What's Behind Vaccine Hysteria?
American Thinker,
by
Sally Zelikovsky
Original Article
Posted By: Magnante,
5/7/2021 4:05:21 AM
If you are reluctant to get the COVID vaccine and beginning to feel overrun by forces pressuring you to get vaccinated, you aren’t alone and you aren’t crazy. There’s a reason you feel the way you do. You are being manipulated.
We are being bombarded with commercials pushing us to be socially responsible. Medical professionals, celebrities, and folks in our communities admonish us not to shirk our civic duty. Suddenly, the vaccine is the only way to normalcy.
Friends and family openly brag about their vaccinations and gasp in astonishment when they find out you haven’t decided or, worse, that you will not get it.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Rather Read 5/7/2021 4:26:25 AM (No. 777689)
My children are in robust health. One of them got the covid and had a day of feeling slightly uncomfortable. Neither one of them wants to get the vaccine. They are not anti-vaxxers, they vaccinated their children, but they feel no need to get this vaccine themselves.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 5/7/2021 5:07:28 AM (No. 777699)
This is what the democrats do best. Please notice that Trump only once said to get the vaccine and after that he has been silent. In PA the governor is threatening everyone that the mask mandate will only be lifted if 70% of the people are vaccinated. We told this clown to shove it and the hell with the masks.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
chumley 5/7/2021 5:27:46 AM (No. 777710)
The decision is easy for me despite all the pressure. I was born without the herding gene. We humans have an uncanny desire to do everything en masse, from eating to fighting to going to school to watching events. Nearly every activity is done as a group.
When I see everyone else doing something, I go the other way because it is probably stupid. I haven't been wrong yet.
Plus, a look at the most prominent pushers of this drug sets off alarm bells.
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If you're just now catching on that this whole thing was about control and not about health... You MAY be moron.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
judy 5/7/2021 5:33:34 AM (No. 777716)
Lockdowns... masks.... vaccines...next.......
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
franq 5/7/2021 5:51:39 AM (No. 777727)
Money and power. The air and food of politicians and business leaders.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
BirdsNest 5/7/2021 6:07:50 AM (No. 777735)
I heard on the radio that 75% of Virginians have been vaccinated. The governor says if things keep going good he can lift all restrictions June 15. WalMart is discounting displays of masks. What does that tell you?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
jalo1951 5/7/2021 6:22:47 AM (No. 777739)
Every store I have been in has discounted masks and sanitizer in every form. There was one recently that had certain sanitizers marked down 75%. Yes, they understand that for the most part this disaster is winding down but dems want to hold on for as long as they can. The only way to pull off "vaccine users can sit here" and "non-vaccine users can sit there" is with a covid vaccine passport. They say no but their eyes say yes, yes, yes. How else can they pull it off?
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#3 I too was born without the herding gene. I never wanted to wear the same top as five of my friends in 6th grade. The majority of my friends rushed to get their RNA modification.
"Everyone else is doing it. I don’t want to be “that guy.”
I DO want to be "that guy". The one who is still healthy enough to help the rest of you as your health declines.
We are in the carrot phase of the coercion, but trust me, the stick is coming.
If you are still on the fence, ask yourself how much respect you have for those pushing hard to get your cooperation? Hollywood, democrats, doctors
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
NancyD 5/7/2021 6:54:23 AM (No. 777753)
If the vaccine worked, why do they still need to wear masks? Michigan Governor announced tiers to opening. If X amount gets vaxed this will happen, if Y amount gets vaxed this will happen and if Z amount gets vaxed THIS will happen. Pure Bribery and designed to put pressure on those who haven't gotten vaxed. I may have had the Wuhan and I'm not going to get the vax.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
philsner 5/7/2021 6:59:11 AM (No. 777756)
Why do they insist on labelling those who choose not to get the covid vaccine as "reluctant"? That implies that they are just undecided. I am anything but "reluctant". I'm not getting it because I don't need it. What about that is so hard to understand?
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Why are they pushing this so hard? Even my local newspaper.
