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<h1 data-aos="fade-down" id="covid-19-sentry">Covid-19 Sentry</h1>
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<li><strong>Predictive and Causal Analysis of No-Shows for Medical Exams During COVID-19: A Case Study of Breast Imaging in a Nationwide Israeli Health Organization</strong> -
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“No-shows”, defined as missed appointments or late cancellations, is a central problem in healthcare systems. It has appeared to intensify during the COVID-19 pandemic and the nonpharmaceutical interventions, such as closures, taken to slow its spread. No-shows interfere with patients9 continuous care, lead to inefficient utilization of medical resources, and increase healthcare costs. We present a comprehensive analysis of no-shows for breast imaging appointments made during 2020 in a large medical network in Israel. We applied advanced machine learning methods to provide insights into novel and known predictors. Additionally, we employed causal inference methodology to infer the effect of closures on no-shows, after accounting for confounding biases, and demonstrate the superiority of adversarial balancing over inverse probability weighting in correcting these biases. Our results imply that a patient9s perceived risk of cancer and the COVID-19 time-based factors are major predictors. Further, we reveal that closures impact patients over 60, but not patients undergoing advanced diagnostic examinations.
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🖺 Full Text HTML: <a href="https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.12.21253358v1" target="_blank">Predictive and Causal Analysis of No-Shows for Medical Exams During COVID-19: A Case Study of Breast Imaging in a Nationwide Israeli Health Organization</a>
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Background: According to preliminary sequences from 2010, 99.7% of the nucleotide sequences of the modern human and Neanderthal genomes are identical, compared to humans sharing around 98.8% of sequences with the chimpanzee. … In contrast, the difference between chimpanzees and modern humans is approximately 1,462 mtDNA base pairs. Materials and Methods: Neanderthal-inherited genetic material is found in all non-African populations and was initially reported to comprise 1 to 4 percent of the genome. This fraction was later refined to 1.5 to 2.1 percent. We had gone through many researches of Neanderthals affected gene flow in humans. Results: It is estimated that 20 percent of Neanderthal DNA currently survives in modern humans. Modern human genes involved in making keratin, a protein constituent of skin, hair, and nails, have especially high levels of introgression. For example, approximately 66% of East Asians contain a POUF23L variant introgressed from Neanderthals, while 70% of Europeans possess an introgressed allele of BNC2. Our finding shines a light on an enzyme called dipeptidyl peptidase4 (DPP4). Scientists already know the protein allows another coronavirus, which causes Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (MERS), to bind to and enter human cells. The new analysis, of DPP4 gene variants among COVID-19 patients, suggests the enzyme also provides SARS-CoV-2 with a second door into our cells, along with its usual infection route via the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor on cell surfaces. Conclusion: Most Europeans, Asians, and Native Americans harbor a handful of genes from Neanderthals, up 1.8% to 2.6% of their DNA. Studies of ancient DNA in Neanderthal fossils have shown the hominin’s DPP4 gene subtly differs from the typical human one. Conclusion: The hominin’s DPP4 gene inherited from Neanderthals plays a major role in Immune System Disorders and Lower Immune response in many diseases. This gene plays a major role in affecting humans with COVID-19 and spreading it through the world. All humans contain this gene from 1 to 4 percent. East Asians, Europeans, Middle and south Americans conveys more, hence; native Africans contain less amounts of hominin’s DPP4 gene. Therefore; East Asians, Europeans, Middle and south Americans are prone to severe COVID-19.
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Background: Approximately 80% of all viruses are RNA viruses and they contain their specific RNA helicases. Defective RNA helicases have been linked to infectious diseases (Viral Infections). Materials and Methods: The articles have gone through many types of research from the beginning of the epidemic of Coronaviruses through history and we introduced the neglected hypothesis of Shifting balance theory, Bateson–Dobzhansky–Muller model & Quantum evolution. In the ancestral population, the genotype is AABB. When two populations become isolated from each other, new mutations can arise. In one population A evolves into a, and in the other B evolves into b. When the two populations hybridize it is the first time A and B interact with each other. When these alleles are incompatible, we speak of Dobzhansky–Muller incompatibilities plus the role of MMA in mitochondria in spreading SARS-CoV-19 through populations and the result of an infection in COVID-19. Results: In viruses specifically COVID-19, Ribosomal Frameshift is programmed to allows the virus to encode multiple types of proteins from the same mRNA. HIV-1 (human immunodeficiency virus), RSV (Rous sarcoma virus), and all types of influenza viruses use Ribosomal Frameshift. they rely on frameshifting to create a proper ratio of normal translation and trans-frame (encoded by frameshifted sequence) proteins. Notably, its use in viruses is primarily for compacting more genetic information into a shorter amount of genetic material. Conclusion: to find the genome sequence of COVID-19 we also used Nanopore sequencing that introduced and manufactured by Oxford scientists, due to differences in the action of infection in the host, we could not reach any results since the Novel Virus has not a stable genome (which is quite dynamic) since through our deep research, each virus contains its specific genome sequencing and we cannot claim that COVID-19 has one specific genome sequence like MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV or any types of viruses which has been discovered and contains their specific genome.
