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We need to question whether governments, media, scientists and society have contributed to a public hysteria around Covid-19.
This hysteria ignores global deaths from other infectious diseases including hepatitis, tuberculosis, pneumonia, HIV/Aids, influenza and malaria. For example, between 1.5 to 2 million people die from TB every year. Continue reading
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(8 August 2020)
Covid-19 has spiralled out of control in the USA.
More than 5 million Americans have tested positive for the virus since February 2020.
Of that number, 2 million Americans have tested positive in the past month. Continue reading
Ron Purser interviewed me for his 60 minute Mindful Cranks podcast in July 2020.
Professor of Management in the College of Business at San Francisco State University, Ron is the author of McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality. Dr. Purser is an ordained Zen Dharma Teacher in the Korean Zen Taego order of Buddhism. Continue reading
Here are 12 questions. I believe we have many questions to address. Below is a short selection of them.
If we do not ask and explore such questions, we cannot move forward. Confirmation of answers shows in compassionate action, campaigns, protest and unprecedented change.
We will give up, become cynical or try to go back to the old ‘normal.’ The old ‘normal’ were the only conditions that resulted in the present situation. Continue reading
I asked various friends to let me know of interesting essays, articles, documentaries, clips, interviews on some of the major issues of our time, particularly the pandemic and associated social/economic issues.
Since the March lockdown, I received links from Australia, Britain, Germany, Israel, USA and Facebook Friends. I also added links from my research which I appreciated. Continue reading