Over the course of my life, I’ve read many books. I don’t say this boastfully; to the contrary, if you visited my house, randomly pulled down a book from the shelves and asked me what I remember from it, I might struggle to provide much detail. If so, much reading time might seem to have been wasted.
Excellent writing. We have been trained to believe germs are the problem, but our immune system, if intact, needs the constant exercise. We desperately need to throw out the current model of germ theory and develop a terrain theory when dealing with an intact immune system. Start by not using antibiotic and germicidal soaps. Obviously when the immune system is not intact, such as with an open wound, we could revert to good motherly care of my childhood—let the child play in the dirt and if he gets a wound, clean well, throw on some iodine and a bandage, and send him back out to play.
A moment for all the people who have died with nothing but masked, plexiglassed, gloved and gowned people attending them, badly from what I have heard. We have ultimately alienated ourselves from ourselves; if we were as one body, we would be attacking our own cells. I will never enter a hospital willingly again, for what they have done to society over the last 50 years. They literally exist to kill folks now, and their demise will be well earned.
The Coronamanic response from our public officials reminded me of that great scene (of which there are many) in Blazing Saddles where Mel Brooks declares to all his underlings; "Gentlemen, we've got to protect our phony baloney jobs!" Keep in mind, the damage done by the pandemic was done by public policy, not the virus.
All hometown stores and restaurants were forced to close---but you could go to Walmart wearing a useless mask and all was 'safe'. That alone told me in the first week that this was a prearranged scam. Still unmasked, unvaxxed and unafraid 2 years later.
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, but we've decided we'd rather weaken the herd than risk even a single member be culled. That combined with strong financial incentives means I can buy Pepsi at the grocery store but not raw milk; I can vaccinate my healthy kids against chicken pox but can't for the life of me find a person throwing a chicken pox party.
I am human, and of course I have the urge to eradicate all suffering and prolong human life. But I also can admit that, as humans, we are only aware of a tiny slice of reality. Without the big picture, we must act wisely. Our measures in the name of health and hygiene may create more harm than they eliminate. Your classmate Mike is s small example of that; the last two years are a broad one. Thanks for the post; your writing is proof that even if you can't recall every plot line of the books you've read, they've become part of you. You have a way with language.
"Despite their stated devotion to “The Party of Science,” most Corona crazies didn’t know that they are—and have always been—surrounded, and even inhabited by, quadrillions of microbes."
Great line there my friend. Our life is a constant battle of infection vs. the microbes. Unfortunately we have a lot of new "experts" now! This is what people don't understand, they think you can vaccinate against all diseases. But in reality, getting infected is part of life and it actually supports and develops the immune system.
Public health officials are not clinicians. They are not good at evidence based medicine. They are a politicized wing of medicine that is after as much federal funding as possible.
Unfortunately - the truth for Americans is much worse. We used to be the country that stopped the Nazi's - or prevented communism through strength. Now we have become the country that's afraid to fly without a mask. Puts up a ridiculous plastic barrier around children. Think of it.
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When Coronavirus first exploded in Seattle (the USA's COVID Ground Zero), my RN spouse worked for a gastroenterology practice. It being Seattle, where everyone strives to virtue signal harder than the next mindless lemming, her practice all but shut down - though she and a few other RNs continued to work.
So her boss ordered plexiglass shields for every desk, because "$cience."
Soon after, the boss asked my wife: "So, whattya think about our new plexiglass shields?"
"I think it's totally stupid," my wife scientifically replied.
We were on our way out of Seattle not very long after that. LOL
Apr 19, 2022·edited Apr 19, 2022Liked by Mark Oshinskie
‘Africans are younger…’
SARS CoV 2 is a discriminatory virus with a small target group - elderly, with one or more serious underlying health conditions. Africa doesn’t have those, because they don’t have extensive medical care, life expectancy is low so few survive in Africa and other poor Countries to be lucky enough to die of CoVid.
The (allegedly) high death rates in developed Countries is down to advanced, widely available medical care keeping us alive longer to be killed by something new.
