the blatant convid censorship, watching studies and articles go from being search results to being off the grid without some really creative and specific seeking, was what brought me to substack.
that definitely got more prevalent once the figurehead was a media darling instead of being advertised by them as fake news.
Gosh Ingrid, you are an absolute crazed anarchist...ЁЯджтАНтЩВя╕П See my reply to Ryan Gardner about joining the "People Person" club. It is pretty exclusive, and we are getting our own t-shirts made.
In a rehab hospital, I was very sad to see the 70-80-90 year olds sitting around in their plexiglass cafe' ... I named the sad place Covid Cafe' and made sure the admins heard me. Hard enough to be ill / injured and separated from family. Or required to mask when they do their PT (!) ... Still goes on to this day. Fk the masks and plexiglass. That's what I say.
My grandmother was in a group home for the last few years of her life in New Mexico. When the scamdemic hit, no one was allowed in except staff. She turned 100 years old in Oct 2020. Coming from out of state (WA), we were shocked to see how much she had deteriorated in the 6 months of the lockdown. We were "allowed" to "celebrate" her 100th birthday by driving in our cars by the home, while she was sitting in a wheelchair on the sidewalk. The head nurse "graciously" allowed us to stand 6 feet away from her on the sidewalk and take a picture to commemorate her Century mark.
About that time, NM's crap governor decreed that nursing home residents would be allowed 1 visitor for 1 hour, once a month. Since I had come from out of state, I was given the honor of sitting on the home's patio, 6 feet away from her, for an hour before I had to head back to WA state and OUR crap governor.
She passed away 5 1/2 months later, almost exactly 1 year after NM's lockdown of care facilities. She had been doing fairly well for her age and medical condition, looking forward to visits from kids, grandkids, great-grandkids, and friends from church. After the lockdown, she seemed to lose her will to live.
When we celebrated her 98th birthday, she told us she "had decided to live to 100 so she could get that letter from the President." She made it to 100 and a bit more, but the last year of her life was lived in solitary confinement, for all intents and purposes. During the 2 weeks before her passing, they allowed 1 person per day to sit with her, 6 feet away, for 1 hour. I am grateful for that much of a reprieve from the draconian measures; I know other families were not allowed even that much
Maybe they did keep some elderly people from dying of the Wu-flu, but at what cost? Every older person I talked with during that time (and to this day) would rather take the risk and be surrounded by their loved ones, than be locked away "for their own good/safety." What good is an extra few months, or a year or two, if you are shut away from all those you love?! It has been over 2 years and the anger and tears are welling up all over again.
My other grandma was kept at home with her oldest daughter, allowed to have visitors and passed away 2 weeks shy of HER 100th birthday, surrounded by her daughters and one granddaughter, the hospital having bent the rules so that more than 1 family member could be with her at the end. (She had fallen and badly broken her leg, came through surgery fine, but her heart gave out after all of the trauma.)
My lesson from all of this: do everything I can to keep my mom and MIL out of hospitals and care facilities.
I'm so sorry for your grandma ... and all the grandmas we were supposedly saving. I have a similar situation in my family. It's too painful to recall again at this moment. There were plenty of crap governors and mayors and especially health officials. Unfortunately my family member was affected the most by Newsom (it's OK for care homes to remain severely understaffed; ratios of 1:6 on a good day were sometimes 1:25) and Cody (severe and unnecessary lockdowns for months; there is NO WAY she did not realize that Covid was already in the county in late 2019, it was too obvious with all the 'severe pneumonia' going around).
Looking back now, it is clear to me that they are no better than the Nazi "leaders" were. And I feel the remorse of not fighting back harder for my family memberS (in the care facility and in school). When I was in school in the 60s and 70s, I often wondered what the average German people could possibly have been thinking. Now I have an idea. Hope I personally 'do better' next time.
I never did get the hang of the one way arrows, which annoyed some people no end while others just smirked and did the head nod thing. Around our neck of the woods the circles on the floor disappeared first. The Plexiglass finally came down at Costco, but we still see it here and there. Our corrupt Gov, Jay-dolph Inslee, ended the state of "emergency" 975 DAYS (ya know, 15 days to slow the spread?) after declaring it. Mask "mandate" ended April 11th? or 12th? this year.