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Background: The COVID-19 crisis has introduced a variety of stressors, while simultaneously decreasing the availability of strategies to cope with stress. In this context, it could be useful to understand issues that people find most concerning and ways in which they cope with stress. In this study, we explored these questions with a sample of graduate and professional students. Method: Using open-ended assessments, we asked participants (n=305) to identify their biggest challenge or concern (“top problem”), their most effective way of handling stress (“effective strategy”), and their most common way of handling stress (“common strategy”). We applied thematic analysis and evaluated whether participants’ strategies corresponded with evidence-based practices (EBPs). Results: Participants frequently reported top problems relating to productivity (27% of sample), physical health (26%), and emotional health (14%). Distraction was the most frequently classified common strategy (43%), whereas behavioral activation was the most frequently identified effective strategy (50%). Participants who reported a common strategy classified as an EBP reported lower depressive and anxiety symptoms. In contrast, there was no evidence of an association between symptom levels and whether or not participants’ effective strategy was an EBP. Participants who reported the same strategy as both their common and effective strategy (29%) reported lower depressive symptoms than those whose common and effective strategies were different. Conclusions: Our findings highlight stressors that students are experiencing and ways they are coping during the COVID-19 crisis. We discuss how these findings can inform mental health promotion efforts and future research on coping with stressors.
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The SARS-CoV-2 nsp16/nsp10 enzyme complex modifies the 2’-OH of the first transcribed nucleotide of the viral mRNA by covalently attaching a methyl group to it. The 2’-O methylation of the first nucleotide converts the status of mRNA cap from Cap-0 to Cap-1, and thus, helps the virus evade immune surveillance in the host cell. Here, we report two structures of nsp16/nsp10 representing pre- and post-release states of the RNA product (Cap-1). We observe overall widening of the enzyme upon product formation, and an inward twisting motion in the substrate binding region upon product release. These conformational changes reset the enzyme for the next round of catalysis. The structures also identify a unique binding mode and the importance of a divalent metal ion for 2’-O methylation. We also describe underlying structural basis for the perturbed enzymatic activity of a clinical variant of SARS-CoV-2, and a previous SARS-CoV outbreak strain.
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In this paper, we develop a method that can detect and predict the emergence of new cases of COVID-19 at an early stage. With this method, we try to lay the empirical basis for the development of the model of digital monitoring and prediction of the occurrence of new cases of COVID-19 in Croatia, relying on the analytical tool Google Trends (GT). Results: In Croatia search activities using GT for terms such as “PCR +Covid”, “PCR + test”, and symptoms “cough + corona”, “pneumonia + corona”; “muscle pain + corona” correlate strongly with officially reported cases of the disease. Google Trends tools are suitable for predicting the emergence of new COVID-19 cases in Croatia, and that the data collected by this method correlate with official data. The benefit of this method is reliable estimates that can enable public health officials to prepare and better respond to the possible return of a pandemic in certain parts of the country. If a region experiences an early, sharp increase in Covid-19-like-illness Google searches, it may be possible to focus additional resources on that region to identify the etiology of the outbreak, providing extra medical capacity or raising local media awareness as necessary. Because the relative frequency of certain queries is highly correlated with the percentage of physician visits in which a patient presents with Covid-19 symptoms, this method can serve as an early alarm to predict the emergence of new cases of COVID-19 in the specific area in Croatia.
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COVID-19 vaccine was launched in India on 16 January 2021, prioritizing health care workers which included medical students. We aimed to assess vaccine hesitancy and factors related to it among undergraduate medical students in India. An online questionnaire was filled by 1068 medical students across 22 states and union territories of India from 2 February to 7 March 2021. Vaccine hesitancy was found among 10.6%. Concern regarding vaccine safety and efficacy, hurried testing of vaccines prior to launch and lack of trust in government agencies predicted COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Risk perception regarding contracting COVID-19 vaccine reduced COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy as well as hesitation in participating in COVID-19 vaccine trials. Choosing between the two available vaccines (Covishield and Covaxin) was considered important by medical students both for themselves and their future patients. Covishield was preferred to Covaxin by students. Majority of those willing to take the COVID-19 vaccine felt that it was important for them to resume their clinical posting, face-to-face classes and get their personal life back on track. Around three-fourths medical students viewed that COVID-19 vaccine should be made mandatory for both health care workers and international travellers. Prior adult vaccination did not have an effect upon COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Targeted awareness campaigns, regulatory oversight of vaccine trials and public release of safety and efficacy data and trust building activities could further reduce COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among medical students.
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The emergence of SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 in the 21st century highlights the need to develop universal vaccination strategies against the SARS-related Sarbecovirus subgenus. Using structure-guided chimeric spike designs and multiplexed immunizations, we demonstrate protection against SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2, and bat CoV (BtCoV) RsSHC014 challenge in highly vulnerable aged mice. Chimeric spike mRNAs containing N-terminal domain (NTD), and receptor binding domains (RBD) induced high levels of broadly protective neutralizing antibodies against three high-risk sarbecoviruses: SARS-CoV, RsSHC014, and WIV-1. In contrast, SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination not only showed a 10 to >500-fold reduction in neutralizing titers against heterologous sarbecovirus strains, but SARS-CoV challenge in mice resulted in breakthrough infection including measurable lung pathology. Importantly, chimeric spike mRNA vaccines efficiently neutralized both the D614G and the South African B.1.351 variants of concern despite some reduction in neutralization activity. Thus, multiplexed-chimeric spikes may provide a novel strategy to prevent pandemic and SARS-like zoonotic coronavirus infections, while revealing the limited efficacy of SARS-CoV-2 spike vaccines against other sarbecoviruses.
