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☆ Global COVID cases will increase in coming months, but at a slower pace -report
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oct 25 (Reuters) - Daily global COVID-19 infections are projected to rise slowly to about 18.7 million by February from the current 16.7 million aveage daily cases, driven by the northern hemisphere's winter months, the University of Washington said in an analysis. The increase in cases is not expected to cause a surge in deaths, the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) said. It forecast that global daily deaths would average 2,748 people on Feb. 1, compared with around 1,660 currently. A surge in Germany has peaked already, it said in its report on Oct. 24. A rapid increase in hospital admissions in Germany – the highest since the COVID outbreak in 2020 - remains an area of concern, it said.

☆ Covid-19 vaccines will be on the 2023 vaccine schedule, but that doesn’t mean they’re required in schools
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Covid-19 vaccines will be part of recommended immunization schedules in 2023 for both children and adults, after a unanimous vote by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The board members addressed concerns from the public that adding Covid-19 vaccinations to the schedule would force schools to require the shots. This discussion does not change that.”In fact, Covid-19 vaccines are explicitly banned from being included in school mandates in at least 20 states. “Mandates may not do anything to those people who would pull their kids out of public school,” Hackell said. Schools are public spaces with a level of control, and 95% vaccination coverage is a goal with intent.

Bangkok, Thailand CNN —Thailand recoiled in horror Thursday after at least 36 people were killed, at least 24 of them children, in a massacre at a child care center in northeastern Thailand believed to be the country’s deadliest incident of its kind. Among the dozens of victims are Panya’s wife and stepson, whom investigators say he killed before taking his own life. “He also used a knife to stab both children and staff at the center,” Paisan said. Police General Damrongsak Kittiprapas said that the attacker “mainly used a knife” to kill the children. TPBS/ReutersMedics arrive at the child care center on Thursday, where more than 30 people, mainly children, were killed.

☆ Increased demand and burnout are driving many BIPOC therapists to ‘the breaking point’
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

It is most noticeable to therapists of color that, since the start of the pandemic, their peers are leaving the profession in droves. The need for more mental health services during the Covid-19 pandemic — and in its aftermath — has increased the responsibilities of therapists. And that may be why many of them, especially therapists of color, are quitting, says Lisa Savage, a licensed clinical social worker with a practice in Delaware. Prior to the pandemic, Savage used to see seven or eight clients a week but has since scaled back to five a week, at most. In an already marginalized field, people of color have always been the minority: between 2015 and 2019, about 71% of marriage and family therapists and 63.54% of social workers in America were white.

☆ Covid will be a leading cause of death in the U.S. indefinitely, whether or not the pandemic is 'over'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Aria Bendix | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Shannon-Pettypiece-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

But disease experts said debating whether the pandemic is over overshadows a more important concern: the reality that Covid will remain a leading cause of death in the U.S. indefinitely. Since April, Covid deaths have stayed relatively flat, at a weekly average of around 300 to 500 per day. Predicting Covid's future death tollThe Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, or IHME, a research organization at the University of Washington that regularly models Covid deaths, predicts a decline in Covid deaths over the next two months. Covid death numbers could also fall if hospitals stop routinely testing people for the virus. Murray estimated that half of annual Covid deaths may fall into that category.

☆ Biden's comments about pandemic widen public health split over how US should respond to Covid-19
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Some public health experts worry that political motives are driving the President's desire to declare the pandemic over, rather than protection of the public's health. It's a 9/11, week after week after week," said Gregg Gonsalves, an epidemiologist at the Yale School of Public Health. The World Health Organization recognizes a global health threat as something different: a public health emergency of international concern, or PHEIC. The US also recognizes a public health emergency. Covid-19 is still considered to be a public health emergency both domestically and around the world.

☆ Covid testing providers scale back despite worries of another winter surge
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Shannon-Pettypiece-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Shannon Pettypiece | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

“There are definitely manufacturers stepping back without full confidence there will be a government or any market for Covid tests,” said Aspinall. Companies making Covid tests, equipment and supplies have also seen a hefty drop in Covid-related sales. The Biden administration had aimed to provide some stability to the Covid testing market by purchasing a steady supply of Covid tests to send to Americans for free. But Congress has failed to pass a Covid spending package that included $2 billion for testing, and last month the White House said it was ending its free Covid testing program. Abbott saw its Covid testing revenue decline by 29% in the most recent quarter, though its sales nearly doubled over the past year.

