I'll always remember my first day in my freshman economics class in college. The professor was the long-time chairman of the entire Finance and Accounting Department. He wasn't particularly physically imposing, but everyone loved and respected him and he genuinely cared about his students. Everyone listened when he spoke. Many years later I remember only some of the economics principles, but I'll never forget the very first thing he said on the first day of class.

It was this:

"There are four types of people in the world. There are those that know and know not that they know - they are asleep, awakening them. There are those that know not and know that they know not - they are students, teach them. There are those that know and know that they know - they are wise, follow them. Then there are those that know not and know not that they know not - they are fools, shun them."

For some reason I thought of that today while listening to Colin Cowherd. Generally speaking I think he falls in the "wise" category with many (not all) of his sports takes. Then there is his take on the vaccine. Arrogant people just seem to be prone to blind spots. He mocks Aron Rogers about the vaccine and mocks anyone in general who warns against them with things like "get the facts from (fill in the blank government website), not Joe Smoe on Reddit". He completely dismisses that there may be legitimate knowledge to be found that challenges his absolute (but clueless in reality) assumptions about what he "knows" about vaccines.

Just because someone you know can be wise about many things, arrogance can create a very dangerous blind spot. I thought some pedes here might relate to this with people they know and also might enjoy the saying from my professor.

I'm very thankful for this forum because the information I learned about from here I believe saved my mom and dad's life. Here is the text of an email I sent to a local radio host about my father's recent covid experience in the hopes it might change his normie message to his listeners. I'm so sorry for everyone here who experienced a different outcome with a loved one.

Here is the email I sent:

" Here is the story of Ivermectin. The video should be seen by everyone.

https://www.oann.com/the-story-of-ivermectin-sheds-light-on-the-history-benefits-of-the-drug/

Here is the story of my 83-year-old father.

On Oct 15th (a Friday) of this year he checked into the hospital with a very bad cause of Covid. No one told me he was experiencing symptoms starting on the Saturday before. Wed & Thu before he checked in were very bad days. By the time he checked in he had trouble knowing where he was - his body was raging with full-blown covid. He has co-morbidities like congestive heart failure (ejection fraction of ~ 35-40%), stints, multiple heart attacks, etc. I went to the hospital the minute I was told he checked in. Here is the quote from the doctor "do you have power of attorney and does he have a living will? It's a virus, so there's not much we can do." Oh, and he is not vaccinated.

I was determined that my father was not going to be another covid statistic and thankfully he was admitted when the strict quarantine rules had been lifted so I was able to visit him whenever I wanted to. The day the fully vaccinated Colin Powell died, my dad took his first turn for the better.

I didn't dare let the hospital know what I was doing. I wore my mask, cooperated in every way except for absolutely refusing to allow them to put him on remdesivir (did you watch the above video yet?). Every single morning and evening when I was sure none of the staff were watching, I made certain he received 36mg of ivermectin, 3000 mg of a liposomal delivery vitamin C, 5000 IU of a highly absorbable form of vitamin D3, 22mg of zinc combined with 800 mg of quercetin, and a silver colloidal nasal spray. All of this twice a day - every single day. Every time I had to prepare an individual dose packet in a baggie and sneak it into the hospital because I couldn't risk bringing in the full supply for them to confiscate.

The first Saturday and Sunday mornings after he checked in, I was alone with him in the hospital room and was scared he was going to die. He is very tough mentally and I had never seen him that way before. When he could talk, he wanted to make sure mom was taken care of. He went almost a full week being completely defenseless before I was able to get him the lifesaving treatments and I was worried it was too late because he is the "poster child" of the highest covid risk of death.

Last week he had his first follow-up appointment at his family doctor's office. The doctor didn't know how to react. Some of his quotes: "wow, your vitals are strong". "Your oxygen levels are really high". "Your lungs sound great". "I'd say just keep doing what you're doing". Of course, we couldn't tell him what "he was doing". We just had to smile and go along as if it was a real mystery.

Also, during this whole time I was taking care of my mom, my aunt and uncle along with my brother who all had covid. I was around covid almost constantly and never wore a mask and never "social distanced". I only cared about taking care of them. I was taking the same protocol I was giving my dad. I never got covid. If only there was an explanation for that right Pat?

BOTH my father and mother are alive today because of "covid misinformation". "

My dad emailed me this with the title "Great Question". One of the better ways to break the ice with normies I've seen so far. Here it is (in quotes):

"If you catch 100 red fire ants as well as 100 large black ants, and put them in a jar, at first, nothing will happen. However, if you violently shake the jar and dump them back on the ground the ants will fight until they eventually kill each other. The thing is, the red ants think the black ants are the enemy and vice versa, when in reality, the real enemy is the person who shook the jar. This is exactly what’s happening in society today. Liberal vs. Conservative. Black vs. White. Pro Mask vs. Anti-Mask. The real question we need to be asking ourselves is who’s shaking the jar … and why?"

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