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2021-03-30 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Sorry, Tony - Herd Immunity is Just Around the Corner

[Townhall] Oh, they hate him. They’ll hate him even more now. Dr. Marty Makary of Johns Hopkins has been one of the lone medical professionals trying to bring reason and logic to the COVID pandemic. He lobbed a grenade into the tent by declaring that we’ll have herd immunity by April. In fact, he said by the end of April, COVID won’t really be a big deal. this was heavily disputed by folks far less qualified, but the panic peddlers had to combat this somehow. It goes against their entire narrative of us living under the authoritarian yoke of the lab coats—who know nothing.

What Makary knows is that with the data we have now, "About 1 in 600 Americans has died of Covid-19, which translates to a population fatality rate of about 0.15%. The Covid-19 infection fatality rate is about 0.23%." By that count, he estimates that two-thirds of the country already had the virus; the survival rate is 90+ percent by the way. With natural immunity, plus vaccinations soaring past 100 million by now, his estimate of herd immunity isn’t nuts. He said his colleagues didn’t necessarily think his projection was off but didn’t want to say anything to avoid impacting the vaccination rate. That’s precisely wrong. Medical professionals should proclaim good medical progress, especially during a pandemic. This prediction was made in late February when COVID cases had dropped 77 percent. Texas nixed its mask mandate. Three weeks later, cases are still dropping.

Makary also went after the expert class and their ’follow the science’ narrative regarding the vaccine. They haven’t followed 'the science.' They’re more paralyzed by fear with their contradictory and utterly useless COVID protocols, especially when it comes to the vaccine. If you get vaccinated, you still have to remain in a state of panic. Oh, and keep wearing your mask because of...variants. The virus is going to mutate no matter what, but right now—these people should be telling us what we can do after we’ve acquired immunity through vaccination. He cites an unpublished Israeli study by the nation’s ministry of health that showed just one dose of the Pfizer vaccine renders the subject virtually "bulletproof" from COVID after four weeks.

So, his latest op-ed in The Wall Street Journal should bring more irritation to Fauci, Democrats, the liberal media, and the technocratic acolytes who want to keep us in a constant state of fear. Are you ready? Dr. Makary declares herd immunity is near, even if Fauci doesn’t want to acknowledge it. He circles past points he’s made in the past regarding natural immunity. It’s as if Fauci and his crew don’t get that A LOT of Americans already have natural immunity to COVID. Oh, and reinfection is rare. Does Makary think that everyone should get vaccinated? Sure, but he’s also living in the real world. Natural immunity cannot be discounted. If it is, then a massive scientific error is being made regarding calculation and its effects on public policy. Fauci’s vaccination-only path to herd immunity does lend itself to keep a lot of freedom-curbing COVID protocols in place. I don’t think that’s an accident, however (via WSJ)-

Posted by Bobby 2021-03-30 12:30|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Long ago the CDC published the establish for the ratio of Americans who have had COVID since Feb 2020 to the ratio of Americans who have had positive RT-PCR tests/etc. for COVID in the same time frame. That magic number is 7.7
Meaning, for example, that if 30 million Americans have had + RT-PCR tests, 231 million Americans have had COVID whether or not they know it. There are about 330 million Americans. This published ratio never gets mentioned in the MSM. Old Ferret Face never gets asked about it, either.

Posted by Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-03-30 13:17|| 2021-03-30 13:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Argh, thought I had proofread well enough.
For " Long ago the CDC published the establish for the ratio of Americans who have had COVID since Feb 2020 to the ratio of Americans "
substitute "Long ago the CDC published its estimate for the ratio of Americans who have actually had COVID (irrespective of tests) to the number of Americans" etc.

Posted by Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-03-30 13:19|| 2021-03-30 13:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Mask and lockdown cultists are going to have psychological problems when COVID Circus Theater™ is over. St. Fauxi will never adjust to not being on TeeVee all the time trying to blow smoke up everyone's a$$e$.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-03-30 14:51|| 2021-03-30 14:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Thinkin' bout anyone in specific, mate?

Posted by Raj 2021-03-30 15:13|| 2021-03-30 15:13|| Front Page Top

#5 perhaps May is the time for "murder hornets" then

Posted by 746 2021-03-30 16:32|| 2021-03-30 16:32|| Front Page Top

#6 I'll tell you exactly where the "experts" failed.

They did not account for the "silent" cases, and transmission, and the faster spread of immunity due to them. Upwards of 1/3 of Americans have likely had COVID and not known it. And we are now, in March, approaching 1/3 of the nation, the most vulnerable 1/3, being vaccinated. That makes 2/3 of the population being practically immune, leaving maybe 100-120 million vulnerable. There are over 2 million inocculations a day ongoing, 1/2 first, 1/2 second. so in 45 days, out of a max of 120 million, at least 45 million more will be nearly completely immune, and another 45 million will have initial immunity.

That leaves 10% of the population vulnerable, and 90% either completely or partially immune.

That is herd immunity level.

The numbers do not lie, but the Progressive Democrats do.

Posted by Ho Chi Snemp6051 2021-03-30 16:49|| 2021-03-30 16:49|| Front Page Top

#7 Upwards of 1/3 of Americans have likely had COVID and not known it.

Yes. Exactly. This episode represents an astonishing failure of our public health bureaucracy to understand and account for silent cases.

Bureaucrats like Fauci... what are we paying them for?

Posted by Clavimble Whath8293 2021-03-30 19:04|| 2021-03-30 19:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Fauci is there for self-aggrandizement, now that he has achieved his other goal: making sure Trump was hobbled during the election by Fauci's lies and disinformation and the willing dupes in the Press.

Posted by These Forkbeard7574 2021-03-30 19:07|| 2021-03-30 19:07|| Front Page Top

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