In March 2020, the U.S. Government presented two choices:
Herd Immunity vs Lockdown & Wait for Shot
You were then served Experts, Doctors, Journalists, & Influencers on both "sides".
At no time were you allowed to question if sudden spread of a novel risk-additive pathogen was occurring.
At no point did you hear from Elevated Persons/Personas that challenged whether the WHO Pandemic Declaration was legitimate.
Almost four years later, we are STILL stuck in the SAME parameters government officials set.
Nearly every formidable American "voice" in the COVID discussion is STILL promoting The Official Story about a sudden-spreading novel risk-additive pandemic- generating pathogen.
This includes
▪️ The Authors of the Great Barrington Declaration
▪️ The Early Treatment Doctors
▪️ The Independent/Centrist/Twitter Files Journalists
▪️ Candidates for the U.S. Presidency
▪️ Organizational/Think Tank Leaders
▪️ Political Strategists
▪️ Prominent Substackers
▪️ Anons w/Large Followings
▪️ Podcast Hosts
▪️ ...and Others.
A big realization for me these past 12 months is how few Folk Heroes are a) inquiry-minded and b) asking questions/seeking answers versus remaining entrenched in the how "right" they were about one thing or another in 2020.
I'm a skeptical optimist by nature, so I'm thinking...
Maybe 2024 can be a year in which we take stock of what actually occurred in 2020, and why/how?
Perhaps it can be a time of recognizing & rejecting what They told us the options were in an Emergency that They were never compelled to prove existed?
Hopefully, We the People aren't so in love with identifying as victims of *A GLOBAL PANDEMIC* and/or a *RESPONSE* thereto that the truth doesn't even matter--as long as we feel good about "it" being over.
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Remember the GOVERNMENT set these terms.
These terms are STILL dictating the discussion.
MANY of people's Favorite "Pandemic Heroes" are - for whatever reason - reluctant or unable to step outside these parameters.
Some observations about documents released by Sen Rand Paul on 30 October 2025 related to Ralph Baric
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1. It is unsurprising that someone with a CIA-affiliated email address reached out to Baric about a project on coronaviruses in September 2015.
U.S. flu surveillance/testing increased dramatically between 2015-2020, as did P&I cause of death attribution toward "I" influenza and use of code B34.2 · Coronavirus infection, unspecified
This doesn't mean Baric was in league with the CIA -- and it's certainly not a smoking gun on the "creation" of virus purported to have caused a pandemic.
It does point to a well-known coronavirus expert being tapped in the service of planned/strategic operations
2. That Baric would be asked to give a presentation to the ODNI about "the coronavirus" in late January 2020 is also unsurprising and evidence of nothing much.
The committee that classified and named SARS-CoV-2 (of which Baric was a member) had already made its decision about virus species and name and the WHO had endorsed a "blueprint" test.
Baric was very much in the news and fielding inquiries from reporters...as we would expect
Jay Bhattacharya needs to revisit this Oct 2020 article in light of ethics, civil rights, and what has and has not been established by good scientific evidence
"we must not let vulnerable people be exposed to the virus" is an untenable position
There was nothing from which the elderly needed to be "protected"
There was never a basis for claiming that "focused protection" reduced risk of illness and deaths (regardless of cause).
I reject the notion of a societal pact involving "not letting" people be exposed to a viral threat -- let alone one that was never proven to be a threat.
"We do not encourage intentionally exposing the non-vulnerable" was permission for all manner of idiocy for everyone else.
The New York City Office of the Medical Examiner (OCME) is - once again - delaying the release of public records.
A chronology of the correspondence... 🗓️📤📥
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On 4 February 2025, I requested two sets of records from OCME:
▪️The agency's Biological Incident Fatality Surge Plan for managing In and out of Hospital Deaths
▪️ Daily hospital morgue census data entered into a survey activated in spring 2020
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The agency replied w/acknowledgement in a timely fashion, on 11 Feb 2025, and said the next response would be by 5 May 2025.
I thanked the staffer and said I would be happy to receive any available records sooner.
"We are placing a moratorium on all federal recommendations, guidelines, etc. regarding vaccinating pregnant moms and children 'against' anything."
Start with the flu shot.
CDC Internet Panel data* show 🚩U.S. flu-shot rates in pregnant women rose from about 15% pre-2009 to 32–51% seasonal, 47% H1N1, and up to 66% combined in 2009–10. 🚩
Coverage peaked at 57.5% in 2019–20 🚩 then fell to about 47% during COVID and remains there.
Higher uptake is linked to doctor advice, access, and is greatest among older, educated, non-Hispanic White or Asian women.
*end-of-season estimates based on self-reported vaccination by women who were pregnant at any point between Oct-Jan of each season
Why speak only about the past when flu shot season is upon us?
Pre-natal visits in the fall and winter include pressure to get a flu shot.
In May 2021, Will County (IL) Public Health Dept shamefully leveraged the tragic death of 15-YO Dykota Morgan - and her parents' grief - for COVID shot propaganda that targeted African Americans
A review...
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Dykota, an athlete & artist from Bolingbrook (IL) died on Tuesday, May 4th, 2021.
Chicago-area media quickly reported it (which media typically do, and rightfully so, with unexpected child deaths)
National media picked up the story too.
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Dykota's parents' testimony is worth hearing for the sequence of events, which included treatment at two hospitals.
A tragedy, no matter the cause(s) and contributing factors.
The case should be investigated further and actual causes of death disclosed.