COVID-19 has been called the great equalizer, but nothing could be further from the truth. The disease clearly affects certain groups far worse than others, and the countermeasures implemented to quell the outbreak have been a phenomenal boon for wealthy globalists while decimating the livelihood, and perhaps even the will to live, of the average person. As reported by IPS News:1
“According to the latest ILO reports,2 as job losses escalate due to lockdowns, nearly half of the global workforce is at risk of losing livelihoods, access to food and the ability to survive.
The World Economic Forum states that ‘With some 2.6 billion people around the world in some kind of lockdown, we are conducting arguably the largest psychological experiment ever.’3
As governments and corporations tighten political authoritarianism4 and technological surveillance, curtailing privacy and democratic protest, much of humanity is succumbing to anxiety, depression and a sense of powerlessness.”
Pandemics Highlight Pre-Existing Health Inequalities
An ever-growing number of doctors, academics and scientists are now questioning the origin of the virus, the validity of using PCR tests to diagnose “cases,” the usefulness of face masks, the questionable classification of COVID-19 deaths, the suppression of scientifically verified methods of prevention and treatment, and the safety and usefulness of COVID-19 vaccines.
There are clear problems in all of these areas, yet questions and logical thinking have been, and continue to be, met with harsh resistance and denial.
Those leading the charge in terms of pandemic responses — most notably the World Health Organization, media companies and Big Tech — have not been shy about their censoring of counter-narratives, almost without exception. Even military information warfare units are being deployed in the fight against “anti-vaccine propaganda.”5
When it comes to the disease itself, we now know certain comorbidities significantly raise your risk of complications and deaths. Among the top ones are obesity, insulin resistance and vitamin D deficiency.
While these conditions are exceptionally common overall, they’re particularly prevalent in Black and indigenous communities, and when combined with inadequate access to health care, these groups also end up being disproportionally affected by COVID-19. As noted by IPS News:6
“The disproportionately higher rates of COVID deaths among American Indians and Alaska Natives,7 for example, are due to higher rates of obesity, diabetes, asthma and heart disease than among more privileged U.S. communities.”
Research8 suggests even mild obesity can influence COVID-19 severity, raising the risk of respiratory failure by 2.5 times and the risk of needing intensive care by nearly five times. Inflammation triggered by obesity is also thought to be responsible for the threefold greater risk of pulmonary embolism (blood clots in the lungs) seen in obese COVID-19 patients.9,10
Certain groups — particularly the elderly and those with darker skin — are also far more prone to the illness due to the fact that they’re also at highest risk for vitamin D deficiency.
COVID-19, the Great Inequity
Sources and References
- 1, 6, 14, 21, 24 IPS News December 1, 2020
- 2 ILO.org April 29, 2020
- 3 Weforum.org April 9, 2020
- 4 HIR.harvard.edu May 23, 2020
- 5 Mail Online November 28, 2020
- 7 Science Magazine September 24, 2020
- 8 Eur J Endocrinol. 2020 Jul 1;EJE-20-0541.R2. doi: 10.1530/EJE-20-0541. Online ahead of print
- 9 U.S. News & World Report July 23, 2020
- 10 Radiology May 14, 2020
- 11 Townhall May 20, 2020
- 12 Emerging Infectious Diseases November 2006; 12(11)
- 13 Weforum.com June 24, 2020
- 15 Institute for Policy Studies December 9, 2020
- 16, 17 Institute for Policy Studies June 18, 2020
- 18, 20 The New York Times August 19, 2020
- 19 Vox July 30, 2020
- 22 Psychology Today August 3, 2020
- 23 World Economic Forum Digital Transformation July 2020 (PDF)
- 25 Global Research November 9, 2020
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