Anti-Vaxx Wendy Bell Misinterprets A Pro-Vaccine Study!

Yesterday, Wendy Bell BS-boarded this: 

Um, Wendy? Do you really think that this information is somehow swinging the pendulum away from vaccine usage?

I suppose our favorite anti-vaxxer's point is found somewhere in her comment on the BS board:

If your friends/family/foes tell you to get the jab… even though you’ve already HAD COVID…

This info right here is all you need to respond back.

You really haven't thought this whole thing through, have you Wendy? 

The reason I ask is this found in the study itself.

(Yes, I found it. Did you really think I couldn't? or wouldn't?)

First there's this, in big bold letters across the top:

This article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed [what does this mean?]. It reports new medical research that has yet to be evaluated and so should not be used to guide clinical practice.

And the whole thing is actually a link to this important caveat:

Because [the peer review] process can be lengthy, authors use the medRxiv service to make their manuscripts available as “preprints” before certification by peer review, allowing other scientists to see, discuss, and comment on the findings immediately.

Readers should therefore be aware that articles on medRxiv have not been finalized by authors, might contain errors, and report information that has not yet been accepted or endorsed in any way by the scientific or medical community.

We also urge journalists and other individuals who report on medical research to the general public to consider this when discussing work that appears on medRxiv preprints and emphasize it has yet to be evaluated by the medical community and the information presented may be erroneous.

Didja miss that part, Wendy?

But let's just say that the study from the Cleveland Clinic DOES reflect reality. Is it really a good idea for the Covid vaccine denying Wendy Bell to quote from it?

No.

The reason why can be found in the study that Wendy promoted. This part here:

The two FDA-approved (BNT162b2 mRNA [Pfizer-BioNTech] and mRNA-1273 [Moderna]) mRNA vaccines have been shown to be very efficacious in protecting against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) – associated Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. The effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in a real-world setting has also been shown to be comparable to the efficacy demonstrated in clinical trials.

And here: 

In a Cox proportional hazards regression model, after adjusting for the phase of the epidemic, vaccination was associated with a significantly lower risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among those not previously infected (HR 0.031, 95% CI 0.015 – 0.061) but not among those previously infected (HR 0.313, 95% CI 0 – Infinity).

Um, Wendy? Doesn't this say that the vaccines work? 

In fact this is the framework in which to view these findings. It's also from the Cleveland Clinic study that Wendy evidently failed to read fully:

Our study’s findings have important implications. Worldwide, COVID-19 vaccines are still in short supply. As of March 9, 2021, dozens of countries had not been able to administer a single dose of the vaccine. As of May 17, 2021, only 17 countries had been able to reach ten percent or more of their populations with at least the first dose of vaccine. Given such a scarcity of the vaccine, and the knowledge that vaccine does not provide additional protection to those previously infected, it would make most sense to limit vaccine administration to those who have not previously had the infection. In addition to profession, age, and comorbid conditions, previous infection should be an important consideration in deciding whom to prioritize to receive the vaccine. A practical and useful message would be to consider symptomatic COVID-19 to be as good as having received a vaccine, and that people who have had COVID-19 confirmed by a reliable laboratory test do not need the vaccine.

Wendy, do you realize that you're now endorsing a study that supports a pragmatic plan for worldwide vaccine distribution?

Did you tell your adoring public that?

How Long Before Wendy Bell Goes Full QAnon?

Not long, if you gauge by a recent guest. Take a look:

A three percenter and an insurrectionist walk into their basements...ladies and gentlemen, it's the Wendy Bell "show". pic.twitter.com/cGe5VH6NHK

— JON (@JonInPGH) June 8, 2021

So who is this woman? This Toni Shuppe? 

As we can see from Brother Jon's screen capture, she's attached to something called "Audit The Vote PA."

That's the plan that the treason-adjacent State Senator Doug Mastriano wants to implement as part of his master plan to overturn the 2020 election? get himself elected governor of PA? Both? I'm not quite sure.

Mastriano's "audit" is based on the Arizona "audit" which, not suprisingly may violate federal law:

The US Department of Justice has reviewed details that "raise concerns" about the integrity of the Republican-led audit in Maricopa County, telling the president of Arizona's state senate that the effort may violate federal law.

The audit, taking place at a sports arena in Phoenix, is being conducted by a private firm, Cyber Ninjas, that has no experience in elections and is led by a man who promoted conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. The firm was chosen to lead the effort by state Sen. Karen Fann, over the objections of Maricopa County's local Republican officials — and after two audits were already conducted last year.

On the one side of this discussion is reality and on the other is Doug Mastriano and Toni Shuppe.

Why?

From Toni Shuppe's Facebook page:

And what are the details of this "scandal" you ask? Well, the beeb has answers:

The claims originated in the QAnon community - many of whom believe in a far-right conspiracy theory that there's a secret plot by a supposed "deep state" against President Trump and his supporters.

A well-known activist tweeted about the high price of storage cabinets being sold by online retailer, Wayfair.

The user pointed out that the cabinets were "all listed with girls' names," prompting followers to allege that the pieces of furniture actually had children hidden in them as part of a supposed child trafficking ring.

BTW Toni: You have that whole "burden of proof" thing exactly backwards. YOU made the allegation that Wayfair was trafficking in girls hidden in furniture shipments so YOU have to furnish the evidence.

If you cannot (and you cannot because there isn't any) YOU have to admit that it's all bullshit.

I don't have to prove you wrong about anything.

Also, my friends, please note the WWG1WGA at the bottom of Toni's FB post. That's Q-speak for "Where We Go One, We Go All."

That's a QAnon thing.

Recently she posted this on her FB page:

Sorry, Toni. Wrong again. From USAToday:

It did happen — and it's not evidence of fraud.

The 950-vote figure stems from the first hand recount of Georgia's presidential election results. It's not proof of fraud; three audits of the state's election results found no indication of widespread fraud.

And it's consistent with election workers sorting ballots as they counted, which we know was done in a Georgia recount.

"Our law enforcement officers and secretary of state's office spent literally thousands of hours examining ballots in Fulton County and other counties trying to track these kinds of claims down, and so far we've seen nothing give any merit to it," Gabriel Sterling, the Republican chief operating officer and chief financial officer for the Georgia secretary of state's office, said in an interview with CNN.

