Absolutely nobody can definitively answer this with robust reasoning based on what is known at this point in time, but IT IS a possibility. We should act with caution but also with hope in our hearts. Now some explanation, first an apposite anecdote. My first job after my PhD was researching the viral cause ofContinue reading “Could Omicron bring the pandemic to an end?”
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Responsibility and Atonement
When do I as a man stand to account for my actions Me alone? When were my racist thoughts and actions mine to own and not that of my upbringing? My father’s? My uncle’s? For it was me, too, that laughed at Kevin Bloody Wilson when I was a teen With his vile words thatContinue reading “Responsibility and Atonement”
The Great Reset: Inevitable, irreversible, deep-rooted in connection
The Great Reset is the era in human history that we entered (or which accelerated) in the COVID-19 pandemic where connection with ourselves, within society, and to the natural environment, and fairness, equity, inclusion and compassion superseded accumulation of material wealth and ‘winning’ as the primary aspiration within societies leading to more balanced and sustainableContinue reading “The Great Reset: Inevitable, irreversible, deep-rooted in connection”
Vale The Legendary Virologist Jean-Robert (JR) Bonami
Yesterday Zhengli informed me of the death on August 8th of Jean-Robert JR Bonami, her PhD supervisor, and for a brief while my mentor. No longer active in the field and within that community, I will express my condolences here in the hope that those to whom it means something will one day see them.Continue reading “Vale The Legendary Virologist Jean-Robert (JR) Bonami”
Australia’s Children Left Onboard Affair
My first cartoon attempt – “The Children Left Onboard Affair”… I wanted to include New Zealand with a ‘ring of steel’ around it and a rainbow, and Jacinda Ardern saying “see you in 8 weeks – good luck”… Seems strange, does it not, that in a major global catastrophe we are saying “sorry, children toContinue reading “Australia’s Children Left Onboard Affair”
More On COVID-19 Origins And PM Morrison’s Tactics
I realise that for many the workings of a laboratory could seem very foreign and mysterious, ranging from mythical through to threatening depending on your leanings and predispositions to conspiracy theories. Few of us have a background in infectious disease, and it is always – for any of us – easy to take for grantedContinue reading “More On COVID-19 Origins And PM Morrison’s Tactics”
On The Origins Of COVID-19: My full and unabashed thoughts
As I often seem to do, I will start this post off with an admission. Most of last year I was hyper alert to how my public comments and my emails to my former colleague and friend, Dr Shi Zhengli, the lead scientist of the laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology which is world-renownedContinue reading “On The Origins Of COVID-19: My full and unabashed thoughts”
Majority of Australian Women of Colour Don’t Feel Safe At Work
Only one-third of women of colour felt their identity was recognised and valued at work. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-26/australian-women-of-colour-unsafe-discrimination-work/100232188 Gained value from these words and ideas? Consider supporting my work at GoFundMe © Copyright Brett Edgerton 2021
The Great Reset Era Theme: Investing in family and community connection
Excerpted from “Full Thoughts On Prof. Michael Sandel’s Meritocracy Discourse: Part 2“ Prof. Sandel [in “The Tyranny of Merit: What’s become of the common good”] makes almost no mention of the importance of family, which is an enormous pity as this is an obviously critical issue in social cohesion and feelings of attachment within society.Continue reading “The Great Reset Era Theme: Investing in family and community connection”
The Great Reset Era Theme: The education revolution
Excerpted from “Full Thoughts On Prof. Michael Sandel’s Meritocracy Discourse: Part 2“ In “The Tyranny of Merit: What’s become of the common good” Prof. Michael Sandel, with his experience over four decades as a Harvard University lecturer, provides significant detail on his observation of the growth in competition for positions at universities perceived as beingContinue reading “The Great Reset Era Theme: The education revolution”
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