{"id":14214,"date":"2022-09-16T16:16:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T15:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cassandravoices.com\/?p=14214"},"modified":"2022-09-16T16:16:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T15:16:59","slug":"covid-19-absurdities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/2022\/09\/16\/covid-19-absurdities\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 Absurdities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Foremost among Utopian absurdities, we had the false promise of <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/cassandravoices.com\/current-affairs\/zerocovids-neoconservative-traits\/\">ZeroCovid<\/a><\/span>. This continues to inflict untold <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-62830326\">damage<\/a><\/span> on millions of lives and livelihoods that have been lost along the mystical path to salvation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Although the ZeroCovid leaders identified themselves with logic and rationality, the fanciful idea of every country excluding an influenza-like virus appears to have been a hangover from Judeo-Christian eschatology, which purports to save human beings from themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Other Utopian modern ideologies including Communism, Nazism and even <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/cassandravoices.com\/current-affairs\/zerocovids-neoconservative-traits\/\">neoconservatism<\/a><\/span>, adopt a similar schema, wherein a vanguard elite guides the flock to safety.<\/p>\n<p>The nonsense started before the ZeroCovid concept grew legs, as China, the source of our slave-produced consumer goods, provided carefully choreographed footage demonstrating how <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/jan\/31\/a-man-lies-dead-in-the-street-the-image-that-captures-the-wuhan-coronavirus-crisis\">instantaneous death<\/a><\/span> ensued after infection with the deadly pox. All dutifully conveyed by <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/criticism\/gates-foundation-journalism-funding.php\">compromised media<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>That China also runs concentration camps for the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-22278037\">Uyghur Muslim<\/a><\/span> minority, and harvests <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/killing-prisoners-for-transplants-forced-organ-harvesting-in-china-161999\">organs for transplantation<\/a><\/span> from healthy executed prisoners was ignored. The West adopted a lockdown policy that represented the onset of another, dystopian Cultural Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>The WHO advised the West that lockdowns were essential. This advice arrived despite the 2019 WHO pandemic preparedness document containing no such recommendation. China then supplied genetic sequences they happened to have lying around to dodgy German academics to create the PCR test, which is a research tool not a diagnostic test.<\/p>\n<p>Weren\u2019t we so lucky that the Wuhan Institute of virology is located near the alleged ground zero? It just so happened to be doing gain of function research on bat corona viruses <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/health\/ecohealth-of-us-under-fire-for-wuhan-lab-link-is-working-with-modi-govt-since-aug-2020\/673733\/\">in conjunction with the Americans<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A reminder of an anonymous account from April, 2020 by an Irishman living in China who described a society on the brink of another, dystopian Cultural Revolution.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oRbwdEShoz\">https:\/\/t.co\/oRbwdEShoz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CassandraVoices (@VoicesCassandra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoicesCassandra\/status\/1570724051399868416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Herd Immunity<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Initially there were sensible discussions \u2013 including from the U.K.\u2019s chief scientific officer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-politics-54252272\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Patrick Vallance<\/span><\/a> \u2013 around herd immunity, the limited lethality of corona viruses in general, and the potentially disastrous effects of shutting down entire societies.<\/p>\n<p>Sweden, then a bastion of social democracy, held on to its <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/action\/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2820%2931035-7\">rational faculties<\/a><\/span>. Sadly, the government of no other major Western democracy seriously weighed up the effects on society of its public health policy. In an atmosphere of acute hysteria some governments acted <a href=\"https:\/\/scandasia.com\/denmark-and-sweden-very-different-covid-reactions\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">against the advice<\/span><\/a> of their health authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Resistance to drastic measures broke down once the Italians began singing to the world from their balconies, and army trucks were filmed removing dozens of bodies from hospital morgues. Strange how film crews always seem to know when to turn up to capture such footage.<\/p>\n<p>In what was the final twist of the thumb screw, our old friend Professor Reliable Data from Imperial College pulled scary figures from a dark orifice and waved it in the face of sceptics. Bear in mind, the same guy had<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu\/2020\/05\/08\/so-the-real-scandal-is-why-did-anyone-ever-listen-to-this-guy\/\">predicted in 2005<\/a><\/span> that up to one hundred and fifty million people could die from bird flu. In the end, only 282 people died worldwide from the disease between 2003 and 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the reasoned arguments of Nobel laureate Professor Michael Levitt, which few were able to read or hear, the British and others opted for the doom-laden scenario.