Dave Swaim: "We the People of Flathead County Reject Medical Tyranny"

There is no question that lock-downs cost lives and cause innumerable unintended consequences. The Flathead County Health Board's proposed letter signed by chairman Bill Burg dated November 2, 2020 acknowledged, "...we are intimately aware of the indirect effects this pandemic has caused. Businesses have closed, or significantly curtailed operations, leaving small business owners to grapple with the fallout. The financial and emotional strain of shutdowns has led to increased incidence of mental health crises. Many families are struggling. These facts are not lost on us, nor do we take them lightly. "The authors of this letter claim "this pandemic has caused" the consequences listed, and "businesses have closed" as if all by themselves. Did government officials and bureaucrats have nothing to do with closing those businesses and damaging those lives? They talk as if they had no choice in the matter. Those who are directly responsible will never accept responsibility, and they're trying to deflect the blame. Now they want to spread more lock-down destruction.

Coronavirus Bears Down on Small Town (Doctor Argues Back that Pandemic Is a Hoax)

Richard Read, LA Times.  To view full article, click here.

WHITEFISH, Mont. —  When Steve Qunell won a seat on the City Council last year in this town of 8,000, he figured he’d be dealing with potholes and affordable housing.

Instead, he finds himself at the center of a raging debate over how to fight the coronavirus, which is surging in Montana like never before.

The state’s governor, Steve Bullock, a Democrat who is in the final stretch of a tight U.S. Senate race and has been reluctant to impose restrictions that could hurt his campaign, called on the hardest-hit counties to consider shutting bars and enforcing a statewide mask mandate.

There was little appetite for that in conservative Flathead County, where the health board has been dominated by an outspoken doctor who argues that the pandemic is a hoax....