https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2021/08/04/covid-cases-among-children-jumped-84-last-week-here-are-the-states-where-hospitalizations-are-increasing/?sh=14822daa3be9
The number of children contracting Covid-19 has increased fivefold since the end of June, with a “substantial” 84% jump in the last week alone, according to a new report <https://services.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/children-and-covid-19-state-level-data-report/> from the American Academy of Pediatrics, which comes as numerous states report upticks in child hospitalizations amid the ongoing delta surge. On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 4:48 AM Max <mperrau...@cox.net> wrote: > Tony > > I follow and agree with what you say here. But why not just delete the > posters that you personally dont want to read? I see the names, its > easy. How nice it would be if in church we could hit the delete button! > I could delete 'self' and attain enlightenment! My point was that a whole > group shouldn't run away from one poster they dont like. It would happen > again and again....then where do you draw the line? Intolerant cancel > culture is like a dark wave sweeping the world. > > thanks > > Max > > > On 8/4/2021 1:19 AM, Tony Moody wrote: > > > On 2021/08/03 21:07, Max wrote: > > So what if Cyndiann called me a troll and stupid for not getting the > vaccine? Ive got a huge body of evidence to the contrary. Evidence which > is compelling and powerful information to others interested in the pandemic > and etiology and treatment of other corona virus induced disease. Info > bombs are dropped daily by experts like Peter McCullough and Robert > Malone. The vaccination coup is on the verge of coming undone. We will > witness the resulting political turmoil > > How does it change your mental outlook if you knew (thought experiment) > that Cyndiann was 8 years old? Would an 8 year old cause the whole group > to abandon ship? Ask what is the real value of increased moderation and > restriction? > > thanks > > Max > > Hallo Max, > > Yes, in answer to your question. Something would happen to the 8-year-old, > and to its parents, to get it to change its unacceptable, challenging > behaviour, > > If we were in church or the supermarket, a classroom or at home in the > dining-room for instance and the disagreeable 8-year created havoc, there > would be an overwhelming consensus call for some sort of control of the > situation. If the parents could not control the child then sanctions by the > group would be applied. The parents and their child would not be welcome, > not allowed in there until "it learns some manners", would be banished > until things improved. Parental and peer pressure would be applied. If the > parents could not teach the child, could not reach the child, could not get > through to the child, then we would perhaps be advising and looking at > something drastic which needed to be done. Some sort of > institutionalisation, or sedation or medication. Some form of appropriate > sanctioning or corrective behaviour. > > If there is no corrective intervention those systems will collapse; for > instance the church congregation will disappear because no one can put up > with a brat continuously and people would rather not go to church. etc etc. > *Or* the congregation learns to cope with a screaming, farting kid. The > congregation is encouraged to put up with it and to listen to the sermon > and sing the hymns and psalms, despite. > > The *real value of the **moderation and restriction* is that that * > precious space* can then continue to be used as it should, as a holy > space or a quiet, or an educational, or a sociable, or a creative, > productive place. *On the other hand*; playgrounds, backyards, open > fields, the beach are suitable, appropriate, approved places for letting > go, running around and making a noise, like seagulls in a feeding frenzy. > > OK, Tony > > >
