend to those who are “straight” (i.e., heterosexual) and do not support the legitimization of traditionally non-standard lifestyles and practices.&nbsp;Fiddling while the hospitals burnOther X users wondered whether the money invested in this expression of “inclusion” might not have been better spent by the government, given the dire state of the UK's National Health Service.<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Unbelievable. And in the city of my birth too. How much money was wasted on this? You should be treating the ill, not pushing this crazy activist rubbish.— Will C (@wjec77) <a href="https://twitter.com/wjec77/status/1780001702269128872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>&nbsp;Let's hoist these flags everywhere!Lisa Thomson is the Director of Communications and Charity and Executive Sponsor of the LGBTQ+ Staff Network (earning around $100,000 per year as an NHS “Director of People"). She <a href="https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk/latest-uhnm-news/posts/2023/june/uhnm-unveil-lgbtqplus-inclusion-banner-at-royal-stoke/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">stressed </a>that she was delighted at the initiative and hoped that others would adopt its message:<blockquote>It is fantastic to see our message “Everyone is Welcome Here” proudly displayed in the main entrance at Royal Stoke Hospital. Unveiling it in Pride month is really important as we need to actively show our support for colleagues from LGBTQ+ communities.&nbsp;Both the colleagues we work with and the people we care for come from a wide range of background [sic.] and represent many different communities. It is important we celebrate our differences and work together to ensure everyone is made to feel welcome. I the [sic.] look forward to seeing the banner up at County Hospital.</blockquote>&nbsp;Years of “gender oppression”?Other outraged X users focused their ire on UHNM's “gender” policy:<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">You stop chemically castrating gay boys yet?— Chris {∜} (@ChrisFourOhFour) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisFourOhFour/status/1780003381316141090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>In its <a href="https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk/media/9035/20230929-c64-supporting-transgender-individuals-foi-ref-196-2324-2-of-2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Policy Document</a> “Supporting Transgender Individuals,” UHNM sets out its commitment to “promoting an inclusive, diverse workforce … supporting human rights … to ensure that people are not discriminated against or disadvantaged…"UHNM's attitude toward woke ideology is perhaps best encapsulated in clause 1.4 which states:<blockquote>When a person transitions as an adult, sometimes in middle age or later, the years of oppression of the person’s gender identity at any age may have contributed to a deteriorating mental state. The treatment is therefore life enhancing and even lifesaving and is not taken lightly; it is not a lifestyle choice.</blockquote>&nbsp;Is “Demi” code-language for “moral”?According to <a href="https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-demisexual-5082519" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">verywellmind</a>, the word “demisexuality” became more mainstream as far back as 2008. They describe a demisexual person as someone who,<blockquote>experiences sexual attraction only when they feel a true emotional bond with another person.</blockquote><a href="https://www.webmd.com/sex/what-demiromanticism-means" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WebMD</a> defines a “demiromantic” person as,<blockquote>someone who only develops romantic feelings for another person when they have a strong emotional connection to them.</blockquote>Whatever one's views on the other 19 items on the list, it is possible that the inclusion of two terms that signify a move toward traditional morality is a step in the right direction, if only to give young (and older) people a "woke" option of refusing close physical contact outside the bounds of marriage.

