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If we are secure, content and happy with who we are we won’t propagate hate.

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Maria da Penha

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” Não tem aquela história de que em briga de marido e mulher ninguém mete a colher? A Lei Maria da Penha é totalmente contra esse pensamento. “

Maria da Penha. Mulheres Incríveis.

Maria da Penha: Mulheres e artistas, piratas e punks, militantes e outras revolucionárias que moldaram a história do mundo/ Kate Schatz; ilustrações de Miriam Klein Stahl; tradução de Regina Winarski- Bauru, SP: Altral Cultural, 2017

Marii Freire Pereira

https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Imagem: pinterest/Instituto Maria da Penha

Santarém, Pá 7 de junho de 2022

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Monkeypox Outbreak Expands in USA and Worldwide — Precision Vaccinations

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced additional monkeypox virus (MPX) infections yesterday in two more states.

As of June 6, 2022, the CDC confirmed that (13) states, led by New York (7) and California (6), have recently confirmed (31) monkeypox infected patients.

The others are Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wash DC.

Previously, Texas and Maryland reported monkeypox cases in 2021.

Globally, MPX outbreaks have been reported in about (36) countries and (1,071) patients as of June 7, 2022.

 

Source: Monkeypox Outbreak Expands in USA and Worldwide — Precision Vaccinations

Monkeypox vaccinations underway; over 500 Quebecers vaccinated | CTV News

According to the World Health Organization, monkeypox is transmitted through close contact with an infected uindividual. Transmission between people is thought to primarily occur through large respiratory droplets, which generally do not travel far and would require extended close contact. However, the virus can also be transmitted through skin-to-skin contact, as well as contact with infected material and surfaces.

Bergeron said anyone who believes they may have monkeypox should self-isolate and notify those they’ve been in contact with.

Symptoms of monkeypox include fever, headache, muscle aches, exhaustion, swollen lymph nodes and sores.

 

Source: Monkeypox vaccinations underway; over 500 Quebecers vaccinated | CTV News

Exclusive: Michigan widens probe into voting system breaches by Trump allies | Reuters

State police in Michigan have obtained warrants to seize voting equipment and election-related records in at least three towns and one county in the past six weeks, police records show, widening the largest known investigation into unauthorized attempts by allies of former President Donald Trump to access voting systems.

The previously unreported records include search warrants and investigators’ memos obtained by Reuters through public records requests. The documents reveal a flurry of efforts by state authorities to secure voting machines, poll books, data-storage devices and phone records as evidence in a probe launched in mid-February.

The state’s investigation follows breaches of local election systems in Michigan by Republican officials and pro-Trump activists trying to prove his baseless claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election.

Source: Exclusive: Michigan widens probe into voting system breaches by Trump allies | Reuters

Communicating doctors’ consensus persistently increases COVID-19 vaccinations | Nature

Our results shed light on the role that misperceptions of the distribution of expert views have in vaccine hesitancy, and also show how this barrier can be lifted by providing accurate information. We provide evidence that (1) the vast majority of medical doctors in the Czech Republic trust the approved COVID-19 vaccines, (2) the vast majority of respondents in a nationally representative survey substantially underestimate the percentage of doctors with positive views of the vaccine, and (3) correcting these misperceptions has lasting positive effects on vaccine uptake. Although existing experiments have made progress in identifying low-cost strategies to increase vaccination intentions4,13,14,15 and uptake5 measured shortly after the intervention, this paper integrates the experiment in longitudinal online data collection and contributes by identifying a low-cost, scalable treatment that has lasting effects on behaviour.

Source: Communicating doctors’ consensus persistently increases COVID-19 vaccinations | Nature

A small place in Grenada: Coral Cove and its turtles threatened by development

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In the Caribbean, we are small. Although in Jamaica we tend to think of ourselves as a “larger” island, in the scheme of things only Cuba and Hispaniola can claim to be quite sizeable.

And yet, as they say, “small is beautiful.” And one place that fits that description perfectly is Coral Cove in Grenada. It is one of those quiet corners of a small island, where the sea brushes the sand and old, weather-beaten trees lean across a narrow beach. Brown Pelicans patrol and dive in the waters. It is one of those lovely spots where you can easily while away a few hours, daydreaming.

Weather-beaten trees at Coral Cove.

And if you are lucky, an endangered Hawksbill Turtle (all our Caribbean turtles are listed as endangered, by the way) will emerge from the sea to dig her nest on the beach. It is a laborious task that is…

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SORRY….

NANMYKEL.COM

(I admit I’m younger in the photo)

I have trouble ignoring what’s happening out there in my world.  Personally, I’m starting to “lose it” at almost 87, but I cannot ignore it.

From the NY Times June 3, 2022:

Again and again

Shootings that kill multiple people are so common in this country that they often do not even make national news. They are a regular feature of American life. Tulsa has become the latest example — yet another gun crime that seems almost ordinary here and yet would be extremely rare in any other country as wealthy as the U.S.
To give you a sense of how common these shootings are, we’re devoting the rest of the lead item of today’s newsletter to a list of every documented mass shooting in which a gunman has killed at least three people in the U.S. so far this year. …Every identified…

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