"Weather events, linked to a changing climate, brought misery to millions around the world in 2021 according to a new report… The study, from the charity Christian Aid, identified 10 extreme events that each caused more than $1.5bn of damage… The biggest financial impacts were from Hurricane Ida which hit the US in August and flooding in Europe in July… In many poorer regions, floods and storms caused mass displacements of people and severe suffering."
"Necklaces and accessories claiming to 'protect' people from 5G mobile networks have been found to be radioactive… The Dutch authority for nuclear safety and radiation protection (ANVS) issued a warning about ten products it found gave off harmful ionising radiation." (Grokked from Dan, I think)
"Egyptian scientists have unwrapped a 3,500-year-old royal mummy without peeling away a single layer of embalming linen… Instead, they used advanced X-ray technology and computerized tomography (CT) scanning to catch a glimpse of King Amenhotep I's mummified body and the secrets it has harbored for millennia." While they say this is the same as a scan you might get, that's not true. Even if they used a standard medical scanner (most of these don't and utilize specialized machines designed to do these explorations), the scans done to create this dataset would most likely kill you. The scans used to create this would take hours to complete (and include several angled scans to reduce artifacts from the amulets, all then composited into one dataset), whereas the diagnostic scans we do on live patients take a few minutes at most. And if they only did the scans like we would scan a patient, shame on them.
"The researchers described the study as the 'most comprehensive analysis to date' of the virus’s persistence throughout the body and brain. They performed autopsies on 44 patients who died either from or with COVID-19 to map and quantify virus distribution across the body… Daniel Chertow, principal investigator in the NIH’s emerging pathogens section, said along with his colleagues that RNA from the virus was found in patients up to 230 days after symptom onset." This is a bullshit study that has wonderful medicinal value (as basic research) but zero clinical value. Note how quickly they go from "mRNA found" to "the virus" was found. No, it wasn't. Your body recycles proteins. If you want something with clinical value you need to check organ damage, active infection (actual viral particles), not just RNA. This is like the early studies about how "the virus" lingers on hard surfaces for 2 weeks. No, it doesn't. However RNA from the virus can, but what's left can't infect you or hurt you.
"A five-fold increase in pediatric admissions in New York City this month. Close to double the numbers admitted in Washington, DC. And nationwide, on average, pediatric hospitalizations are up 35% in just the past week… The highly transmissible Omicron variant is teaming up with the busy holiday season to infect more children across the United States than ever before, and children's hospitals are bracing for it to get even worse."
"As COVID-19 case numbers continue to surge in Northeast Ohio, members of the Ohio National Guard have been deployed to area medical facilities to help support staff that are being stretched to the limits… On Monday, the first Guard members began arriving at University Hospitals Parma Medical Center, much to the appreciation of the staff at that location." Happy glory days, but nobody has the time to get them up to speed on how to work in and with our systems. Now they'll just be in the way. It's hard to explain to someone not in medicine, but you can't just slot people into positions, even highly experienced people. Some of our nursing directors have been in the ER lately. Mostly they run errands and perform tasks at the direction of the actual ER nurses (who sometimes have to watch them). For them to really be of help, they should have arrived by Dec 1st. We'll take them. We can find plenty of things for them to do, but they won't be fully utilized.
"Often, these health care heroes are treating people who are abusive and combative toward hospital staff, having refused to take the simple preventive step of getting vaccinated. Some of these patients spend their final breaths denouncing the science behind the vaccine -- or regretfully wishing they had gotten one."
"Thousands of flights have been canceled over the past several days as Covid cases surge across the globe… On Tuesday, another 2,500 flights have been canceled, with more than 800 of them within, into or out of the United States, according to tracking website FlightAware. More than 5,100 flights have been delayed."
"As of Dec. 6, about 226,000 people had shared in the nearly $1.5 billion that FEMA has spent on funeral costs that occurred after Jan. 20, 2020, the date of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the U.S. With the nation's coronavirus death toll topping 800,000, it's clear that many families who are eligible for reimbursement have yet to take advantage of the funeral benefit."
"The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday shortened the recommended times that people should isolate when they've tested positive for Covid-19 from 10 days to five days if they don't have symptoms -- and if they wear a mask around others for at least five more days… The CDC also shortened the recommended time for people to quarantine if they are exposed to the virus to a similar five days if they are vaccinated. People who are fully vaccinated and boosted may not need to quarantine at all, the CDC said." Back ta work, ya filthy animals!
Daily Beast, but… "A member of the far-right Boogaloo Boys had admitted he traveled from Texas to Minneapolis in the wake of George Floyd’s death and purported to be a Black Lives Matter supporter while wreaking havoc on the city. Ivan Harrison Hunter, 24, pleaded guilty Thursday to a single count of rioting. He admitted to firing 13 rounds from an AK-47-style rifle into the 3rd Precinct police station as rioters set the building alight in May 2020. He was then filmed yelling 'Justice for Floyd!' Hunter wore a distinctive skull mask during the riot that investigators later matched to a video on his Facebook page." Why do conservative believe that Jan 6th was a red flag operation? Because they've been doing those for years now. Yes, the cavalcade of accusations the right has made against the left regarding dirty tactics and heinous actions continue to prove to be projections of their own real actions. (Grokked from Jim Wright)
"The increased scrutiny helped prompt a review of all 2,500 markers by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, a process that has focused on factual errors, inadequate historical context, and racist or otherwise inappropriate references… So far, the state has removed two markers, revised two and ordered new text for two others."
"The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index, out Tuesday, climbed 18.4% in October from a year earlier. The gain marked a slight deceleration from a 19.1% year-over-year increase in September but was about in line with what economists had been expecting." The bigger the bubble, the louder the pop.
How goes Brexit? "The business owners I spoke to have pretty much the same reflection on different aspects of the reality of one year of trading outside the Single Market and Customs Union. It's clearly been challenging: 'Frustrating. Scary. Huge drop in sales. Rendered uncompetitive in Europe"… When I put to them what ministers have suggested privately - that some sections of British business need to be as prepared as the best-prepared bigger businesses, it got a little testy."
"Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday he would ponder a slew of options if the West fails to meet his push for security guarantees over neighboring Ukraine… Earlier this month, Moscow submitted draft security documents demanding that NATO deny membership to Ukraine and other former Soviet countries and roll back its military deployments in Central and Eastern Europe." So Putin admits he was lying and yes, he is planning on invading the Ukraine. Hey Vlad, they're independent states. That can do whatever they want. Grow up and learn to live in the new world. It's pretty good. The donuts are nice.
"Russia's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the closure of Memorial International, one of the country's most respected human rights organizations, wiping out three decades of work to expose the abuses and atrocities of the Stalinist era." Stay safe, my Russian friends. They're removing your safe guards.
"A senior United Nations official said he was horrified by the reported killing of at least 35 civilians in Myanmar and called on authorities to investigate the incident that opposition activists blamed on government soldiers… The ruling military has not commented on the incident near Mo So village in Kayah State on Friday and junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun could not be reached for comment."
"Former President Donald Trump’s false claims of a stolen election fueled anger among Republicans who flocked to local-level GOP chapters in hope of playing a greater role in future elections… Now, some leaders of those grassroots outfits say they and their members have turned the page — even as Trump himself has made it clear that he wants the issue front and center in coming contests."
"Committee to request contents of the call seeking to stop Biden’s certification and may subpoena Rudy Giuliani… Congressman Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack, has said the panel will open an inquiry into Donald Trump’s phone call seeking to stop Joe Biden’s certification from taking place on 6 January hours before the insurrection."
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