#not to mention it makes my germ anxiety spike like no other

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I love my dogs I do but I need them to stop putting their sopping wet noses on my bare skin and for one of them to stop licking any INCH of skin she can possibly find. It’s going to make me scream and cry and throw up. Oh my god

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No. 1: RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK Search Party | Panic Attack | "If only we could hold on.” Characters: Spike Trivet, Charlotte James (oc) Pairing: None Verse: Main ( Twitter timelines ) Mentions: Sadie Cullen (oc) Christian Cage

He shouldn't be there. He knew it wasn't a good idea to be standing outside her office after everything that she had done to the man that he considered a father figure, but Spike Trivet couldn’t stop himself. His chest was so tight he felt as though his own ribs were going to be what caved in his lungs. He knew precisely what this feeling was; he had felt it a thousand times before, and over those years he knew exactly where he could go and where he would be his safest to express his feelings. He always knew that the office of Charlotte James was going to be a safe haven for him in the height of his hypochondria.

 He assumed that this particular bout with his anxiety disorder was brought on by the birth of his son Arthur just hours before. Having a new baby in the home, his mind was so much more aware of all of the germs that could possibly bring harm to his young child, and it made absolutely everything in him feel as if his very being was spinning off its axis. He knocked lightly on the door, as he had thousands of times in the years they had known each other, but something just felt incredibly different this time. He felt like this was the start of a betrayal he didn't want to have to make. "Charlotte?” He cursed his own voice for sounding like a sheepish child afraid to bother their mother.

“Come on in, sugar,” Charlie called from her spot on the other side of the office, where she was trying to refill a few small drawers with supplies that she would need for the rest of the night. "I was wondering if I was goin’ to see you or if certain people were goin’ to keep you away from me.”

“You knew it was me?” Spike asked in surprise.

“I know your voice by now, sugar; of course I knew it was you. When you're like this, just like when I'm upset, you're accent gets particularly thick when you're having a hard time of it. What's goin’ on, darlin’?” the small Texan blonde asked, turning her wheelchair to face him.

 Spike took a deep breath, trying to steady his heart that he felt was ready to beat out of his chest before his gaze fell on the blonde in the room for the first time since he had walked in. “I'm sure that you heard that my Sadie gave birth yesterday to our son, Arthur. I know that I am needed, but I'm not so sure that it is wise to be this far away from her and from them so soon after she has given birth. His immune system hasn't formed yet, and I don't want to take the risk of bringing something back to him that his little body isn't used to and perhaps wouldn't have encountered back home. You know how germs can be different in different areas.”

Charlie reached out to take the younger man's hand and give it a gentle squeeze. “You're goin’ to do just fine, y’know,” she told him gently. “I know that being a new parent is a scary thing, especially when you didn't have the greatest role models growing up. I know I was terrified when I had my Ollie. He's going to be just fine. The fact that you're worried about what might happen to him shows that you are already a better father than yours was.”

“My condition,” Spike chose his words carefully, “doesn't deal well in times of high stress; I'm sure you've noticed by now.” he let out an almost bitter laugh. His right hand squeezed tightly on the head of the cane that he was leaning on. He always felt strange using it in her office because he wasn't using it as a true mobility aid but more as a fashion statement and a statement of power, but it was a comfort item for him in moments like these. “If he finds out that I've been here, he's going to have my head,” he added with a sigh.

"Well, I'm certainly not going to tell him that would be breaking patient confidentiality. So unless you tell him, I don't know exactly how he would find out, seeing as there's no one else anywhere near the office right now. If I can be totally honest with you, sugar, I don't care if he finds out either. I don't care what he thinks of me anymore.  I know you've got it in your head somehow that you need him but you never have, and if he's going to try to stop me from doing my job and try to stop me from taking care of someone that I have taken care of for years, that's his problem.” She guided him over to a chair in the corner of the room, using only the motion of her chair to suggest his own movements.

Spike slumped down into the leather chair without a word, allowing the tip of the beak of his bird skull-adorned cane to collide with the brick wall beside him, the noise shaking him from his thoughts. “I need to pull myself together,” he spoke, almost angrily, “but my mind is already so emotionally spent.”

“I’ll get you a glass of water for now,” Charlie spoke up, already moving to fill a disposable cup for him. “You relax; take as much time as you need. We aren’t even goin’ live with Zero Hour for a bit yet, so you don’t need to worry about call time anytime soon. I can get Jill to get you access to a quiet room if you need it, if I need to see anyone else before you’re ready. We can give Sadie a call. It’s only, what? Ten or eleven there?”

“Can I just stay with you for now?” Spike asked in the same small voice that had called her name a few minutes earlier.

