The left politicized COVID from the start
New York Post,
by
Victor Davis Hanson
Original Article
Posted By: ladydawgfan,
1/17/2022 10:27:21 PM
From the moment COVID-19 appeared, the pandemic became inseparable from politics.
Political frenzy was inevitable since the SARS-CoV-2 virus may have escaped from a level-4-security virology lab in Wuhan, China.
The rapid-fire spread soon threatened to indict the Chinese Communist government for nearly destroying the world economy and killing millions.
Western elites, in response, feared that their own lucrative investments in China would be jeopardized by such disclosures — and so acted accordingly in defending Beijing.
Nonetheless, one scenario that remains intriguing is that the escaped virus was birthed by gain-of-function research scientists, overseen by elements of the Chinese Communist military. Worse, the lab was given subsidies by US health authorities,
Never forget that Lord Fauci paid for this. He was told by DARPA what he wanted to do was too dangerous, so he went ahead and did it anyway. He PAID the Communist Chinese to enhance this virus, who then either through their stupidity, carelessness or outright malfeasance, unleashed it upon the world.
No one other person deserves to swing from a rope over this than Lord Fauci. He is essentially a war criminal.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
HisHandmaiden 1/17/2022 11:27:25 PM (No. 1042180)
“Western elites, in response, feared that their own lucrative investments in China would be jeopardized by such disclosures — and so acted accordingly in defending Beijing.”
Fellow Palo Alto Dr Atlas may have another take on this…
MAGA
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
confused 1/18/2022 12:11:55 AM (No. 1042194)
President Trump did what any successful man would do. He listened to his experts and advisors and I'm sure they intentionally scared the dickens out of him. Who would have thought not to trust the doctors and scientists of the FDA and NIH. He was naïve but, faced with the scenario he was presented. he did his best. He marshaled troops, monies, talented nurses and doctors and national cooperation to fight the "pandemic". He brought hospital ships and built emergency hospitals to ready the nation for the crisis.
Trump was a victim too but of the politicians and bureaucrats. The liberal left thought they had a wining strategy but but then the "loyal opposition" developed a case of the wobblies and turned on Trump. When you are scared you look for the safest position and, rational or not by standing with the loudest crowd you can convince yourself you are safe. Also it's easy to demonize the "current villain" it makes you appear knowledgeable and in vogue.
Frankly Trump never had a chance. Fauci told the world there would be a biologic disaster even before Biden was inaugurated and he took steps insure the outcome. In the end, trillions were lost, millions were dead, lives and careers were ruined, wars were risked and
the future was jeopardized, all for the ego of a few. We will be lucky if we can even forget the word "Covid".
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Trigger2 1/18/2022 12:30:52 AM (No. 1042201)
Never let a crisis go to waste has been proven true by demonrats.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
qr4j 1/18/2022 12:55:13 AM (No. 1042210)
FTA: "Politicizing the pandemic is a euphemism. In truth, thousands of Americans have died needlessly because of weaponized disinformation about China’s culpability, vaccines, useful drugs, lockdowns, racial preferences and long-term-care facilities."
Truer words were never spoken. Brought to you by the Democrat Party -- the party that will chuck a fetus in the bin -- the party of death. Fauci . . . there are not words to describe this vile and arrogant man.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
DVC 1/18/2022 1:49:18 AM (No. 1042222)
Of course they did. These crazed leftists politicize everything, every day, all day, all year.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
NotaBene 1/18/2022 2:47:43 AM (No. 1042237)
The National Institutes of Health under Francis Collins is responsible for hundreds of thousands of American deaths for never ever doing randomized studies on Hydroxychloroquine or Ivermectin as was their duty. Turns out early treatment works great and the vaccine is a failure. The vaccinated like me are passing away left and right because of Antibody Enhanced Disease. Whites like me cannot get Regeneron monoclonals thanks to demented Biden quotas.
In America we cannot trust our doctors nor, God forbid, Hospitals, where Doctors cull the population with respirator machines. Did you know that the UAS is the undisputed ¨world worst in Covid deaths per million?
