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What sort of dystopia is this? > Northern Territory police say they don't believe three teenagers who allegedly absconded from Darwin's Howard Springs COVID-19
by miles 5y ago
What sort of dystopia is this?
> Northern Territory police say they don't believe three teenagers who allegedly absconded from Darwin's Howard Springs COVID-19 quarantine facility this morning came into contact with members of the community.
> At a COVID update press conference, NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner confirmed the teenagers, aged 15, 16 and 17, tested negative for the virus yesterday.
> He said all three were from the Binjari community near Katherine and had been sent into quarantine as close contacts of positive cases.
1. Quarantine camps?!
2. The teenagers tested negative as recently as yesterday.
3. The risk posed by COVID-19 to children aged 5-17 is infinitesimal:
Why COVID-19 Vaccines Should Not Be Required for All Americans https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/why-covid-19-vaccines-should-not-be-required-for-all-americans https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/why-covid-19-vacci...
> Dr. Marty Makary, a professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and editor in chief of MedPage Today, argues that mandating vaccines for "every living, walking American" is, as of now, not well-supported by science. ... The risk of hospitalization from COVID-19 in kids ages 5 to 17 is 0.3 per million for the week ending July 24, 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We also know that the risk of hospitalization after the second vaccine dose due to myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle, is about 50 per million in that same age group.
- necovek 5y agoThe risk they are concerned with is to others, but otherwise, exactly my thoughts. This reads like 1984 and I can't shake the feeling this is some type of The Onion site.
- angelzen 5y agoI see. If authorities claim that they are vaguely concerned about a risk you might pose to others, then they can arrest and confine you with no due process for an indeterminate time period.
- tsol 5y agoWhat's actually dystopian is this; >Indigenous people infected with Covid Delta strain at twice the rate of other Australians[1] Unfortunately that isn't as interesting to people as bad optics [1] https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/oct/14/indigenous-people-infected-with-covid-delta-strain-at-twice-the-rate-of-other-australians https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/oct/14/indig...