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FIGHTING SARS COV-2
Why is there need for lockdown and social distancing? The answer lies in what is called reproductive number of the virus. To stop it, the reproductive number must be 1 or 0, what scientists call […]
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Books
MASTERING MEMORY—TECHNIQUES TO TURN YOUR BRAIN FROM A SIEVE TO A SPONGE
I wanted to review this book as soon as it came out. But then I forgot. First I tried was to remember a list of words since I always forget an item on my grocery […]
COVID-19
EACH WEEK OF SCHOOL CLOSURE DELAYS EPIDEMIC PEAK BY 5-6 DAYS
By Ivy Lopez In past pandemics, schools are typically closed first because children are usual vectors in the transmission of influenza in the household and community. “School closures have been found to be effective in […]
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BUST AND RESCUE
Coronavirus Disease (2019) COVID-19 now poses a more serious downside risk to the global economy. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11 to signify its severity and global […]
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CASH FOR THE POOR
Working overtime on March 23 and 24, Congress approved an emergency powers bill giving President Duterte broad powers to raise or reallocate taxpayers’ money to fight the spread of COVID-19, the respiratory and pneumonia-like disease […]