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We may be on the verge of a mental health crisis
About 20,000 people texted the hotline last month, compared with 1,790 texts in April 2019, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration confirmed to The Health 202. The hotline provi...
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Restaurants, bars, barbershops and other establishments to open on June 1st but with some heavy limitations
Nobody has said that reopening the economy will be a quick path to recovery but it sure is a good start for most businesses. We can all agree that the service industry even though it stood to lose fro...
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Minnesota Covid-19 deaths continue to be concentrated among the elderly and residents of long-term care facilities
Last week, I wrote on whether Covid-19 mortality data justified extending the lockdown, as to which I said: Given the fact that most of the Covid-19 deaths are among a specific demographic, it makes...
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Georgia sees a decline in Covid-19 deaths weeks after reopening, contrary to models predicting a surge in deaths
Georgia has been among the first states to move toward reopening. This despite all the extreme predictions that said Georgia`s mortality rates would double if the state were to move towards such a ris...
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High unemployment is what the economy ends up with when unemployment pays more than going to work
While there is a need to cushion workers from financial loss that comes with unemployment, there is a risk that come with giving people money while they stay at home; they will not have much need to e...
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