#PANDEMIC

The thing about "elective" surgeries is that elective only means you aren't dying in that exact moment. For ex, the spine surgery I need is still considered "elective" until I
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Recently I have found myself wondering how the so called "silent majority" became so silent. Why are people so afraid to speak up for the things that Americans once viewed
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a little etiquette refresher for friends, patrons, and clients of sex workers:SWers have always been very good at establishing healthy boundaries, but now more than ever, our boundaries are of
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A phone call between PM Modi and US President Biden is on right now Had a fruitful conversation with US President Biden. We discussed the evolving COVID situation in both
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As a very pro-EU Scot who is broadly in favour of democracy, here are my Arguments against a second referendum; without using the phrase 'once in a generation' The downside
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I've spent all day on the phone to ATOS and the DWP with my friend who is going through the mortal agony of a PIP application. He is hearing-impaired and
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First, as always, I deeply appreciate the sacrifices that Marion County residents have made to slow the spread of this deadly virus. Beyond the almost unthinkable numbers of those sickened
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Look it's Friday and I have a lot of feels but I am getting choked up thinking about how amazing both my @HuffPost team and my @UNCHussman students are. (thread)
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Morneau noted that the feds are the BEST borrowers in the land (lower risks/costs than for cash strapped provinces, municipalities, businesses, households, and poor people, ranked in ascending order of
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This is going to be a very long thread. Going to be talking about Nintendo and it's fanbase. First off, as a disclaimer: You have every right to be disappointed.
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My university @NorwichUniArts initially pledged to offer third year students ‘Extenuating Circumstances’ regarding the assessment of their final hand-in. However, they have now u-turned on the original decision with little
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The realization sweeps over me as I look around.Either nobody knows.Or nobody cares.I sense my heart beating faster. I’ve never had an anxiety attack before. At least I don’t think
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After two months of GOP members flagrantly ignoring public health and medical experts, insisting on showing up to the Capitol without cloth masks, it is as if we were always
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Here's a thread with a selection of great journalism on #COVIDー19 from around the world. Please share and feel free to add suggestions at the end #Covid_19 1. @nytimes has
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THREAD: Today’s @WHO +partners’ announcement of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator to develop vaccines, therapeutics+other innovations to beat the #COVIDー19 pandemic is welcome...@PandemicAction 1/4https://twitter.com/who/status/125367570
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They are doing the same thing in France and the media hides it EVERY SINGLE TIME! Our minister of the interior told us: "people of color don't get jumped on
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