On March 13, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a nationwide emergency. It kicked off a wave of worldwide authoritarianism that hadn’t been seen for centuries, if ever.
Americans were subjected to unprecedented censorship, lockdowns, and mandates. Parents died alone. Funerals were unattended. Our children were forcibly masked.
Our neighbors were outed as the cruel, heartless authoritarians they always were but managed to keep hidden somehow. How else could the next three years worth of lockdowns and mask madness have happened?
Many of you will remember my daily posts about the covid stuff over at Jo’s old site. Back then I tried to cut through the fog and provide solid information about the pandemic and the response to it without resorting to sensationalism or click-bait.
Even back then I repeatedly stated the given theory – the Wuhan wet market – was unlikely and the virus probably came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Now, nearly everyone agrees it was a lab leak and not a natural event. The German BND, Bundesnachrichtendienst or foreign intelligence service, just released a statement saying they knew it was a lab leak back in 2020, but then chancellor Angela Merkel prevented them from releasing their findings.
So, five years on what have we learned? Other than our fellow Americans can be petty little tyrants at the drop of a hat? Not a lot unfortunately it seems.
No-one responsible for the US reaction to a virus that was less dangerous to those under 50 than the seasonal flu has been held to account. Nobody involved with the gain of function research into corona viruses has been held to account.
All I can say is that this individual will not allow anything similar to happen again. My advice to those trying to turn bird flu into a ‘thing’ is to stop. The US is not going to allow you to treat us that way ever again.