Two thirds of vulnerable workers who were shielding to avoid getting Covid-19 are happy to go back to offices and factories, survey reveals Some 6% of those classed as clinically extremely vulnerable will not return A further 21% said they would continue working from home Shielding was paused on August 1, and vulnerable people could… Read More »
Goodnight, society as we knew it. Margaret Wise Brown’s 1947 children’s book “Goodnight Moon” has been reimagined for the time of the coronavirus. “Good Morning Zoom,” a parody version of the book by investment banker Lindsay Rechler and illustrator June Park, will be published by Penguin Random House in October. “It seemed fitting because ‘Goodnight… Read More »
Dr. Deborah L. Birx, the Trump administration’s coronavirus coordinator, said on Sunday that the nation was in a “new phase” of the coronavirus epidemic that was much more sprawling across the country than last spring’s outbreaks in major cities like New York and Seattle. She recommended that people living in communities where cases are surging… Read More »
As schools and universities plan for the new academic year, and administrators grapple with complex questions about how to keep young people safe, a new report about a coronavirus outbreak at a sleepaway camp in Georgia provides fresh reasons for concern. The camp implemented several precautionary measures against the virus, but stopped short of requiring… Read More »
Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which is better, a face mask or face shield? In many states, wearing a face mask or face shield is required while in public in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Though safety is on many minds, many also struggle to don the cloth or surgical masks in public due… Read More »
In the heated debate over reopening schools, one burning question has been whether and how efficiently children can spread the virus to others. A large new study from South Korea offers an answer: Children younger than 10 transmit to others much less often than adults do, but the risk is not zero. And those between… Read More »
2020 The year itself began with an accident that devastated the Australian jungle. Then came Corona. Now the condition is such that people are waiting for the end of this year after 6 months of the year has passed. Because of Corona, many countries of the world have turned into corpses. No vaccine has been… Read More »