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xperts said we've never made a coronavirus vaccination that worked and therefore there's probably a reason. We probably don't know how and probably can't make a coronavirus vaccination that works. We can make other kinds of vaccinations work. Do you remember that? That was considered common knowledge. And so the experts were telling us we couldn't do this at the same time it was that literally bei…

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say this. So the people who knew how to do it knew they could do it apparently or had a strong suspicion.

So I believed that when I heard it and I bought into that. And although I thought I did predict that our therapeutics and our science would rise to the challenge, I did not believe that the vaccinations would be the magic bullet. So if you're predicting, you know who got that prediction right? I got that one wrong. So add that to my wrong list.

But here's some freaking incredible news. Do you like good news with your coffee? Sure you do. Sure you do. I hear somebody say therapeutics is a better answer. You know it's still an open question whether we had the therapeutics. That's all I can say without getting banned. I don't want to be banned by social media so I'll just say it's still an open question whether I was right-ish that a therapeutic would be the big answer. It could have been. We just don't know. I'd say it's an open question.

But the golden age is coming. Not only with nuclear energy as I mentioned but did you know that this mRNA vaccination stuff has way more potential than just the coronavirus? How many of you knew that? That we're on the cusp of something really big. Really, really big.

Here's an example. Keep in mind that the people who are telling you this, what I'm going to tell you, the same people who are telling you this told you they could make a coronavirus vaccination in six months or whatever it took. Moderna told you they could make a vaccination that nobody's ever made before for a coronavirus and they did it. Okay, so these are credible people. They're also trying to do a vaccination with the same platform of technology to target a number of other problems including — and this is already happening, right? So this is in the pipeline. This is not hypothetical. It's happening now. They're using this technology to come up with vaccinations against HIV, Nipah, whatever that is, Nipah, Zika, herpes, dengue fever, hepatitis, and malaria. Those are just the ones who are announced. That's not even just the ones they might be able to do. Those are just the ones they announced.

And apparently what's so special about this mRNA platform, if I can call it that, is that it is designed specifically that once you get it working you can quickly make vaccinations. Now could it be the end of humankind because the technology is bad and kills us all? Yeah, I suppose so. It's always possible. But I feel as though this field is going to be just gigantic. Just gigantic. And we may have through completely just completely inadvertently, this might be one of the greatest boons to humanity of all time. Meaning the coronavirus that nobody wanted might be the best thing that ever happened to humanity. Isn't that weird? It could be the best thing that ever happened because the number of people that would be saved by turning this technology into a common platform to solve other problems, it's incalculable. I mean you're talking millions and millions and millions.

I've been asked to rate Nick Fuentes' persuasion skills. High. Very high. Now Nick Fuentes is very controversial. I'm not going to be the one to endorse anything he says. That's for him. You know he can defend himself as much as he wants. But on the narrow question of whether he's capable, yes, yes he is. And he's very capable. So if you think that he's a bad force in the world you should be afraid because he's very capable. And if you think he's entertaining and useful, well good for you.

All right, that is my live stream for today. I dare say it was one of the best of all times. And now I'm going to go do some other things.

And oh, Catherine is asking how I'm feeling. Yeah, so an update. I got my second vaccination, the Moderna. The 24 hours after it were rugged. You know it was pretty uncomfortable I will say for about 24 hours. But when it was over, here's the weird thing. Other people have said this, that you can feel like your whole body is fighting something or evolving or something. You actually feel like your whole body is involved. It doesn't just feel like there's a part of your body or something. You feel like your whole body has something new in it. Like I had goose bumps all day and you really, there's something happening, right? It's definitely not a placebo. I can tell you that. Well I guess I wouldn't know but here's the fun part.

The second day when I woke up, 100 percent better. But and here's the part I'm wondering about and let me ask this question for those of you who got the Moderna shot. You've had the second shot and you also had a little discomfort or you had a bad day after. How many of you had the following experience that when it went away, maybe when you woke up, it was 100 percent gone, all the symptoms, and you felt great? See that's the part I didn't see coming. I didn't just feel a lack of symptoms. I felt great. Like great. I didn't have a stiffness anywhere in my body. I exercised more than I have in a long time. It was great.

And I can't tell if it's only just because I felt so bad the other day that it was the contrast. So that's why I'm asking the question. How many of you felt great after the symptoms were away like way beyond normal great? And a number of you are saying yes. Somebody says it was the marijuana. No that's every day so I couldn't tell the difference. Somebody says felt great. Somebody said that's crazy. Felt no symptoms. Psychological might be perfectly possible. I felt relieved. Somebody says okay yeah it's probably just contrast. So it may just be that you know my brain was relieved and my body was relieved and that's all. So we will not assume that that is a common experience but it was my experience. And man do I feel good now.

Sparky had no noticeable effects from the Moderna shot. Well I hope you're not taking any immunosuppressants.

And that is all I've got now and I'll talk to you tomorrow.