The nearest star is something like only 40 trillion miles away, but I wanted to check out your claim anyway. Many of the close visible stars are part of binary systems which would muck up the assumptions we have to make for the sake of the math, so I picked Epsilon Eridani, which is apparently one of the closest stars that is visible with the naked eye which is not in any kind of binary system with other stars (light sources).

We can find the apparent size relative to distance using basic trig, and use that ratio to compare to other objects we’re more familiar with to give us context.

tan(x) = radius / distance

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X = tan^-1(radius/distance)

radius = radius of star

distance = distance from us

Then to find something relatively similar to compare it to, we want pick a distance reasonable far away to test your claim. Your claim is that stuff in the atmosphere should be able to blot out the light, so I chose the edge of the atmosphere. Our equation will be similar to the one above:

Radius = distance * tan(x)

Radius = radius of comparator

Distance = distance to edge of atmosphere

tan(x) = computed ratio of star size relative to distance

Plugging in all the numbers, I find that the star Epsilon Eridani would appear the same size as a 1 micrometer object would appear at the edge of our atmosphere. A quick google search will show that a speck of dust is typically 1-100 micrometers in diameter. This means that a speck of dust at the edge of our atmosphere should be able completely block our view of this star.

Can someone tell me that I fucked this up?? I am not too sure I want to be correct about this one.

I feel like it’s important to ask about confounding variables. Are vaccinated individuals testing more? Are unvaccinated people really testing at all? Are these cases being found in urban areas where vaccination rate is high vs more rural areas where vaccination rates are relatively lower? And if these statists difference explain the discrepancy, than at least we really know this should NOT be a variant of concern and that we should not believe the hype propped up and propagated out by governments and the NGOs. But if the stats DONT explain the discrepancy, and there is a very clear statistical likelihood that you are more likely to get a virus after being vaccinated, there are multiple huge issues: what’s happening to the immune system? What makes this virus able to differentiate between vaxxed or un-vaxxed? We know the mutations are wild for this one…. Are we looking at another lab-grown virus?

Any idea where I can read details of the attack, the response, and the overall organization the effort? Would be interested to have the same sort of data these powers have to be able to predict this inevitably happening.