Star Wars Day: May The Force Be With You. "Isolation does not stop fans of the series around the world from celebrating Star Wars Day"

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May 4 is considered Star Wars Day. Isolation does not stop fans of the series around the world from celebrating.

A fan convention and an online fundraising campaign and series-inspired game updates are just some of the ways franchise fans celebrate isolation in 2020. May 4 is considered Star Wars Day. In 1978, franchise fans invented a pun based on the classic slogan

"May the Force Be With You"

" May the Fourth Be With You! "

In 2020, Reedpop, the organization behind this holiday, will mark the event with an online convention.

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The convention "An Online Revelry: May the 4th Be With You and Revenge of the 5th" takes place on May 4 and 5, in collaboration with the Comic Con Festival in New York. The event schedules multiple events, including live streaming of episodes of "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" and "Star Wars: Rebels" on Twitter, as well as question and answer sessions with screenwriters and actors associated with the franchise.

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Fans will be able to participate in general culture contests with prizes, with organizers encouraging them to use the hashtags # Maythe4th and # Revengeofthe5th.

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The events will take place on ReedPop properties' associated social media accounts, including New York Comic Con, C2E2, BookCon, Emerald City Comic Con and Florida SuperCon

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In 2020, fans have an additional reason to celebrate. The Star Wars Battlefront 2 game receives the latest updates. The latest package of options is called "The Battle on Scarif" and has already been broadcast online.

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The celebration began on Sunday with Rebelthon 2020, an online action that aims to raise funds for UNICEF and the fight against Covid-19.

The anniversary is also an opportunity for the Disney Plus platform to gather all the movies in the series and launch a documentary about the newest series dedicated to the Star Wars universe, "The Mandalorian". The second season of the story built around the little hero of the species of Master Yoda is scheduled for October.

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In 1978, fans invented a pun based on the classic "Star Wars" slogan "May the Force Be With You": "May the Fourth Be With You". Although fans in the United States initially called the expression Independence Day, July 4, the following year the date was reset to May 4, following the publication of an advertising page in The London Evening News, which contained a congratulatory message. addressed to the first British woman in office as Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, who won the election on May 4, 1979: “May the Fourth Be With You, Maggie. Congratulations! ".


At that time, the movie "Star Wars", released on May 25, 1977, had already won six Oscars, for best music, best sound mix, best visual effects, best costumes, best better decors and best fitting.

In addition, after the release of the movie "Star Wars-Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Lords", the phrase "Revenge of the 5th" appeared, which marks a holiday on May 5, dedicated to the negative characters of the franchise.

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Created from the imagination of George Lucas, the "Star Wars" franchise marked, in 1977, the birth of a new genre in commercial, popular cinema for the general public. Lucas sold Lucasfilm in 2012 for $ 4.05 billion to Disney studios, which continued the "Star Wars" series with three new films, released in 2015, as well as other derivative productions.

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The Star Wars franchise has become a veritable cultural phenomenon, and characters such as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Darth Vader and phrases such as "May the force be with you" have entered world popular culture.



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What are zoonotic diseases? Pathogens that spread between animals and humans

Zoonotic Diseases One Health CDC

Updated today: 30/05/2021

The pandemic we are going through also brings a wave of misinformation which, in these conditions, proves to be extremely dangerous for public health, and for this problem there is only one effective solution: correct information. One of the terms that has been circulating in recent months is "zoonotic disease," but what does that mean?

"Simply, a zoonotic disease is one that originates in animals and is transmitted to humans," said Barbara Han, a researcher in disease ecology at the Cary Institute for the Study of Ecosystems in New York, USA, quoted by Live Science and Descopera.


Scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explain that these diseases are prevalent worldwide and can be caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi. The infections that these pathogens can cause can have serious severity, ranging from mild symptoms to even death.

How are animal and human diseases interconnected? Foodsource

Experts estimate that about 60% of the infectious diseases we can suffer from can be spread by animals, and more importantly, three out of four new types of infections originate in animals.


How are these diseases transmitted?

Direct contact with animals proves to be the simplest way we can be infected with pathogens of animal origin, we are talking here about caresses, bites or scratches, because of this, those who work with animals daily are at greater risk of infection. . Unfortunately, even pets / pets are proving to be a potential source of exposure to pathogens in the animal microbiome.

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Researchers also point out that contracting a zoonotic disease can also be achieved through indirect contact, in which case we should pay attention to the water we consume or use, especially if it has come into contact with animals. Some pathogens of animal origin can also be transmitted through the air we breathe, for example Hantaviruses fall into this category, being transmitted through the fecal particles of rodents that reach the air we breathe.

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Some zoonotic diseases are also transmitted through intermediaries, ticks or other organisms transmit through the blood the pathogens responsible for these diseases from animals to humans or between humans. These "intermediates" include mosquitoes or fleas, which transmit the Zike virus and the plague, respectively.


The most common zoonotic diseases

Intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations work together internationally to identify and manage the situation of these zoonotic diseases. Although this list is much longer, the CDC points out that the following eight are under constant scrutiny by the authorities:

Zoonotic flu

Salmonellosis

West Nile virus

The plague

Coronaviruses

Rabies

Brucellosis

Lyme disease



Why is zoonotic disease a threat?

Scientists explain that these diseases are a constant cause for concern for two important reasons: their incidence is increasing and the inability to determine where the next threat will occur.

Ecology of zoonoses: natural and unnatural histories The Lancet

One of the hypotheses that enjoys widespread support in the scientific community and which explains why the incidence of these diseases that originate in animals is increasing is the one that emphasizes the fact that we humans are increasingly invading animal habitats. We must also take into account the fact that our world is more and more connected, which exponentially increases the possibility that such a disease will spread over a large area in a very short time.


How do we protect ourselves?

Given the fact that the appearance of these diseases is not under our control, we need a plan to protect ourselves from them. First of all, we must be aware that, no matter what we see in the media, nature does not try to eliminate us and that the high risk of such diseases is small, but which should not be ignored.

Under these conditions, researchers recommend that we take care of personal hygiene, especially when we come in contact with animals and make sure that our pets or pets follow the recommended vaccine schedule, both for their health and for our health.


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