CV01. Protection: Foggy Glasses, CV01.1. Dining, CV04. Politics: Kicking WHO, CV05. Economics: Paper Money, CV07. Emergence: Evolving World Order, CV08. Entertainment, Recreation: Soap Opera Kisses, CV11. Exploitation: India Vaccine Production, Potential Buyers, CV11.1. Trump Announces US Vaccine, CV12. Personal, Relationships: Etiquette, What is Safe, CV15. Death: Burial Custom Clashes, CV16. Consequences, Social Change: Promoting Collaboration, CV21. Syndemic, Concurrent Disasters: Changing Environment and Pandemic, CV25. Movement: New TSA Safety Measures, CV27. Learning: Brain Damage, CV28. Logistics: Meat Processing Nearing Shutdown, CV28.1. Famine, CV29. Responsibility, Decision Making: Bolsonaro Is Sick, CV31. Futuring: Will there the Bars and Pubs.
PDN Introduction.
CV01. Protection: Simple Solutions for Steamed up Specs. Motorcyclists who wear glasses under their helmets have the same problem. A tiny smear of washing up liquid is an easy solution. I Can See Clearly Now: How to Select Your Scuba Mask and Prevent Fogging.
CV01.1. Coronavirus FAQs: Is it Safe to Dine Indoors – or Outdoors. This was not posted when it was first published. There is still insufficient data to support what is basically a repeat of previous advice on protection, especially when at the same time restaurants were being closed again. Best protection advice, don’t take advice from sources who have no expertise to give advice for novel diseases, especially when the experts are hesitant to give advice. ADDED Famished NYC Rats Are Harassing Outdoor Diners.
CV04. Politics: Pandemic Mismanager or Convenient Scapegoat: What is WHO, Anyway. This week, the Trump administration notified the UN that the United States is formally withdrawing from the World Health Organization. Dives deep into the WHO's history of pandemic response, through various budget crises and mixed agendas, and what it means when the most powerful of WHO members withdraws. WHO Promises Honest Evaluation of How World Handled COVID-19, setting up an independent panel to review its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the response by governments. Lack of Unity Is a Bigger Threat than Coronavirus, WHO Chief Says in Emotional Speech =2=. The Top Secret Transcript That Reveals Why Trump Really Pulled out of the WHO CV02, satirist imagines the scenario which led to the president dumping the WHO during a pandemic. ADDED WHO Director General Says Greatest Threat to World Is Lack of Leadership.
CV05. Economics: Pandemic Accelerating Decline of Paper Currency CV02.
CV07. Emergence: A New World Order for the Coronavirus Era Is Emerging. Call for Papers: An Emerging New World Order in a Post Coronavirus Era. Covid-19 Pandemic Prompts a Changed World Order
CV08. Entertainment, Recreation: Soap Opera’s Kisses Outwit Virus with Tests, Spouses, Dolls. Hollywood’s technical expertise can awe us with monsters and imaginary worlds. But is it capable of delivering a simple screen kiss during a pandemic marked by masks and social distancing.
-A. Yes, according to the soap opera producer who is making that happen with a strategic approach to romance. “The Bold and the Beautiful,” in the vanguard of TV series that have resumed taping after an industry wide shutdown in March, is relying on health advisers and coronavirus safeguards to bring cast and crew together.
-B. There’s also ingenuity involved, which includes employing actors’ real life partners as smooching stand ins and, for more limited purposes, using a mannequin to eliminate the risk of breaching a co star’s infection safety zone.
CV11. Exploitation: Indian Company Starts Mass Producing Coronavirus Vaccines Before Trials. Even if untested these likely be sold by scammers. The US has already demonstrated a willingness to buy suspect drugs and equipment, and to preempt others buying the items first. Bolsonaro of Brazil =2= =3=, is likely to purchase a personal supply and for supporters, and as a bribe to stay in power. Another market are some African countries (Tanzania 200708-CV03) Europe Fears Complacency; Virus Hits ‘Full Speed’ in Africa, Nigeria Restarts Domestic Flights amid Easing Coronavirus Restrictions, and super nationalist countries have already accepted fake and unproven cures.
CV11.1. Trump Says Covid-19 Vaccine Will Be Announced Very, Very Soon. Given that this is unlikely this is probably the Trump normal of deflecting attention, over reaching, jealousy that other countries have announced first, distraction, and/or to cause confusion and uncertainty. Dems Fear Trump Will Rush Vaccine to Boost Re Elect.
