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By புரட்சிகர தமிழ்தேசியன் · பதியப்பட்டது
2050-ம் ஆண்டுக்குள் உலகளவில் நான்கில் ஒருவருக்கு செவிதிறன் பிரச்சனை ஏற்படும்.! 2050-ம் ஆண்டுக்குள் உலக மக்கள் தொகையில் நான்கில் ஒருவர் செவி திறன் பிரச்சனையால் பாதிக்கப்படுவார்கள் என்று உலக சுகாதார அமைப்பு எச்சரித்துள்ளது. ஜெனீவா: உலகளவில் செவி திறன் பிரச்சனையால் பலர் பாதிக்கப்பட்டு வருகிறார்கள். பல்வேறு பாதிப்புகள் காரணமாக காது கேட்கும் திறன் குறைந்து வருவதாக தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. தற்போது உலகம் முழுவதும் ஐந்தில் ஒருவர் செவி திறன் பிரச்சனையால் அவதிப்பட்டு வருவதாக தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டு இருக்கிறது. இந்த நிலையில் 2050-ம் ஆண்டுக்குள் உலக மக்கள் தொகையில் நான்கில் ஒருவர் செவி திறன் பிரச்சனையால் பாதிக்கப்படுவார்கள் என்று உலக சுகாதார அமைப்பு எச்சரித்துள்ளது. இது தொடர்பாக அந்த அமைப்பு அறிக்கை ஒன்றை வெளியிட்டது. அதில் உலக மக்கள் தொகையில் நான்கில் ஒருவர் 2050-ம் அண்டுக்குள் செவி திறன் பிரச்சனையால் பாதிக்கப்படுவார். ஏனென்றால் இந்த பிரச்சனை சரியாக கவனிக்கப்படவில்லை. அடுத்த மூன்று தசாப்தங்களில் செவித்திறன் குறைபாடுள்ளவர்களின் எண்ணிக்கை 1½ மடங்குக்கும் மேலாக அதிகரிக்கக் கூடும். 2.5 பில்லியன் மக்கள் பாதிக்கப்படக்கூடும். இது 2019-ம் ஆண்டில் 1.6 பில்லியனாக இருந்தது. 2.5 பில்லியன் மக்களில் 700 மில்லியன் பேர் 2050-ம் ஆண்டுக்குள் சிகிச்சைகள் தேவைப்படும் அளவுக்கு தீவிரமான நிலையை எட்டக்கூடும். இந்த சிகிச்சை அளவு 2019-ம் ஆண்டில் 430 மில்லியனாக இருந்தது. செவிதிறன் பிரச்சனைகளுக்கு முக்கிய காரணமாக அதை தீர்ப்பதற்கான கவனிப்பு அணுகல் பற்றாக்குறை ஆகும். குறைந்த வருமானம் கொண்ட நாடுகளில் சிகிச்சை அளிக்க குறைந்த வல்லுனர்களே உள்ளனர். இதுபோன்ற நாடுகளில் காது கோளமை உள்ளவர்களில் கிட்டத்தட்ட 80 சதவீதம் பேர் வசிக்கிறார்கள். அவர்களுக்கு தேவையான உதவிகள் கிடைக்கவில்லை. பணக்கார நாடுகளில் கூட, செவித்திறன் பிரச்சனையில் சிகிச்சை சீரற்றதாக இருக்கிறது. இப்பிரச்சனை சரியாக கவனிக்கப்படாததால் ஒவ்வொரு ஆண்டும் ஒரு டிரில்லியன் அமெரிக்க டாலர்கள் இழக்கப்படுகிறது. பொது இடங்களில் சத்தத்தை குறைப்பதில் இருந்து காது கேளாமை மற்றும் மூளைக் காய்ச்சல் போன்ற நோய்களுக்கான தடுப்பூசிகளை அதிகரிப்பது உள்ளிட்ட நடவடிக்கைகளை மேற்கொள்ள வேண்டும். இவ்வாறு அதில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது. https://vanakkamlondon.com/stories/2021/03/103539/ -
By விவசாயி விக் · பதியப்பட்டது
U.S. Exceptionalism Surges Again—Will It Fly? by M.K. Bhadrakumar In a statement marking the “return” of the United States to the United Nations Human Rights Council on February 24, Secretary of State Antony Blinken disclosed that the Biden administration is placing democracy and human rights at the center of American foreign policy. The cat is out of the bag. The United States is in relative decline and there is a resource crunch. There is an absence of a positive vision for humanity, as the country struggles with its own demons. The dramatic events in the American society and politics in the recent past badly exposed the country as a sham democracy with an abominable record of racism and appalling inequality where the top 0.1 percent of the population hold roughly the same share of the country’s wealth as the bottom 90 percent. But the resurrection of American exceptionalism will have no takers, and the United States, lacking the capacity and the moral authority to advance a unifying agenda in the international arena, is assembling a toolkit for its diplomacy, with geopolitical objectives. The potential of the UN Human Rights Council ought to be directed at the raging coronavirus pandemic, which has undermined the social and economic foundations of states. The most fundamental human right—the right to life—has been threatened, with the world economic downturn causing a big rise in unemployment and aggravating social insecurity. The development gap between nations and regions is widening. Yet, the United States is in a category by itself even among the rich countries. The COVID-19 deaths per 1 million inhabitants have gone through the roof in the United States in comparison with its own allies—it stands at 1,556.48 per million in the United States as against 1,260.68 in France, 843.85 in Germany, and 62.48 in Japan. The appalling reality is that in the United States the death toll from the COVID-19 epidemic has crossed 500,000. Ironically, per capita COVID-19 deaths in some of the countries that the United States has berated for deficits in democracy and human rights will put the United States to shame—in Syria, 60.16 deaths per million; Venezuela, 47.13; Cuba, 28.41; and Sri Lanka, 21.28. And China with a population of 1.4 billion registered 3.46 deaths per million. But for Blinken, it seems that such a horrific level of deaths among his countrymen isn’t a human rights issue. Not a single state functionary in the United States has been held responsible for such a tragedy of unspeakable proportions. Suffice to say, the United States is bringing disrepute and shame to the whole Western world by leading them into such a cynical game strutting around as champions of human rights when according to a recent estimate, “more than half of all vaccines against COVID-19 have been reserved for one-seventh of the world’s population.” Isn’t that a matter of human rights? According to an article in the Conversation by University of Oxford historian Roderick Bailey, “the UK alone has reportedly secured enough vaccines to give each of its citizens five doses. If orders are met, the EU and U.S. could jab their populations three times over, while Canada would have enough to do so nine times.” It is obscene, Mr. Blinken. At