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[[Spiked Online]] reported on the ‘advance directive implant’ (ADI) in July 2021.<ref>https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/07/29/the-grimmest-method-yet-of-assisted-suicide/</ref>
 
[[Spiked Online]] reported on the ‘advance directive implant’ (ADI) in July 2021.<ref>https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/07/29/the-grimmest-method-yet-of-assisted-suicide/</ref>
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==Involuntary euthanasia and COVID-19==
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===Do Not Resuscitate orders===
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During the [[COVID-19 deep event]] the British government started a large-scale campaign to pressure chronically ill people, including some people with autism, sight loss or epilepsy<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-do-not-resuscitate-dnr-learning-disabilities-turning-point-a9561201.html</ref><ref name=illegal>https://off-guardian.org/2021/06/22/illegal-dnrs-ventilators-and-involuntary-euthanasia/</ref>, to sign or accept '''Do Not Resuscitate orders''' (DNR). Some people had the order signed on their behalf in secret, and in June 2020, it was revealed that “blanket” DNRs had been applied to nursing homes by GPs all around the country.<ref>https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/regulation/cqc-to-review-blanket-do-not-resuscitate-orders/</ref>
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The use of DNRs was, allegedly, to protect the health system from the influx of Covid patients and to try and keep ICU beds open.
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The significance of the DNRs might not have been realized by most it was applied to, since it what they might have imagined as a merciful pulling the plug when unconscious, in fact applied to much wider health services, including ruling out attempts at cardiopulmonary resuscitation,<ref>https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4733</ref> and not giving nutrition and drink, leaving patients to die of dehydration{{cn}}.
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*In the UK, the number of prescriptions for the drug [[midazolam]] doubled during height of the pandemic"<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8514081/Number-prescriptions-drug-midazolam-doubled-height-pandemic.html</ref> Midazolam has been associated with respiratory depression and respiratory arrest , especially when used for sedation in noncritical care settings."<ref>https://www.drugs.com/sfx/midazolam-side-effects.html</ref>
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*The “[[Undercover Nurse]]” reported that the hospital she worked at in [[New York]] had widespread abuse of the DNR system<ref>https://off-guardian.org/2020/06/11/watch-perspectives-on-the-pandemic-9/</ref>, and [[Rosemary Frei]] wrote an article breaking down the way deaths were “created” in [[Canadian]] care homes<ref>https://off-guardian.org/2020/05/26/were-conditions-for-high-death-rates-at-care-homes-created-on-purpose/</ref>.
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*Belgium was deliberately negligent of many seniors and withheld service “When Covid 19 hit, many elderly were left to die,”<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/08/world/europe/coronavirus-nursing-homes-elderly.html</ref>, ““Paramedics had been instructed by their referral hospital not to take patients over a certain age, often 75 but sometimes as low as 65,” Médecins Sans Frontières said in a July 2020 report.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/08/world/europe/coronavirus-nursing-homes-elderly.html</ref>
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*Euthanasia has also been hinted at by whistleblowers specifically through the use of [[ventilators]] on patients who never needed them. The use of ventilators was pushed in guidelines from the [[NHS]], [Centers for Diseases Control|CDC]], [[European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control|ECDC]] and [[WHO]] as soon as the [[pandemic]] started. As [[Kit Knightly]] points out, "it’s very probable that this did a lot more harm than good, killing huge numbers of patients who may otherwise have survived (though obviously it cannot be proven – at this stage – that this was deliberate)."<ref name=illegal/>
  
 
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Revision as of 13:33, 30 July 2021

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Interest ofJacques Attali, Peter Singer
The practice of intentionally ending life, may be a government policy more than people are aware of.

Euthanasia is the practice of intentionally ending life, nominally to end pain and suffering.

Euthanasia is categorized in different ways, which include voluntary, non-voluntary, or involuntary:[1]

  • Voluntary euthanasia is legal in a growing number of countries.
  • Assisted suicide, also known as assisted dying or medical aid in dying, is suicide undertaken with the aid of another person.
  • Non-voluntary euthanasia (patient's consent unavailable) is legal in some countries under certain limited conditions, in both active and passive forms.
  • Involuntary euthanasia (without asking consent or against the patient's will) is illegal in all countries and is usually considered murder.

UK

Spiked Online reported on the ‘advance directive implant’ (ADI) in July 2021.[2]

Involuntary euthanasia and COVID-19

Do Not Resuscitate orders

During the COVID-19 deep event the British government started a large-scale campaign to pressure chronically ill people, including some people with autism, sight loss or epilepsy[3][4], to sign or accept Do Not Resuscitate orders (DNR). Some people had the order signed on their behalf in secret, and in June 2020, it was revealed that “blanket” DNRs had been applied to nursing homes by GPs all around the country.[5]

The use of DNRs was, allegedly, to protect the health system from the influx of Covid patients and to try and keep ICU beds open.

The significance of the DNRs might not have been realized by most it was applied to, since it what they might have imagined as a merciful pulling the plug when unconscious, in fact applied to much wider health services, including ruling out attempts at cardiopulmonary resuscitation,[6] and not giving nutrition and drink, leaving patients to die of dehydration[citation needed].

  • In the UK, the number of prescriptions for the drug midazolam doubled during height of the pandemic"[7] Midazolam has been associated with respiratory depression and respiratory arrest , especially when used for sedation in noncritical care settings."[8]
  • Belgium was deliberately negligent of many seniors and withheld service “When Covid 19 hit, many elderly were left to die,”[11], ““Paramedics had been instructed by their referral hospital not to take patients over a certain age, often 75 but sometimes as low as 65,” Médecins Sans Frontières said in a July 2020 report.[12]
  • Euthanasia has also been hinted at by whistleblowers specifically through the use of ventilators on patients who never needed them. The use of ventilators was pushed in guidelines from the NHS, [Centers for Diseases Control|CDC]], ECDC and WHO as soon as the pandemic started. As Kit Knightly points out, "it’s very probable that this did a lot more harm than good, killing huge numbers of patients who may otherwise have survived (though obviously it cannot be proven – at this stage – that this was deliberate)."[4]


 

Examples

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Aktion T4Nazi Germany euthanasia programme.
Human sacrificeDoctrine or ideology driven ritual murder

 

Related Document

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:The cruelty of assisted dyingArticle18 February 2023Kevin YuillA Channel 4 documentary on euthanasia in the US and Canada raises the debate of assisted dying
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