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IMPORTANT // Please look after your loved ones, yourself and be kind to others. If you are feeling that the world is too hard to handle there is always help - I implore you not to hesitate in contacting one of these wonderful organisations Lifeline and Beyond Blue ... and I'm sure reaching out to our PRE community we will find a way to help. T.
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Melbourne have put the cue back in the rack. It was a good fight for a long time, but it couldn't be done alone.
You would think every workplace will need to make vaccination mandatory or they will be deemed negligent when the inevitable workers compensation claim comes.
www.smh.com.au
Staff infected with COVID-19 at work set to claim $600m
As NSW begins to reopen from Monday, lawyers and regulators have said the cost of compensation claims related to workplace COVID-19 infections are expected to rise sharply.
Social media engines are literally evil algorithms as they feed what stimulates the brain. Unfortunately conspiracy theories release the right (pun intended) brain chemicals and if you haven’t had an educational background (IMO) that makes you appreciate science then as these things have an element of truth in them, then they are quite appealing.
Bit harsh to use the possessive pronoun. I think it’s good to challenge the norms - but I think to your point if we share rubbish it can literally kill in this day and age.
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You mean the apostrophe of possession? Yes, arguably harsh, but as long as Lamby wants to call me an ignorant, arrogant dumbarse for challenging his evidence, he can suck it up. He promotes Ivermectin and flip flops between that as a therapeutic supplement to vaccination, or that "natural immunity is better", or that Ivermectin can miraculously solve the developing world's covid problems. By circulating this stuff on social media he is should be held to account along with the other purveyors of misinformation.
I'm for freedom of speech and expression of opinion, as long as people are accountable for what they say. "My ignorant opinion is as valid as science" is not an argument and I've got no problem telling people that, while agreeing with their right to say it.
Social media does mean this stuff gets amplified though and people die. What's the solution to that? I dunno.
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Effectively social media has created a monopoly of thought. Governments need to break apart and regulate monopolies. But they do it very slowly. The Facebook whistleblower is a one of many steps needed.
The root cause is the algorithim that is looking to maximise ad revenue, which is maximised by maximising the time people spend reading / watching, which is maximised by spreading conspiracy / disaster etc.
IMO you may need to go anti capital here and make it illegal for these companies to be private institutions and they become an arm of the government - more like a library. When you do that they can have a core algorithm designed to promote science, improved health outcomes, happiness, collaboration etc.
As long as profit is the motive I don’t see how you get an answer that works in this case as I’m not sure regulation keeps up with the tech. And at my core I’m a capitalist.
My B I L & nephew have finally got their 1st jab, they were told by their respective employers "No jab No job".
This is how it will be from now on. Employers/business owners etc cannot allow themselves to be the situation where they'll possibly be sued for "negligence" if someone catches Covid from one of their unvaxxed employees. They also won't want to run the risk of their employees catching it from their customers/clients.
I dare say at some stage in the not too distant future Worksafe will get involved & declare that an unvaxxed employee constitutes an unacceptable risk to the workplace & orders them to be vaccinated or it will be shut down.
This is how it will be from now on. Employers/business owners etc cannot allow themselves to be the situation where they'll possibly be sued for "negligence" if someone catches Covid from one of their unvaxxed employees. They also won't want to run the risk of their employees catching it from their customers/clients.
I dare say at some stage in the not too distant future Worksafe will get involved & declare that an unvaxxed employee constitutes an unacceptable risk to the workplace & orders them to be vaccinated or it will be shut down.
Yeah, that's a bummer. I'm guessing the fear of mirroring scenes from New York and Italy shaped those protocols.
Regarding 'communication' had similar poor experience which cost us 10 days pay because texts advising to isolate for 14 days didn't state the actual isolation period (beginning date/ending date) in writing. Upshot was lost about 10 days pay and time spent on mobile probably accelerated global warming enough to flood another low-lying island.
Not complaining because these are 'trying times' for most. Perhaps Hollywood has conditioned us to think in times if crisis we're up to the task. Hopefully next pandemic we'll be better prepared. Mind you it could be a lot worse...
If you've got a garden , a guitar or a book to write, Coburg- give it a nudge!
Scotty was campaigning against anonymous social media accounts in the leadup to the 2019 election as well. Did nothing about it then and will do nothing about it now. Its just posturing for the upcoming election.
a mate sent this to me yesterday ,,, ,and my response to him mirrored yours "wasn't expecting the last line"! (he came back with ... you have better hearing than me, I missed it)this is just the funniest thing ever. and accurate. just wait for the last line...
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews fined for COVID rule breaches after being filmed without a mask
The Premier apologises for not wearing a mask as he walked across a Parliament carpark on Wednesday and Thursday mornings, saying it was an oversight that should not have happened.
www.abc.net.au
Walked from the car to the presser without a mask. It's petty but rightly left himself vulnerable to criticism.
He's since apologised. Likely will cop a fine.
I'd hope none of them let religious belief inform their behaviour/decisions. Not the bad bits anyway.
Maybe I should just hope when they ask god for advice god bases this advice on a rational/scientific/practical/pragmatic approach.
