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<li><a href="#from-new-yorker">From New Yorker</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-vox">From Vox</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-the-hindu-sports">From The Hindu: Sports</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-the-hindu-national-news">From The Hindu: National News</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-bbc-europe">From BBC: Europe</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-ars-technica">From Ars Technica</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-jokes-subreddit">From Jokes Subreddit</a></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-new-yorker">From New Yorker</h1>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Leaving Afghanistan, and the Lessons of America’s Longest War</strong> - It is the Afghan people, of course, who have paid the highest price for America’s failed ambitions. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/leaving-afghanistan-and-the-lessons-of-americas-longest-war">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>What Will It Take to Pandemic-Proof America?</strong> - When the next virus strikes, we’ll look back on this moment as an opportunity that we either seized or squandered. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-medicine/what-will-it-take-to-pandemic-proof-america">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>How We Fell in Love in Lockdown</strong> - The artist Philippa Found compiled hundreds of written accounts of love in the time of COVID-19 for a project called “Lockdown Love Stories.” - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-uk/how-we-fell-in-love-in-lockdown">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Andrew Cuomo, Matt Gaetz, and the New “Never Resign” School of Politics</strong> - In recent years, many politicians have seemed to realize that remaining in office is often the best path out of a scandal—for their own sake if no one else’s. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/andrew-cuomo-matt-gaetz-and-the-new-never-resign-school-of-politics">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>How the Pandemic Changed Europe</strong> - The historian Adam Tooze discusses the vaccine rollout and shifting politics in the E.U. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-the-pandemic-changed-europe">link</a></p></li>
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<li><strong>Global deaths from Covid-19 have now topped 3 million</strong> -
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A burial at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on April 14. Brazil is suffering with the world’s highest Covid-19 death rate. | Miguel Schincariol/AFP/Getty Images
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There are now more people who have died from the coronavirus worldwide than there are residents in Chicago.
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Imagine that everyone living in Chicago died of a deadly disease. The world passed this grim milestone on Saturday, according to the <a href="https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html">Johns Hopkins Covid-19 tracker</a>, which has officially recorded 3 million Covid-19 deaths around the globe — roughly 300,000 more people than all the current residents of the Windy City.
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The number comes as some governments have begun ramping up vaccinations while simultaneously racing against outbreaks of multiple variants of the virus. As some may be beginning to sense an end to the pandemic, the virus still continues to spread at an alarming rate globally.
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Globally, new infections are up recently, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-brazil-caracas-portugal-india-ccad03475cfd5c846f11189a8bfd99c7">according to the Associated Press</a>, averaging more than 700,000 cases and 12,000 deaths a day.
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“This is not the situation we want to be in 16 months into a pandemic, where we have proven control measures,” Maria Van Kerkhove, one of the World Health Organization’s Covid-19 leaders, told <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-brazil-caracas-portugal-india-ccad03475cfd5c846f11189a8bfd99c7">the AP</a>.
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The death toll is accelerating, as the world passed 2 million deaths just two months ago. Brazil is an outlier for its Covid-19 death rate, accounting for about 3,000 deaths daily, approximately a quarter of the global daily death count. The country’s <a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2021/04/16/brazil-coronavirus-jair-bolsonaro-rio-de-janeiro-darlington-pkg-intl-ldn-vpx.cnn">alarming mortality rate</a> can largely be attributed to President Jair Bolsonaro and his Health Ministry’s tepid response to the virus. The Brazilian president has consistently opposed lockdowns and only recently came around to accepting vaccines as a means of fighting the pandemic.
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In the US, the vaccination rate continues to grow, with 206 million doses administered as of Saturday, according to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/">a Bloomberg report</a>. But while wealthier countries may be eyeing a vaccine-facilitated end to the pandemic, less economically fortunate areas have been left waiting.
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Countries are vaccinating, but at different speeds
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Vaccinations are being administered in about 190 countries worldwide, but some, like the US and the UK, are well ahead of less developed nations. Of the 700 million jabs administered worldwide, 87 percent have gone to high-income or upper middle-income countries, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/who-director-laments-shocking-imbalance-covid-19-shot-distribution-2021-04-09/">according to comments last Friday</a> from WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
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“On average in high-income countries, almost one in four people has received a Covid-19 vaccine,” he said at a press briefing. “In low-income countries, it’s one in more than 500.”
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While the US and some western European countries have vaccination programs well underway, American drug companies have been waging a battle to preserve intellectual property rights over their vaccine formulas for as long as possible. This means that cheaper, generic vaccines are not yet available for widespread manufacturing in less developed countries.
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In February, India and South Africa <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/rich-countries-block-india-south-africas-bid-to-ban-covid-vaccine-patents/a-56460175">appealed to the World Trade Organization</a> to issue an intellectual property waiver on Covid-19 vaccines that would facilitate more widespread production of the shots. That move, however, was blocked by wealthier Western countries, who argued that it would stifle innovation.
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Recently, 10 Democratic and progressive senators <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/16/us-senators-call-on-biden-to-back-covid-vaccine-patent-waive">wrote a letter</a> to President Joe Biden, asking him to lobby the WTO to relax Covid-19 vaccine IP rules. “Simply put, we must make vaccines, testing, and treatments accessible everywhere if we are going to crush the virus anywhere,” the letter read.
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Though Biden hasn’t yet made a decision one way or the other, the White House said it was studying the issue.
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In the meantime, variants continue to spread, and US health officials worry about a recent decline in testing, which is critical to detecting new variants, as more and more Americans turn their attention toward getting vaccinated.
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“I think the testing pillar of the pandemic response is still as vital as it’s ever been,” Joseph Petrosino, chair of molecular virology and microbiology at the Baylor College of Medicine, <a href="https://www.vox.com/22321794/covid-19-testing-test-vaccine-coronavirus-variants">told Vox’s Umair Irfan last month</a>. “Not only do we need to test, we need to start identifying which variants of the virus are spreading in a given area.”
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<li><strong>Biden vows to increase refugee cap after criticism from Democrats</strong> -
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<img alt="President Biden Delivers Remarks On Russia At The White House" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/IFW3tuLLslaB73L4KMWCEZJZERA=/304x0:5168x3648/1310x983/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/69143036/1232330976.0.jpg"/>
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President Joe Biden announces new economic sanctions against Russia from the White House on April 15. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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By May 15, he’ll raise the number of refugees permitted into the country.
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The White House pulled back from its decision earlier this week not to raise the US refugee cap, pledging late Friday to accept more refugees than the historically low levels set by the Trump administration.
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Last year, Trump <a href="https://www.vox.com/2020/9/11/21431157/trump-refugee-admissions-resettlement-cap-2021">lowered the refugee cap to 15,000</a>, the lowest number allowed into the US since the refugee cap was introduced in 1980. Immigration and refugee advocates had hoped for an ally in Biden, who pledged during his campaign to raise the cap, and proposed <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2021/2/4/22266410/biden-refugee-executive-order">in early February</a> to accept up to 62,500 refugees this year.
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But earlier this week, the White House broke that promise, placing blame on the former administration’s gutting of the refugee program, which is run by the Department of Health and Human Services.
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“For the past few weeks, [President Biden] has been consulting with his advisors to determine what number of refugees could realistically be admitted to the United States between now and October 1,” said White House press secretary Jen Psaki <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/04/16/statement-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-on-the-emergency-presidential-determination-on-refugee-admissions-for-fiscal-year-2021/">in a statement on Friday</a>. “Given the decimated refugee admissions program we inherited, and burdens on the Office of Refugee Resettlement, his initial goal of 62,500 seems unlikely.”
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The initial decision drew a strong rebuke from some Democratic lawmakers. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) called the decision “shameful” in a tweet Friday. She and fellow Democratic Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) sent a letter to the White House Friday reiterating their call for an increase in the refugee cap.
