Petrichor ᚄᚔᚅᚐᚁᚆᚃᚒᚔᚂMay 10, 2024
Whooping cough is back. Is this because of vaccine hesitancy by parents? Five kids have died in England https://www.thejournal.ie/whooping-cough-pertissis-vaccination-ireland-6374021-May2024/ #WhoopingCough #Pertussis #ChildrenDying
Significant spike in whooping cough in small babies in Ireland, after five infants die in England

The HSE has confirmed 79 cases so far this year – up from just two in 2023.

TheJournal.ie
Joseph Lim Mar 27, 2024
Politics at the root of world's 3 #famines
"There is a #deliberate #foodblockade altho Jerusalem denies it. Aerial photos fr late Feb show 2000 trucks wait'g to cross at Rafah. Most r still there now, contain'g enuf food to feed everyone in #Gaza.. This is #Israeli #policy. There r already #childrendying of #starvation every day .. So is e Israeli policy merely one of taking #vengeance on the innocent, or is it intended to empty #GazaStrip of its #Palestinian population?"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2765158/politics-at-the-root-of-worlds-three-famines
Politics at the root of world's three famines

There are three incipient famines in the world today, and politics is at the root of all of them. That's not unusual, actually: famines are almost always political events.

https://www.bangkokpost.com
Lady Wicket💗Oct 18, 2023
“These weren't encouraged in the city, since the heft and throw of a longbow's arrow could send it through an innocent bystander a hundred yards away instead of the innocent bystander at whom it was aimed.”
Terry Pratchett; Guards! Guards!
#DiscWorld #GazaHospitalBombing #InnocentsDying #ChildrenDying #StopTheWar 💙