The sleeping giant that can define the future of the planet – Darwinian

The temperature of permafrost has increased in the last half century, in some regions registering an increase of 3 ° C in less than a decade, while in others the temperature remains stable. The process is fast and irreversible due to the feedback of its carbon cycle, and can have consequences not only in ecosystems, but in the emergence of new epidemics. In view of this, coordinated global actions are needed, mainly by industrial nations, to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, in order to avoid an environmental collapse even in that century.

Source: The sleeping giant that can define the future of the planet – Darwinian

Biden Administration Recommends Booster Shots For Covid-19

Most Americans will be advised to get a booster shot to protect themselves against the evolving COVID-19 virus, and those shots could be available as early as mid-September.

The Biden administration is expected to announce this week that Americans who got the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines will need the third shot to protect themselves against the Delta variant that is spreading across the country, according to the New York Times. The booster shot should come eight months after the second shot; officials also said that people who got the one-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine will also need a booster shot.

The New York Times reports that, like the first rollout of the vaccine, the first booster shots will go to frontline workers and the most vulnerable, including nursing home residents, healthcare workers and emergency workers. After those people will come older folks and then the general public. People will likely get the same vaccine they received before.

Source: Biden Administration Recommends Booster Shots For Covid-19

No era así

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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No era así. Estamos desarmados. Hay piezas faltantes, voces que callaron de improviso, espacios ausentes, listas de epitafios. Estamos incompletos. Venimos de una historia distante, oculta no sé dónde -en los recuerdos que se debilitan, en los sentimientos que se extinguen, en todo lo que fuimos y vivimos-, al grado de hundirse en los esteros de la desmemoria. Algo extraño e inexplicable aconteció en el camino, en alguna estación de descanso o de la jornada, cuando vivíamos y, por lo mismo, suponíamos que éramos intensamente dichosos. Estamos rotos. Algo cambió. Hoy, cualquiera muere, y no importa si los instantes de su existencia se contabilizan en horas y en días o en años y en décadas, o si es en el cunero, en los jardines del mundo o en el lecho postrero. No era así. Antes -hace tan poco tiempo…

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COVID-19 Vaccine: FAQs & Distribution Information | Walgreens

The CDC recommends an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine for moderately to severely immunocompromised people. This includes people who have completed a vaccination series with Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna and have:

  • Been receiving active cancer treatment for tumors or cancers of the blood
  • Received an organ transplant and are taking medicine to suppress the immune system
  • Received a stem cell transplant within the last 2 years or are taking medicine to suppress the immune system
  • Moderate or severe primary immunodeficiency (such as DiGeorge syndrome, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome)
  • Advanced or untreated HIV infection
  • Active treatment with high-dose corticosteroids or other drugs that may suppress your immune response

Source: COVID-19 Vaccine: FAQs & Distribution Information | Walgreens

Protection by vaccination of children against typhoid fever with a Vi-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine in urban Bangladesh: a cluster-randomised trial – The Lancet (Me: just saying – vaccines save lives!)

Among new-generation vaccines against typhoid, ViPS-protein conjugate vaccines have been most promising, owing to their ability to elicit robust immune responses in infants and young children and their capacity to elicit T-cell-mediated immune memory responses, offering the potential for long-term protection.

One such vaccine, consisting of ViPS conjugated to tetanus toxoid (Vi-TT; Typbar TCV, Bharat Biotech International, Hyderabad, India), has been licensed as a single-dose vaccine for people younger than 12 months in multiple countries (India, Nepal, Cambodia, and Nigeria),

and has been prequalified by WHO for purchase by UN agencies.

The WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization has recommended that, for programmatic and epidemiological reasons, the vaccine should be started at 9 months of age, coincident with the 9 month Expanded Programme on Immunization visit in many countries. A phase 3 randomised, controlled trial has shown that the vaccine was safe and highly immunogenic (seroconversion, 98%; geometric mean titre, 1937 [95% CI 1785–2103]) in children (n=327) aged 6–23 months.

This vaccine has also been shown in an interim analysis of an individually randomised efficacy trial among children in Nepal to confer 82% protection against typhoid disease.

To better understand the ability of this vaccine to confer protection, including herd protection, under circumstances of mass immunisation, we did a cluster-randomised, controlled, clinical trial of Vi-TT vaccine in urban Bangladesh.

Source: Protection by vaccination of children against typhoid fever with a Vi-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine in urban Bangladesh: a cluster-randomised trial – The Lancet

More than 8,000 Florida students isolate or quarantine for covid-19 in Hillsborough County – The Washington Post

A Florida school board is set to hold an emergency meeting this week to consider a mask mandate as more than 8,000 students and hundreds of employees in its district are in isolation or quarantine because of a surge in coronavirus cases and possible exposure.

Hillsborough County Public Schools, which includes Tampa, has 8,400 students and 307 staff members either in isolation because of a positive test or in quarantine after coming into close contact with someone who tested positive, district spokesperson Tanya Arja told The Washington Post on Tuesday. The number of students who are either in isolation or quarantine jumped by nearly 3,000 from the total given by the school district on Monday.

Source: More than 8,000 Florida students isolate or quarantine for covid-19 in Hillsborough County – The Washington Post

Egypt to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccinations in Public Institutions, Vaccinate 800K Daily | Egyptian Streets

Presidential Adviser for Health Dr. Awad Tag El-Din announced on Monday, 16 August that vaccination will become mandatory in all public institutions in Egypt, following his warnings that Egypt may be on the brink of a fourth COVID-19 wave if infections continue to rise. He also stated that no COVID-19 mutations have been detected in Egypt so far. Source: Egypt to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccinations in Public Institutions, Vaccinate 800K Daily | Egyptian Streets

Black Cat Appreciation Day — By Hook Or By Book

Black cats were created to give everyone the opportunity to be owned by a mini-panther. ~ Unknown ~ Rather than be feared and hated, these beautiful creatures should be celebrated. Jeanne has a wonderful post celebrating the day. Check it out! https://jeanneowensauthor.wordpress.com/2021/08/17/black-cat-appreciation-day-4/comment-page-1/#comment-6047

Black Cat Appreciation Day — By Hook Or By Book