We quite often hear only a very dystopian narrative for social media in which, it is increasing political polarization and causing a deep degree of social damage, Apar Gupta, executive director at the Internet Freedom Foundation, a digital liberties organization in India, told CNBC. But, social media also has the potential of bringing people together, he said and explained that is why it s important to fight for the right kind of incentives-based system design and algorithmic accountability around social media. I think this Covid disaster that is continuing in India is showing the promise of social media to be used as a tool for organizing relief and also demanding greater amounts of political accountability at all levels from our health-care officials to decision-makers who set budgets, Gupta said.
We quite often hear only a very dystopian narrative for social media in which, it is increasing political polarization and causing a deep degree of social damage, Apar Gupta, executive director at the Internet Freedom Foundation, a digital liberties organization in India, told CNBC. But, social media also has the potential of bringing people together, he said and explained that is why it s important to fight for the right kind of incentives-based system design and algorithmic accountability around social media. I think this Covid disaster that is continuing in India is showing the promise of social media to be used as a tool for organizing relief and also demanding greater amounts of political accountability at all levels from our health-care officials to decision-makers who set budgets, Gupta said.
The state s best bet, Walensky said, is to really close things down.
Walensky called on Michigan to go back to where we were last spring, last summer and to shut things down, to flatten the curve, to decrease contact with one another and to ramp up testing and contact tracing efforts. Cases in Michigan have dramatically risen in recent weeks, averaging 7,359 new cases per day over the last week and approaching its pandemic highs set around Thanksgiving, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Deaths are also on the rise. Really what we need to do in those situations is shut things down, Walensky said.
The state s best bet, Walensky said, is to really close things down.
Walensky called on Michigan to go back to where we were last spring, last summer and to shut things down, to flatten the curve, to decrease contact with one another and to ramp up testing and contact tracing efforts. Cases in Michigan have dramatically risen in recent weeks, averaging 7,359 new cases per day over the last week and approaching its pandemic highs set around Thanksgiving, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Deaths are also on the rise. Really what we need to do in those situations is shut things down, Walensky said.
The supply of the two-shot vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna won’t be able to quickly make up the demand created by the J&J pause, Dr. Kavita Patel told CNBC.