Like we just had 'mostly peaceful' protests, now we have a 'perfectly safe' vaccine - like you see here:
The best comment on the video was this one:
"Now guys look, I know this looks bad, yes. I know that the nurse who took this vaccine that was developed in under a year and has no long-term testing, has fallen completely unconscious five minutes after taking it. And sure we faked the first nurse getting the vaccine by just having him get poked with a needle while the guy administrating it pretended to inject him with an empty syringe. Sure we're threatening the medical licenses of doctors who express even the slightest reservations about this vaccine and actively silencing and banning the accounts of people who are saying they don't trust the vaccine and shitposters making memes about it. But I think you're just being paranoid and engaging in misinformation and contributing to the formation of baseless conspiracy theories."
Vox Day is already predicting the future:
"Only confirmed idiots will be getting this "vaccine". It hasn't been comprehensively tested for efficacy, it obviously hasn't been tested for long-term health effects, it hasn't gone through the normal scientific testing routines, and most damningly, the manufacturer is not liable for any adverse effects. And it's being relentlessly pushed by a group of people who very publicly advocate lowering the global population, so it won't be even a little surprising if scientists eventually "discover" that it inhibits fertility."
And Newsweek is already (!) telling the plebs that it "not due to shot ingredients." It was because the nurse had a condition where she faints when she "feels pain."
Why there was a 15 minute delay between shot and faint is nowhere to be found in the article..... But don't worry, it's mostly peacef.... I mean, perfectly safe.
Over the weekend: Begin reading “The Osirian Cycle” (see attached) and note the characters and the events. The story will draw parallels to the stories, myths and religions of today.
I did an informal survey during today's "snow day". We were tasked with intruding on our students' divine right of snow day and getting them to do some kind of schoolwork instead of letting them be.
Here was my question:
"We have been doing virtual learning for 9 months. In your opinion, is it better or worse than being in school? Think about all the things about school before you answer. If you had to do one or the other for the rest of High School, which would it be - remote or in the building?"
I have 9th and 12th graders, so the answers have been interesting. Here is one of the best ones so far. I'll be sharing over the next few days. (It's 85/15 for going back to school and ending virtual learning).
This one is top 5, maybe top 3 when this is all said and done:
"In my opinion, this whole online school BS is not worth my mental health. This is ten times-no ... one hundred times worse than being in that building called hell. I completely missed out on my ninth grade year, missed out on half my 11th-grade year, and am missing my entire 12th-grade year. That doesn’t quite seem like the ideal high school experience now does it? I would rather swim with sharks than do the online learning nonsense ever again. If something like this happens when I’m older, I’m not EVER going to put my child through this. I’d rather homeschool them myself. I haven’t learned ANYTHING since the pandemic. I’m still in an 11th-grade mentality! How am I supposed to go to college when I can’t even hand in my assignments on time when I’m at home 24/7. I know you see how I’m slacking in your class and I am so sorry. This is a product of both my procrastination as well as my being at home 24/7 (the pandemic). It has created a monster. Happy holidays!"
"I'd rather homeschool them myself..." That caught even me by surprise.... This young black woman intuitively recognizes that Online Public School is the lowest common denominator there is. Even with the stigma attached to homeschooling, she places this online virtual school even lower. The freedom of homeschooling has been catalyzed among the teens of today.
this trend seems to be playing out all over the world:
reported covid deaths are up but all other respiratory illness deaths are way down. flu has essentially disappeared.
this is leading to all cause death levels that look normal for this time of year.
you can see that here.
and in sweden
this leads to some interesting questions about what could cause such a phenomenon
i see two plausible possibilities:
1. deaths have been reclassified from one bucket into another
2. we're seeing one disease crowd out/inoculate another
if it's simply misclassification, then we're just seeing flu deaths as normal and calling them covid by using over sensitive PCR testing and granting "death by covid" definitional dominance.
this is certainly plausible given what we know about PCR.
