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Islam's Reformist TraditionThe "clash of civilizations" supposedly underway between the West and the Muslim world, which many see as manifested in Iraq, as well as in Saudi Arabia's growing violence, in fact masks other conflicts - disputes that will probably prove to be far more significant in the long term.
The Chechen war both masks and motivates the reestablishment of centralized power in Russia – bringing the media back under state control, passing laws against NGO’s, and reinforcing the “vertical line of power” – leaving no institutions and authorities able to challenge or limit the Kremlin.
On a micro level, the masks commonly worn in heavily polluted cities, such as in China, are a visible sign of the need for change.
According to Charnock, “People believe that the digital world largely masks their preferences for different individuals.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel also bears considerable responsibility: Her tough rhetoric masks a largely business-as-usual approach that reflects her country’s dependence on Russian gas supplies.
Too often, excitement for Africa’s innovative startup ecosystem masks the challenges, such as small and fragmented domestic markets, that could impede long-term success.
Consequently, the resulting surface calm masks still-worrisome economic and financial fundamentals.
Moreover, overall economic performance in Brazil masks an important fact: growth rates have been substantially higher among the country’s poorer citizens, and unemployment is declining.
An iPod's elegantly simple appearance masks underlying technology that is understood by only a tiny percentage of its users.
But even this number masks the true extent of the problem.
Orwellian use of terms like “fair trade” masks the fact that this is nothing but an insidious form of protectionism that seeks to reduce import competition.
But this backdrop of contention and competition masks emerging collaborative aspects of Sino-Japanese relations that are profoundly important, but which, unfortunately, seem to the world's media to be too mundane to "sell."
For one thing, while Europe’s doctrine of social solidarity preaches fairness and equality, it masks an “insiders’ society” that is spectacularly unjust at the upper end of the income spectrum.
All of the clamor raised around a Germany that has supposedly “reunited with its demons” masks the voice of fascistic parties – from Greece’s Golden Dawn to Hungary’s Jobbik, Slovakia’s SNS, Belgium’s Vlaams Belang, and Bulgaria’s Ataka – that are in the process of establishing themselves in Europe.
The “official” unemployment rate in the United States, at 4.9%, masks much higher levels of disguised unemployment, which, at the very least, are holding down wages.
As a result, the anti-austerian view masks strong assumptions and risks.
Meanwhile, urban communities and rural villages alike have tightened access restrictions in order to reduce unnecessary movements and aggregations of people, even establishing temporary rationing systems to distribute face masks to families and individuals.
They particularly resented pressure by the authorities to attend May 9 commemorations of the end of World War II without face masks or protective gloves, and to sign a petition in favor of Lukashenko’s re-election.
And as individual countries bring the coronavirus under control within their own borders, they could dispatch spare resources to countries that need more experienced medical personnel, respirators, testing kits, masks, and the like.
Meanwhile, widespread social distancing, continued sheltering in place for the most vulnerable, and staggered shifts for essential workers will continue to play a critical role, as will individual safety precautions, such as wearing masks in public and frequent hand washing.
Similarly, manufacturers of new essentials such as face masks and chemical reagents depend on imports from the other side of the world.
Just this month, five million masks were handed out at schools in New Delhi, India’s capital, owing to toxic smog.
Monopoly control over the technology used in testing for the virus has hampered the rapid rollout of more testing kits, just as 3M’s 441 patents mentioning “respirator” or “N95” have made it more difficult for new producers to manufacture medical-grade face masks at scale.
For example, governments can lock down bars while keeping schools open, or ask people who do not wear face masks to remain at home while allowing those who do to go outside.
Even face masks have become politicized: Trump refuses to wear one, and he recently said that some people do so only to express their disapproval of him.
In the absence of a pandemic, the demand for and supply of masks reflect the benefit and cost of producing them.
It is also clear that some states and localities have taken enforcement of precautionary measures (social distancing, mandatory face masks) more seriously than others.
Face masks are widely used and have been at least since SARS.
Western authorities, by contrast, told the public not to wear face masks, partly to direct the limited supply of protective masks to health workers, and partly because officials underestimated masks’ benefits for reducing new infections.
They have redeployed their resources from revenue-generating activities to the production of vital equipment, such as protective gear for frontline health workers (including surgical masks, face shields, and gowns) and ventilators.
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