history of the Black death

 Most accounts are written from a European standpoint and ignore that it also affected Asia.

Hepatitis A Strikes again in California (this time LA)

 from the Phil Inquirer:

there has been an increase in hep A detected in waste water, but the officials do note that it is probably not a risk to the general public:

they rcommend shots of course, but note that the best way not to get it is to wash your hands (and food).

The department said it is working with homeless service providers to inform unhoused people about the outbreak, and assist those with symptoms. The department has confirmed 29 hepatitis A cases in the first five months of 2025. Last year, county officials reported 165 cases — triple the number of cases in 2023. Public Health officials noted that although unhoused individuals face a higher risk of hepatitis A due to limited access to handwashing and restrooms, most of the 29 reported cases have involved people without travel or housing-related risk factors.

un housed individuals? That is not the same as the homeless population but I guess the term is politically correct.

it also mentions the San Diego epidemic, that was ignored for months until they finally decided to stop it with a multi pronged approach of cleaning up homeless areas and giving out shots,,,. and no mention of drugs being behind the increase in the homeless population. Must be polite you know.

IT'S MAY

Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue 

Lovely Lady dressed in blue 

 Teach me how to pray! 

 God was just your little boy, 

 Tell me what to say! 

 Did you lift Him up, sometimes, 

 Gently on your knee? 

 Did you sing to Him the way 

 Mother does to me? 

Did you hold His hand at night? 

 Did you ever try 

 Telling stories of the world? 

 O! And did He cry? 

 Do you really think He cares 

 If I tell Him things ------- 

 Little things that happen? 

And Do the Angels' wings 

 Make a noise? 

And can He hear Me if I speak low? 

Does He understand me now? '

Tell me -------for you know. 

 Lovely Lady dressed in blue ------- 

Teach me how to pray! 

 God was just your little boy, 

 And you know the way.

Mary Dixon Thayer

..........

All things rising, all things sizing Mary sees, sympathising With that world of good, Nature's motherhood. Their magnifying of each its kind With delight calls to mind How she did in her stored Magnify the Lord.

Gerard Manley Hopkins ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,]

it's May