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Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 20 Apr 23 11.10pm | |
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Originally posted by eaglesdare
There is plenty of accounts from doctors and scientist who have been silenced. You are just not going to hear about it in mainstream media as I said becuase they were silenced and not reported. Absolutely plenty of first hand accounts from doctors and scientists across social media. Especially on the likes of Twitter now where they are not silenced or censored or blocked since Elon musk took over. Like I said the likes of the BBC and sky news which you seem to think is a source of truth really is not they only report on one side and what suits their agenda. I seem to remember one doctor who was fully vaccinated but changed his opinion on the vaccine was interviewed but the BBC did not know this....and he called for an enquiry live on tv and then never heard from again.... You keep saying the same thing. If there really are plenty then kindly post some links. If they are only on the "alternative" media, fine. They can still be viewed and considered. I have already commented on Dr Campbell, who is a multi-millionaire, from making his YouTube videos. Perhaps yours will reveal purer motives. Let's see.
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eaglesdare 20 Apr 23 11.26pm | |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
You keep saying the same thing. If there really are plenty then kindly post some links. If they are only on the "alternative" media, fine. They can still be viewed and considered. I have already commented on Dr Campbell, who is a multi-millionaire, from making his YouTube videos. Perhaps yours will reveal purer motives. Let's see. I actually have not heard of Dr Campbell. I must look into this.
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Stirlingsays 21 Apr 23 5.58am | |
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Originally posted by eaglesdare
I actually have not heard of Dr Campbell. I must look into this. Yep, do look into him because some of the things that have been said about him by WE are frankly quite disgraceful. He is highly respected and doesn't engage in conspriacy theories at all. Wisbech talks about conspiracy theories and misinformation a lot. Yet he is the very same guy who was on this site regularly pushing misinformation about covid that has since been found to be false. He is the very thing he talks about, the very manifestation of projecting onto others what he is.....and I think he's aware of it too.
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Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 21 Apr 23 8.01am | |
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Originally posted by eaglesdare
I actually have not heard of Dr Campbell. I must look into this. You said there were plenty! You have so far found one, very controversial, cardiologist. Who makes money from publishing books and running a private practice. Some of his campaigns aren't controversial. That's the tactic of such people. Offer things that most can agree with and these add gloss to the others that they don't. One of the first places I found him was in a Dr John Campbell video, which immediately sounded a warning bell. Then I found this, which puts him right in the "not to be trusted" category:- There are "plenty"! So let's see a few more.
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Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 21 Apr 23 8.52am | |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Yep, do look into him because some of the things that have been said about him by WE are frankly quite disgraceful. He is highly respected and doesn't engage in conspriacy theories at all. Wisbech talks about conspiracy theories and misinformation a lot. Yet he is the very same guy who was on this site regularly pushing misinformation about covid that has since been found to be false. He is the very thing he talks about, the very manifestation of projecting onto others what he is.....and I think he's aware of it too. You are a seriously confused man. There is a world of difference between misinformation, which is the distribution of information known to be false, and the time-honoured process of research causing the re-evaluation of an approach. What I have said about Dr Campbell is not in the least "disgraceful". It might be an unpalatable truth to some, but truth it is. He is not "highly respected" by those with genuine expertise in the area. He is followed by millions who don't trust those with genuine expertise. What he is doing, and is becoming very wealthy in the process, is reinforcing existing prejudices. Step back and consider the scenario. A successful nurse educator, who has learned to make YouTube videos as part of his training programmes, retires. No doubt drawing a comfortable pension but, as a nurse, not wealthy. Along comes the Covid pandemic, so using his acquired skills, presentation expertise and familiarity with medical terminology, he makes some reassuring videos. Initially, these encourage people not to panic, not to listen to misinformation and follow advice. All very sensible, and well received. So he makes more and starts to gain subscribers, particularly in the USA where people don't trust their broadcasters. A relaxed Brit, with an apparently enquiring mind, appeals to them. He realises that he is beginning to earn serious money and what people want to hear is not reassurance, but challenges to official positions. When so many in the USA are doing their best to undermine the CDC and Dr Fauci this is unsurprising. So he gives it to them. He doesn't do any research himself. He picks up controversial opinions and amplifies them. He looks at reports and tries to find arguments against their conclusions if they don't match what his viewers already believe. He stops being an educator and becomes a confirmation bias merchant. If you find your skills capable of earning millions a year, and it's not illegal, anyone would be tempted. I don't blame him. I blame the lack of control over people like him. It's sad this is happening in the USA but more than sad that anyone in the UK cannot see how questionable it is. As one of our regular posters here frequently recommends, "follow the money"! There are a number of estimates of how much Campbell is making, all large, but this serves. It actually estimates his subscribers lower than most, so maybe he is making even more:-
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Mr Palaceman 21 Apr 23 9.12am | |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
Are you serious? Read my recent post about Dr Campbell. That will tell you what I think about him. Andrew Bridgen? The MP who has the whip withdrawn for spreading conspiracy theories and misinformation? You must be joking Sorry, serious about what? I don't know anything about Dr Campbell and what I have seen of Andrew Bridgen does not impress me that much, like most of todays politians. The reason I posted the clip was for what he said. He was quoting the govenments own data and raised questions that would need to be answered, imho. I'mn not a fan of Donald Trump but on the occassions that I feel he has said something truthful or important, I say, far enough. A genuine question. did you actually watch the clip and do you think that what Andrew bridgen said in his March address to parliment, should be dismissed because you think he is a conspiracy theorist?
