#Canada’s public health data meltdown

#Canada’s public health data meltdown

“#Canada’s public health data meltdown” For weeks, Canadians have been casting their envious eyes to Israel, where more than half the country has been inoculated against COVID-19. Israel, less than a quarter the size of Canada, has administered nearly twice as many doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. The Middle Eastern country has some innate advantages:…

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#Massachusetts has most P.1 coronavirus variant cases in US

#Massachusetts has most P.1 coronavirus variant cases in US

“#Massachusetts has most P.1 coronavirus variant cases in US” Massachusetts now accounts for about a quarter of the P.1 coronavirus variant cases detected in the U.S., surpassing Florida’s 55 with 58. According to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Bay State’s total is currently highest in the U.S. A review of data conducted by…

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#Scientists mull clues on virus’ origin

#Scientists mull clues on virus’ origin

“#Scientists mull clues on virus’ origin” GENEVA — A team of international and Chinese scientists is poised to report on its joint search for the origins of the coronavirus that sparked a pandemic after it was first detected in China over a year ago — with four theories being considered and one the clear frontrunner,…

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#The data shows lockdowns end more lives than they save

#The data shows lockdowns end more lives than they save

“#The data shows lockdowns end more lives than they save” Now that the 2020 figures have been properly tallied, there is still no convincing evidence that strict lockdowns reduced the death toll from COVID-19. But one effect is clear: more deaths from other causes, especially among the young and middle-aged, minorities and the less affluent….

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#The science is compelling: Open schools NOW!

#The science is compelling: Open schools NOW!

“#The science is compelling: Open schools NOW!” Strong evidence that schools should be open during the pandemic has been building since last summer, but a report to be presented to Congress on Friday may be the most powerful yet. The paper — commissioned by the COVID Collaborative, the Walton Family Foundation, the American Enterprise Institute…

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#Hey, de Blasio, where’s that stinkin’ cleanup you promised?

#Hey, de Blasio, where’s that stinkin’ cleanup you promised?

“#Hey, de Blasio, where’s that stinkin’ cleanup you promised?” Somewhere in the piles of garbage lining the streets of Bushwick, residents might find Mayor de Blasio’s word. It’s been six months since the mayor promised to pump more money into the city’s street-cleaning efforts. And the trash problem has only gotten worse. De Blasio in September…

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#Instagram’s empty religions and other commentary

#Instagram’s empty religions and other commentary

“#Instagram’s empty religions and other commentary” Culture critic: Instagram’s Empty ReligionsThe “nones” — the 22 percent of millennials without a specific religion — have “found a different kind of clergy,” Leigh Stein reports at The New York Times: Instagram “personal-growth influencers.” Millennials’ “new belief system is a blend of left-wing political orthodoxy, intersectional feminism, self-optimization,…

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