#covid-199

[darewolfcreates]

Teeth jars!

[bimyself06]

Can someone send me the meme of something or someone going downhill while on fire and caption it:@bimyself06 life right abt now.

It can be as an ask or a message

[dailygtwscar]

[199] After my last post with Scar dressed as Butters, I couldn't get this idea out of my head. Here's convex as Post Covid Butters & Kenny

[covid-safer-hotties]

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An excellent breakdown of the efficacy of covid vaccines in children with some haunting statistics included:

Finally, only 7.4% of children ages 5 to 17 years in our study had received an XBB vaccine by the end of April 2024, which is similar to California Department of Public Health estimates of 6% to 7% for this same age group and time period.

Even if we could actually vax our way out of the covid pandemic, there's nowhere near enough uptake to pretend like we can. Mask up. Clean the air. Take all the steps and precautions you can to help keep yourself and everyone around you safe and healthy.

Introduction Vaccine effectiveness of XBB messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccines against mild to severe outcomes has been shown for adults in multiple global settings.1-3 However, data describing the effectiveness of updated COVID-19 vaccines in children are scarce. We evaluated the BNT162b2 XBB vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech) effectiveness in children ages 5 to 17 years during the 2023-2024 respiratory virus season in a large integrated US health system.

Methods Similar to prior studies,3 we conducted a test-negative case-control analysis to evaluate BNT162b2 XBB vaccine effectiveness against acute respiratory infection (ARI)-associated (eTable in Supplement 1) hospital admission and emergency department (ED) or urgent care visits among children ages 5 to 11 (using a 10-μg formulation) and 12 to 17 (30-μg formulation) years from October 10, 2023, through April 30, 2024, at Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC). This study followed the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) reporting guidelines. This study was approved by the KPSC institutional review board with a waiver of informed consent because it involved a minimal risk to study participants.

Cases had a positive SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or antigen test during a hospital admission or ED or urgent care visit, and controls tested negative and had no evidence of a positive SARS-CoV-2 test in the prior 90 days. In sensitivity analyses, we evaluated the impact of (1) restricting results to PCR testing only, and (2) excluding test-negative controls identified by antigen testing alone. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% CIs comparing the odds of vaccination with 1 or more doses of BNT162b2 XBB with the odds of not being vaccinated with any XBB vaccine were calculated from multivariable logistic regression models (eMethods in Supplement 1). Vaccine effectiveness was calculated as 1 − OR multiplied by 100%. Significance was determined with 95% CIs.

Results Of 15 233 ARI encounters among children ages 5 to 17 years meeting eligibility criteria (7342 female [48.2%]; 1450 Asian or Pacific Islander [9.5%], 1358 Black [8.9%], 8752 Hispanic [57.5%], 2678 White [17.6%]), 9834 were among 5-to-11-year–olds (334 hospital admissions [3.4%], 4377 ED visits [44.5%], and 5123 urgent care visits [52.1%]) and 5399 were among 12-to-17-year–olds (125 hospital admissions [2.3%], 1953 ED visits [36.2%], and 3321 urgent care visits [61.5%]) (eFigure in Supplement 1). Overall, 336 of 9834 5-to-11-year–olds (3.4%) and 388 of 5399 12-to-17-year–olds (7.2%) tested SARS-CoV-2 positive (Table 1). In the full cohort, 1125 children (7.4%) received an XBB vaccine by the end of April 2024; 339 of 9834 5-to-11-year–olds (3.4%) and 264 of 5399 12-to-17-year–olds (4.9%) received BNT162b2 XBB vaccine with median time since vaccination of 75 days (range, 15-199 days) and 64.5 days (range, 16-197 days), respectively. Among those ages 5 to 11 and 12 to 17 years, estimated adjusted BNT162b2 XBB vaccine effectiveness was 68% (95% CI, 11%-88%) and 63% (95% CI, 20%-83%) against COVID-19–associated hospital admission or ED or urgent care visits, respectively, with an overall estimated vaccine effectiveness for all 5-to-17-year–olds of 65% (95% CI, 36%-81%) (Table 2). No COVID-19–associated hospitalizations occurred among those who received BNT162b2 XBB vaccine. Estimated vaccine effectiveness was generally similar for all age groups if results were restricted only to PCR test results or if antigen results were used only to identify cases (Table 2).

Discussion Our results suggest that the BNT162b2 XBB vaccine provided protection against COVID-19–associated hospitalization and ED or urgent care visits among children 5 to 17 years of age during the 2023-2024 season with estimated vaccine effectiveness point estimates ranging from 63% to 73%. The US rate of COVID-19–associated hospitalization was roughly 10.5 per 100 000 among 5-to-17-year–olds from October 2023 through April 2024.4 Assuming 65% vaccine effectiveness, vaccinating the roughly 54.3 million 5-to-17-year–olds in the US5 could have averted approximately 3700 hospitalizations and, using the approximately 30:1 ratio of hospitalizations to ED or urgent care visits we observed in our study, roughly 111 000 ED or urgent care visits during the 2023-2024 respiratory virus season. Our observational design has previously described limitations,3 including potential unmeasured confounding, potential misclassification of prior infection or whether ARI encounters were truly COVID-19–related, and lack of generalizability to other populations. Finally, only 7.4% of children ages 5 to 17 years in our study had received an XBB vaccine by the end of April 2024, which is similar to California Department of Public Health estimates of 6% to 7% for this same age group and time period.6 More efforts are needed to improve pediatric COVID-19 vaccine uptake.

