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EU Sets Out Commitment to Lockdowns, Vaccine Passports, Mask Mandates and “Legally Binding” Global Pandemic Treaty

by Will Jones
22 October 2022 5:38 PM

The European Union has set out its commitment to the continued use of lockdowns, mask mandates, vaccine passports and other restrictions this winter to control the spread of COVID-19, and also to the creation of a “legally binding” global pandemic treaty with a “reinforced WHO at its centre”.

The document, published on September 2nd and titled “EU response to COVID-19: preparing for autumn and winter 2023“, was prepared by the EU Commission (the EU executive) and sent to the EU Parliament. It reveals how much in thrall to the new biosecurity orthodoxy the EU leadership is and bodes ill for the future management of contagious disease in the bloc and globally.

On lockdowns and other restrictions, it proposes a framework of “key indicators to assess when deciding on reintroducing non-pharmaceutical measures”. These indicators include severe disease and hospital occupancy data, and importantly are stated to relate not just to COVID-19 but to influenza as well, making this potentially part of normal winter disease management, continuing indefinitely.

It suggests mask mandates as a “first option to limit community transmission”, giving a preference for FFP2 masks.

[Face mask] use in closed public spaces, including public transport, can be a first option to limit community transmission. Recent evidence shows that FFP2 face masks, which are readily available in the EU/EEA, have a stronger protective effect than medical masks or cloth masks in the community. Member States are therefore strongly encouraged to consider their use in specific settings.

The document recommends the pre-emptive imposition of work-from-home and gathering limits before any rise in infections to try to avoid the “need for more disruptive ones such as lock downs, closing businesses and schools, stay-at-home recommendations and travel restrictions”. It stresses the need for “political commitment” to make lockdowns and other measures work.

Other measures such as working from home or limiting the size of mass gatherings have proved effective to limit transmission of the virus. When implemented ahead of increases in cases, these measures can avoid the need for more disruptive ones such as lock downs, closing businesses and schools, stay-at-home recommendations and travel restrictions. Political commitment and community engagement are key for the success and the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical measures.

The one welcome aspect of the document was the clear statement to avoid disrupting children’s education and lives any further, though even here school closures were not ruled out.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives of children and adolescents affecting their everyday routines, education, health, development and overall well-being. It is therefore important to keep in mind the negative impacts of school disruptions on the health and development of children. The implementation of measures at schools should be aimed to be kept at a minimum and the further loss of learning should be prevented.

The document discourages travel restrictions – freedom of travel and the elimination of internal borders being an article of faith for the EU. However, it recommends use of the EU Digital Covid Certificate (i.e., vaccine passport, though it also recognises natural immunity) wherever travel restrictions are “necessary”, boasting about how widely it is already used.

Member States can make use of the EU Digital Covid Certificate in case the epidemiological situation this autumn and winter makes it necessary for countries to temporarily reintroduce travel restrictions. The EU Digital Covid Certificate Regulation, which has been extended until June 2023, provides the necessary framework to manage the impact of restrictions on free movement and to facilitate travel. It ensures that citizens can benefit from interoperable and mutually accepted certificates of COVID-19 vaccination, test and recovery. In principle, holders of valid EU Digital Covid Certificates should not be subject to any additional restrictions when travelling within the EU.

The EU Digital Covid Certificate has been a major success in providing the public with a tool that is accepted and trusted across the EU (and in several third countries) and in avoiding fragmentation of multiple national systems. As of August 1st 2022, 75 countries and territories from across five continents are connected to the EU Digital Certificate system (30 EU/EEA Member States and 45 non-EU countries and territories), and several more countries have expressed interest in joining the gateway or are already engaged in technical discussions with the Commission. This makes the EU Digital Covid Certificate a global standard.

The EU Digital COVID Certificate system is sufficiently flexible to adapt to the evolution of the COVID-19 response. Possible adaptations to the validity period of certificates issued for the first booster may become necessary in light of further scientific evidence and the evolution of the pandemic.

What this fails to mention, of course, is any rationale for the passes. What’s the point of restricting the travel of the unvaccinated (or not-sufficiently-vaccinated) when the vaccinated are no less likely to spread the disease? This key question is entirely unaddressed.

