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Daily Broadside | You’re going to die and Happy Holidays!

Daily Verse | 1 Peter 2:24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.

Wednesday’s Reading: 2 Peter 1-3

Happy Wednesday my friends. You know that I caught the Beijing Blight in October and suffered some powerful negative effects on my energy levels, but have basically recovered to my pre-Covid health. I don’t regret not getting vaccinated and still have no plans to do so — even with the Delta and Omicron variants free-floating across the globe.

The truth is that this virus and its variants are following the pattern of most viruses: it starts out strong but weakens over time to where it’s just another illness that we learn to live with. And live with it we can, especially since the Omicron variant only produces mild symptoms, and sometimes none at all. I’ve read opinion pieces where the authors report that they can’t find any record of any death as the result of being infected with the Omicron variant.

But Gropey Joe and his minions are keeping the pressure campaign going.

This kind of rhetoric is very damaging to the country. First, the grave words don’t match the reality. Omicron isn’t “disrupting” anything. Maybe there’s some infections, but our hospitals aren’t overwhelmed with the deathly ill and as far as we know, no one has died of the Omicron variant.

Second, there are obviously two audiences being spoken to here: the vaxxed and the unvaxxed. Note the language: the vaccinated “have done the right thing” — it’s a moral claim of “rightness” for the vaccinated, which also implies that the other group — the unvaccinated — have not done the right thing.

Then there’s, “we will get through this.” That “we” is the White House aligning itself with the morally superior group. They’re essentially saying, “hey, we’re with you; we’re there for you; we’re in this together.”

Now look at the text to the unvaccinated: “you’re,” “yourselves,” “your,” “you.” No “we” in there — you’re on your own. And it’s going to be a devastating winter for you with “severe illness and death.” And look at the problem you’re likely to cause: overwhelming hospitals with your irresponsible decision not to get vaxxed.

Vaxxed? Good! Not vaxxed? Baaad!

Third, this is a clear example of pitting groups against each other (in this case, the vaxxed against the unvaxxed), which exacerbates the deep divides that already exist and that the left has been agitating for years.

This is Marxist class warfare dressed up in appeals to our better nature.

We need to reject this kind of agitation out of hand, as we do statements from Joe Biden and Anthony Fauci. Just listen to Biden himself and ask yourself why he’s speaking like a dictator.

Did you ask PERMISSION from Joey 81 MILLION to enjoy getting together with your family this Christmas? Joey Ice Cream Cone says it’s “A-OK” to do that — as long as you’re vaccinated. Again, the implication is that the unvaccinated should stay isolated.

We should absolutely refuse to follow this guidance. The pandemic is essentially over; we’re dealing with a mild flu-like virus that will be with us forever. Unlock the country and open it back up again!

Our federal government has no business messaging the American people with this kind of fear mongering. Ignore it and live life with joy and without fear.

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Daily Broadside | Faux-chi’s Fear-Mongering Seems All Out of Proportion

Daily Verse | 1 Corinthians 15:19
If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.

Monday’s Reading: 2 Corinthians 1-5

Happy Monday, my friends. I hope you all tryptophaned the light fantastic over the Thanksgiving holiday.

A quick update on me: I am feeling better most mornings, but still find that my energy drains in the afternoons. So many people I’ve talked to who have had the Asian Contagion have said the same thing: the after-effect of Covid-19 hangs on in the form of fatigue — in some cases, for a long time.

Now we have the new scare — the Omicron Variant. It never ends. We’ll be fighting this thing forever and every time there’s a new variant, the government will shriek about the threat and start ordering masking and lockdowns and a new vaccine.

For instance:

I stopped listening to Faux-Chi a long time ago. He’s a political bureaucrat who has gotten rich off the American taxpayer while he lies to Congress about funding the Wuhan Institute where these viruses were most likely developed. It’s not known yet if the new strain of Covid-19 is worse than the original or Delta or Omega strains. “There is currently no information to suggest that symptoms associated with Omicron are different from those from other variants,” says the WHO.

Fortunately, it sounds like the new variant is less severe than any of its predecessors:

The South African doctor who first sounded the alarm on the Omicron variant of the coronavirus said that its symptoms are “unusual but mild” in healthy patients — but she’s worried the strain could cause complications in the elderly and unvaccinated.

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She called South Africa’s vaccine advisory committee on Nov. 18 after a family of four all tested positive for the virus with symptoms that included extreme fatigue.

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“It presents mild disease with symptoms being sore muscles and tiredness for a day or two not feeling well,” Coetzee told the paper. “So far, we have detected that those infected do not suffer the loss of taste or smell. They might have a slight cough. There are no prominent symptoms. Of those infected some are currently being treated at home.”

Does Faux-chi’s “ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING” sound proportionate to you?

As I’ve said before, I’m not a doctor and I don’t play one on TV, but color me skeptical of anything our gub’mint says at this point. Disease is a part of life and while our political leaders can play a role, they should not be in charge of people’s health. And that’s what they’re doing with this (literally) manufactured crisis. They are attempting to herd all of us into a government-mandated program of vaccinations based on sketchy “science” and questionable statistics.

I’m not at all saying we shouldn’t be cautious with the new variant—I just came through a battle with some form of Covid-19 and 5 million people have died from it. I’m saying that we should be cautious about letting the government step into the role of doctor, telling all of us what we should be doing in response to the disease.

Think for yourself while you still have the freedom to do so.