When the Marxist liberals are so committed and passionate about something it makes me wonder.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
udanja99 5/7/2021 7:19:36 AM (No. 777772)
My response to anyone telling me that I should get it because everyone else is getting it is this - if everyone else were driving their cars off of cliffs, would you follow? And that analogy gives me a vision of lemmings crashing into the sea. That’s just what the left is - a bunch of lemmings.
I too am not “reluctant”. I am Hell No!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Red Jeep 5/7/2021 7:23:14 AM (No. 777775)
Maybe they want to substitute vaccinated ID cards in place of mask control, then creds will become microchips etc. Sounds crazy so that must be right.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Crosscut 5/7/2021 7:35:39 AM (No. 777779)
Biden wants to declare his victory over the virus by ;the 4th of July so that he can move on to making climate change BS his next big subject.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
GO3 5/7/2021 7:42:45 AM (No. 777786)
The term "anti-vaxxer" is ridiculous. I would be willing to put my shot record up against any of these fascists who use that term about me, and we'll see who the real anti-vaxxer is.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 5/7/2021 7:44:12 AM (No. 777788)
People have come to realize that the government and government experts lie and are not to be trusted.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Mofongo 5/7/2021 7:45:23 AM (No. 777791)
Am I the only one who is wondering whether there is a component in the vaccine that’s the real point of interest for world government - something that perhaps reduces the fight instinct or makes one more compliant? This massive campaign just doesn’t seem proportionate to a malady that is barely detectable in most of those who get it. Sorry, just thinking out loud.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
LadyHen 5/7/2021 8:17:10 AM (No. 777844)
I got Covid. Positive test, 3 weeks of active symptoms, months of long haul crap after. I also got the vaccine. I don't care if you get vaccinated. Covid and it's long haul side effects have been miserable. I followed my physician of 30 years advice not internet "doctors", conspiracy theorists, Hollywood, or Dr Fraudci.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 5/7/2021 8:27:54 AM (No. 777857)
Years ago, a doctor walked into the examining room with three syringes in his hand and said to me, "roll up your sleeve.." I told him I wouldn't until he told me what was in the syringes. He stepped back shocked, but did tell me what they were. I declined two, but told him I'd take the antibiotic shot. He asked me, "who's the doctor here???" I said, "You are, but it is my body, and that gives me veto power." I have not changed my mind. I've fired several doctors who can't accept that basic premise.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Zigrid 5/7/2021 8:32:30 AM (No. 777861)
Okay folks... there's a reason the push for vaccination is coming on so strong... first I always follow the money... the manufacturers have a vested interest in having the government pay for each shot....obama wants an open economy next year...so he can claim good employment numbers...he's still p___at President Trumps successful economy... if the country is shut down... that won't happen...and the 2022 election is coming around the corner...he's running scared....and when he's scared he smokes up and then he can't think or shoot baskets...
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
gone2pot 5/7/2021 8:33:41 AM (No. 777865)
Had the 'rona last year. Have the anti-bodies. Won't get the mRNA shot until after I'm dead. Have a nice day. For those who disagree, envision the end of Animal House and the words written on the car turned into a tank. Yeah, do that.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
JackBurton 5/7/2021 8:46:26 AM (No. 777879)
Do I need your vax? https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scottmorefield/2021/05/06/johns-hopkins-doctor-dismisses-walensky-fearmongering-most-of-the-country-is-at-herd-immunity-n2589086
If we're at 'herd immunity', maybe not.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
AltaD 5/7/2021 8:47:30 AM (No. 777880)
When the vaccines first became available I realized I would be among the last to be vaccinated, not by choice but due to the city's rules. They began with the elderly, medical professionals and a few other "essential" workers. Over the next few weeks/months they added various groups based on age, chronic illnesses, type of "essential" job, groups I didn't fit into. By that time vaccines were available for everyone, I had changed my mind and no longer wanted it. And the harder the p.r. campaign pushes for everyone to get vaccinated, the more determined I am to resist.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Redbone 5/7/2021 8:50:47 AM (No. 777883)
Now look, I've been getting vaccines my whole life. Polio, smallpox, tetanus, whooping cough, shingles. They have potentially saved me a lot of misery. I got the Moderna Covid vax, the second one made me sick for a day but the Covid can be really nasty, I'd very much prefer not to get it. This fall, for the first time, I think that I'll get a flu vax. I may be conservative but I'm not stupid.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Bluefindad 5/7/2021 9:01:13 AM (No. 777896)
I've known two people who've died during this pandemic. One died from the virus. The other died soon after getting his second vaccine injection. Does that make me want to inject material into my arm that causes my own cells to manufacture viral protein with no guarantee it will shut down just because a faucian said "Trust me!". I think not.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Paperpuncher 5/7/2021 9:18:22 AM (No. 777929)
At 70 years old my wife and I saw no reason not to take the vaccine so, we did. I had no side effects at all and she just felt a little off for a couple day after the second dose. If nothing else, we both feel we did the right thing and are much more comfortable around others. Most is all of our friends have been vaccinated. We now don’t worry about masks, shaking hands or a good hug. We only wear masks in places where required.
