“If you look at what drives stress in our society ... I'm talking about physiological and emotional stress in a human being, these are factors such as uncertainty, loss of control, lack of information, and conflict. And all of those have been exacerbated by the COVID crisis,” says trauma expert, Gabor Mate.
“So, on the one hand, we have the impact of the virus itself, and the threat that it poses to people, the lack of information, the uncertainty imposed by this pandemic. And then, on the other hand, of course, we have the public health measures that are very much debated, but they've isolated the people.”
On UpFront, Marc Lamont Hill talks to physician, trauma expert and author, Gabor Mate, about the isolation, uncertainty and other factors fuelling stress in the pandemic.
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Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, British people have been largely law abiding and civic minded. They followed the stay-at-home orders through three lengthy lockdowns, many losing their jobs, missing birthdays, weddings and even the funerals of their loved ones in the process.
So when evidence began to emerge in late November that the staff at 10 Downing Street, the prime minister’s residence and the central office of government, had held a Christmas party during lockdown, people were angry, to say the least. But then, after a steady stream of breaking news made clear it was not one or two but at least 16 parties, several of which Prime Minister Boris Johnson knew about and in some cases apparently attended, that anger transformed into fury. On Thursday, four members of his staff resigned, with one citing his reference to a debunked conspiracy theory while speaking to Parliament as a contributing factor.
To explain exactly why the British are so enraged with Mr. Johnson, who was already infamous for his troubled relationship with the truth, we produced a satirical Opinion Video with Jonathan Pie, a fictional broadcast reporter created and performed on YouTube by the comedian Tom Walker, whose acerbic, satirical monologues have gone viral.
The video contains strong language and adult humor you wouldn’t normally see in The Times, but after being taken for fools, the British public is through being polite.
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There's growing global alarm over Omicron - the new coronavirus variant that first emerged in South Africa. Researchers say it could be the most infectious form of the virus so far, and it might even beat current vaccines. The international response has been swift. Many countries have shut ............
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Germany registered a record number of COVID-19 cases on Thursday, breaking a record set in December 2020. Disease control agency the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported 33,949 new infections in a single day.
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Australia eased its international border restrictions on Monday for the first time during the pandemic, allowing some of its vaccinated public to travel freely and many families to reunite, sparking emotional embraces at Sydney’s airport.
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Just
over a year ago, the Coronavirus made the world shut down and brought
death and despair.
Now there are vaccines - and many countries where people have been
inoculated. More than half the population in the worst-hit country, the
US. In Britain, it's even two-thirds.
After
more than a year of COVID-19, we've become familiar with complex
medical terminology and difficult virological concepts. But we also
realize it's not going away that easily.
Britain and the US are having trouble convincing more people to get
vaccinated; the new Delta variant is spreading rapidly.
Vast
regions, like Africa, still lack vaccines. In Australia, where several
cities are re-introducing restrictions to try to contain new COVID-19
clusters, some linked to the Delta variant.
Sydney
and Darwin have begun new lockdowns, while other cities are
re-introducing mask wearing. Only 5 percent of the population in
Australia has been fully vaccinated.
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#India recorded the world's highest daily tally of 314,835 #Covid-19 infections on Thursday as a second wave of the pandemic raised new fears about the ability of crumbling health services to cope. Health officials across northern and western India including the capital, New Delhi, said they were in #crisis, with most hospitals full and running out of oxygen.
India's Covid caseload has risen sharply in the past few weeks.
The country's been reporting more than 150,000 cases a day. In January and February daily cases fell below 20,000.
So,
how did India get from relative calm to its new crisis?
Workplaces, markets and malls have reopened, and transport is operating
at full capacity. Big weddings, festivals and election rallies are also
being held.
The result: a situation that one doctor described as a "Covid tsunami".
The BBC's Vikas Pandey and Anshul Verma report.
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After
the first confirmed case of a rare blood clot in Canada connected with
the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Ishac Nazy of the McMaster
Platelet Immunology Laboratory in Hamilton says his team is working to
identify a risk factor that can connect rare blood clots in certain
people to a vaccine.
Erielle Reshef reports on the potential dangers posed by bars in spreading the virus, as health experts urge local and state leaders to temporarily shut them down.
Any chance to slow the virus’s advance on America was lost in February, when a group of experts tried to warn the Trump administration, but were ignored, leaving the nation unprepared and unprotected.
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