📍There is new emerging data from CDC Data tracker showing surging pediatric #Covid19 deaths. AAP also shows a surge (their reporting is slower & less complete). NVSS is waiting for certificate delivery to CDC. ➡️But this is worrisome.
2) this surge is not always noticed by the media. But many of us are watching it closely. Don’t try to say “died with covid” as if pediatric deaths are okay.
3) the increase is likely very real. Not enough media outlets are reporting it. There seems to be an ostrich head in the sand approach to inconvenient COVID news.
4) So far 1,346 pediatric COVID deaths since the pandemic began. Roughly half of those are from the first 20 months. The other half are the recent 4 months.
5) Yet there are people dismissing masks and downplaying risks to kids. It’s not “panic porn” — it’s human decency and empathy and concern for kids welfare! newrepublic.com/article/165413…
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WATCHING—elevated radiation ☢️ levels observed at #Chernobyl reactor site—not super high yet but 65 μSv (65k nSv) is elevated above normal. There was reported shelling around Chernobyl between Russian & Ukrainian forces. Praying this doesn’t get worse.🙏 saveecobot.com/en/radiation-m…
2) the other adjacent detection sites with 58 micro-SV also show the spike today is new. Not a normal average reading. And this just happened because it just turned to Feb 25th local time. There was no spike on the 24.
3) there are credible reports there is a hostage situation going on at Chernobyl. From @guardian.
CYBER RISK—-Senate Intel Chairman Mark Warner said in an interview that Putin's actions during the next few days risk triggering NATO's Article 5 collective defense principle & draw in NATO into the conflict indirectly or directly but inadvertently.🧵 axios.com/mark-warner-pu…
2) In a 2021 communique, NATO affirmed the alliance would weigh whether to trigger its Article 5 mutual defense pact over a cyberattack "on a case-by-case basis."—
Details: Warner foresees two ways a digital war could draw in NATO countries, including the US
3) 📌Putin deploys cyber weapons inside Ukraine that take on a life of their own and spread to NATO states. This has happened before — notably in 2017, when 🇷🇺’s NotPetya malware was unleashed in Ukraine and ended up causing billions of dollars in damage to companies worldwide.
War sucks. My paternal grandparents narrowly escaped being massacred in the infamous Rape of Nanjing. My other grandfather fought in so many infantry battles that he couldn’t talk about it. War affects us all. So don’t lecture me to “stay in my lane” damnit! Peace☮️ for Ukraine🇺🇦
1937 the Japanese Imperial army murdered 300,000 out of the 600,000 people of Nanjing. They managed this horrific feat in just six weeks. Men, women and children, all murdered. Rape, torture, infanticide. No one was safe—it was one of the worst atrocities. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_M…
3) some of the Rape of Nanjing crimes against humanity are too horrible to tell. But they must be told.
📌Wow—cleaver sleuths uncovered that Putin actually signed the agreement to recognize the “independent” breakaway regions HOURS BEFORE (~10:15am) the Russian security council meeting was later held around noon to discuss the independence request for recognition! 🔥
Let me get this straight—so the @WSJ encourages its employees to work from home—but publishes COVID-is-over pieces telling you it’s safe to goto work & send kids without masks, ventilation or HEPA filters. Got it.
To be fair, WSJ does publish a few good pieces on COVID risk. But the @WSJopinion section tends to publish more much “COVID is not a big deal” pieces by 10:1 ratio or more. wsj.com/articles/one-m…
Also @WSJopinion is still WSJ dot com website & carries weight of WSJ editors who commission them and approve them. To the lay public they are one and the same just like how prime time Fox News pundits = Fox News. Plus, sources that WSJ reporters quote also define a story angle.