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As a refugee, I know finding a home is a matter of life or death for children around the world.<br/> <br/>It is shameful that <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span class="citation" data-cites="POTUS">@POTUS</span></a> is reneging on a key promise to welcome refugees, moments after <a href="https://twitter.com/RepSchakowsky?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span class="citation" data-cites="RepSchakowsky">@RepSchakowsky</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJayapal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span class="citation" data-cites="RepJayapal">@RepJayapal</span></a>, myself and others called on him to increase the refugee cap. <a href="https://t.co/eaxjHCUhrI">pic.twitter.com/eaxjHCUhrI</a>
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— Rep. Ilhan Omar (<span class="citation" data-cites="Ilhan">@Ilhan</span>) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ilhan/status/1383113038606254084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2021</a>
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Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) was also critical of the decision. “Facing the greatest refugee crisis in our time, there is no reason to limit the number to 15,000,” Durbin said in a statement, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/04/16/us/biden-news-today#biden-refugees-cap">according to the New York Times</a>. “Say it ain’t so, President Joe.”
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After reversing their stance on the refugee cap, the White House tried to tamp down criticism by claiming there was “confusion” over the decision not to raise the cap in the first place. Democratic lawmakers applauded the reversal overall, but some of them also pointed out the continuously disorganized response to the refugee crisis.
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Rep. Verónica Escobar (D-TX) said as much on Twitter Friday, tweeting that she was “heartened” by the White House clarification while also urging the administration to adopt better communication regarding the matter. “Protecting the most vulnerable seeking a safe haven is who [we] are, it’s at the heart of our nation’s values,” she concluded.
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While I’m heartened to learn that <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span class="citation" data-cites="POTUS">@POTUS</span></a> still intends to increase the number of refugee admissions, I urge the admin. to move with urgency and communicate with clarity.<br/><br/>Protecting the most vulnerable seeking a safe haven is who are, it’s at the heart of our nation’s values.
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— Rep. Veronica Escobar (<span class="citation" data-cites="RepEscobar">@RepEscobar</span>) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepEscobar/status/1383164900697051137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2021</a>
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The Biden administration has taken a number of steps to reverse Trump’s extreme nativist immigration policy. In January, Biden <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2021/1/20/22235986/biden-trump-travel-muslim-ban">reversed the controversial Muslim travel ban</a>. On the flip side, the president has come under criticism from progressives for <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22299135/biden-kids-cages-migrant-children-carrizo-homestead">continuing to hold unaccompanied minors</a> crossing the border at temporary detention centers.
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The administration has also struggled with the politics around a recent surge in <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2021/4/15/22383123/migrant-border-asylum-biden-cameroon-guatemala-cuba">people crossing the US southern border</a> in the midst of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and political unrest in Central America.
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Biden may see an electoral trap in immigration issues
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While the Biden administration has taken many steps to undo the harmful immigration policies of the Trump administration, the initial balk at raising the cap and the eventual reversal illustrate what a delicate political situation the president finds himself in, early in his first term. Appealing to nativist panic and fearmongering over border surges has become a staple — and successful — electoral strategy for right-wing politicians, and Biden’s careful navigation on this issue may indicate that the president is attempting to avoid a political trap.
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Making matters even more complicated for Biden is conservative media’s tendency to stoke this kind of paranoid nationalism. Just this week, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson once again promoted the <a href="https://www.vox.com/world/2017/8/15/16141456/renaud-camus-the-great-replacement-you-will-not-replace-us-charlottesville-white">“great replacement” theory</a>, a myth created by white supremacists which states that Democrats purposely encourage immigration by people of color in order to dilute the electoral power of white people, and by extension, the Republican base. The myth underpins the beliefs of former Trump administration officials like Stephen Miller, who helped guide the former president’s restrictive immigration policies.
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Though refugees are not immigrants — nor are they asylum seekers — the Trump administration made no such distinction, viewing them all as political threats. Under Trump, the US refugee cap <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/26/20886038/trump-refugee-cap-executive-order">was lowered repeatedly</a> until it hit a low of 15,000 in October last year. That represents the lowest number of refugees accepted into the US in history, at a time when the number of internationally displaced persons is at its highest since World War II.