On vaccination, the document provides 15 “objectives”, “priorities” and “actions” for COVID-19 vaccination strategies. These include the “priority” of encouraging take-up of the original vaccine (that’s right, for the extinct Covid strains) among all eligible children and adolescents, and an action point of making sure GPs are spending enough of their time vaccinating people (don’t they have anything else to do?). It suggests administering boosters as often as every three months, implying they are little use after six months. It also encourages governments to counter “misinformation” in the media and online to ensure “clear, consistent and evidence-based messaging demonstrating the continued safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines”. It links worries about vaccine safety with “anti-Western and anti-EU narratives” and with websites which also go off-narrative on the Ukraine war. The vaccine action points include (emphasis mine):

  • Continue national COVID-19 vaccination strategies using the currently available vaccines to reduce hospitalisations, severe disease and death.
  • Close vaccination coverage gaps. Improving vaccine uptake of the primary vaccination course and first booster dose among eligible individuals, including eligible children and adolescents according to national vaccination schedules, remains a priority. This is of particular importance for population groups at higher risk of severe outcomes and for countries with lower vaccination rates.
  • Maintain sufficient vaccination capacities, either by reactivating vaccination centres or by using other resources, such as general practitioners.
  • Prioritise the administration of an additional booster dose (second or subsequent) for specific population groups: people aged 60 years and over and individuals of any age at risk of severe disease (e.g. individuals with underlying comorbidities, immunocompromised individuals and pregnant women). The boosting of healthcare workers and long-term care facility personnel should also be considered. Subsequent boosters could be administered as early as three months after the previous one, and priority should be given to people who received their last booster more than six months ago.
  • Closely monitor the effectiveness and safety of the [new and] adapted vaccines once widespread rollout commences. If needed, national vaccination strategies should be adapted when more evidence on the performance of these vaccines becomes available.
  • Implement and, if possible, coordinate effective communication initiatives and strategies to promote uptake of additional vaccine doses, and promote completion of the primary series by those who have not yet done so. Clear information should be provided around the rationale for recommendations, and the benefits of the primary course and boosters for different population groups, including for those who already had the disease.
  • Ensure that capacity is in place to regularly update public communication strategy, based on epidemiological developments, changes in the public’s perceptions and attitudes of the ongoing pandemic and COVID-19 vaccination, including the capacity to monitor and swiftly respond to false or misleading information.
  • Increase vaccine confidence by monitoring and addressing the public’s questions and concerns, explaining the science behind the recommendations and debunking mis- and disinformation in the mainstream media and on social media. Clear, consistent, and evidence-based messaging demonstrating the continued safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines is key. Target hard-to-reach population groups through tailored communication and draw on health professionals and community leaders as trusted sources of information.
  • Address the political dimension of vaccine hesitancy and disinformation campaigns linked to anti-Western and anti-EU narratives. Particular challenges include channels where disinformation is circulating in relation to other crises, especially the Russian military aggression against Ukraine.

The document emphatically reinforces the EU’s commitment to a new “legally binding” pandemic treaty with a “reinforced WHO at its centre” and commits over half a billion euros (equivalently, dollars and pounds) to making it happen.

Lastly, the EU believes it is vitally important to build on the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and to strengthen the global health architecture – with a reinforced WHO at its centre. The EU is determined to be a driving force in the negotiations on a new, legally binding, international agreement on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response and on targeted amendments to strengthen the International Health Regulations 2005. These complementary processes are a priority for the EU and provide a historic opportunity to find multilateral solutions to common challenges, based on the principles of collective solidarity, equity, fairness, inclusiveness and enhanced transparency. Moreover, the new Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF) for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response, to which Team Europe has already pledged at least €588 million, will provide funding to support pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, including the implementation of the amended International Health Regulations and the new international agreement on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.

The document also trails a forthcoming “EU global health strategy” which “will provide the political framework with priorities, governance and tools, enabling the EU to speak with one influential voice and making the most of Team Europe’s capacity to protect and promote health globally”.

This is a very disturbing document. For those of us who still hold to the evidence-based pandemic strategies of pre-2020, premised only on mitigating impacts by expanding emergency healthcare capacity and finding safe and effective treatments, and not imposing intrusive, harmful and unproven methods of trying to prevent the spread of a disease that is anyway harmless to most people, this bodes ill indeed for the current direction of travel in Europe and globally.

Tags: EULockdownMask MandatesNPIsPandemic PreparednessPandemic treatyTravel RestrictionsVaccineWHOWinter Lockdown

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pan0
pan0
2 years ago

God help us all, we’re in big trouble.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  pan0

Yes. I wonder if the real message is:

Get ready for another pandemic.

“Ready when you are Bill.”

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TJN
TJN
2 years ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

Blind acceptance is a sign
of fucking fools who stand in line

Only the fools will fall for anything from that quarter now, and they’ll soon be devoured by the monster they pay allegiance to.

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Hugh
Hugh
2 years ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

That “American” gain of function university has allegedly produced a “covid” variant with an 80% mortality rate. But not to worry, it’s in a “secure” laboratory. Almost as secure as the Wuhan one. I fear I may be right, one way or the other, about biological being more of a threat than nuclear this century. Governments just don’t seem to take some of this dangerous research seriously.

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Human Resource 19510203
Human Resource 19510203
2 years ago
Reply to  Hugh

How do we know that report is true? Could this be the seeding of another fear campaign? If it is WTF do they think they are doing?

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Hugh
Hugh
2 years ago
Reply to  Human Resource 19510203

TDS have now covered the story. However the point is, if it could be dangerous, and if there is no pressing need for it, it should not be done.