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Medical

Public outraged at use of taxpayer money

21 'inclusion' flags but none for heterosexuals

By <a href="https://childrenshealthdefense.org/authors/michael-nevradakis-ph-d/">Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D.&nbsp;</a><a href="https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/william-donald-judah-hospital-protocol-death-covid/">This article was originally published by The Defender</a> — Children’s Health Defense’s News &amp; Views Website.n December 2020, life was going well for 40-year-old William Donald Judah. He was vice president of a family-owned janitorial company in Prattville, Alabama, the father of a 5-year-old son, stepfather to two other children and a softball coach.“All the girls loved him,” his mother, Donna Sue Harvell, told <a href="https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/">The Defender</a>. “He was affectionately called ‘Coach Will.”Harvell said she was supposed to see William right after Christmas 2020, but the plans were canceled when he tested positive for <a href="https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender_category/covid/">COVID-19</a> and began experiencing symptoms such as a loss of smell and taste.“I would’ve dropped everything and run up there, but he said, ‘No, there’s nothing you can do,’” Harvell recalled.In the coming days, William’s symptoms worsened. On Jan. 2, 2021, he called his mother and told her he had to drive himself to Prattville Baptist Hospital. “They’re going to go ahead and keep me,” he said.“He was going to the hospital to get some antibiotics, and they isolated him,” Harvell said. By Jan. 8, 2021, he was dead — a victim, his mother said, of <a href="https://childrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/uploads/Follow-the-Money_Blood-Money-in-US-Hospitals_BRIEF_9-Jul_2022.pdf">COVID-19 hospital protocols</a>, which included the <a href="https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/formerfedsgroup-covid-vaccine-remdesivir-deaths-injuries-pfizer/">administration of remdesivir</a> over five days.“We miss him every day,” said Harvell, who shared medical documentation with The Defender confirming her son’s story and the medical treatment he received.‘That hospital failed him’Harvell said her son was initially “upbeat and cheerful” after being admitted to Prattville Baptist, explaining that a nurse was “coming in now to give me an IV,” Harvell recalled.But when she told him that in her region of Florida, monoclonal antibodies were being administered to COVID-19 patients, he told her that nurses at his hospital told him they were administering “what they gave President Trump” — referring to remdesivir.The hospital isolated William and prohibited his family from visiting, Harvell said. But in communications with his mother, William said he was experiencing difficulties.“I had spoken to him and they were also giving him <a href="https://www.drugs.com/toradol.html">Toradol</a> for pain,” Harvell said. “He was in a lot of pain, and they said that he kept pulling the mask off, so they had the oxygen on too hard.”According to Harvell, a nurse told William the oxygen was “on too hard” because he was trying to pull the mask off of his face. “She was basically blaming him,” Harvell said.Still, William’s outlook initially looked good, based on tests conducted at the hospital.“I received a text from his wife saying his blood tests were good,” Harvell recalled. “They had unhooked the IV, they had taken him off fluids — he didn’t need them anymore. His blood count looked good.”Harvell said William was told “he should be doing well in a couple of days.” That was 36 hours before he died.“By Jan. 6, he indicated that he wasn’t getting any better and he might need to be moved,” Harvell said, referring to a text message William sent his family that day.By this point, William was diagnosed with pneumonia. But Harvell learned her son was not receiving appropriate treatment for it at the hospital. Instead, they were still giving him remdesivir.“I asked, ‘Are they giving you an antibiotic?’ He said no, and he said, ‘They’re watching me for blood clots.’ Now, why would they watch him for blood clots with a respiratory infection? I said, ‘Are they giving you a blood thinner? Are they giving you <a href="https://www.drugs.com/plavix.html">Plavix</a> or aspirin?’ He said no [and that] they said, ‘There’s something might be wrong with my liver.’”“This is a side effect of remdesivir,” Harvell said.According to Harvell, “The next day, [the hospital] drugged him, they put him on a ventilator, and he passed.” But when she tried to find out more information from the hospital, staff initially only told her they had taken him off fluids.She said he coded twice and they were able to bring him back. But the third time they were “busy” with other patients and just could not bring him back. “They were just too busy,” Harvell said.“He drove there and left in a body bag, and my first words were, ‘What happened?’ That hospital failed him. We were expecting him to come home. They had just taken the IV out,” Harvell said.Family kept in the dark about renal failureIt took three weeks for the hospital to release William’s death certificate, Harvell said, and the release required the assistance of the funeral home. When finally released, the death certificate listed William’s causes of death as COVID-19, pneumonia and renal failure.