Immanuel emigrated to the United States after completing her medical education in Nigeria.[3][4] As of 2021, she practices at a private clinic in a strip mall in Texas.[1]
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Right-wing anti-vaccine "expert" Stella Immanuel claims that Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, Bill Gates and others are dead and have had their brains downloaded to the internet while their bodies have been replaced by demonic clones. pic.twitter.com/WcC5TWbp2j
While discussing monkeypox, Stew Peters and Stella Immanuel agree that "we should make a law against homosexual sex. We should just say that that's not allowed, it's a criminal offense, and we should lock these people up." pic.twitter.com/gCla3wOi33
Stella Immanuel & Stew Peters are now blaming homosexuality for the outbreak of Monkeypox, claiming we could outlaw gay sex. What is that title card by the way? "Gay sex detonates Monkeypox bomb" ???? https://t.co/E3adqgRfXYpic.twitter.com/JCoyIBFddR
Here's a portion of the Covid-denier's "editorial." He's from Mississippi & a retired neurosurgeon. His name is Russell L. Blaylock ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/UySoR6qTOM
If articles are behind a paywall, copy and paste the article link to https://t.co/lW4kQerCQm to read it. Some links and images don't show up but the text does.
Journal Runs Editorial Fraught With COVID Misinformation
— Epidemiologist calls its conjecture “bizarre” and “astonishingly unscientific”
by Amanda D’Ambrosio, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today May 26, 2022
A peer-reviewed neurosurgery journal published an article peddling false statements about the pandemic — without any evidence to support its claims, an expert said.
The editorial by Russell Blaylock, MD, in Surgical Neurology International, stating that the COVID-19 pandemic was “one of the most manipulated infectious disease events in history.”
The piece, entitled “COVID UPDATE: What is the truth?” claims that the pandemic was characterized by lies from government officials and medical societies. It claims that the media is orchestrating cover-ups, under the control of pharmaceutical companies. And it claims that “hundreds of thousands” have been killed by mRNA vaccines, and many times more have been injured.
But although the editorial is published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, it provides no solid scientific evidence to back up its claims, only unfiltered conjecture from its author, according to Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, PhD, an epidemiologist with the University of Wollongong in Australia.
Meyerowitz-Katz wrote a Twitter thread outlining his concerns with the editorial, calling the piece “bizarre” and “astonishingly unscientific.” The epidemiologist told MedPage Today that many of the papers cited in the editorial actually disagree with the points made in the editorial.
Additionally, Meyerowitz-Katz noted that the most frequently cited reference in the editorial is anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s book, The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health – a source he deemed “obviously not reliable.”
Blaylock also links to conspiracy theory blogs, Meyerowitz-Katz said. One quotes Ryan Cole, MD, a pathologist in Idaho under fire for spreading COVID misinformation, as seeing a “dramatic spike” in aggressive cancers among vaccinated individuals but provides no data to support that claim.
A peer-reviewed neurosurgery journal published an article peddling false statements about the pandemic — without any evidence to support its claims, an expert said.
The editorial by Russell Blaylock, MD, in Surgical Neurology International, stating that the COVID-19 pandemic was “one of the most manipulated infectious disease events in history.”
The piece, entitled “COVID UPDATE: What is the truth?” claims that the pandemic was characterized by lies from government officials and medical societies. It claims that the media is orchestrating cover-ups, under the control of pharmaceutical companies. And it claims that “hundreds of thousands” have been killed by mRNA vaccines, and many times more have been injured.
But although the editorial is published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, it provides no solid scientific evidence to back up its claims, only unfiltered conjecture from its author, according to Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, PhD, an epidemiologist with the University of Wollongong in Australia.
Meyerowitz-Katz wrote a Twitter thread outlining his concerns with the editorial, calling the piece “bizarre” and “astonishingly unscientific.” The epidemiologist told MedPage Today that many of the papers cited in the editorial actually disagree with the points made in the editorial.
Additionally, Meyerowitz-Katz noted that the most frequently cited reference in the editorial is anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s book, The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health – a source he deemed “obviously not reliable.”
