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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Vaccinated people are over 2X more likely to get COVID than the unvaccinated. Whoops!
[Steve Kirsch's Newsletter] Executive summary

According to the survey I just did of over 16,000 people, fully vaccinated people are more than 2X as likely to get COVID than the unvaccinated.

What I found was fascinating is that if you did get COVID, the probability of being hospitalized was identical in the two groups.

My survey results are publicly viewable and all the entries can be verified (I have the contact info for each respondent). Happy to provide to any mainstream media fact checker.

Bottom line: The CDC lied, people died. If you disagree, please post your row-level data survey results.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/28/2023 09:21 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [15 views] Top|| File under:

#1  They give you the vaccine for the disease.
You get the vaccine, you get the disease.
What's hard to understand about that?
(snort)
Posted by: ed in texas || 08/28/2023 11:04 Comments || Top||

#2  this is a self selected sample

all the problems with self selected samples apply

of course anyone who died of Covid would not be sampled
Posted by: lord garth || 08/28/2023 18:18 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
‘US in conflict with itself' – Medvedev
[RT] The confrontation between Democrats and Republicans in the US could spiral into a full-blown civil war, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said.

Speaking to RT and TASS news agency on Saturday, Medvedev said there is "a colossal rift between the elites" in the US. "It’s a clash between the conservative Republican establishment and the liberal segment, represented by the Democratic Party, which has actually torn America apart."

"America is currently in a state of internal strife. America is conflicting with itself," Medvedev, who is currently the deputy chair of Russia’s Security Council, argued. "Moreover, in my view, this strife is irreconcilable in some aspects. Such domestic conflicts often end with a civil war."

"I don’t know what will happen in the US, but the level of conflict right now is [high]," he said.

Medvedev noted the ongoing criminal prosecution of ex-President Donald Trump, who is seeking the Republican Party nomination to run against the incumbent, Joe Biden, in the 2024 presidential election. Medvedev claimed that the charges against Trump have been brought "not for the sake of justice, but to prevent Trump from participating in the new election."

Asked whether there are similarities between the administration of Barack Obama and the Biden White House in terms of dealing with conflicts, Medvedev said there was more "pragmatism" during the Obama years.
Nope. They just were trying things out - seeing if anybody can oppose them effectively.
Posted by: Grom the Kindly || 08/28/2023 02:35 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [15 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Kasich on Trump Indictments: America Is So Divided, It Could End Up in Civil War
Posted by: Deadeye Elmalet3277 || 08/28/2023 10:56 Comments || Top||

#2  McCabe: Palin Encouraging ‘Political Violence’ over Trump Arrest
Posted by: Hupereck Elmereter2544 || 08/28/2023 10:57 Comments || Top||

#3  Yes Dmitri, and you've been helping, haven't you?
Posted by: ed in texas || 08/28/2023 11:07 Comments || Top||

#4  Every four years American undergoes a horrendous mood swing. It must be confusing for all kinds of other countries, not just Russia.

American leaders used to claim that partisanship stopped at the shoreline. Now it goes all over the world. It's not a good look for us.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 08/28/2023 12:12 Comments || Top||

#5  Have they issued a recall notice yet?
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 08/28/2023 12:20 Comments || Top||

#6  We are in a soft civil war.
But only one side acts like it.

Posted by: mossomo || 08/28/2023 12:37 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Air Pollution - Is it causing us to lose our minds ?
[The Cool Down] Air pollution has a clear impact on our ability to breathe and has been linked to many health risks, such as heart disease, lung cancer, and emphysema. Now, scientists have uncovered another possible hidden risk of air pollution: dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

Researchers at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health conducted an analysis of 14 prior studies and concluded that chronic exposure to air containing high levels of pollution classified as "fine particulate matter" was consistently associated with dementia and Alzheimer’s, Bloomberg reported.

This increased risk applied to those exposed to air pollution levels below the current Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standard.

What is particulate air pollution?

