I am living in the middle of the emergency over coronavirus in Finland. Due this reason the update cycle to make posting to this blog could be slowed down.
The Finnish government announced on Monday nationwide school closures in order to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. Read more on the following aricles:
Finland closes schools, declares state of emergency over coronavirus
https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finland_closes_schools_declares_state_of_emergency_over_coronavirus/11260062
Daycare centres are to stay open but parents were asked to keep their kids home if possible. The government also published a 19-point list of emergency legislation that takes effect on 18 March.
Coronavirus latest: 359 cases confirmed in Finland, S-Group shuts its Helsinki eateries, bankruptcy fears mount
https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/coronavirus_latest_359_cases_confirmed_in_finland_s-group_shuts_its_helsinki_eateries_bankruptcy_fears_mount/11249610
Here is a link to an earlier post related to Coronavirus:
https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2020/02/12/mobile-trends-2020-mwc-canceled/
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Tomi Engdahl says:
Suomessa ennätysmäärä tartuntoja – THL:n Salminen perustelee, miksi syksyn ja kevään lukuja ei kannata vertailla
https://www.iltalehti.fi/koronavirus/a/357fbb7a-0ad7-4b48-9be0-29beef58cd55
Suomessa on merkitty torstaina tartuntatautirekisteriin ennätysmäärä koronavirustartuntoja: kaikkiaan 296 kappaletta.
Keväällä tartuntoja oli tosiasiassa jopa viisinkertainen määrä olemassaoleviin lukuihin verrattuna.
Mika Salminen huomautti, että syksyn tartuntalukujen suora vertaaminen kevään lukuihin ei ole järkevää. Keväällä testauskapasiteetti oli huomattavasti pienempi ja testeihin otettiin tiukemmilla kriteereillä, moni tapaus jäi siis toteamatta. Salmisen mukaan on arvioitu, että Suomessa oli keväällä jopa viisinkertainen määrä koronatartuntoja todettuihin tapauksiin verrattuna.
Tällä hetkellä testauskapasiteetti on noin 20 000 testiä vuorokaudessa ja testeihin kehotetaan menemään jo lievien oireiden ilmaantuessa.
Salmisen mukaan positiivinen testitulos saadaan nyt jo 1,4 prosentilla.
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While technology provided the possibility for us to work, study, or shop remotely during the quarantine, this fast digital leap also had human rights implications.
COVID-19 tracing: technology is not the savior. Or is it?
https://cybernews.com/privacy/covid-19-tracing-technology-is-not-the-savior-or-is-it/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=rm&utm_content=covid_19_tracing
Some governments used the health crisis to cement their power and limit human rights both online and offline, argue human rights watchdogs. Meanwhile, companies, such as Google, brag about helping combat the pandemic while protecting people’s privacy.
“Past 6-7 months have proven that people don’t have any reason to trust most governments, that at (…) worst have used the crisis to centralize and cement their power, and limit human rights online and offline,” European Policy Manager at Access Now Fanny Hidvégi said in a United Nations discussion about protecting human rights during the pandemic.
technologies opened various opportunities for people during the quarantine. Children were able to study, while their parents could work remotely.
“Technologies facilitated access to culture at a time when all the cultural establishments were closed,” he said.
Tracing apps have been at the heart of a very heated debate around the world. Concerns regarding the potential misuse and potential data privacy breaches emerged,
Silvio Gonzato said.
Countries like France, Finland, or Germany, developed contact tracing apps, and the European Union developed a toolbox and continues to update technical guidance.
“Tracing apps must be voluntary, secure, and interoperable, and respect privacy. Apps should avoid the identification of users and should not use the geolocation. All the applications must be temporary only, and will have to be dismantled as soon as the pandemic is over, and should retain data only for the minimum period of time,” he explained.
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https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports
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“The case went missing after the spreadsheet hit its filesize limit”
Excel spreadsheet error blamed for UK’s 16,000 missing coronavirus cases
https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/5/21502141/uk-missing-coronavirus-cases-excel-spreadsheet-error
The case went missing after the spreadsheet hit its filesize limit
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Surgery as We Know It May Never Be the Same after Covid-19
https://www.mddionline.com/general-hospital/surgery-we-know-it-may-never-be-same-after-covid-19?ADTRK=InformaMarkets&elq_mid=14626&elq_cid=876648
Surgery volumes have rebounded faster than expected, but the process of having surgery in a post-pandemic world may never be the same.
Most medical device companies took a big hit on revenue during the height of COVID-19 as elective and non-emergency surgery came to a screeching halt in many geographical markets.
He said the recovery was brisk at first, quickly reaching about 80% of pre-COVID volume levels, with some variation by specialty, hospital size, and geography.
That recovery appears to have gradually slowed down a bit, and we think that is being driven by a few factors,” Rajpal said.
One factor he noted is hospital capacity constraints.
“As we all know, to operate in this environment hospitals have had to deploy a number of different protocols,” Rajpal said. “They’ve tried to mitigate the impact of those protocols, but the net impact is a 20% capacity reduction.”
Demand for surgery has also been down, a trend he attributed to both a shift in health insurance mix due to pandemic-related unemployment, a reluctance by patients to have surgery during the pandemic if it can be avoided, and a backlog of surgical cases from the beginning of the pandemic. He also said the “new normal” in procedure volumes could end up being lower than the “old normal”, at least for a few years.
Hawkins also noted efficiency challenges associated with additional PPE requirements, which he said adds about 10 minutes per procedure.
“10 minutes is actually not insignificant for us,” he said.
Abia said an increase in telemedicine adoption and changes in the way care is provided will potentially impact procedure volume recovery or even the way in which the recovery will occur.
“We will be creating the new normal as we get into it,” he said.
“I think things are going to change,” Hawkins said, adding that more of the pre-op and post-op care will occur at patients’ homes rather than in a healthcare setting. For example, there are a number of things that have traditionally been done in a hospital setting to treat congestive heart failure and COPD that are going to be done at home with the help of emerging technology, he said.
