In an NPR article by Jennifer Ludden and Jeff Brady, the authors connect the dots between Covid-19 and the massive reduction in energy demand, and other influencing factors in the U.S./world economy. Their major claim is that this perfect storm, as a result of warmer winter combined with movement-restrictions related to Covid-19, will reduce greenhouse … Read more
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This Wall Street Journal article discusses how schools are adjusting to the national quarantine, which has forced students to work remotely. https://www.wsj.com/articles/with-students-stuck-at-home-parents-turn-to-online-tutoring-services-11588196846?mod=hp_lista_pos1
This Wall Street Journal article discusses how medical professionals are struggling with the psychological effects of treating coronavirus patients. https://www.wsj.com/articles/young-doctors-struggle-to-treat-coronavirus-patients-we-are-horrified-and-scared-11588171553?mod=hp_lead_pos7
This article from the New York Times highlights the imbalanced burden upon women, especially working mothers, who are forced to juggle their professional careers as well as domestic work. A particularly telling quote, “The way we’ve been able to MacGyver a career as a woman is completely under attack by a global pandemic.”
April 27th, 2020: USA Today Article wrote an article based on CDC recommendations for COVID-19 Prevention and Control Masks. It details materials to use in making masks at home and techniques for keeping them clean and effective. https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2020/04/27/how-clean-care-for-store-and-reuse-masks-protect-coronavirus-n-95-elastometric-homemade-covid-19/5148025002/
Characteristics of Emergency Department Patients With COVID-19 at a Single Site in Northern California: Clinical Observations and Public Health Implications Link to Study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32344458 published April 28th, 2020 Research Letter on Study: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/acem.14003
The Lancet editor on Britain’s response to coronavirus — and being labeled a pariah – https://www.ft.com/content/8e54c36a-8311-11ea-b872-8db45d5f6714 “Horton’s philosophy is, however, faithful to the spirit of Lancet founder Thomas Wakley, a surgeon and social reformer once described as an “honest denouncer of invidious distinctions betwixt the rich and the poor”. Wakley named the journal after a … Read more
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-prisons-testing-in/in-four-u-s-state-prisons-nearly-3300-inmates-test-positive-for-coronavirus-96-without-symptoms-idUSKCN2270R In Ohio’s Marion Correctional Institution, 2028 out of 2300 inmates that were tested tested positive and 95% were asymptomatic. In general, gathering data from inmates at state prisons in Arkansas, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia, 3277 out of 4693 tests conducted came back positive, and 96% of these 3277 inmates showed zero symptoms. While … Read more
