by Arsenio WallThe decision to undergo “gender transition” can be a life-altering choice. In the past, “gender transition” surgeries were done on adults, after a multi-disciplinary team of doctors, psychologists, and social workers had evaluated the individual for several years. However, some clinics now allow children to make the decision to undergo “gender transition” without necessarily first properly assessing their psychological maturity and comorbidities. This raises questions about whether this decision should be taken away from parents and left in the hands of children. In this article, we will explore the ethical implications of allowing children to make such a life-altering decision without thorough assessment. We will discuss potential risks associated with “gender transition” surgery for children and explore the views of leading scientists and doctors on the subject. Finally, we will explore ways in which people can act and demand a thorough evaluation and debate on the human rights implications of this issue.It was reported that the Hospital das Clínicas of the University of São Paulo in the city of São Paulo in Brazil is treating 280 of young people for gender dysphoria<a href="#_ftn1">[1]</a>. Among them,&nbsp;100 are children from 4 to 12 years old; while 180 are adolescents from 13 to 17 years old that are undergoing treatments whose stages involve blocking puberty, cross-hormone treatment and, in some cases, even sexual reassignment surgery<a href="#_ftn2">[2]</a>. Such practices are in line with a current prevailing ideological inclination, following a controversial international trend. But, before jumping into this band wagon, there was a time in such medical facilities, that “gender transition” surgery was done on adults, after following them for 4 years or more, with a multidisciplinary team including doctors, psychologists, social workers. There were home visits, and the family was involved in the process whenever possible. Have values and professionalism gone so far out of whack that they are now doing sex “transition” even on 4 years-old children and teenagers? If they are naïve and immature enough to answer for crimes, why are they mature enough to decide what sex they want to have in a definitive way to the point of undergoing a “transition” procedure?Wouldn't it be crucial by those involved in this service, paid by people’s taxes, to consider that there are papers such as the one by Cecilia Dhejne<a href="#_ftn3">[3]</a> from the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychiatry, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden that states that: “people with transsexualism, after sex reassignment, have considerably higher risks of mortality, suicidal behavior and psychiatric morbidity than the general population. These facts suggest&nbsp;[at least] that sex reassignment, while alleviating gender dysphoria, may not be sufficient as a treatment for transsexualism, and should inspire better psychiatric and somatic care after sex reassignment for this group of patients.”In essence, that paper raises important questions about the ethical implications of performing “gender transition” surgeries on children and teenagers. The author expresses concern about the potential risks associated with such surgeries. The authors concluded that these facts suggest that sex reassignment, while alleviating gender dysphoria, may not be sufficient as a treatment for transsexuals, and should at least lead to better psychiatric and somatic care after sex reassignment for this group of patients. Nevertheless, this study looked at adult subjects that still showed severe outcomes and the author's argument is supported by good research and is presented in a thoughtful and reasoned manner. &nbsp;Moreover, a great part of the literature, mainly indifferent to the issue of premature decision while looking at younger subjects, add to the importance of children and adolescents being offered mental health care, by comparing the mental health of transgender adolescents who had received gender-affirming medical care to those who had not. Mitigation literature of this kind, for example, Olson and Durwood (2020)<a href="#_ftn4">[4]</a> and Olson et al. (2016)<a href="#_ftn5">[5]</a> studies claim that adolescents who received gender-affirming care had significantly lower rates of psychiatric morbidity than those who had not.What about serious preliminary evaluation and regard for the importance of children’s limitations in being left with the responsibility of such a highly likely age-inadequate decision? There is a great deal of research that suggests that children and adolescents may not be mature enough to make such a decision. For example, a study by O'Connor et al. (2019)<a href="#_ftn6">[6]</a> looked at the psychological adjustment of transgender/gender diverse children and adolescents and found that, while they had generally good psychological adjustment overall, they also had lower levels of psychological functioning compared to their cisgender peers. &nbsp;This suggests that more research needs to be done to assess the psychological maturity of transgender/gender diverse children and adolescents before allowing them to make such a life-altering decision.Moreover, there are several scientists and doctors conducting vocal and well-informed criticism on taking away from parents the decision making on these issues. Prominent figures include Dr. Kenneth Zucker, a psychologist and gender specialist based in Canada, and Dr. Paul McHugh, a former psychiatrist-in-chief at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Both have expressed concerns about allowing children to make such a decision without first assessing their psychological maturity. Moreover, Dr. Zucker has argued that gender dysphoria is a “developmental issue” that requires a “developmentally informed approach” and has expressed concern that a “one-size-fits-all” approach to “gender transition” may not be appropriate for all children. He has made his views public in numerous articles, including this one from the National Post<a href="#_ftn7">[7]</a>. Likewise, Dr. McHugh has expressed similar concerns, arguing that sex reassignment surgery should be avoided in adolescents until they are mature enough to make such a decision. He has made his views public in numerous articles, including in the Wall Street Journal<a href="#_ftn8">[8]</a>.Crucially, the issue of allowing children making such a life-altering decision, without first assessing their psychological maturity, could also be understood as a human rights violation. