The Pandemic Isn’t Over
For most of the fifteen or so years that I’ve been doing Sierra Voices Journal I’ve made the Naked Capitalism blog the first thing I read every morning. Consequently a fair amount of the content I’ve posted here I first saw on that blog, including the following loooong article about the pandemic. The writing on that blog is often very smart, and the readers’ comments are also quite intelligent. Different points of view appear there, so you have to use your own judgement about which to agree with and which to disagree with. The following article (copiously documented by means of its embedded links) is well worth reading. It’s my opinion that it could save your life, or possibly save you a stay in the hospital. By the way, when you see the reference to a “government coverup,” you may (like me) be skeptical, but reserve judgement. It may sound like a crazy conspiracy theory, but if you read it you’ll see that the “coverup” is more a case of tweaking and/or eliminating stats to make them look more favorable. Governments do that all the time. Even the reference to the rich turns out to be not crazy. So, read on. [Don]
The rich know it. You should, too.
What would the world look like if the pandemic never ended, if Covid was causing widespread, long-term illness, and if all this was being covered up by the government?
You might expect to see record levels of sickness and disability. You might expect to see hard evidence that the ‘herd immunity’ plan failed, with children continuing to die at staggering rates. You might expect record numbers of absences in schools and workplaces, tons of canceled concerts and airline flights, more sudden/unexplained deaths in all age groups, and a rise in opportunistic infections (caused by damaged immune systems), like fungal infections or strep A. There would be a coordinated effort to hide data from the public to obscure the truth of the threat. Hospitalizations, cases, and transmission numbers would all be hidden or manipulated. The government probably wouldn’t try to hide the data all at once, because it would be easier to dismantle reporting over the course of several months or years.
Eventually, updates might cease altogether (despite rising cases). The CDC would likely have to hide death data as well. Powerful people with vested interests in keeping the economy running would probably engage in astroturfing online, spreading misinformation to convince the public the threat has passed (to get people back to work and boost corporate profits). The rich and powerful would continue to take precautions, while telling you everything’s fine. This would take a lot of effort, and there would have to be a pretty carefully-coordinated campaign to confuse (and wear down) the public. They might tell you repeatedly how much you shouldn’t be panicking. Hospitals might prioritize a sense of “normalcy” over infection control, so as not to be held (legally and financially) responsible for their role in the unfolding disaster.
The ruling class (who would have access to the truth of the situation) would use their knowledge of what’s coming to invest in long-term care facilities, nursing homes, disability services, and hospices. Some people would obviously figure out what’s going on (like scientists, for example) and start shouting about it from the rooftops. So you’d probably see extreme censorship measures happening on social media sites. As conditions worsen, government officials might start preparing the public to accept mass death, reassuring us that it will only happen to the ‘vulnerable.’ Life insurance companies would take note and move accordingly, denying coverage to people suffering from Long Covid. Meanwhile, the scientific evidence would keep mounting.
We are still in a pandemic.
The pandemic is not over. Basically everything you have been led to believe about the virus is a lie. Covid is more dangerous, more transmissible, and more out of control than everyone in power is telling you. We are not back to normal. We are in freefall.
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The Pandemic Isn’t Over
