#Preparedness

As things keep getting worse, we'll be hearing a lot of folks saying “look forward not backward” and “don’t politicize this disaster”. Lemme tell you - from a disaster management
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Attending the Canadian Urban Institute webinar on "how will the role of public libraries be changed" in and after COVID, featuring @KitchLibrary's own @ChevreauMary. I will thread my thoughts here
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Today's covid denialists are tomorrow's openly eugenicist "these disabled people are a drain on society"Literally. 13 years after the Spanish flu, the very first people the nazis targeted were disabled
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I’m brushing my teeth in the morning. For a moment, I glance up at myself in the mirror. A thought occurs to me.How different could my life have been?No matter.
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NZ right now is next to Jurassic Park mid-rampage, behind a chickenwire fence and a sternly-worded sign. “Anti-dino spray? No need,” we say as we lounge on our deck chairs,
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Some thoughts I've been pondering regarding this #Scamdemic after listening to an expert doctor speak on the matter: Dr. Victory, Specializing in Disaster Preparedness and Response and the Management of
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If you asked your barber whether you needed a haircut, would you expect an unbiased answer?And what would you expect, if you asked the vaccine industry whether the world needed
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It's officially been one year since I joined @TexasMonthly full-time, so to celebrate, here's a quick recap of some of the stories I'm proudest of. First off: The
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Bill Gates is a controversial figure.In an effort to reduce controversy (and maybe out of fear or status), some have sought to shut down any debate over Gates.This thread will
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How did CRISIS CAST come about?https://crisiscast.com/about/ Brian Mitchell Crisiscast MDTranscriptWe started looking into the possibility, of affecting & refining, a kind of 'scenario based' offering, that would allow peop
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Yes. Cloth masks (less so than surgical masks & less again than N95 respirators) *can* reduce risk of inhaling potentially (an as yet unproven, but possible route of SARS-CoV-2 infection)
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LIVE NOW: US #SecDef @EsperDoD @DeptofDefense discusses the US vision for security in the Indo–Pacific region and the way in which the US intends to engage on the issues of
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A student in my group & I have published on Atlantic hurricane season length (Karloski & Evans 2016, #JClimate - https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/full/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0324.1), and the forecast potential for subtropical cyclone development n
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If Covid-19 is a test of government effectiveness, then the world’s most powerful country has failed spectacularly.180,000 Americans have died from Covid-19 — more than double the number who perished
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Today @NSF @ENERGY @DHSgov launched the Civic Innovation Challenge, a national research & action competition supported by $9m in federal funds, focused on mobility and resilience priorities #NSFCivicLaunch - Full
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Please read timeline to understand the cause->effect relationships of how “#COVID19” is in fact the “#TrumpVirus”.This established observable pattern is supported by evidence of recorded events & data starting in
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