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RIP – Covid-19: Over 160 doctors killed due to coronavirus in India | Hindustan Times

This was stated by Minister of State for Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey in the House in response to a question on the number of healthcare staff, including doctors, nurses and ASHA workers who have died due to Covid-19. Covid-19 has so far claimed the lives of 162 doctors, 107 nurses and 44 ASHA workers in the country, Rajya Sabha was told on Tuesday.

Source: Covid-19: Over 160 doctors killed due to coronavirus in India | Hindustan Times

The ageing of the guard in Putin’s Russia | The Interpreter

this time, Putin’s enemies are inside Russia’s gates and not just bashing against them. The biggest test yet of Putin’s monolithic authority is a mundane one: the disconnect between rhetoric and reality. Navalny’s YouTube exposé of an enormous palace on the Black Sea, which he alleged was built for Putin by corrupt oligarchs, has now been viewed by tens of millions of Russians. True or not, it seems to have convinced much of the population that the Russian rot starts at the very top.

Under Putin’s watch, Russia has also seriously bungled its response to Covid-19. Its much-hyped Sputnik V vaccine has been slow to roll out. In December, Russia revealed that it had undercounted deaths from the pandemic by two thirds, putting it behind only Brazil and the US among nations with the worst overall death toll.

Source: The ageing of the guard in Putin’s Russia | The Interpreter

COVID Gifts, Again

It never seems to end… If you have a genetic weakness, it can trigger it into action – sadly

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There are times when it gets weary to write about the coronavirus. The something new crops up that people need to know.

One of the great unknowns about COVID-19 is the long term effects, and whether these affects only apply to people with severe cases.

One of my family members had COVID-19 in January 2020. Roughly three weeks after the initial symptoms disappeared, her gall bladder suddenly became inflamed and had to be removed. The same thing happened to one of my insurance clients — infection, then gall bladder removal.

Articles started to appear in June 2020 about the impact of COVID-19 on the gastrointestinal tract, but none linked it to severe gall bladder inflammation.

The digestive system involves the gastrointestinal tract (GI) along with the liver, pancreas, and gall bladder which should be taken care of as COVID, apart from interrupting other body parts, affects the GI tract too…

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الحاجة والاختراع

حلم الدرويش

شعور الحاجة هو المُحفز الرئيسى للإنسان للفعل والعمل، كما لعبت الحاجة الدور الرئيسى فى عملية البحث والابتكار لدى الإنسان طوال التاريخ، وما تبع ذلك من ظهور الاختراعات طوال الوقت لسد حاجات الإنسان ومُتطلباته . ظهر المثل الإنجليزى القديم ” الحاجة أم الاختراع ” مؤيداً لهذه الفكرة ومُصدقاً عليها ، وهو يعنى أن الحاجة هى المُحرك الرئيسى والدافع الأكبر لأغلب الاختراعات الحديثة . سار الاختراع ملازماً لسد احتياجات الإنسان البدائى من مقومات الحياة الأساسية فى المأكل والشراب والسكن فصنع آلات الصيد وأوانى الطعام والمياه وسكن فى الكهوف ثم تعلم بناء المنازل واكتشف النار واخترع اللغة للتواصل مع الآخرين . بعد ذلك حاول الإنسان أن يرتقى أكثر فى سلم الحضارة فبحث عن التقدم والرفاهية وبدأ فى إشباع الحاجات العقلية فظهر العلم والثقافة وانتشرت بفضل اختراع الكتابة وبداية تدوين العلوم والفنون والتاريخ الإنسانى . كلما زاد التقدم العلمى والحضارى كلما زادت حاجات الإنسان وزادت كذلك الابتكارات والاختراعات لتلبية هذه الاحتياجات ، فالعقل البشرى…

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 El Arte del Greenwashing – “Lavado verde” por comerciantes de lujo y la muerte de la naturaleza y los pueblos indígenas … en sus propias palabras … – La gente de la mercancía de oro y diamantes – actualizado – The Art of Greenwashing – “Green Washing” by Luxury Traders and the Death of Nature and Indigenous Peoples… In Their Own Words… – The People of Gold and Diamond Merchandise – Updated| Barbara Crane Navarro

Source: El Arte del Greenwashing – “Lavado verde” por comerciantes de lujo y la muerte de la naturaleza y los pueblos indígenas … en sus propias palabras … – La gente de la mercancía de oro y diamantes – actualizado | Barbara Crane Navarro