On the grapevine WE 22 Dec 24

Engineered Insulin welcome news for diabetics

I could not resist the headline "Watch "Scientists Just Created a "Cure" For Diabetes - Breakthrough Explained", so I clicked through to watch the 20-minute YouTube video. It was well worth it. While it is not a 'cure' for diabetes, it is a new treatment using 'engineered' insulin. How is it different from the standard insulin and what is wrong with the insulin diabetics have been using for decades? If you ask any diabetic, managing blood glucose using insulin requires constant vigilance. For optimal health blood glucose must be within relatively tight limits (4 - 7 mm/L). The level is determined by the food consumed and how much insulin has been injected. After meals, blood glucose spikes, and the patient has to anticipate the level in order to inject the correct amount of insulin to ensure the spike does not exceed the optimal level. Most patients have learned how to do this and can live normal lives, most of the time. However, sometimes things go wrong and blood glucose goes too high or too low, both with negative consequences. 

So what can the new engineered insulin do to help this process? Quite simply it. the insulin itself self regulates. It in effect monitors the level of blood glucose and will automatically switch itself off when  blood glucose nears the optimal lower limit. This change removes a major risk with the management of diabetes and will be welcomed by diabetics around the world.

Have a look at the video, it is most informative and does not assume technical knowledge.

 

Media misreport Gaza casualties

Yet another study of the media's reporting of Gaza casualties has exposed the blatant anti-Israel bias in left-leaning media's reporting. The study by the Henry Jackson Society reported by Honest Reporting in  New Report Shreds the Hamas-Provided Casualty Numbers That Mainstream Media Won’t Question

In particular, the findings include ;-

• 84% of the publications analyzed failed to make the critical distinction in total numbers between combatant deaths and civilian deaths.   

• In 19% of the publications analyzed, the numbers of fatalities provided by Hamas-run institutions were used without citing any source, thereby suggesting those figures were undisputed.  

• A mere 5% of outlets cited the casualty statistics provided by Israel; 98% cited figures by the Hamas-run MoH. The Israeli figures were questioned in half of the articles that cited them, whereas the Hamas figures were often taken at face value. 

• Men were recorded in fatality lists as female when the same individual was reported as a male in the Palestinian Population Registry. Similarly, the ages of several fatalities have been found to be inaccurate – men in their twenties or thirties are reported as children and babies, skewing the reported number of women and children killed. 

• There is a disproportionate number of young men of fighting age listed among the casualties. There is no differentiation between civilians and Hamas combatants. 

• The figures reported by the Hamas-run MoH include those who died of natural causes.

Massive increase in autism

You may have heard criticism of RFK jr's views on the rise in autism and his anti-vax stand. It has been used to discredit him and may play a role in his upcoming confirmation hearings. But does he have a point? Has autism increased over the past 2 decades? Is it significant? The figures are frightening! Have a look at this recent video from Dr John Campbell.

The Druze want to be annexed by Israel

The sudden and unexpected fall of Assad has created a massive vacuum in the region. The rebel group HTS that won the victory of Assad,with considerable help from Turkey is just one of the many tribal groups that have been fighting a civil war for many years. There are Sunni groups,Shiite groups, Kurds, Christian and Druze. Of course I may have omitted some.

How will this all pan out? No one really knows but we are seeing some unexpected changes. Russia is leaving, and Israel has taken the opportunity to destroy military infrastructure lest the new rebel groups take control of the modern armaments that were at Assad's disposal. Don't expect any thanks from the rest of the world, but Israel is helping the democratic world despite the way it has been treated.

Now out of the blue, I came across this YouTube video "Who Are The Druze And Why Do They Seek Annexation By Israel?". It seems the Druze would like Israel to annex the Hadar region of Syria. This is adjacent to the Golan Heights which Israel has already annexed. The Druze fear the HTS Sunni Rebel group and would prefer to live under Israeli rule! It seems the Druze do not believe Israel is guilty of genocide. Perhaps they should tell the UN, the ICC and all those demonstrators in Western cities.

It is unlikely, but who knows, we have seen many unexpected developments already. 

Here is the video. 

Another threat to humanity!

Given the recent experience with what now is generally accepted to have been a genetically engineered virus causing a worldwide pandemic, it is hard to imagine something worse. But it seems our ever imaginative scientists will never forego a challenge. This time it is so-called 'mirror bacteria'. These are "synthetic microorganisms built from the reversed molecular building blocks of natural life." So our scientist are experimenting with the creation of synthetic bacteria. What can possibly go wrong?  A lot it seems In particular “Mirror bacteria would likely evade many human, animal and plant immune system responses and in each case would cause lethal infections that would spread without check.”

Read more at ‘Mirror bacteria’ could cause lethal infections, put all life in danger: Scientists

Kisin the West

In many a previous post, I have highlighted presentations by Konstantin Kisin. He is an insightful and incisive commentator on our culture. This time he presents his personal experience as a Russian immigrant to the West.  Again well the 10 minutes.

Calls to suspend COVID mRNA vaccines

The COVID pandemic tidal wave washed over the world causing widespread damage. Not only the cost of sickness and death resulting from COVID itself, not only the unprecedented suspension of the freedoms normally enjoyed in a democratic society but also the explosion of severe adverse events resulting from the mRNA vaccines. We have seen a multitude of studies showing that mRNA vaccines do not prevent infection, do not prevent contagion, do not avert hospitalisation,  and do not confer a risk-reward benefit except for very narrow groups of elderly or sick individuals. Yet in many countries, the official policy is for people of most age groups to be vaccinated and to take multiple booster shots regularly. As a result, there is an increasing number of calls for the suspension of the mRNA vaccines to limit the damage caused by these jabs. 

The most recent manifestation is a new petition called the Hope Accord calling for the suspension of the vaccines. Read more at HOPE Accord Petition: Doctors Sign on Calling for Immediate Suspension of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines

But there is room for optimism. The number of adverse events has created a large cohort pushing for change. Soon we will reach a tipping point and suddenly what was once called a conspiracy theory will morph into accepted fact.