CV01. Protection: 9/11 Tribute Cancelled, CV02. Humor: Jokes and Stress, CV05. Economics: Home Prices, CV05.1. Rebuilding, CV05.2. Swedish Confounding, CV07. Emergence: Using Skills to Help, CV08. Entertainment, Recreation: Roadside Attractions, CV09. Arts, Creativity: Music and Coping, CV11. Exploitation: Human Trafficking, CV13. Outliers: Astrology, CV15. Death: US Tolls, CV19. Technosphere: Long Haul Self Study, CV23. Polemic, Myphysis: Military Academies, CV25. Movement: Con Air Spread, CV26. Environment, One Health: Tiny Enemies Lessons, CV28. Logistics: New Zealand, Freight Spread, CV29. Responsibility, Decision Making: India Status, CV32. Anthromes: Outside Inside, CV33. Legal: Texas, Stricter Rules because Easier Ones not Followed
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CV01. Protection: New York City's 'Tribute in Light' Honoring 9/11 Victims Has Been Canceled this Year over Covid-19 Concerns. This public health measure is likely to cause political backlash. ADDED 9/11 Light Tribute Back on after Being Canceled Due to Covid-19 Concerns.
CV02. Humor: 12 Very Funny Pandemic Jokes to Dial down the Stress a Few Notches. May help =2= with depression.
CV05. Economics: Home Prices Climb to Record in Pandemic as Buyers Seek Space.
CV05.1. The Great Rebuild. The coronavirus has laid bare the flaws in our economy. Can we remake it to be more inclusive of all Americans.
CV05.2. Sweden’s Success Shows the True Cost of Our Arrogant, Failed Establishment. Shocking incompetence has unnecessarily wiped billions of pounds from the UK economy. | Sweden, Which Never Had Lockdown, Sees Covid-19 Cases Plummet as Rest of Europe Suffers Spike, is this from a manipulation of stats or a real downturn, and if so will there be another spike. Managing the Covid-19 Pandemic Through Individual Responsibility: The Consequences of a World Risk Society and Enhanced Ethopolitics. Stop Trying to Make ‘Herd Immunity’ Happen: Sweden’s Attempt at Covid-19 Herd Immunity Failed. 200724-CV30, 200722-CV15, 200708-CV01.
-A. This debate about whether Sweden’s choice on CV was successful or not will probably continued for some time. It seems to be based on opinions on whether lives for money are more important. For those who can get the best of medical care (i.e. limited risk from CV) and large incomes money would be important, as well as for those with limited income where the choice comes down to money to stay alive or risking CV. Probably the is more like winning a war. There is no such thing as winning, only losing less than the other side. There is the argument about labor and expertise loses, but one can always buy more of those and still be relatively wealthier than those that provide the labor. CV10 CV15↓. Is Sweden's Coronavirus Strategy a Cautionary Tale or a Success Story.
CV07. Emergence: How an Artist, a Toy Maker, a College Student Use Their Skills to Fight the Pandemic. Virtual classes fight free time and boredom. DIY dispensers provide free face masks to all. A socially distant gallery brings art to the neighborhood. Former bee suit makers sew masks for farmers. Local restaurants offer cheap comfort food to families in need. A window puppet show to entertain passersby.
CV08. Entertainment, Recreation: Will America's Roadside Attractions Survive COVID-19.
CV09. Arts, Creativity: How Live Music Is Coping, and What the near Future Will Bring. The venue's staff hauled a PA system onto the roof of the building. The band, an impromptu group of local musicians, set up their gear, did a sound check, and proceeded to tear through covers of David Bowie, Marvin Gaye, Neil Young and, appropriately enough given the rooftop perch, The Beatles.
-A. As music filled the streets below, so too did a gathering of mask wearing locals, eager to experience their first concert in months. Some watched from apartment balconies. Others honked their car horns as they drove by. Most stood on the sidewalks and trolley platform below, maintaining a cautious, pandemic friendly distance from one another. CV24.
CV11. Exploitation: The Evolution of Human Trafficking During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
CV13. Outliers: An Astrologer Explains Why the Mutable Signs Are the Most Productive During Quarantine.
