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Suicide: The pandemic inside the pandemic [PDF]
IntroductionCovid-19 was declared a pandemic by the WHO on March 11th and efforts have been made to minimize the impact that this new disease can produce. The mental health effects of this pandemic can be severe considering that each year close to 800.000 people die by suicide. This pandemic could increase those numbers, although this is not inevitable.
R. André, M. Abreu, C. Sereijo
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Pandemic and progressivity [PDF]
Based on a survey of about 2,500 US resident adults, we show that people who have experienced serious illness or job loss caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, or who personally know someone who has, favor a temporary progressive levy or structural progressive tax reform to a greater extent than others in the sample, controlling for income, demographic ...
Alexander Klemm, Paolo Mauro
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The views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the views of the journal or of ASM. As someone who has been involved in discussions about biopreparedness for the better part of the 21st century, albeit for human-made threats, the level of unpreparedness we found ourselves in ...
Michael J. Imperiale
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The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security
Plant disease outbreaks are increasing and threaten food security for the vulnerable in many areas of the world. Now a global human pandemic is threatening the health of millions on our planet.
J. Ristaino+16 more
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Background Vaccination is key to reducing the spread and impacts of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. Migrants, compared to majority populations, tend to have lower vaccination rates, as well as higher infection disease burdens.
Esperanza Diaz+2 more
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Intro: EpiCore was launched in 2013 and is a tool designed to supplement traditional infectious disease surveillance efforts by bringing together human, animal, and environmental experts on a digital platform to provide field-based verification efforts ...
M. Schultheiss+5 more
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Modeling the Worldwide Spread of Pandemic Influenza: Baseline Case and Containment Interventions [PDF]
We present a study of the worldwide spread of a pandemic influenza and its possible containment at a global level taking into account all available information on air travel.
Alain Barrat+5 more
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Indigenous communities and influenza: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Background Several studies have documented that specific Indigenous groups have been disproportionately affected by previous pandemics. The objective of this paper is to describe the protocol to be used in a review and meta-analysis of the literature on ...
D. E. Alves+3 more
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Background: The COVID‑19 pandemic and associated public health measures have disrupted the lives of people around the world. It is already evident that the direct and indirect psychological and social effects of the COVID‑19 pandemic are insidious and ...
S. Meherali+6 more
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How do slums shape the economic and health dynamics of pandemics? A difference-in-differences analysis using millions of mobile phones in Brazil shows that residents of overcrowded slums engaged in less social distancing after the outbreak of Covid-19. We develop and calibrate a choice-theoretic equilibrium model in which individuals are heterogeneous ...
Luiz Brotherhood+3 more
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