Windows to Russia
Always on the lookout for new places to walk. We have a national forest that is great for biking and walking. I found some old railroad tracks and followed them for many kilometers. Came to a lake and people had been walking all over the lake….so I walked on it also….frozen deep…
14 kilometers in this particular walk for the morning…
Have a nice day…
WtR
For the record…
In the name of the African Union, I would like to greet the members of the General Assembly of the United Nations, and I hope that this meeting will be among the most historic in the history of the world.
In the name of the General Assembly at its sixtyfourth session, presided over by Libya, of the African Union, of one thousand traditional African kingdoms [trans.] and in my own name, I would like to take this opportunity, as President of the African Union, to congratulate our son Obama because he is attending the General Assembly, and we welcome him as his country is hosting this meeting.
WtR
Vladimir Putin held a meeting on measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus on the territory of the Russian Federation. Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova, Healthcare Minister Mikhail Murashko and Head of Rospotrebnadzor (Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare) Anna Popova submitted relevant reports to the President.
In late December 2019, the Chinese authorities reported an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown origin in the city of Wuhan. Experts tentatively established that a new type of coronavirus – 2019-nCoV – was the pathogen of the disease.
According to the latest data, 5,974 people in China have been infected with the new type of coronavirus, including 132 people who died. Cases of infection have been reported in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Nepal, Malaysia, Australia, the United States, Canada, France and Germany.
Source: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/62691
First two persons infected with coronavirus identified in Russia – TASS
WtR
Every week we get new numbers of brain injury from the fallout of when America illegally and underhandedly assassinated General Soleimani of Iran…
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon announced Thursday that 64 American troops sustained mild traumatic brain injuries as a result of the Iranian missile strikes on two military bases in Iraq, once again revising how many service members were hurt in the Jan. 8 attack.
TEHRAN (FNA)- 64 American military personnel have now been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury in the wake of the Iranian missile strike on Ein Al-Assad military base in Iraq, while President Donald Trump and his defense officials had initially claimed no service members were injured or killed in Tehran’s retaliatory operation
Source: FarsNews Agency – US Continues to Acknowledge Rising Injuries in Iran’s ‘Tough Revenge’
The numbers of deaths are rising and no one in America is talking about this and or asking the hard questions, like “Why did we really do it?”
I am starting to see some hindsight issues going on…
WtR
“The Rospobrebnadzor [Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being] services have identified two persons infected with coronavirus in Russia — in the Trans-Baikal Region and the Tyumen Region. They are under strict surveillance. They have been isolated, and necessary assistance has been provided to them. Both are Chinese citizens,” she said.
Source: First two persons infected with coronavirus identified in Russia – Society & Culture – TASS
WtR
New data from the CDC released on Friday estimates that so far this season, at least 6.4 million people have caught the flu, 55,000 people have been hospitalized and 2,900 people have died — 800 more people then were estimated the week before.
Source: 2019-2020 Flu Season on Track to Be Especially Severe | Time
Is it time to panic over the Flu yet?
Just asking for a friend!
WtR
According to the latest CDC in-season flu burden estimates, there were at least 6.4 million flu illnesses between Oct. 1 and Dec. 28. If you do get sick with flu, prescription antivirals can make your illness milder & may prevent serious flu complications: https://t.co/O0Dy8Fbjs2 pic.twitter.com/4arfhLojhU
— CDC Flu (@CDCFlu) January 3, 2020
Until recently, you could only get a permit and hunt game with rifles and or shotguns, it was against the law to hunt any animals with bows and crossbows; but….now Russians have the ability to get a hunting license and a possession permit to shoot wild game with arrows from a longbow or a crossbow…
Bow hunting is now officially allowed in Russia after a new hunting law came into force on this last Wednesday. (29-01-2020)
The law originally signed by President Putin in August 2019, has been finally put in place and introduces the bow and crossbow as separate types of civilian hunting weapons. Previously, they could only be used during sports events, and it was illegal to hunt animals using any form of archery…
This is going to put a whole new twist on wild boar and deer hunting in Russia…
WtR
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The FSB said last week that thousands of anonymous bomb threats had been sent via Dutch internet service StartMail. Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor blocked access to StartMail in Russia, but schools, courts and hospitals across the country continue receiving threats.
Since the so-called email terrorists continue distributing fake bomb threats to Russian facilities and are now using Swiss internet service ProtonMail, the service will be blocked in the country, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday.
“From 24 January, anonymous users have been using Protonmail.com email service (Switzerland) to continue their criminal activities. Similar messages with bomb threats were sent to emails of courts located in four [federal] subjects across Russia. Texts also mentioned 830 allegedly mine-infested objects of social and transport infrastructure. All the threats were fake,” the FSB said in a press release.
According to the FSB, this internet service was already used for distributing fake bomb threats to 123 facilities across Russia last year.
The FSB added that access to the service was blocked in Russia starting Wednesday.
Since November, a massive wave of bomb threats has hit Russian institutions, including schools, kindergartens, shopping malls, as well as metro stations, prompting mass evacuations. So far, no explosive devices have been found following the messages, with all of them being just hoaxes.
Earlier from WtR…
Sick sick people…
WtR
I think Sveta and I saw that there was over 1500 flats in the newest built section of flats. We looked at them once. No parking at all and I mean at all. But it is a small town once filled… (3000 to 4000 ? people)
I walked and felt better this morning. I have had a couple of rough days. What we in America would call the Stomach Flu. But there is no such thing actually. But I had it regardless and feel better now…
It was still nice and a good walk…
Time to go. Gotta do some research on stuff…
WtR
The agency estimates that so far this flu season there have been 9.7 million flu illnesses, 87,000 hospitalizations and 4800 deaths from flu, including 32 pediatric deaths. More than 170 million doses of the flu vaccine have been administered, they added.
Source: Early 2020 Flu Season Statistics and Other Influenza News
So with that news above, you see why I question the coronavirus issue…
I guess I am confused about the importance of Flu vs Coronaviruses…
Flu season is running all over coronavirus season so far. Looks like we should be doubling down and be worried about the flu and the coronavirus running at the same time. What happens when you get both at the same time? It might make a bad death scene issue…
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm
I ask and am not finding an answer about how many Chinese have the flu reported right now?
There’s a deadly virus spreading from state to state. It preys on the most vulnerable, striking the sick and the old without mercy. In just the past few months, it has claimed the lives of at least 39 children. The virus is influenza, and it poses a far greater threat to Americans than the coronavirus from China that has made headlines around the world. “When we think about the relative danger of this new coronavirus and influenza, there’s just no comparison,” said Dr. William Schaffner
Source: Coronavirus vs. flu: Influenza deadlier than Wuhan, China, disease
So why and what is the agenda to exasperate one over the other?
Looks like the flu could be adding to the issue silently in the background and we are all running around like Chicken Little…
Worldwide, the flu causes up to 5 million cases of very serious illness all over the world and kills up to 650,000+ people every year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)…
And yet, we aren’t particularly concerned about the flu and are riding the Coronavirus horse to death…
Personally, the flu is my concern right now and in Russia flu season has not started, yet….it will soon…
WtR
Found this on Chinese and flu…
Interesting….that means 45+ million people in China in 2017 got the official flu…
Hmm…