Posted on 12/14/2020 6:03:33 AM PST by Wuli
Men . . . go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.” So wrote Scottish journalist Charles Mackay in his 1841 book Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, which for good reason to this day remains in print.
The Covid-19 hysteria, scientifically called mass psychogenic illness, that began in March has yet to peak. And if some have it their way it will continue indefinitely, merely going, in medical terminology, from epidemic to endemic. That is, it will never fully go away no matter what. We apparently finally have some medicines that work with countless more being tested, doctors have gotten better at applying treatments, vaccines are being administered in what is by far record time, and yet the media and public health community onslaught shows absolutely no sign of abating.
We have heard White House Covid-19 task force member Dr. Deborah Birx claim “This is not just the worst public health event. This is the worst event that this country will face, not just from a public health side.” Oy! This even as we’re now hearing the mainstream media, led by cult figure Dr. Anthony Fauci, say that the vaccinations now being rolled out don’t mean the masks can come off. Start with the second first.
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In my own life experience, I recognized that when life has thrown you a serious critical curve ball and seemingly permanently altered your life conditions you cannot get up every morning wringing your hands in "woe is me" fashion.
THAT is a recipe for suicide.
When a whole society is being told to do just that, until "the society" somhow saves you, it is a mass social hysteria - or at least that is what those producing it want.
Personally, I was one of those horrible people who traveled, in early November (2,00+ miles & by plane) to be with some of my family for Thanksgiving. We all (most of us) came together at one house on Thanksgiving day (most from different parts of southern California). All of them with busy working & playing daily lives, and the host is part of a church congregation that has had full indoor church services - two services - every Sunday since May, without a single Wuhan Virus incident among them. (Their local county sheriff and local police do not wort for the California governor).
Then as Governor Newsome was trying to shut down his state again, in early December I again violated the desired public sentiment and traveled again by plane, with an in between stop, to return home a week ago.
I do not consider myself blind or brave; just what should be normal.
(By the way, I stayed with a brother who has never stopped golfing twice a week this year with two sets of golfing buddies - all +70, and all with one or more "comorbidity" - and he and all his buddies are fine. That brother has a little different philosophy than I about the "pandemic". He lost his wife a year ago, and then had heart surgery in March. The way he figures it he is going to LIVE - not vegetate - with whatever time the good lord has left for him.)
He and I both live like we will still come out of it all. one way or another, among the majority - the survivers.
Never.
It’s here to stay.
Permanently.
Forever.
Until Jesus puts a stop to it..................
Any questions?...................
Answer: Only after the Democraps get hurt by the insanity ... and not a minute sooner.
Life goes on. Live, adapt as necessary and look to the future.
After the Great Reset and the population culled
We don’t until evil is completely in charges. This scam was perpetrated to condition them to blindly follow orders and not to think and reason for themselves,
As soon as Biden is inaugurated; the virus will mysteriously disappear.
When we can travel faster than light and a Vulcan visits us?
Agreed.
There is no “we”.
Those who want to panic will panic.
Those who do not want to panic will not.
As soon as Biden’s 100 day mask bs is over...on day 100 in fact, covid is over. What a genius savior!
We need to do this ourselves because they're never going to tell us it's OK to take our masks off.
I was standing in line outside Pizza Hut Saturday night, socially distanced but unmasked. There were two other people in line as well and I noticed after a couple of minutes they both took their masks off and the three of us engaged in conversation, unmasked and without a care in the world.
This is what it is going to take. The more people who remove their masks, the more of a comfort level for the rest to do so as well.
Now, if you want to wear a mask on your own. That's fine. It should be entirely up to you. I hate wearing them.
Can you imagine the eye-rolling to be done by people who suffered through the bubonic plagues, or the spanish flu, or the world wars, or the great depression?
Most good people would still have sympathy, but these are only trying times because expect so much that they have been given, and that they have been blessed with, and yes, much of what they have worked hard for, to remain theirs. This includes their health. People are so sheltered. Not in the hunker-down quarantine meaning of sheltered. I mean coddled and protected from the harsh aspect of reality.
People have a warped and unrealistic sense of ‘fairness’. I know because I see myself doing it (and feeling it) all the time. Some call it entitlement, but I think that’s only part of the picture. Anymore, people think that they are targeted victim when things don’t go their way. They don’t know who the offender is, at least by name or face, but they have got to blame someone. When people no longer get to lean of family and community and then the great and just government falls short of picking them up out of their problems yet again, they get angry, because they believe someone else is a beneficiary of their demise. Very likely there are, but where you point the finger is probably influenced very strongly by who the pundits told you to hate, and no matter which pundits you listed too, your finger is probably not pointing in the right direction.
I agree, they control and kill us with covid. I have a sinus infection and COPD. Called my doctor and they started acting like I have covid. They didn’t want to see me. I guess I am supposed to sit and go untreated. I haven’t seen any of my doctors since last January. All were canceled or they turned into phone calls. I did manage to get an appointment to see a nurse after hours, but I have to sit in my car until they open the inner sanctum.
Why have doctors anymore? Just let people get the medications they need without scaring doctors who took an oath to heal but it doesn’t count because ya know, covid.
Covid hoax is the green new deal.
Until the Democrats have repaid all their Hillary donors and Gates gets his mandatory government paid vaccine.
Bingo!
I was never on board with all the mass hysteria to begin with and I apologize for that.
Common sense is something I have to work on.
This is how Washington will “save Social Security and Medicare”..................
The writing is in the wall. Jan 20th B&H get seated and the Pfizer vaccine is released to 100 million almost over night everything will revert to normal this has been the plan all along. The FDA has held vacines for at least a month since the phase 3 results were finalized for political reasons. Jan 21st to much fanfare the new potus proclaims covid is beaten and mass vaccinations are under way bank on it. I’ll put up $100 via Venmo to anyone who thinks B&H won’t be taking credit the day it comes out in mass. The Electoral college is installing them today also bank on that. The deep state got to the SC and they sold the Republic down the river they had the last word unless keyboard warrors leave the warm dens and start actually shooting people the deep state won. But hey the keyboard warriors have jobs and mortages and braces to pay for cant put all that at risk now can they. Before anyone snips back I put my own life on hold for 11 years post 911 , lost a wife, home, job, boat, cars and ended up in shitty parts of the world in boots pulling a trigger for this country I’ll do it again name the place and time show up with arms, ammo and be ready to follow a former officers orders into battle. We need squad leaders, platoon sgts and company commanders but also a whole lot of men not afraid to walk away from everything kill some people and die if need be in the process.
Only you can decide when it’s safe. The government will keep it forever. After 2 weeks turned into almost a whole year, I am not going to believe 100 days as stated by Biden will be that long.
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