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Avian Flu Diary: RECOVERY Convalescent Plasma Trial Closes Recruitment Of Hospitalized COVID Patients

While there are still hopes that the early administration of convalescent plasma in mildly ill patients might have some benefit (see NEJM Early High-Titer Plasma Therapy to Prevent Severe Covid-19 in Older Adults), the use of CP for severely ill patients has consistently underwhelmed.  Source: Avian Flu Diary: RECOVERY Convalescent Plasma Trial Closes Recruitment Of Hospitalized COVID Patients

Daily California COVID-19 death toll soars to new heights – Los Angeles Times

Over the last week, an average of 534 residents have died from COVID-19 every day, a rate that’s risen 84% from two weeks ago and is the highest ever seen in the pandemic.

On Thursday alone, local health jurisdictions in California reported 637 deaths — the third-highest single-day tally so far. The three highest one-day fatality totals have all been reported within the past week.

Source: Daily California COVID-19 death toll soars to new heights – Los Angeles Times

În căutarea timpului timid

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La capitolul orașe cu decor de film, vă recomand andaluzul Baeza, care s-a remarcat prin ambițiile sale încă de pe vremea când era capitala unei mici regiuni stăpânite de mauri. Acum este o localitate trufașă din Patrimoniul UNESCO, remarcabilă prin fidelitatea desăvârșită a renovărilor.

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Perioada sa de maximă strălucire a fost în secolele 16-17, la patru sute de ani după recucerirea spaniolă, când orașul devine un punct de atracție cultural pentru oamenii luminați ai acelor timpuri.

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Considerat o bijuterie a Renașterii, m-a fermecat nuanța galben-aurie a pietrei, stralucitoare in lumina soarelui. Era ca și cum vacanța îți urează bun-venit !

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Lumea, turiști și localnici, îi vezi cum se adună atrași de pitoreasca piață centrală, pe lângă fântâna cu lei, unde în Evul Mediu se aflau vechile abatoare.

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Universitatea internațională este, la origine, un palat. Fațada a incendiat spiritele la inaugurarea constructiei, pentru că înfățisează statui de femei nude…

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There are many barriers in our imagination!

My experience

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The outside world has boundaries, but not the inner. Logic takes us to a distance, but imaginations take us anywhere. Our dreams are able to breathe the truth only by holding the finger of our thinking. The horses of imagination run by everyone, but they are not able to run till late. There are speed breakers along the way.

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L’EXPOSITION EST PROLONGÉE « Pas de Cartier ! » – Les Yanomami et les arbres – Extraction d’or et articles de luxe en or / COVID-19 propagé par les mineurs d’or… maintenant jusqu’au 1er novembre 2021 — Barbara Crane Navarro | Barbara Crane Navarro – THE EXHIBITION IS EXTENDED “Pas de Cartier!” “- The Yanomami and the Trees – Gold mining and luxury gold items / COVID-19 spread by gold miners … now through November 1, 2021

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‘Let them Play’ rallies for prep athletes held across state, including one near St. John Bosco

Sorry – research shows that high school students just as likely to pass on disease with no symptoms as anyone one else. If you can test several times a week ok – otherwise to ensure their safety, your staff’s safety and their parents – no sports until everyone is vaccinated.

High school athletes want to compete, but state guidelines brought on by the long-running coronavirus pandemic have prevented them from doing that. As a result, “Let Them Play CA” rallies took place across the state at 4 p.m. Friday.

The goal is for the state to ease restrictions so high school sports can resume.

A list compiled of these parent-driven events showed rallies were scheduled at about 140 spots. Among them was one across the street from St. John Bosco High — home of the defending national football champion — as well as Alhambra High, the city of La Verne (San Dimas HS, Glendora HS, Claremont HS), Palos Verdes (Peninsula HS, Palos Verdes HS), schools belonging to Whittier Union High School District as well as Blair High in Pasadena. (One planned in Whittier fizzled out, with only three people attending).

  • Chris Serna, left, with his son, Daniel, 18, center, and teammate Noah Farmer, 17, from Santa Fe High School stand in the parking lot of the Whittier Union High School District office where a “Let Them Play” rally was supposed to take place on Friday Jan. 15, 2021. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)

  • St. John Bosco parents rally across the street from the school during football practice bringing attention to their plight for the kids to play games in Bellflower on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. The kids have been practicing and the parents want them to be able to play games. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

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  • Karl Lutke, a father of a St. John Bosco football player, stands across the street from the school during practice bringing attention to their plight for the kids to play games
    in Bellflower on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. Parents used to gather in the school parking lot during practice but due to pandemic they are socially distanced in the lot across the street. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

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Some prep sports at one point were to start in December with football beginning Jan. 8. That did not happen, no thanks to the rise in coronavirus numbers. The new earliest start date is Jan. 25, but there is no guarantee that’ll happen.

Parents are taking action. Karl Lutke, whose son Mark is an offensive lineman at St. John Bosco, organized that rally.

“The data is there,” he said. “Many states have played without incident. Let the coaches and administrators do what they need to do to make sure this is safe, right? No one’s asking, ‘Hey, parents need to be in the stands,’ or anything like that.”

Concern about the psyche of high school athletes is there.

