🎙️ Petit Petit Summit (5) Are COVID and the Vaccines a Global Scam?

April 15, 2022 — The 2nd Petit Petit Summit

Reflecting on Two Years of COVID and Vaccine Turmoil (Part 1)

Goro: It’s been two weeks, everyone! Last time, we got pretty deep into the food crisis and the Ukraine conflict.
We were mostly in agreement on the food situation, but today, how about we talk about the COVID pandemic and the vaccine controversy that’s been dragging on for over two years?
This is a global crisis on par with the food shortage, but compared to Ukraine, the information flying around is so messy. It’s incredibly hard to tell what’s actually true.

Yūdai: Has it really been two and a half years? Initially, I thought it was just another peculiar "circulating fever" making the rounds. I never expected the world to be transformed quite like this.

Goro: Even you couldn't predict this, Yūdai-san?

Yūdai: As I have told you before: I am not God.

The Diamond Princess and the "Connecting Room" Couple

Allan: Now, now. I doubt anyone could have predicted our current situation two and a half years ago. I’ve spent the last two years feeling quite tossed about by the waves of information myself.
Looking back chronologically, it all started with the Diamond Princess cruise ship, didn't it? The debate over whether to let passengers disembark, that female medical officer from the Ministry of Health mucking up the site... that was February 2020, if I recall.

Goro: Oh, I remember that! That woman who became famous after Shukan Bunshun reported on her alleged affair with the Prime Minister's aide.

Yūdai: Don't be so vague as to call her "that woman." Out with it. This is a private drinking session, after all.

Goro: You’re as aggressive as ever, Yūdai-san! Fine, fine. It was Hiroko Ohtsubo, Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Health, and Hiroto Izumi, then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s aide. It was right after the Bunshun article about their "affair-whatever." You can still find plenty of photos online of them feeding each other "Ahhh" style or walking arm-in-arm on dates.

Yūdai: It was the "Connecting Room Affair."

↑The story reported by *Bunshun Bazooka* quickly went viral online

Goro: What?! You know more about it than I do! You’re playing coy, Yūdai-san.

Yūdai: I am a student of history. That tawdry drama is a legitimate page in Japan’s modern history.

Allan: Since it broke right after the "Bunshun Cannon" hit them, people were mocking the situation. They said, "It’s a joke that a notorious troublemaker like Ohtsubo is in charge of 'Health Crisis Management,' but what kind of sanity does it take to send such a person to the already chaotic Diamond Princess?"
Then Dr. Kentaro Iwata (Professor of Infectious Diseases at Kobe University) boarded the ship as part of the DMAT team on the advice of Dr. Yoshihiro Takayama—only to be ordered off the ship almost immediately. That caused quite a stir.

Goro: Right! Dr. Iwata posted a video on YouTube highlighting the problematic conditions on board, and it went viral instantly. Then, that same night, Dr. Takayama posted a chillingly calm explanation on Facebook, pointing out factual errors in the video...
Meanwhile, regarding the decision to kick Dr. Iwata off the ship, Gaku Hashimoto, then-Vice Minister of Health, tweeted: "When I saw him, I greeted him and asked his business, but received no clear answer, so I politely asked him to leave. Honestly, I cannot hide my surprise that a supposed expert would infiltrate a quarantined vessel through such a route."
He then posted a photo saying, "By the way, here’s the scene. The text is hard to read, but the left is the 'Clean Route' and the right is the 'Dirty Route.'" But as soon as people saw the photo, they erupted in ridicule: "Clean and dirty routes? What is this?" "They’re using the same hallway the moment they walk in!" "It really is a mess on there!" Vice Minister Hashimoto deleted the tweet almost immediately.

Allan: The passengers and crew trapped on that ship for so long must have been miserable. They were essentially incarcerated in a giant virus incubator. Later, the term "The Three Cs" (Closed spaces, Crowded places, Close-contact settings) became popular, but that ship was the very definition of it.
Back then, there were doctors like Dr. Kazuhiro Nagao and Dr. Masahiro Kami who insisted the passengers should be evacuated immediately.

