# how did we get here? It is easy to find ulterior motives for many of the players in this saga, and conspiracy theories, are just that, utill they become conspiracy facts. Of course the other use of the term [[2021-11-22 COVID-19 and 'Conspiracy Theory' Who Decides What's 'Misinformation'|conspiracy theory]], is as a derogatory term to debase the opinions of a person or organisation. Whilst not as evil as the term 'denier', which clearly seeks to lump someone in with holocaust deniers; science denier, climate denier, anti-vaxer all now are modern versions of the old word: **heretic**. > *noun* > One who holds and persistently maintains an opinion or a doctrine at variance with the accepted standards of any school or party, and rejected or condemned by it; one who rejects a generally accepted belief. I shall seek to avoid going down obvious rabbit holes, and focus as much as possible on known facts. Should these seem, to readers, like consipracy theories; I suggest you consider that public opinion is not necessarily reflected by corporate or state media, nor is it likely to be found in the algorithmically generated feed that might consitute your understanding of generally accepted beliefs. With that out of the way, with respect the question: How did we get here? I'll link to articles and source material in seperate pages that chronoligically document this trainwreck; * [[Pre-pandemic]] * Biological war-games * the failure to foster a healthy population * the failure to implement pandemic prepearedness plans * [[Emergence]] * Viral dissemenation * hopeless media * is it SARS3 or COVID * Wet markets and lab leaks * Communists welding appartments shut * Who's running the WHO * [[US Presidential Race]] * The enemy of my enemy is my friend * [[New normal epidemic responses]] * Throwing away the playbook * logic error imposed on the public by CDC that evidence of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus is synonymous with coronavirus DISEASE * Quarantining the healthy * PCR testing * the CCP approach * [[Local political/bureaucratic posturing and fear campaigns]] * Who's affraid of making the wrong decisions * daily reading of the case counts * masking school children, QR codes and social distancing * [[Concerted efforts to thwart front line medical innovation]] * Treating, or failure to treat, the different stages of illness * waiting for critically low oxygen staturation before treatment * muzzling medical practicioners * deamonising safe therapuetics * censoring medical and scientifc debate * [[Operation warp speed]] * novel respiratory viruses require fast-tracking experimental genetherapy * Emergency Use Authorisation * coercion of foreign government to buy and push vaccine * media complicity, who pays for media * [[Coercion, mandates and vaccine passports]] * Re-programming the public's understanding of immunisation * [[Child sacrifice]] * [[who benefits?]] * Anarcho-tyranny