It has been very eye-opening to live in Covidistan. I know there were other states that were even more draconian, but it was especially galling in the Pacific Northwest where "tolerance" is practically the state religion. 'Course they are only tolerant as long as you participate in their group-think.
I felt compelled to walk against the arrows and stand outside the circles. Sometimes I would even press my ears against the plexiglass for effect...no joke...:)
It almost became a tick, simply triggered by how moronic the symbolism was...I just couldn't help myself.
Oh and just the slightest of brush with the new_normal personal space, would send the fear addled brains into unrelenting primordial fear.
I love how my mind makes mental notes of how to recognize my favorite friends from substack. When I hear a certain cadence in Puerto Rico, or see a dude with his ear to the plexiglass, I'll know who you guys are! lol
Love it!! Mr. "the Knife" did similarly. We refused to wear the obedience muzzles. The worst encounters were at Costco. Mostly people just stayed away from us, but one millennial had a complete meltdown. We were at the checkout, standing back from the end of the conveyor belt. She was clear at the other end with, what, 10 - 12 feet between us, and she went on a huge rant about how we were endangering everyone around us. She even started filming us! Completely unhinged. I told Mr. "the Knife," "Poor thing, she is hypoxic from wearing that mask!"
Ryan, old pal, I believe I have discussed what a consummate "People Person" I am. Therefore, as such, I would like to welcome you to that club. We can get our own t-shirts made: Front- I'm a People Person. Back- I've already told you once!
I was escorted out of one store and told I was endangering the lives of other customers by refusing to wear a mask. If I did not comply with the governor's rules, I would be banned permanently from this establishment.
I too live under the dictator Inslee. Still, today my health "care" providers are still wearing masks. This makes it perfectly clear to me that I was right over 20 years ago that our medical institution is filled with sheep who are guided by the corrupt CDC/FDA and dare not deviate from their "recommendations" or their career is guaranteed to be short.
What really opened my eyes to this truth is an article in the Seattle Times entitled "change the numbers, create a disease" which pointed out how the normal ranges for establishing "high blood pressure", "high cholesterol", and "bone density" were recently changed which created millions more people "eligible" for prescribing a pharmecutical to be taken for the rest of their lives.
While I was surprised by the mainstream medical people going along with the masking, etc., I was SHOCKED by the naturopaths who also complied. Maybe it had something to do with Inslee's "snitch line" but I expected better of the alternative medicine folks. They are the ones who absolutely should know better!
To your 2nd point, for me, the number they changed that made me say they are just changing it so they can sell more drugs, was the blood sugar number. It used to be considered plumb normal for a blood sugar reading to be 120. Now, if it is over 95, you are considered "pre-diabetic."
Perhaps that "paper" is of a conservative bent, but given the city, it's still remarkable to me they'd dare draw the curtain aside and report such. I totally agree,. Every few years the guidelines are tightened. In fact, they are now at the point where half or more of the population "needs" drugs for "high" cholesterol or blood pressure.
I found out the same thing about "cholesterol" (lipids) and blood pressure after I got suspicious and started reading dissident views and later, actual studies. I can't opine on bone density, but can on statins and BP meds. Yes, they offer some benefit, but the hidden fact is, especially for those with no history of disease, the benefit is so slight that I asked myself "Is it worth the cost of the drug, tests, doctor visits, to say nothing of risks of the drug?" And the answer came back "Hell no." (Too long a comment; see my stack, and no doubt many others, for details.)
I love looking up the etymology of words, it's very educational since english is notmy native language. Your post made me look up "tolerate/toleration":
toleration (n.)
1510s, "permission granted by authority, licence," from French tol├йration (15c.)
Huh. How about that. Oh, and the page on Etymonline has a nifty graph from Google (eurhg) showing frequency of usage:
I liked the plexiglass. One of my banks still has it. It makes everyday interactions feel like a prison and that's a good reminder to folks. You gave up your freedom when you put up the plexi. Now shut up and do what the wardens tell you. ;-)
Alas, in many places in the USA, plexiglass predates the pandemic. We know it's of little use against viruses, but it offers some defense against bullets and other instruments of force. I don't wish anyone to have to live where these are common, but especially if one travels, it's difficult to entirely avoid.
