Perhaps it's because I'm from farming stock, but people need to stop being so fearful about the inevitable, or think that death should be delayed at all costs. Sadly, we all get old, and die. Occasionally, there is a cull for the weakest and the oldest. I am also advancing in years and am trying to cultivate some equanimity and acceptance around this. We can try and prolong our lives as much as possible and avoid getting disease, but we absolutely cannot do this at the expense of our young. Rolling out these untested vaccines on them is a huge mistake, given the vanishingly small risk of bad disease outcomes on healthy young. This is a line that everyone needs to start drawing. I see these youngsters at all these protests and my heart breaks. They should not have to be doing this. The elders are failing them - there should be a resounding "No! Not our young!".
Thank you. I feel like I am in a race: can I stay unvaxed until the narrative collapses? I feel like it must fail at some point. We need some imminently reasonable Western government to just admit the truth. Isn't there at least one government elder somewhere with nothing to lose?
Meanwhile the much-quoted spokesperson for science Eric Topol is attempting frantically to spin a web of fog and lies. The reason for Germany's spike, he says, is only 74% percent vaccinated while Spain and Portugal are doing better because they are 80-85% vaccinated. Germany, he says, is proof that 74% is not enough! I can't believe this guy runs a top research institution and is pulling this nonsense completely out of his ass.
I am a decent scientist who has actually collaborated with people who report to Topol. It is crazy that I have to ignore him and read the blog of a pseudonymous dead monk to get quality information about Covid. There will be no consequences for his actions of course, and I'm sure he will keep getting paid top dollar.
LIke the others, I don't understand the criticism. Your information is valuable, in fact, some of the most valuable I've found, and you put a lot of work into it. You deserve support. We all need to make a living.
Yes, charge, but I cannot pay $5-8US for everyone. Substack needs a model that allows me to pay 'something' but where all the writers get paid. Especially after I lose my job in January for being Chartruese, or naturally immune, but unvaxxed. I claimed the color before the LGBTQ spectrum and it's never ending growth could claim it.
If I was Topol I just don’t know if I could admit to being this wrong. He is wrong in a way that is transcendent. He is to wrong what Michelangelo is to Art.
Hello. My name is Denis Gaudet. I was a respiratory therapist and RN at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston MA USA for 22 years. I took care of covid patients the whole time. I refused the covid vax and was fired last Friday after weeks of unpaid leave. I've done my part and paid the price. Lets go people - step up and Refuse and Resist.
Not to simp, but your analyses are a strong key to shaping a mindset in this very important dissident movement, and I promote your skillful takes wherever I think I can. See my pinned Curators post. I tell every normie I meet to start reading your free stuff and your Tw***er feed. Everyone has been impressed. I wonder what their pass-along rate is; I wonder if any have bought.
What I would really like to see as a scientific study: representative T-cell immunity analysis in 10-20 different countries world wide. Run it monthly. Test 1000 people per country, representatives from each age group and including vaxxed and unvaxxed.
It would actually provide useful information on which intelligent decisions could be made. So it will never happen.
Im sorry you’ve gotten any criticism at all! I am deeply grateful for your excellently-documented, clearly-articulated pieces. You are providing a crucial service to many and I, for one, am thankful. Keep up the great work. Best regards.
I'm happy to be a subscriber as I believe in the model of voluntary support for voices that we wish to promote and support. It would not bother me if you made all content available to non-subscribers. Many people cannot afford even a small monthly fee.
As a paying reader, you could give it all away free, I dgaf ... I pay to support the resistance I don’t need special treatment. I’m happy that my contribution allows others to read for free. I pay plenty of people who give everything for free because I believe in the cause with every ounce of my being.
I subscribe to your blog because your posts are exceedingly intelligent, well thought out and scientific. No need to apologize for a paywall. Your time is worth more than main stream media writers. Keep up the good writing and I'll keep reading and paying.
