A couple of days ago on the Bill Maher Show, scientist, Bret Weinstein, American biologist and evolutionary theorist, and his wife, Heather Heying, evolutionary biologist, propose that its 90% very likely in both their opinions that the Covid 19 virus came out of a lab and is the result of being manipulated in an effort of a gain of function.

In other words the virus has more than likely been manipulated with the possible purpose of being weaponized. And this is something that I reasonably hypothesized many months ago based on information developed NOT in the Main Stream Media or Social corporate Media. Which IMO are now in concert with uni party political actors the greatest threat to freedom, our country and the world.

90% certain the Covid 19 virus is not the result of people eating “Bat soup”, or the result of an open wet market condition. Released into to the environment as a result of human fault in security protocol within the lab, or some other reason. You can read meaning into my words, “Some other reason”.

https://youtu.be/ZMGWLLDSA3c ; 9 minutes worth your while.

“A virus like Covid 19 mutates and does not generally become more virulent, more contagious, more deadly. A virus generally mutates down in efficacy in order that it survive and not kill their hosts”.

Where did the Covid 19 virus originate from? What has Covid 19 accomplished coming to exist at such a precise and opportune time in the world? Were the Communist Chinese developing a vaccine or have a vaccine developed before the release into the world of Covid 19? In time all will be revealed.

Do not ever look to politics or those partisans pandering to political agendas for truth, you will never find it.

It may be more of a Cinderella syndrome than an irrational fear of the Wuhan flu. Those who blindly obey government truly believe that government is there to save them, like some Prince Charming in shining armor on a white steed. What they don’t understand is that any government is made up of people who are there to help themselves, and the only thing that saves us all from tyranny is them following rules that prevent tyranny — if those who run government disobey those rules then tyranny reigns. No one is coming to save them (welfare programs look like saviors, but half a century of experience shows that they are traps into perpetual poverty). It frightens them to say that government isn’t their savior, because they feel a need to be saved by someone, and they think that only government is strong enough to do it.

We elect the people who are supposed to ensure that government protects our liberty from tyranny, but the Chicken Little Cinderellas are afraid of liberty, because that requires that they save themselves without the prince, the shining armor, or the steed. Or that they find their own prince. It is easier for them to assume that the government is the savior than it is to find a real savior, or to do the scary, hard work to save themselves. Assuming that government was the savior is what happened to Venezuela and in Weimar Germany, whose people actually needed rescue from the government’s bad policies. Too bad they chose tyrannies with worse policies.

I don’t think that the fear is so much a fear of the Wuhan flu but more a fear of being on their own. Freedom can be scary, because independence carries a responsibility that many are not yet ready to take. This is why it seems that the people who believe government will save them from global warming (or climate change, when the warming stops) are also the same ones who believe the police will save them from the guys breaking into their houses and are the same ones who believe the government knows best when it comes to shutting down the economy, locking down the populace, and smacking down anyone who does not blindly obey during this Great Oppression.

The best part for these same people is when they get to do the smackdown by trying to shame those who disobey stupidity. They get to feel the same thrill of being a tyrant that their tyrannical leaders feel when they dictate their stupid unconstitutional rules. We have nothing to fear but fear itself? We also have to fear those who are fearful. They insist upon tyranny rather than liberty. Lording tyranny over others is part of their hunger for power, and if it takes a form of thuggery, then that is just good practice for when they are ready to join antifa (Anti-First-Amendment) or whatever group.

Why is it that these rules are continually in flux, anyway? It is because the goalposts keep moving in order for the government to continue rationalizing the shutdown, lockdown, smackdown, Great Oppression. Power corrupts, but this absolute power has absolutely corrupted.

The rest of us tend to think that their inability to take responsibility — their need for some form of parental unit — makes them seem to have the emotional maturity of three year olds. Ah, no wonder so many liberals live in their parents’s basements. Some people have not matured enough to take care of themselves, their spouses, or their children, and they think that they need a strong government to give a hand out — er — hand up to those who cannot yet care for themselves. Especially when it is the responsible people, not themselves, who will pay for the expensive government. Who remembers the couple in San Francisco who liked Obamacare but hadn’t realized that they would have to pay for it?

So, is it falling in love with the fear of the Wuhan flu or is it falling in love with the parental controls imposed due to the inappropriate reaction to the Wuhan flu? Like three-year-olds, many of these people are so in love with rules and following the rules that they take part in telling the rest of us to obey these rules, too.

Directing us to follow the rules makes them feel the power that they long to have one day, when they grow up.

I always try to make the best of whatever situation I find myself in, and the lockdown has been no exception.

I kinda like working at home. I enjoy having my family around, and my spouse is saving hours a day commuting.

I enjoy my on-line worship and find that Zoom meetings are miraculously efficient. I talk to my extended family every week, even though we are spread all over the World. That never happens.

I enjoy the simplified lifestyle. Cooking at home, baking bread, time to read and garden and pursue my hobbies. It really has been a wonderful time, for me, personally.

When it all ends, I will kinda miss it, you know?

Of course, when we go back into the World, I will make the best of that situation, too. I know this about myself, so I am always happy to take on new situations. No matter where I wind up, I always seem to be able to be happy.

