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Omicron surge sweeps through US hospital staff | CIDRAP

Currently, about 24% of US hospitals report critical staffing shortages, the highest of the pandemic, and many facilities are starting to limit elective surgeries and consider crisis standards of care.

Colorado’s health department on Jan 7 reactivated its crisis standards of care for emergency medical services, due to many emergency medical service (EMS) staff out sick and a high demand for patient transports.

State officials last activated the EMS crisis standards of care in April 2020 when Colorado was among the first states affected in the nation’s first COVID-19 surge. In November, it reactivated crisis standards of care for staffing healthcare systems, allowing hospitals more flexibility in boosting staff to meeting increasing community medical needs.

Source: Omicron surge sweeps through US hospital staff | CIDRAP

Sinead O’Connor apologises for ‘lashing out’ after the death of her son Shane

On Monday night, however, the acclaimed singer tweeted: “Ok, I’m gonna do the right thing here and apologise for my lashing out. Tusla are working with very limited resources. They loved Shane. They are broken-hearted. They are human. I am sorry I have upset them. We are a third-world country. It’s not their fault.

“The issue is… we are a third-world country. We have 12 beds in special care for suicidal teenagers. And no resources to save those who can’t manage life. 128 ICU beds in the whole country. Tusla did their best. We all did: and I am deeply sorry to have blamed anyone.”

Source: Sinead O’Connor apologises for ‘lashing out’ after the death of her son Shane

Avian Flu Diary: The CDC’s Newly Revised Quarantine & Isolation Guidance (Take Three)

Source: Avian Flu Diary: The CDC’s Newly Revised Quarantine & Isolation Guidance (Take Three)

(Me: Who is going to read this? People, if they even hear about this, will take the easiest out – wait 5 days and just act old normal… this will not help… I know they mean well but this does not build confidence and is not easy to follow for way too many folks.)

A matter of faith

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There are two definitions of faith.

  • complete trust or confidence in someone or something.
  • strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof.

I wasn’t familiar with the use of apprehension above. I found one definition is “understanding or grasp”.

I spent a lot of time praying (faith) and thinking about the discussion we were going have at my Quaker meeting, Bear Creek (some of us via ZOOM) related to Mutual Aid. I’ve been deeply involved in Des Moines Mutual Aid (DMMA) for two years, writing nearly daily to share what I’ve been learning. It can be difficult to express lived experiences to those who haven’t had those experiences. Many Friends have had experiences that could be called Mutual Aid in their work peace and justice.

I made mistakes over the years because I had conflicts with the meeting related to…

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Colombie – Parc archéologique national de San Agustín – Mesitas — Peuples autochtones d’Abya Yala

Transformations

San Agustin Colombia Kolumbien

Publié le 20 Août 2018 Sur le sentier – zone rurale – Mesitas, à 2,5 km du centre de San Agustín, se trouve la plus grande concentration de vestiges archéologiques de la culture agustiniana. Dans une zone de moins d’un kilomètre carré on trouve les exemples les plus impressionnants de monticules funéraires et statutaires, ainsi[…]

Colombie – Parc archéologique national de San Agustín – Mesitas — Peuples autochtones d’Abya Yala

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Clearing Off The Desk

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Dr. Kaku’s quip is one of my favorite sayings about the subject of desks. I sometimes remember it when my desk becomes cluttered but I still feel too lazy to clear it. A couple of weekends ago, I searched high and low for a Post It Note that contained the landline phone number of a new acquaintance. She does not own a mobile phone, so I had jotted the number down–intending to file it in my Rolodex later.

During the search, I decided to clean off the entire desk top because the surface needed to be dusted anyway. A few minutes into the clearing process, I discovered the missing phone number, then promptly copied it onto a Rolodex card.

Then I removed everything else from the top of the desk. There were several receipts to file away, a couple of gadgets to return to their proper places inside of a…

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