Perhaps it's because I'm from farming stock, but people need to stop being so fearful about the inevitable, or think that death should be delayed at all costs. Sadly, we all get old, and die. Occasionally, there is a cull for the weakest and the oldest. I am also advancing in years and am trying to cultivate some equanimity and acceptance around this. We can try and prolong our lives as much as possible and avoid getting disease, but we absolutely cannot do this at the expense of our young. Rolling out these untested vaccines on them is a huge mistake, given the vanishingly small risk of bad disease outcomes on healthy young. This is a line that everyone needs to start drawing. I see these youngsters at all these protests and my heart breaks. They should not have to be doing this. The elders are failing them - there should be a resounding "No! Not our young!".
Thank you. I feel like I am in a race: can I stay unvaxed until the narrative collapses? I feel like it must fail at some point. We need some imminently reasonable Western government to just admit the truth. Isn't there at least one government elder somewhere with nothing to lose?
I am a subscriber, and for the record I would still be subscribed to you even if you did zero subscriber only content. Love your work.
Meanwhile the much-quoted spokesperson for science Eric Topol is attempting frantically to spin a web of fog and lies. The reason for Germany's spike, he says, is only 74% percent vaccinated while Spain and Portugal are doing better because they are 80-85% vaccinated. Germany, he says, is proof that 74% is not enough! I can't believe this guy runs a top research institution and is pulling this nonsense completely out of his ass.
I am a decent scientist who has actually collaborated with people who report to Topol. It is crazy that I have to ignore him and read the blog of a pseudonymous dead monk to get quality information about Covid. There will be no consequences for his actions of course, and I'm sure he will keep getting paid top dollar.
Who the hell has the audacity to criticize you for the paywall? As if you are "obligated" to produce content for people. Nuts!
I am disappointed that you received criticism. A subscription to your stack is a donation to a worthy cause. Thank you for your considerable effort.
LIke the others, I don't understand the criticism. Your information is valuable, in fact, some of the most valuable I've found, and you put a lot of work into it. You deserve support. We all need to make a living.
Yes, charge, but I cannot pay $5-8US for everyone. Substack needs a model that allows me to pay 'something' but where all the writers get paid. Especially after I lose my job in January for being Chartruese, or naturally immune, but unvaxxed. I claimed the color before the LGBTQ spectrum and it's never ending growth could claim it.
If I was Topol I just don’t know if I could admit to being this wrong. He is wrong in a way that is transcendent. He is to wrong what Michelangelo is to Art.
Hello. My name is Denis Gaudet. I was a respiratory therapist and RN at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston MA USA for 22 years. I took care of covid patients the whole time. I refused the covid vax and was fired last Friday after weeks of unpaid leave. I've done my part and paid the price. Lets go people - step up and Refuse and Resist.
Not to simp, but your analyses are a strong key to shaping a mindset in this very important dissident movement, and I promote your skillful takes wherever I think I can. See my pinned Curators post. I tell every normie I meet to start reading your free stuff and your Tw***er feed. Everyone has been impressed. I wonder what their pass-along rate is; I wonder if any have bought.
What I would really like to see as a scientific study: representative T-cell immunity analysis in 10-20 different countries world wide. Run it monthly. Test 1000 people per country, representatives from each age group and including vaxxed and unvaxxed.
It would actually provide useful information on which intelligent decisions could be made. So it will never happen.
Im sorry you’ve gotten any criticism at all! I am deeply grateful for your excellently-documented, clearly-articulated pieces. You are providing a crucial service to many and I, for one, am thankful. Keep up the great work. Best regards.
I'm happy to be a subscriber as I believe in the model of voluntary support for voices that we wish to promote and support. It would not bother me if you made all content available to non-subscribers. Many people cannot afford even a small monthly fee.
As a paying reader, you could give it all away free, I dgaf ... I pay to support the resistance I don’t need special treatment. I’m happy that my contribution allows others to read for free. I pay plenty of people who give everything for free because I believe in the cause with every ounce of my being.
I subscribe to your blog because your posts are exceedingly intelligent, well thought out and scientific. No need to apologize for a paywall. Your time is worth more than main stream media writers. Keep up the good writing and I'll keep reading and paying.