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Covid 19 my vaccine experience.

The poor side of life

Yesterday I had my Covid 19 vaccination. I had the Pfizer vaccination and I really couldn’t wait for this day to arrive.

Most of you will know that my Covid 19 and Long Covid experience has been horrendous.

I first became ill with Covid 19 last April and I quickly became extremely unwell. You can read about this in my previous blog posts. I also developed Pneumonia and pleurisy and had numerous relapses.

To say that I was excited for my vaccine was an understatement, I can never forget how ill I have been and I certainly don’t want to catch it again. Not only do I have to think about myself I also have to think about my daughters wellbeing as well.

I was virtually bedbound for around a month except for the odd trip downstairs which completely exhausted me. As a result my illness really scared my daughter…

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Pennsylvania cop arrested, charged with pushing police during Capitol riot – Tal Axelrod 02/19/21 11:14 PM EST — Just Sayin’

Federal authorities are charging a Pennsylvania police officer over his involvement in the Jan. 6 riot on Capitol Hill. Joseph Fischer, a patrolman at North Cornwall Township Police Department, is being charged with obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, knowingly entering a restricted building without lawful authority, violent entry and conduct on Capitol grounds, […]

Pennsylvania cop arrested, charged with pushing police during Capitol riot – Tal Axelrod 02/19/21 11:14 PM EST — Just Sayin’

Alphabet soup for the soul – “H” — Words from Walden

H is for Heaven “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on EARTH as it is in Heaven“ -Matthew 6:10 – Almost everyone has heard these words before but what do they actually mean? I believe it refers to the divinity that is inside all of us. A presence that is being felt in numbers […]

Alphabet soup for the soul – “H” — Words from Walden

Biden Rescinds Trump’s Sanctions on Iran | Voice of America 

Acting U.S. Ambassador Richard Mills sent a letter to the U.N. Security Council on behalf of President Joe Biden saying the United States “hereby withdraws” three letters from the Trump administration culminating in its September 19 announcement that the United States had reimposed U.N. sanctions on Tehran.

Mills said in the letter obtained by The Associated Press that sanctions measures terminated in the 2015 council resolution endorsing the nuclear deal with six major powers, but restored by Trump in September, “remain terminated.”

Source: Biden Rescinds Trump’s Sanctions on Iran | Voice of America – English

Pfizer Vaccine Shows New Results After First Dose & More in Today’s News

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Las Notis is a daily news column that gets you up to speed on the political, media + other going ons in Latin America and the diaspora—all in one quick digest. Here’s your glimpse at what’s going on today: As countries, including the U.S., try to ramp up their vaccinations, new research shows that the […]

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Civil Disobedience Against Military Rule in Myanmar Paralyzes Banking Sector

Protests against the military’s seizure of power in Myanmar have crippled its economy, as businesses struggle to conduct commerce without physical cash and a banking system that is now unreliable, sources in Myanmar told RFA.

Since Feb. 1, the day of the coup, protesters have mounted a civil disobedience movement (CDM) including a refusal to work. The labor stoppage across all private and public sectors is disrupting some of society’s most critical functions.

With nearly all private bank employees participating in the CDM, businesses that require bank transactions are dealing with setbacks and delays.

“GDP losses may be in the billions [of U.S. dollars] as the situation worsens each day,” economist Soe Tun told RFA’s Myanmar Service.

“I don’t know the exact figures, but losses are likely huge as most businesses have to stop operating because of the banking freeze. Some businesses are still open, but they are facing great difficulty. A lot of businesses have come to a stop,” said Soe Tun.

“The COVID-19 pandemic made it so that only a third of the economy had been running over the past several months, but now it seems everything has stopped,” he added.

Myanmar, a nation of 54 million, recorded a GDP of $75 billion in 2020, making it among the poorest countries in Southeast Asia.

The banking sector’s setbacks have started a ripple effect, with most businesses still running are short on physical cash with no way to pay employees.

“We cannot do any business right now,” a local businessman who requested anonymity for security reasons told RFA.

“Transactions at banks have stopped and cash in circulation has come to a trickle. As we are faced with more delays and difficulties, the incomes of salaried employees as well as daily wage workers will fall drastically,” the businessman said.

“We just hope all this will end very soon. Only then will we be able to get business back out there and prop up the economy,” he added.

Banks will need to come up with drastic solutions if they cannot get back on line soon, an economic analyst who requested anonymity to speak freely told RFA.

“If this current situation drags on, the country’s economy will be in serious trouble. There could be some solutions to the problem, like using coupons for transactions instead of using the kyat currency,” the analyst said.

“The banks could issue guarantee documents. They could issue, for example, 10-million-kyat [1409 kyat = $1] security coupons or 30-million-kyat security coupons and so on to keep the ball rolling. There could be a disaster if we go on like this,” said the analyst.

The lack of physical cash could also be detrimental in the approaching harvest season, leaving many rice traders with no way of operating.   

Since Feb 1, the value of the kyat has fallen dramatically. The central bank has had to sell $6.8 million to private banks and money traders. It then auctioned off treasury bonds on Feb. 16.

On the 17th, the Committee Representing the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), a group formed by lawmakers elected to the parliament that was dissolved by the coup, issued a warning saying that the bonds were not legal, and buyers could suffer losses.

A report published by the Reuters News Service said that fuel imports have also come to standstill. A source quoted in that report said that Myanmar may rely on foreign sources for 98 percent of its fuel, and the country could run out of oil in two months.

Reported by RFA’s Myanmar Service. Translated by Khin Maung Nyane. Written in English by Eugene Whong.

AH Company International Distribution, Inc., Recalls Pork Products Imported Without the Benefit of Inspection

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2021 – AH Company International Distribution Inc., a Garden Grove, Calif. firm, is recalling approximately 30,081 pounds of pork pâté products that were imported from an ineligible establishment and distributed in the United States without the benefit of FSIS import re-inspection.

The following heat-treated shelf stable pork pâté items are subject to recall: [View Labels (PDF only)]

  • 240-gram cans of Monique Ranou Pâté de Foie
  • 240-gram cans of Monique Ranou Pâté de Campagne
  • 180-gram jars of Monique Ranou Pâté de Campagne Supérieur

Source: AH Company International Distribution, Inc., Recalls Pork Products Imported Without the Benefit of Inspection

Canada vows to be next country to go after Facebook to pay for news | Reuters

Canada vowed on Thursday to make Facebook Inc pay for news content, seeking allies in the media battle with tech giants and pledging not to back down if the social media platform shuts off the country’s news as it did in Australia.

Source: Canada vows to be next country to go after Facebook to pay for news | Reuters

John Kerry says Earth has 9 years to avert the worst consequences of climate crisis: “There’s no faking it on this one” – CBS News

As secretary of state in 2016, John Kerry signed the Paris climate accord. Now, after the Trump administration withdrew, the U.S. is recommitting.

Source: John Kerry says Earth has 9 years to avert the worst consequences of climate crisis: “There’s no faking it on this one” – CBS News