I'm writing this because I need to put this down, and here seemed the place.
After the National Cabinet met, the Prime Minister announced that in a few weeks, it will no longer be mandatory for positive COVID cases to isolate--not for seven days, not for five days... just not mandatory.
The Prime Minister claimed that this was because case numbers were low, and insisted that this decision was made following medical advice. The Chief Medical Officer declared it was time to stop relying on isolation "in isolation". He actually said that we need a diverse series of measures to address COVID, and to stop seeing COVID as an exceptional respiratory disease.
The translation of all this is that mandating an isolation period was costing too much. Cafe, bar and restaurant owners were finding operating a business difficult, because COVID positive staff would, at short notice, have to miss work. Dominic Perrottet, the Premier of New South Wales, declared it was time for us to rely on "personal responsibility". The Prime Minister repeated that we can't depend on one measure, and then, without a single trace of awareness, said that vaccinations are proving effective. We now have no mask wearing in small spaces, or on public transport.
Paul Kelly, the Chief Medical Officer, with a smile on his face, actually said that most people were vaccinated, and had one booster, and a lot of us had also had natural immunity, too. None of these provide us long lived protection.
I'm perching on that tipping point where I'm about to be livid. If there is nothing for us to worry about, as case numbers are dropping (they're not, they're holding level, dipping and rising and dipping by the month) then by that logic, the need for isolation will drop, naturally. Exercising personal responsibility has always proven effective... as the number of people who are breath tested and found to be over the legal blood alcohol limit show.
So the real reason this decision was made is purely economical. But what is so foul and disgustingly revolting is that it is being dressed up as some kind of carefully considered science driven decision.
If case numbers are going down, then isolation is playing its part... and should stay, because the need for isolation will reduce. If case numbers are going up, we not only need isolation, but we also need mask awareness, vaccination awareness, and more measures, besides, like reliable testing. And we don't need a Chief Medical Officer telling us that things are just fine and dandy.
But I'm still livid.
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The Best News of Last Year - 2023 Edition
Welcome to our special edition newsletter recapping the best news from the past year. I've picked one highlight from each month to give you a snapshot of 2023. No frills, just straightforward news that mattered. Let's relive the good stuff that made our year shine.
January - London: Girl with incurable cancer recovers after pioneering treatment
A girl’s incurable cancer has been cleared from her body after what scientists have described as the most sophisticated cell engineering to date.
2. February - Utah legislature unanimously passes ban on LGBTQ conversion therapy
The Utah State Legislature has unanimously approved a bill that enshrines into law a ban on LGBTQ conversion therapy.
3. March - First vaccine for honeybees could save billions
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved the world’s first-ever vaccine intended to address the global decline of honeybees. It will help protect honeybees from American foulbrood, a contagious bacterial disease which can destroy entire colonies.
4. April - Fungi discovered that can eat plastic in just 140 days
Australian scientists have successfully used backyard mould to break down one of the world's most stubborn plastics — a discovery they hope could ease the burden of the global recycling crisis within years.
5. May - Ocean Cleanup removes 200,000th kilogram of plastic from the Pacific Ocean
The Dutch offshore restoration project, Ocean Cleanup, says it has reached a milestone. The organization's plastic catching efforts have now fished more than 200,000 kilograms of plastic out of the Pacific Ocean, Ocean Cleanup said on Twitter.
6. June - U.S. judge blocks Florida ban on care for trans minors in narrow ruling, says ‘gender identity is real’
A federal judge temporarily blocked portions of a new Florida law that bans transgender minors from receiving puberty blockers, ruling Tuesday that the state has no rational basis for denying patients treatment.
7. July - World’s largest Phosphate deposit discovered in Norway
A massive underground deposit of high-grade phosphate rock in Norway, pitched as the world’s largest, is big enough to satisfy world demand for fertilisers, solar panels and electric car batteries over the next 50 years, according to the company exploiting the resource.
8. August - Successful room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic levitation of LK-99
If the claim by Sukbae Lee and Ji-Hoon Kim of South Korea’s Quantum Energy Research Centre holds up, the material could usher in all sorts of technological marvels, such as levitating vehicles and perfectly efficient electrical grids.
9. September - World’s 1st drug to regrow teeth enters clinical trials
The ability to regrow your own teeth could be just around the corner. A team of scientists, led by a Japanese pharmaceutical startup, are getting set to start human trials on a new drug that has successfully grown new teeth in animal test subjects.