I am sceptical of the role obesity is supposed to play in CoVid deaths. It gets the rap for everything these days because there’s a lot of money in the obesity industry - diet plans, special foods, Bug Pharma, the scope it gives bureaucracies to expand their remit and for prod-noses to insinuate themselves into our private lives, politicians to legislate and bully us.
Being ‘obese’ used to be, still is in poorer Countries, a sign of wealth and women would rather marry a fatty than a skinny.
Anyway. As food shortages loom in the West thanks to the genius policies of our Dear Leaders, we’ll see who does best in the hunger games, the unhealthy obese or virtuous, healthy gym-honed skinnies.
I am not obese.
Update: above I said Bug Pharma, I of course meant Big Pharma but on second thoughts I think I’ll leave it… maybe prescience - I was talking about diet and given how we are told we must start eating insects, Bug Pharma might be the next investment opportunity. What’s Bill doing?
Mark, we live in the same state - one of these days we should meet for a beer. Similar high school experiences have me guessing I belong to the same generation as Mark. I refused the "shower mandate"; took a lot of heat for it, including detentions, but my parents backed me up. Regarding germaphobia; many years ago - decades more accurately - a very famous virologist told me something I never forgot: he said the reason why we're seeing all these superbugs is the result of the proliferation of hand sanitizers and anti-bacterial soaps. They're killing off some of the little buggers, but the ones that survive are stronger and more deadly. It made perfect sense to me so I dumped all my antibacterial soap and haven't used any since. The basic logic stuck with me as well - never took the flu shot, never had the flu and despite being in a "high-risk" category, still haven't had C19 - although I attribute that as much to starting Dr. Zelenko's protocol in early 2020. Illness for me is a rarity and when it hits, it's usually food poisoning. I have also traveled extensively and seen some of the poorest, most unsanitary parts of the world where the inhabitants were thriving. It all makes sense now; we are the most drugged-up country on the planet, yet also the most unhealthy. Conclusion: Follow the money.
Spot on, Mark. My friend just traveled to southern CA to spend time with her grandson while her daughter and son-in-law worked (at home). The CA Way right now is to mask and avoid people, especially STRANGERS. My friend took her daughter along with her grandson out for lunch. It was chilly and windy outside. Daughter refused to EAT INSIDE. So 70 year old grandma and 3 year old grandson had to sit outside and shiver through a meal because daughter would not eat in a restaurant. I don’t know if it’s part PTSD part virtue signaling or what. But sad, nonetheless.
Love this article. Brought back some interesting memories. In Middle School, the girls had to take showers, too. They made it seem like a rite of passage. For me, it created a self esteem problem. Years ago, I traveled with a friend to Italy. We stayed with her family in Turin. Her family asked her if I had a problem that I took a daily shower! We are obsessed with cleanliness. When hand sanitizer came out all the Moms were constantly cleaning their hands which my Pediatrician told me caused a lot of the allergies kids have today.
The authoritarian collectivist will always seek to control and subjugate the individual, breaking them passively via unneeded and unnecessary process,procedure, requirements, or mandates.
I appreciate your writing so much Mark! I also remember the embarrassment of having to “shower” after middle school gym class. It amounted to a one-second dousing of water amidst 30 other fully naked and highly traumatized adolescent girls in various stages of puberty. Fortunately they only made us do that a few times. And actually looking back at that now is quite horrifying considering there’s a good chance some of those girls were menstruating - the logistics of THAT doesn’t need a public audience!
I also am an anti-germaphobe! Fortunately I had a wonderful Microbiology professor in college who let us know how “dirty” we were and why that IS a good thing. One day he had us line up shoulder to shoulder across the front of the room representing our natural flora. Then he demonstrated what happened when we used anti-bacterial soap: he made ever third student go back to their seat. He told us we had killed some of our healthy flora and gave some unhealthy bacteria a place to get a foothold. Lesson learned!
And I too showered daily until I became a mom! Now it seems our whole family is a few showers a week family. Really, it’s time to put away the hand sanitizer, Clorox & Lysol and time to start living/touching things/people again! It is good for your health!!
