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How Grocery Stores Are Part of the Health/Care Ecosystem – the Case of ALDI and Instacart

As humans in the Age of the Coronavirus focus on physiological needs, people have intensely focused on hunting-and-gathering food and hygiene products. We will remember memes about toilet tissue stockpiling and re-visiting canned and shelf-stable comfort foods from childhood long after the pandemic. Some people, though, haven’t had easy access to nutritious food in their… Read More: How Grocery Stores Are Part of the Health/Care Ecosystem –… »

One new local COVID case in NSW

There’s one new case of locally acquired COVID-19 in NSW and seven cases in returned travellers in hotel quarantine. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said there had been 14,382 tests in the 24 hours until 8pm on Tuesday, but urged more people to get tested. The new local case was a household contact of another case in… Read More: One new local COVID case in NSW »

U.S. Daily COVID-19 Case Count Sets New Record for the Pandemic

SATURDAY, Oct. 24, 2020 — The United States broke a bleak record on Friday, logging the highest daily number of new coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. The tally of over 80,000 new infections eclipses the previous record of 76,533 new cases set on July 17, during a surge in cases across the Sun Belt,… Read More: U.S. Daily COVID-19 Case Count Sets New Record for the… »

Aboard the Diamond Princess, a Case Study in Aerosol Transmission

In a year of endless viral outbreaks, the details of the Diamond Princess tragedy seem like ancient history. On Jan. 20, one infected passenger boarded the cruise ship; a month later, more than 700 of the 3,711 passengers and crew members had tested positive, with many falling seriously ill. The invader moved as swiftly and… Read More: Aboard the Diamond Princess, a Case Study in Aerosol Transmission »