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“Historically, the most terrible things—war, genocide, and slavery—have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.”


- Howard Zinn

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Great article as expected from you, Todd. All true. But I can also tell you why I cannot "let go" of covid. In my case, it is primarily because it was an event right on my alley. Climate change and world politics... I am an ignorant dude; but medicine and public health have been my "fields of expertise" all my adult life. It is funny - my main field of work was public health long before it became a disgraceful subject among shrews. It used to be that in public health we studied patterns of disease among populations and their determining factors; then we tried to figure out ways to prevent health problems. I spent my profesional life teaching the subject. No one (as far as I was concerned) was interested in forcing the population to comply with anyones' dictates. I never heard anyone say anything negative or derogatory about "public health". But that changed with covid - the WHO and governments turned "public health" into a public enemy. Now all shrews that I know disparage "public health" as a "bogus science".

The event was life-changing for me because I saw esteemed colleagues become involved in the mainstream. How could they ignore what we have known for decades? We have dealt with "viral respiratory diseases" for decades. Never have we tested people for "asymptomatic infection", much less restrict anyone's liberties because of a "positive test". Never we classified someone's "cause of death" based only on a test result. During the "pandemic year" (2020) I knew 3 people who had "covid"; in 2021, after the "vaccine", more than 2/3 of people I know have had "covid" - multiple times - all "vaccinated". I know this has to be the same experience for all my colleagues. How is it that they cannot detect the BS? To top everything, I lost my job of 35 years for refusing to get "vaccinated". All the above is why I will not let go of "covid".

Sorry for the long post... this subject triggers my rant.

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