#Russia #Ukraine #Yandex
Showing posts with label resilience and Recovery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label resilience and Recovery. Show all posts
Friday, October 16, 2026
Monday, October 5, 2026
Lab Leak? Weaponization? ANTI-plague institute working on many pathogens
#PneumonicPlague #BioWeapons
RantWoman has compiled several videos. The first 3-4 hit all the main points on RantWoman's mind:
--We just don't know...
--regular pneumonic plague is not easily transmissible.
--the significance of key responses is unclear.
Easy for RantWoman woman to go to
--infection control measures sloppy?
--Gee Russia is too busy bombing Ukrainian civilian infrastructure and trying to dramatically increase th size of the usual fall military mobilization.
But back to the details.
A SOLID report early in the day
A more recent CNN report
Russian Plague Lab Worker Dies Of Unknown Infection | Siberia Quarantine | N18G
Pneumonic Plague in Russia? Fact vs. Rumor
Timeline
"We don't know yet."
Plague Panic ERUPTS After Russian Lab Worker Dies
News content: The first 24 hours and then....
Russia plague lab death ‘doesn’t add up’: What doctors know so far
Siberian Flu 'Declared A Covid-Style Plague By Russian Health Department' | Dominic Hauschild
Could Russia's deadly plague lab incident spark another pandemic? | DW News
Trump on potential plague case in Russia: ‘Big problem’
long history of bioweapons research at the lab where the woman works.
FSB shows up.
Pneumonic plague does not spread easily
plane took off from Irkutsk (?)
Multiple hospitals quarantined (?)
"Whatever the Russians said, they're lying."
Based on COVID experience, "all the early reports were wrong."
short incubation period
Russian lab leak coverup suspected in Siberia plague outbreak | FOX 10 Talks | FOX 10 Phoenix
"This one is a lot deadlier than #Covid"
Medical expert on reported plague lab death in Russia
"At least 200 people have been TESTED"
Could the Russian Plague Lab Death Spread to the U.S.?
Plague comments start about minute 9:00
U.S. reportedly monitoring suspected fatal pneumonic plague case in Russia
Russian gov't downplays plague lab worker death; dozens quarantined
"No microorganism associated with the lab worker's work."
"pneumonia of unknown origin"
"rumors and speculation"
As far as anyone knows, to date no secondary cases
did a paper in Moscow early this year on susceptibility of wild yersenia pestis to antibiotics
biosafety standards could be better in US and Russia
countries of the "near abroad" imposing sanitary and temperature checks at borders
shortage of antibiotics at Irkutsk hospitals
"Will RFKjr tell everyone just to go get a spray tan?"
StPb going into lockdown per a friend of the correspondent.
Oh yes, and RFKjr, DOGE, and President #StableGenius imposed harsh cuts at the CDC as well as $750M of grant funds for state emergency preparedness funds
Plague info starting about minute 7:20
No mention of the WHO but that comes to mind.
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Ad copy, shoes, and
We interrupt RantWoman's current capriciously curated timeline of current events to discuss consumer level SHOPPING, drinking vessels, footwear, and perhaps other moments.
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| Meet the Yeti Rambler Insulated ceramic mug |
The Mug
The mug in the picture: one example of exactly why sometimes one should just GO TO THE STORE IN PERSON. RantWoman got the mug in the picture while attempting to buy shoes in person, NOT MAIL ORDER at REI. The mug, an assortment of energy bars, and who knows what else were all impulse items cheerfully lined up along the lines to check out.(Also available: wonderful cotton tote bags with the kind of long handles that put weight on shoulders rather than wrists. Now if only people printed their canvas bags with some kind of hi-vis elements in the design. RantWoman digresses, with more non-driver perspective.)
RantWoman prizes the mug for the slide opening in the lid. RantWoman takes note: the lid design is EXTREMELY important on water bottles, travel mugs, etc. Online ad copy almost never describes lid / cap design in anywhere near enough detail to figure out how the particular drinking vessel works without putting one's hand on the vessel and trying out all the different components.
The Beach Towel and the sleeping bag
Apropos of nothing, there is a certain edgy sense of adaptation about being able to get a good night's sleep under a beach towel in modestly heated accommodations on the edges between seasons.
Yeah. Sure. And after decades of sleeping under a beach towel at certain events where one has some kind of bed is expected to bring one's own bedding, last year RantWoman found a magnificently functional sleeping bag on sale at REI. RantWoman still brings a fitted bottom sheet. RantWoman does not open the bag all the way so her feet stay warm, but RantWoman is pleased finally to be able to wrap up without fretting about something getting too cold.
