Big Tech tyranny

 Andrea Widburg:

From the beginning of the COVID pandemic, former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson has been focused on following the facts no matter where they lead.  More often than not, the facts have led him in a different direction from those emanating from the World Health Organization or from Anthony Fauci.  What's important to remember about Berenson, though, is that, while his conclusions may differ from those being pushed on the American people, he never deviates from the facts.  That's why Twitter just kicked him off.

Because Berenson's conclusions did not support mask mandates and lockdowns, the tech tyrants hate him.  He's routinely been locked out of Twitter, and, last year, Amazon tried to shut down his self-published works about the virus.

Now Twitter has banned him permanently for pointing out the obvious about the vaccines: they're not real vaccines that provide permanent protection against an illness.  (I liken them to space-age flu shots.)

Berenson has known for a while that he was going to get the ax, which is why, when he's appeared on Tucker Carlson's show (as he has regularly since the pandemic began), he's been urging people to visit his Substack account.

On Saturday, Berenson put up a short post at Substack entitled "Goodbye Twitter: I am officially suspended."  The eye-catching thing on the post is the "entirely accurate" tweet that got him suspended — and he's right that it is entirely accurate:

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My own experience with the vaccine does not support this conclusion.  I have had no side effects other than a little fatigue on the day after the second dose.  Getting additional dosages is also not that unusual.  I get an annual flu shot and the efficacy of that shot is probably not any better than the Covid vaccine.  There have certainly been breakthrough cases of fully vaccinated people, but those cases appear to be much milder than those for the unvaccinated.  I personally do not feel threatened by the unvaccinated.  I think people should get the vaccine for the most part.

I strongly oppose Twitter censorship.  Having some tech geek making decisions about what can and cannot be seen is just wrong.