prepareforchange--2020-05-09--Benjamin Fulford Interview: Scamdemic Exposes the Enemy Within! Wake UP!

In today ’ s interview recorded on the 6th May 2020 ( US ) , we get info from his sources regarding the on-going war , which is becoming more and more public .
We get into the questions of who knows what in regards to factions of the Cabal that are attributable to the Nazi 4th Reich .
Ben makes a case that they won aspects of WWII that intel agents and Israeli Jews are only beginning to understand .
He assures us that the good guys are winning and we talk about how many people are now awakening @ @ @ @ @ @ @ list as are the WHO , CDC , and the usual suspects .
Are there any time markers to look out for ?
What does the end game look like ?
How is the scamdemic backfiring for the Cabal ?
We look into these as well as other topics .
As usual , we ’ re way ahead of the information curve .
For a list of our past interviews with Benjamin , please go here : https : //prepareforchange.net/category/interviews/benjamin-fulford-interviews Keep on seeking the truth , rally your friends and family and expose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ little bit helps add pressure on the powers that are no more .
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In today’s interview recorded on the 6th May 2020 (US), we get info from his sources regarding the on-going war, which is becoming more and more public. We get into the questions of who knows what in regards to factions of the Cabal that are attributable to the Nazi 4th Reich. Ben makes a case that they won aspects of WWII that intel agents and Israeli Jews are only beginning to understand. He assures us that the good guys are winning and we talk about how many people are now awakening. Bill Gates is on our topic list as are the WHO, CDC, and the usual suspects. Are there any time markers to look out for? What does the end game look like? How is the scamdemic backfiring for the Cabal? We look into these as well as other topics. As usual, we’re way ahead of the information curve.
For a list of our past interviews with Benjamin, please go here: https://prepareforchange.net/category/interviews/benjamin-fulford-interviews
Keep on seeking the truth, rally your friends and family and expose as much corruption as you can… every little bit helps add pressure on the powers that are no more.
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prepareforchange--2020-05-09--DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE HOUSE BILL H.R.6666 TO AWARD GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES TO CONDUCT COVID-19 TES

DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE HOUSE BILL H.R.6666 TO AWARD GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES TO CONDUCT COVID-19 TESTING AND CONTACT TRACING SURVEILLANCE

H.R.6666 – To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to conduct diagnostic testing for COVID-19 , and related activities such as contact tracing and home surveillance .
The deeper we go into this dystopian world of COVID-19 , the murkier things get .
But ironically , from a biblical perspective , they are stunningly clear , at least to me anyway .
That COVID-19 is being used to bring in the New World Order is now a proven point , only the most pathological of gainsayers can dispute it at this point @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Beast system ?
Why it ’ s an easier slam-dunk than anything ever attempted by Michael Jordan or Lebron James .
So is anyone really surprised at H.R .
6666 to allocate funding for contact tracing digital surveillance and home inspections by government agents ?
Nope .
“ Here is wisdom .
Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast : for it is the number of a man ; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
” Revelation 13:18 ( KJB ) So here we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the end times , and what should we be doing ?
First and foremost , we should be telling lost people about salvation in Jesus Christ , and encouraging the saints to get something done for the Lord whilst time remains .
Secondly , we should be loudly cheering the forces of the forming Antichrist system and shouting to them ‘ That thou doest , do quickly !
‘ from John 13:27 .
Because the quicker they work , the sooner we fly out on Flight # 777 .
FROM CONGRESS.GOV : As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for H.R.6666 – To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to conduct diagnostic testing for COVID-19 , and related activities such as contact tracing , through mobile health units and , as necessary , at individuals ’ residences , and for other purposes .
• Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce .
( All Actions ) Bills are generally sent to the Library of Congress from GPO , the Government Publishing Office , a day or two after they are introduced on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Delays can occur when there are a large number of bills to prepare or when a very large bill has to be printed .
READ MORE US Begins To Implement WHO ‘ Contact Tracing ’ To Forcibly Remove People From Their Homes Contact tracing , combined with expanded testing , is a pillar of the state ’ s modified stay-at-home order and The goal is to track and trace every person in the state who may have been exposed , then quickly isolate and test them So in other words the sate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and only then it would be a modified stay-at-home order , and not actually removing the lockdown in its entirety Disclaimer : We at Prepare for Change ( PFC ) bring you information that is not offered by the mainstream news , and therefore may seem controversial .
The opinions , views , statements , and/or information we present are not necessarily promoted , endorsed , espoused , or agreed to by Prepare for Change , its leadership Council , members , those who work with PFC , or those who read its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ provocative .
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H.R.6666 – Door to Door Covid-19 Testing and Contact Tracing
By Geoffrey Grider,
H.R.6666 – To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to conduct diagnostic testing for COVID-19, and related activities such as contact tracing and home surveillance.
The deeper we go into this dystopian world of COVID-19, the murkier things get. But ironically, from a biblical perspective, they are stunningly clear, at least to me anyway. That COVID-19 is being used to bring in the New World Order is now a proven point, only the most pathological of gainsayers can dispute it at this point. And connecting COVID-19 to the Mark of the Beast system? Why it’s an easier slam-dunk than anything ever attempted by Michael Jordan or Lebron James. So is anyone really surprised at H.R. 6666 to allocate funding for contact tracing digital surveillance and home inspections by government agents? Nope.
“Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.” Revelation 13:18 (KJB)
So here we are, on the front lines of the end times, and what should we be doing? First and foremost, we should be telling lost people about salvation in Jesus Christ, and encouraging the saints to get something done for the Lord whilst time remains. Secondly, we should be loudly cheering the forces of the forming Antichrist system and shouting to them ‘That thou doest, do quickly!‘ from John 13:27. Because the quicker they work, the sooner we fly out on Flight #777.
H.R.6666 — 116th Congress (2019-2020)
FROM CONGRESS.GOV: As of 05/07/2020 text has not been received for H.R.6666 – To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to conduct diagnostic testing for COVID-19, and related activities such as contact tracing, through mobile health units and, as necessary, at individuals’ residences, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (Introduced 05/01/2020)
Committees:House – Energy and Commerce
Latest Action:House – 05/01/2020
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions)
Bills are generally sent to the Library of Congress from GPO, the Government Publishing Office, a day or two after they are introduced on the floor of the House or Senate. Delays can occur when there are a large number of bills to prepare or when a very large bill has to be printed. READ MORE
US Begins To Implement WHO ‘Contact Tracing’ To Forcibly Remove People From Their Homes
Contact tracing, combined with expanded testing, is a pillar of the state’s modified stay-at-home order and The goal is to track and trace every person in the state who may have been exposed, then quickly isolate and test them So in other words the sate cannot open up without contact tracing and only then it would be a modified stay-at-home order, and not actually removing the lockdown in its entirety
Source: https://www.nowtheendbegins.com
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prepareforchange--2020-05-09--Week 7 of the Collapse of the U.S. Labor Market

