(3367,980,1,'','2022-01-15 20:04:06',873,14784,'3da5fcfcc50e32ae09f78bd18203e0b0c32614c7','{\"id\":980,\"asset_id\":\"1269\",\"title\":\"Analysis Overview: COVID-19 Genetic Vaccine Safety in Children\",\"alias\":\"home-rna-vaccine-inventor-blog-podcasts-speaking-events-newstories-current-page-genetic-vaccination-in-children-patents-and-papers-robert-w-malone-md-analysis-overview-covid-19-genetic-vaccine-safety-in-children-even-as-experts-expressed-concern-about-a-marked-jump-in-hospitalizations-an-increase-more-than-double-that-among-adults-doctors-and-researchers-said-they-were-not-seeing-evidence-that-omi\",\"introtext\":\"<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 14pt;\\\"><strong><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/www.rwmalonemd.com\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\"><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\\/content\\/v1\\/617d909092cd2314e37ebe67\\/1637148551921-7A0G7GUEC0IV7NUHW5UW\\/IMG_0629+2.jpeg?format=750w\\\" alt=\\\"mRNA Vaccine Trailblazer Dr. Robert Malone Joins The Unity Project as Chief Medical &amp;amp; Regulatory Officer\\\" width=\\\"150\\\" height=\\\"150\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" hspace=7 \\/>Robert W Malone MD<\\/a><\\/strong><\\/span>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/www.rwmalonemd.com\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">Home<\\/a> | <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/www.rwmalonemd.com\\/rna-vaccine-inventor\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">RNA Vaccine Inventor<\\/a> | <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/www.rwmalonemd.com\\/blog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">Blog<\\/a> | <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/www.rwmalonemd.com\\/podcasts\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">Podcasts<\\/a> | <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/www.rwmalonemd.com\\/speaking-events\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">Speaking Events<\\/a> |<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/www.rwmalonemd.com\\/newstories\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">Newsstories<\\/a> | <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/www.rwmalonemd.com\\/mrna-vaccination-in-children\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">Current Page: Genetic Vaccination in Children<\\/a> | <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/www.rwmalonemd.com\\/general-4\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">Patents and Papers<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p class=\\\"sqsrte-large\\\"><strong>Analysis Overview: COVID-19 Genetic Vaccine Safety in Children<\\/strong><\\/p>\\r\\n<blockquote>\\r\\n<p class=\\\"sqsrte-large\\\" style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\u201cEven as experts expressed concern about a marked jump in hospitalizations \\u2014 an increase more than double that among adults \\u2014 doctors and researchers said they were not seeing evidence that Omicron was more threatening to children.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p class=\\\"sqsrte-large\\\" style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">In fact, preliminary data suggests that compared with the Delta variant, Omicron appears to be causing milder illness in children, similar to early findings for adults.\\u201d<\\/p>\\r\\n\",\"fulltext\":\"\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/blockquote>\\r\\n<p class=\\\"sqsrte-large\\\" style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\">NY Times, \\u201c<\\/span><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/www.nytimes.com\\/2021\\/12\\/28\\/health\\/omicron-kids-hospitalizations.html\\\"><span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\">Omicron Is Not More Severe for Children, Despite Rising Hospitalizations<\\/span><\\/a><span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\">\\u201d <\\/span>By Andrew Jacobs Dec. 28, 2021<\\/p>\\r\\n<p class=\\\"sqsrte-large\\\" style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">The risk of death associated with COVID-19 in healthy children is virtually non-existent, as children have significant immunologic advantages relative to the older adult population (&gt; 65 years) which comprises the high risk cohort for COVID-19 (<span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\">see <\\/span><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/rwmalonemd.substack.com\\/p\\/omicron-has-cracked-open-the-overton\\\"><span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\">Omicron has Cracked Open the Overton Window<\\/span><\\/a><span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\"> , <\\/span><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/rwmalonemd.substack.com\\/p\\/were-never-going-to-learn-about-how\\\"><span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\">\\u201cWe\\u2019re never going to learn about how safe this vaccine is unless we start giving it\\u201d<\\/span><\\/a><span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\"> , and <\\/span><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/rwmalonemd.substack.com\\/p\\/covid-19-today\\\"><span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\">COVID-19 Today<\\/span><\\/a><span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\">)<\\/span>.&nbsp; The risk of death and disease in children has become even more rare with Omicron. Yet even prior to the advent of Omicron, a peer reviewed study clearly demonstrated (using safety data accumulated during past variant circulation) that the genetic COVID-19 vaccines carry a risk\\/benefit ratio of five deaths in the older, high risk cohort for every one life saved from <span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\">COVID-19 (and those data did not account for the reporting bias inherent in US deaths due to COVID consequent to inappropriate use of PCR tests). See \\u201c<\\/span><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/www.sciencedirect.com\\/science\\/article\\/pii\\/S221475002100161X?via%3Dihub#sec0175\\\"><span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\">Why are we vaccinating children against COVID-19?<\\/span><\\/a><span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\">\\u201d (Toxicology Reports, Volume 8, 2021, Pages 1665-1684 ).<\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u201cThus, our extremely conservative estimate for risk-benefit ratio is about 5\\/1. In plain English, people in the 65+ demographic are five times as likely to die from the inoculation as from COVID-19 under the most favorable assumptions! This demographic is the most vulnerable to adverse effects from COVID-19. As the age demographics go below about 35 years old, the chances of death from COVID-19 become very small, and when they go below 18, become negligible.\\u201d<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The new variant of COVID-19, Omicron, has exploded onto the scene. What was already an inverted risk benefit ratio for genetic vaccination in children and adults (greater risk of death from vaccine than from COVID-19) will become even more inverted since the risks of COVID-19 are further reduced with Omicron. The Omicron variant is different in five essential ways:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>More infectious and will soon be the dominant variant in the USA<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Less pathogenic<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Poorly matched to currently available vaccines<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Natural immunity is providing good protection against Omicron<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Disease symptoms are more similar to the common cold<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The issue of COVID-19 gene therapy technology -based vaccine mandates for children is a pressing issue confronting parents, grandparents, and public health officials throughout the world. Unfortunately, the topic has become highly politicized, and active censorship by legacy media outlets has made it difficult for parents and stakeholders to obtain access to the actual data required for the full informed consent prior to acceptance of a medical procedure required by law (see for example members of the Trusted News Initiative including Thompson-Reuters).<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Presented herein on this website is a large collection of information and data from both primary sources and analyses which will allow parents, grandparents, and other stakeholders to make their own determination concerning the risks and benefits of the genetic COVID-19 vaccines for their children. This compilation of references, primary information, and analyses represents the collective work product of hundreds of physicians and medical scientists. It supports the consensus Physicians Declaration of the 16,000+ strong International Association of Physicians and Medical Scientists, which includes the following resolution:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>_______<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>RESOLVED, THAT HEALTHY CHILDREN SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO FORCED VACCINATION<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Negligible clinical risks from SARS-CoV-2 infection exist for healthy children under eighteen.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Long term safety of the current COVID vaccines in children cannot be determined prior to instituting such policies. Without high-powered, reproducible, long term safety data, risks to the long-term health status of children remain too high to support use in healthy children.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Children risk severe, adverse events from receiving the vaccine. Permanent physical damage to the brain, heart, immune and reproductive system associated with SARS-CoV-2 spike protein-based genetic vaccines has been demonstrated in children.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Healthy, unvaccinated children are critical to achieving herd immunity. Natural immunity is proven to tolerate infection, benefiting community protection while there is insufficient data to assess whether COVID-19 vaccines assist herd immunity.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This data collection and analysis has been prompted by an inquiry by the Thompson-Reuters factchecking organization which was sent to Dr. Robert Malone, MD, MS on 28 Dec 2021, and has been assembled in part to respond to that inquiry. However, by placing this information in a central location available to all on the World Wide Web rather than merely as a written response to Thompson-Reuters, we have attempted to insure that all have access to the full spectrum of information required for parents or guardians to make informed decisions concerning whether to have their children vaccinated with these experimental, unproven products.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This information is summarized and structured into multiple sections below, each with a separate tab.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Reuters factchecking<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Risk\\/Benefit: What is the ratio of COVID damage\\/risk of vaccine damage for children<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Death Reports: Reports of vaccine-associated deaths and disability in children and young adults<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>VAERS and Yellow Card: Safe and effective in children? National database information<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Myocarditis consequences: Is there evidence that the vaccine-associated myocarditis in children is not going to lead to long term damage?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Applicable standards: Have normal standards for vaccine safety, quality and effectiveness in children been met?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>COVID-19 in children: What is the evidence of long term damage in children from COVID-19?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Illegal mandates: US Federal Mandate law<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>References on Adverse Events<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>*********************************************************<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>On a personal note, I wish to speak to you as a parent, grandparent, physician and scientist. I stand by this statement with a career dedicated to vaccine research and development. I\\u2019m vaccinated for COVID and I\'m generally pro-vaccination. I have devoted my entire career to developing safe and effective ways to prevent and treat infectious diseases.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>You can find video of this statement as well as a subsequent town hall discussion with parents, physicians, and medical caregivers at this website<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Before you inject your child - a decision that is irreversible - I wanted to let you know the scientific facts about this genetic vaccine, which is based on the mRNA vaccine technology I created:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>There are three issues parents need to understand:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The first is that a viral gene will be injected into your children\'s cells. This gene forces your child\\u2019s body to make toxic spike proteins. These proteins often cause permanent damage in children\\u2019s critical organs, including<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u00b7 Their brain and nervous system<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u00b7 Their heart and blood vessels, including blood clots<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u00b7 Their reproductive system, and<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u00b7 This vaccine can trigger fundamental changes to their immune system<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The most alarming point about this is that once these damages have occurred, they are irreparable<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u00b7 You can\\u2019t fix the lesions within their brain<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u00b7 You can\\u2019t repair heart tissue scarring<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u00b7 You can\\u2019t repair a genetically reset immune system, and<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u00b7 This vaccine can cause reproductive damage that could affect future generations of your family<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The second thing you need to know about is the fact that this novel technology has not been adequately tested.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u00b7 We need at least 5 years of testing\\/research before we can really understand the risks<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u00b7 Harms and risks from new medicines often become revealed many years later<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Ask yourself if you want your own child to be part of the most radical medical experiment in human history<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>One final point: the reason they\\u2019re giving you to vaccinate your child is a lie.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Your children represent no danger to their parents or grandparents.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>It\\u2019s actually the opposite. 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Regulatory Officer\\\" width=\\\"150\\\" height=\\\"150\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" hspace=\\\"7\\\" \\/>Robert W Malone MD<\\/a><\\/strong><\\/span>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/www.rwmalonemd.com\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">Home<\\/a> | <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/www.rwmalonemd.com\\/rna-vaccine-inventor\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">RNA Vaccine Inventor<\\/a> | <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/www.rwmalonemd.com\\/blog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">Blog<\\/a> | <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/www.rwmalonemd.com\\/podcasts\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">Podcasts<\\/a> | <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/www.rwmalonemd.com\\/speaking-events\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">Speaking Events<\\/a> |<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/www.rwmalonemd.com\\/newstories\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">Newstories<\\/a> | <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/www.rwmalonemd.com\\/mrna-vaccination-in-children\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">Current Page: Genetic Vaccination in Children<\\/a> | <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/www.rwmalonemd.com\\/general-4\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">Patents and Papers<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p class=\\\"sqsrte-large\\\"><strong>Analysis Overview: COVID-19 Genetic Vaccine Safety in Children<\\/strong><\\/p>\\r\\n<blockquote>\\r\\n<p class=\\\"sqsrte-large\\\" style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\u201cEven as experts expressed concern about a marked jump in hospitalizations \\u2014 an increase more than double that among adults \\u2014 doctors and researchers said they were not seeing evidence that Omicron was more threatening to children.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p class=\\\"sqsrte-large\\\" style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">In fact, preliminary data suggests that compared with the Delta variant, Omicron appears to be causing milder illness in children, similar to early findings for adults.\\u201d<\\/p>\\r\\n\",\"fulltext\":\"\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/blockquote>\\r\\n<p class=\\\"sqsrte-large\\\" style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\">NY Times, \\u201c<\\/span><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/www.nytimes.com\\/2021\\/12\\/28\\/health\\/omicron-kids-hospitalizations.html\\\"><span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\">Omicron Is Not More Severe for Children, Despite Rising Hospitalizations<\\/span><\\/a><span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\">\\u201d <\\/span>By Andrew Jacobs Dec. 28, 2021<\\/p>\\r\\n<p class=\\\"sqsrte-large\\\" style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">The risk of death associated with COVID-19 in healthy children is virtually non-existent, as children have significant immunologic advantages relative to the older adult population (&gt; 65 years) which comprises the high risk cohort for COVID-19 (<span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\">see <\\/span><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/rwmalonemd.substack.com\\/p\\/omicron-has-cracked-open-the-overton\\\"><span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\">Omicron has Cracked Open the Overton Window<\\/span><\\/a><span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\"> , <\\/span><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/rwmalonemd.substack.com\\/p\\/were-never-going-to-learn-about-how\\\"><span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\">\\u201cWe\\u2019re never going to learn about how safe this vaccine is unless we start giving it\\u201d<\\/span><\\/a><span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\"> , and <\\/span><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/rwmalonemd.substack.com\\/p\\/covid-19-today\\\"><span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\">COVID-19 Today<\\/span><\\/a><span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\">)<\\/span>.&nbsp; The risk of death and disease in children has become even more rare with Omicron. Yet even prior to the advent of Omicron, a peer reviewed study clearly demonstrated (using safety data accumulated during past variant circulation) that the genetic COVID-19 vaccines carry a risk\\/benefit ratio of five deaths in the older, high risk cohort for every one life saved from <span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\">COVID-19 (and those data did not account for the reporting bias inherent in US deaths due to COVID consequent to inappropriate use of PCR tests). See \\u201c<\\/span><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/www.sciencedirect.com\\/science\\/article\\/pii\\/S221475002100161X?via%3Dihub#sec0175\\\"><span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\">Why are we vaccinating children against COVID-19?<\\/span><\\/a><span class=\\\"sqsrte-text-color--white\\\">\\u201d (Toxicology Reports, Volume 8, 2021, Pages 1665-1684 ).<\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u201cThus, our extremely conservative estimate for risk-benefit ratio is about 5\\/1. In plain English, people in the 65+ demographic are five times as likely to die from the inoculation as from COVID-19 under the most favorable assumptions! This demographic is the most vulnerable to adverse effects from COVID-19. As the age demographics go below about 35 years old, the chances of death from COVID-19 become very small, and when they go below 18, become negligible.\\u201d<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The new variant of COVID-19, Omicron, has exploded onto the scene. What was already an inverted risk benefit ratio for genetic vaccination in children and adults (greater risk of death from vaccine than from COVID-19) will become even more inverted since the risks of COVID-19 are further reduced with Omicron. The Omicron variant is different in five essential ways:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>More infectious and will soon be the dominant variant in the USA<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Less pathogenic<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Poorly matched to currently available vaccines<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Natural immunity is providing good protection against Omicron<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Disease symptoms are more similar to the common cold<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The issue of COVID-19 gene therapy technology -based vaccine mandates for children is a pressing issue confronting parents, grandparents, and public health officials throughout the world. Unfortunately, the topic has become highly politicized, and active censorship by legacy media outlets has made it difficult for parents and stakeholders to obtain access to the actual data required for the full informed consent prior to acceptance of a medical procedure required by law (see for example members of the Trusted News Initiative including Thompson-Reuters).<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Presented herein on this website is a large collection of information and data from both primary sources and analyses which will allow parents, grandparents, and other stakeholders to make their own determination concerning the risks and benefits of the genetic COVID-19 vaccines for their children. This compilation of references, primary information, and analyses represents the collective work product of hundreds of physicians and medical scientists. It supports the consensus Physicians Declaration of the 16,000+ strong International Association of Physicians and Medical Scientists, which includes the following resolution:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>_______<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>RESOLVED, THAT HEALTHY CHILDREN SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO FORCED VACCINATION<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Negligible clinical risks from SARS-CoV-2 infection exist for healthy children under eighteen.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Long term safety of the current COVID vaccines in children cannot be determined prior to instituting such policies. Without high-powered, reproducible, long term safety data, risks to the long-term health status of children remain too high to support use in healthy children.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Children risk severe, adverse events from receiving the vaccine. Permanent physical damage to the brain, heart, immune and reproductive system associated with SARS-CoV-2 spike protein-based genetic vaccines has been demonstrated in children.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Healthy, unvaccinated children are critical to achieving herd immunity. Natural immunity is proven to tolerate infection, benefiting community protection while there is insufficient data to assess whether COVID-19 vaccines assist herd immunity.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This data collection and analysis has been prompted by an inquiry by the Thompson-Reuters factchecking organization which was sent to Dr. Robert Malone, MD, MS on 28 Dec 2021, and has been assembled in part to respond to that inquiry. However, by placing this information in a central location available to all on the World Wide Web rather than merely as a written response to Thompson-Reuters, we have attempted to insure that all have access to the full spectrum of information required for parents or guardians to make informed decisions concerning whether to have their children vaccinated with these experimental, unproven products.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This information is summarized and structured into multiple sections below, each with a separate tab.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Reuters factchecking<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Risk\\/Benefit: What is the ratio of COVID damage\\/risk of vaccine damage for children<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Death Reports: Reports of vaccine-associated deaths and disability in children and young adults<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>VAERS and Yellow Card: Safe and effective in children? National database information<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Myocarditis consequences: Is there evidence that the vaccine-associated myocarditis in children is not going to lead to long term damage?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Applicable standards: Have normal standards for vaccine safety, quality and effectiveness in children been met?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>COVID-19 in children: What is the evidence of long term damage in children from COVID-19?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Illegal mandates: US Federal Mandate law<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>References on Adverse Events<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>*********************************************************<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>On a personal note, I wish to speak to you as a parent, grandparent, physician and scientist. I stand by this statement with a career dedicated to vaccine research and development. I\\u2019m vaccinated for COVID and I\'m generally pro-vaccination. I have devoted my entire career to developing safe and effective ways to prevent and treat infectious diseases.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>You can find video of this statement as well as a subsequent town hall discussion with parents, physicians, and medical caregivers at this website<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Before you inject your child - a decision that is irreversible - I wanted to let you know the scientific facts about this genetic vaccine, which is based on the mRNA vaccine technology I created:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>There are three issues parents need to understand:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The first is that a viral gene will be injected into your children\'s cells. This gene forces your child\\u2019s body to make toxic spike proteins. These proteins often cause permanent damage in children\\u2019s critical organs, including<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u00b7 Their brain and nervous system<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u00b7 Their heart and blood vessels, including blood clots<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u00b7 Their reproductive system, and<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u00b7 This vaccine can trigger fundamental changes to their immune system<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The most alarming point about this is that once these damages have occurred, they are irreparable<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u00b7 You can\\u2019t fix the lesions within their brain<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u00b7 You can\\u2019t repair heart tissue scarring<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u00b7 You can\\u2019t repair a genetically reset immune system, and<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u00b7 This vaccine can cause reproductive damage that could affect future generations of your family<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The second thing you need to know about is the fact that this novel technology has not been adequately tested.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u00b7 We need at least 5 years of testing\\/research before we can really understand the risks<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u00b7 Harms and risks from new medicines often become revealed many years later<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Ask yourself if you want your own child to be part of the most radical medical experiment in human history<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>One final point: the reason they\\u2019re giving you to vaccinate your child is a lie.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Your children represent no danger to their parents or grandparents.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>It\\u2019s actually the opposite. Their immunity, after getting COVID, is critical to save your family if not the world from this disease.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In summary: there is no benefit for your children or your family to be vaccinating your children against the small risks of the virus, given the known health risks of the vaccine that as a parent, you and your children may have to live with for the rest of their lives.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The risk\\/benefit analysis isn\\u2019t even close.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As a parent and grandparent, my recommendation to you is to resist and fight to protect your children.<\\/p>\",\"state\":1,\"catid\":\"59\",\"created\":\"2022-01-14 01:54:51\",\"created_by\":\"873\",\"created_by_alias\":\"\",\"modified\":\"2022-01-15 20:05:04\",\"modified_by\":\"873\",\"checked_out\":\"873\",\"checked_out_time\":\"2022-01-15 20:04:06\",\"publish_up\":\"2022-01-14 01:54:51\",\"publish_down\":\"0000-00-00 00:00:00\",\"images\":\"{\\\"image_intro\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"float_intro\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"image_intro_alt\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"image_intro_caption\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"image_fulltext\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"float_fulltext\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"image_fulltext_alt\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"image_fulltext_caption\\\":\\\"\\\"}\",\"urls\":\"{\\\"urla\\\":false,\\\"urlatext\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"targeta\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"urlb\\\":false,\\\"urlbtext\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"targetb\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"urlc\\\":false,\\\"urlctext\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"targetc\\\":\\\"\\\"}\",\"attribs\":\"{\\\"article_layout\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"show_title\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"link_titles\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"show_tags\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"show_intro\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"info_block_position\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"info_block_show_title\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"show_category\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"link_category\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"show_parent_category\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"link_parent_category\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"show_associations\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"show_author\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"link_author\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"show_create_date\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"show_modify_date\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"show_publish_date\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"show_item_navigation\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"show_icons\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"show_print_icon\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"show_email_icon\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"show_vote\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"show_hits\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"show_noauth\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"urls_position\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"alternative_readmore\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"article_page_title\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"show_publishing_options\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"show_article_options\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"show_urls_images_backend\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"show_urls_images_frontend\\\":\\\"\\\"}\",\"version\":10,\"ordering\":\"1\",\"metakey\":\"\",\"metadesc\":\"\",\"access\":\"1\",\"hits\":\"2\",\"metadata\":\"{\\\"robots\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"author\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"rights\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"xreference\\\":\\\"\\\"}\",\"featured\":\"1\",\"language\":\"*\",\"xreference\":\"\",\"note\":\"\"}',0),(3369,986,1,'','2022-01-15 20:06:56',873,37710,'5eee51d91231f9125e72c66a57d60e6369fe6567','{\"id\":986,\"asset_id\":1276,\"title\":\"Don\\u2019t just do something, stand\\u00a0there! - DR. MALCOLM KENDRICK (2)\",\"alias\":\"don-t-just-do-something-stand-there-dr-malcolm-kendrick-2\",\"introtext\":\"<header id=\\\"masthead\\\" class=\\\"site-header\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/drmalcolmkendrick.org\\/\\\"><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/drmalcolmkendrick.files.wordpress.com\\/2015\\/07\\/drmk-blog-header.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"header-image\\\" \\/><\\/a><\\/header>\\r\\n<div id=\\\"main\\\" class=\\\"wrapper\\\">\\r\\n<section id=\\\"primary\\\" class=\\\"site-content\\\">\\r\\n<div id=\\\"content\\\" role=\\\"main\\\"><header class=\\\"archive-header\\\">\\r\\n<h1 class=\\\"archive-title\\\">AUTHOR ARCHIVES:&nbsp;<span class=\\\"vcard\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/drmalcolmkendrick.org\\/author\\/drmalcolmkendrick\\/\\\" rel=\\\"me\\\" class=\\\"url fn n\\\" title=\\\"Dr. Malcolm Kendrick\\\">DR. MALCOLM KENDRICK<\\/a><\\/span><\\/h1>\\r\\n<\\/header>\\r\\n<div class=\\\"author-info\\\">\\r\\n<div class=\\\"author-description\\\">\\r\\n<h2>About Dr. Malcolm Kendrick<\\/h2>\\r\\n<p>Malcolm Kendrick is a Scottish doctor and author of The Great Cholesterol Con (2008). He has been a general practitioner for over 25 years and has worked with the European Society of Cardiology.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<article id=\\\"post-10944\\\" class=\\\"post-10944 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-covid-19\\\"><header class=\\\"entry-header\\\">\\r\\n<h1 class=\\\"entry-title\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/drmalcolmkendrick.org\\/2022\\/01\\/14\\/dont-just-do-something-stand-there\\/\\\" rel=\\\"bookmark\\\">Don\\u2019t just do something, stand&nbsp;there!<\\/a><\\/h1>\\r\\n<\\/header><\\/article>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<\\/section>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<p>106 Replies<br \\/>14th January 2022<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>A few months ago, I resolved not to write anything more about COVID19. I was having zero apparent effect on anything, or anybody, and I was just getting increasingly despondent at the destruction of science, debate, logic, humanity, personal freedoms \\u2026 life.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>However, my New Years resolution was to not have any more resolutions. Which lead to an almost inescapable logic loop from which I have only just managed to extricate myself.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In truth, I believe that I still have a few things left to say about COVID19 that may be useful in stopping some of the most egregious nonsense being repeated. [Fat chance, says the little man on my shoulder].<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What I am about to write, I have written about before, in various different guises. However, I think it is worth going back over some old ground again. Hopefully in a more effective manner.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In this blog what I want to do is to look at how we think about a few things, primarily in medicine, and medical science. To try and highlight how some repeated flaws in thought have influenced the reaction to COVID19.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>I hope that by doing this, it may help to prevent some us travelling down the terribly well-worn \\u2018<em>paths of pointlessness\\u2019&nbsp;<\\/em>again. Or, at least, to get people to stop and question<em>&nbsp;how<\\/em>&nbsp;they are thinking, before throwing themselves into the fray.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>To begin.<\\/p>\\r\\n\",\"fulltext\":\"\\r\\n<p>What I saw happening with COVID19 is a pattern that repeats in medicine over and over again:<\\/p>\\r\\n<ul>\\r\\n<li>We have a serious illness \\u2013&nbsp;<em>panic<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Something must be done \\u2013&nbsp;<em>grab the pitchforks, run about screaming<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>An influential person, or organisation, grabs the initiative \\u2013 \\u2018<em>\\u2018experts\\u2019 move in.\\u2019<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>I\\/We know what to do, you must follow me\\/us \\u2013&nbsp;<em>simple idea +<\\/em>&nbsp;<em>soothing<\\/em>&nbsp;<em>paternalism<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Frightened people latch onto their ideas \\u2013&nbsp;<em>two legs good, four legs bad<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>A path is chosen \\u2013&nbsp;<em>along the side of a cliff<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Momentum builds \\u2013&nbsp;<em>the unstoppable charge of the light brigade<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Those who object to the path taken are crushed \\u2013&nbsp;<em>1984<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<\\/ul>\\r\\n<p>Fast forward a few decades\\u2026 \\u2018<em>Oh, it seems that the thing we always do as standard medical practice\\u2026 Turns out it does more harm than good<\\/em>.\\u2019 See under: removal of toxic colon, the radical mastectomy, strict bed rest following a heart attack, cutting teeth, use of radium water, plombage, mercury for syphilis, pre-frontal lobotomy etc.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Of course, this pattern is not true of every medical intervention, not by any manner of means. Sometimes the influential person, or organisation, promotes the best course of action. This has been known to happen from time to time\\u2026 believe it or not. In addition, medical practice does eventually auto-correct \\u2013 and ends up doing the right thing. Almost always. We no longer remove toxic colons to cure female neurosis.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>But what never, ever, seems to happen is OODA. Defined as \\u2018<em>a practical concept designed to function as the foundation of rational thinking in confusing or chaotic situation\\u2019<\\/em>.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>OODA stands for. \\u2018<em>Observe, Orient, Decide Act<\\/em>.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>It was developed by the Air Force Colonel, John Boyd.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What John Boyd taught was simple. If you don\\u2019t know what is going on, do&nbsp;<em>not<\\/em>&nbsp;make immediate decisions. First, work out what is happening, then orientate yourself \\u2013 before you decide what to do. That way you avoid most, if not all, stupid mistakes. For many years, without knowing anything of OODA my own medical strategy has tended towards \\u2018<em>don\\u2019t just do something, stand there.<\\/em>\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Unfortunately, the medical profession has always battled ferociously against doing nothing. It has always greatly favoured the \\u2018<em>You must do something, anything, I don\\u2019t care what it is so long as it sounds like a good idea<\\/em>.&nbsp;<em>Chaaarge!<\\/em>\\u2019 Strategy.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This, the \\u2018<em>do something strategy\\u2019<\\/em>, has always proven far more seductive, and almost always wins. It is easier to attract followers to do something, than to than to do nothing. Why not whack a hole in the skull and split the brain apart to cure various mental diseases? Why not\\u2026 indeed. Ah yes, the good old pre-frontal lobotomy.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><strong>A.N. Other doctor:<\\/strong>&nbsp;<em>\\u2018If you do nothing people will surely die. You cannot just stand there doing nothing.<\\/em>\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><strong>Me:<\\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \\u2018<em>But what if those things we do end up causing more damage, or killing more people?\\u2019<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Many years ago, my father said to me. \\u2018<em>You will always be blamed for failures of omission, rath than commission.<\\/em>\\u2019 At the time I was young, &nbsp;I knew everything, and thought he was talking rubbish. In truth I didn\\u2019t really understand his point. Now that I know that\\u2026 I know nothing, I fully understand how profound his comment was. I wish I had listened to him more.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Yes, doing something will always be looked on in a positive light. Effort has been made, decisions have been taken, activity carried out. In medicine this is reflected in a comment that I have had directed at me, from time to time. \\u2018<em>At least you tried, doctor<\\/em>.\\u2019 Well, seeing as they are now dead, my efforts achieved very little. But thanks anyway.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In addition, if you do nothing, you can be accused of laziness, of being uncaring. You just stood there and watched them suffer, even die. You cruel swine. I see this overwhelming urge to do something, anything, in the person who cannot swim, jumping into a river to try and save their dog from drowning.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What exactly did they think they were going to achieve? Oh well, at least they tried, you may say. No\\u2026 they were stupid. They drowned along with their dog. But who can stand on the riverbank watching their dog die?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Well, me, actually.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This also moves into the area of survival guilt. How am I still alive when others have died? Better to die trying than to have done nothing? It all further wraps round into it the almost irresistible urge to be seen to be doing something. I think it is hard-wired into our psyche. We must fight to protect those in our tribe and be seen to be doing it. Chop, chop, busy, busy, work, work, bang, bang&nbsp;<sup>1<\\/sup>. &nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>I am, however, reminded of the philosophy behind recruitment to the German army in the good old days \\u2013 as recounted to me. Men were divided in to four categories:<\\/p>\\r\\n<ul>\\r\\n<li>Intelligent and lazy<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Intelligent and hardworking<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Stupid and lazy<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Stupid and hardworking<\\/li>\\r\\n<\\/ul>\\r\\n<p>At which point<\\/p>\\r\\n<ul>\\r\\n<li>Intelligent and lazy men were taken for officer training<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Intelligent and hardworking men were turned into NCOs (non-commissioned officers)<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Stupid and lazy men became privates \\u2013 squaddies, to use the UK vernacular<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Those who were both stupid, and hardworking, were taken out and shot, before they could do too much damage<\\/li>\\r\\n<\\/ul>\\r\\n<p>Doing things, doing things, doing things. We place great value on it. Too much.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As Kurt Vonnegut Jnr noted in Cat\\u2019s Cradle:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u201cWe do, doodley do, doodley do, doodely do,<\\/em><br \\/><em>What we must, muddily must, muddily must, muddily must;<\\/em><br \\/><em>Muddily do, muddily do, muddily do, muddily do,<\\/em><br \\/><em>Until we bust, bodily bust, bodily bust, bodily bust.\\u201d<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Of course, if there are things to be done, they should be done. But that does not mean we should rush around doing stuff, just because it seems better than doing nothing. Here is what Vinay Prasad has to say in his blog \\u2018<em>Will science do better post COVID19?\\u2019<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2018When faced with a pandemic, we re-treated to all the old delusions. Bioplausibilty was sacrosanct\\u2014 that\\u2019s why #maskswork! We can\\u2019t run RCTs\\u2014 these are parachutes.&nbsp;<strong>Doing something is always better than doing nothing!<\\/strong>&nbsp;More is better than less! Keep boosting, young man!! Newer is better than older. Disease bad; treatments good. Bad people (John Ioannidis) are always wrong (never mind, that a year ago we all thought he was brilliant).\\u2019<\\/em>&nbsp;<sup>2<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The additional problem with doing things is that, once you have started doing them, it becomes damned difficult to stop again. After you have decided to blow four hundred billion pounds on lockdown, or thereabouts, then you are pretty much stuck with it. Or else, you are going to look pretty stupid. \\u2018<em>Sorry, ahem, I seem to have wasted a teensy bit of money<\\/em>.&nbsp;<em>Sorry, my mistake.<\\/em>\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>If everyone is ordered to wear a mask, on pain of death, you are stuck with that too. Back pedalling from instant decisions is very, very, difficult. For the scientists and politicians involved you cannot be seen to have been wrong. Reputations&nbsp;<em>must<\\/em>&nbsp;be protected.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>At which point, vast amounts of time and effort are expended in trying to batter down anyone who dares to suggest that we rushed into doing things that were completely pointless, even damaging. Science then becomes twisted and bent to justify the errors made. Those in power must retain power. The narrative must be supported:<\\/p>\\r\\n<ul>\\r\\n<li>COVID19 is really, really deadly<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Lockdowns really, really, work<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Masks really, really, work<\\/li>\\r\\n<\\/ul>\\r\\n<p>If you question these narratives, people will demand an answer to this rhetorical question. Do you want people to die! (That\\u2019s always an effective weapon). The correct answer to this question by the way, is usually no \\u2013 although I am willing to make exceptions.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The other terrible flaw in thinking here, especially in medicine, was also mentioned by Vinay Prasad. It is Bioplausibility. Often closely associated with fast thinking a.k.a. jumping to conclusions, because they just seem right.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Masks, indeed, must surely work. Because? Because they prevent the virus from spreading. In fact, masks represent an almost perfect example of bioplausibility a.k.a. sheer common sense. No-one can argue against using them. If you do, your arguments must be pure sophistry, or simply nonsense.&nbsp;<em>\\u2019You do not understand science<\\/em>.\\u2019 That\\u2019s a good one, I get that a lot.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2018I think you will find it is not I that fails to understand science.\\u2019<\\/em>&nbsp;I think to myself. But I don\\u2019t say it, because it makes you sound like a prat.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Let me remind you of a time when, after a heart attack you had to rest in bed doing nothing for six weeks. The heart has been damaged and must be given a chance to rest. Yes, perfect Bioplausibility, believed by virtually everyone. To question it was to be cast into the outer darkness.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>It is now known that the worst thing you can possibly do is to enforce strict bed rest post heart attack. This advice, in place from 1912 to about 1960(ish), killed tens of millions. Maybe hundreds of millions.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As for masks \\u2013 the sort of masks worn by almost everyone.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2018The use of cloth facemasks in community settings has become an accepted public policy response to decrease disease transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet evidence of facemask efficacy is based primarily on observational studies that are subject to confounding and on mechanistic studies that rely on surrogate endpoints (such as droplet dispersion) as proxies for disease transmission.