#PANDEMIC

Thread on Budgeting during a pandemic based on inputs from @ithoughtadviser. Thank you @shyamsek1. Budgets are one of the most empowering tools in personal finance. You decide where your money
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#lockdownMelbourne I did PCR for 10 years, and got a medal for it in 2019. Covid PCR is fake science.Typically we call a sample "positive" if a virus can be
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Of all the things said about Johnson (liar, charlatan, clown, conman, idler etc.) perhaps the one that should stand out most is: his incompetence. Many have described him thus. It
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It is best to slowly release information as the pandemic progresses. We all need to adapt psychologically to the reality that these numbers will show. Put them out too early
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Kentucky! Now that no one can pay rent, let's talk about those *LATE FEES* your landlords are trying to charge you. Two things before we get started: 1) Here's the
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Who feels like a sobering wake up call? Well here goes. This paper from @hsalje et al (inc @SCauchemez) examines what we can learn from France’s initial surge in the
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Today, six months into the recession, when the labor market has seen the sharpest employment declines in our lifetimes, we will get the latest jobs data and learn about how
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Researching Spanish flu and learning so much. So for one, it didn't originate in Spain, only the media coverage did. They were a neutral country with free media. Other countries
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Open letter to Nicola Sturgeon and Kate Forbes. Firstly, I genuinely mean no offence to you personally, this is not a comment related to your core belief, which I don’t
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Look, I don’t think all the think pieces doing the rounds about how there “won’t be a new normal” or a “going back to normal” are either helpful or correct.
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Was denied a refill for my birth control (which I’ve been on for 9 years STRAIGHT bc it’s medically necessary) bc I couldn’t make an in-person appointment with my gyno
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Unemployment rates as of April 2020:- Germany: 4%- Denmark: 6%- Finland: 8%- Portugal: 9%- France: 10%- United States: 14.7% And, the US is the only country where you can lose
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Hope the college and major you wanted are still there after your year of sitting at home doing nothing!https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2020/05/19/one-third-high-school-seniors-say-they-will-defer-or-cancel-rather Folks are
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Couldn't listen to presser b/c of work, but consistent theme of shifting blame to individual #SK citizens (get vaccinated! stay at home! don't be stupid!) deliberately shifts attention from those
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Two more days of work hooooorayyyy for three day weekend. Plans: get drunk, watch Hamilton Me, approaching a 3 day weekend, knowing I have two grueling days of work and
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1 of 18/For the last couple months I’ve been working with @codeforamerica’s GetYourRefund team to bring in the awesome people power in the #cfabrigade network.We’ve made some great progress and
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