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Kathleen’s neighbours at Gerringong, George and Hellen head for Ukraine 🇺🇦 … they just returned from Afghanistan 🇦🇫 - George Gittoes and Hellen Rose make documentary films, often in and about war zones. Their latest film White Light shines a light on the of gun violence that's rife in the Englewood neighbourhood of South Side Chicago. Startlingly, more people die there from gun violence each year than US troops did during each year of the war in Iraq.
Violence, music and filmmaking
More journalists — including a Fox News cameraman and a local reporter — killed covering the war in Ukraine
He was 55 with a wife and family. She was only 24 and reporting on the attack on her own country
Even mild Covid is linked to brain damage, scans show - Inside Daily Brief: “Even mild COVID-19 infections are associated with loss of brain volume, cognitive impairment, and subtle tissue damage, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Oxford analyzed brain scans of 401 individuals between the ages of 51 and 81, the majority of whom had only had mild COVID-19 cases months earlier; however, they still found excess brain volume loss equivalent to about a full year of additional aging…”
CNBC: “Pandemic restrictions may be easing across the country, amid declining Covid cases — but experts say the virus is going to stick around for a long time. That likely means you’ll need another Covid booster shot sometime in the future. The big question is: When? There have been mixed reports on the matter. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reviewing early data that could point to the authorization of a new booster dose this coming fall — potentially as the first in a series of annual Covid vaccinations, much like flu shots — according to the Wall Street Journal. Meanwhile, some recent studies suggest that most people who are already boosted may not need another dose for months, or even years. In the U.S., that’s approximately 44% of all fully vaccinated people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Taken together, it’s easy to be confused about the timeline. That’s why some medical experts are preaching patience, saying it’s simply too soon to know yet. Here’s why, and what data they’re waiting on…”
See also the Washington Post – “White House must go further on new pandemic response, say former Biden advisers, outside experts. The group’s road map for ‘living with covid’ focuses on boosting indoor air quality, helping those with long covid and broadening focus to other respiratory diseases..”
US official: Russian invasion of Ukraine risks release of dangerous pathogens Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine may put at risk a network of US-linked labs in Ukraine that work with dangerous pathogens, said Robert Pope, the director of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, a 30-year-old Defense Department program that has helped secure the former Soviet Union’s weapons of mass destruction and redirect former bioweapons facilities and scientists toward peaceful endeavors.
Russia’s ‘warning’ of Ukraine’s biological weapons sounds just like Syria Guardian. Oh noes.
Symbol Manipulation (3): Meet the photojournalists behind the powerful images of war in Ukraine NBC. And the reporters?
These Democratic Megadonors Made a $108 Million ‘Lucky Bet’ on Wall Street. Now the Feds Are Investigating. “Daily Beast owner Barry Diller, Lincoln Project patron David Geffen, and German prince Alex von Fürstenberg suspected of insider trading.
