Genuinely good news:
Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine found to be nearly 95 percent effective in early analysis https://t.co/pgeuWnIshX
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 16, 2020
Pfizer launched a pilot delivery program for its experimental COVID-19 vaccine in four U.S. states, as the drugmaker seeks to address distribution challenges facing its ultra-cold storage requirements https://t.co/AChFh6rvPg $PFE pic.twitter.com/AheJzUoFEm
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 17, 2020
Even Tony Fauci is surprised at how well #Covid19 vaccines appear to be working. “Honestly, I would not have expected that. I thought that was too much to hope for,” he told me of the +90% preliminary efficacy estimates so far. https://t.co/VrfxZfKcet
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) November 16, 2020
? Here is today's snapshot of each state's progress in reducing COVID cases/hospitalizations/death, via https://t.co/MfkeAwFiDG
Green is trending better.
Yellow is caution warranted.
Red is going downhill.
Bruised red is uncontrolled spread. pic.twitter.com/2LPVkcxK8q
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) November 16, 2020
DAILY @ABC COVID-19 SCORECARD: Nearly 70,000 Americans hospitalized, ICUs almost out of space. Our daily 2pm check in by @evanmcmurry Please wear masks, distance, stay home if sick. We can stop the spread. https://t.co/SVARICb6Y7 pic.twitter.com/rQrBWMR6Eg
— Eric M. Strauss (@ericMstrauss) November 16, 2020
The number of active cases in the US is now over 4.2 million. pic.twitter.com/SKQK075krE
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) November 17, 2020
How bad is the current wave of Covid-19 infections across the US? https://t.co/I99T9pWOnK
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) November 16, 2020
States and cities across the U.S. imposed tough new measures designed to blunt a nationwide spike in coronavirus infections and hospitalizations that is straining many healthcare systems https://t.co/uVMhAojDz5 pic.twitter.com/JtTA1CyR3z
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 17, 2020
Local health departments will need more support if the US plans to vaccinate everyone https://t.co/VY6blkYLMR
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) November 16, 2020
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#UPDATE Chancellor Angela Merkel said that #Germany had managed to "break the dynamic" of new #coronavirus infections, but said state premiers were reluctant to introduce tougher curbs to stabilise and bring down infection numbershttps://t.co/yUyKZcB5ou
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) November 16, 2020
Britain has secured 5 million doses of Moderna's experimental COVID-19 vaccine after interim data indicated it was 94.5% effective, health minister Matt Hancock said https://t.co/MkmYeD9iEW $MRNA pic.twitter.com/99hHcJAnM5
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 17, 2020
Thread runs down the latest #COVID19 counts for Scandinavia. Finland and Denmark were doing very well, but trends across all of Europe, including the Nordic nations, are bad. https://t.co/WQRbiavSGS
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) November 16, 2020
Sweden abandons the Swedish model. https://t.co/IbFRyE3s2r
— Jeremy PLEASE WEAR MASKS! Konyndyk (@JeremyKonyndyk) November 17, 2020
Russia confirmed a new one-day record of 22,778 coronavirus cases, bringing its total to 1,948,603https://t.co/RgKzu7BAmu pic.twitter.com/Wa9F6EO7Lz
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) November 16, 2020
Coronavirus: Chinese citizen journalist faces jail for Wuhan reporting https://t.co/fp0L0Y7CeU
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) November 17, 2020
Coronavirus cases in India drop to lowest since mid-July https://t.co/b0p7klio9Y pic.twitter.com/1ZVdlywep3
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 17, 2020
Kenya doctors accuse government of not protecting healthcare workers treating Covid-19 patients https://t.co/r0m79Bn9dZ
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) November 16, 2020
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Two Russian computer science teachers set up Geekteachers to equip school teachers across the nation with IT skills. Four years later, their online platform is vital in the coronavirus pandemic, writes @LatypovaLeylahttps://t.co/acFx1lU0xW
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) November 16, 2020
Suspect there’s a few jackals could get behind a project like this:
… Today, in addition to being a virtual and physical hub for teachers, Geek Teachers offers free access to three web courses on technological innovation for educators. They have also trialled their first paid course on mobile app integration, which also offered subscribers a tailored mentorship program for 1,990 rubles ($25).
Plotkina and Nuriahmetova say that in spite of their program’s online success, meet-ups for educators remain the centerpiece of their start-up, though these have had to be put on hold during the pandemic.
