Rites of Passage

The Latest is Dangerous And Should be Banned

Humans have most likely employed Rites of Passage to mark transitions for as long as we lived in societal groups.  These commonly involve Coming of Age ceremonies and can have either spiritual, societal or combined significance.  Examples include: Baptism and Confirmation in Christianity, Bris, Bar- or Bat-Mitzvah  in Judaism, Khitan or Hajj in Islam, Sanskara or Chudakarana in Hinduism, Shinbyu in Buddhism or Vision Quest in Native American cultures.  Others include celebrations upon completion of various levels of performance such as  Belt-ceremonies in the Martial Arts, White Coat ceremonies for those entering medical school, graduation ceremonies in academia and Hell Week in Navy Seal training.

Most of these include some level of intellectual and physical proficiency.  Some are extremely difficult and may involve physical privation or discomfort.  Some may even involve some degree of danger or even death, as did the Lion Hunt in the Maasai Tribe before it was replaced with the Maasai Olympics. 

It should come as no surprise that injuries and even deaths occur during athletic competitions.  The Olympics has been no exception.  It is important to point out two things: 1) The danger was not the intrinsic aspect of the sport; 2) the participant was able to make an informed, non-coerced decision regarding participation in the activity. 

There are times where such Rites of Passage go horribly off the rails.   “Hazing” is common in initiation into fraternities. This is defined as activity designed to humiliate, abuse, degrade of endanger prospective members.  Multiple fatalities have been reported, but the true number is likely much higher. Even more disturbing are the requirement for entry into urban Gangs where violence against innocent individuals is often a part of the process.  This is done to test for and assure absolute obedience to the gang leaders.

With the open borders, the influence of such foreign gangs as MS-13 and the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua have spread throughout the United States more violence against innocents can be expected.

The world was forced into a maelstrom of fear by the appearance of COVID-19.  The fear was whipped into a frenzy by the unprecedented  actions on the part of Public Health Agencies that systematically silenced a rational approach to the pandemic that had the weight of decades of use.  Instead of employing the 4 Pillars of Pandemic Response of 1) Contagion Control; 2) Early Home Treatment; 3) Late-Stage Hospitalization; 4) Vaccination and “Herd Immunity, a quite different approach was taken.  Irrational and illogical Contagion Control was used (“6-foot rule”, use of ineffective masks, closing churches but leaving liquor stores open, etc.), Early Home Treatment was actively discouraged and replaced with “Sicken at Home” and hope was limited to the mRNA agents.

This brought a completely new aspect of the use of Rites of Passage for society worldwide.  “Vaccine” Mandates were instituted, and tens of thousands of qualified first-responders, military and health care professionals were fired from their jobs if they did not comply.  “Vaccine Passports” were required for admission to restaurants or other public venues.

The rationale for such sweeping mandates was stated to be 1) protection from infection and 2) blockage of transmission to others.  Unfortunately, use of these agents does not prevent infection nor block transmission to others, completely undermining such recommendations.  Although the agents are reported to prevent “serious disease”, it is unclear if early treatment during the viral replication phase would do the same without the associated risks of serious adverse reactions to the “vaccine”. 

Despite these questions to the blanket assurance that the mRNA agents were “safe and effective”, many individuals are still subjected to the requirement of “vaccination” for employment.  Take for instance this statement for employment on the website of the Santa Fe Institute:

SFI has a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy. All employees are required to submit proof of vaccination prior to employment.  Any offer of employment will be contingent upon compliance with this policy. Applicants may request exemptions and reasonable accommodations which will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

The requirement for mRNA treatments has been relaxed for most universities.  However, inexplicably, despite the universally accepted fact that these agents to not block transmission, most medical schools, such as the Medical College of Wisconsin, require proof of mRNA  “vaccination” for faculty, students, residents and fellows:

MCWAH believes that vaccination against certain communicable diseases is a safe and effective means of reducing the burden of disease in our community, and is important for the health and safety of patients, visitors, employees and learners at our affiliated training sites. To that end MCWAH requires either vaccination for certain communicable diseases including but not limited to COVID-19 and seasonal flu, or a MCWAH approved Accommodation Exemption for all its housestaff and any visiting residents or fellows.

Amazingly, those very institutions who profess commitment to “Evidence Based Medicine” completely ignore the evidence  that “vaccination” does not block transmission to others!  Equally incomprehensible is the recommendation that these agents be administered to children 6 months of age or over, who are at minimal risk from COVID infection.  The verbiage from the CDC is as follows:

COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for everyone ages 6 months and older in the United States for the prevention of COVID-19 (emphasis added). There is currently no FDA-approved or FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccine for children younger than age 6 months.

CDC recommends that people receive all recommended COVID-19 vaccine doses. Vaccination is especially important for people at highest risk of severe COVID-19, including people ages 65 years and older; people with underlying medical conditions, including immune compromise; people living in long-term care facilities; and pregnant people to protect themselves and their infants.

This despite reports that it does NOT prevent infection or transmission!  This recommendation is shared by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, American Hospital Association and American Nurses Association do the same. 

Although this may seem that the “experts” are all on one side of the issue, several things need to be considered.  It took the “experts” 20 years to accept that H. pylori ( a badterium) was the cause of peptic ulcer disease.  Dr. Barry Marshall and Robin Warren faced the same criticism then as physicians who oppose the mRNA agents do now.  Likewise, many academic medical centers and medical organizations actively promoted “Gender Affirming Care”, including irreversible surgical and hormonal treatments of minors.  Many still do, in spite of strong evidence that this does more harm than good.  Finally, and potentially ominously, there are disturbing and as-yet anecdotal reports of severe effect on cognition in those who have taken mRNA agents here and here.

In the “Old BC (Before COVID) Days”, such significant anecdotal evidence would be fertile ground for critical analysis.  However, because of the strong political and non-scientific overtones of anything to do with COVID, this has been basically ignored by mainstream medicine.  If the premise that the cohort most affected by mRNA related cognitive decline is in fact physicians, particularly academic physicians, this is interesting.

This is not without strong scientific support.  The Spike Protein has been shown to produce abnormal behavior in mice.  Brain and memory effects are seen in “Long COVID”.  Despite assertions that mRNA “vaccine” helps prevent “Long COVID”, a recent Mayo Clinic study refutes that.  Indeed, some investigators have postulated a “Long COVID-Like’ Syndrome may in fact be an adverse reaction to the mRNA agents.

Unfortunately, the uncertainty caused by lack of true transparency in the reporting of anything critical of the mRNA agents makes it virtually impossible to know the truth.  That will take a sea-change in the ethics of medical publishing that likely will not be short in coming.

What this does suggest, however, is that the consequences of the mandated mRNA “vaccine” may be the ultimate negative Rite of Passage in modern society.  If we have unwittingly damaged the cognitive capability of our healthcare professionals, it will cause damage orders of magnitude greater than “Hazing” or even gang-related initiations. 

The old primum non nocere (first do no harm) principle of medicine that has been operative for centuries demands that we immediately stop a practice that: 1) does not stop infection; 2) does not stop transmission; and 3) may be severely impairing our whole healthcare delivery system.  This is a medical experiment in which the participants did not give informed consent and the public, which stands to lose a significant and valuable asset, has been completely disregarded.  There is no valid ethical or moral reason for this to continue. 

It may be that there is no such risk.  Great.  But let’s take the time and effort to answer that question before we continue.  Let’s concentrate on early multiagent treatment of this disease instead of putting ALL our hope in the mRNA basket.