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Bird flu can be very confusing. This is true because, as is so often the case with our government, those who claim to be trying to solve the problem are actually the ones who created the problem.
When relative risks are inflated and absolute risks ignored, the result is not informed consent but unnecessary anxiety. Let's not lose sight of moderation-in drinking and in public health messaging.
Are there words in the English language that fully describe what happened during the Covid years that are not already overused? Calamity comes to mind. Disaster. Cataclysm.
Traditionally Australia’s national security has been defined in terms of international relations, the defence of national integrity and the protection of citizens and states from external threats.
In many ways the government's rejection of the royal commission proposal exposes how Mr Albanese's promises to appoint a royal commission when in opposition, were just political posturing.
With new issues confronting Australia and the world every day, many apparently would sooner forget the early covid years and massive over-reach of vaccine mandates etc.
The expense and toxicity of cancer drugs means we have an obligation to expose patients to treatment only when they can reasonably expect an improvement in survival or quality of life.
