31 જુલાઈ, 2026

"Science is truth."

The invocation of science ought to be a call to calm rationality, but there we see it used like a tagline for a horror movie: Be afraid, be very afraid.

ADDED: Did you know that the line "Be afraid, be very afraid" originally came from Mel Brooks?

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Jim at કહ્યું...

*You people want to talk about it because opening the scab you feel is the only way that you guys can figure out how to defeat the Democrats in the midterms.*

No, Howard. We're talking about it because we were right. You were wrong.

And I'm going to pound that into your fucking skull for the rest of days.

FullMoon કહ્યું...

Nurse told me most people turn down covid and flu shots

Just checked with Gemini AI.

Yes, fewer people are getting flu shots now, and public health data directly links this decline to a post-pandemic rise in vaccine skepticism, political division, and fatigue surrounding COVID-19 health policies. Recent data reveals that adult influenza vaccination rates dropped significantly by 24% between the 2020–2021 and 2024–2025 seasons, continuing a downward trend.

Naturally, flu has risen thanks to the disinformation exposed. Had Fauci and the rest been honest, people might still have confidence in "experts"

Jim at કહ્યું...

*The vaccines did help to reduce the mortality rate...*

You have no way of knowing that simply because everybody reacted differently to Covid ... with or without the jab.

FullMoon કહ્યું...

"The high-severity 2024–2025 season resulted in an estimated 45,000 flu-related deaths nationwide. "

Vance કહ્યું...

IEEE, Howard: "Don't you dare talk about Covid! That's not important now! Focus on gas prices!"

Also IEEE, Howard: "Jan 6 is the most vital thing ever and we must continually go back to that as the worst day in US history! It's what we Democrats are going to run on forever! Jan 6 justifies all leftist violence forever and ever and ever! Every time a Democrat riots, murders, kills, etc it's all justified because of Jan 6, which we shall never ever let anyone forget! But move on about Covid, because that was forever ago andn nothing that old matters!"

Also, just this week, IEEE, CNN is on record as saying it should be illegal to disagree with The Science, meaning fauci. We aren't allowed to question anything but what our leftist betters tell us!

I trust science. The process. I do not, however, trust the "high priests of science" I.E. government leftist drones claiming science justifies and demands we do whatever leftists want. That's not science, that's priestcraft. IEEE says "Trust Fauci! He would never lie!" Zero difference between that and "Trust the priest of Ba'al! He would never lie! just give him all your money and your hot nubile daughter or Ba'al will strike you down!"

FullMoon કહ્યું...

However:
it was significantly less lethal than the historic 2017–2018 flu season, which caused over 79,000 deaths

Vance કહ્યું...

Good news for IEEE and Howard! Democrat replacement candidate for Maine Senate Troy Jackson, the guy who replaced the nazi.... had it revealed today he's fathered two kids with his cousin. Whom he never married, of course.

Democrats sure can pick them! Democrats in Maine have the Nazi as a candidate, the stereotypical Alabama redneck whom they are running... and they elected a secretary of state who unilaterally tried to kick Republicans off the ballot so no one could vote for anyone other than Democrats.

"But muh Democracy!" they shriek. Meanwhile, IEEE is still telling us why we shouldn't blame Fauci for lying through his teeth as he says one thing in his diary and the very same day tells the public a different thing. That's not "evolving science" that is flat out lies.

Eva Marie કહ્યું...

@FullMoon:
“These are modeled estimates (not exact counts of lab-confirmed cases), which is the standard CDC approach because many flu illnesses and deaths are never specifically tested or coded as influenza.”
In other words we have no idea if these numbers are correct. They use these modeled estimates all the time now and they are susceptible to manipulation.

Humperdink કહ્યું...

IEE said: “ The “horse paste” label referred specifically to people swallowing the veterinary formulations, concentrated pastes made for horses and livestock, not the human-approved tablets.”

Another lie. My primary care office refused to prescribe it for me. Why? Said it was horse paste.

Yancey Ward કહ્યું...
આ ટિપ્પણી લેખક દ્વારા દૂર કરવામાં આવી છે.
Yancey Ward કહ્યું...

