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It’s just the flu, bro. I had a few threads lately discussing anal swabbing. This is mandatory in China and an American epidemiologist has recommended it for children in the USA in order to improve testing accuracy. I say any society that willingly accepts mandatory anal swabs is a society of effete losers. Just to be clear, an anal swab isn’t simply a swab. Swab is a euphemism for a 1.5 inch insertion. And just to be additionally clear, if you think anal swabbing is the line that cannot be crossed that marks a Flubro, or marks a constitutional conservative,...

It’s just the flu, bro. Zero-Covid cults - political movements for totalitarian idiots who happen to live on islands: https://www.wecanbezero.com/ For Irish idiots. https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2021/02/23/australia-travel-covid-strategy/ For Australian idiots. - One reason I think that Coronavirus cases are going down is that fewer people might be getting tested after they are vaccinated. Currently, hypochondriacs get a Coronavirus test every time they get a sniffle. But once these people get vaccinated then they might instead assume that they have a common cold. - https://twitter.com/skepticalzebra/status/1365338913095696390?s=21 Expert advocates for anal swabbing of children. She has since deleted her tweet as some people seem to have...

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Its just the flu, bro. Liberties at risk: 1.Right to refuse medicine (a vaccine) 2.Right to not wear protective clothing (a mask) 3.Right to free movement 4.Right to not supply medical records to third parties (vaccine passport or immunity documentation) 5.Right of a parent to decide was is medically best for their children 6.Right of a business to decide who is allowed to be its customer (masks upon entry) 7.Freedom of association (can’t be within 6 feet of someone else) Additionally, any society who willingly relinquishes fundamental rights unwittingly also demonstrates to tyrants that they are willing to give up...

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It’s just the flu, bro. https://www.aier.org/article/zerocovid-movement-cult-dressed-as-science/ An article addressing the “ZeroCovid” cult. Adherents to this cult want a complete shut down of society until there is not a single case of Coronavirus on the planet. They think, essentially, that there is only one public health metric that matters - cases of Coronavirus. This group of lunatics is not as fringe as you think and they also have more influence than you think. - https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3936557/posts Article above - Expert says we are a few months away from herd immunity. Herd immunity essentially means the Coronavirus cases will become much rarer. But...

It’s just the flu, bro. https://www.foxnews.com/health/breakthrough-covid-19-fully-vaccinated-individuals-oregon It seems cases of people who get the vaccine but still catch the Coronavirus make it into the mainstream media. This is because it can be used as a justification for annual Coronavirus booster vaccines, and especially because it helps make the case that people must wear masks and be socially distant at all times no matter what immunity one has. What won’t make it to the media are cases of people being harmed by the vaccine. This type of story doesn’t make a pharmaceutical company want to buy advertising.

It’s just the flu, bro. https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/cases-of-more-contagious-uk-variant-are-seeing-e2-80-98rapid-growth-e2-80-99-in-texas/ar-BB1dF4aR Fear porn - More contagious UK variant spreading in Texas. - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/07/30/fact-check-low-body-fat-healthy-lifestyle-do-not-prevent-covid-19/5516078002/ USA Today tries and fails to debunk the fact that thin, fit and healthy people are safe from COVID. They say, “From all of the evidence so far, it does seem that being healthier will reduce your risks of severe outcomes, perhaps considerably.” So there you have it, essentially the disease becomes “just the common cold, bro” if you are healthy. If someone knows that they are extremely heathy, why should they listen to any fear mongering by the CDC and other...

It’s just the flu, bro. People are starting to see the wisdom of the Flubros’ and Flubras’ way of thinking. They see the power grab. They see mandates causing more harm than good. The problem is that if they are only coming around to the Flubro mindset now then it is a little too late. When the next virus comes along in two or three years these people will say “better safe than sorry” or “this virus is different than Coronavirus”. The left will always point out how any virus is different, unprecedented, unpredictable and something to exercise extreme caution...

It’s just the flu, bro. https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-vaccine-updates-02-10-21/h_fb531acd5e7a48cb9b57b588a2a7379b Fully vaccinated people can skip quarantines according to CDC. Guess what CDC...I am unvaccinated and I will also skip all quarantines too. - https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/10/health/double-masking-cdc-study-escape-wellness/index.html Double masking stops more infectious particles according to study. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-double-face-mask-cdc/ And the CDC just recommended double masking. The CDC recommendations have a special way of becoming laws. On 26 January 2021 Flubro thread I gave some mask wearing tips that the CDC does not approve of. I have copy and pasted those below as a community service: “1.always wear below the nose 2.if the mask police tell you to put...

It’s just the flu, bro. https://www.ibtimes.com/dont-let-long-covid-fall-through-cracks-who-warns-3141567 Let’s not forget about the debilitating affects of “Long Covid”. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210202/Evidence-that-Long-COVID-19-impacts-children.aspx And also let’s not forget about Long Covid and children. I wondered what Big Corona will do after the deaths and testing dry up. Well the Flubro thread has the answer - Long Covid! Long Covid is the largely fictional term for the long term affect that Coronavirus has on people, including children. Treating people with Long Covid could surely take decades. I mentioned the children but I forgot about the women and the minorities. The Washington Post has noted the effects of...