That definition of "tolerance" has been the standard of the self proclaimed (but really not very) "liberals" and the party they claim for quite some time. It is the opposite of tolerance, just as what they pass for "liberal" is not.
I still live in California. You know, the state half your population fled so that they could turn Oregon and Washington down the same path to ruin. For the record, none of that is my fault ;-).
If only more folks like you would move here and help balance it out!
Back in the 1980's and '90's, we had a writer at the Seattle Times named Emmett Watson. He railed about Washington being 'Californicated', I think pretty much up until his passing. He saw what was coming; where things are now may well have exceeded his expectations!
I heard in the last week or so (I need to look up the reference), more counties in eastern WA and eastern OR have voted to join "Greater Idaho." It would be nice, but I don't think either state legislature would let those counties go.
If you are homesick for circles and plexiglass, they are still in full deployment just a short drive north, into the land of Queen Bonnie and King Adrian, where outdoor masking and solo driver masks are still a common sight.
In addition to the convid and mRNA studies disappearing, even many of the older coronavirus vaccine studies (and associated animal trial data) fell off the grid.
the blatant convid censorship, watching studies and articles go from being search results to being off the grid without some really creative and specific seeking, was what brought me to substack.
that definitely got more prevalent once the figurehead was a media darling instead of being advertised by them as fake news.
PLEXIGLASS, CIRCLES & ONE-WAY ARROWS...OH MY
I was through the whole walmart before it dawned on me that I was going the wrong direction ROFL
Don't worry, you only killed 10 people by breaking the rules that day.
Good thing you didn't sneeze....you might have murdered everyone in the store.
Gosh Ingrid, you are an absolute crazed anarchist...ЁЯджтАНтЩВя╕П See my reply to Ryan Gardner about joining the "People Person" club. It is pretty exclusive, and we are getting our own t-shirts made.
Remind me to send Ingrid her membership card ;-).
I never cared about the arrows. I would step back a little to let people pass, but mostly it was fun to watch them skitter away in abject fear.
In a rehab hospital, I was very sad to see the 70-80-90 year olds sitting around in their plexiglass cafe' ... I named the sad place Covid Cafe' and made sure the admins heard me. Hard enough to be ill / injured and separated from family. Or required to mask when they do their PT (!) ... Still goes on to this day. Fk the masks and plexiglass. That's what I say.
My grandmother was in a group home for the last few years of her life in New Mexico. When the scamdemic hit, no one was allowed in except staff. She turned 100 years old in Oct 2020. Coming from out of state (WA), we were shocked to see how much she had deteriorated in the 6 months of the lockdown. We were "allowed" to "celebrate" her 100th birthday by driving in our cars by the home, while she was sitting in a wheelchair on the sidewalk. The head nurse "graciously" allowed us to stand 6 feet away from her on the sidewalk and take a picture to commemorate her Century mark.
About that time, NM's crap governor decreed that nursing home residents would be allowed 1 visitor for 1 hour, once a month. Since I had come from out of state, I was given the honor of sitting on the home's patio, 6 feet away from her, for an hour before I had to head back to WA state and OUR crap governor.
She passed away 5 1/2 months later, almost exactly 1 year after NM's lockdown of care facilities. She had been doing fairly well for her age and medical condition, looking forward to visits from kids, grandkids, great-grandkids, and friends from church. After the lockdown, she seemed to lose her will to live.
When we celebrated her 98th birthday, she told us she "had decided to live to 100 so she could get that letter from the President." She made it to 100 and a bit more, but the last year of her life was lived in solitary confinement, for all intents and purposes. During the 2 weeks before her passing, they allowed 1 person per day to sit with her, 6 feet away, for 1 hour. I am grateful for that much of a reprieve from the draconian measures; I know other families were not allowed even that much
Maybe they did keep some elderly people from dying of the Wu-flu, but at what cost? Every older person I talked with during that time (and to this day) would rather take the risk and be surrounded by their loved ones, than be locked away "for their own good/safety." What good is an extra few months, or a year or two, if you are shut away from all those you love?! It has been over 2 years and the anger and tears are welling up all over again.
