Open (More or Less) Post on Covid 22

[ecosophia]

The semi-open posts  I've hosted here on the Covid-19 narrative, the inadequately tested experimental drugs for it, and the whole cascading mess surrounding them have continued to field a very high number of comments, so I'm opening yet another space for discussion. The rules are the same as before: 

1. If you plan on parroting the party line of the medical industry and its paid shills, please go away. This is a place for people to talk openly, honestly, and freely about their concerns that the party line in question is dangerously flawed and that actions being pushed by the medical industry et al. are causing injury and death. It is not a place for you to dismiss those concerns. Anyone who wants to hear the official story and the arguments in favor of it can find those on hundreds of thousands of websites.

2. If you plan on insisting that the current situation is the result of a deliberate plot by some villainous group of people or other, please go away. There are tens of thousands of websites currently rehashing various conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 outbreak and the vaccines. This is not one of them. What we're exploring is the likelihood that what's going on is the product of the same arrogance, incompetence, and corruption that the medical industry and its tame politicians have displayed so abundantly in recent decades. That possibility deserves a space of its own for discussion, and that's what we're doing here. 
 
3. If you plan on using rent-a-troll derailing or disruption tactics, please go away. I'm quite familiar with the standard tactics used by troll farms to disrupt online forums, and am ready, willing, and able -- and in fact quite eager -- to ban people permanently for engaging in them here. Oh, and I also lurk on other Covid-19 vaccine skeptic blogs, so I'm likely to notice when the same posts are showing up on more than one venue. 

4. If you don't believe in treating people with common courtesy, please go away. I have, and enforce, a strict courtesy policy on my blogs and online forums, and this is no exception. The sort of schoolyard bullying that takes place on so many other internet forums will get you deleted and banned here. No, I don't care if you disagree with that: my journal, my rules. 

With that said, as more and more of the vaccinated wonder why they're getting so sick, and begin the trek through the Kubler-Ross stages from denial to anger, the floor is open for discussion. 

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I’m quickly feeling less hope about the year to come.

My teenage daughter has already had two important activities cancelled. Both were focused on outdoor activities with accommodations in single person tents. One is scheduled for April but already cancelled in January.

As if the cancellations weren’t troubling enough, the one activity initially announced a vaccine mandate and rules about how “symptomatic” participants would be held in a restricted area and denied access to a bathroom. The cancellation was announced less than 24 hours after this bizarre email. It was blamed on the One True Virus of course but something tells me outrage over the prison-like atmosphere was the real issue.

I had been of the opinion the narrative was beginning to crack until these two activities were canceled. I’m sad for my daughter and all the more troubled about the world we currently live in.

[(Anonymous)]

Here’s an ironic little tale from the totalitarian land of Alberta. My daughter was registered for swimming lessons at a local rec facility built for disabled as well as able people. This facility prides itself on services for everyone and touts its #InclusionForEveryone motto all over social media.

They were refused entry due to my husband’s experimental gene therapy status. My daughter left in tears.

The confirmation emails said nothing about vax/freedom paper requirement, so he didn’t know. I guess it’s so far gone here that it’s simply assumed that everyone knows to show their papers for entry anywhere? I don’t know; we don’t get out much lately.

#InclusionForEveryoneExceptThosePeople

(This occurs hot on the heels of the recent publicity of our Prime Minister asking whether the unvexxed ‘those people’ should be tolerated.)

[(Anonymous)]

My Dad said something interesting yesterday: “I just wish I had as much faith in God as these people had in the vaccines.” Which leads me the question: since the jab is sort of a sacrament for the Religion of Progress, can the jab fail in the eyes of the faithful without a huge death toll?

"sort of a sacrament for the Religion of Progress"

[(Anonymous)]

This thought is haunting me for some days now. And I hesitate to add my guess what may cause the success of "The Final Booster". I don't want to offend any religious feelings, but the very idea that you can incorporate the numinous runs deep in our western civilization.

[(Anonymous)]

Well i came down with the OMG-icron!
3 days with a stuffy head, runny nose and a slight sinus headache.
All in all - the most mild cold i have had in 20 years.

