Is anti-WIFI the new anti-vax?

It appears that in my neck of the woods, a new kind of woo is rearing it's ugly head, and this new woo is Anti-WIFI

Anyone familiar with anti-vaxers will recolonize all the same signs in the anti-WIFIers

This anti-WIFI group goes by the same of "Safe School Committee" (nice Orwellian name) and you can find there website at http://www.safeschool.ca It's good for a laugh when you can stop from crying.

The "Safe School Committee" compiled a list of "symptoms" related to WIFI exposer

Let's have a look at some of these symptoms

* Headaches
* Dizziness - Nausea - Vertigo (subsides when student leaves the school)
* Visual and Auditory Distortion (unsure of where they are, voices change volume)
* Racing Heart Rate (Tachycardia)
* Memory Loss (trouble remembering school material)* Attention Deficit (trouble concentrating while in class)
* Skin Rash (goes away on school breaks)
* Hyperactivity/Anxiety (behaviour not previously seen in the child)
* Night Sweats (unexplainable, unrelated to fever)
* Insomnia (microwaves affect melatonin levels)

 

 Wow, pretty scary list eh? I'm surprised they did add Cancer or Autism to this list

Starting to see the pattern with anti-WIFIers and anti-vaxers now?

It gets worse...

  

Some parents note that in the past year their kids "aren't quite the same". Their children have dropped a grade, are despondent or "out of sorts." In some cases teachers are noting these changes in the student.

Wow, really? a child's attitude and school marks have changed, it can't be bullying, it can't be issues at home, it can't be that he needs glasses, it can't be that he is bored.. oh no, its WIFI or nothing for these people.

Symptoms of Microwave exposure can vary from child to child. All of these symptoms have been reported by parents of children attending schools in Simcoe County. The symptoms tend to subside when the children come home, or on weekends and holidays.

I must take it that NONE of the parents must have WIFI at home, and at the same time they must never use bluetooth or use cordless phones at home either (They use the same frequencies)

and, after all, we all know how reliable self reporting is in the medical community

here is one last tidbit that caught my eye as well

 The Microwave intensity inside one Simcoe kindergarten classroom was measured at 4X Stronger than when standing near a cell phone tower, although there were no computers in that classroom. The WiFi could be turned off without impact.

I take it these people have never heard of the inverse square law. How NEAR to a cell phone tower are they measuring?  Where in the classroom did they measure a signal 4X stronger? Was it right next to the router or the other side of the classroom? These are huge holes anyone familiar with science would ask about.

And telling me the signal is 4X stronger doesn't tell me if its good or bad. Sunlight is 4X stronger during the day then at night, should we all fear sunlight?

I feel so embarrassed that my fellow Canadians can be the birth place of yet another anti-science woo crusade

and, of course, IT'S ALL FOR THE KIDS.....

Feminism and Women and Children First

With the recent cruise ship incident in Italy, I have heard many people talk about the navel tradition of women and children first in life boats.

I'm not sure how much this tradition was followed back in the day, it might be more of a nostalgic belief in the good old days then actual fact.

However, what we do know is that when the cruise ship started to sink, women and children were not first on the life boats, it was more of a first come, first serve basis.

Leaving aside the issue of children, is a woman's life more valuable then a man's?

The very idea of women and children first illustrates that a woman's life and a man's life are seen as having different value.

Either its a case of believing that women are precious and must be saved as all cost, or believing that a disaster is no place for a woman and better to get the women to safety so that the men can get to work saving the day.

It is probably a mixture of believing that women are the weaker sex and must be saved combined with a gentlemen's honour to never allow a woman to come to harm.

Either way, it is a bit condescending to the women involved.

Are women so helpless that they need special treatment during times of crisis?

From what I understand about feminism, its that men and women should be treated equally at all times and in all occasions.

That would also include being treated equally during a time of crisis.

So my final thought is, is the policy of women and children first a sexist policy that all people should oppose in the name of equality, or is the life of a woman more valuable then a mans?


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