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  • 美國的另一面。 Hotel 22並不是旅館。它只是一條公車路線,也是整個矽谷路線最長,唯一24小時營運的公車路線。22號公車全程60公里,從起站到終站一共兩個小時。單程一張票兩塊美金。所以只要有8塊美金,你就可以一整夜來回不停地坐巴士,把這裡當作全世界最廉價的旅館。所以這也就成了某些遊民每天晚上過夜的地方。 矽谷沒有人聽過這間旅館,知道它存在的人都有特殊而沉重的原因。在這個全世界市值最高的前3家公司都匯集的富裕之都,每天晚上都重覆上演著矽谷最陰暗的一面。當夜幕低垂之後,Hotel 22所背負的黑暗面也跟著漸漸升起。第二天清晨當第一道陽光灑進谷裡的時候,Hotel 22就會隨之消失,代之而起的是光鮮亮麗的上班族。他們手裡拿著筆電和星巴克咖啡,或是低頭滑手機或是談論高科技議題。他們永遠不會知道前一天晚上在同一個空間所發生過的事。 矽谷700萬的人口沒有人知道這個後窗的存在。 以兩小時為單位的家 美國沒有騎樓也沒有小巷。入夜以後無家可歸的遊民們很難找到避人耳目的棲身之地。只是,長期夜宿街頭的人遮風避雨遠比避人耳目重要。搭有冷暖氣的巴士能夠避風避雨,同時睡兩個小時支離破碎的覺,這就是他們的五星級旅館。Hotel 22這個圈內的渾稱就是這樣來的,這個秘密一直沒有傳開,直到幾年前《紐約時報》才披露了這個與我們真實世界平行共存的黑暗世界。 美國各大都市都有無家可歸的流浪漢,傳統的流浪漢多半沒錢沒工作。他們很多都吸毒嗑藥酗酒,要不然就是殘障或智障,靠著在街頭乞討為生,或是在速食餐館門口的垃圾箱裡面找尋下一頓晚餐。看到這些人我們基本的反應都是避而遠之,有時候我們甚至在內心咒罵他們四肢健全為什麼不去工作。剛到美國的時候看到這些乞丐都會忍不住丟幾個銅板,後來美國朋友告訴我,那樣等於幫助他們買酒買毒,所以後來我也不丟了。社會看他們是同情中帶著罪有應得。 入夜後如果走在舊金山鬧區的人行道上,在觀光客步履雜踏的縫隙之間,你會看到建築物牆邊不時參差著一堆堆的破毯子,那都是躺在地上的遊民,冬天的時候他們有些也許就永遠不再醒來,經過香奈兒的專賣店撲鼻而來的很可能是尿騷而不是香水味。 美國廁所文化與台灣大不相同,他們很少有公廁,商家廁所也不外借,地鐵站或公園的廁所常常是上了鎖,為的就是怕流浪漢霸佔吸毒。 社會大眾對於流浪漢的存在就是以圍堵和避而不見來處理,光是舊金山市就有1萬2千這種被眼不見為淨的流浪人口,他們對大多數夜歸的行人來說只是路邊一堆堆沒有動靜的破毯子。 第一次迫使我以流浪漢的角度來思考這個問題,是有一次我在路口等紅燈,看到街頭轉角有一個中年婦人穿著一件蓬鬆而骯髒到看不出原本真正顏色的大裙子;她蹲在那兒,兩眼直視前方。不一會兒,我看到淡黃色的液體從她的兩腿中間流出來,橫跨人行道緩緩流到馬路邊。 紅燈下聊天的人繼續聊天,滑手機的人繼續滑手機,走在人行道上的人跨過那條黃色的溪流,繼續他們的旅程。沒有人對溪流的來源感到好奇。人們已經學會告訴自己這種景象從來不存在過。那是在光天化日車水馬龍的街頭,可是她的眼神始終像動物一樣呆滯,沒有感覺、沒有羞愧、也沒有迴避。 那一幕讓我震撼了很久,原來他們沒感覺到我們的存在。我們共享同一個空間,可是雙方的世界完全互不存在。 新一代的遊民只是戰敗的矽谷人 曾幾何時矽谷房價飛漲,街頭遊民已經不再限於吸毒嗑藥和精神不正常的人。今天在矽谷有工作已經不能擔保有棲身之地。在這個最富有的國家平均收入最高的城市裡,如果拿的只是最低工資,你距離夜宿街頭也不過是一張支票而已。 Hotel 22的住客已經不同於傳統的街頭流浪漢,他們淪落街頭並非出於毒癮,也不是自甘墮落,他們只是不幸在矽谷殘酷的戰場上被淘汰的一群人。 吉米過去在高科技公司擔任廚師,後來失去工作淪為街友。 每天晚上睡在Hotel 22來回4趟熬到天亮,這樣可以免於夜宿街頭。只要花8塊錢就可以保溫暖。他每天晚上都會拖著全部家當,在10點左右登上巴士,投下價值2塊錢的零錢,走到最後面找個位子把帽檐拉低,開始這漫長顛頗的一夜。 2個小時以後巴士到了終點站,司機會打開電燈,把他們全部叫醒趕下車,有時候還需要借助警力強力執行。在這個安全,溫暖又可以避風避雨的空間裡,能夠多賴一分鐘就可以少一分鐘的煎熬。下了車以後他會睡眼惺忪地走過馬路,在漆黑的寒夜中等上半個小時,再搭下一班回程的巴士。就這樣,他一夜來回兩趟,已經跑了1年多,求的只是支離破碎的棲身之地。 這條路線經過蘋果、臉書和Google,也經過他的老東家微軟。 女遊民微雅也是因為受傷不能工作。買得起車票的時候她就享受一下住Hotel 22。大多數時候她都是睡公園板櫈,睡巴士對她最大的意義就是安全感。無家可歸的婦女除了所有該有的苦難與不便之外,還得面對安全問題,一張車票至少可以暫時買到2個小時的人身安全。 帶著孩子每晚毫無目地來回穿梭 另一位失業多年名叫尼克的40歲父親,帶著一個唸小五的11歲女兒,也是Hotel 22的常客。他們如果搶到最後一排,就可以佔三個位子。爸爸坐著睡,女兒就圈著身子躺在爸爸身上睡。凌晨 1 : 45,巴士抵達終點站。小女孩比爸爸先醒,看到回程的巴士已經在對街等著。她急忙搖醒爸爸,父女兩人抓著家當飛奔跑過馬路,又開始另一段半醒半睡的旅程。他們算好時間,在天亮的時候回到前一天晚上的起點,然後送女兒上去學校的巴士。她還是必須要天天上學。 這對父女就這樣每天晚上住在以兩小時為單位買來的家,當然報導這則新聞的媒體並沒有談到他們每天如何面對如廁,洗澡,換洗之類的基本問題。也許這些對他們來講已經都不重要了。他們唯一能夠買到的就是一個可以坐著睡覺的地方。過去4個月來這對父女從來沒有睡過床。 無家可歸的人在22號巴士上度過漫漫長夜。 尼克從外州搬到矽谷靠打零工維生,求的只是這裡的工作機會。運氣好的時候他可以搬進日租的房間。收入不穩定的時候他就必須搬進 Hotel 22,他自認很幸運還能夠付得起一趟兩塊錢的車資,否則他就必須帶著女兒夜宿街頭。 兩個交錯而不交集的矽谷世界 當全世界的人想到矽谷,他們想到的都是蘋果或Google的商標。他們想到的是無盡的財富與機會;他們從來不知道高科技帶來的生機蓬勃背後,有一個壓縮後被扔近垃圾桶的族群——他們不是毒蟲酒鬼,他們只不過是戰敗的矽谷人。這個鮮為人知的後窗和矽谷炫耀奪目的科技櫥窗形成強烈的對比。Hotel 22是一個微宇宙,裡面住的是被丟棄的失敗者。他們的故事一直沒有流傳出去。世界對蘋果總部巨大環形建築何時完工的興趣,遠遠超過這一小撮每天深夜毫無目地的跟著22號巴士來回穿梭的矽谷人。 世界各地的科技菁英無不想要擠進諸如Apple等公司。Photo source:Wikimedia Commons 隔天一早趕著搭同一條路線上班的高科技通勤族,也從來沒有人知道太陽升起代表另一個陰暗世界的結束。吉米、尼克和她的女兒,以及那些每晚跟著巴士來回奔波240公里的住客們也在日出的那一刻,就在矽谷耀眼的陽光下悄然消失。當晚這個矽谷的後窗會在矽谷人都鑽近被窩之後再度浮現。就這樣,這兩個世界日復一日年復一年,不為人知地交錯著,卻也巧妙地從來沒有交集過。 回到那位失業的廚師吉米……他的背包裡隨時帶著一條繩子。他說準備實在熬不下去的時候用。 最後,一起來看2015年Sundance影展入圍最佳紀錄短片──《Hotel 22》。短片只有8分半鐘,沒有旁白、只有幾句髒話和咒駡。 (5:03 ~ 5:30 那段對白是一位民眾辱罵這些游民是垃圾, 把公車當旅館用)
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  • Dr. Rainer Fülmich, attorney at law in Germany, for an overview. Thank you. Good afternoon. My name is Rainer Fülmich and it is my pleasure to serve as one member of a group of distinguished international attorneys and lawyers who have been collaborating on this very important case for many months now. This case involving the most heinous crimes against humanity committed under the guise of a corona pandemic on a global scale looks complicated only at first glance. But when you put together all those pieces, all those little pieces of the puzzle, as we will do this for you with the help of many renowned experts and