Local Confinement Daily – January 6th 2021

Posted on January 6, 2021 by JJS

Day 68 of the second confinement period

Classic Chicago. Memories of my, 1st alone and by train, trip to Germany in 1969.

Have you ever seen the rain

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▫️The galette des rois is a galette traditionally made and eaten in most of France, Quebec, Acadia, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium and Lebanon on the occasion of the Epiphany, a Christian feast that celebrates the visit of the Three Wise Men to the infant Jesus, celebrated, depending on the country, on January 6 or the first Sunday after January 1.

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▫️Working on a new report

The number of vaccinations so far in France is so ridicoulously small that it does not register on my “actual v target” chart.

The unconfirmed number of vaccinated people up to Jan 4th is 1.484 at this rate the one million target by the end of Jan 2021 will be reached on November 5th 2030.

The shown number for yesterday is 5.000 and I am not too sure it is correct.

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▫️ Vaccination: The Netherlands launches vaccination, the last country in the EU. A health worker received the first Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday, January 6, in the Netherlands, the last EU country to launch its immunization campaign amid strong criticism of the slow process.

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▫️ Dakar Rally 2021

Some impressive photos / scenery

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▫️Vendée Globe

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Got to make the most of it, only 15 days left

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France

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Actual v Original Targets for December 15th Targets

It is better to look at the 7 days rolling average which is still on the increase.

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Occitanie

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Below is the table, as a reminder, of the main parameters

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Glossary

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Latest info on PCR Tests

On paper, more than half of the population has been tested

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Meteo – The January cold spell in upon us at least until next week.

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🔹Top 10 countries according to the new daily cases as of yesterday

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Improve your French

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Making plans for the coming weeks

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Pics from the region where we live

Cabardes vineyard with the “Montagne Noire” in the background

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Local Confinement Daily – January 5th 2021

Posted on January 5, 2021 by JJS

Day 67 of the second confinement period

Classic CCC

Have you ever seen the rain

Quite relevant today !!!

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▫️Accelerate

This has been the number one topic for several days now: is the Covid vaccination going fast enough in France? If, at the beginning of last week, the opposition took it upon itself to inflate the polemic, the question is no longer solely a political issue. A month ago, the French vaccination calendar seemed to be perfectly suited to the health situation. The pandemic was expected to be under control, with less than 5000 new cases per day. We are far from this. It is all the more worrying since we still do not measure the first effects of the Christmas reunion. It is also without counting on the appearance of variants of Covid much more contagious, including among young people. There is therefore an urgent need to correct the situation.

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▫️Working on a new report

The number of vaccinations so far in France is so ridicoulously small that it does not register on my “actual v target” chart.

The unconfirmed number of vaccinated people up to Jan 4th is 1.484 at this rate the one million target by the end of Jan 2021 will be reached on November 5th 2030.

The number actually changed overnight to 5.000

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▫️ Vaccination in the Aude departement

The start of the vaccination campaign against Covid-19 is imminent in the Aude department. It is indeed this Tuesday, January 5 that the first injections of the famous serum will take place in the Aude Ehpad: three of them are concerned. Namely Pech Dalcy in Narbonne, La Caponada in Lézignan Corbières and Madeleine des Garets in Trèbes. In addition to the residents who have given their consent, the staff should also benefit from the vaccine.

This start is part of the overall launch of vaccination in Occitania, which begins this Monday, January 4, as the ARS reminds us in a press release. It should be noted that this kick-off also concerns hospital and private caregivers over 50 years of age, whose vaccination will also begin this week in the Aude region. The methods of organization of this campaign are currently being developed in the establishments concerned.

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I could not agree more. The continuous TV news channels with their pseudo-experts are possibly the biggest nuisance of the past decade or so. They make me sick.

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▫️ Dakar Rally 2021

Some impressive photos

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▫️Vendée Globe

The leaders are through Cape Horn. After 38.400 km, they are on the final strech. Only 6.500 nm (12.100 km) to go!

