CV01. Protection: Early Flu Shot, CV04. Politics: Hindering Funds, New Task Force Member, Dr Birx, Threats to Public Health Officials, CV05. Economics: Electric Bills, CV06. Linguistics: Virus, CV07. Emergence: Antiviral Clothing, CV08. Entertainment, Recreation: This is Us, CV09. Arts, Creativity: Chinese Propaganda, CV11. Exploitation: Rent Scams, CV12. Personal, Relationships: Stalking Virus, CV15. Death: 3rd Leading Cause, CV16. Consequences, Social Change: Life After 60, CV17. Uncertainty, Contradictions: Dealing with Unpredictable, CV18. Narrative, Social Reality: Kushner Spin, CV18.1. Oleandrin Magic, CV22. Longue Duree: Exacerbating Pre Existing Handicaps, CV22.1. Imagining Pandemic, CV23. Polemic, Myphysis: Libya Surge, CV26. Environment, One Health: Utah, Minks, CV32. Anthromes: Street Vendors
PDN Introduction.
CV01. Protection: You Should Wait Until at Least This Month to Get a Flu Shot.
CV04. Politics: Politics Slows Flow of US Virus Funds CV05 to Local Public Health. Add to this Dozens of State, Local Health Leaders Fired or Resigned amid Pandemic, Dozens of Public Health Officials Are Quitting During Pandemic*B, and one has a parademic destroying public health.
-A. In addition add Trump Makes Call for New White House Doctor’s Virus Advice for his coronavirus task force – and this time there's no daylight between them. Trump’s New Hire to Coronavirus Task Force Lacks Infectious Disease Expertise, Opposes Shutdowns, Dr. Scott Atlas, a frequent Fox News guest, says ‘It doesn’t matter if younger, healthier people get infected’. Trump Elevates Scott Atlas, a Doctor with a Rosier Coronavirus Outlook. | This is also an indicator that Dr Birx is not toeing the Trump fantasy as much as he wants, 200810-CV04 -A. Trump’s Top Coronavirus Adviser Says Parties Fueling Spread =2=, In Oklahoma Visit, Birx Continues to Push for Wearing Masks. n On the other hand Birx Says Data Collected from Hospitals During Coronavirus Pandemic Has Been Extraordinarily Important, which conflicts with 200815-CV28.2, 200812-CV03. Pittsburgh Firm Helping Run U.S. Coronavirus Database Cites Nondisclosure Agreement in Response to Senators' Questions.
-*B. These pressures are not limited to the state and local levels, but include the national. Fauci Defends Voting by Mail If You Don't Want to Take the Chance in Person. Fauci Dismisses Tucker Carlson's Criticism but Says it May Inspire Threats from Crazies. | 200724-CV031, Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories Are Being Fed by Institutions Meant to Inform the Public. Sinclair Broadcast Group planned to allow a coronavirus conspiracy theory to air. It’s part of a worrying trend. Outrageous Claims about Dr. Fauci Should Never See the Light of Day on Sinclair Broadcast. | 200723-CV26. Fauci Says Family Has Faced Threats, Harassment amid Pandemics24 . Fauci Reveals He Has Received Death Threats and His Daughters Have Been Harassed. Attacks on Public Health Officials During Covid-19. Anthony Fauci Says He Has Received Death Threats over His Coronavirus Work has had to hire security to protect himself and his family, Nation's Top Coronavirus Expert Dr. Anthony Fauci Forced to Beef up Security as Death Threats Increase.
CV05. Economics: Pandemic Electric Bills Are Searing Hot, as Families Stay Home.
CV06. Linguistics: What Do Scientists Mean When They Talk of a Virus. This is not quite so elementary as some people might believe. In The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, a virus is defined as "a morbid principle, or a poisonous venom, especially one capable of being introduced into another person or animal". The dictionary takes its cue from the Latin virus, which denotes a slimy liquid, a poison, an offensive odor or taste. It is a colorful definition, redolent of medieval notions of disease origins in evil emanations CV22, but it offers little by way of scientific understanding. – Frank Ryan, #Book Virus X: Tracking the New Killer Plagues [Cover].
CV07. Emergence: Antiviral Clothing Is on the Rise: Can it Protect You from COVID-19.
