In response to your question posed near the end, to my mind a likely scenario (which might explain some of the mismatch between the apparent results and “real world” experience) is this:
Sore throat, fever etc (ie “symptoms”) represent a normal immune response to infection.
The injections interfere with the immune response, either generally or specifically in relation to the defence mounted to coronaviruses, to which most would have had some degree of immune memory through previous encounters with other coronaviruses.
So: aberrant immune response -> symptom reduction -> less likely to report -> less likely to test.
Hence it’s possible that at least some of the apparent reduction in infections if defined by (symptoms + PCR) from the injections is essentially illusory as it’s based on a faulty assumption that a reduction in the ordinary symptoms of infection is desirable, clinically relevant, and generalisable to a reduction in more severe symptoms.
One of the many crimes in the assessment of these products was the extrapolation of such clinically irrelevant observations to an assumption that they would prevent infection, transmission and protect against severe disease.
Of course, symptom reduction without viral load reduction (which the above would result in) would create a mass of people who were still infected but with reduced symptoms. This would interfere with evolved behaviour pattern by which sick people stay in bed, lounge around at home, and otherwise avoid other people.
This is consistent with the real world failure of these injections and may also explain (partially at least) why each campaign seemed to induce new waves of infections.
Btw the above would (in my opinion) only contribute partially to the problems with these trials.
I’m not at all diminishing the importance of the various statistical “sieves” applied disproportionately to the 2 groups using inadequate blinding (aka “cheating”).
Thanks a lot for your detailed feedback ; I'll have to reread that with a fresher brain post-nap.
Agreed on the fact this is just a partial issue. Aside for a new fraudulent pattern at site scale (we hadn't anomalies on these 4 so far), it mainly provides further evidence of a known fact ; re "inadequate blinding" (beautiful formula).
But "small issues" compared to the Bait & Switch mentioned - and its consequences, or 301 subjects unaccounted for, or.. I'm losing count in the traces of frauds we have here.
>>symptom reduction without viral load reduction (which the above would result in) would create a mass of people who were still infected but with reduced symptoms. This would interfere with evolved behaviour pattern by which sick people stay in bed, lounge around at home, and otherwise avoid other people.
At that point I was 3 days into what turned out to be a 2 week episode of symptomless [more properly, single-symptom] illness, the only symptom being thick, discolored mucus.
Relevant background: unvaxxed boomer, retired and mostly stay-at-home; have never had a flu shot, NOR the flu; several past experiences of bronchitis from bacterial infection, successfully treated with antibiotics [last episode April 2011]. Have not had “covid” nor have I been PCR tested. Have been in ongoing close proximity to a vaxxed person who has had full-blown symptomatic “covid” twice since Moderna vaxx; I did not “catch it” either time.
Every time I have had bacterial-onset bronchitis, it began with a sore throat [and progressed to fever / chills]. But this time there was none of that, or any other symptoms:
“In addition, the color of my mucus got beyond yellow for quite some time, but I have not felt ill at all. I have had literally no other symptoms. In fact, at first I assumed it was just late-onset seasonal allergic rhinitis due to the abnormally-warm weather here, and only knew it wasn’t because of the viscosity and color of the mucus [note that the mucus color is now returning to normal].”
After writing that, unfortunately the mucus continued for 13 more days. Each day was the same routine - cough-up a discolored plug at daybreak…mucus declines in quantity and color during the day; much better by bedtime. Next day, repeat.
The interwebs suggest, “if symptoms persist for 2 weeks, seek professional help.” I had no intention of visiting a sickcare facility, so my home treatments were my only intervention [described in my post]. Unfortunately, I can’t assess whether my self-care helped, or if whatever-it-was just ran its course. Two weeks is a long time to be not-quite-sick for no apparent reason [the few people I was in contact with reported no symptoms].
I suppose it’s the not-knowing that bothers me most. Having been sick in the past, I understand it and can deal. This experience can only be logged in the OTHER column.
Thanks for a great piece of work.
In response to your question posed near the end, to my mind a likely scenario (which might explain some of the mismatch between the apparent results and “real world” experience) is this:
Sore throat, fever etc (ie “symptoms”) represent a normal immune response to infection.
