{"id":84649,"date":"2022-08-19T11:24:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T16:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=84649"},"modified":"2022-08-19T11:32:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T16:32:23","slug":"84649","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=84649","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/fauci-and-walensky-double-down-on-failure-covid-pandemic-evidence-data-lockdowns-mask-mandates-restrictions-public-health-experts-11660855180?mod=opinion_lead_pos5\">Fauci and Walensky Double Down on Failed Covid Response<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wonder Land: Like other world leaders who leaned into lockdowns, Joe Biden and the Democratic Party are now realizing how complicated the private economy actually is, and how easy it is to wreck it.<\/p>\n<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention belatedly admitted failure this week. \u201cFor 75 years, CDC and public health have been preparing for Covid-19, and in our big moment, our performance did not reliably meet expectations,\u201d Director Rochelle Walensky\u00a0said. She vowed to establish an \u201caction-oriented culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lockdowns and mask mandates were the most radical experiment in the history of public health, but Dr. Walensky isn\u2019t alone in thinking they failed because they didn\u2019t go far enough.\u00a0Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to the president, recently said there should have been \u201cmuch, much more stringent restrictions\u201d early in the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization is revising its official guidance to call for stricter lockdown measures in the next pandemic, and it is even seeking a new treaty that would compel nations to adopt them. The World Economic Forum hails the Covid lockdowns as the model for a \u201cGreat Reset\u201d empowering technocrats to dictate policies world-wide.<\/p>\n<p>It was bad enough that Dr. Fauci, the CDC and the WHO ignored the best scientific advice at the start of this pandemic. It\u2019s sociopathic for them to promote a worse catastrophe for future outbreaks. If a drug company behaved this way, ignoring evidence while marketing an ineffective treatment with fatal side effects, its executives would be facing lawsuits, bankruptcy and probably criminal charges. Dr. Fauci and his fellow public officials can\u2019t easily be sued, but they need to be put out of business long before the next pandemic.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>BLUF<br \/>\nWhat the CDC pushed on the country, even the world, was without precedent. The resulting disasters are everywhere present. At minimum we should expect the CDC to cease and desist, and certainly not entrench and codify. That the latter is taking place reveals what a long struggle lies ahead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brownstone.org\/articles\/cdc-wants-its-covid-regime-made-permanent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CDC Wants Its Covid Regime Made Permanent<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">There is no remorse at the CDC. Far from it. The model of virus control deployed over the last 27 months is now part of normal operations. It wants it institutionalized.<\/p>\n<p>The bureaucracy has now codified this into a new online\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&amp;list_select_county=&amp;data-type=CommunityLevels\">tool<\/a>\u00a0that instructs cities and states precisely of what they are supposed to do given a certain level of community spread. The new tool doesn\u2019t say lockdowns as such but the entire model of containment via masks and distancing is baked in, and it can be easily expanded at will.<\/p>\n<p>To understand how absurd this is, consider that as of this writing, major parts of Southern Florida are supposed to be masked up, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&amp;list_select_county=&amp;data-type=CommunityLevels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map provided by the CDC<\/a>, because covid testing reveals high community spread.<\/p>\n<p>Hardly anyone in Florida has worn a mask since 2020. The very notion is a joke there. However, what happens to the other states and what happens when or if political control of Florida changes to a pro-lockdown party?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9129\" src=\"https:\/\/brownstone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/US_COVID-19_Community_Levels_of_All_Counties-800x482.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brownstone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/US_COVID-19_Community_Levels_of_All_Counties-800x482.png 800w, https:\/\/brownstone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/US_COVID-19_Community_Levels_of_All_Counties-400x241.png 400w, https:\/\/brownstone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/US_COVID-19_Community_Levels_of_All_Counties-768x463.png 768w, https:\/\/brownstone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/US_COVID-19_Community_Levels_of_All_Counties-1536x926.png 1536w, https:\/\/brownstone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/US_COVID-19_Community_Levels_of_All_Counties-2048x1235.png 2048w, https:\/\/brownstone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/US_COVID-19_Community_Levels_of_All_Counties-600x362.png 600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"482\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Under the orange label (high), the following pertains:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wear a mask indoors in public<\/li>\n<li>Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines<\/li>\n<li>Get tested if you have symptoms<\/li>\n<li>Additional precautions may be needed for people at high risk for severe illness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some standout points here. Masks have nowhere controlled the spread of covid. We know this from countless examples all over the world. They have been a spectacular failure except as signals to others to feel a sense of alarm at the presence of disease. Neither have vaccinations achieved the stopping or even slowing of infection or spread. Note the new language too: \u201cStay up to date.\u201d Vaccinations are headed toward the WEF ideal of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brownstone.org\/articles\/your-booster-life-how-big-pharma-adopted-the-subscription-model-of-profitability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">subscription plans.