JustRandy

Here's a video on why syphilis turned virulent. It should be queued up to the right time. In native societies syphilis can circulate easily so it's not terribly bad, but in modern societies where people wear clothes syphilis must mutate to survive so it turns more virulent. Likewise with covid: the harder we make it for it to survive then the more virulent it will become.

I've always known how masks work because I've tried using them in roofing or installing insulation or mowing the lawn and they are utterly worthless which is why I bought a respirator 30 years ago, but that doesn't filter exhaled air so it doesn't protect anyone from me, plus it's big and cumbersome, hot and sweaty. Masks won't even stop fiberglass floating in the air because they never fit tight enough to my face unless I use one hand to hold it tight against my face, but that only leaves one hand to work. Anyway, a smoke particle is 10x bigger than a virus so if you could smell someone smoking while wearing a mask then you know you will be inhaling any virus particles just like smoke particles. Go to a cigar shop and see if you can smell smokers while wearing a mask. Or start a camp fire and see if you can smell the smoke. If you can, then your mask isn't protecting anyone. Yes you are right. The illness is dose-dependent: the more virus you encounter, then worse the illness will be which is why I think wives get hit harder than husbands because the husband likely brings it home after receiving a small dose and introduces a higher concentration of virus to her. Healthcare workers also get hit especially hard because they receive a higher dose being in close, prolonged contact with patients. I've read that even rabies is likely to be an aborted infection if there are not enough rabies viruses injected in order to find a nerve by virtue of numbers before the viruses die. It also matters where the bite is on the body because the more nerves (like a finger) means it's easier for the virus to find one. Once the virus finds a nerve, there is no treatment and death will follow. Yes, but when the virus mutates the vaccine is worthless which is why we need a new flu vaccine every year and why no flu vaccine has ever been more than 50% effective (average is 30%). Keep in mind also that flu vaccines are whole-virus vaccines which are better than mrna vaccines. And vaccines drive the mutation because it provides a selection mechanism for the virus to evolve. The vaccines selects for viruses that can evade the vaccine. The viruses that get stopped by the vaccine will go extinct while the ones that find a way around the vaccine will proliferate. Evolution only works if it's opposed. Stop fighting it and evolution will stop working. So if we let the virus circulate freely it will fizzle out, but if we fight it then it will only get more virulent. And the vaccine only trains the immune system to identify one aspect of the virus: the spike protein. Natural immunity trains the immune system to recognize all aspects of the virus so the virus would have to change all aspects of itself in order to fool the immune system, but with the vaccine the virus only needs to change the spike protein and the immunity is worthless. That's why whole-virus vaccines are better than mrma vaccines. Insignificant protection is not better than none because it conveys a false sense of security which puts people at increased risk because they think they are protected when they really are not. Imagine if helmets didn't protect the head, but people thought they did. Imagine how many more injuries would result if riders took extra risks thinking a fragile helmet would protect them. On top of the false security, masks compel people to touch them constantly. I was talking to a veterinarian and he was adjusting his mask probably 50 times because it kept falling off as he talked. And watch how much Biden fiddles with his mask while he talks. Biden is the nastiest unclean person I've ever seen. He coughs into his hand like a toddler after numerous people have told him to stop doing that. And people wearing masks make me want to vomit. I can't look at them for long. It's like concentrated bad breath festering on what looks like undergarment fabric strapped to their face. You mean the medical community that said washing hands before surgery is ridiculous? When will you learn that appeals to authority are religion? If I say it's raining, then all you know is that I said it's raining. The only way for you to know if it's raining is to go look for yourself.

