San Francisco-based attorney and author Michael P. Senger has posted a must-read mega-thread to Twitter describing what a real inquiry into the global response to COVID would look like.
Senger, author of the book Snake Oil: How Xi Jinping Shut Down the World, warned that we won’t be living in a real democracy until we have real answers as to how exactly COVID measures happened, and why.
Senger writes:
THREAD – Nuremberg 2: What a Real Inquiry into the Response to COVID Would Look Like Given the magnitude of the harm that’s been done, the public deserves to know exactly who knew and did what, when, and why in the days leading up to the lockdowns of spring 2020 and beyond. 1/
Though it may not be politically feasible, ideally an inquiry into the response to COVID would take the form of an international tribunal. Below are just some of the many disturbing questions to which any leader who claims to represent the public ought to demand answers. 2/
Though it may not be politically feasible, ideally an inquiry into the response to COVID would take the form of an international tribunal. Below are just some of the many disturbing questions to which any leader who claims to represent the public ought to demand answers. 2/ pic.twitter.com/gzACfSVG1g
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
1. Why did the CDC suddenly adopt “measures to increase social distance” as official policy in 2004, contrary to all the epidemiological guidance it had developed throughout the 20th century? 3/
1. Why did the CDC suddenly adopt “measures to increase social distance” as official policy in 2004, contrary to all the epidemiological guidance it had developed throughout the 20th century? 3/https://t.co/VHEDoV80Dy
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
2. Who was behind the campaign to export the concept of “lockdown” to Liberia and Sierra Leone in 2014? 4/ Source.
2. Who was behind the campaign to export the concept of “lockdown” to Liberia and Sierra Leone in 2014? 4/https://t.co/nhdERnvthbpic.twitter.com/ZoHmbBoUVi
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
3. Some intelligence reports have indicated that members of the western national security community were aware a new virus had emerged in China by fall 2019. What was being said about the virus at that time? 5/
3. Some intelligence reports have indicated that members of the western national security community were aware a new virus had emerged in China by fall 2019. What was being said about the virus at that time? 5/https://t.co/pgRTg6cl6l
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
4. If some national security officials had been worrying about a new virus in China since fall 2019, how could they have possibly believed China’s two-month lockdown of Wuhan eliminated the virus several months later? 6/
4. If some national security officials had been worrying about a new virus in China since fall 2019, how could they have possibly believed China’s two-month lockdown of Wuhan eliminated the virus several months later? 6/https://t.co/8Hc3CuqIZS
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
5. By January 2020, tips began to emerge that the World Health Organization was planning to recreate China’s lockdowns across the world, starting in Italy. When and on what basis did the World Health Organization make this decision? 7/ Source.
5. By January 2020, tips began to emerge that the World Health Organization was planning to recreate China’s lockdowns across the world, starting in Italy. When and on what basis did the World Health Organization make this decision? 7/https://t.co/B8MBvqv8kf pic.twitter.com/ScYe08syaF
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
6. Lockdowns had been ruled out by the pandemic plans of the WHO and every developed nation. Why weren’t these pandemic plans followed? 8/
6. Lockdowns had been ruled out by the pandemic plans of the WHO and every developed nation. Why weren’t these pandemic plans followed? 8/https://t.co/9ezZbKrUJv
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
7. Why were health security officials talking about “curfews of indefinite duration” by February 24, 2020? 9/
7. Why were health security officials talking about “curfews of indefinite duration” by February 24, 2020? 9/https://t.co/ZkVeqA7jxD
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
8. Why does the WHO’s February 2020 report rely on flagrant logical fallacies in its promulgation of China’s lockdown measures as global policy? 10/
8. Why does the WHO’s February 2020 report rely on flagrant logical fallacies in its promulgation of China’s lockdown measures as global policy? 10/https://t.co/jUHQpI1Ypn
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
9. Why was the current Director of National Intelligence sitting next to China’s CDC director at the Event 201 simulation of a coronavirus pandemic in October 2019, just weeks before a real coronavirus pandemic emerged? 11/ Source.
