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The biggest issue I have with the call for Covid amnesty is the assertion that at the beginning of the pandemic we “just didn’t know” how harmful and pointless the restrictions would be.
We DID know, and here’s proof.
These are all articles from March & April of 2020
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They created a dystopian world in just a few months and the vast majority of people accepted it without resistance.
That is the biggest lesson I've learned.
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"Out of an abundance of caution" they increased:
-Poverty
-Depression
-Obesity
-Domestic abuse
-Overdoses
-Cancer
-Anxiety
-Malaria
-Child marriage
-Loneliness
-Learning loss
-Heart attacks
-Child neglect
-Divisiveness
-Murder
-Strokes
-Tuberculosis
-Addiction
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Even if 100% of people got vaccinated, things wouldn't be over.
The blame would just shift to the unboosted.
That's how insane this all is.
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So, Omicron appears to be a mild coronavirus that rarely causes hospitalizations.
Basically, it's the common cold.
Are we done yet?
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The largest Covid vax study just found:
💉 6.9x more Pericarditis
💉 6.1x more Myocarditis
💉 3.8x more Encephalomyelitis
💉 3.2x more Blood Clots
💉 2.5x more Guillain-Barre
This thing was forced on people who faced almost no risk from Covid
It is completely unacceptable
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Unvaccinated people are more likely to lose their livelihoods than lose their lives due to Covid-19.
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Oddly enough, "virus gonna virus" was a more accurate statement than 99% of what the CDC released.
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The Chickenpox vaccine is a $3 billion industry
Vaccinating for Chickenpox increases adult Shingles
The Shingles vaccine is a $2.5 billion industry
Do you understand yet?
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When someone asks me why I don't trust public health experts anymore, I just show them this picture.
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The spanish flu was more deadly than Covid & killed young people.
Yet, the world was back to normal in less than a year.
The real virus is media-induced panic.
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THE COVID FILES
Recently, people were alarmed to learn that the CDC based their masking policy on a NY Times article
Yet, you may not know that in April 2020 the Attorney General of Illinois justified locking down 12 million people based on CNN, NY Times, & Vox articles
1/7🧵
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My relatives with a high school education have consistently been more correct about Covid than my colleagues with advanced degrees.
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So Justice Breyer said 99% of Covid hospitalizations are unvaccinated.
Can someone find A SINGLE hospital where this is the case!?
What a travesty.
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🚨 BREAKING: Two years of evidence confirms "Covid-19 experts" weren't actually experts.
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Covid rules probably didn’t save grandma, but those rules probably did kill teenagers.
(image from
@EWoodhouse7
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Their narrative is dying before our eyes.
They've admitted all of the following:
😷 Cloth masks are pointless
🧪 PCR tests are flawed
💉 The vaccinated are contagious
🚑 Many Covid hospitalizations are incidental
🏠 Quarantine rules are too strict
🖥️ Remote school is dangerous
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All of this was obvious from the beginning
-Zero-Covid leads to disaster
-Trillions in Covid stimulus leads to inflation
-Lockdowns lead to depression
-Business closures lead to supply chain collapse
-Masks lead to developmental delays
-Remote school leads to learning loss
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Being in a blue state, sometimes I forget that millions of people in free states are living 100% normally and suffering no ill effects.
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There is no justification for Covid vaccine mandates at schools & colleges
The vax doesn't stop transmission & has risks; students are not endangering teachers; & the unvaxed are not overwhelming hospitals
In this thread I've provided 90+ citations to support this position 🧵
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When did we know
-Masking is impractical - 3/3/20
-The panic was overblown - 3/9/20
-The data was bad - 3/17/20
-There wasn't a consensus - 3/24/20
-Lockdowns are devastating - 3/28/20
-Kids aren't super-spreaders - 3/30/20
Don’t let them gaslight you; they knew
Links ⬇️
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We just got an invitation for a wedding this summer:
1⃣ It's outdoors
2⃣ You must be vaccinated
3⃣ You must test negative before coming
4⃣ Masks are required
No, it's not a joke.
No, we're not going.
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You wouldn't know it from the media, but:
✔️ 82% won't vax their toddler for Covid
✔️ 88% no longer fear Covid at work
✔️ 84% aren't worried about Covid at school
✔️ Most are not interested in Covid boosters
Be strong; you are not alone!
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Lockdowns weren't worth it
Masking wasn't worth it
Closing schools wasn't worth it
Canceling sports wasn't worth it
Online church wasn't worth it
Vaccine mandates weren't worth it
Weekly testing wasn't worth it
Vaccine passes wasn't worth it
Losing friends wasn't worth it
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When shift workers were getting Covid in 2020, they were considered "irresponsible".
