All posts by nedhamson

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

Viewpoint: We Cannot Afford to Surrender to COVID-19 Now – Kevin Kavanagh, MD

…The irony is the latest round of CDC relaxations comes at the same time as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released guidance that an individual should have 3 negative rapid home tests over 5 days before one can be assured that you are not spreading the virus. A study from Yale University found that routine testing of participants immediately before an event decreased spread by more than 40%, and research from Harvard and the Boston Public Health Commission has reported that schools that abandoned masking requirements had an increase in COVID-19. This increase accounted for 30% of the COVID-19 cases in the school districts.

All these changes are all happening in the backdrop of a flood of studies detailing the dangers of long COVID-19. The Netherlands recently released a controlled study which found 1 in 8 patients developed long COVID-19. The Brookings Institute estimates that 2.4% of the United States’ workforce is not working due to long COVID-19. Similar data has been produced in the United Kingdom where according to the United Kingdom’s “Office for National Statistics cited by Saunders, 1.9% of the adult UK population—1.2 million people—report that their activity is limited ‘to an extent’ or ‘a lot’ by long COVID-19,” and that long COVID-19 is a main driver in the UK’s work forces shrinking by 440,000 workers.

Long COVID-19 also does not spare children, and 80% of children in the United States have had SARS-CoV-2. The CDC recently released a study finding that children can develop long COVID-19, and those afflicted have higher rates of serious illness, including myocarditis and cardiomyopathy (1.99 times more likely), thromboembolism (1.87 to 2.01 times more likely), Type 1 Diabetes (1.23 times more likely) and acute and unspecified kidney failure (1.32 times more likely)…

Source: Viewpoint: We Cannot Afford to Surrender to COVID-19 Now

HHS says it plans to extend Covid-19 public health emergency – POLITICO (Me: Whew…)

State and local public health officials — having not heard differently this week — are expecting the Biden administration to extend the Covid-19 public health emergency for another 90 days in mid-October.

An extension would ensure expanded Medicaid coverage, telehealth services, boosted payments to hospitals and other pandemic measures remain in place beyond the midterm elections even as public health experts and lawmakers debate the merits of a PHE that was first declared in January 2020.

“The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency remains in effect and as HHS committed to earlier, we will provide a 60-day notice to states before any possible termination or expiration,” an HHS spokesperson told POLITICO.

The administration has not notified groups, including the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Federation of American Hospitals and the American Public Health Association, that the PHE would end, a courtesy HHS has said it would issue 60 days before the Covid-19 declaration is terminated. The 60-day notice would have been issued early this week under that pledge.

“Silence from the administration means that the public health emergency will almost certainly be extended into January 2023,” said Larry Levitt, executive vice president for health policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Source: HHS says it plans to extend Covid-19 public health emergency – POLITICO

Back to the Blue | Millikin University (Covid rules)

Guidelines for individuals who test positive for COVID-19:

  • Students:  It is preferred that you isolate off-campus at your permanent home address if possible. If this is not possible, you may have options to isolate in your current residential space. Upon testing positive, you must report the results to Campus Life (campuslife@millikin.edu) during business hours and after hours to Public Safety at 217.464.8888. Residential students may also contact their RA. Student-athletes must also report a positive COVID-19 test to their coaching staff. Students should not attend in-person classes or activities for at least 5 days and up to 10 days if symptoms have not improved by day 6.

Source: Back to the Blue | Millikin University

La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) P3e4: “Dolphin” & More Debt !! — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

I love the Bank Governor’s comment on the gold wrt the national debt (which, btw, is not exactly in the same situation as a household or personal debt…): “Multiplique lo que acabo de decir por diez.”  “Multiply what I just said by ten.”        Si, Bogota, puedes …  /  Yes, Bogotà, you can […]

La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) P3e4: “Dolphin” & More Debt !! — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

Desmatamento contra Povos Indígenas – IV « Quero alertar os brancos antes que acabem arrancando do chão as raízes do céu! » — Barbara Crane Navarro

Xamã Yanomami, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela – foto: Barbara Crane Navarro « Você não sabe fazer nada com a floresta. Você só sabe cortar e queimar suas árvores, cavar buracos em seu solo e sujar seus cursos d’água. No entanto, ele não pertence a vocês e nenhum de vocês o criou! » O porta-voz do Xamã […]

Desmatamento contra Povos Indígenas – IV « Quero alertar os brancos antes que acabem arrancando do chão as raízes do céu! » — Barbara Crane Navarro

The Illegal Airstrips Bringing Toxic Mining to Brazil’s Indigenous Land! — Ecoamazônia — Barbara Crane Navarro

BOA VISTA, Brazil — From 2,500 feet in the air, the dirt airstrip is just a crack in a seemingly endless ocean of rainforest, surrounded by muddy mining pits that bleed toxic chemicals into a riverbed. 32 more words The Illegal Airstrips Bringing Toxic Mining to Brazil’s Indigenous Land — Ecoamazônia

The Illegal Airstrips Bringing Toxic Mining to Brazil’s Indigenous Land! — Ecoamazônia — Barbara Crane Navarro

At the Edge of the Americas | Our Remains Do Not Belong to SCIENCE | Art Conspiracy | Collecting | “Indians” and Empire — Lara Trace Hentz — Barbara Crane Navarro

“T.C. Cannon retrieved Native American people, as a subject, from cardboard-thin caricatures spawned by old photos, kitschy paintings, and western films. The men and women he painted are arresting and complicated.”  — The Boston Globe This slideshow requires JavaScript. On view March 3, 2018 to June 10, 2018  :::AT THE EDGE OF AMERICA::: One of […] […]

At the Edge of the Americas | Our Remains Do Not Belong to SCIENCE | Art Conspiracy | Collecting | “Indians” and Empire — Lara Trace Hentz — Barbara Crane Navarro