Explain how my eyes are deceiving me: I don't see most aerosols being blocked. I don't even see some aerosols being blocked. Anyway, none of that addresses why masks work for one 120nm ball, but not another 120nm ball. Where dd the flu go? Why did masks work on flu, but not covid? The answer is because they called flu cases covid cases. And the masks didn't work on either. Then why doesn't that fact manifest in the efficacy studies? Why do masks not make any difference in community transmission? https://swprs.org/face-masks-evidence/ Masks may reduce the risk, but the reduction is so small that it is not measurable. That's why masks make no difference in transmission. But then you add the false sense of security plus the compulsion to fiddle with the mask incessantly and it's obvious that masks have the opposite effect of making pandemic worse. To stop bacteria. It says right on the box that masks do not stop viruses. Even though cold temps favor viruses, hospitals are still cold because the cold hampers bacteria and it's easier to dehumidify cold air than hot air. It's easier to stop bacteria than viruses, so that's what hospitals do. Stopping viruses is hopeless without pressurized suits. But when you call me names you only make your position look bad. And 98% of the evidence is in my favor, not yours. https://swprs.org/face-masks-evidence/ That's what they said about Galileo for denying geocentrism. He was imprisoned for denying legitimate sources. Ignaz Semmelweis was mocked, ridiculed and imprisoned for recommending hand washing before surgery because it offended the legitimate sources. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis You can't see you're practicing religion while denying evidence? As soon as you say "legitimate sources" you are practicing religion, not science. WITH covid. Not FROM covid. Heck, we can't even say most died with covid since the test is flawed. Most died of bacterial pneumonia, probably nosocomial infections from the hospitals. "hospital-acquired bacterial or fungal infections were frequently complicating the course among ICU patients." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33461613/ "Although uncommon upon admission, bacterial infections frequently occurred in patients with prolonged hospitalization" https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33934980/ A hospital did a study of its covid ICU patients. Of 19 patients, 18 died. Of the 18 who died, 17 died of bacteria found only in hospitals. The other one who died had MRSA, which is antibiotic resistant bacteria commonly associated with hospitals. https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-020-05374-z So of the 19 covid patients in ICU, zero died from covid. 18 died from the hospital. In 1918, the great pandemic that killed 50 million people, 98% of them actually died of bacterial pneumonia, not influenza virus. That's why a pneumonia vaccine was developed (which I recommend taking btw). There are facts. Will you call me names and ignore me because that's all you have? Or will you show me where I'm wrong? Then you admit none of the protections make a difference. They are also hot southern states. Ohio is a red state and is not having a big spike in cases like Florida. I predicted back in the spring that the summer would be bad for southern states because of the heat and I predicted that the media would blame Republicans and anti-vaccination instead of the heat. I'm not sure why, but covid erupts when it's really hot or really cold. I figured it was because most people stay indoors when it's hot or cold then go outside when it's temperate (spring and fall). That's why I say covid will decline into september (when it's cooler) and come back in the winter (when it's cold). This winter will be worse than last winter because the vaccine doesn't work and the variants are more transmissible. Plus the flu.

The CDC claims some 95% of covid infections resulting in hospitalization are occurring among the unvaccinated, but they’re using data from January through June 2021 when most of the public were unvaccinated. Looking at more recent data, we’re finding that the majority of cases and hospitalizations are actually occurring among the vaccinated, probably simply because there are more vaccinated people than not. No, my chart is from UBS, an investment bank who are the same group of elites pushing the vaccine. I admitted I was wrong and you were right before. I even came back and made a big point of it. Where is your evidence that my mind cannot be changed? All you have to do is explain why masks stop one 120 nm ball, but not another 120 nm ball. Or you could refute the plethora of studies going back 100 years showing that masks make no difference. https://swprs.org/face-masks-evidence/ My mind can be changed but you're not going to do it by calling me names, claiming I'm in an alternate universe, or my charts are from ERW as if that would mean anything.

You're right. I should say "Carings". People patting themselves on the back for caring so much about others but actually causing lots of harm.

I just posted a chart showing the pandemic is not bad at all. Deaths are way down independent of the vaccine. The only pandemic remaining are the Karens.

Refusing to wear garlic around your neck is not freedom, it's selfish stupidity. Wearing garlic around the neck is just as effective as masks, but it doesn't give anyone the false sense of security that masks provide because garlic around the neck is utterly ridiculous, therefore garlic around the neck is more effective than masks. Also, garlic around the neck doesn't contribute to periodontal disease or pneumonia like masks do. So either wear a necklace of garlic or you're killing grandma. Exceptions can be made for those carrying a rabbit's foot.

