No one has the full story or complete knowledge about the COVID-19 pandemic and our response, but we should be able to examine what happened and ask questions. This compilation is an attempt to analyze our pandemic response with a critical eye.
This report is not a medical study or conclusive document. It presents various ideas and concerns shared by so-called âCOVID dissidentsâ who, from the beginning, were concerned that our pandemic response was causing more harm than COVID-19 itself. No doubt there are other relevant points, and points of view, that are missing from this collection, but itâs a start. My hope is that this book will lead to thoughtful consideration, fruitful conversations, and the pursuit of additional knowledge.
Perhaps the most important thing to note in a discussion of medicine in the time of COVID-19 is this: If there had been effective treatments for COVID-19 using already FDA-approved medicines (which there were), there would not have been a need, or a legal basis, for the approval of emergency use medicines and vaccines.
If someone had hurt your family and friends in an underhanded manner, and had the capacity and intent of doing it again, would you want to know? Maybe you could prevent future harm if you were aware of how and why they did it in the first place.
On May 11, 2023, the COVID pandemic emergency officially ended in the United States. My concern, and the impetus for this report, is the belief that the COVID-19 pandemic response was a dress rehearsal. So much was accomplished during the pandemic by those who embrace authoritarianism under the guise of safety and protecting society. Emboldened, they will try to force us all into a repeat, as soon as they can stir up the next fearâanother variant or a new pathogen, climate change, compromised food supply, energy shortage, international unrestâany âemergencyâ will do.
You may, or may not, believe that the COVID-19 pandemic merited the response we gave. Either way, consideration should be given to what we were forced to do, and what was lost over the past four yearsâall under the banner of fighting a virus.
The following compilation of topics is an effort to explain the How and Why of Medical Harms during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on four main aspects:
1) The suppression of early effective treatments for COVID-19
2) Remdesivir and other profitable, but ineffective, COVID-19 treatments
3) The development and implementation of the COVID-19 vaccines
4) How COVID-19 was used to impose stringent, anti-democratic measures
These four aspects will be addressed, not in any certain order, but throughout this book. Details relating to medical and scientific expertise are linked to original source material such as studies, reports, and the writings and statements of licensed professionals.
A Medical Terms Glossary (Laypersonâs Version) is located at the end of the book.
Views expressed in this article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.