AIHS Repeating the ‘Race to 80’ and ‘Live With COVID’ Rhetoric Interesting to see the AIHS buying the cool-aid of the ‘Race to 80’ and ‘live with COVID’ rhetoric. This is NOT the discourse of the Doherty Report . At best, this idea of ‘race to 80’, language of ‘freedom’ and ‘living with COVID’ are … [Read more...] about AIHS Repeating the ‘Race to 80’ and ‘Live With COVID’ Rhetoric
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The Social Psychology of Distance-Safety
The Social Psychology of Distance-Safety Or, Keeping in Touch Without ‘Touching’ There is nothing more important for human well-being than touch. Touch like gesture, is the foundational way of human knowing. Children learn how to communicate emotions and feelings by gesture and touch well before … [Read more...] about The Social Psychology of Distance-Safety
The Safety Cacophony Cupboard
The Safety Cacophony Cupboard I often get contacted by people in safety after they ‘try everything’ and they discover that ‘none of it works’. Safety is so good at exploring every yo-yo theory possible from BBS to useability in search for the ‘silver bullet’ when there is none. With so much … [Read more...] about The Safety Cacophony Cupboard
Covid 1984 – The Shake Hands Maskerade and Vial Diplomacy
Covid 1984 - The Shake Hands Maskerade and Vial Diplomacy Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past George Orwell Boys from the Blackstuff was a highly acclaimed British television drama series written by the Liverpool playwright Alan Bleasdale. It was … [Read more...] about Covid 1984 – The Shake Hands Maskerade and Vial Diplomacy
Zero Vision Creates Mindless Gobbledygook
Zero Vision Creates Mindless Gobbledygook When you commit yourself to a nonsense unachievable goal, idiotic language and binary targets, you have no choice but to speak endless gobbledygook. This is the only conclusion one can come to when reading the latest nonsense from IOSH magazine Whenever … [Read more...] about Zero Vision Creates Mindless Gobbledygook
Merry Covid Xmas–2020
Thanks to all of our loyal and somewhat naughty (according to the safety crusaders) authors, readers, sharers, commenters and critics – bring on 2021! HAVE THE XMAS AND NEW YEAR THAT YOU HAVE – NO PRESSURE! Cartoon thanks to my talented little sister: … [Read more...] about Merry Covid Xmas–2020
AHH$ Covid$afe Chri$tma$ New$letter
AHHS Covidsafe Christmas Newsletter Greed i$ good - Gordon Gekko Dear Member$, In an era of unprecedented volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, the AHH$ remains resilient and is quite capable of turning any crisis into a lucrative opportunity to secure its fiefdom. The festive season … [Read more...] about AHH$ Covid$afe Chri$tma$ New$letter
The Swiss Cheese Addiction and Covid Delusion
The Swiss Cheese Addiction and Covid Delusion Symbols say much more than themselves just as intuition is more than we can say (Polanyi). However, when it comes to safety that deems symbols to be truth and metaphors to be reality we have addictions to models and symbols that are neither truthful nor … [Read more...] about The Swiss Cheese Addiction and Covid Delusion
Resiliencing Wisdom for Covid Safety
Resiliencing Wisdom for Covid Safety Wise sayings are all about living and being (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/wise-sayings) and mostly don’t provide answers. If you are stressed out, lonely, frazzled or confused: go for a walk, say hello, coffee with someone, smell the flowers or take in a … [Read more...] about Resiliencing Wisdom for Covid Safety
Freedom in Necessity
Freedom in Necessity The characteristics of fallibility are the benefits of fallibility. Unless humans are fallible we can never know the delights of love, forgiveness, relationship, passion, care, helping or learning. The quest for immutability, to be robotic and without error is delusional … [Read more...] about Freedom in Necessity