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by proc0 1664 days ago
It's being suppressed by information outlets of all kinds. Authorities in the U.S. have admitted they need to "look into it", even though we're already in this about two years now.

> You think eg. my local belgian government has a vested interest in butchering its own economy so some american drug company can make profits?

Yes. Politicians are corrupt, welcome to the shitty nature of human beings. They will misbehave and commit atrocities over and over again, as proven by history. I don't think we've entered a special time in history where people in power are somehow immune to corruption now. This has already happened in Australia, with that one politician stepping down because she had received money from the pharma companies. Why wouldn't more of them be in that situation?

> Or is it more likely that they're pushing vaccines over natural immunity because the former doesn't involve furthering spread and risk of hospitalization as a prerequisite for getting it?

Vaccines use one's natural immunity. Furthermore, why isn't it a solution to expand hospital care, and/or take that care to people's homes? After all, we can clearly see the vax does not eliminate the chance of landing in the hospital, and places with 90%+ vax are still seeing spikes. There is clearly a focus of pushing the vax at all costs.

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> This has already happened in Australia, with that one politician stepping down because she had received money from the pharma companies.

As an Australian, I'd like to know more about this? If your referring to Gladys Berejiklian (Ex-Premier of NSW) stepping down, that had nothing to do with Big Pharma [1][2].

[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-gladysberejiklian-...

[2] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-01/nsw-premier-gladys-be...

Ok, I didn't know the details. Seems like a strange timing since she was doing all the pandemic press conferences. Anyway, they're still corrupt.
> Politicians are corrupt

Politicians maybe corrupt, but our NHS (here in Blighty) most certainly is not.

Here, the NHS doctors keep asking the politicians for more money to combat Covid, and the current government whistles. (Something you will acknowledge regardless of where you sit on the political spectrum.)