Wendy, your pal Sean Parnell once said that if you don't denounce something, you've endorsed it.

Can we safely assume you've endorsed QAnon?

Wendy Bell Responds To Being Called Wrong With A Very Sad Story.

Uh-oh. Something (or someone) has gotten under Wendy Bell's MAGA skin.

If you can stomach it (and usually I can't) go hear what she said on her super official mid-to-lo tek basement broadcast this past Friday. Start at about 6:30 in:

I want to thank Bill Krausmann on twitter. This is one of my detractors...

She's reacting to this tweet:

@WendyBellPgh I always enjoy when you get called out on your lies. https://t.co/2Ma957Tfa2

— Bill Krausmann (@BillKrausmann) June 3, 2021

Hat's off to Mr Krausmann! The Angel of Death named him on air! It's a wonderful thing to watch Wendy Bell go all snowflake-y over being criticized about her honesty and integrity.

Facts don't care about your feelings, Wendy. Didn't you know that?

In response, she spent a great deal of time trying so so hard to debunk the science linked to that tweet.[Spoilers: She fails.]

Instead of going point by point let's take a deeper look into her epistemology and at how she's trying to validate her integrity to her misty-eyed followers.

Luckily for us, Brother Jon has posted her apologia "explaining" why she's never ever a liar:

Lying Three Percenter and anti-vaxxer Wendy Bell confessing to being a liar from an early age and then trying to convince her rubes that SHE is the only one they can trust for the truth is rather disturbing. pic.twitter.com/RQX1HMa2hL

— JON (@JonInPGH) June 4, 2021

The text:

You know, when I was a little girl – I've told this story before. It's humbling and it's true.

When I was a little girl, I was a hell of a liar. I was a bad liar. I'm a bad liar still. But I lied all the time. I lied about anything. And I think most kids go through that phase.

I was queen, champion, grand higharfent (?) liar. Ok?

To the point where Brad Fleischer, in my 5^th grade yearbook wrote, “Have a nice summer. And don't lie.”

I kid you not.

After you lose your friends and have a birthday party to which no one shows up – happened to me – you start to re-evaluate how you're living your life. Everybody can't be wrong about me. The problem has to be me. The only person who can change me, is me. And you hope so much that your children learn that very message at a young age because getting that epiphany knocked into you down the road stinks. And you become more set in your ways more stubborn more reluctant to ever be introspective and to become, “you know what? I don't like how I am. I need to change.”

I think fundamentally, because of that experience I had as a child, and in disappointing my parents in every which way, then one day I woke up and I was like, that's it.

I abhor lying. And I abhor liars.

And I think that, fundamentally, is so much of the foundation of what I do and what we do here.

Before we continue, let me say how very sorry I am to learn of this episode (and I'm being sincere here). I can't imagine very many more traumatic childhood experiences than an empty birthday party.

Let's continue to the next video:

pic.twitter.com/rt30i4DB6I

— JON (@JonInPGH) June 4, 2021

The text:

It has to be built on trust.

You have to be able to listen to me and believe that I would never deceive.

It's a very rare thing in our world anymore, don't you think? To have that kind of relationship.

But I base not only my job on it, my reputation on it, but my character on it.

On that, we can agree!

However, I am not sure Wendy Bell sees the fatal flaw in her argument. Do you see it?

She's telling us that we should trust that she'll never deceive us because she says abhors dishonesty. 

In other words: Because I said so.

But that's not enough to show that it's true, Wendy. And here's why.

In 1974, physicist Richard Feynman gave commencement address at CalTech in which he said:

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.

As far as I can tell, the whole scientific method is structured as a bulwark against fooling yourself - that nothing is ever scientifically verified "just because I said so."

For example, let's take a look at one of the papers referenced on the Wendy-debunking page in France.

You'll note it's published at the New England Journal of Medicine. They describe their peer-review process here. Basically, nothing gets published without going through the journal's review process. The math is checked. The methodology is checked and so on. If there's an issue with something with the paper, it's revised. If the revisions satisfy the issue at hand, only then is the paper published.

It's not accepted as solid science simply on the authors say it is.  

The method is a system of checks designed to weed out conclusions that can't be supported by evidence. If it's clear that evidence does support a conclusion, it's safe to say that that conclusion is true.

We can do this for any peer reviewed paper that says that the vaccines are safe and effective.

There's always room for revision/correction, of course. But as Carl Sagan once said that, "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."

In order for that paper at the NEJM, or any of the science supporting the safety and efficacy of the COVID vaccines, to be incorrect an extraordinary amount of evidence would need to be shown. On top of that, a credible explanation as to why it was all ignored would also have to be shown.

Your turn, Wendy. Where is your extraordinary evidence about the vaccines? Where are your extraordinary peer reviewed papers? Produce them please.

Quoting an article at an anti-vaxx website written by a guy who believes that the measles vaccine kills more people than measles about another guy whose warnings about the "dangerous" spike proteins has already been debunked here, is really not going to help your case, Wendy.

And you might want to take a look at this before continuing with the "spike protein" rants.

Who're we kidding? You're going to ignore the science and more people are going to get sick because of it.

In the meantime, the vaccines work and they're safe.

The science says so.

Meanwhile, Outside

From the scientists over at NOAA:

The April 2021 global surface temperature was 0.79°C (1.42°F) above the 20th century average of 13.7°C (56.7°F). This was the smallest value for April since 2013 and was the ninth warmest April in the 142-year record. April 2021 marked the 45th consecutive April and the 436th consecutive month with temperatures, at least nominally, above the 20th-century average. December 1984 was the last time a monthly temperature was below average.

December '84?  How long ago was that?

This long:

LeBron James, in full LeBron Raymone James, byname King James, (born December 30, 1984, Akron, Ohio, U.S.), American professional basketball player who is widely considered one of the greatest all-around players of all time and who won National Basketball Association (NBA) championships with the Miami Heat (2012 and 2013), the Cleveland Cavaliers (2016), and the Los Angeles Lakers (2020). [Emphasis added.]

Meanwhile, we're still digging out from under the shitshow that was the Trump Administration. Take a look at this from Forbes:

For the first time since 2016, the EPA has released its Climate Change Indicators report, which sheds light on how climate change is affecting the U.S. based on data from dozens of sources, like government agencies, the academic world and nonprofit groups. 

