Reflection on the Covid Response by the Congressional Committee

Seeking the Right Words

How can we accurately describe the events that unfolded during the Covid years? Words like calamity, disaster, catastrophe, and unprecedented debacle come to mind. But none of these words seem to fully encapsulate the magnitude of the situation. Even so, it's worth attempting to characterize the whole of it.

Government Commissions and Their Predictability

As we examine the results of Covid commissions from governments worldwide, a predictable pattern emerges. Most reports indicate that their respective governments failed because they didn't act swiftly enough, enforce lockdowns stringently enough, or coordinate and communicate effectively. However, anyone familiar with corporate dynamics knows that when a committee reduces all problems to "communication and coordination," there's likely more to the story.

Corruption and Destruction

The corruption, waste, and destruction that occurred from 2020 to 2023 are so profound that no report has yet fully disclosed what happened, why it happened, who truly benefited and who suffered, and what this period implies for the public's perception of the world. The extent of institutional corruption revealed during this period was astonishing. It extended beyond governments and elected leaders to intelligence agencies, military-based bioweapons systems, and preparedness agencies operating under the guise of classified activities.

Failures in Various Sectors

Other sectors also experienced significant failures. The media, industry, tech companies, pharmaceutical companies, medical systems, academics, religions, banks, and advertisers all played their part in perpetuating the crisis. It's challenging to identify any societal institution that emerged from this period unscathed.

A Comprehensive Report

Despite these challenges, a comprehensive report titled "After Action Review of the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Lessons Learned and a Path Forward" has been produced by the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic as assembled by the US House of Representatives. This report, which is over 550 pages long with more than 2,000 footnotes, is a comprehensive critique of the public-health features of the pandemic response.

Report Findings

The report concludes that none of the measures taken worked, and all of them resulted in more damage than the pandemic could have caused on its own. It heavily criticizes gain-of-function research, the deference to the WHO, the lab-leak coverup, business and school closures, mask mandates, vaccine mandates, the approval process, the vaccine injury system, social distancing, and more.

Report Shortcomings

Despite its comprehensive nature, the report has its shortcomings. It praises Operation Warp Speed for saving "millions" of lives, a claim based on a modeling exercise that assumes what it is trying to prove. It also fails to address the rental moratorium, the push for sanitizing all things, domestic capacity restrictions, and other significant issues.

Report Recommendations

The Subcommittee's list of recommendations is weak, suggesting a more cautionary approach that considers all costs and benefits but still leaves governments in charge of anything labeled a pandemic. For instance, it suggests that it is easier to undo unneeded travel restrictions than to take a 'wait and see' approach once a virus has entered and spread within our borders.

Bottom Line

It seems that the core lesson - that governments cannot control the microbial kingdom and that pretending otherwise for industrial and political reset purposes poses an ongoing threat to freedom and rights - has not yet been learned or even admitted. We are still being asked to trust the same people and institutions that created the last calamity to handle the next one.

This report, despite its shortcomings, is the best one yet issued. However, we still have a long way to go to fully understand and account for the disaster that was the Covid response. What are your thoughts on this report? Share it with your friends and sign up for the Daily Briefing at 6 pm every day to stay informed.