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COVID-19 vaccines spur weaker immune response to Delta variant, study finds – UPI.com

…The Delta variant, which has been the predominant one in the United States since the spring, has already caused a slight reduction in the effectiveness of the vaccines used here, based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention… Source: COVID-19 vaccines spur weaker immune response to Delta variant, study finds – UPI.com

Wet’suwet’en Solidarity Statements

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Wet’suwet’en individuals collaborated on making this compilation of testimonials stating their support of the actions to protect Wedzin Bin and to state their solidarity with the Cas Yikh of the Gitdimt’en. We are so grateful for those who stand unified with the decisions of our dinï ze’ and tsakë ze’ who made a formal declaration in our bahlats multiple times. This declaration has already resulted in the defeat of the Enbridge bitumen pipeline and WILL result in the defeat of fracked gas pipelines in our yintah as well.Please note the views expressed here belong to individuals. The Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs have publicly stated in the feast that there will be “NO pipelines in Wet’suwet’en yintah” and that position has not been changed within our governance system. We kindly ask that all individuals, regardless of their point of view, speak to each other with Wigggus (respect).

For Wet’suwet’en wishing to…

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Gibraltar cancels Xmas

Announced a few weeks ago…

EUROPE DIPLOMATIC

Brussels 17.11.2018 Gibraltar’s government officials announced that all Christmas events, parties, official receptions and similar gatherings have been cancelled.

The general public was also advised to avoid social events and parties for the next four weeks. For all group activities, outdoor spaces are recommended over indoor ones, touching and hugging is discouraged, and mask wearing is advised, and social distance is recommended.

Gibraltar’s entire eligible population is vaccinated, but amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, Gibraltar…

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Omicron: France restricts travel

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Brussels 02.12.2021 France has announced new rules for all travellers – vaccinated or not – arriving in France from non-EU countries in the face of the new variant of Covid-19 named Omicron.

French government spokesman Gabriel Attal, speaking after the weekly meeting of the government’s Defence Council on Wednesday, on December 1, announced the implementation of new rules aimed at controlling the spread of the newly-detected Omicron variant.

A government Decree published on Thursday, December 2, provides more detail.

The new rules come into force at 00.01 AM on Saturday, December 4th, and the testing requirements apply to everyone aged 12 or older – including those…

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Thursday Theories – Christmas

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What a better time then to write about some theories about Christmas!

I suspect, after this weekend, things will be a little more full on. As such, I want to try and get the heavy topics out of the way, lol

Was Jesus born on December the 25th?

The earliest Christians did not celebrate his birth. Dec. 25 is not the date mentioned in the Bible as the day of Jesus’s birth; the Bible is actually silent on the day or the time of year. 

By most accounts, the birth was first thought — in around 200 A.D. — to have taken place on Jan. 6. Why? It may have been the result of “a calculation based on an assumed date of crucifixion of April 6 coupled with the ancient belief that prophets died on the same day as their conception,” according to religionfacts.com. By the mid-4th century, the birthday celebration…

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El paso por la vida

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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El paso por la vida no significa refugiarse en la comodidad aparente del teatro ni permanecer sentados y pasivos en las butacas, inmersos en la dialéctica del espectador, ni tampoco aparecer en el escenario con antifaces falsos; es actuar, hacer algo por sí y por los demás, dejar huellas indelebles, entregar lo mejor de sí, añadir y multiplicar lo positivo, lo sublime que hay en ti, lo grandioso. El paso por la vida ofrece la alternativa de reír o de llorar, de amar o de odiar, de evolucionar o de hundirse, de aprender a coexistir entre las luces y las sombras o de perderse. El paso por la vida, insisto, te da a elegir si quieres ser protagonista de tu historia, héroe de tus jornadas, o simplemente una marioneta, un títere atado a hilos que alguien más manipula. El…

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