{"id":11126,"date":"2020-05-28T05:00:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T08:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=11126"},"modified":"2022-06-06T11:10:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T14:10:05","slug":"656-viral-spiral-spinning-the-covid-19-lockdown-narratives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/11126","title":{"rendered":"656 &#8211; Viral spiral \u2014 Spinning the COVID-19 lockdown narratives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/656-hydroxychloroquine-168x100-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11127\" \/><audio controls preload=\"none\"><source src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20200528-justRIGHT-656-VIRALspiral-SpinningTheCOVID19narratives.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>More than being a demonstrated lifesaving treatment in fighting the COVID-19 virus (SARS CoV-2), hydroxychloroquine has now become a symbol of the fundamental political divide regarding the government-mandated lockdown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donald Trump&#8217;s recent announcement that he is personally using hydroxychloroquine was a direct challenge to negative mainstream media narratives about the drug.<\/strong>  It was also a direct attack against those on the Left determined to keep the COVID-19 lockdown in effect for as long as possible, no matter how many people may die or suffer in the process.<\/p>\n<p>In many jurisdictions around the world, it may appear that the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown is slowly ending, but the reality is that it is incrementally being extended \u2013 indefinitely &#8211; as politicians seek to entrench their recently exercised undemocratic powers over the rest of us.  Political threats to repeatedly shut down areas of the economy on the basis of future COVID-19 statistics means that the economy may never be able to recover.<\/p>\n<p>Tragically, <strong>at the root of all the shutdown strategies lies a single priority: the protection of healthcare \u2018systems,\u2019<\/strong> a priority placed above that of protecting the lives of the people forced to deal with those systems.  When the pandemic began, \u2018flattening the curve\u2019 to prevent hospitals from being overrun was the first and only stated objective of the shutdown.  Today, the continued rationale for the shutdown is anybody\u2019s guess, as it can change by the hour, and often does.  But the priority hasn\u2019t changed even though politicians insist their motivations are based on \u2018saving lives.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>By placing the public spotlight on his use of hydroxychloroquine, Trump boldly demonstrated how \u2018saving lives\u2019 is not the goal of the mainstream media or the Left.  Once again, Trump brilliantly did what was Just Right: he exposed the hypocrisy of those who claim to be motivated by \u2018saving lives\u2019 while simultaneously opposed to the use of that which is life-saving.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/656-topics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/topics.gif\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/656-clips-credits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/clips_and_credits.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you found this presentation valuable please consider supporting us:<br \/>\n&#x1f9e1; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.me\/justrightmedia\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PayPal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than being a demonstrated lifesaving treatment in fighting the COVID-19 virus (SARS CoV-2), hydroxychloroquine has now become a symbol of the fundamental political divide regarding the government-mandated lockdown. Donald Trump&#8217;s recent announcement that he is personally using hydroxychloroquine was a direct challenge to negative mainstream media narratives about the drug. 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