#Covid

In March, the state got some federal funds to help nursing homes weather COVID-19. Nursing facilities received the money for six months -- until the state pulled back the funds.
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The #COVID19 situation varies greatly in different regions in Sweden . Here's an update from the southernmost region Skåne, which @dagensnyheter described as handling the crisis better than many other
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Is Covid-19 a biological warfare ?Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday that the novel coronavirus may have been created to wage "biological warfare" in a veiled reference to China.
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Lots of people are saying we aren't doing enough testing, and that apparent progress on slowing growth of new cases is because we are only testing travellers and close contacts.
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Last week, I thought to work on a general piece to help readers avoid the landmines of misinformation on @WhatsApp, one of the biggest platforms for sharing misinformation in Africa.
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Ilhan Omar's dad, Nur Omar Mohammed, was a Colonel in the Somali Army during the regime of Siad Barre, a dictatorial warlord.He passed away in Minneapolis of Covid in 2020.What
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Everytime I think of Ontario's Covid triage program, I grow afraid.Afraid of losing the lives of my community because of the systemic ableism in devaluing disabled lives.Afraid that non-disabled folks
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Anti-lockdown protesters - predominantly organised in Telegram channels promoting conspiracy theories about vaccines and pandemic are marching in Central London. There are placards claiming covid is a hoax, “the experimental
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2 daycares in Canada shut down because many kids and staff got covid 19. New York is reporting 3 child deaths today and more ill due to a Kawasaki like
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NOW at today's @WhiteHouse press briefing: I'm discussing the alarming trends we are observing regarding the impact of the #COVIDー19 pandemic on communities of color. Diseases like diabetes, hypertension, obesity
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Pleased to share a small extension of our work-in-progress on job training mismatch, which seems relevant as some industries gradually reopen and workers reshuffle. In this piece we think about
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For those trying to understand why #Florida #coronavirus #s began changing yesterday 3/26. Stats based on if a positive #covid19 test was a "resident" or "nonresident" in specific county in
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1/9. So, here’s a short thread on my understanding of what’s going on with the AZ vaccine. Short caveat: I totally get that vaccine risks are v. small & there
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The laughably labelled “Professor of Evidence Based Medicine” Carl Heneghan, is not so interested in evidence that makes his previously held views look pretty ludicrous. This is a character crisis.But
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Why you shouldn’t eat at restaurants during covid-19: A thread by a host 1. You put yourself at unnecessary risk of contracting covid-19. We sanitize as often as we can,
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I know some of you start refreshing my feed feverishly right about now before the daily COVID-19 start coming in, so I'm gonna highjack your attention this time to sing
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