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Russia’s pandemic website stops reporting number of active coronavirus cases — Meduza

The Russian government’s online hub for the pandemic, stopkorona.rf, has stopped publishing statistics on the number of active coronavirus cases across the country.

Previously, the overall number of people currently sick with the coronavirus was included in the website’s “real-time data” section; there were also detailed statistics broken down by region. According to a web archive, this information hasn’t been published on the website since July 8. At the time, Russia had 423,422 active cases.

Based on the total number of infections minus the sum of recoveries and fatalities, the number of active coronaviru

Source: Russia’s pandemic website stops reporting number of active coronavirus cases — Meduza

Pustite djecu da skaču

Vivaldi translated: Let the kids jump
19JAN 2021

Research has shown that spontaneous jumping is good for children’s health for several reasons. Jumping is a real cardiovascular exercise, a training that strengthens the heart and muscles. It improves the coordination of toddlers, because they use both sides of the brain and body during this activity to maintain balance. Then, when they jump, they stimulate the lymph, and thus eliminate toxins from the body. And most importantly, jumping makes them happy.

Myrela

Istraživanja su pokazala da je spontano skakanje dobro za zdravlje djece iz nekoliko razloga. Skakanje je prava kardiovaskularna vježba, trening koji jača srce i mišiće. Poboljšava koordinaciju mališana, jer oni tokom te aktivnosti koriste obje strane mozga i tijela kako bi održali ravnotežu. Zatim, kada skaču, stimulišu limfu, a samim tim eliminišu i toksine iz organizma. I što je najvažnije, skakanje ih čini srećnim.

Izvor: (“Blic – Zdrav život” – https://pixabay.com)

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Suavemente

¡Viva!

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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Suavemente, transitan las nubes plomadas que derraman la llovizna, se diluyen los minutos callados y pasajeros, vuelan las golondrinas y se van las mañanas y las tardes, los mediodías y las noches, como se fuga la vida sin darnos cuenta. Silenciosamente, el sol asoma en el horizonte, al amanecer, mientras contempla el trigal dorado y se mira en los charcos, en las represas y en los lagos, para más tarde, previo a la noche, acudir, puntualmente, a su cita con el oleaje jade y turquesa del mar que, enamorado, se matiza de amarillo, naranja, dorado y rojizo, hasta que las sombras nocturnas los cobijan. Serenamente, la noche descubre su velo, desnuda su esencia y regala el brillo distante de estrellas, luceros que cuelgan y decoran la pinacoteca celeste, destellos que prometen otros sueños, mundos tan grandiosos o pequeños como…

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COVID and Underlying Medical Conditions

The “Fear or anxiety-related disorder” must release chemicals in the body that reduce one’s ability to fight against the effects of the virus…

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A new analysis of data on 540,667 people admitted to one of 800 hospitals in the US for Covid between March 2020 and March 2021 provides some interesting insights:

  • Covid accounted for 11% of all hospitalizations during that period of time. So much for the skeptics.
  • People with severe COVID tended to have one or more underlying medical conditions, most commonly:
    • Hypertension (high blood pressure)
    • Lipid metabolism disorder
    • Obesity
  • The underlying conditions most strongly associated with death are:
    • Obesity
    • Fear or anxiety-related disorder
    • Diabetes with complications
    • Having multiple underlying disorders

This is the first analysis I’ve seen that links mental state to survival. Apparently, your mental attitude toward your illness affects your ability to get through it.

Sources:

  1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34197283/

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California backtracks on a rule that bans unmasked students from school campuses.

Additionally, schools should offer alternative educational opportunities for students who are excluded from campus because they will not wear a face covering.

What Now News 24

Image Credit: Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle

Last Monday, a new rule issued by the State of California to ban K-12 students from campuses if they refuse to wear masks indoors has been overturned.

The California Department of Health initially published its guidance that K-12 schools should not accept students that refuse to wear masks while indoors, and instead have to be offered alternative educational opportunities. But hours later, the Department of Health backtracked on the rule on Twitter.

California’s school guidance will be clarified regarding masking enforcement, recognizing local schools’ experience in keeping students and educators safe while ensuring schools fully reopen for in-person instruction.

California Department of Health Twitter.

They now allow schools to decide for themselves how it is best to deal with the issue.

Consistent with guidance from the 2020-21 school year, schools must develop and implement local protocols to enforce the mask requirements. Additionally, schools should…

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Biden vows to protect ‘sacred’ right to vote from GOP limits – Los Angeles Times

President Biden decried new Republican-backed state laws restricting voting rights on Tuesday, calling them “unconscionable” attempts to “deny the will of the people” — primarily, people of color — and “the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War.”

“There’s an unfolding assault taking place in American today, an attempt to suppress and subvert the right to vote and free and fair elections — an assault on democracy, an assault on liberty, an assault on who we are, who we are as Americans,” he said in a speech at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, a venue chosen for its symbolic value.

“I am not saying this to alarm you,” he continued, speaking directly to the audience. “You should be alarmed.”

Source: Biden vows to protect ‘sacred’ right to vote from GOP limits – Los Angeles Times

Orchideen in Thailand

Vivaldi translation of introduction: Orchids in Thailand
6. Mai 2018
In Thailand you can see orchids on logos all over the country. On orchid farms you can see about 1300 different species, which grow mainly because of the pleasant climate in northern Thailand. But also in other parts of the country you can visit orchid farms, where the plants are cultivated and can be admired on mostly covered beds and in small parks.

Senioren um die Welt

In Thailand sieht man Orchideen auf Logos im ganzen Land. Auf Orchideen-Farmen kann man  etwa 1300 verschiedene Arten, die vor allem wegen des angenehmen Klimas im Norden Thailands wachsen, sehen. Aber auch in anderen Landesteilen kann man Orchideen-Farmen besuchen, auf denen die Pflanzen kultiviert werden und auf meist überdachten Beeten und in kleinen Parks bewundert werden können.

Auf den Orchideen-Farmen sieht man häufig Pflanzen, die an Gestellen und an Seilen befestigt sind und dort wachsen. Ich wurde des öfteren gefragt, wie die Pflanzen ohne Erde gedeihen können. Kenner erklärten mir, dass Orchideen in ihrer tropischen Heimat auf Bäumen wachsen. Sie nutzen die Äste der Urwaldriesen, um näher am Sonnenlicht zu sein, denn durch die dichten Baumkronen gelangt dieses kaum bis auf den Grund des Waldes. Orchideen sind jedoch keine Schmarotzer, sie ernähren sich nicht von den Bäumen, sondern sie nutzen sie nur als Unterlage. Die frei hängenden Wurzeln der Orchideen…

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