[fridayyy-13th]

for the honesty hour, what got u into tma?

okay okay SO. sort of a long story, buckle up. this tale actually technically starts a couple years before i even listened to the podcast; it's not really a necessary part of the story but i think it gives some neat extra context.

so back in 2018, i was getting into horror for the first time, particularly psychological horror (i still can't really deal with slashers or gore or anything, so psychological horror is my spooks of choice lol). and in the art class i was taking, one of my desk neighbors would give me recommendations. they had recommended Doki Doki Literature Club to me, and i'd loved it! so when they recommended me a podcast called The Magnus Archives, i went home and checked it out...by poking around on the wiki for a little bit to suss out the kinds of spooks it entailed. poking it with a long stick to see if it would bite me, as it were. i read through the wiki synopsis for a random episode (which was MAG 034 - Anatomy Class), decided it was too scary for me, didn't listen to it, and subsequently completely forgot about the entire thing.

jump forward to 2021, i once again had a vague awareness of Magnus due to following some artists for fandoms like Hermitcraft and YTTD who also made art for TMA. at this point it was kinda just in my periphery? i hadn't really given listening a second thought yet.

...and then in December i got covid for the first time, totally smacking down all plans of going out to do stuff or visiting friends.

so like, i had absolutely nothing to do for the holidays. i mean, i'd started playing Deltarune chapter 2, so i had that going for me, but that was it. i was bored outta my mind. and then one evening, i was scrolling aimlessly through tumblr at like 12 in the morning when a piece of jmart fanart caught my eye. i wound up searching the TMA tag, and after watching @/faerie--kei's fantastic Home PMV, i was Deeply Intrigued and Very Curious. the next morning i decided to start listening, and the subsequent two weeks absolutely rewired my brain.

and yknow how i mentioned that back in 2018 i had been told about this podcast, but didn't pick it up til three years later? the entire first thirty-three episodes felt strangely familiar, and then i listened to MAG 034 and went "OH HEY WAIT I READ ABOUT THIS ONCE DIDN'T I." and then it became my favorite episode!! so it came full-circle; the episode that initially scared me off became one of the ones i love the most.

i actually think i finished MAG 200 on the evening of Christmas Day? so that was a nice little gift to end my holiday, lol. i remember sitting on my bed after 199 like "wow. this is it. and i know how it ends." (due to aforementioned PMV.) "but maybe it won't actually end that way??? One Can Only Hope :)" and then i listened to 200 and yeah. ouch. i have been insane about this podcast ever since.

so uh the short answer is "the throes of boredom caused by sickness." i'm actually re-listening to it currently, much more slowly, since it's been a couple years. it's just as good as the first time, maybe even moreso because now i don't just have a vague idea of where everything goes, i know exactly when and how things go downhill. fun times :D

[morn-yvri-winters]

Hey guys, i dont know why but like... i guess over the span of which i had covid i lost... iunno, quite a couple of pounds?

Like with my typical attire i think i weighed like... 199 pounds or so? But i think thats only with that attire, regardless, i suppose i lost quite a bit of weight over the weeks with covid without eating a whole lot...

... but then im sorta worried that i could even be potentially losing weight to other means? Huff...

It could be post-/covid related or anxiety related and im honestly really unsure. I apparently weighed 200 pounds when i went to the ER, i guess they also rounded up my weight? Im unsure, but i was only wearing my shirt, pants, and shoes when that happened. I dont think not eating a whole lot over the span of 3 days would cause one who is wearing what would be relatively light clothes to lose that much weight.

Then again, i dont know, it is most likely covid/anxiety related, it could be because I haven't eaten a whole lot.

I truly do not know! I do not know....

Also as to the hospital/ER visit, i am unsure if i even shared it, but i did leave the ER and they did tell me everything with my heart and blood levels is fine and its possible that it is stress related.

Anyways... here is this funny edit of Moss from Pikmin 4

[past-j]

mid november weight loss thoughts!

No progress on the scale yet this month, but plenty of progress reinforcing the positive habits that will keep me happy and healthy for a long time.

I spent the first week of november at my bfs house with no access to a scale and not much control over what I ate. All i could do was load up on veggies and portion control. In the past i’d usually gain a little weight at his place (munchies, good food, bigger portions, and keeping up w the boys) but this time around I maintained.

Went home for like a day, then went BACK to his house for the veterans day weekend to celebrate our 4 year anni. On saturday, we ate a DELICIOUS meal at an all-you-can-eat brazilian steakhouse. Had desserts. Honestly went pretty hard with the food but didn’t overcorrect the next day. And I’ve settled right back to where I ended october, so perfect maintenance for the past 2 weeks. Fine with me!

