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| Impossible to move to Phase 2 just by looking at numbers, says MP |
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Posted by: superadmin - 07-27-2021, 03:49 PM - Forum: Covid-19 Pandemic
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PETALING JAYA: It is impossible to move to Phase 2 of the National Recovery Plan (NRP) just by looking at the number of daily Covid-19 cases, says Bayan Baru MP Sim Tze Tzin.
He said the government would only move to Phase 2 if the number of daily cases falls below 4,000, meaning that out of every 100,000 population, there would only be 12 cases.
“How is this going to be achieved? If we consider the Klang Valley, these numbers are impossible and unrealistic. Right now, there are 7,000 cases a day. When will we move to Phase 2?” he asked during a press conference at Parliament.
Sim said focusing on the number of cases would pose a huge problem for businesses to reopen.
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| Can You Use Coconut Oil to Treat a Yeast Infection? |
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Posted by: superadmin - 07-27-2021, 12:42 PM - Forum: Health News
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The basics
Not only can yeast infections be uncomfortable and itchy, they can be hard to get rid of. Although they’re typically treated with over-the-counter (OTC) or prescription creams, some women are turning to home remedies. One such remedy is coconut oil.
Coconut oil is a fatty oil derived from the flesh of the coconut fruit. The oil is said to have many health benefits, such as aiding digestion and helping to balance your hormones.
It’s also thought to have antibacterial properties, which may make it an effective treatment for yeast infections. Here’s what you need to know about using coconut oil to treat a yeast infection.
What the research says
Coconut oil is an established antifungal. Although research on its use for yeast infections is limited, there’s evidence to suggest that this approach may work.
A 2007 lab studyTrusted Source found that coconut oil helped kill a species of yeast. Researchers found that the Candida albicans strain was the most susceptible to concentrated coconut oil.
In the study, less coconut oil was needed to get rid of the yeast than fluconazole. Fluconazole is an antifungal medication commonly recommended for the treatment of yeast infections.
A 2014 canine studyTrusted Source produced similar results. Twenty dogs were treated with a mixture of essential oils that included coconut oil. This mixture was applied topically for one month.
Researchers found that the treatment had a good clinical outcome, with no adverse effects or recurrence reported.
More research is needed to determine the possible short- and long-term effects of use.
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| What’s happening to Tajuddin, Xavier cases, MACC asked |
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Posted by: superadmin - 07-27-2021, 10:58 AM - Forum: Politics
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PETALING JAYA: Two anti-graft groups have called for an update on the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s investigations into alleged cases involving MPs Tajuddin Abdul Rahman and Dr Xavier Jayakumar.
Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) said it was important for the agency to update the public on the developments in these cases, since MACC previously confirmed it was investigating Xavier, while Tajuddin had even been detained.
TI-M president Muhammad Mohan told FMT that MACC should avoid any negative public perception that the MPs’ cases could be swept under the rug if they supported the government.
“This is important for MACC to improve its image with the public. In Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer 2020, MACC’s approval rating among the Malaysian public was 74%.
“This can be improved if MACC regularly engages with the public and acts without fear or favour. However, remaining silent and not updating will lead to a trust deficit among the public on its independence,” he said.
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| Costly for Umno to stay silent in Parliament, say analysts |
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Posted by: superadmin - 07-27-2021, 10:51 AM - Forum: Politics
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PETALING JAYA: Analysts say it will be costly for Umno to remain silent in Parliament while their Pakatan Harapan contemporaries continue lashing out against the Perikatan Nasional government.
Universiti Malaya’s Awang Azman Pawi and academic Azmi Hassan said the party stands to lose the trust of supporters by keeping quiet, especially when some have been so vocal against Putrajaya outside Parliament.
But talk is cheap, said Azmi, adding that Umno needed to step up to the plate and be more vocal about its views on the government’s performance.
“As the Malays say, ‘Cakap tak serupa bikin’. You talk outside Parliament as though you’re very anti-government, but when you’re in Parliament, you’re so quiet. So, Umno needs to step up,” he told FMT.
