#Pandemic

So this three week old tweet is aging very badly, isn’t it @Zobyismyname ?https://twitter.com/zobyismyname/status/1241062344186302464 With exceptionally tragic and regrettable consequences.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/12/uk-could-have-e
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.@BarackObama The Obama administration declared swine flu, or H1N1, a public health emergency six weeks before H1N1 was declared a pandemic.No H1N1 deaths had yet been recorded in the United
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Puerto Rico Covid infection rates are on the rise and yet the WSJ has a piece recommending the island as the "terrific Covid-era escape" How about selling The Hamptons as
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Politics - The emerging “Pandemic Shock Doctrine”In what @NaomiAKlein calls her "first major piece of writing since the pandemic began", she lays out how the #COVID pandemic is being used
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For folks in adjacent disciplines who think that their skills or perspectives may be useful within the context of #COVID19 epidemiology and modeling — we welcome you! But *please* collaborate
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The president has removed the inspector general chosen to oversee $2.2 trillion in Pandemic relief funds, his latest step to hamper oversighthttps://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/07/trump-removes-independent-watchdog-for-coronavirus-funds-upending-ov
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1. In March @BankofAmerica, with some fanfare, announced a modest increase in pay for employees who couldn't work from home ($200 every 2 weeks)CNBC reported that it would be in
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1/ Today’s ⁊@AmerMedicalAssn⁩ Advocacy Update:‱⁩@CDCgov⁩ updated its guidance on #COVID19 #antibody #testing https://tinyurl.com/y984stjv  and is now more closely aligned with AMA antibody testing guidelines https://tinyurl
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We’re ALL suffering in some way because of the pandemic, we’re all hurt and upset with the things we’re missing out on. This isn’t a fucking competition, this ISNT about
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Are we close to getting a vaccine? Yes. Will it stop the pandemic even if moderately effective? Yes. How? We don't need the virus to vanish for the pandemic to
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Seems like people forgot all about the COVID-19 lockdowns when it came to what is going on right now. I mean, don't get me wrong, I clearly support the protests,
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For weeks, we have been stressing one message. #StayHome. It seems a simple instruction for us all to follow. But for those experiencing homelessness, it isn't that simple. As we
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In a departure from sport-related tweets I want talk about teaching online during a pandemic, and how a lot of what I see is really worrying to me. Teaching during
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1/ Rachel Schuyler walked out of jail and into a pandemic. Now she can't find the help she needs to get back on her feet.https://bit.ly/3dZGduQ  2/ She's not alone. As
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THREAD: President Duterte's 14th report to Congress on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.The report is part of the requirement under the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act which
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As a contemporary YA writer, I'm really struggling to work on my current project which is set a couple years from now. I'm having trouble wrapping my mind around the
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