The video above features a compilation
of some of the most absurd COVID narratives we were indoctrinated with
over the past three years. For example, “No one is safe until everyone
is safe” was one of several lies we heard repeated across media
platforms.
First of all, there were and are vast differences in risk depending
on your age and general medical history, and this was evident within
weeks of the outbreak. Secondly, the data showed that 99.5% of the
population would survive COVID.
So, the reality was the complete opposite of this fabricated PR
campaign slogan. Had we been told the truth, we would have been told
that “Most of us are safe,” rather than “None of us are safe.”
One False PR Slogan After Another
Next, the “no one is safe” slogan morphed to “No one is safe unless
everyone is vaccinated.” With that, it became open season to harass,
intimidate, threaten and discriminate against the unvaccinated. Every
COVID case and death was blamed on them, no matter how irrational. And
while the talking heads paid lip service to the desire to “save lives,”
they had no qualms about wishing death on the unvaccinated.
As questions about the safety of the experimental gene transfer shots
mounted, another campaign slogan was concocted: “Don’t do your own
research.” At the same time, “Trust the science” was trending. What that
meant was that you were supposed to trust that what you were told WAS
“the science.” Actually looking at published science, that made you a
dangerous moron.
One of the most egregious lies
spread by mainstream media hosts and health authorities like Dr. Anthony
Fauci alike was that the COVID “vaccine” would stop the spread of
infection in its tracks, thereby ending the pandemic.
It was a provable lie, because anyone who had gone against the grain
and done their own research knew that none of the COVID shots had ever
been tested to see if they could prevent the spread of infection. The
only “promise” they ever held was that they might reduce the symptoms of
infection. Have any of these people apologized for spreading lies? I
can’t think of one.
Even Fauci and Walensky, then-director of the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, stated that you could not get COVID if
you got the shot. Both later got sick with COVID several times, as did
countless others who fell for and vigorously promoted this false
propaganda.
Still, the brainwashing continued. As hospitals filled up with
“vaccinated” individuals who were supposed to be immune, the PR slogan
“Pandemic of the unvaccinated” was endlessly circulated — until the
reality of the situation finally became too obvious to ignore.
Then, suddenly, hospitals and health authorities simply quit keeping
track of COVID hospitalizations. Problem solved. This way, they didn’t
have to admit that what we had was a pandemic of the vaccinated.
Ridiculous and Arbitrary COVID Restrictions
In a March 15, 2021, article,1
attorney at law Glenn Roper also reviewed a long list of arbitrary
COVID measures that “bore little connection to health and safety” and
were nothing more than “an exercise of raw government power to control
its citizens.” Six of the worst offenders in this regard were:
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who:
- Forced certain stores that were allowed to remain open to block
access to specific areas. Hardware stores, for example, were not allowed
to sell carpet, flooring, furniture, garden supplies or paint.
- Prohibited businesses from promoting or advertising any product
other than “groceries, medical supplies or items that are necessary to
maintain the safety, sanitation and basic operation of residences.”
- Banned motorboats, jet skis and other watercraft, while allowing the use of kayaks, canoes and sailboats.
- Prohibited residents from traveling to a second home or a vacation rental.
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Vermont Gov. Phil Scott, who prohibited people from gathering with anyone from another household, even outdoors.
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Villages in New York that banned the use of leaf-blowers, as blowing dust into the air would create “a hazmat situation.”
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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, who imposed a “no
exceptions” mask rule. Everyone above age 5 had to wear a mask indoors
and out, including when alone. While Roper doesn’t mention this,
Massachusetts also required golf courses to place pieces of pool noodles
in the bottom of the golf cups, to prevent you from touching the sides
of the cup.
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who banned all nonessential travel, including walking.
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The mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, banned drive-in
church services for Easter. A federal judge reversed the ban, stating
the order was something “this court never expected to see outside the
pages of a dystopian novel, or perhaps the pages of ‘The Onion.’” |
Similarly absurd rules can be found across the world. In South
Africa, for example, government officials ruled that shops could only
sell closed toe shoes (no sandals), and short-sleeved shirts could only
be worn if you had a jacket or long-sleeved jersey on top.2
In Victoria, Australia, people were prohibited from venturing more than 5 kilometers from their home,3 and in Great Britain, you had to order a substantial meal if you wanted a pint of ale.4
In Scotland, the crowd size for public events was limited, but not for
private ones, and in Peru and Panama, men and women were only permitted
to go outside on alternate days.5
Absurd Enforcement of Arbitrary Rules
“But it wasn’t just the measures themselves that were troublesome.
The enforcement of these new laws was also overzealous and absurd,”
Roper wrote.
For example, in Encinitas, California, police cited 22 people for
“watching the sunset” and “having picnics near the beach.” “Violations
carry fines of up to $1,000 and up to six months in jail,” Roper noted.