the same time, competition for diminishing vaccine supplies may lead to price spikes and further friction. Acrimony has erupted “between the EU, UK and AstraZeneca over a shortfall in vaccine production,” writes Bailey. Meanwhile, “[i]n any situation where supplies are scarce and demand rises, it is poorer countries that will suffer most.” The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was spot on when he said at the UNHRC meeting on February 24, “The pandemic has exacerbated old problems such as racism and xenophobia, as well as discrimination against national and religious minorities. Mass protests in the United States and Europe have exposed these countries’ continuing systemic inequalities, while highlighting the risks of condoning extremist ideologies.” It is utter moral bankruptcy that the United States and its rich allies in the Western world—what Lavrov called the “golden billion” on planet earth—walk into the UNHRC and start pontificating about human rights and pursue coercive approaches and unlawful methods of intimidation and pressure with “narrow and self-serving geopolitical goals.” Again, aren’t the “non-transparent policies of social networking platforms” a matter of human rights, too? The United States, in particular, undertook “commitments to ensure freedom of access to information for all citizens” but is now hiding “behind corporate policies” to avoid delivering on these commitments, as Lavrov pointed out. As for the social networking platforms, they have begun to brazenly “manipulate public opinion” in the developing countries “by banning or censoring user content at their own discretion.” Now, they are, under U.S. protection, trampling on the human rights of world citizens, aren’t they? The human rights toolkit is universally applicable and there is not a single country on earth, including the United States, which doesn’t have a problem with democracy and human rights. Isn’t it a crying shame that an average Black American lives six years less than his white fellow countrymen? Don’t the Black Americans get locked up in jails in much larger numbers than the whites? But the United States’ human rights standards are highly selective—it’s the “white man’s burden.” Evidently, the toolkit becomes a potent weapon to stigmatize the United States’ adversaries Russia and China; to pressure small countries that do not conform to U.S. regional policies (such as Sri Lanka, Cuba or Venezuela); or to extract concessions from countries by blackmailing them (such as Saudi Arabia). The toolkit has been used to bring about regime change too—that is, overthrow established governments and replace them with client regimes. The best-known examples are Ukraine and Georgia. A recent attempt in Belarus flopped. A trial project in Russia in recent weeks was simply squashed by the Kremlin. But it is a developing story. The countries in the periphery of Russia are being systematically destabilized and turned into theaters of geopolitical contestation so that the United States’ great adversary will get entrapped in a quagmire. The Biden administration is using this toolkit to try to re-establish the United States’ transatlantic leadership, which Europe is no longer comfortable with. Europe is experiencing the hidden charms of “strategic autonomy.” But the United States cannot hope to exercise global hegemony without the Western alliance system backing it, either. In this shadow play, Biden estimates that the human rights plank stands the best chance of bringing the United States’ Western allies on board under its leadership. The United States’ return to the UNHRC does not stem from noble intentions. It is primarily due to the worry over China’s increasing influence in the UN body during the United States’ absence in the most recent years. Specifically, China stole a march over the United States by bringing the pandemic under control and it has become an eyesore. Equally, China’s stance on human rights has growing resonance among the developing countries—that human rights should be relative to the situations of developing countries; that the concept of human rights should be diversified as there is no one-size-fits-all approach for human rights development; and that countries should not export their own model or use human rights issues to interfere in other countries’ domestic affairs. Indeed, the Western concept of human rights, narrowly focused on freedom of speech or religion and democratic elections, tends to overlook that the basic right for the bulk of humanity is about living and development. The Western countries refuse to accept the fact that there are many roads to development and prosperity for the developing countries, and their path is only one of them and, perhaps, not even the best or the most suitable path. Plainly put, human rights are being used as a tool to reinforce and perpetuate the present global order in accordance with Western interests. However, it is a losing battle. A new world order is taking shape with a vastly different global humanitarian agenda, which will inevitably become the mainstream for human society. As the Global Times reports, “According to a plan jointly issued [in late February] by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council, China’s cabinet, on China’s comprehensive transportation network layout, the country aims to build” all over the world “200,000 kilometers of railways, 460,000 kilometers of highways, and 25,000 