NYC health official Jay Varma had sex parties while he lockdown the city; Hypocrites!

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[@danboyd6180]

Yeasssss!!! Welcome back VP!!! So happy your covering these hypocrites

[@il3mendo]

While people died alone, left behind, while people lost jobs, career, family and firends the ones in charge did whatever they wanted. Disgusting

[@snicksabea]

They always do.

[@il3mendo]

@@snicksabea not with mass global vaccination, lockdowns.....

[@greglarson6293]

Most libs still defend it. Either that or they act like nothing big even happened.

[@rosestudstrup540]

They don’t consider the rest of us human.

[@peterdorrfuss2680]

@@rosestudstrup540or they dont regard themselves as, setting themselves above us

[@lynnetx5521]

Ty Vinay for tackling this. The hypocracy by the elites is disgusting

[@AndiS-dz4pq]

Never ever forget!!!

[@geofractal]

Never

[@natali1404]

Never? Hispanic flu was forgotten also

[@PatrickJewellTheGreat]

Remember when they said “don’t do your own research, listen to the experts.” This is what the “experts and leaders” were doing.

[@leannefrye4341]

So “healthy” doing drugs while naked with friends. Makes me sick.

[@trog.lodyte]

Like Obama's mask free party

[@bunEmom]

@@leannefrye4341 Much more is expected of public health officials, particularly MDs --- no tobacco, no drugs, no risky sexual behavior, etc. -- this IS the ultimate hypocrisy. And a "lifestyle" funded by a taxpayer-funded salary. Narcissistic, Sociopathic, Egomaniac Loser. His pediatrician wife is hopefully not educating teens on "healthy choices". YES, Dr. Prasad, a hypocritical public health official IS the lowest form of a public policy maker.

[@brianbachmeier34]

“There’s no reason to be walking around with a mask. When you’re in the middle of an outbreak, wearing a mask might make people feel a little bit better and it might even block a droplet, but it’s not providing the perfect protection that people think that it is. And, often, there are unintended consequences - people keep fiddling with the mask and they keep touching their face.” - Dr. Anthony Fauci

[@teresabarnes-matych]

This Disgusting person should be tried and punished!

[@mandor13]

I'm 47yrs old. $73,000 biweekly and I'm retired, this video have inspired me greatly in many ways that I remember my past of how I struggled with many things in life to be where I am today!!!!❤️

[@JullRamirez-rf1rv]

I'm highly inspired. Please spill some sugar about the bi-weekly stuff you mentioned.

[@mandor13]

Christina Ann Tucker is to be thanked. I got my self my dream house 🏠 just last weekend, My journey with her started after my best friend came back from New York and saw me suffering in dept then told me about her and how to change my life through trading with her. Christina A. Tucker is the kind of person one needs in his or her life!

[@WesWeems]

< I know that woman(Christina Ann Tucker) If you were born and raised in new York you'd know too, No doubt she is the one that helped you get where you are!!

[@Ilovemyselfdespitemyself]

Wow 😱 Me too Miss Christina Ann Tucker is a remarkable individual whom has brought immense positivity and inspiration into my life.

[@JullRamirez-rf1rv]

How can someone get connection to that Woman y'all speaking bout !!!?

[@MeriAnne-lp1ok]

Public health: use of the police state. Yes, the AAP has failed on so many fronts. And covid times included such an onerous campaign of prop that turned family members against family members, community against community. So much to learn from this tragedy. Keep the heat on, Dr. Prasad!

[@darcykamin1111]

Me thinks the AAP has done anything but fail. Personally, I think they are fulfilling their role-right to plan. 💔🤢😨

[@lj9089]

We should never forget how they behaved! Sadly, I think most will forget.

[@kristinisenberg4753]

It's already forgotten

[@mogoreanu]

Thank you Vinay for keeping this topic in the limelight. I have little faith that the people responsible for these policies will be held accountable, but I think we need to keep this experience in mind when we elect our representatives.

[@NaMe-ku4cl]

Thanks for speaking up about this. I can't understand how so many are unwilling to discuss this and just want to sweep it under the rug.

[@MasonLeCompte]

Because they know they acted like A holes

[@dlcarbonneau3750]

I will never forget. My Dad with dementia died alone after a month of thinking his family had abandoned him or died.