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Objective: Clinical sequelae have not been well characterized during the post-acute phase of SARS-CoV-2 among adults 18 to 65 years old, and this study sought to fill that gap by evaluating excess risk and relative hazards for developing incident clinical sequelae during the post-acute phase. Design: Retrospective cohort study including three propensity-matched groups. Setting: This study merged three data sources from a large United States health plan: a large national administrative claims database, an outpatient lab testing database, and an inpatient hospital admissions database. Participants: Individuals 18 to 65 years old with continuous health plan enrollment from January 2019 to date of SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis. Three comparator groups were identified and propensity-score matched to individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2: a 2020 comparator group, a historical 2019 comparator group and a historical comparator group with viral lower respiratory tract illness (vLRTI). Main outcome measures: Over 50 clinical sequelae during the post-acute phase (index date + 21 days) were ascertained using ICD-10 codes. Excess risk due to SARS-CoV-2 during the 4 months following the acute phase of illness and hazard ratios with 95% Bonferroni-corrected confidence intervals were calculated. Results: This study found 14% of adults ≤65 years of age who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 (n=193113) had at least one new clinical sequelae that required medical attention during the post-acute phase of illness. When considering risk for specific sequelae attributable to SARS-Cov-2 infection during the post-acute phase, clinical outcomes including chronic respiratory failure, cardiac arrythmia, hypercoagulability, encephalopathy, peripheral neuropathy, amnesia (memory difficulty), diabetes, liver test abnormalities, myocarditis, anxiety and fatigue were significantly elevated compared to the three propensity-matched comparator groups (2020, 2019, vLRTI). Significant risk differences due to SARS-CoV-2 infection ranged from 0.02 to 2.26 per 100 people and hazard ratios ranged from 1.24 to 25.65 when compared to the 2020 comparator group. Conclusions: Our results confirm excess risk for developing clinical sequelae due to SARS-CoV-2 during the post-acute phase, including specific types of sequelae less commonly seen among other viral illnesses. Although individuals who were older, had pre-existing conditions, and were hospitalized due to COVID-19 were at greatest excess risk, younger adults (≤50 years), adults who did not have pre-existing conditions or adults who were not hospitalized due to COVID-19 were still at elevated risk for developing new clinical sequelae. The elevated risk for incident sequelae during the post-acute phase is relevant for healthcare planning.
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The implementation of Non Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPI), triggered by the emergence of covid-19, decrease the RSV circulation. Data, from our ongoing surveillance; show a late introduction of RSV at the end of December and a 4 month delayed epidemic start without significant change in our NPI policy. This data indicates that RSV still have the potential to give a late season outbreak in northern hemisphere. RSV surveillance should be reinforced and RSV Pharmaceutical Interventions maintained for at risk neonate.
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Objectives Despite concerns about the impact of the severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus (Sars-CoV-2) in refugee camps, data on attack rates and effectiveness of containment measures are lacking. We aimed to (1) quantify the attack rate of Sars-CoV-2 during outbreaks in reception and accommodation centres in Germany, (2) assess differences in the attack rate based on containment measures, and (3) provide an overview of testing strategies, communication, conflicts, and protection measures for refugees with special needs. Methods Systematic web-based review of outbreak media reports (until June 2020) on confirmed Sars-CoV-2 cases in reception centers for asylum seekers in Germany using the google search engine. Reports were screened for pre-defined inclusion criteria and complemented by snowball searches. Data on facility name, location, confirmed cases, containment measures, communication, protection strategies, and conflicts was extracted for each outbreak and reporting date. Evidence synthesis: meta-analysis and negative binomial regression. Findings We identified 337 media reports on 101 Sars-CoV-2 outbreaks in 99 reception and accommodation centers in Germany. The pooled Sars-CoV-2 attack rate was 13.1% (95% confidence interval, CI: 9.8- 16.7). Outbreak sites implementing mass quarantine (n=76) showed higher rates (15.7; 95% CI: 11.6 - 20.2) compared to sites using conventional strategies (6.6; 95%CI: 3.1 - 11.2), yielding a rate ratio of 0.44 (95%CI: 0.27-0.72) adjusted for testing strategies, type and size of accommodation. Conflicts occurred in at least 11.8% of all outbreaks. Few sites reported specific measures to protect refugees with special needs. Conclusion Mass quarantine is associated with higher attack rates, and appears to be a counter-productive containment measure in overcrowded camps. Although further research with individual-level data is required to rule out residual confounding, reception centers and refugee camps should follow the available guidelines on Covid-19 response and refrain from mass quarantine if physical distancing cannot be guaranteed.
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Abstract Background: This study aims to estimate the prevalence of COVID-19 in the general population of Iran. Methods: The target population was all Iranian people aged six years and older in the country. A stratified random sampling design was used to select 28,314 subjects from among the individuals registered in the electronic health record systems used in primary health care in Iran. Venous blood was taken from each participant and tested for the IgG antibody against COVID-19. The prevalence of COVID-19 was estimated at provincial and national levels after adjusting for the measurement error of the laboratory test, non-response bias, and sampling design. Results: Of the 28,314 Iranians selected, 11,256 (39.75%) participated in the study. Of these, 5406 (48.0%) were male, and 6851 (60.9%) lived in urban areas. The mean (standard deviation) participant age was 35.89 (18.61) years. The adjusted prevalence of COVID-19 until August 20, 2020 was estimated as 14.2% (95% uncertainty interval: 13.3%, 15.2%), which was equal to 11,958,346 (95% confidence interval: 11,211,011-12,746,776) individuals. The prevalence of infection was 14.6%, 13.8%, 16.6%, 11.7%, and 19.4% among men, women, urban population, rural population, and individuals 60 years of age and older, respectively. Ardabil, Golestan, and Khuzestan provinces had the highest prevalence, and Alborz, Hormozgan, and Kerman provinces had the lowest. Conclusions: Based on the study results, a large proportion of the Iranian population had not yet been infected by COVID-19. The observance of hygienic principles and social restrictions should therefore continue until the majority of the population has been vaccinated. Keywords: COVID-19, Seroprevalence, Survey, Nationwide, Population-based, Iran, IgG test
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The implementation of lockdowns has been a key policy to curb the spread of COVID-19 and to keep under control the number of infections. However, quantitatively predicting in advance the effects of lockdowns based on their stringency and duration is a complex task, in turn making it difficult for governments to design effective strategies to stop the disease. Leveraging a novel mathematical “hybrid” approach, we propose a new epidemic model that is able to predict the future number of active cases and deaths when lockdowns with different stringency levels or durations are enforced. The key observation is that lockdown-induced modifications of social habits may not be captured by traditional mean-field compartmental models because these models assume uniformity of social interactions among the population, which fails during lockdown. Our model is able to capture the abrupt social habit changes caused by lockdowns. The results are validated on the data of Israel and Germany by predicting past lockdowns and providing predictions in alternative lockdown scenarios (different stringency and duration). The findings show that our model can effectively support the design of lockdown strategies by stringency and duration, and quantitatively forecast the course of the epidemic during lockdown.