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ELH
ELH
2 years ago
Reply to  Hugh

Or are they playing “my gain of function is bigger than yours?” We need to keep questioning whether the Emperor’s New Clothes exist.

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FerdIII
FerdIII
2 years ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

Precisely right. Diapers, LDs coming to the 4th Reich this winter, guaranteed, along with stabs and paspports, that bastion of freedom and democracy. Climate Thingy, or Rona 2, or to fight Vlad the Droner. Most people still don’t understand that the Rona fascism was just a proof of concept pilot to set the infra for more serious impositions to come.

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TJN
TJN
2 years ago
Reply to  pan0

Funnily enough, I don’t read it like that. For me it reads like an institution that has run out of ideas, one which can only reel out yesterdays worn-out hackneyed, cliche ideas, whilst the wiser and growing proportion of mankind has wised up and is moving on.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think the war is over yet – and it may well morph into other fields – but the covid battles are slowly but inexorably being won by the sceptics. I admit, being won too late for massive collateral damage – but hopefully damage that will have been avoided and minimised by the wiser sort of person who inhabits this site.

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
2 years ago
Reply to  TJN

I agree with you. I think the EU is fast running out of influence with national governments. And national governments are walking away, for sure.

When will it turn into a run?

I said not long after the “vaccines” were introduced practically forced on people, that the queues at airports etc. for people to show their “vaccine pass” will be a hundred times longer than the queues for the “unvaccinated” to perhaps sign a piece of paper and walk right through. The situation has morphed a little, sure, but for a while, it was like this.

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
2 years ago
Reply to  Marcus Aurelius knew

And now, no-one cares about “vaccine passes”, or “green passes” or anything. Apart from BidenLand.

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sskinner
sskinner
2 years ago
Reply to  TJN

“You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing.” – T. Sowell

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Roy Everett
Roy Everett
2 years ago
Reply to  pan0

Thank God we’re not in the EU any more. Oh, hang on…

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sskinner
sskinner
2 years ago
Reply to  pan0

“. . .the totalitarian systems of the 20th century represent a kind of collective psychosis. Whether gradually or suddenly, reason and common human decency are no longer possible in such a system: there is only a pervasive atmosphere of terror, and a projection of “the enemy,” imagined to be “in our midst.” Thus society turns on itself, urged on by the ruling authorities.” – Joos Meerloo
“The world of tomorrow will witness a tremendous battle between technology and psychology. It will be a fight of technology versus nature, of systematic conditioning versus creative spontaneity.” – Joos Meerloo

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DavidJSimpson52
DavidJSimpson52
2 years ago
Reply to  sskinner

See also Mattias Desmet and his recent work on mass psychosis

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transmissionofflame
transmissionofflame
2 years ago

Perpetual, eternal health fascism. Just another nutjob conspiracy theory.

3 weeks to flatten the curve.

Such a shame we left the EU.

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True Spirit of America Party
True Spirit of America Party
2 years ago
Reply to  transmissionofflame

Brexit looks like it was quite prescient in fact. No wonder the elites feared it so much.

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jeepybee
jeepybee
2 years ago

Ready the molotovs. Arm yourselves.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  jeepybee

It’s going that way without a shadow of doubt.

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TJN
TJN
2 years ago

So sad we’ve left.

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Free Lemming
Free Lemming
2 years ago

Mass civil disobedience. Non-passive if necessary. This is our land, our country. It belongs to us, not them. Time to fight for what is ours.

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TJN
TJN
2 years ago
Reply to  Free Lemming

Mass civil disobedience. Non-passive if necessary. 

We already did that – it won in the end. In terms of covid at least, and in spite of massive collateral damage.

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transmissionofflame
transmissionofflame
2 years ago

I have continental European roots and strong family ties to several European countries, and am aware of the contribution of Western Christian civilisation to where we are today, so I thought carefully before voting Leave, but it seems like my instincts were correct. The EU is part of the Empire of Evil.

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TJN
TJN
2 years ago
Reply to  transmissionofflame

Bang on. I too thought carefully, agonised almost. But the leave instincts were proved correct.

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sskinner
sskinner
2 years ago
Reply to  transmissionofflame

And even in a GB outside the EU you are still European with strong family ties. The contribution of Western Christian civilisation happened before any EU and came from separate sovereign nations cooperating (or not) naturally.

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transmissionofflame
transmissionofflame
2 years ago
Reply to  sskinner

All of this is very true. I guess my point was that close cooperation between European states was something I thought worth considering and the EU is a vehicle for that, albeit in my view not a very good one. I also considered the EU as a possible useful counterweight to other global powers. But I believe nation states are the current best mechanism for running things (with local government as appropriate) so I’m happy with my decision to vote Leave.

