Ellis. M. (2020) UNC reports a 31 percent COVID-19 positivity rate for last week. The Daily Tar Heel. Retrieved from: https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2020/08/breaking-31-percent-positivity

Sridhar. D. (2020) The best way to keep schools open? Stop coronavirus entering them in the first place. The Guardian. Retrieved from: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/24/the-best-way-to-keep-schools-open-stop-coronavirus-entering-them-in-the-first-place

Emily. J. Miller. - FDA {@FDASpox} (2020) Convalescent plasma has shown to be beneficial for 35% of patients. This risk reduction figure - shown in chart below - is from @MayoClinic data from expanded access program that was analyzed by FDAA for the emergency use authorization announced today. Twitter. Retrieved from: https://twitter.com/FDASpox/status/1297706985039835136

Devi Sridar {@devisridhar} (2020) Wouldn't usually share such a big news item without verifying carefully. But @KarenGrepin is a close colleague & top Prof in Hong Kong, and extremely reliable in her tweets. Twitter. Retrieved from: https://twitter.com/devisridhar/status/1297851056555261953

Bzdura. 28.12.2020 przetestowane 16 000 29.12.2020 przetestowane 33 000 https://www.termedia.pl/mz/Ile-dziennie-wykonuje-sie-testow-na-koronawirusa-,39038.html Dlatego rodzaj wzrostu. Jeśli spojrzysz na wyniki testów (liczba i ile testów jest pozytywnych), możesz dostrzec cykliczność. Zawsze w sobotę-poniedziałek mniej, potem wtorek-środa znowu wzrost. Wynika to najprawdopodobniej z metodologii testowania i zbierania informacji, ale nie ma to nic wspólnego z samą epidemią.

WearingisCaring {@WearingisCaring} (2020) How can you safely take off your mask? Simply follow these four easy steps to prevent catching the virus! Twitter. Retrieved from: https://twitter.com/WearingisCaring/status/1295707116880134145

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Ullrich Ecker {@UlliEcker} (2020) Conspiracy theories - The link to COVID-19. Twitter. Retrieved from: https://twitter.com/UlliEcker/status/1298797816702107648

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“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” - George Orwell

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Katy Milkman on how to nudge people to accept a covid-19 vaccine. (2020, November 30). The Economist. https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2020/11/30/katy-milkman-on-how-to-nudge-people-to-accept-a-covid-19-vaccine

Grover, N. (2020, December 7). WHO looks at giving Covid-19 to healthy people to speed up vaccine trials. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/07/who-looks-at-giving-covid-to-healthy-people-to-speed-up-vaccine-trials

This seems like it would more accurate than just about any other test.

Samples that should have have resulted in a negative registered a false positive. However, an appropriately taken sample was likely to give a positive.

BNT162b2

When thinking of Gilgamesh, he himself is the king of Uruk. This rich and giving lifestyle is highlighted as part of humanity. To be civilized with shelter, colonies and living within cities is a normal created by societies around this time. and the people in Uruk have established themselves into this style of domesticated living. With Enkidu coming in the world from gods and automatically gravitating towards wild animals and roaming the plains eating grass and what the earth naturally grows, it is seen as weird or unnatural when in fact it is more natural than what the people of Uruk are doing. However with the people from this time, I am unsure if they knew about cave people and how they lived while on earth. Then sending in a priestess, who was called "Hierodule" (A slave or prostitute) to domesticate Enkidu by covering him with garments and introducing him to the way the people of Uruk live and the discovered feelings of people. These gestures and judgement of ones other lifestyle is one of the first ancient instances of "othering." This proves that humans have a natural instinct to not be accepting towards another persons way of life.

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In the time period the translation, you can tell that they had just begun to create labels on relationships, people etc to understand what they were feeling or to just recognize different people. In the text chosen, there are many different area's in the highlighted portion and throughout the text, where Gilgamesh uses labels which created for a clear story. It is however conflicting because of the translators and them maybe having included different sections so that the story makes sense. Nonetheless, when he said that he loved him like he would a woman, that shows how the language at the time was advanced, closer to the current 21st century, enough to realize that Gilgamesh had romantic feelings for Enkidu. Also with the piece when the translators described him as sitting near the hierodule. The slave, prostitute (both) was able to be identified no matter of the gender. Looking back at the time, it is still demeaning when thinking in our 21st century mindset and what we consider normal. However looking back, it is interesting to see how advanced the ancient Iraq civilization operated. It is also amazing seeing where the women of this country came from as in today's world the women now being able to be involved with the government, they are making it a mission so Iraqi women know their rights (Calabrese, John, et al).

