12 October 2021 — 21st Century Wire
By NEWS WIRE
Remember all those PCR positive COVID tests in early 2020? Most people who had mild to no symptoms were still forced to lock down in their homes and shut down their businesses. Even healthy people with a positive test were told to quarantine and henceforth labeled as a case. The case numbers racked up quickly and were broadcast on blast 24/7 in the news media. Public health officials and political leaders declared an endless raft of restrictive policies by fiat. Social and economic calamity followed.