Isn't that Badger's point though? If those at the top are receiving reports about their own fiddling nothing is going to happen.

Having been in hospital since Saturday evening I would say that mask wearing from NHS staff is probably 50% although it was 100% in the operating theatre.

None of the masks that have been worn could be described as “N95” style.

No, he isn't.

He is dominating an interview with a perfectly respectable investigative journalist and then spinning what the guy is saying to match the sensationalist allegations which keep the dosh pouring into his bank account.

Fang raises some very reasonable questions about disclosure. Should community groups who receive support from commercial enterprises that may benefit from their activities disclose that support?

If those community groups had a right of reply they may well say that their conviction that the vaccines needed to be accepted by the reluctant is genuine (which Fang also believes) but their ability to reach their targets was stymied by a lack of funding. Thus support from the Pharma industry was a win-win. Those they were concerned about won because they got information and the Pharma industry won too.

Should it be disclosed? I am surprised it isn't a requirement already and it surely ought to be. Then the kind of spinning indulged in here could be avoided.

That the Pharma industry is big, powerful and needs to generate profits so it can go on doing its research, is obvious. Research which results in products that have extended all our lives, which make more profist to continue the cycle.

So watch the video and judge it. I noticed the way Brand has the last word and doesn't include Fang's closing remarks. I wonder why? Perhaps he wasn't impressed by the interview? I wasn't.

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This isn't though "the truth"!

It is a diatribe from an opinionated YouTuber with an agenda. An agenda which, in my opinion, has a great deal more to do with making money out of the prejudiced than ever it does about discovering "the truth".

Fang raises legitimate issues worthy of further investigation. Brand though decides to interpret them in ways that I am quite sure were never intended and pushes his own wild conclusions.

Watch the video and decide for yourselves. I don't believe the Pharma industry to be "crooks". They need to be effectively regulated but that's down to us to ensure happens. What is certain is that their work has delivered enormous good to all of us.

Here is a more objective interview with Fang, who is obviously doing the rounds to promote his "discovery":-

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Edited by Wisbech Eagle (06 May 2023 11.51pm)

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We regulate all pharmaceutical companies that market their products in the UK via the MHRA, The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.

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Of course. How else could we do it?

Regulatory bodies work on our behalf. That's their function, at the behest of government who are elected by us to serve our interests.

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