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October 30, 2020

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Robot, bring me lunch!

Wisconsin State Journal

Video: If you’ve spent time around the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in the last year, you’ve probably spotted the adorable white robots rolling along the sidewalks or waiting to cross a busy street, carrying lunch to a hungry student or professor.

Health

Why lockdowns have left kidney patients ‘totally and completely terrified’

National Geographic

Kidney disease is often hidden but quite pervasive. According to 2019 data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one in seven Americans—37 million adults—have some chronic form of the condition. This means these vital organs aren’t filtering toxins and waste out of the blood as well as they should, but they haven’t completely failed. Although simple blood tests can identify kidney deficiencies, explains Fahad Aziz, a nephrologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, these cases rarely develop symptoms.

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Wisconsin Trump Voters Are Flipping Over Coronavirus

The Daily Beast

“In Wisconsin, there may be a reverse coattail effect: people who are unhappy with the Republican-dominated state legislature’s refusal to support strict health measures may be moved to turn against Trump, as the legislature has brought his rhetoric home as actual policies on the ground,” Howard Schweber, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told The Daily Beast.

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