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Gary Sidley's avatar

Your testimony strongly resonates with me. I agree that Brownstone has been on it since early doors. And John Campbell’s switch to a sceptical voice is important - I wish more commentators would put their hands up and publicly say that they got it wrong.

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Stuffysays's avatar

You have saved me the bother of writing an almost identical article!

I was already suspicious of the mainstream media over the hysteria they instilled re Brexit and the first round of Donald Trump. I gave up on the BBC back then. The poor old Beeb really is struggling with its current bout of longstanding Trump Derangement Syndrome - even the World Service can't report on anything without implying it's his fault!

I would add the Brownstone Institute to your trustworthy list and people like Dr John Campbell who saw the light eventually.

The sad thing is that my (already very low) trust in the NHS and the medical profession has been completely destroyed. Would I get my kids vaccinated now if they were babies? No I wouldn't. Would I trust a diagnosis from an unknown GP now? Probably not (I moved 3 years ago and have never met my new GPs although they kindly said I wasn't mad so the police renewed my gun licence!).

Do I trust the friends and relations that screamed abuse at me during the Covid debacle? No - there are now huge verboten areas in my relations with everyone I meet. Conversations about Covid, Brexit, Trump, Climate Change, Vaccinations and so on - all off the table now.

I spent my first 60 years confident in the country I live in and the people running it on my behalf. I didn't like them but I was confident they had the best interests of the country at heart. I trusted the scientists and medical professionals, the school teachers, the police and judiciary to be doing honest work. Been a difficult ride, these last few years.

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