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US COVID prevalence likely 60% higher than reported, experts say | CIDRAP

About 65 million US residents (19.7%) likely had COVID-19 by Mar 7, the model shows. Until that point, only about 1 of every 2.3 infections had been confirmed, suggesting that about 60% of all infections had been unreported.

“Our results indicate that a large majority of COVID infections go unreported,” the authors wrote. “Even so, we find that the United States was still far from reaching herd immunity to the virus in early March 2021 from infections alone. This suggests that continued mitigation and an aggressive vaccination effort are necessary to surpass the herd-immunity threshold without incurring many more deaths due to the disease.”

Source: US COVID prevalence likely 60% higher than reported, experts say | CIDRAP

Cal State Campuses Will Require Proof Of Vaccination This Fall | LAist

Cal State University students, faculty members, and staffers will be required to get fully vaccinated against the coronavirus before attending in-person classes or activities this fall.

University officials made the announcement Tuesday, as they seek to stem the potential spread of COVID-19 on their 23 campuses.

Source: Cal State Campuses Will Require Proof Of Vaccination This Fall | LAist

Cambodia Seizes Virus-Tainted Meat Imported from India | Food Manufacturing

The Health Ministry said the virus was detected in three of the five shipping containers of frozen meat being brought in by a private company.

The contents of the three containers were to be destroyed later in the week, the ministry said in a statement.

Cambodia temporarily suspended imports from India during its massive surge in coronavirus cases earlier this year, but began allowing them again in recent weeks as the Indian numbers declined.

Source: Cambodia Seizes Virus-Tainted Meat Imported from India | Food Manufacturing

Global minimum estimates of children affected by COVID-19-associated orphanhood and deaths of caregivers: a modeling study – The Lancet (1,134,000)

Globally, from March 1, 2020, to April 30, 2021, we estimate 1,134 ,000 children (95% credible interval 884, 000–1 ,185, 000) experienced the death of primary caregivers, including at least one parent or custodial grandparent. 1, 562, 000 children (1, 299, 000–1, 683, 000) experienced the death of at least one primary or secondary caregiver. Countries in our study set with primary caregiver death rates of at least one per 1000 children included Peru (10·2 per 1000 children), South Africa (5·1), Mexico (3·5), Brazil (2·4), Colombia (2·3), Iran (1·7), the USA (1·5), Argentina (1·1), and Russia (1·0). Numbers of children orphaned exceeded numbers of deaths among those aged 15–50 years. Between two and five times more children had deceased fathers than deceased mothers. Source: Global minimum estimates of children affected by COVID-19-associated orphanhood and deaths of caregivers: a modelling study – The Lancet

Dear Mango

Inhale Peace; Exhale Love. Joy will Follow! - RUELHA

Why do you have to go? My dear sweet mango! You are my king. Your praises I'll forever sing. There is none like you. I'd be speechless if I were to review. You're handsome on the out. Bright yellow, though a little stout. You're delicious and tasty. Carefully to be relished, so juicy. Summers and the scorching heat. You're the only thing I wait to meet. I really dislike the harsh summers. But then, when you begin to appear. In grocery shops, markets and carts. You know you'll always have my heart. I eat all too many fruits when you're not there. But when you're available, no other can compare. Summer's gone and monsoons have begun. And though the weather is so much more fun. I really miss you. I'm pretty sure you know that too. When I see your bright yellow jacket. I want to devour an entire KG…

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Peștișorul de aur

ore de drum

Barbate, 2016

Poate ar trebui să-mi fac un blog separat în care să scriu doar despre orașe de la granița sudului.

Blogul Sudului.

Revin, mereu și mereu, în Andaluzia. De data aceasta nimeresc, aproape la voia întâmplării, la Barbate. M-a fermecat de la prima vedere, însă o prietenă spaniolă m-a sfătuit să nu mai vorbesc așa elogios despre această destinație, pentru că risc să nu fac impresie bună. Spaniolii își amintesc că, în anii 70, Barbate a fost stațiunea preferată a dictatorului Franco.

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În contextul în care dimineața mi-o petrecusem în palatele și grădinile Alhambrei, iar la sfârșitul după-amiezei ajungeam la Barbate, vă puteți întreba cum de a fost posibil să-mi pice cu tronc. Și eu mă întreb.

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Plaja era goală, iar pe promenada pavată trecătorii se scăldau în luminozitatea apusului maritim.

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Asa cum la noi în sud se prind bulgarii, pe măsură ce te apropii de Barbate, la radio…

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The Week’s Best Cartoons 7/24

Filosofa's Word

I’m just now getting around to sharing TokyoSand’s cartoon post from Saturday … sorry for the delay!  As always she has scoured the Internet and found the cream of the crop!  The topics this week range from the strange Tokyo Olympics to the Republican’s about-face regarding the COVID vaccine to anti-vaxxers and much more!  Thank you, TS, for pulling these together for us!  Here is a sampling …

Be sure to check out the rest of the ‘toons over at Political Charge!

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Questions about the Catastrophic Weather Events — FunWritings

Fixing the climate change problem is what we should all be trying to do So many people are struggling trying to make it through

Questions about the Catastrophic Weather Events — FunWritings