The mask is coming off the largest political scam in history

From the beginning of the COVID pandemic, it was obvious that official medical guidance and public health policy was being driven by political considerations. In early 2020, when major media began reporting on the novel coronavirus in China and the possibility of its coming to the U.S., health experts minimized the danger to Americans and urged the public not to worry. As late as March, Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health appeared on CBS’ “60 Minutes” telling Americans, “There’s no reason to be walking around in masks. When you’re in the middle of an outbreak, wearing a mask might make people feel a little bit better … but it’s not providing the perfect protection that people think that it is.” [Emphasis added.] Within days, though, Fauci and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention led the full-blown panic being driven by Democrats and their allies in major media. Officials claimed computer models (of mysterious origin and using unknown methodology) showed that millions of Americans would soon be dead from COVID and that we must shut down the U.S. economy, cancel medical procedures nationwide to free up medical resources, keep Americans confined to their homes, shut schools, make everyone wear masks and prohibit people from being physically near each other.

The sudden reversal, from encouraging calm to inciting panic, coincided with the complete collapse of Democrats’ impeachment fiasco and the surprising increase in President Trump’s subsequent approval rating. The failure of Democrats’ years-long attempt to drive down his approval ratings – through bottomless investigations of the Russian collusion hoax, Stormy Daniels’ accusations, hysterical charges of racist immigration policies and ridiculous Ukrainian phone call histrionics – all resulted in a strengthened presidency and roaring economy in the spring of an election year. COVID was immediately seized by Democrats as the next occasion to bash President Trump and slam the brakes on the economy. Nancy Pelosi said of COVID “this is an opportunity. Every crisis is” – and the recent book “Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency” quotes Biden adviser Anita Dunn as saying “COVID is the best thing that ever happened” for the Biden campaign.

Now, as Americans are in open revolt against continued mask mandates and other restrictions, the administration has decided it is politically impossible to continue the charade while simultaneously claiming the various COVID vaccines are safe and effective.

In Senate hearings in March, Fauci’s sad attempts to explain the need for continued COVID restrictions after vaccination when questioned by GOP Sen. Rand Paul (also an accomplished physician) by hiding behind a generic reference to “science” were so embarrassing that Democrats saw the political necessity to shift the narrative.

The mask has fallen off.

Also this week, the CDC admitted that calculations used to compile COVID death rates were improperly inflated due to hospitals counting COVID deaths to include cases where a patient died from some other cause, such as a heart attack. The unhinged attacks by liberals on President Trump and conservatives based on COVID death counts were manufactured propaganda.

On Sunday, Texas reported zero COVID deaths two months after lifting the statewide mask mandate and removing restrictions on businesses. In March, when Gov. Greg Abbott announced the new policy, he was met with outrage and promises of mass death from the virus. Joe Biden accused those favoring the new policies of “Neanderthal thinking.” Just like Florida, Georgia and every other state to end COVID restrictions, the liberal prophecies of doom never occurred.

The Great Coronavirus Panic of 2020 is increasingly being revealed to have been the greatest partisan political scam in history.