Covid - Misinformation in Maine

 The State of Maine has been hard hit by Covid paranoia. Maine's iron-fisted and much disliked governor Janet Mills decided to cast out the unvaccinated in healthcare work just about the time the CDC announced that there is basically no difference between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated when it comes to having Covid and spreading it to others.

Apparently the problem is getting worse:

After Licensing Board Threatens Disciplinary Action, Maine Physician Asks Board to Define COVID ‘Misinformation’

This article suggests that the state authorities are seemingly using the words "misinformation" and "disinformation" synonymously. I have always felt there was a difference between those two words. A discussion of that difference in context to Covid has been thoughtfully provided to the world by dictionary.com:

“Misinformation” vs. “Disinformation”: Get Informed On The Difference

The other day I was thinking along these same lines and I noticed that there is an exception to the rule built into the definition of the word "misinformation" and it is that exception, that alternate definition, that is used when it comes to accusations of Covid "misinformation".

We all know what we would expect the word "misinformation" to mean. "They" know we interpret their use of the word that way. But "we" don't know that "they" are using the alternate definition.

So what is this alternate definition?

Misinformation can be defined as information that is "misleading".

To mislead can mean to lead in a way contrary to the will of leaders. In that sense it has nothing whatsoever to do with whether or not the information is true. If the leaders are attempting to suppress the truth, as this doctor implies, then the good doctor is misinforming by speaking the truth. If you didn't read the article, go back and read it because this good doctor is speaking the truth.

That seems to be a problem with this pandemic. The truth is not welcomed by our leaders and they are willing to use whatever power they have to enforce their bans.

I suspect the good doctor knows that fact, don't you? Most all good doctors these days do.

To summarize, the word "misinformation" when used by "leaders" promoting Covid vaccines is Orwellian "doublespeak" and is used to suppress the truth and intimidate and stigmatize those people brave enough and conscientious enough to speak it.

By that definition, here is a good example of Covid "misinformation":

Omicron Variant Sends Vaccine Makers’ Stocks Soaring, as VAERS Data Show 913,000 Reported Adverse Events After COVID Vaccines