Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola Fact Checked June 06, 2022
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
· Fomenting hatred is a tool
of tyrants, and over the past two years, political leaders, agency heads,
academics, medical professionals and media personalities alike have publicly
encouraged hatred and violence and wished painful death upon anyone who didn’t
want to be part of the medical experiment that is the COVID jabs
· Even now, with everything
we know for sure about the jabs, the war against the unvaccinated continues in
many areas, and ignorance of basic science still abounds
· In recent weeks, we’ve seen
the stage being set for another fabricated hate-fest. This time, the gay
community is the designated enemy and target
· Same-sex relations has been
identified as the primary source of a global monkeypox outbreak. Will the gay
community be targeted for exclusion, derision and attack in coming weeks and
months, as the “monkeypox threat” continues to be hyped?
·
Fabrications are used to brainwash the public into
hating truth-tellers and anyone who points out discrepancies in the narrative. It’s a dangerous
path, and we’re still on it
Fomenting hatred is a tool of tyrants, and over the
past two years, political leaders, agency heads, academics, medical
professionals and media personalities alike have publicly encouraged hatred and
violence and wished painful death upon anyone who didn’t want to be part of the
medical experiment that is the COVID jabs.
In an eloquent Medium post, journalist Susan Dunham
summarizes the lessons (hopefully) learned from hating and attacking the
unvaccinated:1
“The mandates have let up,
and both sides stumble back into something that looks like the old normal —
except that there is a fresh and present injury done to the people we tried to
break. And no one wants to talk about it.
Only weeks ago, it was the
admitted goal of our own leaders to make life unlivable for the unvaccinated.
And as a deputized collective, we force-multiplied that pain, taking the fight
into our families, friendships, and workplaces. Today, we face the hard truth
that none of it was justified — and, in doing that, uncover a precious lesson.
It was a quick slide from
righteousness to cruelty, and however much we might blame our leaders for the
push, we’re accountable for stepping into the trap despite better judgement.
We knew that waning
immunity put vast numbers of the fully vaccinated on par with the shrinking
minority of unvaccinated, yet we marked them for special persecution. We said
they hadn’t ‘done the right thing’ by turning their bodies over to state care —
even though we knew that principled opposition to such a thing is priceless in
any circumstance ...
And so it was by the
willful ignorance of science, civics, and politics that we squeezed the
unvaccinated to the degree that we did ... [W]e cannot hold our heads high, as
if believing we had logic, love, or truth on our side while we viciously wished
death upon the unvaccinated. The best we can do is sit in the awareness of our
rabid inhumanity for having cast so many aside ...
[B]etting against them has
been a scathing embarrassment for many of us who’ve now learned that the
mandates only had the power we gave them. It was not through quiet compliance
that we avoided endless domination by pharmaceutical companies and medical
checkpoints at every doorway.
It was thanks to the people
we tried to tear down ... We took the bait by hating them, but their
perseverance bought us the time to see we were wrong. It seems right now like
the mandates will return, but this time there’s hope that more of us will see
them for what they are: a rising authoritarianism that has no concern for our
wellbeing.”
Forgive and Forget?
Dunham addresses the situation from the point of
those who fell for the hypnotic command to despise anyone — friends and family
included — who refused to buy the official narrative about the COVID shots.
Most of you, however, have likely been on the receiving end of those attacks.
How are you choosing to address it? What have you
learned? I suspect many of you are indeed willing to forgive, but few will ever
forget those betrayals. But as noted by Dunham, no one really wants to talk
about what was done.
Everyone’s just going along as if it never
happened. As if our leaders didn’t actually call for our deaths. As if our
president didn’t warn us his patience with us was “wearing thin”2 — a threat that implied bad things would
happen once patience ran dry. As if news anchors like Don Lemon didn’t actually
say we deserved to starve and shouldn’t be allowed to enter a grocery store.3,4 But they did say those things, and family and
friends did reject us as a result.
