Updated: 220913
CV02. Humor: Eid Comedy, CV03. Information: Mix Science and Fiction, CV04. Politics: Masked vs UnMasked, CV05. Economics: Enduring Job Loss, CV14. Uncategorized, Miscellaneous: Monkey CV Theft, CV16. Consequences, Social Change: Germsocio, CV17. Uncertainty, Contradictions: 50/50 Chance, CV20. Communication: Guidance Postcard Waste, CV21. Syndemic, Concurrent Disasters: India, Locusts, Heat, Virus, CV22. Longue Duree: 1957 Flu Preempt, CV23. Polemic, Nocuous: Attacks on CV Workers, CV23.1. Minneapolis Riots, CV24. Norms: Communion Spoon, CV25. Movement: Transplant Delivery, CV25.1. Bike Shortage, CV26. Environment, One Health: Climate Change, CV31. Futuring: Robot Waiters
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CV02. Humor: Muslim Comics Gather over Zoom to Celebrate Eid with Jokes and Joy CV10. 200523-CV33.
CV03. Information: In Online Covid-19 Videos. A Mix of Science and Conjecture. Amid the confusion of the pandemic, the views of serious scientific dissenters are being swiftly metabolized by a sprawling world of ideologues and conspiracy theorists – most notably in a series of documentaries and video interviews, some of which are now earning millions of online viewers.
CV04. Politics: The Battle Between the Masked and the Masked Nots Unveils Political Rifts. Wearing a mask has become political as some state officials have faced backlash for mandating mask use during the Coronavirus pandemic CV16↓.
CV05. Economics: Rising US Job Losses Stir Fears of Lasting Economic Damage.
CV14. Uncategorized, Miscellaneous: Monkeys Attack Lab Assistant in Delhi, Make off with Covid-19 Blood Samples: This Is Something New.
CV16. Consequences, Social Change: Society Is Becoming Germaphobic. Let’s Not Stay That Way. In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, society’s heightened anxiety about contamination is probably helping to save lives. But if that anxiety crystallizes into a long term, habitual fear of microbes, it could potentially become a danger to public health – and to the broader social sphere. This overgeneralization is clearly in error CV04↑. An estimated 40 percent of the population apparently are not concerned about illness and do not take precautions, to include political and business leaders who do not take precautions for themselves or those they are responsible for.
CV17. Uncertainty, Contradictions: Covid-19 Antibody Tests May Be Wrong 50% of the Time CV02. CDC Warns Antibody Testing Still Too Inaccurate to Use for Coronavirus Related Policy Decisions. An analogue would be if one chose to cross a street oncoming traffic would only stop half the time, or the 50% of people one came within 6 feet with, and who were not wearing a mask, are spreading the disease. Would you chance either at 25%, 10%, 5%, 1%, for yourself or loved ones, or would you rather people stop at traffic signs or wore masks.
CV20. Communication: The White House's Coronavirus Postcards Cost the Struggling Postal Service $28 Million 200918-CV01A, MORE: Trump Administration Has Not Paid USPS for Covid-19 Postcards Featuring Trump's Name. The President’s Coronavirus Guidelines for American. Noted that the CDC logo was on the postcard, which implies endorsement, but there were reports the White House ignored CDC guidelines, We've Been Muzzled: CDC Sources Say White House Putting Politics Ahead of Science. 200513-CV01, 200509-CV29. [Meme =2=]. Has Trump Even Read His Own 'Coronavirus Guidelines for America'. Watchdog Calls for Investigation of CDC’s Trump Mailer by Inspector General. CDC Should Be Insulted with Link to Trump Postcard.
CV21. Syndemic, Concurrent Disasters: Virus, Heat Wave and Locusts Form Perfect Storm in India. Taking advantage of easing lockdown restrictions, more people are seeking relief from boiling hot living spaces in newly reopened parks and markets, even as virus cases soar by the thousands daily. Infections are now past 150,000 in total nationwide. Patients Share Beds as Coronavirus Cases Overwhelm Mumbai’s Hospitals.