I hope anyone who gets this illness has a similar (or better) experience. (non-vaxxed here)

[ari_ormstunga]

My non-vaxxed lady friend had Covid around Christmas and it kicked her butt (it never reached a level where either of us felt like she was in danger, but she spent about 10 days very uncomfortable at home). I went on one of my usual rants about people freaking out about getting a cold the other day and she told me very clearly "that WASN'T just a cold". She never once regretted not having gotten the vaccine though and she is fully recovered. I think that I have a tendency to minimize it because my case, like yours, was exceedingly mild.

40% increase in deaths ages 18-64

[(Anonymous)]

A life insurance executive has found an increase in the death rate of 18-64 year olds of 40%, see Here. (https://www.thecentersquare.com/indiana/indiana-life-insurance-ceo-says-deaths-are-up-40-among-people-ages-18-64/article_71473b12-6b1e-11ec-8641-5b2c06725e2c.html)
Is this the first sign of vax damges being brought into the open? He says that the causes are not related to COVID on the death certifcates. He also says that he is not the only insurance provider seeing this wave of death.
Mike F

Re: 40% increase in deaths ages 18-64

[(Anonymous)]

One thing to keep in mind is that the insured are certainly more jabbed than the uninsured And if I’m not mistaken I think he a 4Q-2021 comparison to 4Q-2019, so the annual increase of mortality will for the working age will be significantly less than 40%.

Also worth noting that he absolutely rejects the most logical conclusion that the deaths are caused by the jabs. It’s all about towing the government line for his company’s next bailout that will be essential for receiving his bloated compensation package, which no doubt is more important to him than anybody’s death.

Vaccinated and pretty sick from Covid

[(Anonymous)]

Hi, vaccinated here (Pfizer, double vaxxed) and pretty sick from Covid. Taking cell salts every hour but not sure which ones I should be taking other than the twelve cell salts bioplasma combination.

My wife also blames me for getting sick and I don't really know any good way of handling that. Anyone have any good suggestions? She's coming down with it too and it feels like it could doom our marriage.

Re: Vaccinated and pretty sick from Covid

[ecosophia]

Please remember that practicing medicine without a license is a federal crime in the United States. The courts have ruled that this can include any suggestion meant to treat, cure, or heal an illness, and the AMA is very enthusiastic about defending its monopoly. Thus all I can do for you is suggest that you go to a legally licensed health care provider, and any other attempt to prescribe a response to your situation which does not come from a licensed MD will be deleted.

Please be aware also that the medical industry pays for shills to go to alternative websites and try to trap people into violating the law by doing something that counts as practicing medicine without a license, and people do jail time as a result. You may not be one of those, but I don't propose to take the chance.

(re-post from end of prior open covid post)...

[(Anonymous)]

i know this is from the end of the LAST open post but that's why i wanna re-slip this addendum in from what i wrote earlier:


( https://ecosophia.dreamwidth.org/163943.html?thread=23846759#cmt23846759 )

---don't forget how decades of training humanity to go for thumbs up, likes, followers and avoid complex arguments as the twitchy distracting medium isn't made for THAT-- don't forget this is all TRAINING.

so why are we surprised at what we have now?

some of us look at thumbs ups and followers and likes as analagous to the word "COOTIES", in that if i have TOO MANY "followers" or "likes," i have COOTIES. i am doing something WRONG.

it is antithetical to how i THINK and AM to wanna court likes followers thumbs ups. i feel weak soft and like i'm selling myself out.

analogue numerical thinking also takes you out of the 5D regarding real audience and the mystical connections that when you connect to another soul another pair of EYES.

numbers make you THINK differently. it is the ultimate in accumulation and being trained to accumulate more and forever into infinity, even if it's meaningless because... WHO READS EVERYTHING?

likes are meaningless and followers long since gamed.

i can feel myself my GOALS change when it's about catching numbers versus connecting delivering serving.

so some of you, like Denis, don't be so hard on your kids. they hardly had a chance because look how so many old people went happily and forever after into the magic phone worlds too.

these are decades of incantations and smoothings and trainings.

one of the last few graffit artists around here early on in the covids, did a piece on a wall about us already being masked before with the PHONES.

a lot of people who've since left here, felt physically ILL talking to these new tech demons. said in horrified whispers as if to themselves... "they're looking AT you, but it's as if... as if they're looking RIGHT THROUGH YOU... you don't exist except as someone to serve them or tell them where to go because they're never actually LOOKING or paying attention..."

yeah. i think i've found your demons.

have you seen what they did with feminism and dating? showing up on all fours after giving head to guys you swiped LEFT on is freedom and feminism now. coming on a woman's face and speeding away leaving her on the side of the road is porn from the tech era.

there are new levels of buffering between fxcking each other mercilessly into debt and death.

yeah...

i think i've found your demons.

