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How to reduce the risk of mixing with unvaccinated people as Sydney lockdown eases

The arrival of freedom day in NSW also brings increased risk for those who are vaccinated unknowingly mixing with those who haven’t had the jab.

Now that lockdown is easing in New South Wales, residents are more likely to be in contact with others who are unvaccinated.

While new freedoms are only available to those who are fully vaccinated until December 1, there’s still a chance people could mix with those who have only had one shot or who have not been vaccinated.

Curtin University’s Professor Jaya Dantas said some scenarios where vaccinated people may unknowingly mix with those who haven’t had the jab include on public transport, at university or picking up children from school.

Family reunions, which would see multiple generations of family gather, including children who are yet able to be vaccinated, could also be dangerous.

Prof Dantas told Yahoo News Australia vaccinated people could “set up rules” if they wanted to mingle with people who had not had the jab.

“You can say when organising an event ‘I want everyone to be vaccinated but if you’re not it’s much better if people wear masks’,” Prof Dantas said, adding the event could also be held outdoors to make it safer.

Businesses that also wanted to cater to unvaccinated people could seat them outdoors, separating them from those who were vaccinated indoors, to reduce the risk of transmission.

Even though both the AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines are very effective at preventing hospitalisation and death in Covid patients, they are not 100 per cent effective at stopping people from getting the virus.

This means someone who is vaccinated could still get infected with Covid, although they are less likely to get seriously ill or to pass it on to someone else as those who are unvaccinated.

It is one reason why some experts believe certain restrictions should remain in place even once 80 per cent of adults are vaccinated and cases are low.

These measures could include allowing people to continue to work from home, maintaining hospitality density limits and mask wearing, as well as not allowing unvaccinated people to gather.

Those who want to protect themselves or their vulnerable family or friends have been advised to maintain social distancing or to wear masks at gatherings.

University of NSW epidemiologist Professor Mary-Louise McLaws has also previously warned of the danger to young people, who often live in share houses that could include a mix of those who are vaccinated and unvaccinated.

Those who are vaccinated could be going out, mixing with others, and then bringing the virus home to those who are unvaccinated.

https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/news/how-to-reduce-the-risk-of-mixing-with-unvaccinated-people-as-sydney-lockdown-eases/news-story/7dca3774a93a89b8b7c8b874b7b07919

New Zealand sets vaccination deadlines for doctors, community nurses and teachers

Most of New Zealand's health care workers and teachers will soon be legally required to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, the government has announced.

A new mandate compels doctors, pharmacists, community nurses and many other health care workers to be fully vaccinated by December. Teachers and other education workers must be fully vaccinated by January.

COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said many in those professions had already gotten their jabs but authorities couldn't leave anything to chance, especially because those people deal with sick patients and young children who aren't yet approved for the vaccine themselves.

"It's not an easy decision, but we need the people who work with vulnerable communities who haven't yet been vaccinated to take this extra step," Mr Hipkins said.

New Zealand already requires many people who work at the border to be vaccinated.

The announcement comes as he country battles an outbreak of the highly transmissible Delta variant in its largest city, Auckland.

The initial responses from groups representing affected workers were in favour of the mandate.

"Given the speed at which delta is spreading throughout our country, this is a bold, but necessary call to make," said Dr Samantha Murton, president of The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday that Auckland would stay in lockdown for at least another week, while the nearby regions of Waikato and Northland could come out of lockdown on Thursday if no significant spread of the virus was found in those places.

https://www.9news.com.au/world/coronavirus-update-nz-covid-vaccine-deadline-for-new-zealands-doctors-and-teachers/f324fea8-0bee-4f4b-ba8b-455f36978d81

The United Nations Endorses “The Great Reset”: Has Global Capitalism Become a Time Bomb?

During the 76 session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2021, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres lunged into a dire warning saying:

“I am here to sound the alarm. The world must wake up. We are on the edge of an abyss—and moving in the wrong direction. Our world has never been more threatened or more divided. We face the greatest cascade of crises in our lifetimes… A surplus in some countries. Empty shelves in others. This is a moral indictment of the state of our world.”