kilometers of high-level sea lanes” with “27 major coastal ports, 400 civil transportation airports and 80 express hubs” by 2035, which, as one expert put it, will make the country not only “a global production center” but “a logistics center, trade center, clearing center and financial center, laying a solid foundation for a path to be the world’s economic center.” How could the Biden administration possibly counter this latest Chinese challenge? Unsurprisingly, the United States is at its wit’s end in dealing with China’s surge. In 2020, China was over 70 percent the size of the United States’ GDP. The current forecast is that it will surpass the United States to be the world’s largest economy by 2028, according to the UK-based Center for Economics and Business Research. The United States realizes that the economic race is pretty much lost already. This article was produced in partnership by Indian Punchline and Globetrotter. M.K. Bhadrakumar is a former Indian diplomat. http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2021/03/us-exceptionalism-surges-againwill-it.html?m=1 -
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மனிதர் சுதந்திரமாக வாழ்ந்தார்கள் தொலைபேசி சுவரோடு கட்டியிருந்தபோது. -
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விவசாயியுடன் சண்டைக்கு வரவேண்டும் என்றால் கொஞ்சம் விடயத்தோடு வரவேண்டும். இல்லையோ அவதாரில் உள்ள மிளகாய் தலையில் அரைக்கப்படும். Amid COVID-19 pandemic, flu has disappeared in the US NEW YORK (AP) — February is usually the peak of flu season, with doctors’ offices and hospitals packed with suffering patients. But not this year. Flu has virtually disappeared from the U.S., with reports coming in at far lower levels than anything seen in decades. Experts say that measures put in place to fend off the coronavirus — mask wearing, social distancing and virtual schooling — were a big factor in preventing a “twindemic” of flu and COVID-19. A push to get more people vaccinated against flu probably helped, too, as did fewer people traveling, they say. Another possible explanation: The coronavirus has essentially muscled aside flu and other bugs that are more common in the fall and winter. Scientists don’t fully understand the mechanism behind that, but it would be consistent with patterns seen when certain flu strains predominate over others, said Dr. Arnold Monto, a flu expert at the University of Michigan. Nationally, “this is the lowest flu season we’ve had on record,” according to a surveillance system that is about 25 years old, said Lynnette Brammer of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitals say the usual steady stream of flu-stricken patients never materialized. At Maine Medical Center in Portland, the state’s largest hospital, “I have seen zero documented flu cases this winter,” said Dr. Nate Mick, the head of the emergency department. Ditto in Oregon’s capital city, where the outpatient respiratory clinics affiliated with Salem Hospital have not seen any confirmed flu cases. “It’s beautiful,” said the health system’s Dr. Michelle Rasmussen. The numbers are astonishing considering flu has long been the nation’s biggest infectious disease threat. In recent years, it has been blamed for 600,000 to 800,000 annual hospitalizations and 50,000 to 60,000 deaths. Across the globe, flu activity has been at very low levels in China, Europe and elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere. And that follows reports of little flu in South Africa, Australia and other countries during the Southern Hemisphere’s winter months of May through August. The story of course has been different with coronavirus, which has killed more than 500,000 people in the United States. COVID-19 cases and deaths reached new heights in December and January, before beginning a recent decline. Flu-related hospitalizations, however, are a small fraction of where they would stand during even a very mild season, said Brammer, who oversees the CDC’s tracking of the virus. Flu death data for the whole U.S. population is hard to compile quickly, but CDC officials keep a running count of deaths of children. One pediatric flu death has been reported so far this season, compared with 92 reported at the same point in last year’s flu season. “Many parents will tell you that this year their kids have been as healthy as they’ve ever been, because they’re not swimming in the germ pool at school or day care the same way they were in prior years,” Mick said. Some doctors say they have even stopped sending specimens for testing, because they don’t think flu is present. Nevertheless, many labs are using a CDC-developed “multiplex test” that checks specimens for both the coronavirus and flu, Brammer said. More than 190 million flu vaccine doses were distributed this season, but the number of infections is so low that it’s difficult for CDC to do its annual calculation of how well the vaccine is working, Brammer said. There’s simply not enough data, she said. That also is challenging the planning of next season’s flu vaccine. Such work usually starts with checking which flu strains are circulating around the world and predicting which of them will likely predominate in the year ahead. “But there’s not a lot of (flu) viruses to look at,” Brammer said. ___ The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content. https://apnews.com/article/flu-has-disappeared-us-pandemic-2145d999319b53d8a32a829a324f398d
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