I so admire the tenacity of Senators like Ralph Babet, Gerard Rennick and Malcolm Roberts (among others) in the face of appalling indifference from so many of their peers. Thank you for covering this Rebekah. I'm keen to hear your take on the recent QLD Supreme Court ruling regarding covid vaccine mandates for police and ambulance officers, too?
Finally... That voting map seems to act as a surrogate for level of compassion, or dodginess eh; Labor and Greens still voting against, and Jacqui Lambie finally coming around (expected better of her previously).
Hopefully this becomes something that increases transparency - and maybe even a skerrick of accountability...
Indeed, Rebekah. It’s complex and multi-factorial, I agree, which is precisely why the question demands a disciplined and independent inquiry. Whether we will ever get one is of course questionable. Two major issues, both in NYC and WA are the veracity of the PCR testing used to determine the presence of Covid-19 (which many have questioned, especially as CT values are almost never published) and the attribution of deaths to Covid (‘from Covid’ or ‘with Covid’?) Recent dodgy-looking processes to redefine ‘excess deaths’ by the ONS and others are another issue. Frankly, it is difficult to be optimistic that, even if it is decided to conduct a Senate inquiry, it will be constructed well enough to get to the bottom of all the factors. My hunch is that the stakes are too high and there are too many vested interests to allow that to happen, especially now that we’ve changed federal governments with no discernible change of ‘pandemic’ direction. Unfortunately.
I don’t understand why there are such large differences between states, shown in the ABS-derived map. If the excess deaths are a consequence of vaccination - as many suspect, but this requires a proper independent inquiry to determine - why should there be such large state differences, when all states were hooked on to the same national narrative for vaccination (In a nutshell, vaccinate almost everybody as often as possible)? Something else is needed to explain this phenomenon.
(Cross-posted on another Substack) Readers interested in excess deaths will find the studies of the excess deaths in New York in 2020 of interest. These are of course not attributable to adverse vaccine reactions, but are important because they were a major instrument of panic and over reaction in many countries, including Australia. https://pandata.org/does-new-york-city-2020-make-any-sense/
I so admire the tenacity of Senators like Ralph Babet, Gerard Rennick and Malcolm Roberts (among others) in the face of appalling indifference from so many of their peers. Thank you for covering this Rebekah. I'm keen to hear your take on the recent QLD Supreme Court ruling regarding covid vaccine mandates for police and ambulance officers, too?
Now, am I too pessimistic about our political processes to follow up with the question: "How badly will this be whitewashed?"
Finally... That voting map seems to act as a surrogate for level of compassion, or dodginess eh; Labor and Greens still voting against, and Jacqui Lambie finally coming around (expected better of her previously).
Hopefully this becomes something that increases transparency - and maybe even a skerrick of accountability...
Jacqui Lambie voted yes....interesting
I remember a short speech / response during the covid lockdowns - it was awful.
"Yesterday, enough Senators had a change of heart on the subject to pass Senator Babet’s motion, 31:30."
Most likely enough Senators have been personally affected by these Jabs to want to do something.
Curious still, no mention of "Covid Misinformation" eh?
Indeed, Rebekah. It’s complex and multi-factorial, I agree, which is precisely why the question demands a disciplined and independent inquiry. Whether we will ever get one is of course questionable. Two major issues, both in NYC and WA are the veracity of the PCR testing used to determine the presence of Covid-19 (which many have questioned, especially as CT values are almost never published) and the attribution of deaths to Covid (‘from Covid’ or ‘with Covid’?) Recent dodgy-looking processes to redefine ‘excess deaths’ by the ONS and others are another issue. Frankly, it is difficult to be optimistic that, even if it is decided to conduct a Senate inquiry, it will be constructed well enough to get to the bottom of all the factors. My hunch is that the stakes are too high and there are too many vested interests to allow that to happen, especially now that we’ve changed federal governments with no discernible change of ‘pandemic’ direction. Unfortunately.
Some more good news, eh? :)
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I don’t understand why there are such large differences between states, shown in the ABS-derived map. If the excess deaths are a consequence of vaccination - as many suspect, but this requires a proper independent inquiry to determine - why should there be such large state differences, when all states were hooked on to the same national narrative for vaccination (In a nutshell, vaccinate almost everybody as often as possible)? Something else is needed to explain this phenomenon.
Interesting reactions to the Qld ruling, reported by the ABC: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-28/covid19-vaccine-frontline-worker-mandate-supreme-court-ruling/103517798
(Cross-posted on another Substack) Readers interested in excess deaths will find the studies of the excess deaths in New York in 2020 of interest. These are of course not attributable to adverse vaccine reactions, but are important because they were a major instrument of panic and over reaction in many countries, including Australia. https://pandata.org/does-new-york-city-2020-make-any-sense/