Pandemic: Political and economic consequences underneath a false flagged health banner

Note by the Saker: as I hope you all know, I have banned the topic of COVID from the blog (see the moderation rules here: https://10.16.86.131/moderation-policy/ (specifically rule #18).  I will admit that when Apogee send me his article my first thought was “oh boy, here we go again”.  Except that when I started reading it, I was more and more impressed by what I read.  And I am not