As I have pointed out over and over- if the vaccines were effective then the waves of deaths and infections that happened between March 2021 and March 2023 would not have happened. In fact, the death rate didn't really start falling until people stopped taking the boosters en masse in the fall of 2022. After 4-6 boosters, people said, "Enough." Then, 3 months no more death waves.

Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ કહ્યું...

Remember the “Bill Gates vaccine microchip” and “depopulation via jab” theories? The ones claiming a global conspiracy to inject people with tracking devices or use vaccines as a tool for population control? They were spectacularly outlandish, completely disconnected from evidence, and yet somehow managed to gain a surprisingly committed audience.

The supporting cast was equally bizarre: magnetic arms, mysterious nanobots, and other claims that sounded more like a rejected science-fiction script than a serious public health discussion.

The truly remarkable part isn’t just that these theories were invented, it’s that otherwise ordinary people were persuaded to treat them as credible. A reminder that the internet’s greatest achievement may be proving that any idea, no matter how far-fetched, can find a dedicated fan club.

chickelit કહ્યું...

What happened in Wuhan is the real wedge issue here.
Putting aside what happened with rushed vaccines, what destroyed the most trust in modern--dare I say mainstream science--was the way they INSISTED that the bat flu wet market was the source of the virus--full stop. Reeks like a cover up. Big Science lied about Wuhan. Those complicit made a Faucian bargain.

Vance કહ્યું...

IEEE is no longer responding to the multiple people pointing out he's lying. He's just spewing nonsense now.

After all, when Bill Gates swore to spend billions in support of radical environmentalism and openly endorsed reducing human population by billions... why would anyone actually take him at his word, right IEEE?

Leland કહ્યું...

“ Remember the “Bill Gates vaccine microchip” and “depopulation via jab” theories?”

No. But I see now that you got caught lying about the vaccines by claiming they were not marketed as preventing infection and transmission, despite that being Fauci’s position as written in his diary two years ago; you are changing the topic to one only you are well versed.

Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ કહ્યું...

If you don’t trust doctors and science to keep you from getting sick, why are you clogging up hospitals trusting them to cure you?

Vance કહ્યું...

Never ever forget that IEEE supports the "Scientists" who signed a statment saying that "white racism" is more deadly than COVID and that rioting in favor of George Floyd is great and that Covid wouldn't infect leftist rioters.

Tell us about the science of that, IEEE. Please provide the studies and explanation for why Covid was politically aware enough to skip leftist rioters, like the scientists and democrats told us it was, back in May of 2020.

Jaq કહ્યું...

Democrats see the light on Fauci’s lies.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BXIP6-8GHcE&pp=ugUHEgVlbi1VUw%3D%3D&ra=m

Achilles કહ્યું...

Howard said...

You people don't trust medical science until you get cancer or heart disease, unexpectedly.

Both are causing by insulin resistance.

The "science" is honest about the causes of cancer right?

Right?

What were you saying again?

Achilles કહ્યું...


Jaq said...

Democrats see the light on Fauci’s lies.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BXIP6-8GHcE&pp=ugUHEgVlbi1VUw%3D%3D&ra=m


Just remember the most hysterical person on this blog during COVID was Tim in Vermont. He made Ann look sane.

Rustygrommet કહ્યું...

Ivermectin
From Sciencesights

"This mechanism has been demonstrated in both isolated immune cells and in living animals. In one foundational study, mouse immune cells exposed to a bacterial toxin produced significantly less TNF-alpha, IL-1, and IL-6 when ivermectin was present. Mice given ivermectin also survived bacterial toxin exposure at higher rates than untreated animals. In a separate mouse study, ivermectin at a dose of 2 mg/kg suppressed mucus overproduction in the airways, reduced immune cell recruitment to the lungs, and lowered levels of inflammatory antibodies.

More recent research has extended these findings to heart inflammation. In a study on acute myocarditis, ivermectin blocked NF-kB transport in heart macrophages (the immune cells responsible for driving inflammation in cardiac tissue), which reduced levels of the same trio of inflammatory cytokines."

India used it to great effect. Why? Because it was cheap and readily available.
Nobody ever claimed it cured Covid.( In a roundabout way the harpies of the left said it isn't a cure.) What it did do is ease the symptoms of the people with Covid.
Rich. When are you going to learn that people here aren't a stupid as you are?

