EasilyAmused
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But I'm wondering what are the things that people are not looking forward to returning to normal??
but thats not the reason why the pandemic happened, we still don't know how it started, remember. There is one theory basically accepted now that it started in the "wet market" in Wuhan. Those "wet markets" are not because of abject poverty because it still costs money to smuggle exotic animals from Africa. China is now a superpower , it is not a country in "abject poverty" and uniquely largely succeeded even though a highly populous country in suppressing the virus. That explanation might have been acceptable in the 60s or 70s under Mao but not todayPragmatism/Altruism will yet again end up in the ditch...humanity will have "dodged another bullet " only to survive and create the same reasons why the pandemic happened in the first place.
Those reasons include abject poverty of billions and an planet dying more every day.
but thats not the reason why the pandemic happened, we still don't know how it started, remember.
You clearly have never visited China Joe, Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong to name 3 aren't representative of the rest of the country , a City like Hangzhou about 11m people and 600 kms East of Wuhan looks very shiny but when you walk the city poverty is in full view and is adject. Go further into China and poverty is even more stark.but thats not the reason why the pandemic happened, we still don't know how it started, remember. There is one theory basically accepted now that it started in the "wet market" in Wuhan. Those "wet markets" are not because of abject poverty because it still costs money to smuggle exotic animals from Africa. China is now a superpower , it is not a country in "abject poverty" and uniquely largely succeeded even though a highly populous country in suppressing the virus. That explanation might have been acceptable in the 60s or 70s under Mao but not today
And with the current population near or at 8 billion and an estimated 2 to 3 billion been added by 2050The problem now is there are so many of us and we consume so much more.
Forecasts are that the population will max out at around 10.5 billion and then start to decline again. There are more than enough resources to feed, cloth and house that many people if we choose to behave responsibly.And with the current population near or at 8 billion and an estimated 2 to 3 billion been added by 2050
I think I read somewhere that we are now classed as outbreak species and with an extra two plus billion to feed, clothe and house
I don't think you need to be a genius to work out where we are heading
I've been saying this for so long I thought I going mad, and this isn't socialist thinking, if trade was conducted in a manner that " everyone got something " from the relationship it would really " rise all boats" . Seeing children extracting cobalt in sub-human conditions just isn't right and this is only one example.Forecasts are that the population will max out at around 10.5 billion and then start to decline again. There are more than enough resources to feed, cloth and house that many people if we choose to behave responsibly.
I'm still of the view that me, in my late 40's, getting a vaccine before an 80 year old anywhere else in the world is morally reprehensible.I've been saying this for so long I thought I going mad, and this isn't socialist thinking, if trade was conducted in a manner that " everyone got something " from the relationship it would really " rise all boats" . Seeing children extracting cobalt in sub-human conditions just isn't right and this is only one example.
I'm still hoping that this pandemic might begin the change process but all we see is tokenism particularly in the area of vaccines.
I don't agree with the suspension of patents but equally I don't agree with massive deals being struck by "richer countries " when billions still await any type of treatment.
I've thought about that ie getting the vaccine before others older than me especially in poorer countries but whilst many would agree I view it like putting on your oxygen mask before your children in a plane emergency.I'm still of the view that me, in my late 40's, getting a vaccine before an 80 year old anywhere else in the world is morally reprehensible.
If we can't do the right thing when it comes to something so binary and simple how will we ever do the right thing when it comes to things like making purchasing and lifestyle decisions based on the impact of up-stream supply chains?
If we won't do the right thing when it comes to vaccines so that we can get a haircut sooner how will we ever change our food and clothing purchase preferences as they are the biggest drivers of climate change?
Climate change is a much bigger issue than Covid19. In fact Covid19 is just a minor symptom of Climate change.
It's more like finishing the movie you are watching then putting the oxygen mask on your children.I've thought about that ie getting the vaccine before others older than me especially in poorer countries but whilst many would agree I view it like putting on your oxygen mask before your children in a plane emergency.
What, like India?If the vaccine producing countries weren't vaccinated first who would produce?
And there has been no change to the barbers shop or the numbers allowed into a room for the safepass course?Rip off Ireland at its finest dry haircut now 18 euro was 14 safepass now 200 was 120 in 2018 I hope the staff are watching the prices and pushing raises they will need them!
Do you recognise her again?Herself went to the hairdressers yesterday. All's grand in the house again
Covid Stone?Not really
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