While these words appear very truthful on the surface, sitting as we are upon a systemic meltdown of the world economy and potential collapse of population levels unseen since the days of the 14th century dark age, it is worth asking: What are the primary causes for the collapse into an abyss which Guterres is so concerned about?

Is it neocolonialism managed by a financier oligarchy which has kept the majority of the global south poor, indebted, starved, divided and at war?

Is he concerned about the drive for full spectrum first strike nuclear hegemony by Anglo-American unipolarists?

Or is it the immanent collapse of the $1.2 quadrillion financial bubble masquerading as the western economy?

It is in fact none of those things.

In Guterres’ mind, the existential crises which demands a total overhaul of all human collective behavior, thinking and traditions is shaped by the boiling of the earth caused by man-made global warming (which has less to do with anthropogenic CO2 than you might image) and a pandemic which has a 99.8% survival rate.

What sort of solution does Guterres envision?

The Great Reset Magic Wand

In June 2020, just months after the World Economic Forum signed a strategic partnership to merge its functions with the United Nations, Guterres laid out his vision stating:

“The Great Reset is a welcome recognition that this human tragedy must be a wake-up call. We must build more equal, inclusive and sustainable economies and societies that are more resilient in the face of pandemics, climate change and the many other global changes we face.”

This was merely a rehashing of the words of World Economic Forum President Klaus Schwab who just days earlier said:

“The world must act jointly and swiftly to revamp all aspects of our societies and economies, from education to social contracts and working conditions… Every country, from the United States to China, must participate, and every industry, from oil and gas to tech, must be transformed. In short, we need a ‘Great Reset’ of capitalism.”

https://www.globalresearch.ca/guterres-reset-how-capitalism-became-time-bomb/5758246

Callouts Due to Mandatory COVID Vaccinations Lead to Seattle Ferry Crew Shortages and Unprecedented Ferry Cuts

Now the crews running ferries in Seattle have started calling out, leading to major cancellations. The cause may be a protest to the state’s vaccine mandate coming due October 18.

The Seattle Times reported on Friday:

A chronic crew shortage at Washington State Ferries suddenly became a transportation debacle Friday, when the nation’s largest ferry system was forced to reduce service on seven of its 10 routes, while preparing for weeks of missed trips and frustrated passengers.

Approximately 140 sailings were canceled Friday, and several were late, in what the agency called “a rough service day due to lack of crew.”

Reductions this dire are unprecedented for WSF, which serves as many as 24 million passengers a year. Though summer tourism peaks have passed, travelers waited three hours for a ferry at the Edmonds dock Friday, and two hours in Mukilteo as of midday…

…Another factor may be Gov. Jay Inslee’s deadline of Oct. 18 for state workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, or risk losing their jobs. Rumors have circulated for weeks of sickouts, or a wave of people preparing to quit soon.

“We are aware of what is coming Oct. 18,” Fujioka said. “It’s obvious this is on the verge of becoming unsustainable — the crewing we already have.”

These callouts join the airline and air traffic controllers who have staged similar protests in recent days.

Freedom is not free.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/10/seattle-ferry-crew-shortages-lead-unprecedented-ferry-cuts-due-covid-vaccination-protests/

NSW is the only state yet to pass voluntary assisted dying bill - but the vote is set to be tight

New South Wales politicians will consider whether terminally ill people should be able to end their own life as a new bill on voluntary assisted dying is introduced to parliament this week.

NSW is the only state yet to legalise voluntary assisted dying after a bill in 2017 was voted down in the Upper House by one vote.

New Premier Dominic Perrottet has indicated he will support a conscience vote on the issue, as has the state's Labor leader Chris Minns.

