Thanks for the comment! I think we're saying the same thing about the masks, the corruption of science has prevented getting a good understanding of what they do, or don't do. I believe there are many factors why Japan has had a better response to the virus.

I'll also point out, in your vein, that it bugs me China is pointed out as an idiot about zero Covid. For all we know, there strategy worked well in that they ultimately fell to a less life-threatening variant.

I'm not a fan of the CCP, but I don't walk in their shoes.

As for Vitamin-D, I too share, your, um, speechlessness about it. It costs virtually nothing and yet none were sent out to people in winter-dark places here. And even though I don't believe the masks are very effective, I was super annoyed that there weren't free ones at the entrance of every store or restaurant. Hand cleaner somewhere, sure, but masks, no. Like WTF. Billions for biotech companies and virtually NOTHING for simple things that might do a lot.

I'm pretty sure both of us could go on 100 pages about all this stuff.