-A. ADDED US Bets on Untested Company to Deliver Covid-19 Vaccine. 200710-CV18. Vaccine Nationalism Could Lead to the Coronavirus Devastating Public Health and the Economy, 200516-CV05.
CV12. Personal, Relationships: Coronavirus Etiquette: Conflicts About What's Safe Are Straining Relationships.
CV15. Death: Burial Traditions Clash with Coronavirus Safety in Indonesia. As Indonesia’s death toll from the coronavirus continues to rise, the world’s most populous Muslim country finds itself at odds with protocols put in place by the government to handle the bodies of victims of the pandemic
CV16. Consequences, Social Change: 7 Strategies for Promoting Collaboration in a Crisis. Over the years of involvement with social science, disaster management, and pandemic planning I have been involved several times with collaboration. All started with high hopes, none lasted. The best we may be able to hope for at this time is short term collaborations during the crisis, which has the obvious weakness of not having built long term relationships for collaboration, coordination, mutual aid, cooperation, trust.
CV21. Syndemic, Concurrent Disasters: Coronavirus and Climate Change: How to Deal with Converging Crises. 200703-CV26. How America’s Hottest City Will Survive Climate Change.
CV25. Movement: TSA Head Orders New Virus Safety Measures After Meeting Whistleblower. The head of the Transportation Security Administration ordered new coronavirus safety precautions last week after meeting with a whistleblower who alleged that the agency wasn’t doing enough to protect employees and travelers, according to the whistleblower’s attorney. How Covid-19 Will Change Air Travel as We Know It. 200619-CV25.
CV27. Learning: New Study Suggests Coronavirus Could Lead to a Brain Damage Epidemic =2=. This is outside my expertise, but if true this could lead to social impact on education, social services, health care for the mentally disables, diversion of resources, future GNP, loss of expertise (including medical), population decline, and geriatrics. ADDED How Is the Pandemic Affecting People with Dementia. A Case Study.
CV28. Logistics: Meat processing is likely to be shut down. How Widespread Coronavirus Testing Helped Meatpacking Plants Halt Outbreaks. Pure Hell as Covid-19 Hits Meat Processing Plants in Rural Missouri. Covid-19 Outbreaks at Meat Processing Plants in US Being Kept Quiet. Meatpacking Facilities Still Present Challenge to Containing Covid-19. 87% of Meatpacking Workers Infected with Coronavirus Have Been Racial and Ethnic Minorities. More than Half of Latino Workers in Meat, Poultry Plants Got Covid-19.
CV28.1. 12,000 People per Day Could Die from Covid-19 Linked Hunger by End of Year, Potentially More than the Disease, Warns Oxfam. The Hunger Virus reveals how 122 million more people could be pushed to the brink of starvation this year as a result of the social and economic fallout from the pandemic including through mass unemployment, disruption to food production and supplies, and declining aid. The possibility of famine has been reported for months now.
CV29. Responsibility, Decision Making: Bolsonaro’s Positive Coronavirus Test Marks Beginning of the End for His Administration. | Brazil's Bolsonaro Takes Virus Test after Showing Symptoms =2=. Brazil's Bolsonaro Catches Coronavirus, Shrugs off Health Risks. Bolsonaro's Covid-19 Diagnosis Brings New Uncertainty to Brazil. Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro Gets Coronavirus after Months of Downplaying the Pandemic. Sick with Covid-19, Brazil’s Bolsonaro Defends His Virus Approach. Brazil’s President Says Hydroxychloroquine to CureHis Virus =2=. Brazil’s Bolsonaro Vetoes Plans to Offer Covid-19 Support to Indigenous People. Brazil Press Association to Sue Bolsonaro over Covid-19 Exposure. 200704-CV29A. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Tests Positive for Covid-19.
CV31. Futuring: The Future of the Great British Country Pub: If We Can't Survive, No One Will. 200705-CV27.1. California Orders Some Bars to Close as U.S. Posts Record Covid Cases. Michigan Shuts down Most Indoor Bar Service in Bid to Prevent Virus Resurgence. Closing Bars to Stop Coronavirus Spread Is Backed by Science. UK Scraps Quarantine for Some Visitors as Pubs Set to Reopen. 200626-CV22B.
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