Subj : Re: Breaking pandemic news --> We are 100% certain that MichaelE does * To : HeartDoc Andrew From : % Date : Sun Apr 13 2025 19:15:29 XPost: sci.med.cardiology, alt.atheism, sci.med XPost: alt.christnet.christianlife HeartDoc Andrew wrote: > 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 <>< > eat food --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: SpaceSST BBS Usenet Fidonet Gateway (255:255/999) .