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could have controlled this thing in the first place. That basically the only thing that government did

right is to help produce the vaccines by incentivizing all of the big pharma vaccine makers

to take on the risk of mass producing the vaccine. That's what government did right. They did

production, they did distribution, they did incentivization. That's a good thing. It's a very good thing. But that is not the promise your government made to you. The promise your government made to you and this happened particularly in blue states, Joe Biden made this promise as well, is that he would shut down the virus. No one is capable of shutting down the virus. I know that we live in a pagan era in which people think the government is literally God and can control every element of your life, including protecting you from death,

wrong. that we live in a pagan era in which people think the government is literally God and can control

every element of your life, including protecting you from death. Wrong. It can't do any of

those things. But here's the thing. Omicron is not a crisis. According to Will Salatin, who again,

writes for Slate, this is not somebody on the right wing, T-cell memory constrains Omicron. It doesn't

protect against the initial

infection, but on demand, it kicks in to keep it there. This later appears to be the main reason

why Omicron appears mild. Okay, so that means that you may still get Omicron, but it ain't going to

hurt you. Also, Pfizer is now announcing that it has a brand new COVID pill. Its COVID pill helps

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