Perhaps the most important lesson to come from government response to COVID-19 is the need for us to regain our ability to come to our own decisions by doing our own research. Seeing Kiwis do this back in 1996 was one of the reasons I came to live here. They left the herd mentality to the sheep.
This does not just apply to COVID-19 or the Deep State but all areas of life where previously you have placed your trust in authority figures. At best COVID-19 has shown those in authority are fallible. At worst it suggests they are themselves puppets or may not have your best interests at heart.
Step out of Mainstream Media (MSM)
To make your own decisions you will need to go beyond Stuff, The Herald and other mainstream media (MSM). With MSM you are likely to only hear a single story on any subject – trust the experts, they know what they are doing.
As you learn, try and find the facts rather than rely on the opinion of others, however important they appear to be.
Zero Hedge, https://www.zerohedge.com/ is a good place to start, or Off Guardian, off-guardian.org/ . Their articles will lead you to other sources. Do not expect a single point of view. Outside MSM people have lots of points of view. But what you will find is facts that will help you make up your own mind on important issues.
Researching the Deep State
If it had not been for events in 2020 I would never have accepted the idea of a Deep State in control of governments, media and advanced technology with the single desire to control the human population and exploit the planet’s resources.
The reason why I like the work of Dr Steven Greer is the degree of evidence, both in terms of documents and the people who have come out to support his view of the Unacknowledged Special Access Projects who operate without oversight of any kind.
Evidence is always more powerful than opinion. Second, Greer’s message, while pulling no punches about the ruthlessness and criminality of the Deep State, is essentially a hopeful one – we are being asked to evolve as a species in order to join more advanced civilisations in the universe.
The most valuable resource I have found to date is the 4 hour expose of Deep State on YouTube. Documents and evidence by whistle blowers can also be found on https://siriusdisclosure.com/ . Greer has been at this a long time so there is a lot of information available. Check it out and come to your own conclusions.
A Covid-19 Research Template
If there is any lingering doubt over the real threat from COVID-19 here is a suggested template that can help you find the answers.
Focus on deaths. The best fact to focus on is how many people have actually died from the virus. Not estimates, not how many test positive. Actual deaths.
Compare with usual deaths from flu. To get an idea of how serious the threat of COVID-19 actually is compare it with the annual deaths from the flu. These figures are available for most countries and worldwide. For example an estimated 389,000 people die each year from the flu worldwide. As of 28th May 2020 there have been 353,000 deaths from COVID-19.
Another way to gain perspective is to compare COVID-19 deaths with deaths from other diseases. For example in the 5 months since the first cases of COVID-19 were reported 4 million people have died of cancer and there have been on average 330,000 suicides.
Be aware of death overstatement. It is highly likely that the number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 are inflated. About 90% of people who die from COVID-19 also have other illnesses. This is called co-morbidity. When the doctor comes to attribute the cause of death there is pressure to attribute the fatality to the virus and there is usually no rigorous way of telling what the patient actually died of. In the United States $12 billion is being allocated to hospitals treading COVID-19 patients.
But even with a likely overstatement of COVID-19 deaths, ask yourself: does the size of the threat warrant government actions? Are they close to the 1.2 to 2.4 million deaths forecast in the United States alone that was used as justification for lockdown?
Use control countries. A common objection raise by those that support government lockdown is that deaths from COVID-19 are low precisely because the government took strong action. To check if this is correct use data from countries that have not locked down their population. For example according to WHO data Sweden has on average 1,557 deaths from flu each year. With no lockdown it has reported 4,220 deaths from COVID-19, 2.7 times the annual average, or 0.04% of the population. A bad flu strain yes but Swedes now have herd immunity for years to come. The result is between 8 and 17 times less than original mortality estimates used to lockdown the US and UK.
Research the World Health Organisation (WHO). If you want to take your research further take a look at the WHO. Who are they? How are they funded? Who has most to gain from a pandemic being declared? Iain Davis gives a good introduction in a two part article. For example he points out that WHO, as well as the Bill and Melissa Gates Foundation were major contributors via the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) to Professor Neil Fergusson at Imperial College London. It was Professor Fergusson who provided the wildly overstated forecasts that shut down the US and UK.
Once you have gathered the relevant facts and made up your mind about the real threat from COVID-19 a lot more questions are likely to come up. Why the lockdown? What kind of world do we actually live in? Who am I? How am I able to help? One benefit of COVID-19 may be that it has equipped us with better skills to answer important questions like these.