France sends aid to Guadeloupe and Martinique, the islands struggling with COVID-19 surge | Euronews

France’s Dumont d’Urville navy ship arrived on the island on Wednesday to deliver more than 100 tonnes of medical oxygen. The island is not currently experiencing a shortage of oxygen, but requested additional supplies to prevent possible tensions, authorities said.

The ship is due to leave on Thursday to supply Guadeloupe.

The two islands also welcomed more than 100 healthcare workers from mainland France on Wednesday and more reinforcements are expected on Friday, the health ministry has said.

Medical evacuations are also expected to be stepped up. This is “more than necessary to relieve the services of the university hospital” in Guadeloupe, the head of the local ARS, Valérie Denux, told reporters.

According to her, the health ministry is currently finalising plans to transfer eleven patients in the coming days.

At the beginning of next week, “we will do another rotation and then we will accelerate the medical evacuations according to the needs because the wave is very strong and is catching up with us”, she added, anticipating several evacuations per week.

Source: France sends aid to Guadeloupe and Martinique, the islands struggling with COVID-19 surge | Euronews

Puerto Rico orders businesses to require proof of vaccination | TheHill

Under the new order, owners and managers must require proof of vaccination from workers at beauty salons, barber shops, nail salons, spas, gyms, day care centers, supermarkets, markets, casinos and gas station convenience stores.

Beauty salons, barber shops, nail salons, spas, gyms and casinos will also have to ask their customers for proof of vaccination — or reduce their occupancy by 50 percent.

Source: Puerto Rico orders businesses to require proof of vaccination | TheHill

B.C. man braves highway inferno to help evacuate family farm | CBC News

“One of the most extreme things I’ve seen — the flames burning the highway fences right there, 70 [or] 80-foot trees candling, entirely lit on fire. I could feel the heat overpowering me in the cabin of my truck… The flames were just so hot and everything was so engulfed. Source: B.C. man braves highway inferno to help evacuate family farm | CBC News

Texas says schools now must notify families of a positive COVID-19 cases | The Texas Tribune

Source: Texas says schools now must notify families of a positive COVID-19 cases | The Texas Tribune

Filosofa’s Snarky Snippets Once Again

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I’m still struggling to get back above the weather, but I’m determined to get this blog back on track!  Therefore tonight I have only 2 snippets – one short one and one slightly longer one.  And then, I tell you what … I’ll throw in a cartoon or two to leave you with a bit of political humour, if there can be said to still be such a thing.


Thumbs up to …

U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason who threw out the permits for a controversial oil project planned for Alaska’s North Slope.  The project was approved under the former administration, but was never popular with environmentalists or the Indigenous community.  Nonetheless, President Biden had allowed the project to continue despite objections from Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland.

Turns out that the environmental impact studies had been sub-par and incomplete, with one report saying that drilling for 160,000 barrels…

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Feast of Benjamin Tucker Tanner (December 20) — SUNDRY THOUGHTS

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

(I’ll be mostly offline for about a week, or so, but I thank Neatnik for this key person from Washington, DC history. -Shira)

Above:  Bishop Benjamin Tucker Tanner Image in the Public Domain +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ BENJAMIN TUCKER TANNER (DECEMBER 25, 1835-JANUARY 14, 1923) African Methodist Episcopal Bishop and Renewer of Society Bishop Benjamin Tucker Tanner comes to this, A Great Cloud of Witnesses:  An Ecumenical Calendar of Saints’ Days and Holy Days, via G. Scott Cady and Christopher L. […]

Feast of Benjamin Tucker Tanner (December 20) — SUNDRY THOUGHTS

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