Particle pollution, which includes dirt, dust, soot, and smoke, is created by cars, coal fires, factories, and construction sites. As the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) explains, breathing in particle pollution can be harmful to our health, particularly the super tiny ones, as they "can get into the deep parts of your lungs — or even into your blood."

"Everybody has to breathe, so everybody is exposed to this," Professor Marc Weisskopf, one of the authors of the study, said in the BMJ medical journal, where the study was published. "The population-level effect could actually be quite large because the number of people exposed is massive."

He went on to cite the need for regulators to step in and protect people from the many risks associated with worsening air quality.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/28/2023 09:35 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [18 views] Top|| File under:

#1  AND...

Study: Transgender Surgeries Tripled After Obama Forced Insurance Companies to Cover Expenses

"The numbers then doubled twice more between 2000 and 2005 and from 2006 to 2011."
Posted by: Count Galeazzo Bucket1169 || 08/28/2023 10:52 Comments || Top||

#2  In the immortal words of Tonto, "What'cho mean we, white eyes?"
Posted by: ed in texas || 08/28/2023 11:01 Comments || Top||

#3  The 'Particulate Scare' studies are based on Linear No-Threshold quackery.
Posted by: magpie || 08/28/2023 11:03 Comments || Top||

#4  The air was dirtier back in the 70s. I'm sure those numbers have since been 'adjusted'.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/28/2023 13:10 Comments || Top||

#5  Do Amish use cell phones? WiFi?
Posted by: Grom the Kindly || 08/28/2023 14:55 Comments || Top||

#6  Do the Amish eat processed food? Do the Amish watch what passes for entertainment on TV?
Posted by: ed in texas || 08/28/2023 15:37 Comments || Top||


N95 Masks May Expose You to 'Toxic Volatile Organic Compounds'
[MAIL] The surgical N95 mask has been held up as the gold standard when it comes to protecting against Covid.

But a study quietly re-shared by the National Institutes of Health in spring suggests the tight-fitting mask may expose users to dangerous levels of toxic chemicals.

Researchers from Jeonbuk National University in South Korea looked at two types of disposable medical-grade masks, as well as several reusable cotton masks.

The study found that the chemicals released by these masks had eight times the recommended safety limit of toxic volatile organic compounds (TVOCs).

Inhaling TVOCs has been linked to health issues like headaches and nausea, while prolonged and repeated has been linked to organ damage and even cancer.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/28/2023 06:22 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [16 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Prevention worse than the disease? Perhaps this was the plan.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/28/2023 6:29 Comments || Top||

#2  Yeah, turns out paper straws are full of stuff you shouldn't put in your mouth too.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/28/2023 6:55 Comments || Top||

#3  Here we go again...
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/28/2023 7:04 Comments || Top||

#4  Are you overweight? Are your lungs impaired from old age, chemicals, tobacco smoke or the like? Then why not impair your ability to breath oxygen from the air in and see what happens!
Posted by: magpie || 08/28/2023 10:59 Comments || Top||

#5  When I was working in Oak Ridge the Gubamint did a study on TVOCs in the office place. The study determined that the primary source for them was human bio-effluent emissions, otherwise known as burps and farts.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 08/28/2023 11:25 Comments || Top||

#6  Wonder who funded the research?
Posted by: Grom the Kindly || 08/28/2023 11:31 Comments || Top||

#7  Ultimately funded by Chinese manufacturing techniques.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 08/28/2023 11:50 Comments || Top||

#8  South Korean Medical Face Masks Suppliers and Manufacturers
Posted by: Grom the Kindly || 08/28/2023 14:47 Comments || Top||

#9  If you are wearing 10 masks, makes sure the last one is not an N95.
Posted by: Super Hose || 08/28/2023 20:22 Comments || Top||

#10  But that isn't what everyone was wearing, was it? Also good to note that even traditionally recognized responsible manufacturers have tainted masks, nevermind the widely used Chinese style recycled fiber gags.

I find it fascinating that a week ago all the cat ladies starting talking masks.

An article by Daily Mail, who was so far in the tank they cosplay as Aquaman.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 08/28/2023 21:29 Comments || Top||



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