What does it "technically" mean to be a different species? Pretty sure, by definition, incapable of producing fertile offspring. Despite the interesting references you provided, since "they" and "we" are capable of doing exactly that, you're either mistaken or lying, and earned my downvote. Truth matters.
But but but... we don’t know what the long term consequences of infection will be! Even if deaths go down to zero, there will be people crippled for life because you didn’t wear your mask!
I, personally, am having difficulty wrapping my mind around how, exactly, I might be "saving a life", if it's a given that everyone will eventually be exposed, regardless of social distancing, lockdowns, and mask usage. We were supposed to be "flattening the curve" to avoid resource shortages. There aren't any, to my knowledge. And if there were, I could appreciate localized requirements to slow the spread/flatten the curve.
I don't understand the "defeatist" question. To me, donning a mask seems defeatist: giving up on standing up for truth and what's right. I'm genuinely reaching out here, trying to understand why we should be sacrificing our comfort and health (albeit a negligible amount) and liberty (!!!!) to slow the spread and postpone herd immunity, since "stopping" it is absolutely impossible.
Pretty disappointed myself. Can't possibly have had anything to do with Walmart/Sam's announcing their decision to require face coverings, to be implemented on Monday, as well.
Just trying to understand your state of mind. What's the point? You do understand that now that Pandora's Box has been opened, there's no "stopping the spread", right? Only slowing it...
To my knowledge, there's no shortage of supplies, meds, hospital beds, etc. So again, I'd ask: what's the point? "Slowing the spread" will only draw out the time it takes to achieve herd immunity and put this mess behind us.
Because it’s tantamount to wearing a badge (uncomfortable and unhealthy one, at that) that proclaims that you buy into the hype. Motor vehicle accidents are a major cause of death and injury for all ages. COVID Isn’t dangerous to younger heathy people at all, and isn’t even that dangerous for the elderly, if they weren’t withholding the effective treatment: see c19study.com
I’m just getting ready for the real fight over the rushed vaccine... when all the same arguments will be trotted out.
If hospitals were getting even close to overwhelmed in a certain area, a mask policy might make sense. But to me, it’s more like asking people to wear a bulletproof vest. Overkill. And just feeds the unwarranted fear.
Lockdown was only a “short while”. Now when we want to end it, everyone has to wear a mask. But don’t worry, it’s just for a “short while”. Until the rushed vaccine is out, and we’re allowed to shed the mask.
Thanks for that. I try not to blindly believe everything I see/hear/read, but it can get exhausting, especially when so-called “trusted” outlets lie/mislead so much. Everyone has an agenda.
I’m skeptical of her claims myself, but then again, it also seems pretty weird that they forced nursing homes in that state to accept active COVID patients, almost like “they” wanted it to be as deadly as possible. Wild conspiracy theory, maybe, but I wouldn’t put it past the dems...
Thanks for sharing this info. Mind sharing the treatment protocol? Even just a link.
Assume you’ve seen or heard of thIs nurse in NYC? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIDsKdeFOmQ
She acts like she’s uncovering a conspiracy, since patients are being called “confirmed” with all negative labs, but seems to me a chest x-ray (or ct?) would be enough to confirm diagnosis. She also talks about DNRs and unneeded intubation (always ending in death). Sounds pretty damning to me, but I only have some basic professional medical training, and have been out of the field for years now, so I only “know” what I read online.
Actually, it's called a 'referer' (cookies are actually pieces of data stored by your browser on behalf of a website). In the not-so-old days (before https replaced http nearly everywhere), you could check your server logs and even see what Google search query was performed prior to the visitor "landing" on your site.
Based on quick research, it looks like Brave does block the referer header. I wasn't aware. Thanks!
First, I'd like to thank you for taking the time to respond. You sound like a genuine, thoughtful, rational person, which is why I'm taking the time to respond to you right now. I'll try to abstain from any "anti-vax" arguments you've heard before, but hopefully give you something to chew on.
You wrote:
That said, it really can't be argued that vaccines in general, at the population level are by far a great thing for human health.
and then:
My point was that in much the same way, policing is on the whole very successful in keeping people safe.
I understand and appreciate your point, which sounds a bit like "don't throw the baby out with the bathwater". And I wouldn't even begin to argue with you about the police abolishment issue, because it's pretty clear we hold the same position. Like a country can't exist without borders, society and civilization can't really exist without some kind of enforcement. Obviously.
Moving on... You might also consider chlorination of drinking water a "great thing for human health". I can draw a lot of parallels here: on its face, it sounds absurd to argue against it. I believe it's because the benefits are immediate and obvious, whereas the detrimental effects might not manifest for many years, and are therefore much harder to correlate. I won't spend much time on it, but I'm very skeptical of our ability to continually ingest small amounts of bleach, capable of killing most living organisms, with zero consequences to our bodies. I'm not making a claim here, but I wouldn't be surprised at all to learn that it contributes to "aging", cancer, or heart disease. Which would mean we're sacrificing (possible/likely) future damage for immediate apparent gain. Maybe it's worth it, maybe not, but it's certainly a discussion worth having--meanwhile, I'll filter the chlorine out of my drinking water, or drink well water.
