I said that on nextdoor.com. I even pointed to the Pfizer study on their web site showing the current status of the trials. In there, it said they needed about two years to collect all of the data. I was accused of spreading misinformation and my post was censored (i.e., removed). I literally linked to the authoritative source!
Some people are totally brainwashed. I have a lot of scientists that live near me and suddenly they're all experts in mRNA sequences that instruct your cells in how to create proteins that your body then attacks. None can suggest how we can use that to cure cancer, though. I'll venture to guess they understand this less than they claim they do.
I, too, am waiting for clinical trials. What I know is that, based on risk factors, I'm at a pretty low risk of dying from this virus.
Them: "But you'll kill old people!" Me: "Yeah? They didn't get a vaccine?"
I then get called selfish or an idiot or uninformed or something. We live in sad times.
When NC passed its voter ID law and Democrats were arguing people could not go the DMV to get one, I replied by making an offer to drive ANY person who cannot get one -- at no cost -- to the DMV.
As you can imagine, they then started producing a series of other excuses like saying they cannot get a birth certificate because they were born in a land far, far away and there's no way to get one, or their may not be a birth certificate because a courthouse burned down, etc. Seriously, they are crazy. In the span of four years, I am certain every person who cares can figure out how to get the required documentation. And if they cannot afford it or cannot get somewhere, I am certain there are people like me willing to lend a hand.
I agree with your sentiment. What really bothers me is the media and people saying it "safe" and "effective" when they, in fact, do not know if either is true. Two days ago, Pfizer issued a statement saying the vaccine lasts at least 6 months. Why certain people keep arguing it's effective when the data is still coming in? And safe? Well, the data is still coming in for that, too.
I'm definitely not anti-science nor am I an anti-vaxxer. I have a science background and do not hesitate to get vaccines that have been tested for decades. But this virus was recently exposed to the world and they whipped up a formula that effectively sends mRNA into the body to instruct your cells to produce a protein that your body then attacks. Maybe it works perfectly. Or, perhaps it has unforeseen side-effects that will haunt people for decades. We just do not know and I think it's very dishonest to say it's safe and effective given we do not actually know that to be true. One thing we know for certain is that 0.0034% of those vaccinated die within a few days. That's a small percentage, but why the hell are they dying? A friend of mine knows a guy who was 39 years old and otherwise healthy who go the vaccine, then died 5 days later.
If I were 75 or 80 or had a weight problem (since we know this virus does adversely affect those who are overweight), I'd be first in line for the vaccine. We know the most vulnerable are least likely to survive and, at 75 or 80, long-term adverse effects are less consequential. But these people are trying to push it on people in their 20s, teens, and even infants! The risk of death in those age brackets is damn near zero.
So what is this? Science or a massive money-generating scheme? I don't believe it's more sinister, but I do believe science is not the main driver here.
China still has some challenges. What they do is when a person gets COVID, they place them and the apartment building or neighborhood on strict lockdown, sometimes effecting fences and stationing police.
Ask them if the police should turn their neighborhood into jail.
Or maybe not. They might agree with that, too.
That's likely very difficult. Islam isn't a problem, but radical teachings are. However, with a name like "Nation of Islam", it's incredibly hard to condemn the group without simultaneously sounding like you're condemning Islam as a whole.
Proud Boys could have called themselves Native American Tribe. Just imagine how hard it would be for the media to condemn them with that name.
I actually might have, except that I saw he did make time to express condolences. And I was even going to that go until I saw Ilhan Omar more-or-less say "it would have been worse if he had an AR15" (or some such). She deliberately downplayed the attack while making an attack on the 2nd amendment.
I got inspired. I'm not a meme master, but I felt this was appropriate. 🤣
I was watching new alerts pop up on my phone and computer all day about this. Every headline and every statement made it look like it might have been. One story even made reference to the Jan 6 riot, as if there might have been a connection. And by the time that story was published, I am quite sure they knew there was no connection. Only later in the evening did I learn the details. The legacy media is so disingenuous, always working to try to create as much drama as possible.
Don't hold cash too much cash; buy stocks. If the market does not rise, we're all going to be eating dirt. If you're not invested in good stocks in the stock market, you just see your savings erode.
I did not understand this concept for the longest tome. I had a colleague tell me once, "Putting money in a savings account is the slowest way to go broke." I get it now. He was totally right.