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Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 21 Apr 23 9.49am | |
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Originally posted by Mr Palaceman
Sorry, serious about what? I don't know anything about Dr Campbell and what I have seen of Andrew Bridgen does not impress me that much, like most of todays politians. The reason I posted the clip was for what he said. He was quoting the govenments own data and raised questions that would need to be answered, imho. I'mn not a fan of Donald Trump but on the occassions that I feel he has said something truthful or important, I say, far enough. A genuine question. did you actually watch the clip and do you think that what Andrew bridgen said in his March address to parliment, should be dismissed because you think he is a conspiracy theorist? No I didn't watch the clip, but I tried to just now but had to turn it off after a minute or two. It's not just Bridgen but the stupid faces that Campbell is pulling in the background. As soon as anyone refers to the vaccines as "experimental" my trust in anything else they may say is destroyed. If questions need to be raised about the government's data this is not, in my opinion, the way to ask them and if they need asking then someone more objective is going to have to do it.
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Stirlingsays 21 Apr 23 10.02am | |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
You are a seriously confused man. There is a world of difference between misinformation, which is the distribution of information known to be false, and the time-honoured process of research causing the re-evaluation of an approach. What I have said about Dr Campbell is not in the least "disgraceful". It might be an unpalatable truth to some, but truth it is. He is not "highly respected" by those with genuine expertise in the area. He is followed by millions who don't trust those with genuine expertise. What he is doing, and is becoming very wealthy in the process, is reinforcing existing prejudices. Step back and consider the scenario. A successful nurse educator, who has learned to make YouTube videos as part of his training programmes, retires. No doubt drawing a comfortable pension but, as a nurse, not wealthy. Along comes the Covid pandemic, so using his acquired skills, presentation expertise and familiarity with medical terminology, he makes some reassuring videos. Initially, these encourage people not to panic, not to listen to misinformation and follow advice. All very sensible, and well received. So he makes more and starts to gain subscribers, particularly in the USA where people don't trust their broadcasters. A relaxed Brit, with an apparently enquiring mind, appeals to them. He realises that he is beginning to earn serious money and what people want to hear is not reassurance, but challenges to official positions. When so many in the USA are doing their best to undermine the CDC and Dr Fauci this is unsurprising. So he gives it to them. He doesn't do any research himself. He picks up controversial opinions and amplifies them. He looks at reports and tries to find arguments against their conclusions if they don't match what his viewers already believe. He stops being an educator and becomes a confirmation bias merchant. If you find your skills capable of earning millions a year, and it's not illegal, anyone would be tempted. I don't blame him. I blame the lack of control over people like him. It's sad this is happening in the USA but more than sad that anyone in the UK cannot see how questionable it is. As one of our regular posters here frequently recommends, "follow the money"! There are a number of estimates of how much Campbell is making, all large, but this serves. It actually estimates his subscribers lower than most, so maybe he is making even more:-
Perhaps you could state what Campbell's 'controversial views' are? Pretty much all his conclusions are based upon official governmental data. If this guy was anything like what you say then he would have been banned during the most censorious covid period yet he never was. So, seeing as you seem so sure of yourself then let's hear what these views are then that readers could judge your capacity to be rational on this. I bet you don't even know and would have to research it. I suggest are just an almost addictive establishment mouthpiece primed to just attack any position that differs from your slavish adherence. Dr Campbell has been making educational videos on Youtube for over a decade and unlike you has been in a profession that actually helps people most of his life. The very reason he has millions of viewers is precisely because he is respected by and well known and anyone who actually watches his content will quickly find he is very much driven by a care for people and healthcare. Campbell never told people not to take vaccines, he took these vaccines himself. He has been investigating the situation around the covid situation along with other professionals and quite frankly people like him are needed. If we want to know what you think we can just ask the pharmaceutical companies. I urge anyone reading this to watch his content and then read Wisbech's quite awful claims and see if they match. I bid that you will come to the conclusion that Wisbech, while obviously intelligent is obviously damaged in other ways. Also I have to say for a ex marketing manager and now landlord to complain about people who 'follow the money'...oh boy, ok, we all need to make a living but man oh man, I suggest that's some more serious projection on your part. Rather than Campbell I repeat it's actually you who have put misinformation onto this site and then made excuses for yourself. It is you who told people to follow advice from organisations that have since proven to be less than accurate. I was accused by you of misinformation when in reality my positions were...as far as I can tell...the very opposite of inaccurate. Regardless I also, and importantly, always advocated for people making their own personal health decisions and taking