{"id":9282,"date":"2020-03-17T20:56:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T00:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=9282"},"modified":"2020-03-22T05:22:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T09:22:49","slug":"its-really-a-political-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=9282","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s really a political pandemic!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9284\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Complete-shutdown-22on-the-table22-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"667\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Complete-shutdown-22on-the-table22-.jpg 667w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Complete-shutdown-22on-the-table22--300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<h1>The Coronavirus Phenomenon is a Political Pandemic, not a Medical Emergency<\/h1>\n<p>Jim Fetzer<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>[Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: The authenticity of the Kissinger quote with which I end this blog has been challenged, probably correctly. While it resonates as very likely views he holds, if he did not actually say them, I was mistaken to use it here.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mRUaE0A3vGc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">I have replaced it with a video of \u201cNew World Order\u201d quotes.]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>When everyone from the White House Coronavirus Expert to Cher thinks we are in the grip of an epidemic so massive that an appropriate response might require\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blabber.buzz\/conservative-news\/805111-white-house-coronavirus-expert-says-complete-us-shutdown-on-the-table-special\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">shutting down the US economically<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2020\/03\/13\/cher-trump-must-be-forced-to-step-down-because-hell-end-up-killing-thousands-of-americans\/?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">forcing the President of the United States out of office for incompetence<\/a>, you would think that something big is going on. Well, something big\u00a0<em>is<\/em>\u00a0going on, but its not what the mainstream media has led you to believe.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14014 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cher-says-Trump-must-step-down--300x295.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cher-says-Trump-must-step-down--300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cher-says-Trump-must-step-down--305x300.jpg 305w, https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cher-says-Trump-must-step-down-.jpg 618w\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"590\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So I thought I would do something obvious by taking a look at how this coronavirus \u201cepidemic\u201d\u2013or should I say, \u201cpandemic\u201d, since we are told that it\u2019s enveloping the entire world in a wave of death\u2013compares with other hazards to human life, such as something as pedestrian as fungal infestations, for example, to establish a comparison for all the hype and hysteria we are getting from the media:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14003 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coronavirus-world-death-map-1-300x297.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coronavirus-world-death-map-1-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coronavirus-world-death-map-1-303x300.jpg 303w\" alt=\"\" width=\"674\" height=\"666\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14005 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coronavirus-worldwide-death-map-2--300x209.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coronavirus-worldwide-death-map-2--300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coronavirus-worldwide-death-map-2--400x279.jpg 400w, https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coronavirus-worldwide-death-map-2-.jpg 532w\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"448\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/global-health\/science-and-disease\/coronavirus-map-live-death-toll-track-cases-italy-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">\u201cCoronavirus World Map: live tracker of reported cases and deaths, including Italy and China\u201d<\/a>, which are major areas of concern, the disease, which has been code-named \u201cCovid-19\u201d, has spread to well over 100 countries, infecting more than 145,000 people and killing more than 5,400. This appears to be a seasonal outcome, however, where we might generalize and anticipate approximately 20,000 deaths during 2020.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14006 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fungi-kill-millions-globally-every-year-1--237x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fungi-kill-millions-globally-every-year-1--237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fungi-kill-millions-globally-every-year-1-.jpg 557w\" alt=\"\" width=\"565\" height=\"715\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14007 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fungi-killing-millions-every-single-year-2--300x273.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fungi-killing-millions-every-single-year-2--300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fungi-killing-millions-every-single-year-2--330x300.jpg 330w, https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fungi-killing-millions-every-single-year-2-.jpg 557w\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"504\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14008 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fungi-kill-millions-every-single-year-3--300x236.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fungi-kill-millions-every-single-year-3--300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fungi-kill-millions-every-single-year-3--382x300.jpg 382w, https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fungi-kill-millions-every-single-year-3-.jpg 598w\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"462\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now 20,000 deaths in a year is not to be dismissed. Most Americans\u2013and even the White House\u2019s own Coronavirus expert, who thinks shutting down the entire US economy deserves serious consideration, not to mention Cher, who is not noted for her intellectual capabilities\u2013seem to be oblivious of the fact that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/09\/27\/health\/deadly-fungal-infections\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">pedestrian fungi bring about millions of deaths every year<\/a>. Yet we aren\u2019t hearing of a \u201cfungi pandemic\u201d worldwide at all.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14001 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tracking-the-spread-of-coronavirus--270x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tracking-the-spread-of-coronavirus--270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tracking-the-spread-of-coronavirus-.jpg 596w\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"678\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the supposition that perhaps I needed to confirm the figure of 5,000 having died already from coronavirus, I sought out another source, which suggested the higher number of 5,432 persons had died, though whether it was just in the first quarter of 2020 was not entirely clear. What is clear, however, is that a million divided by, say, 20,000, for example, means\u00a0<em>the fungi epidemic is 50 times more serious than coronavirus (that is, 5,000%).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So why aren\u2019t we hearing about the (overwhelmingly larger) fungi pandemic in comparison to the coronavirus? Could it be that the coronavirus pandemic is POLITICAL, while the fungal pandemic is MEDICAL? Even a group of high school students in Texas has determined that this pandemic was planned by experts they identify in their 3:20 video report, which someone ought to send to the White House coronavirus expert.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14009 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Govts-use-wartime-tactics-for-coronavirus-238x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Govts-use-wartime-tactics-for-coronavirus-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Govts-use-wartime-tactics-for-coronavirus.jpg 488w\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"701\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It turns out that, in facing what is alleged to be \u201ca challenge unprecedented in recent history\u201d,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2020\/03\/13\/govts-fall-back-on-wartime-tactics-for-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">officials tend to fall back on wartime tactics and elevated rhetoric, with promises of grand emergency measures, to try to keep things under control<\/a>. One might have thought that, given the world\u2019s population of around 6.8 billion, that 20,000 deaths per year from coronavirus does not constitute a major threat. But that\u2019s not the case here.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14011 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/National-Guard-Activated--300x253.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/National-Guard-Activated--300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/National-Guard-Activated--356x300.jpg 356w, https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/National-Guard-Activated-.jpg 683w\" alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"483\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It turns out<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/487505-national-guard-activated-in-six-states-to-help-fight-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0the national guard in six states so far has been activated to fight the coronavirus<\/a>, though, as a friend has remarked to me, it\u2019s not really obvious how body armor and helmets are going to assist in coping with something that appears to be causing far fewer deaths per year than the common flu. Which, of course, only reinforces the conclusion that this is really a POLITICAL PANDEMIC and not a MEDICAL.\u0010 So what\u2019s really going on here?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New World Order Quotes\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mRUaE0A3vGc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Something called \u201cThe Hegelian Dialectic\u201d posits that governments, confronting problems, devise solutions that benefit their long-term agendas. Once in a while, they make observations that leave clues as to what is really going on, as in the case of Henry Kissinger (above), who suggests that vaccines can be used to control the population, including by having varieties that can kill and others mentally incapacitate and such. Think about it.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Jim Fetzer,<\/strong>\u00a0a former Marine Corps officer, is McKnight Professor Emeritus on the Duluth Campus of the University of Minnesota and co-founder (with Mike Palecek) of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/moonrockbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">moonrockbooks.com<\/a>. Special thanks to Mona Alexis Pressley for links to fungus research.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/2020\/03\/jim-fetzer-the-coronavirus-phenomenon-is-a-political-pandemic-not-a-medical-emergency\/\">https:\/\/jamesfetzer.org\/2020\/03\/jim-fetzer-the-coronavirus-phenomenon-is-a-political-pandemic-not-a-medical-emergency\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9282\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}