In terms of preparing for future public health emergencies and supply chain disruptions, Hawkins said Duke is putting more focus on working with companies that have more diversified manufacturing operations so that the hospital does not find itself in a single-source deal with a company that may only have a single manufacturing plant.
“There is a monumental shift that will occur over the next decade of procedures moving out of the hospital toward surgery centers,” Lobo said. “This is already a movement that had started prior to the pandemic, and it’s just accelerating tremendously. What’s interesting about the pandemic is that patients are actually really happy [about the shift to surgery centers].”
Before COVID-19, Stryker’s patients were somewhat reticent about going to a surgery center, he said.
“Now the idea of going home the same day is very appealing. They just don’t want to be in the hospital around other sick people, and a lot of the rehab can happen at home,” Lobo said. “Telerehab will be big in the future.”
Is virtual care equally effective and efficient in identifying prospective surgical patients?
“What I’m hearing from the surgeons that I speak to is it’s working better than they thought,” Lobo said. “Instead of having two or three in-person visits [prior to surgery] they just have one and they can do the first couple of screens virtually. I’m not sure about the pace of it, but I do believe it’s here to stay.”
“There’s going to be a world before COVID-19, and a world after COVID-19,” Abia said. “There’s going to be a significant difference not only in medicine and the way medicine is provided … this is the time to be flexible and to be agile more than ever and reinvent ourselves as many times as we need to.”
One silver lining in all of this is that the shift away from the hospital setting is creating “a tremendous innovation opportunity,” Polen said.
Hawkins said Duke is investing much of its capital allocation not in the hospital but in these alternate care sites like the ambulatory surgery centers.
“Payers are realizing that’s where more cost-effective care can happen, so reimbursement is following in a way that will drive much more outpatient care,” Hawkins said. “So this is a big shift.”
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Trump To Resume Campaigning On Friday, One Week After Announcing Covid-19 Diagnosis
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2020/10/09/trump-to-resume-campaigning-on-friday-one-week-after-announcing-covid-19-diagnosis/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie/#676f7264696
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Broadway Shutdown Extended Through May 2021
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2020/10/09/broadway-shutdown-extended-through-may-2021/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie/#676f7264696
Broadway theaters will now remain dark until at least summer 2021, as the Broadway League announced Friday that the shutdown has now been extended through May 30, 2021, further ravaging an industry that’s been among the hardest-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Broadway was first shut down on March 12, and the shutdown had most recently been extended through the end of 2020.
Shows are currently expected to resume performances in June, with industry outlets reporting that shows could restart on a rolling basis, rather than all at once.
$14.7 billion. That’s the amount that Broadway contributes to New York City’s economy annually on top of its ticket sales, which grossed $1.83 billion in 2018-2019, according to the Broadway League. Broadway also supported 96,900 local jobs in New York City, and touring productions of Broadway shows contributed $3.8 billion to local economies across the U.S.
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https://www.visualcapitalist.com/u-s-money-supply-precious-metal-production-2020/
response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government has issued over $3 trillion in fiscal stimulus. In turn, the U.S. Federal Reserve has increased the money supply by $3.4 trillion from January to September 2020.
Over the last nine months, the U.S. has already added 400% more dollars to its money supply than it did in the entirety of 2019—and there’s still three months left to go in the year.
Put another way, for every ounce of gold created in 2020 there has been $4 million U.S. dollars added to the money supply.
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Microsoft’s CEO is tired of working from home and he’s not alone
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-ceo-is-tired-of-working-from-home-and-hes-not-alone/
Satya Nadella worries that staring into a screen lulls you into a stupor and casual interactions just don’t happen anymore. Some research agrees with him.
He explained: “Thirty minutes into your first video meeting in the morning, because of the concentration one needs to have on video, you’re fatigued.”
Is this because too many meetings are dull? Is it because it’s harder to hide that you’re texting a friend about last night? Is it because you know you have another nineteen video meetings that day?
In Nadella’s case, he believes all those video meetings are merely transactional. The really inspired, creative work happens in casual conversations before and after meetings. Surely, at times, in bars, too.
The company’s investigators found that although employee work hours have been extended, they’re still finding ways to meet for casual encounters, rather than strictly work-related purposes.
Writing for CNBC, Bloom said he fears “a slump in innovation. In-person collaboration is necessary for creativity, and my research has shown that face-to-face meetings are essential for developing new ideas and keeping staff motivated and focused.”
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All that time in the kitchen during this pandemic has led to a nationwide shortage of Mason jars
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/07/us/mason-jars-canning-lids-shortage-trnd/index.html
“There’s so many more people canning this year than have ever canned. We have seen a big upswing in new people trying to can,” said Nellie Oehler, the coordinator for Oregon’s statewide food preservation hotline, who added she’s been answering lots of calls from around the nation about the lack of supply.
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Explained: What is a ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown?
https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/1012/1171083-circuit-breaker-explained/
Circuit breakers involve the introduction of measures not dissimilar to the ‘lockdown’ imposed in Ireland in late March.
They are designed to bring big reductions in transmission in a short time frame. However, that has not always been the case.
Where did the circuit breaker come from?
The term circuit breaker generally refers to the use of a short but strict lockdown to drastically reduce the transmission of Covid-19.
The approach is named after devices that are used to shut off electrical circuits when too much current is flowing.
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Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters:
YouTube says it will now ban any content with claims about COVID-19 vaccines that contradict consensus from local health authorities or the WHO — (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s YouTube said on Wednesday it would remove videos from YouTube that promote misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines …
YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-youtube-idUSKBN26Z1VD
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https://www.thestreet.com/mishtalk/economics/the-death-of-a-mall-in-stages
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Dropbox is the latest San Francisco tech company to make remote work permanent
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/13/dropbox-latest-san-francisco-tech-company-making-remote-work-permanent.html
San Francisco-based Dropbox announced Tuesday that will stop asking employees to come into its offices and instead make remote work the standard practice.
For employees that need to meet or work together in person, the company is setting up “Dropbox Studios” when it’s safe to do so.
The company extended its mandatory work from home policy through June 2021.