--

watch John Wayne in "The Cowboys" to remind yourself of how much we miss men and love boys. you all are beautiful. i'm sorry we fxcked you to death. you all seemed like you could TAKE IT for an eternity.

but you couldn't.

who knew you were only human when we secretly really did think you all were superheroes.

x

erika

Re: (re-post from end of prior open covid post)...

[(Anonymous)]

This isn't really about covid per say, but I feel the personal need to reply to Erikas post:

Erika wrote :” watch John Wayne in "The Cowboys" to remind yourself of how much we miss men and love boys. you all are beautiful. i'm sorry we fxcked you to death. you all seemed like you could TAKE IT for an eternity.

but you couldn't. who knew you were only human when we secretly really did think you all were superheroes. ”

Our societies really became dominated by the devouring mother archetype, like Sheridan so excelently observes ( I am also reading his insightful book right now) and because of that some of us men simply went our own way. I don't think it's really in our nature to fight against women. It's not really anyone's fault. That's one of the reasons the devouring mother archetype became so dominant, I suspect. The John Wayne types are still out there though, they just rode off to the sun set (of western civilization).

-Juhani

P.S. I like John Wayne too quite a bit.

Joe Rogan Transcript

[(Anonymous)]

JMG et al

For those here that dont like blobs of pixels dancing on the screen here is a transcript of Joe Rogan's interview with Dr. Robert Malone. It comes to about 43 pages.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/01/03/transcript-of-joe-rogan-interviewing-dr-robert-malone/

Other Dave

Re: Joe Rogan Transcript

[ecosophia]

Many thanks for this!

[ecosophia]

....aaaaaaand the conspiracy culture types are out in force again. I see I'm going to be doing a lot of deleting.

Sigh...

[seanbolger1]

I'm a member of various telegram groups and they are being spammed by bots like nothing else. Sometimes very 10 seconds with dozens of post ranging from free energy to chemtrails and flat earth stuff.
Looks like someone is getting desperate.

Meanwhile here in the UK we seem to be suffering from a pandemic of the double and triple foxed.
100k NHS staff are off sick, they have a 90 percent vax rate. My sister in law is a nurse and she got covid on Christmas day, luckily only mild cold symptoms. One the managers at work got covid for the second time, he's double foxed and one venue I worked had 5 staff out of 16 off sick despite all being foxed.
The government has had to change their propaganda from 90 percent unfoxed in hospital to 90 percent un boosted. When someone asked a few days ago where the prime minister got that number from, the response was it was hear say from one hospital, yet today the claim was repeated by Boris again.
All very strange.
Meanwhile the unfoxed like myself are doing just fine.
I thought the narrative was on its death bed last November but here we are.
I just don't understand how people who are triple foxed and still catching covid and who's friends and family are catching covid still believe anything that comes from the media and the government.
Kind regards
Sean

HART group from the UK - Wow!

[escorcher]

Just discovered this British group through the following, very considered, look at omicron:

https://www.hartgroup.org/why-are-people-so-scared-of-omicron/

Firstly a bit about them:

'HART is a group of highly qualified UK doctors, scientists, economists, psychologists and other academic experts. We came together over shared concerns about policy and guidance recommendations relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.

We continue to be concerned about the lack of open scientific debate in mainstream media and the worrying trend of censorship and harassment of those who question the narrative. Science without question is dogma.'

You might not be surprised to discover that many of them are retired - much easier to speak freely when you aren't forced into a certain 'modus operandi'. :-/

The essay I link to was an eye opener for me - offering open talk on the toxicity of the spike, which does seem to be much reduced in omicron. More interestingly the author indirectly suggests 'gain of function' tinkering added the toxic element of the virus and compares it with similar toxicity in bacteria. Personally, this has swayed me just a bit more to consider that this most likely accidental release back in 2019 was of a virus that was being manipulated to explore it's use to deliberately harm. This is something I know has been discussed elsewhere but up to now I didn't really acknowledge it. Even makes me wonder more on the origins of omicron ...

