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Carol Neilson
medium.com
Something is dying in our country right now; you might have a name for it. I don’t.
I struggle to put words to a feeling that runs through my body and leaves me shivering and cold. Each time I venture towards the felt sense of wrongdoing, I pause and check myself.
Am I mad? Have I lost the plot? Is this the feeling women were hospitalised for under the guise of hysteria? I think not. I hope not. Because I feel incredibly vulnerable even naming something like this out loud, let alone writing about it. There is a risk that I might lose friends or be ghosted, and if this is true, then the Government has done an effective job dividing us from each other using “science.”
Does the thought that hundreds of thousands of kiwis are prepared to risk it all make you think a little differently? You may know some of them; you might even have labelled them by suggesting they wear tinfoil hats. You might also know someone who can no longer work due to a vaccine injury or your mate at the gym who can’t exercise anymore. The court cases, the bias in the media, the constant promotion of a vaccine that has ten pages of adverse effects that showed up in clinical trials. Does that make you think?
Here’s what I know
Every day I read articles written by reputable scientists, Doctors and researchers, laying their reputations on the line getting this information out. Yet, I watch them be ignored, banned, ridiculed, and laughed at simply because they have another opinion based on their research. Why is that? Without question, they are leaders in their fields, have managed and cured patients through this pandemic, have collaborated, shared knowledge, and attempted to pass this knowledge on.
The recent court-ordered release of the Pfizer documents outlining the results of the clinical trials shows a high death rate. The very long list of adverse reactions is appalling. There are ten pages of these alone. Nevertheless, this well-informed group were right to stand out, withstand the character assassinations, the daily hit pieces written on them, and the name-calling. They also knew vaccination was not the only solution. Treatment of the patient was as effective if not better, so is education about healthy living.
Or maybe you don’t know about the Pfizer clinical trial documents. Unfortunately, the NZ Government has thrown a cone of silence around much of the current data from overseas and New Zealand, aided by mainstream media.
Let’s not start on the stringently monitored legacy media bias. The effect of this monitoring is to isolate and insulate us from up-to-date research, which is a form of censorship. It’s also a way to channel our thinking and understanding towards a predetermined outcome. Many of us are new to this notion of a pandemic, which made us compliant and reliant on the only sources we could access, media and the internet. I knew nothing about what we were facing. Did you?
But it seemed to me in the early days, our mainstream media did, so I often dipped into that well. But over time, I started to feel disquieted by the tone of the information, lack of reference material. I began to notice I was being told what to think, how to act, who to isolate from, and dialogue scripts written so family members could encourage those who weren’t vax compliant. It felt like manipulation.
But what was most concerning was that this disquieted feeling was dismissed, and I was lumped into the tinfoil hat brigade, as were many others. So I stayed silent with the question ringing in my mind “who can I trust ?”
Here in New Zealand, many of us blindly trusted the version of science rolled out to us by the “podium of truth” but now we know better and are calling the Government out on their stale rhetoric.
I have watched many of my friends, midwives, doctors, nurses, healers, managers, business owners, hospos stand on the protest line and say no to the mandates and have seen them labelled with dreadful names by Jacinda Ardern and the Police. So many of my friends have been at Freedom Camp and their stories bear no resemblance to the ones mainstream media are telling.
The question is, who to believe? Who has the greater responsibility for telling the truth or fact-checking their information and sources? But, more importantly, where have the investigative journalists gone? The ones we trusted to bring us unbiased facts, no matter how uncomfortable they were?
Whatever your answer to those questions is, this much is true. Of course, there are radicals on both sides, but the denigrating rhetoric doesn’t mean that the same brush colours everyone.
Many present at the camp tried everything to be heard. They went to their GP and were medically gaslit; they went to their MP and were ignored. They then raised a petition or three and were still ignored.
Some went to MoH and were denied exemption. So as a last resort, they travelled the country’s length to ask for a face to face meeting with the Prime Minister. They set up camp on the front lawn and were still ignored.
The various groups nominated representatives and negotiations were asked for still, no conversation.
Finally, the answer came in the form of riot police armed with batons, shields, pepper spray, sponge bullets and water cannons. Undercover disrupters lit the spark, enabling escalation and the use of force by the police.
It became a violent show for those in Parliament watching from the safety of their respective offices. And still, our MP’s did not broker any form of a peaceful settlement.
Why not?
When did protesting become a Parliament sideshow with VIP seats? Each MP’s moral compass was sadly lacking, knowing that many of their constituents were represented by this peaceful group.
What can all New Zealanders do?
Well, here are some suggestions.
Come back to the grassroots. This is where the real everyday kiwis are. It doesn’t matter whether you believe in protest or not. Something more fundamental is at play here. It’s the stripping down of a communities right to make decisions for itself. We have the power to elect, and we can decide who is the best representative for our vision for the future. Many have forgotten that.
Talk to people outside your channel of understanding and be willing to listen, even if you are vehemently stuck on one side or another. Although we are not here to convince each other that we are right, now is the time to navigate the deep rift created by this Labour government. And we do not need the Goverment to tell us how.
Read/watch beyond mainstream media and inform yourself on both sides of the story. Become curious, is what you know, really what you believe? Is it true? Is there another version waiting to be uncovered? Ask questions, ones that rise from curiosity.
Familiarise yourself with the mandates currently being updated in Parliament the deadline is April 1st. Speak out. They include mandating boosters for sections of the community. Do you agree with this?
Educate yourself with the proposed agreement that will give WHO sovereignty over every country that is a signatory. If NZ signs up with WHO, they will have the mandate to come and take over the country’s health system in pandemic times. This is concerning given that WHO denied complementary and alternative solutions and advocated vaccination as the only solution. How do you feel about this?
Practice non-violent communication. Your words have power; use them wisely.
Care deeply about each other. Just because you or your family may not have been affected by mandates, vaccine injury, or covid fatigue doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. It does. You might be grateful that it hasn’t affected you in any way. BUT there are thousands of others who have been.
Ask yourself whether you are willing to help unite Aotearoa? Anyone who spent time at the Freedom Camp already knows what it’s like to be part of a united, peaceful community, welcomed no matter their “status.” Many have now travelled back to their communities with this embodied knowledge of what they experienced. That knowing cannot be undone.
No amount of police brutality, pepper spray, or Government mandates can take that away.
This two-tier society has to stop; we need our family around us, we need the depth of friendships that can endure anything, and we need a country that has at its heart each other no matter vaccination status.
But, most of all, we need MP’s who represent the true heart of New Zealand, prepared to listen and respect the many voices of New Zealand in Parliament. Unfortunately, their silence speaks louder than words.
It’s on us now to be the change we want to see in the world.
