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📰 Coronavirus: What's behind Latin America's oxygen shortages?

🀄 拉丁美洲氧氣短缺真相

Before the clinic ran out of oxygen, Maria Auxiliadora da Cruz had been showing encouraging signs of progress against Covid-19. On 14 January, her oxygen levels had been above the normal level of 95% but, within hours of being deprived of that vital resource, her stats plummeted to 35%.

📌 這篇文章關於冠狀病毒的其中一個議題：拉丁美洲缺乏氧氣 (Latin America’s oxygen shortages)的原因。文章以一個案例 (一名病人缺乏氧氣 deprived of 後幾個小時内氧氣水平從95%急劇下降plummet 到35%) 開頭。

At this point, patients would normally be given intubation and oxygen by machine. Instead, the 67-year-old retired nurse died. "It was horrible," her grieving daughter-in-law Thalita Rocha told the BBC. "It was a catastrophe. Many elderly patients began to deteriorate and turn blue."

📌 由於沒有氧氣，那名病人去世，她的兒媳婦 daughter-in-law 形容事件是大災難 catastrophe。

In an emotional video that went viral on social media, she described what was happening at Policlínica Redenção in the northern Brazilian city of Manaus. "We're in a desperate situation. An entire emergency unit has simply run out of oxygen... A lot of people are dying."
Brazil has the world's second-highest Covid death toll with more than 221,000 fatalities. In Manaus, the health system has collapsed twice during the pandemic and deaths doubled between December and January.

📌 巴西Covid死亡數字 death toll是全世界第二高的 second-highest，醫療系統也崩潰 collapse了。

Now there are fears the lack of oxygen supplies seen there could unfold elsewhere in Brazil and even in other parts of Latin America, where a second wave of Covid-19, in many countries, is proving to be worse than the first one.

📌 現在，人們擔心那裡出現的氧氣供應不足可能會在巴西其他地方甚至在拉丁美洲的其他地區蔓延，在許多國家，第二次Covid-19浪潮被證明比第一次更糟。

In Peru, some hospitals have been unable to meet the demand brought by a steep rise in cases in recent weeks. As a result, patients' relatives have had to hunt for oxygen in the black market. In some cases, they come back with nothing.

📌 在秘魯，近幾週來，有些醫院無法滿足因病例急劇增加而帶來的需求。結果，患者的親屬不得不在黑市上尋找氧氣。在某些情況下，他們一無所獲。

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都 CLS, the new Security Law of Hong Kong effective 30th June. It's probably worse and more Totalitarian than in George Orwell's '1984' :
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•There are no Judicial Reviews. Special Court carries Absolute Jurisdiction & Final Say
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•Citizens considered guilty of Endangering National Security under yet undisclosed terms, may serve a Min 3 Years to a Life Time Imprisonment sentence
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•News Media coverage & Public Hearings, are disallowed, if information to be disclosed during hearing is considered to involve sensitive National Security information. Which means absolutely '0' fair trials possible, because naturally this allows everything to be denoted as Classified info. No one else can find out what's behind the scene
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•Police or Agents can Intercept your Communications & Data
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•Non HK Citizens, Foreigners alike who are deemed to have breached the China-HK National Security Law overseas, can also be universally Trialed under the same new Law, in this wording it will also include unknown or undiscovered species 👽 or 🎅🏻
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•No Jurors may be present, if part of information presented during trial process is deemed sensitive. Basically its all Closed Trials, same as already above
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•No Bails are allowed is emphasized. Unless Judge rules that one is not endangering National Security, but why would you be caught then trialed under this Draconian Law in the 1st place? It virtually means 0% Bail chance
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•Members Selection involved in the Trialing, & Expenditures are over-ridden by & not covered under existing Hong Kong Laws, etc.
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Basically the New Law is almost 1 Way and offers almost no protection for Hong Kong Citizens or even Foreigners, if they are arrested or detained, even if by freak accident or illegally framed by Police or Prosecutors & alike. Sad to see this happening even in Year 2020 🌎. This is reverting back almost 70 to 120 years ago, or to Medieval Times 🤔.. @ Hong Kong

