“If the government was concerned about informing you of genuine emergencies, they’d currently be telling you all about excess deaths and what’s actually causing them.”
– Bob
“If the government was concerned about informing you of genuine emergencies, they’d currently be telling you all about excess deaths and what’s actually causing them.”
– Bob
It’s official. According to ‘the science’, masks (cloth, surgical and N95 / P2 types) do very little in terms of stopping or slowing down the spread of respiratory viruses.
Some have been saying this for a very long time now, arriving early at this conclusion through the willingness to apply critical thinking, common sense and logic but also in realising the dangers that come with submitting to mask tyranny. They did not need ‘science’ to show the way. For the majority however, a concerning casual compliance led to the masking of a nation. This has had profound effects in so many areas of life from small children to the elderly. In 2023 it’s borderline tragic to see an elderly person walking down the street wearing a surgical mask – a sight never seen before 2020. What we have unwittingly allowed through our casual compliance has not only served to increase fear and paranoia, but has deeply affected how people live day to day.
“…many still consider MSM as being the only valid, reliable and impartial source of information.”
Further perils of such casual compliance are illustrated through the sideshow of Hancock’s WhatsApp message ‘leaks’. These messages not only highlight the contempt in which the people of the UK are held by the political elite, but prove that coercive measures were intentionally taken at the expense of people’s lives, health and well-being. For example, Isabel Oakeshott recounts support for leaking these messages, such as: “Dear Isabel, my son committed suicide after lockdown as he missed school and gained a lot of weight. He died in December 2021 and was an indirect victim of lockdowns. This government is criminal. Good on you, keep going!” However, what is truly revealing is that this leak is little more than a sideshow, a distraction from where our attention should be focused – for example, investigating the tragedy of excess deaths.
Hancock and Co’s WhatsApp messages also serve as an example of the extent to which we have become conditioned to only believe something if the MSM (Mainstream Media, including so called ‘fact-checkers’) validate it as ‘truth’. Take the ‘lab leak theory’ * which was passed off as ‘conspiracy’ back in 2020, but now that MSM has bought into it, suddenly it’s legitimate. Despite this partial revealing of the narrative, there are many who still consider MSM as being the only valid, reliable and impartial source of information.
Compliance through mask wearing alone would have been bad enough, but the hostility emanating from mask ideologues towards those who chose to resist; the critical thinkers, the truth seekers, the ones not wanting to be cowed by tyranny was deeply saddening and, in some cases, shocking.
“Tacking on a bible verse to justify ‘COVID measures’ had the effect of reducing God’s Word to a supporting document for governmental health policy.”
The message that by wearing a mask we were ‘protecting others’ or ‘showing we care’ was nothing more than manipulative coercion based on lies that was unwittingly bought into by so many. The face mask became the most overt signal of differentiation between the compliant and the dissenter. Yet through all this, little attention was paid to why the dissenters were prepared to take a stand, often at cost to themselves. Reasons for dissent included the fact of masks not preventing transmission or infection, but also the very real physical impacts; growth of infection inside the mask, reduced oxygen intake, increased CO2, skin infections, anxiety, headaches, stress, dizziness, and effects on those unable to see facial expressions and lip read. Less obvious but even more pressing were the spiritual implications of covering the face.
Perhaps saddest of all was how many churches were largely filled with (albeit well meaning) compliant, non-singing, masked up, individuals professing faith, yet not really demonstrating it. Tacking on a bible verse to justify ‘COVID measures’ had the effect of reducing God’s Word to a supporting document for governmental health policy.
All said and done, this was not our finest hour. The propagation of fear and the ‘othering’ of the dissenting unmasked few, has left a scar (this is before we even touch on the ‘vaccine’…).
The truth is that the spiritual implications of covering the face are significant, yet scant thought or regard was given to this. Many church leaders at the time (myself included) were ‘caught out’ by the events of March 2020, due in part to years of drifting into a relaxed understanding as to what church is. This meant that doors were closed and measures were put in place all too enthusiastically, the church becoming a willing tool of the state. Perhaps many church leaders lacked the courage to speak up on this issue (to go against the narrative was hard and costly), but thankfully there were a few that did speak up and we should be grateful for them. We have an opportunity to learn from these brave individuals so that we don’t make the same mistakes again.
The question is, will we?
Next time, it might not be masks. But for sure, there will be significant outside pressure exerted on the church to force us to conform to the world at the expense of our faith.
It’s coming and we need to be better prepared.
* Not implying that the lab leak theory is necessarily the truth.
N.B. It appears that the mask ideologues are not giving up just yet. Apparently, the linked review will be “updated” as “wearing a mask may make little to no difference in how many people caught a flu‐like illness/COVID‐like illness” is “open to misinterpretation”! Of course, this does not alter the fact that masks “make little to no difference…”
In this special episode we speak to Dave Brennan from Brephos, a project committed to helping churches respond to abortion. This is a sensitive but important subject, and we look at the realities of abortion, the Biblical theology of the unborn, why the church needs to talk about abortion, and the ethics around the use of cell lines from aborted babies (including in the development of the COVID vaccines). We end with a reminder of the hope which the gospel of Christ offers, a gospel which is big enough to speak into the pain of abortion, and the reality of God’s grace.
