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A Christmas wish!
By: Daniel Ayerzon
Tags: Christmas, American, Stimulus, Covid 19 Crisis, Stimulus Check

Dear Santa,

I have been a good boy this year. I didn’t take all the toilet paper when everyone else was. I did get hand sanitizer and just one package of defectent wipes. I didn’t buy alcohol or guns. I social distanced. I stayed home or wore my mask anytime I went out. I didn’t participate in protests but I did put the hashtag BLM on my social media. I went out and yelled for first responders at seven PM, at least one week. I made sure I voted in this election, even for local people. I didn’t tell anyone they were stupid for having a different opinion than me, even if they were a Trump supporter. I looked for a job even though there aren’t any but I didn’t file for unemployment, even though I need it. I reduced my expenses to only the phone bill with free Netflix. I spent my first stimulus check on only necessities. I used the internet to educate myself and not just watch netflix. I didn’t pay for YouTube Premium, so I had to watch all the commercials.

I only want one thing for Christmas. I want everyone to get their money from the government. That way I can buy my Mom a present, my favorite restaurants and small business don’t have to close. The people at the food lines can buy some much needed Christmas wine. I know the government is broken and doesn’t listen to the people to help us in any way that is meaningful but this one time they could do this. Other countries get it. Canada has given people 2k a month since this started. I don’t want to be Canadian, no offense Canucks.

So, please Santa give me this Christmas wish and help our country this holiday with this one stimulus check present. Don’t let the Ran Paul’s of the world scrooge up this season and let grinch of Mitch McConnell be hit with holiday spirit!

Unless you are going to let them all die of covid for doing nothing.

Yours Truly,

The averaged grown unemployed American
An Erotic Christmas
By: San Cassimally
Tags: Christmas, Drinking Alone, Turkey, Eggs, Covid 19 Crisis

My wife had been stuck in Helsinki and I was spending Christmas on my own. I was not planning to cook a chicken let alone a turkey. As a child there was nothing I liked more than what we used to call “un oeuf au miroir”, an egg broken into a pan of melting butter. The yellow is intact and it is set in an island of egg-white. But what made it irresistible was the golden fried onions sprinkled over it, with a bit of salt and black pepper. I think it was the black pepper which gave it its unique taste. But I found in the morning that I had no black pepper. No, white pepper simply would not do! It is Christmas and shops are closed. So it was going to be a miserable cheese sandwich for me.

I decided to go for a walk instead. To my surprise, I found a Pakistani shop open. Although I know that they always overcharge you, I thought I’d walk in. I was delighted when I found a small sachet of black pepper at a price which was not going to ruin me. I found a lady with a mask paying for three bottles of wine, with a small black dog yapping with impatience because she wanted out of here. Anyway I paid for my pepper, and was walking home when I noticed the lady, except that this time, the dog which was on a leash had decided she did not want to take one step further. She had stopped. There was the lady cajoling her and she simply would not budge. I had vaguely noticed earlier that she was walking at a fair rate and the poor thing was finding it difficulty to keep pace. I had no idea what the woman looked like but she had an attractive physique. I suppose that was what made me say, If you pardon my saying so ma’am, I think your poor dog was finding it difficult to keep pace with you, I hope you don’t mind me barging in. She turned to me, and in her eyes I saw a smile of gratitude. “D’you know,” she said, “I wasn’t thinking, thank you.” We had reached the Bruntsfield Link, and as we were both going past the Meadows, we were happy to indulge in some small talk. I mentioned my Christmas fare, and she laughed. What about you? I asked. “Oh I am not bothered, I’m on my own. A ham sandwich perhaps, but this,” pointing at the wine in her bag, “will make up for everything.” I was never one to miss an opportunity. “Why, ma’am, it’s unhealthy to drink on your own.” It was then that she mentioned that her husband Colin, a truck driver was unable to make it home. I knew about five thousand hauliers stuck in the longest traffic jam in history, in Kent, over France closing its borders owing to the new strain of Covid now rampant in Britain. That must be the greatest Christmas gift I’ve ever. “Why don’t you join me then?”

When we got to her place, she removed her mask, and I discovered that she was one of the handsomest women I’ve ever seen.

“Do you have eggs?”
Bloomsbury Institute Students Talk About The Big Issues
By: Nnamdi O. Madichie
Tags: Working Papers, Bloomsbury Institute, Covid 19 Crisis, Student Voice, Brexit News

The final issue of the Bloomsbury Institute Working Paper Series comes at a very difficult time of lockdowns, apathy, and uncertainty among both students and staff, as well as other concerns around social mixing, “social distancing” and changes in shopping patterns.

To set the context, which I labelled “The Big Issues – Food, Clothing and Shelter: An Introduction,” I provide a brief summary of what students researched for their end-of-year projects.

These range from migrant workers in UK farms to online shopping behaviour, which seems to be a popular topic for students in recent years.