Shoe quests
RantWoman was thinking about this after another recent REI order, one she just sent to the store. Silly RantWoman. Just have things delivered.
Except
Except RantWoman has been looking for shoes, shoes that are wide enough, shoes that have barely any drop from heel to toe, and shoes that manage her instep well enough that her foot does not slide forward and mash her toes by the end of the day.
RantWoman once had a lovely experience at REI buying sandals with a customer service person who told RantWoman he had a wider version of the sandals she wanted that turned out to fit perfectly. Shoes wear out. RantWoman took her feet back to REI, scored one sale pair of sandals and a recommendation to experiment with mail order for another style she tried on. RantWoman had no patience about trying that style by mail order but did find a LOVELY pair of Birkenstocks that she guessed, correctly it turned out, would work even though RantWoman was not sure about the size.
RantWoman decided to take her chances on picking her order up at the store, mainly so she could immediately return them if they did not work. At the initial shoe quest visit RantWoman discovered that key bus stops were again open. The second visit RantWoman was on the way home from an event and a little tired. RantWoman really wanted just to go to the mail order pickup and not have to walk all the way through the store.
Memo to self and other non-driving customers: call ahead and your mail order items can be brought to the front customer service. Also memo: there is an entry path from the corner nearest to the #8 bus stops that is smooth all the way to the elevator and otherwise accessible to people who prefer not to do stairs and are not using all the bicycle and foot paths that are part of the REI complex.
RantWoman here is going to skip some awkward details involving a venture onto an unknown path, ROCKS that Ambassador Thwack did not find, gravity, and two very helpful women from REI security. There was a certain amount of paperwork to do on a bench. RantWoman opted not to go in and be tempted to buy more energy bars. RantWoman's mail order package was brought out. One of the security women offered an ice pack for some skinned knees. RantWoman sat massaging her knees but declined the offer because she did not want to add anything to carry home. Also, it turns out that RantWoman is not the only person who just uses packages of frozen vegetables when ice packs are needed.
After the paperwork, RantWoman fussed with all the buckles on the Birkenstocks she ordered and decided they would work well enough to take home. At home, a bit more fussing with buckles, and RantWoman is HAPPY at least about a sleeping bag and some footwear. Now back to the rest of the timeline?
Thursday, September 10, 2026
Friday, September 4, 2026
Thursday, August 20, 2026
Speaking of a 25th anniversary: words from an official "Emotional Support Canadian"
Tod Maffin, RantWoman's favorite "emotional support canadian" speaking about Gander Newfoundland, the most famouse but apparently not the only Canadian city that received planes that could not land in the US on September 11, 2001.
RantWoman will probably try to produce some anniversary reflections and does not even want to speculate about what will come from other directions.
And more random Tod Maffin
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Sal-vage palooza
#Drones #ShadowFleet
RantWoman is stashing all of this salvage lore on this blog because of the rocket involved and because of all the general maritime info.
Sal's YouTube Channe; incidentally is an awesome intro to loads of useful maratime vocabulary.
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Chernobyl
#AtomicBomb #NuclearReactor
Don't let the simple graphics fool you. This video is very frank about lots of details.
Monday, June 29, 2026
EARTHQUAKES in Venezuela
TONS of valuable history here for earthquaker recovery nerds.
Short version:
--In Venezuela: shoddy construction. Lack of iterative learning about improved earthquake readiness
--Shoddy construction from Russia, China ?
--Geology: ground that amplifies shockwaves.
--Compare Japan, Mexico City and to a certain extent the Phillipines.
Sunday, June 28, 2026
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Kenyan court orders halt to construction of Ebola isolation facility that would serve only people from the US
#Kenya #Ebola
This whole controversy is classic President #StableGenius
--pull out of international bodies
--try to manipulate individual leaders into expressing "appreciation" for all the US has done in the past.
--Bring a horrific disease into a country where it is not present and then make only promises about safeguarding the local population.
RantWoman is horrified by the US approach and hopes the Kenyan courts NEVER let it go forward.
Saturday, June 20, 2026
Friday, June 19, 2026
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Kenya protests against US Ebola containment facility AND concerns in the US
#Ebola #Kenya
And here comes #FIFA
Monday, June 1, 2026
Ebola, DRC, Kenya today
#Ebola #DRC #Kenya
First, what looks like a VERY responsible fundraising channel:
Direct Relief | Official Charity Site
Two suspected cases in Brazil ruled out today, June 1
The infectious agent is never the whole story.
The proposed US site in Kenya is supposed to be staff ed by people with no experience dealing with Ebola.
