This past Sunday, the governor of Hokkaido, Japan’s “northernmost main Island and the largest prefecture by size” declared a state of emergency only one month after lifting a similar order. This decision came about because of a second wave in cases in that area. This situation could be important for understanding the trajectory of the … Read more
This article beautifully uses the work of “Pale Horse, Pale Rider” to articulate the different kinds of grief that we can individually and collectively experience in the midst of Covid-19. Kalaichandran suggests that collective grief will become a culture that will allow us to walk away from Covid-19 with a future that lies ahead, but … Read more
This article highlights some of the food waste problems that farmers are facing that could likely be mitigated with better federal government support. As many of their biggest customers, schools, restaurants, and hotels are struggling or closed, this is impacting farmers that are no longer receiving orders but have many crops that are continuing to … Read more
In John Krasinski’s new short show series called SGN, short for Some Good News, he shares uplifting news, comedy, and light conversation with viewers in effort to keep people positive and comforted during quarantine. This serves as just one example of new emerging forms of News Media in response to COVID-19’s impacts on individuals social … Read more
This is a link to a CNN article that explains the individualistic responses from a state by state basis and how different legislation shows different results in the ‘curves’ that we see following the progress of each country/state/province. https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/24/health/coronavirus-state-hotspots/index.html
This piece, entitled “What Happens When a Joke Is Followed by Silence” discusses how comedy performances in the time of the pandemic necessitate a normalization of the once-dreaded audience silence following a joke. It details the alteration of the rules of comedy as the laughter of audiences (measurement tool of jokes success) disappears across muted … Read more
The Cook County Jail in Chicago has now become the largest known source of COVID-19 infections in the U.S. according to an article by the New York Times. As of last week, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office has identified 238 inmates and 115 staff members who had tested positive for the virus, though this an … Read more
https://news.joins.com/article/23749284 The Korean government had a meeting discussing whether the government should mandate people in quarantine (currently around 90,000) to wear an electronic anklet or a bracelet to track their location. The necessity of such measure, according to the article, is due to the fact that some people in quarantine left their cellphones in hotels … Read more
The visual politics of the pandemic. https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/trump-speaks-of-images-hes-never-seen-before-but-theyve-existed–we-just-refused-to-look/2020/04/09/89128fec-79c8-11ea-a130-df573469f094_story.html#comments-wrapper
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
