In cartoon form:
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]]>Here’s everything he got wrong:
• Origin of the disease—wrong
• Transmission—wrong
• Asymptomatic spread—wrong
• PCR testing—wrong
• Fatality rate—wrong
• Lockdowns—wrong
• Community triggers—wrong
• Business closures—wrong
• School closures—wrong
• Quarantining the healthy—wrong
• Impact on youth—wrong
• Hospital overload—wrong
• Plexiglass barriers—wrong
• Social distancing—wrong
• Outdoor spread—wrong
• Masks—wrong
• Variant impact—wrong
• Natural immunity—wrong
• Vaccine efficacy—wrong
• Vaccine injury—wrong
[Supp Jan 31, 2025]
And also consider these questions by Dr. Simon Goddek:
]]>If the vaccine worked, why did they mandate it?
If the masks worked, why did they lock people down?
If the lockdowns worked, why did they need a vaccine?
If the vaccine was safe, why did they shield manufacturers from liability?
If the pandemic was so deadly, why did they fire healthcare workers who refused the shot?
If the vaccine prevented transmission, why did the vaccinated still have to wear masks?
If natural immunity was ineffective, why did they never test for it before mandating the shot?
None of it added up.
…]]>What’s happening now is why the free and open exchange of ideas will always be radical. Yes, what the future is going to look like seems a lot less clear. Yes, we’re living through a crisis of authority. Yes, we’re questioning the legitimacy and necessity of our institutions. But those institutions and authorities don’t deserve our blind loyalty. And they showed their cards when they went after the eternally radical idea — when they answered “the problem” of free speech with new speech codes, byzantine taboos, and cancellation campaigns.
The institutions and individuals that stand the test of this era will be those who show integrity and principle, those who tell the truth even when it’s inconvenient or unpopular. That’s what happened in the Enlightenment with figures like Voltaire and Diderot, Smith and Hume, Franklin and Madison. It’s also what we’re seeing now on platforms like Substack, where individuals and institutions with integrity and courage are finding new ways to lead.
I’m proud to say that FIRE is one of those institutions. We’ve had the courage to be non-partisan in a partisan world. Through all the tumult, we’ve defended free speech,
And for those who haven’t yet seen Chuck Schumer’s statement:
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