Ignorance Still Remains
Remarkably, even now, with everything we know for
sure about the jabs, the war against the unvaccinated continues in many areas,
and while compassion is slowly making a comeback, ignorance of the basics still
abounds. As noted in a January 21, 2022, MSN article:5
“There seems to be a war on
the unvaccinated individuals because of the recent spike in COVID-19 cases due
to the more transmissible Omicron variant ... Starting last year, the Austrian
government imposed restrictions solely on the country's unvaccinated
population, as many people wondered why those who got vaccinated should also
face the same restrictions as those who opted against it ...
I am all for encouraging
people to get vaccinated; I had my jabs and my booster immediately when they
became available in my community ... But I wonder: Just how necessary is this
war on the unvaccinated?
What if a person decided to
opt-out against the vaccine because they had preexisting medical conditions,
simply feared for their life, or lacked the knowledge about it because the
government was too busy forcing and scaring people instead of genuinely
informing them?”
Sadly, the author of that MSN piece seems convinced
that if only the reluctant were to be given the science, the data, they would
understand why the shots are so necessary, when the reality is that the science
and the data have been the basis for our refusal from the start. Until or
unless the experimental jab pushers acknowledge reality, we will never be able
to see eye to eye.
The MSN author also believes that lack of financial
incentive is behind some of the vaccine hesitancy:6
“If a person is given the
choice between going to work or to the vaccination center, they would simply
choose the option where there is money. That is just the reality. If they can
go to the vaccination center and can still be promised to get their day’s pay,
why wouldn't they want to get vaccinated, right?”
This naiveté ignores the reality that countless
individuals have sacrificed their careers by refusing the jab. For most of us,
it was never about a lack of financial incentives. It was about the very real
dangers the jabs pose — dangers that “the powers that be” have yet to fully acknowledge.
First, They Came for the Unvaxxed. They’ll Come for
You Next
From the start, I and many others warned that the
demonization of the unvaccinated was an extremely dangerous war tactic. In an
August 2021 Townhall article, Wayne Allyn Root wrote:7
“It's time for alarm bells.
It's time for me to play the part of Paul Revere: ‘The communist tyrants and
dictators are coming!’ ... They're coming first for unvaccinated Americans.
This is 1938. I'm a Jew. I now understand just a little of what it felt like to
be a Jew in 1938 ... the pre-Holocaust ... This is only the beginning. It gets
much worse from here.
First, ‘the papers.’
Vaccine mandates and vaccine passports are just like 1938, when the Gestapo
demanded papers from every German. Republicans asked for ‘papers’ from migrants
who had broken into our country ... Republicans asked for ‘papers’ once every
two years for federal elections, to prove you have a right to vote.
Democrats said, ‘No, that's
racism.’ Now Democrats want American citizens, not illegal aliens, not
criminals, but patriots born in this country, to produce papers 24/7 ...
Weren't Jews injected with
experimental drugs by the depraved Nazi government? Wasn't that a key part of
the Nuremberg trials? That no government could ever again inject experimental
shots into the bodies of unwilling citizens? Isn't that a basic human right?
... [F]orcibly injecting Americans who don't want it. That's 1938.”
Root goes on to detail the fate of Jews during
those pre-Holocaust years. They were locked in their homes. They were barred
from work. Their businesses were deemed “nonessential.” They couldn’t travel.
They had to wear a conspicuous yellow star on their clothing so they could be
easily identified and targeted for public displays of hatred. Jewish books were
burned — that was the 1938 version of online censorship and deplatforming.
“First, they came for the unvaccinated. Trust me:
Next, they're coming for you,” Root said. And, indeed, in recent weeks, we’ve
seen the stage being set for another fabricated hate-fest. This time, the gay
community is the designated enemy and target.
Same-sex relations has been identified as the
primary source of a global monkeypox outbreak. Almost every article discussing
the outbreaks mentions it. That’s how it begins. I’ll be very surprised if the
gay community won’t be targeted for exclusion, derision and attack in coming
weeks and months.
Will enough people have learned the lesson of
humility that Dunham highlights? Have enough cognitively recognized the error
of their ways, or will they fall into the trap yet again? Only time will tell.