&nbsp;<strong>The available clinical evidence of facemask efficacy is of low quality and the best available clinical evidence has mostly failed to show efficacy<\\/strong>, with fourteen of sixteen identified randomized controlled trials comparing face masks to no mask controls failing to find statistically significant benefit in the intent<\\/em><em>\\u2010\\u200bto<\\/em><em>\\u2010\\u200btreat populations. Of sixteen quantitative meta<\\/em><em>\\u2010\\u200banalyses, eight were equivocal or critical as to whether evidence supports a public recommendation of masks, and the remaining eight supported a public mask intervention on limited evidence primarily on the basis of the precautionary principle.&nbsp;<strong>Although weak evidence should not preclude precautionary actions in the face of unprecedented events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, ethical principles require that the strength of the evidence and best estimates of amount of benefit be truthfully communicated to the public.<\\/strong><\\/em><strong>\\u2019<\\/strong><sup>3<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>How can masks possibly fail to work?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Well, unfortunately, our brains work one way, and the world often works in quite another way. As does, therefore, science. For centuries people thought that heavier than air flight would only be possible if you flapped things that looked very like wings. Why, because birds and bats were the only flying things people had ever seen flying [apart from lemmings] and they mostly flapped about like mad \\u2013 using wings.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Except that, if you looked closely, they didn\\u2019t \\u2013 not really. If you thought flapping was the key to flight, you were not really looking. An albatross can stay aloft for hours, gliding above the waves, using the wind and updrafts, and barely moving its wings at all.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Yet, and yet, no-one was able to see this. When I say \\u2018see\\u2019 this I mean \\u2013 look beyond the obvious, in your face, flappy stuff. Observe properly, deeply, to really understand what you are looking at \\u2013 in this case aerodynamics. Eventually, of course, some people did. Et voila, the Wright Brothers.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>With masks\\u2026 Yes, it is both true, and self-evident, that a mask stops droplets being catapulted across a room after a cough or sneeze, or suchlike. So, they must stop spread\\u2026mustn\\u2019t they? I mean, you can even see it working in slow motion videos. A man coughs in London, virus ends up in New York \\u2013 or something. Ah, the dreaded Bioplausibility\\u2026 that can also be visualised. Double bubble.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>But a mask can also turn droplets into an aerosol by breaking the droplet down into far smaller particles. Particles will float in the air for longer, and thus be inhaled for longer. Possibly, probably<sup>4<\\/sup>. You didn\\u2019t think of that, did you?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>A mask can also become damp and keep viral particles viable for longer. Once discarded \\u2013 as many masks are \\u2013 they represent receptacles for viruses and can spread disease when picked up. What happens when masks are used and used, and re-used? As they often are. Superspreading here we come. Blowing viral particles out of a wet mask.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As a wise man also said. Using cloth masks to prevent viral spread it like trying to pick up sand with a tennis racket. Virus particle size \\u2018x\\u2019. Holes in mask size 1000x.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>A mask can also mean that people stand closer to each other than they otherwise would. A mask may, simply, never had had a chance to work at all. After all, we breathe in and breathe out the same amount of air whilst wearing a mask than not.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>If there is virus in floating in the air, we are still going to breathe it in, and out. Masks do not stop us breathing, and the air has to come from somewhere. Unless masks act as a type of black hole, trapping, then transporting viral particles from here into another universe\\u2026 I\\u2019m not putting much money on that hypothesis.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Some months ago, I wrote about the last people to be infected with smallpox. In one hospital, in Germany, a patient with smallpox was being treated on the ground floor. The patient in the room above, and then the room above that, become infected. Which means that viral particles must have got out the window, drifted upwards and infected those above.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Which just gives you some idea of how few viral particles were needed to spread a disease that was, up to that time, not even believed to spread through the air. No droplets required.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Early on, with COVID19 it was noted that ferrets could be infected with the virus. So, researchers put one ferret in a cage, with another ferret above with a solid barrier between them. The one below was infected with COVD19.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The only route for COVID19 to travel from one ferret to the other was through a tube that bent through ninety degrees, bent again to go upwards through the barrier, then across, and back round through ninety degrees<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In essence, this tube was specifically designed to ensure that droplet spread was impossible. As droplets cannot go round corners, travel upwards, turn another ninety degrees\\u2026 and suchlike.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Despite this, all of the uninfected ferrets became, very rapidly, infected. Conclusion \\u2013 COVID19 can travel and infect through aerosol spread. Secondary conclusion \\u2013 masks cannot stop this. At least not the sort of masks that virtually everyone wears, and then re-uses.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Of course, there are masks that you can use to prevent the spread of viral particles. But they have to be airtight, they have to have filters. They are uncomfortable to wear for any length of time, and they need to be changed regularly. They also prevent a great deal of communication, as people hard of hearing will tell you. Oh yes, there are serious downsides to mask wearing.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>I only focus on masks here to make the point that masks appear totally \\u2018Bioplausible\\u2019. If, that is, you don\\u2019t think about all the issues too deeply. Also, getting everyone to wear masks represents doing \\u2018something.\\u2019 Doing something, especially something visible, is always better than doing nothing.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Yes\\u2026 doing something, anything, and Bioplausibility. Two bear traps in human thought. Traps that seem impossible to eradicate.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>There is another, major trap, which is the urge to draw ourselves into tribes. Then attack and attempt destroy anyone who does not agree with us. Humiliate and silence. Turn the \\u2018other\\u2019 into someone with evil intent. I am not getting into this in any depth here. We have all seen too much of it. The terrible seductive pleasure of righteous anger. Which so easily flips into hatred.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As also mentioned by Vinay Prasad.&nbsp;<em>Bad people (John Ioannidis) are always wrong (never mind, that a year ago we all thought he was brilliant).\\u2019<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As we all know, it is not just Ioannidis who is attacked. Dare to breathe one word of caution about vaccines and you become&nbsp;<em>\\u2018dirty anti-vaxxer scum. You deserve to lose your job. Ha!\\u2019<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This is no way for humans to act towards each other. Crush debate, silence those who dare to think differently. Bring in the Spanish Inquisition a.k.a. fact checkers. All bought and paid for by those who have vested interests in obliterating the opposition, of course.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><strong>Question:<\\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When is a fact checker not a fact checker?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><strong>Answer:<\\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When they are called a fact checker. [Especially if they work for a company that used to begin with Face and ended in Book. Or Witterpedia]<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Also Meta\\u2026as in, I meta &nbsp;\\u2018n\\u2019 idiot \\u2013 who think it\\u2019s okay to silence anyone they disagree with, and claim this is science. Spare me.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Anyway, what do we do next time? How do we do better? How do we think better? Well, I suppose that first of all you have to get those in power to accept that they made mistakes\\u2026. Ho hum.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Frankly, that ain\\u2019t going to happen. Therefore, we need new people in power. People who can understand that things are complicated. That the immediate Bioplausible and simplistic \\u2018answer\\u2019 is as likely to be wrong, as it is right. More likely in truth.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>We really need people to think better:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2018We have a crisis in medicine when it comes to understanding and appraising science. We do not teach this explicitly in medical schools, and it gets short shrift to mechanistic science. Our overemphasis on molecular mechanisms fuels the cognitive distortion that a reductionistic view is superior to empiricism<\\/em>*\\u2019&nbsp;<sup>2<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>*empiricism is the view that all concepts originate in experience, that all concepts are about or applicable to things that can be experienced, or that all rationally acceptable beliefs or propositions are justifiable or knowable only through experience.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Were there any examples of doing things better from which we could learn? In Sweden they did things differently \\u2013 at least from most of the rest of Europe. Anders Tegnell, the state epidemiologist (yes they have such a post) was the man who led the Swedish response. It was to bring in very few restrictions and make almost everything voluntary. Lockdown \\u2018lite\\u2019 if you like.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>He was ruthlessly attacked from all directions, but remained superficially calm. Although I imagine he felt most terribly bruised and battered inside.&nbsp;<em>TIME&nbsp;<\\/em>magazine ran a story about the Swedish response entitled&nbsp;<em>\\u2018The Swedish COVID-19 Response Is a Disaster. It Shouldn\\u2019t Be a Model for the Rest of the World.\\u2019<\\/em><sup>5<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>You don\\u2019t really need to read the article. The title makes it entirely clear what tone was adopted, and also what the conclusion was going to be. Sweden = death and mayhem, run for the hills. Frankly, I am amazed that the Swedish Government held firm in supporting him.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>At one point even the Swedish King, Carl XVI Gustaf \\u2018<em>Gustaf \\u2013 &nbsp;the eminent epidemiologist\\u2019<\\/em>&nbsp;as I believe he is also known \\u2013 had a pop at poor old Anders. But the Government did support Tegnell\\u2019s light touch strategy \\u2013 mostly. They held their nerve.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What was Anders thinking, the mad mass murdering fool? As he calmly stated in the British Medical Journal, after COVID19 deaths in Sweden had settled into the lower half of European figures. Not as good as some, better than most:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2026&nbsp;<\\/em>there is still disagreement among scientists about which measures are effective against the spread of infection<em>. \\u201cThis is what we are still struggling to understand: some measures work in some places, but it is difficult to see patterns.\\u201d<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u201cCountries that went through lockdowns are not doing that much better,\\u201d<sup>6<\\/sup><\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Yes, he is describing his OODA journey. Anders is still observing and attempting to orientate, but he cannot see what to do. He still believes that the evidence for severe lockdowns, and mask wearing, simply does not exist. To put it another way, he cannot yet decide what should be done. So, he isn\\u2019t doing it.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Good man. We need far more like Anders Tegnell, and less of those like the members of SAGE in the UK. Screaming blue bloody murder with threats of hundreds of thousands dying if WE DO NOT ACT NOW! The sky is falling, the sky is falling. OMCIRON will kill us all\\u2026&nbsp;<em>all<\\/em>&nbsp;I tell ee\\u2019. Beware the black spot Cap\\u2019n.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>We also need more people to be sceptical. To look at the science and the evidence. We need, quite frankly, to learn to think\\u2026 and grow up. Also, importantly, learn the incredibly difficult trick of doing nothing at all.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As they used to say in a UK advert. \\u2018<em>Nothing acts faster than Anadin<\\/em>&nbsp;(a painkiller)\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Solution\\u2026 take nothing<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>Nothing acts faster than a damn good lockdown<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Solution\\u2026do nothing<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Or, to quote the famous physician William Osler. \\u2018<em>One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.\\u2019<\\/em>&nbsp;I shall now leave you with two things to consider. The first is an open letter, written by Professor Ehud Qimron, head of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Tel Aviv University and one of the leading Israeli immunologists:<\\/p>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em><strong>Ministry of Health, it\\u2019s time to admit failure<\\/strong><\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>In the end, the truth will always be revealed, and the truth about the coronavirus policy is beginning to be revealed. When the destructive concepts collapse one by one, there is nothing left but to tell the experts who led the management of the pandemic \\u2013 we told you so.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>Two years late, you finally realize that a respiratory virus cannot be defeated and that any such attempt is doomed to fail. You do not admit it, because you have admitted almost no mistake in the last two years, but in retrospect it is clear that you have failed miserably in almost all of your actions, and even the media is already having a hard time covering your shame.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You refused to admit that the infection comes in waves that fade by themselves, despite years of observations and scientific knowledge. You insisted on attributing every decline of a wave solely to your actions, and so through false propaganda \\u201cyou overcame the plague.\\u201d And again, you defeated it, and again and again and again.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You refused to admit that mass testing is ineffective, despite your own contingency plans explicitly stating so (\\u201cPandemic Influenza Health System Preparedness Plan, 2007\\u201d, p. 26).<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You refused to admit that recovery is more protective than a vaccine, despite previous knowledge and observations showing that non-recovered vaccinated people are more likely to be infected than recovered people. You refused to admit that the vaccinated are contagious despite the observations. Based on this, you hoped to achieve herd immunity by vaccination \\u2014 and you failed in that as well.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You insisted on ignoring the fact that the disease is dozens of times more dangerous for risk groups and older adults, than for young people who are not in risk groups, despite the knowledge that came from China as early as 2020.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You refused to adopt the \\u201cBarrington Declaration\\u201d, signed by more than 60,000 scientists and medical professionals, or other common-sense programs. You chose to ridicule, slander, distort and discredit them. Instead of the right programs and people, you have chosen professionals who lack relevant training for pandemic management (physicists as chief government advisers, veterinarians, security officers, media personnel, and so on).<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You have not set up an effective system for reporting side effects from the vaccines, and reports on side effects have even been deleted from your Facebook page. Doctors avoid linking side effects to the vaccine, lest you persecute them as you did with some of their colleagues. You have ignored many reports of changes in menstrual intensity and menstrual cycle times. You hid data that allows for objective and proper research (for example, you removed the data on passengers at Ben Gurion Airport). Instead, you chose to publish non-objective articles together with senior Pfizer executives on the effectiveness and safety of vaccines.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>Irreversible damage to trust<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>However, from the heights of your hubris, you have also ignored the fact that in the end the truth will be revealed. And it begins to be revealed. The truth is that you have brought the public\\u2019s trust in you to an unprecedented low, and you have eroded your status as a source of authority. The truth is that you have burned hundreds of billions of shekels to no avail \\u2013 for publishing intimidation, for ineffective tests, for destructive lockdowns and for disrupting the routine of life in the last two years.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You have destroyed the education of our children and their future. You made children feel guilty, scared, smoke, drink, get addicted, drop out, and quarrel, as school principals around the country attest. You have harmed livelihoods, the economy, human rights, mental health and physical health.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You slandered colleagues who did not surrender to you, you turned the people against each other, divided society and polarized the discourse. You branded, without any scientific basis, people who chose not to get vaccinated as enemies of the public and as spreaders of disease. You promote, in an unprecedented way, a draconian policy of discrimination, denial of rights and selection of people, including children, for their medical choice. A selection that lacks any epidemiological justification.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>When you compare the destructive policies you are pursuing with the sane policies of some other countries \\u2014 you can clearly see that the destruction you have caused has only added victims beyond the vulnerable to the virus. The economy you ruined, the unemployed you caused, and the children whose education you destroyed \\u2014 they are the surplus victims as a result of your own actions only.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>There is currently no medical emergency, but you have been cultivating such a condition for two years now because of lust for power, budgets and control. The only emergency now is that you still set policies and hold huge budgets for propaganda and psychological engineering instead of directing them to strengthen the health care system.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>This emergency must stop!<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>Professor Udi Qimron, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University7<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<p>I suppose I should say that the opinions of Professor Udi Qimron are not necessarily those of the senior management of this blog. I, in exactly the same way as Google and Facebook (Sorry, Alphabet and Meta. \\u2018<em>As I was going to St Ives I meta man with seven wives\\u2019\\u2026 how many idiots were going to St Ives<\\/em>), and suchlike, am merely the repository for information, and articles. A warehouse if you like. I have no editorial control over content, so you cannot sue me for anything written.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Unfortunately, I am not rich enough to employ Fact Checkers and unleash them upon anyone who disagrees with me. Yet. You have been warned.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The second thing, that I shall leave you with, is the fact that doing nothing can be very rewarding, and sometimes pretty hard work. As outlined by this article in&nbsp;<em>The International Journal of Doing Very little<\\/em>:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018We\\u2019re busy doin\\u2019 nothin\\u2019<br \\/>Workin\\u2019 the whole day through<br \\/>Tryin\\u2019 to find lots of things not to do<br \\/>We\\u2019re busy goin\\u2019 nowhere<br \\/>Isn\\u2019t it just a crime<br \\/>We\\u2019d like to be unhappy, but<br \\/>We never do have the time,\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018I have to watch the river<br \\/>To see that it doesn\\u2019t stop<br \\/>And stick around the rosebuds<br \\/>So they\\u2019ll know when to pop<br \\/>And keep the crickets cheerful<br \\/>They\\u2019re really a solemn bunch<br \\/>Hustle, bustle<br \\/>And only an hour for lunch.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>La-la-la-la-la-la<br \\/>La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la<br \\/>La-la-la-la-la-la<br \\/>La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018We\\u2019re busy doin\\u2019 nothin\\u2019<br \\/>Workin\\u2019 the whole day through<br \\/>Tryin\\u2019 to find lots of things not to do<br \\/>We\\u2019re busy goin\\u2019 nowhere<br \\/>Isn\\u2019t it just a crime<br \\/>We\\u2019d like to be unhappy, but<br \\/>We never do have the time.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018I have to wake the Sun up<br \\/>He\\u2019s liable to sleep all day<br \\/>And then inspect the rainbows<br \\/>So they\\u2019ll be bright and gay<br \\/>I must rehearse the songbirds<br \\/>To see that they sing in key<br \\/>Hustle, bustle<br \\/>And never a moment free.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018We\\u2019re busy doin\\u2019 nothin\\u2019<br \\/>Workin\\u2019 the whole day through<br \\/>Tryin\\u2019 to find lots of things not to do<br \\/>We\\u2019re busy going nowhere<br \\/>Isn\\u2019t it just a crime<br \\/>We\\u2019d like to be unhappy, but<br \\/>We never do have the time.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018I have to meet a turtle<br \\/>I\\u2019m teachin\\u2019 him how to swim<br \\/>Then I have to shine the dewdrops<br \\/>You know they\\u2019re looking rather dim<br \\/>I told my friend, the robin<br \\/>I\\u2019d buy him a brand-new vest<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Hustle, bustle<br \\/>We never do have<br \\/>We never do have<br \\/>We never do, never do<br \\/>Never do, never do, never do have the time<br \\/>Never do have the time.\\u2019<sup>8<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>And if that don\\u2019t cheer you up, nothing will. 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MALCOLM KENDRICK (2)\",\"alias\":\"don-t-just-do-something-stand-there-dr-malcolm-kendrick-2\",\"introtext\":\"<header id=\\\"masthead\\\" class=\\\"site-header\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/drmalcolmkendrick.org\\/\\\"><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/drmalcolmkendrick.files.wordpress.com\\/2015\\/07\\/drmk-blog-header.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"header-image\\\" \\/><\\/a><\\/header>\\r\\n<div id=\\\"main\\\" class=\\\"wrapper\\\">\\r\\n<section id=\\\"primary\\\" class=\\\"site-content\\\">\\r\\n<div id=\\\"content\\\" role=\\\"main\\\"><header class=\\\"archive-header\\\">\\r\\n<h1 class=\\\"archive-title\\\">AUTHOR ARCHIVES:&nbsp;<span class=\\\"vcard\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/drmalcolmkendrick.org\\/author\\/drmalcolmkendrick\\/\\\" rel=\\\"me\\\" class=\\\"url fn n\\\" title=\\\"Dr. Malcolm Kendrick\\\">DR. MALCOLM KENDRICK<\\/a><\\/span><\\/h1>\\r\\n<\\/header>\\r\\n<div class=\\\"author-info\\\">\\r\\n<div class=\\\"author-description\\\">\\r\\n<h2>About Dr. Malcolm Kendrick<\\/h2>\\r\\n<p>Malcolm Kendrick is a Scottish doctor and author of The Great Cholesterol Con (2008). He has been a general practitioner for over 25 years and has worked with the European Society of Cardiology.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<article id=\\\"post-10944\\\" class=\\\"post-10944 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-covid-19\\\"><header class=\\\"entry-header\\\">\\r\\n<h1 class=\\\"entry-title\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/drmalcolmkendrick.org\\/2022\\/01\\/14\\/dont-just-do-something-stand-there\\/\\\" rel=\\\"bookmark\\\">Don\\u2019t just do something, stand&nbsp;there!<\\/a><\\/h1>\\r\\n<\\/header><\\/article>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<\\/section>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<p>106 Replies<br \\/>14th January 2022<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>A few months ago, I resolved not to write anything more about COVID19. I was having zero apparent effect on anything, or anybody, and I was just getting increasingly despondent at the destruction of science, debate, logic, humanity, personal freedoms \\u2026 life.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>However, my New Years resolution was to not have any more resolutions. Which lead to an almost inescapable logic loop from which I have only just managed to extricate myself.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In truth, I believe that I still have a few things left to say about COVID19 that may be useful in stopping some of the most egregious nonsense being repeated. [Fat chance, says the little man on my shoulder].<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What I am about to write, I have written about before, in various different guises. However, I think it is worth going back over some old ground again. Hopefully in a more effective manner.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In this blog what I want to do is to look at how we think about a few things, primarily in medicine, and medical science. To try and highlight how some repeated flaws in thought have influenced the reaction to COVID19.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>I hope that by doing this, it may help to prevent some us travelling down the terribly well-worn \\u2018<em>paths of pointlessness\\u2019&nbsp;<\\/em>again. Or, at least, to get people to stop and question<em>&nbsp;how<\\/em>&nbsp;they are thinking, before throwing themselves into the fray.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>To begin.<\\/p>\\r\\n\",\"fulltext\":\"\\r\\n<p>What I saw happening with COVID19 is a pattern that repeats in medicine over and over again:<\\/p>\\r\\n<ul>\\r\\n<li>We have a serious illness \\u2013&nbsp;<em>panic<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Something must be done \\u2013&nbsp;<em>grab the pitchforks, run about screaming<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>An influential person, or organisation, grabs the initiative \\u2013 \\u2018<em>\\u2018experts\\u2019 move in.\\u2019<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>I\\/We know what to do, you must follow me\\/us \\u2013&nbsp;<em>simple idea +<\\/em>&nbsp;<em>soothing<\\/em>&nbsp;<em>paternalism<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Frightened people latch onto their ideas \\u2013&nbsp;<em>two legs good, four legs bad<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>A path is chosen \\u2013&nbsp;<em>along the side of a cliff<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Momentum builds \\u2013&nbsp;<em>the unstoppable charge of the light brigade<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Those who object to the path taken are crushed \\u2013&nbsp;<em>1984<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<\\/ul>\\r\\n<p>Fast forward a few decades\\u2026 \\u2018<em>Oh, it seems that the thing we always do as standard medical practice\\u2026 Turns out it does more harm than good<\\/em>.\\u2019 See under: removal of toxic colon, the radical mastectomy, strict bed rest following a heart attack, cutting teeth, use of radium water, plombage, mercury for syphilis, pre-frontal lobotomy etc.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Of course, this pattern is not true of every medical intervention, not by any manner of means. Sometimes the influential person, or organisation, promotes the best course of action. This has been known to happen from time to time\\u2026 believe it or not. In addition, medical practice does eventually auto-correct \\u2013 and ends up doing the right thing. Almost always. We no longer remove toxic colons to cure female neurosis.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>But what never, ever, seems to happen is OODA. Defined as \\u2018<em>a practical concept designed to function as the foundation of rational thinking in confusing or chaotic situation\\u2019<\\/em>.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>OODA stands for. \\u2018<em>Observe, Orient, Decide Act<\\/em>.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>It was developed by the Air Force Colonel, John Boyd.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What John Boyd taught was simple. If you don\\u2019t know what is going on, do&nbsp;<em>not<\\/em>&nbsp;make immediate decisions. First, work out what is happening, then orientate yourself \\u2013 before you decide what to do. That way you avoid most, if not all, stupid mistakes. For many years, without knowing anything of OODA my own medical strategy has tended towards \\u2018<em>don\\u2019t just do something, stand there.<\\/em>\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Unfortunately, the medical profession has always battled ferociously against doing nothing. It has always greatly favoured the \\u2018<em>You must do something, anything, I don\\u2019t care what it is so long as it sounds like a good idea<\\/em>.&nbsp;<em>Chaaarge!<\\/em>\\u2019 Strategy.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This, the \\u2018<em>do something strategy\\u2019<\\/em>, has always proven far more seductive, and almost always wins. It is easier to attract followers to do something, than to than to do nothing. Why not whack a hole in the skull and split the brain apart to cure various mental diseases? Why not\\u2026 indeed. Ah yes, the good old pre-frontal lobotomy.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><strong>A.N. Other doctor:<\\/strong>&nbsp;<em>\\u2018If you do nothing people will surely die. You cannot just stand there doing nothing.<\\/em>\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><strong>Me:<\\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \\u2018<em>But what if those things we do end up causing more damage, or killing more people?\\u2019<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Many years ago, my father said to me. \\u2018<em>You will always be blamed for failures of omission, rath than commission.<\\/em>\\u2019 At the time I was young, &nbsp;I knew everything, and thought he was talking rubbish. In truth I didn\\u2019t really understand his point. Now that I know that\\u2026 I know nothing, I fully understand how profound his comment was. I wish I had listened to him more.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Yes, doing something will always be looked on in a positive light. Effort has been made, decisions have been taken, activity carried out. In medicine this is reflected in a comment that I have had directed at me, from time to time. \\u2018<em>At least you tried, doctor<\\/em>.\\u2019 Well, seeing as they are now dead, my efforts achieved very little. But thanks anyway.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In addition, if you do nothing, you can be accused of laziness, of being uncaring. You just stood there and watched them suffer, even die. You cruel swine. I see this overwhelming urge to do something, anything, in the person who cannot swim, jumping into a river to try and save their dog from drowning.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What exactly did they think they were going to achieve? Oh well, at least they tried, you may say. No\\u2026 they were stupid. They drowned along with their dog. But who can stand on the riverbank watching their dog die?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Well, me, actually.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This also moves into the area of survival guilt. How am I still alive when others have died? Better to die trying than to have done nothing? It all further wraps round into it the almost irresistible urge to be seen to be doing something. I think it is hard-wired into our psyche. We must fight to protect those in our tribe and be seen to be doing it. Chop, chop, busy, busy, work, work, bang, bang&nbsp;<sup>1<\\/sup>. &nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>I am, however, reminded of the philosophy behind recruitment to the German army in the good old days \\u2013 as recounted to me. Men were divided in to four categories:<\\/p>\\r\\n<ul>\\r\\n<li>Intelligent and lazy<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Intelligent and hardworking<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Stupid and lazy<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Stupid and hardworking<\\/li>\\r\\n<\\/ul>\\r\\n<p>At which point<\\/p>\\r\\n<ul>\\r\\n<li>Intelligent and lazy men were taken for officer training<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Intelligent and hardworking men were turned into NCOs (non-commissioned officers)<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Stupid and lazy men became privates \\u2013 squaddies, to use the UK vernacular<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Those who were both stupid, and hardworking, were taken out and shot, before they could do too much damage<\\/li>\\r\\n<\\/ul>\\r\\n<p>Doing things, doing things, doing things. We place great value on it. Too much.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As Kurt Vonnegut Jnr noted in Cat\\u2019s Cradle:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u201cWe do, doodley do, doodley do, doodely do,<\\/em><br \\/><em>What we must, muddily must, muddily must, muddily must;<\\/em><br \\/><em>Muddily do, muddily do, muddily do, muddily do,<\\/em><br \\/><em>Until we bust, bodily bust, bodily bust, bodily bust.\\u201d<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Of course, if there are things to be done, they should be done. But that does not mean we should rush around doing stuff, just because it seems better than doing nothing. Here is what Vinay Prasad has to say in his blog \\u2018<em>Will science do better post COVID19?\\u2019<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2018When faced with a pandemic, we re-treated to all the old delusions. Bioplausibilty was sacrosanct\\u2014 that\\u2019s why #maskswork! We can\\u2019t run RCTs\\u2014 these are parachutes.&nbsp;<strong>Doing something is always better than doing nothing!<\\/strong>&nbsp;More is better than less! Keep boosting, young man!! Newer is better than older. Disease bad; treatments good. Bad people (John Ioannidis) are always wrong (never mind, that a year ago we all thought he was brilliant).\\u2019<\\/em>&nbsp;<sup>2<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The additional problem with doing things is that, once you have started doing them, it becomes damned difficult to stop again. After you have decided to blow four hundred billion pounds on lockdown, or thereabouts, then you are pretty much stuck with it. Or else, you are going to look pretty stupid. \\u2018<em>Sorry, ahem, I seem to have wasted a teensy bit of money<\\/em>.&nbsp;<em>Sorry, my mistake.<\\/em>\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>If everyone is ordered to wear a mask, on pain of death, you are stuck with that too. Back pedalling from instant decisions is very, very, difficult. For the scientists and politicians involved you cannot be seen to have been wrong. Reputations&nbsp;<em>must<\\/em>&nbsp;be protected.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>At which point, vast amounts of time and effort are expended in trying to batter down anyone who dares to suggest that we rushed into doing things that were completely pointless, even damaging. Science then becomes twisted and bent to justify the errors made. Those in power must retain power. The narrative must be supported:<\\/p>\\r\\n<ul>\\r\\n<li>COVID19 is really, really deadly<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Lockdowns really, really, work<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Masks really, really, work<\\/li>\\r\\n<\\/ul>\\r\\n<p>If you question these narratives, people will demand an answer to this rhetorical question. Do you want people to die! (That\\u2019s always an effective weapon). The correct answer to this question by the way, is usually no \\u2013 although I am willing to make exceptions.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The other terrible flaw in thinking here, especially in medicine, was also mentioned by Vinay Prasad. It is Bioplausibility. Often closely associated with fast thinking a.k.a. jumping to conclusions, because they just seem right.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Masks, indeed, must surely work. Because? Because they prevent the virus from spreading. In fact, masks represent an almost perfect example of bioplausibility a.k.a. sheer common sense. No-one can argue against using them. If you do, your arguments must be pure sophistry, or simply nonsense.&nbsp;<em>\\u2019You do not understand science<\\/em>.\\u2019 That\\u2019s a good one, I get that a lot.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2018I think you will find it is not I that fails to understand science.\\u2019<\\/em>&nbsp;I think to myself. But I don\\u2019t say it, because it makes you sound like a prat.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Let me remind you of a time when, after a heart attack you had to rest in bed doing nothing for six weeks. The heart has been damaged and must be given a chance to rest. Yes, perfect Bioplausibility, believed by virtually everyone. To question it was to be cast into the outer darkness.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>It is now known that the worst thing you can possibly do is to enforce strict bed rest post heart attack. This advice, in place from 1912 to about 1960(ish), killed tens of millions. Maybe hundreds of millions.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As for masks \\u2013 the sort of masks worn by almost everyone.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2018The use of cloth facemasks in community settings has become an accepted public policy response to decrease disease transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet evidence of facemask efficacy is based primarily on observational studies that are subject to confounding and on mechanistic studies that rely on surrogate endpoints (such as droplet dispersion) as proxies for disease transmission.&nbsp;<strong>The available clinical evidence of facemask efficacy is of low quality and the best available clinical evidence has mostly failed to show efficacy<\\/strong>, with fourteen of sixteen identified randomized controlled trials comparing face masks to no mask controls failing to find statistically significant benefit in the intent<\\/em><em>\\u2010\\u200bto<\\/em><em>\\u2010\\u200btreat populations. Of sixteen quantitative meta<\\/em><em>\\u2010\\u200banalyses, eight were equivocal or critical as to whether evidence supports a public recommendation of masks, and the remaining eight supported a public mask intervention on limited evidence primarily on the basis of the precautionary principle.&nbsp;<strong>Although weak evidence should not preclude precautionary actions in the face of unprecedented events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, ethical principles require that the strength of the evidence and best estimates of amount of benefit be truthfully communicated to the public.<\\/strong><\\/em><strong>\\u2019<\\/strong><sup>3<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>How can masks possibly fail to work?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Well, unfortunately, our brains work one way, and the world often works in quite another way. As does, therefore, science. For centuries people thought that heavier than air flight would only be possible if you flapped things that looked very like wings. Why, because birds and bats were the only flying things people had ever seen flying [apart from lemmings] and they mostly flapped about like mad \\u2013 using wings.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Except that, if you looked closely, they didn\\u2019t \\u2013 not really. If you thought flapping was the key to flight, you were not really looking. An albatross can stay aloft for hours, gliding above the waves, using the wind and updrafts, and barely moving its wings at all.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Yet, and yet, no-one was able to see this. When I say \\u2018see\\u2019 this I mean \\u2013 look beyond the obvious, in your face, flappy stuff. Observe properly, deeply, to really understand what you are looking at \\u2013 in this case aerodynamics. Eventually, of course, some people did. Et voila, the Wright Brothers.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>With masks\\u2026 Yes, it is both true, and self-evident, that a mask stops droplets being catapulted across a room after a cough or sneeze, or suchlike. So, they must stop spread\\u2026mustn\\u2019t they? I mean, you can even see it working in slow motion videos. A man coughs in London, virus ends up in New York \\u2013 or something. Ah, the dreaded Bioplausibility\\u2026 that can also be visualised. Double bubble.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>But a mask can also turn droplets into an aerosol by breaking the droplet down into far smaller particles. Particles will float in the air for longer, and thus be inhaled for longer. Possibly, probably<sup>4<\\/sup>. You didn\\u2019t think of that, did you?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>A mask can also become damp and keep viral particles viable for longer. Once discarded \\u2013 as many masks are \\u2013 they represent receptacles for viruses and can spread disease when picked up. What happens when masks are used and used, and re-used? As they often are. Superspreading here we come. Blowing viral particles out of a wet mask.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As a wise man also said. Using cloth masks to prevent viral spread it like trying to pick up sand with a tennis racket. Virus particle size \\u2018x\\u2019. Holes in mask size 1000x.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>A mask can also mean that people stand closer to each other than they otherwise would. A mask may, simply, never had had a chance to work at all. After all, we breathe in and breathe out the same amount of air whilst wearing a mask than not.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>If there is virus in floating in the air, we are still going to breathe it in, and out. Masks do not stop us breathing, and the air has to come from somewhere. Unless masks act as a type of black hole, trapping, then transporting viral particles from here into another universe\\u2026 I\\u2019m not putting much money on that hypothesis.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Some months ago, I wrote about the last people to be infected with smallpox. In one hospital, in Germany, a patient with smallpox was being treated on the ground floor. The patient in the room above, and then the room above that, become infected. Which means that viral particles must have got out the window, drifted upwards and infected those above.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Which just gives you some idea of how few viral particles were needed to spread a disease that was, up to that time, not even believed to spread through the air. No droplets required.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Early on, with COVID19 it was noted that ferrets could be infected with the virus. So, researchers put one ferret in a cage, with another ferret above with a solid barrier between them. The one below was infected with COVD19.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The only route for COVID19 to travel from one ferret to the other was through a tube that bent through ninety degrees, bent again to go upwards through the barrier, then across, and back round through ninety degrees<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In essence, this tube was specifically designed to ensure that droplet spread was impossible. As droplets cannot go round corners, travel upwards, turn another ninety degrees\\u2026 and suchlike.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Despite this, all of the uninfected ferrets became, very rapidly, infected. Conclusion \\u2013 COVID19 can travel and infect through aerosol spread. Secondary conclusion \\u2013 masks cannot stop this. At least not the sort of masks that virtually everyone wears, and then re-uses.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Of course, there are masks that you can use to prevent the spread of viral particles. But they have to be airtight, they have to have filters. They are uncomfortable to wear for any length of time, and they need to be changed regularly. They also prevent a great deal of communication, as people hard of hearing will tell you. Oh yes, there are serious downsides to mask wearing.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>I only focus on masks here to make the point that masks appear totally \\u2018Bioplausible\\u2019. If, that is, you don\\u2019t think about all the issues too deeply. Also, getting everyone to wear masks represents doing \\u2018something.\\u2019 Doing something, especially something visible, is always better than doing nothing.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Yes\\u2026 doing something, anything, and Bioplausibility. Two bear traps in human thought. Traps that seem impossible to eradicate.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>There is another, major trap, which is the urge to draw ourselves into tribes. Then attack and attempt destroy anyone who does not agree with us. Humiliate and silence. Turn the \\u2018other\\u2019 into someone with evil intent. I am not getting into this in any depth here. We have all seen too much of it. The terrible seductive pleasure of righteous anger. Which so easily flips into hatred.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As also mentioned by Vinay Prasad.&nbsp;<em>Bad people (John Ioannidis) are always wrong (never mind, that a year ago we all thought he was brilliant).\\u2019<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As we all know, it is not just Ioannidis who is attacked. Dare to breathe one word of caution about vaccines and you become&nbsp;<em>\\u2018dirty anti-vaxxer scum. You deserve to lose your job. Ha!\\u2019<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This is no way for humans to act towards each other. Crush debate, silence those who dare to think differently. Bring in the Spanish Inquisition a.k.a. fact checkers. All bought and paid for by those who have vested interests in obliterating the opposition, of course.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><strong>Question:<\\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When is a fact checker not a fact checker?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><strong>Answer:<\\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When they are called a fact checker. [Especially if they work for a company that used to begin with Face and ended in Book. Or Witterpedia]<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Also Meta\\u2026as in, I meta &nbsp;\\u2018n\\u2019 idiot \\u2013 who think it\\u2019s okay to silence anyone they disagree with, and claim this is science. Spare me.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Anyway, what do we do next time? How do we do better? How do we think better? Well, I suppose that first of all you have to get those in power to accept that they made mistakes\\u2026. Ho hum.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Frankly, that ain\\u2019t going to happen. Therefore, we need new people in power. People who can understand that things are complicated. That the immediate Bioplausible and simplistic \\u2018answer\\u2019 is as likely to be wrong, as it is right. More likely in truth.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>We really need people to think better:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2018We have a crisis in medicine when it comes to understanding and appraising science. We do not teach this explicitly in medical schools, and it gets short shrift to mechanistic science. Our overemphasis on molecular mechanisms fuels the cognitive distortion that a reductionistic view is superior to empiricism<\\/em>*\\u2019&nbsp;<sup>2<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>*empiricism is the view that all concepts originate in experience, that all concepts are about or applicable to things that can be experienced, or that all rationally acceptable beliefs or propositions are justifiable or knowable only through experience.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Were there any examples of doing things better from which we could learn? In Sweden they did things differently \\u2013 at least from most of the rest of Europe. Anders Tegnell, the state epidemiologist (yes they have such a post) was the man who led the Swedish response. It was to bring in very few restrictions and make almost everything voluntary. Lockdown \\u2018lite\\u2019 if you like.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>He was ruthlessly attacked from all directions, but remained superficially calm. Although I imagine he felt most terribly bruised and battered inside.