National Academic free pdf: Addressing the #LongTermEffects of the #COVID19 Pandemic on Children and Families. The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the lives of children and their families, who have faced innumerable challenges such as illness and death; school closures; social isolation; financial hardship; food insecurity; deleterious mental health effects; and difficulties accessing health care. https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26809/addressing-the-long-term-effects-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-children-and-families

A co-worker of husband, an extremely healthy 34 year old guy, has had to have a defibrillator installed on his heart... long story short, after loads of tests, doc says it’s from COVID. 🙃

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Why China and many others are opposed to the release of nuclear contaminated water in Fukushima

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/16/national/china-japan-fukushima-water-release-explainer/

Japan's plan is facing a strong backlash from China, South Korea and other locations in the Pacific. But where are the concerns coming from?

“If some people think that the nuclear-contaminated water from Fukushima is safe to drink or swim in, we suggest that Japan save the nuclear-contaminated water for these people to drink or swim in, instead of releasing it into the sea and causing widespread concerns internationally,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said.

“As an environmental biologist, I strongly adhere to what’s called the precautionary principle,” Robert Richmond, director of the Kewalo Marine Laboratory at the University of Hawaii, said when asked about China’s ban on importing Japanese seafood. “In the absence of data showing something is safe, you don't assume that it's safe. You rather put in those protective measures to be very conservative.”

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Our new study on „Striatal resting-state connectivity after long-term diacetylmorphine treatment in opioid-dependent patients“ is available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9642101/

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