40,000 American children have lost a parent to COVID-19 – UPI.com (Me: Covid deniers and anti-vaxers – consider these children’s loss…)

An estimated 40,000 children in the United States have lost a parent to COVID-19 and may be in need of support, according to a statistical model developed by Penn State.

The model, announced Monday, shows the impact uniquely felt in young community from COVID-19.

Source: 40,000 American children have lost a parent to COVID-19 – UPI.com

White Evangelical Resistance Is Obstacle in Vaccination Effort – The New York Times

Stephanie Nana, an evangelical Christian in Edmond, Okla., refused to get a Covid-19 vaccine because she believed it contained “aborted cell tissue.”

Nathan French, who leads a nondenominational ministry in Tacoma, Wash., said he received a divine message that God was the ultimate healer and deliverer: “The vaccine is not the savior.”

Lauri Armstrong, a Bible-believing nutritionist outside of Dallas, said she did not need the vaccine because God designed the body to heal itself, if given the right nutrients. More than that, she said, “It would be God’s will if I am here or if I am not here.”

The deeply held spiritual convictions or counterfactual arguments may vary. But across white evangelical America, reasons not to get vaccinated have spread as quickly as the virus that public health officials are hoping to overcome through herd immunity.

Analysis: Texas corporations denounce GOP effort to restrict voting options | The Texas Tribune

“Major Texas employers are stepping up and speaking out against voter suppression, and for good reason,” tweeted former Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, who blocked Patrick’s way on the bathroom bill four years ago. “Texas should not go down the same path as Georgia. It’s bad for business and, more importantly, it’s bad for our citizens.” And another San Antonio Republican, state Rep. Lyle Larson, did his best to distinguish the Texas conversation from the national one, and to point out that Democratic voters aren’t the only ones who might be hurt by the Texas legislation: “64% of Texas Republicans cast their ballots early. Republicans cast half of all absentee ballots in Texas’ 2020 general election. Among all Republican voters 55 or older in Texas, 91% voted early or by mail. Are we trying to make it harder for Republican voters to vote?” The corporations that jump into this might be “people,” but don’t have voting rights at stake. They do have businesses to protect and legislative risks ahead if they cross the same legislators they hope will support them on taxation, law, economic development and other matters more common to their interactions with state government. It’s unusu

Source: Analysis: Texas corporations denounce GOP effort to restrict voting options | The Texas Tribune

Chickpea omelet with spinach – For Health

Chickpea flour 150 g.
Water 200-300 g.
Spinach 50 g.
Dill 20 g.
A mix of spices to taste
Salt to taste

You can add bell pepper or tomato as well.

Cooking method:

  1. Prepare the ingredients. Rinse the spinach and dill.
  2. Chop the spinach and dill.
  3. Combine chickpea flour with seasoning and salt. Add spinach and dill.
  4. Pour in water slowly, you might need more of it or less, and stir.
  5. Bake the chickpea omelet in a hot skillet on both sides. Chickpea omelet goes well with vegetable salads. Serve hot or cold.

Source: Chickpea omelet with spinach – For Health

Queenstown personal connection

Michael Stephen Wills Photography

The Irish Free State was four months old when my then 35 year old Grandfather and Grandmother boarded the S.S. Montnairn out of Belfast. My mother, two months short of three years of age, accompanied them on this voyage to a new life as Canadian citizens. This slideshow is a mix of images from the Cobh Heritage center and my personal genealogy materials.

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