All very Promethean.

And Zeus might have had a point (at least in this case).

Re: HART group from the UK - Wow!

[temporaryreality]

This article has some interesting speculation from some experienced people - suggesting that omicron was lab-grown:

https://bprice.substack.com/p/lab-leak-20

White flags being waved by my mother...

[jhenry]

I don't know if this counts for anything outside of my own life, but if it does the narrative may be cracking on some level. I was greatly surprised by the conversation I just had with my mother and aunt.

I'm unfoxxed in Scotland, as are my wife and primary age kids. My parents and aunt tried to pressure us to join the club early on in 2021, but quickly gave up. Ever since it's been polite-but-tense disagreement on every single thing from lockdowns to jabs to masks, except for a few months ago when out of despair I let one conversation escalate almost to a stand up row with both of them.

Then...suddenly...a few hours ago my mum (who to be fair to her was always more able than her sister to at least hear my arguments) effectively conceded enormous amounts of ground. She's talking about ivermectin as having been unfairly ignored, agreeing with me about the Great Barrington Declaration, even mentioned vaccine side effects as a worry! It seems the UK Youtuber Dr. John Campbell has been talking about all of these subjects. She's obviously been paying more attention to these things than I gave her credit for (my own narrative cracking a bit there...) but this is the first time she's voiced them in my hearing.

It was like a window being opened to fresh clean Spring air. I sincerely hope this means others are ready to voice their doubts more.

Ochre Fragrant Sea Serpent

Re: White flags being waved by my mother...

[drhooves]

I guess your experience is the opposite of the old saying, "in life, a little rain must fall." I hope that we'll see more capitulation from the pro-Jabbers, at least to the level where we can see they're not still drunk on the Kool-Aid.

Up to this point, it's been difficult to discriminate between the "fooled by the narrative/propaganda" and the truly insane. It's something uneasy to wrestle with the idea that health care officials were more interested in profits than a scientific and logical response.

Here in the U.S., the Supreme Court will rule on the mandates next Monday. I wish I had more confidence, but when they ruled ObamaCare was a "tax", it allowed changes that in turn made this Plague worse, IMHO.

If the USSC upholds the Biden mandates, I think we'll see something for more exciting than what occurred at the U.S. Capital last year on January 6th.

[kimberlysteele]

I would not be surprised if someone else posted this -- it's Forrest Marready with a series of Twitter posts about how Progress is a religion and vaccines are the Savior.

Seemed almost like a Magic Monday topic, but I figured I would save it for this post.

https://mobile.twitter.com/forrestmaready/status/1408186207587213315

Some of his posts, starting June 21 of 2021:

People tend to think of religion as based purely on an unseen deity, but in the last few decades, something else replaced this traditional definition: Science. Progress. Technology. For many people, these things have become that thing they worship.

I can’t overstate how important this is to understand. All humans worship something. Even atheists. Many people, Christians included, have replaced God with Science and Technology as the most important entity in their lives.

For those who worship Science and Technology, protecting the vaccine story is paramount. There is nothing else more important to maintain the faith of its followers than to sustain the myth that vaccines saved humanity from destruction.

Vaccines are the cornerstone to this modern religion. Nothing else matters. Not medicine. Not antibiotics. Not ground-breaking surgery.

Vaccines are the savior. Everything else is a distant second.

So as you try and unpack and understand all the irrational behavior so many otherwise intelligent people appear to be exhibiting regarding the coronavirus vaccines, just remember: They are religious zealots who are protecting their savior. Nothing else matters.

[(Anonymous)]

That image of Jesus with "Vaccines Save" projected on him is really creepy

One-year vaccine assessment

[(Anonymous)]

This will not have much new information for anyone who has been following along here, and it is intentionally conservative - considering the possibility that vax risks may be overstated when in fact I am 99% sure they are understated - in order to reach those who are just waking up from the mainstream narrative.

http://www.luterra.com/blog/?p=1367

Mark L

(PS the captcha just befuddled me with the following question: "Yesterday was Friday. If that is true, what day is today?"

