Coronavirus Shows Why We Need Separation of Medicine and State! - Ron Paul
Posted by freedomforall 3 years, 10 months ago to Politics
"n the midst of stay-at-home orders across the country, the same governors and local officials who locked Americans in their homes suddenly came around with their keys and threw open the doors. Suddenly not only was it OK to go out into the street, it was required to go out into the street!
What happened? A cure? A miraculous vaccine? No. The officials who locked Americans up found a cause they felt required Americans in the streets to protest. Police had killed a black man, George Floyd, in their custody in Minneapolis and suddenly the need to protest trumped the need to “stay home, save lives.”
Suddenly the same health “experts” who told us we must not gather in crowds or there will be death in the millions from coronavirus issued statements supporting gathering in crowds. An open letter on the George Floyd protests signed by more than 1,200 doctors and other health professionals clarified that they “do not condemn these gatherings as risky for Covid-19 transmission.” However, they wrote, “this should not be confused with a permissive stance on all gatherings, particularly protests against stay-at-home orders.”
Did the coronavirus develop some kind of superior intelligence enabling it to distinguish between those who were congregating for a “good cause” and those who were congregating for a “bad cause”? Of course not. What has happened from the beginning of this shameful coronavirus episode is the politicization of public health at the hands of authoritarians."
What happened? A cure? A miraculous vaccine? No. The officials who locked Americans up found a cause they felt required Americans in the streets to protest. Police had killed a black man, George Floyd, in their custody in Minneapolis and suddenly the need to protest trumped the need to “stay home, save lives.”
Suddenly the same health “experts” who told us we must not gather in crowds or there will be death in the millions from coronavirus issued statements supporting gathering in crowds. An open letter on the George Floyd protests signed by more than 1,200 doctors and other health professionals clarified that they “do not condemn these gatherings as risky for Covid-19 transmission.” However, they wrote, “this should not be confused with a permissive stance on all gatherings, particularly protests against stay-at-home orders.”
Did the coronavirus develop some kind of superior intelligence enabling it to distinguish between those who were congregating for a “good cause” and those who were congregating for a “bad cause”? Of course not. What has happened from the beginning of this shameful coronavirus episode is the politicization of public health at the hands of authoritarians."
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This lockdown/quarantine brings up at least three issues:
1. The role of government. Should there be power to restrict people in this way? China locked up possible victims in their apartments, and welded doors and windows (according to reports). In our countries new laws prevent people from leaving their home without a license under threat of fines.
2. Legality. A governor of a US State said she would not impose restrictions contrary to existing law and the constitution.
3. Pragmatism. If there is philosophical and legal sanction, do these measures work? FWIW I think there are instances when lockdown could have been effective, London maybe, but mayor SAdiq Khan cut the metro services thus increasing congestion!
Meanwhile, look at- lockdownsceptics.org
Methinks a big fat leasson has been taught about trusting "experts" with socialist leanings.
Some young people are proving them right.
Many more are proving them wrong.
Will those who are resisting being led to slaughter by the media be wise enough to resist when they are told they must vote against Trump in November?
Or will they run full speed to serfdom under the corrupt looters.
So, the word on the street is that its time to live our lives in a personally responsible way and whatever happens happens with the corona virus . Anyway its not the governments business telling me I cant open my business, when THEY keep theirs open and pay their workers.
with money they stole from you.
I would also note that to me commerce falls under the right of Association and thus is immune from these arbitrary pronouncements by various executives declaring certain businesses to be unable to function.