The word emergency means different things to different people. To those who seek political power an emergency is an opportunity to gain power that would not otherwise be granted. According to this understanding, the covid emergency was handled effectively and allowed expanded government power to spend money, regulate the behavior of its subjects, to censor inconvenient speech, transfer wealth and change election law to favor the party in power. To the authors of the Barrington Declaration, it was an opportunity to put forth a set of recommendations based on experience in controlling infectious disease. Read the Barrington Declaration today and it rings true. Read the recommendations of the CDC and they were all wrong. Yet our government and the WHO seek to expand their censorship powers in the name of public health to prevent dangerous misinformation. In retrospect we know that the very powers that would police our speech were the ones spreading misinformation. But if this is viewed not as a public health measure but as a power consolidation then it all makes sense. The WHO does not care about your health. The CDC does not care about your health. The US government does not care about your health. They do care very much about maintaining and expanding their power over you.
"I saw newspaper reports which did not bear any relation to the facts, not even the relationship which is implied in an ordinary lie. I saw great battles reported where there had been no fighting, and complete silence where hundreds of men had been killed. I saw troops who had fought bravely denounced as cowards and traitors, and others who had never seen a shot fired hailed as the heroes of imaginary victories; and I saw newspapers in London retailing these lies and eager intellectuals building emotional superstructures over events that had never happened. I saw, in fact, history being written not in terms of what happened but of what ought to have happened according to various 'party lines.'"
The World is connected & people are waking en masse…
Earlier this week, huge numbers of Japanese citizens took to the streets to protest against the crimes against humanity perpetrated by globalist organizations such by World Health Organization (WHO) and World Economic Forum (WEF) during the pandemic. During an opening speech at the protests, Haraguchi delivered a powerful and emotional apology for the huge numbers of deaths now occurring as a result of the deadly mRNA roll-out…
Haraguchi began by addressing the grief and loss felt by families who have lost loved ones who were coerced into taking the COVID jab. With a deep sense of sincerity, he extended his condolences and took responsibility for the failings of those in power. “I apologize to all of you. So many have died, and they shouldn’t have,” he said.
We all can make mistakes, especially in times of pressure……. AND an honest and honorable person will take responsibility and apologize. It gives me a bit of encouragement to see that at least some can still do this!!!
This is spot on. What boggles my mind is that I know doctors in SB who will not see unvaxed patients, even now. The willingness of most in the the medical profession to accept all guidelines from the FDA, medical boards and professional publications has been shown to have disastrous consequences. People need to use the brain God gave them to question health care advice and “do your own research.” This may result in you taking some correct, or incorrect, ideas in to your doctor for their review. This is preferable to doing everything you are told by a doctor who is in lockstep with a system owned by big pharma. The loss of faith in the medical profession has been a self inflicted wound.
Take over doctor's education...and certification...call all Naturopaths "Quacks"...
I.e. When actual snake oil salesmen turned in their wizard capes for a white lab coats with their name embroidered above the pocket....stethoscope hanging around their neck and they now sell you their "officially approved" potions/poisons.
Yes, and big pharma funds much research with predetermined outcomes to support expensive and ineffective pharmaceuticals. Most published medical studies are irreproducible. A cornerstone of science is that results be reproducible. Seems that today money trumps integrity.
What is 'short term' in this regard? Are you saying most are phase 1 vs. phase 4? That would make sense that only a smaller percentage graduate to longer, more people involved, etc. studies.
I might visit Dr Birken but he will no longer see me because I questioned the necessity of getting a booster after getting the primary series and subsequently getting and recovering from Covid. I used to think that our MD's were among the best and brightest (after the Physicists) but most have been exposed as cowards. I have to believe that Dr Birkin knows better but fears loss of his job or certification if he does not follow CDC guidelines. If I see him on the street, it will require great self-control to not spit in his face. Dr Aijian, thank you for being a voice or reason in a sea of fools.
I visited my Doc in Spring 2020 to request a prescription for hydroxychloroquine…he scoffed at my belief that it would combat C19 & would not provide…come to find out later (through his spouse) that he was taking it! Most of these docs only follow FDA/CDC/NIH recommendations provided on their computer screens…
Remember, they don't believe in God. And you are 100% correct in that people now have no faith in the medical profession. The "elite" destroyed this once great part of the America we once had.
