The mask slips

 Vincent J. Curtis

5 Nov 20

RE: Comorbidities in COVID-19 deaths show lockdowns aren’t the best way to stop spread.  By Keith Grafton.  Hamilton Spectator op-ed of 5 Nov 20.  Mr. Grafton describes himself as “a writer living by the river in Alymer, Que., just downwind from Parliament Hill, with global executive experience in engineering and telecommunications.  He makes the following points: that 94 percent of COVID-19 deaths occur with comorbidities; that age is a significant factor, with 97 percent of deaths in Canada occurring in people over the age of 60; only 291 deaths in Canada occurred in people under the age of 60 with 94 percent of these being in people with comorbidities.  He concludes that draconian lockdown measures are a self-protective regulatory dynamic run amok.  It is difficult to justify closing schools, manufacturing plants, the prohibition of private gatherings in private homes, clubs, and to justify Theresa Tam’s recommendation to wear a mask during sex.  Since the W.H.O. no longer recommends lockdowns as the primary means of controlling the virus, authorities need to come up with targeted protections and avoid devastating the economy any further.

All this is preaching to this choir, as numerous article in this blog have same the same things, only much soon.. 

This article by Ken Grafton is unremarkable, except for one thing.  The facts in the article have been known for weeks and months.  What is remarkable is that the article was published at all.  It doesn’t conform to The Narrative.  I guess, now that the U.S. election is over, the lockdown and panic over COVID-19 have lost their usefulness.

Now that the facts are on the table, we can say that a lot of people in and out of media owe Sam Oosterhoff a big apology.  Yahoo nation is owed a big, fat apology starting with Doug Ford.  The people protesting lockdown restrictions every weekend at Queen’s Park were right all along.  The young car rallyists who met in Ancaster one Sunday evening and were condemned by every political figure above dogcatcher were right.  All the schoolmarm-ish medical experts were wrong on the big picture and hurt society a great deal.  And, judging from Dr. Theresa Tam, they’re not going to stop unless they are stopped.

The central facts of COVID-19 were known in mid-March: that it affected almost exclusively those over eighty and those with pre-existing conditions.  Consequently, general restrictions and lockdowns, the closure of schools, etc. were unjustified after April Fool’s Day.  The harm is incalculable.

There were plenty of voices crying out in the wilderness, but these voices were suppressed.  Big Tech and Big Media suppressed.

Now that the U.S. election is over, we ought to move quickly back to normalcy.

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