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from KHQ Local News (NBC Spokane)
Sheriff Knezovich on Coronavirus: 'We will get through this'
Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich is asking his community to rally together and help each other out as medical professionals work to get a handle on the Coronavirus. Sheriff Knezovich, who also serves as the Director of Greater Spokane Department of Emergency Management, has activated Spokane's Emergency Operations Center. "We have a meeting Monday at noon to make sure everyone is on the same sheet of music," he said. "It's time of our community to take a deep breath, refocus and bring things back down. We will get through this."
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from KXLY 4 News (ABC Spokane)
Gonzaga switching to online-only courses for the rest of Spring semester
Gonzaga University is moving all courses to online for the remainder of the Spring semester, the university’s president announced Saturday. In an email addressed to Gonzaga students and family, President Thayne McCulloh said, “With this additional parameter imposed by the State, it is now clear that we have no option but to move to digital/ distance delivery of our courses when we resume the semester on March 23, and we will plan to deliver courses in this manner throughout the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester.”
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from New York Post
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, Newspaper in New York
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, Newspaper in New York
Using tote bags instead of plastic could help spread the coronavirus
The COVID-19 outbreak is giving new meaning to those “sustainable” shopping bags that politicians and environmentalists have been so eager to impose on the public. These reusable tote bags can sustain the COVID-19 and flu viruses — and spread the viruses throughout the store. Researchers have been warning for years about the risks of these bags spreading deadly viral and bacterial diseases, but public officials have ignored their concerns, determined to eliminate single-use bags and other plastic products despite their obvious advantages in reducing the spread of pathogens. In New York state, a new law took effect this month banning single-use plastic bags in most retail businesses, and this week Democratic state legislators advanced a bill that would force coffee shops to accept consumers’ reusable cups — a practice that Starbucks and other chains have wisely suspended to avoid spreading the COVID-19 virus. John Flanagan, the Republican leader of the New York state Senate, has criticized the new legislation and called for a suspension of the law banning plastic bags. “Senate Democrats’ desperate need to be green is unclean during the coronavirus outbreak,” he said Tuesday....
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from ScienceAlert
No, Coronavirus Isn't 'Just Like The Flu'. Here Are The Very Important Differences
Aches and pains, sore throat, fever – although they may feel similar to those suffering from their symptoms, the novel coronavirus is not the same as the seasonal flu, experts stressed Wednesday. COVID-19, the illness caused by coronavirus, proves deadly in around 3.5 percent of confirmed cases. While this is not the same as its mortality rate, given many people may be infected but not realise it, it is significantly higher than seasonal flu, which typically kills 0.1 percent of patients. "There is still considerable uncertainty around the fatality rates of COVID-19 and it likely varies depending on the quality of local healthcare," said Francois Balloux, Professor of Computational Systems Biology at University College London. "That said, it is around two percent on average, which is about 20 times higher than for the seasonal flu lineages currently in circulation."
from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
Sue Lani Madsen: ‘Going viral’ takes on a new meaning for a new generation
This year marks the birth of Gen V, for viral. Until a month ago, going viral meant it was cool. Or so says our almost 10-year-old granddaughter, nicknamed V for Genevieve. Now she says a virus is weird. “If one person gets the virus, then another one will get the virus, and it will go on and on and on,” said V. “Going viral” will define the experience of the world for her generation. And it will transform society in unpredictable directions as we are forced to prioritize.
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Sue Lani Madsen: ‘Going viral’ takes on a new meaning for a new generation
This year marks the birth of Gen V, for viral. Until a month ago, going viral meant it was cool. Or so says our almost 10-year-old granddaughter, nicknamed V for Genevieve. Now she says a virus is weird. “If one person gets the virus, then another one will get the virus, and it will go on and on and on,” said V. “Going viral” will define the experience of the world for her generation. And it will transform society in unpredictable directions as we are forced to prioritize.
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