Comments by "Deborah Freedman" (@deborahfreedman333) on "DW News" channel.

  1.  @Emanon...  Myocarditis, from vaccination is infrequent, mild and transitory, while from Covid-19 infection is much more common, and results in permanent damage. Don't equate the two.
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  2. This is different, and will remain different. Influenza doesn't have the post-acute sequelae that SARS-CoV-2 does. eg. Flu doesn't doesn't double your chances of becoming diabetic, as Covid-19 infections do.
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  3. I grew up in California as well. And lived in Los Angeles too. What you describe never, ever happened. California required you to vote in, and only in, your assigned polling place. I know this, because I lived in the SF Valley, but worked in Thousand Oaks, so had to leave work early on election day, spend an hour on the freeway, with all the other people heading to their polling place, so I could get to my assigned polling place, and vote. You couldn't just go from school to school, voting in each one. Stop making up total BS!
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  4. Right after WWII, the US helped Japan recover. One of the things they did was bring modern medicine and hygiene. The two biggest problems were cows infected with TB, which passed the bacillus on in their milk, and night-soil. Human waste was collected and used on the fields. That was the cause of many outbreaks of diarrheal diseases, and deaths in children. Many lives were saved by banning the collection and use of night-soil. This seems like a very bad idea.
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  5.  @ДорианГрей-ъ4ш  You mean too informed and aware.
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  6. Calling civilians, hiding from Russian shelling of civilian targets, human shields, is a common practice of Russian trolls.
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  7.  @freebee8274  Hardly, Russian interference in our elections, and aggressive actions around the world, are why American hate them. Why did Russia help the butcher, al Assad, murder innocent Syrians with illegal weapons? Why is Russia trying to invade more of Ukraine?
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  8. That explains why Russia is giving Le Pen campaign funds. A good rule of thumb is, never vote for the candidate Russia backs.
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  9. Most people, out side of France, think the French are crazy. None of us think raising the retirement age to 62, which is still lower than in most nations, when you have 30 hour work week, is not onerous at all.
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  10. That's nonsense. You don't have large enough blood vessels, in muscle tissue, for the needle to enter the vessel. All aspiration does is, make the injection much more painful.
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  11.  @falsch4761  The US didn't threaten Russia or Cuba, just because Russian troops were in Cuba. The US only reacted when the USSR attempted to put nuclear warheads, in those missile silos, aimed at the US.
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  12. Nobody is promoting homosexuality, just human dignity for homosexuals.
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  13. Gee, in the US, most start working while still a minor (under 18) and many work until 70. If you retire at 65, you receive much smaller social security payments. Also, our work week is 40 hours, while yours is 30, which we consider part time.
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  14. It looks like a conquest.
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  15. Yes, there are inequities, especially in population growth. While the population of Pakistan has more than quadrupled, in the last fifty years, the populations of western Europe and the United States would have dropped, if not for immigration. When populations increase, beyond finite food production ability, there will be problems. Climate change induced disasters exacerbate the problem, just as unfettered population growth exacerbates climate change.
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  16. There are more than two parties, in the US, but their candidates seldom get enough votes to matter, just as in the UK. There are plenty of other countries, with parliamentary forms of government, where two parties dominate. This is not a function of our form of government. And, those countries, that use proportional representation, so that small parties can thrive, are in constant upheaval, constantly have a difficult time forming coalitions, and constantly going back to elections. Many small parties only makes things worse. The US problem is, we based our government on the UK government, with a president rather than a king, When the US government was designed, the Senate was based upon the House of Lords. Australia and Canada did the same. But, the UK, and those other countries, have now made their Lords/Senate an advisory body only, with no real power, while the US has not. We need not form a parliamentary government, to reduce the power of the Senate, merely a constitutional amendment. Also, the archaic Electoral College, is anti-democratic, although it would be less so, if the number of Electors a state has, were based only on the number of Representatives. Either that, or going to the popular vote, could be effected with an amendment. As far as making US elections better reflect the view of voters, another party will not do anything, as long as it is more extreme than the two main parties. If, however, a third moderate party were formed, that could absorb the disaffected Democrats and Republicans, sick at how extreme their parties have become, the two main parties would be forced move back towards the center. And that does not require a parliamentary government.
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  17. My father taught medicine at Tokyo Army General, when Japan really was controlled by the US. The US military patrolled the streets, and you could have called it an American colony. But, just ten years later, it was a free country, and the only US presence was an army base. Japanese politicians ran the country, Japanese police patrolled the streets. I assume the same happened much the same way in Germany. And not only was the US control brief, it was only of Western Germany. I really doubt you were in the military, or you'd have known that.
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  18. It's a pity that talks with Israel, over sharing the Leviathan natural gas fields, fell apart when the Lebanese government dissolved. Natural gas could serve as a cheaper, cleaner, more reliable energy source.
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  19. Except they wanted to restore the monarchy, which is why they were going to install a "prince" with royal blood.
