The video discusses how COVID-19 hospital protocols and mandates weakened the U.S. healthcare system and paved the way for the CDC to become more powerful. The speaker argues that protocols such as limiting patient access to their loved ones and denying treatment to non-COVID-related illnesses have resulted in unnecessary deaths and weakened the healthcare system. Additionally, the speaker suggests that the CDC has gained more power and influence due to the pandemic and that this could have negative consequences for individual rights and freedoms. The video calls for a reevaluation of medical practices and for individuals to stand up for their rights in the face of increasing government control.