Comments by "Darlene" (@darlene2709) on "“I chose not to get the vaccine”: BC COVID-19 patient pleads with others to get vaccinated" video.

  1. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski and conservative leaders Fred Lowry and Pressley Stutts.
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  2.  @shellbythesea12  Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski and conservative leaders Fred Lowry and Pressley Stutts.
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  3. You could learn a lesson from the story. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski and conservative leaders Fred Lowry and Pressley Stutts.
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  4. COVID’s cardiac connection. Coronavirus infections might cause lasting harm to the heart, even in those who have never had symptoms. Marco Rossi was looking forward to his rookie season in the National Hockey League. The 19-year-old prospect was the top point scorer among major junior ice hockey players in the 2019–20 season. Now he was set to impress with the Minnesota Wild. The team had selected Rossi ninth overall in the 2020 league draft ahead of the pandemic-shortened season of the North American league that kicked off in January. However, Rossi’s professional debut was not to be. At pre-season training camp, Rossi failed his medical examination. A routine cardiac test revealed inflammation around the heart muscles, a condition known as myocarditis. If Rossi continued to skate, his heart might suddenly stop beating, and he could die. Although he felt well, it seemed that Rossi — or at least his heart — had not yet fully recovered from COVID-19, which he had contracted two months earlier. From the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was clear that the coronavirus was wreaking havoc on the heart. Initial reports described people with worryingly high levels of the protein troponin in their blood, an indicator of cardiac injury. Acute heart failure, arrhythmias and blood clots are all problems for people hospitalized with COVID-19. Autopsies frequently show signs of the virus’s genetic material inside cardiac tissue, a consequence of the fact that the receptor through which SARS-CoV-2 invades lung cells is also found in abundance in heart tissue. Researchers soon found out that the heart-wrecking effects of COVID-19 are not limited to people with symptoms, or even to people with active infections. Last July, researchers described2 abnormal imaging findings on heart scans taken from people who had recently had COVID-19, some of whom were asymptomatic. Of the 100 people studied, 78 had some kind of heart irregularity around two months after infection — and 60 showed signs of ongoing myocardial inflammation. Of course, those rare diagnoses could make all the difference to athletes such as Rossi. Several top athletes, including a university football player in the United States and a professional basketball player in Serbia, have died from heart complications after contracting COVID-19, and it’s conceivable that an earlier diagnosis of myocarditis could have kept those individuals off the field or the court. Rossi is hopeful that his heart tissue hasn’t incurred that type of irreparable damage. He has continued to rest and undergo regular medical evaluations and, like all National Hockey League players, he is excited about competing in front of fans again when the next, more normal, hockey season begins in October. In a tweet in February, he wrote: “Like many, I was originally shocked and very disappointed, yet at this time I am very optimistic that my health is and will be good to return to train/play.” By then, the pandemic will hopefully be in the rear-view mirror and future sports stars won’t suffer the same fate. Read the full article on Nature Magazine website
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  5. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski and conservative leaders Fred Lowry and Pressley Stutts.
