Memo to Sen. Lisa Murkowski asking her to oppose Judge Kavanaugh's nomination on institutional grounds, hand-delivered to her DC office on October 4, 2018, by the author.
January Ramblings 12, UK Today in Coronavirus, Dutch Government Collapse and ...Charlie
I go over a number of news stories that interest me from the just-gone weekend and also some from today. This one includes UK coronavirus news, the Dutch Government collapse and the outcome of the Uganda election.
Many rulers in the world regard the fight against Coronavirus as a war against an invisible enemy. The indispensable condition for a nation to win the war is to be united against the common enemy, the Corinavirus. In Brazil, this condition is not respected because whoever should lead the fight against Coronavirus, the President of the Republic, Jair Bolsonaro, is opposing it by systematically disrespecting all restrictive measures on the gathering of people under the pretext that it is necessary to save, also, the Brazilian economy from debacle. In his action to compromise the fight against Coronavirus, Bolsonaro says that people must go back to work because Chloroquine cures the disease that is not proven by the WHO - World Health Organization and by scientists around the world. The fact that Bolsonaro assumes this attitude is encouraging a large number of people to leave the isolation in which they find themselves and return to the street as is already happening in several cities in Brazil.
A Quick look into some US State Coronavirus Responses and NumbersCharlie
I look into some of the numbers and responses of some US States to the coronavirus pandemic and highlight some of the differences from one state to another and how the federal government cannot be entirely blamed.
Memo to Sen. Lisa Murkowski asking her to oppose Judge Kavanaugh's nomination on institutional grounds, hand-delivered to her DC office on October 4, 2018, by the author.
January Ramblings 12, UK Today in Coronavirus, Dutch Government Collapse and ...Charlie
I go over a number of news stories that interest me from the just-gone weekend and also some from today. This one includes UK coronavirus news, the Dutch Government collapse and the outcome of the Uganda election.
Many rulers in the world regard the fight against Coronavirus as a war against an invisible enemy. The indispensable condition for a nation to win the war is to be united against the common enemy, the Corinavirus. In Brazil, this condition is not respected because whoever should lead the fight against Coronavirus, the President of the Republic, Jair Bolsonaro, is opposing it by systematically disrespecting all restrictive measures on the gathering of people under the pretext that it is necessary to save, also, the Brazilian economy from debacle. In his action to compromise the fight against Coronavirus, Bolsonaro says that people must go back to work because Chloroquine cures the disease that is not proven by the WHO - World Health Organization and by scientists around the world. The fact that Bolsonaro assumes this attitude is encouraging a large number of people to leave the isolation in which they find themselves and return to the street as is already happening in several cities in Brazil.
A Quick look into some US State Coronavirus Responses and NumbersCharlie
I look into some of the numbers and responses of some US States to the coronavirus pandemic and highlight some of the differences from one state to another and how the federal government cannot be entirely blamed.
In early 2020, when the novel coronavirus began to spread around the world, it became increasingly clear that the most effective way to combat the raging pandemic would be for the majority of the population to develop immunity — whether through natural infection or vaccination. After months of tireless effort, now that the vaccine has become a reality, we still find people hesitant to vaccinate.
n early 2020, when the novel coronavirus began to spread around the world, it became increasingly clear that the most effective way to combat the raging pandemic would be for the majority of the population to develop immunity — whether through natural infection or vaccination.
Th e use of HMG Co-A reductase inhibitors, colloquially known
as statins, represent one of the most prescribed class of medications in history, exceeding 200 million prescriptions per year in the U.S. alone [1]. Th e confounding variable of adult onset diabetes (T2D) has added hundreds of millions of additional prescriptions to what are already prescribed in a battle surrounding the inflammatory diseases plaguing modern civilization - diabetes, coronary artery disease and obesity. Coupled with more than 10 million diagnostic studies done per year looking for heart disease and the misrepresentation of how those drugs work and you have a milieu for over prescription fueled by Big Pharma.
Dr. Lyons-Weiler provide the evidence that CDC had access to a test that was validated and refused it, failed to test their own test, shipped a flawed test, and that leadership in CDC lied to HHS Director Azar and thereby the POTUS. See presentation here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRgfDd9jkZY
To Prepare· Review the Congress website provided in the ResourcTakishaPeck109
To Prepare:
· Review the Congress website provided in the Resources and identify one recent (within the past 5 years) proposed health policy.
