A chronology of my COVID-19 bookmarks: It highlights the missed moments, the reversals, the inconsistencies, the false sense of control, and the gaslighting that we've endured over two years.
Note: Endorsement/refutation not implied by tweets in timeline.
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Note: Endorsement/refutation not implied by tweets in timeline.
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July 2019 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grants continued funding to EcoHealth Alliance, in partnership with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, to conduct "in vitro and in vivo infection experiments" of bat-origin CoVs: reporter.nih.gov/search/jF4RIpD…
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Dec. 2019 - Promotional video for the Wuhan CDC shows a technician without appropriate protective gear: - thebulletin.org/2020/05/natura…
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Jan. 2020 - "We know the coronavirus is airborne," writes NewScientist. China’s National Health Commission distributes millions of masks to Wuhan residents: newscientist.com/article/223153…
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Feb. 2020 - "There are predictions that we may eventually see hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 cases. However, many predicted millions of cases of Ebola in West Africa, which did not happen." - asm.org/Articles/2020/…
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Feb. 2020 - "CDC does not currently recommend the use of facemasks" -
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https://twitter.com/cdcdirector/status/1225061262800719872
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Feb. 2020 - Zeng Qun, deputy head of the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau, says that airborne (aerosol) transmission of COVID-19 is confirmed: chinadaily.com.cn/a/202002/08/WS…
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Feb. 2020 - Preprint published on ResearchGate states "the killer coronavirus probably originated from a laboratory in Wuhan." - The paper is deleted and its existence is later denied - web.archive.org/web/2020022123…
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Feb. 2020 - Are face masks needed? "Absolutely not." Fauci says something the public should be paying more attention to, however, is the flu. - mynews13.com/fl/orlando/new…
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Feb. 2020 - Head of EcoHealth Alliance, the company conducting "in vitro and in vivo infection experiments" of bat-origin CoVs in Wuhan (see #2), orchestrates a statement condemning conspiracy theories. No competing interest is declared. - thelancet.com/journals/lance…
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Feb. 2020 - "Epidemiologic data continue to point to airborne transmission being the driver of the COVID-19 outbreak," cautions Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH: medscape.com/viewarticle/92…
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Feb. 2020 - James Hamblin, MD, MPH highlights the apparent ineffectiveness of lockdowns and states "the expectation that any area will escape effects of COVID-19 must be abandoned." - theatlantic.com/health/archive…
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Feb. 2020 - "If stopping the virus is increasingly out of reach, health officials will have to accept that it’s everywhere and move into a new phase in their response strategy." - vox.com/2020/2/23/2114…
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Feb. 2020 - "Here is the difference between a surgical mask and a N95 respirator. Neither are necessary for healthy people unless you are a healthcare worker." - Dr. Sanjay Gupta -
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https://twitter.com/drsanjaygupta/status/1233910052643311617
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Mar. 2020 - FDA and CDC highlight the importance of N95-style respirators "during an outbreak of a respiratory disease like COVID-19." - fda.gov/news-events/pr…
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Mar. 2020 - "The government and most health experts keep telling the public not to wear face masks for coronavirus. So why are they doing it anyway?" - time.com/5794729/corona…
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Mar. 2020 - In South Africa, spreading " false information about the coronavirus is now a crime, punishable by up to six months in prison." - edition.cnn.com/world/live-new… - In effect, it becomes illegal to highlight factual errors made by the government (see #20)
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Mar. 2020 - The American Society of Anesthesiologists advises that COVID-19 be treated as an airborne pathogen and recommends use of an N95 mask (or powered air-purifying respirator): asahq.org/about-asa/gove…
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Mar. 2020 - A cheap, at-home rapid COVID-19 test is developed by Dr. Irene Bosch. The FDA does not grant it emergency authorization approval: propublica.org/article/this-s…
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Mar. 2020 - The World Health Organization tweets: "FACT: #COVID19 is NOT airborne." -
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https://twitter.com/who/status/1243972193169616898- Contrary indications are labeled "fake news." E.g.
