This is a takeoff on those year-end in/out lists we see in newspapers (and I’ve put these items in no particular order) …
| “Out” (or never in) in COVID-19 Era United States | “In” in COVID-19 Era United States |
| Self-respect | Servile submission |
| Joy | Fear |
| Embracing life’s risks | Trading hard-won liberties for illusory safety |
| “Live Free or Die” bumper stickers | “Real Men Wear Masks” bumper stickers |
| Science | Scientism |
| Questioning authority | Blind obedience |
| Healthy distrust of establishment media | “It was in the Times and the Post – must be true” |
| My Body, My Choice | Bill Gates & self-interested, revolving-door medical authorities know what’s best for me |
| Dr. Mercola | Dr. Fauci |
| Free Expression as a crucial pillar of democracy | Censorship (until it affects us, personally) to protect us from “disinformation” (never mind who decides what that means) |
| Freedom to live according to your conscience | Freedom to do exactly as you’re told |
| Sticking it to the Man | Snitching on your neighbor for the slightest infraction of ludicrous, demeaning, top-down mandates |
| Real experience and solid data | Mickey-Mouse computer models and COVID stats more puffed up than “Hans & Franz” |
| Courage | Cowardice |
| Prosperity and economic independence | Poverty and dependence (note: not applicable to the billionaires directing the “pandemic” response, from which they are reaping a windfall) |
| Truth | Official Lies |
| Wisdom | Intellect (cynically wielded) |
| Symbolic racism against people of color | Assembly-line homicide of people of color in several of New York’s public hospitals (Apparent attitude: “They’re all going to die anyway, so let’s just put them under and throw them on a ventilator, and at least we’ll make good money while they slip away.”) |
| Social activities and travel | Cowering at home |
| Small businesses anchored in communities | Gigantic corporations that don’t give a shit about communities |
| Massive “defense” spending | You knew I was kidding, right? |
| Seeing “1984” as a warning | Living “1984” as if it’s the only sensible thing to do |
| Fear of concentrated power | Clamoring for more centralization of power |
| Believing whistleblowers who have nothing to gain | Believing authorities who have everything to lose |
| Sunshine and fresh air are healthy | You’re safer in the dim light and stale, polluted air of your house |
| Other people are your brothers and sisters | Other people are deadly threats to your health |
| An insecure buffoon in the White House | A new insecure buffoon in the White House (soon, anyway) |
| Sanity | Insanity (presented as sanity) |
| Live music and arts | Virtual, pathetic-shadow-of-live music and arts |
| Hugs | Elbow bumps |
| Humanity | Sterile technology |
| Knowledge | Ignorance (ferociously maintained) |
| Political Correctness | Just kidding (You didn’t fall for that one, did you?) |
| Fact-checking | “Fact-checking” |
| Oral health | “Mask mouth” |
| An avalanche of science indicating the futility of mask-wearing as an infectious disease prophylactic | Masks are vital for public health (“Stop asking questions and just mask-up, Bro!”) |
| Community policing | Fascist drone policing |
| Genuine respect and concern for the elderly | Cynical exploitation of the elderly to justify draconian policies, while doing everything possible to ensure their timely demise |
| Teddy Bears | Coronavirus plush toys |
| Honest coverage of non-lockdown countries | Sweden only reported as a (false) cautionary tale; Belarus? It’s only discussed in context of discontent with pro-Russian government |
| Growing awareness of dangers of Electrosmog | “5G is super-safe… What’re you, some kind of loon that thinks 5G makes the coronavirus?” |
| “How about that U. of Alaska report on WTC7?” | “We’ve got a massive health crisis, and you’re still stuck on 9-11?” |
| Finding that a huge proportion of the population has already been exposed to a virus – with no ill effects – is very good news; it means the virus isn’t particularly lethal | Finding that a huge proportion of the population has already been exposed to a virus – with no ill effects – is bad news; it means the virus spreads easily |
| Skepticism regarding the claims of “safety and effectiveness” for products which the manufacturers have rushed to market after doggedly securing liability immunity; products from which they stand to make hundreds of billions, if not trillions of dollars | “Thou shalt not question vaccines or their makers.” |
| Lifetime herd immunity from natural exposure (Hear of Sweden, anyone?) | Fleeting vaccine-mediated immunity, at the cost of myriad side effects and vulnerability to other diseases |
| Koch’s Postulates as standard for proving you’ve isolated an infectious agent and shown it causes a particular disease | Rivers’ Postulates, because you can’t use Koch’s Postulates for viruses… just kidding (Gosh, you’re gullible!), authorities don’t have to prove anything; it boils down to “Trust us, we’re experts.” |
| Mundane, apolitical viruses that flourish or perish according to biological principles and the laws of physics | Woke viruses like SARS-CoV-2, that spare unprotected Black Lives Matter protesters. Apparently, SARS-CoV-2 is anti-Putin as well, refusing to infect unmasked throngs in Belarus that have been agitating against their Russia-friendly government. |
| Hydroxychloroquine is safe and effective, both as a prophylactic and a treatment, for coronaviruses | By definition, nothing is effective against SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 except for inordinately expensive vaccines. (And it’s ludicrous and irresponsible to wonder whether drug companies – having horrific track records – just might put hundred-billion or trillion dollar profits ahead of public well-being.) |
| The Israel Lobby | Just Kidding (If you fell for that one, you should worry more about a terminal case of naivety than you should about COVID-19.) |
| Some measure of privacy | Total, 24/365 surveillance; to keep us safe, of course |
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