I haven't had any vaccines since I was a kid...and there was no way I was getting the Covid19 shot bc of just common sense as to not be a guinea pig for our gov't etc. BUT I did get Covid on Xmas of 2021 and I was very sick for 2 weeks...my oxygen level dipped to 88 a few times...hate to admit but I was very scared and wondered if I should've gotten it. BUT I did recover at 63 yo back then. My family and friends ALL got the shots and teased me about not getting it and ending up almost dying....which is an exaggeration but again I was VERY surprised how sick I was bc I am a very healthy person. My question is...could it be that since it came from a lab and not nature AND they were literally experimenting with bio-weapons to cause harm and even death among future enemies....isn't that why my body didn't bounce back at first? My immune system couldn't recognize this weird fake and deadly virus? We all should be suing our gov't for trying to kill us even if it was an accident....they were doing something sooooo dangerous. BTW I haven't been sick since.
You should really consider a poll which takes into account the unvaxxed who live with the vaxxed, on account of all the evidence piling up about shedding.
Suspect it twice within about six months. December ‘21, and April ‘22. Short 18 hr fever period, fatigue, and loss of smell… Both directly associated after a weekend-long exposure to fully vaxxed individuals. And despite prophylactic dosing of ivermectin. Shedding was/is real. No longterm side-effects that we’re aware of thus far.
I missed the poll, but I'd be unvaccinated (no covid shots) and have never had Covid. I don't really know because I've never taken a Covid test. I had a friend tell me if I had Covid I would know it. I guess he got pretty sick.
Actually, I said unvaxxed, zero times, but I DID get a bad cold once that could have been COVID. I NEVER took this screamdemic very seriously, never got tested, would not know COVID from regular cold or flu. There must be many others like me and maybe such a phenomenon is the real explanation for your results.
Funny that no one bothered to ask the men that keep hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities running how they are doing. The reason why. THEY ARE JUST FINE, THATS WHY.
Although difficult to determine, many of us that were vaccinated got fed up and no longer tested for Covid even when we had Covid like symptoms. Therefore, in your survey, I would think the number of times we had Covid is likely underestimated thereby strengthening your argument.
I just published my list of Substack’s “Top 137 Covid Contrarians and Freedom Writers.” Some Substack readers might be interested in this information, which might be a good resource for those on “our side.” FWIW, this All-Star and vital newsletter comes in at No. 3 on my list.
I should also note I've been a paid subscriber to Steve's newsletter for probably two years ... and I do not get any email dispatches from Steve. That's ... strange.
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I would like to answer the polls, but am compelled to point out that although they may be well intentioned, they are also invalid; and as such, any results from them risk being easily dismissed.
Like the vast majority, (of the billions) I am not a biochemist, virologist or geneticist as may have both the necessary tools, and, happened to self-diagnose. In other words, it should be apparent that almost no one can have any confidence in the accuracy or even validity of their own, nor anyone else's response to the pivotal question: How many times have I had COVID?
I know how many times I've had 'COVID-aligned symptoms'. But do not know whether those instances were actually due to COVID, or something else.
I know how many times I've received a positive RAT or PCR test. But I only 'know' the results entirely anecdotally; having been told by others (agents of the government!), of results supposedly determined by further others (presumably lab-based; but who knows exactly who?!). I did not take my own swab, nor store nor transport nor do the test on it myself. Nor, in lieu of those facts, was I provided any evidence of requisite chain-of-custody records regarding my sample. I therefore do not know whether my sample may have been contaminated, nor whether it was handled, stored, transported, or the test done properly, nor whether a sample attributable to me was in fact mine, nor whether a test was even done, or results simply fabricated!, (perhaps to suit others' agendas).
I also know that both test methods (RAT and PCR) were rejected well back by those who know better, based on both producing unacceptably high proportions of rejectable if not highly questionable results, both false negatives AND false positives. (See, for example: Steger et al, (22 authors), Nov 2020, 'External peer review of the RTPCR test to detect SARS-CoV-2 reveals 10 major scientific flaws ... : consequences for false positive results'.)
Further, by definition, neither I nor anyone else (perhaps certain biochemists, virologists or geneticists aside) can possibly know how many times, I may have been COVID-infected, but asymptomatic.
In short - I do not 'know' how many times I've had COVID. Neither do most of the billions.
As an aside, and relatively trivial versus the above-discussed insurmountable problem with attempting to conduct such a poll, is the non-neutral introductory comments to them, inclusive as they are of the 'leading-the-witness' style line:
"ANSWER ***ONLY** the **ONE** poll below matching your COVID vax status. For more [sic] of you, that will be the first poll."
I haven't had any vaccines since I was a kid...and there was no way I was getting the Covid19 shot bc of just common sense as to not be a guinea pig for our gov't etc. BUT I did get Covid on Xmas of 2021 and I was very sick for 2 weeks...my oxygen level dipped to 88 a few times...hate to admit but I was very scared and wondered if I should've gotten it. BUT I did recover at 63 yo back then. My family and friends ALL got the shots and teased me about not getting it and ending up almost dying....which is an exaggeration but again I was VERY surprised how sick I was bc I am a very healthy person. My question is...could it be that since it came from a lab and not nature AND they were literally experimenting with bio-weapons to cause harm and even death among future enemies....isn't that why my body didn't bounce back at first? My immune system couldn't recognize this weird fake and deadly virus? We all should be suing our gov't for trying to kill us even if it was an accident....they were doing something sooooo dangerous. BTW I haven't been sick since.
