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

September 2, 2021 Edition ----- The news of the week was the attack by ISIS-K on the airport supporting the evacuation from the Taliban in Kabul. Afghanistan seems to have descended into chaos again sadly. Surely the right approach for the next 100 years or so is to just leave them alone other than supressing nascent terrorist groups. In the US we see sadness and frustration with the way the Afghan was has been brought to an end. Hurricane Ida was a really ferocious storm and lives were lost.  As in the UK we are seeing COVID-19 number and cases rising with death rates rather controlled so far. In OZ we have finished our evacuation efforts from Kabul, in the nick of time, having got 4100 or so out and the focus now returns to the domestic COVID19 problem which is not going wonderfully.The major news with COVID19 in OZ is the switch to just hoping we can live with the virus without having the hospital system collapse as we vaccinate like crazy. Not sure this is a great plan! ... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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