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In our Country and across the Globe, Mankind is being threatened by the Coronavirus Pandemic, with almost five million Americans infected and causing more than 161 thousand deaths in the USA alone (as of August 11, 2020).

Compounding this is complete failure of our President, Donald Trump to anticipate this (even though he was made aware of the likelihood of Covid-19 in January) and therefore better prepare the nation in order to reduce casualties. Since, he continues to hold rallies without adequate protection for himself and attendees, the least of which is to wear a face mask to prevent one from infecting others from getting the disease.

In fact, Trump can consider this as his greatest failure in terms of loss of American's lives that, otherwise, could have been saved had he acted earlier.

(The news media has reported that more Americans have died from this Pandemic (under Trump's watch) than during the 20 years of the Vietnam War!: U.S. Covid-19 deaths exceeded this benchmark in late April, after only two months from the earliest American death in February!)

Overall, Trump's self-absorption, arrogance and incompetence has been attacked by both the left and right, making him the worst U.S. President in history! (as set forth by the prestigious Brookings Institution.)

On the Other hand, our special thanks to the Medical workers who are confronting the Covid-19 Pandemic head-on with risk to their own health. Special thanks to my niece Angie and her daughter Nikki for their service as RNs!

One of the best ways to avoid the virus is in social distancing, which also means not getting out for night life, in fear that the person sitting next to you might be an asymptomatic carrier of Covid-19!

Instead, we watch more television (at home) as well as remaining in touch through social media. In this vein, there is a new web page under the Main Menu "HUMANITY" entitled "Social Networking": this supplements the separate web page "Our Mobile World" (under the "TECHNOLOGY" main menu.)

Social Networking covers the many social media applications enabling users to conference by video and audio. Social Networking apps such as "Zoom" enable two or more people to connect through a common web page interface, in effect enabling face-to-face business (or social) conference calls! See below for example Zoom conferencing screen:

Click below for Videos about Zoom:

Two Alternatives to Zoom include the following:

Microsoft Teams

Pictured below: PowerApps in Microsoft Teams – Make your team more productive

Microsoft Teams is a unified communication and collaboration platform that combines persistent workplace chat, video meetings, file storage (including collaboration on files), and application integration.

The service integrates with the Office 365 subscription office productivity suite and features extensions that can integrate with non-Microsoft products. Microsoft Teams is a competitor to services such as Slack and is the evolution and upgrade path from Microsoft Skype for Business.

Skype

Pictured below: Microsoft Teams vs Skype for Business — get to know Teams

Skype is a telecommunications application that specializes in providing video chat and voice calls between computers, tablets, mobile devices, the Xbox One console, and smartwatches over the Internet.

Skype also provides instant messaging services. Users may transmit text, video, audio and images. Skype allows video conference calls.

At the end of 2010, there were over 660 million worldwide users, with over 300 million estimated active each month as of August 2015. At one point in February 2012, there were 34 million users concurrently online on Skype.

In the following we will cite only a dozen of some of the best Videos found on this Website:

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Jim Carrey Predicts Donald Trump’s ‘Next Medical Breakthrough’ With Political Cartoon

"The comedian’s latest artwork makes a mockery of the president’s coronavirus comments"

President Donald Trump’s penchant for hyping unproven ― and sometimes downright dangerous ― treatments for the coronavirus gave actor Jim Carrey the inspiration for his latest critical cartoon.

Last week, Trump pondered injecting people with disinfectant during a White House coronavirus task force briefing. He later walked back the comments, claiming he was just being sarcastic.

That didn’t stop Carrey from unleashing this taunting piece of artwork on Wednesday, which he called “Trump’s next medical breakthrough.”

Trump’s next medical breakthrough: “Want COVID out? SHOUT IT OUT!”:

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The Coronavirus Pandemic continues to decimate sports and other entertainment venues. BUT, mankind continues to prove we are an inventive species, e.g., the recent (and first ever) Saturday Night Live episode filmed remotely, starring Tom Hanks:

Videos of Tom Hanks on SNL:

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Gender Equality?

As one web page of a web site comprised of over 100 web pages, we pay special attention to feminism. I was fortunate to have married the most wonderful person I ever have met, with both love and friendship prevailing over our 35 years together until I lost Evelyn to cancer.

In the case of females, Society is still behind in terms full of equality to men in the workplace. Which makes the accomplishments of women who have excelled beyond such gender stereotypes refreshing: next and hopefully soon, a female president!

A few of many noteworthy feminists include:

Gloria Steinem and "Ms." Magazine
Betty Friedan, Women's Rights Activist
Susan B. Anthony, women's rights activist
Helen Gurley Brown (Feminist)
Bella Abzug, Feminist Movement Activist
Jane Fonda, Actress, Activist and Fitness Guru
Robin Morgan, Feminist

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Impact of 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic on Education

The impact of school closings resulting from the pandemic is not yet fully understood, as this topic covers below.

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic has affected educational systems worldwide, leading to the widespread closures of schools and universities.

As of 3 April 2020, over 421 million students were out of school due to school closures in response to COVID-19. According to UNESCO monitoring, over 200 countries have implemented nationwide closures, impacting about 98% of the world's student population.

On 23 March 2020, Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) released a statement announcing the cancellation of Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge O Level, Cambridge International AS & A Level, Cambridge AICE Diploma, and Cambridge Pre-U examinations for the May/June 2020 series across all countries. International Baccalaureate exams have also been cancelled.

School closures impact not only students, teachers, and families, but have far-reaching economic and societal consequences.
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For television entertainment, the following two TV series remain at the top of their Game!!

Stephen Colbert and "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" (CBS: 2015-Present) including a List of Late Night Show Comedy Sketches
Blue Bloods, ten years and still going strong, with a focus on family values and the Law & Order family business!

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Under this Web Page"Spotlight"We feature the best of content found at"Our Generation USA!​

Under this Web Page
"Spotlight"
We feature the best of content found at
"Our Generation USA!