State unemployment offices have processed a gut-wrenching 33.48 million initial claims for unemployment insurance over the seven reporting weeks since mid-March .
In the week ended May 2 , state unemployment offices have processed 3.169 million unemployment claims , seasonally adjusted , according to the US Department of Labor this morning .
Each weekly number of unemployment claims over the past seven weeks blew away the weekly records of the prior unemployment crises in 1982 and 2009 ; today ’ s claims were nearly five times the magnitude of the prior record spikes .
So initial unemployment claims are falling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a catastrophic level .
The layoff announcements by larger companies continue on a daily basis .
Yesterday , Uber announced that it would lay off 3,700 people ; Haliburton announced that it would lay off 1,000 people at its corporate headquarters , after having already laid of thousands of people elsewhere ; the Natural History Museum in New York City announced it would lay off 450 people ; etc .
etc .
It ’ s a loud and terrible drumbeat .
Thousands of smaller companies are laying off people without media attention .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ systems are now ready to process unemployment insurance claims by the self-employed and contract workers that have become eligible to file for unemployment insurance under the provisions in the stimulus package .
And some of those claims are now being included in the data .
Someone who filed an “ initial claim ” for Unemployment Insurance ( UI ) and a week later still doesn ’ t have a job is added to “ insured unemployment ” – also called “ continued claims.
” This lags by one week .
The number of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unemployed ” spiked to 22.647 million for the week ending April 25 , about 3.5 times the record of the era before The Virus – 6.63 million in May of 2009 : The “ insured unemployment rate ” for the week ended April 25 spiked to 15.5 % .
The record in the era before The Virus was 7.0 % in May 1975 .
At the state level , the data for the insured unemployment rate lags one week .
The table below shows the 13 states where the insured unemployment rate for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than the national average of 15.5 % , according to the Labor Department today .
New Jersey is on the list because it is within a rounding error of the national average .
All other states were below the national average , including California ( 10.9 % ) , Texas ( 7.8 % ) , and Florida ( 6.3 % ) which has been struggling to catch up processing unemployment claims .
This “ insured unemployment rate ” is very different from the household-survey-based unemployment rates in the monthly jobs report , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the labor force who are actively trying to find employment , including gig work .
Not all of the people looking for work are receiving unemployment benefits , and so the unemployment rates in the jobs report , when they finally catch up , are higher than the “ insured unemployment rate.
” We will find out on Friday what that rate looked like for April .
The 25 states with the most initial claims , week ended May 2 .
California is back in first place , replacing Florida , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as it was finally catching up processing claims .
During the initial burst in March , California had reported over 1 million claims in a single week .
This has been dropping since then .
The state unemployment office ( EDD ) has started to process applications by previously excluded gig workers , and those claims are starting to be included : Nobody knew what would trigger the next financial crisis , but just about everyone knew it would involve the record pile of corporate debt .
And so it happened .
Now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We at Prepare for Change ( PFC ) bring you information that is not offered by the mainstream news , and therefore may seem controversial .
The opinions , views , statements , and/or information we present are not necessarily promoted , endorsed , espoused , or agreed to by Prepare for Change , its leadership Council , members , those who work with PFC , or those who read its content .
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By Wolf Ritcher,
State unemployment offices have processed a gut-wrenching 33.48 million initial claims for unemployment insurance over the seven reporting weeks since mid-March. In the week ended May 2, state unemployment offices have processed 3.169 million unemployment claims, seasonally adjusted, according to the US Department of Labor this morning.
Each weekly number of unemployment claims over the past seven weeks blew away the weekly records of the prior unemployment crises in 1982 and 2009; today’s claims were nearly five times the magnitude of the prior record spikes. So initial unemployment claims are falling, but they’re still at a catastrophic level.
The layoff announcements by larger companies continue on a daily basis. Yesterday, Uber announced that it would lay off 3,700 people; Haliburton announced that it would lay off 1,000 people at its corporate headquarters, after having already laid of thousands of people elsewhere; the Natural History Museum in New York City announced it would lay off 450 people; etc. etc. It’s a loud and terrible drumbeat. Thousands of smaller companies are laying off people without media attention.
In California and many other states, systems are now ready to process unemployment insurance claims by the self-employed and contract workers that have become eligible to file for unemployment insurance under the provisions in the stimulus package. And some of those claims are now being included in the data.
“Insured Unemployed” spike to another horrific record.
Someone who filed an “initial claim” for Unemployment Insurance (UI) and a week later still doesn’t have a job is added to “insured unemployment” – also called “continued claims.” This lags by one week.
The number of people that make up the “insured unemployed” spiked to 22.647 million for the week ending April 25, about 3.5 times the record of the era before The Virus – 6.63 million in May of 2009:
The “insured unemployment rate” for the week ended April 25 spiked to 15.5%. The record in the era before The Virus was 7.0% in May 1975.
At the state level, the data for the insured unemployment rate lags one week. The table below shows the 13 states where the insured unemployment rate for the week ending April 18 was higher than the national average of 15.5%, according to the Labor Department today. New Jersey is on the list because it is within a rounding error of the national average. All other states were below the national average, including California (10.9%), Texas (7.8%), and Florida (6.3%) which has been struggling to catch up processing unemployment claims.
Insured Unemployment Rate by State Week ending Apr 18 Week ending Apr 11 1 Vermont 25.2% 21.8% 2 West Virginia 21.9% 14.4% 3 Michigan 21.7% 21.8% 4 Rhode Island 20.4% 16.8% 5 Nevada 19.9% 16.8% 6 Connecticut 18.7% 18.5% 7 Puerto Rico 17.9% 12.8% 8 Georgia 17.3% 14.0% 9 New York 17.2% 14.4% 10 Washington 17.1% 16.0% 11 Alaska 16.9% 15.6% 12 Louisiana 15.9% 13.0% 13 Pennsylvania 15.7% 18.5% 14 New Jersey 15.4% 13.8%
This “insured unemployment rate” is very different from the household-survey-based unemployment rates in the monthly jobs report, which attempt to show the percentage of people in the labor force who are actively trying to find employment, including gig work. Not all of the people looking for work are receiving unemployment benefits, and so the unemployment rates in the jobs report, when they finally catch up, are higher than the “insured unemployment rate.” We will find out on Friday what that rate looked like for April.
The 25 states with the most initial claims, week ended May 2.
California is back in first place, replacing Florida, which had moved into first place last week as it was finally catching up processing claims. During the initial burst in March, California had reported over 1 million claims in a single week. This has been dropping since then. The state unemployment office (EDD) has started to process applications by previously excluded gig workers, and those claims are starting to be included:
Top 25 States for Initial Claims, week ended May 2
1 California 318,064 2 Texas 247,179 3 Georgia 226,884 4 New York 195,242 5 Florida 173,191 6 Washington 109,167 7 Pennsylvania 96,603 8 New Jersey 87,540 9 North Carolina 84,716 10 Kentucky 80,060 11 Illinois 74,476 12 Michigan 68,952 13 Oklahoma 68,237 14 Maryland 65262 15 Virginia 61,138 16 Ohio 61,046 17 Massachusetts 55,448 18 Louisiana 52,137 19 Missouri 49,402 20 Minnesota 47,134 21 South Carolina 46,747 22 Oregon 45,102 23 Indiana 43,777 24 Arizona 42,909 25 Wisconsin 38,002
Nobody knew what would trigger the next financial crisis, but just about everyone knew it would involve the record pile of corporate debt. And so it happened. Now the Fed fixed it.
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prepareforchange--2020-05-09--Duke Whistleblower Gets More Than $33 Million In Research Fraud Settlement

Although this story was originally published by NPR in March 2019 it is an example of the potential fraudulent activities related to research and grants in our health system that seems timely under the current situation : Duke University is paying the U.S. government $ 112.5 million to settle accusations that it submitted bogus data to win federal research grants .
The settlement will also bring a $ 33.75 million payment to Joseph Thomas , the whistleblower who drew attention to the fraud when he worked for Duke .
Thomas , a former Duke lab analyst , sued the university @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saying that a Duke researcher fudged data to help the university win and keep lucrative grants from two agencies , the National Institutes of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency .
The dozens of grants in question covered the study of the lung function of mice .
The Justice Department says Thomas ’ lawsuit alleged that “ between 2006 and 2018 , Duke knowingly submitted and caused to be submitted ” claims to federal agencies that were unknowingly paying grant money for falsified research data .
It adds that while the agreement settles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mean Duke has been determined liable .
Duke says it “ discovered the possible research misconduct in 2013 after the [ research ] technician was fired for embezzling money from the university.
” In a statement to NPR , Thomas ’ attorneys say his lawsuit was motivated by the fraud ’ s scope , as well as his concerns that the university wasn ’ t being transparent enough , after “ Duke ’ s administration and researchers faced the reality that seven years of data were false or unreliable.
” Discussing the university @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about the case , Duke President Vincent E. Price said virtually all of the school ’ s researchers are dedicated to meeting them .
“ When individuals fail to uphold those standards , ” he added , ” and those who are aware of possible wrongdoing fail to report it , as happened in this case , we must accept responsibility , acknowledge that our processes for identifying and preventing misconduct did not work , and take steps to improve.
” In a letter to the university ’ s community , Price said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Duke .
Citing the “ devastating impact of research fraud , ” he also said the school had taken numerous steps to encourage scientific integrity , improve training and archive research data .
Because Thomas brought the original lawsuit under the False Claims Act ’ s qui tam , or whistleblower , provisions , he stood to share in any money that was recovered from Duke .
For pursuing the case on the U.S. government ’ s behalf , he will now receive $ 33,750,000 from the settlement , the Justice Department @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stuck with the case after the government opted not to mount its own investigation after he reported his allegations and filed suit .
“ In many meritorious cases , the government decides to ‘ intervene ’ at that stage of the proceedings , basically taking over the lead of the case , ” lawyers for Thomas said .
“ But here , that never happened .
This left Mr. Thomas and his lawyers at the point of the spear – going against a venerated academic institution with enormous resources.
” Thomas ’ attorneys @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; Healy Hafemann Magee & Thomas ; and Brooks Pierce , said that in the fallout from the case , Joseph Thomas was “ vilified and suffered substantial personal hardships as he found himself out of work for over a year.
” Thomas was working as a lab research analyst for Duke University Health Systems when , his lawsuit alleges , he learned that a researcher in the pulmonary division had violated the False Claims Act , defrauding the government of millions of dollars .
In a lawsuit filed under seal in 2013 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the pulmonary division ’ s former clinical research coordinator , Erin Potts-Kant was supposed to certify the validity of the unit ’ s work and ensure that it fulfilled government requirements .
But instead , the suit stated , “ Potts-Kant engaged in systematic and near-universal research fraud , ” including , in some cases , making up data outright “ in lieu of actually performing experiments.
” The suit also accused those who supervised Potts-Kant of ignoring signs of possible fraud or misconduct .
The case has also had repercussions in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the lawsuit , the allegedly faked research was used for more than meeting federal guidelines .
It also helped Potts-Kant co-author and publish 38 articles in scholarly journals with her fellow Duke researchers — which were , in turn , cited in 417 other articles when the suit was filed in 2013 .
As the website Retraction Watch notes , there have now been 17 retractions of scientific papers related to Potts-Kant ’ s work .
Thomas ’ case against Duke on behalf of the U.S. government was tentatively settled last November @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slow to approve the deal , according to court documents .
The settlement was officially announced Monday , after a hearing in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina in Greensboro .
The case ’ s litigation history includes nearly 300 motions , orders and other court filings .
Disclaimer : We at Prepare for Change ( PFC ) bring you information that is not offered by the mainstream news , and therefore may seem controversial .
The opinions , views , statements , and/or information we present are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or agreed to by Prepare for Change , its leadership Council , members , those who work with PFC , or those who read its content .
However , they are hopefully provocative .
Please use discernment !
Use logical thinking , your own intuition and your own connection with Source , Spirit and Natural Laws to help you determine what is true and what is not .
By sharing information and seeding dialogue , it is our goal to raise consciousness and awareness of higher truths to free us from enslavement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