-A. MORE: Locusts Are a Plague of Biblical Scope in 2020. Why. And ... What Are They Exactly. Cities Brace for Collision Course of Summer Heat Waves and Covid-19. Swelled by Rain and Covid Curbs, Locust Swarms Ravage Ethiopia. Aug 2022, Swarm of Locusts Wishes People Would Stop Assuming They’re Sent to Bring God’s Wrath CV02.
CV22. Longue Duree: How the U.S. Fought the 1957 Flu Pandemic. The story of the medical researcher whose quick action protected millions of Americans from a new contagion. 200526-CV22.
CV23. Polemic, Nocuous: Red Cross Says 208 Covid Related Attacks on Health Workers and installations when they are needed most in 13 countries since March. It's a striking contrast to the cheers and clapping in gratitude for their work in many nations. 200629-CV23.
CV23.1. Minneapolis Unrest Expected to Lead to More Covid-19 Cases. Gripped by Disease, Unemployment and Outrage at the Police, America Plunges into Crisis. 210103-23B -C.
CV24. Norms: Communion Unchanged in Greek Orthodox Church Despite Virus CV10. The use of a shared spoon by a priest to distribute Holy Communion is a tradition that dates back thousands of years. Contrary to science, the Greek Orthodox Church insists is impossible for any disease, including the Coronavirus, to be transmitted through Holy Communion. The faithful believe that the consecrated bread and wine becomes the body and blood of Christ. Coronavirus Vs. The Church: Orthodox Traditionalists Stand Behind The Holy Spoon CV22. Interestingly there have only been a couple of times in PDN that a religious topic has ended up in CV10 Spirituality, Philosophy.
CV25. Movement: Travel Disruptions Challenge Global Transplant Deliveries. Some organ and human tissue transplant services are being forced to find creative solutions to get their deliveries to patients on time. An Israeli bone marrow registry has a courier crisscrossing the Atlantic and the United States, often sleeping in empty airports.
CV25.1. Oh Great, Now We’re Running out of Bikes. It didn’t take long for me to realize I was not alone in seeking out a new mode of transportation for the pandemic. When I finally found a store that had a bike in my price range and size, there was just one left, and it was still being assembled. The bike shop owners told me they’d never seen sales like this and were struggling to get more supply. Warmer weather and the reopening of various businesses throughout the United States has more people looking to buy bicycles, so much so that bike shops are now worried about running out of stock. The cycling business has seen sales rise by more than 30 percent since the first quarter of this year. Sales for adult lifestyle bikes more than doubled in March, while sales for transit and mountain bikes also grew that month. Meanwhile, some cities are making room for an anticipated surge in cyclists, adding extra bike lines while closing off entire streets to cars. It’s unclear how long the bike shortage will last or whether peoples’ transportation habits are really changing forever.
CV26. Environment, One Health: Climate Change and Coronavirus Video. Climate change is not increasing the geographic range of Covid-19. And the novel virus did not come from the permafrost or the soil 200906-6, like other infectious diseases that climate change is spreading. So where did it come from, how is it spreading, and what's the connection to climate change. The Pandemic's Effects on Climate Change. This pandemic is responsible for untold suffering around the world. If anything, it's simply reminding us how interconnected we all are, and how we can ignore a crisis until it's brought to our attention. Let's take a step back and say 'what is going on', in relation to Covid-19's effects on climate change.
CV31. Futuring: Hello and Welcome: Robot Waiters to the Rescue amid Virus. When he saw robotic waiters serving food in China last fall, he knew exactly what he wanted for his restaurant in the Dutch beachside town of Renesse. He just didn’t have a clue how useful they would prove. The Coronavirus pandemic has turned a whimsical idea into perhaps a window into a dystopian future where a human touch may make people cringe with fear, and a waiter clearing the table sends a customer tense with stress – only to be relieved by a soothing brush with plastic.
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