San Francisco-based Dropbox announced Tuesday that it will stop asking employees to come into its offices and instead make remote work the standard practice, even after the coronavirus pandemic ends.
“Remote work (outside an office) will be the primary experience for all employees and the day-to-day default for individual work,” the company said in a blog post.
Dropbox goes Virtual First
https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/company/dropbox-goes-virtual-first
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U.K. Announces Tougher Covid-19 Restrictions For London, Bans Indoor Gatherings
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2020/10/15/uk-announces-tougher-covid-19-restrictions-for-london-bans-indoor-gatherings/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie/#676f7264696
The U.K. government has announced tougher Covid-19 restrictions for millions of Londoners as it attempts to stem the rapid spread of the disease, a move that will prevent people from meeting with anyone outside their household in any indoor setting.
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Study: Risk Of Covid-19 Transmission On Planes ‘Virtually Nonexistent’ For Mask-Wearers
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/10/15/study-risk-of-covid-19-transmission-on-planes-virtually-nonexistent-for-mask-wearers/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Valerie/#76616c657269
Passengers wearing masks are at a very low risk of contracting Covid-19 on planes, even during packed flights, according to a recent study from the Department of Defense and United Airlines which offers new insight into the safety of air travel amid the pandemic.
Per these results, it would take a minimum of 54 hours of sitting next to someone with Covid-19 to be exposed to an infectious dose.
“99.99% of those particles left the interior of the aircraft within six minutes,” said United Airlines Chief Communication Officer Josh Earnest at a Politico event announcing the results which concluded that risk when masked is “virtually nonexistent” and signaled “being on board an aircraft is the safest indoor public space,” in the words of Earnest.
44. That’s the known number of confirmed Covid-19 cases transmitted on airplanes among the 1.2 billion passengers who have traveled this year, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
This research is bolstered by another recent study from the IATA which concluded the “risk of contracting the virus on board appears to be in the same category as being struck by lightning,” in the words of CEO and Director General Alexandre de Juniac. Earnest on Thursday stressed that United Airlines, as other airlines said in September, is reporting lower infection rates among its flight attendants than among the general U.S. population.
Research Points to Low Risk for COVID-19 Transmission Inflight
https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/pr/2020-09-08-012/
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”With a vaccine yet to be approved and with many governments reintroducing tighter restrictions, many experts say some changes in the way cities are organised will start to become permanent. They believe that Covid-19 could accelerate the pull of the suburbs for families and shift more jobs out of city centres. The pandemic will not only reshape cities but it’s going to reshape suburbs and rural areas.”
From peak city to ghost town: the urban centres hit hardest by Covid-19
https://www.ft.com/content/d5b45dba-14dc-443b-8a8c-e9e9bbc3fb9a?shareType=nongift
FT research shows London and New York have suffered the most from the pandemic, but more substantial change lies ahead
The few people on the streets of the City of London or lower Manhattan have got used to a familiar sight in recent months: empty shops, boarded up storefronts and cafés struggling for survival in once bustling financial districts.
Their eyes do not lie — city centres have become ghost towns. According to FT research which analysed Google mobility data, London and New York have seen a dramatic drop in visits to restaurants and retail venues since the start of the pandemic.
Few cities have escaped the impact. Visits to central Paris were down 40 per cent in the week to October 9 compared with the pre-pandemic average in January, and even Stockholm, which has had much lighter restrictions, has suffered a decline of 20 per cent.
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The Swedish COVID-19 Response Is a Disaster. It Shouldn’t Be a Model for the Rest of the World
https://time.com/5899432/sweden-coronovirus-disaster/
The Swedish COVID-19 experiment of not implementing early and strong measures to safeguard the population has been hotly debated around the world, but at this point we can predict it is almost certain to result in a net failure in terms of death and suffering. As of Oct. 13, Sweden’s per capita death rate is 58.4 per 100,000 people, according to Johns Hopkins University data, 12th highest in the world (not including tiny Andorra and San Marino). But perhaps more striking are the findings of a study published Oct. 12 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, which pointed out that, of the countries the researchers investigated, Sweden and the U.S. essentially make up a category of two: they are the only countries with high overall mortality rates that have failed to rapidly reduce those numbers as the pandemic has progressed.
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We Destroyed the World’s Greatest Economy for No Reason
https://dailyreckoning.com/we-destroyed-the-worlds-greatest-economy-for-no-reason/
Everyone knew the second quarter of 2020 was going to be a disaster, and it was. The U.S. economy fell by 31.4% (annualized) in the second quarter.
But, the expectation was that we’d have a V-shaped recovery with a sharp bounce-back in the third quarter, a reopening of closed businesses, rehiring of the unemployed and a rising stock market.
But so far, the economy is not following the script laid out for it by the politicians and experts.
The stock market did rally, but that was mainly because the stock index components are heavily weighted to companies least affected by the pandemic including Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Alphabet (Google), Facebook and Microsoft.
Of course, it didn’t hurt that the Federal Reserve printed $4 trillion of new money and backstopped money markets, corporate bonds, municipal bonds, foreign central banks and other facets of capital markets with direct purchases, guarantees or currency swaps.
Even at that, stocks have been struggling since hitting new highs on September 2.
The 35% third-quarter recovery was to be expected as Americans got back to work after the lockdown. That 35% rate might sound like the third quarter will basically make up for the second quarter, but it won’t.
That still leaves you 7.4 percentage points in the hole, not counting the 5% drop in the first quarter.
The V-shaped recovery looks more like an “L” with flattish growth beyond the third-quarter. Things will not necessarily get much better from there, and progress is very much in doubt.
The lockdown continues in many places. The virus has not gone away, and the caseload and fatalities continue to grow.
A second wave of layoffs has now begun
So the letter to describe the recovery isn’t a “V” or even an “L” but possibly a “W,” with another recession right around the corner.
Beyond the second wave of layoffs, there is a persistent problem of the long-term unemployed whose businesses are shut down or dead in the water with no prospect of any return of demand.
The U.S. will not regain 2019 output levels until at least 2022, and growth going forward will be even worse than the weakest-ever growth of the 2009–2020 recovery.
