Both of your assertions are patently false.Sam Lowry said:You made two points in your earlier post: that the purpose of vaccination was always to prevent infection and that Berenson was banned from Twitter for a claim that was later taken up by mainstream media. Both of those claims are false. Covid vaccines were designed and tested for effectiveness against severe disease and death. The clinical trials didn't even directly measure effectiveness against transmission because that was never the purpose. Berenson was banned for claiming that vaccines were incapable of stopping transmission and were therefore therapeutics rather than vaccines. As I just explained, that definition of vaccines is not correct and was never mainstream. What the MSM did report is that transmission sometimes occurs. That is also true of other vaccines, and in no way does it support Berenson's point. Your last post, about sperm count, links an outlier study with little information beyond its conclusion. More important, changes in sperm count have already been explained by fever, which can occur for any number of reasons including Covid itself or other diseases or vaccines. Berenson also misreads the data to claim there was reduced sperm count after five months, when in fact the five-month evaluation showed complete recovery. On this point he is debunked by his own source.whiterock said:Sam Lowry said:
Debunked.
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/06/scicheck-research-rebuts-baseless-claims-linking-covid-19-vaccines-to-male-infertility/
LOL Do you really think anyone here doesn't understand that you keep debunking straw men rather than the point actually made?
There's a reason why Berenson is fatal to the credibility of anyone who cites him. His record of misinformation is well documented and practically endless.
Debunked.Sam Lowry said:Covid vaccines were designed and tested for effectiveness against severe disease and death. The clinical trials didn't even directly measure effectiveness against transmission because that was never the purpose.whiterock said:Sam Lowry said:
Debunked.
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/06/scicheck-research-rebuts-baseless-claims-linking-covid-19-vaccines-to-male-infertility/
LOL Do you really think anyone here doesn't understand that you keep debunking straw men rather than the point actually made?
its a shot that identifies as a vaccine, dont be racist or something..Sunny Ortiz said:
please define "vaccine" for us
Clinical trials showed the vaccine to be 95% effective against confirmed, symptomatic Covid. This is what the public was told, and this is what you would find if you read the study. How you felt it was being "sold" based on your perception of the media coverage is entirely your own issue.whiterock said:Both of your assertions are patently false.Sam Lowry said:You made two points in your earlier post: that the purpose of vaccination was always to prevent infection and that Berenson was banned from Twitter for a claim that was later taken up by mainstream media. Both of those claims are false. Covid vaccines were designed and tested for effectiveness against severe disease and death. The clinical trials didn't even directly measure effectiveness against transmission because that was never the purpose. Berenson was banned for claiming that vaccines were incapable of stopping transmission and were therefore therapeutics rather than vaccines. As I just explained, that definition of vaccines is not correct and was never mainstream. What the MSM did report is that transmission sometimes occurs. That is also true of other vaccines, and in no way does it support Berenson's point. Your last post, about sperm count, links an outlier study with little information beyond its conclusion. More important, changes in sperm count have already been explained by fever, which can occur for any number of reasons including Covid itself or other diseases or vaccines. Berenson also misreads the data to claim there was reduced sperm count after five months, when in fact the five-month evaluation showed complete recovery. On this point he is debunked by his own source.whiterock said:Sam Lowry said:
Debunked.
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/06/scicheck-research-rebuts-baseless-claims-linking-covid-19-vaccines-to-male-infertility/
LOL Do you really think anyone here doesn't understand that you keep debunking straw men rather than the point actually made?
There's a reason why Berenson is fatal to the credibility of anyone who cites him. His record of misinformation is well documented and practically endless.
Strawman #1: The vaccines were sold to the American public as a defense against infection, with a 95% efficacy on that point specifically. We were all there. We all heard it. You can't revise the history. The "protection against infection" claim was launched as a defense against mounting evidence that protection against infection was waning. Berenson was/is correct to point that out, and his assertions initially labeled as misinformation have routinely been verified. .None of that should be a surprise. Waning efficacy was disclosed in financial reporting documents to Wall Street. CDC had to have known. But they didn't disclose to the public.....
Strawman #2: Berenson was indeed banned for a tweet that 60 days later was an Axios headline. That is the routine. He makes a fact based observation based on his own sources which conflict with established narrative. He is then denounced as a crackpot. Weeks/months later, lo & behold, facts and events emerge which show he was mostly or completely correct.
The strawman in the last link quoted was your most disingenuous of all. Berenson did not claim permanent sterility - his critics implied that he did so to create the strawman you linked to debunk a claim he did not make. Further, in the cited article, he explicitly notes that the reduced counts were for a 5 month duration, not what you claimed he claimed.
I am quite disappointed that you think we are stupid enough not to see thru your sophomoric strawman constructions.
They're practically endlesswhiterock said:Both of your assertions are patently false.Sam Lowry said:You made two points in your earlier post: that the purpose of vaccination was always to prevent infection and that Berenson was banned from Twitter for a claim that was later taken up by mainstream media. Both of those claims are false. Covid vaccines were designed and tested for effectiveness against severe disease and death. The clinical trials didn't even directly measure effectiveness against transmission because that was never the purpose. Berenson was banned for claiming that vaccines were incapable of stopping transmission and were therefore therapeutics rather than vaccines. As I just explained, that definition of vaccines is not correct and was never mainstream. What the MSM did report is that transmission sometimes occurs. That is also true of other vaccines, and in no way does it support Berenson's point. Your last post, about sperm count, links an outlier study with little information beyond its conclusion. More important, changes in sperm count have already been explained by fever, which can occur for any number of reasons including Covid itself or other diseases or vaccines. Berenson also misreads the data to claim there was reduced sperm count after five months, when in fact the five-month evaluation showed complete recovery. On this point he is debunked by his own source.whiterock said:Sam Lowry said:
Debunked.
