Change...

 

Of the so-called C40 cities that have committed to addressing climate change, New York has the second highest level of greenhouse emissions behind only Tokyo, and on a per-capita basis is only slightly behind Los Angeles. 

This might come as a surprise to those who think New York’s robust public transportation system, which accounts for a mere three percent of the city’s overall emissions but moves some 7.5 million riders on the subway and buses every day, make it a particularly clean energy city.

Schaller estimates that from 2013 to 2016, TLC-licensed vehicles, including app-based drivers, added 600 million more miles traveled very slowley, only one-third of which were with a passenger in the car.  

As private vehicle registration and for-hire vehicle use is rising, public transportation use is falling. The two are very much linked; as the subways and buses continue to provide inconsistent and often frustrating service, people opt for alternatives.  

So between Climate change, deteriorated subway/Buses system,  and Covid-19 virus threat, [that killed 60,000 New Yorkers] the condensed City of New York is the main culprit.  Just a thought.

Ahead...

 

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine has 30 micrograms of mRNA, while Moderna's has 100 micrograms. Scientists have speculated that this could be a reason Pfizer's shot produced a lower antibody response than Moderna's in recent studies.

Pfizer /BioNTech "used the minimum dose level" to get an immune response that was stronger than catching COVID-19.  A higher dose might have risked more side effects

A study of 1,600 Belgian health workers found that Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine produced twice as many antibodies as Pfizer's at six to 10 weeks after vaccination.

The authors said that the higher mRNA levels in Moderna's vaccine and a longer interval between doses "might explain this difference."

A study from the University of Virginia found no difference in antibody response among age groups with Moderna's vaccine but a lower antibody response in people 50 and older with Pfizer's. The researchers said that the differences could relate to the amount of mRNA in the vaccines

Climate...

 

The history of the scientific discovery of climate change began in the early 19th century when ice ages and other natural changes in paleoclimate were first suspected and the natural greenhouse effect was first identified.

the increase in atmospheric carbon between the onset of warming and the end of the 1800s was “small”, around 15 parts per million. But even this raised the temperature by a few tenths of a degree. The increase since 1900 has been more than 100 parts per million.

Paleoclimate temperature records were most famously analysed in the 1990s by US scientist Michael Mann to produce the “hockey stick” graph, which shocked the world with its dramatic depiction of the rapid recent rise in temperature after a millennia of relative stability

In a paleoclimatological first, the study incorporated not only land based sources like tree rings, but measured marine temperatures as well. The scientists found the land of the northern hemisphere and seas of the tropics began warming at roughly the same speed around 1830.

But the politicians mentioned it as if they are the one who discovered it last week. Just a thought.

Super...

Over the past several months, a series of studies has found that some people mount an extraordinarily powerful immune response against SARS-CoV-2. 

Their bodies produce very high levels of antibodies, but they also make antibodies with great flexibility likely capable of fighting off the variants of coronavirus circulating in the world but also likely effective against variants that may emerge in the future.

 People who have had a "hybrid" exposure to the virus. Specifically, they were infected with COVID-19 in 2020 and then immunized with mRNA vaccines this year. 

"Those people have amazing responses to the vaccine," says virologist Theodora Hatziioannou at the Rockefeller University.

  "I think they are in the best position to fight the virus. The antibodies in these people's blood can even neutralize SARS-CoV-1, the first coronavirus, which emerged 20 years ago. That virus is very, very different from SARS-CoV-2."

Out..

 

This is a real sad story here. Hope the people of Texas, and the Federal Gov would take actions.

Me...

 

It happens. Just a 'no' thought for a while.

Sewer...

 

We’ve got a very serious situation for the coming hours,” de Blasio said. “Get off the streets, get to a safe place. … The next few hours are a very tenuous situation.”

De Blasio said he’s been in contact with Governor Kathy Hochul about the flooding conditions across the city. He stressed that the rainfall has been so intense, heavy and fast that it simply overwhelmed the city’s sewer.  

So to prepare for the next storm, the MTA didn't want to disturb the streets, most of the Second Avenue Subway stations were mined from underground, which is more expensive. The stations under Second Avenue are also extremely deep nearly 100 feet below ground, about twice as deep as the Purple Line.

Excellent preparation for the next storm. Just a thought.

Sleez...

 

MU...

 

The World Health Organization is monitoring a new coronavirus variant called "mu," which the agency says is now labeled a "variant of interest," and although the variant is not yet on the list being monitored by U.S. health officials, cases have been reported in Illinois.

According to outbreak.info, a Scripps Research project tracking COVID-19 genomic data such as lineages and mutations, as many as 21 cases have been identified in Illinois between the months of April and August, representing what is estimated to be less than 0.5% of cases in the state.

The group notes, however, that because its data is not a random sampling of mutations, it "does not indicate the true prevalence of the mutations but rather our best estimate now."

Federal health officials in the U.S. stressed last week that the "mu" variant is not an immediate threat to the United States. But the Media will play its game . Just a thought.

Straight...