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    Quote Originally Posted by the_idiotb_stardson View Post
    Any comment on this breaking story John?

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...rm-contracted/


    Any one else care to comment?

    Any one want to loan my tin foil hat?
    Not surprised he has shares given his time working there, I can't read article but I assume in GSK?

    I don't think we'll end up using the GSK vaccine in the UK, potential conflict but not a big one.

    The key thing to consider is, are other countries that aren't advised by Vallance pursuing the same policy of targeting a vaccine? The answer is a resounding yes. How does your tinfoil hat explain that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by John2 View Post
    Not surprised he has shares given his time working there, I can't read article but I assume in GSK?

    I don't think we'll end up using the GSK vaccine in the UK, potential conflict but not a big one.

    The key thing to consider is, are other countries that aren't advised by Vallance pursuing the same policy of targeting a vaccine? The answer is a resounding yes. How does your tinfoil hat explain that?
    Ha ha you are an ostrich.

    At what point John would you realise your house was being burgled?

    Would you still think the people who had gagged and bound you to a chair and where emptying the family silver into a bag were taking it away to be cleaned?
    Last edited by the_idiotb_stardson; 25-09-2020 at 07:27 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by the_idiotb_stardson View Post
    Ha ha you are an ostrich.

    At what point John would you realise your house was being burgled?

    Would you still think the people who had gagged and bound you to a chair and where emptying the family silver into a bag were taking it away to be cleaned?
    This is not an answer, it is just more conspiratorial garbage to avoid answering the actual question... how do you explain all these other countries adopting the same strategy?

    I know people who worked on the front line, I know someone who has been in intensive care with the virus, I know someone suffering from long covid. Are they making these experiences up?

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    Quote Originally Posted by John2 View Post
    This is not an answer, it is just more conspiratorial garbage to avoid answering the actual question... how do you explain all these other countries adopting the same strategy?

    I know people who worked on the front line, I know someone who has been in intensive care with the virus, I know someone suffering from long covid. Are they making these experiences up?
    But you didn't answer my question.

    There is a virus, never denied that.

    It is nasty , never denied that (see my countless other posts outlining this).

    The scandal is in the exaggeration of the statistics.

    I also know 2 people suffering from covid. i know a lot lot more suffering from anxiety due to lockdown and the fear mongering and others who have missed crucial hospital treatment.


    What about the nurses who have been sacked for saying their hospitals were empty?

    I happen to know a person who was pressured by to accept covid on a death certificate even though it wasn't the cause of death in order to not have to wait a long time for a burial.

    An other, a lifelong asthmatic, went in for treatment and was told later they had been treated for covid even though they had a 14 previous hospital visits with the same asthmatic condition.


    Are we saying your anecdotal evidence is more reliable than mine?


    Your rational approach, and your detailed analysis is excellent but always stops at who is making money from this? Who is funding the media that promotes these scares?

    Surely financial gain and the pursuit of power is a variable that has to be included?

    How can we trust what Vallance says when potentially a vaccination produced by GSK would make him a millionaire?


    Do you think Faucci is squeaky clean John?

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    Quote Originally Posted by the_idiotb_stardson View Post
    The scandal is in the exaggeration of the statistics.
    No, it's not. I read the same statistics as you, I know on paper it doesn't seem "that bad", low death rate compared to what it could be, seasonal flu kills more etc.

    The thing I understand which you seem to be missing is exponential growth.

    The numbers don't look that bad because we've taken steps to prevent this from occuring. The rate that the numbers were growing were astronomical and without intervention would have completely overwhelmed the NHS.

    Quote Originally Posted by the_idiotb_stardson View Post
    What about the nurses who have been sacked for saying their hospitals were empty?
    What about them?

    Quote Originally Posted by the_idiotb_stardson View Post
    I happen to know a person who was pressured by to accept covid on a death certificate even though it wasn't the cause of death in order to not have to wait a long time for a burial.
    I'm sure there is more to this, but even if not, it still doesn't really prove a conspiracy. Who benefits from this?

    Quote Originally Posted by the_idiotb_stardson View Post
    Are we saying your anecdotal evidence is more reliable than mine?
    I'm saying your anecdotal evidence doesn't really demonstrate a big conspiracy, which is the point of contention.

    Quote Originally Posted by the_idiotb_stardson View Post
    Your rational approach, and your detailed analysis is excellent but always stops at who is making money from this? Who is funding the media that promotes these scares?
    The media is funded by people who buy it. Newspapers are incentivised to sensationalise.

    I don't really consume much mainstream media, or headlines, but there is overwhelming global consensus in all countries, allies and enemies alike, with a free press, or an authoritarian regime, that this thing is serious.

    Valance may well profit from his shares in GSK. But that's a simple conflict of interest, it doesn't really undermine his position which is in line with ALL OTHER COUNTRIES.

    What does Iran have to gain financially?

    Quote Originally Posted by the_idiotb_stardson View Post
    Surely financial gain and the pursuit of power is a variable that has to be included?
    If you're looking for a conspiracy, this is an excellent motivation. However the number of people who would profit from this is so tiny, and the number of people who lose out is so huge, that your theory makes no sense. It's as daft as people who believe the earth is flat and NASA is funded to trick everyone. Nobody seems to be able to justify the immense cost of this pointless exercise.

    It is unlikely the drug companies will make much money from the vaccine, a number of them have pledged to not make a profit at all.

    If you think there is a big conspiracy, you've got to give more detail, what are you suggesting has been done, and who exactly do you think is benefitting? And why hasn't everyone else managed to recognise what is happening and stop it? Why do only the tinfoil hat wearers who believe everything they read on social media and youtube believe it, but medical experts remain unconvinced?

    There are reasonable disagreements about the extent of what controls should be implemented, but that's not what seems to be your big concern. Do you think the government wants to close pubs at 10pm? Do you think they want to keep subsidising billions in wages? Do you think these decisions are taken lightly?

    You're trying to be open minded, but you're being so open minded your brain has fallen out and you're seeing things which aren't there.

    Quote Originally Posted by the_idiotb_stardson View Post
    Do you think Faucci is squeaky clean John?
    It's of no relevance to me, he is not a source of information I pay much attention to, but he seems fairly credible.

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