Apologize for length upfront. This is not a debate that can be solved with memes or bad media or slogans or ad hominins.
The story could possibly be true. I watched his interview in the trash link you originally selected. I tend to BELIEVE he was contacted and offered a job. The relevance of that - if true - is questionable. Because Pfizer of all entities should know that scientists are some of the biggest egos and primadonnas to ever walk the earth and you cant KEEP THEM "as domesticated cattle" feeding on bribes.
It's hard to separate that from the bogus title claims about being "Trump Doctor" or the fact that this source didn't mention A WORD about him being dismissed from his "advisory role" in the Trump Admin OR the emails in which he boldly implied that Americans should "just GET COVID" rather than take the vaccines.
I over-reacted a bit because of the LIES and sins of OMISSIONS in your garbage link. NOW -- I'm worried that statements like this from Dr. Alexander WILL NEVER BE COVERED in the general media and let everyone DEBATE the validity. So MAYBE -- in the near future -- we'll all be digging thru tabloids and garbage media to find stuff.
STILL tho -- this doctor is anti-vax about 1250 or so deaths tied to the Covid vaccines and doesn't want to acknowledge the BENEFITS of lives saved and hospitals crashing under the load. 1250 out of 160 million (times the number of shots) is really in the noise. ESPECIALLY since the ELDERLY and nursing home patients took the brunt of the PROVEN "serious reactions". LARGE % of those folks could be pushed to death by any kind of mild infection, gastric upset or missing or late drug administration. They are FRAIL enough to be under constant medical supervision.
He BRIEFLY was "an advisor" to the Trump Admin, not a govt employee. And BRIEFLY is because he was RELEASED from the job for "disagreements". Details MATTER. NOT a "Trump Doctor" as your headline read.
And there's NOTHING WRONG with recognizing herd immunity EXCEPT when you OWN GOVT wont acknowledge the fact or keeps moving the goalposts to ENCOURAGE vaccination. That's the diff between SCIENCE which CLEARLY CDC/NIH/HHS/SurgeonGeneral has butchered or ignored in order to make PUBLIC HEALTH statements that always about simplistic slogans/messaging and COMPLIANCE.
But Dr. Alexander MADE those statements BECAUSE he's full AGAINST the vaccines AND wants people "to contract Covid to achieve herd immunity.
BOTH "SIDES" of this issue are patently wrong "on the science" and on weighing risks. Both YOURS and our Federal/state/local govts..
I'm NOT ON EITHER SIDE. When you weigh the TRUTH of what the science ACTUALLY SAYS -
The answer was ALWAYS - -- PROTECT the elderly and folks with pre-existing conditions -- and allow EVERYONE ELSE the freedom to take or NOT take the vaccine along with RECOGNIZING the benefits of NATURAL immunity to fend off the persecution of those who got Covid and refused the vax. That's "the science".. But govt essentially always went with "public health compliance" with one size fits all.
So -- you could MANDATE vaccines for those endangered demographics and anyone CARING for them. And THAT WOULD SAVE LIVES and medical crises -- up until about Omicron variant. And maybe GENERAL rules for abatement in the public spacing on masking (REAL MASK GUIDANCE) and distancing.
The problem then arises -- how do you STOP violence in public spaces from the Nancys that think ANYBODY is "trying to kill them" if they are unvaxxed. TELL THEM ABOUT NATURAL IMMUNITY. MAKE IT OFFICIAL.. BE HONEST ABOUT THE SCIENCE -- but they didn't.
Even if you had to mandate MASKING for the UNVAXXED and could not really ENFORCE THAT without tatooing people's foreheads -- that's what the science said.
The govts involved WILL PAY A PRICE in credibility when this is over. They need to be held accountable for butchering and "purifying" the science for public consumption. ESPECIALLY on being mum about natural immunity, ignoring distinguished panels at the FDA RECOMMENDING AGAINST vaccinating 12 and under or maybe even pregnant women (like witchdoctor Walinsky DID !!! ) and the TERRIBLE messaging on masks and QUALITY required and the SUPPRESSION of therapeutics so that VACCINATION would be the ONLY priority. Not to mention how poorly, the CDC has kept and cooked the books on the "data".
But OTHand -- IF YOUR side and Malone/Alexander and all those ultra-vocal anti-vax folks got THEIR WAY and put holds on vaccines every time a VAEReport got filed -- ALL OF YOU would be responsible for violence in the streets and humongeous CIVIL UNREST as folks resorted to accosting each other about their "vax status" and "natural immunity".
Science is orderly, generally SLOW, and not CONCERNED about public opinion or compliance. THUS -- there's always some kind of "public health messaging" required in situations like we've been thru,...