In this issue, five contributions from the undergraduate student projects are a clear demonstration of the level of support they have received even in the face of the crisis. Topics range from food production to fashion consumption and developments in the recruitment processes – all taken from a UK perspective. In the UK, retail has undergone significant shifts to connect the digital and physical worlds seamlessly. The efficacy, and immediacy, of online shopping has cultivated a desire among consumers for similar experiences in-store, with the added value of human interaction.

Highlight

One if the contributions, focuses on recent developments in the UK agricultural sector by exploring the quality of management of migrant workers, which constitutes a large share of the available workforce. Drawing upon a sample of 45 migrant workers, the study finds the lack of consistent human resource management policies. It also identifies choke points including discrimination of part-time workers, and precarious working conditions.

Takeaways

Rather than priming them, students (especially undergraduates) should be encouraged, and supported, to select topics that matter most to them, as part of their research projects. An illustrative case in point was this study, “Management education trends and gaps — A case study of a community education provision in London (UK),” which has now been published in a peer reviewed journal.

Besides, and as 2020 draws to a close, some potential topics for students and their academic mentors/ supervisors may be to explore the impacts and/ or implications for food and fashion supply chains. A notable test for a “no deal” post-Brexit environment has already been witnessed along the Dover-Calais crossing prompted by the “mutant” Covid strain.

UK Front Page @Christmas Week

What are the business implications of supply chain disruptions? How is the food security and human resource management practices shaping up for 2021? What lessons have we learnt from the “double whammy” of 2020 — i.e. Covid19 and Brexit?
Love and Weddings in Times of COVID — Act II, The Preparation
By: Janette Speyer
Tags: Travel Tips, Covid Testing, Covidtravel, Destination Wedding, Covid 19 Crisis

In the previous article, I discussed my son’s wedding postponement from June to December 2020. Now that we got a date settled here’s where the long and difficult journey begins.

As the date approached, the COVID cases increased and then surged again. A feeling of despair crept in. We honestly did not know what to do!

To postpone again would mean the couple would have to wait two years before they could actually have this wedding at this precise location. The hotel they chose is going to undergo an extensive remodel and would not be available until 2022.

After several months of back and forth, should we or shouldn’t we attend, we decided to support my son’s choice — to have the wedding in December this year!

So, yeah, they are going ahead with it!

We are going to Mexico during the worst phase ever of the COVID virus.

I know what you are thinking! Yes, I have been shamed, called a COVIDiot, and then some. But… I made the decision to attend.

What came next was an incredible act of coordination to keep everyone safe.

Needless to mention the back and forth was taking a huge toll on everyone. There were family members that wanted to be there but were not comfortable. There were die-hards like us willing to go no matter what obstacles we faced. Differences pulled some of us apart and others grew closer.

Here’s what we had to do for our travel safety.

· A recommended isolation for a week before departure. · Every guest was strongly advised to take a COVID test before they traveled to Mexico. They all complied. We took ours 2–3 days before to make sure we got the results before getting on the plane. · Next was finding flights that fly non-stop and that followed the CDC’s guidance. We flew Delta and we felt very safe. · We had to fill out a Traveler Health Form for Los Angeles 24 hours before leaving the country. (You can get this from in your state) They send you a QR code that you present in immigration · We donned N95 masks and face shields and armed ourselves with sanitizers with Clorox and alcohol to wipe down the plane seats, bathroom seats, sinks, and toilet seats. · Lastly, we sat in a less crowded area in the airport — upstairs in a lounge.

Just to be clear. I felt safe traveling, we took the necessary precautions. But I DO recommend following CDC and government policies. I strongly recommend staying at home. If everyone starts to travel, then I believe that the cases will get worse.

Away we went joined by our prayers and hopes. Stay tuned for our hotel stay and wedding festivities!
Tell justices you’re watching treatment of TN mandamus case — Tulis Report
By: David Tulis
Tags: Tennessee, Due Process, Mandamus, Covid 19 Crisis, Coronavirus

As people in Hamilton County take experimental CV-19 vaccines, a judge in chancery court is bottling up a legal effort to compel state and county to obey Tenn. Code Ann. § Title 68–5–104, the isolation and quarantine law. Office holders and government employees are refusing obedience to law in any dosage, and refuse to halt a lawless state of emergency in Tennessee. (Photo department of health)

On Tuesday I sent to Nashville and the supreme court a filing that complains of unjust, partial, prejudicial and inequitable treatment by unjust judge Pamela Fleenor in chancery. Could you help me by letting the justices know my case has an unusual public interest?

By David Tulis / NoogaRadio 92.7 FM

Please send a letter to the TN supreme court demanding action on the David Tulis mandamus case to overturn the CV-19 state of emergency.

Why it matters

Pam Fleenor, chancery judge

Since Oct. 2, the case State of Tennessee ex rel David Tulis v. Bill Lee, governor, et al has been slow-walked by Hamilton County judge Pam Fleenor. The petition is for a writ of mandamus. In issuing the writ, Judge Fleenor would tell Gov. Lee and health administrator Becky Barnes to obey the law. She has refused for no stated reason.