“I did not know about the renal failure until I received the death certificate,” Harvell said. Other family members, including William’s wife, also were kept in the dark, according to Harvell.Harvell said the hospital did not receive informed consent from William or his family before administering remdesivir. Instead, Harvell alleges hospital staff did not tell William he was suffering from renal failure.She said:“He had pneumonia. He should have been given an antibiotic for pneumonia. If they were watching him for blood clots, why wasn’t he on a blood thinner? … And he not once mentioned [renal failure], so I don’t even think he knew that he was in renal failure because he would’ve told me. He would’ve told his wife. He would’ve told somebody. He would’ve told his dad.”According to Harvell, hospital staff did not offer William alternative COVID-19 treatments, such as <a href="https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/preventive-ivermectin-reduced-covid-mortality/">ivermectin</a>.She noted that William was unvaccinated, but that likely didn’t play a role in the treatment he received at the hospital, because in early January 2021, COVID-19 vaccines were not yet being administered to his age group.“I’ve had COVID twice. My husband is 77. He’s had COVID twice. If anything, we would be the ones to pass away. But we didn’t go to the hospital. We didn’t take remdesivir. I took ivermectin and we’re fine,” Harvell said.“If William would’ve stayed out of the hospital, he most likely would’ve lived,” she added.‘Your story might be somebody else’s healing path’“The worst thing that could ever happen to anybody is losing a child,” Harvell said. “I feel bad because [his son] Liam has to grow up without a dad, and William was the best dad … He was a family man. He loved his family.”Harvell said that the pain of losing William drove her into action. She joined online COVID-19 support groups and became an activist for other <a href="https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/grace-schara-lawsuit-medical-battery-trial/">victims of COVID-19 hospital protocols</a> and vaccines.“With the COVID grief groups, we were communicating, and it was like they knew what I was talking about. They didn’t argue with me and say, ‘Oh, it’s just part of it.’ They would say, ‘That happened to my husband too, or my daughter too, or my son too,’” she said.“That’s how we came up with those 25 commonalities,” Harvell added, referring to a list of <a href="https://chbmp.org/commonalities/">25 COVID Protocol Commonalities</a> in the treatment received by unvaccinated COVID-19 patients in hospitals.The list was developed by the <a href="https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/covid-protocol-victims-remdesivir/">FormerFeds Group Freedom Foundation</a>, a group advocating on behalf of COVID-19 hospital protocol victims and their families.“The 25 commonalities are just an eye opener and have encouraged me to go out and educate other people,” Harvell said. “I have people that come in my business and almost daily, I tell them about ivermectin, I tell them about remdesivir.”Harvell said many people she’s spoken with, at her business or in online support groups, have shared similar stories involving their family members.“I cannot tell you how many local mothers who have lost sons have contacted me, or even when their son was in the hospital, they would contact me and say, ‘What was that drug that they gave your son?’” Harvell said.Through her involvement with FormerFeds, Harvell is helping to raise money, through a cookbook, “Home-Cooked Memories: From Our Hearts to your Table,” containing recipes submitted by family members of COVID-19 hospital protocol victims and a stainless steel<a href="https://formerfedsgroup.org/shop/medic-alert-bracelets/bracelet/"> Medic-Alert bracelet</a> that allows people to disclose they are allergic to remdesivir, fentanyl and other drugs.FormerFeds is also involved in a class-action <a href="https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/gilead-falsely-advertised-remdesivir-lawsuit/">lawsuit against remdesivir distributor Gilead</a>.Harvell had some words of advice for others who may be enduring experiences similar to hers regarding the loss or injury of a family member due to the COVID-19 hospital protocols or vaccines.“Reach out to other people,” she said. “There are groups out there, there are people out there that understand, that are supportive, that will pray for you, that will listen to you, that will not judge you,” she said.“Being active and telling people what happened is a healing process too,” Harvell added. “It will help you heal. Your story might be somebody else’s healing path.”&nbsp;<a href="https://childrenshealthdefense.org/authors/michael-nevradakis-ph-d/">Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D.</a>Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. completed his Ph.D. in media studies at the University of Texas in 2018 and holds a masters degree in public policy from Stony Brook University. He has taught at various institutions of higher education in Greece and the U.S.<a href="https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/william-donald-judah-hospital-protocol-death-covid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">This article was originally published by The Defender</a> — Children's Health Defense's News &amp; Views Website under<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">&nbsp;Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0</a>. Please consider subscribing to The Defender or donating to Children’s Health Defense.

