Subj : Breaking pandemic news --> We are 100% certain that MichaelE does **not To : Michael Ejercito From : HeartDoc Andrew Date : Sun Apr 13 2025 21:44:24 XPost: sci.med.cardiology, alt.atheism, sci.med XPost: alt.christnet.christianlife Michael Ejercito wrote: > HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote: >> Michael Ejercito wrote: >> >>> https://www.reddit.com/r/LockdownSkepticism/comments/1jx241o/five_years_after_covid_it_is_important_to_ask/ >>> >>> Five years after Covid, it is important to ask difficult questions about >>> how we handled the crisis >>> Truth has been the biggest casualty of the past five years, powered by >>> the distortion or denial of facts and accompanied by the decline of >>> trust in institutions >>> The pandemic exposed the brittle and polarised character of our own >>> society, and of countries around the world, amplifying its worst >>> features when faced with an existential threat (Archive) >>> The pandemic exposed the brittle and polarised character of our own >>> society, and of countries around the world, amplifying its worst >>> features when faced with an existential threat (Archive) >>> >>> Vikram Patel >>> >>> Apr 10, 2025 11:47 IST >>> share-btn >>> Share >>> comment-btn >>> Comments >>> prrint-btn >>> Print >>> Last month marked the fifth anniversary of the day when New Delhi >>> announced the most stringent lockdown in the world, giving just four >>> hours to over a billion people to prepare to be trapped in their homes >>> for at least three weeks. I will never forget that evening. It was my >>> first encounter with police brutality as I was lathi-charged along with >>> dozens of fellow villagers as we scampered to buy groceries in the >>> middle of the night, a brutal reward for having been patriotic citizens >>> who obeyed our leaders’ exhortations to not hoard food. And I bore >>> witness, in the weeks that followed, to the tragedy of millions of the >>> urban poor, who were left without work or shelter and had to trudge on >>> foot for days to reach their homes in distant villages. How can we ever >>> forget those images or the harrowing devastation which swept the country >>> the following year? >>> >>> Five years later, what are the lessons we can draw from the local, >>> national and global response to the pandemic? The pandemic exposed the >>> brittle and polarised character of our own society, and of countries >>> around the world, amplifying its worst features when faced with an >>> existential threat. The results, in hindsight, were predictable. Those >>> who wielded historic power in society, from the wealthy to politicians, >>>from medical practitioners to scientists, from global institutions to >>> the media, all acted in ways which fell well short of what our >>> communities were entitled to expect. We were offered ideology instead of >>> science. We endured hubris instead of humility. At a time when enormous >>> uncertainties prevailed, inequities were accelerated as solidarity with >>> the weakest, already much eroded after half a century of neo-liberal >>> economic policies, faded altogether. >>> >>> In the end, perhaps the biggest casualty of all was truth itself. >>> >>> Although truth is often viewed as the objective interpretation of facts, >>> the tension between them is as old as humanity. Still, there is no >>> denying that this tension has been greatly catalysed by the confluence >>> of the smartphone and social media. While the expression of truth >>> requires thoughtful reflection, analysis and confirmation of facts, >>> social media posts need nothing more than an impulsive, >>> emotionally-charged reaction that could be issued in an instant and >>> spread without any filter. The pandemic offered fertile ground to >>> accelerate this growing rupture between truth and facts. >>> >>> Thanks to the billions of dollars spent on investigating the origins of >>> the pandemic, its impact on populations and the effectiveness of various >>> strategies to control it, there are not only countless facts but >>> equally, divergent versions of the truth to interpret these facts. This >>> leads to even more questions that remain unanswered. Consider just a few >>> of them. Could less restrictive measures like masking and staying at >>> home when you had the infection have been just as effective as a total >>> lockdown? Did we need to spray all items, even human beings, with >>> disinfectant? Did we need to shut schools for as long as we did, leading >>> to the largest loss of learning in children and decline in mental health >>> in young people ever recorded? Did vaccination stop the spread of the >>> infection and, if not, why was it compulsory? How much money did Big >>> Pharma and the medical profession make along the way, peddling medicines >>> that turned out to be useless? >>> >>> And perhaps the biggest questions of all: What was the origin of the >>> virus and how many people actually died? How is it that some of the most >>> celebrated scientists in the world jumped to conclude that the virus >>> emerged from the wild just months into the pandemic, while, five years >>> later, every investigation has concluded that we don’t know its origin? >>> If anything, it now appears that the consensus is shifting to an >>> accidental lab leak, which, if it was ever confirmed (a remote >>> possibility given the assiduous clean-up of the potential crime scene in >>> Wuhan), would surely prove to be the deadliest cover-up in history. >>> >>> How many people