Sunday, January 31, 2021

Double standard

Many stories are written about discrimination in the US especially against Blacks. The same goes for stories about the Covid virus but more serious problems occur every year around the world. Over one million people die from malaria each year, mostly children under five years of age, with 90 per cent of malaria cases occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa. Malaria can be treated. If the right drugs are used, people who have malaria can be cured and all the malaria parasites can be cleared from their body. This double standard happens in other areas. The US will not mine rare earth metals because it is so harmful to the environment but the US gladly purchases these metals from China where the mines are threatening Yellow River. It is trickling towards the nearby Yellow River, a major drinking water source for much of northern China, at a rate of 20 to 30 metres a year, a local expert told the influential Chinese magazine Caixin.

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