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

A trio of conservative radio hosts died of Covid. Will their deaths change vaccine resistance?

First it was Dick Farrel. Then Phil Valentine. Most recently, Marc Bernier. Just within the past month, those three conservative radio hosts — all unvaccinated critics of inoculation efforts — died after contracting Covid. Will their deaths help sway any minds of unvaccinated listeners or the broader segment of conservatives resistant to the shots? Some fellow personalities think so — although the optimism is limited. “There’s no question when somebody like Phil Valentine, when you read that he has it and then three weeks later he’s dead, it will get your attention,” said John Fredericks, a pro-Trump conservative radio personality who said he is vaccinated. Nearly nine months into the inoculation campaign, the political divide over Covid vaccinations is still gaping. But conservative media counterparts see a chance to soften some resistance on the right after trusted messengers who have mocked the shots or otherwise encouraged audiences to resist efforts to get them vaccinated have died.

Source: A trio of conservative radio hosts died of Covid. Will their deaths change vaccine resistance?

Septiembre de 2021

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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Apenas ayer -hace cierto número de días-, el año 2021 era tan infantil y joven, que uno miraba, entonces, el encanto y los matices de las flores que exhalaban perfumes deliciosos, mientras los amaneceres, los atardeceres y los anocheceres, en sus respectivas estaciones, giraban inagotables, y se fugaban como escapa la vida casi sin darnos cuenta. No hace tantos días, admirábamos la infancia de 2021, en enero y febrero, con un trozo de su pasado diciembre y parte de marzo, en su cunero invernal -en el hemisferio norte- y en su caluroso verano -en el hemisferio sur-, con esperanzas y proyectos, con planes e ilusiones, como es costumbre en los seres humanos, al iniciar cada año, aunque luego, ante lo cotidiano y la rutina, que pesan tanto, se diluyan en el olvido, naufraguen en la desmemoria y queden atrapados…

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¿Eres el poema que escribo?

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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Si eres el poema que te escribo, ¿qué son tus ojos?, ¿qué tu rostro?, ¿qué tus manos? ¿Acaso letras y acentos?, ¿quizá palabras, signos y puntuación?, ¿tal vez polvo de estrellas e inspiración? Si eres las flores que te regalo, ¿qué es tu textura?, ¿qué tu rubor?, ¿qué tus suspiros? ¿Se trata de pétalos cautivantes que presumen los matices de los jardines del paraíso?, ¿perfumes del cielo? Si eres los sentimientos de mis textos, ¿qué significado tienen en las páginas donde los escribo? ¿Es delirio de un amor sin final?, ¿alegría y locura?, ¿realidades y sueños? Si eres lo que siento y lo que pienso, lo que vivo y lo que sueño, ¿de qué materiales estás hecha? ¿Eres arcilla y cristal?, ¿piel y esencia?, ¿temporalidad e infinito? ¿Quien eres? ¿Mi poema?, ¿mi musa?, ¿tu yo y mi tú?, ¿mirada…

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Desde mi buhardilla y mi destierro voluntario

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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Desde mi silencio interior y mi destierro voluntario, aquí, en mi buhardilla de artista, entre papeles y retratos, asomo a mi alma, veo mi mirada, volteo a los otros días, siempre con la nostalgia de los rostros, los nombres y los apellidos que tanto he amado. ¿Dónde están quienes eran adultos durante mi infancia y mi pubertad doradas, en mi juventud azul, en mi días y en mis años alegres y tristes? ¿En qué ruta se perdieron esas caras con identidad, señales e historia? ¿En qué lugar quedaron sus biografías? ¿Por qué las sillas están marcadas con ausencias? La lista de faltantes es extensa. Camino nostálgico, mientras el viento sopla y balancea las frondas de los árboles y toca las plantas y las flores, entre gotas de cristal que las nubes plomadas arrancan del cielo como un regalo que…

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Keith Says (Reblog)

First, do no harm

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On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 8:38 AM Keith Wilson  wrote:

When laypeople are asked to say a key tenet of the Hippocratic Oath, we usually will stumble then say a doctor is asked to do no harm.
Per Wikipedia, The Hippocratic Oath is an oath of ethics historically taken by physicians. It is one of the most widely known of Greek medical texts. In its original form, it requires a new physician to swear, by a number of healing gods, to uphold specific ethical standards. The oath is the earliest expression of medical ethics in the Western world, establishing several principles of medical ethics which remain of paramount significance today. These include the principles of medical confidentiality and non-maleficence. As the seminal articulation of certain principles that continue to guide and inform medical practice, the ancient text is of more than historic and symbolic value…

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L.A. firefighters, police officers challenge vaccine mandate – Los Angeles Times (Me: Fire those who risk everyone else!)

“I basically stated in the union meeting that I will not submit to this. I will come to work every day, as long as I’m healthy,” Knox said on “The Kate Dalley Show.” “I will not wear a mask. I’m not going to test. And I will not get a shot.”

Source: L.A. firefighters, police officers challenge vaccine mandate – Los Angeles Times

Waste From Mine in Angola Kills 12 Downstream in Congo, Minister Says – The New York Times

Now, 12 people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in what researchers have called “an unprecedented environmental and human disaster” along the Kasai River, a southern tributary of the mighty Congo River. Researchers and officials with the Congolese government say that the cause was a toxic leak upstream, from the biggest diamond mine in Angola, run by Catoca, a joint venture owned by Endiama, the Angolan state mining company, and the Russian mining giant Alrosa. The company admitted in a statement last month that there was a leak from its facility, but said that it was only water and sand — not anything toxic. In addition to the 12 fatalities, about 4,500 people got sick from diarrhea as a result of the pollution and nearly one million were affected overall, said Eve Bazaiba, Congo’s minister of environment and sustainable development in a news conference on Thursday.

Waste From Mine in Angola Kills 12 Downstream in Congo, Minister Says – The New York Times

Now, 12 people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in what researchers have called “an unprecedented environmental and human disaster” along the Kasai River, a southern tributary of the mighty Congo River. Researchers and officials with the Congolese government say that the cause was a toxic leak upstream, from the biggest diamond mine in Angola, run by Catoca, a joint venture owned by Endiama, the Angolan state mining company, and the Russian mining giant Alrosa. The company admitted in a statement last month that there was a leak from its facility, but said that it was only water and sand — not anything toxic. In addition to the 12 fatalities, about 4,500 people got sick from diarrhea as a result of the pollution and nearly one million were affected overall, said Eve Bazaiba, Congo’s minister of environment and sustainable development in a news conference on Thursday.