"In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it ... And what was terrifying was not that they would kill you for thinking otherwise, but that they might be right. For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is unchangeable? If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable…what then?" George Orwell, 1984
Don't judge.....I have never watched Star Trek.....I think I would appreciate it...especially now....great clip...thank you!!!! Was I supposed to cry through it? Well, I did....
I think what they are neglecting is that a large fraction of the population in South Africa (and the US as well) has already had one one of the previous omicron strains and thus has some level of natural immunity against these new sub-variants. This will likely prevent them from spreading very rapidly, and from causing much in the way actual disease.
Perhaps someone can enlighten me on the math. After two years of a highly infectious virus only 6% of the population was considered a 'case'? I don't see the numbers rising exponentially as we are told they would in an epidemic/pandemic. Perhaps we are ignoring other causes of disease by simply blaming it on a virus which has not been proven to exist. If it has been proven, please cite the paper. The paper must cite the full intact genome sourced from a sick human being, not assembled in a sequencing computer program.
"In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it ... And what was terrifying was not that they would kill you for thinking otherwise, but that they might be right. For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is unchangeable? If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable…what then?" George Orwell, 1984
"There are FOUR Lights!"
Jean-Luc Picard is just a more compelling character than Winston Smith, even when in a script lifted almost bodily from "1984".
https://youtu.be/jk3EsXgXcyQ
(Okay, in reality I just go for any excuse to drag in a Star Trek reference!)
Don't judge.....I have never watched Star Trek.....I think I would appreciate it...especially now....great clip...thank you!!!! Was I supposed to cry through it? Well, I did....
I think what they are neglecting is that a large fraction of the population in South Africa (and the US as well) has already had one one of the previous omicron strains and thus has some level of natural immunity against these new sub-variants. This will likely prevent them from spreading very rapidly, and from causing much in the way actual disease.
Haven't you heard? Natural immunity requires CDC approval now.
Perhaps someone can enlighten me on the math. After two years of a highly infectious virus only 6% of the population was considered a 'case'? I don't see the numbers rising exponentially as we are told they would in an epidemic/pandemic. Perhaps we are ignoring other causes of disease by simply blaming it on a virus which has not been proven to exist. If it has been proven, please cite the paper. The paper must cite the full intact genome sourced from a sick human being, not assembled in a sequencing computer program.
He who can figure out CDC/FDA/WHO math on cases will have an honorary PhD in imaginary numbers waiting for him, I'm sure.