mafketis
20 Aug 2021 #7201
if you think that lockdowns are a conspiracy then it follows that you might think vaccines are a conspiracy
Weinstein and Harris are both brilliant (though Harris's monotone affect grates on me in extended listening).
I never said lockdowns are a conspiracy as such. I do think that they are an incredibly stupid and ineffective policy (beyond maybe two weeks or so once and once only) and they are ineffective against a respiratory virus that spreads most readily indoors (keeping people indoors to stop a virus that spreads indoors - what's wrong with that picture?).
They also result in diminishing returns over time which are obvious to anyone paying attention, which raises the question of why so many politicians are completely irrationally devoted to them (including incipient Chinese colonies Australia and NZ).
It's also been obvious for years that western governments have been backing out of their traditional mandate to provide education, healthcare and protection to the citizenry. There are many books by distinguished scholars on this topic start with Bobbit (Tony Blair was an enthusiast) and Bauman.
I never said vaccines are a conspiracy as such. I think anyone is right to be concerned about medicines developed in such a hurry with so little testing. I do think they provide some protection but again they're not really vaccines as such.
I do think that governments (following the new Chinese political paradigm they've accepted) don't care about the medicines as such but have been looking for a reason/method to ramp up surveillance and businesses want more surveillance as well (there's a whole book about that - Surveillance Capitalism)
All that said, I have no problem with any individuals either taking them or not taking them after they weigh up the risk and benefits within their own circumstances (roughly the younger and healthier a person the less reason there is for them to get the shots. And I think any protection they offer is relatively short... Biden has publicly said the booster program has been in the works for months (which means they've realized the temporary nature of the protection they offer for months).
And I think that a person's 'vaccination' status should be private (like flu vaccinations). If a person wants to volunteer their status fine, if they don't... fine.
