#Quarantined

So... Alberta COVID- Record setting new cases is profoundly concerning.Overall in Alberta so far, 5% of cases hospitalized, 1-2% go to ICU and 1% die. (The improvement in COVID outcomes
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Outbreaks of disease are typically seen as temporary, but the institutions organized to suppress them can last far longer. The Habsburg “sanitary border” with the Ottoman Empire is one example
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Joe Biden needs to be quarantined too.He and Trump were both maskless at the debate. I’m distressed by how many people still believe social distancing within an interior space is
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Day 7 of quarantine while I wait for my covid test results. I’ve taken it very seriously because I’m not an asshole like @RandPaul - but god, I just can’t
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I know everyone gets pissed off when people favorably compare Bush with Trump. I know. And I get it. I do.But let's quickly cover WHY that is. Donald Trump is
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I got GPT-3 to predict the timeline of the pandemic, and HOO BOY.(THREAD)Since GPT-3 is trained on data from before 2020, it knows nothing about COVID-19. So I gave it
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#Macron heaping praise onto front-line workers fighting #Coronavirus, Second-line workers who kept transport, education and shops running, and third-line workers: Those who stayed home and did their duty by isolating
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In March I was sick, I posted here that my COVID-19 test was negative.Now that tome has passed and I see how other are being impacted I am pretty sure
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1/ Two autopsies in CA reveal that COVID-19 was in the U.S. long before first thought. Those deaths were on Feb 6th and Feb 17th, respectively, when the first death
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JMU’s failure in handling this pandemic, a thread: I tried so hard to place my faith and trust in JMU prior to this semester, but it’s now becoming apparent that
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THREAD: College basketball’s season starts a month from today, but behind the scenes, according to sources, widespread concern is quickly escalating over the stability -- if not survival -- of
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I've been using the term "pandemic militarism" for a month now, and folks have been asking what I mean. I don't have time to write something formal, so let me
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.⁦@PeterDutton_MP⁩ trying to blame the cruise ship operators. But why were authorities even asking for their “advice”? By 19 March we knew cruise ships posed significant risks - a month
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A current instructor has been in contact with me to share information about CNU’s contact tracing and reporting protocols. It’s not good. (thread) This instructor teaches multiple sections of a
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Most people have seen the scary math on how unprepared humanity is for #COVID2019, particularly US medical infrastructure (e.g. masks, hospital beds, HT @LizSpecht). But I don’t think most people
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To help stop the spread of COVID-19 the gov. says I need to be quarantined for 14 days! I know this time can get boring and lonely so I wanted
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