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The current affairs podcast presented by William Campbell (above) looks at a recent survey about sexual consent from NUI Galway that claimed 29 per cent of female, and 10 per cent of male students have been raped during their time in college.

William writes:

Did the media gullibly swallow false statistics from the Sexual Experience Survey done by NUIG’s Active Consent Unit? Did the Active Consent Unit break academic ethics standards in the report? I Investigate.

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Hans Kluge

This afternoon

The head of the WHO in Europe has expressed doubts about vaccines’ ability to put an end to the Covid pandemic, as new variants dash hopes of reaching herd immunity.

Faced with the possibility that the virus may be around for many years, health officials must now “anticipate how to gradually adapt our vaccination strategy,” in particular on the question of additional doses, Hans Kluge told reporters.

In May, the WHO director had said “the pandemic will be over once we reach 70% minimum coverage in vaccination”.

WHO expresses doubts about vaccines ending pandemic (RTÉ)

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Via The Irish Times:

Up to August 31, more than 6.84 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine had been administered, with the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) receiving 14,844 reports of suspected side effects in the same period. Of these, 8,686 related to Pfizer or Moderna mRNA technology vaccines, while adenoviral vector vaccines (AstraZeneca and Janssen) accounted for 6,059 reports.

The HPRA says it received 78 reports of suspected side effects among adolescents aged 12-17 years who had received an mRNA vaccine. The agency is “closely monitoring” any reports related to teenagers and overall the symptoms are consistent with those reported in adults.

There have been 60 reports relating to inflammatory conditions of the heart in people who had received an mRNA vaccine. Of these, 18 were suspected myocarditis, 26 suspected pericarditis and 16 were a combination of the two.

Nine reports of blood clotting combined with low platelets were reported among people who had received the AstraZeneca or Janssen vaccines.

Nine reports of a rare immune disorder of the nerves, Guillain-Barré syndrome, have also been received following vaccination with AstraZeneca or Janssen

There have been 86 instances (75 involving an mRNA vaccine) where an individual who had been vaccinated subsequently passed away.

Nearly 15,000 reports of suspected Covid vaccine side effects made to HPRA (Irish Times)

RollingNews

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G’wan the RTÉ.

From top Micheál Martin with John McGuinness in 2015

This morning/afternoon.

Via Independent.ie:

Carlow-Kilkenny Deputy John McGuinness said a process should commence that would see the Micheal Martin replaced in a “constructive and respectable” manner

Deputy McGuinness, who is not attending Fianna Fáil’s party “think-in” in Cavan today, wrote a letter to the party’s Chief Whip Jack Chambers outlining the reasons why he believes Mr Martin should be replaced.

He told RTÉ Radio One that he is unhappy with the direction the party is taking and the handling of the 2020 general election.

“Fianna Fáil has been in the doldrums in terms of polls over the last 10 years. The first obligation is to have that discussion at party level. To decide how you’re going to move forward and to air your views and then to plan.

“I’m not expecting that we would have a new leader overnight. I’m expecting that we would do it differently. That we would give it time. That we would consider a process. That we would spread it out over a period and the candidates would then be given a chance to put their names forward, to discuss their agenda with the various members of the party and the organisation rather than a row that would happen and then a change.”

Plan needed to replace Martin as party leader before next general election, says Fianna Fáil TD (Independent.ie)

RollingNews

Last night.

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New world whatnow?

‘What has been happening for a year and a half had been widely announced, down to the smallest detail, by the creators of the Great Reset themselves; just as we were told the measures that would be adopted.

On February 17, 1950, testifying before the United States Senate, the well-known banker James Warburg said, “We will have a world government, whether you like it or not. The only question that arises is whether this world government will be established by consensus or by force.”

Four years later, the Bilderberg Group was born, which has counted among its members characters such as [Italian businessman Gianni] Agnelli, Henry Kissinger, Mario Monti, and the current Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi.

In 1991, David Rockefeller wrote:“The world is ready for a world government. The supranational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is certainly preferable to the national self-determination practiced in past centuries.”

And he added: “We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the ‘right’ global crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order.”

Today we can affirm that this “right crisis” coincides with the pandemic emergency and with the “lockstep” outlined since 2010 by the Rockefeller Foundation document “Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development,” in which the events we are now witnessing are all anticipated.”

Cardinal Carlo Maria Viganò, former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, August 31.

Yesterday: A Stubby Short Of A Six Pack

“Many of us are frustrated with the nearly 80 million Americans who are still not vaccinated even though the vaccine is safe, effective and free.

“This is not about freedom, or personal choice. It’s about protecting yourself and those around you — the people you work with, the people you care about, the people you love… We cannot allow these actions to stand in the way of protecting the large majority of Americans who have done their part, who want to get back to life as normal.”

US President Joe Biden on new vaccine rules on federal workers, large employers and health care staff.

Last night.

The White House, Washington DC.

Probably sounds better in German.

Attacking anti-vaccine movement, Biden mandates widespread COVID shots, tests (Reuters)

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Good times.

Yesterday: No Option

This afternoon.

‘Dropped’ earlier.

The first official trailer for The Matrix Resurrections, the fourth film in the Matrix franchise reuniting Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss as red pill-popping, bullet-stopping duo Neo and Trinity.

Release date: December 22

The Matrix Resurrections Trailer Wants to Free Your Mind (Again) (Gizmodo)