To make things even worse in medicine, the most woke DEI infested parts of academia turn out to be the medical schools. Look up the recent failure rate on exams of the students at the UCLA Geffen School of Medicine
Admissions there is run by someone similar to the noe fired ex president of Harvard
It seems hard to believe this would even be considered, but the times we live in politically, this reads as routine.
How could/would anyone agree to bind themselves to draconian policies and decisions made by others And surely the American Taxpayer would foot the bill for everything including the giant bureaucracy that is “necessary” to run this debacle. Vote for less government.
Beyond just nixing the WHO Pandemic Treaty ... can we get to work on the entire evil empire, including UN, World Economic Forum, World Trade Organization, Bank of International Settlements, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization, GAVI Vaccine Alliance, +++
Never forget that Newscum signed a law making your doctor a criminal for suggesting that the FDA / big pharma narrative was wrong. Only a court shut that down. We need to get
Good Article…Covid-19 was a planned release of a bioweapon…first (test) release of C19 in August 2019 at the international military games held in Wuhan…followed by the international table top exercise sponsored by “health” care overlords in September 2019…a highly coordinated planned attack…
1. Terminate history-making economic gains made by POTUS prior to the election
2. Stall US-China trade Phase II (buy China time, prevent loss of billions)
3. Terminate [hold] POTUS record attendance rallies across USA, deplete and remove enthusiasm
4. Protect Biden from embarrassment re: mental health [clear cognitive decline], Q&A, rally attendance crowd size, lack of enthusiasm, etc.
5. Protect Biden from Ukraine scandal re: himself & son — C19 change of narrative
6. Protect Biden from sexual assault allegation — C19 change narrative
7. Protect and shelter #MeToo for D created movement — preserve to target future [R] sexual assault allegations, allow hold vs Biden MeToo due to C19 narrative change
8. Create non-digital pathway to rig 2020 Presidential election — engage 80 million mail-in-ballot distribution [coordinated as early as April/May] to sidestep election night defeat, attempt ballot harvest media push 'we don't know how many ballots are left undelivered by postal service' re: legal challenge battleground states, stall, challenge, push division/chaos
9. Create division hatred fear campaign primarily scare senior citizens from voting in person on election day — riots, protests, C19 death, eliminate enough senior [R] votes, counteract [D] to [R] defection(s)
10. Create impression country divided — use war election gaming tactics against current administration
11. Propaganda blitz — blame attack current administration economic hardship(s), death toll, attack plan re: safety and wellbeing re: C19 failed — push Biden, stage Biden as had answer to Pandemic early on, country will heal w Biden victory — violence will end w Biden victory
12. Change narrative of Obama administration treason & corruption to POTUS C19 failure and death blame
13. Isolate faithful from each other — remove ability to attend Church (houses of worship)
14. Justify social media censorship by using C19 W.H.O. claims as primary foundation — extend beyond C19 to other 'political' areas to remove and cut off forms of anti-narrative communication [seize control]
15. Leave door open to Constitution crisis
16. Avoid/delay public exposure of corruption & accountability — prevent loss of control/power
17. Avoid/delay loss of US taxpayer trillions due to loss of control — inability to enact corrupt policy to send money overseas disguised as goodwill (climate +++ unregulated taxpayer funded programs w no audit policy)
Excellent article Andy. If the ruling elite can not get what they want (world domination) thru breaking the existing laws, they will seek unconstitutional actions thru other means, like WHO, UN, etc. They will not stop till they have total control of moral God fearing people. (They want to be a god). These immoral corrupt satanic "elite" will stop at nothing to get this control. They can not let the Constitution be implemented as written, for they have committed treason, and they know it. So get ready for interesting times. Some say this election will determine the future for freedom and democracy not only in America, but throughout the world. Each of us have a choice to be a part of this historic event to make a difference for all people in the world.
A complex issue with multiple perspectives regarding each of the many issues. Good discussion happening here. How to proceed? Critical thinking? This used to be taught in high schools and colleges.
a. Don’t immediately believe anything or anyone including me.
b. View this as an opportunity to get some basic medical education. You might start with learning about your immune system and then learn about such topics as “Evidence based medicine “ vs “Observational based “ Studies.
c. Armed with the above you might then take a stab at “Do masks really work? I. e . Try to stick to the topic and pay less time and attention to “ the messenger”
d. Ignore the next sentence. (opinion). I believe that if you do your homework you might feel, as I do, that many in the medical profession have abandoned their patients and have opted for job security.
e. Ask your physician for a study/reading list that is informative and that might vary from “the narrative”. If not helpful, I can make some suggestions.
f. Be aware that Fauci is testifying tomorrow. Be aware of the Great Barrington Declaration. Be aware of Missouri vs Murthy, a case before the Supreme Court.