[@dedetudor.]

I'm so glad I got out of Health Care a few years before this happened... I would have left anyway.

[@Hibernia2324]

I'm so sorry. My family experienced a similar horror. I doubt we will ever recover from the grief and anger.

[@jillsc2242]

I am so sorry. I had elderly parents during the charade too and the memories will haunt me till my dying day. 😢

[@thecuttinggardener361]

This is so heartbreaking to read. I’m so sorry.

[@monykalynf3604]

never EVER let that happen again. THey have NO authority to stop you from seeing loved ones legally

[@tallard666]

face-diapering at ALL ages should NEVER be mandated

[@justinburch]

The people setting the policy were not incompetent. They were sadistic and cruel. And they took pleasure in their ability to make people suffer.

[@NM_Girl]

I’ve always thought they believed THEY were smart enough to measure risk and act accordingly while WE were not.

[@JP-su1eg]

All for the mighty dollar 💰💰💰

[@dlcarbonneau3750]

Like Jacinda Arden who is now active on a global scale, rewarded for her evil acts.

[@darcykamin1111]

@@JP-su1egNope. Not just that. Mostly? Control.

[@takeahike007]

"How arrogant do you have to be to recommend these boosters?" We're going into year 5 because the "health officials" arrogance will only be stopped when a large majority of the public stops being compliant. Though a large percentage of the U.S. population has lost regard for these so-called experts, there remains 25-50% of the citizenry who offload medical decisions to them. That's a huge percentage. It was only 20-35% of the colonial citizenry of the U.S. who fought for independence. You don't need a majority to be successful. A zealous, or in this case, a compliant and uneducated minority will do nicely.

[@madkrixna]

This video is what I am going to send my family and friends who are all on board for voting democrat no matter what. I don't care about the presidential angle so much. Every single one of the policy makers during the covid era, in every major and minor blue run city marched in lockstep. Red states, counties, and towns, at least pushed back on this these issues and recognized autonomy of citizens at a much higher level. As well, this can whole issues can be grafted over other issues such as, taxation, foreign policy, energy, security etc. Always love Vinay's work. Thank you. 🙏

[@DearestDawn]

I hope they watch and can understand that we were all tricked

[@MasonLeCompte]

It's so hard they literally blame Trump for the lockdowns

[@SymphonicEllen]

@@MasonLeCompte If they're not totally unhinged, you need to show them a case brought to the NY courts by Bobbie Ann Cox. I think you can look it up online. They are appealing the decision, of course, so it will likely end up at SCOTUS, but may have lost some steam thanks to them overturning Chevron. They were basically trying to do full on concentration camps for unvaxxed people. That's what Trump was trying to avoid by going along with Warp Speed, which by the way, Pfizer did not take Warp Speed money. They didn't want the oversight.

[@at19pct21]

@@MasonLeCompte It was Trump who declared a national emergency for a cough, renewed it every 3 months, printed trillions to enable those lockdowns, paid more on unemployment than on the job, attacked DeSantis and Kemp for starting to lift their lockdowns in April, etc. He even gave Fauci an award when leaving office.

[@infinitelyexhausted]

There's a common theme here... The elites in the UK gov were having parties when people couldn't say goodbye to their loved ones.

[@teena-tz7lr]

why do you s la v e s keep calling them elites hahahaha you can remove them from e xis te nc e any time u want but you all see them as elite kings who cant be touched lol!

[@stonerubber]

His response to being exposed is 'they're out to get me.' So typical of our self-important "elite" leadership. If only people with some humility were in charge of so-called public health.

[@brianbachmeier34]

“There’s no reason to be walking around with a mask. When you’re in the middle of an outbreak, wearing a mask might make people feel a little bit better and it might even block a droplet, but it’s not providing the perfect protection that people think that it is. And, often, there are unintended consequences - people keep fiddling with the mask and they keep touching their face.” - Dr. Anthony Fauci

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

I have appreciated Vinays videos for the entire time. The major issue is we haven’t learned from this. No debrief, no policy changes, no takeaways. I’m in Washington state. The governor was pure medical dictator. The office is open and the Dem AG is running. The Rep is a former cop that gets it. The Covid response and its follow-up would be a huge campaign issue if I was running. Thanks Dr your courage is needed at so many levels.