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Mogwai
Mogwai
2 years ago

I absolutely knew they’d pull a stunt like this and we wouldn’t be able to get through winter with our fundamental rights and freedoms intact and not abused. I skimmed through this the other day after ebygum shared it. The level of not-so-veiled-threat is off the charts. They STILL cannot promise not to shut schools or impose more lockdowns despite the Mt Everest of evidence which contradicts their tyranny. Well I won’t waste time venting my spleen because this was entirely expected. I have no words for how disgusted I am with the EU as a whole ( should I say “hole”? )
Literally the only thing I can hope for this time around is that there are less Covidians walking around, willing to comply with utter nonsense and enabling the abusers to carry on abusing. So that means less compliance with masks, less up-take of the pseudo vaccines and less tit-heads testing themselves on the regular this time. Surely to god we are at a tipping point already?! 🙁

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JayBee
JayBee
2 years ago

The degrees of cognitive dissonance, evidence free claims, outright lying and sheer evilness are truly shocking and beyond any sane person’s imagination.
It is futile to hope for or engage in a rational, evidence based discussion about any of this with these people, in particular vdL.
The only viable course of action is denial of their authority and disobedience based upon exercising our inalienable natural rights, at least in the UK, where we have to continue to fight vigorously and preemptively against the spread of this cancer from across the Channel.

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Virginia McGough
Virginia McGough
2 years ago

A sinister document. The propaganda aspect is particularly disturbing. I fear that a UK government, either (nominally) Conservative, or Labour, would happily sign up to it.

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Tyrbiter
Tyrbiter
2 years ago
Reply to  Virginia McGough

Sadly you are right. We will have to fight them all.

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JaneDoeNL
JaneDoeNL
2 years ago

“In thrall to the new biosecurity orthodoxy?”

I’d say the truth is a lot more mundane than that. Ursi’s text messages with BBF Bourla are still lost in cyberspace. The basis of her multi-BILLION euro deal with Bourla to buy enough of pfisser’s poison to dose up every EU citizen about 4 x over (after 2x for every citizen had already been procured back in the rosy days when 2x was all it would take) is still MIA.

It’s that simple. Unelected eurocrats like Ursi and other useless commissioners see how to become multi-billionaires by imposing mandates that citizens pay for and that make them and their corporate cronies very rich – ‘green’ commish Timmermans plays the same game.

Here in NL the corona act was repealed and is unlikely to be revived. Nevertheless, the corrupt coalition is pushing to get the constitution and fundamental rights breaching measures enshrined in permanent law, even as the corona enquiry is still ongoing and insisting that the government show proof that any of the measures actually did anything. The government’s answer – we used them before, that’s proof they worked. I kid you not – we used them before, so that proves they worked. The party pushing this is Death 66, EU whore supreme. It’s been obvious to me since December 2020, when the government changed what had been a successful, Swedish-style approach to the destructive, pointless panic-approach that this was Brussels-driven.

There was a time the Dutch government could have been considered on a par with the Scandanavian governments – no more, they worship Mamon in Brussels now.

If there is still anyone left who thinks Brexit was wrong, I hope you know realise how very right it was, even with all the obvious hardship it brought. The EU is now just a one-stop lobby organisation, saving corporations the trouble of having to bribe officials over 27 different countries.

When Europe sits in the dark and the German power house grinds to a halt as it cannot run on the hot air of EU politicians and foreign investors realise that the ECB’s only assets are Italian bonds, things could change really quickly.

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TJN
TJN
2 years ago
Reply to  JaneDoeNL

I pretty well agree with all of your post, except:

I hope you know realise how very right it was [leaving the EU], even with all the obvious hardship it brought.

I’m not actually aware of any hardship leaving has brought, except perhaps the bleating of the BBC et al, which I don’t listen to anyway.

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True Spirit of America Party
True Spirit of America Party
2 years ago

Wow, they just won’t give it up, will they? The EU is a sinking ship, and has been for a while now. Looks like Brexit wasn’t such a crazy idea after all, was is? (Nor, by extension, was “Amexit” in 1776 either, lol. But I digress….)

At least neither the UK nor the USA will be bound by this nonsense. Unless of course we are foolish enough to actually sign onto the WHO pandemic treaty, that is.

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David101
David101
2 years ago
Reply to  True Spirit of America Party

I voted remain… What in God’s name was I thinking? If the UK remains relatively free compared to EU with its beloved restrictions, then we’ve really got a refugee crisis on our hands! The one remaining lifeboat in a “Totallitarian Titanic”!

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True Spirit of America Party
True Spirit of America Party
2 years ago
Reply to  David101

Indeed. While the remaining EU countries are just rearranging deck chairs on that Titanic.

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Less government
Less government
2 years ago
Reply to  David101

Our Parliament is stuffed full of totalitarian WEF puppets.

