I (CM) have submitted Freedom of Information requests to various Canadian institutions seeking records that describe the actual isolation/purification of a SARS-COV-2 virus from any sample taken from a diseased patient.
The reason for these requests is that without this isolation/purification step having been performed (followed by controlled experiments and other necessary steps), there is no way to claim scientifically that the alleged “novel coronavirus” blamed for widespread death/disease/lockdown measures actually exists.
Without this step having been performed, and followed by the necessary controlled experiments, and independently replicated, all claims of this alleged virus are nothing but wild, unscientific, fraud-based speculation backed only by fraudulent science, fraudulent tests and fraudulent diagnoses.
If you are new to the topic of “virus isolation/purification”, I recommend you read this Statement On Virus Isolation from Dr. Kaufman, Dr. Thomas Cowan and Sally Fallon Morell, MA.
https://andrewkaufmanmd.com/sovi/
Note that my requests were not limited to records of isolation/purification performed by the respective institution, or limited to records authored by the respective institution, rather they were open to any records of isolation (performed by anyone, anywhere on the planet) held by the institution (including studies downloaded from the Internet).
The University of Toronto is one of the institutions I FOI’d, because researchers from the University of Toronto claimed months ago to have “isolated SARS-COV-2” (the alleged “COVID-19 virus”) as part of a team effort with researchers from 3 other institutions: Sunnybrook Research Institute (which is part of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre), McMaster University and Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital.
Media reports from Sunnybrook, McMaster, University of Toronto, one of the co-authors and the Globe and Mail heralded “the accomplishment” back in March.
Below are a quote and a screenshot from the University of Toronto’s March 13, 2020 press release regarding the alleged accomplishment. (Keep these in mind when reading the Freedom of Information responses that I received from the 4 institutions involved in the claim, posted further below.)
“…having a virus isolate that can be shared with other labs to perform other experiments to better understand the virus and how to stop it is critical.”
So it seems that these researchers have been using their so-called “virus isolate”, and providing it to other researchers, for “COVID-19” experiments and development of “COVID-19” tests and therapeutics.
This makes the “clue” shown below (published by the Globe and Mail) more than a little concerning.
So aside from the fact that they couldn’t even get the reaction they were hoping for in human cells and had to use specially engineered animal cells (lol)….
acccording to everyday English mixing a patient sample with animal cells is the opposite of isolating anything. And it certainly isn’t the meaning of “isolation” used in Koch’s postulates (and YES we know that a strict application of Koch’s postulates is not possible with an alleged “virus”… more on Koch’s postulates on this page).
So let’s have a look at the researchers’ own “preliminary report” for more clues about the legitimacy of their claim of having “isolated the virus”. Below is a screenshot from the report. Note that “Vero cells” = kidney epithelial cells extracted from an African green monkey, and FBS = fetal bovine serum. Both are sources of genetic contamination.
The methods outlined above are an example of what I refer to as “fraudulent monkey business”.
Below is the disclaimer published by bioRxiv at the top of the preliminary report, which was apparently disregarded by Sunnybrook, the University of Toronto, etc. back in March when deciding to publicize the claim of having isolated the virus.
Here is the final published version of their fraudulent paper, September 2020:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7454076/
Someone recently asked me: “Does the abstract of this paper negate a connection between human lung cells collected and SARS-COV-2?”
My answer: these “researchers” did not even investigate the relationship between human lung cells and the alleged “SARS-COV-2”.
These “scientists” fraudulently claim to have isolated “SARS-COV-2” and investigated its properties. From the final version of their paper:
We isolated SARS-CoV-2 from 2 infected patients in Toronto, Canada; determined the genomic sequences; and identified single-nucleotide changes in representative populations of our virus stocks. We also tested a wide range of human immune cells for productive infection with SARS-CoV-2. We confirm that human primary peripheral blood mononuclear cells are not permissive for SARS-CoV-2.