[@rarby00]

On the bright side, we can say that a large swath of society has learned a lot from this regarding their elite institutions and governments.

[@Tech-49]

I signed the GBD in 2020, i will wear that as a small badge of being on the right side of history

[@kathybrady4033]

Me too.

[@andersenfrfm1]

use of unconstitutional use of police state = prison

[@thisisfun887]

Crowder undercover broke this story.

[@Tech-49]

nobody outside those of us who already cared, cares

[@dlcarbonneau3750]

@@Tech-49 so true.

[@russ254]

no one, except those that read comments, is reading this comment

[@jting1111]

So many of us will never regain trust in the medical institutions after that mess. Its up to them to prove they are competent again.

[@robertm2608]

Hypocrisy is a way of life for these politicians. You're fired!!!

[@princessap9635]

Don’t know how these people sleep at night

[@billyhughes9776]

I believe they sleep just fine. Sociopaths rarely if ever experience guilt or remorse.

[@andrewtataj497]

"On a big pile of money with many beautiful [trafficked] women"

[@WalkingOneLegAtATime]

Drugged up at kinky sex parties apparently🤷‍♀️

[@michaelhuber8638]

How I laughed a few years ago about "they are child abusers, they drinking blood of babies", now I know, they are at least completely crazy.

[@rosezingleman5007]

We know they lied about the past few “epidemics” in our lifetime. So why do we assume that their predecessors didn’t also lie about previous risks from other transmissible diseases?

[@MasonLeCompte]

I'm pretty sure there's truth to that

[@christianlezcano9763]

This world is just run by mad people. We need to stand together and unite or else they will keep pushing and taking more and more. At some point something has to break.

[@kathya1956]

Disgusting.

[@jennh2096]

Anytime someone starts a sentence with "according to the CDC or the FDA" I immediately stop listening, and Ive been an RN for 20 years. I knew what they were doing was wrong from the start, and I lost the last tiny shred of trust that I had left in the healthcare system in 2020. Its criminal, but yet none of them will ever pay for their crimes

[@mcz4251]

Same. I retired from the medical field at the ripe age of 42 because I lost all faith in the “healthcare system.”

[@meganashlea]

I was a Certified Pharmacy Tech, I left in Oct 2020 right before CVS announced “yay techs can now give vaccines” 🖕🏻 good time to peace out.

[@cynthiacronin2794]

Knew the whole coof stuff was mostly a scam. I realized it in February 2020.

[@amyrapoport4644]

I realised it mid march 2020

[@jaxel45]

From 8/15/20:’Super rich party it up during COVID-19, the ‘poor person’s virus’ ‘

[@michelematheson260]

I have been waiting for this video. Thank you for always speaking the truth. ❤

[@kstowe1]

Im from Canada and this video isnt allowed to play here in KZbin. The video is either being censored by KZbin or the Canadian government.

[@kmg501]

It's absolutely having censorship carried out on it. Two of my comments have already been deleted.

[@ohsweetmystery]

Get a vpn, it might help.

[@flankerroad7414]

He was fired, apparently; he deserves to be locked up for a good long time. All these people are grotesque hypocrites, at the very least. I think the reckoning is gathering steam. Great call-out, Dr. Prasad.

[@patrickh9937]

"How many people need to be fired at the CDC?" All. Of. Them.

[@steveahle9921]

💯

[@teresabenson3385]

There are probably some recent college graduates from working-class families that will be worth keeping.

[@patrickh9937]

@@teresabenson3385 no. They're tainted. One bad apple spoils the barrel.

[@backtonaturesuburbanstyle676]

We will never forget

[@barbaragaona7785]

Absolutely!

[@brianbachmeier34]

“There’s no reason to be walking around with a mask. When you’re in the middle of an outbreak, wearing a mask might make people feel a little bit better and it might even block a droplet, but it’s not providing the perfect protection that people think that it is. And, often, there are unintended consequences - people keep fiddling with the mask and they keep touching their face.” - Dr. Anthony Fauci

[@teresabarnes-matych]

Never forget, Never Forgive, NEVER AGAIN!