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ellie-em
ellie-em
2 years ago
Reply to  True Spirit of America Party

The U.K. and others will be affected by the new travel arrangements scheme to be introduced in 2023, ETIAS. The European Travel Information and Authorisation System is being introduced to improve safety and security across the Schengen Area. Pertinent questions asked on the application include health. No doubt that will include jab information. The EU has a morbid interest in individuals vaccine schedule status

https://www.etias.info/visa-requirements/uk-citizens/

https://www.etias.info/

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True Spirit of America Party
True Spirit of America Party
2 years ago

Time to give the two-finger (or one finger, if American) salute to the EU!

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True Spirit of America Party
True Spirit of America Party
2 years ago

“Other measures such as working from home or limiting the size of mass gatherings have proved effective to limit transmission of the virus. When implemented ahead of increases in cases, these measures can avoid the need for more disruptive ones such as lock downs, closing businesses and schools, stay-at-home recommendations and travel restrictions.”

Because we all know how well that worked last time. Beware, these “mild” restrictions, such as Rule of 500 (or 250 or 100, then 50, then 10 or 6, then 0), capacity restrictions, and work from home, were the original gateway drug to full lockdowns. Every single time. Then mask mandates were disingenuously offered as “safe pathway” out of lockdown, which only led to more lockdowns and fearmongering. And mask mandates were in turn the gateway drug to vaccine mandates and passports. And so on.

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True Spirit of America Party
True Spirit of America Party
2 years ago

If anything this is worse than previous restrictions because the new ones will be pre-emptive.

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Roy Everett
Roy Everett
2 years ago
Reply to  True Spirit of America Party

But this time the Freedom Movement, which took a while to get up a head of steam in 2020, merely has to engage the ignition and release the brakes.

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True Spirit of America Party
True Spirit of America Party
2 years ago
Reply to  Roy Everett

True

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stewart
stewart
2 years ago

Not sure the population are up for any of that.

The EU bureaucrats are completely detached from reality.

The people know the jabs don’t really work and are actually pretty dangerous. You can tell by booster uptake that nobody wants the poison anymore. They won’t put up either with more lockdowns (in some countries they have been declared illegal, like in Spain).

The one thing that I could see coming back are masks. And even that I’m not sure anymore.

Based on what I see pople are done with covid and have realised just how much nicer life is without all the horrible measures.

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True Spirit of America Party
True Spirit of America Party
2 years ago
Reply to  stewart

I hope to God you are correct. Indeed, most people with a reasonable degree of sanity are done with this madness for good. The Overton window has (belatedly) shifted in our favor.

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transmissionofflame
transmissionofflame
2 years ago
Reply to  stewart

I agree at least as far as the UK is concerned

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TJN
TJN
2 years ago
Reply to  stewart

Based on what I see pople are done with covid 

Yes, I agree. But there are plenty of other spectres the ‘elites’ are ready to unleash on the dumb masses, and thereby control them. This war ain’t over yet.

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stewart
stewart
2 years ago
Reply to  TJN

The EU is clearly evolving into a westernised version of Chinese Communist Party technocratic rule, where it’s stated principles are assumed to be self-evidently good and beyond any question and people are governed by technocrats who know what’s best for everyone.

It’s not 100% clear whether the UK will succumb to that as well or not. There is certainly a powerful establishment that would love to govern us in that way.

I certainly agree that the war to remain free and not succumb to Chinese style technocratic rule is very much on.

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TJN
TJN
2 years ago
Reply to  stewart

I certainly agree that the war to remain free and not succumb to Chinese style technocratic rule is very much on.

Yes I agree with that. Frightening thing is though, that boils down to a battle against our own society’s intellectual laziness – which in essence boils down to a battle against the intellectual laziness of our own relatives, friends, and neighbours.

And like it or not, that’s a tough fight. And the way I see things now, a whole load of our relatives, friends, and neighbours aren’t going to be on our side, and aren’t going to emerge intact out of the other side if this war. As I see it, things look winnable, but bleak at the same time. I’m pretty determined that I and my family are going to get through though. That’s about all one can do, that and support friends, actual and virtual.

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stewart
stewart
2 years ago
Reply to  TJN

I have been highly vocal with everyone and anyone about COVID insanity from the very first moment, to the point of being disagreeable if necessary. I haven’t bitten my tongue once, with anybody.

The result hasn’t been that I’ve ended up friendless. Quite to the contrary I find myself surrounded by appreciative sceptics.

This is the only way I know how to fight this. Standing up for what I believe to be right and persuading one person at a time if necessary.

I can’t envisage not fighting. Living a slave’s existence is not an option. That’s what is at stake, and I agree too many people just don’t see it. Yet.

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
2 years ago
Reply to  stewart

Exactly my life, for the last 2.5 years for sure! Stay sane, Stewart.

