Open (More or Less) Post on Covid 134

[ecosophia]

We are now in the third year of these open posts. As the phrase "died suddenly" repeats in the mass media like a mantra, statistics for work days lost to illness and all-cause mortality mount up in heavily vaccinated nations, and more and more ugly facts about the official response to Covid spill out into public, we are entering what may well turn out to be the most difficult period of the Covid disaster -- the phase in which denial rises in lockstep with the death rate, and a great many people try not to admit what has been done to them by the people and institutions they trusted. It could get ugly, folks.

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, religions, 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

How could it happen

[boccaccio]

Occasionally I see a great piece that shines a light on how the crazy pandemic response could happen. As a former government employee it intrigues me to find out how exactly the misguided government responses came to pass and who was responsible for what.

I recently read a great piece from Aya Velazques that gives a great view behind the scenes in Germany. From the introduction:"on June 16, 2023, the physician Christian Haffner achieved a sensation: after a year-long legal battle with the German Federal Chancellery, he successfully obtained the protocols of the so-called “Corona Expert Council” on the basis of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The panel had met from December 2021 to April 2023 under the condition of utmost confidentiality." The Corona Expert Council was the main advisor of the government regarding the Corona response.

I haven't seen this article discussed here before, so I like to share it now.

The whole piece is worth reading, but what strikes me most is the ruthless attitude of the scientific council. For example, even when they knew that jabbing young people will risk them getting myocarditis and that Omicron hardly posed a thread, they still advocated the jab. They also advocated for mandatory vaccination, even when Omicron had replaced Delta. They also complained that the politicians didn't always do as they said.

Another striking point is that the representatives of the government didn't adress the obvious contradictions in the councils policy advice. Scholz even went so far that in April 2022 he still tried to push mandatory vaccination through parliament even if there was no reason whatsoever to do so (we already had Omicron back then) and it was very unpopular among the population.

Also fascinating is the photo-collage in the beginning of the article. I spend quite some time looking at the faces of the people who bear the main responsability for the German policies regarding the Coof.

https://www.velazquez.press/p/new-foia-in-germany-the-secret-files

Re: How could it happen

[(Anonymous)]

All these countries now need a guillotine council to reset Science.

Re: How could it happen

[(Anonymous)]

Here Comes the Sun King!


:-)

Re: How could it happen

[(Anonymous)]

No, no, no!
For, a Reign of Terror rains harsh on my parade!
Rein in our horses and forces: be not afraid.
Seek not reprisals nor judge who lives or dies
Let scales of justice drop scales from off their eyes

Re: How could it happen

[(Anonymous)]

What a great and sobering read. Also provides an example for Dylan in the first comment about whether public health experts are worth trusting. Clearly, anyone with sense should run as far away from them as possible in the opposite direction.