https://twitter.com/governmentza/status/1244243121145286660
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Mar. 2020 - "While the science behind whether masks can prevent a person from catching the coronavirus hasn't changed (a mask does not help a healthy person avoid infection), public guidance may be shifting." - nbcnews.com/health/health-…
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Apr. 2020 - "Leaving aside the fact that they are ineffective, telling the public to wear cloth or surgical masks could be interpreted by some to mean that people are safe to stop isolating at home." - cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspecti…
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Apr. 2020 - WHO suggests that there is no evidence that any type of mask worn by healthy persons in the wider community setting can prevent infection by respiratory viruses including COVID-19: apps.who.int/iris/bitstream…
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Apr. 2020 - CDC now recommends non-medical cloth masks - newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/cov… - Officials complain that new mask guidance is politically motivated: cnn.com/2020/04/03/hea…
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Apr. 2020 - "To save more lives nationwide, experts say America must also raise the capacity of the health care system at lightning speed so there’s more lifesaving care for the patients who will develop severe Covid-19" - vox.com/2020/4/7/21201…
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Apr. 2020 - British Medical Journal reiterates findings of study that "Cloth masks resulted in significantly higher rates of infection than medical masks, and also performed worse than the control arm." - bmj.com/content/369/bm…
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Apr. 2020 - WHO contradicts the guidance it published two days earlier (see #23) and now recommends that the general public wear non-medical cloth masks: thehill.com/changing-ameri…
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Apr. 2020 - "This will result in a secondary epidemic of burnouts and stress-related absenteeism" - weforum.org/agenda/2020/04…
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Apr. 2020 - "While children are not the face of this pandemic, its broader impacts on children risk being catastrophic and amongst the most lasting consequences for societies as a whole." - unsdg.un.org/sites/default/…
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Apr. 2020 - China deletes academic research regarding the origins of COVID-19 and requires that future research be approved by central government officials: edition.cnn.com/2020/04/12/asi…
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Apr. 2020 - EcoHealth Alliance, the U.S.-funded research firm linked to the Wuhan lab, delays the release of taxpayer-funded viral sequences, in part, because Chinese authorities had not yet approved the data's release: usrtk.org/wp-content/upl…
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Apr. 2020 - "This discourse of blame exploits existing social divisions...Governments then respond by deploying their authority, with quarantine or compulsory vaccination...a dynamic that fuels social conflict." - nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
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May 2020 - Policy review published in EID journal calls into question the benefit of face masks in a non-healthcare setting. Finds little evidence on the effectiveness of improved hygiene and environmental cleaning. - wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26…
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May 2020 - Infectious disease expert cautions that "taking a mask on and off between bites of food might actually increase the risk of spreading the virus" - today.com/food/how-can-y…
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May 2020 - Dr. Fauci does not entertain the idea "that someone found the coronavirus in the wild, brought it to a lab, and then it accidentally escaped." - nationalgeographic.com/science/articl…
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May 2020 - "The more than 100 COVID-19 vaccines in development mainly focus on another immune response: antibodies." - science.org/content/articl…
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May 2020 - Moderna withholds critical data regarding COVID-19 vaccine trial: statnews.com/2020/05/19/vac…
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June 2020 - Infectious disease expert advises that "intermittent mask use between bites and sips would further decrease the risk." - phillyvoice.com/covid-19-risk-…
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June 2020 - U.S. National Institutes of Health deletes gene sequences of early Covid-19 cases from a key scientific database: wsj.com/articles/covid…
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July 2020 - Moderna described by government scientists as lacking the "staff and expertise to oversee the most critical phase of human trials" - reuters.com/article/us-hea…
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Aug. 2020 - Gallup finds that 1/3 of Americans would be unwilling to get COVID-19 vaccine, even if free and FDA-approved. news.gallup.com/poll/317018/on…
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Aug. 2020 - WHO states that "Children aged 5 years and under should not be required to wear masks. This is based on the safety and overall interest of the child" - who.int/emergencies/di…
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Aug. 2020 - NIAID awards funding to EcoHealth Alliance. Project proposal includes "building of chimeric SARS-like bat coronaviruses." Work to be stopped if resulting virus is 10x more pathogenic or transmissible than wild virus: theintercept.com/document/2021/…
