Month: Feb 2022

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COVID-19: there is a new Variant BA.2 yet there are people who will not take the vaccine, known as vaccine-hesitants or those who are the conspiracy theorists who are totally anti-vaccine. Polio in 20th century Ireland; you met people who had contracted it, they suffered, some were paralysed, they had splints on their legs, they spent time in hospital. But then one day there was a miracle there was a vaccine. Polio was almost eradicated (smallpox is) but it emerges when the rules become lax and people say no to the vaccine. Source: nature briefing

In new setback for eradication campaign, poliovirus from Pakistan shows up in Africa Health officials hope to squash outbreak quickly

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Petty gang crime Ireland; key is smart phone. Children can TikTok in a minute & convey so much anger, through what they call rap, which in another era would have been songs and ballads played on the radio and TV. To the rap artists rap is their poetry about their harsh lives and realities. Louis Theroux explores Florida, the Rap culture; the poverty, the imprisonment, the guns, the titles, the TikTok messages inciting hatred between gangs. An Gardai should watch this … what starts in America travels within minutes these days. $100,000 is about diamonds in your teeth to highlight you are rich…they don’t believe in banks because of “scams”.

Louis Theroux says rap episode “the most personal” of Forbidden America The journalist looks at Florida’s rap scene in the

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50 years after Nixon visit, US-China ties as fraught as ever. Quote: “China and the Soviet Union, formerly communist allies, had split and even clashed along their border in 1969, and Mao saw the United States as a potential counterbalance to any threat of a Soviet invasion”. Source: Associated Press

Enable accessibility https://apnews.com/article/business-china-united-states-beijing-soviet-union-bdfe10550dbec5ed4e24f498baa84c96 Click to copy 50 years after Nixon visit, US-China ties as fraught as ever. Democracy challenged by

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Judge slashes legal costs bill as boy who lost fingertip in drain cover accident to receive €23k. Wise Judge, solicitors so keen to get fees, often no foal, no fee, that they drag out cases, creating Fat Files and the person who loses out is the client. Solicitors Fees of £6,000+ VAT and Judge Simons said: “I have concluded that the reasonable amount recoverable in respect of the solicitor’s fees is €2,000 plus VAT. The figure reflects the reality that the burden of the work in this case has been shared with counsel, “ he said adding the figure equated to 20 hours of work. Source The Examiner; tweet by Charlie Weston

 Mon, 21 Feb, 2022 – 16:01 Ann O’Loughlin A High Court judge has slashed a legal costs bill in

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Ukraine: There may be a 100,000 citizen resisters if Russia chooses to invade. Yalta; we need to review it, because this is where President Putin is focused. “Last year, Putin published a long essay in which he trumpeted the “historical unity” of Russian and Ukrainian languages and cultures over more than a millennium. But many Ukrainians do not share his view.” Source: The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist.

Ukrainian commander: Russia may encounter 100,000 citizen resisters if it invades By Susan D’Agostino | February 18, 2022 Waving the

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