#Elderly

Great news for Turkey. The trend is clear-major decline in numbers of daily positive cases of #coronavirus cases continues. Since April 22 until now numbers have leveled out at between
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THREAD:My grandmother, along with many other seniors in this country are dying of COVID-19 without even contracting the virus. For the last four months, she and the rest of the
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#lifewithcooper What a weird week regards Cooper this has been.We had the running away incident last Sunday at Dalmeny.On Monday evening a dog walker contacted me via Instagram to ask
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Let's understand what "offshore refugee processing centres" and "wave machines to deter crossings" are: racist fantasies. They're being floated as ammunition in the culture war by far right ideologues in
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Completing this thought. Our current focus is on reducing community transmission through distancing, which is critical for slowing spread. Of course SARS-CoV-2 only gets into households through the community (other
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A Coronavirus/Covid-19 vaccine could take three years to make. I spoke with a high-ranking vaccine expert at a global pharmaceutical company who walked me through the challenge. Below, I summarize
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My 4 yo granddaughter is the friendliest, sweetest little thang you will ever. Last night we were out for a walk a local park that has a fishing pier. We
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You know, I'm ok about my daughter's going back to school. I try my best to make good decisions – weighing up the risk against the damage to their wellbeing
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Yesterday an elderly woman in my block taped the first note to the lobby door, so my neighbours and I dropped off some books/DVDs for her. Today she stuck up
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@pharmeasyapp My elderly mother ordered meds, which the delivery guy refused to deliver up to the flat two days. Instead of informing her that he can't come up, he simply
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Why do case fatality rate (CFR) for #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #hCoV19 differ so much between countries? Estimates vary from ~>7% (Italy, Iran) to
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This is a helpful thread on a poorly written article in bloomberg on infecting everyone in India to get herd immunity. @mlipsitch was misquoted. And while I agree that India
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NEW: B.1617.2 is fuelling a third wave in the UK, with not only cases but also hospital admissions rising.Vaccines will make this wave different to those that have come before,
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omg it's truly frightening how many people seem to think the tracking app is going to notify them if someone with the rona is nearby Not kidding, I've heard this
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I've been cooking a lot for my elderly mother lately, and this rant about poor kitchen design has been bubbling up ... so here goes. 1. In-built sink strainers to
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THREAD ON THE PATH FORWARD:1/ Other countries taught us we cannot turn the corner on coronavirus w/o a comprehensive system of TESTING, TRACING, and QUARANTINE.The Trump Administration has zero plan
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