died in India? Given that the estimates of the >>> government and those of independent scientists vary up to eightfold, and >>> there is no reliable mortality data for the deadliest year of the >>> pandemic, will we ever know the truth? >>> >>> most read >>> 1Buddhist monks seeking control of Mahabodhi temple shows Buddhism’s >>> struggle against appropriation >>> 2The right way to study AI >>> 3Bengali Hindus know how to worship. They don’t need lessons >>> 4The Congress challenge: Talk to the BJP voter >>> 5Instagram is making us buy our belongingness >>> Truth is increasingly fluid, and the line between truth and lies is >>> becoming ever more amorphous, with ideology and emotions seeming to >>> carry more weight than facts. While it may not be surprising that policy >>> making is only occasionally guided by facts, science, which claims to >>> put facts at the heart of its mission, often betrays its ideological >>> moorings too. For example, I recall being warned, during the early days >>> of the pandemic, by colleagues in the academy to quieten my advocacy >>> against school closures and lockdowns to minimise the risk of appearing >>> to side with the anti-science brigade. The influence of ideology on how >>> a fact is interpreted or different facts presented to address the same >>> question, has now become the norm for a whole range of actors — the >>> government, civil society, pharma, healthcare providers, scientists and >>> the media. >>> >>> Truth, then, has been the biggest casualty of the past five years, >>> powered by the distortion or denial of facts and accompanied by the >>> decline of trust in the institutions that people rely on to tell the >>> truth. In its place, propaganda, rumour, myths and misinformation have >>> taken hold of the collective imagination. While the pandemic today seems >>> like a passé topic that most prefer not to think about, it is important >>> not to forget that people were dying by the hundreds of thousands just a >>> few years ago. Moreover, the pandemic’s enduring legacy, the inexorable >>> decline of truth and trust, continues to dominate our lives, grievously >>> wounding our humanity and, arguably, the very idea of democracy. >>> >>> (The writer is Paul Farmer Professor of Global Health at Harvard Medical >>> School) >> >> In the interim, we are 100% prepared/protected in the "full armor of >> GOD" (Ephesians 6:11) which we put on as soon as we use Apostle Paul's >> secret (Philippians 4:12). Though masking is less protective, it helps >> us avoid the appearance of doing the evil of spreading airborne >> pathogens while there are people getting sick because of not being >> 100% protected. It is written that we're to "abstain from **all** >> appearance of doing evil" (1 Thessalonians 5:22 w/**emphasis**). >> >> Meanwhile, the only *perfect* (Matt 5:47-8 ) way to eradicate the >> COVID-19 virus, thereby saving lives, in the UK & elsewhere is by >> rapidly (i.e. use the "Rapid COVID-19 Test" ) finding out at any given >> moment, including even while on-line, who among us are unwittingly >> contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic) in order to >> "convince it forward" (John 15:12) for them to call their doctor and >> self-quarantine per their doctor in hopes of stopping this pandemic. >> Thus, we're hoping for the best while preparing for the worse-case >> scenario of the Alpha lineage mutations and others like the Omicron, >> Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota, Lambda, Mu & Delta lineage mutations >> combining via slip-RNA-replication to form hybrids like "Deltamicron" >> that may render current COVID vaccines/monoclonals/medicines/pills no >> longer effective. >> >> Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( >> https://groups.google.com/g/sci.med.cardiology/c/6ZoE95d-VKc/m/14vVZoyOBgAJ >> ) and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too. >> >> So how are you ? > > I am wonderfully hungry! While wonderfully hungry in the Holy Spirit, Who causes (Deuteronomy 8:3) us to hunger, I note that you, Michael, are rapture ready (Luke 17:37 means no COVID just as eagles circling over their food have no COVID) and pray (2 Chronicles 7:14) that our Everlasting (Isaiah 9:6) Father in Heaven continues to give us "much more" (Luke 11:13) Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) so that we'd have much more of His Help to always say/write that we're "wonderfully hungry" in **all** ways including especially caring to "convince it forward" (John 15:12) with all glory (Psalm112:1) to GOD (aka HaShem, Elohim, Abba, DEO), in the name (John 16:23) of LORD Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen. Laus DEO ! USENET source: https://narkive.com/39CHStLZ.14 Positive control on USENET: https://groups.google.com/g/sci.med.cardiology/c/7ixdk7t6Bk8/m/xpbS2z7QAAAJ Suggested further reading: https://groups.google.com/g/sci.med.cardiology/c/5EWtT4CwCOg/m/QjNF57xRBAAJ Shorter link: http://bit.ly/StatCOVID-19Test Be hungrier, which really is wonderfully healthier especially for diabetics and other heart disease patients: http://bit.ly/HeartDocAndrew touts hunger (Luke 6:21a) with all glory ( http://bit.ly/Psalm112_1 ) to GOD, Who causes us to hunger (Deuteronomy 8:3) when He blesses us right now (Luke 6:21a) thereby removing the http://WDJW.great-site.net/VAT from around the heart ....because we mindfully choose to openly care with our heart, HeartDoc Andrew <>< -- Andrew B. 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