So some wins there were…

1) I’m pretty good at intuitively eating at maintenance (at my current weight)!

2) I made a lot of small healthy decisions that I get to continue making forevermore.

3) I didn’t let the disordered thoughts mess up the positive headspace I’ve been able to keep through this all. No overcorrecting, just getting back to where I was.

So on that note, I’m just picking the weight loss up right where I left off. I’m at 199 lbs so far. :-) was originally aiming for 195 in november, but that’s feeling too quick now. So.

as of yesterday, there are 50 days until Jan 1! So i’m spending the next 50 days focused on weighing in at 195 (or lower)! That’ll be a 10+ lb weight loss overall, which I will be so happy to celebrate on NYE.

The small goals stack up.

I think it’s helpful to have a super attainable short term weight loss goal. I don’t want to set a final goal weight, but I can commit to losing a few lbs at a time. That’s how I got below 200, and that’s how I’ll get to 195. I’m taking things one increment at a time and planning to take a break when I’d have to take drastic measures to continue. No clue when that’ll be, but I’m still going strong.

I’m going to prioritize spending weekdays at home where I have more control over my food while still enjoying social dining out.

Also prioritizing waking up early so I can end work before the sun sets and go for my daily walk. My walks are the highlight of my day. I love seeing familiar faces out around my neighborhood. It doesn’t take any discipline at all to go out for an hour every day. I think this is going to be a big pillar of lifelong health. When exercise is just a part of my routine, it’s so easy to prioritize. I actively love it. Plus ive been speed walking bc its fucking CHILLY! Yay cardio!

Ive also been reallyyyy craving running again. I used to run a lot btwn 2016-2020 but stopped after becoming depressed during COVID. Then I gained weight and every time I’ve wanted to return to it, my body doesn’t adjust well and I have a bit of pain. That’s given me more motivation to keep up the weight loss. Physical fitness is so important and I need to be able to run. We are MEANT to run. I’ll try again when I’m closer to 195-190. :-) until then I get to strength train and build up to that goal.

Okay i think thats enough of a brain dump!! Thank u for reading!

[denminn]

Navigating Digital Ministry with Ryan Dunn | Episode 199

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6ai9m-16c96b9 The importance of digital ministry was made clear during COVID when churches had to go all digital.  But now that we are all back in the pews, is there still a need for digital ministry?  If so, what does it look like beyond livestreaming Sunday worship? I talk with Ryan Dunn, a minister for online engagement with the United Methodist Church on…

[mediamonarchy]

https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/20240828_MorningMonarchy.mp3 Download MP3 Sloth fever, pawpaw gifts and West Nile Fauci + this day in history w/fluoride IQs and our song of the day by Tennessee Jet on your #MorningMonarchy for August 28, 2024. Notes/Links: Starbucks new boss under fire for 1,000-mile commute https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y3e0ljnllo Gas Prices May Cross $3 on Their Way Down; Analysts say oil will be in no hurry to go back up—barring hurricanes, heat, and international complications https://archive.is/8CWOy ⛳ Jackson Hole in one https://sherwood.news/snacks/newsletters/jackson-hole-in-one/ 💊 Healthcare price spikes https://sherwood.news/snacks/newsletters/healthcare-price-spikes/ Image: So you’ve been radicalized by your grocery bill https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/so_youve_been_radicalized_by_your_grocery_bill.jpg Mosquito Born Disease Puts Northeastern Towns Under Lockdown https://www.wideopenspaces.com/mosquito-born-disease-puts-northeastern-towns-under-lockdown/ Video: Insect-transmitted Oropouche virus spreading at “unprecedented scale,” study finds (Audio) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAiGeXgPwKo Skeeter Davis – “I’m A Lover (Not A Fighter)” (Vinyl // Audio) https://www.discogs.com/release/1789470-Various-The-Best-Of-Country-West-Vol-3 // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeeter_Davis // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4F5luTOZ3Y Oropouche fever, the mysterious threat https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(24)00516-4/fulltext #MounseyMinute: Paw Paw (Asimina triloba); Exploring the many gifts offered by Paw Paw trees the in the context of Food Forest Design. This is Installment #6 of the Stacking Functions in the Garden, Food Forest and Medicine Cabinet series. https://gavinmounsey.substack.com/p/paw-paw-asimina-triloba #MounseyMinute: Stacking Functions in the Garden, Food Forest and Medicine Cabinet : The Regenerative Way From Seed To Apothecary https://gavinmounsey.substack.com/p/stacking-functions-in-the-garden-199 #MounseyMinute: Episode 8 – Pawpaws Slow to Start But Easy to Grow (Audio) https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/20240828_MounseyMinute.mp3 #MounseyMinute: Tommy Emmanuel – “Lewis & Clark” (Inst. // Audio) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNVI_3lAaE8 Previous #MounseyMinute: Episode 7 – Radio-Protective Foods On The Radio https://mediamonarchy.com/20240724morningmonarchy/ Can You Microwave Plastic? Here’s What Toxicologists Have to Say https://www.foodandwine.com/can-you-microwave-plastic-8700835 Cannabis may be an anti-aging miracle drug for older brains, study suggests https://studyfinds.org/cannabis-anti-aging-drug-brain/ Americans’ Views of Marijuana Effects Worsen; However, U.S. adults view marijuana as less harmful to users than tobacco, nicotine and alcohol https://news.gallup.com/poll/648821/americans-views-marijuana-effects-worsen.aspx Zuckerberg Says He Regrets Demoting COVID-19 Content; ‘I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it,’ Mark Zuckerberg wrote. https://archive.is/powgT HPV Vaccination May Trigger Rare and Often Misdiagnosed Autoimmune Brain Disease https://archive.is/Tlpcf Dr. Fauci Hospitalized With Rare Disease; Cue the conspiracy theories. https://futurism.com/neoscope/fauci-hospitalized-west-nile Video: The Fear mongering PR campaign frontman, Fauci, released from hospital after West Nile virus infection 👌 🙄 https://youtu.be/teZoyc2pTuE Harry Belafonte – “The Midnight Special” (Vinyl // Audio) https://www.discogs.com/release/11685977-Harry-Belafonte-The-Midnight-Special // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Special_(song) // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhISQvv1wEc August 2014 – Page 1 – Media Monarchy https://mediamonarchy.com/2014/8/ Flashback: #NewWorldNextWeek: Episode201 – IMF’ed, Losing Libya, Foley Follies (Aug. 28, 2014) https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw201/ #MorningMonarchy: August 28, 2017 – #MacronMakeUp costs $31K ...

