It is time to lay down my predictions about what we will eventually conclude about the damage caused by the government reaction to the coronavirus pandemic.
It will take time, but we will eventually prove government actions caused horrible damage. We will quantify the destruction willfully inflicted.
Since April 2020 I have been writing about the damage caused by the economic shutdown imposed by federal and state governments. Over 200 posts on this blog point out the economic, political, social, educational, and medical damage directly caused by government action.
I started writing in early April 2020 calling out the danger of lockdowns with my first direct complaint on 4/26/20 about the damage caused by government actions.
To lay down my first marker, here is the headline and first paragraph from back in late April 2020:
The science changed over the weekend of February 5, 2022 so all those signs can be removed because masks aren’t needed. Image courtesy of Adobe Stock.
Mask mandates are going away everywhere. It is almost as if a memo went out over the weekend of February 5, 2022 to all the people who have had their boot firmly planted on our face that they should switch to sneakers.
I’ll leave it for you to consider what has caused this radical change in ‘science’ over one weekend.
Regardless of the cause, the floodgate opened.
Consider articles describing what has happened this week:
California will lift the blanket indoor mask mandate.
New Jersey, Oregon, Connecticut, and Delaware do the same.
Nevada joins in.
Los Angeles County slightly relaxes their mask requirements.
Eight counties in the Bay Area will lift their mask mandate.
Almost fell out of my chair reading one comment in the San Francisco Chronicle article discussed below. Unidentified public health officials are arriving at a conclusion which was achieved by dozens of other states approximately 23 months ago. I will quote the article, because otherwise you would think I’m imagining this:
“…officials say they plan to ease away from legal mandates to dictate behavior and instead trust individuals to make their own health decisions, including whether and when to wear masks.”
Wow. Only took two years to make that realization. I guess that’s better than never.
Until this month, a trust-the-public attitude was prohibited, with penalty of banishment from the public square for anyone who held such a radical, heretical concept. After the weekend, trusting people to make their own decisions is suddenly acceptable.
The New Jersey and Nevada governors also made previously-heretical comments.
Leaders in a few countries in Northern Europe started taking the above medicine, now available over the counter. Image courtesy of Adobe Stock.
An astounding outbreak of common sense has appeared in Europe, spreading especially to all the countries of Scandinavia, I am pleased to report.
England has already lifted restrictions. Countries finding common sense, then letting their people out from under the jackboot of Covid restrictions include:
Denmark
Netherlands
Finland
Norway
Sweden
I do hope this emergence of rational thought visible in northern Europe is the beginning of a worldwide outbreak of common sense over the next few weeks.
Its good to be the king. Or at least a prince. Image courtesy of Adobe Stock.
There are elites at a lower levels of the elitism hierarchy who still have sufficient privilege to be exempt from all Covid rules. Or maybe like the tip-top-level elitists, they also are fully convinced there is no danger from Covid. Or perhaps they just enjoy flaunting their power over you, your kids, and me.
Hopefully there will come a day when these flaming hypocrites will be forced to explain themselves. Not likely to ever happen, but I can dream.
For today’s round of point-and-laugh-out-loud amusement:
California redistricting commission celebrates without masks.
Article wonders if public health officials are “dangerously close” to wiping out all their credibility…ya’ think?
Faculty and staff at Northern Illinois University party on without masks while they prohibit students from even eating or drinking while sitting in class watching remote video feed.
By the way, ridicule and laughter is the most appropriate way to respond to the non-ending list of flaming hypocrites we read about every other day.
Here are several more examples of our elitist elite rulers who do not see any danger from the coronavirus pandemic and therefore do not need to follow any of the rules they dictate you and I must follow.
For your point-and-laugh-out-loud amusement today:
Gov. Gavin Newsom maskless in public. Again. Multiple times at football playoff game. San Francisco and L.A. mayors also maskless.
British Prime Minister claims complete ignorance of any law violation at the weekly parties at #10 Downing St.
Visualization of Covid vaccine effectiveness. Except for the part about effectiveness going negative. Image courtesy of Adobe Stock.
A study of all Covid infections in Denmark over a three-week period of time shows vaccine effectiveness against Omicron not only evaporates but goes negative after three months. Yes, negative.