All parties are openly violating TCA 68–5–104, the main law on epidemics. In ignoring the law, they are applying police powers upon the public generally, not upon the sick specifically. The harm began March 12 with Gov. Lee’s first executive order. Lee and Barnes have abrogated many constitutional rights (religion, commerce, assembly, travel, due process).

What’s happening today

David Tulis on Dec. 22, 2020, mailed a second administrative grievance to the supreme court. David’s first appeal to the supreme court on these same grounds was Nov. 2. The judges rejected it. David is demanding reconsideration. Pam Fleenor continues blocking an emergency matter that the mandamus law requires get action in 2 weeks or less.

Write to

Chief Justice Jeff Bivins TN Supreme Court 401 7th Ave. North Nashville, TN 37219–1407

Max 3–4 sentences

- Tell how lockdowns, mask rules and depression have harmed you.

- Ask the justices to reconsider David’s demand for supervision of unjust judge Pam Fleenor. Order her to obey the rule of law, honor godly rules of equity (the specialty of chancery court), and issue the writ immediately to stop further irreparable harm to the state and the people

- Say you are following the case in local media. Demand oversight, reform, and instruction of Judge Fleenor. Demand action. Demand the writ issue today.

Help David’s reporting

Send scans or copies of your demand letter to David. davidtuliseditor@gmail.com. Or 10520 Brickhill Lane, Soddy-Daisy, TN 37379
For the first time in more than a decade, I went behind the wheel of a car.
By: Rebecca Sealfon
Tags: Urban Perspectives, New York City, New Jersey, Driving, Covid 19 Crisis

For the first time in more than a decade, I went behind the wheel of a car. I’m in suburban New Jersey for lockdown, with my husband, siblings, and parents. Normally I live in the middle of New York City and there’s no chance to drive. I just take public transit. But my apartment and the trains are now a COVID trap.

Earlier, I wrote this story about being trapped and finding refuge on the Internet.

I drove slowly. I drove on local streets. I’m still not very good. But now, with my driving, I am starting to make a break for freedom.
The Birth of a Conspiracy Theory
By: Search For Godly Truth
Tags: Humor, Conspiracy Theories, Herd Immunity, Covid 19 Crisis, Fake News

“I wonder if,” “It seems to me.” or “It sure looks like” are the best phrases to start a new conspiracy theory. With just a few well-placed facts mingled with completely unsupported assumptions, anyone can start the fire of a rumor.

Let’s see. It sure seems like Trump and his administration wanted herd immunity from the Covid-19 virus. It’s almost like they wanted everyone to contract the illness. With over 330 million persons in the US, and the rate of severe cases is 1 in 6. Then 55 million people would have severe symptoms of Covid-19 and need hospitalization.

Then somewhere, over 990,000 people would die. If the hospitals were overwhelmed, as they are right now, then this number would increase.

Long haulers, people who recover from Covid-19, test negative, but continue to have debilitating symptoms, are about 10% of the total cases. If all 330 million people contract Covid-19, those with the debilitating symptoms would be 33 million.

I did look up the Covid-19 figures. And the population of the US.

It only makes sense from the standpoint of white supremacists, the federalist society, and the rich that herd immunity would solve several problematic issues. Most of the deaths would be over 65 or non-whites of any age. The demise of so many elderly or infirm could relieve the social security and government pensions of millions of dollars annually.

Without medicare, so-called long haulers of Covid-19 would be out of work with no insurance and no way to pay for medical care. Meaning, many of them would soon die, leaving only the strongest poor to continue slaving away their lives for the wealth of the 1%.

Of course, many would protest and demand change, but martial law should take care of that. Soon, the decades of voter suppression, wage suppression, and rigged elections will do their job leaving the Trump empire to cut a wide swath through our nation.

As you can see, it is plausible. It even makes sense if you base your assumptions correctly. Herd immunity is a great way to turn the United States into a dictatorship similar to Russia. Assuming it is all about cruelty, white supremacy, greed and corruption, and return to slavery, then yes, it makes perfect sense.

None of the previous statements (other than the Covid-19 numbers) were investigated or verified. But a grand conspiracy theory never is.
How to visualize hyperlocal COVID data
By: Francesco Piccinelli
Tags: Data Visualization, Data Science, Covid 19 Crisis, Covid 19

This ggplot2 chart uses the y-axis with a logarithmic (base 10) transformation. This is different from most of the things you will see around. First, the logarithmic scales are (in theory) more suited for cumulative data. Yet, they have huge advantages in this context. They allow us to zoom on the lower numbers and to avoid enthusiasm when the situation changes. In fact, as the numbers grow higher, the curves (visually) move less, the same happening when numbers decline.

The smoother I have chosen is the loess, which is ggplot2's default. Given its statistical properties, this smoother (with this particular kind of data) is perfect, showing us the overall trends, reducing the noise from changes in the time series. The alternative would have been the following chart:
The value of a smaller, simpler Christmas Day
By: Ezra Praise
Tags: Unikom, Christmas, Ilmu Komunikasi, Covid 19 Crisis, 2020

Like wartime, this pandemic has brought out the best and the worst of humankind. Some of this has been on very public display, but much has taken place in private settings.

