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Message: <blockquote data-quote="C_Hallbert" data-source="post: 4318515" data-attributes="member: 42957">I left something important out of my posts on the COVID 19 Pandemic (Panic). The reaction to the threats posed by COVID 19 by our Government Agencies and in nearly every level of Federal, State and Local Governments appeared to be on a level that might be justified during war or if we were actually faced with a real existential threat. It had the overall effect of enabling all levels of government across our nation to organize, communicate measures intended to mediate a threat and to condition our population to respond to official commands. The government’s response went so far as to utilize trusted media sources and other publicly.recognized influencers to disseminate information to our public using methods traditionally designed for Intelligence and Counterintelligence Operations. The narratives were consistent and repeated often through all channels. Mass News Media Organizations were working in concert with Government Agencies.The most despicable behavior, in my opinion, was exhibited by our Health Care Community. State Heathcare Agencies, major Heathcare Organizations, Hospitals, Clinics and many Private Medical Practices all bent their knees without question. Dissenting professionals were censured or fired. Big Brother was….In the House! Organizations. Worst of all, medical organizations and practitioners began to protect themselves first and treated their patients as if they were a lower class of untouchables. We will never know how many lives were lost or permanently impacted by the negligence and self serving behavior displayed by so many in our trusted healthcare system due to delays in testing, diagnoses, and treatments. In my opinion, somewhere the Hippocratic Oath was replaced with the ‘Hypocritic’ Oath and it will never be the same again.Another issue. Traditionally, the Peer Review Process in science and medicine provided a valuable and effective method for attempting to validate the results published from scientific studies. However, during my life I’ve witnessed the integrity of this institution deteriorate due to pressure and influence from special interests tied to the sources of funding for the studies themselves. For me, the uncertainty in the reliability of the Peer Review Process started becoming evident in the Environmental Sciences and it spread to Medicine during the COVID 19 debacle……Hmmm…..After reading my posts on the subject at hand, It seems that I was so intent on flogging the guilty parties that I left out a very important fact: many good people died prematurely from COVID 19. It was especially dangerous to those with compromising medical conditions such as diabetes. old age, obesity and/or certain unforeseen inherited weaknesses in their immune systems, or inherent in their organisms, that made them vulnerable to potentially lethal properties of the COVID 19 Virus…., or from the Vaccines. However, for most people, the affects of this pathogen were very similar to those produced by strains of the Influenza Virus. We aging folks and those who suffer from serious medical condition, like trees in the forest, may be blown down in the next great storm. I don’t live my life trembling in fear of that next storm. It will be  nature at its usual work; and that’s just the way it is.  I live my life best I can and enjoy my time with those I love. Oh, and I play Call of Duty, Modern Warfare II on my xBox when I have the time. This is “RedWolf2279’, out…..</blockquote>

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