I suppose the correct answer is Saturday, but deductive anti-Orwellian logic dictates that the only reasonable response is to leave it blank :-))

Re: One-year vaccine assessment

[(Anonymous)]

My heart just sank, Mark, at he very thought of you being "captcha'd" [like the medical profession, the MSM, and all our regulatory agencies].

Your thoughtful posts are a tremendous gift to all of us. Thank you.

Happy New Year?

[(Anonymous)]

Happy New Year, Everybody! Did you have a nice celebration?

Things were very quiet in my little town. It used to be a big deal with lots of traffic, throngs of people, and way too many fireworks.

Last year was noticeably subdued, but I think there was still a lot of "Yay! The nasty year 2020 is finally over!"

There was none of that this year. Very quiet. No traffic. Few pedestrians at all. And only about 4 fireworks. People don't seem real excited about ringing in 2022.

Or maybe it's just here. What did you see where you are?

-Slink

Re: Happy New Year?

[ecosophia]

The same thing happened here in East Providence. It was as quiet as a tomb New Year's Eve.

[(Anonymous)]

yup, here in san francisco it was eerily silent as well. a few meagre fireworks popped off early as if they were obligatory and wanted to get it out of the way, but James and i were both able to sleep through the entire new years eve NIGHT-- which is unheard of, as we live on the edge of the park where they used to go wild, as well as on the street in front of us.

erika

History

[(Anonymous)]

I have two observations from recent history. I am quite sure it's different this time but they might be of theoretical interests to some armchair historians like me:

- The people in power don't need a real incident to overreact, if that's what they want. They can use non-events (like the jan 6 "insurrection"), false flage events or simply make up stuff (who remembers the "white powder" from Iraq?).

- When the government hides the protests, that means they are scared the dissidents represent a large fraction of the population. So no, they won't look for an excuse to institute worse repressive measures, because they are afraid. See for example the revolution in Romania - there were minor incidents never shown on tv and the arrest of one pastor triggered giant protests soon followed by the govt collapse.

Like I said, nothing to do with the present - I am sure that people in Europe will stoically take the beatings and losing their jobs and being arrested for being unfoxed, because provoking the government never ever worked in all history and violence has no place in any political movement.

[(Anonymous)]

Dear JMG,

Many, many, many, many thanks for keeping this forum going.

I can imagine how much work moderating this must be for you. I truly believe this forum is making an enormous difference, both for sharing information that is unavailable or difficult to hunt down elsewhere, and for providing an oasis for those of us who are, for now, in a desert of covidian cultism.

I also perceive this forum as having clarifying and calming effects on the astral. Whew, but it's funky-wild in there.

I have come to some points of clarity in recent weeks, and I see my own path forward, in large part thanks to this forum.

Plaid Undulating Brontosaurus

Data Points

[(Anonymous)]

Here in Virginia, COVID cases have exploded. Over the holidays my J&J vaccinated son came down with the latest mild version of COVID (his second COVID infection this year -- he got the first, more serious version last Spring). This time it was just three days of a painful sore throat and nasal congestion, no fever. Testing confirmed COVID both times, fwiw. We were hanging out with my son a lot over the holidays, but he doesn't live with us. None of the three in my immediate household, all unvaccinated, got sick. Not even a sniffle.

Back at work this week, virtually. I am one of the very, very few who got an approved religious exemption, which means I am still employed, but not allowed to set foot in the office. The CEO of my ~9000 person company announced in a company-wide meeting (I dialed in) that while lots of people are getting COVID, don't worry because "We are all vaccinated." The message was loud and clear: Vaccination = Safety. According to the CEO, if you get COVID and are vaccinated it will be a mild illness because the only people in the hospital and the ICU are the unvaccinated. Absolutely a religious belief in the vaccine. I don't see the faith changing anytime soon and am hoping I can stretch things out a few more months until I can find a new job...

