No selfies, no autographs: Tour de France to implement strict Covid-19 protocol | Cycling Weekly

The organisers of the Tour de France are set to implement a new Covid-19 protocol at the race this July, which will see interaction between fans and riders reduced.

Source: No selfies, no autographs: Tour de France to implement strict Covid-19 protocol | Cycling Weekly

After UK lifted COVID test mandates at admission, hospital cases outpaced community spread | CIDRAP

The researchers said that the link between ending the universal testing requirement and more hospital-onset than community-onset COVID-19 cases could have been due to patients with unrecognized infection on admission who then spread the virus to other patients and healthcare workers.

Source: After UK lifted COVID test mandates at admission, hospital cases outpaced community spread | CIDRAP

♫ I Write The Songs ♫

Filosofa's Word

Well, it seems my two co-directors cannot agree about Barry Manilow.  One of them, Carolyn, suggested Manilow’s I Write the Songs, while the other, Clive, threatened to sick up if he had to listen to Manilow.  And then my friend Ryinger ringed in and suggested Copacabana!  So much to consider, yes?  So, I considered all viewpoints, listened to Copacabana … a song I’ve always liked, but never really bothered to listen and contemplate the lyrics & meaning before.  I opted out of that one, and then reviewed Manilow’s record in the UK … not a very impressive set of charts for him, I must admit.  And after much pondering and listening to a variety of Manilow’s songs, I settled on the one Carolyn originally suggested!  Why?  Well, I’m not gonna please Clive, nor likely any of my UK friends, with ANY Manilow song, so I might as well…

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पसीना / Sweat

Kaushal Kishore

पसीना नहीं बहता अपने आप,
बहाना पड़ता है इसे,
भीतर से निर्मल होने
और सुंदर दिखने के लिए…

💦💦💦💦

Sweat doesn’t flow by itself,
it has to be shed,
to cleanse from within
and to look beautiful…

–Kaushal Kishore

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Opinion: Why is COVID still killing so many people? – Los Angeles Times

…In the first five months of 2023, COVID caused more than 37,000 deaths in the U.S., a typical toll from the flu in an entire year. Scientists estimate an annual U.S. COVID death rate of at least 100,000, dwarfing other infectious diseases…

Source: Opinion: Why is COVID still killing so many people? – Los Angeles Times

Au coeur de la forêt tropicale ! – « La Magie de l’Amazonie Les aventures de Meromi, une fille Yanomami » – Pour les 8 à 12 à 100 ans! – écrit et …

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Au coeur de la forêt tropicale ! – « La Magie de l’Amazonie Les aventures de Meromi, une fille Yanomami » – Pour les 8 à 12 à 100 ans! – écrit et …