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/06/scicheck-research-rebuts-baseless-claims-linking-covid-19-vaccines-to-male-infertility/
LOL Do you really think anyone here doesn't understand that you keep debunking straw men rather than the point actually made?
There's a reason why Berenson is fatal to the credibility of anyone who cites him. His record of misinformation is well documented and practically endless.
Strawman #1: The vaccines were sold to the American public as a defense against infection, with a 95% efficacy on that point specifically. We were all there. We all heard it. You can't revise the history. The "protection against infection" claim was launched as a defense against mounting evidence that protection against infection was waning. Berenson was/is correct to point that out, and his assertions initially labeled as misinformation have routinely been verified. .None of that should be a surprise. Waning efficacy was disclosed in financial reporting documents to Wall Street. CDC had to have known. But they didn't disclose to the public.....
Strawman #2: Berenson was indeed banned for a tweet that 60 days later was an Axios headline. That is the routine. He makes a fact based observation based on his own sources which conflict with established narrative. He is then denounced as a crackpot. Weeks/months later, lo & behold, facts and events emerge which show he was mostly or completely correct.
The strawman in the last link quoted was your most disingenuous of all. Berenson did not claim permanent sterility - his critics implied that he did so to create the strawman you linked to debunk a claim he did not make. Further, in the cited article, he explicitly notes that the reduced counts were for a 5 month duration, not what you claimed he claimed.
I am quite disappointed that you think we are stupid enough not to see thru your sophomoric strawman constructions.
Sam Lowry said:Clinical trials showed the vaccine to be 95% effective against confirmed, symptomatic Covid. This is what the public was told, and this is what you would find if you read the study. How you felt it was being "sold" based on your perception of the media coverage is entirely your own issue.whiterock said:Both of your assertions are patently false.Sam Lowry said:You made two points in your earlier post: that the purpose of vaccination was always to prevent infection and that Berenson was banned from Twitter for a claim that was later taken up by mainstream media. Both of those claims are false. Covid vaccines were designed and tested for effectiveness against severe disease and death. The clinical trials didn't even directly measure effectiveness against transmission because that was never the purpose. Berenson was banned for claiming that vaccines were incapable of stopping transmission and were therefore therapeutics rather than vaccines. As I just explained, that definition of vaccines is not correct and was never mainstream. What the MSM did report is that transmission sometimes occurs. That is also true of other vaccines, and in no way does it support Berenson's point. Your last post, about sperm count, links an outlier study with little information beyond its conclusion. More important, changes in sperm count have already been explained by fever, which can occur for any number of reasons including Covid itself or other diseases or vaccines. Berenson also misreads the data to claim there was reduced sperm count after five months, when in fact the five-month evaluation showed complete recovery. On this point he is debunked by his own source.whiterock said:Sam Lowry said:
Debunked.
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/06/scicheck-research-rebuts-baseless-claims-linking-covid-19-vaccines-to-male-infertility/
LOL Do you really think anyone here doesn't understand that you keep debunking straw men rather than the point actually made?
There's a reason why Berenson is fatal to the credibility of anyone who cites him. His record of misinformation is well documented and practically endless.
Strawman #1: The vaccines were sold to the American public as a defense against infection, with a 95% efficacy on that point specifically. We were all there. We all heard it. You can't revise the history. The "protection against infection" claim was launched as a defense against mounting evidence that protection against infection was waning. Berenson was/is correct to point that out, and his assertions initially labeled as misinformation have routinely been verified. .None of that should be a surprise. Waning efficacy was disclosed in financial reporting documents to Wall Street. CDC had to have known. But they didn't disclose to the public.....
Strawman #2: Berenson was indeed banned for a tweet that 60 days later was an Axios headline. That is the routine. He makes a fact based observation based on his own sources which conflict with established narrative. He is then denounced as a crackpot. Weeks/months later, lo & behold, facts and events emerge which show he was mostly or completely correct.
The strawman in the last link quoted was your most disingenuous of all. Berenson did not claim permanent sterility - his critics implied that he did so to create the strawman you linked to debunk a claim he did not make. Further, in the cited article, he explicitly notes that the reduced counts were for a 5 month duration, not what you claimed he claimed.
I am quite disappointed that you think we are stupid enough not to see thru your sophomoric strawman constructions.
According to Newsweek, Berenson tweeted that the vaccine wasn't a vaccine and wasn't capable of preventing transmission. Both of those claims are false.
Your third point is, finally and at long last, an actual example of a straw man in this conversation. No one ever said anything about permanent sterility. Berenson claimed there were reduced sperm counts at five months. As usual, his source disagrees. The study contains no evidence of any effect later than four months from vaccination.
I am disappointed, not because you can't see through my arguments, but because I'm constantly forced to explain your own sources to you. You've provided more than enough evidence to refute your own claims, were you able to evaluate it for yourself instead of relying on charlatans like Mr. Berenson.

