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Aug 9, 2022Liked by epimetheus

"Appallingly, the IPH claims that there’s virtually no difference between mRNA injections vs. ‘other’ vaccines."

Hehehe. Here's a prediction: a year or five from now, when it becomes obvious that childhood vaccination rates are plummeting, these clowns will start yelling at the top of their lungs that mRNA is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT from other vaccines, and in fact, mRNA isn't even a vaccine, and PLEASE get your children vaccinated!!! Just wait and see...

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Aug 9, 2022·edited Aug 9, 2022

I am coming to doubt your conclusion - that truth will come out and then there will be hell to pay.

The former part of that is just about possible; I have no hope of the latter part, because the powers-that-be are retaining their power, and will not put their own heads in nooses; further, and sadly, there will be no popular impetus for that.

The best we can hope for is a grudging acceptance on the part of the authorities that 'mistakes were made', perhaps with a large fine or two paid by a pharma giant, which will in turn be accepted by most people, and a period of quiet while the powers-that-be regroup and try again.

I spent the weekend with my younger brother and my sister and our respective families. I would say we are all of considerably above average intelligence. Apologies, but that is important here.

My sister is entirely in line with me, her husband generally relaxed and of the belief that things are a bit odd but not alarmingly so. As long as we are not locked down again he will chalk it all up to experience.

My brother essentially believes the narrative and where the obvious truth conflicts with the narrative he tends to shrug his shoulders, proffer half-expanations, cherry-pick the odd error in what I say or show him and ignore the incontrovertible evidence. His wife works for the NHS co-ordinating vaccines (though she is more sceptical than he is and has asked to be moved).

Luckily we all get on - I haven't fallen out with anyone over these vaccines, though most of my friends think I'm either mad or eccentric on the issue.

My brother is not stupid, by any means, and he has experience of working in politics at a high level in the UK (he is now in industry).

We discussed this whole topic fairly briefly over breakfast. He epitomises the general attitude of the British intelligentsia and middle classes, which is that

- there is no 'they'

- if there is a 'they' then, based on his experience in UK government circles, they're incompetent and couldn't do what I say they're doing by design so insofar as they are doing anything it is by cock-up

- what are they doing, anyway... I haven't read about it in the newspapers.

I have explained to him that it is precisely that he hasn't read about things which are emphatically 'news stories' which should concern him, and pointed out that the media here is being supported with millions of pounds in grants and other funding, and he shrugs and reaches for another croissant.

I'm sorry to say that I find it all rather dispiriting.

But keep up the good work, nonetheless.

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Lies by omission are the hardest to detect.

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Weird. Here, Covid is more gone than ever. So is any mention of vaccines. They barely remind the vulnerable patients about boosters even.

Most visible marker is supermarkets having sales on Covid-test for home use.

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