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Ergonomics – what is it 

 
Ergonomics is an art and science of helping to fit a job to the worker. Health problems occurs when a worker tries to fit to a job and work long hours. Example: A tall worker doing some job on a table for long hours can...
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Frequent breaks prevent work-related injuries and illnesses 

A large Korean study involving 25,439 employees found that work-related injuries were significantly associated with long working hours. The risk of work-related injuries increased with increasing working hours in a dose–response pattern in those who took insufficient rest breaks, while the risk was not significant...
 
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Benefits of taking covid vaccine 

A recent CDC study showed that unvaccinated people are almost 5 times more likely to be infected by the coronavirus and 29 times more likely to be hospitalized with covid compared to fully vaccinated individuals. Therefore, all the evidence suggests that the millions of those…

 
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Johnson & Johnson covid vaccine 

By end-August 2021, 14 million Americans have received the Johnson & Johnson covid vaccine. This is a little over 8% of the 170.8 million Americans who are fully vaccinated, the rest having received a Pfizer or Moderna mRNA vaccine. In early August 2021, the South...
 
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The mask paradox 

Wearing a mask definitely additionally protects. We continue to wear mask in closed spaces (offices, restaurants etc.) even when the covid cases are low with the hope that in the near future we would relax wearing the mask, knowing well that perhaps the cases will...
 
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Is ‘virtual physiotherapy’ useful during a pandemic 

If 'virtual physiotherapy' is unheard of, so was mass-scale working from home until early 2020. Something is better than nothing. Working from home for most have been uncomfortable due to space constraints and ergonomic workstation settings leading to increase in musculoskeletal problems. Prolonged restrictions on...