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A growing body of research has highlighted the disproportionately negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women globally. This paper contributes to this work by interrogating the lived realities of 64 women in the UK through semi-structured interviews, undertaken during the first and second periods of lockdown associated with COVID-19 in 2020. Categorising the data by theme and type of gendered disadvantage, this paper explores the normative and policy-imposed constraints experienced by women in 2020, highlighting the role that government can and should proactively play in attending to gender inequalities throughout its COVID-19 response.
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COVID-19 is an ongoing pandemic caused by the highly infectious coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that is engaging worldwide scientific research to find a timely and effective eradication strategy. Great efforts have been put into anti-COVID-19 vaccine generation in an effort to protect the world population and block SARS-CoV-2 spread. To validate the protective efficacy of the vaccination campaign and effectively control the pandemy, it is necessary to quantify the neutralizing antibodies induction by vaccination, since they have been established to be a correlate of protection. In this work a SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus neutralization assay, based on a replication incompetent lentivirus expressing an adapted form of CoV-2 S protein and an ACE2/TMPRSS2 stably expressing cell line, have been minimized in term of protocol steps without loss of accuracy. The goal of the present simplified neutralization system is to improve SARS-CoV-2 vaccination campaign by means of an easy and accessible approach to be performed in any medical laboratory, maintaining the sensitivity and quantitative reliability of classical serum neutralization assays. Further this assay can be easily adapted to different coronaviruses variants by simply modifying the pseudotyping vector.
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Who Ordered a Smear Campaign Against Andrew Cuomo’s First Accuser?</strong> - When Lindsey Boylan first publicly accused New York’s governor of sexual harassment, in December, damaging government documents about her were leaked to the press. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/who-ordered-a-smear-campaign-against-andrew-cuomos-first-accuser">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>L.A.’s Disorganized Vaccination Rollout and the Dream of Universal Health Care</strong> - The failures to reach the hardest hit populations are another reminder of how the system neglects so many. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/las-disorganized-vaccination-rollout-and-the-dream-of-universal-health-care">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Biden Has Few Good Options for the Unaccompanied Children at the Border</strong> - The new Administration is coming under fire for a policy it says protects young migrants. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/why-biden-has-few-good-options-at-the-border">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Why COVID-19 Vaccines Aren’t Yet Available to Everyone</strong> - President Biden has promised that all adults will be eligible to receive a vaccine by May. But manufacturing and distributing enough doses will depend on a lot of things going right. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-medicine/why-covid-19-vaccines-arent-yet-available-to-everyone">link</a></p></li>
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Billie Eilish accepts the trophy for Best New Artist at the 62nd Grammy Awards. She also won Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Album of the Year. | Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
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There are just four categories at the Grammy Awards where artists from all musical genres compete against one another — Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist. In these four races, country artists bump up against R&B musicians, and they both take on pop stars. If an artist wins one of these awards, they’ll make headlines and get to give a nice speech during the awards telecast.
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But the Grammys’ many, many categories are already steeped in confusing industry-speak, and the top four awards are no different. With the exception of Best New Artist, it’s easy to confuse the other three.
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The Album of the Year award is the most prestigious Grammy there is, the rough equivalent of the Best Picture Oscar. The category honors an entire LP, from the first track to the last, and everything about the production of the album’s sound.
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Originally, the Album of the Year award went only to the album’s main artist. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year#History_and_description">Today</a>, the album’s producers, sound engineers, mixers, and songwriters are also honored, as are any featured artists who appear on the album. Generally, if you participated in creating a significant portion of the album (defined as at least 33 percent of its playing time), you get a golden gramophone.
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<strong>How to remember it: </strong>The whole album gets an award! Some people confuse Album of the Year with Record of the Year, since albums used to be on physical records, and the two terms are often used interchangeably in common parlance. But singles also used to be on physical records, and you wouldn’t call a single song “Album of the Year.”
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<strong>How to remember it: </strong>Instead of thinking of “record” as a physical, spinning record, think of it as the product of a recording studio. Everyone who would be in a recording studio working on the Record of the Year–winning song receives a golden gramophone for this award.
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It’s easy to confuse this award with Record of the Year because there is often overlap in who is accepting the award. For example, if an artist has songwriting credit on their nominated song — a pretty common occurrence — then the artist might accept the award and give the speech. But they are receiving the award for writing and constructing the song’s lyrics and melodies, not for their performance of the song.
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“Black Parade” — Denisia Andrews, Beyoncé, Stephen Bray, Shawn Carter, Brittany Coney, Derek James Dixie, Akil King, Kim “Kaydence” Krysiuk, and Rickie “Caso” Tice (Beyoncé)
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“The Box” — Samuel Gloade and Rodrick Moore (Roddy Ricch)
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“Cardigan” — Aaron Dessner and Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift)
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“Circles” — Louis Bell, Adam Feeney, Kaan Gunesberk, Austin Post, and Billy Walsh (Post Malone)
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“Don’t Start Now” — Caroline Ailin, Ian Kirkpatrick, Dua Lipa, and Emily Warren (Dua Lipa)
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“Everything I Wanted” — Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell (Billie Eilish)
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“I Can’t Breathe” — Dernst Emile II, H.E.R., and Tiara Thomas (H.E.R.)