responsibility for those decisions and their own health like all adults should do. You on the other hand cannot claim the same and called for people like me to be punished by the state. I also refrained for criticising anybody for whichever one of those personal vaccine decisions they made for themselves. Whatever choice someone made they were making some kind of risk by the very nature of this new novel virus being here. It wasn't easy on anyone and everyone's personal situation is bespoke to them. I have, like many...including those who have taken these vaccines, heavily criticised vaccines being given to children who have no real risk of dying from this virus and the heavy pressure put onto young people to take vaccines for other people....something that should have always been a personal decision without external pressure and goes against our original medical ethics. I look forward to the eventual inquiries and summaries of what I regard as an extremely and economically generationally damaging period of madness and panic and I have the distinct impression that those who come in for reasoned criticism won't have held my positions. Edited by Stirlingsays (21 Apr 2023 1.10pm)
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eaglesdare 21 Apr 23 10.15am | |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
You said there were plenty! You have so far found one, very controversial, cardiologist. Who makes money from publishing books and running a private practice. Some of his campaigns aren't controversial. That's the tactic of such people. Offer things that most can agree with and these add gloss to the others that they don't. One of the first places I found him was in a Dr John Campbell video, which immediately sounded a warning bell. Then I found this, which puts him right in the "not to be trusted" category:- There are "plenty"! So let's see a few more. Yes there is plenty. As I come across them I will mention them. So far you completely proven my point. Any doctor / scientist who speaks out or asks the hard questions is ridiculed and silenced. As for 'money from publishing books and running a private practice' Fair play to him! whats wrong with that? should I discredit every doctor regardless of thier views based on this? I myself am working on an extra Income why cant he? Anyway you have proved my point. I gave you an example. This Doctor has asked tough questions but has been completely discredited and almost silenced by you and the medical world. All he called for was an enquiry. As for the link...Completely proves my point again. Anyone with a differing view in the world of medicine is silenced and discredited. Not too long ago the view that vaccines dont stop transmissions and does not stop stop you catching covid was "Unsupported" look how that turned out.... Do you know the story of Ignaz Semmelweis? the guy who discovered hand washing saved lives? well he too was discredited by his peers, silenced and fired. Not just through Covid. Any doctor who went against the narrative through history was silenced and discredited.
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Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 21 Apr 23 12.17pm | |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Perhaps you could state what Campbell's 'controversial views' are? Pretty much all his conclusions are based upon official governmental data. If this guy was anything like what you say then he would have been banned during the most censorious covid period yet he never was. So, seeing as you seem so sure of yourself then let's hear what these views are then that readers could judge your capacity to be rational on this. I bet you don't even know and would have to research it. I suggest are just an almost addictive establishment mouthpiece primed to just attack any position that differs from your slavish adherence. Dr Campbell has been making educational videos on Youtube for over a decade and unlike you has been in a profession that actually helps people most of his life. The very reason he has millions of viewers is precisely because he is respected by and well known and anyone who actually watches his content will quickly find he is very much driven by a care for people and healthcare. Campbell never told people not to take vaccines, he took these vaccines himself. He has been investigating the situation around the covid situation along with other professionals and quite frankly people like him are needed. If we want to know what you think we can just ask the pharmaceutical companies. I urge anyone reading this to watch his content and then read Wisbech's quite awful claims and see if they match. I bid that you will come to the conclusion that Wisbech, while obviously intelligent is obviously damaged in other ways. Also I have to say for a ex marketing manager and now landlord to complain about people who 'follow the money'...oh boy, ok, we all need to make a living but man oh man, I suggest that's some more serious projection on your part. Rather than Campbell I repeat it's actually you who have put misinformation onto this site and then made excuses for yourself. It is you who told people to follow advice from organisations that have since proven to be less than accurate. I was accused by you of misinformation when in reality my positions were...as far as I can tell...the very opposite of inaccurate. Regardless I also, and importantly, always advocated for people making their own personal health decisions and taking responsibility for those decisions and their own health like all adults should do. You on the other hand cannot claim the same and called for people like me to be punished by the state. I also refrained for criticising anybody for whichever one of those personal vaccine decisions they made. Whatever choice someone made they were making some kind of risk by the very nature of this new novel virus being here. It wasn't easy on anyone and everyone's personal situation is bespoke to them. I have, like many...including those who have taken these vaccines, heavily criticised vaccines being given to children who have no real risk of dying from this virus and the heavy pressure put onto young people to take vaccines for other people....something that should have always been a personal decision without external pressure and goes against our original medical ethnics. I look forward to the eventual inquiries and summaries of what I regard as an extremely and economically generationally damaging period of madness and panic and I have the distinct impression that those who come in for reasoned criticism won't have held my positions. Edited by Stirlingsays (21 Apr 2023 11.10am)
