The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.

August 19, 2021 Edition ----- The biggest news this week is clearly the collapse of the Afghan Government in the face of the Taliban onslaught. The suffering is awful already and is only set to get worse. World powers are just watching on and evacuating their staff and some friends. Also we know this is fraught and we can only hope the US and UK can really deliver! The earthquake in Haiti is also just horrible. In the US we see all eyes watching COVID19 go rampant in the South as Afghanistan collapses! It is pretty depressing..... In the UK the economy is improving as COVID19 is controlled somewhat with 200,000 cases and 600+ deaths a week! Living with COVID? In Australia COVID19 is loose in NSW and the rest of the country just watches on in aghast, as we see the ACT and Victoria seemingly falling victim as well. NSW with 680 cases/day is just totally off the charts. NSW looks to be locked down until the end of the year. Gladys seems to have just plain lost it warbling on about... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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