Do you recall the Tuskegee Syphillis Experiment/“Study”? It was a project that spanned 1932-72 wherein a group of poor black men with syphillis were observed and told they were being treated for “bad blood”. No informed consent was obtained and they were not provided with the treatment of the day which toward the end of the study was penicillin, a known cure. This “study” was conducted by the US Public Health Service. Got that? By the US Government.
Do you remember learning about the horrible experiments performed on human subjects by the Axis Powers during WWII? Wide ranging, some of these involved forced experimental vaccines. (encyclopedia.ushmm.org). These were performed by medical professionals paid by and sanctioned by the government. Out of the discovery of these unethical medical practices and scientific experiments developed the Nuremberg Code (available through the National Institute of Health website, history.nih.gov). Number 1 of the ethical rules set out is the requirement for informed and voluntary consent.
Fast forward to the current mass vaccination campaign on adults and children using unlicensed, experimental mRNA components. Those who question or speak out are being banned and gagged. For example, the very creator (or one of the founders) of the mRNA technology was banned from raising reasonable concerns of its current use. Ironically he was bullied for questioning science. It is pretty Orwellian when the media sets itself up as The scientific source and silences those actually schooled and experienced in the scientific field.
Some say that all of the current banning and silencing cannot be seen as a First Amendment violation because it is private companies (Facebook, Twitter…) taking these steps. However, I would propose that we consider the fact that the social media platforms and forums form a significant part of the public debate forum that the First Amendment was created to protect and which its case law has consistently established parameters of protection. So while Dr. Robert Malone, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and Joe Rogan may still be free to set out an actual soapbox on the street corner (…or would they in today’s political climate…?) their forum for expressing political dissent and public health commentary has been significantly curtailed by a “private” company in a way that seems to fly in the face of the protections established by the Founders.
We should ask why banning of certain thought and free speech is necessary? Can the reasonable individual not sort through the varied information to come up with his own conclusions? Should we rely on one company or group of individuals to feed us the “correct” information? When we as a society lose freedom of expression, the beautiful ability to discuss ideas and develop sharper thought that has throughout every period of renaissance produced newer and better products and smarter individuals, our freedom has been extinguished. Read your 1984 and consider the memory hole and governmental involvement in producing a uniform thought controlled populace. Is that the environment in which you want to live? I know my answer.
Notes From Real Life 