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What Survival Experts Say About Quarantine Baking
It’s all about competence, confidence, and control. A concrete feeling of accomplishment is something that many of us were lacking even before the novel coronavirus emerged, says John Hudson, chief survival instructor for the British military.
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The Unpredictable Curve of COVID-19
Expanding our mental model of flattening the curve to make sense of the uncertain road ahead. The infographic version of “flatten the curve” has been reinterpreted a number of ways (including with cats and baby Yoda). Most iterations are conceptual graphics though, not rooted in the actual case counts of COVID-19. Opinion articles have proliferated,…
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Suggestions for mitigation of impact of COVID-19
Even as the outbreak of Coronavirus (Covid-19) has spread from the Asian region to Europe and the US, it has endangered the expectations of a global recovery in 2020.It has emerged as the biggest global concern, crippling major economies and increasing the risk of a global recession. Covid-19 is expected to weaken the domestic growth…
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Coronavirus: Containing the financial contagion
The coronavirus is clearly threatening to trigger a financial contagion in the world economy and this time the impact could be very different from the scenarios experienced in the financial crisis of 2008. We are witnessing the phase one of this epidemic, where the focus of every country is to take care of the health…
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You Have 4 pounds of Bacteria in your Gut that Play a Crucial Role in your Sleep and Health
Science is confirming that the microbiome of your gut determines the quality of your health as well as the quality and quantity of your sleep. Your microbiome is the friendly cohabiting bacteria that live in and on your body. About four pounds of these friendly bacteria live in your digestive system.