WHY NUDGING IS NOT ENOUGH TO MODIFY THE PUBLIC'S BEHAVIOUR TO WHAT THE EXPERTS BELIEVE IS DESIRABLE?
This paper lays out 4 forms of exchange to entice the population to change their behaviour in the 'right' direction.
An exchange is a value offering to the target audience in return for doing or not doing certain behaviour.

Examples of exchange: Take the covid vaccine and you get your freedom to move back

researchgate.net/publication/23…
Let's see how this was applied during covid ...
1/ THE HUG: get a tangible reward or social approval
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GOVERNMENT DECEPTION IN PUBLIC HEALTH ILLUSTRATED THROUGH THE SOUTH AFRICAN EXAMPLE.
The authorities “manipulated public discourse on the grounds of controlling “disinformation””
"Social media companies were deployed to censor scientific dissent"
"The authorities promoted a novel intervention (the vaccine) as safe and effective which later proved to be ineffective and unsafe"
“health communication should avoid misleading, cajoling or coercing people.”
@bell00david @PiersRobinson1 @travisnoakes
1/ The Covid 19 mishaps are not for the first time. It happened before.
"In 1976, the US government invested $135M into the development of a vaccine to prevent swine flu transmission. The vaccine was rushed to be ready in time for next flu season. 210 million Americans were vaccinated. 35 died following vaccination. 200 developed Guillain- Barre syndrome before the vaccination campaign was halted." (p. 6)
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HOW TO STOP WORRYING?

Three tactics to deal with worries that are outside your locus of control
1. cognitive defusion
2. scheduled worry time
3. mindfulness

(For worries that are within your locus of control, try brainstorming, problem solving, asking for advice, taking action)
@TherapyNutshell
1/4 1. Practice cognitive defusion

LEAVES ON A STREAM: anchor your negative thoughts on leaves and watch them pass down a stream of water

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I wish people would stop making ignorant comments about the Israeli-Palestinan crisis and would watch these presentations by five experts from different backgrounds shining a light on the underlying forces behind the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
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https://twitter.com/PiersRobinson1/status/1756596717938430317

Professor Richard Falk- International Law
@ 5:10
"All the evidence we have points to the fact that the October 7th Hamas attack served as a pretext for the completion of the Zionist project by the dispossession by Israelis of Palestinians living not only in Gaza but in the West Bank which has experienced unrestricted settler violence in this period and has suffered unusually severe casualties during this time."
"The claim of self-defence is particularly weak because Gaza and the West Bank are occupied territories and under the administrative responsibilities of Israel as the occupying power since 1967. Israel has not implemented the unanimous Security Council Resolution 242 back in 1967 which called upon it to withdraw to the 67 borders." Professor Richard Falk
An offender cannot claim self-defence.
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“You can take back your power by taking responsibility over your health, your life & your world. By focusing on your contribution & your circle of influence, you can create a + ripple effect ”

Share If you believe the #SWITCH challenge can help others

abirballan.substack.com/p/the-switch-c… Make small to SWITCHES to change your health..
#SWITCH Challenge
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Lockdowns forced technology into schools at warp speed… online math homework, google classrooms, zoom parent-teacher meetings…
Lockdowns were necessary for wider market penetration of big tech into education
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https://twitter.com/akheriaty/status/1656765208767987715

It’s the dream of companies like Apple…
Does every child in primary school need to own an iPad to learn at school? Is this good for the child or for a apple?
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apple.com/ae/education/k…

Some damning statistics in this summary by
@HughMcC17126125
Covid-19 policies caused great harm and policy makers should have known better and should be held accountable.
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ukcolumn.org/article/what-a… Waiting list for care in the #UK
February 2020: 4.43 million people
February 2023: 7.22 million people
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bma.org.uk/advice-and-sup…

State medical licensing: is it needed to ensure quality or is it a means of state control?
Given that many doctors during the pandemic who spoke against harmful covid measures were threatened to lose their license, this is an issue we ought to address...
@P_McCulloughMD
🧵 1/ Milton Friedman says: the Hippocratic oath was the 1st labour union agreement. He argues that labour union serve more established members of a union and controls entry of new members.
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Can you see a link? Can you predict the outcome?
This is the New Soviet Man- a kind of Superman

“The Soviet man was to be selfless, learned, healthy, muscular, and enthusiastic in spreading the communist Revolution.”