&nbsp;<em>TIME&nbsp;<\\/em>magazine ran a story about the Swedish response entitled&nbsp;<em>\\u2018The Swedish COVID-19 Response Is a Disaster. It Shouldn\\u2019t Be a Model for the Rest of the World.\\u2019<\\/em><sup>5<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>You don\\u2019t really need to read the article. The title makes it entirely clear what tone was adopted, and also what the conclusion was going to be. Sweden = death and mayhem, run for the hills. Frankly, I am amazed that the Swedish Government held firm in supporting him.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>At one point even the Swedish King, Carl XVI Gustaf \\u2018<em>Gustaf \\u2013 &nbsp;the eminent epidemiologist\\u2019<\\/em>&nbsp;as I believe he is also known \\u2013 had a pop at poor old Anders. But the Government did support Tegnell\\u2019s light touch strategy \\u2013 mostly. They held their nerve.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What was Anders thinking, the mad mass murdering fool? As he calmly stated in the British Medical Journal, after COVID19 deaths in Sweden had settled into the lower half of European figures. Not as good as some, better than most:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2026&nbsp;<\\/em>there is still disagreement among scientists about which measures are effective against the spread of infection<em>. \\u201cThis is what we are still struggling to understand: some measures work in some places, but it is difficult to see patterns.\\u201d<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u201cCountries that went through lockdowns are not doing that much better,\\u201d<sup>6<\\/sup><\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Yes, he is describing his OODA journey. Anders is still observing and attempting to orientate, but he cannot see what to do. He still believes that the evidence for severe lockdowns, and mask wearing, simply does not exist. To put it another way, he cannot yet decide what should be done. So, he isn\\u2019t doing it.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Good man. We need far more like Anders Tegnell, and less of those like the members of SAGE in the UK. Screaming blue bloody murder with threats of hundreds of thousands dying if WE DO NOT ACT NOW! The sky is falling, the sky is falling. OMCIRON will kill us all\\u2026&nbsp;<em>all<\\/em>&nbsp;I tell ee\\u2019. Beware the black spot Cap\\u2019n.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>We also need more people to be sceptical. To look at the science and the evidence. We need, quite frankly, to learn to think\\u2026 and grow up. Also, importantly, learn the incredibly difficult trick of doing nothing at all.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As they used to say in a UK advert. \\u2018<em>Nothing acts faster than Anadin<\\/em>&nbsp;(a painkiller)\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Solution\\u2026 take nothing<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>Nothing acts faster than a damn good lockdown<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Solution\\u2026do nothing<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Or, to quote the famous physician William Osler. \\u2018<em>One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.\\u2019<\\/em>&nbsp;I shall now leave you with two things to consider. The first is an open letter, written by Professor Ehud Qimron, head of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Tel Aviv University and one of the leading Israeli immunologists:<\\/p>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em><strong>Ministry of Health, it\\u2019s time to admit failure<\\/strong><\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>In the end, the truth will always be revealed, and the truth about the coronavirus policy is beginning to be revealed. When the destructive concepts collapse one by one, there is nothing left but to tell the experts who led the management of the pandemic \\u2013 we told you so.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>Two years late, you finally realize that a respiratory virus cannot be defeated and that any such attempt is doomed to fail. You do not admit it, because you have admitted almost no mistake in the last two years, but in retrospect it is clear that you have failed miserably in almost all of your actions, and even the media is already having a hard time covering your shame.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You refused to admit that the infection comes in waves that fade by themselves, despite years of observations and scientific knowledge. You insisted on attributing every decline of a wave solely to your actions, and so through false propaganda \\u201cyou overcame the plague.\\u201d And again, you defeated it, and again and again and again.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You refused to admit that mass testing is ineffective, despite your own contingency plans explicitly stating so (\\u201cPandemic Influenza Health System Preparedness Plan, 2007\\u201d, p. 26).<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You refused to admit that recovery is more protective than a vaccine, despite previous knowledge and observations showing that non-recovered vaccinated people are more likely to be infected than recovered people. You refused to admit that the vaccinated are contagious despite the observations. Based on this, you hoped to achieve herd immunity by vaccination \\u2014 and you failed in that as well.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You insisted on ignoring the fact that the disease is dozens of times more dangerous for risk groups and older adults, than for young people who are not in risk groups, despite the knowledge that came from China as early as 2020.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You refused to adopt the \\u201cBarrington Declaration\\u201d, signed by more than 60,000 scientists and medical professionals, or other common-sense programs. You chose to ridicule, slander, distort and discredit them. Instead of the right programs and people, you have chosen professionals who lack relevant training for pandemic management (physicists as chief government advisers, veterinarians, security officers, media personnel, and so on).<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You have not set up an effective system for reporting side effects from the vaccines, and reports on side effects have even been deleted from your Facebook page. Doctors avoid linking side effects to the vaccine, lest you persecute them as you did with some of their colleagues. You have ignored many reports of changes in menstrual intensity and menstrual cycle times. You hid data that allows for objective and proper research (for example, you removed the data on passengers at Ben Gurion Airport). Instead, you chose to publish non-objective articles together with senior Pfizer executives on the effectiveness and safety of vaccines.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>Irreversible damage to trust<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>However, from the heights of your hubris, you have also ignored the fact that in the end the truth will be revealed. And it begins to be revealed. The truth is that you have brought the public\\u2019s trust in you to an unprecedented low, and you have eroded your status as a source of authority. The truth is that you have burned hundreds of billions of shekels to no avail \\u2013 for publishing intimidation, for ineffective tests, for destructive lockdowns and for disrupting the routine of life in the last two years.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You have destroyed the education of our children and their future. You made children feel guilty, scared, smoke, drink, get addicted, drop out, and quarrel, as school principals around the country attest. You have harmed livelihoods, the economy, human rights, mental health and physical health.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You slandered colleagues who did not surrender to you, you turned the people against each other, divided society and polarized the discourse. You branded, without any scientific basis, people who chose not to get vaccinated as enemies of the public and as spreaders of disease. You promote, in an unprecedented way, a draconian policy of discrimination, denial of rights and selection of people, including children, for their medical choice. A selection that lacks any epidemiological justification.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>When you compare the destructive policies you are pursuing with the sane policies of some other countries \\u2014 you can clearly see that the destruction you have caused has only added victims beyond the vulnerable to the virus. The economy you ruined, the unemployed you caused, and the children whose education you destroyed \\u2014 they are the surplus victims as a result of your own actions only.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>There is currently no medical emergency, but you have been cultivating such a condition for two years now because of lust for power, budgets and control. The only emergency now is that you still set policies and hold huge budgets for propaganda and psychological engineering instead of directing them to strengthen the health care system.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>This emergency must stop!<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>Professor Udi Qimron, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University7<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<p>I suppose I should say that the opinions of Professor Udi Qimron are not necessarily those of the senior management of this blog. I, in exactly the same way as Google and Facebook (Sorry, Alphabet and Meta. \\u2018<em>As I was going to St Ives I meta man with seven wives\\u2019\\u2026 how many idiots were going to St Ives<\\/em>), and suchlike, am merely the repository for information, and articles. A warehouse if you like. I have no editorial control over content, so you cannot sue me for anything written.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Unfortunately, I am not rich enough to employ Fact Checkers and unleash them upon anyone who disagrees with me. Yet. You have been warned.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The second thing, that I shall leave you with, is the fact that doing nothing can be very rewarding, and sometimes pretty hard work. As outlined by this article in&nbsp;<em>The International Journal of Doing Very little<\\/em>:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018We\\u2019re busy doin\\u2019 nothin\\u2019<br \\/>Workin\\u2019 the whole day through<br \\/>Tryin\\u2019 to find lots of things not to do<br \\/>We\\u2019re busy goin\\u2019 nowhere<br \\/>Isn\\u2019t it just a crime<br \\/>We\\u2019d like to be unhappy, but<br \\/>We never do have the time,\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018I have to watch the river<br \\/>To see that it doesn\\u2019t stop<br \\/>And stick around the rosebuds<br \\/>So they\\u2019ll know when to pop<br \\/>And keep the crickets cheerful<br \\/>They\\u2019re really a solemn bunch<br \\/>Hustle, bustle<br \\/>And only an hour for lunch.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>La-la-la-la-la-la<br \\/>La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la<br \\/>La-la-la-la-la-la<br \\/>La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018We\\u2019re busy doin\\u2019 nothin\\u2019<br \\/>Workin\\u2019 the whole day through<br \\/>Tryin\\u2019 to find lots of things not to do<br \\/>We\\u2019re busy goin\\u2019 nowhere<br \\/>Isn\\u2019t it just a crime<br \\/>We\\u2019d like to be unhappy, but<br \\/>We never do have the time.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018I have to wake the Sun up<br \\/>He\\u2019s liable to sleep all day<br \\/>And then inspect the rainbows<br \\/>So they\\u2019ll be bright and gay<br \\/>I must rehearse the songbirds<br \\/>To see that they sing in key<br \\/>Hustle, bustle<br \\/>And never a moment free.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018We\\u2019re busy doin\\u2019 nothin\\u2019<br \\/>Workin\\u2019 the whole day through<br \\/>Tryin\\u2019 to find lots of things not to do<br \\/>We\\u2019re busy going nowhere<br \\/>Isn\\u2019t it just a crime<br \\/>We\\u2019d like to be unhappy, but<br \\/>We never do have the time.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018I have to meet a turtle<br \\/>I\\u2019m teachin\\u2019 him how to swim<br \\/>Then I have to shine the dewdrops<br \\/>You know they\\u2019re looking rather dim<br \\/>I told my friend, the robin<br \\/>I\\u2019d buy him a brand-new vest<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Hustle, bustle<br \\/>We never do have<br \\/>We never do have<br \\/>We never do, never do<br \\/>Never do, never do, never do have the time<br \\/>Never do have the time.\\u2019<sup>8<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>And if that don\\u2019t cheer you up, nothing will. 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MALCOLM KENDRICK (2)\",\"alias\":\"don-t-just-do-something-stand-there-dr-malcolm-kendrick-2\",\"introtext\":\"<header id=\\\"masthead\\\" class=\\\"site-header\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/drmalcolmkendrick.org\\/\\\"><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/drmalcolmkendrick.files.wordpress.com\\/2015\\/07\\/drmk-blog-header.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"header-image\\\" \\/><\\/a><\\/header>\\r\\n<div id=\\\"main\\\" class=\\\"wrapper\\\">\\r\\n<section id=\\\"primary\\\" class=\\\"site-content\\\">\\r\\n<div id=\\\"content\\\" role=\\\"main\\\"><header class=\\\"archive-header\\\">\\r\\n<h1 class=\\\"archive-title\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt;\\\">AUTHOR ARCHIVES:&nbsp;<span class=\\\"vcard\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/drmalcolmkendrick.org\\/author\\/drmalcolmkendrick\\/\\\" rel=\\\"me\\\" class=\\\"url fn n\\\" title=\\\"Dr. Malcolm Kendrick\\\">DR. MALCOLM KENDRICK<\\/a><\\/span><\\/span><\\/h1>\\r\\n<\\/header>\\r\\n<div class=\\\"author-info\\\">\\r\\n<div class=\\\"author-description\\\">\\r\\n<p>Malcolm Kendrick is a Scottish doctor and author of The Great Cholesterol Con (2008). He has been a general practitioner for over 25 years and has worked with the European Society of Cardiology.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<article id=\\\"post-10944\\\" class=\\\"post-10944 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-covid-19\\\"><header class=\\\"entry-header\\\">\\r\\n<h1 class=\\\"entry-title\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/drmalcolmkendrick.org\\/2022\\/01\\/14\\/dont-just-do-something-stand-there\\/\\\" rel=\\\"bookmark\\\">Don\\u2019t just do something, stand&nbsp;there!<\\/a><\\/h1>\\r\\n<\\/header><\\/article>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<\\/section>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<p>14th January 2022<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>A few months ago, I resolved not to write anything more about COVID19. I was having zero apparent effect on anything, or anybody, and I was just getting increasingly despondent at the destruction of science, debate, logic, humanity, personal freedoms \\u2026 life.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>However, my New Years resolution was to not have any more resolutions. Which lead to an almost inescapable logic loop from which I have only just managed to extricate myself.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In truth, I believe that I still have a few things left to say about COVID19 that may be useful in stopping some of the most egregious nonsense being repeated. [Fat chance, says the little man on my shoulder].<\\/p>\\r\\n\",\"fulltext\":\"\\r\\n<p>What I am about to write, I have written about before, in various different guises. However, I think it is worth going back over some old ground again. Hopefully in a more effective manner.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In this blog what I want to do is to look at how we think about a few things, primarily in medicine, and medical science. To try and highlight how some repeated flaws in thought have influenced the reaction to COVID19.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>I hope that by doing this, it may help to prevent some us travelling down the terribly well-worn \\u2018<em>paths of pointlessness\\u2019&nbsp;<\\/em>again. Or, at least, to get people to stop and question<em>&nbsp;how<\\/em>&nbsp;they are thinking, before throwing themselves into the fray.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>To begin.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What I saw happening with COVID19 is a pattern that repeats in medicine over and over again:<\\/p>\\r\\n<ul>\\r\\n<li>We have a serious illness \\u2013&nbsp;<em>panic<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Something must be done \\u2013&nbsp;<em>grab the pitchforks, run about screaming<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>An influential person, or organisation, grabs the initiative \\u2013 \\u2018<em>\\u2018experts\\u2019 move in.\\u2019<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>I\\/We know what to do, you must follow me\\/us \\u2013&nbsp;<em>simple idea +<\\/em>&nbsp;<em>soothing<\\/em>&nbsp;<em>paternalism<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Frightened people latch onto their ideas \\u2013&nbsp;<em>two legs good, four legs bad<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>A path is chosen \\u2013&nbsp;<em>along the side of a cliff<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Momentum builds \\u2013&nbsp;<em>the unstoppable charge of the light brigade<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Those who object to the path taken are crushed \\u2013&nbsp;<em>1984<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<\\/ul>\\r\\n<p>Fast forward a few decades\\u2026 \\u2018<em>Oh, it seems that the thing we always do as standard medical practice\\u2026 Turns out it does more harm than good<\\/em>.\\u2019 See under: removal of toxic colon, the radical mastectomy, strict bed rest following a heart attack, cutting teeth, use of radium water, plombage, mercury for syphilis, pre-frontal lobotomy etc.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Of course, this pattern is not true of every medical intervention, not by any manner of means. Sometimes the influential person, or organisation, promotes the best course of action. This has been known to happen from time to time\\u2026 believe it or not. In addition, medical practice does eventually auto-correct \\u2013 and ends up doing the right thing. Almost always. We no longer remove toxic colons to cure female neurosis.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>But what never, ever, seems to happen is OODA. Defined as \\u2018<em>a practical concept designed to function as the foundation of rational thinking in confusing or chaotic situation\\u2019<\\/em>.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>OODA stands for. \\u2018<em>Observe, Orient, Decide Act<\\/em>.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>It was developed by the Air Force Colonel, John Boyd.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What John Boyd taught was simple. If you don\\u2019t know what is going on, do&nbsp;<em>not<\\/em>&nbsp;make immediate decisions. First, work out what is happening, then orientate yourself \\u2013 before you decide what to do. That way you avoid most, if not all, stupid mistakes. For many years, without knowing anything of OODA my own medical strategy has tended towards \\u2018<em>don\\u2019t just do something, stand there.<\\/em>\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Unfortunately, the medical profession has always battled ferociously against doing nothing. It has always greatly favoured the \\u2018<em>You must do something, anything, I don\\u2019t care what it is so long as it sounds like a good idea<\\/em>.&nbsp;<em>Chaaarge!<\\/em>\\u2019 Strategy.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This, the \\u2018<em>do something strategy\\u2019<\\/em>, has always proven far more seductive, and almost always wins. It is easier to attract followers to do something, than to than to do nothing. Why not whack a hole in the skull and split the brain apart to cure various mental diseases? Why not\\u2026 indeed. Ah yes, the good old pre-frontal lobotomy.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><strong>A.N. Other doctor:<\\/strong>&nbsp;<em>\\u2018If you do nothing people will surely die. You cannot just stand there doing nothing.<\\/em>\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><strong>Me:<\\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \\u2018<em>But what if those things we do end up causing more damage, or killing more people?\\u2019<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Many years ago, my father said to me. \\u2018<em>You will always be blamed for failures of omission, rath than commission.<\\/em>\\u2019 At the time I was young, &nbsp;I knew everything, and thought he was talking rubbish. In truth I didn\\u2019t really understand his point. Now that I know that\\u2026 I know nothing, I fully understand how profound his comment was. I wish I had listened to him more.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Yes, doing something will always be looked on in a positive light. Effort has been made, decisions have been taken, activity carried out. In medicine this is reflected in a comment that I have had directed at me, from time to time. \\u2018<em>At least you tried, doctor<\\/em>.\\u2019 Well, seeing as they are now dead, my efforts achieved very little. But thanks anyway.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In addition, if you do nothing, you can be accused of laziness, of being uncaring. You just stood there and watched them suffer, even die. You cruel swine. I see this overwhelming urge to do something, anything, in the person who cannot swim, jumping into a river to try and save their dog from drowning.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What exactly did they think they were going to achieve? Oh well, at least they tried, you may say. No\\u2026 they were stupid. They drowned along with their dog. But who can stand on the riverbank watching their dog die?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Well, me, actually.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This also moves into the area of survival guilt. How am I still alive when others have died? Better to die trying than to have done nothing? It all further wraps round into it the almost irresistible urge to be seen to be doing something. I think it is hard-wired into our psyche. We must fight to protect those in our tribe and be seen to be doing it. Chop, chop, busy, busy, work, work, bang, bang&nbsp;<sup>1<\\/sup>. &nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>I am, however, reminded of the philosophy behind recruitment to the German army in the good old days \\u2013 as recounted to me. Men were divided in to four categories:<\\/p>\\r\\n<ul>\\r\\n<li>Intelligent and lazy<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Intelligent and hardworking<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Stupid and lazy<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Stupid and hardworking<\\/li>\\r\\n<\\/ul>\\r\\n<p>At which point<\\/p>\\r\\n<ul>\\r\\n<li>Intelligent and lazy men were taken for officer training<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Intelligent and hardworking men were turned into NCOs (non-commissioned officers)<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Stupid and lazy men became privates \\u2013 squaddies, to use the UK vernacular<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Those who were both stupid, and hardworking, were taken out and shot, before they could do too much damage<\\/li>\\r\\n<\\/ul>\\r\\n<p>Doing things, doing things, doing things. We place great value on it. Too much.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As Kurt Vonnegut Jnr noted in Cat\\u2019s Cradle:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u201cWe do, doodley do, doodley do, doodely do,<\\/em><br \\/><em>What we must, muddily must, muddily must, muddily must;<\\/em><br \\/><em>Muddily do, muddily do, muddily do, muddily do,<\\/em><br \\/><em>Until we bust, bodily bust, bodily bust, bodily bust.\\u201d<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Of course, if there are things to be done, they should be done. But that does not mean we should rush around doing stuff, just because it seems better than doing nothing. Here is what Vinay Prasad has to say in his blog \\u2018<em>Will science do better post COVID19?\\u2019<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2018When faced with a pandemic, we re-treated to all the old delusions. Bioplausibilty was sacrosanct\\u2014 that\\u2019s why #maskswork! We can\\u2019t run RCTs\\u2014 these are parachutes.&nbsp;<strong>Doing something is always better than doing nothing!<\\/strong>&nbsp;More is better than less! Keep boosting, young man!! Newer is better than older. Disease bad; treatments good. Bad people (John Ioannidis) are always wrong (never mind, that a year ago we all thought he was brilliant).\\u2019<\\/em>&nbsp;<sup>2<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The additional problem with doing things is that, once you have started doing them, it becomes damned difficult to stop again. After you have decided to blow four hundred billion pounds on lockdown, or thereabouts, then you are pretty much stuck with it. Or else, you are going to look pretty stupid. \\u2018<em>Sorry, ahem, I seem to have wasted a teensy bit of money<\\/em>.&nbsp;<em>Sorry, my mistake.<\\/em>\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>If everyone is ordered to wear a mask, on pain of death, you are stuck with that too. Back pedalling from instant decisions is very, very, difficult. For the scientists and politicians involved you cannot be seen to have been wrong. Reputations&nbsp;<em>must<\\/em>&nbsp;be protected.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>At which point, vast amounts of time and effort are expended in trying to batter down anyone who dares to suggest that we rushed into doing things that were completely pointless, even damaging. Science then becomes twisted and bent to justify the errors made. Those in power must retain power. The narrative must be supported:<\\/p>\\r\\n<ul>\\r\\n<li>COVID19 is really, really deadly<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Lockdowns really, really, work<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Masks really, really, work<\\/li>\\r\\n<\\/ul>\\r\\n<p>If you question these narratives, people will demand an answer to this rhetorical question. Do you want people to die! (That\\u2019s always an effective weapon). The correct answer to this question by the way, is usually no \\u2013 although I am willing to make exceptions.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The other terrible flaw in thinking here, especially in medicine, was also mentioned by Vinay Prasad. It is Bioplausibility. Often closely associated with fast thinking a.k.a. jumping to conclusions, because they just seem right.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Masks, indeed, must surely work. Because? Because they prevent the virus from spreading. In fact, masks represent an almost perfect example of bioplausibility a.k.a. sheer common sense. No-one can argue against using them. If you do, your arguments must be pure sophistry, or simply nonsense.&nbsp;<em>\\u2019You do not understand science<\\/em>.\\u2019 That\\u2019s a good one, I get that a lot.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2018I think you will find it is not I that fails to understand science.\\u2019<\\/em>&nbsp;I think to myself. But I don\\u2019t say it, because it makes you sound like a prat.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Let me remind you of a time when, after a heart attack you had to rest in bed doing nothing for six weeks. The heart has been damaged and must be given a chance to rest. Yes, perfect Bioplausibility, believed by virtually everyone. To question it was to be cast into the outer darkness.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>It is now known that the worst thing you can possibly do is to enforce strict bed rest post heart attack. This advice, in place from 1912 to about 1960(ish), killed tens of millions. Maybe hundreds of millions.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As for masks \\u2013 the sort of masks worn by almost everyone.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2018The use of cloth facemasks in community settings has become an accepted public policy response to decrease disease transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet evidence of facemask efficacy is based primarily on observational studies that are subject to confounding and on mechanistic studies that rely on surrogate endpoints (such as droplet dispersion) as proxies for disease transmission.&nbsp;<strong>The available clinical evidence of facemask efficacy is of low quality and the best available clinical evidence has mostly failed to show efficacy<\\/strong>, with fourteen of sixteen identified randomized controlled trials comparing face masks to no mask controls failing to find statistically significant benefit in the intent<\\/em><em>\\u2010\\u200bto<\\/em><em>\\u2010\\u200btreat populations. Of sixteen quantitative meta<\\/em><em>\\u2010\\u200banalyses, eight were equivocal or critical as to whether evidence supports a public recommendation of masks, and the remaining eight supported a public mask intervention on limited evidence primarily on the basis of the precautionary principle.&nbsp;<strong>Although weak evidence should not preclude precautionary actions in the face of unprecedented events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, ethical principles require that the strength of the evidence and best estimates of amount of benefit be truthfully communicated to the public.<\\/strong><\\/em><strong>\\u2019<\\/strong><sup>3<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>How can masks possibly fail to work?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Well, unfortunately, our brains work one way, and the world often works in quite another way. As does, therefore, science. For centuries people thought that heavier than air flight would only be possible if you flapped things that looked very like wings. Why, because birds and bats were the only flying things people had ever seen flying [apart from lemmings] and they mostly flapped about like mad \\u2013 using wings.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Except that, if you looked closely, they didn\\u2019t \\u2013 not really. If you thought flapping was the key to flight, you were not really looking. An albatross can stay aloft for hours, gliding above the waves, using the wind and updrafts, and barely moving its wings at all.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Yet, and yet, no-one was able to see this. When I say \\u2018see\\u2019 this I mean \\u2013 look beyond the obvious, in your face, flappy stuff. Observe properly, deeply, to really understand what you are looking at \\u2013 in this case aerodynamics. Eventually, of course, some people did. Et voila, the Wright Brothers.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>With masks\\u2026 Yes, it is both true, and self-evident, that a mask stops droplets being catapulted across a room after a cough or sneeze, or suchlike. So, they must stop spread\\u2026mustn\\u2019t they? I mean, you can even see it working in slow motion videos. A man coughs in London, virus ends up in New York \\u2013 or something. Ah, the dreaded Bioplausibility\\u2026 that can also be visualised. Double bubble.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>But a mask can also turn droplets into an aerosol by breaking the droplet down into far smaller particles. Particles will float in the air for longer, and thus be inhaled for longer. Possibly, probably<sup>4<\\/sup>. You didn\\u2019t think of that, did you?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>A mask can also become damp and keep viral particles viable for longer. Once discarded \\u2013 as many masks are \\u2013 they represent receptacles for viruses and can spread disease when picked up. What happens when masks are used and used, and re-used? As they often are. Superspreading here we come. Blowing viral particles out of a wet mask.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As a wise man also said. Using cloth masks to prevent viral spread it like trying to pick up sand with a tennis racket. Virus particle size \\u2018x\\u2019. Holes in mask size 1000x.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>A mask can also mean that people stand closer to each other than they otherwise would. A mask may, simply, never had had a chance to work at all. After all, we breathe in and breathe out the same amount of air whilst wearing a mask than not.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>If there is virus in floating in the air, we are still going to breathe it in, and out. Masks do not stop us breathing, and the air has to come from somewhere. Unless masks act as a type of black hole, trapping, then transporting viral particles from here into another universe\\u2026 I\\u2019m not putting much money on that hypothesis.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Some months ago, I wrote about the last people to be infected with smallpox. In one hospital, in Germany, a patient with smallpox was being treated on the ground floor. The patient in the room above, and then the room above that, become infected. Which means that viral particles must have got out the window, drifted upwards and infected those above.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Which just gives you some idea of how few viral particles were needed to spread a disease that was, up to that time, not even believed to spread through the air. No droplets required.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Early on, with COVID19 it was noted that ferrets could be infected with the virus. So, researchers put one ferret in a cage, with another ferret above with a solid barrier between them. The one below was infected with COVD19.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The only route for COVID19 to travel from one ferret to the other was through a tube that bent through ninety degrees, bent again to go upwards through the barrier, then across, and back round through ninety degrees<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In essence, this tube was specifically designed to ensure that droplet spread was impossible. As droplets cannot go round corners, travel upwards, turn another ninety degrees\\u2026 and suchlike.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Despite this, all of the uninfected ferrets became, very rapidly, infected. Conclusion \\u2013 COVID19 can travel and infect through aerosol spread. Secondary conclusion \\u2013 masks cannot stop this. At least not the sort of masks that virtually everyone wears, and then re-uses.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Of course, there are masks that you can use to prevent the spread of viral particles. But they have to be airtight, they have to have filters. They are uncomfortable to wear for any length of time, and they need to be changed regularly. They also prevent a great deal of communication, as people hard of hearing will tell you. Oh yes, there are serious downsides to mask wearing.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>I only focus on masks here to make the point that masks appear totally \\u2018Bioplausible\\u2019. If, that is, you don\\u2019t think about all the issues too deeply. Also, getting everyone to wear masks represents doing \\u2018something.\\u2019 Doing something, especially something visible, is always better than doing nothing.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Yes\\u2026 doing something, anything, and Bioplausibility. Two bear traps in human thought. Traps that seem impossible to eradicate.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>There is another, major trap, which is the urge to draw ourselves into tribes. Then attack and attempt destroy anyone who does not agree with us. Humiliate and silence. Turn the \\u2018other\\u2019 into someone with evil intent. I am not getting into this in any depth here. We have all seen too much of it. The terrible seductive pleasure of righteous anger. Which so easily flips into hatred.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As also mentioned by Vinay Prasad.&nbsp;<em>Bad people (John Ioannidis) are always wrong (never mind, that a year ago we all thought he was brilliant).\\u2019<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As we all know, it is not just Ioannidis who is attacked. Dare to breathe one word of caution about vaccines and you become&nbsp;<em>\\u2018dirty anti-vaxxer scum. You deserve to lose your job. Ha!\\u2019<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This is no way for humans to act towards each other. Crush debate, silence those who dare to think differently. Bring in the Spanish Inquisition a.k.a. fact checkers. All bought and paid for by those who have vested interests in obliterating the opposition, of course.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><strong>Question:<\\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When is a fact checker not a fact checker?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><strong>Answer:<\\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When they are called a fact checker. [Especially if they work for a company that used to begin with Face and ended in Book. Or Witterpedia]<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Also Meta\\u2026as in, I meta &nbsp;\\u2018n\\u2019 idiot \\u2013 who think it\\u2019s okay to silence anyone they disagree with, and claim this is science. Spare me.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Anyway, what do we do next time? How do we do better? How do we think better? Well, I suppose that first of all you have to get those in power to accept that they made mistakes\\u2026. Ho hum.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Frankly, that ain\\u2019t going to happen. Therefore, we need new people in power. People who can understand that things are complicated. That the immediate Bioplausible and simplistic \\u2018answer\\u2019 is as likely to be wrong, as it is right. More likely in truth.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>We really need people to think better:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2018We have a crisis in medicine when it comes to understanding and appraising science. We do not teach this explicitly in medical schools, and it gets short shrift to mechanistic science. Our overemphasis on molecular mechanisms fuels the cognitive distortion that a reductionistic view is superior to empiricism<\\/em>*\\u2019&nbsp;<sup>2<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>*empiricism is the view that all concepts originate in experience, that all concepts are about or applicable to things that can be experienced, or that all rationally acceptable beliefs or propositions are justifiable or knowable only through experience.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Were there any examples of doing things better from which we could learn? In Sweden they did things differently \\u2013 at least from most of the rest of Europe. Anders Tegnell, the state epidemiologist (yes they have such a post) was the man who led the Swedish response. It was to bring in very few restrictions and make almost everything voluntary. Lockdown \\u2018lite\\u2019 if you like.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>He was ruthlessly attacked from all directions, but remained superficially calm. Although I imagine he felt most terribly bruised and battered inside.&nbsp;<em>TIME&nbsp;<\\/em>magazine ran a story about the Swedish response entitled&nbsp;<em>\\u2018The Swedish COVID-19 Response Is a Disaster. It Shouldn\\u2019t Be a Model for the Rest of the World.\\u2019<\\/em><sup>5<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>You don\\u2019t really need to read the article. The title makes it entirely clear what tone was adopted, and also what the conclusion was going to be. Sweden = death and mayhem, run for the hills. Frankly, I am amazed that the Swedish Government held firm in supporting him.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>At one point even the Swedish King, Carl XVI Gustaf \\u2018<em>Gustaf \\u2013 &nbsp;the eminent epidemiologist\\u2019<\\/em>&nbsp;as I believe he is also known \\u2013 had a pop at poor old Anders. But the Government did support Tegnell\\u2019s light touch strategy \\u2013 mostly. They held their nerve.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What was Anders thinking, the mad mass murdering fool? As he calmly stated in the British Medical Journal, after COVID19 deaths in Sweden had settled into the lower half of European figures. Not as good as some, better than most:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2026&nbsp;<\\/em>there is still disagreement among scientists about which measures are effective against the spread of infection<em>. \\u201cThis is what we are still struggling to understand: some measures work in some places, but it is difficult to see patterns.\\u201d<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u201cCountries that went through lockdowns are not doing that much better,\\u201d<sup>6<\\/sup><\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Yes, he is describing his OODA journey. Anders is still observing and attempting to orientate, but he cannot see what to do. He still believes that the evidence for severe lockdowns, and mask wearing, simply does not exist. To put it another way, he cannot yet decide what should be done. So, he isn\\u2019t doing it.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Good man. We need far more like Anders Tegnell, and less of those like the members of SAGE in the UK. Screaming blue bloody murder with threats of hundreds of thousands dying if WE DO NOT ACT NOW! The sky is falling, the sky is falling. OMCIRON will kill us all\\u2026&nbsp;<em>all<\\/em>&nbsp;I tell ee\\u2019. Beware the black spot Cap\\u2019n.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>We also need more people to be sceptical. To look at the science and the evidence. We need, quite frankly, to learn to think\\u2026 and grow up. Also, importantly, learn the incredibly difficult trick of doing nothing at all.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As they used to say in a UK advert. \\u2018<em>Nothing acts faster than Anadin<\\/em>&nbsp;(a painkiller)\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Solution\\u2026 take nothing<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>Nothing acts faster than a damn good lockdown<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Solution\\u2026do nothing<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Or, to quote the famous physician William Osler. \\u2018<em>One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.\\u2019<\\/em>&nbsp;I shall now leave you with two things to consider. The first is an open letter, written by Professor Ehud Qimron, head of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Tel Aviv University and one of the leading Israeli immunologists:<\\/p>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em><strong>Ministry of Health, it\\u2019s time to admit failure<\\/strong><\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>In the end, the truth will always be revealed, and the truth about the coronavirus policy is beginning to be revealed. When the destructive concepts collapse one by one, there is nothing left but to tell the experts who led the management of the pandemic \\u2013 we told you so.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>Two years late, you finally realize that a respiratory virus cannot be defeated and that any such attempt is doomed to fail. You do not admit it, because you have admitted almost no mistake in the last two years, but in retrospect it is clear that you have failed miserably in almost all of your actions, and even the media is already having a hard time covering your shame.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You refused to admit that the infection comes in waves that fade by themselves, despite years of observations and scientific knowledge. You insisted on attributing every decline of a wave solely to your actions, and so through false propaganda \\u201cyou overcame the plague.\\u201d And again, you defeated it, and again and again and again.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You refused to admit that mass testing is ineffective, despite your own contingency plans explicitly stating so (\\u201cPandemic Influenza Health System Preparedness Plan, 2007\\u201d, p. 26).<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You refused to admit that recovery is more protective than a vaccine, despite previous knowledge and observations showing that non-recovered vaccinated people are more likely to be infected than recovered people. You refused to admit that the vaccinated are contagious despite the observations. Based on this, you hoped to achieve herd immunity by vaccination \\u2014 and you failed in that as well.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You insisted on ignoring the fact that the disease is dozens of times more dangerous for risk groups and older adults, than for young people who are not in risk groups, despite the knowledge that came from China as early as 2020.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You refused to adopt the \\u201cBarrington Declaration\\u201d, signed by more than 60,000 scientists and medical professionals, or other common-sense programs. You chose to ridicule, slander, distort and discredit them. Instead of the right programs and people, you have chosen professionals who lack relevant training for pandemic management (physicists as chief government advisers, veterinarians, security officers, media personnel, and so on).<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You have not set up an effective system for reporting side effects from the vaccines, and reports on side effects have even been deleted from your Facebook page. Doctors avoid linking side effects to the vaccine, lest you persecute them as you did with some of their colleagues. You have ignored many reports of changes in menstrual intensity and menstrual cycle times. You hid data that allows for objective and proper research (for example, you removed the data on passengers at Ben Gurion Airport). Instead, you chose to publish non-objective articles together with senior Pfizer executives on the effectiveness and safety of vaccines.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>Irreversible damage to trust<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>However, from the heights of your hubris, you have also ignored the fact that in the end the truth will be revealed. And it begins to be revealed. The truth is that you have brought the public\\u2019s trust in you to an unprecedented low, and you have eroded your status as a source of authority. The truth is that you have burned hundreds of billions of shekels to no avail \\u2013 for publishing intimidation, for ineffective tests, for destructive lockdowns and for disrupting the routine of life in the last two years.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You have destroyed the education of our children and their future. You made children feel guilty, scared, smoke, drink, get addicted, drop out, and quarrel, as school principals around the country attest. You have harmed livelihoods, the economy, human rights, mental health and physical health.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You slandered colleagues who did not surrender to you, you turned the people against each other, divided society and polarized the discourse. You branded, without any scientific basis, people who chose not to get vaccinated as enemies of the public and as spreaders of disease. You promote, in an unprecedented way, a draconian policy of discrimination, denial of rights and selection of people, including children, for their medical choice. A selection that lacks any epidemiological justification.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>When you compare the destructive policies you are pursuing with the sane policies of some other countries \\u2014 you can clearly see that the destruction you have caused has only added victims beyond the vulnerable to the virus. The economy you ruined, the unemployed you caused, and the children whose education you destroyed \\u2014 they are the surplus victims as a result of your own actions only.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>There is currently no medical emergency, but you have been cultivating such a condition for two years now because of lust for power, budgets and control. The only emergency now is that you still set policies and hold huge budgets for propaganda and psychological engineering instead of directing them to strengthen the health care system.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>This emergency must stop!<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>Professor Udi Qimron, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University7<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<p>I suppose I should say that the opinions of Professor Udi Qimron are not necessarily those of the senior management of this blog. I, in exactly the same way as Google and Facebook (Sorry, Alphabet and Meta. \\u2018<em>As I was going to St Ives I meta man with seven wives\\u2019\\u2026 how many idiots were going to St Ives<\\/em>), and suchlike, am merely the repository for information, and articles. A warehouse if you like. I have no editorial control over content, so you cannot sue me for anything written.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Unfortunately, I am not rich enough to employ Fact Checkers and unleash them upon anyone who disagrees with me. Yet. You have been warned.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The second thing, that I shall leave you with, is the fact that doing nothing can be very rewarding, and sometimes pretty hard work. As outlined by this article in&nbsp;<em>The International Journal of Doing Very little<\\/em>:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018We\\u2019re busy doin\\u2019 nothin\\u2019<br \\/>Workin\\u2019 the whole day through<br \\/>Tryin\\u2019 to find lots of things not to do<br \\/>We\\u2019re busy goin\\u2019 nowhere<br \\/>Isn\\u2019t it just a crime<br \\/>We\\u2019d like to be unhappy, but<br \\/>We never do have the time,\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018I have to watch the river<br \\/>To see that it doesn\\u2019t stop<br \\/>And stick around the rosebuds<br \\/>So they\\u2019ll know when to pop<br \\/>And keep the crickets cheerful<br \\/>They\\u2019re really a solemn bunch<br \\/>Hustle, bustle<br \\/>And only an hour for lunch.