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In 2020, the Trump administration delayed making a decision on the cap number, triggering a one-month pause on new refugee resettlements. That, combined with the pandemic, meant that from October 2019 to September 30 the following year, <a href="https://www.vox.com/2020/9/11/21431157/trump-refugee-admissions-resettlement-cap-2021">just 11,814 refugees were resettled</a> within the US.
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Biden, by contrast, ran his campaign on reversing the immigration legacy of the Trump administration. In February, <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2021/2/4/22266410/biden-refugee-executive-order">he signed an executive order</a> raising the refugee cap to 125,000 starting this October, all while attempting to ramp up current resettlements before the new fiscal year starts.
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Biden acknowledged the bureaucratic challenge ahead of him when he signed the order. “The United States’ moral leadership on refugee issues was a point of bipartisan consensus for so many decades,” <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2021/2/4/22266410/biden-refugee-executive-order">he said</a> in a speech at the State Department in February. “It’s going to take time to rebuild what has been so badly damaged.”
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But the controversy this week also illustrates that the left flank of the Democratic party remains committed to holding Biden’s feet to the fire on immigration issues. In this round, the progressives seem to have won.
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<li><strong>Climate change is making your allergies worse</strong> -
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<img alt="A man with hay fever and a handkerchief in front of his nose stands next to a corkscrew hazel bush. " src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/lf0khsjZQv3D3rM7nZZWhLbkG50=/554x0:3585x2273/1310x983/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/69142207/GettyImages_1208821617.0.jpeg"/>
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2021 is poised to be yet another brutal year for people with allergies. | Angelika Warmuth/Picture Alliance via Getty Images
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The annual pollenocalypse is here.
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The warm, inviting spring air coupled with vaccinations for Covid-19 are encouraging people to gather outside. But for allergy sufferers, that air is packing a massive wallop that could send them scrambling back indoors.
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From <a href="https://wgme.com/news/local/dry-and-mild-weather-in-maine-leading-to-high-levels-of-pollen-this-week">Maine</a> to <a href="https://www.wsfa.com/2021/04/13/is-there-an-end-sight-this-brutal-pollen-season/">Alabama</a>, clouds of allergens like pollen are wafting over cities, leaving millions of people with watery eyes, headaches, and rashes. 2021 is shaping up to be yet another brutal year for allergies. Just like 2020, <a href="https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Allergy-Sufferers-Prepare-for-Unusually-Long-Season-Expert-Says-507872031.html">2019</a>, and <a href="https://www.sctimes.com/story/life/wellness/2018/09/16/allergy-season-tips-pollen-fall/1226697002/">2018</a> …
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The trend is real: Allergy risk is getting worse over time. The length and intensity of pollen seasons are growing, largely due to climate change. And as the planet continues to warm, more misery is in store.
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Up to <a href="http://www.aafa.org/page/allergy-facts.aspx">50 million</a> Americans are estimated to have allergies, and as pollen counts increase, more people may become allergic.
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“I think that what will happen is that more people will get sensitized and then they will present themselves earlier because of the higher pollen count, particularly with tree pollen,” said <a href="https://allergymedgroup.com/about/">Sunil Perera</a>, an allergist in Roseville, California, near Sacramento.
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That in turn will become a greater burden on health and the economy, as even people with mild symptoms struggle with remaining active and productive. The cost of treating nasal allergies already tops <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21277528/">$3.4 billion</a> per year in the US. Asthma attacks induced by pollen lead to 20,000 emergency room visits a year in the US.
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One complication this year, like last, is the Covid-19 pandemic. Many are wondering whether their suffering is being caused by the virus or pollen. There are some overlapping symptoms between Covid-19 and allergies, like a runny nose and a loss of smell, but allergies also produce some distinct signs, like itchy eyes and sneezing, according to the <a href="https://education.aaaai.org/resources-for-a-i-clinicians/covid-19">American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology</a>. The more unique symptoms to Covid-19 include fever, cough, and shortness of breath.
