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Well, because a post of mine was moved here and I accidentally clicked in, I may as well contribute a little. This particular approach to "Masks don't work" just reminds me of an early meme. Specifically, Wear Your Mask: The Urine Test.
That particular reference to it was a year and a half ago - and the concepts invoked by it seem to be both in line with the evidence being cited and well in line with the evidence as a whole. Going a bit further, michaelsuede trying to use THAT as evidence that masks don't work is worth little more than an eyeroll from the start. Normal masks that allow unfiltered air passage have long been known to serve as poor protection from getting infected by others when it comes to covid, with a note that there are also firm indications that mask use reduces average severity of disease - and decent protection for others from infection when used by the infected. Motivated selective amnesia arguments tend to just be annoying to address, though. Incidentally, I'm reminded of the creationist disproofs of gradualism being used as arguments against evolution... many decades after scientists moved on from gradualism as a workable theory. |
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No, that's you cherrypicking bits of a report that you think support your claim.
Did you look at the graphic at the beginning of the report? You know, the one that shows reduced infection rates in mask wearers? Did you read any of this?
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michaelsuede: How many of those studies refer to Covid-19?
How many of them actually do conclude that masks 'don't work', as you claim? Did you intentionally link to a retracted study, or did the disinformation source you relied on for this list not tell you that? By the way, do you know the reasoning behind wearing masks? From these links, it appears you do not. |
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#1766 |
Schrödinger's cat
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Obviously.
So far, last I heard, the only type of adverse event for which a causal link has been established is the blood clot problem, but that alone makes it non zero. I don't know what the latest figure for that is, but I believe it's in the hundreds. Doubtless some are among the VAERS reported events.
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Surgical masks work for surgery, preventing bodily fluids from splashing the face, bacteria, and protozoans, but not for preventing .1 micron highly contagious aerosolized viruses. In other words, different masks work (or do not work as the case may be) for different applications.
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#1769 |
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And so for all of the otherwise healthy people with no co-morbidities who comprise those 22,193 and died shortly after being "vaccinated", your default assumption would be that their deaths were unconnected to the "vaccine"? What makes you think that's a reasonable assumption?
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#1771 |
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#1773 |
Schrödinger's cat
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I see no reason to assume that these 22,193 people were "otherwise healthy people with no co-morbidities". Anyone can report events to VAERS, there's no way to ensure the reports are limited to such cases. I looked at the VAERS mortality data a while back and could see no indication that the events had been processed or filtered, but I could have missed it. What has led you to think that this number comprises only "otherwise healthy people with no co-morbidities"?
The other piece of data I would need before concluding that this number is alarming is the normal sudden death rate for "otherwise healthy people with no co-morbidities" with which it can be compared. |
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#1774 |
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As someone who actually sees people dying from Covid, I can tell you this is untrue as the vast majority of those dying from covid are the unvaccinated. In the UK we certainly differentiate death with Covid from death by Covid on death certificates.
Even your arguments about funding do not explain why the same pattern of deaths is seen in countries with centrally funded health care where each case is a cost not a profit and their is a significant disincentive to e.g. ventilate unnecessarily. |
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#1777 |
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So that means over 60% of over Illinois deaths are in the unvaccinated. Approximately 90% of deaths are in the over 65s and the vaccination rate in the over 65s is about 90%. So the 10% of the unvaccinated are contributing 60% of deaths. So I think your statistic says unvaccinated 6 times more likely to die; pretty good evidence of protection?
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#1778 |
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I can tell you that!
The vaccinated patients who die from covid are those with advanced diseases who decline ICU admission or are felt inappropriate for ICU admission. So they are a much higher risk group than the unvaccinated again emphasising the protective effect of vaccines. |
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#1779 |
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You may have missed the fact that there isn't just one spike protein? The whole thing about the variants is the continual (random) genetic modification of the virus resulting in multiple variants of the spike (and other) proteins, including some modifications of the spike protein allowing the virus to escape immune surveillance due to previous SARS-CoV-2 infection, hence omicron causes infections in those previously infected by alpah or delta variants.
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#1781 |
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I have already pointed out to DetectedMotion that the Hatchard report is a website, not an actual report.
He did not appear to know this, nor has he acknowledged this. I would therefore suggest that linking to an actual report is impossible, since it does not exist. Of course, DetectedMotion could always set the record straight..... |
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Don't watch random vids on the net, especially when I don't know it's a trustworthy site.
