#PANDEMIC

Only the St. Louis region, by far the hardest-hit area of the state early in the pandemic — was well below record numbers. St. Louis and St. Louis County both
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Bringing normalcy post #COVID will be very challenging - 1.All governments must work together to draw up post-lockdown strategies.2.Daily wage,small businesses & migrant workers will need economic support. Will need
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If you want to hear about a silver lining, read this thread. If you think pointing out positives in a time like this makes light of the gravity of the
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Kissinger's Call for a New World Order, again…..it is now an imperative that the world's leaders, even as they deal with the raging pandemic, begin to make the "transition to
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A8.1: We’re glad you asked! We’ve put together our Build Back Stronger report to provide policymakers, community leaders, and advocates a road map for the short- and long-term success of
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Autism versus Face Masks and Maskholes: A thread about why you shouldn't jump to conclusions about people who don’t wear masks, and what people who can’t wear masks—like my autistic
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Today we hear MPs are to be given an extra £10,000 to work from home. The Government has increasedChild benefit by 35p a week Statutory sick pay by £1.60 a
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If you think someone is amazing, let them know. even when it's not a rough year and a global pandemic — it means so much I've been writing thank you
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PREORDER/ Proof of Corruption is out 9/8, and can be preordered—hardcover, ebook, or audio—below. More preorder links are at the Macmillan website. Kirkus Reviews calls it "careful and exhaustive...a strong
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Day 7 of quarantine while I wait for my covid test results. I’ve taken it very seriously because I’m not an asshole like @RandPaul - but god, I just can’t
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I cannot comprehend the level of selfishness needed to see 100,000 people in your country dead from something in 3 months and call it "nothing" or a "hoax" so you
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TW: tornados, destructionI can't properly find the words to explain what I'm going through. What I'm feeling. So maybe these will help.I'm sorry, I'm not feeling myself. Every day feels
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Today was a surreal day as a journalist for @LancasterOnline. I went to the newsroom for the first time in 11 weeks. This building in downtown Lancaster closed weeks ago
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Kudos to @jayvanbavel & colleagues for this paper filled with pandemic-relevant behavioral science, much of it already being digested in the media. The @affectivescilab, which I co-direct, would like to
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1/4Amid the real concern about impact of shifting education online for students, it is vital that we don't lose sight of the wider, longer term problems with the 'student experience.'
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FT: "Oversupply of hospital beds helps Germany to fight virus"Perhaps the right way to think about it is the other way: Germany had the right number of beds, others had
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