Well, it has been almost exactly a month since my last
blog update. Here is another update of
this blog.
This time it is 89 pages of links to the news covering
the last month. They appear in the
categories listed below, including Veterans, Criminal Justice and Racism and
Ageism and other discrimination, Economics and Coronavirus, Economics and
Corruption and Healthcare and Education, Ecology and Pollution and Climate
Change, Politics and Coronavirus, Politics, Terrorism, Military, and General
and Miscellaneous. Don’t forget to
click on the items in the column on the right to open the pages for those
categories.
Regarding the coronavirus pandemic, in the past month there
have been 44.7 million new cases in the world, 149 thousand new deaths in the
world, 947 thousand new cases in the U.S.A., 20.6 thousand new deaths in the
U.S.A., 21.3 thousand new cases in Pennsylvania, 634 new deaths in
Pennsylvania, 3.6 thousand new cases in Philadelphia, and 65 new deaths in Philadelphia. During this past month, almost all the deaths
were among the unvaccinated; there were almost no deaths among people who were
vaccinated. The cumulative totals for
each of these categories since the beginning of the pandemic are now as
follows: 499,188,710; 6,203,372; 82,062,989; 1,012,151; 2,789,262; 44,424; 309,301;
and 5,081.
During the next few months, we will be contending with
the new BA.2 Omicron sub-variant of the coronavirus. This variant appears to be more contagious,
but less lethal. However, until the
deaths are down to, and remain at, zero for several days, we should not become
too relaxed about wearing face masks and being fully vaccinated and
boosted. By the way, the second booster
shot is now available to all those who received the first booster more than
four months ago and are over age 50 or
are immunocompromised or have underlying
conditions that make them more vulnerable.
I strongly recommend that all eligible people be fully vaccinated and
fully boosted.
The war in Ukraine has continued to rage on during the
past month. Ukraine military have been
providing severe resistance and inflicting heavy casualties on the Russian
military. The Russians have been forced
to retreat from the western part of Ukraine.
The Russian military is being accused of having committed war crimes and
killing many Ukrainian civilians. Putin
has threatened to retaliate with nuclear weapons if any NATO forces attempt to
intervene in defense of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the U.S.A. and other NATO nations have continued to provide
weapons and humanitarian supplies to Ukraine.
More than 4.5 million refugees, about half of whom are children, have
evacuated from Ukraine to neighboring nations such as Poland and Hungary.
The world is in a great struggle to determine if the
dominant form of government will be authoritarianism or democracy. Even here in the United States, long known as
the world’s beacon of democracy, there is a question about whether democracy
can survive without another civil war.
We must continue to resist tyranny, fascism,
authoritarianism, racism, sexism, misogyny, xenophobia, etc. The three impurities of life are avarice,
anger, and ignorance. What others need
from us is respect, kindness, and love.
The more respect, kindness, and love that we give to others, the more
respect, kindness, and love we get in our lives and the better we feel about
ourselves.
Peace and love to all.
Feedback is welcome. My contact
information is:
Email: ldholman40@gmail.com
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