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“If the World Was Ending” — Julia Michaels and JP Saxe (JP Saxe Featuring Julia Michaels)
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<img alt="President Biden Hosts Event With Johnson &amp; Johnson And Merck CEOs" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/d46S_gqb1O1hzvWFBsXikACvQ-A=/658x0:7078x4815/1310x983/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/68957434/1306384884.0.jpg"/>
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President Biden speaks at at event the CEOs of Johnson & Johnson and Merck on March 10. | Alex Wong/Getty Images
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Fox News’s absurd reaction to Biden’s primetime coronavirus speech, explained.
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Fox News reacted to President <a href="https://www.vox.com/2021/3/11/22325055/joe-biden-speech-covid-vaccinations-may-1">Joe Biden’s primetime announcement</a> that all American adults would be eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by May 1 and the country’s aim is to return to a semblance of normalcy by July 4 by insisting that former President Donald Trump actually deserves the credit. But that claim can’t withstand scrutiny.
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While Trump’s Operation Warp Speed program provided incentives for private companies to speed vaccine development and did directly help Moderna develop an effective vaccine, it’s not necessarily the case that vaccines wouldn’t be available today had it not been for Trump. The first FDA-approved coronavirus vaccine was developed by Pfizer last year <a href="https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/nov/19/pfizer-moderna-covid-19-vaccines-and-operation-war/">without any direct help</a> from the federal government.
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To be clear — Trump deserves some credit for the fact that multiple vaccines were developed so quickly. As my colleague Dylan Scott <a href="https://www.vox.com/coronavirus-covid19/2020/10/7/21504134/trump-covid-19-vaccine-operation-warp-speed-debate">reported</a> last October, the federal government’s multibillion-dollar investment in helping companies like Moderna and Johnson & Johnson develop vaccines no doubt helped the country get to a point where there is finally some light at the end of the tunnel. Biden has acknowledged this, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/12/21/biden-some-democrats-say-trump-administration-deserves-credit-for-vaccine-rollout/?sh=45b99cc743f6">saying</a> in December that “I think that the [Trump] administration deserves some credit, getting this [vaccine effort] off the ground, Operation Warp Speed.”
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But vaccines don’t do much good if there’s no plan to get them into arms, and this is where Trump really fell short. As was the case when the US struggled to ramp up coronavirus testing infrastructure in the early days of the pandemic, the Trump administration’s plan for vaccine distribution did little more than <a href="https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/27/ron-klain/trump-vaccine-plan-left-logistics-states-it-did-ex/">pass the buck to under-resourced states</a>. Trump’s failure to plan for the “<a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-covid-vaccination-distribution-biden">last mile</a>” resulted in episodes where unused vaccines were thrown out in the weeks before Biden took office.
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So while it’s going too far to say Trump deserves no credit, the criticisms Biden opened his primetime speech with are totally fair.
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“A year ago we were hit with a virus that was met with silence and spread unchecked. Denials for days, weeks, then months,” he said, alluding to Trump’s effort to <a href="https://www.vox.com/2020/9/9/21428825/trump-winston-salem-rally-coronavirus">downplay</a> the coronavirus ahead of and during his failed reelection campaign. “That led to more deaths, more infections, more stress, and more loneliness.”
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“A year ago we were hit with a virus that was met with silence, and spread unchecked. Denials for days, weeks, then months. That led to more deaths” – Biden begins his big coronavirus speech by taking shots at Trump <a href="https://t.co/gljYpCMLv5">pic.twitter.com/gljYpCMLv5</a>
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— Aaron Rupar (<span class="citation" data-cites="atrupar">@atrupar</span>) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1370178997309562881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2021</a>
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Biden moved on, barely alluding to the former president the rest of the way. But he had already provided Fox News something to get mad about.
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“He kicks them in the groin”
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It’s hard to spin a pandemic response that resulted in more than half a million dead Americans as a success, but during a rant about Biden’s speech on Friday morning, <em>Fox & Friends</em> co-host Brian Kilmeade tried.
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“We don’t need to go over the 500,000 dead; we had that moment,” he said. “Let’s talk about the future moving forward. Every time he has a chance to praise the previous administration, he not only doesn’t praise, he kicks them in the groin.”
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Brian Kilmeade: “We don’t need to go over the 500,000 dead, we had that moment. Let’s talk about the future moving forward. Every time he has a chance to praise the previous administration, he not only doesn’t praise, he kicks them in the groin.” <a href="https://t.co/n9OupjYfAF">pic.twitter.com/n9OupjYfAF</a>
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|
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|
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|
— Bobby Lewis (<span class="citation" data-cites="revrrlewis">@revrrlewis</span>) <a href="https://twitter.com/revrrlewis/status/1370344724356333570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2021</a>
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|
Kilmeade’s suggestion that Biden took a cheap shot by criticizing Trump’s coronavirus response echoed what host Sean Hannity said on his show shortly after the speech.
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“Joe Biden — he needs to pick up the phone, I suggest, call Mar-a-Lago, and, yeah, bring unity to the country, as he says he so desperately wants, and thank President Donald Trump,” he said. Later, he added: “No Trump, no vaccine, Joe. Stop taking credit for something, frankly, you had nothing to do with.”
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|
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Hannity: Stop taking credit for something frankly you had nothing to do with <a href="https://t.co/81ZD00eLJI">pic.twitter.com/81ZD00eLJI</a>
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|
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|
||||||
|
— Acyn (<span class="citation" data-cites="Acyn">@Acyn</span>) <a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1370193980265173001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2021</a>
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It’s true that when Trump left office, <a href="https://www.statista.com/chart/23967/covid-19-vaccine-doses-administered-per-day-in-the-us/">about 1 million</a> vaccines were being administrated each day. But Biden has <a href="https://abc7ny.com/covid-vaccine-coronavirus-am-i-eligible-for-where-can-get-the/10396647/">nearly tripled</a> that rate in less than two months.