Although this story was originally published by NPR in March 2019 it is an example of the potential fraudulent activities related to research and grants in our health system that seems timely under the current situation:
Duke University is paying the U.S. government $112.5 million to settle accusations that it submitted bogus data to win federal research grants. The settlement will also bring a $33.75 million payment to Joseph Thomas, the whistleblower who drew attention to the fraud when he worked for Duke.
Thomas, a former Duke lab analyst, sued the university on behalf of the federal government, saying that a Duke researcher fudged data to help the university win and keep lucrative grants from two agencies, the National Institutes of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency.
The dozens of grants in question covered the study of the lung function of mice. The Justice Department says Thomas’ lawsuit alleged that “between 2006 and 2018, Duke knowingly submitted and caused to be submitted” claims to federal agencies that were unknowingly paying grant money for falsified research data. It adds that while the agreement settles the court case, it does not mean Duke has been determined liable.
Duke says it “discovered the possible research misconduct in 2013 after the [research] technician was fired for embezzling money from the university.”
In a statement to NPR, Thomas’ attorneys say his lawsuit was motivated by the fraud’s scope, as well as his concerns that the university wasn’t being transparent enough, after “Duke’s administration and researchers faced the reality that seven years of data were false or unreliable.”
Discussing the university’s ethical standards in a statement about the case, Duke President Vincent E. Price said virtually all of the school’s researchers are dedicated to meeting them.
“When individuals fail to uphold those standards,” he added,” and those who are aware of possible wrongdoing fail to report it, as happened in this case, we must accept responsibility, acknowledge that our processes for identifying and preventing misconduct did not work, and take steps to improve.”
In a letter to the university’s community, Price said, “This is a difficult moment for Duke. Citing the “devastating impact of research fraud,” he also said the school had taken numerous steps to encourage scientific integrity, improve training and archive research data.
Because Thomas brought the original lawsuit under the False Claims Act’s qui tam, or whistleblower, provisions, he stood to share in any money that was recovered from Duke. For pursuing the case on the U.S. government’s behalf, he will now receive $33,750,000 from the settlement, the Justice Department said.
Thomas’ attorneys say he stuck with the case after the government opted not to mount its own investigation after he reported his allegations and filed suit.
“In many meritorious cases, the government decides to ‘intervene’ at that stage of the proceedings, basically taking over the lead of the case,” lawyers for Thomas said. “But here, that never happened. This left Mr. Thomas and his lawyers at the point of the spear – going against a venerated academic institution with enormous resources.”
Thomas’ attorneys, from the law firms Gentry Locke; Healy Hafemann Magee & Thomas; and Brooks Pierce, said that in the fallout from the case, Joseph Thomas was “vilified and suffered substantial personal hardships as he found himself out of work for over a year.”
Thomas was working as a lab research analyst for Duke University Health Systems when, his lawsuit alleges, he learned that a researcher in the pulmonary division had violated the False Claims Act, defrauding the government of millions of dollars.
In a lawsuit filed under seal in 2013, Thomas and his attorneys said that as the pulmonary division’s former clinical research coordinator, Erin Potts-Kant was supposed to certify the validity of the unit’s work and ensure that it fulfilled government requirements. But instead, the suit stated, “Potts-Kant engaged in systematic and near-universal research fraud,” including, in some cases, making up data outright “in lieu of actually performing experiments.”
The suit also accused those who supervised Potts-Kant of ignoring signs of possible fraud or misconduct.
The case has also had repercussions in the broader academic world, because according to the lawsuit, the allegedly faked research was used for more than meeting federal guidelines. It also helped Potts-Kant co-author and publish 38 articles in scholarly journals with her fellow Duke researchers — which were, in turn, cited in 417 other articles when the suit was filed in 2013.
As the website Retraction Watch notes, there have now been 17 retractions of scientific papers related to Potts-Kant’s work.
Thomas’ case against Duke on behalf of the U.S. government was tentatively settled last November. But the Department of Justice was slow to approve the deal, according to court documents.
The settlement was officially announced Monday, after a hearing in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina in Greensboro. The case’s litigation history includes nearly 300 motions, orders and other court filings.
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prepareforchange--2020-05-09--Sharing Truth With Dignity and Respect: Psychology of Correcting a Person Who Maintains a Wrong Idea

After all , it ’ s about knowing how to pave the ground for dialogue in which respectful and assertive communication can flourish .
One in which ideas can flow and arguments maintain an adequate tone .
Everybody wants to be right .
Defending one ’ s own truth is a virus that afflicts the entire world population .
Most people cling to their ideas like sails to their mast and like fire to a match .
You can assume that , for many , mistakes show weakness .
Thus , few people feel comfortable failing or hearing they ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ever felt like you had to correct a person who maintained a “ wrong ” idea ?
It ’ s common , for example , for it to happen with people who you ’ re very close to .
For instance , it happens when , even after going through the same experiences , most remember it in a certain way , but there ’ s always someone with “ false memories ” .
Here ’ s an example in the context of a workplace .
Have you ever had to get a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or did wasn ’ t true or correct ?
Everyone has been through one of these situations .
And , admit it , you ’ d love to be able to handle them with greater success .
Thus , continue reading to find out some ways to do so .
When it comes to correcting a person who maintains a wrong idea , you shouldn ’ t start with expressions such as “ What you ’ re saying isn ’ t true ” , “ That isn ’ t entirely true ” , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doing it wrong ” .
Such phrases will only put the person in front of you on the defensive as soon as you begin to talk .
It ’ s a much better idea to use convincing skills and argue things more intimately , approaching them as positively as you can .
For example , “ Yes , it ’ s true we went to this town , and it ’ s also true we stayed in a fairly old hostel .
You ’ re right about that .
However , your brother @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he was still working in… ” To correct a person who maintains a wrong idea , mind your tone of voice When you correct someone and point out their mistakes or wrong approaches , it ’ s fairly easy to use , almost instinctively , an authoritarian , ironic , or confrontational tone of voice .
You must avoid doing this as much as you can .
Back up your arguments with data When it comes to correcting a person who maintains a wrong idea , you mustn ’ t start by saying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s right .
This is because truth without back up doesn ’ t mean anything as there isn ’ t enough data to support it .
It ’ s just smoke and can easily go out through a window .
Thus , to show , without impositions , that you ’ re right , you must do so with solid arguments .
And to do so , you must communicate assertively and give detailed , objective information .
In addition , it ’ s essential for you to listen empathetically so you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t always be able to convince the other person Yes , you won ’ t always be able to convince another person that they ’ re wrong about something .
Thus , when it comes to correcting a person who maintains the wrong idea , assume that some people aren ’ t interested in seeing things from your point of view .
This occurs , for example , with cases as complex as someone defending creationism or certain cults or those who are against the use of medication .
There are facts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And they occur every day because you must deal with set values and religions .
As you can see , fanaticism and ideological misunderstandings are rather difficult to debate .
Pointing out the mistakes of those who protect themselves with myths is as complex as it is exasperating .
Acceptance is the only thing you can offer in the light of these situations and other simpler ones , such as those related to false memories .
And on those in which your interlocutor insists on defending their position .
Remember that you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ person defends their point of view .

