{"id":34279,"date":"2021-08-19T15:07:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T05:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=34279"},"modified":"2024-06-25T02:17:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T16:17:31","slug":"covid-who-how-what-when-where-and-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=34279","title":{"rendered":"SARS Covid-19 – The Who, How, What, When, Where and Why"},"content":{"rendered":"

Something you did brought you to the point of reading this article. Maybe it was the lack of logic you saw in the government responses to the \u2018Covid Pandemic\u2019 and their imposed rules and regulations – but whatever it was, you\u2019re here. The important thing is that the willingness to look and the courage to face what is really there rather than swallow what you are told, even if by \u201cauthorities\u201d, are uncommon abilities and if you have those I respect and admire you for it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Many of us today are sensing that something is \u2018not quite right\u2019 but we can\u2019t quite put our finger on it. When you look critically at the government health advice, distilled to a meme, it does not make any sense at all. It defies all we know about staying well therefore i<\/span>t bothers us. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Not everything we are told is true. You can probably recall something you were told you learned later was a lie. Today, more than ever, with so much data available, often contradictory, it poses problems. Reminds me of the clear thinking question on an English exam I heard of many years back, What happens when an irresistible object meets an immovable force?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The three possible answers (the force moves the object, the object deflects the force or some combination of those) are impossible according to the data given \u2013 the force is irresistible and the object immovable.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The solution is that one or both statements are incorrect, a lie. In fact both statements are wrong as there is no such thing as an absolute in the physical universe.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In the face of data that our senses reject (two bits of contradictory data or something illogical) I have had people tell me their solution is to cut back, reduce awareness so the things that are \u201cnot quite right\u201d do not bother them any more. In fact the solution is not less<\/i> but more<\/i> knowledge and greater awareness. Only that way you can spot the truth and apply your intelligence to fixing what caused the problem.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So when confronted with things that assault my sensibilities I tend to dive into \u201cdata collection\u201d mode, looking for a pattern or rationale, something that would explain what does not make sense. You may have heard the expression, \u201cFollow the money!\u201d or \u201cWho benefits?\u201d They are often fruitful. More on that later.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

People who have believed a lie have fragile certainty. They reject data contrary to the lie because they\u2019re afraid of the uncertainty which may follow if the lie is exposed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When confronted with the truth the automatic reaction of the vast majority of people who have believed lies is to reject the truth, dispute it, to try to find flaws with it or discredit the messenger. The mental anguish that ensues from trying to reconcile contrary data is called \u201ccognitive dissonance\u201d. Being unwilling to reevaluate what one believes to be true leads to fixed, uninspected viewpoints that do not aid but hinder survival. You cannot obtain optimum results from applying incorrect data to resolve problems so it is important, in this case vitally so, to resolve the contrary data on the subject of Covid.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Another problem is thinking that you know all about something. It bars your path to learning in that area. The antidote to that is humility. This quality is essential in reviewing an area or a body of data. A person who wishes to survive optimally must be prepared to look at what is there rather than accept what they’re told, even if by \u201cthe best authorities\u201d. (After all, \u201cthe best authorities\u201d once endorsed blood letting, slavery, cocaine in Coca Cola, smoking tobacco, Thalidomide, spraying DDT on children and crops etc.) Big breakthroughs occur when we are prepared to be humble, suspend our belief in what we think we know to be true and look newly, honestly at true data.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This can be a major problem in an area where someone is deliberately doing wrong as I have heard and observed that man\u2019s worst ability is to confront evil. The person who cannot confront evil will not see what is there or justify it, find some excuse why it was accidental rather than malicious.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

OK, let\u2019s list the commonly held beliefs about the novel coronavirus.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n