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  20.  @devrusso  You mean it started when Russia invaded, and occupied parts of Ukraine in 2014? Once again, Russia started the conflict, and should leave Ukraine.
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  21.  @orionlt1028  Are you talking about when Ukrainians overthrew the oligarchs Russia had placed in power? That was led by the Ukrainian people.
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  22. Both are legal here in Oregon.
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  23. That's false. The data shows otherwise. And, many of the deaths in states with good vaccination rates, are from out-of-state patients transported, because of lack of space in their home state. That's what is happening in my state. We had to build more morgue space, to handle all the deaths of people from another state, who died after being transferred here.
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  24.  @derektompkins2487  You're incorrect. Every vaccine ever produced is designed to activate the adaptive immune system against certain epitopes. The mRNA vaccines are no different. And vaccines are preventatives, not therapies. There is no vaccine, for any human disease, that prevents 100% of cases. In fact, the mRNA vaccines have proven more effective, than vaccines we've utilized in the past.
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  25.  @yousufalharthy9485  It is terrible that Arabs are occupying parts of Judea, Samaria and Gaza. But, the native people don't terrorize the occupiers. It is inhumane that the occupiers keep terrorizing the indigenous people.
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  26. Not a great attitude, considering how worn out healthcare professionals are.
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  27.  @lv3609  Most (over a third) of California's electricity comes from natural gas. The amount of electricity produced from wind and solar, is closely equal to the amount produced from hydroelectric and nuclear. Can Germany say the same?
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  28. Being a good programmer requires the sort of logical mind few possess. It isn't like learning how to be an electrician or plumber. There are more than enough bad programmers out there, who are about 1% as effective as a good one.
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  29.  @senseisenpaianimes5612  Are you going to pretend the problem did not exist for hundreds of years?
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  30. It was Russia that invaded Ukraine, not the US. And the US is not going to force Ukraine to make peace, when they don't want to. You think some of our people aren't angry about the billions we have spent on Ukraine? But it is wrong to force a victim nation to make peace with an aggressor. We'd waste our money saving your hide too, and have in the past.
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  31.  @jaydominguez7487  Do you honestly think Ukraine hasn't been begging to join NATO? NATO, or at least some European members, doesn't want them.
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  32. Turkey is currently attacking Kurds in Syria. Don't see that mentioned here, or in the US, either. The only place I've seen it reported, is on Israeli channels.
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  33. If they educated their daughters, rather than selling them as brides while still children, the birthrate could be brought down. They don't need to have so many children, they are a drain on the family's resources, not a help.
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  34.  @qinby1182  Your conclusion is bogus. The real conclusion is, South Africa is doing a very poor job of testing.
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  35. Vaccines are not meant to protect against infection. No vaccine we get does that. But, since you were not hospitalized, and haven't had long Covid, the vaccine worked.
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  36. There is severe overpopulation in Africa, that is why, they will never be able to feed all their children. Smaller family size is the only answer, Zero Population Growth. The best way to limit family size is educating girls.
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  37. It doesn't matter what laws are passed, to prevent dangerous situations, if there are not enough inspectors to discover breaking of those laws. In places with insufficient building inspectors, unsafe buildings are erected. Clearly Nigeria lacks enough inspectors to prevent the sale of banned poisons. But, what is the solution, when a country is too poor to hire inspectors?
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  38.  @The_Savage_Wombat  That's cool, but wind, like solar is intermittent, and storage capacity is insufficient for the needs of large cities.
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  39. The FDA always goes slower than its European counterpart.
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  40.  @Hereford1642  Only to a gulag, not to free soil.
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  41. He didn't abide by the Budapest agreement. Why would anyone expect him to keep his word?
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  42. Except the many survivors, who still suffer from Long Covid. The rate of diabetes is doubled in Covid survivors. Do you consider being diabetic being stronger? How about the brain fog, many are left with, and other neurological problems caused by this virus?
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  43. Putin, keep your word to respect Ukrainian borders. Too late, you invaded eight years ago.
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  44.  @evgeniievgenii3757  And Iran, don't forget Russia's alignment with the biggest sponsor of terrorism. Sure, genocidal dictators stand with Russia, the democratic countries are with Ukraine.
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  45.  @Hannan_1325  If a law is not applied equally, like say a man wearing a transparent shirt, or going shirtless, would also get two years in jail, it is unjust.
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  46. Don't forget Transdniester (part of Moldova) in 2003. That is the reason Russia can place forces west of Ukraine.
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  47.  @dzokavaac7307  Hardly, the USA usually assists without getting anything in return.
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  48.  @UnfollowYourDreams  This is not the effect of colonialism, it is the effect of overpopulation. The only mistake, was giving modern medicine, so more children survived childhood, adding to the overpopulation problem. Have fewer children, and don't expect the rest of the world to care for your excess.
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  49. Because "the other side" is a bunch of kooks screaming that Trump really won.
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  50. Because a lack of birth control, and the poor status of women, means they have more children than their land can support.
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