Two years ago we were told that there was a new flu virus in China. Nothing new with this. Every year a new flu virus variant has usually come from China.
The yearly flu vaccine is based on the probability of which new variant will be dominant. Why China is the origin for these new variants is probably well known to
those that follow these things. My unresearched idea is that the animal to human variants come from the poor conditions for food animals in China.
None of this is controversial. No conspiracy theory here. I have wondered why these viruses are allowed such easy entry to the US. The regular old flu virus. (influenza), according to the CDC, kills between 12,000 to 52,000 Americans every year. Globally the death rate is approximately 290,000 to 650,000 annually. Is there nothing we could have done to mitigate these deaths?
Imagine had we placed more restrictions/regulations on this situation, would we be better off today? I think so. But trade with China is important. I guess it is more important that the thousands of deaths and millions of illnesses the US suffers every decade.
How many US troops died in Vietnam? 50,000 We see this as a tragedy. 50,000 deaths, yet this is just one bad year of influenza deaths from a virus out of China.
HIV/AIDS has killed 700,000 people in the US with another 1.2 Million infected today. (All without much in Government Restrictions) there are more Laws protecting those with AIDS than there is to restrict its spread, why? How is it that Covid 19 closed down the World and HIV with 50,000 new cases every year is forgotten?
There are 50,000 new HIV infections in the US every year. There are 1.2 Million people living with AIDS in the US today. There is no cure for AIDS. And those people that suffer from this disease live shorter lives and will die from the disease eventually. In 2017 California Law SB 329 reduced the penalty for infecting, (on purpose), someone with AIDS from a felony to a misdemeanor.
Trump and Covid-19
During the 4 years of President Trump in office I watched a well crafted media
assassination. I voted for Hillary and am a die hard Libertarian. But it was obvious
to me that something was very different about how he was portrayed. I have asked
this question to many of my friends. "Did you ever see a picture of the President
holding his son?" "Did you ever see a picture of the President and his wife showing
affection?" Maybe you believe these things never happened. I believe we were
seeing the power of the six giant U.S. media companies committing character
assassination of a sitting US President. I believe Trump was one of the few
Presidents that had gotten elected without the endorsement of the financial powers
that be. President Kennedy was the last president to be elected without this support.
Trump was a Liar!
I remember CNN / Anderson Cooper, opening his program with "President Trump is a Liar!" Wow, let's no longer pretend to be objective CNN, (The Most Trusted Name In News) I don't remember what he was supposed to have lied about but this was how his administration was presented night after night. My friends universally hated Trump. Of course this all started with the investigation into the ties between Trump and Russia. RUSSIAGATE! Trump in bed with our enemies!! Congressional Investigations begin. Trump claims this is Fake News! and the media retaliated. And now we all know that it was fake news. That the Democrats, along with direct connections to Hillary Clinton's Attorney, passed fake documents to the FBI to undermine the newly elected President. This fake story was used to push through Impeachment Proceedings.
Here's what I'm getting too.
Not a single thing was believed that came out of the President's Administration until: Covid-19
NOW, every frightening projection that came from Trump's tainted government sources were embraced by the media. NOW, this administration that didn't have an ounce of respect from the public was Covid-19 Golden. Travel Restrictions, GREAT! Mask Mandates! AWESOME! Shutdowns FINALLY! Network netnews was 110% behind every conceivable government restriction. Friends, that I thought intelligent, were now all in. Yes, we must follow all the new guidelines!
and then the Censorship begins;
I posted on Facebook an article about two California Doctors that were saying that the fear and death projections from the government about Covid were overblown, that now that we have more information about the virus the restrictive policies thrown into place should be reevaluated. OMG, good friends attacked me and the story. I was propagating misinformation! These Doctors were Con Artists that were making money off of their misinformation. Wow, OK let's look at it again. Maybe I was wrong. So I looked, and I wasn't. Then I backed up the common sense idea on Facebook that the virus escaped the Wuhan Lab. Who in their right mind could believe China? Blocks away, China claimed, in one of their disgusting "Wet Markets" the virus had evolved naturally. BULLSHIT!! The animals at this market were tested and not one of them tested positive. Yet once again, people whom I thought were friends, demanded that I was wrong. That their impeccable news sources had the inside story.
Then the conversation started about how the Lab was working to make the Sars virus more deadly to humans. We had not learned about the Fauci connection to the lab yet. OMG, one friend claimed exhaustion from having to correct the conspiracy misinformation I was spreading. Facebook and the media started going after anyone that was not behind the official narrative. How long was it before people started losing their jobs and being shouted down on social media. The culmination of this censorship was the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WAS BANNED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA!! The Facebook Thief, Mark Zuckerberg, bans the President for overtly political reasons and no one seems to care. (Zuckerberg was approached by 2 people with an idea that led to Facebook. He was hired as a programer. He stole their idea and later had to pay them a paltry 20 Million Dollars.) Next Zuckerberg spends 500 million dollars to take over the management of the voting centers in every state and the media sees no reason to investigate the election. Do 20 minutes of research if you don't believe me. And if you believe, after you do the research that Zuckerberg used the funds in a nonpartisan way, there is no help for you.
When the censorship started, I came up with the name, Cheerleaders for the Apocalypse.
Now the unvaccinated are treated as pariahs. Barred from gatherings, government offices, fired from their jobs, restricted from travel.
Look below about the rights of someone with HIV. Quite a difference.
This is from the ADA about your Rights if you have HIV.
Yes HIV and Covid are very different. In the case of HIV, you have a communicable
disease that kills. In the case of Covid-19, you have no disease, your are being
discriminated against because you refuse an unnecessary medical procedure.
I hope this comparison proves to you how out of control this situation is.
US Equal Opportunity Employment Department
If you have HIV infection or AIDS, you have workplace privacy rights, you are protected against discrimination and harassment at work because of your condition, and you may have a legal right to reasonable accommodations that can help you to do your job.
Can a prospective employer ask if I have HIV?
In most situations, you can keep your condition private. Generally, employers cannot ask you whether you are HIV-positive, or whether you have any other medical condition, before making a job offer.
If My Employer Knows that I Have HIV Infection, Could I Get Fired?
Employers are not allowed to discriminate against you simply because you have HIV infection. This includes firing you, rejecting you for a job or promotion, and forcing you to take leave.
What if I Am Being Harassed Because of My Condition?
Follow your employer's reporting procedures if there are any. If you report the harassment, your employer is legally required to take action to prevent it from occurring in the future.
What Should I Do if I Think that My Rights Have Been Violated?
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will help you to decide what to do next, and conduct an investigation if you decide to file a charge of discrimination. It is illegal for your employer to retaliate against you for contacting the EEOC or filing a charge. For more information, visit http://www.eeoc.gov, call 800-669-4000 (voice) or 800-669-6820 (TTY), or visit your local EEOC office (see http://www.eeoc.gov/field/index.cfm for contact information).