Above all else, put in the work to study the issues then form an opinion. Then interact with those who have opposing viewpoints as you try to advance your understanding.
It’s not easy but pursuing the truth in life is never easy. The basic truth as you get older is that you sadly become aware that the more you learn the less about life you really know.
(I am a retired radiologist and am saddened by what has happened and is continuing to happen). All of this has happened “on my watch “.
What a terribly sad thing. All the good that has come from modern medicine to be thrown out with so much bath water.
It's so sad to me is that so many people don't understand the philosophy of science. Any fact of science can be overturned with proof, and any scientist understands this. We know what we know until we know something better. How many thousands of operations and operating rooms have been done without infection because the the surgeon wears a mask.
Masking absolutely works when done correctly. I would agree to several of Andy's points, but this one is so frustrating because it so wrong.
Although masks were mandated, everyone still got covid. Effective at stoking fear.
Effective at preventing a surgeon from spitting into an open wound. Ineffective for preventing the spread of covid. What effectiveness did masks have if everyone got covid anyway? The same for the mRNA shots.
This is indicative of The misinformation that has been spread to weaken our country by Russian propagandists. If everybody masked up and washed hands frequently, contagions would be minimal. Masks don't prevent surgeons from spitting in your wounds, they prevent droplets from moist breath carrying pathogens from getting into vulnerable parts of the body.
I agree that things were not handled properly, but I think we can take those lessons and come out better. But a big piece of that is to stop spreading falsehoods just because they line up with your viewpoints.
Yes, and by an large Swede's listen and respect what their government asks of them. Maybe folks see it as a socialist flaw. Same in Korea and many Asian countries.
I completely agree. I'm kind of poking fun with lots of the folks here that think they're all commies or what not. And I will say, that although I am not Catholic that I appreciate your conviction, reason and compassion on your posts here.
Yet areas with lax masking requirements suffered the identical covid case rate to areas with strict masking requirements. Plus, I love your bloviated speach: preventing droplets from moist breath carrying pathogens from getting into vulnerable parts of the body = spitting in a wound but better use of language by brevity. By the way do you eat all of your broccoli?
I was an industrial relations and safety manager who oversaw our respirator program. You had to use the right mask for the job. A biohazard is not stopped by a flimsy little mask!
So, you do understand that respiratory virus - Covid or whatever - are transported in droplets of respiratory fluids right? It's not some dry particle floating around all by itself.
Lets first establish that a virus has been scientifically proven to exist in the first place and rule out other possible causes of disease. I've provided links to most of the original science papers on SARs Cover 2....have your read them and found proof of claim? Do you believe a cell culture CPE effect proves a virus exists...or is it just an assumption or circular reasoning. Have you read the 30+ scientific contagion experiment papers where they failed to prove germs did anything? Believing that germs cause disease is an adult version of Santa Claus.....
The study you posted here today showed that masks were effective to different levels of effectiveness. No mask ever is or ever was reported to be 100% effective. "We found that cotton masks, surgical masks, and N95 masks all have a protective effect with respect to the transmission of infective droplets/aerosols of SARS-CoV-2 and that the protective efficiency was higher when masks were worn by a virus spreader." Here is your link https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33087517/ Am I missing something in your argument? Did someone say masks cure people?
Very good point. Next he might be writing about black holes or room temperature semiconductors. You have to go to pretty fringe reporting to find where masks don't get some credit for protecting yourself and other from respiratory viruses. Perhap Mr. Aijian can shed some light on this (Sorry, I don't use titles like doctor. Especially when the same folks discuss how corrupt the medical industry is supposed to be).
Hi Deb....I've offered a scientific method based position that viruses don't even exist as claimed. Provided links to the official "peer reviewed" virology papers for SARs Con 2 and contagion experiment papers. Have you read these papers and understand their conclusions? I'm really curious what your position is on the science of virology....is it based on what you were taught in school i.e. a belief....or...have your studied the actual science and came to the conclusion that viruses actually exist i.e knowledge?
