The Covid Era Dysfunction and Lies in a Nutshell
Nicolas Hulscher has reported on a new study titled "A Narrative Review of the COVID-19 Infodemic and Censorship in Healthcare," which was just published in the journal Secrecy and Society. What did our government and institutions get wrong about COVID. I would say just about everything, which would explain current day widespread distrust in U.S. government and institutions.
Here is the abstract of the study:
Ideological and financial motivations have undermined science for decades. In this narrative review, we explore how organizations and governments used misinformation, disinformation, censorship, and secrecy to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. Various rationales for employing censorship and secrecy during the COVID-19 pandemic are examined including how organizations and governments create confusion about the risks associated with their products and blame avoidance to shift responsibility and to avoid accountability for their actions. Methods of censorship employed during the COVID-19 pandemic are reviewed, examples are provided, and the consequences of these actions are reviewed. Information included in this review was obtained from scientific papers, government documents, mass media articles, books, and personal accounts of physicians and scientists. We examine how the use of censorship and secrecy created a challenge for scientists, physicians, politicians, and the general public in trying to understand COVID-related topics. Finally, strategies for managing censorship and secrecy during a pandemic are presented.Here are the basic categories of government and institutional fraud and dysfunction discussed in the study:
1. COVID-19 Response Was Driven by Secrecy, Censorship, and Misinformation
2. Suppression of Scientific Debate on the Origins of SARS-CoV-2
3. COVID-19 Vaccines Were Overhyped, Unsafe, and Mandated Through Coercion
4. Cheap, Effective COVID-19 Treatments Were Suppressed to Protect Vaccine Profits
5. Lockdowns, Social Distancing, and Mask Mandates Were Not Backed by Science
6. Media and Tech Companies Served as Enforcers of Government Censorship
7. The COVID-19 Response Was the Most Widespread Attack on Free Speech in Modern History
