#Crisis

There's a lot of this kind of scientization of history going around, and while I don't have time to say everything I might want to, I do have a couple
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Are the Vows editors, who have, for weeks, been devoting their front page to numerous short obituaries of lavish weddings killed by the pandemic, jealous of the shine the news
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"It's just anxiety, anxiety, anxiety"The coronavirus pandemic is having a huge impact on young people, particularly those with existing mental health conditionsLoss of routine, school closures and exam cancellations are
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Things we've learnt so far from COVID19 The US and UK administrations are criminally negligent We should be celebrating, not castigating our immigrantsOur key workers are our lowest paid workers.Science
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Why didn't UK take part in EU procurement?No 10: 'We didn't get the email in time'.Michael Gove: "Communication confusion".NEW: Official minutes show UK took part in four EU meetings where
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This week I was asked to give a presentation about some lessons we might be able to learn from Switzerland's crisis management in this pandemic. It was a welcome opportunity
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Ahead of tonight's VP debate + COVID, a reminder that Mike Pence is responsible for the single biggest outbreak of HIV in the history of Indiana -- so infamous were
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Match-going fans are currently excluded from football due to #COVID19. Executives, however, are still at it.Long thread about two alarming developments involving fans and the network of support offered to
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Weird fact about me: I used to run a search and rescue group, so I have some background in emergency management. Here's one useful thing that I learned that applies
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I accidentally went down some threads of comments about teachers this morning regarding virtual openings & it was not pretty. I knew we were up against a lot, but had
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N.Y. State Coronavirus Briefing: 'Day 83 of the COVID-19 Crisis'New Hospitalizations in past day:225, ↓ from 244, 295 days prior.New deaths: 109, ↓ from 105, 112."Number has been stubborn on
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1/ There have been significant changes to ed during this pandemic. Many of these changes have exacerbated existing educational inequities & some of these "changes" will become dangerous educational *reforms*
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In an hour, the @NorfolkVA city council members will meet to talk about what they want to do about civilian oversight of @NorfolkPD, releasing use-of-force data, and creating a mental
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The Real-Time Tragedy of Aggregation in the Age of COVID191/ The current health tragedy surrounding the spread of COVID19 cannot be discounted, however the real tragedy isn't the health crisis,
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"In return [for access] @maggieNYT & NYT often normalized [Trump] in ways large & small. NYT spent years painting a false portrait of adult decision making at the WH, suggesting
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Election wargaming: "The bad news: in each scenario other than a Biden landslide, we ended up with a constitutional crisis that lasted until the inauguration, featuring violence in the streets
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