#Shock

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/10511522/ this paper (written in 1999) estimates the impact on the US economy of $71.3-$166.5 bn for an influenza epidemic that led to just 314k-734k hospitalizations, 18-42 mil outpatient visits,
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Neoliberalism is post-ideological-- it is "purely pragmatic" in its allegiances-- it defends *the market*-- ie-- the empty space in which interests compete. It curates this empty space to its own
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OK #IrishHeritage, let’s look on the bright side of our new ministerial allocation (frankly, shock, disappointment & anger get us nowhere). Firstly, at least this time we feature in the
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How did we get to this point as a society? As humans? Each day pages of links and stories are pounded into our conciousness. We hear of unimaginable things done
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Today’s Andrews Presser. A curtain covers the stage, then sweeps back to reveal Daniel Andrews clutching a guitar. He has a shaved head & a black shirt which reads “ZERO”.
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long threada strange thing happened todayi talked about getting a body camas a trans person of color i decided that the only way i could feel even a little safe
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Reading up on this whole Virgil Texas "disappearance" business and, this was quite the thing to find out about.Here's the Chapo host promoting nazi "comic" Sam Hyde and joking about
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This thread will explain why #JihadiDidi is hopping mad about the #NRCAssam 1) See Table1 which gives changing demographic of WB w.r.t. Muslims as % of total Population-From around a
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Women have been treated barbarically by medicine over the centuries. Whether it was being committed to asylums b/c their husband had enough of them, or b/c they showed some kind
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Anti-Semitism on the left not only exists, but there’s a wider group of people who are in total denial about it and dismiss any suggestion it’s there as a smear
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16 years ago, Kellogg's ran survey asking Koreans for new flavour for Chex cereal. Green onion won by far. Kellogg's snubbed decision, created super choco flavour instead. Now "so sorry".
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YOOOooOoooOO You know what I'm craving for?? Mutually possessive idiots?like baby give me #bkdk who are hella possessive with each other but they arent aware that they're being possessivelike Kaminari
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Me infiltrating a Republican Clubhouse*A THREAD* So I was BORED AS HELL. There was nothing to do and I've been suspicious about what be going down over there. I wanted
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The matter of a wife who cheated and as a result the court in Zim ordered a full refund has got us all hot n bothered on these twitterstreets. Most
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My Oscar predictions this year: a thread - Part I In this thread I will be talking about the films I think are going to take home the gold in
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While I am filming a right wing activist charges out and assaults me, breaking my finger with an asp baton. Sergio has more footage of the confrontation that follows The
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