What on Earth is going on in the world today? It's gone mad

[Moxie]

You say US, I do you one better... UK! If we had the same population as you we would have about 600,000 deaths. There are levels to this...

I'll say one thing though. Intentional or not, it's looking like Trump may have been right about China and covid-19. But.... any Trump supporter who tries to whine about vindication should read the story about the boy who cried wolf... a billion times..

I didn't intend to leave you out, it's just that I really only feel comfortable speaking about the US in terms of how COVID has been handled by the government.

 

[Federberg]

Was just told this by a friend of mine. Sounds really scary....

Just listening to Brazilian news. Apparently 20% of the deaths in the new Manaus variant were <60yrs old and had no CoMorbidities.
Worth noting this is taking place in the one city where all experts thought that herd immunity had been achieved during 1st wave in 2020, where infection rate was >70%.

 

[Chris Koziarz]

I tell you what... I'm not going to Beijing for a while!

China begins using anal swabs to test for Covid in Beijing

Beijing is using anal swabs to test its residents for coronavirus - a method some experts say is more accurate. Swabs are inserted about an inch and rotated several times.

www.dailymail.co.uk

On a serious note: do you know why it's a fake news? Compare that with a description on any reasonable medical advisory website how your prostate is tested by a doc. No BS about "twisting". So the joker deceived someone stupid in dailymail (no surprise) into publishing such BS.

 

[Federberg]

had to laugh at this one....

 

[Federberg]

oh lordy....

AMP and Axa offer £8.2bn in a second bid for Axa’s Asian unit - CityAM

AUSTRALIAN wealth manager AMP launched a fresh £8.15bn bid for Axa Asia Pacific Holdings yesterday in a joint deal with French parent Axa, a year after its original approach. The move comes after rival bidder National Australia Bank pulled out of a deal to buy Axa’a Asian unit after the...

www.cityam.com

 

[Federberg]

 

[tented]

'So can my kids opt out of white history?' School eviscerated for opt-out option on Black history

 

[Federberg]

'So can my kids opt out of white history?' School eviscerated for opt-out option on Black history

talk about missing the moment..

 

[Horsa]

'So can my kids opt out of white history?' School eviscerated for opt-out option on Black history

Unbelievable. Why don't they just teach universal history where they teach children about all different people of the world from all different viewpoints & then let children decide for themselves which version is the right version or whether the truth is somewhere in the middle or rather let them piece it together for themselves?

 

[britbox]

Unbelievable. Why don't they just teach universal history where they teach children about all different people of the world from all different viewpoints & then let children decide for themselves which version is the right version or whether the truth is somewhere in the middle or rather let them piece it together for themselves?

There isn't any such thing as universal history. Everything has a narrative steeped in propaganda and geared toward what the ruling elites want you to believe at the time.

I still remember being taught at Primary school that Britain (along with help from the US) won WWII. I got told of the critical battle points - Dunkirk, D-Day, El Alamein (and some other place that I can't remember).

Barely a mention of Russia. No mention of the Battle of Stalingrad, Moscow, or the red wave that pushed the Nazis back and took Berlin.

On a similar note, watch any WWII movie produced in Hollywood, and you'd think the Americans were the only ones fighting. Let's be honest, the real "winners" of WWII were the Russians.

We may laugh at North Korea and authoritarian dictatorships, but the reality is, we've all been subjected to a carefully curated message... whichever fits well at the time.

History gets revised depending on what the powers want you to believe. You only have to look at statues of former "heroes" torn down in 2020. A different narrative gets pushed to suit different objectives.

 

[Horsa]

There isn't any such thing as universal history. Everything has a narrative steeped in propaganda and geared toward what the ruling elites want you to believe at the time.

I still remember being taught at Primary school that Britain (along with help from the US) won WWII. I got told of the critical battle points - Dunkirk, D-Day, El Alamein (and some other place that I can't remember).

Barely a mention of Russia. No mention of the Battle of Stalingrad, Moscow, or the red wave that pushed the Nazis back and took Berlin.

On a similar note, watch any WWII movie produced in Hollywood, and you'd think the Americans were the only ones fighting. Let's be honest, the real "winners" of WWII were the Russians.