LOTS of misinformation about MEASLES. Importance of herd immunity. People admitted to hospital with measles have pneumonia. Measles is PREVENTABLE with vaccination.
And as a side note:
Diphtheria, SCARY, Not Ebola and PREVENTABLE with vaccination
Sunday, May 31, 2026
Ebola today: Ways to stop it, but how soon.
#Ebola #DRC
Short version of what can help:
Fund local education workers
Shore up capacity for supportive care in a place where even ordinary patients have to have their families bring food and water.
Where clinicians are too used to dealing with hemorrhagic fevers
Patients 0 date now March 27, health care workers doing dead body management
Scary timelines and being behind the curve on vaccinations and treatment
The contact tracing rate is 7%. It needs to be 100%
Fever / symptoms plus travel history: the basis for surveillance
And for background
If one is going to fret about Ebola, aim to fret--and be informed--about the right things
#Ebola #DRC #Uganda #Kenya
Takeaways:
Anyone who has been in the DRC affected areas in the last 21 days and who is already home should monitor symptoms. As with ANY possible hemorrhagic fever, do not just go to a walk in facility. Call your clinic or the CDC hotline for guidance.
Trust the science and the containment centers
Kenyan perspectives
The President doing his bilateral deals in lieu of collaborating through international bodies.
Add a budget cut compared to previous arrangements.
In other words, RantWoman opinion, some of the same disease management approaches as #COVID. cut budget. Bilateral agreements..
President Ruto on how the agreement has been pitched to him.
"Why do Americans think their lives are more important than Kenyans?" CNN on Ebola quarantine uproar
Saturday, May 30, 2026
Kenya says NO to US Ebola Quarantine facility
#Ebola #Kenya #DRC
Dear Kenya,
RantWoman is RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.
RantWoman is DISGUSTED and embarrassed by the US government approach. AT LEAST. open this facility to everyone!
note sign language interpretation in lower right corner of screen
sign language interpretation in lower right
agreements date from 2015 (?)
Thursday, May 28, 2026
Ebola and ... Today's compilation
#Ebola #USAID #WorldCup #CopaMundial
spillover event (animal to human transmission) vs crossover event (human to human)
I keep sitting with two questions:
Where are the mining companies that operate in the DRC? Surely Ebola is bad for business and I naively think it would be EXCELLENT if they can pitch in for supplies and education. I find it disgusting to see lots of comments basically throwing up people's hands because public health is hard because of mining. If mining contracts are worth anything, shouldn't there be parallel investment in local public health?
Also, why send people from the US to Kenya rather than home to all the supposedly top notch facilities there are in te US? I saw one report that the President has ordered the US military to build a facility able to handle 50 people and to build it within 7 days. What's that about? Are there people doing covert ops that need protection? and why Kenya? What does Kenya get out of the deal?
Trump administration's Ebola facility in Kenya will only treat Americans
Kenyan doctors union threatening a strike over this proposal.
Telling US citizens they can't come home is probably unconstitutional.
Airport screenings are one (thin) layer of protection because of long incubation period.
Ebola in DR Congo: Can a country in conflict contain it? | DW News
War in the DRC could make the outbreak worse.
Symptoms less dramatic, less violent than other strains.
FRANK and incisive comments from the DRC Foreign Minister
Rwanda SHOULD WITHDRAW from the part of the DRC they occupy and their puppet government set up by Rwanda, the M23, has no relevant expertise.
LONG history of Rwanda in the DRC
Rwandan army, 4th largest contributor of UN peacekeepers (?!?!?) under US sanctions
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Ebola outbreak as of today
#Ebola #DRC #WHO
Comment RantWoman posted
Are the mining companies operating in the area being asked to contribute to public health efforts to fight they epidemic?
Presumably Ebola outbreaks are bad for business, and I would hope the companies operating in the Congo can step up i culturally insightful ways.
Blistering words from someone with reason to know!
As if the consequences of the US pulling out of the World Health Organization were not already embarrassing enough,
It is widely reported in reputable outlets that PResident #StableGenius has prohibited experts still working from the US government from talking directly with WHO personnel. Now such conversations are supposed to pass up the chain of command through Secretary of HHS Kennedy. What could possibly go wrong with that???
And it gets worse: Now Bloomberg is reporting that #BrainwormBob is looking for VOLUNTEERS to go to airports and help screen people for Ebola symptoms. Of course, both competent professionals and the travelling public will find this approach ever so reassuring. Perhaps Secretary Kennedy could be first in line to volunteer followed by the people from ICE already getting paid?
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