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Got to make the most of it, only 15 days left

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France

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Original Targets for December 15th

It is better to look at the 7 days rolling average which is still on the increase.

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Occitanie

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Below is the table, as a reminder, of the main parameters

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Glossary

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Latest info on PCR Tests

On paper, more than half of the population has been tested

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Meteo – The January cold spell in upon us

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🔹Top 10 countries according to the new daily cases as of yesterday

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Improve your French

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🔹 Overseas titbits

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🔹Walks / Hikes

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Making plans for the coming weeks

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Pics from the region where we live

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Local Confinement Daily – January 4th 2021

Posted on January 4, 2021 by JJS

Day 66 of the second confinement period

I am a Neil Young fan for sure

Cinnamon Girl

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▫️Parking in Carcassonne

Do not forget that starting this evening at 8pm, the parking for 2021 is on the “odd” house number side of the streets.

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▫️Working on a new report

The number of vaccinations so far in France is so ridicoulously small that it does not register on my actual v target chart.

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▫️ Dakar Rally 2021

For those interested in epic motor sport, the Dakar Rally started yesterday. The biggest rally-raid in the world. I am looking forward to following the progress during the next 12 days.

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▫️Portugal succeeds Germany in the rotating presidency of the European Union

On Friday, January 1, 2021, Portugal took over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union from Germany, a role that promises to be demanding during a six-month period that will continue to be marked by the response to the health crisis.

▫️Place Carnot

Burial of overhead cables and harmonization of parasols on terraces
Beginning in January 2021, the City will begin burying the cables and overhead networks in Place Carnot, which will ensure the site’s safety while improving its aesthetics. This work, which is part of the Action Cœur de Ville plan, is just the beginning of a vast plan to enhance the remarkable local heritage desired by the Mayor. The city will be working to harmonize all the street furniture in the square, including the installation of identical umbrellas on all the shop terraces.

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Original Targets for December 15th

It is better to look at the 7 days rolling average which is still on the increase.

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Occitanie

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Below is the table, as a reminder, of the main parameters

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Glossary

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Latest info on PCR Tests

On paper, more than half of the population has been tested

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Meteo – The January cold spell in upon us

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🔹Top 10 countries according to the new daily cases as of yesterday

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Improve your French

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Making plans for the coming weeks

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Pics from the region where we live

La Fontaine des amours (Rennes-les-Bains)

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Local Confinement Daily – January 3rd 2021

Posted on January 3, 2021 by JJS

Day 65 of the second confinement period

Another classic for sure

Nights in White Satin

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▫️It might be interesting for some:Thomas Larribeau, 29 years old, opens a “French-style hots-dogs” place a stone’s throw from Place Carnot.

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▫️Working on a new report

The number of vaccinations so far in France is so ridicoulously small that it does not register on my charts.

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▫️ Bank Holidays 2021

Bad news for those who hoped to take advantage of this opportunity to “faire le pont”, for long weekends will be somewhat rare: out of the eleven bank-holiday days in 2021, four will fall on a Saturday or Sunday. That is to say, May 1, May 8 and Christmas, which will take place on a Saturday, and August 15, which will be a Sunday.

– Lundi 5 avril (Lundi de Pâques)

– Samedi 1er mai (Fête du Travail)

– Samedi 8 mai (Fête de la Victoire)

– Jeudi 13 mai (Jeudi de l’Ascension)

– Lundi 24 mai (Lundi de Pentecôte)

– Mercredi 14 juillet (Fête nationale)

– Dimanche 15 août (Assomption)

– Lundi 1er novembre (Toussaint)

– Jeudi 11 novembre (Armistice de 1918)

– Samedi 25 décembre (Noël)

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▫️Perihelion

On January 2, 2021, Earth was closer to the sun in its elliptical orbit than on any other day of the year, marking an annual event known as perihelion.

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Original Targets for December 15th

It is better to look at the 7 days rolling average which is still on the increase.