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  6.  @rodjames1693  Death is not the only consequence of COVID-19. COVID’s cardiac connection. Coronavirus infections might cause lasting harm to the heart, even in those who have never had symptoms. Marco Rossi was looking forward to his rookie season in the National Hockey League. The 19-year-old prospect was the top point scorer among major junior ice hockey players in the 2019–20 season. Now he was set to impress with the Minnesota Wild. The team had selected Rossi ninth overall in the 2020 league draft ahead of the pandemic-shortened season of the North American league that kicked off in January. However, Rossi’s professional debut was not to be. At pre-season training camp, Rossi failed his medical examination. A routine cardiac test revealed inflammation around the heart muscles, a condition known as myocarditis. If Rossi continued to skate, his heart might suddenly stop beating, and he could die. Although he felt well, it seemed that Rossi — or at least his heart — had not yet fully recovered from COVID-19, which he had contracted two months earlier. From the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was clear that the coronavirus was wreaking havoc on the heart. Initial reports described people with worryingly high levels of the protein troponin in their blood, an indicator of cardiac injury. Acute heart failure, arrhythmias and blood clots are all problems for people hospitalized with COVID-19. Autopsies frequently show signs of the virus’s genetic material inside cardiac tissue, a consequence of the fact that the receptor through which SARS-CoV-2 invades lung cells is also found in abundance in heart tissue. Researchers soon found out that the heart-wrecking effects of COVID-19 are not limited to people with symptoms, or even to people with active infections. Last July, researchers described2 abnormal imaging findings on heart scans taken from people who had recently had COVID-19, some of whom were asymptomatic. Of the 100 people studied, 78 had some kind of heart irregularity around two months after infection — and 60 showed signs of ongoing myocardial inflammation. Of course, those rare diagnoses could make all the difference to athletes such as Rossi. Several top athletes, including a university football player in the United States and a professional basketball player in Serbia, have died from heart complications after contracting COVID-19, and it’s conceivable that an earlier diagnosis of myocarditis could have kept those individuals off the field or the court. Rossi is hopeful that his heart tissue hasn’t incurred that type of irreparable damage. He has continued to rest and undergo regular medical evaluations and, like all National Hockey League players, he is excited about competing in front of fans again when the next, more normal, hockey season begins in October. In a tweet in February, he wrote: “Like many, I was originally shocked and very disappointed, yet at this time I am very optimistic that my health is and will be good to return to train/play.” By then, the pandemic will hopefully be in the rear-view mirror and future sports stars won’t suffer the same fate. Read the full article on Nature Magazine website
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  7. Let's do the math. A 1% death rate in Canada would have meant 400,000 deaths. On Earth One, that would be unacceptable.
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  8. "Making fun of anti-vaxxers who died of COVID-19 is a dark indication that we've all surrendered to the disease. Anti-vaccine figures are dying of COVID and their deaths are being made light of. This is a distraction and represents an acceptance of COVID's death toll. We don't have to be nice to anti-vaxxers, but we should counter them to control infections. Anti-vaccine social media host Stephen Harmon, a man from Los Angeles, repeatedly mocked the vaccine, tweeting "Got 99 problems but a vax ain't one," in June, only to die of the virus in July. This trend, becoming ever more frequent as the delta variant spreads rapidly across the country, has inspired a series of jokes and memes on social media. I myself have partaken in a few "how it's started, how it's going" jokes. But ultimately, no matter how vile the target of the memes are and no matter how tempting it is to participate in the schadenfreude, it is an unhelpful distraction that represents a dark reality: we're okay with how many people are dying from COVID-19. Eighteen months ago, when the virus first hit the shores of the United States, we were all terrified. People made runs on grocery stores as hospitals filled up with the dead, people spent time at home to "stop the spread" and flatten the curve. Every death was seen as a tragedy, a death we could prevent with collective action. After a few months, right wing governors and talking heads began promoting the idea that protecting oneself from a pandemic was an individual responsibility. If people wanted to go mask-less,, attend gatherings, or skip the vaccine - that's on them, they thought, ignoring the fact that the virus spreads from person to person. Of course, one person's behavior during a pandemic affects the health of others." A year later, with the vaccines plentiful, some on the left have adopted the right's framing. It's now accepted that COVID deaths, predominantly amongst the unvaccinated, are a matter of individual fate. You could have chosen to get that vaccine, but you didn't, and that's not my problem, they are implying." Read the full opinion piece on Business Insider.
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  9. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski and conservative leaders Fred Lowry and Pressley Stutts.
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  10. The misinformation being shared on social media is having a disastrous impact. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski and conservative leaders Fred Lowry and Pressley Stutts.
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  11.  @pinaylove03  One by one, anti maskers and anti vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. Caleb Wallace, Phil Valentine, Marc Bernier, and Dick Farrell have all died from COVID-19.
