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The Great Barrington Declaration author and epidemiologist from Stanford thanks the people of Melbourne for 'giving him hope', and the governance expert and policy analyst condemns Victoria Police for 'turning on their own citizens'. "This is going to go down as one of the darkest stains in our history, ever. When Victoria effectively became a police state...you had, in the name of public health, the declaration of martial law and you had thugs in uniform turning on their own citizens whom they are sworn to protect." Professor Ramesh Thakur (Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations 1998-2007). The full live event recording is available at: https://discernable.locals.com/post/2833083/stanfords-jay-bhattacharya-live-event

This is the 6min video opener we used at a live event in Melbourne with Professor Jay Bhattacharya, Professor James Allan, Professor Ramesh Thakur and 450 members of #TeamHuman. It includes a very limited selection of Australian experiences of lockdowns and comedy by RemixMatrix and 'Victoria is Bitter' (author unknown) designed to quickly brief our international guests...and it seems enrage our audience. If you were in the room last night, you could not hear over the 450 people screaming at the screen.

Just like with mask mandates, I have no fears of the police or park rangers. I fear my fellow Victorians who will surely yell and abuse me once again. It will be my neighbours who are so nice today. It will be those whose children share the parks and playgrounds with my children today. Yes, they are the people that will 'police' such a ban, and once again do their best impersonation of the Stasi. I think Lurch knows this too...culture is determined by the everyday interactions we have in public. And if he can empower the little tyrants in the community, he can once again weaponise everyday interactions against 'non-compliant' problems (which we call voters who have had enough of Daniel's endless social engineering).

I'm enjoying Stanford Epidemiologist Prof Jay Bhattacharya calling out the madness on Twitter. After spending a few days and meals with him I know he's secretly based.

On the evening of Thursday 22nd September, Discernable will be interviewing Stanford Professor Dr Jay Bhattacharya in a panel with other special guests. Tickets are 90% sold out with only 2 days remaining, so go to https://www.drjayinoz.com and grab a seat now. Dr Jay Bhattacharya is one of the world's leading experts on public health policy and as Professor of Health Policy at Stanford University he directs the Stanford Center for Demography and Economics of Health and Aging. ​With 135 articles published in leading peer-reviewed journals in medicine, economics, health policy, epidemiology, statistics, law, and public health, Jay has recently evaluated the epidemiology of COVID-19 and the government policy responses to the epidemic, noting that governments are gradually returning to 'focused protection' as called for in the Great Barrington Declaration that he co-authored in Oct 2020. Other speakers include: Professor Ramesh Thakur on Covid-19 Policy Professor James Allan on the Law during Covid-19 Opening address by Professor Gigi Foster (UNSW) David Limbrick MP on the human rights of Covid-19 Bill Lang (Small Business Australia) on the economic destruction of Covid-19 Tickets are 90% sold out with only 2 days remaining, so go to https://www.drjayinoz.com and grab a seat now.

World renowned epidemiologist, Stanford Professor of Medicine and economics, and Director of the Stanford Center on the Demography of Health and Aging: Dr Jay Bhattacharya is coming to Australia. As co-author of The Great Barrington Declaration and prolific publisher of peer-reviewed research on public health and policy, Jay has a very direct message for Australia: In many ways, we got Covid-19 wrong (as evidenced by our sky-rocketing infection, case, and mortality numbers) and we are completely unprepared for any future health crisis, doomed to repeat our anachronistic dedication to lockdowns. Live on stage in Fitzroy, Melbourne with Matt from Discernable on Thurs 22nd Sept, tickets are selling fast. Go to https://www.drjayinoz.com

Discernable guest Clare Pain is a medical journalist who wrote educational material for doctors throughout the pandemic and after noticing strange and sudden changes in her industry she started to investigate matters. In particular, she wanted to know whether valid consent was received for Covid-19 injections in Australia and her workplace declined the idea, she commissioned her own survey of 27,000 Australians. The quantitative results are presented in our longform interview with Clare (https://discernable.io/clare-pain-medical-journalist-writing-for-doctors-throughout-the-pandemic/) but she also received a large amount of qualitative data. Here are the free-form responses she received from Australians describing why they received injection(s). The reasons range broadly over 25 minutes and are presented in categories. They should be read in conjunction with the Australian Immunisation Handbook (https://immunisationhandbook.health.gov.au/contents/vaccination-procedures/preparing-for-vaccination#valid-consent) and Article 6 of the UNESCO Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31058&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html). The statements on screen are raw and uncensored and do not necessarily represent the views of Discernable or Clare Pain. Some observations: From those who felt coerced or forced, there seems to be a lot of anger expressed toward governments but not much toward other Australians who willingly wanted one of the Pfizer/AstraZeneca/Moderna/Novavax products. From those who willingly wanted one of the Pfizer/AstraZeneca/Moderna/Novavax products, there seems to be a lot of anger expressed toward other Australians who were less willing. There is a surprisingly high amount of misinformation such as believing Australian laws automatically gave mask exemptions for the vaccinated, or that you could travel further than 5kms from home in Melbourne if vaccinated. There is a sizeable number of people who altruistically made the effort to protect their community, family or other group. There is an overwhelming pattern of being forced by authority figures: employers, judges, medical professionals denying treatment etc. Much of the pressure seems to be second order effects of government mandates ie social, work or bureaucratic threat be denied some part of normal life even in spheres where discretion was available (privately enforced mandates). The classical reason for vaccinating (to protect yourself through acquired immunity against a disease) constituted a minor percentage of the responses. Watch the full interview at: https://discernable.io/clare-pain-medical-journalist-writing-for-doctors-throughout-the-pandemic ------------------------------------- DISCERNABLE The Video Archive: https://discernable.io Prefer audio? Search for 'It Is Discernable' on Spotify and Apple Podcasts Join our Private Community: https://discernable.locals.com Purchase tickets (and replays) to our Town Halls: https://discernable.io/townhall

We escaped Melbourne for Sydney! This is what we discovered: 1. Darling Harbour changes and being yelled at 2. Anxiety and PTSD in the supermarket 3. Masks? Community policing each other 4. Don't check in 5. Tourist vs Resident 6. Best cheap eats in Sydney 7. Political culture Sydney vs Melbourne 8. What they don't tell you about Sydney vs Melbourne weather 9. Visiting 'Our' ABC Headquarters 10. What Victorians talk about in cafes 11. Discernable staying in Melbourne or moving to Sydney? 12. Gold Coast legal win against mandates ------------------------------------ RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE VIDEO Ayam Goreng 99 http://www.ayamgoreng99.com/galleryme Watsup Bros https://www.watsupbrotherskebabs.com.au Michael West Media https://www.michaelwest.com.au @The West Report Gold Coast Council Vaccine Mandate Fails https://www-lawyersweekly-com-au.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.lawyersweekly.com.au/sme-law/33812-vaccine-mandate-pulled-before-reaching-hearing/amp DISCERNABLE The Video Archive: https://discernable.io Prefer audio? Search for 'It Is Discernable' on Spotify and Apple Podcasts Join our Private Community: https://discernable.locals.com Purchase tickets (and replays) to our Town Halls: https://discernable.io/townhall