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As for \u201cadditional precautions\u201d we know what that means: lockdowns. Even now, the suggestions are to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow CDC recommendations for isolation and quarantine, including getting tested if you are exposed to COVID-19 or have symptoms of COVID-19<\/li>\n<li>Implementing screening testing or other testing strategies for people who are exposed to COVID-19 in workplaces, schools, or other community settings as appropriate<\/li>\n<li>Implement\u00a0<strong>enhanced prevention measures<\/strong>\u00a0in high-risk congregate settings<\/li>\n<li>Consider setting-specific recommendations for\u00a0<strong>prevention strategies<\/strong>\u00a0based on local factors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We\u2019ve seen this movie before. It\u2019s a recipe for full government control of life.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, this new tool can easily move to a next iteration by the addition of a red color: it could mean shelter in place, close the schools, don\u2019t go to church, don\u2019t see friends, and so on. I\u2019ll say it again, there is no remorse, no regret, no rethinking at all. No admission of error. On the contrary, it is all part of the plan to do it over again.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, a different\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&amp;list_select_county=all_counties&amp;data-type=CommunityLevels&amp;null=Risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">version<\/a>\u00a0of the chart above, updated as of this posting, already has a code red, and it pertains to the entire country (one version measures \u201clevels\u201d and the other measures \u201ctransmission\u201d).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9130\" src=\"https:\/\/brownstone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-06-at-4.32.31-PM-800x569.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brownstone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-06-at-4.32.31-PM-800x569.png 800w, https:\/\/brownstone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-06-at-4.32.31-PM-400x284.png 400w, https:\/\/brownstone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-06-at-4.32.31-PM-768x546.png 768w, https:\/\/brownstone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-06-at-4.32.31-PM-1536x1092.png 1536w, https:\/\/brownstone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-06-at-4.32.31-PM-600x426.png 600w, https:\/\/brownstone.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-06-at-4.32.31-PM.png 1984w\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"569\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Now, you might say that these are just recommendations, and the CDC makes such goofy recommendations all the time (cook your beef well done). The trouble is that it puts the burden to reject the recommendations on politicians at the state and local level. For that matter, there is nothing really in place that would stop a public health department anywhere in the country from implementing them on their own.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone objecting is immediately on the back foot, attempting to justify the refusal to obey the CDC and thereby opening themselves up to the accusation that they are killing grandma and so on.<\/p>\n<p>It truly boggles the mind that the CDC has rethought nothing given the carnage we face in the country today. They talk about \u201cthe data\u201d and the science but pay attention to almost none of it. They forever fall back on their new doctrines and, mostly, their power.<\/p>\n<p>This is about much more than lockdowns. It\u2019s about life itself, particularly as it affects economics.<\/p>\n<p>A new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/inflation-political-division-put-u-s-in-a-pessimistic-mood-poll-finds-11654507800?mod=hp_lead_pos7\">poll<\/a>\u00a0from the\u00a0<em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>\u00a0reveals that the percent of Americans who think the economy is poor or not so good is an incredible 83%. Maybe that doesn\u2019t surprise you and gives rise to the question of what demographic constitutes the 17% who think things are just fine. Maybe employees at the NIH, CDC, DHS, Pfizer, and Moderna?<\/p>\n<p>Ok, I take it back: too cynical. The truth is that economic prospects now are just awful. And it\u2019s not just inflation. It\u2019s class mobility, demoralization, goods availability, and a general sense that hope in the future isn\u2019t what it used to be just a few years ago. That will surely have a big effect on November\u2019s midterm elections. The winning candidates will make elaborate promises to fix the problems but how many among them will be openly critical of covid mandates? Not many.<\/p>\n<p>This matters because the connection is direct. My personal frustration is that massive failure on the part of the media, intellectuals, and average people to make the connection between the hell of the last 27 months \u2013 in the name of disease control \u2013 and these economic, cultural, educational, and social outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>For some odd reason I cannot fathom, there is a general impression out there that economic life exists in some insulated machine that is somehow detached from life experience. Therefore it can be turned on and off. We turned it back on, so why aren\u2019t things going back to normal?<\/p>\n<p>Well, most all the suffering people are experiencing today traces to catastrophic policy pushed by the CDC with White House deference, thereby prompting the entire public-health machinery around the country to swing into action, closing schools, businesses, churches, and giving Congress an excuse to spending some $6T (at least) through debt finance that was quickly added to the Fed\u2019s balance sheet via money printing. The closures interrupted supply chains and shattered economic and social functioning. The fallout is what we see all around us.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve just experienced years in which it was demonstrated to the US and the entire world how pandemic control can be deployed to utterly crush rights, freedoms, constitutional limits on states, and even everything we call civilization itself.<\/p>\n<p>What the CDC pushed on the country, even the world, was without precedent. The resulting disasters are everywhere present. At minimum we should expect the CDC to cease and desist, and certainly not entrench and codify. That the latter is taking place reveals what a long struggle lies ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fauci and Walensky Double Down on Failed Covid Response Wonder Land: Like other world leaders who leaned into lockdowns, Joe Biden and the Democratic Party are now realizing how complicated the private economy actually is, and how easy it is to wreck it. 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