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  12. "WHAT WAS CLAIMED: The Covid-19 virus has not been isolated as per Koch’s postulates, and this means PCR tests do not work. OUR VERDICT: This is untrue. Covid-19 has been isolated many times. It does not need to adhere to Koch’s postulates as it is a virus, and Koch’s rules have been widely disregarded now. Covid-19 PCR tests are generally very accurate." From Full Fact website
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  13. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski and conservative leaders Fred Lowry and Pressley Stutts.
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  14.  @crxshed  Death is not the only consequence of COVID-19. "Coronavirus infections might cause lasting harm to the heart, even in those who have never had symptoms. Marco Rossi was looking forward to his rookie season in the National Hockey League. The 19-year-old prospect was the top point scorer among major junior ice hockey players in the 2019–20 season. Now he was set to impress with the Minnesota Wild. The team had selected Rossi ninth overall in the 2020 league draft ahead of the pandemic-shortened season of the North American league that kicked off in January. However, Rossi’s professional debut was not to be. At pre-season training camp, Rossi failed his medical examination. A routine cardiac test revealed inflammation around the heart muscles, a condition known as myocarditis. If Rossi continued to skate, his heart might suddenly stop beating, and he could die. Although he felt well, it seemed that Rossi — or at least his heart — had not yet fully recovered from COVID-19, which he had contracted two months earlier. From the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was clear that the coronavirus was wreaking havoc on the heart. Initial reports described people with worryingly high levels of the protein troponin in their blood, an indicator of cardiac injury. Acute heart failure, arrhythmias and blood clots are all problems for people hospitalized with COVID-19. Autopsies frequently show signs of the virus’s genetic material inside cardiac tissue, a consequence of the fact that the receptor through which SARS-CoV-2 invades lung cells is also found in abundance in heart tissue. Researchers soon found out that the heart-wrecking effects of COVID-19 are not limited to people with symptoms, or even to people with active infections. Last July, researchers described2 abnormal imaging findings on heart scans taken from people who had recently had COVID-19, some of whom were asymptomatic. Of the 100 people studied, 78 had some kind of heart irregularity around two months after infection — and 60 showed signs of ongoing myocardial inflammation. Of course, those rare diagnoses could make all the difference to athletes such as Rossi. Several top athletes, including a university football player in the United States and a professional basketball player in Serbia, have died from heart complications after contracting COVID-19, and it’s conceivable that an earlier diagnosis of myocarditis could have kept those individuals off the field or the court. Rossi is hopeful that his heart tissue hasn’t incurred that type of irreparable damage. He has continued to rest and undergo regular medical evaluations and, like all National Hockey League players, he is excited about competing in front of fans again when the next, more normal, hockey season begins in October. In a tweet in February, he wrote: “Like many, I was originally shocked and very disappointed, yet at this time I am very optimistic that my health is and will be good to return to train/play.” By then, the pandemic will hopefully be in the rear-view mirror and future sports stars won’t suffer the same fate." Read the full article on Nature Magazine website
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  15. The misinformation being shared on social media is having a disastrous impact. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski and conservative leaders Fred Lowry and Pressley Stutts.
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  16. Big Phama makes the horse medication and they don't recommend it for COVID-19. KENILWORTH, N.J., Feb. 4, 2021 – Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today affirmed its position regarding use of ivermectin during the COVID-19 pandemic. Company scientists continue to carefully examine the findings of all available and emerging studies of ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19 for evidence of efficacy and safety. It is important to note that, to-date, our analysis has identified: No scientific basis for a potential therapeutic effect against COVID-19 from pre-clinical studies; No meaningful evidence for clinical activity or clinical efficacy in patients with COVID-19 disease, and; A concerning lack of safety data in the majority of studies.
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  17.  @criticalthinker9036  There is literally a Seinfeld episode for every occasion. "Kramer refuses to go to a doctor for a bad cough. He finds a dog named Smuckers who has a cough, and takes him to a veterinarian, since he trusts vets more than doctors. However, his throat is too tender to swallow the medication, and he begins acting like a dog."
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  18. The misinformation being shared on social media is having a disastrous impact. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski and conservative leaders Fred Lowry and Pressley Stutts.