I get angry a lot -- it is my reaction to cognitive dissonance and all the contempt I am dealing with on the job. I'm trying to manage it and not think "I hope you all die!" about 19 times a day. Hopefully a new opportunity will come along soon. And actually, we are all going to die one day, so I guess "I hope you all die" is not so much a curse as a statement of reality. :-)

Re: Data Points

[(Anonymous)]

Try not to get too angry, I hear it's not good for your health ;) The story about the jhenry's mom coming around a few posts up is pretty heartbreaking. Some people may eventually come around and I'm sure many never will but it will all only shake out after a lot of damage has already been done. My mom is still bugging me to get myself and my family vaccinated but I know it's because she loves me and she reads the NYT. It breaks my heart now and it's going to break my heart if she ever comes around. My siblings are both vaxxed and they both have pre-existing health issues so they are prime candidates for reduced life expectancy. No matter which way it goes she's going to have something keeping her up at night.

I work at a small but highly distributed startup and, as the only unvaxxed one there, I'm just keeping my mouth shut as I'm hearing all the post-holiday stories about omicron making the rounds. There are people sick in Toronto, Philly, NYC, San Diego, Ohio, who knows where else. They are all still true believers.

At the risk of descending into total corniness and sentimentality, consider the example Jesus set for us. In the gospels the apostles will be hilariously buffoonish. Jesus will tell a parable and then say that he uses parables so only a chosen few will understand. Then one apostle will sheepishly say, "Um, how would you explain that parable to someone who didn't understand? Hypothetically of course." In His most emotional hour of agony, they fell asleep. Repeatedly. The guy He chose to be his rock was also the one who got scared and ran from the cops. These were the people He hand picked to spread His message after He was gone and they spend most of the gospels being total screw ups. And yet He believes in them, stands by them and at the last supper tells them to "love one another as I have loved you" -- He has that much faith in our ability to love! The Enemy loves division and has been thriving on it the past few years but we're all going through this together whether we realize it or not. There's going to be a lot of remorse and regret once things come to light and millions of people slowly realize how screwed they are. Go easy on your coworkers and go easy on yourself.

Vaccine Injury - transverse myelitis

[(Anonymous)]

This is a couple of months old, but somehow I'd missed it, so I thought readers here might appreciate seeing it. It is the brief (under 6 minutes) but powerful testimony on his vaccine injury by orthopedic surgeon Dr. Joel Wallskog given before United States Senator Ron Johnson's hearing on Vaccine Mandates and Vaccine Injuries November 2021.

Info about the hearing:
https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2021/10/media-advisory-sen-johnson-holds-expert-panel-on-federal-vaccine-mandates-and-vaccine-injuries

It can be tough to find anything YouTube deems "anti-vaxx," of course, so here are several links-- I am not recommending any of these channels, by the way, simply pointing to copies of the video of Dr Wallskog's November 2021 testimony available for viewing.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJO4rBAWEho

https://www.bitchute.com/video/hETgRiWt66dv/

https://rumble.com/vqlmqe-dr.-joel-wallskog-orthopedic-surgeon-discusses-his-severe-vaccine-injury.html

(with Spanish subtitles)
https://odysee.com/@LaResistencia:8/4_5816463901604186858:0

After his first Moderna jab Dr Joel Wallskog developed a diagnosed case of transverse myelitis. He testifies that he is pro-vaccine, however ,because of his neurological injury he is no longer able to work as an orthopedic surgeon, and his experience with VAERS, the CDC, FDA and Moderna were extremely disappointing. (I would say, shocking-- although at this point, January 2022, not much shocks me anymore.)

On December 30, 2020 Dr Wallskog received his first Moderna vaccination. About a week later, he began to feel pins and needles in his feet and "powerful electrical shock sensations" radiating from his spine to his feet. And then he was unable to walk. He was diagnosed with transverse myelitis, a known possible vaccine injury.

TRANSCRIPT OF EXCERPT:
DR JOEL WALLSKOG: "I asked my employer to report [the vaccine injury] to VAERS [Vaccine Adverse Event reporting System]. I was aware that the UK AstraZenica covid vaccine trial was delayed twice because of three cases of transverse myelitis. Assuming the FDA and the CDC would be alarmed at my diagnosis, I expected to be contacted soon after my VAERS submission. No phone call. No contact. In fact, weeks passed. I then contacted the CDC myself. They acknowledged my VAERS submission but stated my reaction was categorized as "not serious" as I had not been hospitalized and I hadn't died. I have never heard from the CDC again. No contact with the NIH. No contact from the FDA. I notified Moderna directly numerous times and asked that I be contacted. No one from Moderna ever contacted me. One word describes how I felt in the first few months after my diagnosis: Abandoned."

