Comments were turned off by accident but are now enabled. I have presented a provocative theory behind the masking of children and would love to hear your thoughts: Is it Munchausen by Proxy?
Kids should never be in masks, my husband ended up with an ulcer inside his nose after wearing a mask all day, it was always bleeding and painful, he stopped wearing one immediately. I think he’s finally come round to seeing the truth about all of this,
This is an excellent appraisal, and I hadn't thought about it this way. It's not just shifting the responsibility for (theoretically) protecting adults, but if we accept their premise regarding a deadly pandemic, placing such a responsibility on children is totally inappropriate.
There's a fourth possibility for this phenomenon, which is deliberate manipulation by the government's behavioral psychology department (in the UK that would be SAGE), naturally this incorporates the three possibilities mentioned as part of it's overall strategy.
The American Academy of Pediatrics didn't just turn a blind eye, they have actively removed documentation of the harm caused by depriving children of facial cues, put out several tweets denying negative effect, and the MSM publicized child research psychologist Dr. Judith Danovitch's claims that masking *helps* child development, claiming to "improve social and cognitive skills." JAMA Pediatrics is censoring pediatric mask studies and pushing to circumvent parental consent. These groups are among the more than 10,000 individuals and organizations who received money from the pharmaceutical companies and the constellation of Gates "philanthropies" beginning a couple years before the arrival of the 'novel coronavirus.'
For we few, none of this is hindsight. It was clear from the very beginning exactly what was going on, but we were ignored or dismissed. Thankfully, the ranks of "conspiracy theorists" is growing as more people awaken to the reality of the style of governance our invisible oligarchs have always employed.
People listen to "experts" and don't know what they don't know. It's also as if there is a sense of....'we need to do something'. What often happens in ..'we need to do something' situations is knee jerk reactions and the 'something' that is done doesn't alleviate the problem and sometimes makes it worse....but hey ..'we did something.'
This was excellent, Darby and I'm glad you've got the comments enabled. Yes, I agree with your analysis of Munchausen by Proxy. I was introduced to this "mind virus"/mental illness in Gad Saad's book "The Parasitic Mind" earlier this year. M by P explained my experience volunteering at a no-kill animal shelter. I knew these people were mentally ill; using animals to get their needs met, but in a twisted, sick way, not because they really cared about them. I thought it was a power trip, but there was something more to it. Horrible situation that made me feel incapable of making any difference at all.
I have always considered masking children to be child abuse and it takes a lot of self-control in public for me to NOT say something to strangers. I have no qualms though about saying it to people I'm talking with and encouraging them to actually look at studies and think about all the bacteria you're making your child breathe. I asked a person who admitted she always masks her children and is a dental hygienist what part of your body has the most bacteria? She admitted it was our mouths, but this connection didn't seem to land anywhere.
Great insights! Sadly, I think a desire to fit in and be liked guides the behavior of many people, even parents of very young children. When I think about it too long, it makes me very angry.
And thank you SO MUCH for doing this substack. Your work is beautiful, it's what I wish I could do if I wasn't dumb and had more time to dedicate to writing well
I was a teacher too and I can only imagine how awful it would be teaching in the age of masking. Anyway to answer your question YES it is absolutely Munchausen syndrome by proxy, I notice this in a lot of moms group I am in. Half the mom groups I am in are "crunchy" i.e. they never vaccinated their children or stopped vaccinating and the other half are "conventional". With the conventional groups it's feels mothers think they are being good parents ™ when they talk about how baby got his shots at exactly 2 months old, or that they swabbed their 2 year old three times for COVID, or the doctor said he had never seen adenoids so large when they removed them surgically from my child! Aren't I such a good conscientious parent? So compliant and deferential to the experts! I never have anything to contribute to these discussions because my children really don't get sick.
Burdening children... Unfortunately for a significant percentage of children in wealthy countries and neighbourhoods children need more responsibility. They've been coddled massively and a simple historical comparison in your own country or vs poorer countries will reveal that fact quite easily.