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ELH
ELH
2 years ago
Reply to  TJN

I agree absolutely: beware Avian Flu, Foot and Mouth, African Swine Fever… all practice lockdowns and culling of farm animals being “normalised” because of a dangerous but hitherto not isolated v…us and a lot of animal vaccines being developed and sold…and we are but mammals ourselves afterall aren’t we?

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True Spirit of America Party
True Spirit of America Party
2 years ago

What we need is a global treaty that takes all of these NPIs off the table for good, full stop. That would be the only way to throw the proverbial One Ring into the fires of Mount Doom for good.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  True Spirit of America Party

The one thing we DON’T need is a global treaty for anything.

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
2 years ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

We COULDN’T do a global treaty.

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amanuensis
amanuensis
2 years ago

This illustrates one of the major problems with politicians — they’re incapable of saying ‘I was wrong’ and will instead double down on their policies and will even blame the population for ‘not doing enough’ (ie, that the politicians’ policies would have worked fine if only people had done what they were told).

WRT the EU ‘politicians’ — they’re unelected, and thus the population doesn’t even have the possibility of voting them out when it becomes sufficiently clear that they weren’t working in the population’s interests.

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stewart
stewart
2 years ago
Reply to  amanuensis

Amanuensis, politicians are very capable of saying “I was wrong” as evidence by Liz Truss only this week.

They do it when people with sufficient power force them to and when it is in their career interests to do so.

As far as I’m concerned the real way to look at the actions of politicians is to stop assuming they work for us or care about us, but rather that they answer to a few powerful people.

From that perspective everything makes sense all the time.

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TJN
TJN
2 years ago
Reply to  amanuensis

This illustrates one of the major problems with politicians — they’re incapable of saying ‘I was wrong’ 

Yes, very true. But one great advantage of democracies is that politicians are replaced every few years and each new generation of politicians has every incentive to dissociate itself from the failures of previous generations.

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Tyrbiter
Tyrbiter
2 years ago

As I keep thinking, we in the UK need the equivalent of the 2nd amendment to the US constitution.

Freedom is non-negotiable.

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stewart
stewart
2 years ago
Reply to  Tyrbiter

Freedom of speech, freedom of movement and bodily autonomy.
Non-negotiable, no exceptions, ever.

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True Spirit of America Party
True Spirit of America Party
2 years ago
Reply to  stewart

Amen!

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago

As the nights close in the days get darker.

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TJN
TJN
2 years ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

Fall leaves fall flowers die away

Lengthen night and shorten day 

Every leaf speaks bliss to me

Fluttering from the autumn tree 

Emily Bronte.

Winter is a time of reflection and regeneration.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  TJN

Much appreciated. 👍

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ellie-em
ellie-em
2 years ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

…but think how cosy it will look, all the homes candlelit during the power blackouts…and the intermittent use of camping stoves…
Thinking of that, if there is a surge of fires due to candle and / or stove mishaps, cordless phones will be useless to alert the fire brigade as the phone base station needs to be plugged in to electric socket, therefore either a traditional corded landline plug in phone or a mobile will be needed. What happens if mobile phone service interrupted too? Similarly, what happens if the landline phone network goes down?

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  ellie-em

Indeed.

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JohnK
JohnK
2 years ago
Reply to  ellie-em

In a few years the old 50V analogue landline will be dead, I think. At my place, it still works (most of the time, except for BT cable faults), and the last time I used it was to report a real power cut to the DNO.

Re GSM mobile, as long as your handset battery is charged up, the network might work for a while. While I’m not an expert, I think they often have some backup batteries in the base stations that can cope with power cuts for a few hours – perhaps with reduced service. Pretty much all the modern landline fibre optic/copper cable transfer units use the standard mains supply as well – not sure if they have short term backup batteries or not.

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YouDontSay
YouDontSay
2 years ago

I’m curious about the evidence they claim for FFP2 (=N95) masks. The evidence I’ve seen is that they make no difference, and the EU document provides no reference. Addenbrookes was pleased with the performance of FFP3s (N99s), replaced twice a day, to protect their staff on COVID wards https://elifesciences.org/articles/71131

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Mogwai
Mogwai
2 years ago

This is interesting. Seems we are in the ”Research” phase at the moment with regards to CBDC. It tells you at the bottom of the page what the colours mean.

https://cbdctracker.org/

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Castorp
Castorp
2 years ago

A PJ Harvey song came to mind as it happens, it goes
‘The whores hustle and the
hustlers whore
Too many people
are out of love’

On a different note, my Firefox add-in picks up 11 (!) trackers on this website, including, apart from the usual suspects, none other than … Paypal 🙂

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Freddy Boy
Freddy Boy
2 years ago

Maybe that’s what the new Brew from Boston is for , to give Billy Boy his “next one will make you take notice” moment !!….

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Jane G
Jane G
2 years ago

Travel is exactly what I won’t be doing – in any direction beyond these shores.

Can they really expect this document to fly, given the presser released this week by the courageous group of MEPs led by Christian Teres (?) Not sure how his name is spelled.

