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I keep going back and forth on this mask business. Part of me wants to reach out and slap every nimrod that subscribes to this jackassery, yet there is another side of me that thoroughly enjoys having my very own personal utilitarian butler that announces Mr. and/or Mrs. Numb Nut as they approach my oxygen rich space. It makes it a whole lot easier to know who NOT to engage in conversation. I generalize, of course. I empathize with some of these folks who have been unwittingly duped by the "scare machine." You can see the desperation in their eyes.

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Mar 17, 2022Liked by Jeff Childers

It's sad, I know, but I have taken to reading the obituaries and the number of "sudden" and "unexpected" deaths, especially in young people, is terribly high. So, so sad.

I now understand the "code words" though, as my dear mom just passed away from pancreatic cancer (after having all three of her "recommended" shots) when there was zero history of cancer. When you're grieving with family members who believe in the shot "safety and efficacy" it's not the best time to blame the shot. Sigh.

As a side note, I managed to get her vax card and looked up her lot numbers and every single shot lot had a high recorded death rate. Guess my mom was one of the "unlucky" ones.

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10 airline pilots sue the CDC over the Federal Transportation Mask Mandate (I’m one of them):

Press release: https://bit.ly/031622pilots

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Mar 17, 2022Liked by Jeff Childers

"If people want CDC to be responsible, to be able to report in a timely fashion, in a quick fashion, we have to have the authority to collect those data,” Dr. Walensky told CBS’s 60 Minutes.

Amazing statement considering that they say they are witholding data to avoid us morons from misinterpreting it. Doesn't it feel good to know that not only are they protecting us from disease but are also protecting us from data that we might misinterpret.

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Mar 17, 2022·edited Mar 18, 2022Liked by Jeff Childers

What has the CDC done with the information it has collected? Not much from what I have seen. So what are we going to lose if they are cut off from this data? Nothing from nothing is NOTHING!

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Masks for Romney serve multiple purposes. He is often pictured wearing double masks - what a bonehead. They also serve to muffle whatever he is trying to spew.

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Not sure if this is helpful or relevant, Jeff, but just FYI you have at least a few leftists in your following. I consider myself a liberal, and have just watched in horror as so many of my fellow Dems have gone off the deep end. But most of them are just worried about their children and their future and are not the ones we hear about the most. People who call to abuse the staff are in their own special category and we should probably use the term "crazy" regardless of where their political affiliations lie.

The media is deeply divisive, and though I agree that most of the worst offenses recently have come from the left - and I won't be voting blue any time soon - I wish we could find a different divide to focus on, something like: authoritarians vs the rest of us. I'm pretty sure that once you take out the loudest and most obnoxious people from all parties, we have something like 85% of Americans who are on the same side.

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Mar 17, 2022·edited Mar 17, 2022Liked by Jeff Childers

Might as well get used to this narrative: "Died Suddenly and Unexpectedly." Coincidences will be having their own "multiplier."

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Mar 17, 2022Liked by Jeff Childers

Goosebumps! 55k!!!! I am so thrilled to be reading Coffee and Covid every morning that always includes insight into *solutions*, and not just the problems; along with a good dose of morning humor. You're a blessing.

Another point these nut case maskers might look into is the environmental impact of these damn things. https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/how-to-dispose-single-use-face-masks/100525292. It's an old article, but even here on the farm where we've never masked up, the damn things are found everywhere. What a nice, gross present for Romney!

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One correction... "Mormon" church, correct name being the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, does not have a vaccine mandate. It is 100% a choice and many members have chosen to not get the vacinne.

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"Dr." Rochelle Walensky,

Hello. I heard that you're warning/threatening/promising American citizens that the CDC would lose access to key data if the EUA ends. Girl, I hate to break it to you but we're cool with that. We want you out of our lives. And while you're walking out the door. take Fauci and company with you. We're OFFICIALLY breaking up with you. It's long overdue. And to quote the great theologian Taylor Swift,

"We are never ever, ever getting back together

We are never ever, ever getting back together

You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me

But we are never ever, ever, ever getting back together

Like, ever"

So, no long drawn-out goodbyes.. .just go NOW!

Sincerely,

We the People of the United States!

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Mar 17, 2022Liked by Jeff Childers

Jeff, we’re a group of 10 airline pilots suing the CDC to end the mask mandate (pro se). Would love if you could put the word out or want to read out complaint. Can I post a link to the press release and complaint for you?

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Mar 17, 2022Liked by Jeff Childers

Speaking of Faculty Senate. I was the Student Government representative to the Faculty Senate for 2 years at my regional university way back in the 80's. It was a real gut punch to my naïve assumption that people with PhD's were smart and admirable. Turf wars, egos and resistance to change. I think I was supposed to sit there and smile and nod, but I asked a LOT of questions, and they generally were not well received. Lord knows what goes on in these little conclaves today....

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Mar 17, 2022·edited Mar 17, 2022Liked by Jeff Childers

It's really so sad all the young people having heart attacks. I feel for the parents of the poor kids. Of course they don't want to admit or hear that it was the vax, but they are always going to wonder if it really was. Divorces will come out of this. A lifetime of worry. The eventually lawsuits and "damages" are not near enough punishment to the vax pushers. Are the unvaccinated kids and athletes having heart attacks? I think not. What a nightmare.

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Mar 17, 2022·edited Mar 18, 2022Liked by Jeff Childers

“ these are the same loony people teaching our kids even though they aren’t qualified to run a boiled peanut stand, much less hold overpaid tenured academic positions. Somebody PLEASE figure out how to demarxify the universities. Or let’s create a parallel system.”

Honestly, this is my experience with higher ed. I am excited about what the newly forming U. of Austin is trying to build. In fact, they have an amazing “forbidden courses” FREE program for college kids this summer that, if anyone has kids that age, you should check out. Imagine a college where students are actually learning to think through and discuss un p.c. subjects that really matter? Like about free speech, different (unpopular) perspectives on feminism, different thoughts on climate change. That’s the type of place I want for kids to go to college. On a related note, who in Ohio wants to think through a better way to do high school with me? I wish I had an option I was excited about for my kid.

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Mar 17, 2022Liked by Jeff Childers

Tears of JOY!! I’ve been having them frequently with the stream of wonderful news coming out of Florida and the way in which Jeff presents it so eloquently. ❤️❤️❤️

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