An urgent investigation is needed into why excess deaths are near pandemic levels, because the lack of an explanation is fuelling “wild and dangerous theories”, experts warn. [More]
You know, like the truth.
When I went to my doctor’s follow-up yesterday, none of the office staff or waiting room patients were wearing masks– as everybody was when I first went in for a checkup over a year ago. There never has been an explanation about what’s changed, including the focus of media headlines on everything else but…
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Before the birth of our first, we took a required prepared parenthood class at the hospital. We were introduced to “Lamaze Breathing”. We practiced a lot and got quite good at it. When we were checking out of the hospital with our new baby, we told the class instructor that the breathing seemed not to do anything. she said “We know, but it did give you something to do that made you feel like you were doing something to contribute to the process.”
Q: So what do the following have in common?
1. Lamaze breathing
2. Re-useable grocery bags
3. N95 masks
A: They’re all a distraction that gives folks the feeling that they’re somehow contributing.