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In America we suffer from two collective self-delusions 1. that guns “guarantee” individual political freedom and that unwanted deaths are the price of that freedom, and 2. That our votes do not count. Guns do not guarantee freedom and votes do count – you need to vote not just for national elections but local and state and for people who pledge to regulate guns, protect the environment and public health…

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NYTimes 5-26-22

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Filling it with new names seems to be the only action we’re capable of

Author HeadshotBy Jay Caspian Kang

Opinion Writer

At some point in the past decade or so, our response to mass shootings turned into a series of memes. As the body count rises, the same, recycled tweets, Instagram posts and fiery speeches from the last massacre make their dutiful rounds through online spaces.
We see the Onion headline, “‘No Way to Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens.” We see the tweet, “In retrospect Sandy Hook marked the end of the U.S. gun control debate. Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over.” We see statistics about N.R.A. campaign contributions; references to the effectiveness of Australia’s National Firearms Agreement, signed in the aftermath of a mass shooting there that killed 35 people; and polls about the popularity of…

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White House expands access to COVID-19 antivirals | CIDRAP

Expanding test-to-treat efforts

Noting that Paxlovid has been shown to reduce the risk of hospitalization or death by about 90% in people with COVID-19, the White House said in a news release it has “moved quickly to ensure that these treatments are widely available and that health care providers and patients know about their availability and efficacy.”

The federal Test-to-Treat initiative helps make it easier for people to quickly access oral COVID-19 drugs like Paxlovid. More than 2,500 Test-to-Treat locations are now operational across the country at local pharmacies and community health centers, up from 2,200 a month ago.

“We have dramatically increased the number of people benefiting from oral antivirals in the last seven weeks, from about 27,000 prescriptions filled each week to more than 182,000 last week—a more than six-fold increase,” the White House said. “We have also doubled the number of sites where Paxlovid is available nationally.”

The federally supported Test-to-Treat clinic in Rhode Island is located in Providence. Federal reimbursement will allow people who test positive for COVID-19 at the clinic to immediately receive a medical assessment and get oral antiviral treatments if they are prescribed. The clinic also offers federally supported vaccination.

 

Source: White House expands access to COVID-19 antivirals | CIDRAP

This Is What Happens When Education Fails | Filosofa’s Word

I think most of us see the problems in this country … wealth, greed, and a lust for power coupled with the ignorance of far too many people have brought the nation to the brink of disaster.  Robert Reich has not only identified the problem, but also a set of solutions that I think are…
— Read on jilldennison.com/2022/05/26/this-is-what-happens-when-education-fails/

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‘Mind blowing’ ancient settlements uncovered in the Amazon

Mysterious mounds in the southwest corner of the Amazon Basin were once the site of ancient urban settlements, scientists have discovered. Using a remote-sensing technology to map the terrain from the air, a research team has revealed that, starting about 1,500 years ago, ancient Amazonians built and lived in densely populated centres, featuring 22-metre-tall earthen pyramids and encircled by kilometres of elevated roadways.Source: ‘Mind blowing’ ancient settlements uncovered in the Amazon