As of May 6, 2021, a new study estimates more than 900,000 have died from COVID in the USA (and more than 6.9 million globaly.) The study, “COVID-19 has caused 6.9 million deaths globally, more than double what official reports show”, comes from scientists at the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. […]
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More Than 900,000 People Have Died Of COVID-19 In U.S
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COVID-19: A Survivor’s Story
by Daniel Brouse (Also see the update: 3 Years of Living With It) I am a scientist and journalist publishing articles and papers since 1994. As part of a collective of scientists, we have been working on the greatest threat to humankind — humans. Much of my effort has been spent on Anthropogenic Climate Change. […]
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National Flood Insurance Program Increasing Rates
FEMA is updating the National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) risk rating methodology through the implementation of a new pricing methodology called Risk Rating 2.0. The methodology leverages industry best practices and cutting-edge technology to enable FEMA to deliver rates that are actuarily sound, equitable, easier to understand and better reflect a property’s flood risk. The […]
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Post-infection COVID Immunity
A study published in The Lancet entitled Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 neutralising antibody responses and duration of immunity: a longitudinal study found the immunity from a COVID reinfection varies widely from individual to individual from days to decades. “We identified five distinctive patterns of neutralising antibody dynamics as follows: * negative, individuals who did not, at […]
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Pollen and Increased SARS-CoV-2 Infection Rates
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America published the study Higher airborne pollen concentrations correlated with increased SARS-CoV-2 infection rates, as evidenced from 31 countries across the globe. The research showed that airborne pollen on average accounts for 44% of the variation in infection rates in addition to […]
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Increasing Cost and Risk of Flood Insurance
The cost of flood damage to homes nationwide will increase by more than 50% in the next 30 years, the First Street Foundation estimates. Flood Insurance Forecast A report by NPR radio, A Looming Disaster: New Data Reveal Where Flood Damage Is An Existential Threat, found: The federal government provides the vast majority of residential […]
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Increasing Cost of Flood Insurance
“Increased awareness of flood risk and rising future insurance costs impact perceptions of value, which will impact real estate markets,” said Matthew Eby, founder and executive director of First Street Foundation. First Street Foundation published a report that concludes: “Rising sea levels and extreme weather could cause $20 billion of flood damage to at-risk U.S. […]
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The Cumulative Costs of Climate Change
“The crisis carries a profound warning. As climate change brings more frequent and intense storms, floods, heat waves, wildfires and other extreme events, it is placing growing stress on the foundations of the country’s economy: Its network of roads and railways, drinking-water systems, power plants, electrical grids, industrial waste sites and even homes. Failures in […]
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Flood Factor: Estimate Flood Insurance Risk by Address
Flood Factor allows you to enter a property address to determine the future risk of severe flooding. Access data calculated by a team of more than 80 world-renowned experts using decades of peer-reviewed research. Over 142 million properties, neighborhoods, and cities analyzed View any home’s Flood Factor and understand what can be done to protect […]
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Post-COVID Can Cause the Body to Attack Itself
In the study Musculoskeletal involvement of COVID-19, imaging showed evidence the body can attack itself. “There have been emerging reports, however, of an array of neuromuscular and rheumatologic complications related to COVID-19 infection and disease course including myositis, neuropathy, arthropathy, and soft tissue abnormalities. Multimodality imaging supports diagnosis and evaluation of musculoskeletal disorders in COVID-19 […]
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