This weekend saw moving ceremonies to the Covid dead taking place at sites across the UK. But how should we remember a pandemic that is far from over and whose meaning is deeply contested?
Thanks for your comment. I certainly agree that calling it a ‘day of reflection’ rather than a day of ‘remembrance’ is a way of deflecting responsibility for the flawed response to Covid and the deaths that followed. But I don’t agree that flu was somehow rebranded’; flu was still around but because of social distancing and the strict lockdowns in Australia and New Zealand it did not circulate between the northern and southern hemispheres in the usual manner.
Thank you Mark for your reply. As regards rebranding the big clue was the sudden rise in COVID 19 in the statistics coupled with the plummeting of the ‘flu. Had the ‘flu remained at reasonably usual numbers it would have been perhaps fair to take your position based on that.
As it is rebranding is a standard business practice when sales are falling and in this case enabled big pharma to push its ‘solution’, a new vaccine. This was not trialled over the usual 10-15 years but instead pushed on an unwitting public.
In 2020 the authorities rebranded the 'flu which is why the 'flu almost disappeared from the statistics to be replaced by COVID 19.
It was the biggest psy op and scam in my lifetime and 5 years on I hoped that the vast majoity of the people would have seen through it by now.
The authorities who started all this were trying to sweep their responsibility under the carpet with this day of reflection.
Thanks for your comment. I certainly agree that calling it a ‘day of reflection’ rather than a day of ‘remembrance’ is a way of deflecting responsibility for the flawed response to Covid and the deaths that followed. But I don’t agree that flu was somehow rebranded’; flu was still around but because of social distancing and the strict lockdowns in Australia and New Zealand it did not circulate between the northern and southern hemispheres in the usual manner.
Thank you Mark for your reply. As regards rebranding the big clue was the sudden rise in COVID 19 in the statistics coupled with the plummeting of the ‘flu. Had the ‘flu remained at reasonably usual numbers it would have been perhaps fair to take your position based on that.
As it is rebranding is a standard business practice when sales are falling and in this case enabled big pharma to push its ‘solution’, a new vaccine. This was not trialled over the usual 10-15 years but instead pushed on an unwitting public.