Pandemics in History
Are We All in This Together?
Opinion Piece in the New York Times on April 13th.
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
Killacky, “Lessons from the AIDS Pandemic,” Gay and Lesbian Review, April 8, 2020.
This insightful essay points to pertinent parallels between the AIDS pandemic and the Covid-19 pandemic now.
Laura Spinney, “Inequality doesn’t just make pandemics worse – it could cause them,” The Guardian, April 12, 2020.
“Historically, disease outbreaks have happened at a time of social inequality and discord.” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/12/inequality-pandemic-lockdown
Vozzella, “At Va. facility where virus killed 40, doctor blames society’s willingness to ‘warehouse’ elders,” Washington Post, April 11,2020
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 Tragedy Is Unfolding’: Inside New York’s Virus Epicenter
Article link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/nyregion/coronavirus-queens-corona-jackson-heights-elmhurst.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage Authors: Annie Correal and Andrew JacobsPublished on April 9, 2020, in the New York Times This is an excellent piece discussing the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 throughout disadvantaged NYC communities.
Link Between Childhood Immunizations and COVID-19 Resistence
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306987720304837?via%3Dihub The above article talks about how young children have a smaller chance of being infected, and if they do they are more likely to shrug it off. The article posits that this is because vaccines given to children between infancy and 6 years old like varicella, Hepatitis B, MMR, Poliomyelitis, and rotavirus may interact … Read more
Repurposing University Spaces for Covid-19 Patients
https://news.yale.edu/2020/03/27/covid-19-spreads-yale-and-hospital-prepare As Connecticut becomes a hot spot state for the coronavirus, Yale and nearby medical institutions are doing their part to provide much needed space for the influx of patients. Even Yale nursing faculty, students, and staff have volunteered to help with the surge in Covid-19 cases. Furthermore, hospital employees are even giving their own … Read more
Confinement in France
French president Emmanuel Macron announced a country-wide lockdown beginning on Tuesday, March 17. All non-necessary shops, restaurants, schools, etc. had already been closed for a few days. We are only allowed to leave our house for one of seven reasons, and whenever we do so, we need to print and fill out a form explaining … Read more