After all, it’s about knowing how to pave the ground for dialogue in which respectful and assertive communication can flourish. One in which ideas can flow and arguments maintain an adequate tone.
Strategies to correct a person who maintains a wrong idea
Everybody wants to be right. Defending one’s own truth is a virus that afflicts the entire world population. Most people cling to their ideas like sails to their mast and like fire to a match. You can assume that, for many, mistakes show weakness. Thus, few people feel comfortable failing or hearing they’re wrong.
Thus, have you ever felt like you had to correct a person who maintained a “wrong” idea? It’s common, for example, for it to happen with people who you’re very close to. For instance, it happens when, even after going through the same experiences, most remember it in a certain way, but there’s always someone with “false memories”.
Your partner, father, or best friend may be confused about certain dates or situations. Thus, you’ll try to tell them that it didn’t happen the way they say it did. If you don’t do it right, an argument will follow.
Here’s an example in the context of a workplace. Have you ever had to get a colleague to realize that what they said or did wasn’t true or correct?
Everyone has been through one of these situations. And, admit it, you’d love to be able to handle them with greater success. Thus, continue reading to find out some ways to do so.
Start with something positive, without emphasizing the mistake
When it comes to correcting a person who maintains a wrong idea, you shouldn’t start with expressions such as “What you’re saying isn’t true”, “That isn’t entirely true”, or “Look, you’re doing it wrong”. Such phrases will only put the person in front of you on the defensive as soon as you begin to talk.
It’s a much better idea to use convincing skills and argue things more intimately, approaching them as positively as you can. For example, “Yes, it’s true we went to this town, and it’s also true we stayed in a fairly old hostel. You’re right about that. However, your brother wasn’t on that trip because he was still working in…”
“It’s especially hard to admit that you made a mistake to your parents, because, of course, you know so much more than they do.” -Sean Covey-
To correct a person who maintains a wrong idea, mind your tone of voice
When you correct someone and point out their mistakes or wrong approaches, it’s fairly easy to use, almost instinctively, an authoritarian, ironic, or confrontational tone of voice. You must avoid doing this as much as you can.
Your tone of your voice is as important as your arguments. You must be tactful, empathetic, and calm while you try to communicate.
Back up your arguments with data
When it comes to correcting a person who maintains a wrong idea, you mustn’t start by saying that you’re the one who’s right. This is because truth without back up doesn’t mean anything as there isn’t enough data to support it. It’s just smoke and can easily go out through a window.
Thus, to show, without impositions, that you’re right, you must do so with solid arguments. And to do so, you must communicate assertively and give detailed, objective information.
In addition, it’s essential for you to listen empathetically so you can respond appropriately.
Assume you won’t always be able to convince the other person
Yes, you won’t always be able to convince another person that they’re wrong about something. Thus, when it comes to correcting a person who maintains the wrong idea, assume that some people aren’t interested in seeing things from your point of view. This occurs, for example, with cases as complex as someone defending creationism or certain cults or those who are against the use of medication.
There are facts some people just can’t understand. And they occur every day because you must deal with set values and religions. As you can see, fanaticism and ideological misunderstandings are rather difficult to debate. Pointing out the mistakes of those who protect themselves with myths is as complex as it is exasperating.
Acceptance is the only thing you can offer in the light of these situations and other simpler ones, such as those related to false memories. And on those in which your interlocutor insists on defending their position. Remember that you live in a world in which every person defends their point of view.
Try to have calm, intelligent arguments as much as possible. This is the only way you’ll be successful and assertive. Thus, just let it go if you can’t get anywhere. This is because it’s best to withdraw unscathed at the least emotional cost.
Source: Sharing Truth With Dignity


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prepareforchange--2020-05-10--Former JPMorgan Economist: We Are Heading Towards A Weimar Republic Inflation Setup

Submitted by a former JPMorgan economist who wishes to remain anonymous Readers will have anticipated the bursting of the bubble that has been re-inflating ever since 2009 .
Ultra-loose monetary policy , coupled with deflationary pressures from increased aggregate supply and investors chasing yield at ever higher risk , meant that almost all asset classes had reached all time highs just before entering the current bear market .
That there is a bubble , a massive one , is unquestionable .
Readers will further have anticipated that it didn ’ t have to be a global pandemic to burst this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for a prick – any prick – to burst it .
Whether it was a credit event , liquidity shortages that led to bankruptcies , a terrorist attack , a natural disaster or a bat : markets had reached a level of fragility where they could not cope with the materialising of such a tail risk event .
Expect companies in energy to go bust first .
Then retail and hospitality .
At some stage their bankruptcies will push creditors into a corner where such lenders will either have to be bailed out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lehman style ) .
Already banks have slowed their credit lines to corporates , like in 2008/2009 , anticipating that some of their debtors will fail to repay .
Sure , with more QE flooding the markets a complete wipe-out may be averted , as there is no political appetite for mass insolvencies ( especially in an election year in the US ) .
The bubble has reached a level where systemically relevant banks will be facing their Lehman moment sooner rather than later .
Lawmakers will not allow such systemically relevant lenders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ practically imply all lights to go out .
So the real question at hand is : at what cost ?
• At what cost to prevent the Deutsche Banks of this world from going bankrupt ?
• At what cost to keep the unemployed at bay , because for sure : no job , no income and no prospects are a recipe for turmoil and civil unrest .
• At what cost to counter big institutional sellers exiting the markets who want cash ?
• At what cost running the biggest budget deficit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ US ) ?
• At what cost managing the havoc from Covid-19 ?
• At what cost etc .
On April 27 , 2020 CNBC ran a story on “ Why the coronavirus crisis may prompt central bankers to scrap inflation targeting ” .
If central banks indeed abandon or modify inflation targeting we will certainly be crossing the Rubicon .
Admittedly , there is no other way in answering the above questions .
Policymakers continue to be behind the curve and obviously failed to learn from 2008/2009 .
Their last resort is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If central banks have no or a soft-washed inflation mandate we are heading towards a Weimar Republic style inflation setup .
With global output staying the same or declining , aggregate demand declining significantly and the quantity of money in circulation multiplying ( by means of handouts or universal basic incomes ) , asset prices across asset classes being propped up by central banks , it becomes just a matter of time until inflation goes from ‘ subdued ’ to ‘ out of hand ’ .
Asset allocation in this new set up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or accepting them as collateral , it may be soon until their mandate is being changed to facilitate the buying of equities , too .
As other commentators already noted : we may have abandoned free markets and now head to a centrally planned set up .
The recent pick-up from the March 2020 lows in stock markets will be short lived .
Nothing has fundamentally improved , other than emergency liquidity provisions by central banks .
Expect a new selloff by year end – re-testing the lows of March – because perfidiously @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corporate debt/equity to control asset prices !
Central banks will be printing fiat money on a unprecedented scale .
With potentially negative interest rates even in the US , a slowing of global trade and thus reduced supply , the risk of a surprise inflation increases markedly .
If and when this feeds through , asset allocation becomes key .
Look for uncorrelated asset classes or inflation resistant assets .
There is a chance central banks will own a good part of cross-sector corporate debt/equity when the dust settles and inflation starts to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We at Prepare for Change ( PFC ) bring you information that is not offered by the mainstream news , and therefore may seem controversial .
The opinions , views , statements , and/or information we present are not necessarily promoted , endorsed , espoused , or agreed to by Prepare for Change , its leadership Council , members , those who work with PFC , or those who read its content .
However , they are hopefully provocative .
Please use discernment !
Use logical thinking , your own intuition and your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Natural Laws to help you determine what is true and what is not .
By sharing information and seeding dialogue , it is our goal to raise consciousness and awareness of higher truths to free us from enslavement of the matrix in this material realm .