The Outbreak of the PCR Debate

Goro: Dr. Nagao and Dr. Kami had almost polar opposite views on PCR testing, didn't they? I believe Dr. Nagao’s stance was: "I’m reluctant to give PCR tests to the elderly. If seniors in nursing homes or receiving home care test positive, they’ll be forcibly isolated, which destroys their care system and daily health management."
Dr. Kami, on the other hand, argued: "Increase PCR testing at all costs. We can do it instantly if we outsource to private labs."
On TV, Toru Tamagawa was shouting for expanded PCR testing every single day on Morning Show.
There was also Professor Harue Okada of Hakuoh University. She was on TV daily, also pushing for more PCR. She even claimed the Ministry of Health’s medical officers were withholding data because they wanted to monopolize it, which caused quite a stir online.

Yūdai: Okada... ah, she became quite the celebrity. Later, I saw her wearing flashy clothes as a contestant on a quiz show.

Goro: What?! You watch TV quiz shows, Yūdai-san?

Yūdai: Is that a problem? As a researcher of Japanese history, everything is a subject of study. One must understand the nature of the masses' entertainment.

Allan: Anyway, let's get back to the point...
Regarding PCR, the initial outcry was, "Only Japan isn't testing! What are they doing?"
On the other side, doctors like Moriyo Kimura, a former Ministry of Health medical officer, argued against it from the start.
She said PCR results vary wildly depending on the "cycle threshold" (Ct value). If you increase the cycles, you get a flood of false positives that are just detecting fragments of the virus. Thus, mindlessly increasing tests is meaningless and nonsensically burdens public health centers. I remember her being caught on camera during a TV debate, looking absolutely exasperated—like she was thinking, "Who are these people? Are they idiots?"—while the other guests attacked her.

Yūdai: It was a noisy time, to say the least. Though it seems all that noise has been completely replaced by Ukraine coverage now.

Allan: I'll admit, I misunderstood the PCR situation at first. Initially, I thought it was strange not to test. But now, I think it’s mostly meaningless. I finally understand what Dr. Nagao and Dr. Kimura were trying to say.

Goro: Well, back then, even doctors seriously trying to tackle the issue were split right down the middle. It’s no wonder we laypeople were wavering.
Speaking of being "split," several themes are still mired in extreme opposition. Vaccines are the prime example, but there’s also masks, Ivermectin, shedding, and the "Category 2 vs. Category 5" debate (how dangerous the virus should be classified).

Allan: I intuitively felt the vaccines were suspicious from the start. A vaccine that usually takes ten years cannot possibly be ready in six months.
It’s also absurd to administer the same vaccine for a virus whose severity varies wildly by race and region. There was zero clinical trial data for Asians, yet the government was falling over itself to beg for this mysterious substance and inject everyone. It was madness, and yet the media joined in on the "get jabbed, get jabbed" promotion.
The problem with the "Category 2" designation was also easy to understand. Because of that, ordinary local clinics couldn't see patients, and health centers collapsed. This caused a "medical collapse" that never should have happened, and people died of other illnesses or injuries because they couldn't get care. They over-hyped the fear of COVID at the start. If they had treated it like the flu, the actual damage would have been much lower.
On these two points—the vaccines being a global scam and Category 2 being a mistake—I’m 100% decided.
However, for things like masks, Ivermectin, and shedding... I’m still not at a 100-to-0 certainty.

The Harmful Mask Theory

Goro: What are your "percentages" for those, Allan? Masks, Ivermectin, shedding.

Allan: Many doctors claim masks are not only useless but harmful, but I don't go as far as to "resist" them in my daily life. Most stores and hospitals won't let you in without one. I’m not the type to raise my voice and shout, "This is wrong!" while trying to force my way in maskless. Call it "peer pressure" if you like, but I’ll just put one on and enter quietly. I don't want to waste my energy on things like that.

