Showing posts with label survival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label survival. Show all posts

Sunday, May 25, 2025

Maga’s era of ‘soft eugenics’: let the weak get sick, help the clever breed | US politics | The Guardian

At the heart of all Trump administration policies is 'soft eugenics' thinking – the idea that if you take away life-saving services, then only the strong will survive...



Wednesday, February 19, 2025

There are many ways Trump could trigger a global collapse. Here’s how to survive if that happens | George Monbiot | The Guardian

If (or when) another pandemic strikes, which could involve a pathogen more transmissible and even more deadly than Covid-19 (which has so far killed 1.2 million people in the US), it will hit a nation whose defences have been stood down. Basic public health measures, such as vaccination and quarantine, might be inaccessible to most. A pandemic in these circumstances could end millions of lives and cause spontaneous economic shutdown...

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Virus that causes Covid-19 can survive up to 28 days on surfaces, scientists find

Australian scientists have found that the virus that causes Covid-19 can survive for up to 28 days on surfaces such as the glass on mobile phones, stainless steel, vinyl and paper banknotes. The national science agency, the CSIRO, said the research undertaken at the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP) in Geelong also found that Sars-CoV-2 survived longer at lower temperatures.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/12/virus-that-causes-covid-19-can-survive-up-to-28-days-on-surfaces-scientists-find


Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Plague was around for millennia before epidemics took hold – and the way people lived might be what protected them

One of civilization’s most prolific killers shadowed humans for thousands of years without their knowledge. The bacteria Yersinia pestis, which causes the plague, is thought to be responsible for up to 200 million deaths across human history — more than twice the casualties of World War II. ....
http://theconversation.com/plague-was-around-for-millennia-before-epidemics-took-hold-and-the-way-people-lived-might-be-what-protected-them-120316








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