1 in 3,000 people have a gene variant that increases diabetes risk by 6 times – Study Finds

The new study finds the gene GIGYF1 plays a significant role in how likely people are to lose the Y chromosome. In turn, this also sends their risk of developing type 2 diabetes skyrocketing.

Researchers find around one in 3,000 people carry the GIGYF1 genetic variant, leading to a 30-percent chance they’ll develop type 2 diabetes. For comparison, the general population only has a five percent chance of developing diabetes on average.

“Reading an individual’s DNA is a powerful way of identifying genetic variants that increase our risk of developing certain diseases. For complex diseases such as type 2 diabetes, many variants play a role, but often only increasing our risk by a tiny amount. This particular variant, while rare, has a big impact on an individual’s risk,” says Dr. John Perry in a university release.

Additionally, people who carry the GIGYF1 gene have more signs of aging such as weaker muscle strength and more body fat.

Source: 1 in 3,000 people have a gene variant that increases diabetes risk by 6 times – Study Finds

‘Living with the virus’ makes no sense. Only half of the UK is fully vaccinated | Anthony Costello | The Guardian

Britain’s leaders and their advisers told us last year that we could not suppress the virus. China and Vietnam did, within six weeks. They told us these countries would inevitably face a huge second wave. They haven’t; just smaller outbreaks, suppressed with good public health practice implemented by people on the ground. As we know, exploding cases in March 2020 forced the UK into a 13-week full national lockdown, with huge damage to livelihoods, the economy and mental health. None of the east Asian states had national lockdowns, only local ones. In 2020, China’s GDP grew by 2% and Vietnam’s by 2.9%, according to the World Bank, compared with the UK’s 9.9% contraction. Last summer the UK government set up a privatised, call centre-based test-and-trace system divorced from our underfunded local public health and primary care teams – quite unlike anything done in successful east Asian states. It couldn’t possibly work, and it didn’t. The Treasury refused to give any financial support to poorer people to isolate – in case, as the then health secretary, Matt Hancock, told a Commons select committee, they “gamed the system”. So poor families gamed the test-and-trace system instead, t

Source: ‘Living with the virus’ makes no sense. Only half of the UK is fully vaccinated | Anthony Costello | The Guardian

WHO warns Coronavirus rising in eastern Mediterranean region – The Washington Post

Al-Mandhari said more than 500 million vaccine doses are still needed to vaccinate at least 40% of the population of countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region by the end of 2021.

“We are far, far behind from reaching this goal,” he said, adding that misinformation about vaccine efficacy and the virus have deepened vaccine hesitancy in the region.

Source: WHO warns Coronavirus rising in eastern Mediterranean region – The Washington Post

Tokyo to host Olympics under COVID-19 state of emergency

The Japanese government plans to declare another COVID-19 state of emergency in Tokyo until Aug. 22, a period covering the duration of the Olympics, to combat a recent surge in infections, sources with knowledge of the plan said Wednesday.

The decision is certain to affect an impending decision by games organizers regarding how many spectators to allow in the stands, with a senior government official saying venues in the capital will likely remain empty. Some venues of the games are located outside Tokyo.

The Tokyo metropolitan government reported 920 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the most since mid-May at the peak of Japan’s fourth wave of infections and topping the figure from a week earlier for the 18th straight day.

Source: Tokyo to host Olympics under COVID-19 state of emergency

Russia declares Estonian consul detained by FSB persona non grata — Meduza

The Russian Foreign Ministry has declared Estonia’s consul to St. Petersburg persona non grata. The diplomat now has 48 hours to leave the country, the state news agency TASS reported on Wednesday, July 7.

The consul, Mart Latte, was detained by the Federal Security Service (FSB) on July 6. The FSB said that the diplomat was “caught red-handed while receiving classified documents from a Russian citizen.” The Estonian Foreign Ministry condemned Latte’s detention as “illegal and provocative.” The consul was released an hour and a half after the arrest.

The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that “there is irrefutable evidence” of Latte’s “illegal activities,” adding that they had lodged a “strong protest” with the Estonian Embassy in Moscow’s counselor. The ministry added that Moscow considers Tallinn’s official position on Latte’s detention “cynical.”

Source: Russia declares Estonian consul detained by FSB persona non grata — Meduza

Insurrection Update #6

In Saner Thought

Yesterday was the 6 month anniversary of the failed coup by Trump supporters….

My continuing series on the betrayal of the republic on 06 January 2021 bu followers of his high disillusioned followers of his highness Trump.

Why do I call this person such?

Well one GOPer thinks he is to put it bluntly…..GOD.

Glorious readers, it’s time to meet Wisconsin Republican Senate President Chris Kapenga, who probably ought to wash his tongue after the letter he just delivered unto Dear Leader Trump, begging for his approval and desperately trying to prove his devotion. It is the most embarrassing thing we have ever seen from a person who is ostensibly a grown man. It is more embarrassing than Tom Cotton trying to do push-ups and instead doing the worm because he’s apparently been skipping core day for the past 20 years.

Granted this douche was not part of the insurrection…

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Agro-industry Surrounds Xingu Indigenous Territory in Brazil — CSP-Conlutas

Barbara Crane Navarro

In the last 20 years, the region around the land of Yawalapiti has been transformed into a production hub for soybeans, corn, cotton and meat, connected by highways and railways. Today, the Xingu area produces 10% of Brazil’s soybeanexports.

Agro-industry Surrounds Xingu Indigenous Territory in Brazil — CSP-Conlutas

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Brasil: Pueblos originarios exigen el respeto de sus territorios  — Indigenous News of the World (INW)

Barbara Crane Navarro

Brasilia. – Cerca de 450 indígenas, representantes de los diferentes pueblos que conforman Brasil marcharon este lunes, hasta la sede del Tribunal Supremo Federal (STF). Los indígenas exigen que se agende la demarcación de las tierras indígenas y que los ministros avalen la solicitud de protección de los pueblos Yanomami y Munduruku, afectados por la[…]

Brasil: Pueblos originarios exigen el respeto de sus territorios — Indigenous News of the World (INW)

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« O dinheiro não nos protege… não cria a nossa alegria. Para os *brancos, é diferente. »

Barbara Crane Navarro

Casa comunal Yanomami na floresta, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela
foto: Barbara Crane Navarro

«Os xamãs Yanomami não trabalham por dinheiro como os médicos brancos. Eles simplesmente agem para manter o céu e a floresta no lugar, para que possamos caçar, plantar nossos jardins e ter uma vida saudável. Nossos mais velhos não sabiam sobre dinheiro. … O dinheiro não nos protege… não cria a nossa alegria. Para os brancos, é diferente. Eles não sabem sonhar com os espíritos como nós. Eles preferem ignorar que o trabalho dos xamãs é proteger a terra, tanto para nós e nossos filhos quanto para eles e os deles.»

  • Porta-voz e Xamã YanomamiDavi Kopenawa

* O citado xamã Yanomami refere-se à destruição da floresta tropical e das vidas indígenas desde a “conquista das Américas” pelos europeus brancos (não indígenas) que deu início à violenta expropriação dos povos indígenas há 520 anos.

30% do que…

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