Despite a stroke, #PA Senator John #Fetterman is thinking more clearly & logically than most. Thank you Sen. Fetterman for being a voice of reason & morality. 🙌
Shamefull & shocking he doesn’t have more company.
Posta. Signora anziana in evidente difficoltà si rivolge all'assistenza clienti. L'impiegata la invita a scaricare l'app di poste da google play.
"Eh, ma io non le capisco queste cose, non possiamo farlo da sportello?".
"No signora, deve scaricare l'app da google play e poi, se non riesce a usarla, torni qui".
Ma questi non dovrebbero offrire un servizio pubblico?
@LaVi
Il problema è l'appificazione dei servizi, soprattutto di quelli pubblici con ovvie conseguenze in termini di estrazione indiscriminata di dati in danno delle persone inconsapevoli (minimo). Mi sembra inconcepibile che i servizi dell'appIo non siano utilizzabili da browser accedendo con un normale computer ad esempio. Quando si tratta di privati può essere una scelta ma con la #PA non hai alternative e quindi costringere gli utenti ad usare uno smartphone è un abuso. @valhalla@lelevup
JN.1 and JN.1.4 stil dominate the leaderboard, but scientists are especially watching a groiup of new mutations including JN.1.18, JN.1.13, KP.2, JN.1.16, and KQ.1.: https://ibb.co/6RvHcZR
Some of these are moving FAST despite the already-very-fast mutations on the landscape.
Wastewater
We've reached a level of SARS2 material in wastewater low enough to match previous years (2020, 2021.): https://ibb.co/DMyG0k4
CDC
Quite a lot of counties with new hospital admits, especially the Western half of the State. The Southwest corner by Greene Co and from Centre on over to Erie Co and Jefferson are HIGH on the newest chart.: https://ibb.co/m6KYR0Z
The Inpatient Beds chart looks good except for some increases in Lawrence and around Cameron Cos.: https://ibb.co/SPm1wJt
The ICU bed chart looks very good! Most counties are having decreases! However some increases up by Pike Co and significant increases in Franklin and Fulton Cos.:https://ibb.co/sKdK54P
Research
Tuberculosis after recovering from COVID-19 is becoming more common.: https://ibb.co/ZxZ7kHY
Reactivation of underlying pathogens is NOT NEW. We know this factually from the chicken pox/shingles pathogen.
Also, measles is known to reset the ENTIRE immune system and bring protection from everything down to zero, potentially leaving reactivation of underlying pathogens, which is by levels of magnitude more complex than the physical disability it can cause and makes it imperative that you VACCINATE YOUR KIDS.: https://ibb.co/cbFXrRw
Again: NONE of this is brand new, and COVID19 along with other known pathogens, seems to potentially weaken the immune system enough to reactivate underlying pathogens.
Non-SARS2 Pathogens
COVID and RSV thankfully have been downgraded on WastewaterSCAN to "Medium" and "low" respectively.: https://ibb.co/k2SpgLR
However, quite a number of pathogens are still ranking in the HIGH level: FluA, FluB, Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) and the gastro pathogens Norovirus and Rotavirus are still out there.
HMPV often presents with a rash and is related to RSV:
The prevention for all these respiratory diseses is the same!
Be conscious of crowds.
Wear a mask in places with low air filtration.
Keep the air clean!
Stay home if you are sick!
For norovirus and rotavirus, it's important to wash hands with soap and warm water for 20sec.
:ms_arrow_right: DO NOT depend on gloves and hand sanitizer to control Norovirus, the particles are very resistant to alcohol.
H5N1
Nothing above here has scientists sitting up at attention right now except one thing: H5N1 bird flu.
H5N1 has jumped to dairy cattle (after infecting numerous other species such as seals, fox, deer, etc.), has been found in cattle in TX, KS, MI, NM, and now Idaho.: https://ibb.co/1JgGY2v
Before now, almost all transmission was bird-to-other-species. "Cow-to-cow transmission cannot be ruled out" and will be a disaster for the food supply if not controlled.: https://ibb.co/mDKVZ7R
There is resistance amongst dairy farmers in the US and in Europe to get their cattle tested.
The absolute worst case scenario is if it "makes the leap" to pigs. That means, if genetically it mutates (like COVID-19 is doing) to be able to:
---Infect pigs.
---Gain capability of pig-to-pig transmission.
The genetic "leap" from bird to mammals was very large, and will also be the "leap" from cattle to pig.....but the "leap" from pigs and ferrets to humans after that will be really, really small.
This would be the same route the Spanish Flu took 106 years ago: Birds -> pigs -> humans.
It is...really not a good time to consume unpasteurized, raw dairy products.
:ms_arrow_right: I'm spending a lot of words on this because so far, this thing has a 50% kill rate**. That is, 1 out of every 2 people who contract H5N1 will die.
I don't know what else to say. We MUST push for thorough farm testing, biosecurity, and intense transmission research.
Stay safe, I hope you had a GREAT holiday, and don't forget to use some form of source control in your daily adventures! 💐
45 years ago today, Unit 2 of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Harrisburg, PA suffered a partial meltdown.
12 days earlier the movie “The China Syndrome" had opened nationwide in the US. Many people, including reporters, flocked to the movie to wrap their heads around a nuclear meltdown.
Now, the movie is forgotten, but the cesium-137 released by the nuclear accident (along with other radionuclides) remains embedded in the ecosystem.
"The United States has called for a revitalized PA to administer postwar Gaza ahead of eventual statehood.
Israel has rejected that idea, saying it will maintain open-ended security control over Gaza and partner with Palestinians who are not affiliated with the PA or Hamas. It’s unclear who in Gaza would be willing to take on such a role."
Challenger to Summer Lee Bhavini Patel for #PA has been calling out Lee for months for her anti- Biden attacks Patel is a Democrat and stands with #PresidentBiden to advance his vision not uncommitted to help elect Trump. (Lee must go.)
An old wooden fence cuts across a field of wildflowers on top of Blue Knob Mountain, a part of the Laurel Highlands of the Appalachians, just as the sun begins to set on a glorious spring evening.
Aide au financement relatif aux soins prodigués à CÂLINE: chienne, croisée labrador-braque de 6 ans, elle est atteinte d'une DÉMODÉCIE sous sa forme générale. Sa propriétaire déjà endettée ne peut subvenir à ses besoins.
The Sweet Simple Things …My newest photo, taken on top of #BlueKnobMountain, #Claysburg, #Pa early last fall. As Laura Ingalls Wilder said, it is the sweet, simple things of life that are the real ones, after all.
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