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Sept. 2020 - "COVID-19 contains an uncommon genetic sequence that has been used by genetic engineers in the past to insert genes into coronaviruses without leaving a trace," says MIT/Harvard cell engineering expert - bostonmagazine.com/news/2020/09/0…
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Sept. 2020 - Researcher blows the whistle on data integrity issues in Pfizer’s vaccine trial. She is fired. The FDA declines investigation. - bmj.com/content/375/bm…
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Sept. 2020 - "Currently, more evidence becomes available that the lockdowns may have more negative effects than positive effects." - frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
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Oct. 2020 - Analysis deems Australia's "no jab, no pay" policy (enacted prior to COVID-19) to be ineffective. "That’s it, if they force me I won’t do it at all." - theguardian.com/australia-news…
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Oct. 2020 - "Our trial will not demonstrate prevention of transmission," Tal Zaks, chief medical officer at Moderna - bmj.com/content/371/bm…
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Oct. 2020 - "The US president has never been able to impose a federal mandate of vaccines across the country, and that won’t change anytime soon." - qz.com/1921346/will-t…
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Nov. 2020 - In a study of US patients, individuals with a history of mental illness like depression and schizophrenia are found to have increased odds of being diagnosed with COVID-19: thelancet.com/journals/lanps…
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Nov. 2020 - "Of COVID-19 patients who died, 83.29% had a preexisting comorbidity" - ajmc.com/view/contribut…
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Nov. 2020 - "None of the three companies with coronavirus vaccines in advanced clinical trials in the United States have made public the protocols and statistical analysis plans for those trials" - nytimes.com/2020/09/13/sci…
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Dec. 2020 - Vaccination record cards are "reminders," not to be mischaracterized as proof of vaccination: nbcnews.com/health/health-…
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Jan. 2021 - Investigation of COVID-19 origin begins. "Joint Team" includes a member who previously withheld US taxpayer-funded viral sequences (pending Chinese government approval) and did not disclose competing interests (see #31 and #69): time.com/5929647/who-ch…
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Feb. 2021 - “If the only information you're allowing to be weighed is provided by the very people who have everything to lose by revealing such evidence, that just doesn't come close to passing the sniff test,” - Stanford microbiologist - washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pac…
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Feb. 2021 - "Did the Chinese colleagues hand over the complete raw data files? No, they did not. But then again, I did not expect that in a mission like this." - Investigator, Marion Koopmans PhD - npr.org/sections/coron…
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Mar. 2021 - "Findings of the joint committee, while potentially useful to a limited extent, represent neither the official position of the WHO nor the result of an unrestricted, independent investigation." - s.wsj.net/public/resourc…
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Mar. 2021 - "The scenario the WHO-China team said it considers most probable is the 'intermediary' theory." 50,000 animal specimens tested, including 1,100 bats in Hubei province, but no match found - technologyreview.com/2021/03/26/102…
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Mar. 2021 - CDC and NIH launch “Say Yes! COVID Test” program. Distributes free, rapid antigen tests within two counties. Aims to discover "accessible new means of stemming the spread of the virus" - nibib.nih.gov/news-events/ne…
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Apr. 2021 - "By now, we have overwhelming evidence that Covid-19 is highly unlikely to spread outdoors, where pathogens dissipate." - newrepublic.com/article/162081…
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Apr. 2021 - Wearing a mask is "no different than having a drink or taking a drug or running or any number of ways that we kind of manage our anxiety," - nymag.com/intelligencer/…
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May 2021 - CDC guidance suggests that children in summer camps wear masks during outdoor sports and athletic activities: cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…
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May 2021 - CDC says that fully vaccinated people don’t need to physically distance or wear face masks in most settings. "We have all longed for this moment, when we can get back to some sense of normalcy." - cnbc.com/2021/05/13/cdc…
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May 2021 - NIH Director makes demonstrably false statement regarding NIH/NIAID support for “gain-of-function” research on coronaviruses: nih.gov/about-nih/who-… - E.g. nature.com/articles/natur…
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May 2021 - U.S. implies that earlier investigation into origins of COVID-19 (see #57) was tainted by censorship: reuters.com/business/healt…
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June 2021 - Office of Inspector General launches audit of EcoHealth Alliance, the company working in partnership with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, to conduct "in vitro and in vivo infection experiments" of bat-origin CoVs: documentcloud.org/documents/2116…
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June 2021 - NIAID awards new funding to EcoHealth Alliance on the same day that the Inspector General launches audit of EcoHealth Alliance: documentcloud.org/documents/2117… - Project proposal includes "building of chimeric SARS-like bat coronaviruses."
