“Plandemic"

By this time, you’ll have already heard of the whole “Plandemic” scandal. But, on the off chance that you haven’t, here’s a story on it that ran a while back in The Daily Beast, and which I first found on Yahoo News, “Discredited Doctor and Sham ‘Science’ Are the Stars of Viral Coronavirus Documentary ‘Plandemic’,” by Will Sommer.

Basically, the tale is as follows. The “New-Age producer Mikki Willis” did a video, Plandemic, in which “controversial scientist Dr. Judy Mikovits, a close associate of anti-vaccine activists, weaves an elaborate tale alleging a government conspiracy to create the coronavirus, with Anthony Fauci as a kind of murderous puppetmaster behind it all. Along the way, she claims that masks ‘activate’ the virus, and that she was imprisoned as part of a cover-up.”

The video was posted on Youtube and Facebook. Fairly quickly, those two worthy companies pulled the thing for being a threat to life and limb,  but not before it had been seen by millions of viewers and embraced by anti-vaxxers, anti-quarantine activists, deplorables of every sort, and fringe figures. That wouldn’t be a problem, particularly, if it weren’t for the fact that the video and those people who endorsed it will influence many, many innocent men and women who are simply confused or frightened, and who will now fail to take the precautions necessary to protect themselves.

Meaning that some of those people, and some of the individuals with whom they come into contact, will die.

Which means, in turn, that you could argue that Ms. Mikki Willis and Dr. Judy Mikovits, along with Donald Trump, will be responsible for those deaths.

Thus, we encounter an interesting question: to wit, where does free speech end and Negligent Homicide begin?

I do not know. I cannot say. But this much I will hazard...

We are, here, far too close to murder to be at peace.

 

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