I’m about to address the Viper in the room, vaccine skepticism. Let’s be honest, more than anything, it was people’s attitudes towards the Covid Vaccine that divided the world into two distinct groups. The group that trusted the science, and the group that didn’t. We all know that the origins and emergence of the virus is hugely problematic and controversial.
Was it natural or created? Was it an accident or something far more sinister? We still don’t have definitive answers to these questions apart from China acting in a crazy irresponsible manner towards humanity. What we do know, is that more than seven million people died, and taking into account excess deaths, between 20-35 million.
To put it into context, the seven million confirmed deaths is the highest collective number since WW2 and the Spanish Flu before that. Estimate deaths for the SF (1918-1920) range from 17-50 million, and some even suggest as high as 100 million.
The Black Death that devastated Europe from 1346-1353 killed an estimated 50 million people, as much as 50% of the entire European population. The absolute horror of the Plague ultimately led to the Renaissance and the gradual movement away from Catholicism and the God of the Bible. People felt abandoned and betrayed. After the loss of the Holy Land to the Muslim armies and the persecution of the Knights Templar, many started to openly question organized religion.
This was obviously not an issue during the Pandemic as millions of Christians and liberals rebelled against the mandate. Some preached that faith in Jesus would be enough to ward off the virus. The blood of Jesus was a common refrain. The vaccine was even said to be the Mark of the Beast – 666. An enormous movement encouraged by QAnon and other influencers rallied against what they perceived as government overreach and mass control. This movement contained a fair chunk of Independents and Democrats that supported RFK Junior and his anti-vaccine rhetoric. As we know RFK jumped ship, joined Trump, and as a reward became Health and Human Services secretary.
Now the tiny problem with vaccine hesitancy is the fact that people, especially children and the elderly get very sick and die. RFK wrote an op-ed for FOX NEWS on Sunday night (2 March) urging people to get vaccinated for measles amid a deadly outbreak in Texas, the largest in nearly 30 years.
At least 146 measles cases have been identified in Texas, and the first measles related death in the United States since 2015. Cases have been reported in New Mexico, Georgia, California, New Jersey, New York, Alaska, Washington State and Kentucky.
RFK ON FOX – ‘Vaccines not only protect individual children from measles, but also contribute to community immunity, protecting those who are unable to be vaccinated due to medical reasons,’ he wrote in the op-ed entitled ‘Measles outbreak is call for action for all of us.’
‘As healthcare providers, community leaders and policymakers, we have a shared responsibility to protect public health,’ the HHS secretary continued. ‘This includes ensuring that accurate information about vaccine safety and efficacy is disseminated.
‘We must engage with communities to understand their concerns, provide culturally competent education and make vaccines readily accessible for all those who want them.’ RFK JUNIOR.
RFK has expressed his skepticism about vaccines on multiple occasions by linking them to autism, without providing any clear evidence. Just last week he referred to the measles outbreak in Texas as not being unusual. The Pied Piper is literally leading children to their deaths. A number of theories suggest that the Piper was a symbolic figure of Death, and that the children in the tale died of some disease or starvation.
Yes the Covid vaccine was untested, and yes the pharmaceutical companies that created the jab made a fortune. But let’s not forget that Operation Warp Speed, a public-private partnership, was created to discover a vaccine, and was initiated by Donald Trump in April, 2020.
What people tend to underestimate is that Covid was a massive problem, a problem the world had not faced in over a 100 years. In a globalized society, hundreds of millions could have died without some counter measures being taken. What do you think happened during the Black Plague? People were quarantined, others banished, it was a mess of epic proportions. Covid was as chaotic, but at least there was a vaccine.
Mask mandates might not have been helpful, and social distancing not very effective. Closing business down was really problematic, yet Trump did hand out tons of money to Americans, tons. The whole Christians are being unfairly picked on vibe stems from churches being asked to limit huge public gatherings. There are many criticisms to level at authorities, that’s a fact. But they tried to manage an unprecedented calamity with the knowledge and tools they had at their disposal.
Because we live in an interconnected world, how can society function if some people choose to follow the ‘law’, and others do not? If one mother inspired by RFK doesn’t vaccinate her child, yet insists on sending that child to school, the playground, grocery store, family functions, church, sports events, and the like, how is that fair or responsible? How is that doing unto others as you’d want others to do unto you?
1,217,590 Americans died from Covid. According to the latest findings, approximately 700 000 soldiers died during the American Civil War between 1861-1865, 500 000 less than during Covid. I know this might sound strange, but the Civil/Culture War everyone was so anxious about in the lead up to 2020, then again in 2024, has already claimed 1,2 million lives.
Ignorance is not bliss, it is deadly.
Art – Elisabeth Alba
Mar 03, 2025 3:35:26 pm
