Category Archives: corona virus

CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC – 26.

Posted on September 30, 2020 by stutteringsteps

Viable Jobs. The Conservative UK government, in what it thinks is a sober reflection of economic reality, decided (w/e 25th September 2020) to only continue subsidising (via a Job Support Scheme) what they consider are viable jobs. That is to … Continue reading →

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CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC – 25

Posted on September 22, 2020 by stutteringsteps

In ‘CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC 24’ in July on this blog, it was suggested that ending the Covid-19 lock-down in most countries in that month was far too soon. As predicted, the virus was allowed to continue circulating by populations, some … Continue reading →

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CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC – 20

Posted on June 1, 2020 by stutteringsteps

The killing of yet another Afro-American citizen of the USA, George Floyd, on May 25th, has once again revealed that alongside the Covid-19 biological virus pandemic, there run much older intellectual viruses of prejudice. Intellectual as well as biological viruses … Continue reading →

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CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC – 9.

Posted on April 13, 2020 by stutteringsteps

The hypocrisy of the economic and political elites and their middle – class supporters in the media is clearly visible if one gives attention to the statements they utter. Take for example the politically orchestrated and media amplified salute to … Continue reading →

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CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC – 8.

Posted on April 8, 2020 by stutteringsteps

Nightingale Hospitals – rhetoric and reality! Should we really congratulate the elite in the UK and elsewhere for renting empty warehouses or surplus concert venues and claiming these are new hospitals? These ‘beds in rented places’ are not to be … Continue reading →

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CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC – 7.

Posted on April 2, 2020 by stutteringsteps

For the want of…..? With each update of news since the Pandemic commenced, I have been reminded of a childhood story told to me about how a king lost a war against an invader. The story went something along the … Continue reading →

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CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC – 6.

Posted on March 29, 2020 by stutteringsteps

A world upside down. The primary target for all the financial measures taken by pandemic-struck governments has been to provide aid to industry, commerce and banking. Such ‘largesse’ is not actually to save the ‘people’ but the existing economic ‘system’. … Continue reading →

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CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC – 5

Posted on March 26, 2020 by stutteringsteps

After initially downplaying the combined contagion capability of Covid-19 and its conduit along the global supply chain, many governments, have started to rehearse a self-serving narrative. It is a narrative which will dominate contemporary and future discussions and evaluations of … Continue reading →

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