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Shannon Adcock's avatar

“We are just 3 scientists” is at bottom of email she received. So who was manning the email lists from the start? Any respectable nonprofit captures everyone’s email who subscribes via website.

I refuse to believe this effort was that disorganized. Easier to see this as a convenient filter of who would follow a certain narrative and who wouldn’t.

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Jessica Hockett's avatar

The trio were brought together for the writing by/via an existing organization (AIER) so it was very much organized.

I'm not sure who paid for Gupta's travel from London to Boston, and then Boston to D.C. (Bhattacharya, Gupta, and Kulldorff met with then-HHS Secretary Azar in person the next day.). Far as I've been able to tell, that hasn't yet been confirmed, but it would sort of make sense if it was the U.S. gov.

I did try asking Jeffrey Tucker on X** because I think it's good information to have for the record, from a taxpayer/citizen point of view--i.e., a theoretical epidemiologist from another country was flown in to consult with Trump administration officials.

**EDIT/CORRECTION: I don't see where I asked him on X, so I think I am thinking of the Stack article queries below. Apologies!

See also questions posted on another Substack article: https://open.substack.com/pub/thefreemanmag/p/great-barrington-5-years-on?utm_campaign=comment-list-share-cta&utm_medium=web&comments=true&commentId=163389843

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Trevor Price's avatar

I received the exact same email as Jen Young dated 23 November 2021. I would have signed the GBD as a concerned citizen pretty much as soon as it was published in October 2020.

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Jessica Hockett's avatar

Thanks, Trevor

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Binra's avatar
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'Great' just happened to be the name of the place it was associated with.

I'm sure I have also read 'Great' as an epithet for Jay Bhattacharya.

I signed on a reflex but on reading properly what it actually said I used the link on its page to withdraw my support.

So from there on I expected it to be a 'capture and framing of opposition within the narrative operating system of manipulated contagion fears seeking 'immunity'.

There are different ways of being 'captured' - that can be of turning a blind eye to facets or levels of a lie that would become a personal threat to look at or speak about. But can be planned in advance to check and limit the 'damage' to a vaccine industrial industry - that engages a large part of the 'Economy' in a 'progressive' collectivised sacrifice.

I wouldn't expect otherwise and on some level see different levels of masking against psychotic reaction to a premature 'exposure' to a world set or framed in evils - and not a 'nice place' for 'good people' after all.

The real world is not what fear's distortion generates. But for a large part we don't extend love's awareness but a mind of masked conflict.

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