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Tömegkarambol miatt lezárták az M1-es autópályát Komáromnál

Bumm.sk (Szlovákia/Felvidék) - Mon, 05/17/2021 - 09:43
Police.hu: Személyi sérüléssel járó közúti közlekedési baleset történt 2021. május 17-én reggel az M1-es autópálya 83-as kilométerszelvényében, a Győr felé vezető oldalon. A karambol során négy jármű ütközött, melyek a pályatestet elfoglalják. A balesetben 2 személy sérült meg.

Izraeli-palesztin konfliktus – Guterres: Azonnal véget kell vetni a harcoknak!

Bumm.sk (Szlovákia/Felvidék) - Mon, 05/17/2021 - 09:40
Az ellenségeskedés Izraelben és Gázában "egészen szörnyű", a harcoknak azonnal véget kell vetni – mondta António Guterres, az ENSZ főtitkára a Biztonsági Tanács (BT) vasárnapi rendkívüli ülésén.

Hirak : 44 nouveaux détenus d’opinion en une journée

Algérie 360 - Mon, 05/17/2021 - 09:39

La liste des détenus d’opinion et du Hirak vient de s’agrandir à l’issue des verdicts prononcés tard dans la soirée du dimanche au lundi, au niveau de plusieurs tribunaux à travers le territoire national. Il s’agit des manifestants arrêtés lors du 117e vendredi du Hirak du vendredi 14 mai dernier. Au total, pas moins de […]

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Categories: Afrique

Kryptowährungen: Tesla-Chef Musk schickt Bitcoin auf Dreimonatstief

Blick.ch - Mon, 05/17/2021 - 09:35
Tesla-Chef Elon Musk sorgt am Markt für Kryptowährungen weiter für Aufsehen und reichlich Kursbewegung. Zum Wochenstart gerieten viele Digitalwerte erheblich unter Druck.
Categories: Swiss News

Trotz Defizit, Sexismus-Skandal, Kurzarbeit: SRG-Chefs kassieren hohe Boni

Blick.ch - Mon, 05/17/2021 - 09:29
Probleme beim Radio, Fernsehen und im Geldbeutel. Ein Sparprogramm, das sich gewaschen hat. Und trotzdem fliessen die Boni bei der SRG. Das sorgt für Unmut.
Categories: Swiss News

Gaël KAKUTA lauréat 2021du prix Marc-Vivien Foé RFI - FRANCE 24 du meilleur joueur africain

24 Heures au Bénin - Mon, 05/17/2021 - 09:22

Le milieu offensif congolais du Racing Club de Lens, Gaël KAKUTA, 29 ans, a remporté le Prix Marc-Vivien Foé RFI - FRANCE 24 du meilleur joueur africain évoluant dans le championnat de France de Ligue 1 durant la saison 2020-2021.

Il devance au classement l'attaquant algérien Andy DELORT (Montpellier Hérault Sport Club) et l'attaquant zimbabwéen Tino KADEWERE (Olympique Lyonnais).

Il a été désigné par un jury composé de plus de 100 journalistes spécialistes du football français et africains à partir d'une liste de 11 joueurs préalablement établie par les services des sports de RFI et France 24. Ces derniers ont souhaité revenir sur une saison qui a été marquée une fois encore par la qualité des performances des joueurs africains. Cette édition permet également de célébrer le football, alors que les supporters en sont toujours privés, et de mettre à l'honneur le parcours des meilleurs joueurs africains cette année en Ligue 1, dont certains pourraient être amenés à changer de championnat à la fin de la saison.

Ce lundi 17 mai à 18h10, Gaël Kakuta et son entraîneur Franck Haise sont les invités d'Annie Gasnier, Olivier Pron et Christophe Jousset dans « Radio Foot Internationale » sur RFI et en Facebook Live. La chronique sport de France 24 sera consacrée à l'édition 2021 du prix Marc-Vivien Foé.

