Why some people just won’t stay home despite the advice
4 years, 9 months ago

Why some people just won’t stay home despite the advice

CNN  

CNN — Living through a pandemic is strange. Despite repeated pleas from public health and government officials to stay home and slow the spread of Covid-19, many people just won’t. People who live in communities where infection isn’t widespread or officials haven’t imposed lockdowns may be less willing to distance themselves from others, said Steven Taylor, a clinical psychologist and author of “The Psychology of Pandemics,” a historic look at how people respond to such crises. “Maybe it’s wishful thinking, but people are downplaying the significance – maybe because they’re not seeing people in their communities coming down with the virus,” Taylor said. They’re numb to it The coronavirus is creating what Taylor calls an “infodemic.” When people’s media diets, social media feeds and conversations with loved ones consist of nothing but Covid-19, they may become desensitized to its severity, he said.

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Fight to end virus pandemic takes place on UN’s sidelines
2 years, 3 months ago

Fight to end virus pandemic takes place on UN’s sidelines

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — In four days of fiery speeches over war, climate change and the threat of nuclear weapons, one issue felt like an afterthought during this year’s U.N. General Assembly: the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres gathered with World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and others to discuss equitable access …

In the new COVID-19 era, politicians are advising the experts — and in some cases, ignoring advice they don't want to hear
2 years, 5 months ago

In the new COVID-19 era, politicians are advising the experts — and in some cases, ignoring advice they don't want to hear

ABC  

It's less than a year since the "hi-vis" protests brought Melbourne's CBD to an almost daily standstill. It's less than six months since the "Convoy to Canberra" saw huge crowds converge on the national capital for a two-week "freedom" festival. This week, Victoria's Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas rejected advice from the state's acting Chief Health Officer to mandate mask-wearing in …

COVID-19 Stories: How the pandemic made me appreciate life away from the city
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19 Stories: How the pandemic made me appreciate life away from the city

Hindustan Times  

Nithya Krishnan is a culinary and Zumba instructor and food blogger. When the first news of the ’Wuhan’ virus hit my small valley town in New York there was barely a flutter in daily lives. We managed to meander our way through the days and coped with a shelter in place life, finding peace in simple things like watching a …

Covid restrictions in nursing homes may be relaxed on Monday: Report
3 years, 10 months ago

Covid restrictions in nursing homes may be relaxed on Monday: Report

NL Times  

The cabinet may announce as early as Monday that several corona measures in nursing homes will no longer apply or become more flexible. The Outbreak Management Team is examining the issue whether relaxation in nursing homes is already possible, now that most people there have received an injection against the coronavirus. “We certainly want to offer the relief of measures …

'Premature, unrealistic' to think Covid pandemic will be stopped by end of 2021: WHO
3 years, 10 months ago

'Premature, unrealistic' to think Covid pandemic will be stopped by end of 2021: WHO

India Today  

A senior World Health Organization official said Monday it was "premature" and "unrealistic" to think the pandemic might be stopped by the end of the year, but that the recent arrival of effective vaccines could at least help dramatically reduce hospitalizations and death. WHO's director-general, meanwhile, said it was "regrettable" that younger and healthier adults in some rich countries are …

Christmas gatherings ‘not worth the risk’, WHO says
4 years ago

Christmas gatherings ‘not worth the risk’, WHO says

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The World Health Organisation has warned people to stay home …

Coronavirus: Government throwing ‘lit match into a haystack’ by discharging Covid patients to care homes
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus: Government throwing ‘lit match into a haystack’ by discharging Covid patients to care homes

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The government has been warned it is throwing “a lit match …

7 ways to stay healthy (and sane) during the fall coronavirus surge
4 years, 2 months ago

7 ways to stay healthy (and sane) during the fall coronavirus surge

CNN  

CNN — Get ready for the most difficult months yet in this pandemic. If you’re still sitting a foot away from other people, without a mask, you can still spread it – especially if you’re in that very infectious period,” Ranney said. “Just because someone is close family does not mean they’re safe, either,” Ranney said. If you visit friends …

Opinion: White House’s new Covid-19 strategy is madness
4 years, 2 months ago

Opinion: White House’s new Covid-19 strategy is madness

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Jeffrey D. Sachs is a professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. CNN — As if Donald Trump’s irresponsibility was not already a national tragedy, the White House seems now to favor a controversial approach to Covid-19 that threatens to bring nothing less than mass suffering. Yet on Tuesday, senior Trump administration officials …

What It's Like To Move Back Home During The COVID-19 Pandemic
4 years, 3 months ago

What It's Like To Move Back Home During The COVID-19 Pandemic

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Back in January, if someone had told 23-year-old college grad Lydia that she’d be moving in with her parents later in the year, she would have had a “total breakdown,” she says. Oh my God, and then there’s the career advice!” Kathleen Dahlen deVos, a psychotherapist based in San Francisco, said many of her clients who have …

