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Oct 14, 2022Liked by Paul D. Thacker

Paul, your work is far too important for us to worry about paying / not paying because you've made an article free. I will push all your work on my social channels and I'm happy to keep supporting what you do however I can. Thanks

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Hi Paul, you should run your Substack the way you want.

Somewhat long comment, but I think it will be worth your time.

You might know that Janine Small from Pfizer recently admitted that the company did not even test to see if the vaccine prevented transmission.

Just look at this idiotic "debunk" from AP News:

"While Roos and many others framed this as a new revelation, Pfizer never claimed that its clinical trial, upon which the vaccine was authorized for use, evaluated the shot’s effect on transmission. In fact, shortly before the vaccine’s release, the company’s CEO emphasized that this was still being evaluated."

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-pfizer-transmission-european-parliament-950413863226

Talk about completely missing the point! The actual question here is - why didn't anyone from Pfizer object when governments claimed that the vax did stop transmission? Wasn't it effectively false advertising? Wasn't it the basis for mandates? Why would anyone mandate a vaccine which was never tested to stop transmission?

However, it probably would have been a new revelation for me if I wasn't using Twitter.

I remember an account on Twitter (JeanRees10) who just kept pointing out in early 2022 that vax was not even TESTED to stop transmission, over and over and over. In fact, I missed the importance of what she was saying the first few times I read it. It just read like a long list of complaints from someone who was not happy with the Pfizer vaccine. But when I saw it like the 25th time I thought "Why does she keep saying the same thing again and again?" :-)

And one day I REALLY understood what she was trying to say. That Pfizer did not even test for what the governments were claiming. I wonder if she felt "How can people not even see this simple thing?" for MONTHS.

Probably you are feeling the same now :-)

To me, it feels like the medical community really dropped the ball on this one. Doctors should have assumed the role of watchdogs, especially given Pfizer's history. There was even a video by Dr Suneel Dhand where he said he only knew a handful of Doctors who had actually read the clinical trial documents when they were first published.

In any case, I think the tide is turning.

Ignore the critics.

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Oct 14, 2022Liked by Paul D. Thacker

As a subscriber I agree this article should be shared with all

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"antivax" isn't intended to make sense. it's intended to delegitimize speech of those mourning the loss of a family member who died from a shot. it's a form of communicative aggression/violence that's aimed at those of us with vx injury.

this is corp communications strategy that pharmaceutical companies employ to protect their profit margin and those who deploy the epithet who aren't on pharma's payroll are rubes and useful idiots.

it's literally revolting.

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Of course Pfizer told us they hadn't tested it for blocking transmission (yet)!

“But Mr Dent, the plans have been available in the local planning office for the last nine months.”

“Oh yes, well as soon as I heard I went straight round to see them, yesterday afternoon. You hadn’t exactly gone out of your way to call attention to them, had you? I mean, like actually telling anybody or anything.”

“But the plans were on display …”

“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”

“That’s the display department.”

“With a flashlight.”

“Ah, well the lights had probably gone.”

“So had the stairs.”

“But look, you found the notice didn’t you?”

“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard’.”

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Oct 15, 2022Liked by Paul D. Thacker

Would be nice if Substack at least added the "gift" option, where paying subscribers could share several articles per month and strip the paywall like you can do with the NYT and other publications.

Have you considered simply locking the comments to paying subscribers as the incentive? Several successful substacks have managed to build a healthy paying subscription base this way.

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I pay to support your work ( moral duty) not bc i want goodies that unpaying subscribers dont receive. Quite frankly, i think your work is too important to not be available to everyone.

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Oct 14, 2022Liked by Paul D. Thacker

New subscriber here. Thanks for your brave work.

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Oct 14, 2022Liked by Paul D. Thacker

New subscriber here. Thank you for your integrity.

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You have become one of my heroes! Definitely worth subscribing!

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