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Number of flu, other virus cases reach ‘historic’ lows in 2020-21, CDC reports – UPI.com

In a “typical” flu season, in which an estimated 35 million people are infected with the virus, as many as 25% of specimens tested come back positive, based on historical CDC data.

The reduction in flu cases seen between October 2020 and May 2021 is likely due to measures taken to limit the spread of COVID-19, such as the wearing of masks that cover the nose and mouth and social distancing, the CDC said.

Like COVID-19, the flu is spread through virus droplets emitted from the mouth and nose.

“The same prevention measures we use to prevent COVID-19 disease work for the flu, including physical distancing, masking, avoiding crowds and staying home when sick,” public health specialist Brandon Brown told UPI in an email.

Source: Number of flu, other virus cases reach ‘historic’ lows in 2020-21, CDC reports – UPI.com

FDA Issues ‘Strongest’ Black Box Warning For Breast Implants | Georgia Public Broadcasting

The black box warning is an important improvement for breast implant safety, she said.

“That’s the strongest warning by the FDA that a product carries the risk of serious injury or death,” Lawrence said.

Patients have reported systemic symptoms such as joint pain, muscle aches, confusion, chronic fatigue and autoimmune diseases that improve when the implants are removed, but the FDA’s warning does not specifically mention the term breast implant illness.

Source: FDA Issues ‘Strongest’ Black Box Warning For Breast Implants | Georgia Public Broadcasting

When Children know What it means to Go Green they will Develop Good Eco-Friendly habits — FunWritings

We can tell children what it means to go green with special ebooks … they are available on the funwritings website

When Children know What it means to Go Green they will Develop Good Eco-Friendly habits — FunWritings

LA County reports 2,550 new coronavirus cases, biggest one-day total since February – San Gabriel Valley Tribune

The latest official daily tally was a 20-fold increase since June 21, when the county reported 124 cases, marking the influence of the Delta variant and the continuing challenge of vaccinating more of the county’s residents.

Seven more fatalities were posted, bringing the total dead to 24,594 since the pandemic began. The total infected rose early 1.3 million people, a number thought to be much higher by some experts.

Together, the virus is landing younger — 83% are younger than 50 and 65% are between 18 and 49 — and unvaccinated people in L.A.-area hospitals.  The state’s tracker noted 60 more hospitalizations from the day before, climbing to 645, with 140 in intensive care.

Source: LA County reports 2,550 new coronavirus cases, biggest one-day total since February – San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Thoughtful Thursdays, Stayed on Freedom’s Call page 23, and Blockbusting

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

It is crucial that we each help our society to become more fully inclusive for all of us today, and to come and work together, for all of us, right? 

Especially where housing is concerned.

I believe that attention to shared histories, as in DC, may provide part of an answer.  I started a note about that, a few years ago, in my book Stayed on Freedom’s Call:

” … given person really was. White residents of the Capital felt that they knew both how to identify and what to expect from colored residents. He now found that those same misconceptions were being used by unethical real estate agents and speculators, now known as Block Busters, to frighten White home owners into selling cheaply, profiting on their fear of the unknown after over 70 years of nearly complete separation of races and classes in the District of Columbia.

Ironically…

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