"Deakin University epidemiology chair Catherine Bennett said she could not fathom why people would use such an app. She said data was only accessed by authorities in the event of an outbreak."
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Australia already has given track and trace data to police.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3897733&s=09
"Neutralizing antibody levels after vaccination and at diagnosis of the cases were lower than those in the matched uninfected controls. There was no correlation between vaccine-induced neutralizing antibody levels and viral loads or the development of symptoms."
Paper on the failure of vaccines to prevent transmission among healthcare workers in Vietnam.
Vietnam was doing well until their vaccination program started. Possible it even made things worse w/ delta.
COVID-19 in Iceland: Vaccination Has Not Led to Herd Immunity, Says Chief Epidemiologist
https://www.icelandreview.com/society/covid-19-in-iceland-vaccination-has-not-led-to-herd-immunity-says-chief-epidemiologist/
AKA compliance has not lead to freedom.
tl;dr: If you're an Australian citizen who lives outside Australia, and visit Australia, the authorities might not let you leave the country again.
Most Useless Citizenship Ever
"The largest decrease in hesitancy between January and May by education group was in those with a high school education or less. Hesitancy held constant in the most educated group (those with a Ph.D.); by May Ph.D.โs were the most hesitant group."
https://www.upmc.com/media/news/072621-king-mejia-vaccine-hesitancy?s=09
"There's a long history in this country of people needing to show their papers," Janey said during an interview "During slavery, post-slavery, as recent as you know what immigrant population has to go through here. We heard Trump with the birth certificate nonsense. Here we want to make sure that we are not doing anything that would further create a barrier for residents of Boston or disproportionally impact [Black, Indigenous or people of color] communities."
Toronto man does all the right things when crossing the Canada/U.S. border โ but still gets stung with a $6,200 fine! - Rebel News
https://www.rebelnews.com/toronto_man_ari_kleiman_crossed_canada_u_s_border_6200_dollar_fine
tl;dr: he was in the US for less than four hours to get a medically necessary MRI. But even though he got a COVID-19 test in Canada, they wanted him to do a second one in those four hours to come back. Even though he's double vaxxed.
That makes _zero_ sense scientifically.
Australians Getting Ready To Overthrow Tyrannical GovernmentโWait, Nevermind, Seems They Gave Up All Their Guns | The Babylon Bee
https://babylonbee.com/news/australians-getting-ready-to-overthrow-tyrannical-government-oh-wait-they-gave-up-all-their-guns
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No issues getting into Mallorca. They didn't even check that I'd actually done a covid test (Spain itself doesn't care).
When the Indian govt created unique health IDs, it said they were optional.
However, individuals are now being issued health IDs without their consent or the option to opt out.
Read more from @cis_india ๐
https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/health-id-voluntary-or-mandatory
Amsterdam Schiphol airport seems relatively lax re: covid. Decent number of people not wearing masks without a clear excuse and they don't seem to get hassled.
Of course, the customs officals weren't wearing any, including one standing out in the open in front of the automated passport lines; authorities get to do what they want.
Hopefully Spain is the same...