In your case I'm guessing...a lot of anti-vaxxers?BUbearinARK said:By a show of hands, who got symptomatic covid after theSam Lowry said:Clinical trials showed the vaccine to be 95% effective against confirmed, symptomatic Covid. This is what the public was told, and this is what you would find if you read the study. How you felt it was being "sold" based on your perception of the media coverage is entirely your own issue.whiterock said:Both of your assertions are patently false.Sam Lowry said:You made two points in your earlier post: that the purpose of vaccination was always to prevent infection and that Berenson was banned from Twitter for a claim that was later taken up by mainstream media. Both of those claims are false. Covid vaccines were designed and tested for effectiveness against severe disease and death. The clinical trials didn't even directly measure effectiveness against transmission because that was never the purpose. Berenson was banned for claiming that vaccines were incapable of stopping transmission and were therefore therapeutics rather than vaccines. As I just explained, that definition of vaccines is not correct and was never mainstream. What the MSM did report is that transmission sometimes occurs. That is also true of other vaccines, and in no way does it support Berenson's point. Your last post, about sperm count, links an outlier study with little information beyond its conclusion. More important, changes in sperm count have already been explained by fever, which can occur for any number of reasons including Covid itself or other diseases or vaccines. Berenson also misreads the data to claim there was reduced sperm count after five months, when in fact the five-month evaluation showed complete recovery. On this point he is debunked by his own source.whiterock said:Sam Lowry said:
Debunked.
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/06/scicheck-research-rebuts-baseless-claims-linking-covid-19-vaccines-to-male-infertility/
LOL Do you really think anyone here doesn't understand that you keep debunking straw men rather than the point actually made?
There's a reason why Berenson is fatal to the credibility of anyone who cites him. His record of misinformation is well documented and practically endless.
Strawman #1: The vaccines were sold to the American public as a defense against infection, with a 95% efficacy on that point specifically. We were all there. We all heard it. You can't revise the history. The "protection against infection" claim was launched as a defense against mounting evidence that protection against infection was waning. Berenson was/is correct to point that out, and his assertions initially labeled as misinformation have routinely been verified. .None of that should be a surprise. Waning efficacy was disclosed in financial reporting documents to Wall Street. CDC had to have known. But they didn't disclose to the public.....
Strawman #2: Berenson was indeed banned for a tweet that 60 days later was an Axios headline. That is the routine. He makes a fact based observation based on his own sources which conflict with established narrative. He is then denounced as a crackpot. Weeks/months later, lo & behold, facts and events emerge which show he was mostly or completely correct.
The strawman in the last link quoted was your most disingenuous of all. Berenson did not claim permanent sterility - his critics implied that he did so to create the strawman you linked to debunk a claim he did not make. Further, in the cited article, he explicitly notes that the reduced counts were for a 5 month duration, not what you claimed he claimed.
I am quite disappointed that you think we are stupid enough not to see thru your sophomoric strawman constructions.
According to Newsweek, Berenson tweeted that the vaccine wasn't a vaccine and wasn't capable of preventing transmission. Both of those claims are false.
Your third point is, finally and at long last, an actual example of a straw man in this conversation. No one ever said anything about permanent sterility. Berenson claimed there were reduced sperm counts at five months. As usual, his source disagrees. The study contains no evidence of any effect later than four months from vaccination.
I am disappointed, not because you can't see through my arguments, but because I'm constantly forced to explain your own sources to you. You've provided more than enough evidence to refute your own claims, were you able to evaluate it for yourself instead of relying on charlatans like Mr. Berenson.immunotherapyvax. I'll raise my hand for me and my wife, and most of my office staff (50 +/-). Who do you think passed it around?
Guessing is like assuming. And you would be incorrect. 98% vax rate in our medical office. I didn't need it as I had the OG symptomatic virus 3/20, but because of medicare and medicaid reimbursement are my biggest insurers, I had to unless I was ready to pack up and move to a large city where I could have a cash practice. and away from the small community that is home, and got the series. So yeah, one month after #2, boom covid again. Out of work for a week +. It was amazing.Sam Lowry said:In your case I'm guessing...a lot of anti-vaxxers?BUbearinARK said:By a show of hands, who got symptomatic covid after theSam Lowry said:Clinical trials showed the vaccine to be 95% effective against confirmed, symptomatic Covid. This is what the public was told, and this is what you would find if you read the study. How you felt it was being "sold" based on your perception of the media coverage is entirely your own issue.whiterock said:Both of your assertions are patently false.Sam Lowry said:You made two points in your earlier post: that the purpose of vaccination was always to prevent infection and that Berenson was banned from Twitter for a claim that was later taken up by mainstream media. Both of those claims are false. Covid vaccines were designed and tested for effectiveness against severe disease and death. The clinical trials didn't even directly measure effectiveness against transmission because that was never the purpose. Berenson was banned for claiming that vaccines were incapable of stopping transmission and were therefore therapeutics rather than vaccines. As I just explained, that definition of vaccines is not correct and was never mainstream. What the MSM did report is that transmission sometimes occurs. That is also true of other vaccines, and in no way does it support Berenson's point. Your last post, about sperm count, links an outlier study with little information beyond its conclusion. More important, changes in sperm count have already been explained by fever, which can occur for any number of reasons including Covid itself or other diseases or vaccines. Berenson also misreads the data to claim there was reduced sperm count after five months, when in fact the five-month evaluation showed complete recovery. On this point he is debunked by his own source.whiterock said:Sam Lowry said:
Debunked.
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/06/scicheck-research-rebuts-baseless-claims-linking-covid-19-vaccines-to-male-infertility/
LOL Do you really think anyone 9here doesn't understand that you keep debunking straw men rather than the point actually made?
There's a reason why Berenson is fatal to the credibility of anyone who cites him. His record of misinformation is well documented and practically endless.
Strawman #1: The vaccines were sold to the American public as a defense against infection, with a 95% efficacy on that point specifically. We were all there. We all heard it. You can't revise the history. The "protection against infection" claim was launched as a defense against mounting evidence that protection against infection was waning. Berenson was/is correct to point that out, and his assertions initially labeled as misinformation have routinely been verified. .None of that should be a surprise. Waning efficacy was disclosed in financial reporting documents to Wall Street. CDC had to have known. But they didn't disclose to the public.....
