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What do we hold close to our hearts? Is it, money, possessions, power, popularity? We can have all of those things and still not be happy. Self acceptance and self love are the greatest gifts we can give to ourselves.

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Child hepatitis cases falsely linked to Covid vaccine – BBC News

The affected children were mostly under the age of five and therefore not eligible for the jab, health agencies monitoring the situation say.

But this hasn’t stopped the claims – and other theories around lockdown or sending children back to school – being promoted as fact.

So what are the established facts of the cases so far?

As of 21 April 2022, the World Health Organization had recorded at least 169 cases of unexplained hepatitis – inflammation of the liver – in children in 11 countries since January. Of these, 114 were in the UK.

None of the five specific viruses (labelled A – E) which usually cause hepatitis was found, but the majority of youngsters tested did show up positive for a particular adenovirus – a common family of infections responsible for illnesses from colds to eye infections.

The specific one they had causes stomach bugs.

 

Source: Child hepatitis cases falsely linked to Covid vaccine – BBC News

APO Group – Africa Newsroom / Press release | Speedy vaccination campaign helps stop cholera outbreak in Niger

Amadou Elh Mamoudou counts himself fortunate. The 35-year-old survived a cholera outbreak in his village of Maradi, in south-central Niger, one of the areas most affected by the outbreak between March and December 2021.

Once recovered, Amadou joined health workers in his district to convince people there to get vaccinated, ultimately helping his district to achieve a 98% vaccination coverage.

Vaccination contributed to the fight against the cholera epidemic that affected seven regions of Niger, causing 5591 infections and 166 deaths, with a case-fatality rate of 3%. Vaccination coverage of 95%, combined with good patient management and hygiene and sanitation awareness, led to a significant decrease in the number of new cases, until the epidemic was declared over in the following weeks.

Source: APO Group – Africa Newsroom / Press release | Speedy vaccination campaign helps stop cholera outbreak in Niger

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Some 25,000 individuals inhabited Western Europe 500,000 years ago – Archeology, Ancient and Medieval History – Terrae Antiqvae

What we know today as Western Europe was the habitat of some 25,000 individuals during it Middle Pleistocene, 500,000 years ago, according to a study led by researchers from the National Research Center on Human Evolution (Cenieh) focused on the distribution and density of the human population in this part of the world. Source: Some 25,000 individuals inhabited Western Europe 500,000 years ago – Archeology, Ancient and Medieval History – Terrae Antiqvae

Justice Department Challenges Alabama Law that Criminalizes Medically Necessary Care for Transgender Youth | OPA | Department of Justice

S.B. 184 makes it a felony for any person to “engage in or cause” specified types of medical care for transgender minors. S.B. 184 thus discriminates against transgender youth by denying them access to certain forms of medically necessary care. It further discriminates against transgender youth by barring them from accessing particular procedures while allowing non-transgender minors to access the same or similar procedures. The penalties for violating the law include up to 10 years of imprisonment and a fine of up to $15,000. S.B. 184 would force parents of transgender minors, medical professionals, and others to choose between forgoing medically necessary procedures and treatments, or facing criminal prosecution. The United States’ complaint alleges that S.B. 184 violates the Equal Protection Clause by discriminating on the basis of sex and transgender status.

Today’s filing is the latest action by the Justice Department to combat discrimination based on gender identity, including unlawful restrictions on medical care for transgender youth. On March 31, 2022, the Civil Rights Division issued a letter to all state attorneys general reminding them of federal constitutional and statutory provisions that protect transgender youth against discrimination.

The complaint in intervention is being handled by Deputy Chief Coty Montag and Trial Attorneys Alyssa Lareau, Kaitlin Toyama, and Renee Williams of the Civil Rights Division’s Federal Coordination and Compliance Section; John Powers, Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights; Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Cheek for the Northern District of Alabama; and Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Wadsworth for the Middle District of Alabama.

Source: Justice Department Challenges Alabama Law that Criminalizes Medically Necessary Care for Transgender Youth | OPA | Department of Justice

LAPD officers shoot man holding a cellphone – Los Angeles Times

Video posted online this week by the Los Angeles Police Department shows two officers approach a man they believed was armed with a gun in South L.A. in March and immediately shoot him .

Jose Barrera, 45, did not have a gun or any other weapon, but was holding a black cellphone and waving it around. He survived.

The shooting is the latest in which LAPD officers opened fire after misjudging the threat posed by an individual, in part based on inaccurate claims from others — including 911 callers — that the people were brandishing firearms.

Source: LAPD officers shoot man holding a cellphone – Los Angeles Times

Opinion | Elon Musk reveals how his Twitter purchase may fuel right-wing extremism – The Washington Post

Elon Musk, the most powerful Twitter troll in our soon-to-be interplanetary species, has spent the past 24 hours trolling Democrats. In tweet after tweet, he has claimed the Democratic Party has lurched into leftist extremism, leaving no option for noble centrists — a class that coincidentally includes Musk himself — but to turn toward the GOP. Source: Opinion | Elon Musk reveals how his Twitter purchase may fuel right-wing extremism – The Washington Post