Kelley K

Researcher. Data geek. Truth teller. I care deeply about kids/education, and I exposed a lot of Covid nonsense from public health, scientists, and the media.

[Kelley K @KelleyKga]

I've written a lot about the loss of trust in public health during Covid in various articles and threads over the years, but I'll attempt to consolidate my thoughts here...

For me, my trust in public health was tested early on with the complete lack of consideration for the risks and benefits of lockdowns, masks, school closures, etc. Prior to March 2020, cost-benefit analysis was a major component of developing public health policy, and then suddenly... it wasn't. The one main exception to this, of course, was public health bending over backward to support George Floyd protests.

As a parent of a middle schooler, my main concern was for children. I started identifying significant errors in data from the CDC and other doctors and scientists, particularly around exaggerating the risks of Covid to kids. The strong age gradient of Covid harms was known early on, but it was consistently downplayed by public health. I spent a lot of time pointing out often blatant errors in Covid data, mostly being ignored by those responsible. And I argued extensively in support of school reopening. My own daughter was back in person in early August 2020, along with much of Georgia, so I knew it could be done.

Then came the vaccine, which was delayed by the left for political purposes. During the vaccine rollout, we witnessed the denial of natural immunity, a refusal to prioritize the elderly for vaccines, dishonesty about vaccine effectiveness, efforts to downplay and deny myocarditis risks, the rush for vaccine approval to enable mandates, vaccine mandates being pushed for the young and healthy (those least at risk), and more false claims from CDC and others about the risk of Covid to children (including faulty mortality statistics on the CDC's data tracker and the "top 5 killer of children" falsehood).

Overall, it was clear to many of us that studies and data were being published to push a predetermined narrative, rather than to test a hypothesis and then come to an objective conclusion. That's not how science is supposed to work, and yet we were being beaten over the head with the mantra "follow the science." Meanwhile, public health was feeding journalists all of this propaganda, and the media for the most part was all too happy to help by parroting the official public health position and attempting to discredit anyone who dared to offer another perspective.

[Kelley K @KelleyKga]

@CitizenAmedia Preschool age is my absolute favorite. Their vocabulary is exploding, and they're figuring out so much about the world. They say and do the cutest things at that age. 😊

[Kelley K @KelleyKga]

@buelldawg I have a vent in the toe kick under our kitchen sink, which is great in the winter, but horrible in the summer when the AC is blasting my feet.

[Kelley K @KelleyKga]

Everyone is talking about hair dryers and shavers and electric toothbrushes, but a space heater is my non-negotiable to be plugged in in the bathroom!

[Stanhope @Stanhope_99]

I physically dont understand what you'd do in the bathroom that requires a plug socket?

[Kelley K @KelleyKga]

@buelldawg Our upstairs vents are in the ceiling, so not great for heat. I like to use a space heater to warm up the bathroom before my shower in the winter months.

[Kelley K @KelleyKga]

@CuriousBunnie12 3oz is a LOT for a tiny newborn tummy! Just nurse your baby and tell MIL to help with baby in other ways.

[Kelley K @KelleyKga]

@MikeMarshallOnX It's recommended for those children who are immunocompromised. Other children only *through shared clinical decision making*. That's a very limited recommendation. It means that children CAN get vaccinated if the parents and doctors agree, and it's not new.

[Kelley K @KelleyKga]

@AmazonHelp @goneflyin Since you ruined the emails, it would be nice if we could unsubscribe from them since we have to use the app anyway.

[Kelley K @KelleyKga]

@wrongbutkind I think it's just from X as a promotion to sign up for an account. I don't think there's anything to refund.

[Kelley K @KelleyKga]

@caseykim @KenGardner11 Yeah... I just don't know if I trust X to hold my money.

[Kelley K @KelleyKga]

@KenGardner11 @caseykim Fair enough. I haven't pulled the trigger either. Still debating what I want to do.

[Kelley K @KelleyKga]

@caseykim @KenGardner11 This. It has nothing to do with monetizing your account. It's just a bank account.

[Kelley K @KelleyKga]

@colingreenwoord @smelliejello "It's useless because I've never had one" is just a totally foreign mindset to me, beyond the whole bathroom outlet discussion.

[Kelley K @KelleyKga]

@NightCoder4 Not at all. Lots of Internet and TV providers lease their equipment - modems, routers, DVRs, cable boxes, etc.

[Kelley K @KelleyKga]

I called two weeks ago to cancel my mom's DISH satellite service because she's moving soon. They initially said it could take up to 3 weeks to ship me the return kit (?!?), and when I followed up today to see if I could track it, they said they won't even send us the kit until after the last day of service. They want me to move all the equipment across the country, and then ship it to them once they finally decide to get me a return kit? Unreal. Can't wait to be done with this company for good.

[Kelley K @KelleyKga]

@NightCoder4 I didn't even know Dish offered equipment for sale. Hers is all leased.

[Kelley K @KelleyKga]

@LOTRLOVERRRR @Highbarian @KrissaKray Oh, and night lights!

[Kelley K @KelleyKga]

@LOTRLOVERRRR @Highbarian @KrissaKray Mainly it's the space heater that I always want an extra plug for. But I use bathroom outlets to charge for shaver, electric toothbrush, watch, phone, and plug in things like curling iron, hair dryer, space heater, dehumidifier, vacuum, etc.

[Kelley K @KelleyKga]

@colingreenwoord @smelliejello "It's useless because I've never had one" is just a totally foreign mindset to me, beyond the whole bathroom outlet discussion.

[Kelley K @KelleyKga]

@AdamWilday

[Kelley K @KelleyKga]

@Murmurs16477916 I had that in our last house, but it's not that common here.

[Kelley K @KelleyKga]

@Minority0pinion Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of. They're just looking for an excuse to charge us more by making it a PITA to return the equipment.