The COVID Aftermath and Lessons Learned

American Thinker ^ | 15 Jul, 2021 | David Robb

[MtnClimber]

How do we prevent the past year's catastrophic government overreach from happening again?

It is now over a year and a half since we first learned of a new disease that proceeded to spread worldwide and wreak havoc on our civilization. Actually, it wasn't the disease that caused such destruction, but rather the heavy-handed actions by governments across the globe to employ questionable measures they justified as necessary to protect their populations.

We can now employ hindsight to see what worked and what didn't and learn what we can. As serious as the disease itself was, in many ways, the responses were far more severe, with longer lasting consequences. If we do not learn our lessons now, we are likely to repeat mistakes in the future, with perhaps even greater costs.

We can be sure that there will be future diseases, future challenges, every bit as serious as the COVID pandemic will happen with as little warning as we had for COVID. How we respond then will depend on what we have learned now.

One of the biggest lessons learned is how little respect our governments have for civil liberties, including supposedly constitutionally protected rights. Freedom of religion, of association, of travel, and even of speech was curtailed in the name of protecting the population. Were these actions necessary?

The most extreme abridgements took the form of lockdowns, sometimes known as "stay at home" orders. Under these lockdowns, people were prohibited from leaving their residences except under specific limited conditions. They were presented as necessary measures to "flatten the curve" — that is, to reduce the spread of the disease and delay infections so as to keep health services from being overwhelmed.

[MtnClimber]

The left look at COVID as a blessing.

[Erik Latranyi]

You are all fooling yourselves.

The left is already touting the vaccines as evidence to support single-payer healthcare.

You see, nobody jumped the lines....everybody was offered the vaccine....no copay and no paperwork.

They are touting this as how medicine should be for everyone.

Of course, we know none of this to be true.

But the Politburo needs single-payer as another nail in our nation’s coffin and they will promote this via Pravda.

https://ritms.rutgers.edu/news/single-payer-health-care-is-having-its-moment-one-vaccine-at-a-time/

[Sicon]

Here’s the lesson: most people are frightened, gutless, stupid sheep, governed by their emotions and feelings. All it takes is a little fear (no matter how absurd or nonsensical the threat), to turn most of them into unhinged, paranoid, unthinking and unquestioning idiots.

The past 16 months are proof of this.

[Yo-Yo]

You can't have an after-action report until the action is over.

It ain't over 'til the fat lady gets vaxxed.

[Alberta's Child]

Here's the corollary to that lesson:

Lesson #2: Many so-called "conservatives" (including many right here on Free Republic) were as frightened, gutless and stupid as their Democrat Karen counterparts when it came to subjugating themselves to their government and turning into unhinged, paranoid, unthinking and unquestioning idiots.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Lesson #2: Many so-called "conservatives" (including many right here on Free Republic) were as frightened, gutless and stupid as their Democrat Karen counterparts when it came to subjugating themselves to their government and turning into unhinged, paranoid, unthinking and unquestioning idiots.

I think we have well placed Big Pharma/Deep State agent provocateurs on Freerepublic helping to herd the sheep to the (s) “LaughterHouse”. Like all the so-called “Patriots” who private messaged me during Obama’s Presidency asking me to join their armed uprising against him.

[RideForever]

.no copay and no paperwork.

No, but our taxes will increase instead of straight forward payment for services. Our grandkids will be paying the bill, plus beaucoup interest for their lifetimes to finance this fiasco.