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Do you see the need and how misinformed the right wing media wants to keep people? Look to the facts, to reality, and to what they want to keep you from seeing. — Scotties Toy Box

Medicare For All: pay taxes and get healthcare. Never get a bill. For profit health care: pay taxes and then pay EXTRA for healthcare that has co-pays and deductibles when you use it. Get bills that make you declare bankruptcy after you lose all your savings. #MedicareForAll would revolutionize America. We should celebrate these progressive […]

Do you see the need and how misinformed the right wing media wants to keep people? Look to the facts, to reality, and to what they want to keep you from seeing. — Scotties Toy Box

Health expert pushes back on Texas governor’s herd immunity claim | TheHill

“We absolutely are not declaring victory at this time. We remain very vigilant and guarded and proactive in our response, but there is simple math behind the reason why still we continue to have success,” Abbott said on “Fox News Sunday,” adding later that “very simply, it’s a whole lot more difficult for COVID-19 to be spreading to other people in the state of Texas.” “I don’t know what herd immunity is, but when you add that to the people who have immunity, it looks like it could be very close to herd immunity,” Abbott added. But Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist and director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy who advised President Biden’s coronavirus team, cast doubt on Abbott’s estimation.  “There is no way on God’s green earth that Texas is anywhere even close to herd immunity,” Osterholm told The New York Times. “Look no further than Michigan and Minnesota, which have much higher rates of vaccination than Texas. And we’re already seeing widespread transmission.”

Source: Health expert pushes back on Texas governor’s herd immunity claim | TheHill

Danes vaccinate 100,000 people in a day to test system – The Washington Post

Denmark’s Health Minister declared Monday “the big vaccine day,” with 100,000 people to be vaccinated in one day as officials test the system ahead of a June rollout where four times as many people as that will be vaccinated each day.

The shots will be given in 68 inoculation centers across the country of nearly 6 million. The number will be lower Tuesday.

Minister Magnus Heunicke said Danes will “set a new record,” and urged people to arrive on time and have high spirits.

Source: Danes vaccinate 100,000 people in a day to test system – The Washington Post

England pubs reopen as lockdown eases but what about the snow – The Washington Post (Me: Look for new spike in Covid-19 cases by end of April… sorry… pessimistic)

With excitement in the air that life may finally be returning to some sense of normalcy after three national lockdowns and more than 127,000 lives lost to the coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged Brits to “behave responsibly” as restrictions lift across the four nations (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). According to Britain’s Beer and Pub Association, an estimated 15 million pints will be consumed in England this week — despite the low temperatures.

Source: England pubs reopen as lockdown eases but what about the snow – The Washington Post

More than 100 CEOs discuss ways to combat bills curbing voting access – Axios

Saturday’s call between company executives “shows they are not intimidated by the flack. They are not going to be cowed,” Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a Yale management professor and one of the call’s organizers, told the Post. “They felt very strongly that these voting restrictions are based on a flawed premise and are dangerous,” Sonnenfeld said. Sonnenfeld also noted that some of the companies on the call included representatives from Starbucks, Linkedin, Levi Strauss and Boston Consulting Group.

Source: More than 100 CEOs discuss ways to combat bills curbing voting access – Axios

« Só a floresta é um bem precioso »

«Only the forest is a precious asset»

Barbara Crane Navarro

Namowë com seu macaco Serowë, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela

«Mas os brancos são outras pessoas além de nós. Seu pensamento permanece constantemente ligado à sua mercadoria. Eles fazem isso implacavelmente e sempre querem novos produtos. Eles já estão constantemente se matando por dinheiro em suas cidades e lutando contra outras pessoas pelos minerais e petróleo que extraem do solo. Mas eles não parecem preocupados em nos matar com a fumaça epidêmica que escapa de todas essas coisas. Eles não pensam que estragam a terra e o céu e que nunca serão capazes de recriar novos. »

– Porta-voz Yanomami e xamã Davi Kopenawa

NÃO à destruição pelo Arco de Mineração Orinoco por Maduro das terras indígenas da Venezuela!

NÃO à abolição pelo Bolsonaro das proteções dos territórios indígenas no Brasil!

Veja: Surpresa do menino Yanomami na selva, filme de 38 segundos de Barbara Crane Navarro:

POR FAVOR, NÃO COMPRE NEM…

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I’m Addicted

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

When I was introduced to you, I really didn't back then knew. How insanely crazy I'd become, Without caring about anyone. It started small. Felt better than alcohol. Happiness in my veins. Life will never be the same. That same feeling, I began to crave. Knowing it was taking me to my grave. I could see myself falling. For a whiff, I'd come to you crawling. I began with such small doses. Yet quickly without any notice. You were flowing in my veins. Triggering dopamine in my brains. I went about my daily chores. At home and even outdoors. But every second I craved for you. Seeking you in every avenue. How did I lose myself? Fall to the floor from my bookshelf. I was so much more. Life left to explore. But now, all I do. Is wait for you. To inject and feel. Even joy in a meal…

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Daily morning cartoon / meme roundup: Right wing media / Fox News wants you to believe wealthy corporations / businesses are just hanging on and any tax increases will destroy them. That is clearly false. The tax breaks / give backs means we the lower income tax payer pay them, in more ways than we can imagine. Hugs – Scotties Toy Box

Source: Daily morning cartoon / meme roundup: Right wing media / Fox News wants you to believe wealthy corporations / businesses are just hanging on and any tax increases will destroy them. That is clearly false. The tax breaks / give backs means we the lower income tax payer pay them, in more ways than we can imagine. Hugs – Scotties Toy Box