Victor Davis Hanson
3. The Pangolin/Bat Myth
Almost immediately after the arrival of the coronavirus, the public, some brave scientists, and intelligence officers were convinced that the engineered virus escaped the Wuhan lab because:
1) The Chinese suppressed most information about the lab’s work on the virus.
2) There were virulent attacks on those who doubted a natural origin by both Beijing and the U.S. government and corporate world that all lodged the false charge of “racism.”
3) The close proximity between the first cases of COVID-19 in Wuhan and the Wuhan virology lab.
4) The absence of a single natural case of COVID-19 in any animal species prior to the pandemic.
5) The known gain-of-function virology research ongoing in the lab.
6) The singularly unusual and exception genetic sequence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
7) The paranoia of CDC and NIAID officials (who had funded grants to the Wuhan lab via EcoHealth) about charges that gain-of-function research, with U.S. help, at Wuhan may have birthed the viral epidemic.
8) The control over the lab by People’s Liberation Army.
None of the Left in congress, the Biden administration or the media have apologized. Most have doubled down to insist that the lab connection remains a “conspiracy theory” and “racist.”
China has concluded that the U.S. is afraid to pursue the truth and therefore Beijing will either accelerate its gain of function research on the theory that Americans will never complain even after suffering well over one million dead or draw larger conclusions that the U.S. has lost all deterrence vis-à-vis Taiwan, an island now ripe for absorption.
4. The Basket of Vaccination Related Lies
Almost everything we were told by the government and Big Pharma about the coronavirus and the mRNA vaccinations was untrue. The real facts were the following—and suppressed by the media and administrative state:
1) Natural immunity was always as effective or more effective than the protection offered by any of the vaccinations.
2) The vaccinations never ensured one would not permanently be infected or would not be infectious.
3) The mass quarantines and shut-downs did not stop the epidemic but probably killed more Americans through missed medical procedures, suicides, economic ruination, and spousal, child, and substance abuse than COVID-19 itself.
4) The serious dangers that the mRNA vaxes posed to young men were greater than dangers of COVID-19 infections.
5) There was never any medical proof that continued mask wearing would repress the spread of the virus.
6) Shutting down the schools did far more damage to the nation’s K-12 youth than did the virus.
7) No one fully disclosed how little testing there was of the long-term safety of the vaccinations or the serial booster program.
The ripple effect of death and destruction throughout the U.S., whether defined as lost school years, the rioting of summer 2020, the post-George Floyd toxic wokism, or the usurpation of our freedoms, are likely irreversible. We will suffer from these pathologies for years to come.
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Log In to CommentWell said, and completely true.
Very interesting. Thank you for that. It represents the stunning fall from grace of our medical system practice, not to mention its disconnection with its previous reported adherence to science. We purchased a 3-month supply of ivermectin from a mid-nation pharmacy. The ~75 pills of insurance were expensive at ~$450 but far better than the gov jab.
One can dream.
In a 3-page instruction sheet (dated 01//04/2022 and still distributed as of 03/13/2023) from the Hattiesburg Clinic: "NOT RECOMMENDED - Ivermectin" --- "While it has shown promise in cell cultures, it would require doses up to 100-fold higher than those approved for use in humans. There have been three small trials outside the United States that seemed to show benefit but were so small that the results are questionable. As of now, the FDA and WHO do not recommend Ivermectin as a Covid-19 treatment." "NOT RECOMMENDED - Hydroxychloroquine"---"This drug was given an emergency use authorization by the FDA to treat COVID-19 in March; it based it on limited research done in a laboratory and anecdotal clinical data. In July 2020, the FDA revoked hydroxychloroquine's emergency use authorization as more data showed that it was not effective at treating COVID-19. Additionally, there was noted serious adverse cardiac events. The National Institutes for Health (NIH) and the COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel recommend against the use of Hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19. The FDA and the WHO do not recommend hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19." Healthworks Immunization Clinic-Hattiesburg Clinic was the sole clinical trial site in Mississippi for the Moderna vaccine.
There is one more big lie that relates to item 4. The vaccine received an Experimental Use Authorizaton on the basis that there were no effective therapies for the virus. It was known at the time that hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin were likely to be effective when given early in the infection. The CDC even published a study suggesting that HQC should be considered in the event of a SARS-based infection in 2005. But acknowledging these facts would have undermined the EUA, and so the CDC and its lackies pushed the "horse-dewormer" lie for Ivermectin and actually instituted a "study" in which HQC was given in very large dosed to patients on the verge of death which "proved" that HQC was not effective. Such practices are reminiscent of Josef Mengele and should have no place in American medical practices.
Despicable!
LeRoy, i think the answer to your last question involves finding a suitable detention facility that will allow milley and fauci to be roomates.
All driven by the resistance to, and irrational hatred of, Mr Trump. They literally ruined our country, conceded our geopolitical place in the world, and took the integrity out of elections. Indeed, The usurpation of our freedoms and civil liberties is likely irreversible.
Your essay on the Big Lies is excellent. The toll of this destruction is immeasurable. Many of these lies are calculated, while some are bad decisions that are part of a "big experiment." The tragedy is that people who try to question these lies are maligned and personally destroyed. Outcomes, some still to be determined, will devastate our country for many generations . I fear the type of world in which our children will grow up.
"1) The Chinese suppressed most information about the lab’s work on the virus.... 8) The control over the lab by People’s Liberation Army." It is puzzling how the US could fund such (bioweapon) research work in this lab that is managed by the PLA and, apparently, still does funding. Why no word on the 41 Ukraine labs funded by the US and doing similar research that is illegal in the US? Why is not Milley in the brig?
I'm a widower thanks to Dr Fauci
I will never forget being unable to visit my best friend in a hospital and then a nursing home after a poor surgical outcome due to delays that ultimately killed him.I got to see him when he was sent home in hospice care and we talked for long time.He died three days after going home from year in different care facilities.What a horrible way to be treated.NO VISITORS!!!Only daily phone calls.The govt.is a total disgrace as they wantonly destroy our nation.I even read today that 3/10 is National appreciation day for abortion providers????