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What factors have made Germany relatively successful in managing the coronavirus crisis?
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As the first major blockbuster to release since the start of the pandemic, Tenet opens to $20 million at US box office and nears $150 million internationally
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Technology has been promising the dream of a cocooned future, and our pandemic isolation is giving us the rare opportunity to see where this road leads
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Donald Trump administration announces nationwide US eviction moratorium through end of the year
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Meet the “menu engineers” helping restaurants retool during the pandemic
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Coronavirus: France sees 'exponential rise' in cases
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The Life Care Center of Kirkland, Washington, was the first COVID hot spot in the US. Forty-six people associated with the nursing home died, exposing how ill-prepared we were for the pandemic
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In the midst of the pandemic, loneliness has leveled out
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How to think like an epidemiologist
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America is following disastrous Trump advice to slow down testing
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The endgame of the Olympics: What if the Olympic Games never come back?
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RV life booms during the pandemic
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How the 1918 flu pandemic got meme-ified in jokes, songs, and poems
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Melbourne placed under stage four coronavirus lockdown, stage three for rest of Victoria, as State of Disaster declared
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Covid-19 and the limits of American moral reasoning: The “war on coronavirus” is lost. It's time for new pandemic metaphors - and a radically new culture of care
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The cost of reopening a restaurant in a pandemic
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A risky bet by America’s mall owners: Plucking retailers out of bankruptcy to salvage a pandemic-hit industry
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How well did sci-fi predict the details of this pandemic?
One of the favorite subjects of horror sci-fi — right up there with aliens, deadly asteroids and the machines taking over — has always been the deadly pandemic. One of the things I'm surprised at,...
One of the favorite subjects of horror sci-fi — right up there with aliens, deadly asteroids and the machines taking over — has always been the deadly pandemic.
One of the things I'm surprised at, is how close so many of those old sci-fi books and movies were. No, there are no zombies (...yet), no enraged psycho-killer chimps ... but on so many of the basics — how it spreads, the incredibly widespread piles of misinformation, all the ancillary political BS, right along with the courageous healthcare workers and medical researchers out there on the front lines, battling for a cure before it's too late ...
and etc.
How about a discussion thread to compare and contrast what the sci-fi got right, and wrong?
ETA: Alternatively, if we've already had this conversation and I just missed it, somebody please point me in the right direction, and then never mind about this thread?
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Sydney's Crossroads Hotel COVID-19 cluster genomically linked to Melbourne outbreak
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Five sex workers talk about doing their jobs during COVID-19
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Sweden has become the world’s cautionary tale
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Victoria reimposes lockdowns on Greater Melbourne region plus Mitchell Shire as coronavirus cases rise by record amount
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Do Americans understand how badly they’re doing?
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People complain that going to the shore is a careless act during a pandemic, but the science so far suggests otherwise
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How hotel quarantine let COVID-19 out of the bag in Victoria
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COVID-19 pandemic timeline—How the coronavirus started, spread and stalled life in New Zealand
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Imagine if the National Transportation Safety Board investigated America’s response to the coronavirus pandemic
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Melbourne's local coronavirus lockdown begins with 300,000 people facing tighter restrictions in Victorian capital
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Iceland heads to polls to elect next president – while the post is largely symbolic, the president has the power to appoint governments and veto laws
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The rapid sharing of pandemic research shows there is a better way to filter good science from bad
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The pandemic’s worst-case scenario is unfolding in Brazil
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Australian Defence Force to send 1,000 personnel to assist Victoria in coronavirus response
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Victoria records Australia's first coronavirus death in over a month, as cases in Vic rise by twenty yesterday and the state's reproduction number climbs to 2.5
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How the coronavirus could reshape architecture
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Victoria will bring back tougher coronavirus restrictions, limiting gatherings in homes to five people, in a bid to address a recent spike in case numbers
News article: Victoria will bring back tougher coronavirus restrictions, limiting gatherings in homes to five people, in a bid to address a recent spike in case numbers. Statement from Victoria's...
Statement from Victoria's Premier:
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"around half of [Victoria's] cases since the end of April have come from transmission inside someone’s home."
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"From 11:59pm on Sunday, the number of visitors you can have at your home will reduce to five."
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"Outside the home, families and friends can meet in groups up to ten."
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"restaurants, pubs, auction halls, community halls, libraries, museums and places of worship will all stay at a maximum of 20 people in any one space until 12 July."
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"Businesses that were set to open on Monday like gyms, cinemas, theatres and TABs can do so – but again, only with a maximum of 20."
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"Community sport for kids and non-contact competition for adults can proceed as planned."
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"those who can work from home [should] continue to do so at least until 31 July."
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Why is Victoria experiencing an increase in coronavirus cases and other Australian states aren't?
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The world's next coronavirus hotspot is emerging in Indonesia
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Brazil sees record daily coronavirus cases; official says outbreak under control
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WHO says new virus outbreak in China needs further testing after 'hypothesis' on cause
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Voters happy with how Australian governments have dealt with pandemic
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Public health officials face wave of threats, pressure amid coronavirus response
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Coronavirus rules to be relaxed to bring big crowds back to stadiums, concerts, pubs, restaurants, and other venues around Australia
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An Indian healer who kissed hands to cure coronavirus died of coronavirus: So far, 20 people who came in close contact with him tested positive, making the Indian state of Madhya Pradesha a hotspot
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No coronavirus cases from community transmission in two weeks, New South Wales Health confirm
Article: No coronavirus cases from community transmission in two weeks, NSW Health confirm Context: New South Wales has recorded 31 new coronavirus cases in the past 2 weeks, but all these new...
Article: No coronavirus cases from community transmission in two weeks, NSW Health confirm
Context:
New South Wales has recorded 31 new coronavirus cases in the past 2 weeks, but all these new cases have been in returned international travellers. Returned international travellers are forced to spend 14 days in quarantine (in 5-star hotel rooms) before being let loose on the Australian populace. So, these cases are not contributing to the pandemic in Australia's population.
New South Wales, the most populous state in Australia, has achieved zero community transmission. Most other states and territories have already achieved this, or are very close to achieving it.
The worst state in Australia for community transmission is Victoria, which has 1 or 2 cases of community transmission turn up every couple of days.
On another note, there are reportedly 432 active cases of coronavirus infections across Australia (or 450, depending on the source). However, that number of active cases exceeds the total number of new infections recorded across the country for the past month. I believe it's likely that some health departments (notably NSW's) are failing to follow up recovered cases, so that recoveries are understated and active cases are overstated.
Elimination of the coronavirus in Australia was tantalisingly close leading up to the protests last weekend. We're still waiting to see the outcome of those.
Fingers crossed!
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Protests and policing will worsen the coronavirus pandemic - The US has moved from attempting to beat the virus to managing the harm of losing
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Black Death, COVID, and why we keep telling the myth of a Renaissance Golden Age and bad Middle Ages
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Coronavirus: This is not the last pandemic
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tells European Union workers to come back, but must quarantine
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Panic-buying: Australians top global charts for toilet paper stockpiling
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