Signing anything that the WHO is a part of is a mistake. Of all the travesties caused by COVID the forced closure of churches was the most damaging in my opinion. And that was NOT a mistake. That was intentional persecution. The scars left behind by that government overreach are still being felt. We must never react to a pandemic like that again. Because there will be another one. Thanks Andy for reminding us to STOP looking to government to guide us. Blessings
The word emergency means different things to different people. To those who seek political power an emergency is an opportunity to gain power that would not otherwise be granted. According to this understanding, the covid emergency was handled effectively and allowed expanded government power to spend money, regulate the behavior of its subjects, to censor inconvenient speech, transfer wealth and change election law to favor the party in power. To the authors of the Barrington Declaration, it was an opportunity to put forth a set of recommendations based on experience in controlling infectious disease. Read the Barrington Declaration today and it rings true. Read the recommendations of the CDC and they were all wrong. Yet our government and the WHO seek to expand their censorship powers in the name of public health to prevent dangerous misinformation. In retrospect we know that the very powers that would police our speech were the ones spreading misinformation. But if this is viewed not as a public health measure but as a power consolidation then it all makes sense. The WHO does not care about your health. The CDC does not care about your health. The US government does not care about your health. They do care very much about maintaining and expanding their power over you.
Never let a good crisis go to waste. Invent one if none is immediately available
George Orwell writing in 1943…
"I saw newspaper reports which did not bear any relation to the facts, not even the relationship which is implied in an ordinary lie. I saw great battles reported where there had been no fighting, and complete silence where hundreds of men had been killed. I saw troops who had fought bravely denounced as cowards and traitors, and others who had never seen a shot fired hailed as the heroes of imaginary victories; and I saw newspapers in London retailing these lies and eager intellectuals building emotional superstructures over events that had never happened. I saw, in fact, history being written not in terms of what happened but of what ought to have happened according to various 'party lines.'"
Excellent point. Don't forget Mr. Bush's "Patriot Act". The biggest theft of our freedom.
And they've lied to us about almost everything...
THE SWAMP RUNS DEEP.
Sometimes you cannot tell people the truth.
You must show them.
Only then, at the precipice, will people find the will to change [to participate].
We, the People, have been betrayed for a very long time.
The World is connected & people are waking en masse…
Earlier this week, huge numbers of Japanese citizens took to the streets to protest against the crimes against humanity perpetrated by globalist organizations such by World Health Organization (WHO) and World Economic Forum (WEF) during the pandemic. During an opening speech at the protests, Haraguchi delivered a powerful and emotional apology for the huge numbers of deaths now occurring as a result of the deadly mRNA roll-out…
Haraguchi began by addressing the grief and loss felt by families who have lost loved ones who were coerced into taking the COVID jab. With a deep sense of sincerity, he extended his condolences and took responsibility for the failings of those in power. “I apologize to all of you. So many have died, and they shouldn’t have,” he said.
We all can make mistakes, especially in times of pressure……. AND an honest and honorable person will take responsibility and apologize. It gives me a bit of encouragement to see that at least some can still do this!!!
I pray that we are spared another minute with the sniffer and his idiotic ideas. America will fall if he remains in office.
This is spot on. What boggles my mind is that I know doctors in SB who will not see unvaxed patients, even now. The willingness of most in the the medical profession to accept all guidelines from the FDA, medical boards and professional publications has been shown to have disastrous consequences. People need to use the brain God gave them to question health care advice and “do your own research.” This may result in you taking some correct, or incorrect, ideas in to your doctor for their review. This is preferable to doing everything you are told by a doctor who is in lockstep with a system owned by big pharma. The loss of faith in the medical profession has been a self inflicted wound.
The fda is a joke, eh? Unbelievably corrupt. And sadly, in charge.
It has been corrupted by pharma $. The term is Regulatory Capture
Rockefeller Medicine....Flexner Report...1911.
Take over doctor's education...and certification...call all Naturopaths "Quacks"...
I.e. When actual snake oil salesmen turned in their wizard capes for a white lab coats with their name embroidered above the pocket....stethoscope hanging around their neck and they now sell you their "officially approved" potions/poisons.
nailed it. Burn the smart ones, shut those women UP and keep control. And I'm not a burning feminist by any means.
