Here is something I posted recently on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jamieuhrig_activity-6651077877397757953-K9dH While you wait and wait and wait for covid19 coronavirus testing to scale up, there is a lot you can do to prevent infection and making the epidemic worse. 1) Physical distancing, cough and sneeze into your sleeve, don’t touch your eyes, nose and mouth, wash […]
Threats from abroad
Here are three recent covid19 coronavirus articles in the Irrawaddy. All focus on imported cases, threats from abroad, and people crossing borders. None address the issue of local transmission and community prevention measures. The numbers will soon climb so high that even the Irrawaddy will stop focusing on foreign threats. Or will it? https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-reports-four-new-covid-19-cases-total-climbs-14.html https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/naypyitaw-health-bosses-hopeful-covid-19-control-myanmars-capital.html […]
A lost opportunity
New Facebooker Suu Kyi could have advised people who are sick to stay home in isolation for a week but missed the opportunity. Deaths could have been averted. While you wait and wait and wait for covid19 coronavirus testing to scale up, there is a lot you can do to prevent infection and worsening the […]
Women's history month
Myanmar’s own Khin Nyein Chan is featured in a Columbia University ICAP post for Women’s History Month. Women’s History Month 2020: Putting the Spotlight on the Women Who Lead ICAP Jamie

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