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nobel Laureate Michael Levitt rebukes the global scientific response to Covid-19; in particular the role of Imperial College&#39;s Neil Ferguson.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hQwHxnJ5s8\">https:\/\/t.co\/hQwHxnJ5s8<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLevitt_NP2013?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MLevitt_NP2013<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FatEmperor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FatEmperor<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/broadsheet_ie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@broadsheet_ie<\/a> @SunetraGupta <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/freddiesayers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@freddiesayers<\/a> @susmitchellSBP @DonnellyStephen<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CassandraVoices (@VoicesCassandra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoicesCassandra\/status\/1277623796011335685?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>T-Shock<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on our own benighted little island of Ireland, beloved of Big Pharma and Big Tech, T-Shock Varadkar took to the podium to address the nation in our solemn hour, as the spectre of a common cold virus loomed on the horizon. Paraphrasing Winston Churchill\u2019s World War II speech, he told the nation \u2018this is the calm before the storm\u2026\u2019 before opining that there could be up to <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.ie\/world-news\/coronavirus\/coronavirus-explainer-where-the-85000-death-toll-forecast-is-coming-from-and-why-its-irelands-worst-case-scenario-39034911.html\">85,000 deaths<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Severe limits were placed on our freedom to roam freely and meet one another, as if we faced the impending Blitzkreig. He asked us to perform the unlikely feat of \u2018coming together as a nation by staying apart.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, the wellbeing of the nation had become the central focus for a right-wing government, as individual needs and desires were cast aside, apparently for the common good. A country that had racked up vast personal and household debt worshipping at the altar of Mammon was expected to do a U-turn and become altruistic. But beneath the surface<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/news\/health\/hse-told-to-review-policy-on-1bn-personal-protective-equipment-spend-1.4431999?mode=sample&amp;auth-failed=1&amp;pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Fhealth%2Fhse-told-to-review-policy-on-1bn-personal-protective-equipment-spend-1.4431999\"> snouts were in the trough<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.historytoday.com\/archive\/gold-fire-and-gallows-quarantine-history\">history<\/a><\/span> of infectious diseases the entire global population, healthy and infirm, would now be forced to quarantine, as apparently we could be asymptomatically-ill, or healthy-sick.<\/p>\n<p>Staying apart from each other meant no visits to elderly relatives, because grandchildren might kill their grannies. Children might even infect one another with a disease less likely to kill than being <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2020\/06\/09\/school-age-children-likely-hit-lightning-die-coronavirus-oxbridge\/\">struck by a fork of lightning<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally outdoor sports and music events would have to be prohibited too. After all, they wouldn\u2019t want people to be discussing the bullshit over a few pints. And finally, most small and medium sized businesses were to be closed down, regardless of the long-term effects.<\/p>\n<p>Well not all small businesses. Off licences, fast food outlets and supermarkets would still be open. These however are usually staffed by low skilled, low-wage earners. Young and expendable in other words.<\/p>\n<p>The propertied middle class would stay at home, protected from the menace of infection behind computer screens, home deliveries and A-rated houses. These were the civil servants, tech workers, teachers, and professional classes.<\/p>\n<p>This \u2018Zoomocracy\u2019 would \u2018stay safe\u2019, while boosting the profits of Messrs Bezos, Gates, Dorsey, Zuckerberg et al. Somehow the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfam.org\/en\/press-releases\/ten-richest-men-double-their-fortunes-pandemic-while-incomes-99-percent-humanity\">top ten wealthiest men<\/a><\/span> in the world managed to double their wealth in the midst of the biggest international crisis since World War II. It would make you wonder who was <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/09\/14\/global-covid-pandemic-response-bill-gates-partners-00053969\">really in control<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A reminder of previous restrictions that included NPHET&#39;s attempt to rebrand &quot;The Electric Picnic&quot; &quot;The Acoustic Brunch&quot; &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fictionoreality?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#fictionoreality<\/a> <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xb1BrZVQmL\">https:\/\/t.co\/xb1BrZVQmL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CassandraVoices (@VoicesCassandra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoicesCassandra\/status\/1471890005391933440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Garda Checks<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We were treated to the daily sight of embarrassed members of the Gardai stopping ordinary citizens on their way to shops enquiring as to the purpose of their journeys.