Agreeing to what others have mentioned about masks and the absurdity of wearing them.
At work, it was decided that we should all be wearing mask during work starting from Monday the 11th of May. I must say I was a little annoyed about this, thinking how to get around it and with some apprehension dreaded Monday morning. The company mail about it was so patronising and stupid, that it was hard not to get upset about it, but then again, they were just following orders from the Swiss Health Department. They mentioned that we would quickly get used to it, that two mask were enough for one day's work though one mask could actually last for 8 hours. How nice. (I later discovered they can actually last 16 hours, you just have to turn them around
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I decided that I would not wear one, only pretend such as wearing it around my neck and pull it up if a passenger would have an issue with it. Knowing that I most likely would be reported as 'not following the mandatory rules' for the public transport sector, I also decided that I had to have a valid reason before Monday. The simplest argument is that I just happen to have breathing problems when I wear a mask, therefore I don't. I had another set of arguments ready just in case and also aware that this could lead to termination of the job.
The first 3 days went well though it has required more energy and alertness to find out where colleagues are at, when working in teams. Sadly most were following the orders and wore the masks, some almost religiously, even outside the train and in the corridors of the depot. As a positive side effect, I also found that some were very open to input and also let the mask drop. Most open seemed to be fellow smokers. The passengers are not required to wear masks and the reason being that it would be too difficult to enforce requiring a big assistance from the police. Only 5-10% of passengers were wearing mask, which was a relief and none complained apart from a young guy, who said that they only work if you actually wear them. I think passengers were generally happier seeing someone checking tickets without wearing a mask than with a mask, but then I might be biased in my reading of it.
I have much empathy for what you are going through. I've held out all this time, not wearing a mask even once. But those days may be over for me as well. Today for the first time everyone in my lab wore a mask - even the supervisors. And people wore them even when seated alone at their desks. I am lucky in a way since I basically have my own room with a closed door where few people enter (especially now that I'm running every aspect of our tests alone). But I will probably be asked to wear one when out in the general lab areas. I believe that they will become mandated soon.
Even though my own boss held out, I think she - along with everyone else - has generally bought into the hoax. They have all accepted this as the "new norm". And it is coming from the top down, as the head of the county public works system sends out daily reports via county e-mail that seems to come directly from the mouth of Dr. Fauci. I guess I should expect no less living just a few miles from Nancy Pedolosi's nephew (Governor Gavin Newscum).
But the exact opposite of what you write above is happening where I work, Aeneas: the lunacy increases daily instead of decreasing. I wonder if at least portions of this area are devolving further into STS, and that is one of the signs of it? And I wonder aloud: could it be because I work in government, and that such areas are far more susceptible to STS programming? OK, don't bother, I already know the answer to that one...I wish I could get the hell out of here, but it seems I'm stuck for now. I'd love to get up to Idaho, but I would like to have seen Montana...
I had been thinking that all the supervisors where I work do seem to be decent, caring, thinking people. My own supervisor was open to my sharing of the Gaston Naessens book and read it, and she now has my copy of "Dissolving Illusions" about vaccine history. Is it time for me to "come out of the closet", and share with at least a couple of them my past and what I learned and experienced as a part of the biowarfare industry? Would it be worthwhile to take that risk, at least initially with my own supervisor? I am sure she would listen to me at least, especially if I could present her with some well-written papers as have been shared here (though she probably wouldn't "waste time" with videos, unfortunately).
If that seems reasonable, and if an opportunity presents itself to share this information (I won't just go dump it on her desk - I *do* understand "external considering" now at least!), then what five papers/articles would people recommend to initiate someone to the reality of this hoax? They have to be very well written with good references. I think five papers is probably the limit to present initially; more would be overwhelming, yet five strong voices is enough to make an impression that there IS another side of all this to seriously consider.
I had thought that a good one to start with is this one, as it calls into question the numbers of supposed infected quite convincingly:
Not only are the coronavirus models being used by WHO and most national health agencies based on highly dubious methodologies - and not only are the tests of wildly different quality, only confirming indirectly antibodies suggesting possible...
www.sott.net
And then this one, which attacks the very basis of the testing itself:
The Corona Simulation Machine: Why the Inventor of The "Corona Test" Would Have Warned Us Not To Use It To Detect A Virus "Scientists are doing an awful lot of damage to the world in the name of helping it. I don't mind attacking my own...
www.sott.net
What other articles do people here think would make a proper impact, given that I can only present five? Should I focus on the actual facts about the virus itself, and not the side show of the freaks that surround it (e.g. Fauci and Birx et. al.)? I am sure that simply reading through SOTT I can find lots of candidates, but I don't want to be limited by my own prejudices. I want to present a complete overview of the subject while focusing on the elements that really matter for true understanding.
I have friends asking me for more material that they can send forward, too. This exercise won't be done in vain. I have seen collections of articles and videos throughout this thread, but much of the best stuff seems to be coming out now so past material may already be dated.
(BTW, does anyone know any barbers or beauticians in the Sacramento area who are doing work "behind the scenes"? I had to take matters into my own hands, and the results are something like one would expect if a blindfolded Vincent Van Gogh took acid and tried to take my ears off.)