blossom
this metaphor would be that "ideas are plants." The entailments would be that her skills are still growing. Her skills are like a flower getting ready to fully bloom. Her skills are young and imperfect right now. Her skills have not fully reached their potential.
shuffle
this metaphor would categorize as "ideas are products." The entailments would be that the trades are easily movable and versatile. Trades are not solid or set in stone and are subject to change.
But the lethal effects of air pollution are barely discusse
should this be a bigger topic in politics now?
Nevertheless, air pollution still kills more than 100,000 Americans every year.
how do we know this?
decades of regulation
compared to what
Before and after views of a thoroughfare in the town of Ahvaz, Iran, show the effects on air pollution of the curfew imposed by the Iranian government to battle COVID-19.
caption highlighting the diminishing effects of air pollution in another part of the world
But the cleaner pandemic skies do show how fast we can bring down pollution when we reduce our burning of fossil fuels.
COVID hasn't been all bad for the earth but what economic steps would have to be taken in the future?
“people are reporting seeing the Himalayas for the first time from where they live,”
this article is providing some positivity for the readers and inspiration to KEEP the air clean even after this is over, that life cant fully go back to how it was.
“There’s a chance to really get people to stop, take a deep breath,” and reflect on questions like “How was your asthma during this period?”
will the whole world be willing to change its bad habits for the sake of everyone's health? is this possible?
may offer lessons for the kind of world we want to build after the pandemic.
will pollution decrease world wide after the pandemic as a kind of lesson? would that help COVID outbreaks/deaths in the future?
her colleagues
at harvard?
all of which increase complications in coronavirus patients.
this would make sense because it is a respiratory illness
a Harvard biostatistics professor and the study’s senior author.
credited to give us information on this topic because she is a biostatistics professor and not just a "health expert"
from about 3,000 U.S. counties
where were these counties located?
sharply raise the chances of dying from the virus.
how do we know this is a fact?
The study,
what is the study? it gives an external link but why not just state it in the article?
When new evidence emerged this week that dirty air makes COVID-19 more lethal,
how do we know this is true? who said this? what is their authority to speak on the matter?
it’s exploiting our biggest weaknesses,
who's biggest weaknesses are these though
Beth Gardiner
no link to learn more about this person/credentials...
PUBLISHED April 8, 2020
current article and up to date
Smoke from the district heating plant rises above clouds near a 360-foot observation tower in Grenoble, France.
caption under the headliner's photo, high lighting pollution in france
But at some stage, nearly all governments will have to strike a balance between ensuring public safety and getting their countries running again. They may also find themselves weighing what is best for society against individual rights, using biological criteria in ways that almost certainly would be rejected absent the current emergency.
opinion or fact?
“We are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel,” said Fabio Arrighini, a supervisor of an ambulance hotline in the Lombardy town of Brescia,
again, more scientific credibility of moving in a positive direction
debate about how to reopen arrived in earnest this past week in Italy.
gives hope for the rest of us
the government had begun working with scientists to determine how to send people who have recuperated back to work.
how will they know if you've fully recuperated ? will the rest of the world start doing this?
By Jason Horowitz
author
April 4, 2020Updated 2:21 p.m. ET
current and up to date
“Covid Pass” for the uninfected.
will other countries take this on as well?
come under increasing pressure to open economies and avoid inducing a widespread economic depression.
the push for a vaccine is becoming more and more prevalent as to avoid collapse in the economy and to get businesses back on their feet.
Italian health officials and some politicians
the point of power seems to be leaning towards scientists now instead of politicians because of the wording "some politicians"
There is a growing sense in Italy that the worst may have passed.
how do they know this ?
ROME
location of story
The almost deserted Navigli area in Milan.Credit...
caption under a very deserted city in Italy showing just how seriously people are taking quarantine.
experts
experts of what? who are they?
What seemed unthinkable just a week ago is rapidly becoming the new normal.
Do they have insight onto the duration of this new normal? Is this already normal for anyone in their community?
Dr. Luciana Borio, who was director of medical and biodefense preparedness for the National Security Council
source
remarkable changes have come over American life. S
what are these changes and what are they from?
“I think you can appeal to people to do the right thing.”
not necessarily applicable to everyone. Can this help in the fight against the coronavirus like the article headlines?
“The American way is to look for better outcomes through a voluntary system,”
how does he know this
It was not at all clear that a nation so fundamentally committed to individual liberty and distrustful of government could learn to adapt to many of these measures,
How can this be stopped if if this is how people feel? Where did they get the information that our nation is distrustful of its government? Was a certain group of people surveyed?
But tactics like forced isolation, school closings and pervasive GPS tracking of patients brought more divided reactions.
who became divided? why?
scientists and epidemiologists; and former health officials who led major American global health programs in both Republican and Democratic administrations.
reliable
Those experts included international public health officials who have fought AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, flu and Ebola;
can these be comparable to COVID-19? in how they spread? in how they treated the disease?
there was wide agreement
who agreed? who disagreed? and why?
when Americans realize that working together is the only way to protect themselves and their loved ones.
How will the "health officials" achieve this?
experts
who are the other experts?
said Dr. David L. Heymann, who chairs an expert panel advising the World Health Organization on emergencies.
Gives us the "who" said it and their credentials to speak on the matter.
There is a chance to stop the coronavirus. This contagion has a weakness.
This is a powerful and intriguing line that gets the point across very effectively by being a single sentence.
Whether they can keep it suppressed remains to be seen.
does this seem contradictory to the above paragraph?
Terrifying though the coronavirus may be, it can be turned back. China, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan have demonstrated that, with furious efforts, the contagion can be brought to heel.
short summary that gives the reader a glimpse of hope for the virus to come to an end but with "furious efforts." It makes the audience wonder: what are these efforts?
By Donald G. McNeil Jr.
reporter
Published March 22, 2020Updated March 25, 2020, 10:48 a.m. ET
originally this was published on March 22nd but has since been updated as time goes on.
Scientists who have fought pandemics describe difficult measures needed to defend the United States against a fast-moving pathogen.
subtitle that offer a liitle bit more of an explanation
The Virus Can Be Stopped, but Only With Harsh Steps, Experts Say
The headline pulls the reader in as to what harsh steps need to be taken to stop the virus.
All sport in Italy, including England's men's and women's Six Nations matches and all Serie A games, will be played behind closed doors until 3 April in an effort to contain coronavirus, the government has said.
the story matches the headline- not click bait
Coronavirus: All Italian sport including England Six Nations game in empty stadiums
published by the BBC-a british broadcast center that publishes European news
4 Mar From the section Sport
no author
Real Madrid held a one minute silence during their training session this morning. Sergio Ramos paid his respect by wearing Kobe Bryant’s #10 USA jersey. #RIPKobe
Kobe's death proves to affect everybody world wide, where different teams and sports across the globe are honoring him.