While the world figures out how to conquer COVID 19, and we will do that, could we also learn to end racism, discrimination against the ill, the aging and the vulnerable, the unfettered neglect of our environment, gender inequality, poverty and the massive gap between the rich and the poor?
COVID 19 is the least of our worries.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men and women to do nothing."
Please stand and do something. Please look around you and jump at the opportunity to care of your neighbour both in your community and around the world, regardless of their culture or colour.
The world does not need to disintegrate into chaos. Move to the centre of the sidelines and courageously stand up for what is good and right and just.
God rest your soul, George Floyd. May many more of us rise to protest against inequality and injustice.
And please, stand down on Bill Gates.
Bill Gates does not want to use a mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19 to implant microchips in people that would be used to track them with a digital ID.
This man donated 95% of his wealth to create the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which contributed in a massive way to the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria which has saved millions and millions and millions of lives.
He has now donated hundreds of millions to help create a vaccine against COVID 19 and is anticipating the future by creating the infrastructure required to mass produce that vaccine so that everyone in the world has access to it. He does not profit from this in anyway!!
Great shame on the conspiracy theorist who have propagated mis-information about this incredible man and his foundation. You have other men in leadership who deserve your scorn. Bill Gates, does not!
For the last 2 decades, while most of the people on this planet were not watching, incredible leaders stood up to tackle the worlds greatest problems. Following the United Nations Millennium Development Goals and now their Sustainable Development Goals, many of us have been trying to change the world in incredibly positive ways.
The Sustainable Development Goals address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice. The 17 Goals are all interconnected, and in order to leave no one behind, it is important that we achieve them all by 2030. Bracelet of Hope is working towards one of the goals: to end AIDS in Lesotho by 2030.
More about the goals here: https://www.un.org/sustainab…/sustainable-development-goals/
The global efforts conceived out of these goals have taken 1 billion people out of extreme poverty. They have halved the under five child mortality rate. The maternal mortality rate was also cut in half and we halted and reversed the devastation of AIDS. This is real. This is where the power of our good will and good intentions leads us. This is how we will conquer COVID 19.
Conspiracy theories are conceived in fear. You can choose fear from any multitude of sources or you can choose not to give into any fear of any kind. Follow the science. It will lead you well out of COVID 19. Have no doubt about that.
Rant over.
Have a good night.
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