WTF Florida?

[Matador]

The amount of ret-conning going on here is astonishing.

If you look at the journal papers summarizing vaccine effectiveness against transmission, you see a few common themes (at least for mRNA vaccines):

1) Against the original COVID-19, the vaccine was approximately 90% effective against transmission (e.g., the index patient), and over 95% effective against development of infection (the contact)
2) Against the Alpha variant COVID-19, the vaccine was approximately 70% effective against transmission, and over 85% effective against development of infection
3) Against the Delta variant COVID-19, the vaccine was approximately 50% effective against transmission, and over 80% effective against development of infection

An example of such data.

There is (far) less data for Omicron, however studies suggest a 20-30% reduction in transmission from a vaccinated individual, and about 40% effective against development of infection, however these studies are a mix of the previous vaccine and the newer bivalent vaccine. A newer study on the new boosters shows better results (see here). This study implies bivalent is approximately 35% better in the above two metrics for the bivalent booster.

Fauci went on air a gazillion times over the past three years, so I don't even know which "Fauci lie" is being referred to (it's another Rorschach test for the right).

 

[JohnRoberts]

So this is what is known and above-ground; all legit apparently, less the the government needs a fall guy.

Sadly throwing Fauci under the bus will not absolve us (the United States) of funding GOF... Yes, it has been prohibited by multiple administrations but some consider themselves above the rules.

There’s a whole bunch of what is NOT known and won’t ever be known because governments are involved. Good luck chasing your tail!

Sen Rand Paul has been trying to pin that tale on Dr Fauci and I would not bet on Fauci dodging that bullet forever. As I mentioned, he is already testing alternate explanations for his past positions.

If it’s just an evolving thesis, how is it lying? On top of that, where’s your evidence he’s lying? Why is everyone so damn concrete about absolutely everything? Is it because the person giving them their 24-hour “news” is?

I am too lazy to dig back but I have posted evidence years ago when this first hit the fan. Since his team controls the public dialog this news has been suppressed. This is not exactly a new topic of discussion...

I will wait for the congressional hearings to finally get a chance to hold his feet to the fire. He is only one on a fairly long list to investigate.

JR

 

[Recording Engineer]

I am too lazy to dig back but I have posted evidence years ago when this first hit the fan. Since his team controls the public dialog this news has been suppressed. This is not exactly a new topic of discussion...

So your evidence is from years ago, when every government’s official stance was: We don’t know what the F happened or what the F it is, but here’s how what we’re going do to try and reduce transmission and update that as we learn? Good luck with that!

 

[hodad]

I will wait for the congressional hearings

Yet another thing to wait for that's going to rattle those Dems to the core & expose all their massive.....yaaaaaawwwnnn. Without even working at it, I could probably list 2 handfuls of giant nothingburger Republican investigations that were touted as huge scandals just over the horizon.
Ho hum.... Wake me up when Republicans actually discover something.

 

[hodad]

On a side note, Bannon associate and alleged fraudster Guo Wengui had 96 cell phones in his penthouse apartment when law enforcement raided it. 96 cell phones????

 

[Recording Engineer]

Careful. Someone will undoubtably end up hyper-focusing on that it’s not illegal to have 96 cell phones and ignore everything else.

 

[hodad]

For all those who fantasize about Biden "stealing" the election from Trump by asking Twitter to take down some dick pics that legally shouldn't have been there in the first place, here's an article about real election theft:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/...EXwLP68zAYBVz7HAYGd4npxQvfKzHI&smid=url-share

(link should work for everybody.)

"Mr. Connally, he said, took him to one Middle Eastern capital after another that summer, meeting with a host of regional leaders to deliver a blunt message to be passed to Iran: Don’t release the hostages before the election. Mr. Reagan will win and give you a better deal."

 

[AnalogPackrat]

For all those who fantasize about Biden "stealing" the election from Trump by asking Twitter to take down some dick pics that legally shouldn't have been there in the first place, here's an article about real election theft:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/...EXwLP68zAYBVz7HAYGd4npxQvfKzHI&smid=url-share

(link should work for everybody.)

"Mr. Connally, he said, took him to one Middle Eastern capital after another that summer, meeting with a host of regional leaders to deliver a blunt message to be passed to Iran: Don’t release the hostages before the election. Mr. Reagan will win and give you a better deal."

Yes, that stuff has been known for, what, 20, 25 years? It proves that such manipulations of public opinion do, in fact, happen and do, in fact, make a difference (though Reagan would still have won given all of the other problems of the Carter era). Thank you for reminding us to be vigilant and not to trust any politician or political operative to be honest or to act in good faith. It's why we need people like James O'Keefe around.