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Jan 29, 2022 17 tweets 7 min read Read on X
1/Welp, I spent last night continuing my research into the #blizzard2022 #hoax.

Thankfully, @Twitter and Facebook have helpful algorithms that pointed me in the direction of *real* experts who helped me round out my thinking.
2/I studied poignant, analytical memes from leading thinkers in finance, technology, and art sales.

To my surprise, their insights actually CONFIRMED all of my pre-conceived notions about this storm.

Thanks for the research help @Twitter!
3/All of this research has led me to conclude that the hype around #blizzard2022 is being driven by the weather-industrial complex.

In short, it is all #propaganda.

I am concerned for our republic.
4/First of all, @CDCgov says blizzards are no big deal so long as you're financially stable, don't have to leave your house for work, have food, can afford heating and internet, and don't have to worry about power outages.

Those apply to me. So why should I care about others?
5/This morning, my neighbors said I needed to put salt on our shared sidewalk to keep THEM safe!

But putting salt down is inconvenient. Why should I be inconvenienced to help others in my community?

Can't people who are vulnerable to slips and falls just stay inside?
6/Get this: my town implemented a "parking ban" too. They say it's to help them keep roads cleared.

But it really amounts to the government telling me, a taxpayer, what I can and can't do with my own private property. Didn't we fight a war against England to prevent this?
7/This is a blatant violation of the Takings Clause of the 5th Amendment to the @usconstitution.

It also violates the Declaration of Independence.

A lawyer I chatted with last night on Facebook says this could go all the way to @Scotus.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Ame…
8/And these so-called meteorologists have no clue what they're talking about.

Earlier this week, the forecast was for 10-20 inches. Then it changed to 8-12 inches. And now they're hyping it up as a "blizzard"!

I challenge @KeithCarson to debate me publicly on this.
9/I also find it deeply suspicious that their "models" change all the time. I thought this was "science", which does not change (see, e.g., gravity).

Who pressured them to change the models? My hunch: follow the $$$ and we'll find out.
10/We really need to be talking about the impact of #blizzard2022 on our kids!

Were it not for the alarmism of Organized Meteorology, our kids would be outside playing today.

But instead, kids are inside.

That is unacceptable. #letthemplay
11/Now I'm watching @weatherchannel and they're telling people to wear gloves if they go outside.

Do we know what the long-term side effects of gloves are? How do we know that gloves won't cause skin infections? Or vitamin D deficiency?

We need randomized trials. #facts
12/And gloves DON'T WORK!

The "experts" say that good gloves help prevent frostbite. That's nonsense.

I know a guy who got frostbite even though he was WEARING GLOVES. #CHECKMATE
13/Plus, I did the research and frostbite only happens about 1% of the time.

And my buddy who got it was FINE after his ER visit and skin graft.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19730758/#:~:t….
14/I mean, sure, some people might die from from the cold. But how many died "from" the cold, vs. "with" the cold?

And how many of those who died had pre-existing conditions?

Why won't anyone tell us? #transparency

publichealthpost.org/research/count….
15/Honestly, this "wear gloves" thing is ridiculous.

What's next? Telling me that I won't get service in a store unless I'm also wearing a shirt or shoes?

We need to stop living in fear, #sheeple!
16/Here's how I see it: I don't need gloves.

Treatments for frostbite are SO GOOD now. I'll be fine.

I am warm blooded and have a skin system that is perfectly capable of keeping me warm, thank you very much. #Factsnotfear
17/I went out for a drive this morning and the entire town is on lockdown!

This is a completely ridiculous overreaction to something that is seasonal, and will literally melt away. It will assuredly be gone by Easter. #blizzard2022

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More from @nirav_uscdc

Feb 2, 2023
1/Hey #Maine-frostbite and hypothermia are no joke.

You could lose a finger, a limb, or even die. Here's what you need to know.

First, cold-related ER visits are real. With the upcoming Arctic blast, we expect to see Mainers needing emergency care. Don't be one of them. Cold related ER visits
2/Let's start with hypothermia.

