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October 20, 2021
The Morning RantON BEING 'ANTI-VAX' I have been hearing complaints on social media that one or more of the online dictionaries have modified its definition of "anti-vaxer" to include those who oppose enforced vaccination either by the government or private companies. It's infuriating that a number of different meanings have been conflated into one unitary generic smear. So now I have to spell it out: It would be fair to say I am anti-vax. No, that doesn't mean I'm anti- *all* vaccines. Just the ones currently available for Covid-19. Some people *are* anti- all vaccines, though. I understand that. But not me. I like vaccines. I mean, in general. I have no problems with vaccines. I used to get a flu shot every year. I'm probably, eventually, going to get an anti-Covid 19 vaccine at some point. But not yet. Why not now? Because I don't trust any of them. Specifically, I do not trust any of the products of the Donald Trump's "Operation Warp Speed" program. Normally, it takes several years to develop and test a new vaccine adequately until it can be cleared for public use. And now they want us to believe that they can do it in a matter of months? Something doesn't smell right. I think there are two possibilities. Either they cut a lot of corners in the testing phase, or the bureaucratic, regulatory process itself has got a lot of useless, redundant "filler" baked in that should be permanently eliminated. So, which is it? And please don't say "everybody worked really, really hard to speed things up" because I don't think that's credible. Especially the testing. You can't just test stuff faster. It's like pregnancy. No matter how much manpower or money you throw at it, it still takes nine months to make a baby. But there was undoubtedly intense political pressure to get something out there fast. So we have three rushed-to-market vaccines available, and I don't think they're trustworthy. First, the pharmaceutical companies have been given some sort of non-liability guarantee by the government so they can't be sued for any possible bad side-effects caused by the vaccines. This is almost a "rule for thee but not for me" thing since the right to sue for compensatory damages is woven into the DNA of our legal system. It's disturbing that the government can just nullify that right, poof, just like that, but that's the 2021 post-legal environment that we're living in right now So, if I get vaccinated, and suffer permanent, debilitating side effects, is any sort of compensation possible? There is a federal agency that handles such cased, but don't get your hopes up: Since 1988, the government has run a special, no-fault tribunal housed within the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (known colloquially as “vaccine court”), to handle injury claims for 16 common vaccines. Payouts (including attorneys’ fees) are funded by a 75-cent tax per vaccine... In other words, you can sue, but it's highly unlikely that you will win anything. You have to prove to a bunch of federal bureaucrats that your symptoms are directly due to the vaccine, and the bar for accepting evidence of proof has been set very, very high. So how does this work if you are compelled to get the vaccine due to either private or governmental mandates? It seems to me that it is possible for you to be forced to take the vax to save your job or do business in your state, and if the vaccine messes you up, well, too bad, so sad, screw you, it's all on you, ha ha. Which is pretty outrageous, I'd say. So, as I was saying, I do not trust any of the rushed-to-market vaccines. I understand that most of the people who have been vaccinated don't have any problem. But there have been enough that make me think that maybe they should be doing further tests. Which actually, they're doing now. If you've taken vaccine, you're part of the test. But I prefer not to be. I also don't like what appears to be an organized campaign to shame and bully us into compliance. The more I see that, there more it makes me want to dig my heels in and say no, I'm not going to do it. They shout at you to get jabbed, and when you don't, they just threaten you with cancellation and shout even louder. Like that's going to work. And the fact that they've put all of the eggs in the vaccine basket, rather than also investigate other treatments is mystifying. The government of India killed Covid in a major part of the country by distributing little packets of vitamin D3, zinc, and ivermectin, and that's such an inexpensive, common sense solution, why didn't we try something like that? If you mention this, though, you get sneers about taking horse dewormer. It's like the number one priority in the country right now is not public health, but rather the profits of the drug manufacturers. So the only solutions that will be allowed are the ones that are patentable. Anyway, when I was working, I do not remember ever taking a sick day for colds or flu. So I believe I have a pretty gnarly immune system. I have also been fortifying it with daily doses of vitamin C, D3, and zinc. I bought some quercitin but I have to ask my doctor if it interacts negatively with the blood thinner I take (warfarin). So, right now, I trust my own immune system more than I do any vaccine. I refused to take vaccine ver. 1.0. I'm going to wait for the 2.0 release or maybe 2.1.
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