CV15. Death: COVID-19 Mortality on Par with Peak of 1918 Pandemic, COVID-19’s Death Toll in New York City Was Similar to the 1918 Flu which conflicts with the narrative CV18 that it is no worse than a seasonal flu and not as bad as 1918H1N1. US Records Deadliest Covid-19 Day of Summer with over 1,500 Deaths. Up to 204,691 Extra Deaths in the US So Far in this Pandemic Year. The Death Toll Would Be Enormous, Fauci Says of Herd Immunity to Coronavirus in the U.S. CV05.2A↑.
CV19. Technosphere: Covid-19 Long Haulers Are Organizing Online to Study Themselves. Slack groups and social media are connecting people who've never fully recovered from Coronavirus to collect data on their condition. CV30. Parents Say Children Can Be Covid-19 Long Haulers Too after Months of Symptoms. 200806-CV22D, 200509-CV12. ADDED This must Read Column Reminds Us Just How Scary the Coronavirus Can Be.
CV23. Polemic, Myphysis: Can Military Academies Serve as a Road Map for Reopening Colleges.
CV25. Movement: 'Con Air' Is Spreading COVID-19 All Over the U.S. Prison System. Whistleblowers say dozens of prisoners have tested positive for COVID-19 after being moved between jails and federal prisons due to a lack of safeguards in the Justice Department. 200806-CV33. Given recent history of illegal immigrant interment camps 200719-CV33 [Cartoon] that seem to maximize harm – possible as a deterrent to other foreigners – it is not clear if this is just negligence, or if there is intent behind who are transported where.
CV26. Environment, One Health: 5 Lessons from the Pandemic to Tackle the Climate Crisis. Our enemies seem so tiny. One is a virus unleashed from the wilderness, likely by people with mouths to feed and spread by others with planes to catch. The second enemy is a molecule of heat trapping gas – methane and CO2 – unleashed by people with mouths to feed and planes to catch.
CV28. Logistics: New Zealand Considers Freight as Possible Source of New Coronavirus Cluster. China has reported several instances =2= =3= of the coronavirus being detected on the packaging of imported frozen seafood in recent weeks, the virus can survive within refrigerated environments for quite some time. The World Health Organization website states there is currently no confirmed case of COVID-19 transmitted through food or food packaging. However, it also notes that studies have shown that the virus can survive for up to 72 hours on plastic. What We Know about Possible Covid-19 Transmission from Freight and Packages.
-A. ADDED Chinese Shoppers Wary of Frozen Food Imports after Virus Found. New Zealand's Ardern Extends Lockdown to Stamp out Coronavirus Outbreak.
CV29. Responsibility, Decision Making: Priest Who Shared Stage with Modi Tests Positive; India Sees Record Number of Cases. | Pandemic Governance in Mumbai: Who Is Actually Responsible for Disaster Management in the City. The patchwork of institutions assembled to manage the Covid-19 crisis failed the most vulnerable. Every time India’s commercial capital is hit by a disaster, the media can reliably be expected to invoke the “spirit of Mumbai” – a cliche that recognises that the role of society in everyday life often eclipses that of the state. India Reports 55K New Coronavirus Cases. Health Volunteers Go on Strike as India Hits 2 Million Coronavirus Cases. One of the World’s Wealthiest Hindu Temples Is Now a Covid-19 Hotspot. It’s Still Open. Indian Villagers Tire of Coronavirus Rules Just as Rural Cases Surge.
CV32. Anthromes: Outsides and Insides: Covid-19 Seen from the First Floor of a House in Mirpur, Dhaka. The practices of boundary making, of separating outsides from insides. The new coronavirus appeared on the global stage as a threatening invader that is to be kept outside of human bodies. But it is not obvious how to achieve this. Where and how to make the boundaries around those bodies. At the borders between countries, between urban centres and rural peripheries, between public spaces and private houses, between the face and hands of one body and those of the next. All these boundaries can hardly be sealed. This raises the question how to allow some things to cross – citizens returning home, food needed for survival, waste that presents risks when piled up – while preventing the virus from sneaking along too.
CV33. Legal: Texas City to Consider Stricter Enforcement to Stem the Coronavirus. Because we’ve been saying the same thing since it’s probably not a lack of education at this point. It’s a refusal to do the right thing. Pandemic Behaviour - Why Some People Don't Play by the Rules.
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