Strawman #2: Berenson was indeed banned for a tweet that 60 days later was an Axios headline. That is the routine. He makes a fact based observation based on his own sources which conflict with established narrative. He is then denounced as a crackpot. Weeks/months later, lo & behold, facts and events emerge which show he was mostly or completely correct.
The strawman in the last link quoted was your most disingenuous of all. Berenson did not claim permanent sterility - his critics implied that he did so to create the strawman you linked to debunk a claim he did not make. Further, in the cited article, he explicitly notes that the reduced counts were for a 5 month duration, not what you claimed he claimed.
I am quite disappointed that you think we are stupid enough not to see thru your sophomoric strawman constructions.
According to Newsweek, Berenson tweeted that the vaccine wasn't a vaccine and wasn't capable of preventing transmission. Both of those claims are false.
Your third point is, finally and at long last, an actual example of a straw man in this conversation. No one ever said anything about permanent sterility. Berenson claimed there were reduced sperm counts at five months. As usual, his source disagrees. The study contains no evidence of any effect later than four months from vaccination.
I am disappointed, not because you can't see through my arguments, but because I'm constantly forced to explain your own sources to you. You've provided more than enough evidence to refute your own claims, were you able to evaluate it for yourself instead of relying on charlatans like Mr. Berenson.immunotherapyvax. I'll raise my hand for me and my wife, and most of my office staff (50 +/-). Who do you think passed it around?
I got a barely symptomatic illness, but not until Omicron.
Well dang, I didn't know you had a cool anecdote. Screw all that research!BUbearinARK said:Guessing is like assuming. And you would be incorrect. 98% vax rate in our medical office. I didn't need it as I had the OG symptomatic virus 3/20, but because of medicare and medicaid reimbursement are my biggest insurers, I had to unless I was ready to pack up and move to a large city where I could have a cash practice. and away from the small community that is home, and got the series. So yeah, one month after #2, boom covid again. Out of work for a week +. It was amazing.Sam Lowry said:In your case I'm guessing...a lot of anti-vaxxers?BUbearinARK said:By a show of hands, who got symptomatic covid after theSam Lowry said:Clinical trials showed the vaccine to be 95% effective against confirmed, symptomatic Covid. This is what the public was told, and this is what you would find if you read the study. How you felt it was being "sold" based on your perception of the media coverage is entirely your own issue.whiterock said:Both of your assertions are patently false.Sam Lowry said:You made two points in your earlier post: that the purpose of vaccination was always to prevent infection and that Berenson was banned from Twitter for a claim that was later taken up by mainstream media. Both of those claims are false. Covid vaccines were designed and tested for effectiveness against severe disease and death. The clinical trials didn't even directly measure effectiveness against transmission because that was never the purpose. Berenson was banned for claiming that vaccines were incapable of stopping transmission and were therefore therapeutics rather than vaccines. As I just explained, that definition of vaccines is not correct and was never mainstream. What the MSM did report is that transmission sometimes occurs. That is also true of other vaccines, and in no way does it support Berenson's point. Your last post, about sperm count, links an outlier study with little information beyond its conclusion. More important, changes in sperm count have already been explained by fever, which can occur for any number of reasons including Covid itself or other diseases or vaccines. Berenson also misreads the data to claim there was reduced sperm count after five months, when in fact the five-month evaluation showed complete recovery. On this point he is debunked by his own source.whiterock said:Sam Lowry said:
Debunked.
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/06/scicheck-research-rebuts-baseless-claims-linking-covid-19-vaccines-to-male-infertility/
LOL Do you really think anyone 9here doesn't understand that you keep debunking straw men rather than the point actually made?
There's a reason why Berenson is fatal to the credibility of anyone who cites him. His record of misinformation is well documented and practically endless.
Strawman #1: The vaccines were sold to the American public as a defense against infection, with a 95% efficacy on that point specifically. We were all there. We all heard it. You can't revise the history. The "protection against infection" claim was launched as a defense against mounting evidence that protection against infection was waning. Berenson was/is correct to point that out, and his assertions initially labeled as misinformation have routinely been verified. .None of that should be a surprise. Waning efficacy was disclosed in financial reporting documents to Wall Street. CDC had to have known. But they didn't disclose to the public.....
Strawman #2: Berenson was indeed banned for a tweet that 60 days later was an Axios headline. That is the routine. He makes a fact based observation based on his own sources which conflict with established narrative. He is then denounced as a crackpot. Weeks/months later, lo & behold, facts and events emerge which show he was mostly or completely correct.
The strawman in the last link quoted was your most disingenuous of all. Berenson did not claim permanent sterility - his critics implied that he did so to create the strawman you linked to debunk a claim he did not make. Further, in the cited article, he explicitly notes that the reduced counts were for a 5 month duration, not what you claimed he claimed.
I am quite disappointed that you think we are stupid enough not to see thru your sophomoric strawman constructions.
According to Newsweek, Berenson tweeted that the vaccine wasn't a vaccine and wasn't capable of preventing transmission. Both of those claims are false.
Your third point is, finally and at long last, an actual example of a straw man in this conversation. No one ever said anything about permanent sterility. Berenson claimed there were reduced sperm counts at five months. As usual, his source disagrees. The study contains no evidence of any effect later than four months from vaccination.
