Tag: Covid
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The Covid State
History remembers pandemics as periods of great human suffering. The Black Death. The Spanish flu. Smallpox. The Covid era will be remembered not merely for the severity of the disease, but the rise of the global Covid state. Big Government wants supreme power over the lives of the people. Big Pharma seeks a captive market.…
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Adapting to Omicron
Omicron is the word on everyone’s minds now. The word ‘Covid’ conjures up memories of lockdowns, mandates, restrictions, a full-court press of fear and flip-flops in the news. With the Omicron variant, it’s so tempting to fall back into the old patterns of thinking. As for me, I’m quietly optimistic. The data is extremely limited…
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On Truth and POFMA
The Minister of Health has determined that a statement I made in this post, dated 20 October, is false. The Prevention of Online Falsehood and Manipulation Act Office has required me to post corrections on that post and on social media. Having seen the government’s official position, I acknowledge that I have shared what the…
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The Cost of Compliance
Compliance is easy. The state says you must get vaccinated. The media says you must get vaccinated. The celebrities, the scientists, the influencers, every public personality say you must get vaccinated. The government says you must get vaccinated or you’ll be banished from public life, and you must incur significant financial costs just to exist.…
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A Parallel Economy for the Pandemic
Among the many Covid restrictions Singapore has passed to date, the unofficial vaccine mandate is the most insidious. In a single stroke, tens of thousands of workers are forced to choose between the jab and the job—as well as students who are about to enter the workforce. The Ministry of Manpower claims that termination for…
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The Damning Silence
In 2011, I cheered when the Workers’ Party won Aljunied Group Representative Constituency. In 2020, I voted against the Workers’ Party. IN 2021, my choice to vote against the WP was vindicated. Singapore has implemented a series of vaccine discrimination measures over the past three weeks. Unvaccinated people are banned from entering malls, save for…