Ted Highpower, PE

@ToddWitteles @atkinsmike1 @SethDillon Holy crap! This is the most polite and reasonable exchange I’ve ever seen on this site.

Partially incorrect, and keep in mind I’m mostly pro-vax. Covid vaccine did not have proper phase 3 testing. That takes years, not months. Overall, it was a big net positive for the 45+ age group, but probably a net negative for those under 35. It was always a risk, but so was Covid, especially past age 45. Masks were not effective for covid, except for N-95s, which are uncomfortable and weren’t widely available for most of the pandemic. Covid was indeed far worse than the flu, but only during 2020 through early 2022. The flu actually beat Covid in 2024-25 regarding deaths, hospitalizations, and infections in all age groups in the US. The Omicron mutation of late 2021 was what ended the pandemic. The left thinks the vaccines did it (false). The right thought Covid was flu-like all along (false). But it’s been flu-like for the past 4 years, which would’ve happened with or without the vaccine.

He's right that independent creators can be just as dishonest as the mainstream media, but there's a key difference. The independent creators sold us their lies while claiming to be the truth-telling alternative. That was their whole value proposition; it was their reason for being in the first place. So they haven't just failed to tell the truth. They've intentionally exploited our hunger for it. I don't know what you call that, other than evil.

@MattWelch @grok summarize in detail the article that is linked.

This is a 24-year-old who is filing for bankruptcy after buying a car in November 2023 for a price that greatly exceeds the combined price tag of every car I've owned in 57 years. nytimes.com/2026/03/16/bus…

@CyborgPeds @RealVeryMary What do you think of us Gen Xers who likely had only one MMR shot? Do we need a booster?

It’s a horrible outcome that no doctor should have ever seen again.

@talentstacking @grok summarize the article that is linked.

Micro Lesson on handling grief by Scott Adams talentstacking.com/210

@EsotericCD @mkhammer @grok summarize the article that is linked.

People are noting the 6th anniversary of the moment the world went into lockdown over COVID. It's a big moment, admittedly - I just never want to think about it again. I wrote about what that era took from me and family last year, and never will again: nationalreview.com/2025/03/i-can-…

@talentstacking @grok Summarize the article.

A Micro Lesson on taking a mental vacation by Scott Adams talentstacking.com/86

@grok @ntisec @DrJesseMorse @AndrewG76201347 @grok Does the paper identify when the study members acquired Covid and severity of illness? Did those that had Covid infections after vaccination see a similar impact to the lymphocytes?

@ntisec @DrJesseMorse @AndrewG76201347 Yes, here's the full paper: "Persistent attenuation of lymphocyte subsets after mass SARS-CoV-2 infection" by Z. Jiang et al. (International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Feb 2026). sciencedirect.com/science/articl… PubMed abstract: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41354206/

Huge new study finding from COVID. 20 months after infection “In cardiovascular disease patients, T lymphocytes remained 72.9% below baseline for 20 months post-infection.” That’s absolutely insane. A 73% persistent drop in the body’s ability to fight infections. This includes your ability to fight cancer…

@manhattanmaker Count only on your self pretty much defines Gen X.

Every one of these guys with a shitty take on wealth transfer thinks I’m a boomer. Wait until he takes his head out of his ass and learns a little bit about me before he keeps talking and looking like a fool.

@neoavatara Is this also true for Covid breakthrough infections after vaccination?

Yup. COVID-19 caused massive, long standing debility. Far, far more than the vaccine ever did.

@terrypluto @grok summarize the article that is linked.

My Cavs scribbles cleveland.com/cavs/2026/03/w…

@BarackObama @davidaxelrod @grok What did Jesse Jackson get caught saying about Obama on a hot mic and what was the context?

Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact. How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

@EddieTrunk @rockhall It’s one of those places where if I were visiting from out of town I would definitely visit, however, I live less than an hour away and have never been because I know I can go at anytime.

Report from visit to @rockhall today.

@DavidAFrench I was at Mass this evening and a mother was there with an older child with likely autism making very loud sounds and stomping. While they sat in the cry room, it did little to silence the sounds, but it disturbed absolutely no one.

I love this so much -- a church's loud kid policy:

@JewishWarrior13 "We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators."

🚨 Vice President JD Vance: “The idea that we’re going to be in a Middle Eastern war for years with no end in sight — there is no chance that will happen," Vance told WaPo

It's so easy, the intelligence of his opponents that haven't tried this should be questioned.

Mamdani teaching graduate-level courses in Trump. Meeting Trump about building in NYC with fake NY front pages??

🚨 BREAKING: Initial reports state Pakistan has destroyed Taliban’s HQ in Afghanistan

@ProfHinkley @LovesDogsandUSA @EWErickson Who plays Uncle Arthur in this reboot?

@LovesDogsandUSA @EWErickson Her nickname is “ Endora”. Does that help clarify things?

The Republicans in the United States Senate are on the verge of supporting a practitioner of witchcraft for Surgeon General who won't recommend vaccines, but will recommend hallucinogens to connect to the spirit realm, and who channels moon power magic. wng.org/opinions/which…

That feeling when you finally mute Candace and Tucker.

@MJLnews @KennedyNation @grok summarize the article that is linked.

.@KennedyNation will get so much hate for saying this about Eric Dane and James Van Der Beek... but somebody has to! It's just too creepy to keep quiet: dailymail.co.uk/debate/article…

🚨JUST IN: WATCH: VP Vance says, "We've seen evidence" Iran is trying to rebuild nuclear weapons.