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Three Reasons Vacation-Rental Owners Need To Factor Wellness Into Their Investment Decisions

October 13, 2020

Clark Twiddy is the President of Twiddy & Company, a hospitality and asset management firm along North Carolina’s Outer Banks.

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There is a popular adage that reminds us, “If you don’t make time for wellness, you’ll be forced to make time for illness.” Even in this new age of seemingly limitless uncertainty, one Covid-19 lesson we can virtually all agree on is the importance of making time in our lives for both mental and physical wellness. Our own personal journeys have shown us the challenges stemming from the mental and physical strain of enduring a lengthening pandemic. Among many things influenced by our recent experiences, how we choose to vacation and what we value in our time away from home stands out. This year has also made clear new reasons for those providing vacation settings — owners and investors — to include wellness in the many factors influencing

Want To Sleep Like a Log? 5 Reasons To Switch to a Low Bed Frame Now

October 8, 2020

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Getting good sleep at night is one of the most beneficial things you can do for your health. If that’s a problem, you may have toyed with the idea of buying a new mattress or pillow, but what about taking your mattress closer to the ground?

“Research shows that just changing your sleep system, whether this be your mattress, foundation, bed frame, or bedding, can also improve your quality of sleep and lower stress levels,” says McKenzie Hyde, a certified sleep science coach at Amerisleep.com. “If you have been resting on a higher bed for some time, you may benefit from lowering it or replacing the foundation with a low-profile design.”

Of course, we’re not talking about putting your mattress directly on the floor. Experts advise against this to avoid dust, creepy crawlies, and buildup of mold and mildew (gross). Instead, use a low platform bed to support your

Five reasons why Covid-19 has been less deadly than elsewhere

October 8, 2020

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People wearing face masks as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus (Covid-19) come to Entoto Kidane Mehret Church as Ethiopian Orthodox Christians celebrate Filseta Day after the end of fasting for 15 days without consuming animal products in commemoration of Assumption of Mary in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on August 22, 2020

Many African countries have been praised for waging an effective campaign to combat the spread of coronavirus despite their reputation for having fragile state heath systems.

The continent, which has a population of more than one billion, has had about 1.5 million cases, according to data compiled by the John Hopkins University.

Africa has recorded about 37,000 deaths, compared with roughly 580,000 in the Americas, 230,000 in Europe, and 205,000 in Asia.

These figures are far lower than those in Europe, Asia or the Americas, with reported cases continuing to decline.

“The case-fatality ratio (CFR) for Covid-19 in Africa

Border exemptions introduced for families, students and compassionate reasons; Ontario will ‘pause’ social bubbles

October 5, 2020

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Canada introduces exemptions to border restrictions

Beginning on Oct. 8, certain extended family members of Canadian citizens and permanent residents, and people who want to come to Canada for compassionate reasons, will be able to enter the country.

Family members who qualify include:

Individuals in an exclusive dating relationship with a Canadian citizen or permanent resident for at least one year, who have physically spent time with each other, and these individuals’ dependent children
Non-dependent children (adult children who do not meet the definition of a dependent child in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations)
Grandchildren, grandparents and siblings (including half and step siblings)

Pre-arrival approval is required, with more details on the application process set to be revealed next week, and each individual must be staying in Canada for more than 15 days.

Marco Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, said individuals in an exclusive

Longtime MLB catcher Francisco Cervelli announces retirement, citing health reasons

October 4, 2020

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Longtime MLB catcher Francisco Cervelli is retiring from baseball, he announced on Instagram. Cervelli said he is hanging up his spikes because it’s time to “put my health before my career.” The 34-year-old had seven documented concussions throughout his career, including one that ended his 2020 season in August.

Here is Cervelli’s retirement announcement:

“Today, I retire happy and fully satisfied, because I gave my heart and soul to this wonderful game,” Cervelli wrote. “I am retiring because the time has come to put my health before my career. For a long time, I put baseball first, through countless concussions and injuries, because this game was my life; my whole world. But it’s clear to me now that my future holds so much more. For the first time in a long time, I know my health and wellness needs to be the leadoff. It’s time.”

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5 Reasons to Delay Social Security Benefits

October 2, 2020

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Social Security isn’t just a series of predetermined payments that you receive starting at a particular age. You can start collecting your benefits anywhere from age 62 to 70, and there are a handful of ways that you can increase your Social Security benefits, too.

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One way to beef up those benefits is by delaying when you start collecting them. Here’s a look at how that works and why it might be a smart move for you.

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Each of us has a “full retirement age,” based on when we were born, at which time we can start collecting the full benefits to which we’re entitled. For most of us, it’s between 66 and 67:

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Nationwide genomic analysis to study possible reasons for the low COVID-19 mortality rate in Japan

September 29, 2020

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TOKYO, Sept. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Japanese researchers have launched the Joint Research Coronavirus Task Force to gather genetic information for predicting severe cases of COVID-19 and developing effective vaccines.

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The Keio Research Highlights website offers more details about this and other recent research being conducted by researchers at Keio University.

https://research-highlights.keio.ac.jp/

On 21 May, 2020, the Joint Research Coronavirus Task Force was launched in Japan to promote the development of a mucosal vaccine for COVID-19 based on advanced genomic analysis.

“We will analyze 600 blood samples taken from Japanese COVID-19 patients located in approximately 100 hospitals throughout Japan,” explains Takanori Kanai of the Keio University School of Medicine, who leads the task force. “One of the goals of the research is to try to understand why the mortality rate due to COVID-19 has remained significantly lower in

Puzzled scientists seek reasons behind Africa’s low fatality rates from pandemic

September 29, 2020

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a person in a blue chair: A health worker walks between beds at a temporary field hospital set up by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Khayelitsha township near Cape Town

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A health worker walks between beds at a temporary field hospital set up by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Khayelitsha township near Cape Town

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Africa’s overburdened public health systems, dearth of testing facilities and overcrowded slums had experts predicting a disaster when COVID-19 hit the continent in February.

The new coronavirus was already wreaking havoc in wealthy Asian and European nations, and a United Nations agency said in April that, even with social-distancing measures, the virus could kill 300,000 Africans this year.

In May the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that 190,000 people on the continent could die if containment measures failed. Yet as the world marks 1 million COVID-19 deaths, Africa is doing much better than expected, with a lower percentage of deaths than other continents.

The continent’s case fatality count stands at 2.4%,

Puzzled Scientists Seek Reasons Behind Africa’s Low Fatality Rates From Pandemic | World News

September 29, 2020

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Africa’s overburdened public health systems, dearth of testing facilities and overcrowded slums had experts predicting a disaster when COVID-19 hit the continent in February.

The new coronavirus was already wreaking havoc in wealthy Asian and European nations, and a United Nations agency said in April that, even with social-distancing measures, the virus could kill 300,000 Africans this year.

In May the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that 190,000 people on the continent could die if containment measures failed. Yet as the world marks 1 million COVID-19 deaths, Africa is doing much better than expected, with a lower percentage of deaths than other continents.

The continent’s case fatality count stands at 2.4%, with roughly 35,000 deaths among the more than 1.4 million people reported infected with COVID-19, according to Reuters data as at late Monday. In North America, it is 2.9% and in Europe 4.5%

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Canada introduces exemptions to border restrictions

1. It could pay off if you live a shorter-than-average lifespan

Meet your full retirement age