COVID-19 policies such as lockdowns, masking, and vaccine mandates were not just a method to control the outbreak of an infectious disease but were, in reality, a novel paradigm of governance that utilizes a declared state of emergency, said a medical ethicist.
These policies laid the groundwork for the rise of the biomedical security state, Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, former director of the medical ethics program at the University of California–Irvine, said in a recent interview on EpochTV’s “Crossroads“ program.