Charlie smiled softly. “Of course you can. I can also make you a cup of tea if you want?” I keep a little bit in my office in case I need a little extra push to get through the more painful nights. I may not have a kettle, but I do have a Keurig,” she laughed lightly.

“Charlotte, even in my current state, I would never dream of such an abomination,” Spike shook his head with a smile, “but thank you—for everything.”

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Hiiii! This ask is gonna mention Covid so if ur not comfortable with it or honestly just exhausted from it (same) that’s okay, u can just delete it, no hard feelings 💕 I saw u posting about Covid the other day and figured u or someone else might relate

I am just so tired of seeing news after article after tv show after literally anything Covid related bc in the US, it’s just getting exponentially worse by the hour. All I wanna do is curl up in a pile of blankets with some soup and watch Netflix until it’s all over. And I feel guilty for being so cautious about it (I stayed home and took college classes online for 1 & 1/2 years to stay safe). And then I came back in the fall to finish, only for omicron to spike during winter break. And now I kinda wanna stay home for a few weeks to ride out the wave so me and my family don’t potentially get sick, but I know my friend that I roommate with won’t be super happy that I’m gone that long. But to me, it’s not about just not going to the hospital (even tho I have asthma, so idk what it will do to my lungs). It’s about not getting Covid at all. I don’t wanna lose taste and smell, or have everything taste horrible. I don’t wanna have permanent or even temporary lung, heart, or neuro damage. I don’t wanna run the risk of getting any version of Covid bc it’s still very dangerous to get, even mild cases. And about 50% of people rn are getting long Covid (I think that’s the current stat). It’s so scary to me, but what my friends don’t get is that I’d rather isolate with my family for another 3 years than risk getting Covid just to hang out with friends or partners like they’re doing now. I feel so stupid or like I’m being too anxious, but I also feel like I’m allowed to be in anxiety-overdrive about a global pandemic ya know? Ever since Covid started, I’ve had a debilitating fear of germs. I Clorox damn near everything in my bedroom and wash my sheets every few days. I can’t stop washing my hands. If I got anywhere, I have packs of gloves and masks in my car. And so do my parents. Like I said, I just think the best option is to just eat warm soup and stop looking at the news lol. I hope someone who reads this, especially u S, feels like they’re not the only one worried about Covid. Sorry for the long rant!!! 💕💕💕

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More covid talk under the cut

Yup.

I feel that.

All of that.

Except, I really actually feel worse when I don't watch at least some sort of news because if I'm not, then I feel like I'm giving up/sticking my head in the sand (which isn't true, but it makes me Feel that way). And, for me, the only thing worse than not knowing what's going on is when people who I previously knew were being very cautious and careful stop because they are so exhausted. Rightfully so. But it just makes me more hopeless because if even the considerate, careful people stop wearing masks, stop trying to wash and sanitize what needs to be, stop trying to socially distance... than this never ends.

I will be wearing my double masks into the foreseeable future. I will be washing my hands like crazy. I am vaxxed and I will get the boosters for as long as we need them and they keep making boosters. I will social distance whenever physically allowed. I will try to keep my head above water because-

We are still in the middle of a fucking pandemic.

Rant over lol. Hopefully you find some solace in someone else feeling this, sweets!

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So, I was chastised today [tw covid-19 and eating disorders]

My anxiety has skyrocketed, like most of us, like all of us, recently. I work in news/broadcasting so the anxiety gets worse with every shift. 

I have ARFID/SED which makes eating difficult sometimes, and when I have no hunger at all to work with, it’s a rough journey back to the top. Naturally, even though statistically I won’t get sick, if I do, I don’t want to be nutritionally deficient. 

I have mild asthma (I have an inhaler I’m meant to take twice a day to manage symptoms but for 10.5/12 months out of the year, I only take it once, because my asthma is fine). I’m 29, on my way to 30, but naturally, still in a mild risk group. My mother is a heavy smoker and 60, so she’s in a high risk group. 

I mentioned on an ARFID subreddit that I had to adjust my routine so I leave for my mom’s house every morning (at 430a.m.) and stay there through suppertime, arriving home around 730p.m. I don’t see anyone on my way in or out of my apartment, and I wash my hands, and my mom disinfects. On the weekends, I’m at her home by 5 p.m. for dinner. 

I mentioned this because it was how I could manage my anxiety a little until I can really bring it back down. It was allowing me to have a routine, and it was allowing me to see someone in order to eat. I share a meal with my mom, which is some of the most food I’ve had all day. And, my mom gets peace of mind seeing me eat. 

I got yelled at because I wasn’t practicing ‘social distancing’ or isolating myself, and that got my guilt and anxiety spiking this afternoon to the tune of a 2.5 nap to meditation tracks on Insight Timer. 