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child<a href="#_ftn9">[9]</a>, children have the right to adequate medical care, as well as the right to be heard and to have their opinions considered in all matters affecting them. Allowing children to decide about “gender transition” without first assessing their psychological maturity could be seen as a violation of these rights, as the child may not have the necessary emotional and intellectual maturity to make an informed decision about such a life-altering procedure.I would argue that the current situation violates the four principles of Beauchamp and Childress, which guide medical ethics - autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence and justice<a href="#_ftn10">[10]</a> –. When we consider a child on its first teething being subjected to procedures that will alter his hormonal homeostasis, surgery that will cause irreversible alterations of his sexual organs and his body, at an age when he may not be completely aware of future implications and consequences, it is difficult not to raise an ethical objection. This is aggravated by the fact that some clinics may only discuss the potential benefits of gender affirming surgery, without taking potential risks into consideration. This should be taken as a violation of the patient's right to informed consent. The patient should be aware of all potential risks and benefits before deciding regarding gender affirming surgery and should be adequately informed about the potential risks of undergoing the procedure. In addition, it is important for clinics to assess the psychological maturity of the patient before allowing them to make such a decision, as children and adolescents may not be mature enough to make such a life-altering decision.In the United States, “gender affirming surgery” is allowed to be decided by children in several states, including California, Oregon, New Jersey, and Washington<a href="#_ftn11">[11]</a>. Institutions such as the Gender Health Center in Sacramento, California<a href="#_ftn12">[12]</a>, and the Gender Clinic at Seattle Children's Hospital in Washington<a href="#_ftn13">[13]</a>. &nbsp;In the United Kingdom, gender affirming surgery is allowed to be decided by children in several countries, including England<a href="#_ftn14">[14]</a>, Scotland, and Wales. Institutions such as the Tavistock (see below) and Portman NHS Foundation Trust in London, England, and the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) in Leeds<a href="#_ftn15">[15]</a>, England offer gender affirming surgery for children, so far.On the other hand, there are institutions and federal governments which condemn these policies of passing along to children the burden life-altering decision. In the United States, the Trump administration expressed opposition to the practice, with the Department of Health and Human Services having issued a proposed rule that would bar doctors from performing gender-affirming surgery on minors. However, this position was understood by some as a denial of life-saving protections against discrimination<a href="#_ftn16">[16]</a>, not as a way to prevent violence against the vulnerable.In the United Kingdom, a recent survey<a href="#_ftn17">[17]</a> showed that 78% of the respondents oppose gender reassignment surgery and 68% opposed young people hormone treatment for under-16s. Likewise, the government has expressed greater care when allowing children to make such a decision without first assessing their psychological maturity and has called for more research in this area. &nbsp;The changes in tack include the shutting down NHS specialist youth gender-identity clinic in England, the GIDS at the Tavistock foundation trust in London, which will be replaced by eight regional centers where gender services will mental-health services will be integrated<a href="#_ftn18">[18]</a>, not only because GIDS had long waiting lists, but also due to concerns the affirmation of gender identity was hasty and several other considerations were ignored, including comorbidities, such as eating disorders, autism, depression, etc.To show how the issue is controversial, several professional bodies, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, allegedly won’t even allow a debate and “prefer a dubious Transgender Science” when “hormones and surgery are being rejected by other countries”<a href="#_ftn19">[19]</a> and the Royal College of Psychiatrists<a href="#_ftn20">[20]</a>, based on published material states that: “psychiatric disorders (particularly anxiety, depression and acts of self-harm) in treatment-seeking transgender people are much more common than in cisgender people” and raised concerns allowing children to make such a decision without first assessing their psychological maturity, by affirming: “While gender-affirming medical interventions improve wellbeing and mental health in transgender and gender diverse adults, more evidence is needed on management of gender-diverse children, particularly those who are pre-pubertal”. They acknowledged and wisely took in consideration the publication by Dhejne et al., 2016 to reach this sane position.People could organize an objection to this policy by contacting their local, state, and federal elected representatives and appointed officials and express their concerns about allowing children to make such a life-altering decision without first assessing their psychological maturity. They