And, obviously, it would be much better for everybody else who has not been as lucky as me. Many people have been suffering greatly during the lockdown, and it would be monstrous to suggest extending it for my own comfort.

If there was a real body count beyond an extra bad flu season, if everybody saw more than a token death or two around them, then we would have seen real chaos. Can you imagine the hysteria if children weren’t practically immune? Karen would be even more unhinged.

If they were really scared, they would not have assembled for mass protests.

Free and brave? At least when they change the national anthem, we won’t have to pretend anymore.

Doug McBurney: Thank you for the kind words. They are very much appreciated.

You are the 1st media figure I’ve heard address the issue of bravery in the face of danger, (or the lack thereof). We’ve been attacked for bringing up the fact that lock downs were a cowardly flinch in the face of a potential crisis, (the biggest flinch in history). We just want you to know We’re with you. We’ve been trying to report the good news on this epidemic since March, and have noted the phenomenon you lay out as well, (just not articulated as well as you have done here). When it comes to COVID-19, good news travels slow.

However, my impression is that it’s less about fear than snobbery, and the frisson of feeling morally superior. “PEOPLE LIKE US value human life” (emphasis added, but direct quote from a neighbor) — which makes me/us so much better than YOU slobs.

One verbal tic is that they tend to preface comments with the “Az-Uh” construction: “As a [type of person], I think/want/say…” Another is that they talk about “respect” rather than actual health risks. These are tells that this is really about them, and their social status and authority.

So when you present contrary evidence, you’re taking that away from them, it feels like a personal attack and they react accordingly. They’re not afraid of the virus; they’re outraged at the lese-majeste.

Thanks for writing this. I finally have something far more eloquently written to share with my “Data Driven” colleges than my ramblings on needing to glom the data without bias or agenda. I have found it difficult to communicate this perspective without being shut down.

This is indeed “Love of Fear”. I always knew that being rational was a ticket to being unpopular but now it makes you a target so the rational folks like me are laying low.

No matter how evolved people pretend to be, it is go old “Fear” that wins the day.

I shall persevere, despite my sadness over the continued selective ignorance of the collective due to your bravery in speaking out despite the ongoing narrative of the openly hostile media.

commodude–
…this comes to mind….

Planet of the Apes
1968
https://youtu.be/pBMvR_RnKu4
1:50

The media and politicians have made sure that the herd is willing to blindly follow them, but it will only last as long as they can keep the skeer in ’em.

It is notable that this same phenomenon happened with global warming. When it was shown that the Earth had not warmed in well over a decade then many people insisted that this was wrong, the scientists made up excuses (e.g. the heat was “hiding” in the oceans), and the politicians changed the story to climate change (because a lack of change in temperature must be a change in climate, right?). No one wanted to hear about success.

The Kyoto agreement was said to have been made in order to save us from global warming. The U.S. did more than its share of reducing CO2, and Kyoto was followed by many other countries (buying or selling carbon credits to create an overall reduction in CO2 output), but when the temperature failed to continue to rise and became steady, how many people cheered and declared Kyoto a success? (“Yay! We are saved from global warming! Kyoto worked!”) Instead, the world’s leaders went to Paris in order to continue the fight against global warming — er — climate change. No one wanted to hear about success.

New York City had a drastic reduction in crime and murders, a quarter century ago. There was not much cheering at the time, and these days the city is reverting its policies to those they had during the years of heavy crime, with a return to high crime rates. Some people just don’t learn. (What can we say about their intelligence?) Oh, and are the policymakers taking the blame for this devolution? No. Why? Apparently, some people prefer a bad news story over good news, so there is no blame to assign to anyone. Don’t let facts get in the way of a good story.

It certainly seems as though Goebbels — er — the news media have succeeded in making people believe that this shutdown, lockdown, smackdown, Great Oppression was necessary, and that it has saved lives (probably even yours, more than once). Perhaps being a Chicken Little is similar to spreading juicy gossip; it doesn’t matter whether it is true, it only matters that people believe it, and spreading the prevailing tale makes it easier to believe. Once people have bought into that religion, it is hard to convince them that theirs is a false god — government can easily seem godlike to those who have no other god. They fell in love with their fear.

Whatever happened to “question authority”? The generation that advanced that philosophy has become the authority — not to be questioned, just obeyed.

However, even in my navy-blue county, few people truly obey the directives. Not everyone is going gently into that good night. The government has screwed us pretty hard, over the past four months, so we are having trouble walking,. However, we are discovering how little power or opportunity we have to screw them back.

We the People do not have many methods of protest, in which we are not fined, shutdown, or jailed by the police, but we seek them wherever we can. As I write this sentence, I am viewing three unmasked young men being unsocially distant. My thought is that the emotional Chicken Littles are more forceful at shaming and blaming than are those who have science, reason, and fact on their side. It is certainly difficult to overcome emotion, as Robert has discovered.

I suspect that it is more likely that being Chicken Little is a natural flight or fight response, where fear either makes us flee or is overcome and a natural defense mechanism makes us behave bravely.

I myself am planning to buy a novelty space helmet and print in big letters on it “Don’t forget your mask of fear.” It too would provide the same protection as these ridiculous masks, IE none and allow me to make a statement.

This is the same government that was telling us not to wear masks back in March/April.