By Tyler Durden,
Submitted by a former JPMorgan economist who wishes to remain anonymous
The everything bubble
Readers will have anticipated the bursting of the bubble that has been re-inflating ever since 2009. Ultra-loose monetary policy, coupled with deflationary pressures from increased aggregate supply and investors chasing yield at ever higher risk, meant that almost all asset classes had reached all time highs just before entering the current bear market.
That there is a bubble, a massive one, is unquestionable. Readers will further have anticipated that it didn’t have to be a global pandemic to burst this bubble. This bubble was practically looking for a prick – any prick – to burst it. Whether it was a credit event, liquidity shortages that led to bankruptcies, a terrorist attack, a natural disaster or a bat: markets had reached a level of fragility where they could not cope with the materialising of such a tail risk event.
📊 WATCH: Two Decades Of Growing Global Debt 📊 In 2020, a sharp upward trajectory in debt levels looks all but certain. More in the latest IIF Global Debt Monitor: https://t.co/Exj7rDDPpx pic.twitter.com/q0R1vi05DY — IIF (@IIF) April 14, 2020
Market outlook
Expect companies in energy to go bust first. Then retail and hospitality. At some stage their bankruptcies will push creditors into a corner where such lenders will either have to be bailed out or they will drop like flies (Lehman style). Already banks have slowed their credit lines to corporates, like in 2008/2009, anticipating that some of their debtors will fail to repay.
Sure, with more QE flooding the markets a complete wipe-out may be averted, as there is no political appetite for mass insolvencies (especially in an election year in the US).
The bubble has reached a level where systemically relevant banks will be facing their Lehman moment sooner rather than later. Lawmakers will not allow such systemically relevant lenders to go under, as this would practically imply all lights to go out. So the real question at hand is: at what cost?
At what cost to prevent the Deutsche Banks of this world from going bankrupt?
At what cost to keep the unemployed at bay, because for sure: no job, no income and no prospects are a recipe for turmoil and civil unrest.
At what cost to counter big institutional sellers exiting the markets who want cash?
At what cost running the biggest budget deficit and current account deficit (in the US)?
At what cost managing the havoc from Covid-19?
At what cost QE forever?
At what cost etc.
Crossing the Rubicon
On April 27, 2020 CNBC ran a story on “Why the coronavirus crisis may prompt central bankers to scrap inflation targeting”.
If central banks indeed abandon or modify inflation targeting we will certainly be crossing the Rubicon. Admittedly, there is no other way in answering the above questions.
Policymakers continue to be behind the curve and obviously failed to learn from 2008/2009. Their last resort is printing money and creating more debt. If central banks have no or a soft-washed inflation mandate we are heading towards a Weimar Republic style inflation setup.
With global output staying the same or declining, aggregate demand declining significantly and the quantity of money in circulation multiplying (by means of handouts or universal basic incomes), asset prices across asset classes being propped up by central banks, it becomes just a matter of time until inflation goes from ‘subdued’ to ‘out of hand’.
Asset allocation in this new set up
With central banks either purchasing corporate bonds or accepting them as collateral, it may be soon until their mandate is being changed to facilitate the buying of equities, too. As other commentators already noted: we may have abandoned free markets and now head to a centrally planned set up.
The recent pick-up from the March 2020 lows in stock markets will be short lived. Nothing has fundamentally improved, other than emergency liquidity provisions by central banks. Expect a new selloff by year end – re-testing the lows of March – because perfidiously the Fed does not yet own enough corporate debt/equity to control asset prices!
Central banks will be printing fiat money on a unprecedented scale. With potentially negative interest rates even in the US, a slowing of global trade and thus reduced supply, the risk of a surprise inflation increases markedly. If and when this feeds through, asset allocation becomes key.
Look for uncorrelated asset classes or inflation resistant assets. There is a chance central banks will own a good part of cross-sector corporate debt/equity when the dust settles and inflation starts to go through the roof.
Source: https://www.zerohedge.com
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prepareforchange--2020-05-10--Unemployment Kills: The Longer Lockdowns Last, the Worse It Will Get

Fed chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday announced the economic data now coming out “ is worse than any data we have seen for the economy.
” This is due in part to to twenty years of stimulus-driven economic growth based on blowing up and sustaining bubbles through easy money .
But it is now made much worse by the fact that many governments have frozen their states ’ and nations ’ economies , shut down businesses , and prevented markets from adapting to the new realities of consumers and workers in a world with a heightened risk of disease .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ with 30 million Americans filing for unemployment over the past six weeks ( one survey puts it at 50 million ) .
In states that insist on continuing with widespread coercive economic shutdowns , the numbers will only keep getting worse .
Many policymakers , unfortunately , continue to pretend that the costs associated with these shutdowns are minimal or insignificant .
Those who speak up against the shutdowns—whether from the perspective of protecting human rights , or simply on pragmatic grounds—are often shouted down as choosing filthy lucre over public health .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ when unemployment leads to impoverishment or loss of social status , it is itself a major health problem .
This has been evident in research for many years , but since this narrative does not support the myopic and single-minded drive toward “ fighting COVID-19 ” at all costs , many politicians and “ experts ” simply wave these facts aside .
The policymakers continue to pretend that everything will be fine once the politicians unilaterally decide that there has been “ enough testing ” or that things are “ under control , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ set to justify recognizing people ’ s basic human rights to seek employment and run their own businesses .
The Cost of Unemployment : A Survey of the Research According to a 2014 piece in Harvard Public Health magazine , unemployment due to business closures And for men the impacts are often worse : In a study of the effect of economic growth in morbidity in the twentieth century , M. Harvey Brenner writes in the International Journal of Epidemiology that In this 2003 study on unemployment in the Journal of Health Economics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ effects of unemployment also become worse the earlier in the cycle one becomes unemployed .
In a Finnish study on unemployment , Pekka Martikainen found that In other words , those who became unemployed first—i.e.
, in 1990—had higher mortality than those who became jobless in later years .
But the general conclusion was familiar .
Mortality increased sizeably for those who became unemployed : Moreover the long-term effects can be significant .
In a Swedish study on the long term effect of unemployment , the researchers found that For men , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ double what it was for the employed .
The risk was nearly double for women .
The same study also showed that for men who had suffered unemployment , long-term risk of death from suicide was more than 40 percent higher than the employed .
Even the risk of death from “ transport accidents ” became higher following bouts of unemployment .
Even worse , the effects of unemployment tend to be magnified by previous periods of unemployment , since “ The risk of becoming unemployed is higher among people who have previous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ referred to as ‘ scarring ’ , ‘ path dependency ’ or ‘ state dependency . '
” This increases the health effects of unemployment among the most economically disadvantaged groups .
Not surprisingly , increased unemployment also increases the risk of death from drug-related causes as well .
In this 2017 study , Studies have now started to be published on our current recession .
Although not directly studying unemployment , a new study of Swiss data on the mental health–related “ consequences of COVID-19 mitigation ” ( i.e.
, economic lockdowns @ @ @ @ @ @ @ words , the “ mitigation ” strategies that allegedly save lives are really just shifting the burden from some people onto to others .
In some cases , the lockdowns amount to nearly a decade of lost years thanks to the toll on mental health .
Confronted with the likely costs of their lockdown policies , many will fall back on claiming basic arithmetic can give us the answer .
“ How many deaths are caused by unemployment versus by COVID-19 ?
” This claim is premised on the idea that it ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to prove that the number of deaths caused by economic destruction will outnumber the total COVID-19 deaths .
In the minds of the lockdown advocates , if the net number of lives saved by continued lockdown is even a single person , then their policies throwing freedom and the rule of law under the bus are totally justified .
They get it wrong , of course .
The burden of proof is on them .
After all , they are the ones advocating for violence .
That is , they are the ones @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people who just want to open their shops , or go to work , or sell their labor for wages .
If those people don ’ t comply , the prolockdown position is that these “ disobedient ” people must then be locked in cages or ruined financially through fines , lawsuits , and criminal charges .
The opponents of the lockdowns , on the other hand , only wish to allow people to exercise their freedom .
The burden of proof lies on those who wish to use police powers to coerce @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the “ experts ” have no idea how much the lockdowns are even preventing the spread of disease or how employment and economic growth would be affected in the absence of coerced lockdowns .
The lockdown proponents simply don ’ t have enough data to make the case for their position .
They only know they desire to force people to abandon their jobs , abandon their shops , and indefinitely embrace a life on the dole .
As a result , many will kill themselves .
Many will overdose on drugs @

