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How to use the word contagion in a Sentence?

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We may be both grateful for these tools but also a bit worried, what happens if these marvelous new technologies break down and leave our loved ones more vulnerable than ever before ? Pandemic preparedness in ‘ Contagion ’ rings true During the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, many turned to Steven Soderbergh’s.

Lisa Yaszek

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Although this is not yet a systemic problem for the banking sector, there are legitimate concerns about contagion.

Eswar Prasad

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As Secretary Yellen has said, we have used important tools to act quickly to prevent contagion. And they are tools we would use again if warranted to ensure that Americans’ deposits are safe.

Domestic Finance Liang

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Any risk of contagion in the system, you're likely to see balance sheets expand, there's will to support the system.

Robert Sears

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There is a threat of contagion, of diffusion, of these authoritarian trends, it's a profound concern.

David Altman

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The possibility of contagion in other parts of China's vast economy remains very real, and, it is on this issue where China's central bank faces its biggest constraint — while it may be able to contain the financial implications from a housing default, it can not offset the housing market's impact on China's real economy.

Ting Lu

Found on CNN
2 years ago

With a couple of exceptions, most major developers are in a much stronger financial position than Evergrande and should be able to weather a temporary spike in their borrowing costs amid contagion fears.

Julian Evans-Pritchard

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Such a collapse is certainly a plausible scenario, given the lack of intrinsic value and consequent price volatility, the probability of contagion between cryptoassets, the cyber and operational vulnerabilities, and of course, the power of herd behaviour.

Jon Cunliffe

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

We are seeing markets rally on the premise that while the situation in China particularly with Evergrande is not going away, the outcome is not perhaps going to be as severe or prompt some form of contagion that was originally feared, you combine that with the fact that the tone that the Fed struck yesterday at its meeting suggests that while a reduction in stimulus is certainly coming, the Fed is not particularly eager to start tightening policy dramatically in the near term.

Craig Fehr

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

I do think the contagion risk is real, any stock that is heavily shorted is exposed to getting GameStopped.

Michael Purves

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Hokkaido is a place where due to the climate conditions people tend to have the heater on very high and in very closed spaces as well, in places such as Tokyo and Osaka, it will also be getting colder from now. When we add this coldness factor, it shows that we need to express a lot more caution or we could face a further spread of contagion.

Haruo Ozaki

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We all worry about contagion now, but a smile is one of the contagious issues that I would like to have, it can make us feel a little more connected despite what is going on. We cannot touch each other, we cannot travel, this is kind of a postcard.

Melody Gardot

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Firefighters have prepared themselves to reduce the risk of contagion but we cannot say a decrease in human resources won't happen, that's why we decided to reinforce vigilance.

Matos Fernandes

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

There is still too much we don't know about this contagion to take anything for granted, we should verify every inference with empirical data. So, first out are those presumed to be at lowest risk -- good health, under age 50 -- and then others back in waves, once it is clear that severe infection rates are as low as projected.

David Katz

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Many people have a powerful need and desire to be with family during the holidays. This is both for the companionship and to provide support, that reality may short out their capacity to appropriately weigh that desire against the risk of contagion. In addition, Contemporary Families're used to associating contagious diseases with the demonstration of obvious symptoms or distress. So the absence of those may also cause people to ignore the very real dangers of potential infection.

Joshua Coleman

Found on CNN
4 years ago

That reality may short out their capacity to appropriately weigh that desire against the risk of contagion. In addition, Contemporary Families're used to associating contagious diseases with the demonstration of obvious symptoms or distress. So the absence of those may also cause people to ignore the very real dangers of potential infection.

Joshua Coleman

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We have not been able to clearly contain the contagion from the first wave.

Hiroshi Nishiura

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Of course, Italy's government responded faster and better than many other European countries. Many were embarrassing, now, the measures of containment that have gone into effect will help diminish the contagion.

Alessandro Vergallo

Found on CNN
4 years ago

A 2008-like financial contagion is not yet priced into this market.

Frances Donald

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Two people sit by the Barcaccia fountain near almost empty Spanish Steps, in Rome on Tuesday. ( AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Premier Giuseppe Conte on Wednesday said he will consider requests to toughen Italys already extraordinary anti-virus lockdown. Adding to its efforts, the Italian government also announced a $ 28 billion allocation to fight the outbreak on both medical and economic fronts. The first measures, expected to be outlined Friday, will support health services, the civil protection agency and the labor market. The Vittorio Emanuele shopping arcade appeared almost desert in Milan on Wednesday as Italy mulls even tighter restrictions on daily life. ( AP Photo/Luca Bruno) The World Health Organizationon Wednesdaydeclared the virus a pandemic, noting that the number of cases outside China had exploded13-fold over the past two weeks. There are now more than 118,000 cases of COVID-19 in 114 countries, with 4,291 deaths, WHO Director-GeneralTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. Other European nations are issuing measures to slow down and control the spread of the virus, and provide a cushion for the economic shock of the outbreak. Spain Spains coronavirus cases have surpassed 2,000, with roughly half of them in the Madrid region, where two-thirds of the countrys 47 virus-related deaths have occurred, the Health Ministry said Wednesday. The number of cases saw a 60 percent increase since Tuesday. United States TOURISTS QUARANTINED IN SPANISH HOTEL AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS : HEALTH OFFICIALS Madrids fatalities are high because much of the contagion there is taking place in nursing homes, said Fernando Simn, director of Spains health emergency center. Empty shelves are seen in a supermarket as people begin to stock up on provisions in Madrid on Tuesday. ( AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) Schools and universities in Madrid and two northern regions have been ordered to close for two weeks to help slow the outbreaks spread. Workers were urged to telecommute to help reduce crowds on public transit. Denmark The Scandinavian country saw a 191 percent spike in Spain Spains coronavirus cases, with 90 more infections confirmed on Wednesday, for a total of at least 262. Local Denmark SEES FIRST CORONAVIRUS CASE IN MAN RETURNING FROM ITALY VACATION Denmarks leaders have advised the public to avoid using public transportation, while some schools also closed, Local Denmark reported. Health officials also have advised against shaking hands, a measure that has suspended naturalization ceremonies, which require a mandatory handshake by law, The New York Times reported. Germany With at least 1,300 infections as of Wednesday, Germany so far has only three deaths a low rate that experts attributeto rapid testing as the outbreak unfolded. German Chancellor Angela Merkel issued a warning, citingexpert estimates that up to 70 percent of the population could be infected with the virus. HOW IS GERMANY CONTROLLING THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK ? You have to understand that if the virus is there, and the population has no immunity yet to this virus, there are no vaccines and no therapy so far, a high percentage experts say 60 to 70 percent of the population will be infected.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Another week or so of growing COVID-19 contagion, canceled events, foregone travel and shuttered businesses will lead to waves of delinquent debt from Americans with no other choice, one longstanding lesson of economic history is that liquidity crises descend into solvency debacles if not quickly resolved.

Karen Petrou

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

However, some people are reassessing the extent to which China is being damaged by the spread of the virus and, more broadly, whether other parts of world will get contagion effects of that.

Nitesh Shah

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

A contagion rate of 13% is quite strong.

Regional Welfare Councillor Giulio Gallera

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

All those who have tested positive are people who on February 18-19 had contacts with the emergency room and the hospital of Codogno, a contagion rate of 13% is quite strong.

Regional Welfare Councillor Giulio Gallera

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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