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June 2021 - The Lancet adds competing interest addendum to its Feb. 2020 “Statement in support of the scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China combatting COVID-19” - thelancet.com/journals/lance…
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June 2021 - Around the world, policy-makers and public health officials flout their own recommendations while pretending otherwise: video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1…
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July 2021 - "COVID vaccines are extraordinarily effective in reducing transmission of the virus" - scientificamerican.com/article/the-cr…
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July 2021 - "Some unions say that because the vaccine has become so politicized, mandates from leadership would be less effective and only alienate certain members." - politico.com/news/2021/07/2…
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July 2021 - FSMB threatens to have revoked the medical licenses of doctors who spread COVID-19 vaccine misinformation or disinformation. Though these terms are not defined, doctors are expected to share "consensus-driven" information: fsmb.org/advocacy/news-…
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July 2021 - U.K. doctors argue that the use of Ivermectin as a therapeutic reduced COVID-19 mortality by 49%, and as prophylaxis, reduced infection by 87% (even after discounting the retracted "Elgazzar" preprint) - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/artic…
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Aug. 2021 - CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky tells CNN that COVID-19 vaccines no longer prevent transmission of the virus: cnn.com/2021/08/05/hea…
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Aug. 2021 - "So far, a viable natural origin for the SARS-CoV-2 S1–S2 site through recombination or mutation of a bat-origin virus has proved to be elusive." - thelancet.com/journals/lanmi…
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Aug. 2021 - "It is already concerning that full approval is being based on 6 months' worth of data despite the clinical trials designed for two years...There is no control group" - bmj.com/content/374/bm…
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Aug. 2021 - "Until new clinical trials demonstrate that boosters increase efficacy above 50%, without increasing serious adverse events, it is unclear whether the 2-dose series would even meet the FDA’s approval standard" - blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/08/23…
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Aug. 2021 - "Our scientific and medical experts conducted an incredibly thorough and thoughtful evaluation of this vaccine." - fda.gov/news-events/pr…
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Aug. 2021 - National Intelligence Council: "All agencies assess that two hypotheses are plausible: natural exposure to an infected animal and a laboratory-associated incident." - dni.gov/files/ODNI/doc…
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Aug. 2021 - "FDA officials are scrambling to collect and analyze data that clearly demonstrate the boosters' benefits before the administration’s Sept. 20 deadline for rolling them out to most adults." - politico.com/news/2021/08/3…
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Sept. 2021 - "Two senior FDA officials are resigning from the agency...According to several sources, their decision is in part due to frustration with the Biden administration's announcement on Covid-19 booster shots." - advisory.com/daily-briefing…
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Sept. 2021 - Several media outlets erroneously report that ivermectin overdoses are clogging Oklahoma hospitals: reason.com/2021/09/06/ive… - Few issue corrections or retractions.
