Thread by @AF632

How many already-vaccinated Democrats will test positive for COVID-19 before our intrepid media suddenly "discovers" the tests find any trace amount of the family of coronaviruses that have been around for who-knows-how-long now, and aren't an indication a person will get sick.

We've seen a huge amount of high-profile people who are already vaccinated pop positive on a COVID-19 test. How many of these have we heard follow-ups on, whether or not they've actually come down with a cold? How many have died?

We aren't seeing that information because either none of them are actually getting sick or dying (which means the tests are mostly meaningless) or they are getting sick or dying (which means the vaccines are not as effective as they say). Which is it?

Instead, we're seeing stories of already-vaccinated (but maskless) people testing positive and only that. The only conclusion, your oh-so-honest media will tell you, is that we must continue to remain masked and locked down, even if we are vaccinated.

And... tadaaaaaa! There you have it. The message repeated in an infinity loop: "Get vaccinated even if you can't be sure they work, but above all, stay locked down and muzzled with a bit of cloth over your face, because that's what really works."

But that's not remotely scientific. A real scientific stance would be to look at that data (which conflicts with itself) and learn why it does. Where is the breakdown? Vaccine effectiveness or test accuracy? And honest journalism would ask these questions and report the answers.

Instead, we get cheerleaders masquerading as journalists, pushing vaccines and masks and lockdowns and mass testing even the vaccinated and really anything any prominent Democrat says should happen. That's not based on scientific principles; it's based on partisan politics.

The chattering class could care less about investigating and learning the actual causes and effects of any of this. Or actual journalism, for that matter. The lockdowns and masks and tests don't affect them. They're above all that. That stuff is only for the riffraff.

So all we get is "these rushed vaccines can't be trusted!" pre-January 20, and "you must get vaccinated to save lives!" post-January 20, with no other real thought rushing through their vacant little minds. Fire-and-forget politically partisan news. Forget what we said yesterday.

And so when it becomes politically expedient, when enough already-vaccinated Democrats test positive for a virus they're protected against, the tests will suddenly and without explanation become terribly problematic. "We need a serious look at false positives!" they'll cry.

And poof! Just like that, testing parameters will change, methods will (once again) be updated, and we'll enter the "Super Bowl Era" of COVID-19 testing. Or the "Steroids Era," if baseball is more your thing. Modern-era stats will be incomparable to pre-modern-era stats.

And once that happens, the entire history of cases will inherit an asterisk. Any prior positive test would be suspect. Any previous test would be subject to the scrutiny given modern tests, but without the ability to verify its veracity.

But that won't come up. Journalists will go on blissfully reporting modern-era testing as if it were done according to the same standards as before, gaslighting you into forgetting standards were any different. Just like they do now. Just like they have done in the past.

And most of America will nod along, wiping the flecks of drool from the sides of their mouths. "They're the experts, after all!" they'll sagely repeat.

And we will have learned nothing.