[This was also published here.] "Write a novel," Friedrich says, and I say, "Aren't there enough lies in the world?" Has our willingness to suspend disbelief, as Coleridge defined poetic faith, not been exhausted by monumental works of fiction like the
The reader's comment I refer to was on OpEdNews.com, where this piece also appeared. I posted this comment today there, so I might as well post it here too:
The comments here still seem to show that my article is being totally misunderstood. But I don't know how to make it clearer. I am not a "Covid hoax" theorist. My point is that the "Covid hoax" theorists, including the anti-vaxxers and all the people demonstrating against the disease-prevention measures, may be being played, that is, being used by the powers-that-be to distract attention away from the much more important issue of the origin of the virus.
To Blair Gelbond: I remember you because you are the person who put me onto the US Right to Know website (linked in my article), which is an excellent source. But then, as now, you also recommend Dr. Steven Geer, who goes the "Covid Hoax" theorists one better by putting extraterrestrials at the top, even higher than Bill Gates and Klaus Schwab of "The Great Reset"!
Your point in your first post is well taken:
Many of us don't have the stomach for - and don't want to consider - what might be true and simultaneously disturbing.
I certainly agree with that, since it was also part of the main point with regard to Friedrich not wanting to fill up his mind with "garbage," i.e. disturbing thoughts.
But how you or anyone can consider the "Covid Hoax" theories, or Steven Geer's ideas about extraterrestrials, as less "disturbing" than the idea that the coronavirus was a lab leak is in my opinion a big mistake, and counterproductive. I will be frank, and I don't mean to be cruel or insulting, but I suspect this is because such over-the-top "theories," precisely because they are pure fantasy and cannot be supported by real-world evidence, offer mental and emotional solace to precisely those you mention, people who are profoundly disturbed and overburdened with reality. It is a form of escapism.
I am aware that some (or many?) of the anti-vaxxers/anti-restriction-prevention measures protesters do not share the grand "Covid Hoax" conspiracy theory. They would simply rather take their chances with the disease than submit to the restrictions and therefore try to see themselves and present this point of view as a "fight for freedom" (the "Freedom Convoy"). If this was all there was to it, I think the question could be settled scientifically. If the medical and virological "Establishment" consensus (Johns Hopkins, the Mayo Clinic, Robert Koch Institute, etc.) can be successfully (convincingly) challenged, then such focussed protests would have some meaning and might produce beneficial results, such as a more nuanced approach to prevention (if indeed this proves to be advisable).
But the point of my article is that focussed protests against the kind of virological research that most likely created the virus and the pandemic would be much more effective and beneficial because they could lead to the shutting down of this extremely dangerous gain-of-function research, which will otherwise continue unabated (though probably even more secretly) in the same countries that do it now, and farm it out to other countries in Africa, China, Eastern Europe, etc. These labs exist all over the world, and are at least as great a threat to the species as nuclear or environmental holocaust -- as the current pandemic clearly demonstrates. Such focussed protests would be dangerous, but not to those of us who feel overburdened by reality. They would be dangerous to the governments who do not want to admit that they are responsible for the pandemic, and furthermore do not want to stop their biological warfare/defense research.
I could and perhaps should have said in the article that the governments do have a way out. They could do a "partial hangout" and blame the corona pandemic all on individuals like Fauci and Daszak et al. (and their Chinese counterparts), but I suspect they are afraid the fallout from even that would be too much.
A reader has pointed out to me that this line in my article may not be clear to everyone:
""What if all these people are being played," I tell Fred. "What if they are being manipulated, the same way 'color revolutions' are manipulated, for example?"
By "these people" I mean the people who are protesting against the Covid protection/prevention measures, that is, the anti-vaxxers, the anti-maskers, the anti-lockdowners, etc. That includes the Canadian truckers and Robert Malone.
Is it really that unclear? If so, I need to re-write because that's my main point.