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So Hannity’s comment that Biden “has nothing to do with” the progress of the US vaccination effort is false. Biden has overseen the federal government <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2021/02/11/biden-administration-purchases-additional-doses-covid-19-vaccines-from-pfizer-and-moderna.html">purchasing</a> hundreds of millions of vaccine doses, making possible the aggressive timeline he outlined on Thursday. And his administration has overseen the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/03/11/biden-vaccine-victories-trump-foundation/">development and implementation of vaccine distribution plans</a> that do more than just rely on the states.
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But Fox News spin is not only impervious to reality; it’s also impervious to shame. A panel discussion on Hannity featuring former Trump chief of staff Reince Priebus and former Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany went after Biden for being too prepared — proving that Fox was prepared to attack Biden if he said anything short of “Thank you, Mr. Trump. You deserve all the credit.”
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Hannity and two former Trump administration officials are now attacking Biden for being too prepared <a href="https://t.co/HmoXMka3tX">pic.twitter.com/HmoXMka3tX</a>
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|
— Aaron Rupar (<span class="citation" data-cites="atrupar">@atrupar</span>) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1370196337787084804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2021</a>
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In the same vein, while Hannity has been hammering Biden on a nightly basis for minor verbal gaffes that he insists are evidence of some sort of cognitive impairment, a <a href="https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1370381152469585921">chyron</a> on his Thursday show denigrated Biden for merely “surviv[ing]” a “short, scripted speech.” Damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t.
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Kilmeade and Hannity’s far-fetched spin was nothing compared to comments from Fox News host Mark Levin, who went on a rant so unhinged on Hannity’s show that you had to wonder if he even watched the same speech.
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“This speech that Joe Biden gave is the most disgusting, propagandistic speech that a demagogue, even a politician, has ever given,” Levin said. “It is pathetic.”
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|
— Aaron Rupar (<span class="citation" data-cites="atrupar">@atrupar</span>) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1370203150603411460?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2021</a>
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Even the fact that Biden says the country is on track to be able to safely have small Fourth of July gatherings was somehow spun as bad by Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham, both of whom complained that Biden is acting like a tyrant by telling them what to do.
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“How dare you tell us who we can spend the Fourth of July with?” Carlson said.
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Tucker: How dare you tell us who we can spend the Fourth of July with <a href="https://t.co/YaAtPDuYVl">pic.twitter.com/YaAtPDuYVl</a>
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|
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|
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|
— Acyn (<span class="citation" data-cites="Acyn">@Acyn</span>) <a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1370185181600964609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2021</a>
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“And then to pick Independence Day as the day where he says he might allow people to gather is just so un-American,” <a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1370213940139986944">said</a> Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway on Ingraham’s show. “Joe Biden doesn’t get to tell me when I can have a barbecue in my backyard.”
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As ridiculous as all this may seem, it’s serious stuff to most of the approximately 2.5 million people who are tuning in to watch Fox News’s primetime shows, which <a href="https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/category/ratings/">remain</a> the top-rated shows in cable news, even without Trump in the White House.
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Then, on Friday morning, Hannity’s false and misleading rant about how Biden should call Trump and thank him was <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1370408890618277898">covered as if it were news</a> by one of the network’s “news side” shows, illustrating one of the ways Fox regularly launders its opinion content into the news cycle.
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Fox News is having a hard time with President Biden
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Trump inherited the longest streak of job growth from former President Barack Obama when he took office yet still characterized the state of affairs he inherited as “<a href="https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/feb/17/did-donald-trump-inherit-mess/">a mess</a>” even in the earliest days of his administration. Fox did little to push back on that spin. So the idea that Biden has some sort of moral obligation to give Trump credit for anything is hypocritical at best.
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But in its struggle to land blows on a popular president who just signed a very popular $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, Fox News is normalizing the absurd by, for instance, trying to <a href="https://www.vox.com/22325285/biden-press-conference-controversy-explained">turn the mundane into huge scandals</a> and <a href="https://www.vox.com/2021/3/2/22309176/fox-news-dr-seuss-cancel-culture-fox-news-biden">linking Biden with culture war grievance issues</a>.
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And it’s not just the primetime hosts. On Friday afternoon, Chris Wallace equated Biden fairly criticizing Trump’s Covid response to Trump’s treatment of Obama, saying Biden is “being about as gracious to his predecessor as Donald Trump was to his predecessor.”
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Chris Wallace claims Biden is “being about as gracious to his predecessor as Donald Trump was to his predecessor” by criticizing Trump’s Covid response. Reminder - Trump’s political rise in ’11 was due to him spreading racist conspiracy theories that Obama wasn’t really American. <a href="https://t.co/ox7LabYpaf">pic.twitter.com/ox7LabYpaf</a>
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Donald Trump, you might remember, rose to political prominence in 2011 by <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/29/16713664/trump-obama-birth-certificate">spreading racist conspiracy theories</a> that Obama isn’t really American. So Wallace’s comment is about as false as false equivalences can be.
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It’s tempting to tune it out, especially given Fox News’s diminished relevance following Trump’s departure from the White House. But as Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) demonstrated on Friday, elite Republicans share the same warped worldview as Hannity.
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“Thank God for the genius of the Trump administration,” Scott said during a Fox News interview in response to Biden’s speech.
