I supported the lockdowns, wore masks, observed social distancing and urged others to do the same. In short, I bought into the COVID madness.
My support for COVID measures was not due to holding Fauci or the CDC in high regard. Both lost my confidence because of their mishandling of the Ebola crisis. Back then, the CDC assured us that the deadly virus would never reach our shores and no one should worry about individuals coming from countries ravaged by Ebola. Oops. Ebola turned up in Dallas, Texas. Fauci declared safety guidelines implemented at the hospital where the Ebola patient was being treated would ensure that no one else would contract the virus. Oops. Two nurses treating the patient were infected.
Fast forward to January 2020 when the first COVID cases were reported in the United States. I largely ignored Anthony Fauci’s pronouncement. Same was true as for as the CDC. I did pay close attention to Italy and other countries around the globe. Fauci and CDC had no credibility in my eyes but what about the rest of the world? They could not be all cut out of the same Fauci cloth. Right?
Wrong. It was not until I read “The Real Anthony Fauci” by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. that I became aware of the level of coordination among countries in the area of vaccines and pandemics. Only then, I learned about the various pandemic response simulations held under the World Economic Forum umbrella. They were all reading from the same Big Pharma/Gates script and any country that dared a different approach was immediately castigated.
At the end of March, President Trump dispatched two Navy hospital ships to help relieve hospitals in the epicenters of New York City and Los Angeles from the expected crush of COVID patients. After one month, the Comfort left New York Harbor never nearing its capacity of 1,000 beds. A couple of weeks later, the Mercy left Los Angeles after having treated a whopping 77 patients. While docked in Los Angeles, The Mercy staff
performed 36 successful general, orthopedic and plastic surgeries, as well as interventional radiology, exploratory laparotomy and skin grafting procedures.
The dire predictions of hospitals bursting at the seams with patients never materialized. Nevertheless, the CDC apologists refused to acknowledge that perhaps they overestimated the impact of COVID on hospitals. They attributed both ships being largely unused to conflicts among local authorities as to how to best use the two vessels. Okay. Fine. But what is the explanation for the dancing nurses?
After the Floyd protests, I came out of the COVID madness and had to recognize that those who opposed the restrictions were right. As time passed, the evidence piled up that masks were ineffective. There was little to no science supporting Fauci’s recommendations. I have gone from supporting lockdowns to opposing emergency powers – just too easy to abuse.
As a result of the COVID, I no longer have a rosy colored view of our healthcare system. It is a system focused on profits and not the well being of patients. I now take a more active role in my healthcare instead of passively accepting the doctor’s recommendation. I now ask questions and do my own research.
This new attitude extends to my dog’s healthcare. Recently, she tore her ACL (in dogs it is called CCL). The vet immediately recommended a surgery. Before COVID, I would have immediately scheduled the procedure. After COVID, I asked for alternatives to surgery. I opted for the laser treatment and within three months the dog was 90% back to normal. Saved my self thousands of dollars and, more importantly, saved the dog from invasive, painful surgery and the dreaded e-collar.