The post-2009 recovery produced only 2.2% growth. It was an L-shaped recovery.
The U.S. economy suffered over $4 trillion of lost wealth based on the difference between the former strong trend and the new weaker trend.
The U.S. economy would have to grow 10% a year in 2021 and 2022 to return to 2019 levels of output.
First, is 10% growth even a reality? Past history says no.
Since 1943, U.S. annual real growth in GDP has never exceeded 10%. In fact, post-1980 recoveries averaged 3.2% growth. And since 1984, growth has never exceeded 5%.
All of this economic devastation was not caused directly by the virus. It was caused by the policy response to the virus, specifically the extreme lockdowns ordered by many state governors.
Was it all worth it? The likely answer is “no.”
Many top scientists agree that lockdowns don’t work. The virus will spread with or without a lockdown. Some measures make sense such as washing hands, keeping social distance and wearing masks in crowded spaces.
But there’s no evidence masks do any good at all when the wearer is alone, outdoors or at a reasonable distance from others.
We could have followed these basic rules and gotten 90% of the benefit of a lockdown at only 10% of the cost.
Even the World Health Organization is coming out against lockdowns.
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First US Case Of Covid-19 Reinfection Suffered Worse Symptoms Second Time Around
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/first-us-case-of-covid19-reinfection-suffered-worse-symptoms-second-time-around/
A young and healthy man has become the first confirmed case of reinfection with Covid-19 in the US. While experts have been quick to stress that reinfections currently appear to be relatively rare, this case is especially unusual as the patient was hit harder by the virus during the second infection.
Published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, the new case study describes a 25-year-old man in Nevada with no known immune disorders or underlying conditions who had two positive tests for SARS-CoV-2 within a 48-day timeframe, first on April 18 and then on June 5.
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https://www.tcs.com/business-impact-survey-2020
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After sidelining scientists, Europe plays catchup with new coronavirus wave
https://www.politico.eu/article/scientists-eu-coronavirus-second-wave/
Experts warned that infections would surge again but politicians resisted new lockdowns.
The EU’s national leaders pledged Thursday to follow “the best available science” in their coronavirus response. But after weeks of resisting that same expert advice, they’re now chasing the wave.
With infections skyrocketing, countries are reimposing containment measures every day. But the reluctant and haphazard responses across Europe show how political leaders spent the recent weeks in collective denial.
Even now, they’re bedeviled by the same quandary they faced since the pandemic started: Following the scientific advice will save lives but also stands to devastate economies.
The tension between public health guidance and the political and economic reality was on stark display in Berlin Wednesday, as Germany announced new restrictions and Chancellor Angela Merkel and Bavarian State Premier Markus Söder urged fast and decisive action.
“It would be better to be in front of the wave,” said Söder. “You do not run after the wave.”
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Big Tech’s essential workers
https://www.politico.eu/article/big-tech-essential-workers-coronavirus-pandemic/
The coronavirus crisis has shone a light on the precarious livelihoods and vulnerabilities of gig workers.
In the first weeks and months of the coronavirus pandemic, people across the world stepped out onto their balconies, opened their windows or stood on their stoops to clap for the health care workers risking their lives during the pandemic.
Another type of “essential worker” received less attention. And yet they played a big role in making our lives in lockdown more comfortable: They delivered pizza, sushi and poké bowls; they took us to the doctor’s office and drove us home when we couldn’t face taking public transport.
For many of these gig workers — delivery people and drivers working with platforms such as Deliveroo, Uber and Glovo — staying at home wasn’t an option. But showing up for work came at a personal cost.
“I was afraid — afraid of getting sick, of contracting the virus and passing it on to those around me,” said Riccardo Mancusco, 26, who works as a rider for the food delivery app Deliveroo to help finance his studies in Bologna.
The platforms didn’t provide workers with masks, gloves or hand sanitizer in the first weeks and months of the pandemic, according to Mancusco, who worked throughout the lockdown. “We felt left in jeopardy.”
It wasn’t until the trade union Riders Union Bologna launched a lawsuit against the platform in April, that Deliveroo started sending safety supplies to workers, according to Mancusco, who is a member of the union.
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The Current State Of The Hotel Industry Isn’t ‘Sustainable’ Without Government Funding, CEO Says
http://on.forbes.com/6185G4IeL
The American hotel industry could be on the brink of collapse with as much as two-thirds of the nation’s hotels set to shutter in six months without financial help from the government and millions of industry workers laid off, a situation CEO of Best Western Hotels David Kong told CNBC on Monday was “not sustainable.”
Hotels have been the victim of a devastating one-two punch from the coronavirus pandemic, with forced closures leading to massive layoffs, and a sharp decline in bookings with travelers afraid checking in might mean contracting the virus.
Kong noted the severity of the industry’s cash flow problem, saying “you can only do so much with eliminating expenses and cutting people, you still need revenue,” which is difficult with less people willing or able to travel and hotels slashing prices in a bid to fill rooms.
Without government help, over 38,000 of the nation’s almost 58,000 hotels could be forced to shut down in six months, according to a recent report by the American Hotel and Lodging Association.
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https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/11282-fyysisia-messuja-perutaan-jo-ensi-vuodelta
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Economists Still Don’t Expect Things To Get Back To Normal Until At Least 2022, Survey Says
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahhansen/2020/10/19/economists-still-dont-expect-things-to-get-back-to-normal-until-at-least-2022-survey-says/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie/#676f7264696
A biweekly survey from FiveThirtyEight and the University of Chicago shows that between May and October, more than seven months into the coronavirus crisis, economists generally haven’t changed their views on when U.S. GDP will return to pre-pandemic levels.
Some 30 economists say there is a two-thirds probability that the economy wouldn’t be back to normal until 2022 or later—that’s essentially unchanged from what they were expecting in May, according to the most recent survey results from earlier this month.
“Uncertainty about the trajectory of the virus and its impact on service sectors such as hospitality, travel, entertainment, eating out, remains in the forefront and has not really been resolved at this point,” Timmermann told FiveThirtyEight.
