COVID shots cut COVID-related stroke, clot, heart attack risk by 50% in 65+

Data provides more evidence older people should stay up to date on COVID vaccines.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/covid-shots-cut-covid-related-stroke-clot-heart-attack-risk-by-50-in-65/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

After every election in Poland, the east-west political divide – which fits neatly over the borders of the country's 19th-century partitions – prompts questions about the ongoing legacies of empire

But the issue is complex, writes Katarzyna Skiba

https://notesfrompoland.com/2023/12/05/do-polands-19th-century-partitions-still-influence-elections-today/

When Western journalists consistently want to talk about the "challenges facing #Ukraine vs. "Russia's plans and next steps," almost 2 yrs into Ru's supposed 3-day takeover of Ukraine, you realize how deep the "#Russia is unbeatable" assumption goes. Very deep.

#Russiaukrainewar
#UkraineMustWin

PiS took power amid a cultural backlash against progressive social change.

But its conservative revolution prompted a backlash of its own, with Poles liberalising on issues such as abortion and LGBT and now ejecting PiS from power, writes Stanley Bill

https://notesfrompoland.com/2023/11/26/a-backlash-against-the-backlash-polands-failed-conservative-revolution/

On the last day in office of the outgoing PiS government, changes have been made to the statutes of public media at the request of the culture minister.

The opposition says it is an attempt to prevent the next government from carrying out planned reforms

https://notesfrompoland.com/2023/11/27/outgoing-polish-government-changes-public-media-statute-on-last-day-in-office/