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Mother of COVID Hospital Protocol Victim: ‘He Drove There and Left in a Body Bag’

If we ignore them, will they go away?On April 13, 2024, tens of thousands of Japanese participated in rallies against the proposed WHO (World Health Organization) Pandemic Treaty. Mainstream media outlets ignored the rallies.<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560">Japan A massive protest in Japan against the WHO pandemic treaty. More and more people are standing up against a horrendously illiberal unelected authoritarianism that is wilfully bypassing any public vote or democracy. <a href="https://t.co/2WYZt2K5PS">pic.twitter.com/2WYZt2K5PS</a>— James Melville (@JamesMelville) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamesMelville/status/1779181844199547299?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Organizers hoped over a hundred thousand people would participate, and according to some accounts, at least that number of people attended the various rallies held. They were protesting not only the proposed loss of sovereignty entailed in accepting the WHO's terms, but also the aftermath of the COVID fiasco, and specifically, the injuries of those coerced into taking the shots.&nbsp;‘An extreme violation of human rights’Many demonstrators called for accountability and a proper investigation into excess deaths, which have mounted steadily in Japan as in most if not all other countries where “vaccine” mandates were put in place.&nbsp;One speaker, the eminent Professor Masayasu Inoue, called for people to resist the introduction of genetic “vaccines” into their bodies, a call he has issued a number of times in the past, including in the video below which has already been viewed by millions.<div class="raw-html-embed"><iframe width="543" height="383" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MOm5X7NoDDg" title="Stunning Message For the World from Japan from Professor Masayasu Inoue." frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>In his video address, the professor accused the WHO of using the “pandemic” as a “false pretext … to drive vaccinations of all peoples in the world.” He added that,<blockquote>I believe that the fraudulent use of experimental gene therapy to healthy people, particularly to healthy children, is an extreme violation of human rights.&nbsp;</blockquote>He also discussed Japan's involvement in preparations for Disease X, including a super-warp-speed program to develop new “vaccines" within 100 days, and said that,<blockquote>This is possible only by ignoring the human rights perspective. Amendments to the WHO, International Health Regulation (IHR), and the so called Pandemic Treaty … are attempting to give rationality and legal binding force to such unscientific and dangerous crazy plans … [and this] would leave irreparable harm to future generations. Therefore, the actions of Japanese government MUST BE STOPPED by international collaborations.</blockquote>&nbsp;Hands up for global feudalismOpposition to the WHO's plans is mounting across the world. A group calling itself the Pan-African Epidemic and Pandemic Working Group recently issued a <a href="https://www.scidev.net/global/news/african-scientists-slam-unequal-pandemic-treaty/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">statement </a>against the proposals, saying that they would,<blockquote>lead to the disruption of economies and education, entrenching future poverty and multi-generational inequality, and expanding national debt directly correlated to the debt crisis in Africa today…</blockquote>In <a href="https://www.westernstandard.news/news/louisiana-senate-passes-bill-to-ban-all-woke-organizations-decrees-cpc-mp-proposes-canada-follow-suit/53416" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Louisiana</a>, the state legislature has passed a law barring the WHO and other global-reach organizations from infringing on their rights; clause 24 of the new law states that:<blockquote>The World Health Organization, United Nations, and the World Economic Forum shall have no jurisdiction or power within the state of Louisiana. No rule, regulation, fee, tax, policy, or mandate of any kind of the World Health Organization, United Nations, and the World Economic Forum shall be enforced or implemented by the state of Louisiana or any agency, department, board, commission, political subdivision, governmental entity of the state, parish, municipality, or any other political entity.</blockquote>&nbsp;We the people want to rule ourselvesRallies are also scheduled to take place in New York and Geneva next month, in advance of voting on the WHO's proposals. In New York, the rally will be held on May 25th outside the UN Headquarters on E. 47th Street at 12 PM. In Geneva, the rally is being organized by <a href="https://www.thegenevaproject.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Geneva Project</a>:<blockquote>The Geneva Project is the start of the global movement of unity. We, The People Of the World, will no longer tolerate being ruled by unelected global officials. The time has come to break free from the chains that restrain us, and begin to create a society that serves the people…The Geneva Project is a reawakening of the strength that the 8 billion citizens of the world have held all along.</blockquote>Related Articles:<ol><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/biden-may-bypass-senate-for-who-power-transfer">Biden may bypass Senate for WHO power transfer</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/senators-oppose-transfering-pandemic-powers-to-who">Senators oppose Biden transferring pandemic powers to WHO</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/46-senators-now-support-bill-requiring-senate-approval-for-who-pandemic-treaty">46 senators now support bill requiring senate approval for WHO pandemic 'treaty'</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/australian-parliamentarian-attacks-who-for-keeping-83-rapists-on-staff-all-answering-to-terrorist-chief">Australian Senator attacks WHO for keeping 83 rapists and molesters on staff, all answering to terrorist chief</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/senate-rejects-requirement-it-ratify-who-pandemic-treatyd">Senate won't force Biden to bring WHO Pandemic Treaty to vote</a></li></ol>

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