Because, obviously, that fear is there. I don’t see anyone other than her, and I haven’t been to the grocery store since March 15th. She’s been to grocery stores more, but says they aren’t crowded, shops with gloves, and stays away from people. She is a little less anal about this than I am, but I’ll also say my Contamination OCD is skyrocketing. But there’s that fear, obviously. The only contact I have with OTHER people is with a door handle on my apartment building. The only contact she’s had with other people is in the stores, which everyone has to go grocery shopping at some point, you know?

I don’t want to get my mother sick, and she doesn’t want to get me sick. But the stuck thing is that if I don’t get up every morning to come here and then stay until Dinner, I don’t think I’d be in a great place right now. I live in a 600sq ft apartment and I can’t I can’t stay in there day in and day out and be expected to eat. Would my peace of mind probably be easier in terms of germs if I DID stay there? Yes. But I also need to eat food. 

I’m afraid I’m being selfish, and the person who yelled at me said her country is on a mandatory quarantine (meanwhile my state is not) and that I’m risking my mom and my’s health by doing this. 

I”m scared, upset, trying to work through scenarios that just won’t work. I can’t stay in my apartment for several weeks until this is over, I can’t move in and sleep here though maybe I might have to wind up doing that. The whole point of my coming here was to get me out of my apartment but to keep sleeping in my apartment and to keep a routine. 

I’m terrified of getting my mother sick or getting sick myself and then getting her sick, but I’m also terrified for my eating. I”m terrified that I’m being selfish and by my own inability to handle things myself, that I’m putting me and my mother at risk while everyone else is “social distancing”. 

I would stay home if I could, but I just can’t right now. I just can’t. 

So yeah, being chastised was hard. I know I’m probably not being smart right now but I can’t think of any other options. Videoing doesn’t work, and besides, my job is so stressful that at the end of the day when I was done working remotely in my apartment, I felt like trash because my apartment is just one large box. That energy is still there. 

Anyway, I have to get that off my chest. I hope I’m not being too stupid. 

[moonlightsolo]

Hotel California

request: How about a scenario where Ben goes to the Oscars but y/n could not go because she had to work the day of the show, but then her boss tells her she could have the day off so she flies to the states to go with Ben. But it turns out that the Oscars weren't until a week later and Ben just went to go see his ex? Fluffy ending? Sorry if it’s too much. - @leggo-l

pairing: ben hardy x reader

warnings: angst so much angst, fluffy ending, mentions of cheating, cursing, arguing, crying :(

word count: 2.4k

a/n: i wrote a lot for this request wow??? also your request was not too much, i love long detailed requests. send more in peeps, i need to keep writing! also i changed the plot a little bit, i hope you like it xoxo. gif: @mrbenhardys

“I’m so sorry, lovey. I know how important this is to you. Apparently, attending the Oscars isn’t important enough to miss work; according to the hospital directors.” You grumble against Ben’s skin, your arms wrap tighter around his unclothed waist.

You can feel how tense he is. It’s obvious that he is upset that you can’t join him on the trip. “I know, love. I understand. Saving peoples lives is definitely more important. I can’t have you give up being a nurse for me.” He snuggles into you more, his voice is rough from sleep. It makes you have butterflies— Even after two years of being together.

“I just don’t get why you have to leave two weeks in advance?” You lift your head from his chest to look into his eyes, “Because, I need to get alterations in my suit, a place to stay, a car... It’s complicated.” He sighs, shaking his head, “I’ll call you all the time, even FaceTime. Don’t worry. It’ll go by quick.” His hands cups your cheeks to pull you closer to him, his lips pressing against yours softly. You could drown in his kisses.

“Fine...” You huff against his lips, “I’ll go fix us some tea, yeah?” It takes all your motivation to leave the warmth of his arms, his hand grabs yours as you slip away. “If you’re gonna miss me, come to the kitchen with me.” You giggle as grab ahold of your soft robe off to wrap it around your body.

As you leave the room you can hear Ben groan as he stretches, the bed squeaking as he gets up. You can’t wait for more mornings like these in the future.

-

Your eyes keep glancing down to the watch on your wrist, watching the seconds go by. Thankfully, somehow you persuaded your boss to let you go for a few days. You instantly booked a ticket to Los Angeles to surprise the one and only, Ben Hardy. It’s been hell without him, not being able to vent to him about the horrible things you see at work. He rings you up here and there, but he’s been incredibly busy. The Oscars are in four days and tonight is your last night working in the ER before you leave for the states.

Thankfully, Ben’s best friend and co-star, Joe Mazzello has been keeping you updated on where Ben is staying ( since they’re sharing a suite ) Joe already ordered a chauffeur to pick you up from the airport and take you to their hotel.

