COVID Hysteria's "Second Wind" [semi-satire]

Tesla entrepreneur Elon Musk expressed skepticism that the claimed resurgence of COVID is real. "I had myself tested four times in one day," Musk said. "Twice I was told I was positive for COVID. Twice I was told I was negative for COVID. The BD Veritor™ System for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 was used for each test. Each test was administered by the same nurse at the same facility. The national COVID database now shows two new cases of the disease—both of them me. But I have no symptoms. I think the claim that rising numbers of cases justify a new round of oppressive decrees by the government is bogus."

Even the New York Times thinks that only 10% of the reported positive tests for COVID are worthy of concern. "Ninety percent of those testing positive carry barely any trace of the virus," the Times reported. "Most of these people are not likely to be contagious. We live in a world full of germs, but we are not at risk of an immanent lapse into severe illness and death because our immune systems successfully fight off the pathogens. The notion that we must lock down the economy and order everyone to stay at home is not supported by the scientific evidence."

MSNBC producer Kyle Griffin criticized both Musk and the Times "for undermining the narrative that has kept America safe from COVID these past eight months. Fear has been the motivating factor persuading people to obey the government decrees that have helped save lives. Once fear is no longer potent obedience will wane. Too many people will resume normal lives and the window of opportunity for transforming the governance of this country into a more progressive mold will have closed."

Self-proclaimed COVID expert Dr. Anthony Fauci seconded Griffin's perspective, saying that "I know that Americans value their independence, but now is not the time for them reclaim their liberty. It is the time for them to do as they are told."

Despite waning severity of COVID, another round of lockdowns is being contemplated. Dr. Michael Osterholm, a COVID adviser to Joe Biden, is prescribing "a four to six week nationwide lockdown to control the pandemic and revive the economy." So far this year many states were in lockdown status for periods much longer than six weeks. Nevertheless, the virus is still here and the economy took a beating. How a repeat of that experiment on an even larger scale is expected to turn out differently is a mystery.

Biden adviser Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel expressed even more extreme views on the subject. Based on his assertion that no one should want to live past the age of 75, Emanuel recommends against allowing those over this age to be vaccinated. "It is precisely because this age cohort has been shown to be the most vulnerable to COVID that we should allow nature to harvest them," Emanuel said. "It makes no sense to prolong the lives of these useless eaters. Any vaccines we develop should go toward saving the lives of younger and more useful people, particularly those in the Third World who have been oppressed by America's prosperity for generations."

In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), the mastermind behind the state's nursing home massacre, is desperate to stop the Trump Administration from distributing any COVID vaccine. "If Trump is allowed to start a vaccination program he will get the credit that should go to President Biden," Cuomo complained. "There are only two more months to his term. There has to be a way for our Party to delay the availability of a vaccine until he is out of office. Perhaps President-Elect Biden could issue an executive order blocking distribution of the vaccine until after January 21st. After that he can claim credit for conquering COVID. He may even get a Nobel Prize for medicine if he succeeds in taking credit."

"We're also going to have to take a look at Pfizer and BioNTech for prematurely announcing the success of their vaccine trials," Cuomo said. "They were smart enough to hold off making this announcement until after election day. They should have been smarter. We need to come to an agreement on how they can best make amends for what they've done. Maybe they should make a major donation to the Democratic National Committee. Maybe they should make Hunter Biden their business partner. Anyway, we all should be thinking about how we can get a piece of their action."

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Glad to hear that Dr. Emmanuel is Biden’s adviser rather than advising the rest of us. Sounds like he needs some advice himself.

"... Fear has been the motivating factor persuading people to obey the government decrees that have helped save lives. Once fear is no longer potent obedience will wane. Too many people will resume normal lives and the window of opportunity for transforming the governance of this country into a more progressive mold will have closed." -MSNBC producer Kyle Griffin

Wait, I thought this was about a virus! What's this "window of opportunity for transforming governance of this country" BS anyway? Is that how you plan on keeping us "safe" - by abolishing all our rights and locking us into a socialist cage forever?

This what the "Great Reset " is all about - a naked power grab. They don't even bother to disguise it that much anymore.

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