<\/p>\n<p>Other brave fellows formed road blocks at entry points to beaches or mountain trails. A particularly bizarre incident took place one Sunday near the tiny Cavan village of Mullahoran, when the only four roads leading to the Catholic church were <a href=\"Mullahoran\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">blocked<\/span><\/a> by garda cars preventing parishioners accessing their place of worship.<\/p>\n<p>The terror was augmented by the obscene nightly roll call of death and pestilence, which had the desired effect on the majority. Those who didn\u2019t succumb to the fear were subjected to ridicule, or simply starved of the oxygen of publicity. Dissenters were <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wC0qCstGpUI\">forced to resign from their jobs<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout, we were repeatedly assured as to its deadliness, yet the median age of death was <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/average-age-of-coronavirus-fatalities-is-82-pcwqrzdzz\">eighty-two years of age<\/a><\/span>. The true figures for the numbers who died of (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/cassandravoices.com\/science-environment\/science\/covid-19-a-deadly-deception\/\">not with<\/a><\/span>!) this virus will never be known.<\/p>\n<p>Paradoxically, despite the elevated risk of those over eighty years of age dying from COVID-19, their family doctors were advised that they didn\u2019t need to see their patients.<\/p>\n<p>There were simply no treatments available. This despite Professor Didier Raoult from Marseille, Professor Paul Marek from Virginia and Professor Peter McCullough from Texas successfully repurposing drugs. The advice for the Irish patient was to take two paracetamol and at the first tinge of blue call an ambulance. <em>Primum non nocere<\/em>, my arse.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillyRalph\/status\/1458052402372923392<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Psychological Torture<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fear, like any stimulus exhausts itself, so using the support and advice from various purveyors of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2021\/04\/02\/state-fear-ministers-used-covert-tactics-keep-scared-public\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">psychological tortures<\/span><\/a>, such as Susan Michie, governments introduced curveballs to confuse the population even further. We couldn\u2019t have people waking up and smelling the bullshit when they reflected on how many in their social circles had actually died of this deadly virus, relative to an average influenza season.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The New Normal\u2019 was a term coined by very shady unelected people and repeated ad nauseum by some equally shady elected individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Once measures designed to \u2018open up\u2019 society were introduced we were treated to the infamous \u20ac9-45 minute meal and a pint. No meal, no pint. Then we had the restricted purchasing within supermarkets \u2013 crisps and condoms, but no socks or Nerf guns.<\/p>\n<p>Then came the masks, for almost every setting, including eventually, primary schools. Lone occupants of cars and swimmers at the Forty Foot and even people out picking blackberries in the remotest parts of Ireland weren\u2019t excused.<\/p>\n<p>All of this imported from totalitarian China! And woe betide anyone not wearing their badge of allegiance. These <em>untermensch<\/em> were jostled by shopping centre security guards, refused access to medical care and even arrested, regardless of their age. And in the final entry in this sorry list, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/ireland\/grandmother-jailed-for-refusing-to-wear-face-mask-in-restaurants-and-shops-1229714.html\">jailed<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Having endured the relentless propaganda, lockdowns, masks, social isolation, endless hours of Netflix, nourished on the finest delicacies from Dominoes and McDonalds, the vast majority of the country\u2019s wage slaves were simply dying to become commuters and patrons of the country\u2019s pubs, cafes and restaurants once again.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Aged 32 Doaa Baker&#39;s decision to remove the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/hijab?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#hijab<\/a> caused a humongous stir. She courts similar public opprobrium over a decision she made during this pandemic.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hXopSgHFBR\">https:\/\/t.co\/hXopSgHFBR<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/broadsheet_ie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@broadsheet_ie<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indepdubnrth?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@indepdubnrth<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DLangwallner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DLangwallner<\/a> @liamherrick <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICCLtweet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ICCLtweet<\/a> @RositaSweetman<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CassandraVoices (@VoicesCassandra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoicesCassandra\/status\/1383021718634172417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Safety First\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So, when the experimental <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/cassandravoices.com\/science-environment\/science\/healthy-people-do-not-require-genetic-vaccination\/\">mRNA gene therapy<\/a><\/span>, also known as the Covid vaccine, became available the population had been primed. Primed by the most successful advertising campaign in history, a global conformity Edward Bernays and his admirer Joseph Goebbels could have only dreamed of achieving.