Fauci in the Hall of the Mountain King
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited as an example of the viral anti-establishment Covid videos shared in those circles, rather than as a recommendation.
What it is
A two-minute remix-style video set to Hall of the Mountain King that mocks Anthony Fauci's Covid pandemic statements. It circulated widely among vaccine and mandate skeptics.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2021 to 2022.
What Hacker News said
Recommends thrown_22 · 2022-09 · on “Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government?”
They absolutely do. Especially now that two years later the veterinary was right and the epidemiologist wasn't. A short video that sums up that last three years of scientism by the establishment: [this video]
Cites walterbell · 2021-10 · on “Chicago grapples with police vaccine revolt”
> efficacy of 63.09% against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection This sentence means the vaccine prevents symptoms , as stated on the CDC website. This sentence does not mean the vaccine prevents infection, no matter how much someone wants that to be true. Recovery from Covid prevented infection in 99% of 5 million UK people. People who are pre-symptomatic or asymptomatically infected, especially with Delta, are extremely contagious and thus dangerous to other people. For this reason, the CDC recommends testing of vaccinated people after exposure, since the vaccine suppresses symptoms that would otherwise cause people to self-isolate, [LINK] > Based on evolving evidence, CDC recommends fully va
Cites walterbell · 2021-12 · on “Omicron variant was 73% of U.S. covid cases last week”
> highly effective Varies by # of months since last dose, [this video] Dec 20, [LINK] > COVID-19 vaccines will not be enough to withstand the Omicron variant, warned the CEO of BioNTech, the German company behind the mRNA vaccine produced with Pfizer. "We must be aware that even triple-vaccinated are likely to transmit the disease…It is obvious we are far from 95 per cent effectiveness that we obtained against the initial virus."
Cites walterbell · 2022-01 · on “More Americans are saying they’re ‘vaxxed and done’”
> Vaccines still lower disease severity. As does early treatment, [LINK] Vaccine efficacy decays monthly (Delta/2021), [this video]
Cites walterbell · 2022-02 · on “The Dignity of the Body: Why Medical Rights Are Fundamental Now More Than Ever”
> I don't believe any court of law The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against OSHA mandates. Amorphous "protection" is not the same as the historical gold standard of "sterilizing immunity". No one claimed that historical immunity of prior vaccines was 100%, but it was close enough to stop infections and transmissions, unlike the current Covid-19 injections which do not -- and decline even further in efficacy on a monthly basis. vaccine efficacy over time: [this video]
Critical thepasswordis · 2021-10 · on “Covid lesson: trust the public with hard truths”
You know who doesn't try to hide this stuff from people? Bad actors. Conspiracy theorists, scammers, straight up liars. So you've got on one hand "the experts" who are being vague and seemingly not wanting to tell you anything, and then on the other hand you've got the crazies who will tell you whatever you want to hear. It's something that is increasingly frustrating me about the vaccines. The vaccines have become a political battle. You've got the president saying absolutely ridiculous things like "we are losing our patience with the unvaccinated". I got phone calls immediately after that speech from my conservative friends and family members pissed off at me (who is on a different politic