Better in their words…

Read!  I’ll add some excerpts :

Heading into the final week before the public unveiling of Narrative 2.0, near and far, Covid restrictions are coming off faster than reporters strip off masks after the cameras cut out. CNN reported a story yesterday titled “Boris Johnson Announces the End of Covid Restrictions In England.” All of them.

Great Britain is done. Even though the 95-year-old Queen of England just tested positive, Johnson announced that yesterday was “the day when all the efforts of the last two years finally enabled us to protect ourselves while restoring our liberties in full.” Finally!

I just love the passive voice: “An opportunity has arisen.” It has arisen … out of nowhere? It’s a mystery. According to the online advertisement, the Scheme Team “works on behalf of the Department of Health … to process claims for a one-off payment to people who have suffered a severe disablement due to direct affects from a qualifying vaccination.”

Severe disablement. How many of these severely disabled folks do you need to have in a country of 60M people in order to staff a bureaucracy to handle them all?

If the large contingent on Twitter is any sign, there are still lots of people clinging to the childlike notion that “there is no evidence the vaccines are linked to severe side effects.” But I’d call an entire government bureau to pay claims for “severe disablement” a “link,” wouldn’t you? A link of SOME kind?

Reuters published an article late last week headlined, “Fortress Australia To Welcome Tourists for First Time Under COVID.” The gist is that, after two years of having their border sealed to ‘non-essential’ travel, international tourists will now be allowed to enter the “Covid-zero” country. “The wait is over,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Sunday. So.

There are some unintentionally hilarious quotes in the article. Steve Hughes, head of HSBC’s Australian commercial banking division, was quoted as saying “the reopening reinforces Australia’s credentials as an open economy.” He’s delusional. It will take a generation for anyone to recognize Australia’s credentials as an open economy.

I mean, even the quote itself. Think about it. He said “Australia’s credentials” will support its “open economy.” Credentials. Like, “papers, please.” That’s not open. Poor choice of words, Steve. But funny. Maybe he was trolling the reporters.

Then, late in the story, Reuters gets around to the small print, explaining that “fully vaccinated travellers, Australians and international, are not required to quarantine in managed facilities.” Hahaha! If they determine you’re not “fully vaccinated,”

Last week, the Court for the Eastern District of Texas unsealed a January 8, 2022 lawsuit against Pfizer and its clinical trial subcontractor, Ventavia. The suit was filed by a former Ventavia employee under the False Claims Act, which allows a U.S. citizen to sue anyone who defrauds the United States’ government.

The basis for the lawsuit is explained in its early paragraphs. Here’ the gist:

Defendants concealed violations of both their clinical trial protocol and federal regulations, including falsification of clinical trial documents. Due to Defendants’ scheme, millions of Americans have received a misbranded vaccination which is potentially not as effective as represented. The vaccine’s U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) authorization resulted from a deeply flawed clinical trial that violated FDA regulations. Defendants have profited from the COVID-19 pandemic at the expense of the United States and its citizens by abusing the scientific process.

The lawsuit is well-drafted, legit, and packed with interesting details for folks who enjoy that sort of thing. Here’s a link.

Unlike previous efforts, this lawsuit may have legs. If they can survive dismissal — the step that has killed previous attempts to get at the pharmaceutical giant — they’ll get discovery, and then we’ll really see the sparks fly.

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