A propos de Gaël Kakuta : Gaël Kakuta n'est pas le plus âgé des lauréats du Prix Marc-Vivien Foé, mais celui qui a le plus voyagé. 12 clubs, 6 pays à bientôt 30 ans pour ce natif de Lille, de parents congolais de Kinshasa. Il n'est resté qu'une fois plus d'une saison dans une équipe, au Vitesse Arnhem, entre 2012 et 2014. Formé au Racing Club de Lens, Gaël Kakuta est parti à 16 ans à Chelsea. Il a ensuite joué en Chine, en Espagne, en Italie, et compte 9 sélections avec la RDC. Il est revenu dans le nord de la France, Amiens puis Lens l'été dernier, pour montrer que le talent affiché très jeune ne l'avait pas quitté. Gaël Kakuta est le premier Congolais et premier Lensois lauréat du prix Marc-Vivien Foé.

Depuis 2011, le trophée du meilleur joueur africain de Ligue 1 porte le nom de Marc-Vivien Foé en hommage au joueur camerounais brutalement décédé durant un match au stade de Gerland de Lyon le 26 juin 2003.

Les lauréats des précédentes éditions : Marouane Chamakh (Maroc, 2009) ; Gervinho (Côte d'Ivoire, 2010) ; Gervinho (Côte d'Ivoire, 2011) ; Younès Belhanda (Maroc, 2012) ; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon, 2013) ; Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria, 2014) ; André Ayew (Ghana, 2015) ; Sofiane Boufal (Maroc, 2016) ; Jean Michaël Seri (Côte d'Ivoire, 2017) ; Karl Toko-Ekambi (Cameroun, 2018) ; Nicolas Pépé (Côte d'Ivoire, 2019) ; Victor Osimhen (Nigeria, 2020).

Categories: Afrique

Procès de militants du climat: 15 membres d’Extinction Rebellion jugés à Neuchâtel

24heures.ch - Mon, 05/17/2021 - 09:20
Le procès de plusieurs activistes du climat s’est ouvert à Neuchâtel lundi. Pour rappel, il leur est reproché d’avoir bloqué la circulation d’une artère de la ville en mars 2020.
Categories: Swiss News

Magyarország: 426 új fertőzött, 38 halálos áldozat

Bumm.sk (Szlovákia/Felvidék) - Mon, 05/17/2021 - 09:20
Koronavirus.gov.hu: További 426 magyar állampolgárnál mutatták ki az új koronavírus-fertőzést, ezzel 798.573 főre nőtt a Magyarországon beazonosított fertőzöttek száma. A kórnak vasárnap 38 halálos áldozata volt – akiknek a "többsége" a Koronavirus.gov.hu magyar kormányzati portál szerint: "idős, krónikus beteg volt"...

Rückgang wegen Corona: Deutlich weniger Verurteilungen während der Pandemie

Blick.ch - Mon, 05/17/2021 - 09:19
Es ist ein erfreulicher Nebeneffekt der Corona-Pandemie: Im Jahr 2020 ist es zu deutlich weniger Verurteilungen in der Schweiz gekommen.
Categories: Swiss News

Lugano-Präsidentin Mantegazza: «Ich hätte diese Rolle nicht mit Florence Schelling besetzt»

Blick.ch - Mon, 05/17/2021 - 09:13
Vicky Mantegazza (55) kennt als Lugano-Präsidentin das Schweizer Eishockey. Zu Florence Schelling (32) und ihrem Jahr als Sportchefin beim SC Bern hat sie eine klare Meinung.
Categories: Swiss News

COVID-19 Vaccination: The Barriers to Achieving Global Herd Immunity

Africa - INTER PRESS SERVICE - Mon, 05/17/2021 - 09:12

COVID-19 vaccinations are key to overcoming the pandemic, says the World Health Organizations (WHO). The UN agency has approved the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine for emergency use, which is a prerequisite for inclusion in the global vaccine solidarity initiative, COVAX. Credit: Unsplash/Ivan Diaz via UN News

By Sunil J. Wimalawansa
NEW JERSEY, USA, May 17 2021 (IPS)

The global community is conducting a rapid vaccination program against the SARS.Cov-2 virus, using several vaccines, authorised for emergency use. To date, the percentages of adults vaccinated vary between less than 2% to over 90% in different countries.