California police officers also chased down and arrested lone
paddleboarders and surfers, and in Brighton, Colorado, a man was
arrested for playing with his 6-year-old daughter on a near-empty
softball field.
The same insanity was taking place in other countries. A family in
England was told by a policeman to go back indoors because “people died
yesterday.” They were in their own front yard.6 All of this is extremely problematic, as it points to a breakdown of the very structure of our government. As noted by Roper:7
“In each case, COVID restrictions were imposed by
executive branch officials — governors, mayors, sheriffs, and law
enforcement — relying on broad grants of power delegated by
legislatures.
The legislators did not write or vote on the
restrictions themselves. Instead, it was left to the officials who are
responsible for enforcing the restrictions to decide what is banned and
what is allowed.
That approach is contrary to the separation of powers
that underlies the American system of government. Under our system,
power is supposed to be divided among different branches that check and
balance each other, for the protection of our rights and freedom.
Laws are supposed to be enacted by the legislative
branch. The executive branch is supposed to enforce the laws, not make
them. It is that constitutional structure that helps protect our liberty
and freedoms.”
Insanity on Display
Roper’s list of absurd and arbitrary COVID measures could have been
far longer. Remember these images? This was how a high school band in
Wenatchee, Washington, was forced to practice in early 2021.8
According to officials, singing or blowing into an instrument could
spread the COVID virus, so high schoolers practiced holed up in one-man
tents. It was mindbogglingly stupid when it first happened, and it’s not
getting any less absurd with the passing of time.
Other schools took the absurdity to even higher levels, having the
kids practice wearing masks with holes cut out for their mouths.9
Supreme Court Justice Critiques Government
In mid-May 2023, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch leveled harsh
criticisms against government’s response to the COVID pandemic, from
local to federal. In his eight-page ruling in the case of Arizona v.
Alejandro Mayorkas, he stated:10,11
“Since March 2020, we may have experienced the
greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this
country. Executive officials across the country issued emergency decrees
on a breathtaking scale. Governors and local leaders imposed lockdown
orders forcing people to remain in their homes. They shuttered
businesses and schools, public and private.
They closed churches even as they allowed casinos and
other favored businesses to carry on. They threatened violators not
just with civil penalties but with criminal sanctions too. They
surveilled church parking lots, recorded license plates, and issued
notices warning that attendance at even outdoor services satisfying all
state social-distancing and hygiene requirements could amount to
criminal conduct.
They divided cities and neighborhoods into
color-coded zones, forced individuals to fight for their freedoms in
court on emergency timetables, and then changed their color-coded
schemes when defeat in court seemed imminent.
Federal executive officials entered the act too ...
They deployed a public-health agency to regulate landlord-tenant
relations nationwide. They used a workplace-safety agency to issue a
vaccination mandate for most working Americans. They threatened to fire
noncompliant employees and warned that service members who refused to
vaccinate might face dishonorable discharge and confinement.
Along the way, it seems federal officials may have
pressured social-media companies to suppress information about pandemic
policies with which they disagreed.
While executive officials issued new emergency
decrees at a furious pace, state legislatures and Congress — the bodies
normally responsible for adopting our laws — too often fell silent.
Courts bound to protect our liberties addressed a few — but hardly all —
of the intrusions upon them ...
Doubtless, many lessons can be learned from this
chapter in our history, and hopefully serious efforts will be made to
study it. One lesson might be this: Fear and the desire for safety are
powerful forces.
They can lead to a clamor for action — almost any
action — as long as someone does something to address a perceived
threat. A leader or an expert who claims he can fix everything, if only
we do exactly as he says, can prove an irresistible force.
We do not need to confront a bayonet, we need only a
nudge, before we willingly abandon the nicety of requiring laws to be
adopted by our legislative representatives and accept rule by decree.
Along the way, we will accede to the loss of many cherished civil
liberties — the right to worship freely, to debate public policy without
censorship, to gather with friends and family, or simply to leave our
homes ...
Of course, this is no new story. Even the ancients warned that democracies can degenerate toward autocracy in the face of fear.
But maybe we have learned another lesson too. The
concentration of power in the hands of so few may be efficient and
sometimes popular. But it does not tend toward sound government. However
wise one person or his advisors may be, that is no substitute for the
wisdom of the whole of the American people that can be tapped in the
legislative process.
Decisions produced by those who indulge no criticism
are rarely as good as those produced after robust and uncensored debate.
Decisions announced on the fly are rarely as wise as those that come
after careful deliberation.
Decisions made by a few often yield unintended
consequences that may be avoided when more are consulted. Autocracies
have always suffered these defects. Maybe, hopefully, we have relearned
these lessons too.”
Gorsuch also calls for a review of the National Emergencies Act, and
for state legislatures to reexamine the scope of emergency executive
powers at the state level, because “Rule by indefinite emergency edict
risks leaving all of us with a shell of a democracy and civil liberties
just as hollow.”