Simply put, the reason many people believed the vaccines stopped transmission was because government officials and media outlets across the Western world were either careless with their words or did not tell the truth. In 2021, for instance, Director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Rochelle Walensky claimed that vaccinated people “do not carry the virus,” and Dr. Anthony Fauci said they would become “dead ends” for the virus. Any speculation that the vaccines significantly reduced transmission was based on limited results from independent studies and the false assumption that the vaccine would prevent infection. Without adequate evidence, vaccination campaigns called on people to get vaccinated not just for their own protection, but to help “protect others” and “save lives.”
Meanwhile, social media companies coordinated with the Biden administration to censor dissent. Many people who asked questions about efficacy or safety risked banishment from Twitter, Facebook, or YouTube. Now, however, as more and more studies come out, it is increasingly clear that some of the information these companies censored was true.
Prediction: through their control of call centers and medicine, Indians will rule the world in three months.
Occasional Reader
10/20/2022 6:52:32 AM
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In #3 buzzsawmonkey said: Reply to you at the bottom of yesterday's thread.
Thanks. I seemed to recall it was fairly "black letter" law that "one cannot libel/defame the dead", i.e., so such suit could prosper. I could be wrong
Occasional Reader
10/20/2022 6:53:04 AM
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In #4 lucius septimius said: Prediction: through their control of call centers and medicine, Indians will rule the world in three months.
So we'll all need "slight Indian accents"?
buzzsawmonkey
10/20/2022 7:04:06 AM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 5:
I, too, could be wrong; I'm merely pointing out that both right of privacy/publicity and defamation are torts, and that since privacy/publicity rights vary widely state to state, and in some cases survive death, there is a possibility of something weird in some jurisdictions. There was a case some years ago in California where a guy who did T-shirts bearing his own drawing of the Three Stooges was successfully sued by the Stooges' heirs for violating the Stooges' post-mortem rights of publicity.
vxbush
10/20/2022 7:21:12 AM
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In #6 Occasional Reader said: So we'll all need "slight Indian accents"?
I'd be willing to fake that if it meant things worked better than they do now.
buzzsawmonkey
10/20/2022 7:32:04 AM
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In #6 Occasional Reader said: So we'll all need "slight Indian accents"?
The news report claims that the victim was stabbed "with the sheath of a sword," which makes no sense. Our accurate press at work.
Occasional Reader
10/20/2022 8:46:30 AM
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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 12:
I suppose it’s possible, if the sheath itself were pointy enough.
I am reminded that, per the relevant legal restrictions, my DC carry permit does not allow me to carry on the Metro: which is one of the areas where I would most want to carry.
buzzsawmonkey
10/20/2022 9:02:55 AM
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In #13 Occasional Reader said: I suppose it’s possible, if the sheath itself were pointy enough.
Possible, maybe---but if you've got a sheath with a sword or dagger inside it, why not use the proper tool?
doppelganglander
10/20/2022 9:10:39 AM
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Reply to lucius septimius in 4:
They've also seized control of the recruiting industry. At least three-quarters of the calls and emails I get asking if I'm looking for work are from Indian recruiters. I guess that's what people do if they aren't cut out for IT or medicine.
Occasional Reader
10/20/2022 1:26:30 PM
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In #14 buzzsawmonkey said: but if you've got a sheath with a sword or dagger inside it, why not use the proper tool?
Well, consider, this person is likely insane.
Kosh's Shadow
10/20/2022 4:16:04 PM
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In #15 doppelganglander said: They've also seized control of the recruiting industry. At least three-quarters of the calls and emails I get asking if I'm looking for work are from Indian recruiters
Most of those I get from Indians have no idea what I actually do, and some are outright identity theft and scams.
Occasional Reader
10/20/2022 5:01:37 PM
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For the world is hollow, and I have touched the sky.
doppelganglander
10/20/2022 5:07:29 PM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 18:
One of my favorite episodes of Star Trek. What made you think of it?
Kosh's Shadow
10/20/2022 5:22:03 PM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 18:
I liked the ST episode.
A bit later, Harlan Ellison sold a similar concept (the idea of a multi-generation starship where the people forgot what they are on is an old one); then there was a writers' guild strike, and the show ended up being a disaster. Harlan used his registered pseudonym, "Cordwainer Bird" to flip the bird to the producers.
Ben Bova was science consultant, and wished he had the foresight to use a pseudonym. He did, at least, get them to not put a ship's steering wheel rocking back and forth on the bridge.
JCM
10/16/2022 2:42:05 PM
Kosh's Shadow
10/19/2022 8:08:20 PM