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  Thank you to Maxwell for recommending this article... COVID – why terminology really, really matters  Dr Malcolm Kendrick  COVID – why terminology really, really matters [And the consequences of getting it horribly wrong] When is a case not a case? Since the start of the COVID pandemic I have watched almost everyone get mission critical things wrong. In some ways this is not surprising. Medical terminology is horribly imprecise, and often poorly understood. In calmer times such things are only of interest to research geeks like me. Were they talking about CVD, or CHD? However, right now, it really, really, matters. Specifically, with regards to the term COVID ‘cases.’ Every day we are informed of a worrying rise in COVID cases in country after country, region after region, city after city. Portugal, France, Leicester, Bolton. Panic, lockdown, quarantine. In France the number of reported cases is now as high as it was at the peak of the epidemic. Over 5,000, on the first of September.

 Here is an accompanying interview to complement the article (Headline)  “Bipartisan” Washington Insiders Reveal Their Plan for Chaos if Trump Wins the Election (Lede) "A group of “bipartisan” neoconservative Republicans and establishment Democrats have been “simulating” multiple catastrophic scenarios for the 2020 election, including a simulation where a clear victory by the incumbent provokes “unprecedented” measures, which the Biden campaign could take to foil a new Trump inauguration" --   which was previously posted today here on The Digger/new levellers. Source:  TheLastAmericanVagabond.com . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Digger’s Purpose and Standards This site does not have a particular political position. We welcome articles from various points of view, and civil debate when differences arise. Contributions of articles from posters are always welcome. Unless a contribution is really beyond the pale, we do not edit what goes up as topics for discussion. If you would

  Back to School…D’ya Think? James Howard Kunstler  After the spring from hell, and two months of summer staycation, families across the land anxiously await the very dubious reopening of the school year. The Covid-19 virus has revealed structural cracks in the mighty fortress of public education. Some districts remain closed, or only tentatively and partially open. It’s easy to see where this is going. I got a letter this week from a high school physics teacher in New England — who wants to remain anonymous. He writes: “…Covid has initiated the death of public ed in America…. The state cannot decide whether we should start full remote or whether we should try some weird hybrid schedule. Nobody can make a decision. The union is pissed. They know most of the classrooms are poorly ventilated and too small and they see nothing but a ‘cruise ship’ scenario unfolding. Remote is terrible, but it is better than nothing….” Before we go further, remember the first principle of the long emergenc

  “Bipartisan” Washington Insiders Reveal Their Plan for Chaos if Trump Wins the Election A group of “bipartisan” neoconservative Republicans and establishment Democrats have been  “simulating” multiple catastrophic scenarios for the 2020 election, including a simulation where a clear victory by the incumbent provokes “unprecedented” measures, which the Biden campaign could take to foil a new Trump inauguration. BY WHITNEY WEBB SEPTEMBER 3, 2020   438 Shares 434 4 A group of Democratic Party insiders and former Obama and Clinton era officials as well as a cadre of “Never Trump” neoconservative Republicans have spent the past few months conducting simulations and “war games” regarding different 2020 election “doomsday” scenarios.  Per several media reports on the group, called the Transition Integrity Project (TIP), they justify these exercises as specifically preparing for a scenario where President Trump loses the 2020 election and refuses to leave office, potentially resulting in a c