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>La-la-la-la-la-la<br \\/>La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la<br \\/>La-la-la-la-la-la<br \\/>La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018We\\u2019re busy doin\\u2019 nothin\\u2019<br \\/>Workin\\u2019 the whole day through<br \\/>Tryin\\u2019 to find lots of things not to do<br \\/>We\\u2019re busy goin\\u2019 nowhere<br \\/>Isn\\u2019t it just a crime<br \\/>We\\u2019d like to be unhappy, but<br \\/>We never do have the time.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018I have to wake the Sun up<br \\/>He\\u2019s liable to sleep all day<br \\/>And then inspect the rainbows<br \\/>So they\\u2019ll be bright and gay<br \\/>I must rehearse the songbirds<br \\/>To see that they sing in key<br \\/>Hustle, bustle<br \\/>And never a moment free.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018We\\u2019re busy doin\\u2019 nothin\\u2019<br \\/>Workin\\u2019 the whole day through<br \\/>Tryin\\u2019 to find lots of things not to do<br \\/>We\\u2019re busy going nowhere<br \\/>Isn\\u2019t it just a crime<br \\/>We\\u2019d like to be unhappy, but<br \\/>We never do have the time.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018I have to meet a turtle<br \\/>I\\u2019m teachin\\u2019 him how to swim<br \\/>Then I have to shine the dewdrops<br \\/>You know they\\u2019re looking rather dim<br \\/>I told my friend, the robin<br \\/>I\\u2019d buy him a brand-new vest<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Hustle, bustle<br \\/>We never do have<br \\/>We never do have<br \\/>We never do, never do<br \\/>Never do, never do, never do have the time<br \\/>Never do have the time.\\u2019<sup>8<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>And if that don\\u2019t cheer you up, nothing will. And follow my motto. \\u2018<em>Don\\u2019t just do something stand there\\u2026.<\\/em>\\u2019 Whilst observing and orientating of course. 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MALCOLM KENDRICK (2)\",\"alias\":\"don-t-just-do-something-stand-there-dr-malcolm-kendrick-2\",\"introtext\":\"<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/drmalcolmkendrick.org\\/\\\"><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/drmalcolmkendrick.files.wordpress.com\\/2015\\/07\\/drmk-blog-header.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"header-image\\\" \\/><\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<div id=\\\"main\\\" class=\\\"wrapper\\\">\\r\\n<section id=\\\"primary\\\" class=\\\"site-content\\\">\\r\\n<div id=\\\"content\\\" role=\\\"main\\\"><header class=\\\"archive-header\\\">\\r\\n<h1 class=\\\"archive-title\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt;\\\">AUTHOR ARCHIVES:&nbsp;<span class=\\\"vcard\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/drmalcolmkendrick.org\\/author\\/drmalcolmkendrick\\/\\\" rel=\\\"me\\\" class=\\\"url fn n\\\" title=\\\"Dr. Malcolm Kendrick\\\">DR. MALCOLM KENDRICK<\\/a><\\/span><\\/span><\\/h1>\\r\\n<\\/header>\\r\\n<div class=\\\"author-info\\\">\\r\\n<div class=\\\"author-description\\\">\\r\\n<p>Malcolm Kendrick is a Scottish doctor and author of The Great Cholesterol Con (2008). He has been a general practitioner for over 25 years and has worked with the European Society of Cardiology.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<article id=\\\"post-10944\\\" class=\\\"post-10944 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-covid-19\\\"><header class=\\\"entry-header\\\">\\r\\n<h1 class=\\\"entry-title\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/drmalcolmkendrick.org\\/2022\\/01\\/14\\/dont-just-do-something-stand-there\\/\\\" rel=\\\"bookmark\\\">Don\\u2019t just do something, stand&nbsp;there!<\\/a><\\/h1>\\r\\n<\\/header><\\/article>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<\\/section>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<p>14th January 2022<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>A few months ago, I resolved not to write anything more about COVID19. I was having zero apparent effect on anything, or anybody, and I was just getting increasingly despondent at the destruction of science, debate, logic, humanity, personal freedoms \\u2026 life.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>However, my New Years resolution was to not have any more resolutions. Which lead to an almost inescapable logic loop from which I have only just managed to extricate myself.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In truth, I believe that I still have a few things left to say about COVID19 that may be useful in stopping some of the most egregious nonsense being repeated. [Fat chance, says the little man on my shoulder].<\\/p>\\r\\n\",\"fulltext\":\"\\r\\n<p>What I am about to write, I have written about before, in various different guises. However, I think it is worth going back over some old ground again. Hopefully in a more effective manner.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In this blog what I want to do is to look at how we think about a few things, primarily in medicine, and medical science. To try and highlight how some repeated flaws in thought have influenced the reaction to COVID19.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>I hope that by doing this, it may help to prevent some us travelling down the terribly well-worn \\u2018<em>paths of pointlessness\\u2019&nbsp;<\\/em>again. Or, at least, to get people to stop and question<em>&nbsp;how<\\/em>&nbsp;they are thinking, before throwing themselves into the fray.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>To begin.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What I saw happening with COVID19 is a pattern that repeats in medicine over and over again:<\\/p>\\r\\n<ul>\\r\\n<li>We have a serious illness \\u2013&nbsp;<em>panic<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Something must be done \\u2013&nbsp;<em>grab the pitchforks, run about screaming<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>An influential person, or organisation, grabs the initiative \\u2013 \\u2018<em>\\u2018experts\\u2019 move in.\\u2019<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>I\\/We know what to do, you must follow me\\/us \\u2013&nbsp;<em>simple idea +<\\/em>&nbsp;<em>soothing<\\/em>&nbsp;<em>paternalism<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Frightened people latch onto their ideas \\u2013&nbsp;<em>two legs good, four legs bad<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>A path is chosen \\u2013&nbsp;<em>along the side of a cliff<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Momentum builds \\u2013&nbsp;<em>the unstoppable charge of the light brigade<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Those who object to the path taken are crushed \\u2013&nbsp;<em>1984<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<\\/ul>\\r\\n<p>Fast forward a few decades\\u2026 \\u2018<em>Oh, it seems that the thing we always do as standard medical practice\\u2026 Turns out it does more harm than good<\\/em>.\\u2019 See under: removal of toxic colon, the radical mastectomy, strict bed rest following a heart attack, cutting teeth, use of radium water, plombage, mercury for syphilis, pre-frontal lobotomy etc.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Of course, this pattern is not true of every medical intervention, not by any manner of means. Sometimes the influential person, or organisation, promotes the best course of action. This has been known to happen from time to time\\u2026 believe it or not. In addition, medical practice does eventually auto-correct \\u2013 and ends up doing the right thing. Almost always. We no longer remove toxic colons to cure female neurosis.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>But what never, ever, seems to happen is OODA. Defined as \\u2018<em>a practical concept designed to function as the foundation of rational thinking in confusing or chaotic situation\\u2019<\\/em>.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>OODA stands for. \\u2018<em>Observe, Orient, Decide Act<\\/em>.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>It was developed by the Air Force Colonel, John Boyd.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What John Boyd taught was simple. If you don\\u2019t know what is going on, do&nbsp;<em>not<\\/em>&nbsp;make immediate decisions. First, work out what is happening, then orientate yourself \\u2013 before you decide what to do. That way you avoid most, if not all, stupid mistakes. For many years, without knowing anything of OODA my own medical strategy has tended towards \\u2018<em>don\\u2019t just do something, stand there.<\\/em>\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Unfortunately, the medical profession has always battled ferociously against doing nothing. It has always greatly favoured the \\u2018<em>You must do something, anything, I don\\u2019t care what it is so long as it sounds like a good idea<\\/em>.&nbsp;<em>Chaaarge!<\\/em>\\u2019 Strategy.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This, the \\u2018<em>do something strategy\\u2019<\\/em>, has always proven far more seductive, and almost always wins. It is easier to attract followers to do something, than to than to do nothing. Why not whack a hole in the skull and split the brain apart to cure various mental diseases? Why not\\u2026 indeed. Ah yes, the good old pre-frontal lobotomy.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><strong>A.N. Other doctor:<\\/strong>&nbsp;<em>\\u2018If you do nothing people will surely die. You cannot just stand there doing nothing.<\\/em>\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><strong>Me:<\\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \\u2018<em>But what if those things we do end up causing more damage, or killing more people?\\u2019<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Many years ago, my father said to me. \\u2018<em>You will always be blamed for failures of omission, rath than commission.<\\/em>\\u2019 At the time I was young, &nbsp;I knew everything, and thought he was talking rubbish. In truth I didn\\u2019t really understand his point. Now that I know that\\u2026 I know nothing, I fully understand how profound his comment was. I wish I had listened to him more.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Yes, doing something will always be looked on in a positive light. Effort has been made, decisions have been taken, activity carried out. In medicine this is reflected in a comment that I have had directed at me, from time to time. \\u2018<em>At least you tried, doctor<\\/em>.\\u2019 Well, seeing as they are now dead, my efforts achieved very little. But thanks anyway.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In addition, if you do nothing, you can be accused of laziness, of being uncaring. You just stood there and watched them suffer, even die. You cruel swine. I see this overwhelming urge to do something, anything, in the person who cannot swim, jumping into a river to try and save their dog from drowning.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What exactly did they think they were going to achieve? Oh well, at least they tried, you may say. No\\u2026 they were stupid. They drowned along with their dog. But who can stand on the riverbank watching their dog die?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Well, me, actually.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This also moves into the area of survival guilt. How am I still alive when others have died? Better to die trying than to have done nothing? It all further wraps round into it the almost irresistible urge to be seen to be doing something. I think it is hard-wired into our psyche. We must fight to protect those in our tribe and be seen to be doing it. Chop, chop, busy, busy, work, work, bang, bang&nbsp;<sup>1<\\/sup>. &nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>I am, however, reminded of the philosophy behind recruitment to the German army in the good old days \\u2013 as recounted to me. Men were divided in to four categories:<\\/p>\\r\\n<ul>\\r\\n<li>Intelligent and lazy<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Intelligent and hardworking<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Stupid and lazy<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Stupid and hardworking<\\/li>\\r\\n<\\/ul>\\r\\n<p>At which point<\\/p>\\r\\n<ul>\\r\\n<li>Intelligent and lazy men were taken for officer training<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Intelligent and hardworking men were turned into NCOs (non-commissioned officers)<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Stupid and lazy men became privates \\u2013 squaddies, to use the UK vernacular<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Those who were both stupid, and hardworking, were taken out and shot, before they could do too much damage<\\/li>\\r\\n<\\/ul>\\r\\n<p>Doing things, doing things, doing things. We place great value on it. Too much.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As Kurt Vonnegut Jnr noted in Cat\\u2019s Cradle:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u201cWe do, doodley do, doodley do, doodely do,<\\/em><br \\/><em>What we must, muddily must, muddily must, muddily must;<\\/em><br \\/><em>Muddily do, muddily do, muddily do, muddily do,<\\/em><br \\/><em>Until we bust, bodily bust, bodily bust, bodily bust.\\u201d<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Of course, if there are things to be done, they should be done. But that does not mean we should rush around doing stuff, just because it seems better than doing nothing. Here is what Vinay Prasad has to say in his blog \\u2018<em>Will science do better post COVID19?\\u2019<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2018When faced with a pandemic, we re-treated to all the old delusions. Bioplausibilty was sacrosanct\\u2014 that\\u2019s why #maskswork! We can\\u2019t run RCTs\\u2014 these are parachutes.&nbsp;<strong>Doing something is always better than doing nothing!<\\/strong>&nbsp;More is better than less! Keep boosting, young man!! Newer is better than older. Disease bad; treatments good. Bad people (John Ioannidis) are always wrong (never mind, that a year ago we all thought he was brilliant).\\u2019<\\/em>&nbsp;<sup>2<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The additional problem with doing things is that, once you have started doing them, it becomes damned difficult to stop again. After you have decided to blow four hundred billion pounds on lockdown, or thereabouts, then you are pretty much stuck with it. Or else, you are going to look pretty stupid. \\u2018<em>Sorry, ahem, I seem to have wasted a teensy bit of money<\\/em>.&nbsp;<em>Sorry, my mistake.<\\/em>\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>If everyone is ordered to wear a mask, on pain of death, you are stuck with that too. Back pedalling from instant decisions is very, very, difficult. For the scientists and politicians involved you cannot be seen to have been wrong. Reputations&nbsp;<em>must<\\/em>&nbsp;be protected.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>At which point, vast amounts of time and effort are expended in trying to batter down anyone who dares to suggest that we rushed into doing things that were completely pointless, even damaging. Science then becomes twisted and bent to justify the errors made. Those in power must retain power. The narrative must be supported:<\\/p>\\r\\n<ul>\\r\\n<li>COVID19 is really, really deadly<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Lockdowns really, really, work<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Masks really, really, work<\\/li>\\r\\n<\\/ul>\\r\\n<p>If you question these narratives, people will demand an answer to this rhetorical question. Do you want people to die! (That\\u2019s always an effective weapon). The correct answer to this question by the way, is usually no \\u2013 although I am willing to make exceptions.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The other terrible flaw in thinking here, especially in medicine, was also mentioned by Vinay Prasad. It is Bioplausibility. Often closely associated with fast thinking a.k.a. jumping to conclusions, because they just seem right.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Masks, indeed, must surely work. Because? Because they prevent the virus from spreading. In fact, masks represent an almost perfect example of bioplausibility a.k.a. sheer common sense. No-one can argue against using them. If you do, your arguments must be pure sophistry, or simply nonsense.&nbsp;<em>\\u2019You do not understand science<\\/em>.\\u2019 That\\u2019s a good one, I get that a lot.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2018I think you will find it is not I that fails to understand science.\\u2019<\\/em>&nbsp;I think to myself. But I don\\u2019t say it, because it makes you sound like a prat.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Let me remind you of a time when, after a heart attack you had to rest in bed doing nothing for six weeks. The heart has been damaged and must be given a chance to rest. Yes, perfect Bioplausibility, believed by virtually everyone. To question it was to be cast into the outer darkness.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>It is now known that the worst thing you can possibly do is to enforce strict bed rest post heart attack. This advice, in place from 1912 to about 1960(ish), killed tens of millions. Maybe hundreds of millions.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As for masks \\u2013 the sort of masks worn by almost everyone.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2018The use of cloth facemasks in community settings has become an accepted public policy response to decrease disease transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet evidence of facemask efficacy is based primarily on observational studies that are subject to confounding and on mechanistic studies that rely on surrogate endpoints (such as droplet dispersion) as proxies for disease transmission.&nbsp;<strong>The available clinical evidence of facemask efficacy is of low quality and the best available clinical evidence has mostly failed to show efficacy<\\/strong>, with fourteen of sixteen identified randomized controlled trials comparing face masks to no mask controls failing to find statistically significant benefit in the intent<\\/em><em>\\u2010\\u200bto<\\/em><em>\\u2010\\u200btreat populations. Of sixteen quantitative meta<\\/em><em>\\u2010\\u200banalyses, eight were equivocal or critical as to whether evidence supports a public recommendation of masks, and the remaining eight supported a public mask intervention on limited evidence primarily on the basis of the precautionary principle.&nbsp;<strong>Although weak evidence should not preclude precautionary actions in the face of unprecedented events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, ethical principles require that the strength of the evidence and best estimates of amount of benefit be truthfully communicated to the public.<\\/strong><\\/em><strong>\\u2019<\\/strong><sup>3<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>How can masks possibly fail to work?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Well, unfortunately, our brains work one way, and the world often works in quite another way. As does, therefore, science. For centuries people thought that heavier than air flight would only be possible if you flapped things that looked very like wings. Why, because birds and bats were the only flying things people had ever seen flying [apart from lemmings] and they mostly flapped about like mad \\u2013 using wings.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Except that, if you looked closely, they didn\\u2019t \\u2013 not really. If you thought flapping was the key to flight, you were not really looking. An albatross can stay aloft for hours, gliding above the waves, using the wind and updrafts, and barely moving its wings at all.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Yet, and yet, no-one was able to see this. When I say \\u2018see\\u2019 this I mean \\u2013 look beyond the obvious, in your face, flappy stuff. Observe properly, deeply, to really understand what you are looking at \\u2013 in this case aerodynamics. Eventually, of course, some people did. Et voila, the Wright Brothers.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>With masks\\u2026 Yes, it is both true, and self-evident, that a mask stops droplets being catapulted across a room after a cough or sneeze, or suchlike. So, they must stop spread\\u2026mustn\\u2019t they? I mean, you can even see it working in slow motion videos. A man coughs in London, virus ends up in New York \\u2013 or something. Ah, the dreaded Bioplausibility\\u2026 that can also be visualised. Double bubble.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>But a mask can also turn droplets into an aerosol by breaking the droplet down into far smaller particles. Particles will float in the air for longer, and thus be inhaled for longer. Possibly, probably<sup>4<\\/sup>. You didn\\u2019t think of that, did you?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>A mask can also become damp and keep viral particles viable for longer. Once discarded \\u2013 as many masks are \\u2013 they represent receptacles for viruses and can spread disease when picked up. What happens when masks are used and used, and re-used? As they often are. Superspreading here we come. Blowing viral particles out of a wet mask.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As a wise man also said. Using cloth masks to prevent viral spread it like trying to pick up sand with a tennis racket. Virus particle size \\u2018x\\u2019. Holes in mask size 1000x.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>A mask can also mean that people stand closer to each other than they otherwise would. A mask may, simply, never had had a chance to work at all. After all, we breathe in and breathe out the same amount of air whilst wearing a mask than not.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>If there is virus in floating in the air, we are still going to breathe it in, and out. Masks do not stop us breathing, and the air has to come from somewhere. Unless masks act as a type of black hole, trapping, then transporting viral particles from here into another universe\\u2026 I\\u2019m not putting much money on that hypothesis.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Some months ago, I wrote about the last people to be infected with smallpox. In one hospital, in Germany, a patient with smallpox was being treated on the ground floor. The patient in the room above, and then the room above that, become infected. Which means that viral particles must have got out the window, drifted upwards and infected those above.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Which just gives you some idea of how few viral particles were needed to spread a disease that was, up to that time, not even believed to spread through the air. No droplets required.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Early on, with COVID19 it was noted that ferrets could be infected with the virus. So, researchers put one ferret in a cage, with another ferret above with a solid barrier between them. The one below was infected with COVD19.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The only route for COVID19 to travel from one ferret to the other was through a tube that bent through ninety degrees, bent again to go upwards through the barrier, then across, and back round through ninety degrees<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In essence, this tube was specifically designed to ensure that droplet spread was impossible. As droplets cannot go round corners, travel upwards, turn another ninety degrees\\u2026 and suchlike.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Despite this, all of the uninfected ferrets became, very rapidly, infected. Conclusion \\u2013 COVID19 can travel and infect through aerosol spread. Secondary conclusion \\u2013 masks cannot stop this. At least not the sort of masks that virtually everyone wears, and then re-uses.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Of course, there are masks that you can use to prevent the spread of viral particles. But they have to be airtight, they have to have filters. They are uncomfortable to wear for any length of time, and they need to be changed regularly. They also prevent a great deal of communication, as people hard of hearing will tell you. Oh yes, there are serious downsides to mask wearing.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>I only focus on masks here to make the point that masks appear totally \\u2018Bioplausible\\u2019. If, that is, you don\\u2019t think about all the issues too deeply. Also, getting everyone to wear masks represents doing \\u2018something.\\u2019 Doing something, especially something visible, is always better than doing nothing.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Yes\\u2026 doing something, anything, and Bioplausibility. Two bear traps in human thought. Traps that seem impossible to eradicate.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>There is another, major trap, which is the urge to draw ourselves into tribes. Then attack and attempt destroy anyone who does not agree with us. Humiliate and silence. Turn the \\u2018other\\u2019 into someone with evil intent. I am not getting into this in any depth here. We have all seen too much of it. The terrible seductive pleasure of righteous anger. Which so easily flips into hatred.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As also mentioned by Vinay Prasad.&nbsp;<em>Bad people (John Ioannidis) are always wrong (never mind, that a year ago we all thought he was brilliant).\\u2019<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As we all know, it is not just Ioannidis who is attacked. Dare to breathe one word of caution about vaccines and you become&nbsp;<em>\\u2018dirty anti-vaxxer scum. You deserve to lose your job. Ha!\\u2019<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This is no way for humans to act towards each other. Crush debate, silence those who dare to think differently. Bring in the Spanish Inquisition a.k.a. fact checkers. All bought and paid for by those who have vested interests in obliterating the opposition, of course.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><strong>Question:<\\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When is a fact checker not a fact checker?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><strong>Answer:<\\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When they are called a fact checker. [Especially if they work for a company that used to begin with Face and ended in Book. Or Witterpedia]<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Also Meta\\u2026as in, I meta &nbsp;\\u2018n\\u2019 idiot \\u2013 who think it\\u2019s okay to silence anyone they disagree with, and claim this is science. Spare me.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Anyway, what do we do next time? How do we do better? How do we think better? Well, I suppose that first of all you have to get those in power to accept that they made mistakes\\u2026. Ho hum.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Frankly, that ain\\u2019t going to happen. Therefore, we need new people in power. People who can understand that things are complicated. That the immediate Bioplausible and simplistic \\u2018answer\\u2019 is as likely to be wrong, as it is right. More likely in truth.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>We really need people to think better:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2018We have a crisis in medicine when it comes to understanding and appraising science. We do not teach this explicitly in medical schools, and it gets short shrift to mechanistic science. Our overemphasis on molecular mechanisms fuels the cognitive distortion that a reductionistic view is superior to empiricism<\\/em>*\\u2019&nbsp;<sup>2<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>*empiricism is the view that all concepts originate in experience, that all concepts are about or applicable to things that can be experienced, or that all rationally acceptable beliefs or propositions are justifiable or knowable only through experience.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Were there any examples of doing things better from which we could learn? In Sweden they did things differently \\u2013 at least from most of the rest of Europe. Anders Tegnell, the state epidemiologist (yes they have such a post) was the man who led the Swedish response. It was to bring in very few restrictions and make almost everything voluntary. Lockdown \\u2018lite\\u2019 if you like.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>He was ruthlessly attacked from all directions, but remained superficially calm. Although I imagine he felt most terribly bruised and battered inside.&nbsp;<em>TIME&nbsp;<\\/em>magazine ran a story about the Swedish response entitled&nbsp;<em>\\u2018The Swedish COVID-19 Response Is a Disaster. It Shouldn\\u2019t Be a Model for the Rest of the World.\\u2019<\\/em><sup>5<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>You don\\u2019t really need to read the article. The title makes it entirely clear what tone was adopted, and also what the conclusion was going to be. Sweden = death and mayhem, run for the hills. Frankly, I am amazed that the Swedish Government held firm in supporting him.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>At one point even the Swedish King, Carl XVI Gustaf \\u2018<em>Gustaf \\u2013 &nbsp;the eminent epidemiologist\\u2019<\\/em>&nbsp;as I believe he is also known \\u2013 had a pop at poor old Anders. But the Government did support Tegnell\\u2019s light touch strategy \\u2013 mostly. They held their nerve.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What was Anders thinking, the mad mass murdering fool? As he calmly stated in the British Medical Journal, after COVID19 deaths in Sweden had settled into the lower half of European figures. Not as good as some, better than most:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2026&nbsp;<\\/em>there is still disagreement among scientists about which measures are effective against the spread of infection<em>. \\u201cThis is what we are still struggling to understand: some measures work in some places, but it is difficult to see patterns.\\u201d<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u201cCountries that went through lockdowns are not doing that much better,\\u201d<sup>6<\\/sup><\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Yes, he is describing his OODA journey. Anders is still observing and attempting to orientate, but he cannot see what to do. He still believes that the evidence for severe lockdowns, and mask wearing, simply does not exist. To put it another way, he cannot yet decide what should be done. So, he isn\\u2019t doing it.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Good man. We need far more like Anders Tegnell, and less of those like the members of SAGE in the UK. Screaming blue bloody murder with threats of hundreds of thousands dying if WE DO NOT ACT NOW! The sky is falling, the sky is falling. OMCIRON will kill us all\\u2026&nbsp;<em>all<\\/em>&nbsp;I tell ee\\u2019. Beware the black spot Cap\\u2019n.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>We also need more people to be sceptical. To look at the science and the evidence. We need, quite frankly, to learn to think\\u2026 and grow up. Also, importantly, learn the incredibly difficult trick of doing nothing at all.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As they used to say in a UK advert. \\u2018<em>Nothing acts faster than Anadin<\\/em>&nbsp;(a painkiller)\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Solution\\u2026 take nothing<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>Nothing acts faster than a damn good lockdown<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Solution\\u2026do nothing<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Or, to quote the famous physician William Osler. \\u2018<em>One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.\\u2019<\\/em>&nbsp;I shall now leave you with two things to consider. The first is an open letter, written by Professor Ehud Qimron, head of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Tel Aviv University and one of the leading Israeli immunologists:<\\/p>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em><strong>Ministry of Health, it\\u2019s time to admit failure<\\/strong><\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>In the end, the truth will always be revealed, and the truth about the coronavirus policy is beginning to be revealed. When the destructive concepts collapse one by one, there is nothing left but to tell the experts who led the management of the pandemic \\u2013 we told you so.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>Two years late, you finally realize that a respiratory virus cannot be defeated and that any such attempt is doomed to fail. You do not admit it, because you have admitted almost no mistake in the last two years, but in retrospect it is clear that you have failed miserably in almost all of your actions, and even the media is already having a hard time covering your shame.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You refused to admit that the infection comes in waves that fade by themselves, despite years of observations and scientific knowledge. You insisted on attributing every decline of a wave solely to your actions, and so through false propaganda \\u201cyou overcame the plague.\\u201d And again, you defeated it, and again and again and again.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You refused to admit that mass testing is ineffective, despite your own contingency plans explicitly stating so (\\u201cPandemic Influenza Health System Preparedness Plan, 2007\\u201d, p. 26).<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You refused to admit that recovery is more protective than a vaccine, despite previous knowledge and observations showing that non-recovered vaccinated people are more likely to be infected than recovered people. You refused to admit that the vaccinated are contagious despite the observations. Based on this, you hoped to achieve herd immunity by vaccination \\u2014 and you failed in that as well.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You insisted on ignoring the fact that the disease is dozens of times more dangerous for risk groups and older adults, than for young people who are not in risk groups, despite the knowledge that came from China as early as 2020.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You refused to adopt the \\u201cBarrington Declaration\\u201d, signed by more than 60,000 scientists and medical professionals, or other common-sense programs. You chose to ridicule, slander, distort and discredit them. Instead of the right programs and people, you have chosen professionals who lack relevant training for pandemic management (physicists as chief government advisers, veterinarians, security officers, media personnel, and so on).<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You have not set up an effective system for reporting side effects from the vaccines, and reports on side effects have even been deleted from your Facebook page. Doctors avoid linking side effects to the vaccine, lest you persecute them as you did with some of their colleagues. You have ignored many reports of changes in menstrual intensity and menstrual cycle times. You hid data that allows for objective and proper research (for example, you removed the data on passengers at Ben Gurion Airport). Instead, you chose to publish non-objective articles together with senior Pfizer executives on the effectiveness and safety of vaccines.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>Irreversible damage to trust<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>However, from the heights of your hubris, you have also ignored the fact that in the end the truth will be revealed. And it begins to be revealed. The truth is that you have brought the public\\u2019s trust in you to an unprecedented low, and you have eroded your status as a source of authority. The truth is that you have burned hundreds of billions of shekels to no avail \\u2013 for publishing intimidation, for ineffective tests, for destructive lockdowns and for disrupting the routine of life in the last two years.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You have destroyed the education of our children and their future. You made children feel guilty, scared, smoke, drink, get addicted, drop out, and quarrel, as school principals around the country attest. You have harmed livelihoods, the economy, human rights, mental health and physical health.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You slandered colleagues who did not surrender to you, you turned the people against each other, divided society and polarized the discourse. You branded, without any scientific basis, people who chose not to get vaccinated as enemies of the public and as spreaders of disease. You promote, in an unprecedented way, a draconian policy of discrimination, denial of rights and selection of people, including children, for their medical choice. A selection that lacks any epidemiological justification.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>When you compare the destructive policies you are pursuing with the sane policies of some other countries \\u2014 you can clearly see that the destruction you have caused has only added victims beyond the vulnerable to the virus. The economy you ruined, the unemployed you caused, and the children whose education you destroyed \\u2014 they are the surplus victims as a result of your own actions only.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>There is currently no medical emergency, but you have been cultivating such a condition for two years now because of lust for power, budgets and control. The only emergency now is that you still set policies and hold huge budgets for propaganda and psychological engineering instead of directing them to strengthen the health care system.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>This emergency must stop!<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>Professor Udi Qimron, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University7<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<p>I suppose I should say that the opinions of Professor Udi Qimron are not necessarily those of the senior management of this blog. I, in exactly the same way as Google and Facebook (Sorry, Alphabet and Meta. \\u2018<em>As I was going to St Ives I meta man with seven wives\\u2019\\u2026 how many idiots were going to St Ives<\\/em>), and suchlike, am merely the repository for information, and articles. A warehouse if you like. I have no editorial control over content, so you cannot sue me for anything written.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Unfortunately, I am not rich enough to employ Fact Checkers and unleash them upon anyone who disagrees with me. Yet. You have been warned.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The second thing, that I shall leave you with, is the fact that doing nothing can be very rewarding, and sometimes pretty hard work. As outlined by this article in&nbsp;<em>The International Journal of Doing Very little<\\/em>:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018We\\u2019re busy doin\\u2019 nothin\\u2019<br \\/>Workin\\u2019 the whole day through<br \\/>Tryin\\u2019 to find lots of things not to do<br \\/>We\\u2019re busy goin\\u2019 nowhere<br \\/>Isn\\u2019t it just a crime<br \\/>We\\u2019d like to be unhappy, but<br \\/>We never do have the time,\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018I have to watch the river<br \\/>To see that it doesn\\u2019t stop<br \\/>And stick around the rosebuds<br \\/>So they\\u2019ll know when to pop<br \\/>And keep the crickets cheerful<br \\/>They\\u2019re really a solemn bunch<br \\/>Hustle, bustle<br \\/>And only an hour for lunch.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>La-la-la-la-la-la<br \\/>La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la<br \\/>La-la-la-la-la-la<br \\/>La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018We\\u2019re busy doin\\u2019 nothin\\u2019<br \\/>Workin\\u2019 the whole day through<br \\/>Tryin\\u2019 to find lots of things not to do<br \\/>We\\u2019re busy goin\\u2019 nowhere<br \\/>Isn\\u2019t it just a crime<br \\/>We\\u2019d like to be unhappy, but<br \\/>We never do have the time.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018I have to wake the Sun up<br \\/>He\\u2019s liable to sleep all day<br \\/>And then inspect the rainbows<br \\/>So they\\u2019ll be bright and gay<br \\/>I must rehearse the songbirds<br \\/>To see that they sing in key<br \\/>Hustle, bustle<br \\/>And never a moment free.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018We\\u2019re busy doin\\u2019 nothin\\u2019<br \\/>Workin\\u2019 the whole day through<br \\/>Tryin\\u2019 to find lots of things not to do<br \\/>We\\u2019re busy going nowhere<br \\/>Isn\\u2019t it just a crime<br \\/>We\\u2019d like to be unhappy, but<br \\/>We never do have the time.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018I have to meet a turtle<br \\/>I\\u2019m teachin\\u2019 him how to swim<br \\/>Then I have to shine the dewdrops<br \\/>You know they\\u2019re looking rather dim<br \\/>I told my friend, the robin<br \\/>I\\u2019d buy him a brand-new vest<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Hustle, bustle<br \\/>We never do have<br \\/>We never do have<br \\/>We never do, never do<br \\/>Never do, never do, never do have the time<br \\/>Never do have the time.\\u2019<sup>8<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>And if that don\\u2019t cheer you up, nothing will. 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MALCOLM KENDRICK (2)\",\"alias\":\"don-t-just-do-something-stand-there-dr-malcolm-kendrick-2\",\"introtext\":\"<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/drmalcolmkendrick.org\\/\\\"><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/drmalcolmkendrick.files.wordpress.com\\/2015\\/07\\/drmk-blog-header.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"header-image\\\" \\/><\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<div id=\\\"main\\\" class=\\\"wrapper\\\">\\r\\n<section id=\\\"primary\\\" class=\\\"site-content\\\">\\r\\n<div id=\\\"content\\\" role=\\\"main\\\"><header class=\\\"archive-header\\\">\\r\\n<h1 class=\\\"archive-title\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt;\\\">AUTHOR ARCHIVES:&nbsp;<span class=\\\"vcard\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/drmalcolmkendrick.org\\/author\\/drmalcolmkendrick\\/\\\" rel=\\\"me\\\" class=\\\"url fn n\\\" title=\\\"Dr. Malcolm Kendrick\\\">DR. MALCOLM KENDRICK<\\/a><\\/span><\\/span><\\/h1>\\r\\n<\\/header>\\r\\n<div class=\\\"author-info\\\">\\r\\n<div class=\\\"author-description\\\">\\r\\n<p>Malcolm Kendrick is a Scottish doctor and author of The Great Cholesterol Con (2008). He has been a general practitioner for over 25 years and has worked with the European Society of Cardiology.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<article id=\\\"post-10944\\\" class=\\\"post-10944 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-covid-19\\\"><header class=\\\"entry-header\\\">\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"entry-title\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/drmalcolmkendrick.org\\/2022\\/01\\/14\\/dont-just-do-something-stand-there\\/\\\" rel=\\\"bookmark\\\">Don\\u2019t just do something, stand&nbsp;there!<\\/a><\\/h3>\\r\\n<\\/header><\\/article>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<\\/section>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<p>14th January 2022<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>A few months ago, I resolved not to write anything more about COVID19. I was having zero apparent effect on anything, or anybody, and I was just getting increasingly despondent at the destruction of science, debate, logic, humanity, personal freedoms \\u2026 life.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>However, my New Years resolution was to not have any more resolutions. Which lead to an almost inescapable logic loop from which I have only just managed to extricate myself.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In truth, I believe that I still have a few things left to say about COVID19 that may be useful in stopping some of the most egregious nonsense being repeated. [Fat chance, says the little man on my shoulder].<\\/p>\\r\\n\",\"fulltext\":\"\\r\\n<p>What I am about to write, I have written about before, in various different guises. However, I think it is worth going back over some old ground again. Hopefully in a more effective manner.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In this blog what I want to do is to look at how we think about a few things, primarily in medicine, and medical science. To try and highlight how some repeated flaws in thought have influenced the reaction to COVID19.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>I hope that by doing this, it may help to prevent some us travelling down the terribly well-worn \\u2018<em>paths of pointlessness\\u2019&nbsp;<\\/em>again. Or, at least, to get people to stop and question<em>&nbsp;how<\\/em>&nbsp;they are thinking, before throwing themselves into the fray.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>To begin.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What I saw happening with COVID19 is a pattern that repeats in medicine over and over again:<\\/p>\\r\\n<ul>\\r\\n<li>We have a serious illness \\u2013&nbsp;<em>panic<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Something must be done \\u2013&nbsp;<em>grab the pitchforks, run about screaming<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>An influential person, or organisation, grabs the initiative \\u2013 \\u2018<em>\\u2018experts\\u2019 move in.\\u2019<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>I\\/We know what to do, you must follow me\\/us \\u2013&nbsp;<em>simple idea +<\\/em>&nbsp;<em>soothing<\\/em>&nbsp;<em>paternalism<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Frightened people latch onto their ideas \\u2013&nbsp;<em>two legs good, four legs bad<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>A path is chosen \\u2013&nbsp;<em>along the side of a cliff<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Momentum builds \\u2013&nbsp;<em>the unstoppable charge of the light brigade<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Those who object to the path taken are crushed \\u2013&nbsp;<em>1984<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<\\/ul>\\r\\n<p>Fast forward a few decades\\u2026 \\u2018<em>Oh, it seems that the thing we always do as standard medical practice\\u2026 Turns out it does more harm than good<\\/em>.\\u2019 See under: removal of toxic colon, the radical mastectomy, strict bed rest following a heart attack, cutting teeth, use of radium water, plombage, mercury for syphilis, pre-frontal lobotomy etc.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Of course, this pattern is not true of every medical intervention, not by any manner of means. Sometimes the influential person, or organisation, promotes the best course of action. This has been known to happen from time to time\\u2026 believe it or not. In addition, medical practice does eventually auto-correct \\u2013 and ends up doing the right thing. Almost always. We no longer remove toxic colons to cure female neurosis.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>But what never, ever, seems to happen is OODA. Defined as \\u2018<em>a practical concept designed to function as the foundation of rational thinking in confusing or chaotic situation\\u2019<\\/em>.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>OODA stands for. \\u2018<em>Observe, Orient, Decide Act<\\/em>.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>It was developed by the Air Force Colonel, John Boyd.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What John Boyd taught was simple. If you don\\u2019t know what is going on, do&nbsp;<em>not<\\/em>&nbsp;make immediate decisions. First, work out what is happening, then orientate yourself \\u2013 before you decide what to do. That way you avoid most, if not all, stupid mistakes. For many years, without knowing anything of OODA my own medical strategy has tended towards \\u2018<em>don\\u2019t just do something, stand there.<\\/em>\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Unfortunately, the medical profession has always battled ferociously against doing nothing. It has always greatly favoured the \\u2018<em>You must do something, anything, I don\\u2019t care what it is so long as it sounds like a good idea<\\/em>.&nbsp;<em>Chaaarge!<\\/em>\\u2019 Strategy.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This, the \\u2018<em>do something strategy\\u2019<\\/em>, has always proven far more seductive, and almost always wins. It is easier to attract followers to do something, than to than to do nothing. Why not whack a hole in the skull and split the brain apart to cure various mental diseases? Why not\\u2026 indeed. Ah yes, the good old pre-frontal lobotomy.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><strong>A.N. Other doctor:<\\/strong>&nbsp;<em>\\u2018If you do nothing people will surely die. You cannot just stand there doing nothing.<\\/em>\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><strong>Me:<\\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \\u2018<em>But what if those things we do end up causing more damage, or killing more people?\\u2019<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Many years ago, my father said to me. \\u2018<em>You will always be blamed for failures of omission, rath than commission.<\\/em>\\u2019 At the time I was young, &nbsp;I knew everything, and thought he was talking rubbish. In truth I didn\\u2019t really understand his point. Now that I know that\\u2026 I know nothing, I fully understand how profound his comment was. I wish I had listened to him more.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Yes, doing something will always be looked on in a positive light. Effort has been made, decisions have been taken, activity carried out. In medicine this is reflected in a comment that I have had directed at me, from time to time. \\u2018<em>At least you tried, doctor<\\/em>.\\u2019 Well, seeing as they are now dead, my efforts achieved very little. But thanks anyway.