Fed chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday announced the economic data now coming out “is worse than any data we have seen for the economy.”
This is due in part to to twenty years of stimulus-driven economic growth based on blowing up and sustaining bubbles through easy money. But it is now made much worse by the fact that many governments have frozen their states’ and nations’ economies, shut down businesses, and prevented markets from adapting to the new realities of consumers and workers in a world with a heightened risk of disease.
The result has been catastrophic unemployment, with 30 million Americans filing for unemployment over the past six weeks (one survey puts it at 50 million). In states that insist on continuing with widespread coercive economic shutdowns, the numbers will only keep getting worse.
Many policymakers, unfortunately, continue to pretend that the costs associated with these shutdowns are minimal or insignificant. Those who speak up against the shutdowns—whether from the perspective of protecting human rights, or simply on pragmatic grounds—are often shouted down as choosing filthy lucre over public health.
The reality, however, is that when unemployment leads to impoverishment or loss of social status, it is itself a major health problem.
This has been evident in research for many years, but since this narrative does not support the myopic and single-minded drive toward “fighting COVID-19” at all costs, many politicians and “experts” simply wave these facts aside. The policymakers continue to pretend that everything will be fine once the politicians unilaterally decide that there has been “enough testing” or that things are “under control,” or whatever arbitrary goal has been set to justify recognizing people’s basic human rights to seek employment and run their own businesses.
The Cost of Unemployment: A Survey of the Research
According to a 2014 piece in Harvard Public Health magazine, unemployment due to business closures
increased by 83 percent the odds of new health conditions likely triggered by job loss—stress-related conditions such as stroke, hypertension, heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, and emotional and psychiatric problems.
The risk of death increased:
A 2011 meta-analysis of international research—published in Social Science & Medicine by David Roelfs, Eran Shor, Karina Davidson, and Joseph Schwartz—found that the risk of death was 63 percent higher during the study periods among those who experienced unemployment than among those who did not, after adjusting for age and other variables.
And for men the impacts are often worse:
A 2009 study on the impact of the 1980s oil crisis and subsequent recession in Pennsylvania, published by economists Daniel Sullivan and Till von Wachter in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, found that in the year after men lost their jobs in mass layoffs, their chances of dying doubled.
In a study of the effect of economic growth in morbidity in the twentieth century, M. Harvey Brenner writes in the International Journal of Epidemiology that
the large and growing literature on unemployment and health is highly consistent in demonstrating elevated morbidity and mortality associated with unemployment and withdrawal from the labour force…. The literature on the long-term unemployed also shows increased exposure to alcoholism and use of other psychotropic substances such as tobacco and less expensive/nutritious foods. Equally important, the long-term unemployed are especially at risk for damaged family and friendship relations, quite apart from the social isolation induced by the loss of employment itself.
In this 2003 study on unemployment in the Journal of Health Economics, the authors concluded:
Unemployment increases the risk of being dead from 5.36 to 7.83%, i.e. an increased risk of 46%. For mortality from [noncancer and cardiovascular causes] unemployment leads to more than a doubling of the risk, and this effect is significant. Also for suicides the estimated effect of unemployment is significant, and the point estimate implies that unemployment increases the risk of suicides by 145%.
The health effects of unemployment also become worse the earlier in the cycle one becomes unemployed. In a Finnish study on unemployment, Pekka Martikainen found that
Men unemployed for the first time in 1990, 1991 or 1992 had, respectively, 111,72 and 35 per cent higher standardized mortality than did men who remained employed
In other words, those who became unemployed first—i.e., in 1990—had higher mortality than those who became jobless in later years. But the general conclusion was familiar. Mortality increased sizeably for those who became unemployed:
excess mortality of 47 per cent was observed among men unemployed or working part-time for reasons other than illness after adjustment for age, geographic region, social class, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, weight and known pre-existing disease.
Moreover the long-term effects can be significant. In a Swedish study on the long term effect of unemployment, the researchers found that
Alcohol-related mortality was significantly raised among both men and women who had experienced unemployment.
For men, the risk of alcohol-related death was more than double what it was for the employed. The risk was nearly double for women. The same study also showed that for men who had suffered unemployment, long-term risk of death from suicide was more than 40 percent higher than the employed. Even the risk of death from “transport accidents” became higher following bouts of unemployment.
The authors conclude:
At the very least, unemployment has taken its mortality toll among a vulnerable segment of the population, particularly among young men, unmarried men and men of low education or income.
Even worse, the effects of unemployment tend to be magnified by previous periods of unemployment, since “The risk of becoming unemployed is higher among people who have previous experience of unemployment. This has been referred to as ‘scarring’, ‘path dependency’ or ‘state dependency.'”
This increases the health effects of unemployment among the most economically disadvantaged groups.
Not surprisingly, increased unemployment also increases the risk of death from drug-related causes as well. In this 2017 study,
the researchers find that a one percentage point increase in the county unemployment rate is associated with an additional 0.2 opioid-involved drug-related deaths per 100,000 county residents, a 3.6 percent increase relative to the average rate of 5.4 deaths per 100,000. Similarly, there is a 3.3 percent increase in the rate of all drug-related deaths. For ED [emergency department] visits, a one percentage point rise in the county unemployment rate is linked to an additional 0.95 opioid overdose ED visits per 100,000 residents, a 7.0 percent increase.
Studies have now started to be published on our current recession. Although not directly studying unemployment, a new study of Swiss data on the mental health–related “consequences of COVID-19 mitigation” (i.e., economic lockdowns) the authors concluded:
The study projects that the average person would suffer 0.205 YLL [years of life lost] due to psychosocial consequence of COVID-19 mitigation measures. However, this loss would be entirely borne by 2.1% of the population, who will suffer an average 9.79 YLL….The results presented here are likely to underestimate the true impact of the mitigation strategies on YLL.
In other words, the “mitigation” strategies that allegedly save lives are really just shifting the burden from some people onto to others. In some cases, the lockdowns amount to nearly a decade of lost years thanks to the toll on mental health.
Confronted with the likely costs of their lockdown policies, many will fall back on claiming basic arithmetic can give us the answer. “How many deaths are caused by unemployment versus by COVID-19?” This claim is premised on the idea that it’s up to the defenders of freedom to prove that the number of deaths caused by economic destruction will outnumber the total COVID-19 deaths. In the minds of the lockdown advocates, if the net number of lives saved by continued lockdown is even a single person, then their policies throwing freedom and the rule of law under the bus are totally justified.
They get it wrong, of course. The burden of proof is on them. After all, they are the ones advocating for violence. That is, they are the ones who want to impose fines on nonviolent people who just want to open their shops, or go to work, or sell their labor for wages. If those people don’t comply, the prolockdown position is that these “disobedient” people must then be locked in cages or ruined financially through fines, lawsuits, and criminal charges.
The opponents of the lockdowns, on the other hand, only wish to allow people to exercise their freedom.
The burden of proof lies on those who wish to use police powers to coerce others.
Moreover, the truth is that the “experts” have no idea how much the lockdowns are even preventing the spread of disease or how employment and economic growth would be affected in the absence of coerced lockdowns. The lockdown proponents simply don’t have enough data to make the case for their position. They only know they desire to force people to abandon their jobs, abandon their shops, and indefinitely embrace a life on the dole. As a result, many will kill themselves. Many will overdose on drugs.


