Peter Todd @pete@petertodd.org

@average_random_joe @Synclair I know. Sarcasm is best when backed by facts. :)

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At Burlington GO train station in Ontario, on my way back to Toronto from the US side of Niagara Falls.

I think the higher end transit services are paranoid about losing their passengers to private vehicles, so are pulling out all the stops to maintain a "clean" image.

@average_random_joe @Synclair Last time I looked thru hadn't.

@verretor Last figure I heard was still 90% or so for severe illness. But unclear what the most recent data actually says.

It's almost like vaccinating the control groups is fraud...

@drgo Yeah, sorry, I should have been more specific to say "worthless with respect to mandatory vaccination" I did just do two covid tests three hours apart at the US/Canada border so I may be a bit annoyed... 😂

Last I checked they still seem to reduce severity of symptoms. Though that article wasn't clear on that point. Of course, that trade-off is likely not worth it for young/healthy people due to how mild covid is.

@jimmysong Well duh.

You only cast shadows when standing outside in the sunlight.

"Data released by the Health Ministry on Thursday suggested that people vaccinated in January were said to have just 16% protection against infection now, while in those vaccinated in April the effectiveness was at 75%"

16%!!! Worthless.

HMO: Early vaccinees are twice as likely to catch COVID as later recipients | The Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hmo-those-who-inoculated-early-twice-as-likely-to-catch-covid-as-later-adopters/

Health authorities failing to explain why these novel mRNA vaccines are failing so fast could lead to some serious skepticism of vaccines in general... Traditional vaccines, made with the actual infectious agent, usually provide many years if not a lifetime of protection.

It's not variants: it's a loss of immunity to the same thing.

Also makes risk/reward very different...

"The leaked data – covering all NHS trusts in England – show that, as of last Thursday, just 44 per cent of patients classed as being hospitalised with Covid had tested positive by the time they were admitted.

The majority of cases were not detected until patients underwent standard Covid tests, carried out on everyone admitted to hospital for any reason."

That data shouldn't have been public all along; covering that up was fraud.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/26/exclusive-half-covid-hospitalisations-tested-positive-admission/

https://archive.is/N4cO6

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@giacomozucco

@lucash_dev "I want to believe."

Creepy: Chicago O'Hare's Global Entry booths can now figure out who you are purely by facial recognition, without you providing your passport at all.

I remember being told by a govt official in a consulting gig a few years ago that the Australia/New Zealand corridor was actually 100% facial recognition, with the requirement to show passports was just for show...

https://www.abyssapexzine.com/2021/04/dead-badger/

@cowanon That nonsense is probably counting on people to mistake a magnet sticking to their skin a bit due to sweat as actual magnetic attraction.

Likely an example of controlled opposition.

Exclusive-U.S. will not lift travel restrictions, citing Delta variant -official
https://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-u-not-lift-travel-120604927.html

"The Delta variant, which was first found in India, now comprises more than 80% of new cases nationwide and has been detected in more than 90 countries."

The science says you've completely and utterly failed to keep the Delta variant out so wtf are you staying closed?