The smaller, simpler celebrations that this country now faces are a true gift to us all, and should be recognised as such. Think what we could achieve globally if we moved towards a simpler lifestyle, more in accordance with nature. Could we slow or even reverse the pathway we are currently hurtling down, towards our own extinction?

This year has been a difficult year for everyone, many have left and been abandoned.

Angie Patrichia

Bandung, West Java

• Christmas is a reminder to many people around the world of God’s greatest gift, Jesus, who was born in poverty and in an occupied country. Jesus’s transformative message of love brought light into a dark world, and still has the potential to do so.

Even in our cities there are many lonely people, so what’s wrong with giving them a phone call if we can’t actually visit them? And charities working both at home and abroad have lost a lot of money this year, so why not send them at least some of the money that we would otherwise have spent? If we are taxpayers, we can also “gift aid” our donations at no additional cost to ourselves. Christmas only needs to be cancelled if we choose it to be.

John Wainwright

Potters Bar, Hertfordshire

• By coincidence I have just arrived at chapter 31 of Alison Weir’s excellent book on Henry VIII: King and Court. I quote: “Because the plague was still rampant in London, Henry did not observe the usual Yuletide festivities at the end of 1525, but spent what became known as the ‘still Christmas’ quietly and fearfully at Eltham with very few courtiers in attendance; no one was allowed to ‘come thither but such as were appointed by name’”. The Tudor equivalent of tier 4?

David Anderson

Birmingham

• I’m dining alone on Christmas Day (Letters, 22 December), but plan to take my dinner on a long walk in the North Wessex Downs. A couple of butternut, stilton, leek, walnut and chilli pasties, to be made on Christmas Eve, will be in my rucksack, along with a flask of strong coffee and a camera. I know a good spot, atop a bronze age burial chamber.

Annie Bullen

Andover, Hampshire

• As we put up our decorations each year, one very important item is our “Guardian angel”. Some years ago, the outline of a little angel was printed in the Guardian with the suggestion that it could be cut out, mounted on card and put up with Christmas decorations. Well, I did just that and each year our Guardian angel takes pride of place — to the amusement of family and (in other years) visitors.

I wonder how long ago this was printed. Do any other readers still have their Guardian angel?

Mary Shepherdson

Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire

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Lee extends emergency controls to 352 days — Tulis Report
By: David Tulis
Tags: Tennessee, Due Process, Mandamus, Covid 19 Crisis, Coronavirus

Testing for CV-19 at the Alstom plant in Chattanooga is by use of the PCR technique, unreliable in diagnosing an individual and being fraudulently used by state and local officials to terrorize the public. (Photo department of health)

Gov. Bill Lee admits he is violating Tenn. Code Ann. § Tile 68–5–104, and wants my mandamus petition against him dismissed as baseless.

Gov. Bill Lee is extending his state of emergency to run nearly a year.

By David Tulis / NoogaRadio 92.7 FM

His executive order №71 of Dec. 22 extends his state of emergency through Feb. 27, “at which time the suspension of any state laws and rules and my authorization pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 58–2–118, shall cease and be of no further force or effect.”

His state of emergency began March 12, 2020, and he banned commerce and travel April 2, in violation of a provision in the health statute that says any efforts to mitigate a disease must be done “with the least inconvenience to commerce and travel.”

Gov. Lee’s document pretending that he has suspended the isolation quarantine law at Tennessee Code Ann. 68–5–10 that nowhere is he authorised to do and which he has not done. But he has suspended numerous rules within his administration and his agencies, that he is authorized to do under emergency powers.

By my analysis, and according to my affidavit of complaint in the mandamus case State of Tennessee ex rel David Tulis, Gov. Lee is bound by the health statute regardless of the gravity of the situation that he believes the so-called Covid-19 is posing to the state and its people.

He says “COVID-19 remains a threat to our citizens” and that “this suspension of selected state laws and rules and other measures *** are necessary to facilitate the response to the current emergency.”

The order allows continuation of public meetings held privately online.

The crucial 102 words in the statute that controls the method the state is allowed to deal with a contagious outbreak are as follows — with Gov. Lee having performed none of these duties in the great panic of 2020:

It is the duty of the local health authorities, on receipt of a report of a case, or suspected case, of disease declared to be communicable, contagious, or one which has been declared by the commissioner of health to be subject to isolation or quarantine, to confirm or establish the diagnosis, to determine the source or cause of the disease and to take such steps as may be necessary to isolate or quarantine the case or premise upon which the case, cause or source may be found, as may be required by the rules and regulations of the state department of health.
Go With The Flow
By: Nika C. Beamon
Tags: Christmas, Chronic Illness, Holidays, Covid 19 Crisis

Go With The Flow

There have been so many times this year I’ve wished I was anywhere other than at home. I’ve wanted to get away to a warm place where I could forget all my cares and sadness. But, of course, Covid and my compromised immune system have eliminated all travel for me.