prepareforchange--2020-05-11--MORE NURSES COMING OUT ON COVID 19

MORE NURSES COMING OUT ON COVID 19


prepareforchange--2020-05-11--How to Improve Personal Relations during Lockdown

The lenses of reality are uniquely shaped for each and every one of us .
Our perspective and belief system are dictating the course of our existence .
For that reason , our reality can be easily altered by changing one little belief or by daring to look at things , situations , and experiences from another perspective .
Yes , we can say that we are living mad , challenging times .
But you can choose to see the beauty in this .
There are so many opportunities for us to grow , and nature is finally getting fresh @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a refined mixture of good and bad times .
While we all crave , hunt , and desire only the good , the happy times , we should remember that what we call “ bad times ” are the experiences that helped us evolve and become the better , stronger version of ourselves .
Bad times aren ’ t meant to bring us down , but to challenge us and to point out the critical things we should pay attention to in order to feel good again .
The good times are the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your fantastic journey through life .
This lockdown should be seen as a fundamental challenge in our life , and we have nothing but time to deal with it .
Regardless of the context , this lockdown caught you in ; there ’ s a critical aspect of this challenge that points back to all of us .
The relationships we have in our life , and most important , the most personal ones – family , friends , and lovers of all types .
This is the time we need each other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ best time to bond and improve your relationships , regardless of their nature .
With no further ado , let ’ s dive in together into the subject and find out how to improve personal relations during the lockdown .
Improvement comes only from a place of acceptance and understanding .
We are living indeed hard times that will leave a mark on the word ’ s history .
But this is alright ; it is what it is .
All you can do to help is staying safe until what ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ separation and enjoy that you finally have time for yourself and all the things you never had time for .
Understand that what is happening is not as bad as it seems .
Understand that while there ’ s an adverse outcome from this virus , there is also a good one .
And you can choose which side you want to focus on .
If you focus on the good side , you can actually help at improving the current situation by bringing light and hope in other persons ’ lives .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ for what it really is , you can focus on making the best out of it , and I believe that this is the magic of life .
“ Life is not happening to you but responding to you ” – as a wise man once said .
It All Start with Yourself Right now is the absolute perfect time to improve our relationships .
Now we realize how easily a dear person can stop being a part of our life , and actually have time to do something about it .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to improve a relationship you must improve yourself .
I know you must be tired of hearing about all the personal growth and being your best version stuff already .
Take a deep breath as today we ’ re not going to talk about it .
Improving yourself means taking time to observe and think about all the things you don ’ t like about yourself .
From your aspect to your thoughts and actions , make a list and write them down along with the reason why you don ’ t like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the behavior you wish to replace with and with a step by step plan on replacing them .
Introspection and meditation are two great tools that will help you improve yourself and , therefore , your relations , regardless of their nature .
Proper Communication Is More Important Than Ever I believe that we all know by now that the primary key towards a healthy relationship is effective communication .
But communication has so many parts : verbal , nonverbal , paraverbal , along with proper listening .
Thanks to technology today , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from having proper communication because we can see each other through the webcam and our nonverbal communication is still intact .
Nonverbal communication is the one that speaks the loudest – believe it or not .
To improve your relationships implies to communicate a lot .
“ Make sure that during the lockdown , you spend quality time with your family , and if there are tensions , name them and ask them to talk about them and go back to a loving atmosphere , ” says Mark Reeds , content writer from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from home and knows how often family needs your attention when you are at home .
As well , make sure you keep in touch with your squad – make a video call meeting while you all have some drinks and relax like you would on a regular Friday night .
And if you have a lover , it is the perfect opportunity to get closer and know each other better and discover new aspects of their complex existence .
This lockdown is trying us all , and we can quickly get anxious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Feelings are not bad .
Emotions can only have adverse outcomes because we ’ re not expressing them .
And expressing your feelings comes with an excellent opportunity to bond with your family , friends , or lover .
Having someone to talk to is extremely important in these mad times we ’ re living , and I like the benefits that can come out of it if we only choose to look on the bright side .
Since the lockdown , we all kind of set some sort of expectations in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ picture yourself doing specific activities with your close ones and imagining how your life will unfold during the lockdown .
But it is crucial to express your expectations with your close ones if you want to meet them .
You can even start making plans for each day – game night , date night , movie marathon , starting a new hobby together .
In other words , improving your relations means being open with them , especially when it comes to your feelings and expectations .
While no one wants to feel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one wants to feel with no intimacy in a spacy house .
This lockdown is already trying us in many ways , and from our desire to not feel lonely and to spend time together , we can easily break someone ’ s intimacy .
Even though we need to stay connected , we need to respect , now more than ever , the other ’ s personal space .
I mean , spending time together is easy , but respecting privacy is hard , especially when you have the opposite needs .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ some time only for yourself because everyone is at home as there ’ s nowhere else to go , intimacy has priority .
Sometimes we don ’ t want to talk about our feelings , especially not before we understand them , and the other person should respect that .
You see , respecting someone ’ s personal space and need for intimacy creates another kind of bonding – a really rare one if you ask me .
Do All the Activities You planned to Do Together and Never Had Time for Regardless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – your family , friends , or lover – I ’ m sure that you all have a list , at least in mind , regarding all the changes and cleaning up you wanted to do around the house , but you never had time .
I know that cleaning up and upgrading the home are not the funniest activities to do with the ones you care about , but this will improve your relations .
How – you may wonder ?
Well , think about it .
We all have our different @ @ @ @ @ @ @ means .
As well , the way we like to design a house shows more about a person than you think .
And instead of judging one ’ s preferences , try to admire the interindividual differences , try to think about how amazing it is that regardless of your differences , you found common ground where you can love each other .
Dare to Break the Monotony and Have Fun Personal relations need some bonding time , and what better ways to bond than having fun , good times together ?
Lockdown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there ’ s still a lot to do around the house .
There are video games , board games , and society games .
You can get tipsy while unfolding memories together , you can have a date night with your lover , and you can decorate the house .
You can watch so many movies and read so many books and share your opinions after .
All you need is a drop of creativity and imagination , and the lockdown will no longer seem as bad as it did at first .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ones you care about the most , the better .
Once the lockdown is over , I believe that we ’ ll feel more abundant in a way we never did before .
Dare to look at this lockdown from a perspective that allows you to see the beauty and improve the relationship with your loved ones .
Be in control of your colorful life ; fill your time with activities that bring a plus of quality , and dare to be yourself regardless of how conditioned your life is right now .
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Please , do not hesitate to contact her o n Twitter .
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By Guest Author: Tiffany Harper,
The lenses of reality are uniquely shaped for each and every one of us. Our perspective and belief system are dictating the course of our existence. For that reason, our reality can be easily altered by changing one little belief or by daring to look at things, situations, and experiences from another perspective.
Yes, we can say that we are living mad, challenging times. But you can choose to see the beauty in this. There are so many opportunities for us to grow, and nature is finally getting fresh breaths of air too.
Life is a refined mixture of good and bad times. While we all crave, hunt, and desire only the good, the happy times, we should remember that what we call “bad times” are the experiences that helped us evolve and become the better, stronger version of ourselves.
Bad times aren’t meant to bring us down, but to challenge us and to point out the critical things we should pay attention to in order to feel good again. The good times are the reward for every inch of improvement in your fantastic journey through life.
This lockdown should be seen as a fundamental challenge in our life, and we have nothing but time to deal with it. Regardless of the context, this lockdown caught you in; there’s a critical aspect of this challenge that points back to all of us.
The relationships we have in our life, and most important, the most personal ones – family, friends, and lovers of all types. This is the time we need each other the most, and it is the best time to bond and improve your relationships, regardless of their nature.
With no further ado, let’s dive in together into the subject and find out how to improve personal relations during the lockdown.
Acceptance and Understanding
Improvement comes only from a place of acceptance and understanding. We are living indeed hard times that will leave a mark on the word’s history. But this is alright; it is what it is. All you can do to help is staying safe until what’s worst passes.
Accept this time of separation and enjoy that you finally have time for yourself and all the things you never had time for. Understand that what is happening is not as bad as it seems. Understand that while there’s an adverse outcome from this virus, there is also a good one.
And you can choose which side you want to focus on. If you focus on the good side, you can actually help at improving the current situation by bringing light and hope in other persons’ lives.
Once you accept and understand a situation for what it really is, you can focus on making the best out of it, and I believe that this is the magic of life. “Life is not happening to you but responding to you” – as a wise man once said.
It All Start with Yourself
Right now is the absolute perfect time to improve our relationships. Now we realize how easily a dear person can stop being a part of our life, and actually have time to do something about it.
But a relationship always involves two persons and to improve a relationship you must improve yourself. I know you must be tired of hearing about all the personal growth and being your best version stuff already. Take a deep breath as today we’re not going to talk about it.
Improving yourself means taking time to observe and think about all the things you don’t like about yourself. From your aspect to your thoughts and actions, make a list and write them down along with the reason why you don’t like them. Even more, write down the behavior you wish to replace with and with a step by step plan on replacing them.
Introspection and meditation are two great tools that will help you improve yourself and, therefore, your relations, regardless of their nature.
Proper Communication Is More Important Than Ever
I believe that we all know by now that the primary key towards a healthy relationship is effective communication. But communication has so many parts: verbal, nonverbal, paraverbal, along with proper listening.
Thanks to technology today, not even a lockdown can stop us from having proper communication because we can see each other through the webcam and our nonverbal communication is still intact. Nonverbal communication is the one that speaks the loudest – believe it or not.
To improve your relationships implies to communicate a lot. “Make sure that during the lockdown, you spend quality time with your family, and if there are tensions, name them and ask them to talk about them and go back to a loving atmosphere,” says Mark Reeds, content writer from dissertations services, who used to fork from home and knows how often family needs your attention when you are at home.
As well, make sure you keep in touch with your squad – make a video call meeting while you all have some drinks and relax like you would on a regular Friday night. And if you have a lover, it is the perfect opportunity to get closer and know each other better and discover new aspects of their complex existence.
Express Your Feelings and Expectations
This lockdown is trying us all, and we can quickly get anxious, depressed, worried, and lost. Feelings are not bad. Emotions can only have adverse outcomes because we’re not expressing them. And expressing your feelings comes with an excellent opportunity to bond with your family, friends, or lover.
Having someone to talk to is extremely important in these mad times we’re living, and I like the benefits that can come out of it if we only choose to look on the bright side.
Since the lockdown, we all kind of set some sort of expectations in our minds. It is natural to picture yourself doing specific activities with your close ones and imagining how your life will unfold during the lockdown.
But it is crucial to express your expectations with your close ones if you want to meet them. You can even start making plans for each day – game night, date night, movie marathon, starting a new hobby together.
In other words, improving your relations means being open with them, especially when it comes to your feelings and expectations.
Intimacy and Personal Space are Crucial
While no one wants to feel lonely in a crowded room, no one wants to feel with no intimacy in a spacy house. This lockdown is already trying us in many ways, and from our desire to not feel lonely and to spend time together, we can easily break someone’s intimacy.
Even though we need to stay connected, we need to respect, now more than ever, the other’s personal space. I mean, spending time together is easy, but respecting privacy is hard, especially when you have the opposite needs.
But because it is harder to have some time only for yourself because everyone is at home as there’s nowhere else to go, intimacy has priority. Sometimes we don’t want to talk about our feelings, especially not before we understand them, and the other person should respect that.
You see, respecting someone’s personal space and need for intimacy creates another kind of bonding – a really rare one if you ask me.
Do All the Activities You planned to Do Together and Never Had Time for
Regardless of who you’re living with – your family, friends, or lover – I’m sure that you all have a list, at least in mind, regarding all the changes and cleaning up you wanted to do around the house, but you never had time.
I know that cleaning up and upgrading the home are not the funniest activities to do with the ones you care about, but this will improve your relations. How – you may wonder?
Well, think about it. We all have our different cleaning styles and perspectives of what clean means. As well, the way we like to design a house shows more about a person than you think. And instead of judging one’s preferences, try to admire the interindividual differences, try to think about how amazing it is that regardless of your differences, you found common ground where you can love each other.
Dare to Break the Monotony and Have Fun
Personal relations need some bonding time, and what better ways to bond than having fun, good times together? Lockdown hasn’t canceled everything, and there’s still a lot to do around the house.
There are video games, board games, and society games. You can get tipsy while unfolding memories together, you can have a date night with your lover, and you can decorate the house. You can watch so many movies and read so many books and share your opinions after.
All you need is a drop of creativity and imagination, and the lockdown will no longer seem as bad as it did at first. The more time you spend with the ones you care about the most, the better. Once the lockdown is over, I believe that we’ll feel more abundant in a way we never did before.
Conclusion
Dare to look at this lockdown from a perspective that allows you to see the beauty and improve the relationship with your loved ones. Be in control of your colorful life; fill your time with activities that bring a plus of quality, and dare to be yourself regardless of how conditioned your life is right now.
Bio
Tiffany Harper is a highly skilled writer from New York, she worked with the best UK essay writing service and best paper writing service, but during lockdown she began to work as a freelancer with Essay writing reviews blogs and social media. Please, do not hesitate to contact her o n Twitter.
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prepareforchange--2020-05-11--Physicist Says Parallel Universes Definitely Exist and We May Soon Explore Them

