Coronavirus

• The Trustees of Mesabi Trust (NYSE:MSB) declared a distribution of thirty-seven cents ($0.37) per Unit of Beneficial Interest payable on February 20, 2024 to Mesabi Trust Unitholders of record at the close of business on January 30, 2024.
• The Trustees’ announcement today of a thirty-seven cents ($0.37) per Unit distribution, as compared to no distribution announced by the Trust at the same time last year, is primarily attributable to the restart of Northshore operations in April 2023, and to an increase in the total royalties received by the Trust in October 2023, as compared to the total royalties received by the Trust in October 2022.
• Quarterly royalty payments from Northshore for iron ore production and shipments during the fourth calendar quarter, which are payable to Mesabi Trust under the royalty agreement, are due January 30, 2024, together with the quarterly royalty report.
• After receiving the quarterly royalty report, Mesabi Trust plans to file a summary of the quarterly royalty report with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a Current Report on Form 8-K.

• NEW YORK, Jan. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- What if scientists had developed a universal coronavirus vaccine in the years prior to 2020 so that it was available at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic?
• A universal coronavirus vaccine targets parts of the virus that are common to either many or all coronaviruses, thereby offering some degree of protection against a range of strains.
• The experiments simulated what would happen if a universal coronavirus vaccine was available at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• A universal coronavirus vaccine was also shown to be highly cost-effective even if a more specific and more efficacious vaccine came to market.

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• The global miRNA sequencing and assay market size is expected to reach USD 823.5 Million by 2030, registering a CAGR of 13.3% from 2023 to 2030.
• Thus, miRNA sequence analysis is significantly employed for gene regulation analysis in clinical disorders.
• For instance, an article published in frontiers, in March 2022, stated that blood-based miRNA biomarkers could be used to correlate brain-based miRNA expression.

• Preppers – those who store food, water and supplies to survive impending disaster – have a bit of an image problem.
• Ridiculed for their delusional end-of-the world outlook, they are caricatured as “tin foil hat-wearing loons”.
• Recently, we’ve seen energy companies warn about blackouts, urging people to plan for when the lights go out.
• In the run up to Britain’s exit from the EU, for example, fears arose surrounding the collapse of supply chains.

Women, responsibility and division

• Domestic and emotional issues fall squarely on mothers who are tasked with keeping households running, no matter the circumstances.
• Whether ensuring everyone eats during shortages or soothing worries when the lights go out, women carry an outsized caretaking burden pivotal to family survival.
• Recommendations around resilience underestimate the invisible and emotional labour needed to implement contingency planning, scanning the horizon for the next crisis.
• These are the mothers mostly likely to possess the wealth, time, skills and physical space to prep.

Those left out

• Their survival is likely focused on the everyday, rather than planning for a possible eventuality.
• Inevitably, they will need wider support from the community, which the resilience framework, given its individualised approach to risk, does not fully consider.
• What duty do neighbours have to share with others if catastrophe (or even a temporary glitch) occurs?

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