New Catallaxy

This is slightly edited taken from Law in Nazi Germany with only a single word change required to make the point: Unvaxxinted physicians were de-certified, and were no longer allowed to treat vaxxinated patients. The unvaxxinated were prohibited from cinemas, the opera, and concerts. Unvaxxinated children were banned from public schools. Robbing the unvaxxinated became legal.…

From The Age: Pepper balls and stinger grenades: The weapons police are using against demonstrators. Police also now have access to drones to monitor gatherings and a mobile riot truck to record confrontations and identify offenders to be arrested later. Ashton told me at the time the weapons were for “major incidents of public disorder, demonstrations…

20 August 2020 Reporter: “Is there a complexity to verifying the actual cause of death?” Professor Brett Sutton (Victorian Chief Health Officer): “Not necessarily. So, for deaths from coronavirus, anyone who’s a confirmed case who dies is classified amongst coronavirus deaths. So it doesn’t have to be definitively from coronavirus, and in some instances, you…

This is from the Australian Government’s “COVID-19 vaccination decision guide for people [men get preggers too, don’t you know] who are pregnant, breastfeeding or planning pregnancy,” dated 19 August 2021. Of the key points, this is central: “Real-world evidence has shown that Comirnaty [Pfizer] is safe for those who are pregnant and breastfeeding.” The “real-world…

I had never heard of Monica until now, but have just received this in an email. If you aren’t aware of Monica Smit yet, you may want to be. Monica started Reignite Democracy Australia (RDA) last year as an individual going live on Facebook. RDA has gone from strength to strength in leaps and bounds…

“Data is raw, individual, and unarguable facts. Information is the combination of data into a form that can answer an everyday question.  Intelligence is the combination of information into a form that tells a story and informs decisions.” How the ABC (and the Governments) choose to present the “information”: The “Intelligence” which (should) come from it: