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  1. Covid: Still here, still deadly

    "We're seeing a rise at the moment, a relatively small rise, in the detection of this virus in wastewater, unlike the continuing decline we're seeing in self-reported cases, and this does seem to date to the period when we removed the subsidy for self-isolation, and that coincided with when we removed mandatory self-isolation." Professor Michael Baker

    rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detai

    #RNZ #Health #COVID19 #MichaelBaker

  2. ‘What Exactly Is “#Neurodiversity"? Using Accurate #Language about #Disability Matters in #Schools
    #TheConversation #MichaelBaker

    “[The term] Neurodiversity ... reflects the notion that all ‘bodyminds’ work in diverse ways.

    “The medical model of disability says impairment is equated with being broken and in need of a fix.

    “[T]he social model argues humans naturally come in a variety of bodyminds, which are changed and shaped by our environment.”

    theconversation.com/what-exact

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