Headline Diplomat eJournal – Issue 1, Series 2
The perilous lenses of COVID-19: The sociopolitical impact
Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ekwomadu, Content Writer, Headline Diplomat, LUDCI.eu
Everything looked calm, and many people around the World were still battling their financial problems from the decade-long debt crisis. Then came March 2020 when the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic broke out.
Due to the lockdown occasioned by the outbreak of the virus, the Greek economy has been predicted to shrink by up to 10.5% by the Foundation of Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) — the country’s foremost think tank. Not minding that the coronavirus has killed substantially fewer people than seasonal flu, the Greek economy had to suffer a lockdown.
The bombshell: various rumors discuss that medical examiners have been encouraged to deliberately and erroneously report coronavirus as the cause of every death to inflate the overall number of deaths from the virus. Whether this is true or false, the story will tell!
For now, all that we know is that even the U.S. president, Donald Trump, and the New York State governor, Andrew M. Cuomo, had initially questioned the death toll from coronavirus, especially the numbers, making it rather difficult to understand where the truth begins and where the lie ends, resulting in misinformation, conspiracy theories and unsubstantiated information about the origin of the virus.
Some of the news seems to be targeting Bill Gates, a philanthropist, and Founder of Microsoft. In March 2015, Gates warned the world to prepare for a global epidemic. Exactly five years after, we are dealing with a global pandemic.
With his wife Melinda, Bill Gates chairs the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a large private charitable foundation. However, there have been insinuations that the action of Gates in the pandemic crisis may not be as charitable as we are meant to believe.
Some are of the opinion that the whole crisis may have been man-made, probably in a bid to score some economic, political, or military point. Little wonder the two biggest economies in the world, the US and China, have been blaming each other for the spread of the virus. Some of the officials in China even went to the extent of accusing the US of inventing the virus and introducing it to China.
But would you blame them — when one of the richest men in the US has become the target of all kinds of allegations and conspiracy theories about the origin of the COVID-19 virus? It was alleged that Gates, before issuing the warnings about a possible pandemic, has been investing heavily in pharmaceutical companies.
There were reports that he even funded some pharmaceutical companies to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus outbreak. As of April 2020, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has already spent $250 million to help speed up the development of vaccines, treatments, and public health measures to tackle the new coronavirus outbreak.
Whether or not Gates has any ulterior motive in sponsoring the COVID-19 vaccine remains to be seen. There are claims the coronavirus is allegedly being used to depopulate the world, which many perceive to be overpopulated — with the final intention being to create the need for a Global Government and usher in a New World Order. So, the idea may have been to create a crisis and then use it as a pretext to gain further control and grab more power for the already rich and powerful who already control the world anyway.
With governments in different parts of the world showing inadequate and sometimes outright lack of capacity in curbing the coronavirus pandemic, together with the global panic and outcry for a vaccine against the virus, and media’s propaganda, some experts believe that the proposed forced testing and mass vaccination are only a pretext for massive control.
While we also have theories of mass chip implantations, such belief has been debunked. Still, many people seem to believe that the COVID-19 vaccine will include a chip that they will use to monitor our lives and provide information on our personal data or even possibly alter our DNA to influence how long we can live.
Moreover, there are rumors that many governments around the world are planning to enforce a mass vaccination of their citizens by enacting laws that make it illegal to refuse the vaccine.
This has further fueled the suspicion around the crisis and the proposed solution. Come to think of it, the oath of Hippokrates, which all doctors swear, says that the man has the right to refuse to be cured in any way at any time in his life, and no one has the right to change this. Hence, forced vaccination may be seen as an illegal infringement on people’s fundamental human rights.
Alternatively, both Hippokrates and Asclepios have sworn on the power of holistic medicine based on herbs, and these nature’s ingredients can prove to be an alternative way of curing various illnesses. After all, natural medicine was what the ancient doctors used during their time with good results.
Instead of that, the entire economy was shut for many of the world’s richest to make more money during the lockdown. Some companies have saved millions as COVID-19 presented an opportunity to fire their staff and hire fewer people with less money, as well as rent office spaces with less money.
So, the CEOs, owners, and partners have had an immense opportunity to pocket huge amounts of money. While the slowly recovering economy has been shattered, the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated Greece’s overdue digital revolution.
What about our freedom of worship? As we have all been forced to stay at home, the churches were also on lockdown, across the Globe. The Christian Easter was not celebrated, and the Holy Communion was not given to people. People weren’t allowed to step out of their homes, let alone gather in worship places. They could only go out to buy food and medicine, while many businesses were shut down, forcing many businesses to go bankrupt.
Conclusion:
As it now stands, the current situation only aims to gain more control over our lives. Such control will definitely make us more vulnerable, weaker, and malleable, while some people will prosper. The reality is that we must remain vigilant over what is really at stake. For sure, no-one has the right to control anyone’s life.
Life is a gift from God, and trust and faith in Him can strengthen us at this time, conquering every obstacle that comes our way. Alongside faith, we have been given the right to filter, think, speak, and discuss openly and anything that goes against fundamental rights of freedom should be thought twice before agreeing to. Acting for the wider good is important. But acting to sustain the power and wealth of some on our backs is not acceptable.
Featured photo by Alex Fu, Pexels