I’ve been coping with a wave of emotions. I’ve had moments like in “The Shining” where I’ve typed the same thing repeatedly, unable to come up with a creative idea due to boredom. I’ve been overjoyed by the smallest things just like Buddy in “Elf.” when I received cards, calls and gifts. I’ve experienced grief like at the end of “The Best Man Holiday” and The Family Stone.” I’ve felt like a hopeless romantic while watching movies like “While You Were Sleeping” and “The Holiday.” I’ve felt hope and spiritual renewal like the characters in “The Preacher”s Wife.” And, I’ve experienced childlike glee when I decorated my house and picked out presents like I do when I watch holidays classic like “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer.”

I may not actually be free to roam or visit others like I’d prefer this holiday. But, I do escape through my writing, my prayers and fantasizing while looking at vacation packages online. It’s the same release I felt when I saw the sweater I’m. wearing for day 23 of my Christmas countdown. It’s Santa riding a surf board in rough seas while Christmas items swirl around him. Like him, I’m going with the flow because sometimes that’s all you can do.

#surfing #holidaymovies #covid #coronavirus #Christmas #santa #chronicillness #chronicpain #spoonie. #autoimmunedisease. #happyholidays. #ChristmasEve. #imvisibleillness #christmascountdown
Wrapping Up 2020: Covid-19, Pandemics & Grey Swans, cont…
By: Revi Schlesinger
Tags: Corporate Innovation, Greyswanguild, Covid 19 Crisis, Transformation

In my life I’ve come to realize, as many do at some point along the way, that my capacity, my will power, my life, is fleeting in the context of time and space.

There is a point as we mature, and come to observe our activities in the momentum of life’s natural unfolding, when we recognize that the best we can do with the power and influence we have, is ride life out, like a continuous wave from birth through existence. Lots of tumbles, restarts and learnings along the way….

A Point of View. Implications of Perspective.

We are each such unique beings with a whole life context, set of experiences, and relationships that enables us to see and contribute in a way that is different from anybody else.

Together we form and shape our world, each operating from our own unique perspective in our own sphere of influence.

Predisposed “meaning making machines,” me might see ourselves as giant sponges sucking up information and experience (multi-sensory information), learning, sharing, and evolving.

A pandemic has come along and changed almost everything about our lives. Something so crucial, like the safety of the air that we breathe, we now see has been taken for granted.

Our capacity to convert information into knowledge, and to leverage the learnings of others into a next level of understanding is what we call progress. The multiplier effect of human interaction makes the opportunity for learning and growth exponential.

There’s tremendous opportunity in retaining and applying knowledge and information.

Today I write from my point of view, professionally, personally and spiritually, as a:

Turn Around Project Manager, former Big 6 Corporate Transformation Principal, Advisor and Executive for Hire for Start Ups and Projects,

Global Systems & Operations Designer, Apparel Industry Product and Customer Process and Data Integration Specialist, and Impact Entrepreneur;

Mother, Community Member, Extreme Sports Enthusiast, Multi-cultural/Multi-ethnic, Somatic Practitioner, Cancer Survivor.

Recognizing the limitations of my own perspective, knowledge, and understanding, I invite others to help vet my ideas, validating with additional information or perspective, or presenting additional ways of thinking that might enhance and expand my point of view.

Now is the perfect time to open meaningful discussions; offer constructive value by sharing learnings. After all, isn’t this the“work” of each one of us in our lifetime?

But where do we start?

Covid-19 has offered each of us an opportunity to journey back to our ground zero, slowing down to contemplate our basic needs, our highest aspirations, and what’s most important; offering us a dramatic catalyst and with it the potential to leapfrog to a whole new realm of possibility.
Working Capital impact in the Logistics Sector During Covid19 crisis
By: Venu Kondur
Tags: Logistics, Covid 19 Crisis, Finance, Supply Chain, Working Capital

Supply chain is most crucial to flow of goods and services to distribution channels like retails and consumers. Covid19 and lockdowns has impacted this industry and lot of people are out of job due to less demand. There are five players involved to transport goods in long haul from point A to B, those are

Customers (Load giver), it can be the manufacturing unit/warehouse

Logistics company (Transporter)

Agent — who supply the Truck

Truckers — who drivers the truck from point A to B

Customer, also known as end-consumer of goods

All the above stakeholders’ coordination and payment flow are required to move goods to end destination.

We would like to cover how money flow happens and it impacts here.

Covid19 has impacted consumer demand sentiment resulting in delayed payments. Same is trickling down to the entire supply chain affecting productivity and revenue loss. Among Stakeholders most impacted one is trucker, who needs money immediately to drive from point A to B to meet en-route expenses such as Diesel, toll, food.. etc. If truckers do not receive money from the logistics company or Agent, he ends up halting the truck which is more expensive for him without any revenue.

