Malaysian Government Issues Guidelines for How Wives should Treat Their Husbands

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/coronavirus-malaysia-ministry-tips-wives-nagging-doraemon-mco-12593708?cid=FBcna Tips include: “talk like Doraeamon”, “giggle coyly”, dressing up for their husbands and refrain from being angry or sarcastic should husbands not help with housework. As domestic abuse against women rises, this messaging is concerning as it places the responsibility on the victim of abuse.

New Yorker Comic, March 31, 2020 (This is just a link to this one; The New Yorker is publishing a covid-19 comic nearly daily. Bravo.

Should I sign my e-mails with ‘Be safe,’ ‘Be well,’ or ‘AAHHHH!!!’?” https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/tuesday-march-31st-coronavirus-sign-off?source=EDT_NYR_EDIT_NEWSLETTER_0_imagenewsletter_Humor_ZZ&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Humor_033120&utm_medium=email&bxid=5bea164c3f92a4046971cf6b&cndid=26268498&esrc=auto_captionentrants&mbid=CRMNYR062419&utm_term=TNY_Humor

Cases of COVID-19 in Connecticut as Reported by Town, by the Department of Geography at UConn, updated frequently.

A team of faculty and graduate students (Dr. Debarchana Ghosh, Dr. Xiang (Peter) Chen, Richard Mrozinski, Adam Gallaher, Aaron Adams, Ashley Benitez Ou) in the Department of Geography at UCONN, created a COVID-19 tracker per town for Connecticut. The team is in the process of adding more maps such as testing locations and accessibility, charts showing … Read more

Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Ongoing.

One of the earliest updated maps. Global numbers, then breakdowns by most countries. Updated several times daily. https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 For how the map was created: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30120-1/fulltext

The Coronavirus in Afghanistan

The New York Times article titled “Waiving Rent and Making Masks, Afghans Meet Coronavirus With Kindness” discusses the global COVID-19 pandemic from the Afghan perspective. The Afghan perspective is unique because the government is reallocating its national resources from fighting an insurgency to combatting the Coronavirus. Interestingly, part of their response consists of dispelling the … Read more

Reaction to Sweden’s Measures

The above news is about how Sweden’s measure, different from other nations that encourages social distancing, rather encourages to live a normal life without any lock downs. The Korean public has shown the following reactions: The Swedish government’s measure would massacre its old population. The government would have taken those measures to alleviate the burden … Read more

Branswell, “As coronavirus spreads, doctors in the ER warn ‘the worst of it has not hit us yet,'” STAT, March 31, 2020.

Helen Branswell’s work is worth following regularly. In this piece, Branswell poses the question, “What does it look like to be on the front lines of that response — and what can we expect to happen in facilities across the country in the weeks to come?” and answers with interviews with three clinicians in New … Read more