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Skolnik: COVID Update For Week Ending Oct. 4, 2021

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By RICHARD SKOLNIK
Los Alamos

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of COVID-19 Updates by Richard Skolnik that appear bi-weekly in the Los Alamos Daily Post. These are meant to keep the community informed on the status of the pandemic, critical new findings on the pandemic, and what this information suggests for our community’s response to COVID-19. These updates will complement the data that Eli Ben-Naim prepares for the Post. Unless otherwise noted, data is from the New York Times and the New Mexico Department of Health.

Pandemic Data And Trends

The US passed 700,000 deaths from COVID Read More

New Mexico COVID-19 Update Oct. 2-4: 1,776 New Cases, Totaling 255,577 With 12 New Deaths And 226,781 Recovered

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STATE News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico state health officials Monday announced 1,776 additional COVID-19 cases between Saturday and Monday.

Los Alamos County reports 14 new cases between Saturday and Monday  bringing the total to 682 people who have tested positive for COVID-19. (County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.)

Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:

  • 413 new cases in Bernalillo County
  • 1 new case in Catron County
  • 79 new cases in Chaves County
  • 20 new cases in Cibola County
  • 6
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Chart 514: COVID-19 Update New Mexico Oct. 4

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The bars in this chart show the number of COVID-19 diagnoses in Los Alamos versus date, and the line shows the seven-day average. Source: New Mexico Department of Health. Created by Eli Ben-Naim
The bars in this chart show the number of COVID-19  diagnoses in Los Alamos by age group for the week ending Oct. 4. Source: New Mexico Department of Health. Created by Eli Ben-Naim
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HAN: TRIAD, Let My Brothers And Sisters Work

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By CLIFF HAN
Los Alamos

WWII was the most devastating and destructive wars of all time. It began when Adolph Hitler took power at a time when Germany was economically and politically unstable. He invaded Poland, and made treaties with Italy and Japan to enhance his ability to dominate the entire world and proceeded to murder 6 million Jews in what he called the “final solution”.

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) was established when the world’s leading scientists wanted to create a weapon that would put an end to Hitler’s plan and the unspeakable devastation of the war.

By bringing together Read More

Chart 513: COVID-19 Update New Mexico Oct. 3

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The number of COVID-19 related deaths in the United States has now surpassed 700,000, with 100,000 deaths since June 16. This semi-logarithmic scatter plot shows the number of COVID-19 related deaths since June 16 per 100,000 people versus the percentage of population that is fully vaccinated by state. New Mexico and the nationwide average are highlighted in red. The line, which represents an exponential fit to the data, indicates that the number of deaths decreases exponentially with the vaccination rate. Accordingly, a 1 percent increase in the vaccination rate leads to 6 percent decrease Read More

LAPS Hosts Informational Session For Families: Building Protective Factors And Preventing Harm Oct. 13

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Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

Navigating the effects of a global pandemic has taken a toll on everyone – students, staff, families and community members.

Now more than ever Los Alamos Public Schools  (LAPS) recognizes the importance of strengthening coping skills and networks of support and being aware of possible risks facing youth today.

LAPS is hosting an opportunity for parents and caregivers of students in middle and high school to discuss these important topics and resources for meeting these challenges teens are facing.

This informational session is 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13 in the Read More

Justice Department And DEA Announce Seizures Of Historic Amounts Of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills In Public Safety Surge To Protect Communities … One Pill Can Kill

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DEA Administrator Anne Milgram

DEA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — At a press conference Thursday, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco and DEA Administrator Anne Milgram announced a significant law enforcement surge to protect American communities from the flood of fentanyl and fentanyl-laced pills across the United States.

Illicit fentanyl, a synthetic opioid found in most of the fake pills that were seized, is the primary driver of the recent increase in U.S. overdose deaths.

“Illicit fentanyl was responsible for nearly three quarters of the more than 93,000 fatal drug overdoses in the United Read More

Yoga Isn’t Always Sexy – Sometimes It’s Just About Restoring The Body

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Scene from a restorative yoga class. Courtesy photo

Scene from a restorative yoga class. Courtesy photo

By JACCI GRUNINGER, MS, C-IAYT, ERYT500
Los Alamos

We all know about the very end of a yoga class and often when in a class full of active postures, we just can’t wait to relax into corpse pose.

I hope the articles I’ve been sharing over these last months have given you an idea about the breadth of yoga and all it encompasses.

Sometimes in the West we forget that yoga isn’t just about the poses, and the media does a terrible job of exploring the breadth of practice.

Many types of yoga (gentle and restorative Read More

New Mexico COVID-19 Update Oct. 1: 791 New Cases, Totaling 253,815 With 11 Deaths And 224,058 Recovered

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STATE News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico state health officials announced today 791 additional COVID-19 cases.

Los Alamos County reports 3 new cases bringing the total to 668 people who have tested positive for COVID-19. (County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.)

Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:

  • 213 new cases in Bernalillo County
  • 48 new cases in Chaves County
  • 9 new cases in Cibola County
  • 9 new cases in Colfax County
  • 24 new cases in Curry County
  • 51 new cases in Doña Ana County
  • 35 new
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