[ed. - In the competition for lost souls, Robert Earl Burton referred to other ("unconscious") teachers and schools as a "B-Influence virus."
Early in 2020, while Burton remained preoccupied with prophecies of Armageddon (in the form of hydrogen warfare) and California's fall into the Pacific Ocean, the rest of planet Earth was confronting a REAL threat in the form of the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic.
How could the all-seeing Burton have missed the warnings? Did Leonardo Da Vinci and the other 79 angels (the "Higher Forces" or "C-Influence" who personally guide him and his flock to life everlasting) intentionally conceal this "silent killer"? Among all the coded license plates, street signs, and coincidences were there no signals from the gods of an impending pandemic, a C-Influence Virus?]
"amesgilbert1" wrote on the Fellowship of Friends Discussion blog, March 31, 2020:
Yes, Burton really did interpret ‘Covid-19’ to mean that the ‘C’
referred to C-Influence, and that ‘ovid’ referred to the poet Ovid, and
that this plague was Ovid’s revenge. Of course, I was not there when
he made those claims, but the report came from an extremely reliable
source.
"Insider" wrote on the Fellowship of Friends Discussion blog, March 31, 2020:
1. amesgilbert1 [above]
It looks like Ovid (and maybe Virgil and Horace, too) is also taking
revenge on Burton and the Fellowship. The latest news is that a FF [Fellowship of Friends] member & OH [Oregon House]
resident tested positive; female; quite involved with working with
meetings and other events; close to many people who are/were close to
Burton. Other OH residents/FF members are showing symptoms. Remember,
Burton stopped live meetings, and closed Apollo D’Oro, only 12 days ago.
"diegoriverassquaretrouserleg" wrote on the Fellowship of Friends Discussion blog, April 6, 2020:
Insider @ #2 [above]
Thanks for the news of Covid infection within the FOF. I encourage you
and anyone else who knows, to post that information here for the good of
the Oregon House, Yuba/Nevada community at large.
The O.H. Fellowship community is a secretive, incestuous cult, run by a
delusional predator with a preference for frequent orgiastic
homosexual sex with his students. Members are already infected with a
shared psychosis, the hallmarks of which include magical thinking and a
disregard for, “life people” i.e. anyone not in the cult. They live in a
giant Petri dish and as such are all currently, potentially dangerous
to humanity at large.
I’m reliably informed of two members currently with Covid and have been told that G—-t has recently tested all of Bob’s [ed. - Burton's] human sex toys. It’s a thoroughly sick place with all the potential of becoming an infectious hot spot.
[ed. - Caught flat-footed (just like the rest of "sleeping"
humanity), Robert Burton and his lieutenants were forced to adapt to a
real-life crisis, not something conjured in Burton's mind. According to unnamed sources within the Apollo community, beginning in March the following measures were implemented:]
- Travel to and from countries abroad was stopped
- A large gathering in Italy scheduled for April (to be led by Dorian Matei) was cancelled.
- The “Journey Forth” celebration already underway at Apollo would see virtually no visitors from outside of California.
- Seemingly nonsensical directives were issued multiple times a day.
(e.g. "Those driving from the Bay Area are not to stop at Starbucks in
Vacaville.")
- Many upcoming concerts and other events were cancelled.
However, meetings and dinners, continued, likely in
violation of Yuba County Public Health order. (Proceeds from such events
go directly to Burton.) (And there was no procedure for turning obviously sick people away from meetings.)
- Many sanitary procedures were instituted, such as hand wipes upon
entering the Galleria, staff at Apollo D’Oro (the Fellowship's private on-premise
restaurant) frequently wiping surfaces,
etc.
- By late March, Apollo D'Oro was closed to dining, though food was available on a to-go
basis.
- Burton's "meetings" eventually moved to a virtual platform, with no in-person
audience. They are currently being broadcast, twice a day, and people can watch on
their computer. Dorian and Sasha are with Burton (at least
on camera), Dorian doing the prompting, and Sasha holding the tea cup.
(Payment is voluntary. $5 or $10 is suggested.)
- Concerts and other events have been cancelled.
- Anyone trying to visit or move to Apollo is asked to quarantine for 14 days.
- The Galleria is off limits, except for residents, cooks, housekeepers, etc.
Additional COVID notes:
In early March, it was reported that a member was infected and being
quarantined at Rideout Hospital in Marysville. At the time, there were
no officially-declared cases in Yuba County.
An inside Fellowship source subsequently confirmed a member from Italy
was being held in quarantine at Rideout. It appears that both the County
and the Fellowship were attempting to conceal this information.
An anecdote from early March: after Robert Burton learned someone on the
Galleria staff tested positive for COVID, he went to a drive-thru
testing location in Yuba City. Two
people ahead of him in line had a bad reaction to the swab, and each had
to be taken away by ambulance. Burton then decided to skip the test and
go
home.
