Tetro said “When one thinks that almost 100 years ago, when we had the 1918 pandemic, it could take months to circumnavigate the globe. Today, it can be accomplished in a day. Moreover, with more individuals traveling than ever before, the opportunity for a pandemic strain to spread is ...
Let’s look first at the national stockpile. One challenge in managing it is the impossibility to predict exactly what we’ll need or when we’ll need it. Another pandemic could be months, years or decades away. What if stored supplies are obsolete or aged when crisis hits? Rather than a...
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Andrew Hirst and Veronica Benson look at how physics students can prepare for careers in the post-pandemic world, and what universities and employers can do to help them (Courtesy: iStock/SDI Productions) As offices, labs and workplaces begin to reopen, it is clear that the COVID-19 ...
For example, the U.S. economy averaged just 1.4% annualized GDP growth under Trump compared to 3.5% during the first three years of Biden's administration. However, those numbers are both skewed by the outlier 2.8% GDP drop during the pandemic-related economic shutdowns in 2020. Related: ...
For example, the goal of this blog post is: To help business owners and marketers who need to send out emails or write blog posts while we’re dealing with a pandemic. It’s not business as usual, and empathy is what we need now more than ever. I will share why empathy works, an...
Of course, the idea that the pandemic might not be ending isn’t something people want to hear. Most people are sick of worrying about Covid and can’t wait for things to get back to normal. But as Yale University physician, Professor Nicholas...
The COVID-19 pandemic has transgressed biomedical categories. According to Horton, a "syndemic" infected virtually all societal relations and practices. In particular, the pandemic has created sociomoral ecologies challenging clinical decision-makers. Constraints and pressu...
Pandemic influenza is classed as the most likely and highest impact risk. This meant the UK went into the current crisis with an extensivepandemic preparedness plan, one that had been put to the test during the 2009 swine flu pandemic and, to a lesser extent, the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak. T...
It can also be used not just for pandemic detection, but to provide a whole new data stream that allows people to say, "There's really good evidence that there's rhinovirus moving around in your community." So, if you're a parent and your kid is sick, you probably want to know: D...