Myopic Science

It has been known since June that vaccines are ineffective against Delta, and this has recently been confirmed by other studies. Direct observation provides further proof of this. It's been evident for months that the vaccines are counterproductive. Yet, politicians and journalists haven't changed their tune. They have doubled down on the false narrative that vaccines are both safe and effective.

Outside of Porto's city park, some 40% of everybody I see on the streets still wear their masks, despite this being optional, and young people are still volunteering to take the vaccine. So it appears that the official narrative is holding up relatively well.

The spin doctors' ability to keep the official narrative alive is helped by the way modern science is organized. There are specialists everywhere, and hardly anyone have an overall view of anything. Hence, the field of science is wide open for spin doctors to pick and choose the evidence that support their narrative.

This has become particularly evident over the last 20 months. Spin doctors have been cherry picking studies that fit their vision of a new normal. Studies that show lockdowns, mask mandates and vaccines to be effective are quoted. Studies that show the opposite are given little attention or not mentioned at all.

Even when a major study comes out against the official narrative, spin doctors find ways to present the facts so as to support them anyway. When vaccines were found to cause more severe illnesses in those who caught the virus anyway, focus was switched to number of cases rather than severity of illness.

The only positive effect of vaccination has been a slowdown in the spread of the virus. In every other way, the vaccine has failed. Hence, focus is now increasingly on the spread of the virus rather than the severity of the illness.

Had the vaccine had some other positive effect, that would have been the focus of the spin doctors. For instance, it was for a while believed that the vaccine caused less severe symptoms. This was therefore a part of the narrative. But now that this has been proven false, that angle has to go.

The scientific base for the official narrative is now so small that it has become a minority opinion. Yet, this doesn't deter the spin doctors. They will ramble on about the spread of the virus while ignoring the fact that only the unvaccinated are well protected from severe illness. However, the speed of the spread appears to be accelerating among the vaccinated, making it likely that even this remaining positive aspect of the vaccine will fall.

Should the vaccine one day be proven ineffective in all aspects, spin doctors will not stop, because science isn't something they take very seriously. It's merely an angle to a story that they can use to further their agenda. If science fails them, they will switch to a different angle. They will focus on individual stories. They will cherry pick emotionally laden stories that fit their agenda in the exact same way that they cherry pick scientific findings.

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