People camp out to get COVID-19 vaccine in Lehigh Acres – Florida

At least 10 people were camping out in Lehigh Acres Monday night in hopes to be first in line for round two of coronavirus vaccines at East County Regional Library Tuesday.

The lines became so long in Estero Monday, the health department had to turn people away.

The first couple we spoke to in the Lehigh Acres line told us they arrived at the site at 1:30 p.m. They said they haven’t seen their kids in almost a year

The next person in line, Frank Conway, told us he was celebrating his 78th birthday, and a vaccine would be the best gift yet.

When our crew was at the site in Estero, a sign read “no more vaccines.”

“We couldn’t get anywhere near this place,” said John Stone, who has not yet been vaccinated. “There must have been a thousand cars here.”

Source: People camp out to get COVID-19 vaccine in Lehigh Acres

El Paso Covid-19 task force member tests positive for virus | KFOX

(credit: kfox14/cbs4) - interview with Dr. Ogechika Alozie on Covid-19 vaccine distribution and effectiveness / Dec. 22

Dr. Ogechika Alozie is the co-chair of El Paso’s Covid-19 task force and a member of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s infectious disease preparedness task force.

Today Alozie confirmed he and his wife had tested positive for Covid-19 on December 18, however says he is unaware how he and his wife contracted the virus, saying he followed all protocols.

Alozie tells KFOX14 he and his wife experienced only mild symptoms. He experienced headaches while his wife experienced some body aches.

Alozie says he did take monoclonal antibodies to aid in recovery.

Both he and his wife have isolated for the past ten days and have been cleared for work.

Source: El Paso Covid-19 task force member tests positive for virus | KFOX

Lawyer questions US immigration’s holding (Jamaican) men cleared by court

“Judge Chris McAliley of the Southern District of Florida [US] District Court terminated the detention against all four Jamaicans on the basis that there was in fact no evidence of a find of cocaine and that instead, it was merely gasoline which had been misidentified as such, and ordered that the men be sent to immigration to be sent home to Jamaica. As a result, there were no charges whatsoever laid against any of the four men,” Samuels told a virtual press briefing yesterday.

“These are Jamaicans who left Jamaica declaring their port of destination and armed with their passports, which were examined by Jamaican immigration. These passports were taken from them by the US Coast Guard. We now demand that, through our foreign ministry, the passports of these four Jamaicans be returned to them to facilitate their departure from the United States, back home, by way of an ordinary international flight,” Samuels said.

Source: Lawyer questions US immigration’s holding men cleared by court

1831 was a pivotal year in Jamaica’s history

“It was the year when Messrs Jordon and Osborne — after they had established the Watchman paper — were both imprisoned; the former twice, for five months each time. At the close of the second term of imprisonment, Mr Edward Jordon was tried for his life on the charge of having published seditious matter in the Watchman. The paragraph which was denominated ‘seditious’ matter was this: ‘Now that the member for Westmoreland (Mr Beaumont) has come over to our side, we will, by a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether, bring down the system by the run, knock off the fetters, and let the oppressed go free.’ On the day of Mr Jordon’s trial the courtroom was thronged with… men, who had armed themselves, and were determined, if the sentence of death were pronounced upon Mr Jordon, to rescue him at whatever hazard. It is supposed that their purpose was conjectured by the judges — at any rate, they saw fit to acquit Mr J and give him his enlargement.”

Source: 1831 was a pivotal year in Jamaica’s history

Palestine records 19 deaths and 2,155 new | Roya News

Palestine recorded 19 deaths and 2,155 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, announced the Palestinian Minister of Health Mai al-Kaila Tuesday.

The new deaths involved 13 in the West Bank (three in Tulkarm; two in the suburbs of Jerusalem; one in Qalqilya; two in Ramallah; two in Nablus; one in Jenin’ one in Hebron and one in Bethlehem), and six in the Gaza Strip.

The recovery rate in Palestine stands at 84.2 percent, while the active case rate is 14.9 percent and the death rate is one percent.

The new coronavirus cases included 23 in Tubas; 82 in Tulkarm; 33 in the suburbs of Jerusalem; 25 in Qalqilya; 21 in Salfit; 161 in Ramallah; 82 in Nablus; 65 in Jenin; 61 in Hebron; 43 in Bethlehem; 11 in Jericho and Al-Aghwar, and 542 in Gaza Strip.

Source: Palestine records 19 deaths and 2,155 new | Roya News

ARNORTH to oversee California COVID-19 response operation > Joint Base San Antonio > News

This week, approximately 65 U.S. Air Force military personnel, including doctors, nurses and others from the 60th Medical Group, Travis Air Force Base, California, part of COVID Theater Hospital 1, and 10 U.S. Army nurses from the 627th Hospital Center, Fort Carson, Colorado, part of Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force 627, will begin providing support to four hospitals in California: Dameron Hospital in Stockton, Adventist Health Lodi Memorial Hospital in Lodi, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton and Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno. Source: ARNORTH to oversee California COVID-19 response operation > Joint Base San Antonio > News

Long lines at San Antonio asymptomatic testing sites encouraging to city, medical workers

“The demand has been really heavy over these holidays. We are testing about 3,000 people a day, which is up significantly,” Mary Ullmann Japhet, communications director of Community Labs.

Japhet said Community Labs is capable of testing up to 12,000 per day. They are encouraging people to keep coming.

“It’s the FDA gold standard — it’s a PCR test — and results are in within 24 hours. So that speed, the lab capacity, and the fact that it is the most accurate test available is really key,” she said.

Japhet said many people who are tested without symptoms end up having COVID-19.

“Science tells us that 50% or so of COVID cases are spread by asymptomatic silent spreaders. These are people who are innocently walking around in the world not knowing they have the virus and are spreading it to others before they themselves have symptoms,” Japhet said.

That’s why she and others across the city are thrilled people are proactively taking responsibility at a time when COVID-19 cases have never spiked higher in San Antonio. This week’s case numbers prompted city and county leaders to close bars once again and limit restaurant capacity to 50%.

“If we can get those people who are positive out of our population until they’re better, we’re going to help suppress the virus,” Japhet said.

Source: Long lines at San Antonio asymptomatic testing sites encouraging to city, medical workers

Aventuras chamánicas – “La Magia de la Amazonia Las aventuras de Meromi, una niña Yanomami”

Shamanic Adventures – “The Magic of the Amazon The adventures of Meromi, a Yanomami girl”

Barbara Crane Navarro

ilustración de “La Magia de la Amazonia- Las aventuras de Meromi, una niña Yanomami”

” Este segundo volumen de la serie La Magia de la Amazonia es tan encantador y atractivo como el primero. La historia continúa el hilo del libro anterior y los personajes parecen ser viejos amigos.

Meromi, una niña Yanomami que ahora tiene 9 años, es una sanadora natural y quiere convertirse en chamán, y está aún más decidida ya que los adultos de su comunidad dicen que las niñas no pueden … Con la ayuda de aliados improvisados, ella trata de encontrar una manera de disuadir a los intrusos y sacarlos del bosque. Es hora de que Meromi use su don de hablar con los animales …

Los aspectos de la vida tradicional de los Yanomami en la selva tropical se entretejen en la caprichosa historia. Las encantadoras ilustraciones del autor convierten a los lectores en…

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