Now that the laptop class are all getting Covid in 2021, it's simply "unavoidable".
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The same folks who say letting states make abortion laws is an "attack on freedom" had no problem:
-Forcing your toddler to mask
-Canceling school for vulnerable kids
-Shutting down small businesses
-Firing nurses who refused to get vaccinated
-Locking you in your home
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People don't realize how completely the Covid overreaction broke the societal view many of us had
I watched my "smart" friends follow every insane rule while my "uneducated" friends saw through the BS
The establishment was revealed for the fraud it is
All trust has been lost
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So in review, the vaccine:
💉 Is only effective for 6 months
💉 Doesn't prevent transmission
💉 May increase the rate of asymptomatic spread
💉 Has a limited impact on the hospitalization rate for younger populations.
💉 May cause heart issues in teenage boys
What did I miss?
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My son has a mild disability.
He's never been to school without a mask.
Until today!
He is thrilled!
Who stood up for him?
Not the ACLU.
Not our Democrat governor.
Not our Republican representatives.
Not his school.
So, who stood up for him?
Concerned parents.
Thank you!
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For 99% of people, the rules are worse than the disease.
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It's telling that the media treated Jay Bhattacharya 100 times worse than Sam Bankman-Fried.
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Gavin Newsom wants to pretend he forced lockdowns, masks, and mandates on millions because we didn't know any better at the time.
That is an outright lie. We knew so much in the first two months of Covid that he and other "leaders" ignored.
Here are just a few examples. 🧵
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For those saying "I did everything right & still got Covid"
No, you didn't "do everything right"
Doing everything right would have meant:
✔️ Defending civil liberties
✔️ Refusing to ostracize the unvaccinated
✔️ Demanding kids be unmasked
✔️ Fighting to keep schools open
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The fact Covid vax mandates still exist in colleges, workplaces, and the military is a national disgrace.
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I’m not worried my kids will get sick from Covid
I’m not worried my kids will get sick from the vaccine
I am worried my kids will think coercion, shaming, and segregation are acceptable means to end.
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Hypochondriac parents pose more of a risk to children than Covid.
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Show me one single city where vaccine passports have limited the spread of Covid.
I'll wait.
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How about each time Joe Biden tests positive for Covid, 5,000 unvaccinated nurses get their jobs back with an apology and back pay.
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This is what correctly wearing an N95 for 8 hours does to you.
Anyone who wants to do this to children is a monster.
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This is absolutely insane
-The unvaccinated aren't more likely to spread
-The 6-foot distancing rule isn't based on science
-Mask mandates have been proven ineffective
-Even hospitals don't have these rules anymore
-College athletes are the least at-risk group
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📢 The CDC: We need to close schools, shut down businesses, and mask kids!!
😲Also the CDC: Why is there an increase in depression, addiction, abuse, and missed vaccinations!?
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@ProfEmilyOster
@TheAtlantic
The problem is most of the Covid abusers have never admitted to their abuse and many still claim it was necessary.
If they had stopped in April 2020, that would be one thing... but they kept going for 2 years.
We can't ever let this kind of thing happen again.
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Show me a single school district where unmasking kids caused hospitals to fill up.
I'll wait.
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Data released today indicates that millions of 12-15 year old students were coerced into taking a Covid vaccine that was negatively effective after only 4 months.
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Yes, they really masked toddlers
Yes, they really fired unvaxed nurses
Yes, they really shut down playgrounds
Yes, they really said a t-shirt mask would help you
Yes, they really tried to deny care for the unvaxed
Yes, they really made people die alone
No, we won't forget
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How it started:
"If it saves just one life"
How it's going:
-Alcohol related deaths spiked
-Campus suicides increased
-Drug overdoses surged
-Deaths at home went higher
-Rise in Alzheimer/dementia deaths
-U.S. Homicide rate highest in decades
-Global infant deaths up ~7%
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Fauci just gave a talk on Covid lessons. He says:
-We should have reacted harder & faster
-Full hospitals led to millions of non-Covid deaths
-Covid probably came from an animal
-Boosters should be mandated
-Science is under attack
So, to summarize... he's still a liar.
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I'm still dumbfounded that "experts" & politicians are allowed to ignore the millions of Americans in "red" states who have been back to normal for over a year without issue.
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A great thing about seatbelts is that they don't cause myocarditis is children.
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I'm still amazed most people don't know that Public Health's Covid rules caused more:
-Abuse
-Obesity
-Deaths at home
-Learning loss
-Addiction
-Global poverty
-Neglect
-Failed businesses
-Missed cancers
-Untreated strokes
-Depression
-Lost jobs
-Murders
-Dementia
-Deaths alone
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This week’s Covid news had so many bombshells:
-Government colluded to censor free speech
-Study shows worrying vax adverse events
-More evidence masking didn’t work in schools
-Lockdowns caused spikes in infant abuse
-Remote school caused massive education decline
Links ⬇️
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So, there you go. Those were all before May 2020, & I left out many more.