10. October - Nobel Prize goes to scientists behind mRNA Covid vaccines
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to a pair of scientists who developed the technology that led to the mRNA Covid vaccines. Professors Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman will share the prize.
11. November - No cases of cancer caused by HPV in Norwegian 25-year olds, the first cohort to be mass vaccinated for HPV.
Last year there were zero cases of cervical cancer in the group that was vaccinated in 2009 against the HPV virus, which can cause the cancer in women.
12. December - President Biden announces he’s pardoning all convictions of federal marijuana possession
President Joe Biden announced Friday he's issuing a federal pardon to every American who has used marijuana in the past, including those who were never arrested or prosecuted.
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And there you have it – a year's worth of uplifting news! I hope these positive stories brought a bit of joy to your inbox. As I wrap up this special edition, I want to thank all my supporters!
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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vante's masterlist ♡
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– masterlist legend:
❆ - angst
✮ - smut
❀ - fluff
⋆୭ harry styles ع˖
~ body hurting ❆
. where the hate that Y/N has been receiving on social media gets her on a path that she couldn't come back alone from.
~ watching you read ❀
. Where Y/N loves reading the books Harry buys for her, and Harry loves watching her read.
⋆୭ sturniolo triplets ع˖
~ the right love for me | m.s. | part 2 ❆❀
. where Elena and Matt grew up together, fell in love as kids but realized too late. Will there be any hope for them?
~ chamego meu | c.s. ❀
. instagram posts
~ starve and die | c.s. ❀
. When Nick and Matt test positive for covid and Chris has to go into lockdown to prevent catching the virus, who will look after them?
~ sleepy | m.s. ❀
. Where Matt had a busy day and just wants to sleep in his lover arms.
~ destructive home | m.s. ❆❀
. Where Matt helps Y/N get through an anxiety attack.
~ watching you read | c.s. ❀
. Where Y/N read her book while Chris's streaming, but Chris's biggest hobby is watching his girlfriend read.
~ fight for you | m.s. ❆❀
. Where Y/N gets into a fight because of Matt.
~ sleeping inside her | m.s. | part 2 ✮❀
. Where Y/N wants to be impossibly close to Matt.
~ truth or eat | c.s. ❀
. Where Y/N participates in the TRUTH OR EAT video from behind the camera.
~ heaven and back | m.s. ✮❀
. Where Matt eat Y/N's pussy in the backseat of his car.
~ truth or eat | m.s. ❀
. Where Y/N participates in the TRUTH OR EAT video from behind the camera. (Matt's version)
~ guess who's is who | c.s. ❀
. Where Y/N participates in the new Sturniolo Triplets tiktok, but doesn't actually appear in it.
~ GRWM with boyfriend's clothes | m.s. ❀
. Where Y/N is a fashion influencer and makes a GRWM only with her boyfriend's, Matt, clothes.
~ galaxy girl | m.s. ❀
. Where Matt has a crush on Y/N, an influencer extremely well-known in the USA, but when she goes to the Zach Sang Show, Matt discovers that she also has a crush on him. When the two meet at a party, how will Matt react?
~ lovestruck boy | m.s. ❀
. Where Nick and Chris are trying to record wednesday's video, but Matt's lovestruck gaze keeps going to Y/N, distracting himself.
~ daddy's favorite girl | m.s. ❀
. Where Matt realizes that his daughter, Eloise, has him tied up in her pinkie.
~ medium girl | m.s. ❀❆
. Where Y/N is a medium and Matt's girlfriend. She is invited to participate in the collab between Sam & Colby and the Sturniolo Triplets but ends up being targeted by ghosts all night.
~ saudade | m.s. ❀❆
. Where Y/N and Matt have a long-distance relationship. After months of not seeing each other, Y/N decides to surprise Matt in LA.
~ there's someone inside my head | m.s. ❀❆
. Where Y/N is targeted by a certain ghost during the filming of the Sam and Colby ft. Sturniolo Triplets video.
~ sleeping prank | c.s. ❀
. Where Nick pranks Chris and Y/N while they are sleeping.
~ texas is so cold | c.s. ❀
. Where Y/N and the triplets decide to go out for dinner at a pizzeria, but Y/N is cold and Chris becomes her personal heater.
~ tiktok trends | c.s. | part 2 | part 3 ❀
. 4 times that Y/N and Chris made a couple's trend on tiktok.
