“It’s not too late to stop being a tool of oppression,” by Professor Jem Bendell (Strategist & educator on social change, focused on Deep Adaptation to societal breakdown) was highlighted in a recent Robert Malone column as "so well written, so on point - that there is little to be added.” (The Malone column itself has additional insights also worthy of attention (https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/worldwide-covid-19-religious-restrictions?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email))
Having carefully considered Prof. Bendell’s essay, I cannot urge you enough to invest 23 minutes to listen to an amazingly focused, well-reasoned, and compelling analysis of how the Covid-19 juggernaut impacted us as human beings, bringing out the best-- and certainly, the worst in us; and what needs to/should happen to address the disturbing malaise of cynicism, anger, and despair inflicted on so many millions worldwide.
Whatever your position on the subject, Bendell’s take is wise, rational, and will hopefully, for some, provide a true “Aha!” moment.
The audio version is here:
The full text, here: jembendell.com/2022/11/21/its-no…ol-of-oppression/
Bendell’s opening paragraphs:
Death rates are still above normal in many countries of the world. The medical experts don’t know why. It could be from the long-term complications from past Covid infections, or it could be from the impacts of novel vaccines, or it could be from the delayed treatments due to lockdowns. Or perhaps it is from a mixture of these causes, or even from some other factor altogether. Even writing those two sentences induced in me a feeling of trepidation. I find myself readying for the annoyance or even aggression from some people. Which is odd: people did not behave so stridently on public health issues before 2020. I think the decay in normal scientific dialogue and policy scrutiny is a significant lasting damage from the last few years. It is why I am not going to let it lie. Instead, I hope we can all learn more about why people became so badly informed and aggressive towards others who reached conclusions different to their own. Only then might we avoid making matters worse when future public health crises occur. And if the excess mortality does not return to normal, then we are already within an ongoing health crisis right now.
It is why in this essay I am returning to the scientific facts which prove the medical authoritarian orthodoxy on Covid has been scientifically wrong. Not just wrong in hindsight, but now more widely recognized as wrong by experts and scientists who ignored some of the earlier concerns. This recent science can’t be ignored unless someone is no longer interested in the science on public health.