On the other hand the nano particle vaccines are amazing. Menopausal women start menstruating, college girls have longer menses, men get myocarditis and pericarditis, soccer players have sudden deaths, soccer Moms line up to vaccinate their precious. Bill Gates and his Chinamen geez engineers work miracles!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
NotaBene 1/18/2022 2:53:21 AM (No. 1042238)
The USA is the undisputed leader in Covid deaths per million in the entire world thanks to the NIH and AMA.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
judy 1/18/2022 4:23:10 AM (No. 1042248)
They politicize everything...nascar, award shows, schools, late night shows, newspapers, magazines, Olympics....
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 1/18/2022 5:42:39 AM (No. 1042289)
And then they made a point to kill off our elderly in nursing homes to increase the numbers of death to make the virus look worse.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
lakerman1 1/18/2022 7:18:33 AM (No. 1042328)
#8, I don't know if the U.S. had the most deaths from Kung Flu, because I don't trust the numbers provided by the government. Back in April, 2020, hospitals and physicians were instructed by the CDC to show Kung Flu as the cause of death, even if a test did not confirm it. As long as the deceased had displayed any symptom of Kung Flu - elevated temperature, cough, and the other parts of a common cold or flu, the deceased was counted as a Kung Flu death. And when a person died while testing positive for Kung Flu, (with a test that was notoriously inaccurate) do the same, even if the person died in a motorcycle accident.
As for Victor Davis Hanson, I offer a gentle correction with great temerity.
I once had a job at a major university where I was business manager for research, with a full plate of responsibilities, including the treatment of lab animals, the location of radioactive materials (I could wrote a comedy series on that one alone 0 I had no idea what I was doing, or where anything was located) and I also handled research grants.
The National Science Foundation, at the time (1960s) offered grants to specific faculty for specific research projects, and if the faculty member left the employment of my university, he or she took the NSF grant with him or her. )there were not many hers at the time, because women had only recently been discovered by universities. and when hired as faculty, received about 20-50% less salary than male faculty.
The NSF also offered university wide grants for equipment, not tied to any particular faculty member nor to specific research. I call that subsidized support.
What Little Anthony the Imperious (Fauci)did to hide his fascination with gain of function research, was to send research money to Eco-Alliance, which turned the general subsidy money into specific Wuhan lab support for specific research, and everyone involved, (except, interestingly enough, the woman lead researcher at the Wuhan lab) lied about the money and the research.. (The woman at Wuhan thanked Fauci for his support of her gain of function research.)
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Lazyman 1/18/2022 8:02:07 AM (No. 1042374)
I like it when facts start to come together.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Sully 1/18/2022 8:30:36 AM (No. 1042401)
Mr. D-H is at his best when he is concise like this.
Nicely spells out the timeline of events that got us here.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Strike3 1/18/2022 8:48:07 AM (No. 1042421)
The virus itself only had the potential to cause a small blip on the world display screen. Leftist politicians rushing to shut everything down, pack sick people into small spaces and force people to take multiple shots of lemon juice did the damage. Hopefully we learned the lesson that our politicians are no smarter than our pets, no offense to our pets.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
homefry 1/18/2022 9:13:07 AM (No. 1042458)
I remember dim-0s asking, how can we use this against Republicans. Anyone else remember that? And who it was?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
columba 1/18/2022 9:36:17 AM (No. 1042503)
The left politicized COVID from the start.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
MickTurn 1/18/2022 10:40:04 AM (No. 1042601)
Never let a Crisis go to waste, and if there isn't a Crisis, CREATE ONE!.
Time to hang all the Marxists, PERIOD!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
mc squared 1/18/2022 10:57:57 AM (No. 1042634)
Don't forget all the government money flying around without any accountability - all to save us from the covid monster. Along with Pharma and their (congressional) investors, hospitals and labs made out, Teachers made out by conducting classes in their bunny slippers from home. Hucksters started 'covid testing' centers to pocket the wealth.
Only small business and working stiffs lost. Bigly.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
3XALADY 1/18/2022 11:28:56 AM (No. 1042675)
Yes, I remember Mattress Back saying if Trump provided the vaccine, she would not take it.
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The left would politicize the construction of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. We all know that. However, this is particularly insidious and evil and caused so many needless deaths just so they could "get" President Trump. Leftists are truly despicable!!