.@Heritage and @freedomcaucus hosted a worthwhile discussion on the topic of Covid-19 accountability last week. Here are some highlights from the portion that addressed the issue of medical censorship. 🧵
"[Censorship resulted in] this illusion of a consensus that never existed on so many topics. We robbed the American people of a true debate, a true discussion… The truth comes from people honestly engaging with the data." @DrJBhattacharya
"There is nothing more harmful, more chilling than these laws like [#AB2098] because patients are going to suffer from this. Patients already have suffered from self-cancellation by doctors who are afraid to say the truth to their patients… " -Dr. Scott Atlas
"AB2098 effectively puts the CDC in the room with you as a patient and a doctor, so that the doctor is now thinking about what the CDC will say… The main purpose of it is to chill public discussion by dissenting doctors on matters of public health importance." @DrJBhattacharya
"The last thing I would want is to censor those who have a different view than me because I want to be able to rebut what they're saying. So I want them to be heard and then I want because it gives me an opportunity to actually counter the arguments." @MartinKulldorff
Scott Atlas and @RepRosendale also touched on the important issue of the abuse of emergency powers under the guise of protecting public health.
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San Francisco’s managed alcohol program provides homeless alcoholics with housing, meals, activities (including crafts and outings to Giants games), and a quantity of alcoholic beverages determined by their “need and desire,” with no expectation of reducing consumption. With a reported budget of $5 million for 20 beds (half set aside for Latinx or indigenous people), it would be cheaper to accommodate these people in all-inclusive resorts.
Advocates had wanted managed alcohol programs in San Francisco for years. In 2020, SF Dept of Public Health used Covid as an excuse to shut down their sobering center and set up an alcohol program in just 48 hours. Impressive how quickly the government can move when motivated.
Here the lead physician for SF’s managed alcohol program (MAP) explains how they justify giving alcohol to alcoholics ethically. They simply do not consider abstaining from alcohol as a possibility. Instead, they allow patients to exercise “autonomy” by making their own choices.
I appeared on this @KTVU news segment, which unfortunately grants far too much air time to Malak Afaneh, the law student who disrupted the Berkeley dean’s dinner. But it’s interesting to hear her thinking. She seems pretty smug for someone who claims to have suffered an attack.
“We felt that this dinner was, you know, a disgusting and extravagant and lavish display of wealth that was already being funneled using our tuition money for this genocide.”
So, Afaneh’s chief complaint was that the dinner was tacky. Instead of declining the invitation, she decided to ruin the event for everyone. Note she had no knowledge of whether a penny of tuition money was being spent on the dinner. (Here’s a shot of the intolerable extravagance, for the record.)
“We were invited to the premises, and we would willfully leave the premises. So that had always been the plan. We had even done a criminal defense consult with the National Lawyers Guild who, you know, pretty much thought that this was a pretty low-risk action.”
Here is a screenshot of Afaneh willfully REFUSING to leave, even after the homeowners told her over and over that she was unwelcome. (Sad that she has almost completed law school and doesn’t seem to know what “willfully” means.) I notice she doesn’t say the NLG told her the action was legal, only that it was “low risk.” 🤔
A group of Berkeley law students accepted an invitation to dine at the private home of dean Erwin Chemerinsky and his wife, a law professor, then disrupted the event and refused to leave. Bizarrely, this student claims her conduct is protected by the 1st Amendment. Activists are attacking the dean and professor as "white supremacist" and "Zionist."
The fact that taxpayers are still paying for security for Fauci after his retirement was uncovered by a FOIA request. I haven’t found any information about how much this costs us. Is there anyone other than former presidents and families who has received this treatment?
This is what it looks like when Fauci arrives anywhere, thanks to your tax dollars.
Here Fauci discusses what it's like to have permanent 24/7 security. "Permanent"? 🤨
I offer this thread in appreciation for the beautiful parade of humanity who exercised their First Amendment rights to speak out in favor of the rights of families during the @OrangeUnifiedCA board meeting on Thursday. This is what democracy looks like.🧵 1/
“It doesn’t matter what side you’re on, as long as you’re in a happy, healthy family, parents should be involved in their students’ lives and daily activities. No secrets kept away from parents. Parents should know everything about their children while they’re in school.” 2/
“As a gay man, I’m going to talk to my community about this… Who you are is not something to be afraid of. It’s not something to hide from your parents… Talk to your parents. They love you. Be proud of who you are.” 3/