Unsafe Space on Substack – 1/19/22 – Do The Covid Shots Work Against Omicron?– The short answer, according to a study of all cases in Denmark occurring during three weeks last fall?
Covid shots only work against Omicron for around 30 days, falling off to minimal effectiveness at 90 days. After that you’d be better off not having a shot.
According to that research, sitting here in late January 2022, if you got your double shots earlier than October 2021 you are wide open to catching omicron. That might explain why almost everybody you know has been sick in the last month, regardless of their vaccination status.
More details…
Research
The research report, which can be found here, looked at all PCR-confirmed Covid infections in Denmark between 11/20/21 and 12/12/21.
The researchers calculated vaccine effectiveness (VE) for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, with the calculation broken out into 30 day increments since full effectiveness. Fourteen days after the second shot is when one gains full effectiveness.
Researchers further calculated VE against the Delta and Omicron variants.
Visualization of the Covid narrative. Image courtesy of Adobe Stock.
Those people who tried so hard and for so long to crush me, you, our children, the economy, and our freedoms are backpedaling as fast as they can.
Those alleged leaders who put so much effort into grinding the heel of their boot into your face and mine are positioning themselves to evade the accountability they so richly deserve.
Do not forget who tried to take away your health, wealth, and freedom.
Forgive, but do not ever forget.
DIscussion for today:
Starbucks drops vaccination requirement for their 349K staff.
GE drops vaccination requirement for their 174k staff.
Boeing drops vaccination requirement for their 141k staff.
Amtrak, Union Pacific, and BNSF all drop vaccination requirement for their staff.
A year ago this would have gotten your on-line accounts banned and gotten you cancelled: CDC acknowledges prior infection provides more protection than vaccinations.
England lifts ALL covid restrictions. Yes, all.
WHO recommends all international travel be resumed and no more checking of vaccination status before international travel.
It would appear that a growing number of alleged leaders in the business world have slowly come to the conclusion that killing their company is not a bright idea. Corporate suicide is not a promising strategy to increase value of those juicy stock options.
As mentioned in part 1, if you find lots of sarcasm along with point-and-laugh-out-loud ridicule in these two posts, my apologies. I really wish I had the ability to pour on the heads of our supposed leaders the full dose of ridicule these ‘leaders’ have so richly earned.
When you read below of the about-face by GE, keep in mind how harshly they dealt with staff who filed for a religious exemption.
At issue is all the covid vaccines were either developed or produced using fetal stem cells somewhere in the process. This is deeply offensive for some people of faith.
For anyone who requested a religious accommodation, GE gave the person a list of about 20 medicines and asked if the person had ever used any of them. The handout asserted all those items were either developed, tested, or produced using fetal stem cell tissue. The handout then asked the applicant to provide a theological explanation for the distinction between using any one of those meds and getting a covid vaccination.
That is some serious hardball.
Now?
GE says never mind – don’t get a shot if you don’t feel like it for any reason. No further questions will be asked.
Those people who tried so hard and for so long to crush me, you, our children, the economy, and our freedoms are backpedaling as fast as they can.
Those alleged leaders who put so much effort into grinding the heel of their boot into your face and mine are positioning themselves to evade the accountability they so richly deserve.
Do not forget who tried to take away your health, wealth, and freedom.
A year ago this would have gotten your on-line account banned and gotten you cancelled: CDC acknowledges prior infection provides more protection than vaccinations.
England lifts ALL covid restrictions. Yes, all.
Ireland is dropping most covid restrictions.
WHO recommends all international travel be resumed and no more checking of vaccination status before international travel.
In part 2:
Starbucks drops vaccination requirement for their 349K staff.
GE drops vaccination requirement for their 174k staff.
Boeing drops vaccination requirement for their 141k staff.
Amtrak, Union Pacific, and BNSF all drop vaccination requirement for their staff.
By the way, if you detect rounds of sarcasm along with point-and-laugh-out-loud ridicule in these two posts, my apologies. I really wish I had the ability to pour on the heads of our supposed leaders the full dose of unrestrained ridicule our ‘leaders’ have so richly earned.
