The Institute of Society

“Health Progress” was meant to create a response by showcasing a Progressive movement of Health Care and how those goals should be pursued to shape a healthier America, but has it?

What mattered was that as long as we went along to suggestively stay strong, Americans believed that we would get through Covid. It wasn’t just fear on steroids it was also a manipulation tactic that was channeled to help you surrender your very own set of ethics without individual consent.

Daniel Callahan, the Father of Bioethics. The Founder of the “Institute of Society” which would later become The Hastings Center. Danny Boy, as I call him, created a variety of different opinions when it came to how America was very individualized in Medicine but to him it was an obstacle because it overlooked the Common Good of Society as a whole. This is where Rationing seemed like a solid solution of necessity and when it came to a series of suggested factors which has now been paved into a daily routine of word vomit like “affordability” and “sustainability”, this was the beginning of a New Norm or “routine”. But in order to better understand this, it had to be applied in real time and that is why Danny Boy was a top tier motivator/ influencer because his past publications from the mid to late eighties and his concept of applied ethics became the perfect cocktail that would initially help to formulate what the idea of a health care community could look like and how it would be enacted through the necessity of population health instead of individual care.

                                   Daniel Callahan. Father of Bio-Ethics

Now, what does that mean?

In Michigan it translated to - stay home, stay safe. Your freedoms to do as you pleased had consequences including the oxygen you shared with others in public. People in general needed to change their daily routines including our children’s. The idea of public access had been shut down to the very people who was paying to keep it in operation, but it didn’t matter. What mattered was that as long as we went along to suggestively stay strong, Americans believed that we would get through this. It wasn’t just fear on steroids it was also a manipulation tactic that was channeled to help you surrender your very own set of ethics without individual consent.

Now while many people are tired of retreading the cultivation process of what change could look like in their America, this was a global initiative to change how we do business in a Nation that claims bravery and freedom that is untouchable. How we reach across the land and seas to assist the unfortunate when their resources have been outsourced became the straw that broke Americas backs instead and we killed a routine that we have had since the birth of a Nation.

Today, we see it being woven into the fabric of our medical choices, our daily routines and the impact it has been allowed to affect the future and generations to come.

In June of this year, the Hasting Center, yes, the same institute that Danny boy began with, admitted the findings and take aways for safe keeping that would help build onto this scientific community of care.

The Term Ration in the Dictionary translates to control. I used a term that I felt better helped people understand this while discussing it on OZFest as a “phasing out” process. The position to limit or retire an idea or belief system of what you for years believed it was. Today, studies are being admitted as legitimate theories from Health Equity to Biosecurity tactics that generate an outcome that creates a controlled environment where surveillance is key for a better handle on life because being human is risky. So much as to say that the creation of Federally funded health care is necessary. Notice that the language no longer says that this is taxpayer funded? No instead it’s all about ensuring that the points are made deliberately to excel and accept the process, so it promotes the future of resource and access. Access that was initially left up to anyone but the American individual during covid. Why cure was a far more generalized way to understand vaccination status versus the means of individual wellbeing.

As stated in the above photo: Relationship-building is an essential part of an ethical response, why Danny boy was an instrument in his ideals of applied ethics. Building a scientific society that promotes common good instead of personal responsibility of the individual removes the need and identity of a government’s role of accountability when crisis arise, liberty is lost and communication most importantly is at its lowest.

So, how have we excelled in the parameters of science based on what we’ve learned since Rationed State?

July 12th probably doesn’t ring a bell for many in America. Yet in 1972 it did for many in the world of Research. Nixon was the President at the time and Watergate was in full swing in terms of an open and very politicalized investigation in front of Americans. Regardless of the surrounding noise, Nixon went and signed the NRA. The National Research Act has been around for over 50 years and still to this day, researchers from around the country are calling for an updated policy because the means of what has been observed in society has changed.

From the NRA we received the Belmont Report which distinguished a code of ethics that was Federally adopted by 13 of our federal agencies. Updated in 2018- (ironically) this report became a benchmark for the science community. Like many Policy changes and Laws being signed in by our leaders- these all come with a story to back the way for its progress. Prior to the adoption of the NRA, we had Nuremberg, which as well defined a code of conduct. And while the youth of today believe that this time they will demand or assert their lives a different way, History continues to repeat the same tragedies for policy power strategies.

What is the Hope of the Future?

An ounce of optimism and a little bit of courage in spite of being uncomfortable can remarkably make more of an Impression of those around you than a great headline to take home to momma. Life is a risk that we have no choice but to accept with each passing day. Another day to fight with - Another day to make it your own. Rationed State in 2024 is a benchmark reminder to help you understand that while we lived through Covid-19, we remain- but at what cost?

“The richness of life lies in the memories we have forgotten.”

--Cesare Pavese

This is an introduction to our documentary series Rationed State. Our leader’s response to the Covid Crisis resulted in extreme behavior modification at the cost of our freedoms. In 2022 we premiered our video series that you can preview from the link below. To access the entire series and supplemental materials, subscribe to Cultural Courage.