First published in September 2021, this is a free online version of the book, 'SARS-CoV-2: Unveiling the COVID-19 Leviathan', written by Peter Jorgensen, and published under the pen name of Sofie Ostvedt. ISBN: 9798467050706. The book contains no images, these have been added to help illustrate the online version.
If we want to accomplish anything, we have to deceive them into letting us accomplish it. Or force them. They understand nothing else.
- From Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand -
It is not my intention to have you agree with what is written in this book. All that I ask is that you read with an open mind and try to understand that people have very good arguments for holding the opinions that they do concerning various issues surrounding the global COVID-19 event. Maybe you will agree with some things written here, maybe you will come to question how you came to hold your own opinions, maybe not. However, consider this: in 2014, people within OECD countries reported that the trust they held in their own governments was lower than 40%, in the USA it was less than 20% [1]. Pre-pandemic trust in news media was even lower - reported to be 29% and 28% in the USA and UK respectively [2]. This would suggest that most people should treat the information they receive from government sources and from popular media with a high degree of scepticism. You would expect such populations to seek alternative viewpoints that do not originate or rely on validation from either source. Yet, paradoxically, people seem to remain overwhelmingly compliant with, and obedient to, what the government and the press tell them about reality; including what they should believe, and how they should behave.
During 2020, most people failed to question what their media sources were telling them and allowed global and state actors to collaborate in the installation of a pseudo-dictatorial regime the likes and scale of which have never been seen before. This can be accounted for by the paralysing effects of fear, the control of information, and a relentless and repetitive propaganda campaign. What has happened is nothing short of state-sponsored terrorism. People who attempted to contest the accepted narrative have been silenced, attacked, ridiculed, and financially ruined. You may have heard nothing about these things - that is how censorship is supposed to work.
Some of the information contained in this book has been successfully prevented from reaching a broad audience. A hard regime of information control and censorship has been implemented in order to push a single acceptable narrative with the intention of cultivating the behavioural obedience of the population. Even the algorithms behind popular search results were adjusted to make much information hard to come by. YouTube, a brand owned by Alphabet Inc. (also owners of Google, Nest and Fitbit) have long-since implemented a deliberate policy of censorship by removing any content that contradicted the viewpoint of the World Health Organisation regardless of the source or veracity of the argument. Repeat offenders have had their channels removed completely. This purge has included the opinions of Nobel laureate scientists, qualified and experienced front line medical doctors, and even representations made in public legislative proceedings - so much for transparency and democracy!
Sadly, this full spectrum, totalitarian style of governance has been embraced by many who, having been blinkered by a global corporate machine that is steering both state governance and popular media, have not had the privilege of hearing the counter-arguments to the policies imposed. What is written here is an attempt to redress the balance and provide evidence that there are very good reasons for questioning what has been presented to you as indisputable truth. There are also very good reasons for questioning the integrity of those who are presenting it. The way in which perception is steered and controlled can be subtle but it is completely unacceptable to suggest that hegemonic centralised control over information is necessary for health and safety. Such control is nothing but despotism and the people who desire it are selfish, unthinking infants.
The emergency laws passed in the UK in 2020 set in place a de facto fascist police state. For example, people were physically prevented from taking their elderly relatives from care homes so they could look after them at home. Others were accosted and fined for going for a walk in the countryside. Some were beaten and dragged along the floor for not putting a piece of cloth over their mouths while trying to purchase basic food provisions. Creeping nationwide citizen surveillance and the erosion of rights of ordinary people to associate and act together to protect their interests has been ongoing for many years. However, the decision of Parliament to completely suspend democracy during the pandemic was highly unusual and should concern every free soul.
Other legislative developments have been occurring during the pandemic. Through the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021, 'disruptive' protest is set to be outlawed and stop and search powers expanded. The 'Online Safety Bill' has the potential to allow unelected government appointees to decide what information is and is not allowed to be communicated online. The potential outlets for those in disagreement with the state to have their voices heard are diminishing swiftly. As such, completing a first edition of this book was made a priority over performing countless revisions and fine editing - it may be a little raw and rough around the edges. However, it has not been crafted as a piece of art nor as light titivation but rather as an urgent call for people to stop and take account of the changes in the world that have arisen since January 2020.
Psychological research suggests that people can permanently adapt and adjust to significant changes in their life circumstances after as little as two years. Once current customs are accepted, they are likely to be followed by more. It may not be long before our world is changed forever. What we lose may be irretrievable. Some may believe this 'Great Reset' is an opportunity to 'Build Back Better' but who do you think it will be better for? If current forces of change are not stopped, the world your children and grandchildren inhabit, if they survive, may look more like hell than anything you can imagine.
The book is referenced; the bibliography appears at the end. For those unfamiliar with referencing, this means that the key points of what is discussed have their origins in scientific articles, research reports, sources of statistics, news articles and other media sources. Where you see a small number in the text in square brackets, at the end of a sentence like this [n]. There will be a corresponding entry in the bibliography at the back of the book. If a word or words appear within [square brackets] in the context of a quote, this means those words have been added to or amended within the quote, or indicate the addition of emphasis.
For those familiar with academic referencing, it is not my aim to produce references that adhere to any specific style or format but to provide references in the spirit of their intended function - so that you can find and read the sources yourself. With that said, I must stress an important point: I have noticed numerous examples of online media sources, including major titles such as the BBC and Guardian, altering stories published online so that they come to be significantly different from the original. This has sometimes been done without reference or record of any change being made, nor any explanation of why it was done. As such, it is crucial when checking online sources for yourself that you take note of the date the material was last accessed (included in the reference information) and use a web archiving tool to find the originally published material on the date stated as this may differ from what is currently available directly via the provided URL. On some occasions there may be two versions published on the same day. I recommend that you read both and note how they differ.
It would have been preferable to have had much more time refining and expanding on what is included here, much has been omitted, but I am fearful that time is a luxury that is in short supply. Winter 2021 is on the way, attempts are being made to roll out digital passports and implement a new caste system based on vaccination status. The 'fully' vaccinated are being groomed both for their booster shots and for their role in castigating and persecuting the unvaccinated outcasts. Policies that prohibit movement, enforce quarantine and solitary isolation, and mandate that people must wear face coverings, are poised to return. If people acquiesce to them again, they may never be permanently free of them.
A brief disclaimer is warranted: nothing in this book should be taken as constituting medical advice and no opinion expressed or inferred should be taken as being representative of, or supported by, any of the sources referred to.
Pete Jorgensen is a singer songwriter, guitar player, bass player, sound engineer, philosopher, author, artist, and horticultural scientist who has lived in Liverpool, Lancaster, Lancashire, Cornwall, Camden, and Surrey, England, UK.