And:

It was due to be published years earlier, but was delayed by the Trump administration, which did not release any of the reports for all four years of the former president’s term.

Some key findings in the report: 

Worldwide, 2016 was the warmest year on record, 2020 was the second-warmest, and 2011–2020 was the warmest decade on record since thermometer-based observations began. Global average surface temperature has risen at an average rate of 0.17°F per decade since 1901 (see Figure 2), similar to the rate of warming within the contiguous 48 states. Since the late 1970s, however, the United States has warmed faster than the global rate.

Hey, guess what? a few years ago our very own treason-adjacent State Senator Mastriano took it upon himself to spread this climate misinformation: 

Of course, none of that is actually true. 

This is the Pennsylvania GOP.

More On State Senator Doug Mastriano

We'll start here at gateway pundit:

On Wednesday, a Pennsylvania delegation was escorted into the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Arizona for an on-the-scene tour of the audit facility.

The team from PA, consisted of State Senator Doug Mastriano, State Senator Cris Dush, and State Rep. Rob Kauffman and their staff. The group received a briefing from Arizona legislators in the morning. They then took a tour of the entire audit facility, as we reported earlier today.

And:

Myself, Sen. Cris Dush, and Rep. Rob Kauffman met with our counterparts in The House and Senate today. They gave us the legislative perspective on this audit: why they’re doing it and how they got here. Then after that, we got a tour of the audit and they went through the process of how they protect people’s privacy, how they ensure chain of custody and how this is a free and transparent process. I gotta tell you: I’m Impressed. This is a model for any audit in any nation or the world. [Red bolding in original]

And:

My impression of this right here is, this is the way you do it. They’re looking at the type of paper that’s being used, they’re looking at whether circles were filled in by a machine or by hand. This is the level of technology that we should have. The takeaway for Pennsylvania and the rest of the nation is that our elections need to be secure. People should be able to walk into the ballot box thinking “my vote counted, my voice was heard”. If we got nothing to hide, Let’s do this. [Bolding in original]

Meahwhile, in reality:

Observers working for Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs (D) are keeping tabs on a mounting number of security flaws and procedural violations committed by ballot counters hired by the Republican-controlled state Senate to conduct an audit of votes cast in Maricopa County last year.

In notes maintained over the past week, the observers noted confidential documents left in the open, a security gate that was left unlocked for several days and, at one point, a software update that was so riddled with errors and bugs that the cybersecurity company overseeing the audit was forced to roll back to an earlier edition.

Doug Mastriano purveyor of the Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen, who has yet to fully explain his part in the attempted coup on January 6, wants to copy Arizona's flawed flawed FLAWED "audit" of votes.

Oh, and he's running for Governor.

This is Pennsylvania's GOP.

More On Wendy Bell's Anti-Vaxx Crusade

 Wendy Bell has gotten herself fact-checked by FB. Again:

Ugh - again with misleading the public by misreading the VAERS data.

How long are you going to keep doing this, Wendy? Simply repeating the lie doesn't make it true - you know that, right?

Anyway, I wanted to focus your attention on the "expert" that Wendy chose to virtually welcome into her mid-tech basement studio: Dr. Sherri Tenpenny.

Let's go see what damage the good doctor has done.

The Center for Countering Digital Hate describes itself as:

The Center for Countering Digital Hate is an international not-for-profit NGO that seeks to disrupt the architecture of online hate and misinformation. The Center has offices in London and Washington DC.

And recently it published The Disinformation Dozen: 

Just twelve anti-vaxxers are responsible for almost two-thirds of anti-vaccine content circulating on social media platforms. This new analysis of content posted or shared to social media over 812,000 times between February and March uncovers how a tiny group of determined anti-vaxxers is responsible for a tidal wave of disinformation - and shows how platforms can fix it by enforcing their standards.

Guess who's one of the twelve?

That's right, Dr Sherri Tenpenny (actually, she's fourth on the list).

Some examples of her "expertise" include:

  Politifact - "Pants on Fire":

A Feb. 9 video features former Nevada City, Calif., Mayor Reinette Senum and Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, an osteopathic physician. Over the course of an hour, the two women characterize the coronavirus vaccine as "deadly" and a "bioweapon."

Tenpenny goes on:

"Some people are going to die from the vaccine directly," Tenpenny said in the video, which has nearly 1 million views. "But a large number of people are going to start getting horribly sick and get all kinds of autoimmune diseases, 42 days to maybe a year out."

Reuters:

A video message by [Dr Sherri Tenpenny], an osteopath known for her anti-vaccination campaigns and conspiracy theories says that mRNA-based COVID-19 shots may affect sperm and cause infertility. As of this fact-check’s publication [May 27, 2021], there is no evidence to back up these statements.

And:

Tenpenny wrongly says men have been advised not to have unprotected sex for at least six weeks after receiving Pfizer’s mRNA-based vaccine. She said that in her opinion, that is because the so-called “spike protein” from the virus could bind to the surface of the sperm and could change the sperm’s DNA, slow it or kill it, causing infertility or birth defects.

Reuters drops a dime on tenpenny:

There is currently no credible scientific evidence supporting the central claim made in the video that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines damage men’s sperm.

A study out of Israel published on May 3, 2021 (here), sought to investigate whether mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 affected sperm. They found “ the vaccine does not impair sperm parameters,” and actually recommended “couples desiring to conceive should vaccinate, as vaccination does not affect sperm whereas SARS-CoV-2 infection does impair sperm.”

AFP: 

An American physician and anti-vaccination advocate claims in a video viewed more than 169,000 times that widely used Covid-19 vaccines have not been properly tested and pose long-term health risks. But experts say her claims are inaccurate, the technology used in the inoculations was under development well before the pandemic, the shots were trialed on tens of thousands of people, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that long-term side effects are unlikely.

And this is who 3-percenter Wendy welcomes onto her show.

How many more people are going to suffer horribly simply because they believe Wendy Bell?

Meanwhile, as the number of vaccinations goes up the rate of Covid-19 deaths goes down.

Wendy Bell is the Angel of Death.

