(1) BELGIUM: @alexanderdecroo @GLBouchez @ducarmedenis Number of false PCR positives of asymptomatic people still high and obviously not showing right picture. Deaths way down and show the absolute uselessnes of mass testing.

(2) On top of that, overall mortality during expected winter resurgence not nearly as high as during first wave whatever the media may tell you. Excess mortality clearly above average for ONE MONTH in autumn.
(3) Graph missing last month so would be even more normal. The BE curve follows all models for new viruses that we saw ONE YEAR AGO. Measures have had extremely limited impact - arguable made the curves sharper and harder to deal with for hospitals (pp locked up = indoors).
(4) Mortality in BE within the usual threshold (Covid replacing influenza) for at least one month. Compare below to the narrative and you see that the virus is well on its way to becoming endemic. The winter "wave" has been over for a long time.
(5) Include in this the faulty PCR (most estimate 35% false positives and many declared + after they died, or when they died from other conditions, and a couple of things become obvious:
(6) PCR is unreliable, numbers of cases purely depend on testing. in the middle of the panic, Belgium has reached, not mentioned by the media, the WHO threshold of 5% positivity rate!!
(7) And that using the faulty PCR testing. Media clearly no interest in bringing good news. WHY? You can answer in this thread if you wish.
(8) VERY SUSPICIOUS. Non-Covid mortality is now lower in December than it was in summer. So, this means that many Covid deaths aren't that, they are MISLABELLED. This is handy because it completely hides all the deaths related to society-destroying measures....
(9) These may not be labelled Covid but because everything else is labelled Covid, they appear extremely low. Another fascinating point is that...
(10) "Masks in open air" Brussels curve is exactly the same as rest of Belgium. The main Belgium curve only looks higher because Wallonia had huge excess deaths in winter because they were spared for a long time in spring.
(11) CONCLUSION: The "pandemic" is now a mix of ENDEMIC Covid (replacing influenza) and collateral from lockdowns etc. Very probably the figures would all be much better if:
(12) Lockdowns had not forced people inside (you only get infected indoors). Masks had not made people more anxious and less mobile and fear had not damaged people's immune systems. The big question now is:
(13) Why is this reality not being presented openly to Belgian citizens? Why are we being confronted with scary "CASE" counts rather than reassuring excess mortality and positivity rate? Who has an interest in scaring the population, destroying social relationships, causing...
(14) ... unbelievable long-term damage? Why are we inventing a British variant which has not proven to be more contagious at all?Why are we talking of a "third wave" all the time. If there is a third wave, it will be a lockdown death third wave, nothing else.Feel free to retweet.

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12 TRADING SETUPS used by professional traders:🧵

Collaborated with @niki_poojary

Here's what you'll learn in this thread:

1. Capture Overnight Theta Decay
2. Trading Opening Range Breakouts
3. Reversal Trading Setups
4. Selling strangles and straddles in Bank Nifty
6. NR4 + IB
7. NR 21-Vwap Strategy

Let's dive in ↓

1/ STBT option Selling (Positional Setup):

The setup uses price action to sell options for overnight theta decay.

Check Bank Nifty at 3:15 everyday.

Sell directional credit spreads with capped


@jigspatel1988 2/ Selling Strangles in Bank Nifty based on Open Interest Data

Don't trade till 9:45 Am.

Identify the highest OI on puts and calls.

Check combined premium and put a stop on individual


@jigspatel1988 3/ Open Drive (Intraday)

This is an opening range breakout setup with a few conditions.

To be used when the market opens above yesterday's day high

or Below yesterday's day's

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It's all in French, but if you're up for it you can read:
• Their blog post (lacks the most interesting details):
https://t.co/PHkDcOT1hy
• Their high-level legal decision: https://t.co/hwpiEvjodt
• The full notification: https://t.co/QQB7rfynha

I've read it so you needn't!

Vectaury was collecting geolocation data in order to create profiles (eg. people who often go to this or that type of shop) so as to power ad targeting. They operate through embedded SDKs and ad bidding, making them invisible to users.

The @CNIL notes that profiling based off of geolocation presents particular risks since it reveals people's movements and habits. As risky, the processing requires consent — this will be the heart of their assessment.

Interesting point: they justify the decision in part because of how many people COULD be targeted in this way (rather than how many have — though they note that too). Because it's on a phone, and many have phones, it is considered large-scale processing no matter what.
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