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While Anthony Fauci is deservedly twisting in the wind, his reputation in tatters even though physically he\u2019s not in prison, we are reminded that he is just one of many bureaucrats of the same ilk\u2014which is how the government\u2019s COVID policy came to be.\u00a0 Also a problem though was the sycophantic leftist press\u2014including prominent anchors\u2014fawning all over him, whether due to stupidity or political bias to Get Trump and ruin his economy.<\/p>

Read more Nuclear war of the mind<\/a><\/p>\n

But there is another group at fault, without which this would never have happened: the robotic science reporters.<\/p>\n

Who can forget the FDA\u2019s now-pulled tweet, \u201cYou are not a horse.\u00a0 You are not a cow.\u00a0 Seriously, y\u2019all.\u00a0 Stop it.\u201d regarding using ivermectin for COVID?<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou are not a horse. You are not a cow.\u201d The FDA\u2019s warning about the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19 states it loud and clear. Learn more about ivermectin and why there\u2019s misinformation about using it for COVID-19: https:\/\/t.co\/73nFAgLMK4 pic.twitter.com\/t175ndOlzu<\/p>\r\n\u2014 UCLA Health (@UCLAHealth) September 20, 2021<\/blockquote>\n

Well, what I can\u2019t forget is that this tweet was generally reported by the media without commenting that ivermectin was, at least until it was effectively banned, commonly prescribed in pill form for humans in human dosages to be picked up at the pharmacy.\u00a0 That is not editorial, that is fact, and was highly relevant in countering the FDA animal narrative.\u00a0 Even Fox News was not immune to this: Check out this piece by a Fox News health reporter at the time, whose narrative about animals followed that of the FDA.\u00a0 As another example, why didn\u2019t science reporters tell us that the CDC\u2019s recommendation to wear masks violated its own printed coronavirus guidelines to date based on decades of research?\u00a0 As a third example, after it became clear that, initial promises to the contrary, you can indeed catch COVID after being vaccinated, not only Joe Biden but senior Pfizer reps and many health officials declared that the vaccinated get milder cases on average, as evidenced by hospitalizations.\u00a0 Well, even many laymen would know or could easily find out that you cannot accurately compare such hospitalization results without a clinical trial ensuring that the observed populations are comparable, but that no such trial was being conducted since vaccine producers such as Pfizer had conveniently ended their clinical trials long before.\u00a0 In other words, everyone should have known in real time that they were, if not lying, relying on untrustworthy anecdotes.\u00a0 Where were the science reporters to tell us their claim could not be supported?\u00a0 Did it have anything to do with even right-leaning media getting paid by the U.S. government to air advertisements promoting the COVID vaccine, which may have compromised their objectivity?<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a more recent example, from HealthDay but syndicated to Newsmax, appearing on June 30: Major Study Supports Same-Day COVID, Flu Vaccination.\u00a0 It begins:<\/p>

Read more The Democrats\u2019 Inflation \u2018Reduction\u2019 Act made healthcare more expensive<\/a><\/p>\n

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One trip to the pharmacy may be all you need to protect yourself from COVID-19 and the flu this fall.<\/p>\n

A new\u00a0study\u00a0\u2014 published today in the\u00a0Annals of Internal Medicine \u2014\u00a0found that getting both vaccines at the same visit is no riskier than getting a flu shot alone.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You get the gist.\u00a0 Nowhere does the science reporter entertain the idea it might be preferable not to get the vaccines at all.\u00a0 Nor is there any critical analysis of basic facts, so I\u2019ll supply some of them, most gleaned from reading the cited, linked study:\u00a0 The disclosure info reveals that the lead author is a consultant to Pfizer. (Is it racist to say I\u2019m a bit nervous that he has a Chinese name?)\u00a0 Participants were tracked for only 90 days, so longer-term effects would not be detected.\u00a0 The study was on veterans, an older group at lower risk for myocarditis and the like.\u00a0 Previous studies compared COVID booster and flu vaccines to COVID booster alone, so the comparison groups are different.\u00a0 Some of the COVID vaccines used in the study were of milder form than the original versions (but so is COVID, and if it\u2019s mild and no longer fatal, why would you take a vaccine now?).\u00a0 A reader of the Newsmax article, and certainly one who sees only the title, may conclude he might as well get both shots, exactly what the pharmaceutical industry wants.<\/p>\n

Now I get there is a difference between a science reporter<\/em> and a science writer<\/em>, but the above examples do not require months of research and a long article, just a few sentences for context.\u00a0 Is simply re-wording a press release all we can expect from them?\u00a0 Is that all they\u2019re capable of?\u00a0 If it\u2019s intentional bias or fear of getting banned from mainstream media, are there no conservative science reporters who can do better?\u00a0 I get too that, as stated above, ad money and syndicated articles also are part of the problem.\u00a0 We need to get science reporters to do their job, and COVID-like dis-, mis-, mal-, and non-information will be countered.<\/p>

Read more Trump speaks loudly and carries a huge stick<\/a><\/p>\n

W.A. Eliot is a pseudonym.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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