I did read the linked Kirsch piece and he did not say she was fired. There are many reasons a nurse can be fired: how do we know that this had anything to do with Covid? Any supporting documents anywhere? Maybe she was just crap at her job? Maybe she assaulted a patient? Maybe she was stealing from work? Drunk at work? Time sheet fraud? Just to pick 5 reasons I know for nurses being fired. Why on earth would you assume I have children? Just something else you plucked from the air? |
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#1788 |
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...said the mesomorph who has expressed, in no uncertain terms, his belief that he is fitter, stronger, healthier, and faster than anyone else in this thread.
Tippit is not just fitter, stronger, healthier, and faster than anyone else. He also believes he is more credible. |
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#1789 |
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The premise of your question is ridiculous, because different vaccines work differently. Smallpox vaccine infects the host to elicit an immune response, but it's not a severe infection because it's been attenuated - in other words, nothing like what I just described about the mRNA "vaccines", which, by the way are leaky and non-sterilizing, unlike the smallpox vaccine.
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I don't deny the experimental gene therapy elicits an immune response which offers protection depending on the variant. I'm claiming that Covid mortality stats are bogus, VAERS stats with reasonably inferred reporting rates indicate deaths in the tens or even hundreds of thousands, injuries in the millions, and moderate to severe adverse events in the tens of millions. I'm claiming that hospitals are killing patients and blaming it on Covid, health bureaucrats are killing people by panning early treatments that actually work, and for any protection the "vaccines" offer they probably aren't worth either the short or as yet unknown long term risks, given the efficacy of the suppressed treatments, and infection survival rates. They definitely aren't worth the risks in children, and especially young males.
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Kid Creole and the Coconuts have a song about Tippit. Unfortunately they committed the cardinal sing of spelling his name wrong.
Endicott's up by 5 o'clock Endicott's givin' it all he got Endicott's job is six to nine but Endicott's home by nine O five Endicott helps to cook the steak Endicott helps to wash the plates Endicott puts the kids to bed Endicott reads a book to them Endicott loves Tribena so Endicott puts her on a pedestal Endicott's wish is her command but Endicott don't make no demands Endicott's always back in time Endicott's not the cheatin' kind Endicott's full of compliment Endicott's such a gentleman Cause I'm free Free of any made-to-order liabilities Thank God I'm free Cos it's hard enough for me to take care of me, oh-oh Endicott's carryin' a heavy load but Endicott never really ever moans Endicott's not a wealthy guy but Endicott pays the bills on time Endicott's got ideas and plans Endicott's what you call a real man Endicott always will provide 'cause Endicott is the family type Cause I'm free Freer than a pirate on a frigate out at sea Thank God I'm free Driftin' all around just like a tumbleweed, oh-oh Maybe I need someone Someone who isn't undone Maybe an older woman Will tolerate me Maybe that certain someone Older and wiser woman Maybe the perfect someone To satisfy me Endicott keeps his body clean Endicott don't use nicotine Endicott don't drink alcohol Endicott use no drugs at all Endicott don't eat any sweet Endicott don't eat pig feet Endicott's frame is mighty strong Endicott make love hard and long Endicott loves Tribena so Endicott walks her to the sto' Endicott likes to hold her hand Endicott's proud to be her man Endicott stands for decency Endicott means formality Endicott's the epitome Endicott stands for quality Endicott Endicott Endicott Endicott |
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#1793 |
Ewige Blumenkraft
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For the dimwits who still claim that the mRNA fake "vaccines" aren't gene therapy, take it from the CEO of Bayer (who own Monsanto): https://youtu.be/OJFKBritLlc?t=5844
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Some of it is in droplets, some of it is aerosolized. Regardless, the results of the study are clear - surgical masks are useless at preventing infection. Since we know cloth masks are far less effective than even the weakest ASTM level 1 surgical masks, we can infer that cloth masks are less than useless at preventing infection, even though they may theoretically stop some droplets.
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Credibility is a funny thing. I may not have credibility here, per se, but that is less a function of my own credibility, and more a function of pseudo-skeptics inability to believe anything other than their narrative. What I do have, is integrity, and that is independent of what you, or anyone else believes.
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1. No, they aren't: this is yet another example of dishonesty from conspiracy theorists.
https://www.antifake.ro/fact-checkin...ter-human-dna/ 2. Would you believe the CEO of Bayer? I'm assuming you wouldn't, so why try to quote him as evidence for something you believe? |
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