· Review the health policy you identified and reflect on the background and development of this health policy.
Post a description of the health policy you selected and a brief background for the problem or issue being addressed. Explain whether you believe there is an evidence base to support the proposed policy and explain why. Be specific and provide examples.
APA format and 3 references
Then respond to a peer with 2 references
Peer 1
The healthcare policy I chose is S. 3098, S.3098 -is the Preventive Care Awareness Act of 2021.
S. 3098 will provide national public health information and focus on people in a lower income bracket who have forgone services during the COVID-19 pandemic. This bill would also create a task force to promote preventative care and development programs in rural and underserved populations. Its primary focus is teaching low-income Americans the benefits of preventive healthcare. This bill is in committee and has bipartisan support (Bell et al., 2017).
Reading this proposed bill, I asked myself whether it is lower-income Americans who have forgone preventative treatment during COVID or Americans in general. Preventive screenings have long been advocated as one of the most valuable ways to facilitate early diagnosis and treatment of disease. Cancer screenings have helped lower the US cervical cancer death rate by 50% in the last three decades (2022).
According to the American Medical Association, more than 40% of Americans surveyed stopped preventative medical care as covid-19 began (Timothy M. Smith, Senior News Writer, 2020). This number included Americans of all economic levels. I believe no proof was found that only lower-income Americans skipped screenings during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the Joint Commission, patients with lower health literacy did not see the importance of preventative care during COVID-19 (The Joint Commission, 2022). I believe there is evidence-based support for increasing education for all Americans regarding the importance of preventive health screenings, And indeed more teaching to Americans with a lower understanding of their health. This bill was given only a 3% chance of passing into law. I believe that is partly because it only attempts to reach lower-income populations and not all Americans.
50 words minimum each response
R1
I had a hard time with this question. I'd like to believe that all, if not most, health care providers have very high empathy, which would cause them to be sensitive toward patients. However, many different people with different personalities become health providers, and laws and regulations provide boundaries for most people. I believe if left alone, healthcare professionals and other professionals would choose what is most convenient for them and not what is best for the patie ...
Mundo Offshore - Coronavirus update - Luigi Wewege article (English)Luigi Wewege
The world is already facing financial, social and personal security issues on an ever increasing scale. The Coronavirus is yet another challenge in this plethora of attacks on personal and financial freedom, so the experts of Mundo Offshore have decided to prepare a report. This report is intended to give advice so you can prepare yourself for the upcoming challenges that you will have to face both in a financial and a personal sense.
washingtonpost.com
> Health
Correction to This Article
Previous versions of this article misspelled the name of Tito Fojo, of the National Cancer Institute. This version has been corrected.
Review of prostate cancer drug Provenge renews medical cost-benefit debate
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By Rob Stein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, November 8, 2010; 7:52 AM
Federal officials are conducting an unusual review to determine whether the government should pay for an expensive new vaccine for treating prostate cancer, rekindling debate over whether some therapies are too costly.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which dictate what treatments the massive federal health-insurance program for the elderly will cover, is running a "national coverage analysis" of Provenge, the first vaccine approved for treating any cancer. The treatment costs $93,000 a patient and has been shown to extend patients' lives by about four months.
Although Medicare is not supposed to take cost into consideration when making such rulings, the decision to launch a formal examination has raised concerns among cancer experts, drug companies, lawmakers, prostate cancer patients and advocacy groups.
Provenge, which was approved for advanced prostate cancer in April, is the latest in a series of new high-priced cancer treatments that appear to eke out only a few more months of life, prompting alarm about their cost.
"This absolutely is the opening salvo in the drive to save money in the health-care system," said Skip Lockwood, who heads Zero - the Project to End Prostate Cancer, a Washington-based lobbying group. "If the cost wasn't a consideration, this wouldn't even be under discussion."
Those concerns have been heightened because the review comes after the bitter health-care reform debate, which was marked by accusations about rationing and "death panels." The appointment of Donald M. Berwick to head Medicare only intensified anxieties. President Obama sidestepped a Senate battle by naming Berwick, who has advocated for scrutinizing costs, when Congress was in recess in July.
Because men tend to be elderly when they get diagnoses of advanced prostate cancer, Medicare's decision will have a major effect on Provenge's availability. Regional Medicare providers paying for Provenge would have to stop. Private insurers also tend to follow Medicare's lead.
