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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Filosofa Takes A Break | Filosofa’s Word

I’m really just mentally fried today.  No imagination, no motivation, and everything I see in the news just makes me grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrowl.  So, I’m giving myself the afternoon off to r&r, and you’ll just have to settle for some kitty memes for now.  I’ll be back tomorrow morning with Jolly ‘n Joyful for a hopefully Jollier Monday!

Source: Filosofa Takes A Break | Filosofa’s Word

Vaping and EVALI – CRAIN’S COMMENTS

Let’s start with what manufacturers may not tell you.

  • Some vaping products contain very high levels of nicotine, placing the user at risk of nicotine addiction.
  • Some vaping products contain the elements, nickle, tin, lead and aluminum.
  • Some products contain flavorings such as diacetyl, which are linked to lung disease.

Put simply, in the words of researchers from Johns Hopkins University:

1: Vaping is less harmful than smoking, but it’s still not safe.(4)

EVALI is a formal medical term for “e-cigarette or vaping use-associated lung injury”. It’s a default diagnosis when a known vaping user has difficultly breathing, abnormal blood chemistry and no other discernible causes.

  • “Abnormal blood chemistry” includes elevated levels of white blood cells, low-density lipoprotein, c-reactive protein (produced by the liver when inflammation is present in the body), ferritin (blood protein containing iron), D-dimer (protein resulting from dissolved blood clots) and procalcitonin (used in the creation of a hormone that controls the level of calcium in the blood).
  • CT scans show “ground glass” opacities in the lungs.
  • Some vaping ingredients have in patients been shown to induce chemical pneumonitis.

In one case study, a 30-day period of vaping was sufficient to require hospitalization for a 19-year-old medical receptionist.(5)

Like Covid-19, there are no studies regarding the long term impacts of vaping. The technology like the disease just hasn’t been around long enough. However, the fact that chemicals in vaping can trigger changes in a large number of processes in the body should be concerning.

If you vape, you need to know the quality of the product you are using. Getting something from a friend doesn’t cut it.

Source: Vaping and EVALI – CRAIN’S COMMENTS

Lewis Hamilton wins British Grand Prix for ninth time – BBC Sport

Lewis Hamilton won a race-long fight with Max Verstappen and Lando Norris at a gripping, wet-dry British Grand Prix to take his first victory since December 2021.

Hamilton had just enough to hold off a late charge from Verstappen’s Red Bull to take his 104th career win, and his ninth at home to become the record-holder for victories at a single circuit.

Verstappen, who had struggled for pace through much of a race that was hit by two separate periods of rain, came alive in the closing laps to take second place from Norris, who grabbed the final position on the podium.

Hamilton, who was driving in his last British GP for Mercedes before his move to Ferrari next year, appeared to be in tears in the car as he told his team: “This means so much to me,” as they congratulated him over the radio.

Source: Lewis Hamilton wins British Grand Prix for ninth time – BBC Sport

Escrever – Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” Eu sou uma autora preocupada com a estética da reflexão. Não me esforço tanto para empregar as palavras de forma correta. Escrever é algo natural. Às vezes, bem – humorada ou um pouco mais ácida, vou tecendo aquilo que penso, nem sempre com a intenção de polemizar. Mas, de fato, trazer à baila a materialidade ( ainda que de forma escrita) da proposta do que narro ou disserto com essa preocupação de articular o que é preciso para as pessoas indagarem a si próprias, sobre acontecimento ou situações que não devem ser estabelecidas de forma alguma em nossa sociedade. Eu não poderia ser uma autora medíocre e escrever sem trazer essa coisa da reflexão para o meu trabalho de forma tão expressiva,  vou dizer assim. Eu gosto de articular, de trazer preocupação ao leitor, de fazer ele pensar. Mas não é so pensar, é ir atrás da resposta; das suas próprias perguntas. O meu livro ( quem já leu) e me conhece  também, sabe que eu gosto da estreitação dos abismos entre o mundo e o ser humano. Talvez, por isso, a necessidade da reflexão esteja sempre presente no que faco. E a escrita me permite usar bastante esse recurso. Na verdade, eu não sei ficar parada; do contrário ” o sangue coalho na veia” e a gente não se alonga muito as coisas  que atendem aos nossos interesses. Escrever pra mim é o que de fato, me ajuda atravessar as angústias da vida.

 

Marii Freire. Escrever

https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Source: Escrever – Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!