Today we’re publishing a point-by-point rebuttal of the criticisms of the Great Barrington Declaration set out in Anti-Virus: The COVID-19 FAQ, Neil O’Brien’s website devoted to attacking “Covid sceptics”. It’s by George Dance, a former chairman of the Ontario Libertarian Party. Here are the first three paragraphs:
The Great Barrington Declaration (GBD), under which thousands of scientists and medical practitioners have called for a end to lockdown policies, was drawn up last October 1st-4th, was announced on October 5th, and was already being denounced on October 6th. Over the next month, the GBD and its message were virtually buried beneath an “avalanche of scathing criticism condemning it as ‘very dangerous, unscientific, unethical, total nonsense, dangerously flawed, conspiratorial and grotesque’. Among the critics were prominent role-players such as World Health Organization director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, British chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance, and US infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci”. Defenders of the lockdown consensus released a counter-manifesto, the John Snow Memorandum, ironically named for epidemiology’s most famous dissenter from a scientific consensus.
At the time I read everything I could on the topic and made copious notes, hoping to write my own perspective on the GBD. Long before I was in a position to do that, though, the debate had moved on, and I never had an opportunity to revisit the subject.
Fortunately, there is a new FAQ in town: Anti-Virus: The COVID-19 FAQ. This new FAQ may not be the best place to go for scientific advice about the disease; the ‘doctors’ behind it seem to mainly have doctorates in economics and psychology (though I have read that there is an anonymous scientist involved), and some of their claims, such as “Covid still has a high fatality rate among younger people”, seem supported more by semantics than by science. (“Younger” in context turns out to be “younger than 65”). But at least the FAQ has revived the Declaration and assembled a ‘best of’ the criticisms levelled against it, making it worthwhile to revisit the debate.
This is an excellent, very thorough demolition job. Worth reading in full.
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“Comedian Jerry Seinfeld was met with a wave of boos when students at Duke University walked out before his commencement speech”
Just left out a little detail: The ‘boos’ were directed at the protesters.
You do not have to look far to see what lies in store when you have imported too much Islam. They get their feet under the table, they reproduce at a higher rate than indigenous people and they adhere strictly to their ideology. Of course they’re going to form caliphates and aim to fulfill their objectives, as a glimpse into history will show anyone. And Nazi Faeser here is an out and out hypocrite. You can’t be so enthusiastically pro-immigration, mainly of people who have such incompatible and contrasting values as we do, then complain about them doing exactly what they’ve always done since forever. Stupid woman!
”Thousands of Islamists took to the streets of Hamburg again on Saturday for what organizers called a “defense of Islamic values” in the face of political intimidation and media censorship.
The protest was organized by Muslim Interaktiv, a group under investigation by Hamburg’s domestic intelligence agency for “extremism.” It claimed on its social media accounts that over 6,000 Muslims had turned out to participate, although police estimates put the figure closer to 2,300.
The demonstration was in response to recent attempts by German politicians to restrict the group’s activities after a recent march in the port city sparked outrage amid calls for Germany to become a caliphate under Sharia Law, and participants chanted anti-Semitic slogans.
Muslim Interaktiv claimed it wanted to “set an example” to protect “Islamic identity,” and posted that the requirement for Muslims to “commit to Western values” was the “lie of the year.”
After the controversial protest held last month, Germany’s Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser denounced the demonstration despite overseeing the country’s open borders immigration policy in recent years that has seen millions of Muslims, many of whom have originated from countries that practice fundamental Islam, arrive in Germany.
“Seeing an Islamist demonstration of this kind on our streets is difficult to bear. It’s a good thing that the Hamburg police counteracted crime with a large presence,” she told Tagesspiegel.
“Anyone who would rather live in a caliphate, and therefore in the Stone Age, is against everything that Germany stands for. We defend our constitution — with the means of our constitution,” she said.”
https://rmx.news/article/thousands-of-islamists-protest-against-censorship-in-hamburg-after-calls-for-a-caliphate-in-germany-are-banned/
The reason the politicians want to ban these demonstrations is to hide the consequences of their ignorant and malicious open border policies. The more we see them the more ordinary people will react to what’s happening on their doorstep rather than being distracted by far-away conflicts.
Climate Zealots Burn Your Money – latest leaflet to print at home and deliver to neighbours or forward to politicians, including your local Reform Party candidate, your local vicar, media and friends online.
“UN seemingly halves estimate of Gazan women, children killed” – The UN has revised the estimated number of women and children killed in Gaza from 9,500 women and over 14,500 children down to 4,959 women and 7,797 children, reports the Jerusalem Post.
That’s alright then. /sarc.
At some point they’ll actually deny there were any people in Gaza at all – despite nearly 100,000 bombs being dropped – and expect us to believe them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH87z84jiII
Gawd almighty, this man and people like him….”Suicidal empathy” is what Gad Saad calls it. Apparently you can’t have too many jihadis and sexual predators who demonstrably hate the West. But these Leftard people are sick in the head. Does it never occur to them what society might look like for their kids and grandkids? Do they never ever wonder why all the Arab countries, which are majority Muslim as well as in the actual geographical region, are not taking these people in, so they have to travel thousands of kms to Europe instead? These two points are no-brainers, surely? Is it possible to demonstrate both sadistic and masochistic traits simultaneously? Seems so;
”What an utterly catastrophic suggestion. The current UK asylum system has difficulty keeping out sex offenders, even when it’s well known to them.