Finally the first post in 2019 2020!
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But I'm glad this post was on the 5th day because something happened in the first 5 days of 2020, which made me realise something important. Something that will make me set a meaningful goal and resolution. Something deeper that made me aware that yearly resolutions need not be glittery or glammourously envious.
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If you've been close by me for more than 5 years, you would have known how long I've been working, fighting for something, what's the downs that have been draining me up, causing meltdown moments. It was a tough journey. It was physically exhausting and more mentally exhausting. But most of you would have not seen this side of me. Well, I guess #geminis are really good at playing a #twoface game most of the time.
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Still, I'm glad to have experienced these moments because they say those times will shape a better you in the future. I can't agree more.
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Therefore this year, during the last five days, I gave myself a disciplinary freedom. There was one day when I just had one meal, there was one day when I probably just slept through the day light, there was five days when I just gave excuses not to work out. 😂 After hearing this, most would probably say, you're having a big problem and this need to rectified immediately. But please calm down coz the earth is not moving towards the sun. 😂 I'm fine. I just need to give my physical and mental a break. After this, I'mma work harder to sleep early, eat healthy and workout better! Putting a bit more priority to take care of myself properly, less worrying people around me.
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Also, I had a super heated argument with someone close. It actually sparked from one sentence which slipped from my mouth which wasn't even worth the big argument and getting crazy worked up over it. But what made me realise is, besides the negativity that's been accumulating inside me, I tend to somehow take people close by me for granted and unknowingly just lash at them and said brutal things. What's worse is, I didn't realise it. Not until I calmed downed and it was replayed and highlighted to my face. It sounds terribly horrible then. 🙏🏻 Gomen..
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Thank you for always... (cont. below)

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City on the edge, people react to most social media forwarded messages. Right now we're dealing with over reactions & impulse actions... You'll know what I mean when you watch... Not even in the worst parts that Coronavirus has hit in China, is it this bad...

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New Zealander living life to the fullest

Vince Carter versus Allen Iverson is the kind of marquee matchup the NBA has been craving since the days of Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.

As two of the NBA's most exciting young stars, they are dazzling spectators and TV viewers with limitless creativity and breathtaking moves in the Toronto Raptors-Philadelphia 76ers playoff series.

"This matchup is great, and people are getting turned on to it," said NBA deputy commissioner Russ Granik, who was at Philadelphia's First Union Center on Wednesday night, when Iverson scored 54 points to Carter's 28 in the 76ers' 97-92 victory. "For better or worse, fans like it when you get superstars going against each other. People have been hearing about these guys for years now, but they haven't gotten this far before where they met each other at this level. That gets people interested."

"This is special because they both have their teams on their backs," 76ers president and part-owner Pat Croce said. "They're great basketball players, but more than that, they're exciting. They add an element of surprise when they get the ball. You don't know what's going to happen. They bring that anticipation and enthusiasm and they smile at the fans and interact with them. That's what the NBA needs. That's what we want. I want the people going nuts when Carter does something. I just want him doing it less than Allen."

That certainly was the case in Wednesday night's game as Iverson set a 76ers single-game playoff scoring record. Many of Carter's baskets were more spectacular, but Iverson was relentless in going to the basket.

"I didn't want to settle for anything," Iverson said. "I went and took what I wanted."

Even Carter acknowledged Iverson after the game.

"He did the job, that's for sure, but the series is not over," Carter said.

With the NBA's overall popularity declining and new rules designed to make the game more appealing set to take effect next season, an Iverson-Carter matchup is what the league really needed.

"Watching these two kids, I don't think our league is in any trouble," 76ers coach Larry Brown said. "They really are exciting."

"I think you are going to see more great individual matchups as the young kids we have in this league develop," he said. "We are always rushing to fix this and fix that, but maybe there is not always something wrong. The young guys have to be able to grow and make some mistakes. Let them grow up and then see what they can do. In this series, you are seeing two of the best going at each other."

It is looking increasingly likely that Michael Jordan will end a three-year retirement next season and return to the NBA as a player. Carter and Iverson will be right there, eagerly awaiting that matchup.

"You always want to test yourself against the best, and I would welcome the challenge," Iverson said.

Said Carter of Jordan: "He set the standard we are all trying to reach."

Jordan, of course, owns six championship rings and 10 scoring titles, while Carter, 24, has won nothing more than a rookie of the year award and a slam-dunk title. But Carter is one of the league's most popular players among fans, the leading vote-getter for the past two NBA All-Star Games. Iverson, 25, won his second scoring title this season and is favored to win this season's most valuable player award, as well.

"We try to promote the game and the teams and all the players," Granik said. "There are just certain players who capture people's imaginations. You can't deny that.

"We can't go out and create them. It just happens and they're doing it on the court. You can't make superstars, I don't care how good a promotion. It's what they do on the court, and here we have Iverson and Carter. They're doing it most nights on the floor. That's what people see and they love to watch it."

Iverson tough, Carter soft?

Carter and Iverson have had their share of critics since each was designated "the next Michael Jordan" — something that occurred shortly after they entered the league.

One thing that has never been questioned, however, is Iverson's toughness. He plays while hurt and is one of the league's most resilient players despite getting knocked down and run over on a regular basis. At a spindly 6-0, 165 pounds, he just keeps getting up.

"You can question a lot of things about Allen but not his heart," Brown says. "The kid wants to win and will give up his body to do it."

The 6-6, 225-pound Carter on the other hand has been labeled as soft. He isn't as tough as Iverson and when he hits the floor he doesn't bounce up as quickly. He gets criticized for settling for three-point shots instead of driving strong to the basket. In Wednesday night's game, Iverson repeatedly drew fouls and shot nine free throws; Carter never got to the line.