I suppose they don’t have to hold it up for approval – they write it and bingo, it’s law.
Where have we come across this kind of thing before?

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JohnK
JohnK
2 years ago
Reply to  Jane G

Cristian Terhes, an MEP from Romania. He turned up in a recent episode from John Campbell; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnSnQor8zDY&t=510s .

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Hugh
Hugh
2 years ago

Anyone still want to be in the EU?

Of course, being a reasonable person, if they came out against the gain of function crooks, I might change my mind. I won’t hold my breath though.

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stewart
stewart
2 years ago
Reply to  Hugh

I’m pretty sure the EU would have followed a different path if the UK was still in it. The UK has been a sort of moderating voice around which other countries have rallied.

Since we’ve gone, the worst possible version of the EU is emerging, pretty much unchecked.

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Hugh
Hugh
2 years ago
Reply to  stewart

If it was only us that was stopping them descend to such depths of evil, are they really something we would want to be part of? I would sooner ally ourselves to Belarus, Florida, South Dakota, Sweden and anyone else who might take a stand against this nonsense. Maybe we should have allied ourselves differently in 1940 to try and be a moderating force? Let’s be clear, these are evil people. The fictional novel I have about a New World Order takeover from 20 odd years ago had Brussels as a centre of this anti-human plan. It wasn’t wrong. At some point you have to say no.

Last edited 2 years ago by Hugh
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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  Hugh

EU? That is a proper GTF.

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
2 years ago

Zero Separation of Powers then.

I don’t think it’s the Commission’s role (as the Executive) to be “proposing” to telling Parliament (the Legislative) what to do.

EU is screwed.

Last edited 2 years ago by Marcus Aurelius knew
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Hugh
Hugh
2 years ago
Reply to  Marcus Aurelius knew

Surely not?!

I said in 2016 that it would take five to ten years to make a judgment on the UK (of GB and NI) leaving the EU. I wonder what will be left of that organisation by 2026?

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TJN
TJN
2 years ago

Fuck the EU. We’re not in it and we don’t have to listen to them. And any home-grown politician who does will, eventually, pay the price at the ballot box.

For my part, I’m quite happy for them to produce documents like this till Hell freezes over. Shows them up for what they are, and more nails in their totalitarian wet dream.

A large enough proportion of society has tasted freedom, an absolute minority perhaps – but a majority of the critical thinking. And my feeling is that having tasted freedom they aren’t going to let it go.

My other gut feeling is that the ‘vaccines’ have done untold damage, the consequences of which have barely begun to become apparent. A bleak thought, and bleak days. Maybe it was ever thus. But those with nous will chart a way through.

OK, we’ve got Jeremy Hunt as effective PM. With his lockdown, totalitarian tendencies, everything that most people on this site despise. But the wheel hasn’t stopped spinning yet, and my prediction is that when it does the likes of the EU and Hunt will be despised by history.

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Hugh
Hugh
2 years ago
Reply to  TJN

Seriously, what is a realistic, conservative estimate of the number of people who have died from the gene therapy drugs (and who will die in the future)? I suspect it is quite a lot more than we have been told by the MHRA Yellow Card scheme. And I hope people will be called to account. One figure I heard was a death rate of one in five thousand. Is that in the ball-park?

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TJN
TJN
2 years ago
Reply to  Hugh

More like 1 in 800 from what I’ve read, and possibly considerably higher than that. And still counting of course.

Steve Kirsch, who crunches the numbers on these things, reckons the stabs have killed half a million Americans.

https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/two-top-cardiologists-implicate-covid

The total population of the USA is some 332 million. I don’t know the actual figure (someone on here may have a better idea), but say 200 million have been stabbed. That would make a kill ratio of 1 in 400.

But this ain’t over yet. The death toll is still rising, and frankly it’s anyone’s guess where this might end.

For anyone with a strong stomach, take a look at Ivor Chudov’s substack from a couple of days ago:

https://igorchudov.substack.com/p/cancer-rates-are-increasing-and-may?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=441185&post_id=79223164&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

Absolutely horrifying.

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debwestsussex
debwestsussex
2 years ago

With more and more people opting out of having booster after booster, only a small percentage are going to qualify as vaccinated. How does that work for their dreaded passports?

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morganlefey
morganlefey
2 years ago

Deuteronomy 32:35 “It is mine to avenge; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; their day of disaster is near and their doom rushes upon them”

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morganlefey
morganlefey
2 years ago

We have to consider the psychopathology of these ‘great reset’ perpetrators and collaborators. Their agenda is now an escalating irreversible catastrophic failure. They’re in an increasingly confused panic. Their ‘great reset’ hubris is crumbling. Everyone worldwide is awake to their genocidal, transhumanist digital enslavement, and impoverishment intent for humanity. These EU / WEF / ‘great reset’ criminal psychopaths know they’ve had it, and they know they’re unavoidably going to face charges of Crimes Against Humanity. Their bizarre health agenda is a delusional fantasy of omnipotence which blinds them to the most extreme and devastating Nemesis in history now rushing upon them.

