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Operation Mockingbird - Sapan Desai

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    Operation Mockingbird

    Wikipedia · 2023 · Other

    Operation Mockingbird

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    User Clip: CIA Operation Mockingbird

    C-SPAN.org · 2018 · Video

    Operation Mockingbird (C-SPAN)

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    KRON 4 News at 8am : KRON : May 22, 2020 8:00am-9:01am PDT

    Internet Archive · 2020 · Video

    May 22, 2020 news montage on Lancet study

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    CNN Newsroom : CNNW : May 25, 2020 11:00am-12:00pm PDT

    Internet Archive · 2020 · Video

    Lancet study news montage

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    Good Morning America : KGO : May 23, 2020 8:00am-8:59am PDT

    Internet Archive · 2020 · Video

    Lancet study news montage

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    MSNBC Live : MSNBCW : May 22, 2020 10:00am-12:30pm PDT

    Internet Archive · 2020 · Video

    Lancet study news montage

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    The 11th Hour With Brian Williams : MSNBCW : May 22, 2020 10:30pm-12:01am PDT

    Internet Archive · 2020 · Video

    Lancet study news montage

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    CNN Newsroom : CNNW : May 22, 2020 12:00pm-1:01pm PDT

    Internet Archive · 2020 · Video

    Lancet study news montage

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    RETRACTED: Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis. The Lancet

    Mehra, M.R., Desai, S.S., Ruschitzka, F. and Patel, A.N · 2020 · Study/journal

    Surgisphere Lancet study (Mehra, Desai, Ruschitzka, Patel)

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    5.22.20. Cuomo SAPANDESAI : CNN

    Internet Archive · 2020 · Video

    CNN interview with Dr. Sapan Desai

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    Dr. Sapan Desai: Large study finds trump-touted drug linked to greater risk of death and heart arrhythmia in COVID-19 treatment

    CNN · 2020 · Video

    CNN: Dr. Sapan Desai on Lancet study

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    Coronavirus Pandemic: Sapan Desai, Hydroxychloroquine study Co-author

    YouTube · 2020 · Video

    Sapan Desai interview

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    Item Edit: 5.22-trumpisreckless: Internet Archive

    archive.org · 2020 · News article

    "The president has been reckless" media montage

  14. 1400:19:25

    China And Democrats Mock Trump For Taking COVID Anti Virals, Pelosi Calls Him Morbidly Obese

    YouTube · 2020 · Video

    Pelosi on Trump's weight and heart

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    Dr Tedros and Dr Swaminathan on hydroxychloroquine and the Solidarity Trial

    YouTube · 2020 · Video

    WHO halts HCQ arm of Solidarity

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    Covid-19: WHO halts hydroxychloroquine trial to review links with increased mortality risk. BMJ,