[@BuckieBoy-l2r]

Yes you will . 😂

[@teresabarnes-matych]

@@BuckieBoy-l2r those who forget will deserve their just desserts. Evolution at work.🙄

[@trog.lodyte]

Dr Jay Vermin, there fixed it

[@Username18981]

Tory and labor parties in the UK did the same thing having work parties during lockdown. The health offical responsibile with the lockdown orders in the UK was having an affair violating travel restrictions to do it.

[@Tzitzemine]

Keep revealing their misdeeds! Never forget!

[@leonardmccannon3136]

Let’s be clear about the terminology. A hypocrite is someone who says one thing and does another. A tyrant is someone who compels others to do things that they themselves have no intention of being held to the same standards. This political “leader” flagrantly flouted public safety orders repeatedly in the company of his well placed friends in much the same way one would imagine the royalty of yesteryear would have done. The implication is that the public are the subjects, and they are the ruling class - and they clearly acted in a manner that presumes they are effectively above the law. Will they and their friends face actual legal consequences for this that the subjects would have faced? Hell no. Once we have this distinction, the required public response is nicely clarified. Pitch forks and torches are called for. One day the public might actually wake up and recognize as much.

[@lindararey8641]

It's also rather concerning that a pediatrician uses exstacy.

[@JoshS24]

Any doctor.

[@bunEmom]

Horrifying if she is a pediatrician who sees patients, ie children & teens.

[@carlosgaspar8447]

you can bet there is much more than xstacy going on at these parties.

[@kpirron7635]

God only knows what else they are hiding.

[@dave09gla]

Yeah, they are all 'heroes' and their judgment is to never be questioned, ever......

[@lilchi721]

We need to train our bodies for Mucosal Immunity not for Systemic Immunity like what these shots that have the spike protein have in. But it keeps getting ignored.

[@wildrose912]

💯🇨🇦👏

[@stormicrossroad7454]

This was going on in Atlanta as well. I wonder if they will be exposed as well?

[@shereetedrow8645]

This makes me so mad as a pediatric nurse…I couldn’t understand why an adult hospital never let my sister and her 4 daughters see her husband until he was pretty much dead 21 days before she saw him and by then he was no longer there…a 44 year old who died of Covid…tragic…we sat in a hotel near the hospital waiting to see him or be “let in”…facetimed him, then facetimed him when he ended up intubated…I have videos of the grandchildren saying hi papa broke my heart as he lay alone in a bed 🛌…so many injustices during this time…my sister and her children could have gowned up just like the nurses and he wouldn’t have deteriorated and suffered alone.

[@sherrijones9777]

Yes, it never made sense that the hospital staff could come and go while the family of the dying patients were not allowed to comfort their loved ones or receive closure when their family member died.

[@alienrefugee51]

And it will get swept under the rug and memory-holed.

[@tfunknationtown]

Remember when obamas dance party apologists assured us it was fine because it was a sophisticated and vaccinated crowd?

[@suzannehicks5856]

Boy KZbin is trying to suppress this one. Rules for thee, not for me

[@dedetudor.]

shadow banning my comments

[@deborahj7523]

Thanks for this excellent analysis. I know many people, including some relatives, who I wish would see this video, but won't. They will ignore the news about Varma. Their Covid paranoia, and dismissive attitude of how the reaction harmed everyone, especially children persists. Very sad.

[@oilman7718]

A shout out to Steven Crowder and his team for exposing Varma would have been the stand-up thing to do. Try to do better in the future.

[@charliecharlie9042]

He probably didn’t want to trigger the YT algorithm or taint the audience’s opinion, anyone can search for the story and check the source.

[@kpirron7635]

I remember hearing a San Diego scientist talk about infectious organisms travelling on the wind out where surfers are in the breakers....to explain the risk of surfing during Covid.

[@ohsweetmystery]

The atrocious state of our educational system has turned out completely incompetent 'scientists'. It's going to get worse before it gets better.

[@isabelgaynor2589]

Unbelievable.

[@ramonaconnor]

I've been waiting to hear your thoughts on that clown!