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Occitanie

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Below is the table, as a reminder, of the main parameters

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Glossary

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Latest info on PCR Tests

On paper, more than half of the population has been tested

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Meteo – The January cold spell in upon us

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🔹Top 10 countries according to the new daily cases as of yesterday

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Improve your French

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🔹 Overseas titbits

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🇺🇸 There is so much insanity going on right now over the pond🇺🇸

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Making plans for the coming weeks

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Pics from the region where we live

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Confinement Weekly – January 2nd 2021

Posted on January 2, 2021 by JJS

Day 289 overall & 64th day of the 2nd confinement phase

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Dashboards▫️ Pic of the day▫️ Info & News

Food & Drink▫️ Fun bits ▫️ Statistics

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▫️Faced with criticism pointing the finger at France’s slowness compared to its European neighbors, the government decided to accelerate the pace of the Covid-19 vaccination campaign, which officially began on December 27, 2020.

Emmanuel Macron, on the occasion of his wishes, himself acknowledged “an unjustified slowness”. In a series of 12 tweets published on Thursday, December 31, the Minister of Solidarity and Health Olivier Véran wished to reassure the French people by stating that this vaccination campaign would “soon gain momentum”.

▫️Covid-19: When will you be able to be vaccinated? At today’s rate in about 125 years but since things are going to start moving as from Monday (it remains to be seen), we can reasonably hope to be able to get a vaccine in February / March for most of us. How shall we know. Well, it was announced yesterday that as done regarding the flu shots, you will receive a letter from the local health authority (CPAM in Carcassonne) informing you that the vaccine is available for you.

▫️Boris Johnson‘s father claims… French citizenship. A family drama was needed to close the last episode (of the year 2020) of this good old Brexit saga. As the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, to the delight of Boris Johnson, the father of the British Prime Minister is obviously planning to spoil the party for him. Stanley Johnson, writer and former MEP, does not intend to turn his back on the EU, quite the contrary: at 79 years old, he is even taking steps to obtain French citizenship!

▫️ Scotland hopes to “join” the EU as an independent nation
“We are now undergoing a harsh Brexit against our will, at the worst possible time, in the midst of a pandemic and economic recession,” deplored Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on the website of her pro-independence party, the SNP. She reiterated her determination to hold a new referendum on Scottish independence, after the one her side lost in 2014, when 55 per cent of Scots said “no” to independence.

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Dashboards

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This week

Last week

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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 still shows a slow but steady increase in the figures. In fact the increase over the past month is just over 50%.

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Aude

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Number of PCR Tests

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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

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Information, news and tips

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🔹 Road conditions

Quite a few speed traps out there in the departement. Icy road conditions in the mountains.

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🔹Meteo

Cold and under the freezing point at night but less chances of snow.

🔹 Vendée Globe

They are still all in the Southern Ocean. The leaders are almost back in the Atlantic and the last leg home. The leader are currently sailing an astonishing 450nm (830km) per 24 hours.

Today

A week ago this morning

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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🔹 You have heard of “Food Trucks” but are you aware of “Food Bikes“

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🔹 Top countries according to the number of deaths (above 5.000)

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🔹Top Cases by country v population

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🔹 France follow-up

https://dashboard.covid19.data.gouv.fr/vue-d-ensemble?location=FRA

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🔹 Occitanie & Aude follow-up

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Local Confinement Daily – January 1st 2021

Posted on January 1, 2021 by JJS

Day 63 of the second confinement period

Another classic

New Year’s day

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The new year opens with the immense hope that the Covid-19 crisis will finally be over. However, the past months will not have been totally dark. They will at least have shown us to what extent science is still capable of incredible progress. It took less than a year to develop a first vaccine, compared to the usual ten. Let us savour this achievement, which is the result of an unprecedented mobilisation of the entire planet.

The flu is gone? This is one of the consequences of the current safety gestures and the wearing of the mask, the seasonal flu hardly circulates. Usually, the flu causes hospitalization in intensive care units for many fragile, elderly people, or those suffering from respiratory pathologies. This is not at all the case this year.

