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The Atlantic released a tone-deaf and insulting op-ed yesterday declaring that we need “pandemic amnesty.” The writer, Emily Oster, opines on how we should revisit the changing narrative on the effectiveness of lockdowns, the efficacy of vaccines, and the disagreements between arguing sides. While I agree that gloating and fighting will not be productive, as she states, I disagree wholeheartedly that we should offer amnesty to the individuals and leaders who vilified those who were researching and disagreeing with them.
In the op-ed, Emily states that some people got lucky in their points. I believe this is grossly misstated and harmful to the conversation of healing. The individuals that were vocal were accused of spreading misinformation, labeled as “quacks,” uninvited by their own families to functions, fired from jobs, and had their lives censored and destroyed. To claim now, in hindsight, that this was luck is dismissive and elitist in its own right. Two sides need to heal, but not through amnesty.
We must learn from our history and remember this moment and the liberty-minded individuals who held their principles no matter what the cost. It is those that collaborated and colluded with pharma, government, and private corporations and entities that must apologize. Every citizen in the United States that was gaslit by our politicians and public health officials deserves to hear an apology and an acknowledgment that this will never happen again.
The pandemic did not create new problems, it exacerbated issues that were entrenched into our DNA. Emily Oster should be commended on her work to reopen schools, and I do not mean this podcast today to discredit her work over the past year. However, apologies are needed in order to heal. Lawsuits and financial awards are likely necessary in those wronged and injured.
I, for one, do not consent to pandemic amnesty. You should not either.
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Greg,
The Johnson & Johnson shot was not mRNA; it is considered a “traditional” vaccine used for the flu vax. In the early days of J&J (April 2021) there was a ‘pause’ for that product due to blood clotting (of 6 women reporting, 1 died). I hope that the doctors who are trying to help those who have suffered adverse reactions will find solutions for you & so many others.