According to the words Vance said in EU, if a democracy is threatened by digital advertising, then it is not a strong democracy.
If your argument is true, and a vote can be biased by the amount of times a voter watches an advertisement, then elections are simply a matter of who has the most money.
Other countries have rules about these things, like how long before an election they can start advertising, they have to show where the money for it came from, they prohibit money from abroad to be used in campaigns, they have to say what party paid for the add etc.
USA is actively working against these rules and calling it the right of free speech.
"I would never have believed that I would have to say something like that on television. But at the very least, after Donald Trump’s statements last week, it is clear that the Americans - at least this part of the Americans in this administration - are largely indifferent to the fate of Europe,”
This is pretty big. Up to now, many European foreign ministers have claimed that the US is still a key allie and that we still not win common than differences.
This is the first time that this realisation has been said out loud by a key political figure and it is going to spread to more European leaders. EU has lost patience and trust to the US.
He has done a lot of stuff that people thought was just talk. It's easy to sit there and say it's just talk when it is not about you. But when it is, it just 'oh well, they should have known because he said so' from others..
So the pneumonia vaccine here lasts 5 years, but i have heard rumors of a new one that is a one-time only vaccine. I have not yet confirmed this though.
In regards to vaccines here, you get both the flue and covid vaccine offered for free, if you work with people who are in a risk group (elderly or people with risk of serious complications). Otherwise you can pay for to have it. during the pandemic both were free though.
I am sure that it is a decision that considers the cost and gains so I assume that they see fit that people just get sick, and get over it naturally. It is not life threatening any more. That said, I believe that private companies and organizations can chose to cover the cost of vaccines, in order to have less sick days among their employees.
If there are more considerations behind this, I am not aware, and also these are just my personal guesses at this point. Covid and flue is not really any concern here any more. There are talks of a flue wave at the moment, but nothing out of the ordinary, and they have always been writing about this in the news so nothing new there
What type of work do you do? Do you get in contact with people who are sensitive to flue infections? Here too, you are offered a flue (and pneumonia) vaccine, if you work with people who have a higher chance of complications if they get infected.
In general offices and industry, I guess it is an economic consideration. Pay to have your workers vaccinated, and avoid losing revenue/production due to sickness.
cosmicrookie @ cosmicrookie @lemmy.world Posts 74Comments 1,822Joined 2 yr. ago
At this point and with all these new and ilogical rules, Trump is basically Dolores Umbridge!
We need a giant to take him down!