I came across Dr Vernon Coleman's work in the past month, as I have been going beyond what the mainstream media are telling us about the current "crisis", as it has felt like a total overreaction which will have huge consequences for generations to come. Dr Coleman, a former GP principal, once wrote regularly for the mainstream press until his views were seen to be out of step with the government lines on many health-related topics. But he has continued to write prolifically, with calmness, common sense and clarity on many topics, and his website is definitely worth delving into. He has also published a series of short videos on YouTube, at least one of which has been deleted for no good reason (as so many similar videos have been), and it's worth watching those while you still can.
From the outset, Dr Coleman has felt that this "crisis" and the response to it (he was advised not to use the words "coronavirus" or "vaccine" in order to publish his book) is either the biggest hoax in history or down to bungling incompetence on the part of the government. Part One of this short book sets out how this "crisis" has unfolded, putting the figures in context (something which has been woefully lacking from the mainstream media reporting). He reports on the matter from his own clinical background and training, as well as his own experience of investigating and reporting on other medical "crises" over the years, and his conclusions, worrying though they are, are well reasoned and hard to resist.
Part Two is fascinating. It is a diary of his notes made from the end of February until 22 April 2020. He writes from both his medical perspective, and also from the very personal stance of being in the "at risk" category (over 70) with a wife whose cancer treatment has been sadly suspended by the hospital so they can give priority to virus cases. We are all living through these times, but few of us have recorded it in such detail, with an eye on the bigger picture of where all this is heading. The human cost resulting from the government's decision to put the vast majority of its population under house arrest is strikingly clear from this part of the book, and far from protecting the sick and the elderly, the lockdown decision seems to be having the opposite effect.
Part Three sets out Dr Coleman's reasoned predictions for how our lives could change in the "post crisis" future, set out in alphabetical paragraphs from Brexit to Travel. This makes for grim reading, but given how this "crisis" is unfolding, it all seems sadly believable, and we need to look ahead to how our lives are changing, perhaps for good. For example, the impact to our local high streets, the fact that many shops won't be able to reopen, and even if they do, if social distancing measures remain in place, it will make for a demoralising and sad experience (much as it is now). Also, the coming recession/depression will decimate pension funds, savings and investments will be pretty much wiped out and taxes are going to rise (the government has already said this will have to happen). And the impact on our children is truly worrying - even though there seems to have been no good evidence that children are at risk from this virus, schools have been closed down which will impact on learning ability and earning potential, not to mention the psychological impact. And for what benefit?
It is not just Dr Coleman who is asking these questions and raising these concerns, but in this book, he has done so eloquently and in a way that hopefully even those who have been most frightened by this "crisis" can hear, and start asking their own questions. And that is basically his conclusion - we need to keep questioning what our governments are telling us, and always keep seeking the truth of the matter based on facts and not hysteria.
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