David Strom asks the important question
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Bibbidi bobbidi boo!
Is there an epidemic of senility emerging among government officials?
Since the Republicans took over Congress and began their oversight hearings into the government response to COVID and censorship on social media censorship public officials have started to develop memory problems. Surely those cannot be related to any attempt to stonewall the investigations and hide the immoral and illegal suppression of scientific discussions about the wrongheaded and deceptive policies they put in place to, in effect, undermine American society.
As information emerges about how the intelligence community, the public health authorities, and the political appointees in the Executive Branch coordinated with private companies to suppress vital information, dissenting opinions, and scientific debate about the government’s response to COVID, memories are beginning to fade.
At issue in the clip above is the National Institutes of Health working to “take down” the arguments of The Great Barrington Declaration, which argued that the policy approach pursued by the federal government to deal with the COVID pandemic.
“The Great Barrington Declaration – As infectious disease epidemiologists and public health scientists we have grave concerns about the damaging physical and mental health impacts of the prevailing COVID-19 policies, and recommend an approach we call Focused Protection.
““Coming from both the left and right, and around the world, we have devoted our careers to protecting people. Current lockdown policies are producing devastating effects on short and long-term public health. The results (to name a few) include lower childhood vaccination rates, worsening cardiovascular disease outcomes, fewer cancer screenings and deteriorating mental health – leading to greater excess mortality in years to come, with the working class and younger members of society carrying the heaviest burden. Keeping students out of school is a grave injustice.
“Keeping these measures in place until a vaccine is available will cause irreparable damage, with the underprivileged disproportionately harmed.
“The Declaration presented a significant challenge, or should I say a threat, to the policies being imposed upon the American people.””
….. What distinguished this particular challenge was that it came from scientists of great prominence–more significant prominence than that of mostly unknown public health officials whose justification for having such great authority was that they were “The Science™.” Hence they were in a better position to determine appropriate policy than their critics.
Having Nobel Prizewinners, the best epidemiologists in the world, and prominent economists who understood the implications of these policies challenge the wisdom of the government bureaucrats was an unacceptable threat. A threat they colluded to destroy.
…… This could not stand, and the public health establishment went into high gear to discredit them. …..
That’s how we have discovered this apparent epidemic of senility that plagues government officials. When brought before Congressional committees exercising their oversight duties to investigate how and why policies were pursued, memories have dimmed.
“I don’t recall” will become a mantra that we will hear a lot in the coming two years.
I worry that none of these officials are any longer competent to do their jobs, and if their memories continue to be so impaired they must be removed from their positions of authority. Thank God Congress is asking these probing questions; otherwise, the senility these bureaucrats are displaying might never have been discovered.
The current standard for mental competence in government has sunk to appalling levels. Our president has lost control of his mind and perhaps his bowels; a sitting US Senator is clearly too mentally challenged to continue to make policy, and now a significant portion of our Intelligence and medical bureaucrats are losing their memories.
Is something in the air? We need to find out. Quickly.