CV08. Entertainment, Recreation: ‘This Is Us’ Plans to Address Coronavirus in Season 5, ‘This Is Us’ Will Tackle Coronavirus Head on – but When Will it Return. 200721-CV08.
CV09. Arts, Creativity: Beijing Art Exhibition Glorifies China's Covid-19 Response.
CV11. Exploitation: 3 Renters on Getting Screwed over by Landlords During the Covid-19 Housing Crisis.
CV12. Personal, Relationships: The Home Front: Virus Stalks Nurses after They Leave Work. Her 2 year old son, knows not to hug his mother when she first gets home. He’ll sit outside as she showers after her shift, chattering about his day. But there are things she can’t tell him about hers, like the time she spent three hours alone with a patient as she died, holding her hand and brushing her forehead, telling the woman over and over again that her family loved her.
CV15. Death: Covid-19 Is Now the No. 3 Cause of Death in the Us. But Testing to Find and Isolate Cases Has Dropped Off. CV18↓.
CV16. Consequences, Social Change: Life Will Never Be the Same for People over 60 – Even with a Covid-19 Vaccine. There are likely long term impacts on gatherings, travel, eating, medicine, home life and even public restrooms. CV31.
CV17. Uncertainty, Contradictions: How to Embrace Uncertainty, Even If You're Not Sure What Will Happen Next.
CV18. Narrative, Social Reality: Jared Kushner Says 170,000 U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Is a Success Story. We've done our best. The case fatality rate has dropped tremendously. Kushner added, predicting that the U.S. will emerge from this much stronger than ever before. The comments come as the latest in a long narrative Trump and his surrogates have cultivated that the 170,000 deaths so far fall well short of what was projected. CV15↑.
CV18.1. On Coronavirus, Trump Reportedly Has a New 'Cure' in Mind. His preoccupation with hydroxychloroquine didn't pan out, but he's now reportedly enthusiastic about "an extract from the oleander plant". A recently run article emphasized how "predisposed to magical thinking" Trump is. He isn't swayed by evidence or expertise, so much as he latches on to dubious nonsense he wants to will into existence. What Is Oleandrin. ADDED Oleandrin Is a Deadly Plant Poison, Not a Covid-19 Cure.
CV22. Longue Duree: What the Experience of Covid-19 Tells Us about Disability, Work, and Accessibility. Several issues that were already present in the lives of people with disabilities in the world of work, are now 'wide open' to everybody. The social context that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic begs the following questions: What is really at stake in the social inclusion of people with disabilities in working environments; How are accessibility issues being valued and operationalized in the practice of the world of work. Workplace Transmissions: A Predictable Result of the Class Divide in Worker Rights.
-A. ADDED Inclusive Design is a Brand Imperative, how to remove barriers to information. In March, when the world began to lock down in earnest due to the COVID-19 pandemic, internet traffic to news and government sites hit record highs. As people around the world raced to learn about COVID-19 and its risks, organizations of all kinds leveraged infographics and videos to educate their audiences. For many, these are widely effective communication tools; for others, getting information this way is harder than it should be. For the more than 10 percent of the U.S. population with vision and hearing impairments or difficulties, this vital information was effectively hidden.
CV22.1. Poets and Novelists Have Been Writing about Life under Covid-19 for More than a Century CV09. Work that was written and recorded months or even years ago but feels designed to address the present moment. Good art is always prescient, because good artists are tuned into the currency and the momentum of their time.
CV23. Polemic, Myphysis: Pandemic Starts to Surge in Conflict Hit Libya.
CV26. Environment, One Health: Mink at Two Utah Farms Test Positive for Covid-19 =2=. 200618-CV26.1. People Probably Caught Coronavirus from Minks. That’s a Wake Up Call to Study Infections in Animals. The Netherlands has culled more than 500,000 minks from 13 infected fur companies. The goal of the grim task, set to continue until the farms are virus free, is to snuff out the possibility of the animals becoming a reservoir for the virus that causes Covid-19, which could stymie efforts to end a pandemic that has killed nearly half a million people worldwide. Apparently the zoonosis from bats, chickens, pigs, cows, meatpacking, farms, has not been a wake up call.
CV32. Anthromes: Street Vendors Make Cities Livelier, Safer and Fairer – Here’s Why They Belong on the Post Covid-19 Urban Scene.
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