Excellent writing. We have been trained to believe germs are the problem, but our immune system, if intact, needs the constant exercise. We desperately need to throw out the current model of germ theory and develop a terrain theory when dealing with an intact immune system. Start by not using antibiotic and germicidal soaps. Obviously when the immune system is not intact, such as with an open wound, we could revert to good motherly care of my childhood—let the child play in the dirt and if he gets a wound, clean well, throw on some iodine and a bandage, and send him back out to play.
A moment for all the people who have died with nothing but masked, plexiglassed, gloved and gowned people attending them, badly from what I have heard. We have ultimately alienated ourselves from ourselves; if we were as one body, we would be attacking our own cells. I will never enter a hospital willingly again, for what they have done to society over the last 50 years. They literally exist to kill folks now, and their demise will be well earned.
The Coronamanic response from our public officials reminded me of that great scene (of which there are many) in Blazing Saddles where Mel Brooks declares to all his underlings; "Gentlemen, we've got to protect our phony baloney jobs!" Keep in mind, the damage done by the pandemic was done by public policy, not the virus.
All hometown stores and restaurants were forced to close---but you could go to Walmart wearing a useless mask and all was 'safe'. That alone told me in the first week that this was a prearranged scam. Still unmasked, unvaxxed and unafraid 2 years later.
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, but we've decided we'd rather weaken the herd than risk even a single member be culled. That combined with strong financial incentives means I can buy Pepsi at the grocery store but not raw milk; I can vaccinate my healthy kids against chicken pox but can't for the life of me find a person throwing a chicken pox party.
I am human, and of course I have the urge to eradicate all suffering and prolong human life. But I also can admit that, as humans, we are only aware of a tiny slice of reality. Without the big picture, we must act wisely. Our measures in the name of health and hygiene may create more harm than they eliminate. Your classmate Mike is s small example of that; the last two years are a broad one. Thanks for the post; your writing is proof that even if you can't recall every plot line of the books you've read, they've become part of you. You have a way with language.
"Despite their stated devotion to “The Party of Science,” most Corona crazies didn’t know that they are—and have always been—surrounded, and even inhabited by, quadrillions of microbes."
Great line there my friend. Our life is a constant battle of infection vs. the microbes. Unfortunately we have a lot of new "experts" now! This is what people don't understand, they think you can vaccinate against all diseases. But in reality, getting infected is part of life and it actually supports and develops the immune system.
Public health officials are not clinicians. They are not good at evidence based medicine. They are a politicized wing of medicine that is after as much federal funding as possible.
Unfortunately - the truth for Americans is much worse. We used to be the country that stopped the Nazi's - or prevented communism through strength. Now we have become the country that's afraid to fly without a mask. Puts up a ridiculous plastic barrier around children. Think of it.
When Coronavirus first exploded in Seattle (the USA's COVID Ground Zero), my RN spouse worked for a gastroenterology practice. It being Seattle, where everyone strives to virtue signal harder than the next mindless lemming, her practice all but shut down - though she and a few other RNs continued to work.
So her boss ordered plexiglass shields for every desk, because "$cience."
Soon after, the boss asked my wife: "So, whattya think about our new plexiglass shields?"
"I think it's totally stupid," my wife scientifically replied.
We were on our way out of Seattle not very long after that. LOL
‘Africans are younger…’
SARS CoV 2 is a discriminatory virus with a small target group - elderly, with one or more serious underlying health conditions. Africa doesn’t have those, because they don’t have extensive medical care, life expectancy is low so few survive in Africa and other poor Countries to be lucky enough to die of CoVid.
The (allegedly) high death rates in developed Countries is down to advanced, widely available medical care keeping us alive longer to be killed by something new.
I am sceptical of the role obesity is supposed to play in CoVid deaths. It gets the rap for everything these days because there’s a lot of money in the obesity industry - diet plans, special foods, Bug Pharma, the scope it gives bureaucracies to expand their remit and for prod-noses to insinuate themselves into our private lives, politicians to legislate and bully us.
Being ‘obese’ used to be, still is in poorer Countries, a sign of wealth and women would rather marry a fatty than a skinny.
