Tiny tiny hands — Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

A poem in Vietnamese by Nguyễn Lãm ThắngTranslator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm Photography: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm TINY TINY HANDS  ĐÔI BÀN TAY BÉ Tiny tiny hands The hardest working pair of hands Threading the needle for nan Helping mama wash vegetables Tiny tiny hands Quick and able Watering pop’s garden in the afternoon Noting […]

Tiny tiny hands — Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

Is Covid really over? WHO’s announcement sounds more like surrender than victory | Coronavirus | The Guardian

Professor Susan Michie, director of the Centre for Behaviour Change at University College London. “Whether Covid-19 is labelled a global pandemic or not, many countries around the world are experiencing significant waves of infection, with thousands dying every week,” she said. “This will continue for the foreseeable future while there is no global effort to reduce Covid-19, and hence no global effort to reduce the likelihood of damaging new variants.”

Professor Benjamin Neuman of Texas A&M University was even more critical. “This bittersweet announcement seems more a white flag than a cause for celebration,” he said. “While there has been profound progress, this decision reflects the political reality of Covid more clearly than the medical situation.”

 

Source: Is Covid really over? WHO’s announcement sounds more like surrender than victory | Coronavirus | The Guardian

Duele tanto

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Duele tanto cuando uno -yo, tú, ella, él, nosotros, ellos, ustedes, todos-, a cierta hora, voltea atrás y descubre huellas en una dirección y en otra, carentes de rumbo y de sentido, rastros que pronto cubrirán el polvo y la desmemoria, como prueba delatora, quizá, de que el paseo por la vida terrena resultó vano, e hiriente el tránsito por parajes ausentes de pétalos y pletóricos de espinas; por eso, hay que cultivar flores, detalles hermosos, ideas geniales, sentimientos nobles, palabras de aliento, actos épicos y, principalmente, dedicar la existencia al bien y a la verdad. Duele tanto, insisto, darse cuenta de que en el balance existe mayor número de minutos, horas, días y años consumidos trivialmente, que momentos dedicados al ser, a la evolución, a dar lo mejor de sí, a regalar sonrisas, a tener la oportunidad de…

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Avian Flu Diary: The Pandemic Is Ended, But The Malady Lingers On

With a `don’t test, don’t tell’ policy now in effect around the globe, we can now pretend the threat is gone.  But millions of people continue to be infected every week, with thousands of those dying.  And while 99%+ will likely survive their acute illness, we have pretty compelling evidence that every re-infection increases the chances of developing serious cardiovascular, renal, pulmonary, neurological, and endocrine disorders.

Source: Avian Flu Diary: The Pandemic Is Ended, But The Malady Lingers On

Guns And Religion Do NOT Belong In Public Schools!!! Books DO! — Filosofa’s Word

Apologies in advance, for this post is in part a continuation of my earlier rant prompted by yesterday’s mass shootings and certain lawmakers response to them … Fact:  The First Amendment to the United States Constitution states that the country shall have no official religion.  Those who call this a “Christian nation” are wrong, they […]

Guns And Religion Do NOT Belong In Public Schools!!! Books DO! — Filosofa’s Word