DR. MIKE YEADON NO LONGER BELIEVES IN VIRAL CONTAGION
But he agrees with us that Pollution is a Major Cause of Illness.
Sometimes standing for what you believe means standing alone.
-Jamey Jasta
Hey Folks,
As you are probably aware, Dr. Mike Yeadon is a hero of the truth movement. Despite having had a hugely successful career in Big Pharma, he refused to follow the herd into the absurd inversion of medicine which reached a fever pitch in 2020.
At a time where people around the world were being told to “Follow the Science”, Dr. Yeadon was one of the most prominent voices of the conscience of the scientific community. There’s no doubt in my mind that he will be remembered as an intellectual hero of a very weird time.
Dr. Yeadon’s story reminds me of the lyrics of a hardcore song called Honor Never Dies, which states “Sometimes standing for what you believe means standing alone.”
Ain’t that the truth.
Interestingly, Dr. Yeadon did not rest on his laurels after declaring COVID to be, to borrow a term from Iain Davis, a pseudo-pandemic.
After realizing that most of his colleagues had fallen prey to groupthink, he felt impelled to continue his research questioning many fundamental assumptions of modern-day epidemiology.
On April 24, 2024, Dr. Yeadon dropped a bombshell:
"I’m formally confident that acute respiratory illnesses that we call colds and flu (“influenza-like illnesses) are not caused by submicroscopic infectious particles called viruses & are not contagious.
Wow! That’s some pretty huge news, isn’t it? After all, Dr. Yeadon is probably one of the most credentialed scientists in the truth movement, and perhaps the most-universally respected out of all of them. He’s indisputably an expert in his field.
And you know what that means?
EXPERTS NO LONGER AGREE THAT VIRUSES CAUSE RESPIRATORY ILLNESS
What this means is that the experts no longer agree that viruses cause respiratory illness, because viruses cannot be proven to exist. And when something cannot be proven to exist, belief in that thing ceases to be scientific. It then becomes an ideological or even religious belief.
And that is something that the anti-virus crowd has been saying for a minute now - virology is a cult which employs circular reasoning and will reject any attempt at falsification. In other words, it is pseudo-science.
That said, some people may take Dr. Yeadon’s comments as vindication of their belief in Terrain Theory. The more radical anti-virus people will take it as proof that Germ Theory is wrong.
Not so fast. Let’s be clear what exactly Dr. Yeadon said:
Colds and flus are not contagious
Colds and flus are not caused by viruses
He has also stated that the HIV/AIDS Hypothesis is deeply flawed and that we should chuck it in the proverbial “Fuck It Bucket”.
Neither Dr. Yeadon nor Denis Rancourt have stated that pathogens don’t exist.
(Correct me if I’m wrong.)
DO PATHOGENS EXIST?
Nevermore Media does not take a position on the existence or non-existence of viruses, and I personally remain agnostic about the causes of illness. Sometimes, illness seemingly occurs in the absence of a discernible cause. Some illnesses are mysterious. But most aren’t, and those are the ones we should attempt to understand first.
If I had to guess, I would say that the causes of illness most likely include:
Human Faeces
Animal Waste
Rotting Animal Carcasses
Decomposing vegetable matter
Inflammation Caused by Tissue Damage
Heavy metals
Petrochemicals
Parasites
Fungi
Air pollution
Radiation and harmful electromagnetic frequencies
Toxins in food, drugs, and water
Fear, anxiety, stress, and social isolation
Depression, lack of emotional fulfilment, and negative mental attitude
I do think that there is a place for something we might call “Public Health”, although that term obviously carries a lot of baggage now. But I personally feel that unsanitary conditions lead to illness, which means that improving sanitation in a given area would make the residents of that area healthier.
Also, there is good reason to believe that environmental conditions are important to understand when we’re considering the causes of illness.
I don’t believe in viruses… but I do believe in pathogens
Because I am a big believer in defining terms, I would like to encourage people to compare the definitions of the words virus and pathogen.
As you can see, a virus is something quite specific, whereas a pathogen is any biological organism that can cause illness. To me, it seems that the Viral Hypothesis has now been disproven. The whole concept of contagion is also looking much shakier than previously believed. However, I think that people are going too far if they throw out the idea that illness can be caused by pathogens.