My other grandma was kept at home with her oldest daughter, allowed to have visitors and passed away 2 weeks shy of HER 100th birthday, surrounded by her daughters and one granddaughter, the hospital having bent the rules so that more than 1 family member could be with her at the end. (She had fallen and badly broken her leg, came through surgery fine, but her heart gave out after all of the trauma.)
My lesson from all of this: do everything I can to keep my mom and MIL out of hospitals and care facilities.
Mrs. "the Knife"
I'm so sorry for your grandma ... and all the grandmas we were supposedly saving. I have a similar situation in my family. It's too painful to recall again at this moment. There were plenty of crap governors and mayors and especially health officials. Unfortunately my family member was affected the most by Newsom (it's OK for care homes to remain severely understaffed; ratios of 1:6 on a good day were sometimes 1:25) and Cody (severe and unnecessary lockdowns for months; there is NO WAY she did not realize that Covid was already in the county in late 2019, it was too obvious with all the 'severe pneumonia' going around).
Looking back now, it is clear to me that they are no better than the Nazi "leaders" were. And I feel the remorse of not fighting back harder for my family memberS (in the care facility and in school). When I was in school in the 60s and 70s, I often wondered what the average German people could possibly have been thinking. Now I have an idea. Hope I personally 'do better' next time.
Thank you. And I am sorry for your loved ones, as well. None of it should have happened to anyone.
All of us need to keep up the good fight against all of this darkness, in whatever arena we find ourselves.
Peace and blessings to you and yours,
Mrs. "the Knife"
God. That gives me a heavy heart.
The cruelty is totally lost on these people
Mr. "the Knife" said it was a good time to be in the "Plexiglass and circle stickers" business.
Mrs. "the Knife"
Lolol.
They'll all be relics of shame in 10 years
I never did get the hang of the one way arrows, which annoyed some people no end while others just smirked and did the head nod thing. Around our neck of the woods the circles on the floor disappeared first. The Plexiglass finally came down at Costco, but we still see it here and there. Our corrupt Gov, Jay-dolph Inslee, ended the state of "emergency" 975 DAYS (ya know, 15 days to slow the spread?) after declaring it. Mask "mandate" ended April 11th? or 12th? this year.
It has been very eye-opening to live in Covidistan. I know there were other states that were even more draconian, but it was especially galling in the Pacific Northwest where "tolerance" is practically the state religion. 'Course they are only tolerant as long as you participate in their group-think.
Mrs. "the Knife"
I felt compelled to walk against the arrows and stand outside the circles. Sometimes I would even press my ears against the plexiglass for effect...no joke...:)
It almost became a tick, simply triggered by how moronic the symbolism was...I just couldn't help myself.
Oh and just the slightest of brush with the new_normal personal space, would send the fear addled brains into unrelenting primordial fear.
.
I love how my mind makes mental notes of how to recognize my favorite friends from substack. When I hear a certain cadence in Puerto Rico, or see a dude with his ear to the plexiglass, I'll know who you guys are! lol
Love it!! Mr. "the Knife" did similarly. We refused to wear the obedience muzzles. The worst encounters were at Costco. Mostly people just stayed away from us, but one millennial had a complete meltdown. We were at the checkout, standing back from the end of the conveyor belt. She was clear at the other end with, what, 10 - 12 feet between us, and she went on a huge rant about how we were endangering everyone around us. She even started filming us! Completely unhinged. I told Mr. "the Knife," "Poor thing, she is hypoxic from wearing that mask!"
Mrs. "the Knife"
Ryan, old pal, I believe I have discussed what a consummate "People Person" I am. Therefore, as such, I would like to welcome you to that club. We can get our own t-shirts made: Front- I'm a People Person. Back- I've already told you once!
And how do you react to people wearing the mask while driving alone in their car (EV or Subaru, of course)?
Asking for a friend....
I was escorted out of one store and told I was endangering the lives of other customers by refusing to wear a mask. If I did not comply with the governor's rules, I would be banned permanently from this establishment.
I too live under the dictator Inslee. Still, today my health "care" providers are still wearing masks. This makes it perfectly clear to me that I was right over 20 years ago that our medical institution is filled with sheep who are guided by the corrupt CDC/FDA and dare not deviate from their "recommendations" or their career is guaranteed to be short.