Stay-at-home orders tied to drop in Covid-19 spread
4 years, 4 months ago

Stay-at-home orders tied to drop in Covid-19 spread

CNN  

CNN — When people obeyed stay-at-home orders this past spring, it reduced the spread of Covid-19, according to new research published Tuesday. “These findings suggest that stay-at-home social distancing mandates, when they were followed by measurable mobility changes, were associated with reduction in Covid-19 cases,” the researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison wrote in the study published in the journal …

States have to ensure adequate housing amid the pandemic
4 years, 4 months ago

States have to ensure adequate housing amid the pandemic

Al Jazeera  

Upholding the right to housing is more urgent than ever as the pandemic has worsened housing crises across the world. With this unambiguous position adopted by governments, I was certain we would see the global housing crisis tackled with the urgency that is in fact warranted when a human right is violated en masse. I assumed that in keeping with …

Stop Trying To Live Like We Aren't In A Pandemic
4 years, 5 months ago

Stop Trying To Live Like We Aren't In A Pandemic

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, many of us had high hopes for the summer: “Maybe by the time the kids are off for summer break, the virus will be under control and we can still go on vacation.” “Maybe the warm weather will drastically slow the spread of COVID-19.” If only. “I spend all …

Predictions, pandemics and public health
4 years, 5 months ago

Predictions, pandemics and public health

The Hindu  

Human beings have two remarkable traits, the second of which we had little reason to suspect that we possessed until the rise of new technologies such as the Internet. If one tenth of the anticipatory gifts we have that seem to be exploited for immediate private gain on the part of corporations and investment bankers were put to use in …

The Pandemic Presents The Chance To End Homelessness In Canada For Good
4 years, 6 months ago

The Pandemic Presents The Chance To End Homelessness In Canada For Good

Huff Post  

This story is part of After The Curve, an ongoing HuffPost Canada series that makes sense of how the COVID-19 crisis could change our country in the months and years ahead, and what opportunities exist to make Canada better. “That’s one of the things that these emergency measures have proven — that we can act rapidly and move people into …

Covid-19: Why home isolation is a critical pillar
4 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19: Why home isolation is a critical pillar

Hindustan Times  

As mildly symptomatic Covid-19 patients under home isolation, the Bharatiya Janata Party -led central government’s initial decision to end home isolation on Friday was puzzling, and its roll back of the order on Saturday is welcome. Even the Indian Council of Medical Research guidelines recommend home isolation for most cases, given that 80% of the patients are either asymptomatic or …

Coronavirus | Only a matter of time, doctors say as they brace for their turn
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus | Only a matter of time, doctors say as they brace for their turn

The Hindu  

With the spread of COVID-19 continuing unabated, the general advice for citizens is to restrict movement outside of home. Of at least 63 positive cases among doctors in the State till June 6, only four have been reported from Gandhi Hospital, the largest COVID isolation centre in in Telangana. Many post-graduate students, house surgeons, senior resident doctors and other senior …

Revealed: Care homes were told outbreak 'very unlikely' even as coronavirus cases hit 800
4 years, 8 months ago

Revealed: Care homes were told outbreak 'very unlikely' even as coronavirus cases hit 800

The Telegraph  

The need to make additional plans for care homes was raised in a discussion of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group, which advises the government on pandemics. One such paper, “Guidelines on the management of outbreaks of influenza-like illness in care homes”, published in 2018, advises that “care home. Other documents – including the 2012 “Health and …

If you’re hitting a wall, you’re not alone (opinion)
4 years, 8 months ago

If you’re hitting a wall, you’re not alone (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Jill Filipovic is a journalist based in New York and author of the book “The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness.” Follow her on Twitter. For example: Do something social, or at least that forces you to interact with other human beings, every day, even if that’s just going to the grocery store or the gym. This is …

Here's how coronavirus has changed lives across the U.S.
4 years, 9 months ago

Here's how coronavirus has changed lives across the U.S.

LA Times  

In our series “Dispatches From the Pandemic,” we have featured the stories of dozens of people, many reaching out from quarantine. Here’s why my fellow doctors may judge me You might think that a doctor with a health history like mine would avoid the front line of a novel viral pandemic. Opinion Op-Ed: As a doctor on ‘MASH,’ Hawkeye showed …

This is how we conquer Covid-19 (Opinion)
4 years, 9 months ago

This is how we conquer Covid-19 (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Jeffrey Sachs is a professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. Every country and US state should immediately organize phone and computer banks in which volunteers or paid staff working from home will contact each of the people on the confirmed Covid-19 list every day, and use the calls to check on symptoms, …

Coronavirus: How To Stay Positive During The Pandemic
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: How To Stay Positive During The Pandemic

ABP News  

Focus on the present, the good that you have, the small things that actually matter and you forgot while you were busy working and dealing with daily tasks. Connect with people, friends you haven’t spoken to in ages, a family that you love but haven’t had the time to speak to. Groom your garden, you’ll find peace knowing that in …