Vance કહ્યું...

IEEE: "The vaccines were never said to cure covid or stop the spread, they just lessened its impact! That's why it was vitally important for Democrats to mandate and dictate and fire and arrest people for not taking the Jab! Also: Ivermectine and Hydroxine were never cures and they only reduced symptons so it was right and proper to ban people taking them and mock and silence and suppress anything good about the horse paste because all it did was help with symptoms, unlike our holy vaccine which helped with symptoms which is why Democrats had to force you to get jabbed while banning all use of ivermectin! Science!"

Eva Marie કહ્યું...

Part of the hysteria was fueled by all those bogus videos from China. People dying in the streets.
It would be nice to have a forensic study and a true timeline.
I lived through it and still don’t understand why businesses closed so meekly, how parents were coerced so thoroughly to mask their babies. What a crazy time that was.

Eva Marie કહ્યું...

There should have been (maybe still should be) a class action lawsuit by all the small businesses that had to close while Walmart and Home Depot were allowed to stay open. amAgain that was crazy.

Eva Marie કહ્યું...

“Daniel Mazon, 71, owner of the Authentic Indian Arts Store in Winslow, was arrested and cited for keeping his shop open in violation of Governor Ducey’s stay-at-home order. Winslow Mayor Tom McCauley personally received complaints, visited the store, determined it was non-essential, and notified police.
Mazon argued he was compliant because he’d added a few “essential” items to his inventory — rolls of paper towels, a bag of dog food, candy bars, and said he’d soon be selling hay. Police disagreed, gave him a warning, and when he stayed open, arrested him. He told officers the coronavirus was a “hoax” and that his constitutional rights were being violated. Winslow Police also released body camera footage of the citation.”
All the while, Walmart sold those same souvenir items. I felt so sorry for the guy.

Eva Marie કહ્યું...

According to AI, the store never reopened.

Eva Marie કહ્યું...

People actually turned the guy in for trying to make a living. Crazy.

Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ કહ્યું...

Quoting mouse studies in 2026 as though they overturn years of human clinical trials is certainly… a choice.

A drug showing anti-inflammatory effects in mice is how research begins, not how medical questions end. If every promising result in rodents translated into people, we’d have cured just about everything by now.

As for India, “they used it, therefore it worked” isn’t evidence—it’s a post hoc story. India’s outcomes were shaped by vaccination, accumulating immunity, changing variants, demographics, and numerous other factors. Untangling those requires controlled studies, not hindsight.

And the claim that “nobody ever said ivermectin cured COVID” is some impressive historical editing. Many of its loudest advocates called it a suppressed miracle drug and insisted the medical establishment was hiding its effectiveness.

The real irony is ending with “people aren’t as stupid as you are” immediately after presenting animal studies as if they trump the mountain of human evidence. Confidence isn’t a substitute for clinical data.

Gospace કહ્યું...

"Eva Marie said...
There should have been (maybe still should be) a class action lawsuit by all the small businesses that had to close while Walmart and Home Depot were allowed to stay open. amAgain that was crazy."

Also recall- in Michigan the stores that sold paint that were allowed to stay open were only allowed to see pre-mixed paint. Custom colors? The ones people want? OMG- mixing the colorants into the paint then shaking the paint to mix them up would spread covid! But white and beige and a few other colors wouldn't do that. You know, FOLLOW THE SCIENCE Science said that. Ask Dictator Whitmer. She'll defend that position to her death. It was rightful!

I;m sure some here will defend her position since covid was so unprecedented in all of history. I mean, it made the Black Death look harmless. IIRC, and I may not, science said that was spread by vapors... Vapors spread a lot of diseases in history.

Jim at કહ્યું...

*Just remember the most hysterical person on this blog during COVID was Tim in Vermont.*

"What was I? Chopped liver?" - KenB

Peachy+2 કહ્યું...

5:44 Chickelit-
Exactly!

Peachy+2 કહ્યું...

Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...
I"If you don’t trust doctors and science to keep you from getting sick, why are you clogging up hospitals trusting them to cure you?