[@scillyautomatic]

Can't wait to see your discussion with Del Rio!

[@patticarey9016]

Rules for thee but not for me

[@carlosgaspar8447]

and weren't many lives lost through the misuse of ventilator? not much has been said about this.

[@teresabenson3385]

I heard that that finding was possibly confounded by the change in practice, using steroids for trading cytokine storm.

[@carlosgaspar8447]

@@teresabenson3385 seems that ventilators are meant more to remove an accumulation of CO2 than to provide extra oxygen. still, you need to be trained on how to use it, much like when treating a marathon runner who has collapsed from exhaustion. sometimes the best solution is to let the body take care of itself.

[@doclink1072]

I’m in Atlanta, so plan on coming to the Emory debate. I see a lot of Emory doctors (and CDC..) in my optometry office- bunch of them still masking. Hope the debate actually happens. I’m thinking 50% chance of them pulling the plug due to supporting disinformation

[@OkanBeyTV]

For the sake of his mistakes, his sex tape should be on Netflix so in the next lockdown we have something to entertain ourselves.

[@bobsansmal]

If you've seen many of the folks in the "poly" community, you wouldn't want to inflict the public with this tape (if it exists, which I hope it doesn't)

[@OkanBeyTV]

​@@bobsansmal I agree with you. I forgot to mention that his tape should be re-formatted by Quentin Tarantino before it hits to Netflix

[@ohsweetmystery]

Nooooo! Not enough eye bleach in the world. 🤢🤢🤮

[@teresabenson3385]

Ewww.

[@petramaas8574]

Thank you for exposing these hypocrites. I don't think it was much different in Europe with the hypocrisy, the measures were maybe a little bit less damaging. Obviously it was known that the disease was not a real threat. Good to remember.

[@Singmeadream]

You are the best Vinay.

[@jaycarver4886]

Maybe Jay and P. Diddy are friends?

[@rosezingleman5007]

News today from New York prison that Diddy and SBF are roommates. I’d like to be a fly on the wall for those conversations, wouldn’t you? Someone is listening, but we’ll never know what they know.

[@Rebecca-ip2pq]

Lol!!

[@heathm]

Here in Michigan, Whitmer had Gyms, hair salons, travel to essential use only, if you owned a vacation home you could not even go to your vacation home in state. Often using enforcement for anyone that defined orders. While keeping massage parlor and chiropractic care open. She, her team, husband could travel going to Florida or vacation homes. Getting haircuts and go shopping. She was a tyrant that would go after anyone that defined her.

[@thecuttinggardener361]

What sense are you getting from your friends and neighbors? Will she be reelected?

[@heathm]

@@thecuttinggardener361 She already won her re-election in the mid-terms a couple years back. The major cities in Michigan are more liberal and the GOP in Michigan has been terrible and kind of lost in it's identity. Every other county outside of the cities don't like Whitmer. Before covid she wanted to hike the tax on gas to be higher than California for state tax. It came out later the main reason was to give pay raises to state government officials. Mind you MI residents have some of the highest care insurance already because of no-fault insurance and they recently changed the plate renewal tags to be based on the original sell price of the car off from the old system that depicted the tag renewal over the years.

[@dedetudor.]

Thank you Vinay❤

[@theburrowrises8549]

Never forget. Never forgive.

[@tonyfoggia5086]

community masking was also wrong. Not just toddler masking. There is no need to differentiate.

[@kkartha]

Was Dr. Jay Varma wearing " double masks " during the event? Just asking.....😅

[@melissamoore-c2w]

Can’t wait for the Emory event! It makes me hopeful that we will acknowledge mistakes. Also, which of these agencies should we put you in charge of: cdc, fda, nih? Is Marty going to get NIH and you take on CDC?

[@commontater]

And what do all the politicians (Newsome, Whitmore etc...) have in common?? Hint: It starts with a D.

[@RonCopperman]

Thsnk You.

[@Username18981]

Lori Lightfoot in Chicago did the same with salon viaits

[@dedetudor.]

So did Pelosi

[@ohsweetmystery]

I didn't know Beetlejuice needed haircuts.

[@dedetudor.]

@@ohsweetmystery I said so did Pelosi and they took that comment down? OMG it's on film!

