Daily Archives: August 28, 2024

Tuberculosis (TB) Is Quite A Problem In India Right Now.

by Anura Guruge
on August 28, 2024

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I heard about this TB ‘crisis’ in India, multiple times over the last 2 days, on ‘BBC News‘ (which I listen to 4-5 times a day).

I had no idea that TB was an ongoing issue in India.

I thought we all were, more or less across the globe, vaccinated against it — though I do realize the vaccine is not 100% effective.

Wow. Quite the thing.

Multiple times, over my life, U.S. doctors have speculated that I might have TB. They were wrong each & every time. I was vaccinated, in Ceylon, as a baby.

Wanted to bring this to YOUR notice. Stuff we don’t get in the U.S. media.

‘Medusa’ 3D $5 Coin Released By Barbados This Year. 3oz Of Silver.

by Anura Guruge
on August 28, 2024

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I got a Facebook ad. for this coin for $480! Wow. I thought it was minted by the U.S. mint. No so. Minted in/by Barbados.

Very cool. I guess minted for collectors rather than for actual circulation.

Not sure whether it sells, anywhere, for $5 (Barbados) –> i.e., $2.48 in REAL MONEY!

The cheapest I have seen it, so far, on the Web is ~$380.

3 oz of silver, per today’s spot price, will be U.S. $90. So that is quite the markup.

Wow.

COOL, but I am not interested. I am weaning myself away from buying any new collectibles.

Anura’s Picture Of The Day + 6 Others, August 28, 2024.

by Anura Guruge
on August 28, 2024

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