More On Wendy Bell's VAERS BS

This time she gets called out on her dangerous BS not by me but by some actual scientists! From France!

The website is called Health Feedback and it's part of the larger Science Feedback network. 

This is how it describes itself:

Science Feedback is a non-profit organization registered in France whose mission is defined in its status as to improve the credibility of science-related information online, in the media and on social media.

Adding:

Each of the reviewers contributing to our analyses holds a Ph.D. and has recently published articles in top-tier peer-reviewed science journals. 

And Wendy got reviewed by one of these PhD reviewers about this recent VAERS rant

On the use of the VAERS database:

The U.S. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is a surveillance system that helps ensure the safety of vaccines used in the U.S. However, VAERS reports have been commonly misused to spread misinformation about vaccine safety, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. One example is this image, posted on Facebook by Wendy Bell on 24 May 2020, that used VAERS reports to claim that COVID-19 vaccines caused as many deaths among young adults as COVID-19 itself.

This comparison is misleading because VAERS reports alone don’t demonstrate that COVID-19 vaccines caused deaths, as Health Feedback explained in previous reviews here, here, and here. Furthermore, COVID-19 poses serious health risks to people besides death, including potentially long-term health problems in survivors, as we explain below.

VAERS death reports only state that a death occurred after vaccination; they don’t prove that the vaccine caused the death [Bolding in original]

 And:

While the data are accurate, the implication that COVID-19 vaccines are responsible for these deaths is incorrect and misuses VAERS reports.

Then there's this oldie-but-goodie from Wendy:

The likelihood of survival alone isn’t enough to estimate the risks of a disease

The post claims that COVID-19 “survivability” of people under 24 years is 99.998%. This number comes from dividing the number of COVID-19 deaths in people under 24 by 50.5 million. It is unclear what the 50.5 million represents as we couldn’t find a source that matches this number.

The implication that a disease with a high survival rate poses a minor health risk is misleading because it fails to consider other important factors that impact the burden of a disease. For example, a virus with low lethality but high transmissibility may cause more infections and deaths than a more deadly virus that only infects a few people. Such is the case of COVID-19, where its rapid spread caused more than 33 million infections and 590,000 deaths in the U.S, as of 27 May 2021.

Such a simplistic view also overlooks the potential long-term consequences of a COVID-19 infection. Growing clinical evidence shows that COVID-19 outcomes go far beyond death or recovery. While children and young people are indeed less likely to develop severe COVID-19, some of them do, particularly those with underlying health conditions like obesity. [Bolding in original]

And:

Though young people have a high chance of surviving COVID-19, some continue suffering “long COVID”, even if they only had mild or no COVID-19 symptoms. Symptoms include loss of smell and taste, extreme fatigue, shortness of breath, and cognitive issues that can last for weeks or months^[5]. As Health Feedback explained in this earlier review, COVID-19 infections might also cause lifelong problems in some survivors, including permanent lung and heart damage and neurological issues^[6,7]. These long-lasting symptoms can significantly impair a patient’s recovery and highly impact their quality of life.

Finally there's this oft-used Wendy lie:

Finally, the post suggests that only 5% (29,317) of the total reported COVID-19 deaths (586,335 as of 23 May 2021) were actually caused by COVID-19, according to the CDC. This claim is inaccurate and misinterprets how deaths are certified. As the CDC explains on its website, 5% is the percentage of deaths in which COVID-19 was the only cause mentioned. However, just because other death certificates listed additional conditions, it doesn’t mean that these conditions caused the death. As Health Feedback explained in previous reviews, deaths are classified as “COVID-19 deaths” only if the sequence of clinical events leading to the patient’s death is compatible with COVID-19. Furthermore, some of the conditions listed on death certificates, such as respiratory failure, may not be pre-existing conditions but a consequence of COVID-19 itself.

This is what the science says, Wendy. If you think it's wrong, show me the scientific papers that support your position.

And Wendy, if you have any problems understanding any of the science above, you can always ask your husband. 

He's an MD, right?

Science - it's how he makes his money.

Wendy Bell Misleads The Public On COVID-19. Again.

If one were to cyber-travel over to Wendy Bell's Facebook page (if one were so inclined) one would find this image:

That's right, my friends. Wendy Bell got COVID fact-checked. Again.

If only she had a medical expert nearby to check her on her medical misinformation. A close friend or perhaps maybe even a relative (someone who actually has a medical degree) to check her homework before she went public with some medical misinformation that might harm people, she'd probably get fewer of these FB fact-checks, right?

Anyway, here's what the entire bullshit board looks like:

Let's go find where she scooped up this data. As far as I can tell, her first point ("CDC NHANES STUDIES...") was taken from this paper from the NIH website published in June, 2020. This section specifically:

Our research shows that food plus a dietary supplement had a lower prevalence of nutrient inadequacies than food alone. The percentage of the population with usual intakes below the EAR in adults (≥ 19 years) from food only vs. food + dietary supplements for vitamin A (45 to 35%), vitamin C (46 to 33%), vitamin D (95 to 65%), vitamin E (84 to 60%), and zinc (15 to 11%).

While it points out an important public health issue (nutrition) and shows data supporting the use of a dietary supplement, it has nothing to do with the treatment or prevention of COVID-19.

How do I know?

Well, there's this is from the CDC (which is part of the NIH, you know):

Dietary supplements aren’t meant to treat or prevent COVID-19.

So pointing out how those supplements help in general nutrition (while a good idea) seems beside the point when talking about COVID-19, doesn't it?

But look at what's just below Wendy's list:

Ivermectin?
Hydroxychloroquinine?

Neither has any medical evidence to support its use against the coronavirus. Let's look at each.

First, Ivermectin.

From the NIH: 

There are insufficient data for the COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel (the Panel) to recommend either for or against the use of ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19. Results from adequately powered, well-designed, and well-conducted clinical trials are needed to provide more specific, evidence-based guidance on the role of ivermectin in the treatment of COVID-19.

And:

Ivermectin has been shown to inhibit the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in cell cultures. However, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies suggest that achieving the plasma concentrations necessary for the antiviral efficacy detected in vitro would require administration of doses up to 100-fold higher than those approved for use in humans.

Then there's Hydroxychloroquine.