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<img alt="Chart listing symptoms of allergies, influenza, the common cold, and Covid-19" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/lKui6kpqioGXBAq3V5ERFCjpw2I=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19950893/Screen_Shot_2020_05_07_at_2.46.38_PM.png"/> <cite><a class="ql-link" href="https://www.aaaai.org/Aaaai/media/MediaLibrary/Images/Promos/Coronavirus-Symptoms.pdf" target="_blank">American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology</a></cite>
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Allergy symptoms can overlap with Covid-19, but there are some distinct signs.
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However, many people with Covid-19 have no symptoms at all. And there’s no reason why someone couldn’t have Covid-19 and allergies at the same time.
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In fact, doctors warn that severe allergies could make people more vulnerable to respiratory infections. “When allergic inflammation occurs in the respiratory tract, [infections] are easier,” Perera said. “We see concurrent allergies and infections when [patients] come see us.”
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Face masks may provide allergy sufferers with some relief, although they leave eyes exposed. But as the planet continues to warm, allergy sufferers will have a harder time finding refuge. Grains of pollen range in <a href="http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/pollen/index2.htm">size</a> from 200 microns down to 10 microns, with smaller grains able to penetrate deeper into the lungs. Small pollen grains can even seep indoors. And researchers are finding out just how much our own insults to the environment are to blame.
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How climate change makes allergies worse
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Allergies are the result of the immune system overreacting to something that is otherwise benign. That can lead to annoying but mild symptoms like hives or itchy eyes. But it can also cause life-threatening complications like <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/anaphylaxis/symptoms-causes/syc-20351468">anaphylaxis</a>, where blood pressure plummets and airways start swelling shut.
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Pollen is one of the most common allergens. It’s produced as part of the reproductive cycle of plants. The timing of pollen production varies depending on the plant species, with trees peaking in the spring, grass over the summer, and ragweed in the fall.
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<img alt="This chart shows the pollen peaks for various species in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Tree pollen peaks in the spring, grass pollen peaks in the summer, and weed pollen peaks in the fall." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Phm2fRa9leSkd5B_--_45oCT3i4=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/16290518/Screen_Shot_2019_05_21_at_10.12.42_AM.png"/> <cite><a class="ql-link" href="http://jhuasthmaallergy.jhmi.edu/allergicreactions/pollen-chartmidatlantic.pdf" target="_blank">Johns Hopkins University, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology</a></cite>
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Different plants reach peak pollen production at different times of year.
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There are two main ways that humans are changing pollen production. One mechanism is that humans are increasing the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels. Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations have risen from 280 parts per million in the 1800s to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/04/05/atmospheric-co2-concentration-record/">420 ppm today</a>.
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“When CO2 goes up, plants tend to grow a little bigger,” said <a href="https://faculty.utah.edu/u6003057-WILLIAM_ANDEREGG/research/index.hml">William Anderegg</a>, an assistant professor of biology at the University of Utah. “They tend to put out more flowers as a fraction of their mass, and individual flowers tend to have actually more pollen on them.”
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Plants that produce more pollen tend to produce more seeds. That also means more pollen-spewing plants in the next season.
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The other mechanism is the warming induced by carbon dioxide. Since it traps heat, higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are causing the planet to heat up. This is leading to warmer winters and earlier springs, giving plants a head start on pollen production. “As spring heats up, all of these life cycle events, including pollen seasons, tend to shift earlier,” Anderegg said.
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The combination of these two factors is leading to more pollen production and over a longer period of time.
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Humanity’s fingerprints are becoming more visible in the pollen-filled skies
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<a href="https://www.vox.com/21452781/zogg-fire-glass-wildfire-california-climate-change-hurricanes-attribution-2020-debate">Attribution</a> is the growing climate science field that seeks to figure out not just how the climate is changing but also to what extent human activity is specifically to blame — and what amount of change might have occurred otherwise, without human meddling. Scientists use observations and models to figure out how phenomena ranging from extreme flooding to wildfires would be different if humans weren’t spewing gigatons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
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“Think of it as looking at a baseball player before and after they start using steroids,” said <a href="https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/people/our-faculty/lhz2103">Lewis Ziska</a>, an associate professor at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.
