So, Michael, what is the pulmonary issue your wife is having right now?   Could be there are not hospitals full of COVID patients because the mutations have symptoms like a cold and are not serious enough to even think about hospitalization. 

Forgive me, but I'll keep my wife's illness a bit private for now. Shouldn't have even mentioned it. Don't know that I did.

I think, at this point, everyone in my immediate family, including my wife, has had COVID at least one. None of them ever required hospitalization. The most recent was my grand-daughter who tested positive after our cruise.  I have yet to have COVID.

Of the folks I've known personally with COVID, a couple died (they were quite old, but COVID is what got them) and about a third were sufficiently debilitated over the long term to be affected in their employment.  During one winter hospitals were full of unvaccinated patients, most of the vaccinated ones had a more minor illness and didn't need medical intervention.  Not everyone got it that bad, but lots did.

  OK.   So let's discuss the Covid-19 vaccines. 

   1)  Why did the manufacturers skip various phases of testing?

If I recall correctly, and I give a big proviso on that, they didn't skip anything.  They were allowed to do some things simultaneously that normally they would do in lock step, as part of Operation Warp Speed.

2)  Why, in the past with other vaccines, when the VAERS system showed a few deaths caused by a vaccine, the vaccine was immediately pulled from public consumption.   But when injuries and deaths attributed to the Covid19 vaccines were reported, the VAERS system was deemed a not reliable source of information?

Used to be VAERS was used by sober actors to report actual vaccine problems, and it worked well.  But the COVID vaccines got badly politicized, so anyone who had anything happen after a jab reported it. I think about it this way, our doctors offices and hospitals are full of sick people, people get sick.  I suspect that lots of folks got the jab and subsequently got sick because that's what they were going to do anyway.  And what got reported to VAERS was such jumble that I doubt anyone could find any commonality, i.e. honest-to-gosh vaccine side effects.

3)  Why haven't the manufacturers of the various Covid19 vaccines sought a full approval of their vaccines?  There was one that did, but never produced the approved version and only offered the EUA version only.

Dunno, but I'm certain it comes down to money. Could be they're happy with things as they are, they're earning lots from the vaccines with the approvals they've got. Why spend extra for more approval when they're got enough already?

4)  Why did one manufacturer try to seal the data of the vaccines for 75 years?

Dunno, act the manufacturer.  Test data is supposed to be public knowledge.  The components of the vaccine are intellectual property, though.

5)  The Covid19 vaccinations on a whole have been shown to be ineffective in their purpose.   Why would the government insist through mandates that people continue to use these if the data shows no real benefits and very real possibilities of debilitating side effects, including death?

We no longer have hospitals full of COVID patients, so the vaccines seem pretty damned effective to me.

  OK.   How much testing should be done for a vaccine to be determined as safe?   What is an acceptable number (percentage) of vaccine injuries that should be allowed for a vaccine to be mandatory?  What, in your professional opinion, should be a maximum number of vaccine related deaths before a vaccine is removed from public consumption?

There are several phases of trials that involve tens of thousands of test subjects.  This is all very public knowledge easily researched.  Your government is far more stringent about the substances that can be used as medications than many foreign lands.

  You are unaware of what's being discussed. 

   So back on topic, do you support the government being able to demand or mandate the use of vaccines?

Absolutely, if they need prevent the spread of dangerous disease.  A big part of the government's function is to keep its citizenry safe.  We have a big military to keep us safe from invasion, and we should be able to use our big medical establishment to keep us safe from infective disease.  As it is there's lots of things you can't do without vaccines.  I don't think you can send your kids to school, I couldn't work where I do, and I'm certain there's more. Moreover, my employer has a rather large list of vaccinations required for its faculty and students.

I think it reasonable that parents send their kids to a state-sponsored school without the worry that they're going to contract an infective disease and die.

The "Activity Center" was really quiet this year.  We've been killed by the pandemic, a lot of the older teachers didn't come back.  I think we'll do better next year, a lot of teachers signed up.  I ever recruited a basket weaver, something a number of attendees were asking about.

I had lots of students early in the week, no so many later.  Seems to ebb and flow same as the airshow.  A LOT of folks said they had no idea we were there and would definitely be back.  And yes, this year I wore my tie-dyed polo shirts.

Just something I do to give back to the organization.  They did give me an airplane once.

Less chance of getting shot on 294.

What kind of plane?

If the stars align an RV12.

Yep, thanks.  It was fun.

Do you recall which day or what I taught?

Only place on the internet where folks miss Polio.