Very grateful H/T @YouAreLobbyLud, because this is such a fascinating read.
Just a few tidbits. The start....always Ioannidis, isn't it?
At what point do you realize that your work has been so spectacularly wrong - and used for such
wrong?
After Thornley went down the Ioannidis rabbit hole, he formed his own GBD (called Plan B) with his own Jeffrey Tucker of AEIR (Mark Blackham).
They all signed the GBD, of course.
And just like the GBD, they thought #India was a shining example with no break-outs even
though the vaccine roll-out was slow, and lockdowns negligible.
Even after the calamities:
“I find it hard to trust, at face value, stories of devastation in parts of the world–that this is simply Covid, all this devastation is attributable to Covid. It’s simply not that clear.”
And one more bit:
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"VZV (human herpesvirus 3) is a ubiquitous, exclusively human DNA virus. Primary infection occurs via respiratory aerosols or contact with vesicles from an infected individual and results in the characteristic disseminated rash of ...chickenpox."
If the athletes get the best vaccines, you will have many stories in the Japanese press about the deaths of the Japanese while the athletes enjoy the beauty of Japan.
If they don't get the best, then you will have the vaccine inequity stories. "USA wins again thanks to Pfizer!"
Plus, there will bound to be poorer nation athletes who get drastically sick in Japan.
This is getting you ready for the next school year.
Texas is not going to be vaccinated enough.
⚠️ Religious exceptions
⚠️ Vaccine hesitancy.
⚠️ Vaccine may not be approved early enough for kids.
⚠️ B117 & B1617 both hit kids
harder. And young people harder as well.
⚠️ B1617's vaccine effectiveness has dropped to 75%. There is a decent possibility of another variant coming out that drops that effectiveness below 50%. No longer considered to be efficacious.
all vaccinated. Individuals will bear the cost of getting sick- but our society will suffer a far greater loss in terms of impact to productivity, etc.
Additionally, since we as a society benefit, it is only natural that the government is going to be the entity to make that
happen.
We are not the United States of Walmart, quite yet.
But that is only looking at immediate costs.
There is also a long term cost from "late effects". SARS-COV-2 is a virus as is polio.
Always a great study when tweeted out by Dr. Noakes - let's dive in.
✅2 cases of transmission from bus drivers to passengers up to more than 9 feet/ 3 meters.
✅Genomic confirmation
✅Airflow traced - please see Dr. Noakes original thread for commentary on the method used.