You should really consider a poll which takes into account the unvaxxed who live with the vaxxed, on account of all the evidence piling up about shedding.
I would never test for Covid ever again!! Work made me test, but I won’t do that again. Besides cycles are too high forcing many false positives!!!
Suspect it twice within about six months. December ‘21, and April ‘22. Short 18 hr fever period, fatigue, and loss of smell… Both directly associated after a weekend-long exposure to fully vaxxed individuals. And despite prophylactic dosing of ivermectin. Shedding was/is real. No longterm side-effects that we’re aware of thus far.
I missed the poll, but I'd be unvaccinated (no covid shots) and have never had Covid. I don't really know because I've never taken a Covid test. I had a friend tell me if I had Covid I would know it. I guess he got pretty sick.
A couple of points.
You split the vaccinated cohort and they should be all together because regardless of number they were all jabbed.
An aside note would be a column for doses over 3. Three or more doses is relevant since we know that that's when the iGG4 kicks in.
Second point, if you never tested yourself when you had a cold from 2020 onwards, how would you know whether it was covid? This is why I answered '0'.
Loss of smell/taste is not confined to coronoviruses it is a common effect of over using nasal decongestants i.e xylometazoline.
Hospitalization also not confined to coronovirus since many flu like illnesses can cause pneumonia in the vulnerable.
Actually, I said unvaxxed, zero times, but I DID get a bad cold once that could have been COVID. I NEVER took this screamdemic very seriously, never got tested, would not know COVID from regular cold or flu. There must be many others like me and maybe such a phenomenon is the real explanation for your results.
For STEVE to have a look at: !!!!!!!!!!!!
https://inlretirees.org/no-longer-with-us/
this looks like a mass graveyard!!!! There is ALL the DEATHS statistics there from 2016-2023
When you look at Stanford data, for example:
https://inmemory.stanford.edu/2011
some members who worked for them for decades are not even there!!!
Is it like Wojcicki who died and nobody can find hear death certificate??
I think it's because u vaccinated people are reading the post more than vaccinated that more u vaccinated respond.
Funny that no one bothered to ask the men that keep hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities running how they are doing. The reason why. THEY ARE JUST FINE, THATS WHY.
Thats a question for the very slow learners.
Although difficult to determine, many of us that were vaccinated got fed up and no longer tested for Covid even when we had Covid like symptoms. Therefore, in your survey, I would think the number of times we had Covid is likely underestimated thereby strengthening your argument.
It all became so ridiculous.
Is this a trick question? If your dead, your no longer a case, problem solved
I just published my list of Substack’s “Top 137 Covid Contrarians and Freedom Writers.” Some Substack readers might be interested in this information, which might be a good resource for those on “our side.” FWIW, this All-Star and vital newsletter comes in at No. 3 on my list.
https://billricejr.substack.com/p/the-top-100-covid-contrarianfreedom
I should also note I've been a paid subscriber to Steve's newsletter for probably two years ... and I do not get any email dispatches from Steve. That's ... strange.
I did see "email disabled" and Substack AI Helpdesk could not help. I tried removing and re-adding your subscription to fix the problem. It was removed and refunded (pro-rated) ok but Substack says you will have to re-subscribe from your end. https://kirschsubstack.com/subscribe
How do you deal with asymptomatic cases? The CDC estimated that 70% of cases were asymptomatic... I think mostly in the vaxxed.
I would like to answer the polls, but am compelled to point out that although they may be well intentioned, they are also invalid; and as such, any results from them risk being easily dismissed.
Like the vast majority, (of the billions) I am not a biochemist, virologist or geneticist as may have both the necessary tools, and, happened to self-diagnose. In other words, it should be apparent that almost no one can have any confidence in the accuracy or even validity of their own, nor anyone else's response to the pivotal question: How many times have I had COVID?
I know how many times I've had 'COVID-aligned symptoms'. But do not know whether those instances were actually due to COVID, or something else.
I know how many times I've received a positive RAT or PCR test. But I only 'know' the results entirely anecdotally; having been told by others (agents of the government!), of results supposedly determined by further others (presumably lab-based; but who knows exactly who?!). I did not take my own swab, nor store nor transport nor do the test on it myself. Nor, in lieu of those facts, was I provided any evidence of requisite chain-of-custody records regarding my sample. I therefore do not know whether my sample may have been contaminated, nor whether it was handled, stored, transported, or the test done properly, nor whether a sample attributable to me was in fact mine, nor whether a test was even done, or results simply fabricated!, (perhaps to suit others' agendas).
I also know that both test methods (RAT and PCR) were rejected well back by those who know better, based on both producing unacceptably high proportions of rejectable if not highly questionable results, both false negatives AND false positives. (See, for example: Steger et al, (22 authors), Nov 2020, 'External peer review of the RTPCR test to detect SARS-CoV-2 reveals 10 major scientific flaws ... : consequences for false positive results'.)
Further, by definition, neither I nor anyone else (perhaps certain biochemists, virologists or geneticists aside) can possibly know how many times, I may have been COVID-infected, but asymptomatic.
In short - I do not 'know' how many times I've had COVID. Neither do most of the billions.
As an aside, and relatively trivial versus the above-discussed insurmountable problem with attempting to conduct such a poll, is the non-neutral introductory comments to them, inclusive as they are of the 'leading-the-witness' style line:
"ANSWER ***ONLY** the **ONE** poll below matching your COVID vax status. For more [sic] of you, that will be the first poll."