Note to Readers: Last night I read a portion of Drs. Mark and Samantha Bailey’s book, The Final Pandemic: An Antidote to Medical Tyranny. Specifically, I read pages 111 to 121. In so doing, I realized that I was now closer to understanding the concept of “virus isolation” as done by virologists as I have ever been. I have listened to Andrew Kaufman and Tom Cowan talk at length about this subject, along with others. They try, but the lecture format, which barely works in classrooms at any level, comes with the reminder given me by John Cleese, that “a lecture is a form of communication by which the notes on a teacher’s lectern magically become notes on a student’s tablet – without passing through the brain of either.” I listened to both Cowan and Kaufman even as I distrusted them, and came away with very little etched on my brain.
Perhaps the closest I came to grasping it was the work of David Crowe, who died mysteriously of a sudden-onset cancer. His work thereafter didn’t disappear, but was compacted and most of the good parts removed.
The Bailey’s note that in 2003 with the first SARS-CoV virus, there was no pandemic. The reason, as they assert in the following paragraphs, was that in 2003 the PCR test was rarely used, and the rapid antigen test did not exist. At that point I am going to pick up their writing as I transcribed it this morning, hoping that you can enjoy as I did the experience of reading two people who really understand their subject matter, and have reduced it down to something we can all grasp without much in the way of Herculean effort. It all happens beneath the fold. It is 3,200 words or so. If you come upon typos, please let me know in the comment section so I can fix them. Audio transcription is an imperfect technique.
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