Medicare officials, who are convening a panel of outside advisers to vet the issue at a public hearing Nov. 17, say Provenge's price tag isn't an issue. But Berwick and other officials declined to discuss the rationale for the review.
"Certainly no one in the Medicare program would publicly state that the price tag would have anything to do with Medicare looking at it. But they are human beings, too. They notice things like that," said Sean Tunis, director of the Center for Medical Technology Policy and a former chief medical officer at Medicare. ...
Exposing the myth of vaccination essential information you need to know to be...db61
The evidence based science of why vaccines are not safe, why vaccines do not protect us as touted and why vaccines are not the reason for the decrease and elimination of disease. How to strengthen your immune system naturally, breast health-mammograms versus thermography, safe natural cancer cures the FDA is suppressing, amalgam fillings, flouride in the water, pesticides and neurotoxins in our food, GMO's, recommended websites, documentaries and books for further research, High dose liposomal C and Lipospheric C therapy. All work is properly cited and referenced from the FDA, CDC, Pink Book of the CDC, NIH, WHO, PubMed, prestigious journals, top experts in their field, vaccine inserts, material safety data sheet and governments from around the world.
1. MUST WATCH! FREE FOR A SHORT TIME ON YOU TUBE. Full Documentary "Silent Epidemic: The Untold Story Of Vaccines" - slide 143 of Power Point.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1m3TjokVU4 108 minutes
Opening night of "Silent Epidemic: The Untold Story of Vaccines" on opening night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjYaEeMgXZk 34 minute trailer
See all of Gary Nulls Documentaries on Natural Health and Healing -http://www.gnhealthyliving.com/Scripts/pfprod-dvdscds.asp
ORDER YOUR Silent Epidemic: The Untold Story Of Vaccines DVD - http://www.gnhealthylivHng.com/Scripts/pfprodview.asp?idproduct=1222
2. MUST WATCH! How Vaccines Harm Child Brain Development - Dr Russell Blaylock MD. (Neurosurgeon)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QBcMYqlaDs#t=417 88 minutes
3. MUST WATCH! How the studies that doctors site as evidence are skewed (lied about) in the pharmaceuticals favor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-3yrrgkcLY&feature=youtu.be 8 minutes
I go into 3 other ways that the pharmaceuticals twist and distort the truth.
Should individual rights (e.g., parents’ right to decide whether to .docxmanningchassidy
Should individual rights (e.g., parents’ right to decide whether to vaccinate their children) be compromised to control the spread of communicable diseases for the good of society?
discussion. The childcare facility requirements/guidelines are every child must be vaccinated to attend this specific school. He was told a few schools in the community excepted exemptions for vaccinations, however not this school.
The definition of va
ccination is
to administer a injection to help the immune system develop protection from disease (Wikipedia, 2021). Vaccines contain a virus in a weakened, live, or killed state or proteins or toxins from the organism. Vaccines help prevent sickness from infectious disease by stimulating the body's adaptive immunity. When a large percentage of a population is vaccinated, herd immunity results. Herd immunity protects those who may be immunocompromised and cannot get a vaccine because even a weakened version would harm them (Wikipedia, 2021). The vaccination policy in the United States is a subgroup of the U. S. health policy that deals with immunization against infectious disease.
I feel the individual rights of the parents who made a conscious decision not to vaccinate their child should not be persecuted. The parents' decision should be respected, but when the decision to not vaccinate their child may negatively affect the lives of others, the parents should be held accountable legally and financially. A population that is appropriately vaccinated against highly infectious diseases is a common good to its members' very society. Is it ethical to subject my child to the risk associated with receiving vaccines, and another parent is hesitant or refuses to have their child vaccinated? Is it right for that child to reap the benefits of herd immunity? The "herd immunity" or "community immunity" is fragile for measles. It does not take many unvaccinated individuals to approach the tipping point at which vaccine coverage levels are low, resulting in increased preventable infection levels (Hendrix et al., 2016). Many parents choose not to vaccinate their children, which is globally causing a resurgence in vaccine-preventable diseases. Parents are hesitant to vaccinate because religious beliefs are usually linked to the refusal of all vaccines or personal beliefs. Some parents believe natural immunity is better and more effective than immunity acquired from vaccinations. Safety concerns are the most significant reason parents are hesitant and refusing to vaccinate their children, especially with the known link between vaccines and autism. The desire for additional information causes hesitancy and refusal because parents feel more in-depth information about the vaccines should be accessible to review, enabling them to make better-informed decisions (Akoum, 2019).
