Every so often we wander into areas of life that are far from music. As hard as we try to make music the focus of our lives, there are many things (good & bad) that compete for our time. In particular I’m sure the reader has heard about the 2019-NCov or “Coronavirus” that is running rampant in China and truly threatening their way of life, if not all of us here on this tiny little globe. While this post may be a little OT, I thought it might be important to share a few thoughts with our readers:

1) As a species, a collective humanity, we manufacture bio-weapons. Whether or not you trust the media to tell you the truth about the latest Coronavirus, the fact is that many countries (including the U.S.) produce biological weapons of mass destruction. These aren’t just really bad diseases that are kept around for a rainy day; these are genetically engineered pathogens that didn’t exist in nature beforehand. Many have patents (Coronavirus, Zika, Ebola to name a few). Scientists are literally splicing the worst parts of nasty bugs together to create a genetically modified disease that is more communicable and more deadly. Before you say “No Way Ted!” Yes, we do have that technology–it’s called CRISPR. There are scientists in China (google Shi Zhengli) and in various parts of the world that are specifically targeting pathogens specific to bats (for example) and looking at ways to enhance these pathogens to make them more resistant to our immune systems. What could possibly go wrong?

2) The media straight up lies to you, just about every day. Do you trust them to give you the truth with regard to this presumed outbreak? Do you really believe that a snake bit a bat and a human contracted the disease by eating bat soup? (When, in reality, there are named scientists that have already written papers on gene-editing bat pathogens?) While it’s difficult to say what is really going on, it’s rather easy to see a severe disconnect between the words vs. actions. Nobody seems that freaked out except China, who is in the process of quarantining 400 million people. However, in that there are only 900+ deaths so far, this would seem rather draconian and an extreme prevention method in absence of real data.

That is of course, unless we aren’t getting the real data. I think there are two important things to stress here–first, either the media is slow-walking this on purpose to not create panic (which seems unethical if we need to start preparing) or someone is going to an awful lot of trouble to create propaganda that looks disturbing, as if the zombie apocalypse is right around the corner. Second, does it really matter what is going on if the media says it is? How many people expect the media to have an obligation to tell the truth with regard to public safety? What if they didn’t and instead used it to their advantage? Keep in mind that the “appearance” of a global pandemic is really all that is needed to subdue millions of people, put them under quarantine and forcibly move/remove them from the homes. It’s happening in China right now. Imagine if this happened here in the USA? Gun control anyone?

3) Like many “happenings”, there are often events that precede the happening that should be questioned. In this case, what the actual f@#k is going on with “Event 201?” Go ahead and google it. This was a pandemic exercise that was held conveniently right before the outbreak in China. Coincidence? These folks predicted that upwards of 65 million people would die from some future global pandemic in a simulation and then got together as leaders of industry to attempt a conversation about “what do?” It’s awfully predictive, even if random, and it’s more than telling to listen to what these people have to say.

For starters, they are operating from the principle that this is a sure thing and it’s definitely going to happen. How do they know? Why do they think that? Who did they talk with that convinced them of that? What data are they looking at? These are all great questions that were not answered; however in that this event was partnered with the Gates Foundation, who are major bio-weapon, vaccine research and eugenics proponents, I’m sure the answer is in there somewhere. What was more than obvious is that these people, these leaders of industry were not so focused in on how to help us little people survive, they instead were focused on how to save their respective industries and own livelihoods. They were discussing things like shutting down the internet, limiting travel and food rationing. They were discussing ways to mass quarantine travelers and other potentially invasive options that were a little more sublime (read: mandatory vaccinations). They were convinced that the government should step in to limit the rights of us citizens for their protection!

4) A potential reality: Bio-engineered lab disease complete with vaccines ready to go. If one peruses the syntax surrounding the Coronavirus patent, it is very up front about being created to research vaccines. So ask yourself this: Why are we creating diseases to then manufacture vaccines? Shouldn’t we be focusing on the naturally deadly pathogens that already exist in the wild, rather than creating new ones? How many diseases that we vaccinate against today are truly natural? It seems eerily lock and key to create some never before seen deadly pathogen and then say, “no worries guys, we’ve got the vaccine ready to go”. I think we can already discuss the ethics surrounding the question of what if the bio-weapon infiltrates the population? In any case, the wide implications of developing invisible weapons that can target specific genes, genetics of races, immune system weaknesses and the like is beyond scary.

5) Another potential reality: Mandatory vaccinations. While there is healthy argument on both sides of the vaccination debate, what if we no longer had a choice? Sure, it might make sense for parents to vaccinate their children against the deadliest of deadlies, but how many parents really need to get a flu shot every year? Immunology and vaccines is a whole other Oprah that I’m not going to get into, but I would encourage the reader to do your homework here–the vaccine industry is not all it’s cracked up to be. Regardless, once the decision is no longer yours, what stops the handlers of society from doing us harm, and perhaps poisoning us even further? What if they just want to test out a new superbug? (Hey, it’s ok because we already have the vaccine, right?) Would you feel comfortable getting vaccinated against Ebola? Even flu shots have a significant incidence of health complications for some people and it’s incredible difficult to sue the pharmaceutical companies after the fact. If you want to look the other way out of fear, go ahead, but this type of response is what these little pandemics are virtually created for, irrespective of how deadly the actual pandemic is.

In reality, there is a lot to unpack here, whether we are talking specifically about the Coronavirus, bio-weapons in general, vaccines or pandemics. I’m not trying to spout off conspiracy theories, I’m just asking questions. You, the awake and concerned reader, should too. Better yet, talk to your friends, family and others that populate your universe. Whether we can agree regarding this particular pandemic or not, I think we are probably all on the same page about questioning the use of bio-weapons. This is likely the most insane and obvious affront to any legitimate medical research that we will do in the future, and is (imo) stupidity of the highest level possible. But it might also be deadly to our entire globe! It’s not a happy thought, but music can’t exist without people to create and/or listen to it. Talk to people about this; start conversations and work people’s minds. Stay informed as much as possible and really think about the information you are getting before passing it on. BE SAFE OUT THERE!