Vast socio-economic variation is primarily responsible for this disparity. Moreover, while the industrialised countries have secured more than adequate COVID vaccines, the middle- and low-income countries (MLIC) are significantly lagging.

Globally, the vaccination rate is slowing down, scarcity in some countries and refusal in others. At the current rate of vaccination, less than half of adults in MLIC countries will be vaccinated by the end of 2021.

Therefore, the focus of WHO and MLIC countries must be directed to improving this grim situation.

Concerns about achieving herd immunity

The increasing virulence of new mutations (i.e., variants) of SARS-CoV-2 [i.e., increasing reproductive number (R0)] increased R0 from original SARS.Cov-2higher infectivity, and the human behaviour, achieving a global herd immunity needs vaccinating approximately 85% of adults, in the absence of vaccinating children under 12 years.

Considering that between 15 and 30% of adults and adolescents (and parents of younger children) are reluctant to be vaccinated, and children up to 16 years are not approved for COVID vaccination in most countries, achieving herd immunity is impossible soon.

On May 5th, the FDA and the CDC approved vaccination of children between 12 and 15 years in the USA. However, vaccination of even 70% of children between 12 and 18 is insufficient for achieving herd immunity.

Although millions of people have recovered from COVID infection, at the current rate, accomplishing herd immunity collectively from immunisation and post-infection immunity) is hard.

In addition, there are concerns about short-term and long-term ill-effects, known and unknown, and to what degree is vaccinating children justified given their generally low (in the absence of obesity and deficient vitamin D) probability of being seriously harmed or killed by COVID-19.

Based on the availability of vaccines and the reasonable immune responses to defend against current and likely future variants, vaccination of adults and adolescents has become an ongoing process.

Barriers to achieving herd immunity

The collective effects of those mentioned above likely to prevent a sufficient percentage of people fully immunised within a given period to achieve and maintain herd immunity. Failure will allow the virus to spread within and from country to country for years to come, as it disseminated across the world during the early part of the pandemic.

It demonstrates the importance of honest and open collaborations of all counties, working coherently to achieve global herd immunity, enabling the elimination of SARS.Cov-2 from the world.

Herd immunity cannot be achieved through vaccination and actual infection unless (A) pharmaceutical (vaccine) companies eliminate their greed, (B) revoke or share restrictive patents related to COVID vaccines and their production for a greater good, (C) provide adequate doses of effective vaccines free or at a discount for the MLICs, (D) motivate and incentivise those who are reluctant to get vaccinated, and (E) maintain wearing facemasks and avoiding mass gatherings for months to come.

Even if the mentioned barriers are overcome, the inability to access, secure or purchase COVID-vaccines by most MLICs will prevent achieving herd immunity. Despite vast propaganda, the World Health Organization (WHO), GAVI institute, and industrialised (G-20) countries seem not to pay attention to overcome these critical barriers promptly.

Vaccination of children

The recently started vaccine clinical trials in children between age 5 and 16 years is expected to be completed by the end of summer/fall 2021. Assuming there are no complications or unexpected developments, COVID vaccines for children ages five upwards are likely to be approved towards the end of the year.

Despite rhetoric by vaccine companies and certain administrators, the scenario could worsen because both the natural and vaccine-induced immunity fail to sustain for more than one year.

Still, concerns remain about currently unknown longer-term ill-effects of vaccine and the degree to which these uncertainties can be justified, depending on the near-term likelihood of COVID-19 infection versus harm to a child.