To solve the issue, Logistics companies are borrowing working capital at the rate of 18% which will further cut existing very thin margins in this space. Some time few brokers finance truckers without halting and end up taking more freight rate from the logistic company. In reality on the ground, many logistics companies are facing severe working capital issues due to increasing credit cycle of payment which is on average is more than three months. These kinds of payment issues creating huge operational issues for logistic companies and losing goodwill in the market in front of truckers and brokers. At the same time truckers, halting times are increasing coupled multiple issues in amid Covid19 pandemic and delivery time is delaying at point B.
Bahrain to provide free COVID-19 vaccine to residents and nationals
Tags: Vaccine, Covid 19 Crisis, Bahrain

Bahrain to provide free COVID-19 vaccine to residents and nationals Adilmurphy ·Dec 23, 2020

Bahrain’s Ministry of Health declared the supply of coronavirus vaccines to residents and nationals beginning Friday.

Individuals want to receive the jab don’t have to be compelled to pre-register on-line for appointments, state agency BNA reported.

The country’s health centers can inoculate persons a day from 8a.m. till 6p.m. for free.

Residents and nationals should be eighteen years and on top of to receive the vaccination.

Last week, Bahraini King Hamad was unsusceptible against COVID-19 before its nationwide vaccination campaign.

The monarch aforesaid all voters and residents ought to adhere to preventive measures and directions issued by the national medical team to upset the coronavirus, BNA added.
Sonnet №106 — the body count. By Christmas Day, we will have lost…
Tags: Covid Poems, Sonnet, Science Matters, Covid 19 Crisis, Covid Poetry

Photo-Houston Chronicle Staff

By Christmas Day, we will have lost 330,000 people to this Covid_19 virus. Many of them completely avoidable but for those who refuse to understand that science matters, that science counts, that science, even when you don’t like the answers, tells its truth.

For all the brave people on the frontlines of healthcare and science — Covid:Poem 6

The body count is rising every day.

We keep our dead in skate rinks, dead on ice.

Old men in charge — who mere pretend to pray;

no shits to give, they rolled us and the dice.

We’re all the dead — my brother and my wife.

Thousands dead, more than died in Viet Nam.

Despots chose their money o’er our lives;

those in charge, I pray their souls be damned.

Our doctors and our nurses, nobly haunted,

their faces for all time scarred with terror.

Brave wade in, stare down demons undaunted

All those lives, so many lost in error.

Of thousands, who shall be the last to die

because of evil men who horrify?

— — David L. Stanley, May, 2020

I’m Bringing Sonnets Back ™

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Thanks.
A small pinch in my left deltoid on 12-21-20 marks, what I hope is an end to the death, sickness…
By: Cynthia Douglas-Ybarra
Tags: American Spirit, Politics, Wellness, Covid 19 Crisis, Nursing

A small pinch in my left deltoid on 12-21-20 marks, what I hope is an end to the death, sickness, and pettiness that has enshrouded this country since early 2020.

That small injection, one of two, represents not only an end to this years ongoing nightmare with the virus, but also a farewell to the disarray and mismanagement in the way it was handled from the very begining.

We now have over 18 million cases of COVID19 in the United States alone and it is only now that people I personally know or work with are being infected. Most of them are health care workers.

This is occurring because Americans are incredibly selfish and rarely tie their rights to responsibility. The “can do" spirit of American innovation and greatness has turned into a hollow and rebellious “won’t do" stance against a percieved, but made up threat against personal liberty. And all the while, over 300,00 Americans have died, some because they wanted to protect their freedom more than they valued their health, truth or scientific facts.

Great Leader, in his infinite wisdom, has definitely stirred that shit pot with his blatant lies and carefully crafted conspiracy theories. His followers, a cultish brand of miscreants are still hanging on to him, even as he is sinking further down into a sand trap of his own making.

What I’m trying to convey is that there is renewed hope; with the vaccination and a new administration on the horizon. While we look to the future, we cannot forget the past, this is both, an opportunity and choice to learn from our mistakes as we get back to our routine.
A stooping figure lurching under the dim light, suddenly, she stopped and bent over to pick up a…
By: Apple Wei
Tags: Covid 19 Crisis, Covid-19, Government, Poverty, Creative Writing

A stooping figure lurching under the dim light, suddenly, she stopped and bent over to pick up a dying cigarette butt, inhaled deeply and exhaled slowly, staring at that lasting fighting flame in hand, she laughed… familiarly and decadently…

She slipped to the ground and yelled “Ive lost my job for 8 months because of Covid. Our government spends hundreds millions of dollars on military, but what do they do for people who lines up at 4 am in the morning multiple days a week for basic necessities, a single mother starving herself so she can provide a little more for her children… people like me? 600 pathetic dollars. That’s right, this is how much our government cares for us… she started sobbing and used all her last strength to burst out “I have two children!”

She collapsed on the ground like a half-empty flour sack slowly covered by haze night fog.

No one bother to ask — who was there.
The Sudden Death of Science and Reason
By: Ekene Okwechime
Tags: Pandemic, Lockdown, Covid 19 Crisis, Vaccines

Many people have an angry sense that they have been oppressed by the sciences and the media. They are fed up with the endless boasting. They suspect that the media and the scientific community hold them in contempt. They are right!

