“Poverty Tsunami”: Economic Fallout and Debt Forgiveness for Developing Nations

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-09/coronavirus-poverty-study-research-oxfam-anu/12136222 https://unu.edu/media-relations/releases/covid-19-fallout-could-push-half-a-billion-people-into-poverty-in-developing-countries.html A sharp contraction in global consumption will create devastating effects for developing countries. If a contraction of 20% or more in per capita consumption occurs, some studies predict that an additional 500,000,000 people, or approximately 7% of the world population, will fall into extreme poverty. To prevent such a catastrophe, international humanitarian organizations … Read more

Mental Health in the Workplace

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According to the Wall Street Journal, over the past few years, many companies have started training their employees in how to emotionally support one another. With new, unprecedented levels of stress from the coronavirus, this instruction is more important than ever. However, there are now concerns over privacy issues and employees becoming overly involved in … Read more

Cell Towers Spreading Coronavirus?

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A conspiracy theory that has a growing base of support blames the spread of coronavirus on 5G wireless technology. As a consequence of this theory, acts of vandalism and arson against telecom towers have sharply increased in Britain over the past month. This article demonstrates the very real, deleterious effects of conspiracy theories for the … Read more

Louisiana Senator Addresses Racial Disparities

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https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/07/828827346/louisiana-sen-cassidy-addresses-racial-disparities-in-coronavirus-deaths The senator does not take into account how poverty and systematic oppression affects health. Instead, he blames genetics for racial disparities and high rates of infection and deaths amongst black communities.

Map of COVID-19 Racial Aggressions in the Boston area

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https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?ll=43.350624589589366%2C-71.75154116305157&z=8&mid=1g1kxFljjbDxDtM1OeghT4HwJgj3AgVcZ This map crowdsources for incidents of COVID-19 racial aggressions, both verbal and physical, in the Boston area. It also tracks if wearing a mask is related to racial aggression. Many incidents are unreported.

“New York now leads every country in coronavirus cases”

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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.

‘A Tragedy Is Unfolding’: Inside New York’s Virus Epicenter

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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.

Rare upside of COVID, clean air – the action we needed for the environment all along?

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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

51 Recovered Coronavirus Patients Test Positive Again in South Korea

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There’s been a lot of discussion and speculation as to whether or not someone who has already contracted Coronavirus can get sick again. I came across this article today, which presents somewhat pessimistic findings… https://nypost.com/2020/04/07/51-recovered-coronavirus-patients-test-positive-again-in-south-korea/ Brown, Lee. “51 Recovered Coronavirus Patients Test Positive Again in South Korea.” The New York Post. April 7, 2020.

“Coronavirus Turns Urban Life’s Roar to Whisper on World’s Seismographs,” in the New York Times, April 8th, 2020

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^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