At the end of February 2021, Nick Cohen with The Guardian warned that “It is
only a matter of time before we turn on the unvaccinated.”8
With COVID, it took barely two months for society
to go from ‘we’re all in this together,’ to declaring half the population
subhuman.
By the end of April 2021, USA Today columnist
Michael J. Stern was calling for the public shunning of the vaccine hesitant,
calling them “petri dishes” of lethal disease,9 and by July of that year, CNN anchor Don
Lemon was calling for brutal anything-goes restrictions against the
unvaccinated to force them into compliance10 — even if the restrictions were
indistinguishable from a death sentence.
With COVID, it took barely two months for society
to go from “we’re all in this together,” to declaring half the population
subhuman. Let’s see how long it takes before the media start calling for the
forced segregation of gays to protect us from monkeypox. I hope it doesn’t
happen, but judging by the effectiveness of the brainwashing, causing people
buying into clearly absurd narratives, the risk is certainly there.
Teachable Moments
As recently as mid-January 2022, LA Times columnist
Michael Hiltzik “doubled down on the notion, people should mock the
unvaccinated who have died from the coronavirus,” Fox News reported.11 Hiltzik told CNN:
“So many of them have
actually promoted reckless, dangerous policies and… they took innocent people
along with them. Every one of these deaths is a teachable moment and,
unfortunately, we haven’t been learning from the lesson that we should be
hearing from them.”
Clearly, Hiltzik has not yet experienced the moment
of clarity described by Dunham. Instead, he insists that “Mocking anti-vaxxers
is ghoulish ... but necessary.” His LA Times column12 bearing the same headline displays a picture
of a smiling Kelly Ernby, wearing a cross around her neck. Ernby, an Orange
County GOP member, died of COVID complications in January 2022 after opposing
COVID jab mandates.
“How should we react to the
deaths of the unvaccinated?” Hiltzik wrote.13 “On the one hand, a
hallmark of civilized thought is the sense that every life is precious.
On the other, those who
have deliberately flouted sober medical advice by refusing a vaccine known to
reduce the risk of serious disease from the virus, including the risk to
others, and end up in the hospital or the grave can be viewed as receiving
their just deserts.”
His targeting of Ernby, a Republican, and clearly a
Christian to boot, smacks of political vengeance as much as it does misplaced
moral superiority. According to Hiltzik, being civil toward the unvaccinated
who die erases the harm done to others, and that harm should not be erased but
rather underscored.
Ironically, in the end, he’s really condemning
himself to the fate he wishes on others because, eventually, the truth will
become common knowledge and everyone will recognize the fatal harm inflicted by
pushing the use of this experimental gene transfer technology. Mockery probably
won’t be the extent to the punishment dished out once that critical mass
awakening happens.
In Some, the Hypnotic Trance Is Still Deep
Some, like Dunham, recognize the fallacy in their
thinking and call for change. Others, like Hiltzik, have been so deeply
brainwashed by the fearporn, they really cannot connect the dots and see that a
“vaccine” that doesn’t prevent infection or spread can never protect others.
Hence, those who get the jab are no more
considerate to others than those who don’t. Both pose the same risk to others.
And, if both pose the same risk, why target one for derision and not the other?
It’s beyond irrational, but such is the mind of those under the hypnotic
spell of mass formation. They’re incapacitated in the worst of ways,
unable to see reality.
Scottish journalist Andrew Neil is another one
seemingly caught in the myopic focus of mass formation. In December 2021, he
riled against Britain’s “five million vaccine refuseniks,” saying “They put us
all at risk of more restrictions.”14
He went on to describe how quick and easy it was to
pull out his vaccine passport at a restaurant. Seconds, really. “A very minor
inconvenience,” he said, adding “There was a sense of safety in knowing that
all the other diners had proved themselves to be fully vaccinated, or had very
recently tested negative, or had contracted the virus and recovered.”
He felt safe, having undergone this completely
useless ritual, despite recognizing that the shot is “not foolproof,” and that
“People who have been vaccinated can still contract and pass on the virus.”
