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To authorize funding for the purchase of electric or zero-emission vehicles for United States Postal Service fleet, and for other purposes. (H.R. 1636) – GovTrack.us

Source: To authorize funding for the purchase of electric or zero-emission vehicles for United States Postal Service fleet, and for other purposes. (H.R. 1636) – GovTrack.us

Coronavirus tracker: California reported 4,890 new cases, 168 new deaths and 23 fewer hospitalizations as of Monday – San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Statewide 4,205 people were reported hospitalized with coronavirus-related infections on Monday. That’s a 81.6% drop since the Jan. 1 high of 22,853 people who needed hospital care.

Source: Coronavirus tracker: California reported 4,890 new cases, 168 new deaths and 23 fewer hospitalizations as of Monday – San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Nearly 400 infected with new coronavirus variant found in Japan

Nearly 400 people in Japan have been infected with a new variant of the novel coronavirus different from those found in Britain, South Africa and Brazil, Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases said Tuesday.

While differing from those discovered earlier in the three countries, the new strain found in Japan shares some commonality with those from South Africa and Brazil, the institute said. It is suspected that the commonality may cause more reinfection and that current vaccines may be less effective against it.

Source: Nearly 400 infected with new coronavirus variant found in Japan

Brazil coronavirus: Outbreak spawns new variants, threats – The Washington Post

“All of the variants of concern are more transmissible … and this means an accelerated phase of the epidemic. A disaster.”

Scientists across Brazil expressed deep pessimism for the coming weeks. The ICU occupation rate is at least 80 percent in most states, much higher in some. Patients are being transferred from state to state — sometimes traveling hundreds of miles — in a nationwide hunt for hospital resources. Without ventilators, nurses have pumped infected patients’ lungs manually. Cemeteries are running out of space to put the bodies. Refrigerated containers wait outside hospitals to take the overflow. People all over the country are dying at home, unable to get treatment.

The situation is unpredictable for both Brazil and the world. As viruses course through a population, they inevitably mutate. Most genetic changes are functionally insignificant. The coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 117 million people worldwide, has produced countless variants.

But uncontrolled outbreaks in communities with mounting immunity, scientists say, can give rise to more dangerous variants. It’s not by coincidence that one of the world’s most virulent variants emerged in Manaus, one of the world’s hardest-hit cities.

Source: Brazil coronavirus: Outbreak spawns new variants, threats – The Washington Post

Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine may be made in Italy as Europe seeks to expand options – The Washington Post

The deal, first reported by Bloomberg News, would see Swiss pharmaceutical firm Adienne Pharma & Biotech SA manufacture the Russian vaccine in the Milan region, according to the firm’s president, Antonio Francesco Di Naro. Source: Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine may be made in Italy as Europe seeks to expand options – The Washington Post

Things I missed because of COVID-19

Weird and Wonderful

I put this in English so more people would understand what we are missing!!!!!!
I Miss Social settings like these:

Break rooms

Sitting in the break room talking to people on a job. Not the cafeteria because you can hardly sit down on the couch and read the newspaper or, have a laugh about things.

I have been working in pre-school here in Norway. They do a great job to make sure that everyone is sociable, and they have social committee’s that help.

I know several work environments where the atmosphere is very toxic but some actually have a social comity where they plan events for team building and they embrace other people joining in.

Even though we have a Christmas party together it is great to share things together about our lives and how we have overcome our problems.

Going to the cinema with friends, or loved ones.

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