Anyone living in The West has this feeling that there is a band of serious experts who derive enormous pleasure from telling them what to think, what doctrines to uphold, and what positions to defend. This scheme among experts if delivered in small manageable doses, like in your GP's surgery, one is happy to listen, after all, your doctor might know what they talking about. But as a cultural and sociological phenomenon, it gets on everyone's nerves after a while.

Before the covid-19 pandemic, what headline in a newspaper was set to generate a sense of disbelief, aggression, and anger than ‘scientists say:’. Because we know what comes next. It’s not the scientists saying anything, it's the public relations and political arm of the scientific community telling the scientists what they think they should say to the public. And within a short period of time, what serious scientists say is changed overnight. Take the history of medicine in the last 60 years — one triumphant imbecility after another revealed to be a phony as the $3 bill. Take medical beliefs in barbiturates, thalidomide, and lobotomy (Egas Moniz won the Nobel Prize for inventing lobotomy). But of course, these people are shameless.

Even worse, since the covid-19, the band of scientists advising governments in The West on how to manage the virus has mainly consisted of behavioral experts — in persuasion and frightening people. Moreover, this band of experts have a stellar record of getting things wrong. For example, in the UK, anytime there has been a lockdown there has been a spike in infection rates — the opposite intended effect of a lockdown.

The crowd is often wrong. Nietzche once said: “In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.” A couple of months later he descended into insanity, aged forty-four.

Regardless, the media and chattering class also have a distinguished history of getting things wrong. Take Brexit, Trump, and every other plebiscite since 2016. I don’t know why there seems to have been a disproportional response to the covid-19 pandemic in The West. But what 2020 has shown is that there is a lack of vision and courage from the intellectual class.
COVID-19 RELIEF BILL DOUBLES HEALTH CARE BUDGET — FOR CONGRESS The exclusive clinic used by members of Congress got an extra $5 million in the latest spending bill. Congress increased it’s health…
By: Courtney Allen-Gentry Rn Msn Phn Ahn-Bc Hwnc-Bc
Tags: Medical, Healthcare, Covid 19 Crisis, Covid 19, Congress

COVID-19 RELIEF BILL DOUBLES HEALTH CARE BUDGET — FOR CONGRESS The exclusive clinic used by members of Congress got an extra $5 million in the latest spending bill. Congress increased it’s health care budget three times in 2020, but regular folks can’t even get free COVID19 testing or care while the the Congressional medical office keeps Legislators in top shape by also providing lawmakers with the services of a chiropractor, on-site physical therapy, radiology, routine examinations, and a pharmacist. It sure pays to be a Legislator. We need more regular people running for office if this is the best way to get rich in America.
Be Socially Responsible. Stay Distant!
By: Nika C. Beamon
Tags: Christmas, Coronavirus, Chronic Illness, Covid 19 Crisis

Be Socially Responsible. Stay Distant!

There are just three days left until Christmas, i though as I tried to figure out what to sweater to wear next. I don’t know if I have anything that sums up how truly bizarre the holiday will be this year.

Then, remembered something that happened the other day when I made a rare trip into a store. You have to understand, I rarely venture out of the house, other than to go for my daily walk or to take a drive. I order my groceries for pick up. If I want food I haven’t made, I order Uber eats as a door drop off. I wear a mask everywhere and I use antibacterial wipes, hand sanitizer and spray constantly. I’m diligent because I’m an immunocompromised person.

Well, anyway, I stopped in a store to get some gift bags (I don’t usually wrap) and tissue paper. I stood on my dot and waited. for the line to move. The woman behind me got my attention because she was using her phone on speaker and was so close to me I could make out every word. I gave her a dirty look and that didn’t work. Then, I mumbled loudly, “why do we have dots If no one reads or respects them?”When she still didn’t move, I turned and told her to back the hell up. I ended my harsh words with Merry Christmas.

The reality is that I want to have a Merry Christmas despite the circumstances. For me that means staying healthy so I don’t endanger myself of any one else.

The incident help me choose and oldie but goodie for day 22 of my Christmas countdown. It’s a sweater that says she did it and it has an arrow on the front. The arrow reminds me of the circles and arrows on the ground that remind follow social distancing protocols.

#covid #coronavirus #socialdistancing

#merrychristmas #santa #chronicillness #chronicpain #spoonie. #autoimmunedisease. #happyholidays. #Christmas. #imvisibleillness #christmascountdown
Abuse at TN hospital rises from unjust judge Fleenor OK’ing CV-19 fraud — Tulis Report
By: David Tulis
Tags: Tennessee, Judicial Reform, Mandamus, Covid 19 Crisis, Coronavirus

Erik and Allison Ulfeng of Chattanooga are being abused in their liberties by state and local officials, with approval of chancery court judge Pamela Fleenor. (Photo Allison Ulfeng)

Chancery court judge Pamela Fleenor and local notable J.B. Bennett. (Photo Fleenor page on FB)

Allison Ulfeng tells how her husband is at Erlanger children’s hospital to have a son’s cast removed.

By David Tulis / NoogaRadio 92.7 FM

“They chased my husband down the hall and called security when he walked past the check in table,” she says. “So, Erik did the temperature check and was going to wear a mask. Then they refused to see my son Zach unless we put a mask on him. My husband refused and so they left.

