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59 summer problems solved - from sunburn and sweating to wasps and wedgies

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Saturday, 6 July - 06:00

Limp salad, bad barbecues, jellyfish stings and chaffing. Summer can be a tricky season - but our experts are on hand to help with your hot-weather headaches

Worr isome wasps
“If you eat near still water you’ll get a lot more insects than if you have a bit of a breeze,” says Ben Quinn, chef and founder of Woodfired Canteen . “But ultimately, if you go to mother nature’s dining room, there will be others at your table. Pack a few sacrifices to the god of the wasps in the form of diluted jam in a mug for them to focus on.” You’re better off firing up the barbecue, he adds: “The smoke annoys insects, so they avoid it.” Simon Stallard, chef and founder of the Hidden Hut cafe in Cornwall, says wait until the last second to open anything sugary: “Cakes, fizzy drinks, ketchup – that’s what they’re attracted to.”

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Tell us: are you making a change to your summer holidays?

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 12 June - 09:42

Whether it’s holidaying domestically or heading to a destination with a cooler climate, we’d like to hear about anything you’re doing differently this year

As the northern hemisphere enters the summer, we want to hear from people who are planning to have a different type of summer holiday this year.

Are you visiting a cooler climate than usual? Or holidaying domestically when you go abroad most summers, or vice versa?

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New SARS-CoV-2 variant gains dominance in US amid mild summer COVID wave

news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Monday, 7 August, 2023 - 22:21

New SARS-CoV-2 variant gains dominance in US amid mild summer COVID wave

Enlarge (credit: Getty | Thomas Trutschel )

For a fourth consecutive summer, COVID-19 is on the rise, though this year's warm-weather wave appears milder than those in the emergency period of the pandemic.

COVID-19 indicators of hospital admissions, emergency department visits, test positivity, and wastewater levels have all been increasing in the past month, with a peak not yet clearly in sight, according to data tracking by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From June 10 to July 29, test positivity rose from 4.1 percent to 8.9 percent. For reference, the most recent winter wave had a peak test positivity of 10.6 percent on December 31, 2022.

On the brighter side, however, weekly COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths continue to be at their lowest points since the start of the pandemic. For now, deaths do not appear to be rising, though there are lags in data reporting. Weekly new hospital admissions are ticking up only slightly—with admissions rising to about 8,000 in the week of July 22, up from around 6,300 the week of June 24.

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