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Whatever happens, however it ends, we still have actual concerns about people continuing to get the vaccine, vaccinated ticking time bombs walking around and people that have suddenly died. Don’t forget the injured, how horrible what they are living through. We need to stop injecting people and we need to give aid to the injured. This HAS to be the only priority RIGHT NOW. Let the arrows fly once we get vaccines paused and the injured cared for. All vaccinated should have a full health screen even if they don’t have side effects.

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RIGHT NOW almost nobody is getting vaccinated.

Acting as if the spectacles didn't begin after the vaccine freight train began is an exercise in playing on their illusory playing field.

Acting as if nothing is being done to reach people outside of creating spectacles is an exercise in playing on their illusory playing field.

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For the record, though many more may not be choosing to be jabbed, but many are still forced and coerced. West Point has doubled-down or risk segregration. Many colleges continue to mandate the boosters. The are pushed heavily in nursing homes and all kinds of retirement facilities. The elderly residents don't even know if they have a choice

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True, but school mandates are chipping away at those where the cost is greatest and encouraging boosters. That is, the total numbers may be down but it's hitting higher value populations

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Okay, so I've written dozens of articles with good, REAL data to discourage that. So...why is Kirsch choosing to build spectacles of illusions (like DMED data he tweeted out just yesterday) and high quality information like my graphs that show all vaccine efficacy is based on healthy user bias?

Hmmmm.

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I have no idea. But I think part of the problem here is a sort of data fatigue. There is mountains of evidence of harms of the vax and also the deadly treatment protocols. More arrives every day but each new data point has exactly the same effect as the last one: none.

It's clear that most of the people remaining on jabs good island are impervious to data and reasoning. So it's easy to rationalize lazy, emotional, sometimes deceptive or exaggerated arguments because all the people who would be swayed by good analysis already are in our camp, but maybe there are some who can be swayed by these other approaches.

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Data fatigue? I was at his disposal for 20 months and would walk through any data analysis he asked about. He looked for any excuse not to learn about it, like "You didn't start your article with a summary". I've taught thousands of teenagers and college students and almost zero of them were ever that lazy about important topics.

Measure twice, cut once. Less energy spent. He's a tech CEO, and he damn well knows this principle.

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I meant more that he is moving more towards spectacle and emotion than data because there's already piles of data being ignored.

Your argument, after you boiled it down, is a single slide and very compelling. I think he has just left principle behind in favor of spectacle. Maybe something to do with the tap on the shoulder?

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There are still mandated vaccines. There are people refreshing their booster. People are still getting this poison injected.

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You're right. This definitely justifies creating spectacles over bad information in the place of solid arguments over good information.

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I do think a unified effort to fight mandates must still be a top priority. The mandate for all US health care workers remains in place, affecting at least 11 million Americans. Biden's May 11 "end of the pandemic" does not end this policy. Further, his administration is still fighting in the courts for the OSHA mandate on companies with more than 100 employees.

Countless schools and universities still require both the initial series and boosters, and arguably, protectibg the young may be the most pressing stage for any activism.

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Unfortunately people still are...I have patients getting it...they are all so proud...and believe the reason they haven't gotten COVID once, is because of the vaccines! I want to start yelling fire!

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Are the current bivalent boosters getting "shuffled in" with the regular vaccination schedule along with the other childhood vaccines? Anyone know?

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