Posted on 05/27/2021 11:06:57 AM PDT by george76
Small businesses shut down during the pandemic while "essential" big-box stores remained open...
It’s been over a year since “two weeks to slow the spread,” and the pandemic is finally dragging to a finish. Cases are down, herd immunity has more or less arrived, and even in deep-blue Boston, Stop & Shop has announced it will end mask requirements before the month’s out.
The pandemic saw a huge amount of power and money transferred to what Michael Lind calls the “overclass” of politicians, corporate managers and bureaucrats. Small businesses shut down while big-box stores deemed “essential” remained open. The laptop class worked from home — to the delight of many of its members — while the working class brought them stuff. Federal money flowed like water to the connected. The national debt went from scandalous to essentially absurd, an amount of money that no one expects to be repaid.
The Chinese Communist Party used the threat of the pandemic and lockdowns to crush a rebellion in Hong Kong. The American powers-that-be did something similar
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From the beginning, of course, the public-health crowd itself failed to perform. First we were told not to worry about the Chinese virus (media outfits freely used the term until the Chinese government complained, then dutifully decided any mention of China was racist). Then we were told masks don’t help, then that they do and we must wear them — preferably two or three — to survive.
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lockdowns did more harm than good on multiple levels. Businesses died, mental-health problems abounded, people missed important “elective” procedures such as cancer screenings with long-term consequences, and many kids effectively missed out on a year of education.
But no politicians or government employees missed a paycheck. Consequences are for the little people.
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More incentive to work harder to become one of the rich and powerful.
I’m not rich and powerful, but I thrived - financially. The mask stuff and lockdowns made me sick, though.
I’m far from rich. We ran through just fine as did our four adult kids. One was off for three weeks.
That’s not to discount those who suffered at the hands of their communist governors but everyone didn’t suffer.
Work from home saved me $750 after tax in commuting costs and a 3 hour daily commute. This in an area where the average house payment is in that general vicinity.
I thrived in 2020 because I ignored every stupid shutdown order I encountered. To this day I go out of my way to patronize other business establishments that did the same.
I suppose I’d be considered a member of the “laptop class,” but I’m hardly rich and powerful.
And did what they wanted when they wanted and where they wanted; can add in several governors who violated their own lockdown orders.
“people missed important “elective” procedures such as cancer screenings with long-term consequences.”
My wife has 3 female friends from mid 50’s to our age, low 80’s, who were not seen/screened/treated re their known cancers.
Now, they have new or re occurring cancers and are starting treatment.
We have a younger woman on our church prayer list, who is very pregnant (due to deliver mid June) with a cancer that hasn’t been treated.
My wife has an appt. with the excellent pain specialist (non surgical) next week for pain running from her neck down to her foot.
She had cataract surgery and lens replacement on both eyes about a year before the shutdowns. Her vision was deteriorating so bad, she stopped driving. She was treated with lasers via an outpatient visit about 2 months ago and is doing fine. She is back to 20/20 vision.
Lock downs are the single worst public health mistake in the last 100 years. We will be counting the catastrophic health and psychological harms .. for a generation .. ~Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Stanford.
Doctors have seen more deaths from suicide than from covid.. A year’s worth of suicides in just one month. That is absolutely tragic. And it’s probably going to get worse. .. alcohol sales have skyrocketed. Opioid deaths are rising. Overdoses are increasing. Calls to suicide hotlines have increased exponentially. This is all serious stuff.. the lockdowns and quarantines must end.. the shutdowns of businesses deemed “nonessential” and lengthy lockdowns have affected mental health.
~Dr. Mike deBoisblanc, head of the trauma at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek near San Francisco
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So, how is this different than any other year?
I’m well off, don’t know what ‘rich’ means in this context. I did very well last year and so far this year. But I’ve done very well in general for 45 years so whatever. What I’m doing the last few years is cashing in on long-held (20-35 year) investments. And the stock market has done well for a while, which is nothing new either. It’s done well more often than not for the 45 years I’ve invested in it.
It’s all part of the plan.
Forgot to add that there is more opportunity for side-biz and full-on biz out there right now than I’ve ever seen and there’s always been plenty of opportunity.
You know you are being lied to when liquor and pot stores are deemed “essential”.
This must be the 1000th article I’ve read that stated this exact same thing
We have 50% of this country at least he’s informed and understanding all of these things and how corrupt the Democratic Party is the other 50% is part of the corruption and doesn’t care at all about that corruption
That’s why as I hear Dan Bon Gino who has very big shoes to fill for the eminent Rush Limbaugh go on and on about the hunter Biden laptop I’m laughing and just absolutely laughing
Do you think Joe Biden the puppet cares for one second whether he’s blackmailable?
Do you think any Democrat ever thinks that they’re going to ever have any consequences for blatantly lying ; illegal activities felonies activities stealing; cheating in elections. Rioting. and pretty much anything you can name right in front of our faces?
Until and unless real law-enforcement starts to step up and address the lawlessness of the Democratic Party this country is going to keep sliding until it becomes Venezuela
Now I am well aware that there are millions and millions of heavily armed patriots out here and that it’s never going to become Venezuela I’m just using that term rhetorically
“The rich and powerful thrived...”
The inexorable and obvious result of globalization, of which the pandemic wS an exercise.
“You know you are being lied to when liquor and pot stores are deemed “essential”.
I don’t agree. Some real M.D.s prescribe pot for certain conditions, like my wife’s primary care did, and you wouldn’t have wanted to see the riots if booze stores got closed.
“The rich and powerful thrived...”
Pray that you never live somewhere they don’t thrive.
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