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| Diseases suppressed during Covid are coming back in new and peculiar ways |
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Posted by: superadmin - 06-11-2022, 08:01 PM - Forum: Health News
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- As the Covid-19 pandemic and resultant social restrictions have abated in much of the world, other viruses are rearing their heads in new and unusual ways.
- Influenza, Respiratory syncytial virus, adenovirus, tuberculosis and monkeypox are among a number of viruses to have spiked and exhibited strange behaviors in recent months.
- Health experts say Covid-19 restrictions could have reduced exposure and lowered immunity to infectious diseases, making society more vulnerable to new outbreaks.
The Covid-19 pandemic has abated in much of the world and, with it, many of the social restrictions implemented to curb its spread, as people have been eager to return to pre-lockdown life.
But in its place have emerged a series of viruses behaving in new and peculiar ways.
Take seasonal influenza, more commonly known as the flu. The 2020 and 2021 U.S. winter flu seasons were some of the mildest on record both in terms of deaths and hospitalizations. Yet cases ticked up in February and climbed further into the spring and summer as Covid restrictions were stripped back.
“We’ve never seen a flu season in the U.S. extend into June,” Dr. Scott Roberts, associate medical director for infection prevention at Yale New Haven Hospital, told CNBC Tuesday.
“Covid has clearly had a very big impact on that. Now that people have unmasked, places are opening up, we’re seeing viruses behave in very odd ways that they weren’t before,” he said.
And flu is just the beginning.
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| RM30mil for 200 lamp posts? Please explain, DAP tells DBKL |
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Posted by: superadmin - 06-11-2022, 04:46 PM - Forum: Stop Corruptions
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PETALING JAYA: The RM30.75 million contract for replacing 200 lamp posts in the Klang Valley must be explained in detail as it appears to be too costly, says the DAP.
Its public complaints bureau chairman Lim Lip Eng said there is a need for Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) to be transparent and provide details of the work involved and the pricing.
Earlier this week, it was reported that the contract was awarded to Sarawak Consolidated Industries Berhad (SCIB) via Ennova Sdn Bhd.
Earlier this week, it was reported that the contract was awarded to Sarawak Consolidated Industries Berhad (SCIB) via Ennova Sdn Bhd.
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| Malaysia must continue to champion multiculturalism, says Perak sultan |
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Posted by: superadmin - 06-11-2022, 03:56 PM - Forum: Stop Racism and Religious Bigotry
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia must aim to maintain the values that have brought post-independence prosperity to all its communities despite the challenges it faces, says Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Shah.
Speaking at the launch of the book called The Malays: Pathfinders And Trailblazers at the World Trade Centre here today, he said Malaysia must champion and remain an exemplar of multiculturalism.
“Globally, we are currently facing three severe and overlapping crises — the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and a growing food crisis.
“These combined challenges are forcing countries to rethink globalisation.”
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| Dow dives 800 points, S&P 500 posts worst week since January |
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Posted by: superadmin - 06-11-2022, 10:43 AM - Forum: Business, Economy and Investment
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Dow dives 800 points, S&P 500 posts worst week since January after inflation hits 40-year high
Stocks dropped sharply on Friday after a highly anticipated inflation report showed a faster-than-expected rise in prices and consumer sentiment hit a record low.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 880 points, or 2.73%, to close at 31,392.79. The S&P 500 fell 2.91% to settle at 3,900.86. The Nasdaq Composite sank 3.52% to 11,340.02.
The sell-off was broad, with nearly every member of the 30-stock Dow in the red. Declining stocks on the New York Stock Exchange outpaced advancing ones by more than 5 to 1.
Apple dropped nearly 3.9%, while Microsoft and Dow, Inc. slid about 4.5% and 6.1%, respectively. Salesforce sank 4.6%, and Amazon fell more than 5%.
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| Military situation in Ukraine, by an ex-member of the Swiss strategic intelligence |
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Posted by: superadmin - 06-10-2022, 03:07 PM - Forum: Politics
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The military situation in Ukraine, as seen by an ex-member of the Swiss strategic intelligence
By Jacques Baud*
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Part One: The Road To War – For years, from Mali to Afghanistan, I have worked for peace and risked my life for it. It is therefore not a question of justifying war, but of understanding what led us to it. [….]
Let’s try to examine the roots of the [Ukrainian] conflict. It starts with those who for the last eight years have been talking about “separatists” or “independentists” from Donbass. This is a misnomer.
The referendums conducted by the two self-proclaimed Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk in May 2014, were not referendums of “independence” (независимость), as some unscrupulous journalists have claimed, but referendums of “self-determination” or “autonomy” (самостоятельность).
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