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  19. Please return your science degree and get a refund.
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  20. Big Phama makes the horse medication and they don't recommend it for COVID-19. KENILWORTH, N.J., Feb. 4, 2021 – Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today affirmed its position regarding use of ivermectin during the COVID-19 pandemic. Company scientists continue to carefully examine the findings of all available and emerging studies of ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19 for evidence of efficacy and safety. It is important to note that, to-date, our analysis has identified: No scientific basis for a potential therapeutic effect against COVID-19 from pre-clinical studies; No meaningful evidence for clinical activity or clinical efficacy in patients with COVID-19 disease, and; A concerning lack of safety data in the majority of studies.
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  21. The misinformation being shared on social media is having a disastrous impact. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski and conservative leaders Fred Lowry and Pressley Stutts.
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  22. The misinformation being shared on social media is having a disastrous impact. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski and conservative leaders Fred Lowry and Pressley Stutts.
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  23.  @-xyz-012  Coronavirus vs. Flu Deaths COVID-19: There have been approximately 4.55 million deaths reported worldwide. In the U.S, 569,404 people have died of COVID-19 between January 2020 and April 22, 2021. Flu: The World Health Organization estimates that 290,000 to 650,000 people die of flu-related causes every year worldwide.
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  24. The misinformation being shared on social media is having a disastrous impact. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski and conservative leaders Fred Lowry and Pressley Stutts.
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  25. "Fact check: Inventor of method used to test for COVID-19 didn’t say it can’t be used in virus detection The post begins with the words “COVID-19 TEST a FRAUD?”, then introduces the alleged quote from Mullis, who invented the PCR method in 1985 and was recognized for this achievement by being awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1993. However, the quote is actually from an article written by John Lauritsen in December 1996 about HIV and AIDS, not COVID-19. However, the quote is actually from an article written by John Lauritsen in December 1996 about HIV and AIDS, not COVID-19. The context around the quote shows Lauritsen is not saying PCR tests do not work. Instead, he is clarifying that PCR identifies substances qualitatively not quantitatively, detecting the genetic sequences of viruses, but not the viruses themselves: “PCR is intended to identify substances qualitatively, but by its very nature is unsuited for estimating numbers. Although there is a common misimpression that the viral load tests actually count the number of viruses in the blood, these tests cannot detect free, infectious viruses at all; they can only detect proteins that are believed, in some cases wrongly, to be unique to HIV. The tests can detect genetic sequences of viruses, but not viruses themselves.” Misleading. The quote regarding the limitations of PCR tests appears not to be directly from Mullis, but in any case is not evidence the test is fraudulent. PCR tests are being used widely in England to show that SARS-CoV-2 viral genetic material is present in the patient." Read the full article on Reuters.
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  26. Death is not the only consequence of COVID-19. The misinformation being shared on social media is having a disastrous impact. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski and conservative leaders Fred Lowry and Pressley Stutts.
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  27. Don’t Fall for the ‘VAERS Scare’ Tactic Anti-vaxxers show how a precious vaccine adverse event reporting database can be used to scare the public. "The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System or VAERS is being misused by anti-vaxxers to terrify the public. It’s a shame because VAERS plays a vital role in detecting important but rare reactions caused by vaccines. The weaponization of VAERS by anti-vaccine activists serves as a reminder that having access to more information does not always lead to better decisions. Information needs to be correctly interpreted to guide us in the right direction. Note: in Canada, the way to report an adverse event following vaccination is to ask your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist to complete the Adverse Events Following Immunization form. Details can be found here. Take-home message: -VAERS is an American reporting system to keep track of unfavourable or unintended events that take place after vaccination, like a fever or a rash, and that may (or may not) have been caused by the vaccine -Anti-vaxxers routinely publicize reports from VAERS as if they are proof that a vaccine is causing clear harm -On its own, VAERS cannot be used to conclude anything, but it can tip off experts that a particular safety signal might be real and deserves to be further studied." Read the full article on the McGill University website.
