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Mask mandate in Kansas helped slow the spread of COVID-19, CDC research finds | TheHill

While the CDC had already known that masks help reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus strain that causes COVID-19, the agency reported Friday that the 24 Kansas counties that complied with the July 2 executive order from Gov. Laura Kelly (D) had a net 6 percent decrease in the 7-day average of daily reported coronavirus infections by Aug. 23.

Meanwhile, the 81 counties that opted out of the mandate experienced a net 100 percent increase in the weekly average of cases, according to the CDC.

Source: Mask mandate in Kansas helped slow the spread of COVID-19, CDC research finds | TheHill

County Reports Another Record-High Number of COVID-19 Cases | News | San Diego County News Center

After more than a week of increasing COVID-19 cases in the region, the County Health and Human Services Agency is reporting another record-high number of novel coronavirus infections today. The County confirmed 1,091 new cases, surpassing the previous record of 1,087 cases reported last Saturday.

County health officials are attributing the sharp increase in cases to a general fatigue of the pandemic and are urging San Diegans to avoid gatherings and take COVID-19 seriously.

Source: County Reports Another Record-High Number of COVID-19 Cases | News | San Diego County News Center

San Antonio Conjunto Star Fighting COVID-19 | TPR

Flaco Jiménez and Max Baca. At this writing, Baca’s been in the ICU for a grueling 10 days. He says when he was admitted, his blood oxygen level was critically low. Healthy lungs keep blood at about 95%.

Max Baca: “I got here and my oxygen level was 70%. And so now due to the breathing exercises that they have me do and then they have the therapy and treatments have been able to breath 95, maybe 97 on my own.”

Source: San Antonio Conjunto Star Fighting COVID-19 | TPR

Coronavirus infection rate hits unprecedented levels in California and officials worry how bad it will get – Los Angeles Times

A sign on a Muni bus in San Francisco advises that passengers are required to wear masks. For the seven-day period that ended Friday, an average of 10,981 people in California were reported to be infected daily — a number that has more than doubled in just the last two weeks. That is even worse than the peak in the summer, which until now had been California’s worst spike of COVID-19, according to a Times data analysis.

For the first time, California has recorded three days in the last week where more than 13,000 new infections a day have been recorded.

Source: Coronavirus infection rate hits unprecedented levels in California and officials worry how bad it will get – Los Angeles Times

Eleven years ago… and the statement is still the same – Nadia’s Jerusalem

Maybe we need to redefine what we really want . What is a state , What is independence, What is homeland, what is sovereignty , and then we can decide where we are heading .
It is such a dark tunnel that they got us all stuck in . we lost even the dream … we definitely lost any hope …
It is only dark … and darkness seems to be appalling maybe for an eternity ….  Source: Eleven years ago… and the statement is still the same – Nadia’s Jerusalem

Ne pijte antibiotike na svoju ruku

Do not take antibiotics on your own – (overuse of antibiotics is killing people – read on)

Myrela

Pronalazak antibiotika predstavlja jedan od najvećih uspjeha medicine u 20. vijeku. Međutim, zbog njihove prekomjerne i neopravdane upotrebe, postaju neefikasni u liječenju, jer bakterije brzo razviju otpornost na njih. Antibiotska rezistencija svake godine odnese 25 000 života u EU, a širom svijeta 700 000. Procjenjuje se da će do 2050. godine biti češći uzrok smrti nego kancer, osim ako se ne preduzmu neke drastične mjere. Antibiotska rezistencija je sposobnost bakterije da postane otporna na određeni antiobiotik.

Antibiotici mogu imati značajne interakcije sa drugim lijekovima, zbog čega ljudi treba da ne izlaze iz apoteke ukoliko imaju ijednu nedoumicu oko uzimanja svoje terapije. Otpornost na antibiotike rastući je i ozbiljan problem današnjice, koji možemo odgoditi ako se budemo ponašali odgovorno.

Kad su se pojavili natibiotici, bilo je potrebno mnogo godina da se pojavi prva na njih rezistentna bakterija. Kod novijih antibiotika to se dešava mnogo brže, upravo zbog neracionalnog korišćenja. Ne mogu…

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În tăcerea nopții

I am especially looking for three artists, one of whom is Pierre Soulages.

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Rodez, 2015

Urmăresc în mod special trei plasticieni, dintre care unul este Pierre Soulages.

Într-o vreme, îmi plăcea negrul și mă îmbrăcam aproape numai în negru.

Peste această obișnuință, s-a suprapus uimirea și frenezia de la retrospectiva Soulages din 2010. Acolo i-am descoperit principiile de dincolo de negru și am început să caut nuanțele negrului.

Iar atunci când am dorit să-mi explorez atracția, m-am dus la Rodez, orașul său natal unde, acum câtiva ani, i s-a dedicat un întreg muzeu.

Cele mai reprezentative opere ale sale, cum e și firesc, se află aici. Prin restul Europei, am văzut o excelentă selecție la Fondation Pierre Gianadda (Martigny), iar la Pompidou sunt expuse doar două-trei lucrări, și acelea cu gri și alb în compoziție.

Cele mai multe sunt ținute departe de ochii lumii, în colecții particulare.

Pierre Soulages se bucură de reputația de a fi cel mai cotat artist francez în viață.

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