Category: TRENDS IN THE COVID WAR

Governments that cannot convince citizens to take the COVID-19 vaccine have resorted to the tried-and-true method of essentially threatening their populace with starvation for compliance.  What better way to “convince” someone a vaccine is safe than by threatening their livelihood? Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s government passed an order last week that compels companies—both private...

According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 498 children from the ages of 1 to 19 years of age across the U.S. have died from COVID-19, which is easily outpaced by deaths caused by gun violence, drownings, and traffic accidents. The Daily Mail reported that data collected from May 2020 to the week ending...

On 1 October, Reuters reported some COVID War news, good and bad. First, the bad news. Actually, it’s not really “news” to report that the highly-touted COVID vaccines, once hyped to the public as the miracle cure that would vanquish the deadly virus once and for all—see “VACCINE WILL SAVE THE DAY” (28 Apr 2020)—have...

The National Basketball Association, with around 90 percent of its players already fully vaccinated against COVID-19, has been on board with Pres. Biden’s vaccination plan.  But when the NBA sought to mandate that, for the upcoming season, all players be vaccinated, it got some public pushback from the National Basketball Players Association, the union for...

In last week’s Trends Journal, we reported on the plan to gradually “normalize” life in Australia’s New South Wales (largest city, Sydney) as projected full-vaccination goals are met, except that the unvaccinated would be exempt from having their freedoms restored; see “NSW: NO VAX, NO FREEDOM!” (28 Sep 2021). Now NSW’s Premier Gladys “Beenjerkingoff” Berejiklian...

Israel, the country to first introduce a COVID-19 ‘green pass’ for those fully vaccinated to resume some semblance of “normal” life, announced that only those who have received the third vaccine booster jab will be eligible for the card. The announcement from Tel Aviv’s advisory cabinet on Sunday sparked protests across the country of 9.2...

A remark oft-credited to Mark Twain, but which might have originated with Clarence Darrow, goes something like, “I’ve never wished anyone dead, but there have been obituaries I have read with great relish.” This story isn’t about someone dying, but it’s still a source of great relish and schadenfreude to learn, 1 October, of the...

Saturday is the least watch/read news day of the week. Thus, this last Saturday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Food and Drug Administration held a 2-day public meeting in September to address concerns over gene therapy jabs.  In the new era vaxxed world, the technology holds the promise of treating inherited diseases by...

It turns out people have to eat and have a place to live. Health officials in the U.S. are pleasantly surprised that President Biden’s vax effort to force private-sector employers to either require workers to be fully vaccinated or force them to undergo weekly tests has been effective because vaccination rates are increasing and employees...

A National Restaurant Association survey conducted between 7 September and 15 September paints a less-than-rosy picture of the current state and the future of the restaurant industry. As reported by CNBC, more than half of those surveyed said that business was worse now than it had been three months ago. Only 9 percent said that...