Our Collective Response to Covid was Worse Than the Illness Itself.

Curt — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 11:58:27 +0000

Covid-19 is a real and serious illness that has taken the lives of over 1 Million Americans and almost 7 Million people worldwide. It is quite literally one of the most serious health threats we have faced in the last three years, but our collective response to it has had far more negative consequences than the illness itself.

First, our economic health has been severely weakened. Our nation was already a teetering ship economically prior to the forced lockdowns and shutdown of the world economy, but thanks to the governmental response and our collective acceptance of it, our national debt increased nearly 9 Trillion Dollars—5 Trillion of that was from 2020 alone. Our supply chain was severely disrupted, and the economic pump still needs some priming in order to get it flowing again.

Secondly our children’s academic health has suffered. Face masks inhibit communication. Young children learning to speak and read missed valuable opportunities to learn proper articulation, pronunciation, and facial and emotional discernment because of the masks. Children literally missed several months to a year or more in their academic progress. This loss will be nearly impossible to overcome and will cause less productivity and innovation in our nation’s future.

Thirdly, our mental health suffered. Isolation, lack of human contact and touch, less social interaction— these lead to depression, anxiety, loneliness, and other maladies of the mind. Humans are social creatures in need of contact. We became a nation of scaredy cats (or were revealed as one). The forced lockdowns did severe, and possibly, irreparable harm to our collective mental health.

What about our spiritual health? Churches were shut down-even when they made very reasonable accommodations to the pandemic—like meeting outside or in cars in a parking lot. The government overreach was despicable!

Finally, our physical health suffered. Children missed already scheduled vaccinations because of closed medical offices, adults missed diagnostic tests, screenings, and regular checkups that could have prevented cancer, heart problems, stroke, diabetes…. Was the health trade worth it? I say no. Should we have implemented common sense practices to actually slow the spread? Absolutely! Wash your hands, stay home when feverish or likely contagious, sleep, exercise, take supplements, eat right—sure. But stay home, wear a mask, don’t touch, don’t visit grandma or friends—absolutely not!

I’m sure I missed some things as I am musing and rambling, but I need to express myself.

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Have a great day, and stay healthy!

Too much Executive Power

Curt — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:44:15 +0000

This is not a pro-vaccine nor an anti-vaccine post. You should get vaccinated if you want to do so. Owners of private properties and businesses should be able to admit whom they will and serve whom they will. The problem is with the Executive Edict that will be implemented through OSHA. You see this is one of the biggest problems with OUR government: Congress or the President delegate their authority to bureaucracies, who in turn make the actual rules. That’s why our legislative bills are THOUSANDS of pages long, and no one knows what is in them. This is why we have such division in our nation. You see, we can’t un-elect OSHA or EPA, or IRS or CIA or FBI agents. Congress passes the laws, the President signs them, and the bureaucrats enforce them. (On a side note, because many of our laws are so poorly written, the Supreme Court effectively decides the actual law.). This “passing the buck” gives the elected officials cover. Of course, both the Congress and the President could work together to eliminate this huge bureaucracy, but without pressure from US, they won’t. That’s been proven. What do we do? We bring it up to our officials every chance we get. We demand accountability. Until enough of US do this, things will not change, no matter whom we elect as President.

Pooh’s right on this one. Wilson started the massive bureaucratic state.

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Our Collective Response to Covid was Worse Than the Illness Itself.

Too much Executive Power