I used to have a paper route earning pocket money at age 6 riding my bike, up at 6am. My parents were working since around age 3. We call that child labour in 2021 but it was normal back then. It was part of learning. We all went to school as well as my parents. We have 2-3 months off in the summer because when public education began kids had to go help the family with the harvest back in the 19th Century. Education was designed around rural 19th C America.
Hypoxia? Serious? Wearing a mask can lead to hypoxia? I include a link with a foto to an Olympian runner who due to asthma must run with a mask so he doesn't die.
There's another benefit to mask that was indicative from the Olympic runners example. People who suffer from asthma has benefited dramatically from masking. Many didn't know and only realised this during the pandemic when it was required.
Well they have introduced masks in elementary schools here in the Netherlands--only in the hallways, so not as bad as the states, but my daughter came home with a bad headache after her ordeal on the first day. So I simply sent a message to the teacher and stated that she will not be wearing one since it is not legally mandated for anyone under 13, merely urgent advice that the school is trying to require. I reiterated that we are very careful about staying home with symptoms and the response I got was positive. Very grateful it was quick and easy as I am not a fan of confrontation, but I am sharpening my claws for the vaccine fight that is coming. Just as in the states, the masking is a tool for blackmail you can see a mile off. I'm trying to head it off and tell others, but mostly no one cares.
Kids should never be in masks, my husband ended up with an ulcer inside his nose after wearing a mask all day, it was always bleeding and painful, he stopped wearing one immediately. I think he’s finally come round to seeing the truth about all of this,
This is an excellent appraisal, and I hadn't thought about it this way. It's not just shifting the responsibility for (theoretically) protecting adults, but if we accept their premise regarding a deadly pandemic, placing such a responsibility on children is totally inappropriate.
There's a fourth possibility for this phenomenon, which is deliberate manipulation by the government's behavioral psychology department (in the UK that would be SAGE), naturally this incorporates the three possibilities mentioned as part of it's overall strategy.
The American Academy of Pediatrics didn't just turn a blind eye, they have actively removed documentation of the harm caused by depriving children of facial cues, put out several tweets denying negative effect, and the MSM publicized child research psychologist Dr. Judith Danovitch's claims that masking *helps* child development, claiming to "improve social and cognitive skills." JAMA Pediatrics is censoring pediatric mask studies and pushing to circumvent parental consent. These groups are among the more than 10,000 individuals and organizations who received money from the pharmaceutical companies and the constellation of Gates "philanthropies" beginning a couple years before the arrival of the 'novel coronavirus.'
For we few, none of this is hindsight. It was clear from the very beginning exactly what was going on, but we were ignored or dismissed. Thankfully, the ranks of "conspiracy theorists" is growing as more people awaken to the reality of the style of governance our invisible oligarchs have always employed.
How SAGE and the UK media created fear in the British public https://evidencenotfear.com/how-sage-and-uk-media-created-fear-in-the-british-public/
If you check SAGE's Wipedia page, you'll see a list of previous psyops, events worth reevaluating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_Advisory_Group_for_Emergencies
AAP Pfizer sponsorship (Pfizer has since been removed from the sponsorship page) https://twitter.com/txsalth2o/status/1417224352790192137
AAP Is Deleting All Its Web Pages on Child Development and Facial Cues https://twitter.com/erichhartmann/status/1428094630546001921?s=21
American Academy of Pediatrics: Masks Have No Negative Effect on Children (and AAP mask tweets) https://www.breitbart.com/health/2021/08/12/american-academy-pediatrics-masks-no-negative-effect-children/
Masks a ‘Great Opportunity’ to Help Kids Learn in School, Help Conquer Nose-Picking, Nail-Biting https://voicesofanation.com/daily-news/masks-a-great-opportunity-to-help-kids-learn-in-school-help-conquer-nose-picking-nail-biting/
Actually, Wearing a Mask Can Help Your Child Learn (non-paywalled NYT Judith Danovitch article) https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/actually-wearing-a-mask-can-help-your-child-learn/
JAMA Pediatrics on parental consent and mandatory vaccination , by Dr. Meryl Nass https://anthraxvaccine.blogspot.com/2021/11/covid-19-vaccination-of-minors-without.html
JAMA Pediatrics Editors Retract Children’s Mask Study https://trialsitenews.com/jama-pediatrics-editors-retract-childrens-mask-study/
Facebook warns JAMA study on children's COVID masks 'false news,' sharers will be punished https://justthenews.com/accountability/cancel-culture/facebook-threatens-users-sharing-journal-american-medical-association
People listen to "experts" and don't know what they don't know. It's also as if there is a sense of....'we need to do something'. What often happens in ..'we need to do something' situations is knee jerk reactions and the 'something' that is done doesn't alleviate the problem and sometimes makes it worse....but hey ..'we did something.'
