<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">An article in the recent Science magazine talked about a “syndemic” which </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">"is the intersection of two epidemics—two diseases ravaging a population at the same time, exacerbating each other. HIV weakens the immune system, for instance, which makes people more likely to develop tuberculosis. The world witnessed some- thing similar this year. We live in an eco-system that allows viruses to cross from wildlife to humans more often and spread farther and faster than ever before—that gave us SARS-CoV-2. But the virus emerged in an information ecosystem that helps misinformation and lies spread faster than scientific evidence, weakening our ability to respond to new threats. That made the pandemic far worse."</div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><a href="https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/370/6523/1395.full.pdf">https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/370/6523/1395.full.pdf</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Without necessarily buying into the entire metaphor it seems pretty useful, bringing up concepts susceptibility, vulnerable populations, super spreaders, mode of transmission, and, of course, inoculation. </div><div><br></div><div>It also fits well into my investigations into civic intelligence which I believe is threatened like other natural resources. And if it gets too low, our ability to address our problems cooperatively becomes ever more helpless.</div><div><br></div><div>I'd love to hear your thoughts on this!</div><div><br></div><div>— Doug</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 8:49 AM Richard Brooks <<a href="mailto:rrb@g.clemson.edu">rrb@g.clemson.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Interesting.<br>
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On 12/23/20 4:31 AM, grarpamp wrote:<br>
> The Invisible Influence of Big Tech on Politics & Elections - Allum<br>
> Bokhari #Deleted<br>
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> #Deleted: Big Tech's battle to erase the trump movement and steal the election<br>
> <a href="https://deletedbook.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://deletedbook.com/</a><br>
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