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In this version, the details are told from a different point of view. and because of this point of view, a lot of the drama from what was said and how the woman was depicted falling for him and him referencing God and how she was a sinner. This version does not show the interaction, and because of this does not show the dynamic between this man and woman.

In this moment, Soudabeh as a character is being used as point of confliction between the two men. In this story, she is being depicted as a liar and a bitter individual due to her rejection of the main character. Despite this, later on Siyavash decides to grant her mercy. in this situation with her he felt the need to protect her. In context to what she does to Kay-Kavous and his son, it shows how men are willing to either to take her words as truth or be able to defend her even if her word cant be proven as truth. In most patriarchal societies, the man protecting the women or coming to her defense is no new concept, however it shows the issues that comes in patriarchy, because of the savior complex. This tends to make individuals, primarily men protect women because of how women are viewed as defenseless, or that they're need even if they are the antagonists of the story.

While this is the same scene, in this version, the wife Sudabeh was willing to kill her husband in order to marry him. Another difference, is that the king, Siyavash's father did not show feelings of confliction when it came to choosing between his wife and his son. this versions show less details concerning how the character were affected and is more curt. it also shows less of how empathetic the men were to soudabeh and how her husband felt agony through trying yo choose.

This women is being depicted in a negative way that shows her a women who is not able to control herself. This is sometimes seen in depictions that are meant to uplift men, showing that they are being the voice or reason while the women is unable to control herself. This also displaces her as a bad or sinful person instead of just being a person with human emotions. Ultimately, this is an instance of how in some stories women are seen as emotional while the men are seen as strong willed or virtuous.

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Jonathan Cohn {@CitizenCohn} (2020/09/02) Iowa COVID numbers are spiking. Jodi Ernst says she doesn't believe them, suggests doctors may be inflating figures to get higher reimbursement. Via @wcfcourier https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/ernst-in-rural-waterloo-says-senate-race-will-be-expensive-close/article_c29ee1b6-be44-5dc7-ab11-7261353cda39.html.[Tweet}, [Twitter], https://twitter.com/CitizenCohn/status/1300979425471799303

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Stuaert Rtchie [@StuartJRitchie] (2020) This encapsulates the problem nicely. Sure, there’s a paper. But actually read it & what do you find? p-values mostly juuuust under .05 (a red flag) and a sample size that’s FAR less than “25m”. If you think this is in any way compelling evidence, you’ve totally been sold a pup. Twitter. Retrieved from:https://twitter.com/StuartJRitchie/status/1305963050302877697

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Ivor Cummins @FatEmperor (2020) Here you go, debunking debunked - though I'm not wasting any more of my time on this twaddle! Twitter. Retrieved from: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1306270671887101954

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ReconfigBehSci [@SciBeh} I cannot attest to the accuracy of the underlying science/model but the idea of the tool is very cool and seems extremely useful! Twitter. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1306225159880298496

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ReconfigBehSci @SciBeh (2020) For those who might think this issue isn't settled yet, the piece include below has further graphs indicating just how much "protecting the economy" is associated with "keeping the virus under control" Twitter. Retrieved from: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1306216113722871808

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ReconfigBehSci {@SciBeh} (2020) sadly squares with my own impression of social media 'debate' - as someone who works on both argumentation and belief formation across social networks, this strikes me as every bit as big a problem as the spread of conspiracy. Twitter. Retrieved from: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1308341816333340672

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Is this expectation higher than for other coronavirus vaccines? MHRA: Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

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ReconfigBehSci [@SciBeh] (2020) SciBeh is organising a workshop on "Building an online information environment for policy relevant science" Mark the date, Nov. 9/10, 2020, join us, contact us with thoughts and suggestions, and RT!. Twitter. Retrieved from: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1309436825753260032

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Fear as a political tool.

Classic us against them. No winners in this scenario.

Is it simply a desire to be popular?

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We've been above 8% for months. I wonder how much the mandatory random testing at NIU is lowering that rate, too.

We know nothing about covid.

In case anyone is wondering vaccines provide herd immunity.

Public health departments world wide are failing.

The cure is worse than the disease.

My same strategy