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gedhurst
gedhurst
2 years ago

I’m sick of fighting stupidity.
I don’t care what they do to us anymore. If it’s the gulag, so be it.

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Darren Turner
Darren Turner
2 years ago

The WhatsApp share button doesn’t work at the bottom of the article.
Tge EU commission are nutters.

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Less government
Less government
2 years ago

13 pages of medical totalitarianism, attempting to build on and reinforce all the control policies already introduced.
Blurring Covid 19 with Flu, and imposing the same restrictions. Promises multiple and repeat injections for all variants.
Fails to accept any issue with safety and efficacy.
Fails to mention anything regarding informed consent and the EudraVigilance reporting system on side effects.
550M€ funding.
WHO legally binding control.
A ticket to hell.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  Less government

The abuses of the legal system both at home and internationally mean there is no such thing as “legally binding control.”

They can F. right off.

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DevonBlueBoy
DevonBlueBoy
2 years ago

And even if we are lucky enough to stay out of the EU just watch our lickspittle politicians rush to adopt the same measures.

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Epi
Epi
2 years ago

The lunatics have truly taken over the asylum.

God help us all.

RESIST, DEFY, DO NOT COMPLY!!!

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RJBassett
RJBassett
2 years ago

I wouldn’t mind the fools in Brussels continuation of economic suicide with the lethal cocktail of lockdowns and net zero but the collateral damage will take us down with them.

Meanwhile back in the UK, the anti-Brexit, pro-lockdown, pro-Net Zero MP’s that dominate the Parliamentary Conservative Party are determined to destroy the UK as well.

Why are we letting them do this? We should rally behind Kemi Badenoch, Suella Bravermand and Rees Mogg and reject both Boris and Sunak.

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Human Resource 19510203
Human Resource 19510203
2 years ago

The revelations of the Pfizer data dump pull the rug from under all this nonsense.

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RTSC
RTSC
2 years ago

Welcome to Bio-security Totalitarianism.

The future is a boot stamping on a human face ….. forever.

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sskinner
sskinner
2 years ago

One of humanities (and life’s) strength is the ability to learn from experience. The EU’s stance is the polar opposite.

Last edited 2 years ago by sskinner
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marebobowl
marebobowl
2 years ago

Has the EU politicians all been bought? Despite all the data available, none of these mandates make any sense. Welcome to China EU citizens. No doubt the Uk will be joking you soon. Many WEF puppets in political position to do so.

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ebygum
ebygum
2 years ago

When I read this a few days ago, I found it annoying and depressing in equal measure…having had a few days to reflect, I think it’s just more of the same ‘pie in the sky’ unreality that comes out of the EU.

I can’t be the only person who thinks we have at least two parallel worlds working at the same time? There’s the real covid data and statistics, and the unreal MSM, Government propaganda..ditto for the Green Agenda..and pretty much everything!

The EU, in my opinion, is working in the ‘unreal’ Covid World, which is basically only on nodding terms with reality.
No mention of the enquiry into the purchase of vaccines in the EU..or the role played by ‘I lost all the text’s’ Von Der Liar?

How can this work when Sweden have stopped vaccines for children..and don’t recommend the booster for under 65’s…ditto Denmark and Finland…?
Several EU countries, Including Bulgaria, Slovakia, Romania ..have vaccinated less than 50% of the eligible population….Poland, Hungary Czechia, Estonia, Greece all varying from 50% to less that 70%
Even worse the ‘take up’ of the fourth booster which is only 7.5% across the whole EU if I’m reading it right….(ECDC …European Centre for Disease and Control…dashboard)

As the brilliant Christine Anderson MEP said when looking at this same report, in relation to ‘finding the vaccine hesitant’ and jagging them! “Good luck with that!”

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Martin Frost
Martin Frost
2 years ago

This is truly scary stuff. But didn’t the UK blindly follow the EU lead during the Great panic? It will doubtless do so again. So much for taking back control.

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ellie-em
ellie-em
2 years ago

“We, the People of the World” have a right to know what our delegates to the WHO have proposed regarding the “Pandemic Treaty” and Amendments to the International Health Regulations”

https://jamesroguski.substack.com/p/no-more-secrets?publication_id=746475&isFreemail=true

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BillRiceJr
BillRiceJr
2 years ago

If many people (and organizations) did commit “crimes against humanity,” can they be prosecuted like at Nuremberg? I think many here would agree this should happen, but it almost certainly won’t.

https://billricejr.substack.com/p/could-nuremberg-type-trials-be-held

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Smudger
Smudger
2 years ago

What the EU signs up to today the UK Parliament will sign up to tomorrow and it doesn’t matter a jot which establishment party is in power.

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