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Sept. 2021 - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control does not recommend masks for students ages 12 or under: ecdc.europa.eu/en/covid-19/qu…
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Sept. 2021 - "We've been patient. But our patience is wearing thin, and your refusal has cost all of us" - President Joe Biden - apnews.com/article/joe-bi…
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Sept. 2021 - FDA advisory panel "rejected, by a vote of 16-2, boosters for almost everyone. Members cited a lack of safety data on extra doses and also raised doubts about the value of mass boosters" - pbs.org/newshour/healt…
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Sept. 2021 - "The WHO strongly opposes the widespread rollout of booster shots, asking that wealthier nations instead give extra doses to countries with minimal vaccination rates." - cnbc.com/2021/09/21/who…
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Sept. 2021 - Lancet investigation into COVID-19 pandemic origins is shut down "because of concerns about its links to the EcoHealth Alliance, a non-profit organisation run by task force member Peter Daszak." - bmj.com/content/375/bm…
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Sept. 2021 - CDC Director touts the benefits of masks in schools based on results of study which failed to account for which schools were closed for summer break: cbsnews.com/news/transcrip… - theatlantic.com/science/archiv…
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Sept. 2021 - "I want to be clear: We will not boost our way out of this pandemic" - Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - cnn.com/2021/09/25/hea…
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Sept. 2021 - Ivermectin meta analysis reversed. "When we take out the trials at risk of bias or fraud, we don’t see any effects of ivermectin on survival and don’t see any effects on clinical recovery" - chemistryworld.com/news/ivermecti…
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Oct. 2021 - Significant increase in searches that coincide with symptoms of yet-to-be identified Omicron variant: trends.google.com/trends/explore…
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Oct. 2021 - The New York Times overstates COVID hospitalizations in children by a factor of more than 14x (900,000 stated, 63,000 actual) - msn.com/en-us/health/m…
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Oct. 2021 - "Employment in healthcare is down by 524,000 since February 2020" - beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/heal…
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Oct. 2021 - "New York state's COVID-19 vaccine mandate led to about 34,000 health workers losing jobs or being placed on leave" - lohud.com/story/news/cor…
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Oct. 2021 - FDA unanimously advisers endorse Moderna booster shot. “I just want to explain why I voted yes; it is more gut feeling rather than based on really truly serious data" - politico.com/news/2021/10/1…
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Oct. 2021 - "We’re already having supply chain issues; we’re already having workforce shortage issues...This mandate cannot be implemented in 2021 without having serious repercussions..." - cnbc.com/2021/10/25/bus…
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Nov. 2021 - More data demonstrates benefit of natural immunity: thelancet.com/journals/lanin… - During a five month study at Cleveland Clinic, 0 of 1,359 unvaccinated healthcare workers who had previously been infected with COVID-19 became reinfected: medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
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Nov. 2021 - Germany and France join Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway in lessening the use of Moderna's vaccine in order to study risks: forbes.com/sites/robertha…
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Nov. 2021 - "It is difficult to imagine a greater need for transparency than immediate disclosure of the documents relied upon by the FDA to license a product that is now being mandated to over 100 million Americans" - reuters.com/legal/governme…
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Nov. 2021 - NIH Director refers to “Say Yes! COVID Test” program as new initiative, despite being launched 8 months prior. Program results (from finished trials) previously said to be forthcoming, but do not appear to be published: directorsblog.nih.gov/tag/say-yes-co…
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Nov. 2021 - Dissenting FDA vaccine officials: "The push for boosters for everyone could actually prolong the pandemic" - washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/1…
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Dec. 2021 - FDA indicates that "Clinical trials assessing ivermectin tablets for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 in people are ongoing." - fda.gov/consumers/cons…
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Dec. 2021 - "The first peptide vaccine designed to elicit T-cell immunity against SARS-CoV-2, rather than antibody responses, appears to be safe and broadly protective against a range of worrisome viral variants, including Omicron." - nature.com/articles/d4158…
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Dec. 2021 - Depending on one's age, gender, physical condition, and mRNA doses received, a booster shot may increase the odds of a person having an adverse medical event (when compared to a mild COVID-19 infection): nature.com/articles/s4159…
