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Small Funerals, Online Memorials and Grieving from Afar
Tamara Kohn Hannah Gould University of Melbourne The coronavirus is not only affecting the way we live, it’s also dramatically affecting the way we die. In Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that funerals would be limited to a maximum of ten people to limit the spread of COVID-
News from the Front
3D door handles As the world continues to face the coronavirus disease pandemic through social-distancing, self-quarantine and repeated cleaning of surfaces and hands, opening doors to hospitals, grocery stores, medical facilities, airports and a few other locations is still necessary. People are wearing gloves or using plastic bags
The BFD Community Noticeboard
Welcome to the daily BFD community noticeboard. I expect how we use it to develop as the weeks pass. For now, I am thinking that it will be: 1. A place to notify others of COVID-19 related news in their areas 2. A place to arrange for help for
COVID-19 Update: 27 March 2020
We are at Level 4 of New Zealand’s four-level COVID-19 alert system. It is likely Level 4 measures will stay in place for a number of weeks. More information on alert levels. * Everyone must now stay home, except those providing essential services. * Only make physical contact with
Virus War Successful, but the Patient Died
Viv Forbes Viv Forbes has studied financial analysis, business economics and politics, and he is one of the oldies more vulnerable to Wuhan. Viv Forbes BScApp, FAusImm, FSIA In their frantic attempts to delay the spread of the Wuhan virus, governments are sowing the seeds of economic depression and currency
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CDC Report: COVID-19 Mortality Rates in US Increase Dramatically by Age Group
Breitbart reports on a CDC report from the US on mortality rates by age group. If you are struggling to educate elderly relatives or friends and neighbours then do them a favour and give them a copy of this post. A report released by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Inmates Have the Same Right to Survive the Pandemic as You and I
Rachel Dear Jacinda, I believe that you care about all NZ citizens and that our inmates are not outcasts and they have the same right as you and me to survive during the current novel coronavirus pandemic. A combination of overcrowding, being short-staffed and other factors in prisons means
It’s Time to Start Dobbing People In
At first, I was flabbergasted, slightly angered if I’m honest, by this morning’s Dompost editorial “In touch with our inner snitch” encouraging us to turn on each other. Then I remembered it’s just what the insidious left, the shouty-people, do: It began to dawn on me
Covid-19 Zaps Us via the Weakest Link
With the greatest respect to everybody (which of course means I’m going to be anything but respectful), our border control people (bless them all), are as varied a group of individuals as you’d find in any broad sample of our population. Some of them will be smart, great
Choking the Chicken in the Big Apple
Warning Contains crude and explicit sexual language that is not for the faint-hearted If you’ve ever thought New Yorkers were a bunch of wankers, well you’re about to be proved right. The New York City health department on Thursday issued guidelines detailing how residents should and should
News from the Front
Bring out the robots Given, the extremely contagious nature of COVID-19, it is very hard to directly attend to patients and potential cases without protective clothing. With this in mind, researchers at the Tsinghua University in China claim to have created a robot that can aid doctors in such
Acting Selfishly Has Consequences Right Now
Hugh Breakey Griffith University As the country moves into lockdown mode in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are increasingly faced with serious ethical questions about what ordinary people should be obliged to do for others. These challenges can perhaps best be seen in the outrage as people flocked