Your nerves are shot as you stand up, telling your coworkers that you’re leaving. They all give you hugs and practically shoo you out of the ER. You go to your apartment in London to scrub off the germs from the hospital. Your things are already packed but you made sure everything was perfect before you left. It’s time to catch a flight.

-

The flight went by smoothly during the 11.5 hours. You slept most of the time if you’re going, to be honest. When you get off of the plane, you’re welcomed by LA’s warmth and sunshine. It felt great on your skin. After proceeding through customs, you collect your bag and head towards the man in a suit holding your name written on a piece of paper.

He greets you and offers to take your suitcase, you happily give it over as you follow him outside to where the car is parked. It’s a large black, tinted escalade. He opens the door for you so you can climb inside and get comfortable.

A text bings on your phone, seeing it’s Joe asking if you got to the driver alright.

Joe Mazzello: Did you find Mark the driver?

You: Yes, thank you so much!

Joe Mazzello: How was the flight? Are you nervous?

You: Flight was good. Nervous? Yes.

Joe Mazzello: It’ll be ok. He’s going to be soooooo happy to see you.

You smile at his response and continue to text him throughout the ride. Of course, as a tourist in a foreign city, you take occasional pictures of mostly everything. You’re amazed by it all.

As you arrive at the hotel, the driver pulls into a parking garage and gets your things out. You tug the straps of your backpack onto your shoulders and before you could open the door, Joe opens it for you with a huge smile.

“Joe!” You yell excitedly, practically jumping on him from inside of the car. The last time you saw him was when Bohemian Rhapsody was being filmed. You’ve been too busy at work to go hang out with Ben and the boys when they were still in London. “We’ve missed you! Especially because Ben doesn’t stop talking about you.” Joe laughs, pulling away from the hug to look at you, “And he raves about how great of a girlfriend you are.” Joe adds which makes your face flush. “Let’s go see Gwil. Ben should be in his room still.”

Joe and you tip-toe stealthily down the hallways, looking down each corner to make sure Ben wasn’t there. When you arrived at the suite, Joe put his card into the door and unlocked it. Gwil was standing at the entrance, “He’s not here.” His brows went up as he huffed, his hands coming up then falling down to slap against his pants.

Joe looked just as confused as you both walked in, “What?!” Joe exclaimed, throwing his arms in the air with a confused face. “I’m just as puzzled as you, Joe. He was on the phone with someone for a bit then he just said he had to go, grabbed his jacket and out he went.” Gwil exclaimed, motioning towards the door before looking down at you and smiling, “Hi, love. It’s good to see you.” He leans forward to capture you in a hug, you gladly return it.

“So he just left with no explanation?” You ask and Gwil gives you a tight-lipped smile as he nods. “Yep. I texted him but I’ve gotten no response.” Gwil sighs, checking his phone one more time. “I’ll go put your stuff in his room, yeah? Maybe he’ll come back soon.” Gwil pats your and Joe’s shoulder before taking your suitcase through the first set of french doors on the right.

You take your phone out of your pocket, clicking on his name in your texts. He never responded to your last message, it makes you panic a bit.

Bennie Hardie: How’s work been love?

You: Work has been alright! Just can’t wait to get off this shift so I can call you.

You: Hi, Bennie. You doing alright? How’s Cali treating ya?

You click send before noticing Joe walking away from the entrance to go sit on the couch; His hand grabs the remote to change the channel. You pull your bag off your back to lay by the door, along with your runners. You shuffle into the living room, your eyes taking in the beautifully decorated suite as you plop next to Joe.

He puts on an American cooking show and soon you grow tired, your head bobbing up and down. “You can go rest in my bed if you want. I would say go into Ben’s but if he comes back...” You cut him off, “Thank you. I’m gonna go take a nap.” You yawn as you walk towards the wrong door, “Nope. The other one.” Joe points out. You stick your tongue out at him before disappearing behind the correct door.

The bed is big and white with fluffy pillows and a blue throw blanket at the bottom. You collapse onto the bed, barely able to pull the blanket onto you before you fell asleep.

When you wake up, you’re sprawled out on the bed with the blanket tangled around your legs You can tell it’s dark outside. The room is dimmed and only illuminated by the lights inside. It smells like food, like pizza. Your stomach makes a low guttural groan to indicate you’re hungry.

Before you could get up, the door opens and Joe slips inside. “He’s here.” Joe whispers, motioning for you to get up. Your anxiety spikes as you get out of bed and follow him. You can’t spot Gwilym anywhere but you don’t seem to care right now. You hide around the corner as Joe goes into his room, peeking through the crack to spy.

