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COVID-19: The Greatest Cover-up in History - from Wuhan to the White House delivers the unfettered truth about what is undoubtedly the biggest political scandal of our time. It shows in unprecedented detail how governments in China, the UK, and the US not only failed to protect their citizens from the threat of the disease but actively conspired to put their own political and economic ideologies above the lives of ordinary people.

This is a true short story of a frontline worker's daily life and thoughts during the COVID-19 pandemic

What audio dramas do you love and why?Welcome to Covid Island Dramas – an audio drama variation of a much-loved format. Join us as we pair presenters and guests to discuss the eight audio dramas they would take away with them whilst isolating on their own “Covid Island”. And in the time-honoured tradition, they can also take a couple of other things – a single piece of music and a cherished moment of lockdown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

COVID-19 made Canada the ultimate grim reaper among the nations of the Global North. Why? Because 82% of our first-wave deaths were vulnerable elderly residents of long-term care facilities. And, yes, you do need to know more about this. Reviewing the pandemic’s first 20 months, and delving into a cornucopia of eldercare issues, host Megan J. Davies talks to an eclectic cast of characters: a journalist who set out to keep a tally of the deaths and ended up a Go-Fund-Me star, a nurse in charge of infection control at Toronto’s largest public care facility, a resident who rebelled against ...

In this series, we tell the story of how we beat the odds and provided compassion, community, and world-class health care to people living in the shadows of society during a global pandemic.

In 2022, NYC Parks embarked on an oral history project to capture stories from more than 100 Parks employees about their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 changed New Yorkers’ relationship with open space. This project aims to capture and preserve for the historical record this important slice of Parks history. The interviews captured what they did, saw, thought, learned, and hoped for as New Yorkers, public servants, and lovers and stewards of parks and open spaces. The interviews are raw, sincere, insightful, personal, painful, and funny—as unique as each person who ...

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We live on WeaponWorld. Why not PeaceWorld? How would that work? What should we expect? Has that transition been discussed to your satisfaction, or was it suppressed? I'm slopping a ladle full of forbidden PeaceWorld Mulligan Stew onto your WeaponWorld prison zinc tray. Next! Nous habitons la terre en armes. Pourquoi pas au monde paisible ? Comment cela marcherait-il ? Cette transition t'a-t-elle été discutée de façon satisfaisante ou supprimée ? Je te verse une louchée interdite de Ragout Mulligan du monde paisible sur ton zinc pénitentiaire de la terre en armes. Au suivant !

It can come in waves - like tidal waves. It changes societies. It disrupts life. It ends lives. As far back as 3000 B.C.E. (the Bronze Age), plagues have stricken mankind. COVID-19 is just the latest example, but history shows that life continues. It shows that knowledge and social cooperation can save lives. Viruses are neither alive nor dead and are the closest thing we have to zombies. Their only known function is to replicate themselves, which can have devastating consequences on their hosts.

Wenn Krankheiten um die Welt reisen: Die vergangenen einhundert Jahre waren geprägt von teils verheerenden Krankheitsausbrüchen. Die Spanische Grippe, ein tragisches Erbe des Ersten Weltkriegs, kostete Millionen Menschen das Leben. 1924 wütete eine Lungenpest und versetzte die Bewohner von Los Angeles in blanke Panik. Schlimmer noch fegte die Angst vor der Papageienkrankheit kurz nach dem Wall-Street-Crash von 1929 durch die Vereinigten Staaten. Hinzu kamen Legionärskrankheit, AIDS, SARS, Ebola, Zika und schließlich Covid-19.

'Superb ... entertaining ... Phillips traverses this sprawling terrain with energy and charm' Telegraph 'Exceptionally funny from cover to cover, it is not only an entertaining read but also deeply researched and thoughtful' Irish Independent 'Fans of Phillips's earlier books Humans and Truth...

Top 10 Conspiracy theories surrounding Covid – 19.