Fighting the Plague

A look at the situation in France, from ma chère amie, Tiberge.

From GalliaWatch 

By Tiberge

In this time of plague I must admit I have little interest in posting about the usual issues. I had hoped to post articles on recent acts of violence; on Macron’s rather desperate maneuverings aimed at getting himself re-elected in 2022, something that is appearing less and less likely; on the determination of traditional French Catholics to stop the new law on bio-ethics that would allow lesbian couples to have children via medically assisted procreation without naming the sperm donor, thus eliminating the father from the life of an unfortunate child conceived only for the ego satisfaction of two females. The law also promotes GPA (gestation by another) or surrogate motherhood. Protesters came out in force on March 8, International Women’s Day, in front of the National Assembly as the video below shows. The woman in red is Ludovine de la Rochère, president of La Manif Pour Tous (LMPT) the association that was created in 2012 in opposition to the law on same-sex marriage. La Rochère has shifted her energies to the new law on bioethics. But these laws are all part of the same socialist-driven mutation that undermines traditional marriage, birth, and parenthood.

In the video the girls are wearing the red Phrygian bonnet, an extreme leftist revolutionary symbol . I don’t believe they are completely aware of the discrepancy between this symbol of violence and the very traditional cause they are fighting for. They probably feel like revolutionaries in a better sense of the word.

Other topics of recent interest include the municipal elections in France, the first round of which just ended with Marine Le Pen and her RN party victorious in their effort to re-elect mayors who have won the approval of voters through their patriotism, their concern for the security of the citizens, and their devotion to traditional France. Not surprisingly Macron has postponed the second round, but we can’t blame him for that this time. If he’s hoping the plague will change voters’ minds he may be in for some unpleasantness. (In passing, the French minister of Culture Franck Riester, the mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi, and eighteen deputies have all tested positive.)

Revelations of major importance appear in a report published on February 19 by lawyer and writer Grégor Puppinck, who is also Director General of the European Centre for Law and Justice, an organization that works to expose and if necessary condemn the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, decisions based not necessarily on principles of justice, but on the personal agendas of powerful deciders behind the scenes, among them George Soros and his Open Society Foundation (OSF). While Soros is not exactly behind the scenes, the extent of his power and influence on the judges of the ECHR has been concealed until now, as this seminal report shows. The 25-page report in English can be downloaded here. You will be asked for your name and e-mail.


But the plague is the top story and the major concern of all of us. Totally unexpected a few days ago, we are now counting rolls of toilet paper and terrified of a sneeze or a slight fever. And we are surprised to learn of the seriousness of the epidemic in Northern Italy where hundreds have died. It could be because there is a large population of older people in that region. France has entered what they are calling the “third stage” and many are hoping that in two weeks we will see a downturn in the number of infected persons. For now the USA has more infections than Switzerland but fewer than France where the proximity to Northern Italy may be a factor. So much of this is speculation and everybody who tackles the questions of etiology (cause of illness) speaks as if from supreme authority, yet we are still in need of many clarifications.

According to Le Figaro the rate of infection in France has not changed one iota despite measures adopted two weeks ago. There were 4500 cases Saturday night (March 14). The general director of Health indicated that the figure doubles every 72 hours, meaning that the epidemic is staying on its natural course. Which in turn means that  three days later (March 17) there were 9000 cases, 18,000 cases in six days, 36,000 cases in 9 days, 72,000 cases in 12 days, 144,000 cases in two weeks…

I don’t know if the rate of infection will closely conform to the above prediction, but if it does then there are about 9000 cases in France right now, and growing exponentially… The implication is that even isolation doesn’t work, at least not as quickly as we thought, as France enters Stage 3 of the epidemic.

In agreement with the above predictions, Worldometers posts ominous statistics for France: 9,134 cases, 264 deaths, 602 recovered. These figures are very close to the predictions above from Le Figaro. The latest update at Worldometers indicates 89 new deaths as of March 18!

According to RT, China is greatly increasing its aid to Europe which has become the epicenter of the pandemic and which has now surpassed Asia in number of deaths. This is totally unexpected. Thinking back just ten days ago we were convinced it had all started in China and would end there.

France right now is almost in a panic, if we can believe this article from Le Figaro that describes the emergency services in Eastern France where ER and ICU personnel struggle with inadequate resources. Professor Éric Maury answers Le Figaro’s questions:

- What is the situation in le Grand Est?

Note: Le Grand Est is a region of Eastern France composed of ten departments. It is a fusion of three former regions: Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine. Strasbourg is the prefecture. While it is only speculation there is no question that this region is a huge hub for travelers, tourists, politicians, entertainers, etc…thus a vector for the spread of this highly contagious virus.

- Professor Maury: It is dramatic. All the beds in the ICU’s are taken. Every day there is a massive influx of patients in critical condition who must be placed in an artificial respirator and there is no more room. The medical teams have been transferring patients as far away as Rheims while others die because the services can no longer take them in! Even though the situation had been foreseen there are no more available respirators. Dr. Khaldoun Kuteifan, who leads the ICU in Mulhouse, told me yesterday he was able to set up a unit with four beds and four respirators. Open at noon it was full by 3:00 p.m. The government must intervene at once because this situation is untenable. At the University Hospital Center of Amiens the situation is also troubling: the hospital absorbed a part of the cluster from the region of l’Oise and services are extremely taxed. They are not yet saturated but they fear that will come. It appears our experience is still very limited, that patients with COVID-19 remain under artificial respirators longer than usual (possibly two to three weeks, as opposed to four days on average for non-COVID-19 patients), with all the complications including the risk of secondary infection, that it implies. As of today, in France, I have the impression that very few patients have been deprived of artificial respirators since the beginning of the epidemic

- What of Paris and the Parisian region?

