Une histoire significative pour les enfants et les adultes – “La Magie de l’Amazonie Les aventures de Namowë, un garçon Yanomami” — Barbara Crane Navarro

A meaningful story for children and adults alike – “The Magic of the Amazon The Adventures of Namowë, a Yanomami Boy”

illustration tirée de « La Magie de l’Amazonie Les aventures de Namowë, un garçon Yanomami” La Magie de l’Amazonie décrit le voyage d’un garçon Yanomami à travers la forêt tropicale amazonienne pour trouver un remède pour sa sœur malade. Il rencontre des animaux et des plantes parlant qui l’aident. Le conte est écrit dans la veine […]

Une histoire significative pour les enfants et les adultes – “La Magie de l’Amazonie Les aventures de Namowë, un garçon Yanomami” — Barbara Crane Navarro

Still Not Convinced There’s A COVID-19 Crisis? LA Doctors Are Told To Have End Of Life Talk With Fragile Patients

Hospitals are already adding beds, moving ICU patients to other areas, and trying to retrain staff to backfill for highly trained ER doctors and ICU nurses.

But they’re losing the fight.

“There are very limited hospital and ICU beds available and emergency departments are strained to capacity,” reads the health alert from Dr. Sharon Balter, head of Public Health’s Division of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention.

The memo notes that, over the past two weeks, the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 has jumped by 90%.

As of Wednesday, a staggering 6,155 Angelenos were hospitalized in L.A. County with the virus, and 20% of them were in ICUs spread across the county’s acute-care hospitals.

“We are forecasting that in this current surge — between Nov. 1 and Jan. 31 — 8,700 people in Los Angeles County will die from COVID. That is nearly three times the number of people that died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks,” Ghaly said in a press call yesterday.

“The worst is yet to come,” she warned.

Source: Still Not Convinced There’s A COVID-19 Crisis? LA Doctors Are Told To Have End Of Life Talk With Fragile Patients

Texas health district delays giving COVID-19 vaccine doses until after Christmas | The Texas Tribune

The Williamson County and Cities Health District on Wednesday received 900 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, then closed its offices for Christmas.

District officials said Thursday that the vaccine arrived earlier than scheduled and it was impossible to speed up plans to administer vaccines starting Saturday. But the move drew a sharp rebuke from local leaders, who felt that health officials shirked their duties by failing to promptly administer doses of the vaccine.

“We actually have the tool in our toolbox and we’re hanging onto it,” said Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell. He criticized district officials for taking time off while first responders in the Central Texas suburban county, home to Round Rock, continued to work.

“I’m just profoundly disappointed,” he added.

Source: Texas health district delays giving COVID-19 vaccine doses until after Christmas | The Texas Tribune

Warnock says he’ll focus on Georgians after video of ex-wife surfaces

The Atlanta Police Department reported medical examiners requested the woman reveal her foot to check for injuries. Investigators said she was initially hesitant to show her foot, but when she did examiners found no signs her foot was run over.

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Rev. Raphael Warnock, who is in a tight race in one of Georgia’s Senate runoff elections on Jan. 6, said Thursday he would “stay focused on the people of Georgia” after a video emerged of his ex-wife’s allegations that he…

The Brexit deal: What we know so far – BBC News

  • There will be no extra charges on goods (tariffs) or limits on the amount that can be traded (quotas) between the UK and the EU from 1 January
  • However, there will be extra checks at borders, such as safety checks and customs declarations, so businesses that rely on transporting goods to and from the EU will need to be ready
  • For services, including finance – which is very important to the UK economy – the situation is still slightly unclear. Services will lose their automatic right of access but the UK said the agreement “locks in market access across substantially all sectors”
  • There will no longer be automatic recognition of professional qualifications such as doctors, nurses and architects
Travel

Travel

  • UK nationals will need a visa for stays of longer than 90 days in the EU in a 180-day period
  • There will be extra border checks for UK travellers
  • EU pet passports will no longer be valid
Fishing

Fishing

  • The UK becomes an independent coastal state and can decide on access to its waters and fishing grounds
  • But EU boats will be able to fish in UK waters for some years to come at least
  • 25% of the value of their current catch will now become available for UK fishing boats
  • But there will be a transition period of five-and-a-half years where that is phased in
  • After the transition period the UK and EU will regularly negotiate on access to each other’s waters
Justice

European Court of Justice

  • The UK will no longer be bound by judgements made by the European Court of Justice, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said
Security

Security

  • The UK will no longer have automatic access to key databases, but should be able to gain access upon request
  • The UK will will not be a member of Europol – the EU’s law enforcement agency – but it will have a presence at its headquarters. This will be a similar to the arrangement the US currently has.
Study

Study

  • The UK will no longer participate in the Erasmus exchange programme – an EU scheme that helps students study in other countries.
  • In its place will be a new scheme named after the mathematician Alan Turing
  • Students at universities in Northern Ireland will continue to participate in Erasmus, as part of an arrangement with the Irish government.

Source: The Brexit deal: What we know so far – BBC News

Turkey to receive 3 million doses of the Chinese vaccine; Brazil increasingly skeptic about CoronaVac effectiveness.

50% effectiveness

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On Thursday, Dr. Serhat Unal, a health expert in the Turkish medical board announced that the Chinese experimental vaccine developed by the Sinovac Biotech has shown an efficacy of 91.25% in the initial results of the late-stage trials. Unlike Pfizer/BioNTech’s vaccine, Sinovac vaccine is an inactivated vaccine. This means that unlike Pfizer/BioNTech’s vaccine, a virus will be delivered to the vaccine receiver, but the virus is inactivated and therefore would not pose any danger of infection for the receiver. This type of vaccine is technically a historically proven approach as most vaccines use this approach.

On Monday, Turkey will receive the first shipment of three million doses of the Chinese vaccine, CoronaVac. Initially, the vaccine was planned to be received after December 11, but due to permit problems, the vaccine delivery was delayed. Turkey will receive a total of 50 million doses of the vaccine. The country…

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