Yep, it's the corporate elites in charge. Biden is just a puppet. I used to say vote for Trump if you like Goldman Sachs or vote for Biden if you prefer JP Morgan Chase. If you notice, private companies are enforcing government mandates like masks, vaccines, censorship, propaganda to circumvent the constitution while scotus remains silent. We can't find a judge to judge fairly because invariably they are all part of the same gated community of elites. How can we get a fair trial on vaccines if all judges have taken the vaccine? And the FDA is already operating illegally because emergency use authorization is only legal if there are no treatment options. But there are successful treatment options.... lots of them. And nevermind that covid is no more fatal than seasonal flu in the first place. So if the FDA is illegally authorizing the vaccine already, I'm not sure what's to stop them from giving full authorization. As far as I can tell, the only thing the vaccine succeeds at doing, other than the adverse reactions, is driving the virus to mutate. It doesn't stop transmission and really doesn't seem to attenuate symptoms either. Deaths are lower just because the weak people already died and the fact that we now have better treatments. In the beginning we had few cases and lots of deaths. Now we have lots of cases and few deaths. It's nothing to do with the vaccine because deaths relative to cases were declining before the vaccine existed. Even if the vaccine reduced symptoms it would only mean people spread the virus more since they wouldn't know they were sick. Usually sick people go to bed instead of going out to spread it around. And still no one can know if the vaccine is safe until we've gone through two flu seasons at least. We haven't even gone through one. The whole thing is crazy.

I think the only Biden voter here is Dave and he's Canadian lol Probably a better question is whether anyone is feeling remorse over Trump's scotus appointments. I'm actually less scared of Biden now than at the beginning. He doesn't seem to be after guns or really changing anything that much, so I'm breathing a big sigh of relief since it could have been much worse. I think Afghanistan would have been a mess regardless who is president. But yeah the country is going downhill fast. If the FDA approves that vaccine then everyone will require it then lots of workers will quit which will cause more supply disruptions which are coming anyway because I see covid cases spiking bigtime this winter because the vaccine doesn't work, especially against the new variants that the vaccine is causing. China, Japan, and most of Asia are locked down already, as well as Australia and recently New Zealand, so even if the dem states don't lockdown, the rest of the world will and it will cause supply problems. I expect to see supply problems, high prices, lots of crime and general unrest. Nothing to do with Biden specifically, but the Karens in general who Biden represents. Also the fed seems determined to taper come hell or high water and that isn't going to help anything. I expect covid cases will decline into September and will use that time to stock up and get ready for the big hit this winter.

Last year a guy I know said his wife lost taste and smell, but he just had a headache. Now he's going back n saying it was the worst thing ever with him coughing up green stuff while the wife had 109 fever (impossible). He's trying his best to make covid as bad as flu. A year later he's claiming to be still dealing with the after effects, but he's always had high blood pressure and sleep apnea which cause headaches. Yep. 2006 flu would have killed me if I had been any older. 2008 flu had me essentially in a coma for 3 days and when I woke up I had ringworm all over. 2009 swine flu was a walk in the park. 2018 flu wasn't too bad, but still killed 61,000 people in spite of vaccinations. Flu will probably be what kills me eventually because I always get it and I'm only getting older. They say the mask is not to protect the wearer, but to protect other people from the wearer. There is no evidence of that either, but that's what they claim. So, in their opinion, if you don't wear a mask it means you don't care about other people. That's why they get so mad.

What were your symptoms? How high was fever? Did you lose your taste or smell? People think it's the government's job to keep us safe, but it's our job to keep ourselves safe while it's the government's job to protect our rights and liberty from those wanting to keep us safe. I don't always want to be safe; I want to take risks and I should have the right to take as many risks as I choose.

