DeSantis downplays increase in COVID-19 cases | TheHill (Me: more than a year into the pandemic and he is still denying what has un-necessarily killed thousands of Floridians and is advancing again!!!)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday downplayed the recent spike in coronavirus cases in his state, and criticized public health officials who continue to push unvaccinated Americans to get COVID-19 shots. “It’s a seasonal virus and this is the seasonal pattern it follows in the Sun Belt states,” DeSantis told reporters at a press conference (totally false claim). He also said that he expects COVID-19 cases to decline next month.  DeSantis’s remarks came as new cases of COVID-19 are on the rise, driven by the spread of the more infectious delta variant. Florida has emerged as the epicenter of the recent surge, with about one in five new cases nationwide coming from the Sunshine State.

Despite the spike in cases, DeSantis has leaned into the same laissez faire approach to the coronavirus pandemic that has earned him praise from conservatives over the past year. His handling of the outbreak has earned him rising-star status among many Republicans, while fueling speculation of a potential 2024 presidential bid. His reelection campaign recently released a line of merchandise taking aim at Anthony Fauci, the federal government’s top infectious disease expert who has become the face of the national response to the pandemic.

Source: DeSantis downplays increase in COVID-19 cases | TheHill

As COVID Deaths Soar, Myanmar Junta Urges Citizens to Recite Buddhist Verses

In Buddhism, to abstain from killing living beings is the most important moral precept. After killing more than 900 people—including dozens of children, some barely 6 years old—since its coup in February, the military regime, which describes itself as the defender and promoter of Buddhism in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, is now urging the people to take refuge in Buddha.

On Tuesday, readers were left open-mouthed when they saw a notification in the junta’s mouthpiece newspapers in which the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture urged them to recite daily in their homes the Ratana Sutta, a Buddhist discourse that followers believe can offset the effects of famine and disease.

Source: As COVID Deaths Soar, Myanmar Junta Urges Citizens to Recite Buddhist Verses

We’re Losing the Vaccine Race | NeuroLogica Blog

Perhaps the race is not entirely over. We can still sprint to the finish line with a huge pushback against misinformation, and making sure people understand how serious this delta variant is. It’s also likely not the pandemic’s last word – there will be more variants, and they may be more contagious and/or deadly. Science won’t passively save us. It is a tool only, but we have to use that tool wisely. Source: We’re Losing the Vaccine Race | NeuroLogica Blog

Usted es tan real

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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Usted es tan real, aunque a veces suela callar y su nombre permanezca guardado en el botón de algún tulipán, envuelto en una gota de cristal, escondido en el romance de un poema. Usted, con su mirada de espejo, es tangible, y yo, para comprobar si existe y si su amor no es imaginación ni locura mía, la busco en cada línea impresa en las páginas de los libros, en las planas de los diarios, en las hojas escritas por mí cada mañana y tarde. Entro a las obras literarias, a los cuentos, a las novelas, a los poemas, con la idea de comprobar que usted no es mi imaginación, que es real, que no aparece como musa de otros artistas, que es quien inspira mis delirios, mis letras, mis motivos. Usted es tan genuina, que no necesité diseñarla…

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Black People Excluded From Missouri CRT Hearing

On Monday, a Missouri legislative committee held an invite-only hearing on Critical Race Theory and how the state’s educators should teach racism in K-12 schools. The committee is now under heavy criticism for excluding an enormously important element needed to have any critical and productive discussion on the subject of race and racism—Black people.

According to local news station KSHB 41, not a single Black parent, educator or scholar was invited to testify to the Joint Committee on Education. Not only did the committee preside over the Tim Burton movie of legislative hearings, but outside of a single official from Missouri’s education department, everyone who was heard from during the hearing was an opponent of the academic study conservatives across the nation are pretending to actually know anything about.

Source: Black People Excluded From Missouri CRT Hearing

DuckDuckGo Launches New Email Protection Service To Remove Trackers – Slashdot

DuckDuckGo is launching a new email privacy service meant to stop ad companies from spying on your inbox. From a report:The company’s new Email Protection feature gives users a free “@duck.com” email address, which will forward emails to your regular inbox after analyzing their contents for trackers and stripping any away. DuckDuckGo is also extending this feature with unique, disposable forwarding addresses, which can be generated easily in DuckDuckGo’s mobile browser or through desktop browser extensions. Source: DuckDuckGo Launches New Email Protection Service To Remove Trackers – Slashdot

New Video: Laura Carbone Performs “Nightride” at Rockpalast – The Joy of Violent Movement

With the release of her first two albums — 2016’s Sirens and 2018’s Empty Sea — Berlin-based singer/songwriter, guitarist and photographer  Laura Carbone received attention across the European Union and elsewhere for a sound and approach that frequently draws comparisons to PJ HarveyShana FalanaChelsea WolfeSt. Vincent and others.

While opening for The Jesus and Mary Chain and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Carbone and her backing band quickly established a reputation for a powerful live show, which she further cemented with a headlining tours across the European Union and North America. (If you’ve been frequenting this site over the past couple of years, you might recall that I caught Carbone when she played Baby’s All Right back in 2019. A lifetime ago, it seems.)

Source: New Video: Laura Carbone Performs “Nightride” at Rockpalast – The Joy of Violent Movement

States are sitting on millions of surplus Covid-19 vaccine doses

Several state health departments told STAT they have repeatedly asked the federal government to redistribute their supply to other countries, many of which are facing a third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Officials in Washington have rejected those requests, citing legal and logistical challenges.

“We’re drowning in this stuff,” said Robert Ator, a retired colonel in the Arkansas Air National Guard who is leading that state’s Covid-19 vaccine distribution drive. “It’s starting to get a bit silly and we want to make sure we’re being good stewards.”

Some of the wastage could be forestalled if U.S. health officials extend the shelf life of the vaccine developed by Pfizer, but such expiration dates can only be extended so far.

Source: States are sitting on millions of surplus Covid-19 vaccine doses

Pensamentos.me/ VEM comigo!

Vivaldi translation: ”Knowledge unites us. The search for reason makes us build real bridges, even in the face of the countless ruptures that cause our differences. “

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” O conhecimento nos une. A busca pela razão, nos faz construir pontes verdadeiras, mesmo diante das inúmeras rupturas que causam as nossas diferenças. “

Marii Freire Pereira

https://Pensamentos.me/ VEM comigo!

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Santarém, Pá 19 de Julho de 2021

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