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Butterfly, Butterfly

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A
Butterfly
Coquets
Dipping
Effortessly
Fluttering
Gambolling
Harvesting
Immense
Joy
Kindling
Laughter
Meandering
Nature's
Opulent
Perfection
Quivering
Radiance
Soliciting
Trees
Undulating
Vibrating
With
Xylophonic
Yuletide
Zest.

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South Carolina reports record coronavirus cases | TheHill

The state reported 4,370 new cases for Dec. 25, with the delay due to the state’s policy of not reporting on major holidays, according to state officials. On Christmas Eve, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control reported 2,550 new cases and 14 deaths.

The department also reported a testing positivity rate of 23.5 percent on Sunday.

Source: South Carolina reports record coronavirus cases | TheHill

Pregnant mother who died suddenly from coronavirus highlights increased risks – San Gabriel Valley Tribune – California

Cindy Zepeda, (center above) an employee at a Baldwin Park call center for Kaiser Permanente, started feeling ill. It was July, about five months into the coronavirus pandemic, but the Monrovia resident wasn’t sure if it was COVID-19. So she waited about three days after first experiencing symptoms to get tested. The next day she received the result: Positive.

Source: Pregnant mother who died suddenly from coronavirus highlights increased risks – San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Plastics and Air

CRAIN'S COMMENTS

Researchers at the Wiezmann Institute of Science (Israel) have determined that microplastics can become airborne. This allows this form of pollution to spread into unanticipated locations, and also become yet another problem for the human food chain and the simple act of breathing.

Microplastics are defined as particles of plastic that are less than 5 mm in diameter. As sea action breaks these particles down into smaller pieces, the resulting particles can become airborne. The plastics identified is sample of ocean air include polystyrene, polyethylene, and polypropylene. The length of time in the air probably depends on particle size, but could be hours or days.

The mechanics by which plastic particles in the ocean become airborne are described as follows:

“. . . microplastics enter the atmosphere through bubbles on the ocean surface or are picked up by winds, and are transported on air currents to remote parts of the…

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