[schoje]

Blumenau registra 419 óbitos por Coronavírus Blumenau registrou mais três óbitos, somando agora 419 mortes por Coronavírus no município. Dois deles foram informados na manhã deste domingo, dia 4, quando o município recebeu a informação de novas vítimas, duas mulheres de 70 e 59 anos. A primeira internada desde o dia 1º de abril e a segunda internada em UTI desde o dia 26 de março. Ambas apresentavam casos de comorbidades. O terceiro óbito registrado foi de um homem de 71 anos, que estava internado desde o dia 5 de março, sendo transferido para a UTI no dia 7. O homem também apresentava caso de comorbidade. Blumenau registra ainda neste domingo, dia 4 de abril, um total de 48.526 casos confirmados de Coronavírus (Covid-19), 60 a mais do que registrado no último sábado, dia 3 de abril, quando o município contabilizava 48.466 casos da doença. Dos novos casos diagnosticados, nenhum foi por meio do teste RT-PCR, um foi por teste rápido e 59 de antígeno. O teste de antígeno para Covid-19 é rápido e capaz de detectar a proteína do nucleocapsídeo viral do SARS-CoV-2. Ao todo, a Prefeitura de Blumenau já fez 161.777 testes para Covid-19. Somente neste domingo, dia 4 de abril, foram processados 199 exames. Entre os casos positivos, 772 pacientes estão em tratamento. Destes, 629 encontram-se com estado de saúde estável, em isolamento domiciliar e sendo monitorados pela Secretaria de Promoção da Saúde. Dos casos em análise e confirmados de Blumenau e de outros municípios, 180 pacientes encontram-se hospitalizados, sendo 81 em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva (UTI) e 99 em enfermaria. Destes na UTI, 69 pacientes são de Blumenau (sendo 68 confirmados e um em análise) e 12 pacientes de outras cidades (sendo todos confirmados) e a taxa de ocupação dos leitos de UTI na cidade é de 100%. Além disso, 15 leitos de guerra estão ativados. Já em enfermaria são 81 pacientes de Blumenau (sendo 75 confirmados e seis em análise) e 18 de outros municípios (sendo 17 confirmados e um em análise), com taxa de ocupação de 52,9%. Além disso, os hospitais da cidade prestaram 260 atendimentos, com 64 deles decorrentes de síndromes gripais. O município contabiliza também 47.335 casos de pessoas que já passaram pelo período de isolamento e não apresentaram novos sintomas, considerados como recuperados. A Prefeitura de Blumenau destaca a importância de manter o isolamento social, nos casos em que as pessoas podem ficar em casa. O poder público também reforça as medidas de segurança, que incluem o uso de máscara sempre que sair de casa e a higienização frequente das mãos, com água e sabão ou álcool em gel. Linhas para profissionais da saúde Neste domingo, dia 4, como de praxe em todos os domingos e feriados, a Seterb está disponibilizando ônibus especiais para o deslocamento exclusivo de profissionais da área da saúde. Confira os horários abaixo: Domingo (4 de abril) Linha 01 - Região do Garcia, linha 02 - Região da Velha, linha 03 - Região da Fortaleza e linha 04 - Região do Aterro: Saída dos bairros: 5h40 e 17h40 Saída dos hospitais: 7h20 e 19h20  Cinturões noturnos Desde o dia 22 de fevereiro, a Prefeitura de Blumenau, por meio da Secretaria Municipal de Trânsito e Transporte (Seterb), retomou as fiscalizações de trânsito com os cinturões noturnos. As ações são desenvolvidas todos os dias pela Guarda Municipal de Trânsito (GMT), em vias de ligação entre os bairros de Blumenau. Neste domingo a GMT está atuando nos cinturões das 15h às 23h. Atendimento virtual pelo Alô Saúde Neste feriado de Páscoa, entre os dias 2 e 4 de abril, o Alô Saúde não teve atendimento pelo telefone 156 (opção 2) e canal de WhatsApp, no telefone (48) 4042-0330.  O atendimento será retomado amanhã, segunda-feira, dia 5. Ambulatório da Vila Germânica fez 137 testes de Covid-19 Durante o feriado de Páscoa, entre os dias 2 e 4 de abril, às pessoas com sintomas gripais e suspeita de Covid-19 podem buscar atendimento no Ambulatório do Parque Vila Germânica, das 7h às 19h. Já os usuários

