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

Monkeypox FAQ | San Francisco (Read this!)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a list of approved cleaning solutions, or disinfectants for monkeypox. The list includes popular products that many people already use, such as Lysol and Clorox. In addition, the EPA has approved special product labeling for cleaning solutions to prevent monkeypox. The list of approved products can be found on the EPA website.

According to the CDC, if you have monkeypox you should clean and disinfect the spaces you are in regularly to prevent the spread of monkeypox to your family or household when you are staying home and staying away from others. This includes washing your bedding and towels. Do not shake them out.

Once you have gotten well from monkeypox and new skin has grown over all your monkeypox sores or spots, you should wipe down and clean your home as thoroughly as you can. The virus can live on surfaces such as bedding for as long as 15 days. More information and tips about cleaning during and after monkeypox can be found here

 

Source: Monkeypox FAQ | San Francisco

COVID-19 vaccine to be required for most public university students in Louisiana – Louisiana Illuminator

Most Louisiana public universities will require the COVID-19 vaccine this fall, though a liberal vaccine exemption policy offered through state law also will also make it easy for students to circumvent those mandates.

The University of Louisiana system, Southern University system and LSU Shreveport will require the vaccine. LSU’s two health sciences centers, its main campus in Baton Rouge and LSU Alexandria will not.

LSU officials declined to say why they weren’t requiring the vaccine on most campuses, and LSU Eunice hasn’t responded to questions about its vaccine policy.

On campuses where the vaccine won’t be required, LSU is still “strongly encouraging” vaccination and will provide the shots through student health centers. Students and employees at LSU’s health sciences centers in Shreveport and New Orleans will also have to disclose their vaccination status, said Chris Winters, vice chancellor for clinical affairs at LSU Health New Orleans.

Source: COVID-19 vaccine to be required for most public university students in Louisiana – Louisiana Illuminator

New Bird Flu Strain Kills 38% of Those It Infects

Prof. Jonathan Van-Tam, deputy chief medical officer for England with special responsibility for pandemic planning, told the Daily Telegraph that H7N9, a flu virus circulating in poultry in China could be “the cause of the next pandemic.” Some 1,625 people in China are known to have been infected with the H7N9 virus, 623 of whom have died. Most of those infected have been been in close contact with poultry; currently, the disease cannot spread from human to human, but experiments have shown it is just three mutations away from being able to do so. Source: New Bird Flu Strain Kills 38% of Those It Infects

♫ Overjoyed ♫ (Redux) — Filosofa’s Word

I figure that since last night I played Fire for Clive, tonight I get to treat myself to … wait for it … some Stevie Wonder!!! Overjoyed is a hit single written and performed by American R&B singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder on the Tamla (Motown) label from his 1985 album In Square Circle. The song was written first for the 1979 album […]

♫ Overjoyed ♫ (Redux) — Filosofa’s Word

Now We Finally Know: Notorious Kremlin-Linked Oligarch Paid For Giuliani’s Trips – TPM – Talking Points Memo

Rudy Giuliani had his travel expenses covered by an indicted Ukrainian oligarch’s company as he sought dirt on President Biden, the New York Times reported this…
— Read on talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/now-we-finally-know-notorious-kremlin-linked-oligarch-paid-for-giulianis-trips

Why Putting Solar Canopies on Parking Lots Is a Smart Green Move – Yale E360

Solar farms are proliferating on undeveloped land, often harming ecosystems. But placing solar canopies on large parking lots offers a host of advantages — making use of land that is already cleared, producing electricity close to those who need it, and even shading cars.
— Read on e360.yale.edu/features/putting-solar-panels-atop-parking-lots-a-green-energy-solution