Links 05/06/2023 | naked capitalism
Inside the fight to save a beleaguered butterfly high country news
A four-year-old climbs 52-foot-high walls, her mom says she’s just “going for it.” FOX
Neighbors uncover mystery case of New Jersey pasta dump NBC
Climate
Conclusion: AI is booming — and so is its carbon footprint bloomberg
Changes in digital behavior could cut carbon emissions: study Anadolu Agency
The dark lands of the Amazon contribute to the introduction of tree species into ecological reforestation. The boundaries of soil science. A must read for soil lovers.
#COVID-19
WHO declares end of global health emergency caused by COVID-19 STAT. Still not sleeping
FACT: #COVID-19 NOT in the air.
#corona virus It is mainly transmitted by airborne droplets formed when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks.
To protect yourself:
– keep a distance of 1 m from others
– Disinfect surfaces frequently
– wash / rub 👐
– do not touch your 👀👃👄 pic.twitter.com/fpkcpHAJx7— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) March 28, 2020
WHO emergency has worked so hard to extend and institutionalize….
Disease experts warn White House of potential micromicron wave of disease Vapo
* * * Rochelle Walensky of CDC resigns, citing transition from pandemic AP White House statement. A successor has not been named. Strange. In any case, good riddance. Meanwhile, the CDC remains committed to the “only wax” beat:
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) Declaration ends May 11, but the CDC’s key recommendations remain the same:
📅 Stay up to date on COVID-19 vaccines.
🤒 Get tested if you have symptoms or if you have been exposed to COVID-19. https://t.co/4pW71kHfps— CDC (@CDCgov) May 4, 2023
And speaking of testing –
FDA warns thousands of COVID tests recalled due to risk of bacterial contamination msn
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is down, doctor. Shah could be next in line RGMO. Shah can be an improvement:
2) People – Dr. Shah @nirav_uscdc is one of the BEST public health leaders in the world. He was aggressive early in the pandemic when he was director of the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, well ahead of other leaders. He is one of the best public health leaders! He’s on the precaution team – ONE OF US! https://t.co/wZSszMNG8P
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) May 5, 2023
Or not-
The truth about Nirav Shah that the Maine media never told you Main Wire. Right, but documented. Discouraging.
* * * CDC is changing the way it monitors COVID-19 in the US Los Angeles Times:
New cases of the pandemic virus that has caused 1.1 million deaths in the United States and 6.9 million deaths worldwide will eventually be combined with influenza, respiratory syncytial virus and other infections that can cause pneumonia and death in people.
The CDC will continue to be able to alert communities to coronavirus outbreaks through ongoing monitoring of emergency room visits, COVID-19 hospital admissions, and monitoring of wastewater from local wastewater treatment plants. Reliable mortality statistics from COVID-19 will lag behind other data.
[Nirav D. Shah, the CDC’s principal deputy director] said the CDC plan would give a picture of the pandemic virus that is “superior” to the data it collects on influenza and RSV. However, . And the data that will be posted will be collected and updated less frequently.
It was a clever trick to present everything as a “personal risk assessment” and then deprive us of the data we need to do so. And Shah seems to have agreed to this.
* * * Intrahost evolution ensures continued emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants Virology. From the Abstract:[W]It is estimated that in hospitalized patients with COVID-19, multiple mutation variants can appear locally in as little as 1 month, even in patients without overt immunodeficiency. Follow-up by sequencing of patients with persistent virus shedding, patients with suspected re-infection, and patients with compromised immune function could be of great public health benefit.”
Deep phenotyping of neurological post-acute consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection Neurology (RS). From the discussion: “This comprehensive analysis of a small group of patients with neuro-PASC revealed a disabling but difficult to describe syndrome that develops even after relatively mild COVID-19. A common symptom is memory impairment. Microsmia was common, although none of our patients had anosmia. CSF analysis showed immunological disorders. The strengths of our study are the study-based assessment of a relatively homogeneous cohort, including advanced CSF analysis, imaging, and autonomic testing. Clinically, our cohort had symptoms similar to those described in reports from larger cohorts and surveys, with fatigue and cognitive impairment being the most common and debilitating symptoms, with a high incidence of psychological symptoms and significant adverse effects on quality of life.” Press release.
