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g people who tested positive but also publicly shaming them with links to their locations.</p><p id="7ad5" type="7">“A woman in her 60s has just tested positive,” reads a typical text, “Click on the link for the places she visited before she was hospitalised,” it adds.~Nemo Kim, The Guardian</p><div id="0858" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/06/more-scary-than-coronavirus-south-koreas-health-alerts-expose-private-lives"> <div> <div> <h2>'More scary than coronavirus': South Korea's health alerts expose private lives</h2> <div><h3>As the number of coronavirus cases in South Korea exceeded 6,000 this week, there was a rise, too, in complaints about…</h3></div> <div><p>www.theguardian.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*wDvRguCE0y98o7Ww)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="3b52">If you aren’t rich or famous, this new bill giving the police the rights to arrest us if we are outside could be the only way to get tested in the UK.</p><p id="efff">I might try it myself. I don’t have £1000 to pay the fine but I’ll be tested if I go walkabout.</p><p id="370e">Hold on a minute, the UK doesn’t even have enough tests for frontline NHS workers, I don’t know where they’ll find tests for people suspected of having the virus!</p><p id="7213" type="7">The guidance detailed in the coronavirus bill allows public health officers to order someone believed to be infected to undergo screening and testing within 14 days. They will be required to provide biological samples and disclose their travel history.~Kate Proctor, Peter Walker and Rajeev Syal</p><div id="d73d" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/19/coronavirus-suspects-may-be-detained-under-uk-emergency-powers"> <div> <div> <h2>Police and health officials to get powers to detain under UK coronavirus bill</h2> <div><h3>Police, public health and immigration officers will be able to detain people suspected of having Covid-19 and exact…</h3></div> <div><p>www.theguardian.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*EH3LBbQsPV9zRJls)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="dfa2">I can imagine people who are being forced to work or even doing it out of the goodness of their hearts going out to get arrested so they can avoid catching COVID-19 from colleagues and or spreading what they have to anyone else. And getting tested!</p><div id="01b0" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/03/covid-19-coronavirus-antibody-test-kit-home/"> <div> <div> <h2>How does a coronavirus antibody home test kit work, and how do I get one?</h2> <div><h3>The Government has announced that Britons will be able to conduct coronavirus antibody tests at home, with finger-prick…</h3></div> <div><p>www.telegraph.co.uk</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.

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com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*A3m4Ratwqi_mkZqT)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="dd91">Two weeks ago (March 25th), I remember reading that testing would ramp up and kits would be available on Amazon.</p><p id="cc37" type="7">Peacock said that the tests were currently being evaluated to confirm whether they worked, which she said would happen by the end of the week, after which “several million” would be rolled out across the country.~Thomas Colson and Adam Bienkov Mar 25, 2020, 5:54 PM</p><div id="86ab" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-home-testing-kit-covid-19-available-uk-within-days-2020-3?r=US&amp;IR=T"> <div> <div> <h2>A simple coronavirus home-testing kit could soon be available to order on Amazon in the UK</h2> <div><h3>Home-testing kits which indicate whether you have ever been infected with the coronavirus will soon be rolled out…</h3></div> <div><p>www.businessinsider.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*3qFKu33su3qcO80J)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="ef1e"><b>That didn’t happen.</b></p><figure id="e6e4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*g0anFnAJt8pAbnCt"><figcaption>Health secretary Matt Hancock has set a target of carrying out 100,000 tests a day by the end of April. Photograph: Pippa Fowles/Crown Copyright/10 Downing Street/PA</figcaption></figure><div id="51b8" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2020/apr/02/uk-coronavirus-live-news-updates-covid-19-testing"> <div> <div> <h2>UK coronavirus live: death toll rises by 569 to 2,921</h2> <div><h3>Boris Johnson still symptomatic; Matt Hancock to address testing; Eddie Large's son says comedian has died after…</h3></div> <div><p>www.theguardian.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*0zZDzhEee79pVj0_)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="d91f">To summarise, governments worldwide are taking the opportunity to dismiss privacy, introduce bills that currently have no tests to back them up, and politicians who keep promising tests that do not materialise.</p><p id="dac5">We are doomed.</p><p id="1fa5">If you need a fluffy animal video now to change your mood how about this one?</p> <figure id="8693"> <div> <div> <img class="ratio" src="http://placehold.it/16x9"> <iframe class="" src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FYDLErVsbSRI%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DYDLErVsbSRI&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FYDLErVsbSRI%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" width="854"> </div> </div> </figure></iframe></div></div></figure><p id="66bb">Love but no hugs to everyone.</p></article></body>

Big Brother is Watching (Out for) You

We don’t have a choice in this, do we?

Photo by Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash

This is a work of satire. Some of it may cause you to smile or possibly to roll your eyes. Other parts could cause all kinds of emotions. Read with caution.

If you need to take a break from the ludicrousness of UK political statements and worldwide privacy invasions there's a cute fluffy cat video at the end.

This video has come from China and apparently is delighting people who are staying indoors! For those captured on film by the drones, I’m not so sure.

Are you in Germany, Italy or Austria? Your data carriers are monitoring your activity and sharing your data.

In Israel, your phone data will be traced to check you were indoors after you tested for coronavirus.

South Korea is not only tracing people who tested positive but also publicly shaming them with links to their locations.

“A woman in her 60s has just tested positive,” reads a typical text, “Click on the link for the places she visited before she was hospitalised,” it adds.~Nemo Kim, The Guardian

If you aren’t rich or famous, this new bill giving the police the rights to arrest us if we are outside could be the only way to get tested in the UK.

I might try it myself. I don’t have £1000 to pay the fine but I’ll be tested if I go walkabout.

Hold on a minute, the UK doesn’t even have enough tests for frontline NHS workers, I don’t know where they’ll find tests for people suspected of having the virus!

The guidance detailed in the coronavirus bill allows public health officers to order someone believed to be infected to undergo screening and testing within 14 days. They will be required to provide biological samples and disclose their travel history.~Kate Proctor, Peter Walker and Rajeev Syal

I can imagine people who are being forced to work or even doing it out of the goodness of their hearts going out to get arrested so they can avoid catching COVID-19 from colleagues and or spreading what they have to anyone else. And getting tested!

Two weeks ago (March 25th), I remember reading that testing would ramp up and kits would be available on Amazon.

Peacock said that the tests were currently being evaluated to confirm whether they worked, which she said would happen by the end of the week, after which “several million” would be rolled out across the country.~Thomas Colson and Adam Bienkov Mar 25, 2020, 5:54 PM

That didn’t happen.

Health secretary Matt Hancock has set a target of carrying out 100,000 tests a day by the end of April. Photograph: Pippa Fowles/Crown Copyright/10 Downing Street/PA

To summarise, governments worldwide are taking the opportunity to dismiss privacy, introduce bills that currently have no tests to back them up, and politicians who keep promising tests that do not materialise.

We are doomed.

If you need a fluffy animal video now to change your mood how about this one?

Love but no hugs to everyone.

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Humour
Humor
Coronavirus
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