IF PATHOGENS DON’T ILLNESS, WHAT CAUSES BEAVER FEVER & TAPEWORMS?
My favourite example of this is giardiasis, a.k.a. Beaver Fever. Seasoned campers know not to drink lake water near beaver dams because the water is likely to cause intestinal parasites. Presumably, these parasites are caused by microorganisms in the water near beaver dams. This is probably due to animal fecal matter in the water. If faeces is full of microorganisms, and animal waste causes illness, doesn’t that mean there are pathogenic microorganisms in faeces?
Now, to be fair, one person who drinks dirty lake water might get sick whereas another might not. This would come down to terrain, which is to say the strength of one’s immune system. I believe that medicine shouldn’t aim to prevent exposure to pathogens, but to build up a healthy immune system so that one’s body can deal with whatever pathogens it encounters.
But if tapeworms exist, then pathogens exist. Correct me if I’m wrong.
Anyway, what you are about to read was written by Tobin Owl, who covers the virology beat. It is a triumphant follow-up to his last essay, which Nevermore published under the title THIS JUST IN: POLLUTION CAUSES ILLNESS.
It is triumphant because Tobin’s essay received the approbation of none other than Dr. Yeadon, undoubtedly one of the truth movement’s favourite scientists.
I think that a lot of us see Dr. Yeadon as one of the world’s leading epidemiologists at this point. Between him, Denis Rancourt, Daniel Roytas, Sam Bailey, and Mark Bailey, we’re witnessing the genesis of a full-blown movement to overthrow the paradigm of virology. That’s pretty frigging exciting if you ask me.
What do you think? Do you believe in viruses? Pathogens? Contagion? Germ theory? Terrain theory? A hybrid model? Let us know in the comments! A big part of what makes this an exciting debate is that we’re all trying to figure this out together.
At the end of the day, however, I don’t think we should obsess over the causes of illness. Ultimately, the cause of illness is poor health. Real medicine shouldn’t be all about preventing illness by controlling the environment. It should be about promoting best practices which lead to good health. Sunshine, rest, good food, exercise, love. You know, that kind of thing.
If people are healthier, they will recover from illness faster. If they are very healthy, they might fight off pathogens without ever showing signs of illness. But that doesn’t mean that pathogens don’t exist.
Correct me if I’m wrong.
Love & Solidarity,
Crow Qu’appelle
Followup on "Pollution Leads to Colds and Flu"
Responses and Further Reflections
Tobin Owl, July 04, 2024
NEVERMORE MEDIA posted an entertaining synopsis of my latest article on Notes:
Dr Mike Yeadon responded:
Dr. Yeadon is an allergy and respiratory disease expert and former head scientist for Pfizer. He’s conducted research “focusing on airway hyper-responsiveness and the effects of pollutants, including ozone and nitrogen oxide…”
Since 2020, Yeadon has been on a journey of discovery not unlike my own but from a much different starting point. I admire him for his bravery and willingness to look at the evidence that brought into question much of what he formerly believed.
On April 24, 2024, he came out with this conclusion on respiratory disease and viruses:
"I’m formally confident that acute respiratory illnesses that we call colds and flu (“influenza-like illnesses) are not caused by submicroscopic infectious particles called viruses & are not contagious.
For a number of other diseases which are attributed to viruses, such as “HIV/AIDS” & “Polio”, I’ve followed the trail of evidence far enough to also state that there is no evidence that they’re caused by such viruses.”
I highly recommend Yeadon’s Substack.
Perhaps Yeadon, like Canadian professor Denis Rancourt, was swayed by Can You Catch A Cold?
In a more recent post, Yeadon explains that society has become so entrenched in the idea of contagion that it’s hard for many to conceive of anything else.
He includes this poignant video by Alec Zeck who answers the question “What else could it be?” in one minute. (You can download and share this video on Yeadon’s Telegram channel).
With reference to the 2020 “pandemic” that wasn’t and was, I agree that many factors came into play. But something extra special happened after WHO president Tedros announced a global pandemic on March 11. Recently, watching an interview with French statistician Pierre Chaillot by Sam Bailey, he revived an old line of inquiry for me around what happened in March-April 2020—the high-doses of “anti-anxiety drugs” that killed people in care homes. I’m eager to find out more of what more he has to say because he startled me when he said it happened in France and all over the world. (I was already aware of this having been the case particularly in England, and possibly Italy, Canada and parts of the US.)
