Trends Journal readers know that Israel was the first country to vaccinate the majority of its population against COVID-19, and that Israel’s experience informed our understanding of breakthrough infections, the waning effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines, and the need for booster shots (and how even the effectiveness of booster shots wanes over time); see: “ISRAEL”:...
Tag: nov 23 2021
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DETROIT SCHOOLS: MAJORITY OF KIDS ABSENT. CLASSES GOING ONLINE
As we had forecast when draconian mandates were imposed on the masses, “When people lose everything, they lose it.” And for young children, who have been locked down, social distanced and masked up, many are choosing to lose everything rather than live under the dictates of the New ABnormal. Currently some 57 percent of Detroit...
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SADLY, AS FORECAST: FIGHTING THE COVID WAR = RECORD-BREAKING OPIOID DEATHS
As we had forecast, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, annual U.S. deaths from drug overdoses are on track to eclipse 2020’s numbers, which had exceeded previous records. The number has already topped 100,000 for the 12 month period ending 30 April, and that is an increase of 29 percent over the...
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NOT “RIGHT WING,” NOT “CONSPIRACY THEORISTS.” ONE THIRD OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS WON’T GET VAXXED
Why are so many healthcare workers refusing to get the COVID Jab which allegedly will keep healthcare workers healthy? U.S. healthcare workers, theoretically the group for whom COVID-19 vaccination status should be most critical (based on their occupation’s intrinsic higher risk of infection and of transmission) are still lagging in getting fully vaccinated, according to...
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WHILE U.S. RAMPS UP KID JABS, OTHER COUNTRIES IN NO RUSH TO VAX CHILDREN
The United States, having recently approved COVID-19 vaccinations for those 5 to 11 years of age, seems eager to include even such young children in its vaccination program; the world’s other nations, not so much. As reported by The Wall Street Journal on 15 November, countries like China, Argentina and Colombia are following or even...
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SANTA BRINGS “A MONUMENTAL CHRISTMAS GIFT” OF JAB
The Biden administration gleefully announced its agenda to vaccinate children between 5 and 11 yrs. old, approved and undertaken just weeks ago, is so far so successful that as many as 3 million such children could be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Christmas Eve. Yahoo News reports, on 17 November, that a White House official...
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BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
CAN CRYPTO TURN AROUND TURKEY’S CURRENCY IMPLOSION? Turkey’s economy has been rocked by a currency crisis. After the central bank lowered borrowing charges for the third month in a row, the Turkish Lira reached a new low versus the US Dollar. The bank lowered a “key rate by one percentage point,” according to The Wall...
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A CORNUCOPIA OF ALTCOINS?
Plenty of crypto analysts have been predicting an “altcoin season” that may roughly coincide with the 2021 holidays. Some of the factors are technical. Those who track such things have reported that some large bitcoin addresses sold to help spur the recent 10-plus percent dip in bitcoin. Those whales may well be buying back the...
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THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
YOUR CARBON CREDIT CARD HAS BEEN DECLINED. Get ready for a whole different kind of credit score. This one has nothing to do with financial risk, and everything to do with control in the guise of combating “climate change.” A Swedish fintech company Doconomy is applying the “credit limit”model to calculations about pollution. It’s issuing...
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SPARRING: IS IT AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF CLOSE COMBAT/DEFENSE TRAINING?
By Bradley J. Steiner, American Combato You hear it all the time: “Without freestyle sparring in whatever you are doing, there is no preparation for self-defense. You must spar.” With all due respect to those who honestly believe that (and with utter contempt for those who know better, but foster the lie because it serves...