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Global Covid-19 Infections Surpass 40 Million, 1.1 Million Deaths
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2020/10/19/global-covid-19-infections-surpass-40-million-11-million-deaths/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie/#676f7264696
The number of new Covid-19 infections around the world continues to grow, passing the grim milestone of 40 million on Monday morning as much of Europe and the U.S. struggle to contain a new surge in infections, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
The U.S. leads the world with over 8 million confirmed cases, with nearly 220,000 deaths.
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Trump Calls Dr. Fauci ‘Disaster,’ Says He Would Fire Him It Weren’t For Negative Press
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/10/19/trump-calls-dr-fauci-disaster-says-he-would-fire-him-it-werent-for-negative-press/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie/#676f7264696
President Trump on Monday called Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s highest-ranking infectious diseases expert who has been key in guiding the U.S.’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, a “disaster” who he would fire if it wouldn’t get so much negative press.
“He’s been here for 500 years,” Trump said, adding: “People are tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots.”
Trump also contemplated firing Fauci, who has served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984, advising every president since Ronald Reagan, but said while it’s a “bomb” every time Fauci is on TV, it’s a “bigger bomb if you fire him.”
Fauci, while virtually accepting a leadership award from the National Academy of Medicine on Monday, seemed to respond to Trump’s remarks, saying: “I can’t help thinking that we’re going through a time that’s disturbingly anti-science in certain segments of our society.”
“If I listened to him, we’d have 500,000 deaths,” said Trump, later changing the number to 700,000 or 800,000. The U.S. has had over 219,000 Covid-19 deaths to date. Trump also proceeded to mock Fauci on Twitter.
The New York Times first reported that Trump was losing patience with Fauci in March. While Fauci advocated for more stringent protocols and restrictions to curb the spread of a disease he described as serious, Trump resisted these characterizations, seeking to publicly downplay the virus’s severity. As the pandemic has raged on, with the U.S. still reporting an average of over 55,000 new cases per day this past week—over seven months into the pandemic—the Trump administration has reportedly shifted focus from trying to squash case numbers.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Fauci Says He’s ‘Absolutely Not’ Surprised Trump Contracted Covid-19
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2020/10/19/fauci-says-hes-absolutely-not-surprised-trump-contracted-covid-19/#3c09f5216ec5
Fauci said he was “worried” the president was going to contract the disease after he saw him in a “completely precarious situation of crowded, no separation between people, and almost nobody wearing a mask.”
The disease expert was referring to an event for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett that was held at the White House last month, now identified as a likely “superspreader” event.
25. That’s how many people with ties to the White House have tested positive for Covid-19 since October 2. Most of the people are members of Trump’s inner circle and family.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Russia’s Covid-19 Deaths Could Be The Worst In Europe, Ex-State Demographer Warns
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2020/10/20/russias-covid-19-deaths-could-be-the-worst-in-europe-ex-state-demographer-warns/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie/#676f7264696
Russia’s daily Covid-19 death numbers need to be tripled, according to a disaffected state demographer who allegedly left the country’s Federal Statistics Service in a dispute over virus data, Bloomberg reports — if correct, Russia’s Covid-19 deaths could be the worst in Europe.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Nearly One In Four New York City Transit Workers Have Contracted Covid-19, Study Finds
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2020/10/20/nearly-one-in-four-new-york-city-transit-workers-have-contracted-covid-19-study-finds/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie/#676f7264696
Nearly a quarter of New York City’s bus and subway workers have contracted Covid-19, a study conducted by the NYU School of Global Public Health has found, highlighting the severe impact of the pandemic on frontline workers in the city.
Of the 645 transit workers who responded to the study, 24% reported having had COVID-19.
Around 90% of the workers expressed concern about getting sick at work and more than 70% said they fear for their safety at work.
Despite the large number of people getting infected, only 30% of workers plan on getting a Covid-19 vaccine when it becomes available, 38% are unsure while the remaining 32% will not take it.
In May, New York State reported that 14.2% of transit workers had Covid-19 antibodies. The 24% number found by NYU’s study suggests that many more continued to contract the virus during the summer months even as the pandemic began to ebb in New York City.
The virus has also seemingly taken a toll on the mental health of a lot of transit workers, with around 60% reporting feeling “nervous, anxious, on-edge” and 15% feeling depressed. Recommending workplace mental health services for transit workers, Gershon noted that in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center’s workers, services that supported employee mental health had a better outcome. “The workplaces that invested in these services—that recognized the loss of life and didn’t diminish it—fared much better than those who did not,” Gershon said.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.sijoitustieto.fi/sijoitusartikkelit/pitkittyvat-korona-aallot-uhkaavat-talouksia-elvytys-ei-voi-jatkua-loputtomiin
Tomi Engdahl says:
Korona voi viedä hajuaistin nuoreltakin todella pitkäksi aikaa, ehkä loppuelämäksi
https://www.iltalehti.fi/flunssa/a/612abe48-c03a-4a6d-8834-b33bf09d5ddb
Meet the young people who may never smell again because of Covid-19
https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/covid-19-smell-taste-loss
Though new data emerges daily, the science suggests Alexander’s symptoms are common:
Some studies suggest between 50 to 96 percent of people with Covid-19 exhibit measurable olfactory dysfunction or smell loss.
Between 40 and 50 percent of people appear to experience taste dysfunction.
Mayo Clinic researchers recently reported the prevalence of anosmia/dysgeusia (smell blindness or taste distortion, respectively) in people positive for Covid-19 was 28.6 times higher than that seen in people who test Covid-19-negative, and anosmia/dysgeusia was one of the earliest signs of the disease.
For the majority, anosmia, the technical term for smell blindness, tends to clear up within a month or two. The same goes for loss of taste, called ageusia.
“It is really sad to get a bouquet of flowers and not be able to smell them.”
It’s been more than seven months since her infection cleared. Although her ability to taste has partially returned, she still can’t smell any aromas besides extremely strong coffee and gasoline.
Anosmia and ageusia don’t compare to some of Covid-19′s severest symptoms, like respiratory failure or lung, liver, and heart damage. But these sensory effects can be extremely distressing and are reshaping the daily life of thousands of survivors in ways they never expected.