[(Anonymous)]

I was out for a week on vacation, and have been catching up on the news since then. Doing so, I found this over at Bari Weiss' substack, which is reliably anti-Woke but pro-PMC:

https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/tgif-omicron-edition

→ Great news they won’t tell you on cable: The number of Covid deaths each week is dropping. A lot. On Wednesday, there were some 2,100 deaths reported. Compare that to more than 3,600 on this day in 2020. The point is: everyone is getting Covid, but thanks to the vax it seems markedly less dangerous....

If you are vaccinated, healthy, and happy, you are probably already living life like someone sitting in a New York City restaurant (i.e., unmasked but vaguely waving one around as you walk).

Looks to me like the pro-vaxx crowd is trying to declare victory and walk away.

-Cliff

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, it seems people are too conceited to be capable of admitting they've been strung along like puppets. Automatically, they attribute a variant's reduced severity to the foxx. I suspect many would rather obstinately hold to the narrative than deal with the humiliation of confronting their own stupidity and ignorance.

Perhaps it is ironic that the longer they keep this up, the more stupidity and ignorance they'll be liable to face. More ironic is the fact that most of the pro-narrative types, PMCs and SJWs, pride themselves on the belief that they're open-minded.

[tamanous2020]

Just like others, I got the newest omicron variant wave going around. Symptoms are very mild, less bad then a normal cold, with just a little temperature disregulation, fatigue and sore throat. It took nearly 2 years before my natural immunity failed at this latest version so I feel pretty vindicated, especially as vaccinated/boostered coworkers seem to be dealing with the same exact thing.

I've heard of the recent news story, of an insurance company quoting a 40% rise in deaths for working age groups in Indiana. Has anyone been able to verify the source for this? While that wouldn't be too out of sorts given despair + increases in bad health + increases in the different types of suicide + vax side effects, I'd hate to jump to conclusions based on hearsay.

Same here

[trubrujah]

I (knock on wood) still seem to be holding this crud at bay, but my wife came down with Covid this past weekend. Not sure if the kids had it before her (the two oldest were sick a week before, but with slightly different symptoms). So far its an annoying cold and nothing more. Would not have thought this was the dreaded disease if the tests hadn't come back positive. Thankfully I can work from home while quarantined, but heard from my boss that nearly the entire office is out either with it or with someone close to them having it.

[(Anonymous)]

Double-dosed, still healthy. The wife--who's more than a decade older--has scheduled her booster. I've decided to forego that for now.

Before my initial vaccination, I cast a shield chart which gave a strong indication that I should go ahead: LW Conjuctio, RW Fortuna Major, J Acquisitio. I interpreted this to mean that a) I'd be able to communicate/travel more readily, and b) I'd be strong enough to overcome any side-effects. I've found that (a) has borne out in that I can speak on the topic, even expressing concerns with the mandates, and be more "accepted"; (b) has borne out so far as well, as I've suffered no side effects to date.

Had my annual physical (two years overdue) today, politely declining the flu shot and COVID booster when offered. No fuss was raised, no lectures were given. Perhaps it's because I'm in a more sensible, working-class region of the country, but I find that the attitude and energy one brings to an encounter encourages the nature of others' responses, for good or for ill. Keeping it calm and non-judgmental goes a long way to side-stepping aggression and generally unhelpful interactions.

One data point among billions

[revert2mean]

This is just a personal story, not medical advice in any way.

Where I live, Canberra in Australia, it's so highly-vaxxed that the local government is starting to try to work out who are the 1% un-vaxxed. (Pick me, pick me.) But there are a lot of people sick. Omicron, they say. I've been scoffing and saying only vaccinated people get sick. The vaxxed do seem to realise that they've been sold a pup, and are agreeing that the vaxes didn't do what was promised. But it's omicron, they say. What can you do? Still, they are giving ground and seeing they're not "protected".

But yesterday I had a headache and a fever, and felt a bit unwell. Very unusual. Oh no, I thought, I'm about to overwhelm a hospital and be an un-vaxed cautionary tale. So I put a tea towel over my head and inhaled some hot steam for a couple of minutes and took 200mg of mebendazole. (Easily available in Australia.) I have plenty of ivermectin but people love those legal people meds, so I thought I'd see how that specific one worked.