I am disappointed, not because you can't see through my arguments, but because I'm constantly forced to explain your own sources to you. You've provided more than enough evidence to refute your own claims, were you able to evaluate it for yourself instead of relying on charlatans like Mr. Berenson.immunotherapyvax. I'll raise my hand for me and my wife, and most of my office staff (50 +/-). Who do you think passed it around?
I got a barely symptomatic illness, but not until Omicron.
funny thing about research, very similar to polling..Sam Lowry said:Well dang, I didn't know you had a cool anecdote. Screw all that research!BUbearinARK said:Guessing is like assuming. And you would be incorrect. 98% vax rate in our medical office. I didn't need it as I had the OG symptomatic virus 3/20, but because of medicare and medicaid reimbursement are my biggest insurers, I had to unless I was ready to pack up and move to a large city where I could have a cash practice. and away from the small community that is home, and got the series. So yeah, one month after #2, boom covid again. Out of work for a week +. It was amazing.Sam Lowry said:In your case I'm guessing...a lot of anti-vaxxers?BUbearinARK said:By a show of hands, who got symptomatic covid after theSam Lowry said:Clinical trials showed the vaccine to be 95% effective against confirmed, symptomatic Covid. This is what the public was told, and this is what you would find if you read the study. How you felt it was being "sold" based on your perception of the media coverage is entirely your own issue.whiterock said:Both of your assertions are patently false.Sam Lowry said:You made two points in your earlier post: that the purpose of vaccination was always to prevent infection and that Berenson was banned from Twitter for a claim that was later taken up by mainstream media. Both of those claims are false. Covid vaccines were designed and tested for effectiveness against severe disease and death. The clinical trials didn't even directly measure effectiveness against transmission because that was never the purpose. Berenson was banned for claiming that vaccines were incapable of stopping transmission and were therefore therapeutics rather than vaccines. As I just explained, that definition of vaccines is not correct and was never mainstream. What the MSM did report is that transmission sometimes occurs. That is also true of other vaccines, and in no way does it support Berenson's point. Your last post, about sperm count, links an outlier study with little information beyond its conclusion. More important, changes in sperm count have already been explained by fever, which can occur for any number of reasons including Covid itself or other diseases or vaccines. Berenson also misreads the data to claim there was reduced sperm count after five months, when in fact the five-month evaluation showed complete recovery. On this point he is debunked by his own source.whiterock said:Sam Lowry said:
Debunked.
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/06/scicheck-research-rebuts-baseless-claims-linking-covid-19-vaccines-to-male-infertility/
LOL Do you really think anyone 9here doesn't understand that you keep debunking straw men rather than the point actually made?
There's a reason why Berenson is fatal to the credibility of anyone who cites him. His record of misinformation is well documented and practically endless.
Strawman #1: The vaccines were sold to the American public as a defense against infection, with a 95% efficacy on that point specifically. We were all there. We all heard it. You can't revise the history. The "protection against infection" claim was launched as a defense against mounting evidence that protection against infection was waning. Berenson was/is correct to point that out, and his assertions initially labeled as misinformation have routinely been verified. .None of that should be a surprise. Waning efficacy was disclosed in financial reporting documents to Wall Street. CDC had to have known. But they didn't disclose to the public.....
Strawman #2: Berenson was indeed banned for a tweet that 60 days later was an Axios headline. That is the routine. He makes a fact based observation based on his own sources which conflict with established narrative. He is then denounced as a crackpot. Weeks/months later, lo & behold, facts and events emerge which show he was mostly or completely correct.
The strawman in the last link quoted was your most disingenuous of all. Berenson did not claim permanent sterility - his critics implied that he did so to create the strawman you linked to debunk a claim he did not make. Further, in the cited article, he explicitly notes that the reduced counts were for a 5 month duration, not what you claimed he claimed.
I am quite disappointed that you think we are stupid enough not to see thru your sophomoric strawman constructions.
According to Newsweek, Berenson tweeted that the vaccine wasn't a vaccine and wasn't capable of preventing transmission. Both of those claims are false.
Your third point is, finally and at long last, an actual example of a straw man in this conversation. No one ever said anything about permanent sterility. Berenson claimed there were reduced sperm counts at five months. As usual, his source disagrees. The study contains no evidence of any effect later than four months from vaccination.
I am disappointed, not because you can't see through my arguments, but because I'm constantly forced to explain your own sources to you. You've provided more than enough evidence to refute your own claims, were you able to evaluate it for yourself instead of relying on charlatans like Mr. Berenson.immunotherapyvax. I'll raise my hand for me and my wife, and most of my office staff (50 +/-). Who do you think passed it around?
I got a barely symptomatic illness, but not until Omicron.