Tomi Engdahl says:
”The reason the post-pandemic era will be so destructive and creative is that never have more people had access to so many cheap tools of innovation, never have more people had access to high-powered, inexpensive computing, never have more people had access to such cheap credit — virtually free money — to invent new products and services, all as so many big health, social, environmental and economic problems need solving.
Put all of that together and KABOOM!
You’re going to see some amazing stuff emerge, some long-established institutions, like universities, disappear — and the nature of work, workplaces and the workforce be transformed.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/opinion/covid-education-work.html?referringSource=articleShare
After the Pandemic, a Revolution in Education and Work Awaits
Providing more Americans with portable health care, portable pensions and opportunities for lifelong learning is what politics needs to be about post-Nov. 3.
Thomas L. Friedman
By Thomas L. Friedman
Opinion Columnist
Oct. 20, 2020
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Credit…Timothy A. Clary/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
The good Lord works in mysterious ways. He (She?) threw a pandemic at us at the exact same time as a tectonic shift in the way we will learn, work and employ. Fasten your seatbelt. When we emerge from this corona crisis, we’re going to be greeted with one of the most profound eras of Schumpeterian creative destruction ever — which this pandemic is both accelerating and disguising.
No job, no K-12 school, no university, no factory, no office will be spared. And it will touch both white-collar and blue-collar workers, which is why this election matters so much. How we provide more Americans with portable health care, portable pensions and opportunities for lifelong learning to get the most out of this moment and cushion the worst is what politics needs to be about after Nov. 3 — or we’re really headed for instability.
The reason the post-pandemic era will be so destructive and creative is that never have more people had access to so many cheap tools of innovation, never have more people had access to high-powered, inexpensive computing, never have more people had access to such cheap credit — virtually free money — to invent new products and services, all as so many big health, social, environmental and economic problems need solving.
Put all of that together and KABOOM!
You’re going to see some amazing stuff emerge, some long-established institutions, like universities, disappear — and the nature of work, workplaces and the workforce be transformed.
Tomi Engdahl says:
72% Surge In New Covid Cases Is Slowing Economic Recovery, BoA Says
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2020/10/21/72-surge-in-new-covid-cases-is-slowing-economic-recovery/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie/#676f7264696
After hitting a promising low in the week ending September 13, the weekly number of new coronavirus cases in the United States has surged an astonishing 72% in one month, and indicators of economic activity are already raising concerns that this could seriously hinder the economic recovery, Bank of America said in a Wednesday research note.
Despite increases to consumer confidence and retail sales, the New York Fed Weekly Economic Index, which tracks 10 indicators covering consumer behavior, the labor market and production, had its second-worst decline since its recovery started in mid-April, falling 4% year over year in the week ending October 16, from a decline of 3.3% the week prior.
Tomi Engdahl says:
China, Taiwan and Vietnam successfully contained coronavirus, now they are poster boys for export recovery
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3106403/china-taiwan-and-vietnam-successfully-contained-coronavirus
China, Taiwan and Vietnam were among the only economies who brought the spread of Covid-19 under control early on
Turkey was the only other nation within the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) data to show a recovery, although this was only marginal
No region was spared from the fall in international trade in the second quarter of 2020, but the sharpest decline was for the West and South Asia regions
In Taiwan, exports grew by 6.4 per cent in the third quarter from a year earlier. It has reported a total of 543 cases of coronavirus, with only seven deaths since the start of the pandemic and none for more than six months.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Even Manufacturing Is Using Remote Workers
While it may sound peculiar, there is a growing population of remote workers in manufacturing.
https://www.designnews.com/automation/even-manufacturing-using-remote-workers?ADTRK=InformaMarkets&elq_mid=14763&elq_cid=876648
On the face of it, it sounds ludicrous: manufacturing employees working from home. In recent years, many companies have shifted to some remote working. That exploded last March . . . but manufacturing? Doesn’t seem possible.
Odd as it sounds, that has changed during COVID-19.
The British-based Leesman firm recently conducted research on the state of at-home work. They quizzed the manufacturing and industrial engineering sectors and found that 53% of manufacturing employees had no remote-working experience. What’s surprising is that apparently, 47% did.
We perused employment sites such as Indeed, FlexJobs, and RemoteDesk, and all of them are currently running want ads for remote manufacturing employees.
With more and more plant data digitized, the idea of remote management isn’t that far-fetched. “The application is in the cloud, so they can see everything on the floor. They already had that before COVID,” said Argyle. “I called after COVID hit and everyone was in lockdown. They mentioned they hadn’t missed a beat. They can see from home what they could see from work.”
Before the pandemic, manufacturing employees were absolutely not working remotely. “Nobody was working from home before COVID. Yet a lot of them were traveling, and they could still be efficient even if they were not at the plant,” said Argyle. “Manufacturing hadn’t adopted working from home, but now they’re seeing a lot of benefits. I see this hybrid version going on, where managers and engineers work part from home and part from the office. With this model, you don’t need as much office space.”
What Type of Plant Workers are Remote?
As for who’s working remotely on the manufacturing line, it tends to be the workers who are not actually putting nuts on bolts. “Process engineers, control engineers, and manufacturing engineers – they’re at their desks at home doing PLC work,” said Argyle. “They say they’re much more productive. They have their heads down doing design and not getting interrupted. They go to the plant to test things and get the tooling.”
While automation has helped plants to increase production with fewer workers, plants are not currently rushing to buy automation equipment. The economy isn’t strong enough to give them the confidence to spend. “Before COVID, automation was a big thing. They were putting robots out. That’s been going on for a long time, but I haven’t seen an increase in that,” said Argyle. “Yet on the shop floor workers are doing all of the communication through the app, same with the maintenance guy.”
Tomi Engdahl says:
Germans Are Panic Buying Toilet Paper And Disinfectants As Covid-19 Surges Again
Germans Are Panic Buying Toilet Paper And Disinfectants As Covid-19 Surges Again
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2020/10/22/germans-are-panic-buying-toilet-paper-and-disinfectants-as-covid-19-surges-again/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie/#676f7264696
Sales of toilet paper, disinfectants and soaps are rising once again in Germany, the country’s statistics office announced on Thursday, highlighting fears of an imminent lockdown as Europe’s largest economy sees a resurgence in Covid-19 cases.