MILLIONS DIED
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Sovie… This is Nietzsche's Übermensch- the philosophical basis for Nazism

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Cber…

MILLIONS DIED
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IMAGINE IF ADVERTISING TOLD THE TRUTH...
Unfortunately the purpose of advertising it to sell products, no tell the truth...
In order to do that, ads must lure you in, convince you that it will satisfy your wants & needs, & that the product is full of benefits and no risk
🧵 What's the difference between needs & wants?
NEEDS are things you actually need to survive and function
WANTS are all the things the consumerist culture has told you you need to have a full and satisfying life.

WHAT ARE THE COMMERCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH?
“strategies and approaches used by the private sector to promote products and choices that are detrimental to health”
BIG PHARMA, BIG FOOD, BIG TOBACCO & BIG ALCOHOL HAVE A BIG SAY IN OUR HEALTH. HOW?
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thelancet.com/journals/langl… If Big Corporations influence the stakeholders that influence our health, they ultimately can have a big impact on our health.
This is bad news, given that their main allegiance is to their shareholders and not to you & me

This @TEDTalks by Rupert Sheldrake was banned under the pretext that it is pseudoscientific.
Here are the 10 Scientific Dogmas it questioned:
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Video:
https://t.co/Qo9waXM3f2 2/

WHAT MAKES PEOPLE COMPLY?
in collaboration with @PFagan87
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1/ REGRESSION 2/ WILFUL BLINDNESS

ARE WE GETTING DUMB AND DUMBER?
What is 'being smart'?
The Flynn effect and its reversal...
How is intelligence under attack?
What can we do about it before it's too late?
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1/ What is Intelligence?
“Intelligence is the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills.”
It is a measure of potential success in life.
Intelligence is measured with the Intelligence Quotient test (IQ test)
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practicalpie.com/what-is-intell…

Do you want to know about INTUBATION DURING THE PANDEMIC?
What is intubation?
A tube -attached to a ventilator- is inserted through the nose or mouth straight into the lungs to assist in breathing when O2 levels in the blood become too low.
verywellhealth.com/what-is-intuba…
1/ What are the risks of intubation?
Most important ones:
> bacterial infection
> reliance on intubation- inability to breathe again normally when the tubes are removed
> death
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"These are the people we admire most. People whose ethics do not let them stand idly by and watch their values be debased or the world become a flatter, duller, colder, crueller, less human place. They think. They resolve. They stand-up."
@mattletiss7
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commonknowledgeedinburgh.substack.com/p/matt-le-tiss… "What does it mean when someone speaks out against oppression? It means they have courage, certainly. It means they are value-driven, definitely. Yet it means more than that. It means they think YOU have value. It means they think that YOU are worth protecting..."
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Is it reasonable to question the effectiveness and safety of a new medical intervention?
Why has it become heresy to question vaccines then?@P_McCulloughMD

@1Pr0p0rt10n2 questions whether the polio vaccine was the miracle cure it was claimed to be?
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inproportion2.talkigy.com/vaccine_belief… Are you curious to know when the downward trend for polio cases started? Was the vaccines really a miracle cure?
@1Pr0p0rt10n2
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"@MaryanneDemasi: You don’t like the Swiss cheese model?
JEFFERSON: I like Swiss cheese to eat -- the model not so much."
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@CebmOxford @carlheneghan
maryannedemasi.substack.com/p/exclusive-le… Did you know that @cochranecollab delayed the first review 7 months?
"Those 7 months were crucial. During that time, it was when policy about masks was being formed." Tom Jefferson
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At some point you need to put aside what you've been told by govt and apply some common sense.
Let's take the issue of MASKS

STEP 1: Use any technique to help you relax
Try the tapping technique (2 min exercise)
@jordanbpeterson @mc_schippers

1/ or try the Sedona method to release anxiety ( 3 min exercise)
Could you let it go?
Would you let it go?
Would you rather hold on to it or would you rather be free of it?
When can you let it go?
sedona.com/How-It-Works
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Are you a caring person?
Will you take action to save others from harm?
For example, if you see a child crossing the street on a green traffic light, would you pull them back to prevent them from being hit by a car?
@THiNKX2
1/ What will you do when you see thousands of people dying above the average?
Excess deaths: app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjo…
@THiNKX2
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When the truth can no longer be hidden and the dam breaks …
“We are aware of these reports of people experiencing long-lasting health problems following COVID vaccination,” @CDCgov Deputy Director Tom Shimabukuro

Alas, Too little too late!
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bitchute.com/video/V5yry6uK…

https://twitter.com/shdegaray73/status/1618812062595158023

If @pfizer didn’t lie and the regulators @CDCgov @US_FDA had acted with integrity instead of Big Pharma slaves … We wouldn’t be here today.
But this is the reality of many who took one for the team. And it’s irreversible.
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