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Why divorce should be easy!

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Couples come together for a common purpose. They bear children and start parenting them. But at times, they may grow apart and not want to remain a couple. They may want to separate. But society and law often prevents this separation. Because they feel that children might get affected due to the separation. Hence, law has made divorce difficult and asks couples the reason for the separation. They need to show some fault in the partner in order to get legal separation. But this only opens another Pandora's box in which false accusations and blame game begins. This is unhealthy and stressful not only for the couple but also for their children. Divorce of their parents does affect children. It can lead to stress and academic struggles in them. They might suffer severe mental stress and demonstrate behaviour changes in them. They may have anxiety, depression, feeling of guilt and shame and sadness. This may affect them in school and their social circle. They could become an object of r...

Christian Nationalist ideology might hamper development of herd immunity to coronavirus, fear epidemiologists and policy-makers

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 Coronavirus in the world is a real thing. It is affecting and killing many people worldwide. Despite this, there are some who continue to claim that it is fake and a myth. Vaccines against the deadly disease have been produced and their administration to frontline healthcare workers has begun. The effectiveness of the vaccine and its relative safety has risen the hopes of the medical fraternity and also the public. Health organizations feel that now the pandemic may be brought under control. But they are worried that if many of the Americans refuse a vaccination, herd immunity may be difficult to achieve.  Vaccination size and herd immunity Many world leaders of the world including Donald Trump refused to initiate an aggressive approach to the coronavirus pandemic. They were relying on a vaccine and now the vaccine has rolled out for public use in many countries. But epidemiologists fear that if many Americans refuse the covid-19 vaccine, it would be difficult to get an adequ...