Came across this...
Just to have a bit of healthy perspective in life...
famine and poverty are PREVENTABLE .. . if global society chooses to “ value and prioritise life “ and equality , instead of conflict and power .
Society? You do know that in essence it's a mere handful of people that wield power in the world, right? Not society.
People that suffer from famine and serious poverty live in 3rd world countries. If their suffering is preventable -according to you- I wonder how you think that could be prevented?
Oh, and do you know that all disease is also preventable?
Guess why disease still exists...
Not talking about breaking a leg of course. Disease, cancer, MS, stroke, diabetes, etc. etc.
But that's drawing on the science that is looking for why and how things work, not the other branch of science that's connected with the ones in power.
(Tom made that distinction beautifully somewhere the other day)
Science is still struggling to eradicate /control covid and lessen the harm it is capable of unleashing .... vaccination , social prevention strategies to reduce transmission are for now our best hope .
So that's back to the science connected to the mere handful in power in the world. The science that pretends to know it all? The science connected to making billions each year at the expense of... all of mankind each year?
And what is that 'best hope' you speak of?
A totalitarian worldwide regime, very similar to what North-Korea has rolled out already? Controlling what everyone does, forcing everyone with false premises to take something into their bodies and excluding the ones that do not wish to have that. The ones who want to keep their sovereignty?
I'm not hoping for that, but that is what the branch of science that you seem to glamourise time and again is aiming for.
That's not hope. That's total control. And destruction.
That branch of science can never bring the answer to getting rid of a disease. First of all because the ones that pay them don't want that. Second because they're fishing in the wrong pond.
Thank goodness we have our own immune system that has proven very effective and why we have almost 100% recovery from this disease.
So there is no need to fuss really. It'd be better if they started fishing in the right pond. But for that to happen we'd need the ones in power to PO. Then we can successfully overcome any disease, and also poverty & famine. Happy world!
But not so long as large groups of population remain blind to all this.
perspective is wonderful crystal .. if it leads to positive action to help reduce famine :-) A little off topic but the following is from Oxfam regarding the cause of famine and poverty ...
South Sudan has been dealing with a power crisis since 2013 and a civil war over 4 years
Yemen .. six years of war /
Brutal and devastating conflict
Syria .. largest refugee crisis in the world with over 6 million displaced and living in extreme poverty . Started in 2011 .
2017 Over a million Bangladesh refugees .. 60% children under 18 .
Over 33 million in Central and east Africa .. as a result of conflict , drought/ climate extremes and recent locust swarms causing widespread food shortages .
As for Your other comment .. “no need to fuss “. Tell that to the 5.3 million who have died so from
Covid .
Yes we do have an effective (though variable) immune system but it can easily be overwhelmed . We will always be susceptible to pathogens , disease and death .
I wonder crystal .. if covid recombined with Ebola would you still think it was nothing to fuss about .
There are already scientific concerns about the potential for omicron to further recombine . Transmissibility makes it easier for that to happen .
everything you just posted about the cause of famin and poverty just proved crystals point. those in power wage wars or brutal acts to remain in power or get even more.
the world acted against terrorism in the middle east, made strides to make lives better. as soon as the troops were pulled out. alkida moved right back in, and thanks to those who tried to make things better, they have even more advanced weaponry to keep their hold on what they retook.
to the science:
they have been talking about the possible restructuring through combination of the multiple muation of covid strains( AKA covid 22) for about a year now, it is important to realize this also happens with the flu virus on an annual basis, the more the body is exposed to it, the better it adapts.
the odds of it naturally combining with a virus like ebola are astronomical. because, they have totally different genetic structures, they would have to be genetically modified to become compatible.
the 5.5 million is including those who may have died any way, even if they did not get covid.
but were also counted. because, the covid virus was found in their blood. but that is scarier than the actual number of deaths directly caused by covid.
thats why the covid death count it so low in countries that only report the deaths where covid was the only factor or the dominant contributor as the cause of death. and so high in countries that include it as a possible contributing factor.
but I have mentioned that before.
and since you still repeat it as gospel.
I just thought I'll repeat that the numbers you state are inflated. and not proven.
just as the speculation about OMI is spinning well out of what has been proven so far about it, just because it is spreading so rapidly. ground zero reports, where it has been around the longest still say that it is more of a nescience, despite being more transmissible and vaccine resistant compared to delta. while the world keeps trying to push how dangerous it is.
it is about fear, panic, and control.
people adapted to delta, and strted to relax about it, so they need to hype OMI to regain the grip they were starting to loose.
on another front, bidens vaccine mandate was struck down as illegal. and companies with over 100 workers are free to now ignore it. Boeing was the first to no longer require it. it will soon spread.