Month: April 2020
Republican Governors Risk Health of Constituents
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/04/politics/republican-governors-stay-at-home-orders-coronavirus/index.html Republican governors from various state governments are refusing to follow expert Dr. Fauci’s urges to implement stay-at-home directives. These governors are risking the health and wellbeing of their citizens seemingly out of loyalty to Trump. They are waiting for a nationwide directive that Trump does not seem to be making anytime soon. Instead, Trump … Read more
Are We All in This Together?
Opinion Piece in the New York Times on April 13th.
CNBC: Tracking Trump’s Response to COVID-19
This is a video made by CNBC tracking Trump’s response to COVID-19 from January 22, 2020, to March 19, 2020.
College Admission Testing During Covid-19
While high-stakes testing has increased over the past years, the test optional movement has been growing. Due to the global pandemic, college admissions tests have had to cancel proctored tests until June. This puts those, such as current high school juniors, at a disadvantage as this is the time that they are studying and taking … Read more
Riedel “Broadway Isn’t Going to Bounce Back Quickly”
This article by Michael Riedel, from March 19 stated that The Broadway League’s hopes of reopening Broadway theatres in April simply won’t be attainable. Startlingly, many of the things that Reidel predicted have been coming to fruition, such as the predictions to open Broadway in the summer (June 7 as of right now), but this … Read more
Racial Profiling of Black Men in Masks
The Washington Post recently published an article about how two black men wearing masks were followed throughout the store by a police officer at a Walmart in Wood River, Illinois. The article includes a link to the YouTube video in which the two men are seen walking throughout the store as a police officer follows … Read more
Ground-Up Organizing of Covid-19 Control: The Approach of Partners in Health
Partners in Health is an organization that brings health care and sustainable health infrastructure to disadvantaged communities around the globe. Now, it is turning its focus not just outward, but also inward. PiH is suggesting how we can help organize our communities to stop Covid-19.
Friedman, “Face Masks Are In,” The Atlantic, April 2, 2020.
This fascinating article speaks of the stigmatization and shame of wearing face masks in Western nations that doesn’t exist in the East. The author, Uri Friedman, believes that this contributed to the lag in Westerners adopting the practice as a preventative measure during COVID-19.
Olson, “Telemedicine, Once a Hard Sell, Can’t Keep Up With Demand,” The Wall Street Journal, April 1, 2020.
As a result of the pandemic, there has been a recent surge of interest in telemedicine, the practice of conducting doctor’s appointments over the phone or via a video meeting platform. This article speaks of this sharp increase, especially as patients are unable to have in-person consultations and as Donald Trump announced efforts to expand … Read more