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Doctor Anthony Faucci was questioned by Congress on July 29, 2026, but only answered by citing his Constitutional Right under the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination (to all 111 questions). Therefore, let’s take a look at how, not just Faucci, but most governments performed in handling Covid.
Ending the Covid-19 Pandemic was not only important for everyone’s health, but also for every nation’s economy to normalize. From the beginning of the pandemic most governments around the world made poor decisions that resulted in the pandemic lasting many years. They did this by misusing the authority governments are granted during emergencies. Most, but not all, had good intentions. Because the Pandemic was caused by a novel (new) virus, and authorities and scientists therefore didn’t know how to properly handle it, the early miss-steps by governments were completely understandable. However, many later studies provided in-depth information that suggested the best policies to pursue to deal with the virus. Since I’m an American who has followed U.S politics since 1960, I’ll restrict my analysis to America.
Americans were told that “lockdowns” of businesses were necessary to slow the spread of Covid. Many States and Cities did this which resulted in hundreds of thousands of small businesses and restaurants going out of business and millions of Americans losing their jobs. Most public schools were also locked down resulting in many millions of school children missing over a year of in-person learning. Americans were forced to endure other hardships including even low-risk children and young adults wearing masks and proven therapeutics being scandalized and denigrated. I contend that most of these actions were politically-motivated, did little or nothing to combat the Pandemic, and even made the situation worse than it would have otherwise been.
Some of these actions have been uncovered and are widely acknowledged, like New York governor Cuomo’s directive that had elderly nursery-home residents hospitalized for Covid be returned to their nursery homes (which led to widespread Covid deaths in nursery homes). Many bad actions by governments have not yet been uncovered but are suspected with much justification. For example, each month under the Biden Administration ,over 200,000 migrants illegally crossed our southern border, almost none being tested for Covid-19 or vaccinated. To me this indicated how the Biden Administration really felt about controlling the virus. I believe, as do many Americans, that it wanted to prolong Covid-fear until the 2024 Presidential election so that there would be justification again for unsolicited ballots being blanket-mailed, allowing unprecedented election fraud similar to that which occurred in the 2020 Presidential election.
What should governments have done to overcome the virus and get back to normal? With many Covid studies now completed, as well as the results in from countries around the world, it has become much clearer what path should have been taken and what path should be followed now. One of the relevant facts are from an Israeli study that showed that the natural immunity one gets from having had the virus is 27 times more effective than vaccine immunity. In addition, natural immunity stops a person from being infectious to others, which the vaccine does not. Finally, while vaccine immunity begins to wane after 3-6 months, natural immunity lasts much longer. Other relevant facts come from countries, such as Sweden, and States such as South Dakota and Florida, that did not lock down. Today, countries and States that rode out the virus without imposing lockdowns are doing much better than States like New York and California, because their non-mandated-state economies are booming.
Very high doses of Vitamin D strengthened my immunity to the extent that my Covid lasted only 2 days. For those who got sicker, therapeutics like Regeneron and Ivermectin were very effective in curing Covid, and even more therapeutics are now being widely used. With the Pandemic over, Covid should be treated like one more illness that can make you ill and even kill you. Vaccinations should be encouraged but not mandated. Governments, hopefully will follow the real science next time.
The author of this post, Mike Russo, is not a physician but does have a Masters degree in Government Administration from the University of Pennsylvania, including a course in research methods. Moreover, he has taken Masters-level courses in program analysis and evaluation, and law from George Washington University.
