![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Entry tags:
Open (More or Less) Post on Covid 36
The pandemic has been scrubbed from the front pages at this point and replaced by a different hysteria du jour, but the semi-open posts I've hosted here on the Covid-19 narrative, the inadequately tested experimental drugs for it, and the whole cascading mess surrounding them have continued to field a steady stream of comments, so I'm opening yet another space for discussion. The rules are the same as before: 1. If you plan on parroting the party line of the medical industry and its paid shills, please go away. This is a place for people to talk openly, honestly, and freely about their concerns that the party line in question is dangerously flawed and that actions being pushed by the medical industry et al. are causing injury and death. It is not a place for you to dismiss those concerns. Anyone who wants to hear the official story and the arguments in favor of it can find those on hundreds of thousands of websites.
2. If you plan on insisting that the current situation is the result of a deliberate plot by some villainous group of people or other, please go away. There are tens of thousands of websites currently rehashing various conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 outbreak and the vaccines. This is not one of them. What we're exploring is the likelihood that what's going on is the product of the same arrogance, incompetence, and corruption that the medical industry and its tame politicians have displayed so abundantly in recent decades. That possibility deserves a space of its own for discussion, and that's what we're doing here.
3. If you plan on using rent-a-troll derailing or disruption tactics, please go away. I'm quite familiar with the standard tactics used by troll farms to disrupt online forums, and am ready, willing, and able -- and in fact quite eager -- to ban people permanently for engaging in them here. Oh, and I also lurk on other Covid-19 vaccine skeptic blogs, so I'm likely to notice when the same posts are showing up on more than one venue.
4. If you don't believe in treating people with common courtesy, please go away. I have, and enforce, a strict courtesy policy on my blogs and online forums, and this is no exception. The sort of schoolyard bullying that takes place on so many other internet forums will get you deleted and banned here. No, I don't care if you disagree with that: my journal, my rules.
With that said, as the vaccinated keep catching Covid (and many of them never quite seem to get over it) while the rest of us are fine, the floor is open for discussion.
Re: Effectively Vaccinated Rate
(Anonymous) 2022-04-16 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)I sent an email to my rep (also NDP) with a concrete question about how the BC gov decided to do what it did. Hearthspirit, would you say this is a fair message? I sent it over a month ago:
Please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the purpose of a democratic government is to weigh all competing factors and interests against one another to develop balanced policy and laws. I understand that our government is trying its best to protect the people here in BC, but I wonder at what cost, and if the cost is justified. You are certainly obligated to take into account the guidance of the Public Health Office, but I think this should be weighed against the costs imposed by said guidance. As a hypothetical question, would the government, confronted with an ailing economy, seek only the opinion of economists and capitalist think tanks and pursue those measures even if it meant the further destruction of the environment and social cohesion? We must hear all sides of the debate and come to a measured response to ensure that the costs don't outweigh the benefits.
A concrete question for you: in the past two years, has the legislature formed a committee to take official and public account of what the Public Health Office recommends along with input from economic, social and psychological experts and so on to properly assess the risks and benefits of measures pursued by the government? To my understanding, this is a critical part of how our democracy is supposed to function, especially in cases where individual rights and freedoms are infringed upon. The infringement must be demonstrably justified, and we see today that the New Zealand supreme court has decided the vaccine mandates enforced by the government do not meet that requirement. We cannot throw aside our inalienable rights because of one sided policy with no input from or debate with dissenting voices. An unelected official, such as Dr. Bonny Henry, should not have as much power as she has to dictate public policy.
It is my educated belief that a decade or two from now we will look back at the response of all western democracies to the pandemic with shame and disgrace. Every day more and more information and data are coming out showing just what a boondoggle the vaccination program, lockdowns and masking have been. And this information is not sourced from social media platforms. Rather, numerous scientific, peer reviewed studies are supporting these conclusions. I am hoping that you, my elected official, might start asking some questions in the legislature and be the voice in the wilderness to lead us back to true democracy.
I appreciate the time you've taken to respond to my letters, and I look forward to your response.
Re: Effectively Vaccinated Rate
Now that one is also unlikely to get a response, because it would not be a quick one.
I would:
1) see if you can get that published in the paper -actually as many add you can think if that cover your electoral area- as an open letter
2)cc copies to all the other elected reps in your area.
3) cc any citizen groups in your area - community associatons, taxpayer associations, any groups that do watchdog activities around election time.
4) cc your health authority.
Someone may not respond directly. But someone might sweat.
Re: Effectively Vaccinated Rate
(Anonymous) 2022-04-17 02:12 am (UTC)(link)Re: Effectively Vaccinated Rate