    Mahase, E · 2020 · Study/journal

    WHO halts HCQ trial

Chapter transcript
  1. 00:17:06 During the Cold War,
  2. 00:17:07 the CIA created something called Operation Mockingbird.
  3. 00:17:10 This is where the CIA colluded and worked with journalists across all media to influence public perception.
  4. 00:17:18 Are the journalists and scientists that you're about to see part of a modern-day version of Operation Mockingbird?
  5. 00:17:23 You be the judge.
  6. 00:17:26 Breaking news this morning.
  7. 00:17:29 A new study shows,
  8. 00:17:30 and this is an expansive study,
  9. 00:17:32 that the anti-malaria drug that the president touted repeatedly This is a very,
  10. 00:17:37 very large study.
  11. 00:17:38 The largest study to date of its kind.
  12. 00:17:41 Very large study.
  13. 00:17:43 The size of this study.
  14. 00:17:44 It was a massive study.
  15. 00:17:46 This is a very,
  16. 00:17:47 very large study.
  17. 00:17:48 Much larger.
  18. 00:17:49 Much larger than previous studies.
  19. 00:17:51 It's a huge development.
  20. 00:17:52 Huge.
  21. 00:17:53 Large study published by The Lancet.
  22. 00:17:54 In The Lancet,
  23. 00:17:55 which is a very influential medical journal.
  24. 00:17:57 Published in The Lancet.
  25. 00:17:58 It's one of our clearest studies.
  26. 00:18:00 This is a really powerful study.
  27. 00:18:02 It's large,
  28. 00:18:02 but shows real danger here.
  29. 00:18:04 Increased risk of death.
  30. 00:18:06 Increased risk of dying.
  31. 00:18:08 This is a dangerous drug.
  32. 00:18:09 It's dangerous.
  33. 00:18:10 Hydroxychloroquine does more bad than good.
  34. 00:18:14 It hurts.
  35. 00:18:15 We're more likely to die.
  36. 00:18:17 This is no cure.
  37. 00:18:18 There is harm.
  38. 00:18:19 Probably dangerous.
  39. 00:18:20 Let's bring in Dr.
  40. 00:18:22 Sapan Desai.
  41. 00:18:23 He is one of the lead researchers of this study.
  42. 00:18:26 And I think before we start making claims on medications that work or don't work,
  43. 00:18:31 let science do its job.
  44. 00:18:32 Let data drive this discussion.
  45. 00:18:34 This study involves 671 hospitals.
  46. 00:18:37 671 hospitals.
  47. 00:18:40 600 hospitals.
  48. 00:18:41 Over 6 continents.
  49. 00:18:42 Nearly 700 hospitals.
  50. 00:18:45 Tens of thousands of people.
  51. 00:18:46 96,000 seriously ill COVID-19 patients.
  52. 00:18:50 96,000 patients.
  53. 00:18:52 Almost 100,000 patients.
  54. 00:18:54 It is high quality evidence.
  55. 00:18:56 The off-label use of these medications in hospitalized patients with COVID should immediately stop.
  56. 00:19:02 Is there any data that suggests that taking it before you're sick will keep you from getting sick?
  57. 00:19:07 Not yet.
  58. 00:19:09 Seems to debunk a lot of the miracle cure claim that's been peddled by President Trump.
  59. 00:19:15 The president has been reckless in his promotion of this drug.
  60. 00:19:20 The president has promoted the drug.
  61. 00:19:22 Touted by and taken by President Trump.
  62. 00:19:25 Pelosi was bringing up that if you have a pre-existing condition,
  63. 00:19:28 and she was saying that the president fell into that range with his heart and his weight.
  64. 00:19:32 This is in line with this Trump doctrine.
  65. 00:19:34 But the president does not know what he's talking about when it comes to science.
  66. 00:19:39 He is definitely not a doctor.
  67. 00:19:40 He should probably acknowledge that he was wrong.
  68. 00:19:42 Why not take it?
  69. 00:19:43 Because you might die.
  70. 00:19:44 How many people listened to him?
  71. 00:19:46 And how many people took it?
  72. 00:19:48 He also claimed political bias.
  73. 00:19:50 He's been taking it.
  74. 00:19:51 Why is he taking it?
  75. 00:19:53 The president ought to stop taking it too.
  76. 00:19:56 Well,
  77. 00:19:56 he stopped taking it yesterday.
  78. 00:19:59 A risk to prescribe this to the sitting president?
  79. 00:20:02 Absolutely.
  80. 00:20:04 Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine,
  81. 00:20:07 both are associated with a higher risk of dangerous heart arrhythmias and an increased chance of death.
  82. 00:20:12 Science and facts be damned.
  83. 00:20:14 Breaking news that we are following today.
  84. 00:20:17 The World Health Organization has temporarily halted studying the Trump-touted drug hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for coronavirus,
  85. 00:20:25 citing safety concerns.
  86. 00:20:26 Officials made the decision after new findings linked it to a higher risk of death.
  87. 00:20:31 The WHO had to act.
  88. 00:20:33 They have to pause this one now.
  89. 00:20:35 That is not ethical to continue.
  90. 00:20:36 Unethical to continue.
  91. 00:20:38 I think that really encapsulates what is going on here.

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