Getting back to colds and flu, in response to Dr. Yeadon’s comment, I said that, no, I wasn’t suggesting pollution is the only cause of flu-like illness, just that I think it is probably a very common one, and one that is usually overlooked.
I should probably also clarify that thermal inversion is only one atmospheric condition that can lead to a concentration of pollution on the ground. In his various articles, Jim West describes other weather conditions that concentrate pollution, such as a slow, constant, unidirectional wind coming from a source of pollution such as an oil refinery or a high traffic thoroughway. (See the unabriged version of Toxicological Flu, Cyanide and Covid-19. If anyone knows if Jim West can be found on Substack, please let me know, Tks.)
Two other readers gave insightful comments on Nevermore’s note about my article.
Marc Debolt of The Peasant Times says:
Thumbnail Green of Oxymoron’s Substack says:
Nice! Thanks for the comments.
Thumbnail’s comment ties into a response by email from a close, long-time friend of mine:
Fascinating article on colds and flu.
Would you say that living in a dry but less polluted than humid big cities environment would make these illnesses more likely or severe? In other words, how would you compare the likelihood of developing a respiratory illness in Douglas [Arizona] versus Cincinnati?
To which I replied:
Thanks for the question.
I would definitely say polluted cities in whatever climate are more likely to lead to flu-like illness, and overall respiratory trouble as well.
In March-April 2020 there were spikes in deaths in major polluted areas. NYC was off the charts (but I really think there was a lot more going on there than just pollution). By contrast, New Mexico showed no abnormal changes in all-cause mortality. In other words mortality varied widely depending on a number of things, but pollution was a major factor.
People who live in polluted areas already suffer greatly from chronic respiratory distress, just like people who smoke. When a sharp rise in pollution hits, due to weather conditions for instance, those are the people who are the most susceptible to becoming ill as well as to severe illness and death.
But referring to the general mechanism of mucociliary clearance, it seems like dry, and especially cold and dry air is one factor that can slow or compromise that action. All of us are exposed to some amount of pollution, and even dust and pollen are pollutants or irritants (this also ties into "allergies"). So in a dry climate it may be more difficult for us to clear these things, especially for those who already have compromised lungs.
To wrap things up, here’s another fascination interview with Dan Roytas. In this video he discusses how germ theory took hold at the same time as industrial poisons like pesticides and agricultural chemicals were coming into wide use in the late 1800s, and very possibly served as a scape goat for illnesses caused by these chemicals. (I had already come to this conclusion myself, starting with my research on polio.) They also discuss what happened during the so-called 1918 Flu. Remarkably, distinct and highly anomalous symptoms ascribed to the epidemic were the very same as those caused by phosgene gas which was used heavily in WWII. Take a listen!
I have to say, Crow, I'm more cautious about making declarations than you. Perhaps its just style, but personally I won't be making any statements on beaver fever until I have studied the thing. As for tapeworms, they aren't in the category of microbes or micro-organisms.
Also, did Yeadon say "viruses don't exist" or did he just say "viroLIEgy is fraudulent". I understand the confusion but I don't like to put words in people's mouths. I noticed in reading Yeadon's April 24 statement that he was careful in his choice of words and in what he felt confident about saying, as I think he always is.
I have utmost respect for Dr Yeadon. In my opinion he was one of the most crucial voices when mandates were coming into play.
He has been (and continues to be) one of the most effective voices against the big picture tyranny as well as the mRNA injections.
That said, I'm personally concerned that when the community's discussion moved from the lockdowm harms and vaccine injuries/coercion to academic questions like the existence of viruses a great deal of momentum and interest has been lost. It could be time, or merely coincidence, but I've seen first hand how fascinating but ultimately un-actionable discussions have gotten in the way of people being able to collaborate.
I'm fairly agnostic on this issue, and agree that there is a deluge of causes of illness that are not discussed. This is the part of the conversation I do think is valuable because it's clear that no matter what, we've been lied to about a lot more than just vaccines.
Hopefully we see people who don't see eye to eye on this managing to collaborate despite it because there is much to accomplish almost 5 years in to this mess.