This rather interesting article published in Europe says that the PCR problem was a manufactured one deliberately done to make the "pandemic" worse by combining a number of viral diseases into the Covid umbrella. In other words, the PCR was deliberately made inaccurate to increase the number of cases. I guess that is why there were almost no influenza cases last year; it not that they were being prevented by the masks and distancing, which was the story, but that they were deliberately counted into the number of Covid cases to make it look worse. There is probably no way to determine how many of the so-called "Covid deaths" were actually deaths due to influenza. As has been posted here before, the total number of deaths in the U.S. didn't rise much during the "pandemic". Perhaps this is why. It didn't make sense to me that the PCR couldn't differentiate between the diseases, as it can differentiate easily between different STRAINS of the same virus, Flu A, Flu B, HIV, etc. If this was DELIBERATELY done to deceive the American people (and others) it makes perfect sense. Oh, God, how awful the bureaucracy has become. Link to article
So when Wheel of Fortune time rolled around tonight at 7PM here on the east coast, we were treated to 7 minutes of Fear Porn in the guise of a SPECIAL COVID ALERT!!!!!!! New York City has experienced a record spike in cases! They're deploying the National Guard! Stay away from cruise ships even if you're vaxxed! They cannot dock here!!!! The graphics were something out of a horror movie. Nothing but huge bright red backgrounds and sharp-edged letters tilted on their sides like a Batman TV show fight scene and masked soldiers marching as to war. I did not watch much of it. I changed the channel and came back after it was all over. This is so disgusting. All this fear and zero context. People who feel fine open up a package from Uncle Sam, decide to shove the contents up their nose (I guess it will now become a family holiday tradition no one can recall the origins of), and then run to the ER. I wonder what the Tested Positive Rate was. I wonder if that stat might actually be good news. I wonder if this isn't evidence NYC has reached Herd Immunity...all those infected people¹ with no symptoms. The world will never know...just be afraid. Oh...NYC is gonna do the Times Square New Years Eve thing this year, according to DeBlasio. It makes no sense...they have a record number of cops out sick today because they tested positive. How are the gonna man this thing tomorrow? And what about those attendees all shoved up against each other? ¹I gotta chuck this out there. I'm not convinced that the presence of the virus (or whatever is being tested for) in your nose means you are infected. It might be lodged there, but has it really infected your system or is it just present in your nasal passageway? And as has been mentioned before...is the test really finding COVID?
An anecdotal story, related to your points: I know an early-40s woman who got sick last February with Covid. She has told me that she gets the flu nearly every year and gets quite sick from it; she must be one of those people who are susceptible to it. I am not -- I'm 71 and have never had the flu. So she went in to get tested and was telling the nurse that she gets the flu nearly every year. The nurse told her "Covid is this year's flu." Keep in mind this was almost a year ago. Even back then it seems most people in the medical world (not my doctor though) were taking all this with the proverbial grain of salt. I had to get a Covid test in July, a couple of days before a colonoscopy. This was in a hospital, and the woman who tested me was cheery and nice, not what you would expect from someone who spends her days dealing with the worst pandemic in human history. I don't think she saw many dead bodies in the hallways and on the sidewalks. What a crock.
No, I said "When Wheel of Fortune time rolled around." I was giving people a familiar frame of reference. I don't watch that crap when Matlock's on.
New York state's latest pronouncement is to give racial preferences to access the limited supply of COVID treatment meds. Their Department of Health issued a memo outlining 5 criteria in order to be eligible to receive oral antivirals or monoclonal antibody treatment products: Minimum age for each specific type of treatment. Positive COVID test. Patient attesting to the results of a home test suffices. You are symptomatic (mild or severe.) You can start treatment within 5 days of being symptomatic. You have other conditions that put you at risk. It's #5's "other conditions" that have folks in an uproar. Here is the extract: Non-white race or Hispanic/Latino ethnicity should be considered a risk factor, as longstanding systemic health and social inequities have contributed to an increased risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19 Since Jim Crow laws have run their course, Democrats create different racial pots to stir. And just as some people in the past said "Government wouldn't make them use a different fountain if there were no good reason," so, too, will this get rationalized in certain circles...and in the media. Sadly, there are some courts that will affirm this. And that is the class of people who are the least vaccinated. So if you are in the group that most likely yielded to the pressure to be responsible and "do your part" and Got-the-Shot (and the shot and the shot and the shot) and you catch COVID, get to the back of the line. Sucker.
Due to the fact that northern-dwelling dark-skinned people generally have lower vitamin D levels, there may actually be some reason behind this, but it should be based on D levels, not race. I don't think any preferences should be based on race or ethnicity unless there are actual medical reasons, such as Tay-Sachs, etc.
John, I saw that on Twitter earlier. Pretty bad stuff. And there are tens of millions of dupes out there who still think this is all about public health.
Today's stupidity prizes: Had lunch today with a couple I know, 70-ish, but libtards. Otherwise nice people -- she is quite a bit smarter than he is, FWIW. We purposely avoid politics. When the mask thing first started in early 2020, she actually admitted that taking them off once seated in a diner, but then if you stand up you MUST put it back on "was stupid." That is quite a concession from a cultist. The county we're in does not require them at this time. Probably 1/3 of the people had them on anyway today (the Fear Porn is running wild in the media). Two couples came in (55-60) fully diapered up, sat near us and took them off. After that, when one went to the bathroom, the other guy got up to pay, then they all got up and left, NO DIAPERS ON. My lib friends noted that and commented on the silliness. So our waitress did have one on although not required. She is about 54 and NOT a libtard, quite the opposite. So she tells us she's had Covid twice (which we did not know) the last time ruined her Xmas, and she is fully vaxxed and frustrated that it didn't "work." So she's thinking the mask will protect her from getting it again. So she leaves and the woman at my booth made some comment, kinda agreeing with her and to just (are you ready?) "follow the science." I started laughing, and said I've read about a dozen studies done in the past 20 years, one by the CDC and others by universities, concluding that masks are not effective against respiratory viruses. I should have offered to email the studies to her but I didn't bother. It wouldn't do any good. I also didn't bother telling them that in or around April 2020 Dr. Faux stated publicly that wearing masks would not be helpful. Then he "got his mind right" and flipped, of course. Oh well, "Fifteen days to flatten the curve!"
I just heard some stuff on the radio which to me, is a sure sign of “duh” in the room. Ya see, they’re saying that everyone on the face of the earth either has or will get the Omicron strain which nearly mimics the common cold. Sadly, or so they said, it defies the stab and it’s following jabs and one is left suffering through it just like we used to when we caught a cold. They’re warning folks to stay home from work when they catch the bug, just like we used to and take plenty of vitamin C……..just like we used to. Seems to me that what we have here is a new name for the common cold albeit we all know that the cold bug was wiped out by CV-19 as was the flu, or so we thought. Yes folks, the flu is also back but it doesn’t have a new name like the cold does so I’m thinking that there’s a possibility that the W.H.O. or the CDC or maybe even Fauci himself will rename the flu to sound something akin to the other maladies. Now, I did hear something half-way smart though. The announcer properly identified the jab and the jabbettes as a “vaccine against hospitalization”; Not against getting sick but against the larger complications that might hospitalize a person should one catch one of the strains.
The USA claims to have the most advanced medical system in the world but also has the sickest people on earth. Is the medical system here to help or to make a profit?? If you change the DNA in a living system it is termed as GMO this vaccine does exactly that. A GMO is under control of the patent holder and many court cases have proved that.