Again, the NIH:

A clinical trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of adults hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been stopped by the National Institutes of Health. A data and safety monitoring board (DSMB) met late Friday and determined that while there was no harm, the study drug was very unlikely to be beneficial to hospitalized patients with COVID-19. After its fourth interim analysis the DSMB, which regularly monitors the trial, recommended to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of NIH, to stop the study. NHLBI halted the trial immediately.

You're coming up empty, Wendy. You know that, right?

Where's your scientific data regarding the efficacy of vitamins for COVID-19 treatment? You cherry-pick a couple of studies and that's supposed to upend the CDC? The NIH?

This brings me to Wendy's last plea for help: The work of Dr. David Brownstein. Asking the googlies for help, we come to this paper from July, 2020.

This would be the same Dr Brownstein who wrote, on his own website:

I want to let you know that we have been ordered by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to stop making any statements about our treatment protocols of Vitamins A, C and D as well as nutritional IV’s, iodine, ozone and nebulization to support the immune system with respect to Coronavirus Diseases 2019 (COVID-19).

You can read the letter here. 

The good doctor included this paragraph from that letter:

It is unlawful under the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C Sec. 41 et seq. to advertise that a product or service can prevent, treat, or cure human disease unless you possess competent and reliable scientific evidence, including, when appropriate, well-controlled human clinical studies, substantiating that the claims are true at the time they are made. For COVID-19, no such study is currently known to exist for the products or services identified above. Thus, any Coronavirus-related prevention or treatment claims regarding such products or services are not supported by competent and reliable scientific evidence. You must immediately cease making all such claims.

Paging Dr. Brownstein, paging Dr. Brownstein: does Wendy Bell know about this? While she's not actually selling anything, she certainly seems to be pushing the use of vitamins for the treatment of COVID-19 while lacking any actual scientific evidence.

If only there were someone close who could explain medical science to Wendy Bell. It would certainly be in the public interest for any/all medically educated people in her family to let her know how dangerously wrong she is.

GOP Complicity and Cowardice

January 6 - A pro-Trump mob invades Congress in order to, as Trump instructed them, "Stop the Steal." Even though the election was free and fair.

May 28 - Another pro-Trump mob, this time members of Congress, kill the legislation investigating the events of January 6, thus giving Donald Trump political cover for his coup attempt.

COWARDS.

Hey, Look What I Found! (More On Doug Mastriano)

We'll start here:

Doug Mastriano is a seditionist and a potential GQP nominee for Governor of Pennsylvania, the home of Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell and Ben Franklin. He is another example of a Republican who has no use for democracy. The Autocratic movement is vast and ambitious for power https://t.co/AdbuwYvGpo

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) May 27, 2021

Schmidt, by the way, is a founder of the Lincoln Project.

While the thread starts with the unfolding story of Doug Mastriano's waltz through the rioter-shifted barricades during the January 6 insurrection, a few screens down we find this:

Doug gets around. https://t.co/8YXHyNzwlj

— MadKatzMum (@katz_mum) May 27, 2021

The piece in Vice is mostly about this religious organization:

A religious sect known for worshipping with AR-15s and its MAGA politics has purchased a sprawling, 40-acre compound in central Texas, which it hopes will offer a safe-haven for “patriots” from what they believe is an imminent war brought by the “deep state,” VICE News has learned.

The property, located in the small community of Thornton, 40 miles from Waco, was listed at just under $1 million. It’s been dubbed “Liberty Rock'' by its new owners, the Sanctuary Church aka Rod of Iron Ministries, led by Pastor Hyung Jin “Sean” Moon. Members of the congregation often refer to him as “King.”

While Moon’s congregation, estimated to number in the hundreds, is relatively fringe, it’s a direct descendant of the much larger Unification Church, founded by his father, Rev. Sun Myung Moon, a self-proclaimed messiah and accused cult leader whose adoring followers became known to outsiders as “Moonies.”

Ok. But here's where things get interesting:

The younger Moon, who set up shop in 2017 in Newfoundland, Pennsylvania, follows the doctrine of his late father—with a twist. Moon says he was inspired by a biblical passage in the Book of Revelation that talked about Jesus using a “rod of iron” to protect himself and others. He concluded this was a reference to AR-15s, and integrated high-powered firearms into regular church services, including wedding ceremonies. He founded the church with the support of his brother, Kook-jin “Justin” Moon, the CEO of Kahr Arms, a gun manufacturing company headquartered nearby. 

For those keeping score, the scriptural passage is Rev 2:27:

And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.

This is not a new thing, of course. Check this out from 2018: 

Hundreds of crown-wearing worshipers clutching AR-15 rifles drank holy wine and exchanged or renewed wedding vows in a commitment ceremony at a Pennsylvania church on Wednesday, prompting a nearby school to cancel classes. With state police and a smattering of protesters standing watch outside the church, brides clad in white and grooms in dark suits brought dozens of unloaded AR-15s into World Peace and Unification Sanctuary for a religious event that doubled as an advertisement for the Second Amendment.

So now we've grasped the general weltanschauung of the "Rod of Iron Ministries" take a look at what's tucked into the Vice piece:

From its beginning, the church wholeheartedly embraced former President Donald Trump and incorporated Trumpian culture war and conspiracies into its rhetoric. Moon told VICE News in late 2019 that he believed God was working through Trump to rid the world of “political satanism” (for example, the “deep state” and “the swamp”) and restore Eden. Through his gun-centric, MAGA-friendly outlook, Moon has been able to establish some fringe political alliances. Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon spoke at a recent event hosted by the church. Pennsylvania state senator and “Stop the Steal” organizer Doug Mastriano was also recently billed as a special guest at another church event. [Emphasis added.]

Proverbs 13:20.

 

Wendy Bell, Angel of Death, 3 Percenter?

Overnight, Brother Jon tweeted:

OMG. New view of Wendy Bell’s basement today and you can see all of her tacky flag. Turns out dear Wendy is out as a three percenter now. Wow.https://t.co/wlohxnXhG3 pic.twitter.com/xi6t7zo7KD

— JON (@JonInPGH) May 27, 2021

And he follows it with a few other images of the flag art hanging on the wall down in Radio Karen's flagship broadcast studio basement. He beats himself up abit for not noticing the "3 Percenter" logo in the canton.