Anyway. As food shortages loom in the West thanks to the genius policies of our Dear Leaders, we’ll see who does best in the hunger games, the unhealthy obese or virtuous, healthy gym-honed skinnies.
I am not obese.
Update: above I said Bug Pharma, I of course meant Big Pharma but on second thoughts I think I’ll leave it… maybe prescience - I was talking about diet and given how we are told we must start eating insects, Bug Pharma might be the next investment opportunity. What’s Bill doing?
Mark, we live in the same state - one of these days we should meet for a beer. Similar high school experiences have me guessing I belong to the same generation as Mark. I refused the "shower mandate"; took a lot of heat for it, including detentions, but my parents backed me up. Regarding germaphobia; many years ago - decades more accurately - a very famous virologist told me something I never forgot: he said the reason why we're seeing all these superbugs is the result of the proliferation of hand sanitizers and anti-bacterial soaps. They're killing off some of the little buggers, but the ones that survive are stronger and more deadly. It made perfect sense to me so I dumped all my antibacterial soap and haven't used any since. The basic logic stuck with me as well - never took the flu shot, never had the flu and despite being in a "high-risk" category, still haven't had C19 - although I attribute that as much to starting Dr. Zelenko's protocol in early 2020. Illness for me is a rarity and when it hits, it's usually food poisoning. I have also traveled extensively and seen some of the poorest, most unsanitary parts of the world where the inhabitants were thriving. It all makes sense now; we are the most drugged-up country on the planet, yet also the most unhealthy. Conclusion: Follow the money.
"self congratulatory delusion". I give you Lord Farquad Fauci.
Spot on, Mark. My friend just traveled to southern CA to spend time with her grandson while her daughter and son-in-law worked (at home). The CA Way right now is to mask and avoid people, especially STRANGERS. My friend took her daughter along with her grandson out for lunch. It was chilly and windy outside. Daughter refused to EAT INSIDE. So 70 year old grandma and 3 year old grandson had to sit outside and shiver through a meal because daughter would not eat in a restaurant. I don’t know if it’s part PTSD part virtue signaling or what. But sad, nonetheless.
Love this article. Brought back some interesting memories. In Middle School, the girls had to take showers, too. They made it seem like a rite of passage. For me, it created a self esteem problem. Years ago, I traveled with a friend to Italy. We stayed with her family in Turin. Her family asked her if I had a problem that I took a daily shower! We are obsessed with cleanliness. When hand sanitizer came out all the Moms were constantly cleaning their hands which my Pediatrician told me caused a lot of the allergies kids have today.
The authoritarian collectivist will always seek to control and subjugate the individual, breaking them passively via unneeded and unnecessary process,procedure, requirements, or mandates.
I appreciate your writing so much Mark! I also remember the embarrassment of having to “shower” after middle school gym class. It amounted to a one-second dousing of water amidst 30 other fully naked and highly traumatized adolescent girls in various stages of puberty. Fortunately they only made us do that a few times. And actually looking back at that now is quite horrifying considering there’s a good chance some of those girls were menstruating - the logistics of THAT doesn’t need a public audience!
I also am an anti-germaphobe! Fortunately I had a wonderful Microbiology professor in college who let us know how “dirty” we were and why that IS a good thing. One day he had us line up shoulder to shoulder across the front of the room representing our natural flora. Then he demonstrated what happened when we used anti-bacterial soap: he made ever third student go back to their seat. He told us we had killed some of our healthy flora and gave some unhealthy bacteria a place to get a foothold. Lesson learned!
And I too showered daily until I became a mom! Now it seems our whole family is a few showers a week family. Really, it’s time to put away the hand sanitizer, Clorox & Lysol and time to start living/touching things/people again! It is good for your health!!
This was never about the Sars-2 virus or COVID. It was about Fear. The virus was the vehicle to transmit the Fear.
Wish I could have skipped those mandatory showers after football practice as a high school
freshman in the late 70s where towel-snapping abuse was rampant.
Oh well. Such is the price of being Born in the U.S.A.