Posted on 02/27/2021 1:27:16 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Nothing seems to scare the establishment more than a return to 'normal'. And by 'normal', we mean a return to an environment outside of the tyrannical control of career politicians and bureaucrats who have got a taste for this 'being king' stuff and know that anyone who questions their edicts will be 'canceled' by their Covidian cultists.
So, a week after Johns Hopkins surgeon, Dr. Marty Makary, penned an Op-ed in the WSJ saying that we will have herd immunity by April... and was instantly disavowed as 'dangerous', some awkward 'facts' and 'science' have been dropped by none other than FundStrat's Tom Lee.
"...cumulatively and slowly, the US is seeing more states reach that combined level of vaccinations + infections approach what is seen as herd immunity.”
So far, South Dakota, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Arizona, Oklahoma, Utah, and Tennessee are the nearest.
Lee's "math" - which we also know is racist - appears to fit with Makary's arguments for why the recent plunge in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths is not policy-related (no matter how much the politicians and their media lackeys push that narrative):
"...the consistent and rapid decline in daily cases since Jan. 8 can be explained only by natural immunity. Behavior didn’t suddenly improve over the holidays; Americans traveled more over Christmas than they had since March. Vaccines also don’t explain the steep decline in January. Vaccination rates were low and they take weeks to kick in."
"Experts should level with the public about the good news..." exclaims Makary, and this data on imminent herd immunity puts more pressure on Fauci and Biden to come clean... despite their variant-fearmongering and "no return to normal until Christmas or beyond" predictions.
But of course, this reality may never be allowed in the national narrative, as Makary previously concluded:
"Some medical experts privately agreed with my prediction that there may be very little Covid-19 by April but suggested that I not to talk publicly about herd immunity because people might become complacent and fail to take precautions or might decline the vaccine. But scientists shouldn’t try to manipulate the public by hiding the truth. As we encourage everyone to get a vaccine, we also need to reopen schools and society to limit the damage of closures and prolonged isolation. Contingency planning for an open economy by April can deliver hope to those in despair and to those who have made large personal sacrifices."
But, but, the science!?
Shared this with a liberal. They argued me to death. For some reason they don’t want Hope. Hmmm
Tennessee's cases are fallling and it's welcomed. But this seems like they assumed the fall must be due to herd immunity and backed into a model to try to prove it.
And you will never hear about this because their control is slipping
That’s what liberals are. They think everything is bad and they seem to thrive on that.
Ipso facto endless shaming and lecturing on “racism” to back up the riots THEY do...I think they want to self-flagellate, and they want blacks to be martyrs as blacks were in the past. It’s all sick.
Florida has been open for months. Cases falling! People smiling and shaking hand.
Still, some are wearing masks and social distancing out. on the nature trails!
I’d rather go the other way now — have Xiden triple-down on a nationwide 3-week shutdown the way Paris is contemplating. Put the answer to this in the streets, finally.
I’ve struggled to understand belief system of the ordinary folks on the “liberal” side of the spectrum with regard to the ‘Rona.
First, there’s a level of fear out of all proportion to their individual risk (and at this point, we’ve been flooded with data that young, healthy people, especially females, have very little to fear from this bug).
Second there’s this faith that “the government” can, and should “do something” to “stop the virus”. This of course, flies in the face of mounting evidence that none of the so-called public health measures have had much effect (It’s almost as if mere humans can’t control the forces of nature or something). The big love is “lockdowns” followed hotly by “wear a mask”, but there are complaints regarding vaccines or the lack of them, none of which seem to have much basis in logic.
And finally, of course, I get that the Democrat party and their shills in the media saw that the Chinese flu was an issue they could use to grab control of the reins of power, but it’s disappointing to see how ordinary people have embraced their lies. Liberals have always been gullible, but this takes it to a new level.
Of course I just know that no one in any government would fudge any of this data...
Snicker...
Sort of like the 1.something trillion dollar chicom virus bill that only contains a measly 7% of the funds directed to chicom virus related issues...
NH has never really been locked down.
We have a laughable mask mandate that is so broad and general, and weakly enforced so as to be meaningless.
People go maskless and nobody has made an issue about it as far as I have heard. Then again, it’s the “Live Free or Die” state.
The joys of a family have NO substitute on this Earth. The Commandments were borne of God's desire to ensure our survival as God's people.
So now Libtards -- so smart, so smug just 30 years ago -- fear Death, they fear God, they fear their neighbors, and they fear their country.
We had herd immunity from the get go.
99.9% of “infected” people have such minor symptoms they don’t even know they have it.
There are allergies worse than Covid19.
Just watched Kristi Noem on Fox - Great speech. Then Eric Shawn says South Dakota is #3 in Covid cases per capita and #6 in deaths “but making progress.” Barf.
The famous line in the movie "Shawshank Redemption : When Morgan Freeman tells his friend Andy "Hope? Hope is a dangerous thing."
They've been a number of antibody testing studies that suggest that the number is even higher than four times. I suggest you search out a few.
None of the people being vaccinated already had it. Including no overlap with their infected but not detected category.
You're right about this. There calculations don't account for overlap.
Herd immunity occurs at 60%. Many have postulated that 70% or 80% would be needed.
The title uses the words "on the verge" and then lists percentages from 57% to 69%. Based on that, I don't think the article claims 60% for herd.
South Dakota is closest to herd immunity! And who is the Republican Governor of SD? What has been the cornerstone of her policy toward COVID?
the idiots that claim they can cure climate change are the same idiots that can’t cure the kung flu...
meanwhile they’re dumbfounded on which bathroom they were born to use...
A new dose of fear porn is being cued up as we speak!Bring Out Your Dead
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
The false positive rate was 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
Quarantine the sick. Protect the vulnerable. Free everyone else.
Just like they tell us COVID survivors can be reinfected again in 3 months. That is absolute BS and supports the vaccine (Read: Genetic Therapy) program. I was told by an experience doctor that specializes in immunology that the T-Cell specific antigen the body makes to destroy COVID has an excellent memory and doesn’t forget its mission in a certain period of time. Reinfected people soon after recovery have other issues that comprise their immunity. They won’t tell you that though. Its all a bunch of lies folks. Don’t believe anything from the Federal Government.
I don’t have a Facebook account but I wonder how long my post would have lasted on that communist social media platform?
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