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— Aaron Rupar (<span class="citation" data-cites="atrupar">@atrupar</span>) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1370392612989992960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2021</a>
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Scott’s claim is sure to please Trump, who released a tweet-like <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeKhalilTV/status/1369812272735023107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1369812272735023107%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanityfair.com%2Fnews%2F2021%2F03%2Fdonald-trump-covid-vaccine-credit">statement</a> earlier this week saying “I hope everyone remembers when they’re getting the Covid-19 (often referred to as the China Virus) Vaccine, that if I wasn’t President, you wouldn’t be getting that beautiful ‘shot’ for 5 years, at best, and probably wouldn’t be getting it at all. I hope everyone remembers!”
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But Scott’s praise of Trump rests on false premises. He claimed that, thanks to Trump, there were “300 million doses ready to be put in arms” on the first day of Biden’s presidency. But that’s not true.
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According to <a href="https://khn.org/news/article/fact-check-president-joe-biden-criticism-of-trump-administration-vaccine-contracts-and-supply-not-accurate/">a recent fact check</a> by Kaiser Health News, Trump had contracts in place for enough vaccine to vaccinate 200 million Americans when he left office, but that’s not the same as “doses ready to be put in arms.” Furthermore, beyond vaccinating health care workers and people in assisted-living facilities, Trump’s plan to get them in arms did little more than offer thoughts and prayers to the states.
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A tugboat pushes a barge through fog on the Hudson River as the sun rises behind the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in New York City. | Gary Hershorn/Getty Images
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On Sunday, March 14, at 2 am, daylight saving time begins. We’ll set our clocks forward one hour, and the change will push sunsets later into the evening hours and sunrises later into the morning hours. The cost is that “springing forward” will temporarily disrupt the sleep of millions of Americans. Yet as simple as it seems, there is still a lot of confusion.
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The first thing to know: Yes, it <em>begins </em>in the spring, just as the increase in daylight hours starts to become noticeable. And it will end on<strong> </strong>November 7, right before the darkest time of the year. Let’s sort it all out.
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Daylight saving time in the US started as an energy conservation trick during World War I and became a national <a href="http://www.vox.com/2015/11/1/9640018/daylight-saving-time-year-round">standard</a> in the 1960s.
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The idea is that in the summer months, we shift the number of daylight hours we get into the evening. So if the sun sets at 8 pm instead of 7 pm, we’d presumably spend less time with the lights on in our homes at night, saving electricity.
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It also means that you’re less likely to sleep through daylight hours in the morning (since those are shifted an hour later, too). Hence “saving” daylight hours for the most productive time of the day.
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No, it’s definitely called “daylight saving time.” Not plural. Be sure to point out this common mistake to friends and acquaintances. You’ll be really popular.
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As <a href="http://www.vox.com/authors/joseph-stromberg">Joseph Stromberg</a> outlined in an excellent 2015 Vox article, the actual electricity conservation from the time change is <a href="http://www.vox.com/2015/11/1/9640018/daylight-saving-time-year-round">unclear or nonexistent</a>:
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Despite the fact that daylight saving time was introduced to save fuel, there isn’t strong evidence that the current system actually reduces energy use — or that making it year-round would do so, either. <a href="http://www.ucei.berkeley.edu/PDF/csemwp163.pdf">Studies</a> that evaluate the energy impact of DST are mixed. It seems to <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421507002273">reduce lighting use</a> (and thus electricity consumption) slightly but may <a href="http://www.nber.org/papers/w14429.pdf">increase heating and AC use</a>, as well as gas consumption. It’s probably fair to say that energy-wise, it’s a wash.
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Arizona has a simple way to deal with daylight saving time: Most of the state ignores it.
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Fifty years ago, the state legislature opted to keep the clocks in most of the state in standard time all year. One reason: Arizona summers are very hot, and an earlier sunset gives residents more time to enjoy tolerable temperatures before bed, as AZcentral <a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/travel/2017/03/06/why-arizona-doesnt-observe-daylight-saving-time/98639074/"><strong>explains</strong></a>. (What’s confusing: The Navajo Nation in Arizona <em>does</em> use DST.)
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Hawaii also doesn’t observe DST. The island state is the farthest south of all states and rejected it because it doesn’t see a hugely noticeable daylight hour difference between winter and summer months.
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If you’re a bit confused about which states follow daylight saving time and which do not, I don’t blame you. That’s because lately, a few states have looked into joining Arizona and Hawaii, but with a twist: They want daylight saving time to be in place all year long.
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In the November 2018 election, Californians voted in favor of a ballot measure that paves the way for this. The measure, <a href="https://www.vox.com/midterm-elections/2018/11/7/18071628/california-proposition-7-results-ballot-daylight-saving-time-all-year-round">which passed with 60 percent of the vote</a>, simply grants the California Legislature the power to vote to change the clocks permanently. Any changes would need to start with a two-thirds majority vote in the state legislature — <a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/08/why-we-voted-for-permanent-daylight-saving-time-but-dont-have-it/">which hasn’t happened yet</a>.
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And even then, the time change wouldn’t be a given. The federal government would have to approve it; that has uncertain prospects, too.
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In 2018, the Florida government approved the delightfully named <a href="https://www.orlandosentinel.com/classified/realestate/os-cfb-daylight-savings-florida-businesses-20180420-story.html">Sunshine Protection Act</a>, which seeks to permanently leave Florida in daylight saving time. (Essentially, it would mean that Florida will be one hour ahead of the rest of the East Coast during the winter months.) <a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/11/01/commission-signs-off-report-backing-year-round-daylight-saving-time/wIFj4v5itHq46gGEgYiSBM/story.html?et_rid=654220960&s_campaign=todaysheadlines:newsletter">Massachusetts has looked into a similar</a> measure.