Don't sweat it, my brother. I completely missed that little detail when I took Wendy to task for misquoting George Washington on that work of art. (I even included an image of the 3 percenter flag. Ugh. My bad.)

So what's a 3 Percenter?

The Southern Poverty Law Center has this definition:

Three Percenters

Percenterism is one of three core components within the antigovernment militia movement, along with the Oath Keepers and traditional militia groups. The reference to 3 percent stems from the dubious historical claim that only 3 percent of American colonists fought against the British during the War of Independence.

And the ADL has this:

Three Percenters believe that, just as a small revolutionary vanguard overthrew the tyrannical British rule in America, a dedicated group of modern patriots could rid the United States of today’s alleged tyranny.

Though the media often refer to Three Percenters as a movement or a group, they are neither.  Rather, they constitute a major part of the broader anti-government militia movement, whose ideology they share.  Some Three Percenters form militia groups, while others form non-paramilitary groups or create online networks; even more are active as individual or unaffiliated Three Percenters. 

They even include a logo:

Look familiar?

It seems that the January 6 coup attempt was too much for even the 3 Percenter National Council and they disbanded.

But Wendy still has the faux-Washington quote on the faux-flag hanging in her very real wood-paneled basement studio.

Wendy Bell, 3 Percenter. The wall art proves it.

 

More On Mastriano's Capitol Wanderings

This is how far this story has gotten.

Philadelphia Inquirer:

Pa. GOP lawmaker Doug Mastriano says he left the Capitol area before the riot. New videos say otherwise.

Huffingtonpost: 

Videos Contradict State Lawmaker’s Claim He Left Capitol While It Was ‘Still Peaceful’

WHYY (by way of WITF): 

New videos appear to show State Senator Doug Mastriano closer to Capitol insurrection than he said.

There's a old saying in politics that goes something like this: 

It is an axiom of practical politics never to believe anything until it has been officially denied.

I'm not sure I can go with this with every official denial, but with it in mind, State Senator Doug Mastriano has kinda sorta denied the story (and quickly pivoted to the deplorable anti-Trumpers):

Contrary to the desperate claims of anonymous keyboard warriors, I followed the directions of the Capitol Police and respected all police lines as I came upon them. Even disingenuous internet sleuths know that police lines did shift throughout the course of the day. I followed those lines as they existed.

The Huffington Post and others are relying on angry partisans who are so blinded by their hatred for all things Donald Trump that they are distorting facts to manipulate public opinion. This is just further proof that their hatred of President Trump runs so deep that these unnamed people are willing to exploit the emotions and gullibility of their followers.

This obsession is part of their desperate attempt to divert attention away from what their “progressive” choices at the ballot box are doing to our country as we watch gas prices skyrocket, inflation increase, renewed fighting in the Middle East, and the continuation of the unrestrained humanitarian crisis at the southern border. They are the foot soldiers of the ruling elite and should be dismissed as such.

You'll note that only the first paragraph pertains to Mastriano's Kapitolwanderungen. The other two are ad hominem attacks on those who sifted through the endless videos to find his hat and scarf. 

His last two paragraphs are irrelevant and should be dismissed as such.

The core of Mastriano's denial is that he respected the (shifting?) police lines as he found them. You'll note that Mastriano doesn't say who "shifted" the police lines. Or what, exactly "shifted" means.

And now we know why, from WHYY:

In one [video], he is visible standing on the Capitol lawn with his wife. In another, Mastriano appears poised to stroll past police barricades as rioters push past them.

Ah, the rioters shifted the lines. And Mastriano walked right on through.

And let's remember what he initially told The PGH City Paper:

My position on lawlessness is equally as clear. When it was apparent that this was no longer a peaceful protest, my wife and I left the area and made our way out of the area.

And yet: 

About four minutes and 30 seconds into the interview, Senator Mastriano remarks after leaving the speech and heading towards the West side of the Capitol, he approached a few police officers to ask where to go. The police officers directed him to the East side of the Capitol. According to a detailed timeline and analysis of the minute-by-minute actions of the rioters composed by the New York Times, the crowd at the Trump speech departed heading towards the West side of the Capitol around 12:17 pm. The rioters were already starting to gather there.

Senator Mastriano continues at the five-minute mark in the interview explaining the first signs of seeing “agitators” that were “kind of getting in the face of the police and jiggling the bicycle rack barricades they use.” According to the same New York Times timeline, the first barricades on the West side were breached at 12:53 pm as supporters surrounded the Capitol heading to the East side of the building. Senator Mastriano witnessed the first attempt to breach the Capitol on the West side of the building and still continued to the East side. [Emphasis added.]

So he witnessed the first breach but didn't immediately leave the area?

How many lies (subtle and otherwise) did he utter.

There are many serious questions that Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano needs to answer. Officially. Under oath.

Like, how close did he get personally to the treason of January 6?

Wendy Bell Misleads The Public About The COVID/VAERS Data

Broadcasting yesterday from her formerly flooded basement (is there a better metaphor for Wendy Bell's career path?) The Angel of Death touched on a number of topics regarding something she calls "Trust."

Here's the BS board to guide us through all the bullshit:

I want to focus, however, on the data that she "sources" from the CDC VAERS Database. At about 16:30 Wendy Karen-rants this:

This is people who've reported a problem after getting the vaccines – the biggest red flag I can tell you.

Source CDC VAERS Database.

As of yesterday, 273 million doses of the variety of COVID jabs have been administered here in the United States. 273 million, OK?

Between December 14 of 2020 and just last week, May 17 of this year, there have been 4,647 deaths associated with the jab.

That is a hell of a big number. OK?

To put that into perspective – and by the way you have to ask yourself, “Why are no media outlets talking about this?”

If they're going to give you the running ticker, of dubious information about infections, when a lot of that stuff is based on supposition, and over here breathlessly the death toll in big flashing red numbers/red letters to scare the liver out of you...

If they're going to do that, ought you not be told about the people who are suffering adverse events?

Where is the news on that?

Like the out of date wood paneling currently lining the Radio Karen broadcast studio in Wendy's basement, this is old and hasn't aged well.

