We also witnessed the Government's promotion of social disapproval and guilt messaging. These techniques were embedded into a multi-channel, co-ordinated public health campaign designed to change the public's behaviour without their knowledge. Moreover, in tandem with the mainstream media, the Government also proactively suppressed, censored, and ostracised any healthcare professional or scientist who suggested alternative responses to Covid19, or who simply questioned the messaging and measures being implemented by the Government.

Evidence of the recommendation of using unethical psychological techniques to gain behavioural change:-

The Government document titled 'Options for increasing adherence to social distancing measures' (Gov.uk, 2020) was written for the Government by the Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours (SPI-B) which is a subgroup of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE).

The premise of the document was to provide options for changing the behaviour of the UK public without their knowledge. A passage within this document states: "A substantial number of people still do not feel sufficiently personally threatened". It makes certain recommendations including: "The perceived level of personal threat needs to be increased among those who are complacent, using hard hitting emotional messaging". "Coercion", "Social disapproval" (Gov.uk, 2020).

The risk factors and ethics of using fear, shame, guilt, and coercion would almost certainly have been known to the members of SPI-B because several members were British Psychological Society (BPS) registered chartered psychologists. In an interview with one of the members of SPI-B, BPS registered educational psychologist Dr Gavin Morgan, he refers to the use of fear by his SPI-B colleagues and says:

'Clearly using fear as a means of control is not ethical. What you do as a psychologist is co-construction. Using fear smacks of totalitarianism. It's not an ethical stance for any modern government… Was it unethical to use fear, I asked? Well I didn't suggest we use fear' But your colleagues did. What do you think of that? He paused. 'Oh God'. 'Another reluctant pause. It's not ethical,' he said (Dodsworth, 2021, pp 262, 263).

Like Dr Morgan, any BPS registered psychologists within SPI-B would or should have recognised that recommending the Government uses fear as a means of controlling the public breached their professional code of ethics and conduct.

In scorching summer heat but relatively calm waters, the Malapascua and another Philippine coast guard vessel, the BRP Malabrigo, journeyed to the frontlines of the long-seething territorial conflicts. They cruised past a string of widely scattered Philippine-occupied and claimed islands, islets and reefs looking for signs of encroachment, illegal fishing and other threats.

In areas occupied or controlled by China, the Philippine patrol vessels received radio warnings in Chinese and halting English, ordering them to immediately leave what the Chinese coast guard and navy radio callers claimed were Beijing’s “undisputable territories” and issuing unspecified threats for defiance.

After several radio exchanges, a Chinese coast guard caller, sounding agitated, warned of unspecified adversarial action. “Since you have disregarded our warning, we will take further necessary measures on you in accordance with the laws and any consequences entailed will be borne by you,” the Chinese speaker said.

“They didn’t want to sell,” she said. “I went to a lot of places and they were closing, they said, ‘I can’t sell to you’, ‘I can’t sell to you’ and the doors they did want to sell were of a really crappy material.”Her eventual purchase, at 31,900 Argentinian pesos, amounted to US$65 at black-market rates, US$144 at the official rate.

Massarelli’s struggle with the door reflected the uncertainty in Argentina as its currency has sharply depreciated over the past week in the informal market, raising fresh questions about the fragility of the Argentinian economy ahead of October presidential elections.

After reaching the agreement with various companies, Argentina will use the yuan for imports from China worth about US$1.04 billion from next month, accelerating trade with China as Beijing seeks to gain a further foothold in South America. In November last year Argentina expanded a currency swap with China by $5 billion in an effort to increase its yuan reserves.

That agreement allowed Argentina “to work on the possibility” of advancing the rate of imports with yuan-denominated import orders being authorised in 90 days rather than the standard 180 days. The decision comes as Argentina battles critical levels in its dollar reserves amid a sharp drop in agricultural exports caused by a historic drought, as well as political uncertainty ahead of elections this year.

It has also been working hard to build a relationship with Beijing after having officially joined China’s infrastructure-building Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) last year.

The phrase “‘sexual orientation’ does not include a physical or sexual attachment to children by an adult” would be struck from the legal definition of sexual orientation if the bill passes. Sexual orientation is a protected legal class in Minnesota in areas of employment, housing, public accommodations, public service, educational institutions, credit and business discrimination.

The legislation also creates a legal definition for gender identity and specifies that gender identity may not match one’s biological sex and may not be visible to others. Leigh Finke, who is listed first among the bill’s authors, is transgender and frequently speaks out against legal restrictions on child sex changes.