* * * Anti-mask scammer targets germ theory:
It seems unscientific to me to start with the assumption that masks work rather than asking for hard evidence that this is true.
They compare masks to life jackets, but come on… we see firsthand that life jackets keep people afloat.
What exactly do we see in the masks?
— Tracy Hoeg, MD, PhD (@TracyBethHoeg) May 6, 2023
China?
Europe will be the real battleground in the US-China Cold War South China Morning Post
Leading Chinese digital banks report more bad loans but higher returns Kaisin Global
Chinese fast fashion giant Shein denies low prices due to forced labor Asia Channel News
India
Appeals to ‘chief heating officers’, contingency plans for deadly heat wave India Channel News in Asia
What the US-China Chip War Means for India The rest of the world
The dangers of new multilateralism Business standard
U.S., Saudi Arabia welcome start of direct talks between Sudanese belligerents Anadolu Agency
Dear old Blighty
Schedule of events for the coronation of the British King Charles III France24
The power behind the throne political
Pouted, slapped London Review of Books. Still German as of 2017.
New not-so-cold war
Prigozhin said that Wagner fighters would leave Bakhmut to “lick our wounds” Asia channel news. I don’t know what Prigogine is doing (or accepting). At a minimum, his machinations are bad for business. Maybe oligarchs shouldn’t run armies, even private ones?
The Chechen leader said that his militants are ready to replace the Wagner group with “cannon fodder” in Bakhmut Ukrainian truth
* * * Russia’s blocking of US-supplied missile systems complicates Ukraine’s military operations CNN
Ukraine’s air war heats up Foreign policy
* * * Neocon propaganda crushed! Anywhere in ISW, Hagan’s nest.
Their democracy:
Ukrainian secret police have arrested a well-known critic of the regime, the Chilean-American blogger Gonzalo Lira.
He is accused of “discrediting the top military-political leadership and the Defense Forces” of Ukraine.
“Democratic values” in actionpic.twitter.com/KNuL0C6YLo
— Wyatt Reid (@wyattreed13) May 5, 2023
* * * Russia says it has billions of Indian rupees it can’t use Bloomberg. As predicted by Eve…
Pollution reveals what Russian statistics hide: industrial decline WSJ
Bipolar order? New left view. Application of dietary hermeneutics…
“Almost a third of the global economy is now under sanctions” Moon of Alabama
south of the border
Former Mexican president turned out to be a CIA agent Orinoco Tribune
Biden administration
Biden appoints Nira Tanden as his domestic policy adviser political
Biden says he’s not yet ready to apply the 14th Amendment to avoid default Reuters
Supreme
Clarence Thomas Promises to Accept a Code of Ethics at a Reasonable Price Onion
Capitol Capitol
Baaad Banks
The SEC is checking First Republic Bank executives for insider trading, Bloomberg reports. Reuters (Resilc).
‘No one wants to be short’ over the weekend is the mantra driving the bank’s rally bloomberg
Did short sellers sell bank shares? Group Demands SEC Investigate Marketplace
Reverse ATMs accept bills and dispense cards as stores move to cashless payments axioms The beauty is that there is some unused money left on the card after the user has thrown it away…
Digital clock
Will AI be the next McKinsey? New Yorker
The creator of the legendary horror manga is a little worried about artificial intelligence Kotaku Koloda: “Legendary horror manga creator is a little worried about AI art.” i don’t know Art of AI has a very high base level of creepiness right out of the box.
Google plans to make search more “personal” with AI chat and video clips WSJ. Deck: “The changes aim to answer queries that cannot be easily answered with the traditional ’10 Blue Links’ web results. It’s been a long time since 10 blue links. Then I could find things.
class war
Locate the Writers Guild picket line near you payday report
Kill OSHA: Then shoot, stab, choke and drown the agency Closed space. More Lauper Bright Enterprises vs. Raimondo.
The problem is not “corporations”. this is capitalism Carl Badger
How to win at cards and in life, according to poker superstar with autism VaPo. Sloika, all about personal risk assessment….
Antidote for the dayway):
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