A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at a Victoria area hospital.
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Monthly Archives: November 2023
The Wilmington massacre of 1898: a shocking episode of racist violence | North Carolina | The Guardian
…On November 10, Red Shirts, militiamen and white mobs surged through Wilmington’s streets and massacred 60 or more Black men. “They gave their lives to vote,” said Hesketh “Nate” Brown, a retired New York City transit manager whose great-great-grandfather, Joshua Halsey, tried to flee the militiamen.
The Red Shirts torched the Black newspaper’s office, posed for pictures in front of its smoking ruins, installed Waddell as mayor, and sent hundreds of Black residents fleeing into the woods. Some ran west toward the river; others, east to the Black cemetery. Athalia Howe was 12 when her family and others took refuge in Pine Forest, a cemetery that dated back to the period before Emancipation. It was said that families sheltered next to graves of their loved ones…
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Tuberculosis: First time infections rise to 30-year high – DW – 11/10/2023
Myanmar: Could rebel offensive topple ruling junta? – DW – 11/10/2023
…Anthony Davis, a Bangkok-based security analyst, said the success of the offensive across the northern Shan State “marks a critical watershed in the conflict.”
“Aside from the huge quantities of munitions that have fallen into opposition hands, the offensive has denied the military regime access to key trade hubs on the Chinese border and the revenue derived from them, but in broader psychological terms served to burst the bubble of military invincibility,” he told DW.
“This offensive and its wider spill over into central regions of the country has made it entirely clear that the war in Myanmar is not locked into some purported stalemate that sooner or later will demand negotiations,” he said.
“It actually has the potential to bring down a regime that is already facing deep economic and political crises,” he added…
Source: Myanmar: Could rebel offensive topple ruling junta? – DW – 11/10/2023
Vaccine exemptions among US kindergarteners increase post-pandemic | CIDRAP (Me: Anti-vaccine insanity risks health of all US)
Exemptions increased in 41 states, and exceeded 5% in 10 states, which increases the risk for outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. The findings come from national- and state-level estimates for complete vaccination with measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (MMR); diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis vaccine (DTaP); poliovirus vaccine (polio); and varicella vaccine (VAR); and exemptions from vaccination reported by 49 states and the District of Columbia (DC) for the 2022–23 school year. Source: Vaccine exemptions among US kindergarteners increase post-pandemic | CIDRAP
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