Open (More or Less) Post on Covid 54

[ecosophia]

As we move further into the second year of these open posts, it's pretty clear that the official narrative is cracking as the toll of deaths and injuries from the Covid vaccines rises steadily and the vaccines themselves demonstrate their total uselesness at preventing Covid infection or transmission. It's still important to keep watch over the mis-, mal- and nonfeasance of our self-proclaimed health gruppenfuehrers, and the disastrous results of the Covid mania, but I think it's also time to begin thinking about what might be possible as the existing medical industry reels under the impact of its own self-inflicted injuries. 

So it's time for another open post. 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, the floor is open for discussion.  

Comments

Re: Sam Harris

[p_coyle]

having had to deal with several people with severe tds for the past six(!) years has been quite the learning experience. all one has to do is speak the word trump in any context and they fly into a bulging-eyed, spittle-flecked tirade that starts with anything and everything wrong in the world is trump's fault, and ends with them wishing for his demise. it's super creepy to watch.

it's a one word 9th level "rage" spell that offers no saving throw. and anyone, from the lowliest of street urchins on up to the high priestess at the temple, can cast it at will. but it only works if the spell's target has contracted tds.

fast forward to "joe biden's" election. to keep the d&d theme going (hat tip to anon below), the intellectual paladins sallied forth and slayed the orange dragon. upon realizing they had a record setting army of people suffering from tds, lined up behind them and obsessed with fighting the orange dragon that had already been vanquished, the intellectual paladins found themselves in a quandary.

and thus, a rider was sent to the sages, asking for a different spell that would keep the new army loyal, yet committed to a different cause.

the sages huddled. then they consulted the mages. eventually, an agreement between the ruling intellectuals came to fruition. and so a rider dispatched to deliver the new spell to the paladins camp.

the rider made it safely to the intellectual paladins camp. when the head paladin broke the wax seal on the scroll, none present knew what to expect.

it turned out that their prayers had been answered. the huddled sages and consulted mages had indeed come up with a new spell.

the head paladin announced to the masses that there was a new dragon to slay, almost on par with the orange one, and thusly to be similarly opposed.

however, back in the tents of the sages and mages that travelled with the army, there was some concern.

the new spell was only 4th level. the loyal tds sufferers now get to roll a saving throw, though admittedly the -5 that got tacked on to the roll by one of the sages committee leaders made it palatable to the hardliners. and as for those that hadn't succumbed to tds and were there for other reasons? they get a +5 on their saving throw.

the intellectual paladins, the very ones that had slain the orange dragon, convened in a council. after deliberations, they decided to cast the new spell. there were risks, yes. some of the army might make their save, and therefore the army would be weakened.

the risks and benefits had been weighed by the experts. the head paladin donned his most formal attire. he approached the podium, preparing to cast the new spell.

his lips parted.

"anti-vaxxers" were the words the paladin spoke. arguments broke out, is it one word? two words? a compound word? this would take several months for the experts to come to a satisfactory conclusion.

immediately, however, the orange dragon, while still the most evil dragon ever, was superseded by by this new threat. everyone rolled their 20-sider.

a few made their saving throws, despite the -5. likewise, some of the orange dragon's army failed despite their +5 advantage.

and so, the forces in the field became devoted to a new quest. because honor, and glory.