We absolutely knew Covid restrictions were pointless & were going to cause massive societal harm.
I will not forget the damage they did when we already knew better.
We must never let it happen again.
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Walensky was just asked if there were 100,000 kids critically ill with Covid... "true or false"
She refused to answer directly, said she didn't have those numbers, & then said it was "likely less than 100,000."
Absolutely incredible
IT'S FALSE!
100% FALSE!
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CDC: "Vaccine induced myocarditis is nothing to worry about"
Also CDC: "Make sure you space your doses apart to avoid vaccine induced myocarditis."
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🔴 Requiring vaccines in Illinois colleges HAS NOT helped them return to normal.
🟢 Not requiring vaccines in Iowa colleges HAS helped them to return to normal.
🤔 🤔 🤔
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🟢 Abortion choice is OK
🔴 Vax choice isn't
🟢 Police protests are OK
🔴 Lockdown protests aren't
🟢 Celebrities unmasked are OK
🔴 Kids unmasked aren't
🟢 Politicians breaking Covid rules is OK
🔴 You breaking Covid rules isn't
If you can't see it yet, you never will.
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"Men can have babies" gives off a strong "flat earther" vibe.
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"Covid Vaccines Saved 20,000,000 Lives!"
Uhhhhhh... 🤔
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@annbauerwriter
The real change will happen when vaccinated folks:
✔️ Tear up their vaccine card
✔️ Stand in line for weekly tests with the unvaccinated
✔️ Refuse to attend events with vaccine requirements
"Separate but equal" was sustained because too many good people didn't push back.
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THIS WEEK IN COVID NEWS:
-Vax reduces male fertility for months
-CDC spreads misinfo
-No Hepatitis link in kids
-3rd dose is ~0% effective after 6 months
-Nat. Immunity longer lasting
-Covid passes being used to stop protests
-Lockdowns caused child dev. crisis
Links ⬇️
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2 weeks didn't work
Plexiglass didn't work
Closing parks didn't work
Hand sanitizer didn't work
95% masking didn't work
Canceling school didn't work
Zero-Covid didn't work
Vax passes didn't work
90% vax rate didn't work
3 boosters didn't work
Whatever they push next won't work
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Anyone else find it strange that the "party of science" ignored control groups for two straight years?
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You're allowed to be afraid of Covid
You're not allowed to harm kids because you're afraid of Covid
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Chances of getting Long-Covid by pronouns:
PRONOUN CHANCE OF LONG-COVID
No Pronoun ................................ 5%
He/Him ....................................... 15%
She/Her ...................................... 40%
They/Them ................................ 99%
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CDC: We didn't tell states to mandate the vax, we just gave guidance to help mandate it
FAUCI: I didn't lockdown the country, I just gave guidance to help lock it down
WHITE HOUSE: We didn't censor free speech, we just gave guidance to help censor free speech
See a pattern?
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The primary reason there is a growing "anti-vax" movement is because they pushed mandates.
They brought all of this on themselves.
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In the past 2 weeks we've seen:
🚗 A Covid positive child put in the trunk of a car
🫀 Organ transplants denied to the unvaccinated
😷 Masks taped to kids' faces
⛔️ Unvaccinated students segregated
Fomenting panic has consequences
We are losing our humanity
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Covid data has been shockingly flawed since the start of the pandemic... and the average person has no idea.
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If a massive industry hadn't been built around Covid testing, 99% of people would have no idea when Covid cases were rising again.
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They made up the Covid rules
They ignored the negative impacts
They overlooked conflicting data
They demonized heterodox experts
They censored research
They disregarded control groups
They acted surprised when the rules failed
They claimed they had no idea
They'd do it all again
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There's only 1 correct view on Covid
There's only 1 correct view on elections
There's only 1 correct view on inflation
There's only 1 correct view on education
There's only 1 correct view on gender
There's only 1 correct view on wars
There's only 1 correct view on parenting
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Omicron didn't prove that Covid policies were pointless.
It was clear they were pointless in the Spring of 2020.
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So in the last 24 hours, China has:
🇨🇳 Locked down over 230 million people
🇨🇳 Trapped visitors at a Disney theme park
🇨🇳 Caused employees to flee an Apple factory
🇨🇳 Seen its stocks fall to the lowest levels since 2005
But yeah, Zero-Covid would have worked great in the U.S.
