For Delivery Workers in Latin America, Affordable E-Bikes Are a Superpower
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C: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
posted on 2025.03.16 at 10:15:30 (c=2, p=4)
For Delivery Workers in Latin America, Affordable E-Bikes Are a Superpower
In the long run, e-bikes are cheaper than motorbikes. With financing help from start-ups like Guajira, many immigrant workers are making the switch.Mariel Lozada (Reasons to be Cheerful)
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It’s not yet known how many people have gotten sick in the outbreak — there are at least 223 confirmed cases, but experts believe hundreds more people may have been infected since late January.
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Measles is unlike other childhood viruses that come and go. In severe cases it can cause pneumonia.
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The virus can wipe out the immune system, a complication called “immune amnesia.”
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The researchers found that after a measles infection, the immune system can be suppressed almost immediately and remain that way for two to three years.
“Immune amnesia really begins as soon as the virus replicates in those [memory] cells,” Mina said.
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