que precisarem de atendimento clínico não relacionado à pandemia podem se dirigir ao Ambulatório Geral Heinz Schrader (AG do Centro), localizado na Rua República Argentina, 2.077, no bairro Ponta Aguda, das 7h às 19h. Somente neste domingo, dia 4 de abril, o Ambulatório da Vila Germânica fez 180 atendimentos e 137 coletas para exames RT-PCR e Antígeno. postada em 04/04/2021 17:31 - 65 visualizações FotosFonte: Prefeitura de Blumenau SC

[gamboagarcia]

Gracias de antemano por sus comentarios Se han esparcido 805 mil litros de solución sanitizante en Juárez Programa Nocturno de Sanitización ha recorrido 199 colonias Ciudad Juárez, Chih. - El Programa de Sanitización Urbana, que el Gobierno Independiente realiza a través de la Dirección General de Servicios Públicos, continúa con los recorridos nocturnos, como parte de las acciones preventivas para combatir el Covid-19, por lo que ya se han... Sigue leyendo: https://www.adiario.mx/estado/juarez/se-han-esparcido-805-mil-litros-de-solucion-sanitizante-en-juarez/?feed_id=163604&_unique_id=668e9d476ecf4

[cinquecolonnemagazine]

Italia fanalino di coda in Europa per i pagamenti digitali

Ancora indietro rispetto agli altri paesi europei per l'adozione di metodi di pagamento digitali, l'Italia si posiziona ultima nell'area euro con soli 199 pagamenti pro-capite annui senza contante. Questo dato, emerge da un recente studio di Unimpresa, che evidenzia un divario significativo rispetto alle nazioni più virtuose: Lussemburgo (8.738 operazioni pro-capite), Lituania (1.041) e Paesi Bassi (670) guidano la classifica, mentre l'Italia si colloca al fondo, confermandosi come il paese meno incline all'utilizzo di carte, bonifici, moneta digitale e altri strumenti elettronici rispetto al denaro contante. Perché in Italia ci sono pochi pagamenti digitali? Nonostante la pandemia da Covid-19 abbia accelerato la diffusione dei pagamenti digitali in tutto il mondo, l'Italia sembra aver fatto passi indietro rispetto ad altri paesi. Le ragioni di questo ritardo sono molteplici: - Diffidenza verso i metodi di pagamento digitali: Un'ampia fetta della popolazione italiana, soprattutto le fasce d'età più anziane, nutre ancora diffidenza verso i pagamenti digitali, temendo truffe o furti di dati personali. - Capillarità diffusa degli sportelli bancomat: La presenza capillare di sportelli bancomat sul territorio nazionale facilita l'accesso al contante e ne incentiva l'utilizzo, anche per piccoli importi. - Mancanza di incentivi: Ad oggi, non sono state implementate politiche di sostegno adeguate a promuovere l'adozione di metodi di pagamento digitali da parte di consumatori e imprese. - Costi elevati per le transazioni elettroniche: Le commissioni applicate per le transazioni con carte di credito e altri strumenti elettronici possono risultare un deterrente per alcuni consumatori e esercenti. Tuttavia, l'Italia non è immobile. Negli ultimi anni si è registrata una crescita significativa nell'utilizzo di carte di debito, soprattutto per gli acquisti online e presso i grandi esercizi commerciali. Inoltre, la diffusione di smartphone e tecnologie contactless ha favorito l'adozione di soluzioni di pagamento mobile, come Satispay e Bancomat Pay. Cosa fare? Diverse iniziative erano in corso per accelerare il processo di digitalizzazione dei pagamenti in Italia: - Piano Cashless: Il Piano Cashless, che era stato promosso dal precedente Governo italiano, mira a ridurre l'utilizzo del contante incentivando l'adozione di strumenti di pagamento digitali attraverso misure come il cashback e il bonus per i pagamenti elettronici. - Nuove tecnologie: L'introduzione di nuove tecnologie, come il 5G e il POS mobile, può facilitare l'utilizzo di pagamenti digitali anche in contesti non tradizionali, come mercati rionali e piccole attività commerciali. - Educazione finanziaria: Promuovere l'educazione finanziaria, soprattutto tra le fasce d'età più anziane, è fondamentale per aumentare la consapevolezza sui benefici e sulla sicurezza dei pagamenti digitali. L'adozione di pagamenti digitali offre numerosi vantaggi: - Maggiore sicurezza: I pagamenti digitali sono generalmente più sicuri del contante, che può essere smarrito o rubato. - Tracciabilità delle transazioni: Le transazioni digitali sono facilmente tracciabili, il che può facilitare la gestione dei conti e la lotta all'evasione fiscale. - Maggiore comodità: I pagamenti digitali sono più veloci e comodi rispetto al contante, soprattutto per piccoli importi. - Vantaggi per le imprese: I pagamenti digitali possono ridurre i costi di gestione del contante e migliorare l'efficienza dei processi aziendali. Superare il divario digitale in materia di pagamenti è una sfida importante per l'Italia, che può apportare benefici significativi sia ai consumatori che alle imprese. L'impegno congiunto di istituzioni, aziende e cittadini è fondamentale per accelerare il processo di digitalizzazione e traghettare il paese verso un futuro più efficiente, sicuro e sostenibile. Foto di Moondance da Pixabay Read the full article

