The vaccine genocide
How the West knowingly condemned millions to death by Covid
In terms of the total number of deaths, the United States accounts for the biggest fraction of Earth’s Covid body count thus far, but that record will likely topple soon. At the date I’m writing, Brazil’s death toll is nearing 400,000, and India’s 200,000, with little hope of slowing down. With hospitals in India buckling under the strain and desperately short of oxygen, the US, UK, and Germany have already pledged to send aid, and other countries like Canada are preparing to do the same. What’s missing from this display of performative compassion is any acknowledgement of a dark truth. Responsibility for much of the international death toll from this point forward lies firmly at the feet of the wealthiest of nations.
After more than a year of pandemic, we see conclusively that nations which acted quickly and decisively to aim for zero transmission rate emerged the most unscathed. They not only lost the fewest lives, but also suffered the smallest economic impacts. But the window of opportunity for that kind of leadership has closed. What is happening next is the wealthiest nations leveraging the blunt instrument of their economic power to secure themselves every advantage they can. It’s how despite the Trump administration being worse than asleep at the wheel as the first waves…