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In addition, if you do nothing, you can be accused of laziness, of being uncaring. You just stood there and watched them suffer, even die. You cruel swine. I see this overwhelming urge to do something, anything, in the person who cannot swim, jumping into a river to try and save their dog from drowning.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What exactly did they think they were going to achieve? Oh well, at least they tried, you may say. No\\u2026 they were stupid. They drowned along with their dog. But who can stand on the riverbank watching their dog die?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Well, me, actually.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This also moves into the area of survival guilt. How am I still alive when others have died? Better to die trying than to have done nothing? It all further wraps round into it the almost irresistible urge to be seen to be doing something. I think it is hard-wired into our psyche. We must fight to protect those in our tribe and be seen to be doing it. Chop, chop, busy, busy, work, work, bang, bang&nbsp;<sup>1<\\/sup>. &nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>I am, however, reminded of the philosophy behind recruitment to the German army in the good old days \\u2013 as recounted to me. Men were divided in to four categories:<\\/p>\\r\\n<ul>\\r\\n<li>Intelligent and lazy<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Intelligent and hardworking<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Stupid and lazy<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Stupid and hardworking<\\/li>\\r\\n<\\/ul>\\r\\n<p>At which point<\\/p>\\r\\n<ul>\\r\\n<li>Intelligent and lazy men were taken for officer training<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Intelligent and hardworking men were turned into NCOs (non-commissioned officers)<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Stupid and lazy men became privates \\u2013 squaddies, to use the UK vernacular<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Those who were both stupid, and hardworking, were taken out and shot, before they could do too much damage<\\/li>\\r\\n<\\/ul>\\r\\n<p>Doing things, doing things, doing things. We place great value on it. Too much.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As Kurt Vonnegut Jnr noted in Cat\\u2019s Cradle:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u201cWe do, doodley do, doodley do, doodely do,<\\/em><br \\/><em>What we must, muddily must, muddily must, muddily must;<\\/em><br \\/><em>Muddily do, muddily do, muddily do, muddily do,<\\/em><br \\/><em>Until we bust, bodily bust, bodily bust, bodily bust.\\u201d<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Of course, if there are things to be done, they should be done. But that does not mean we should rush around doing stuff, just because it seems better than doing nothing. Here is what Vinay Prasad has to say in his blog \\u2018<em>Will science do better post COVID19?\\u2019<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2018When faced with a pandemic, we re-treated to all the old delusions. Bioplausibilty was sacrosanct\\u2014 that\\u2019s why #maskswork! We can\\u2019t run RCTs\\u2014 these are parachutes.&nbsp;<strong>Doing something is always better than doing nothing!<\\/strong>&nbsp;More is better than less! Keep boosting, young man!! Newer is better than older. Disease bad; treatments good. Bad people (John Ioannidis) are always wrong (never mind, that a year ago we all thought he was brilliant).\\u2019<\\/em>&nbsp;<sup>2<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The additional problem with doing things is that, once you have started doing them, it becomes damned difficult to stop again. After you have decided to blow four hundred billion pounds on lockdown, or thereabouts, then you are pretty much stuck with it. Or else, you are going to look pretty stupid. \\u2018<em>Sorry, ahem, I seem to have wasted a teensy bit of money<\\/em>.&nbsp;<em>Sorry, my mistake.<\\/em>\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>If everyone is ordered to wear a mask, on pain of death, you are stuck with that too. Back pedalling from instant decisions is very, very, difficult. For the scientists and politicians involved you cannot be seen to have been wrong. Reputations&nbsp;<em>must<\\/em>&nbsp;be protected.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>At which point, vast amounts of time and effort are expended in trying to batter down anyone who dares to suggest that we rushed into doing things that were completely pointless, even damaging. Science then becomes twisted and bent to justify the errors made. Those in power must retain power. The narrative must be supported:<\\/p>\\r\\n<ul>\\r\\n<li>COVID19 is really, really deadly<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Lockdowns really, really, work<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Masks really, really, work<\\/li>\\r\\n<\\/ul>\\r\\n<p>If you question these narratives, people will demand an answer to this rhetorical question. Do you want people to die! (That\\u2019s always an effective weapon). The correct answer to this question by the way, is usually no \\u2013 although I am willing to make exceptions.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The other terrible flaw in thinking here, especially in medicine, was also mentioned by Vinay Prasad. It is Bioplausibility. Often closely associated with fast thinking a.k.a. jumping to conclusions, because they just seem right.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Masks, indeed, must surely work. Because? Because they prevent the virus from spreading. In fact, masks represent an almost perfect example of bioplausibility a.k.a. sheer common sense. No-one can argue against using them. If you do, your arguments must be pure sophistry, or simply nonsense.&nbsp;<em>\\u2019You do not understand science<\\/em>.\\u2019 That\\u2019s a good one, I get that a lot.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2018I think you will find it is not I that fails to understand science.\\u2019<\\/em>&nbsp;I think to myself. But I don\\u2019t say it, because it makes you sound like a prat.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Let me remind you of a time when, after a heart attack you had to rest in bed doing nothing for six weeks. The heart has been damaged and must be given a chance to rest. Yes, perfect Bioplausibility, believed by virtually everyone. To question it was to be cast into the outer darkness.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>It is now known that the worst thing you can possibly do is to enforce strict bed rest post heart attack. This advice, in place from 1912 to about 1960(ish), killed tens of millions. Maybe hundreds of millions.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As for masks \\u2013 the sort of masks worn by almost everyone.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2018The use of cloth facemasks in community settings has become an accepted public policy response to decrease disease transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet evidence of facemask efficacy is based primarily on observational studies that are subject to confounding and on mechanistic studies that rely on surrogate endpoints (such as droplet dispersion) as proxies for disease transmission.&nbsp;<strong>The available clinical evidence of facemask efficacy is of low quality and the best available clinical evidence has mostly failed to show efficacy<\\/strong>, with fourteen of sixteen identified randomized controlled trials comparing face masks to no mask controls failing to find statistically significant benefit in the intent<\\/em><em>\\u2010\\u200bto<\\/em><em>\\u2010\\u200btreat populations. Of sixteen quantitative meta<\\/em><em>\\u2010\\u200banalyses, eight were equivocal or critical as to whether evidence supports a public recommendation of masks, and the remaining eight supported a public mask intervention on limited evidence primarily on the basis of the precautionary principle.&nbsp;<strong>Although weak evidence should not preclude precautionary actions in the face of unprecedented events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, ethical principles require that the strength of the evidence and best estimates of amount of benefit be truthfully communicated to the public.<\\/strong><\\/em><strong>\\u2019<\\/strong><sup>3<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>How can masks possibly fail to work?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Well, unfortunately, our brains work one way, and the world often works in quite another way. As does, therefore, science. For centuries people thought that heavier than air flight would only be possible if you flapped things that looked very like wings. Why, because birds and bats were the only flying things people had ever seen flying [apart from lemmings] and they mostly flapped about like mad \\u2013 using wings.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Except that, if you looked closely, they didn\\u2019t \\u2013 not really. If you thought flapping was the key to flight, you were not really looking. An albatross can stay aloft for hours, gliding above the waves, using the wind and updrafts, and barely moving its wings at all.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Yet, and yet, no-one was able to see this. When I say \\u2018see\\u2019 this I mean \\u2013 look beyond the obvious, in your face, flappy stuff. Observe properly, deeply, to really understand what you are looking at \\u2013 in this case aerodynamics. Eventually, of course, some people did. Et voila, the Wright Brothers.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>With masks\\u2026 Yes, it is both true, and self-evident, that a mask stops droplets being catapulted across a room after a cough or sneeze, or suchlike. So, they must stop spread\\u2026mustn\\u2019t they? I mean, you can even see it working in slow motion videos. A man coughs in London, virus ends up in New York \\u2013 or something. Ah, the dreaded Bioplausibility\\u2026 that can also be visualised. Double bubble.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>But a mask can also turn droplets into an aerosol by breaking the droplet down into far smaller particles. Particles will float in the air for longer, and thus be inhaled for longer. Possibly, probably<sup>4<\\/sup>. You didn\\u2019t think of that, did you?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>A mask can also become damp and keep viral particles viable for longer. Once discarded \\u2013 as many masks are \\u2013 they represent receptacles for viruses and can spread disease when picked up. What happens when masks are used and used, and re-used? As they often are. Superspreading here we come. Blowing viral particles out of a wet mask.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As a wise man also said. Using cloth masks to prevent viral spread it like trying to pick up sand with a tennis racket. Virus particle size \\u2018x\\u2019. Holes in mask size 1000x.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>A mask can also mean that people stand closer to each other than they otherwise would. A mask may, simply, never had had a chance to work at all. After all, we breathe in and breathe out the same amount of air whilst wearing a mask than not.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>If there is virus in floating in the air, we are still going to breathe it in, and out. Masks do not stop us breathing, and the air has to come from somewhere. Unless masks act as a type of black hole, trapping, then transporting viral particles from here into another universe\\u2026 I\\u2019m not putting much money on that hypothesis.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Some months ago, I wrote about the last people to be infected with smallpox. In one hospital, in Germany, a patient with smallpox was being treated on the ground floor. The patient in the room above, and then the room above that, become infected. Which means that viral particles must have got out the window, drifted upwards and infected those above.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Which just gives you some idea of how few viral particles were needed to spread a disease that was, up to that time, not even believed to spread through the air. No droplets required.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Early on, with COVID19 it was noted that ferrets could be infected with the virus. So, researchers put one ferret in a cage, with another ferret above with a solid barrier between them. The one below was infected with COVD19.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The only route for COVID19 to travel from one ferret to the other was through a tube that bent through ninety degrees, bent again to go upwards through the barrier, then across, and back round through ninety degrees<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In essence, this tube was specifically designed to ensure that droplet spread was impossible. As droplets cannot go round corners, travel upwards, turn another ninety degrees\\u2026 and suchlike.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Despite this, all of the uninfected ferrets became, very rapidly, infected. Conclusion \\u2013 COVID19 can travel and infect through aerosol spread. Secondary conclusion \\u2013 masks cannot stop this. At least not the sort of masks that virtually everyone wears, and then re-uses.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Of course, there are masks that you can use to prevent the spread of viral particles. But they have to be airtight, they have to have filters. They are uncomfortable to wear for any length of time, and they need to be changed regularly. They also prevent a great deal of communication, as people hard of hearing will tell you. Oh yes, there are serious downsides to mask wearing.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>I only focus on masks here to make the point that masks appear totally \\u2018Bioplausible\\u2019. If, that is, you don\\u2019t think about all the issues too deeply. Also, getting everyone to wear masks represents doing \\u2018something.\\u2019 Doing something, especially something visible, is always better than doing nothing.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Yes\\u2026 doing something, anything, and Bioplausibility. Two bear traps in human thought. Traps that seem impossible to eradicate.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>There is another, major trap, which is the urge to draw ourselves into tribes. Then attack and attempt destroy anyone who does not agree with us. Humiliate and silence. Turn the \\u2018other\\u2019 into someone with evil intent. I am not getting into this in any depth here. We have all seen too much of it. The terrible seductive pleasure of righteous anger. Which so easily flips into hatred.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As also mentioned by Vinay Prasad.&nbsp;<em>Bad people (John Ioannidis) are always wrong (never mind, that a year ago we all thought he was brilliant).\\u2019<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As we all know, it is not just Ioannidis who is attacked. Dare to breathe one word of caution about vaccines and you become&nbsp;<em>\\u2018dirty anti-vaxxer scum. You deserve to lose your job. Ha!\\u2019<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This is no way for humans to act towards each other. Crush debate, silence those who dare to think differently. Bring in the Spanish Inquisition a.k.a. fact checkers. All bought and paid for by those who have vested interests in obliterating the opposition, of course.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><strong>Question:<\\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When is a fact checker not a fact checker?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><strong>Answer:<\\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When they are called a fact checker. [Especially if they work for a company that used to begin with Face and ended in Book. Or Witterpedia]<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Also Meta\\u2026as in, I meta &nbsp;\\u2018n\\u2019 idiot \\u2013 who think it\\u2019s okay to silence anyone they disagree with, and claim this is science. Spare me.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Anyway, what do we do next time? How do we do better? How do we think better? Well, I suppose that first of all you have to get those in power to accept that they made mistakes\\u2026. Ho hum.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Frankly, that ain\\u2019t going to happen. Therefore, we need new people in power. People who can understand that things are complicated. That the immediate Bioplausible and simplistic \\u2018answer\\u2019 is as likely to be wrong, as it is right. More likely in truth.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>We really need people to think better:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2018We have a crisis in medicine when it comes to understanding and appraising science. We do not teach this explicitly in medical schools, and it gets short shrift to mechanistic science. Our overemphasis on molecular mechanisms fuels the cognitive distortion that a reductionistic view is superior to empiricism<\\/em>*\\u2019&nbsp;<sup>2<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>*empiricism is the view that all concepts originate in experience, that all concepts are about or applicable to things that can be experienced, or that all rationally acceptable beliefs or propositions are justifiable or knowable only through experience.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Were there any examples of doing things better from which we could learn? In Sweden they did things differently \\u2013 at least from most of the rest of Europe. Anders Tegnell, the state epidemiologist (yes they have such a post) was the man who led the Swedish response. It was to bring in very few restrictions and make almost everything voluntary. Lockdown \\u2018lite\\u2019 if you like.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>He was ruthlessly attacked from all directions, but remained superficially calm. Although I imagine he felt most terribly bruised and battered inside.&nbsp;<em>TIME&nbsp;<\\/em>magazine ran a story about the Swedish response entitled&nbsp;<em>\\u2018The Swedish COVID-19 Response Is a Disaster. It Shouldn\\u2019t Be a Model for the Rest of the World.\\u2019<\\/em><sup>5<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>You don\\u2019t really need to read the article. The title makes it entirely clear what tone was adopted, and also what the conclusion was going to be. Sweden = death and mayhem, run for the hills. Frankly, I am amazed that the Swedish Government held firm in supporting him.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>At one point even the Swedish King, Carl XVI Gustaf \\u2018<em>Gustaf \\u2013 &nbsp;the eminent epidemiologist\\u2019<\\/em>&nbsp;as I believe he is also known \\u2013 had a pop at poor old Anders. But the Government did support Tegnell\\u2019s light touch strategy \\u2013 mostly. They held their nerve.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What was Anders thinking, the mad mass murdering fool? As he calmly stated in the British Medical Journal, after COVID19 deaths in Sweden had settled into the lower half of European figures. Not as good as some, better than most:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2026&nbsp;<\\/em>there is still disagreement among scientists about which measures are effective against the spread of infection<em>. \\u201cThis is what we are still struggling to understand: some measures work in some places, but it is difficult to see patterns.\\u201d<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u201cCountries that went through lockdowns are not doing that much better,\\u201d<sup>6<\\/sup><\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Yes, he is describing his OODA journey. Anders is still observing and attempting to orientate, but he cannot see what to do. He still believes that the evidence for severe lockdowns, and mask wearing, simply does not exist. To put it another way, he cannot yet decide what should be done. So, he isn\\u2019t doing it.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Good man. We need far more like Anders Tegnell, and less of those like the members of SAGE in the UK. Screaming blue bloody murder with threats of hundreds of thousands dying if WE DO NOT ACT NOW! The sky is falling, the sky is falling. OMCIRON will kill us all\\u2026&nbsp;<em>all<\\/em>&nbsp;I tell ee\\u2019. Beware the black spot Cap\\u2019n.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>We also need more people to be sceptical. To look at the science and the evidence. We need, quite frankly, to learn to think\\u2026 and grow up. Also, importantly, learn the incredibly difficult trick of doing nothing at all.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As they used to say in a UK advert. \\u2018<em>Nothing acts faster than Anadin<\\/em>&nbsp;(a painkiller)\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Solution\\u2026 take nothing<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>Nothing acts faster than a damn good lockdown<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Solution\\u2026do nothing<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Or, to quote the famous physician William Osler. \\u2018<em>One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.\\u2019<\\/em>&nbsp;I shall now leave you with two things to consider. The first is an open letter, written by Professor Ehud Qimron, head of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Tel Aviv University and one of the leading Israeli immunologists:<\\/p>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em><strong>Ministry of Health, it\\u2019s time to admit failure<\\/strong><\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>In the end, the truth will always be revealed, and the truth about the coronavirus policy is beginning to be revealed. When the destructive concepts collapse one by one, there is nothing left but to tell the experts who led the management of the pandemic \\u2013 we told you so.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>Two years late, you finally realize that a respiratory virus cannot be defeated and that any such attempt is doomed to fail. You do not admit it, because you have admitted almost no mistake in the last two years, but in retrospect it is clear that you have failed miserably in almost all of your actions, and even the media is already having a hard time covering your shame.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You refused to admit that the infection comes in waves that fade by themselves, despite years of observations and scientific knowledge. You insisted on attributing every decline of a wave solely to your actions, and so through false propaganda \\u201cyou overcame the plague.\\u201d And again, you defeated it, and again and again and again.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You refused to admit that mass testing is ineffective, despite your own contingency plans explicitly stating so (\\u201cPandemic Influenza Health System Preparedness Plan, 2007\\u201d, p. 26).<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You refused to admit that recovery is more protective than a vaccine, despite previous knowledge and observations showing that non-recovered vaccinated people are more likely to be infected than recovered people. You refused to admit that the vaccinated are contagious despite the observations. Based on this, you hoped to achieve herd immunity by vaccination \\u2014 and you failed in that as well.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You insisted on ignoring the fact that the disease is dozens of times more dangerous for risk groups and older adults, than for young people who are not in risk groups, despite the knowledge that came from China as early as 2020.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You refused to adopt the \\u201cBarrington Declaration\\u201d, signed by more than 60,000 scientists and medical professionals, or other common-sense programs. You chose to ridicule, slander, distort and discredit them. Instead of the right programs and people, you have chosen professionals who lack relevant training for pandemic management (physicists as chief government advisers, veterinarians, security officers, media personnel, and so on).<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You have not set up an effective system for reporting side effects from the vaccines, and reports on side effects have even been deleted from your Facebook page. Doctors avoid linking side effects to the vaccine, lest you persecute them as you did with some of their colleagues. You have ignored many reports of changes in menstrual intensity and menstrual cycle times. You hid data that allows for objective and proper research (for example, you removed the data on passengers at Ben Gurion Airport). Instead, you chose to publish non-objective articles together with senior Pfizer executives on the effectiveness and safety of vaccines.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>Irreversible damage to trust<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>However, from the heights of your hubris, you have also ignored the fact that in the end the truth will be revealed. And it begins to be revealed. The truth is that you have brought the public\\u2019s trust in you to an unprecedented low, and you have eroded your status as a source of authority. The truth is that you have burned hundreds of billions of shekels to no avail \\u2013 for publishing intimidation, for ineffective tests, for destructive lockdowns and for disrupting the routine of life in the last two years.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You have destroyed the education of our children and their future. You made children feel guilty, scared, smoke, drink, get addicted, drop out, and quarrel, as school principals around the country attest. You have harmed livelihoods, the economy, human rights, mental health and physical health.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You slandered colleagues who did not surrender to you, you turned the people against each other, divided society and polarized the discourse. You branded, without any scientific basis, people who chose not to get vaccinated as enemies of the public and as spreaders of disease. You promote, in an unprecedented way, a draconian policy of discrimination, denial of rights and selection of people, including children, for their medical choice. A selection that lacks any epidemiological justification.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>When you compare the destructive policies you are pursuing with the sane policies of some other countries \\u2014 you can clearly see that the destruction you have caused has only added victims beyond the vulnerable to the virus. The economy you ruined, the unemployed you caused, and the children whose education you destroyed \\u2014 they are the surplus victims as a result of your own actions only.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>There is currently no medical emergency, but you have been cultivating such a condition for two years now because of lust for power, budgets and control. The only emergency now is that you still set policies and hold huge budgets for propaganda and psychological engineering instead of directing them to strengthen the health care system.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>This emergency must stop!<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>Professor Udi Qimron, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University7<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<p>I suppose I should say that the opinions of Professor Udi Qimron are not necessarily those of the senior management of this blog. I, in exactly the same way as Google and Facebook (Sorry, Alphabet and Meta. \\u2018<em>As I was going to St Ives I meta man with seven wives\\u2019\\u2026 how many idiots were going to St Ives<\\/em>), and suchlike, am merely the repository for information, and articles. A warehouse if you like. I have no editorial control over content, so you cannot sue me for anything written.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Unfortunately, I am not rich enough to employ Fact Checkers and unleash them upon anyone who disagrees with me. Yet. You have been warned.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The second thing, that I shall leave you with, is the fact that doing nothing can be very rewarding, and sometimes pretty hard work. As outlined by this article in&nbsp;<em>The International Journal of Doing Very little<\\/em>:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018We\\u2019re busy doin\\u2019 nothin\\u2019<br \\/>Workin\\u2019 the whole day through<br \\/>Tryin\\u2019 to find lots of things not to do<br \\/>We\\u2019re busy goin\\u2019 nowhere<br \\/>Isn\\u2019t it just a crime<br \\/>We\\u2019d like to be unhappy, but<br \\/>We never do have the time,\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018I have to watch the river<br \\/>To see that it doesn\\u2019t stop<br \\/>And stick around the rosebuds<br \\/>So they\\u2019ll know when to pop<br \\/>And keep the crickets cheerful<br \\/>They\\u2019re really a solemn bunch<br \\/>Hustle, bustle<br \\/>And only an hour for lunch.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>La-la-la-la-la-la<br \\/>La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la<br \\/>La-la-la-la-la-la<br \\/>La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018We\\u2019re busy doin\\u2019 nothin\\u2019<br \\/>Workin\\u2019 the whole day through<br \\/>Tryin\\u2019 to find lots of things not to do<br \\/>We\\u2019re busy goin\\u2019 nowhere<br \\/>Isn\\u2019t it just a crime<br \\/>We\\u2019d like to be unhappy, but<br \\/>We never do have the time.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018I have to wake the Sun up<br \\/>He\\u2019s liable to sleep all day<br \\/>And then inspect the rainbows<br \\/>So they\\u2019ll be bright and gay<br \\/>I must rehearse the songbirds<br \\/>To see that they sing in key<br \\/>Hustle, bustle<br \\/>And never a moment free.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018We\\u2019re busy doin\\u2019 nothin\\u2019<br \\/>Workin\\u2019 the whole day through<br \\/>Tryin\\u2019 to find lots of things not to do<br \\/>We\\u2019re busy going nowhere<br \\/>Isn\\u2019t it just a crime<br \\/>We\\u2019d like to be unhappy, but<br \\/>We never do have the time.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018I have to meet a turtle<br \\/>I\\u2019m teachin\\u2019 him how to swim<br \\/>Then I have to shine the dewdrops<br \\/>You know they\\u2019re looking rather dim<br \\/>I told my friend, the robin<br \\/>I\\u2019d buy him a brand-new vest<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Hustle, bustle<br \\/>We never do have<br \\/>We never do have<br \\/>We never do, never do<br \\/>Never do, never do, never do have the time<br \\/>Never do have the time.\\u2019<sup>8<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>And if that don\\u2019t cheer you up, nothing will. 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MALCOLM KENDRICK (2)\",\"alias\":\"don-t-just-do-something-stand-there-dr-malcolm-kendrick-2\",\"introtext\":\"<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/drmalcolmkendrick.org\\/\\\"><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/drmalcolmkendrick.files.wordpress.com\\/2015\\/07\\/drmk-blog-header.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"header-image\\\" \\/><\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<div id=\\\"main\\\" class=\\\"wrapper\\\">\\r\\n<section id=\\\"primary\\\" class=\\\"site-content\\\">\\r\\n<div id=\\\"content\\\" role=\\\"main\\\"><header class=\\\"archive-header\\\">\\r\\n<h1 class=\\\"archive-title\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt;\\\">AUTHOR ARCHIVES:&nbsp;<span class=\\\"vcard\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/drmalcolmkendrick.org\\/author\\/drmalcolmkendrick\\/\\\" rel=\\\"me\\\" class=\\\"url fn n\\\" title=\\\"Dr. Malcolm Kendrick\\\">DR. MALCOLM KENDRICK<\\/a><\\/span><\\/span><\\/h1>\\r\\n<\\/header>\\r\\n<div class=\\\"author-info\\\">\\r\\n<div class=\\\"author-description\\\">\\r\\n<p>Malcolm Kendrick is a Scottish doctor and author of The Great Cholesterol Con (2008). He has been a general practitioner for over 25 years and has worked with the European Society of Cardiology.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<article id=\\\"post-10944\\\" class=\\\"post-10944 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-covid-19\\\"><header class=\\\"entry-header\\\">\\r\\n<h3 class=\\\"entry-title\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/drmalcolmkendrick.org\\/2022\\/01\\/14\\/dont-just-do-something-stand-there\\/\\\" rel=\\\"bookmark\\\">Don\\u2019t Just Do Something, Stand There!<\\/a><\\/h3>\\r\\n<\\/header><\\/article>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<\\/section>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<p>14th January 2022<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>A few months ago, I resolved not to write anything more about COVID19. I was having zero apparent effect on anything, or anybody, and I was just getting increasingly despondent at the destruction of science, debate, logic, humanity, personal freedoms \\u2026 life.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>However, my New Years resolution was to not have any more resolutions. Which lead to an almost inescapable logic loop from which I have only just managed to extricate myself.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In truth, I believe that I still have a few things left to say about COVID19 that may be useful in stopping some of the most egregious nonsense being repeated. [Fat chance, says the little man on my shoulder].<\\/p>\\r\\n\",\"fulltext\":\"\\r\\n<p>What I am about to write, I have written about before, in various different guises. However, I think it is worth going back over some old ground again. Hopefully in a more effective manner.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In this blog what I want to do is to look at how we think about a few things, primarily in medicine, and medical science. To try and highlight how some repeated flaws in thought have influenced the reaction to COVID19.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>I hope that by doing this, it may help to prevent some us travelling down the terribly well-worn \\u2018<em>paths of pointlessness\\u2019&nbsp;<\\/em>again. Or, at least, to get people to stop and question<em>&nbsp;how<\\/em>&nbsp;they are thinking, before throwing themselves into the fray.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>To begin.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What I saw happening with COVID19 is a pattern that repeats in medicine over and over again:<\\/p>\\r\\n<ul>\\r\\n<li>We have a serious illness \\u2013&nbsp;<em>panic<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Something must be done \\u2013&nbsp;<em>grab the pitchforks, run about screaming<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>An influential person, or organisation, grabs the initiative \\u2013 \\u2018<em>\\u2018experts\\u2019 move in.\\u2019<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>I\\/We know what to do, you must follow me\\/us \\u2013&nbsp;<em>simple idea +<\\/em>&nbsp;<em>soothing<\\/em>&nbsp;<em>paternalism<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Frightened people latch onto their ideas \\u2013&nbsp;<em>two legs good, four legs bad<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>A path is chosen \\u2013&nbsp;<em>along the side of a cliff<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Momentum builds \\u2013&nbsp;<em>the unstoppable charge of the light brigade<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Those who object to the path taken are crushed \\u2013&nbsp;<em>1984<\\/em><\\/li>\\r\\n<\\/ul>\\r\\n<p>Fast forward a few decades\\u2026 \\u2018<em>Oh, it seems that the thing we always do as standard medical practice\\u2026 Turns out it does more harm than good<\\/em>.\\u2019 See under: removal of toxic colon, the radical mastectomy, strict bed rest following a heart attack, cutting teeth, use of radium water, plombage, mercury for syphilis, pre-frontal lobotomy etc.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Of course, this pattern is not true of every medical intervention, not by any manner of means. Sometimes the influential person, or organisation, promotes the best course of action. This has been known to happen from time to time\\u2026 believe it or not. In addition, medical practice does eventually auto-correct \\u2013 and ends up doing the right thing. Almost always. We no longer remove toxic colons to cure female neurosis.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>But what never, ever, seems to happen is OODA. Defined as \\u2018<em>a practical concept designed to function as the foundation of rational thinking in confusing or chaotic situation\\u2019<\\/em>.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>OODA stands for. \\u2018<em>Observe, Orient, Decide Act<\\/em>.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>It was developed by the Air Force Colonel, John Boyd.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What John Boyd taught was simple. If you don\\u2019t know what is going on, do&nbsp;<em>not<\\/em>&nbsp;make immediate decisions. First, work out what is happening, then orientate yourself \\u2013 before you decide what to do. That way you avoid most, if not all, stupid mistakes. For many years, without knowing anything of OODA my own medical strategy has tended towards \\u2018<em>don\\u2019t just do something, stand there.<\\/em>\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Unfortunately, the medical profession has always battled ferociously against doing nothing. It has always greatly favoured the \\u2018<em>You must do something, anything, I don\\u2019t care what it is so long as it sounds like a good idea<\\/em>.&nbsp;<em>Chaaarge!<\\/em>\\u2019 Strategy.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This, the \\u2018<em>do something strategy\\u2019<\\/em>, has always proven far more seductive, and almost always wins. It is easier to attract followers to do something, than to than to do nothing. Why not whack a hole in the skull and split the brain apart to cure various mental diseases? Why not\\u2026 indeed. Ah yes, the good old pre-frontal lobotomy.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><strong>A.N. Other doctor:<\\/strong>&nbsp;<em>\\u2018If you do nothing people will surely die. You cannot just stand there doing nothing.<\\/em>\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><strong>Me:<\\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \\u2018<em>But what if those things we do end up causing more damage, or killing more people?\\u2019<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Many years ago, my father said to me. \\u2018<em>You will always be blamed for failures of omission, rath than commission.<\\/em>\\u2019 At the time I was young, &nbsp;I knew everything, and thought he was talking rubbish. In truth I didn\\u2019t really understand his point. Now that I know that\\u2026 I know nothing, I fully understand how profound his comment was. I wish I had listened to him more.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Yes, doing something will always be looked on in a positive light. Effort has been made, decisions have been taken, activity carried out. In medicine this is reflected in a comment that I have had directed at me, from time to time. \\u2018<em>At least you tried, doctor<\\/em>.\\u2019 Well, seeing as they are now dead, my efforts achieved very little. But thanks anyway.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In addition, if you do nothing, you can be accused of laziness, of being uncaring. You just stood there and watched them suffer, even die. You cruel swine. I see this overwhelming urge to do something, anything, in the person who cannot swim, jumping into a river to try and save their dog from drowning.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What exactly did they think they were going to achieve? Oh well, at least they tried, you may say. No\\u2026 they were stupid. They drowned along with their dog. But who can stand on the riverbank watching their dog die?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Well, me, actually.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This also moves into the area of survival guilt. How am I still alive when others have died? Better to die trying than to have done nothing? It all further wraps round into it the almost irresistible urge to be seen to be doing something. I think it is hard-wired into our psyche. We must fight to protect those in our tribe and be seen to be doing it. Chop, chop, busy, busy, work, work, bang, bang&nbsp;<sup>1<\\/sup>. &nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>I am, however, reminded of the philosophy behind recruitment to the German army in the good old days \\u2013 as recounted to me. Men were divided in to four categories:<\\/p>\\r\\n<ul>\\r\\n<li>Intelligent and lazy<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Intelligent and hardworking<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Stupid and lazy<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Stupid and hardworking<\\/li>\\r\\n<\\/ul>\\r\\n<p>At which point<\\/p>\\r\\n<ul>\\r\\n<li>Intelligent and lazy men were taken for officer training<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Intelligent and hardworking men were turned into NCOs (non-commissioned officers)<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Stupid and lazy men became privates \\u2013 squaddies, to use the UK vernacular<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Those who were both stupid, and hardworking, were taken out and shot, before they could do too much damage<\\/li>\\r\\n<\\/ul>\\r\\n<p>Doing things, doing things, doing things. We place great value on it. Too much.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As Kurt Vonnegut Jnr noted in Cat\\u2019s Cradle:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u201cWe do, doodley do, doodley do, doodely do,<\\/em><br \\/><em>What we must, muddily must, muddily must, muddily must;<\\/em><br \\/><em>Muddily do, muddily do, muddily do, muddily do,<\\/em><br \\/><em>Until we bust, bodily bust, bodily bust, bodily bust.\\u201d<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Of course, if there are things to be done, they should be done. But that does not mean we should rush around doing stuff, just because it seems better than doing nothing. Here is what Vinay Prasad has to say in his blog \\u2018<em>Will science do better post COVID19?\\u2019<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2018When faced with a pandemic, we re-treated to all the old delusions. Bioplausibilty was sacrosanct\\u2014 that\\u2019s why #maskswork! We can\\u2019t run RCTs\\u2014 these are parachutes.&nbsp;<strong>Doing something is always better than doing nothing!<\\/strong>&nbsp;More is better than less! Keep boosting, young man!! Newer is better than older. Disease bad; treatments good. Bad people (John Ioannidis) are always wrong (never mind, that a year ago we all thought he was brilliant).\\u2019<\\/em>&nbsp;<sup>2<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The additional problem with doing things is that, once you have started doing them, it becomes damned difficult to stop again. After you have decided to blow four hundred billion pounds on lockdown, or thereabouts, then you are pretty much stuck with it. Or else, you are going to look pretty stupid. \\u2018<em>Sorry, ahem, I seem to have wasted a teensy bit of money<\\/em>.&nbsp;<em>Sorry, my mistake.<\\/em>\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>If everyone is ordered to wear a mask, on pain of death, you are stuck with that too. Back pedalling from instant decisions is very, very, difficult. For the scientists and politicians involved you cannot be seen to have been wrong. Reputations&nbsp;<em>must<\\/em>&nbsp;be protected.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>At which point, vast amounts of time and effort are expended in trying to batter down anyone who dares to suggest that we rushed into doing things that were completely pointless, even damaging. Science then becomes twisted and bent to justify the errors made. Those in power must retain power. The narrative must be supported:<\\/p>\\r\\n<ul>\\r\\n<li>COVID19 is really, really deadly<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Lockdowns really, really, work<\\/li>\\r\\n<li>Masks really, really, work<\\/li>\\r\\n<\\/ul>\\r\\n<p>If you question these narratives, people will demand an answer to this rhetorical question. Do you want people to die! (That\\u2019s always an effective weapon). The correct answer to this question by the way, is usually no \\u2013 although I am willing to make exceptions.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The other terrible flaw in thinking here, especially in medicine, was also mentioned by Vinay Prasad. It is Bioplausibility. Often closely associated with fast thinking a.k.a. jumping to conclusions, because they just seem right.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Masks, indeed, must surely work. Because? Because they prevent the virus from spreading. In fact, masks represent an almost perfect example of bioplausibility a.k.a. sheer common sense. No-one can argue against using them. If you do, your arguments must be pure sophistry, or simply nonsense.&nbsp;<em>\\u2019You do not understand science<\\/em>.\\u2019 That\\u2019s a good one, I get that a lot.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2018I think you will find it is not I that fails to understand science.\\u2019<\\/em>&nbsp;I think to myself. But I don\\u2019t say it, because it makes you sound like a prat.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Let me remind you of a time when, after a heart attack you had to rest in bed doing nothing for six weeks. The heart has been damaged and must be given a chance to rest. Yes, perfect Bioplausibility, believed by virtually everyone. To question it was to be cast into the outer darkness.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>It is now known that the worst thing you can possibly do is to enforce strict bed rest post heart attack. This advice, in place from 1912 to about 1960(ish), killed tens of millions. Maybe hundreds of millions.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As for masks \\u2013 the sort of masks worn by almost everyone.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2018The use of cloth facemasks in community settings has become an accepted public policy response to decrease disease transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet evidence of facemask efficacy is based primarily on observational studies that are subject to confounding and on mechanistic studies that rely on surrogate endpoints (such as droplet dispersion) as proxies for disease transmission.&nbsp;<strong>The available clinical evidence of facemask efficacy is of low quality and the best available clinical evidence has mostly failed to show efficacy<\\/strong>, with fourteen of sixteen identified randomized controlled trials comparing face masks to no mask controls failing to find statistically significant benefit in the intent<\\/em><em>\\u2010\\u200bto<\\/em><em>\\u2010\\u200btreat populations. Of sixteen quantitative meta<\\/em><em>\\u2010\\u200banalyses, eight were equivocal or critical as to whether evidence supports a public recommendation of masks, and the remaining eight supported a public mask intervention on limited evidence primarily on the basis of the precautionary principle.&nbsp;<strong>Although weak evidence should not preclude precautionary actions in the face of unprecedented events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, ethical principles require that the strength of the evidence and best estimates of amount of benefit be truthfully communicated to the public.<\\/strong><\\/em><strong>\\u2019<\\/strong><sup>3<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>How can masks possibly fail to work?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Well, unfortunately, our brains work one way, and the world often works in quite another way. As does, therefore, science. For centuries people thought that heavier than air flight would only be possible if you flapped things that looked very like wings. Why, because birds and bats were the only flying things people had ever seen flying [apart from lemmings] and they mostly flapped about like mad \\u2013 using wings.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Except that, if you looked closely, they didn\\u2019t \\u2013 not really. If you thought flapping was the key to flight, you were not really looking. An albatross can stay aloft for hours, gliding above the waves, using the wind and updrafts, and barely moving its wings at all.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Yet, and yet, no-one was able to see this. When I say \\u2018see\\u2019 this I mean \\u2013 look beyond the obvious, in your face, flappy stuff. Observe properly, deeply, to really understand what you are looking at \\u2013 in this case aerodynamics. Eventually, of course, some people did. Et voila, the Wright Brothers.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>With masks\\u2026 Yes, it is both true, and self-evident, that a mask stops droplets being catapulted across a room after a cough or sneeze, or suchlike. So, they must stop spread\\u2026mustn\\u2019t they? I mean, you can even see it working in slow motion videos. A man coughs in London, virus ends up in New York \\u2013 or something. Ah, the dreaded Bioplausibility\\u2026 that can also be visualised. Double bubble.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>But a mask can also turn droplets into an aerosol by breaking the droplet down into far smaller particles. Particles will float in the air for longer, and thus be inhaled for longer. Possibly, probably<sup>4<\\/sup>. You didn\\u2019t think of that, did you?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>A mask can also become damp and keep viral particles viable for longer. Once discarded \\u2013 as many masks are \\u2013 they represent receptacles for viruses and can spread disease when picked up. What happens when masks are used and used, and re-used? As they often are. Superspreading here we come. Blowing viral particles out of a wet mask.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As a wise man also said. Using cloth masks to prevent viral spread it like trying to pick up sand with a tennis racket. Virus particle size \\u2018x\\u2019. Holes in mask size 1000x.