<\/p>\n<p>That \u2018vaccine\u2019 is the gift that keeps on giving \u2013 to its manufacturers. If Bill Gates\u2019s wish comes true all seven billion humans on the planet will receive it.<\/p>\n<p>It is so safe that one manufacturer persuaded a court that its supporting data should be hidden away from prying eyes for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/paramount-importance-judge-orders-fda-hasten-release-pfizer-vaccine-docs-2022-01-07\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">seventy-five years<\/span><\/a>. Nonetheless, the post-mortem in the peer reviewed literature is <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/36055877\/\">revealing serious adverse reactions<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>We heard from many sources including our own resident expert Professor Luke O\u2019Neill that the vaccine was a game changer, while <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.siliconrepublic.com\/start-ups\/eli-lilly-sitryx-deal-luke-oneill\">potential conflicts of interest<\/a><\/span> were never disclosed or discussed during the extended time he spent on air.<\/p>\n<p>Other worthies such as dear old Joe Biden advised that you <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2021\/dec\/22\/joe-biden\/biden-says-vaccinated-people-cant-spread-covid-19-\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">would not catch the virus<\/span><\/a><\/span>, it would stop the transmission of the virus, and even stop hospitalisations and deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward a few months and you can catch the virus, you can transmit it, you can end up in hospital and die despite two, three or even four shots of this miracle medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Worst of all, we now can\u2019t have an open scientific debate because the truth might get in the way of the vast profit potential for the manufacturers how inept our so-called experts really are, and how venal politicians in so-called democracies became as they made light of civil liberties.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Isn\u2019t it clear by now that the damage that has been caused, and will be caused, is far greater than any perceived health crisis.&quot; Wexford-based GP Dr Billy Ralph speaks out.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gfEEo8fnZM\">https:\/\/t.co\/gfEEo8fnZM<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/broadsheet_ie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@broadsheet_ie<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ciarakellydoc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ciarakellydoc<\/a> @liamherrick <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jlamber55605930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jlamber55605930<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wallacemick?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@wallacemick<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CassandraVoices (@VoicesCassandra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoicesCassandra\/status\/1319656796085256192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Medical Profession<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today in Ireland, most of the medical profession are reluctant to acknowledge the damage inflicted on societies by their gullible and myopic approach of shutting down society, and they most certainly do not want to kill the golden goose, especially in general practice.<\/p>\n<p>No heed is taken of the CDC-VAERS data, Eudravigilance, WHO\u2019s own reporting, the Yellow Card system in the UK, the up to 40% rise in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/life-insurers-adapt-pandemic-risk-models-after-claims-jump-2022-01-13\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">life insurance pay outs<\/span><\/a> in some European countries; resistance to exposing drug trial data to public scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>A company that previously paid out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-announces-largest-health-care-fraud-settlement-its-history\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">largest health care fraud settlement<\/span><\/a> and the largest criminal fine is now making billions in profits.<\/p>\n<p>No heed is taken of the meteoric rise in the careers of so-called celebrity scientists and doctors whose integrity and ethics were dispensed with at the first whiff of the profits on show.<\/p>\n<p>Contrast this with some real academics and scientists whose careers have been badly damaged by retaining their integrity; for example Professor Sunetra Gupta of Oxford University, Professor Martin Kuldorff of Harvard, Professor Jay Bhattacharya and Professor John Ioannidis of Stanford, and Professor Peter McCullough of Texas A&amp;M.<\/p>\n<p>This latter group called for the availability of early treatments, focused protection of the vulnerable, but for society to function as normal to limit unintended damage. They also advocated for judicious not widespread use of an experimental product, avoiding children and pregnant women in particular, and most importantly preserving scientific debate.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, we got lockdowns and restrictions on civil liberties, no early treatments, and a coercive vaccination campaign straight form the CCP playbook.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Feature Image is a still from RTE&#8217;s Claire Byrne Live of Professor Luke O&#8217;Neil trying &#8216;Zorbing&#8217;.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bernard O&#039;Shea and Prof. Luke O\u2019Neil try Zorbing! | Claire Byrne Live | RT\u00c9\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BoyZW2l9BwM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foremost among Utopian absurdities, we had the false promise of ZeroCovid. This continues to inflict untold damage on millions of lives and livelihoods that have been lost along the mystical path to salvation. 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