The front door to the suite clicks and then it opens. Just as you’re about to jump out and surprise him, he speaks. “Let’s go to the living room. You have to be quiet though.” Ben’s hushed voice says as he walks inside. You can hear a second pair of footsteps so you listen. “Okay, I will. Don't worry.” It’s a female’s voice. Your heart drops and your heartbeat thumps in your ears. It can’t be. No fucking way.

You take a deep breath before taking a step in front of the pair, your eyes looked at him up and down. He wore a pair of joggers, sunglasses, runners and the sweatshirt that you had bought him. When he realizes you’re standing there, his face drops and pales. Your eyes scan over the girl next to him— It’s his fucking ex.

You didn’t say one thing as you turned around to head the opposite way. Ben calls your name out as he starts to run after you but you turn around quickly, your eyes filled with tears. “You have to be fucking daft, Ben. Fucking idiotic. You’ve been acting dodgy all week. I fucking know why now.” You throw your hand up towards the girl. She looks absolutely stunned.

“It truly doesn’t look like what it seems, love. Please hear me out.” Ben’s voice cracks, his blue eyes are glassy. “Piss off!” You laughed in his face, his face shows complete shock.

“I can’t believe you! I spend so many pounds on this damned ticket to come to surprise you and this is what I get in return?!” You go to push him out of anger but Gwilym comes running out with his hair soaked and in pajamas. The mediator, of course. He stands between you and Ben, “Go with Joe. I got this.” You catch Ben’s watery eyes one more time before turning on your heel to go through the doorway; Joe closes the door behind you.

You can hear Gwil’s and Ben’s raised muffled voices from behind the door as you crawl onto Joe’s bed. You let out heart-wrenching sobs into the duvet as you think about all of the lovely times you shared with him. He just threw it all away so damn quickly.

You lay there limp as your tears start to dry, rolling over onto your back so you could breathe. Joe sat on the edge of the bed so you scooted your body down so you were sitting next to him. “It’ll be okay. We’ll figure it out.” He wraps his arm around your shoulders as you start to weep again.

-

The next morning, Ben was nowhere to be seen. You didn’t ask but Gwil informed you that he was still asleep in his room. You slept in Joe’s room while he slept on the couch, it was a really nice gesture. After Ben had stopped arguing with Joe and Gwilym to try to see you, they got your luggage from Ben’s room so you could get your things and take a shower. Joe and Gwil were like your protective older brothers.

They offer you food but you decline as you opt for a cup of breakfast tea instead. You pull yourself up onto the counter as you sip at the steamy liquid. “I need to get back to London soon.“ You mumble sadly.

“We were actually thinking that you could talk to Ben before you leave,” Joe speaks. Your eyebrows furrow and your face crinkles with anger. “Why?” You snap, your grip tightening on your mug. “We listened to what he had to say last night. It was... reasonable.” Joe looks nervous as you grow angrier with him.

Gwilym’s eyes darted between you both, “But... if you don’t want to, you don’t have to. We aren’t trying to force you.” The lanky Brit adds.

You ponder on the thought of seeing him, punching him would definitely make you feel better. “Fine. He gets one chance to explain himself and then I’m going back home.” You grumble.

It was almost like you summoned him. Ben hesitatingly creeps around the corner with his hood up on his head, still in the same clothes from the night before. Your brain wants you to yell at him but your heart restrains against that idea. Your eyes watch Joe and Gwil take their plates of food into the next room to give you both some space.

“I’m truly sorry.” Ben mumbles sheepishly, you don’t respond as you wait for him to continue, “My ex and I; We broke up on a bad note and she wanted to talk because she felt bad about the way things ended and it wasn’t very civil. We weren’t going to do anything but talk. You don't know how much you mean to me, I would never do that to you, love.” He rambled on, you can see the sincerity in his eyes.

Now you’re starting to cry again, tears threatening to spill from your eyes as they blur your vision. He takes a few steps toward you, his hands resting on your knees. His arms snake around your waist slowly, making sure he wouldn’t get pushed off. You lean into him, spreading your knees apart so he could fit between them.

You could feel his shoulders shake as he cried against your chest and that pushed you over the edge, making you sob along with him. “I thought I was going to lose you over her.” He croaks against your sleep shirt, your hand pushes his hood off of his head to play with his blonde locks.

“I’m sorry I tried to push you. I’ve never wanted to get physical with you... in that way. I was just so... upset and hurt.” You sigh, shaking your head in embarrassment.

“I don’t know how you could have possibly come at the worst time.” Ben sighed, his comment makes you chuckle quietly because it’s true. He pulls away from your chest to press a soft kiss against your cheek. “Don’t leave, okay? Come with me.” Ben whispers in your ear, your eyes go wide. “What? To where?”

