At one time, I used to see scientists as beacons of truth-seeking and verity, who would never stoop to the despicable lows of politicians and other aspirants to power.

Then I turned eight.

Still, even after my disillusionment, it has been disappointing lately to see so very many virologists, epidemiologists and scientists in general just outright lie in the press and on Twitter about lab safety, about their own research, about Wuhan and its notorious laboratory, and about how research is conducted in general.

Don’t get me wrong. I understand the motivation. They are rightly worried about losing funding or their research being forbidden altogether. I get it. However, do they really think they are helping themselves by this massive campaign of mendacity that many people (like me) are easily able to see through?

This isn’t about a lab leak or not. That is irrelevant to this issue. This is about the lies being told right now that could lead to all manner of screw-ups and tragedies in the future. After all, if viral research is as safe as these people would like us all to believe, why the deceit and misdirection? Why the smoke and mirrors? There would be no need for any of that if these obviously-risky inquiries were as benign as they claim.

No more masks, prison countries, lockdowns, whiny babies hiding inside.

Get vaccinated. It’ll all be ok. Or hide inside crying, I don’t care. Just don’t try to make me or anyone else do that. The fucking pandemic and all the idiocy around it has turned me into a reluctant libertarian of sorts, I guess.

Delta variant: LA recommends indoor masks regardless of vaccination status.

Nope. Not gonna do it. Time to stop living in fear.

Propaganda definitely ramping up now in many countries about how the vaccines aren’t effective, etc., in an effort to keep prison countries going and to reinstate and/or keep lockdowns in place.

You hate to see it.

Covid Live Updates: Delta Variant Drives New Lockdowns in Asia and Australia.

Told you the Delta variant was going to be the next excuse to keep many around the world locked inside, fearful of the world. This is going to keep happening for years and have increasingly little to do with any real threat.

That was absurdly predictable.

After a certain date — say, August 1, 2021 — any further pandemic deaths should be tallied and those who still refuse to get the vaccination should be legally charged with fractional murder for those deaths.

What I mean is that if 50,000 people die after August 1, and there are 20 million Americans who refuse to get vaccinated, then each of those people is charged with 0.0025 of a murder with all the resultant penalties that are associated with that — if they still refuse to get vaccinated.

Say the average sentence for first degree murder is 40 years. That means you go to jail for a month. You get the idea.

I know it’d never happen, but a guy can dream, right?