We do believe the masks are basically worthless and should not be required for children, those that have been vaccinated or have antibodies. I still froze time to time see a pajama boy driving down the freeway in a car by himself wearing two masks (moron).
The dem run states are basket cases. It is all about power to them. Glad we don’t live there.
Either way it is your body and is your choice. We made our choice and have no regrets.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Kate318 5/7/2021 9:36:37 AM (No. 777948)
Neither am I, #25, nor anyone one else who has done their homework on the vaccines, beyond what their doctor or the government/medical community has told them, and have come to the conclusion to decline.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
MickTurn 5/7/2021 9:43:21 AM (No. 777960)
18 Reasons I Won’t Be Getting a COVID Vaccine
https://magazine.whatfinger.com/view/?linkid=176310
The drug companies RUSHED through trials and now we have a set of "Vaccines" that have deadly side effects...and wait until your immune system later has major issues due to GENE modification...
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Jackie 5/7/2021 9:43:50 AM (No. 777961)
I argued with myself about getting the vaccine. I finally decided to go ahead. I'm 78 and my daughter and her family live several states away. I was afraid if I didn't the Socialist would not let me fly. That would end visits to see grandchildren. So.. I had one not so great day after the second one.. I am still very leery about the whole thing I do not trust the Gov or the evil experts at all. But at least I can see my family. Time will tell I guess. I do not blame anyone for not getting it though. More power to them.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
AlpineLace 5/7/2021 10:00:48 AM (No. 777977)
Most if not all of the commercials are set on the level of someone in kindergarten. Poorly written and executed.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Tusker 5/7/2021 10:27:21 AM (No. 778002)
Pilgrims: This is real simple: the ChiCom COVID is an ENGINEERED germ ware fare weapon.
The ChiComs released it for all the obvious reasons.
There are three versions: light, medium, and the best that kills you quickly.
Your choice. Roll the dice or fight the ChiComs and do your best, all you can, not to take the ChiCom bullet.
By the way, wonder why the ChiCom “leadership” hasn’t contracted their generated weapon and the world has?
Think on it.
Everything else on this thread is noise.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
mc squared 5/7/2021 10:40:21 AM (No. 778021)
#30, I'm 73 and not getting it. You didn't say you took it because you felt it necessary for your health ,but:
'I was afraid if I didn't the Socialist would not let me fly. That would end visits to see grandchildren' Still, it's your choice (for now)
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
NotaBene 5/7/2021 10:48:56 AM (No. 778032)
At the University of California to meet with other people all must be vaccinated. It is obligatory if you want to work.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
MDConservative 5/7/2021 10:52:52 AM (No. 778034)
FTA: "There’s something called ‘social norming.’ As much as we like to think that we make our own decisions, the truth is that one of the most motivating factors for humans is doing what we think everyone else is doing."