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Dec. 2021 - "The Tribune’s analysis found Illinois hospitals were staffing about 900 more beds at the height of last year’s patient crush than they are now." - chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct…
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Dec. 2021 - "To be clear, the lab leak theory was and remains a perfectly legitimate line of inquiry. Even Anthony Fauci has called for greater openness about work that took place in the Wuhan Institute of Virology." - thelancet.com/journals/lance…
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Dec. 2021 - Researchers indicate that saliva swabs, not nasal swabs, are the preferred sample for Omicron detection - medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
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Dec. 2021 - By split decision on the last business day before Christmas, FDA approves controversial mutagenic drug that was only 3% effective in one trial: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1478074…
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Dec. 2021 - The WHO knowledges that COVID-19 is airborne, more than 600 days after declaring that it was not. The update is published on a webpage where the text is hidden by default: who.int/news-room/ques…
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Dec. 2021 - It is "hard to imagine that the U.S. will ever have full access to all the viral research funded through NIH grants at the Wuhan Institute of Virology." - theintercept.com/2021/12/28/cov…
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Dec. 2021 - The CDC "doesn’t know if rapid at-home antigen tests give a good indication of transmissibility at this stage of infection." - usnews.com/news/health-ne…
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Jan. 2022 - "The U.S. is urging that everyone 12 and older get a COVID-19 booster as soon as they’re eligible, to help fight back the hugely contagious omicron mutant that’s ripping through the country." - apnews.com/article/corona…
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Jan. 2022 - “We want to make sure that it is not a cloth mask. A cloth mask does not offer protection" - cbs42.com/news/health/co…
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Jan. 2022 - Director of COVID Response, UCSF Emergency Department finds that 70% of COVID-positive patients are in the hospital for other reasons (i.e. not because of COVID-19 complications): sfgate.com/bayarea/articl…
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"A fourth shot of Covid-19 vaccine boosts antibodies to even higher levels than the third jab but it is not enough to prevent Omicron infections, according to a preliminary study in Israel." - cnbc.com/2022/01/17/omi…
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Interpretation 1/10
There is no perfect science because there is no perfect human. Many willful lies are born from an unwillingness to admit honest mistakes. If a mistake results in public harm, to admit so results in significant personal risk.
There is no perfect science because there is no perfect human. Many willful lies are born from an unwillingness to admit honest mistakes. If a mistake results in public harm, to admit so results in significant personal risk.
Interpretation 2/10
There is no scientific consensus regarding the efficacy of masks in a non-healthcare setting, even amongst and within institutions. As such, masking should be an opt-in activity, conferring burdens and benefits to the wearer.
There is no scientific consensus regarding the efficacy of masks in a non-healthcare setting, even amongst and within institutions. As such, masking should be an opt-in activity, conferring burdens and benefits to the wearer.
Interpretation 3/10
Assuming the highest level of expertise and the most noble of intentions, no individual has seemingly compromised the investigation of COVID-19's origins more so than Peter Daszak. Recusal is an important part of any investigation.
Assuming the highest level of expertise and the most noble of intentions, no individual has seemingly compromised the investigation of COVID-19's origins more so than Peter Daszak. Recusal is an important part of any investigation.
Interpretation 4/10
NIH/NIAID leadership seem to make bad faith arguments about "gain of function" experimentation, relying on legalese to make distinctions without practical difference.
NIH/NIAID leadership seem to make bad faith arguments about "gain of function" experimentation, relying on legalese to make distinctions without practical difference.
Interpretation 5/10
There is no scientific consensus regarding the necessity of COVID-19 vaccine booster shots. As such, it is unethical to compel boosters. Risk and reward should be decided between patient and physician.
There is no scientific consensus regarding the necessity of COVID-19 vaccine booster shots. As such, it is unethical to compel boosters. Risk and reward should be decided between patient and physician.
Interpretation 6/10
Those who are admitted to a healthcare facility, especially those with comorbidities, have a reasonable expectation to engage with immunized staff. However, it is not practical to discriminate based upon the source of immunity.
Those who are admitted to a healthcare facility, especially those with comorbidities, have a reasonable expectation to engage with immunized staff. However, it is not practical to discriminate based upon the source of immunity.
