It has been proven that the National Institute of Health and its affiliates such as Eco Health alliance and the World Health Organization have been morally compromised by their working relationships with China. Their professional and financial backing for Gain of Function research in Wuhan has been exposed. Unfortunately, their activities have not received proper coverage from international media.
The first point here is that the scientific community refuses to take responsibility for the outbreak of covid. They initially lied about the leak in the Wuhan lab by stating that the wet markets in Wuhan were to blame for Covid. The refusal of the scientific community to demand the departure of Anthony Fauci (an enthusiastic and unapologetic supporter of gain of function research up to the present day) continues to undermine its credibility.
Leaving aside the nefarious activities of all the above let us examine the attitudes of the broader scientific community. By no means should the broader scientific community be associated with the activities of all the above. However, scientists have an inclination to be irritating by their apathy to the very real frustrations of ordinary people.
At the present time, the new variant called Omicron represents a serious threat. Fair enough to recognize this threat. However, Scientists act as if nothing has changed since last year. The media is not helping either but that is another story.
Last year, no one was vaccinated. This winter, sixty percent of all Americans have been fully vaccinated. Furthermore, although Omicron spreads much faster than the Delta variant as it has a much more mild effect on people. Granted, none of this is good but the fact is we are much better off this winter than last winter and the refusal of Scientists and Doctors to concede that things are better is especially irritating.
It is clear that Scientists and Doctors do not understand the importance of morale. Clearly, they do not understand the frustrations of ordinary people. This is not the fourteenth century in which the world was ravaged by the black death. This is 2021 where the world has changed and in which the outbreak of an infectious disease is far more difficult to cope with.
The world of 2020 was a much different world from previous centuries. Frankly, a pandemic in today’s world should have been unthinkable. Scientists and Doctors have shown inability to understand the economic, social, and political effects emanating from the lockdowns that were imposed at the beginning. Shutting the world down created further problems as can be seen by the riots in America during the summer of 2020.
Theologians understand that we live in a fallen world where man is a sinner. Christianity offers the sacrament-mystery of confession to believers because people sin even after repenting. People fall again and again and look to God’s grace for forgiveness again and again. Do Scientists and Doctors understand the nature of man and his proclivity to sin?
The Scientists believe if they tell people about how to fight the pandemic that people will just listen. That humans are more complex with a variety of beliefs and theories and may not listen does not seem to reach the understanding of the highly educated Scientists and Doctors.
The pandemic should not have happened. It happened because of the reckless actions of Chinese Scientists and their western enablers who failed to take into account the well being of the people of the world and the disruption of their lives. Much has been said about privilege in America.
Let it be understood that the most privileged people are the Scientists who carried on with their activities while the people of the world carried on with their lives not suspecting what was to come. One of the things that must change post pandemic is the privileged position of scientists. Democratic governments must take control and exert their authority over the Scientific communities in the future.
We have seen in recent years the scandals regarding religious institutions. The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese is a case in point with its never ending tales of corruption. The Roman Catholic Church is another example. As Churches and Governments are held responsible for their offenses, so should the Scientists at the National Institute of Health and elsewhere for assisting the Wuhan lab.
The lockdowns also deprived people of attending religious services from which they draw faith and strength. The secular elite in Science, Medicine, Government, and Media had no empathy for the spiritual and moral dilemma that believers in all faiths faced during the lockdowns.
Scientists and Doctors see nothing but gloom and death. This despite the fact that America and the world came a long way from the early horrors of the pandemic to the summer of 2021 where things got much, much better. While the year 2021 will end in disappointment can any one doubt this was a much, much better year than 2020?
The Scientific community needs to clean house beginning with Anthony Fauci who needs to be retired. They also need to fundamentally recognize that people need a sense of optimism and hope. It is not enough for people to merely be alive, they need to know that they will recover their lives.
One has to wonder if the Scientists will ever admit that the pandemic is over even when it actually is over. No one can deny that the Scientific community under Fauci has attained a great deal of political authority and influence unprecedented in American history.