Researchers recently said that comments on Facebook could improve one’s well-being and make individuals feel better about themselves. Moreover, they have compared the feeling of satisfaction in life given by a personalized comment on Facebook with the joy of getting married or having a baby.

The scientists at Carnegie Mellon University mentioned that if you enjoy spending time on Facebook and feel that the activity brings you satisfaction it could be because the app’s effects are similar to those of a significant life event.

The study proved that just reading political posts on Facebook or analyzing friend’s notes about their activities brings little satisfaction. Although users highly appreciate these activities, they pay no significant contributions to individual’s well-being.

A professor at Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Robert Kraut, along with a research scientist, Moira Burke, conducted the study. The findings showed that personalized interactions on Facebook like posting something on somebody’s wall, receiving comments or commenting on someone’s posts are an essential method of social engagement.

The authors noticed that while the socialization involves people who they care about, close friends, the online communication brings many benefits.

The interactions don’t have to be complicated; just a several words comment can remind the user of the significant relationships in their lives. It’s important that a close friend has taken few minutes from his time to personalize a comment.

These findings seem to run counter to all of the other research that stated time spend on Facebook, and social media are linked to a higher probability of depression and loneliness.

Kraut now wants to establish if social media is making people unhappy or if individuals utilizing the social media are unhappy.

The research recruited with Facebook ads 1,910 users from 91 countries. Experts did not examine the substance of the user’s communications. The app users allowed the researchers to differentiate between varieties of action like reading, posting, likes, and comments.

Moreover, they had to see if the interactions were with acquaintances or close friends. Kraut decided that when approaching more personal subjects with friends on Facebook, people tend to feel better which is similar to face-to-face interactions.

Furthermore, it seems to be true to sad individuals spend more time on social media but just because they know that the activity will make them feel better.

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As the number of Zika virus diseases continues to rise in Florida, Disney World has begun to provide all cast members and guests free insect repellent. Disney declared in a section on its website where they usually answer park goers’ questions that this additional measure is being taken as a preventative action in an effort to keep the clients safe from the Zika virus.

Starting Sunday, they’re giving free EPA-approved insect repellent, but the only problem seems to be that the parkgoers that a local news reporter spoke to did not know of this measure.

The people that were surveyed said that they did not see anything that could indicate that the park owners are giving away free insect repellent. At the park entrance where one might expect to be informed of this measure, no signs were seen.

The Zika virus has frequently become a regional concern. A nontravel-related case was validated last week in Pinellas County. Forty-three such cases have been confirmed around the state.

Other Disney customers weren’t affected by getting Zika saying that while not pregnant they do not see the virus as a problem but acknowledged what Disney was doing.

Disney said it was carefully tracking Zika epidemics in the region and decided to give out free insect repellent in an effort to keep guests safe.

Until now, the Florida Department of Health has stated that there are no known cases of actual transmissions of the Zika virus in the countries surrounding Walt Disney Resort and the Orlando region.

Disney also gave recommendations to avoid mosquito bites based on CDC reports. Among those instructions, the company mentioned wearing long sleeves and pants that cover most of the skin. Moreover, the use of insect repellent according to the label instructions.

The solution mustn’t be applied on the skin under the clothes, but to bare skin and clothes. Reapplying the insect repellent is mandatory. If using sunscreen, it should be utilized before the insect repellent.

When it comes to instructions for babies, the repellent should not be used on children under two months old. Moreover, mosquito netting should surround the stroller, crib, or baby carrier.

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Gun violence kills more than the flu; that’s why we have a lot to learn from how we treat a virus in fighting back gun violence. The flu is so similar to gun violence but with a big difference: when it comes to the flu, everybody fights back. We are very careful when we get sick, and we even judge people that send their children to school when they are sick or the ones that come to work with the flu.

Every time we have the flu, we try all sort of medicine, and if those don’t work, we try different remedies, and most important we consider it everybody’s responsibility. We search for ways to stay healthy and avoid getting the flu.

When it comes to the flu, we take care of each other, and we remind ourselves to have a good personal hygiene, to avoid going places if we are sick, and we recognize that it is a problem that affects us all and try to fix it.

Everybody remembers the H1N1 virus and how there were clinics all over the cities that made it easier for people to get vaccines. We were doing everything we could just to try and get cured or avoid getting infected. Everybody was thinking of ways to protect their loved ones even if there were rumors of people from other jurisdiction who benefited from “our” vaccines, at the end of the day everybody realized that we all needed to be protected.
Unfortunately, homicide is the leading cause of death for black people age 15 to 24 and the third leading cause of death for white people of the same age. Moreover, suicide is another primary cause of death that people don’t seem to take seriously. These murders and suicides are all “viruses” that people don’t appear to notice or try to stop.

Black Lives Matter activists and not only them, are trying to raise awareness, to put an end to this violence that is causing so much suffering and the lives of innocent people. We must admit that this is a real problem, causing so much damage to our country and stand united in the fight against this “virus.”

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