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  28. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski and conservative leaders Fred Lowry and Pressley Stutts.
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  29. Facebook is for sharing recipes. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski and conservative leaders Fred Lowry and Pressley Stutts.
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  30. The misinformation being shared on social media is having a disastrous impact. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski and conservative leaders Fred Lowry and Pressley Stutts.
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  31. The misinformation being shared on social media is having a disastrous impact. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski and conservative leaders Fred Lowry and Pressley Stutts.
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  32. The misinformation being shared on social media is having a disastrous impact. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski and conservative leaders Fred Lowry and Pressley Stutts.
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  33. "Making fun of anti-vaxxers who died of COVID-19 is a dark indication that we've all surrendered to the disease. Anti-vaccine figures are dying of COVID and their deaths are being made light of. This is a distraction and represents an acceptance of COVID's death toll. We don't have to be nice to anti-vaxxers, but we should counter them to control infections. Anti-vaccine social media host Stephen Harmon, a man from Los Angeles, repeatedly mocked the vaccine, tweeting "Got 99 problems but a vax ain't one," in June, only to die of the virus in July. This trend, becoming ever more frequent as the delta variant spreads rapidly across the country, has inspired a series of jokes and memes on social media. I myself have partaken in a few "how it's started, how it's going" jokes. But ultimately, no matter how vile the target of the memes are and no matter how tempting it is to participate in the schadenfreude, it is an unhelpful distraction that represents a dark reality: we're okay with how many people are dying from COVID-19. Eighteen months ago, when the virus first hit the shores of the United States, we were all terrified. People made runs on grocery stores as hospitals filled up with the dead, people spent time at home to "stop the spread" and flatten the curve. Every death was seen as a tragedy, a death we could prevent with collective action. After a few months, right wing governors and talking heads began promoting the idea that protecting oneself from a pandemic was an individual responsibility. If people wanted to go mask-less,, attend gatherings, or skip the vaccine - that's on them, they thought, ignoring the fact that the virus spreads from person to person. Of course, one person's behavior during a pandemic affects the health of others." A year later, with the vaccines plentiful, some on the left have adopted the right's framing. It's now accepted that COVID deaths, predominantly amongst the unvaccinated, are a matter of individual fate. You could have chosen to get that vaccine, but you didn't, and that's not my problem, they are implying." Read the full opinion piece on Business Insider.
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  34. @deran don "Making fun of anti-vaxxers who died of COVID-19 is a dark indication that we've all surrendered to the disease. Anti-vaccine figures are dying of COVID and their deaths are being made light of. This is a distraction and represents an acceptance of COVID's death toll. We don't have to be nice to anti-vaxxers, but we should counter them to control infections. Anti-vaccine social media host Stephen Harmon, a man from Los Angeles, repeatedly mocked the vaccine, tweeting "Got 99 problems but a vax ain't one," in June, only to die of the virus in July. This trend, becoming ever more frequent as the delta variant spreads rapidly across the country, has inspired a series of jokes and memes on social media. I myself have partaken in a few "how it's started, how it's going" jokes. But ultimately, no matter how vile the target of the memes are and no matter how tempting it is to participate in the schadenfreude, it is an unhelpful distraction that represents a dark reality: we're okay with how many people are dying from COVID-19. Eighteen months ago, when the virus first hit the shores of the United States, we were all terrified. People made runs on grocery stores as hospitals filled up with the dead, people spent time at home to "stop the spread" and flatten the curve. Every death was seen as a tragedy, a death we could prevent with collective action. After a few months, right wing governors and talking heads began promoting the idea that protecting oneself from a pandemic was an individual responsibility. If people wanted to go mask-less,, attend gatherings, or skip the vaccine - that's on them, they thought, ignoring the fact that the virus spreads from person to person. Of course, one person's behavior during a pandemic affects the health of others." A year later, with the vaccines plentiful, some on the left have adopted the right's framing. It's now accepted that COVID deaths, predominantly amongst the unvaccinated, are a matter of individual fate. You could have chosen to get that vaccine, but you didn't, and that's not my problem, they are implying." Read the full opinion piece on Business Insider.