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▫️Curfew changes as of tomorrow

In these “departements”, the inhabitants will no longer have the right to leave their homes, except for derogatory reasons, from 6 p.m instead of 8 p.m until now.

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Original Targets for December 15th

The number of new daily cases is simply not going down

It is better to look at the 7 days rolling average which is still on the increase.

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Occitanie

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Below is the table, as a reminder, of the main parameters

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Glossary

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Latest info on PCR Tests

On paper, more than half of the population has been tested

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Meteo – Snow this weekend is still on the cards

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🔹Top 10 countries according to the new daily cases (yesterday’s data)

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Improve your French

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🔹 Overseas titbits

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Making plans for the coming weeks

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Pics from the region where we live

Local Confinement Daily – December 31st 2020

Posted on December 31, 2020 by JJS

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Day 62 of the second confinement period

Another classic

Heart of Gold – Neil Young

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▫️The number of virological tests of Covid-19 skyrocketed during the Christmas week, with more than three million performed and a growing share of antigenic tests, according to official figures released Thursday, December 31.

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Original Targets for December 15th

The number of new daily cases is simply not going down

It is better to look at the 7 days rolling average which is still on the increase.

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Occitanie

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Below is the table, as a reminder, of the main parameters

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Glossary

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Latest info on PCR Tests

On paper, more than half of the population has been tested

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Meteo – Snow this weekend is almost certain

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🔹 Yes, there were some! Here are some more good news from the year 2020

▫️Scientists have discovered an immune cell capable of attacking several types of cancers

▫️In January, a patient was transplanted with cardiac muscle cells, derived from stem cells. An alternative to a conventional heart transplant.

▫️To fight diabetes, researchers have created insulin-producing cells that can be transplanted without risk of rejection.

▫️U.S. scientists have been able to turn off a gene contained in the cells of mice fed a fatty diet, preventing them from becoming obese.

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🔹Top 10 countries according to the new daily cases (yesterday’s data)

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Improve your French

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Pics from the region where we live

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Local Confinement Daily – December 30th 2020

Posted on December 30, 2020 by JJS

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Day 61 of the second confinement period

I am toying with the idea 💡 of writing a comic book. Drafting a plan & a story

The following song might not mean a lot to many of you, unless and possibly if you are Canadian. It however, for my friends and myself, brings back a lot of good memories from the 1968 era.

Lindberg – Robert Charlebois

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The low number of people vaccinated against COVID-19 in France since the launch of the vaccination campaign on Sunday is increasingly criticized, even though the government says it is assuming a slower start than in neighboring countries.

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▫️Curfew starting two hours earlier is envisaged as of January 2nd for these departments most affected by the Covid-19 epidemic.

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France

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Original Targets for December 15th

The number of new daily cases is simply not going down

It is better to look at the 7 days rolling average which is still on the increase.

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Occitanie

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95,52

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Below is the table, as a reminder, of the main parameters

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Glossary

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Latest info on PCR Tests

On paper, more than half of the population has been tested

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Meteo – Wet and cold

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🔹 A new coral reef has been discovered in Australia, higher than the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower.

Some good news for a change

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🔹Top 10 countries according to the new daily cases (yesterday’s data)

What is going on in the UK?

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Improve your French

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🔹 Overseas titbits

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🇺🇸 There is so much insanity going on right now over the pond🇺🇸

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Did not go very far at all yesterday.

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Pics from the region where we live

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Local Confinement Daily – December 29th 2020

Posted on December 28, 2020 by JJS

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Day 60 of the second confinement period

The sound of silence

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▫️The threat is in the air, even though the executive has not yet made its decision known. Faced with the increase in the number of cases, the government could resort to a third containment, but this time it would only be local. Indeed, the circulation of Sars-Cov2 is particularly important in certain regions, notably in the Great East and in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, whereas the situation is much better in the West of the country. Some areas could be subject to traffic restrictions, or even business closures, to prevent the local health situation from getting out of hand.

There could be some news later today

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▫️2020 is not all about doom and gloom

🔸Polio officially eradicated from the African continent.

