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Trump pressures Georgia’s Raffensperger to overturn his defeat in extraordinary call – The Washington Post

President Trump urged fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat in an extraordinary one-hour phone call Saturday that election experts said raised legal questions.

The Washington Post obtained a recording of the conversation in which Trump alternately berated Raffensperger, tried to flatter him, begged him to act and threatened him with vague criminal consequences if the secretary of state refused to pursue his false claims, at one point warning that Raffensperger was taking “a big risk.”

Throughout the call, Raffensperger and his office’s general counsel rejected Trump’s assertions, explaining that the president is relying on debunked conspiracy theories and that President-elect Joe Biden’s 11,779-vote victory in Georgia was fair and accurate.

President Trump urged fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat in an extraordinary one-hour phone call Saturday that election experts said raised legal questions. The Washington Post obtained a recording of the conversation in which Trump alternately berated Raffensperger, tried to flatter him, begged him to act and threatened him with vague criminal consequences if the secretary of state refused to pursue his false claims, at one point warning that Raffensperger was taking “a big risk.” Throughout the call, Raffensperger and his office’s general counsel rejected Trump’s assertions, explaining that the president is relying on debunked conspiracy theories and that President-elect Joe Biden’s 11,779-vote victory in Georgia was fair and accurate.

Source: Trump pressures Georgia’s Raffensperger to overturn his defeat in extraordinary call – The Washington Post

Surgeon general defends official Covid-19 numbers – POLITICO

Adams said: “I don’t speak for the president. I speak for the office of the Surgeon General and the Public Health Service, and I’m focused on making sure people get the information they need and wash your hands and stay your distance and get the vaccine when it’s available.” He also said that the death toll is not the only indicator of how damaging the pandemic has been to the country.

Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” Dr. Anthony Fauci also said there was nothing fake about the death toll: “The deaths are real deaths. All you need to do is go out into the trenches. Go to the hospitals and see what the health care workers are dealing with.They are under very stressful situations in many areas of the country. The hospital beds are stretched, people are running out of beds, running out of trained personnel who are exhausted.”

Source: Surgeon general defends official Covid-19 numbers – POLITICO

Lebanon registers 2,870 coronavirus cases,10 deaths | News , Lebanon News | THE DAILY STAR

Lebanon registered 2,870 new coronavirus cases and 10 deaths in a 24-hour period Sunday, while calls for a full lockdown grew as the public health situation became more catastrophic in the face of a surge in cases.

Source: Lebanon registers 2,870 coronavirus cases,10 deaths | News , Lebanon News | THE DAILY STAR

Šipurak – Rosa canina

Rosehip is extremely rich in vitamins C and K, carotenoids, lycopene and B carotene, invert sugar and sucrose, pectins and tannins… Due to these ingredients, it is valuable in many ways. At the same time, it serves as a tonic, as a vitamin drink during colds and flu, as a mild diuretic, mild laxative and as a tea to enjoy. Jam and marmalade are traditionally prepared from rose hips.

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Šipurak je izuzetno bogat vitaminima C i K, karotenoidima, likopenom i B karotenom, invertnim šećerom i saharozom, pektinima i taninima… Zbog ovih sastojaka, višestruko je dragocjen. Istovremeno služi kao tonik, kao vitaminski napitak za vrijeme prehlada i gripa, kao blagi diuretik, blagi laksativ i kao čaj za uživanje. Džem i marmelada tradicionalno se pripremaju od šipurka.

Zbog bogatstva vitamina C, koji se kuvanjem ne gubi, čaj od crvenog ploda šipurka nezamjenjiv je u liječenju prehlada. Naročito je preporučljiv u otklanjanju umora, malaksalosti, malokrvnosti i svih tegoba koje nastaju zbog manjka vitamina C u organizmu. Poželjno je i da se uzima za pročišćavanje krvi. Povoljno djeluje i na organe za varenje, ali i na izlučivanje mokraće bez nadražaja bubrega. Čaj od šipurka preporučuje se i za sprječavanje stvaranja pijeska u bubrezima i mokraćnim kanalima. Koristi se kod upalnih procesa bubrega i mokraćnih puteva.

Čaj od šipurka odlično je sredstvo protiv dječjeg…

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Flattening the curve worked — until it didn’t – Dylan Scott Dec 31 2020 — Just Sayin’

The US started 2020 by “flattening the curve” — and never came up with a plan for what comes next. The White House is seen through pictures of people who died due to Covid-19 at a National Covid-19 Remembrance event in Washington, DC, on October 4. In the spring of 2020, as Covid-19 was beginning to take […]

Flattening the curve worked — until it didn’t – Dylan Scott Dec 31 2020 — Just Sayin’

But America failed to take advantage of that window to ramp up its virus testing and tracing capabilities, and states quickly faced intense pressure to relax their policies to alleviate the economic costs of the shutdowns. Reopening began earlier than public health experts believed it should. The political will to impose new lockdowns had evaporated by the time cases spiked again. 

At the end of 2020, with more than 20 million Covid-19 cases and nearly 350,000 deaths in the US, it is evident that trying to flatten the curve was not sufficient to end the pandemic. That doesn’t mean it failed entirely. Slowing the spread of Covid-19 was meant to buy time to figure out what came next. But the US never did. 

Un voyage vraiment magique – “La Magie de l’Amazonie Les aventures de Meromi, une fille Yanomami”

A truly magical journey – “The Magic of the Amazon The Adventures of Meromi, a Yanomami Girl”

Barbara Crane Navarro

illustration tirée de “La Magie de l’Amazonie Les aventures de Meromi, une fille Yanomami”

Le deuxième volume de la série Amazon Rainforest Magic raconte le voyage surprenant de Meromi, une fille Yanomami qui est entraînée dans une aventure inattendue dans les rivières et les jungles de l’Amazonie. C’est un voyage vraiment magique pour Meromi alors qu’elle en apprend davantage sur les voies de la jungle et sa place dans la communauté Yanomami.

La passion et le souci de Barbara Crane Navarro pour les Yanomami et la nature dont ils dépendent se manifestent clairement dans ses paroles et son art dans ces petits livres. Qui sur cette planète n’a aucun intérêt dans ce qui arrive à la forêt amazonienne?

Le partage de ces livres pour enfants garantit que les nouvelles générations prêteront attention à la fragilité de la vie dans la forêt tropicale et aux peuples autochtones qui tentent de maintenir…

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Why Covid Is Dangerous for People Who Don’t Require Hospitalization

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As stated numerous times, this is a new illness, and we are learning almost daily about how it works.

The latest findings are disturbing, but we don’t yet fully know what they mean.

The virus generates a somewhat accelerated and uncontrolled response from the body’s immune system. We know this massive response can impair lung function beyond the damage that the virus does directly. We also know that the virus can shift in some people from the lungs to the blood stream and either create spontaneous clots or attack organ tissue.

The medical term for the over-the-top immune response is “dysregulated.” Meaning that the response is suboptimal for the health of the patient.

What we know now from a newly released University of Alabama study is that this dysregulated response and exhaustion of immune cells can be more pronounced among those who don’t require hospitalization, and the effects on…

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