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[Birdie]

The first Eurasia Economic Forum, held last week in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, should be regarded as a milestone in setting the parameters for the geoeconomic integration of the Eurasian heartland.

Sergei Glazyev, Russia’s Minister in Charge of Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasia Economic Union (EAEU), is coordinating the drive to design an alternative monetary-financial system – a de facto post-Bretton Woods III – in cooperation with China.
- Pepe Escobar, May 31, 2022

The Sanctioned Ones: How Iran-Russia are setting new rules

While China, keen to ward off US sanctions as long as possible, is lagging, its RIC partners Iran and Russia are doing the legwork to break the west's

thecradle.co

 

[Jam]

URGENT: Death rates are soaring again in highly vaccinated European countries

All-cause mortality is spiking - right on schedule, three-plus months after booster mRNA shots - and mostly in the elderly, the most highly boosted group. It's getting hard to see this as coincidence.

alexberenson.substack.com

 

[Zsazsa]

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[David PS]

Ghost Shot: Pfizer quietly admits it will never manufacture original FDA approved COVID vaccines

Company claims it is manufacturing Comirnaty product with new formula.

dossier.substack.com

 

[David PS]

Worried about coronavirus while having sex? Wear a mask, says a new study | CNN

To better prevent infection during sex between partners who haven’t been isolating together, people should wear masks and avoid kissing, the authors write.

www.cnn.com

 

[David PS]

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[Peatness]

Worried about coronavirus while having sex? Wear a mask, says a new study | CNN

To better prevent infection during sex between partners who haven’t been isolating together, people should wear masks and avoid kissing, the authors write.

www.cnn.com

Clearly Scottie Andrew doesn't understand the facts of life

 

[David PS]

Canada’s Big Five banks move away from mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy

The frenzy around compulsory vaccines on Bay Streets appears to be subsiding alongside the decline of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths. Big Five banks have dropped their mandates nine months after introducing them

www.theglobeandmail.com

 

[David PS]

You can’t sue Pfizer or Moderna if you have severe Covid vaccine side effects. The government likely won't compensate you for damages either

Companies like Pfizer and Moderna have total immunity from legal liability under the PREP Act if something unintentionally goes wrong with their Covid vaccines.

www.cnbc.com

 

[David PS]

Paxlovid is available in Alberta, the process to get it is 'complicated': doctor

People who become infected with COVID-19 and meet specific criteria are eligible for a new treatment in Alberta.

edmonton.ctvnews.ca

 

[David PS]

Report finds Aussies’ love for their pets skyrockets

Australia’s pet population is not the only thing to have boomed during the pandemic; our love for our pets has skyrocketed with four out of 10 owners preferring that their […]

www.vetpracticemag.com.au

Australian pet owners may soon need a licence just to own a cat or dog

A taskforce has made 17 recommendations to the Victorian government it hopes will end the impulse buying of pets and wants to see people need a licence before they can own a cat or dog.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Australian state mandates dog desexing

Law change comes even as awareness spreads of health risks

news.vin.com

 

[Jam]

Is This The Stupidest Thing The UN Has Ever Done? | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

www.zerohedge.com

 

[Birdie]

"...the shuttering of the Abbott plant contributed to a nationwide shortage."

Abbott resumes operations at Michigan plant amid baby formula shortage

Abbott Nutrition's baby formula plant in Sturgis, Michigan, became operational Saturday after nearly four months of a mandated closure.

www.washingtonexaminer.com

I've read that the FDA would not respond to emails asking for info regarding their requirements for re-opening. And that Abbott has been ready to re-open for some time. There were 4 complaints from people about the formula which caused the FDA to spring into action and close them down for public safety.

 

[Zsazsa]

Science | AAAS

www.science.org

Upheaval in Norwegian science funding threatens grants
Firing of funding agency board alarms research sector
1 JUN 2022

Norwegian researchers are facing dramatic budget cuts after the government abruptly took control of its research funding agency board and said it must curtail its spending. On 12 May, the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research announced it had fired the entire board of the Norwegian Research Council and replaced it with a temporary one to deal with what the government describes as “a serious financial situation.”

 

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[Jam]

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[Jam]

The Foegen effect: A mechanism by which facemasks... : Medicine

med to determine whether mandatory mask use influenced the case fatality rate in Kansas, USA between August 1st and October 15th 2020. This study applied secondary data on case updates, mask mandates, and demographic status related to Kansas State, USA. A parallelization analysis based on...

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