Quoth the Raven
· QTR’s Fringe Finance
· August 16, 2026 at 09:07
· ⏱ 12 min read
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Summary
The article argues that U.S. Covid policy was intentionally more extreme than publicly acknowledged, citing a CDC 'shielding approach' document that allegedly outlined nationwide quarantine camps for high-risk people. The piece is a political/institutional critique with no direct financial-market thesis, so its market relevance is limited to sentiment around government institutions and pandemic-related policy risk.
•The article cites a CDC document from July 26, 2020, titled 'Interim Operational Considerations for Implementing the Shielding Approach to Prevent COVID-19 Infections in Humanitarian Settings,' which remained on the CDC's public site until about March 26, 2023.
•The document allegedly proposed 'green zones' at household, neighborhood, and camp/sector levels to isolate high-risk individuals, with up to 50 high-risk people per single green zone and no movement into or outside the zone.
•The article claims the plan included no provisions for legal appeals or legal counsel, banned participation in religious services, and included contingencies for preventing suicide.
•Vaccine passport enforcement was attempted in six U.S. cities: New York City, Boston, Chicago, New Orleans, Washington, D.C., and Seattle, but the article says the scheme collapsed after it leaked that the vaccine did not stop infection or transmission.
•The article attributes other damaging CDC edicts to the same era: rent moratorium, six-foot distancing, mask mandates, Plexiglas barriers, mail-in ballot normalization, and delayed reopening.
•The piece contrasts the CDC plan with the Great Barrington Declaration's 'focused protection' approach, which advocated keeping schools and businesses open while allowing higher-risk individuals to choose their own level of participation.