“Come with me to the Oscars. I’ll get you a dress and whatever you want. Just be my date.” He grins which makes you smile even larger.

“Really? Us? Publicly?” You pause as you thought it through, “Of course, I’ll go with you.” You press your lips against him, fully immersed in him. How his hands grip your hips, his lips move against yours, his familiar smell.

It feels like you’re home already.

[tinyshe]

COVID Noncompliance Now Labeled Top ‘Terror Threat’

When you think of potential terror threats, what comes to mind? Did opposing irrational and/or illegal COVID measures make your list? Well, it recently got top billing on the Department of Homeland Security’s list of potential terror threats as we approach the 20th anniversary of 9/11. 

Over the past 18 months, COVID countermeasures have become increasingly tyrannical, and we now appear to have reached a new high (or low, depending on your perspective). The U.S. government is actually viewing citizens who exercise their Constitutional rights as domestic terrorists, enemies of the state.

Dehumanizing Discrimination Against Unvaccinated

As reported by Daisy Luther with The Organic Prepper,1 “Shocking and dehumanizing discrimination against the unvaccinated is about to make life VERY difficult.” She is, of course, referring to the media and government narrative that if anyone gets infected with SARS-CoV-2, it’s the fault of some germ-ridden disease-spreading unvaccinated person.

Public officials and media pundits alike are seemingly intentionally fanning the flames of unveiled hatred against those who choose to not participate in the world’s largest medical experiment and get a novel injection that programs your body to produce a disease-causing protein, the full ramifications of which won’t be known for years.

Getting the shot is a patriotic duty, we’ve been told, and opting out is nothing short of a traitorous act, according to some. This kind of narrative is extremely dangerous, yet no one seems to care — not even the departments responsible for keeping this the land of the free.

As noted by Luther, the rhetoric now hurled at unvaccinated people would under normal circumstances be considered hate speech. Now, it’s promoted as virtuous, and reporting a statistic or published medical finding that counters the official narrative that masks work, lockdowns are effective and the COVID shot is safe and effective is considered hate speech.

Can You See the Psychological Operation at Work?

It’s important to realize that this insanity is not accidental. It’s by design, and part of a sophisticated psychological operation to drive people mad. I wrote about this last week.

The article is no longer available, as all articles are removed after 48 hours, but you can still view the video I featured, which explains how mass psychosis is induced using fear, waves of increasing threat, isolation and other dehumanizing tricks of the psychological trade.

Once a population has sufficiently lost touch with reality and embraced a “magical rationale” where irrationality is justified, they become capable of unthinkable horrors and abuses against people believed to be responsible for their ongoing anxiety.

By convincing everyone that unvaccinated people are to blame for the never-ending pandemic, the pandemic industrial complex prevents the masses from identifying and turning on the real culprits — the string-pullers and beneficiaries of the psychological breakdown.

“It has happened many times in history: when human beings were used as slaves and property, when human beings were the subject of horrific experiments when the media and people in power deliberately manipulated human beings to believe that other humans weren’t like them, and therefore, it was permissible to mistreat or abuse them,” Luther writes.2

“As the saying goes, those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. And repeat it, they are. I think, regardless of our stance, we can all agree that fervently wishing for bad things to happen to those who believe differently and dehumanizing them for their beliefs is pretty awful.

Don Lemon of CNN believes the unvaccinated should not be allowed to buy food or work. Does this mean he believes that they should starve to death? …

CNN medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner says that unvaccinated people shouldn’t go to bars and restaurants. A doctor pondered the ethics of whether he could refuse to see unvaccinated patients in The New York Times.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s Big Kahuna of COVID, blames those not vaccinated for a new spike in cases … Alabama Governor Kay Ivey wants everyone to blame the unvaccinated for any cases of COVID that happen to occur …

That’ll really be helpful if someone unhinged loses a loved one to COVID and decides to seek vengeance on some ‘unvaccinated folk.’ After all, the governor said it was their fault. Speaking of which, Nick Cohen of The Guardian said that it was only a matter of time before ‘we turn on the unvaccinated.’”

Concerns for Lack of Vaccination Are Highly Irrational

Those who continue to pressure everyone to get vaccinated have simply failed to look at the most recent data, which clearly demonstrate that those who are vaccinated are actually FAR more likely to get COVID, and worse, contribute to the process of creating variants.

As recently reported by Israeli National News,3,4,5 recent data show Israelis who have received the COVID jab are 6.72 times more likely to get infected than people who have recovered from natural infection.