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Let’s get in front of this now:
✔️ The rise in obesity & diabetes isn’t “Long Covid”
✔️ The rise in anxiety & depression isn’t “Long Covid”
✔️ The rise in addiction & strokes isn't "Long Covid"
✔️ The rise in cancer & heart issues isn't "Long Covid"
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Things we said that got us banned:
🏫 Schools should stay open
🔒 Lockdowns are dangerous
😷 Mask mandates don't work
💊 Ivermectin isn't dangerous
📊 The CDC manipulates data
☀️ Seasonality is real
🫀 Vaccines cause heart issues
🧒 Masks cause development problems
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🏆 GREAT MOMENTS IN "THE SCIENCE" 🏆
Here's a countdown of 15 "great moments" that we just can't forget. Let us know what you think
#1
should have been!
# 1⃣5⃣
Basketball hoops are blocked or removed to prevent people from exercising outdoors.
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The people telling you to put an N95 on your kid are the same people who closed beaches to stop Covid.
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😷 The Univ. of Michigan has a strict mask policy
📈 The Univ. of Michigan is having a flu outbreak
🤣 So it looks like masks no longer stop the flu
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Looks like it's a race to the bottom between Covid cases in Florida & Joe Biden's approval ratings.
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Mar 2: Discussion on how Covid IFR was likely much lower than predicted:
Mar 3: Article on why masks are impractical
Mar 3: Berkeley doctor indicates masks are not helpful in preventing Covid
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It is disturbing to see big cities light up their buildings in solidarity with Ukraine and "Freedom" while they still mask toddlers 6 hours a day.
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The CDC ignored, hid, & manipulated data
The CDC's guidance led to school closures
School closures led to increased child abuse & neglect
All of this is documented; it's not debatable
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Holy crap... Collins FINALLY admits that the cure was worse than the disease
We were saying this exact thing in March 2020 and these very experts called us grandma killers, Neanderthals, selfish, and anti-science.
An apology simply isn't enough.
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Mar 9: Article on how Covid is only really dangerous to the elderly
Mar 9: Doctor talking about unnecessary panic over Covid
Mar 12: Review found severe mental health problems from prolonged quarantine
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An Illinois judge sums up the entire Covid response with one quote:
“Statutory rights have attempted to be bypassed through the issuance of Executive Orders and Emergency Rules … This type of evil is exactly what the law was intended to constrain.”
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My son has Influenza type A.
We're relieved it's not Covid.
Not because Covid is more dangerous; it's not.
We're relieved because it means he won't miss 2 weeks of school.
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I just talked to a high school teacher; one of her students was quarantined for the 5th time since August
The student has never tested positive, but has had to quarantine for 50 days
When she heard she had to go home again, she broke down in tears
None of this is OK
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Democrats: "You need a F-16 to topple the country"
Also Democrats: "A guy in a Viking helmet almost toppled the country!"
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So to review the last 24 hours:
😷 Regular masks can't stop large smoke particles but can stop small Covid particles
😷 N95 masks can cause headaches & make people uncomfortable... unless you're using them for Covid
😷 Kids shouldn't wear N95s... unless for Covid
What a joke
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I tested positive for Covid.
It’s been mild; I’m doing well.
I know it would have been worse if I had gotten vaccinated.
Because then I would have been mildly sick AND pissed at myself for giving into coercion.
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Twitter chose to amplify Eric Feigl-Ding while suppressing Jay Bhattacharya.
There's no clearer indictment of how insanely wrong the Covid censorship was.
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Damages should be paid to those who:
-Were forced to give birth in a mask
-Lost their business due to lockdowns
-Weren't allowed to see dying parents
-Were fired due to mandates
-Had learning loss from remote school
-Developed mental health issues from isolation
What else?
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They said Sweden would be a catastrophe
They said Florida would be a catastrophe
They said the unmasked would be a catastrophe
They said open schools would be a catastrophe
They said the unvaxed would be a catastrophe
They. are. always. wrong.
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1/10 I thought evidence that asymptomatic spread is quite rare would end the madness.
But it didn’t
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Mar 12: Chief medical officer saying people shouldn't wear masks
Mar 15: Medical org. says stopping elective surgeries is unnecessary & dangerous
Mar 17: Covid response is focused on the wrong things
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Maskers in 2020: A small anecdotal study of hair stylists PROVES masks work!
Maskers in 2023: A meta-analysis of mask effectiveness means nothing.
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Headlines like this from NPR should come with an apology to every gym that was closed, child who wasn't allowed to play outside, & student who had a sport canceled.
We knew this stuff since Day 1 & places like NPR called us anti-science for saying it.
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Don't let them rewrite history.
Our initial pandemic response wasn’t based on strong data. It was based on panicked articles, terrible models, & political propaganda.
We knew from the start that lockdowns were bad, children were safe, & things were being overblown.
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