“We Don’t Need No stinkin’ Conspiracies”
There are and have been many conspiracies circulating, if not outright misinformation deliberately distributed to mislead and inflame. It is such that it is difficult to know what is real and true but worse, there are people who wish to dismiss the cries of tens of millions of people who are legitimately outraged. How can these conspiracy-mongers possibly be legitimate? Well... where do we begin? A somewhat non-arbitrary starting point would be…
It is not a conspiracy, but a known fact, that there was community spread of COVID in the US at least as early as December of 2019. It is not a conspiracy, but a known fact, that while COVID was spreading unchecked and undetected in the US, the Democrat party thought it would be a great idea to focus the government attention on impeaching Trump, knowing full well that the impeachment would go nowhere. This is not hyperbole; it is what actually happened.
It is not a conspiracy, but a known fact, that on Jan 14th, China assured the WHO that they “have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus” The WHO transmitted this lie, and the CDC acted on that information, and anyway, our government could not double check the CDC’s work since they were busy ‘acquitting’ Trump at the time.
It is not a conspiracy, but an indisputable fact, that the CDC set about creating a test for the coronavirus. The CDC was the only ones even ALLOWED to make a test. A couple of weeks later, the ‘experts’ at the CDC admitted that their test totally SUCKED. It then took a few more weeks for the FDA to allow local and private laboratories to make their own tests which, not surprisingly, actually WORKED.
It is not a conspiracy, but a fact, that COVID was spreading and killing, unchecked, throughout all of January and February. We did not know it empirically because we had no test, but there is no question it was happening. Fact: There was no panic or hyper-ventilating.
It is not a conspiracy, but a fact, that we were told that there was no way we could prevent or eradicate COVID because SCIENCE! so instead our goal should be to ‘flatten the curve.’ It is an undeniable fact that “Fifteen Days to Slow the Spread” was an actual thing.
It is a known fact, both then and now, that the people most vulnerable to COVID were the elderly and those with pre-existing conditions. Despite knowing this, it is a fact that our ‘leaders’ moved to shut down the entire economy, wherever and whenever they could, to the fullest extent they could get away with.
So it is the case that this actually happened: shortly after the ‘stay at home’ orders went into effect, these turned into long term regional shutdowns, with entirely different rationales. That is, it is an actual fact that they LIED about their goals and intentions.
It is an absolute fact that, at this time, the SCIENTISTS declared that masks DID NOT WORK for community use.
This really took place: tens and tens of millions of people lost their income virtually overnight. Schools closed. Businesses shuttered. People were actually told they couldn’t go outside in some places. This is not a conspiracy. This happened.
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