Avian Flu Diary: NYC Confirms Nation’s 2nd Monkeypox Case

Masks can protect against monkeypox, as well as other viruses circulating in New York City, such as COVID-19. The Department continues to recommend masks in public indoor settings. As a precaution, any New Yorkers who experience flu-like illness with swelling of the lymph nodes and rashes on the face and body should contact their health care provider.
Monkeypox is rare but can spread through close contact with an infected person or animal. This includes via respiratory droplets – usually after prolonged contact — body fluids or other forms of close contact, such as sharing clothes or other materials that have been used by someone who is infectious.
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While the risk of contracting the virus via casual contact is probably quite low, over the past decade we’ve seen increasing evidence that Monkeypox is becoming more transmissible. Source: Avian Flu Diary: NYC Confirms Nation’s 2nd Monkeypox Case

(Eco)nomics and climate change

Darcy Hitchcock

The science of climate change is clear. The economic path to fix it isn’t yet. So Juliet Schor, an economist and sociologist at Boston College, is releasing a series of videos exploring how we might change economics to address the climate crisis.

Here’s the trailer. You can find more videos as they are released at the reference link below the trailer. She’s releasing more episodes over time.

Climate change is the greatest market failure of all time.

Juliet Schor

https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/videos/eco-nomics

She claims that if the global North were subject to the same climate impacts as the South, we’d already have more robust policies and actions. She also says that the rich countries should stop trying to maximize GDP, we should “focus on getting rich on another dimension: time.”

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Environmental disasters are fueling migration — here’s why international law must recognize climate refugees! — Geography Directions

by Daniel L. Huizenga, University of Toronto This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original …

Environmental disasters are fueling migration — here’s why international law must recognize climate refugees! — Geography Directions

Saturday Surprise — Legos ‘n Squirrels ‘n A Town For Sale | Filosofa’s Word

Hey guys … it’s the weekend!!!  This morning’s Saturday Surprise is one from a few years back, but when I re-read it, I was once again amazed by some of the creations within!  So, I hope this gives you a smile to get your weekend started, and that you have a wonderful, safe weekend! I…
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