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RFK Jr. and Hegseth personally tapped an Army doctor, with no specialized training in viruses or vaccines, to investigate 2,544 reports of soldiers medical anomalies that occured after COVID vaccinations
According to the article, the Army doctor has no specialized training in viruses or vaccines. She is board-certified in aerospace medicine and holds a master's degree in public health.
The data they use shows only events happening after the shot, not events caused by the shot.
This doctor claims she had personal knowledge of 28 service members whose deaths resulted from the COVID-19 vaccination.
She also testified that COVID-19 vaccines caused pregnancy loss among service members at a rate of about 82 percent. The Defense Department's own research contradicts that assertion.
> She also testified that COVID-19 vaccines caused pregnancy loss among service members at a rate of about 82 percent. The Defense Department's own research contradicts that assertion.
Ahh, yes, that's the kind of statistic that would have gone completely unnoticed when almost every single person in every high-income nation received the vaccine.
RFK JR and Pete Hegseth are both incredibly ignorant individuals and wholly unsuited for their roles. Now we see more nonsensical anti vaccine rhetoric and empty efforts that don’t help the military from them in this project. The whole thing would be laughable if it wasn’t so dangerous.
There is a small but real rate of vaccine-associated myocarditis in young males. It’s 1 in ~37,000 in that population compared to 1 in 125,000 in the general population. It’s a real thing. In unvaccinated young males, the risk of myocarditis from natural COVID19 infection is ~1 in 2,200. So it is likely that men who develop myocarditis from the vaccine would have developed myocarditis with their first COVID19 infection if they didn’t get the vaccine.
But from slightly different perspective, the vaccine reduces the risk of myocarditis from 1 in 2,200 (initial infection w/o vaccine) to 1 in 37,000 (vaccine-associated). So even by that metric, the COVID19 vaccine protects you from the cardiac effects of COVID19 infection.
RFK Jr hires people who don’t understand that, because he himself doesn’t. IOW, he hires people who are as dumb as him because he needs them to come to the same conclusion as him.
Cool. That is a great stat that I don't think I've seen before. So when an antivaxxer crows that the vaccine increases the chance of myocarditis by ~4 times in that population, I can say "Yep, sure does!".. then as they look at me like a dog trying to understand Ikea instructions, I can say "But COVID increases it ~60 times."
The issue is they don't believe the COVID part. At all. In their perspective it wasn't dangerous except to the elderly. They don't believe morgues were full and they don't believe any of the statistics are real.
For them it was never dangerous, so an increase of 4x is the obvious issue.
And this administration is glad to embrace historical rewriting at every opportunity.
They ignore the precedent. These people (RFK Jr and his minions) have access to the best information and the most respected subject matter experts (like Anthony Fauci) and they ignore them. If they actually wanted to understand, they would know that the flu of 1918 was very clear precedent for a viral infection that is more severe in healthy young adults. Notice the very clear spike in case mortality rate for 25-34 year olds: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/1/05-0979-f2
And they figured out why the RNA vaccines caused myocarditis: the virus used to deliver the RNA vaccines interacted with 2 rare genotypes to cause heart issues (SCAF11, which influences cardiac inflammation, and LRRC4C, which interacted with the moderna vaccine).
The same vax that secretly everyone in krasnov’s family had first, and all the main characters in fox news - that same vax that also saved krasnov’s life when he got covid.
My eyes can't roll any harder for any longer. I am all eyerolled out. Just another day I brainstorm even harder about which country I need to move to, to get out of this perpetual shitty IRL south park episode. Not before I vote though.
[OP] Sgt_Gram | 8 hours ago
According to the article, the Army doctor has no specialized training in viruses or vaccines. She is board-certified in aerospace medicine and holds a master's degree in public health.
The data they use shows only events happening after the shot, not events caused by the shot.
This doctor claims she had personal knowledge of 28 service members whose deaths resulted from the COVID-19 vaccination.
She also testified that COVID-19 vaccines caused pregnancy loss among service members at a rate of about 82 percent. The Defense Department's own research contradicts that assertion.
SimiKusoni | 7 hours ago
> She also testified that COVID-19 vaccines caused pregnancy loss among service members at a rate of about 82 percent. The Defense Department's own research contradicts that assertion.