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Researchers have now begun to attribute changes in allergens to human activity. In a study published in February in the <a href="https://www.pnas.org/content/118/7/e2013284118"><em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America</em></a>, Ziska, Anderegg, and their colleagues calculated that human impacts on the climate account for roughly half of the increase in the length of pollen seasons in North America. Human-caused climate change also accounts for 8 percent of the observed increases in pollen concentrations.
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“There is a very distinct climate signal that is appearing that we can directly associate with these changes in pollen, both with respect to load — how much pollen — but also with respect to the entire exposure time,” Ziska said.
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<img alt="A massive cloud of pollen wafts from the trees in a coniferous forest around the Niedersonthofener Lake in Germany." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/NRMKsF9Sng_8OTDQL0VX07NfPs4=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/16016697/GettyImages_977060358.jpg"/> <cite>Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/Picture Alliance via Getty Images</cite>
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Humans are changing the climate, which is making pollen seasons longer and more intense.
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These effects are already visible, and as humanity continues burning fossil fuels, these impacts are poised to grow. Some estimates show that pollen counts of all varieties will <a href="https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1059973047/">double by 2040</a> in some parts of the country, depending on what pathway the world takes on greenhouse gas emissions.
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The northern latitudes will likely end up sneezing the most since they are the fastest warming parts of the planet. And pollen isn’t the only allergen of concern. As permafrost melts in places like Alaska, moisture is seeping into homes, creating an inviting habitat for mold. That mold can then produce spores that trigger allergies. Stinging insects are another concern in the far north. Warmer winters mean more insects survive into the spring, increasing their numbers. People who may not have realized they are allergic to stings can end up finding out the hard way that they are vulnerable.
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<a href="http://www.allergyalaska.com/about-us/our-providers/jeffrey-g-demain-md">Jeffrey Demain</a>, director of the Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Center of Alaska, told Vox in 2018 that he observed that the northernmost part of Alaska saw a 626 percent increase in insect bites and stings between 2004 and 2006 compared with the period between 1999 and 2001.
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What’s emerging from the haze is that the health burden from allergies of all sorts is poised to grow, and there will be little relief for allergy sufferers on the horizon. But it also highlights how climate change impacts are already here, and they’re going to get worse. “This really underscores the urgency of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and tackling climate change as quickly as we can,” Anderegg said.
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-the-hindu-sports">From The Hindu: Sports</h1>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Indian Premier League 2021 | RCB vs KKR | Maxwell, de Villiers power Bangalore past 200</strong> - Preferring to play with three foreigners instead of four, RCB brought Rajat Patidar in place of Australian Daniel Christian.</p></li>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Indian Premier League 2021 | Chennai, Rajasthan in battle to gain momentum</strong> - The two sides bounced back after losing their opening fixtures with wins, albeit in contrasting styles.</p></li>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Sheffield United relegated from Premier League</strong> - Sheffield United’s relegation from the Premier League was finally confirmed following its 1-0 defeat at Wolverhampton.The rock-bottom Blades will pl</p></li>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Bumrah one of the best death bowlers, makes my job easier: Boult</strong> - “It is always nice being on the right side of those situations.”</p></li>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Copa del Rey | Messi nets 2, Barcelona beats Bilbao 4-0 to win the cup</strong> - Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 4-0 to win the Copa del Rey final on Saturday, giving Ronald Koeman his first title as coa</p></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-the-hindu-national-news">From The Hindu: National News</h1>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Let political parties switch to virtual rallies, says Gopalkrishna Gandhi</strong> - Electoral democracy and public health should not be “out of harmony”, he tells E.C.</p></li>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Coronavirus | PM Modi reviews COVID-19 situation in Varanasi</strong> - PM Modi asked the local administration to help people with full sensitivity and asserted that the cooperation of society as well as the government is necessary to curb the pandemic</p></li>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Coronavirus | Bed requirement for COVID-19 patients more than our capacity: Gujarat Dy. CM</strong> - Though we are adding new facilities and beds at regular intervals, it falls short against the demand as the inflow of coronavirus patients is much higher, says Nitin Patel</p></li>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Renewable energy key part of India’s growth programmes, says Javadekar</strong> - The Environment Minister says the country contributions towards global emissions are as low as 7%.</p></li>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Now come seed masks which grow into plants while thrown</strong> - A social entrepreneurship called Paper Seed near Mangaluru has made such masks containing seeds like tulasi and tomato.