Yes, and big pharma funds much research with predetermined outcomes to support expensive and ineffective pharmaceuticals. Most published medical studies are irreproducible. A cornerstone of science is that results be reproducible. Seems that today money trumps integrity.
What is 'short term' in this regard? Are you saying most are phase 1 vs. phase 4? That would make sense that only a smaller percentage graduate to longer, more people involved, etc. studies.
Ya gotta wonder just WHAT Pfizer made off the whole lie.
I might visit Dr Birken but he will no longer see me because I questioned the necessity of getting a booster after getting the primary series and subsequently getting and recovering from Covid. I used to think that our MD's were among the best and brightest (after the Physicists) but most have been exposed as cowards. I have to believe that Dr Birkin knows better but fears loss of his job or certification if he does not follow CDC guidelines. If I see him on the street, it will require great self-control to not spit in his face. Dr Aijian, thank you for being a voice or reason in a sea of fools.
I visited my Doc in Spring 2020 to request a prescription for hydroxychloroquine…he scoffed at my belief that it would combat C19 & would not provide…come to find out later (through his spouse) that he was taking it! Most of these docs only follow FDA/CDC/NIH recommendations provided on their computer screens…
I highly suggest you follow the teachings of Jesus, who I feel would not want you to spit in anyone's face.
I believe Jesus would have advocated for the protection afforded my masking.
Remember, they don't believe in God. And you are 100% correct in that people now have no faith in the medical profession. The "elite" destroyed this once great part of the America we once had.
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To make things even worse in medicine, the most woke DEI infested parts of academia turn out to be the medical schools. Look up the recent failure rate on exams of the students at the UCLA Geffen School of Medicine
Admissions there is run by someone similar to the noe fired ex president of Harvard
Or maybe you're just rehashing biased poor reporting?
Here is something from that fringe rag - the LA times. https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-05-30/is-ucla-a-failed-medical-school-debunking-a-dumb-right-wing-meme
It seems hard to believe this would even be considered, but the times we live in politically, this reads as routine.
How could/would anyone agree to bind themselves to draconian policies and decisions made by others And surely the American Taxpayer would foot the bill for everything including the giant bureaucracy that is “necessary” to run this debacle. Vote for less government.
vote to get this fool out of office!!
I just heard the Pandemic Treaty, in its current form, has collapsed.
Have no delusions whatsoever they aren’t done with it yet.
Beyond just nixing the WHO Pandemic Treaty ... can we get to work on the entire evil empire, including UN, World Economic Forum, World Trade Organization, Bank of International Settlements, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization, GAVI Vaccine Alliance, +++
Sign me up!
hmmm…sounds a bit like the secret meeting at Jekyll Island & the creation of the Federal Reserve Bank (which is not a bank & has no reserves)…
https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/jekyll-island-conference
These totalitarians will never give up
Our short term hope is for President Convicted Felon to quit the WHO
He did quit when in office
One of Biden’s first acts was to join us up again
Never forget that Newscum signed a law making your doctor a criminal for suggesting that the FDA / big pharma narrative was wrong. Only a court shut that down. We need to get
these people out of government
I stopped sending dues $ to the CMA years ago, when I realized it was supporting abortion as “woman’s health care “. That was 40 years ago
You forgot the misinformation about Ivermectin. If could have saved thousands of lives and prevented millions of infections.
The government prevented pharmacies from filling ivermectin prescriptions.
The government overrode doctor/patient privileges
The government, again proves to be out to kill the public.
Our local CVS & RiteAide refused to fill doctor prescribed ivermectin.
They stated the government prevented them
Good Article…Covid-19 was a planned release of a bioweapon…first (test) release of C19 in August 2019 at the international military games held in Wuhan…followed by the international table top exercise sponsored by “health” care overlords in September 2019…a highly coordinated planned attack…
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7577389/
?who benefited the most from the Plandemic?
?did [they] accomplish the following in 2020?
1. Terminate history-making economic gains made by POTUS prior to the election
2. Stall US-China trade Phase II (buy China time, prevent loss of billions)
3. Terminate [hold] POTUS record attendance rallies across USA, deplete and remove enthusiasm
4. Protect Biden from embarrassment re: mental health [clear cognitive decline], Q&A, rally attendance crowd size, lack of enthusiasm, etc.
