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Dec 19, 2021Liked by The Ignorant

"How it can be done:..."

Those things take time away from us being informed and sharing - which they want.

Why should I listen to liars??!

The Prime Minister of Australia succinctly said, I paraphrase him:

"it is your body; it is your responsibility; it is your choice".

PEOPLE HAVE TO ASK HARD QUESTIONS BASED ON THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE AND OBSERVATION. Rather than giving me the Karen/Kevin look, or f-bombs, no one had paused to ask me why I did not wear a mask. In NSW, Australia, when the mask mandate was on, if you exercised you did not need to wear one. A man on his bicycle told me to wear one; I told him he did not need one. He gave a wry and pedaled away.

Pensioner outdoors: Wear a mask!

Me: Why?

P: Because it is the law!

Me: You wanna bet?

Wife: Oh, you have an exemption.

Me: Do you want to see it?

Wife: No. We are high risk

Did you say something...?

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Dec 19, 2021Liked by The Ignorant

Brilliant article! Thank-you for pointing out questions that need to be asked. In my case, I tend to get triggered and just become angry. Keeping this article in mind, I believe will help out with that problem.

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I wrote these two notes to our NSW Health Minister just then then.

Dear Minister

I refer to the quotes of the Premier below [1]:

Mr Perrottet said 26 of the 33 people in the state’s hospitals with COVID-19 were unvaccinated. The state recorded 2501 new cases of the virus today, slightly down on Sunday’s record 2566 cases.

Where is the proof of that claim about those 26 people? What are their details? What about the overall data-set? Why were they not vaccinated? (I dare you to ask me that last question, Minister.)

Why won't New South Wuhan Health release the necessary basic details of each "case", hospitalisation, ICU and death, in particular their vaccination status? Overseas jurisdictions release such details as part of their regular reports. I recall you claimed that NSW Health is "world class".

“The evidence is clear. The numbers do not lie. Getting vaccinated protects you and your family,” he said. “The numbers speak for themselves.”

Is that so? Is that why NSW Health would not release basic data - and won't answer my questions? May I remind the Minister that silence can tantamount to lie, or tacit acknowledgment of a claim. Just ask criminals and naughty children.

“Other places around the world ... are having to close down because they don’t have the vaccination success that we do.”

Really? Have the Premier and Minister heard of Gibraltar, Vermont and other places whose vaccination rates are higher or similar to NSW's? Did I just read the Premier said "The evidence is clear. The numbers do not lie."??

Dear Minister

I refer to the quotes of the Premier below [1]:

Mr Perrottet said 26 of the 33 people in the state’s hospitals with COVID-19 were unvaccinated.

“The evidence is clear. The numbers do not lie. Getting vaccinated protects you and your family,” he said. “The numbers speak for themselves.”

That means 7/33 = 21% of the hospitalised were fully vaccinated. Considering the fully vaxed rate around that time of those people would be ~ 90%. How do you, or the Premier,

claim that the vaccines were/are effective in stopping transmission and infection?

What about the ratio among those "cases", deaths?

If the numbers don't lie, some people did. Who, Minister?

[1] https://www.smh.com.au/national/australia-news-live-health-experts-urge-rethink-on-masks-as-covid-cases-grow-us-braces-for-record-coronavirus-infections-hospitalisations-and-deaths-20211220-p59ivm.html

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Who is preventing the debates, us or them? So, why are you asking us instead?

Have you thought about them needing to engage with us instead?!

Any rational thinking person would rather ask those were willing to lose their jobs than be vaxed than asking those who took the jab to keep their jobs!

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