</p></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-bbc-europe">From BBC: Europe</h1>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Salisbury poisoning suspects ‘linked to Czech blast’</strong> - The Czech Republic expels 18 Russian diplomats after linking the operatives to a 2014 explosion.</p></li>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Putin critic Navalny could ‘die within days’, say doctors</strong> - Alexei Navalny is on day 19 of a hunger strike over his medical treatment in a Russian jail.</p></li>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>The Zurich students living cheaply in a luxury hotel</strong> - Students in one of the world’s most expensive cities get stunning views of Zurich in a former business hotel.</p></li>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Russia retaliates for US diplomatic expulsions</strong> - Moscow expels 10 diplomats and blacklists eight US officials after the US imposed sanctions.</p></li>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>France Mia kidnapping: Four men held over abduction of girl aged 8</strong> - Mia was taken from her grandmother’s home as part of a plot ordered by her mother, prosecutors say.</p></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-ars-technica">From Ars Technica</h1>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>The humble shrub that’s predicting a terrible fire season</strong> - Chamise is kind of a crystal ball for understanding how badly California might burn. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1757578">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>NASA says its Mars helicopter is ready for a historic first flight</strong> - This is all experimental, so it’s quite possible that Ingenuity will fail. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1757687">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Novel hydrogels can safely remove graffiti from vandalized street art</strong> - Italian chemists successfully tested their hydrogels on actual street art in Florence. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1757011">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>At 38.5% vaccinated, US may be running low on people eager for a shot</strong> - Some worry the country can’t keep up the current pace of vaccination. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1757604">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>DC’s Rorschach: A detective walks into a world shaped by squids and superheroes</strong> - During COVID-19, <em>Rorschach</em> has been something to look forward to each month. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1755546">link</a></p></li>
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The guy said, “God, is it true that to you a billion dollars is like a penny?”
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God said yes.
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The guy said, “God, can I have a penny?”
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They didn’t know each other before the shipwreck, but he did know who she was…
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At the beginning it was hard, but as time passed, this guy learnt how to provide food and shelter, he started taking care of her, and eventually she started caring about him… after all, there wasn’t anybody else in the island…
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He eventually built a cabin, had a functioning automatic potable water supply, and all sorts of little clever commodities, all done to make her life easier… it was the most effort any man had ever done for her, and all the hard work made him fit, she noticed this…
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One night after some wildlife attacked and he defended her successfully, getting a few cuts in the process, she threw herself at him and they made love, after that, they where for all intents and purposes a couple with an above regular sex life.
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But for some reason he started drifting away, something was bothering him. And she noticed… “What’s wrong?” Scarlett Johansson asked, “Nothing…” the guy would say…
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She pestered him for a while eventually saying she would do ANYTHING he needed or wanted to make him feel good again, just because she really cared for him a lot, and even if he wasn’t asking, she felt it was the least she owed it to him…
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“Really?, you’ll do anything I’d like?”
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“yes” she said “anything!”
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“ok, first i want you to take off you toga and get into this pair of work jeans that somehow washed on the shore”
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“ok…”
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“now put this shirt on please, but first,”tape" your boobs so they are flat"
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“wha… ok, I’d say I’d do anything” she said lovingly.
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“ok, now, take this hat and wear it, but tuck your hair under it”
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She was kinda confused, but non the less, she wanted to make him happy, so she tucked her hair under the hat.
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“Now id like for you to grab this piece of soot and paint yourself a beard and a mustache”
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“ok… if this is what you want…” she muttered.
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“now, please, put on these sunglasses, and start walking down the beach I’ll catch up to you in a bit”, he said a bit excited…
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She started walking… wondering… doubting herself… just confused about what had just happened, maybe it wasn’t her, maybe it was h… suddenly the guy grabs her by her shoulder turns her around and says: “DUDE!!! you won’t believe who I’ve been fucking for the past 6 months!”
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