Natalya Chaynikova, 34, an English-language teacher from Izhevsk, joined Geek Teachers shortly after she returned from maternity leave.
“Integrating technology into the learning process is not as simple as downloading an app on your smartphone. It takes a lot of practice, requires you to completely restructure the lessons you were so used to delivering before,” she said.
Chaynikova started with creating basic pop-up quizzes on Geek Teachers before moving on to more complex digital solutions like Google’s educational services, which she says “turned out not to be difficult at all.” By the time the pandemic came, she was well-prepared to instruct her students remotely.
“I work at an ordinary school with limited resources, so teachers had to adapt to remote work on their own. We compiled every bit of knowledge received through Geek Teachers and were able to develop a methodology for remote learning lessons.”…
“We are not teaching people how to use virtual reality systems in a school environment but rather how to effectively integrate the most basic tools that require nothing more than one smartphone and that don’t even need reliable internet,” Plotkina said.
Plotkina and Nuriahmetova believe that Geek Teachers can find followers beyond their native Russia, particularly among educators in rural localities in Europe and the U.S. where they want to expand to in the near future.
“The big idea I have right now is to collaborate with a similar project in the U.S. and run a sort of an exchange program with them,” Plotkina said. “And in my experience, teachers in Russia and smaller European communities face very similar challenges — they all lack professional support and stable internet connections.”
How Moderna and Pfizer's vaccines both use genetic information from SARS-CoV-2 to stimulate the body's immune response @AFPgraphics pic.twitter.com/goGRq7DfsA
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) November 17, 2020
WHO tempers prospect of a coronavirus vaccine with warning of the steep challenge ahead to inoculate the world https://t.co/clEEfj6ekD
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) November 16, 2020
States vow extra scrutiny of coronavirus vaccines https://t.co/VdO9wIA5JT
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) November 16, 2020
Fact-checking this was worth it just to see @DollyParton in the acknowledgments of a @NEJM article. And I thought I couldn’t love her more. https://t.co/S3njHEFcGT pic.twitter.com/WcrFIrHp67
— Dr. Meade Krosby (@MeadeKrosby) November 17, 2020
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A South Dakota ER nurse @JodiDoering says her Covid-19 patients often “don’t want to believe that Covid is real.”
“Their last dying words are, ‘This can’t be happening. It’s not real.’ And when they should be… Facetiming their families, they’re filled with anger and hatred.” pic.twitter.com/tgUgP6znAT
— New Day (@NewDay) November 16, 2020
Remember in Ebola all the discussion about needing to engage anthropologists to understand why African villagers would shun medical advice? Now we’ve got a much larger epidemic in our own country, but I hear no call to study the culture & mindset of those disregarding health recs
— Dr. Alison Bateman-House (@ABatemanHouse) November 16, 2020
One (among many) reasons to be grateful for President Biden: The workers most dependent on public transit are those who are least able to ‘adapt’ by purchasing their own private vehicles. The Trump administration was virulently anti-transit, but Amtrak Joe understands why trains & buses are vital…
New York and the crisis in mass transit systems https://t.co/JfcMvhrSCn via @financialtimes
— Howard French (@hofrench) November 16, 2020
More than 1,000,000 children in the US have been diagnosed with Covid-19, according to report released Monday. https://t.co/F3HUI5nS3y
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 16, 2020
The vaccine is only helpful if you're alive and healthy to get it. It won't cure a collapsed lung. Or a stroke. Or death. It won't bring your friends, family, neighbors, coworkers back.
Stay. Frosty. https://t.co/X83OBkWEcY
— Zeddy (@Zeddary) November 16, 2020
the last surge is gonna be driven by people who think a vaccine will cure them after they catch it.
— Zeddy (@Zeddary) November 16, 2020
We could've been empowered in this fight. A WW2/Polio vaccine mobilization to keep people alive & safe & small businesses afloat & everyone housed. Something to be proud of. Maybe something more resembling that begins in January. Maybe not.
Right now we're still on our own.
— Zeddy (@Zeddary) November 16, 2020
A huge relief to see El Paso finally turning a corner, but their intense re-restrictions came into effect on October 29 (and they're not quite back down to that incidence yet). I'm struggling to conceptualize what a 19-day lag will look like in the Midwest https://t.co/FpCMEh0xi3 pic.twitter.com/ShtVLjgOGZ
— Jordan Schermerhorn (@jordanschermer) November 16, 2020
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