There is an important issue that, in the midst of all the talk of vaccines, has not gotten nearly the attention it deserves: the civil rights of those who have already developed natural immunity to the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that is said to cause Covid.
Yesterday, I got the results of the test I took to detect whether I had developed a T-Cell response to the virus.
Like the antibody test I took almost 2 months ago, it was positive.
These two things would appear to demonstrate that for all intents and purposes my body knew exactly what to do with this virus and that it probably has the equipment to dispose of it again were it, or one of its cousins, to revisit me in the near-to-medium term.
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And even if one or another related strain were to visit me in that future, studies suggest strongly that the attack would be considerably less virulent than the one I overcame without excessive trouble in December.
In a halfway rational world, what to do going forward in regard to getting a vaccine for the SARS-CoV-2 virus would be something I’d discuss with my doctor in the discreet quarters of the examination room. Were it to be offered, I would politely refuse it. And he, seeing the test evidence in my file, would raise no objection.
Major parts of Marib governorate, including Marib dam, are now in the hands of the Yemeni armed forces and supporting local tribes as Yemen’s army continues its operations to liberate the strategic governorate.
Having all but given up on the prospect of peaceful settlement under the administration of Joe Biden, the Houthis are now betting it all on retaking Yemen’s oil-rich Marib province from Saudi Arabia.
In my last post, I talked about the idea of warp drive and whether it might one day be possible. Today I’ll talk about another faster-than-light trick: wormholes.
A traversable wormhole would be a shortcut through space. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada
Wormholes are an old idea in general relativity. It’s based on work by Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen, who tried to figure out how elementary particles might behave in curved spacetime. Their idea treated particle-antiparticle pairs as two ends of a spacetime tube. This Einstein-RosenBridge would look like a black hole on one end, and an anti-black hole, or white hole, on the other end.
“Our results show that what we have experienced over the past five summers is extraordinary for central Europe, in terms of how dry it has been consecutively.”
This photo from September 1, 2017, shows Spain on its way to its worst drought in 20 years. The marshes held less than half of the water they can store, with 47.93% of reserves. In Leon, in the north of the country, its main reservoir barely reached 10% at the time. (Photo: Alvaro Fuente/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
A recent series of summer droughts in Europe, which brought devastatingecological, agricultural, and economic impacts, were more severe than any over the past 2,100 years, new research out Monday finds.
“I do not want to support the war policy of the rulers who promote militarism in order to maintain their existence,” said Kurdish rapper Gewr from Siirt refusing to join the military service.
Kurdish rapper Gewr (Beşir Tapu) refused to comply with the military service in Turkey. “For reasons of conscience,” as the 29-year-old explained in a video message adding that the Turkish state is “committing crimes against humanity”.
”Instead of advocating the protection of basic rights, justice and freedoms of peoples, the state apparatus is only dedicated to the interests of governments. They commit crimes against peoples, nature and humanity in order to protect their existence. I use my right to conscientious objection to stop the war policies of the ruling powers that nourish militarism and to protect people and nature.”
One night last month during the historic winter storm in Texas, Sharon Wilson was huddling in her sleeping bag inside her freezing home when her phone buzzed. A man was messaging her on Twitter from the small town of Wickett, in the sparsely populated part of west Texas that overlaps with the Permian Basin, home…
Amsterdam. Netherlands. In honor of International Day Against Police Brutality we organized a spontaneous march along the Spuistraat. We blocked traffic, marching with two banners (“Bad cop – bad cop”, “From Amcterdam to London to Greece – Everyone Hates The Police”) and flares, while chanting slogans and handing out flyers.
There were around 25 people. We saw solidarity from Vrankrijk as they dropped 2 banners (“Police violence is not an accident”, “Fuck the police”) and saluted to us from the rooftop with flares. No one was arrested during the action.
Solidarity instead of Police Brutality! – From Amsterdam to London to Greece – Everyone Hates The Police
Police brutality is the unfortunate day-to-day reality for many people in the Netherlands. Daily instances of it are deportations, evictions and racial profiling. Another example is random ID checks that BIPoC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour), homeless people, sex workers, Antifascists, Environmental activists, Queer people, disabled people and people with mental health issues are facing constantly and often end in blatant violence towards the subjects of these controls. Whilst the upper-class people that play by the rules of the repressive neoliberal game are surprised why we are angry and why we want to abolish the police.
In 2015 the whole world got witness to the murder of Mitch Henriquez, who was murdered by the racist cops of Den Haag. A few weeks ago the officers got away with just a six months suspended jail terms for assault, whilst the evidence for us, people in solidarity around the globe, and Mitch’s family was clear.: MITCH HENRIQUEZ – that was murder!
Last August, Amsterdam, the mentally ill influencer from Germany Sammy was intentionally shot to death after he had a mental breakdown and was running through Amsterdam with a knife. The situation appeared to be dangerous, however, the videos clearly indicate that with the amount of cops the extensive use of different guns was not needed and never will be. His parents state in German newspapers “The Amsterdam Police killed our Son”
Report backs from our comrades in homeless shelters and psychiatric clinics: The police is clearly never willing to try to solve a situation for the good of everyone involved. But rather, it turns out that the cops in the Netherlands are in fact violent pigs. Incredible use of force appear to be the most common practice when it comes to the problem-solving repertoire of the cops. The social workers, nurses, psychiatrists and volunteers report that they are more scared of calling the police, then solving dangerous situations on their own.
There is an incredible amount of reported and unreported cases throughout the Netherlands that we could discuss here, but it appears close to everyday on our social media channels, in our neighbourhoods and it becomes increasingly impossible to look away. George Floyd death was supposed to be a starting point, but the solidarity must go beyond this temporary rising up since nothing has changed, and it is not just a US problem!
In Luik, Belgium 4 police officers just violently assaulted a black woman last week leading to protests, which we stand in solidarity with, yes violence and looting are the language of the unheard! And of course not to forget this disgusting pig from London who murdered / commited femizid on Sarah Everard was a cop! The one violently preventing her vigil – were cops.
In the parliamentary and on the institutional level, criminality is often blamed on marginalized groups, gang criminality and political activists, however, for us its clear the biggest gang in town wears uniform. The criminals are the cops!
WE WANT JUSTICE FOR ALL VICTIMS OF POLICE BRUTALITY AND IMMEDIATE CHANGE!! – NO ONE IS FORGOTTEN!
We want the abolishment of the police and a development of alternative concepts for the cops and the justice system, including prisons.
We want social concepts and solutions that do not aim at punishing and imprisoning people to make social problems such as mental health and homelessness invisible. We need social solutions for social problems.
We want you to not look away and get involved if you are white (by filming, intervening and reporting for instance), get active in the fight against Police Brutality, fascism and racism! We will fight back!
JUSTICE FOR ALL VICTIMS OF POLICE BRUTALITY EVERYWHERE – ABOLISH THE POLICE – FOR A BETTER FUTURE FOR EVERYONE
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