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

80% Of Adults In NY State To Be Eligible For COVID-19 Vaccines This Week – Gothamist

Governor Andrew Cuomo says the state has a long way to go to vaccinate its roughly 15 million adults.

Citi Field's COVID-19 vaccination site

Source: 80% Of Adults In NY State To Be Eligible For COVID-19 Vaccines This Week – Gothamist

B117 deadlier than other COVID-19 strains, more data affirm | CIDRAP

The B117 COVID-19 variant, which was first identified in the United Kingdom in October 2020, may pose a 61% higher risk of 28-day mortality, according to a study published today in Nature.

The finding is in line with last week’s BMJ study that reported B117 had a 64% higher 28-day risk of death among people older than 30, although both studies note absolute 28-day mortality risk remains low for most populations.

Source: B117 deadlier than other COVID-19 strains, more data affirm | CIDRAP

Sutileza do amor…(the power of love) por Gandhi – Mágica Mistura

“There were tyrants and murderers…
And for a while, they seemed invincible…
But in the end, they always fall.
Always think about it.

The forts are only for a moment, like the dream of an afternoon that lasts only a moment. In the end, they’re always broken. They’re like dust in the wind. Love is the most subtle force in the world.”

✨ ✨ Mahatma Gandhi

 

Source: Sutileza do amor…por Gandhi – Mágica Mistura

Wildflowers Late Winter / Early Spring 1

Michael Stephen Wills Photography

February 2020 I upgraded to the Canon 5D Mark IV dslr. These are the first images. These flowers are the first to bloom on our property, around a magnolia tree. Each year these “buttercups” grow thicker and spread. A fellow blogger, Audrey Driscoll’s Blog, provided the correct and exact species name Eranthis hyemalis. The latin name proclaims the early nature of its flowering both in the genus, “Eranthis” – “spring flower”, and species, “hyemalis” – winter flowering. The genus encompasses eight species, all early flowering winter aconite.

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A macro lens was mounted, Canon EF 100 mm f/2.8 Macro USB. A characteristic of this lens is to underexpose, so I set two stops higher. All these are f25.

With the thermometer…

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Ministers frustrated with PM’s ‘mistakes’ ahead of Covid second wave – BBC News (Boy Boris just wanted to look good early on but just killed more Brits to stoke his ego.)

One senior minister said the government “should have locked down more severely in the autumn”, while another said it had been “totally ridiculous” to be arguing about whether people should return to the office when there was inevitably going to be a second wave.

And one senior figure told us: “The biggest mistake was the rush of blood of to the head in the summer… there was a sense of denial about the second wave.”

One former official added: “We kept repeating the same mistakes over and over again, despite the masses of evidence that kept coming up.

Source: Ministers frustrated with PM’s ‘mistakes’ ahead of Covid second wave – BBC News

Much of Europe tightens anti-pandemic rules as virus surges – The Washington Post

 Tighter restrictions aimed at reining in surging coronavirus infections took hold in much of Italy and parts of Poland on Monday, while in France, Paris risks being slapped with a weekend lockdown as ICUs near saturation with COVID-19 patients.

In line with an Italian government decision late last week, 80% of schoolchildren, from nursery through high schools, were locked out of classroom starting on Monday. Ever-mounting numbers of ICU beds occupied by COVID-19 patients, steadily rising daily caseloads and infection transmission predominantly driven by a virus variant first discovered in Britain have combined to make Italian Premier Mario Draghi’s new government apply “red zone” designation on more regions, including, for the first time since the color-tiered system was created last fall, on Lazio, the region including Rome.

Source: Much of Europe tightens anti-pandemic rules as virus surges – The Washington Post