other witnesses during this proceeding, you will see four sets of facts. One, there is no corona pandemic but only a PCR plantemic fueled by an elaborate psychological operation designed to create a constant state of panic among the world's population. This agenda has been long planned. It's ultimately unsuccessful. Precursor was the swine flu some 12 years ago and it was cooked up by a group of super rich psychopathic and sociopathic people who hate and fear people at the same time, have no empathy, and are driven by the desire to gain full control over all of us, the people of the world. They are using our governments and the mainstream media, both of which they literally own, to convey their panic propaganda 24-7. Two, the virus itself can be treated safely and effectively with vitamin C, D, zinc, etc. and also with off-label use of ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, etc. But all these not alternative methods of treatment but real methods of treatment were banned by those who are using the guise of this plantemic to push their ultimate goal, which is to get everyone to receive the, as we will show in this proceeding, not only ineffective but highly dangerous, yes lethal, experimental injections. Three, the same people who made the swine flu, which ultimately turned out to be a mild flu, into a pandemic 12 years ago by first changing the definition of what a pandemic is and then creating panic created this corona pandemic. The swine flu was their first real attempt at creating a pandemic and just as one of its purposes then was to divert our attention from the blatantly fraudulent activities of their financial industry, more aptly to be called a financial mafia, which had become visible through the Lehman crisis, this is also one of their major purposes of this corona pandemic now. Had we taken a closer look then during the Lehman crisis, instead of blindly believing our government's promises that the perpetrators of those financial crimes will be held liable, we would have seen then that they had been looting and plundering our public coffers for decades and we would have seen that our governments are not our governments anymore, rather they have been taken over by the other side through their main platform, the World Economic Forum, which had started to create their own global leaders through their young global leaders program as early as 1992, two of the first graduates being Angela Merkel and Bill Gates and we would have understood already then what we will show you now through this proceeding. These financial crimes went unchallenged by our politicians because they're aiding and abetting those who commit them and profiting from these crimes. Four, ultimately however we will show to you, the jury, that the other side's main purpose is to gain full and complete control over all of us. This involves the finalization of their looting and plundering by deliberately destroying our small and medium-sized businesses, retail businesses, hotel and restaurants, so that platforms such as Amazon can take over. And this involves population control, which in their view requires both a massive reduction of the population and manipulating the DNA of the remaining population with the help, for example, of mRNA experimental injections. But it also requires, in their view, the deliberate destruction of democracy, of the rule of law and of our constitutions through chaos, so that ultimately we will agree to losing our national and cultural
