Quotables

“For the first time, the U.S. FDA will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”

Dr. VINAY PRASAD, the FDA’s top vaccine regulator, in a memo to staff about the results of a detailed analysis of harm caused by Covid-19 vaccines.¹

“This flight is very convenient. It’s the shortest flight ever, 25 hours.”

Argentinian passenger MAXIMILIANO POSTIGO describing in December his excitement for what is, in fact, the longest nonstop commercial airline route that recently opened between China and Argentina.²

“At this stage the pendant has not been recovered.”

A New Zealand police official reacting on Dec. 3 to the arrest of a man accused of swallowing a golden Fabergé egg.³

“This kind of ammunition must not fall into the wrong hands.”

A spokesman for the German military commenting on reports that 20,000 rounds of ammunition bound for the German army had been stolen in late November.⁴

“If you aren’t lying, you aren’t flying.”

A saying among commercial pilots, according to Reuters, who say they’re hesitant to report mental health struggles for fear of being grounded.⁵

¹Washington Post; ²CGTN; ³CNN; ⁴CNN; ⁵Reuters