Power-Hungry Politicians & A Submissive Populace Have Turned Our Rights Into Easily-Revoked Privileges

Time and time again, we’ve watched as a ‘return to normal’ is dangled in front of the populace, then pulled away the moment it’s about to take place.

I’ve written repeatedly about how those in power continuously move the goalposts, and clearly don’t actually want to give up their heightened level of control.

Whenever a new opportunity to spread fear comes up, politicians seize it immediately, ramp up the fear as much as they can, and then attempt to keep their expanded power in place regardless of the underlying reality.

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Multiple Logical Fallacies Elevate COVID Vaccines Over COVID Treatments

The key offender here is something called “relative risk.” If there’s a one in a million chance of something happening, that’s a minuscule absolute risk. If it goes up to two in a million, it’s still a minuscule absolute risk that you really won’t get bothered about. But that same difference can be presented as a 100% increase in risk or a doubling, which sounds really awful.

When it comes to COVID, the overall rate of death is in the tenths of a percent in the most vulnerable population. Headlines about Republicans killing off their voter base are simply scaremongering in the decimal points using relative instead of absolute risk. The real rate of death under age 50 for COVID is “indistinguishable from zero” according to the weekly British monitoring service.

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Fauci: Relatives should require each other to ‘show evidence that they are vaccinated’ to gather for holidays

Dr. Anthony Fauci advised that people require their own family members to show evidence of vaccination before gathering for the holidays.

Fauci explained the benefits of being vaccinated , despite many restrictions still applying to the vaccinated demographic.

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A constitutional cure for COVID-19

Covid, Covid, Covid. Variant, variant, variant. Trust me, I’m the government’s highest paid employee, and “I represent science.” Show your papers, wear a mask, take a shot or lose your job. And the beat goes on for an infection where 99.95% of infected persons under age 70 years recover. It’s becoming clear that COVID-19 is not merely a disease but an excuse to concentrate power in the government.

h/t Mom

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As omicron variant spreads, Manitoba couple feel ‘criminalized’ after return from South Africa

A Brandon, Man., couple who are quarantining in a Toronto hotel after a recent trip to South Africa say they feel “criminalized” as travellers after the federal government placed restrictions on 10 African countries due to the presence of a new coronavirus variant of concern.

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No Shot? No Food. Canada’s Outrageous New Winter Action Plan


The New Brunswick government released its Winter Action Plan on Friday, which will remain in place until Spring.

The plan includes things like masks, social distancing, restrictions on gatherings, and just so happens to also include a requirement for grocery stores to require proof of juice status on entry.

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Omicron Brings Another Round of Pointless Travel Restrictions

We’re long past the point in the COVID-19 pandemic when politicians are doing much more in response to viral scares than engage in rituals to soothe a fearful public and enhance their own power. With the new omicron variant spreading across the world, travel restrictions seem to be the response of choice because they’re politically popular. Never mind that closing borders is ineffective at anything other than further burdening already hobbled families and economies. The actual danger posed by omicron remains uncertain, but the policy response is as pointless as it was preordained.

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Australia is Denying Life-Saving Organ Transplants to Unvaxxinated Patients

Australia has announced it will deny transplants to unvaccinated patients, which could potentially put millions of Colorado residents’ lives at risk if the need a transplant to save their lives. The state of Queensland has indicated it will deny life-saving organ transplants to patients who have not received the COVID vaccine.

h/t Marvin

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We’re in trouble if Omicron demands self-sacrifice of us again

Like scavengers desperate for even a morsel of sustenance, we’re latching onto every crumb of positive-sounding news about the Omicron variant. Israel’s Health Minister has said booster shots may protect against the variant; the South African doctor who first identified Omicron noted that symptoms in infected people appear to be mild; the World Health Organization has echoed that early data does not indicate this variant causes more severe illness.

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