Goro: I’m the same.

Yūdai: I don't even own such a thing as a mask.

Goro: What?! So do you get into fights with clerks at places that say "No Mask, No Entry"?

Yūdai: I don't waste my time with such trifles. I rarely go into town, but if I must enter such a facility, I simply wrap a furoshiki cloth around my head like a ninja, leaving only my eyes visible. No one has complained yet. In fact, people give me a wide berth without me saying a word, so there’s no risk of "crowding."

Goro: Whoa... that’s actually legendary. So cool.

Yūdai: Are you mocking me again?

Goro: No, no, I sincerely think that’s cool!

Allan: As adults, we can avoid friction with that kind of attitude, but forcing children to wear masks all day is a serious problem. It’s absolutely wrong. It’s nothing short of madness to see parents and children wearing masks inside their own homes.
It’s vital for children to be exposed to various bacteria, viruses, and allergens to build their resistance and immunity. If you over-protect them, they’ll grow into sickly adults. Furthermore, seeing the adults around them masked-up hinders their acquisition of language and emotional cues, which negatively impacts their intellectual development and mental stability. That much is clear. So, everyone wearing masks in kindergartens and schools is a disaster.
On the other hand, I wonder if the health damage from "obstructing oxygen intake" via masks is really as severe as some claim. It’s normal for someone with hay fever to wear a mask to stop sneezing and coughing.
That said, there is no doubt that the "Masked Society" has gone way too far, and the negative impact is immense. Regardless of whether it prevents infection, a human being cannot live a sane life in such a society.

Ivermectin Worship and the Shadow of Shedding

Goro: What about Ivermectin? I’ve actually imported some for personal use, though I haven't used it yet.

Allan: That seems reasonable—keeping it on hand like a common cold medicine. However, I’m skeptical about taking it as a "preventative." There’s no need to fear the virus that much. It is a type of macrolide antibiotic, so I don’t think it should be taken when you’re perfectly healthy. This extreme "Ivermectin worship," where people believe it’s a miracle cure for everything, is a dangerous trend.

Goro: I agree. Recently, I’ve heard doctors saying it doesn’t seem to work as well against the Omicron BA.2 variant.

Allan: Really?

Goro: I read a post by a doctor who felt that way. He said he saw some effectiveness up until BA.1, but BA.2 is a completely different beast. Of course, there’s no formal data yet; it’s just his observation from treating patients on the front lines.
Even the cautious doctors don't say it's completely useless, though. They admit it definitely worked up until the Delta variant. They’re just pointing out that treating it like a panacea is a mistake.

Allan: It’s fascinating how the people who completely deny Ivermectin—doctors included—overlap perfectly with the hardcore "pro-vaccine" crowd. It’s a mirror image.

Goro: Exactly. It’s a chorus of "No evidence!"
But naturally, there’s no evidence from double-blind trials for Ivermectin against COVID because they haven't been done—and they’re nearly impossible to do now. We have no choice but to rely on the clinical experience of doctors who have actually used it.
The words of a practicing physician who faces patients every day carry more weight than the "evidence" brandished by "experts" who haven't seen a single patient.
Besides, what "evidence" is there for the Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca vaccines? They were given "special emergency approval" in Japan before clinical trials were even finished in their own home countries.

Yūdai: Precisely.

Goro: And what about "shedding"?

Yūdai: What on earth is that?

Goro: It’s the theory that after someone is vaccinated, their body produces microscopic substances called exosomes. These carry spike proteins, which are then expelled through breath or sweat. This is said to cause health problems like headaches or fatigue in unvaccinated people nearby. Technically, "shedding" has a slightly different meaning in virology, but in the context of COVID, that’s the gist of it.

Yūdai: So you're saying those who took the vaccine are causing health issues for those around them? Wasn't the whole point of getting the shot to "protect others" as well as yourself? And yet, it’s doing the opposite?

