I just made a comment on the Telegraph site challenging their assertion that lateral flow tests are well-regarded.
I mentioned the US FDA which said they were only good for the trash.
After a while I was surprised it had no likes at all. In a different browser I looked without logging on and it wasn’t there.
I logged on and it miraculously reappeared.
So it seems you can’t question the lateral flow tests.
If you think that's bad, you should try posting on the Guardian "comment is free" website. My comments were repeatedly removed for "breaching community standards" if I made any comment or statement that challenged the orthodox Covid panic response of the Government ,which has been shamelessly plugged by the Guardian from the start (they and their readers are truly the bedwetters-in-chief). My posts were never rude, or abusive or ad hominem in nature (although I regularly received responses of that type after posting-none of which were ever removed) and when I queried this with the forum moderator I was told, in effect, that the Guardian policy was to maintain "a high line" in defence of the Government and its scientific advisers and that I needed to cite evidence in support of anything I said, despite this not being a requirement for anyone supporting the Government line. Simply pointing out that there had been no peer reviewed RCTs of the efficacy of facemasks, a statement of fact (at the point I made it-I see some other purported trials have since been made), would lead to the post's deletion. That website is simply an echo chamber for what the Liberal elite believe to be true and they will countenance no dissent.
I saw the same during the Brexit debates where I was (again) on the other side of the Establishment view. Whilst my polite, pro-democratic arguments were routinely deleted, the abuse they provoked remained. The one I remember most, because it was so stupid and abusive (and I apologise if this offends anyone here) was when I was asked if I enjoyed sucking Tory cxxx.
You won't be surprised to hear that I have given up trying to debate with anyone on that website. I would bet that a huge percentage of Guardian readers are amongst the most scared people in this country (of Covid) and that, if so, the fact that they are only ever allowed to see one side of the debate will be the main reason for that.
- At least you know it’s been removed. The sneaky Telegraph makes you think it’s there but no one else can see it.