Oh boy howdy, do I gots anecdotes. Hunderts of em' . But way too unsophisticated data points for a medical researcher such as yourself!Sam Lowry said:Well dang, I didn't know you had a cool anecdote. Screw all that research!BUbearinARK said:Guessing is like assuming. And you would be incorrect. 98% vax rate in our medical office. I didn't need it as I had the OG symptomatic virus 3/20, but because of medicare and medicaid reimbursement are my biggest insurers, I had to unless I was ready to pack up and move to a large city where I could have a cash practice. and away from the small community that is home, and got the series. So yeah, one month after #2, boom covid again. Out of work for a week +. It was amazing.Sam Lowry said:In your case I'm guessing...a lot of anti-vaxxers?BUbearinARK said:By a show of hands, who got symptomatic covid after theSam Lowry said:Clinical trials showed the vaccine to be 95% effective against confirmed, symptomatic Covid. This is what the public was told, and this is what you would find if you read the study. How you felt it was being "sold" based on your perception of the media coverage is entirely your own issue.whiterock said:Both of your assertions are patently false.Sam Lowry said:You made two points in your earlier post: that the purpose of vaccination was always to prevent infection and that Berenson was banned from Twitter for a claim that was later taken up by mainstream media. Both of those claims are false. Covid vaccines were designed and tested for effectiveness against severe disease and death. The clinical trials didn't even directly measure effectiveness against transmission because that was never the purpose. Berenson was banned for claiming that vaccines were incapable of stopping transmission and were therefore therapeutics rather than vaccines. As I just explained, that definition of vaccines is not correct and was never mainstream. What the MSM did report is that transmission sometimes occurs. That is also true of other vaccines, and in no way does it support Berenson's point. Your last post, about sperm count, links an outlier study with little information beyond its conclusion. More important, changes in sperm count have already been explained by fever, which can occur for any number of reasons including Covid itself or other diseases or vaccines. Berenson also misreads the data to claim there was reduced sperm count after five months, when in fact the five-month evaluation showed complete recovery. On this point he is debunked by his own source.whiterock said:Sam Lowry said:
Debunked.
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/06/scicheck-research-rebuts-baseless-claims-linking-covid-19-vaccines-to-male-infertility/
LOL Do you really think anyone 9here doesn't understand that you keep debunking straw men rather than the point actually made?
There's a reason why Berenson is fatal to the credibility of anyone who cites him. His record of misinformation is well documented and practically endless.
Strawman #1: The vaccines were sold to the American public as a defense against infection, with a 95% efficacy on that point specifically. We were all there. We all heard it. You can't revise the history. The "protection against infection" claim was launched as a defense against mounting evidence that protection against infection was waning. Berenson was/is correct to point that out, and his assertions initially labeled as misinformation have routinely been verified. .None of that should be a surprise. Waning efficacy was disclosed in financial reporting documents to Wall Street. CDC had to have known. But they didn't disclose to the public.....
Strawman #2: Berenson was indeed banned for a tweet that 60 days later was an Axios headline. That is the routine. He makes a fact based observation based on his own sources which conflict with established narrative. He is then denounced as a crackpot. Weeks/months later, lo & behold, facts and events emerge which show he was mostly or completely correct.
The strawman in the last link quoted was your most disingenuous of all. Berenson did not claim permanent sterility - his critics implied that he did so to create the strawman you linked to debunk a claim he did not make. Further, in the cited article, he explicitly notes that the reduced counts were for a 5 month duration, not what you claimed he claimed.
I am quite disappointed that you think we are stupid enough not to see thru your sophomoric strawman constructions.
According to Newsweek, Berenson tweeted that the vaccine wasn't a vaccine and wasn't capable of preventing transmission. Both of those claims are false.
Your third point is, finally and at long last, an actual example of a straw man in this conversation. No one ever said anything about permanent sterility. Berenson claimed there were reduced sperm counts at five months. As usual, his source disagrees. The study contains no evidence of any effect later than four months from vaccination.
I am disappointed, not because you can't see through my arguments, but because I'm constantly forced to explain your own sources to you. You've provided more than enough evidence to refute your own claims, were you able to evaluate it for yourself instead of relying on charlatans like Mr. Berenson.immunotherapyvax. I'll raise my hand for me and my wife, and most of my office staff (50 +/-). Who do you think passed it around?
I got a barely symptomatic illness, but not until Omicron.
Big.
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) June 21, 2022
If this research is true*, then the idea of HERD IMMUNITY is debunked. And @BallouxFrancois who promoted Herd Imm against all evidence & heckled Yaneer has some retractions to do.
*Looks rigorous (previous paper publ. in Nature) but let's wait for the peer review. https://t.co/ewhZk7WcrA
Sam Lowry said:You made two points in your earlier post: that the purpose of vaccination was always to prevent infection and that Berenson was banned from Twitter for a claim that was later taken up by mainstream media. Both of those claims are false. Covid vaccines were designed and tested for effectiveness against severe disease and death. The clinical trials didn't even directly measure effectiveness against transmission because that was never the purpose. Berenson was banned for claiming that vaccines were incapable of stopping transmission and were therefore therapeutics rather than vaccines. As I just explained, that definition of vaccines is not correct and was never mainstream. What the MSM did report is that transmission sometimes occurs. That is also true of other vaccines, and in no way does it support Berenson's point. Your last post, about sperm count, links an outlier study with little information beyond its conclusion. More important, changes in sperm count have already been explained by fever, which can occur for any number of reasons including Covid itself or other diseases or vaccines. Berenson also misreads the data to claim there was reduced sperm count after five months, when in fact the five-month evaluation showed complete recovery. On this point he is debunked by his own source.whiterock said:Sam Lowry said:
Debunked.
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/06/scicheck-research-rebuts-baseless-claims-linking-covid-19-vaccines-to-male-infertility/
LOL Do you really think anyone here doesn't understand that you keep debunking straw men rather than the point actually made?
There's a reason why Berenson is fatal to the credibility of anyone who cites him. His record of misinformation is well documented and practically endless.
jupiter said:Big.
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) June 21, 2022
If this research is true*, then the idea of HERD IMMUNITY is debunked. And @BallouxFrancois who promoted Herd Imm against all evidence & heckled Yaneer has some retractions to do.
*Looks rigorous (previous paper publ. in Nature) but let's wait for the peer review. https://t.co/ewhZk7WcrA
8x, you say.Fre3dombear said:
And today yiu have 8x as many infected Americans versus a year ago and about the same dead. Happens literally every single day with more dead than a year ago quite common.