“Really, it’s the health and welfare of our student-athletes. We were both at that age — would you want to be stuck?” Lutke asked a reporter during a telephone interview. “They’re not going to school on campus. You want to be stuck not being able to do what you love? It hurts.

“These kids, the competition and everything is important. But I think it’s also their welfare. Look at the studies that are showing depression, look at the meds that are being prescribed, look at the suicides. Look at these things that are keeping our kids locked up this; this doesn’t need to happen.”

St. John Bosco football coach Jason Negro supports these rallies.

“I think this parent-led movement is noble and shows how much passion parents have for their child’s mental and physical well-being,” he said. “Youth sports have been shut down since March and it’s apparent that parents are feeling fatigue and want some answers from the state.”

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Negro’s feelings as a father don’t change his thinking.

“Speaking as a parent of a senior and freshman of my own who participate in song at Edison High, I fully support this movement and back both my daughters’ request to be able to compete and enjoy their high school experience,” he said.

“It’s time to give the kids a chance. The state has yet to do that.”

Peninsula football coach David Young did not attend the rally in Palos Verdes, but he said he understands the difficulty of the situation.

“It has been a big challenge, but I have to give my athletes credit because they keep coming back every day,” he said. “I haven’t made any promises, but they’re coming back because if there is something (a season), they know they have to be prepared. Hopefully, we will be able to compete a little.”

Negro provided California high school football workout COVID data compiled by the Golden State HS Football Coaches Community. Its data shows that of the 19,630 athletes checked, there were 522 reports of positive COVID-19 tests — less than 3%. Of those, only nine were attributed to on-campus workouts, which by and large have been mostly noncontact.

Of 2,897 coaches checked, there were 187 reports of COVID-19, but only two positive cases came from on-campus workouts, according to the data.

Long Beach Poly senior quarterback Shea Kuykendall, who said he would attend a rally at either St. John Bosco or in Palos Verdes, shared his thoughts on this movement.

“I am so thankful coaches and families care enough about us to hold rallies that support every kid and every school,” he said. “I pray our governor will help us find a way to play. A great deal of other states have played safely and I believe we can as well.

“Thousands of high school football games have been played with very few cases of COVID. The pandemic has been horrible for all ages. That will never be forgotten. Many of us are hurting and depressed and need the outlet of sports. For some it is their opportunity to a better life away from poverty and the dangers of the streets. From all I have read outdoors is where we are safest. I pray our leaders will listen.”

Lutke said he was going to take an extra 100 masks to the St. John Bosco rally and make sure everyone there wore one, and kept socially distanced.

Staff Writer Damian Calhoun contributed to this story. 

France Orders 15-Day Curfew & Strongly Discourages Travel Abroad Over COVID Variant Concerns

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France has joined the ranks of the UK, Japan, Denmark, New Zealand, Australia, and a growing list of other nations in taking steps to prevent – or at least reduce – the introduction of the new COVID variants springing up around the globe. 

In a press conference yesterday, the Prime Minister of France announced a curfew lasting at least 15 days would go into effect on Saturday in order to curb the spread of the virus, along with new travel requirements and restrictions. 

On January 14, 2021, the Prime Minister announced the advancement of the curfew from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. throughout the metropolitan territory from Saturday January 16, 2021 for a minimum duration of 15 days.

 

The objective of the curfew is to limit gatherings during which barrier measures are less well applied and where the virus circulates quickly while limiting the impact on the economy already strained by the epidemic.

 

Outings and trips without a derogatory certificate are therefore prohibited from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. throughout mainland France, under penalty of a fine of € 135 and up to € 3,750 in the event of a repeat offense.

 

In addition, given the risk of the spread of variant strains of COVID-19, the cross-border flow will be reduced. From Monday, January 18, 2021, travelers coming from a country outside the European Union will have to present a negative PCR test to enter the national territory and undertake on their honor to respect a septaine.

 

In the rare countries where it is not possible to carry out a PCR test, an arrival screening system will be set up with a compulsory septage in a place of accommodation validated by the public authorities.

In addition, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères) posted the following announcement regarding travel abroad.

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Strict travel restrictions are needed to slow the progression of the epidemic around the world, due to the very active circulation of the COVID-19 virus and its variants (the figures for the pandemic can be viewed on the website of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control ). Therefore, any international travel – from abroad to France and from France to abroad – is totally and strictly discouraged until further notice. When a displacement for compelling reasons is nevertheless necessary, it is necessary to respect the restrictive measures put in place on entry into French territory with the objective of limiting the spread of the virus (see below).

Given the unpredictability and the rapid evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the measures taken by States all over the world, with a very short deadline, to limit the movement of travelers, the color of the cards travel advice does not currently take this epidemic risk into account, on an exceptional basis. Regularly updated information on the evolution of the pandemic is however available in the “last minute” section of travel advice, on the website of the Ministry of Solidarity and Health and on the website of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control. . It is also recommended to consult the map drawn up by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.

Other than increased transmissibility (which is bad enough), the threat from these variants remain largely unquantified, but nations already struggling with the old virus have little appetite for any more surprises. 

So, until we know more about the threat, the global trend appears headed towards more lockdowns and restrictions, not less.