and such things have happened before. the UK got sucked into what amounted to a false second wave of h1n1 in precisely this manner.
and we're defining deaths "with" covid as a dominant category all over the world so this would be easy to manifest.
a possible confound to this idea of misclassification is that flu tests are being performed in large numbers but coming back with bizarrely low positive rates.
either these flu tests are being given to a really historically odd population (unlikely), this year's flu test simply does not work for some reason (have not seen evidence of this), or we're seeing something rare and surprising: covid has prevented the flu.
this sounds bizarre at first pass, but there has been some speculation about and evidence of such things in the past.
responses in epithelial tissues, preferential receptor binding, high levels of immune activation etc might be able to do this.
it looks like rhinovirus may have done this before.
if this is indeed going on, it has a number of interesting implications.
if covid crowds out flu and all cause deaths look normal, then covid is about as deadly as flu. this has been looking increasingly like the case anyway.
this dovetails with the "dry tinder" theory.
in many places, the 2018-19 flu season (and the early 19-20) were extremely mild and caused few deaths. lots of people outlived actuarial life expectancies.
they presented a highly vulnerable cohort for cov.
this led to what looked like high CFR/IFR if one does not adjust for age. but it may not have been a uniquely dangerous virus, but rather a larger than usual high risk population.
this seems consistent with the high ages of deaths, flu like or lower death rates in the young etc
it also lines up with the high presence of serious co-morbidities in such deaths.
covid went after the high risk.
but as this high risk cohort is now depleted, we're seeing covid CFR and IFR drop and start to look like a pretty normal flu
it's much lower now than spring
if covid has displaced flu and basically "cured" it by preventing it from being able to infect us and all cause deaths are normal, then in great irony for many of the "just the flu, bro" accusers, covid has literally become, just the flu.
bro.
but this thesis is not without confounds as well. for covid to have eradicated flu this thoroughly, it would need to be absolutely endemic
it would have to be incredibly widespread in the population. it cannot be inoculating/protecting you if you do not have it have not had it
consider what that means: if covid is that widespread, then all these attempts at mitigation are pointless.
we're trying to close the barn door on a horse that's already in the next county and still picking up speed.
if covid is widespread enough to be suppressing flu all over the world, then no lockdown or distancing or masking is going to accomplish anything even if such things did work (and the evidence is overwhelming that they don't).
it would also mean that a vaccine is way too late.
the only other explanation that seems to fit these facts is a really wild coincidence that there was just no flu this year or an incredibly mild one and that covid just happens to be killing about the same number of people that flu would.
this seems awfully implausible.
so we're left with either:
"covid is mostly over and being mis-identified in preference to seasonal flu"
or
"covid is so endemic that it has displaced and prevented seasonal flu all over the world."
neither seems like it needs to be or even could be addressed by NPI's.
this would seem to imply that this latest round of masks and lockdowns is the very definition of needless self harm and that we really need to knock it off before we do any more damage.
i'm just not seeing another interpretation.
it's worth noting that these two explanations are not mutually exclusive and that both could be going on in concert and that we're really just trying to determine to what degree each is having effect.
i don't think we can rule either out at this point.
i'm curious to hear if anyone has a third possible explanation that fits the fact pattern of:
normal all cause deaths very low deaths from typical seasonal RTI's rising reported covid deaths at near perfect offset almost complete disappearance of seasonal flu
thoughts?
also: as it seems to be coming up already, i just want to add that the theory that "masks and distancing stopped flu" does not seem to hold water in the face of covid spread.
the idea that it works on all RTI's except covid seems impossible, esp with cov providing such precise offset to typical flu deaths.
this seems like an exercise in selective reasoning
I also sell custom made mugs like this one here on Amazon. I'll do personalized orders as well. They are all made in the United States - in Pennsylvania.
I got a mean look from a neighbor wearing a mask. We were outside. There's a "mask mandate", and this math professor is actually listening to it. I have no idea why.
Now I have even less of an idea why. Here's the latest courtesy of Adam at Locals:
(Is there a site that is documenting all of this hypocrisy? Maybe I'm doing it by default...)