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12 | January 11th, 2024

So it seems this reading is looking at memory in collective terms; that is, how one major social and/or political change can result in an alteration of memory for everyone within a nation-state.

When I was initially looking into this topic, I was more so invested in the idea of how our individual experiences can (re)shape our past memories. Almost as if to question if they were real in the first place. In the sense of this reading, memory almost becomes collaborative.

Memory itself also becomes a medium to spark social change, including changes in "human minds, hearts, and habits" (Assmann 199). This is especially important not just when it comes to confronting violent global conflicts of the past, as well as their social and political implications, but to confronting more interrelated conflicts (ie. between two close individuals). There's also this distinction between forgetting and remembering as a means of confronting the past, with the former being known to promote progress, while the latter supposedly impedes it. I think both are inherently flawed, though; forgetting may mean that you disregard the long-standing social and political impacts that certain events have had. Depending on the individual, remembering may lead to a sense of optimism that prevents acknowledgement or exposure to the harsh realities of life. I then believe that both kinds involve disillusionment, with those who forget thinking they are independent from the past, while those who remember thinking they are connected to it.

It seems forgetting is also important because it allows for the ending of "mutual hatred;" that is, an overall discontentment between nation states, even given a significant amount of time after the end of a conflict. This could tie well into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as well.

The "pact of silence" or "moment of silence" is almost symbolic of both remembering and forgetting (Assmann 201). On the one hand, it promotes mindfulness, and on the other, it promotes a de-cluttering of the mind.

My choice of cotton is also symbolic of a "bandaging" of the wounds of the past. Cool!

Ah, the reading goes into the duality of forgetting that I am getting at; forgetting as leaving behind vs suppressing (Assmann 201).

Modernism vs. moralism, forgetting vs. remembering.

There's also the role of historical archives that the reading touches upon, which I think is interesting (Assmann 201). Without this reading, which in itself can serve as an archiving of history (albeit in part), I doubt I would be able to gain the insights that I have.

While the example of the Holocaust TV series certainly serves as one that produced empathy for the Jewish victims of WW2, certain media can also inspire discourse, hatred, apathy, etc (Assmann 202). In this sense, memory is truly a double-edged sword.

This idea of intergenerational conflict also relates to what I have said about conflict being interrelated or between two or more people. The differences in values, emotions, mindset, and memories are very different between generations, even if they have experienced the same traumatic events (ie. COVID-19). Even if everyone's memory is coloured the same, the shapes, textures, and messages that are formed are entirely different.

I think these differences are then influenced by the internal discourses and rebellion against memory, which then leads to a questioning of the values of others. This is apparent with the 68-generation example, whereby the young opposed their parents, who had "silent loyalties with the Nazi period" (Assmann 203).

However, with this comes the role of maturation and aging, both physically and mentally, which results in a return to the values of past generations. In this way, they are not just acknowledging the conflicts of the past, but the larger intergenerational system that is involved. It is a kind of broadening of perspective that occurs.

So the act of forgetting serves as a means of giving people an identity and place in the world because it makes them feel distinct?

So nation-building involves a manipulation of memory in such a way that it is seen not in terms of its accuracy, but in terms of a "narrative rendering." A nation-state cannot function if, at the very least, it has a story with a "beginning, middle and end" to refer to and influence collective identity (Assmann 206).

Remembering can also be used as a means of manipulating memory because of the way it can be selective of certain events, particularly those pertaining to the "heroic," as those kinds of stories are the most empowering in regards to individuals and the global image of the nation state (Assmann 206). "When facing negative events in the past, there are only three dignified roles for the national collective to assume: that of the victor who has overcome the evil, that of the resistor who has heroically fought the evil and that of the victim who has passively suffered the evil" (Assmann 206).

