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The Expendables: The Biopolitics of Human Sacrifice

Michael Riches / April 4, 2022 / Law, Society, Vaccines / 10 minute read

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If you are one of those who supported the separation of the unvaccinated from society, it is worth considering how your own life was diminished during the pandemic. The range of the homo sacer, those deemed expendable, has been broadened over time from traditional groups such as the homeless, up through the working classes in recent decades, and now large swathes of middle classes during Covid.

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A Physician’s Plea for Exemption: Full Text

Joseph Fraiman / April 2, 2022 / Policy, Vaccines / 23 minute read

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Immunity offered by the vaccine is not long-lasting and the protection rapidly diminishes each month following the first 2 months after the second dose. With no randomized controlled trials evaluating the efficacy of the boosters on relevant clinical outcomes, and no data on safety given that the booster studies released did not contain a control group. A practitioner of science cannot be confident the potential rare benefit of hospital reduction in the younger healthy population outweighs repetitive dosing of a vaccine with limited safety data.

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Air Force Cadets Covid Vaccination Religious Exemption Denied

Scott Sturman / April 1, 2022 / Policy, Vaccines / 7 minute read

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In view of the sincerity of the cadets’ religious objections and the adverse risk-to-benefit profile of receiving the Covid vaccine, what is the purpose of forcing these cadets to subject themselves to a procedure that affords them and those around them no discernible benefit? Is the purpose to provide reasoned, compassionate medical care or simply demand submission or even to purge them from the ranks?

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How the CDC Buries the Truth about Natural Immunity

Joe Wang / March 30, 2022 / Vaccines / 6 minute read

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According to the CDC’s own information, the United States has had about 80 million COVID-19 cases. The vast majority of patients recovered from the disease. This huge part of the U.S. population now enjoys natural immunity. This is also true for Canada and many other parts of the world.

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The 4th Shot: The Flawed Research

Vinay Prasad / March 29, 2022 / Vaccines / 2 minute read

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There are downsides to more doses of the old, ancestral mRNA, such as original antigenic sin, which may hurt people when the Omicron on novel mRNA sequence booster comes out. Such people may keep mounting strong immune response to original spike, and not the modification.

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The German Faith in Authority

Sven Grünewald / March 29, 2022 / Policy, Society, Vaccines / 12 minute read

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Not only do media commentaries and politicians casually discuss discriminatory measures against unvaccinated people without being attacked for it by their peers, but ‘normal’ citizens, including highly accomplished academics, are doing so as well. The sudden switch of the political agenda from Covid-19 to the Ukraine illustrates that this is not Covid-exclusive behaviour.

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Eli Lilly Fired Employees for Refusing the Vaccine

Clayton Fox / March 28, 2022 / Policy, Vaccines / 14 minute read

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The pharmaceutical giant had promised to exempt employees with valid health or religious objections to the policy and she believed she had had both.

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How Coercion Compromised the Vaccine

Jeffrey A. Tucker / March 28, 2022 / Policy, Vaccines / 9 minute read

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The vaccine for this virus should never have been mandated. Having done so, public health has done itself deep harm. One wonders if the reputation of vaccines in general can recover. Free choice is the foundation of trust. Overriding that with a politically motivated regime of compulsion, backed by the threat to destroy lives, can never result in good outcomes for either individuals or society.

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The White House is Now Your Doctor!

Vinay Prasad / March 27, 2022 / Vaccines / 3 minute read

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In short, the White House is not your doctor, yet they have decided they will act as such. This is a dangerous precedent. The American people will soon be participating in an uncontrolled clinical trial of 4th and 5th doses, possibly with coercive mandates. Not having an advisory committee is a threat to public health. This decision does not bode well.

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Fauci Finally Admits Natural Immunity

Jeffrey A. Tucker / March 25, 2022 / Public Health, Vaccines / 5 minute read

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Once might expect some contrition. Instead we get a passing comment and nothing more. After all, frank talk about this subject might be risky: it would imply that their entire mitigation strategy was wrong from the beginning and should never be attempted again.

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How Vaccine Messaging Confused the Public

John Gibson / March 23, 2022 / Vaccines / 5 minute read

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If politicians and health bureaucrats had been honest with the public, setting out the criteria the Covid-19 vaccines were trialed against, and what could and could not be expected of the vaccines, then this widespread misunderstanding need not have occurred. Instead, their lack of honesty is likely to damage future vaccination efforts and harm public health.

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How the Flu and Covid Shots Are Different

Vinay Prasad / March 23, 2022 / Vaccines / 3 minute read

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Someone may argue that society at large— not necessarily the people taking the 4th dose— is still facing an emergency, but that argument is specious. There is no evidence that giving a young healthy person a 4th dose benefits larger pandemic dynamics, and saves an older person. Doctors need to stop making up just-so-stories in their minds to justify coercive mandates on the young, healthy, and those with natural immunity.

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