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A brainless drooling idiot with the words “Evidence Based Medicine” over their head
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
jhuff.bsky.social
Don’t forget public health lies “for the greater good” around masks and also lies about the effectiveness of mRNA vaccines at preventing infection and spread. Then the IMPACT “research” to declare victory in utter defeat by the virus. Brownstone institute, IPC, HICPAC—all institutional interests.
Re: Taking the Win over COVID-19 After two years that necessitated lockdowns, travel bans, school closures, mask mandates, and nearly a million deaths, nearly every American finally has the tools to protect themselves from this virus. It’s time for Democrats to take credit for ending the COVID crisis phase of the COVID war, point to important victories like vaccine distribution and providing economic stability to Americans, and fully enter the rebuilding phase that comes after any war. Below we lay out some strategic thoughts for Democrats positioning themselves on COVID-19 after nearly two years of the pandemic: • Declare the crisis phase of COVID over and push for feeling and acting more normal. Thanks to Democrats, we are nowhere near where we were two years, or even one year ago. Democrats have a tremendous opportunity to claim an incredible, historic success – they vaccinated hundreds of millions of people, prevented the economy from going into freefall, kept small businesses from going under, and got people back to work safely. Because of President Biden and Democrats, we CAN safely return to life feeling much more normal – and they should claim that proudly. • Recognize that people are “worn out” and feeling real harm from the yearslong restrictions and take their side. Most Americans have personally moved out of crisis mode. Twice as many voters are now more concerned about COVID’s effect on the economy (49%) than about someone in their family or someone they know becoming infected with the coronavirus (24%). Two-thirds of parents and 80% of teachers say the pandemic caused learning loss, and voters are overwhelmingly more worried about learning loss than kids getting COVID. Six in ten Americans describe themselves as “worn out” by the pandemic. The more we talk about the threat of COVID and onerously restrict people’s lives because of it, the more we turn them against us and show them we’re out of touch with their daily realities. • Acknowledge COVID still exists and likely will for a long time. We are not advising that Democrats talk like the Republicans that have largely ignored the pandemic, even pre-vaccine. Declaring a return to the “new normalcy” does not mean ignoring that people will continue to get it, that we shouldn’t be responsible, or that we should turn our backs on the medical community that is treating those sick and developing the therapeutics that will save lives. Instead, it means recognizing that the threat of COVID is no longer what it was even a year ago and therefore should not be treated as such – shutdowns, masks, and lockdowns were meant to save lives when there was not yet a vaccine that could do that. Voters know we now have the tools in the toolkit to be responsible in combatting and living with COVID – vaccines and boosters to minimize illness, and masks and social distancing around vulnerable groups. • Don’t set “COVID zero” as the victory condition. Americans also don’t think victory is COVID Zero. They think the virus is here to stay, and 83% say the pandemic will be over when it’s a mild illness like the flu rather than COVID being completely gone, and 55% prefer that COVID should be treated as an endemic disease. And that’s what most Americans are dealing with—a disease with fatality rates like the flu—because most of us took the personal responsibility to protect ourselves and our families by getting vaccinated. Americans also assume they will get COVID: 77% agree that “it is inevitable that most people in the US will eventually get COVID-19”, and 61% of Americans who have never tested positive think they are likely to be infected over the next year. And thanks to the work Democrats have done over the past year, despite believing contracting COVID is inevitable, most Americans are no longer fearful. (Overflow image to contain the rest of the text) Stop talking about restrictions and the unknown future ahead. If we focus on how bad things still are and how much worse they could get, we set Democrats up as failures unable to navigate us through this. When 99% of Americans can get vaccinated, we cause more harm than we prevent with voters by going into our third year talking about restrictions. And, if Democrats continue to hold a posture that prioritizes COVID precautions over learning how to live in a world where COVID exists, but does not dominate, they risk paying dearly for it in November.
October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
jhuff.bsky.social
This is where shared clinical decision making is defined. www.cdc.gov/acip/vaccine...

And here is where it is referred to specifically as not needing documentation on the CDC page:

www.cdc.gov/covid/vaccin...
Who is moderately or severely immunocompromised? You can be immunocompromised (have a weakened immune system) because of a medical condition or if you received medications or treatments that suppress your immune system. You can self-confirm if you are moderately or severely immunocompromised. This means you do NOT need documentation to receive a COVID-19 vaccination you are eligible for.
August 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
jhuff.bsky.social
At least for Novavax the variants around right now are very close to each other and even if we get a JN.1 vaccine again from them we’ll be in good shape. mRNA has marginal protection even against the targeted variant. So people who get that will have a worse time. Slides from VRBPAC meeting last wk
After watching the FDA Covid vaccine committee it’s clear that Novavax protein vaccine has much wider coverage compared to the mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna. See the 2025 vaccine proposed by Moderna ( colored bar graph) and Novavax current JN.1 vaccine (blue bars graph) The antibodies level per strain in Moderna are unstable. It varies from 2364 in one variant up to 9360 in another variant. 4 times different. Variants change every 2.5 months. How can I trust a vaccine from Moderna that was introduced in May to protect against the strains in September. Protection may fall 4 times. Right? Novavax, on the other hand presented almost the same level of protection to all strains. The JN.1 vaccine booster increased antibodies levels between x4.5 to x5.5. It protects almost the same against all strains. A universal vaccine. Its so much more reliable and predictable https://x.com/Bo_BSc_MBA/status/1926656685541617784
May 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
jhuff.bsky.social
Showing up to tell you to actually look at NVAX. mRNA wanes RAPIDLY in real world. Peak efficacy perhaps at 60 days against HOSPITALIZATION. Novavax at 10 months has 95% efficacy against INFECTION in at least one study.
mRNA: www.cdc.gov/acip/downloa...
NVAX: www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/12...
COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness against hospitalization and critical illness of mRNA original monovalent, bivalent, and 2023-2024 https://www.cdc.gov/acip/downloads/slides-2024-10-23-24/04-COVID-Link-Gelles-508.pdf Novavax protection from COVID19 infection through 10 months post vaccination followup https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/12/4/387
May 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Guy riding on a tank looking at the viewer with text: “Hey friend listen, I know the world is scary right now but” Zoomed in on the tank riders face: “It’s gonna get way worse”
May 4, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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All FDA handling of Novavax approvals have been abnormal since they filed for EUA in 2022—despite ample evidence that its safer and more effective than mRNA. NIH got ~$600 million in each of the last 2 years from mRNA sales! ipwatchdog.com/2025/03/23/m...
techtransfer.nih.gov/metrics/roya...
graph from https://techtransfer.nih.gov/metrics/royalty-income showing Technology Transfer Royalty Income to NIH of $127 million in 2021, $704.312 million in 2022 and $639 million in 2023. 2024 is not included in the graph. Also, based on its alleged contributions to both vaccines, NIH has had ongoing disputes with each of Moderna and BioNTech over ownership and licensing rights. At least aspects of these disputes have reportedly been settled, with Moderna agreeing to pay NIH $400 million and BioNTech agreeing to pay NIH $791.5 million, with each deal reportedly also including low single digit royalties on vaccine sales going forward.
April 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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CO2 of 1400 in this conference room. Yuck
Aranet 4 in a red 3D printed case showing 1415 PPM of CO2 with a temperature of 70.4 degrees Fahrenheit and a relative humidity of 51%
November 12, 2024 at 6:18 PM
jhuff.bsky.social
Zimi Zillion represent!
October 17, 2024 at 5:19 PM