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>A mask can also mean that people stand closer to each other than they otherwise would. A mask may, simply, never had had a chance to work at all. After all, we breathe in and breathe out the same amount of air whilst wearing a mask than not.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>If there is virus in floating in the air, we are still going to breathe it in, and out. Masks do not stop us breathing, and the air has to come from somewhere. Unless masks act as a type of black hole, trapping, then transporting viral particles from here into another universe\\u2026 I\\u2019m not putting much money on that hypothesis.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Some months ago, I wrote about the last people to be infected with smallpox. In one hospital, in Germany, a patient with smallpox was being treated on the ground floor. The patient in the room above, and then the room above that, become infected. Which means that viral particles must have got out the window, drifted upwards and infected those above.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Which just gives you some idea of how few viral particles were needed to spread a disease that was, up to that time, not even believed to spread through the air. No droplets required.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Early on, with COVID19 it was noted that ferrets could be infected with the virus. So, researchers put one ferret in a cage, with another ferret above with a solid barrier between them. The one below was infected with COVD19.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The only route for COVID19 to travel from one ferret to the other was through a tube that bent through ninety degrees, bent again to go upwards through the barrier, then across, and back round through ninety degrees<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>In essence, this tube was specifically designed to ensure that droplet spread was impossible. As droplets cannot go round corners, travel upwards, turn another ninety degrees\\u2026 and suchlike.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Despite this, all of the uninfected ferrets became, very rapidly, infected. Conclusion \\u2013 COVID19 can travel and infect through aerosol spread. Secondary conclusion \\u2013 masks cannot stop this. At least not the sort of masks that virtually everyone wears, and then re-uses.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Of course, there are masks that you can use to prevent the spread of viral particles. But they have to be airtight, they have to have filters. They are uncomfortable to wear for any length of time, and they need to be changed regularly. They also prevent a great deal of communication, as people hard of hearing will tell you. Oh yes, there are serious downsides to mask wearing.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>I only focus on masks here to make the point that masks appear totally \\u2018Bioplausible\\u2019. If, that is, you don\\u2019t think about all the issues too deeply. Also, getting everyone to wear masks represents doing \\u2018something.\\u2019 Doing something, especially something visible, is always better than doing nothing.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Yes\\u2026 doing something, anything, and Bioplausibility. Two bear traps in human thought. Traps that seem impossible to eradicate.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>There is another, major trap, which is the urge to draw ourselves into tribes. Then attack and attempt destroy anyone who does not agree with us. Humiliate and silence. Turn the \\u2018other\\u2019 into someone with evil intent. I am not getting into this in any depth here. We have all seen too much of it. The terrible seductive pleasure of righteous anger. Which so easily flips into hatred.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As also mentioned by Vinay Prasad.&nbsp;<em>Bad people (John Ioannidis) are always wrong (never mind, that a year ago we all thought he was brilliant).\\u2019<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As we all know, it is not just Ioannidis who is attacked. Dare to breathe one word of caution about vaccines and you become&nbsp;<em>\\u2018dirty anti-vaxxer scum. You deserve to lose your job. Ha!\\u2019<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This is no way for humans to act towards each other. Crush debate, silence those who dare to think differently. Bring in the Spanish Inquisition a.k.a. fact checkers. All bought and paid for by those who have vested interests in obliterating the opposition, of course.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><strong>Question:<\\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When is a fact checker not a fact checker?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><strong>Answer:<\\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When they are called a fact checker. [Especially if they work for a company that used to begin with Face and ended in Book. Or Witterpedia]<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Also Meta\\u2026as in, I meta &nbsp;\\u2018n\\u2019 idiot \\u2013 who think it\\u2019s okay to silence anyone they disagree with, and claim this is science. Spare me.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Anyway, what do we do next time? How do we do better? How do we think better? Well, I suppose that first of all you have to get those in power to accept that they made mistakes\\u2026. Ho hum.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Frankly, that ain\\u2019t going to happen. Therefore, we need new people in power. People who can understand that things are complicated. That the immediate Bioplausible and simplistic \\u2018answer\\u2019 is as likely to be wrong, as it is right. More likely in truth.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>We really need people to think better:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2018We have a crisis in medicine when it comes to understanding and appraising science. We do not teach this explicitly in medical schools, and it gets short shrift to mechanistic science. Our overemphasis on molecular mechanisms fuels the cognitive distortion that a reductionistic view is superior to empiricism<\\/em>*\\u2019&nbsp;<sup>2<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>*empiricism is the view that all concepts originate in experience, that all concepts are about or applicable to things that can be experienced, or that all rationally acceptable beliefs or propositions are justifiable or knowable only through experience.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Were there any examples of doing things better from which we could learn? In Sweden they did things differently \\u2013 at least from most of the rest of Europe. Anders Tegnell, the state epidemiologist (yes they have such a post) was the man who led the Swedish response. It was to bring in very few restrictions and make almost everything voluntary. Lockdown \\u2018lite\\u2019 if you like.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>He was ruthlessly attacked from all directions, but remained superficially calm. Although I imagine he felt most terribly bruised and battered inside.&nbsp;<em>TIME&nbsp;<\\/em>magazine ran a story about the Swedish response entitled&nbsp;<em>\\u2018The Swedish COVID-19 Response Is a Disaster. It Shouldn\\u2019t Be a Model for the Rest of the World.\\u2019<\\/em><sup>5<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>You don\\u2019t really need to read the article. The title makes it entirely clear what tone was adopted, and also what the conclusion was going to be. Sweden = death and mayhem, run for the hills. Frankly, I am amazed that the Swedish Government held firm in supporting him.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>At one point even the Swedish King, Carl XVI Gustaf \\u2018<em>Gustaf \\u2013 &nbsp;the eminent epidemiologist\\u2019<\\/em>&nbsp;as I believe he is also known \\u2013 had a pop at poor old Anders. But the Government did support Tegnell\\u2019s light touch strategy \\u2013 mostly. They held their nerve.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What was Anders thinking, the mad mass murdering fool? As he calmly stated in the British Medical Journal, after COVID19 deaths in Sweden had settled into the lower half of European figures. Not as good as some, better than most:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u2026&nbsp;<\\/em>there is still disagreement among scientists about which measures are effective against the spread of infection<em>. \\u201cThis is what we are still struggling to understand: some measures work in some places, but it is difficult to see patterns.\\u201d<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>\\u201cCountries that went through lockdowns are not doing that much better,\\u201d<sup>6<\\/sup><\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Yes, he is describing his OODA journey. Anders is still observing and attempting to orientate, but he cannot see what to do. He still believes that the evidence for severe lockdowns, and mask wearing, simply does not exist. To put it another way, he cannot yet decide what should be done. So, he isn\\u2019t doing it.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Good man. We need far more like Anders Tegnell, and less of those like the members of SAGE in the UK. Screaming blue bloody murder with threats of hundreds of thousands dying if WE DO NOT ACT NOW! The sky is falling, the sky is falling. OMCIRON will kill us all\\u2026&nbsp;<em>all<\\/em>&nbsp;I tell ee\\u2019. Beware the black spot Cap\\u2019n.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>We also need more people to be sceptical. To look at the science and the evidence. We need, quite frankly, to learn to think\\u2026 and grow up. Also, importantly, learn the incredibly difficult trick of doing nothing at all.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>As they used to say in a UK advert. \\u2018<em>Nothing acts faster than Anadin<\\/em>&nbsp;(a painkiller)\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Solution\\u2026 take nothing<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><em>Nothing acts faster than a damn good lockdown<\\/em><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Solution\\u2026do nothing<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Or, to quote the famous physician William Osler. \\u2018<em>One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.\\u2019<\\/em>&nbsp;I shall now leave you with two things to consider. The first is an open letter, written by Professor Ehud Qimron, head of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Tel Aviv University and one of the leading Israeli immunologists:<\\/p>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em><strong>Ministry of Health, it\\u2019s time to admit failure<\\/strong><\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>In the end, the truth will always be revealed, and the truth about the coronavirus policy is beginning to be revealed. When the destructive concepts collapse one by one, there is nothing left but to tell the experts who led the management of the pandemic \\u2013 we told you so.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>Two years late, you finally realize that a respiratory virus cannot be defeated and that any such attempt is doomed to fail. You do not admit it, because you have admitted almost no mistake in the last two years, but in retrospect it is clear that you have failed miserably in almost all of your actions, and even the media is already having a hard time covering your shame.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You refused to admit that the infection comes in waves that fade by themselves, despite years of observations and scientific knowledge. You insisted on attributing every decline of a wave solely to your actions, and so through false propaganda \\u201cyou overcame the plague.\\u201d And again, you defeated it, and again and again and again.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You refused to admit that mass testing is ineffective, despite your own contingency plans explicitly stating so (\\u201cPandemic Influenza Health System Preparedness Plan, 2007\\u201d, p. 26).<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You refused to admit that recovery is more protective than a vaccine, despite previous knowledge and observations showing that non-recovered vaccinated people are more likely to be infected than recovered people. You refused to admit that the vaccinated are contagious despite the observations. Based on this, you hoped to achieve herd immunity by vaccination \\u2014 and you failed in that as well.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You insisted on ignoring the fact that the disease is dozens of times more dangerous for risk groups and older adults, than for young people who are not in risk groups, despite the knowledge that came from China as early as 2020.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You refused to adopt the \\u201cBarrington Declaration\\u201d, signed by more than 60,000 scientists and medical professionals, or other common-sense programs. You chose to ridicule, slander, distort and discredit them. Instead of the right programs and people, you have chosen professionals who lack relevant training for pandemic management (physicists as chief government advisers, veterinarians, security officers, media personnel, and so on).<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You have not set up an effective system for reporting side effects from the vaccines, and reports on side effects have even been deleted from your Facebook page. Doctors avoid linking side effects to the vaccine, lest you persecute them as you did with some of their colleagues. You have ignored many reports of changes in menstrual intensity and menstrual cycle times. You hid data that allows for objective and proper research (for example, you removed the data on passengers at Ben Gurion Airport). Instead, you chose to publish non-objective articles together with senior Pfizer executives on the effectiveness and safety of vaccines.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>Irreversible damage to trust<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>However, from the heights of your hubris, you have also ignored the fact that in the end the truth will be revealed. And it begins to be revealed. The truth is that you have brought the public\\u2019s trust in you to an unprecedented low, and you have eroded your status as a source of authority. The truth is that you have burned hundreds of billions of shekels to no avail \\u2013 for publishing intimidation, for ineffective tests, for destructive lockdowns and for disrupting the routine of life in the last two years.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You have destroyed the education of our children and their future. You made children feel guilty, scared, smoke, drink, get addicted, drop out, and quarrel, as school principals around the country attest. You have harmed livelihoods, the economy, human rights, mental health and physical health.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>You slandered colleagues who did not surrender to you, you turned the people against each other, divided society and polarized the discourse. You branded, without any scientific basis, people who chose not to get vaccinated as enemies of the public and as spreaders of disease. You promote, in an unprecedented way, a draconian policy of discrimination, denial of rights and selection of people, including children, for their medical choice. A selection that lacks any epidemiological justification.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>When you compare the destructive policies you are pursuing with the sane policies of some other countries \\u2014 you can clearly see that the destruction you have caused has only added victims beyond the vulnerable to the virus. The economy you ruined, the unemployed you caused, and the children whose education you destroyed \\u2014 they are the surplus victims as a result of your own actions only.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>There is currently no medical emergency, but you have been cultivating such a condition for two years now because of lust for power, budgets and control. The only emergency now is that you still set policies and hold huge budgets for propaganda and psychological engineering instead of directing them to strengthen the health care system.<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>This emergency must stop!<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><span style=\\\"color: #c20505;\\\"><em>Professor Udi Qimron, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University7<\\/em><\\/span><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<p>I suppose I should say that the opinions of Professor Udi Qimron are not necessarily those of the senior management of this blog. I, in exactly the same way as Google and Facebook (Sorry, Alphabet and Meta. \\u2018<em>As I was going to St Ives I meta man with seven wives\\u2019\\u2026 how many idiots were going to St Ives<\\/em>), and suchlike, am merely the repository for information, and articles. A warehouse if you like. I have no editorial control over content, so you cannot sue me for anything written.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Unfortunately, I am not rich enough to employ Fact Checkers and unleash them upon anyone who disagrees with me. Yet. You have been warned.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The second thing, that I shall leave you with, is the fact that doing nothing can be very rewarding, and sometimes pretty hard work. As outlined by this article in&nbsp;<em>The International Journal of Doing Very little<\\/em>:<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018We\\u2019re busy doin\\u2019 nothin\\u2019<br \\/>Workin\\u2019 the whole day through<br \\/>Tryin\\u2019 to find lots of things not to do<br \\/>We\\u2019re busy goin\\u2019 nowhere<br \\/>Isn\\u2019t it just a crime<br \\/>We\\u2019d like to be unhappy, but<br \\/>We never do have the time,\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018I have to watch the river<br \\/>To see that it doesn\\u2019t stop<br \\/>And stick around the rosebuds<br \\/>So they\\u2019ll know when to pop<br \\/>And keep the crickets cheerful<br \\/>They\\u2019re really a solemn bunch<br \\/>Hustle, bustle<br \\/>And only an hour for lunch.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>La-la-la-la-la-la<br \\/>La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la<br \\/>La-la-la-la-la-la<br \\/>La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018We\\u2019re busy doin\\u2019 nothin\\u2019<br \\/>Workin\\u2019 the whole day through<br \\/>Tryin\\u2019 to find lots of things not to do<br \\/>We\\u2019re busy goin\\u2019 nowhere<br \\/>Isn\\u2019t it just a crime<br \\/>We\\u2019d like to be unhappy, but<br \\/>We never do have the time.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018I have to wake the Sun up<br \\/>He\\u2019s liable to sleep all day<br \\/>And then inspect the rainbows<br \\/>So they\\u2019ll be bright and gay<br \\/>I must rehearse the songbirds<br \\/>To see that they sing in key<br \\/>Hustle, bustle<br \\/>And never a moment free.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018We\\u2019re busy doin\\u2019 nothin\\u2019<br \\/>Workin\\u2019 the whole day through<br \\/>Tryin\\u2019 to find lots of things not to do<br \\/>We\\u2019re busy going nowhere<br \\/>Isn\\u2019t it just a crime<br \\/>We\\u2019d like to be unhappy, but<br \\/>We never do have the time.\\u2019<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u2018I have to meet a turtle<br \\/>I\\u2019m teachin\\u2019 him how to swim<br \\/>Then I have to shine the dewdrops<br \\/>You know they\\u2019re looking rather dim<br \\/>I told my friend, the robin<br \\/>I\\u2019d buy him a brand-new vest<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Hustle, bustle<br \\/>We never do have<br \\/>We never do have<br \\/>We never do, never do<br \\/>Never do, never do, never do have the time<br \\/>Never do have the time.\\u2019<sup>8<\\/sup><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>And if that don\\u2019t cheer you up, nothing will. 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They said, \\u201cGod said there would be cities of light.&nbsp;In these cities there would be little crime and little sickness, if any.\\u201d<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;Oh, my goodness!&nbsp;How this ignited my faith!&nbsp;We have all been praying for our cities consistently, now we had a word from God that, quite frankly, caused me to want to pray more and to pray fervently over my city.&nbsp;I WANT MY CITY TO BE A CITY OF LIGHT.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I wanted to share this word with you right away, but I waited on confirmation. Just last night, January 7, I was listening to another prophetic minister when he said, \\u201cGod said there would be cities of light, points of light and these places would be cities of intercession.\\u201d<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>That was indeed my confirmation.&nbsp;It confirmed everything I was hearing in my spirit.&nbsp;That there would indeed be cities of light and those cities would be the ones which were saturated in intercession \\u2013 that, my friend, could be your city.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">I immediately began to declare that my city, Dayton, Tennessee, would be a city of light.&nbsp;It would be a city of intercession, a point of light.&nbsp;A city that the glory of God would be evident upon.&nbsp;A city set apart unto God.<\\/p>\\r\\n\",\"fulltext\":\"\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">&nbsp;I wanted to share these two words with you today to invite you to declare that your city shall be a city of light \\u2013 set apart unto God.&nbsp;I also wanted to remind you that this is biblical.&nbsp;We know the story of the children of Israel being delivered from bondage.&nbsp;But did you realize, all the plagues that happened in Egypt did not happen in the city where God\\u2019s people lived?&nbsp;In Goshen.&nbsp;It\\u2019s true.&nbsp;It was a city set apart unto God.&nbsp;When it was darkest in Egypt, there remained light in Goshen (Exodus 10).<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I don\\u2019t know about you, but I am determined for my city to become a city of light. Therefore, I am declaring this daily, and I didn\\u2019t stop there. I sowed a seed and named it Dayton, a city of light. I invite you to do the same thing today.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>Friends, God has a good plan for us \\u2013 one with a hope and a future and part of that hope is that OUR city will be a city of light \\u2013 won\\u2019t you join me in proclaiming your city is indeed one of those.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;Father, I declare over my city (name your city and those you are standing for) to be a city of light in which there is little crime and little sickness, if any. We take hold of that prophetic word and we claim it for our this city. We declare crime is decreasing. The murder rate is going down. That this city and the homes in it are a peaceable habitation and a quiet resting place. That we are known as a city of light and our light cannot be hidden.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I declare that (city) is a point of light and intercession and that from this city revival will arise and spread as a fire into the surrounding cities and across my state. You said that every place the sole of my foot has tread that You have given it to me. And so I declare this as my right and inheritance and declare my city is a city of righteousness. A place of healing. A place of revival.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I declare that in (city) Mayor (name) leads with integrity and will walk in the light. I declare that over our police force and first responders, our city councilors, our school boards, principals, pastors and teachers, our justices, our congressional leaders for my city and (name your state). May the conviction of the Holy Spirit hit their hearts so that they will be convicted by the spirit of any corruption, illegalities or walking the fence. If they will not allow the Holy Spirit to convict them and change them, then may the law do it. And may they be replaced with those who will fear Your name.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;We declare that those who stand for righteousness will receive honor, but the name of the wicked will disappear and be no more. That the hidden things of darkness will be exposed as light shines in (city) and that there will be an overwhelming hunger for the things of God. I declare in (city) that Your Word is exalted and is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. My city and its people do not walk in darkness for Your Word is exalted in this place. I declare that all pride and deception be vanquished so that all can see and know You.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence and Your children will have refuge. I declare (city) is a place of safety and refuge. It is a city of light that shines in the darkness. It is a beacon of hope that beckons others to come into the light. For the light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">&nbsp;NOTE: You can sign up for Kim\\u2019s free daily motivations at A New Thing Ministries. They will encourage and strengthen your heart with the Word. <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1RwhDFrHkSOVXcDJoatxoPXiRGwhUy_iPVGID-6nNo-ixc9w3oCR8bshTQSSNeV-fN_fU2HBXftLNA=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here.<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Is. 32:18, Joshua 1:3, John 16:8, Luke 12:2, Psalm 119:105, Prov 14:26, Prov 13:9<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;Standing together,&nbsp; &nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Karen Hardin&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;Don\'t forget Wednesday is our day to fast and pray corporately.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>If this ministry has been a blessing, would you consider joining our $10\\/mo sponsors?<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>All gifts are tax-deductible. 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IMPORTANT\\u2014Pay attention to the first 6 months of 2022\\u2014<a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1RwImaNHn8hd8hJqlZwvb63Qm6PScmMw5PY3bChWSiUj-CceXzxRIWGFfHqBMoGhWU7yPSapM2EygY=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">click here<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>3.Mike Thompson\\u2014We are in a 2-month portal (talks about cities of light) <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1Rw2HPjSZLVvN6FWuSirb28XivxbT19F3HsM9J42IIT3I8-v36I9X_-6NgLclwrvDeygm5Qj263fxI=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>To automatically receive prophetic and governmental insights from my blog you can sign up using the yellow box on <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6Z-qqqZKL17i2LO1_gSsskxXR2dR1JXXG2j7HjLkRaW05GRBEqWwith8-vTd1_gR9BFmIGopZ9uSkPr1045G2tw=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">this page.<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/c2ab814c-2bea-4300-965d-9ea59e270d09.png\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"186\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"15\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"1\\\" height=\\\"5\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Karen Hardin<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6VQqqMW4YtikY7F5U3Y4yoY2w0unMas1gHlLZBG30gBP6NYC0sWXAUFJxtW3pz_Ob_rZq0k1MtxWPt85bcsUafQTaPJivpHw0nHbLJJ41RkB&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">www.destinybuilders.world<\\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6WqL449NK-O5P3yIaWZPJ0FHydYRoqlrMv8ihmz4DmL15frK9YvFgwSCMz-uIVx4F9y5DbH_pOmI86UMrm8aV97OkmS_g0_dig==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">www.karenhardin.com<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6WRtKzgR8pB-LMhAT14iXPf9cAI4aZbtJQRnOctqOs4r1MPF6LXoRMhcs4ZtA7GKf5dRGrpAgMYA5qW5Xdf3O34=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\"> <img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/c2fb8a46-462b-4017-a708-54f1e8b79d76.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"164\\\" \\/> <\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Light &amp; Remnant is a part of Destiny Builders ministry. If this ministry has blessed you would you consider making a tax-deductible donation to assist us?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Thank you for helping us continue this work!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>FREE PRAYER RESOURCES<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Don\\u2019t forget we have free prayer resources available at www.destinybuilders.world. Click on the \\u201cDownloads\\u201d tab for free scriptural prayers by topic.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>ALSO, if you have a praise report regarding your city, <a href=\\\"mailto:pray@city-by-city.org\\\">click here<\\/a> to send it to us!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Don\'t forget to continue to pray for your city!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The city prayer declaration is available <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6c577_j_Zbr98dn81ygVa_YTOCIU7vQRbvKtY6Ro0Xv3asCb3KN5Tq7ny8jfPNejX8f1rLy7VgFd5fXwsNSfPK-ifTJne6lrmBUrf5R6qJlIVqAvhQ2P1qVPujz7D5cluA==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">here. <\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>TESTIMONIES: Find out what God is doing through this movement. <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6Uc4VBFYlCh2RLWJwsQgS-kFEseW0hUVpGFneLWUHz2vFpS74YenDoKGzApfdG-iBNtlmTUeepcWvvmLoou5ddM=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here<\\/a>.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/PT13966\\/CustomDivider.png\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"580\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Previous Week\'s Prayers Available<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>START HERE - Breakthrough Prayer for America and your City<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6Teu4akVAzkhRMdSWw7DUdopUUOIKG70CTTegK3QUnP68YRSq9vmmFX4dH-Tea19VoCGWgWzQd65ASF1e1NaqiU=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">click here <\\/a>to download the previous prayers.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>(Year 1 prayer topics available on the website. Click the link above.)<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 48 - God Desires Good Government<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 49 - Happy Birthday America - May Freedom Reign<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 50 - Lord Raise Up a President<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 51 - Tell them to \\\"Keep Your Gifts!\\\"<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 52 - Casting Down Lofty Places<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 53 - Give us Godly Leaders<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 54 - Stop the Supreme Court Coup<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 55 - He is Your Protector<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 56 - Proclaiming Goliath\'s Defeat<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 57 - Eyes Wide Open<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 58 - Rescue!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 59 - Supernatural Courage<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 60 - Armor Up!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 61 - Separating the Sheep &amp; the Goats<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 62 - Standing Against Lawlessness<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 63 - Targeting the True Terrorists<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 64 - Reclaim October in Your City<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 65 - Transform the Educational System<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 66 - One Last Shaking<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 67 - The Great Fall<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 68 - May the Fear of the Lord Fill our Land<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 69 - Release the Political Prisoners<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 70 - Fight for Life<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 71 - Binding Leviathan<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 72 - Don\'t Lay Down your Sword<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 73 - Like Mary...<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 74 - Are you ready?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 75 - Over Declaration Over America and 2022<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 76 - What About Trump?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 77 - Proclaim Your City a City of Light<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>* * *<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Do you know others who would be willing to join the city-by-city prayer movement to save our nation and stand for their city?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Please have them go to: <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6VQqqMW4Ytik3871II3MAnu3CRcTwAMPy9vjyzae6EfVLdVumU4h0RauznPhIU7AwsZ21yM-GzZxahYFuO_lthc5oVtaBXffiQ==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\"><\\/a><a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/city-by-city.org\\/\\\">http:\\/\\/city-by-city.org\\/<\\/a> to register their cities. Help us raise up the remnant.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>REMINDER- Each week we will focus on a strategic area in prayer together.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Watch your inbox at the beginning of each week for the<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>prayer decree and strategy for that week.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/80ee1f1c-259d-448c-817d-e741f7f9d91e.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"254\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"15\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"1\\\" height=\\\"5\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>INSIGHT INTO WHY<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Why are things happening as they are?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Why are people seemingly so blind to what appears so obvious?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>And more importantly, how can it be stopped?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Get your copy of Infected: How to Stop the Global Spread of Rage, Deception &amp; Insanity and God\\u2019s Justice after Injustice.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Price: 1 for $14.99 or 2 for $25, 5 for $55&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6SiQBhJfpoWDWLz73QMmmaRFXA3TZQ4EwehWXJr4RlGRcLg5siOrNTiIHom5c3y7AtV7kx94ZHXwEcgFrjimUM1wiBdLI9KwkgX6tuYViUeR&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Buy Now<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What Others are Saying....<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This book needs to be in the hands of every pastor and every person. It is THAT important.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Pastor Ed Shirley, Mountain High Chapel \\u2013CO<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u201cInfected\\u201d by Karen Hardin is a page turner. A book that reads with the intensity of a Clancy novel.&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>It is eye-opening, compelling, and at times frightening.&nbsp;&nbsp;Yet its essence is hopeful in the darkest days of our modern history.&nbsp;This is a Christian\\u2018s guide to survival, rich with insight and tools for manifesting God\\u2019s will through our prayers and actions.&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This is a book you will want to share with those you love.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Spencer Houghton - Speaker and Author of \\u201cThe 60 Second Salesman\\u201d<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>For additional information click here.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>(Available in paperback &amp; e-book: $14.99, 2 for $25 or 5 for $55)<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/42ed17a0-c903-406c-adec-92e72bf22096.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"248\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"15\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"1\\\" height=\\\"5\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Karen Hardin is a literary agent, author, and intercessor. 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Just last night, January 7, I was listening to another prophetic minister when he said, \\u201cGod said there would be cities of light, points of light and these places would be cities of intercession.\\u201d<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>That was indeed my confirmation.&nbsp;It confirmed everything I was hearing in my spirit.&nbsp;That there would indeed be cities of light and those cities would be the ones which were saturated in intercession \\u2013 that, my friend, could be your city.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">I immediately began to declare that my city, Dayton, Tennessee, would be a city of light.&nbsp;It would be a city of intercession, a point of light.&nbsp;A city that the glory of God would be evident upon.&nbsp;A city set apart unto God.<\\/p>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n\\r\\n\",\"fulltext\":\"\\r\\n\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">&nbsp;I wanted to share these two words with you today to invite you to declare that your city shall be a city of light \\u2013 set apart unto God.&nbsp;I also wanted to remind you that this is biblical.&nbsp;We know the story of the children of Israel being delivered from bondage.&nbsp;But did you realize, all the plagues that happened in Egypt did not happen in the city where God\\u2019s people lived?&nbsp;In Goshen.&nbsp;It\\u2019s true.&nbsp;It was a city set apart unto God.&nbsp;When it was darkest in Egypt, there remained light in Goshen (Exodus 10).<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I don\\u2019t know about you, but I am determined for my city to become a city of light. Therefore, I am declaring this daily, and I didn\\u2019t stop there. I sowed a seed and named it Dayton, a city of light. I invite you to do the same thing today.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>Friends, God has a good plan for us \\u2013 one with a hope and a future and part of that hope is that OUR city will be a city of light \\u2013 won\\u2019t you join me in proclaiming your city is indeed one of those.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;Father, I declare over my city (name your city and those you are standing for) to be a city of light in which there is little crime and little sickness, if any. We take hold of that prophetic word and we claim it for our this city. We declare crime is decreasing. The murder rate is going down. That this city and the homes in it are a peaceable habitation and a quiet resting place. That we are known as a city of light and our light cannot be hidden.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I declare that (city) is a point of light and intercession and that from this city revival will arise and spread as a fire into the surrounding cities and across my state. You said that every place the sole of my foot has tread that You have given it to me. And so I declare this as my right and inheritance and declare my city is a city of righteousness. A place of healing. A place of revival.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I declare that in (city) Mayor (name) leads with integrity and will walk in the light. I declare that over our police force and first responders, our city councilors, our school boards, principals, pastors and teachers, our justices, our congressional leaders for my city and (name your state). May the conviction of the Holy Spirit hit their hearts so that they will be convicted by the spirit of any corruption, illegalities or walking the fence. If they will not allow the Holy Spirit to convict them and change them, then may the law do it. And may they be replaced with those who will fear Your name.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;We declare that those who stand for righteousness will receive honor, but the name of the wicked will disappear and be no more. That the hidden things of darkness will be exposed as light shines in (city) and that there will be an overwhelming hunger for the things of God. I declare in (city) that Your Word is exalted and is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. My city and its people do not walk in darkness for Your Word is exalted in this place. I declare that all pride and deception be vanquished so that all can see and know You.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence and Your children will have refuge. I declare (city) is a place of safety and refuge. It is a city of light that shines in the darkness. It is a beacon of hope that beckons others to come into the light. For the light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">&nbsp;NOTE: You can sign up for Kim\\u2019s free daily motivations at A New Thing Ministries. They will encourage and strengthen your heart with the Word. <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1RwhDFrHkSOVXcDJoatxoPXiRGwhUy_iPVGID-6nNo-ixc9w3oCR8bshTQSSNeV-fN_fU2HBXftLNA=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here.<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Is. 32:18, Joshua 1:3, John 16:8, Luke 12:2, Psalm 119:105, Prov 14:26, Prov 13:9<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;Standing together,&nbsp; &nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Karen Hardin&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;Don\'t forget Wednesday is our day to fast and pray corporately.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>If this ministry has been a blessing, would you consider joining our $10\\/mo sponsors?<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>All gifts are tax-deductible. THANK YOU!<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>City-by-City Prayer Network is a ministry of Destiny Builders, Inc.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6WjNfjRBlqtrqGy3RnhmhUVW34m1Giafh4fJGe5Uc_NZWrdN9TLq_JXaWJk7IX0s6mw4FY5nmroV4RAwu96B5Uo=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\"> <img alt=\\\"\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Governmental Insights &amp; Words of Encouragement<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>at karenhardin.com<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>1.&nbsp;Have you unintentionally said \\u201cNO\\u201d to the miracle for which you prayed? Many do. <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1RwcX7zJTLpuIPLYiUuYWiyL0w8unVtkZz8TaYsNFuTSZjvTQm-u9FrS2zWMtriJFX1cDTJtekKyhuMXHe6MnK9Cu0ZLy9BqBPI32ZF83Hj5HmN3Bfte4CkpKuRaCPKbjzmayD1BqDyFtC7fPBKWWwCOChae1ISG6hWDR_1kJAEo9uF9IoX6-Ak-vmeGOOcv9NSwH8IDUEMoJmxGayqKMoVlA==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here<\\/a> to read more.&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>2. IMPORTANT\\u2014Pay attention to the first 6 months of 2022\\u2014<a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1RwImaNHn8hd8hJqlZwvb63Qm6PScmMw5PY3bChWSiUj-CceXzxRIWGFfHqBMoGhWU7yPSapM2EygY=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">click here<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>3.Mike Thompson\\u2014We are in a 2-month portal (talks about cities of light) <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1Rw2HPjSZLVvN6FWuSirb28XivxbT19F3HsM9J42IIT3I8-v36I9X_-6NgLclwrvDeygm5Qj263fxI=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>To automatically receive prophetic and governmental insights from my blog you can sign up using the yellow box on <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6Z-qqqZKL17i2LO1_gSsskxXR2dR1JXXG2j7HjLkRaW05GRBEqWwith8-vTd1_gR9BFmIGopZ9uSkPr1045G2tw=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">this page.<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/c2ab814c-2bea-4300-965d-9ea59e270d09.png\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"186\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"15\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"1\\\" height=\\\"5\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Karen Hardin<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6VQqqMW4YtikY7F5U3Y4yoY2w0unMas1gHlLZBG30gBP6NYC0sWXAUFJxtW3pz_Ob_rZq0k1MtxWPt85bcsUafQTaPJivpHw0nHbLJJ41RkB&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">www.destinybuilders.world<\\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6WqL449NK-O5P3yIaWZPJ0FHydYRoqlrMv8ihmz4DmL15frK9YvFgwSCMz-uIVx4F9y5DbH_pOmI86UMrm8aV97OkmS_g0_dig==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">www.karenhardin.com<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6WRtKzgR8pB-LMhAT14iXPf9cAI4aZbtJQRnOctqOs4r1MPF6LXoRMhcs4ZtA7GKf5dRGrpAgMYA5qW5Xdf3O34=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\"> <img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/c2fb8a46-462b-4017-a708-54f1e8b79d76.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"164\\\" \\/> <\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Light &amp; Remnant is a part of Destiny Builders ministry. If this ministry has blessed you would you consider making a tax-deductible donation to assist us?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Thank you for helping us continue this work!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>FREE PRAYER RESOURCES<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Don\\u2019t forget we have free prayer resources available at www.destinybuilders.world. Click on the \\u201cDownloads\\u201d tab for free scriptural prayers by topic.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>ALSO, if you have a praise report regarding your city, <a href=\\\"mailto:pray@city-by-city.org\\\">click here<\\/a> to send it to us!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Don\'t forget to continue to pray for your city!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The city prayer declaration is available <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6c577_j_Zbr98dn81ygVa_YTOCIU7vQRbvKtY6Ro0Xv3asCb3KN5Tq7ny8jfPNejX8f1rLy7VgFd5fXwsNSfPK-ifTJne6lrmBUrf5R6qJlIVqAvhQ2P1qVPujz7D5cluA==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">here. <\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>TESTIMONIES: Find out what God is doing through this movement. <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6Uc4VBFYlCh2RLWJwsQgS-kFEseW0hUVpGFneLWUHz2vFpS74YenDoKGzApfdG-iBNtlmTUeepcWvvmLoou5ddM=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here<\\/a>.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/PT13966\\/CustomDivider.png\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"580\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Previous Week\'s Prayers Available<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>START HERE - Breakthrough Prayer for America and your City<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6Teu4akVAzkhRMdSWw7DUdopUUOIKG70CTTegK3QUnP68YRSq9vmmFX4dH-Tea19VoCGWgWzQd65ASF1e1NaqiU=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">click here <\\/a>to download the previous prayers.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>(Year 1 prayer topics available on the website. Click the link above.)<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 48 - God Desires Good Government<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 49 - Happy Birthday America - May Freedom Reign<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 50 - Lord Raise Up a President<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 51 - Tell them to \\\"Keep Your Gifts!\\\"<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 52 - Casting Down Lofty Places<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 53 - Give us Godly Leaders<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 54 - Stop the Supreme Court Coup<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 55 - He is Your Protector<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 56 - Proclaiming Goliath\'s Defeat<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 57 - Eyes Wide Open<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 58 - Rescue!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 59 - Supernatural Courage<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 60 - Armor Up!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 61 - Separating the Sheep &amp; the Goats<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 62 - Standing Against Lawlessness<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 63 - Targeting the True Terrorists<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 64 - Reclaim October in Your City<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 65 - Transform the Educational System<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 66 - One Last Shaking<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 67 - The Great Fall<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 68 - May the Fear of the Lord Fill our Land<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 69 - Release the Political Prisoners<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 70 - Fight for Life<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 71 - Binding Leviathan<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 72 - Don\'t Lay Down your Sword<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 73 - Like Mary...<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 74 - Are you ready?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 75 - Over Declaration Over America and 2022<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 76 - What About Trump?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 77 - Proclaim Your City a City of Light<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>* * *<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Do you know others who would be willing to join the city-by-city prayer movement to save our nation and stand for their city?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Please have them go to: <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6VQqqMW4Ytik3871II3MAnu3CRcTwAMPy9vjyzae6EfVLdVumU4h0RauznPhIU7AwsZ21yM-GzZxahYFuO_lthc5oVtaBXffiQ==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\"><\\/a><a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/city-by-city.org\\/\\\">http:\\/\\/city-by-city.org\\/<\\/a> to register their cities. Help us raise up the remnant.