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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Corona Daily 207: Not an Easy Donation

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Even before the pandemic, sperm donation was not an easy business. Each country follows its own logic in introducing regulations. Britain an...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Corona Daily 208: The Sperm World

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Another industry stirred by the coronavirus pandemic is the Sperm World. With the industry not strictly regulated, accurate numbers are dif...
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Monday, January 18, 2021

Corona Daily 209: Human Catastrophe, Markets Boom

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Europe and America are stifled by lockdowns. The worldwide case count nears 100 million. Officially, 2 million have died. Jobs have been los...
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Sunday, January 17, 2021

Corona Daily 210: World’s Biggest Pilgrimage Kicks Off: Part Final

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UNESCO has recognized Kumbh Mela as intangible cultural heritage. Last year, many religious gatherings were cancelled or dramatically curt...
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Saturday, January 16, 2021

Corona Daily 211: World’s Biggest Pilgrimage Kicks Off: Part Two

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On day one, instead of the usual million, only seven hundred and eleven thousand (711,000) devotees arrived to perform rituals. Everyone com...
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Friday, January 15, 2021

Corona Daily 212: World’s Biggest Pilgrimage Kicks Off: Part One

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Yesterday, in India’s Haridwar, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims gathered to wash away their sins in the river Ganga (Ganges). UK’s citiz...
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Thursday, January 14, 2021

Corona Daily 213: The Sunshine Vitamin

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In December 2020, sales for Vitamin D supplements increased 42% year on year in the USA. Since the beginning of the pandemic, interest in Vi...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Corona Daily 214: The Swiss Cheese Model

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Joe Biden wears two masks, a surgical mask over an N95 mask. It is not to compensate for the outgoing president who doesn’t wear any. Lay...
Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Corona Daily 215: Better Normal for All

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Yesterday, CES 2021, the biggest show of the tech industry, started.  Originally called the Consumer Electronics Show , it happens annually ...
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Monday, January 11, 2021

Corona Daily 216: B.1.1.7 – Three Questions

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‘Variant of concern’ is not a descriptor of our feelings, but one of the working names of B.1.1.7. When a new, different strain is found suc...
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