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Fact Check: The Canadian healthcare system is teetering on the edge of total collapse. No one I know has or can see a doctor. My elderly relatives are being dropped by their doctors regardless of health issues. They've closed every mental health facility and walk in clinic in our city of over 600,000 people. They are telling people not to come to the emergency room unless you are actually at risk of permanent injury or have a life threatening injury. If we get sick we are dead. Countless billions are flowing into the system and we are getting absolutely nothing out of it. All three levels of our government are pointing their fingers at each other saying fix it while we get left behind. They are clearly downplaying the issue to stave off mass protests at this point. I truly believe the outcome of this crisis will define the next generation of Canadian history and we are going 100km/hour in the wrong direction.
# The State of Canadian Healthcare: An Analysis of Claims of Imminent Collapse ## Introduction A recent claim has emerged regarding the Canadian healthcare system, suggesting it is on the brink of to...
Fact Check: IT knowledge. There are several factors at work here. Colleges are mostly a few years behind trends, if not more. So a lot of recent grads are way behind from the gate. Most colleges are now just shills for business licenses called "degrees," You need this "license" to be "allowed" to have a entry job, and they know it, and charge whatever the market can bear. Pearson Vue has seized a huge amount of this space, which just adds to the cost, and tries to enforce certification tracks with government contract specs and all sorts of inroads. The "cash cow" of graduating college with 6 figure jobs waiting for them is mostly gone. The junior roles have been outsourced overseas, and have been replaced with people with multiple hats. There are very few "middle roles," so the track of going from junior to senior has a HUGE gap that keeps getting wider. The senior roles are starting to age out: many went into management, and some are retiring. Knowledge and experience is getting lost. Companies reliant on technology to surve are cutting technology costs as a "cost center" because of the pressure of rising capitalism always producing value year to year. Thus, they send more jobs overseas, and senior roles become too costly to maintain. We are incurring a lot of "debt" in aging infrastructure, and IT is no different. There are systems operating high-cost operations in factories, transportation, and utilities that haven't been upgraded in decades, and some of the people who knew how it all worked are dying off. Eventually, there won't be enough senior roles to teacher younger people anything, and there will be a cascading series of knowledge gaps in current infrastructure, leading to huge failures. People say that "kids today know computers" but they really don't: most only know GUI and how to operate an iPad, not what makes the iPad work under the hood or how the Internet works.
# The Claim: An Examination of IT Knowledge and Workforce Trends ## Introduction The claim discusses several interconnected issues regarding the state of IT knowledge among recent graduates, the evol...
Fact Check: Bees. We are losing bees at an alarming rate. As far as important species go, they are top of the list. They are critical pollinators: they pollinate 70 of the around 100 crop species that feed 90% of the world. Honey bees are responsible for $30 billion a year in crops.
# The Decline of Bee Populations and Their Importance ## Introduction The claim that "we are losing bees at an alarming rate" highlights the critical role bees play as pollinators in global agricultu...
Fact Check: republican presidents caused the last few recessions in the USA
# Conclusion In conclusion, the claim that "Republican presidents caused the last few recessions in the USA" is assessed as "Mostly True." The evidence indicates a notable correlation between Republi...
Fact Check: Trump has made unconstitutional executive orders with regard to the 6th amendment.
# Claim Analysis: "Trump has made unconstitutional executive orders with regard to the 6th amendment." ## 1. Introduction The claim that former President Donald Trump issued unconstitutional executiv...
Fact Check: White House Confirms Trump Is Exploring Ways To ‘Deport’ U.S. Citizens
# White House Confirms Trump Is Exploring Ways To ‘Deport’ U.S. Citizens ## Introduction Recent reports have emerged claiming that the White House has confirmed President Donald Trump is exploring le...
Fact Check: Churchill said America will always choose the correct option once all other options are exhausted
# The Claim: "Churchill said America will always choose the correct option once all other options are exhausted" ## Introduction The claim in question is a paraphrase of a statement attributed to Win...
Fact Check: O Milagre Econômico do Regime Militar impulsionou o Brasil
# O Milagre Econômico do Regime Militar impulsionou o Brasil ## Introduction A afirmação de que "O Milagre Econômico do Regime Militar impulsionou o Brasil" refere-se ao período de crescimento econôm...
Fact Check: Does low light laser therapy work for mens hair
# Does Low Light Laser Therapy Work for Men's Hair? ## Introduction The claim that low light laser therapy (LLLT) is effective for stimulating hair growth in men has gained traction in recent years, ...