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cm27874's avatar

The only story about Covid in Austria we get from German MSM is the tragic suicide of Dr. Lisa-Maria Kellermayr.

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epimetheus's avatar

That's a tragic one, I agree, and it sits right at the intersections of police incompetence and negligence, online death threats (graphic ones, as far as I read the papers), and, sadly, medical malpractice (as it became known that Dr. Kellermayr was already a patient at a dedicated institution two weeks prior to her suicide because of an attempt to end her life, but staff there didn't take that seriously and released her after one night).

So, what to make of it? It's, sadly, a case for virtue-signalling (witness the memorial protest last night), but I fear it's not really going to lead to introspection and/or changes among police or other 'competent' (zuständige) authoritis.

It's tragic, and may she rest in peace.

The media circus is disgusting.

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Irena's avatar

I just did a bit of googling (I'd never heard of this doctor before). Hmm. Well, combine COVID totalitarianism (it sounds like this doctor was an enthusiastic proponent) with Internet dysfunction, spice it up with some police incompetence, and this is what you get.

Also, as our noble elites would be happy to explain to you, bullying is perfectly fine and even desirable, as long as you direct it against the right people. Which is why the bullying that e.g. Sunetra Gupta was subjected to was perfectly justified. Totally.

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Oh, me neither, and the source of the story is a bit…very much alternative. Still, that lawyer checks out, his website is full with documentation against the Covid nonsense, hence I thought it might be worth your (and my) time.

I think the worn, almost proverbial, adage that all that's required for evil to persist--is good people doing nothing is, sadly, kind of truism.

Leaving aside the potential for crime, fraud, and conspiracy on part of the 'usual suspects' (Klaus Schwab, the WEF, Bill Gates, Anthony Fauci et al.), I fear that your (re)combination approach is quite elegant to describe this: amplify the fear (disease, vermin, etc. have a long and sordid history of this), transform the ensuing anxiety into anger towards a certain group of people (here: 'the unvaccinated')--and there's not much more one has to do, for: as a consequence of innumerable mainly emotional reactions, police will be just a bit more unfriendly towards the population; doctors will be a tad more willing to follow 'guidelines' and 'recommendations'; and one's neighbours are equally going to be more willing to spy and rat you out.

Sadly, most people one enoucnters, in my opinion, are unwilling to stand up and call out bullies and their behaviour: humans are deeply tribal and, once fearful enough, willing to believe almost anything to be able to claim not to be standing alone. I think this is the most dreadful consequence of the combination of (Post) Modernity--that is, the period after WW1 and WW2 put a virtual end to 'Capitalism' as it has historically existed--and our Mass Society of Consumers.

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Irena's avatar

I cannot begin to tell you how disgusted I am with the entire medical profession. I never had a particularly high opinion of those people anyway, but after two years (and counting!) of this crap, I've lost what little regard I had for them.

BTW, I've been trying to find a general practitioner to register with (mostly because I need a signature from one of these "priests" for some formality). I just got rejected because I'm uninjected. True story. Wrote to some clinic in mid-May, and they told me they were accepting new patients, but that the waiting period was 4-6 weeks. Yesterday (after a 12 week wait), they finally invited me to register, but only if I was injected. After I wrote to them that I was uninjected, they suddenly (i.e. less than 24 hours after inviting me to register) told me that they weren't taking new patients. Right. Luckily for me, I don't have any serious health problems (as far as I know), so no drawing my own blood and such crap.

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I share your sentiment, in particular because I know a bunch of such 'doctors' from the time when they weren't attending medical school. A lot of them are heavily indebted, esp. those who run 'their own' family or private practices, hence their unwillingness to think and, well, practice the art of medicine.

In addition, as a doctor-friend told me last year, if in doubt, a call to the Medical Association is always the next-best option to stay on top of said guidelines and recommendations.

Finally, that discrimination you're experiencing is disgusiting, to say the least. But you will pobably require a GP to obtain medical certification in the case of sick leave in excess of three days, right?

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