In the United States, many safety precautions are required by law to help ensure that the vaccines we receive are reliable and safe. CO ...
It's something that prompted even the CDC, at the height of the first wave, to advise older folks with chronic conditions to "stay at home as much as possible".
It seems as though millions of Americans with diabetes, heart disease or any other chronic health problems are now between a rock and a hard place. It's a deadly dilemma: If you're not feeling well, you need immediate medical help, or risk getting sicker. But if you do go to the hospital, you face the risk of getting Covid-19 from another patient who doesn't even know they have it... or worse, from the very doctor or nurse who is supposed to take care of you.
If this scenario frightens you sounds like you, don't worry - you're no coward. It just means you're smart enough to understand the risks. And these risks are real:
The Problem with School Uniforms and the Possible FixesCharlie
I talk about how school uniforms can be disruptive for autistic people and people with learning disabilities and look into what can be done to improve the situation.
In early 2020, when the novel coronavirus began to spread around the world, it became increasingly clear that the most effective way to combat the raging pandemic would be for the majority of the population to develop immunity — whether through natural infection or vaccination. After months of tireless effort, now that the vaccine has become a reality, we still find people hesitant to vaccinate.
n early 2020, when the novel coronavirus began to spread around the world, it became increasingly clear that the most effective way to combat the raging pandemic would be for the majority of the population to develop immunity — whether through natural infection or vaccination.
Th e use of HMG Co-A reductase inhibitors, colloquially known
as statins, represent one of the most prescribed class of medications in history, exceeding 200 million prescriptions per year in the U.S. alone [1]. Th e confounding variable of adult onset diabetes (T2D) has added hundreds of millions of additional prescriptions to what are already prescribed in a battle surrounding the inflammatory diseases plaguing modern civilization - diabetes, coronary artery disease and obesity. Coupled with more than 10 million diagnostic studies done per year looking for heart disease and the misrepresentation of how those drugs work and you have a milieu for over prescription fueled by Big Pharma.
Dr. Lyons-Weiler provide the evidence that CDC had access to a test that was validated and refused it, failed to test their own test, shipped a flawed test, and that leadership in CDC lied to HHS Director Azar and thereby the POTUS. See presentation here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRgfDd9jkZY
To Prepare· Review the Congress website provided in the ResourcTakishaPeck109
To Prepare:
· Review the Congress website provided in the Resources and identify one recent (within the past 5 years) proposed health policy.
· Review the health policy you identified and reflect on the background and development of this health policy.
Post a description of the health policy you selected and a brief background for the problem or issue being addressed. Explain whether you believe there is an evidence base to support the proposed policy and explain why. Be specific and provide examples.
APA format and 3 references
Then respond to a peer with 2 references
Peer 1
The healthcare policy I chose is S. 3098, S.3098 -is the Preventive Care Awareness Act of 2021.
S. 3098 will provide national public health information and focus on people in a lower income bracket who have forgone services during the COVID-19 pandemic. This bill would also create a task force to promote preventative care and development programs in rural and underserved populations. Its primary focus is teaching low-income Americans the benefits of preventive healthcare. This bill is in committee and has bipartisan support (Bell et al., 2017).
Reading this proposed bill, I asked myself whether it is lower-income Americans who have forgone preventative treatment during COVID or Americans in general. Preventive screenings have long been advocated as one of the most valuable ways to facilitate early diagnosis and treatment of disease. Cancer screenings have helped lower the US cervical cancer death rate by 50% in the last three decades (2022).
According to the American Medical Association, more than 40% of Americans surveyed stopped preventative medical care as covid-19 began (Timothy M. Smith, Senior News Writer, 2020). This number included Americans of all economic levels. I believe no proof was found that only lower-income Americans skipped screenings during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the Joint Commission, patients with lower health literacy did not see the importance of preventative care during COVID-19 (The Joint Commission, 2022). I believe there is evidence-based support for increasing education for all Americans regarding the importance of preventive health screenings, And indeed more teaching to Americans with a lower understanding of their health. This bill was given only a 3% chance of passing into law. I believe that is partly because it only attempts to reach lower-income populations and not all Americans.
