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The anti-vax movement targeting German children – BBC News (Me: kill with baseless lies revives itself)

An anti-lockdown, anti-vaccine movement with ties to the far right has recruited hundreds of children.

Source: The anti-vax movement targeting German children – BBC News

Thoughts on the Anthropocene in the time of COVID

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The weekend was quiet, with no noise or distractions. It was “lockdown time.”

I had time to think. To think about the terrible things we humans have been doing, are doing – and worse still, intend to continue doing – to the Planet. We are living with the pandemic we created.

Earth Day (April 22) is just round the corner. It used to be a fairly hopeful, optimistic experience: “Look at all this global activity! We’re doing something for the Earth!” For the past few years it has had a different aura for me: a mixture of sadness and bitterness (a “what might have been” feeling). And a touch of weariness.

I have no problem with getting emotional about Mother Earth. We are the Earth; it is us. So if we cannot feel it, very deeply, in our hearts (to me, it feels more like the pit of my stomach)…

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Ohio reports highest number of hospitalized COVID patients in 2 weeks (Me: nearly over? Not hardly! mask, space, vaccinate)

Ohio reported 1,236 hospitalized coronavirus patients, the highest number in at least two weeks, on Monday, according to the Ohio Department of Health.

It’s the 12th consecutive day that more than 1,000 COVID patients were hospitalized in the state.

Source: Ohio reports highest number of hospitalized COVID patients in 2 weeks

Tips for stress free life.

LIFESTYLE AND INSPIRATION

A man asked the saint “I want Happiness”, the saint replied First remove I, that is “Ego”, then remove want, that is “desires”, then you are left with only Happiness. (You may also like http://scienceandinspiration.com/2020/10/17/happiness-3/)


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Some of the transformational and crucial tips for stress management in today’s life are

-Time Management, Proper planning and Programming

-Do not compare yourself and your situation with others because comparing yourself with others is the biggest mistake. Because everyone situation and circumstances are unique.

-Prioritize by Organizing, Streamlining, Economizing and Contributing its acronym for POSEC

-Do regular physical exercise and participate in sports, Spending time with nature, Meditation, Pranayam and Asan on daily basis.

-Change is the rule of life and Try to accept changes.

-don’t try to have control over the situations, circumstances and persons around you.

– To forgive and forget people who insult you or harm us.

-Develop some hobbies-Keep…

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Safe, personalized cancer vaccine shows promise in early trials – Study Finds

A personalized cancer vaccine may sound more like fiction than reality to some. However, researchers from Mount Sinai Hospital report they’ve developed just that with the help of a computational platform. Even better, these personalized vaccines — treating forms of the disease including lung and bladder cancer — appear safe for use and beneficial for patients at high risk of recurrence. These findings come from the initial results of a phase-1 clinical trial involving the vaccines.

“While immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment of cancer, the vast majority of patients do not experience a significant clinical response with such treatments,” says study author Thomas Marron, MD, PhD, Assistant Director for Early Phase and Immunotherapy Trials at The Tisch Cancer Institute and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in a media release. “Cancer vaccines, which typically combine tumor-specific targets that the immune system can learn to recognize and attack to prevent recurrence of cancer. The vaccine also contains an adjuvant that primes the immune system to maximize the efficacy.”

Source: Safe, personalized cancer vaccine shows promise in early trials – Study Finds

Brazil: Remove Miners from Indigenous Amazon Territory | Human Rights Watch

Brazilian federal authorities should immediately remove miners who have unlawfully entered the Munduruku Indigenous territory in the Amazon rainforest, Human Rights Watch said today.

Munduruku Indigenous people in the Tapajós basin – an epicenter of illegal gold mining in the Amazon rainforest – in southwestern Pará state have reported increasing encroachments upon their lands by armed “wildcat” miners known as “garimpeiros” since March 14, 2021. The Federal Prosecutor’s Office has warned of a potential for violence between local residents and the miners and urged the deployment of the federal police and other authorities to remove the trespassers. But the government has yet to act. The tension has escalated in recent weeks after a group of miners brought equipment to the area. Source: Brazil: Remove Miners from Indigenous Amazon Territory | Human Rights Watch

Opinion | Every Covid-19 Death Leaves Behind a Circle of Grief – The New York Times

We first need to get a sense of the scope of our national grief. Researchers are just beginning to count the bereaved, and while current estimates suggest five million Americans have lost a loved one to Covid-19, the final tally is likely to be much larger.

Ashton Verdery, an associate professor of sociology and demography at Pennsylvania State University, recently led a study that introduced the Covid-19 Bereavement Multiplier. By his team’s calculus, for every person who dies of Covid-19, nine loved ones are left behind.

We first need to get a sense of the scope of our national grief. Researchers are just beginning to count the bereaved, and while current estimates suggest five million Americans have lost a loved one to Covid-19, the final tally is likely to be much larger. Ashton Verdery, an associate professor of sociology and demography at Pennsylvania State University, recently led a study that introduced the Covid-19 Bereavement Multiplier. By his team’s calculus, for every person who dies of Covid-19, nine loved ones are left behind.