Among the 7,700 new COVID cases diagnosed so far during the current wave of infections that began in May 2021, 39% were vaccinated (about 3,000 cases), 1% (72 patients) had recovered from a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection and 60% were neither vaccinated nor previously infected. Israeli National News notes:6

“With a total of 835,792 Israelis known to have recovered from the virus, the 72 instances of reinfection amount to 0.0086% of people who were already infected with COVID.

By contrast, Israelis who were vaccinated were 6.72 times more likely to get infected after the shot than after natural infection, with over 3,000 of the 5,193,499, or 0.0578%, of Israelis who were vaccinated getting infected in the latest wave.”

Penalties Large and Small Are Being Proposed

In addition to the penalties for lack of vaccination already mentioned in the quote above, Luther lists a number of others in her article, such as requiring unvaccinated people to:

Get tested daily at their own expense

Docking people’s paychecks

Charging students nonrefundable quarantine fees

Denying medical care at hospitals

Canceling private insurance or raising premiums by thousands of dollars a year

Suspending gun permits and driver’s licenses

Denying access to loans

Withholding government assistance and federal benefits like Social Security, VA benefits, subsidized housing and pensions

As noted by Luther, “The rabid contempt for those who think differently can lead nowhere good. For those who believe we should all get vaccinated or not, are you okay with this kind of dehumanization?”

In the video above, Project Veritas’ James O’Keefe exposes yet another double-standard that has become norm. Project Veritas has been accused of unethically doxing the rich and powerful, yet CNN a few weeks ago did the exact same thing to me.

CNN reporter Randi Kaye filmed herself ambushing staff at our corporate headquarters in Cape Coral, Florida, without blurring out the suite number. She then went to my home. As noted by O’Keefe, mainstream media routinely dox “the non-powerful” whose right to privacy is actually greater than government and media officials.

Project Veritas recently got banned from Twitter for publishing a video in which they confronted Facebook vice president Guy Rosen outside his home, asking questions about Facebook’s hate speech policy. So, to recap, Project Veritas got banned from Twitter for doing the exact same thing CNN did to me — but didn’t get banned for.

Artificial Intelligence Is Part of the New Battlefield

In mid-July 2021, surgeon general Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a public advisory,7,8 calling COVID misinformation “an urgent threat to public health” that undermines “our ongoing work to end the COVID-19 pandemic.” The advisory calls for software algorithms to be deployed by social media platforms to “avoid amplifying misinformation” and strengthening monitoring of misinformation.

Similarly, at a recent Health Information Management Systems Society conference in Las Vegas, Hans Kluge, Europe region director of the World Health Organization, called for the use of “digital health” and artificial intelligence to fight misinformation. Artificial intelligence could also be used to identify communities with low COVID jab rates so that “swift assistance” can be launched in those communities.

According to STAT News,9 Kluge has “established a WHO unit focused on behavioral and cultural insights to understand the drivers of vaccine hesitancy and develop programs to counteract it.” Such programs include community outreach programs and identifying “champions” for the COVID jabs within religious communities, youth communities and the media.

Already, Kluge’s team is working with an artificial intelligence tool called EARS (Early AI-supported Response with Social listening tool). It mines blogs, news articles and online forums in 20 countries and analyzes the narratives it finds.

It can then anticipate how the information will spread, and what the effects of the information might have. While not stated in the STAT article, it seems reasonable to assume EARS is also capable of predicting which narratives would most effectively counter the concerns people express on these mined platforms.

Chosen propaganda narratives can then be pumped out using bot farms, such as the one imaged below.10 It may be shocking to some to realize that many of the “people” who are in favor of the official COVID narrative are not real people at all.

There are tons of fake profiles run by bot farms on all social media platforms that generate massive amounts of propaganda, including accounts with blue checkmarks.

The blue checkmark is supposed to designate that a user’s identity has been verified by Twitter and is “of public interest,” but clearly, the authentication process lacks in some of the basics, such as making sure the user actually exists in physical form and has physical control over the account in question.

Anti-Digital Hate Group Promotes Digital Hate

A central cog in the network fanning the flames of hatred and attacks on people whose only sin is the desire to make decisions for themselves is a group called the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH).

It’s founded by a British national and unregistered foreign agent named Imran Ahmed, who is also a member of the Steering Committee on Countering Extremism Pilot Task Force under the British government’s Commission for Countering Extremism.

According to Ahmed, anyone who questions the rationale behind lockdowns, mask wearing or the safety and necessity of a COVID-19 injection may be prone to violent extremism, and the reason CNN trekked hundreds of miles across central Florida in search of me is because Ahmed has labeled me a top COVID misinformer.