2% are smarter than the other 98% and 1% is smarter than the 99%, and one guy has the highest IQ and he's a vaccine skeptic. See the "appeal to popularity" fallacy. https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/Appeal-to-Popularity That time when 1 genius outsmarted 1000 phds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem "After the problem appeared in Parade, approximately 10,000 readers, including nearly 1,000 with PhDs, wrote to the magazine, most of them claiming vos Savant was wrong.[4] Even when given explanations, simulations, and formal mathematical proofs, many people still do not accept that switching is the best strategy.[5] Paul Erdős, one of the most prolific mathematicians in history, remained unconvinced until he was shown a computer simulation demonstrating vos Savant's predicted result.[6]"

Breaking Study Sheds More Light on Whether an RNA Vaccine Can Permanently Alter DNA https://sciencewithdrdoug.com/2021/02/15/breaking-study-sheds-more-light-on-whether-an-rna-vaccine-can-permanently-alter-dna/ The mechanism exists, so it can, but whether it does is anyone's guess. And the spike protein will clot blood. Vaccine reactions are probably too much of the vaccine getting into the blood, maybe because the nurse hit a vein or whatever other reason. Spike proteins normally don't get in the blood through the respiratory system with a natural infection and the vaccine is given in the muscle in effort to avoid it getting into blood. The biggest risk of the vaccine is not knowing what happens if a mutated virus triggers an antibody-dependent enhancement at some point in the future. There is no way to know that until enough time has passed (ie years). ADE is when antibodies actually help the virus infect the cell. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6290032/ Supposed authorities can claim the vaccine is safe all they want, but there is no way to know what will happen when mutated wild coronaviruses meet vaccinated people until it happens. We need at least 2 flu seasons.

Have you heard of Kary Mullis? He's the inventor of the pcr test and won the nobel prize for it. He was a big pain in the butt for those wanting HIV to be the cause of AIDS. Really, he just wanted to see the evidence, but no one could show him. He insisted that his test could not be used to diagnose disease because it could find anything you want it to find. And just because it found pieces of something resembling viral rna doesn't mean the person has a disease. Imagine having Kary hanging around during this plandemic. Imagine what a pain in the butt the inventor of the pcr would be. So guess when Kary Mullis died. Go on... take a wild guess. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kary_Mullis Anyway, check out what Kary had to say about Fauci.

There is a vaccine for stupid. To make me no longer stupid all you have to do is tell me how masks stop one 120nm ball but not another 120nm ball and I will no longer be stupid. Now you take your ball and go home. New York Times says "Flu Has Vanished." Lowest number of cases ever recorded. But at the same time we had the highest number of coronavirus cases ever recorded. How do masks cause the lowest number of flu cases ever recorded while at the same time allowing the highest coronavirus cases ever recorded? Everyone I know had a mild case about like what Joe Rogan described. A couple people are begging for it. One works in the covid unit at a rehab facility and she wants to test positive so she doesn't have to get tested anymore. Her husband wants to test positive so he gets 2 weeks pad vacation. Their son tested positive and had a slight cough, but the parents could not catch it. Neither could all the grandparents. Maybe they already had it and didn't know it. Dad had it last year and his only symptom, mild fever, didn't stop him from pulling weeds every day. I'm not sure if I caught it from dad or not, but if I did then I didn't know it. Coming from someone who just suffered a month of pneumonia, covid doesn't scare me too much except for the loss of taste and smell. That's permanent because it destroys the nerve cells which grow back wrong, so there is no fixing that. I don't want covid, but I'm not naive enough to think masks are going to stop it. I try to stay out of buildings as much as possible and use curbside pickup to stay away from people. I caught the flu because I let someone come over to do her taxes. We were both healthy on that wednesday, but she got sick sunday and I got it the next thursday. I let my guard down one time and boom. She spent a week in the hospital for pneumonia (where she got 2 negative covid tests) and I just toughed it out at home. Masks would not have prevented it. In fact, she works at walmart where she has to wear a mask all day and walmart is probably where she caught it, so she almost certainly caught the flu while wearing a mask. I went through all my old emails and doctor records from childhood and I figure I've had the flu at least 20 times in my life. I had the flu on my 1st birthday and spent 4 days in the hospital on IV. I never get it from grocery stores or the community, but it's always someone I know giving it to me. Masks would not have stopped any of it. Masks may even make it worse:

The evidence says masks make no difference, so they don't stop any portion, not even a wee little bit... and certainly not "most". But even if masks stopped most or some or any, then we should see a proportional drop in prevalence of coronaviruses and flu viruses because they are exactly the same size. IOW, if flu dropped by 50% then covid should drop by 50%. Instead what we see is an explosion in the number of covid cases and the complete extermination of flu... during flu season! That cannot be explained by masks or any other policy. The only explanation that makes sense for why one 120nm ball is different from another 120nm ball is that flu cases are being classified as covid cases. An admonishment of those doing that is actually published: "Clinicians can neither rule out other co-infections caused by respiratory pathogens by diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 infection nor rule out COVID-19 by detection of non-SARS-CoV-2 respiratory pathogens." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7245213/ Just because you have a positive covid test doesn't mean you don't have influenza or any one of 1000 other things. The study continues: "The recent community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) guidelines by the American Thoracic Society (ATS) and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) recommended initial antibacterial treatment for adults with CAP who test positive for influenza, because bacterial co-infections are a common and serious complication of influenza and it is difficult to exclude the presence of bacterial co-infection in a patient with CAP who tested positive for influenza virus.5 Based on previous studies on severe coronavirus infections, serological evidence among SARS patients indicated incidences of acute or recent Chlamydophila pneumoniae (30%) or Mycoplasma pneumoniae (9%) infection, respectively.6 Furthermore, SARS and human metapneumovirus co-infection were reported during a major nosocomial SARS outbreak in Hong Kong.7 Moreover, co-infection of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) with influenza and tuberculosis has been reported.8 , 9 A multicenter retrospective cohort study of critically ill patients with MERS-CoV demonstrated that 18% and 5% had bacterial and viral co-infections, respectively.10 These findings indicate the possibility of co-infection with coronaviruses and other respiratory pathogens." Plus there are lots of false positives for covid. And everyone I know wants me to have had covid so they can make it into a big deal. People are just that way and they don't need additional financial or political incentive to fake covid diagnosis, even though hospitals do get more money for covid cases. I nearly lost my voice and every representative I talked to on the phone was like "Is it covid? Is it covid???" One woman told me she had a 101.5 fever with covid and I said I have to take ibuprofen to get my fever DOWN to 101.5 so I can feel normal enough to get my chores done. Her definition of hell was my definition of relief. The NYT says vanished. Vanished = extinct. Why did covid cases go up? You say "Because people were not obeying the government." So why did flu cases decline? You say "Because people were obeying the government." You can't have it both ways. If you find a republican place where people were not obeying the recommendations, then we would NOT expect to see a drop in flu cases. If people were NOT obeying, and you say that is the reason why covid cases went up, then how can you explain the elimination of flu during flu season???

The use of a rabbit's foot alone will not reduce the incidence either. Read this real slow: WHO says "A large randomized community-based trial in which 4862 healthy participants were divided into a group wearing medical/surgical masks and a control group found no difference in infection with SARS-CoV-2 (76)." "A recent systematic review found nine trials (of which eight were cluster-randomized controlled trials in which clusters of people, versus individuals, were randomized) comparing medical/surgical masks versus no masks to prevent the spread of viral respiratory illness. Two trials were with healthcare workers and seven in the community. The review concluded that wearing a mask may make little or no difference to the prevention of influenza-like illness (ILI) (RR 0.99, 95%CI 0.82 to 1.18) or laboratory confirmed illness (LCI) (RR 0.91, 95%CI 0.66-1.26) (44); the certainty of the evidence was low for ILI, moderate for LCI. " Btw, masks didn't work in 1918 either https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1362677/ For 100 years there has not been evidence masks work and there never will be because masks are a ludicrous idea, which is why Fauci ridiculed them in March 2020 before masks became political weapons. All that masks accomplish is a false sense of security that causes people to take more risks than they would if not for the false security. For more proof, try mowing the lawn after a case of pneumonia and you will quickly discover how useless masks are. Respirators with the canisters on the sides are the only thing that works because that's the only thing that seals tight against the face. Surgeons wear masks to stop bacteria, not viruses. Hospitals are cold because it's easier to dehumidify cold air and cold/dry air harms bacteria (but benefits viruses). Hospitals don't focus on viruses because there is nothing they can do to stop them, but combating bacteria is fairly straightforward. How do masks stop one 120nm ball but not another 120nm ball? The covid cases were rising caused by one 120nm ball, but the flu cases went extinct which were caused by another 120nm ball. So how do masks stop one 120nm ball, but have zero effect on the other 120nm ball? <---- please answer that question! The 120nm ball called covid went up in flu season. The 120nm ball called flu went down in flu season. How does a mask accomplish such magic?