9. Why was the current Director of National Intelligence sitting next to China’s CDC director at the Event 201 simulation of a coronavirus pandemic in October 2019, just weeks before a real coronavirus pandemic emerged? 11/https://t.co/9AQGZ92gQC pic.twitter.com/yb3eBdaqom
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
10. Former White House COVID Coordinator Deborah Birx has made conflicting statements about how she got her job. The former Deputy National Security Advisor offered her a job in the White House as far back as Nov 2019. How was Birx chosen for this? 12/
10. Former White House COVID Coordinator Deborah Birx has made conflicting statements about how she got her job. The former Deputy National Security Advisor offered her a job in the White House as far back as Nov 2019. How was Birx chosen for this? 12/https://t.co/KLkzQKZmlI
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
11. Who was behind the terror campaign of fake videos showing Wuhan residents spontaneously dying and convulsing in the streets in January and February 2020? 13/ Source.
11. Who was behind the terror campaign of fake videos showing Wuhan residents spontaneously dying and convulsing in the streets in January and February 2020? 13/https://t.co/FVrLMN3R4epic.twitter.com/Wrg21sEnrn
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
12. Why is there no record of the hero doctor Li Wenliang before he appeared in Chinese state media at the end of January 2020? On what basis did western media outlets adopt this story as true? 14/ Source.
12. Why is there no record of the hero doctor Li Wenliang before he appeared in Chinese state media at the end of January 2020? On what basis did western media outlets adopt this story as true? 14/https://t.co/1sRTXd6pVM pic.twitter.com/sXY6dPtTOb
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
13. High-level national security officials have stated that Covid came from a lab in Wuhan. At the same time, high-level scientific officials have stated it is “molecularly impossible” for Covid to have come from there. Why the disconnect? 15/
13. High-level national security officials have stated that Covid came from a lab in Wuhan. At the same time, high-level scientific officials have stated it is “molecularly impossible” for Covid to have come from there. Why the disconnect? 15/https://t.co/GDh9wXW6Yf
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
14. Why has overwhelming peer-reviewed evidence that COVID was already spreading globally by fall 2019 been so widely downplayed by federal officials and major media outlets? 16/
14. Why has overwhelming peer-reviewed evidence that COVID was already spreading globally by fall 2019 been so widely downplayed by federal officials and major media outlets? 16/https://t.co/JV2b35mxJ6
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
15. Reports have revealed that military leaders saw COVID as a unique opportunity to test propaganda techniques on the public. Who advised western leaders to use military-grade propaganda on their own people? 17/
15. Reports have revealed that military leaders saw COVID as a unique opportunity to test propaganda techniques on the public. Who advised western leaders to use military-grade propaganda on their own people? 17/https://t.co/9M3vFJbSvW
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
16. Some officials in the UK later expressed contrition about the fear campaigns that the UK Government used on its own people to convince them to support Covid mandates. How was the decision to use these fear campaigns made? 18/
16. Some officials in the UK later expressed contrition about the fear campaigns that the UK Government used on its own people to convince them to support Covid mandates. How was the decision to use these fear campaigns made? 18/https://t.co/f5B5ZaCc27
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
17. Who was behind the massive bot and astroturf campaigns to popularize lockdowns among western citizens and officials in March 2020? 19/
17. Who was behind the massive bot and astroturf campaigns to popularize lockdowns among western citizens and officials in March 2020? 19/https://t.co/VdC2DkDKae
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
18. How many deaths were caused by the WHO’s initial guidance on mechanical ventilators, which cited Chinese journal articles advising ventilators as the “first choice” for those hospitalized with Covid? 20/
18. How many deaths were caused by the WHO’s initial guidance on mechanical ventilators, which cited Chinese journal articles advising ventilators as the “first choice” for those hospitalized with Covid? 20/https://t.co/Ol0Rr2gyMP
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
19. The initial guidance from the WHO advised using mechanical ventilators not necessarily for the patient’s benefit, but to control the spread of the virus. Why was the WHO advising doctors to violate the Hippocratic Oath? 21/
19. The initial guidance from the WHO advised using mechanical ventilators not necessarily for the patient’s benefit, but to control the spread of the virus. Why was the WHO advising doctors to violate the Hippocratic Oath? 21/https://t.co/NFO7V1lI8M