Notice the warm rhetoric about doing this 'together' and wearing a mask and all the usual babble. Unless of course, it's time for wine!
See how this works? Your business, your children, your appearance, your freedoms are forfeit - unless you're the governor and it's time for wine.
At this stage, when I see someone in my area wearing a mask and they're under 70 years old, I assume certain things in my head that I'm not prepared to type even here on this small blog.
I also sell custom made mugs like this one here on Amazon. I'll do personalized orders as well. They are all made in the United States - in Pennsylvania.
"I've followed the rules, I continue to follow the rules, and you guys still, time after time, are giving me citations, telling me I have to close my business. What about my employees?"
Van Happen tells the health inspectors that he believes that did not break the rules, as: "I chose to protest by putting my tables outside [...] yet I never served one single person outside. I did all take out food and delivery, exactly what I was supposed to be doing. That's exactly what I did."
Continuing with the trend from the last post, here is the viral video of a restaurant owner in California pleading angrily with a health inspector.
Remember, this is the same state where Nancy Pelosi can get her hair done without a mask. Gavin Newsom can dine loudly and closely with a dozen friends at a $1000 a plate menu without a mask.
And yet, this small business owner, someone who has done it right and played by the rules gets harassed. In a just world, this sniveling worm of a "health" inspector would not be doing this.
Nick's argument is the same as mine, and ignored in the same way here in NYC. Target, Costco, Wal Mart - - - they're all ok and open all the time. At this point, I don't know what it will take for people to see what is right in front of them.
But enough of that. Let's look at the swanky menu Gavin was able to sample from:
Amazing! Looks delicious. Imagine dining inside, maskless, while telling the Proles that they're not allowed to eat inside, outside, or even go outside. Must be a wild life!
Last point. Think about this: would you encourage a young person, excited about the food industry, to open a restaurant in a state like NY or CA? I wouldn't. I would mention Florida, Texas or New Hampshire, but not the Democratic Liberal Hellscape that is a place like NYC or CA. We are ruled over by depraved filth.
I also sell custom made mugs like this one here on Amazon. I'll do personalized orders as well. They are all made in the United States - in Pennsylvania.
We have been hearing a lot the last 7 months about ‘defunding the police’. There is a small, but consistent group of people who have been saying that defunding the police is not the goal – abolishing the police is. When they are asked “well after that then what do we do?” or “who will handle criminals?”, they have cogent answers to all these issues, as well as scathing critiques of law enforcement today. They make the most rabid #BLM protester look mellow.
These people are called Anarchists. The common misconception is that they crave chaos and violence. Nothing could be further from the truth. Anarchy simply means ‘without rulers’. It does not mean ‘without rules’. Another myth is that people will act crazy unless there are rulers, laws, or law enforcement watching your every move. Is there an authority figure watching you right now in the room? If not, why are you quietly reading this and not wylin’ out? This myth is perpetuated in movies like “The Purge”.
Please watch the video below. The key contributor is Michael Malice, and the two quotes that caught my attention were these:
· "Every single law that violates the constitution is a love letter to Santa without men and women in badges willing to enforce them on innocent people.”
· “Every single cop does this knowingly and consciously all the time. Every cop is a criminal, without exception. Many of them are nice people, many of them are smart people, they're all criminals.”
What is your take on Malice’s position? He sees the growing ill will towards police officers as a positive development. Do you agree with him that this is not only a positive development, but that abolishment of the police is the correct goal? Or should it be police reform, as some of the other speakers suggested?
Topics mentioned:
· 2nd Amendment (right to bear arms / own a gun)
· Lockdowns
· Freedom of assembly
· Freedom to run a business
· The TSA – guilty until proven innocent
· Police authority
Be clear in your thoughts please. Place your frame in the last 6 months, as they are talking at this round table about a country where people have had rules placed on them that limit their freedom in ways that have never been done before in the last 50 years of American history.