Why does that amaze you since you just ignored WHO? WHO ---> https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/advice-on-the-use-of-masks-in-the-community-during-home-care-and-in-healthcare-settings-in-the-context-of-the-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov)-outbreak WHO says "the use of a mask alone, even when correctly used (see below), is insufficient to provide an adequate level of protection for an uninfected individual or prevent onward transmission from an infected individual (source control)." WHO says "At present there is only limited and inconsistent scientific evidence to support the effectiveness of masking of healthy people in the community to prevent infection with respiratory viruses, including SARS-CoV-2 (75). A large randomized community-based trial in which 4862 healthy participants were divided into a group wearing medical/surgical masks and a control group found no difference in infection with SARS-CoV-2 (76). A recent systematic review found nine trials (of which eight were cluster-randomized controlled trials in which clusters of people, versus individuals, were randomized) comparing medical/surgical masks versus no masks to prevent the spread of viral respiratory illness. Two trials were with healthcare workers and seven in the community. The review concluded that wearing a mask may make little or no difference to the prevention of influenza-like illness (ILI) (RR 0.99, 95%CI 0.82 to 1.18) or laboratory confirmed illness (LCI) (RR 0.91, 95%CI 0.66-1.26) (44); the certainty of the evidence was low for ILI, moderate for LCI. " So why do you ignore WHO and science? No difference = does not help. If masks do not help while people think they do, then that is called a false sense of security which leads to taking more risks. How do measures work against one 120nm ball, but not another 120nm ball? Flu vaccines are between 30% and 50% effective, so even if marginally more people took the flu vaccine it would not explain the complete eradication of flu. The only sensible explanation is flu cases are being called covid cases. I'm anxious to look at Australia during their coming winter (flu) season to see how they fare. People think covid cases declined because of the vaccine but I think they would have waned anyway just due to seasonality and to confirm that I will be watching Australia during their coming winter.

Flu didn't go anywhere. I caught it in march and then battled bacterial pneumonia for a month and still haven't fully recovered. According to the CDC my whole city has been a hotspot for flu. Evidently, some places test for flu and some just assume covid. When I tell people I had flu, they act disappointed that it wasn't covid and usually try to convince me it was. Hallmarks of flu are sudden onset and high fever. In my case, I went from feeling fine working outside on a sunny day to absolutely freezing my A off within 1 hour due to 103.5 fever. Flu hits like a ton of bricks while covid onsets gradually with either low fever or no fever. My fever got as high as 104.2 and probably brushed 105 a couple times, which is unheard of with covid. Fevers that high feels like sticking your head in an oven.