The researchers did no such thing. They never isolated any specific thing from the patient sample in the first place. Instead, from the final version of their paper:
Isolation and Quantification
We seeded Vero E6 cells at a concentration of 3 × 105 cells/well in a 6-well plate. The next day, we collected 200 μL of mid-turbinate swab samples from 2 COVID-19 patients, mixed it with 200 μL of DMEM containing 16 μg/mL TPCK-treated trypsin and inoculated the cells. After 1 h, the inoculum was replaced with DMEM containing 2% FBS and 6 μg/mL TPCK-treated trypsin. We observed the cells daily under a light microscope. Supernatant from the cells was used to determine virus titers (50% tissue culture infectious dose [TCID50]/mL) according to the Spearman and Karber method (6,7) as outlined previously (8).
Results
For virus isolation, we inoculated Vero E6 cells with aliquots of mid-turbinate swab samples and monitored the cells for cytopathic effects (CPE) daily. Relative to mock-inoculated cells, cells inoculated with both samples (SARS-CoV-2/SB2 and SARS-CoV-2/SB3-TYAGNC) displayed extensive CPE 72 h after infection (Figure 2, panel A). We collected 200 μL of cell culture supernatant and re-infected a fresh layer of Vero E6 cells. After 24 hours, both wells containing cells that were reinoculated displayed extensive CPE (Figure 2, panel B). We extracted viral RNA from the supernatant and confirmed the presence of SARS-CoV-2 by using a diagnostic quantitative real-time PCR (Figure 2, panel C). We also confirmed the presence of coronavirus-like particles in infected Vero E6 cells by electron microscopy (Figure 2, panel D).
So, according to their own account these researchers did not isolate anything from the patient sample. Instead they skipped isolation/purification altogether and adulterated the sample with monkey kidney cells and fetal bovine serum, etc.
They then irrationally attributed any toxic effects on the monkey cells to “the virus” that they never looked for or found in the patient sample. And, they irrationally assumed that “coronavirus-like particles” observed in the monkey cells were “SARS-COV-2” and not something else (i.e. exosomes) and that those particles originated from the patient sample and not elsewhere.
Their comparison to what was observed with the “mock-inoculated cells” is meaningless because in a controlled experiment, everything must be the same in both groups except that the experimental group gets exposed to the 1 specific thing that is being investigated (the independent variable, which in this case it should be purified “SARS-COV-2”) and the control group does not. Nothing of the sort has happened here.
They haven’t even shown that any “virus” is contained in the patient sample, they just ASSUME it. They do 1 unscientific procedure as the basis of their claim of having “isolated a virus” AND shown “its” alleged effects. And notice that they don’t give a clear description of how their “mock-inoculated cells” were treated as compared to their allegedly-inoculated cells, or a full account of the results.
To top it off, they performed meaningless PCR testing on fluid from their monkey cell concoction, and fabricated a genome based on “assembling” thousands of sequences detected in their monkey cell concoction and some additional hocus-pocus on their computers.
This isn’t science; it’s not even a little bit logical or convincing on any level. It’s just a fraudulent claim using the word “isolation”, which creates in the title and abstract the superficial false impression that they have conducted legitimate science when they didn’t even come close.
“Proud partner” with Sanofi Pasteur
Before we go further, please note that the University of Toronto is long-time “proud partner” with the vaccine manufacturing company Sanofi Pasteur. This was made very clear during a webinar entitled “The Path to an Effective COVID-19 Vaccine” (webinar password: 4e?x*95T) hosted by the University of Toronto on May 26th. The University of Toronto is also involved in developing “COVID-19” tests and vaccines ($$$), and endless “COVID-19” activity.
Below is the information request that I submitted to the University of Toronto (I made a typo in the year when sending the mail… it should have read 2020).
Below is the response from University of Toronto. They had decided to forward my request to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
(See further below, for more failed FOI responses from University of Toronto.)
First, Sunnybrook HSC gave themselves a time extension for consultations with a person outside the institution:
https://www.fluoridefreepeel.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Sunnybrook-HSC-needs-outside-expertise.pdf
No records of “SARS-COV-2” isolation at Sunnybrook or University of Toronto
Next, Sunnybrook HSC got back to me with their final response indicating no record of virus isolation:
https://www.fluoridefreepeel.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sunnybrook-SKM_C36820071417011.pdf
I wasn’t entirely certain how to interpret this letter. So I asked the FOI Coordinator at Sunnybrook HSC:
The request was specific to U of T. Since it was forwarded to Sunnybrook, does the response indicate that U of T has no responsive records, or that Sunnybrook has none? Or that neither has any?