should also reach out to organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)<a href="#_ftn21">[21]</a> and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC)<a href="#_ftn22">[22]</a> and ask for their support in raising awareness about this issue and demanding a thorough evaluation and debate on the human rights implications of allowing children to make such an untimely decision. In addition, people should contact organizations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics<a href="#_ftn23">[23]</a> and the Royal College of Psychiatrists<a href="#_ftn24">[24]</a> and ask them to provide their best expert opinions on the issue and to advocate for more research in this area.People in Brazil could organize an objection to this policy by contacting their local, state, and federal elected officials and expressing their concerns about allowing children to make such a life-altering decision without first assessing their psychological maturity. They should also reach out to organizations such as the Brazilian Association of Transvestites and Transsexuals (ABGLT)<a href="#_ftn25">[25]</a> and the&nbsp;Association of Transvestites and Transsexuals<a href="#_ftn26">[26]</a> to consider their position and see if they are interested in providing support in raising awareness about this issue and demanding a thorough evaluation and debate on the human rights implications of allowing children to make such a considerable decision. In addition, people could contact organizations such as the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics<a href="#_ftn27">[27]</a> and the Brazilian Association of Psychoanalysis (ABP)<a href="#_ftn28">[28]</a> and ask them to provide their expert opinions on the issue and to advocate for more research in this area. Finally, people should use social media to share their views and engage in conversations around this relevant and pressing issue.<hr><a href="#_ftnref1">[1]</a>&nbsp;https://g1.globo.com/google/amp/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2023/01/29/280-criancas-e-adolescentes-trans-fazem-transicao-de-genero-no-hc-da-usp-veja-videos-com-o-que-eles-contam-sobre-esse-processo.ghtml<a href="#_ftnref2">[2]</a> https://revistaoeste.com/brasil/hospital-da-usp-tem-quase-300-menores-de-idade-fazendo-transicao-de-genero/<a href="#_ftnref3">[3]</a> Dhejne C, Lichtenstein P, Boman M, Johansson AL, Långström N, Landén M. Long-term follow-up of transsexual persons undergoing sex reassignment surgery: cohort study in Sweden. PLoS One. 2011 Feb 22;6(2):e16885. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016885. PMID: 21364939; PMCID: PMC3043071.<a href="#_ftnref4">[4]</a>&nbsp;Olson, J. M., &amp; Durwood, L. (2020). Mental health of transgender adolescents: A systematic review of the literature. Pediatrics, 145(3), e20193090.<a href="#_ftnref5">[5]</a>&nbsp;Olson, K. R., Durwood, L., DeMeules, M., &amp; McLaughlin, K. A. (2016). Mental health of transgender children who are supported in their identities. Pediatrics, 137(3), e20153223.<a href="#_ftnref6">[6]</a>&nbsp;O'Connor, K. E., Murch, A., Iantaffi, A., &amp; Meyer, I. H. (2019). Psychological adjustment of transgender/gender diverse children and adolescents: A systematic review. Journal of Adolescent Health, 65(3), 339–353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.08.006<a href="#_ftnref7">[7]</a>&nbsp;https://nationalpost.com/opinion/kenneth-zucker-children-transitioning-is-not-a-simple-choice<a href="#_ftnref8">[8]</a> <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/sex-change-is-biologically-impossible-1462675763">https://www.wsj.com/articles/sex-change-is-biologically-impossible-1462675763</a><a href="#_ftnref9">[9]</a>&nbsp;https://www.unicef.org/crc/<a href="#_ftnref10">[10]</a> https://bmcmedethics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6939-13-10<a href="#_ftnref11">[11]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.seattlechildrens.org/clinics/gender-clinic/">https://www.seattlechildrens.org/clinics/gender-clinic/</a><a href="#_ftnref12">[12]</a> <a href="https://genderhealthcenter.org/">https://genderhealthcenter.org/</a><a href="#_ftnref13">[13]</a> <a href="https://www.seattlechildrens.org/clinics/gender-clinic/">https://www.seattlechildrens.org/clinics/gender-clinic/</a><a href="#_ftnref14">[14]</a> <a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/gender-dysphoria/treatment/">https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/gender-dysphoria/treatment/</a><a href="#_ftnref15">[15]</a> <a href="https://www.gids.nhs.uk/">https://www.gids.nhs.uk/</a><a href="#_ftnref16">[16]</a> https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-responds-proposed-changes-health-care-rights-law<a href="#_ftnref17">[17]</a>&nbsp;https://yougov.co.uk/topics/society/articles-reports/2022/07/20/where-does-british-public-stand-transgender-rights<a href="#_ftnref18">[18]</a>&nbsp;https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/11/17/britain-changes-tack-in-its-treatment-of-trans-identifying-children?utm_medium=cpc.adword.pd&amp;utm_source=google&amp;ppccampaignID=18156330227&amp;ppcadID=&amp;utm_campaign=a.22brand_pmax&amp;utm_content=conversion.direct-response.anonymous&amp;gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0dXEhfPy_AIVbU9IAB3cCAxwEAAYASAAEgIgKvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds<a href="#_ftnref19">[19]</a> https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-american-academy-of-pediatrics-dubious-transgender-science-jack-turban-research-social-contagion-gender-dysphoria-puberty-blockers-uk-11660732791<a href="#_ftnref20">[20]</a> https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/pdf/PS02_18.pdf<a href="#_ftnref21">[21]</a> <a href="https://www.aclu.org/">https://www.aclu.org/</a><a href="#_ftnref22">[22]</a> <a href="https://www.hrc.org/">https://www.hrc.org/</a><a href="#_ftnref23">[23]</a> <a href="https://www.aap.org/">https://www.aap.org/</a><a href="#_ftnref24">[24]</a> <a href="https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/">https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/</a><a href="#_ftnref25">[25]</a> <a href="https://www.abglt.org.br/index.php">https://www.abglt.org.br/index.php</a><a href="#_ftnref26">[26]</a> <a href="https://antrabrasil.org">https://antrabrasil.org</a><a href="#_ftnref27">[27]</a> <a href="https://www.sbp.com.br/">https://www.sbp.com.br/</a><a href="#_ftnref28">[28]</a> <a href="http://www.abp.org.br/">http://www.abp.org.br/</a>

