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Covid: Still here, still deadly

"We're seeing a rise at the moment, a relatively small rise, in the detection of this virus in wastewater, unlike the continuing decline we're seeing in self-reported cases, and this does seem to date to the period when we removed the subsidy for self-isolation, and that coincided with when we removed mandatory self-isolation." Professor Michael Baker

https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018910975/covid-still-here-still-deadly

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Covid: Still here, still deadly

It's the unwelcome guest that no one wants to talk about – Covid-19 may be below the radar now, but it hasn't gone away and is likely to claim 1,000 Kiwi lives this year. 

RNZ

#Covid19 #Covid19NZ #MichaelBaker #LongCovid #Podcast #RNZ
#CovidIsNotOver #CovidCautious

“Unless someone high profile gets it, most of us aren't thinking about the dangers of catching Covid-19 now. We should be – it's our country's biggest infectious disease killer, twice as deadly as influenza.”

https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018910975/covid-still-here-still-deadly

Covid: Still here, still deadly

It's the unwelcome guest that no one wants to talk about – Covid-19 may be below the radar now, but it hasn't gone away and is likely to claim 1,000 Kiwi lives this year. 

RNZ

‘What Exactly Is “#Neurodiversity"? Using Accurate #Language about #Disability Matters in #Schools
#TheConversation #MichaelBaker

“[The term] Neurodiversity ... reflects the notion that all ‘bodyminds’ work in diverse ways.

“The medical model of disability says impairment is equated with being broken and in need of a fix.

“[T]he social model argues humans naturally come in a variety of bodyminds, which are changed and shaped by our environment.”

https://theconversation.com/what-exactly-is-neurodiversity-using-accurate-language-about-disability-matters-in-schools-193195

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What exactly is 'neurodiversity?' Using accurate language about disability matters in schools

Language used to speak about disability changes over time, and preferences shift due to advocacy and allyship, legal proceedings and empirical research.

The Conversation
Michael Baker, asesor científico de Nueva Zelanda: "El mundo occidental no ha perseguido la eliminación del virus"

Michael Baker es uno de los epidemiólogos que han diseñado la exitosa estrategia de Nueva Zelanda contra el virus, que explica en esta entrevistaLa historia de cómo dos mujeres llegadas de Reino Unido llevaron de nuevo el virus a un país que lo había eliminado