Young People Spreading Covid a Concern in Rapidly Aging Japan
Bloomberg 1/28/2021 Shiho Takezawa and Marika Katanuma
(Bloomberg) The world’s most rapidly aging society has long struggled to talk to its youth. That’s a disconnect that’s turning deadly in the pandemic.
The difficulty in persuading young adults to upend their lifestyles to prevent Covid-19’s spread has challenged countries across the globe. Yet nowhere are the stakes higher than in Japan, where nearly a third of residents are over the age of 65, and the virus response depends on voluntary cooperation.
The nation has so far relied on people changing their behavior in its largely successful fight against the virus, as authorities lack the legal ability to enforce lockdowns. But while calling for cooperation worked in the early days of fighting an unknown pathogen, like their global peers younger Japanese are increasingly hit with virus fatigue. That’s left officials struggling to persu
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“I didn’t know it was a co-op, but once I found out what it was, I was like, ‘ This is amazing. People running a company democratically. Taxi drivers, from all different walks of life, able to run this company. It was so inspiring to me, that’s really when I began to learn all about worker cooperatives, getting involved in local government and national and international organizations as well,” says Kemble.
A handful of drivers founded Union Cab Cooperative in 1979, after they attempted to unionize under their previous employer, who responded by folding the company. They scraped together the cash from friends and family to buy a handful of cabs, radio equipment, and all the necessary permits and insurance about $150,000 in startup costs at the time. Today the co-op has 157 members, 109 of which are primarily drivers, and it has managed to maintain its footing through more than one upheaval in Madison’s car transportation sector.
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PITTSBURGH, Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, announced today that Mike Sidani, P.E., PMP, has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Project Delivery Officer. In this newly created role, Mr. Sidani will oversee Michael Baker s overall project delivery process and prioritize the firm s corporate and project risk management programs, particularly around large-scale, complex Design-Build pursuits and execution. Mr. Sidani s expanded responsibilities align with the company s continued growth in pursuing, winning and executing increasingly large and multifaceted projects that require the highest quality and consistency in the delivery of services to clients. He will integrate the three major elements of Quality Management, Project Oversight and Risk Management under one coordinated entity.
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Congratulations to the 118 members of the 2021 class of OSA Fellow Members, who will be recognized at OSA conferences throughout the year for scientific, engineering and technological contributions, as well as industry leadership and service to OSA and the global optics community.
The 2021 class of Fellows reflects the diverse and inclusive community that OSA serves. A record 261 nominations were received, making this program very competitive as no more than 10% of OSA’s total membership may be elected as Fellows. For more information, contact the OSA Awards Office (awards@osa.org; +1 202.416.1960) or go to www.osa.org/fellows.. Nominations for 2022 Fellows are due by 15 June 2022.