CV01. Protection: Blood Pressure Meds, CV05. Economics: Wage Gap, Senior Executives, Staff, CV07. Emergence: Hiding Cases to Avoid Deportation, CV07.1. Mutual Aid, CV08. Entertainment: Theme Parks, Disney, Movies, CV09. Arts, Creativity: Orchestras, Concerts, CV09.1. Notre Dame, Reopening Restoration, CV11. Exploitation: Organized Crime, CV15. Death: Unfound Dead, CV23. Polemic, Myphysis: Military Support, CV23.1. War in Authoritarian Countries, CV23.2. Conflict Trends, CV24. Norms: Return to Previous Economy or Create Next, CV25. Movement: Changes to Business Travel, CV27. Learning: Preparing to Reopen Schools, California, CV29. Responsibility, Decision Making: Delustions of Safety, Brazil, Tanzania, Nicaragua, CV30. Methodology: Actively Looking for Mistakes, CV31. Futuring: Global Economy, CV31.1. Masked Future
PDN Introduction.
CV01. Protection: Keep Taking Your Heart Meds, Experts Say, as Virus Rumours Go Viral. The first line of defense from a pandemic is yourself. Washing you hands, nutrition, sleep, social distancing if highly contagious (masks, 2 or more meter distance, sheltering at home), hygiene. Part of your defense is learning health skepticism and critical thinking, not thinking you have those skills because someone told you, but actually having those skills by validation. Study Allays Fears That Blood Pressure Drugs Worsen Covid-19 for Patients with Hypertension, is one of a number of studies that consistently confirm blood pressure medicine is not a risk factor, but if there is disinformation none of these will debunk the belief. However, if you do take a medication for hypertension that indicates that one has risk factors for CV, poverty, age, exposure to pollutants, being the target of racism or being racists, poor nutrition, being overweight, alcohol consumption, moral and/or cognitive dissonance. Pretty much the same factors that lower immunity to any pathogen.
CV05. Economics: Hospitals Got Bailouts and Furloughed Thousands While Paying C.E.O.s Millions. The New York Times analyzed tax and securities filings by 60 of the country’s largest hospital chains, which have received a total of more than $15 billion in emergency funds through the economic stimulus package in the federal CARES Act. At least 36 of those hospital chains have laid off, furloughed or reduced the pay of employees as they try to save money during the pandemic.
CV07. Emergence: Data is still uncollected and unclear but it appears that is some cases continued high case counts are in part because of Fearing Deportation, Many Immigrants at Higher Risk of Covid-19 Are Afraid to Seek Testing or Care. Communities and Migrants: How to Respond to the Coronavirus. Undocumented Immigrants Worry About COVID-19 Testing. This problem was forecasted in 2016-17 by PDWN and several respected sources, How a Pandemic Might Play Out Under Trump, and exacerbated by A Pandemic Plan Was in Place. Trump Abandoned it – and Science – in the Face of Covid-19. CV15.
CV07.1. What Mutual Aid Can Do During a Pandemic. A radical practice is suddenly getting mainstream attention. Will it change how we help one another CV16. We are not accustomed to destruction looking, at first, like emptiness. The coronavirus pandemic is disorienting CV10 in part because it defies our normal cause and effect shortcuts 200614-1C to understanding the world. The source of danger is invisible; the most effective solution involves willing paralysis; we won’t know the consequences of today’s actions until two weeks have passed. Everything circles a bewildering paradox: other people are both a threat and a lifeline. Physical connection could kill us, but civic connection is the only way to survive CV12.
CV08. Entertainment: Disney World's Resort Hotels Return June 22 from Covid-19 Shutdown: Here's What to Expect. California Movie Theaters Can Reopen as Soon as Friday; Waiting on CA Gov Newsom Response.
CV09. Arts, Creativity: The Concert Halls That Are Reopening Following the Coronavirus Lockdown CV08. How Will American Orchestras Reopen. The Taiwan Philharmonic Provides Potential Answers. The Concert Halls and Opera Houses Reopening after Coronavirus Lockdown.
CV09.1. Restoration of Notre Dame Resumes after Being Suspended by Coronavirus Lockdown CV10. 200415-CV10.
CV11. Exploitation: From Drug Dealers to Loan Sharks: How Coronavirus Empowers Organised Crime.
CV15. Death: UK Coronavirus Victims Have Lain Undetected at Home for Two Weeks. They have only been discovered after a relative, friend or neighbour raised the alarm and have in many cases gone undetected for so long that their body has started to decompose.
CV23. Polemic, Myphysis: The Army Declares War on Coronavirus, and civilian scientists are grateful for the reinforcement. Back in March there was Dems Call for ‘War’ on Coronavirus, But Military Says Help is Limited. I’ve wondered why support was limited. The focus needed to be force health protection, but it’s more effective to pool resources and knowledge, which was the typical practice before CV.
