Even as a DoD contractor, the CEO is fighting back:
Dear XXXXXX Employees:
As you are aware, implementation of the federal government’s vaccine mandate has been a complex undertaking. Thank you for your patience in recent weeks as the situation has evolved. During this period, we have sought clarification from our customers about how our many contracts would need to be MODIFIED and RE-PRICED to reflect this new requirement.
Importantly, our XXXXXX customer has confirmed that our contracts do not include a requirement to implement the mandate. However, some employees are in a different situation and face varied requirements depending on the particular contract. In light of this development, WE ARE HEREBY SUSPENDING THE DEADLINE FOR VACCINATION, except where SPECIFIC contracts require it.
I appreciate the gubmint stiff arm.
I've just received a San Diego County Summons for Jury Service and I'm scheduled to report on 9/24. Unfortunately...I guess I forgot to get jabbed. Oops. I wonder if this will affect my good standing with the Superior Court of San Diego. It seems that they're okay with your vax status when if benefits them, as evidenced by their official statement:
Facial coverings are required for all people entering the courthouses, regardless of vaccination status.
But they allow me to attend a variety of entertainment venues due to arbitrary reasons.
I'm going to ask to be excused given that there will be a multitude of deadly vaccinated citizens there, indoors, for hours on end. However, I welcome any and all clever ways to state this, frens. Channel your Thomas Paine and send some suggestions! Thx.
Command,
Attached is a recent message from SECDEF on vaccine and the requirement. Bottom line, expect it to be mandatory by mid SEP, or whenever FDA grants full approval, which could be as early as late Aug. Some additional bullets and info about the recent rise in Delta cases. Get vaccinated and don’t gamble with your health by deferring any longer. Though we are seeing some breakthrough cases, the symptoms and impacts are far different for those vaccinated versus unvaccinated.
Vr/ XO
- Over the last month U.S. case rates have increased 700%, hospitalizations are up nearly 400%, deaths are up 120%, and unfortunately the trend continues – over the last week case rates and hospitalizations are both up ~40%, and deaths are up 54%. (also concerning is that hospitalizations and deaths typically lag behind case rates by 2-3 weeks, so we will expect those to keep rising).
- Likewise, we see similar local trends with case rates, hospitalizations and deaths in SD County.
- The vast majority of current hospitalizations and deaths are among unvaccinated.
- As expected, Delta variant has taken over and now comprises ~95% of all new U.S. COVID infections.
- Delta is twice as contagious as the other SARS-CoV-2 variants, and spreads >200% more rapidly than the original strain. This is d/t substantially higher viral loads (over 1000x’s higher the original strain), with a shorter incubation period.
- Data suggests Delta likely causes more severe illness than previous strains, which is seen predominantly among unvaccinated individuals. (Unvaccinated have ~10x’s higher risk of severe disease and death).
- While vaccinated individuals may contract the Delta variant and spread to others while symptomatic, their infections tend to be mild, and they appear to be infectious for a shorter period of time (as evidenced by viral loads dropping more rapidly in vaccinated individuals).
- Unvaccinated populations remain the greatest concern to community transmission, as they are much more likely to contract/transmit/sustain the virus.
- COVID vaccines in the U.S. have been shown to prevent symptomatic and asymptomatic infection; and are highly effective at preventing severe disease, hospitalization and death, including against the Delta variant. Increasing the proportion of the vaccinated U.S. (and global) population is critical to combating the Delta variant.
- Pfizer vaccine effectiveness (VE): 6-month f/u study in 6 countries showed overall VE of 91%, and 97% against severe disease. For Delta variant in particular, the UK study showed VE of 79% against all confirmed infection and 88% against symptomatic infection, compared with 92% and 93% respectively for Alpha variant. More recent data from Colorado MMWR has similar findings. (i.e., slightly lower VE against Delta, but still very good).
- All COVID vaccines in the U.S. have demonstrated very good safety profiles, now with ~350 million doses given in the U.S. to date. Of note, CDC/ACIP continues to recommend COVID vaccine for 12yo+ despite rare cases of myo/pericarditis following mRNA vaccines. Per study cited in CDC Science update, rate of myocarditis following COVID infection among 12-17yo males was nearly 6x’s higher than following vaccination, and among females the rate was 21x’s higher than following vaccination.