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
20. Why were numerous, credible predictions of famine, human rights disasters, and economic collapse as a result of lockdowns ignored at the time they were implemented? 22/
20. Why were numerous, credible predictions of famine, human rights disasters, and economic collapse as a result of lockdowns ignored at the time they were implemented? 22/https://t.co/EQGAhL3dGe
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
21. Why was natural immunity to COVID so long downplayed? 23/
21. Why was natural immunity to COVID so long downplayed? 23/https://t.co/2OnoEz3OKx
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
22. Why were initial seroprevalence studies demonstrating COVID’s ubiquity downplayed? 24/
22. Why were initial seroprevalence studies demonstrating COVID’s ubiquity downplayed? 24/https://t.co/U16r28lq0s
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
23. Why were beaches and other outdoor spaces closed? 25/
23. Why were beaches and other outdoor spaces closed? 25/https://t.co/V8NpZR7yDG
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
24. Why was the public kept in the dark about low early estimates of COVID’s infection fatality rate? 26/
24. Why was the public kept in the dark about low early estimates of COVID’s infection fatality rate? 26/https://t.co/QVHV5obUzp
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
25. What was the source of the guidance to move patients who were still sick into nursing homes? 27/
25. What was the source of the guidance to move patients who were still sick into nursing homes? 27/https://t.co/3i7GUN8lBJ
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
26. Remdesivir and midazolam were initially widely used, but didn’t lead to positive health outcomes. How was the decision made to use these over other treatment protocols? 28/
26. Remdesivir and midazolam were initially widely used, but didn’t lead to positive health outcomes. How was the decision made to use these over other treatment protocols? 28/https://t.co/Mlinl45Li5
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
27. Leading officials have made conflicting statements as to whether the goal of lockdowns was to eliminate the virus, slow the spread, or buy time for vaccines. What was the actual goal they had in mind at the time they implemented these policies? 29/
27. Leading officials have made conflicting statements as to whether the goal of lockdowns was to eliminate the virus, slow the spread, or buy time for vaccines. What was the actual goal they had in mind at the time they implemented these policies? 29/https://t.co/a0q969m1rM
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
28. Why did key public health officials make statements about using the response to COVID to advance non-health-related policy goals? 30/
28. Why did key public health officials make statements about using the response to COVID to advance non-health-related policy goals? 30/https://t.co/fHNnmIOtxP
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
29. How was the decision made to suppress and censor scientific opinions that dissented from lockdowns? 31/
29. How was the decision made to suppress and censor scientific opinions that dissented from lockdowns? 31/https://t.co/mB2DBiJVat
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
30. Why were so many federal officials so intimately involved in the censorship of dissenting COVID opinions on social media? 32/
30. Why were so many federal officials so intimately involved in the censorship of dissenting COVID opinions on social media? 32/https://t.co/iB2oFgESir
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
31. Why were social media executives given Top Secret US Security Clearances for purposes of censoring content, and what was the vetting process, if any, for these clearances? 33/
31. Why were social media executives given Top Secret US Security Clearances for purposes of censoring content, and what was the vetting process, if any, for these clearances? 33/https://t.co/g2CY3fI1Tf
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
32. Why were federal officials working so closely with Twitter to censor legal speech by American citizens while an AI expert with deep ties to the military of America’s chief adversary was on Twitter’s Board of Directors? 34/
32. Why were federal officials working so closely with Twitter to censor legal speech by American citizens while an AI expert with deep ties to the military of America’s chief adversary was on Twitter’s Board of Directors? 34/https://t.co/VQvMlDarIo
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
33. Why did elite western newspapers, media networks, and public health leaders so diligently repeat the absurd line that China had eliminated Covid by shutting down one city for two months? 35/
33. Why did elite western newspapers, media networks, and public health leaders so diligently repeat the absurd line that China had eliminated Covid by shutting down one city for two months? 35/https://t.co/rUD3KaQa0d
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
34. Why did elite western publications begin explicitly urging the public to adopt a response to COVID that was more like China’s? 36/ Source.
