Day 282 overall & 57th day of the 2nd confinement phase

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Dashboards▫️ Pic of the day▫️ Info & News

Food & Drink▫️ Fun bits ▫️ Statistics

Introduction

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▫️Aude: hospitalisation figures rise by almost 20% in two days!

▫️This past week, a very sharp increase in new contaminations in France can be observed.

▫️A first confirmed case in France of the SARS-CoV-2 variant observed in the United Kingdom. The infected man, a Frenchman who arrived from London on December 19, is asymptomatic and has been isolated in his home.

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Dashboards

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This week

Last week

A fortnight ago

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France

Targets for December 15th

To get rid of the “Week-End” effect it is worth looking the daily rolling 7 day average which clearly shows the slow but steady increasein the figures.

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Occitanie

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Aude

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Number of PCR Tests

No data available. One only reads that there was a major surge in the number of tests before Xmas. Obviously there is some delay collecting all the data.

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Top 10 countries according to the daily number of new cases on Dec 25th

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Pics of the day

A very youg JJ in uniform

Alpine troops in Annecy

1975

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Information, news and tips

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🔹 Road conditions

Quite a few speed traps out there.

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🔹Meteo

Getting much cooler and the odd snow shower later in the week

🔹 Vendée Globe

They are still all in the Southern Ocean. The 2 leaders swap places at the front every few hours.

You can follow the race with this link

🔹 Improve your French

Here is another unusual saying:

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Food and drinks

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🔹 Salmon Gravlax with Mustard-Dill sauce (from Guy)

I have had the pleasure to try it and it is excellent

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Fun bits

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Donald Trump is soon to be leaving the White House. His mark on politics, however, will be felt for many years to come. Not just on politics, though, but on pop culture as a whole.

Trump has presented himself as almost the perfect movie villain. And critics who have seen the latest Wonder Woman movie are wondering if the film’s bad guy, Maxwell Lord, is based on the president.

The film takes place in the year 1984 and the character, played by Pedro Pascal, has look similar to the 1980’s version of Trump.

The movie’s star Gal Gadot was recently asked about the similarities by Variety. “It’s interesting,” she replied. “Because when we shot it, we didn’t really think about it until we got to the White House [scene]. And then we’re like, ‘Hmm.’”

The actress continued, “The thing about Maxwell Lord in our movie, unlike the comics, is that he’s more complex because he’s not just an evil villain. He is a regular person who wants to be all these things that you would see on TV. I know from Pedro while we were shooting the movie, that at a certain point, he just focused on the page and what was there. And along with Patty, they just created this character.”

Gadot, “I don’t think it’s a political movie. I think there’s some political elements just because it’s the nature of the world and we’re dealing with some subjects that can easily be connected to politics. But the movie is not about politics. The movie is about something that is much more simple. It’s about truth and the power of truth and hope.”

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