1) La Palma 🌋 thread for Nov 20.
Eruption passes to VEI-3, as our experts said days ago. The large amount of fallen ash clearly indicated passage to this level, after reeval by PEVOLCA committee. VEI-3 doesn’t indicate that rash is getting worse or that its behavior changes.
1) Coronavirus live news: Hong Kong authorises Sinovac vaccine for children aged 3-17, Rotterdam riots condemned theguardian.com/world/live/202…
2) Covid cases rate in Czech Republic hit a record 929 new cases per 100K residents (2nd record this week), its health ministry said Saturday.
Czech Rep’s daily cases tally ⬆️ to 22,936 Friday.
A further 110 people died on Thursday, the ministry said;
3) Thousands of people have marched in “freedom” rallies in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide, with the largest crowds in the Victorian capital as protests against the state government’s pandemic legislation ramped up again;
1) La Palma 🧵 on Nov 19.
“This is how the lava flows…have dawned. In the video, the
fog is observed, as a layer of white tones that covers the landscape due to the condensation of water vapor and gases reinforced by the rains as it evaporates due to the heat of the lavas.”
1) BBB thread for November 19. House to reconvene at 8 am today and at some point this morning, vote on BBB. Bill thought to be likely to narrowly pass the House.
1) Covid live: booster shots to be added to England travel pass; France rules out lockdown for unvaccinated theguardian.com/world/live/202…
2) UK Travelers who’ve booster will be able to display their
💉 status on NHS Covid Pass from noon Fri, DHSC said.
Feature allows those who’ve received 3rd 💉to travel to countries including Israel, Croatia & Austria, where there’s
a time limit for a💉to be valid to skip QT;
3) Germany’s Acting Health Minister Jens Spahn told a news conference Friday morning amid rising cases: “We are in a national emergency”;