- New MMWR data shows unvaccinated individuals are more than twice as likely to be reinfected with COVID than those who were fully vaccinated after their initial infection. Demonstrates that vaccines offer better protection than natural immunity alone, and offer substantial benefit even after prior infection.
- Lastly, while we still expect SECDEF to declare an AD mandate, it may be worth reminding your AD staff of the requirements for unvaccinated personnel if NRSW were to revert to HPCON C (i.e., CUSFF FRAGO off-base restrictions). Given current local trends, we may not be far off.
https://health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/MHS-Toolkits/TRICARE-Communications-COVID-19-Vaccine-Toolkit https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/fully-vaccinated-people.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/groups/families-children.html
Team,
Effective 28 July for (our base), the DoD requires all Service members, Federal employees, onsite contractor employees, and visitors, regardless of vaccination status, to wear a mask in an indoor setting in installations and other facilities owned, leased or otherwise controlled by DoD.
The vaccine is our best protection in preventing severe illness or death from COVID-19 regardless of known variants/strains of the virus. If not vaccinated, please talk with your medical provider so that you can make an informed decision.
If you feel unwell, do not come to work! Regardless of an individual’s vaccination status, if you are not feeling well and are symptomatic (Fever or chills, Cough, Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, Fatigue, Muscle or body aches, Headache, New loss of taste or smell, Sore throat, Congestion or runny nose, Nausea or vomiting, Diarrhea) stay home and notify your supervisor.
CDC recommends fully vaccinated people should still get tested if experiencing COVID-19 symptoms.
Fully vaccinated people should not visit private or public settings if they have tested positive for COVID-19 in the prior 10 days or are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html
Thanks in advance.
VR/ CO
Hopefully, I speak for others when I ask these questions...
Let's say that widespread fraud is found in several states that render those state's election fraudulent. What then? Will that state's legislature decertify their Electoral votes? Can this be done easily? And what if enough states do this where it would flip the Electoral College totals? Then what?
I know that I'm getting ahead of myself but I keep hearing the same old lines from BlueAnons that tell me that nothing will change the outcome. It's been certified and that's that.
Any hopeful explanation would be much appreciated.
We welcome the month of June, LGBTQ+ Pride Month, with open arms and creativity. For LGBTQ+ Pride Month, the Diversity committee has displayed the Pride flag on the Diversity Wall on Building Blah Blah Blah. Please take a moment to visit the display. We welcome you to write a message of support and solidarity to our shipmates and coworkers of the LGBTQ+ community who have contributed so much to our force even when faced with adversity and unacceptance.
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Make it APPEAR that you're obeying, when in fact you're fighting back effectively.
It took us a century to get where we are now.
Woodrow Wilson was the father of modern "progressive" ideology.
Trump is finishing them off at warp speed.
The role of a mentor is to prepare people to strike out on their own.
Trump completely reformed the Republican party in four years.
Therefore the best IS yet to come.
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A couple other items I'd like to share:
Thanks for stepping up and volunteering for the COVID-19 vaccinations and your continued COVID-19 mitigations at work and at home. The XO has been working very hard to provide EVERYONE with an opportunity to be vaccinated! I encourage everyone to get vaccinated unless your doctor advises otherwise. Please consider that by deferring the vaccine without a valid medical reason (determined by your doctor) you are making a conscious decision to become part of a chain, an enabler who will eventually spread the virus and potentially harm/hospitalize someone who doesn't have a choice. Time is not on your side. This is the chance to protect yourself, your shipmates and family...to break the chain. If you are in doubt please invest the time, seek one-on-one advice from your own medical professional.
Sounds like he might get a bonus if his command makes it to 100%.