In the past week, sales of toilet paper were almost twice as high as pre-crisis levels while sales of disinfectant and soaps were up three quarters and two thirds respectively.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Stocks Tick Higher After Big Earnings Beats–As Another 787,000 Americans File For Unemployment
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2020/10/22/stocks-dow-sp-earnings-third-quarter-2020-another-787000-americans-file-for-unemployment/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie/#676f7264696
Earnings Thursday morning continued to surpass Wall Street expectations, but the three major indexes ticked up less than .5% after weekly job losses hit their lowest levels since March highs, but ticked down only slightly.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Gilead to get the first FDA approval for Covid
https://pubplus.wordpress.com/2020/10/23/gilead-to-get-the-first-fda-approval-for-covid/
The US pharma company Gilead Sciences (GILD) has got the first approval for its Covid-19 vaccine on Thursday evening. According to the company press release, Veklury (remdesivir) is the first and only approved Covid-19 treatment in the US so far.
-As an antiviral drug, Veklury works to stop replication of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Previously authorized by the FDA for emergency use to treat COVID-19, Veklury is now the first and only approved COVID-19 treatment in the United States. The drug is now widely available in hospitals across the country, following early investments to rapidly expand manufacturing capacity to increase supply, the company stated.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Näin Suomen kokoinen Uusi-Seelanti selätti koronan toisenkin aallon – kevään jälkeen vain kolme kuolemantapausta
https://www.iltalehti.fi/ulkomaat/a/4402ee6b-7737-4f98-aaec-2c70a37d89c0
Viiden miljoonan asukkaan Uudessa-Seelannissa on tähän mennessä rekisteröity alle 2000 koronatartuntaa ja kuolleita on 25. Huomattavasti vähemmän siis kuin Suomessa, jossa kuolleita on 355 ja tartuntoja yli 14 000.
Toukokuun lopun jälkeen kuolemantapauksia on ollut Uudessa-Seelannissa vain kolme, joista kaikki syyskuun alkupuolella.
Maassa on nyt 56 aktiivista COVID-19-tapausta. Näistä 53 on karanteenissa hallituksen johtamissa eristyslaitoksissa. Sairaalahoidossa ei ole tällä hetkellä yhtäkään COVID-19:ään sairastunutta potilasta. Tilanne vaikuttaa siis hyvältä.
Uuden-Seelannin koronapolitiikan ytimessä on ollut alusta alkaen eliminoida virus estämällä sen pääsy rajan läpi. Suurin osa saarivaltion tartunnoista, 65 prosenttia, onkin ollut niin sanotusti tuontitavaraa eli ulkomailta tuotuja tai siihen liittyviä.
Saarivaltio sulki jo maaliskuussa rajansa käytännössä kaikilta ulkomaisilta matkailijoilta – poikkeuksena yhteiskunnan kannalta välttämättömät työntekijät – ja pakotti kotiin palaavat kansalaisensa kahden viikon karanteeniin valtion valvomiin laitoksiin. Tähän ei ole vieläkään tullut muutosta.
Yli sata päivää ilman tartuntoja
Kesäkuun puoliväliin mennessä maan koronatilanne oli saatu hallintaan, ja elämä alkoi palautua normaaliin. Livekonserttejakin sai järjestää jo, mutta korkeintaan sadan hengen yleisöille. Kaikilla piti olla oma paikka ja pöytiin tarjoilu oli pakko.
– Meillä ei ollut raportoitu tartuntoja sataan päivään. Kaikki näytti tosi hyvältä. Sitten elokuun puolivälissä COVID-19 iski Aucklandiin, ja Uusi-Seelanti meni taas sulkuun, Reuben Bonner tapahtumia buukkaavasta Banished Music -yrityksestä sanoo Washington Post -lehdelle.
Pääministeri kehotti asukkaita myös menemään hyvin pienilläkin oireilla testiin, vaikka ”vain aivastuksen ja yskäisyn takia”. Uusiseelantilaisia on jo aiemmin neuvottu pitämään kirjaa tapaamisistaan ja käyttämään altistumisesta kertovaa sovellusta.
Sovelluksen käyttö on nyt suorastaan romahtanut viimeisimmän lockdownin päätyttyä. Latauksia on ollut enää 620 000, kun elokuussa luku oli 2,5 miljoonaa. Yhä useammalta on myös jäänyt maski pois.
”Järjestelmä toimii”
Keskiviikkona Uudessa-Seelannissa raportoitiin kuitenkin 25 uutta koronavirustartuntaa, eli suurin päivittäinen määrä sitten maalis-huhtikuun.
Tartunnat löytyivät rajalla, kun 23 venäläistä ja ukrainalaista kalastusaluksen miehistön jäsentä oli saapunut maahan tilauslennolla päiviä aiemmin.
Kaksi muuta tartuntaa löytyi paikallisilta asukkaita, jotka olivat olleet yhteydessä tartunnan saaneeseen satamatyöläiseen. Kyseessä ovat ensimmäiset uudet maan sisäiset tartunnat sitten 25. syyskuuta.
– Se, että löysimme nämä tartunnat, osoittaa, että järjestelmä toimii, Uuden-Seelannin terveysjohtaja Ashley Bloomfield sanoi.
– Espanja ilmoitti tänään 48 000 uudesta tartunnasta, Uudessa-Seelannissa [väkilukuun suhteutettuna] se merkitsisi 4000 uutta tapausta, Bloomfield sanoi.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Eurooppa-kirje: Koronamittarit vilkkuvat punaisella, yhteiskuntia suljetaan taas – keväällä kuoli liki 170 000 ihmistä enemmän kuin yleensä
https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11607398
Parin rauhallisen kuukauden jälkeen koronamittarit vilkkuvat taas punaisella Belgiassa. Maassa esiintyy nyt väkilukuun nähden enemmän koronaa kuin muualla EU:ssa, Tšekkiä lukuun ottamatta. Belgian terveysministeri sanoi “tsunamin” uhkaavan(siirryt toiseen palveluun), jos toista aaltoa ei pian saada hallintaan.