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The bill is still waiting on approval from Congress before <a href="https://www.orlandosentinel.com/classified/realestate/os-cfb-daylight-savings-florida-businesses-20180420-story.html">it can go into effect</a>. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/670">has put forth a few</a> bills to push the approval forward, but they haven’t moved at <a href="https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political-pulse/os-daylight-saving-law-20180703-story.html">all</a>. The latest version of Rubio’s bill — which has some Democratic co-sponsors — would keep the whole <a href="https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/14e39e20-b852-4cae-b98b-258e0c0898a6/1C912A264D838911D32528FA5B1FD0FB.sunshine-protection-act-2019-one-pager.pdf">country in daylight saving time permanently</a>.
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Arkansas, too, <a href="https://www.baxterbulletin.com/story/news/local/2019/03/14/daylight-saving-time-arkansas-house-approves-new-resolution/3154238002/">passed</a> a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, but it included the condition that the changes wouldn’t go into effect until its bordering states changed their clocks permanently as well. Other states that have approved legislation to enact year-long daylight saving time include <a href="https://www.king5.com/article/news/politics/new-law-puts-washington-on-permanent-daylight-saving-time-but-theres-a-catch/281-7f6d3869-4b49-4f93-a762-b645fba53e3d">Washington</a>, <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/23/tennessee-daylight-savings-time-bill-2019/3547588002/">Tennessee</a>, <a href="https://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-daylight-saving-measure-permanent-passes-pacific-time/">Oregon</a>, <a href="http://www.mohavedailynews.com/laughlin_times/nevada-oks-year-round-daylight-saving-time/article_52a9385c-03e9-11e5-bf8d-13d1269f7c0c.html">Nevada</a>, and <a href="https://www.al.com/news/2018/03/plan_to_move_alabama_to_daylig.html">Alabama</a>. Some Maryland <a href="https://wtop.com/maryland/2020/03/spring-forward-and-stay-there-permanent-daylight-saving-time-bill-touted-in-maryland-senate/">legislators are interested, too</a>. But none of the changes can go into effect without approval from the federal government.
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So for now, all these states will be changing their clocks on Sunday along with the rest of us. Sorry!
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It’s worth thinking about what would happen if Congress abolished daylight saving time (or kept it going all year long).
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How might our patterns change? Blogger and cartographer Andy Woodruff <a href="http://andywoodruff.com/blog/where-to-hate-daylight-saving-time-and-where-to-love-it/">decided to visualize this</a><strong> </strong>with a great series of maps.
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The goal of these maps is to show how abolishing daylight saving time, extending it all year, or going with the status quo changes the number of days we have “reasonable” sunrise and sunset times.
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Reasonable, as defined by Woodruff, is the sun rising at 7 am or earlier or setting after 5 pm (so one could, conceivably, spend some time in the sun before or after work).
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This is what the map looks like under the status quo of twice-yearly clock shifts. A lot of people have unreasonable sunrise times (the dark spots) for much of the year:
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<img alt="Daylight saving time as currently observed." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/z4TjqPDuPB3YURjtZr5JtFin_Ho=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/4281601/currently%20observed.png"/> <cite><a class="ql-link" href="http://andywoodruff.com/blog/where-to-hate-daylight-saving-time-and-where-to-love-it/" target="_blank">Andy Woodruff</a></cite>
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Here’s how things would change if daylight saving were abolished (that is, if we just stuck to the time set in the winter all year). It’s better, particularly on the sunrise end:
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<img alt="If daylight saving time were abolished." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/5hRPXP38BAHXtlQnSnYZa3-3tgk=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/4281575/abolished.png"/> <cite><a class="ql-link" href="http://andywoodruff.com/blog/where-to-hate-daylight-saving-time-and-where-to-love-it/" target="_blank">Andy Woodruff</a></cite>
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And here’s what would happen if daylight saving were always in effect. The sunrise situation would actually be worse for most people. But many more people would enjoy after-work light — and there’s a strong argument to make that this after-work light is actually worth more. (More on that below.)
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<img alt="If daylight saving time were always in effect." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/LdU0pyXJJ9n4n14bJQKnJpzNSbI=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/4281599/alwaysineffect.png"/> <cite><a class="ql-link" href="http://andywoodruff.com/blog/where-to-hate-daylight-saving-time-and-where-to-love-it/" target="_blank">Andy Woodruff</a></cite>
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(Note: The length of light we experience each day wouldn’t actually change; that’s determined by the tilt of Earth’s axis. But we would experience it in times more accommodating for our modern world. Be sure <a href="http://andywoodruff.com/blog/where-to-hate-daylight-saving-time-and-where-to-love-it/">to check out the interactive</a> version of these maps on Woodruff’s website.)
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In 2015, Stromberg made the <a href="http://www.vox.com/2015/11/1/9640018/daylight-saving-time-year-round">compelling case</a> that the daylight saving time shift into the evening should be extended year-round. Having more light later could benefit us in a surprising number of ways:
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People engage in more leisure activities after work than beforehand, so we’d likely do more physical activity over sedentary leisure activities. Relatedly, studies show that kids get more exercise when the <a href="http://ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1479-5868-11-84">sun is out later in the evening</a>.
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Stromberg <a href="http://www.vox.com/2015/11/1/9640018/daylight-saving-time-year-round">also cites some evidence</a> that robberies decrease when there’s more sun in the evening hours.
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Analyzing 21 years of fatal car crash data from the US National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, they found a very small, but significant, increase in road deaths on the Monday after the clock shift in the spring: The number of deadly accidents jumped to an average of 83.5 on the “spring forward” Monday compared with an average of 78.2 on a typical Monday.
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Qualcomm smartphones are the next devices to get hit by chip shortage</strong> - Qualcomm faces pandemic shortages, Huawei’s sanctions, and Texas power problems. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1749225">link</a></p></li>
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