That’s the power of hypnosis. Even when seeing the dots, he couldn’t connect
them to draw a rational conclusion.
New Norm: Fighting ‘Misinformation’ With
Misinformation
The propaganda and false information we’ve been
bombarded with over the past two and a half years is truly unprecedented. Now,
barely a day goes by that isn’t near-identical to the storyline in Orwell’s
dystopian novel, “1984.” One of the latest examples of the media’s hypocrisy
and false narratives is The Associated Press’ “Conspiracy Theorists Flock to
Bird Flu, Hatch Lies” article,15 published May 17, 2022. The AP specifically
targets me, stating:16
“While the details may
vary, the conspiracy theories about avian flu all speak to a distrust of
authority and institutions, and a suspicion that millions of doctors,
scientists, veterinarians, journalists and elected officials around the world
can no longer be trusted.
‘Americans clearly
understand that the federal government and major media have lied to them
repeatedly, and are completely corrupted by the pharmaceutical companies,’ said
Dr. Joseph Mercola, an osteopath whose discredited
claims about vaccines, masks
and the coronavirus made him a prominent source of COVID-19 misinformation.
Mercola’s interest in the
bird flu dates back years A 2009 book for sale on his website, which Mercola
uses to sell unproven natural health remedies, is titled ‘The Great Bird Flu
Hoax.’”
The hyperlinked “fact check” provided to prove I’ve
published “discredited claims about vaccines” is a rebuttal to my statement
that “People may be more susceptible to serious COVID-19 illness after they
have been vaccinated.”
The fact check claims that “Research has shown that
the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have been proven to be 95% effective in
preventing COVID-19 illness,” and that “Experts say there is ‘abundant’
evidence that people who get shots will not become more sick should they later
get the virus.”
First of all, no expert sources are actually
referenced, so what “abundant evidence” proves you won’t be more susceptible to
severe infection post-jab is anyone’s guess. Secondly, and more importantly,
everyone now knows the shots are nowhere near 95% effective. Even mainstream
media and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have admitted the
effectiveness was exaggerated and rapidly dwindles.
Truth May Be Slow, but It Will Win
At best, Moderna’s shot was 94.5% effective against
symptomatic Delta infection FOR TWO WEEKS, before dropping off.17 Pfizer’s effectiveness against Delta was
lower to start and fell more precipitously. Against Omicron, the Pfizer jab is
65.5% protective between weeks 2 and 4 after the second dose, and only 8.8%
effective at week 25. Moderna’s shot starts out at 75.1% at weeks 2 to 4, and then
falls off to 14.9% at week 25.
Yet the AP has no qualms about referring back to
what is now well-recognized misinformation to “prove” that I’ve been
discredited and that they are “correct.” In reality, the fact check they link
to only proves they’re using misinformation to combat truth.
That’s bad enough, but these fabrications are then
used to brainwash the public into hating the truth-tellers and anyone who so
much as points out discrepancies in the narrative. It’s a dangerous path, and
we’re still on it.
Similarly, when the facts finally overwhelm
authorities who have been spreading unscientific propaganda, the canned
response is that “science is evolving and we’re following the science.” In
reality, however, they were proven wrong, but they refuse to admit it. So, they
“blame” it on “evolving science,” without ever explaining how “misinformation
spreaders” had these supposedly brand-new data months — or years — ago.
While the war we’re currently in uses information
instead of conventional munitions, lives are still at stake. People are losing
their lives because lies about health are often lethal. In the end, I believe
the truth will win, because the lies currently told are simply too destructive.
- Sources
and References
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1 Susan
Dunham Medium April 27, 2022
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2 Daily
Mail September 9, 2021
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3, 10 Fox
News July 31, 2021
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4 Air.TV Lemon Says … Unvaccinated Can’t Work or Have a
Driver’s License
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5, 6 MSN
January 21, 2022
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8 The
Guardian February 27, 2021
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11 Fox
News January 16, 2022
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12, 13 LA
Times January 10, 2022
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14 Daily
Mail December 9, 2021
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15, 16 Associated
Press May 17, 2022
