Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "Bernie Kicks Host Off Podcast u0026 Embarrasses Himself" video.

  1. Kyle may deserve the slap, but let's be clear: the bad guy in this picture is BERNIE.
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  2.  @BrazilResearcher  He got the Moderna vaccine on his doctor's recommendation, as did his wife Stef and several other people close to him. They all had minimal side effects, though not trivial -- they were sick for at least a day and weren't themselves for almost a week. Jimmy's side effects were worse and persisted for months, and he had to be treated for "long COVID," from the vaccine, not the illness. He's fine, finally. He was candid about his experience. Jimmy and Stef did not get vaccinated because Biden said, or Fauci said. They consulted their doctor. That is not wrong. That is proper. So, explain what you mean.
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  3.  @BrazilResearcher  Kindly explain what you mean. COVID drivebys are not acceptable. This pandemic has been terrible.
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  4.  @proudtobeme1ashkente  This time, I think it's Bernie.
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  5. Her dad is a physicist. It was his idea.
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  6.  @RobinMarks1313  Gosh, what WAS his stance? Still not clear to me, but you guys all know. So tell the rest of us what you mean.
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  7.  @RobinMarks1313  Well, when one of these vaccines receives full approval, I'll be taking a close look again. It is not necessarily irrational for a person to refuse to sign the EUA release papers, depending on their own risk factors and medical history. I'm going to try to tune out the noise. The way this pandemic has been handled by the political "leaders" in this country has been a disgrace and a crime. I do not want to be influenced by them in any direction concerning my health care. It seems to me that people with diabetes, or suffering from obesity, and men over 50 and women over 60 have mostly had good reasons to get vaccinated. The rest of us? Hmmm . . . That depends. Even Dr. Eric Topol, probably the most pro-vaccination person I've heard speaking out, has called what we're doing overly "vaccine-centric." Um, YEAH. I found out from watching one of his interviews that Germany and Netherlands can get at-home COVID test kits for free, and routinely test themselves. Wow, just wow. Anyway, it is too easy to be revolted, and decide once and for all not to get vaccinated. That is letting Fauci et al. have far too much influence over your life. Tune. Them. Out.
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  8.  @RobinMarks1313  I don't disbelieve you. At the start of this spring, I was regularly reading European sources on the vaccine, and looking carefully at what they were doing. I can say it has been interesting. France got too politicized, so speaking French ceased to help much. I looked to countries with the highest vaccination rates and at countries with longer life expectancy and better infant mortality and childhood health statistics than the US. For example, Israel told the truth about the myocarditis and endocarditis risk when the CDC was still talking about the correlation likely being a mere fluke. So, now I check Haaretz. UK was allowing longer gaps between the first and second Astra-Zeneca vaccines than originally recommended, with no apparent downside. Some people believe this has increased their effectiveness. Switzerland's health ministry stated that anyone who had had a proven case of COVID (specifying how it needs to have been proven) was fully vaccinated after ONE dose of an mRNA vaccine, and in its seven reasons why everyone eligible should get vaccinated, they omit any mention of stopping new variants from arising, because that is too conjectural to impose on its citizens. Different picture, huh? As for our "breakthrough" infection rate, at what point is it a breakthrough, as opposed to a failed vaccine? Anyway, I am keeping an open mind, and remaining optimistic about having a good vaccine. I don't know that we do yet. Yet if I were 70 years old and obese, I promise you I would have been first in line.
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  9.  @RobinMarks1313  Oh, another interesting fact: BMJ (British) ran a peer-reviewed study that showed that vegans, vegetarians, and vegetarians-plus-fish all had a substantially lower risk of severe COVID and death. DW (German) picked up the story right away. Our press did not touch it.
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  10.  @RobinMarks1313  I hate fear mongering. I hate manipulation. I have to be careful not to let the fear mongers influence me against the vaccine. Just because they cannot or will not give me good reasons to be vaccinated does not mean there are no good reasons. BTW, the WORST people I know are pushing vaccination. I do not want that to sway me against it. That is not evidence of anything either way.
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  11.  @RobinMarks1313  Well, but that is where I am skeptical of the claim that EVERYONE is using corrupted data. That is not categorically impossible, true, but it ultimately makes little sense. Then the data relied upon by the strongest vaccine critics may not stand up to scrutiny, either. Radical skepticism gives no guidance. Those who reject all vaccines now and in the near future might turn out to be guessing right, but it is still a guess. Is China telling the truth about its low rate of COVID? If so, how did they achieve it? What can we learn from them? Is Russia being candid about Sputnik V risks? If Sputnik V does not have the blood clot issue that J & J and Astra-Zeneca have, is it the best vaccine of all so far? Questions I'd love to have answered.
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