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The scientific community lost many when they failed to acknowledge prior immunity as providing some if not full protection and elected to change its definition. They lost many when they told us 2 startup companies (MRNA & BioNTech) with years of research and failed attempts with no existing approved products simply downloaded the sequence for the virus from overseas on a weekend and created a virtually 100% safe and effective vaccine the following week. Simply, read through the available 10-K reports from previous years for both companies and you will see how challenging this technology is and how many unknowns remain. (How did their swine flu trials work out?). They lost us when they said the MRNA stays in the injection site / deltoid but then it didn't and has been found in the ovaries and many other organs. They lost us with 6 feet of separation...Why not 5ft or 7ft? They lost us with masking when walking into a restaurant, but removing it when eating. They lost us when aggressively silencing experienced medical professionals studying repurposed safe existing medicines and vitamins (Remember "Horse Paste"?). While it was well known that many of those dying from C19 had multiple co-morbidities not once did they encourage lifestyle changes. They lost us when the vaccines needed special freezers for transport and storage, but then they didn't. I could go on, but rather than debating and answering these legitimate questions through open debate and dialogue, they chose to cancel and silence those raising the questions. All of these questions still need straightforward answers and "We just don't know" is actually an acceptable answer. However, what social media has uncovered is that many of those with large followings and multiple fancy degrees simply cannot admit when they are wrong, especially when being provided with contradictory evidence. These people fail to understand that science is about being wrong, learning and then pivoting, not about simply deleting a tweet and pretending it never happened. Trust in these medical institutions and agencies is lost and may never recover.

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I could take the social media nonsense, but going after practicing physicians’ medical licenses (CA AB 2098, NLFD_org) poisoning the patient-doctor relationship with “report your doctor”, questioning qualifications of highly qualified people (Dr. Ladapo) is dangerous territory. They are the new Stasi. Many don’t read the studies but are animated by political outrage. I don’t know how you stop this nuttiness.

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