It’s just the flu, bro. https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/08/health/us-coronavirus-monday/index.html Fear porn: We are still in the “eye of the hurricane” as cases drop due to the deadly new variants. - https://healingoracle.ch/2018/04/09/cdc-admits-98-million-injured-polio-shot/ For the anti-vaxxers: Not too familiar with this source but apparently the polio vaccine dramatically increased a number of cancers. I am not saying that the Coronavirus vaccine causes cancer but the point is valid that the harmful, and often unknown, health effects need to be weighed against any benefit. The problem is that the math behind the benefits of vaccines is a lot easier than the math behind the harmful effects...

It’s just the flu, bro. Great to see Tom Brady, the Trump supporter, enter the stadium without a mask, not wear a mask on the sideline, and also not wear a mask post-victory. Each instance of going maskless was against league rules. Champions don’t wear masks - don’t ever forget it. - This might be harsh but it was ridiculous to glorify the healthcare workers at the Suoerbowl. Especially in New York, there was no group of people who were more filled with cowardice. They wore hazmat suits and failed to even give basic care to the people of NY...

It’s just the flu, bro. https://www.pandemic.news/# A Flubro posted this link yesterday. It is a blend of Flubro type news articles, with about 1 in 5 articles venturing into conspiracy theory. I am not opposed to conspiracy theories as they can make for enjoyable reading even when they are completely false. - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/02/03/cdc-prioritizes-smokers-covid-vaccine-health-experts-explain-why/4276176001/ Smokers are apparently getting priority for the Covid vaccine over the general population. I don’t really care if they get priority or not, what is noteworthy is that the media has a limitless supply of stupid articles that they can publish as a result of the Coronavirus....

It’s just the flu, bro. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3931195/posts Young athletes increasingly going to hospital due to mask wearing. You know that a state is run by idiots if that state has decided that kids who play sports must wear masks while they are training and competing. - https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2021/02/02/new-covid-rules-to-take-effect-friday-in-milwaukee.html Milwaukee is reducing its Coronavirus restrictions. We should see more of this as we leave the season that has always had the most upper respiratory infections (AKA flu season). But don’t worry...the bureaucrats will be vigilant about reinstating these restrictions at the first sign of more Coronavirus cases. They will be also be vigilant...

It’s just the flu, bro. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3930730/posts Two layer masks, or two masks, mandatory for travel now, according to the CDC. Who will be the mask inspector? When I am required to wear a mask, I wear a double cloth thin mask with the inner lining removed using scissors. This essentially renders it into a single ply mask and it is much more comfortable. If I am caught by a mask inspector for my subterfuge will my face and story be published in the media? Will I be characterized as the terrorist who secretly removed a layer from his two ply...

It’s just the flu, bro. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2021/jan/31/coronavirus-live-news-germany-threatens-legal-action-over-vaccine-delays-nsw-marks-14-days-of-no-cases?page=with:block-60171f6d8f08b970c73030b8 Protests in Hungary and Belgium over lockdown measures. One of the main reason democratic countries have lockdowns is that politicians think they need them to get elected. In other words, more than half the people are in favor of them. How do we, as a society, create such weak people? How do so many cowards exist? And how do so many people not understand that freedom is good? To answer the questions above, weak people come from failing to provide stories of bravery and heroism in the hone and in school. Instead our children...

It’s just the flu, bro. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-most-worrying-mutations-in-five-emerging-coronavirus-variants/ Didn’t read the above fear porn link. It supposedly discusses the 5 most “worrying” Coronavirus mutations. The key takeaway is that the left will always require you to wear a mask in order to keep yourself and others safe. - https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/10/health/detection-dogs-covid-19-scent-study-scn-wellness/index.html Apparently dogs can detect Coronavirus. Expect to have a mandatory sniffing in the future to make sure the population stays protected from Covid. https://nbc-2.com/news/health/2021/01/28/miami-heat-using-coronavirus-detection-dogs-to-screen-fans/ Looks like mandatory sniffing a are already happening at Miami Heat games. Yesterday we discussed how accurate anal swabbing was. I suspect we may need a dog sniffing our...

America has officially crossed the line into totalitarianism. – That’s the only conclusion to draw from yesterday’s arrest by the Department of Justice of a Twitter guy named [checks notes] Douglas Mackey, whose Twitter handle was [checks notes] Ricky Vaughn, for the heinous crime of … wait for it … oh, you gotta wait for this one … POSTING MEMES THE GOVERNMENT DOESN’T APPROVE OF. No, I am not kidding, and here’s a link to the DOJ Press Release to prove it. Check out this passage from the release describing Mackey’s “crime”: Mackey allegedly tweeted an image that featured an...

It’s just the flu, bro. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/ Cases are dropping. I don’t know what this means. I don’t see the rhetoric from lefties changing. But it might embolden a brave GOP Governor from following the lead of Desantis’ in Florida and end a lockdown. Democrats are in a tough situation. They really want to control our lives and they also want to be seen as rescuing people from the Coronavirus. The only thing I can think of so they get the best of both worlds is for them to say they saved us from the Coronavirus, but mandates and lockdowns must...