50 words minimum each response
R1
I had a hard time with this question. I'd like to believe that all, if not most, health care providers have very high empathy, which would cause them to be sensitive toward patients. However, many different people with different personalities become health providers, and laws and regulations provide boundaries for most people. I believe if left alone, healthcare professionals and other professionals would choose what is most convenient for them and not what is best for the patie ...
Mundo Offshore - Coronavirus update - Luigi Wewege article (English)Luigi Wewege
The world is already facing financial, social and personal security issues on an ever increasing scale. The Coronavirus is yet another challenge in this plethora of attacks on personal and financial freedom, so the experts of Mundo Offshore have decided to prepare a report. This report is intended to give advice so you can prepare yourself for the upcoming challenges that you will have to face both in a financial and a personal sense.
washingtonpost.com
> Health
Correction to This Article
Previous versions of this article misspelled the name of Tito Fojo, of the National Cancer Institute. This version has been corrected.
Review of prostate cancer drug Provenge renews medical cost-benefit debate
TOOLBOX
Resize
PrintE-mailReprints
By Rob Stein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, November 8, 2010; 7:52 AM
Federal officials are conducting an unusual review to determine whether the government should pay for an expensive new vaccine for treating prostate cancer, rekindling debate over whether some therapies are too costly.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which dictate what treatments the massive federal health-insurance program for the elderly will cover, is running a "national coverage analysis" of Provenge, the first vaccine approved for treating any cancer. The treatment costs $93,000 a patient and has been shown to extend patients' lives by about four months.
Although Medicare is not supposed to take cost into consideration when making such rulings, the decision to launch a formal examination has raised concerns among cancer experts, drug companies, lawmakers, prostate cancer patients and advocacy groups.
Provenge, which was approved for advanced prostate cancer in April, is the latest in a series of new high-priced cancer treatments that appear to eke out only a few more months of life, prompting alarm about their cost.
"This absolutely is the opening salvo in the drive to save money in the health-care system," said Skip Lockwood, who heads Zero - the Project to End Prostate Cancer, a Washington-based lobbying group. "If the cost wasn't a consideration, this wouldn't even be under discussion."
Those concerns have been heightened because the review comes after the bitter health-care reform debate, which was marked by accusations about rationing and "death panels." The appointment of Donald M. Berwick to head Medicare only intensified anxieties. President Obama sidestepped a Senate battle by naming Berwick, who has advocated for scrutinizing costs, when Congress was in recess in July.
Because men tend to be elderly when they get diagnoses of advanced prostate cancer, Medicare's decision will have a major effect on Provenge's availability. Regional Medicare providers paying for Provenge would have to stop. Private insurers also tend to follow Medicare's lead.
Medicare officials, who are convening a panel of outside advisers to vet the issue at a public hearing Nov. 17, say Provenge's price tag isn't an issue. But Berwick and other officials declined to discuss the rationale for the review.
"Certainly no one in the Medicare program would publicly state that the price tag would have anything to do with Medicare looking at it. But they are human beings, too. They notice things like that," said Sean Tunis, director of the Center for Medical Technology Policy and a former chief medical officer at Medicare. ...
Exposing the myth of vaccination essential information you need to know to be...db61
The evidence based science of why vaccines are not safe, why vaccines do not protect us as touted and why vaccines are not the reason for the decrease and elimination of disease. How to strengthen your immune system naturally, breast health-mammograms versus thermography, safe natural cancer cures the FDA is suppressing, amalgam fillings, flouride in the water, pesticides and neurotoxins in our food, GMO's, recommended websites, documentaries and books for further research, High dose liposomal C and Lipospheric C therapy. All work is properly cited and referenced from the FDA, CDC, Pink Book of the CDC, NIH, WHO, PubMed, prestigious journals, top experts in their field, vaccine inserts, material safety data sheet and governments from around the world.
