Respiratory-Illness
Technocracy Without End:
Jerry Barrett is pleased to welcome author Wesley J. Smith to the program. Is there an effort to
establish a “new normal” that will not restore society simply to a state of accepting
respiratory illness as a part of life, but rather, keep us continually obsessed with the presence
and prevention of illness? Bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel and two co-authors have written three advocacy
columns in the Journal of the American Medical Association accepting that the current policy of
“no COVID” cannot be accomplished. This “new normal” requires recognizing that
SARS-CoV-2 is but one of several circulating respiratory viruses that include influenza and more. The
authors plan to use the fear generated to force massive investments in public health infrastructure and
increased bureaucracies. The end result would be health technocracy without end with the goal being to
constrain personal freedom in the name of preventing illness.


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