5. Protect Biden from Ukraine scandal re: himself & son — C19 change of narrative
6. Protect Biden from sexual assault allegation — C19 change narrative
7. Protect and shelter #MeToo for D created movement — preserve to target future [R] sexual assault allegations, allow hold vs Biden MeToo due to C19 narrative change
8. Create non-digital pathway to rig 2020 Presidential election — engage 80 million mail-in-ballot distribution [coordinated as early as April/May] to sidestep election night defeat, attempt ballot harvest media push 'we don't know how many ballots are left undelivered by postal service' re: legal challenge battleground states, stall, challenge, push division/chaos
9. Create division hatred fear campaign primarily scare senior citizens from voting in person on election day — riots, protests, C19 death, eliminate enough senior [R] votes, counteract [D] to [R] defection(s)
10. Create impression country divided — use war election gaming tactics against current administration
11. Propaganda blitz — blame attack current administration economic hardship(s), death toll, attack plan re: safety and wellbeing re: C19 failed — push Biden, stage Biden as had answer to Pandemic early on, country will heal w Biden victory — violence will end w Biden victory
12. Change narrative of Obama administration treason & corruption to POTUS C19 failure and death blame
13. Isolate faithful from each other — remove ability to attend Church (houses of worship)
14. Justify social media censorship by using C19 W.H.O. claims as primary foundation — extend beyond C19 to other 'political' areas to remove and cut off forms of anti-narrative communication [seize control]
15. Leave door open to Constitution crisis
16. Avoid/delay public exposure of corruption & accountability — prevent loss of control/power
17. Avoid/delay loss of US taxpayer trillions due to loss of control — inability to enact corrupt policy to send money overseas disguised as goodwill (climate +++ unregulated taxpayer funded programs w no audit policy)
18.
19.
20.
+++
Evil surround US…Fight 4 Trump…
Excellent article Andy. If the ruling elite can not get what they want (world domination) thru breaking the existing laws, they will seek unconstitutional actions thru other means, like WHO, UN, etc. They will not stop till they have total control of moral God fearing people. (They want to be a god). These immoral corrupt satanic "elite" will stop at nothing to get this control. They can not let the Constitution be implemented as written, for they have committed treason, and they know it. So get ready for interesting times. Some say this election will determine the future for freedom and democracy not only in America, but throughout the world. Each of us have a choice to be a part of this historic event to make a difference for all people in the world.
A complex issue with multiple perspectives regarding each of the many issues. Good discussion happening here. How to proceed? Critical thinking? This used to be taught in high schools and colleges.
a. Don’t immediately believe anything or anyone including me.
b. View this as an opportunity to get some basic medical education. You might start with learning about your immune system and then learn about such topics as “Evidence based medicine “ vs “Observational based “ Studies.
c. Armed with the above you might then take a stab at “Do masks really work? I. e . Try to stick to the topic and pay less time and attention to “ the messenger”
d. Ignore the next sentence. (opinion). I believe that if you do your homework you might feel, as I do, that many in the medical profession have abandoned their patients and have opted for job security.
e. Ask your physician for a study/reading list that is informative and that might vary from “the narrative”. If not helpful, I can make some suggestions.
f. Be aware that Fauci is testifying tomorrow. Be aware of the Great Barrington Declaration. Be aware of Missouri vs Murthy, a case before the Supreme Court.
Above all else, put in the work to study the issues then form an opinion. Then interact with those who have opposing viewpoints as you try to advance your understanding.
It’s not easy but pursuing the truth in life is never easy. The basic truth as you get older is that you sadly become aware that the more you learn the less about life you really know.
(I am a retired radiologist and am saddened by what has happened and is continuing to happen). All of this has happened “on my watch “.
I heard it failed this round. But I’m sure they will try again.
Now people are dying or getting seriously sick from the Covid jabs. So the devastation continues....garbage in, garbage out.
What a terribly sad thing. All the good that has come from modern medicine to be thrown out with so much bath water.
It's so sad to me is that so many people don't understand the philosophy of science. Any fact of science can be overturned with proof, and any scientist understands this. We know what we know until we know something better. How many thousands of operations and operating rooms have been done without infection because the the surgeon wears a mask.
Masking absolutely works when done correctly. I would agree to several of Andy's points, but this one is so frustrating because it so wrong.
Although masks were mandated, everyone still got covid. Effective at stoking fear.
