There was a time—not long ago—when questioning anything made you the enemy.
They told us to roll up our sleeves. Not just for ourselves, but for our neighbors, our families, our communities. “It’s your duty,” they said. “Be responsible. Protect others.” That was the sales pitch. That was the line—repeated on every screen, from every podium, by every trusted voice. Scientists. Politicians. Celebrities. Even your own family started chanting it like gospel.
But now, in the silence that follows the storm, something chilling is settling in:
It was a lie.
The idea that the vaccine stopped transmission—was wrong then, and it’s still wrong now. They knew it, or they should have. But they kept saying it anyway. Loudly. Aggressively. Unapologetically.
People lost their jobs. Their friends. Their reputations.
Some lost everything.
The unvaccinated were demonized—ostracized like lepers in modern society. And all the while, the truth was lurking in the data, hiding in the footnotes of studies they didn’t want us to read. You didn’t just get misled.
You were manipulated.
And now? No one wants to talk about it.
The same voices that shouted you down, the same institutions that demanded obedience—they’ve gone quiet. They mumble half-hearted retractions, if anything. “We didn’t know,” they say. “We were trying our best.” But that’s not good enough. Not when millions made choices they can’t take back based on lies dressed up as truth.
They weaponized trust.
They turned science into dogma.
And they used fear as a leash.
This wasn’t a mistake. It was a campaign. And it worked.
So, the next time they tell you to “trust the science,” maybe pause. Maybe remember. Because trust, once broken, is hard to rebuild.
And for some of us, the price we paid can never be refunded.
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