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Member states Wednesday approved a political&nbsp;<a href="https://www.un.org/pga/77/wp-content/uploads/sites/105/2023/09/PPPR-Final-Text.pdf">declaration</a> on pandemic readiness at the UN General Assembly.The declaration was negotiated by <a href="https://www.frontline.news/post/un-ejects-israel-ambassador-for-protesting-iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Israel Ambassador Gilad Erdan</a> and Morocco Ambassador Omar Hilale, and approved during a high-level meeting on “pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.”<figure class="image image-style-align-right image_resized" style="width:50%;"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1695389109/i_Stock_1211544115_c0a3a1efe6.jpg"></figure>Among the many calls to action in the declaration is the push toward a final Pandemic Accord which will grant the World Health Organization (WHO), a UN agency, authority to manage future pandemics. The agreement is expected to be signed sometime next year.In the meantime, member states agreed in Wednesday’s declaration to increase vaccinations, which is mentioned 23 times throughout the 13-page document. They also agreed to suppress “misinformation,” “hate speech,” and “vaccine hesitancy” on social media while promoting trust in authorities. The declaration states in part:<blockquote>Take measures to counter and address the negative impacts of health-related misinformation, disinformation, hate speech and stigmatization, especially on social media platforms, on people’s physical and mental health, including countering vaccine hesitancy in the context of pandemic prevention, preparedness and response and to foster trust in public health systems and authorities, including by increasing public health education, literacy and awareness, while recognizing that the effective engagement of stakeholders requires access to timely, accurate and evidence-based information and awareness raising including through the use of digital health tools.</blockquote>Furthermore, countries are to ensure that women are given prominent roles during pandemics and should maintain a “gender perspective” in all aspects of pandemic responses:<blockquote>Commit to strengthening women’s full, effective and meaningful participation in leadership and decision-making processes in pandemics and other health emergencies at all levels, and to mainstream a gender perspective into all policies and programmes, including in budgetary responses.</blockquote>UN member states are also enjoined to ensure, by 2030, that birth control and other life-prevention products are integrated into “national strategies and programmes” and are distributed universally.Another major tenet of the declaration is the directive to adopt the UN’s <a href="https://frontline.news/post/governments-join-who-to-implement-global-one-health-agenda" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">One Health</a> agenda, which inseparably links human health to “climate change.”&nbsp;The One Health approach to healthcare dictates that “climate change” is the driving factor behind human health. For example, warmer climates can fuel tick infestations which can bring with them deadly diseases like&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/deadly-climate-diseases-approaching-uk-globalist-spokesmen-warn">Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF)</a>. Changing weather patterns can cause avian flu spread.Therefore, the One Health agenda states that because pandemic diseases are zoonotic and spread from animals to humans, human health must be viewed in the context of animals and the environment or what is called the “human-animal-environment interface.”&nbsp;Regarding One Health the declaration states:<blockquote>Promote international cooperation and coordination in alignment with the Joint Plan of Action for One Health, as appropriate, to support building regional, national and community level capacities, including through the use of a One Health approach, enable diagnostics of comprehensively addressing outbreaks in animals, the environment and humans during both inter-pandemic and pandemic times.</blockquote>One Health, which has been highly<a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/08/one-health-disease-climate-future-pandemics/">&nbsp;endorsed</a> by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/onehealth/resource-library/one-health-graphics.html">CDC</a>), would prioritize “climate change” over human health in some regard. No sacrifice would be too great to save the climate if it is the chief determinant of the health of all living things. A zoonotic outbreak, therefore, could open the door for climate mandates like lockdowns and forced vaccinations to stop the spread.Indeed, the WHO recently&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/rockefeller-foundation-partners-with-who-to-find-climate-pandemics/">paired</a> with the Rockefeller Foundation to search for “climate pandemics.” It also&nbsp;<a href="https://www.who.int/news/item/05-06-2023-the-european-commission-and-who-launch-landmark-digital-health-initiative-to-strengthen-global-health-security">partnered</a> in June with the European Commission to develop international vaccine passports as drugmakers&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/vaccine-maker-declares-climate-change-public-health-crisis">call</a> for “climate vaccinations.”The declaration also includes a request for $30 billion toward a WHO “Pandemic Fund.”

