CV01. Protection: Borders Don't Stop Disease, CV03. Information: 6 Protective C's, CV05. Economics: Business Continuity, CV08. Entertainment, Recreation: Japan, Olympics, CV10. Spirituality, Philosophy: Socratic about Masks, CV12. Personal, Relationships: Dating Tips, CV16. Consequences, Social Change: Dive Bars, CV23. Polemic, Myphysis: Zimbabwi, Oppression, CV24. Norms: Medical Strikes, CV33. Legal: Latin America, Search for The Disappeared
PDN Introduction.
CV01. Protection: History Tells Us Trying to Stop Diseases like Covid-19 at the Border Is a Failed Strategy. I’ve been repeating this point for 10 years now. Microbes, gas, contamination, particulates, water, weather, wind, ideas, misinformation are not stopped by borders. Slowed perhaps, but not stopped. Hungary to Close Borders Starting September 1.
-A. ADDED Europe's Fight Against Covid-19 Shifts from Hospitals to the Streets. Hardcore Trump Fans Who Came to Hear Classic Border Wall Rants Frustrated by Boring New Covid Stuff CV02.
-B. ADDED Berlin Police Brace for Virus Protest as Court Overturns Ban, Police Disband Berlin Protests Against Coronavirus Restrictions, Far Right Extremists Try to Enter German Parliament following a protest against the country’s pandemic restrictions, but were intercepted by police and forcibly removed. QAnon Supporters Join Thousands at Protest Against Germany's Coronavirus Rules, Russian Backed Organizations Amplifying QAnon Conspiracy Theories. 200801-CV06.1.
-C. ADDED Thousands Gather in Trafalgar Square to Promote Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories at ‘Anti Lockdown’ Protest. 10,000 Anti Lockdown Protesters Gather in London to Claim Coronavirus Is a Hoax.
CV03. Information: Your Coronavirus Risk Comes down to These 6 C's, According to the CDC's Infectious Disease Leader. 1) Crowds: Avoid large gatherings. 2) Close contact: Stay at least 6 feet apart from people outside your household. 3) Continuous exposure: Prolonged contact with family or friends presents a higher risk than quick, passing interactions. 4) Coverings: Wear a mask in public. 5) Cold: Certain work environments, like meatpacking plants, may present a higher risk. 6) Closed spaces: Interacting outdoors is better than indoors.
CV05. Economics: Covid-19: Experiences from the Ultimate Business Continuity Test. It may be convenient to dismiss these examples as problems that were encountered during a once in a lifetime event and in some cases this may be true. However, reliance on remote working and telephony switching are fundamental parts of any business continuity plan and form a core capability for recovery. So, even if we don’t see another pandemic in our lifetime (after all, once is enough, this is another assumption that has already been disproved and yet this article ignores), proving that recovery capabilities have the intrinsic capability to perform as assumed will ensure whether we really do have a business continuity capability that will work when it is needed. Assumption one: When we need it, we’ll go out and buy it. Assumption two: We’ll switch voice communications to mobile. Assumption three: people can work remotely.
-A. Five Lessons from Korea on Securing Business Continuity during COVID-19. 1) Continuing staff connection with information and communications technologies (ICTs). 2) Selectively prioritizing essential core services within a resource constrained environment. 3) Safely maintaining a customer interface for the systems users. 4) Strengthening the concept of ‘untact CV06 No Contact’ in the work environment and in user support. 5) Having a crisis response manual on hand so that everyone knows who should do what.
CV08. Entertainment, Recreation: Japan, Eyeing Olympics, Lines up Half Billion Doses of Covid-19 Vaccine. An aggressive move to grab enough coronavirus vaccine to inoculate its population four times over, a push the government hopes will instil confidence that it can host a delayed Summer Olympics next year.
CV10. Spirituality, Philosophy: In the Time of the Covid-19 Pandemic, What Should You Say to Someone Who Refuses to Wear a Mask. A Philosopher Weighs In.
CV12. Personal, Relationships: 12 Pandemic Dating Tips, How to Do Romance with the Covid-19 Coronavirus.
CV16. Consequences, Social Change: America's Dive Bars Face an Uncertain Future. Crowded, cramped, and a little wild, dive bars are at odds with social distancing – and struggling to reopen.
CV23. Polemic, Myphysis: Western Diplomats Express Deep Concern over Zimbabwe Crisis, over a deteriorating political and economics, and said the government should stop using the COVID-19 pandemic to curtail freedoms.
CV24. Norms: South Korea Doctors' Strike Escalates Even as Seoul Races to Tackle Covid Surge. Since the advent of modern medicine there have been threats of strikes by medical personnel during epidemics. Usually about low pay or lack of, and working conditions. Epidemics being a time of stress where unavailability of needed services may be able to force concessions.
CV33. Legal: Pandemic Hampers Search for Missing Persons in Latin America: International Red Cross. Restrictions on movement because of the Coronavirus have put the brakes on the search for thousands of disappeared people across Latin America.
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