Open (More or Less) Post on Covid 65

[ecosophia]

As we proceed through the second year of these open posts, it's pretty clear that the official narrative is cracking as the toll of deaths and injuries from the Covid vaccines rises steadily and the vaccines themselves demonstrate their total uselesness at preventing Covid infection or transmission. It's still important to keep watch over the mis-, mal- and nonfeasance of our self-proclaimed health gruppenfuehrers, and the disastrous results of the Covid mania, but I think it's also time to begin thinking about what might be possible as the existing medical industry reels under the impact of its own self-inflicted injuries. 

So it's time for another open post. The rules are the same as before: 

1. If you plan on parroting the party line of the medical industry and its paid shills, please go away. This is a place for people to talk openly, honestly, and freely about their concerns that the party line in question is dangerously flawed and that actions being pushed by the medical industry et al. are causing injury and death. It is not a place for you to dismiss those concerns. Anyone who wants to hear the official story and the arguments in favor of it can find those on hundreds of thousands of websites.

2. If you plan on insisting that the current situation is the result of a deliberate plot by some villainous group of people or other, please go away. There are tens of thousands of websites currently rehashing various conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 outbreak and the vaccines. This is not one of them. What we're exploring is the likelihood that what's going on is the product of the same arrogance, incompetence, and corruption that the medical industry and its tame politicians have displayed so abundantly in recent decades. That possibility deserves a space of its own for discussion, and that's what we're doing here. 
 
3. If you plan on using rent-a-troll derailing or disruption tactics, please go away. I'm quite familiar with the standard tactics used by troll farms to disrupt online forums, and am ready, willing, and able -- and in fact quite eager -- to ban people permanently for engaging in them here. Oh, and I also lurk on other Covid-19 vaccine skeptic blogs, so I'm likely to notice when the same posts are showing up on more than one venue. 

4. If you don't believe in treating people with common courtesy, please go away. I have, and enforce, a strict courtesy policy on my blogs and online forums, and this is no exception. The sort of schoolyard bullying that takes place on so many other internet forums will get you deleted and banned here. Also, please don't drag in current quarrels about sex, race, religious, etc. No, I don't care if you disagree with that: my journal, my rules. 

With that said, the floor is open for discussion.    

Comments

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Thoughts to Ochre Shabby Sea Serpent

I hear you, you're right, it's good to be able to write about it and get heads together with other parents and other people who are concerned. We all have to think about how to look after our children well in these strange times, and it might look rather different going forward.

1) Have you come across 'Where there is no . . .' series ie 'Where there is no doctor' etc. I think it's worth having a copy and studying it just for general knowledge about what people do if there isn't a doctor, these are pretty mainstream but it's a starting point just to think about health care. In addition I think it's a generally good thing to have a home nursing manual and get used to looking after your people at home in whatever way works for you and them. Rest, plenty fluids, fresh foods for vitamin C, chicken broth and so on are uncontroversial and get a person through many minor irritations without having to access the pharmaceutical mainstream.

2) Don't know how young your child is but if breastfeeding, there's an international qualification called IBCLC (International board certified lactation consultant) and if it's feeding difficulties, you want one of those rather than a general medic anyway who is likely to know little about supporting lactation. These are independent practitioners, usually a lady who is or has been a nurse specialist, the IBCLC exams are stringent and the qualification has to be renewed every five years.

3) Do you know any other parents locally or other people locally who share your views? Those people can not only support you but might know other people who can help too. There probably are more people out there than seems obvious. If you listen carefully and build positive connections with local folks you might pick up other ways to go forward -- sometimes someone's aunt is a nurse and so if you're in with them you can ask that lady if you're not sure whether something needs stitches or whatever. Just like with other skills and thinking ahead, a community can be a great resource for keeping a child in good health. It doesn't solve every problem but people do come up with workarounds and if you're connected you can get to hear about these.

Sending love across the Shabby tribe

Amaranth Shabby Lobster