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‘A slap in the face’: Facebook ban on Australian news could have serious effects in the Pacific

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Facebook’s decision to block Australian news sites could help misinformation flourish in Pacific Island nations, where the platform is most popularly used to share and read news online.

How to check if N95 respirator is real: signs of counterfeit masks

N95 masks should have the "NIOSH" logo or acronym in block letters printed on the outside. The markings on the outside of an N95 respirator are key — a blank N95 is a red flag that it’s inauthentic. First, make sure that the mask has the “NIOSH” logo or acronym in block letters, which indicates that it’s been approved by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, according to the CDC. Check that NIOSH is spelled correctly. Source: How to check if N95 respirator is real: signs of counterfeit masks

COVAX and the United States

This issue brief provides an overview of COVAX, the global mechanism to secure and deliver COVID-19 vaccines. The brief details COVAX’s organization, conditions for country participation, activities, and financing structure. Additionally, it looks at the history and remaining key issues of U.S. engagement with COVAX. This issue brief provides an overview of COVAX, the global mechanism to secure and deliver COVID-19 vaccines. The brief details COVAX’s organization, conditions for country participation, activities, and financing structure. Additionally, it looks at the history and remaining key issues of U.S. engagement with COVAX.

Retirement|بازنشستگی

A Voice from Iran

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Adam’s father retired after 30 years of hard work. He kept saying the hard-working years had passed, and it is time to relax and enjoy every moment of his golden times.

Nowadays, he gets up early in the morning and walks to the bakery to get fresh bread. Adam’s mother set breakfast, and they both enjoy eating it.

Then, Adam’s father sits in his armchair and reads magazines and his favorite books while his mother is cleaning up the breakfast table and preparing for lunch because Adam’s father likes to eat his lunch early. Adam’s mother should clean the house, do the laundry, cook the dinner, wash the dishes and prepare the groceries.

Adam’s father loves his retirement times, and relaxing in his armchair is his favorite part. He also enjoys his daily, peaceful walk in the neighborhood.

Adam was thinking;

“My father worked eight hours a day…

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Country with higher than 50% COVID infection rate

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The CEO of Discovery, a health insurer in South Africa, says that more than half of the country has been infected by COVID-19. While the official death rate from the coronavirus is only 48,000, the excess number of deaths for the last 12 months is approaching 140,000. That number is only supportable if more than half of the population were infected.

Discovery said it identified 5,000 among its own members as dying from the virus.

South Africa joins a long list of countries where there has been substantial under-counting of the impact of the coronavirus.

Source: https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/business-news/insurer-reveals-truth-about-countrys-covid-problem-246760.aspx?utm_source=GA&utm_medium=20210218&utm_campaign=IBAW-Newsletter-20210218&utm_content=623F0AA8-9B78-44C9-AB70-F65B8EB6DBD3&tu=623F0AA8-9B78-44C9-AB70-F65B8EB6DBD3

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