Allan: That’s why the vaccinated crowd gets so angry. They’re told, "You're full of it!" It’s a bitter pill to swallow: the idea that the very thing you endured to avoid becoming a "victimizer" might have actually turned you into one. Most people refuse to even entertain the thought.
As for me, I’m undecided on shedding... maybe 70/30. I’d say there’s a 70% chance it’s real and a 30% chance it isn't.

Goro: I’ve been following the insights of Dr. Hiroshi Arakawa (an immunology expert at the Institute of Molecular Oncology in Milan). He seems to have come to believe that shedding is a reality.

"Pfizer's own documents point to the possibility that vaccinated individuals could secrete spike proteins and cause adverse effects in others. In fact, there are reports of vaccinated people triggering side effects in unvaccinated family members. This is abnormal for a vaccine. The biggest concern is that the vaccinated might accelerate the natural selection of the virus, potentially creating highly virulent strains. If such a variant appears in the coming months or years, the vaccinated could become 'superspreaders,' potentially leading to a 'vaccine pandemic' with mass casualties due to Antibody-Dependent Enhancement (ADE)."
(From "Why the COVID Vaccine is Dangerous" by Dr. Hiroshi Arakawa)

Allan: Regardless of whether shedding is real, the data from various countries already suggests that the vaccinated are more prone to infection or certain pathologies, leading to a rise in mortality rates. I’d say there’s an 80% chance that’s true. Consequently, the vaccines might be widening the total damage. In fact, excess mortality rates have spiked in almost every country following the vaccine rollouts.

Early Days: When We Knew Nothing

Allan: We’ve jumped ahead a bit, but looking back two years... around February and March 2020, we had no idea what was happening or what the best course of action was. I was just as confused and tossed about by the information as everyone else.
At that point, what we "knew" was roughly this:

• It was highly contagious. Besides contact and droplet transmission, data began suggesting significant "aerosol" transmission.
  
• Some people had such strong resistance they didn't even notice they were infected, but they could still spread it—which was a nightmare.
  
• The hallmark symptom was "unprecedented fatigue"—so severe you didn't even have the energy to stand up. Other symptoms were flu-like: lingering fever, cough, and sometimes diarrhea.
  
• Young people were often asymptomatic or recovered quickly without becoming serious cases.
  
• However, for the elderly or those with underlying conditions, the flu-like symptoms could suddenly turn fatal.
  
• Early administration of anti-HIV drugs seemed to offer some improvement in severe cases.
  
• Japan’s "border control" had failed; by late February, community spread was already rampant.
  
• There was no predicted end date. It was unclear if it would weaken in high temperatures like SARS, or if infection granted lasting immunity.
  

Basically, all we knew was that a new virus had exploded in Wuhan, China, and people were dying.

Yūdai: Wuhan was locked down on January 23, 2020. Exactly one month later, on February 22, the death toll was 2,345. Confirmed infections were reported to exceed 76,000. I remember the numbers because they follow a sequence: 1.23 for the lockdown, and on 2.22, it was 2-3-4-5 deaths.

Allan: While we eventually uncovered a mountain of lies, suspicious nudging, and criminal acts regarding COVID, it was likely true that thousands died in Wuhan at that time.
The area of Wuhan is about 8,500 $km^2$ with 11 million people. Compare that to the "Greater Tokyo Area" (Tokyo and its surrounding five prefectures), which covers a similar 8,500 $km^2$ but has over 38 million people—more than three times the population. Back then, there were predictions that if a Wuhan-style explosion hit Tokyo, the death toll would be catastrophic.

Yūdai: If I recall, the damage in the West hadn't surfaced yet, and there was even a theory that Asians might be the most susceptible to severe illness from this virus.

Allan: That might have been the case. As it turned out, it was the exact opposite...Regardless, there was simply so much we didn't understand yet.

Was the Virus Man-made?