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| Who can save the waning United Nations? Not the US, but China |
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Posted by: superadmin - 07-27-2021, 10:01 AM - Forum: Politics
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- The US cannot save the world by itself, as much as it wants to. America must accept that China, while so different and deeply competitive, needs to pitch in
- On China’s part, with a declining population, it must seize the hour if it means to prove it is exceptional
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Maybe the United Nations – fumbling, hopelessly bureaucratic, partly corrupt and so on – is in fact beyond redemption. Just forget about it: let it career down the slippery slope of mediocrity and geopolitical irrelevance and splash ignominiously into New York’s East River. Let’s just cut our losses and bail out before its collapse pulls the world into a deep and dark abyss.
Maybe the UN was never going to save the world. Without the United States as a member, the League of Nations flopped after the first world war; post second world war, even with the US in the game, the UN is a near-flop.
Maybe, as Princeton University Emeritus Professor Richard Falk provocatively and persistently suggests, a new world order cannot be maintained on the ballast of international institutionalisation but will require an elevated layer of consciousness: in effect, a transformative global psychological breakthrough elevating the human species into the sphere of a true functional community. But – how long might that take?
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| Stand up for fairness, Mr Speaker |
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Posted by: superadmin - 07-26-2021, 09:15 PM - Forum: Politics
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A meeting of Parliament long awaited by the whole country is about to get under way. There’s much to be discussed after the last meeting which ended on Dec 29 last year.
Over the past seven months, we have had a state of emergency, numerous lockdowns of various kinds, a healthcare system on the verge of collapse and, as of yesterday, more than 17,000 infections in a day.
What’s worse, we now have amassed a cumulative total of a million Covid-19 cases. One out every 33 Malaysian has been infected.
That’s a million reasons why the people need to know what Parliament is about to discuss, what problems are examined and what solutions are put forward.
But Free Malaysia Today will not be there to tell Malaysians about it.
Despite the pressing need for information, Dewan Rakyat speaker Azhar Azizan Harun has seen fit to isolate millions of Malaysians, both inside and outside the country, from the action inside the House.
He has only invited a handful of media to cover the meeting, leaving out Free Malaysia Today – one of the top three news portals in Malaysia – and the Malay Mail, the online version of one of the oldest newspapers in the country.
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| Lifting of Emergency laws – did you know, Umno ministers asked |
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Posted by: superadmin - 07-26-2021, 06:15 PM - Forum: Politics
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PETALING JAYA: Umno ministers have been urged to “come clean” on whether they knew that Putrajaya had revoked the Emergency ordinances from July 21.
“Did they know? If they knew, why did they remain quiet? Because if they knew and kept quiet, they are making Umno and their party president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi look really silly,” said former law minister Zaid Ibrahim.
“If they knew, did they agree? If not, they should resign from the Cabinet because this will affect their party.”
Zaid said it becomes even more significant if the revocation did not follow due process, as it would mean Umno is a party to fraudem legis, or evasion of the law.
Earlier today, law minister Takiyuddin Hassan revealed that all ordinances were revoked as of July 21 because the government decided to cancel them under Article 153 of the Federal Constitution.
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| China has every right to reject WHO's embrace of lab-leak theory: U.S. journalist |
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Posted by: superadmin - 07-26-2021, 02:49 PM - Forum: Covid-19 Pandemic
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"The lab leak theory is a highly politicized framework for pursuing answers into the origins of COVID-19. That China would exercise caution in supporting an investigation that possesses far-from-impartial motives should come as no surprise," wrote Danny Haiphong, an independent U.S. journalist and researcher.
BEIJING, July 25 (Xinhua) -- China has every right to be suspicious of the undue focus the West placed on the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a U.S. journalist has said, noting that biased investigations into and politization of COVID-19 origins would only lead to more questions than answers.
"The lab leak theory is a highly politicized framework for pursuing answers into the origins of COVID-19. That China would exercise caution in supporting an investigation that possesses far-from-impartial motives should come as no surprise," wrote Danny Haiphong, an independent U.S. journalist and researcher, in an opinion article published Friday in the China Global Television Network.
The article came after Vice Director of China's National Health Commission Zeng Yixin on Thursday rejected a second-phase plan proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) with a focus on the lab-leak theory.
Zeng reiterated that WHO experts agreed after visiting the Wuhan institution that it was "extremely unlikely" that the virus escaped from a lab.
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