~ tiktok trends | m.s. | part 2 | part 3 ❀
. 4 times that Y/N and Matt made a couple's trend on tiktok.
~ tiktok trends | n.s. ❀
. 4 times that Y/N and Nick made a couple's trend on tiktok.
~ can you sing for me? | c.s. ❀
. Where Y/N is a worldwide famous singer, but her favorite thing in the world is hearing Chris singing just for her.
~ profane | m.s. ✮
. Where during scenes, all the control Y/N has over her life and body is completely given away to Matt's big and perfect hands.
~ it's noted | c.s. ❀
. Where Y/N is part of the Sturniolo Triplets fandom and makes videos about them on TikTok. After years of creating content, one of her videos seems to catch the attention of none other than Chris.
~ cooking together | c.s. ❀
. Where Y/N teaches Chris how to cook a typical sweet from her country.
~ let's trade shoes | m.s. ❀
. Where Y/N feels pain in her feet from wearing high heels for hours, and Matt gives her his sneakers to wear.
~ safari girl | c.s. ❀
. Where Y/N is the tour guide for the Sturniolo Triplets on their safari trip.
~ her exception | c.s. ❀
. Where Y/N is shy and Chris loves to tease her for that.
~ disgusting food roulette | m.s. ❀❆
. Where Y/N participates in the Disgusting Food Roulette video and ends up having to take care of Matt.
~ sleepwalker in love | c.s. ❀
. Where Chris returns home after recording another car video with his brothers and finds his girlfriend sleepwalking in their living room.
~ fainting spells | m.s. ❀❆
. Where Y/N has severe low blood pressure, but seems to forget about it when getting up too quickly, causing her to pass out, but her boyfriend, Matt, is there to help her come back.
~ atelophobia | m.s. ❀❆
. Where Y/N has suffered with an eating disorder for years, but lately, - because of the some "fans" and social media - her insecurities have been taking her to a more than dangerous path, which she couldn't get out without help.
~ best friend's plan | c.s. ❀
. Where Y/N has a secret crush on Chris, not imagining that the feeling is reciprocated. But her best friend, Nick, has a plan to put them together.
~ opposite | m.s. ❀
. Where Y/N and Matt are polar opposites.
~ kiss cam | m.s. ❀
. Where Y/N, the triplets and Justin are present at the Bruins game, and the Kiss Cam chooses Matt and Y/N to share a kiss.
~ left alone | m.s. ❆ | part 2 ❀❆
. Where, after a difficult week, Matt takes out all his stress on Y/N, causing great damage to their relationship.
~ 8 minutes of cute moments | c.s. ❀
. Where a fan made an 8-minute video with a compilation of Chris and Y/N being in love.
~ 8 minutes of cute moments | m.s. ❀
. Where a fan made an 8-minute video with a compilation of Matt and Y/N being in love.
~ I like your face | m.s. ❀
. Where Y/N has had a crush on Matt for years but hid her feelings out of fear. She just didn't expect Matt to feel the same way about her.
~ baking blind, deaf and mute | c.s. ❀❆
. Where Y/N participates in the Baking Blind, Deaf and Mute video, but things don't go as planned.
~ in control | c.s. ✮
. Where Chris commands Y/N to stay still while he fucks her, but she can't seem to obey.
~ you're mine | m.s. ❀
. Where Y/N is a ray of sunshine, and Matt is her dose of grumpness.
~ drunk and in love | c.s. ❀
. Where Y/N goes out with her friends for a girls' night and comes home drunk, so Chris has to take care of her.
~ sick boy | m.s. ❀❆
. Where Matt wakes up with the flu, but Y/N is there to take care of him.
~ long live | m.s. ❀❆
. Where the Cut The Camera Podcast comes to an end and Matt feels emotional about it, but Y/N is there to comfort him.
~ petals of death | m.s. | part 2 ❀❆
. The Hanahaki Disease is a rare illness where the patient throws up and coughs flower petals when they suffer from one-sided love. In order to fully recover from the disease, it's necessary that the one they're in love with fall in love with them too. Or to fall in love with somebody else.
~ always yours | c.s. ❀
. Where Y/N and Chris are secretly in love, but Chris is the one that acts shy around her; OR 4 times Chris loved Y/N from afar and 1 time he didn't.
~ quality time | m.s. ❀
. Where Matt skips Tara Yummy's 1M party to have quality time with his girlfriend.