34. Why did elite western publications begin explicitly urging the public to adopt a response to COVID that was more like China’s? 36/https://t.co/sxtllgB5rJ pic.twitter.com/SIn6zQPEzp
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
35. Why were mechanical drones initially deployed by various states and countries to monitor lockdown compliance? 37/
35. Why were mechanical drones initially deployed by various states and countries to monitor lockdown compliance? 37/https://t.co/69WZQ1lWTL
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
36. Why did masks shift from being not advised to being mandatory? 38/
36. Why did masks shift from being not advised to being mandatory? 38/https://t.co/F2aIa0MPEk
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
37. The New York Times confirmed that at the standard cycle threshold level used for PCR testing, 85 to 90% of Covid cases were false positives. How did this practice become standard? 39/
37. The New York Times confirmed that at the standard cycle threshold level used for PCR testing, 85 to 90% of Covid cases were false positives. How did this practice become standard? 39/https://t.co/T2sutlBC2C
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
38. Why were widely-known and publicized problems with PCR testing and comorbidities ignored for purposes of counting COVID deaths? 40/
38. Why were widely-known and publicized problems with PCR testing and comorbidities ignored for purposes of counting COVID deaths? 40/https://t.co/VqBvMm9LYv
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
39. Why did key public health officials so quickly shift from saying vaccines would prevent Covid to saying proof of vaccination should be mandatory to partake in everyday activities? 41/
39. Why did key public health officials so quickly shift from saying vaccines would prevent Covid to saying proof of vaccination should be mandatory to partake in everyday activities? 41/pic.twitter.com/VHUIIH1WIq
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
40. Why has there been so little public discussion of China’s influence on the global response to COVID, despite the FBI Director’s disclosure that Chinese officials were “aggressively urging support for China’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis?” 42/
40. Why has there been so little public discussion of China’s influence on the global response to COVID, despite the FBI Director’s disclosure that Chinese officials were “aggressively urging support for China’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis?” 42/pic.twitter.com/hOH5nXKDzk
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
41. Why were governments across the western world so deferential to Neil Ferguson and Imperial College during the response to COVID, despite Imperial having the closest relationship with China of any western university? 43/
41. Why were governments across the western world so deferential to Neil Ferguson and Imperial College during the response to COVID, despite Imperial having the closest relationship with China of any western university? 43/https://t.co/nAG5EUcmcZ
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
42. Why has the editor-in-chief of the Lancet been so publicly deferential to China? 44/
42. Why has the editor-in-chief of the Lancet been so publicly deferential to China? 44/https://t.co/wpUPBiFBBe
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
43. Why did Bill Gates express such admiration for China’s response to Covid? 45/
43/ Why did Bill Gates express such admiration for China’s response to Covid? 45/pic.twitter.com/7sD3pzmS19
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
44. How did a 40-year member of the British Communist Party with no background in epidemiology become a leading advisor to the UK Government on COVID, and why was she recently promoted to lead the WHO’s nudge unit? 46/
44/ How did a 40-year member of the British Communist Party with no background in epidemiology become a leading advisor to the UK Government on COVID, and why was she recently promoted to lead the WHO’s nudge unit? 46/https://t.co/m2vI94eRWR
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
45. Why did economists at leading universities assume that a short, sharp lockdown would “eliminate the resurgence risk” when the policy had no precedent? 47/
45. Why did economists at leading universities assume that a short, sharp lockdown would “eliminate the resurgence risk” when the policy had no precedent? 47/https://t.co/wfu5OoDT2K
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
46. Why did politicians and public health officials demonstrate so little concern for following their own COVID rules? 48/
46. Why did politicians and public health officials demonstrate so little concern for following their own COVID rules? 48/https://t.co/QUNgeIWOiv
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
47. If COVID was actually deadly enough to kill millions and justify an indefinite state of emergency, why has so little effort been expended to hold China accountable for its initial coverup of that virus? 49/
47. If COVID was actually deadly enough to kill millions and justify an indefinite state of emergency, why has so little effort been expended to hold China accountable for its initial coverup of that virus? 49/https://t.co/Qt9dlbCfbC
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022
Though many in positions of power would prefer we forgot, the strict lockdowns that consumed the world in 2020 are extremely well documented. Until we have real answers as to how exactly they happened, and why, we won’t be living in a real democracy. /end
Though many in positions of power would prefer we forgot, the strict lockdowns that consumed the world in 2020 are extremely well documented. Until we have real answers as to how exactly they happened, and why, we won’t be living in a real democracy. /endhttps://t.co/K5mlo3Hpzq
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) December 26, 2022