1. MUST WATCH! FREE FOR A SHORT TIME ON YOU TUBE. Full Documentary "Silent Epidemic: The Untold Story Of Vaccines" - slide 143 of Power Point.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1m3TjokVU4 108 minutes
Opening night of "Silent Epidemic: The Untold Story of Vaccines" on opening night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjYaEeMgXZk 34 minute trailer
See all of Gary Nulls Documentaries on Natural Health and Healing -http://www.gnhealthyliving.com/Scripts/pfprod-dvdscds.asp
ORDER YOUR Silent Epidemic: The Untold Story Of Vaccines DVD - http://www.gnhealthylivHng.com/Scripts/pfprodview.asp?idproduct=1222
2. MUST WATCH! How Vaccines Harm Child Brain Development - Dr Russell Blaylock MD. (Neurosurgeon)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QBcMYqlaDs#t=417 88 minutes
3. MUST WATCH! How the studies that doctors site as evidence are skewed (lied about) in the pharmaceuticals favor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-3yrrgkcLY&feature=youtu.be 8 minutes
I go into 3 other ways that the pharmaceuticals twist and distort the truth.
Should individual rights (e.g., parents’ right to decide whether to .docxmanningchassidy
Should individual rights (e.g., parents’ right to decide whether to vaccinate their children) be compromised to control the spread of communicable diseases for the good of society?
discussion. The childcare facility requirements/guidelines are every child must be vaccinated to attend this specific school. He was told a few schools in the community excepted exemptions for vaccinations, however not this school.
The definition of va
ccination is
to administer a injection to help the immune system develop protection from disease (Wikipedia, 2021). Vaccines contain a virus in a weakened, live, or killed state or proteins or toxins from the organism. Vaccines help prevent sickness from infectious disease by stimulating the body's adaptive immunity. When a large percentage of a population is vaccinated, herd immunity results. Herd immunity protects those who may be immunocompromised and cannot get a vaccine because even a weakened version would harm them (Wikipedia, 2021). The vaccination policy in the United States is a subgroup of the U. S. health policy that deals with immunization against infectious disease.
I feel the individual rights of the parents who made a conscious decision not to vaccinate their child should not be persecuted. The parents' decision should be respected, but when the decision to not vaccinate their child may negatively affect the lives of others, the parents should be held accountable legally and financially. A population that is appropriately vaccinated against highly infectious diseases is a common good to its members' very society. Is it ethical to subject my child to the risk associated with receiving vaccines, and another parent is hesitant or refuses to have their child vaccinated? Is it right for that child to reap the benefits of herd immunity? The "herd immunity" or "community immunity" is fragile for measles. It does not take many unvaccinated individuals to approach the tipping point at which vaccine coverage levels are low, resulting in increased preventable infection levels (Hendrix et al., 2016). Many parents choose not to vaccinate their children, which is globally causing a resurgence in vaccine-preventable diseases. Parents are hesitant to vaccinate because religious beliefs are usually linked to the refusal of all vaccines or personal beliefs. Some parents believe natural immunity is better and more effective than immunity acquired from vaccinations. Safety concerns are the most significant reason parents are hesitant and refusing to vaccinate their children, especially with the known link between vaccines and autism. The desire for additional information causes hesitancy and refusal because parents feel more in-depth information about the vaccines should be accessible to review, enabling them to make better-informed decisions (Akoum, 2019).
In the United States, many safety precautions are required by law to help ensure that the vaccines we receive are reliable and safe. CO ...
It's something that prompted even the CDC, at the height of the first wave, to advise older folks with chronic conditions to "stay at home as much as possible".
It seems as though millions of Americans with diabetes, heart disease or any other chronic health problems are now between a rock and a hard place. It's a deadly dilemma: If you're not feeling well, you need immediate medical help, or risk getting sicker. But if you do go to the hospital, you face the risk of getting Covid-19 from another patient who doesn't even know they have it... or worse, from the very doctor or nurse who is supposed to take care of you.
If this scenario frightens you sounds like you, don't worry - you're no coward. It just means you're smart enough to understand the risks. And these risks are real:
The Problem with School Uniforms and the Possible FixesCharlie
I talk about how school uniforms can be disruptive for autistic people and people with learning disabilities and look into what can be done to improve the situation.
Looking into COBOL and Being Serious About itCharlie
I talk about the OG COBOL programming language and explain how its still more prevalent than you probably realise. I go over its history, things it was used for, and how it continues in the modern world.
I go over some useful and fun browser website tools that can be used to do things like get videos, video conversion to other formats, search, and a website full of OSINT tools.
I talk about how getting lower grades in school does not mean you have to settle for less. School is not for everyone and we can create our own pathways.
