https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/2309642
This thread by @srayzie got deleted by MF.
Relates directly to previous leads regarding the Haiti earthquake.
I studied microbiology in college. I can independantly verfiy that the claims in the linked thread are plausible.
How: The root cause of death in Cholera infections is dehydration. Organ damage is extremely rare.
Why: Cholera would also serve as the perfect method by which to cover up an organ harvesting operation. It would be really easy to shake off suspiscion if the murder weapon and the cover up are one and the same. No one would suspect it for people would be naturally be inclined to believe a disease epidemic was the cause of all the deaths of those who were subsequently targeted for organ harvesting.
@2impendingdoom you were curious regarding the timing of the Honduras cholera epidemic and one of Hillary's emails. Was there by chance a disaster before this?
@River_Otter you mentioned something about an epidemic in Yemen. Any recent crisis of any sort there in the months before hand?
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septimasexta ago
Vitiligo (loss of skin pigment) seems to be associated with certain transplants:
"The exact etiology of vitiligo is unknown; however, there is evidence to suggest that it is most likely due to lymphocyte-mediated destruction of melanocytes occurring by both humoral- and cell-mediated mechanisms. Naughton et al2 showed that antimelanocyte antibodies were present in vitiligo patients. Sera from patients with vitiligo were shown to react with melanocyte surface and cytoplasmic antigens.3, 4 Yao-Hua Song et al5 showed that tyrosinase, an enzyme important in melanin formation, is a principal auto antigen of autoimmune vitiligo. Wankowicz-Kalinsha et al6 found increased amounts of melanocyte-reactive cytotoxic T cells in the peripheral blood of patients with vitiligo and were able to show a correlation between perilesional T-cell infiltration and melanocyte loss in situ, suggesting the possible role of cellular immunity in the pathogenesis of the disease. It is clear that the cause of this skin disorder is multifactorial.
A review of the literature revealed that all of the cases reported of vitiligo after stem cell/bone marrow transplant or after donor lymphocyte infusion, occurred in patients who had developed GVHD. GVHD was mild, grade I in some cases and more severe, up to grade III in others. In allogeneic stem cell transplant the patient and donor are usually matched for the MHC Class I (A, B) and MHC Class II (DR) antigens. GVHD could, therefore, occur due to mismatch of minor histocompatibility antigens.7 The development of GVHD is a multistep process in which the recipient tissues are recognized as foreign by the donor immune system, leading to the activation and expansion of various effector populations ultimately leading to T-cell-mediated direct cytotoxic damage of target tissues.
In this patient, we hypothesize that GVHD was most likely the inciting factor leading to the production of melanocyte-specific cytotoxic T cells and the development of vitiligo several months later. This case is unusual in that vitiligo presented one and a half years after stem cell transplantation." https://www.nature.com/articles/1705137
darkknight111 ago
Interesting read.
For the non science majors viewing this thread, the shorthand is that in auto immune disease the host's immune system goes maverick and regards "self" tissue as an enemy and attacks it, causing disease. Our immune system works on a "us vs them" premise. The cytotoxic T cells (CD8) work by recognizing an "altered self" marker (common in virus infections) and induces a self destruct sequence in the infected cell (working properly, like a "mercy kill"). In this case, targeting cells responsible for skin pigment.
4_InquiringMinds ago
Are you saying the demand for Melanin-rich organs bypasses organ rejection on a more permanent basis?
septimasexta ago
That was my conclusion after reading the whole article. If more melanin is present in the organ, perhaps the risk of vitiligo is reduced. I am not a scientist. Perhaps someone with a medical research background could confirm this?
ESOTERICshade ago
@jangles is the big brain on this subject.