The shocking comments were made on the Jeff Rogan Experience ( JRE ) podcast last year .
Carroll says that the fact that tiny particles like electrons and photons don ’ t have one set location in the universe is evidence that there are many parallel universes .
Recently , in a follow up interview with News.com.au , Carroll expanded his thoughts .
“ But there ’ s a lot more going on , ” Carroll told News.com.au .
“ Not every world you imagine actually comes true.
” The common sense rules of physics that rule our lives everyday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ minuscule scales common sense breaks down altogether .
At the quantum level , the empty vacuum of space is filled with tiny particles constantly popping in and out of existence .
Bell ’ s theorem , a fundamental construct in quantum mechanics , may prove that multiverses exist .
This theorem deals with situations where particles interact with each other , become entangled , and then go their separate ways , according to New Scientist .
“ As far as we currently know , ” he writes .
“ Quantum mechanics isn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; it is the truth.
” “ Physics is stuck trying to understand the fundamentals of nature and the Big Bang , ” Carroll said .
“ It ’ s time to take a step back and understand its foundations .
It ’ s time to tackle our understanding of the quantum world.
” In 2011 physicist Brian Greene wrote a book exploring the possibility called The Hidden Reality : Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos .
“ You almost can ’ t avoid having some version of the multiverse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enough in the mathematical descriptions of the physical universe , ” Greene told NPR .
“ There are many of us thinking of one version of parallel universe theory or another .
If it ’ s all a lot of nonsense , then it ’ s a lot of wasted effort going into this far-out idea .
But if this idea is correct , it is a fantastic upheaval in our understanding.
” Even Stephen Hawking suggested that , thanks to quantum mechanics , the Big Bang supplied us with an endless number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Up until this point understanding quantum physics and its realms has been impossible , but Carroll hopes that is changing thanks to technology .
“ Now we ’ re getting better at that , ” Carroll says .
“ Technology has improved .
Maybe things are going to change.
” Greene , Carroll , and Hawking may be right , and researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee want to find out if there are multiverses or mirror images of our own reality .
The team was set to record experiments last @ @ @ @ @ @ @ down a 50-foot tunnel , past a powerful magnet and into an impenetrable wall .
“ If it exists , it would form a bubble of reality nestling within the fabric of space and time alongside our own familiar universe , with some particles capable of switching between the two , ” lead researcher Leah Broussard told New Scientist .
Disclaimer : We at Prepare for Change ( PFC ) bring you information that is not offered by the mainstream news , and therefore may seem controversial .
The opinions , views , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not necessarily promoted , endorsed , espoused , or agreed to by Prepare for Change , its leadership Council , members , those who work with PFC , or those who read its content .
However , they are hopefully provocative .
Please use discernment !
Use logical thinking , your own intuition and your own connection with Source , Spirit and Natural Laws to help you determine what is true and what is not .
By sharing information and seeding dialogue , it is our goal to raise consciousness and awareness of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the matrix in this material realm .

Authored by Aaron Kesel
The shocking comments were made on the Jeff Rogan Experience (JRE) podcast last year. Carroll says that the fact that tiny particles like electrons and photons don’t have one set location in the universe is evidence that there are many parallel universes.
Recently, in a follow up interview with News.com.au, Carroll expanded his thoughts. “But there’s a lot more going on,” Carroll told News.com.au. “Not every world you imagine actually comes true.”
The common sense rules of physics that rule our lives everyday make sense to us but at very minuscule scales common sense breaks down altogether. At the quantum level, the empty vacuum of space is filled with tiny particles constantly popping in and out of existence.
Bell’s theorem, a fundamental construct in quantum mechanics, may prove that multiverses exist. This theorem deals with situations where particles interact with each other, become entangled, and then go their separate ways, according to New Scientist.
“As far as we currently know,” he writes. “Quantum mechanics isn’t just an approximation to the truth; it is the truth.”
“Physics is stuck trying to understand the fundamentals of nature and the Big Bang,” Carroll said. “It’s time to take a step back and understand its foundations. It’s time to tackle our understanding of the quantum world.”
In 2011 physicist Brian Greene wrote a book exploring the possibility called The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos.
“You almost can’t avoid having some version of the multiverse in your studies if you push deeply enough in the mathematical descriptions of the physical universe,” Greene told NPR. “There are many of us thinking of one version of parallel universe theory or another. If it’s all a lot of nonsense, then it’s a lot of wasted effort going into this far-out idea. But if this idea is correct, it is a fantastic upheaval in our understanding.”
Even Stephen Hawking suggested that, thanks to quantum mechanics, the Big Bang supplied us with an endless number of universes, not just one.
Up until this point understanding quantum physics and its realms has been impossible, but Carroll hopes that is changing thanks to technology.
“Now we’re getting better at that,” Carroll says. “Technology has improved. Maybe things are going to change.”
Greene, Carroll, and Hawking may be right, and researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee want to find out if there are multiverses or mirror images of our own reality. The team was set to record experiments last year sending a beam of subatomic particles down a 50-foot tunnel, past a powerful magnet and into an impenetrable wall.
“If it exists, it would form a bubble of reality nestling within the fabric of space and time alongside our own familiar universe, with some particles capable of switching between the two,” lead researcher Leah Broussard told New Scientist.
Source: Parallel Universe
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