🔸A vaccine against Covid-19 created in less than a year.

🔸A second patient is cured of HIV. Nearly a decade after the first confirmed case of a patient who successfully cured HIV, this “London patient,” has shown no sign of the virus for 30 months, according to results published by researchers in March.

🔸Researchers have succeeded in regrowing a nerve. By using polymers and proteins, these scientists at the University of Pittsburgh may have discovered how to minimise damage to nerve fibres.

🔸A robot can treat metastases through the skin. On July 7, at the Institut Gustave Roussy (Villejuif) an operation was performed to destroy cancerous tumors in a liver without opening the patient’s skin.

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▫️I think it calls for a celebration but how?

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France

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Original Targets for December 15th

The number of new daily cases is simply not going down

The number of new cases is low yesterday due to the fact that most labs were closed over Christmas + the usual weekend effect

It is better to look at the 7 days rolling average which is still on the increase.

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Occitanie

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92,03

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Below is the table, as a reminder, of the main parameters

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Glossary

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Latest info on PCR Tests

On paper, more than half of the population has been tested

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Meteo – Wet and cold

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🔹 Storm BELLA has been hitting France during the past couple of days causing some extensive damage in the North & West of the country. In the south west, most departements are now orange status and flooding warnings have been issued. The rain is currently gradually progressing in an easterly direction.

I encourage you to check regularly on Vigie Crue (link at the bottom of the post)

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🔹Top 10 countries according to the new daily cases (yesterday’s data)

It is an absolute disaster in the USA & UK

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🔹I have just received from INSEE a new set of data regarding the population in our region. So I might as well pass it on.

Data source: https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/5002669?pk_campaign=avis-parution

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Improve your French

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🔹 Overseas titbits

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🔹Walks / Hikes

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Did not set a foot outside yesterday.

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Pics from where we live

Caunes Minervois – Departement de l’Aude

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Local Confinement Daily – December 28th 2020

Posted on December 28, 2020 by JJS

2020-12-31T23:59:00

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Day 59 of the second confinement period

I am toying with the idea 💡 of writing a comic book. I am working on a plan…

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▫️Several specialists are already recommending reconfinement after the holiday season to avoid an explosion of new Covid-19 cases. This hypothesis is not excluded, declared on Sunday the Minister of Health Olivier Véran.

▫️Are we going towards a hardening of the measures? Some figures worry the executive: The departement of the Alpes-Maritimes (06) as well as two regions Burgundy-Franche-Comté and the Grand Est are closely scrutinized by the authorities. A meeting by the so-called “Defence Council” will be held on Tuesday by videoconference on the health situation.

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◽️ Brexit

If some of you are interested and have the time, here is the link on myCloud of the 1.200+ pages of the :

TRADE AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY, OF THE ONE PART, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, OF THE OTHER PART.

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France

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Original Targets for December 15th

The number of new daily cases is simply not going down

The number of new cases is low yesterday due to the fact that most labs were closed over Christmas.

It is better to look at the 7 days rolling average which is still on the increase.

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Occitanie

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97,93

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Below is the table, as a reminder, of the main parameters

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Glossary

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Latest info on PCR Tests

Still no updated data available today on the official sites

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🔹 It is not all doom and gloom

A firm based in Clermont-Ferrand, central France, has developed a revolutionary technology that will allow for the limitless recycling of polyethylene terephthalate, commonly known as PET, which represents more than half of all plastics used worldwide. The researchers announced the discovery of an enzyme on February 27, 2019. This year they modified it in a laboratory with the assistance of three scientific institutes (Insa Toulouse, Inrae and CNRS) to create a molecular champion of plastic absorption.

Since then, the company has built an industrial demonstrator outside Lyon that can recycle 2,000 tonnes of PET and that will be operational in 2021. The start-up firm is slated to build an enormous European plant in two years’ time with the capacity to recycle 100,000 tonnes per year and another 10 plants throughout the world by 2030.

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🔹Top 10 countries according to the new daily cases (Data from yesterday)