A few more boosters and we'll flatten that curve r e t d s
Sam Lowery, please pick up the white courtesy phone, you have a call waiting..whiterock said:8x, you say.Fre3dombear said:
And today yiu have 8x as many infected Americans versus a year ago and about the same dead. Happens literally every single day with more dead than a year ago quite common.
A few more boosters and we'll flatten that curve r e t d s
how can that be?
all those vaccinated people and infections are up 8x?
what on earth could be an explanation for that?
We're talking about the lowest number of deaths since March 2020, so I'm not sure what the point is.4th and Inches said:Sam Lowery, please pick up the white courtesy phone, you have a call waiting..whiterock said:8x, you say.Fre3dombear said:
And today yiu have 8x as many infected Americans versus a year ago and about the same dead. Happens literally every single day with more dead than a year ago quite common.
A few more boosters and we'll flatten that curve r e t d s
how can that be?
all those vaccinated people and infections are up 8x?
what on earth could be an explanation for that?
infections.Sam Lowry said:We're talking about the lowest number of deaths since March 2020, so I'm not sure what the point is.4th and Inches said:Sam Lowery, please pick up the white courtesy phone, you have a call waiting..whiterock said:8x, you say.Fre3dombear said:
And today yiu have 8x as many infected Americans versus a year ago and about the same dead. Happens literally every single day with more dead than a year ago quite common.
A few more boosters and we'll flatten that curve r e t d s
how can that be?
all those vaccinated people and infections are up 8x?
what on earth could be an explanation for that?
Infections happen. There were a couple of thousand flu cases last week too.whiterock said:infections.Sam Lowry said:We're talking about the lowest number of deaths since March 2020, so I'm not sure what the point is.4th and Inches said:Sam Lowery, please pick up the white courtesy phone, you have a call waiting..whiterock said:8x, you say.Fre3dombear said:
And today yiu have 8x as many infected Americans versus a year ago and about the same dead. Happens literally every single day with more dead than a year ago quite common.
A few more boosters and we'll flatten that curve r e t d s
how can that be?
all those vaccinated people and infections are up 8x?
what on earth could be an explanation for that?
the conversation was about infections.Sam Lowry said:Infections happen. There were a couple of thousand flu cases last week too.whiterock said:infections.Sam Lowry said:We're talking about the lowest number of deaths since March 2020, so I'm not sure what the point is.4th and Inches said:Sam Lowery, please pick up the white courtesy phone, you have a call waiting..whiterock said:8x, you say.Fre3dombear said:
And today yiu have 8x as many infected Americans versus a year ago and about the same dead. Happens literally every single day with more dead than a year ago quite common.
A few more boosters and we'll flatten that curve r e t d s
how can that be?
all those vaccinated people and infections are up 8x?
what on earth could be an explanation for that?
Fre3dombear: "And today you have 8x as many infected Americans versus a year ago and about the same dead."whiterock said:the conversation was about infections.Sam Lowry said:Infections happen. There were a couple of thousand flu cases last week too.whiterock said:infections.Sam Lowry said:We're talking about the lowest number of deaths since March 2020, so I'm not sure what the point is.4th and Inches said:Sam Lowery, please pick up the white courtesy phone, you have a call waiting..whiterock said:8x, you say.Fre3dombear said:
And today yiu have 8x as many infected Americans versus a year ago and about the same dead. Happens literally every single day with more dead than a year ago quite common.
A few more boosters and we'll flatten that curve r e t d s
how can that be?
all those vaccinated people and infections are up 8x?
what on earth could be an explanation for that?
You keep distracting it to deaths.
"...a study of700k people in Israel showed the double-vaxxed were 27x more likely to get reinfected"Sam Lowry said:Fre3dombear: "And today you have 8x as many infected Americans versus a year ago and about the same dead."whiterock said:the conversation was about infections.Sam Lowry said:Infections happen. There were a couple of thousand flu cases last week too.whiterock said:infections.Sam Lowry said:We're talking about the lowest number of deaths since March 2020, so I'm not sure what the point is.4th and Inches said:Sam Lowery, please pick up the white courtesy phone, you have a call waiting..whiterock said:8x, you say.Fre3dombear said:
And today yiu have 8x as many infected Americans versus a year ago and about the same dead. Happens literally every single day with more dead than a year ago quite common.
A few more boosters and we'll flatten that curve r e t d s
how can that be?
all those vaccinated people and infections are up 8x?
what on earth could be an explanation for that?
You keep distracting it to deaths.
Infections happen. There were a couple of thousand flu cases last week too.
“Triple vaxxed are the most likely to die from COVID-19” pic.twitter.com/J4X1rF3LZz
— The Dog (@We_Truck_Fudeau) June 23, 2022
Yeah, except it didn't show that at all. This is the one I was expecting you to re-post before, so I linked to the thread explaining how you'd misread the data. See above.whiterock said:"...a study of700k people in Israel showed the double-vaxxed were 27x more likely to get reinfected"Sam Lowry said:Fre3dombear: "And today you have 8x as many infected Americans versus a year ago and about the same dead."whiterock said:the conversation was about infections.Sam Lowry said:Infections happen. There were a couple of thousand flu cases last week too.whiterock said:infections.Sam Lowry said:We're talking about the lowest number of deaths since March 2020, so I'm not sure what the point is.4th and Inches said:Sam Lowery, please pick up the white courtesy phone, you have a call waiting..whiterock said:8x, you say.Fre3dombear said:
And today yiu have 8x as many infected Americans versus a year ago and about the same dead. Happens literally every single day with more dead than a year ago quite common.