Huoli ei ole liioiteltu: kevään ensimmäisessä aallossa koronaan kuoli Belgiassa pahimmillaan satoja ihmisiä päivässä. Toisesta aallosta on tulossa sairaaloille pahempi(siirryt toiseen palveluun) kuin ensimmäisestä. Hallituksen entinen koronatiedottaja Emmanuel André alleviivasi niin ikään tilanteen vakavuutta yleisradioyhtiö RTBF:n haastattelussa(siirryt toiseen palveluun). “Kysymys ei ole siitä mitä suljetaan, vaan siitä, minkä annamme olla edelleen auki”, André totesi.
Tomi Engdahl says:
There is no recovery
https://gnseconomics.com/2020/09/08/there-is-no-recovery/
We have been watching, with disbelief and bemusement, how the “recovery-narrative” has been touted in the financial media and among some economists and analysts.
Categorically, an economic recovery is a period of expansion, where we eventually exceed the previous peak in employment and output. There’s no such thing coming (anytime soon).
Tomi Engdahl says:
Coronavirus’ Impact On Customer Shopping Behavior And What To Expect For The Holidays
https://www.forbes.com/sites/shelleykohan/2020/10/23/coronavirus-impact-on-customer-shopping-behavior-and-what-to-expect-for-the-holidays/
Tomi Engdahl says:
The so-called “superspreaders” — accounted for most of the new infections.
“Superspreaders” Are Driving Covid-19 Spread, Suggests World’s Largest Tracking Study Yet
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/superspreaders-are-driving-covid19-spread-suggests-worlds-largest-tracking-study-yet/
The results of the world’s largest Covid-19 tracking study to date are in, revealing a number of important insights into the way the disease spreads.
Above all, the findings suggest that the majority of infected people did not appear to pass on the disease to any of their contacts, but a small number of infected individuals — so-called “superspreaders” — accounted for most of the new infections. Contrary to previous studies, it also hints that children and young adults play a surprisingly important role in the transmitting of the virus, namely within their own households.
Tomi Engdahl says:
White House science office says Trump ended COVID-19 pandemic as US hits record cases
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/523013-white-house-science-office-says-trump-ended-covid-pandemic-as-us-hits
The White House science office listed “ending the COVID-19 pandemic” as the top accomplishment of President Trump’s first term, even as the U.S. has set records for new daily infections and numerous hospitals across the country are stretched to their breaking points.
According to a press release intended to highlight the administration’s science accomplishments, the Trump administration said it “has taken decisive actions to engage scientists and health professionals in academia, industry, and government to understand, treat, and defeat the disease.”
The rosy outlook flies in the face of reality and underscores Trump’s efforts to continuously downplay the severity of the pandemic that continues to rage nearly uncontrolled across the country.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Dr. Anthony Fauci says U.S. is in a ‘bad position’ as daily coronavirus cases hit record highs
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/10/28/coronavirus-dr-fauci-says-us-is-in-a-bad-position-as-daily-cases-hit-record-highs.html
White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday that the U.S. is in a “bad position” as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations surge in many parts of the nation.
Fauci said the U.S. never got its Covid-19 cases down to low enough levels after the initial surge in New York and other states earlier in the year.
Fauci’s comments came after the U.S. reported its third consecutive record in average daily Covid-19 cases. Hospitalizations are on the rise as well.
Tomi Engdahl says:
France Follows Germany In Second Wave Of Lockdowns
https://www.forbes.com/sites/elanagross/2020/10/28/france-follows-germany-in-second-wave-of-lockdowns/?utm_source=fb_breakingnews&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=forbes#2840b6325f6e
French President Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday that the country will revert to a strict coronavirus lockdown Friday—soon after Germany announced new measures—as the country has seen an increasing number of cases.
Macaron said under the new lockdown order, non-essential workers will only be able to leave for doctors appointments, to buy essential goods or for one-hour of daily exercise and will need to fill out paperwork stipulating why they are leaving, according to Reuters.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Uuvumme nyt uudella tavalla ja se johtuu etäelämästä – huomaatko itsessäsi?
https://www.iltalehti.fi/terveysuutiset/a/995bb230-72df-441f-83cd-15369e14e9ed
Laumaan kuuluminen on meille luontaista, lauman pelkääminen ja jatkuva välttäminen ei.
Yleensä lauma tuo meille turvaa, tukea ja hyvää mieltä.
Korona-aikana meidän olisi ajateltava toisin.
Digiyhteyksissä olemme läsnä ajatuksillamme, mutta koska näistä kohtaamisista puuttuu fyysinen elementti, niistä aiheutuu uuvuttavaa ristiriitaa.
Korona-aikana olemme joutuneet pitkälti tukahduttamaan syvältä kumpuavan tarpeemme kuulua turvallisesti laumaan, jonka on siinä ympärillämme, tavalla tai toisella.
On luonnollista ja inhimillistä kaivata näitä kontakteja.
Korona-ajan suositukset lähikontaktien ja suurien joukkokokoontumisien välttämisestä tuntuvat joistakin jopa epäinhimillisiltä. Meistä on luontevampaa, merkityksellisempää, normaalimpaa ja jotenkin terveempää olla paikassa, jossa on muitakin ihmisiä kuin yrittää vältellä sellaisia tilanteita.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.designnews.com/industry/tech-scares-away-covid-during-halloween?ADTRK=InformaMarkets&elq_mid=14835&elq_cid=876648
Many states are uncertain how to handle trick-or-treat activities amid COVID this Halloween. But DIY-ers have plenty of good ideas!
The season of spookiness is almost here. But even after this year’s COVID-19 ridden Halloween activities are gone, these clever projects will still be around.
For now, though, all of these mostly do-it-yourself (DIY) projects are designed to either reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus or even destroy it. They will help ensure that this year’s October 31st activities do not become a super spreader event.