Interpretation 7/10
The utility and necessity of COVID-19 vaccines does not absolve companies from following protocols nor from sharing uncensored data with public health agencies, particularly when companies have received public funding.
The utility and necessity of COVID-19 vaccines does not absolve companies from following protocols nor from sharing uncensored data with public health agencies, particularly when companies have received public funding.
Interpretation 8/10
Media coverage does not reflect mortality risk. Prior to the pandemic, the implied risk of terrorism was exaggerated by nearly 4,000 fold. Since the pandemic, heart disease has killed more Americans than COVID-19.
Media coverage does not reflect mortality risk. Prior to the pandemic, the implied risk of terrorism was exaggerated by nearly 4,000 fold. Since the pandemic, heart disease has killed more Americans than COVID-19.
Interpretation 9/10
COVID-19 interventions with waning efficacy, e.g. mask wearing, isolation and booster shots, are continually emphasized at the expense of interventions with stable (or growing) efficacy, e.g. exercise, healthy diet, mental wellness and normal immune stimulus.
COVID-19 interventions with waning efficacy, e.g. mask wearing, isolation and booster shots, are continually emphasized at the expense of interventions with stable (or growing) efficacy, e.g. exercise, healthy diet, mental wellness and normal immune stimulus.
Interpretation 10/10
The response to the COVID-19 pandemic has largely ignored a worsening mental health crisis that includes anxiety, depression, self-harm and addiction. History suggests that this is a prelude for disaster.
The response to the COVID-19 pandemic has largely ignored a worsening mental health crisis that includes anxiety, depression, self-harm and addiction. History suggests that this is a prelude for disaster.
Closing Thoughts 1/5
Addiction -> narcissistic politics -> dictatorship -> societal upheaval. For example, see opioid/methamphetamine/alcohol abuse in early 20th century Germany, Korea and Russia. A major addiction crisis was underway before COVID-19.
Addiction -> narcissistic politics -> dictatorship -> societal upheaval. For example, see opioid/methamphetamine/alcohol abuse in early 20th century Germany, Korea and Russia. A major addiction crisis was underway before COVID-19.
Closing Thoughts 2/5
Narcissists control unrecovered addicts with a simple idea: "The bad stuff isn't your fault, it's THEIR fault, and together we'll make them pay." By stoking division, it creates isolation, allowing the narcissist to become the single source of "truth."
Narcissists control unrecovered addicts with a simple idea: "The bad stuff isn't your fault, it's THEIR fault, and together we'll make them pay." By stoking division, it creates isolation, allowing the narcissist to become the single source of "truth."
Closing Thoughts 3/5
When dissent is silenced, the process begins again by creating new divisions amongst members. If one does not comply in full, even if to do so is contradictory, he or she becomes "part of the problem." The process repeats.
When dissent is silenced, the process begins again by creating new divisions amongst members. If one does not comply in full, even if to do so is contradictory, he or she becomes "part of the problem." The process repeats.
Closing Thoughts 4/5
The narcissist never accepts responsibility for failure, always shifting blame onto another group, until power is fully concentrated. Eventually, it is declared that "we are past the time for peaceful solutions."
The narcissist never accepts responsibility for failure, always shifting blame onto another group, until power is fully concentrated. Eventually, it is declared that "we are past the time for peaceful solutions."
Closing Thoughts 5/5
It can happen here because it can happen anywhere: Human frailty is universal, and I've suffered it firsthand: johnwdefeo.com/articles/addic… - I hope that my experience in recovery might inspire others to shed the dangerous desire for righteousness and control.
It can happen here because it can happen anywhere: Human frailty is universal, and I've suffered it firsthand: johnwdefeo.com/articles/addic… - I hope that my experience in recovery might inspire others to shed the dangerous desire for righteousness and control.
Note: I should have posted this tweet earlier in the timeline. The article was published in the April 2020 print edition, but the text was originally published online on March 12, 2020 (which to my mind, renders it even more impressive).
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