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by ctrlp 5y ago
It's fascinating how the vaccine makers have come out of this smelling like roses to so many and I wonder how long it will last. Not long ago, the NYT could write "the turpitude of the pharmaceutical industry is so commonplace tha
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by ctrlp 5y ago
Why is this on the front page?
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by ctrlp 5y ago
Not if the major players on both sides are invested in the cover-up. Are you arguing the CCP is not very effective at cover-ups? That would be reassuring if true.
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by ctrlp 5y ago
"That's what came out of the '60s, the sense that you could create your own reality." A morality tale.
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by ctrlp 5y ago
There are non-kinetic forms of warfare [0]. At least, the PLA believes there are. These are tactics to win without physically fighting. Many believe China is already engaged in non-kinetic war with the U.S. (economic and information). [0]
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by ctrlp 5y ago
The evidence for NIAID complicity at the highest levels in funding illegal research is already public record. The evidence for repeated lies from top health officials is already public record. The attempt to silence and shame those who poin
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by ctrlp 5y ago
Hard to catch Covid when you can't leave your house without a visit from the goon squad.
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by ctrlp 5y ago
Often wondering about the down-votes on HN. Pretty cowardly to down-vote statements of fact without comment.
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by ctrlp 5y ago
The leak is one thing, if true. The cover-up (if there was a leak) during a critical window of possible containment is another thing. But we will likely never get the truth.
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by ctrlp 5y ago
There is no reason to suppose that, if Sars-Cov2 originated at WIV that it was NOT part of a bioweapons program simply considering the tight integration of the PLA with all forms of research deemed of national interest in China. It's c
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by ctrlp 5y ago
This is an oversimplification to the point of being just untrue.
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by ctrlp 5y ago
There are non-kinetic forms of warfare that may very well be appropriate if indeed this was a lab leak and cover-up. If it is proven tomorrow to be the case that the virus emerged from WIV, do you think it's appropriate to just let it
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by ctrlp 5y ago
Your TV is as big as your couch.
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by ctrlp 5y ago
You've already decided to dehumanize the people who don't agree to take a mandated health intervention. You may feel comfortable comparing people to viruses but I don't. The 20th century has a nasty history of that sort of th
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by ctrlp 5y ago
The trampling of liberty I'm concerned about has to do with the Federal (central) government abrogating constitutionally mandated restraints on the Federal government and taking over powers that by law belong to the States. The 'r
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by ctrlp 5y ago
The agreed-upon surface area of 'the good of society' is smaller than you think. A disease that is %99.99 survivable and likely won't be resolved by non-sterilizing vaccine. is not comparable to the prohibition on murder.
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by ctrlp 5y ago
I ask you to put your thinking hat on and imagine other scenarios where compulsion is softened by indirection. The 'tested or vaccinated' choice is a temporary choice and unlikely to last. The pressure is firmly in the vaccinate o
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by ctrlp 5y ago
To a natural paternalist, the desire for autonomy doesn't make any sense. Regardless of the existential value of 'spite' to your family member, the issue of whether something is legal or not is bigger than 'spite' t
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by ctrlp 5y ago
Suicide is one harm. There are others. If you only care about the binary of life/death then you'd make a good bureaucrat, but you're missing out on a rainbow of human experience.
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by ctrlp 5y ago
Many people's kids are, in fact, sent to school with communicable diseases that are deadly for some, just as Covid is deadly for some. But why stop at death? If your child's cold costs me a day of work, then by your logic, I shoul
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by ctrlp 5y ago
You previously used "freedoms" in mocking quotes. Which freedoms are you referring to now and why do you think they don't deserve the same mockery? You also confidently throw around terms like 'benefits' and 'c
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by ctrlp 5y ago
Nature.com doesn't agree with you. At least in 2019 it wasn't controversial to say so: "Because mRNA falls into the broad vaccine category of genetic immunogens, many of the guiding principles that have been defined for DNA v
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by ctrlp 5y ago
Put your reading glasses on. He said "forcing people is going to create enemies".
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by ctrlp 5y ago
Undocumented immigrants take resources up. (If fact they may be uninsured and unvaccinated, too.) You should favor refusing medical care to them (and education to their children) based on this argument from resources. Do you?
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by ctrlp 5y ago
Those rankings are laughably out-of-date. People can't leave the house in Australia without a visit from the police. In any case, these NGO-compiled lists are suspect to begin with. So, you think federal Covid vaccine mandates are a sm
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by ctrlp 5y ago
Should that be the precedent for all communicable disease going forward? What about the common cold your child gave me that caused me to miss work? Will you be liable for that?
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by ctrlp 5y ago
People need to stop thinking critically and accept what they're told so they can get back to a normal that is not at all normal but actually the 'new normal.'
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by ctrlp 5y ago
Every side is the 'human side'.
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by ctrlp 5y ago
This above-it-all zen stance holds little value for me. I hear a voice saying "Authoritarianism harshes my mellow, man". It reminds me of Nietzsche's "Blessed are the sleepy ones: for they shall soon drop off."
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by ctrlp 5y ago
IMO, this type of political nihilism is the natural result of a dispirited populace grown used to delegating its own government to unaccountable managers. I'm not arguing for sovereign citizenship, just regular citizenship. There is a

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