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Nearly two years after responding to Candace Owens' question about COVID vaccine deaths, claiming the jab to be "one of the greatest achievements of mankind," President Trump declined another opportunity to distance himself from the mRNA injections.<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Trump thinks the Covid vaccine is one of the greatest achievements of mankind. <a href="https://t.co/OPPFCJrwoW">https://t.co/OPPFCJrwoW</a>— Shelly R Kirchoff (@ShellyRKirchoff) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShellyRKirchoff/status/1703381313586102584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 17, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>MeganMegan Kelly provided the new opportunity to address a key issue for his constituency in an interview on SiriusXM:<blockquote>Not only did you not fire Fauci,&nbsp;who is loathed by many&nbsp;— millions of Republicans in particular, but also some Democrats — you made him a star.This is the criticism of you, that you made him the face of the White House Coronavirus Task Force — he was out at every presser — that he was running herd for the administration on COVID, and that you actually gave him a presidential commendation before you left office. Wouldn’t you like a do-over on that?”</blockquote>Trump rebutted Kelly, standing by his COVID policies. In response, the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire weighed in, accusing Trump more than anyone else, as being personally "responsible for COVID tyranny": “There is no person more responsible for COVID tyranny than Trump. Trump could have stopped it, but instead he enabled it.”<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">There is no person more responsible for COVID tyranny than Trump. Trump could have stopped it, but instead he enabled it. MAGA supporters have the same cult psychology of the COVID-worriers, but it's great to see Megan Kelly try to wake them up.<a href="https://t.co/sslSLFARu9">pic.twitter.com/sslSLFARu9</a>— Libertarian Party NH (@LPNH) <a href="https://twitter.com/LPNH/status/1702280294768730389?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>Going down with the shipTrump not only deflected Kelly's criticism, he claimed the vaccine saved 100 million people worldwide: “I have people on the other side . . . they said you saved 100 million people because I got it done in nine months as opposed to five years to 12 years.”<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Why does Trump keep trying to sell us on Operation Warp Speed? It was a miserable failure, completely unnecessary. Unless you work for Pfizer or own their stock, no one benefitted from lockdowns and masks and an experimental jab. <a href="https://t.co/itWAlUqSrR">pic.twitter.com/itWAlUqSrR</a>— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1702219257927651522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>Trump did not explain how the vaccine saved lives when death rates actually rose after the introduction of the vaccine in December 2020. By April 21, 2021, 200 million doses had been administered. Yet, pre-vaccine 2020 had a significantly lower death rate than 2021, the year the vaccine was rolled out. <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db456.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">According</a> to the CDC, the increase in 2021 was over 5% and was particularly seen in deaths from heart disease, strokes and, of all things, COVID:<blockquote>The age-adjusted death rate increased by 5.3% from 835.4 deaths per 100,000 standard population in 2020 to 879.7 in 2021.</blockquote><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/aflds/image/upload/v1695158943/CDC_8162dae83a.png"></figure>Without addressing actual death statistics post-vaccine, Trump insisted, “We did a tremendous job. . . . I never got, I think, the credit that I deserved on COVID.”<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">WATCH: Trump again refuses to acknowledge the Americans who experienced adverse effects of the mRNA COVID shots, brags that he “saved 100 million lives.” “I never got the credit that I deserved on COVID.” <a href="https://t.co/YvNwWDsDoz">pic.twitter.com/YvNwWDsDoz</a>— DeSantis War Room (@DeSantisWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeSantisWarRoom/status/1702149456529965326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>PersonalKelly, though, asked about vaccine injuries and that vaccine companies enjoy immunity from lawsuits for damages their products cause: “Of course, a lot of people have been vaccine injured and that's one of the questions those people are mad that they were rushed through and that they can't sue.”Trump's response echoed that of many other pro-vaccination politicians when confronted with vaccine injuries: “Well I never gave mandates and people have to make up their own, you know, make their own decision, as far as I’m concerned.”Being told the vaccine injured have only themselves to blame does not sit well with many vaccine victims particularly after being pressured socially and economically to take the shots amidst government assurances that they are safe . One such victim is Kelly herself.