Tim Berners-Lee Inventor of the World Wide WebCharlie
A blog post adapted from my presentation about Tim Berners-Lee who invented the world wide web. Goes over the history and some other information on Tim Berners-Lee.
British Virgin Islands Enquiry Asks for Direct Rule from BritainCharlie
I talk about the prospect of direct rule for the British Virgin Islands following a corruption enquiry and arrest of their Premier. I also look into what happened with the Turks and Caicos Islands when they were under direct rule.
I give an overview of the 2022 local elections that are happening later this week. This includes all of the council/local authority elections, mayoral elections, and the assembly election in Northern Ireland.
Britains 5 Original National Free-to-Air Television ChannelsCharlie
I look into the five national british television channels, BBC One and Two, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. Includes their founding, history, setup, structure and how each managed to be successful.
Unemployment Among People with Autism is a Systemic Problem not an Individual...Charlie
I talk about how the unemployment issue among people with Autism is clearly a systemic issue and not an individual's issue alone. I highlight many of the common issues and barriers people with Autism face with employment and as a result many give up or try a more unconventional path.
How I Once Ran a Successful Facebook Page The Rise and FallCharlie
I talk about how I once ran a successful community-focused social media page that includes what I think I did right and wrong. I also talk about how and why it eventually came to an end.
The Weekly Update 1 TV Channel Blog Post Short Blogs and MoreCharlie
The first in the regular Weekly Update series for The Weekly Rambler blog. Goes over misc topics and gives information on what is happening with the blog and its content on a weekly basis.
A Look at Dark Items 4 The Binding of Isaac A Lump of Coal and KrampusCharlie
I look into the darkness and origins behind the Alpine folkloric being that is Krampus and I also look into the origins of why coal for Christmas is now a negative thing.
El Puerto de Algeciras continúa un año más como el más eficiente del continente europeo y vuelve a situarse en el “top ten” mundial, según el informe The Container Port Performance Index 2023 (CPPI), elaborado por el Banco Mundial y la consultora S&P Global.
El informe CPPI utiliza dos enfoques metodológicos diferentes para calcular la clasificación del índice: uno administrativo o técnico y otro estadístico, basado en análisis factorial (FA). Según los autores, esta dualidad pretende asegurar una clasificación que refleje con precisión el rendimiento real del puerto, a la vez que sea estadísticamente sólida. En esta edición del informe CPPI 2023, se han empleado los mismos enfoques metodológicos y se ha aplicado un método de agregación de clasificaciones para combinar los resultados de ambos enfoques y obtener una clasificación agregada.
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An astonishing, first-of-its-kind, report by the NYT assessing damage in Ukraine. Even if the war ends tomorrow, in many places there will be nothing to go back to.
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January Ramblings 17 UK Today in Coronavirus and Trumps Senate Trial
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Post author By Charlie January 25, 2021
January Ramblings #17 – UK Today in Coronavirus and
Trump’s Senate Trial
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UK Today in Coronavirus
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Image by G Lopez from Pixabay
It has now been denied by the government that a large expansion of the self-isolation
support payment scheme will happen. It comes after a leaked government plan brought
about the possibility of anyone having to self-isolate due to the coronavirus getting a one-
off £500 payment, seen as a potential way to combat people avoiding testing and self-
isolation due to loss of work income. This means the system will remain only giving one-
off £500 payments to those who have to self-isolate, are on certain benefits, low work
income, and cannot work from home, instead of anyone who self-isolates – extra
payments provided by councils was also highlighted, although there is evidence to suggest
many are also denied this extra payment.
The government also said the majority do abide by rules and self-isolate when asked, they
also said to look at the number of tests conducted each day, that they are high and insisted
most do get tested, despite evidence suggesting otherwise.
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In some possibly worrying coronavirus related news the Prime Minister Boris Johnson
said in a press briefing that the now dominant new variant of the Coronavirus that
originated in England could possibly be more deadly, according to suggested evidence.
The Chief Scientific Officer said that the older variant killed 10 out of 1,000 over the age of
60 who were infected while the newer variant may kill 13-14 out of 1,000 over the age of
60. A number of scientists and experts have said that it is too early yet to make a definitive
determination on this, and some have said it’s even possible data could instead eventually
show the new variant as less deadly, and that releasing such early information to the
public that is yet to be fully determined through further study may have been a tactic to
get more people to follow the current lockdown rules.
