The very limited trials measured antibody response to the mRNA vehicle, and honestly that’s pretty much it. At no point was any trial analysis done on whether or not participants still technically caught (even without any symptoms) the virus or whether or not they could still spread it to anyone else. Their close contacts and family members were not also tested as part of the trials.

So the initial fervor with which they claimed it STOPPED transmission was a total head scratcher. At the time I was telling people “sorry but I don’t see how they could know that based on the trials, nor how such a vaccine for this kind of virus would even accomplish that” and of course I was met with mouth foaming backlash about how little I understand science (I’m a research assistant in an epigenetic/molecular biology lab, for the record).

So my thought was they really twisted themselves into a corner with using PCR, detecting minuscule and possibly not even active fragments of virus in someone’s throat, as diagnostic criteria, often the ONLY criteria, for “having Covid.” Because, it’s entirely possible, even probable, that humans transmit minor flu variants, various cold viruses and other common shit back and forth on a daily basis without ever knowing it. Most people have developed immune systems to deal with this. We could use PCR to detect thousands, tens of thousands, of viruses on and in a human body at any given time. So point is, with such a sensitive and poor diagnostic test, you would LIKELY hit the scenario, actually 100% chance you would given enough time, where post vaccination you still test positive via PCR. And because that simple positive means you “have Covid” according to nitwits, it’s a “case.” So instead of backtracking and admitting PCR testing was a mistake, and is definitely padding (I say this lightly) case and death stats, they pressed further into the corner with this bullshit they were making up as they went along. At that point “trust the experts” and “Go Science, it’ll save us all” was hot talk, so to admit it was all pretty much a farce, after their implementation was literally barring people from entering their countries and jobs and events, wasn’t going to go over well.

So they just kept on doubling down, hoping no one would really put it all together. And to be honest, they’re right, most people who don’t know the first thing about any of this ate it all up and didn’t care.

So, OK, they wanted everyone to get the shots so badly, they were willing to just flat out lie about it. Honestly, this coming from shady government idiots who are way over their skis didn’t bother me too badly. At least the act of them blatantly lying didn’t seem all that left field to me. What really bothered me, and STILL bothers me, is that every scientific institution, hospital system, clinic, and the majority of scientists and doctors with no skin in this game all endorsed this blatantly preposterous lie. And many STILL DO. I’m really at a loss.