Poor guy is just trying to get some honest gouge about COVID in here ?
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Poor guy is just trying to get some honest gouge about COVID in here ?
You’re right dude, Australia sounds AWESOME!
So. Much. Winning.
'Prison Island': Australian travel could be shut down for years
The government's incredibly cautious approach was quickly lashed by many business leaders and media commentators who say Australia has turned into a 'prison island'.www.dailymail.co.uk
Did you just read the headline again? A Murdoch/Daily mail/News Corp/Fox news/Sky australia, hit piece. People can leave and return for approved reasons, mainly business orientated. They can also leave without preapproval to get back in, through various methods. Getting back into Australia is the issue and they wait in the line for a spot for 14 day hotel quarantine.
We don't have a fixed date to open our borders. As said within the article
With over 23million cases still active across the world, Mr Morrison has made no apologies for playing it safe.
'It's not safe right now to open up our international borders. Around the world, COVID-19 is still rife,' he said on Monday.
'We are still seeing increases in daily cases, particularly in the developing world... but around the world, it is still a very dangerous situation because of Covid.'
"Australia's government professor Brendan Murphy also said vaccine efficacy would help relax borders as soon as the second half of 2021.
'In all likelihood they will have a significant effect on transmission,' he said in February.
'If that's the case they should allow progressively over the second half of this year, some relaxation of border measures and other measures."
Did the Swedish chart really look ok to you?
Still they are only the 23rd worst country in the world, but doing better than the UK at 11th and US 14th
COVID-19 deaths per capita by country | Statista
COVID deaths worldwide were highest in Peru, topping a list that compares deaths per million in 210 countries worldwide.
www.statista.com
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speaking of Australia, one of the best things I read about Prince Phillip...
When he arrived in Australia one time, they made a big thing of following the same protocol as they do with all visitors, and didn't give him special treatment. So, they they asked him the standard questions,
"have you ever been convicted of a crime?"
Phillip says "I didn't realize that was still a requirement"
When he arrived in Australia one time, they made a big thing of following the same protocol as they do with all visitors, and didn't give him special treatment. So, they they asked him the standard questions,
"have you ever been convicted of a crime?"
Phillip says "I didn't realize that was still a requirement"
Why did you ever feel guilt for fat-shaming? Fucking over-apologetic Canadians...
We had a kangaroo court in the VT and did a Karnak the Magnificent sketch. The answer was 2,379. Open the envelope..."How much does LCDR Fatasstiker weigh in a 3G turn".
Former A7 guy. Nice and roomy cockpit.
Yyyyyyes!! (for the reference)
One of the RAG classes just ahead of mine had a gameshow-style skit (little different than Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon) in which one of the questions was about the radar cross section of a periscope, a cruiser, and LT ___'s forehead (he was one of those guys with a really big head).
“I mean, we’ve got some of the strongest protocols in the country, and yet this virus has come raging back.”
- Gov Whitmer
So at what point do we consider that maybe, just maybe, the protocols either 1) aren’t actually that strong or 2) just plain don’t work. Also, the anchor laughing there at the end is throwing out strong VP Harris vibes.
- Gov Whitmer
So at what point do we consider that maybe, just maybe, the protocols either 1) aren’t actually that strong or 2) just plain don’t work. Also, the anchor laughing there at the end is throwing out strong VP Harris vibes.
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She probably saved some lives with that embroidered Fauci pillow though.
“Dr. Fauci’s refusal to consider the larger societal impact of his Covid advice is an ongoing national tragedy. As politicians were following his advice and locking down last spring, Dr. Fauci described the impact on Americans as “inconvenient.” Millions of lost jobs and more than $4 trillion in federal debt later—amid abundant evidence that lockdowns didn’t work—he’s still urging restrictions on normal life. Last year he also acknowledged that he did no cost-benefit analysis and really had no idea what the consequences were for students: “I don’t have a good explanation, or solution to the problem of what happens when you close schools, and it triggers a cascade of events that could have some harmful circumstances.””
Opinion | Dr. Fauci and the ‘Liberty Thing’
The government doctor refuses to share a medical opinion.
www.wsj.com
“We analyze the tone of COVID-19 related English-language news articles written since January 1, 2020. Ninety one percent of stories by U.S. major media outlets are negative in tone versus fifty four percent for non-U.S. major sources and sixty five percent for scientific journals. The negativity of the U.S. major media is notable even in areas with positive scientific developments including school re-openings and vaccine trials. Media negativity is unresponsive to changing trends in new COVID-19 cases or the political leanings of the audience. U.S. major media readers strongly prefer negative stories about COVID-19, and negative stories in general. Stories of increasing COVID-19 cases outnumber stories of decreasing cases by a factor of 5.5 even during periods when new cases are declining. Among U.S. major media outlets, stories discussing President Donald Trump and hydroxychloroquine are more numerous than all stories combined that cover companies and individual researchers working on COVID-19 vaccines.”
www.nber.org
Why Is All COVID-19 News Bad News?
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.
I'm not surprised by the overall message of your quote. "When it bleeds, it leads..." has long been a media mantra, and there's plenty of (actually pretty interesting) evidence to prove that. But I think they're wording needs to be massaged when they say "U.S. major media readers strongly prefer negative stories about COVID-19, and negative stories in general."
I'd argue there's lots of people that prefer positive stories, but that doesn't equate to what people decide to watch/read. Just a like a crash on the side of the road...Generally people don't wish that on other people, but when it's there, it's something to look at.
Sadly, like lots of other portions of media stories throughout history, negative stories about COVID are expected by those more "afraid" of it, thus reaffirming their fears, and discounted by those that have either grown numb to the stories or seek more than one source for any given story.
I'm not saying COVID is something to ignore, especially for certain populations (and how it can be spread to those populations), but there has to be a happy middle ground. But none of that is new here.
I'd argue there's lots of people that prefer positive stories, but that doesn't equate to what people decide to watch/read. Just a like a crash on the side of the road...Generally people don't wish that on other people, but when it's there, it's something to look at.
Sadly, like lots of other portions of media stories throughout history, negative stories about COVID are expected by those more "afraid" of it, thus reaffirming their fears, and discounted by those that have either grown numb to the stories or seek more than one source for any given story.
I'm not saying COVID is something to ignore, especially for certain populations (and how it can be spread to those populations), but there has to be a happy middle ground. But none of that is new here.
The part about Trump and HCQ having more stories written about it combined than cover vaccine development is pretty telling to me about whether or not there were any ulterior motives in regards to media coverage of covid. Sure, if it bleeds it leads has always been a major part of the news, as a CNN technical director just admitted during an exposé. Just like how he admitted they keep up the covid death count specifically to keep people afraid. And then he talked about how climate change is the next big thing, except they’re going to label it instead “climate emergency”. Sure enough, right on cue...
'In the end, everything is about equity': How experts say the pandemic could invigorate climate change action
Experts say the pandemic has taught us hard lessons that countries can use to tackle our other major global crisis: climate change.
amp.cnn.com
CNN staffer tells Project Veritas network played up COVID-19 death toll for ratings
The CNN staffer who was secretly recorded admitting the network used “propaganda” to help get Joe Biden elected president also said they played up the COVID-19 death toll for ratings &#…
nypost.com
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
Praise God that I was born an American. Stuff like this makes me really appreciate my freedoms.