Ahh, yes, that's the kind of statistic that would have gone completely unnoticed when almost every single person in every high-income nation received the vaccine.
oh_my316 | 8 hours ago
The one Trump promoted? 🙄
flare_force | 7 hours ago
RFK JR and Pete Hegseth are both incredibly ignorant individuals and wholly unsuited for their roles. Now we see more nonsensical anti vaccine rhetoric and empty efforts that don’t help the military from them in this project. The whole thing would be laughable if it wasn’t so dangerous.
waltur_d | 8 hours ago
Is this that waste they’ve been looking for?
seriouslyjan | 7 hours ago
Money buys a lot of "expert" opinions.
Unhappy-Estimate6402 | 7 hours ago
There is a small but real rate of vaccine-associated myocarditis in young males. It’s 1 in ~37,000 in that population compared to 1 in 125,000 in the general population. It’s a real thing. In unvaccinated young males, the risk of myocarditis from natural COVID19 infection is ~1 in 2,200. So it is likely that men who develop myocarditis from the vaccine would have developed myocarditis with their first COVID19 infection if they didn’t get the vaccine.
But from slightly different perspective, the vaccine reduces the risk of myocarditis from 1 in 2,200 (initial infection w/o vaccine) to 1 in 37,000 (vaccine-associated). So even by that metric, the COVID19 vaccine protects you from the cardiac effects of COVID19 infection.
RFK Jr hires people who don’t understand that, because he himself doesn’t. IOW, he hires people who are as dumb as him because he needs them to come to the same conclusion as him.
SQLDave | 4 hours ago
> In unvaccinated young males, the risk of myocarditis is ~1 in 2,200
You mean unvaccinated young males who contract COVID, right?
Unhappy-Estimate6402 | 4 hours ago
That’s right. Edited to clarify.
SQLDave | 4 hours ago
Cool. That is a great stat that I don't think I've seen before. So when an antivaxxer crows that the vaccine increases the chance of myocarditis by ~4 times in that population, I can say "Yep, sure does!".. then as they look at me like a dog trying to understand Ikea instructions, I can say "But COVID increases it ~60 times."
Unhappy-Estimate6402 | 4 hours ago
đź‘Ťđź‘Ťđź‘Ť You got it.
mighty_kites_captain | 4 hours ago
The issue is they don't believe the COVID part. At all. In their perspective it wasn't dangerous except to the elderly. They don't believe morgues were full and they don't believe any of the statistics are real. For them it was never dangerous, so an increase of 4x is the obvious issue. And this administration is glad to embrace historical rewriting at every opportunity.
Unhappy-Estimate6402 | 3 hours ago
They ignore the precedent. These people (RFK Jr and his minions) have access to the best information and the most respected subject matter experts (like Anthony Fauci) and they ignore them. If they actually wanted to understand, they would know that the flu of 1918 was very clear precedent for a viral infection that is more severe in healthy young adults. Notice the very clear spike in case mortality rate for 25-34 year olds: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/1/05-0979-f2
Spare-Locksmith-2162 | 11 minutes ago
And they figured out why the RNA vaccines caused myocarditis: the virus used to deliver the RNA vaccines interacted with 2 rare genotypes to cause heart issues (SCAF11, which influences cardiac inflammation, and LRRC4C, which interacted with the moderna vaccine).
Par_Lapides | 7 hours ago
No doubt with explicit instructions to link every single medical conditions to the vaccine.
dennismfrancisart | 6 hours ago
They are never going to let that drop. Like the Northern War of Aggression, they must continue to pursue the Sacred Cause.
MattGdr | 4 hours ago
I’m sure they’ll ~~make up~~ find something….
alternatingflan | 3 hours ago
The same vax that secretly everyone in krasnov’s family had first, and all the main characters in fox news - that same vax that also saved krasnov’s life when he got covid.
Sorry-Reporter440 | an hour ago
My eyes can't roll any harder for any longer. I am all eyerolled out. Just another day I brainstorm even harder about which country I need to move to, to get out of this perpetual shitty IRL south park episode. Not before I vote though.