On 10 Nov 2024, Mike Powell said the following...
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 MP> But how many were truly credible?  A lot of those that "came forward"
 MP> were slinging at least as much BS as the Democrats were.
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 MP> I will say this... the Democrats, early on, slung a lot of BS about it
 MP> not being anything to worry about (see Pelosi and NY politicians when it
 MP> came to wanting tourist to visit their Chinatowns for Chinese New Year)
 MP> and, later, slung a lot of BS about the shot being bogus (see Harris)
 MP> which ultimately lead to a lot of minorities not trusting or getting the
 MP> shot once they were available.
 MP> 
 MP> I bring those two examples up because, in both cases, they did a 180 on
 MP> their stances and lied about having them to begin with.
 MP> 

Sir... That's what science is.  All major theses are challenged.  You will present your paper/ideas in front of your peers to be challenged on them. Some of these ideas can be published so that the world can do the same... critique your findings.

Papers are written in a specific was to show the reader why you came to the conclusion you did and giving them enough information so that they can replicate your findings, accept or reject your claims.

This is science... You don't point your finger and say a bunch of BS... you talk and have open discussion and debate the facts.

I think the system did itself a great disservice by stopping open discussion.

It could be decades before this is fixed.

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 MP> You didn't say it, but others have been floating his name as a
 MP> replacement Surgeon General -- a position he has no business being in --
 MP> so I was not sure why you threw his name out there.  If that isn't what
 MP> you meant, that is good.  I would like to see politicians not getting
 MP> rich by aiding the pharma companies.
 MP> 

I didn't hear that... Surgeon General thing... Health Secretary or something like that.

RFK Jr's interest in this, I read somewhere, is a vaccine he took at one point in his life... It gave him the voice he has today.

If we can un-politicize these agencies would advance their cases.

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