[@jaxel45]

Y’all fell for the skam. The damage has been done.

[@Patb-y3b]

You said it V.

[@euphegeniadoubtfire1364]

When the next lockdown comes, I dont want to miss that train where Jay is on because I want to party and the same time have my wild oats sown 😉😆😅

[@joevarga5982]

"...while he lockdown the city"?

[@nbrown5907]

He is being removed from office right?

[@drlauramannering]

Amen!

[@SpechtOU812]

Was P Diddy there too????

[@carlosgaspar8447]

p diddy is wondering why he's being used as a scapegoat like eps....

[@suzannehicks5856]

Lol

[@tallard666]

Woa! strange mic sound! kinda squeaky and can sounding. What happened to your other mic setup?

[@Hibernia2324]

No problem listening on my devices.

[@dietingwithalife5443]

Hey your hair cut looks great!

[@carolb5677]

Hunger Games

[@alopam]

Vinay concludes correctly that all these people were fearmongering despite them having no fear and that they were implementing measures they knew at the time had no purpose - other than to make the poor poorer and the desperate even more desperate. Then he goes and calls all this ”Incompetence” :))))))) Yeah, talk about hypocrisy...

[@ohsweetmystery]

Does having evil megalomania make you incompetent?

[@alopam]

@@ohsweetmystery It may. After all, incompetence is in the eye of the beholder, it seems

[@dietingwithalife5443]

It’s ok they probably kept their masks on

[@dashnja.9202]

👏👏👏👏

[@asnark7115]

Texas had no lockdown!

[@iviewthetube]

What a great gig! -- get laid and get paid.

[@kenpumford754]

What's this, it's been 2 hours since VP's video was posted and there is still no KZbin link to the source of covid truth at the CDC?! C'mon YT, your right think monitors / censors are slacking off today.

[@user-vi2dk1qz5f]

Shark food.

[@WalkingOneLegAtATime]

Wood chipper

[@user-vi2dk1qz5f]

@@WalkingOneLegAtATime absolutely.

[@colingryms3373]

This can't be true... he would have contracted the VID and died! /s

[@esheely5]

Polio vaccine valuable?

[@o0die]

Registered for the session!

[@Soccerloumike]

Bro man said, Naww man, we don’t be editing shit around here, it’s just a lil pen and pad, and the rest is straight off tha dome! 🫡🧠 😂 I’m willing to bet that your freestyle flows are on point as well! 🤌🏾🎤😂💯

[@cellgrrl]

In 2020 I sat in a hot car in Texas for 8 hours while my husband was having surgery. I was not allowed into the hospital, much less near my husband. In 2020 my brother-in-law lay dying. I was unable to visit him. In 2020 at Thanksgiving I was the only family member banned from dinner (because I was not vaccinated) and my husband I spent that day alone. In 2020 I had a retinal tear and was unable to get an appointment with a retinal doctor for 2 months. I lost some vision due to the delay. It required laser surgery. I am just one person, imagine all the other people who had real suffering. Never forget.

[@swcordovaf]

Incredible. No remorse amongst the decision makers. No accountability.

[@sandylewis8897]

Gotta tell you, as a RN at a major Phila hospital system, I would be hard-pressed to think of a doctor I respect more. I salute you, sir.

[@denisekruczyk6847]

I work in healthcare and would trust the fentanyl dealer on the street before I would trust the CDC

[@ngana8755]

The playbook Dr. Varma took was from Orwell's Animal Farm: "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others."

[@rgt4848]

I can't stand that I fell for a lot of this bullshit. It ain't going to happen again.

[@normanlorrain]

Trust is broken for a generation.

[@janepaquette2110]

Three hospital administrators in Ontario traveled internationally during travel restrictions in Canada. They KNEW it wasn't serious enough for the actions taken.

[@dinahsoar6982]

Worse than hypocrites...that's too kind...sex parties as far as I'm concerned are deviant behavior and health officials who engage in that kind of behavior should lose their job, license and whatever else is required to hold the office/position they hold.

[@BeachTimeKate]

Two thumbs up!

[@chickmcgee1000]

What I find incredible is there is still a frightening percentage of the American people would still do whatever these people direct them to do.