Mrs. Ulfeng has always been anxious about hospitals, which are known for enabling the theft of children by state and county officials.

“We can take the cast off ourselves, I suppose, but I really was praying for no issues with the hospital. I just don’t want a visit from CPS or the police.”

The harassment of the family is enabled by the most important person in Tennessee today, and that is chancery court judge Pamela Fleenor, who has refused to act lawfully to issue a writ that will end the fraud of Gov. Bill Lee’s state of emergency, launched March 12, or 285 days ago.

81 days of irreparable damage to public

For 81 days Judge Fleenor, a Republican whose eight-year term expires in 2022, has had a petition for writ of mandamus before her.

It is a peremptory petition, an emergency petition that must be acted upon within days, as it alleges continuing irreparable harm by Gov. Lee and health boss Becky Barnes, who are in brazen violation of the key statute regulating epidemics and contagious outbreaks. That law, Tenn. Code Ann. § Title 68–5–104, requires a determination be made of the causal agent, the agent of contagion, of any outbreak, as well as a diagnosis and the finding of a first case in each county to establish an epidemic.

Health bureaucrats and the governor reject these duties. The officials are operating fraudulently, with continuing use of the PCR technique, dubbed a test, that does not make any diagnosis of any individual’s condition. Misuse of the test creates the numbers climb and the media-promoted sense of fear, dread and panic — all needed to create buy-in by the gullible.

Judge Fleenor refuses to act, refuses to explain foundation or rationale for any of her orders against me, despite repeated demands by me, the relator (I represent the state of Tennessee in the complaint and all the pleadings). She has set a hearing 20 days out for Jan. 11 on motions, including Gov. Lee’s motion to dismiss on technical grounds.

Gov. Lee and Mrs. Barnes, in taking the procedural route in their defense, essentially demur on — or admit — the facts I allege in my complaint. That being fraud and violation of state law.

Originally published at https://tntrafficticket.us on December 22, 2020.
2020 Recap: The Dual Pandemics. As this year of historic challenges…
By: Nat'L Urban League
Tags: Racial Justice, Pandemic, Covid 19 Crisis, Covid 19, 2020

As this year of historic challenges draws to a close, the National Urban League mourns the incalculable loss of life to COVID-19 and racially-motivated violence. We give thanks for the dawning hope represented by the vaccine and a new administration in the White House that is committed to diversity, equity and justice. And we reflect on the indomitable spirit and strength that have sustained our Beloved Community.

Join us in reviewing the moments that shaped 2020 + share your own memories with us on social media! Follow us @NatUrbanLeague + tag us in your posts.
Breaking News, New covid 20
By: Shah Huzaim
Tags: Covid 19 Update, Covid 19 Safety Measures, Covid 19, Covid 19 Crisis, Covid 20

Covid alert, as the covid 19 spreads all over the world,A new wave of covid 19 has started all over the world . Due to its impacts a new type of covid 19 has been identified in England.The name of newly identified corona virus has not been suggested.But i will call it covid 20. All the countries have stopped flight operations for England for 10 days, Also the import from England have been stopped all over the world. The English government will be announcing an overall lock down in the country. The English people are left alone in the lock down . We assure that we are with the English people in this lock down. Therefore, i request all the world to help England during this pandemic.

I will advice all English people to take precautionary measures to assure their safety and stay home to stay safe.And please dont go to any crowded place unless its very important.Stay at a distance of 2 meters from others.

STAY HOME STAY SAFE
Ashlee Holten COVID-19 Update December 2020
By: Ashlee Holten
Tags: Ashlee Holten, Ashlee, Holten, Covid 19 Crisis, Covid 19

Check the CDC for real-time Covid Christmas updates

While Christmas will certainly look different this year, that doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate Christmas during covid. The key to safe and healthy Covid Christmas plans is to keep them as intimate as possible. While the CDC doesn’t currently have a limit or recommendation on the number of guests allowed per party, the fewer people you invite, the less risk you pose for your guests.

Of course, that means crowded indoor gatherings like Christmas Con are off the table. But a small family dinner party?

In a year of the unexpected, one thing has come to be expected: change. As Covid-19 case numbers rise and fall in your area, it’s best to check the CDC’s website and local guidelines for the most accurate Christmas Covid information. Assessing current case levels in your community can help you best make the right call for how to celebrate Christmas during covid, whether that’s canceling entirely or limiting the number of guests you’re inviting. In addition to community levels of COVID-19, consider your party’s location, the party duration, the number of guests, and from where your guests are traveling.

Send online Christmas invitations

holiday party invitation

Everyone’s comfort level and risk tolerance are different, so transparency is key. Digital Christmas invites let you immediately establish ground rules for your Covid Christmas party, but also message guests should anything change.

The more details you can provide upfront, the better, so guests will know what can expect when they arrive.

Ashlee Holten
Violant le protocole de santé
Tags: Info, Sante, At Home, Covid 19 Crisis, WFH

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