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>REMINDER- Each week we will focus on a strategic area in prayer together.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Watch your inbox at the beginning of each week for the<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>prayer decree and strategy for that week.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/80ee1f1c-259d-448c-817d-e741f7f9d91e.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"254\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"15\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"1\\\" height=\\\"5\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>INSIGHT INTO WHY<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Why are things happening as they are?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Why are people seemingly so blind to what appears so obvious?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>And more importantly, how can it be stopped?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Get your copy of Infected: How to Stop the Global Spread of Rage, Deception &amp; Insanity and God\\u2019s Justice after Injustice.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Price: 1 for $14.99 or 2 for $25, 5 for $55&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6SiQBhJfpoWDWLz73QMmmaRFXA3TZQ4EwehWXJr4RlGRcLg5siOrNTiIHom5c3y7AtV7kx94ZHXwEcgFrjimUM1wiBdLI9KwkgX6tuYViUeR&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Buy Now<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What Others are Saying....<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This book needs to be in the hands of every pastor and every person. It is THAT important.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Pastor Ed Shirley, Mountain High Chapel \\u2013CO<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u201cInfected\\u201d by Karen Hardin is a page turner. A book that reads with the intensity of a Clancy novel.&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>It is eye-opening, compelling, and at times frightening.&nbsp;&nbsp;Yet its essence is hopeful in the darkest days of our modern history.&nbsp;This is a Christian\\u2018s guide to survival, rich with insight and tools for manifesting God\\u2019s will through our prayers and actions.&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This is a book you will want to share with those you love.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Spencer Houghton - Speaker and Author of \\u201cThe 60 Second Salesman\\u201d<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>For additional information click here.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>(Available in paperback &amp; e-book: $14.99, 2 for $25 or 5 for $55)<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/42ed17a0-c903-406c-adec-92e72bf22096.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"248\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"15\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"1\\\" height=\\\"5\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Karen Hardin is a literary agent, author, and intercessor. 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Just last night, January 7, I was listening to another prophetic minister when he said, \\u201cGod said there would be cities of light, points of light and these places would be cities of intercession.\\u201d<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>That was indeed my confirmation.&nbsp;It confirmed everything I was hearing in my spirit.&nbsp;That there would indeed be cities of light and those cities would be the ones which were saturated in intercession \\u2013 that, my friend, could be your city.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">I immediately began to declare that my city, Dayton, Tennessee, would be a city of light.&nbsp;It would be a city of intercession, a point of light.&nbsp;A city that the glory of God would be evident upon.&nbsp;A city set apart unto God.<\\/p>\\r\\n<div>\",\"fulltext\":\"\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">&nbsp;I wanted to share these two words with you today to invite you to declare that your city shall be a city of light \\u2013 set apart unto God.&nbsp;I also wanted to remind you that this is biblical.&nbsp;We know the story of the children of Israel being delivered from bondage.&nbsp;But did you realize, all the plagues that happened in Egypt did not happen in the city where God\\u2019s people lived?&nbsp;In Goshen.&nbsp;It\\u2019s true.&nbsp;It was a city set apart unto God.&nbsp;When it was darkest in Egypt, there remained light in Goshen (Exodus 10).<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I don\\u2019t know about you, but I am determined for my city to become a city of light. Therefore, I am declaring this daily, and I didn\\u2019t stop there. I sowed a seed and named it Dayton, a city of light. I invite you to do the same thing today.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>Friends, God has a good plan for us \\u2013 one with a hope and a future and part of that hope is that OUR city will be a city of light \\u2013 won\\u2019t you join me in proclaiming your city is indeed one of those.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;Father, I declare over my city (name your city and those you are standing for) to be a city of light in which there is little crime and little sickness, if any. We take hold of that prophetic word and we claim it for our this city. We declare crime is decreasing. The murder rate is going down. That this city and the homes in it are a peaceable habitation and a quiet resting place. That we are known as a city of light and our light cannot be hidden.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I declare that (city) is a point of light and intercession and that from this city revival will arise and spread as a fire into the surrounding cities and across my state. You said that every place the sole of my foot has tread that You have given it to me. And so I declare this as my right and inheritance and declare my city is a city of righteousness. A place of healing. A place of revival.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I declare that in (city) Mayor (name) leads with integrity and will walk in the light. I declare that over our police force and first responders, our city councilors, our school boards, principals, pastors and teachers, our justices, our congressional leaders for my city and (name your state). May the conviction of the Holy Spirit hit their hearts so that they will be convicted by the spirit of any corruption, illegalities or walking the fence. If they will not allow the Holy Spirit to convict them and change them, then may the law do it. And may they be replaced with those who will fear Your name.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;We declare that those who stand for righteousness will receive honor, but the name of the wicked will disappear and be no more. That the hidden things of darkness will be exposed as light shines in (city) and that there will be an overwhelming hunger for the things of God. I declare in (city) that Your Word is exalted and is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. My city and its people do not walk in darkness for Your Word is exalted in this place. I declare that all pride and deception be vanquished so that all can see and know You.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence and Your children will have refuge. I declare (city) is a place of safety and refuge. It is a city of light that shines in the darkness. It is a beacon of hope that beckons others to come into the light. For the light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">&nbsp;NOTE: You can sign up for Kim\\u2019s free daily motivations at A New Thing Ministries. 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THANK YOU!<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>City-by-City Prayer Network is a ministry of Destiny Builders, Inc.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6WjNfjRBlqtrqGy3RnhmhUVW34m1Giafh4fJGe5Uc_NZWrdN9TLq_JXaWJk7IX0s6mw4FY5nmroV4RAwu96B5Uo=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\"> <img alt=\\\"\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Governmental Insights &amp; Words of Encouragement<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>at karenhardin.com<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>1.&nbsp;Have you unintentionally said \\u201cNO\\u201d to the miracle for which you prayed? Many do. <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1RwcX7zJTLpuIPLYiUuYWiyL0w8unVtkZz8TaYsNFuTSZjvTQm-u9FrS2zWMtriJFX1cDTJtekKyhuMXHe6MnK9Cu0ZLy9BqBPI32ZF83Hj5HmN3Bfte4CkpKuRaCPKbjzmayD1BqDyFtC7fPBKWWwCOChae1ISG6hWDR_1kJAEo9uF9IoX6-Ak-vmeGOOcv9NSwH8IDUEMoJmxGayqKMoVlA==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here<\\/a> to read more.&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>2. IMPORTANT\\u2014Pay attention to the first 6 months of 2022\\u2014<a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1RwImaNHn8hd8hJqlZwvb63Qm6PScmMw5PY3bChWSiUj-CceXzxRIWGFfHqBMoGhWU7yPSapM2EygY=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">click here<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>3.Mike Thompson\\u2014We are in a 2-month portal (talks about cities of light) <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1Rw2HPjSZLVvN6FWuSirb28XivxbT19F3HsM9J42IIT3I8-v36I9X_-6NgLclwrvDeygm5Qj263fxI=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>To automatically receive prophetic and governmental insights from my blog you can sign up using the yellow box on <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6Z-qqqZKL17i2LO1_gSsskxXR2dR1JXXG2j7HjLkRaW05GRBEqWwith8-vTd1_gR9BFmIGopZ9uSkPr1045G2tw=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">this page.<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/c2ab814c-2bea-4300-965d-9ea59e270d09.png\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"186\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"15\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"1\\\" height=\\\"5\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Karen Hardin<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6VQqqMW4YtikY7F5U3Y4yoY2w0unMas1gHlLZBG30gBP6NYC0sWXAUFJxtW3pz_Ob_rZq0k1MtxWPt85bcsUafQTaPJivpHw0nHbLJJ41RkB&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">www.destinybuilders.world<\\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6WqL449NK-O5P3yIaWZPJ0FHydYRoqlrMv8ihmz4DmL15frK9YvFgwSCMz-uIVx4F9y5DbH_pOmI86UMrm8aV97OkmS_g0_dig==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">www.karenhardin.com<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6WRtKzgR8pB-LMhAT14iXPf9cAI4aZbtJQRnOctqOs4r1MPF6LXoRMhcs4ZtA7GKf5dRGrpAgMYA5qW5Xdf3O34=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\"> <img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/c2fb8a46-462b-4017-a708-54f1e8b79d76.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"164\\\" \\/> <\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Light &amp; Remnant is a part of Destiny Builders ministry. If this ministry has blessed you would you consider making a tax-deductible donation to assist us?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Thank you for helping us continue this work!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>FREE PRAYER RESOURCES<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Don\\u2019t forget we have free prayer resources available at www.destinybuilders.world. Click on the \\u201cDownloads\\u201d tab for free scriptural prayers by topic.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>ALSO, if you have a praise report regarding your city, <a href=\\\"mailto:pray@city-by-city.org\\\">click here<\\/a> to send it to us!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Don\'t forget to continue to pray for your city!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The city prayer declaration is available <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6c577_j_Zbr98dn81ygVa_YTOCIU7vQRbvKtY6Ro0Xv3asCb3KN5Tq7ny8jfPNejX8f1rLy7VgFd5fXwsNSfPK-ifTJne6lrmBUrf5R6qJlIVqAvhQ2P1qVPujz7D5cluA==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">here. <\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>TESTIMONIES: Find out what God is doing through this movement. <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6Uc4VBFYlCh2RLWJwsQgS-kFEseW0hUVpGFneLWUHz2vFpS74YenDoKGzApfdG-iBNtlmTUeepcWvvmLoou5ddM=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here<\\/a>.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/PT13966\\/CustomDivider.png\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"580\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Previous Week\'s Prayers Available<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>START HERE - Breakthrough Prayer for America and your City<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6Teu4akVAzkhRMdSWw7DUdopUUOIKG70CTTegK3QUnP68YRSq9vmmFX4dH-Tea19VoCGWgWzQd65ASF1e1NaqiU=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">click here <\\/a>to download the previous prayers.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>(Year 1 prayer topics available on the website. Click the link above.)<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 48 - God Desires Good Government<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 49 - Happy Birthday America - May Freedom Reign<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 50 - Lord Raise Up a President<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 51 - Tell them to \\\"Keep Your Gifts!\\\"<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 52 - Casting Down Lofty Places<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 53 - Give us Godly Leaders<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 54 - Stop the Supreme Court Coup<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 55 - He is Your Protector<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 56 - Proclaiming Goliath\'s Defeat<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 57 - Eyes Wide Open<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 58 - Rescue!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 59 - Supernatural Courage<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 60 - Armor Up!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 61 - Separating the Sheep &amp; the Goats<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 62 - Standing Against Lawlessness<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 63 - Targeting the True Terrorists<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 64 - Reclaim October in Your City<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 65 - Transform the Educational System<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 66 - One Last Shaking<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 67 - The Great Fall<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 68 - May the Fear of the Lord Fill our Land<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 69 - Release the Political Prisoners<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 70 - Fight for Life<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 71 - Binding Leviathan<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 72 - Don\'t Lay Down your Sword<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 73 - Like Mary...<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 74 - Are you ready?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 75 - Over Declaration Over America and 2022<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 76 - What About Trump?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 77 - Proclaim Your City a City of Light<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>* * *<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Do you know others who would be willing to join the city-by-city prayer movement to save our nation and stand for their city?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Please have them go to: <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6VQqqMW4Ytik3871II3MAnu3CRcTwAMPy9vjyzae6EfVLdVumU4h0RauznPhIU7AwsZ21yM-GzZxahYFuO_lthc5oVtaBXffiQ==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\"><\\/a><a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/city-by-city.org\\/\\\">http:\\/\\/city-by-city.org\\/<\\/a> to register their cities. Help us raise up the remnant.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>REMINDER- Each week we will focus on a strategic area in prayer together.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Watch your inbox at the beginning of each week for the<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>prayer decree and strategy for that week.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/80ee1f1c-259d-448c-817d-e741f7f9d91e.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"254\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"15\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"1\\\" height=\\\"5\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>INSIGHT INTO WHY<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Why are things happening as they are?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Why are people seemingly so blind to what appears so obvious?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>And more importantly, how can it be stopped?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Get your copy of Infected: How to Stop the Global Spread of Rage, Deception &amp; Insanity and God\\u2019s Justice after Injustice.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Price: 1 for $14.99 or 2 for $25, 5 for $55&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6SiQBhJfpoWDWLz73QMmmaRFXA3TZQ4EwehWXJr4RlGRcLg5siOrNTiIHom5c3y7AtV7kx94ZHXwEcgFrjimUM1wiBdLI9KwkgX6tuYViUeR&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Buy Now<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What Others are Saying....<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This book needs to be in the hands of every pastor and every person. It is THAT important.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Pastor Ed Shirley, Mountain High Chapel \\u2013CO<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u201cInfected\\u201d by Karen Hardin is a page turner. A book that reads with the intensity of a Clancy novel.&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>It is eye-opening, compelling, and at times frightening.&nbsp;&nbsp;Yet its essence is hopeful in the darkest days of our modern history.&nbsp;This is a Christian\\u2018s guide to survival, rich with insight and tools for manifesting God\\u2019s will through our prayers and actions.&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This is a book you will want to share with those you love.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Spencer Houghton - Speaker and Author of \\u201cThe 60 Second Salesman\\u201d<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>For additional information click here.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>(Available in paperback &amp; e-book: $14.99, 2 for $25 or 5 for $55)<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/42ed17a0-c903-406c-adec-92e72bf22096.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"248\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"15\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"1\\\" height=\\\"5\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Karen Hardin is a literary agent, author, and intercessor. 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Just last night, January 7, I was listening to another prophetic minister when he said, \\u201cGod said there would be cities of light, points of light and these places would be cities of intercession.\\u201d<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>That was indeed my confirmation.&nbsp;It confirmed everything I was hearing in my spirit.&nbsp;That there would indeed be cities of light and those cities would be the ones which were saturated in intercession \\u2013 that, my friend, could be your city.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">I immediately began to declare that my city, Dayton, Tennessee, would be a city of light.&nbsp;It would be a city of intercession, a point of light.&nbsp;A city that the glory of God would be evident upon.&nbsp;A city set apart unto God.<\\/p>\\r\\n<div>\",\"fulltext\":\"\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">&nbsp;I wanted to share these two words with you today to invite you to declare that your city shall be a city of light \\u2013 set apart unto God.&nbsp;I also wanted to remind you that this is biblical.&nbsp;We know the story of the children of Israel being delivered from bondage.&nbsp;But did you realize, all the plagues that happened in Egypt did not happen in the city where God\\u2019s people lived?&nbsp;In Goshen.&nbsp;It\\u2019s true.&nbsp;It was a city set apart unto God.&nbsp;When it was darkest in Egypt, there remained light in Goshen (Exodus 10).<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I don\\u2019t know about you, but I am determined for my city to become a city of light. Therefore, I am declaring this daily, and I didn\\u2019t stop there. I sowed a seed and named it Dayton, a city of light. I invite you to do the same thing today.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>Friends, God has a good plan for us \\u2013 one with a hope and a future and part of that hope is that OUR city will be a city of light \\u2013 won\\u2019t you join me in proclaiming your city is indeed one of those.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;Father, I declare over my city (name your city and those you are standing for) to be a city of light in which there is little crime and little sickness, if any. We take hold of that prophetic word and we claim it for our this city. We declare crime is decreasing. The murder rate is going down. That this city and the homes in it are a peaceable habitation and a quiet resting place. That we are known as a city of light and our light cannot be hidden.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I declare that (city) is a point of light and intercession and that from this city revival will arise and spread as a fire into the surrounding cities and across my state. You said that every place the sole of my foot has tread that You have given it to me. And so I declare this as my right and inheritance and declare my city is a city of righteousness. A place of healing. A place of revival.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I declare that in (city) Mayor (name) leads with integrity and will walk in the light. I declare that over our police force and first responders, our city councilors, our school boards, principals, pastors and teachers, our justices, our congressional leaders for my city and (name your state). May the conviction of the Holy Spirit hit their hearts so that they will be convicted by the spirit of any corruption, illegalities or walking the fence. If they will not allow the Holy Spirit to convict them and change them, then may the law do it. And may they be replaced with those who will fear Your name.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;We declare that those who stand for righteousness will receive honor, but the name of the wicked will disappear and be no more. That the hidden things of darkness will be exposed as light shines in (city) and that there will be an overwhelming hunger for the things of God. I declare in (city) that Your Word is exalted and is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. My city and its people do not walk in darkness for Your Word is exalted in this place. I declare that all pride and deception be vanquished so that all can see and know You.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence and Your children will have refuge. I declare (city) is a place of safety and refuge. It is a city of light that shines in the darkness. It is a beacon of hope that beckons others to come into the light. For the light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">&nbsp;NOTE: You can sign up for Kim\\u2019s free daily motivations at A New Thing Ministries. 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THANK YOU!<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>City-by-City Prayer Network is a ministry of Destiny Builders, Inc.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6WjNfjRBlqtrqGy3RnhmhUVW34m1Giafh4fJGe5Uc_NZWrdN9TLq_JXaWJk7IX0s6mw4FY5nmroV4RAwu96B5Uo=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\"> <img alt=\\\"\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Governmental Insights &amp; Words of Encouragement<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>at karenhardin.com<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>1.&nbsp;Have you unintentionally said \\u201cNO\\u201d to the miracle for which you prayed? Many do. <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1RwcX7zJTLpuIPLYiUuYWiyL0w8unVtkZz8TaYsNFuTSZjvTQm-u9FrS2zWMtriJFX1cDTJtekKyhuMXHe6MnK9Cu0ZLy9BqBPI32ZF83Hj5HmN3Bfte4CkpKuRaCPKbjzmayD1BqDyFtC7fPBKWWwCOChae1ISG6hWDR_1kJAEo9uF9IoX6-Ak-vmeGOOcv9NSwH8IDUEMoJmxGayqKMoVlA==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here<\\/a> to read more.&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>2. IMPORTANT\\u2014Pay attention to the first 6 months of 2022\\u2014<a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1RwImaNHn8hd8hJqlZwvb63Qm6PScmMw5PY3bChWSiUj-CceXzxRIWGFfHqBMoGhWU7yPSapM2EygY=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">click here<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>3.Mike Thompson\\u2014We are in a 2-month portal (talks about cities of light) <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1Rw2HPjSZLVvN6FWuSirb28XivxbT19F3HsM9J42IIT3I8-v36I9X_-6NgLclwrvDeygm5Qj263fxI=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>To automatically receive prophetic and governmental insights from my blog you can sign up using the yellow box on <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6Z-qqqZKL17i2LO1_gSsskxXR2dR1JXXG2j7HjLkRaW05GRBEqWwith8-vTd1_gR9BFmIGopZ9uSkPr1045G2tw=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">this page.<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/c2ab814c-2bea-4300-965d-9ea59e270d09.png\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"186\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"15\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"1\\\" height=\\\"5\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Karen Hardin<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6VQqqMW4YtikY7F5U3Y4yoY2w0unMas1gHlLZBG30gBP6NYC0sWXAUFJxtW3pz_Ob_rZq0k1MtxWPt85bcsUafQTaPJivpHw0nHbLJJ41RkB&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">www.destinybuilders.world<\\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6WqL449NK-O5P3yIaWZPJ0FHydYRoqlrMv8ihmz4DmL15frK9YvFgwSCMz-uIVx4F9y5DbH_pOmI86UMrm8aV97OkmS_g0_dig==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">www.karenhardin.com<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6WRtKzgR8pB-LMhAT14iXPf9cAI4aZbtJQRnOctqOs4r1MPF6LXoRMhcs4ZtA7GKf5dRGrpAgMYA5qW5Xdf3O34=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\"> <img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/c2fb8a46-462b-4017-a708-54f1e8b79d76.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"164\\\" \\/> <\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Light &amp; Remnant is a part of Destiny Builders ministry. If this ministry has blessed you would you consider making a tax-deductible donation to assist us?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Thank you for helping us continue this work!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>FREE PRAYER RESOURCES<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Don\\u2019t forget we have free prayer resources available at www.destinybuilders.world. Click on the \\u201cDownloads\\u201d tab for free scriptural prayers by topic.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>ALSO, if you have a praise report regarding your city, <a href=\\\"mailto:pray@city-by-city.org\\\">click here<\\/a> to send it to us!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Don\'t forget to continue to pray for your city!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The city prayer declaration is available <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6c577_j_Zbr98dn81ygVa_YTOCIU7vQRbvKtY6Ro0Xv3asCb3KN5Tq7ny8jfPNejX8f1rLy7VgFd5fXwsNSfPK-ifTJne6lrmBUrf5R6qJlIVqAvhQ2P1qVPujz7D5cluA==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">here. <\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>TESTIMONIES: Find out what God is doing through this movement. <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6Uc4VBFYlCh2RLWJwsQgS-kFEseW0hUVpGFneLWUHz2vFpS74YenDoKGzApfdG-iBNtlmTUeepcWvvmLoou5ddM=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here<\\/a>.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/PT13966\\/CustomDivider.png\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"580\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Previous Week\'s Prayers Available<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>START HERE - Breakthrough Prayer for America and your City<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6Teu4akVAzkhRMdSWw7DUdopUUOIKG70CTTegK3QUnP68YRSq9vmmFX4dH-Tea19VoCGWgWzQd65ASF1e1NaqiU=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">click here <\\/a>to download the previous prayers.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>(Year 1 prayer topics available on the website. Click the link above.)<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 48 - God Desires Good Government<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 49 - Happy Birthday America - May Freedom Reign<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 50 - Lord Raise Up a President<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 51 - Tell them to \\\"Keep Your Gifts!\\\"<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 52 - Casting Down Lofty Places<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 53 - Give us Godly Leaders<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 54 - Stop the Supreme Court Coup<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 55 - He is Your Protector<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 56 - Proclaiming Goliath\'s Defeat<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 57 - Eyes Wide Open<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 58 - Rescue!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 59 - Supernatural Courage<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 60 - Armor Up!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 61 - Separating the Sheep &amp; the Goats<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 62 - Standing Against Lawlessness<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 63 - Targeting the True Terrorists<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 64 - Reclaim October in Your City<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 65 - Transform the Educational System<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 66 - One Last Shaking<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 67 - The Great Fall<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 68 - May the Fear of the Lord Fill our Land<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 69 - Release the Political Prisoners<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 70 - Fight for Life<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 71 - Binding Leviathan<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 72 - Don\'t Lay Down your Sword<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 73 - Like Mary...<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 74 - Are you ready?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 75 - Over Declaration Over America and 2022<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 76 - What About Trump?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 77 - Proclaim Your City a City of Light<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>* * *<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Do you know others who would be willing to join the city-by-city prayer movement to save our nation and stand for their city?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Please have them go to: <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6VQqqMW4Ytik3871II3MAnu3CRcTwAMPy9vjyzae6EfVLdVumU4h0RauznPhIU7AwsZ21yM-GzZxahYFuO_lthc5oVtaBXffiQ==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\"><\\/a><a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/city-by-city.org\\/\\\">http:\\/\\/city-by-city.org\\/<\\/a> to register their cities. Help us raise up the remnant.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>REMINDER- Each week we will focus on a strategic area in prayer together.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Watch your inbox at the beginning of each week for the<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>prayer decree and strategy for that week.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/80ee1f1c-259d-448c-817d-e741f7f9d91e.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"254\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"15\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"1\\\" height=\\\"5\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>INSIGHT INTO WHY<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Why are things happening as they are?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Why are people seemingly so blind to what appears so obvious?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>And more importantly, how can it be stopped?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Get your copy of Infected: How to Stop the Global Spread of Rage, Deception &amp; Insanity and God\\u2019s Justice after Injustice.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Price: 1 for $14.99 or 2 for $25, 5 for $55&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6SiQBhJfpoWDWLz73QMmmaRFXA3TZQ4EwehWXJr4RlGRcLg5siOrNTiIHom5c3y7AtV7kx94ZHXwEcgFrjimUM1wiBdLI9KwkgX6tuYViUeR&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Buy Now<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What Others are Saying....<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This book needs to be in the hands of every pastor and every person. It is THAT important.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Pastor Ed Shirley, Mountain High Chapel \\u2013CO<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u201cInfected\\u201d by Karen Hardin is a page turner. A book that reads with the intensity of a Clancy novel.&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>It is eye-opening, compelling, and at times frightening.&nbsp;&nbsp;Yet its essence is hopeful in the darkest days of our modern history.&nbsp;This is a Christian\\u2018s guide to survival, rich with insight and tools for manifesting God\\u2019s will through our prayers and actions.&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This is a book you will want to share with those you love.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Spencer Houghton - Speaker and Author of \\u201cThe 60 Second Salesman\\u201d<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>For additional information click here.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>(Available in paperback &amp; e-book: $14.99, 2 for $25 or 5 for $55)<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/42ed17a0-c903-406c-adec-92e72bf22096.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"248\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"15\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"1\\\" height=\\\"5\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Karen Hardin is a literary agent, author, and intercessor. 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Just last night, January 7, I was listening to another prophetic minister when he said, \\u201cGod said there would be cities of light, points of light and these places would be cities of intercession.\\u201d<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>That was indeed my confirmation.&nbsp;It confirmed everything I was hearing in my spirit.&nbsp;That there would indeed be cities of light and those cities would be the ones which were saturated in intercession \\u2013 that, my friend, could be your city.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">I immediately began to declare that my city, Dayton, Tennessee, would be a city of light.&nbsp;It would be a city of intercession, a point of light.&nbsp;A city that the glory of God would be evident upon.&nbsp;A city set apart unto God.<\\/p>\\r\\n\",\"fulltext\":\"\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">&nbsp;I wanted to share these two words with you today to invite you to declare that your city shall be a city of light \\u2013 set apart unto God.&nbsp;I also wanted to remind you that this is biblical.&nbsp;We know the story of the children of Israel being delivered from bondage.&nbsp;But did you realize, all the plagues that happened in Egypt did not happen in the city where God\\u2019s people lived?&nbsp;In Goshen.&nbsp;It\\u2019s true.&nbsp;It was a city set apart unto God.&nbsp;When it was darkest in Egypt, there remained light in Goshen (Exodus 10).<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I don\\u2019t know about you, but I am determined for my city to become a city of light. Therefore, I am declaring this daily, and I didn\\u2019t stop there. I sowed a seed and named it Dayton, a city of light. I invite you to do the same thing today.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>Friends, God has a good plan for us \\u2013 one with a hope and a future and part of that hope is that OUR city will be a city of light \\u2013 won\\u2019t you join me in proclaiming your city is indeed one of those.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;Father, I declare over my city (name your city and those you are standing for) to be a city of light in which there is little crime and little sickness, if any. We take hold of that prophetic word and we claim it for our this city. We declare crime is decreasing. The murder rate is going down. That this city and the homes in it are a peaceable habitation and a quiet resting place. That we are known as a city of light and our light cannot be hidden.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I declare that (city) is a point of light and intercession and that from this city revival will arise and spread as a fire into the surrounding cities and across my state. You said that every place the sole of my foot has tread that You have given it to me. And so I declare this as my right and inheritance and declare my city is a city of righteousness. A place of healing. A place of revival.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I declare that in (city) Mayor (name) leads with integrity and will walk in the light. I declare that over our police force and first responders, our city councilors, our school boards, principals, pastors and teachers, our justices, our congressional leaders for my city and (name your state). May the conviction of the Holy Spirit hit their hearts so that they will be convicted by the spirit of any corruption, illegalities or walking the fence. If they will not allow the Holy Spirit to convict them and change them, then may the law do it. And may they be replaced with those who will fear Your name.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;We declare that those who stand for righteousness will receive honor, but the name of the wicked will disappear and be no more. That the hidden things of darkness will be exposed as light shines in (city) and that there will be an overwhelming hunger for the things of God. I declare in (city) that Your Word is exalted and is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. My city and its people do not walk in darkness for Your Word is exalted in this place. I declare that all pride and deception be vanquished so that all can see and know You.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence and Your children will have refuge. I declare (city) is a place of safety and refuge. It is a city of light that shines in the darkness. It is a beacon of hope that beckons others to come into the light. For the light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">&nbsp;NOTE: You can sign up for Kim\\u2019s free daily motivations at A New Thing Ministries. 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THANK YOU!<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>City-by-City Prayer Network is a ministry of Destiny Builders, Inc.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6WjNfjRBlqtrqGy3RnhmhUVW34m1Giafh4fJGe5Uc_NZWrdN9TLq_JXaWJk7IX0s6mw4FY5nmroV4RAwu96B5Uo=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\"> <img alt=\\\"\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Governmental Insights &amp; Words of Encouragement<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>at karenhardin.com<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>1.&nbsp;Have you unintentionally said \\u201cNO\\u201d to the miracle for which you prayed? Many do. <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1RwcX7zJTLpuIPLYiUuYWiyL0w8unVtkZz8TaYsNFuTSZjvTQm-u9FrS2zWMtriJFX1cDTJtekKyhuMXHe6MnK9Cu0ZLy9BqBPI32ZF83Hj5HmN3Bfte4CkpKuRaCPKbjzmayD1BqDyFtC7fPBKWWwCOChae1ISG6hWDR_1kJAEo9uF9IoX6-Ak-vmeGOOcv9NSwH8IDUEMoJmxGayqKMoVlA==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here<\\/a> to read more.&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>2. IMPORTANT\\u2014Pay attention to the first 6 months of 2022\\u2014<a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1RwImaNHn8hd8hJqlZwvb63Qm6PScmMw5PY3bChWSiUj-CceXzxRIWGFfHqBMoGhWU7yPSapM2EygY=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">click here<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>3.Mike Thompson\\u2014We are in a 2-month portal (talks about cities of light) <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1Rw2HPjSZLVvN6FWuSirb28XivxbT19F3HsM9J42IIT3I8-v36I9X_-6NgLclwrvDeygm5Qj263fxI=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>To automatically receive prophetic and governmental insights from my blog you can sign up using the yellow box on <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6Z-qqqZKL17i2LO1_gSsskxXR2dR1JXXG2j7HjLkRaW05GRBEqWwith8-vTd1_gR9BFmIGopZ9uSkPr1045G2tw=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">this page.<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/c2ab814c-2bea-4300-965d-9ea59e270d09.png\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"186\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"15\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"1\\\" height=\\\"5\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Karen Hardin<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6VQqqMW4YtikY7F5U3Y4yoY2w0unMas1gHlLZBG30gBP6NYC0sWXAUFJxtW3pz_Ob_rZq0k1MtxWPt85bcsUafQTaPJivpHw0nHbLJJ41RkB&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">www.destinybuilders.world<\\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6WqL449NK-O5P3yIaWZPJ0FHydYRoqlrMv8ihmz4DmL15frK9YvFgwSCMz-uIVx4F9y5DbH_pOmI86UMrm8aV97OkmS_g0_dig==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">www.karenhardin.com<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6WRtKzgR8pB-LMhAT14iXPf9cAI4aZbtJQRnOctqOs4r1MPF6LXoRMhcs4ZtA7GKf5dRGrpAgMYA5qW5Xdf3O34=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\"> <img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/c2fb8a46-462b-4017-a708-54f1e8b79d76.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"164\\\" \\/> <\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Light &amp; Remnant is a part of Destiny Builders ministry. If this ministry has blessed you would you consider making a tax-deductible donation to assist us?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Thank you for helping us continue this work!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>FREE PRAYER RESOURCES<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Don\\u2019t forget we have free prayer resources available at www.destinybuilders.world. Click on the \\u201cDownloads\\u201d tab for free scriptural prayers by topic.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>ALSO, if you have a praise report regarding your city, <a href=\\\"mailto:pray@city-by-city.org\\\">click here<\\/a> to send it to us!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Don\'t forget to continue to pray for your city!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The city prayer declaration is available <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6c577_j_Zbr98dn81ygVa_YTOCIU7vQRbvKtY6Ro0Xv3asCb3KN5Tq7ny8jfPNejX8f1rLy7VgFd5fXwsNSfPK-ifTJne6lrmBUrf5R6qJlIVqAvhQ2P1qVPujz7D5cluA==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">here. <\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>TESTIMONIES: Find out what God is doing through this movement. <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6Uc4VBFYlCh2RLWJwsQgS-kFEseW0hUVpGFneLWUHz2vFpS74YenDoKGzApfdG-iBNtlmTUeepcWvvmLoou5ddM=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here<\\/a>.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/PT13966\\/CustomDivider.png\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"580\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Previous Week\'s Prayers Available<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>START HERE - Breakthrough Prayer for America and your City<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6Teu4akVAzkhRMdSWw7DUdopUUOIKG70CTTegK3QUnP68YRSq9vmmFX4dH-Tea19VoCGWgWzQd65ASF1e1NaqiU=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">click here <\\/a>to download the previous prayers.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>(Year 1 prayer topics available on the website. Click the link above.)<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 48 - God Desires Good Government<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 49 - Happy Birthday America - May Freedom Reign<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 50 - Lord Raise Up a President<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 51 - Tell them to \\\"Keep Your Gifts!\\\"<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 52 - Casting Down Lofty Places<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 53 - Give us Godly Leaders<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 54 - Stop the Supreme Court Coup<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 55 - He is Your Protector<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 56 - Proclaiming Goliath\'s Defeat<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 57 - Eyes Wide Open<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 58 - Rescue!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 59 - Supernatural Courage<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 60 - Armor Up!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 61 - Separating the Sheep &amp; the Goats<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 62 - Standing Against Lawlessness<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 63 - Targeting the True Terrorists<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 64 - Reclaim October in Your City<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 65 - Transform the Educational System<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 66 - One Last Shaking<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 67 - The Great Fall<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 68 - May the Fear of the Lord Fill our Land<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 69 - Release the Political Prisoners<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 70 - Fight for Life<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 71 - Binding Leviathan<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 72 - Don\'t Lay Down your Sword<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 73 - Like Mary...<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 74 - Are you ready?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 75 - Over Declaration Over America and 2022<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 76 - What About Trump?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 77 - Proclaim Your City a City of Light<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>* * *<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Do you know others who would be willing to join the city-by-city prayer movement to save our nation and stand for their city?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Please have them go to: <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6VQqqMW4Ytik3871II3MAnu3CRcTwAMPy9vjyzae6EfVLdVumU4h0RauznPhIU7AwsZ21yM-GzZxahYFuO_lthc5oVtaBXffiQ==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\"><\\/a><a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/city-by-city.org\\/\\\">http:\\/\\/city-by-city.org\\/<\\/a> to register their cities. Help us raise up the remnant.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>REMINDER- Each week we will focus on a strategic area in prayer together.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Watch your inbox at the beginning of each week for the<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>prayer decree and strategy for that week.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/80ee1f1c-259d-448c-817d-e741f7f9d91e.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"254\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"15\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"1\\\" height=\\\"5\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>INSIGHT INTO WHY<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Why are things happening as they are?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Why are people seemingly so blind to what appears so obvious?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>And more importantly, how can it be stopped?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Get your copy of Infected: How to Stop the Global Spread of Rage, Deception &amp; Insanity and God\\u2019s Justice after Injustice.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Price: 1 for $14.99 or 2 for $25, 5 for $55&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6SiQBhJfpoWDWLz73QMmmaRFXA3TZQ4EwehWXJr4RlGRcLg5siOrNTiIHom5c3y7AtV7kx94ZHXwEcgFrjimUM1wiBdLI9KwkgX6tuYViUeR&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Buy Now<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What Others are Saying....<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This book needs to be in the hands of every pastor and every person. It is THAT important.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Pastor Ed Shirley, Mountain High Chapel \\u2013CO<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u201cInfected\\u201d by Karen Hardin is a page turner. A book that reads with the intensity of a Clancy novel.