We may laugh at North Korea and authoritarian dictatorships, but the reality is, we've all been subjected to a carefully curated message... whichever fits well at the time.

History gets revised depending on what the powers want you to believe. You only have to look at statues of former "heroes" torn down in 2020. A different narrative gets pushed to suit different objectives.

I know but the thing is there should be 1. 1 where all sides are taught & you're left to work out the truth for yourself. I know some people already find out all sides & work the truth for themselves. Mind you, it would have to be much more in-depth & would take a lot longer. (You know me. I can be idealistic, dreamy & imaginative. That doesn't necessarily mean that I don't know what's really going on though.)

I got taught that in High School. 1st school was all about the Romans.

I don't watch war films as I'm too squeamish.

I don't laugh at North Korea & authoritarian dictatorships. I take them seriously

I don't just believe what I'm told. I like to try to see things from all sides. I remember a lot of what I was taught but rethink it while looking at other sides & new info & ways people see things now.

I could give you a better, more in-depth & interesting response but I'm very busy & stressed at the moment doing this equine history report I'm sick of doing now after I keep finding info to put in it while cross-referencing as my Manager did have to say I had to use all the resources I had except my own head in order to write it. (It's fascinating & was fun at 1st but I just want to move on. Lol. I'd have done it already if I could have just written what I knew. Then I get on something else.) I prefer the variety I get when I go in & keep getting different jobs which mix the arts/crafts, history & music part of my job & I really want to see my colleagues, work with the elderly & children, do the musical part of my job & go back to choir practice & both book club & art history classes & arts & crafts workshops at work. This staying at home, working from email lists is stressing me out now especially as I'm doing all the time-consuming jobs. It wasn't so bad to start with as I carried on planning a 1940's sing-along for V.E. Day then moved onto short research tasks & online archiving training tasks but then I got onto the more time-consuming tasks like knitting a scarf & patchwork quilt, doing quilting & this equine history report. I can't wait to go onto the American Slavery, event planning, poetry & learning to appreciate & sing opera & learning crochet tasks. I'm running out of steam that badly I'm having to listen to music while working to get it done quicker & more efficiently as well as keep me happy. It doesn't help that I'm exhausted too.

I'm very sorry for the rant.

 

[Federberg]

oh good grief....

 

[Horsa]

oh good grief....

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Unbelievable!

 

[Vince Evert]

Vaccines has just started in australia but very bad that in one of the aged care facilities two patients have been overdosed.

Queensland vaccine overdosing incident, doctor stood down​

There has been a shocking new revelation in the case of the doctor stood down for giving two Queensland people an overdose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

The doctor stood down for giving two Queensland people an overdose of the COVID-19 vaccine was not adequately trained in administering the drug, it has been revealed.

Speaking to parliament on Wednesday, Health Minister Greg Hunt said the doctor had not completed the training as part of the immunisation rollout.
“On further investigation, Healthcare Australia has now advised the doctor had not completed the required training,” he told the House of Representatives.
“This is being investigated by Healthcare Australia and we are expecting a report later today.

“Healthcare Australia has also advised that this doctor has not been involved in the vaccine rollout in any other facilities.

“I have again reaffirmed my apologies to the family … I have asked the department to take action against the company and the doctor for what is a clear breach on both fronts.”

Earlier in the day, Mr Hunt revealed an 88-year-old man and 94-year-old woman were given an overdose of the Pfizer vaccine at Holy Spirit aged care home at Carseldine, Queensland, on Tuesday.

“Basically a doctor gave an incorrect dose to two patients yesterday,” he said.

“It’s important we’re upfront.”

He said both patients were being monitored but had not shown signs of an adverse reaction.

The contractor has now stood down the doctor who administered the dose, after a nurse realised the mistake.

Mr Hunt commended her “strength of character and alertness”, saying safeguards they had put in place had worked.

“There was an initial error, there’s no getting around that but … three safeguards immediately kicked into place,” Mr Hunt said.

“Firstly, the nurse on scene responded. Secondly, the company responded, and thirdly, the health care agencies, the co-operation between the Commonwealth and Queensland responded.”

Australia’s chief medical officer Paul Kelly said medical practitioners received the same vaccination training.