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  • 轉分享: 這是中研院生醫所所長郭沛恩院士 (他也是UCSF 教授)寫給前副總統陳健仁及時中部長,関於目前COVID-19 的一些建議,希望政府能夠接納。 Dear VP Chen, Hope that things are going well. I just completed my 9th quarantine after my 9th trip to Taipei during the pandemic and see that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is now firmly established in Taiwan. While the CECC is moving quickly to address the widening spread of COVID-Omicron and is heading in the right direction, I find that the current policy is unsustainable and the messaging can be much improved. Since I was told that the CECC would welcome my suggestions, I have decided to do so. Please forward this message to the CECC for their consideration. 1. It is now very clear that COVID-Omicron is a very different disease than COVID-ALPHA/BETA/DELTA. Current vaccines are developed from COVID-ALPHA and cannot prevent INFECTION by COVID-Omicron even though they lower significantly the risk of SEVERE DISEASE and DEATH for those who are fully vaccinated and received booster shots recently. In addition, COVID-Omicron is highly contagious and has a very short incubation time; but it causes a milder disease, including shortened disease course and contagious period. 2. Because of the above, contact tracing does not work and avoiding infection is futile except one is in strict isolation or wears a PROPERLY FITTED N95 mask around others (see a very nice article about this in the NYT attached). This means that COVID testing in asymptomatic people is a waste of resources and is justified only in a limited set of situations (such as someone who works closely with vulnerable populations - e.g., nursing home and hospital workers - who has been in close contact with a positive case and needs to test negative to return to work). 3. Although the rate of hospitalization and death due to COVID-Omicron is low, when large populations are infected, the number of severe cases and severe disease is still significant (0.4% of 23 million people hospitalized = 92,000 in the hospital; 0.04% of 23 million people can die = 9,200 deaths) so the key is to keep the vulnerable people from developing severe disease. Medications used for COVID-ALPHA/BETA/DELTA variants such as antibody treatments and Remdesivir, etc., do not work for COVID-Omicron but the oral antivirals from Pfizer and Merck work amazingly well for preventing death (>85% reduction) and hospitalization. Paxlovid has done better in clinical trials to prevent hospitalization but it has many drug-drug interactions so many elderly people cannot use it. Molnupiravir has the theoretical risk of mutagenesis in pregnant women but for the elderly who are past reproductive age, it is a very safe and effective drug to use. I encourage the CECC to contact their counterparts in Japan, Singapore, Israel and the UK to get their experience in using these two oral anti-virals in the recent COVID-Omicron surge. [Full Disclosure: Dr. Dean Li, President of Merck Research Laboratories, is my brother-in-law so I am not pushing the Merck pill for obvious conflict of interest reasons.] Based on the above, my suggestions on messaging are: 1. Tell the country that COVID-Omicron is an entirely different disease than the previous COVID variants so the whole country IS NOT IMMUNE to getting the infection. However, through the sacrifice and cooperation of everyone in Taiwan, the country succeeded in preventing disease and death during the previous waves of infection that caused a lot of problems around the world. This is shared success that the CECC and everyone in Taiwan should take credit, be proud of, and very relieved by. 2. Despite the fact that no one is protected from infection, but because COVID-Omicron is mild, public health policy needs to be adjusted to focus on treating the vulnerable rather than preventing infection of all. 3. Acknowledge that some segments of society have been severely affected by COVID policies so the recovery of these sectors is taken in consideration in updating the public health policy. 