Sydney MP Alex Greenwich, who will introduce the bill on Thursday with 30 co-sponsors - including 12 from Labor - said while there was strong support for the proposed legislation he expects the numbers to be tight.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/euthanasia-voluntary-assisted-dying-bill-nsw-what-you-need-to-know-voting-to-be-close/6c0b66a2-bc56-47c8-9af3-c2c4154cc6ec

Sources: VAXXED Delta Pilot DIES IN-FLIGHT, Emergency Landing Required

https://rumble.com/vnlwi9-sources-vaxxed-delta-pilot-dies-in-flight-emergency-landing-required.html

Biden Climate Pact Hobbles US Manufacturing And Agriculture But Gives China, India, Russia A Pass

Some of the world’s top emitters of methane haven’t signed a global effort to curb how much of the greenhouse gas is emitted by 2030.

Forcefully cutting methane emissions so drastically could significantly harm U.S. agriculture and manufacturing, according to industry groups.

“We appreciate the efforts to address methane emissions, but the unintended consequences of (a methane tax) could prove harmful to families across the country with little environmental benefit,” the American Gas Association wrote in a recent letter to top lawmakers.

Some of the world’s top emitters of methane haven’t signed a global effort to curb how much of the greenhouse gas is emitted by 2030.

The three countries – China, Russia and India – that produce the most methane emissions in the world haven’t signed onto the pact, which has been spearheaded by the U.S. and European Union ahead of a major United Nations climate conference. The nations that have signed the agreement represent nearly 30% of global methane emissions, the State Department said Monday.

The U.S. and EU unveiled the Global Methane Pledge on Sept. 18, which they said would be key in the global fight against climate change. The U.K., Italy, Mexico and Argentina were among the seven other countries that immediately signed the agreement last month.

“Methane reductions are the single most effective strategy to reduce global warming in the near term and keep a 1.5 C future within reach,” U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry tweeted after the September announcement. “Join the (pledge) and cut methane 30% by 2030.”

On Monday, Kerry and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced after a meeting that 24 additional nations had joined the pledge. However, China, Russia and India, which produce more than 33% of the world’s methane emissions, remained off the list of signatories.

Australia, Brazil and Iran also didn’t join the pledge despite also being among the world’s top ten methane emitters.

The nations signing onto the U.S.-EU pledge agreed to cut methane emissions 30% by 2030 compared to 2020 levels. Methane makes up 16% of all global greenhouse gas emissions and is produced by fossil fuels and livestock.

Meanwhile, forcefully cutting methane emissions so drastically could significantly harm U.S. agriculture and manufacturing, according to industry groups. The White House has yet to lay out the policies it would pursue to cut methane by 30%.

A methane tax, for example, would be devastating to U.S. agriculture, the American Farm Bureau said. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) has implored the Biden administration to propose measures, not mandates, that would be voluntary for businesses to implement.

https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/11/united-states-european-union-methane-emissions-climate-change-china-russia-india/

Revisionist History: Columbus Discovered America Because He Hated Muslims, LA Times Claims

Christopher Columbus was the “progenitor of a continental genocide,” claims Alan Mikhail in the Los Angeles Times Monday, and Mikhail is not part of some affirmative action plan at the Times to give a voice to those who propagate insanely ahistorical anti-American garbage. Mikhail is, in fact, the chair of the Department of History at Yale University, and if that isn’t evidence of the advanced state of rot in American academia today, nothing is. Columbus, in Mikhail’s febrile fantasies, was something even worse than a genocidal maniac: he was an “Islamophobe”: “A primary force behind Columbus’ Atlantic crossings was a fear and hatred of Islam.”

Columbus – or so the august academic Mikhail and the Los Angeles Times would have you believe – was motivated to sail the ocean blue in 1492 by the worst impulse possible, as far as the contemporary Left is concerned: “At heart, Columbus was a Crusader. Throughout his life, in his encounters with and then battles against Muslims, he felt the burden of holy war deep in his soul.” For shame, infidel! All these years you have lived in America without realizing that its very foundations are built on “Islamophobia.”

Nor does the villainy stop with the discovery of the new continent: “An anti-Islamic worldview was the mold that cast the European understanding of race and ethnicity in the Americas, as well as the concept of warfare in the Western Hemisphere.”