You’re one of the few brutally honest assessors of both HIV and COVID origins. I remember your work “Was There An AIDS Contract”, which is balanced, honest, and stomach-churning. Thanks for making us smarter
The reader's comment I refer to was on OpEdNews.com, where this piece also appeared. I posted this comment today there, so I might as well post it here too:
The comments here still seem to show that my article is being totally misunderstood. But I don't know how to make it clearer. I am not a "Covid hoax" theorist. My point is that the "Covid hoax" theorists, including the anti-vaxxers and all the people demonstrating against the disease-prevention measures, may be being played, that is, being used by the powers-that-be to distract attention away from the much more important issue of the origin of the virus.
To Blair Gelbond: I remember you because you are the person who put me onto the US Right to Know website (linked in my article), which is an excellent source. But then, as now, you also recommend Dr. Steven Geer, who goes the "Covid Hoax" theorists one better by putting extraterrestrials at the top, even higher than Bill Gates and Klaus Schwab of "The Great Reset"!
Your point in your first post is well taken:
Many of us don't have the stomach for - and don't want to consider - what might be true and simultaneously disturbing.
I certainly agree with that, since it was also part of the main point with regard to Friedrich not wanting to fill up his mind with "garbage," i.e. disturbing thoughts.
But how you or anyone can consider the "Covid Hoax" theories, or Steven Geer's ideas about extraterrestrials, as less "disturbing" than the idea that the coronavirus was a lab leak is in my opinion a big mistake, and counterproductive. I will be frank, and I don't mean to be cruel or insulting, but I suspect this is because such over-the-top "theories," precisely because they are pure fantasy and cannot be supported by real-world evidence, offer mental and emotional solace to precisely those you mention, people who are profoundly disturbed and overburdened with reality. It is a form of escapism.
I am aware that some (or many?) of the anti-vaxxers/anti-restriction-prevention measures protesters do not share the grand "Covid Hoax" conspiracy theory. They would simply rather take their chances with the disease than submit to the restrictions and therefore try to see themselves and present this point of view as a "fight for freedom" (the "Freedom Convoy"). If this was all there was to it, I think the question could be settled scientifically. If the medical and virological "Establishment" consensus (Johns Hopkins, the Mayo Clinic, Robert Koch Institute, etc.) can be successfully (convincingly) challenged, then such focussed protests would have some meaning and might produce beneficial results, such as a more nuanced approach to prevention (if indeed this proves to be advisable).
But the point of my article is that focussed protests against the kind of virological research that most likely created the virus and the pandemic would be much more effective and beneficial because they could lead to the shutting down of this extremely dangerous gain-of-function research, which will otherwise continue unabated (though probably even more secretly) in the same countries that do it now, and farm it out to other countries in Africa, China, Eastern Europe, etc. These labs exist all over the world, and are at least as great a threat to the species as nuclear or environmental holocaust -- as the current pandemic clearly demonstrates. Such focussed protests would be dangerous, but not to those of us who feel overburdened by reality. They would be dangerous to the governments who do not want to admit that they are responsible for the pandemic, and furthermore do not want to stop their biological warfare/defense research.
I could and perhaps should have said in the article that the governments do have a way out. They could do a "partial hangout" and blame the corona pandemic all on individuals like Fauci and Daszak et al. (and their Chinese counterparts), but I suspect they are afraid the fallout from even that would be too much.
Submitted on Friday, Feb 11, 2022 at 4:59:20 AM
A reader has pointed out to me that this line in my article may not be clear to everyone:
""What if all these people are being played," I tell Fred. "What if they are being manipulated, the same way 'color revolutions' are manipulated, for example?"
By "these people" I mean the people who are protesting against the Covid protection/prevention measures, that is, the anti-vaxxers, the anti-maskers, the anti-lockdowners, etc. That includes the Canadian truckers and Robert Malone.
Is it really that unclear? If so, I need to re-write because that's my main point.
You’re one of the few brutally honest assessors of both HIV and COVID origins. I remember your work “Was There An AIDS Contract”, which is balanced, honest, and stomach-churning. Thanks for making us smarter