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  35. The misinformation being shared on social media is having a disastrous impact. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski and conservative leaders Fred Lowry and Pressley Stutts.
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  36. The misinformation being shared on social media is having a disastrous impact. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski and conservative leaders Fred Lowry and Pressley Stutts.
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  37. The misinformation being shared on social media is having a disastrous impact. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski and conservative leaders Fred Lowry and Pressley Stutts.
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  38. Big Phama makes the horse medication and they don't recommend it for COVID-19. KENILWORTH, N.J., Feb. 4, 2021 – Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today affirmed its position regarding use of ivermectin during the COVID-19 pandemic. Company scientists continue to carefully examine the findings of all available and emerging studies of ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19 for evidence of efficacy and safety. It is important to note that, to-date, our analysis has identified: No scientific basis for a potential therapeutic effect against COVID-19 from pre-clinical studies; No meaningful evidence for clinical activity or clinical efficacy in patients with COVID-19 disease, and; A concerning lack of safety data in the majority of studies.
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  39. The misinformation being shared on social media is having a disastrous impact. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski and conservative leaders Fred Lowry and Pressley Stutts.
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  40.  TRUTHNTRADITION  If you don't object to the channel called "Graphene Oxide is in the Vaccines", you should have no problem with "Vaccines Save Lives".
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  41. Big Phama makes the horse medication and they don't recommend it for COVID-19. KENILWORTH, N.J., Feb. 4, 2021 – Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today affirmed its position regarding use of ivermectin during the COVID-19 pandemic. Company scientists continue to carefully examine the findings of all available and emerging studies of ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19 for evidence of efficacy and safety. It is important to note that, to-date, our analysis has identified: No scientific basis for a potential therapeutic effect against COVID-19 from pre-clinical studies; No meaningful evidence for clinical activity or clinical efficacy in patients with COVID-19 disease, and; A concerning lack of safety data in the majority of studies.
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  42. You should ask Caleb Wallace how well Ivermectin worked.
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  43.  @Faceless_XIV  How many of your people have to die before you get the hint? The misinformation being shared on social media is having a disastrous impact. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski. conservative leader Pressley Stutts, and reality hosts Dusty and Tristan Graham.
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  44.  @Faceless_XIV  Facebook is for sharing recipes and catching up with high school friends. Your anti-vaxxer and anti-masker friends are dropping like flies.
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  45. "Viral Posts Misrepresent CDC Announcement on COVID-19 PCR Test. Scientists consider polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests a highly reliable tool for diagnosing COVID-19. But social media posts are misrepresenting a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announcement regarding the eventual discontinuation of its own test, falsely claiming the government has conceded that PCR tests aren’t reliable." Fact Check website July 26, 2021
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  46. Big Phama makes the horse medication and they don't recommend it for COVID-19. KENILWORTH, N.J., Feb. 4, 2021 – Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today affirmed its position regarding use of ivermectin during the COVID-19 pandemic. Company scientists continue to carefully examine the findings of all available and emerging studies of ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19 for evidence of efficacy and safety. It is important to note that, to-date, our analysis has identified: No scientific basis for a potential therapeutic effect against COVID-19 from pre-clinical studies; No meaningful evidence for clinical activity or clinical efficacy in patients with COVID-19 disease, and; A concerning lack of safety data in the majority of studies.
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  47. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski and conservative leaders Fred Lowry and Pressley Stutts.
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  48.  @KJV7154  The misinformation being shared on social media is having a disastrous impact. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. At least 12 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines. The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Tod Tucker, Jimmy DeYoung, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, Stephen Harmon, Veronica Wolski and conservative leaders Fred Lowry and Pressley Stutts.
