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No, the re-usable ones! More plastic bag bans being completely reversed “Now the policy has been reversed overnight and shoppers can’t bring their reusable bags to the stores. It’s not at all unlikely that stores will be running out of … Continue reading →

Sweden’s gamble- The Commentator- Right now, Sweden’s death rate from coronavirus is 33 per million of the population. In France it is 83. In Italy it is 230. In Britain it is 43. In the Netherlands it is 78.

…..Oh, wait- Daily Mail- Doctors around the world say hydroxychloroquine, which was touted by Trump, is the best treatment they’ve used on coronavirus patients in survey of 6,200 medics  

Italian scientists investigate possible earlier emergence of Coronavirus- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-timing/italian-scientists-investigate-possible-earlier-emergence-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN21D2IG Italian researchers are looking at whether a higher than usual number of cases of severe pneumonia and flu in Lombardy in the last quarter of 2019 may be a signal that … Continue reading →

C-19 not as bad as the models predicted- https://www.newscientist.com/article/2238578-uk-has-enough-intensive-care-units-for-coronavirus-expert-predicts/ He said that expected increases in National Health Service capacity and ongoing restrictions to people’s movements make him “reasonably confident” the health service can cope when the predicted peak of the epidemic … Continue reading →