The "experts", Kate Bingham:
In January 2017 Bingham received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the BioIndustry Association UK.[9]
"She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for "services to the procurement, manufacture and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines"
and Tim Hames:
"Tim began his career as an academic acting as a Lecturer in Politics at Oxford University specialising in American and British Government as well as international politics and relations. "
We were like the obedient child, being praised for doing as we're told and encouraged to shun our "spirited" brother. Now we're reaching adulthood and feeling oppressed by our overbearing parent. The spirited brother is now our idol, and we long to be more like them.
They're not protecting THEMSELVES with the mask, they're protecting you. They will tell you this in the loudest voice (if in public) despite your assurances that you don't want them to. Their sacrificial virtuousness is the core of their identity, and giving it up would leave them with no substance.
Could it be by design that "every country has at least one...."? Despite all the grandstanding and indignation, I see no actual results from any of these non-conforming politicians. Could they just be there to make us feel like something is being done? Canada has one or two, and they sure gave hope in the early days but that's all it got me. I don't think we can rely on anyone but ourselves.
"The U.S. will never be energy-independent" and then it was.