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🇻🇦Today: Pope Francis: "For weeks now it has been evening. Thick darkness has gathered over our squares, our streets and our cities; it has taken over our lives, filling everything with a deafening silence and a distressing void." @COVID19Up
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Get Used to It: This Lockdown Won’t Be the Last
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The Atlantic
Get Used to It: This Lockdown Won’t Be the Last
New restrictions in Hong Kong show that a single round of constraints won’t be enough to beat the pandemic.
The death toll for Covid-19 is at least 4 times the official numbers
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Corriere della Sera
«The real death toll for Covid-19 is at least 4 times the official numbers»
Nembro, one of the municipalities most affected by Covid-19, should have had - under normal conditions - about 35 deaths. 158 people were registered dead this year by the municipal offices. But the number of deaths officially attributed to Covid-19 is 31
As well as protecting yourself from the virus on the outside, you can also build up your defences from the inside by strengthening your immune system. Many people, especially the young, develop only very mild disease. The immune system is complex and highly responsive to the world around us, so it’s not surprising that many factors affect its function.
http://theconversation.com/coronavirus-how-to-keep-your-gut-microbiome-healthy-to-fight-covid-19-134158
http://theconversation.com/coronavirus-how-to-keep-your-gut-microbiome-healthy-to-fight-covid-19-134158
The Conversation
Coronavirus: how to keep your gut microbiome healthy to fight COVID-19
Your gut plays an important role in building your immune defences. Don't neglect it.
Meditation Shifts gene expression related
to fighting viral infection.
meditation's effects on the immune system.
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to fighting viral infection.
meditation's effects on the immune system.
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Forbes
New Clues Into How Meditation May Boost The Immune System
A meditation practice seems to shift expression of the genes that govern stress, mood and immunity.
It is improbable that SARS-CoV-2 emerged through laboratory manipulation of a related SARS-CoV-like coronavirus.the RBD of SARS-CoV-2 is optimized for binding to human ACE2 with an efficient solution different from those previously Furthermore, if genetic manipulation had been performed, one of the several reverse-genetic systems available for betacoronaviruses would probably have been used19. However, the genetic data irrefutably show that SARS-CoV-2 is not derived from any previously used virus backbone20
Nature
The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2
Nature Medicine - The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2
« All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone. »
—Blaise Pascal
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—Blaise Pascal
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The World from PRX
A new study found people are terrible at sitting alone with their
How long can you sit alone and do nothing except think? A group of researchers at the University of Virginia wanted to know. And they ended up with a shocking answer to the question.
Everyone is panicking, and I get it. But is this not also an opportunity for people to eat together as a family again?
To cook at home again?
To connect with your kids again?
So many do not. So many have an eroded family bond. Perhaps a silver lining when this is all over is that people may have stronger family ties afterwards.
At LEAST during mealtimes, preferably more often - put down your black mirror nightmare vision and connect with your family. It is ALWAYS a worthy investment.
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To cook at home again?
To connect with your kids again?
So many do not. So many have an eroded family bond. Perhaps a silver lining when this is all over is that people may have stronger family ties afterwards.
At LEAST during mealtimes, preferably more often - put down your black mirror nightmare vision and connect with your family. It is ALWAYS a worthy investment.
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HealthLinkBC
The Benefits of Eating Together For Children and Families | HealthLink BC
Today’s busy lifestyle can make eating together a challenge, but it’s worth the effort it takes. There are nutrition, health, social, and mental benefits to eating with others. Here are some tips and strategies to help you get started.
Usage of Masks “Flattened” Growth of Coronavirus Cases in Czech Republic
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Usage of Masks "Flattened" Growth of Coronavirus Cases in Czech Republic
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