America’s relationship to gun ownership is unique, and its gun culture is a global outlier. It is then unsurprising that the US has more deaths from gun violence than any other developed country per capita. A 2019 study published in the British Medical Journal found that US states with more permissive gun laws and greater gun ownership had higher rates of mass shootings. A decade of gun violence, culminating with the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, prompted the Australian government to take action. Many countries around the world have been able to tackle gun violence.

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☆ Studiu: Majoritatea persoanelor infectate cu virusul SARS-CoV-2 au anticorpi şi la şase luni după infectare
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-18 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Cercetarea, elaborată de Institutul naţional de sănătate şi asistenţă socială din Finlanda (National Institute for Health and Welfare - THL), a investigat 867 de adulţi testaţi pozitiv pentru COVID-19 în primăvară şi relevă că 792 dintre ei (91,3%) încă aveau anticorpi neutralizanţi în sânge la cel puţin şase luni după infectare.Cu toate că încă nu se ştie cu certitudine, experţii cred că anticorpii neutralizanţi sunt cei care dau imunitate împotriva COVID-19, dar deocamdată nu este clar ce cantitate a acestora este necesară pentru a evita o nouă infectare şi nici cât timp durează această protecţie. Durata protecţiei nu este cunoscută nici în cazul noilor vaccinuri mRNA, cum sunt cele dezvoltate de Pfizer-BioNTech şi Moderna.

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„Din păcate, următoarele patru până la șase luni ar putea fi cea mai gravă perioadă din pandemie. Dacă am urma regulile, în ceea ce privește purtarea măștilor și distanțarea fizică și socială, am putea evita un procent mare din aceste decese ”, a declarat pentru CNN, Bill Gates. Deși s-a declarat optimist în privinţa vaccinării, Bill Gates spune că lumea va nu va reveni la normal până în 2022. „Abia în prima jumătate a anului 2022 cred că vom putea spune că ne-am întors la normal”, a declarat Gates. SUA, una dintre cele mai afectate țări de pandemia de Covid, trebuie să ajute întreaga omenire, a spus Gates.

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Bill Gates a declarat într-un interviu că nu exclude varianta ca următoarele patru, poate chiar șase luni, să fie cele mai grele de la debutul pandemiei de coronavirus. „Din păcate, următoarele patru până la șase luni ar putea fi cea mai gravă perioadă din pandemie. Deși s-a declarat optimist în privinţa vaccinării, Bill Gates spune că lumea va nu va reveni la normal până în 2022. „Abia în prima jumătate a anului 2022 cred că vom putea spune că ne-am întors la normal”, a declarat Gates. Totodată, Bill Gates a precizat că afacerile mici sunt condamnate, atâta timp cât vor exista restricţii, iar acest lucru afectează pe termen lung economia Statelor Unite.

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☆ Ce spune Bill Gates despre pandemie, după apariția vaccinului: Următoarele luni ar putea fi cele mai grele
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-14 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Deși s-a declarat optimist în privinţa vaccinării, Bill Gates spune că lumea nu va reveni la normal până în 2022. „Abia în prima jumătate a anului 2022 cred că vom putea spune că ne-am întors la normalitate”, a declarat Gates. „În ceea ce privește diagnosticarea, terapia și vaccinurile, știm până unde a evoluat știința și medicina. Prin urmare, lipsa cooperării internaționale a fost o greșeală în toată această pandemie", a mai spus spus el. Totodată, Bill Gates a precizat că afacerile mici sunt condamnate, atâta timp cât vor exista restricţii, iar acest lucru afectează pe termen lung economia Statelor Unite.

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☆ Inside the fight between my small Iowa hometown and a $12 billion utility over smart meters and the radiation that some residents call 'poison'
▼ + stars: | 2020-05-31 | by ( Benji Jones | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

They've rubbed up against an adversary of enormous scale: A $12 billion utility that began deploying smart meters in 2017 that communicate using radio waves. AdvertisementFor the power company, smart meters are the future, offering big savings and granular info about energy use. For one, smart meters save utilities a ton of cash, since they get rid of the need for manual readings. "I would have never put an investment in if I had known that it would require smart meters and what smart meters do." Monsanto isn't selling smart meters, but there is a big company on the other end that stands to gain.

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