So, I’m watching the show Based on a True Story. The show focuses on podcasting and true crime heavily. The second season features a storyline in which people who are connected to the medical field (nurses, doctors, journalists covering medical malpractice, etc.) being hunted by a serial killer.

One of the victims is an actor who is supposed to be portraying Dr Fauci on a TV show. The scene where they are discovered involves not only a sign on a door that says “Dr Fauci” but inside features pictures of the actual Dr Fauci on the walls.

During lockdowns and other mandates, I can’t really see this going over very well. People were very into the idea of Fauci. There were people getting tattoos of him and naming children after him.

But now we’re seeing this type of stuff? Seems like it is a potential shift in attitude.

From X:

CDC just published its 2025 vaccine schedules. We have now gone from 7 routine vaccine injections in 1986 to over 200 routine vaccine injections in 2025.

In 1986, before vaccine makers had broad immunity to liability for injuries, CDC's schedule had 7 routine childhood injections and none for adults or pregnant women.

CDC's 2025 schedule has 5 routine injections during pregnancy, over 70 routine childhood injections (birth to age 18), and over 130 routine adult injections (up to age 79). Counting non-routine injections, there are even more.

Here is an image comparing injections up to only 1 year of age between 1986 and 2024 (updated chart for 2025 and tweets about each of these vaccines to follow...):

1983 schedule: https://cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/imz-schedules/images/schedule1983s.jpg

1986 law: https://congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/house-bill/5546; https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/562/223/

2025 childhood schedule: https://cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/imz-schedules/downloads/child/0-18yrs-child-combined-schedule.pdf

2025 adult schedule: https://cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/imz-schedules/downloads/adult/adult-combined-schedule.pdf

2025 pregnancy schedule: https://cdc.gov/vaccines-pregnancy/hcp/vaccination-guidelines/index.html

I’ve noted in publications such as the BMJ that it looks like what we’re learning about myocarditis alone, combined with UK government data, means that the risks of COVID-19 outweighs the benefits in the young and healthy. Then this was pretty much confirmed with a huge UK study indicating that the jabs didn’t seem to save any British children’s lives, but sure did cause a bunch of problems like myocarditis. Now, an American pre-print study seems to find the same in the US... Read about it here.

From X:

Great news. CDC folds on its X censorship rules. Our lawsuit, supported by @icandecide , not only resulted in CDC unblocking people across X, it has now also resulted in CDC changing its rules to no longer block users for claimed “misleading or false information."

Fixed for X and soon to be fixed everywhere else CDC censors. Enjoy your last days of censoring the public...

Old: https://web.archive.org/web/20240224024621/https://www.cdc.gov/other/public-comments.html

New:

https://cdc.gov/other/public-comments.html

I'm from Ireland.

I read so often in threads here from Americans in particular who talk about MAGA voters friends and co workers dying in droves from COVID. Whatever about friends, co workers implies reasonably healthy people under 65. I literally don't know of anyone in Ireland under 80 and in good health - i.e. not dying from cancer or chronic heart disease etc - who died from COVID. I know lots of people who got it pre vaccine, including myself.

Was it really different in the US - were say 40 and 50 year olds dying in droves from COVID ?

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced Dave Weldon, a former congressman and a medical doctor, as his choice for director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a sweeping agency with a $17.3 billion budget used as a public health model around the world.

Statement of Rep. Dave Weldon, M.D. (Fl-15) Introduction of The Vaccine Safety and Public Confidence Assurance Act of 2007 April 19, 2007

Federal agencies charged with overseeing vaccine safety research have failed. They have failed to provide sufficient resources for vaccine safety research. They have failed to adequately fund extramural research. And, they have failed to free themselves from conflicts of interest that serve to undermine public confidence in the safety of vaccines.

The American public deserves better and increasingly parents and the public at large are demanding better.

I’m a physician. I understand the importance of immunizations in protection children and the public at large from infectious disease. As a society we benefit from vaccines and as such it is important that we guard carefully vaccine safety research to ensure its objectivity.

When I first began working on this issue about seven years ago, I was shocked at the dearth of resources dedicated to vaccine safety research. The federal government dedicates far more resources to promoting the immunizations than in safety evaluations. And most of that promotion is coordinated by the CDC. Most vaccine safety resources which are predominantly administered by the CDC are dedicated to considering short-term, or acute adverse reactions, while very few resources are dedicated to considering potential longer-term or chronic adverse reactions.

Hello everyone!

Are you interested in sharing your views on COVID-19, vaccination, and politics?

I'm conducting a study from Liverpool Hope University to explore the connection between vaccine hesitancy and political ideologies in the UK. Your insights could help us understand these important issues better!

 What's Involved?
• A brief 20-30 minute online interview
• Topics: Democracy, UK Healthcare, Immigration, and more

I'm specifically looking for UK-based individuals who are hesitant about the COVID-19 vaccine to share their thoughts but the study is open to whoever wishes to participate. Whether it's concerns about safety, trust in the government, or general uncertainty, your voice matters. This is a completely anonymous and safe space to express your views without judgment.

Your participation is voluntary and valuable. If you're interested, please comment below or message me directly! This research has received ethical approval from Liverpool Hope University. I can provide more details on the ethical considerations, but if you have any concerns, I understand, and you are under no pressure to participate.

Thank you for considering this opportunity to contribute to our understanding of vaccine hesitancy and political views in the UK!

https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/sf-fatal-overdoses-decline-19932667.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)

Here's a recent essay I wrote for Perspective magazine, an intelligent alt-centrist UK publication. The editor discovered me through my other Covid essays and I'm now on her roster. She asked me to contribute this piece to the publication's freedom-themed issue.

Unfortunately the title and first couple of paragraphs are cut off in the unpaywalled version -- nothing I could do to fix it.

https://archive.ph/wZD3R