What really opened my eyes to this truth is an article in the Seattle Times entitled "change the numbers, create a disease" which pointed out how the normal ranges for establishing "high blood pressure", "high cholesterol", and "bone density" were recently changed which created millions more people "eligible" for prescribing a pharmecutical to be taken for the rest of their lives.
Elaine,
While I was surprised by the mainstream medical people going along with the masking, etc., I was SHOCKED by the naturopaths who also complied. Maybe it had something to do with Inslee's "snitch line" but I expected better of the alternative medicine folks. They are the ones who absolutely should know better!
To your 2nd point, for me, the number they changed that made me say they are just changing it so they can sell more drugs, was the blood sugar number. It used to be considered plumb normal for a blood sugar reading to be 120. Now, if it is over 95, you are considered "pre-diabetic."
Mrs. "the Knife"
Perhaps that "paper" is of a conservative bent, but given the city, it's still remarkable to me they'd dare draw the curtain aside and report such. I totally agree,. Every few years the guidelines are tightened. In fact, they are now at the point where half or more of the population "needs" drugs for "high" cholesterol or blood pressure.
I found out the same thing about "cholesterol" (lipids) and blood pressure after I got suspicious and started reading dissident views and later, actual studies. I can't opine on bone density, but can on statins and BP meds. Yes, they offer some benefit, but the hidden fact is, especially for those with no history of disease, the benefit is so slight that I asked myself "Is it worth the cost of the drug, tests, doctor visits, to say nothing of risks of the drug?" And the answer came back "Hell no." (Too long a comment; see my stack, and no doubt many others, for details.)
I love looking up the etymology of words, it's very educational since english is notmy native language. Your post made me look up "tolerate/toleration":
toleration (n.)
1510s, "permission granted by authority, licence," from French tol├йration (15c.)
Huh. How about that. Oh, and the page on Etymonline has a nifty graph from Google (eurhg) showing frequency of usage:
https://www.etymonline.com/word/tolerate
Notice the wee dip right at 2019!
Related. Only recently did I learn that freedom and liberty have slightly different meanings. In common use they are synonyms, but the details are:
Freedom -- no constraint on your action; I imagine a man alone on a deserted island.
Liberty -- there is no constraint on your actions at present, but there was in the past or could be in the future.
Plexiglass still up at some of our local markets. So ridiculous at this point.
plexi is going to stay for good in small town GA
I guess it depends on the small town in Georgia. I am now in Covington, was in Lawrenceville. Not seeing much in the way of Plexi here.
I liked the plexiglass. One of my banks still has it. It makes everyday interactions feel like a prison and that's a good reminder to folks. You gave up your freedom when you put up the plexi. Now shut up and do what the wardens tell you. ;-)
Alas, in many places in the USA, plexiglass predates the pandemic. We know it's of little use against viruses, but it offers some defense against bullets and other instruments of force. I don't wish anyone to have to live where these are common, but especially if one travels, it's difficult to entirely avoid.
That definition of "tolerance" has been the standard of the self proclaimed (but really not very) "liberals" and the party they claim for quite some time. It is the opposite of tolerance, just as what they pass for "liberal" is not.
I still live in California. You know, the state half your population fled so that they could turn Oregon and Washington down the same path to ruin. For the record, none of that is my fault ;-).
If only more folks like you would move here and help balance it out!
Back in the 1980's and '90's, we had a writer at the Seattle Times named Emmett Watson. He railed about Washington being 'Californicated', I think pretty much up until his passing. He saw what was coming; where things are now may well have exceeded his expectations!
I heard in the last week or so (I need to look up the reference), more counties in eastern WA and eastern OR have voted to join "Greater Idaho." It would be nice, but I don't think either state legislature would let those counties go.
Mrs. "the Knife"
"Covidistan" !!!
If you are homesick for circles and plexiglass, they are still in full deployment just a short drive north, into the land of Queen Bonnie and King Adrian, where outdoor masking and solo driver masks are still a common sight.
Or head west. stop when you see the ocean or your feet get wet.
I don't think we have to wait 10 years. I think the shame has already arrived.
I don't think they're capable of shame.
You're right, but the whole thing is a crying shame....:-)
Too late!
In addition to the convid and mRNA studies disappearing, even many of the older coronavirus vaccine studies (and associated animal trial data) fell off the grid.