Covid lessons

It is somewhat easy to forgive the bad advice we were given in the very first month of “pandemic” as no one really had a complete understanding of the virus. As the weeks went on, we were told, according to computer models that millions and millions could die. (I have to wonder if the climate peeps are using the same computer) But as I went around, I kept asking, “do you know anyone who is sick”? It was a very long time before I met anyone, and I do interact, that knew of someone getting sick. I checked on our town of a little over four thousand residents and found that 27 people had contracted the virus at that time. I’ll let you do the math, but it is less than one percent. We were told that this is the most contagious virus since the Spanish Flu, yet I didn’t see any evidence in my sphere. Then the fear porn continued with daily death counts, scaring people to the point where some were afraid if I pet their dogs, that they would get sick. People were disinfecting their vegetables! President Trump mobilized hospital ships and set up emergency beds in the Javits center, yet most of those beds remained empty. The daily briefings became more and more ridiculous with the changing shift of masks on masks off, two masks (why not three masks) I never wore one unless forced into it. Then we had “two weeks to flatten the curve” emergency powers were taken, election laws were changed, some legally and some not so. How long does an emergency last I wondered? That of course, is a rhetorical question. Then the Hollywood twits started lecturing us to stay home. Or, as Samuel Jackson said it, “stay the fuck home”. Businesses were told to shut down; no not all businesses, just small businesses. Big box stores were “allowed” to stay open. Maybe someone can explain to me how that is rational, logical or fair, and more importantly who decided that the power to impose these rules is constitutional. Moreover, why should free people put up with this?  I am actually embarrassed and saddened by how quickly so many of us simply complied. By this time, we had figured out that the most susceptible to the virus were, the elderly, the infirm, the obese, diabetics and others with co morbidities. Unfortunately, many of those people died, here and around the world. But, somewhere around 97 percent of those who got Covid survived. I did my own risk assessment and decided that I could withstand a cold.  I distinctly remember some, who will remain nameless, calling Trump a murderer, as if suddenly they acknowledged his omniscient powers. At that point 2000 or so Americans had been lost to the virus. How many have died since Trump left office? Is Biden, by the same logic, a murderer? Such idiocy! Then Trump put the screws to the pharmacy industry and cut the red tape to get a vaccine. Many of us wondered if this was a great idea, and that is and was fair, but the screeching left marched in lock step saying in so many words (like parrots) that they would not trust any vaccine that Trump helped to bring to the public. But of course, in due time they were “offering the vaccine” at first to those over 65, like myself. Then they pushed a little harder until the jab was mandated or you could lose your job. I confess that I almost took the shot. Robin was asked to get one so she could return to her office. (She worked there even when almost no one else would) She asked me to come along but they did not have a shot for me. I felt relieved and spent some time looking into the views of some of the doctors who were warning of possible problems with the vaccine, there were plenty of them. Now the evidence is showing that the shots do not prevent the disease, do not prevent getting sick, do not prevent the spread of the virus, nor did the masks, but the propaganda persists, regardless of the data that shows the shots don’t work and worse yet, the shots are hurting and killing people at a rate above the normal mortality rate. Every day in my inbox there are stories and studies that show the response to the virus was stupid at best and malevolent in the extreme. Don’t take my word for it; look into it. The people who have been warning of the problems are not marching in lock step. Their opinions, perspectives, statistics (mostly from other countries) and data vary but tell a compelling story and one that one should not evade. But do so if you choose, it is your life. Three years and more and the stupidity continues. Do yourself a favor; think and resist.