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In PNG some key health indicators have been stagnant at best and gone backwards at worst. Infant mortality, the incidence of diseases such as malaria have increased. Even diseases that had once been conquered such as cholera have returned.
As COVID-19 trudges through endless revisions of rules and regulations, Australia's response to the virus is beginning to resemble the blackest of farces.
COVID has caused a kerfuffle amongst authorities in the Australian state of Victoria, who are still keen to host an international tennis tournament at considerable risk.
It made me think about the current trend in mandating the use of facemasks by the asymptomatic public during this time of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2).
Vaccination is not without risk. The Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, has declared indemnification for vaccine manufacturers for adverse vaccine outcomes. What is missing is compensation for vax-injured individuals.
Since the first decade of the 21st century public health specialists and the WHO have warned us about the possible outbreak and spread of a new virulent infectious disease once referred to as Disease X by the WHO.
There is no explicit statement about abortion in the Old Testament or the New Testament versions of the Bible .Then why do Catholics, and many Christian fundamentalists, oppose abortion?
In January I wrote a blog on the major catastrophic events humans will face in the future. Unknown to me, a new virus was already spreading havoc across the globe.