The only thing we know for sure about the COVID-19 pandemic is that it has been lies and coverups since Day 1.
At the beginning of the pandemic, I automatically assumed that our public health officials were doing their best. I didn't assume they were doing everything right, but I believed they were trying to.
Now I know better. At their best, they were shooting from the hip, and at their worst, they were lying bastards trying to manipulate us and cover their asses. Often both. Usually both.
Oh, and they were trying to depose a president and slander every Repubican. Don't forget that.
Exclusive: I have obtained the transcript of Francis Collins’s closed-door testimony. He admitted there was no evidence to support six feet apart and conceded coronavirus origins are still up for debate.
— James Lynch (@jameslynch32) May 16, 2024
Full story @NRO: https://t.co/uweD9rP3pT
One of the people I assumed would be a "good guy" was Francis Collins. I knew a bit about him from before the pandemic, and he seemed nice enough. He was a scientist who led the effort to map the human genome and had come out of that effort looking pretty good, so I expected him to be competent and well-meaning.
Well-meaning, perhaps, but neither competent nor honest. He has admitted several times that he engaged in horrendous behavior, including lying, to manipulate people. He was one of the scientists who called Jay Bhattacharya, Martin Kulldorf, and Marty Mackery "fringe epidemiologists," knowing the opposite was true. He has even admitted that they were mostly right, but defended his attacks on them because they might improperly influence the president and undermine the authority of government public health officials.
🔥 Dr. Vinay Prasad Fires Back at Francis Collins' Takedown of the Great Barrington Declaration
— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) December 30, 2023
"You were the NIH Director. You could have had a series of Town Halls where you invited people like Jay Bhattacharya and Martin Kulldorff and had an open discussion of the pros and… pic.twitter.com/v3nFQpXU0o
He also has admitted that he didn't care about the consequences of decisions made in Washington, D.C., on normal people. He describes public health as the relentless pursuit of saving every life no matter the consequences, proving that he knows precisely nothing about the true purpose of public health, which is to balance costs and benefits to people and society.
Go read any public health ethics document. It says nothing close to what Collins admittedly thinks. If public health is about saving every life regardless of cost, no automobile would be allowed on the road, no ladder would ever be built, and fire, electricity, and even Tylenol would be banned.
Francis Collins, former director of NIH, who played a key role in endorsing US lockdown policy, admits far too late that he disregarded collateral harms of pandemic policy. That approach was inexcusable & many experts warned against it from early 2020.
— David Thunder (@davidjthunder) December 28, 2023
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Now we learn from the release of a transcript of Collins' testimony that they just threw s**t against the wall to see what sticks. That was how they came up with non-pharmaceutical interventions. Make it up and hope it works.
✔️Dr. Collins testified that the “6 feet apart” social distancing recommendation promoted by federal health officials was likely not based on any science or data. pic.twitter.com/6c88SNX55n
— Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic (@COVIDSelect) May 16, 2024
This is inexcusable. Forcing a policy--and it was a policy--based on zero evidence. Here in Minnesota, I recall spending 20 minutes outside in -10 degree weather to enter a grocery store in a line that went around the block because of bogus social distancing guidelines.
It was unpleasant, dangerous for some, and totally unnecessary. Some unknown bureaucrat thought it was a good idea and the powers that be decided to throw it out there.
Geez. Tar and feathers.
✔️Dr. Collins testified that he was unaware of ANY @NIH policies that ensure proper oversight of foreign labs.
— Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic (@COVIDSelect) May 16, 2024
This means that NIH often lacks the necessary expertise to ensure U.S. taxpayer funds are spent safely. pic.twitter.com/7CwYUpDkO0
The testimony also confirms--by his own admission--that they were liars and incompetents. Despite a massive campaign he and Fauci coordinated, he knew the lab leak hypothesis was entirely plausible and that the US had no safeguards to ensure that our taxpayer dollars weren't funding horribly dangerous research performed in unsafe matters.
We know the US State Department knew that the Wuhan lab was dangerous--they told the NIH that!--and nobody there cared a whit. Not their problem, I guess.
✔️Dr. Collins claimed that Dr. Fauci invited him to attend the infamous February 1, 2020 conference call that "prompted" the public narrative suppressing and vilifying the lab leak hypothesis.
— Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic (@COVIDSelect) May 16, 2024
This statement directly contradicts Dr. Fauci's previous statements. pic.twitter.com/MqStxTkDtl
Collins is a deeply religious man and has often spoken about how religion and science complement each other. Good enough, as far as it goes.
But apparently, his intellectual commitment to science and Christianity hasn't translated into a commitment to ethical behavior and a duty of care for his fellow man. He was a liar and a stooge for some very bad people. He allowed his employee, Dr. Fauci, to steamroll him into doing enormous damage to our country, the world, and countless children and into becoming a conspirator in some of the biggest lies we have seen in our lifetime.
He has been on a confessional tour, although he continues to justify his actions. Instead, he should be screaming from the rooftops, naming names, and exposing the rot at the heart of our government institutions.
Don't hold your breath.
