When I received that note December 2, 2021 from LinkedIn and I was permanently banned, I knew what my second book would be about. To avoid group think, to get better answers, to truly be “diverse and inclusive,” censorship of any kind has to be eliminated. The Israeli military learned this the hard way in their 1973 Yom Kippur war. In their military bible, they did not believe the Arabs would ever attack them unless the Egyptians had air superiority AND the Arab nations united. Neither happened, but Egypt and Syria simultaneously invaded anyway. It is the story and philosophy that inspires the title ‘The 10th Man.’
LinkedIn had ruled: though shalt be banned because:
Includes content that directly contradicts guidance from leading global health organizations and public health authorities.
But what if they have it wrong? What if the medical establishment has it wrong? The Church was wrong, and Galileo was arrested and lived out his life under house arrest for suggesting the world was round. Stephen Hawking did his Ph. D thesis on the properties of the expanding universe before deciding he was wrong, and realizing his error post doctorate.
The Federal Reserve got inflation wrong, and it’s kind of their only job. The polls got the election of Donald Trump wrong in 2016. Personally, I’ll never forget the NY Times graphic of “Chances Hilary wins the election.”
I had just finished coaching Andrew and we had a 15 minute break before Ben was going on. I came off the ice and looked over the shoulder of a friend who had this graphic up on his computer and I literally watched the plummet right before my eyes. I kept skating back over to the glass and he would hold up the computer. Sure enough. It was over.
Not to belabor the polls, but it’s relevant in the context of the 2020 election. Some may forget that on election day, Biden was seen to have a 12 point margin. It turned out to be closer than that. 4 points in fact.
The point of course is that sometimes consensus gets it wrong. Sometime group think leads to bad decisions, as the crew of the Challenger learned when they launched despite knowing that cold weather negatively impacted the “O rings.”
So today, we look briefly at South Korea. In terms of vaccination, 86% of the country is fully vaccinated and 63% have boosters.
They used “American” vaccines, the vast majority of which have been the Pfizer vaccine.
So riddle me this?
The population of South Korea is just over 50 million, making it roughly 1/7th the size of the US. Peak infections hit 2.8 million US equivalent. Deaths reached 3,000 US equivalent March 30th. More than 60% of their total deaths of/with COVID have been in the last 45 days.
There are lots of explanations, I suppose. But it’s absolutely 100% clear, COVID isn’t going anywhere. The vaccine isn’t what they promised it would be. And if you even mentioned it, you got banned on social media.
At what point is the 10th man going to step up and ask what are we doing?
And to really dig into that, maybe we should look at flu shots as compared to deaths over time.
In the 1980-81 flu season Americans received 12 million flu shots. In the 2017-18 season, they received 155 million.
In the 1980-81 season, the United States had 227 million people and about 20,000 flu deaths. In the 2017-18 season, the United States had 327 million people and 52,000-81,000 flu deaths.
Do you have questions of the medical profession? I know I do.
Shocking numbers and what's most frightening is a majority of people will continue to get the Shot.
Wait, what? The earth is round?