The injections interfere with the immune response, either generally or specifically in relation to the defence mounted to coronaviruses, to which most would have had some degree of immune memory through previous encounters with other coronaviruses.
So: aberrant immune response -> symptom reduction -> less likely to report -> less likely to test.
Hence it’s possible that at least some of the apparent reduction in infections if defined by (symptoms + PCR) from the injections is essentially illusory as it’s based on a faulty assumption that a reduction in the ordinary symptoms of infection is desirable, clinically relevant, and generalisable to a reduction in more severe symptoms.
One of the many crimes in the assessment of these products was the extrapolation of such clinically irrelevant observations to an assumption that they would prevent infection, transmission and protect against severe disease.
Of course, symptom reduction without viral load reduction (which the above would result in) would create a mass of people who were still infected but with reduced symptoms. This would interfere with evolved behaviour pattern by which sick people stay in bed, lounge around at home, and otherwise avoid other people.
This is consistent with the real world failure of these injections and may also explain (partially at least) why each campaign seemed to induce new waves of infections.
Btw the above would (in my opinion) only contribute partially to the problems with these trials.
I’m not at all diminishing the importance of the various statistical “sieves” applied disproportionately to the 2 groups using inadequate blinding (aka “cheating”).
Thanks a lot for your detailed feedback ; I'll have to reread that with a fresher brain post-nap.
Agreed on the fact this is just a partial issue. Aside for a new fraudulent pattern at site scale (we hadn't anomalies on these 4 so far), it mainly provides further evidence of a known fact ; re "inadequate blinding" (beautiful formula).
But "small issues" compared to the Bait & Switch mentioned - and its consequences, or 301 subjects unaccounted for, or.. I'm losing count in the traces of frauds we have here.
>>symptom reduction without viral load reduction (which the above would result in) would create a mass of people who were still infected but with reduced symptoms. This would interfere with evolved behaviour pattern by which sick people stay in bed, lounge around at home, and otherwise avoid other people.
Perhaps my recent experience of “illness” can add to the conversation. On 10/7 I posted this update: https://cheapthoughts.substack.com/p/update-on-72-hour-detox-fast-and
At that point I was 3 days into what turned out to be a 2 week episode of symptomless [more properly, single-symptom] illness, the only symptom being thick, discolored mucus.
Relevant background: unvaxxed boomer, retired and mostly stay-at-home; have never had a flu shot, NOR the flu; several past experiences of bronchitis from bacterial infection, successfully treated with antibiotics [last episode April 2011]. Have not had “covid” nor have I been PCR tested. Have been in ongoing close proximity to a vaxxed person who has had full-blown symptomatic “covid” twice since Moderna vaxx; I did not “catch it” either time.
Every time I have had bacterial-onset bronchitis, it began with a sore throat [and progressed to fever / chills]. But this time there was none of that, or any other symptoms:
“In addition, the color of my mucus got beyond yellow for quite some time, but I have not felt ill at all. I have had literally no other symptoms. In fact, at first I assumed it was just late-onset seasonal allergic rhinitis due to the abnormally-warm weather here, and only knew it wasn’t because of the viscosity and color of the mucus [note that the mucus color is now returning to normal].”
After writing that, unfortunately the mucus continued for 13 more days. Each day was the same routine - cough-up a discolored plug at daybreak…mucus declines in quantity and color during the day; much better by bedtime. Next day, repeat.
The interwebs suggest, “if symptoms persist for 2 weeks, seek professional help.” I had no intention of visiting a sickcare facility, so my home treatments were my only intervention [described in my post]. Unfortunately, I can’t assess whether my self-care helped, or if whatever-it-was just ran its course. Two weeks is a long time to be not-quite-sick for no apparent reason [the few people I was in contact with reported no symptoms].
I suppose it’s the not-knowing that bothers me most. Having been sick in the past, I understand it and can deal. This experience can only be logged in the OTHER column.
Excellent work as always. Your ability to see over the hill is greatly appreciated. A true scholar and scientist.
Excellent
Great job, brother.
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Pfuck Pfizer!
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