02.07.2020 - By Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media
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Global Biodiversity, Plant Life, Homeless Schooled, Grey Seals Clap, Cuttlefish Favorites, Violent Man?, Bee Beats, Coronavirus Numbers Update, Cat Defense or Coincidence?, People Yarn, Red Meat Bad, Super Spider Glue, And Much More…
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DISCLAIMER, DISCLAIMER, DISCLAIMER!!!
As a novel pneumonia inducing virus races around the world
out pacing containment efforts
As governments, media, markets and healthcare workers react
As the number of infected continue to grow
And as scientists work overtime to construct a vaccine…
Something to keep in mind…
It is well within our power to deal with this emergency
as with many other potential threats to human health
Through the ongoing investments we make in education
In research, and our public health systems.
Without the public investment
We would be unprepared to identify that an outbreak was occuring
Without the public investment
We would be unprepared to discover the source of such outbreaks
Without the public investment
We would be unprepared to react quickly, and in an effective manner
Without the public investment
We would be unprepared to survive this and much more lethal events
We are in this together, this world, this life, this experiment called humanity
And in a very direct way, nothing makes that more clear
than a pandemic that can cross all borders we set between us
That, and This Week in Science,
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Let’s start with SCIENCE!
Global Biodiversity
Research from and interdisciplinary team published in PLoS One reports the effort to map biodversity on land and sea in relation to influencing factors.