He has made over 2000 videos, which have become increasingly virulent over the years. I haven't them all. Indeed I haven't watched many but I have watched enough and I can see a clear trend. What started honourably has morphed into a cash cow. Yes, he uses government statistics for they are generally all that's available, but he, like the others who tread this path, select and interpret them to tell their own story. If people want to watch them, fine, but when they do I urge them to keep in mind that as they do they are contributing to making this guy seriously wealthy and to question why he might be doing this. He is clever, he adds caveats and leaves doubts hanging, so can avoid accusations of spreading the kind of lies that result in bans. For sure we need objective criticism examining everything that impacts our lives. Nothing but good comes from that. However, that criticism needs to be made by people who are competent to make it and their criticism must also be subject to criticism and peer review. If criticism is motivated not by a desire to discover the truth but by a desire to make money, then criticism of it is deserved. I cannot recall one genuine expert in this field giving any support to Dr John Campbell. Genuine experts don't make YouTube videos. They spend their time finding out things. Not trying to destroy what others have found. Things like whether the vaccines should be given to children, or not, have never been black-or-white decisions. So both viewpoints are respectable and to claim that one is right, and the other wrong, is to claim an unjustified intellectual superiority. We don't know, so we have to leave it to those with better knowledge to make the best judgements they can and then to support them in their difficult job. Barrack room lawyers always think they know best.
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Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 21 Apr 23 12.45pm | |
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Originally posted by eaglesdare
Yes there is plenty. As I come across them I will mention them. So far you completely proven my point. Any doctor / scientist who speaks out or asks the hard questions is ridiculed and silenced. As for 'money from publishing books and running a private practice' Fair play to him! whats wrong with that? should I discredit every doctor regardless of thier views based on this? I myself am working on an extra Income why cant he? Anyway you have proved my point. I gave you an example. This Doctor has asked tough questions but has been completely discredited and almost silenced by you and the medical world. All he called for was an enquiry. As for the link...Completely proves my point again. Anyone with a differing view in the world of medicine is silenced and discredited. Not too long ago the view that vaccines dont stop transmissions and does not stop stop you catching covid was "Unsupported" look how that turned out.... Do you know the story of Ignaz Semmelweis? the guy who discovered hand washing saved lives? well he too was discredited by his peers, silenced and fired. Not just through Covid. Any doctor who went against the narrative through history was silenced and discredited. So you think that being able to describe yourself as a doctor or scientist automatically confers a pure motive upon them along with an unimpeachable character? I beg to differ. There have been many instances in the last few years of people claiming to be doctors or scientists who have been shown to be complete frauds. "Dr" Campbell doesn't tell his viewers he isn't a medical doctor., but a teacher. I have no problem with people making money. I just want you and others to recognise that when people do it means that their motivations must be examined. People write books, or make videos, to sell to an audience. They need to give them what they want. Which is very different to what they need. I most certainly have not proved any "point" or yours as I have yet to discover anything resembling an actual point. Doctors who make unsupported claims aren't silenced at all. They are discredited and then the media won't give misinformation any coverage. They have their own reputations to think of. Look what has just happened to Fox. As the knowledge about Covid evolved so did our ways to respond to it. That's nothing new, or to be ashamed about. We learned that new variants were managing to infect the vaccinated, but that the vaccines still protected against severe disease. That's the problem with anything new. It wasn't known about before. I had never heard of Ignaz Semmelweis! So I looked him up. Interesting man, ahead of his time. Not though a valid comparison for today's situation. Anyone today carrying out research that demonstrated positive benefits would be taken seriously, their work replicated elsewhere and peer-reviewed. That it wasn't back in 1865 shows how far we have come.
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Stirlingsays 21 Apr 23 1.00pm | |
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So Wisbech has nothing....he was asked for what Campbell's 'controversial views' were and all he comes back with is waffle. Dr John Campbell has had many experts on his show and once again this claim....which is misinformation... that there aren't experts in these medical fields who differ from what has gone is untrue. For example, some of the highest qualified people in their fields are on the Great Barrington Delacaration.....so stop spreading misinformation.
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