#PANDEMIC

Dear housing societies - if somebody in your area is tested positive & home- quarantined (because they are asymptomatic or due to shortage of beds in hospitals), please step up
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Access to a wage subsidy is a public health issue and a human rights issue. Without income support, temporary visa holders and migrant workers will struggle to self isolate, look
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The pandemic illustrates one of the challenges I face as an epidemiologist in communicating to the public (and media). I've been thinking about this for years:As an epidemiologist, what I've
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Reviewing the latest pulse survey by the ATA, Some highlights are: 92 per cent of respondents report being exhausted at the end of each day. These findings on stress and
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1/ Statement on SIA's proposed "Flights to Nowhere" plan: https://www.sgclimaterally.com/post/statement-on-sia-s-proposed-flights-to-nowhere-planSG Climate Rally stands in full solidarity with the employees of the airline indu
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Just want to reinforce a point that @stwill1 made earlier today -- our blogs laying out the case (now confirmed) that Taiwan's central bank had a large forward position are
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Especially during a global pandemichttps://twitter.com/awkward_duck/status/1302972957606674433 Like...I understand state & fed governments want us to pretend things aren’t as bad as they are, but people really are depressed, anxious,
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I just experienced the strangest thing. I’ve moved into a luxury apartment in London, after saving for a home I deserve. Within a week of moving in, the police has
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We do NOT routinely use serology to diagnose or even confirm past infection with ANY respiratory virus. Even influenza. Few labs may still use complement fixation tests, but they require
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IMPORTANT READ: Can States make laws to confine you to your home due to a public safety issue?Short answer is: Yes. But it's a lot more complicated and any law,
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When I first decided to start #BlackInMicro Week, I mostly just wanted to see other virologists and keke with my friends. But as I really sat down to think about
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This is disturbing. The federal government's response to the coronavirus is worse than I had thought.https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud/status/1245906088911949826 Read this thread from @joshtpm. The federal government's passive and slow respons
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can i just say one thing? i am a person who believes in myself.like...*tremendously*.i think i can do a LOT of things. and i think i can do a LOT
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Trump will deliver a pandemic speech (that makes a mockery of public health precautions) in front of a thin blue line flag in Waukesha, Wisconsin, tonight Trump fans break into
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@narendramodi @PMOIndia #COVID19 #mentalheathissues r common after any disaster !The #consequences r long term Can affect #familyHealth , #productivity #physicalhealth in the long run#EarlyIntervention helpsThe #virus can cause #physical &a
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Was stuck in a spider’s web, I risked my life to save them and it was worth it He doin a fly This is a cockchafer beetle, or may bug,
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