#Pandemic

scottEmovienerd

if you think it's wrong of me to keep bringing up my father's death, tough shit. unfollow me. the man running the federal government is directly responsible for my father's

Conservative judges in America have ruled within hours of each other that the COVID-19 pandemic is not dangerous enough to stop in person voting in Wisconsin, but too dangerous to

A provocative story from @louisahthomas on if college football (and sports generally) are making the pandemic worse. "The approach that we have taken to college football likely reflects our broader

Why is U of T attempting to handle extensions of registration with tuition fee exemptions on a case-by-case basis when this is a global pandemic that is affecting all of

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SerendipityDizl

There are 330,483,530 people living in America. The total amount of the stimulus bill is $2,000,000,000,000. Dividing that cost by every American (illegals excepted) is $6,051.74. Excepting illegals, Americans should

My @guardian story: Hundreds of thousands who lost jobs in pandemic denied universal credit, official figures showhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/30/hundreds-of-thousands-who-lost-jobs-in-pandemic-denied-universal-credit It's

Mahesh 𑀰𑀸𑀲𑁆𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀺

karatalaamalaka

This is an excellent article on the bullshit of WHO and CDC. Covid-19 response was a repetition of patterns of bad behavior from these orgs seen during SARS-1 and Ebola.

Tara Siegel Bernard

Quick update on unemployment benefits and which payments are going out now, according to the Labor Dept.: 44 states have started paying federal pandemic unemployment comp, a.k.a. the extra $600/week.

The pandemic has had profound impacts on Canada's musicians. Our study with @Music_Canada finds that until live performances resume, musicians say it will be hard to make a living. THREADReport:

Matthew Yglesias

I guess conservatives believe this stuff but Democrats including Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer, and Chris Murphy were all publicly complaining Trump wasn’t taking this seriously enough in late January and

Prof Bunny Hugger 🌍🌹🌱💙 #ClimateAction

Hi everyone, I'm collecting the most important (in my own personal view) pieces on post-growth / post-capitalist / post-(or really during) pandemic pieces of writing at the link here. Please

India's Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan taking charge as the chairman of the World Health Organisation is being reported as somehow a reflection of how well India has done in

With the heightened stress of the pandemic, it is inappropriate for any democratic society to institute snitch lines. This is no longer about protecting public health and good governance. #topoli

Democrats nominated a safe, establishment-friendly but fairly bland candidate in CA-25, suburban-exurban swing seat with a special election this Tuesday. Early polling shows the GOP candidate in the lead.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-are-p

Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland

Today marks one year since the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child warned of the grave physical and psychological effects of the pandemic on children and called on

I decided to write this a couple of days ago when my toxic ass sister “reached out”, but tbh, since this pandemic went into full swing, I’ve been contacted by