You can get it from being outside in cold temps. Hypothermia happens when your body loses heat faster than it’s produced.

When your body temp gets too low, it affects your brain.

You can't think clearly or move well, which is my baseline. It is cold outside.
3/This is why hypothermia is dangerous: you might not even know that it’s happening .

So know the warning signs of hypothermia: shivering, exhaustion, confusion, slurred speech, etc.
Read 10 tweets
Feb 1, 2023
1/Hey y'all - it's gonna be #cold in #Maine this Fri/Sat.

Dangerously cold. Some might even say wicked cold.

So like if you normally snow blow your driveway in shorts and flip flops while sipping a @dunkindonuts iced coffee, take note.
2/How #cold is it going to be?

Well, @Todd_Gutner (aka Hot Toddy) forecasts wind chills of -60F in the interior of #Maine, and a balmy -40F along the coast.

He bases his predictions on #science. So you know they must be right. I'm told he even uses a computer.
3/I mean, honestly, maybe -60F isn't *that* cold.

Here is a list of places that will still be colder: Mars.

For reference, it will be around -45F at the South Pole.

They've got it good down there.
Read 9 tweets
Jul 22, 2022
1/@MEPublicHealth has identified #Maine's first case of #monkeypox in a York County male.

Maine CDC has been preparing for monkeypox for several weeks, given the international outbreak. So what is monkeypox? How does it spread? Who is a risk? What can we do to prevent it?
2/Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus.

The #monkeypox virus is part of the same family of viruses that causes smallpox, though the diseases are different. The symptoms are milder, and monkeypox is rarely fatal.
cdc.gov/poxvirus/monke…
3/Monkeypox often causes a rash that can look like pimples or blisters that appears on the face, inside the mouth, and on other parts of the body. Individuals also report symptoms like fever, fatigue, and muscle aches.
Read 11 tweets
Jul 6, 2022
1/The logical implications of common arguments against #COVID19 #vaccines are worth considering. I focus on some of them here.
2/Argument #1: The approval process is corrupt!

What part of the process, specifically, is corrupt and how is that different from the pathway that other COVID therapeutics followed? For example, was the process that authorized monoclonal antibodies like bebtelovimab corrupt?
3/What about the process oral medicines like Paxlovid followed? What that corrupt, too? Remdesivir?

Would you be willing to take those other products if you got a serious case of #COVID? If so, why not vaccines?

What was uniquely corrupt about the vaccine pathway?
Read 19 tweets
Jun 19, 2022
1/In recent days, the @US_FDA has authorized and the @CDCgov (via @CDCDirector) has recommended the @pfizer and @moderna_tx #COVID19 vaccines for
children 6m+.

Though the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines are quite impressive, I've seen a more fundamental question.
2/That is, "Why should I vaccinate my child against #COVID at all? After all, it isn't that severe in kids, and my kid already had it. Is #COVID19 in children really a big deal?"

I'd like to make the public health case for pediatric #COVID19 vaccines with @CDCgov data.
3/Let's start with the baseline number of cases among children. Many children have been affected by COVID throughout the pandemic.

All of these slides are from a recent @CDCgov #ACIP meeting and are publicly available here cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/…
Read 17 tweets
May 13, 2022
1/Here's where we stand with #COVID19 in #Maine right now.

There are 223 people hospitalized w/COVID, 35 of whom are in the ICU and 2 on a ventilator.

Two weeks ago, there were 143 hospitalized. One thing different now as compared to prior surges is the severity level.
2/In prior waves, the number of patients in the ICU and on ventilators grew in tandem with overall numbers. But here, we have not seen the same parallel growth in the most severely ill patients.

Two weeks ago, there were 34 patients in the ICU and 5 on ventilators.
3/So our growth in hospitalizations has come from non-ICU/non-ventilated patients. They are still ill--make no mistake--since they are hospitalized.

Generally, the composition of those who are hospitalized now are older vaccinated individuals and younger, unvaccinated ones.
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