Goro: The theory that it was a man-made virus leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology has been around since the very beginning.

Yūdai: Oh, it certainly has.

Allan: It was dismissed as a "conspiracy theory" back then, but now, I find it harder to believe it wasn't engineered. I was 50/50 on the man-made theory initially, but now I’m over 80% convinced.

Goro: I’m at 95%.
Dr. Michael Yeadon, a former Vice President and Chief Scientist at Pfizer, filed a petition with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to halt COVID vaccine development. He said, "I am a scientist; I have no interest in conspiracy theories or politics. But this COVID upheaval feels like a perfect plan—economically, socially, and psychologically—that seems to have been orchestrated over many years."

Yūdai: Ho-ho...

Goro: Wait, Yūdai-san, are you a "natural origin" believer?

Yūdai: I couldn't care less. Even if we find out, the thing already exists in this world. Knowing doesn't change the predicament.

Goro: Come on! This is where the conversation is supposed to get exciting!

Allan: Now, now...
We can pile up as many inferences as we like, but we'll likely never know the absolute truth. Personally, even if it was engineered, I find it hard to believe China intentionally scattered it.

Goro: I’d like to hear more about that. Why do you think so?

Allan: The original strain might have come out of that Wuhan lab, but the U.S. and France were involved in that facility, weren't they? Sending samples, funding, and researchers. It doesn't look like something China developed in isolation.
There’s even a theory that the first infections happened in the U.S., not Wuhan. Looking at the Chinese government's reaction after Wuhan became the epicenter, they seemed aware of the virus but surprised by the scale of the explosion within their own borders.
Plus, recent research suggests that mutations from Omicron onwards are fundamentally different from everything up to Delta. They say such extreme mutations are impossible through natural evolution in just six months.
In other words, Omicron might be a newly engineered strain from a different lineage.
When you integrate all these pieces, it feels like this isn't a plan orchestrated by a single government or a single pharma company.
Of course, this is 100% my own speculation.

Goro: No, that’s fascinating. I’ve felt something similar—like a war where multiple conflicting interests are clashing.

Yūdai: So you're saying the "Wuhan Army" went out first, the "Delta Army" took over the mission, and then the "Omicron Army" was deployed from a different base entirely?

Goro: Something like that.
There’s a theory in some circles that Omicron BA.1 was actually an "interceptor unit" designed to wipe out the Delta-type viruses. Regardless of whether it's a conspiracy, some in the medical community view its impact that way.

Yūdai: How so?

Goro: The original Omicron, BA.1, is incredibly contagious but has a low severity rate. Since different viruses can't easily thrive in the body at the same time, the spread of BA.1 effectively crowds out the more lethal strains. Many people don't even show symptoms. If we didn't cause a panic by obsessing over PCR positives, COVID deaths would naturally plummet. In that sense, BA.1 is a "savior virus."

Allan: I’ve heard that one. Thanks to COVID, influenza cases dropped dramatically. Some doctors even say COVID was a "good virus" from the start because more people used to die from flu-related issues. Of course, saying that out loud would end a doctor's career, so most keep it to themselves.

Goro: BA.1 might be a savior, but they say the current BA.2 isn't so sweet. A completely different, formidable enemy has appeared. Some even whisper that BA.2 was a "worst-case version" created specifically to counter BA.1... but hey, who knows?

Yūdai: And thus, we have arrived at the "Who-Knows Festival." Well, fine by me.

Factor X and "Abenomask"

Allan: We’ve strayed quite far. Let’s get back to our review of the last two years.
By late March 2020, news broke of the skyrocketing death toll in Europe—especially Italy. Everyone started noticing the strange disparity: why were deaths so low in Japan and South Korea?

Goro: But then, on March 25, news hit that Ken Shimura was in critical condition on an ECMO machine. A wave of tension gripped Japan. Everyone realized, "Wait, this really is a terrifying disease."

