Bad Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

It's time to have a serious discussion.

If you're paying attention, there's some troubling realities amidst us.

Here's how I'm interpreting what I've observed since February of 2020.

I noticed that a  novel coronavirus hit the world (after China didn't notify the world). This virus, based on flawed models that distorted our perception of its danger, then led to some of the most draconian measures in world history including quarantining healthy people for the first time. We inverted  hundreds of years of established virology and proceeded with policies not backed by any kind of science. The lockdowns were based on excessive doomsday scenarios that predicted millions of deaths.

As time went on, the virus has proven to be largely non-lethal (the tragedy of nursing homes was a one-time anomaly not likely to repeat itself) with a high survival rate coupled with effective treatments which further help people and even save lives. The system never got overwhelmed and it's not likely to do so come this fall. Even if it does, it will be pass fairly quickly. We've seen the system stressed and stretched during a bad flu season.

The lockdowns aren't only have a ravaging pernicious negative impact manifesting itself into a wealth of social ills including civil unrest, it also delayed getting nations to herd immunity.

Why did government do this? The reason given was to 'flatten curves' and 'save lives' but neither of these are tenable justifications anymore.

With all the data and positive developments, why haven't we followed and pivoted away from our original track? Why are we doubling down as if Covid-19 is still a danger to us? It's a serious virus, but not an existential threat.

Now we're being told masks help to stop the spread. This is not established science. It hasn't been since the 1920s when research on the effectiveness of masks began.

They tell us the 'growing body of evidence' proves masks work. If you base it on studies coming out since March if 2020 you can make this claim but it's a highly misleading one. They give the impression that recent research debunks 100 years of mask studies that counter this narrative.

The fact is the body of evidence doesn't support mass mask usage. In fact, there's sufficient evidence to be concerned it can increase health risks.

So what we have now is a situation where political leaders and public health officials unleashed a specious lockdown leading to inhumane outcomes. Rather than rethink and pivot given this fact, they've now moved on to the even more dubious claim masks work. Who knows what the consequences of this will be?

The idea we can just put a social animal like humans into a work from home environment and not expect a negative fall out from this is unrealistic. It presupposes we can all just adjust and be merry. Mental illness is prevalent in our society, asking people who enjoy a degree of socialization to suddenly work in isolation is bound to be problematic.

We've micro-managed and re-arranged our lives for this. This is change under false pretences. Is this a hill we want to die on?

Don't be fooled or convicted the measures are working. You're better off being skeptical about this.

We failed with the masks. We've signalled to the government we will trade liberty for safety.

Worse, we've now attached to it the notion of patriotism. If you don't comply to this 'social contract' (designed by unelected people of course) you're the enemy of the people.

In this case, the analogy to Nazi Germany is appropriate. Go read the works of medical doctors during that period. Now read this evil piece of propaganda from these three nutcases in USA Today.

Naturally a left-wing doctor and lawyer and a bioethicist penned it.

But we need to take these claims serious now. There are forces behind the scenes operating in the dark. They claim to be doing it in our best interest, but I'd be extremely wary and skeptical of this.

My advice? Find the confidence to believe in your concerns and express them. Don't be bullied into thinking you must believe credentialed people as if you're incapable of critically assessing what's being presented.

The only way you can achieve this is if you're free and have free access to information.

That's why they're censoring it.

They know you can be enlightened and pulled away from the established narratives.

Be concerned.

Be very concerned.