Willis, StephenPlan Canada
With provinces no longer using PCR testing for most cases, testing wastewater for SARS-CoV-2 has become an increasingly important form of COVID surveillance
Because the survey was conducted during the acute COVID-19 crisis, the respondents’ primary working location (home office or office) was included in the analysis, thus accounting for the crisis-induced promotion of telework practices which may alter perceptions of political-administrative-processes....
For patients, many of the data recorded by their physicians may seem abstract. They also may give more value to their functional status after an intervention than to the quality of the non-medical services provided, such as quality of food or comfort of the hospital room. Patient-reported ...
Not surprisingly,many faith organizations received federal money during the pandemic. For example, an entity called “American Baptist Churches in the USA” reportedly received $1.5 million in COVID-19 relief bailout money –in the form of two forgivable “loans”that ...
Anxiety disorders have increased by over 25% since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. When the pandemic began, many people struggled to adapt to new ways of life—for example, staying indoors, not seeing loved ones, wearing masks, and fearing the virus. Now that the spread of the virus...
Decision support is most evident in the area of education, but decision support is found in the other areas as well. In most cases, the support consists of information on the right of choice and instructions on how to search among alternatives. Many areas permit direct comparisons, but some ...
1:100 –This means that 1 out of a hundred people will at some point hit these numbers in the gym. For many this is the landmark for one to be considered truly “strong” among the general population. This is the equivalent in terms of rarity to having a 145 IQ or a shoe size of...
COVID deaths have affected people of color and low-income communities disproportionately. Therefore, these populations may be at an increased risk of prolonged grief. Part of the reason for the increased risk of prolonged grief disorder comes from the fact that there tends to be a lot of ...
The key lesson from the many analyses already written about the covid pandemic, and indeed other disasters, crises, and challenges of more ordinary policymaking, is that multiple forms of knowledge are required (Jasanoff & Polsby,1991; Sarewitz,2018; Wynne,2013). A mixed economy of knowledge...