From Maureen McKnight Winans
Wow I just consolidated some intel from the last 3 days... ????? whiplash, ghostezra, qfrogman, and specoperator17 usually flood their channels every single day, ?no days off. They will post anywhere from 30-150 posts a day? ⚠️6 days ago on 4/15 “(q) the storm raider” posts on twitter that potus is 100% insulated and removed from maralago by special forces for security ⚠️qfrogman is 305th military intel battalion (what has been described as the “kraken” by General McInerney) and specoperator17 is 111th military intel brigade (the one Flynn was head of) AND is on personal security detail for potus!!! These 2 milint patriots always say if they go dark for a while, its to give us a heads up an op is in play and they will post when they can... ?Frogman and SpecOp17 have barely posted since 4/15? ⚠️Whiplash has been offline since 4/15 ⚠️Ghostezra has reposted the Kennedys singing “Timber” today and hinted yesterday about (1) free unlimited Tesla energy (2) 1776 birthing pains (3) that Kamala’s real identity (the actress Kamala) will be revealed soon (4) twitter and jack are down/dead/dying ⚠️official military twitter accounts this past week have been nonstop decoded as hinting at The Event, NCSWIC (aka EBS), Readiness, and Gesara ⚠️ilDonaldo twitter posted several videos recently ejecting byedin from office and replacing with trumpybear ⚠️army corp of eng + other gov twitter accounts have been posting about flood warnings, storm, and electrical storms ⚠️dc drains/streets are literally flooding ⚠️lin wood openly endorsed q at the Oklahoma convention the other day ⚠️jim caviezel debuted their trailer for “Sound of Freedom” movie (to be released Q4 this year) about child trafficking and openly explained adrenochrome to the normies at this event ⚠️this morning belarus president saved from assassination attempt/coup d’etat bc he is one of the last countries standing up to the cabal ⚠️blm/antifa riots broke out across the country a few days ago but last night NG officially stepped in and started helping PD make arrests at gunpoint. Military is in control ⚠️more FF shooting than weve ever seen in single days and back to back days to flood the media with a narrative change ⚠️castro regime in cuba ended, haiti pm resigned, former imo gov arrested #butnothingishabbening @etang17
The ROM (Restriction of Movement) policy for All Hands on a certain Navy base where I work:
We continue to field calls/emails concerning relaxation of our ROM. I want to make sure we’re all on the same page with XO’s latest. We are making allowances for those who are immunized (Moderna / Pfizer 2 jabs + 2 weeks, or 1 J&J jab + 2 weeks):
- Immunized personnel traveling out of area can return without ROM.
- Immunized visiting personnel traveling from out of area (400 miles) can visit without ROM.
- Those not immunized must complete the 14 day ROM in area when returning or before visiting IAW our mitigation plan.
- Policy will be updated as conditions change.
As a reminder, it is not your responsibility to verify visitors are immunized or not, that gets into privacy issues/PII. Just tell them the requirements.
This is a red pill factory. They need our help:
In a just-published article about Facebook's difficulty in dealing with satire, The New York Times points to The Babylon Bee as an example of a "far-right misinformation site" that "sometimes trafficked in misinformation under the guise of satire." They said we dishonestly "claim" to be satire to protect our presence on the platform.
This is false and defamatory.
No other examples of so-called far-right misinformation sites are offered. The Babylon Bee is the only one cited in their article.
Notably, the words "trafficked in misinformation" are hyperlinked, presumably to a supportive source. But the link they point to is another NY Times piece that actually refutes the claim that we traffic in misinformation by describing us as a legitimate satire site. The reason they don't link to a supportive source is because they don't have one.
What's happening here is incredible, but unsurprising:
The New York Times is using deceptive disinformation to smear us as being a source of deceptive disinformation.
This is not the first time this has happened. We've had to defend ourselves against such claims before. The ongoing mischaracterization of our site in the liberal media is a blatant attempt to discredit and deplatform us. If they can convince the social networks we're abusing the "satire" label, then they can shut us down.
It's that simple.
The whole system is rigged to support these efforts, too. Wikipedia, for example, only allows "reliable sources" to determine how a website is characterized. And guess which sources they consider reliable? The New York Times, The Rolling Stone, CNN, etc. The sites that shamelessly mischaracterize us are deemed credible and quotable, whereas sites that appreciate and defend us are dismissed as "unreliable."
So what can be done about this? Well, we're talking with our lawyers again about the best path forward. Damaging defamation is serious.
But there's a way you can help, too, by becoming a paid subscriber. If the liberal media succeeds in getting us banned for disinformation, we'll need your financial support to stay in business.
Will you partner with us to save satire and make us cancel-proof?
Seth Dillon CEO