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Covid Testing--Opinion: Rapid Tests Are the Answer to Living With Covid-19

Mon, 2021-10-04 17:31 — mike kraft

https://www.nytimes.c

In Germany, you can buy a rapid Covid-19 test at the grocery store for one euro (a little more than a dollar). In Britain, any household can obtain a pack of seven rapid tests every day for free. In Singapore, you can get a free rapid test from a vending machine. Families in Israel receive at-home rapid tests for their children to use before school. Rapid testing is commonplace in many parts of the world because policymakers recognized early on that the tests could blunt the pandemic by stopping chains of transmission. By letting people know they are infectious, rapid tests are useful even in areas with high vaccination rates and can allow for a safer return to in-person activity.

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Has COVID taught us anything about pandemic preparedness?

Mon, 2021-08-16 16:02 — Naomisfreeman
Has COVID taught us anything about pandemic... Nature - Researchers warn that plans to prevent the next global outbreak don’t consider the failures that have fuelled our current predicament. Maxmen, Amy nature
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COLUMN: Rethinking Disaster Readiness Before a Potentially Active Summer

Sun, 2021-05-23 14:16 — mike kraft
COLUMN: Rethinking Disaster Readiness Before a Potentially Active Summer - Homeland Security Today As we have seen with the ongoing COVID-19 response, the private sector truly controls a community’s destiny. Homeland Security Today
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New poll: The U.S. is about to run out of adults who are eager to get vaccinated; herd immunity unlikely

Sat, 2021-05-01 20:05 — mike kraft
New Yahoo News/YouGov COVID poll: The U.S. is about to run out of adults who are eager to get vaccinated While the number of American adults who say they have already been vaccinated (57 percent) has continued to climb in recent weeks, just 6 percent now say they have not yet been vaccinated but plan to get a shot “as soon as it is available to me,” a new survey found. Andrew Romano YahooNews
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WHO scientists urge more sequencing to find coronavirus variants

Tue, 2021-01-12 19:22 — mike kraft
WHO scientists urge more sequencing to find coronavirus variants More scientists in more countries need to be collecting and sequencing samples of coronavirus to help the world keep an eye out for dangerous new mutations, World Health Organization scientists said Tuesday. By <a href="/profiles/helen-regan">Helen Regan</a>, Adam Renton, <a href="/profiles/ivana-kottasova">Ivana Kottasová</a>, Florence Davey-Attlee and Ed Upright, CNN CNN
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OPINION: Beyond COVID-19—a paradigm shift in infection management?

Mon, 2020-10-12 17:26 — mike kraft

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30789-1/fulltext

The health and economic impact of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria has continuously grown over the past years, reaching an estimated peak of approximately 700 000 attributable deaths per year.
 
Neglected hygiene, poor compliance with infection control procedures, inappropriate antimicrobial use, and insufficient availability of diagnostics and new effective antibiotics have contributed to this inglorious global record.
 
Despite these alarming figures, infection prevention and treatment have not been considered top priorities on the agendas of most industrialised countries.
 
This mindset changed abruptly with the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
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Damage from whopper hurricanes rising for many reasons

Thu, 2020-08-27 08:46 — mike kraft
Damage from whopper hurricanes rising for many reasons A destructive storm is rising from warm waters. Again. America and the world are getting more frequent and bigger multibillion dollar tropical catastrophes like Hurricane Laura, which is... AP NEWS

 ...America and the world are getting more frequent and bigger multibillion dollar tropical catastrophes like Hurricane Laura, which is menacing the U.S. Gulf Coast, because of a combination of increased coastal development, natural climate cycles, reductions in air pollution and man-made climate change, experts say.

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In France, a virus cluster splits generations, raises fears

Thu, 2020-07-30 11:33 — mike kraft
A virus cluster in France splits generations, raises fears PARIS (AP) — As the sun went down, their partying got into full flow, with an unwanted guest: the coronavirus. An outbreak among 18- to 25-year-olds at a seaside resort on the Brittany coast... AP NEWS

ARIS (AP) — As the sun went down, their partying got into full flow, with an unwanted guest: the coronavirus.

An outbreak among 18- to 25-year-olds at a seaside resort on the Brittany coast is crystallizing fears that the virus is flaring again in France, on the back of vacationers throwing COVID-19 caution to the summer winds.

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BRACED - Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters

Wed, 2018-04-18 09:50 — Kathy Gilbeaux

                                    

braced.org

BRACED is helping people become more resilient to climate extremes in South and Southeast Asia and in the African Sahel and its neighbouring countries. To improve the integration of disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation methods into development approaches, BRACED seeks to influence policies and practices at the local, national and international level.

http://www.braced.org/about/about-the-projects/

 

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Disaster Preparedness Tokyo

Thu, 2015-10-15 12:36 — Maeryn Obley

Photo of the disaster guide from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.Image: Photo of the disaster guide from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

metro.tokyo.jp

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has compiled a manual called “Disaster Preparedness Tokyo” (Tokyo Bousai*) to help households get fully prepared for an earthquake directly hitting Tokyo and other various disasters.

“Disaster Preparedness Tokyo” is tailored to the various local features of Tokyo, its urban structure, and the lifestyles of its residents, and contains easy-to-understand information on how to prepare for and respond to a disaster．This information will be useful now and in the event of an emergency.

(VIEW SITE)*

*Guide PDFs are available for download on the site.

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