Good article Roger. I wanted to add (or clarify) that both COVID and the mRNA "vaccines" also seem to have a possible side effect of causing severe immune response to otherwise normal pathogens as well as allergens. I am aware of multiple people who all had both the mRNA shot (multiple, but I do not think three) and caught COVID who then went on to experience extreme autoimmune events which in one case led to a partial colectomy ( along with two very expensive 5-night stays in the hospital and losing his job as a result) and another who had a blood related autoimmune response similar to lupus. The second person later died as a result of complications. I will do some further research and post any peer reviewed findings or analysis that I come across.
A very useful posting, which must have involved connsiderable time and effort.
To add some historical perspective for readers, the opposition to vaccinations or public health measures of most kinds has been a signature policy of ultra right wing groups in the States for a long time. They opposed giving polio shots to school children, for example. And they fought for years against the "communist plot" of adding flouride to drinking water.
And in many of their campaigns they have been backed by the powerful and wealthy medical lobby, including the AMA and the Physicians and Surgeons.
The great fear of these class conscious capitalists is that medical care should become- as it was for a time in the British NHS and Ontario's OHIP- free to the consumer and freed of corporate profit making.
This obsession with fighting Free Healthcare always outlasts the apparent defeat of interests which dream of the opportunity of cashing in on the fear of premature death: wherever Healthcare has been removed from the marketplace and turned into a human service, the capitalists have fought to recapture it for their interests. And today, in the UK and Canada- both countries where the government Healthcare system was insanely popular and seen as a 'third rail' in electoral politics- the re-privatisation of hospitals and clinics, and the commercialisation of life saving procedures and drugs is almost complete.
When Covid arrived itt seemed axiomatic to me, an optimist, that it would mean theat the Health Insurance programmes that most Presidents from Roosevelt and Truman on have pushed for would overcome the selfishness of the Medical lobby and the capitalist class. I was wrong.
Instead Covid has simply bred more and more extravagant conspiracy theories which have proved to be an intellectual pandemic besides which the virus itself pales in comparison. Long Covid cum Eternal Covid.
You either have government funded healthcare, focused on keeping people as healthy as possible (aligned with public health policies), or private profit based sickcare focused on making money out of people being sick. In the latter case helping people to be healthier is bad for profits. It is very sad that in Ontario and the UK a reversion back to sickcare is being implemented against the expressed will of the vast majority of the people.
The MRNA "vaccine" (it is really an immediate symptom reducing gene therapy that also reduces the chances of becoming infected somewhat) was a gift to the ultra right wing, as well of course being a huge financial gift to certain insiders. Any thoughts of public health have now been truly shredded.
A theory which closely resembles the policies adopted-under public demand and at a time of unprecedented austerity- in Britain after 1945.
The basis of the National Health Service was a pre-natal regime, extended to all pregnant women, which stresssed proper diet and regular check ups by dedicated nurses 'District Nurses" among them. This was followed by a free distribution vitamin rich foods, such as cod liver oil, cold liver oil and malt, dried milk, fresh milk and, at schools, a daily bottle of fresh milk and free school dinners.
All at no cost. There were also special allowances paid to mothers in respect of each child they had. Prescriptions were free. The Health Service extended to Dental care and the free provision of eyeglasses, as well as regular eye tests .
The logic behind the scheme was simple: firstly it was aninvestment in public health which was expected to pay dividends in relieving the burden on physicians and others dealing with ill health. Secondly it was intended to raise the physical standard of the population as a whole, with all that that implies including higher productivity, higher averahe intelligence and a fitter soldiery.
From the moment of its introduction this system was under attack and within a year or two was being rolled back by a combination of right wing anti-socialist Labour ministers, Tories, Liberals and the medical lobby's sordid side. The war in Korea was used as an excuse to impose a charge on prescriptions. Seventy five years later the NHS is, like its contemporaries and first beneficiaries, old , enfeebled and thinking of its demise.
Its enemies- the cannibal class-cannot wait to devour its corpse
The scientific evidence for COVID as a distinct disease that has widespread effects upon the human body is extensive. I would advise you to simply peruse Naked Capitalism on a regular basis or watch Dr. John Campbells numerous videos covering the science. Your statement "I've looked and I can't find anyway" is disingenuous given the now widespread scientific evidence.