The good news is that the current vaccines still remain effective against the new England
variant.
Another of the newer coronavirus variants, specifically the one from South Africa, could
be up to 50% more resistant to current vaccines on the other hand according to a remark
made by the Health Secretary Matt Hancock from a leaked webinar with business leaders
and travel agents, although he did also say that they are not sure of the data and so would
not repeat it in public. Such a concern had been stated by the Chief Scientific Officer
about the South Africa as well as the Brazil new variants, although there is nothing
definitive and it is too early to be sure on any possible increased resistance from such new
variants. So far though the spread of the South Africa variant in the UK is only estimated
to have infected around 71 people in the UK as of now. The threat of these variants could
lead to tighter border restrictions being introduced to prevent them from entering the
country more and possibly getting out of control.
In other coronavirus news the Chief Scientific Officer has also said we will probably be
living with coronavirus forever but that it’d be controlled. This if you really think about it
makes sense as eradication of a disease is very rare, one of the most recent diseases to be
eradicated from public spread (but is still kept for study in labs) was smallpox. But viruses
such as coronavirus would be far more difficult to eradicate due to how quickly they
mutate and how fast they spread. It could be that one day once we reach a certain point of
control it’d become more of a seasonal sort of thing with annual booster shots for certain
groups, similar to how it is with the flu. Although it is yet to be seen how coronavirus will
specifically be handled in the future once the pandemic comes to an end.
People who have been vaccinated have also been warned to keep abiding by coronavirus
lockdown rules as although they should be protected against the virus themselves it is also
possible they may still be able to carry the virus without knowing and spread it to others,
according to the Deputy Chief Medical Officer. So far there have been over 6,350,000
vaccines administered, most of which are first doses. 32 new vaccine sites are opening
from today to further speed up the process, they will vaccinate health and social care staff
first and then other priority-list patients.
Many businesses who are unable to work at-home will also be offered laterel-flow tests to
use on workers who do not show symptoms to make sure it is safe for them to come in to
work again, such sectors that are set to be offered these are those in the food,
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manufacturing, energy, retail, transport and military.
There will also be government discussions today on whether to tighten border restrictions
due to new variants of the virus, although a complete border shutdown is unlikely but will
still be considered. Another thing being considered are so-called COVID hotels for
foreigners travelling into the UK to stay in and self-isolate, they would need to pay for a
room themselves rather than it being fully funded by the state – such schemes are already
taking place in Australia and New Zealand. All travel corridors have already been
suspended and people are required to test themselves 72-hours before journey into the
UK, but many want to see tougher restrictions.
Trump Senate Trial Date
The floor of the US Senate. Image in Public Domain.
Trump’s trial in the Senate which was set to go ahead after he became the first ever US
President to be impeached again is set to happen from the 8th-9th February, also making
him the first ever US President to have two Senate trials and first ever former US
President to have a Senate trial. The Senate trial will investigate the article of
impeachment that was passed on insurrection against the US Government after the US
Capitol breach on 6th January during the Electoral College certification process in
Congress. The trial will culminate with a vote on whether to convict Trump or not, if
convicted he would have been removed from office, but since he is already out of office the
real danger from conviction would be another vote on barring him from running for a
future 2nd term, the first vote of conviction would require a two-thirds majority which is
seen as unlikely unless at least 17 Republican’s turn on Trump.
If Trump were to be convicted by the Senate he’d be the first ever to be convicted and also
the first ever US President to be convicted by the Senate while out of office and as such
from then would likely become the first ever US President to be barred from running for a
2nd term. But again it’s a long shot, but it could be that some Republican’s may want to
distance the party from Trumpism, which has heavily defined it over the last four years.
Also since Democrats have control over the Senate this time (especially with the two
Senate seat wins in Georgia enabling them a majority that doesn’t require a tie-breaker
under vast majority of circumstances), unlike under Trump’s last Senate trial, they will be
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able to pass rules that will govern and expand the trial, last time such attempts were
blocked by Republican’s limiting the trials scope. Such a trial could go on for well over a
month before a final vote on conviction. Others are concerned that this time could instead
be used by Democrats to work on other pledges and legislation, and that such will likely
be held up due to the trial, but it’s likely many more would rather see the trial go ahead
and conclude.
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