Incredibly insightful.
This was excellent, Darby and I'm glad you've got the comments enabled. Yes, I agree with your analysis of Munchausen by Proxy. I was introduced to this "mind virus"/mental illness in Gad Saad's book "The Parasitic Mind" earlier this year. M by P explained my experience volunteering at a no-kill animal shelter. I knew these people were mentally ill; using animals to get their needs met, but in a twisted, sick way, not because they really cared about them. I thought it was a power trip, but there was something more to it. Horrible situation that made me feel incapable of making any difference at all.
I have always considered masking children to be child abuse and it takes a lot of self-control in public for me to NOT say something to strangers. I have no qualms though about saying it to people I'm talking with and encouraging them to actually look at studies and think about all the bacteria you're making your child breathe. I asked a person who admitted she always masks her children and is a dental hygienist what part of your body has the most bacteria? She admitted it was our mouths, but this connection didn't seem to land anywhere.
Great insights! Sadly, I think a desire to fit in and be liked guides the behavior of many people, even parents of very young children. When I think about it too long, it makes me very angry.
First thank you for turning con comments
And thank you SO MUCH for doing this substack. Your work is beautiful, it's what I wish I could do if I wasn't dumb and had more time to dedicate to writing well
I was a teacher too and I can only imagine how awful it would be teaching in the age of masking. Anyway to answer your question YES it is absolutely Munchausen syndrome by proxy, I notice this in a lot of moms group I am in. Half the mom groups I am in are "crunchy" i.e. they never vaccinated their children or stopped vaccinating and the other half are "conventional". With the conventional groups it's feels mothers think they are being good parents ™ when they talk about how baby got his shots at exactly 2 months old, or that they swabbed their 2 year old three times for COVID, or the doctor said he had never seen adenoids so large when they removed them surgically from my child! Aren't I such a good conscientious parent? So compliant and deferential to the experts! I never have anything to contribute to these discussions because my children really don't get sick.
Burdening children... Unfortunately for a significant percentage of children in wealthy countries and neighbourhoods children need more responsibility. They've been coddled massively and a simple historical comparison in your own country or vs poorer countries will reveal that fact quite easily.
I used to have a paper route earning pocket money at age 6 riding my bike, up at 6am. My parents were working since around age 3. We call that child labour in 2021 but it was normal back then. It was part of learning. We all went to school as well as my parents. We have 2-3 months off in the summer because when public education began kids had to go help the family with the harvest back in the 19th Century. Education was designed around rural 19th C America.
Hypoxia? Serious? Wearing a mask can lead to hypoxia? I include a link with a foto to an Olympian runner who due to asthma must run with a mask so he doesn't die.
https://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/2011/06/what_in_the_world_is_galen_rup.html
There's another benefit to mask that was indicative from the Olympic runners example. People who suffer from asthma has benefited dramatically from masking. Many didn't know and only realised this during the pandemic when it was required.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/07/the-pandemic-drove-asthma-attacks-down-why/619396/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
Well they have introduced masks in elementary schools here in the Netherlands--only in the hallways, so not as bad as the states, but my daughter came home with a bad headache after her ordeal on the first day. So I simply sent a message to the teacher and stated that she will not be wearing one since it is not legally mandated for anyone under 13, merely urgent advice that the school is trying to require. I reiterated that we are very careful about staying home with symptoms and the response I got was positive. Very grateful it was quick and easy as I am not a fan of confrontation, but I am sharpening my claws for the vaccine fight that is coming. Just as in the states, the masking is a tool for blackmail you can see a mile off. I'm trying to head it off and tell others, but mostly no one cares.