To the Editor:

With regards to the recent measles outbreaks, according to the CDC, (6/7/24), there are 8 clades of measles virus (A – H), containing 24 genotypes, and “all vaccine strains are genotype A.” According to a 2024 paper by Moss & Griffin, “genotype A viruses are extinct” and “transmission has occurred within a vaccinated population.”

According to another CDC document: “Despite the effectiveness of measles-containing vaccines, infection remains possible in immunized persons. This phenomenon has come to be known as vaccination failure.” 

According to a 2020 paper by Bianchi et al: “Of the 24 known measles genotypes, only D8 and B3 are responsible for outbreaks in the last years in Europe, Asia, and America.” Also: “the persistent occurrence of measles outbreaks in highly vaccinated populations suggests that the assumption of measles remaining serologically monotypic may have to be re-evaluated.”

Additionally, a whistleblower lawsuit was filed against Merck in 2010, alleging that the efficacy of the mumps portion of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine was not up to snuff, i.e., that the ‘live’ virus in the vaccine was found to be dying on the shelf. Merck responded first by “overfilling” the vaccine with live virus, and later by just falsifying data about the vaccine.

All of this information only took minutes of time in a search engine online to discover. Why isn’t it part of any of the mainstream media reports? Why isn’t the clade/subtype being reported? No doubt genetic testing is being done. Why isn’t anyone asking if the current MMR vaccine actually protects against anything? And why isn’t anyone asking why NPR’s reporting on the subject, for instance, is just blatant advertising for Big Pharma? 

One should not be afraid to glance over a scientific paper—if one can find one that’s not behind a paywall. There is usually a fair amount of plain English in them, especially in the abstract and the discussion and/or conclusion. You might be surprised, as I was early in the pandemic, to discover that a 2008 paper from Ralph Baric’s lab reported that no SARS-like bat coronavirus “had been recovered in culture.” But no worries! The lab had nevertheless managed to design and synthesize “the largest synthetic replicating life form, a 29.7-kb bat severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-like coronavirus.” This lab-created virus was then characterized as “a likely progenitor [parent or ancestor] to the [first] SARS-CoV epidemic.”

-Jacqueline Brook, Putney

To My Fellow Readers:

Biblical law severely limits rulers’ power. Much of what the American government does today under the Constitution would not be within its jurisdiction were Biblical law applied. There would be no government debt, no foreign aid, and no intrusion on private property or individual rights. Unlike a Biblical king, who could not seize property (Ezekiel 46:18), the government can do so through eminent domain. There are no allowances in the Bible for licenses, regulations, subsidies, bailouts, the devaluing of money, government land ownership, or legislatures run by men adapting and creating laws. American politicians create tens of thousands of laws yearly, thousands of times more than God gave in total!

There would be no IRS, income tax, property tax  or governmental welfare. Deuteronomy 14:22 outlines a 10% tax on agriculture, aimed only at the head of the household and not applying to women or children. 

Without direct taxation, individuals could live self-sufficiently. And with a fixed tax rate, accumulating wealth would not be penalized. Additionally, unlike the numerous indirect taxes that raise costs for businesses and consumers in America, biblical taxation consists of just one single tax. Our income is taxed, and taxed again each time it changes hands. So, each time a dollar is spent, it is taxed in some way in America, while under Biblical law, the tax is given once.

–Jeb Smith, Rupert 

Rep. Balint,

Such a hypocritical stance when you VOTED TO ALLOW BIOLOGICAL MEN TO KEEP PLAYING IN WOMENS’ SPORTS…. As a so-called supporter of women, you should be ashamed!  I do believe that this is an example of what is considered to be TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome)!

-George Verdon, Colchester