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from Earth & Altar
Drew Nathaniel Keane: The Venite serves as an entry into daily Mattins because by singing or saying it together (or hearing a choir sing it on their behalf) the dearly beloved people of God are called to praise “the strength of their salvation,” to kneel in prayer for their own needs and those of others, and to hear the word of God. This action of hearing is the heart of the office — the bulk of the time spent in the office is devoted to the scripture readings. Unfortunately, the 1789 American BCP replaced the last four verses of the psalm, which contains this third invitation. What the Venite has to say about hearing is not insignificant.
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from New York Post
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, Newspaper in New York
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, Newspaper in New York
A UK doctor is warning those stockpiling gloves amid the coronavirus outbreak that wearing them can increase the risk of catching the deadly bug, according to report.
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from Reason Magazine
Magazine in Los Angeles, California
The United States is home to the most innovative biotech companies and university research laboratories in the world. That fact should have given our country a huge advantage with respect to detecting and monitoring emerging cases of COVID-19 caused by the new coronavirus outbreak. Instead, as The New York Times reports in a terrific new article, officials at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stymied private and academic development of diagnostic tests that might have provided an early warning and a head start on controlling the epidemic that is now spreading across the country.
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from Reuters
International news agency headquartered in London, UK
The White House has ordered federal health officials to treat top-level coronavirus meetings as classified, an unusual step that has restricted information and hampered the U.S. government’s response to the contagion, according to four Trump administration officials.
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from The Scientist
PRO-SCIENCE, VERY HIGH, professional magazine for life scientists
The creation of a chimeric SARS-like virus has scientists discussing the risks of gain-of-function research. Update (March 11, 2020): On social media and news outlets, a theory has circulated that the coronavirus at the root of the COVID-19 outbreak originated in a research lab. Scientists say there is no evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 virus escaped from a lab.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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from The Washington Times
News & Media Website in Washington, D.C.
'Inducing panic': Media under fire for driving coronavirus hype to epidemic levels
Concerns about the coronavirus pandemic are both warranted and understandable, but the media is increasingly coming under fire for stoking a panic mentality that experts decry as both counter-productive and unsupported by the facts. In addition to the stock market’s daily roller coaster ride, grocery stores and warehouse clubs in some areas have been picked clean of essentials such as toilet paper, paper towels and sanitizing wipes (or have rationed sales to prevent that) as coronavirus coverage dominates social media and the 24/7 news cycle. The message from public health and infectious disease experts: It’s important to take the coronavirus threat seriously, but it’s also critical not to overreact.
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'Inducing panic': Media under fire for driving coronavirus hype to epidemic levels
Concerns about the coronavirus pandemic are both warranted and understandable, but the media is increasingly coming under fire for stoking a panic mentality that experts decry as both counter-productive and unsupported by the facts. In addition to the stock market’s daily roller coaster ride, grocery stores and warehouse clubs in some areas have been picked clean of essentials such as toilet paper, paper towels and sanitizing wipes (or have rationed sales to prevent that) as coronavirus coverage dominates social media and the 24/7 news cycle. The message from public health and infectious disease experts: It’s important to take the coronavirus threat seriously, but it’s also critical not to overreact.
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