Comments by "Darlene" (@darlene2709) on "The New York Times" channel.

  1. No one gets COVID-19 from being vaccinated.
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  2. One by one, anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. Vaccines are the reason that you don't know anyone who has had smallpox or polio.
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  3. Indeed. Everyone should ask their own doctor about the vaccines. Facebook is for catching up with high school friends.
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  4. One by one, anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. "A conservative radio host from Florida who criticised coronavirus vaccination efforts – and called himself “Mr Anti-Vax” – before contracting Covid-19 himself has died, his station said on Saturday. It’s with great sadness that WNDB and Southern Stone Communications announce the passing of Marc Bernier, who informed and entertained listeners on WNDB for over 30 years. We kindly ask that privacy is given to Marc’s family during this time of grief.” When Bernier was hospitalised with Covid-19, three weeks ago, WNDB operations manager Mark McKinney told local media: “If you’ve listened to his show, you’ve heard him talk about how anti-vaccine he is on the air.” From The Guardian
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  5. One by one, anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering from the natural consequences of COVID-19.
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  6. No one has natural immunity to COVID-19. It's literally in the name: novel coronavirus.
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  7. Google search natural immunity vs vaccine immunity. Natural infection only exposes the body to the virus in the respiratory tract (unless the illness is very severe), while the vaccine is delivered to muscle, where the immune system may have an even better chance of seeing it and responding vigorously.
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  8. It's good to read past the headline. CLAIM: The newest Israeli data on COVID-19 infections indicate a complete vaccine failure on every level. The data from Israel shows that nearly all serious cases and deaths are among the vaccinated. THE FACTS: Israel was one of the first countries to vaccinate a huge swath of its population against COVID-19. Health officials around the world have been watching to see how the country fares against COVID-19 variants and how effective the Pfizer vaccine works at protecting the population. Misleading posts on social media are now twisting data from Israel to falsely claim the country’s vaccination program is a failure due to the number of breakthrough cases of COVID-19 among the vaccinated. Medical professionals say Israel’s vaccine program is making remarkable progress against the virus. “The vaccination campaign was hugely effective,” Dr. William A Petri, professor of infectious diseases at the University of Virginia, said of Israel’s efforts. “It’s really extraordinary how well these vaccines work.” Experts say the country’s high vaccination rates are keeping case numbers down and reducing hospitalization and deaths even as the delta variant is provoking an uptick in infections. Data from Johns Hopkins University shows Israel documented 1,118 new cases on July 21 -- which is less than a tenth of the 11,934 new cases the country had at its peak on Jan. 27, before vaccines were widespread. “It doesn’t mean vaccines don’t work,” Dr. Robert Cyril Bollinger, Johns Hopkins University professor of infectious diseases, said about Israel’s data. “They have very low rates after vaccination versus where they were before vaccination.” The vast majority of the new cases in the past month have shown only mild symptoms, but at least 73 people have had serious cases of COVID-19, the Associated Press reported. That is well below the more than 1,000 serious cases treated each day at the height of the pandemic, but up from 19 in mid-June. Since the start of the pandemic, experts have pointed out that vaccines are not 100% effective. In a July 5 statement, Israel’s Ministry of Health addressed the effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine in light of the spreading delta variant and said, “the vaccine maintains an effectiveness rate of about 93% in preventing serious illness and hospitalization cases.” AP News July 22, 2021
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  9. "A conservative radio host from Florida who criticised coronavirus vaccination efforts – and called himself “Mr Anti-Vax” – before contracting Covid-19 himself has died, his station said on Saturday. It’s with great sadness that WNDB and Southern Stone Communications announce the passing of Marc Bernier, who informed and entertained listeners on WNDB for over 30 years. We kindly ask that privacy is given to Marc’s family during this time of grief.” When Bernier was hospitalised with Covid-19, three weeks ago, WNDB operations manager Mark McKinney told local media: “If you’ve listened to his show, you’ve heard him talk about how anti-vaccine he is on the air.” From The Guardian
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  10. One by one, anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19. See Caleb Wallace for an example.
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  11. It's too bad that we can't hold the anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers responsible for all the trouble they have caused.
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  12. Food inspectors ensure that the food you eat is safe. E.coli anyone?
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  13. Please let us know when it becomes possible to sneeze on anyone and cause an abortion. We have freedom of religion and freedom from religion.
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  14. 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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  15. You could ask Caleb Wallace how well the alternative treatments worked for him except he has since died from COVID-19.
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  16. Health Canada has approved the vaccines. They are not experimental.
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  17. One by one, anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are suffering the natural consequences of COVID-19.
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  18. You should ask Caleb Wallace about the alternative treatments. He has since died. "In July 2020, Caleb Wallace reportedly helped organize a “freedom rally” that billed itself as a protest against the “government being in control of our lives.” He also founded the San Angelo Freedom Defenders, which hosted a separate rally last year to “end COVID tyranny.” In a video from one of the group’s events featuring Wallace and another organizer, attendees had signs saying “all jobs are essential” and “open Texas.” He wrote a letter in April to the San Angelo Independent School District that was published by a local news outlet. In it, he demanded that the school district “rescind ALL COVID-related policies immediately” and falsely claimed that wearing masks had harmful effects on children and that there was “little evidence that masks worked for anyone." When he first felt symptoms on July 26, his wife told the Standard-Times, he refused to get tested or seek medical care. He instead began treating himself with a cocktail of Vitamin C, zinc, aspirin and ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug that has been falsely promoted as an effective treatment for COVID-19 by conservative media. He was taken to the hospital on July 30." Read the full article on Yahoo News
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  19. "A recent report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) notes that 65% of anti-vaccine content shared on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter is attributable to a dozen people. This Disinformation Dozen includes well-known anti-vaccination activists such as Joe Mercola and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, as well as influencers like Rizza Islam and Kevin Jenkins who deliver anti-vaccine falsehoods to the African-American population. Social media platforms fail to act on 95% of the COVID- and vaccine-related misinformation reported to them, according to an earlier report by the CCDH." America's Frontline Doctors is an American right-wing political organization known for spreading misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic.
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  20. We have freedom of religion and freedom from religion. Your book of myths has no business interfering with health care.
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  21. "A conservative radio host from Florida who criticised coronavirus vaccination efforts – and called himself “Mr Anti-Vax” – before contracting Covid-19 himself has died, his station said on Saturday. It’s with great sadness that WNDB and Southern Stone Communications announce the passing of Marc Bernier, who informed and entertained listeners on WNDB for over 30 years. We kindly ask that privacy is given to Marc’s family during this time of grief.” When Bernier was hospitalised with Covid-19, three weeks ago, WNDB operations manager Mark McKinney told local media: “If you’ve listened to his show, you’ve heard him talk about how anti-vaccine he is on the air.” From The Guardian
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