7/31/26, 5:48 PM

Behold - the asshole leftist and his thoughts.

also:
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...
"The more Rand Paul speaks, the more sympathy I have for his neighbor."
7/30/26, 7:52 AM

Peachy+2 કહ્યું...

Again - Kak-a-Hole will push the false /fake/ lie/ cover-up/
"Wet Market" falsehood - in perpetuity

Eva Marie કહ્યું...

@Peachy+2: thats a disgusting comment IEE made. Thanks for reminding me.

Original Mike કહ્યું...

""What was I? Chopped liver?" - KenB"

Ha!

bagoh20 કહ્યું...

Do your own research or trust the media? Yea, tough call.

Peachy+2 કહ્યું...

Also - Ignore your own eyes and instincts.
Ignore the stories your pals tell you. Ignore the fact that democrats printed 7 trillion dollars and made life miserable and costly.
Ignore that the left are still going full speed ahead with their crazy de-fund the police schemes.

obey MSNBC!

Ignore all the people who lost everything. Ignore the fact that Fauci is now stinking filthy rich.

Peachy+2 કહ્યું...

Eva
Oh I have kak-a-bich comments saved and on speed dial.

Eva Marie કહ્યું...

Whitmer - drunk with power.

Eva Marie કહ્યું...

“Brighton, CO police arrested a father for playing catch with his 6-year-old on an empty softball field.
Pennsylvania troopers gave a 19-year-old a $200 ticket for driving alone “just to get out of the house.”
California cops chased down solo paddleboarders and surfers in the open ocean.”

Peachy+2 કહ્યું...

The corrupt left and the corrupt Big Bernie Pharma were in glove and pissed that anyone dare try to use/ discuss/ an after market drug to ease covid symptoms . No money in it.

The jabs and the money - the money and the jabs.

Follow the money - kak-a-bich. (D)

Eva Marie કહ્યું...

Whitmer again:
“Banned motorboats and jet skis but permitted kayaks, canoes, and sailboats.
Prohibited travel to your own second home or vacation rental.
Barred stores from advertising any non-essential goods — a free-speech restriction the Mackinac Center flagged.
Banned visiting friends and family across household lines.”

Peachy+2 કહ્યું...

Whitmer - LOL. Ghastly B.

Peachy+2 કહ્યું...

Howard said... stupidly

Howard said...
You people don't trust medical science until you get cancer or heart disease, unexpectedly.

7/31/26, 4:52 PM

Not the topic.

Eva Marie કહ્યું...

“Gov. Cuomo’s reopening rules for weddings required couples to designate marked ‘dance zones’ of at least 36 sq ft. You could only dance with people from your own table, and dancers were forbidden from crossing into another zone — the state explicitly killed the Electric Slide“

Eva Marie કહ્યું...

“Calif. Gov. Newsom banned singing and chanting inside houses of worship while permitting singing at protests, restaurants, and other indoor gatherings. The ban survived even after the Supreme Court forced California to reopen churches in Feb. 2021”

bagoh20 કહ્યું...

I took the horse paste because, just like every other "cure," nobody knew if it would work, but there was a lot of preliminary evidence from clinical use on substantial numbers. Most importantly to me, unlike other meds, it was known to be safe at even very high doses. The veterinary form is not concentrated for large animals, just the opposite. The human pills are concentrated for ease of ingestion. The veterinary form is diluted and weight-measured with a syringe dispenser that allows you to adjust it to your weight. The human pills are small by comparison and the same for a 96 lb woman or 300 lb man. Six doses of paste would be hard to get down, but six pills would go in one swallow. Ivermectin is one of the safest medications ever created, with decades of use in billions of doses. It's nearly impossible to overdose on it in any form, but if it were, it's the pills that would be much easier. The pills also have more ingredients to wonder about. The warnings from the CDC were flat-out lies. It was either try something that's confirmed to be safe, available, and cheap that might save my life or do nothing because some bozos on TV made fun of it. It was an easy choice.

Leland કહ્યું...

Now we have the arguments made during the pandemic that if you didn’t defend Fauci’s lies then you didn’t deserve medical treatment. The thing is hundreds of thousands of medical professionals lost their jobs during the pandemic lockdowns because NIH recommended non-emergency procedures be limited to stop the spread. Hospitals and clinics lost revenue resulting in furloughs. This before many others lost their job for refusing the jab.

bagoh20 કહ્યું...

