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During the press conference last Friday, when an update was provided on the Covid-19 pandemic, David Burt indicated that the collaboration that has brought us this far was under strain. The Premier referred specifically to challenges within the relat...
DATE: May 19, 2020
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Glenn Fubler
There is a school of thought that we must find a balance between protecting people from Covid-19 and from the serious damage to our economy that will occur as a result of people not working and business closure.
Let’s be honest; many people may take ...
DATE: May 19, 2020
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As Bermuda residents slowly start to emerge from their homes, it is obvious to all that the humanitarian and economic challenges that will flow from the scourge of Covid-19 will be unprecedented in our lifetimes.
Given the fiscal realities that Berm...
DATE: May 18, 2020
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For teens whose home lives are already tough, this shutdown can be devastating. The hottest job in the next year? Youth mental health therapist. It has to be.
Because it’s the teens — the “quaranteens” — who may be hit the hardest by this pandemic.
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DATE: May 16, 2020
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Petula Dvorak
Each virus has its unique pattern of spread, and scientists are starting to get a handle on how the novel coronavirus behaves. This understanding is making it possible to rank the risks of different activities from high to low to trivial.
The most in...
DATE: May 16, 2020
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Faye Flam
Our world has changed immensely in the past few weeks, yet amid the upheaval and distress, there are reasons to believe that we can emerge from the Covid-19 crisis and change the status quo.
Bermuda has an opportunity to lead by example and to imple...
DATE: May 15, 2020
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A funny thing happened when the House of Assembly resumed this past Friday ... peace broke out. Well, not completely. There was still the usual political snipery. This is politics, after all.
But the twin threats that Covid-19 poses to life and liber...
DATE: May 14, 2020
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Scott Pearman
Hormones. We all know about oestrogen, testosterone and many of us know about the thyroid. Hormones can wreak havoc with our emotions, affect our metabolism and weight, can cause sweats and even more visible signs, but did you know that they are an i...
DATE: May 13, 2020
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Annabel Fountain
Donald Trump has made a series of obviously false claims about the coronavirus. But at the news briefing yesterday — the first in weeks in which the President and coronavirus task force officials took questions — he offered perhaps his biggest whoppe...
DATE: May 12, 2020
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Covid-19 and the socioeconomic impacts on healthcare. In the Journal of the American Medical Association last week, Clyde Lancy reported that in Chicago, more than 50 per cent of Covid-19 cases and nearly 70 per cent of Covid-19 deaths involve black ...
DATE: May 12, 2020
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Annabel Fountain