The mind-numbingly frustrating cognitive dissonance all of us on Team Reality feel every day of this nightmarish insanity might be eased a bit if only our COVID overlords would answer a few questions they, to this point, seem to constantly and purposefully avoid.

[THREAD] Other than early mistakes with nursing homes, how did Sweden manage to get through the pandemic on par with and in some cases better than many other European countries WITHOUT any lockdowns or mask mandates?

Two-thirds of Indians have SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. TWO-THIRDS. How many establishment narratives does this absolutely demolish? Oh, how about, uh, ALL OF THEM?

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indianexpress.com/article/explai… India was a house on fire in May. Now, the curve is almost all the way down (Farr's law). How did this happen? Was it vaccines? Well, since only around 5% of the country's population is vaccinated, the answer, in this case, is 'nahin na.'

PS - Have you heard of 'herd immunity'?

The mixed messaging, the incessant demands to keep the same useless measures over & over again despite real-world data that they aren't working, the refusal to acknowledge the most obvious evidence if it contradicts their agenda, but most of all, the ever-shifting goalposts ... It's all so befuddling to us normal people, but it can be explained by one thing:

Our overlords have secretly (or not-so-secretly) joined a CULT.

Here, President Biden begs states that have lifted mask mandates to put them back in place. Based on his assumed 'logic,' you'd think that states that have lifted mandates or never had them were drowning in dead bodies and overcrowded hospitals. Is that the case?

THREAD: Wait two weeks, they always say. Well, Texas ended its statewide mandate well over two weeks ago. By now, hospitals and funeral homes should be overwhelmed, right? Nope, not even close.

The question that should always be asked to those who defend COVID restrictions is, "How long?"

They'll inevitably tell you, quite indignantly: "As long as it takes."

YOU: "As long as it takes for what?"

THEM: "For the risk to be really, really low." YOU: "But the risk has been 'really, really low' the entire time, especially now with numbers dropping."

THEM: "But people are still getting sick. People are still dying."

YOU: "But humans have always died of viruses, and most COVID deaths are already super old or super sick."

As you may have heard, the Czech Republic is currently getting slammed by COVID cases right now. After worldwide praise for its early hard lockdown and strict mask mandate, the country peeked its nose out and now the virus is, well, virusing, as viruses are prone to do. In an article earlier this week, CNN inexplicably blames the surge on the relaxing of mask rules over the summer, as if the virus would have stayed away if only they had continued with the masks (forever?).

It also says they are reinstituting mask rules.

cnn.com/2020/10/20/eur…

The outright falsehoods in @maddow's critique of @SWAtlasHoover, @realDonaldTrump and herd immunity (written up in this piece by @SarahBurris) are beyond staggering. Here are just a few ...

rawstory.com/2020/09/rachel… "Weeks later, when South Dakota became the worst state in the country for the spread of the virus ..."

Really? SD had a case bump at the end of August (a ghastly 425!), but has trended down ever since. Now, they are 21st in cases/mil (below the nat'l avg) and 41st in deaths/mil.

THREAD: The lionization and even seeming 'canonization' of black criminals shot by police has left me wondering if this could be part of a larger, much more disturbing trend (as if what's happening isn't disturbing enough). (1) Consider: Jacob Blake had a warrant for felony sexual assault. He was obviously aware of this when he was being arrested for violating a restraining order. He was going to jail, and probably prison. He surely knows he can't win against the police, yet still chose to fight. (2)