But some reference points. What is the CDC VAERS Database? This is how the CDC describes it:

The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) database contains information on unverified reports of adverse events (illnesses, health problems and/or symptoms) following immunization with US-licensed vaccines. Reports are accepted from anyone and can be submitted electronically at www.vaers.hhs.gov.

Um, Wendy? Do you see the word "unverified" in that paragraph? Do you even know what that word means?

Then there's the disclaimer that the CDC offers up an inch or two downscreen. It's in a text box marked with the word (in bold):

Disclaimer

And here's the first paragraph from that disclaimer:

VAERS accepts reports of adverse events and reactions that occur following vaccination. Healthcare providers, vaccine manufacturers, and the public can submit reports to VAERS. While very important in monitoring vaccine safety, VAERS reports alone cannot be used to determine if a vaccine caused or contributed to an adverse event or illness. The reports may contain information that is incomplete, inaccurate, coincidental, or unverifiable. Most reports to VAERS are voluntary, which means they are subject to biases. This creates specific limitations on how the data can be used scientifically. Data from VAERS reports should always be interpreted with these limitations in mind.

They even add a few bullet points to consider when dealing with the VAERS numbers:

• Vaccine providers are encouraged to report any clinically significant health problem following vaccination to VAERS, whether or not they believe the vaccine was the cause.
• Reports may include incomplete, inaccurate, coincidental and unverified information.
• The number of reports alone cannot be interpreted or used to reach conclusions about the existence, severity, frequency, or rates of problems associated with vaccines. 

Did you find this page, Wendy, in your deep deep research on the vaccines?

I did. I about a minute.

And a minute later I found the page that has all the information you so objectively reported to your audience, even down to the specific percentage you have on your BS board (.0017%). It's all in one convenient paragraph.

This paragraph:

Over 273 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in the United States from December 14, 2020, through May 17, 2021. During this time, VAERS received 4,647 reports of death (0.0017%) among people who received a COVID-19 vaccine. CDC and FDA physicians review each case report of death as soon as notified and CDC requests medical records to further assess reports. A review of available clinical information, including death certificates, autopsy, and medical records has not established a causal link to COVID-19 vaccines. However, recent reports indicate a plausible causal relationship between the J&J/Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine and a rare and serious adverse event—blood clots with low platelets—which has caused deaths.  Get the latest safety information on the J&J/Janssen vaccine. CDC and FDA will continue to investigate reports of adverse events, including deaths, reported to VAERS.

Why didn't you tell your audience what else was in that paragraph, Wendy? 

You know, like all that stuff in bold.

You're telling your adoring throng that there's a link between the vaccines and that "hell of a big number" of deaths and using CDC data to bolster your case while the CDC itself is saying that no causal link has been established.

Is this a way to establish "trust" with your audience? To lie to them trusting they won't check your homework?

Wendy, how many people are going to suffer adverse effects of the virus simply because they believe your bullshit?

More On Doug Mastriano's March To (Around?) The Capitol

Again, hat's off to K2theSky for all the great work. Take a look:

This vid is showing the group now moving towards the East Steps. #Mastriano is visible at 0:04s You'll see the steps have not yet been breached. Parler timestamp is 1:59pm#Mastriano #SenMastriano #SeditionHunters #IamDougMastriano #IamJeremyOliver https://t.co/YeGMT9jKWe pic.twitter.com/p8bUpdaWo0

— K2theSky (@K2theSky) May 23, 2021

Note the Parler timestamp? 1:59 pm

Now let's take a look at the timeline at the NYTimes. Scroll down to where you find this text:

A YouTube live stream captures the exact moment a massive crowd also breaches a separate, larger barricade on the east side. This is the last physical barrier protecting that side of the Capitol.

The timestamp for that? 2:00 pm.

Then, K2theSky has this:

Next we see his group walking S➡️N along 1st St. This may indicate they did a #SeditionCircuit around the Capitol, ck the scaffolding, this is after the East side visit. #Mastriano #SenMastriano #SeditionHunters #IamDougMastriano #IamJeremyOliver https://t.co/G45IG75d9D pic.twitter.com/wXPm9YP1nx

— K2theSky (@K2theSky) May 23, 2021

If you can't see the image on the right, here it is:

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano, taking a picture of the insurrection.

Let's all remember what he told the PGH City paper:

Later in the day on Jan. 6, Mastriano posted an official statement saying that while he and his wife were in D.C. to attend the rally, but that they both left the area when "it was apparent that this was no longer a peaceful protest." He added that "those who violated those laws must be prosecuted.”

 “As a military veteran and retired colonel, I do not – nor would I ever – condone the violence we saw today. I join with all patriotic Americans in condemning what occurred in the Capitol," said Mastriano in a statement. “My position on lawlessness is equally as clear. When it was apparent that this was no longer a peaceful protest, my wife and I left the area and made our way out of the area. At no point did we enter the Capitol building, walk on the Capitol steps or go beyond police lines."

He walked around The Capitol during the insurrection - after the event turned violent. 

State Senator Doug Mastriano has a lot of questions to answer. 

The first one I'd like to ask is:

Can we see the pictures you took with that phone?

So How Far DID State Senator Mastriano Get On January 6?

I stumbled across an interesting tweet this afternoon.

Take a look:

PA State Sen. Mastriano taking his wife on an insurrection tour of the NW Lawn. #Mastriano #SenMastriano #SeditionHasConsequences pic.twitter.com/FXkzqAzYhZ

— K2theSky (@K2theSky) May 22, 2021

Note: PA Representative Brian Simms retweeted this earlier today.

For reference, this is what Doug Mastriano looked like on January 6:

Doug is on the left ("...on the left" Ha! I made a funny!) and the shorter, older guy in the blue Trump had is Rick Saccone, the Bible-loving, Sharia hating, waterboard supporting former Pennsylvania State legislator.

Back to Doug. Look at the hat and the coat and the scarf in the pictures below and above. Is this him?

It looks an awful lot like him. I'm just saying.

Anyway, back to Doug. If that's not enough for you, K2theSky also snagged this image from an Instagram video:

The person in the yellow oval is reportedly Mastriano's wife. If you need some help, take a look at this:

You see that guy in the lower right hand corner of the image? With the chin beard and the cap with the red brim?