&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>It is eye-opening, compelling, and at times frightening.&nbsp;&nbsp;Yet its essence is hopeful in the darkest days of our modern history.&nbsp;This is a Christian\\u2018s guide to survival, rich with insight and tools for manifesting God\\u2019s will through our prayers and actions.&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This is a book you will want to share with those you love.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Spencer Houghton - Speaker and Author of \\u201cThe 60 Second Salesman\\u201d<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>For additional information click here.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>(Available in paperback &amp; e-book: $14.99, 2 for $25 or 5 for $55)<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/42ed17a0-c903-406c-adec-92e72bf22096.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"248\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"15\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"1\\\" height=\\\"5\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Karen Hardin is a literary agent, author, and intercessor. 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Just last night, January 7, I was listening to another prophetic minister when he said, \\u201cGod said there would be cities of light, points of light and these places would be cities of intercession.\\u201d<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>That was indeed my confirmation.&nbsp;It confirmed everything I was hearing in my spirit.&nbsp;That there would indeed be cities of light and those cities would be the ones which were saturated in intercession \\u2013 that, my friend, could be your city.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">I immediately began to declare that my city, Dayton, Tennessee, would be a city of light.&nbsp;It would be a city of intercession, a point of light.&nbsp;A city that the glory of God would be evident upon.&nbsp;A city set apart unto God.<\\/p>\\r\\n\",\"fulltext\":\"\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">&nbsp;I wanted to share these two words with you today to invite you to declare that your city shall be a city of light \\u2013 set apart unto God.&nbsp;I also wanted to remind you that this is biblical.&nbsp;We know the story of the children of Israel being delivered from bondage.&nbsp;But did you realize, all the plagues that happened in Egypt did not happen in the city where God\\u2019s people lived?&nbsp;In Goshen.&nbsp;It\\u2019s true.&nbsp;It was a city set apart unto God.&nbsp;When it was darkest in Egypt, there remained light in Goshen (Exodus 10).<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I don\\u2019t know about you, but I am determined for my city to become a city of light. Therefore, I am declaring this daily, and I didn\\u2019t stop there. I sowed a seed and named it Dayton, a city of light. I invite you to do the same thing today.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>Friends, God has a good plan for us \\u2013 one with a hope and a future and part of that hope is that OUR city will be a city of light \\u2013 won\\u2019t you join me in proclaiming your city is indeed one of those.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;Father, I declare over my city (name your city and those you are standing for) to be a city of light in which there is little crime and little sickness, if any. We take hold of that prophetic word and we claim it for our this city. We declare crime is decreasing. The murder rate is going down. That this city and the homes in it are a peaceable habitation and a quiet resting place. That we are known as a city of light and our light cannot be hidden.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I declare that (city) is a point of light and intercession and that from this city revival will arise and spread as a fire into the surrounding cities and across my state. You said that every place the sole of my foot has tread that You have given it to me. And so I declare this as my right and inheritance and declare my city is a city of righteousness. A place of healing. A place of revival.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I declare that in (city) Mayor (name) leads with integrity and will walk in the light. I declare that over our police force and first responders, our city councilors, our school boards, principals, pastors and teachers, our justices, our congressional leaders for my city and (name your state). May the conviction of the Holy Spirit hit their hearts so that they will be convicted by the spirit of any corruption, illegalities or walking the fence. If they will not allow the Holy Spirit to convict them and change them, then may the law do it. And may they be replaced with those who will fear Your name.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;We declare that those who stand for righteousness will receive honor, but the name of the wicked will disappear and be no more. That the hidden things of darkness will be exposed as light shines in (city) and that there will be an overwhelming hunger for the things of God. I declare in (city) that Your Word is exalted and is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. My city and its people do not walk in darkness for Your Word is exalted in this place. I declare that all pride and deception be vanquished so that all can see and know You.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence and Your children will have refuge. I declare (city) is a place of safety and refuge. It is a city of light that shines in the darkness. It is a beacon of hope that beckons others to come into the light. For the light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">&nbsp;NOTE: You can sign up for Kim\\u2019s free daily motivations at A New Thing Ministries. They will encourage and strengthen your heart with the Word. <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1RwhDFrHkSOVXcDJoatxoPXiRGwhUy_iPVGID-6nNo-ixc9w3oCR8bshTQSSNeV-fN_fU2HBXftLNA=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here.<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Is. 32:18, Joshua 1:3, John 16:8, Luke 12:2, Psalm 119:105, Prov 14:26, Prov 13:9<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;Standing together,&nbsp; &nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Karen Hardin<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Don\'t forget Wednesday is our day to fast and pray corporately.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>If this ministry has been a blessing, would you consider joining our $10\\/mo sponsors?<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>All gifts are tax-deductible. THANK YOU!<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>City-by-City Prayer Network is a ministry of Destiny Builders, Inc.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6WjNfjRBlqtrqGy3RnhmhUVW34m1Giafh4fJGe5Uc_NZWrdN9TLq_JXaWJk7IX0s6mw4FY5nmroV4RAwu96B5Uo=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\"> <img alt=\\\"\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Governmental Insights &amp; Words of Encouragement<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>at karenhardin.com<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>1.&nbsp;Have you unintentionally said \\u201cNO\\u201d to the miracle for which you prayed? Many do. <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1RwcX7zJTLpuIPLYiUuYWiyL0w8unVtkZz8TaYsNFuTSZjvTQm-u9FrS2zWMtriJFX1cDTJtekKyhuMXHe6MnK9Cu0ZLy9BqBPI32ZF83Hj5HmN3Bfte4CkpKuRaCPKbjzmayD1BqDyFtC7fPBKWWwCOChae1ISG6hWDR_1kJAEo9uF9IoX6-Ak-vmeGOOcv9NSwH8IDUEMoJmxGayqKMoVlA==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here<\\/a> to read more.&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>2. IMPORTANT\\u2014Pay attention to the first 6 months of 2022\\u2014<a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1RwImaNHn8hd8hJqlZwvb63Qm6PScmMw5PY3bChWSiUj-CceXzxRIWGFfHqBMoGhWU7yPSapM2EygY=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">click here<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>3.Mike Thompson\\u2014We are in a 2-month portal (talks about cities of light) <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1Rw2HPjSZLVvN6FWuSirb28XivxbT19F3HsM9J42IIT3I8-v36I9X_-6NgLclwrvDeygm5Qj263fxI=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>To automatically receive prophetic and governmental insights from my blog you can sign up using the yellow box on <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6Z-qqqZKL17i2LO1_gSsskxXR2dR1JXXG2j7HjLkRaW05GRBEqWwith8-vTd1_gR9BFmIGopZ9uSkPr1045G2tw=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">this page.<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/c2ab814c-2bea-4300-965d-9ea59e270d09.png\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"186\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"15\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"1\\\" height=\\\"5\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Karen Hardin<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6VQqqMW4YtikY7F5U3Y4yoY2w0unMas1gHlLZBG30gBP6NYC0sWXAUFJxtW3pz_Ob_rZq0k1MtxWPt85bcsUafQTaPJivpHw0nHbLJJ41RkB&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">www.destinybuilders.world<\\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6WqL449NK-O5P3yIaWZPJ0FHydYRoqlrMv8ihmz4DmL15frK9YvFgwSCMz-uIVx4F9y5DbH_pOmI86UMrm8aV97OkmS_g0_dig==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">www.karenhardin.com<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6WRtKzgR8pB-LMhAT14iXPf9cAI4aZbtJQRnOctqOs4r1MPF6LXoRMhcs4ZtA7GKf5dRGrpAgMYA5qW5Xdf3O34=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\"> <img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/c2fb8a46-462b-4017-a708-54f1e8b79d76.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"164\\\" \\/> <\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Light &amp; Remnant is a part of Destiny Builders ministry. If this ministry has blessed you would you consider making a tax-deductible donation to assist us?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Thank you for helping us continue this work!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>FREE PRAYER RESOURCES<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Don\\u2019t forget we have free prayer resources available at www.destinybuilders.world. Click on the \\u201cDownloads\\u201d tab for free scriptural prayers by topic.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>ALSO, if you have a praise report regarding your city, <a href=\\\"mailto:pray@city-by-city.org\\\">click here<\\/a> to send it to us!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Don\'t forget to continue to pray for your city!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The city prayer declaration is available <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6c577_j_Zbr98dn81ygVa_YTOCIU7vQRbvKtY6Ro0Xv3asCb3KN5Tq7ny8jfPNejX8f1rLy7VgFd5fXwsNSfPK-ifTJne6lrmBUrf5R6qJlIVqAvhQ2P1qVPujz7D5cluA==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">here. <\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>TESTIMONIES: Find out what God is doing through this movement. <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6Uc4VBFYlCh2RLWJwsQgS-kFEseW0hUVpGFneLWUHz2vFpS74YenDoKGzApfdG-iBNtlmTUeepcWvvmLoou5ddM=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here<\\/a>.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/PT13966\\/CustomDivider.png\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"580\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Previous Week\'s Prayers Available<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>START HERE - Breakthrough Prayer for America and your City<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6Teu4akVAzkhRMdSWw7DUdopUUOIKG70CTTegK3QUnP68YRSq9vmmFX4dH-Tea19VoCGWgWzQd65ASF1e1NaqiU=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">click here <\\/a>to download the previous prayers.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>(Year 1 prayer topics available on the website. Click the link above.)<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 48 - God Desires Good Government<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 49 - Happy Birthday America - May Freedom Reign<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 50 - Lord Raise Up a President<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 51 - Tell them to \\\"Keep Your Gifts!\\\"<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 52 - Casting Down Lofty Places<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 53 - Give us Godly Leaders<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 54 - Stop the Supreme Court Coup<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 55 - He is Your Protector<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 56 - Proclaiming Goliath\'s Defeat<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 57 - Eyes Wide Open<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 58 - Rescue!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 59 - Supernatural Courage<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 60 - Armor Up!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 61 - Separating the Sheep &amp; the Goats<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 62 - Standing Against Lawlessness<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 63 - Targeting the True Terrorists<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 64 - Reclaim October in Your City<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 65 - Transform the Educational System<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 66 - One Last Shaking<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 67 - The Great Fall<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 68 - May the Fear of the Lord Fill our Land<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 69 - Release the Political Prisoners<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 70 - Fight for Life<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 71 - Binding Leviathan<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 72 - Don\'t Lay Down your Sword<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 73 - Like Mary...<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 74 - Are you ready?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 75 - Over Declaration Over America and 2022<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 76 - What About Trump?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 77 - Proclaim Your City a City of Light<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>* * *<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Do you know others who would be willing to join the city-by-city prayer movement to save our nation and stand for their city?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Please have them go to: <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6VQqqMW4Ytik3871II3MAnu3CRcTwAMPy9vjyzae6EfVLdVumU4h0RauznPhIU7AwsZ21yM-GzZxahYFuO_lthc5oVtaBXffiQ==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\"><\\/a><a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/city-by-city.org\\/\\\">http:\\/\\/city-by-city.org\\/<\\/a> to register their cities. Help us raise up the remnant.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>REMINDER- Each week we will focus on a strategic area in prayer together.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Watch your inbox at the beginning of each week for the<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>prayer decree and strategy for that week.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/80ee1f1c-259d-448c-817d-e741f7f9d91e.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"254\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"15\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"1\\\" height=\\\"5\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>INSIGHT INTO WHY<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Why are things happening as they are?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Why are people seemingly so blind to what appears so obvious?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>And more importantly, how can it be stopped?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Get your copy of Infected: How to Stop the Global Spread of Rage, Deception &amp; Insanity and God\\u2019s Justice after Injustice.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Price: 1 for $14.99 or 2 for $25, 5 for $55&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6SiQBhJfpoWDWLz73QMmmaRFXA3TZQ4EwehWXJr4RlGRcLg5siOrNTiIHom5c3y7AtV7kx94ZHXwEcgFrjimUM1wiBdLI9KwkgX6tuYViUeR&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Buy Now<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What Others are Saying....<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This book needs to be in the hands of every pastor and every person. It is THAT important.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Pastor Ed Shirley, Mountain High Chapel \\u2013CO<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u201cInfected\\u201d by Karen Hardin is a page turner. A book that reads with the intensity of a Clancy novel.&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>It is eye-opening, compelling, and at times frightening.&nbsp;&nbsp;Yet its essence is hopeful in the darkest days of our modern history.&nbsp;This is a Christian\\u2018s guide to survival, rich with insight and tools for manifesting God\\u2019s will through our prayers and actions.&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This is a book you will want to share with those you love.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Spencer Houghton - Speaker and Author of \\u201cThe 60 Second Salesman\\u201d<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>For additional information click here.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>(Available in paperback &amp; e-book: $14.99, 2 for $25 or 5 for $55)<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/42ed17a0-c903-406c-adec-92e72bf22096.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"248\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"15\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"1\\\" height=\\\"5\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Karen Hardin is a literary agent, author, and intercessor. 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They said, \\u201cGod said there would be cities of light.&nbsp;In these cities there would be little crime and little sickness, if any.\\u201d<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;Oh, my goodness!&nbsp;How this ignited my faith!&nbsp;We have all been praying for our cities consistently, now we had a word from God that, quite frankly, caused me to want to pray more and to pray fervently over my city.&nbsp;I WANT MY CITY TO BE A CITY OF LIGHT.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I wanted to share this word with you right away, but I waited on confirmation. Just last night, January 7, I was listening to another prophetic minister when he said, \\u201cGod said there would be cities of light, points of light and these places would be cities of intercession.\\u201d<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>That was indeed my confirmation.&nbsp;It confirmed everything I was hearing in my spirit.&nbsp;That there would indeed be cities of light and those cities would be the ones which were saturated in intercession \\u2013 that, my friend, could be your city.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\"><p>I immediately began to declare that my city, Dayton, Tennessee, would be a city of light.&nbsp;It would be a city of intercession, a point of light.&nbsp;A city that the glory of God would be evident upon.&nbsp;A city set apart unto God.<\\/p><\\/div>\\r\\n\",\"fulltext\":\"\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">&nbsp;I wanted to share these two words with you today to invite you to declare that your city shall be a city of light \\u2013 set apart unto God.&nbsp;I also wanted to remind you that this is biblical.&nbsp;We know the story of the children of Israel being delivered from bondage.&nbsp;But did you realize, all the plagues that happened in Egypt did not happen in the city where God\\u2019s people lived?&nbsp;In Goshen.&nbsp;It\\u2019s true.&nbsp;It was a city set apart unto God.&nbsp;When it was darkest in Egypt, there remained light in Goshen (Exodus 10).<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I don\\u2019t know about you, but I am determined for my city to become a city of light. Therefore, I am declaring this daily, and I didn\\u2019t stop there. I sowed a seed and named it Dayton, a city of light. I invite you to do the same thing today.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>Friends, God has a good plan for us \\u2013 one with a hope and a future and part of that hope is that OUR city will be a city of light \\u2013 won\\u2019t you join me in proclaiming your city is indeed one of those.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;Father, I declare over my city (name your city and those you are standing for) to be a city of light in which there is little crime and little sickness, if any. We take hold of that prophetic word and we claim it for our this city. We declare crime is decreasing. The murder rate is going down. That this city and the homes in it are a peaceable habitation and a quiet resting place. That we are known as a city of light and our light cannot be hidden.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I declare that (city) is a point of light and intercession and that from this city revival will arise and spread as a fire into the surrounding cities and across my state. You said that every place the sole of my foot has tread that You have given it to me. And so I declare this as my right and inheritance and declare my city is a city of righteousness. A place of healing. A place of revival.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I declare that in (city) Mayor (name) leads with integrity and will walk in the light. I declare that over our police force and first responders, our city councilors, our school boards, principals, pastors and teachers, our justices, our congressional leaders for my city and (name your state). May the conviction of the Holy Spirit hit their hearts so that they will be convicted by the spirit of any corruption, illegalities or walking the fence. If they will not allow the Holy Spirit to convict them and change them, then may the law do it. And may they be replaced with those who will fear Your name.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;We declare that those who stand for righteousness will receive honor, but the name of the wicked will disappear and be no more. That the hidden things of darkness will be exposed as light shines in (city) and that there will be an overwhelming hunger for the things of God. I declare in (city) that Your Word is exalted and is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. My city and its people do not walk in darkness for Your Word is exalted in this place. I declare that all pride and deception be vanquished so that all can see and know You.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence and Your children will have refuge. I declare (city) is a place of safety and refuge. It is a city of light that shines in the darkness. It is a beacon of hope that beckons others to come into the light. For the light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">&nbsp;NOTE: You can sign up for Kim\\u2019s free daily motivations at A New Thing Ministries. They will encourage and strengthen your heart with the Word. <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1RwhDFrHkSOVXcDJoatxoPXiRGwhUy_iPVGID-6nNo-ixc9w3oCR8bshTQSSNeV-fN_fU2HBXftLNA=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here.<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Is. 32:18, Joshua 1:3, John 16:8, Luke 12:2, Psalm 119:105, Prov 14:26, Prov 13:9<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;Standing together,&nbsp; &nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Karen Hardin<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Don\'t forget Wednesday is our day to fast and pray corporately.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>If this ministry has been a blessing, would you consider joining our $10\\/mo sponsors?<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>All gifts are tax-deductible. THANK YOU!<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>City-by-City Prayer Network is a ministry of Destiny Builders, Inc.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6WjNfjRBlqtrqGy3RnhmhUVW34m1Giafh4fJGe5Uc_NZWrdN9TLq_JXaWJk7IX0s6mw4FY5nmroV4RAwu96B5Uo=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\"> <img alt=\\\"\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Governmental Insights &amp; Words of Encouragement<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>at karenhardin.com<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>1.&nbsp;Have you unintentionally said \\u201cNO\\u201d to the miracle for which you prayed? Many do. <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1RwcX7zJTLpuIPLYiUuYWiyL0w8unVtkZz8TaYsNFuTSZjvTQm-u9FrS2zWMtriJFX1cDTJtekKyhuMXHe6MnK9Cu0ZLy9BqBPI32ZF83Hj5HmN3Bfte4CkpKuRaCPKbjzmayD1BqDyFtC7fPBKWWwCOChae1ISG6hWDR_1kJAEo9uF9IoX6-Ak-vmeGOOcv9NSwH8IDUEMoJmxGayqKMoVlA==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here<\\/a> to read more.&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>2. IMPORTANT\\u2014Pay attention to the first 6 months of 2022\\u2014<a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1RwImaNHn8hd8hJqlZwvb63Qm6PScmMw5PY3bChWSiUj-CceXzxRIWGFfHqBMoGhWU7yPSapM2EygY=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">click here<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>3.Mike Thompson\\u2014We are in a 2-month portal (talks about cities of light) <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1Rw2HPjSZLVvN6FWuSirb28XivxbT19F3HsM9J42IIT3I8-v36I9X_-6NgLclwrvDeygm5Qj263fxI=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>To automatically receive prophetic and governmental insights from my blog you can sign up using the yellow box on <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6Z-qqqZKL17i2LO1_gSsskxXR2dR1JXXG2j7HjLkRaW05GRBEqWwith8-vTd1_gR9BFmIGopZ9uSkPr1045G2tw=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">this page.<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/c2ab814c-2bea-4300-965d-9ea59e270d09.png\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"186\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"15\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"1\\\" height=\\\"5\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Karen Hardin<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6VQqqMW4YtikY7F5U3Y4yoY2w0unMas1gHlLZBG30gBP6NYC0sWXAUFJxtW3pz_Ob_rZq0k1MtxWPt85bcsUafQTaPJivpHw0nHbLJJ41RkB&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">www.destinybuilders.world<\\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6WqL449NK-O5P3yIaWZPJ0FHydYRoqlrMv8ihmz4DmL15frK9YvFgwSCMz-uIVx4F9y5DbH_pOmI86UMrm8aV97OkmS_g0_dig==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">www.karenhardin.com<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6WRtKzgR8pB-LMhAT14iXPf9cAI4aZbtJQRnOctqOs4r1MPF6LXoRMhcs4ZtA7GKf5dRGrpAgMYA5qW5Xdf3O34=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\"> <img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/c2fb8a46-462b-4017-a708-54f1e8b79d76.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"164\\\" \\/> <\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Light &amp; Remnant is a part of Destiny Builders ministry. If this ministry has blessed you would you consider making a tax-deductible donation to assist us?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Thank you for helping us continue this work!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>FREE PRAYER RESOURCES<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Don\\u2019t forget we have free prayer resources available at www.destinybuilders.world. Click on the \\u201cDownloads\\u201d tab for free scriptural prayers by topic.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>ALSO, if you have a praise report regarding your city, <a href=\\\"mailto:pray@city-by-city.org\\\">click here<\\/a> to send it to us!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Don\'t forget to continue to pray for your city!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The city prayer declaration is available <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6c577_j_Zbr98dn81ygVa_YTOCIU7vQRbvKtY6Ro0Xv3asCb3KN5Tq7ny8jfPNejX8f1rLy7VgFd5fXwsNSfPK-ifTJne6lrmBUrf5R6qJlIVqAvhQ2P1qVPujz7D5cluA==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">here. <\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>TESTIMONIES: Find out what God is doing through this movement. <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6Uc4VBFYlCh2RLWJwsQgS-kFEseW0hUVpGFneLWUHz2vFpS74YenDoKGzApfdG-iBNtlmTUeepcWvvmLoou5ddM=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here<\\/a>.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/PT13966\\/CustomDivider.png\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"580\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Previous Week\'s Prayers Available<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>START HERE - Breakthrough Prayer for America and your City<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6Teu4akVAzkhRMdSWw7DUdopUUOIKG70CTTegK3QUnP68YRSq9vmmFX4dH-Tea19VoCGWgWzQd65ASF1e1NaqiU=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">click here <\\/a>to download the previous prayers.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>(Year 1 prayer topics available on the website. Click the link above.)<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 48 - God Desires Good Government<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 49 - Happy Birthday America - May Freedom Reign<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 50 - Lord Raise Up a President<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 51 - Tell them to \\\"Keep Your Gifts!\\\"<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 52 - Casting Down Lofty Places<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 53 - Give us Godly Leaders<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 54 - Stop the Supreme Court Coup<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 55 - He is Your Protector<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 56 - Proclaiming Goliath\'s Defeat<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 57 - Eyes Wide Open<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 58 - Rescue!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 59 - Supernatural Courage<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 60 - Armor Up!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 61 - Separating the Sheep &amp; the Goats<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 62 - Standing Against Lawlessness<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 63 - Targeting the True Terrorists<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 64 - Reclaim October in Your City<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 65 - Transform the Educational System<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 66 - One Last Shaking<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 67 - The Great Fall<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 68 - May the Fear of the Lord Fill our Land<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 69 - Release the Political Prisoners<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 70 - Fight for Life<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 71 - Binding Leviathan<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 72 - Don\'t Lay Down your Sword<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 73 - Like Mary...<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 74 - Are you ready?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 75 - Over Declaration Over America and 2022<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 76 - What About Trump?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 77 - Proclaim Your City a City of Light<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>* * *<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Do you know others who would be willing to join the city-by-city prayer movement to save our nation and stand for their city?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Please have them go to: <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6VQqqMW4Ytik3871II3MAnu3CRcTwAMPy9vjyzae6EfVLdVumU4h0RauznPhIU7AwsZ21yM-GzZxahYFuO_lthc5oVtaBXffiQ==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\"><\\/a><a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/city-by-city.org\\/\\\">http:\\/\\/city-by-city.org\\/<\\/a> to register their cities. Help us raise up the remnant.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>REMINDER- Each week we will focus on a strategic area in prayer together.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Watch your inbox at the beginning of each week for the<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>prayer decree and strategy for that week.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/80ee1f1c-259d-448c-817d-e741f7f9d91e.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"254\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"15\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"1\\\" height=\\\"5\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>INSIGHT INTO WHY<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Why are things happening as they are?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Why are people seemingly so blind to what appears so obvious?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>And more importantly, how can it be stopped?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Get your copy of Infected: How to Stop the Global Spread of Rage, Deception &amp; Insanity and God\\u2019s Justice after Injustice.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Price: 1 for $14.99 or 2 for $25, 5 for $55&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6SiQBhJfpoWDWLz73QMmmaRFXA3TZQ4EwehWXJr4RlGRcLg5siOrNTiIHom5c3y7AtV7kx94ZHXwEcgFrjimUM1wiBdLI9KwkgX6tuYViUeR&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Buy Now<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What Others are Saying....<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This book needs to be in the hands of every pastor and every person. It is THAT important.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Pastor Ed Shirley, Mountain High Chapel \\u2013CO<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>\\u201cInfected\\u201d by Karen Hardin is a page turner. A book that reads with the intensity of a Clancy novel.&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>It is eye-opening, compelling, and at times frightening.&nbsp;&nbsp;Yet its essence is hopeful in the darkest days of our modern history.&nbsp;This is a Christian\\u2018s guide to survival, rich with insight and tools for manifesting God\\u2019s will through our prayers and actions.&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This is a book you will want to share with those you love.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Spencer Houghton - Speaker and Author of \\u201cThe 60 Second Salesman\\u201d<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>For additional information click here.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>(Available in paperback &amp; e-book: $14.99, 2 for $25 or 5 for $55)<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/42ed17a0-c903-406c-adec-92e72bf22096.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"248\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"15\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"1\\\" height=\\\"5\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Karen Hardin is a literary agent, author, and intercessor. 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Therefore, I am declaring this daily, and I didn\\u2019t stop there. I sowed a seed and named it Dayton, a city of light. I invite you to do the same thing today.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>Friends, God has a good plan for us \\u2013 one with a hope and a future and part of that hope is that OUR city will be a city of light \\u2013 won\\u2019t you join me in proclaiming your city is indeed one of those.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;Father, I declare over my city (name your city and those you are standing for) to be a city of light in which there is little crime and little sickness, if any. We take hold of that prophetic word and we claim it for our this city. We declare crime is decreasing. The murder rate is going down. That this city and the homes in it are a peaceable habitation and a quiet resting place. That we are known as a city of light and our light cannot be hidden.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I declare that (city) is a point of light and intercession and that from this city revival will arise and spread as a fire into the surrounding cities and across my state. You said that every place the sole of my foot has tread that You have given it to me. And so I declare this as my right and inheritance and declare my city is a city of righteousness. A place of healing. A place of revival.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;I declare that in (city) Mayor (name) leads with integrity and will walk in the light. I declare that over our police force and first responders, our city councilors, our school boards, principals, pastors and teachers, our justices, our congressional leaders for my city and (name your state). May the conviction of the Holy Spirit hit their hearts so that they will be convicted by the spirit of any corruption, illegalities or walking the fence. If they will not allow the Holy Spirit to convict them and change them, then may the law do it. And may they be replaced with those who will fear Your name.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;We declare that those who stand for righteousness will receive honor, but the name of the wicked will disappear and be no more. That the hidden things of darkness will be exposed as light shines in (city) and that there will be an overwhelming hunger for the things of God. I declare in (city) that Your Word is exalted and is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. My city and its people do not walk in darkness for Your Word is exalted in this place. I declare that all pride and deception be vanquished so that all can see and know You.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence and Your children will have refuge. I declare (city) is a place of safety and refuge. It is a city of light that shines in the darkness. It is a beacon of hope that beckons others to come into the light. For the light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p style=\\\"text-align: justify;\\\">&nbsp;NOTE: You can sign up for Kim\\u2019s free daily motivations at A New Thing Ministries. They will encourage and strengthen your heart with the Word. <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1RwhDFrHkSOVXcDJoatxoPXiRGwhUy_iPVGID-6nNo-ixc9w3oCR8bshTQSSNeV-fN_fU2HBXftLNA=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here.<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Is. 32:18, Joshua 1:3, John 16:8, Luke 12:2, Psalm 119:105, Prov 14:26, Prov 13:9<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;Standing together,&nbsp; &nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Karen Hardin<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Don\'t forget Wednesday is our day to fast and pray corporately.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>If this ministry has been a blessing, would you consider joining our $10\\/mo sponsors?<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>All gifts are tax-deductible. THANK YOU!<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>City-by-City Prayer Network is a ministry of Destiny Builders, Inc.<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6WjNfjRBlqtrqGy3RnhmhUVW34m1Giafh4fJGe5Uc_NZWrdN9TLq_JXaWJk7IX0s6mw4FY5nmroV4RAwu96B5Uo=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\"> <img alt=\\\"\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>Governmental Insights &amp; Words of Encouragement<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>at karenhardin.com<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>1.&nbsp;Have you unintentionally said \\u201cNO\\u201d to the miracle for which you prayed? Many do. <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1RwcX7zJTLpuIPLYiUuYWiyL0w8unVtkZz8TaYsNFuTSZjvTQm-u9FrS2zWMtriJFX1cDTJtekKyhuMXHe6MnK9Cu0ZLy9BqBPI32ZF83Hj5HmN3Bfte4CkpKuRaCPKbjzmayD1BqDyFtC7fPBKWWwCOChae1ISG6hWDR_1kJAEo9uF9IoX6-Ak-vmeGOOcv9NSwH8IDUEMoJmxGayqKMoVlA==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here<\\/a> to read more.&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>2. IMPORTANT\\u2014Pay attention to the first 6 months of 2022\\u2014<a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1RwImaNHn8hd8hJqlZwvb63Qm6PScmMw5PY3bChWSiUj-CceXzxRIWGFfHqBMoGhWU7yPSapM2EygY=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">click here<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>3.Mike Thompson\\u2014We are in a 2-month portal (talks about cities of light) <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6dE0lAiQm1Rw2HPjSZLVvN6FWuSirb28XivxbT19F3HsM9J42IIT3I8-v36I9X_-6NgLclwrvDeygm5Qj263fxI=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p>To automatically receive prophetic and governmental insights from my blog you can sign up using the yellow box on <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6Z-qqqZKL17i2LO1_gSsskxXR2dR1JXXG2j7HjLkRaW05GRBEqWwith8-vTd1_gR9BFmIGopZ9uSkPr1045G2tw=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">this page.<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<div>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/c2ab814c-2bea-4300-965d-9ea59e270d09.png\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"186\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<\\/div>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"15\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"1\\\" height=\\\"5\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Karen Hardin<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6VQqqMW4YtikY7F5U3Y4yoY2w0unMas1gHlLZBG30gBP6NYC0sWXAUFJxtW3pz_Ob_rZq0k1MtxWPt85bcsUafQTaPJivpHw0nHbLJJ41RkB&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">www.destinybuilders.world<\\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6WqL449NK-O5P3yIaWZPJ0FHydYRoqlrMv8ihmz4DmL15frK9YvFgwSCMz-uIVx4F9y5DbH_pOmI86UMrm8aV97OkmS_g0_dig==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">www.karenhardin.com<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6WRtKzgR8pB-LMhAT14iXPf9cAI4aZbtJQRnOctqOs4r1MPF6LXoRMhcs4ZtA7GKf5dRGrpAgMYA5qW5Xdf3O34=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\"> <img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/c2fb8a46-462b-4017-a708-54f1e8b79d76.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"164\\\" \\/> <\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Light &amp; Remnant is a part of Destiny Builders ministry. If this ministry has blessed you would you consider making a tax-deductible donation to assist us?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Thank you for helping us continue this work!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>FREE PRAYER RESOURCES<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Don\\u2019t forget we have free prayer resources available at www.destinybuilders.world. Click on the \\u201cDownloads\\u201d tab for free scriptural prayers by topic.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>ALSO, if you have a praise report regarding your city, <a href=\\\"mailto:pray@city-by-city.org\\\">click here<\\/a> to send it to us!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Don\'t forget to continue to pray for your city!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>The city prayer declaration is available <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6c577_j_Zbr98dn81ygVa_YTOCIU7vQRbvKtY6Ro0Xv3asCb3KN5Tq7ny8jfPNejX8f1rLy7VgFd5fXwsNSfPK-ifTJne6lrmBUrf5R6qJlIVqAvhQ2P1qVPujz7D5cluA==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">here. <\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>TESTIMONIES: Find out what God is doing through this movement. <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6Uc4VBFYlCh2RLWJwsQgS-kFEseW0hUVpGFneLWUHz2vFpS74YenDoKGzApfdG-iBNtlmTUeepcWvvmLoou5ddM=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Click here<\\/a>.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/PT13966\\/CustomDivider.png\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"580\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Previous Week\'s Prayers Available<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>START HERE - Breakthrough Prayer for America and your City<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6Teu4akVAzkhRMdSWw7DUdopUUOIKG70CTTegK3QUnP68YRSq9vmmFX4dH-Tea19VoCGWgWzQd65ASF1e1NaqiU=&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">click here <\\/a>to download the previous prayers.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>(Year 1 prayer topics available on the website. Click the link above.)<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 48 - God Desires Good Government<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 49 - Happy Birthday America - May Freedom Reign<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 50 - Lord Raise Up a President<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 51 - Tell them to \\\"Keep Your Gifts!\\\"<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 52 - Casting Down Lofty Places<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 53 - Give us Godly Leaders<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 54 - Stop the Supreme Court Coup<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 55 - He is Your Protector<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 56 - Proclaiming Goliath\'s Defeat<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 57 - Eyes Wide Open<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 58 - Rescue!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 59 - Supernatural Courage<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 60 - Armor Up!<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 61 - Separating the Sheep &amp; the Goats<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 62 - Standing Against Lawlessness<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 63 - Targeting the True Terrorists<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 64 - Reclaim October in Your City<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 65 - Transform the Educational System<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 66 - One Last Shaking<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 67 - The Great Fall<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 68 - May the Fear of the Lord Fill our Land<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 69 - Release the Political Prisoners<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 70 - Fight for Life<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 71 - Binding Leviathan<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 72 - Don\'t Lay Down your Sword<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 73 - Like Mary...<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 74 - Are you ready?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 75 - Over Declaration Over America and 2022<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 76 - What About Trump?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Week 77 - Proclaim Your City a City of Light<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>* * *<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Do you know others who would be willing to join the city-by-city prayer movement to save our nation and stand for their city?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Please have them go to: <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6VQqqMW4Ytik3871II3MAnu3CRcTwAMPy9vjyzae6EfVLdVumU4h0RauznPhIU7AwsZ21yM-GzZxahYFuO_lthc5oVtaBXffiQ==&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\"><\\/a><a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/city-by-city.org\\/\\\">http:\\/\\/city-by-city.org\\/<\\/a> to register their cities. Help us raise up the remnant.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>REMINDER- Each week we will focus on a strategic area in prayer together.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Watch your inbox at the beginning of each week for the<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>prayer decree and strategy for that week.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/1101116784221\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/files.constantcontact.com\\/298dc456001\\/80ee1f1c-259d-448c-817d-e741f7f9d91e.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"254\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"15\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"1\\\" height=\\\"5\\\" \\/><img src=\\\"https:\\/\\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\\/letters\\/images\\/sys\\/S.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"5\\\" height=\\\"1\\\" \\/><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>INSIGHT INTO WHY<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Why are things happening as they are?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Why are people seemingly so blind to what appears so obvious?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>And more importantly, how can it be stopped?<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Get your copy of Infected: How to Stop the Global Spread of Rage, Deception &amp; Insanity and God\\u2019s Justice after Injustice.<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>Price: 1 for $14.99 or 2 for $25, 5 for $55&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/r20.rs6.net\\/tn.jsp?f=0015rKrRLPp8tbkU4Rnc2P4nSH2c7Hxnjw74ZsWjZ-OqOHpsGpURkkF6SiQBhJfpoWDWLz73QMmmaRFXA3TZQ4EwehWXJr4RlGRcLg5siOrNTiIHom5c3y7AtV7kx94ZHXwEcgFrjimUM1wiBdLI9KwkgX6tuYViUeR&amp;c=cFJElb3fbd8C1Jys5cv1ibW5fdG7pjNBwQca4tFv98Kcv_RYIrX3PA==&amp;ch=3vZwoBERNwL5wFXrdglpdz6e2k6rJmnt4lRQ5DVXJbynMMdLIlWWdg==\\\">Buy Now<\\/a><\\/p>\\r\\n<p>What Others are Saying....<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>&nbsp;<\\/p>\\r\\n<p>This book needs to be in the hands of every pastor and every person. 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