This is the basis for damn near anything/everything these days. The logic and truth behind things don't matter. It's what path is the herd following. The trick for merchandisers is to steer the herd, which is what pop culture "influencers" do these days. It's also good to create "heroes" whose examples are to be emulated. So, today is National Nurses Day...they're all pandemic heroes. Today you will undoubtedly see at least one nurse celebrated for her sacrifice and stress serving the COVIDS-infected. (BTW: May is Heroes Month. Maybe we will all get the Order of Biden medal, certified heroes of the United States - store checkers, teachers, truck drivers, etc.) Everyone is a hero who supports their efforts to keep you well, safe from COVIDS. Go ahead and argue with that. It's true in politics as well as selling soap powder. And if the herd moves and you're out of step, you'll hear about it in various ways.
The other trick is creating a "life changing experience" for you. You don't want grandma to die, do you? That would be terrible, and you'd feel terrible being the cause. Put on your mask and get vaxxed.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
Aubreyesque 5/7/2021 11:07:27 AM (No. 778059)
I thought #25 was intelligent until the last sentence. Now I’m not so sure. Karen’s strike me as highly emotional not logical.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
DVC 5/7/2021 11:19:08 AM (No. 778077)
There have been ZERO deaths under the age of 20 in my county of 600K+ people. Young people are not at risk from this. 80% of the deaths (which are fraudulently increased) are in the 70+ age group, 57% in the 80+ age group.
Total deaths (including the fraud) are slightly above 1 per 1,000. There has never been a successful mRNA vaccine developed prior to these new ones. In all animal testing done previously, all the lab animals died from massive autoimmune problems.
Only the Novavax uses any sort of a normal vaccine technology for their not-yet-approved vaccine. All others instruct your cells to manufacture virus spike proteins. Novavax follows the normal approach and is a externally created 'ball' of spike proteins which should trigger a normal immune response.
If I was worried about this virus, I might get the Novavax vaccine. I will NOT take any of the other ones, and at this point, I am not particularly worried about the virus.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
columba 5/7/2021 11:20:27 AM (No. 778079)
An old Democrat tool is to present ideas in a way that seems good. The demon behind the curtain is running the show, he needs o be put in prison. The Democrats and the dishonest media are not your friends and need to be blocked. Turn off the TV. Your life will open to new vistas within a month.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
darnright 5/7/2021 11:23:50 AM (No. 778081)
Well, here are my two cents worth. My wife and I are about 70 years old. We talked about this at length and decided to get the vaccine and we both got the Pfizer version. We know that anyone under 50 or 60 that gets covid will probably live through it just fine but would become very ill in the process. Above that age the chance of becoming extremely ill or even dying go way up. My gut tells told my, however, that if it was just Biden pushing this vaccine on us we would have probably skipped it because we do not trust his motives one iota. But it was Donald John Trump that brought this vaccine over the line for the American People not Biden. When President Trump suggested we get the vaccine we decided to do so because, say what you want, we trust that President Trump did not have other motives than just the well being of the American people in his heart. God Bless President Trump...
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
Citoyen 5/7/2021 11:43:05 AM (No. 778113)
I’m 69 years old and was very happy to get both shots. Sore arm for one day. I cannot understand the paranoia of those railing against the vaccine but oppose making the vaccine mandatory. I hope lawsuits are launched against companies and organizations who are forcing employees, students, etc to take the vaccine.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
formerNYer 5/7/2021 11:55:16 AM (No. 778137)
Mail in ballots - it the only way they democRATs can cheat enough. if the Wu-Flu is still going strong. You'll see the RATs and their socialist partners in the press push for more mass mail in ballots that have no accountability. Get vaccinated or be ready for more democRAT cheating.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
stablemoney 5/7/2021 11:56:52 AM (No. 778139)
I am not seeing any freedoms being restored to the vaccinated. A pop tart or a beer is not very compelling. I am not impressed with only 3,500 have died from getting the vaccine, only a small percentage we are told. I don't find that re-assuring. And who are telling me to get the shot? Nobody that has ever told me the truth before, or anyone that I respect. I intend to wait and see what happens. And if I get the shot, or no, it will be my decision, not somebody else's. The fact is I am not seeing any decisions being made in this country that I support, and those urging socialism and ruin, may be in control, but I will never agree to any of that. I think I will go my own way, alone if I have to.
