A compelling investigative reporting piece on what happened with the testing failure in this country, something that in the end historians will note caused many needless deaths. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/04/03/coronavirus-cdc-test-kits-public-health-labs/?arc404=true
An examination of the changing knowledge of covid-19, and how groups pursuing disinformation can put those changes to use.
India has imposed a 21 day lockdown in the wake of the virus, a lockdown that was much needed. However, the enforcement of this lockdown has played out quite abominably, calling into question the ethics and basic civil liberties surrounding such brutality. People are being beaten up by the Indian police on the streets- an … Read more
KN95 masks, like the name suggest, is an alternative for N95 masks. While the CDC certified the effectiveness of KN95, KN95 has a slight difference with N95 masks, mainly that KN95’s factories are often not certified by the US government. According to Buzzfeed, the FDA is not giving approval to KN95 Masks. Buzzfeed points out … Read more
This New York Times article presents updated national information about which U.S. states and cities have issued stay-at-home quarantine measures. As of March 30th, 30 states of have been issued to stay at home by their government officials. Link to Article: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-stay-at-home-order.html By looking at this guide, we can see when and how each state … Read more
After SARS, China established a system for tracking cases of dangerous infectious diseases as well as outbreaks of new diseases. This story helps explain why that system broke down with covid-19, with local leaders not wanting to displease the central Chinese government.
In this article, Isaac Chotiner interviews Richard Epstein about his essay, “Coronavirus Perspective,” that claims most epidemiological models of the covid-19 pandemic are mistaken. Chotiner teases out Epstein’s assumptions on which he bases his thinking, and inserts quotations from experts in the fields about which Epstein makes mistaken claims. https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-contrarian-coronavirus-theory-that-informed-the-trump-administration
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Biden has not hidden his disapproval of Trump’s response to the epidemic. In a virtual interview with Jimmy Kimmel, Biden stated that the “coronavirus is not his [Trump’s] fault, but the lack of alacrity with which he’s responding to these things, I think, could be improved considerably.” -Contribution by Jacob Barabas https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/03/joe-biden-jimmy-kimmel-coronavirus