Yūdai: Wasn't that around the time "Abenomask" appeared? (The government's plan to distribute two small cloth masks to every household using tax money).

Goro: Yes, exactly! The internet turned into a giant comedy show.

Yūdai: That was when we were forced to witness the utter incompetence of the Japanese government. The "will they, won't they" regarding the Olympics, Yoshiro Mori being dragged down for his blatant vulgarity... everything they did was too little, too late.

Allan: If we start talking about those people, we’ll be here all night...
Anyway, by May, as deaths in the West soared, the gap between them and Asians became undeniable. Dr. Shinya Yamanaka dubbed this unknown factor "Factor X," and it became a bit of a buzzword.
I started thinking Factor X was a combination of things, but primarily the difference in HLA types.

Yūdai: H-L-A?

Allan: A genetic marker. Think of it like a white blood cell type. I suspect that’s why Asians have a lower severity rate.

Yūdai: Whatever the cause, it was clear by then that in Asia, this wasn't a disease to be feared to that extent. There was no need to mimic the panicked West.
It would have been better if our incompetent government had simply done nothing. Instead, they were suckered into buying massive amounts of suspicious drugs, leading to this irreversible situation.

Allan: Truly. It's clear now: they signed irreversible "secret deals" with big pharma.
Ultimately, people call it a "COVID crisis," but the essence is a "Vaccine Fraud crisis." I don't know what organizations or mechanisms are behind it, but after two years, it’s obvious: they created a "Terror named COVID" to launch a "Massive Vaccine Scam."

Goro: I just can't wrap my head around why people keep going for a second or third shot. Side effects are a huge topic, and so many doctors and scientists worldwide are warning that these vaccines are harmful. People say the media suppresses the "harmful vaccine" theory, but the internet is full of injury reports and warnings. You can't miss it. Plus, everyone sees people around them getting sick after the jab.

Yūdai: Most people aren't "idle" like us. They don't spend their time gathering info online. They act because the government said so, the doctor said so, the voucher arrived in the mail, or they feel they'll be in trouble if they don't. You can't really blame them for the first one.

Goro: Maybe for the first. But by the second, a huge number of people had fevers or were bedridden—they actually suffered. Normally, you’d think, "Is this vaccine really okay?" By the second round, the internet was overflowing with injuries and dissenting doctors. And yet, they go for a third?

Yūdai: Perhaps there's a sense of "elation" involved.

Goro: Elation?

Yūdai: Yes. Like the soldiers in the war who volunteered to die for their country. It’s a psychological high—a sense of mission that "even if I suffer, it's for the good of society." Those people bragging about their side effects on social media? That’s exactly what it is.

Goro: I get that. I know people who declared, "I’ll be the human sacrifice!" They experienced worse side effects with the first and second shots, yet went for the third with a bizarre sense of glee.

Yūdai: There are even senryu poems about it:
"Bragging of youth / Not by the skin / But by the side effects."
"Strangely relieved / To find our side effects / Are just the same."
"Loud side effects / From me; my wife and daughter / Show no reaction."

Allan: Many people were also in situations where they’d be kicked out of work or barred from competitions they’d trained for. That’s still happening. The government says "vaccination is a personal choice" and "no discrimination allowed," but it’s a clear violation of human rights.

Yūdai: And many took it while weeping, knowing full well the risks.

Allan: In 5 or 10 years, this will likely be a massive drug-harm scandal. Lawsuits have already started, but I suspect it will grow into a scale the government can't handle. The responsibility of politicians and the media is immense. If only they had stayed in bed and done nothing.

Yūdai: You're saying the world would be much calmer now if they hadn't acted.

Allan: I'd say the probability is high.

Yūdai: Those people busy with "Connecting Room Affairs" and "Abenomasks" never stood a chance against a global-scale scam. Maybe it would have been better if they’d remained useless and just stared blankly at the wall.

Goro: Man... that’s a depressing thought to end on. Sigh.