#Silicon Valley finds remote work is easier to begin than end

#Silicon Valley finds remote work is easier to begin than end

“#Silicon Valley finds remote work is easier to begin than end” SAN FRANCISCO — Technology companies that led the charge into remote work as the pandemic unfurled are confronting a new challenge: how, when and even whether they should bring long-isolated employees back to offices that have been designed for teamwork. “I thought this period…

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#Lockdowns, mandates impede better voluntary safety measures

#Lockdowns, mandates impede better voluntary safety measures

“#Lockdowns, mandates impede better voluntary safety measures” After a year of start-and-stop public-health measures, more often guided by intuition than by science, studies are confirming what economists long suspected: The COVID-19 lockdowns were an expensive, unnecessary failure — because they failed to account for individual responses to the pandemic. Epidemiologists viewed lockdowns as the logical…

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#Two-tier Delta lockdowns divide Sydney

#Two-tier Delta lockdowns divide Sydney

“#Two-tier Delta lockdowns divide Sydney” SYDNEY, Aug 10 – On the sands of Bondi Beach, one of Sydney’s wealthiest suburbs, surfers and seaside walkers jostle for space, while joggers clog the nearby promenade and fitness buffs huddle around public exercise equipment. To the west, where COVID-19 infections are greatest, stores sit shuttered on empty streets as…

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#Pandemic prompts changes in how future teachers are trained

#Pandemic prompts changes in how future teachers are trained

“#Pandemic prompts changes in how future teachers are trained” COLUMBUS, Ohio — Before last year, a one-credit technology course for students pursuing master’s degrees in education at the University of Washington wasn’t seen as the program’s most relevant. Then COVID-19 hit, schools plunged into remote learning and suddenly material from that course was being infused…

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#Americans have fewer friends than ever before: study

#Americans have fewer friends than ever before: study

“#Americans have fewer friends than ever before: study” Now there’s a loneliness epidemic. With the US population numbering at least 336 million, you’d think we wouldn’t suffer from a lack of people in our lives. Nonetheless, a recent survey found that the majority of Americans have fewer friends than they did three decades ago. “Signs…

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#California restaurant asks patrons for ‘proof of being UNvaccinated’

#California restaurant asks patrons for ‘proof of being UNvaccinated’

“#California restaurant asks patrons for ‘proof of being UNvaccinated’” They want hard proof. A California restaurant notorious for disregarding COVID protocols is “doubling down” on COVIDIOCY — by requiring patrons to prove that they haven’t been vaccinated. “From day one, never complied, banned masks, and now … requiring proof of beingUn-vaccinated!” read a recent Instagram…

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#We’re not going back to masks and lockdowns again

#We’re not going back to masks and lockdowns again

“#We’re not going back to masks and lockdowns again” Are we really doing this again? Are we really talking about returning to masking? Again? Last weekend, Los Angeles County reinstituted its mask mandate for indoor settings. More than 60 percent of the county is fully vaccinated, but the mandate applies to both vaccinated and unvaccinated…

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