It does show an admirable independence of spirit rather than hidebound adherence to a political ideal doesn't it?

It's probably always been the same except now the internet provides more access than was available to that bloke down the pub who was always spouting off to an audience of one.

I have nothing against PCR testing. They were a tool to combat the spread of covid. As was the antigen tests. And one of the good things the NHS / government rolled out. I myself got numerous PCRs and plenty of antigen tests. I actually have a wardrobe stocked full of them. (Edit over exaggeration I have about 3 boxes)

I also have no problem with people taking the vaccine and support anyone who decided to take it. It just wasn't for me I didint feel the risk worth taking as is my right. My gripe was the mandatory forcing people to take it.

I also suppose england were one of the first countries to come out of lockdown and then stay out of lockdown. So credit to the government for finally finding a backbone and pushing the covid zero zealots and scaremongering media aside.

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Edited by eaglesdare (21 Nov 2023 11.48pm)

As always before considering what anyone says on a subject, know who they are, who their audience is and what their motivations might be.

Dr Marty Makary seems to have changed his position quite substantially in the portion of the speech which was referenced above. Why only a portion? It was to the House subcommittee on the Coronavirus pandemic.

Dr Makary is not a virologist. He is an oncologist. He has though positioned himself as a pundit on the Covid pandemic and seemingly has always been in favour of vaccines, masks and the kind of strategy adopted in the UK. So why these attacks on the CDC to a committee headed by Republicans? Are there political motivations and/or ambitions behind it? In the USA anything seems possible but this seems to raise more questions than provide answers.

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Is another good question which maybe whoever invited him could answer.

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The thing that both people sitting either side of Makary are best qualified in is bs!

They are Martin Kulldorff and Jay Bhattacharya. Co-authors of the notorious and widely discredited “Great Barrington Declaration”. Something pushed and then shredded in these pages many times. The very fact that they are there at all opens huge questions about the viability of the enquiry. Their presence does nothing at all to support Makary.

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