My problem is really conceptual, as in farming and food production. Think about chicken or cattle farming: lots of animals packed extremely close together, to save money/increase production. Now, because they're getting sick, we "solve" this problem with vaccines, much like we "solve" the problem with e. coli contamination in our meat by bleaching it (instead of keeping the sh*t out of the meat to begin with!). It doesn't really address the root problem, it just covers it up. Our medical system does much the same thing. Whatever the problem, the "solution" is usually to "treat" the symptoms that manifest, rather than even attempt to address the root cause, as it continues to fester. But, addressing those "root causes" doesn't generate income the way pharma and vaccines do.
Like I said before, it can be very hard, even painful, to question beliefs you previously held as obvious truth. But you're essentially parroting "the narrative" on vaccines, and that fact alone really ought to give you pause.
Read the other comments here. Between the obvious COVID hype, and global warming, how do you end up on the wrong side of the “believe science” argument? It can be painful to reconsider a belief you held as truth, but turns out to be wrong. But you should really try to exercise some critical thinking here...
Just picked one of these up myself on Friday. Haven't even had a chance to shoot it yet!
I recently stumbled across a website that has public voter registration records. My data perfectly matched my residences across the USA, tracking all my moves, except for one listing in: San Francisco. I’ve never even visited San Fran, and have an extremely unique name. Yet someone has used it register to vote there. Wonder how many (hundreds of) thousands of others? I’d love to know if a vote was actually cast in my name, and who to report it to. Can look up my info on their website without knowing which specific zip code I was registered in, though.
I hope your family didn't listen to you-- https://www.disabledveterans.org/2020/03/11/flu-vaccine-increases-coronavirus-risk/
Reckon there plenty of "climate change deniers" here, too. Does that surprise you? Do you only exercise critical thought in certain areas, and blindly swallow whatever you're fed in others?
And how do we judge the threat level when numbers and statistics are being gamed for political purposes? I appreciate the logic of your argument, but I'm scared of where that road leads when "facts" and "science" appear to be subject to popular consensus driven by mainstream media and gatekeepers in the scientific community.
The same argument (defense in proportion to threat) made in the case of so-called climate change means that all countries should immediately surrender their sovereignty for global rule, since it's the entire planet at stake...
Again, I very recently held the same rational viewpoint as you're expressing. Only now starting to realize how much we've been lied to about so many things, and starting to question things that I previously held to be obvious truths.
Did you actually watch any of that YT video I linked to, which referenced PMID numbers throughout the entire thing? I know it was long.
Anyway, when those bad things happen, the manufacturers are shielded from liability. Think that makes them more or less likely to put out a quality product?
"Safety studies" use placebos that consist of all the adjuvants and preservatives in the actual vaccine, and only omit the antigenic substance. That's just terrifically terrible science, and after verifying that fact for myself, was my first clue.
If you took the time to watch that video, you might also come to the conclusion that acquiring natural immunity is more desirable than via vaccination. That, combined with the "no free lunch" concept, might actually mean that vaccines, as a whole, actually are bad. (quickly stated, "no free lunch" means you don't gain something without losing somewhere else)
Maybe the initial concept of vaccines as a tool against a specific deadly disease was on point. But as I continue to try to discern truth, I'm nearly convinced that nowadays, they're being leveraged by profiteers, and perhaps even some with malicious intent. The fact that people aren't even allowed to exhibit the slightest amount of skepticism without being labeled an "antivaxxer" nutcase (like "climate denier") makes me even more convinced that I'm on the right track.
I'm surprised your own stated view hasn't gotten you labeled an antivaxxer!
I used to think the same way as you. But the more I learn, the more skeptical I am of all of it. Look into what's happened in India with the polio vaccine courtesy of Gates Foundation. Since it’s hard to find this information via mainstream outlets/search engines: https://www.sott.net/article/432452-Robert-F-Kennedy-Jr-exposes-Bill-Gates-vaccine-agenda-in-scathing-report
This whole video is pretty interesting, but I linked to a spot that's particularly captivating (to me): https://youtu.be/XBhQPpKZIqI
Assume he's referring to this bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnmMNdiCz_s
And: why are there never saline placebos in the studies/trials?
"National Debt" can never be "paid back", because every dollar that exists would have to be destroyed in order to do so. Look into our money supply, and what a Federal Reserve Note actually means.
Sorry, but it’s the political opposition who keeps redefining words, using them to mean whatever they please. We’re better than that.