This approach to memory is monologic, single-minded even, in that it favours one perspective. On the other hand, dialogic memory favours all perspectives. It seems the memories of the Holocaust made for this kind of change, as in a monologic structure, the Allied powers would likely be viewed as the heroes that defeated the villains. In a dialogic structure, there are the perspectives of the Jewish victims, the experiences of the Germans in the depression following the war, etc. So the power of remembering is in being able to reveal all perspectives involved in a past conflict or traumatic event. In this sense, it is not necessarily disillusioned by optimism, but held responsible for representing everyone equally.

Remembering is especially important in regards to colonialism.

Truth and "reconciliation" is thus ironic because it refers to the phrase "forgive and forget." Since this is tied to colonialism, forgetting is not very effective in accurately portraying the perspectives of the colonized.

So a total solar eclipse could be representative of forgetting, while remembering could be associated with a partial solar eclipse?

When physical reparations no longer become possible as a result of too much time being past since a conflict, mental reparations can be paid in the form of memory, particularly the kind that seeks to acknowledge.

"The important change is, however, that now the victims speak for themselves and claim their memories in a globalized public arena" (Assmann 208). Globalization has been especially important in reinforcing the dialogic framework within recent years.

Tabula rasa, or a clean slate.

Monologic=the hero's story Dialogic=the hero's and villain's stories, as well as the stories of the worlds and people that surround them both.

"Two countries engage in a dialogic memory if they face a shared history of mutual violence by mutually acknowledging their own guilt and empathy with the suffering they have inflicted on others" (Assmann 208).

At times, acknowledging the past may also mean one nation-state having to become accustomed to, in the case of Zachrot, another language. I think this is interesting because while remembering involves a mutual understanding, it may also warrant one side taking the first step.

I think remembering is still flawed, yes, as the nature of what is being remembered, particularly its strength and hold over our minds, can determine whether it inspires connection or division.

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Elazığ Fethi Sekin Şehir Hastanesi, Türkiye'nin 6. şehir hastanesi olarak 1 Ağustos 2018 tarihinde hasta kabulüne başlamış. 1038 yatak kapasiteli olan hastane, Elazığ'ın en büyük sağlık kuruluşu olmaya isminden söz ettirmeye devam ettirmiştir. Bölgenin yükselen değeri Elazığ Fethi Sekin Şehir Hastanesi, ilimizin ve bölgemizin sağlık ihtiyaçlarını karşılamak için tam kapasite çalışmış olup, hizmetten ödün vermemeye devam ediyor. Hastane Aralık  ayında yine rekora imza atarak doluluk oranı yaklaşık yüzde 96 çıkarttı. Bölge illerine ve ayrıca deprem bölgesinden gelen hastalara hizmet sunan hastanede, açılışından itibaren 9 milyon 092 bin 589 hastaya hizmet sunuldu. Elazığ Fethi Sekin Şehir Hastanesi'ne 2023 yılında 2 milyon 270 bin 199 hasta müracaat etti.

Hastanede son bir yılda 2 bin 482 tanesi A grubu olmak üzere 42 bin 218 ameliyat gerçekleştirildi. Acil servislerdeki rakam ise  526 bin 877 kişi olarak belirtildi. Fethi Sekin Şehir Hastanesi, 24 Ocak 2020 Elazığ depremi, Covid-19 pandemisi ve 6 Şubat Kahramanmaraş merkezli depremlerde Elazığ başta olmak üzere Bingöl, Tunceli, Muş, Malatya, Diyarbakır ve çevre illerden hasta kabul ederek tüm bölgeye hizmet etmiş, günde ortalama 8-10 bin hastaya hizmet vermiştir. Hastane  şehrimize ve ülkemize sağlık turizmi açısından da katkı sağlamak için gayret sarf ediyor.

Hastanenin öne çıkan özellikleri şunlardır: Deneyimli sağlık personeli Modern fiziki imkânlar Teknolojik donanım Dünya standartlarında hizmet Bölgenin sağlık ihtiyaçlarını karşılama Deprem ve pandemi gibi olağanüstü durumlarda hizmet sunma Sağlık turizmine katkı sağlama Hastanenin gelecek hedeflerini'de şu şekil sıralayabiliriz. Sağlık hizmetlerinde kaliteyi ve verimliliği artırmak Bölgenin sağlık ihtiyacını en iyi şekilde karşılamak Sağlık turizminde öncü bir hastane olmak Elazığ Fethi Sekin Şehir Hastanesi, bölgenin ve ülkemizin sağlık alanında önemli bir ihtiyacını karşılamaktadır. Hastanenin deneyimli personeli, modern imkânları ve teknolojik donanımı ile hastalara dünya standartlarında hizmet vermektedir. Hastane tam kapasite hastalara hizmet verip, takdir toplamaya devam etmektedir. Read the full article

