Isolating a Virus That Does Not Exist - A Japanese Tragedy Nobody Knows About
While some people question the existence or pathogenicity of the HIV Virus, there is no evidence for this assumption. But there is indeed a remarkable case about a presumed virus that practically nobody knows about. Let's make a brief journey to Japan back then in the 1960's, when an epidemic labeled 'Subacute myelo-optic neuropathy' (SMON) killed dozens of people and disabled tens of thousand. What happened?
1971 three Japanese scientists Yukishige INOUE, Yoko NISHIBE and Yoshiko NAKAMUR published a paper titled 'Virus Isolated from Patients of Subacute Myelo—Optico-Neuropathy (SMON)'. They claimed to have isolated a virus from the stools and spinal fluids of SMON patients. They also provided photographs of the pathogenic effect as can be seen here:
One year later they published another paper in 'The Lancet' titled 'PATHOGENICITY OF VIRUS ASSOCIATED WITH SUBACUTE MYELO-OPTICO-NEUROPATHY where they found the presumed virus, that was priorly isolated from humans, to cause similar symptoms in mice that were inoculated at birth.
So what we have, is a virus isolated according to standard medical procedure and found to be the causative agent of SMON.
But what happened then, is more than remarkable. The disease was not caused by a virus, but a drug called Clioquinol. This was admitted 1978 by the Japanese government and indisputably shown in a myriad of studies. One of them 'Subacute myelo-optico-neuropathy: Clioquinol intoxication in humans and animals' states that
It remains a tragic event that some 10 000 individuals in Japan developed a unique neurologic disease, subacute myelo-optico-neuropathy (SMON). Neuropathologic studies on SMON patients and experimental reproduction of the disease in animals which had been administered clioquinol helped resolve the etiology of this disease. SMON research in Japan may be worth reviewing for determining the etiology and preventing similar neurotoxic diseases in the future.
What do you make of that? A virus is claimed to be the causative agent and this is proven by isolation and reproduction of pathogenic behavior. This is in line with standard medical procedure and every single virus that presumably exists and causes harm has been 'scientifically' proven using the very same methods.
Is it possible that virus isolation, particularly photos of viruses are simple cell artefacts and that mice simply get ill because someone is putting strange stuff into them. Guess what happens if I inject water into your brain even without virus? I do not claim that no viruses exist and I have no means of proving that they're not causative agents of diseases. But after this story we should take any virus research with a massive grain of salt. What do you think?
While I provide all links to the respective studies, the access to some of them may be restricted without institutional login. If you have problems viewing them and are interested just drop a message in the comment section and I will try to upload them externally.
Some pathogens are common and dormant and do not harm, until they are activated and become virulent due to use of certain pharmaceuticals. This has been proven in the HPV vaccine -- many people have become sick with Bartonella or Lyme's disease after vaccination. The pathogens were already laying dormant in them, perhaps for years, with no ill effect. But the HPV vaccine activated them in some susceptible people. Bartonella is present in 50% of household cats in the USA, and usually causes no harm.
Here's an interesting article explaining the above:
http://sanevax.org/gardasil-and-bartonella-a-dirty-little-secret/
You should take a look at "the emperors new virus" brilliant film that looks at the methods used or not used to isolate HIV .
Thanks - I put that on my list. I think it's generally extremely hard to find causal relationships in the domain of medicine.
I know Joan Shenton who made a film on Smon, it's also in her book. Trying to upload her film .
The emperors new virus parts one and two
What particular brand of crack do you smoke?
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I simply state the fact that there is a movement denying HIV. That is not to say, that this is my opinion in this case.
But I agree that 'a lot of people' is maybe an exaggeration and I will replace it with 'some people'.
But actually, the post is about something different and I provide sound scientific studies.
I know people who have had HIV misdiagnosis, some of these were given arvs!
it's in the scientific papers the many factors that can cause a false positive HIV test result. Even the PCR viral load test has its flaws.
Been thinking about this article, and was wondering what compelled you to write it? It's a very interesting story that not many people know about.
The virus hunters even when presented with a drug causation still wouldn't let go.
This story also reminds me of Pellagra, Scurvy, a microrobe was blamed also.
Mhh, good question. I was really into alternative medicine and stuff a few years ago, but found that most of it is bogus just like a lot of things in conventional medicine. So I really try to stick with observable facts only and this case is just so interesting and particularly alternative medicine people could use it as a strong argument to question the status quo. I intend to write about other very interesting medicine related stuff I came across somewhere in the future :-) - thx for the links btw will take a look in the next days
Smon film by Joan shenton