The last thing we need is Hamas supporters who Arab nations do not even want, living amongst us.”
https://twitter.com/ArchRose90/status/1790117234158776585
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/eurovision-and-a-salute-to-the-jews/
There was some merit in this year’s Eurovision.
And look at the countries who supported Israel and these were public votes.
IOF commenced bombing of Rafah at the weekend:
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-israel-unleashes-heaviest-bombing-months
Wonder how many people won’t die in this latest onslaught.
The Palestinian civil defence said the bombardment was reminiscent of “the war’s first days”, but far more devastating.
They said this was due to medical services and emergency efforts being depleted after months of Israeli targeting.
“We have lost 80 percent of our capabilities,” the civil defence said in a statement.
“It has become very difficult for our crews to rescue the wounded and recover the martyrs.”
Ambulance workers said they were fired at by Israeli drones in Rafah and northern Gaza in recent days, preventing them from carrying out their work.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military continued to block the entry of aid through the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings for a seventh day, according to Palestinian officials.
Who knows what’s going on in Gaza and while we are distracted arguing about it – unnecessarily taking sides in my view – much is going on in our country that needs attention. The Gazans are caught up in a conflict between extremists who don’t want peace and I see no solution while the globalist interference remains strong. Meanwhile we are facing takeover of our cities and institutions by Islamist extremists …
Are we facing a takeover or is a flash point being manufactured which is not intended to benefit anyone involved, including Muslims?
Yes. We are being played by bad actors who want to enslave us one way or other. Ordinary people, whatever their beliefs, need to speak out against them.
I think it’s possible to believe we are being played by bad actors but also to believe that Europe would be better off if it remained predominantly white and Christian/post-Christian.
Well, I have stated many times on DS that there will be blood on the streets. I believe that is now being deliberately engineered.
Spot on.
Germany’s ambassador to Israel and U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan condemn the attacks and looting of Gaza-bound aid trucks by right-wing Israeli activists.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-05-14/ty-article-live/u-s-germany-slam-right-wing-israelis-attack-on-gaza-bound-aid-convoy/0000018f-74c8-dd07-adbf-fffa73560000?liveBlogItemId=1038231259#1038231259
Back in February:
“‘The most important lever of pressure is food and water. If we provide them with that, we are missing a lever of pressure’ – Orit Zweig and Zofit Liebman, the sister and brother-in-law of Eliakim Liebman who was kidnapped in Gaza, participated in the blockade of aid trucks to Gaza at Ashdod port”
https://twitter.com/KnessetT/status/1753058324369613042
I think Hamas might be a “terrorist organisation” (though I am not keen on labels of this sort) but I don’t need or want “Lord” Cameron or the BBC to tell me this. Can we just aim to find out as much as possible about what’s going on in the world and make our own minds up?
I’m not sure how anybody, other than those who have outed themselves as traitors to the West and supporters of terrorism, can dispute the fact that Hamas is a terrorist organization, and there are of course more than just Hamas operating out of that region. What other atrocities would you need to see happen before people are able to make their minds up? Or are we now at the point in Clown World where hostage taking/rape = resistance, murder of innocents = liberation? Because that sounds a lot like terrorist sympathizing to me.
You may well be right but neither you nor I need to be told this by a “journalist” or by “Lord” Cameron. If other people think that what Hamas are reported to have done is justified, I want to hear their arguments, as I want to hear arguments from those who fully support Israel’s actions, and all shades in between.
Here’s how pressure is applied to get people to align their views:
“I’m not sure how anybody, other than those who have outed themselves as traitors to the West and supporters of terrorism” – if you don’t agree you must be a terrorist supporter and traitor
“What other atrocities would you need to see happen before people are able to make their minds up?” – if you ask for further information, you have a skewed moral compass
“Or are we now at the point in Clown World where hostage taking/rape = resistance, murder of innocents = liberation?” – use the government mandated term or be seen as a supporter of rape, murder and all manner of atrocities
“Because that sounds a lot like terrorist sympathizing to me.” – get in line or you’re One of Them
Note how Cameron insisted on using “Daesh” to refer to the Islamic State group – an indicator of his alignment?
Ironically my views on this specific issue and the wider ones surrounding it are probably closer to Mogwai’s than to yours, but I certainly don’t think a government minister should be calling for a supposedly impartial state broadcaster to start labelling people. I might agree with this label, but tomorrow they may apply similar to labels to “anti-vaxxers”, “climate deniers”, “conspiracy theorists” etc.
I think we’re in agreement on the important points: get as much information as possible and make your own mind up and no government influence on journalism.
“How Doctor Who went from paternalistic liberal to woke warrior”
Haven’t watched the crap for years now, it was much better back in the day when all the sets used to wobbly around!
“Drax burning magic money trees”
The insanity of burning trees from half way round the world and calling it environmentally friendly is monumentally breathtaking! Millions of tons a year, but your not allowed to burn logs on your little wood burner because it pollutes the atmosphere! Ffs
“Fears for Rwanda policy after Belfast high court ruling”
Yet another example of the creeping Globalist “Kritocracy = Rule By Judges”
“Melinda Gates quits the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation” Well done to her! Maybe her eyes have been opened to the terrible harm that foundation has done to humanity.
“The spirit of Lee Kuan Yew lives on…” Excellent video. Singaporeans are lucky to have such a sensible Prime Minister.