It is unlikely there is only one confirmed case of COVID-19
among residents of Apollo, at least among people who frequented the
Galleria on a daily basis.
Still, Burton refused to follow
California and Yuba-Sutter County guidelines which prohibit large
gatherings (such as the 100+ people in attendance at Apollo meetings),
dinners for 30 (as in the small Galleria dining room), Apollo D'Oro remaining
open to Fellowship members, etc. He tried to keep
everything going, and the money flowing in, but finally gave in on March
19, one of the biggest celebration days, and cancelled all live events
going forward. (Some events resumed in May.)
In April, the Fellowship administrators anticipated a dire shortfall of
donations and other income. Couriers from abroad were no longer able to carry donations to Oregon House, as was customary. There was talk of not being able to pay Burton's salary (estimated at $30K - $50K per month).
One insider reported that, at a meeting on or around Robert Burton's May
12th birthday, the level of devotion exhibited towards Burton seemed to
be at an all-time high. Burton claimed the amount of money sent to him
as birthday gifts was the most for any birthday. Fellowship centers also sent many
videos of people wishing Robert happy birthday, singing
Happy Birthday, etc. He reportedly played several of these at the
meeting (making sure everyone knew how much he is beloved.)
By May, in addition to 14 virtual meetings per week, nightly dinners, plus lunch on Saturday and Sunday, had resumed.
$100 per seat.
Eric Ting, SF GATE
June 5, 2020
After Yuba and Sutter counties moved to reopen dine-in restaurants,
hair salons, gyms and other "high-risk" businesses with modifications
on May 4, California Governor Gavin Newsom strongly condemned the
bi-county health jurisdiction for defying the statewide shelter-in-place
order.
“They’re making a big mistake," he said during a press conference. "They’re putting their public at risk. They’re putting our progress at risk."
It's been a full month since the revised order took effect, and the
counties would certainly push back on the idea that reopening was a "big
mistake."
The health officer for the two counties, Dr. Ngoc-Phuong Luu, crafted a health order
that allowed restaurants, personal care services, gyms, libraries,
shopping malls and several other businesses that fall into "Stage 3" of
the state's reopening plan to reopen on May 4 — so long as businesses
implement safety measures such as mask mandates and six feet of physical
distancing between customers. Bars, nightclubs, places of worship* and
other sites for large gatherings remained closed.
The two rural
Northern California counties have a combined population of close to
175,000 and recorded 50 coronavirus cases and three deaths on May 1. As
of June 4, the case total has increased to 79, but the death toll
remains three. There are currently two individuals hospitalized due to
COVID-19 in the two counties at this time.
Russ Brown, a
spokesperson for Yuba County, told SFGATE the health department believes
the case increases are mostly due to increased testing, and contact
tracers have worked to prevent further spread even as many sectors of
the local economy are online.
"As far as cases go, on the exact
same day our health order was issued, a new testing site came into the
area so we always expected to capture more cases," he said. "That's
exactly what happened, so nothing unexpected."
There have been
new infections since the county reopened, but Brown stated that contract
tracing has found that almost all of the new cases are a result of
close at-home contact with infected individuals, as opposed to
transmission at restaurants, gyms, salons and other reopened businesses.
"Nearly
all of new cases are coming from known cases, either household members,
extended family, or people who made visits to the infected person,"
Brown said. "That seems to be the pattern so far."
Brown stated
that individuals are taking precautions to wear masks and keep a
requisite distance from individuals in public, but can often let their
guard down in private settings with family and friends.
"Being in
close settings where you don’t have safeguards because you're around
people you know — that really opens it up to risks and that’s what we're
seeing here," he said.
The bi-county health jurisdiction has a
very low population density (140 residents per square mile) — so the
fact that an accelerated reopening worked in Yuba and Sutter counties
does not necessarily mean an accelerated opening is warranted in San
Francisco (18,838 residents pre square mile).
"We're seeing
ongoing cases crop up now and then, but the largest concern our health
officer had was large group gatherings," Brown said. "The governor’s
office put out guidance to allow faith gatherings with modifications, so
we’ll see how that plays out."
Yuba-Sutter counties reopened
places of worship last week, and Brown says the health department does
not anticipate seeing the impact of that modification for another week
or two. The two counties have also seen protests against police
brutality following the death of George Floyd, but Brown said the crowds
are "very small" compared to the crowds seen in San Francisco and
Oakland.
In any case, dire predictions about the fate of the county following the May 4 order have not come to pass.
"The
virus is still in community, but we're fortunate to see the expansion
is still very slow," Brown said. "Even with reopening."
* [ed. - In its lawsuits, the Fellowship has repeatedly argued the Galleria is their place of worship, that meetings and meals are forms of worship.]
June 5th review of Yuba-Sutter Health Department Guidelines: Where we stand with coronavirus in Yuba-Sutter
See also: Being Called a Cult Is One Thing, Being Blamed for an Epidemic Is Quite Another
