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Why have you not included the most important way to fight covid? Early treatment stops covid, reduces hospitalizations and deaths.

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C'mon man. Early treatment is everything. There are twenty off-the-shelf treatments that are safe and effective. It is medical malpractice for you to remain silent on the importance of early treatment. https://c19early.com/

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Agree with all, but important to add: don't mandate vaccines (especially boosters) for college students, or anyone else for that matter. Provide good up-to-date information about risk/benefit and let people make their own choices.

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In other words, just what the Barrington scientists advocated.

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Mar 11, 2022·edited Mar 11, 2022

"Boost elderly and vulnerable people in advance" - Offer and encourage if you want, but don't mandate.

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Number 8 should read, "Hire back health care workers irrespective of vaccine status." Since we have now seen how useless the vax is at preventing spread, there is no logical reason to shun those who are unjabbed, even if they have not (yet) had covid. They are no more danger to patients and other staff than those who are "fully" jabbed but have not (yet) had covid.

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…you forgot ‘stop watching cable news’. It’s not really news anymore

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Another suggestion is to stop counting cases.

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I like most of what you said, but *please* keep track of vaccine reactions. To me, the correlation between vaccination and death is rock solid. I would only recommend it for certain politicians and technocrats, and for them, daily or even hourly.

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"Give credit for natural immunity." For *what*? Are you in favor of vaccine mandates, if they're "more reasonable"?

I hope not. These vaccines are dangerous and ineffective.

After seeing how the sausage is made, I believe that no mandates of any kind are justified for the covid-19 vaccines. And watching our institutions in action, I'm closing in on opposing mandates for *any* vaccines under *any* circumstances.

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Also, why not run RCT’s on VitD levels and risk of severe disease? If it ends up being true that >40/50 ng/ml reduces risk of severe disease, that’s another cheap and safe tool to use.

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Great analysis. I’m worried about my area’s reaction to the next wave. I have a feeling mandates will automagically appear right after Election Day.

We all know another wave will hit, and I wish more governments would adopt a measured approach. To truly help the most people, politicians should focus on efforts that gain broad acceptance, instead of just earning kudos from their side and shaming everyone else.

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I want my pound of flesh. There's not knowing and acting with limited information (best you can do) and acting against precedent to try and salvage your reputation because of hubris. All the while doing so much harm. Willfully shutting down people to save your hide? That's criminal.

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Why oh why do you NEVER address early treatment. That should have been key from the very beginning. The doctors who have been treating early are reporting great success yet you focus on masks and how ineffective they are. Well early treatment isn't ineffective and should be the focus of all doctors looking to save lives.

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Still no comment regarding nutrition and supplements? Are there things some of us do in flu/cold season useful - like gargling with solutions and nasal cleaning? Assisting the immune system should be advocated along with added helpful infection reduction methods - preventing infection before replication takes off.

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