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M-m-m-my Corona: Protecting Yourself from Coronavirus and its Misinformation

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M-m-m-my Corona: Protecting Yourself from Coronavirus and its Misinformation

By Zack Dumont Though tragic at the time, and still today, past outbreaks — such as SARS in 2003 — have taught the global healthcare community much about handling epidemics. Because of those outbreaks there exist sophisticated systems to detect, trace, contain, and stop the spread of epidemics. Thankfully, we’re seeing those systems in action…

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CFIC Member to Give Public Talk on Anti-Vaxxers

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By Leslie Rosenblood In August 2010, I asked, in a Facebook post , “Why is vaccination vilified by so many?”, linking to a clever Penn & Teller segment from their show Bullshit! It was intended as a rhetorical question. It led to a months-long online debate about the merits of national immunization programs (they’re very good), and ultimately inspired the creation of my…

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Taiwan, the Asia Pioneer, Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

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Taiwan, the Asia Pioneer, Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

By Scott Douglas Jacobsen The movement for human rights continues in an asynchronous and bumpy progression forward more than backward. In this progression, we can see regional and national differences. Some regions regress while others progress; same for nations. One of the more noteworthy cases is the increase in equal rights for the LGBTQ community….

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