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In our fast paced world, the furore engulfing MP Andrew Bridgen appears to have dissipated. However, he has effectively been expelled from the Conservative party. His expulsion was triggered by a tweet posted January 11 which said “As one consultant cardiologist said to me this is the biggest crime against humanity since the holocaust”. For sure, momentum leading up to this tweet had picked up significant pace back in December. It was then that Andrew Bridgen raised his head above the parapet to give a speech on vaccine harms in the House of Commons. The essence of his speech was to propose the COVID vaccine rollout be halted, allowing for reliable, transparent analysis as to the current spike in excess deaths and significant cases of vaccine harm be completed. The fact that Andrew Bridgen was a largely lone voice is a revealing indictment as to the current state of affairs.
Raising a legitimate concern about an experimental (how else would you describe it?) medication that has been rolled out on a never-before-seen scale, is more than reasonable. Sadly, the only comeback we hear, repeated ad-nauseam, is that the COVID shots are “safe and effective”. Clearly, the establishment has been on alert for this particular MP and was looking readily for a reason to take him down. The tweet of January 11 presented the ideal opportunity to do so.
Fellow conservative MPs were quick to jump on. Sajid Javid heaved in with “Right to take action over @ABridgen’s tweet. Morally repugnant to compare the life-saving vaccine rollout to the Holocaust. And it’s dangerously wrong to imply the many good people who played their part in it are part of some kind of conspiracy.” Firstly, Javid is directing his ire to the wrong person – it was a consultant cardiologist who made the claim, not Andrew Bridgen. Secondly, the tweet was not relativising the holocaust (as Javid insinuates) by comparing the vaccine rollout to it, but stating (in the consultant cardiologist’s view) that it was the biggest crime since the holocaust.
Of all people, Matt Hancock had the gall to gleefully join the pile on. Hancock tweeted “The disgusting and dangerous anti-semitic, anti-vax, anti-scientific conspiracy theories spouted by a sitting MP this morning are unacceptable and have absolutely no place in our society”. Here tweets a man who is either deluded or so entrenched in his ersatz morality bunker that he believes he can act with complete impunity. Going by the replies to his tweet, the vast majority saw right through Hancock. His ad-hominem rant confirms his place on the wrong side of history.
The curious case is this, since when was it a crime to seek legitimate scrutiny in the heart of the UK’s perceived democracy? What was in it for Andrew Bridgen to raise himself into the firing line of a complicit media and largely silent Commons? Anyone can tow the party line, but to step out, to break ranks, to go against the grain, points to a depth of character I wish we’d see more of from our MP’s. If he’s wrong, prove it. However, this would also necessitate fully answering the thousands (could be many more) ‘vaccine injured’ who have been raising the same issues as Andrew Bridgen.
Dr Josh Guetzkow (Senior lecturer at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) the author of the article that Andrew Bridgen linked to (here) is a Jew and had this to say “there is nothing at all anti-Semitic about his (Andrew Bridgen’s) statement”. But, what would he know? Dr Guetzkow goes on to say “The hollow accusations against him only distract from genuine examples of anti-Semitism and ultimately hinder attempts to draw attention to them, much like the boy who cried wolf.”
In a statement on the removal of Andrew Bridgen, the Tory Chief Whip, Simon Hart said “…As a nation we should be very proud of what has been achieved through the vaccine programme. The vaccine is the best defense against Covid that we have. Misinformation about the vaccine causes harm and costs lives. I am therefore removing the whip from Andrew Bridgen with immediate effect”.
Since when is calling something into question “misinformation”? A vital ingredient of our ‘democracy’ is informed, robust debate on important issues that directly impact the people of this country. Certainly, Simon Hart epitomizes the problem we face through the majority of MPs towing the party line by reciting – “safe and effective”. This phrase, a kind of lobotomized trope, is fast becoming the only response by those, like Simon Hart, still clinging to the well worn COVIDian narrative. Whilst Andrew Bridgen’s tweet was a catalyst for what seems like the end of his political career, I suspect that on this issue he will be vindicated. One of the ironies is that Dr. Guetzkow also pointed out that Holocaust survivor Vera Sharav has already drawn parallels between the extreme and discriminatory public health measures during the pandemic and the Holocaust. She is of course not alone in this. Rod Dreher outlines similar parallels in his excellent book “Live not by Lies”. Learning from the recent past is critical to how well we will be able to face the near future.
To ask questions is an essential component in seeking the truth. On the other hand, suppressing the answering of questions is the highway to tyranny. Which would we rather have, MPs that try and stand for truth and justice or MPs that meekly follow the narrative, putting party before the people? On the subject of truth, my friend Helen has written an excellent piece on her Substack, you can find it here.
As I write this, the current UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak has been deflecting the heat from his no-seatbelt sideshow onto Nadhim Zahawi, the Tory Party Chair, in reference to some “tax issues”. Only the other week, Zahawi tweeted (as part of the Andrew Bridgen smackdown) “I am appalled by the recent highly offensive comments on vaccinations. Our vaccination programme saved millions of lives worldwide and continues to protect the most vulnerable. As former vaccines minister, I am proud of our world leading response to the Pandemic.”
A week is a long time in politics. As things stand, it’s highly doubtful that history will be affirming for many of our politicians. However, there is every chance that for Andrew Bridgen, things could turn out very differently.
UPDATE 30/1/23: Nadhim Zahawi has paid a penalty (been fined) for tax avoidance, has broken ministerial code and has been ‘fired’ from his role as Conservative Party chairman.
However, he remains a Conservative MP…