Here are RFK, Jr.’s words that generated all the furor: “Because of the genetic structure, the genetic differentials among different races, of the receptors, of the ACE-2 receptors—COVID-19 is targeted to attack caucasians and black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese. We don’t know if it was deliberately targeted or not …”
In other words: Because of its genetic structure, COVID happens to more readily attack caucasians and black people, due to their genetic structure. BUT: “We don’t know if it was deliberately targeted or not …”
The House Dems letter (signed by 102 of them) accuses RFK, Jr. of promoting "conspiracy theory that the coronavirus was purposely bioengineered in a lab to target Caucasians and Black people" and also accuses him of implying that Ashkenazi Jews had a part in designing COVID-19 so as to spare Ashkenazi Jews. These accusations are obviously without basis -- pure character assassination.
In a syndicated column, Robert Reich, former Sec'y of Labor under Clinton, came up with referring to these words of RFK as "bigoted conspiratorial trash."
During the subcommittee hearing on censorship at which RFK, Jr. testified on June 20, the Democratic members to a person were rude and crude in the face of RFK, Jr. pleading for civility. That evening CNN and MSNBC piled on the smear featuring the recording of an ugly Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla) during the hearing incoherently berating RFK, Jr. for being a racist and anti-Semite and preventing him from at all responding. (This is the witch who, as chair of the Democratic National Committee, conspired with Hillary Clinton and John Podesta to steal the 2016 primaries.)
P.S. Contrary to the assertion in the House Dems' letter, there is nothing "unfounded" about the notion that scientists are developing bioweapons that can target certain races and exempt others.
See "The Coming Threat of a Genetically Engineered ‘Ethnic Bioweapon," The National Review, April 10, 2023; "Pentagon Making Race-Specific Bioweapons to Target Citizens, China Says," Newsweek, May 11, 2023; "Could you make a genetically targeted weapon? The Guardian, 28 October 2004. In The Guardian article of 2004, the British Medical Association (BMA) is quoted as follows: "Genome data in public databases revealed that hundreds, possibly thousands, of target sequences for ethnic specific weapons do exist." Mention of bioweapons targeting particular ethnic groups can be found in the neo-cons’ founding document “Rebuilding America’s Defenses” published 23 years ago.
Excellent points, Barry! I agree completely. It's a completely unhinged witch hunt - though RFK may be guilty of hyperbole or misinterpretation, since it isn't clear whether the genetic effect is strong enough to make that much of a difference.
Here are RFK, Jr.’s words that generated all the furor: “Because of the genetic structure, the genetic differentials among different races, of the receptors, of the ACE-2 receptors—COVID-19 is targeted to attack caucasians and black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese. We don’t know if it was deliberately targeted or not …”
In other words: Because of its genetic structure, COVID happens to more readily attack caucasians and black people, due to their genetic structure. BUT: “We don’t know if it was deliberately targeted or not …”
The House Dems letter (signed by 102 of them) accuses RFK, Jr. of promoting "conspiracy theory that the coronavirus was purposely bioengineered in a lab to target Caucasians and Black people" and also accuses him of implying that Ashkenazi Jews had a part in designing COVID-19 so as to spare Ashkenazi Jews. These accusations are obviously without basis -- pure character assassination.
In a syndicated column, Robert Reich, former Sec'y of Labor under Clinton, came up with referring to these words of RFK as "bigoted conspiratorial trash."
During the subcommittee hearing on censorship at which RFK, Jr. testified on June 20, the Democratic members to a person were rude and crude in the face of RFK, Jr. pleading for civility. That evening CNN and MSNBC piled on the smear featuring the recording of an ugly Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla) during the hearing incoherently berating RFK, Jr. for being a racist and anti-Semite and preventing him from at all responding. (This is the witch who, as chair of the Democratic National Committee, conspired with Hillary Clinton and John Podesta to steal the 2016 primaries.)
P.S. Contrary to the assertion in the House Dems' letter, there is nothing "unfounded" about the notion that scientists are developing bioweapons that can target certain races and exempt others.
See "The Coming Threat of a Genetically Engineered ‘Ethnic Bioweapon," The National Review, April 10, 2023; "Pentagon Making Race-Specific Bioweapons to Target Citizens, China Says," Newsweek, May 11, 2023; "Could you make a genetically targeted weapon? The Guardian, 28 October 2004. In The Guardian article of 2004, the British Medical Association (BMA) is quoted as follows: "Genome data in public databases revealed that hundreds, possibly thousands, of target sequences for ethnic specific weapons do exist." Mention of bioweapons targeting particular ethnic groups can be found in the neo-cons’ founding document “Rebuilding America’s Defenses” published 23 years ago.
Excellent points, Barry! I agree completely. It's a completely unhinged witch hunt - though RFK may be guilty of hyperbole or misinterpretation, since it isn't clear whether the genetic effect is strong enough to make that much of a difference.
Kevin,
One of the links in this mail goes to "www" .kevinbarret.substack which obviously doesn't work ... Just an fyi