I would suggest taking Dr. Mikovits' comments with a (generous) grain of salt (especially after watching most of the video -- the America's Voice interview -- I found her to be lacking in credibility). Youtube is right to take it down, as it is promoting misinformation.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-ch...
https://heavy.com/news/2020/05...
Interesting to note that the video uses the strawman argument that SARS-Cov-2 went from bat to human when all the evidence has shown for months that there was an intermediate host (which even Dr. Mikovits acknowledges). This strawman argument is used a number of times through the video to "support" the position that the virus did not arise naturally.
Just after the 10 min mark she claims SARS-Cov-2 is an evolution of the original SARS-Cov (the original SARS virus). Again, the genetic studies have shown that this is not the case. SARS-Cov is not a parent of SARS-Cov-2; SARS-Cov-2 is a sibling of SARS-Cov.
I was not expecting her to support the discredited conspiracy theory that the virus was created in a lab in the US.
The flu vaccines aren't directly spreading COVID-19 or the flu as suggested in the video. There is
some evidence to indicate that the immune system is weakened after the admission of the flu vaccine (which is why the UK is apparent delaying a recommendation on this). Dr. Mikovits is correct in that there is a potential cytokine storm problem with the early SARS vaccines, but with 15 different vaccines under development and none fully tested yet, it is way too early to draw a conclusion on the impact of a SARS-Cov-2 vaccine. In fact, the data we have from the early SARS vaccine development should inform the development of the SARS-Cov-2 vaccine, not halt it altogether as she is suggesting.
At 17 minutes she claims Dr. Fauci is corrupt for blocking use of hydroxychloriquine and promoting on clinical trials (17:50). To me, this seriously damages her credibility, as I have been following the reports for myself - Dr. Fauci was exercising an appropriate level of caution given the untested nature of the drug in this application and he was right - studies are showing limited to no benefit but increased risk (as mentioned in some earlier posts by Rosie).
Her logic breaks down further with the claims of herd immunity and blaming the FDA and Fauci for the lockdown. The Imperial College report stopped the UK government from its herd immunity approach. With 70,000 deaths and rising so far (with a lockdown!), a herd immunity approach would have been even worse. Letting the virus tear through in order to establish herd immunity is, based on all available evidence, criminally insane.
Then at 20 minutes in she says it's a mild flu and that coronaviruses are not the cause of COVID-19. But previously she said it was an evolution of SARS... and that's not a mild flu! Even her own argument isn't consistent. We're now into the realm of massive conspiracy theories where the entire globe must be lying about the cause of COVID-19.
I gave up watching at that point.