Good article Roger. I wanted to add (or clarify) that both COVID and the mRNA "vaccines" also seem to have a possible side effect of causing severe immune response to otherwise normal pathogens as well as allergens. I am aware of multiple people who all had both the mRNA shot (multiple, but I do not think three) and caught COVID who then went on to experience extreme autoimmune events which in one case led to a partial colectomy ( along with two very expensive 5-night stays in the hospital and losing his job as a result) and another who had a blood related autoimmune response similar to lupus. The second person later died as a result of complications. I will do some further research and post any peer reviewed findings or analysis that I come across.
A very useful posting, which must have involved connsiderable time and effort.
To add some historical perspective for readers, the opposition to vaccinations or public health measures of most kinds has been a signature policy of ultra right wing groups in the States for a long time. They opposed giving polio shots to school children, for example. And they fought for years against the "communist plot" of adding flouride to drinking water.
And in many of their campaigns they have been backed by the powerful and wealthy medical lobby, including the AMA and the Physicians and Surgeons.
The great fear of these class conscious capitalists is that medical care should become- as it was for a time in the British NHS and Ontario's OHIP- free to the consumer and freed of corporate profit making.
This obsession with fighting Free Healthcare always outlasts the apparent defeat of interests which dream of the opportunity of cashing in on the fear of premature death: wherever Healthcare has been removed from the marketplace and turned into a human service, the capitalists have fought to recapture it for their interests. And today, in the UK and Canada- both countries where the government Healthcare system was insanely popular and seen as a 'third rail' in electoral politics- the re-privatisation of hospitals and clinics, and the commercialisation of life saving procedures and drugs is almost complete.
When Covid arrived itt seemed axiomatic to me, an optimist, that it would mean theat the Health Insurance programmes that most Presidents from Roosevelt and Truman on have pushed for would overcome the selfishness of the Medical lobby and the capitalist class. I was wrong.
Instead Covid has simply bred more and more extravagant conspiracy theories which have proved to be an intellectual pandemic besides which the virus itself pales in comparison. Long Covid cum Eternal Covid.
You either have government funded healthcare, focused on keeping people as healthy as possible (aligned with public health policies), or private profit based sickcare focused on making money out of people being sick. In the latter case helping people to be healthier is bad for profits. It is very sad that in Ontario and the UK a reversion back to sickcare is being implemented against the expressed will of the vast majority of the people.
The MRNA "vaccine" (it is really an immediate symptom reducing gene therapy that also reduces the chances of becoming infected somewhat) was a gift to the ultra right wing, as well of course being a huge financial gift to certain insiders. Any thoughts of public health have now been truly shredded.
A theory which closely resembles the policies adopted-under public demand and at a time of unprecedented austerity- in Britain after 1945.
The basis of the National Health Service was a pre-natal regime, extended to all pregnant women, which stresssed proper diet and regular check ups by dedicated nurses 'District Nurses" among them. This was followed by a free distribution vitamin rich foods, such as cod liver oil, cold liver oil and malt, dried milk, fresh milk and, at schools, a daily bottle of fresh milk and free school dinners.
All at no cost. There were also special allowances paid to mothers in respect of each child they had. Prescriptions were free. The Health Service extended to Dental care and the free provision of eyeglasses, as well as regular eye tests .
The logic behind the scheme was simple: firstly it was aninvestment in public health which was expected to pay dividends in relieving the burden on physicians and others dealing with ill health. Secondly it was intended to raise the physical standard of the population as a whole, with all that that implies including higher productivity, higher averahe intelligence and a fitter soldiery.
From the moment of its introduction this system was under attack and within a year or two was being rolled back by a combination of right wing anti-socialist Labour ministers, Tories, Liberals and the medical lobby's sordid side. The war in Korea was used as an excuse to impose a charge on prescriptions. Seventy five years later the NHS is, like its contemporaries and first beneficiaries, old , enfeebled and thinking of its demise.
Its enemies- the cannibal class-cannot wait to devour its corpse
I am grateful for your sane, thoughtful take on this.
The scientific evidence for COVID as a distinct disease that has widespread effects upon the human body is extensive. I would advise you to simply peruse Naked Capitalism on a regular basis or watch Dr. John Campbells numerous videos covering the science. Your statement "I've looked and I can't find anyway" is disingenuous given the now widespread scientific evidence.