Charlie Walsham, a pseudonym of a BBC News employee who has worked at the Corporation for several years, has written an inside scoop on the BBC’s reporting of excess deaths. The Spectator has the story.
I recall the newsroom conversations during the dark days of the pandemic only too well. They were upsetting at the time. Now, as we see a disturbing rise in excess deaths across the country, the thought of them fills me with horror and outrage.
”You do realise these lockdowns and restrictions will end up killing people too, don’t you?” I would say to senior editorial colleagues with something approaching desperation in my voice. ”Sure, the virus is a serious threat to a small proportion of the population but the longer-term consequences of shutting the economy down and closing off the NHS will be deadly for huge numbers who were never at serious risk from the virus, people with years of life ahead of them. Shouldn’t we be reflecting that in our coverage? Shouldn’t we be considering the possibility that the government is going down the wrong path on this?”
The response of these colleagues would vary in tone, from patient but patronising good humour to open mockery. Many were influenced, I believe, by social media echo chambers (curated by pernicious algorithms). My colleagues had swallowed the myopic belief, adopted by people largely on the liberal Left, that only lockdowns could ‘save lives’ and ‘protect the NHS’ from the devastation threatened by COVID-19. Anyone who demurred was, as far as they were concerned, clearly a Right-wing lunatic.Now we can all see how well that is working out. Provisional figures released this week reveal that more than 650,000 deaths were registered in the U.K. in 2022 – 9 per cent more than 2019. This is one of the largest excess death levels outside the pandemic in 50 years. But despite many of the causes of this being obvious, the BBC is pretending the development has come as something of a shock.
He goes on to explain how the BBC used a series of euphemisms like ”pandemic hangover” to avoid mentioning lockdowns. And it gets worse:
The BBC’s analysis didn’t just fall short because it failed to mention the L-word. In broad terms, it connected the excess deaths to a combination of missed treatments and an NHS already in crisis. Yet anyone working for BBC News knows full well that the NHS is in crisis every single winter. This knowledge didn’t stop BBC editors ignoring warnings that lockdowns would only exacerbate health service bottlenecks once restrictions were totally lifted.
An incredibly damning piece that is worth reading in full.
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Even if masks worked so many people wear them improperly – but no-one calls them out.
I’ve seen people wear the mask under their nose, poorly fitted with big gaps at the sides, and over bushy beards. No-one calls them out because most people don’t believe they work. They are only a sign of social compliance.
I was in Paris towards the end of the pandemic when it was still compulsory to wear a mask on the metro.
My usual sunflower lanyard trick was clearly no use in France so I carried a mask that I slid over my chin after boarding a carriage. My mouth and nose was completely uncovered.
Nobody ever said anything.
The whole thing was a joke.
So many countries were bought and paid for, France being one of them.
They are also a sign of fear of the unknown, because we have all been lied to by the medical experts we depend on to keep us safe. Birx, and Tony to name two. I am sure the Uk has its own “medical experts” who delivered misinformation to their fellow countrymen/women.
Dr Craig should point out that there was NO PANDEMIC, it was unleashed for other nefarious purposes. It had nothing to do with health. It was killing and compliance. Oh and directing money to the elites from taxpayers.
It was a plandemic. And boy did it cause a tsunami.
I remember thinking and writing at the time that the logical next step would be to treat other respiratory illnesses like “covid”. Another conspiracy theory.
Let’s face it. We just don’t know how these diseases spread. Too many variables.
From.the moment that they are incapable of explaining why some people get sick and others don’t when seemingly subjected to very similar exposure/conditions, they don’t know anything.
It’s all speculation.
I’m not sure that’s right. Everyone has a unique immune system based on their age, general health and their previous exposure to infection. Two people exposed to a virus in the same circumstances may react differently according the ability of the immune system to mount a defence.
Remember the ‘Diamond Princess’ cruise ship placed in quarantine, despite equal exposure on board to SCov2 a good percentage of people remained well even though they must have been exposed to the virus. Their immune systems were already primed by previous corona virus infections.
The entire reason why some and infected and some are not is probably entirely controlled by vitamin D levels and the immune response. Almost everyone in Britain has very low Vit. D levels in winter, and lowish the rest of the year because we don’t have enough sunlight this far North. People I know and I, who take 1000 iu supplement every day simply do not get ill, at least very rarely. Many others who do not get ill often. Why the Government do not give supplements to everyone is odd, it would save the NHS billions at very low cost. If they had Covid would have been very minor, perhaps that is why!
A lot it is managerial syllogism; “something must be done”, etc. Not based on real evidence, and exploiting the lack of proper education for many of us, unfortunately. A good job, well done, Care!
And the self important waste of space that is Bridget Phillipson is aiming to ensure a lack of proper education will be enshrined in law…. Thank F**k I have no grandchildren.
John
Sadly our politicians are exponents of”not based on real evidence”.
This present government are masters of the art of opinion not based on fact or understanding.
Don’t give them any credit, they are simply thick as mince and brain dead with it!
As the mask mandate came in I went to a haberdashery and bought some gauze and elastic to make my own cloth mask.
Why?
This sort of statement just kills me.
The modern obsession with “making the world better” is nauseating Everyone seems to have a grand scheme of how to make the world a better place and more often than not it involves telling others what to do.
If you really want to make the world a better place I’ve got the perfect formula. It’s not easy but with effort it can be achieved. It’s simple but hard: don’t be an asshole. That’s it. Every day, as you get on with your life avoid being an asshole. Look after yourself, do what’s best for you and your friends and family but do it without being an asshole to someone else.
If everyone did that, big if, we’d have a great world.
Meanwhile, big schemes to make the world better typically end up causing misery. Not always but often.
If the resources wasted on covid along with that being wasted on global warming had not been stolen from the people and businesses in taxes everyone would have been able to spend it themselves much better.
So true
Money wasn’t wasted on the C1984 and global warming they were the excuses. Huge sums were diverted to the elites via big corporations and especially the pharmaceuticals. The reasons given for the expenditure are irrelevant – PPE, Track and Trace, “vaccines”, covid marshalls etc etc. Spend, spend, spend was the order of the day. The intention was to generate debt, so much debt that we are where we are now. And the solution is to carry on wasting money but now we have to believe that we are responsible and must repay all the borrowing.
As clear as day we are being manoeuvred to the point where the country has to declare bankruptcy and at that point it will be a case of fight or submit – Kneel before Kneel.
The 1689 Bill of Rights is on similar lines regarding a small state and only when causing other people harm, should the Law intervene. Real harm, not the implied hurt feelings in today’s “be kind” fascism.
Also what was with all those TOK-TOK dancing nurses, if they want to portray C19 as a deadly pandemic then faffing around empty wards doesn’t garner confidence.
I always asked mask fanatics “if you’re wearing your magic mask, why does it matter that I’m not – unless masks don’t actually work?” I never received a credible answer.
Masks were just symbols of fear, control and compliance.
Hence that silly argument that masks were worn to protect people other than the wearer. It nudged the hesitant into compliance, just in case the argument was valid.
Dr.Craig, thank you for your words of wisdom. You have worked so hard these past four years in presenting the truth. It is very much appreciated.