According to its website, the left-wing Center for Countering Digital Hate prides itself on ‘researching, exposing, and then shutting down users and news sites it deems unacceptable in the digital sphere’ … That seems potentially dangerous, considering we know very little about the CCDH. ~ The Drill Down

In the CCDH’s initial report, “The Anti-Vaxx Playbook,”11 I was identified as one of the six most influential “anti-vaxxers” online that must be silenced. This was followed by “The Disinformation Dozen”12 and “Disinformation Dozen: The Sequel,”13 in which the list of targets doubled from six to 12.

These last two reports are what everyone — politicians, attorneys general, social media platforms and “blue checkmark influencers” — are now using to “prove” I am the most-dangerous and prolific superspreader of misinformation on the net.14

Whose Interests Does CCDH Protect and Promote?

When you think about it, isn’t it rather curious that government officials are actually targeting and violating the Constitutional rights of American citizens based on the opinions of an unregistered foreign agent who runs a tiny little “pop-up group” funded by dark money?15 As noted in a July 20, 2021, Drill Down article:16

“When a report goes viral in the news cycle, it only makes sense to question where it came from — especially if that report has influence all the way up to the Oval Office, affecting public health policy, while also having dangerous implications for free speech.

The Center for Countering Digital Hate … released a bombshell report earlier this week. It was picked up everywhere and had the following revelation: The majority of COVID misinformation came from just 12 people … But could this be a wily gambit by outside interests to justify the Biden administration’s censorship partner-up with Big Tech?

According to The Federalist, ‘The Center for Countering Digital Hate is an obscure international group reportedly based out of the United Kingdom and Washington, D.C., that works as an adviser to multiple governments and elite-run institutions about digital technology and regulation.

According to its website, the left-wing Center for Countering Digital Hate prides itself on ‘researching, exposing, and then shutting down users and news sites it deems unacceptable in the digital sphere.’

Users and news sites it deems unacceptable? That seems potentially dangerous, considering we know very little about the CCDH.

Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) expressed his concerns on Twitter with the following post: ‘Who is funding this overseas dark money group — Big Tech? Billionaire activists? Foreign governments? We have no idea. Americans deserve to know what foreign interests are attempting to influence American democracy’ …

No one knows who funds them. No one knows who is driving their research. But their findings are being used in censorship efforts under the guise of controlling misinformation?”

Violating Bioethical Principles Puts Lives at Risk

The sad irony is that government officials are really the ones contributing to unnecessary death and suffering by not adhering to bioethical principles that are enshrined in law. These laws exist for a good reason. They protect people from unnecessary harm and unwanted medical risks.

As an experimental trial participant, which is what everyone is at the moment who accepts a COVID shot, you have the right to receive full disclosure of any adverse event risks. Based on that disclosure, you then have the right to decide whether you want to participate.

Adverse event risk disclosure should be provided at the level of detail disclosed in any drug package insert. However, the COVID shots have no such insert or detailed disclosure, and adverse event reports are even being suppressed and censored from the public.

Instead, as explained by the FDA,17 since the COVID shots are not yet licensed,18 rather than providing a package insert, the FDA directs health care providers to access a lengthy online “fact sheet” that lists clinical trial adverse events and ongoing updates of adverse events reported after emergency use administration to the public.

A shorter, separate, online fact sheet with far less information in it is available for patients — but, provider or patient, you still have to know where to look up each of the vaccines authorized for emergency use separately on the FDA website to access those fact sheets.19

Adverse event risks must also be communicated in a way that you can comprehend what the risks are. This means the disclosure must be written in eighth grade language. In clinical trials, researchers must actually verify participants’ comprehension of the risks.

Failure to disclose these adverse effects, which is likely occurring in nearly every COVID injection case, results in an inability to give true informed consent as the person was never informed of all of the already well-established risks.

As just one example of many, Marie Follmer, in an interview with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,20 said no one ever warned her there was a risk of myocarditis. Her athletic son, Greyson, took the shot and is now unable to do much of anything and she fears he might die.

She admits not doing any of her own research, blindly trusting what she was told. Now, she distrusts the whole process, including doctors, as all have so far refused to acknowledge that there might be a link to the shot, and no one knows how to make him better.

Most importantly, the acceptance of an experimental product must be fully voluntary and uncoerced. Enticement is forbidden. It’s downright impossible to argue that the public messaging and incentives ranging from free junk food to million-dollar lotteries do not constitute coercion.

At the end of the day, if you decide you want to participate in a medical experiment, whatever it might be, that’s up to you. But everyone else also has that same right to choose.

If you find aggression mounting against an unvaccinated friend or family member, thanks to the current indoctrination that encourages savage and irrational behavior, think of something you absolutely don’t want done to your body, and then imagine being forced to do it just to maintain your right to enter a grocery store, buy insurance or keep your job.

Source: COVID Noncompliance Now Labeled Top ‘Terror Threat’,  Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola  August 25, 2021