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Herd immunity now seems impossible

dimanche 24 avril 2022 à 09:35

*Herd immunity now seems impossible. Welcome to the age of Covid reinfection.*

I am glad to see some attention given to the problem of long Covid. If vaccination continues to make death unlikely, I think the main long-term harm done by Covid-19 will be the steady accumulation of people disabled by it.

However, treating and helping those disabled by it, as the author proposes, is not enough. We need to reduce the number of people that are disabled by Covid-19 over the coming years.

Global food shortage

dimanche 24 avril 2022 à 09:35

The global food shortage threatens a quarter of a billion people with extreme poverty.

The more stressed our food systems become, the smaller the margin of safety. Increasing production increases environmental damage. Each increase in efficiency is harder than the previous one.

The long-term solution is to reduce the human birth rate.

Sonic pollution from boats and ships

dimanche 24 avril 2022 à 09:35

Sonic pollution from boats and ships is making it hard for orcas to find prey, or find their families, in some areas.

UK labour party has gone full planet-roaster

dimanche 24 avril 2022 à 09:35

The UK Labour Party has gone full planet-roaster, calling for harsh injunctions that would put climate defense protesters in prison.

Bogus Johnson fined for having prohibited party

dimanche 24 avril 2022 à 09:35

Bogus Johnson has been fined officially for having a party with people from different households when that was prohibited. That law was being enforced vigorously against everyone else, and arguably in a manner that was too strict. But he was totally behind that rule for everyone else, while covering up his own disobedience.

Many Britons now hate him for this, and demand his resignation.