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    Steve Kirsch

    stevekirsch.substack.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2021

    Steve Kirsch, a tech entrepreneur, writes a Substack arguing against Covid vaccines and other mainstream public-health positions.

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    What HN says

    HN commenters mostly cite it in vaccine-safety arguments, with some posting his links as rebuttals while others warn about his claims.

    Stats for nerds
    15HN people shared it
    6linked in comments
    24story points
    Oct 2022last shared
    2021people per year2022

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      Stat analysis: UK government data shows Covid vaccines kill more than they save
      1 person · 13 points · first shared 2022 · 19 comments on HN
    2. 2
      P100 respirators are the only face coverings that protect you from Covid
      1 person · 5 points · first shared 2022 · 11 comments on HN
    3. 3
      The FAA has tacitly admitted that the EKGs of pilots are no longer normal
      1 person · 2 points · first shared 2023 · Discussion on HN
    4. 4
      Evidence of Harm
      1 person · 2 points · first shared 2022 · 2 comments on HN
    5. 5
      The flu vaccine is too deadly to be used and should be pulled from the market
      1 person · 1 points · first shared 2023 · Discussion on HN
    6. 6
      Covid-19 vaccines – An Australian Review
      1 person · 1 points · first shared 2023 · 1 comments on HN
    7. 7
      Weve now killed close to twice as
      1 person · first shared 2021
    8. 8
      Bangladesh study proves masks dont
      1 person · first shared 2022
    9. 9
      The wet market theory re emerges
      1 person · first shared 2022
    10. 10
      The pfizer vaccine reprograms both
      1 person · first shared 2022

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • PathOfEclipseSep 2022

      I guess it's possible you don't actually know the difference, but what you linked isn't a research paper or study; it's a news article! And it's factually incorrect. It cites the Bangladesh RCT, which I am well aware of already. The trial results showed little to no statistically significant benefit to masking: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360320982_The_Bangladesh_Mask_study_a_Bayesian_perspective

      "A very large trial, whose results were published in Science, carried out in Bangladesh between 2020 and 2021 has been widely acclaimed as providing the most convincing evidence yet that masks work in reducing Covid-19 transmission and infections. However, the media grossly exaggerated the authors' own conclusions, and sceptical researchers have identified weaknesses in various aspects of the trial and statistical analysis which cast doubts on the significance of the results."

      Also: https://www.justfactsdaily.com/famed-bangladesh-mask-study-excluded-crucial-data

      "However, their pre-analysis plan to measure results for “each decade” of age ranges shows no statistically significant effects among people aged 18–29, 30–39, 40–49, and 70+. Furthermore, they excluded this breakdown from their paper and relegated it to a supplement."

      Also: https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/bangladesh-study-proves-masks-dont

      Also: https://www.acsh.org/news/2021/09/02/clinical-trial-bangladesh-shows-masks-stop-covid-19-sort-15777

      Also:…

    • salemhNov 2021

      Children aren't at risk from Covid at all.
      https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01897-w
      In the US, 340 children under 17 have died from Covid. Total. During the same period, 187 have died from the flu, and over 51,000 children have died from all causes:

      https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#SexAndAge

      They are more likely to be injured by these vaccines and neurotic parents stuffing them into masks for hours at a time.

      Sweden halts Moderna:
      https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-vaccine-moderna-sweden-halts-use-in-under-30s/

      https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-08/iceland-joins-nordic-peers-in-halting-moderna-covid-vaccinations

      117 children murdered for profit.
      https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/we-will-kill-117-kids-to-save-one

    • halfjokingMay 2022

      I had longcovid 14 months until June 2021. Over the last year I haven’t been sick once.

      I’m not convinced the VACCINE wasn’t a biological attack on your immune system. All my family who took it get sick repeatedly, I’m exposed to the viruses they have and don’t get sick.

      All that is anecdotal, but it also jives with what Kirsch and others have been saying about the mRNA shots:

      https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/the-pfizer-vaccine-reprograms-both?s=r

    • zmgsabstSep 2022

      That’s true.

      But the difference between the COVID vaccines and seatbelts is the data — hence why you hear that argument about COVID vaccines, but not seatbelts.

      https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/thailand-study-of-young-adults-post

      https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/here-is-the-data-behind-all-the-claims

      https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/doctors-in-canada-are-dying-at-a

    • moistofreasonMar 2022

      History will judge whether the vaccines were effective or safe. Both are highly debatable at this point in time.

      https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/ed-dowd-millennial-age-group-25-to

    • wellbehavedOct 2022

      Beware David Gorski:

      https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/how-david-gorski-defends-the-narrative

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