This fearsome creature has ‘jaws that bite, the claws that catch’ and is so terrifying, it is easily slain by the hero, a small child – O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!’
This Jabberwock was illustrated by John Tenniel, 1871 and ‘tweaked’ by the Tree Faerie in 2021.
As of this week, NSW reached the double vaccination target of 80 per cent!
Queensland announced Monday that when it reaches the same, it will open its borders, perhaps around mid-December.
According to www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/stay-safe/data-and-statistics, 80 to 90 per cent of the Byron Shire population has had its first jab. The second jab stats for the Shire vary between 50 to 60, and 60 to 70 per cent, depending on town or village.
It’s a pretty remarkable result, considering the vocal resistance of those unwilling to be vaccinated.
Meanwhile, Ballina Shire has a fully vaccinated population of 70 to 80 per cent. And while most of the state is tracking with similar stats, there are pockets of smaller populations in the outback yet to reach above 50 to 60 per cent first jab.
Now that the population is up to near where the health advice suggests for opening up cautiously (that includes masks etc), will the deep division between those vaccinated, and those unwilling, now calm down? Who is happy from all this?
Many businesses required to check customers’ vax status are understandably unhappy. They are being asked to interpret poorly written laws by the NSW government around ‘reasonable steps’ when allowing customers into their premises.
Those who were mandated to be vaccinated, against their will, are also understandably unhappy. Getting jabbed to pay a mortgage or earn a living is by definition coercion.
Those who have chosen not to be vaccinated are truly living in a special bubble. There’s perhaps no immediate threat of financial ruin to them, and social ostracism is the only price to pay. It’s just waiting till December 1, when everything normalises, right?
Those who are certainly happy with all of this are bureaucrats and political tyrants. The amount of endless management around procedures, plans and protocols, while coercing the population into endless booster shots, is now writ large.
What is perhaps the most remarkable aspect to the last two years is the uniform compliance by the left thinking class.
Any questioning around the government’s COVID-19 response has been left to the worst of political opportunists, such as Clive Palmer and Pauline Hanson.
Sure, many of the myths are easily refutable around vaccination.
And it’s important to note that these vaccines have likely saved untold lives across the planet.
What’s harder to ascertain is what part comorbidity plays with severe COVID-19 cases. Advanced age certainly appears to be a factor. There is also a lack of reporting on vaccine injuries and deaths by the mainstream media. The Echo is aware of local cases, and will be investigating these in coming weeks.
Unaccountable global tech giants banning and removing opinions that don’t fit the pro-vaccination narrative fuels distrust.
Distrust in the pro-vax narrative is also advanced by governments and medical institutions who are on the payroll of big pharma.
If they all acknowledged that improving your personal health can be a major defence against all illnesses, that would be a great start for improving trust.
Hans Lovejoy, editor
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