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  49. COVID’s cardiac connection. Coronavirus infections might cause lasting harm to the heart, even in those who have never had symptoms. Marco Rossi was looking forward to his rookie season in the National Hockey League. The 19-year-old prospect was the top point scorer among major junior ice hockey players in the 2019–20 season. Now he was set to impress with the Minnesota Wild. The team had selected Rossi ninth overall in the 2020 league draft ahead of the pandemic-shortened season of the North American league that kicked off in January. However, Rossi’s professional debut was not to be. At pre-season training camp, Rossi failed his medical examination. A routine cardiac test revealed inflammation around the heart muscles, a condition known as myocarditis. If Rossi continued to skate, his heart might suddenly stop beating, and he could die. Although he felt well, it seemed that Rossi — or at least his heart — had not yet fully recovered from COVID-19, which he had contracted two months earlier. From the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was clear that the coronavirus was wreaking havoc on the heart. Initial reports described people with worryingly high levels of the protein troponin in their blood, an indicator of cardiac injury. Acute heart failure, arrhythmias and blood clots are all problems for people hospitalized with COVID-19. Autopsies frequently show signs of the virus’s genetic material inside cardiac tissue, a consequence of the fact that the receptor through which SARS-CoV-2 invades lung cells is also found in abundance in heart tissue. Researchers soon found out that the heart-wrecking effects of COVID-19 are not limited to people with symptoms, or even to people with active infections. Last July, researchers described2 abnormal imaging findings on heart scans taken from people who had recently had COVID-19, some of whom were asymptomatic. Of the 100 people studied, 78 had some kind of heart irregularity around two months after infection — and 60 showed signs of ongoing myocardial inflammation. Of course, those rare diagnoses could make all the difference to athletes such as Rossi. Several top athletes, including a university football player in the United States and a professional basketball player in Serbia, have died from heart complications after contracting COVID-19, and it’s conceivable that an earlier diagnosis of myocarditis could have kept those individuals off the field or the court. Rossi is hopeful that his heart tissue hasn’t incurred that type of irreparable damage. He has continued to rest and undergo regular medical evaluations and, like all National Hockey League players, he is excited about competing in front of fans again when the next, more normal, hockey season begins in October. In a tweet in February, he wrote: “Like many, I was originally shocked and very disappointed, yet at this time I am very optimistic that my health is and will be good to return to train/play.” By then, the pandemic will hopefully be in the rear-view mirror and future sports stars won’t suffer the same fate. Read the full article on Nature Magazine website
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  50. "Making fun of anti-vaxxers who died of COVID-19 is a dark indication that we've all surrendered to the disease. Anti-vaccine figures are dying of COVID and their deaths are being made light of. This is a distraction and represents an acceptance of COVID's death toll. We don't have to be nice to anti-vaxxers, but we should counter them to control infections. Anti-vaccine social media host Stephen Harmon, a man from Los Angeles, repeatedly mocked the vaccine, tweeting "Got 99 problems but a vax ain't one," in June, only to die of the virus in July. This trend, becoming ever more frequent as the delta variant spreads rapidly across the country, has inspired a series of jokes and memes on social media. I myself have partaken in a few "how it's started, how it's going" jokes. But ultimately, no matter how vile the target of the memes are and no matter how tempting it is to participate in the schadenfreude, it is an unhelpful distraction that represents a dark reality: we're okay with how many people are dying from COVID-19. Eighteen months ago, when the virus first hit the shores of the United States, we were all terrified. People made runs on grocery stores as hospitals filled up with the dead, people spent time at home to "stop the spread" and flatten the curve. Every death was seen as a tragedy, a death we could prevent with collective action. After a few months, right wing governors and talking heads began promoting the idea that protecting oneself from a pandemic was an individual responsibility. If people wanted to go mask-less,, attend gatherings, or skip the vaccine - that's on them, they thought, ignoring the fact that the virus spreads from person to person. Of course, one person's behavior during a pandemic affects the health of others." A year later, with the vaccines plentiful, some on the left have adopted the right's framing. It's now accepted that COVID deaths, predominantly amongst the unvaccinated, are a matter of individual fate. You could have chosen to get that vaccine, but you didn't, and that's not my problem, they are implying." Read the full opinion piece on Business Insider.
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