While clinical trials are ongoing in children, the wealthy countries should consider (A) waiving patents related to the COVID vaccine, (B ) postponing vaccination of children under 16 years, and (C) divert millions of doses of surplus vaccines and those ear-marked for younger children to MLIC countries immediately.

The approval status of COVID vaccines

COVID vaccines are currently using, via “emergency use authorisation” (EUA) by regulatory authorities, including the FDA. EUA is required by federal law when the intended agent is not licensed and there is no effective treatment.

However, this temporary approval status under the EUA for COVID-vaccines will be- or arguably should be-rescinded when alternative agents, such as vitamin D3, ivermectin, etc., are approved for prevention or treatment of COVID.

It is noteworthy that none of the COVID vaccines is licensed for the prevention or treatment of COVID. Consequently, COVID-19 vaccine consent forms and promotional material mandated to indicate that vaccine has not been approved or licensed by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) but authorised only for emergency use (see below).

Moreover, federal law prohibits mandating investigational agents (i.e., COVID vaccines) by states, employers, school administrators, etc.: i.e., medicines authorised under the EUA rule cannot be legally mandated. Thus, people have the right to refuse.

While organisations and entities are encouraged to facilitate and provide vaccination to employees and students, the law prevents them from making vaccination compulsory. While vaccination is likely to prevent complications and deaths, employee and students have the right to decline. If the regulators, such as the FDA, eventually licensed vaccines, guidelines will change.

Industry disclaimers associated with COVID vaccine

The US Federal government and the FDA have mandated the inclusion of specific disclaimers by manufacturers and state governments on COVID-19 vaccines. The following statements appear in the consent forms informing the recipients prior to getting the vaccine and advertisements.

The disclaimer states, “I have informed that this COVID-19 vaccine is an unapproved drug permitted under an Emergency Use Authorisation from the FDA. I have been informed of alternatives to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine and the risks and benefits of alternatives. I have also been informed of the significant known and potential risks and benefits of this COVID-19 vaccine and the extent to which such risks and benefits are unknown.”

Nevertheless, no one reads these small-print consent forms in detail since they are eager to get vaccinated. The second half of the above disclaimer is not adhered to by the vast majority of vaccination staff, and most have no clue about it.

Consequently, vaccination teams neither inform recipients of alternative options nor potential risks, benefits, or available alternatives to recipients to make an informed choice.

Contact information: Sunil J. Wimalawansa, MD, PhD, MBA, DSc: suniljw@hotmail.com

 


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The writer is Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology & Nutrition, Director CardioMetabolic Institute, USA
Categories: Africa

Feuerwehr vor Ort: Villa am Zürichberg in Flammen

Blick.ch - Mon, 05/17/2021 - 09:08
In einer Villa in Zürich ist am Montagmorgen ein Brand ausgebrochen. Die Feuerwehr ist bereits vor Ort.
Categories: Swiss News

The Capitals: EU noch ohne einheitliche Reaktion auf israelisch-palästinensischen Konflikt

Euractiv.de - Mon, 05/17/2021 - 09:00
Heute u.a. mit dabei: Noch keine einheitliche EU-Reaktion auf Nahostkonflikt, fragwürdige Entschädigungsberechnungen beim deutschen Kohleausstieg, und ein mögliches "trojanisches Pferd".
Categories: Europäische Union

Alig romlott valamit a forint a hétvégén: 355,24 HUF = 1 euró

Bumm.sk (Szlovákia/Felvidék) - Mon, 05/17/2021 - 09:00
MTI: Az eurót 355,24 forinton, a dollárt 292, 94 forinton, a svájci frankot pedig 324,50 forinton jegyezték hétfő reggel fél nyolckor a bankközi devizapiacon. A forint így az euróval szemben 0,01 százalékkal, a dollárral és a svájci frankkal szemben pedig 0,09 százalékkal gyengült péntek esti árfolyamához képest.

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