&nbsp;<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Megyn Kelly confronts Trump as a covid vaccine injured victim when he says that the vaccine saved 100 million "They said you saved 100 million people" "You're proud of it?" "I'm saying what Democrats think" "A lot of people have been vaccine injured. Those people are mad" <a href="https://t.co/lKHPEEIevg">pic.twitter.com/lKHPEEIevg</a>— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricAbbenante/status/1702356828468711525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>Just a few days before her interview with Trump, Kelly went public with her regrets over having taken the COVID shot:<blockquote>I thank God I didn't, I didn't stick [my children] with that vaccine. I'm sorry I did it to myself. I've said this before, but I regret getting the vaccine, even though I'm a 52 year old woman, because I don't think I needed it. I think I would have been fine. I got Covid many times and it was well passed when the vaccine was doing what it was supposed to be doing.And then, for the first time, I tested positive for an autoimmune issue at my annual physical and I asked, I went to the best rheumatologist in New York, and I asked her, “do you think this could have to do with the fact that I got the damn booster and then got Covid within three weeks?”&nbsp;And she said, “yes, yes.” I wasn't the only one she'd seen that with .</blockquote>Kelly's guest on that show, David Zweig from The Free Press, was particularly perturbed by the failure of public health officials to disclose potential side effects.&nbsp;<blockquote>I mean vaccines are like any other medication - that they have benefits and they have drawbacks and this is sort of the theme of our conversation. I feel like, whether it's on masks, on vaccine, on a whole variety of issues, the CDC and other public health authorities, for some reason that I'm still trying to figure out, um refused to to give an honest and sort of broad picture of things&nbsp;Typically, when you go to the doctor, if you're going to have a procedure done or you're going to get a medication, they will say to you, "look, this is,” or at least a good doctor will, they'll say, “this is the benefit I think you'll get but these are some of the side effects you may have.”&nbsp;The CDC repeatedly and consistently downplayed the issue of myocarditis and particularly in young males. The issue of masks was repeatedly downplayed. We were gaslit, where they said there's no downside.&nbsp;</blockquote><div class="raw-html-embed"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7FE8nZ4Z4bM?si=Rd-6Q835Y7cyYpb9&amp;start=2931" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>Unfortunately, autoimmune disease is not the only health issue to hit close to home for Kelly. In October 2022, she <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/10/24/megyn-kelly-reveals-sister-died-suddenly-spare-a-prayer-for-my-mom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">revealed</a> the tragic death of her sister, which was sudden, though her sister did suffer from other health issues beforehand.<blockquote>“Something really sad happened in my family over the weekend,” Kelly said as her voice was cracking at the start of her SiriusXM podcast on Monday.“My sister died,” Kelly said. “She was 58. Her name was Suzanne Crossley and she died Friday suddenly of a heart attack.”</blockquote>Please see out previous articles on COVID<ol><li><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/inventing-the-aids-and-covid-viruses/">Inventing the AIDS and COVID viruses?</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/aids-without-hiv">AIDS without HIV</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/the-real-cause-of-aids-known-to-health-officials-since-day-one/">The real cause of AIDS; known to health officials since day one</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/fake-virus-videos-good-authentic-vaccine-videos-bad/">Fake virus videos good; authentic vaccine videos bad&nbsp;</a></li><li><a href="https://www.aflds.org/news/post/9-reasons-smuckers-should-stop-fighting-its-employees-over-vaccines/">Nine reasons Smucker’s should stop fighting its employees over vaccines</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/call-to-dismantle-cdc-after-nyt-expose-of-coverup/">Calls to dismantle CDC after NYT coverup exposé</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/6-quick-facts-about-the-new-cdc-claiming-deaths-not-linked-to-vaccines/">6 facts about CDC denial that deaths linked to vaccines</a></li><li>'<a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/rabbi-implores-fellow-americans-save-african-refugees-from-forced-family-separations/">Save African refugees from forced family separations</a>'</li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/israeli-surgeon-challenges-pediatricians-to-break-silence-on-pfizer-vaccine/">Israeli surgeon challenges pediatricians to break silence on Pfizer vaccine</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/collateral-damage-children-suffering-worse-than-expected-from-covid-restrictions/">Collateral damage: Children suffering far worse than expected from COVID restrictions</a></li><li><a href="https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/news/post/how-worried-should-the-vaccinated-be-new-study-shows-vaccine-converts-to-dna/">Despite CDC denials: New study shows vaccine converts to DNA</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/war-against-virus-used-to-justify-censorship-loss-of-sovereignty-and-loss-of-individual-rights/">‘War' against virus used to justify censorship, loss of sovereignty and individual rights</a></li><li><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/permanent-vaccine-passports-in-tradeoff-for-unmasking-kids/preview/">Permanent vaccine passports as tradeoff for unmasking kids?