4. Acknowledge that some COVID policies were confusing to the public in the past so the new policies will be more consistent and logical. For example, the policy of requiring masking outdoors while people eating at restaurants indoors are not required to mask makes no sense. My suggestions for the new policy are geared towards lowering hospitalization and death rates while avoiding unnecessary disruptions in people's lives: 1. Push vaccination for vulnerable groups (the elderly and those with pre-existing conditions that make them more prone to severe disease). Send vaccination nurses to the nursing homes and neighborhoods with elderly people to get everyone fully vaccinated (including booster shots). Getting the 30% of those 65-75 and 44% of elderly >75 who have not been fully vaccinated and boosted should be a high priority 2. Use the "test positive and treat" strategy for those in vulnerable groups. As I mentioned before, Paxlovid for all but Molnupiravir for those who cannot take Paxlovid. Treat them before their symptoms get worse because it is cheaper to give them the medicine than risk their need for hospitalization. 3. No more putting those with mild disease in special facilities or hospitals so that there are plenty of capacity for those who need hospitalization. 4. Recommend (not mandate with threat of punishment) those who have close contact with COVID-Omicron patients to mask around others for 5 days (no need to do so with household members because they are already given it to them) if they are asymptomatic. 5. No testing of asymptomatic people unless their job requires it (nursing home, hospital, etc.). 6. No more closing schools, factories, or offices because of positive COVID-Omicron cases. 7. No more mandatory masking except for those described in #4 above. People here are so used to masking that many will still do so with the threat of punishment. 8. No more mandatory quarantine, even for those who test positive. Highly recommend those who test positive to wear a mask when around people and not eat with others but not make it a punishable offense. [Treat them like people who have a bad flu, not like criminals.] 9. No more testing or quarantine requirements for visitors from abroad. As the local infection rate is now higher than that many other countries, there is no reason to require new arrivals to do anything different when they are asymptomatic. It's confusing to many that I can go anywhere in the world without quarantine but have to do quarantine plus multiple tests when arriving in Taiwan (and a handful of Asian countries). The benefit of the policies listed above is that the resources of the country are directed toward saving lives rather than collecting lots of infection data. It will reclaim the international travel hub status of Taoyuan International Airport (and not let Singapore and Seoul dominate the air travel sector) and revive the tourism, convention, airline, hotel businesses. It will simplify everyone's life and reduce anxiety. It may be counter intuitive but if you look at the data from the US university campuses and European countries, it is better to get as many young people infected as quickly as possible to shorten the surge while building up herd immunity for COVID-Omicron without a lot of severe cases. The old policy for flattening the curve is to prevent overwhelming the hospitals but with oral antivirals and milder disease, there is no need to flatten the curve. It is better to get the whole surge completed in 2 months like in most countries that pursue a more open policy. I am convinced that when the messaging is clear and based on current understanding of the situation, the people will embrace it and praise the CECC's leadership. Best, Pui -- Pui-Yan Kwok, MD, PhD Director, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Academia Sinica
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