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Câncer

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“Agum dia você já se perguntou quantos dias a mais, tem de vida para valorizar o resto do seu tempo perto de quem ama?”

Marii Freire Pereira

Vivemos de modo tão intenso, com comportamentos repetitivos, que nem nos damos conta de olhar para o que é essencial a vida. Ora, o essencial a vida é ” a vida”. Nós queremos viver satisfeitos de qualquer forma, sendo sempre a prioridade diante de qualquer escolha.

Os nossos momentos mais importantes são aqueles que conseguimos preencher as nossas próprias lacunas com as respostas que atendem às nossas necessidades. E quando as respostas encontram propósito na dúvida? Como descobrir um câncer por acaso? Que entusiasmo nos resta? Como buscar respostas para justificar o mínimo da vida? O diagnóstico de um câncer é sempre algo devastador. Ele não acaba com o seu conforto, mais do que isso, ele atinge todo um grupo de pessoas que…

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Republican leaders fiddle while Covid burns through their own supporters | Republicans | The Guardian

These Republicans seem intent on scoring political points by appealing to a pandemic-weary’s public yearning to get back to something like normal life. Still in thrall to former president Donald Trump, they fiercely oppose mask or vaccine mandates by invoking traditional party tenets of individual freedom, personal responsibility and resisting state interference.

But with America now averaging about 113,000 cases a day, an increase of nearly 24% from the previous week, and hospitalizations up 31% from the week before, Republicans stand accused of causing the deaths of their own voters as the highly contagious Delta variant scythes through red states where vaccination rates are low.

Elaine Kamarck, a Democrat who served in the Bill Clinton administration, said bluntly: “They’ve gone out of their minds. There’s just no other way to describe this. This is about the dumbest thing you could imagine because the only people listening to them are their voters. So this is the first time I’ve ever seen a political party advocating things that would harm their voters, maybe even kill their voters.”

Source: Republican leaders fiddle while Covid burns through their own supporters | Republicans | The Guardian

Accomplishments After 206 Days …

Filosofa's Word

Today, I would like to thank Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson for reminding us of the positive things that have happened since January 20th.  Yes, we have much to worry about, such as the For the People Act, gerrymandering, voter suppression, the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, racism in both police and populace, the end of the eviction moratorium, but … to have been in office only 206 days, President Biden and the U.S. Congress have actually accomplished a lot!  There’s still a lot of work to be done, but let’s take heart in what has already been done.


Maybe it’s time for doubting Democrats to press pause on the angst

Opinion by 

Eugene Robinson

Columnist

Yesterday at 4:01 p.m. EDT

It’s time to entertain the possibility that President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi actually know what they’re doing and are really…

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Mississippi governor defends COVID-19 response after extending state of emergency | TheHill (Me: Death dealing self-delusion is still number one in Mississippi state government! Pray for those who live there…)

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) on Friday announced at a press conference that he has no plans of issuing a statewide mask mandate or requiring state employees to get vaccinated as the state experiences a spike in COVID-19 casesWJTV reported.

Reeves did, however, encourage residents of his state to get the vaccine.

“Either the vaccine works or it doesn’t. I believe it does, and it works in two ways; makes you significantly less likely to get the virus, and the second phase, makes it even less likely that you are going to end up hospitalized or in an ICU bed,” Reeves said, according to WJTV.

Reeves’s announcement that he will not issue statewide mask or vaccine mandates comes a day after he extended the State of Emergency Order that was initially going to expire Sunday. While issuing the emergency order, the governor reiterated his stance against mandating masks in schools.

Source: Mississippi governor defends COVID-19 response after extending state of emergency | TheHill

Alabama governor declares ‘narrowly-focused’ COVID-19 state of emergency | TheHill (Me: Self-delusion state-wide is still in place and will kill people)

“Alabama remains open for business,” Ivey said in a statement. “Alabamians do not need government telling us what to do or how to do it. Unlike last year when we were hoping for a miracle, our greatest weapon against covid-19 today is the vaccine, so, if you can, roll up your sleeve and get the shot.”

Alabama is currently battling a spike in coronavirus infections, with 4,000 new cases reported Friday, according to AL.com. The state had 2,430 hospitalized patients as of Friday.

Source: Alabama governor declares ‘narrowly-focused’ COVID-19 state of emergency | TheHill

Avian Flu Diary: Through A Scanner Darkly

Yesterday, the CEO of Oak Hill Hospital in Brooksville addressed the Hernando County County Commission, and reported:

  • They have 133 COVID-positive patients out of our 309 total patients in the hospital
  • They’ve had to dedicate five nursing units to COVID.
  • They are close to having their ICU being filled with COVID patients.
  • That 25 patients in the ICU have COVID-19. 17 are on ventilators, ages from 25-75
  • Of the patients on ventilators, 14 are under the age of 65.
  • Only one had been vaccinated against COVID-19.

Admittedly, this is but one small microcosm, nestled in a semi-rural region of Florida, but it probably represents much of the United States right now. Hospitals are overrun with COVID patients, with healthcare workers overworked, exhausted, and at high risk of infection themselves.

Importantly,  this is August –  traditionally the nadir of respiratory illness season – and yet hospitals are barely coping. Things could get really dicey if influenza, RSV, and other winter ailments return this winter alongside COVID.

Source: Avian Flu Diary: Through A Scanner Darkly