 So let's let's talk about vaccines. I don't know if I can be calm and talk about vaccines So the reason this came up, I mean it comes up all the time Every time I have to show my stupid vaccine card my my vaccine passport, but it came out today because my wife I think you you know my wife. I've told you that she's had COVID. She had COVID in December and And then in I think it was March April. She got vaccinated with Pfizer to two jabs mainly she did it because She wanted to be able to travel and and we you know, she realized that to travel She was gonna have to be able to prove that she was vaccinated. So she got vaccinated luckily because Indeed to travel outside of the United States. You've had to have vaccination and Now she could travel she has them so So she had COVID in December. She's been vaccinated twice Um, and she's in Israel and I think I've also told you that in Israel you have to get an antibody test because they don't trust your vaccine stuff So today she got the she had the the antibody test and she got the result and On the sheet that gives you the results on the antibody test says that a positive result Which means you've got the antibodies to fight COVID Is a 24.1 whatever whatever the measurement is whatever the standard is 24.1 and I remember when I got my antibody test after two shots of about five months or four months after I got my second shot of of My Moderna vaccine it was like at 190 and I thought all right I am ready to take on COVID because my antibodies at 190 and the minimum required to be positive is 24.1 Well, my wife's antibodies today came in at 1400 1400 I think she could be surrounded by COVID You know whatever and she would fight them all off It's you know, and I guess and this is look she had the the vaccines six months ago I don't know what her levels were would she had the vaccines She has the natural immunity from having COVID. She has two vaccine shots And her antibodies are still unbelievably high and This is the nutty thing Is that As we move into the future here They're going to demand in order to get in order for you to travel in order to do You know all this other stuff, right? They're gonna demand that she gets a booster at some point and Put aside the whole vaccine mandate. I'll get to that in a minute, but The whole attitude is so unscientific It's so one size fit all It's so authoritarian I mean Some people need a booster Because the antibodies have crashed They're way down my parents who are in the 80s Who had two vaccination shots probably needed the booster their antibodies never rose much even with the vaccine They were in their late 80s if they get that they're probably not going to survive it. Yeah boost them up but for anybody else Isn't it a question of what their level of antibodies is? If it's high They don't need a booster if it's slow Maybe they do So Why This one size fit all why why somebody who's had covert required to get vaccinated? Maybe Maybe getting covered is not as effective as vaccination. Maybe that's true But maybe it's good enough particularly if you're young maybe If you're vaccinated if you had covert you only need one shot of the vaccine Certainly doesn't sound like my wife needed two if she's at 1400 You know almost six months after the second shot There's no nuance there's no Focus on the individual One size fit all is the collectivist approach to everything There's no consideration of actual risks I still claim That if you're under the age of 25 Why are you getting vaccinated? Why are children getting vaccinated? What is the purpose of that? Covert is here to stay It's going to be an endemic disease. Are we all going to be expected to get vaccinated every year? Why? When if you're under the age of 25 for sure probably even under the age of 40 It's less Deadly significantly less deadly for children by the way than the flu What are you protecting against exactly? I mean the the the FDA is now Approving the vaccines for children. I mean it's fine to approve the vaccines for children But it's going to be mandated by school district after school district after school district Why is anybody thinking this through? Now granted the vaccines are not very risky, but there's some risk Heart inflammation particularly for young people What's the risk of a ward and who gets to decide what the risk reward is? It's not clear the risk reward is positive for young people not at all Not at all Not based on the statistics I'm seeing in terms of the risk for young people and the statistics I'm seeing about the risk for young people from covid have not changed Since the statistics we saw out of china in march of last year This is a disease of old people and people with comorbidities It's a disease of old people and obese people And it's insane To treat young people as if they're old To treat fit people as if they were obese To treat everybody the same You know, it's the same thing with masks You know, I go to university campuses And kids are wearing masks They're all vaccinated And then top of the vaccination they're wearing masks. Why it's just insanity It it's meaningless. It's stupid. I mean, I know the authorities are requiring it But the students are going along. I I think I told you that my debate on socialism with With wolf The one thing that got a real chuckle and a real You know, they really got the kids upset was when I suggested that they shouldn't be wearing masks at the talk They thought that was outrageous I mean The way this covid is being handled is Collectivism on steroids You know, we've talked for Decades really now about individualized medicine About customizing medicine to the individual to his genetics to his particular circumstances To what he needs and not treating everybody the same Covid is being the exact opposite Covid of being the impudiation of the idea of individualized medicine We're all the same no matter our risk factors We're all treated exactly the same And then on top of that now Not only is the culture just accepting That now we get mandates whether it's You know, now they want they want osha, you know, uh, biden Asked osha to propose