By Patricia Burke Barreling down the highway, suddenly there is road construction ahead…. This is a place where drivers merge and change lanes, where conflict and stress can build, and where accidents can occur. Is humanity at a similar juncture? Are life choices being contracted…
By Patricia Burke *Words with multiple layers of meaning, when translated from Chinese, are capitalized, to distinguish them from common use. There is a Chinese proverb: Do not have each foot on a different boat. I remember the moment when a colleague of mine sat…
By Patricia Burke “Standard of Care” Yields Increased Harm, Pain, Suffering, and Danger in the Age of Covid and “EHS” Microwave Poisoning *Words with multiple layers of meaning, when translated from Chinese, are capitalized, to distinguish them from common use. This week, humanity welcomed the…
By Patricia Burke Part 3 of a Commentary on Paradigm Shifts in Telecommunications, Environmental Pollutants, Ecosystems, Human Health, Health Care Delivery, and the Human Capacity for Consciousness, Against the Backdrop of the Concurrent Challenges of Covid-19 and Microwave Poisoning *Words with multiple layers of meaning,…
By Patricia Burke On Feb. 8, Politico reported: THEY SAY IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY: HAPPY 25TH, TELECOM ACT! — Today marks 25 years since President Bill Clinton signed into law the 1996 Telecommunications Act, aimed at expanding competition in the telecom space. Watch for a celebratory…
By Patricia Burke Part 2 of a Commentary on Paradigm Shifts in Telecommunications, Environmental Pollutants, Ecosystems, Human Health, Health Care Delivery, and the Human Capacity for Consciousness, Against the Backdrop of the Concurrent Challenges of Covid-19 and Microwave Poisoning In his book American Indian Medicine,…
By Patricia Burke Part 1 of a Commentary on Paradigm Shifts in Telecommunications, Environmental Pollutants, Ecosystems, Human Health, Health Care Delivery, and the Human Capacity for Consciousness, Against the Backdrop of the Concurrent Challenges of Covid-19 and Microwave Poisoning *Words with multiple layers of meaning,…
By Patricia Burke Let’s say that a television show wants to explore the covid epidemic. But for a “representative” patient, the show features an individual who was a cocaine addict, who smokes, and who may or may not have some long-standing undiagnosed mental health issues,…
By Patricia Burke INTRODUCTION: Havana Syndrome “Havana Syndrome” is the term coined to describe unusual injuries and harm experienced by diplomatic personnel from the U.S. and Canada working overseas, initially reported to be occurring in Cuba. In December of 2020, the “Consensus Study Report: An…
By Patricia Burke The story goes like this: A mother tells her child, “I cut off the ends of the pot roast because that’s what my mother did.” But the great grandmother eventually clarifies, “When I was first married we had a very small roasting…
By Patricia Burke A recent post from Australians for Safe Technology asks: Did you know that children have thinner brains than adults? Did you know that children’s brains have a higher water content than adults? Is should be no surprise then that children absorb significantly…
By Patricia Burke Internationally, the mainstream news media has reported that opponents of 5G were lighting telecommunications towers on fire over the last few months, because they were blaming 5G for the spread of covid-19. On June 24, Lee Adams of Vice Media Group hosted…
By Patricia Burke According to a VICE interview expert, “….if you are really, really concerned about 5G, you should be terrified of light bulbs.” Stop 5G International’s updated YouTube page features a mini-documentary video about the Berkeley September 2020 protest. Berkeley, CA joined protesters worldwide…
By Patricia Burke “There are times when this house feels like it is hooked up to a high powered electric fence.” “And so does my brain, especially in the middle of the night when I should be sleeping.” In August and early September, 2020, Massachusetts…
By Patricia Burke “It’s about time that we create a better, more equitable, sustainable and future, and we can do this if we work together. We need to embrace our responsibility to be fully and visibly connected to the fight against racism, and frankly injustices…
By Patricia Burke “It’s about time that we create a better, more equitable, sustainable and future, and we can do this if we work together. We need to embrace our responsibility to be fully and visibly connected to the fight against racism, and frankly injustices…
By Patricia Burke Part 1 of 3; Imperialism and Dominance “It’s about time that we create a better, more equitable, sustainable and future, and we can do this if we work together. We need to embrace our responsibility to be fully and visibly connected to…
By Patricia Burke Massachusetts Led Nation with Caution and Human Rights Protection, and Should Continue to Do So E-waste rates skyrocketed across the planet in 2019. (See: Electronic waste grew 21 percent in five years https://www.theverge.com/21309776/record-amount-ewaste-2019-global-report-environment-health) Because Massachusetts was one of the few states that…
By Patricia Burke “Since January 2020, Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID- 19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company’s public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants…
By Patricia Burke Broadband = “A Civil Right We Can’t Afford to Lose” What is broadband, and what are civil rights? This week, Essence Magazine published an article, “Broadband Access Is A Civil Right We Can’t Afford To Lose—But Many Can’t Afford To Have -THE…
