Thread by @FreedomFriesInc

(1) In yet another service to humanity, I checked out the trending topic "Super Gonorrhea" so you don't have to.

Guess "who" started this anti-scientific PR stunt no one asked for?

The World Health Organization, of course. The ChiComs' tool.

nypost.com/2020/12/22/cov…

(2) The 23yo liberal arts degree holding NSA rejects employed to control Twitter trends decided 12/27/2020 was the perfect time to make the minor & erroneous week-old story about an antibiotic resistant sexually transmitted infection trend.

MDs have known about it for years.

(3) Guess which esteemed publication the WHO representative chose to spread fear among the general population this time?

This respected and reliable pillar of press freedom:

thesun.co.uk/news/13535983/…

(4) Yes, the British Sun newspaper, which also blamed the 99 dead innocent victims of the 1989 Hillsborough, Sheffield football (soccer) tragedy.

For DECADES the Sun refused to say sorry & the Police refused to admit fault.

Singer Billy Bragg wrote "Never buy the Sun."

(5) Billy Bragg's a (wealthy) socialist but the lyrics will always be prescient, worldwide.

"In the corridors of power they all sit down to sup
With the devil and his minions...

No-one comes out looking good when all is said and done
The Scousers never buy the Sun."

(6) "Super gonorrhea" is no different to any other infectious disease that _may_ I repeat _may_ be affected by the increased use of antibiotics to treat covid BUT

It's a long bow to draw. And the WHO & their media transcriptionists left out some vital pieces of info. As usual.

(7) Media have been warning the public for several decades now to only seek antibiotics when they are necessary to treat or prevent bacterial infections so they don't become severe and even life threatening.

And prescribers are warned, too.

Most prescribers are sensible.

(8) Before covid, some ABs were being appropriately used to prevent secondary bacterial infection in vulnerable patients. And they were being used to treat severe issues not caused by bacteria per se.

It's normal & is clinically appropriate.

Prescribers did the same re covid.

(9) Claiming now that Azithromycin has been overused to treat covid patients and now we're all gonna die from super gonorrhea is the kind of corrupt political and media bullshit we're all having to learn to spot earlier.

Your life now depends on improving your thinking skills.

(10 Unwarranted anxiety & fear about one's health status is a killer.

MDs & related professionals have known this for centuries. Entire university research programs around the world are dedicated to addressing this issue.

But then the ruling class decided to exploit a virus.

(11) I call this a stunt & anti-scientific because it is.

The "party of science" cherry picks which subjects it will follow the science on, and which subjects it will egregiously lie to and bully innocent, vulnerable people about.

STIs are a public health issue, like covid.

(12) I know a woman who contracted the incurable genital herpes virus from her husband, who had been cheating on her. (It's not me, OK. Thankfully I've never had an STI and long may that continue.)

Innocent people can be harmed by the deceitful and reckless conduct of others.

(13) So don't tell me that public health issues like STIs don't affect you because you don't take STI-related risks. This poor woman ending up need hospital treatment... needless to say she kicked him out on the spot, & her divorce case was rather expensive for him.

(14) We need to know if there are society-impacting trends in STIs, bc tax dollars are used to address them.

Including in the US. There are multiple federal and state level funding streams for healthcare. And we should all know since covid that the other impacts are widespread.

(15) Some STIs are incurable. Some are treatable but timing is important. Others are relatively easily treated.

All of them have a lower risk of impacting you if you and any partners practice "safer sex" methods effectively.

Test results are no guarantee. Be smart.

(16) We all need accurate, timely info on health policy topics.

Those qualified to comment (eg MDs specializing in the relevant medical discipline, not epidemiologists, education PhDs, or reporters) who won't toe* the line are punished.

(*Toe is the correct term for it.)

(17) Epidemiology is a highly useful academic field but it must be seen in its proper context.

“I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail” -Abraham Maslow

thedecisionlab.com/biases/law-of-…

(18) A while ago I commented on the problem of raw science being used to direct policy w/out public policy analysis.

I used to think my career choice was rather general and amorphous then 2020 highlighted the value of my profession, after all.

https://twitter.com/FreedomFriesInc/status/1248884563356467201

(19) The deliberate misuse of scientific knowledge is a political problem and requires political solutions.

Individuals who value the freedom to think for ourselves and uphold hard-won constitutional rights are under serious threat right now. Worldwide.

(20) The very term "fascism" that was wrongly bandied about in the US in December 2016 is now in danger of becoming a widespread reality that would be very hard to defeat.

People on "all sides" are at breaking point.

(21) The current tension in the air, and the real-world impacts like suicides, homicides, and violent crimes, were predicted 11 months ago. Uncertainty is a killer.

Actions like the WHO spreading unwarranted fear about life and death matters is reprehensible and unforgivable.

(22) If your MD or other prescriber believes the benefits to you of an antibiotic outweigh the risks then you should be free to accept the recommendation.

The way we've always done things isn't always a bad way to do things.

Conservatism vs "progressivism."

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