The Origin of COVID-19
I believe the COVID-19 pandemic is the result of a lab accident, likely involving a precursor virus brought back to Wuhan wittingly or unwittingly by Shi Zheng-Li from the infamous Mojiang mineshaft. From where I am standing, I still see no smoking gun that it was the result of "engineering" -- e.g., by insertion of the FCS or mix-and-match replacement of the hACE2 RBD -- although it’s reasonable to consider that possibility. It's also reasonable to entertain the idea that gain-of-function techniques such as serial passage through humanized mice were applied at WIV to enhance the infectivity of a precursor virus harvested on one of Shi's many sampling expeditions to Southern China. Still and all, no smoking gun has emerged. It is doubtful that we will ever have access to the forensic evidence required to properly investigate these more speculative scenarios. I also think it possible that no such techniques were employed, and that a virus that would likely have fizzled out in a remote province got out in a city of 11M thanks to the work of Shi Zheng-Li, got an opportunity to further adapt to human hosts and consequently turned into a worldwide pandemic killing millions.
"Early Treatment" (Ivermectin, HCQ)
Color me skeptical that anything very dramatic is going to come from repurposed off-patent drugs, or novel drugs for that matter. Respiratory viruses have been around for a long time without a magic bullet emerging, so I'd be highly surprised if one showed up in the nick of time for COVID-19. Yes, there has been some egregious censorship and politicized science (e.g., the notorious Lancet paper) around this topic, motivated by the opportunistic push for mass vaccination and the associated party line. Personally, however, I feel this topic is one for physicians and represents a distraction from the more important issues at stake.
Vax Side Effects
It looks like the side effect profile of the Warped Speed vaccines is pretty damn bad.
Vax Apocalypse
I expressed concern early on that widespread application of the low-epitope, quick-and-dirty Warped Speed pseudo vaccines might drive viral evolution in dangerous ways. We now see that concern was justified. I also see signs in the data that mass vaccination is entraining new waves of infection. It's clear that there is significant catastrophic downside risk associated with the vax campaigns, inasmuch as they may lead to elevated mortality or even mass human die offs through ADE, VIE, Marek's or similar mechanisms as the virus adapts to vaccinated bodies. So far, diversified natural immune responses seem to be holding up well against the new strains, even as the vaccines fail. With luck, we will simply see a flush through the entire population (vaxxed and unvaxxed) until near-universal natural immunity reduces SARS-CoV-2 to the mild, endemic status of other common coronaviruses. But, that relatively happy outcome is not guaranteed.
Lockdowns
An exercise in futility. The extortion technique of choice pushed by the cabal of Little Hitler bureaucrats, politicians, health "experts," pharma bros and hack journalists in service of compulsory vaccines, social credit and the "Great Reset" / "Build Back Better" totalitarian agenda.
Masks
Malarkey. Training wheels for compulsory vaccination.