Author: Alex V. Weir

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The Supreme Court is Wrong on Youtube

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The Supreme Court Declines To Hear Capitol Records ...

Just read about that supreme court decision where they threw out PraegerU’s claim that YouTube is subject to the 1st amendment.

This was the position of the judges: “merely hosting speech by others is not a traditional, exclusive public function and does not alone transform private entities into state actors subject to First Amendment constraints.”

Here’s a list of subsidies from around 2010 that Google the owner of YouTube received:

https://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/googles-billions-in-internet-subsidies/

Who knows how much more was thrown their way these past 11 years.

That’s taxpayer money.

I’m a taxpayer.

Don’t restrict my speech.

And don’t play doctor.

Youtube is disgusting

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My video got yeeted for “medical misinformation” because I don’t buy the mask narrative.

For reasons that can be found here: https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/masks-dont-work-covid-a-review-of-science-relevant-to-covide-19-social-policy

YouTube was founded, fostered, and currently operates in the United States and is not a publisher but a platform so it should adhere to the letter and color of the law as per the 1st Amendment.

YouTUBE is disgusting

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My latest video got removed and I got a strike because I don’t buy the mask narrative for the following reasons:

Radonovich, L.J. et al. (2019) “N95 Respirators vs Medical Masks for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care Personnel: A Randomized Clinical Trial,” JAMA. 2019; 322(9): 824–833. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2749214

“Among 2862 randomized participants, 2371 completed the study and accounted for 5180 HCW-seasons. … Among outpatient health care personnel, N95 respirators vs medical masks as worn by participants in this trial resulted in no significant difference in the incidence of laboratory-confirmed influenza.”

Long, Y. et al. (2020) “Effectiveness of N95 respirators versus surgical masks against influenza: A systematic review and meta-analysis,” J Evid Based Med. 2020; 1- 9. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jebm.12381

“A total of six RCTs involving 9,171 participants were included. There were no statistically significant differences in preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza, laboratory-confirmed respiratory viral infections, laboratory-confirmed respiratory infection, and influenza-like illness using N95 respirators and surgical masks. Meta-analysis indicated a protective effect of N95 respirators against laboratory-confirmed bacterial colonization (RR = 0.58, 95% CI 0.43-0.78). The use of N95 respirators compared with surgical masks is not associated with a lower risk of laboratory-confirmed influenza.”

Conclusion Regarding That Masks Do Not Work
No RCT study with verified outcome shows a benefit for HCW or community members in households to wearing a mask or respirator. There is no such study. There are no exceptions.

Likewise, no study exists that shows a benefit from a broad policy to wear masks in public (more on this below).

I told them that if they don’t provide me with proof that those studies are wrong and that there is no debate on efficacy their strike is invalid.

Not because I think it will make them be reasonable but because it’s the truth.

There is no place in the free country that fostered this websites existence for this sort of behavior.