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Anonymous ID: ea3d37 Sept. 10, 2021, 6:21 p.m. No.96437   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6440 >>6442 >>6464

General Research #18412 >>>/qresearch/14555925

 

‘We Need to Protect Kids from Parents’: House Democrats Rail Against Schools Requiring Parental Consent to Vaccinate Children

 

Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) said the government knows better than parents when it comes to vaccinating children against the Chinese coronavirus.

 

During a budget reconciliation markup meeting on Thursday, Yarmuth slammed an amendment sponsored by Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) that proposes that schools must obtain parent or guardian consent before vaccinating children.

 

He said in opposition to the amendment:

 

I know I’ll get in a lot of trouble for this, but I want to refer to the sponsor’s premise for the amendment, and the first words out of her mouth were, ‘parents know what’s best for their children.’ I think the evidence is compelling and overwhelming and widespread that they don’t.

 

The congressman, who is also chairman of the Budget Committee, further emphasized that he believes “a lot of parents are misinformed” which is “why we have, literally, tens of thousands of kids now in hospitals and suffering from this virus.”

 

“One of the reasons that we need to avoid steps like this is that we need to protect kids from their parents,” he said. [emphasis added] “That is the unfortunate state of the country right now. And for that reason and many others, I will oppose the amendment.”

 

When introducing her amendment for discussion, Miller said her proposal is squarely focused on the acquisition of parental consent prior to the provision of medical care to minors, and contended that “parents know what’s best for their children — not any governing body.”

 

Breitbart News obtained the amendment on Friday, which would reportedly bolster “parental consent protections.” It reads:

 

A local educational agency that receives funding under this part may not offer vaccinations to minors on property owned or managed by such local educational agency without the consent of a parent or guardian.

 

Squad member Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) went as far as calling the proposal “nonsensical” and railed against people who refuse to follow “the science” of masks and vaccines.

 

“I believe we have to protect our children, and I think this amendment is nonsensical. It doesn’t go with the science. It doesn’t make any sense, and it is not protecting our children,” Jayapal said.

 

Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) argued that Miller was creating a “straw man argument,” and that the problem needs no addressing because it is nonexistent.

 

“This is a nonsense amendment that is in search of a problem that does not exist,” Takano said.

 

Contrary to his disbelief, minors in at least 16 states can consent in certain situations to general medical care, according to a report from News Nation. Some states, including Alabama, Oregon and South Carolina, “give teenagers authority to consent to all health care decisions on their own,” National Public Radio reported.

 

“Others, including California and New York, allow children 12 and older to consent to vaccines for sexually transmitted diseases,” the report states.

 

Both Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) expressed disgust toward Democrat statements about Miller’s amendment. Wilson said:

 

I was actually appalled at the statement from Kentucky that we have to protect kids from parents. That’s outrageous. I want to thank the author because she exposed the view which is absolutely inconceivable to me that the government knows better than parents.

 

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/09/10/we-need-to-protect-kids-from-parents-house-democrats-rail-against-schools-requiring-parental-consent-to-vaccinate-children/

Anonymous ID: ea3d37 Sept. 10, 2021, 7 p.m. No.96443   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6464

>>96439

Other side of the Pacific is having problems as well

 

A Week at Least for World’s Third-Busiest Port to Return to Normal

Bloomberg

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August 26, 2021

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) —

 

Operations at China’s Meishan terminal in the world’s third-busiest container port will take at least a week to return to normal, according to Rahul Kapoor, vice president of maritime and trade at IHS Global Insight, after the facility was closed because a worker had Covid-19.

 

The two-week shutdown, which ended Wednesday, has put more pressure on already strained shipping routes and supply chains ahead of the key Christmas holiday shopping season. The Meishan terminal accounts for about a quarter of capacity of Ningbo-Zhoushan port, where large container ships were waiting 4.2 days to dock as of Wednesday, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The wait time would usually be around half that, though congestion rates have been inflated for much of 2021.

 

“The disruptions we are seeing are due to Covid restrictions, and given that China has a Covid-zero policy, there’s always a chance something like this could happen again,” Singapore-based Kapoor said. Supply-chain disorder may last until the Lunar New Year holidays in early February, he said.

 

Yantian port in Shenzhen was also closed for a month from late May due to an outbreak. The impact of the pandemic is reflected in vessels laden with cargo stuck outside ports and exporters struggling to find space for goods. Shipping costs have hit record highs, with spot rates to move a 40-foot container from Shanghai to Rotterdam at $13,698 for the week of Aug. 19, according to Drewry World Container Index. Shanghai to Los Angeles costs $10,969.

 

“Until we see demand starting to slow, we won’t see things easing,” Kapoor said. “There’s been no breathing space for things to settle in this industry.”

 

The port congestion has prompted some exporters to shift to air freight, giving a much-needed boost to airlines starved of passengers. Carriers in the Asia-Pacific region recorded a 27% increase in international air cargo demand in July as measured in freight tonne kilometers, the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines said Thursday.

 

“Air cargo remains the single bright spot for the region’s airlines,” AAPA Director General Subhas Menon said.

 

–With assistance from Kevin Varley.

 

https://gcaptain.com/a-week-at-least-for-worlds-third-busiest-port-to-return-to-normal/

Anonymous ID: ea3d37 Sept. 10, 2021, 7:03 p.m. No.96445   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6464

While we're on ports… Guess Who?

 

Israel Opens New Chinese-Operated Port

Reuters

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September 2, 2021

 

by Ari Rabinovitch (Reuters) – Israel has opened a new shipping port along its Mediterranean coast that will bring much-needed competition to a sector plagued by delays and boost the country’s standing as a regional trade hub.

 

The 5.5 billion shekel ($1.7 billion) Bay Port at Haifa, which will be operated by Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG), will enable larger classes of cargo ships, carrying 18,000 containers or more, to dock in Israel.

 

The country is selling its state-owned ports and building new private docks in an effort to bring down costs and cut above-average wait times for vessels to unload. About 99% of all goods move in and out of Israel over the sea and an upgrade is needed to maintain economic growth.

 

Warming ties with neighboring Arab countries are also creating new trade opportunities for Israel and Haifa is well placed to become a regional hub.

 

“I’m sure we can leverage this opportunity not just for local prosperity, but for realizing opportunities and making a real contribution to our neighbors in the Middle East,” Transport Minister Merav Michaeli said in a statement after the port was inaugurated in a low-key ceremony on Wednesday.

 

Another new port on the Mediterranean coast is due to open in Ashdod by the end of the year, to be operated by Swiss-based Terminal Investment Limited.

 

($1 = 3.2045 shekels) (Reporting by Ari Rabinovitch; Editing by Mike Harrison, Reuters)

 

https://gcaptain.com/israel-china-operated-port/