Uganda Edges Toward Another Lockdown Holocaust
Thu Jun 03, 2021 - - ~4 Minutes
Dr. Gail Walter, M.D.
Missionary in Uganda
For months now I have dropped out of the FB banter of COVID. I have made very little difference by providing the truth, regardless of where it leads. But this last week Uganda was swallowed whole by the COVID debate again and its leadership may decide it can offer up a few more bodies to this holocaust. Uganda is edging toward another lockdown.
I have rarely seen the US news and only kept up on regional African and SE Asian news. Everything has been about the Indian variant. As per my usual mornings, I am awash in COVID data. There is true hysteria about the Indian variant since it is affecting younger adults and children. Schools are once again closing all over Southern and SE Asia, and now East Africa. The extent and duration of Uganda’s lockdown is unknown since Museveni failed to show up for his public announcement last night. We are relying on rumor which is never very useful.
Right now, the data for the Indian variant is muddled. Clearly the new variant also has a new demographic. Younger adults and children are being affected in much higher numbers. This is not unusual since every year other viruses like seasonal flu have a new demographic. But I have found little to no evidence showing that it is more lethal than the previous strain. In fact, some data point to higher infection rates but no increase in death. There are so many mutations and strains right now the number one concern is eventually a strain will emerge that is more infectious. However, there are many antidotal reports that show most new variants are weaker and far less dangerous. This is the natural history of most RNA viruses.
While updating myself this morning I found several scientific articles published and then censored because they were ‘misleading’. One study out of Johns Hopkins that was immediately deleted showed that the overall death rates in the US between 2019 and the COVID year of 2020. The researchers found by looking into the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s records from 2014 to 2020, COVID-19 was consistent with both seasonal and historical trends as there were only 11,292 more deaths in 2020 than in 2018. Although it reflected an increase, it is not as big as how people were made to believe. The total decrease in deaths by other causes almost exactly equals the increase in deaths by COVID-19." The censored researcher went on to say, “All of this points to no evidence that COVID-19 created any excess deaths. Total death numbers are not above what is normally expected. We found no evidence to the contrary.” In other words, all other causes of death went down while COVID deaths climbed. Several other researchers have braved the opportunity to be silenced by revealing similar findings. What we do know and what has been recently published is death by COVID numbers are grossly exaggerated.
This is unlike all other major pandemics where there was a spike in the death rate in an unusual demographic. Such was the case with the Spanish Flu where the young died within hours to days of contracting the virus. Under all circumstances, the elderly is more prone to death by the mere fact they die at a higher rate than younger demographics. Everyone noted, as cardiac events, stokes, and influenza death rates plummeted, COVID related deaths took the place of those deaths. Admittedly, there are real concerns in a country like Uganda. We have just emerged from an extremely punitive starvation lockdown as per the Developed World’s recommendation, that weakened and killed millions of children. The Indian variant may very well finally attack a readymade population of children that have a drastically reduced immune response. They may finally get their spike in deaths not because COVID would normally kill these kids, but because they were starved to death from the first wave.
What is certain is this justifies targeting the young for the COVID vaccine. There are worries in Uganda that children will not be allowed back into school until they are vaccinated. Currently Uganda has enough vaccine to cover 1% of its population. Museveni has decided to partner with China and has asked them to vaccinate Ugandans, even the young. China has nearly 20 vaccines at various stages of development. Sinovac is one of the few vaccines relying on traditional vaccinology, using a partial strand of inactivated COVID-19 virus rather than human mRNA or DNA. It has been available since the summer of 2020. If anyone can actually trust China at this juncture, this may be the safer vaccine available. What is worrisome is that its effectiveness varies widely from country to country. As with all other COVID vaccines, it was rushed through the process and met the most minimum of requirements to be used on an emergency basis.
But that is not new. That is the new standard.