We all trusted and distrusted science. It was a question of which science and from whom - that's all. Remember when the vaccine was crazy and dangerous right up until the second Trump left office? That's not science I trust, nor the science that says you're safe when sitting but not when standing, or need vaccinated unless you are an illegal immigrant or a protester. It's the people who trusted that science who need to explain why.

Iman કહ્યું...

It appears Babs Streisand isn’t the only individual who suffers from lesions on buttocks. Howard is having a miserable time of it.

Gospace કહ્યું...

And a reminder- there are still fearmongers out there.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2083297036233806071.html

I don't mask- never did. It's useless, and may, in fact, lead to deeper infections in the lungs. That is science.

Gospace કહ્યું...

And a reminder- there are still people out there spreading wild conspiracy theories about the vaccine that isn't one.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2083199610433024155.html

And there are people who believe the wild conspiracy theories.

Eva Marie કહ્યું...

I masked when I was explicitly asked at a business. But I never went in with a mask on. Quit going to Trader Joe’s because they had someone at the door. It was good practice. At first I was very self conscious if I was the only one without a mask. After the third time, it stopped bothering me. I never wore one at work. We had a really good crew. That was the saving grace.

Mason G કહ્યું...

"Drugs that did not make Big Bernie Pharma big money - were banned and shamed."

If ivermectin was recognized as an effective treatment for covid, what happens to Big Bernie Pharma's Emergency Use Authorization for the clot shot?

Asking for a friend...

Bruce Hayden કહ્યું...

Yes. The vaccines may have worked somewhat in reducing the severity of the virus early on. And then the virus started mutating. By mid summer, 2021 (delta variant), effectiveness was down to 50%, then by the end of the year (Omicron) effectiveness was down to 10%. And never got any better. It took two more years of jabbing with 10% effective Wuhan variant ModRNA vaccines before it was combined with an Omicron version in a “bivalent” vaccines. The whole thing was idiotic. The Wuhan variant vaccine was being used for at least three years after it lost effectiveness.

The way it worked was to prep the immune system with massive amounts of Wuhan variant spike proteins in order to produce massive amounts of Wuhan variant spike antibodies. Which was helpful early on. But then the spike proteins in the circulating variants mutated, and very quickly, the Wuhan spike protein antibodies did essentially nothing against viruses with Omicron variant spike proteins. The insanity is that the vaccination with Wuhan variant spike proteins is what forced the mutation around those spike proteins.

Peachy+2 કહ્યું...

THE covid VACCINE is NOT a vaccine - at best - the covid jab is a therapy.

the problem is covid jab is untested and now big health problems are emerging.

Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ કહ્યું...

For an attorney, that’s an impressive closing argument built on selective evidence.

Yes, vaccine effectiveness against infection fell as Delta and especially Omicron evolved. That’s why boosters were updated. But protection against severe illness, hospitalization, and death remained substantial, particularly in higher-risk groups.

More importantly, the claim that vaccination “forced” Omicron to evolve isn’t established science. SARS-CoV-2 was mutating rapidly in millions of infected people worldwide—including vast unvaccinated populations. Evolution under immune pressure is real; claiming the vaccines caused the major variants is a very different proposition, and the evidence simply doesn’t support it.

The vaccines didn’t fail because they weren’t perfect forever. They did what vaccines are primarily meant to do: reduce the risk of severe disease while the virus evolved.

Rustygrommet કહ્યું...

If you're going to cite CDC boilerplate at least have the wherewithal to attribute your source. We all know you aren't that bright. Rich.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11008553/

I never claimed it was a cure. I said it eased the symptoms of people with Covid.

Lazarus કહ્યું...

In today's world, you can find crazy people advocating crazy ideas and taking reasonable ideas too far. That's true for both sides of any issue. But people who went into COVID "trusted the science" and the politicians and talking heads who supported it. They expected the authorities to tell them the truth and the authorities didn't. And those politicians and talking heads who had been trusted earlier went to extremes as crazy and destructive as the wildest of online dissenters they ridiculed.

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