Blaylock also links to conspiracy theory blogs, Meyerowitz-Katz said. One quotes Ryan Cole, MD, a pathologist in Idaho under fire for spreading COVID misinformation, as seeing a “dramatic spike” in aggressive cancers among vaccinated individuals but provides no data to support that claim.
“While Dr. Blaylock is, of course, entitled to his opinion, this is supported in the article largely by low-quality sources that completely lack credibility or simply do not support his argument,” Meyerowitz-Katz said. “Much of the editorial is supported by no references at all and simply represents the author’s own views.”
In an email to MedPage Today, Blaylock said that he has never seen such a “blatant demand from a group of doctors” to end free speech and debate. “The pandemic is over, so there is no justification for continuing this totalitarian suppression of dissenting views,” he stated.
James Ausman, MD, PhD, the emeritus editor-in-chief of Surgical Neurology International, said in a statement to MedPage Today that the journal “is open to comments from any reader as long as the comments are factual and free of personal comments.” .
Blaylock currently sells supplements called “Brain Repair Formula” and writes for the conservative news outlet Newsmax. He also serves as associate editor of the neuroinflammation section of Surgical Neurology International.
That journal is an “independent publication that is not affiliated with any society or organization,” according to the journal website. It was established in 2010, and is published by MedKnow, a company owned by Wolters Kluwer.
Since it was founded, the journal states, it has remained “apolitical,” noting that it does not discriminate against authors based on political, religious, racial, geographical, or sexual characteristics.
The journal states that the articles it publishes must be “fact-based,” but added that it “understands that facts may be interpreted differently by different readers.”
Amanda D’Ambrosio is a reporter on MedPage Today’s enterprise & investigative team. She covers obstetrics-gynecology and other clinical news, and writes features about the U.S. healthcare system. Follow
Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz is an epidemiologist working in chronic disease in Sydney’s west, with a particular focus on the social determinants that control our health. He writes a regular health blog covering science communication, public health, and what that new study you’ve read about actually means. You can find his blog at medium.com/@gidmk
This bizarre editorial piece has gone viral, so I thought it'd be useful to look at some the claims made and how astonishingly unscientific the entire paper is
3/n As it's a single-author editorial (and not an actual scientific investigation of some kind), it's worth noting that the author himself has a fascinating background as well https://t.co/MNlFSC98Mqpic.twitter.com/na2va6K061
5/n There are lengthy passages where the author simply speculates on things that are provably false without even a reference to any study. Much of the paper is literally just bizarre, unreferenced conjecture pic.twitter.com/z3NyLdnAt5
7/n Or this paragraph, where the author appears to have confused the total % expenditure by pharmaceutical companies on advertising with the INCOME of US TV media (of which pharma makes up a small proportion of the $200+ billion revenue) pic.twitter.com/kNTjdtcPct
9/n Or the many factually mistaken statements and conspiracies about early treatment for COVID-19 that are often just linked to the FLCCC website pic.twitter.com/CYuY3r1bKb
13/n He is is, however, apparently under investigation because he's a pathologist prescribing medications, and also according to this article…well https://t.co/ThiCztZU1jpic.twitter.com/TXQ6VOCfSw
15/n Even as far as the largely unreferenced, conspiratorial opinions of a retired surgeon go, the paper is truly woeful, and despite my somewhat cynical nature I'm still a bit surprised to see it published
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UM staff, teachers challenge govt’s Covid-19 vaccination programme
They said the government’s move to compel them to take vaccines went against their basic rights as enshrined in the Federal Constitution.https://t.co/obL4WdSpsd
2. The incident reportedly happened at their home in Pasir Puteh on Tuesday at 11.45pm.
“Ikut kenyataan, suspek dikatakan berada dalam satu suasana pemikiran tidak normal, halusinasi tapi itu perlu dibuktikan,” says Kelantan acting police chief Muhamad Zaki Harun.
It is a pretty high salary for a blue-collar job but despite this very attractive offer, some F&B operators in Singapore are still struggling to find willing candidates to take up this position.
Over at Ishinomaki Grill & Sake located in Orchard Road, co-owner Chen Weixin told Shin Min Daily News that due to a shortage of people willing to do this job, she had to roll up her sleeves and wash the dishes.
