Zero to Lightspeed
Fri Jun 04, 2021 - - ~4 Minutes
Dr. Gail Walter, M.D.
Missionary in Uganda
This morning I awoke to the news that there are suddenly 1,083 new cases of COVID which is a sudden resurgence of almost 1,083 new cases since February. We went from zero to lightspeed overnight in order to justify another lockdown. They say there has even been a new death this week, also the first in 3.5 months. We leapt from 334 deaths to suddenly 335 in just 24 hours.
Unfortunately for the Ugandan government, average Ugandans have never known of anyone dying from COVID. They personally know many who suffered and died from lockdown, which is the ultimate cure for Third World COVID.
Under normal epidemiological circumstances the whole world should be suspicious, but this is the new science, new rules, and new rule makers. In fact, it is a whole new world.
In another bizarre twist, we also have thousands of Ugandans who can suddenly afford to pay for a test that they could never afford in the past. This would race right past most Americans, but for those of us on the ground we are fully aware the COVID test is monetarily out of the reach of 95% of the people here. So where did all these new cases come from? Certainly, they must be among the wealthiest and hygienically safest in all of sub-Saharan Africa. Only 1 death…
So now, we are facing new headlines that COVID is overwhelming Uganda, and a lockdown is imminent. We are in a replay of last year except for one thing… instead of masks, social distancing, hand sanitizers, and fear of being shot or caned if found outside after curfew, a new addition is the vaccine. We all saw this coming. Even Ugandans prognosticated that a situation would arise where everyone would need to be vaccinated and especially now the children. And there are not 1.5 children per household like in the west. There are 4-5 children per hovel.
The vaccine shares the exact same problem as the COVID test. It is not free. It is not even cheap. While the EU gets the AstraZeneca vaccine at $2.16, and South Africa gets it for $5.25, Ugandans must pay $17. As what happens so often in the Third World countries, those least able to pay are made to pay the most. The vaccine costs more than many Ugandans pay for food in a week. If you have many children, it could mean no food for a month.
But the push is on. The vaccine is now being forced on people already starving, and they will need to decide between their children eating or taking an experimental immunological trigger. History shows they have been the recipients of failed and dangerous vaccines before, as well as other medical experimentation. In fact, two French doctors recently recommended Africa be the testing ground for the COVID vaccines before Europe. Normally, this would smack of racism but only some black lives matter.
Money poured into Uganda for the first lockdown to help Uganda get through its hardship, but as usual the funds went into the pockets of the powerful. The country is bankrupt, and the government is likely using the high price of the vaccines to fill its pockets again.
Is there a variant? Yes, there are dozens with different demographics.
Does the new variant kill? Yes, its lethality appears to be the same as the original virus.
Are children specifically dying in large numbers from the variants? I don’t know. I wish I knew and could see the data. There are ‘cases’ of infections but that is all the media is reporting. Data on deaths are sparse to say the least.
Will children die from COVID? Yes, as in all pandemics, but more will die from another lockdown and eventually this population will be so weakened and starved it will die of a different coronavirus… the common cold.