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Dustin I hope someone sees this and gets it to you! Congratulations on being in remission from your latest cancer treatment! A few things I feel you should know, many of us are being diagnosed and being told we are going to have prolonged care. If someone could look up for you the male mosquitoes and them having their DNA altered here in Florida by a company I believe to be called omnitech. It is a Bill Gates friend company. The idea was to eradicate mosquitoes. In doing so their hopes were to eradicate the zika and malaria. I believe there were two other diseases in the article that they were going after. I am going through my second round myself at this point. I also have two patients from my office that are going through their second round as well. We all have the same type of symptoms, first being told that our iron is low, being tested for diabetes, and some people are having hard issues while others are having lung issues and still others have bone and brain issues. FAU here in Florida is doing several studies, one is a breast cancer study. And I'm not sure what the other one is right now. In an effort to help myself I have had to advocate for my care. This started with me in July and it's been crazy because out of a month I have four or five good days. The rest of my days I have a hard time walking I'm having to hold on to things to get from the bed to the bathroom, can't walk my dog, and the pains just been excruciating. Medication wise, I am now down to versinio and antidiarrheal and then I have radiation for 14 days so I will be finished with that on December the 26th. Please stay away from anything that is an injection. It is believed to cause hydrocephalus. This means staying away from any kind of needles for COVID, the flu, pneumonia, anything you might get a shot for stay away from the shots. I did not know this and was getting xguvient. I was very swollen and would get puffy and I gained weight. I was up to 199 lb. Once we figured out that it was the shots that were causing it I asked the doctor to get me the xguvient in pill form. My cancer doctor had started versinio and with that an antibiarrheal medication. The first night I took it that $199 lb went down to 184 lb. It's one thing I've been battling with is the ups and downs of the weight loss. Believe it or not I just blocked with John Batiste wife and Shannen Doherty from 90210 is my next person I will blog with. This is going to be a very common thing. I affectionately have named our little group rain Man established in 2012. There is so much more I could tell you but I will leave you with this for now. I hope you have a good Sunday! And if you need to answer me back you can do so here but I am willing to give you my email address as well.

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A Casa de Cuidados do Ceará (CCC) recebeu o primeiro lugar no Prêmio CriaAção SUS 2023, na categoria Atenção Especializada, com o trabalho “Implantação de uma unidade de transição de cuidados para desospitalização segura com foco na reabilitação e nos cuidados paliativos”. Os trabalhos da Unidade de Pronto Atendimento (UPA) Autran Nunes e do Hospital Estadual Leonardo Da Vinci foram premiados com o terceiro lugar nas categorias Pré-hospitalar e Atenção Hospitalar exclusivo SUS, respectivamente. Todas as unidades são da rede da Secretaria da Saúde do Ceará (Sesa). Os vencedores foram anunciados pelo Instituto Brasileiro das Organizações Sociais de Saúde (Ibross) na tarde desta sexta-feira (8), durante solenidade na sede da Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde (OPAS) em Brasília (DF). A CCC foi inaugurada em junho de 2021, durante a crise por covid-19, para ajudar na oferta de leitos hospitalares através da desospitalização e cuidados de transição para pacientes sequelados ou cronicamente dependentes, sendo considerada uma unidade de transição hospitalar com foco na reabilitação e cuidados paliativos. A diretora da CCC, Ursula Wille Campos, afirma que o prêmio é o reconhecimento do trabalho da equipe que compõe a unidade. “Estamos muito felizes com o reconhecimento do nosso trabalho. A pandemia nos deu a oportunidade de abrir essa unidade, que já estava planejada há muito tempo por várias pessoas lá do Ceará, porque existe a necessidade de atenção ao nosso paciente crônico, idoso, incapacitado, e aos pacientes que necessitam de cuidados paliativos. Conseguimos realizar esse sonho no Ceará”, disse Ursula Campos durante a cerimônia de premiação. Unidades premiadas A equipe da Unidade de Pronto Atendimento (UPAs) do Autran Nunes, geridas pelo ISGH, ficou em terceiro lugar na categoria Pré-hospitalar com o projeto intitulado “Tecnologia do cuidado para melhoria da assistência em unidades de pronto atendimento: reformulação do protocolo de infarto agudo do miocárdio”. Já o Hospital Estadual Leonardo Da Vinci (Helv) também ficou em terceiro lugar, concorrendo na categoria Atenção Hospitalar exclusivo SUS, com o projeto “Monitoramento de sistemas críticos em hospital terciário”. A iniciativa monitora em tempo real, por meio de microcontroladores, sensores de pressão digital e sensores de medição de ar ambiental, parâmetros críticos como qualidade do ar, pressão de gases medicinais e outros fatores ambientais vitais para a saúde dos pacientes. Prêmio Criação SUS 2023 O Prêmio CriAção SUS 2023 é uma iniciativa inédita que reconhece os casos de sucesso implantados nas instituições do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) de todo o Brasil, e incentiva a implantação de novas tecnologias e de soluções inovadoras que contribuam com o desenvolvimento e o fortalecimento do SUS. Em sua primeira edição, recebeu 391 inscrições provenientes de todo o país. Dessas inscrições, 199 trabalhos foram considerados aptos para avaliação da banca e apenas 15 foram selecionados para disputar o prêmio final, distribuídos em cinco categorias. A premiação, que conta com apoio do Conselho Nacional de Secretarias Municipais de Saúde (Conasems), Conselho Nacional de Secretários de Saúde (Conass) e do Instituto Ética Saúde, vai pagar R$10 mil para cada um dos cinco autores dos projetos vencedores