"Reported shaking intensity was very light (V on the Modified Mercalli scale) and little or no damage is expected," the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in a statement. There was no apparent impact on either the Mauna Loa or Kīlauea volcanoes.

However, the observatory is continuing to monitor Hawaiian volcanoes for any changes. This earthquake is part of the seismic swarm under the Pāhala area, which has been ongoing since 2019. Aftershocks are possible in the coming days and weeks, and the agency also reported a magnitude 3.9 earthquake in the evening just hours later.

"Many such events go mostly unnoticed, if they are offshore or in remote regions," it said. "That said, as a rule of thumb, any earthquake in California has about a 1-in-20 chance of being a foreshock to a larger earthquake within the next few days. Useful little reminders to stay prepared if you live in earthquake country," the US Geological Survey said.

The plan will be officially announced by US President Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart, Yoon Suk-yeol, at the White House on Wednesday, the officials said in comments to multiple US media outlets. Both men are expected to sign an agreement known as the ‘Washington Declaration,’ under which they will step up intelligence sharing and joint military exercises, while the US will send nuclear-armed submarines and bombers to South Korea on a rotating basis.

“We intend to take steps to make our deterrence more visible through the regular deployment of strategic assets, including a US nuclear ballistic submarine visit to South Korea, which has not happened since the early 1980s,” one of the anonymous officials said. They compared the move to “what we did with European allies during the height of the Cold War in similar periods of potential external threat,” referring to the north’s missile program.

“This is a watershed moment for defense policy in our country’s history,” said Minister of Defence Richard Marles in a Monday news conference discussing the report. He added that changes recommended in the review will ensure that Australia will become a “more confident and self-reliant nation.”

The assessment, which involved input and analysis from a former foreign minister and former defense chief, warned that Canberra must adapt to a “radically different” strategic environment brought about by a Chinese military build-up it said was “the largest and most ambitious” by any global power since World War II. It also said that the Indo-Pacific region remains in a state of strategic flux given that for the first time in decades the United States is not “the unipolar leader of the Indo-Pacific.”

Speaking alongside Biden, Yoon declared that “sustainable peace on the Korean peninsula does not happen automatically.” “We can achieve peace through the superiority of overwhelming forces and not a false peace based on the goodwill of the other side,” Yoon said, adding that in the event of a nuclear attack from the north, the US and South Korea would “respond swiftly, overwhelmingly and decisively using the full force of the alliance, including US nuclear weapons.”

At the main state event at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, government officials, security leaders and other prominent Israelis gathered for a ceremonial torch-lighting that honored citizens for their contributions, and sacrifices, to the country. The event included speeches, choreographed marches by soldiers, musical performances and fireworks, and went off without a hitch, despite concerns that politics could mar the national celebration.

Speaking in a prerecorded message broadcast at the ceremony, Netanyahu called for unity amid widespread divisions and protests against his government’s efforts to overhaul the judiciary, and other policies. Opponents say the judicial legislation will give the governing majority unrestrained power, threaten Israel’s standing as a democracy and leave individual rights unprotected. The plan’s supporters say it will rein in an overly activist court system. The initiatives have sparked massive, nationwide protests for over four months.

The new strain has proved resistant to all five commonly recommended antibiotics: azithromycin, ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and ampicillin. Without these antibiotic options, there is currently no clinical data on what treatment options might work. Amplifying the threat, these bacteria not only spread easily from person to person (requiring only a small number of bacteria to make someone ill), but the resistance genes can also spread readily to other types of bacteria.

What Is Shigellosis? The infection caused by the shigella bacteria, known as shigellosis, usually causes inflammatory diarrhea that can be bloody and lead to fever, abdominal cramping, and other potentially uncomfortable symptoms. Although many patients recover without the help of any medicine, some need antibiotic treatment to prevent complications or to shorten the duration of illness. Increasing resistance to antibiotics poses numerous societal risks. Drug-resistant shigellosis can be serious, and the next drug-resistant bug could be worse.

So where to start? Bestie, do yourself a favour and yeet that scented candle right out the window. And while you’re at it, check your perfume, air fresheners, scented bin liners, deodorant, laundry detergent, cleaning products, shampoo and anything that has the word “parfum” listed as an ingredient.

You can either Marie Kondo the lot, or you can gradually one by one replace all of your products with natural versions. Aim for products that contain essential oils as a fragrance instead of synthetic fragrances or parfum. Are you mindful of synthetic fragrances?