“There may be a need for us to modify that going forward but we look at the same training for nurses, Aboriginal health workers as well as doctors, anyone who is involved with this vaccine rollout,” Prof Kelly said.

“We are confident they are good and comprehensive.”

Overdose vaccine doctor was not trained

The doctor stood down for giving two Queensland people an overdose of the COVID-19 vaccine was not adequately trained in administering the drug, it has been revealed.

www.news.com.au

written by Jade Gailberger

 

[Jelenafan]

There isn't any such thing as universal history. Everything has a narrative steeped in propaganda and geared toward what the ruling elites want you to believe at the time.

I still remember being taught at Primary school that Britain (along with help from the US) won WWII. I got told of the critical battle points - Dunkirk, D-Day, El Alamein (and some other place that I can't remember).

Barely a mention of Russia. No mention of the Battle of Stalingrad, Moscow, or the red wave that pushed the Nazis back and took Berlin.

On a similar note, watch any WWII movie produced in Hollywood, and you'd think the Americans were the only ones fighting. Let's be honest, the real "winners" of WWII were the Russians.

We may laugh at North Korea and authoritarian dictatorships, but the reality is, we've all been subjected to a carefully curated message... whichever fits well at the time.

History gets revised depending on what the powers want you to believe. You only have to look at statues of former "heroes" torn down in 2020. A different narrative gets pushed to suit different objectives.

Paper currency, gunpowder, printing, paper, cast iron, steel process, among others were first developed by the Chinese. Love it or hate, they also implemented among the earliest civil service systems in governments, with examinations to winnow out candidates.

Still blown away how so much of this is ignored by "Western" history.

 

[Vince Evert]

A simple question from australian viewpoint - but why are we importing virus cases such as hot spot countries, then put the peoples' into quarantine hotels where there would appear to be too many opportunities for spreading? Should we not have a requirement whereby people who are going to return to / travel to Australia have to actually Quarantine BEFORE they return to/travel, then get tested before boarding the planes?

 

[Federberg]

A simple question from australian viewpoint - but why are we importing virus cases such as hot spot countries, then put the peoples' into quarantine hotels where there would appear to be too many opportunities for spreading? Should we not have a requirement whereby people who are going to return to / travel to Australia have to actually Quarantine BEFORE they return to/travel, then get tested before boarding the planes?

it's a good question, but I would guess that governments won't sub-contract their safety by trusting in the quarantine protocols done in other countries. They would prefer to do it themselves. I think that makes a lot of sense

 

[Vince Evert]

‘Forever War’: Democrats blast Biden over deadly Syria air strikes​

Orlando: US President Joe Biden is facing significant push-back from Democratic allies in the US Congress for launching air strikes in eastern Syria, Biden’s first lethal military action since entering the White House.

The Defence Department said the strikes, which were carried out on Friday (AEDT), were against buildings in Syria that were being used by Iranian-backed militias.

The strikes killed at least 22 people, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, citing unconfirmed Syrian reports.

Some congressional Democrats criticised the strikes as an unnecessary military provocation while others complained that Biden had not sought congressional approval before ordering the attacks.

Bernie Sanders, who finished second to Biden in the 2020 Democratic Party primaries, said: “I am very concerned that last night’s strike by US forces in Syria puts our country on the path of continuing the ‘Forever War’ instead of ending it.
“This is the same path we’ve been on for almost two decades.

“For far too long administrations of both parties have interpreted their authorities in an extremely expansive way to continue military interventions across the Middle East region and elsewhere.
“While the president has a responsibility to defend the people of the United States, our constitution is clear that it is the Congress, not the president, who has the authority to declare war.”

Democratic Senator Tim Kaine, who was Hillary Clinton’s running mate in 2016, said: “The American people deserve to hear the administration’s rationale for these strikes and its legal justification for acting without coming to Congress.

‘Forever War’: Democrats blast Biden over deadly Syria air strikes

Some Democrats criticised the strikes as an unnecessary military provocation while others complained Biden had not sought congressional approval beforehand.

www.smh.com.au

 

[Federberg]

 

[Federberg]

I can't believe I'm having to endure conversations about this today