California is not in the clear yet, but its experience so far suggests early action is crucial. https://www.vox.com/2020/4/7/21205890/coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic-new-york-california
Here are 80 pages of emails in which public health experts discuss the beginning of the pandemic and the failure of the Trump administration to respond to it.
“Experts inside and outside the government identified the threat early on and sought to raise alarms even as President Trump was moving slowly. Read some of what they had to say among themselves at critical moments.”
While we are all anxious to have everything back to “normal” when will it be safe to so? Restarting America will mean a spike in cases and deaths. When is the right time? Will our new normal ever be the same? This article from NYT Magazine asked a panel of five public health experts for … Read more
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/at-va-facility-where-virus-kills-40-doctor-blames-societys-willing-to-warehouse-elders/2020/04/10/afd329d4-7b85-11ea-a130-df573469f094_story.html
A great example of how powerful individuals deny science when its conclusions threaten the income streams of those whose paychecks depend on the denial of reality. Think climate change, as well.
Article link: https://nypost.com/2020/04/09/new-york-now-leads-world-in-coronavirus-with-160000-cases/ Authors: Bernadette Hogan and Natalie Musumeci Published on April 9, 2020, in the New York Post As of today (4/9/2020), the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in NY state alone has reached a whopping 160,000 – surpassing total case numbers reported by any country in the world at this time.
India, especially New Delhi, is seeing a massive reduction in pollution as a result of social distancing measures. The skies are clear and un-hazy, a true rarity in Delhi as it simply just impossible to go outside without wearing a mask. Yes – the economy is at a complete halt, factories are forced to shut … Read more
^graph from the Royal Observatory of Belgium’s Twitter account And now for a little bit of science that doesn’t involve viruses and vaccines! I’m fascinated by the ways that coronavirus can be measured through other aspects of human behavior (for instance, carbon emissions are plummeting right now). Geologists can pick up more than just earthquakes … Read more
The coronavirus and social distancing policies are adversely affecting sex workers’ ability to make a living. Here is a personal account of an in-person sex worker based in London and an article on the conditions of foreign sex workers in Germany.