Result: I am totally fine this morning. No headache, no fever, no noticeable cough. Had muesli for breakfast, went to pilates. (Well, the virus is out anyway.)

Remind me again how many people have died, both from the virus and the vax? It's so, so shocking.

Re: One data point among billions

[(Anonymous)]

Would you mind elaborating on how they're trying to work out who's had the shots and what they are doing with that information?

[(Anonymous)]

I wanted to post and first say thank you JMG for this venue and the others you provide so generously. Specifically, I think I owe you thanks for curing in some way what I would describe as some kind of PTSD. Since the recent Australian lockdowns beginning in July, I have watched in growing horror at the way things have gone and how I have now become part of an ostracised and vilified minority (not one that gets you any social justice points, unfortunately). My fear focussed specifically on being forced to take the mRNA shots, and has been so bad through most of this that even the mention of the v-word or glimpsing a news article about mandates would cause my chest to tighten so much that it would take a day or two to settle down. I am in a much better place now, living further from the centres of power and with a WFH income from an overseas employer who doesn't give a rats about Australian fox policies, but I also no longer have the panic response. This correlates roughly with your publication of the Discordian turkey curse, which I have done pretty much every day. So, thank you.

On reflection, 99% of what I have suffered has been due to the environment of fear and creeping totalitarianism, rather than direct abuse. Regrettably and shamefully, I have done a lot of self-policing. Towards the end of the lockout period for unfoxxed (we are allowed back pretty much everywhere now), I began to push back more, 'forgetting' the QR code sign in, going to a foxxed-only shop to get my damn lawnmower fixed, and I was only challenged a couple of times. I travelled twice outside my local government area, something that could have gotten me six months in jail, to see a dying family member. Nothing happened. I've been to garages, warehouses and takeaway shops where no one was wearing masks or checking anything. Back-of-house Australia does not appear to have much enthusiasm for being deputised into enforcing these totalitarian follies.

Though I was losing the head game for a while, I have learned some incredibly valuable lessons. Most valuable of all, to test every assumption. Seek experiential data about where people stand and what is actually going on out there. You need it to counterbalance to the fear and propaganda bouncing around in your head (do consume media wisely though). It turned out that 9 out of 10, or maybe 99 out of 100 stormtroopers in the approaching ranks were cardboard cutouts.

[sinners4diseasecontrol]

I'm so glad you've made it through. Thank you for telling us about your experience. I had quite a strong stress reaction too, even in Japan. I had to wear earplugs at the dinner table, because listening to the propaganda on the TV was causing me to run through scenarios in my head, thinking how to react when the nice people came for me.

I think everywhere, the push for vaccination has included quite a strong psychological attack. The media have exaggerated the numbers of vaccinated to try to make hold-outs feel isolated. Sometimes among our family and acquaintances we are isolated, but people looking beyond these find sympathetic companionship.

For me, my spiritual practices have made the biggest difference in my ability to withstand the pressure, but also the presence of this forum, where I can get a break from the insanity around me. The turkey curse is really great too, thanks to our host. I'll teach it to a couple of my students who look like they could use it.

[ari_ormstunga]

Our fake President spouts fake news from a fake White House set (with fake CGI snow). Welcome to 2022.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/theres-no-excuse-biden-scolds-the-unvaccinated-at-covid-briefing-takes-no-questions

[(Anonymous)]

The Democrats are doing everything they can to make old-style leftists like me vote Republican.

[(Anonymous)]

Delete if this is a repeat, but:

'We can't vaccinate the planet every six months,' says Oxford vaccine scientist
By Niamh Kennedy and Jack Guy, CNN
Updated 11:05 AM ET, Tue January 4, 2022

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/04/health/andrew-pollard-booster-vaccines-feasibility-intl/index.html

Had me start the morning feeling optimistic! It's the first I've heard of *not* vaccinating everyone all the time. I realize that's a low bar to exceed... but the crack in the narrative has to start somewhere? 🤷‍♂️

I guess pessimistically, you could say this only rules out "multiple vaxes per year" and thus could be used to justify "just one vax a year" silliness.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, that plan was always crazy.

And now they are talking even shorter intervals, down to 3 months. Certainly ambitious.