Things will get worse before they get better: Boris Johnson in letters to Britons
4 years, 9 months ago

Things will get worse before they get better: Boris Johnson in letters to Britons

India Today  

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is self-isolating after testing positive for the coronavirus, has written to every UK household to ask people to stay at home and follow the social distancing rules to fight the pandemic, warning them things will get worse before they get better. The British Prime Minister, who has been working from home with mild symptoms, …

Coronavirus Pandemic Has a Lesson for All as it Exposes the Ills of Individualistic, Profit-centred Mindset
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Pandemic Has a Lesson for All as it Exposes the Ills of Individualistic, Profit-centred Mindset

News 18  

It’s not often that we come together as a community and look after each other for a common good. It’s making us realise the truth in the old cliché- humans are made of stardust - we were always bound together. Never had I imagined I would need a nationwide lockdown to hear the birds chirping in my balcony or to …

Stay at home, take lockdown seriously: Medical experts on fighting coronavirus (Watch Video)
4 years, 9 months ago

Stay at home, take lockdown seriously: Medical experts on fighting coronavirus (Watch Video)

India TV News  

The novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic has spread across at least 190 countries. Amid such a situation, India TV interacted with a panel of miedical experts who gave effective tips on how to stay safe and fight corona the right way. The experts stressed on the importance of staying home so that the transmission chain can be broken ensuring that …

‘Stay at home': UK’s Johnson ramps up response to virus
4 years, 9 months ago

‘Stay at home': UK’s Johnson ramps up response to virus

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain has become the latest European country to go into effective lockdown to deal with the threat of the coronavirus pandemic, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday sweeping curbs on everyday activity including the banning of any gatherings of more than two people who do not live together. As well as instructing the public to “stay at …

COVID-19 pandemic ‘accelerating’: WHO chief
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 pandemic ‘accelerating’: WHO chief

The Hindu  

The new COVID-19 pandemic is clearly “accelerating”, the World Health Organization warned on Monday, but said it was still possible to change its trajectory by going on the attack. The remarks came as the number of deaths soared past 15,000, with more than 3,41,000 people infected worldwide, according to a tally compiled by AFP from official sources. “To win, we …

Stay at home: Britain imposes lockdown to combat spread of coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

Stay at home: Britain imposes lockdown to combat spread of coronavirus

India Today  

Britain has become the latest European country to go into effective lockdown to deal with the threat of the coronavirus pandemic, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday sweeping curbs on everyday activity including the banning of any gatherings of more than two people who do not live together. As well as instructing the public to "stay at home" for …

Stay home for three months, UK tells 1.5 million most at risk
4 years, 9 months ago

Stay home for three months, UK tells 1.5 million most at risk

The Hindu  

Up to 1.5 million vulnerable people in Britain, identified as being most at risk from the coronavirus epidemic, should stay at home for at least 12 weeks, the government said Sunday. "People should stay at home, protect our NHS and save lives," Communities secretary Robert Jenrick said in a statement. "People identified as belonging to one or more of the …

US tells older people to stay home, all ages to avoid crowds
4 years, 9 months ago

US tells older people to stay home, all ages to avoid crowds

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Racing to stall an expected surge of coronavirus cases, the White House on Monday released a series of sweeping guidelines that for the next 15 days will temporarily rewrite the norms of American society. And without providing details, he said “we’re going to back the airlines 100%,” a note of reassurance for an industry crippled by travel bans …

Worried About Covid-19? Hospitals Have a Request: Stay Home
4 years, 10 months ago

Worried About Covid-19? Hospitals Have a Request: Stay Home

Wired  

As Covid-19 spreads across 13 states and public health officials urge Americans to work from home, wash their hands, and stop touching their faces, hospitals and urgent care clinics are preparing for an onslaught of feverish, coughing, and highly contagious patients. But the number one strategy hospitals and urgent care clinics are relying on isn’t face masks or isolation wards: …

New CDC guidance says older adults should ‘stay at home as much as possible’ due to coronavirus
4 years, 10 months ago

New CDC guidance says older adults should ‘stay at home as much as possible’ due to coronavirus

CNN  

CNN — Amid a coronavirus outbreak in the United States, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is encouraging older people and people with severe chronic medical conditions to “stay at home as much as possible.” This advice is on a CDC website that was posted Thursday, according to a CDC spokeswoman. A Trump administration official tells CNN that …

How To Prepare For A Pandemic, According To U.S. Health Officials
4 years, 10 months ago

How To Prepare For A Pandemic, According To U.S. Health Officials

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The new coronavirus epidemic is likely to grow into a pandemic, with additional cases expected in the U.S. possibly within the coming days, federal health officials said this week. Despite these growing concerns, health officials on Tuesday said it’s not yet clear what this could mean for the general public. “It’s not so much a question of …

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