"It wasn't experimental considering it went through trials.
The trials fully tested it to the extent every other vaccine would be tested with the exception of the longevity of the response (impractical given the situation)."

There's a difference between saying overreactions and missteps are understandable and inevitable in a situation like that, and outright justifying them. Your continual dismissal of any criticisms of how Covid was responded to often comes across as the latter.

The new vaccines were not tested for long term safety. Lots of corners were cut. But yet no one is supposed to question that even though Operation Warp Speed mostly happened under the first Trump admin?

From what I saw, elderly people were able to tolerate the side effects of the vaccine much better compared to people around my own age. Which begs the question whether it was necessary to provoke such a strong response in some people's bodies to the point where they couldn't work or drive or even walk sometimes. But I guess according to you no one can question that even five years later.

"Excellent use of taxpayer dollars."

Well, it gives Republicans something to bitch about and pretend it was the other party's fault. Same with all the passports that are going to have to be replaced, the damage to the WH, and all the other desecrations.

"My wife contracted Alpha-gal syndrome from a tick bite about 20 years ago."

Was she a Beta-gal before that?

Apparently the KKK of today has turned gay, like country music. Well part of it anyway. They call themselves 4K, or 4Klan.

Are we including the corpses in the garbage?

"Tucker is the same way. He's been a propaganda puppet for Trump and Putin's lies for years. Just because he's owning up to a few of his mistakes is not reason for anyone to suddenly trust his judgement. He needs to sit down, shut up make room for people who have shown they are not so easily misled."

I've said before that Tucker is a typical example of what happens when someone who was previously bullied gets a taste of power. He doesn't need to shut up, but he needs to realize that no reasonable person is going take him seriously any time soon, or even for a long, long time.

There were plenty of other options in 2016 other than voting for Trump or Hillary. You could have voted for another party as a protest vote. You could have written in someone else. You could have left the presidential option on the ballot blank.

"No food and no flu shots for you!"

AIUI they will still be available, but it will be optional.

John Wayne died of stomach cancer, caused by long-term heavy smoking, excessive alcohol consumption and possibly radiation exposure from when he filmed near a nuclear test site. The 40 pounds (of) crap thing is a debunked urban legend.

I remember hearing about stuff like this back in the Art Bell days, so it seems to be a perennial phenomenon. Whether there's a conspiracy behind it, I have no idea, but I rather doubt we'll find out even if there is.

I remember climbing the pyramid of the Sun when I was there. There were butterflies at the top. Freaking awesome experience.

I always chuckle when people tell me they've been to Mexico, when they actually never went anywhere other than a gringo resort that takes USD. If you didn't have to exchange currencies, then you've never been to Mexico.

If even one supernatural creature comes through this portal, it was worth it.

And #7 would vote for him, just like he voted for Trump.

fLOOD THE Z0ne

That's weird. Nobody cares about active shooters anymore?

Smoking was once deemed safe and effective for pregnant women, because it relaxed them.

Try Sufi Islam.

Not sure why "investigates" is in scare quotes. I don't doubt Netanyahu and his cabinet are pissed about this, since it can't even be spun to support the narrative that they want in any way.

"I left the Catholic church in large part due to the institutionalized corruption, and it was at the parish level, to the bishop level, cardinals, all the way to Rome."

Ah, the irony.

"Society and employers have every right to protect the people it serves or the business they control by implementing appropriate measures. If those measures are inconsistent with your beliefs, you have the right to exclude your self from society or not work. Your choice. It is pure arrogance to think that you have enough juice to impose your will on society or businesses."

Corporations love trained little whores. Never mind the fact that we're not even talking solely about Covid-like diseases here. Never mind the fact that there are other options besides mRNA vaccines. But the mRNA stuff is cheaper for the corporations to produce en masse. It won't be long before they see it more profitable enough to replace all traditional vaccines with it.

How much of your illegally generated bitcoins did you invest in mRNA drugs, little bit miner? I bet you have huge shares HFCS too.

I have no problem with mRNA vaccines if people want to subject themselves to it completely voluntarily, without any pressure from society or employers. I'm sure the side effects of it are outweighed by the potential benefits for a small percentage of the population, depending on what it's used for. But you're just as stupid as the Ivermectin people if you think corporations and investors of it haven't been hyping it up to try to push it on the general public for personal gain. Just like AI has been overhyped and integrated into software without fully thinking about the potential long-term consequences.

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Concerned about the implementations of AI, cryptocurrencies, bioengineering, predictive markets, etc.? Clearly you must be anti-progressive. Don't ask questions, especially if you don't *have a PhD+ in these areas.