Mont Saint-Michel – France — VOYAGE ONIRIQUE

Le Mont-Saint-Michel et sa baie Le Mont Saint-Michel se dresse au coeur d’une immense baie envahie par les plus grandes marées d’Europe. Sur un îlot rocheux, à la limite entre la Normandie et la Bretagne, s’élèvent une abbaye bénédictine de style gothique dédiée à l’archange saint Michel, et un village à l’abri de ses murailles.…

Mont Saint-Michel – France — VOYAGE ONIRIQUE

Opinion | If You Skip the Vaccine, It Is My ‘Damn Business’ – The New York Times

Johnson and all the others are wrong. Wearing a helmet while bike riding, strapping on your seatbelt in a car — these are personal decisions, at least as far as your own injuries are concerned. Vaccination is different. In the context of a deadly and often debilitating contagion, in which the unchecked spread of infection has consequences for the entire society, vaccination is not a personal decision. And inasmuch as the United States has struggled to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19 through vaccination, it is because we refuse to treat the pandemic for what it is: a social problem to solve through collective action.

26 crew, 1 passenger aboard Carnival Vista test positive for COVID-19 – UPI.com

Carnival Vista reported that of its 2,895 guests and 1,441 crew, 27 crew members and 1 passenger tested positive for COVID-19 while entering Belize this week.

The Belize Tourism Board announced Wednesday that all passengers with a negative COVID-19 test will be required to present proof to health authorities, and those without proof of a negative test will be subject to random testing.

Source: 26 crew, 1 passenger aboard Carnival Vista test positive for COVID-19 – UPI.com

Japan’s daily coronavirus cases top 20,000 for 1st time

Daily coronavirus cases confirmed in Tokyo hit a record 5,773 just over a month since the declaration of the current state of emergency in the capital, the metropolitan government said, and the number of severe cases already at record levels since earlier in the week rose further to 227.

Source: Japan’s daily coronavirus cases top 20,000 for 1st time

Avian Flu Diary: FDA Authorizes Additional COVID Vaccine Dose for Certain Immunocompromised Individuals

It is recommended that immunocompromised individuals discuss monoclonal antibody treatment options with their health care provider should they contract or be exposed to COVID-19. The FDA has authorized monoclonal antibody treatments for emergency use during this public health emergency for adults and pediatric patients (ages 12 and older weighing at least 40 kilograms or about 88 pounds) with positive results of direct SARS-CoV-2 viral testing, and who are at high risk for progressing to severe COVID-19 and/or hospitalization. One authorized product includes use for preventative (prophylaxis) treatment after being exposed to SARS-CoV-2; however, this product is not a substitute for vaccination.
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine is currently authorized for emergency use in individuals ages 12 and older, and the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine is authorized for emergency use in individuals ages 18 and older. Both vaccines are administered as a series of two shots: the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine is administered three weeks apart, and the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine is administered one month apart. The authorizations for these vaccines have been amended to allow for an additional, or third, dose to be administered at least 28 days following the two-dose regimen of the same vaccine to individuals 18 years of age or older (ages 12 or older for Pfizer-BioNTech) who have undergone solid organ transplantation, or who are diagnosed with conditions that are considered to have an equivalent level of immunocompromise.

Source: Avian Flu Diary: FDA Authorizes Additional COVID Vaccine Dose for Certain Immunocompromised Individuals

For The People Act Cannot Die — Here’s Why

Filosofa's Word

After the Census Bureau released detailed population and demographic data from the 2020 census yesterday, states and local governments are set to begin the once-a-decade process of drawing new voting district boundaries known as redistricting. And gerrymandering — when those boundaries are drawn with the intention of influencing who gets elected — is bound to follow.

The current redistricting cycle will be the first since the Supreme Court’s 2019 ruling that gerrymandering for party advantage cannot be challenged in federal court, which has set the stage for perhaps the most ominous round of map drawing in the country’s history.

In the unlikely event that the For the People Act passes the Senate, gerrymandering will be relegated to the annals of history, but since that is about as likely as me growing a pair of wings and flying far, far away, I will take this opportunity to redux my explanation of…

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Explainer: What is a tipping point, and why should we care? — Palm Oil Detectives

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Sumatran Orangutan Pongo abelii 1.5 year old baby dangling from tree branch North Sumatra, Indonesia *Critically Endangered

Our ability to understand and act thoughtfully around this single concept could determine the fate of life on Earth. What is a tipping point, and why should we care?: Ecosystems are subject to disturbances and major shifts. Agricultural run off from #palmoil pollutes local rivers, depleting the oxygen fish need to survive. Read more Tweet[…]

Explainer: What is a tipping point, and why should we care? — Palm Oil Detectives

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