a plan to force all large companies that have more than 100 employees To vaccinate. I mean this osha is about workplace safety workplace safety associated With the employer not creating a Not putting hazards in the way. It's not about Whether people are vaccinated or not carrying a disease or not Osha has no authority to do this I doubt this or past constitutional muster with the Supreme Court will see But I mean osha shouldn't exist put that aside but The idea of of of again one size for all all companies no matter where they are no matter what the circumstances No matter what they workforce is like I mean private companies can decide to do what they want Although I've seen I've seen these, um tweets God That are comparing a company requiring it to the employees to get vaccinated with the company requiring the employees to have sex in order to Get the job like they they're comparing it to uh, what's his name to? Weinstein the the the uh the film producer who would have sex with actresses kind of coast them into having sex with him in order to get parts Now granted If that's all Weinstein had done is is kind of negotiate Negotiate right uh tell actresses that they had to have sex with him in order to get parts He would have been deemed a scumbag But he wouldn't have gone to jail. He's gone to jail because he also raped them Groped them molested them so he he did much more than just Tell them to sleep with him so they could get a part That would make him a scumbag but to compare the two To compare a vaccine that has no risk Has almost zero risk With rape Is sick Absolutely sick to compare An employer mandate Which is trying to keep employees safe. You might not think that this actually keeps them safe But the goal is to keep them safe. That's why a private employer would do this with The goal of humiliating Subjugating You know raping Forcing yourself on your employees to compare those two things Is Sick and insane and and and is an expression of a lack of ability to think The risk is very minimal And again, you you can quit your job. You can leave but they but think about the motivation of doing Of of having the mandate versus the motivation of somebody trying to force you to sleep with them when they know you don't want to God It's it's like the left Comparing hunger to violence It's like the left saying you can't be free on an empty stomach It's it's comparing things That just are not comparable and you would think people would know better, but I guess not um Anyway It's a crazy world and you know the vaccines unfortunately have turned out to be Less effective than we expected when it comes to spedding COVID As expected when it comes to hospitalization and deaths hospitalization and deaths are very low Ones you're vaccinated. They really do protect you From death and from hospitalization. They're just not very good at protecting the spread. It's it seems like COVID Is sped By vaccinating people not at the same rate. No one near the same rate is on vaccinating people But much higher than what we expected much higher than what we uh, what we would have Yeah, then what we were promised And that's unfortunate. It would be nice to get a more efficacious vaccine that um, actually Eliminated the spread as well. So you didn't become you weren't infected and this is why Again, anti science. Why are people focused on cases? Who cares about cases? We should stop reporting cases. We should stop looking at cases. I mean somebody should monitor them What's important is hospitalizations and deaths And hospitalizations and deaths are down even in places where cases are up So, I mean there's a correlation of it's weaker And uh No, it's not gonna be it's not gonna be all COVID today I'm gonna end COVID in two minutes and we're gonna turn to taxes and economics more fun I mean fewer people will watch I noticed that because I guess economics are on the agenda today very few people are interested in the show today It's it's really curious huh Well, all all people really want me to talk about is the cultural issues and of course I I'm not controversial enough if I was an anti-vaxa If there's an anti-vaxa and pro-trump, there'd be 500 people watching right now That's the the cost the cost you pay for actually being truthful and scientific Anyway, the thing you should look at is Is You know hospitalizations and and deaths COVID was never going to be eliminated It was uh, it was all you remember lockdowns were supposed to flatten the curve Now it's not about flattening the curve now It's about zero COVID and it's been like this for a while when we all know COVID is going to be here forever So let's just get on with life And stop this ridiculous masking Um for for particularly vaccinated at least in new york new york of our places The stores have these signs saying we recommend unvaccinated people masks vaccinated people do not need a mask So you can walk in and out of stores unva- uh, you know without a mask here in porto rico You have to wear a mask indoors It's and show a vaccine passport every time you go into a restaurant Really absurd and ridiculous Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know the people who are here like economics episodes And I know Stefan likes art episodes, but the fact is that you guys are in the minority because of 27,500 subscribers to your own book show only about a hundred are here right now um, and if when I talked about uh, uh Cultural phenomena it can get up to much higher than that right You are the tiniest of minorities All right, I'm not saying masks don't work. I'm saying masks are unnecessary unnecessary In this world we live in Yeah, unless if I was 80 something years old, maybe I'd wear a mask if I was unvaccinated maybe I'd wear a mask But if you're young and healthy Stop it just get on with life. Let's get on with life enough Thank you for listening or watching the Iran book show If you'd like to support the show We make it as easy as possible for you to trade with me. You get value from listening. You get value from watching Show your appreciation. 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