but that choice is not always black and white. The group’s Director-General says the WHO assesses whether to use the word ‘pandemic’ by evaluating three things. First is the geographical spread of the virus. Second is the severity of the disease caused by the virus,...
The World Health Organization is the body that decides when an infectious disease formally becomes a pandemic, but that choice is not always black and white. The group’s Director-General says the WHO assesses whether to use the word ‘pandemic’ by evaluating three things. First is the geogra...
[4] The extraordinary challenge of the pandemic led to extraordinary actions which helped unleash today’s inflation: wild government stimulus and bail-outs, temporarily skewed patterns of consumer demand and lockdown-induced supply-chain tangles. That inflationary impulse has since been turbocharged by...
[4] The extraordinary challenge of the pandemic led to extraordinary actions which helped unleash today’s inflation: wild government stimulus and bail-outs, temporarily skewed patterns of consumer demand and lockdown-induced supply-chain tangles. That inflationary impulse has since been turbocharged by...
central banks became the only game in town. They held interest rates at rock-bottom levels and bought huge volumes of bonds at any sign of trouble, extending their reach ever further into the economy. On the eve of the pandemic, central banks in America, Europe and Japan owned a staggering...
what do i do if my school is closed? will my medical school application be affected? although there are still many unknowns, the pandemic will affect the state of medical school admissions. fortunately, many of the components of the medical school application are virtual. h...
from the pandemic under his guidance. Among the 24 million population in Shanghai there were 350 plus diagnosed cases and 3 death at the time. Imported cases brought by oversea travels are still counting but are being tracked and quarantined. Community infection has been stopped in the megacity...
Particular attention is needed in low-resource settings, as a lack of control of HIV in these regions can pose a threat of resurgence in areas that have already achieved control, as we have learned with the COVID-19 pandemic. Above all, the future of HIV care holds significant potential. ...
“If you didn’t do well in the pandemic, you made some mistakes because it was a good time to be a wine retailer,” said Gary Westby, the Champagne buyer at K&L Wine Merchants, which has three California stores. Some investors have doubts about their chances in the wine market. B...
However, the full impact of COVID-19 should not be overlooked; thus, as we approach the turning point of the post-pandemic new normal, the timing is right to ask what we have learned from the pandemic and what we should learn for the future. Questions include how the pandemic may have...