Pandemic

In this extract from Brian Pottinger’s book, ‘ States of Panic: Covid-19 and the New Medieval’, Pottinger looks back at the 2009 outbreak of Swine Flu. He draws parallels between the global reactions to the two diseases and what spurred the panic on both occasions. Pottinger uses hindsight to evaluate…

Tool uses electromagnetic energy to help study inactivation of aerosolized viral particles and reduce the spread of infection. As the pandemic has continued to spread globally, studies indicate the COVID-19 virus may be contained in aerosols that can be generated and spread through breathing, coughing, sneezing, or talking by infected…

One certainty during a pandemic is that the virus will mutate. SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, is no different. But how concerned should we be about the new variants of the virus that are arising in places such as the UK, South Africa and Brazil? Are they more lethal or more…

Azmyl Yunor Updated 5 hours ago · Published on 29 Jan 2021 12:00PM · Mohd Amin Mat Nor, a classified B1 (completely blind) busker around Kuala Lumpur, whose income is hit during the MCO. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, January 29, 2021. WHEN people find out…

Synopsis According to the survey by Canada-based information management solutions company OpenText, the data suggested that this "information overload" is significantly impacting both personal and professional lives.BENGALURU: About 44 per cent of Indians feel that "information overload" has intensified during the pandemic and escalated their daily stress, a new survey…

The world may yet gather in Tokyo this summer for an Olympics already postponed once because of the pandemic. Listen to Olympic officials, and it’s almost a certainty. Thomas Bach made that clear Wednesday when he vowed that the Olympics would be staged in July and that this time there…

Since the pandemic began, conspiracies have spread over the internet, many about Bill Gates himself Billionaire philanthropist praised Dr Anthony Fauci, the US government’s top infectious disease expert Published: 4:39pm, 27 Jan, 2021 Updated: 5:01pm, 27 Jan, 2021 Read More

Enterprises increasingly shifted to open source software solutions in 2020 to meet their remote organizational needs and address new market demands for quality and speed. COVID-19 challenged not only the economy, but also enterprises’ existing frameworks for how, when, and at what volume people use information technology. Last year, major…

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This story was originally published as “The Alcohol Industry Is A Threat To Public Health That Must Be Fought” by our friends at Passage. It has been reprinted here with permission.Canadians have tried to cope with the miseries of COVID-19 in many ways, including spending more time on the internet,…