A few more boosters and we'll flatten that curve r e t d s
how can that be?
all those vaccinated people and infections are up 8x?
what on earth could be an explanation for that?
You keep distracting it to deaths.
Infections happen. There were a couple of thousand flu cases last week too.
"...if you look at England and No. Europe....the triple vaxxed are more likely to die (from reinfection)."“Triple vaxxed are the most likely to die from COVID-19” pic.twitter.com/J4X1rF3LZz
— The Dog (@We_Truck_Fudeau) June 23, 2022
So you disagree with the science presented by the doctors, in state congressional testimony?Sam Lowry said:Yeah, except it didn't show that at all. This is the one I was expecting you to re-post before, so I linked to the thread explaining how you'd misread the data. See above.whiterock said:"...a study of700k people in Israel showed the double-vaxxed were 27x more likely to get reinfected"Sam Lowry said:Fre3dombear: "And today you have 8x as many infected Americans versus a year ago and about the same dead."whiterock said:the conversation was about infections.Sam Lowry said:Infections happen. There were a couple of thousand flu cases last week too.whiterock said:infections.Sam Lowry said:We're talking about the lowest number of deaths since March 2020, so I'm not sure what the point is.4th and Inches said:Sam Lowery, please pick up the white courtesy phone, you have a call waiting..whiterock said:8x, you say.Fre3dombear said:
And today yiu have 8x as many infected Americans versus a year ago and about the same dead. Happens literally every single day with more dead than a year ago quite common.
A few more boosters and we'll flatten that curve r e t d s
how can that be?
all those vaccinated people and infections are up 8x?
what on earth could be an explanation for that?
You keep distracting it to deaths.
Infections happen. There were a couple of thousand flu cases last week too.
"...if you look at England and No. Europe....the triple vaxxed are more likely to die (from reinfection)."“Triple vaxxed are the most likely to die from COVID-19” pic.twitter.com/J4X1rF3LZz
— The Dog (@We_Truck_Fudeau) June 23, 2022
Sigh.
Sam Lowry said:Fre3dombear: "And today you have 8x as many infected Americans versus a year ago and about the same dead."whiterock said:the conversation was about infections.Sam Lowry said:Infections happen. There were a couple of thousand flu cases last week too.whiterock said:infections.Sam Lowry said:We're talking about the lowest number of deaths since March 2020, so I'm not sure what the point is.4th and Inches said:Sam Lowery, please pick up the white courtesy phone, you have a call waiting..whiterock said:8x, you say.Fre3dombear said:
And today yiu have 8x as many infected Americans versus a year ago and about the same dead. Happens literally every single day with more dead than a year ago quite common.
A few more boosters and we'll flatten that curve r e t d s
how can that be?
all those vaccinated people and infections are up 8x?
what on earth could be an explanation for that?
You keep distracting it to deaths.
Infections happen. There were a couple of thousand flu cases last week too.
whiterock said:So you disagree with the science presented by the doctors, in state congressional testimony?Sam Lowry said:Yeah, except it didn't show that at all. This is the one I was expecting you to re-post before, so I linked to the thread explaining how you'd misread the data. See above.whiterock said:"...a study of700k people in Israel showed the double-vaxxed were 27x more likely to get reinfected"Sam Lowry said:Fre3dombear: "And today you have 8x as many infected Americans versus a year ago and about the same dead."whiterock said:the conversation was about infections.Sam Lowry said:Infections happen. There were a couple of thousand flu cases last week too.whiterock said:infections.Sam Lowry said:We're talking about the lowest number of deaths since March 2020, so I'm not sure what the point is.4th and Inches said:Sam Lowery, please pick up the white courtesy phone, you have a call waiting..whiterock said:8x, you say.Fre3dombear said:
And today yiu have 8x as many infected Americans versus a year ago and about the same dead. Happens literally every single day with more dead than a year ago quite common.
A few more boosters and we'll flatten that curve r e t d s
how can that be?
all those vaccinated people and infections are up 8x?
what on earth could be an explanation for that?
You keep distracting it to deaths.
Infections happen. There were a couple of thousand flu cases last week too.
"...if you look at England and No. Europe....the triple vaxxed are more likely to die (from reinfection)."“Triple vaxxed are the most likely to die from COVID-19” pic.twitter.com/J4X1rF3LZz
— The Dog (@We_Truck_Fudeau) June 23, 2022
Sigh.
Restoring the Republic, one case at a time.Fre3dombear said:
We're talking about the lowest number of deaths since March 2020, so I'm not sure what the point is.Quote:So you disagree with the science presented by the doctors, in state congressional testimony?Quote:Yeah, except it didn't show that at all. This is the one I was expecting you to re-post before, so I linked to the thread explaining how you'd misread the data. See above.Quote:"...a study of700k people in Israel showed the double-vaxxed were 27x more likely to get reinfected"Quote:Fre3dombear: "And today you have 8x as many infected Americans versus a year ago and about the same dead."Quote:the conversation was about infections.Quote:Infections happen. There were a couple of thousand flu cases last week too.Quote:
infections.
You keep distracting it to deaths.
Infections happen. There were a couple of thousand flu cases last week too.
"...if you look at England and No. Europe....the triple vaxxed are more likely to die (from reinfection)."“Triple vaxxed are the most likely to die from COVID-19” pic.twitter.com/J4X1rF3LZz
— The Dog (@We_Truck_Fudeau) June 23, 2022
Sigh.
Whoa! Slow your roll. It's not science unless 1) you agree with it and 2) it promotes the Socialist / Mulecrat
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I'm just basking in Roe v wade being overturned finally. God is proud of us today. Now we push further.