Posters in a subway station in Tokyo, photographed Feb 17, 2023
Mad maskers
As near as I can figure, the text reads to the effect of “For the sake of all (Today).”. If anyone has a clearer idea of what these phrase means, please share.
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You make a very great point. It is incumbent upon him to prove the efficacy, necessity, safety, and ease of use of the vaccine..
Unrelated , today I was listening to a doctor's podcast and he was observing that while the democrats were in office, they were making a huge stink about January 6th, and the Republicans were saying that it was not a big deal. Whereas now that the Republics are in office they are making a big deal about the suppression of free speech and t he democrats are saying "I don't see it."
The problem is, that the insurrection was not an insurrection. There was some violence, there was one death, but it was not an armed and violent taking of the "Cathedral." And sorry, but the "twitter files" etc. clearly show a suppression of free speech. So now, it's not the same depending on who is in power.
I don't understand why vaccination is required to get back to normal. I am very frustrated by this. Lately when I argue that "the vaccine doesn't stop infection or transmission" their response is "well neither does getting infected."
They don't see the disconnect. See the whole reason for the mandates were that it was a incentive to get back to normal. I posted video of talking heads saying that "it stopped infection and transmission" They thought I was arguing that "natural infection" meant no infection.
In the scope of arguments that are silly. This was one of the silliest. I had to backpedal and say.
"On the one hand I am arguing that the advertising for why to get the vaccine was it stopped transmission and infection. But that is not in comparison to natural infection, but rather, the reason why such a vaccine should not be mandated. In fact, that is the only reason I can think of to mandate something." Well one of two reasons. The First reason is, is it deadly enough to warrant broad vaccinated? and second, does it stop transmission and infection."
This whole idea of transmission mitigation wasn't just dreamed up theoretically. We have Fauci, the CDC directior, and others echoing this assertion.
Moving on.
If your mandating it because it lessens symptoms...well isn't that a personal choice? I mean, aren't we all doing things that are detrimental to our health every day, what else should we then mandate in terms of "lessening severe symptoms."
Online I have been wasting too much time on Twitter talking to these people about the vaccine.
The original tweet by a Dr. David Gorski went something like this:
"I like to ask antivaxxers a simple question: What is the longest time after vaccination that an adverse event due to a vaccine has ever been documented? (Hint: It’s *nowhere* near that long. Another hint: It’s way less time than #CovidVaccines have been around.) https://twitter.com/AnneMazza17/st"
My answer was:
Triple Hint, we still don't know. We still don't know all the side effects and adverse reactions from the vaccine.
I think what Gorski is saying here is that for those of us waiting for "long term effects" of the mRNA vaccine, they are already out there. Except that this is an experimental vaccine that uses an experimental technology. We still don't know how long the spike protein lasts in people and where it goes. We know it is in mother's milk, we hear it is playing havok with menstrual cycles. So this idea of "well we already know" is ridiculous.
Heck if I used that same argument regarding masks, I would be calld a grandma killer. If I had asked Gorski's question like this:
"I like to ask pro-maskers a simple question: For how many other upper respiratory diseases were masks required? (Hint: It’s *aside from the Spanish flu, virtually never" . Another hint: It's way less time than masking during Covid has been a strategy)
Yeah, newscasters, politicians, actors and actresses, none of them wear masks. The excuse is "they were tested and vaccinated" but then why doesn't everyone else vaccinated still have to wear a mask? Because, reasons.
I would love to see someone make a movie satire, claim that it stars all the A-list celebrities, but all of the characters are wearing gloves, goggles, masks, and other PPE. You could even splice it together using these famous celebrities dialogue from other movies.