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
DVC 5/7/2021 12:29:24 PM (No. 778191)
#18, or perhaps worse? How much do we trust these people?
Think closely on what is the common factor is in the extreme eco-leftists view of all "the world's problems".
They imagine a 'climate crisis' without real science. They imagine a 'pollution crisis', when in reality pollution is way down in the USA. They imagine that 'burning coal is harmful', when in reality pollution controls have nearly solved this entirely. They imagine that 'burning any petroleum is evil' when suicide is no longer possible by running out a tank of gas in a closed garage. They imagine that we are 'running out of farmland' when crop yields are at record highs. They imagine 'world overpopulation' when worldwide food shortages are at historic lows.
What single "fix" might they imagine as the solution to "all the world's problems"? Perhaps fewer people on planet Earth?
How would they work to accomplish that? Abortions. Lots and lots of birth control. Take over the Catholic Church, which does not support birth control and work on changing that policy. Lots of free birth control to third world countries. Lots of abortions in third world countries. Are any of these things happening? Why?
But these are all voluntary, and 'nibbling around the edges'. Perhaps more direct action is needed? What form would that take? Lots of interesting questions. I don't have all the answers.
Each person must think on all the available evidence and see what hypothesis best fits the facts that we know. Then perhaps we should predict future actions from 'the elites' which might prove or disprove any hypothesis.
Ultimately, how much do you trust "the elites" to have all of humanity's best interests at heart? How about your own personal or family best interests?
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
red1066 5/7/2021 2:31:19 PM (No. 778298)
The vaccine is a personal choice. I have friends that will not get it, and others that will. I had to get the vaccine because I work in a hospital, and travel by air on occasion. It's the mask wearing afterwards that bother me. Don't bother me with mask mandates indoors or out after I've gotten the vaccine.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
Violet 5/7/2021 2:31:29 PM (No. 778299)
The "follow the herd" mentality works both ways. Those who refuse to be vaccinated are just following a different herd than those who choose to be vaccinated. There is plenty of "information" to support both sides of the discussion. I chose to be vaccinated and have no regrets.
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
LadyHen 5/7/2021 3:27:36 PM (No. 778370)
You know folks death is not the only BAD result of Covid. A family member, a very healthy active middle aged guy who is never sick and is a sole breadwinner, is staring down a possible congestive heart failure diagnosis thanks to this Chinese made monstrous virus. More testing to come. Praying for him and his little family. His breathing has been compromised for months now even though he was never hospitalized and had only a moderate case. You do as you like but again, death isn't the only bad outcome and who knows what the long term health reprecussions for many of us long haulers will be.
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 5/7/2021 3:34:51 PM (No. 778375)
Apropos of absolutely nothing, I have not found for sale a mask nor a hand sanitizer that wasn't imported from Biden's best friend, China. The Grandmother of a friend makes very nice masks that her grandchild either sells and/or gives. I acquired a lovely one which acknowledges a prominent sports team. I am certain no part of that mask has been anywhere near China.
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Please everyone, STOP calling this a vaccine! It is NOT a vaccine!!!
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
harold2002 5/7/2021 8:02:57 PM (No. 778592)
I think we have all been criminally lied to. I doubt the existence of a "novel coronavirus (covid19)" for many reasons among which can be seen here:https://teapartyorg.ning.com/forum/virologists-find-no-covid-in-1500-positive-tests. Watch the video and believe what you wish. I think the future will out the criminals behind this fraud.
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
crashnburn 5/11/2021 7:12:30 PM (No. 782374)
I don’t think the Wuhan flu is the CCP’s endgame. It’s just the opening. Politically the “vaccine “ was necessary but who knows what other gene modification is hidden from us on it. It does make it harder for women to get and stay pregnant, for one thing that isn’t widely known. I’m not getting the shot(s), even though my wife and mother-in-law have. Other than being almost 67, I have no co-morbidities. I also take 2 elderberry gummies for zinc and 2 CoQ-10 capsules a day to help prevent it, plus get a daily walk in the sun.
There are a fair number of doctors raising warning flags about the “vaccines”. And, the chances of dying from the shot are greater than dying from the Wuhan flu!
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