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While research indicates pregnant individuals who have COVID are more likely to be admitted to hospital, the decision to get vaccinated remains a difficult one. Convincing those who are pregnant to get vaccinated has been "especially challenging," with figures indicating less than two-thirds of them in Ontario have had their shots, said Dr.

Jocko said that as of last week, three pregnant individuals in Sudbury had COVID, but were in stable condition and recovering at home. Alison Cornthwaite of Sudbury found out she was pregnant in November and had her baby girl on July She said she was hesitant to get vaccinated at first because she had read a lot of mixed messages.

The team that carried out the study says that by using this technology in vaccines, their response against Covid can be made stronger and more durable.

The researchers studied healthcare workers and monitored their immune response during the first wave of the pandemic. They found out that 58 participants of the study did not test positive for Covid despite high-risk exposure but their samples witnessed a spike in T-cells.

This meant that some participants had natural immunity even before the pandemic began. He said high agrochemical inputs on these farms degrades soil fertility, negatively impacting the environment and biodiversity.

According to the Water Footprint Network , a single avocado requires nearly litres of water to grow, compared to an orange that needs about 50 litres, or a tomato that requires 13 litres. In addition, experts say the international trade of avocadoes translates to a large carbon footprint. Carbon Footprint Ltd estimates that two small avocados in a pack has a CO2 footprint of The primary producers of avocados globally remain in Central and South America. The lucrative nature of avocados has also attracted drug cartels , and gangs have been known to demand protection money, buy farms outright and even threaten USDA inspectors.

Despite the environmental concerns, avocado are still part of Canada's Food Guide , which Charlebois says is surprising. Charlebois said there are alternatives to avocados, including peas, fava beans, artichokes or pumpkin seeds that can be used in dishes and are more sustainable.

Mexican-born Toronto chef Aldo Camarena, who runs two restaurants in the city, announced in April that he would no longer be offering guacamole, instead serving up an alternative made with courgette and pumpkin seed paste. Thomasina Miers, co-founder of the Mexican restaurant chain Wahaca in the U. Irish restaurateur JP McMahon removed avocados from all his restaurants in , calling them the "blood diamonds of Mexico.

I wondered: How might these attitudes influence people's well-being? And are some cultures more likely than others to promote such beliefs? Ruining all the fun. In a series of new studies I conducted with fellow marketing professors Gabbie Tonietto , Rebecca Reczek and Mike Norton , we took a stab at finding some answers.

In one study, undergraduate students participated at our behavioral lab at The Ohio State University. They arrived to complete a series of surveys, in which we asked them the extent to which they agreed with certain statements -- "Time spent on leisure activities is often wasted time," "Most leisure activities are a way to burn time" -- that measured whether they endorsed the idea that leisure is pointless.

During these otherwise monotonous and tedious studies, participants watched four funny and popular YouTube videos that were rated entertaining by a different set of participants. After watching all four videos, participants indicated how much they enjoyed them. We found that participants who believed leisure to be wasteful didn't enjoy the videos as much. In a follow-up study, we asked participants to indicate how much they enjoyed engaging in a variety of leisurely experiences -- some active, like exercising, and some passive, like watching TV.

Others were social -- hanging out with friends -- or solitary, such as meditating. We found that those who viewed leisure as wasteful tended to get less enjoyment out of all of the different types of activities. Furthermore, these people were also more likely to be stressed, anxious and depressed. An attitude that's tough to shake. In a different study, we wanted to see the extent to which this was a uniquely American phenomenon.