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.aflds.org/news/post/israeli-minister-resigns-following-harsh-crackdown-on-anti-covid-restriction-protesters/">Israeli minister resigns following harsh crackdown on anti-COVID restriction protesters</a></li><li><a href="https://www.aflds.org/news/post/pharmacists-overruling-doctors/">Pharmacists overruling doctors</a></li><li><a href="https://www.americasfrontlinedoctors.org/news/post/covid-vaccine-side-effects-tens-of-thousands-of-times-worse-than-reported/">COVID vaccine side effects thousands of times worse than reported</a></li></ol>

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United Nations security personnel Tuesday forcefully ejected Israel’s UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan after he protested a speech by Iran’s president.President Ebrahim Raisi took the podium at the 78th United Nations General Assembly Tuesday where he brandished the Koran and railed against Israel, vowed to continue developing “peaceful nuclear energy," and denounced “Islamophobia.”President Trump sanctioned Raisi for helping massacre 5,000 Iranian prisoners in 1988 and the regime’s execution of 1,500 demonstrators in 2019.During Raisi’s speech, Israel Ambassador Erdan walked towards the podium holding a large photo of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian woman reportedly murdered last year by Iran’s Islamic police for wearing her hijab incorrectly. On the photo was written, “Iranian women deserve freedom now!”Erdan eventually turned and walked out of the main assembly hall. He was approached by a security officer and stopped to speak with her. But a suited individual who appeared to be a security official grabbed Erdan and shoved him into the wall, demanding his UN identification. Both security personnel then grabbed the ambassador’s arms and escorted him outside the building.<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Israel's permanent representative to the UN, Gilad Erdan, was escorted out of the UN General Assembly hall. At the beginning of the Iranian President's speech at the UN General Assembly, Erdan, holding up a photograph of Mahsa Amini , tried to disrupt the speech of Ibrahim… <a href="https://t.co/PPMIdbNtjx">pic.twitter.com/PPMIdbNtjx</a>— Sprinter (@Sprinter99800) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sprinter99800/status/1704384304761970891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Hundreds stood outside the UN building protesting Raisi’s presence, though none — save for Erdan — protested within the UN’s walls."While the butcher of Tehran is speaking at the UN and is being respected by the international community, hundreds of Iranians are protesting outside, shouting and calling on the international community to wake up and help them," Erdan said in a statement.Erdan&nbsp;<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/israels-ambassador-un-detained-leaving-general-assembly-protest-iranian-presidents-speech">told</a> Fox News Digital&nbsp;he wanted to draw the public’s attention to the "hypocrisy and the moral distortion" of the UN.But critics have dismissed Erdan’s condemnation of the UN — which has been seconded by Israeli diplomats for decades — as meaningless. For one thing, Erdan was one of the chief negotiators of a “pandemic declaration” approved by the UN Wednesday. The declaration <a href="https://www.un.org/pga/77/wp-content/uploads/sites/105/2023/09/PPPR-Final-Text.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">calls</a> for more vaccinations and for member states to address “misinformation” and “vaccine hesitancy". It also demands that a Pandemic Accord be signed which will allow the World Health Organization (WHO) to oversee all future pandemics. Member states are also enjoined to adopt the UN's One Health Agenda, which links human health to “climate change.”Furthermore, critics say Israel continues to look to the United Nations for validation in hopes that one day the UN will grant the small country authenticity.Israel empowers the UN to decide which historical or holy sites belong to Jews and which belong to Muslims, and to declare whole regions of Israel which are indigenous to Jews as prohibited to them. Despite Israelis being barred from those areas, the UN also requires Israel to sustain those areas with its own resources. In conflict, Israel treats its enemies with absurdly increasing gentility as it tries to earn the approval of the United Nations Human Rights Council.Nevertheless, the United Nations General Assembly and Human Rights Council have condemned Israel more than any other country in the world. Since 2015, Israel&nbsp;has&nbsp;<a href="https://unwatch.org/database/">received</a> 140 condemnations, compared to 64 for all other countries combined.Israel is met with similar treatment when it seeks such validation from related globalist organizations like the World Health Organization (WHO).Israel's enforcement of the WHO’s guidelines during the pandemic was total, resulting in public beatings and fining children for not wearing masks. The country was also the first to offer up its citizens as testing subjects for Pfizer’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine when other countries were skittish about introducing a serum with no real-world data. Israelis became that data which gave rise to forced vaccinations around the world.This should have earned Israel the accolade it has been seeking from the WHO and its parent organization, the UN.Instead, Israel was the only country singled out at the 75th World Health Assembly in May for “violating health rights” after claims that Israeli soldiers and civilians systematically abuse Palestinian Authority (PA) children.