~ all too well | c.s. ❀❆
. Where Chris misplace his priorities.
~ matilda | m.s. ❀❆
. Where Y/N remembers her traumatic past, but Matt is there to support her and help her heal the wounds through a day on the beach and playing with toys while recording a video.
~ lavender haze | m.s. ❀❆
. Where Y/N drowns amidst so much criticism and negative comments from the media regarding her relationship, but Matt is right by her side to bring her back to the surface and surround her in a lavender haze.
~ speak now | m.s. ❀❆
. Where it's Y/N's wedding day, but Matt isn't the groom. During the ceremony, an act of impulse on the boy's part changes the fate of everything.
~ coziness, love, and other things | m.s. ❀
. Where Y/N's cozy cottage becomes a refuge for Matt, but it's not just the house that encloses him, but who's inside; OR, where Matt and Y/N are in love, but afraid to confess. Until one day.
~ academic validation | c.s. ❀❆
. Amid relentless academic pressure, Y/N finds herself consumed by the desperate pursuit of perfection in her college. Her obsession with validation leads her to neglect her own basic needs until a sudden accident forces her to confront the reality of her situation, receiving the complete help and support of her boyfriend, Chris.
~ a day to forget | m.s. ❀❆
. Where, in a day full of downs, Y/N faces a series of challenges at work that culminate in an anxiety attack in the car on the way home, but Matt is by her side to bring her back.
~ loving without restrictions | c.s. ❀
. Where Y/N and Chris have been keeping their relationship a secret for just over a year until one day where Y/N feels ready to announce it; OR, where Y/N and Chris soft launch their relationship.
~ fake smile | c.s. ❀❆
. Where Chris records a TikTok with Tara after many requests from both fandoms, but fans reacted contrary to what he expected, generating questioning thoughts in Y/N.
~ love in the lunchbox | m.s. ❀
. Where it's part of Matt's routine to prepare breakfast and pack his girlfriend's lunchbox every day.
~ 4 Times That She Made Him Smile | m.s. ❀
. Where Y/N is the only person who can make Matt smile genuinely; OR 4 times that Y/N made Matt smile.
~ girls like girls and boys | c.s. ❀
. Where Y/N faces a journey of self-discovery when questioning her sexuality. Fearing rejection, she is reluctant to reveal her truth to Chris, her boyfriend. But with the help of Nick, Y/N finds the courage to finally come out as bisexual.
~ 5 cute little moments | c.s. ❀
. Where Chris is deeply in love with Y/N and isn't ashamed to show it; OR, 5 cute little moments between Chris and Y/N.
~ you belong with me | m.s. ❀❆
. Where Y/N and Matt love each other, but don't seem to have the courage to declare themselves; OR, where Matt belongs to Y/N but can't seem to understand it.
~ roslyn | m.s. ❀
. Where a storm is happening and Y/N is afraid of thunder, making her seek comfort in her best friend's brother arms, Matt.
~ anxiety on tour | m.s. ❀❆
. Where Y/N is just another fan at one of the Let's Trip Tour shows, until it comes time for the Meet&Greet. Things get out of hand for Matt, and she ends up being the only one who manages to calm him down.
~ you make loving fun | m.s. ❀
. Where the sun inside Matt fell in love with the moon inside Y/N; OR, 4 moments between sunshine Matt and grumpy Y/N.
~ wisdom teeth chaos | m.s. ❀
. Where Y/N faces the terrifying experience of having four wisdom teeth removed. With her boyfriend, Matt, and his brothers by her side, Y/N goes through moments of anxiety, laughter, and confusion under the influence of anesthesia.
⋆୭ nathan doe ع˖
~ reminders of a lover ❀
. Where Nate finally participates in an episode of the Cut The Camera Podcast, and during the recordings, he can't help but remember moments with his girlfriend, Y/N, the triplets' little sister.
⋆୭ twilight ع˖
~ family reunion | jasper hale ❀❆
. When Edward decides to leave Bella behind for her own safety, Y/N take the lead to take the Cullens to the town where she grew up, with her only concern being how to explain for them her real there.
~ I love you | paul lahote ❀
. Where Paul finally gets the courage to say "I love you" for the first time.
⋆୭ supernatural ع˖
~ new addition | dean winchester ❀
. Where Y/N discovers she is pregnant and worries about how her boyfriend, Dean, will react.
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