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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Dope1 ⎊  😊 😞
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Subject: COVID truth dribbling out, finally
Date: 05/16/24 2:02 PM
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Dr. Francis Collins, who headed a lot of the nation's responses, has been talking to Congress. Here are some excerpts:

nationalreview.com - Exclusive former top public health official admits covid origins not settled no science to back social distanc

The nation’s top public health official during the Covid-19 pandemic admitted that the origins of the coronavirus remain up for debate, the lab-leak theory is not a conspiracy, and there was no scientific evidence to support the government’s social-distancing guidance.

Collins used to head the NIH. Some of what he said:
“Do you recall science or evidence that supported the six-foot distance?” a staffer asked Collins about the Centers for Disease Control’s social distancing guidance during the pandemic.

“I do not,” Collins said.

“Is that I do not recall or I do not see any evidence supporting six feet?” the staffer replied.

“I did not see evidence, but I’m not sure I would have been shown evidence at that point,” Collins said, according to the transcript, adding that he has not seen evidence since then to support the CDC’s six-feet guidance.

In other words, a lot of the guidance was seat-of-the-pants flying.
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