In the video, he's removing the barricades (marked with "Property of US Capitol Police") from the walkway. If you watch the video carefully there's a guy who looks an awful lot like State Senator Doug Mastriano (see the yellow circle on the left) among the surging throng of Trump supporters. This guy  watches the many assaults on the Capitol Police and then, after the path cleared by the guy with a "Free Kyle" hoodie, walks right on through.

Of course, the "Free Kyle" on that hoodie would refer to Kyle Rittenhouse - alleged killer of two during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin this past summer.

Anyway, back to Doug, the guy who looks conspicuously like State Senator Doug Mastriano who's seen walking past the moved barricades.

But let's remember what he told The Pittsburgh City Paper:

Later in the day on Jan. 6, Mastriano posted an official statement saying that while he and his wife were in D.C. to attend the rally, but that they both left the area when "it was apparent that this was no longer a peaceful protest." He added that "those who violated those laws must be prosecuted.”

 “As a military veteran and retired colonel, I do not – nor would I ever – condone the violence we saw today. I join with all patriotic Americans in condemning what occurred in the Capitol," said Mastriano in a statement. “My position on lawlessness is equally as clear. When it was apparent that this was no longer a peaceful protest, my wife and I left the area and made our way out of the area. At no point did we enter the Capitol building, walk on the Capitol steps or go beyond police lines."[Emphasis added.]

Sorry, but it looks an awful lot like he did. And he did so willingly.

Those who violated the laws must be prosecuted.

Wendy's Source Of Medical Info (Note: It's NOT Her Husband)

Continuing from yesterday's basement deepdig, take a look at this side of the background:

The name on the bullshit board is Brian Shilhavy and he's the editor of something called "Health Impact News."

This would be the same "Health Impact News" that Media Bias Factcheck describes as:

Overall, we rate Health Impact News a Quackery level pseudoscience website for the promotion of anti-vaccination propaganda as well as chemtrails, geoengineering, and false information regarding GMOs.

What sort of quackery does Wendy's expert spread?

Take a look at this from The NY Post: 

A new report says three dozen Facebook pages reaching approximately 14.2 million users contained inaccurate and unsubstantiated allegations about the safety and effects of any future COVID-19 ­vaccine, and vaccines in general.

NewsGuard, which released the report Thursday, labeled the sites “misinformation super spreaders” when it comes to COVID-19.

And:

The Web site HealthImpactNews.com, founded by Brian Shilhavy, has also run numerous stories that said a COVID-19 vaccine will “genetically modify” humans who take it.

And when we go to the NewsGuard report, we find this about Health Impact News: 

For example, the page Coconut Health, which is part of the NewsGuard Red-rated pseudoscience Health Impact News network, published a post on May 17, 2020, that falsely claimed that a COVID-19 vaccine would “genetically modify” humans. The post included a fact-check from Reuters explaining that the information was false. However, three months later, the page continued to use this false talking point in its larger anti-vaccine agenda, and did not receive a fact-checking notice.

And they found more examples of anti-vaxx quackery from Coconut Health:

• An Aug. 3, 2020, post linking to an article falsely claiming that a COVID-19 vaccine would alter your DNA, that it will use tracking technology, and that the COVID-19 pandemic is fake.
• An April 15, 2020, post linking to an article falsely claiming that a COVID-19 vaccine would include a “microchip.”

NOTE: Both FB postings have been removed from FB.

NewsGuard adds:

NewsGuard emailed Brian Shilhavy, owner of the Health Impact News network that operates Coconut Health, seeking comment on the above posts, but did not receive a response.

This is the expert Wendy Bell had on her basement broadcast yesterday. 

Examples of the Health Impact News quackery: 

 - the vaccine will alter your DNA. It won't:

There are currently two types of COVID-19 vaccines that have been authorized and recommended for use in the United States: messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines and a viral vector vaccine. Both mRNA and viral vector COVID-19 vaccines deliver instructions (genetic material) to our cells to start building protection against the virus that causes COVID-19. However, the material never enters the nucleus of the cell, which is where our DNA is kept. This means the genetic material in the vaccines cannot affect or interact with our DNA in any way. All COVID-19 vaccines work with the body’s natural defenses to safely develop immunity to disease.

  - the vaccine will include a microchip. It doesn't:

Lisa Morici, an associate professor at the Tulane University School of Medicine who studies vaccines, emphasized in an email that the “ingredients in the mRNA and adenovirus vaccines are simply RNA/DNA, lipids, proteins, salts, and sugars.” (The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines use modified messenger RNA to provide instructions for cells to make spike proteins, while the J&J vaccine uses an adenovirus modified with DNA for the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein.)

“All of these components are found in numerous foods, vaccines, and medicines,” she said.

“The ‘microchip’ is of course a myth being spread on social media,” she said. “‘Micro’ refers to the size of the chip = microns in size, whereas the mRNA and adenovirus vaccines are nanoparticles, meaning nanometers in size. The vaccines are therefore 1000x smaller than a microchip and a microchip couldn’t fit in the vaccine.”

 - the pandemic is fake. There are now about 585,000 reasons why this is dangerously wrong.

Wendy Bell, you are now a Covid anti-vaxx misinformation superspreader. Congratulations!

How many more people will get sick because of you, Wendy?

Um, Wendy? Washington NEVER Said That

Take a look at this image:

As you can see by the inclusion of the human female in front, this is the wall of Wendy Bell's super secret wood paneled basement broadcast studio.

See the flag? You'll note that it has something written on it (a violation of the US Flag Code, btw), a quotation from George Washington. It's this:

Wanna know something?

George Washington never said this.

Who says?

The folks at Mount Vernon (dot) org, that's who. This is what they said:

George Washington did not say the quote you attributed to him. The first few words are the same as a sentence from his First Annual Message given to Congress on January 8, 1790, but the rest of the words are quite different. Compare the spurious quote to Washington's actual words, "A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite; and their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories as tend to render them independent of others for essential, particularly military, supplies."

USAToday has more: 

The context of Washington’s speech, given in January 1790 to Congress, focused on the establishment of national defense and the idea that the new nation shouldn’t have to depend on foreign entities for its defense.

Wendy's faux-quote, on the other hand, tries to show that Washington was telling people to amass lotsa guns to fight the government, if that's necessary.

Except Washington never said that.

Got that, Wendy? Read a history book sometime.