From https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/advice-on-the-use-of-masks-in-the-community-during-home-care-and-in-healthcare-settings-in-the-context-of-the-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov)-outbreak This document, which is an update of the guidance published on 5 June 2020, includes new scientific evidence relevant to the use of masks for reducing the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and practical considerations. However, the use of a mask alone, even when correctly used (see below), is insufficient to provide an adequate level of protection for an uninfected individual or prevent onward transmission from an infected individual (source control). Systematic reviews have reported that the use of N95/P2 respirators compared with the use of medical masks (see mask definitions, above) is not associated with statistically significant differences for the outcomes of health workers acquiring clinical respiratory illness, influenza-like illness (risk ratio 0.83, 95%CI 0.63-1.08) or laboratory-confirmed influenza (risk ratio 1.02, 95%CI 0.73-1.43); harms were poorly reported and limited to discomfort associated with lower compliance. Two studies found that implementation of a universal masking policy in hospital systems was associated with decreased risk of healthcare-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, these studies had serious limitations: both were before-after studies describing a single example of a phenomenon before and after an event of interest, with no concurrent control group, and other infection control measures were not controlled for (51, 52). In addition, observed decreases in health worker infections occurred too quickly to be attributable to the universal masking policy. The potential harms and risks of mask and respirator use in the health facility setting include: 1) contamination of the mask due to its manipulation by contaminated hands (53, 54); 2) potential self-contamination that can occur if medical masks are not changed when wet, soiled or damaged; or by frequent touching/adjusting when worn for prolonged periods (55); 3) possible development of facial skin lesions, irritant dermatitis or worsening acne, when used frequently for long hours (56-58); 4) discomfort, facial temperature changes and headaches from mask wearing (44, 59, 60); 5) false sense of security leading potentially to reduced adherence to well recognized preventive measures such as physical distancing and hand hygiene; and risk-taking behaviours (61-64); 6) difficulty wearing a mask in hot and humid environments At present there is only limited and inconsistent scientific evidence to support the effectiveness of masking of healthy people in the community to prevent infection with respiratory viruses, including SARS-CoV-2 (75). A large randomized community-based trial in which 4862 healthy participants were divided into a group wearing medical/surgical masks and a control group found no difference in infection with SARS-CoV-2 (76). A recent systematic review found nine trials (of which eight were cluster-randomized controlled trials in which clusters of people, versus individuals, were randomized) comparing medical/surgical masks versus no masks to prevent the spread of viral respiratory illness. Two trials were with healthcare workers and seven in the community. The review concluded that wearing a mask may make little or no difference to the prevention of influenza-like illness (ILI) (RR 0.99, 95%CI 0.82 to 1.18) or laboratory confirmed illness (LCI) (RR 0.91, 95%CI 0.66-1.26) (44); the certainty of the evidence was low for ILI, moderate for LCI. Masks are a joke.

How can you tell whether science is science if you are not a scientist? How can you tell whether a doctor is a good doctor if you are not a doctor? You have no basis to judge who or what is science unless you yourself are someone who has at least read all the research on the matter. Blind faith in the establishment is not science; it's religion. When you yourself become an authority, only then will you be equipped to judge authorities and being an authority you will not need to appeal to another one to substantiate your opinions. Covid is another strain of the common cold. HCoV-229E is one of the seven human coronaviruses which include HCoV-NL63, HCoV-OC43, HCoV-HKU1, MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV-1, and SARS-CoV-2 and are globally distributed.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_coronavirus_229E 229E and OC43 are common cold viruses discovered in the early-mid 1900s. Along with HCoV-229E, a species in the genus Alphacoronavirus, HCoV-OC43 are among the known viruses that cause the common cold. Coronaviruses have a worldwide distribution, causing 10–15% of common cold cases (the virus most commonly implicated in the common cold is a rhinovirus, found in 30–50% of cases). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_coronavirus_OC43 NL63 and HKU1 were discovered in 2004 and causes more virulent diseases affecting mainly babies, the elderly, and immune compromised people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_coronavirus_NL63 Flu and coronaviruses are precisely the same size so when someone tells you masks eradicated the flu but not covid then you know they're full of baloney. Why would masks work on one 120nm ball but not another? The only sensible explanation for why flu seemingly disappeared is flu cases are being called covid cases.

Describes Pence perfectly: Jack: If that ship be sunk properly, you should be sunk with it. King: Captain Barbossa, each second we tary the Spanish outdistance us. I have every confidence you will prevail and be rewarded with the high station you so desire. Barbossa: To serve doeth suffice, sire. Jack: You sir, have stooped. Barbossa: Jack, our sands be all but run. Where's the harm in joining the winning side? And you do meet a nicer class of person. Pence decided to join the winning side.

Promotion.

Here’s What The Republicans Must Do: Force Biden To The Left By Dick Morris on January 7, 2021 https://www.dickmorris.com/heres-what-the-republicans-must-do-force-biden-to-the-left/ Yes republicans, force Biden to the left. Republicans think forcing Biden left will result in pain and people returning to republican solutions. Progressives think forcing Biden left will result in prosperity. Let's do it and see who is right. Ain't gonna work anyway because Biden exists to stop movements to the left. If the corporations and billionaires that Trump lavished and pampered wanted to move left, they would not have rigged the primary against Bernie in the first place.

It doesn't matter since he can't pardon state crimes anyway. As soon as he's no longer president he will be hit with a slew of state charges and likely spend the rest of his life in prison. A prediction I made a few years ago is eventually those who supported Trump would never admit it. That doesn't seem so ridiculous anymore.