- The hospitals are slowly filling up. Yesterday at AP-HP, 197 patients were in the ICU. (Note: AP-HP is Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, the regional hospital system for Paris and the department of Île-de-France.) The system could today accept 511 patients out of a total of 870 beds in resuscitation services or in intensive care. Non urgent surgeries have been postponed to free up 309 beds in postoperative rooms, but they will not be used for patients with COVID-19 since there is no way to isolate patients to avoid contagion. As of today, Sainte-Anne Hospital was transferring all those with confirmed COVID-19 to La Pitié or to Bichat, but these establishments are overwhelmed. Therefore there will be no more transfers especially since they are complex and time-consuming. The patient will instead be placed in an isolation bubble similar to those used for Ebola, and the medical personnel will protect themselves with masks, glasses, helmets, aprons, etc…

- Why was this not foreseen?

- We were probably more or less reassured by what we observed in China, where, despite 4000 deaths, the epidemic seemed to be contained. The progression of the epidemic in Italy, with a considerable number of deaths in barely two weeks, left us incredulous for it does not correspond to what we expected considering what happened in China. (…)

Professor Maury goes on to stress the urgent need to expand the capacities of respiratory services, all the while pointing out that expansion itself has limits. He says that in France there are 5000 beds equipped with resuscitation technology and more than 2500 ICU beds that can be fitted with respirators. But if those are not enough he feels they will have to turn to the military and even to veterinary medicine for more respirators. He fears the health care workers themselves will fall ill and cites the lack of masks and hydroalcoholic gel (hand sanitizers). He closes with a reminder that even in Colmar, a center equipped for nuclear and biological risks, stocks are being depleted.

Note: Five thousand beds with respirators sounds adequate but obviously it is not enough for a crisis. It appears France has fallen far behind in health care. Is this due to socialized medicine, excessively high welfare rolls, poor management, or a lack of qualified professionals?

In France, as here, there are those who see this epidemic as a reminder to all human beings that they are not as powerful as they imagined, not the control freaks who can manipulate events, not the geniuses they fancy themselves to be, and that their hedonistic ways eventually lead to the need re-examine the deeper meaning of life. But this re-examination, unfortunately, will not endure beyond the end of the epidemic, and we can justifiably fear that cold-blooded manipulators will see in bioweapons the extermination camps of the future.

Here are excerpts from an article by Catholic writer and defender of the rights of Christians, Bernard Antony:

“We are not in the Middle Ages!” This is what we sometimes hear from the mouths of prideful ignoramuses persuaded that as a civilization our time is quite superior to that of Saint Louis, Saint Thomas Aquinas and the builders of Notre-Dame, a time they regard as obscurantist and barbaric. As if, in matters of barbarity, our world had not reached the summits! And suddenly, despite all the advances of science and research in so many fields, a nasty virus, spreading on all continents, has slapped modern man in the face.

At first the murderous damage of the corona virus does not seem to be a case of the ransom of progress, as was the explosion of Fukushima or many other illnesses. Nevertheless, already, many questions are being asked about the irruption of this virus.

The author runs through the most prevalent theories about the virus: it was carried by animals in Chinese markets; or Chinese dictator Xi Jinping operated laboratories of bacteriological research from which the virus somehow escaped, etc… He points out that none of these theories has been proven. He closes with dread of the future:

But looking at the ravages already caused by the corona, one cannot help but fear the effects of other viruses cultivated in centers designated in military language as “A.B.C.” (bacteriological and chemical weapons). As terrifying by their effects as nuclear bombs, they constitute the greatest exterminating potential for terrorists and they are much easier to use.

As you can see, progress does not stop…


A welcome piece of news is Greek resistance to the unwanted immigration that has been decimating the country for so long. The French should take a lesson from the Greeks whose ancient reputation for courage and nationalism is resurgent at long last. The Catholic archbishop of Athens accused the European Union of abandoning his country to the massive influx of migrants, while the Greek Orthodox archbishop blessed the citizens who took on the job of patrolling the shore where the migrants attempt to land.

The video below from the ever-optimistic Steve Turley discusses the Greek resistance in greater detail:

In all, despite the virus, the news is not all bad. Marine Le Pen’s party is holding its own, George Soros’ agenda to manipulate the judges of the ECHR is being exposed, French Catholics are fighting against an unethical law on “bio-ethics”, Greece is back, Italy is responding to adversity with solidarity and song, and certainly a wave of nationalism is in the air. For how long and to what degree, we don’t know.

But the most striking reaction to this virus is the sudden desire to CLOSE borders! Who would have thought it possible?

Below, a beautiful image of a virus. It could be a jewel, a flower, a colorful asteroid. It could even be a pin cushion. Fascinating and unnerving. They say the smallest organisms are the most deadly. Especially if they have been turbocharged in the laboratory. The photo comes from the ANH-USA website (Alliance for Natural Health).

Note: If you’re interested in intravenous Vitamin C therapy for the virus, read this article from Orthomolecular News.

I hope everyone has food and adequate supplies. I am fine for now, but if this really goes on we will see the worst side of humanity. What we have witnessed so far is only a prelude. As far as food is concerned it will be every man for himself. One important thing the authorities did not impose on us is rationing. If each person bought only what he normally buys, or even a bit less than normal, the shortages could be managed. If I were allowed a loaf of bread a week, that would be fine, but if people tear apart the stores and buy up all the bread then what?