Eric Newhill
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How about looking at what an NHS doctor thinks about COVID, lockdowns, masks etc:
https://drmalcolmkendrick.org/2021/03/06/believing-in-impossible-things-and-covid19/
David
There is indeed, an uncanny resemblance between those two subjects.
The effort to send out the message that the only 'moral' response is to engage in impossibly expensive measures - disregarding that it will be the poor that may most as a result.
The complete refusal to admit that there are two sides to the picture - do you destroy tens of thousands of businesses (which costs lives), or conceivably risk a few more deaths in other ways.
A complete disregard for the most interesting questions - after CO2 levels rose from about 250 ppm to 400 ppm, how come the 'damage' is so very slight (e.g. 1 C temperature rise in 140 years) - why exactly is it that most people aren't touched by the pandemic except by the measures used to attack it?
Why is it necessary to use censorship, of all things, to try to get the message across?
David
Good article at your link, David.
I've seen this crap my entire adult life whether working for govt or working in the private sector (though not so much with my current employer, which is one reason I stay there).
Anyhow, the way it works is something like this - someone points out that the emperor has no cloths. Authority figures gather around whoever has uttered such an unacceptable statement. That person is asked, "Why would you say such a thing? Do you want to embarrass the Emperor? Are you trying to break down civil order? Aren't you a team player?"
The "nay sayer" will respond with something like, "No. I'm trying to help. The Emperor really doesn't have cloths on. Look, I can prove it". He then goes onto make some solid arguments that would prove, to any sane serious person, that the Emperor is naked. The authority figures listen for a minute or two, briefly appear interested in the arguments and even offer a few counter arguments. They begin to look and sound annoyed as their counter-arguments fall apart. It's a little dance that happens every time. Then, at some point near the end of the meeting, the authority figures note that time is running out. They then say something like, "Look. The Emperor has clothes. Some very nice velvet green trousers. A beautiful silk shirt and a most wonderful royal purple robe". This declaration is delivered with stern faces focused intensely on the nay sayer. The authorities have decided what reality will be and all involved will agree with what that.
You see, it's usually not about science or truth. A lot of people will drop science and truth in favor of maintaining power and position. That's just the way people are. Someone wants a covid crisis all of the underlings fall in line and agree that there is a crisis. Someone wants you to wear masks (compliance humiliation ritual?), the Emperor's scientists will agree that masks must be worn, maybe two or three at a time!
Once you understand that science and truth take a distant second seat to power, it's all very simple to understand. The world has always been such.
Personally, my schtick has always been, "Look, I get it. You want to gain power and money. Ok. Pay me and treat me right and I'll show you what you need to know to accomplish your objective. If you don't base your tactics and strategies on truth and science, you're going to fail. If you don't understand your own weaknesses, you're going to fail. If you don't understand what is achievable and what is pie in the sky, your going to lose in the long run. Some of I what will tell you is going to hurt, but you need to hear it so you can adapt and overcome and grow stronger." And this is where institutional cowardice and stupidity come in. The guys I'm talking to don't want to take painful messages up the chain of command - and they don't want an underling (me) to have access to the high-ups. So we're back to the official message being that the naked emperor is beautifully attired.
But yeah - I don't know anyone who's died of covid. I know some people that contracted and had cold/flu like symptoms and are fine. That is most people's experience. Anyone with half a brain can understand that if cigarette smoke can go through a mask, that a virus can too. Anyone can read on the authorities own publications that it's almost exclusively the very old and very ill (other conditions) that die with covid contributing. So the authorities must resort to more forceful tactics, like outright censorship to keep the [at this point] non-ruse going. It's become a simple power play. Nothing more/nothing less.The more strong arm they become, the weaker their position and the more obvious to more people that it's weak. Again, it's not about science and truth. Anyone who thinks that govt is for either is a total fool. Govt is not your friend. They only care about you for your money - and to the extent that they fear you.
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