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Analysis: Following COVID-19 precautions was closely linked to traditional values except in the U.S.--study

Wed, 2023-04-12 09:51 — mike kraft
Traditional values closely linked to following COVID-19 precautions, except in US CIDRAP

A new study from researchers at the University of California-Los Angeles shows the US population's response to COVID-19 precautions stood in sharp contrast to other countries.

Worldwide, people who professed to have more traditional or socially conservative values were more likely to adhere to COVID-19 recommendations, but in the United States people with those values were more likely to dismiss such recommendations.

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Many faith leaders say no to endorsing vaccine exemptions

Mon, 2021-09-20 12:48 — mike kraft
Many faith leaders say no to endorsing vaccine exemptions As significant numbers of Americans seek religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccine mandates , many faith leaders are saying: Not with our endorsement. AP NEWS
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Southern pastors wary of promoting vaccines because of congegations' negative attitudes

Mon, 2021-07-05 10:48 — mike kraft
‘Wasting my breath’: Southern faith leaders wary of promoting vaccines Exhausted by backlash over pandemic restrictions, some faith leaders see little upside in urging skeptical congregants to get vaccinated. Dan Goldberg POLITICO

Biden administration and state officials hoped that pastors would play an outsized role in promoting Covid-19 vaccines, but many are wary of alienating their congregants and are declining requests to be more outspoken.

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Shut out from mainstream medicine, some immigrants are buying expensive, unproven Covid therapies

Tue, 2021-06-22 11:50 — mike kraft

FRESNO, Calif. — On a Tuesday afternoon in April, among tables of vegetables, clothes and telephone chargers at Fresno’s biggest outdoor flea market were prescription drugs being sold as treatments for Covid.

Vendors sold $25 injections of the steroid dexamethasone, several kinds of antibiotics and the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin. Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine — the malaria drugs pushed by President Donald J. Trump last year — make regular appearances at the market as well, as do sham herbal supplements.

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False vaccine claims plague Latino immigrant community, inhibit vaccinations

Fri, 2021-02-12 10:49 — mike kraft
Among Latino immigrants, false vaccine claims are spreading as fast as the virus Just like in the 2020 election, experts say, misleading social media posts and videos in Spanish are less likely to be flagged than those in English. Teo Armus Washington Post
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OPINION: A Failure of Empathy Led to 200,000 Deaths. It Has Deep Roots.

Tue, 2020-09-22 20:22 — mike kraft
A Failure of Empathy Led to 200,000 Deaths. It Has Deep Roots. One giant psychology experiment explains why many people seem like they don’t care about the deaths of the elderly. Olga Khazan The Atlantic
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Resilience Alliance

Sat, 2012-01-28 13:29 — mdmcdonald

There are many definitions of resilience from simple deterministic views of resilience anchored in Newtonian mechanics to far more dynamic views of resilience from a systems perspective, including insights from quantum mechanics and the sciences of complexity.  One baseline perspective of resilience sees it in terms of the viability of socio-ecological systems as the foundation for sustainability.  For those that are ready to look beyond resilience as the ability to return to the "normal state" before a disaster, take a look at:

http://www.resalliance.org/

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The San Francisco Resilience System's Distributed Smart Grid and Sustainability

Sat, 2012-01-28 12:34 — mdmcdonald

Empowering Sustainability in San Francisco’s Neighborhoods

Using a Cloud Computing-based Distributed Smart Grid

 

There is a saying that trends are built in San Francisco, and when these innovations (born in the Bay Area and tested in California) hit New York, they are already beginning to fundamentally change the world we live in.

 

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The San Francisco Bay Area has one of the largest concentrations of high technology companies and venture capital firms in the world.  As a result of its innovative cultures, history of strong earthquakes, and the recent economic downturn in California under conditions of rapid global change, the City of San Francisco is ratcheting up not only its emergency preparedness, but also its resilience and sustainability initiatives.  The goal is to create a new type of vibrant citizen-based leadership facing forward into the 21st century that enables San Francisco neighborhoods and communities of interest to thrive under otherwise uncertain and challenging times.

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