Effective at preventing a surgeon from spitting into an open wound. Ineffective for preventing the spread of covid. What effectiveness did masks have if everyone got covid anyway? The same for the mRNA shots.
This is indicative of The misinformation that has been spread to weaken our country by Russian propagandists. If everybody masked up and washed hands frequently, contagions would be minimal. Masks don't prevent surgeons from spitting in your wounds, they prevent droplets from moist breath carrying pathogens from getting into vulnerable parts of the body.
I agree that things were not handled properly, but I think we can take those lessons and come out better. But a big piece of that is to stop spreading falsehoods just because they line up with your viewpoints.
it’s brainwash…look at Sweden’s experience with C19…the China bug was the flu (x 2)…
Yes, and by an large Swede's listen and respect what their government asks of them. Maybe folks see it as a socialist flaw. Same in Korea and many Asian countries.
Sweden isn't socialist though, they're social democrats who invest heavily in welfare and other social services/safety nets.
I completely agree. I'm kind of poking fun with lots of the folks here that think they're all commies or what not. And I will say, that although I am not Catholic that I appreciate your conviction, reason and compassion on your posts here.
Yet areas with lax masking requirements suffered the identical covid case rate to areas with strict masking requirements. Plus, I love your bloviated speach: preventing droplets from moist breath carrying pathogens from getting into vulnerable parts of the body = spitting in a wound but better use of language by brevity. By the way do you eat all of your broccoli?
Hand washing is only relevant in fecal oral transmission and irrelevant to respiratory transmission.
I was an industrial relations and safety manager who oversaw our respirator program. You had to use the right mask for the job. A biohazard is not stopped by a flimsy little mask!
So, you do understand that respiratory virus - Covid or whatever - are transported in droplets of respiratory fluids right? It's not some dry particle floating around all by itself.
Lets first establish that a virus has been scientifically proven to exist in the first place and rule out other possible causes of disease. I've provided links to most of the original science papers on SARs Cover 2....have your read them and found proof of claim? Do you believe a cell culture CPE effect proves a virus exists...or is it just an assumption or circular reasoning. Have you read the 30+ scientific contagion experiment papers where they failed to prove germs did anything? Believing that germs cause disease is an adult version of Santa Claus.....
The study you posted here today showed that masks were effective to different levels of effectiveness. No mask ever is or ever was reported to be 100% effective. "We found that cotton masks, surgical masks, and N95 masks all have a protective effect with respect to the transmission of infective droplets/aerosols of SARS-CoV-2 and that the protective efficiency was higher when masks were worn by a virus spreader." Here is your link https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33087517/ Am I missing something in your argument? Did someone say masks cure people?
Lots of opinions offered with no supporting evidence. Not sure why I should be elevating the writer's opinion over others.
Very good point. Next he might be writing about black holes or room temperature semiconductors. You have to go to pretty fringe reporting to find where masks don't get some credit for protecting yourself and other from respiratory viruses. Perhap Mr. Aijian can shed some light on this (Sorry, I don't use titles like doctor. Especially when the same folks discuss how corrupt the medical industry is supposed to be).
Same thing as believing chain link fences stop mosquitos.
You don’t have to be an MD to find ample evidence to back up the futility of masks in airborne respiratory viruses
Hi Deb....I've offered a scientific method based position that viruses don't even exist as claimed. Provided links to the official "peer reviewed" virology papers for SARs Con 2 and contagion experiment papers. Have you read these papers and understand their conclusions? I'm really curious what your position is on the science of virology....is it based on what you were taught in school i.e. a belief....or...have your studied the actual science and came to the conclusion that viruses actually exist i.e knowledge?
You missed the point that the report was based on peer-reviewed sources! I only printed their conclusions based on the peer-reviewed sources.
Dr Mark Bailey's recent paper on Lab Leaks and HIV....
https://substack.com/redirect/80599840-6552-45f0-931f-25abe74824e1?j=eyJ1IjoiMXZkbzl3In0.sC68TXozjp3kZjBCdHo4W0W6xDgUMZ35NUBu8d4daDo
Signing anything that the WHO is a part of is a mistake. Of all the travesties caused by COVID the forced closure of churches was the most damaging in my opinion. And that was NOT a mistake. That was intentional persecution. The scars left behind by that government overreach are still being felt. We must never react to a pandemic like that again. Because there will be another one. Thanks Andy for reminding us to STOP looking to government to guide us. Blessings