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Jun 30, 2022Liked by epimetheus

I found the wording of the caption on Theodor's picture interesting: 'The inflammation of the heart was caused by a strong immune response to the second dose of the vaccine against the coronavirus.’ I'm not a doctor, and so maybe my reaction is silly, but it sounds to me like the writer is trying to create the subtext that the problem is related to the fact that the injection is "working." Or perhaps these two + years have made me terribly cynical. I don't know.

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Whatever happened to Norway's tradition of weregild?

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People don't understand, the fascists want most of us dead. Read this: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-scientists-uncover-human-heart-regenerate.html

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I think Norway uses system of compensation similar to ours, in that the sum received has an arbitrary cap, and is doled out as a share of resources allotted in state budget to such matters?

That's why the almost 1 000 children who were injured by Pandemrix got about 50 000:- each as compensation, for being injured for life and having a condtion which bars them from many careers, jobs and licenses.

Tangent:

I feel we (meaning the culturally germanic and celtic peoples) have adopted the latin/american meaning of the word trust. I might be misremembering but trust should mean "to know what and hoe someone or something is" as in to know what to expect as realistic/probable and plausible possibilities. Trust is not supposed to mean "to rely on" or "have faith in", that should be reliability, pålitlighet, zuverlässigkeit (hope I got that right?).

I trust the crows to try to nab a chicken if the roof on the chicken-run isn't kept in shape. Because I know what a crow is, what it does and how to handle it. I trust a fox to be a fox, not an emu.

If you see what I mean?

That's part of the cognitive problem, at least to me due to my academic background: words mean less and less, or perhaps more and more? More flux, less definition. Trond apparently still trusts norwegian healthcare system despite experience. He also seems to trust governement, despite it having zero accountability.

I guess I have my personality to thank for a lot: I never extend more trust than I can hold someone to account for; personally, materially and if need be physically. I expect the same in return. I mean, if someone can rip me off scot free knowing I have no recourse, I would be pretty darn stupid to trust them, wouldn't I? Now, how much recourse does the individual have against an organisation such as a state or a corporation? Right. When business-men and lawmakers both fear losing all they own, their names and their lives, they stay if not honest, then at least more honest when there's no real risk at all.

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