The main theme of the episode is numbers in the wake of the pandemic. More explicitly, this podcast episode entitled “Dispatch 1: Numbers”, explores how we can better understand the numbers we are interacting with daily, and how can we process them in a more digestible way.
Social Media has become a source of News to many generations, young and old, and can be utilized to express, converse, and make sense of our modern epidemic. Doctor Brooke Magnanti, a former research scientist and now blogger/writer, shared a Meme based off the popular comedy TV show Rick and Morty. This meme demonstrates what … 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.
https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/03/24/cleaners-are-on-the-front-lines-of-the-covid-19-crisis-but-many-work-with-little-protection-for-less-than-minimum-wage-and-theyre-scared.html For years now it has become evident that the federal minimum wage is not a livable wage. Now, during a crisis like Covid-19, this fact has become even more alarming and evident than ever before. Minimum wage workers can barely meet their basic needs on a minimum wage salary, let alone work towards a … Read more
This website provides a timeline of the events leading up to the USS Theodore Roosevelt incident and contains an archive of primary sources. During this incident, Capt. Brett Crozier commanded a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier with 4,865 sailors during a Coronavirus outbreak. After this incident, Capt. Cozier was relieved of command after writing an unclassified memo … Read more
Here, Thompson argues for the implementation of “test and trace,” where GPS phone information is used to trace the COVID-19 trail from an infected individual to other individuals, as a way to alleviate America from quarantine. This “Waze, but for sick” system has been effective in countries like South Korea, Singapore, and China, but it … Read more
This article from April 4th, 2020 explains the value of quickly developing an antibody test for Covid-19. While testing so far has been able to determine if an individual is currently infected by the SARS-CoV-2, it is unable to distinguish people who previously had the virus and have since recovered. An antibody test would be … Read more
The New York Times recently published an article about how during the current pandemic socioeconomic disparities among college students have been amplified. The article shares the stories of two students at Haverford College who are both on the women’s lacrosse team and are teaching assistants for the same seminar course. While both students have similar … Read more
COVID-19 Hits CNN https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2020/04/01/coronavirus-governor-andrew-cuomo-emotional-reaction-chris-cuomo-diagnosis/5104601002/ When I was watching CNN News this past weekend, there were various alerts being released about Anchor Chris Cuomo being diagnosed with COVID-19 and his plans to continue work from home, in the isolation of his basement. I have attached a video below of some of the CNN coverage surrounding his … Read more
The announcement written in Korean is mandating customers to wear masks in store. Translating verbatim, it is saying the following: “Due to the Coronavirus (Wuhan Pneumonia) …. etc.” The surprising part was that it had “Wuhan Pneumonia” in parenthesis even after research has been found that the virus may not have its origin in Wuhan, … Read more