No other staff member she approached wanted to take on the additional duty either, even for an extra $50 a day.
“Maybe many people view dishwashing as a lowly position and are unwilling to do it even when there’s money to be made,” Chen told Shin Min Daily News.
Chen, a shareholder of the restaurant, shared that only when they put up the offer of $3,500 a month — equivalent to the starting salaries for some fresh university graduates — did they manage to find a Malaysian worker.
And that is after a month-long search. No Singaporean wanted to take up their offer.
The 50-year-old said they used to rely on foreign workers for this position but the pandemic had resulted in many of them returning to their home countries.
There’s also a labour crunch with the easing of Covid-19 rules since March 29 and the tightening of foreign labour policies here.
Few Singaporeans want to do this
Shin Min Daily News also reported that some F&B businesses have resorted to offering salaries of up to $4,000 a month for dishwashers and $3,000 in bonuses to attract staff.
One F&B operator told Shin Min Daily News that they are offering a base salary of $2,600 with a hiring bonus of $2,000.
“We also provide a performance bonus of up to $1,000 a month, but even then we’re still facing a shortage of staff,” said the owner.
Faye recalls the Wednesday afternoon on 6 February 2013 when she was spat on by Shi-jie’s mother as she was walking past the unit to get home. “It was the first time I was spat on during this long dispute. Previously, apart from the noise Shi-jie inflicts, his mother would just stand by the door and hurl vulgarities at me.” Faye was 19 years old then.
Still, that would not be the only time when Shi-jie’s mother would assault Faye in this fashion. It would happen again three years later, almost to the date of the first incident, on 17 February 2016 at 10 p.m. Faye was on the way back to her university dorm when Shi-jie’s mother spat at her while she was waiting for the lift, rounding up the assault with a string of colourful expletives.
“I didn’t make a police report this time around because I was too shocked by what had happened and, having just come back from a university exchange, was in a rush to go back to school,” she wrote in a 27-page document compiled in 2016 on her mother’s behalf to the Community Disputes Resolution Tribunals (CDRT).
The evidentiary tome was submitted in support of a claim filed by Faye against her neighbour, 41-year-old Shi-jie, and his mother, who has been inflicting noise nuisance, verbal assaults, and outright harassment on Faye and her family since 2011.
It’s a story that spans over a decade from when Faye was a teenager taking her ‘O’ level exams through to her undergraduate studies at NUS, and now as a working adult at 28 years old. .
The intense banging Shi-jie inflicts on the block occurs every night, set to a predetermined, almost predictable schedule that lasts until the wee hours of the morning. Only when he’s away at work as an employee of the Republic of Singapore Armed Forces or out running errands would the neighbourhood enjoy some peace. .
There’s a pattern to his banging—ten rapid successions of thuds, ending with one definitive hit that brings the etude to a close—that seldom deviates.
On weekends, the banging knows no concept of time, as Shi-jie bangs throughout the day, pausing at 7 p.m. when he would make his way out of the home. He would then come back, as always, at 1 a.m., and the banging resumes. .
At the floor of Shi-jie’s and Faye’s units, I saw neighbour after neighbour gesturing and pointing the Shi-jie’s flat out to me every time the hammering started. As if to say, “This is the unit you’re looking for. It’s this one.”
Then, I saw Mr E from the 8th floor, a resident of the block for five years, dressed in blue T-shirt and shorts, appear at the end of the corridor, his ears craning to know where the noise was coming from.
I gestured to Shi-jie’s unit, which then saw us taking up station outside the flat’s bedroom, its windows half drawn, the thick and suffocating smell of chlorine wafting past our N95 masks. I’ll explain the chlorine smell later.
“I’ve been hearing this for five years already,” Mr E shared. “Every night, I hear it, and I’ve endured it throughout. But this is the first time I decided to come up.” .
The 22 police reports
To date, Faye and her mother have filed 22 police reports against Shi-jie and his mother. The earliest documented was in 2011, with the latest one being filed in 2021. Many others exist, though these were not kept or adequately documented.
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