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Organic meat production just as bad for climate, study finds | Environment | The Guardian

Analysis also found the lowest impact meat was still far more damaging than the worst plant foods

Source: Organic meat production just as bad for climate, study finds | Environment | The Guardian

More Than 2,900 Health Care Workers Died This Year — And the Government Barely Kept Track | Kaiser Health News

More than 2,900 U.S. health care workers have died in the COVID-19 pandemic since March, a far higher number than that reported by the government

Source: More Than 2,900 Health Care Workers Died This Year — And the Government Barely Kept Track | Kaiser Health News

Passenger Who Had Medical Emergency on Flight Died of Covid-19, Coroner Says – The New York Times

A coroner in Louisiana confirmed on Tuesday what some had feared: that the death last week of a 69-year-old man who experienced a medical emergency aboard a United Airlines flight bound for Los Angeles had been caused by Covid-19.

The coroner’s office in Jefferson Parish identified the passenger as Isais Hernandez, 69, of Los Angeles, who was on United Flight 591 when it took off from Orlando, Fla., on Dec. 14.

The episode prompted alarm after social media reports at the time indicated that the man’s wife had told emergency medical workers that her husband had tested positive for the coronavirus.

At the time, United and medical professionals said they had not known that Mr. Hernandez had Covid-19. The airline did say that the man’s wife had been overheard telling an emergency worker that her husband had symptoms of Covid-19, including loss of taste and smell.

San Antonio officials issue stern pre-holiday warning as city reports new record in COVID-19 cases | The Daily

“Nearly one out of ever four San Antonians in the hospital is sick with COVID-19, and we’ve lost 11 more neighbors,” the mayor said. “We can’t continue with this this trend. Just like with Thanksgiving, nobody’s cancelling Christmas or New Year’s Eve, but we have to adjust our annual traditions to ensure we protect ourselves, our loved ones and our neighbors.” Source: San Antonio officials issue stern pre-holiday warning as city reports new record in COVID-19 cases | The Daily

Jamaica’s Christmas Slave Uprising (1831)- OZY | A Modern Media Company

Sharpe may not have achieved the nonviolent victory he hoped for, but within 18 months of that first signal fire in Jamaica, Parliament passed the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833, effectively abolishing slavery throughout the British Empire. Three decades later, slavery would also be abolished in the United States, but at a far bloodier price. Like Gandhi after him, Sharpe had taken on the most powerful empire in the world, and achieved an astonishing capitulation.

Vilified by authorities for decades, the “Right Honorable” Samuel Sharpe is now a member of Jamaica’s Order of National Hero and his visage appears on the 50-dollar bill. “His face is on Jamaican currency,” as Zoellner puts it, “but he is a hero for the world.”

Source: Jamaica’s Christmas Slave Uprising – OZY | A Modern Media Company

COVID-19 deaths overwhelm rural Pa.: “I never even imagined that we would get bombarded.”

As the first wave of coronavirus cases ravaged urban hubs like Philadelphia and New York City in the spring, rural Pennsylvania hospitals planned and waited. But many residents bristled at COVID-19 restrictions, not yet seeing the devastation firsthand. Mask wearing was often seen as political, and the mitigation efforts frivolous in towns largely untouched by the virus.

But now, it has arrived.

Source: COVID-19 deaths overwhelm rural Pa.: “I never even imagined that we would get bombarded.”

Strawberry Fields Forever

Unlocking The Hidden Me

“The big tree vanished, there was no more darkness, no little being but a river flowing by, a beautiful daylight and an angelic beauty with wings standing beside me.”

It was 12:30 A.M. and I was watching a movie when I started to doze off, so I shut down my laptop and went to sleep. I yearn for a sound sleep and that day I thought I might get one as I was very tired.

I switched off the lights of my room and lay down. I started thinking what all I have to do this weekend and stuff like that when suddenly I heard this buzzing sound like that of a mosquito. I opened my eyes and tried to ward it off. But again after a while I heard it right on my ears and this time I can feel the air moving and stood up. I looked around…

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