While portraying the discovery of America as an exercise in gratuitous racial hatred, Mikhail doesn’t bother to mention what really led up to Columbus making his voyage. He did so because the land route to Asia had been closed to Europeans since the fall of Constantinople in 1453. The fall of the city was the occasion for an unforgettable demonstration of jihadi bloodlust. As The History of Jihad shows, the warriors of jihad entered the great city on May 29, 1453, and made the streets run with rivers of blood. Muslims raided monasteries and convents, emptying them of their inhabitants, and plundered private houses.

Mikhail says nothing about that. Nor does he inform his hapless Los Angeles Times readers that in this course of this plunder, pillage, and wanton murder, the jihadis entered Hagia Sophia, which for nearly a thousand years had been the grandest church in Christendom. The venerable old building was filled with Orthodox Christians: the faithful had gathered within its hallowed walls to pray during the city’s last agony. The Muslims halted the celebration of Orthros (morning prayer), while the priests, according to legend, took the sacred vessels and disappeared into the cathedral’s eastern wall, through which they shall return to complete the divine service one day. Right in the church, the jihad warriors then killed the elderly and weak and led the rest off into slavery.

The Byzantine scholar Bessarion wrote to the Doge of Venice in July 1453, saying that Constantinople had been “sacked by the most inhuman barbarians and the most savage enemies of the Christian faith, by the fiercest of wild beasts. The public treasure has been consumed, private wealth has been destroyed, the temples have been stripped of gold, silver, jewels, the relics of the saints, and other most precious ornaments. Men have been butchered like cattle, women abducted, virgins ravished, and children snatched from the arms of their parents.”

https://pjmedia.com/culture/robert-spencer/2021/10/11/revisionist-history-columbus-discovered-america-because-he-hated-muslims-la-times-claims-n1523068

Georgia asks DOJ to investigate largest county over alleged destruction of election documents

Fulton County's elections chief fired two workers who were seen shredding the voter applications on Friday and then disclosed the problem to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office earlier Monday, state officials said.

Georgia's top election official on Monday demanded that the U.S. Justice Department open an investigation into election management in the state's largest county after officials in Fulton County disclosed they had shredded at least 300 voter applications for its upcoming municipal elections in apparent violation of the law.

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office told Just the News that his office had also opened an inquiry into the disclosure by Fulton County officials but believed it was time for federal prosecutors to review chronic election irregularities inside the state's largest county, which includes the city of Atlanta.

"After 20 years of documented failure in Fulton County elections, Georgians are tired of waiting to see what the next embarrassing revelation will be," Raffensperger said in a statement. "The Department of Justice needs to take a long look at what Fulton County is doing and how their leadership disenfranchises Fulton voters through incompetence and malfeasance."

He added, "The voters of Georgia are sick of Fulton County's failures."

State officials told Just the News that Fulton County's elections chief fired two workers who were seen shredding the voter applications on Friday and then disclosed the problem to Raffensperger's office earlier Monday.

Georgia law requires election officials to preserve all documents related to primary or general elections for 24 months after the election. The shredded documents are believed to be voter applications to vote in this fall's local elections in Fulton County, officials said.

In addition, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland recently warned all voting jurisdictions nationwide, including those conducting audits into the November 2020 vote, that destruction of election evidence related to federal officeholder elections could also violate federal laws.

"The Civil Rights Act of 1960, now codified at 52 U.S.C. §§ 20701-20706, governs certain '[f]ederal election records,'" Garland wrote this summer. "Section 301 of the Act requires state and local election officials to 'retain and preserve' all records relating to any 'act requisite to voting' for twenty-two months after the conduct of 'any general, special, or primary election' at which citizens vote for 'President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the Senate, [or] Member of the House of Representatives,' 52 U.S.C. §20701. The materials covered by Section 301 extend beyond 'papers' to include other 'records.'"

State officials told Just the News the review will include whether similar destruction of records occurred in earlier elections, including those for federal office.

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/georgia-asks-doj-investigate-largest-county-over-alleged-destruction

Trump DOD Chief: Durham Outlining "Mob Style Conspiracy"

https://rumble.com/vnlx0j-trump-dod-chief-durham-outlining-mob-style-conspiracy.html