The morning meeting at the Gross-Gerau District Hospital begins with bad news. “One the other, the clinics around us are closing their doors,” says hospital director Erika Raab. “The hospital in Odenwald” isn’t taking any new patients and “Bergstrasse” is also about to close, she says. And now it’s the turn of Darmstadt, a medium-sized city located just south of Frankfurt. “The hospital in Darmstadt is asking if we still have any beds free,” Raab says, peering out at the silent group of about a dozen doctors and nurses gathered in the meeting room. She already knows the answer. “OK, we’re already having to prioritize ourselves.” Source: German ICUs Are Struggling to Keep Up with Corona – The Second Wave Hits the Hospitals – DER SPIEGEL
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Healthcare workers worry as coronavirus cases continue to mount – Radio Sweden | Sveriges Radio
- Many say they are already worn down by the pandemic from the spring and summer, when thousands fell ill or died after testing positive for the disease.
- With hospitalizations on the rise, they now fear a repeat of what happened then.
- “I see from my colleagues that everyone is very fragile,” said Annelie Ryberg, a nurse from Borås, western Sweden.
Source: Healthcare workers worry as coronavirus cases continue to mount – Radio Sweden | Sveriges Radio
Newark, NJ’s Largest City, Defies Governor And Issues Strict Lockdown As Positivity Rate Soars – Gothamist
Baraka has also banned all visits to long term care facilities and limited indoor gatherings to no more than 10 people. The restrictions are in addition to earlier steps Baraka took two weeks ago, ordering an 8 p.m. curfew for non-essential businesses, when the city’s positivity rate was 11%. These measures go much further than any issued by Gov. Phil Murphy, who has so far resisted broader lockdown measures amid the second wave of the virus. On Monday, Murphy ordered indoor dining to stop by 10 p.m. and banned any seating at indoor bars. Murphy also banned all indoor interstate sports, starting Thursday. “We really should be closing the stores down completely and I’m going to have a conversation with the governor,” said Baraka, who is a close ally of fellow Democrat Murphy. “This is not other towns, we have to run faster than the state, full steam ahead.” Newark recorded 446 new cases on Wednesday and Baraka said almost 700 residents—including six police officers—have died from COVID-19 since March. The city’s population hovers around 280,000. University Hospital in Newark said it’s also seeing an increase in hospitalized patients, with numbers tripling in just two weeks.
Spike in yellow fever deaths prompts Nigeria to revive vaccination campaigns | Global health | The Guardian
There is no specific treatment for yellow fever, which is largely transmitted in urban settings by mosquitos, yet vaccinations are nearly 100% effective. Recent decades have seen the introduction of mass vaccination programmes to combat the disease. But in recent years, cases have begun to rise. Before 2017, there had not been an outbreak of yellow fever in Nigeria for more than 20 years, said Adesola Yinka-Ogunyele, a doctor and epidemiologist at the NCDC. The climate crisis, increased migration and fewer vaccination campaigns are among the reasons for the increase even before the coronavirus pandemic.
‘We won’: Indigenous group in Canada scoops up billion dollar seafood firm | Indigenous peoples | The Guardian
Partnering with Vancouver-based Premium Brands Holdings Corporation, a number of Mi’kmaq communities will put up C$250m (£145m) for their share of the purchase. The Mi’kmaq will have full ownership of Clearwater’s coveted offshore fishing licences, which allow the harvest of lobster, scallop, crab and clams in a massive tract of ocean known as LFA 41. They also plan to bring more Indigenous peoples into the company’s ranks.
For decades, Clearwater has been a giant in the industry, with a monopoly on offshore fishing licences, which allow for year-round lobster harvest. But as of last year, amid lagging performance, the company signalled it was looking for a buyer. The Membertou First Nation, based in the Cape Breton region, had previously shown an interest in expanding its reach into the commercial industry, when it paid Clearwater C$25m (£14.5m) for two of the company’s eight licences in September.
“In order to be in business, you first have to play the game,” Paul told CBC News after the purchase was announced. “You have to play to win, and we won.”
In addition to Membertou and Miawpukek supporting the deal, a number of other groups in the region, including the Paqtnkek, Pictou Landing, Potlotek, Sipekne’katik and We’koqma’q First Nations, have also expressed an interest in acquiring a stake in Clearwater.
Fact check: No evidence supports Trump’s claim that COVID-19 vaccine result was suppressed to sway election | Science | AAAS
A Fumaça Dourada das Epidemias – oru a wakëxi
The Golden Smoke of Epidemics – oru a wakëxi

pintado por um xamã Yanomami, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela
Como diz o porta-voz Yanomami Davi Kopenawa no seu livro”A Queda do Céu”: “De repente, eles encontraram muito ouro. A partir daquele momento foram tomados pelo frenesi de abutres famintos. Você não pode comer ouro, mas você pensaria que eles queriam devorar toda a terra da floresta para obtê-lo! Não queremos que nossa floresta morra, coberta de feridas e resíduos dos brancos.
Os garimpeiros se tornaram muito numerosos em nossas terras altas da floresta, destruindo as nascentes do rio e matando seus habitantes com suas doenças. Os mineiros de ouro são comedores de terra, seres malignos! Sua mente está vazia e eles estão cheios de fumaça epidêmica! Devemos evitar que eles sujem nossos rios e os expulsem da floresta.
Todos os espíritos xapiri mais valentes descem para lutar contra a epidemia de xawara
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Biden Has Finally Won Arizona, Turning It Democratic For The First Time In Decades
Gov. Mike DeWine reissuing statewide mask order with new sanctions, says he may close restaurants, bars and gyms – cleveland.com
The following are the provisions, DeWine said:
1. Each retail business will be required to post a face covering requirement sign at all public entrances to the store;
2. Each store will be responsible for ensuring that customers and employees are wearing masks; and
3. A new Retail Compliance Unit, composed of agents led by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, will inspect businesses to ensure compliance. A first violation of this order will bring about a written warning and a second violation will bring about closure of the store for up to 24 hours.
“We know that masks work,” DeWine said. “They are the easiest, most cost-effective way to limit the spread of COVID-19.” He argued that workers and shoppers have the right to be safe.
Arizona’s GOP AG says people voted Republican, but not for Trump | TheHill
Brnovich dismissed the lawsuit as inconsequential saying, “We are literally talking about less than 200 votes that are in question and doubt. So the reality is, even if it was possible that those votes flipped, those 200 votes, I do not think it will make a difference in Arizona just because of the numbers.”
Brnovich ended his interview by making the observation that if there was indeed a conspiracy, it failed in securing other elected seats for the Democratic Party.
“The county election official who was Democrat lost and other Republicans won. What really happened, it came down to people split their ticket. People vote for Republicans down ballot, but they didn’t vote for President Trump.”
Source: Arizona’s GOP AG says people voted Republican, but not for Trump | TheHill
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