ok - tried to avoid this shit but fck it, bit like crack, since everyone is doing it...
I'm trying to be my childhood bogan footyhead on the Kennel but for once I'll return to real life. I'll tell you what I consider a truth and what is also my opinion. Dislclaimer, have met Kerry Chant many times and the missus is senior in Health.
Facts:
COVID is a disease. Whether its zoonotic or a weapon, doesn't matter. If it can happen once it'll happen again.
Herd immunity is a furphy. Its a population statistic that means zip to the individual. Pollies and health officials role it out as they know most people know f'all about what it actually means. And herd immunity is less relevant once we are talking vaccinated people.
Big pharma do some dubious things sometimes. Monsanto changed the substrate for the whooping cough vaccine for $$$ and only admitted it once WHO wanted to know why whooping cough cases went up by 5%. Why is this important? Big pharma make $$$, cures are bad for them, vaccines (with repeated doses) are great. Not saying something dubious is going on but if it was, wouldn't be surprised.
Quoting stats from random studies is very average. Not hard to criticise 99% of stats analysis, lots and lots of shortcuts taken in that area. Too much time for me to bother picking the holes in the work. Take that stuff as nice to know but not gospel until you get lots of separate studies independently finding results in that direction.
Opinions:
Believe people have a right to question fast tracked vaccines. I'm on AZ as at least its more traditional in its manufacture. Happy to let others test a mRNA vaccine. Chose to get the jab based on personal risk assessment, not gov't threats or that I didn't believe some of the crackpot shit (which ftr I don't - its crackpot shit).
Do think its very questionable from a humans rights/workplace perspective to use the Public Health act to mandate actions. That legislation was invented to manage leprosy where you ripped someone out of their home. Believe CVD falls somewhere between leprosy and the flu in terms of govt intervention in the lives of the people - its a borderline call whether the gov't is entitled to use it. Think the use of it, by a govt with no opportunity for other parties to debate in parliament is an over reach. Not that hard to put legislation to emergency sittings and maintain the democratic process.
Also have a suspicion that vaccination is enhancing mutations into more virulent and vaccine resistant strains. A theory that I've discussed with experts in this and its one of two schools of thought. Too boring to go through the details.
So, overall, don't believe the hype. I'd say get educated but appreciate its hard, there's so much bullshit lines and stats out there. Think you have the right to your choice as long as your choice is not based on some lunatic fringe stuff. Think also that your work and recreation have the right to their choice.
And on another thought - the way its going, my guess is at least another 5 - 10 years of this and maybe longer. Happy fckng days.
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