CV23.1. COVID-19 Could Lead to New Wars in Authoritarian Countries. The pandemic has triggered widespread concern about democracy, with pundits like Larry Diamond claiming that democracy is now under imminent threat as authoritarian tendencies take over. The ability of authoritarian governments to control their populations and prevent the spread of the disease may appear like an upside for dictatorial regimes. Likely the one’s listed in CV29↓ are candidates, while other authoritarian countries are not at risk for internal warfare.
CV23.2. COVID-19 and Conflict: Seven Trends to Watch: 1) The vulnerability of conflict affected populations. 2) Damage to international crisis management and conflict resolution mechanisms. 3) Risks to social order. 4) Political exploitation CV11 of the crisis. 5) A turning point in major power relations CV31↓. 6) Opportunities to be seized. 7) Potential crisis mitigation measures.
CV24. Norms: Biden’s Dilemma: Restore the Economy to a Pre COVID Norm or Transform It. From a purely substantive standpoint, Biden’s options are not all that complicated. The widespread belief is that there simply is no going back to a time before COVID. While the economy may have added 2.5 million jobs in May 200605-CV05, studies project that roughly 40 percent of the jobs lost because of the pandemic will not return. Even under Friday’s positive headlines, there were worrying signs. While those who were temporarily laid off during the pandemic began going back to work, the number of people who had permanently lost their jobs rose by nearly 300,000.
CV25. Movement: Massive Change in Commuting Trips as Well as Business Travel. COVID-19's impact on work and travel patterns in Swedish public agencies. Results indicate a more long lasting impact on the way we meet in business than in our commuting habits. The COVID-19 crisis has rapidly led to one of the most revolutionary changes in our private and professional lives. Isolation and travel restrictions have resulted in a dramatic reduction in the demand for passenger transport, not least public transport, as people are afraid of being infected by other travelers.
CV27. Learning: California Schools Chief Details Plan for Reopening. Stronger Together: A Guidebook for the Safe Reopening of California’s Public Schools. Covid-19 Industry Guidance: Schools and School Based Programs. Covid-19 Updated Guidance: Child Care Programs and Providers.
CV29. Responsibility, Decision Making: CV23.1↑. Brazil Is in Covid-19 Free Fall. Bolsonaro Messes with the Covid-19 Numbers. Johns Hopkins University excluded Brazil from its global survey on coronavirus, but reinserted the data on the country afterwards. Regarding the case count in Brazil, the Brazilian Ministry of Health has suspended the disclosure of data from its platform. Until that data is released again, we are using the most recent data we have, from June 4. When this data becomes available, we will correct the information. Brazil Wiped Months of Data from its Official Covid-19 Tracker, the Latest Attempt by Jair Bolsonaro to Play down the Crisis. Coronavirus Deaths Surpass 400,000 as Hard Hit Brazil Removes Data. Concealing Virus Is Latest Bolsonaro Effort Shore up Base. 200605-CV04. ADDED Brazil: COVID-19 Numbers Are Back Online. ADDED Enormous Disparities: Coronavirus Death Rates Expose Brazil's Deep Racial Inequalities.
-A. A number of countries have exhibited behaviors that appear to be at odds with rational thinking and more about maintaining power under the guise of nationalism. Tanzania Says Virus Defeated Through Prayer, but Fears Grow. John Magufuli Declares Tanzania Free of Covid-19. 200513-CV07.
-B. Nicaragua: Sandinista Leaders Fall Victim to Covid-19 Outbreak They Downplayed. Nicaragua’s government denies community spread in the country but an independent tally says deaths are 20 times the official figure. Earlier this year, as countries enforced strict social distancing rules to slow the spread of coronavirus, Nicaragua’s Sandinista rulers organized a string of pro government rallies and marches under the banner “Love Walk in the Time of Covid-19”. Among those who joined one of those crowds in Managua was Dr Félix Bravo, a doctor in the country’s public health system, whose loyalty to the Nicaraguan government outweighed the WHO’s warnings against large gatherings. A month and a half later, Bravo was dead.
CV30. Methodology: Key to parademic is that it deals with humans, knowledge, beliefs, money, politics, living systems in general, et cetera are all notorious for being dynamic, malleable, and likely to be reinterpreted as more information becomes available. Like any science it behooves one to be constantly checking for mistakes. This is not always done. The Surgisphere Debacle, I admit my error and try to set things right.
CV31. Futuring: COVID-19 to Plunge Global Economy into Worst Recession since World War II. Not surprising conclusion, but the comparison to a global war may be significant, especially as that war finalized a shift in world power. CV23.2↑.
CV31.1. Our Masked Future. Wearing a mask all the time affects how we interact with each other. But how.
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