“Out of 25 items on the current world health assembly’s agenda, only one focused on a specific country — Israel,” said UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer in a&nbsp;<a href="https://unwatch.org/whos-2023-assembly-once-again-singles-out-israel-as-violator-of-health-rights/">statement</a>.Israel Ambassador Gilad Erdan says that by giving Iran President Raisi a platform to speak, the UN has stooped to “a new moral low.”“The U.N. listens to [Raisi] carefully while so many people are being murdered, killed, suffer because of him and his ruthless regime," Erdan said. The ambassador no doubt still hopes the UN will listen to Israel instead.

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YouTube Tuesday demonetized internet personality Russell Brand after the&nbsp;Sunday Times&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russell-brand-rape-sexual-assault-abuse-allegations-investigation-v5hxdlmb6">reported</a> that four anonymous women are accusing Brand of sexual assault over a decade ago. Brand has vehemently denied the claims.Brand, who hosts a weekly YouTube show with 6.6 million subscribers, has been outwardly critical of lockdowns, the COVID-19 vaccine, governments, large corporations and mainstream narratives. His smaller YouTube channels total over half a million subscribers. Brand also has a channel on Rumble with 1.6 million subscribers.But YouTube has now barred the former actor from earning money from his channels&nbsp; “following serious allegations against the creator,” the company said.“We have suspended monetisation on Russell Brand’s channel for violating our Creator Responsibility policy,” the Google-owned video platform explained in a statement. “If a creator’s off-platform behaviour harms our users, employees or ecosystem, we take action to protect the community.”“This decision applies to all channels that may be owned or operated by Russell Brand,” the social media giant added.Many are suggesting — as are popular figures like billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk and reporter Tucker Carlson — that the as yet-unproven allegations and ensuing repercussions are part of a coordinated attack on Brand for his influential views.Netizens across social media are sharing a video of Brand which they suggest explains the media onslaught.In an appearance on&nbsp;Real Time with Bill Maher, Brand said "the pandemic created at least 40 new big pharma billionaires” and that “pharmaceutical corporations like Moderna and Pfizer made $1,000 of profit every second from the COVID-19 vaccine.""More than two-thirds of Congress received campaign funding from pharmaceutical companies in the 2020 election," he continued. "Pfizer Chairman Albert Bourla told&nbsp;Time magazine in July 2020 that his company was developing a COVID vaccine for the good of humanity, not for money. And of course, Pfizer made 100 million dollars in profit in 2022.""[Y]ou, the American public, funded the development of that,” Brand said to the audience. "When it came to the profits, they took the profits. When it came to the funding, you paid for the funding.”Trevi Women, a charity which Brand supported through his own Stay Free Foundation, also announced it was cutting ties with Brand over the allegations.Public influential figures who oppose government messaging are often targets of unproven sexual allegations.Tim Ballard, the real-life hero of the the hit anti-pedophile film Sound of Freedom, was recently accused by media of sexual assault against seven anonymous women. Ballard categorically <a href="https://people.com/sound-of-freedom-subject-tim-ballard-responds-to-accusations-of-sexual-misconduct-7971426" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">denies</a> all claims.Elon Musk, who was accused of sexual assault last year after announcing his bid to acquire Twitter (now X), expressed support for Brand in light of the accusations: "Of course. They don't like the competition,” he posted. “I support Russell Brand. That man is not evil,” he added in another tweet.Tucker Carlson, who was accused earlier this year of workplace sexual harassment, wrote, “Criticize the drug companies, question the war in Ukraine, and you can be pretty sure this is going to happen.”Masculinist influencer Andrew Tate, who spent months in house arrest in Romania over sex trafficking allegations and is currently awaiting trial, chimed in, “Welcome to the club,” he posted. “On my way to fight the crazy b***h allegations.”

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