The response: Neither institution has any record of “the virus” having been isolated from a sample from a diseased patient (where the sample was not first mixed with another source of genetic material, i.e. monkey kidney cells, lung cells from a lung cancer patient, fetal bovine serum…).
No records of “SARS-COV-2” isolation at McMaster University or Mount Sinai Hospital
More recently I submitted the same FOI request to McMaster University and Mount Sinai Hospital. Recall that researchers from these institutions were also involved in the publicized claim of having “isolated the virus”. (Click here to see a larger image of my request submitted to McMaster.)
Below is a screenshot from McMaster University’s final, formal response to my request.
Here is McMaster’s final response letter: https://www.fluoridefreepeel.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/McMaster-2020-GR-10-DECISION-LETTER.pdf
And below is a screenshot from a pdf letter emailed to me from the (Interim) Director of Privacy and Information Access at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Not only does the Hospital admit to having no records describing isolation of “the virus” from an unadulterated sample from any diseased human on the planet, they went much further. Mount Sinai Hospital states that isolation of ANY virus directly from an unadulterated sample “is not within the scope of current scientific processes.” Wow.
Here is Mount Sinai Hospital’s letter:
https://www.fluoridefreepeel.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Mnt-Sinai-2020-08-25-FOI-Request-20-03-Response-Letter-to-Requester.pdf
Below is a screenshot of my emailed response to the (Interim) Director of Privacy and Information Access at Mount Sinai Hospital.
In summary, all 4 of the Ontario institutions involved in a publicized claim of having isolated the alleged new “COVID-19 virus called SARS-COV-2” (that the world has gone into lock-down over) have made formal admissions that they in fact have no record of this alleged virus having been isolated by anyone, let alone themselves, and thus no record to indicate that one of the most basic scientific steps that needed to be performed (before concluding that a new virus is causing disease) has ever been performed. By anyone on the planet. Ever.
Update September 18, 2020:
Today Mount Sinai Hospital’s (Interim) Director of Privacy and Information Access emailed me the hospital’s final decision letter and it states: “isolation of a virus in the manner that you have described is not possible for any virus… Sinai Health is satisfied that the records you are seeking do not exist.” Below is a screenshot from the letter. Here is the entire final decision letter:
https://www.fluoridefreepeel.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2020-09-18-FOI-Request-20-03-Decision-Letter.pdf
As of June 17, 2022, 44 other Canadian institutions have provided their final responses to our requests, and many dozens of institutions from outside of Canada. All responses from a total of 190 institutions in over 30 countries can be accessed from this page.)
Every institution has failed to provide or cite even 1 record describing the isolation of any “COVID-19 virus” from an unadulterated sample taken from a diseased patient, anywhere on the planet, ever.
February 1, 2022:
University of Toronto (Ontario, Canada) refused my FOI requirement for any records containing additional details re “controls” used in Banerjee et al.’s fraudulent, anti-science “SARS-COV-2 isolation” publication.
The people at the University of Toronto responsible for this decision chose to hide behind a section of the FOI legislation that protects research associated with an educational institution from public scrutiny…despite the obligation to disclose that is listed in section 11 (1):
“Despite any other provision of this Act, a head shall, as soon as practicable, disclose any record to the public or persons affected if the head has reasonable and probable grounds to believe that it is in the public interest to do so and that the record reveals a grave environmental, health or safety hazard to the public”:
https://www.fluoridefreepeel.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/U-of-Toronto-controls-PACKAGE-redacted.pdf
Update posted March 18, 2023
January 10, 2023:
Lindsay G. Mills acting as Coordinator, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Office, University of Toronto provided a bogus excuse instead of records proving the existence of the alleged particle “SARS-COV-2” and it’s alleged causation of disease, since no such records exist anywhere on Earth:
https://www.fluoridefreepeel.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/U-of-Toronto-PACKAGE-2022-redacted.pdf
So “What The Hell Is Going?
At this point you might be scratching your head and wondering what on Earth is going on. If so, the collection of presentations, articles and facts (not theories) on the page linked below will reveal the fraud and trickery that’s behind the fake pandemic known as “COVID-19”.
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