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Rikard's avatar

Wait what? Do they claim 4.5% lethality for Covid-infections? Measles, in a modern western nation has 1/1 000 to 3/1 000 at the most if no comorbidities are present. And they are for realclaiming that Covid is how many thousands of times more lethal?

Are they clinically insane?

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epimetheus's avatar

The claim that infection rate fatality "when Covid first hit", i.e., in spring 2020.

Do you need me to comment on your question?

Heck, I'd do it, nonetheless: maybe these Covid injections are, not unlike psychoactive substances, a portal to a parallel universe, and in that parallel universe that was the case? That's about as sane an explanation as the one put forth by those 'experts'.

What else could one say?

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Serhei's avatar

If the Covid injections are a portal transporting the experts’ minds to a parallel universe, they have the singularly unfortunate side effect that the experts’ bodies remain here and continue to use the Twitter in this universe.

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epimetheus's avatar

Sad, but true.

Also, you may still choose to not follow them onto guano island.

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Rikard's avatar

I would prefer some sci-fi mumbo-jumbo actually being true, to reality in this case.

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epimetheus's avatar

Amen to that!

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cm27874's avatar

The reference to Christoph Spinner (and I can't resist to remark that "Spinner" also means something like nutcase in German) dates from October 2022. If you do the synoptical exegesis, you will find that in most cases he is being quoted as Covid mortality now being "way below 0.5%" or even "below 0.1%". Leaving the laughable 4.5% aside, Mrs. Kruckenhauser even saw the need to massage the current numbers.

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epimetheus's avatar

Thanks for bringing this up. I haven't had the time to follow through on this due to lack of time, but it's an important thing to note.

As to Ms. Kruckenhauser's state of mind, well, I could offer opinions 'only'…

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Rick Larson's avatar

Headaches and stomach problems are more from the fascist high processed food in my lonely view.

Last post I mentioned the Twelve Articles, and now I've uncovered in the historical record of my ancestors home country of Sweden it was the nobility that kicked the tenant farmers off the land starting in 1870 to begin 'capitalist farming'. The immigration to America was not because of a shift to a colder climate as is blamed.

What we have is a nobility problem wanting to eliminate all peasants, and potential peasants.

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epimetheus's avatar

Add to that increased time spent indoors sitting in front of devices.

Surely, these issues are also 'coincidental'…

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Rick Larson's avatar

Swedish Nobility prize coincidences!

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Rikard's avatar

Who the Hell is claiming migration from here to the US was due to colder climate? That's pure revisionism and an outright lie.

Migration from Sweden was due to domestic issues, ranging from religious stuff to emergent industrialisation and urbanisation to lots of stuff regarding lack of support and opportunity for small businesses.

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The Great Santini's avatar

The question I keep asking about the ‘experts’: Stupid or Corrupt or Both? Strong evidence for both.

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epimetheus's avatar

Sure, even though I'd add that 'boundaries' can be 'fluid'.

And that, after some time (say, 3 years, or so) passed, even stupidity turns into malevolence.

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Yakari's avatar

It seems that the ‚old’ Branch Covidians have mostly left the building 😄. Or have gone to Vienna where the Wiener Linien (Viennese public transport owner) have recently decided to start a full-scale attack on mask refuseniks on public transport. Still. In 2023 in a world where everybody else - even Germany and Spain - have ended or will shortly end mask mandates on public transport. 🤡 Therefore I find this article in Der Standard mostly entertaining and even ‚balanced‘. But well, I am used to the ‚Wiener Weg‘ (Viennese Way) already…

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epimetheus's avatar

I suppose it's yet another step on the long and winding road that may even lead some of the Covid Hawks back to reality.

Nah, I'm kidding; if these days, three years into this shitshow, you still don't suspect any problem with the ever-changing 'narrative', I believe you're gone.

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Yakari's avatar

I guess so… Some will be gone forever, I fear.

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