#PANDEMIC

So a lot of people want to know why COVID-19 is such a big deal, even as death rates are climbing and ICUs are overwhelmed. After all, diseases have always
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Folks: I am trained as a comparativist political scientist. I specialize in comparative public policy. I am here to tell you thata) Yes, you SHOULD compare countries' responses to COVID-19b)
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If you don’t want to read long articles, here’s a summary of just one point: During this pandemic, your stress levels are going up because there is risk to life
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How Uptown has caught endless Ls during Spring 2020, a list: - Angel Tejada owner of La Cantina basically fell for a twitter joke and mobilized a whole community of
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The doctor who led the federal agency involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine said on Wednesday that he was removed from his post after he pressed for a rigorous vetting
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Avid Bookshop is taking a day off.Booksellers will be getting a paid day off on Wednesday, November 4th, 2020.Read more here: https://www.avidbookshop.com/announcements  A note from Janet Geddis, business owner/founder:Late October
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One of the things that I couldn’t see in the Tune Report and which I KNOW was reiterated to govt over and over was the issue of NDIS using diagnostic
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More on why the FT presentation of the data undermines the position I have taken — and why I still hold that position.1. The successes from the FT presentation (China,
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When I was a kid in projects, I'd stay up and pretend to sleep when my mom came home from work at the hospital. Just so I could hear her
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The thing about some of them is that they believe, they want, they wish, they hope & then they exult in anything negative. Every step to reform or bring change
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Accepting Mikel Arteta's 2020/21 Premier League season-The worst in the last 25 years for Arsenal FC.A thread that will address the most common excuses used to protect the failure by
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#Pluralistic is my mutli-channel publishing effort - a project to push the limits of #POSSE (post own site, share everywhere) that allows me to maintain control over my work while
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Good morning comrades! Today we are looking at the issues facing Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) students and staff. Casualisation, both at the University of Edinburgh and beyond, disproportionately
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Hi @Trevornoah,I’m a researcher and I just watched your commentary on preprint publications and scientific peer review (https://youtu.be/pn0MyDxUM6k ) and I’d love to help clarify some stuff. (1/n) First, allow me
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So earlier this month my school kicked me out my dorm because I was sick. I told them that my family has Covid-19 including my grandma who’s 80 and my
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Trump needs to overcome his tendency to endlessly re-litigate old arguments, and lash out at whoever insulted him an hour ago, to keep his re-election campaign focused on the future.
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