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Speaking the truth

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Coco sometimes finds it difficult to see the wood for the trees when trying to decide what is really important about recent pieces of news speculation over the contents of which has been perhaps been suppressed for six or more years. When the Director of a Government organisation resigns, for personal not political reasons, and on the last working day, 19 June 2026, releases that which had been classified, then you, dear reader, might be forgiven for thinking that perhaps the resignation was political after all, and perhaps more so when the content of the disclosures are considered.

But to think in that way would be to impugn the integrity of the outgoing directress, whom we could not call a whistle-blower for she was acting in her official capacity as Director of National Intelligence of the government of the United States. The press release my be found here: Fauci Funded Wuhan Lab Research That Sparked COVID.

There is also an official video a copy of which may be found on Rumble. If you want to skip the adds this link to the playlist may still work. The link above may cease to work if rumble apply a no-cross-origin policy.

The cache of documents may be found here, but the same links are on the official dni.gov site.
COVID-19 Release Index
COVID-19 Release Part 1
COVID-19 Release Part 2
COVID-19 Release Part 3
COVID-19 Release Part 4

Lymphoedema Awareness Day 2025

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In 2025 many people are suffering with lymphoedema and face many challenges in daily life and lack of hope. This short video highlights some of the global challenges that are delaying the development of effective lymphoedema care worldwide. Lymphoedema affects the poorest populations and even many high income countries do not have a centre of excellence available to them. The International Lymphoedema Framework is a registered charity working with its national partners to improve care as well as joining with other international societies that have a similar aim.

Lymphoedema Awareness Day 2025. © ILF 2025

Lipedema – the debate

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There is a debate in the world of Lipedema which Coco now spells not as Lipoedema in order to avoid the suggestion that oedema (water based fluid) is present in the dsytrophy which is called lipedema1. Coco has referenced the debate in other articles – here and here. The video referenced below produced by Colin Mockery (is that a pen name like Coco?) is quite long but an excellent literature review for anyone who has either the smallest interest in lipedema or who is looking for an example of how to review literature and present the results of such a review. The reader must understand that in saying this Coco is not condoning the conclusions of this particular review. Coco is merely saying it is a good example of a review. For an assessment of the conclusions of the review the reader must look elsewhere, in particular any reply that may have been prepared by any of those who were subjects of the review.

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Lipedema

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Sometimes it is hard to obtain a list of the things that can go wrong after or during surgery, though best practice dictates that patients should be provided with full information in order that they may give informed consent to the intervention – it occurs to Coco that perhaps the insurance standard of the utmost good faith should be applied to the contract – but at the ITALF 2024 conference held in the auditorium at the Atheneum Pontificium Regina Apostolorum in Rome we were presented with such a list,

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Famine in Africa

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Digging riverbeds to find water

The article posted by the BBC Digging riverbeds in Zimbabwe in desperate search for water reminds us of the dire famine in much of south central Africa. The Zimbabwe Partnership Trust has for several years supported communities in Zimbabwe including by financing the drilling of bore-holes to provide water for agricultural projects and schools in remote regions. ZPT is focussed this year very much on the relief of famine in those communities where it has been working through trusted local partners.

Fake News?

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Coco had only visited the site in order to check whether British or US spelling was being used to describe the class of medical facility which are called health centres, and not to examine whether fake news were being promoted, and whilst the video may contain much accurate information about the response of the government to the outbreak of covid-19, it began on a rather bad foot.

Coco is talking about this item on YouTube:

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